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Maths experts are “made, not born”, Sussex study shows
Maths supremo Yusnier Viera
A new study of the brain of a maths supremo supports Darwin’s belief that intellectual excellence is largely due to “zeal and hard work” rather than inherent ability.
University of Sussex neuroscientists took fMRI scans of champion ‘mental calculator’ Yusnier Viera during arithmetical tasks that were either familiar or unfamiliar to him and found that his brain did not behave in an extraordinary or unusual way.
The paper, published this week (23 September 2013) in PLOS ONE, provides scientific evidence that some calculation abilities are a matter of practice. Co-author Dr Natasha Sigala says: “This is a message of hope for all of us. Experts are made, not born.”
Cuban-born Yusnier holds world records for being able to name the days of the week for any dates of the past 400 years, giving his answer in less than a second. This is the kind of ability sometimes found in those with autism, although Yusnier is not on the autistic spectrum. Unlike those with autism or the related condition Asperger’s, he is able to explain exactly how he calculates his answers – and even teaches his system and has written books on the subject.
The study, carried out at the Clinical Imaging Sciences Centre on the University of Sussex campus, suggests that Yusnier has honed his ability to create short cuts to his answers by storing information in the middle part of the brain specialised for long-term working memory (the hippocampus and surrounding cortex). This type of memory helps us carry out tasks in our area of expertise with speed and efficiency.
Although the left side of his brain was activated during mathematical problems – which is normal for all brains – the scientists observed that something slightly different happened when Yusnier was presented with unfamiliar problems.
The scans showed marked connectivity of the anterior parts of the brain (prefrontal cortex), which are involved in decision making, during the unfamiliar calculations. This supports Yusnier’s report that he was building in an extra step to his mental processes to turn an unfamiliar problem into a familiar one. His answers to the unfamiliar questions had an 80 per cent degree of accuracy (compared with more than 90 per cent for familiar questions) and his responses were slightly slower.
Dr Sigala explains: “Although this kind of ability is seen among some people with autism, it is much rarer in those not on that spectrum. Brain scans of those with autism tend to show a variety of activity patterns, and autistic people are not able to explain how they reach their answer.
“With Yusnier, however, it is clear that his expertise is a result of long-term practice – and motivation.”
She adds: “It was beyond the scope of our paper to discuss the debate on deliberate practice vs. innate ability. But our study does not provide evidence for specific innate ability for mental calculations. As put by Charles Darwin to Francis Galton: ‘ […] I have always maintained that, excepting fools, men did not differ much in intellect, only in zeal and hard work; I still think this an eminently important difference.’”
‘Effective connectivity reveals strategy differences in an expert calculator’ by Ludovico Minati and Natasha Sigala, is published in PLOS ONE.
Dr Natasha Sigala is Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience at the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science at the University of Sussex and is based in the Clinical Imaging Sciences Centre of Brighton and Sussex Medical School on the University of Sussex’s Falmer campus.
Yusnier Viera www.yusnierviera.com
University of Sussex press office Jacqui Bealing and Maggie Clune, Tel: 01273 678888, Email: press@sussex.ac.uk
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Last updated: Friday, 7 September 2018
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Keanu Helps Janitor Tidy Up His Life
John Wick actor shows us how we can all be excellent to each other.
The janitorial industry is among the most thankless industries in North America. Ask yourself, when was the last time you thanked a janitor for doing a bang-up job? Don’t blame yourself, part of a janitor’s job is to be unnoticed like a stealthy ninja. We all love that our schools, shops, offices, and public spaces are clean and shiny, but seldom do we go out of our way to acknowledge those responsible for our sparkling surroundings.
When we saw this heartwarming post from a janitor, who met Keanu Reeves (and apparently, the celeb bought a store for him) …well …we just melted a little. This isn’t a one-off either, on many occasions, Mr. Reeves has been known to commit extraordinary acts of kindness for complete strangers.
Who cares about janitors? Keanu cares.
Randolph Gregory, a janitor living in St. Louis posted this very inspiring tale of legendary generosity, and it has been getting a lot of attention:
“I have been working as a janitor for the past 7 years, wiping the floor every day, and breaking my back to feed my family until I met Keanu Reeves 5 days ago at the restaurant where I work in St. Louis, and now I’m a shop owner thanks to him”
With John Wick 3 cleaning up the bad guys in theaters, and Keanu’s kindness polishing up janitor Randolph Gregory’s life (of course, we only have the words “thanks to him” so we can only speculate what exactly the Matrix star did for this fellow), we figured this falls enough into our wheelhouse that we should honor the kindness shown to a hardworking cleaner, in an industry that goes criminally underappreciated.
How many people do you know that look this cool when drenched?
Here is our tip-of-the-hat to Keanu, one of the nicest dudes in Hollywood!
Keanu Reeves, much loved Canadian, actor, and philanthropist, is one of the most enigmatic celebrities working today. Perhaps because of a string of bad fortune he has suffered, perhaps because his mom raised him right (she must be a saint), or perhaps he is just naturally awesome (maybe a mix of all of those factors?), but he has a particularly empathetic outlook on the world around him.
Raised by a single mother from age of 3, Keanu literally has had a laundry list of humbling life events happen to him. Out of respect to his privacy, we won’t link to his life story, but its out there for those who NEED to know this stuff. Google is your friend.
It seems he has a penchant for giving, as Reeves went on to donate 70% of his earnings from The Matrix to hospitals that treat Leukemia.
Sad Keanu thinking of how much he appreciates the janitor who is going to take care of his sandwich wrapper.
The giving didn’t stop there, Keanu has reportedly given millions in earnings from his films in order to upgrade salary for set builders, and FX workers. He’s also taken pay-cuts to help pay the salary of fellow actors Anthony Hopkins, and Al Pachino (who otherwise wouldn’t have been cast to co-star with him), so that the production could afford both him and his legendary co-stars.
He has been sighted chillin with homeless people, giving drives to folks whose car has broken down and even giving a $20,000 bonus to a coworker who was having a hard time. Heck, he even still blushes when people compliment him, often saying he’s the “internet’s boyfriend”.
Want more? Bored Panda came up with a robust list of 27 Awesome Things About Keanu Reeves That Will Make You Fall In Love With Him Even More.
Not enough Keanu? How about a whole Reddit dedicated to how awesome he is?
This is a portrait of a man who has dealt with some trauma, but instead of allowing it to break him, and distance him from the world, it has humbled him and cultivated his generous nature.
The fact that he is worth about $350 Million, and still catches the subway on occasion, kind of says it all doesn’t it?
Be Excellent to Each Other, Be Excellent to Your Janitor.
Next time you see a janitor mopping up your mess, or emptying the bins in your office, give them a thank you, or even just a smile and a “hello”, can go a long way to lifting up their day. If Keanu can take the time to appreciate janitorial workers (and believe us, he’s a busy guy), then you totally can too!
Remember these famous words put forward by Ted Theodore Logan (Keanu Reeves), and Bill S. Preston, Esquire (Alex Winter), in the epic film, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure:
“Be excellent to each other.”
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Matthew 15:1-20. Discourse on ceremonial pollution. (= Mark 7:1, Mark 7:23).
The time of this section was after that Passover which was nigh at hand when our Lord fed the five thousand (John 6:4) - the third Passover, as we take it, since His public ministry began, but which He did not keep at Jerusalem for the reason mentioned in John 7:1.
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem — or “from Jerusalem.” Mark (Mark 7:1) says they “came from” it: a deputation probably sent from the capital expressly to watch Him. As He had not come to them at the last Passover, which they had reckoned on, they now come to Him. “And,” says Mark (Mark 7:2, Mark 7:3), “when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen hands” - hands not ceremonially cleansed by washing - “they found fault. For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft” - literally, “in” or “with the fist”; that is, probably washing the one hand by the use of the other - though some understand it, with our version, in the sense of “diligently,” “sedulously” - “eat not, holding the tradition of the elders”; acting religiously according to the custom handed down to them. “And when they come from the market” (Mark 7:4) - “And after market”: after any common business, or attending a court of justice, where the Jews, as Webster and Wilkinson remark, after their subjection to the Romans, were especially exposed to intercourse and contact with heathens - “except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups and pots, brazen vessels and tables” - rather, “couches,” such as were used at meals, which probably were merely sprinkled for ceremonial purposes. “Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him,”
saying — as follows:
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? — The charge is retorted with startling power: “The tradition they transgress is but man‘s, and is itself the occasion of heavy transgression, undermining the authority of God‘s law.”
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother — (Deuteronomy 5:16).
and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death — (Exodus 21:17).
But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift — or simply, “A gift!” In Mark (Mark 7:11), it is, “Corban!” that is, “An oblation!” meaning, any unbloody offering or gift dedicated to sacred uses.
by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free - that is, It is true, father - mother - that by giving to thee this, which I now present, thou mightest be profited by me; but I have gifted it to pious uses, and therefore, at whatever cost to thee, I am not now at liberty to alienate any portion of it. “And,” it is added in Mark (Mark 7:12), “ye suffer him no more to do aught for his father or his mother.” To dedicate property to God is indeed lawful and laudable, but not at the expense of filial duty.
Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect — cancelled or nullified it “by your tradition.”
Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying — (Isaiah 29:13).
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, etc. — By putting the commandments of men on a level with the divine requirements, their whole worship was rendered vain - a principle of deep moment in the service of God. “For,” it is added in Mark 7:8, “laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups; and many other such like things ye do.” The driveling nature of their multitudinous observances is here pointedly exposed, in contrast with the manly observance of “the commandment of God”; and when our Lord says, “Many other such like things ye do,” it is implied that He had but given a specimen of the hideous treatment which the divine law received, and the grasping disposition which, under the mask of piety, was manifested by the ecclesiastics of that day.
And he called the multitude, and said unto them — The foregoing dialogue, though in the people‘s hearing, was between Jesus and the pharisaic cavilers, whose object was to disparage Him with the people. But Jesus, having put them down, turns to the multitude, who at this time were prepared to drink in everything He said, and with admirable plainness, strength, and brevity, lays down the great principle of real pollution, by which a world of bondage and uneasiness of conscience would be dissipated in a moment, and the sense of sin be reserved for deviations from the holy and eternal law of God.
Hear and understand:
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man — This is expressed even more emphatically in Mark (Mark 7:15, Mark 7:16), and it is there added, “If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.” As in Matthew 13:9, this so oft-repeated saying seems designed to call attention to the fundamental and universal character of the truth it refers to.
Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? — They had given vent to their irritation, and perhaps threats, not to our Lord Himself, from whom they seem to have slunk away, but to some of the disciples, who report it to their Master.
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up — They are offended, are they? Heed it not: their corrupt teaching is already doomed: the garden of the Lord upon earth, too long cumbered with their presence, shall yet be purged of them and their accursed system: yea, and whatsoever is not of the planting of My heavenly Father, the great Husbandman (John 15:1), shall share the same fate.
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch — Striking expression of the ruinous effects of erroneous teaching!
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable — “when He was entered into the house from the people,” says Mark (Mark 7:17).
And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? — Slowness of spiritual apprehension in His genuine disciples grieves the Savior: from others He expects no better (Matthew 13:11).
Do not ye yet understand that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth, etc. — Familiar though these sayings have now become, what freedom from bondage to outward things do they proclaim, on the one hand; and on the other, how searching is the truth which they express - that nothing which enters from without can really defile us; and that only the evil that is in the heart, that is allowed to stir there, to rise up in thought and affection, and to flow forth in voluntary action, really defiles a man!
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts — “evil reasonings”; referring here more immediately to those corrupt reasonings which had stealthily introduced and gradually reared up that hideous fabric of tradition which at length practically nullified the unchangeable principles of the moral law. But the statement is far broader than this; namely that the first shape which the evil that is in the heart takes, when it begins actively to stir, is that of “considerations” or “reasonings” on certain suggested actions.
murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies — detractions, whether directed against God or man; here the reference seems to be to the latter. Mark (Mark 7:22) adds, “covetousnesses” - or desires after more; “wickednesses” - here meaning, perhaps, malignities of various forms; “deceit, lasciviousness” - meaning, excess or enormity of any kind, though by later writers restricted to lewdness; “an evil eye” - meaning, all looks or glances of envy, jealousy, or ill will towards a neighbor; “pride, foolishness” - in the Old Testament sense of “folly”; that is, criminal senselessness, the folly of the heart. How appalling is this black catalogue!
These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man — Thus does our Lord sum up this whole searching discourse.
Matthew 15:21-28. The woman of Canaan and her daughter.
For the exposition, see on Mark 7:24-30.
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us — (Also see on Mark 7:26.)
But he answered and said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel — (Also see on Mark 7:26.)
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me — (Also see on Mark 7:26.)
Matthew 15:29-39. Miracles of healing - Four thousand miraculously fed.
For the exposition, see on Mark 7:31; see on Mark 8:10.
These files are a derivative of an electronic edition prepared from text scanned by Woodside Bible Fellowship.
This expanded edition of the Jameison-Faussett-Brown Commentary is in the public domain and may be freely used and distributed.
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Two sisters from Japan had a dream of serving authentic Japanese comfort food to the people of America. That dream became a reality in the fall off 1972 when the sisters, Junko and Yuriko opened Suehiro Café.
Unfortunately, without any business or restaurant experience, they soon found themselves completely overwhelmed by the experience. For a short while, they even survived on the goodness of some food vendors that provided them with over-ripe fruits to eat just so they could save the money to pay their employees.
The path they chose was not what they had expected and much harder than they had imagined. But they never gave up and little by little, things started to get a little easier. Strangers became customers and customers became “regulars”, friends brought other friends, parents brought in their children and soon the restaurant became a common go-to-place for a lot of people in Little Tokyo.
2019 will be the start of our 47th year, making us one of the oldest restaurants in Little Tokyo and we are so very proud to say that we have served generations of our customers. We have served couples on their dates that became married and had children and those children becoming adults and are now bringing in their own children.
Today, Junko’s son Kenji has been running the family business since Junko’s retirement in 2001. He wants to continue what his mother and aunt had started and to remember and to appreciate all the sacrifices that were made by them that have made Suehiro Café into what it is today.
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It’s a tablet, though it also fancies itself something of a laptop. It’s eye-catchingly attractive. But the flashiness of the HP Envy X2 also conceals a number of warts that may make the hefty price tag difficult to swallow.
In addition to the new touch-optimized laptops that ushered it into the Windows 8 age, HP has also attempted to take some bold steps toward dissolving the distinction between laptop and tablet with the Envy X2.
With its keyboard attached, the HP Envy X2 boasts a very attractive clamshell design. The brushed aluminum body is a welcome change in comparison to the cheap plastic found in competitors such as the Acer Iconia W510.
The 8.12-by-11.93-inch form factor reaches a fair balance between comfort and size, and the 3.11-pound weight is fairly manageable. The overall build quality is quite impressive, and the brushed aluminum feels comfortable to the touch.
One of the more difficult design choices for hybrid tablets is the button placement. What works well in a laptop configuration seems awkward for a standalone slate, and that’s certainly the case with the Envy X2. The power button is found on the back of the tablet near the right edge.
The volume rocker is placed in the same location near the left edge. This button placement is terribly awkward while in laptop mode, though it works well for the slate. HDMI and USB ports are located on the left edge of the dock, and the right edge sports an additional USB port, an SD slot and a power connector.
On the bottom of the slate itself, is a 3.5-millimeter headphone jack and a microSD slot, as well as the port for the keyboard dock. An 8-megapixel camera is located on the back of the slate, and a front-facing camera is included as well.
The Envy X2 features a fairly standard 11.6-inch IPS display running at a resolution of 1,366-by-768 pixels. It isn’t a groundbreaking display, but it does its job well.
Contrast is lacking, so blacks and whites aren’t always as sharp as they could be. The panel’s reflectivity can also be a problem in bright areas. But overall the colors are reasonably sharp and vivid, and the resolution is good enough to ably reproduce crisp text and other fine details.
Viewing angles are superb and should very rarely cause problems.
As forward-thinking as the Envy’s exterior design is, its interior is much less so. The Envy X2 is powered by a 1.8-gigahertz Intel Atom Z2760 processor with two gigabytes of RAM.
“Snappy” is probably not a phrase you’re likely to hear in regard to the Envy, though the processor does handle Windows 8-designed apps reasonably well. It can’t begin to compete with the performance of most Ultrabooks, and things like legacy apps and high-definition video playback are noticeably taxing.
Battery life is superb, however, thanks to a dual-battery setup. The tablet battery alone can manage nearly eight hours, and in laptop mode that stretches to as long as 13 hours. The full Windows 8 experience is also a welcome upgrade from the truncated Windows RT.
Compared to other Windows 8 powered hybrids such as the Samsung ATIV Smart PC or Acer’s Iconia W510, HP’s Envy X2 is a bold style statement. While the others opted for simple, reserved styling, the Envy’s design is elegant and attractive.
Performance among the three tablets is comparable, though the ATIV Smart PC has a well-deserved reputation for being buggy. The smaller 10.1-inch form factor of the W510 may appeal to some who find the 11.6-inch options too difficult to manage, and the smaller display produces a slightly higher pixel density at the same 1,366-by-768 resolution.
Smaller criticism goes to HP’s input devices. The keyboard is not responsive as one might expect and on the other hand, the touchpad is too sensitive.
However, all else being relatively equal, the sharp design and high construction quality make up for other shortcomings.
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Thousands of Migrant Children Could Be Released With Trump’s Major Policy Reversal
Federal officials have reversed course and announced they will reduce fingerprint requirements of potential sponsors for detained children.
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The undated photo released by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows detainees walk in a line at the HHS' unaccompanied alien children program facility at Tornillo, Texas.
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In a major reversal, the Trump administration is changing the way it reviews sponsors who want to care for migrant children in government custody, officials announced Tuesday. The changes could lead to thousands of children being released from government shelters to family members, as well as the closure of a controversial West Texas tent facility currently housing 2,700 children.
The policy change involving migrant children was the second major concession Tuesday by the Trump administration on border and immigration issues. Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told Fox News earlier in the day that Trump was backing away from his vow to shut down parts of the government if Congress did not provide $5 billion for a border wall.
The most visible result of the policy change may be the closure of a controversial 3,800-bed tent facility in Tornillo, Texas, that opened in June. It originally had 400 beds, but that was expanded to 500 in August and 3,800 in September as the government had custody of an exploding number of what it calls “unaccompanied alien children,” those who are apprehended at the border without a parent or guardian. The government now has custody of almost 15,000 such children, up from 9,000 when the fingerprint policy began in June and 3,000 at the beginning of the Trump administration.
“The children should be home with their parents. The government makes lousy parents,” Lynn Johnson, assistant secretary at Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families, said in an interview with National Public Radio. She was echoing what critics of the administration’s policies have been saying for months.
One of the most controversial aspects of the Trump policy—sharing fingerprints of potential sponsors with ICE, which can use them for immigration enforcement—will remain in effect, said Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations subcommittee overseeing HHS funding. “The latest news from HHS is a positive step toward beginning to unravel its misguided fingerprinting policy, which has prolonged the trauma thousands of children in its custody face. Still, the heart of this harmful policy is still in place,” DeLauro said. “HHS should focus on providing the best care for these children, not be used as an immigration enforcement tool by fingerprinting sponsors when there are no red flags and then sharing that information with ICE. This process endangers children and will perpetuate their detention in HHS shelters.”
Mark Greenberg, who oversaw the unaccompanied migrant children program in the Obama administration, said the continued sharing of fingerprints with ICE could mean that the release of children could still move slowly because some potential sponsors may feel they’re risking deportation by stepping forward. Prior administrations collected more limited fingerprint data from potential sponsors, and those fingerprints weren’t shared with ICE or used for immigration enforcement. “This is likely to reduce some of the pressure, but we don’t have a way of knowing how much of a difference it’s going to make because the fundamental problems that stem from ORR cooperating in immigration enforcement are going to remain in place,” he said.
The future of the Tornillo tent facility located outside El Paso wasn’t specifically addressed in the HHS announcement. HHS has a contract with the operator, BCFS Health and Human Services, that expires December 31. But Representative Will Hurd, a Republican from Helotes whose district includes Tornillo, said the bulk of the children there could be quickly released under the new policy and if the administration clears a huge backlog of sponsors who’ve already submitted fingerprints and other background materials but have been left waiting for final word. “My understanding is its 1,300 kids whose sponsors have already done everything that’s needed to get reviewed, if the kid can get released to them. Then there’s 1,100 who have a sponsor that has come forward that are waiting for the fingerprinting and this process to start,” Hurd said. The remaining children could be moved to permanent shelters elsewhere in the country while the government searches for a sponsor or works with their home country for possible return, he said.
The government will no longer require that all adults in potential sponsor households submit fingerprints that are reviewed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which has used the fingerprints to arrest at least 170 people. “In June 2018, (the Office of Refugee Resettlement) put into place a new policy that required all proposed (unaccompanied alien children) sponsors and household members be fingerprinted to enhance the safety checks on residents of the UAC’s prospective home. Since the implementation of this new policy five months ago, ORR has determined the additional steps required to fingerprint all household members has had an impact on the timely release of UAC without demonstrated benefit to the safety of children after their release from ORR care,” the Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement Tuesday afternoon.
Going forward, only potential sponsors will be required to submit fingerprints. Before June, parents and guardians weren’t required to submit fingerprints except when background checks raised “red flags” that suggested risks to children. Other potential sponsors were required to submit their fingerprints, but not those of other household adults. Prior to June, fingerprints weren’t shared with ICE.
“The fingerprints will continue to be cross-checked with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) national criminal history and state repository records and also includes a search of DHS arrest records. ORR will continue to do public records checks on all adult household members to ensure child safety,” the HHS statement said. Nothing in the statement precludes the use of fingerprints for immigration enforcement.
Critics warned that the new policy of providing fingerprints to ICE would make it more difficult to place children with sponsors, who are usually parents or other family members already in the United States. Many sponsors are themselves undocumented immigrants or have household members who are. Their immigration status doesn’t preclude them from sponsoring children, but providing fingerprints to ICE would put them at risk for deportation.
Texas Monthly reported on Saturday that BCFS was asking the Trump administration to back off the fingerprint requirements in exchange for extending the contract to keep Tornillo open. The contract expires December 31, and the government had limited options because BCFS, a San Antonio-based nonprofit, owns all the infrastructure at Tornillo and is likely the only organization equipped to run a mass shelter for children. BCFS officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday.
BCFS CEO Kevin Dinnin told a congressional delegation that visited Tornillo on Saturday that the facility could close within weeks if the administration changed the fingerprint policy.
Costs have mounted as the number of children in government custody rapidly expanded. BCFS officials have said the government spent $144 million—about $1 million a day—to operate Tornillo between June and November. HHS Secretary Alex Azar in September authorized the transfer of $446 million from other programs—such as cancer research and Head Start—to cover the unbudgeted costs of caring for migrant children in fiscal year 2018, which ended September 31. Congress budgeted $1.3 billion for care of migrant children in fiscal year 2019, but the administration asked for another $190 million as part of funding to avert a government shutdown. DeLauro vowed that any additional funding would come “over my dead body.”
Tags: Immigration, Department of Health and Human Services, President Donald Trump, Tornillo Tent City
“they will reduce fingerprint requirements of potential sponsors for detained children.”
Not like these people are driving for Uber or anything. 🙂
Pj Alexander
“ $1 million a day—to operate Tornillo between June and November. Congress budgeted $1.3 billion for care of migrant children in fiscal year 2019” I can’t even wrap my head around this administrations behavior and the real cost to this nation of trumps bad choices
See, a wall would be cheaper. 🙂
“…government had custody of an exploding number of what it calls “unaccompanied alien children,” those who are apprehended at the border without a parent or guardian. The government now has custody of almost 15,000 such children, up from 9,000 when the fingerprint policy began in June and 3,000 at the beginning of the Trump administration.”
What is wrong with these parents? Where is the criticism of sending their unacccompanied children on such a dangerous trip, where they can be molested, sold into slavery, or killed? Will these kids have psychological scarring? I’m speechless.
Would that.
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Mum’s plea: don’t call my boy fat
Her son has a rare condition which effects both his eye sight and weight. - by As told to Beth Young
Sharon had no idea her boy’s mystery condition could affect his eye sight and his weight...
Here, Sharon, 39, tells the story in her own words.
Clipping onto his side, my bub, Joel, rolled his way across the room. My little guy found crawling difficult, but he wasn’t going to let that get in his way – he had places to be! ‘You’re my little Joelly Rolly Polly, aren’t you?’ I cooed.
It was adorable, but I couldn’t help but worry. Missing his milestones, he struggled with balance and one or both of his eyes would turn outwards. At 18 months, Joel was diagnosed with a lazy eye.Thankfully, he took his first steps six months later. But, as he grew up, it was clear he was different to other kids. Starting daycare, he hardly played with the toys or the other children. No matter how many doctors I took him to, no-one had an answer. But I had an inkling.
A mum of four, my eldest, Emmily, then seven, had autism, and I suspected that Joel did, too. Then, when he was four, my boy gave me a scare. His eyes flicked back and forth at super speed and wouldn’t focus. Is he having a fit? I panicked.
Emmily, Joel, Noah and Jeremiah
But as quick as it had started, the terrifying vibration stopped. Worried, I was referred to an ophthalmologist. ‘It looks like nystagmus,’ the specialist said after examining my boy. The condition, known as dancing eyes, caused them to make repetitive, uncontrolled movements. It could also affect balance and coordination. Although it made sense, my mum’s intuition told me otherwise.
Desperate for answers, I took Joel to every specialist under the sun. When we finally visited a neurologist, my boy had turned six. By now, Joel had developed a worrying tick, like a Tourette’s sufferer. As he walked, he’d flick his head to one side, like he was trying to sweep his hair out of the way.
Over the next few years, he was tested for every possible condition that his symptoms matched. But they all came back negative. ‘How’s my little puzzle?’ Joel’s neurologist would ask, playfully. Always coming out with cheeky one-liners, Joel was a delight. But soon, he began to have horrifying meltdowns. Grabbing a knife from the kitchen, he’d lock himself in the bathroom. One time, he threw a dining chair across the room with strength that belied his tiny frame. What’s happening to my beautiful boy? I fretted.
Me and Joel - he's an inspiration to us all!
Prescribed an anti-psychotic by a child psychiatrist, Joel became his sweet self again. Always a slight kid, by his 10th birthday, he’d started to pile on the kilos. Like his siblings, he ate well and they were all a healthy weight. Joel didn’t like different foods touching, so for his lunch box, I’d prepare little containers filled with cold meat, cheese, cherry tomatoes and his favourite, cucumber.
Weight gain was a side effect of the medication he was on. But this is out of control, I thought, worried. Coming off the meds, my boy’s anxiety skyrocketed again. There was no choice – he had to take them, but the dose was reduced. Prior to starting it, he’d weighed 38 kilos. Two years later, at 12, Joel tipped the scales at 96 kilos.
Joel before diagnosis
Early last year, we received one answer – he was diagnosed with autism. Now that it was official, I could finally start to get Joel the help he needed, like a regular teacher’s aide at school. Six months later, after working with a geneticist who had cross-referenced Joel’s genes against thousands of others, we got some more news. Pushing the trolley in the supermarket, my phone rang. ‘Sharon, I’ve found it,’ he exclaimed.
My boy had a rare genetic condition called Bardet-Biedl syndrome, affecting just 150 other Australians. Along with vision problems, it could lead to autism, learning difficulties, kidney failure, liver and heart disease, and obesity! Joel’s genetic makeup caused his fat cells to store more than they needed.
Now 13, Joel weighs 124 kilos and uses a wheelchair to ease the pressure on his knees. His diagnosis means he’ll always struggle with his size, but with hydrotherapy, gentle exercise and diet, it can be managed. While strangers take sideways glances, we’ve only had one truly horrible experience.
Sitting in a cafe, a man sidled up to our table. ‘Look at you, you fat little turd,’ he spat at Joel, before stomping away. But Joel just smiled calmly. ‘Mum, I think there is something wrong with him,’ he said. His reaction was so cool, I had to laugh. But I felt angry. Don’t call my boy fat! I thought. It’s very easy to judge a book by its cover, but you have no idea what’s going on behind the scenes. I know he struggles, but Joel’s ability to keep his head up high is inspiring.
Recently, he started going to a special school where his needs can be properly met. Gushing about it to his occupational therapist, he made the most profound statement. ‘I feel like I belong,’ Joel grinned. To me, that means the world.
As part of Joel’s therapy, he uses swings to improve his sensory issues and balance. Visit gofundme.com/carterjd to contribute to Joel’s very own portable therapy swing set.
Joel having sensory therapy
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The education sector in Tanzania has been growing rapidly in the recent years. According to UNICEF, the net primary school enrolment rate shot up by 94 per cent, a drastic growth mainly occasioned by the elimination of primary school fees in 2001 coupled with the instruction from the government which requires all children of school age to be enrolled in primary schools accordingly
This achievement has resulted to several challenges inclusive of desks deficiency, “statistics have shown that Tanzania needs about 3.3 million desks for primary schools while the available ones are only 1.8 million. We therefore have a deficit of 1.5 million desks,” according to the former Mizengo Pinda. Such underlying challenges has necessitated a call for action, hence, the fifth phase government under the leadership of President John Pombe Magufuli has expressed its commitment in lifting all students off the floor by equipping classrooms with desks and improve quality of education. .
In support of the President bold decision while contributing to the Sustainable Development Goal number 4 which demand all nations to ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning, Tigo embarked into a project dubbed Desks for Public Schools. In 2015 alone we donated 2,000 desks in various primary schools benefitting 6,000 pupils across the country. This initiative continued in 2016 in parallel with Tigo FIESTA 2016 season where 5,700 desks will be donated across the country before year end to lift more than 17,000 off the floor.
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Colbeck reassures forestry at ABARES conference
According to Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Senator Richard Colbeck the outlook for the forest, seafood and horticulture sectors is bright despite clear risks, with continued growth in Australia and overseas providing new markets and opportunities. That was the key message delivered to delegates at the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resources Economics and Sciences (ABARES) annual Outlook conference in Canberra. Source: Timberbiz
“The Liberal National Government is committed to making the tough choices to boost agricultural productivity and resilience in the forest, seafood and horticulture industries,” Minister Colbeck said.
“The Liberal National Government will hold the line on native forestry, a vital industry for regional jobs that is under persistent threat from anti-science activists.
“We have the balance right on economic and environmental security in the native forest industry.
“We will also clear the roadblocks that have caused the stagnation of plantation growth and plant a billion new trees over the next decade.
Minister Colbeck referred to the recently released report, the Australia’s State of the Forests Report 2018, produced by ABARES the fifth in the series of national five-yearly reports on Australia’s forests covering all levels of forest management.
“The report demonstrated that our forest and wood products industries have a strong future, but as a nation we can’t risk going back to anti-industry ideology that did so much damage in the past.
In the last year the Federal government announced $20 million over four years to 2021-22 to support the implementation of the National Forest Industries Plan with a goal to plant a billion more trees over a decade. While in November last year the government announced a $13.3 million research project to look at tree genetics to understand how genes control traits valuable to growers.
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Titans DT Jeffery Simmons: I'm Excited to Finally be on the Field with my Teammates
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Jayon Brown: We're Locked In and On a Mission
Titans LB Jayon Brown speaks with reporters Friday at Saint Thomas Sports Park. The Titans play the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game Sunday (2:05 p.m., CT) at Arrowhead Stadium.
Derrick Henry: I Get in a Rhythm the More Carries I Get
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A.J. Brown: We Thrive on Making Plays in the Red Zone
Titans wide receiver A.J. Brown speaks with reporters Wednesday at Saint Thomas Sports Park. The Titans play the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game Sunday (2:05 p.m., CT) at Arrowhead Stadium.
Rashaan Evans: Chiefs Have Guys All Around that Can Make Plays
Titans linebacker Rashaan Evans speaks with reporters Wednesday at Saint Thomas Sports Park. The Titans play the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game Sunday (2:05 p.m., CT) at Arrowhead Stadium.
Jurrell Casey: We Have the Mindset and Capacity to Get it Done
Titans defensive tackle Jurrell Casey speaks with reporters Wednesday at Saint Thomas Sports Park. The Titans play the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game Sunday (2:05 p.m., CT) at Arrowhead Stadium.
Kevin Byard: We Can't Get Caught Up in the Moment
Titans safety Kevin Byard speaks with reporters Wednesday at Saint Thomas Sports Park. The Titans play the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game Sunday (2:05 p.m., CT) at Arrowhead Stadium.
Jurrell Casey: It Was an Unbelievable Team Effort
Titans DT Jurrell Casey speaks with reporters following Tennessee's 28-12 victory over the Baltimore Ravens in Saturday's AFC Divisional Playoff game at M&T Bank Stadium. The Titans advance to play the winner of the Houston-Kansas City game in the AFC Championship game next Sunday.
Jonnu Smith: We Love Being the Underdogs
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Corey Davis on TD Catch: Derrick Threw a Good Ball
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Kalif Raymond: It Took All 53 Players to Get This Win
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Kenny Vaccaro: We're Just Getting Started
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Jurell Casey on Lamar Jackson: Make Him Run Sideline to Sideline
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Logan Ryan: We Challenged Them, We Didn't Back Down
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Jurrell Casey: We Want to Play Our Best Football and Go for a Long Ride
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Kevin Byard: Getting Defensive Turnovers is Going to be Crucial
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Chrissy Teigen 'all for talking about IVF' after sharing new photo of baby Miles
Responding to an Instagram question about IVF, the supermodel says "hearing success stories gives people hope."
By Eun Kyung Kim
Chrissy Teigen considers very few topics taboo for public discussion. Since the birth of her son last month, she has talked about post-partum underwear and vagina steaming.
So it’s no surprise the model and cookbook author would open up, again, about her infertility struggles.
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After Teigen posted a new photo on Instagram of her newborn son, Miles — wearing a giraffe-print onesie and laying on a giraffe-print blanket — someone asked Teigen whether she used IVF to conceive her son.
“I know IVF was used for Luna was it used for baby brother also?” a follower asked in the comments.
Teigen replied that he was.
“Yep, he was on ice a smidge longer. Science and the human body are beautiful,” she replied.
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While some on Instagram criticized the questioner for asking Teigen something so personal, the 32-year-old “Lip Sync Battle” host said she welcomed the chance to talk about the often-heartbreaking world of fertility treatments.
“I wasn’t offended by it — people are just curious and I think hearing success stories gives people hope. I’m all for talking about IVF,” she wrote.
Chrissy Teigen, with her husband John Legend, has been open about the couple's difficult journey to becoming parents.Getty Images
Teigen, who is about to publish her second cookbook, has been publicly open about her struggle to get pregnant. In a 2015 discussion on her former talk show “FABLife,” she spoke about the difficulties she and her husband John Legend were having trying to conceive.
"We would have had kids five, six years ago if it had happened," she said. "But my gosh, it's been a process."
The couple eventually welcomed their daughter Luna in 2016. Little Miles joined the family in May.
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Oklahoma!'s Damon Daunno Is Immortalized at Sardi's
Daunno earned a 2019 Tony nomination for his performance in the musical.
Damon Daunno with his new Sardi's portrait.
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Ahead of its closing on January 19, Oklahoma! star Damon Daunno received a Sardi's portrait on January 16. Daunno earned a 2019 Tony nomination for his performance in the classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical. He's also been seen in Brief Encounter, Hadestown, Beardo, and The Lucky Ones, for which he received a Lucille Lortel Award.
The cast of Oklahoma! congratulates Damon Daunno.
Oklahoma! is the winner of the 2019 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. The show also received a Tony Award in the Best Featured Actress of a Musical category for Ali Stroker's performance as Ado Annie.
Directed by Daniel Fish, the revival production was first presented at Bard SummerScape followed by an engagement at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn where it had a sold out run in 2018. The cast features Rebecca Naomi Jones as Laurey, Daunno as Curly, Mary Testa as Aunt Eller, Patrick Vaill as Jud Fry, Ali Stroker as Ado Annie, James Davis as Will Parker, Will Brill as Ali Hakim, Mitch Tebo as Andrew Carnes, Mallory Portnoy as Gertie Cummings, Anthony Cason as Cord, and Will Mann as Mike. Gabrielle Hamilton performs the Dream Ballet.
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December 19, 2018 - 7:36pm
Nurse who bilked former employer of $14K lashes out at DA and press at restitution hearing
posted by Howard B. Owens in Michele Case, crime, bergen, news, notify.
At the close of yet another hearing on making restitution to her former employer, former Bergen resident Michele Ann Case made it clear how unhappy she is with HomeCare & Hospice, District Attorney Lawrence Friedman and The Batavian, accusing all of lying about her and defaming her good name.
Case called Friedman unethical. She said he had been duped by HomeCare & Hospice. Friedman, she also said, is just posturing for The Batavian, which she accused of libel.
"Then I want to go to jail and not pay any more restitution," Case told Judge Charles Zambito after Zambito warned her about her conduct. As she spoke, two deputies in the courtroom positioned themselves directly behind the chair she was sitting in.
She continued, "I don't want to see that man anymore," pointing at Friedman.
At the end of Case's rant, and before she could start again, Zambito adjourned the hearing.
Shortly after leaving the courtroom, Case emailed the following statement to The Batavian:
Please be advised that you have repeatedly printed lies about me on The Batavian and I hereby demand that you print an immediate retraction for your past 2 libelous posts. I also demand that you immediately cease & desist spreading falsehoods to the community I proudly served! Eventually, new evidence will exonerate me and implicate my former employer for falsely reporting a theft and insurance fraud and the DA will be brought up on ethics violations & prosecutor misconduct!
Case has been in legal trouble in Genesee County since 2010 when she was accused of stealing more than $35,000 from an elderly patient. Those charges were eventually dismissed for reasons never officially disclosed by the court.
In 2011, she was accused of painting a mailbox that didn't belong to her, and later that year she was arrested and accused of bilking HomeCare & Hospice out of thousands of dollars by falsifying business records.
That case went to trial in 2012 and she was convicted by a jury but the conviction was overturned. An appeals court ruled that documents entered into evidence at trial were prejudicial and thereby denied Case her right to a fair trial.
Case was retried in 2014 and convicted again.
After the first conviction, a hearing was called to determine the amount of restitution Case owed HomeCare & Hospice and Judge Robert C. Noonan ruled that she would be required to pay $14,000.
Her attorney at the time tried to argue that restitution should be limited to the amount of money specified under the legal definition of third-degree grand larceny, which was $3,000.
Today, Case suggested that she has made restitution payments and that she owed no more than $2,500. It's not clear, but it appears Case believes The Batavian's prior reporting on the amount of restitution is libelous. Friedman said it was his impression that Case is claiming she's made sufficient payments to reduce the amount of restitution to $2,500. He said the court has been unable to confirm payments with officials in Niagara County, where Case now lives.
The issues currently in dispute about restitution, in this case, are whether Zambito has the authority to compel restitution and to set a payment schedule.
Since her second conviction, Case moved to Erie County and then Niagara County. Each time, her probation followed her into those counties. Public Defender Larry Ader, now representing Case -- though at the start of her rant in court this afternoon she told Zambito she was firing Ader -- said he believes that because Case was last on probation in Niagara County, and is no longer on probation. Ader maintains that only a Niagara County judge can issue a restitution order and that only the probation department in Niagara County can collect that restitution.
Zambito said he believes he has jurisdiction over restitution in this case and that he can order Genesee County Probation Department to collect the restitution.
Ader said it would be up to an appeals court to resolve the different views.
Prior to today, Case was supposed to supply a financial statement to help the court determine the amount of monthly payments, along with supporting documents. Friedman said the financial statement was delivered to his office late and that it only received any supporting documents 45 minutes prior to today's hearing. But with just a quick review of the documents, he said they appeared to be inadequate to support the financial statement.
According to Ader, Case hasn't been working while out on disability but should be cleared to work soon. In the meantime, her only source of income has been Social Security survivor benefits paid out on behalf of her 16-year-old child, who lives with her in Lockport.
Friedman suggested a hearing might be needed so Case could be placed under oath to testify about her ability to make restitution payments. But after a conference with the Zambito and Ader at the bench, Zambito said he was going to order, for now, payments of $50 a month. That is the amount in the prior restitution order; they are to start at the beginning of the month.
Another hearing is scheduled 9:30 a.m., Jan. 7.
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December 20, 2018 - 7:55am
Daniel Norstrand
Joined: Jul 18 2016 - 10:27am
This lady should apply for work with the clinton fun (funny?) money foundation.
December 20, 2018 - 10:53am
Joined: Jun 20 2010 - 9:51am
Dan - she'd fit better in with the Trump "Charitable" Foundation, but I guess that is a moot point now.
As to the Clinton Foundation - that is still in business.... and they wonder who the crooked one is.
While Trump has come a long way toward getting off my s#/+ list for his mistreatment of Palestinians with his announced withdrawal from Syria, I'm not yet a huge fan of Trump again. He MAY have misused his charity, but like "Russiagate" his alleged transgressions pale in comparison to the treasonous, billary bunko machine. The media focus, ever bashing Trump, is once again on small fry allegations, while Judicial Watch testifies to Congress regarding the colossal treason and fraud that is the billary bunko foundation. As well as a Federal judge ordering the email crimes to be reopened.
tom hunt
Joined: Jan 31 2009 - 9:08am
The best defense is an aggressive offense. Lash out at anybody and everybody and claim you are being pick upon. You may just find a sympathic ear.
Ray Richardson
Joined: Oct 25 2018 - 10:32am
"Then I want to go to jail and not pay anymore restitution". Works for me. Case closed.
"He MAY have misused his charity"?!?
HE MISUSED IT SO BADLY IT IS BEING SHUT DOWN!
Sheesh.
Trump's foundation was in the process of being shut down from the time he was elected. In order to avoid conflict of interest. People who think that he has done something particularly egregious can follow the lead of Judicial Watch. The Clintons sold access and action from one of the United States highest office. They should literally be hung. THEY SHOULD LITERALLY BE HUNG!!! The all caps are just for you Tim. This clip shows how Judicial Watch has been doing the work that the corrupted justice department has avoided:
Watch "Tom Fitton: Why Isn't Department of Justice Investigating Clinton Corruption?" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/0LzBo9oBwtM
And if Trump follows through on, and continues to buck our war machine by ending our endless wars, I wouldn't care if he has been a stick up man in the past. Clinton's would have killed another million people by now. If not flat out nuclear war. I'm no partisan hack. I've stated before that if the democrats ran the right people they may well get my vote. Betty McCollum is one I'd seriously consider, as well as a few others.
Thank you, Daniel, for once again showing your wizened, well thought out philosophy of KILLING THOSE PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE WITH YOU POLITICALLY.
“Literally hung”... sheesh.
I told you it's not about politics. It's about TREASON.
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Monterey High baseball’s Groves adds to area legacy
It not only looks like Monterey County is home to the winningest boys high school basketball coach in Central Coast Section history, but also the winningest baseball coach.
Monterey High baseball’s Groves adds to area legacy It not only looks like Monterey County is home to the winningest boys high school basketball coach in Central Coast Section history, but also the winningest baseball coach. Check out this story on thecalifornian.com: http://bit.ly/1Cf5uXj
George Watkins, The Salinas Californian Published 8:00 p.m. PT April 6, 2015
From 1994 to 2007 the Toreadores won 20 or more games for 14 seasons in a row, with a high of 29 in 2002.
I may have to do a bit more detective work to make it official, but from all appearances it not only looks like Monterey County is home to the winningest boys high school basketball coach in Central Coast Section history, but also the winningest baseball coach.
It took a lot of legwork, phone calls and help from contacts and sources to track down the number of career victories of then Salinas High boys basketball coach Joe Chappell, and confirm that it was the highest total in CCS history. Now it looks like coach Michael Groves of Monterey High may be No. 1 when it comes to career baseball victories.
Maybe it’s just a weird coincidence, but a couple of more wins by the Monterey baseball team and Groves will have the same number of career victories as Chappell — 687.
Chappell retired in 2012 after 41 years of coaching the Cowboys. Groves is in his 35th year as coach of the Toreadores. His teams have reached the CCS playoffs 23 consecutive years.
Most of us, including myself, consider the Cal-Hi Sports State Record Book and Almanac as the bible of high school sports. Its current edition lists totals through 2014.
According to its list of the all-time winningest baseball coaches in the state of California, the first to appear from the CCS is retired St. Francis of Mountain View coach, Chris Bradford, at No. 17 with 634 wins. He coached the powerful private-school Lancers for 30 years from 1974 to 2004.
According to an article in the San Jose Mercury last week Bradford was passed by Bill Hutton of Mitty, who notched win No. 635. According to Cal-Hi, Hutton started his coaching career with Mitty in 1983. Groves started with Monterey in 1981.
Other CCS coaches on the list are Gary Cunningham (Del Mar 1974-79, Bellarmine 1988-2008) with 617 wins and Chuck Camuso (Cupertino High, Sunnyvale High, Homestead High) with 602.
My records have Groves with 685 wins.
Monterey lost a couple of games this past weekend to Monte Vista-Cupertino and doesn’t play again until Friday at home (Sollecito Park) against North Salinas and Saturday at home against Mountain View.
If Monterey wins its two games this weekend Groves’ win total will match Chappell’s of 687. Next up for Monterey would be Tuesday, April 21 against Salinas. Maybe Chappell can throw out the first pitch.
Just one thing remains before we end most any doubt about Groves’ win total. I lack the win-loss record for Monterey from 1981 to 1986, though a few years ago I jotted the numbers of those missing years down when Groves was nearing career No. 600. For whatever reason I didn’t log them into my computer.
From 1987 through today my total for Groves is 589 wins. That means Monterey would of had to have won 96 games in that missing six-year period. No big deal. That’s an average of 16 wins per season. Monterey has won 16 or more games in every season since 1992.
The last time Monterey had a losing league record was 1984 when it went 6-9.
I think it’s safe for us to claim that the winningest coaches in two major sports come from this part of the CCS neighborhood.
Dugout chatter
Among active Monterey County baseball coaches, second to Groves’ total is Art Hunsdorfer of Salinas High. Including the 10 wins this year he’s coached the Cowboys to 277 wins since 1999.
Can’t quite recall a time when there have been so many area teams riding win streaks. Soledad has won six straight, Salinas and North Salinas have won seven in a row and Alisal has won eight consecutive games. Soledad won 12 straight last year. The Cowboys last won eight in a row in 2009. North Salinas reeled off 10 straight last year. Alisal’s current streak may be the longest since the days of Ernie Camacho (early 1970s). Even when Alisal claimed a share of its last league title in 1995 its overall record was just 13-12.
Teams scatter this time of year for parts unknown to compete in spring break tournaments to places like Fresno, Sacramento, San Jose and Southern California. The city of Salinas, meanwhile, is full of empty ballparks. We haven’t had a school host a tournament in this town in three years. Salinas High hung on to its Easter Tournament for as long as it could — even turning it into a wood bat-only affair one time. The tourney ended in 2012 when what was left of Muni Stadium was torn down to build Rabobank Stadium. This would have been a heck of a year to have a hometown tournament considering the way Salinas, North Salinas, Soledad, Palma, Alisal, Carmel, Pacific Grove and Monterey are playing. There’s your eight-team bracket right there.
Sometimes the scheduling just doesn’t work out. I always take the week of the Giants’ opening homestand off, and this year it just happens to be on the same week as some of the biggest games of the season. I’ll be gone the week of April 13-17 (you can find me in the left field bleachers of AT&T Park). That same week Palma plays Hollister at home (April 14), then comes the two Palma-Salinas showdowns (April 16-17). Soledad begins its hunt for an MTAL title with games against Pacific Grove (April 14 and 16) and Carmel (April 17), while North Salinas resumes its on-going battle with Watsonville (April 17).
There will be no baseball notebook next week, but with any luck we’ll return to our regularly-scheduled program April 21.
1. Hollister (11-2): Lose to Palma, sucker-punch Carmel. That’s how perennial champions play.
2. Salinas (10-6): It’s not often a local team sweeps all four games of an out-of-area tournament.
3. Pacific Grove (9-4): Played just good enough to lose, said coach Gil Ruiz about the Breakers’ Sacramento tourney experience.
4. Palma (10-5): St. Francis tourney this week, Gabilan Division title race next week.
5. Carmel (9-3): It’s a small world. Carmel beat Yreka in Costa Mesa tourney Monday. I spent about 30 days at the Yreka-Siskiyou Daily News about 38 years ago.
6. Monterey (5-7): Toreadores have been involved in five games where score has been 1-0 or 2-1.
7. North Salinas (7-1): Vikings go big-game hunting this week against St. Ignatius, St. Joseph-Santa Maria and at Monterey.
8. Soledad (11-2): Games must seem like batting practice for Soledad so far this year.
9. Watsonville (10-5): Arms should be rested and ready for North Salinas.
10. Christopher (6-8): We’ll keep flip-flopping Christopher with MVC until someone cries “uncle.’’
George Watkins is a sports writer for the Californian. He can be reached at gwatkins@thecalifornian.com or 754-4264. He can also be followed on Twitter at watkins_salnews.
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Travi$ Scott Is A Very Thirsty Cyborg In Low Pro’s “100 Bottles”
It really ought to be presented with a seizure warning.
By Zara Golden
Earlier this year the Low Pros, aka A-Trak and Lex Luger, released an EP that merged their respective expertise in dubstep and trap to a brilliant, almost too turnt up end. A prime example of their jacked-up genre-blending is “100 Bottles," an club night battle anthem that features a very thirsty Travi$ Scott, for which they've now shared an analeptic video to match. In it, a semi-cyborg Scott drags himself through a hyperreal vision of Tokyo's neon electric district in search of a cocktail that can return him—at least temporarily—to flesh-and-blood. It's directed by Nate Brown and Gustavo Torress, and it really ought to be presented with a seizure warning.
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Humphrey Bogart Movies
Humphrey Bogart Filmography
Humphrey was a successful American actor who started his acting career in 1921 with Broadway shows and theatre. He made his film debut as an actor in ‘Up the River’ (1930).
He first got recognized with the film ‘The Petrified Forest’ (1936). His starring roles in ‘High Sierra’ (1941), ‘The Maltese Falcon’ (1941), and ‘Across the Pacific’ (1942) established him as an actor in demand, and gave his career a new and stable high.
He won an ‘Oscar’ for ‘African Queen’ (1951), and received ‘Oscar’ nominations for ‘Casablanca’ (1943) and ‘The Caine Mutiny’ (1954).
His list of successful movies is wide. A few of them are ‘Angels with Dirty Faces’ (1938), ‘The Big Sleep’ (1944), ‘Dark Passage’ (1947), ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’ (1948), ‘In a Lonely Place’ (1950), ‘Sabrina’ (1954), ‘We’re No Angels’ (1955) etc.
His not so successful movies are ‘Broadway’s Like That’ (1930), ‘A Devil with Women’ (1930), ‘Swing Your Lady’ (1938), ‘The Oklahoma Kid’ (1939), ‘The Return of Doctor X’ (1939), Action in the North Atlantic’ (1943) etc.
His top grossing movie is ‘Casablanca’. His final role came in the movie ‘The Harder they Fall’ in 1956. He died in 1957.
FIRST MOVIE
The Dancing Town (1928)
WORST MOVIE
Swing Your Lady (1938)
Humphrey Bogart Movies List: Best To Worst
As:
Rick Blaine
War, Drama, Romance
Star Cast:
Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Ingrid Bergman, Conrad Veidt
Samuel Spade
Mystery, Film-Noir
Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Barton MacLane, Gladys George
Frank McCloud
Thriller, Film-Noir, Action, Crime, Drama
Edward G. Robinson, Lionel Barrymore, Claire Trevor, Lauren Bacall
Thriller, Mystery, Film-Noir, Crime
Lauren Bacall, Dorothy Malone, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers
Western, Adventure, Drama
John Huston, Bruce Bennett, Tim Holt, Walter Huston
Charlie Allnutt
Adventure, War, Romance, Drama
Robert Morley, Katharine Hepburn, Theodore Bikel, Peter Bull
To Have and Have Not
War, Romance, Comedy, Adventure, Thriller
Walter Brennan, Dolores Moran, Hoagy Carmichael, Lauren Bacall
The Caine Mutiny
Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg
War, Drama
José Ferrer, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray, Lee Marvin
In a Lonely Place
Dixon Steele
Mystery, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller, Romance
Carl Benton Reid, Art Smith, Frank Lovejoy, Gloria Grahame
Vincent Parry
Film-Noir, Thriller
Agnes Moorehead, Bruce Bennett, Lauren Bacall, Tom D'Andrea
Sgt. Joe Gunn
Zoltan Korda
Action, Drama, War
Lloyd Bridges, J. Carrol Naish, Bruce Bennett, Rex Ingram
James Frazier
Film-Noir, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Ann Sheridan, James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Bancroft
Linus Larrabee
Romance, Drama, Comedy
Audrey Hepburn, William Holden, Walter Hampden, John Williams
Roy Earle
Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller, Film-Noir, Adventure
Ida Lupino, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy, Joan Leslie
We're No Angels
Romance, Comedy, Crime
Joan Bennett, Peter Ustinov, Basil Rathbone, Aldo Ray
The Roaring Twenties
George Hally
Crime, Thriller, Film-Noir, Drama
James Cagney, Jeffrey Lynn, Priscilla Lane, Gladys George
The Petrified Forest
Duke Mantee
Drama, Romance, Thriller, Film-Noir
Bette Davis, Leslie Howard, Genevieve Tobin, Dick Foran, Humphrey Bogart
The Harder They Fall
Eddie Willis
Drama, Sport, Film-Noir, Thriller
Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Mike Lane, Max Baer
Romance, Drama
Bette Davis, George Brent, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan
'Baby Face' Martin
Film-Noir, Drama, Crime
Claire Trevor, Joel McCrea, Sylvia Sidney, Wendy Barrie
Glenn Griffin
Film-Noir, Drama, Crime, Thriller
Martha Scott, Fredric March, Dewey Martin, Arthur Kennedy
They Drive by Night
Paul Fabrini
Drama, Film-Noir, Crime, Thriller
Ida Lupino, Ann Sheridan, George Raft, Gale Page
Capt. 'Rip' Murdock
Crime, Mystery, Film-Noir, Thriller, Drama
William Prince, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky, Charles Cane
Turkey Morgan
Drama, Crime, Sport, Romance
Bette Davis, Edward G. Robinson, Wayne Morris, Jane Bryan
Thriller, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Alexis Smith, Charles Drake, Sydney Greenstreet, Rose Hobart
Dist. Atty. Martin Ferguson
Bretaigne Windust, Raoul Walsh
Film-Noir, Crime, Thriller
Zero Mostel, Everett Sloane, Ted de Corsia, Roy Roberts
'Gloves' Donahue
Action, Drama, War, Crime, Thriller, Comedy
Jackie Gleason, Frank McHugh, Conrad Veidt, Kaaren Verne
Three on a Match
Drama, Crime, Romance
Bette Davis, Joan Blondell, Warren William, Ann Dvorak, Lyle Talbot
Deadline - U.S.A.
Ed Hutcheson
Crime, Film-Noir, Drama
Ed Begley, Kim Hunter, Warren Stevens, James Dean
Lloyd Bacon, Michael Curtiz
Film-Noir, Thriller, Crime
Bette Davis, Lola Lane, Isabel Jewell, Rosalind Marquis
Bullets or Ballots
'Bugs' Fenner
William Keighley
Thriller, Film-Noir, Crime, Drama
Edward G. Robinson, Frank McHugh, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane
Across the Pacific
Rick Leland
Vincent Sherman, John Huston
Action, Drama, Adventure, Romance, War
Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Charles Halton, Victor Sen Yung
Passage to Marseille
Jean Matrac
War, Adventure, Drama
Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Michèle Morgan, Philip Dorn
Action in the North Atlantic
Lt. Joe Rossi
Byron Haskin, Lloyd Bacon, Raoul Walsh
Alan Hale, Ruth Gordon, Raymond Massey, Julie Bishop
Harry Dawes
Romance, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Edmond O'Brien, Ava Gardner, Marius Goring, Valentina Cortese
Brother Orchid
Romance, Crime, Comedy, Drama
Ann Sothern, Donald Crisp, Edward G. Robinson, Ralph Bellamy
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
'Rocks' Valentine
Susan Hayward, Donald Crisp, Edward G. Robinson, Allen Jenkins
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Musical, Comedy
Bette Davis, Eddie Cantor, Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn
Frank Taylor
Michael Curtiz, Archie Mayo
Drama, Crime, Film-Noir
Ann Sheridan, Dick Foran, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Helen Flint
Knock on Any Door
Andrew Morton
John Derek, George Macready, Allene Roberts, Candy Toxton
A Devil with Women
Tom Standish
Irving Cummings
Mona Maris, Victor McLaglen, Michael Vavitch, Luana Alcañiz
John Murrell
Romance, Drama, Western, Action, History
Miriam Hopkins, Errol Flynn, Frank McHugh, Randolph Scott
Grasselli / Chips Maguire
Lewis Seiler
Romance, Comedy, Musical, Drama, Crime
Ann Sheridan, Jeffrey Lynn, Una O'Connor, Zasu Pitts
The Great O'Malley
Ann Sheridan, Frieda Inescort, Sybil Jason, Pat O'Brien
Jim Watson
Alfred Santell
Charles Farrell, Myrna Loy, Elissa Landi, Don Dillaway
Geoffrey Carroll
Crime, Drama, Thriller, Film-Noir
Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith, Nigel Bruce, Isobel Elsom
Crime School
Mark Braden
Lewis Seiler, William Clemens
Gale Page, Billy Halop, End' Kids The 'Dead, Bobby Jordan
Invisible Stripes
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Jane Bryan, William Holden, George Raft, Flora Robson
The Bad Sister
Valentine Corliss
Hobart Henley
Bette Davis, Conrad Nagel, Sidney Fox, Charles Winninger
Beat the Devil
Billy Dannreuther
Crime, Comedy, Drama, Adventure, Action, Romance
Robert Morley, Peter Lorre, Peter Sellers, Gina Lollobrigida
The Dancing Town
Edmund Lawrence
Helen Hayes, Elizabeth Patterson, Clarence Nordstrom, Ada May
The Big Shot
Joseph 'Duke' Berne
Richard Travis, Stanley Ridges, Eleanor Parker, Irene Manning
The Left Hand of God
James 'Jim' Carmody
Lee J. Cobb, Agnes Moorehead, E.G. Marshall, Gene Tierney
Quintain
Romance, Comedy
Leslie Howard, Joan Blondell, Alan Mowbray, Marla Shelton
Never Say Goodbye
James V. Kern
Errol Flynn, Lucile Watson, Hattie McDaniel, Donald Woods
Joe 'Red' Kennedy
Film-Noir, Drama
Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien, Joe Sawyer, Barton MacLane
Tokyo Joe
Joseph 'Joe' Barrett
Stuart Heisler
Jerome Courtland, Sessue Hayakawa, Alexander Knox, Florence Marly
Action, Drama, Film-Noir
Lee J. Cobb, Everett Sloane, Märta Torén, Gerald Mohr
The Oklahoma Kid
Whip McCord
Western, History
James Cagney, Donald Crisp, Harvey Stephens, Rosemary Lane
King of the Underworld
Joe Gurney
Romance, Crime, Drama
James Stephenson, John Eldredge, Kay Francis, Jessie Busley
Two Guys from Milwaukee
Janis Paige, Jack Carson, Dennis Morgan, S.Z. Sakall
The Wagons Roll at Night
Nick Coster
Ray Enright
Eddie Albert, Sig Ruman, Joan Leslie, Sylvia Sidney
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Henry Travers, Gale Page, John Litel, Billy Halop
China Clipper
Hap Stuart
Marie Wilson, Pat O'Brien, Beverly Roberts, Ross Alexander
Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee, Grant Mitchell, Eric Linden
Lt. Col. Matthew "Matt" Brennan
Action, Adventure, Drama
Richard Whorf, Eleanor Parker, Raymond Massey, James Brown
I Am an American
Short, History
Danny Kaye, Gary Gray, Gordon Hart, Dick Haymes
Racket Busters
Walter Abel, George Brent, Allen Jenkins, Gloria Dickson
Always Together
Frederick De Cordova
Cecil Kellaway, Eleanor Parker, Don McGuire, Robert Hutton
Hollywood Victory Caravan
William D. Russell
Short, Comedy, Music
Barbara Stanwyck, Bing Crosby, Robert Benchley, Carmen Cavallaro
Drama, Crime, Comedy
Spencer Tracy, Warren Hymer, William Collier Sr., Claire Luce
Two Against the World
Sherry Scott
William C. McGann
Henry O'Neill, Beverly Roberts, Linda Perry, Carlyle Moore Jr.
Thornton Freeland
Dorothy Mackaill, Astrid Allwyn, Hale Hamilton, Halliwell Hobbes
A Holy Terror
Sally Eilers, George O'Brien, Rita La Roy, James Kirkwood
Women of All Nations
Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe, Greta Nissen, El Brendel
Marshall Quesne
Mystery, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror
Dennis Morgan, Wayne Morris, Rosemary Lane, John Litel
Battle Circus
Maj. Jed Webbe
Romance, War, Drama
June Allyson, Keenan Wynn, Robert Keith, William Campbell
Broadway's Like That
Ruth's Fiance
Arthur Hurley
Short, Music
Joan Blondell, Ruth Etting, Mary Philips
Chester Erskine
Film-Noir, Crime, Romance, Drama
Sidney Fox, Henry Hull, O.P. Heggie, Margaret Wycherly
Swingtime in the Movies
Musical, Short, Comedy
John Carroll, Jerry Colonna, Fritz Feld, Kathryn Kane
Isle of Fury
Val Stevens
Frank McDonald
Margaret Lindsay, Donald Woods, Paul Graetz, E.E. Clive
Men Are Such Fools
Harry Galleon
Wayne Morris, Hugh Herbert, Priscilla Lane, Johnnie Davis
Swing Your Lady
Music, Comedy, Sport, Romance
Frank McHugh, Nat Pendleton, Louise Fazenda, Penny Singleton
TV Shows and Videos
The Jack Benny Program (1950)
Frederick De Cordova, Ralph Levy, Norman Abbott, Seymour Berns, Don Weis
James Stewart, Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Producers' Showcase (1954)
Clark Jones, Kirk Browning, Delbert Mann, Vincent J. Donehue, Alex Segal
Family, Musical, Comedy, Drama
Buster Keaton, Cyril Ritchard, Claire Bloom, Mary Martin, David Wayne
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BFloat16 Deep Dive: ARM Brings BF16 Deep Learning Data Format to ARMv8-A
By Arne Verheyde 2019-09-21T18:02:02Z
(Image credit: Intel)
ARM will be adding BFloat16 support in the next revision of the ARMv8-A architecture under its Project Trillium ML platform. It marks a new major milestone in the widespread adoption of the young data format that is taking the deep learning community by storm. In this article, we’ll dive into the origins and benefits of the format.
Number Formats
It might seem obvious, but one of the fundamental problems you would encounter if you would want to build a computer chip from scratch follows: how do you represent numbers? For integers, the solution is simple enough: use the binary equivalent of the decimal number. (We’ll ignore negative numbers, for which a slightly more elaborate scheme was devised to make computation in hardware easier.) Rational numbers, never mind irrational numbers, need a bit more care, however.
The way to go is to use a (binary) scientific representation, in computer science called floating-point. In scientific notation, a number is represented as a rational number – called the mantissa – followed by a multiplication of this mantissa to the base raised to some exponent. As one caveat, the mantissa contains only one digit before the point, so the first digit in binary scientific notation is always a 1, so it is actually not stored by a computer. An example is 1.11 * 21111. Its value is 1.75 * 215 or 57,344. The mantissa evaluates to 1.75 because the first digit after the point represents a value of 0.5, the second digit 0.25, etc. So the binary 1.101 equals 1.625 in decimal.
In summary, such a number thus contains three pieces of information: its sign, its mantissa (which itself can be positive or negative) and the exponent. To make matters simple, IEEE has standardized several of these floating-point number formats for computers, of which binary32 (or FP32) and binary64 (or FP64) are most commonly used. The number refers to the total amount of digits that are used to represent the number, with most digits being allocated to the mantissa since that provides higher precision. They are also called single-precision (SP) and double-precision (DP). As mentioned earlier, the first digit of the mantissa is not contained in the format since it is always a 1.
When talking about the performance of a chip, the parlance used is floating-point operations per second or FLOPS. This would normally refer to single precision. In high performance computing (HPC), such as the classic TOP500 list, the number looked at is double-precision performance. However, for mobile graphics, and even more recently for deep learning especially, half-precision (FP16) has also become fashionable. Nvidia recognized this trend early on (possibly aided by its mobile aspirations at the time) and introduced half-precision support in Maxwell in 2014 at twice the throughput (FLOPS) of FP32. Since it is a smaller number format, the precision and range are reduced, but for deep neural networks, it turned out to be a feasible trade-off for more performance.
BFloat16
Of course, how the bits are split between the mantissa and the exponent can be freely chosen, in principle. More bits for the exponent means a much wider dynamic range of numbers that can be represented, both larger and smaller, whereas more bits for the mantissa will increase the accuracy of the representation. The latter is usually preferred. As an example, to approximate pi using floating-point representation as closely as possible, you would want to use most bits for the mantissa.
This is why IEEE standards are handy, to standardize this division between mantissa and exponent bits (and also for handling exceptions such as rounding, overflow and underflow consistently across hardware). Despite SP having twice as many bits (16 more), only three of them were given to the exponent, although that does increase the maximum value greatly from ~65,000 to ~1038. The machine precision going from FP16 to FP32 is improved by a factor of ~10,000. The image below shows the single and half-precision formats, and also the new bfloat16 format.
Bfloat16 differs from FP16 exactly in this regards; how the bits are allocated between the mantissa and the exponent. In essence, bfloat16 is just FP32, but drastically cuts down on the precision (mantissa) to fit in the 16 bits. In other words, it is (the dynamic range of) FP32 with 16 bit of mantissa (precision) removed. Or compared to FP16, it gains three bits in the exponent in exchange for three mantissa bits.
A question that naturally arises now, though, why bother with bfloat16 when FP16 already exists? For starters, since it is just a truncated FP32, it does make switching or converting to the format quite easy. Also, while FP16 does improve throughput, it is not a free lunch since its range is greatly reduced. So at best, it takes extra time to make the model suitable for FP16, but possibly also at the cost of getting inferior results. It turned out that throwing away 16 mantissa bits from FP32 does not meaningfully alter the behavior of FP32, making bfloat16 pretty much a drop-in replacement of FP32 with the throughput benefits of FP16.
This is not all. The main reason in favor of FP16 is hardware cost – perhaps surprisingly since both are 16-bit formats. As Google explained in a recent blog post, hardware area (number of transistors) scales roughly with the square of the mantissa width. So having just three fewer mantissa bits (7 instead of 10) means that a bfloat16 multiplier takes up about half the area of a conventional FP16 unit. Compared to an FP32 multiplier, its size is eight times smaller, with an equivalent reduction in power consumption as well. Or conversely, within the same silicon area more useful hardware can be put to achieve higher performance.
Lastly, a benefit that is true for all lower precision formats is that it saves memory and bandwidth. Since a value takes up only half the space of FP32, for instance 16GB of memory would suddenly feel more like 32GB by moving to bfloat16. This allows to train deeper and wider models. Additionally, the lower memory footprint also improves speed for memory bandwidth-bound operations.
Google reported a geometric mean training speed-up of 13.9% using bfloat16 mixed precision, over several Cloud TPU reference models.
Flexpoint Defeated: The Road to Widespread Adoption
Bfloat16 is called Brain Floating Point Format in full (or BF16 in short), as it is named after the Google Brain research group where it was conceived. As Jeff Dean, Senior Fellow of Google AI, explained in a series of Twitter posts, Google started using the format since the early days of TensorFlow. More specifically, it was supported in hardware since the second version of its Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), the TPU v2 in 2017. But the company didn’t really start to openly talk about it until Google I/O in May 2018 (around 26:00).
Also in May 2018, Intel held its inaugural AI DevCon, where it provided for the first time some performance data on its 28nm Lake Crest deep learning processor and announced Spring Crest as a successor on 16nm and the first high volume Nervana product to launch in late 2019. (Intel also hinted for the first time it was working on an inference chip.)
Lake Crest was the neural network processor (NNP) Intel inherited from acquiring Nervana in the fall of 2016, after which it announced its comprehensive AI strategy and forming its AI Products Group another few months later. One of the innovations Nervana touted for Lake Crest – aside from being a full-fledged deep learning processor instead of a repurposed GPU – was that it used a new optimized numeric data format called Flexpoint (not to be confused with Intel FPGAs’ HyperFlex architecture) that was meant to deliver increased compute density.
Unlike bfloat16, Flexpoint was conceived from the insight that fixed point (i.e., integer) hardware consumes fewer transistors (and energy) than floating point hardware, as Intel explained in an in-depth 2017 blog post. In one table, Intel showed that an integer multiplier costs less than half the area of a floating point multiplier of the same number of bits. Though less relevant, the difference is even larger for addition: while an integer adder scales linearly with the number of bits, a floating point adder scales quadratically, resulting in vast differences in area.
So the idea behind Flexpoint is to make integer arithmetic work for deep learning. Flexpoint is actually a tensorial numerical format. The elements of a Flexpoint tensor are (16-bit) integers, but they have a shared (5-bit) exponent whose storage and communication can be amortized over the whole tensor, making the exponent negligible in cost. In full, the format can be denoted as flex16+5. The common exponent in a tensor isn’t completely free, however, as it does introduce some exponent management complexity, for which Nervana introduced a management algorithm called Autoflex. Intel concluded: “Strictly speaking, it is not a mere numerical format, but a data structure wrapping around an integer tensor with associated adaptive exponent management algorithms.”
In essence then, around 2017 there were two upcoming, competing 16-bit training methodologies that each claimed to provide ‘numerical parity’ to 32-bit training, but with more efficient 16-bit formats. Bfloat16 improved upon FP16 by exchanging mantissa bits for exponent bits, while Flexpoint improved upon FP16 by moving to integer arithmetic (with some marginal exponent management overhead). Interestingly enough, flex16+5 actually has higher precision than FP16 (or bfloat16) because it has 16-bit mantissas (due to the separate 5-bit exponent).
However, by the time Intel formally introduced Spring Crest at the AI DevCon in 2018, all notions of Flexpoint had disappeared. Naveen Rao, Nervana co-founder and SVP of the AI Products Group, instead announced that the product would support bfloat16. This was further strengthened when a few months later Naveen Shenoy, SVP of Intel’s Data Center Group, announced that Intel would go all-in on bfloat16 and introduce it across the company’s portfolio, with Cooper Lake being the first Xeon CPU to support it as new DLBoost feature. In November 2018 Intel released its own bfloat16 hardware numerics definition whitepaper (PDF) for integrating BF16 units in Intel Architecture, definitely vindicating Google’s Brain Floating Point Format.
It remains an open question why the company went overboard with BF16, as Intel never explained why Flexpoint fell by the wayside. Intel had touted that there was no extra software engineering needed to move from FP32 to flex16+5, making it a drop-in replacement just like BF16. Intel may have simply decided that a numeric format battle was not worth it, and chose to accept – and even push – BF16 as the standard deep learning training format. After all, both proposals claimed about the same ~50% reduction in area compared to FP16.
The NNP-T and Xeon Scalable processors likely won’t be the only products from Intel to support BF16. While it not clear yet if Ice Lake will feature the format, Intel’s 10nm Agilex FPGAs also have hardened support for it.
One other question is also left open that is probably easier asked for Flexpoint than for BF16: why (stop at) 16 bits? After all, moderate precision is making big strides in inference. For example, Google’s TPUv1 supported just INT8. Intel answered this by noting that low precision remains a challenge for training for several reasons. So for now, bfloat16 will become the de facto standard for deep neural network training on non-Nvidia hardware. Although it must be noted that Nvidia does make up the majority of the training market.
ARM Confirms BF16 Commitment
ARM recently announced in a detailed blog that it is also committed to the new format. The instructions that ARM is adding are solely for BF16 multiplication since that is by far the most common computation in neural networks. Specifically, the SVE, AArch64 Neon and AArch32 Neon SIMD instruction sets will each gain the four new instructions. (SVE is an ARMv8 extension complementary to Neon, and it allows for vector lengths to scale from 128 to 2048 bits.) The instructions accept BF16 inputs, but they accumulate into FP32, just like other BF16 implementations. One instruction allows for converting to BF16.
ARM also explained some of the nuances concerning numeric behaviors (rounding behavior) of BF16. It noted that different architectures and software libraries had adopted slightly different mechanics for rounding, and ARM too has not followed FP32 rigorously and instead introduced some simplifications. However, ARM states that its simplifications have resulted in a 35% or more area – and corresponding power – reduction of such a block. Conversely, ARM says they also permit the reuse of existing FP32 blocks to deliver twice the BF16 throughput (compared to FP32) with only a slight increase in area.
The new instructions fall under ARM’s Project Trillium, its heterogeneous machine learning program. The new BF16 instructions will be included in the next update of the Armv8-A instruction set architecture. Albeit not yet announced, this would be ARMv8.5-A. They should find its way to ARM processors from its partners after that.
In a quest for ever higher deep learning performance, hardware and software has moved to lower precision number formats to reduce the hardware size of the arithmetic units and increase throughput. Since FP16 posed some challenges because of its reduced value range, Google moved to its self-devised bfloat16 format with the TPUv2 in 2017 as a superior alternative and a drop-in replacement for FP32, all while cutting hardware area in half compared to FP16, or eightfold over FP32. Its appeal is that it is simply a truncated FP32.
Intel, on the other hand, inherited Flexpoint from its Nervana acquisition. It touted the same end-user benefits of FP32 model performance and improved compute density compared to FP16, but employing integer hardware. However, Intel at some point moved forward with pushing BF16 across its portfolio. It has now been announced for the NNP-T accelerators, Xeon Scalable (Cooper Lake for now) and the Agilex FPGAs.
While Nvidia has made no announcements on this front, ARM last week also said that it would support bfloat16 multiplication with several SVE and Neon instructions in the next revision of the ARMv8-A architecture. With that announcement, the two most important CPU architectures are now in the process of receiving hardened BF16 support.
setx 21 September 2019 21:03
Too bad that BFloat16 is pretty much useless for anything besides neural networks as 8-bit precision is just too poor.
bit_user 22 September 2019 14:39
Nice article. It's good to see this sort of content, on the site.
a number thus contains three pieces of information: its sign, its mantissa (which itself can be positive or negative) and the exponent.
Um, I think you meant to say the exponent can itself be positive or negative. The sign bit applies to the mantissa, but the exponent is biased (i.e. so that an 8-bit exponent of 127 is 0, anything less than that is negative, and anything greater is positive).
To make matters simple, IEEE has standardized several of these floating-point number formats for computers
You could list the IEEE standard (or even provide a link), so that people could do some more reading, themselves. I applaud your efforts to explain these number formats, but grasping such concepts from quite a brief description is a lot to expect of readers without prior familiarity. To that end, perhaps the Wikipedia page is a reasonable next step for any who're interested:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754
Nvidia recognized this trend early on (possibly aided by its mobile aspirations at the time) and introduced half-precision support in Maxwell in 2014 at twice the throughput (FLOPS) of FP32.
That's only sort of true. Their Tegra X1 is the only Maxwell-derived architecture to have it. And of Pascal (the following generation), the only chip to have it was the server-oriented P100.
In fact, Intel was first to the double-rate fp16 party, with their Gen8 (Broadwell) iGPU!
AMD was a relative late-comer, only adding full support in Vega. However, a few generations prior, they had load/save support for fp16, so that it could be used as the in-memory representation while actual computations continued to use full fp32.
It could be noted that use of fp16 in GPUs goes back about a decade further, when people had aspirations of using it for certain graphical computations (think shading or maybe Z-buffering, rather than geometry). And that format was included in the 2008 version of the standard. Unfortunately, there was sort of a chicken-and-egg problem, with GPUs adding only token hardware support for it and therefore few games bothered to use it.
This is a nice diagram, but It would've been interesting to see FP16 aligned on the exponent-fraction boundary.
hardware area (number of transistors) scales roughly with the square of the mantissa width
Important point - thanks for mentioning.
The elements of a Flexpoint tensor are (16-bit) integers, but they have a shared (5-bit) exponent whose storage and communication can be amortized over the whole tensor
As a side note, there are some texture compression formats like this. Perhaps that's where they got the idea?
ARM too has not followed FP32 rigorously and instead introduced some simplifications.
Specific to BFloat16 instructions, right? Otherwise, I believe ARMv8A is IEEE 754-compliant.
The new BF16 instructions will be included in the next update of the Armv8-A instruction set architecture. Albeit not yet announced, this would be ARMv8.5-A. They should find its way to ARM processors from its partners after that.
This strikes me as a bid odd. I just don't see people building AI training chips out of ARMv8A cores. I suppose people can try, but they're already outmatched.
witeken 10 October 2019 21:41
bit_user said:
Um, I think you meant to say the exponent can itself be positive or negative.
Good comment, P100 indeed introduced it for deep learning, not so much Maxwell.
I think they just tried to come up with a scheme to be able to use integer hardware instead of FP.
Yes, I was talking about the new BF16 instructions.
I guess we'll see. Arm is adding the support, so someone will use it eventually, I'd imagine.
bit_user 11 October 2019 05:22
witeken said:
My guess is that ARM got requests for it, a couple years ago, in the earlier days of the AI boom. Sometimes, feature requests take a while to percolate through the product development pipeline and, by the time they finally reach the market, everybody has moved on.
That's sort of how I see AMD's fumbling with deep learning features, only they've done a little bit better. For a couple generations, they managed to leap-frog Nvidia's previous generation, but were well-outmatched by their current offering. So, I'm wondering whether AMD will either get serious about building a best-in-class AI chip, or just accept that they missed the market window and back away from it.
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New Windows Zero-Day Flaws Revealed By Controversial Researcher
(Image credit: Tom's Hardware)
SandboxEscaper, a controversial security researcher that has been releasing zero-day exploits for Windows since last year on Twitter and GitHub, has released three other zero-day exploits and promised to reveal more soon.
New Windows Error Reporting Service Zero-Day Flaw
One of the latest zero-day flaws that SandboxEscaper revealed is related to a vulnerability in the Windows Error Reporting service that she said can be exploited via a discretionary access control list operation. The DACL is an internal list attached to an object in Active Directory that specifies which users and groups can access the object and what kinds of operations they can perform.
The researcher named the flaw AngryPolarBearBug2, implying it to be a successor to a previous Windows Error Reporting service flaw she found last December, which she named AngryPolarBearBug.
According to the researcher, the bug isn’t very easy to exploit, and it can take upwards of 15 minutes for it to trigger. Following the activation of the exploit, an attacker can edit any Windows file, including system executables.
Internet Explorer 11 Zero-Day Flaw
Another vulnerability revealed by SandboxEscaper is one affecting Internet Explorer 11, a browser Microsoft continues to use in Windows 10 for legacy purposes. By abusing this flaw, attackers would be able to inject malicious code in Internet Explorer. The attack doesn’t seem to be remotely exploitable, but attackers could still make use of it in their exploit-chains when they try to take over Windows systems through the IE11 browser. SandboxEscaper released a video demo of how the attack works on GitHub.
The researcher released another local privilege escalation bug in the Windows Task Scheduler earlier this week and promised to reveal two more Windows zero-day flaws shortly.
jimmysmitty 22 May 2019 23:28
I always wonder how often these guys actually communicate with Microsoft or the other companies. It seems most of these bugs and /or flaws just get released to the public to become ways for hackers and scammers to screw people over.
I highly doubt Microsoft, with proof, would prefer to see that. Instead I bet they would want to fix it before some nasty person messes up a bunch of peoples systems.
Sounds like someone who has a grudge against microsoft. Also, seems like a few things have to happen for these exploits to work, but it's hard to tell from the explanations.
AndrewJacksonZA 23 May 2019 11:44
jimmysmitty said:
Yep, that's right. See https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/bounty for their bug bounty program.
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Sea Monster Week
Debunking a Great New England Sea Serpent
Elizabeth Fama
Thu Aug 16, 2012 10:00am 7 comments Favorite This
An early engraving depicting the monster with the caption, ’Taken from life as appeared in Gloucester Harbour, August 23, 1817’
In my forthcoming novel, Monstrous Beauty, the character Ezra says, “I am scientific enough that I believe all difficult problems have a solution and yield to effort.” He said those words to a mermaid. Magic and science co-exist beautifully in fiction.
While creating my underwater world of dangerous mermaids, I read about the Gloucester Sea Monster—the most important, best-documented sea serpent you’ve never heard of—which was first mentioned in 1638, and last seen in 1962.
The beast’s heyday was between 1817 and 1819, when hundreds of people saw it in the Gulf of Maine—many more than have claimed to see the Loch Ness Monster and the Lake Champlain creature combined. Once, “a cloud of witnesses exceeding two hundred” watched it, at various angles and altitudes from shore, for three and a quarter hours. In the summer of 1817, the animal lingered so long and often in Gloucester that, “Almost every individual in town, both great and small, had been gratified at a great or less distance with a sight of him.” Families saw it; sailors; captains; whalers; and even a couple of naturalists saw it. Men shot at it with rifles and tried to impale it with harpoons. It seemed impervious.
In August of 1817 the New England Linnaean Society decided to conduct an investigation, noting:
It was said to resemble a serpent in its general form and motions, to be of immense size, and to move with wonderful rapidity; to appear on the surface only in calm, bright weather; and to seem jointed or like a number of buoys or casks following each other in a line.
A dozen or so witnesses were deposed in sworn statements. The serpent’s motion was “vertical, like the caterpillar,” according to Matthew Gaffney, the ship’s carpenter who shot at it. The head was as large as a horse’s but with a smaller snout, like a dog’s, or like a snake’s with a flattened top. The length was estimated at between sixty and one hundred fifty feet, and the diameter as thick as half a barrel, or a cask. Robert Bragg said the color was “of a dark chocolate,” although as the years went on the creature’s patina seemed to age to black.
In August 1818, a Captain Rich harpooned the sea serpent: “I hove the harpoon into him as fairly as a whale was ever struck.” The animal took one hundred-eighty feet of warp before the harpoon drew out, to the crew’s “sore disappointment.” Three weeks later, still chasing the elusive monster for profit, they wrestled a giant fish to its death and presented it on the beach as the sea serpent, only to discover that it was a very large “horse mackerel,” now called a Bluefin tuna.
Brain science is as magical as monsters. Humans see organized patterns and objects, and make inferences when the picture is incomplete or parts are hidden. Stimuli that are close together or move together are perceived to be part of the same object (global superiority effect). We complete edges where there are none (illusory contours). These highly-evolved tools of perception—essential for our survival—suggest how a person could see a long, sinuous, animated object and infer from it “giant serpent.”
But what did they see? Something unusual was in the water—something that looked remarkably like a sea serpent to a visual cortex primed to expect one. Yet the eyewitnesses were careful to rule out objects they were familiar with: a long rope of intertwined seaweed, schools of fish, or porpoises swimming in a line.
Magic was moving me: I was beginning to believe the tales. And then I saw a video called Saving Valentina about a humpback whale being cut free from the fishing nets that had entangled her. I searched the web and found photographs of whales trailing hundreds of feet of rope and debris. I read about drift netting and the threat to whales before its ban in 1992. I looked back at the testimony and realized that the witnesses gave the answer themselves, hidden in the plain language of their own descriptions:
“
like a string of gallon kegs 100 feet long.”
“He
resembles a string of buoys on a net rope, as is set in the water to catch herring.”
“The back was composed of bunches about the size of a flour barrel, which were apparently three feet apart—they appeared to be fixed but might be occasioned by the motion of the animal, and looked like a string of casks or barrels tied together
”
If it looks like a string of gallon kegs, maybe it is a string of gallon kegs? And more,
“
[he appeared in] exactly the season when the first setting of mackerel occurs in our bay.” [Whales eat schooling fish like herring and mackerel.]
“
claimed he’d seen a sea serpent about two leagues from Cape Ann battling a large humpback whale.” [Proximity of a whale to the serpent.]
“At this time [the creature] moved more rapidly, causing a white foam under the chin, and a long wake, and his protuberances had a more uniform appearance.” [The foam suggests something is pulling the object, and the strand of kegs elongates when towed.]
“
the times he kept under the water was on the average of eight minutes.” [Like a whale.]
In the early 19th century a purse seine net would likely have had cedar or cork floats. But after a bit of research I found that small wooden casks were used as buoys and as floats for fish nets in Newfoundland and Norway in the 1800s.
Ezra would be pleased: A possible scientific solution had yielded to my effort.
Between 1817 and 1819 (more likely much longer) I believe the “sea serpent” was in fact the same poor humpback whale, entangled in a net or rope lined with keg or cork buoys, migrating to the Gulf of Maine every summer, powerful enough to survive the massive drag of its entanglement, and even to submerge the length of its torment into the depths with it, giving the illusion of the snake sinking. It’s likely that just by chance, the first keg or buoy in the line was different than the others, or was made of multiple objects lashed together, to create the illusion of a head raised above the body.
Monica Pepe, the Project Supervisor at the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society in Plymouth, MA, confirmed that there have been many long-term entanglements, citing a North Atlantic right whale named “Necklace” who had a fishing net wrapped around her tail stock for a decade. In most contemporary instances, disentanglement teams try to free the animals, but according to Ms. Pepe, “If it doesn’t appear to be life threatening they usually will try to let the animal free itself.”
Perhaps the “sea-serpent” whale eventually freed itself. But given very similar sightings well into the 1830s (after which the descriptions are more varied), I believe instead that it spent its life inadvertently bringing science and magic together along the shores of New England.
O’Neill, J.P. The Great New England Sea Serpent: An Account of Unknown Creatures Sighted by Many Respectable Persons Between 1638 and the Present Day. New York, NY: Paraview, 2003.
Report of a Committee of the Linnaean Society of New England Relative to a Large Marine Animal Supposed to be a Serpent Seen Near Cape Ann, Massachusetts in August 1817. Boston, Mass.: Cummings and Hilliard, 1817.
Wolfe, Jeremy M., et al. Sensation and Perception. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, 2009.
Elizabeth Fama is the author of Overboard and the forthcoming Monstrous Beauty. She holds a BA in Biology with honors, an MBA, and a PhD in Economics and Finance.
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Wipro GE Healthcare and Indian public sector group, SAMEER (part of India’s Electronics and IT Ministry), agreed to co-develop an India-made/targeted “indigenous” MRI system. GE and SAMEER will collaborate on the R&D and development of a new 1.5T MRI platform that will be used in a range of whole-body, portable, and digital MRI systems, leveraging GE-supplied magnets and GE’s MRI expertise. The partnership comes roughly seven months after the Indian Government set a mandate to develop a “Made in India” MRI by 2019 that led to SAMEER’s government funding and now this alliance.
In an effort to shift more imaging patients to lower-cost outpatient facilities, UnitedHealthcare announced that it will perform site of care reviews for certain CT and MRI procedures (except in Iowa, Kentucky, and Utah, and excluding imaging performed during an inpatient stay or ED visit). Starting on January 1, UnitedHealth will review the “site of care” as part of its prior authorization process and determine the imaging site based on medical need, the member’s benefit plan, and state laws.
California imaging center CEO, Sam Sarkis Solakyan, found out the hard way that crime doesn’t pay (at least not in the long run). Solakyan was charged with 12 counts of fraud for operating a kickback scheme, paying local recruiters and local doctors over $8.8 million to refer workman’s comp patients to his nine imaging centers where he generated $284 million in kickback-related imaging procedure billings.
A new report shows that many women in the US still pay out-of-pocket costs for breast screening mammograms, potentially dissuading some women from screenings. The research studied 2015 National Health Interview Survey data on 3,278 women between 50 and 74 years old who had a mammogram the previous year, finding that about 24% of all 50-64yr old women and 40% of uninsured 50-64yr old women had at least some out-of-pocket payments for their most recent mammogram (12% of all 65-74yr olds paid, including 23% with only Medicare).
King’s College London became the first in Europe to adopt NVIDIA’s DGX-2 AI research system and the NVIDIA Clara AI platform, using the AI solutions “to rethink the practice of radiology and pathology in a quest to better serve 8 million patients in the U.K.’s National Healthcare System.” That’s a big goal. NVIDIA and KCL will team their researchers and engineers with clinicians from major London NHS hospitals focused on discovery of critical data strategies, targeted AI problems, and speed deployment in the clinic.
The FDA and MITRE published a new medical device cybersecurity playbook to help healthcare organizations prevent and combat cyberattacks. The playbook outlines how to establish a cybersecurity program, defines the responsibilities of different players (e.g. manufacturers, hospitals, etc.) in responding to an attack, and highlights ways to improve cybersecurity operations.
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh found that a deep learning algorithm can reduce false-positive mammogram readings and related repercussions (unnecessary concern, time, cost) by differentiating between false positive, malignant, and negative mammograms. The deep learning program (based on 14,860 images) is able to spot imaging features that are uniquely associated with recalled-benign images thus helping radiologists decide if the patient should be recalled (or if it’s a false recall).
Immuno-oncology imaging company, ImaginAb, announced a deal to provide its novel minibody CD8 T Cell PET imaging agent to Merck for use in immuno-oncology clinical trials. Merck will also make an equity investment in ImaginAb’s Series B round of financing as part of the deal.
Not sure if this is good news for neuroradiologists. New research from UCLA found that having overnight (24/7/365) neuroradiologist coverage positively impacts referring physician satisfaction (84% accuracy, 69% timeliness, 77% neuroradiologist accessibility), turnaround times (dropped from 5.2 to 1.3 hours), and resident perception of educational experience (84% positive responses). The research surveyed attending neuroradiologists and referring emergency physicians between October 2016 and March 2017, but neuroradiologist overnights have been on the rise, increasing four-fold since 2015.
GE Healthcare and Society of Radiography in Kenya (SORK) launched a 2-year initiative to train at least 140 radiographers in the country on current technologies and skills, with SORK providing the accreditation and GE providing equipment, facilitators, and content for the training sessions.
Italian researchers found that digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) combined with ultrasound automated breast volume scanning (ABVS) is a viable alternative to MRI for breast cancer staging, particularly in situations where MRI is unavailable or impractical. The study looked at 73 cancer patients who underwent the three imaging techniques before an operation, finding that DBT-ABVS was comparable to MRI for all cancers, but still had less sensitivity and a negative predictive value.
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The Mural of Honour
The Mural project was launched in November 2005 as a fundraising project for the new Founders' Gallery at the Military Museums. The process of installing the Mural panels began in November 2006, and the completed mural was unveiled in the atrium of The Military Museums on 9 November 2007.
The 240 tiles that represent Canada’s military history from the War of 1812 to present day operations are highlighted by an interactive display in the Museum's atrium. The collective stories reveal the different theatres of war Canadians have been involved in for nearly 200 years, including both overseas and domestic operations.
Viewing the Mural
Click the Mural image to view the Mural of Honour.
The interactive version of the Mural of Honour was built with technology that is only compatible with larger desktop monitors that support Flash. It will not display on smaller internet enabled devices. To view the Mural of Honour, either use a larger desktop display or visit the Mural of Honour in the atrium of The Military Museums in Calgary, Alberta.
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Message From The Mural Director
The Mural Project was initiated to raise funds for the creation of the Founders’ Gallery at the Military Museums. As the project evolved, it became clear that this was an opportunity to fulfill my vision to bring Canadian military history to the public in a creative and captivating way.
A tremendous team of volunteers embraced my vision and worked diligently to support this project in the early years and I am sincerely grateful for their devoted efforts, in particular, Ian Watson, who has devoted himself to this project and has been invaluable to the development of the Interactive Display. I am also very grateful to another volunteer, Marg Liessens who has provided invaluable support with proof-reading and content management.
I’d like to thank all of those who sponsored paintings in the Mural, for their generous donations and for stepping forward to participate in this unique initiative. The Mural Project would also not have been possible without the initial support of The Bank of Montreal, whose faith in our project enabled us to get the Mural launched. We have since exceeded our fundraising goal by raising over 600,000 dollars. I would also like to express my great appreciation for Digital Heritage in the initial development of our Interactive Display.
I understand the importance of legacy and remembrance, but I never predicted the impact this project would have on the families and friends who participated by paying tribute to the veterans in their lives, and to the shared history that is important to all of us.
These digital pages will continue to evolve over the years and will help viewers better understand the great challenges, tragedies and accomplishments inherent in armed conflict. What began as a fundraising endeavor has become a powerful memorial to generations of Canadians who answered the call, who fought valiantly, often at great cost, for their country and for a better world.
My hope is to give viewers a sense for the realities of war, of the the human cost and the innocence of the enthusiastic young men who enlisted versus the wiser, battle weary men who returned. And, of course, to honour those who did not return.
Karen Storwick
Director, Mural Project
The Artist, Lewis Lavoie
Lewis Lavoie was born in 1965 in St. Albert, Alberta, and is an established portrait painter and book illustrator. He is best known for his mural mosaics, which he engineers and executes for special projects across the country. Over the years, Lewis has been honoured with many awards for artistic merit.
Perhaps Lewis’ greatest challenge and achievement to date has been The Military Museums Mural, commissioned by The Military Museums in Calgary where he combined both personal legacy and military history to create an extraordinary educational exhibit for permanent display.
Incredibly, Lewis was able to capture and incorporate the distinct requests of our many sponsors, a difficult task for any artist. His accomplishment in bringing all the individual panels together to create the larger mural honouring each branch of the Canadian Armed Forces, is truly exceptional.
Mural Guest And War Artists
The mural comprises 240 separate images that together create the mosaic of the servicemen from each branch of the armed forces. Lewis Lavois painted 227 of the panels over a two-year period between 2005 - 2007. The remaining thirteen panels were painted by guest artists, including five works of art by original war artists of the Second World War.
Bruno Bobak 236
Molly Lamb Bobak 166
Leonard Brooks 34
Patrick Cowley-Brown 195
Robert Hyndman 47
Bill Bewick 203, 234
Don Connolly 221
Paul Houle 198
Tag Kim 205, 211, 212, 213
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Afghanistan Panel
The Afghanistan tribute #126 is of special and enduring significance for visitors to the Mural and indeed to all Canadians. Sponsored by General Walter Natynczyk (Retd), this panel honours the fallen soldiers and service personnel who paid the supreme sacrifice while serving in Afghanistan from 2002 to 2011.
The Mural Committee continues to welcome biographies, photos and family messages from relatives, family members and service personnel for the Afghanistan Fallen. If you would like to submit additional material to honour one of the Afghanistan Fallen, please contact the TMM This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Our sincerest thanks to all the families and service personnel who have helped out with their story submissions and photos in honour of Canada's heroes.
Mural Development Team
The Military Museum's Mural project has been developed by a team of volunteers who have devoted themselves to making this legacy project possible. The primary Mural development team consists of four people:
Karen Storwick, Founder and Director of the Mural Project
Ian Watson, Content and Software developer
Marg Liessens, Content Management
Rob Alexander, Writer and Author
Mural Volunteers
The Mural Development Team is profoundly grateful for our many devoted volunteers without whom the fulfillment of our vision would not be possible:
Dorothy Cameron; Assistant Mural Painter
Yana Doyle; Research Assistant/Writer, Afghanistan Tribute
Cyndy Butler; Research and Writing Assistant
Dennis Apedaile: Research Advisor
Rob Alexander: Writer
Tex Leugner: Writer
Joylyn Leugner: Administrative Assistant
Adam Lajeunesse: Writer
Jacqui Lane: Writer
Stan Scislowski: Writer
Meighen McCrae: Writer
Barry Ashton: Writer/Editor, Army
Donald Norrie: Writer/Editor, Air Force
John Farnham: Writer/Editor, Air Force
Dan Dempsey: Writer, Air Force
Al Judson: Writer/Editor, Army
Frank Saies Jones: Writer/Editor, Navy
Alan McDonald: Writer (deceased)
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Eric Wicherts: Writer
Robyn Williams: Writer
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Alternate Universe, Erotic Romance, LGBTQ, Vamps & Shifters Romance
"Contract killer" is a fitting job for a vampire, and it suits Liam just fine. Cast down from the wealth and status of the Sky for taking a human lover, Liam lurks in the poor and pollution-choked Gutter, killing to survive. Between his natural strengths and his Cybernetix mods, no mark has ever escaped him.
Liam's ex-lover Daniel is the heir to Cybernetix�and its greatest threat. Horrified by people less man than machine and the exploitation of Gutter factory workers, he'd rather destroy Cybernetix than inherit it . . . if his father doesn't destroy him first.
Years of anger and a heap of mods have kept Daniel and Liam apart. When Liam is hired to slaughter a man in his glass Sky tower, he walks right into a Daniel-shaped trap. Daniel's father has betrayed them both, and only by working together can Daniel and Liam survive the coming day. They have no reason to trust each other, but as the dawn looms, a bargain that began with the simple urge to live soon reminds them of the love they once shared. Can they find each other again, or will the Cybernetix assassins find them first?
Book Review by BookAddict (reviewer)
Feb 04, 2012 [ OFFICIAL REVIEW ]
179 people found the following review helpful
Love and hate are so close at times; it's hard to tell in the heat of passion.
Liam was betrayed by Daniel and has the opportunity to confront him after five long years. Liam's been given a contract to assassinate Daniel by Daniel's father. With pleasure, Liam greets Daniel with a loaded gun in both his hand and pants. Not all is what it seems. Daniel still loves Liam and his world has come crashing down around him before he had a chance for his plans to come together. Old wounds are opened as Liam confronts Daniel. New wounds are created as they come to an understanding.
This story is totally cyberpunk, which I like. I would like to see more about this pretty cool cyberpunk world. The controversial mods totally had my inner geek girl squealing in delight. The world was explained just enough that I understood the warring factions and the idealists. I liked the gadgets incorporated into the story. It was sort of borg-esque yet different in a hot techno way. I would really like to read more about this world and learn more about the different companies and about the Gutter. I also want to know if there are "rebel" forces who band together to fight the large corporations.
This is my first story by Ms. Witt. I like her fluid writing style. The pace she sets is fast and furious. I recommend this book to fellow cyberpunk lovers who enjoy a hot m/m love/hate relationship.
Book Review by Valentina Heart (author,reviewer)
Mar 19, 2012 [ OFFICIAL REVIEW ]
Cyberpunk with a paranormal touch and a promise of a fast and dangerous ride is exactly what A CHIP IN HIS SHOULDER is. L.A. Witt created a fast paced action with a lot of detail and a world of possibilities.
My interest in this book started when I first saw the cover. Honestly it is still one of the best ones I've seen, because it's simple, hot and dangerous and in a way tells a story of its own. If I've read the blurb, it's been a while since then because I was convinced starting that it was a contemporary. Maybe that will teach me to pay attention to words and not hot hunks. A weakness, can't help it. So when Liam started talking about mods and light sensitivity, I felt as if I'd dropped in the middle of a movie and had to poke at five people around me to tell me what was going on.
Turns out he's a vampire/mercenary who lives in the Gutter, lower part of the world where the poor people live and work, where the air is barely breathable, crime is the norm and one is likely to get anything he wants for a price. He is hired by his former lover's (who'd betrayed him and landed him where he is) father to kill his son, Daniel. Liam doesn't ask why because all he wants is the money and revenge can only sweeten the deal.
Not to go into long explanations, the father is the real villain and he'd set them both up, wanting to get rid of the threat they represent each in his own way. That was fine with me, actually the whole future with modifications and advanced technology was interesting and something I like reading about. But the way it was presented could have been better. The feeling of starting the story from the middle took too long to fade and by then I was overwhelmed by the technical details I had no background to base them on. The fact that Liam was a vampire didn't quite fit into the story and while I did get used to it, even by the end, I didn't see a point in it. I also wondered how exactly did the human race come to the level where they became vampires. Were they turned or born? Evolution maybe? Way too many questions and definitely not enough answers.
The mutual forgiveness from both characters seemed far-fetched and their sudden attraction too close to a fairytale. I really couldn't get into the romance part of this story at all and could easily say there was no romance at all. The love/hate relationship I very much like, but even that definition couldn't be used in this particular story.
I debated between rating this with two stars and three, but decided I really did like the action parts and the whole �powerful villain' vibe they revolved around. I thought it was well developed and the only thing that made much sense.
The ending was rather open, as if another book is planned sometime in the future, but since I didn't much care for the characters and there was no emotional side of me invested into this story, I was fine with it.
Cyberpunk is rare in m/m romance, and as such I would say if asked � go and try this book. If I am going to remember it long enough to actually say that is another thing entirely. Since I've read and liked a couple of books by this author, I know it's not a matter of lacking ideas or talent, just that L.A. Witt has a very diverse style and while one book might be perfect, another might be a complete miss.
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Which Conditions Qualify For Disability Benefits?
Any one of dozens of medical conditions and disabilities can qualify a person for Retirement Survivors and Disability Insurance (RSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI). When making your case however, it is vital to present an accurate medical diagnosis and other information. Without that data, there is a high probability that your application or appeal will be denied.
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Bush Calls For Mid-East Peace
Written by Rodd Justice
Valiant efforts have been made by world, Arab and Israeli statesmen to call for an end to violence in the Middle-East, and a return to the peace process. President Bush has led the world in saying "peace is good". Tony Blair followed by jotting down a personal statement, proclaiming that an end to violence would be "goode for the generation of toomorrow".
The recent cycle of violence was triggered last month in Tel Aviv, where three young Palestinians committed suicide moonings on a packed bus. Fifteen people saw at least a partial crack, and three suffered full "butt-cheek in face-cheek" injuries. The offenders were killed in the following stampede. The kids knew what they were getting into, and were willing to die showing the "Islamic crescent" in their bottoms.
Israel responded with a tit-for-tat attack on Yasser Arafat's headquarters in Gaza. Helicopter gunships circled the base, as an Israeli soldier yelled rude anagrams for the Palestinian leader's name from the sky. "Arse" was repeated on at least six occasions.
The violence has escalated in the following 24 hours. Terrorists last night entered office buildings in Haifa overnight, and planted "Whopee Cushions" on the seats of Israeli office workers. This morning, Israel awoke to the frightening sounds of a synthetic fart.
Angry Israelis demanded action from their hard-line government. After some further violent protest at border crossings in Gaza, the Minister for Joy and Serenity said "Arabs must die, they must all die and be killed by some kind of gas while they are crammed into an enclosed space".
Spokesmen for President Bush said in a statement last night that "all Israelis and Palestinians want peace, and to be free of violence. Let's not have the chance at a peaceful resolution ruined by a minority who favours violent means. The US wants to be part of that peace process".
In completely unrelated news: Israeli election sees swing to contraversial "GET THEM" party; 300,000 line streets of Ramallah for funeral of suicide bomber; Israeli schoolchildren love compulsory "Nuclear Physics" lessons; American defence firms boosted by Israeli missile deal.
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This man used to rape women right in front of their partners, cops arrest him in Ahmedabad
by TheYouth team November 16, 2019, 3:46 pm
The nation is still carrying an unwanted record which we people are aware of. With so many records to boast about India’s development, their failure to stop rape cases is haunting like hell. Rape is the fourth most common crime in India. The level of rape cases in our nation rose alarmingly. It is learnt that most of the rape cases were committed by someone known to the victim.
Case in point, a member of the notorious Dafer gang was detained by the cops from Ahmedabad on charges of gangrape. The accused identified as Akbar alias Lulo Sandhi’s name cropped up in 2 gangrape cases. As per a Times of India report, 3 members of his gang are yet to be arrested.
Police say that in the two gangrape cases he was linked, the accused had allegedly raped the woman in front of their respective partners. In one of the rape cases, Sandhi had raped a housewife in front of her husband and in the other, he had raped a girl in front of her boyfriend.
It has been learnt that the notorious gang is also involved in loot, murder and robbery. If the gang failed to find any valuables or gold while on their hunt to loot houses, they used to rape the women.
The police say that gang is also involved in as many as 18 criminal cases involving burglary, keeping illegal weapons and pickpocketing. In June 2019, the police arrested one of the main leaders of the Dafer gang on the charges of ‘looting trucks’ near highways and petrol pumps.
The wrongdoers used to commit crimes when the drivers halted their vehicles to take rest or to have food.
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How Qualcomm is Inspiring the Next Generation of Innovators
Sara Napolitano Matz
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were approximately 8.6 million STEM jobs in May 2015, with the highest jobs in software development, user support, and systems analysts. Despite the high number of jobs, the lack of skilled workers in the labor force allow these positions to go unfilled. To make matters worse, the existing STEM workforce lacks diversity among women and minorities, not representing the emerging workforce of women and underrepresented groups.
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Protecting Cultural Heritage in a Dynamic and Unpredictable World
Elizabeth Lee
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The towering stone statues of Easter Island evoke a sense of wonder and awe for the 100,000 visitors who flock to the remote Pacific Island every year. But for those who live on the island, Rapa Nui as it's known locally, the statues are much more than a tourist destination.
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Inclusion, Diversity & Culture (IDC) at PIMCO
Sapna Shah
PIMCO’s core mission is to deliver superior investment returns, solutions, and service to our clients; to accomplish this mission we strive to foster a high-performance culture – one in which we live our values, continuously develop our talent, responsibly manage our business and adeptly navigate
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Everyday women are building and running unicorn companies.
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Jacqueline Beauchere
The second annual Digital Empowers Summit in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the U.S.
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Seeds of Change: Why Washington, DC is the Place for Social Entrepreneurs to Thrive
Laura Fredericks
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When TwentyTables founder Alex Cohen started his socially-driven community of food, he knew he wouldn’t have to look to Silicon Valley. Alex started his company in his own backyard.
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Be Succinct, Show Impact: Citizens Awards Nominations Tips
Bailey Jacobs
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Every year the U.S. Chamber Foundation seeks to find the best examples of corporate citizenship from around the world.
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High-Tech Trash: Creating Greener Cities with Smarter Waste Management
Michael Allegretti
In today’s world, every city wants to be cleaner, greener, and more sustainable. The path to this goal starts at the most basic level—the management of a city’s waste and recycling in a timely and efficient manner. This is one of the core functions of a well-run city.
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Los Angeles Teacher Learns an Important Lesson About Giving Back
Jesse Mintz
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As his students fan out across the warm sand of the Santa Monica Beach, filling buckets and bags with discarded Styrofoam, plastic and other trash, Los Angeles teacher, Ed Gray, looks on proudly.
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The collection of 21 best stories of Babu Gautam “Katha Kathan part I” released in Mumbai
Mumbai: The collection of best 21 stories "Katha Kathan part I" by the writer Babu Gautam, a pioneer in modern story writing, was recently released in Mumbai. From now onwards, the stories will be serially out with a frequency of three months. Babu Gautam's English novel "Andy Leelu"(2012) and a collection of English stories was published in 2014.While writing the preface to "Andy Leelu", noted businessman Anand Mahindra had advised Babu Gautam that a miraculous story writer was there in him. But since Hindi was his first language, he should write in Hindi. As such Gautam remembered and followed the advice of Anand Mahindra.
Babu Gautam feels that this decade will give renewed vigour to the Hindi short story marginalised over the year and finds the time right for his stories to reach the readers. The new form of Hindi short story that has emerged out of dark lanes bears the deep impression of Hemingway's iceberg theory of ommission; only one-eighth above the water level.
Those who have read Babu Gautam's stories, will agree that his stories are soul touching and leave lasting impression on readers' mind. Initially when he began writing stories on Face Book, owing to their new style and form, only a handful would stop to read them. But slowly as they realised the meaning and got acquainted to the new style of his writing, the readers started hanging around his Page in large numbers.
Today more than Gautam, his readers remember his stories and their characters. The stories are such that they penetrate into the heart and make readers spend sleepless nights. They are so varied in content that it is difficult to believe that they have been penned by one single author.Gradually there was a demand for the collection of his stories, as his ardent readers found it surprising that not a single anthology of the writer was available who had by now written more than 400 stories. When publishers spoke to him about this, he made it clear that he was not interested in getting published unless numbers were huge.
The readers who read his one or two stories during the release of "Katha Kathan part I", instantly became his fans. Today without any publicity, the Kathakanan team is receiving 10-12 orders for the first book of the series every day. It was but natural for Gautam to get inspired by this unexpected response from the readers.He advised the team of "Katha Kathan", that now there is no looking back. The aim is to print one lakh copies to reach the readers from different walks of life. That is the reason the book carries very low price. Every part will be delivered at doorsteps just for Rs 50/-. Gautam feels that not only the writing but even publishing of Hindi stories needs a revolution.
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Vancouver Folk Fest Musical Review
Alicia Costa
Despite grumblings by regular Vancouver Folk Fest fans about the addition of a beer garden this year and fears that the festival was financially in trouble, it still managed to showcase some amazing musicians from around the world.
One of the most memorable performances was on Friday night by Atlanta based hip-hop group www.arresteddevelopmentmusic.com [Arrested Development]. When the group that has been performing together for over 15 years took the main stage they woke the crowd up and got everyone dancing. They played a spectacular set of music that was socially conscious yet uplifting. According to the group’s www.arresteddevelopmentmusic.com [website] they describe their music as “life music.” Their performance was fantastic and their music is raising consciousness about social issues in our society. Memorable moments from their performance included a tribute to Michael Jackson with an adaptation of Bille Jean and a song dedicated to homelessness.
Also worth mentioning was Canadian singer/songwriter www.katereid.net [Kate Reid] who performed several times over the course of the weekend on several of the smaller stages. She became a crowd favourite because of her catchy lyrics about her life as a queer woman in Vancouver. Her folksy style using a guitar and a harmonica was a nice accompaniment to Reid’s smoky vocals. A song off her most recent album I’m Just Warming Up released in June 2009 entitled “Emergency Dyke Project” received a loud round of applause and a lot of smiles.
Country and blues band from Indiana Reverend Peyton’s www.bigdamnband.com [Big Damn Band] made a big impression on crowds at several smaller stages over the weekend. This band’s music had everyone on their feet dancing as Reverend Peyton’s wife Breezy Peyton played a washboard. It was hard not to dance with the bluegrass sound of Reverend Peyton’s voice, a harmonica, and stomping feet. With a unique sound this band really lived up to their name and was very fun to watch.
Powerful performances by www.dbiyoung.net [d’bi young] a Jamaican- Canadian dub poet were emotionally charged. Using a traditional reggae beat as her background sound young’s voice mesmerized the crowd with her poems about oppression, struggle, and her experiences as a woman. Her poetry was political and triumphant. She moved an entire crowd on one of the smaller stages Sunday afternoon with a beautiful piece entitled “Blood Claat.”
Australian duo www.womenindocs.com [Women in Docs] gave an upbeat performance with a humorous stage presence and some great songs. Their music was lively and folksy and drew large crowds at several of the smaller stages. They played a mix of songs from their three independent albums, the most memorable being “Sail Away” from their newest album Red Wine and Postcards.
Fantastic musicians made the minor hiccups of the weekend seem unimportant. After all, at the end of the day, a music festival is about the music and not politics.
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Year-End Review: Business Email Compromise in 2018
As of 2018, global losses to BEC have exceeded US$12 billion. To keep abreast of the landscape that scammers are operating in, we look back on some of the noteworthy incidents and trends that made BEC a headline staple this year.
Falling victim to a business email compromise (BEC) scam has long been touted as a problem that generally arises from human negligence. The human factor combined with the seeming immunity of scam emails to cybersecurity solutions’ detection methods make BEC a persistent threat that users and organizations must continue to take seriously.
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), this scheme has already caused US$12.5 billion losses to companies as of 2018. This shows that BEC scams, while usually technically simple, are highly effective. We actively track BEC attempts and recorded 9,291 BEC attempts in 2018 Q1-Q3, a 46-percent increase from last year’s 6,342 in the same period. In our data, the U.S., Australia, and the U.K emerged as the top three countries most targeted by scammers.
Trend Micro recorded 9,291 BEC attempts in 2018 Q1-Q3
— a 46-percent increase from 2017 Q1-Q3
nstead of relying on high-skill technical methods, BEC scammers bank heavily on social engineering schemes, exploiting human nature to yield hefty gains. While the ubiquity of tech services in enterprise environments has prompted BEC scammers to impersonate Microsoft and Amazon in their display name deception tactics, they have continued to imitate high-ranking members of a company to intercept or divert money transfers. For 2018, data from Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Network™ security infrastructure shows that CEOs and Managing Directors/Directors are the most-spoofed executives.
To keep abreast of the landscape that BEC scammers are operating in, we look back on some of the noteworthy incidents and trends that made BEC a headline staple this year.
French company incurs the biggest reported stolen amount from a single company in 2018
Pathé, a popular French film production and distribution company, found itself in a situation fit for a legal drama movie when a former employee filed a lawsuit citing unfair dismissal. A BEC scam that cost Pathé more than US$21 million was believed to be the trigger for the dismissal of its Amsterdam-based financial director.
On March 8, scammers sent a BEC email to the Amsterdam branch managing director. The email, which impersonated Pathé’s chief executive, asked the managing director to make a confidential payment of over US$900,000. Although the managing director forwarded the email to an assistant and discussed it with the finance director, the email was not spotted as a scam and eventually led to five consecutive money transfers to scammers in less than a month. Pathé’s losses due to the scam may be the biggest reported stolen amount from a single company for this year.
On top of losses due to the theft, Pathé incurred losses due to the legal dispute with the finance director. The former won and the court demanded Pathé to pay compensation, gross pension, and other emoluments.
Medium-Sized Businesses in Australia Suffered Huge Losses
he Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) Scamwatch reported that the number of BEC scam incidents has increased by a third in 2018, with reported losses reaching AU$2.8 million dollars. The ACCC Deputy Chair noted that there is a misconception that BEC scammers target only small businesses, one that is debunked by the fact that Australian medium-sized businesses constituted the biggest numbers in reports and losses in the commission’s data.
Various organizations can be affected, from charities and local sporting clubs to real estate agents and the construction industry, with one losing more than AU$300,000.
BEC accounts for 63 percent of business losses reported to ACCC — a troubling figure that has prompted the commission to encourage Australian businesses to immediately review their process of verifying and paying accounts and invoices.
BEC Actors Increasingly Targeting Real Estate Sector
In September, CNBC reported about the unfortunate experience of two anonymous fraud victims who lost not just six-figure sums but also their dream houses and, for one individual, majority of his/her life savings. Theirs was not an isolated case. The FBI highlighted in a public service announcement (PSA) in July that there is a trend of BEC scammers targeting people in the real estate sector, for example, buyers, sellers, title companies, law firms, and agents.
The FBI noted that, from 2015 to 2017, there was an increase of over 1,100 percent in the number of victims from real estate transactions. May 2018 saw the highest number of reports of real estate victims while September 2017 had the highest recorded victim loss. Most victims reported being deceived by spoofed emails during real estate transactions, wherein they were directed to send funds to a falsified domestic account.
Scammers are able to worm their way into the digital space of victims by using public information on real estate listing sites. Such information may include for-sale homes, the status of a sale, as well as the real estate agent’s contact information.
Cybercriminals in Nigeria Branch Out to BEC
ybercriminals in Nigeria have been known for posing as people in financial need, online love interests, or generous princes. Now, they appear to be expanding their business by branching out to BEC schemes — a move that can potentially earn them hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
Crowdstrike, which reported on the Black Axe gang, found that targets range from semiconductor makers to U.S. schools. Gang members impersonated executives and lawyers to lure victims into transferring huge sums of money to bank accounts. Their schemes seem to have paid off as they flaunt luxurious lifestyles on social media. Security researchers who have been tracking Nigerian cybercriminal gangs also note the gangs’ focus on social engineering, at times even using video calls. Once transferred, the defrauded money is laundered through bank accounts in China and other Asian countries.
Crackdowns Pick Up Speed, With Largest Operation Recovering US$16M
aw enforcement agencies worldwide have been keeping a close watch on BEC scams due to the huge losses year on year since the FBI started recording in 2013. A testament to this is Operation WireWire, what is possibly the biggest crackdown on BEC scammers, which culminated in June. The major coordinated law enforcement initiative of the FBI, the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of the Treasury, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, with the help of partner agencies in multiple countries, led to the arrest of 74 people in the U.S., Nigeria, Canada, Mauritius, and Poland. The operation disrupted fraudulent wire transfers, leading to the recovery of about US$14 million, and seized an additional US$2.4 million.
The FBI Director, Christopher Wray, said the bureau will continue working with law enforcement agencies in other countries to stop fraud schemes like BEC and protect citizens’ assets.
After Operation WireWire, more arrests and indictments were made. In the same month, eight people were arrested for involvement in an Africa-based BEC conspiracy which swindled individuals and companies alike of US$15 million in a span of six years. In August, a man was arrested in Los Angeles for allegedly using six different false identities to open 23 bank accounts for fraudulent wire transfers. In one instance, his accomplice sent spoofed emails to a victim, leading to the transfer of US$531,981 to an account of a woman, who, in turn, transferred $60,000 to one of his fraudulent accounts.
What You Can Do to Defend Against BEC
n our security predictions for 2019, apart from high-ranking company members, we predict that BEC scammers will target employees further down the company hierarchy, for example, secretaries or executive assistants. Because of its crafty nature — and human nature — usual cybersecurity best practices and solutions may be rendered futile. But there are security technologies available now that can help users and organizations avoid falling for it.
Writing Style DNA, which is used by Trend Micro Cloud App Security™ (CAS) and ScanMail™ Suite for Microsoft® Exchange™ (SMEX), can help detect email impersonation tactics used in BEC and similar scams. It uses artificial intelligence (AI) to recognize the DNA of a user’s writing style based on past emails and then compares it to suspected forgeries. The technology verifies the legitimacy of the email content’s writing style through a machine learning model (ML) that contains the legitimate email sender’s writing characteristics. When an email is suspected of spoofing high-profile users or their subordinates, the writing style is compared to a trained ML model and a warning is sent to the implied sender, the recipient, and the IT department.
To minimize the risk of BEC, addressing the human factor is critical. Cybersecurity awareness training and enforcing best practices against email threats can help stop scammers in their tracks. These, when supported by advanced security technologies (for example, Writing Style DNA) that interoperate with other security layers, build an effective defense against BEC scams and other cyber-enabled threats.
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Saturday, June 14, 2003, Chandigarh, India
H I M A C H A L P R A D E S H
Katwal grilled, ‘gives clues’
Hamirpur, June 13
Sleuths of the Enforcement Department today grilled Surendra Mohan Katwal, suspended chairman of the State Subordinate Services Selection Board, who had surrendered before the special investigation team of the department at Shimla on Thursday. Katwal was brought here late yesterday.
10 die as bus rolls into khud near Hamirpur
Our Correspondent
At least 10 persons were killed and 24 injured, six of them seriously when a bus of Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) rolled down into a 150 ft deep gorge near Tikkar Khatrian, 30 km from here, this evening. The bus was on its way to Kanjyan from Hamirpur. The injured persons have been admitted to Bhoranj Civil Hospital. The accident took place as the driver lost control of the vehicle at a sharp curve on the outskirts of Tikker Khatrian village.
Delayed justice dents judiciary’s
credibility: CJI
Shimla, June 13
Mr V.N. Khare, Chief Justice of India, has expressed concern over the inordinate delay in the dispensation of justice and the increasing cost of litigation and said time had come to take effective steps to provide speedy and inexpensive justice to the people.
Mr Justice V.N. Khare inaugurates the new building of the Himachal High Court in Shimla on Friday. — Photo Anil Dayal
Proposal to sign MoU on fiscal reforms
Hydel project MoUs to be reviewed
Virbhadra: 10th Plan to check fiscal deficit
Govt not releasing funds for HP Forest Department
US Prof favours quota for women
3 SPs on hit list; security beefed up
Local issues dominate in Lahaul-Spiti
Shanta leads BJP campaign in Bharmour
Water shortage in Jahoo
VC ducks queries on question papers
Protesting mob blocks traffic
Palampur, June 13
The traffic on the Pathankot-Mandi national highway remained disrupted for about three hours at Sungal village today, following a dharna by the villagers in protest against the murder of Sadhu Ram, who had been hurt in a clash two days ago and, later, died in the zonal hospital at Dharamsala yesterday.
Recruitment scheme scrapped
The Himachal Pradesh Government has decided to scrap the Vidya Upasak Scheme, 1998, launched by the Dhumal government for the recruitment of teachers in schools. The decision was taken at a meeting of the state Cabinet here today, where Mr Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister, led the proceedings.
2 killed, 1 hurt in mishap
Two persons were killed and one injured when the car in which they were travelling rolled into a valley close to Nanidhank village near Kumarsen on the Shimla-Rampur highway late yesterday. A police report said the driver of the vehicle had lost control of the vehicle. The victims were Partap Singh and Inder Singh, both of Matiana.
Finance company penalised
Sundernagar, June 12
The Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum of Mandi headed by Mr R.L. Raghu has ordered Himachal Motors and General Finance of Hamirpur to pay Rs 2,50,000 along with interest at 12 per cent per annum and Rs 25,000 as compensation to a complainant, Mr Dhemeshwar Ram of Rewalser in Mandi.
Avoid feeding monkeys, tourists told
Parwanoo, June 13
Keeping in view the increasing monkey menace in the area, specially on the national highway, the Forest Department Shimla, has launched a programme to educate commuters and tourists who enter Himachal Pradesh through Parwanoo and feed monkeys on the national highway.
He has been remanded in the police custody for three days, after which, he will be released on bail. The former chairman of the board has been facing charges of corruption and cheating.
Katwal was brought to the local police station early today, where the sleuths led by Mr G.D. Bhargawa interrogated him for hours. The other members of the SIT were also present.
Newsmen were not allowed to enter the police station and, later, Katwal was taken to the District Courts for recording his statement.
Sources in the Enforcement Department said Katwal had not budged from his earlier stand that he had committed no crime and done everything as per the rules. He also refuted the statements of computer experts that he used to check papers on computers and said he didn’t know anything of computers.
However, an official spokesman said the SIT had got vital clues from Katwal and the persons named by him would also be interrogated soon.
Katwal, when presented in the court of the Judicial Magistrate at Hamirpur, demanded that his interrogation be done in the presence of a medical officer and his lawyer. The request was accepted. Later, he was taken back to the police station for interrogation.
There are indications that he may be taken to Una for further interrogation. This period of interrogation ends on Saturday.
Delayed justice dents judiciary’s credibility: CJI
Inaugurating the new building of the state high court, here today, he said failure of judiciary to deliver justice within a timeframe had brought about a sense of frustration amongst the litigants as waiting too long for justice was not possible. Delay in the dispensation of justice affected the public confidence in the judiciary and the high cost of litigation only added to the frustration of the public.
The Constitution provided for an independent judiciary, but that did not mean that judiciary was to act as a horse sans bridle. The judiciary had many restraints and constraints, much more than an ordinary person had and those who administered justice could not afford to be irresponsible. A judge was accountable to his conscience to the oath he had taken, as well as to the laws, which he was required to administer.
In fact, the justice delivery system was truly based on ideal personality of the judge. If a judge was not true to the oath, which he has taken, he was not a judge in the true sense.
The people wanted ‘pure’ and ‘unpolluted’ justice and they had a right to receive the same. Where delay occurred in the dispensation of justice, the credibility, to a large extent, got eroded and to some extent, the utility as also the value of the court adjudication also got undermined. If the faith in the judiciary was eroded, social stability will be undermined and the growth of social justice and economic development will be obstructed.
He said the image of the court did not depend on its trappings but the way the cases were handled, the extent of the confidence the court inspired among the litigants the promptness or absence of delay in the disposal of cases, the approximation of the judicial finding of fact with the realities of the matter and the overall credibility of the institution.
Some felt that the system was showing cracks and fatigue but he was confident that it was not collapsing. It was strong and would continue to be so.
Every trial was a trial of the judicial system, its strength and weakness, its success and failure, its utility and credibility as a necessary organ of the state in a civilised society.
The respect for the court and the judicial system depended upon the way it satisfied the hopes and aspirations of the common man in the quest for justice and in keeping the scales of justice even in any legal fight between the rich and the poor, the mighty and the weak, the state and the citizen.
He was all praise for the state high court which gave two Chief Justices like Justice M.H. Beg and Justice R.S. Pathak, to the country besides several other eminent jurists like Justice N.M. Kasliwal, Justice S.N. Phukan, Justice M. Srinivasan and Justice D. Raju, who adorned the seat of justice in the apex court.
Mr Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje, Himachal Governor who presided over the function, said the people were not aware that judge had only a small role, if any, in the clogging of court and consequential delay in the delivery of justice. Population explosion, spread of education leading to awareness of legal rights, increase in legislative activity faulty legislations and lethargic investigative and prosecution machinery had contributed largely to the increase in number of pending cases.
However, there had not been a proportionate increase in the infrastructural facilities. The number of court had not kept pace with number of cases. It was true, there was an overall resources crunch faced by the state government’s but the justice system being back-bone of the administration in a welfare state had to be given a higher place in the list of priorities.
Mr Virbhadra Singh, Himachal Chief Minister, said that the state high court had established very healthy traditions, which bigger courts in the country could emulate.
Mr V.K. Gupta, Chief Justice of the state high court, said with the inauguration of new complex the legal fraternity would be able to dispense justice with comfort. He sought the cooperation of the bar for speedy disposal of cases.
Mr Justice R.S. Pathak, Mr Bhawami Singh, the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court, Mr B.K. Roy, the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Mr M.G. Ghalate, member Law Commission and judges of the High Court, senior civil and police officers were present on the occasion.
As the news of the death of Sadhu Ram spread, hundreds of villagers started assembling on the national highway to block traffic. The body, too, was brought there from Dharamsala and the villagers did not allow the police to remove it. The mob raised slogans against the police and demanded the arrest of the culprits.
Mr K.C. Chaman, Subdivisional Magistrate and Mr Sanjiv Gandhi, Deputy Superintendent of Police, arrived there and persuaded the mob to let the traffic be restored. The DSP at Baijnath said a case under Section 302 of the IPC had been registered in this regard and some persons had already been arrested.
Ms Sheela Devi, wife of late Sadhu Ram who was also there with her four daughters, alleged that her husband had been receiving threats for the past few days. It had been reported to the Baijnath police and protection had also been sought, but to no avail.
She said, today, she had received another threat that her family would eliminated, if she made more noise. She said she had seen her husband being butchered and the attackers had also tried to kill her son, who had managed to escape and save his life. Her daughter, Sunita, had also received serious injuries in trying to save her father. No proper first aid was given to Sadhu Ram at the Baijnath hospital and the doctor there referred the case to the zonal hospital at Dharamsala after much delay.
Ms Rajender Bhattacharya, Chief Secretary, said the Cabinet had approved the draft Bill for the regularisation of pay and conditions of service of the Himachal Pradesh Judicial Officers according to the Supreme Court directions on the recommendations of the Shetty Commission. It had also approved an amendment in the HP Judicial Service Rule, 1973, to give effect to the directions of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.
The Cabinet also approved creation of seven posts of Deputy Advocate General on tenure basis in the office of the Advocate General.
The injured, Prakash Chand, has been admitted to the civil hospital at Theog.
In another accident, four schoolchildren were injured when the Jeep in which they were returning from school collided with a bus near Girinagar in Sirmour district yesterday. Three of the injured children — Rinku, Manpreet and Himanshu — were admitted to the hospital in Paonta Sahib, while the fourth, Nihal Sharma, was referred to a hospital in Dehra Dun with serious injuries.
A case had been registered against the bus driver. UNI
The Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum of Mandi headed by Mr R.L. Raghu has ordered Himachal Motors and General Finance of Hamirpur to pay Rs 2,50,000 along with interest at 12 per cent per annum and Rs 25,000 as compensation to a complainant, Mr Dhemeshwar Ram of Rewalser in Mandi. Mr Dhemeshwar Ram had purchased a bus (HP-33-1503) for Rs 4,25,000 from Mandi Transport Co-operative Society and paid Rs 1,25,000 in instalments. To clear the balance, he got the bus financed from the company and took a loan of Rs 1,75,000.
The bus remained off the road due to non-transfer of the route permit and he couldn’t pay an instalment to the finance company. At this, the finance company took away the bus from Rewalser and did not return it even after receiving a legal notice.
As the finance company had paid only Rs 1,75,000 and the rest, Rs 2,50,000 was paid by him, it was alleged that the company had no authority to take away the bus.
The department has warned the commuters and tourists.
The department has advised the people not to feed the monkeys because feeding monkeys exposes them to all these risks.
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Saturday, September 6, 2003, Chandigarh, India
B U S I N E S S
GDP rate likely to grow by 6 to 6.5 pc
New Delhi, September 5
Strong economic fundamentals backed by high foreign exchange reserves and good monsoons are likely to lead to an overall economic growth of 6 to 6.5 per cent, Finance Secretary D.C. Gupta said here today.
Organic basmati yields profit
Kurukshetra, September 5
Over the past one year, farmers belonging to the Kaithal-Karnal-Kurukshetra belt have been diversifying into organic farming of basmati. Convinced with the results, they have raised farm area under cultivation of organic variety of basmati from 22 acre last year to 148 acre this year, which comes to an almost seven-fold increase in the area.
BSNL may set up call centres, says CMD
Chandigarh, September 5
BSNL plans to venture into call centres shortly. This was disclosed here today by Mr Prithpal Singh, Chairman and Managing Director of BSNL, here today. One call centre will be set up in every circle where BSNL is operating in the country. All these call centres will be later interlinked. Eventually, the call centres will be treated as a separate business of BSNL and will handle calls from non-BSNL subscribers as well.
BSE on militants’ hit list
Mumbai, September 5
The Bombay Stock Exchange, the nerve centre of India’s commercial capital, was the target of Jaish-e-Mohammad militants, who had planned to carry out a powerful explosion at the multi-storeyed building.
Commodity exchange to be functional by Oct
After the dismantling of minimum support price regime for agricultural commodities, millions of farmers in the country would now be able to sow their crops after watching the forward pricing at the terminals of the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Limited.
Satyam sells software to Malaysian firm
Kuala Lumpur, September 5
Satyam Computer Services today announced the sale of $ 8,50,000 logistics solution software “Project Genero” to a Malaysian company. Announcing the deal at a joint conference with the company, Konsortium Logististik Bhd, Mr Ramalinga Raju, Chairman Satyam Computer Services, said its was a milestone development.
Govt hauls up Cipla, Ranbaxy for overcharging
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has issued notices to domestic drugmakers Cipla for recovery of Rs 100 crore and Ranbaxy for Rs 25 crore in arrears for overcharging on seven drugs, which were recently brought back under price control by the Supreme Court.
Paramount Home Entertainment Japan promoter Akiko Yamada mounts the Star Trek original Enterprise bike, designed after the popular Star Trek series starship, on display at Tokyo's Tepco Electric Energy Museum on Friday. The special collector's edition 50cc scooter was created to mark the video and DVD launch of Star Trek Nemesis, and is to go on a Japanese Internet auction starting September 29. — Reuters
FDI set to rise in India
Rising deficit can hit growth
Rs 2,500-cr relief package for BSNL, says Cabinet
Trade deficit widens
Tyre industry outlook positive, says Onkar Kanwar
NIIT to enter formal education sector, says Pawar
Steel consumers to get relief, says govt
Re-bidding to delay IA acquisition process
Govt mulls over interest rate cut for SSI sector
Excise Dept fails to check service tax evasion
IMF warns India of high fiscal deficit
Men fish off a cliff at the sunset on the southern Thai resort island of Phuket, on Friday. Phuket hosted the two-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) finance ministers forum, which ended on Friday. — Reuters
Tata Chem not to bid for NFL
In a setback to the disinvestment process of the National Fertilisers Ltd, Tata Chemicals today said it has withdrawn from the race for acquiring government’s majority stake in the fertiliser PSU. “Tata Chemicals arrived at a decision to not submit a formal bid for NFL.
Reliance Info offers new schemes
In the wake of the very popular ‘501 Monsoon Hungama’, Reliance Infocomm today announced a multiple-benefit scheme for all Reliance India Mobile customers.
National Insurance nets 134.91 cr PAT
Kolkata, September 5
National Insurance Co Ltd, today reported a post tax profit of Rs 134.91 crore for the fiscal 2002-03, as compared to a loss Rs 90.45 crore in the previous year.
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‘‘We are in a pretty strong economic position with low inflation, high forex reserves and good monsoons. As a result, we are expecting a growth not less than 6 per cent. It may be 6.5 per cent”, Mr Gupta said while speaking at a session of the ongoing India-Asean Business Summit here today.
He said that with fiscal deficit under control, more resources would be made available for development which would propel growth.
This, he said, was the result of a number of reforms introduced by the government including the Fiscal Responsibility Bill and Budget Management Bill which were “self-imposed” legislations on the government to prune expenditure.
In the context of FDI, India Development Initiative Fund was announced in the budget that should held the flow of FDI to India.
Stock markets and banks were doing well in the country and the Stock Securitisation Act will activate the non-performing assets by empowering lenders to recover their dues fast, he said.
However, that the government was not in favour introducing legislations to misusing the Securitisation Act. “A Lenders Liability Code has been worked out and RBI has circulated it to banks”, Mr Gupta said but added that the Securitisation Law has resulted in reduction of NPAs of banks.
Secretary of Power, Mr R.V. Shahi said that the per capital power consumption was 400 kw per year, which was very low and had to be substantially increased.
In the earlier years of reforms, the stress was on increasing power generation. Now the focus on reforms was on power transmission and distribution, he said.
The current shortage of power was of the order of 30 per cent and the financial health of the power sector needed urgent attention. Energy conservation, formation of power grids, capacity addition etc would require an investment of $ 80 billion in the next ten years. Power distribution would require additional investment of $ 80 billion over the next ten years.
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Over the past one year, farmers belonging to the Kaithal-Karnal-Kurukshetra belt have been diversifying into organic farming of basmati.
Convinced with the results, they have raised farm area under cultivation of organic variety of basmati from 22 acre last year to 148 acre this year, which comes to an almost seven-fold increase in the area. While the produce has improved, marketing outlets have also opened. Recently a Pune-based firm has offered to buy back the entire organic basmati produced by these farmers at 18 per cent above the market rate.
After monitoring the organic rice fields, Ion Exchange Environment Farms Limited has entered into an agreement to purchase organic basmati raised by 41 farmers from 14 villages falling in the North Haryana. Under the deal, the firm will buy back the entire produce from the farmers, paying them a premium of 18 per cent , thus offering them a huge profit margin at the time of harvest. The normal market rate of basmati ranges between Rs 1,700 and Rs 2,500 per quintal, depending on the quality.
With the affidavits having been signed, the farmers are busy taking care of their paddy fields. It is learnt that they had largely taken to organic cultivation. So much so that they are regularly attending workshops to learn how to make organic manure like vermiwash and vermicompost for use in their farms.
Gurnam Singh, Secretary, All-India Samaj Kalyan Samiti (active in organic farming), who is also the sarpanch of Budha village, that falls in the basmati rich Ladwan block of Kurukshetra, said: “Awareness of organic farming is fast increasing in our area. We have realised that chemical fertilisers have robbed the soil of its richness. It is to reverse the trend that we, through the Samiti, are encouraging organic farming in Karnal, Kaithal and Kurukshetra. Last year we produced 9.5 quintal basmati per acre. This year we have increased the area under organic rice cultivation to 148 acres. We are expecting over 12 quintals per acre. By the next year we will touch all 61 villages of the Ladwan block. We will see to it that all farmers revert to organic farming of wheat and rice.”
In Sunehri village of Kurukshetra, farmer Zile Singh is encouraging others to get into cultivation of organic wheat in 15 acres. Harvinder Singh of Sanch village in Kaithal and Gurvinder Singh of Mehmal village in Karnal are spearheading the organic farming movement in their areas.
A survey of some paddy fields confirmed that most of the Haryana farmers were happy to reject the chemical route of agriculture. They were encouraged by the fact that a firm from Maharashtra would buy back their basmati produce at an 18 per cent premium. Last year the farmers had marketed their produce to Manthan, a Chandigarh-based agency that made the organic rice purchase worth Rs 2.78 lakh.
A. S. Prashar
BSNL plans to venture into call centres shortly.
This was disclosed here today by Mr Prithpal Singh, Chairman and Managing Director of BSNL, here today. One call centre will be set up in every circle where BSNL is operating in the country. All these call centres will be later interlinked. Eventually, the call centres will be treated as a separate business of BSNL and will handle calls from non-BSNL subscribers as well.
He discounted the view that the rapid expansion of mobile telephony was spelling the doom for PCOs. “PCOs are here to stay,” said Mr Prithpal Singh. “Actually, we are trying to upgrade STD PCOs into information centres where Internet services will also be available.”
Turning to J and K, he said 40,000 connections for mobile telephones are in the process of being issued in the first phase. BSNL will set up 60 sites in J and K for mobile phones. Of these, 38 are ready and will be commissioned as and when clearance is obtained from the government.
India is on the threshold of a revolution that will “alter the way we communicate through massive adoption and integration of wireless and networking technologies”. These developments will not only be a boon for businesses but also help bridge the digital divide in India by bringing the information-deprived rural masses closer to information privileged urban masses. He said the telecommunications industry is in a state of flux. Changes are constantly reshaping the industry.
Both wireless and networking markets are booming worldwide. There are more than 1 billion mobile users and every second, five new GSM subscriptions are added. It is expected that mobile users will overtake fixed users very soon.
India is no exception. Wireless subscribers are being added at a growth rate of more than 100 per cent annually and BSNL is one of the prime drivers of this astounding growth.
The information was revealed during the interrogation of JeM member, Atik Ahmed alias Nandey, by teams of Mumbai and Delhi police, a senior official of Thane police told PTI here today.
Ahmed, arrested at Bulandshahr in western Uttar Pradesh on Sunday during a massive crackdown by special cell of Delhi police, was brought here from the national capital to probe on the presence of the group’s module here.
The sleuths carried out a two-hour-long raid yesterday at the accused’s rented flat in Mira-Bhayandar, suspected to be a base of the extremist group, in adjacent Thane district.
“The militants were expecting a huge consignment of explosives to be delivered at Mira-Bhayandar to carry out the blasts. However, with the busting of the module, we have averted a major tragedy,” he said adding Thane police have been put on high alert.
Police have also identified the cybercafe which the accused had used during his four-month stay at Mira-Bhayandar and investigations into his e-mail account are in progress. — PTI
After the dismantling of minimum support price regime for agricultural commodities, millions of farmers in the country would now be able to sow their crops after watching the forward pricing at the terminals of the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX). This nation-wide online multi-commodity exchange promoted by ICICI Bank, LIC, Nabard and National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) will become functional at Mumbai by October 25, 2003, said Mr Narendra Gupta, Chief Business Officer, NCDEX here today.
It would enable to traders and investors to enter into forward contracts for the purchase of commodities like cotton, sugar, wheat, paddy, soya and mustard at some future date. The quoted prices would be daily shown at the electronic terminals, like in the share market. The final deliveries would be made at selected centres with an assured quality. The NCDEX has signed an MoU with the Punjab Agro to set up warehouses at Bathinda for cotton in the region.
Mr Gupta claimed that with the setting up of this exchange, the agricultural marketing of the country would enter into new era. He said according to industry estimates the traders were doing future trading at New York worth Rs 1000 crore daily through hawala channels. The exchange would try to get business of Rs 500 crore on the first day, he added.
Vandana Saxena
Satyam Computer Services today announced the sale of $ 8,50,000 logistics solution software “Project Genero” to a Malaysian company.
Announcing the deal at a joint conference with the company, Konsortium Logististik Bhd, Mr Ramalinga Raju, Chairman Satyam Computer Services, said its was a milestone development, not just in terms of the technological competencies but also for the company’s strategy to grow operations in Malaysia and the region.
“We are quite committed to this market place. We believe that there is an enormous opportunity for the growth of business. We find the government and economy here very responsive to the dynamics of market environment. This growth will be fuelled by the use of technology and knowledge-based approaches,” he said.
This is the first major business contract for Satyam since it firmed up operations in Malaysia in April last year with the launch of a global development centre. The company expects a large growth from Malaysia.
“By the end of the current financial year we expect to earn around $ 2 million,” Virender Aggarwal, Satyam’s Senior Vice-President, Asia Pacific, told reporters, referring to the company’s Malaysian operations.
“We already have about 40 professionals based here and around 35 in India are dedicated to the Malaysian operations,” Aggarwal said, adding that this will be further enhanced as the business increases. Satyam, which draws 98 per cent of its revenue from the global markets, believes the global economy is on a recovery path.
It has accordingly revised full-year revenue forecast to 18 to 20 per cent in dollar terms from the earlier 15 to 17 per cent estimate.
Satyam also believes that contribution from the domestic sector that currently stands only at about 2 per cent will also increase. — PTI
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has issued notices to domestic drugmakers Cipla for recovery of Rs 100 crore and Ranbaxy for Rs 25 crore in arrears for overcharging on seven drugs, which were recently brought back under price control by the Supreme Court.
Cipla said in a statement today it has received notices from the NPPA and the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers to pay Rs 103.09 crore, which is 50 per cent of the amount on account of alleged overcharging in respect to four drugs for the period up to June 2000.
The said amount is to be paid within four weeks, the release added.
It said the NPPA and the Central Government had sent notices in 2000 to pay Rs 206.18 crore towards alleged overcharging in respect of four drugs. “The company had filed a writ petition in the Mumbai High Court, which had quashed the notices vide its judgement dated August 31, 2001.
“The govt filed an appeal in the Supreme Court and the apex court has remanded the matter back to the Mumbai High Court for fresh determination. Meanwhile, the government has been given liberty to collect 50 per cent of the overcharged amount,” the statement added.
The city-based Ranbaxy said it has received three notices from NPPA to deposit Rs 25.40 crore within four weeks.
“The amount is 50 per cent of the allegedly overcharged money in respect of three products that is pending adjudication in the Mumbai High Court to whom the matter has been remanded by the Supreme Court,’’ Ranbaxy added.
Notably, arrears have been calculated only till June, 2000. As a result, both the companies will have to cough up much more than what they have already been notified, as NPPA is preparing to recover arrears for the remaining period too. — UNI
In a setback to the disinvestment process of the National Fertilisers Ltd (NFL), Tata Chemicals today said it has withdrawn from the race for acquiring government’s majority stake in the fertiliser PSU. “Tata Chemicals arrived at a decision to not submit a formal bid for NFL.
An official letter to this effect was sent prior to the closure of bidding process”, the company said in a statement.
Meanwhile, sources said the company opted out the race after a detailed evaluation revealed that acquisition of NFL would not add any significant value to its existing operations.
The government is in the process of offloading 51 per cent stake in NFL to a strategic partner, the financial bids for which closed yesterday. — PTI
In the wake of the very popular ‘501 Monsoon Hungama’, Reliance Infocomm today announced a multiple-benefit scheme for all Reliance India Mobile (RIM) customers.
Additionally, as a prelude to the festive season, new mobile customers who subscribe to its Reliance IndiaMobile services between September 4 and October 5 will be rewarded with a host of free festival benefits.
‘Free Talk Hungama’, the month-long scheme offers a five-point benefit to the RIM subscriber which include free unlimited local calls to one local RIM number of choice for 10 months at a nominal charge of Rs 50 per existing RIM connection, per month. This charge is waived for new RIM subscribers as a limited period offer.
The benefit of free outgoing calls will be available to both users. The chosen free talk counterpart can either be a new RIM number or even an existing RIM number. — UNI
The jump in the profitability could be attributable to a reduction in the incurred claims ratio, a check on the increasing management expenses by cost control measure and a reasonable income from investments, company’s Chairman-cum-Managing Director H.S. Wadhwa said here today.
During the year the company’s premium income grew by 21.06 per cent on Indian business as compared to the last year’s growth rate of 11 per cent. The industry reported an average growth of 12 per cent.
The tie-up with Maruti for insuring cars manufactured by the company had also paid handsome dividends, he said.
The company’s premium base increased to Rs 2,870 crore from Rs 2365 crore in the previous year. — UNI
AirTel has emerged as the number one cellular operator in Punjab. According to the figures released by Cellular Operators Association of India for the month of August, AirTel had 5,64,062 customers as on August 31, 2003. This has been the fastest growth in the cellular industry in India. AirTel has been growing in Punjab at the rate of 20 per cent every month, as against the national average growth rate of 6 per cent. — TNS
Pawan Hans
Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd, the public sector helicopter operator in the country is to start its services from Augustmuni in the next 10 days. The services will be on a similar pattern — keeping the fare of Rs 8,001 per passenger for the round trip (Augustmuni- Kedarnath-Augustmuni) unchanged with priority darshan. Pawan Hans will deploy a five seater helicopter for five sorties daily. — TNS
HDFC MF
HDFC Mutual Fund has declared 15 per cent maiden dividend under its Growth Fund. The tax-fee dividend of Rs 1.50 per unit of (Rs 10 each) would be payable to investors who held units as on September 1, 2003, an HFDC MF release said here today. — PTI
HSBC branch
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation today opened its 33rd branch in India, in Basant Lok in New Delhi. The facility, was inaugurated by Ms Nafisa Ali, popular social worker, in the presence of Mr Sanjiv Bhasin, Chief Operating Officer, HSBC India. — TNS
K. R. Srikantan
Mr K.R. Srikantan, Chief General Manager, State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, on elevation has taken over as Managing Director of the bank, it was announced today. — TNS
Satnam Overseas
Satnam Overseas has tied up with Amway for marketing and distribution of its specially packed two kg ‘kohinoor’ brand of basmati rice. — PTI
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Top Thai Islands in the Koh Samui Archipelago
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Suzanne is a freelance writer who has lived in Bangkok since 2004 and has written two guidebooks about travel in the country.
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The Koh Samui Archipelago of islands in the Gulf of Thailand includes the ever-popular island of Koh Samui, the diving-and-partying island of Koh Tao, and Koh Pha Ngan — an island popular with backpackers.
Geographically speaking, the islands above are a part of the Chumphon Archipelago. Colloquially, they're all lumped together under the name of the largest island, Koh Samui.
The three top islands in the archipelago loved by tourists are all located in Surat Thani Province along with Mu Ko Ang Thong, a marine national park made up of 42 islands. Enjoying all three islands is definitely an option, and all three have distinct vibes that attract different types of travelers. Ferries circulate between the islands and the mainland, making island-hopping dreams a reality.
Have a few days to explore and soak in the sun? Head south of Bangkok to the Gulf of Thailand for beautiful beaches and islands in the Koh Samui Archipelago. If trip time is short, consider one of the beaches nearest to Bangkok.
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Koh Samui is Thailand's second most popular vacation island after Phuket, and it's nearly as developed, too. Unlike the other islands in the Koh Samui Archipelago, it has an airport.
Koh Samui is a large island (the second largest in Thailand) and is home to a wide variety of places to stay across all budgets. It's also home to lots of bars and restaurants, including some upscale eateries operated by famous chefs. Compared to neighboring islands, Samui stays busy with a crowd of higher budget travelers, honeymooners, and families on vacation. The nightlife in Chaweng gets rowdy; thankfully, Koh Samui is large enough for escaping to tranquility, too.
Though the beaches are not quite as beautiful as those on islands along the Andaman Coast (Phuket, Koh Lanta, and Koh Phi Phi), they offer visitors warm water, soft sand, and lots of palm trees. The interior of Koh Samui remains mostly mountainous and undeveloped jungle.
Flying directly to Koh Samui (airport code: USM) is an option, or you can grab an inexpensive bus or flight to Surat Thani (airport code: URT) and take the 90-minute ferry over to the island.
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This notorious party island isn't just about getting wasted on Haad Rin Beach and dancing till dawn in the sand during Full Moon Parties. Koh Pha Ngan is a big island with plenty of other beaches and idyllic bays on offer!
Regardless, Koh Pha Ngan tends to draw a younger, backpacking crowd along with long-term travelers and digital nomads in search of holistic communities and cheap living. The Sanctuary is a boat-accessible health retreat tucked in a bay just around the corner from the party peninsula of Haad Rin.
The southern part of Koh Pha Ngan is known for its parties where body paint and electronic music get showcased. But the island also has some beautiful, quiet beaches with seaside bungalows and high-end boutique resorts. The northern side of the island has some bays that cater to a more relaxed crowd.
When no party is in progress, the beach at Haad Rin is excellent. Travelers tend to head over to little Koh Tao to play between Full Moon Party weeks.
There's no airport on Koh Pha Ngan, although one is planned. You'll have to arrive by boat. It's just a short ferry ride from the mainland (Surat Thani) or from Koh Samui.
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Although it was once reserved for divers and backpackers, Koh Tao is becoming more and more popular with vacationers. Koh Tao is the most popular place in the world to become scuba certified, and doing so is surprisingly inexpensive; dive shops crowd for space among bars and restaurants.
Koh Tao may have been "sleepy" back when when the divers who came to the island had morning classes and early dives to make. Now, a nightly pub crawl and plenty of pubs attract travelers from Koh Pha Ngan after the Full Moon Party week finishes. The island can get rambunctious with bucket drinks, fireshows, and numerous pubs on streets away from the beach.
Koh Tao is located north of Koh Pha Ngan and is smaller and lesser developed than either of its neighbors in the Koh Samui archipelago. That doesn't mean you'll have to rough it; there are enough resorts and restaurants to keep you occupied and entertained.
The fastest way to get to Koh Tao is by boat from Chumpon on the mainland, although you can also go from Surat Thani.
Ang Thong National Marine Park
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The three islands of the Koh Samui Archipelago are also part of Ang Thong Marine National Park, one of Thailand's protected nature areas.
There are actually 42 separate islands spread over 49 square miles that make up the marine park. Most are very small and can only be visited on day trips. Snorkeling is excellent over the shallow reefs in the park. Paddling around the islands by kayak may yield your own private beach hidden just out of sight.
Koh Wua Talap is home to the marine park headquarters and tourist center. If you're willing to go without electricity after 11 p.m., you can actually reserve one of the few bungalows on the island for beautiful views all to yourself in the morning. Camping is also available, and no, there isn't any Wi-Fi!
The best way to see Ang Thong Marine National Park is to arrange a day trip from one of the islands. Koh Samui is the usual base, although boats can be hired from Koh Pha Nagan and Koh Tao as well. Most travel agents and hotel concierges will gladly sell you a ticket.
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17-year-old Oxnard boy pleads not guilty to murder charge filed in adult court
A 17-year-old Oxnard boy pleaded not guilty Thursday to a murder charge filed in adult court in connection with a July shooting.
17-year-old Oxnard boy pleads not guilty to murder charge filed in adult court A 17-year-old Oxnard boy pleaded not guilty Thursday to a murder charge filed in adult court in connection with a July shooting. Check out this story on vcstar.com: https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/oxnard/2018/10/11/17-year-old-oxnard-boy-pleads-not-guilty-murder-charge-adult-court/1607355002/
Megan Diskin, Ventura County Star Published 4:01 p.m. PT Oct. 11, 2018
Oxnard police on Sunday investigated a shooting death at a Hilton Homewood Suites hotel on Solar Drive, the city's ninth homicide of 2018.(Photo: GRETCHEN WENNER/THE STAR)Buy Photo
Jeffrey Perez made his first appearance in adult court in connection with the case after a juvenile court judge ruled last month that he should be prosecuted as an adult.
Perez is accused of first-degree murder and a special allegation that he personally and intentionally discharged a firearm in the killing of Donald Reyes Jr., 29, of Newbury Park.
Reyes Jr. was found with multiple gunshot wounds about 3:30 a.m. July 1 at the Homewood Suites in Oxnard, 1950 Solar Drive, Oxnard police said. The Conejo Valley man was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
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Surveillance footage identified Perez as a suspect, and he was arrested later that day. The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office then filed the murder case in juvenile court and a motion to transfer the case to adult court.
At the Sept. 13 transfer hearing, a juvenile court judge decided to move the case to adult court due to the alleged sophistication of the crime and the gravity of the offense.
The court explained that an argument broke out between the victim and the teen, who was drinking alcohol as he celebrated his 17th birthday in one of the hotel rooms. Perez and his friend left the area and returned later with a gun, which was used to fatally shoot the victim, according to authorities.
Perez remains in custody in juvenile hall, but that may change after a court hearing scheduled for Friday morning to dismiss his juvenile case.
His bail was set at $750,000 and he was due back in court for an early disposition conference at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 27 in Courtroom 12.
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Jun 1 2015 by Gianni
Viva Il Giro
The Giro ended on Sunday in Milano. Three weeks of Italian immersion have been completely worthwhile. I knew May was going to go this way but a DVR that dutifully records hours of racing every day…I’m only human.
Italian TV does a fantastic job covering each stage. The Giro becomes a travel log of the country as seen either from a helicopter (I’m assuming Gianni Bugno is the pilot) or a motorcycle, either of which I would happily travel in or on. While the racers are riding in the peloton, none of them are enjoying the countryside like we are. Italian TV even strolls around each start and finish town for us. The riders are too shelled to do that. They are either in a bus or a hotel when not racing.
The moto drivers who pilot the TV camera people and the camera people themselves deserve medals. Following Phil Gil as he bombed the top of the final descent of Stage 18 was too exciting. For me, it was the most fearsome minute of the whole race. The lead moto ahead of Gilbert was too far ahead to be seen so Gilbert was going into each corner not knowing the exit. He raged into blind corners on the edge of disaster. And behind him was a guy on a motorcycle whose passenger was probably standing up with a heavy camera on his shoulder. It was out of this world. Unfortunately there are no video clips of that segment of the descent, except on the full Stage 18 coverage. These moto guys are studs. This is hazard duty. You hear the motorcycle tires chattering as they attempt to follow cyclists into descending corners. Moto drivers must have a hard time unwinding after each day’s work.
While the helicopters and motorcycles show me all the possible hilltop towns I need to visit, they can also show me a little more than I need to know. I can cross the Moritolo off my life list, seen it, don’t need to do it; thanks moto men.
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40 Replies to “Viva Il Giro”
Jun 1 2015 at 3:19 pm
Was an epic Giro @Gianni with a tidy 35 VSP points as a bonus! Almost makes up for my Delgado for LBL.
DeKerr says:
Whenever I answer the question “How fast can you go on that thing?” there is always this shocked look when I give them the number… and I’m not even close to pro-level descent speeds.
tedder says:
I’m watching the full coverage off Eurosport, but not watching it live- so I haven’t made it to the finish. Who gave an announcing job to Juan Antonio Flecha in english? I don’t know if it sounds like he has head trauma in his native language, but his delivery and pacing hurts my brain.
Sparty says:
I pray that someday American television will get their heads out of their arseholes and begin to cover the Giro. I would even be happy for a two hour long show once each week that highlights the stages from that week of racing. I do not understand how such an important stage race is basically ignored here by our media. But I get it – no money to be made after paying the rights to broadcast it.
stooge says:
That decent of Gilbert’s was a big highlight for me too. Here’s another of his I quite enjoyed. A favourite is this footage of Cancellara filtering through traffic at speed with style. It never fails to make me want to turn the screen off and go directly for a ride.
Barracuda says:
Lucky here in Aus that we get SBS to take the coverage and offer up some fine commentary over the Italian broadcast.
Makes for a good night bouncing questions and answers off twitter with Matt Keenan and Dave Mackenzie
Oh, and Phil Gil, he da man !
They never made a movie about The Prophet in the Vuelta.
Mikael Liddy says:
@Sparty
get thyself a VPN, pretend to be an Australian & and then stream it via SBS
http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/12/how-to-watch-a-bike-race/
justindcady says:
beIN Sports, my friend. I had a never-ending supply of racing to watch while feeding my 2month old future Velominati in the middle of the night.
Gianni says:
Jun 1 2015 at 11:39 pm
@justindcady
Yeah baby, BeIN shows up on Time Warner out here, basic cable and they really brought it. Some stages in their entirety and always at least 2 hours. Dan Lloyd of GCN and some other talkative English fuck do the commentary. I’d prefer Magnus but much better than Phil Ligget. And one has to own some sort of DVR or your health will be ruined, sitting in a chair for at least two hours a day, not withstanding, of course.
@stooge
If one needed another reason to see why Pros come from another planet, that descent was it. True, both Schlecks would have been off the road and in the woods but not Phil. Awesome.
Interesting re-watching that stage & seeing Phast Phil’s bike setup, it seems like he actually has a little rise on his stem instead of the -17 degree things we see among the peloton these days…
Jun 2 2015 at 1:16 am
Eurosport here in Serbia covers just about every cycling event going on and then replays them all twice a day. Only down side is the commentary in Serbian, but Phil Gil’s descent would have been awesome in any language. Love Eurosport! They even cover field hockey and give me a once a week fix of aussie rules.
@Mikael Liddy
I did notice that quite a few competitors were riding slacker/more upright geometry in several stages during this year’s Giro. More than I’ve noticed in the past (maybe I was just paying more attention than usual, given I’m considering going that route myself). No bad thing in my book. If you’re gonna be with in the peloton for most of the day, and you’re not a sprinter, then you probably don’t need a super aggressive setup and could benefit in the long run.
RobSandy says:
That footage of Cancellara is astonishing. It looks so slow and graceful but you know he’s absolutely flying. The way he shifts the bike around through the corners is joyful.
rfreese888 says:
@tedder
Yeah it’s not the most fluid reporting. And poor Greg Leman is dyslexic so together they stumble quite a bit.
@RobSandy
Spartacus is just flawless on that descent. He MUST have done a bit of recon before yes?
rs_sttr says:
I watched the Giro only on Rai Sport.
@Gianni
Dan Lloyd of GCN and some other talkative English fuck do the commentary.
Carlton Kirby. He seems like a lovely fellow but he didn’t seem to be watching the same race as me.
VeloJello says:
@rfreese888
Leman is great on Eurosport. He’s honest, and massively enthusiastic. He was better during the Tour De France coverage last year on Eurosport, with the main highlight being an interview he did with Laurens ten Dam. Greg was just as star struck as ten Dam, and the two of them talking about how ten Dam had Lemans book on cycling tips was a joy to watch.
Gianni, can you give advise on how to make it to the Tour now that the spring classics and Giro are done? I flated 1/3 way through the Sunday a.m. suffer fest so I was left with too much energy after the finish in Milan and could not nap away my depression…
It’s a sickness, how does a normal person do it?
wiscot says:
Great piece! I always feel that the tourism boards of Italy, France anbd Spain should be sponsors of the race – three weeks of wonderful coverage of some of the most scenic parts of each country. Who can’t watch a grand tour on TV without crying out “I want to go there!”?
The last couple of stages I watched on the RAI feed. Much more entertaining listening to the Italian commentators than the English speaking ones. After listening to Phil and Paul doing the Tour of California, I can’t listen to them anymore. Their crush on Sagan is embarrassing.
Lighten up! He’s clearly a happy fella AND just fixated on that SpanFro of his!!
@wiscot
I haven’t been able to listen to those two for years. I just want to hear the race, I don’t need all the cheerleading. I imagine the Sporza guys are just calling the race, though I don’t speak Flemish so I don’t know. I love the “oooooohhhlalalalalala” out of the one dude. And then, they kick it to Renat!
I went to northern Italy to play soccer when I was 12. Sadly, I was not yet a Follower. And sadly, I was too young to really appreciate the beauty of the country, though I had a blast.
Nice work, Gianni! I’m sure you heard or read it but PhilGil said of that stage win that he took some chances in the corners, but that is what you need to do to win.
Jeez, possible a high-speed crash like at Milan Sanremo. Just part of winning big. Pretty crazy job requirement!
Agreed. That’s the beauty of Steephill.tv – you can take your pick – English, Italian, French, Dutch. Pick your feed according to the country the race is in. Just avoid Sherwen and Liggett. At the T of C they were clearly told to mention as many sponsors as they could as often as they could. I understand the races need sponsors, but their commentary was just cringe-worthy.
Jun 2 2015 at 11:30 am
Agreed about BeIN. And not just the Giro – they have great race coverage throughout the year. The only downside is that it isn’t broadcast in HD, at least not on Comcast in Colorado. I hope that they upgrade to HD at some point.
And don’t forget that most magical week of the year, when the Tour of California and the Giro are run concurrently. It’s a wealth of riches. By the end of that week, I’ve pretty much exhausted my domestic credits with my wife.
I have a feeling that it’s the world feed being the limiting factor. On days I wouldn’t record (non-mtn stages), the highlight reels from the same feed online don’t look any better…even when clicking “HD” on the embedded video. beIN used the same feed as Eurosport.
@DeKerr
Funny, I always answer this question with, “As fast you can make it go.”
There is always the Criterium de Dauphine and Tour de Suisse. Last years C d D was pretty great. But yeah, I’m equally relieved and sorry when the Giro or Tour are over. I know it’s wrong to watch a flat stage that will end up in a sprint but I just can’t stop. There is always some drama.
Love the Belgians too. Especially the “oooooohhhlalalalalala” guy. No need for a translation with him.
@VeloJello
Don’t get me wrong I could watch Leman all day. His ‘Complete Book of Cycling’ is a pillar of my collection, and growing up watching the Tour in the 80’s he was God.
They need someone beside Flecha to really set him off properly though. Would love to see him and Sean Kelly have a chat with Kirby doing the honours.
Minnesota Expat says:
I watched beIN TV in San Antonio on Time Warner. I’m pretty sure it was HD and it was absolutely brilliant. I literally filled up the DVR to 99% with 4.5 hour stages. Almost made me want a new 60″ flat screen.
Now I’m sitting on Contador’s ride up Montirolo in Stage 16, Gilbert’s descent and win on Stage 18, and Aru’s wins on Stages 19 and 20. About 15-hours of recordings and I don’t want to delete them.
Kirby and Lloyd aren’t too bad, knowledgeable with the right amount of enthusiasm. Phil and Paul may be tiresome, but I’ve really had enough of Gogulski and Schlanger on NBC Universal Sports. Not sure why, Gogluski knows his stuff. But…
And the biggest problem with Phil and Paul at the Tour of California: they are always pushing Cadillacs and Lexuses. They’re just tempting the masses to break #25. Which also means they might be in violation of #2 as well!
The only way around that is a C-60 with Super Record EPS, and that just isn’t happening for most folks. (And if it is, you’re probably working too much and not cycling enough, even in funny money California!)
@Minnesota Expat
The issue I have with the NBC Universal guys is that they are so super exited all the time! No subtlety at all.
Is there anything better than being at work, looking forward to the end of the day, thinking you have to help with things around the house…and having the VMH tell you yer off the hook and can do some road cycling?
Goddamn, my evening just got a lot more aVVesome!
Teocalli says:
Being at the end of the day and being out on the bike?
Tomorrow I need to take #1 over to the LBS for a couple of tweaks for which I do not have the tools. So ride over to the LBS 25 Km, VMW will drive over with #2 in the car and then ride back home via a small detour of 80 Km. Pretty good use of a bit of TOIL by my reckoning.
unversio says:
@Teocalli
Being out on the bike is part of the day. And then getting out on the bike (again) at the end of the day.
While Gilbert’s decent on stage 18 was one of the highlights for me in terms of excitement, Astana’s performance on stage 20 was a low point in terms of racing but still very exciting. I actually woke my sleeping wife with an loud but involuntary “You idiot!” in a fashion Ren Hoek would be proud of.
Astana were clearly the strongest team overall in this year’s Giro. They set a cracking pace from the get go and kept it up. Maybe there thinking there was something like “Bert’s gonna be there not matter what, so lets put some time into those other fellas early on and keep it”. I don’t know, but whatever their thinking, the high pace made for some very interesting racing, even where on paper a given stage looked to be largely uninteresting. Landa looked good whenever the gradient increased and seemed to be the stronger than Aru there. Nearing the final in stage 15, Contador was more interested with having a chat with Aru than following Landa, and Landa went on to take it. Divide and conquer.
Great stuff. But then Astana’s big chance comes on the penultimate stage. What the fuck were they thinking? Around 15km out Landa had nearly a minute on Aru’s group, and sits up and complains to Zakarin for not pulling turns. This continued for what seemed ages. Meanwhile Aru is not doing a share back in his group, who in turn had pulled some good time on Contador. What? Zakarin had done a huge amount of work by that stage. I don’t understand Landa not getting on with the business. Why was Aru going at it? If Landa wasn’t gonna work, why didn’t he drop back as soon as he knew Aru’s group had pulled away from Contador and set pace? Finally Landa is caught up, Aru ends up pulling away and powering home. Oh, so he did have a lot left in the tank? That makes it even worse. He is greated to a heroes welcome at the finish as if he’d won the Giro. They might actually have been in the pink had they played it just a little differently.
Usually it is clear why there was a failure in a certain stage, even if it is just a plausible story. But I don’t even have a plausible story for this one. They just fucked up. Or maybe I”m missing something? Nah, they fucked up royally. It was incredibly exciting though, and so very enjoyable from that perspective. Landa was killer. Don’t think anyone envisaged him taking 3rd in the General Classification and a close 2nd in the Druggy Classification. Both he and Aru are gonna be making headlines for a long time to come I suspect.
Did you hear about the Commissaries checking Contador’s bike for a motor following stage 18? Maybe what Landa was thinking when he was sitting up and talking to Zakarin was “hey man, my motor battery is about to run out. Aru is gonna switch his on any second and with the uphill finish he’s gonna catch us, so let’s pull now and you can have the stage”.
Ignore the typo’s – I’m pre caffeine
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This work is very optical. It is composed of several layers of material on steel. In a dimly lit environment, the viewer sees an image of a mammatus cloud that I photographed in 2015 just after a tornado passed through Kansas. When the environment is brightly lit, the viewer will see several hundred custom-cut vinyl images swirling behind the photograph. The photograph itself is printed on two layers of perforated vinyl and attached to a mirror. This work is part of a series called WEATHER POEM that I began in 2015.
PLEASE NOTE: As seen in the photos, this artwork is highly reflective due to the mirrored surface. It will change at different angles and in different lighting. This is my intention.
- Jack R. Mesa
See Someone You Really Care About Say OH WOW
JACK R. MESA
Ultrachrome, perforated vinyl, vinyl, mirror, brushed steel on metal
48" h x 72" w x 1" d
60 lbs. 0 oz.
Getting to Know Jack R.
Jack R Mesa depicts his subjects in a visual medium blended with a layer of sound to explore his personal experience of synesthesia. Synesthesia is the phenomenon where the brain interprets one sense as another - experiencing sound as colors, for example. His earlier series of paintings uses color blocks and abstract shapes to depict sounds, as seen in his series '100 Sounds' (see Sold works). His newer series explores a new medium, using tapestry to literally weave together sounds and colors into his large format works, for example his series 'Soft Synesthesia.' In addition to capturing a photo of his subject, he also records the sounds of a place and overlays the two into a final image in his Oakland studio. He joins other artists, including Carol Steen, David Hockney, and Kandinsky who reportedly see sounds. This is the closest that a non-synesthete may come to viewing the world through Jack's eyes. Mesa has recently exhibited at Berkeley Art Museum (Berkeley, CA), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco, CA), and Material Art Fair (Mexico City, MX).
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200 Sounds
R Cho 7/21/2019 | 12:02 PM
For the "200 Sounds" piece, is each individual wood piece mounted or glued to a big piece of canvas or wood? And how do you mount the entire piece? Thank you.
S Mathi 1/2/2015 | 2:05 AM
New Water (Sound Synthesis (C on D (Poem Painting)))
krnhersh 11/11/2014 | 5:11 AM
wow!!!! so cool... amazing way to express yourself-- love it!!! k
100 Sounds (IV)
A Martin 11/17/2013 | 3:21 PM
This is amazing and awesome. Excellent work!
UGALLERY 9/16/2011 | 4:52 PM
Meet James, our resident synesthete, and learn more about his work at the Ugallery blog: http://ugallery.com/blog/post/Artist-in-Focus-James-Cordas.aspx
Ladybug 5/24/2010 | 4:10 PM
I asolutely LOVE THIS!!!
- A Martin
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By Katharine Reich, UCLA Monday, November 18, 2019
Credit: NASA
The fate of Arctic sea ice is a key topic for climate scientists because of its role in temperatures around the rest of the world.
It’s hard to imagine the Arctic without sea ice.
But according to a new study by UCLA climate scientists, human-caused climate change is on track to make the Arctic Ocean functionally ice-free for part of each year starting sometime between 2044 and 2067.
As long as humans have been on Earth, the planet has had a large cap of sea ice at the Arctic Circle that expands each winter and contracts each summer. The knowledge that sea ice is on the decline is not new: Satellite observations show that since 1979, the amount of sea ice in the Arctic in September — the month when there is the least sea ice, before water starts freezing again — has declined by 13 percent per decade.
Scientists have been attempting to predict the future of Arctic sea ice for several decades, relying on an array of global climate models that simulate how the climate system will react to all of the carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere. But the models’ predictions have disagreed widely. Among the current generation of models, some show ice-free Septembers as early as 2026; others suggest the phenomenon will begin as late as 2132.
The UCLA study, which was published in Nature Climate Change, focuses the predictions to a 25-year period.
The study’s lead author is Chad Thackeray, an assistant researcher at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability’s Center for Climate Science. He said one reason predictions about sea ice loss diverge so much is that they differ in how they consider a process called sea ice albedo feedback, which occurs when a patch of sea ice completely melts, uncovering a seawater surface that’s darker and absorbs more sunlight than ice would have. That change in the surface’s reflectivity of sunlight, or albedo, causes greater local warming, which in turn leads to further ice melt.
Illustration of how the sea ice albedo feedback cycle works. (Click to view larger)
Credit: UCLA Center for Climate Science
The cycle exacerbates warming — one reason the Arctic is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the globe.
For their study, Thackeray and co-author Alex Hall, a UCLA professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, set out to determine which models are most realistic in how they weigh the effects of sea ice albedo feedback, which they figured would lead them to the most realistic projections for sea ice loss.
Luckily — for research purposes, at least — sea ice albedo feedback not only happens over long periods of time due to climate change; it also happens every summer when sea ice melts for the season. And satellite observations over the past few decades have tracked that seasonal melt and resulting albedo feedback.
Thackeray and Hall assessed 23 models’ depiction of seasonal ice melt between 1980 and 2015 and compared them with the satellite observations. They retained the six models that best captured the actual historical results and discarded the ones that had proven to be off base, enabling them to narrow the range of predictions for ice-free Septembers in the Arctic.
The approach of using an observable process in the current climate to evaluate global climate model projections of future climate was pioneered by Hall and his group in 2006, in a study focused on snow albedo feedback. (As the name implies, snow albedo feedback is similar to sea ice albedo feedback but involves snow loss uncovering a darker land surface.) It has since become widely used in climate science as researchers try to improve the precision of their projections.
“Arctic sea ice is a key component of the earth system because of its highly reflective nature, which keeps the global climate relatively cool,” Thackeray said.
There are other environmental and economic implications to ice loss as well. Sea ice is critical to the Arctic ecosystem, and to the fishing industry and indigenous peoples who depend on that ecosystem. And as Arctic ice is lost, more waters are used for commercial shipping and oil and gas exploration, which presents economic opportunity for some nations, but which also contributes to further greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.
“The changes to come will have broad environmental, ecological and economic implications,” Thackeray said. “By reducing the uncertainty in when we’ll see those changes, we can be better prepared.”
The research is line with the goals of UCLA’s Sustainable LA Grand Challenge, an initiative that aims to transition Los Angeles County to 100 percent renewable energy, 100 percent locally sourced water and enhanced ecosystem health by 2050.
Graphic illustrating why the Arctic is changing so fast and how soon Arctic seas might be ice-free. (Click to view larger)
Oceans/marine
Nature Climate Change: An emergent constraint on future Arctic sea-ice albedo feedback
Antarctica could be headed for major meltdown
Diminishing ice means a darker Arctic
Hunt for the Arctic bumblebee
Study uncovers surprising melting patterns beneath Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf
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The Spokesperson for the United Nations Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, would like to clarify recent comments made by the Special Envoy regarding the refugee situation in Europe.
During his last press encounter in Brussels, Mr. de Mistura said that the influx of refugees into Europe is due to the existence of Da’esh and the ongoing conflict in Syria.
The Special Envoy said that more than 230,000 deaths have been recorded so far, due to the use of indiscriminate weaponry by all parties to the conflict. He therefore reminded the international community of the urgent necessity to join forces in finding a political solution to the conflict and putting an end to the bloodshed.
Geneva, 10 September 2015
In reference to the statement* issued by the Cairo follow-up committee after its meeting with Mr. Staffan de Mistura, on 19 July 2015, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria would like to indicate that the quotes attributed to him in that meeting were not consistent with the overall discussions that took place.
Mr. de Mistura will continue to refrain from making any comments regarding the discussions taking place during his meetings within the framework of the ongoing consultations on Syria.
After his upcoming briefing to the Security Council, the Special Envoy will be in a position to better elaborate on the current situation and future prospects.
*http://all4syria.info/Archive/233864
في إشارة إلى بيان* صدر من قبل اللجنة المعنية بتنفيذ مقررات القاهرة او ما تعرف باللجنة الـ 13، بعد اجتماعها مع السيد ستيفان دي ميستورا، في 19 تموز عام 2015، يهمّ مكتب المبعوث الخاص إلى سوريا الإشارة أن الأقوال المنسوبة إليه في ذلك الاجتماع لا تتفّق مع حقيقة المناقشات العامة التي جرت على أرض الواقع.
ويواصل السيد دي مستورا الامتناع عن الإدلاء بأي تعليق حول المناقشات التي تجري خلال لقاءاته في إطار المشاورات الجارية بشأن سوريا.
بعد الإحاطة القادمة لمجلس الأمن، سوف يكون المبعوث الخاص في وضع مؤاتٍ لإطلاع الرأي العام على الوضع الراهن وآفاق المستقبل.
* http://all4syria.info/Archive/233864
22 تمّوز 2015، جنيف
Within the framework of the Geneva Consultations, Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy met today with representatives of leading Syrian civil society organizations, including Mr. Fadel Al Shokfa and Mr. Wael Aleji of the Syrian Network for Human Rights. They briefed on the situation on the ground, and discussed prospects for a political solution in Syria.
Mr. Ramzy met with Mr. Haitham Manna, who briefed on the outcomes of the Cairo II meeting. The two discussed the ongoing efforts of the Syrian political, armed and civil society groups to find ways to end the conflict in Syria through political means.
Mr. Ramzy also met with a Palestinian delegation, headed by Ambassador Ibrahim Khraishi, who briefed on the situation of the Palestine refugee community in Syria. The two also discussed the situation in the region and prospects for ending the conflict in Syria.
At the end of today’s meetings, Mr. Ramzy again registered the continued plea of the Syrian groups for an urgent end to the conflict. He stressed that there was no alternative for the United Nations to sparing no effort to help reach a political solution that would meet the aspirations of the Syrian people for peace, dignity and justice.
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Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura visited Ankara today where he met with the Undersecretary of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Ambassador Feridun Hadi Sinirlioğlu.
Mr. de Mistura conveyed his appreciation for the substantial effort by Turkey in welcoming and hosting a large number of Syrian refugees.
The Special Envoy also stressed the importance of the contribution of the regional countries to a political solution to the Syrian conflict. He also underscored an urgent need to find ways to end the bloodshed in Syria.
In this respect, Mr. de Mistura will continue his consultations in the region in the coming few days.
زار المبعوث الخاص ستيفان دي ميستورا أنقرة اليوم حيث التقى مع وكيل وزارة الشؤون الخارجية في تركيا، السفير فريدون هادي سينيرليوغلو.
نقل السيد دي مستورا عن تقديره للجهد كبير الذي تبذله تركيا في الترحيب واستضافة عدد كبير من اللاجئين السوريين.
وشدد المبعوث الخاص أيضا على أهمية مساهمة دول المنطقة لإيجاد حل سياسي للصراع السوري. كما أكّد أيضا على الحاجة الملحة لإيجاد سبل من أجل إنهاء اراقة الدماء في سوريا.
في هذا الصدد، سيواصل السيد دي مستورا مشاوراته في المنطقة خلال الايام القليلة المقبلة.
Within the framework of the Geneva Consultations, Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy met today with representatives of the Syrian Feminist Lobby, Ms. Lama Kannout and Ms. Salma Jalkhi. They briefed Mr. Ramzy on the overall situation on the ground and the state of women’s rights. They also shared perspectives for a political solution and ways to ensure women’s participation in these process. Mr. Ramzy emphasized the important role that can and should be played by women in any conflict resolution efforts in Syria. He commended their tireless and positive efforts amidst the deteriorating situation on the ground.
Within the framework of the Geneva Consultations, Deputy Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy met with Mr. Mohammad Marwan Al-Atrash and Mr. Habib Haddad from the Syrian Democratic National Block. They shared views on a political solution to the Syrian conflict. They also discussed with Mr. Ramzy the role of the international community and the United Nations in supporting Syrian efforts to end the conflict.
At the end of today’s meeting, Mr. Ramzy underscored the urgency of a Syrian-led political solution to the conflict. In this regard, he stressed the importance of efforts towards unity and consensus among opposition groups.
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American Meteor
By Norman Lock
Read by Mark Bramhall
Norman Lock Blackstone Publishing 9781934137949
6.40 Hours • 06/09/2015 • Unabridged
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In this panoramic tale of manifest destiny, Stephen Moran comes of age with the young country that he crosses on the Union Pacific, just as the railroad unites the continent. Propelled westward from his Brooklyn neighborhood and the killing fields of the Civil War to the Battle of Little Big Horn, he befriends Walt Whitman, becomes a bugler on President Lincoln’s funeral train, apprentices with frontier photographer William Henry Jackson, and stalks General George Custer. When he comes face-to-face with Crazy Horse, his life will be spared but his dreams haunted for the rest of his days. By turns elegiac and comic, American Meteor is a novel of adventure, ideas, and mourning: a unique vision of America’s fabulous and murderous history.
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2015
A Library Journal Editor’s Pick
In this panoramic tale of manifest destiny, Stephen Moran comes of age with the young country that he crosses on the Union Pacific, just as the railroad unites the continent. Propelled westward from his Brooklyn neighborhood and the killing fields of the Civil War to the Battle of Little Big Horn, he befriends Walt Whitman, becomes a bugler on President Lincoln’s funeral train, apprentices with frontier photographer William Henry Jackson, and stalks General George Custer. When he comes face-to-face with Crazy Horse, his life will be spared but his dreams haunted for the rest of his days.
By turns elegiac and comic, American Meteor is a novel of adventure, ideas, and mourning: a unique vision of America’s fabulous and murderous history.
“[A] pithy, compact, beautifully conducted version of the American Dream, from its portrait of the young wounded soldier in the beginning to its powerful rendering of Crazy Horse’s prophecy for life on earth at the end.” —NPR
“Like the western sky, American Meteor stretches to the horizon in all directions…A lovely panorama to behold.” —New York Journal of Books
“[American Meteor] is not only a history lesson but also a reading pleasure.” —Historical Novels Review
“A spiritual treatise that forces its readers to examine their own role in history’s unceasing march forward [and] casts new and lyrical light on our nation’s violent past.” —Shelf Awareness for Readers (starred review)
“This feels like a campfire tale, an old-fashioned yarn full of rich historical detail about hard-earned lessons.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Rather like Thomas Berger’s Little Big Man…[Lock] writes beautifully, with many subtle, complex insights.” —Booklist
“Memorably encompasses grand themes and notions of transcendence without ever losing sight of the grit and moral horrors present in the period.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Narrator Mark Bramhall employs a slightly gravelly tone for world-weary Stephen Moran…Bramhall’s versatility in voicing dialogue shines as he portrays a diverse group of people across a range of ages and ethnicities…Bramhall’s perfect pacing and understated drama enliven Moran’s adventures.” —AudioFile
Author Bio: Norman Lock
Norman Lock is the award-winning author of novels, short fiction, and poetry, as well as stage, radio, and screenplays. He has won the Dactyl Foundation Literary Fiction Award, the Paris Review’s Aga Khan Prize for Fiction, and writing fellowships from the New Jersey Council on the Arts, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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60 town centre Alloa flats tabled in affordable housing drive
Kingdom Housing Association have brought forward plans for 60 new apartments on an expanse of surface car parking in Alloa town centre to meet high demand for affordable housing in the area.
Designed by Bracewell Stirling Consulting and Ian White Associates the town centre project will deliver 60 new apartments with flexibility for wheelchair and amenity housing as well as older people.
Primrose Place lies close to the recently reopened railway station, the proposed scheme seeks to fill a gap in the townscape left by the demolition of a former Co-op building in 2012, respecting the A-listed Speirs Centre.
In a design statement the architect wrote: “The proposed site layout responds to the historic street pattern, returning meaningful frontage to primrose Street and Primrose Place. To the eastern edge, new street frontage will also be created, providing a more welcoming aspect when viewed from the railway station approach or King Streetand re-establishing natural desire lines in and out of the town centre.”
The main entrance will open onto a planned ‘civic space’ opposite the Spier’s Centre with the design taking its cues from the old Townhead Brewery with steep pitched roofs, a variety of facing brick and zinc roofs.
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'I Could Ruin Your Business Right Now': Listen to a SIM-Jacking, Account-Stealing Ransom
Jared Goetz's credit card was fraudulently charged, his phone cut-off, and his email account hacked. But in an extraordinary phone call, Goetz managed to talk the hacker down, and get his digital life back.
by Joseph Cox
Image: Lia Kantrowitz/Motherboard
Jared Goetz was at dinner when someone used his American Express card to buy a $39,000 web domain. Goetz wasn’t too concerned, he told Motherboard in a phone call: He told the American Express fraud department the transaction wasn’t his, but things rapidly got much worse.
Goetz’s cellphone suddenly lost all service, meaning he couldn’t receive or make any calls or texts, or use any online services. Maybe the e-commerce entrepreneur and business coach had forgotten to pay his T-Mobile bill, he thought. After getting back to the hotel, he found someone had changed his T-Mobile password. Then, he discovered he also couldn’t log into his email, the epicentre of his digital life.
“That’s when I was like, uh-oh,” Goetz said. “Because I tried to log into my email, and they’re like, your password’s been changed one hour ago.”
Goetz paced around the room, trying to figure out what was going on. After a few minutes, his phone rang; it had apparently been switched back on temporarily. The caller was an unknown number.
“I want 3 bitcoin,” a voice on the other end said, according to a recording of the conversation Goetz shared with Motherboard. “And I’m gonna leave you alone.” Goetz was the hacker’s third victim that day, the hacker added. But in an hour and a half long conversation, Goetz tried to get to the root of why this hacker does what he does, and somehow talked the hacker into giving back his stolen accounts.
This is just one episode in a rising trend of hacking-enabled extortion, in which hackers take over valuable accounts and hold them for ransom. Hackers have targeted email and Instagram accounts belonging to high profile social media users, a group of people who rely on these services for staying in touch with friends, but often for their entire livelihood. Goetz’s hack is another example of so-called SIM hijackers, hackers who are able to take control of a victim’s phone number due to gaping holes in how telecom companies protect (or rather, don’t protect) their users.
The hacker, who eventually identified themselves in the recording as Sebastian, a 17-year-old from Germany, was aggressive. He targeted Goetz because he appeared in the cryptocurrency press, suggesting he may have access to a large amount of currency to steal.
“This is what I do buddy,” Sebastian said in the phone call. “I don’t feel anything buddy; that’s all I’m gonna tell you.”
Sebastian had hijacked Goetz’s SIM card, and directed any password reset messages to his own phone. This also let Sebastian bypass any SMS-based, two-factor authentication on Goetz’s accounts; those text messages companies send to check it’s really you. With Goetz’s phone number, Sebastian was Goetz, for all that the internet cared.
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In the recording shared with Motherboard, Sebastian doesn’t go into detail on how he took control of the phone number, but Motherboard’s previous investigations have shown how relatively easy it can be for hackers to pull off. Either the hacker will call up the telecom company, provide some basic personal information about the target, and simply ask to port the phone number over to their own SIM card. Or they sometimes bribe telecom employees.
A woman who works for a Verizon retailer was recently approached by a criminal who tried to bribe her, according to the employee and text messages she provided to Motherboard. The source asked to remain anonymous because they were worried about being fired. The criminal offered her money in exchange for passwords and PIN numbers of business accounts. He even showed her a pile of cash. The employee says she declined the offer and stopped answering.
“I was honestly appalled at first because some rando from Instagram wants me to give him the keys to a few palaces so that he could ruin the lives of those business owners,” the woman told Motherboard in an email. “Unfortunately for him my conscience and moral compass wouldn’t physically allow me to do it.”
Caption: A screenshot of the messages sent to the Verizon employee asking them to assist a hacker. Image: Motherboard.
T-Mobile, which, again, Goetz is a customer of, has a particular issue with malicious insiders providing information and access to hackers, according to multiple sources that previously spoke to Motherboard. A T-Mobile spokesperson told Motherboard in an email “we’re always working to improve security so we can stay ahead of fraud schemes and protect our customers. We’re aware of these ongoing and ever-changing attempts to take advantage of consumers across the wireless industry and we’ll keep fighting to ensure our customer’s safety.”
Many of these hackers are after prestigious, “OG” Instagram handles, ones that are only a few characters long or encompass a single, unspoiled word. In one case, hackers previously targeted the owner of the handle “rainbow.”
Throughout the conversation, Goetz tried to negotiate with the hacker, saying that he was not going to send any bitcoin, and that he didn’t really have any; he then offered to send a small amount of Ripple, another cryptocurrency, instead; he also said he could send some PayPal funds. Goetz asked why does Sebastian want this money anyway. Sebastian appeared to let his guard down.
“Because I did some things, that I truly regret, about a year ago, and I’ve been stuck in it for longer than a few months now,” Sebastian replied. “Let’s just say I maybe screwed the wrong guy over.”
Goetz told Sebastian about his own mistakes; how he robbed a house when he was younger, and about a time he was sued for $250,000 (in a follow-up, Goetz said that he exaggerated claims around his past to connect with the hacker). Goetz even offered Sebastian a loan; maybe he can pay it back once he gets his life on track. Sebastian was a little bit touched, he said. Clearly, this is not the normal reaction the hacker receives when trying to extort someone.
“You’re a human being, you’re not just a scammer,” Goetz told Sebastian around 45 minutes into their conversation.
When hackers held high profile Instagram accounts hostage, some victims did decide to pay the ransom. Even then, in some cases the hackers still deleted the held account or, at the time of writing, kept it under their control. In those cases, Instagram was largely unresponsive to the victims, or at least did not communicate in any meaningful way. After Motherboard contacted the company flagging one hacked account in particular, Instagram restored it, but others were not so lucky.
Goetz told Motherboard at first was just trying to get his own accounts back; one tactic was to act confused as to why the hacker would do this at all.
"I just then started playing the nice guy, the potential mentor,” Goetz said. “But then the human being side of me kinda turned on, and I actually did want to help him.”
In a rather extraordinary moment, once Goetz has convinced Sebastian to give back access to the email account, on the condition they’ll chat the following day, Goetz asks a question.
“Can you give me an apology?” Goetz says.
“Yeah, I’m not really good at those but, I mean, I’m sincerely sorry for the trouble I caused you, and I wish it wouldn’t have ended this way,” the hacker replies.
“Well, I respect that,” Goetz adds.
At one point during the conversation, Sebastian provided his Google Voice number. Although when Motherboard called the number it rang, efforts to reach Sebastian for comment were unsuccessful. After the publication of this piece, multiple sources provided Motherboard with screenshots of a SIM-jacking focused chat room. In those, a hacker using the handle Sebastian wrote "im famous broz" and provided a link to this piece. He added "I had sympathy for the dude." Sebastian also claimed in another screenshot he was not behind the $39,000 American Express charge.
Both men were exhausted by this point. It was 1 AM for Goetz, and apparently 7 AM for Sebastian. The two agreed to chat later. Goetz said they did, in which Sebastian explained more about how they took over the accounts (Goetz shared a copy of some of these text messages with Motherboard).
“Goodnight buddy,” Sebastian says before hanging up, sincerity creeping through in his voice.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai provided additional reporting.
Update: This piece has been updated to include a clarification from Goetz on how he claims to have exaggerated points around his past to connect with the hacker. This piece has also been updated to include information from a SIM-jacking related chat room.
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Miriam Brouwer (far left), Laurie Jussaume, Erin Atwell and Maggie Coles-Lyster celebrate their second place finish on Aug. 2, 2019 in Lima, Peru during the Pan Am Games. (Erin Atwell/Instagram)
Saanich cyclist wins silver in women’s team pursuit at Pan Am Games
Erin Atwell, from Saanich, didn’t expect to medal in her first-ever Pan Am Games
Aug. 3, 2019 10:00 a.m.
Canada’s next generation of women track cyclists continued to make an impact at the Pan American Games on Friday with a podium finish.
The team of B.C. athletes Erin Atwell and Maggie Coles-Lyster, as well as Laurie Jussaume and Miriam Brouwer finished with a silver medal in the women’s team pursuit in a time of 4:27.799.
“It was a really well executed ride, it was a (personal best) for us four,” said Jussaume. “We had hoped we could beat them. We didn’t, but I think we did everything we could.”
The United States (4:24.099) won gold while Columbia took bronze.
Atwell, from Saanich, didn’t expect to medal in her first-ever Pan Am Games and was thrilled with the result.
“I mean being a development team athlete, it’s pretty incredible especially coming to my first Pan Am Games, coming away with a medal is something I would not have been able to say that we are going to do that beforehand,” said Atwell.
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Meanwhile, the pairing of 22-year-old Vincent Riendeau and 16-year-old Nathan Zsomber-Murray grabbed silver in the men’s synchronized 10-metre platform on Friday evening.
They scored 396.12 points to finish behind Mexico (431.10). Brazil took bronze (375.81).
“It’s pretty impressive I don’t think I was at that level at 16,” said Riendeau. “He’s a good competitor, he’s strong mentally too and I think we both learn from each other a little bit every competition and we have good chemistry.”
Zsomber-Murray added: “I feel pretty accomplished with a silver medal, and happy, and all in all it’s a great experience, it’s a lot of fun to be here.”
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The Canadian men’s baseball team suffered its first loss at the Pan American Games on Friday, falling 8-5 to Puerto Rico in super round action.
Canada (3-1) carried a win into the super round. Teams carry records against other teams to advance out of preliminary play into the super round.
Canada faces Nicaragua on Saturday.
Lina Augaitis just missed the podium in the women’s SUP race. The Ottawa native finished fourth, just behind Mariecarmen Rivera of Puerto Rico. On the men’s side, Finn Spencer of Whistler, B.C., lost his Round 3 match to Colombia’s Giorgio Gomez.
The Canadian women’s team improved to 2-1 with a 5-0 win over Uruguay. Sara McManus of Tsawwassen, B.C., had two goals to lead Canada. Rachel Donohoe, Stephanie Norlander and Holly Stewart also scored, while goalie Kaitlyn Williams registered the shutout.
Canada’s Samuel Murray and Coby Iwaasa posted wins in men’s singles play. Iwaasa, from Lethbridge, Alta., downed American Charles Pratt 2-1, while Murray, from Baie-Comeau, Que., topped Luis Perez of the Dominican Republic by the same score. Winnipeg’s Jennifer Saunders lost 2-1 to Maricruz Ortiz of Costa Rica.
Toronto’s Jada Bui was eliminated from women’s singles. Bui lost 6-4, 6-0 against Veronica Cepede-Royg of Paraguay in the quarterfinals.
Canada is second after the dressage portion of eventing. Dana Cooke of Merritt, B.C., Colleen Loach of Dunham, Que., Jessica Phoenix of Cannington, Ont., and Karl Slezak of Tottenham, Ont., have 81.30 penalties. The United States leads at 76.40. Cross-country is Saturday with jumping on Sunday.
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Southern brawler's gritty story sizzles
Reviewed by: Doug McLean
Posted: 05/5/2018 4:00 AM | Comments:
The Fighter, though aggressively focused and controlled, manages to be many things in its slim 240-plus pages. For one, it is a devastatingly efficient novel that coils and releases its mammoth punches in blinding succession — the literary equivalent of a first-round knockout. It’s over before you’re ready to let it go, but it remains viscerally satisfying in its brutality and brevity.
At the same time, among the explosive jags of violence and the ensuing devastation, author Michael Farris Smith has the will and the ability to go bedrock-deep with the lives he’s depicting, to peel back the scars and the scabs to explore why and how these characters got here — as well as how and why these characters are mirrors of the reader’s own (almost assuredly scaled-down) struggles.
You do, however, have to keep up. We are introduced to protagonist Jack Boucher in a four-page prologue that takes him rapidly from his abandonment at birth through 12 years of aimless foster care in Clarksdale, Miss. It is his arrival at the home of foster mother Maryann that caps this section, providing a brief glimpse of peace in a tumultuous young life.
We pick up with Jack again after the prologue and almost 40 brutal years have passed. He has been a cage fighter for the majority of his adulthood, and we see the results of a life spent in menial, unregulated combat. Indebted, addicted and desperate, Jack is living out of a truck and awash in several different strains of fog. His body and spirit are crushed, and most horrifically, his memory and his concentration are addled to the point that he keeps scattered notebooks of basic facts — an exterior variant of Guy Pearce’s tattoos in the 2000 film Memento.
He is gripped by two goals: to take an envelope of money back to Clarksdale to pay off his personal debts to a loan shark, as well as to save the equally ailing and addled Maryann’s home from foreclosure. But circumstance combines with Jack’s deficiencies to send this very simple plan reeling in multiple directions — one of which leads to a return to the cage and a final, brutal fight.
Smith’s drastic economy — of language, of stated information and of time passage — belies the richness of what he presents with his blunt tools. A native Mississippian, Smith’s eye and ear for his Southern setting and the characters that populate it are impeccably communicated with very few brushstrokes. And the story itself, as simple and as tightly wound as it is, has layers unseen behind its electrifying pace.
The Fighter makes almost no effort to swerve away from cliché — at its core, it’s almost literally the story of a punch-drunk ex-fighter who has to get in the ring one last time to save the orphanage. Though Smith is obviously steeped in the esteemed literary works of fellow Southerners such as William Faulkner and Carson McCullers, he’s likely provided just as much space in his palette of influences to noir film and prestige TV.
At the same time, as a story of a legacy of loss, of two people the world has passed by — shorn not only of connection, value and agency, but of their very memories — the novel reaches far beyond its already deeply satisfying patina of pulp to become something transcendent. For such a punishing, desolate story to leave the reader in an almost uplifted place is an accomplishment and an enormous credit to Smith’s skill.
Doug McLean is a Winnipeg musician and writer.
By Michael Farris Smith
Little, Brown, 256 pages, $34
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Super Bowl's dreadful lowlights
By Les Kinsolving
Published February 15, 2011 at 12:00am
The late John Philip Sousa is deservedly known as "The March King."
But at this year's spectacle known as the Super Bowl, Sousa's marvelously inspiring music was totally absent. So were any of the marching bands that exhilarate so much of college football games.
I rarely, if ever, watch pro football games – no, make that "pro football events." For on those professional occasions, enormously paid gridiron gladiators can hardly be regarded as, in any way, sporting (as in games) rather than hugely hired hands for colossal commercial consideration.
But I do watch the Super Bowl, as did a reported 111 million others this year, which was a new record viewership. I do this to look for the growing number of excesses and bizarre behavior.
The game, which was won excitingly by Green Bay over Pittsburgh, was undeniably well-played. But why do so many of these football players have such an aversion to barber shops?
One of the many excessively hirsute players had so much excess hair that it covered his shoulder pads.
This poses a question: If defensive players have the right to grab the arms or legs of the offensive, why shouldn't they be allowed to grab excessive hair and pull it?
I am most grateful to one of my talk-radio listeners for bringing to my attention the case of Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams, about whom the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported:
"For the record, any part of a player's hair that extends from the helmet is considered part of the uniform and is fair game for a tackler. It's known as the Ricky Williams rule for the running back who favored dreadlocks as his hairstyle. … Pursuant to the 'Ricky Rule' clarified and enacted in 2003, the hair is considered part of the uniform. It's fair game to tackle a guy by the hair."
There were also numerous players whose arms were tattooed.
This begs another question: What would the National Football League do if one of its players were an American-Indian who lingered in the locker room long enough to adorn himself with full, face-covering war paint?
Further into the realm of Super Bowl excesses were a number of the TV commercials for which the Bowl authorities took in enormous amounts of money:
A spot for Doritos showed one man sucking the middle finger of another man;
The Pepsi Cola spot showed a can of its product being catapulted into a man's crotch;
A Snickers spot featured a woman being knocked down by a swinging tree log;
A Cars.com commercial featured automobiles talking to each other;
One ad showed a man throwing a cane – which hits a small boy.
I confess that I avoided halftime, because I needed to eat dinner and halftime featured such "highlights" as the Black Eyed Peas and Flash.
That, and the fact that I heard both "America the Beautiful" and our national anthem musically mauled.
Two female soloists interspersed both of these national classics with feminine howls alternated by groaning. And Christina Aguilera messed up the national anthem's words.
The only thing more distasteful came two days later when the Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri actually denounced Maryland's Francis Scott Key for what she claimed was:
"a botch of nature";
"some of the most bizarre and dated lyrics ever attached to any song";
"no way singable";
"a bizarre relic of the War of 1812";
"history's most unbearable song";
"The tune is terrible … an ungodly anthem";
The lyrics: "Terrible, dated and irrevocably attached to an oddly specific incident that Francis Scott Key suffered during the War of 1812";
"absurd, terrible, embarrassingly incompetent-sounding."
No wonder the Washington Post – which would publish such a malediction of our national anthem – is suffering major losses of circulation.
By a striking, and to me very welcome, contrast to the Super Bowl is a much older national classic that invariably jams every stadium where it is played.
The Army-Navy Game does not have anywhere near the Super Bowl's TV viewership. But John Philip Sousa is there and being played by two superb bands (while the Super Bowl had no marching bands at all).
The Army-Navy Game is preceded by two parades: the Corps of Cadets from West Point and the Brigade of Midshipmen from Annapolis.
Comparing either of these march-ons to anything produced at the Super Bowl is like comparing John Philip Sousa to the Black Eyed Peas.
Neither the Army nor the Navy team is as skilled and powerful as Packers or Steelers. But none of the cadet or mid players is paid more than a fraction of those pros – and these Army and Navy players are paid no more than any other cadets or mids.
On very rare occasions, cadets or mids make it to the pros – but only after completing a five-year service obligation in defense of our nation.
That is far more important (and much less financially rewarding) than all of pro football.
Les Kinsolving
Les Kinsolving hosts a daily talk show for WCBM in Baltimore. His radio commentaries are syndicated nationally. His show can be heard on the Internet 9-11 p.m. Eastern each weekday. Before going into broadcasting, Kinsolving was a newspaper reporter and columnist – twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his commentary. Kinsolving's maverick reporting style is chronicled in a book written by his daughter, Kathleen Kinsolving, titled, "Gadfly."
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When It Rains
By Christina Boufis
I've come to realize one of the reasons that midlife can be such a trying time: people you know and love start dying.
First my sister-in-law passed away on Monday, her life cut far too short. That same day my mother-in-law was rushed to the ICU. She had fallen in her Altzheimer's residence a couple of weeks ago and broken her hip. She'd had hip replacement surgery but then developed a massive infection that left her weak and unresponsive. "When it rains, it pours," said my father-in-law, the worry evident in his voice.
I superstitiously believe that bad luck happens in threes, and I'm holding my breath waiting for more bad news. I don't count the incident this week where the dog inhaled a foxtail (which if you live west of the Mississippi you know can be fatal) and luckily sneezed it back out (I think; I hope). Nor the fact that the cat had three asthma attacks last night, which makes me extremely worried about leaving him. Then there was the project at work where I had to do an email merge, which of course wouldn't work without divine intervention and the help of several IT people (not to mention several fruitless days' of my time).
It's not the snafus that are part of daily life that I'm worried about; it's the irreversible finger of death pointing at those I love that makes me sad and anxious. My dear husband, though he's losing most of his family of origin, is somehow holding up, though in his stoic words, he says, "It's a real mess."
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Home Asia Pacific Over 30 countries attending Global Investment in Aviation Summit in Dubai
Over 30 countries attending Global Investment in Aviation Summit in Dubai
The Global Investment in Aviation Summit, an initiative of the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority, will be held on 27-29 January 2019 at the Intercontinental Dubai Festival City with the participation of at least 30 countries.
Participating countries include Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco, Lebanon, Jordan, United States, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, India, Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, France, Ireland, Ukraine, Albania, Brazil, Malaysia, Nigeria, and many others.
Under the theme “Linking Developed and Emerging Markets through Attractive Aviation Investment Opportunities”, the event will have a number of panel discussions for professionals, investors, and business leaders to share their knowledge and expertise, extrapolate current economic conditions and opportunities in the aviation and air transport sector.
The official speakers include senior officials and economic figures including H.E Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Civil Aviation Authority in the UAE, HE Aimen bin Ahmed Al Hosani, Chief Executive Officer of Oman Airports, Engr. AlaaSamman, Head of Privatization & Investments of General Authority of Civil Aviation in Saudi Arabia, Lorenzo Di Loreto, VP Sales and Marketing of Munich Airport, and Pierre-Hugues Schmit, Chief Commercial Officer at Vinci Airports.
Day one agenda includes a special session for ministers and heads of transport agencies entitled “The Vision of Global Aviation Leaders in the Field of Aviation Investment and Sustainability”. The summit will also have panel discussions on “Investment in Airports: Models of Investment and Incentive to Strengthen the Global Airport Infrastructure”, “UAE Vision and Platform to Invest in the Aviation Sector”, “Next and Innovative Steps to Invest in New Aviation Sectors”, and “Global Aviation Finance”.
H.E Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, Director General of the General Civil Aviation Authority, said, “Over the past years, United Arab Emirates has been able to achieve a distinguished economic and investment position. It has become a major engine of growth and an important economic benchmark not only locally, but also in the region as a whole. The UAE, through its efforts to promote it in various international forums, has become a major destination for business and investment from around the world.”
Al Suwaidi added, “UAE has unique qualifications that complement and harmonize via its 7 emirates, making it an ideal venue to showcase the most important investment opportunities offered by the aviation and air transport industry. UAE is one of the leading countries in this area as it is not only a leader in organizing major economic events, but also has strong and distinctive economic positions with investors and companies being recognized for the business opportunities in the sector that meet their growing aspirations for growth and expansion.”
It is worth mentioning that the General Civil Aviation Authority is the federal authority that manages and regulates the UAE airspace and the aviation sector in order to serve the public in a dynamic and thriving aviation environment.
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Posted on March 2, 2015 by Don Warrington
Sewanee, N.T. Wright, and Those Strange Biblical Scholars
It’s hard to be surprised these days at anything, but I must admit that I was surprised at the posting by one Paul A. Holloway, Professor of New Testament at the School of Theology at The University of the South, Sewanee, TN. He is evidently upset that a) his institution gave N.T. Wright an honourary doctorate, without consulting him and b) people who object to his objection aren’t being very nice about it.
First: I’d have to admit, I was surprised that Sewanee bestowed upon him any kind of accolade. This is the institution that has placed on display a giant clitoris. Why such an institution would honour someone who has defended the basics of Christianity is beyond me. Perhaps they’re trying to butter him up to defect.
Holloway, however, makes a long case that Wright isn’t a legitimate Biblical scholar. As he put it:
What I dared to say in my letter is that properly speaking Wright is not a “scholar” who comes to the evidence with honest questions to be puzzled out and whose conclusions are always subject to revision, but an “apologist” who comes with ideologically generated answers that he then seeks to defend. I also said that Sewanee’s awarding Wright an honorary degree in my field on my watch was a professional embarrassment and that I felt like a biology professor who has had to sit by and watch a Biblical creationist receive an honorary degree in science. The vitriol protesting even my questioning Wright’s preeminence was instant and more than a little revealing.
You can read the rest of his case in his article. My thoughts on all of this are as follows:
Vitriol and the Internet are just about synonymous these days.
Holloway assumes that, if you don’t agree with the “consensus” of Biblical scholarship that basically started with Richard Simon and moved forward, then you cannot be part of the conversation. The problems with this “consensus” (which can be shown to be a moving target, especially with the advent of Biblical archeology) is that it renders the Bible unworthy of the study that people like Holloway supposedly give it. Putting it simply, if they’re right, it’s not relevant.
He characterises Wright’s supporters as “…marginalized and other socially anxious groups (who) construct and rally behind cult figures of their own construction. These figures offer the social and cultural capital these groups feel they need.” That’s a high-handed, classically Episcopalian snob approach to the situation, but I suppose one cannot expect otherwise given the institution. It’s also a handy way of attacking people by denigrating their followers (kind of the reverse of the appeal to authority fallacy).
He leans to heavily on the peer-reviewed literature system. As a sometime academic working on a PhD, I’ve come to realise that the literature system is in trouble. I am reluctant to accept stuff in the literature without some prior reflection; that’s especially true in the fields I work in (numerical analysis and geotechnical engineering) where what’s being analysed can be maddeningly complex and the results ambiguous and subject to manipulation or misinterpretation. Wright challenges a lot of that scholarly consensus, which is why the “establishment” doesn’t care for him. Once again Holloway needs to get off of his appeal to authority and get to where Wright has got it wrong.
Holloway needs to define what he means by “Biblical creationist”. Most people mean a “Young Earth Creationist” like Ken Ham, but that’s not universally the case.
Several generations of Episcopal ministers have been trained on Holloway’s idea of the Bible. The results speak for themselves: a declining church which doesn’t believe in its fundamental tenets and which cannot differentiate itself enough from the society around it to justify involvement. ISIS reminds us that things in the Middle East haven’t changed as much from Bible times as most would like to think. Instead of teaching this and other things that get overlooked in Bible studies, Holloway is too busy eviscerating the truth value of what he studies to make it relevant.
And that’s a tragedy for all of us.
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Powerstrap Pal is a GPS-toting Pebble smartstrap
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A new Pebble Time smartstrap has hit Kickstarter, which adds GPS tracking functionality and an extra battery to the popular smartwatch.
The Pal is made by Powerstrap, and is designed for fitness fans which so far have been poorly served by Pebble's line-up of watches. While the Pebble Time has decent fitness tracking built-in, for runners, it's little more than a second screen for a phone.
Powerstrap claims that the Pal will provide 24 hours of GPS tracking, which is right up there with Garmin's biggest baddest watches in terms of longevity. That's thanks to the 250mAh battery, which is also built into the strap, which will power your Pebble for an extra seven days on top of the already superb battery life.
When it comes to workouts, the strap uses its own companion app. That means you can control workouts on the Pebble watch itself, but then review data on pace, speed, lap time and altitude. There's also the usual array of charts and graphs, as well Google Maps integration for showing off the route of your run.
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It's not the best looking strap ever, and certainly borders on My First Wearable, which isn't helped by the choice of primary colours: red, white, black, yellow, green and blue. However, it only weighs 65g and manages to be water resistant.
"We are truly excited to support Powerstrap and the development of their Pal smart strap because GPS and extra battery life are the kinds of features that our community has always wanted," said Pebble's founder Eric Migicovsky.
The appearance of Pal reinvigorates the smartstrap movement, which hasn't exactly been buzzing since its announcement with the Pebble Time last year. While a handful have been confirmed, only Seeedstudio's Xadow modular strap has shipped so far, and is certainly not aimed at general consumers.
Let's hope that Pal can put the focus back onto Pebble's superb ecosystem. It's available for pre-order on Kickstarter for $79.
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‘Something was wrong’: Mom warns others after finding out formula was switched with flour
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Parents in Arizona say their babies are getting sick after consuming what was sold as formula only to find out later it was just flour. Authorities said they are investigating several claims of people buying baby formula, replacing it with flour and then returning the product for cash. Watch the related video above: Family Of Baby Treated With A Bottle Of Formula And A Nap At Hospital Stuck With $18K Bill: ReportIn some cases, the returned items were put back on shelves and other parents purchased the formula that was actually flour Some parents said they didn’t notice the difference until their babies were already ill. There are a few key signs that any parent can pick up on when trying to find out if the formula is flour or not. Experts say when buying formula, make sure it is sealed. Formula will always mix with water, so if it does not do so, then there is an issue. Madeline Roque told 12 News that she picked up on the consistency."I looked at the milk and I realize something's definitely weird, the color is different, the texture was different," Roque said.After letting the mixture sit for a while, it started to separate, which is not something normal baby formula would do. Roque said her daughter started showing signs that the formula wasn’t normal. The baby vomited and refused to eat anymore after a day. "She was throwing up throughout the day passing a lot of gas ... I just knew something was wrong," Roque said.But Roque’s family wasn’t the only one affected by the switch. Authorities said a couple in Arizona was arrested last month, accused of running a baby formula theft ring. Overall, they made nearly a half a million dollars.
Parents in Arizona say their babies are getting sick after consuming what was sold as formula only to find out later it was just flour.
Authorities said they are investigating several claims of people buying baby formula, replacing it with flour and then returning the product for cash.
Watch the related video above: Family Of Baby Treated With A Bottle Of Formula And A Nap At Hospital Stuck With $18K Bill: Report
In some cases, the returned items were put back on shelves and other parents purchased the formula that was actually flour
Some parents said they didn’t notice the difference until their babies were already ill.
There are a few key signs that any parent can pick up on when trying to find out if the formula is flour or not.
Experts say when buying formula, make sure it is sealed. Formula will always mix with water, so if it does not do so, then there is an issue.
Madeline Roque told 12 News that she picked up on the consistency.
"I looked at the milk and I realize something's definitely weird, the color is different, the texture was different," Roque said.
After letting the mixture sit for a while, it started to separate, which is not something normal baby formula would do.
Roque said her daughter started showing signs that the formula wasn’t normal. The baby vomited and refused to eat anymore after a day.
"She was throwing up throughout the day passing a lot of gas ... I just knew something was wrong," Roque said.
But Roque’s family wasn’t the only one affected by the switch.
Authorities said a couple in Arizona was arrested last month, accused of running a baby formula theft ring. Overall, they made nearly a half a million dollars.
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Placemaking and Vibrancy: Ingredients for Innovation
July 16, 2018, 5:45 pm May 14, 2019
In Singapore, we are seeing more examples and evidence of how public spaces and even common spaces in buildings and workplaces, have been successfully transformed by adhering to basic principles of placemaking that include community engagement; stakeholder input; and curated programming. Now, commercial real estate players recognize the importance and value of placemaking as the emphasis shifts from the physical design to the user wellness and experience of a space. Placemaking is happening at the city, district, building, and even workplace scale.
Successful placemaking generates vibrancy and builds a sense of community that leads to engagement, creativity, wellness and collaboration, all the elements that are vital to the innovation economy.
Placemaking at Different Levels
At the city level, Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is engaging communities, businesses and other public agencies to champion the activation and vibrancy of public spaces through various programs including Car Free Sundays, Streets for People, Weekend Street Closures, and Our Favourite Place programs. These placemaking programs enliven public spaces for the enjoyment of the public, often with economic as well as social, health and environmental benefits.
At the district level, developments such as one-north developed and managed by Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) and GuocoLand’s Tanjong Pagar Centre, are examples where there is a high degree of fine mixing and layering of work, live, play, and learn, while offering a variety and intensity that is vital to building a vibrant community. In Tanjong Pagar Centre, the 150,000 sq ft landscaped Urban Park (pictured above) features a green lawn, rooftop gardens and a wide, open space sheltered by a glass canopy for recreational and lifestyle events. A highlight of the park is the City Room, a vibrant public environment for special events and outdoor performances, and offers a variety of food & beverage options.
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JTC, Singapore’s principal developer and manager of industrial estates and their related facilities, had the foresight years ago to form an internal team to focus on placemaking with the objective to selectively activate the public spaces in one-north to foster a vibrant community leveraging the world-class knowledge based enterprises located in the development. The company creatively trialled and tested placemaking ideas and applied its principles that included engaging stakeholders – in this case tenants – and creative programming to turn the spaces in between buildings into places.
Based on tenant feedback, critical information on how to approach programming has led to JTC’s regular Fantastic Friday events and ad hoc activities at one-north such as science fairs, talent contests, movie nights, fun runs and even a bicycle race during a car free Sunday.
What Drives Placemaking
Now, other real estate players are catching on. The successful principles of placemaking at the urban and district development level are being applied at the building and workplace level as well.
Flexible working and mobility enabled by technology has disrupted how businesses operate as well as attract and retain talent. This coincides with the tidal rise of the millennial workforce, those born in the 1980s to mid-1990s and their apparent desire to work and connect on the go using a myriad of channels whether email, or mobile or video conferencing. Whatever the method, the lines between work and play are blurring.
Millennial Workforce
The millennial worker wants to be able to transition seamlessly between work and play at various times of the day. Placemakers have responded by designing, configuring, and programming spaces that promote a unique experience of work, vibrancy and a sense of community. This probably accounts for the rising popularity of co-working as it is the logical response to the needs of the millennial workforce.
Numerous reports try to make a connection between productivity, creative and innovation levels and well-curated spaces. Millennials want to be able to work in an environment that creates opportunities to toss up ideas, bounce them off co-workers and collaborators, even challenge the status quo.
Placemakers believe very firmly that a physical space that offers an authentic, relevant and diverse experience provides the ideal incubator environment for the generation of ideas and innovative solutions to challenges in a knowledge economy. Witness the success of incubator spaces such as JTC Launchpad (formerly known as Block 71), which nurtured start-ups such as Carousell. Entrepreneurs in all types of industries are attracted to Launchpad for the collaborative and open environment that exists there.
The success of placemaking is coming at a time where there is a heightened awareness that the human element and user experience are important components to vibrant public spaces and healthy workplaces. Developers, designers, planners, and even those managing buildings and public space need to recognize that placemaking is an important element. In the case of Launchpad, placemaking principles are being applied to deliberately foster interactions among start-ups, researchers, and entrepreneurs to create a work environment that encourages collaboration, sharing and creativity which can lead to innovation.
Sharing Spaces
The sharing economy will drastically transform the way business is conducted everywhere. These trends are primarily driven by the same generation of millennials who instinctively work and play in a more open and collaborative culture. Increasingly, the market place is being dominated by a generation of consumers who are willing to rent or borrow rather than buy or own. Common physical spaces and the community experiences that are shared are therefore perfectly natural and logical in a sharing economy.
Office and retail landlords are increasingly pressured to provide a more interactive, diverse and bespoke experience offered by a space. The more varied the experience, the more likely people will engage with the space. It is no surprise that developers and placemakers place a premium on mixed use sites that yield tremendous potential for an integrated experience of working, living and playing in one single locale.
Placemaking is an ongoing effort that requires programming, feedback and adaptation.
After all, if places can be attractive and vibrant and also yield real commercial and economic benefits for businesses, developers and owners, it is increasingly clear that placemaking should be an integral part of any real estate enhancement strategy.
Note: This story originally appeared in the July 16, 2018 issue of EdgeProp newspaper in Singapore.
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In which we persevere in the face of adversity; Storm goes on a quest; Mr. Sinister makes his first appearance; Dazzler learns about teamwork (again); it still sucks to be Havok (but not as much as it sucks to be Madelyne Pryor); you should probably put down that cactus; the Murder Grampas join Freedom Force; Storm’s life is a metal-album cover; and the X-Men are doomed as hell.
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I’m very happy that Mister Sinister has landed on his feet and has a nice fruitful career as a pro wrestler now:
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Gordon Lyons says:
Dang it, I was on my way in here to post a picture of him as well. Cody Rhodes is an obvious comic book fan with this (loving?) tribute to Mr. Sinister.
A polite question if I might. How much of Mr Sinister’s expanded origin were you aware of before you read this story for the first time?
Reason I ask is, again, the context of reading this when it first came out. Have to say that as someone who did, Mr Sinister was, aside from a cool name, not impressive unless you were really into KISS Tribute bands. He had no real character at this point, except as the guy who aarranged to kill the Morlocks.
The takedown of Sabretooth didn’t strike me as being a “good introduction” so much as a “lazy jobbing”, eg “We need to show how badass our new character is, how can we achieve that in short order? Oh yeah, let’s see him casually take down an established badass.” That didn’t make Sinister look good, it just made Sabretooth look even worse having now been defeated by an injured Psylocke, Power Pack and now this complete noob.
(“Jobbing” bothers me. I’m a Nightwing fan, who tended to be on the receiving end of such treatment by new Batman villains who needed to prove their mettle without actually doing anything creative.)
You know, that’s a really good point. By the time I first read this arc twenty or so years ago, I was already steeped in Sinister-ness from the cartoon and 90s X-Men – and now that we’re revisiting it in 2015, Rachel and I are very much Sinister converts already. I’m sure that’s influenced our take on this scene; if we’d been reading it as it came out, we might very well have had the same reaction you describe.
I think that’s both a benefit and a pitfall of doing the podcast the way we do – on the one hand, we’re coming at every scene with decades of additional context; on the other hand, there’s no way for us to view individual issues and scenes in the isolation in which they were initially presented.
pawpaw5771 says:
It’s interesting how first Apocalypse and now Mr. Sinister have both grown from their really campy intros into two of the most significant big bads that oppose the X-Men. Good jobbing analogy too. I guess Sabretooth survived getting buried, though.
Yeah, if I’m remembering correctly (and I might not be, it’s been a long time), Sabretooth is in no way impressive at this point in X-men history.
TheAmazingEmu says:
I don’t know about that. That fight at the X-Mansion where Wolverine, Rogue, and Psylocke struggle to stop him was quite powerful. He came off as a force of nature that could not be stopped.
Even with my knowledge of the 90s cartoon, Mr. Sinister always comes off as a poorly designed villain who just exists to be “powerful.” I think I would appreciate him more if they kept the idea of him being a small child (essentially). That being said, it’s hard to judge him for better or for worse based on the small sample size that issue gives us. He’s more powerful than Sabretooth and he leads a really powerful group. That’s all that’s really shown.
Have you read Gillen’s Uncanny run? It involves one of the more interesting–and fresher–twists on the character I’ve encountered.
I haven’t. Aside from the 90s cartoon, I’m about five issues ahead of you guys at any given point. I’m relying on you guys to push me to get there.
I’m trying to remember how long it was before we actually had a clear idea of what his powers even were beyond, obviously, the fairly generic “endurance and strength” bit, which was so common I think it came free with any purchase of a supervillain outfit from “Criminally Fashionable” (If that’s not the name of the average supervillain’s boutigue of choice, it ought to be). I think it was some years and then it was the ever-vague “Control over my own molecules” bit which we already had with Apocalypse (and Warlock, in his way)
Joe Iglesias says:
Yeah, I don’t think we actually had any indication of what powers Sinister may or may not have had until Peter David had him change shape early in his X-Factor run, which is a good three years (!) after his creation…
I remember being fairly taken with Sinister when these issues came out, but I also think that “new guy gets over by immediately punking the previous badass” was relatively new to superhero books at the time… it’s really the ’90s when that became pretty much the go-to way to introduce a new character.
I think the podcast has pretty much reached the point where we’re seeing the seeds of everything that would end up seriously damaging the X-books post-Claremont. None of them are bad things in and of themselves, at least not yet, but they’re so iconic of the worst excesses of the ’90s that it’s hard not to look at them as harbingers of doom. Apocalypse and Sinister are both active and pursuing their vague master plans, and Cable is about two years on the horizon…
TheSam says:
It had also been a fairly standard tradition that the leader of a group of villains was the most powerful or always be able to overcome their underlings. It wasn’t a surprise to see Mister Sinister take down Sabretooth (he was the leader, after all!), but for him to do it with his hands was.
I thought he might have been a vampire or something similar since the Montesi formula was still in effect at the time.
Yeah, I’m with you on this, from reading at the time – Sinister (and Apocalypse) were really out of step with pop culture (UK especially) and just seemed a bit over the top. When I read Claremont’s plans for Sinister-as-child’s-projection, that made total sense of the bombasticity of him.
Zach Adams says:
Since you mentioned it, Stardust aka Cody Rhodes is the wrestler with the Sinister cape and gear.
Elle Collins says:
Cody Rhodes was his name before he was reshaped by Apocalypse. Now there is only Stardust.
But sadly he seems to have moved away from the Mr. Sinister cape. I guess he’s a DC villain now that he fights Green Arrow.
Well, only on Earth-WWE. On Earth-NXT he’s apparently still Cody Rhodes.
. . .apparently WWE stumbled into having a multiverse. Who knew?
Where does Earth-Smark fit into this multiverse?
Earth-3, and also Canada.
The Sinister get up was only for Wrestlemania week, sadly. I guess only Sinister is glam enough to pull it off 24/7.
I coulda sworn he’d worn it for one more PPV, at least.
I could be wrong – it was at WM this year for sure, and I think it was at that week’s tapings as well. WM was so long ago, so I could easily be mis-remembering.
On a more podcast specific tangent–I reeeeeaallllyyy hate the Naze/Adversary thing. Oh lord he is just the worst. Horrible stock Claremont villain obsessions wrapped around “mystical Native American” cosplay and he’s just a big blank thing for the bad guys to punch.
That then leads into a big crossover event that in a real sense seems utterly divorced from anything that the X-Men would typically have anything to do with before . ..well, it’s a big misstep for me.
Which is why (X-Factor excluded) Fall of the Mutants can’t hold a candle to Inferno, and I’m not even including the Daredevil issue where he fights a possessed vacuum cleaner, because that tilts the scales too far in Inferno’s favour.
Agree on this one. I think I even might have skipped through those issues, because I was so bored with all of these melodramatic shaman things. And it didn’t help me like Forge more then I already didn’t like him. /:
Tetra says:
Poor Dazzler, when she started her “raw and raunchy” phase, her old fans called her a sell out.
Modern Dazzler could be a Lady Gaga-type figure.
Porthos Fitz-Shi'ar Empress says:
I will agree with that.
Are you planning on covering the John Bolton Classic X-Men backup stories at some point?
McArdle says:
Was this the visit to San Francisco where they meet Dirty Harry, and he turns out to be an anti-mutant bigot? Or was that another time?
Also, isn’t Nathaniel Essex a doctor? So why is he not Doctor Sinister? Then again, the other famous comics Mister I can think of, Mr. Fantastic, definitely has his doctorate. Dr. Doom, on the other hand, seems like he never finished his doctorate, since his thesis experiment exploded in his face and he decided to pursue a career in absolute monarchy and time travel instead. Dr. Strange is definitely a doctor. Doctor Octopus was a scientist, so it’s definitely possible he had his doctorate. I don’t think Dr. Destiny from DC was a doctor, and I have no idea about Dr. Fate. I don’t know that much about Doctor Voodoo. Is he a real doctor?
When do you get to use the courtesy title “Doctor” in the superhero world? You definitely don’t see to have to be a medical doctor (although you can be: c.f. Dr. Strange). You don’t really seem to need a doctorate at all. Then again, people with doctorates go by “Mister” (Essex and Richards). It’s all very confusing.
And of course Dr. Henry McCoy never goes by Doctor Beast. Maybe that is to avoid rubbing it in for Near-Doctor Havoc, ABD.
It isn’t, on reflection, like the conditional/situational use or disuse of the doctor title is a new thing in literature. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde were, after all, fundamentally the same person.
So, what did you do tonight? Oh, just watched the steelers and had a conversation with myself on the internet about the educational attainments of fictional people.
Also, is Hank McCoy a medical doctor (sometimes he seems to be) or just a Doctor of All Sciences Real and Imaginary like Reed Richards, Hank Pym, or Bruce Banner?
The latter, which conveniently includes a medical degree and any plot-relevant specializations.
He couldn’t decide between “Doctor Despicable” and “Doctor Dislikeable”, so decided that, though he’d worked long and hard on that doctorate, he’d be better goign with what sounded right and opted for “Mister Sinister”.
Otto Octavius definitely has a doctorate, possibly more than one. He was a respected (if not actually liked) scientist in the field of nuclear research and cybernetics (His arms were originally designed to allow direct interaction over safe, remote, handling of nuclear materials)
Doom might have been working on Post-Doctoral research when he met Reed, but I don’t think it was ever stated as such, and besides he probably gave himself an honorary doctorate from the University of Latveria 0 President, Chancellor, Senior Lecturer and sol Student: V Von Doom. (And God, that must have been one helluva sad graduation ceremony… even if I can see Doom throwing his mortartboard in the air in celebration)
I just want to add that it was a huge misstep when that female Sinister showed up during Carey’s run and they called her “Miss Sinister”. It should have been “Sister Sinister”!
I fell off the wagon during Carey’s run. What was the deal with Miss Sinister, and what became of her?
Let’s not forget that Thor graduated from med school and even had a practice, though I’m pretty sure he’s let his license lapse.
Did he? I thought Donald Blake was basically generated fully formed.
Hmm. That’s a good point, and my early Thor lore is a little hazy, but he clearly had/has the appropriate memories, skills, and paperwork. If someone gets a medical degree but no one’s there to see it, did it really happen?
Loki says:
You know, until I listened to this podcast, it never occurred to me before that Dazzler is the mutant David Bowie.
The story goes that Fall of the Mutants (and Mutant Massacre too) would have been part of a story involving Captain Britain villains, which would make the new Adversary character a late sub-in for the reality warping Sir Jim Jaspers.
And Nimrod a stand-in for the Fury?
Just finished listening to this week’s episode and man, it was a great episode! I vaguely remember the Fall of the Mutants storyline and even so I was left with my mouth stretched wide open and was infuriated with you guys for leaving us with such a cliffhunger to wait till the next week (or month?).
Regarding some of the issues that came up: I have to climb up the Mr. Sinister admiration train. It connects to the things L’Andrew wrote in his comment and Miles response to him, as I also was watching the 90’s cartoon before reading the comics, hence I had this great picture of him with his awesome Christopher Britton voice (or his Isreali equivalent voice-dubber, who was also quite good). So reading this said scene in the comics was a great introduction for a truley terrifying villain for me.
I used to picture the main X-men arch-villains for a long time as Magneto, Mr. Sinister and Apocalypce. And Mr. Sinister had always been defined by his cool, somewhat polite arrogance. Like he wasn’t really interested in fighting you. He didn’t even treated you as a nuisance like someone on his league would be expected to do. He was just addressing you as a person, explain to you the things he had been doing and ignore you while you try to attack him. Mr. Sinister isn’t inherently cruel. He just does what it takes to accomplish his goal. He has a very clear and adamant observation on what need to be done and so he does it. This subtle thread of characteristic has been somehow kept through the times till the 2000’s, even with writers that I really didn’t expect that from them. It also can be seen in the AoA while comparing Mr. Sinister and Dark Beast. and when you think of it, Beast does have this passion that can be used in a good way but can also lead him to the corruption and sadomasochism that define Dark Beast. In the meantime Mr. Sinister is purely rational. Ruthless, but rational. He doesn’t feel any kind of pleasure out of doing evil dids, nor does he let his “work” disrupt his other qualities, like his classy style or his manners. This is what maked even Peter David first X-Factor run’s Mr. Sinister, which had a sense of humor and was willing to even speak to those uncivilized nasty boys to work for me.
So shout out to you, Mr. Sinister! You’re still a pro in my book.
Elliott Kay says:
re: Doctorates vs not:
Those Handbooks of the Marvel Universe, Wikis & such are usually really good about describing a character’s fitness level and combat skills, but they almost never tell you anyone’s college major or even if they graduated high school. I always find that disappointing.
A brief focus on my own profession: Are there any lawyer X-Men? I know there are other lawyer superheroes in the Marvel universe (Daredevil does mostly criminal defense, She-Hulk on the civil side), but I can’t think of a lawyer X-Man.
Did Dazzler get her law degree, or is that what she would have been, if not for the singing?
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Katrina Lehto says:
Oh Madelyne.
Justin Kaye says:
‘Hawkhawk? Guys. GUYS…
‘Rohawk.
That’s… Yeah, that’s actually way better. ‘Rohawk it is!
In defense of Superman’s secret identity; I would argue it’s human nature to explain away certain things. Like if you knew someone or were friends with someone who looked like a celebrity, you wouldn’t immediately think ‘they must be that celebrity!’ You’d just think they had a passing resemblance to them.
To everyone who ‘knows’ Clark, he just kind of seems like this mild mannered, clumsy, kind of awkward individual. Not someone who you would immediately equate with a super strong god-like superhero.
As for random people not figuring it out; it’s kind of regularly hinted in the comics that Clark isn’t that great of a reporter. He wouldn’t realistically be a household name or public figure. At most, he’d kind of be known for being Lois Lane’s husband, but that’s probably it.
In reality I doubt most people would connect the dots of ‘this Amazing Flying Man’ is in reality this average Joe whose working a 9 to 5 job. It’s kind of like trying to imagine a celebrity on their down time being a plumber or writing Buzzfeed articles and quizzes under a pen name.
I have the same opinion when people argue over Scott not figuring out Madelyn was a clone of Jean. After investigating it and finding nothing unusual, most people probably would have just assumed she just weirdly kind of resembled her and that’s it. Whether someone would WANT to date someone who looked like their dead ex is entirely another question, but I don’t think it’s unreasonable that Scott didn’t figure it out until Maddie disappeared.
Hayler says:
I literally just listened to this episode, and had some thoughts too.
While I agree with the Superman stuff, I don’t think it applies to Scott, who has significantly more experience with shapeshifters and weirdness than your average DC random. He should have been /slightly/ more suspicious, I think.
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Police searching for man who reportedly gave York woman rib, lung, nose injuries
A man with a Carlisle address is wanted in connection with a York assault.
Police searching for man who reportedly gave York woman rib, lung, nose injuries A man with a Carlisle address is wanted in connection with a York assault. Check out this story on ydr.com: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2019/07/29/york-city-police-looking-brandon-briggs-connection-domestic-reportedly-happened-early-monday-morning/1861803001/
Shelly Stallsmith, York Daily Record Published 4:52 p.m. ET July 29, 2019
York City Police are looking for Brandon Briggs in connection with a domestic assault that reportedly happened early Monday morning.
Police arrived at a city residence to find a 20-year-old woman hiding from her attacker.
She was taken to York Hospital, where she was treated for multiple broken ribs, a punctured lung, broken nose and bite marks. She also suffered bruises, swelling to the eyes and possible arterial damage to her neck, police said.
Brandon Briggs (Photo: York City Police Department)
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The victim identified Briggs as her attacker and a warrant was obtained for him. He is known to live in the Carlisle area, but could also be staying in other locations.
Anyone with information about this incident or any of the individuals involved are asked to contact the York City Police Department at:
York County Crime Stoppers: 755-TIPS
York City Police Tip Line: 717-849-2204
York City Police Department: 717-846-1234
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Anderson Silva vs. Nick Diaz Could Happen In Early 2015
by King Hazard
The possibility of Anderson Silva returning for a fight in the UFC this year is slim to none, but there’s still a very small chance since he’s getting stronger by the day. We have already seen him breaking up a good sweat at the gym, hitting pads alongside boxing coach Freddy Roach, and kicking bags with his new titanium-fortified leg.
Silva is “looking good” and it’s soon time for him to step back inside the Octagon to prove to the MMA world that he can make a comeback after that devasting leg break at UFC 168. How soon? Most likely in early 2015, according to longtime friend and Black House MMA manager, Ed Soares, who’s been by the former UFC middleweight champion’s side since his debut against Chris Leben at UFC Fight Night 5.
In an interview with MMA Fighting‘s Ariel Helwani on the MMA Hour, Soares said that Silva is already eyeing a few high-profile opponents in the UFC for his return, which includes Michael Bisping, Cung Le, and the notorious Nick Diaz.
There’s Michael Bisping, there’s Cung Le. Even Nick Diaz, Nick Diaz has said he’s wanted to fight him before. Nick Diaz wanted to box Roy Jones Jr. You could argue that Nick Diaz and Anderson probably have some of the best boxing in MMA, so we’ll see what happens. Like we all know, so many things can change, the landscape of the sport can change so much in such a short amount of time.
There’s not a shortage of talent that the UFC has, so I’m sure the UFC is going to come up with a good plan on who the next opponent should be, and I’m sure it will be a good fight.
In the past, Diaz hinted many times that he’s ready to fight again in the UFC, but only if the fight is right. Since both Silva and Diaz love to box and both wanted a crack at American boxer Roy Jones Jr., then maybe this could be the fight everyone wants to see happen in the very near future, including Mr. Silva.
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U.S. ramps up pressure on Iran, one year after Trump withdrew from nuclear deal
By World Tribune on May 9, 2019
by WorldTribune Staff, May 9, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump on May 8 announced sanctions on Iran’s trade in metals, which is the Islamic Republic’s third largest export.
Trump’s executive order imposes sanctions on Iran’s iron, steel, aluminum, and copper sectors.
President Donald Trump said Iran ‘can expect further actions unless it fundamentally alters its conduct.’
Trump said the new sanctions target “Iran’s revenue from the export of industrial metals — 10 percent of its export economy — and puts other nations on notice that allowing Iranian steel and other metals into your ports will no longer be tolerated.”
Related: Gulf deployment ordered after intel revealed ‘credible’ Iran threat to U.S. forces in region, May 7, 2019
The U.S. president has already moved to restrict Iran’s oil exports, the country’s largest source of hard currency.
“Teheran can expect further actions unless it fundamentally alters its conduct,” Trump said, adding that he was open to talks. “I look forward to some day meeting with the leaders of Iran in order to work out an agreement and, very importantly, taking steps to give Iran the future it deserves.”
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on May 8 that “We will deny the regime the resources it uses to fund terror.”
“Today marks one year since President Trump made the historic decision to leave the Iran nuclear deal and embark on a bold new strategy to counter Iran. Our maximum pressure campaign has already achieved historic success,” Pompeo tweeted.
Pompeo also responded to Iran’s decision to reduce some of its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
“The Iranian regime’s announcement that it intends to expand its nuclear program defies international norms and is a blatant attempt to hold the world hostage,” Pompeo said. “We call on the international community to hold Iran’s regime accountable for its threat to expand its nuclear program.”
Hours prior to Pompeo’s comments, Iran threatened to enrich its uranium stockpile closer to weapons-grade levels in 60 days if world powers fail to negotiate new terms.
The Western European parties in the nuclear deal, Britain, France, and Germany, criticized Iran’s “unwelcome” step and warned Teheran not to abandon the deal.
Russia, another signatory to the agreement, said Washington was to blame for Iran’s decision.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, stressed that Israel will prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
“We will not allow Iran to achieve nuclear weaponry. We will continue to fight those who would kill us,” Netanyahu said at the Memorial Day ceremony at the central military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
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Episode 43: How to hire your very first employee
When Fortune tabs you as the #5 Best Workplace in Retail for 2015, you’re on to something good.
It all starts with hiring people who share your vision and passion. Who’ve experienced what does and doesn’t work in business, have a strong sense of themselves, and know what brings them joy.
Motorcycle revhead Anthony Bucci, co-founder and CEO of online motorcycle retailer, RevZilla, has been using a hiring practice called Top Grading. On Xero Gravity #43, he’ll share how this method helps you see themes and patterns in the interview process, to give you a strong sense of what potential employees bring to the table.
Tune in and you’ll hear Anthony break down the entire Top Grading process, what Zappos taught him, and what Navy Seal training, “fire in motion” and RevZilla’s “beer test” have to do with it all.
Top Grading
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There Book by Marshall Goldsmith
Host: Elizabeth Ü [EÜ]
Guest: Anthony Bucci [AB]
EÜ: Hi everyone. I’m Elizabeth Ü, and this is Xero Gravity.
Guest soundbite
“So many companies will settle for the brilliant jerk.”
EÜ: That’s Anthony Bucci. Anthony is a technology developer turned entrepreneur. He’s the definition of a rev head and has been obsessed with motorcycles since 2004. Anthony is the co-founder and CEO of motorcycle e-commerce business, RevZilla. Last year RevZilla was named one of the top 50 places to work in America in Fortune. In talking with Anthony I was blown away by how passionate he is about the hiring process and how grueling a process it is for RevZilla. He has so many helpful tips for companies that are hiring, ranging from top grading to not leading the witness, to knowing when to say no.
So, on the one hand, no brilliant jerks, and on the other he says you need to resist the urge to hire a great team that doesn’t necessarily perform. My favorite story Anthony shares is how he creates a performance culture that passes the beer test.
“What ends up happening is that no one can lie for four hours.”
EÜ: So we’ll have all that and more, coming up on Xero Gravity right
after this.
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EÜ: So Anthony, we know a little bit about your professional background, but tell us a bit more about what you’re doing when you’re not CEO of RevZilla.
AB: Oh my gosh, you made it sound so glamorous [laughs]. So when I am not here in the office or at home working or in the evening at home working, because it kind of never ends, I actually have a budding family.
So I’m in my mid 30s, and I have multiples on my resume. My wife and I have four children right now, and my fifth actually due here, gosh, any minute in the next week.
EÜ: Oh wow!
AB: So that will be my last, but yeah: aspiring father, aspiring good husband and aspiring leader of the business. Or that’s the kind of, outside of golf every once in awhile, it kind of fills all the hours.
EÜ: And obviously you’re a bit of a motorcycle head. So when did that obsession start?
AB: Right around the time that we were starting the business, quite honestly. So my background is in e-commerce and technology and I do have a lot of diverse interests, you know. Jokingly, I don’t get to spend that much time on them anymore. So RevZilla came about because I was working on the digital side bringing all these great brands to their first e‑commerce experiences, and then I decided I wanted to buy a Ducati because my parents told me I couldn’t until I was an adult.
So I wanted it until I was an adult, and when our business started, I was looking for really cool helmets and jackets and realized that there was no — there was no RevZilla in this space. I mean, that’s the honest-to-god truth. So I’d been riding for almost a decade at this point — total blast, but yeah, I got into the sport at around 26.
EÜ: And how did you come up with the name RevZilla?
AB: We were drinking. No. Actually [laughing] it’s funny. So my co‑founder Matt and I were roommates; founded the business together. We had a bunch of really bad working titles that I will not mention, that we just hated. There were placeholders and Matt actually came up with MotoZilla, and we tried everything we could to buy MotoZilla from the guy that had it.
It was a school project. It was for charity. We kept upping our bid. This guy was just sitting on it. It was a parked domain, and finally he, yeah. I called him one day and he said, “I will not sell you this domain, I’m starting a motorcycle parts accessory and apparel website. Leave me alone.” And Matt and I went out. We were single guys in our mid 20’s. We went out that Friday night, and after a cheesesteak at 4am standing in the kitchen probably drinking water, so we’d alleviate our hangovers for the next day, I said, “What about Rev, what about RevZilla?”
You know, the Zilla’s good and we don’t want to be motorcycle gear dot com. We didn’t want to be discount clothes at motorcycle gear dot com. We wanted a name that we could assign an emotional value to, or that could become our brand, and that’s really, so we always joke: I was the Rev and Matt was the Zilla and then Nick our partner— it wasn’t a dot com until he joined the party.
EÜ: Well, we all know that owning your own business involves a lot of sweat, blood and tears. So what was one of the key challenges that you faced as a business owner, and how did you overcome it?
AB: So, it’s really interesting, the key challenges that we faced — I mean, we were cashflow positive in 90 days. So one of the main…
EÜ: Wow!
AB: …challenges — yeah. So one of the main challenges that most businesses face, you know, they they spend time and in a lot of cases other people’s money, to try to find product market fit and then grow and be, you know, pre-revenue to revenue, to profitability.
So for us, I mean, we weren’t paying ourselves. We were living together. We were slowly experiencing a little profitability for a long time, but the business could pay its phone bill, it’s hosting bill and it’s rent for the store that we had to have, by way of the distributor agreements. This was within 90 days of launching the site in November of ’07. So I’d say for us, once you get past that hump the biggest challenge has been the scale factor, trying to realize how to scale a business that’s grown this fast. So we went from zero to over a hundred million in sales in eight years bootstrapped, capitalizing the business without taking any outside investment and then building teams.
We started the business as makers, and we’re also all technology guys that could build platforms and could build experiences. Then you have to learn how to manage. Then you have to learn how to hire. Then you have to learn how to plan. Now we have to learn how to be executives which is, you know, balancing it.
We can go up and down the org chart because we’ve done all the different jobs, to really get focused. And I would say, in the last two to three years, we’ve really gotten good at saying no and planning and optimizing our days and our productivity, but then forcing ourselves to understand the time-value equation of perfect versus imperfect and not shipped versus imperfect and shipped.
EÜ: And what was the turning point for you and RevZilla? When did you know that you were onto something?
AB: So, we did 1.8 million in revenue in our first year and in the second year we did 3.6 million in revenue. And while they sound like big numbers, when you boil it down to third party margin, not selling your own brands in retail, it’s not big profits. But we knew we were onto something. Those first two years, I mean, they felt like a decade. Really the third year, the third year for us, you know, going into 2008, nine, 10, I guess it would have been the fourth year, which is 2011, that was the year we went from about seven million in sales to 20 million, 21 million in sales, in revenue.
That year it grew 180%, and that was the year where, you know, we went from a team of less than 10 to a team of 30 people. Revenues tripled — we knew we were outgrowing our space. We needed to annex more of the building that we were in and we said, “Oh my gosh, we have to build a process and team. This can’t be, you know, eight guys with no windows working in this warehouse doing this.” Even though we were successful, that’s when we really thought, “Oh my gosh.”
When you’re starting out you look at it and you just pick round numbers and you say, “What does a five million dollar or a 10 million dollar or 20 million dollar business feel like in run rate.” At 20 million it was holy crap, this rocket ship is flying and we have a big opportunity here. I would say for me, that was the year where we knew that we had a tiger by the tail.
EÜ: And you evolved into such a mature company. Is there a particular person or event in your past that you feel really brought you to this point?
AB: Voltron, right? So that’s the short answer. Voltron is the person who’s helped us, and let me elaborate on that. So if you remember, right, pop culture reference: Voltron from the ‘70s and ‘80s was the amalgamation of all the robots powered by humans that formed one super robot, that could then, you know, tackle the biggest challenges.
You know, our running joke internally is that Matt, Nick and I have done a phenomenal job of growing together, staying really close friends, checking our egos at the door. So ultimately, on the biggest, most life-changing business opportunities, business threats — the things where you’d ultimately assemble the super friends and the C team and another — the C suite in another company, you know, that’s our Voltron.
EÜ: That’s great. That’s great. And I’m totally picturing this three-headed robot now.
AB: No. One head. You form up right. We shared; we’ve joined forces. One head.
EÜ: That’s even better. So in one sentence, what’s the greatest piece of advice someone has given you?
AB: So the best piece of advice I’ve ever been given, and I got it at a really young age, from my dad: it was the answer’s always no, unless you ask and there’s a million forms of that, you know, you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take, you know, yada, yada, yada, right? We’ve heard that, but to me it signified don’t be afraid to take risks, and don’t be afraid to put it out there, and give yourself a chance to get lucky. I embrace that. That’s my personality. I like to flip over rocks and look for shiny objects.
I consider myself a lucky person, but you look at that: it’s being prepared and being open to new opportunities, and I think that’s really shaped who I am and also I think it big time shaped the value that I bring to the table with RevZilla. That I look for the next big thing, I think huge, I play in the clouds, and Matt and Nick are amazing at pumping the brakes, pulling me back down, being amazing pragmatists, you know, to foil you know, we balance each other out.
EÜ: That’s great that you can do that for each other. Well, let’s dig a little deeper into this episode’s theme, which is of course how to hire your first employee. So first up, can you tell us the story of RevZilla’s first hire?
AB: So, RevZilla’s first full-time hire. We had some people doing some part-time work, but the first time hire was over a year into the business. We founded November of 2007. We made our first hire probably in December of 2008, and it was for a customer service person. A person to, at that point, we were answering every phone call, every email, every inquiry from a customer. And we said, “This needs to scale,” because ultimately we have a good idea of what we need to do here to support e-commerce, right? And these are transactions, where’s my order I want to place or return?
So we hired a gentleman from the industry — great guy — worked at one of our competitors and, you know, our hiring process was we met him, we knew he rode a motorcycle, and we thought he seemed reasonable and could answer the phone. So that led us to our first FTE.
EÜ: And what lesson did you learn from making that first hire?
AB: So, it was interesting. From making that first hire — when you’re that small, you know, I can, hindsight’s 20/20 — I would say the first 10 hires were very similar for us. It was, you know: in a company that small, you need nine people who can do anything and one person who can sell anything.
I was the guy who could sell anything. The other nine people were Matt and Nick, who were building and process and product and technology every day, and all the people we hired after that were kind of, they had different backgrounds, but they were motorcycle enthusiasts, and they could do a lot of different things. Whether a project or to serve customers, and through that process, though going from one to many, and that first level of scale, we did really quickly learn about how much culture fit mattered. I would say for those first few hires, that was the big takeaway that we learnt from that.
EÜ: At what point in your business did you know that you had to hire more people? What did that point look like?
AB: Oh my gosh, when there’s not enough hours in the day or the week to sleep. There were two reasons, right? You hire for scale or you hire for specialization and capability. For us from the early goings, we were the specialists.
So our background was the e-commerce and technology and consumer experiences. For us it was trying to figure out — you know, there’s that old analogy — fire in motion. You’re moving forward when you’re building, and then you launch the site, and as soon as you get traction, the fire, which is, imagine the troops firing the weapons, is the enemy forces coming in that are stopping you from moving forward. And that’s the operational support of the business.
So the balance of fire in motion, as soon as you realize that you’re stuck in the day to day and you’re no longer building and iterating and moving things forward, that’s when you very clearly know that if we’re not doing what we and only we can do, which is for me, it was build content and open vendors and develop relationships. For Matt it was build process and operations, and for Nick it was developing technology.
As soon as we looked around the room and we realized none of us were doing the thing that we’re the best at, we immediately needed to scale pieces off our plate that we knew. Anything that wasn’t those things, we needed to figure out how to get them off our plate as fast as possible, and it sounds so easy now, but that took us years to figure out. How ruthless we really needed to do about, and relentless about saying no more often, and focusing and scaling.
EÜ: And so what other challenges did you experience when you were hiring those first few times, or those first 10 hires that you said were very similar?
AB: That not everybody plays well in the sandbox, and not everybody has a similar world view or values the same things that we value, and not everybody has the same work ethic. I know, you know, those things are basics, but we homed in really early. I will just say that we read the the Zappos book 2008, 2009. It talked about company and cultural fit and a utopian society of people who want to do their best work every day, and god bless Tony Hsieh, but we brought in and we looked at it and we said can we do that, can we really define. We didn’t define our core values probably until 2000, I want to say 10 or 11, formally. But can we start to mine and build a process to find more people like us that will build bridges, be communicators, you know, want to build, find enjoyment in the same things that we do, but then also come to work. And you’re energized by the change and energized by the fact that it’s a building and growing organization, and we had to figure out the big lesson was — after a handful of mis-hires — how do you figure out, you know, some were six-figure hires that we got completely wrong.
Where was our process failing us? I mean, that was the big thing. So you go from 10 to 20 to 30 people and then all of a sudden now you’re really seeing where you have outlier cases, where you’ve mis-hired based on skill or based on fit, and how much it costs you. That was the big lesson for us: that we are now, I mean, I evangelize this to anyone who will listen internally — and we actually do a lot of training as a management team, and we’re only getting better at that — is how critical is it that the revenue doesn’t matter. The cost of the mis-hire for team progress — all things considered: business opportunity cost and impact, you know, the right fit and the right skillset — is paramount. We have to be insane about getting the right people on the bus.
So that’s the big takeaway: that even nine years later sticks with me. We realized it was broken, we developed a process to kind of fix it but not enough. I would say that my big grip, when I look outside of RevZilla, I think that not as many companies view the urgency. They’ll put the urgency ahead of finding the patience when it comes to the people. And if you’re patient with the people, man, is it amazing: amazingly easier to steer that ship.
EÜ: Now that you’ve reached over 200 employees, what is your formula for foolproof hiring? Because clearly you’ve figured something out.
AB: I would say there’s no such thing as foolproof, right? So you can only strive to get better at it. I would say the average, you know, we’ve looked at a lot of stats supporting this. The average company, you know, might hire an A for a role maybe 20 or 30% of the time. I think we’re closer to that. I want to say that 60 to 70% range and our turnover is super low. So turnover last year was only 12%. We’re retaining and growing our best hires. I mean, more people leave RevZilla because we ask them to leave than leave (themselves) because, you know, they’re not connected with what we’re doing here.
So the foolproof methodology, not for retention but for acquisition of the new hire is a pretty insanely rigorous hiring process — almost to where it sends the message to the candidate that we’re almost pushing them to fail. Almost like seal training right. So if somebody wants to go to seal camp and different levels for different roles, what happens is you have these people who come in and they’re the A players. And they’re so energized by the fact it’s like, oh, really, you’re putting these barriers in front of me to show me how badly I want to be here? And then they sort of think, well, if it’s like this for everybody I have to get on this team. What is happening is that people that aren’t a right fit or are scared, they fall. People self-select out.
We actually employ top grading which is kind of an interesting hiring framework. And then for more senior hires we’ll actually ask them to do a, I won’t call it a business plan but I’ll call it a 90-day integration plan: here are your goals and how are you going to achieve them? I mean that’s for potentially director level up. So it’s kind of, you know, people talk about speed. Time kills money, time kills all deals. We agree with that. So it’s always trying to find the balance of how quickly we need to move to keep someone engaged but knowing that they have to check all our boxes.
We’ve gotten all the way to the end of the process. We’ve sat down with somebody for the four-hour Top Grading interview, which is an interesting thing. And halfway through the interview you start to see a pattern: how they have an issue with authority or their story didn’t line up in the previous interviews, or they ultimately are taking more credit for some aspect of a job that they previously had, where they had really exposure versus experience. And there’s blood in the water and that’s where you really lean and you really push, and you’ll know that at the end of that it’s like I have spent 20 hours interviewing this candidate, and it got all the way to the end of our process and people say, “Doesn’t that bum you out that they folded at that last step?” And I said, “Honestly, nothing’s worse.” It would be 10 times more costly for this business if that person, by the 90-day mark, we are all wringing our hands knowing they weren’t the right person, they couldn’t do the job, we stopped our search and now we have to start over.
I would rather fail now after 20 hours of investment up front, than have 800 hours of investment to get to the point of, you know, ultimately hiring the right person. Because you restarted everything, and you had the institutional cost of the cultural ramifications of having someone big come in that people got excited about, but then ultimately flamed out. That’s terrible.
EÜ: Right. I mean, you’re really talking about pushing your employees, and I understand you also have a beer test. So I’m wondering what that means [laughs] and at what point of the process that comes in? At what point do you know that it’s the right person?
AB: So, it’s a couple of different fronts. So, I would say that, you know, I consider our culture a performance culture that passes the beer test. So the beer test is easy: That’s the plays nicely with others, is a good human being, operates with respect. I mean, these are all really basic things, but so many companies will settle for the brilliant jerk and say, “Man, I know what that person could do, and I know they’re kind of a jerk, but man, if we could just get that capability on the bus we’ve been looking for, for so long, we have to make that hire. Right?” So that’s an easy one because everybody knows what a jerk looks like and feels like to work with. The flipside of that coin is the performance piece, and that is the piece that takes up the bulk of the Top Grading career: the whole process, which is, did they work on a team that accomplished that or did they do that themselves?
We’re also nuts about reference checking. So it’s the entire ecosystem of knowing we get it right first, before we even open the wreck, doing our best to clearly quantify what are the goals, and what’s the impact that they need to have. And review that scope with the candidate, but then ultimately, really using an iterative process and multiple people, (not interviewing together), to try to drill down and understand if a person really has that experience, and that can be sample work in tech or digital marketing. I mean, people do a skills assessment that’s different depending on the function they’re interviewing for. Yeah. So I mean it’s multiple steps of proving experience versus exposure, you know, outside of the cultural fit, and that’s what ultimately, we call them juggernauts. They have the work ethic and typically the skill, and then they have the attitude which allows them to be, you know, team players in a fast moving, fast changing environment.
EÜ: This is so great. I’m really appreciating everything that you’re sharing with us, and so many excellent takeaways here. So can you tell us a little bit more about top grading?
AB: Yeah. It’s completely insane at first blush. I’m really happy to dive in because we were exposed to it in 2010 when Matt and I, so Matt’s my cofounder and COO, and I always joke that I’m Maverick and he’s Iceman because our superpowers are different, and just our world view’s different. So it’s a great yin and yang for he and I, but we sat down after we made three bad hires in a row and we followed the process that we learnt in our previous life.
I was involved a little bit in hiring in my last role. I worked closely with managers and built small teams when I was early in my career, and you have to know who to follow and where to find it, but we realized that we weren’t mining for the right thing. So we weren’t being stringent enough and we weren’t testing people. And we were finding ourselves interviewing together and being too optimistic and leading the witness, and projecting our biases on them versus being stringent and objective the way that we needed to. So we ultimately had a friend who was a fellow business owner, another young guy.
He was further up the mountain than we were here in Philadelphia and we saw him speak at a conference, and he talked about top grading, which is this hiring framework developed by a guy in Chicago. So if you picked up the top-grading book it’s about 600 pages long, and what you’re going to find is it’s a bit of a sales pitch because this guy wants you to go to Chicago and take his classes. So don’t do that because you can find other people who are skilled in teaching Top Grading that can come and do half a day — but Matt and I flew out. Our friend basically told us, he said listen, it’s all about talent.
We agreed and he said this framework basically allows you to have a more filtered process. That the Top Grading interview is, this your life four-hour sit down with someone where you basically, in chronological order, start from high school, then go to college and start with their first job and walk through every single job, every single manager, every single role. What worked, what didn’t, what made them happy, what made them sad, how they rated themselves. Did they see that they had the ability for growth? And basically you do that, and it’s called about 15 minutes per job over a four-hour span, depending on the breadth of the hirers experience. And what it ends up doing is it allows you to see themes and patterns on their attitude: what makes them happy, what lights them up, are they introspective, are they self-aware, do they have a strong work ethic, do they work well on teams, did Mummy and Daddy cover all their costs and they had to figure out, you know, how to be a functioning adult once they were in the real world, or did they bootstrap it and their first job was when they were 10 years old. You see all these things that paint a picture, not only of what work someone’s done, but really who they are. And what ends up happening is that no one can lie for four hours. So when everybody has an hour interview through the process, a phone screen, an hour interview, a competency interview about the skills assessment — you have these chunks where somebody can look at their notes, look at their resume, focus on their best self in these time-boxed elements leading up to that final Top Grading interview. And the Top Grading interview is your last chance as an employer for them to prove they are who they say they are. And I said it earlier and I don’t want to seem glib about it, but no one can lie for four hours.
So after four hours what you’re asking in a very structured series of questions, you end up seeing who someone really is. You end up actually being able to kind of sniff out any BS in the story they told you on what they really did, versus what they said they did. And when somebody does it with flying colors, you know I mean, 1% of candidates we see are going to get to that stage. Because it’s ultimately the last stage before reference checks and offer, but nothing feels better than when you go through a top grading and you know that going into it you’re like, if this person passes this we are going to hire them, this is going to be awesome, and they fail it and you know, oh my gosh — I just dodged the biggest bullet. So it is the cornerstone of that process.
EÜ: Right, right. So what do you think is the main misconception that people have about hiring, that needs to be debunked?
AB: That a team of people that are great, that all get along, are just fine. Everybody needs to be measured objectively and everybody needs to be able to do the work. You can’t have cultural fit without performance. I think the big thing would be if you look at Amazon’s culture, they would say that you can have performance without culture. I mean, we’re so gladiatorial. I think the big myth is that if you have teams and teams of brilliant jerks, it just becomes fiefdoms and politics and as great as those people are, it’s completely stifling. So I think you can have your cake and eat it too, if you’re willing to be patient and put in the extra work to make sure people can play in the sandbox and do the work. I think that’s our superpower in the universe outside of tech marketing, media, all the things we do well. We’ve hired really well and I think that’s why RevZilla has an amazing team. That’s why we’ve won in our space.
EÜ: Awesome. We’re going to finish up with our quick five questions for which we need five quick answers. Are you ready?
AB: Absolutely!
EÜ: What business book or idea made the biggest impact on your life?
AB: Tough question. Okay. First answer is “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There,” by Marshall Goldsmith.
EÜ: What’s the one thing you can’t live without?
EÜ: Right now it’s cappuccinos from Starbucks [laughing]. My days are long.
EÜ: The most useful app on your phone right now?
AB: WorkFlowy. I’m fanatical about my to do list.
EÜ: In one sentence, what’s the greatest lesson you’ve learnt throughout your small business journey?
AB: It all can’t be perfect, and you have to take your hands off the wheel. I’m a maximizer, so for me that’s really hard, but everything goes better when I realize when to say that’s enough and let’s make a decision.
EÜ: I really hope you don’t do that when you’re riding your motorcycles [laughing]. Sorry. What skill do you want to enhance in 2016?
AB: Planning — flat out.
EÜ: Well, what a great conversation Anthony. Thanks so much for joining us on the show.
AB: What a blast. I had a lot of fun. You asked great questions. Thank you so much.
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Blog Watch Glee Season 3 Episode 15 Online
Watch Glee Season 3 Episode 15 Online
You might want to watch Glee season 3 episode 15 replay which episode name is “Big Brother” where the featured songs will include two songs from 1980’s supergroup, Duran Duran. The Glee’s current episode guest Matt Bomer of White Collar TV series which plays as the older brother of Blaine named, Cooper Anderson. So we will expect that the episode will mainly surround with Blaine and his family with tons of flashback.
Blaine and his older bro, Cooper, will perform a mashup of two songs by ‘80s supergroup Duran Duran.
Here’s an excerpt of a recap of the episode from The Wall Street Journal:
If you haven’t heard or seen by now, Blaine’s “Big Brother” is really hot. Hotter than Blaine even! That’s the general opinion among the glee club members when we got introduced to Cooper Anderson (aka Matt Bomer of “White Collar”), whose stint in Hollywood as the singing spokesman of a free-credit-ratings-agency-slash-savings got everyone seeing stars. Even Coach Sue Sylvester wasn’t immune; she made him sign her right breast.
Brought on as a booty-camp trainer to lead the group into tough physical exercises (in her quest to get rid of Coach Roz Washington as a co-Cheerio-coach), Sue knew Cooper was the perfect choice to inspire New Directions in showmanship.
Cooper shows off his talents with little brother Blaine in a mash-up of Duran Duran hits, like “Hungry Like the Wolf” and “Rio.”
Now if you want to watch Glee season 3 episode 15 online replay today, check out the links now below.
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AfDB, Egypt negotiate new finance agenda in 2018 : vice president - Daily News Egypt
Business AfDB, Egypt negotiate new finance agenda in 2018 : vice president
AfDB, Egypt negotiate new finance agenda in 2018 : vice president
AfDB to upgrade informal settlements with $80m, says AfDB’s country manager
Shaimaa Al-Aees October 18, 2017 1 Comment
Daily News Egypt met with African Development Bank’s (AfDB) leaders, the Vice President of the bank Khaled Sherif and Country Manager Leila Mokaddem.
During his first visit to Egypt, Sherif said that Prime Minister Sherif Ismail asked the AfDB to fund the railway sector, to which the bank will do so after conducting feasibility studies and studying the current situation to evaluate.
What is the purpose and results of your current visit to Egypt? In addition, what are the meetings held with officials and their results?
The AfDB is fielding this high-level dialogue mission from 2-8 October, led by me as vice president for regional development, integration and business delivery, along with Mohamed El Azizi, director deneral for the North Africa operations, and accompanied by Leila Farah Mokaddem, country manager of the AfDB in Egypt.
This is my first official mission to Egypt, during which time I have held high-level dialogues with the GoE and Donor Partners on the strategic partnership between AfDB and Egypt and discussed the ongoing support the bank provides, especially with the three-year programmatic budget support linked to the GoE’s structural reform agenda. We also discuss the priority of the coming years on how we can support Egypt’s economic agenda and support resource mobilisation for public and private transformational investments.
So far, we have met with the prime minister, ministers of investment, irrigation, finance, and electricity as well as the governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) along with a breakfast meeting with the main donors working in Egypt. The meetings have been fruitful to both review our existing programme of assistance and discuss the future lending and support that we plan to provide to the government.
Should we expect a new agreement between the bank and the government?
Since 2015, the bank has accelerated its investments in Egypt, it has approved a total of 11 grants totalling $18.3m to build capacity in various entities, such as Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development, Institute Of National Planning, MOIIC, Nasser Social Bank, as well as carrying out actuarial study for the universal healthcare law. In addition, the bank has approved a total of seven loans amounting to $1.14bn, which includes the two tranches of the budget support operation amounting to $1bn.
Going forward, the bank is committed to approving the last tranche of the budget support operation for $500m in January 2018 as well as financing the expansion of the Abu Rawash wastewater treatment plant in 2017 with a fund of $150m.
There are still $650m to continue financing projects until the end of 2017 and January 2018. After completing the finance programme of 2015-2018, we will negotiate with Egypt a new finance agenda in 2018 and agree on the sectors to finance.
The bank remains committed to the government’s structural reform measures through the third tranche of the budget support operation. The proposed amount is $500m to be considered by the board in January 2018. This operation is being coordinated using the same reform matrix as the third tranche worth $1bn of the World Bank’s loan.
Pipeline for AFDB in Egypt
The bank’s intervention going forward will need to be adjusted during the medium-term review of the Country Strategy Paper (CSP) in January 2018 and could focus on the following:
Informal settlements and job creation: employing youth and upgrading informal settlements.
Wastewater, clean water, and environment: launching projects in those sectors, such as urban wastewater treatment plants.
Renewable energy: supporting the government’s feed-in-tariff programme, renewable energy agenda, as well as transmission and distribution infrastructure.
SMEs: support to SME growth and job creation through lines of credit (LoCs) and other instruments.
Agriculture: developing the irrigation sector for agricultural growth.
What is your evaluation to the government performance after receiving two tranches of the loan to support the government’s reform programme?
The bank has supported the government’s ambitious reform programme since the start of the budget support operation and through the triggers and actions that have been achieved. The government was successful in implementing critical reforms that address the budget deficit and availing pubic resources for critical job-rich investments.
The subsidy reforms will allow to direct additional resources as well as improve access of public services to the poorest and most vulnerable people. The monetary policy and measures put in place by the CBE months ago have been critical to ensure the overall viability of a market-driven economy. These steps, while painful, were more than necessary.
So far, we have released the first and second tranche of the World Bank, a total of $1bn. The support of the AfDB and the World Bank is in line with the IMF support package of $12bn. We are committed to supporting the government’s reform programme and are thus going to support the third and final tranche, and we will focus on three pillars: pillar 1 “enhancing fiscal consolidation”, pillar 2 “ensuring sustainable energy supply”, and pillar 3 “enhancing the business environment”.
Can Egypt request new support for the budget?
Apart for the three-year commitment of $1.5bn from AfDB for budget support, we do not foresee any reasons for additional requests for budget support. Such a decision rests, however, with the government of Egypt.
The discussion with the government last week has focused on the timing of the third tranche of the budget support operation. The government will sustain its reforms’ agenda while strengthening the social safety nets programme.
What are the areas the bank will support in the coming few years?
In the next few years, we plan to support the three main areas, which we have mentioned. We will also support the government in the form of technical assistance and capacity building for specific activities that will be discussed during the mid-term review of the partnership strategy with Egypt 2015-2019. For example, we plan to finance the establishment of an energy efficiency unit at the Ministry of Petroleum. We are also in discussions with development partners to coordinate our assistance in the coming years within the interstate compact agreement with the G20 Compact with Africa.
What is your opinion regarding the current economic reforms taken by the government o Egypt related to the liberalising of the Egyptian pound, cutting oil subsidies, and raising the interest rate at banks?
The reforms taken by the government are meant to address the structural weaknesses affecting the economy. These were also part of the reform programme with the IMF under the three-year IMF Extended Fund Facility (EFF) amounting to $12bn. The liberalisation of the exchange rate, as well as the introduction of a VAT and continuing with energy subsidy reform to strengthen the fiscal position, have all had significant effects. Foreign exchange shortages are resolved and interbank market activity is recovering. Egypt has regained investors’ confidence as shown in the great appetite for Egypt’s Eurobond sale in January 2017 and private sector remittances and portfolio investments have increased considerably.
What other reforms are needed to prove the success of the government’s reform programme?
Egypt’s exports need to be recovered. After the devaluation, Egypt is supposed to see a mediate improvement in trade balance. However, we saw that imports collapsed and did not see the exports rebounded. I think the resolution is to create a real private sector (a commercial private sector) through investing in SMEs.
What are the new projects the bank is going to finance after the meeting with the prime minister?
The prime minister asked the bank to provide fund in railways sector. We are going to engage in financing this sector after conducting our studies and study the current situation to evaluate.
What is the size of funds allocated to the energy sector?
The bank’s portfolio consists of a total of 29 operations. The total commitment is valued at $2.34bn out of which 87.1% has been disbursed as of 22 September. The energy sector comprises 48% of the lending program. In 2017, the bank approved three private sector renewable energy operations under the government’s second feed-in tariff programme amounting to $54m.
What are the bank’s plan to develop new projects in Upper Egypt and women?
The bank is committed to address regional disparities in the country and helping the poor in Upper Egypt, especially smallholder farmers was the $70m rural income and economic enhancement project (RIEEP) implemented by the former Social Fund for Development. RIEEP had funded nearly 80,000 SMEs, an increase of 317 percent from the target, and created more than 70,000 jobs. An estimated 43 percent of this funding went to women-owned enterprises.
What is the size of fund allocated for SMEs?
The Bank’s two loans to the National Bank of Egypt—the first of $140m and a further loan of $200m million—have helped nearly 200 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) access vital funding and boost their product lines and sales, as well as creating more than 11,500 new jobs. Going forward, the bank plans to continue to support, LOCs to commercial banks to ensure private sector growth, and job creation. Since 2010, the bank provided $400m for SMEs.
Do you have other programs to support SMEs other than bank financing?
We do not mind to support SMEs but through financial institutions or agencies as we are not able to finance SMEs directly.
We have three strategies to finance SMEs: first is through banks, and we will continue financing those banks through long-term finance and provide guarantees. The other strategy is that we have a North African platform (initiative), which includes junior SMEs in the North Africa region, and they have potential to grow, and we have provided them directly support and technical assistant. We are still in the process of deciding the amount of fund will be allocated for this initiative. Furthermore, we will fund small financial institutions that provide loans for SMEs in Egypt.
Do you have any intentions to launch new fund for new sector that the bank didn’t finance before?
A new area for support in the coming year 2018 will be to support the upgrading of informal settlements along with a focus on job creation with fund of approximately $80m with Ministry of Housing. This is foreseen to be prepared and presented to our board in 2018 subject to headroom issues and the priorities of the government to support this programme.
What is your prospect for foreign direct investment (FDIs) in Egypt? Do you think it will be in energy or should we expect more diversified inflows?
Through the Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation, Egypt is seeing an increase in foreign direct investments (FDIs) flows compared to previous years. We commend the government for taking actions such as approving the new Investment Act and changes in the industrial licensing all of which will lead to an increase in FDI and private sector investments. The key points for increased FDI flows will be to ensure that they are job rich and that they create employment and job opportunities. The focus of the initial FDI flows are likely to remain in the traditional sectors in which Egypt has a comparative advantage, such as energy, petrochemicals, textiles, and food processing.
Topics: AfDB African Development Bank Country Manager Leila Mokaddem Vice President of the bank Khaled Sherif
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Short Movie Edited with Final Cut Pro X Gets Nominated for Best Live Action Short Film at the 2019 Academy Awards
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A small supermarket in a blue collar town, a black man smiles at a 10-year old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two hate filled gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash.
That's the resume for "Skin", a beautiful and shocking short movie which has been nominated in the Best Live Action Short Film category of the 91st Academy Awards. The movie, which has an amazing cast, was directed by Guy Nattiv and edited on FCPX by Yuval Orr, a well-known Fiction and Documentary feature editor in Israel.
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One year after "Silent Child" won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film at the 2018 Academy Awards, another short movie made with FCPX gets an Oscar Nomination. "Skin" was cut by a renowned feature editor who edits all his movies with Final Cut Pro, and it was finished in high-end post houses in Tel Aviv and Los Angeles. As Yuval said, the handovers to audio post and final grading were flawless. We wish Yuval and Guy and the entire team from "Skin" all the best at the Awards!
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Nancy Valverde (1932–) barber.
Nancy was raised in East Los Angeles. She normally wore men’s clothing and short hair. Most week-ends in 1955, when she was a student at barber school, she was arrested for ‘masquerading’. She often ended up in the Daddy Tank at Lincoln Heights Jail, and sometimes was not booked in, so that friends could not find her for days or even weeks.
Lavender Los Angeles p47
In 1959 she visited the Los Angeles County Law Library and found rulings from 1950 that wearing men’s clothing was not a crime in Los Angeles. She informed her lawyer of this and he was able to use it in her defense. Finally the police stopped arresting her, but harassment did not. The beat policeman made a habit of knocking loudly on her Brooklyn Avenue barber shop window with his nightstick.
Nancy lived with the same woman for 25 years and they raised four boys. After a lifetime as a barber, Nancy moved into assisted living, where she was found by lesbian historians and playwrights, and became a Chicano butch legend. The Butchlalis de Panochtitlan wrote The Barber of East L.A. based on her life.
Lillian Faderman & Stuart Timmons. Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians. New York: basic Books 430 pp 2006: 94-5.
Glenne McElhinney (dir). On These Shoulders We Stand, with Nancy Valverde and 10 others. US 75 mins 2009.
Raquel Gutierrez, Claudia Rodriguez & Mari Garcia (scr). The Barber of East L.A. Performed by Butchlalis de Panochtitlan. 2009.
Deborah Martin. "Tales of identity and culture at Jump-Start". MySA, 04/30/2009. http://blog.mysanantonio.com/artbeat/2009/04/tales-of-identity-and-culture-at-jump-start.
Tom De Simone, Teresa Wang, Melissa Lopez, Diem Tran, Andy Sacher, Kersu Dalal, Justin Emerick. Lavender Los Angeles. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub, 2011: 47.
Karen Tongson. Relocations: Queer Suburban Imaginaries. New York: New York University Press, 2011: 187,193.
Nancy was butch rather than trans. Her clothing style would hardly be noticed today, but the prohibition on transvestity in1950s Los Angeles had an extra twist in going after female as well as male cross dressers. Fletcher Bowron, who had been mayor of Los Angeles 1938-53, had a particular antipathy to women in trousers. In 1942 he declared to the city council that he loathed "to see masculine women much more than feminine traits in men" and got them to pass a regulation barring female employees at City Hall from wearing pants. This was re-inforced by William Parker (played by Nick Nolte in the film Gangster Squad) who was Police Chief from 1950 until his death in 1966 who repeatedly sent his men to raid gay and lesbian bars and to treat gays and lesbians as if they were criminals.
It seems that Edward D. Wood and Virginia Prince, Los Angeles' most famous transvestites in the 1950s, avoided the police by avoiding gay bars, but Nancy was arrested several times simply walking on the street. It was particularly insensitive of Prince to claim that women could wear whatever they wanted.
Of course the Los Angeles police did not apply the same rules to the stars of Hollywood even off-screen. In 1953 Warner Brothers had starred Doris Day in the transvestic classic Calamity Jane, and she had sung a song that went to number 1 and became a lesbian anthem, Once I Had a Secret Love.
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Oakland Mayor Santana Names Interim Chief, Where’s Mayor Quan?
TOPICS:Chief BattsChief JordanCity AdministratorCity Administrator DeannaCity CharterconferenceJerry BrownJordanmayorMayor QuanmediaNSAoaklandOakland CityOakland City CharterOakland MayorPolicePolice DepartmentpressQuanvideo
Posted By: Zennie Abraham October 15, 2011
The email from the City of Oakland’s media contact had a title that was clear as a bell: “Oakland City Administrator Appoints Howard A. Jordan as Interim Chief of Police.” So, this blogger immediately thought it was a misprint. After all, the Oakland City Charter that now-California Governor, and then Mayor Jerry Brown worked hard to get Oakland voters to change to give the Mayor of Oakland the power to make one key appointment and to be responsible for showing “community leadership.”
To that end, every Mayor of Oakland has presented their choice for Chief of Police, even as it’s really the task of the City Administrator. With Jerry Brown and Robert Bobb, the selection was Richard Word. Under Mayor Ron Dellums, Anthony Batts was the choice, and Dellums led the press conference to introduce him:
Even though the Oakland City Charter gives the Mayor the power to appoint only the City Administrator, that hasn’t stopped Mayors Brown and Dellums from at least looking like the ones who appointed Oakland’s top cop. There was every reason to think that habit of protocol would remain with Oakland’s new Mayor Jean Quan.
The resignation of Chief Batts on Tuesday, coupled with the announcement that Howard Jordan would be the interim police chief, gave Mayor Quan her first real chance to show out-in-front leadership, and set all at ease that, even with the loss of a popular official in Chief Batts, Oakland would be just fine.
Instead, what we’ve got is a by-the-book application of the City Charter, such that Oakland City Administrator Deanna J. Santana, and not Mayor Quan, looks like the leader of Oakland. In stark contrast to the video with Dellums above, the video from the October 11th press conference below, announcing that Batts was stepping down, was opened not by Mayor Quan, but Ms. Santana:
And in the media advisory sent by Oakland’s Media Contact Karen Boyd, Santana’s name is mentioned six times versus just twice for Mayor Quan. And the entire letter starts with this paragraph:
Oakland, CA — This afternoon, City Administrator Deanna J. Santana announced that she has appointed Howard A. Jordan as Interim Chief of Police of the Oakland Police Department, effective immediately. This appointment comes with all authority, responsibility, and accountability of the Chief of Police.
Then, the next paragraph reads like this:
“After a thoughtful evaluation, I have determined that it is in the best interest of the Department and the City to stabilize the Department, provide leadership for the workforce, provide clarity to the community, and ensure that transition time is minimized to focus on the City’s obligations of the Negotiated Settlement Agreement (NSA) under the Federal Court,” Ms. Santana stated. “I am specifically mindful that this organization needs to achieve significant progress towards full compliance with the NSA by January 2012. For these reasons, I have immediately vested Chief Jordan with the full authority he needs to effectively lead the Police Department.”
The first time Mayor Quan’s name is used at all is in the fourth paragraph of the advisory, when Jean says she’s known Interim Chief Jordan for 20 years, and adds kind words about his relationship with the community.
Other than that, the letter is Santana’s show.
Deanna explains that she selected Jordan because of his demonstrated “ability to navigate large organizations with multiple stakeholders where input is sought after, valued, and considered in the decision-making process,” which, considering recent events, can be interpreted as a slam against Chief Batts. Again, for the second in three days, not a good show overall.
None of this is intended to shoot the messenger, Ms. Boyd, who does a great job under the circumstances, but it’s clear Mayor Quan and Ms. Santana need to review their public relations playbook, and make a lot of changes to it. The current version’s making Mayor Quan look weak and not showing the “community leadership” the Oakland City Charter calls for.
While Ms. Santana is, without a doubt, a good administrator, she didn’t run for Mayor. The matter of the resignation and the selection of Oakland’s Chief of Police must at least appear to be driven by the Mayor of Oakland, regardless of City Charter details. That’s what Oaklanders expect, and that’s what Oaklanders should get.
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VIEWPOINT:
Why Not Switch to Electric Cars?
by Doug Korthof
There is more than enough off-peak electricity available to easily allow the transfer of all of our driving miles from gasoline- to electric-powered vehicles.
We hear a lot of empty talk about attaining energy independence and about reducing our need for overseas imported oil. But absolutely nothing is being done by our oily political leaders.
Yet there is something that people have found they can do, and which bears out the axiom "when the people lead, the leaders follow." There is a small but surprisingly unyielding number of people who adopt the "PV-EV" way of living, using solar Photo-Voltaic ("PV") panels to generate more electricity than they can use and driving a plug-in electric vehicle ("EV") to soak up some of that power. The only impediments to expansion of this small number are the loss of our solar panel industry to foreign companies and the failure of our leaders to make plug-in electric cars available for sale on the open market.
There is more than enough off-peak electricity available to easily allow the transfer of all of our driving miles from gasoline- to electric-powered vehicles. That's an exciting prospect, but for now let's just see how we can eliminate overseas oil imports.
Here's the math in California, which has the figures readily available, and which consumes 12% of the country's gasoline: California uses 280 million gallons of gasoline per week. At the fleet average of 20 miles per gallon ("mpg"), that's 5,600 million miles per week. On an average day, Californians drive 800 million miles burning fuel derived from petroleum.
The RAV4-EV-not even the most efficient EV-gets four miles for each kilowatt-hour ("kWh") of energy it holds. Dividing 800 million daily miles by four miles per kWh means we would need 200 million kWh to convert all miles driven in gasoline-fueled cars to miles powered by electric RAV4-EVs or other, even more efficient electric vehicles.
In California, our installed capacity is 60,000 megawatts and off-peak unused capacity is about 30,000 megawatts for 18 hours (integrating under the curve on the state website, caiso.com), or about 540,000 megawatt-hours. That's 540 million kWh of unused electric capacity per day.
That's more than the 200 million kWh per day it would take to convert ALL oil-fueled miles to electric-powered miles, by a substantial margin, and without building one new power plant.
Replacing 40% of our oil energy with off-peak electric power would eliminate the need for all overseas oil imports.
Even replacing just a fraction, merely 40%, of our oil with off-peak electric power would eliminate the need for all overseas oil imports. Using only Canadian, Mexican, and Alaskan oil, we would be self-sufficient, no longer dependent on the Middle East, Nigeria, Indonesia nor even Columbia and Venezuela. We'd only need 80 million kWh per day to convert 40% of our oil used to electric power, enough to attain energy independence.
It's a lot easier to control environmental impact of one power plant than one million tailpipes.
That can easily be done without building a single new power plant, even in the high-demand peak summertime period. Running at constant capacity is also more efficient, since big generators wear more quickly when ramped up and down every day. Using off-peak electric would actually improve production efficiencies. And as for pollution, our power plants are 97% cleaner than gasoline. It's a lot easier to control environmental impact of one power plant than one million tailpipes.
If we install rooftop solar power, it gets even easier to attain energy independence. Solar power, distributed throughout the city, provides a backup in case of grid failure, and becomes a helpful adjunct to the grid in meeting peak daytime demand.
Solar power decreases daytime peak usage, making the surplus even bigger. Even a small rooftop solar system can produce 25 kWh of electric per day, at the most critical time-peak summer daytime demand period.
Governor Schwarzenegger is planning to spend $20 billion on new out-of-state power plants and transmission lines. If that were spent instead here in California, it would provide incentives for homeowners to install rooftop solar power. At $10,000 per house, that money would enable 2 million houses to install solar panels, which would be an additional 50 million kWh per day. And the value would belong to the California homeowner instead of being spent on a coal plant.
This minimal use of solar alone would almost be enough to replace 40% of our oil usage. This is made possible by the fact that the EV is up to 10 times as efficient as a gasoline car, which enables so little electricity to replace so much gasoline and other oil-based fuels.
The all-electric Toyota RAV4-EV travels about 140 miles on the energy equivalent of a gallon of gasoline.
At 4 miles per kWh, the all-electric plug-in Toyota RAV4-EV travels about 140 miles on the energy equivalent of a gallon of gasoline (at 35 kWh per gallon). More aerodynamic EVs, such as the General Motors EV1, get 6 miles out of each kWh, or about 200 miles per gallon gas equivalent ("mpgge").
Compare the efficiency of an EV to a gas car over 100 miles. A Hummer, Suburban or Navigator, at 10 mpg, takes 10 gallons to go 100 miles. Our fleet average car gets 20 mpg, and requires 5 gallons to go 100 miles. Even a Prius, at 50 mpg, takes 2 gallons of gas to go 100 miles. The aerodynamic Honda Insight takes 1.6 gallons of gas to go 100 miles. But an EV goes 100 miles with no gasoline and no oil, on the energy equivalent of less than one gallon of gasoline. No smog checks, no exhaust, no tune-ups, no oil changes.
An EV is anywhere from twice to ten times more energy efficient than a gasoline car. But energy efficiency is only part of the advantage of EVs: the EV uses no gas at all, and can be sourced from a rooftop distributed solar photo-voltaic array.
This combination of "PV-EV"--a solar array providing seemingly unlimited power credits and an electric vehicle to use them--allows living essentially "oil- free." PV-EV practitioners sail past gas stations, and never worry about the cost of gasoline. When you drive free of cost and free of gasoline, buying gas seems like the rip-off that it really is, and paying the oil company seems like throwing money into the sewer.
We are proving this possible right now, and have been doing so for the past seven years. Our solar PV system produces more than enough kWh credits (we get a time-of-use benefit for charging off-peak), and we drive a lot--up to 40,000 miles per year on two cars, 20,000 miles for each RAV4-EV. Those miles are driven in kWh, meaning no oil was used for them (although some was used making the car), so instead of using 2,000 gallons of gasoline (producing 25 lbs. of carbon dioxide per gallon of gasoline) we used up 10,000 kWh to drive that distance, which was paid for by our peak production (and sometimes directly charged off the solar system). But even without the solar system, it only costs one cent a mile to charge up off-peak.
The real point here is that we need to move in this direction. We can't continue to rely on oil supplies from overseas dictators. The ancillary expenses are much too high--not to mention the human suffering and misery.
When will our leaders figure out that we don't need their oil and thus have no real reason to dominate the oil producing regions, no reason to subsidize protection of overseas oil supply lines, no reason to bomb Iraq. All it takes is the will to produce plug-in cars capable of driving 100 all-electric miles per day. Most of our driving is local: 80% of our miles are driven on round-trips less than 80 miles from home.
A serial plug-in hybrid that runs just like an EV at up to 80 miles per hour for up to 120 miles could be manufactured as easily and as reliably as the RAV4-EV. The serial hybrid has a small (40 hp) generator/engine that runs at constant speed to charge the battery on occasional long trips or if you forget to plug it in. We can do this: all it takes is the decision to allow people to join the "PV-EV" crowd, who vow to live essentially "oil-free."
Allowing more folks to drive all-electric cars lowers demand for gasoline, and should lower the price of gas for everyone else. So who, except the profit-bloated oil companies and their captive politicians, would oppose PV-EV?
We've got to do something; is there a better idea? Perhaps converting ALL cars to hybrids, increasing our fleet mileage to 40 mpg (let's say), would do the trick. But there are no hybrid mini-vans, and many hybrids from Ford and General Motors only get 25 mpg.
The attractive thing about driving all-electric vehicles is that we can eliminate the use of gasoline in our normal, car-oriented lifestyle without giving anything up. No one is going to abolish gas entirely; there will still be common tasks such as bringing supplies to the market which require gasoline-powered vehicles. PV-EV users are not judgmental about it; those who need to continue driving gas cars can do so.
Only a few were allowed to buy plug-in electric cars; but those lucky drivers who experienced the PV-EV lifestyle loved it, and fought hard to retain the EVs that made it possible. Yet powerful oil and auto companies, their trade associations, PR firms and captive politicians largely won and destroyed almost all plug-in electric cars. General Motors alone confiscated and crushed over 1200 gas-free cars. Oil and auto companies paid for campaigns to stop electric cars, and finally sued California to force an end to electric cars and destroy almost all of them.
Only Toyota allowed us to keep our EVs, honorably selling a plug-in electric vehicle. If there were more plug-in EVs on the market, more folks would be able to contemplate a move to the PV-EV way of living.
Only political leadership can force the oil and auto companies to allow plug-in electric cars, such as a serial plug-in hybrid, on the open market. We know the technology is viable because volunteer PV-EV engineers modified a Prius to enable it to plug in (struggling against the on-board computer, which seems designed to sabotage a bigger battery pack). But like all electric cars, the plug-in Prius runs better than a gasoline-powered car, and it gets up to 180 mpg. The true serial hybrid would get up to 500 mpg, and could allow drivers to generally avoid gasoline during the daily grind.
Doug Korthof, of Seal Beach, California (email doug@seal-beach.org or call 562-430-2495), says he "first learned of oil industry hatred of electric cars at a meeting of the California Air Resources Board in 1994." He has since attended many public meetings on clean air. He and his family leased the Honda EV plus, then two GM EV1s, a Ford Ranger EV, then finally were allowed by Toyota to purchase the RAV4-EV. Retired, he holds degrees in math and philosophy and is an advocate for local habitat values and clean oceans.
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Category Archives: Transitions
How to Handle the Fragmentation of Civilian Life
Have You Prepared for All Aspects of Your Transition?
Parsha [Passage of Scripture] Nugget [Precious Idea] Ha’azinu – Deuteronomy 32:1-52
You may not have thought about it. But military life is integrated. On base, you have facilities serving your physical needs: exercise, medical care, food, and clothing. You can get mental and spiritual support. To a large degree, every unit in the field and ship is self-supporting. Civilian life is fractured. When you transition you need time to rebuild a whole life from scattered pieces.
Transitioning Creates Outer and Inner Conflict
The fragmented nature of civilian life makes leaving the military chaotic. That’s why I often talk about reintegration. Transitioning requires more than finding a new home and job. You need to restore a complete structure for daily life.
In the days of wooden sailing ships, rope makers twisted and wove strands of hemp, cotton, and other fibers together to make ropes as thick as seven inches or more. When pulled, any individual thread would snap. But entwined, they often withstood gale force winds.
It took at least four to six months to grow hemp and make such heavy rope. For a life, Parshas Ha’azinu explains the process:
“For the Lord’s portion is His people, Jacob a rope of his possession.” (Deuteronomy/Devarim 32:9)
This week’s parsha ends this cycle of Sabbath readings. Moses taught how G-d and the Israelites’ existence would intertwine. He noted how Jacob combined the strengths of three generations. Abraham’s kindness and Isaac’s sense of justice integrated with his spiritual strength. So he overcame his struggle with the angel. (Genesis 32:22-23) He was ready to face life in all its complexity. The Israelites could follow this example.
The multifaceted nature of life is just one of many ways rope symbolizes your transition.
Ensure You're Strong
Our military service binds us together. But if we braid our rope from delicate or worn out fibers it will break under stress. Each of us needs to revitalize himself. Then, despite some of us being so fragile we snap, the rest of us can maintain our unbreakable bond.
Each of us intertwines character traits that make up our personalities. Some will serve our reintegration. Others will hamper it. Transitioning entails strengthening the positive fibers. At the same time, we have to engage in the laborious process of unraveling the negative ones.
To rejuvenate, know a rope connects you to the Almighty. Each deed strengthens or breaks a filament connecting you to the Creator. Through daily work on this relationship, you create the ability to tug on the rope. This brings G-d’s presence closer to you in this world during times of trouble.
A rope made of inferior hemp will break in a hurricane. Likewise, transitions made in haste with insufficient thought unravel when hardship strikes. Focus on growing stronger through each step of your reintegration. Give yourself enough time to weave sturdy bonds before taking on extra burdens. And remember, G-d is a tug away.
What daily task strengthens your connection to G-d?
Every year beginning on Simchas Torah, the cycle of reading the Torah, the first five books of the Bible, ends and begins again. Each Sabbath a portion known as a sedra or parsha is read. Its name comes from the first significant word or two with which this weekly reading begins.
Do you have a question about the Old Testament? Ask it here and I will answer it in a future Parsha Nugget!
How to Mine Veterans to Find the Best Employees
2 Problems Solved by Hiring Military People
(NOTE: This is part of a series of articles for civilians who want to help veterans transition better. If you’re current or former military, pass this on to a civilian friend.)
Unemployment is at its lowest rate in ten years. So you’d think it would be easy to find a job. Yet veterans and civilians struggle despite 7.1 million openings. What gives? Many business owners, economists, and government officials agree a skills gap hampers hiring. Economist James Bessen wrote the most lucid explanation I’ve found. He identifies two problems: 1. Finding people with certain specific skill sets and 2. Recruiting employees who can adapt their skills at the pace of industry change. Both describe military people.
The Military Trains in Adaptability
Take the second issue first. Have you seen the movie, Heartbreak Ridge? Clint Eastwood inculcates his Marines with the ethos of “Improvise, Adapt, Overcome.” The Marine Corps embeds these values in its people.
I saw it in action when my air wing deployed. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323, the legendary Death Rattlers, had some of the oldest fighter jets in the fleet. Yet ingenuity and tenacity maintaining their planes kept them flying as much as those of squadrons with much newer equipment.
And I’ve seen Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen as resourceful as Marines. With today’s undermanned units and equipment older than maintenance crews, you have to be creative to get the job done.
Veterans don't think to mention this skill. It’s so much a part of them it would be like saying they know how to breathe. And you don't see it in information on veterans, such as this summary by the VA. Not every veteran has it in equal amounts. But if you ask about their experience, you’ll soon find the level of their adaptability.
The Basics of Military Personnel Structure
With resourcefulness a given, you need to find military people with specific skill sets you need. Here’s the challenge. Many veterans don't know how to translate their military training and experience into language civilians understand. But if you make a small investment in learning the military personnel system, you can use terminology they know.
Consider that veterans have little or no experience finding a civilian job. They don't know the process, language, or how to market themselves. The people who train them in such skills mean well. But they don't have much job-hunting experience either.
If you have a growing business, you need to expand your workforce on a regular basis. So it makes sense to have one or two people at your company learn the military personnel structure. Then they can find quality employees with your required skills sets among the many resourceful veterans looking for work.
I’ll explain the basic structure here. Then, over the next few weeks, I’ll deal with:
How pay grade relates to education, experience, and leadership ability.
Military job codes and how you can use them to unearth the skills you need.
Questions you can ask veterans to help them uncover their true abilities.
There are three categories of personnel or pay grades in the military:
Enlisted people (E1 through E9 pay grades). Technical skill and leadership ability increase with pay grade. They break down into three groups, though variations exist among the service branches:
Junior Enlisted (E1 through E3). Rank and file employees, such as technicians, mechanics, and analysts.
Non-Commissioned Officers - NCOs (E4 through E6). High skills level and first level supervision, such as team leaders.
Senior or Staff Non-Commissioned Officers - SNCOs (E7 through E9). Skill mastery and leadership from managers to lower level C-Suite capability.
Warrant Officers (W1 through W5 pay grades). Combine the expertise and training ability of SNCOs with the operational leadership of commissioned officers.
Commissioned Officers (O1 through O10 pay grades). Leadership ability and command authority increase with pay grade. They break down into two broad categories and three levels. The categories are:
Line Officers. Exercise command authority.
Staff officers. Professionals, such as lawyers, doctors, and chaplains who advise commanders.
The three levels are:
Junior Officers (O1 through O3). Tactical and small unit leadership, equal to mid level management to lower level C-Suite.
Senior Officers (O4 through O6). Operational and administrative unit leadership, equal to mid to senior C-Suite level.
General and Flag Officers (O7 through O10). Generals and admirals who form the uniformed senior leadership of each service branch. Equal to senior C-Suite executives and directors.
Like with any organization, abilities vary based on the individual. But with this basic structure in mind, you can begin to target the skill and leadership level you need.
What is the biggest hiring problem you face?
How to Create a Cadence to Overcome the Transition Blues
2 Cornerstones to an Unbreakable Reintegration Foundation
Parsha [Passage of Scripture] Nugget [Precious Idea] Nitzavim-Vayeilech – Deuteronomy 29:9-31:30
A few weeks ago I heard sailors in formation calling cadence for the first time in quite a while. They brought back memories of my days as a Boy Scout. World War II and Korean War veterans ran my troop. Among the military influences, when we hiked someone called cadence. They were corny…
“I had a good wife but she left.” “You're right!”
“Look what the horses have left.” “You're right!”
“Sound off…” “One, two…” Sound off…” “Three, four…” “Cadence count…” “One, two, three, four, one, two, THREE, FOUR!”
But to a scrawny kid struggling to carry a 50 lb. backpack they kept my spirits from flagging. Civilian life could use some cadence calls, especially when the transition blues hit.
The Timeless Formula
No matter how meticulous your plan, you’ll have bumps when reintegrating to civilian life. In my case, a week before the movers came to pack up my on-base house, the business venture I had worked on for six months fell through. We got to Los Angeles with lots of expenses and no job.
I could have used a cadence, even a corny one, to help me lift my feet. I felt anger toward the partner who deceived the rest of us. Worse than the lost money was the lost time. My internal dialog flooded with doubt.
I had to make some changes. Fast. I’ll bet you can relate.
Parshas Vayeilech holds the clue for what to do:
“For, the matter is very close to you, in your mouth and in your heart, to do it.” (Devarim/Deuteronomy 30:14)
The Israelites stood on the cusp of the Promised Land. Moses reminded them they didn’t have to go to extraordinary lengths to figure out the right thing to do. Though daunted by having to change their mode of life, the Torah would still direct them. G-d would provide comfort and protect them. If their hearts remained true to the Almighty, they need not despair.
Concerned they don't know the new requirements for success. Needing to change their way of life anyway. Being hopeful and apprehensive at the same time. Sounds familiar?
The Burden of Previous Transitions
If you ever struggled to transition, you carry that baggage now. Starting school. Changing schools mid-year or going from middle to high school. Trying to make a team. Crossing over from Webelos to Boy Scouts. Acclimating to your parents getting divorced. Long forgotten emotions from these events can resurface during times of uncertainty.
You may have made an irreversible mistake. You vowed to move on only to find yourself caught in an emotional loop. Realizing you're in a similar situation now, you doubt your ability to prevail.
If destiny haunts you, remember it’s in your mouth and your heart, to move forward and succeed. You’ll ease your way with a cadence to overcome emotional inertia. Create yours by:
1. Purpose. Reimagine who you are. As you transition to civilian life, you’re no longer solely a Soldier, Marine, Sailor, Airman, or Coastguardsman. These remain a part of your identity. But now you’ll add new facets to them. Write down a word picture of you reintegrated to civilian life.
2. Mission. Your values don't need to change. But the focus of your life and work does. Family-wise and professionally, create a plan for a lifelong journey. Does your religion give you direction? Consider what 10 to 30-year work goals will motivate you. Don't worry about their changing over the years. Encapsulate your current vision into a powerful sentence or two that describes your life’s trek.
Post these on your bathroom mirror and read them aloud every morning. Keep a copy on your phone so you can read it when the transition blues hit.
Each time you start over, you strive anew. Obliterate worries about the times in the past you said you'd change but didn't follow through. Recognize all that matters is what you say and do now. The required tasks are neither too extraordinary nor too complex for you to handle. These weren’t empty platitudes for the Israelites. Nor are they for you.
Fill in your knowledge gaps. Create a cadence to keep you marching when your energy flags. And always remember, G-d is there to comfort and protect you.
Do you have a mantra that gets you through a difficult situation?
How to Improve Your Company by Hiring Veterans
25 Benefits Military People Bring to the Table
2-½ minutes to read
(NOTE: I wrote this for civilians who want to help veterans transition better. If you’re current or former military, pass this on to a civilian friend.)
You want to help veterans make a smoother transition to civilian life. But you don't know any or know just a handful. You’d like to make an impact. But you’ve got your job and family responsibilities. So it can't be a full-time endeavor. Everyone is so busy these days. What can you do that has a limited time commitment?
A Quick Assessment of Your Knowledge
Last week I mentioned three things you can do to shrink the military-civilian divide:
Understand military culture.
Identify the benefits of hiring veterans.
Use the military personnel structure.
Start by assessing what you know about the military and its culture. If your knowledge comes from movies and television it’s not accurate. Take this online course on the basics of military structure and culture. It takes about 20 to 30 minutes to complete. Though it’s geared to mental health professionals, you’ll find it useful. Ninety-five percent of what it covers applies to anyone who wants to know more about the military.
Having figured out what you know, you can fill in the gaps. Check out these resources for learning military language and service specific values:
Summary of core value for each service branch
List of military terms and acronyms
Military lingo
After an hour or two, you’ll be better prepared to understand military people. Keep the terms and lingo cheat sheets on your cell phone for easy access.
Qualities and Soft Skills
Now that you can communicate with veterans better, you’re ready to take the next step. To help military people find the right job, determine how they can help an organization. Start by the learning how military training and service benefits them. Not every service member gains these 20 qualities and skills. But by and large, you’ll find a high correlation between the list and what they bring to the table as prospective employees.
Other benefits of employing military people are:
Mission-Focused. No organization is more mission-focused than the military. Service members learn to keep that end goal in sight. Hence they exercise creativity when bureaucracy makes reaching it more difficult.
Respect Policies & Procedures. Military people know how to work within policies, even when they disagree with them. They find ways to finesse them from time to time. But they won't violate them, especially when they understand their rationale.
Intuitive. Much of military training inculcates the ability to respond with little thought. Intuition takes over. Given the speed of commerce, such a skill has great value to a company.
Candor. Hidden problems in the military cost lives and valuable equipment. When something is wrong, service members learn to speak up. They’re direct but respectful. In the private sector, such candor can be off putting. Veterans need to tone it down. At the same time, organizations have to get such input to survive.
Leadership. Even junior enlisted people have leadership ability. Especially if they were in a community like aviation or submarines. On an aircraft carrier, an 18-year-old plane captain decides whether a $50 million airplane leaves the deck. It doesn't matter that the pilot outranks him.
These qualities and soft skills enhance technical proficiency and experience. Don't rely on a resume. Often service members struggle to capture their skills and experience on paper. Ferret out their qualifications using these lists.
You may choose not to use the military personnel structure to find the hard skills you need. Even so, knowing the benefits military people bring to an employer can help you find the ones that best fit into your organization. In doing so, you can substantially improve the quality of your hires.
How have you helped veterans transition?
How to Battle Lack of Preparation for Your Transition
2 Lessons You Can Apply to Leaving the Military
Parsha [Passage of Scripture] Nugget [Precious Idea] Ki Savo – Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8
You decided to move on, retire, or got told to leave the military. The prospect of civilian life fills you with excitement. New horizons are there to conquer. No kicking back and enjoying life. Then reality sets in. Job-hunting turns out to be harder than the TAP folks said. You face dozens of problems without a sponsor. Finding a decent place to live. Getting your kids in new schools. The excitement turns to trepidation.
A Whole Nation Disoriented by Change
If you're not careful, the blessing of civilian life will become a curse. Your confidence will change to uncertainty. How could things go SO wrong? How will you handle dashed dreams?
We’re not the first people to make a wrenching change. The story in Parshas Ki Savo will sound familiar:
“…so that you can enter the land that the Lord your G-d gave to you, a land flowing with milk and honey…” (Deuteronomy/Devarim 27:3)
Moses sets out the terms under which the people will live in the Land of Israel. The fundamental rules of life won't change. The Torah will still guide them. But in the wilderness, G-d led them from place to place. He prepared manna for them to eat. Their clothes didn't wear out and they didn't have to do laundry. They studied and celebrated the Sabbath and festivals. Some of them got into mischief.
In the Land, the Israelites will have to adapt to a different life. It may flow with milk and honey. But someone will have to feed and milk the cows. The honey won't gather itself. The Almighty will still guide them, though more hidden now. Each man will have to make numerous decisions.
Civilian life should flow with milk and honey. But it doesn’t.
Combat Unpreparedness with Outlook
Remember in the military how you handled unexpected problems? You used your training to improvise, adapt, and overcome. Of course, therein lies the key. Your service branch drilled you to meet pretty near all contingencies. For the most difficult ones, someone senior to you had the answer. And, he took the responsibility.
Now you’re in civilian life. You may not have proper training. You haven’t drilled handling unforeseen problems. You're not sure who has the experience to give you sound advice. And all the responsibility rests on your shoulders.
The Israelites faced this situation. Moses gave them a choice: blessings or curses. The Torah lists twelve lines of blessings but an astonishing 54 of curses! You can learn two lessons from their experience:
1. Once you commit to negativity, you’re on an almost endless, downward spiral. The pain will be long and drawn out. You’ll think you’ve hit bottom, only to find there are deeper layers of garbage.
2. If you accept life’s problems as blessings, soon you’ll see some fruits of your effort. They won't come all at once. But living with gratitude for the struggles AND the good times means achieving greater comfort.
I’ve asked transitioning veterans to offer advice to service members about to leave the military. Some say, “STAY IN!” Sadly, they’ve chosen the first path. Instead, resolve to convert negative aspects of your transition into growth lessons. Make curses blessings. And put the excitement back into your transition to civilian life.
Where do you see or anticipate blessings in your transition?
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AZAL, S7 Airlines expand cooperation
28.03.2019 Azerbaijan No comments
At the beginning of the summer season, Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC (AZAL) plans to expand its code-sharing cooperation (an agreement on joint commercial operation of a flight by two or more airlines) with S7 Airlines, Russia, Trend reports on Thursday with reference to Routes Online.
Mi-8 helicopter crashes – the most well-known cases lately
28.03.2019 Aviation in the press, Kazakhstan, World News No comments
The crash of a military Mi-8 helicopter in the Kyzylorda region, which occurred yesterday, March 27, as usual, caused concern throughout Kazakhstani society. The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan reported that a helicopter flew as part of an exercise. When it crashed killed 13 soldiers on board. It was also reported that the flight took place in difficult weather conditions.
Helicopter crash details in Kazakhstan’s Kyzylorda region sounded
28.03.2019 Kazakhstan No comments
Talgat Musabaev, a member of the Senate Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Relations, Defense and Security, told reporters some of the details of the Mi-8 helicopter crash in the Kyzylorda region, Kazinform reported.
Georgian Airways invites its CEO from the U.S.
28.03.2019 Georgia No comments
Roman Bokeria was appointed CEO of Georgian Airways. According to the airline, Mr. Bokeria worked in the United States in various positions, both in the private sector and in government departments.
Heydar Aliyev International Airport once again recognized as best airport in CIS
Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport was awarded the prestigious Skytrax World Airport Awards for being the best among all airports in the post-Soviet space.
Changi Airport is named the World’s Best Airport for the seventh consecutive year by international air travelers
28.03.2019 World News No comments
Changi Airport Singapore achieved great success at the 2019 World Airport Awards, being voted by air travellers as the World’s Best Airport for the seventh consecutive year. This is the 10th time in the 20-year history of the World Airport Awards that Changi Airport Singapore has been named the World’s Best Airport.
Boeing pledges to prevent future crashes as it unveils fix to flight system
AVIATION GIANT BOEING has pledged to do all it can to prevent crashes like the two that killed nearly 350 people in recent months, as it unveiled a fix to the flight software of its grounded 737 MAX aircraft.
QAZAQ AIR improves staff selection efficiency
The innovative personnel selection methodology proposed by TALANTIZ.com, the Kazakhstan online platform, helps QAZAQ AIR, the Kazakhstan’s regional airline, to offer equal opportunities to candidates from regions of the country.
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport changes Astana to Nur-Sultan on all information carriers
The Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport, Russia, has changed Astana to Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, on all information carriers and in sound announcements, the airport press service informed RIA Novosti, Russia.
MI-8 helicopter crashes down in Kazakhstan’s Kyzylorda region
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CPS ordered to pay back R316m to Sassa
"The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ordered Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) to pay back R316m, with interest, to the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa). Sassa paid CPS in 2014 after the company claimed it had enrolled more grant recipients and beneficiaries than it had been contracted to provides services for. AmaBhugane previously reported that Sassa and then-chief executive officer Virginia Petersen, had accepted the CPS claim at face value and paid the money."
Read more; https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/cps-ordered-to-pay-back-r316m-to-sassa-20180323
Net1 scores in social grant ruling
"United States-listed company Net1 was having a good week. On Friday it announced that it had signed up another 150 000 South Africans, mostly social grant recipients, to its EasyPay Everywhere accounts between February and April — the period during which the country was watching developments around the payment of social grants with deep trepidation."
Read more: https://mg.co.za/article/2017-05-09-net1-scores-in-social-grant-ruling/
Post Office finally gets the nod to prove grants scheme capacity
"The South African Post Office has finally been given first rights to provide core functions and services in a new hybrid social grant scheme system, provided it is cost effective, Parliament has heard."
Read More: https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/post-office-finally-gets-the-nod-for-social-grants-scheme-20171121
Sassa: There will be chaos if CPS contract is not extended, court hears
"South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) does not have alternative plans if the court refuses to extend the Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) contract by another six months, the Constitutional Court heard on Tuesday.
"There will be chaos," Nazeer Cassim, the advocate for Sassa, argued before a full Bench.
Justice Johan Froneman responded: "So you come to us, basically giving this court no choice."
Cassim conceded that there were no plans in place. "
Read more: https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/sassa-there-will-be-chaos-if-cps-contract-is-not-extended-court-hears-20180306
Treasury review slams Sassa
"A deal to ensure that poor South Africans receive their social grants is set to be signed by Friday.This news comes amid tense wrangling this week between the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) and the SA Post Office (Sapo), forcing Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe to intervene. Before Radebe told Parliament on Wednesday that the deal would be signed, Treasury accused Sassa of deliberately sabotaging Sapo to prevent it from securing the controversial multibillion-rand contract to distribute government grants."
Read More: https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/treasury-review-slams-sassa-20171111
"There's still opportunity for interference in SASSA SAPO agreement" Black Sash
"The inter-ministerial committee (IMC) on social security announced in Parliament that an overarching implementation protocol between the South African Post Office (SAPO) and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) was agreed to over the last 10 days. The protocol finally gives the Post Office the chance to prove its capacity in providing core banking functions and producing new Sassa cards, previously denied to it by Sassa's bid."
Read more: http://www.702.co.za/articles/281770/there-s-still-opportunity-for-interference-in-sassa-sapo-agreement-black-sash
AIDC answers Net 1: Statement of Clarification
"Net1 has contested the veracity of our report to Black Sash and CALS at Wits University. Our report focused on the inadequacy and inaccuracy of Net1’s subsidiary Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) Statement of Incomes, Expenses and resulting Net Profit to the Constitutional Court."
Read More: http://aidc.org.za/aidc-answers-net-1-statement-clarification/
ALLAN GRAY CONFIRMS ILLEGAL SOCIAL GRANT DEDUCTIONS
"Equal Education says it’s pleased that the investment firm Allan Gray has found, through its own research, that Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) was making deductions from social grantsillegally. Allan Gray owns 16% of CPS through its holding company Net-One. Equal Education and the Black Sash have said repeatedly that CPS was making these deductions despite the company repeatedly denying the claims."
Read More: http://ewn.co.za/2017/04/20/allan-gray-confirms-illegal-social-grant-deductions
Analysis: SASSAGATE reloaded – reining in a rogue Minister and her minions
"It has taken the intervention of the Constitutional Court, a panel of experts, an inter-ministerial committee, treasury, opposition parties, civil society, parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts, as well as the portfolio committee on social development, to force Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini and senior SASSA officials to fulfill their constitutional duty of taking the payment of social grants to 17 million South Africans in-house by March next year. Dlamini and SASSA officials have been exposed as willfully derelict and devious in their attempts at derailing the process. The upside is that parliamentary oversight has played a crucial role in reining in the minister and SASSA officials."
Read More: ttps://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-11-10-analysis-sassagate-reloaded-reining-in-a-rogue-minister-and-her-minions/#.WjFkvFWWa1u
Auditor-General and Panel of Experts second report to Constitutional Court
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Bathabile Dlamini lied under oath, Sassa inquiry told
"Former Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini was an embarrassingly poor witness who lied in her testimony, the SA Social Development Agency (Sassa) inquiry heard on Monday. Submitting his closing arguments, Geoff Budlender, for NGO Black Sash, said Dlamini lied about the role of the expensive work streams because she wanted to conceal her responsibility for her failures and, ultimately, the social grants crisis that arose two years ago. He added that Dlamini knew all along that the April 2017 deadline set by the Constitutional Court would not be met."
Read more: https://www.enca.com/south-africa/bathabile-dlamini-lied-under-oath-sassa-inquiry-told
Beneficiaries need details about new Sassa process, accounts – Black Sash
"NGO Black Sash has pleaded with the inter-ministerial committee (IMC) responsible for handling the social grants crisis to release more details about banking requirements under the new scheme. The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) released its fourth report to the Constitutional Court on January 8 on the proposed hybrid model to pay grants from April. This after the IMC announced in December that the South African Post Office (SAPO) would handle core functions of the new system, while commercial banks would play an increased role."
Read More: https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/beneficiaries-need-details-about-new-sassa-process-accounts-black-sash-20180129
Black Sash admitted as Amicus Curiae in Allpay 2 Constitutional Court Case
In April 2014, the Constitutional Court ordered SASSA to initiate a new tender process within 30 days following the order of invalidity of the existing contract between Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) for the national payment of social grants (see our press release dated April 2014, http://www.blacksash.org.za/index.php/media-and-publications/media-statements/1524-black-sash-press-release-the-constitutional-court-judgement-allpay-and-others-vs-sassa-cash-paymaster-services, for full details).
On Friday 13 March 2015, the Constitutional Court agreed to admit the Black Sash as the third Amicus Curiae in the AllPay 2 case.
The specifications for the new SASSA request for proposals (RFP), issued in October 2014, make provision for ring fenced bank accounts to protect beneficiaries' accounts from unlawful and fraudulent deductions. Furthermore, service providers are also prohibited from marketing their services and products and abusing the confidential information of beneficiaries.
The Black Sash, representing the interests of social grant beneficiaries, has a direct and substantial interest in ensuring that the new tender process is finalised as swiftly as possible and that the new, ring-fenced bank accounts are put in place.
Since SASSA issued the new specifications, CPS has, through the Constitutional Court, questioned the RPF in a bid to set it aside, causing further delay in the implementation of the new tender process. It would appear that CPS is delaying the process, further extending their existing invalid contract, ending February 2017.
Meanwhile, unlawful and fraudulent deductions from beneficiary bank accounts continue unabated. A defective recourse system makes grant beneficiaries seeking refund, pay extra costs for transport and airtime, often without securing relief. Any delay in the finalisation of the new tender process continues to prejudice grant beneficiaries.
The Black Sash is seeking three forms of relief from the Constitutional Court:
• A declaration that the RFP (as it exists or with specified amendments) is valid;
• A declaration preventing parties from approaching the Constitutional Court for further relief unless it is necessary to protect the interests of beneficiaries; and
• A timeline for the finalisation of the new tender.
National Advocacy Manager Elroy Paulus on 082 748 5621 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
National Director Lynette Maart on 083 628 3425 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Black Sash and CALS seek to appeal ruling on social grant deductions
On Thursday 20 July 2017, the Black Sash Trust and six social grant beneficiaries, represented by the Centre for Applied Legal Studies, launched an application for leave to appeal with the Supreme Court of Appeal (under case number 752/2017). They seek to appeal an earlier decision by the Gauteng Division of High Court, Pretoria. The decision, handed down on 9 May 2017, concerned an application brought by Net1 and some of its subsidiary companies Money Line, Manje Mobile, and SmartLife against the Minister of Social Development and SASSA. The application sought to challenge the interpretation of new Regulations issued by the Minister aimed at limiting deductions from social grants.
Black Sash and the grant beneficiaries sought to intervene in the application to ensure beneficiaries are protected from abuse and exploitation and to maintain the integrity of the social assistance system. We asked the High Court, if it found in favour of Net1 on their interpretation of the Regulations, to order that the Minister issue new Regulations which do protect grant beneficiaries. The High Court granted the application in favour of Net1 and dismissed the application by the Black Sash and social grant beneficiaries.
SASSA, the Minister of Social Development and Black Sash later sought leave to appeal this judgment believing that the Court’s decision left grant beneficiaries vulnerable. The leave to appeal application was heard on 20 June 2017 and was refused on the same day. In refusing the application, the Court found that there is no distinction between the social grant beneficiaries’ accounts held at Grindrod Bank and any other private bank account held at another bank; and that the Regulations do not operate to restrict beneficiaries in the operation of their bank account.
Following the decision refusing Black Sash and the social grant beneficiaries application to intervene on 9 May 2017 and the refusal of leave to appeal on 20 June 2017, Black Sash and social grant beneficiaries then approached the Supreme Court of Appeal on 20 July 2017. Black Sash and the social grant beneficiaries submit in their petition to the SCA that their intervention application in the High Court was relevant and flowed directly from the decision that the High Court ultimately made in favour of Net1. The other parties now have a period of one month to file answering affidavits.
“We remain steadfast in ensuring that social grant beneficiaries are protected and that their meagre means of livelihood is not depleted by deductions” says Lynette Maart, National Director of the Black Sash Trust. “We hope that the Supreme Court of Appeal will decide to hear our application for leave to appeal and grant the relief we request.” Nomonde Nyembe, an attorney at CALS, says that “social grants are the means by which the constitutional right of access to social assistance is realised; any dimunition thereof must be subjected to constitutional scrutiny. ”
Papers filed:
Notice of Motion and Founding Affidavit: re Net1 Appeal SCA 20170719 (part1). pdf. 4.9 MB
Notice of Motion and Founding Affidavit: re Net1 Appeal SCA 20170719 (part2). pdf 5.1 MB
Black Sash Filing Notice and High Court Appeal Judgment 20170803. pdf 3.6 MB
Centre for Applied Legal Studies
Director, Centre for Applied Legal Studies
076 755 0257 / 011 717 86
Nomonde Nyembe
Attorney, Centre for Applied Legal Studies
Black Sash Trust
Evashnee Naidu
KZN Regional Manager, Black Sash
Black Sash and Net1 in war of words
"On 5 June, nearly 500 mostly old age grant beneficiaries from Ceres, Tulbagh, Op die Berg and surrounding areas, filled the Bella Vista community hall in Ceres. David Polkinghorne, managing director of Grindrod Bank, and representatives from Net1 and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), had set up workstations “to deal with beneficiary queries”. By the end of the meeting, over 200 EasyPay Everywhere (EPE or “green” card) accounts were closed by their holders. On 7 June, Net1 – parent company to Cash Paymaster Services (CPS), which pays South Africa’s social grants – accused the Black Sash of “enticing” grant beneficiaries into attending the Ceres meeting."
Read more: https://www.groundup.org.za/article/black-sash-and-net1-war-words/
Black Sash appeals social grants deduction case
"On 20 July 2017, Black Sash appealed against a judgment that permits Net1 to continue to allow deductions from the social grants it administers. The appeal has been lodged with the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) after Justice Van der Westhuizen, who decided the initial application, denied leave to appeal in the Pretoria High Court."
Read more: https://www.groundup.org.za/article/black-sash-appeals-social-grants-deduction-case/
Black Sash asks court to put conditions on Sassa extension
"The Black Sash has not opposed the South African Social Security Agency’s (Sassa’s) application for a six-month extension to its contract with Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) but has recommended to the Constitutional Court that a number of conditions be attached to the extension."
Read More: https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2018-02-27-black-sash-asks-court-to-put-conditions-on-sassa-extension/
Black Sash back to Constitutional Court over social grants
"The Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS), on behalf of the Black Sash, will be in the Constitutional Court on Tuesday to “ensure there is a plan in place for the uninterrupted payment of social grants” next month. The contract between the current service provider, Cash Paymaster Services (CPS), and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), which began in 2012, was declared invalid by the Constitutional Court in 2014."
Read more: https://www.groundup.org.za/article/black-sash-back-constitutional-court-over-social-grants/
Black Sash disappointed with High Court ruling
"The High Court in Pretoria has found that deductions can be made from the bank accounts of social grant beneficiaries held with Grindrod. Net1 UEPS Technologies, the holding company for Cash Paymaster Services – which administers the payment of social grants – approached the court for a declaratory order regarding the government’s decision to limit direct deductions from beneficiaries’ accounts."
Read more: https://www.moneyweb.co.za/moneyweb-radio/net1-subsidiaries-right-to-make-deductions-affirmed/
Black Sash fears for Sassa’s constitutional mandate after Magwaza’s departure
"The Black Sash is concerned that the departure of South African Security Agency (Sassa) CEO Thokozani Magwaza might affect the agency’s ability to fulfil the mandate set by the Constitutional Court. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), meanwhile, has castigated Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini over her role in the social grants crisis, saying it expects 'the ANC to demand answers from its minister'."
Read more: https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2017-07-18-black-sash-fears-for-sassas-constitutional-mandate-after-magwazas-departure/
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U.S. Demand for Outsourcing Slows Down
Source: Pcworld.com
The total contract value of outsourcing contracts signed in the third quarter of 2007 was down 16 percent, with the actual value of the contracts signed shrinking as well, according to outsourcing adviser TPI. At the heart of the decline: the slowing pace of contract awards in the U.S. TPI's numbers show that U.S. companies are also keeping a lid on outsourcing growth, with new scope down 50 percent from last year.
Conversely, Europe and Asia are showing growth in outsourcing deals year over year, with Europe accounting for more than a 50 percent share of global market deals. New scope is up 36 percent in Europe and 72 percent in Asia Pacific, according to TPI. Competitor EquaTerra also found that outsourcing growth was strongest in the Europe/Middle East/Africa geography.
Almost as many Global 500 companies are inking outsourcing deals in the U.S. and Europe (43 percent of leading U.S. companies and 52 percent of leading European companies), says TPI. It's just that the American deals are smaller.
Mega-deals-those once popular billion-dollar-plus behemoths-are still getting signed (by General Motors, Johnson & Johnson, Credit Suisse, Reuters and the U.K. Post Office, among others). They're just getting less "mega." The average size of the billion-plus contract in the first quarter of last year was US$9.6 billion. In the third quarter of 2007, it was down to $2.4 billion, TPI reports.
Major India-based vendors have seen their U.S. customer revenue increase 37 percent, despite the slowdown in overall outsourcing in the Americas, says TPI, adding that "the latter exemplifies the diversity in the global outsourcing industry as well as India's expanding influence and strength." Meanwhile, EquaTerra's third-quarter survey revealed increasing interest in offshoring outside of India. Wage inflation, U.S. dollar weakness and changing buyer demands are driving the expansion of delivery centers in China, Central and South America, and Central and Eastern Europe, EquaTerra notes.
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October 11, 2014 | TV
Eric Thomas is the newest face on CTV Montreal sports desk
Eric Thomas’s first show on-air at CTV Montreal on Friday, Oct. 10. (via CTV)
The hiring of Chantal Desjardins as Sportsnet’s Montreal correspondent has shortened the depth chart at CTV Montreal’s sports desk, so someone at the station had the brilliant idea to just grab the guy doing sportscasts at TSN 690.
Eric Thomas brought his slick voice and a look to match across the street and made his debut as a CTV Montreal fill-in sports anchor on the late-night news Friday. You can watch the newscast on CTV’s website, with Thomas starting around 14:15.
A first live newscast is usually a nervous, error-filled affair but Thomas barely missed a beat, looking like he’d been doing this for years. And really, he has, just not in front of a television camera.
Thomas’s debut earned quick and unmitigated praise from colleague Brian Wilde:
Been doing this job 30 years. That was best first cast I have ever seen from @ATL2MTL Congrats Eric. A bright TV career is yours to seize.
— BrianWilde (@BWildeCTV) October 11, 2014
Expect the Atlanta-born Thomas to be seen as well as heard a lot more in the years to come.
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12 thoughts on “Eric Thomas is the newest face on CTV Montreal sports desk”
Ted Bird October 11, 2014 at 9:44 am
Eric is passionate, humble and hard-working. He’ll do well.
he was excellent.a fine addition to the newscast.
Mario D. October 11, 2014 at 10:56 am
He has a very professional style and as soon as he arrived on TSN radio you could hear that he had everything to succeed and be a trustworthy sport anchorman.
Not so much in the getting personnal stuff though. You feel as if he would read a love letter as a newscast . But hey ! At least what he does he does it well !
Patsy October 11, 2014 at 7:04 pm
Sportsnet’s poor choice in hiring Desjardins was CTY’s good luck. Eric Thomas stands out as a calm young man, a person of class and confidence. The sports world is filled with Yahoos who have only loud high school mouths whose “biggest claim to their ego was carrying a sports bag that belonged to ???) Eric Thomas will jump ahead in big steps. AND I am sure that he has many assets other than being forced to get on his knees over hockey …..please there are so many sports played daily in Montreal, winter or summer. I hope to see him enjoying the wide Montreal sport’s scene.
I’m so tired of Sports anchors trying to be comedians and laughing all the time, pausing for seconds on end, making inexcusable errors while they speak, etc. They’ve lowered the bar big time with their unprofessionalism. Just because it’s sports, doesn’t mean u need to be a clown. In comes Eric Thomas….this guy is the prototype of a proper sports anchor : sharp look, great delivery (not too slow, not too fast), wonderful tone of voice, no mistakes, impeccable English, total ease & confidence, doesnt needlessly move his hands, might as well be doing the NBC Nightly News…. Excellent addition to CTV Montreal….They better sign him now, cuz he has ESPN written all over him….
Keith Rowe October 13, 2014 at 3:20 pm
Couldn’t have to a better young talent than to Eric Thomas- smart, on-the-ball, multi-sport knowledge- oh yeah didn’t I mention he’s not a “Montreal Media Snob” that thinks his poop doesn’t stink!!:) Always there even to answer the phone calls of the sometimes ignorant fans that call in TSN690 with diplomatic dignity…..As mentioned by somebody in the write-ups- u guys at TSN better get him signed on board because I smell U.S. Networks having Eric in radar range!! Congrats Eric u deserve all the best coming your way! @keithrowe888
Dick Lefrancais October 15, 2014 at 9:26 pm
I liked Chantal Desjardins but it’s true that she loses focus. Couple of days ago on Sportsnet after the Habs lost 7-1, the analyst noted that the Canadiens DID NOT come out slow.
After the report, Chantal ad libbed, “well another game where the Canadiens came out slow.”
Mauricio October 21, 2014 at 11:04 am
Great job in his first newscast, caught me off guard with his cool, calm, collected manner. Very impressive, wish him much success!
Pat N. December 27, 2014 at 6:57 pm
Eric Thomas is an amazing sportscaster…extremely talented!
Steve W January 22, 2015 at 2:10 am
So what’s is Eric Thomas’s brand new gig in Toronto? When does he start? I suspected he’s too good to stay in small Montreal English media market, for a talented broadcaster on the rise.
Wally February 19, 2015 at 10:03 pm
I believe he is now on Sportsnet – tonight should be his first night on the air.
Rocky April 3, 2015 at 6:47 pm
Anyone know what he is up to now?
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Your West Chesire
Date extended for nominations for the West Cheshire Youth and Community Awards 2019
Time is running out to make a nomination for the second West Cheshire Youth and Community Awards. Cheshire West and Chester Council Early Help and Prevention Service are hosting the event to celebrate and reward the work of our young people in west Cheshire.
The awards will also recognise projects and the work carried out by dedicated individuals and groups to support our young people to help them to thrive, grow and flourish.
Councillor Nicole Meardon, Cabinet Member Children and Families, said: “Last year members of the public sent in lots of quality nominations for deserving individuals, groups and projects from across the borough.
"This year we want to recognise and celebrate more of the fantastic work carried out by local people involved with youth services.
“To allow as many people as possible to make a nomination we have extended our closing date. We have nine award categories. If you know someone who you feel deserves recognition please visit our website for full details. All nominations must be submitted by Sunday 2 December.”
View: Councillor Nicole Meardon's profile
Further information about the awards, including an online nomination form, is accessible via www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/youthawards
The awards will be presented at an event on Friday 25 January.
Councillor Nicole Meardon
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Resch review: Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Crystal’ a feast for the eyes, good for the soul
Kendra Meinert Green Bay Press-Gazette Published
Cirque du Soleil’s “Crystal” opened Oct. 11, 2018 at the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon, Wis. with shows continuing through Oct. 14, 2018. Sarah Kloepping/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Sarah Kloepping/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
ASHWAUBENON – Trying to describe a Cirque du Soleil show seems as impossible as nearly everything you witness in one.
In the case of “Crystal,” it’s the equivalent of precariously stacking six chairs … on top of a table … on top of the ice … and then performing amazing balancing acts from the highest point. You have to see it to to believe it — and then you still can’t.
The only thing more frozen than the ice during the chair balancing act Thursday night at the Resch Center might have been the looks on the faces of an audience, spellbound until the acrobat somehow made it back down. You could practically feel the collective exhale.
“Crystal,” Cirque’s first show on ice, plays through Sunday at the Resch Center.
It’s beautiful, a vision of dreamy pastels in a fantasy world that takes you from a winter wonderland (complete with snowfalls) to dancing waters. Thanks to Cirque-caliber lighting and special effects, the ice does amazing things, right down to “The End.” It’s even given voice at one point when the skates of four performers are miked up.
If you’ve seen a Cirque show, you know it’s a feast for the eyes. A towering, glistening quartz wall is the backdrop in “Crystal,” changing colors and seemingly textures with the mood of the story. Its cubbyholes host vignettes and offer places for the production’s three musicians to pop up on violin or accordion. Dramatic video images wash over its walls.
The story is less abstract than some Cirque shows, with the title character at times narrating her own story of a creative young woman who feels misunderstood. She’s chided at home and at school for not paying attention. When she falls through the ice of a frozen pond, she’s transported into an underwater world of her imagination. Accompanied by her Reflection and The Clown (you’ll love his bicycle cart contraption), she finds her way.
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The first act — it’s a two-hour show with a 20-minute intermission — is slower and more reflective. The skating is the focus. There’s an enchanting sequence set to a cover of Sia’s “Chandelier” with Crystal on a trapeze and her Reflection skating below.
There’s some wild juggling on skates with so many pink balls you can’t count them. The final number of Act I is a heart-racing, frenetic showcase of extreme skating, as hockey players do jumps and flips over more than a dozen ramps and come at each other with such speed from so many directions you wonder how it is they don’t collide.
It sets the pace for a more exhilarating second act packed with the circus acts that are a Cirque signature. Big city office workers skate in synchronicity with briefcases to the sounds of a ticking clock. It gives way to four pendular poles. The gasps from the crowd were audible as performers did Russian swing-style dismounts onto what looked like over-sized ottomans.
There’s a giant piano that moves around the ice, a skater with a six-pack that looks like it comes with its own on/off switch and a gorgeous trapeze and skating number when Crystal breaks back through the ice.
In a world where it takes a lot — a lot — to steal people away from a daily life littered with constant notifications, texts, posts and vibrating phones, “Crystal” dares you not to totally lose yourself. It’s a much-needed escape from the rigors of reality into the comfort of art.
A couple of tips
Arrive 10 or 15 minutes early. The performers clown around with the audience before the show. You might even get in on a snowball fight.
Dress warm. All that ice makes the arena a little chilly.
Bring some spending cash. The Cirque merch booth feels more like a fancy boutique, stocked with pretty trinket boxes, snowflake wands, jeweled key rings, flower crowns, legwarmers, blankets, Crystal dolls and, for the person who has everything, LED snowballs. Leave it to Cirque to think of everything.
See the show
What: Cirque du Soleil’s “Crystal”
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, 4 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 1:30 and 5 p.m. Sunday
Where: Resch Center, Ashwaubenon
Tickets: Prices start at $48 adults, $43.50 students ages 13-18, seniors and military, $39 children ages 2-12; ticketstaronline.com, 800-895-0071 and Resch box office Published 11:43 AM EDT Oct 12, 2018 Terms of ServicePrivacy Notice © Copyright Gannett 2018
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Med Info & Revenue Management (MIRM)
MIRM 140 Fundamentals of Health Records (2 Hours)
This course introduces students to foundational concepts in the management, storage, retrieval and use of health information in healthcare settings. Instruction focuses on the content and uses of health records, professional roles within the health information profession and accreditation and regulatory requirements in the management of health information.
MIRM 141 Computer Systems for Health Information Management Professionals* (3 Hours)
Prerequisites : HCIS 255.
This course introduces students to various information systems and technologies used in non-clinical and clinical areas of healthcare. Students will also explore the emergence of electronic health records and health information exchange activities, as well as the health policy environment influencing the use of technology in healthcare. Simulation using health information systems, electronic health records, administrative information systems and encoder software is embedded in this course to provide insight into health information management operations. The importance of data quality as a foundation to meaningful information within healthcare information systems is emphasized.
MIRM 142 Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare (3 Hours)
This course introduces the U.S. legal system, laws and ethical issues and how they relate to healthcare.
MIRM 143 Coding Classification Systems I* (3 Hours)
Prerequisites : BIOL 144 and HC 130 and MIRM 140.
This course focuses on the International Classification of Diseases 9th revision clinical modification (ICD-9-CM), as well as the 10th revision clinical modification and procedural coding system (ICD-10-CM/PCS) used in medical coding. Students will learn the role of ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM/PCS in coding for inpatient healthcare encounters, as well as the use of ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM codes for diagnosis coding in ambulatory and physician service settings. Students will examine the evolution from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM/PCS in the United States, as well as compare and contrast between the 9th and 10th revisions of ICD. Instruction focuses on the importance of ethical conduct for coding professionals.
MIRM 144 Coding Classification Systems II* (3 Hours)
Prerequisites : MIRM 143.
This course focuses on Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) coding classification systems. Students learn the role of CPT and HCPCS in coding for outpatient services and procedures, as well as physician services. Instruction focuses on the importance of ethical conduct for coding professionals.
MIRM 145 Reimbursement Methodologies* (3 Hours)
This course examines healthcare reimbursement and financing in the United States. Course content focuses on the role of third-party payers, regulatory and health policy influences and the role of coding and reimbursement professionals in the revenue cycle. Legal and ethical dilemmas related to the reimbursement process are also discussed.
MIRM 146 Coding Classification Systems III* (3 Hours)
This course focuses on intermediate-level content related to diagnosis and procedure coding. Students will build upon entry-level knowledge of diagnosis and procedure coding for hospitals, ambulatory healthcare settings and physician services. Students will apply this knowledge to more complex coding topics and exercises. Instruction focuses on the importance of ethical conduct for coding professionals.
MIRM 147 Introduction to Pharmacology* (2 Hours)
Prerequisites : BIOL 144 and HC 130.
This course introduces basic concepts of pharmacology and provides an overview of various types of medications. Students will also examine common medical conditions categorized by body system and identify commonly used pharmacologic treatments. An explanation of how assorted medications work within the body will be provided. After successful completion of this course, students will be able to comprehend health record documentation pertaining to medications and their uses in patient care.
MIRM 148 Medical Coding Internship* (1 Hour)
Prerequisites or corequisites: MIRM 146 and department approval.
This internship provides students with real-world coding experience in a healthcare facility. Students will shadow professional coders, as well as practice coding for a 40-hour work week. This internship also introduces students to various departments and professionals whose job functions relate to the work of medical coders through tours and interviews in the healthcare facility, with approximately 8 hours spent in this capacity. Students will prepare a daily journal describing their internship experiences. This internship includes 48 hours of internship responsibilities. A background check will be conducted on each student for internship placement purposes. Some healthcare facilities may require TB skin tests and/or drug screens for interns.
MIRM 140
Title: Fundamentals of Health Records
Number: MIRM 140
Effective Term: 2019-20
Contact Hours: 2
Textbooks:
http://bookstore.jccc.edu/
Refer to the instructor's course syllabus for details about any supplies that may be required.
Summarize the history and evolution of the health information profession.
Defend the purpose, uses, and functions of the health record.
Assemble the content and structure of the health record in various settings.
Analyze the content for completeness of the health record in various settings.
Compare and contrast the purposes and importance of current healthcare data sets.
Distinguish among the typical functions performed by the Health Information Management department.
Contrast healthcare delivery systems and the factors that influence their development.
Evaluate compliance in the standards for health record documentation.
Apply standards of ethical practice.
Describe secondary data sources available in healthcare.
Assist in preparing an organization for accrediting, licensing, or certification surveys.
Identify nomenclatures, coding classification systems, and registries used in healthcare.
Content Outline and Competencies:
I. History and Evolution of the Health Information Profession
A. Describe the evolution of the health information profession.
B. Describe how computerization has influenced health information management.
C. Identify various credentials for health information professionals.
D. Describe certification and educational requirements that prepare health information professionals for the healthcare workforce.
II. Purposes, Uses and Functions of the Health Record
A. Describe principal and ancillary uses of the health record.
B. Identify health record documentation as a necessary component for ensuring quality, safety and improvement in patient care.
C. Explain the health record in terms of its status as a medicolegal document.
III. Content and Structure of the Health Record in Various Settings
A. Describe the content and structure of health records in hospitals.
B. Describe the content and structure of health records in ambulatory healthcare settings.
C. Describe the content and structure of health records in long-term healthcare settings.
D. Describe the content and structure of health records in home healthcare and hospice settings.
E. Describe the content and structure of health records in behavioral healthcare settings.
IV. Healthcare Data Sets
A. Describe the purpose and components of healthcare data sets.
B. Identify healthcare data sets used in hospitals.
C. Identify healthcare data sets used in ambulatory healthcare settings.
D. Identify healthcare data sets used in long-term healthcare settings.
E. Identify healthcare data sets used in home healthcare settings.
F. Identify healthcare data sets used in behavioral healthcare settings.
G. Identify healthcare data sets used for evaluating managed care plans.
V. Functions of Health Information Management
A. Describe professional roles of health information professionals in healthcare organizations using paper-based health records.
B. Describe professional roles of health information professionals in healthcare organizations using hybrid health records.
C. Describe current and anticipated roles of health information professionals in healthcare organizations using electronic health records.
VI. Healthcare Delivery Systems/Services
A. Summarize the healthcare delivery structure in the United States.
B. Describe the role of the health record in healthcare settings.
VII. Compliance Standards in Health Record Documentation
A. Identify regulatory and accrediting bodies that influence health record documentation practices in healthcare organizations.
B. Describe the importance of documentation improvement programs for healthcare organizations.
C. Describe the importance of ongoing record reviews in healthcare organizations.
VIII. Standards of Ethical Practice
A. Recognize the American Health Information Management Association Code of Ethics as official ethical guidance for health information professionals in their daily work.
B. Identify other ethical guidance related to specific job functions in health information management.
C. Apply ethical conduct in all educational and professional endeavors related to the management, use and storage of health information.
IX. Secondary Data Sources Used in Healthcare
A. Identify types of registries and their role as secondary data sources in healthcare.
B. Identify types of indices and their role as secondary data sources in healthcare.
X. Accreditation, Licensure or Certification
A. Describe hospital licensure processes.
B. Identify documentation standards related to the Medicare Conditions of Participation.
C. Define "deemed status".
D. Identify the role of the American Osteopathic Association and The Joint Commission in accrediting healthcare organizations.
E. Describe accreditation bodies for ambulatory healthcare settings.
F. Describe accreditation bodies for long-term healthcare settings.
G. Describe accreditation bodies for behavioral healthcare settings.
H. Identify the role of state surveyors in auditing healthcare organizations.
I. Describe the uses of health record documentation in accreditation processes or other surveys conducted in healthcare organizations.
XI. Nomenclatures, Coding Classification Systems and Registries
A. Describe the purpose of the Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine-Clinical Terms (SNOMED-CT) in healthcare.
B. Describe the uses of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding classification systems in healthcare.
C. Describe the uses of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding classification system in healthcare.
D. Describe the uses of the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) in healthcare.
E. Describe the uses of the International Classification of Diseases Oncology (ICD-O) coding classification system in healthcare.
F. Describe the uses of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) coding classification system in healthcare.
G. Discuss the function of cancer registries in healthcare.
H. Discuss the function of trauma registries in healthcare.
I. Describe the birth registration process in healthcare.
Method of Evaluation and Competencies:
Methods of evaluation:
Tests and quizzes - 40 - 60% of final grade
Assignments, activities, or projects - 40 - 50% of final grade
The grading scale for this course is as follows:
90 – 100% = A
80 – 89% = B
70 – 79% = C
60 – 69% = D
0 – 59 % = F
Grade Criteria:
Caveats:
Student Responsibilities:
JCCC provides a range of services to allow persons with disabilities to participate in educational programs and activities. If you are a student with a disability and if you are in need of accommodations or services, it is your responsibility to contact Access Services and make a formal request. To schedule an appointment with an Access Advisor or for additional information, you may send an email or call Access Services at (913)469-3521. Access Services is located on the 2nd floor of the Student Center (SC 202).
Title: Computer Systems for Health Information Management Professionals*
Prerequisites: HCIS 255.
Describe the role of electronic health records in healthcare delivery.
Describe the status of electronic health record adoption in the United States.
Describe health information exchange activities at the regional and national levels.
Identify health information systems used in healthcare.
Distinguish between encoder and computer-assisted coding technologies used for medical coding.
Identify clinical information systems used in healthcare.
Identify administrative information systems in healthcare.
Summarize the use and role of personal health records in healthcare delivery.
I. Electronic Health Records and Healthcare Delivery
A. Identify clinical and non-clinical uses of electronic health
B. Describe functionalities of electronic health records that
influence patient care and safety, outcomes measurement, quality improvement
and administrative operations.
C. Navigate an electronic health record.
II. Electronic Health Record Adoption in the United States
A. Define meaningful use criteria in relation to uses of electronic
health records.
B. Describe the current health policy environment related to
meaningful use and electronic health record adoption.
C. Describe meaningful use criteria and their relation to
healthcare delivery.
D. Describe the role of Regional Extension Centers in electronic
health record adoption.
E. Discuss the importance of appropriate product selection and
effective implementation of electronic health records in healthcare
organizations.
F. Identify sources of barriers to electronic health record implementation.
G. Identify electronic health record products that have been
tested and certified by the Office of the National Coordinator Authorized
Testing and Certification Body.
H. Summarize the status of determining components of the legal
electronic health record.
I. Identify the role of health information management
professionals in e-Discovery of electronically stored information.
III. Health Information Exchange Activities
A. Identify the role of the Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology in health information exchange activities.
B. Discuss the role of health information exchange networks in
relation to patient care and health service delivery.
C. Define State Designated Entity as it relates to health
information exchange.
D. Identify the State Designated Entity for Kansas and Missouri.
E. Describe various challenges in the implementation of health
information exchange networks.
F. Identify various benefits to patient care as a result of
effective health information exchange activities.
IV. Health information systems
A. Identify types of health information systems.
B. Describe the importance of proper maintenance of master patient
indexes.
C. Describe the purpose of data dictionaries in health information
D. Describe the function of databases in a variety of information
systems used in healthcare.
E. Discuss the importance of data quality and its role in health
record documentation in electronic applications.
F. Summarize hardware and software used in the management of
health information.
G. Discuss privacy and security measures used to protect patient
H. Describe the use of health information systems in specialized
areas of health information management such as medical coding, transcription,
cancer registry and release of information.
I. Analyze health record documentation with health information
V. Encoder and Computer-Assisted Coding
A. Define encoder software.
B. Describe the uses of encoder software.
C. Navigate encoder software and use it to apply diagnosis and
procedure codes.
D. Locate coding resources built into encoder software.
E. Define computer-assisted coding.
F. Describe the uses of computer-assisted coding software.
G. Differentiate between computer-assisted coding platforms such
as natural language processing and structured input.
H. Navigate encoder software.
I. Discuss the emerging influence and future role of
computer-assisted coding software in medical coding.
VI. Clinical Information Systems
A. Identify types of clinical information systems.
B. Describe uses of clinical information systems in healthcare
C. Identify clinical and non-clinical departments in healthcare
organizations whose operations are influenced by the use of clinical
information systems.
VII. Administrative Information Systems
A. Identify types of administrative information systems used in
healthcare organizations.
B. Describe uses of administrative information systems in
organizations whose operations are influenced by the use of administrative information
D. Simulate maintenance of a master patient index.
E. Describe the concept of enterprise master patient indices.
VIII. Personal Health Records
A. Describe trends in the use of personal health records.
B. Identify consumer-specific challenges with personal health
C. Identify barriers in the use of personal health records during
patient care encounters.
D. Identify privacy and security concerns related to personal health
Tests and quizzes - 40-60% of final grade
Assignments, activities, or projects - 40-50% of final grade
Title: Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare
Describe the legal system in the United States.
Describe the use of health records as a legal document.
Examine the concept of patient’s rights and the role that healthcare professionals play in protecting those rights.
Distinguish among the variety of regulations affecting health care including HIPAA, AIDS/HIV, mental health and drug and alcohol health records.
Explain the different types of consents.
Explore the role that health professionals play in the legal environment.
Identify the essential elements for establishing negligence.
Justify various positions on ethical issues in healthcare.
Summarize the legal and ethical issues involving electronic health records and health information management.
I. The Legal System in the United States
A. Describe the purpose of the three branches of government in the United States.
B. Identify the dual court system structure of the United States that includes Federal and
State courts.
C. Describe the purpose of United States District Courts and United States Court of Appeals.
D. Describe the purpose of the United States Supreme Court.
E. Describe the role of States in structuring their court systems.
F. Describe the role of Judges, Jurors, Prosecutors and Defense Lawyers in court cases.
G. Describe the role of plaintiffs and defendants in court cases.
II. Health Records as Legal Documents
A. Identify health records as “medico-legal” documents.
B. Identify legal definitions of health records in paper-based, hybrid and electronic record environments.
C. Define “discovery” and “e-discovery” and discuss how they relate to the use of health records in legal proceedings.
D. Identify record retention policies in healthcare facilities and statutes that guide these policies.
E. Identify appropriate responses to requests for health records from a variety of requestors.
III. Patient Rights and the Role Healthcare Professionals Play in Protecting These Rights
A. Describe the evolution of patient rights guaranteed through legislative activities in the United States.
B. Describe the responsibility of healthcare organizations in notifying patients of their guaranteed legal rights.
C. Describe the responsibility of healthcare providers in providing services, medical care and treatment in a fashion that respects the rights of patients.
IV. Regulations Affecting Healthcare and Sensitive Health Records
A. Identify Federal and State laws, statutes, and regulations intended to ensure privacy and security of health records and information therein.
B. Identify specific considerations in Federal and State laws, statutes and regulations that pertain to the privacy of sensitive health information.
C. Identify the right of patients to request restrictions on the uses and disclosures of sensitive health information.
D. Identify Federal and State laws, statutes and regulations that protect human subjects who participate in medical research.
E. Identify Federal and State laws, statutes and regulations that relate to privacy of health record documentation of alcohol and drug use.
V. Types of Consents
A. Define “informed consent”.
B. Differentiate between informed consent documents and the informed consent communication process.
C. Describe necessary components within informed consent that ensure patient and provider communication addresses the risk and benefit considerations of medical treatment.
D. Identify situations in which a patient is unable to consent to medical care or treatment.
E. Identify situations in which a surrogate or proxy decision-maker renders healthcare decisions and informed consent for a patient unable to consent for themselves.
F. Describe various types of advanced directives used in the determination of patient preferences related to medical care and treatment.
G. Identify situations in the use and disclosure of medical information that do and do not require patient consent.
H. Describe the components of a HIPAA compliant release of medical information authorization form.
VI. Role of Health Professionals in the Legal Environment
A. Identify responsibilities of healthcare professionals to provide care and service to patients that are most beneficial and reduce harm.
B. Identify responsibilities of healthcare professionals to participate, as required by law, in legal proceedings or other inquiries.
C. Identify responsibilities of healthcare professionals to provide honest and accurate statements and testimony when required by legal inquiries or proceedings.
D. Describe the role of professional liability insurance for healthcare professionals.
VII. Essential Elements for Establishing Negligence
A. Identify criteria that must be met to demonstrate negligence in the care of a patient.
B. Define “nonfeasance” and describe its role in negligent patient care.
C. Define “misfeasance” and describe its role in negligent patient care.
D. Define “malfeasance” and describe its role in negligent patient care.
VIII. Positions on Ethical Issues in Healthcare
A. Identify bioethical dilemmas that occur in healthcare and medical research.
B. Describe principles of bioethics including autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence and justice.
C. Examine societal debates related to bioethical issues.
D. Describe the role of professional ethics for healthcare professionals.
E. Describe the purpose and function of ethics committees in healthcare organizations.
IX. Legal and Ethical Issues Involving Electronic Health Records
A. Describe the status of defining the legal electronic health record.
B. Identify ethical and legal considerations of copy and paste functionality in electronic health records.
C. Describe the role of audit trail capabilities in electronic health records.
D. Identify privacy and security concerns related to electronic health records.
Exams: 40% - 60% of grade
Projects, activities, or assignments: 40% - 50% of final grade
90 - 100% = A
80 - 89% = B
70 - 79% = C
60 - 69% = D
0 - 59% = F
Class will meet at JCCC’s Olathe Health Education Center campus.
Title: Coding Classification Systems I*
Prerequisites: BIOL 144 and HC 130 and MIRM 140.
Differentiate the structure and use of the volumes in ICD-CM.
Apply correct coding conventions in ICD-CM.
Assign diagnosis codes according to current guidelines.
Sequence diagnoses codes according to current guidelines.
Assign procedure codes according to current guidelines.
Sequence procedure codes according to current guidelines.
Consult reference materials to facilitate code assignment.
Apply the ICD Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting.
Identify discrepancies between coded data and supporting documentation.
I. Structure and use of the volumes in ICD
A. Explain the importance of and contents within the Alphabetic Index for diagnosis coding.
B. Utilize the Alphabetic Index to guide diagnosis code selection.
C. Explain the importance of and contents within the Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries.
D. Explain the importance of and contents within the Alphabetic Index for procedure coding.
E. Utilize the Alphabetic Index to guide procedure code selection.
F. Explain the importance of and contents within PCS Tables.
G. Compare and contrast the structure of and volumes in ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM/PCS.
II. Correct coding conventions in ICD
A. Recognize the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting as the authoritative guidance medical coding using the ICD coding classification system.
B. Utilize instructional notes within ICD codebooks to guide code selection.
III. Diagnosis coding according to current guidelines
A. Identify and differentiate principal and secondary diagnoses as documented in health records.
B. Assign ICD-10-CM codes for principal and secondary diagnoses.
C. Assign ICD-9-CM codes for principal and secondary diagnoses.
IV. Diagnosis code sequencing according to current guidelines
A. Adhere to the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting when sequencing diagnosis codes for reporting purposes.
V. Procedure coding according to current guidelines
A. Identify medical procedures used in the treatment of patients.
B. Assign ICD-10-PCS codes for procedures used to treat patients.
C. Assign ICD-9-CM codes for procedures used to treat patients.
VI. Procedure code sequencing according to current guidelines
A. Adhere to the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting when sequencing procedure codes for reporting purposes.
VII. Reference materials to facilitate code assignment
A. Utilize coding reference materials to assist in the selection and sequencing of diagnosis and procedure codes.
B. Identify authoritative published resources that provide clarification and education on medical coding.
VIII. Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting
A. Identify the role of the Cooperating Parties in drafting and maintaining the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting.
B. Utilize the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting to assist in proper code assignment and sequencing.
IX. Discrepancies between coded data and documentation
a. Recognize the importance of data quality in health records to support code assignment.
b. Identify inappropriately assigned codes based on review of health record documentation.
c. Recognize medical necessity as an indicator for appropriate code assignment.
d. Identify situations that constitute initiation of a physician query.
Exams and quizzes – 40 - 60% of final grade
Projects, assignments, and activities – 40 – 50% of final grade
90-100% = A
80-89% = B
70-79% = C
60-69% = D
0-59% = F
Class will meet at JCCC's Olathe Health Education Center campus.
Title: Coding Classification Systems II*
Prerequisites: MIRM 143.
Explain the use of the CPT manual.
Explain the use of the HCPCS II manual.
Apply CPT symbols and section guidelines.
Assign Body and Ancillary Systems Coding.
Assign evaluation and management codes.
Explain global procedures and bundled coding.
Assign CPT/HCPCS modifiers.
Assign HCPCS codes.
Identify current issues regarding medical coding rules and regulations.
Link CPT code to the appropriate ICD diagnosis code.
I. Use of the CPT manual
A. Identify healthcare encounters that are coded with CPT codes for reimbursement.
B. Identify healthcare settings that use CPT codes for generating reimbursement.
C. Describe the purpose of Category I CPT codes for procedure and service coding.
D. Describe the purpose of Category II CPT codes in performance measurement.
E. Describe the purpose of Category III CPT codes in tracking and reporting the use of emerging technologies.
F. Identify the American Medical Association as the organization responsible for maintenance of and updates to the CPT coding classification system.
II. Use of the HCPCS manual
A. Explain the relationship between Category I CPT codes and HCPCS Level I codes.
B. Describe appropriate uses of HCPCS Level II codes in medical coding.
C. Identify the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as the government agency that maintains and updates the HCPCS coding classification system.
III. CPT symbols and section guidelines
A. Describe the meaning of various symbols used in the CPT codebook which provide additional information about codes.
B. Utilize instructional notes and guidance located at the beginning of sections in the CPT codebook to appropriately assign CPT codes.
C. Utilize instructional notes and guidance located throughout the CPT codebook and assign codes in accordance with notes and guidance.
IV. Body and ancillary systems coding
A. Describe the purpose of the following sections in the CPT codebook: Anesthesia, Surgery, Radiology, Pathology and Laboratory, and Medicine.
B. Assign CPT codes appropriately for anesthesia, surgery, radiology, pathology and laboratory, and medicine coding examples.
C. Identify, based on various sections of the CPT codebook and their respective rules, which qualified healthcare providers may report CPT codes to generate reimbursement.
V. Evaluation and Management codes
A. Describe the use of the Evaluation and Management (E/M) section of codes in the CPT codebook.
B. Identify appropriate situations for assigning E/M codes to generate reimbursement.
C. Describe the Factors that influence E/M code assignment.
D. Summarize the role of history, examination, and medical decision making in E/M code assignment.
E. Summarize the role of counseling, coordination of care, presenting problems, and time in E/M code assignment.
F. Describe documentation guidelines related to E/M code assignment.
G. Apply E/M codes to basic coding examples.
VI. Global procedures and bundled coding
A. Identify the role of surgical packages in CPT/HCPCS coding for reimbursement purposes.
B. Define “surgical package” as indicated by the CPT definition of surgical package.
C. Define “surgical package” as indicated by the Medicare definition of surgical package.
D. Define “unbundling” in the coding process.
E. Apply CPT and Medicare guidelines related to surgical packages to avoid unbundling in the coding process.
VII. CPT/HCPCS modifiers
A. Identify appropriate uses of modifiers in medical coding.
B. Discuss the importance of modifiers in relation to accurate capture of information in the coding process.
C. Discuss the importance of modifiers in relation to avoiding claims denials in the billing process.
D. Apply CPT and HCPCS modifiers as appropriate to basic coding examples.
E. Apply physical status modifiers as appropriate to basic coding examples.
VIII. HCPCS codes
A. Assign HCPCS Level I codes (also known as CPT Category I codes) to basic coding examples.
B. Assign HCPCS Level II codes to basic coding examples.
IX. Current issues regarding medical coding rules and regulations
A. Identify current events in health policy that influence coding for outpatient and physician service reimbursement.
B. Describe uses of CPT and HCPCS codes beyond reimbursement.
C. Identify organizations and government agencies that are involved in providing updates and guidance related to the CPT and HCPCS coding classification systems.
X. CPT codes in relation to ICD diagnosis codes
A. Describe the purpose of ICD diagnosis codes in identifying principal and secondary diagnoses documented in health records.
B. Define “medical necessity”.
C. Describe the role of ICD codes in supporting medical necessity for procedure and service coding and reimbursement.
D. Describe general principles of health record documentation and their relevance to medical coding.
Exams and quizzes: 40% - 60% of final grade
Projects, activities or assignments: 40% - 50% of grade
Title: Reimbursement Methodologies*
Analyze significant health record data for accurate reimbursement.
Apply coding and payment methodologies used in reimbursement.
Analyze third-party reimbursement for healthcare services.
Explain the significance of the health record in the revenue cycle.
Query physicians to ensure accurate reimbursement.
Identify the importance of coding quality in compliance.
Distinguish among various auditing methods used to ensure compliance in appropriate billing for healthcare services.
Examine legal and ethical dilemmas in the reimbursement process.
Describe current health policy initiatives that influence reimbursement for healthcare services in the United States.
Utilize resources to stay current with changing reimbursement practices.
Describe the purpose and function of Quality Improvement Organizations.
I. Health Record Data and Reimbursement
A. Identify quality issues in health record documentation which leads to inappropriate code assignment.
B. Describe the influence of inappropriate code assignment on reimbursement.
C. Describe clinical documentation improvement efforts used to improve provider documentation and support the coding and reimbursement process.
II. Coding and Payment Methods in Reimbursement
A. Describe coding classification systems used for reimbursement purposes.
B. Describe the Inpatient Prospective Payment System used to reimburse inpatient hospitalizations.
C. Calculate diagnosis related groups for reimbursement of inpatient hospitalizations.
D. Describe the Outpatient Prospective Payment System used to reimburse outpatient services and hospitalizations.
E. Calculate ambulatory payment classifications for reimbursement of outpatient services and hospitalizations.
F. Identify the influence of Resource Based Relative Value Scales on provider reimbursement.
G. Describe the concept of value based purchasing and its influence on reimbursement.
H. Identify proper bill forms used for submitting claims for various types of patient care settings.
I. Explain the role of charge description master software in generating codes for reimbursement.
J. Identify best practices related to charge description master maintenance.
K. Identify unique circumstances in coding and reimbursement related to Critical Access Hospitals.
L. Identify unique circumstances in coding and reimbursement related to Federally Qualified Health Centers.
M. Identify emerging health policy initiatives that influence reimbursement methods.
III. Third-Party Reimbursement for Healthcare Services
A. Describe Medicare eligibility criteria.
B. Describe medical coverage provided by Medicare Parts A, B, C and D.
C. Describe the purpose of Medicare supplemental insurance plans.
D. Describe situations that require issuance of an advanced beneficiary notice to indicate non-coverage or potential non-coverage by the Medicare program.
E. Describe Medicaid eligibility criteria.
F. Describe medical coverage provided by Medicaid.
G. Differentiate state and federal government roles in Medicaid funding and administration.
H. Identify situations in which children are eligible for the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
I. Describe Veteran and Military health insurance plans.
J. Differentiate between Health Maintenance Organizations and Preferred Provider Organizations.
K. Describe concepts of managed care and capitation in health insurance products.
L. Analyze an explanation of benefits to determine insurance coverage for healthcare services.
M. Describe factors that influence claims denial in the billing process.
IV. Significance of the Health Record in the Revenue Cycle
A. Identify the health record as the source document for coding and reimbursement processing.
B. Describe the importance of accurate health record documentation to achieve proper reimbursement.
C. Describe the role of retrospective reviews of health record documentation in auditing the appropriateness of claims submitted for reimbursement.
V. Physician Query to Ensure Accurate Reimbursement
A. Describe the role of physician queries in the coding process.
B. Create an ethically appropriate physician query form.
C. Identify appropriate circumstances to initiate a physician query as a means to achieve appropriate coding and reimbursement.
VI. Coding Quality in Compliance
A. Describe necessary components of coding compliance programs to ensure accuracy and appropriateness in medical coding.
B. Describe oversight activities performed by the government in relation to detecting fraud and abuse in coding and reimbursement.
C. Identify official references and resources to remain current on compliance topics.
D. Describe the role of code editor software in detecting coding errors and preventing improper claim submissions.
VII. Various Auditing Methods
A. Describe internal quality assurance activities in medical coding and billing departments.
B. Describe the role of external auditors in assisting healthcare organizations with coding compliance.
C. Describe the purpose of audits conducted by the government and associated contractors to enhance compliant coding and reimbursement.
D. Identify emerging health policy initiatives that influence external auditing.
VIII. Legal and Ethical Dilemmas in Coding and Reimbursement
A. Define “fraud” and “abuse” as they relate to healthcare reimbursement.
B. Differentiate between fraud and abuse and identify how each is determined by the government.
C. Identify monetary, civil and criminal penalties punishable for healthcare professionals found guilty of fraud and/or abuse.
D. Identify types of unethical coding practices such as upcoding and unbundling.
IX. Health Policy Initiatives that Influence Reimbursement for Healthcare Services in the United States
A. Identify Hospital Acquired Conditions and their relevance to coding and reimbursement in acute care hospitals.
B. Describe the concept of Accountable Care Organizations.
C. Describe the status of the Physician Quality Reporting Program.
D. Identify changes in health policy that promote pay-for-performance.
E. Describe how pay for performance may influence the future role of medical coders and other professionals involved in the healthcare revenue cycle.
X. Resources to Stay Current with Changing Reimbursement Practices
A. Identify authoritative resources available to medical coders to provide continuing education and industry updates on medical coding and reimbursement.
B. Describe emerging health policy initiatives in the United States that influence healthcare reimbursement and financing.
XI. Function and Purpose of Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs)
A. Describe the role of QIOs in protecting the Medicare Trust Fund and improving medical care provided to Medicare beneficiaries.
B. Summarize the relationship between the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and QIOs.
C. Summarize the relationship between QIOs and healthcare providers and facilities.
0 – 69% = D
Title: Coding Classification Systems III*
Lecture Hours:
Other Hours: 3
Assign diagnosis codes to case examples and health records.
Assign procedure codes to case examples and health records.
Identify additional coding classification systems used in healthcare and human service organizations for a variety of purposes.
I. Diagnosis Coding
A. Assign International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9-CM and ICD-10-CM codes for principal and secondary diagnoses.
B. Sequence ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM codes in accordance with official coding guidance.
C. Compare and contrast diagnosis code assignment from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM.
D. Identify the use of crosswalks and data mapping to facilitate conversion from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM.
II. Procedure Coding
A. Assign ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes for inpatient procedures for facility-based coding.
B. Assign Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)/Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes for outpatient procedures for facility-based coding and physician services.
C. Assign HCPCS Level II codes for physician services.
D. Compare and contrast code assignment from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-PCS.
E. Identify the use of crosswalks and data mapping to facilitate conversion from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-PCS.
III. Other Coding Classification Systems
A. Describe the use of International Classification of Diseases-Oncology (ICD-O) in cancer reporting and surveillance.
B. Describe the use of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in collecting and analyzing mental and behavioral healthcare data.
C. Describe the use of National Drug Codes (NDCs) in identifying details about manufactured drugs recognized by the Food and Drug Administration.
D. Describe the use of Current Dental Terminology (CDT) in claims submissions for dental service and procedure reimbursement.
Activities and assignments - 50-70% of final grade
Title: Introduction to Pharmacology*
Prerequisites: BIOL 144 and HC 130.
Explain various concepts of pharmacology.
Define a variety of medications used in the care of patients and identify how they work within the human body.
Describe the role of government regulation in relation to pharmaceuticals.
Describe ethical considerations in the administration of medications to patients.
Identify common medical conditions and diseases associated with the central nervous system, respiratory system, gastrointestinal system, genitourinary system, cardiovascular system, endocrine system and integumentary system.
Identify medications used in the treatment of common medical conditions and diseases of the central nervous system, respiratory system, gastrointestinal system, genitourinary system, cardiovascular system, endocrine system and integumentary system.
Define types of antineoplastic medications used in cancer treatment.
Describe total parenteral nutrition and its use in the care of patients.
Identify commonly used vitamins, herbs and supplements.
I. Concepts of Pharmacology
A. Describe various routes of administration of pharmacological agents.
B. Describe absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion as they relate to the medication cycle.
C. Describe various categories of medications used in patient care.
D. Define relevant pharmacology terms such as therapeutic effect, side effect, adverse effect, target organ, receptor, agonist, antagonist, synergism and antagonism.
E. Identify the presence of generic and brand name medications available on the market.
F. Apply correct spelling and pronunciation to medications.
G. Identify uses of over-the-counter and prescription medications.
II. Government Regulation
A. Describe the role of the Drug Enforcement Administration within the United States Department of Justice in relation to regulation of medications.
B. Describe the role of the Food and Drug Administration within the United States Department of Health and Human Services in relation to regulation of medications.
C. Define the term controlled substance.
D. Identify laws related to controlled substances.
E. Explain the role of clinical trials in ensuring safety and effectiveness of medications.
III. Ethical Considerations
A. Define cultural competency as it relates to patient care.
B. Identify how cultural norms influence personal preferences in taking medications.
C. Describe societal debates on the benefit and harm of vaccinations.
D. Identify commonly administered vaccinations.
IV. Central Nervous System
A. Identify common medical conditions and diseases associated with the central nervous system.
B. Recognize medications used in the treatment of common medical conditions and diseases of the central nervous system.
C. Summarize the mechanism of action among commonly prescribed and over-the-counter medications used to treat common medical conditions and diseases of the central nervous system.
V. Respiratory System
A. Identify common medical conditions and diseases associated with the respiratory system.
B. Recognize medications used in the treatment of common medical conditions and diseases of the respiratory system.
C. Identify various types of devices used to administer inhaled pharmaceutical agents in the treatment of common medical conditions and diseases of the respiratory system.
D. Summarize the mechanism of action among commonly prescribed and over-the-counter medications used to treat common medical conditions and diseases of the respiratory system.
VI. Gastrointestinal System
A. Identify common medical conditions and diseases associated with the gastrointestinal system.
B. Recognize medications used in the treatment of common medical conditions and diseases of the gastrointestinal system.
C. Summarize the mechanism of action among commonly prescribed and over-the-counter
medications used to treat common medical conditions and diseases of the gastrointestinal system.
VII. Genitourinary System
A. Identify common medical conditions and diseases associated with the genitourinary system.
B. Recognize medications used in the treatment of common medical conditions and diseases of the genitourinary system.
C. Summarize the mechanism of action among commonly prescribed and over-the-counter medications used to treat common medical conditions and diseases of the genitourinary system.
VIII. Cardiovascular System
A. Identify common medical conditions and diseases associated with the cardiovascular system.
B. Recognize medications used in the treatment of common medical conditions and diseases of the cardiovascular system.
C. Summarize the mechanism of action among commonly prescribed and over-the-counter medications used to treat common medical conditions and diseases of the cardiovascular system.
IX. Endocrine System
A. Identify common medical conditions and diseases associated with the endocrine system.
B. Recognize medications used in the treatment of common medical conditions and diseases of the endocrine system.
C. Summarize the mechanism of action among commonly prescribed and over-the-counter medications used to treat common medical conditions and diseases of the endocrine system.
X. Integumentary System
A. Identify common medical conditions and diseases associated with the integumentary system.
B. Recognize medications used in the treatment of common medical conditions and diseases of the integumentary system.
C. Summarize the mechanism of action among commonly prescribed and over-the-counter medications used to treat common medical conditions and diseases of the integumentary system.
XI. Antineoplastic Medications
A. Describe the use of chemotherapy in cancer treatment.
B. Recognize pharmaceutical products classified as antineoplastic agents used in the treatment of various cancers.
XII. Total Parenteral Nutrition
A. Define total parenteral nutrition.
B. Recognize administration methods of total parenteral nutrition.
C. Identify common medical conditions that may require the use of total parenteral nutrition.
XIII. Vitamins, Herbs and Supplements
A. Identify prescribed and over-the-counter uses of common vitamins, herbs and supplements.
Title: Medical Coding Internship*
Analyze inpatient and outpatient health records to determine significant patient diagnoses and procedures.
Assign diagnosis and procedure codes for inpatient and outpatient records.
Verify diagnosis and procedure codes for inpatient and outpatient records.
Sequence diagnosis and procedure codes for inpatient and outpatient records.
Validate inpatient and outpatient data for appropriate reimbursement.
Interact with other ancillary services, healthcare professionals and customers.
Demonstrate professional behavior.
Adhere to legal and ethical practices.
Use electronic applications to support clinical classification and coding.
I. Determine Significant Patient Diagnoses and Procedures
A. Review health record data to determine diagnoses required for coding and reporting for reimbursement.
B. Review health record data to determine procedures for coding and reporting for reimbursement.
II. Diagnosis and Procedure Coding
A. Assign diagnosis codes using the current version of the International Classification of Diseases coding classification system.
B. Assign procedure codes using the current version of the Current Procedural Terminology coding classification system.
C. Assign procedure codes using the current version of the International Classification of Diseases coding classification system.
D. Assign Present on Admission indicators as needed to identify hospital acquired conditions that must be reported for reimbursement purposes.
E. Review codes assigned to patient accounts with internship supervisor or other designated department employee.
F. Utilize code editor software to assess accuracy and validity of assigned codes when applicable.
G. Adhere to published coding guidelines in the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting to appropriately sequence diagnosis and procedure codes.
H. Utilize instructional notes within coding manuals to assist in appropriate sequencing of diagnosis and procedure codes.
I. Review health record documentation to ensure that code assignment is supported by appropriate
clinical data and information provided by physicians or other qualified healthcare professionals.
J. Identify ambiguous or missing data in health records and initiate a physician query to ensure
proper code assignment when appropriate.
III. Interactions
A. Tour hospital or clinic departments.
B. Interview personnel whose work relates to medical coding.
Completion of internship responsibilities - 80% of final grade
Attendance - 15% of final grade
Assignments - 5% of final grade
0 – 59% = F
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Turner, A. G. and Slingo, J. M. (2009) Subseasonal extremes of precipitation and active-break cycles of the Indian summer monsoon in a climate-change scenario. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 135 (640). pp. 549-567. ISSN 1477-870X
To link to this item DOI: 10.1002/qj.401
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Changes to the behaviour of subseasonal precipitation extremes and active-break cycles of the Indian summer monsoon are assessed in this study using pre-industrial and 2 × CO2 integrations of the Hadley Centre coupled model HadCM3, which is able to simulate the monsoon seasonal cycle reasonably. At 2 × CO2, mean summer rainfall increases slightly, especially over central and northern India. The mean intensity of daily precipitation during the monsoon is found to increase, consistent with fewer wet days, and there are increases to heavy rain events beyond changes in the mean alone. The chance of reaching particular thresholds of heavy rainfall is found to approximately double over northern India, increasing the likelihood of damaging floods on a seasonal basis. The local distribution of such projections is uncertain, however, given the large spread in mean monsoon rainfall change and associated extremes amongst even the most recent coupled climate models. The measured increase of the heaviest precipitation events over India is found to be broadly in line with the degree of atmospheric warming and associated increases in specific humidity, lending a degree of predictability to changes in rainfall extremes. Active-break cycles of the Indian summer monsoon, important particularly due to their effect on agricultural output, are shown to be reasonably represented in HadCM3, in particular with some degree of northward propagation. We note an intensification of both active and break events, particularly when measured against the annual cycle, although there is no suggestion of any change to the duration or likelihood of monsoon breaks. Copyright © 2009 Royal Meteorological Society
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They’ll be playing in what may very well be THE most accessible professional sports playing field, bar none.
Dominic Marinelli, an accessibility consultant with the United Spinal Association in Queens, NYC, worked with the Ryan Cos. on the 7,000-seat Lowertown ballpark design with Ed Roether, a disability consultant based in Kansas City, Mo.
Marinelli’s resume includes consulting on the Twins Stadium (Target Field) and the new Vikings stadium, both of which are in Minneapolis, as well as the new Yankees stadium and Citi Fields, the home of the Mets.
Just how accessible will the new Saints stadium be? According to this Pioneer Press article, members of the Minnesota State Council on Disability are feeling pretty gung-ho.
Take the number of wheelchair spaces required under the Americans Disability Act and double them. Add in dozens of extra-wide seats for folks in walkers and the semi-ambulatory, none of which is actually required by the feds. Throw in elevators and unisex family bathrooms in addition to single-sex bathrooms with wheelchair stalls. The list goes on.
The Scoop caught up with Marinelli on Friday, and he had this to say about the Saints design, which is more than 60 percent complete:
“We did Target Field, and we’re working on the Vikings new stadium. But I’ve really enjoyed my time with the St. Paul Saints, and the team there. … It was cool. It was a very fun project. It still is a very fun project. The one thing I will always remember about them is we really exceed the minimum requirements. We almost double the minimum accessibility requirements for so many things. It really is fun to work on the design.”
“The way it was laid out, the Saints allowed us to reach out to the disabled community to get their feedback. We would hold meetings, and we continue to hold meetings on things. Because it’s more affordable than some major league events, the community wanted more wheelchair spaces. (Federal rules) require .5 percent (of all seats be wheelchair spaces). Last I looked, we were over 1 percent.”
“We were over double the number of wheelchair spaces that we’re required to provide, and I think that’s really motivated by the Saints. They charged the design team with creating the additional wheelchair space, and basically, Ed Roether got it so that every wheelchair space had a line of sight over anybody that stands up. … The wheelchair spaces have a perspective over anybody who stands up.”
Marinelli said the Ryan Cos. also integrated the wheelchair spaces with traditional seating for able-bodied fans: “If you were standing on the fields looking up into the stands, you’d be hard-pressed to pick out the wheelchair spaces. They’re blended into the seating.”
And as for the 180 seats with extra leg room, targeted to the semi-ambulatory…
“We stole that from California, the California building code. We don’t require it in Minnesota. It’s designed not for wheelchair users, but for users who have some ambulation and need to stretch out and need additional leg room. What is nice about that feature is a lot of time people who need additional ambulation will take the wheelchair space, which is basically an open space … because they don’t think they’ll have the leg room. Not only do we have more wheelchair space than we need, we also have some semi-ambulant locations, so they don’t need to take the wheelchair space.”
But wait, that’s not all. The new Saints ballpark will have seats with removable armrests here and there, mostly at the aisles, so folks who can’t fit into a normal chair can have some extra room. They make up about 5 percent of the total seating.
“We just counted them the other day. They’re integrated. If you needed the the extra room, you could just ask the ticket seller. It would be great if the airlines did it.”
How rare are some of these touches?
“I see the removable armrests. The semi-ambulant seating, I never see out of California.”
And the bathrooms. Let’s talk about the bathrooms…
“There is built throughout the stadium accessible, family unisex bathrooms, so you don’t have to bring your daughter, who is disabled, into the men’s room. There’s going to be wheelchair accessible compartments in the (traditional bathrooms) … but the accessible family toilet rooms, it really helps people if they have spouses or children with disabilities of the opposite sex.”
So what’s left to do now?
“Our work is maybe 40 or 50 percent done now that the base design is done. Now it’s fine-tuning the project. We’ll want to make sure we take into account fans with hearing disabilities, fans with visual disabilities. The Twin Cities have a very vocal community representing people with hearing disabilities and visual disabilities.”
“There’s this lady, Mary Bauer, and Mary Bauer represents the deaf and hard of hearing community. At the Twins ballpark, she put forth this idea that we had assistive listening devices at the ticket windows. … If they get close to that ticket window, they can benefit from the application of the ticket seller using their microphone. As a result of the Twins ballpark, it ultimately became required at ballparks throughout the country.”
“The simplified version is the microphone broadcasts a signal that is picked up by somebody’s hearing aid. This lady got this requirement in nationally. As we go forward in this project, those types of things will be very important.”
So the Twins stadium is pretty accessible for the disabled, as well?
“I gotta tell you, Mortenson (Construction) did a great job. My job is to do multiple inspections throughout the project, to make sure what we’re putting on paper is complied with. Most projects have sheets and sheets of issues. The Twins, they had like a sheet, which were minor things. It was really, really good.”
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Around 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, police were called to the 1200 block of Blaire Avenue for a report on two people “engaging in lewd conduct.”
They were having sex in a parked car, police said.
An officer cited a 17-year-old and a recently turned 18-year-old for lewd conduct and indecent exposure, police said.
Police: Thief took a diaper bag
As a public safety reporter, I read police reports daily about thieves who take laptops, wallets, cell phones and jewelry from cars.
This one is a first for me.
A thief smashed out a window of a car in the 1200 block of Estabrook Drive St. Paul and took a diaper bag.
Cops investigate report of owl being shot.
By Brady Gervais and Dave Orrick
St. Paul police were called Saturday to 120 W. Hyacinth Ave. for shots fired. When they arrived, they learned an owl had been shot in the 100 block of Orange Avenue, according to a police report.
Police believe the owl was shot with a BB gun. Police found only feathers.
Because owls, like all birds of prey, are federally protected, police sent the case to the Department of Natural Resources, which concluded the feathers were likely those of the resident’s 30 or so homing pigeons, spokesman Steve Carroll said.
There was an owl involved. The person who fired the shot told a DNR officer he shot at the owl to scare it away from the pigeons, Carroll said. The DNR found no owl and sent the case back to the city cops for possible charges of violating the city’s ban on discharging firearms.
The Surburban was left behind.
St. Paul police saw four men running behind The Transformer Tree at 2239 Carter Ave. around 1 a.m. today. They left their car, a 2001 Chevy Suburban, behind, still running.
No one entered the business, and no arrests were made.
The car was taken to the impound lot.
St. Paul police say someone broke into Radio Shack and Continental Liquor at Sun Ray Shopping Center in the 2100 block of Old Hudson Road early Thursday morning — during a power outage at the mall.
Three televisions were taken from Radio Shack, police said. It’s unclear what, if anything, was stolen from Continental Liquor.
Someone broke the front glass door at both stores to gain access, police said.
There have been no arrests.
Save money. Live better?
St. Paul police cited a 42-year-old woman saying she switched prices at Walmart, 1450 University Ave. W.
Crappy crime
St. Paul police were called to the 1500 block of Westminister Street around 3 p.m. Monday to investigate “suspicious activity”…a plastic bag, containing feces and toilet paper, was left on an unoccupied car.
No plates, a can of beer and a stolen car
When a St. Paul police officer pulled over a vehicle Sunday morning near Lawson Avenue West and Park St. North, the driver stepped out holding an open can of beer, according to a police report.
The driver, from St. Paul, didn’t have a Minnesota driver’s license, the report said. And, it turned out he didn’t own the car he was driving, either. It was stolen out of North Branch.
The alleged thief was booked into the Ramsey County Jail on car theft.
Police pulled over the vehicle after noticing its plates were missing, police said.
Dude, where’s my car?
A 19-year-old man took a car from Brother’s Auto Sales for a test spin Saturday — and didn’t come back with the wheels.
St. Paul police were called to the car dealer, 1161 University Ave. W., around 4:40 p.m. Saturday because the car hadn’t been returned after three hours.
Investigators found a vehicle that matched the description of the car and returned it Sunday evening, police said.
No arrests appeared to have been made.
Unsportsmanlike conduct?
St. Paul police were called to Humboldt Senior High School Friday night for a post-soccer game assault.
While shaking hands after the game, a member from the opposing team punched a Humboldt player, police said.
It’s unclear what prompted the punch, police said.
The victim wasn’t taken to a hospital, police said. There appeared to be no arrests.
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"Five For Friday" with Scott Helland of Frenchy and the Punk
Formed by Singer/Percussionist Samantha Stephenson and Guitarist/Drummer Scott Helland, Frenchy and the Punk are a cauldron of foot-stompin' bohemian cabaret folk, world, French chanson, punk energy, dash of vaudeville charm, steampunk flair and pixie spirit. The band will be on the road for much of 2016 in support of their latest album "Bonjour Batfrog". Scott shares some of his favorite songs in this weeks edition of "Five For Friday" but first check out the bands latest video for their song "Fe Fi Fo Fum".
Rodrigo y Gabriela- Hunuman
I only heard about these guys because someone sent me an email saying one of their songs sounded a lot like one of my instrumentals so I checked them out, plus I have a soft spot for duos. These two play rhythmic rock based flamenco, they obviously grew up on metal which is fine by me. I love the attack on this one. One thing I’ve always done since I stopped playing in punk bands with loud distorted guitars is to try recreate that power with just an acoustic guitar through writing, riffing and arrangement. This song has that as well, only with nylon string guitars. Beautiful playing on this
Michael Hedges - Torched
This is by the late great (mostly) acoustic guitar instrumentalist Michael Hedges, though he does sing here. He gets lumped into the New Age genre a lot, and I’m not sure that is entirely correct. I love the feel of this song, the acoustic and electric parts mesh amazingly well together. I love the low ’torched’ vocal refrain at the end of each chorus. He changed the way I thought about acoustic guitar. He just blew it wide open and shows there is so much more that can be done with the instrument than just strumming. What i took from that is to just develop your own style by doing what moves you and not trying to do what fits the normal perceived view of a instrument or style of music.
Amanda Palmer - Runs in the Family
I love how unrelenting this song is, she’s such a powerhouse. Punk with a piano, and a again I like the idea of creating that punk energy with an instrument that you don’t normally think of for heavier music. Of course a lot of it can be just attitude, but just hits me, and I like that.
Motorhead - The Chase is Better Than the Catch
Classic record, great sound, great songs. They were totally authentic. Motorhead bridged the gap between punk, metal and hard rock like no one else. They have so many classic songs, but I picked this one because it was the first Motorhead song I heard when I bought the record in 1980 and it blew my head off. I hadn’t heard anything like it back then. The sound of the guitar and bass are like an revving engine... which goes conceptually. Simply powerful, powerful simplicity. Groundbreaking literally (almost) and figuratively.
The Cure - Apart
Great layered guitars, bass and keys on this melancholy Cure song. The song kinda envelopes you like a warm blanket. That’s the power of it. Great to listen to if you’re depressed about a relationship and want to feel even more down. It’s about the company you keep. They have that ability to create this mood that is expansive and deep. The Cure are definitely a big influence when it comes to writing guitar melodies, where as bands I loved and grew up on like the Ramones, Motorhead and Siouxsie influenced me more in attitude and drive.
Posted by Custom Made Music at 8:27 AM
Labels: Alternative, Amanda Palmer, deep wound, dream pop, Frenchy and the Punk, Metal, Michael Hedges, Motorhead, noise, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Scott Helland, shoegaze, The Cure
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Catholic Young Adults Memphis
The Fish Fry List 2018
Friends, Lent is soon upon us and that means much fasting, prayer, almsgiving and FRIDAY FISH FRIES!!!! For the second year in a row, we have compiled a list of fish fries for you to enjoy this Lent. Why not make a new tradition with your friends – Catholic and non-Catholic – to make a fish fry tour this Lent? How about making sure to hit your local fish fry as a way to make new friends and give back to the parish? Without further ado, THE LIST:
6529 Stage Rd, Bartlett, TN 38134
Stations of the Cross begins at 5:30pm in the Chapel. The Knights of Columbus sponsor a Fish Fry on February 16 and 23; March 2, 9, 16 and 23, from 6-7 PM in the school cafeteria.
In advance: $8 Adults/$4 Kids (under 10)/Family Max—$30 (2 adults + kids)
AT THE DOOR PRICE: $9 Adults/$5 Kids (under 10)/Family Max—$30 (2 adults + kids)
St. Brigid Catholic Church
7801 Lowrance Road, Memphis, Tennessee 38125
5:30 PM to 6:45 PM dinners are sponsored by the Knights of Columbus on Fridays during Lent with the exception of Good Friday (which isn’t technically Lent). Stations of the Cross begins at 7:00 PM. Adoration is held immediately following the Stations of the Cross.
$8 for Adults, $3 for Children, no family pays more than $25.
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
8151 Chimney Rock Blvd, Cordova, TN 38016
LENTEN FISH DINNERS are sponsored by the Knights of Columbus on Fridays during Lent. Everyone is invited to the Parish Fish Fry Dinners from 5 -6:45 PM in the PLC, followed by Stations of the Cross in the Church.
Adults $10; Children 12 and under $6; Maximum $30 per family
Baked or Fried Tilapia
Rotating Weekly Specials are $4 extra: Shrimp Po-boy, Shrimp Scampi 2/pasta, or Gumbo
STATIONS OF THE CROSS in the church at 7pm, following the Fish Fry.
Holy Rosary Catholic Church
4851 Park Ave, Memphis, TN 38117
Fish Fry Every Friday during Lent. 5:30-7:30 PM, in the Cafeteria.
Adults $10; Children $5; Family $35
Fried Fish Hand Breaded in our Kitchen
Lemon Pepper or Cajun Baked Fish
Bowtie Seafood Alfredo
Homemade Perfectly Crispy Hushpuppies
Hand–cut Homemade French Fries
Fresh Baked Cookies.
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
1695 Central Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104
Immediately following the Stations, usually 5 – 6:30 PM on Friday, the Knights of Columbus Sponsor Dinner in Marian Hall.
$8.00 for adults; Children $5; max $30 per family.
Fried and Baked Catfish
Hushpuppies
Beer $3, Wine $4
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
1303 E. Reelfoot Ave, Union City, TN 38261
The first of three Knights of Columbus Fish fries will be February 23, March 9, Mar 23 from 5-7 PM.
Adults $9, children under 6 Free. Children ages 6-12, $5. Family of 5 or more $40.00.
Catholic Church of the Incarnation
360 Bray Station Rd, Collierville, TN 38017
The Knights of Columbus host a Fish Fry every Friday during Lent from 5 – 7PM. Stations of the Cross start at 7 PM.
$10.00 per Adult / $5 per Child / $45 Family
Beer Battered Fish
Southern Fried Fish
Baked Fis
Mac&Cheese
St. Louis Catholic Church
203 S White Station Rd, Memphis, TN 38117
The St. Louis Men’s Club will hold Lenten fish fries on Friday, February 23, March 2, and March 23, at 5:30 PM in the Dining Hall.
Adult catfish plate is $10; child’s catfish plate is $5; cheese pizza is $5.
Fried catfish
Desserts and cold beverages will be served.
Cheese pizza will be available for children.
Catholic Church of the Nativity
5955 St. Elmo Bartlett, TN 38135
Different ministries sponsor “Soup and Salad” meals for fellowship after the Stations of the Cross each Friday of Lent. Stations begin at 6:30 with the meal to follow at 7 PM. Occasionally, one of the groups may sponsor a fish fry, instead of soup and salad, but it is not every week.
St. Patrick Catholic Church
277 S 4th St, Memphis, TN 38126
Fish dinners are served Fridays in Lent, 3 – 6:30 PM in the Outreach Center.
Adults $8.00; Kids $5.00
Fried or Baked Fish
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church
8151 Poplar Ave, Germantown, TN 38138
The OLPH Men’s Club sponsors a weekly Lenten Fish Fry March 3, March 10, March 17, March 24, March 31 they begin serving at 5:00 – 8:00 PM.
$11.00/$5.00 for pizza.
All-You-Can-Eat (Fish) Meal with all the trimmings!
Fish prepared by Corky’s-Collierville on-site & served up hot!
All-You-Can-Eat Pizza Meal With Fries is also available.
Wine, Beer, and Soft Drinks are available.
St. William Catholic Church
4932 Easley St, Millington, TN 38053
Fish Fry Every Friday during Lent. 5:00-6:30 pm, in the Family Life Center
Adults $8; Children ages 6-12 $6; kids 5 and under are free
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See the Future of Caller ID – And How it can Stop Scam Robocallers
Robocalls are annoying — and constant.
Irvine-based YouMail estimates U.S. phones received about 147 million robocalls every day last month. San Francisco Bay Area phones rang about 81 million times in December — with a robocaller on the other end.
Many of those automated phone calls are scams. Last month, we told you about Lisa Hardy in Oakland. Her father sent $8,000 to scam callers.
“They hit him at his most vulnerable,” Hardy said.
We also introduced you to Max Atkinson in Santa Clara, who gave the bad guys $12,000 by phone.
“I fell for it, and regret it ever since,” Atkinson said.
Calling on Congress
Before we broadcast their stories, we shared them with Rep. Anna Eshoo, the Congressional representative for California’s 18th District, which includes much of Silicon Valley. The longtime Democratic Congresswoman says she’s not immune from the scourge of robocalls.
“I’m subjected to the harassment as well,” she said. “This has now gotten to a point where the harassment is really having an impact on people’s lives. I hear it wherever I go.”
Rep. Eshoo sits on the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee. She says Washington needs to focus on our nation’s outdated caller ID system.
We asked if, when her phone rings, whether she trusts the caller ID display.
“No, not anymore, I don’t,” she said. “Not unless there’s a name on the screen that I recognize.”
Caller ID is easily faked. Simple hacks let bad guys put whatever they want on your phone’s display, to fool you. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission says it’s working with phone companies on improvements we’ll see this year. But, Rep. Eshoo says if the FCC’s fix falls flat, she’ll push Congress to step in.
We asked if Rep. Eshoo believes the American public deserves to trust caller ID.
“I think if we restore it to what it was, then they will trust it,” she said. “This is something that people cannot do by themselves. That’s the yardstick that I use to measure, ‘Should the government be in this, or shouldn’t it?'”
The public likely won’t see complex back-end technology improvements that the FCC wants. What we likely will see is a caller ID “makeover.” During a recent trade show just outside the San Francisco International Airport, NBC Bay Area got an exclusive look at what form that new caller ID might take.
First Orion, an Arkansas security firm, is hard at work on that technology.
It’s called “Call Enhancement”. Here’s how it works: using back-end technology in partnership with mobile phone service providers, government agencies, and businesses, incoming calls from legitimate callers will display the caller’s name, an official logo, and a reason for the call. For example, a call from Walmart would show the familiar corporate image, and a brief message, such as: “We have some information about your order.”
First Orion Chief Operations Officer Craig Dunn says the company’s goal is caller ID that users can trust at a glance.
“There’s a lot of security around how that image shows up,” Dunn said.
Dunn said only official, legitimate, and verified parties get access, so you can once again trust your phone’s display.
“Now, you can make a choice: is that a call I want to take, or not?” Dunn said.
First Orion says it’s already working with several companies that might justifiably need to call you — banks, credit card issuers, airlines, retailers, and more. All this is being done ahead of the FCC’s proposed fix.
“The scammers aren’t waiting for legislation,” Dunn said.
We wondered: will the bad guys just hack “call enhancement” the same way they’ve corrupted existing caller ID? First Orion’s Dunn says there’s no guarantee, but he estimates a one-in-a-billion chance that the message on a call enhancement screen would be bogus.
“Right now, we feel like we’re ahead of the scammers,” Dunn said. “We’ve stayed ahead of them.”
First Orion says it’s ramping up first with T-Mobile. Subscribers might soon see caller enhancement in place of caller ID for some calls.
Where’s the New Standard?
Throughout the year in 2019, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai stated his goal for major U.S. wireless carriers to update caller ID to the new, more secure STIR/SHAKEN standard.
“I am optimistic that the major voice service providers will meet the end-of-2019 deadline for implementation I set for them,” Pai said in July. “That said, we stand ready to take regulatory action if this deadline is not met.”
It appears that action may be necessary. It’s now 2020, and it remains unclear when the tougher caller ID standards will be in place.
NBC Bay Area asked the four major wireless carriers for an update on their implementation of new caller ID.
AT&T told us:
“We are implementing SHAKEN/STIR in our network and expect to meet our 2019 commitments. In 2020, we will make even more progress, alongside our industry partners, to enable this important new consumer tool. Chairman Pai also has highlighted the FCC’s action this year [2019] to allow service providers to establish call-blocking services as a default setting for consumers. You can see our latest news on AT&T Call Protect here and here.”
Sprint, which is in the process of merging with T-Mobile, said:
“We are fully committed to deploying SHAKEN/STIR, and plan to implement and test cross-carrier interoperation this year. We believe deployment of these technologies will be an important step in Sprint and the industry’s continuing work to eradicate the plague of illegal and unwanted robocalls.”
T-Mobile told us:
“T-Mobile has been leading on implementing the FCC recommended STIR/SHAKEN standards. We were first to announce readiness in November 2018 and first in the wireless industry to implement STIR/SHAKEN on our own network in January 2019. T-Mobile was also first to implement cross-networks caller verification for customers with Comcast Xfinity Voice and then AT&T Wireless customers. T-Mobile customers with a compatible device get a notification in their Caller ID that a call is verified and are experiencing that benefit today at T-Mobile.”
Verizon did not immediately respond to our request for comment.
This post was originally posted at https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/consumer/see-the-future-of-caller-id-and-how-it-can-stop-scam-robocallers/2210148/.
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Bodmin Moor
The Lizard Peninsula
Roseland Peninsula
South East Cornwall
Cornish Riviera
Legends Of Arthur
Pirates, Smugglers
and Wreckers
Roseland Beaches
Carne Beach
and Nare Head
Dodman Point
Gerrans
Grampound
Lamorran Gardens
Lost Gardens Of Heligan
Melinsey Mill
Phileigh
Poppy Cottage
Portholland
Portmellon Cove
Portscatho
Portloe
Ruan Lanihorne
St. Anthony Head
in Roseland
St. Ewe
St. Just-in-Roseland
St. Mawes
St. Mawes Castle
Tregony
Trewithen Gardans
Zone Point
St. Mawe's
A number of small south facing beaches are revealed at low tide at the town of St. Mawes (pictured right) . A seasonal pleasure trip service and foot ferry operate between the historic town of Falmouth and St Mawes. There is a dog ban on the beaches that is in operation from April to September. More on St. Mawe's
Towan Beach
Situated near St Mawes, Towan Beach is a sand and shingle beach, with rock pools revealed at low tide. This beach should not be confused with Towan Beach, Newquay on the north coast. Towan Beach lies at the southern-most tip of Gerrans Bay near the beaches of Porthbeor and Portscatho that can be reached on foot via the South West Coast Path.
Pendower Beach
A large and popular south facing family beach of sand,which is operated by the National Trust. Rocks are revealed between Pendower and Carne at low tide. Excellent views over Gerrans Bay to Nare Head on the one side and Portscatho and beyond on the other. Car parking is available at the centre of the beach, where Pendower joins Carne. Refreshments may be had in the hotels at either end of the beach.
Also owned and operated by the National Trust, popular Carne Beach near Veryan is situated at the eastern end of a large sandy beach, which is about 1.5 mile long, between Nare Head and the village of Portscatho. The beach has low soft cliffs and rock pools which have been designated Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI's). The south facing, crescent shaped beach connects with Pendower Beach toward the western end which and becomes considerably rockier further to the west. At high tide only a small fringe of sand is accessible but as the tide recedes there is a large expanse of sand. There is no Lifeguard service. Dogs are allowed on the beach but must be kept on the lead between May and September. More on Carne Beach.
There are two small and secluded beaches of grey stones and sand and rocky outcrops backed by a granite sea wall to serve the two hamlets of East and West Portholland, when the tide is low the beaches are joined to form one stretch of sand. Portholland beach offers safe bathing and rock pools for children to explore. More on Portholland.
Portscatho is a very attractive fishing village in the Roseland Peninsula that has a beach. The beach is made up of mainly rock but there are some sandy patches sprinkled along its length. The beach runs up to Porthcurnick Beach to the North. Parking and toilet facilities are available and are near to the beach. There is a dog ban in effect from April to September. More on Portscatho
Vault Beach
Vault beach (pictured right) is a pretty sandy cove scattered with rocks near to Dodman Point. Secluded and rarely busy, the south east facing beach provides a long strip of sand and shingle with rocks at low tide. Access from parking via a 10 minute walk. There are no facilities at the beach. The nearby town of Gorran Haven offers shops, cafés and toilet facilities. The beach is used by naturists
Gorran Haven is an unspoilt coastal village at the heart of which is a cluster of fishermen's cottages, nestling around a secluded cove. There is a wide, attractive east facing beach of sand, Gorran Haven has easy access via a slight incline from the car park. Popular with families due to its safe bathing. The beach is sheltered from the prevailing west winds by Dodman Point and offers safe bathing. More on Gorran Haven.
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UNFORGETTABLE – Panic on the streets of London
Some patients suffer from panic attacks caused by painkillers; agoraphobia from crowds, the claustrophobic when trapped indoors and the list of all the possible things that cause a similar reaction is very long. Some of the panic attacks of a young Morrissey were caused by the pop-music of Duran Duran, Wham! and other new and emergent types of rap and r’n’b, all inspiring a “panic on the streets of London”, “overnight” as some say.
As the story goes the young admirer of Oscar Wilde with chrysanthemums in his pocket, fanatical about the New York Dolls, an admirer of Dusty Springfield and Sandie Shaw, a lover of correspondence and ardent hater of video clips used to promote artistic work (then at least) heard about the Chernobyl disaster during the news on Radio 1 and was horrified that the show’s host then chose to continue with “I ‘m Your Man” by Wham! (Wham – bam!) The third album from The Smiths (The Queen is Dead) had already been released and “Panic” came after that as a standalone single; Moz and the band’s protest about the mainstream discotheques of the time. The lyricism is in complete contrast to
the ‘plastic’ music of the 80s and its tidal wave within the music scene. Through “Panic” in 1986 the Smiths laid forth their musical manifesto for the Electric Circus generation, asking for the metaphorical hanging of the DJ and creating
music that has something worth saying. Of course, not for the first time were the band members “complaining” about something, yet also being blamed for it. The irony of The Smiths exudes from their menacing leader Steven Patrick Morrissey alone and it appears inevitable. Mr. Morrissey chose a commonplace name for his second ensemble (coming after The Nosebleeds) but was never trite, the vagaries of his gifts sometimes overshadowing the other band members.
Certainly when Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke and Mick Joyce met Morrissey in 1982 they did not believe that within 5 years they would have become a landmark of the scene in Manchester and also synonymous with the British music scene. Unfortunately not all stories have a “happy ending”, and by 1987 The Smiths had dissolved with each band member continuing on a different path. In an old interview, Moz stated that that as a place, Manchester would crush its own history without a second thought. As romantic as contradictory, as ironic as he may be irritable Mr. Morrissey could not be crushed; vegetarian? Yes, since the age of 11; homosexual? Nobody cares anymore. Racist? A number of people have attempted to level that accusation. The 50 year old has simply become an artist some love to hate and others just love to love! “That’s entertainment”…
ANDY ROURKE DUSTY SPRINGFIELD JOHNNY MARR MICK JOYCE MORRISSEY NEW YORK DOLLS PANIC SANDIE SHAW THE SMITHS
Saske – The new face of hip hop
LOU-The new kid of synth pop scene
Discover the underground queer parties of Athens
The girls of Void create amazing photobooks that will make you fall in love with photography!
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Endeavour Christmas 2019 Merchandise
Hello Trust supporters – have you considered Endeavour Merchandise for your Christmas presents?
All cards £3 for 10 (a selection of 4 types of cards. All cards contain lovely photos of Endeavour and some of her history on the rear).
Endeavour bag for life - £5
Mugs - £5
Leigh-on-Sea Tea Towel - £3
Endeavour engraved pens - £2
Endeavour keyrings – mixed photo - £2
Endeavour Colouring book (very limited availability now) £4.
Canvas prints –
(Small) 10cms square - £10
(Med) 20 cms square - £11
(Large) 20cms x 30 cms - £12
All the above will be delivered, with a smile, free of charge in the Leigh-on-Sea or the neighbouring area.
Postage is available – depending on delivery address - please contact Rob Everitt to order or to enquire further.
Prices correct at the time of posting, but please be aware that they may change after Christmas 2019 - ask Rob for details!
Labels: Fund Raising, Merchandise
Welcome to the Winter Newsletter
This edition contains a lengthy report on Endeavour's trip to Antwerp, the discovery of rot in her transom, AGM news and details of one of Endeavour's Dunkirk movie co-stars!
Please drop us a line if you have any comments, or visit us on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/EndeavourTrustLeigh/
It's a Long Way to Antwerp in a Cockle Boat - by Paul Gilson
Above: Endeavour in the procession up the Scheldt in Antwerp during the liberation celebrations. Photo credit: Oostende Voor Anker
Endeavour set another record when she went to Antwerp in Belgium to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the city's liberation from German occupation by Canadian forces. The voyage amounted to over 400 miles!
Endeavour and five other little ships also accepted the invitation to join in. The following is based on the Endeavour’s log book entries by her captain, Paul Gilson.
The plan was simple, gather at Ramsgate and cross to Nieuwpoort, Belgium. Well three of us did, Mimosa, Mary Scott and Endeavour. Tom Tit, Elvin and Hilfranor would be catching us up.
The Boat has Rot!
Endeavour will not be on view in Leigh for three months while she undergoes repairs to her decks and hull in St Osyth.
Rot was discovered during an inspection by shipwright, Brian Kennell, the man who rebuilt her in 2004. We had already decided to work on the deck to trace leaks. An initial view was that the caulking on the seams needed replacing, a job which would take time and labour.
Labels: Maintenance, News
The Leigh-on-Sea Endeavour Trust’s Annual General Meeting has much to discuss this year.
Endeavour will be going to Dunkirk with the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships, but, only once urgent repairs are completed.
Labels: AGM
Hollywood Star Falls On Hard Times
Above is a photograph of the Revlis, whom you might recognise as Moonstone, the boat Mark Rylance’s character takes across the Channel in Christopher Nolan’s 2017 film Dunkirk, in which Endeavour also had a role.
Welcome to our Summer Newsletter
This edition contains news of Endeavour's trips to take part in the D-Day commemorations in Portsmouth, her trip to Antwerp, and the announcement of the Summer Reception.
All this and a round up of other news, including the annual subscription reminder!
The Longest Day 2019
Photo: Mark Rutley (www.markrutleyphotography.co.uk)
160 miles in 22 hours!
In May Endeavour set a new record for a voyage traveling from Leigh to Portsmouth in just over 23 hours for the 160 mile trip to be part of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings commemoration.
We believe that the crew aboard for the epic journey were the oldest – so far! For the return trip the crew was Andy Wood, Paul Gilson and Chris Bailey, our three main skippers. For Chris it was his last aboard the boat.
Dunkirk Little Ships had been invited to escort veterans into the Solent on their way to Normandy. The boats were also the first non-naval vessels to moor in Portsmouth's brand new Historic Dockyard. With a series of events in the Solent up until June 6 it was clear more than one crew would be needed.
The Mayor Looks In
Southend Mayor, Councillor John Lamb, with his wife, Pat, the lady Mayoress dropped in on Endeavour's stall at the Leigh Community Event at Bonchurch Park on June 9th.
They are pictured with Paul Gilson and Andy Wood. The free event was organised by Leigh Town Council to promote community groups and local charities, more than 30 of which took part.
Regatta Time!
Endeavour will be on show at Leigh Regatta on Sunday, September 15 and members of the crew will be manning our stall on Bell Wharf as usual. This event, which was once organised by local scout groups is being sponsored by Leigh Lions Club.
The Regatta is one of the most popular events in the Old Town raising money for local charities and scout groups. Musically there will be performances by the Hoy Shantymen at Bell Wharf on board the boat as well as giving members the chance to look the boat over before she goes off to Maldon for repairs in October.
Labels: Events, News
Antwerp Through the Canals
At the time of writing Endeavour is on her way to Antwerp in Belgium along with a fleet of Dunkirk little ships. Paul Gilson was in command with Alan Bartram and new member Andrew Sales as crew.
The boat was heading for Ramsgate before sailing in convoy to Nieuwpoort.
The Winter Warmer
We shall be holding our annual dinner on Thursday November 21st at the Estuary Club, London Road, Leigh (map).
Endeavour will be undergoing repairs in Maldon over the winter to make her perfect for her return to Dunkirk next year so come and hear our plans for the future as we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the "great escape" from France.
The dinner is an opportunity to escape the winter gloom, stock up on Christmas cards and gifts and perhaps win something nice in our raffle. Tickets cost £25 per person and we shall be offering a three course meal. The Estuary Club has an excellent selection of wine and beers available.
A form for tickets and your orders can be downloaded here.
If you have a raffle prize you would like to donate please contact Finlay Marshall on 01702 712308.
Labels: Events, Fund Raising
Newsletter Online
Many Trust members use computers in their daily lives and we want to access them with the Newsletter.
Chris Burls, our Membership Secretary has been trying to get email addresses for as many people as possible. Emailing the newsletter saves on printing and postage costs; the more members getting their copy that way means we can use the money saved to pay for repairs.
You can email Chris your details by clicking here.
Labels: Membership
Members Cruise
Back in June Endeavour sailed with members and three young artists having their first trip. As well as the crew of Paul, John Cotteridge and Danny Westlake we had 10 folks on board for the trip.
Among those having their first experience on Endeavour were three pupils from Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School, Elizabeth Greer, Helayna Stimpson-Cook and Layla Sato-Cubbon. The girls came top in a drawing competition following a talk at the school by Finlay Marshall.
The cruise took the party along the foreshore, up the pier, then over to Kent and back to Bell Wharf.
The weather was kind with a calm sea although a few splashes got aboard.
September Means Subscriptions
We have a new Treasurer in Rob Everitt who, like all treasurers, wants money. As the sailing season draws to a close it is also time to renew subscriptions.
Many of you pay annually via Standing Order. May we remind you that fees increased but some have not altered their SO to take them into account. Please amend them appropriately. Thank you!
The annual costs are:
Individual - £17.50
Family - £25
Senior Citizen & Under 18s - £12.50
Life membership - £175
If you are not currently a member but would like to join, please download the membership form here and return it to us!
Endeavour at Rest
Photograph by Martin Heyhurst
Chris Bailey RIP
We are shocked and saddened to have to report the unexpected death of the Endeavour Trust's treasurer, Chris Bailey, seen below just weeks ago steering Endeavour home from the D-Day commemorations in Portsmouth. A great friend to the Trust, an able seaman and liked and respected by everyone he met, Chris's passing will leave a gaping hole in the lives of all that knew him. Today, Endeavour's flag is at half mast as a mark of respect.
UPDATED: Details for Chris's memorial service are below.
Labels: In Memorium
Members' Cruises
Members have been asking whether they can experience Endeavour on the water so, this summer, the Trust plans to run a small number of ‘Members' Cruises’.
The first (weather permitting, of course) will be on Saturday June 15th, and the second will be on June 29th or 30th (tbc). We hope to arrange a couple more trips later in the summer, depending how these first two go!
The idea is to give members an “Endeavour Experience”. You’ll be sitting safely in the hold, and we anticipate being able to run two short cruises on June 15th - one before lunch and one after - of approximately an hour each. We’ll run out from Leigh and back again.
In the first instance, members interested in a place, should drop an email to Rob Everitt and we will respond promptly - maximum two places per member. Places will be assigned on a ‘first-come, first-served’ basis, and are limited in number, and only available to members, so please indicate your interest ASAP!
Welcome to our Late Spring Newsletter
This edition contains news of Endeavour's return to the water, the emergence of old footage of Endeavour in the 1970 trawler races, a report on her sister ship Letitia, and the announcement of the Summer Reception.
Ready for Sea Again!
Endeavour returned to her mooring in time to make the trip to Portsmouth for the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings. Her stay in Thames Marina involved quite a bit of work. First of all, inspection of the engine including starter motor and injectors being serviced was carried out by Andy Wood and marine engineer Neil Roulston from Maidstone, Kent who kindly donated his time and labour for which we owe thanks.
Peter Goes Trawler Racing
Back in 1970, when Peter Wexham and Dave Spurgeon owned Endeavour, they entered the local trawler race competing against boats from as far away as Rye to the south and Harwich from the north as well as other ports in between.
Various members of the Management Committee have been busy giving talks to clubs and schools around the borough. The Trust has an obligation to explain Endeavour's place in history.
Our treasurer, Chris Bailey, has spoken to Rotary Club members and Finlay Marshall has been to two primary schools this year and we hope to visit others during the year. Students at Our Lady of Lourdes were doing an art project and the top three will sail aboard Endeavour during the summer.
Labels: Educational Programme, News
Community Day in Bonchurch Park
The Trust will be taking part in Community Day at Bonchurch Park on Saturday, June 9th. The free event is organised by Leigh Town Council to promote community groups and local charities.
There will be over 30 stalls apart from us including, Leigh Lions, Royal British Legion, the RNLI and Essex County Fire and Rescue Services. To entertain the crowd will be Broadway Belles, Talking Tots, Leigh Starlite Majorettes, Leigh on Sea Theatre train and the Feel Good Choir.
The fun starts at 1pm until 4pm. The Endeavour gazebo will be on site containing our latest merchandise and invitations to join the Trust and take part in preserving an important part of the town's history.
Labels: Events, Fund Raising, News
A Proud Leigh Man
An early supporter of Endeavour when she returned to Leigh was David Johnson who had the task of auditing our accounts each year. He died in April.
David grew up in the Old Town when his father took over the former Sutton and Wiggins boatyard. They had moved to Wakering where it is now Sutton's Boatyard. In Leigh, Johnson Sons and Jago was formed with Len Johnson working the yard after Mr Jago was drowned. David learned about boats and took a particular interest in engineering.
Labels: In Memorium, News
Down by the Riverside - Summer Reception Announced
Endeavour will be on show in the Old Town when our summer reception is being held at Osborne's Cockle Shed on Thursday, June 27th when members and friends get together to hear the latest on our cruise to the Solent.
The Hoy Shantymen will be on hand to entertain us while we enjoy fish and chips, beer from the Leigh Brewery and ice cream. Needless to say we shall be holding a raffle during the evening. If anyone is able to donate prizes for the raffle, please contact Chris Bailey or Finlay Marshall.
As mentioned elsewhere we need to have a lot of work done on the boat next winter and your participation in the evening helps defray costs.
A booking form is downloadable from here.
Tickets for this year's event are £16 per person.
Letitia Comes Back to Home Waters
After some years in Lowestoft, the only other Leigh Dunkirk boat is heading to Rochester having been bought by Donald and Linda Spence. The couple, who have been crewing aboard other ADLS boats for some time brought her to St Katherine's Dock, London to join others in the fleet.
Through a Fog Darkly
Going to sea in fog is not the ideal way to earn a living, but in post-war Britain times were tough. Rationing was still in force until the '50s, wages were low and Endeavour and the rest of Leigh's boats had to go to sea. Joe Deal was skipper then and his crew included the late George Cocks whose reminiscences we have touched on in the past, and who wrote the following account: ‘One morning it was very cold, dark and foggy when Bill and I went down to the boat. Other fishermen were moaning about the horrible weather with quite few wanting to go back home. Dawn was trying to cut through the fog and I said to Bill, "Are we going out?" He replied, "We shall go when the trees come clear on Two Tree Island.”’
Dunkirk Memorial Service at St Clements
St Clements Church is holding a memorial service to remember and commemorate the fisherman of Leigh who went to Dunkirk on June 1st 1940 to help rescue the British forces trapped there.
Prayers will be said for the crew of Renown, Frank Osborne, Harry Osborne, Harry Noakes and Harold Graham Porter who gave their lives in the service of their countrymen.
The simple service will be a mixture of remembrance, music, readings and prayer, including two minutes silence and a recitation of The Losing of the Renown.
A chance to remember, with thanks, the role of Leigh in the history of this nation.
Labels: Events, In Memorium
Welcome to our Spring Newsletter
This edition contains news of a number of high profile trips for Endeavour, a request for your email addresses, a report on our annual dinner, sad news of the death of supporter Alfred Smith and some memories of fishing in Southend in the 1940s.
Historic Voyages Home and Abroad
"This could be Endeavour's busiest year and the most ambitious," Paul Gilson told members of the management committee at their January meeting as he outlined plans to take the boat where she has never been before.
In June of this year it will be the 75th anniversary of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of France which led to the end of World War II. The Dunkirk Little Ships have been invited to be escort two ships in the Solent as they leave Portsmouth for Normandy.
Later this year the boats have been asked to be part of the Belgian port of Antwerp's events to remember the town's liberation. Antwerp had been by-passed by the Allies as they pushed the German army back to the Rhine. It took until September 1944 to liberate the citizens.
Endeavour hopes to take part in both events which will be exciting first voyages for boat and crew. Paul explained: "These trips will take some organisation. They are long voyages involving sailing in waters we are not familiar with. We may have to split crews in order for everyone who wants to take part to be part of historic events."
Provisionally, the plan is for Endeavour to rendezvous with the ADLS boats at Ramsgate on May 27th. The fleet would then sail in convoy to either Eastbourne or Brighton and thence to Portsmouth with the chance to visit Itchenor, Beaulieu River and historic Buckler's Hard.
The boats will moor in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in Navy facilities with the chance to visit HMS Victory and the Mary Rose Museum. Crews and skippers will attend a reception aboard Victory on Saturday 2nd June. On June 2nd the boats will escort a commercial ferry with D-Day veterans heading to France leaving them at Nab Tower. The ADLS boats will then head to Cowes where they will sail past the Royal Yacht Squadron before mooring in their harbour. Ships will host RYS members aboard their boats.
The following day they will be guests of the RYS at a lunch and the next day will depart for home.
The Antwerp trip departs from Ramsgate on September 1 for Nieuport, Belgium and the next day will head through the canals to the beautiful city of Bruges. Boats will then proceed to Ghent and by September 5th or 6th will moor in Antwerp's Willemdock. On September 7th the boats will join a parade on the River Scheldt. It is possible the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will take part.
Thames Trips
Slightly less arduous are the now regular trips up the Thames for the Knights of Windsor picnic (see photo right, taken at last year's event) held in the Queen's backyard and the annual Veterans' Cruise to Thames Motor Yacht Club on Sept 14-15th.
The dates for the Windsor trip are yet to be confirmed but last year Endeavour's voyage was eventful in the searing heat. But, it is a real privilege to meet the knights and their families and the sight of a cockle boat that far upriver occasions ribald comments from walkers on shore.
Skipper Gilson sometimes likes to leave for this trip in the middle of the night in order to make Staines and our hotel! The return trip also involves lack of sleep but seeing London at dawn is an experience.
The voyage to Hampton Court is equally fun. On the 14th the little ships embark veterans of modern conflicts from Malaya to Cyprus, Korea, the Falklands and Northern Ireland. On the Sunday, surviving World War II servicemen and women come aboard.
Our treasurer, Chris Bailey is arranging for Bank of England Sailing Club members to take the boat under sail to Whitstable and back during the summer. These former colleagues of Chris are younger and fitter than Endeavour's crew and more used to handling sails. This trip will be on a Ray Day with the boat departing in the morning and returning in the evening.
There will be room for a few members to join them. If you would be interested in joining any of the cruises, be advised, we can only let two people sleep aboard. This means we either book into B 'n' Bs or hotels. Sometimes there is room on the posh boats to put up crew. This usually involves buying lots of wine, beer or dinner...
If you think you can stand it, call Membership Secretary Chris Burls on 01702 553274 or email him.
A Cry for Help
Please help us contact you more easily! Membership Secretary Chris Burls is keen to record members' emails and phone numbers in the Trust's secure database.
This will allow communication with members to be made more immediately and economically. Newsletters will still be sent out by surface mail, unless electronic receipt is specifically requested. Members with email are therefore requested to send their contact details, if not already held. Members without email will be contacted as before.
Labels: Membership, News
Our Friend Alfred
Dunkirk veteran Alfred Smith who had been an honoured guest at Endeavour functions died aged 99 last November. The Shoebury-based old soldier's face could be seen on billboards and buses throughout the town as part of a Remembrance campaign. He also appeared on Countryfile standing
alongside Endeavour.
He was a guest at the premiere of Christopher Nolan's film, Dunkirk where he met actor Mark
Rylance, and told the star his experiences. He also met Prince Harry at Kensington Palace ahead of the premiere where he was cheered as he marched down the red carpet.
As well as being rescued from Dunkirk in 1940 Alfred also took part in the Normandy landings
in 1944. He served with the Royal Army Service Corps. At Dunkirk he spent two days on the beach without food or water. His unit was constantly shelled and bombed. He was one of only 31 survivors out of 107 men.
Alfred waded into the Channel and managed to reach a paddle steamer. Once aboard he collapsed from hunger and only woke when the ship docked in Harwich. He went on to take part in the Normandy landings in 1944. In 2015 the French government award him the Legion of Honour, the country's top accolade for those who served with valour.
After the war Alfred was a driving instructor and a top ballroom dancer who appeared on TV.
Alfred was an honoured guest at Endeavour functions and with the late David Wightman enjoyed a trip aboard the boat.
A Successful Dinner
Local author Dick Durham proved a hit at our annual dinner held the Chalkwell Park Rooms. His
theme was based around the Forts and creeks of the Thames, all places he has sailed around for over 50 years.
Dick has sailed as mate for the legendary bargee, Bob Roberts, aboard Cambria. Dick was aboard when Cambria delivered her last cargo into Felixstowe. Since those days he has owned a series of boats, and made epic voyages.
He spent more than 20 years as a reporter on the red-tops and recalls a career that was often exciting and sometimes surreal. He covered the Seoul Olympics, the first Gulf War, and the King's Cross fire as well as royal stories. He covered crime including the Rettendon Murders.
When he started in Fleet Street he was earning as much as a judge, after he was made redundant he was offered a job as a care assistant, although only if he was prepared to get some training. Instead, he got a job with Yachting Monthly, of which he is now Editor at Large. He also wrote a series of books and last February published a thriller, A Tide for Drowning.
Currently he owns Betty II, a pretty yacht built in 1921 in Leigh by Cole and Wiggins which is also the firm who built Endeavour. Betty II was one of the boats surveying rivers and estuaries for the
invaluable sailors' guide, East Coast Rivers.
Memories from the 1940s
The Trust's Facebook page produces some interesting reactions from followers.
One, Julian Wilson, sent us the picture above of Valerie, a 48ft bawley alongside No 1 jetty opposite the Hope Hotel in Southend just after World War 11. His family owned four bawleys moored east
of the pier and also had two pleasure boats on the Marine Parade pitches. These were New Prince of Wales 1 and New Princess Maud and Mr Wilson recalls Endeavour in Leigh Creek. I remember her just after the war when Dad had reason to come up to our boats on winter lay-ups in the mud berths beyond Johnson and Jago's yard.” He also remembered weekends afloat with 3rd Chalkwell Bay Sea Scouts.
After the war Valerie was fitted out for spratting. Mr Wilson remembers secondhand gear coming from Maldon to re-rig her sails and take part in the first post war Fishermen's Regatta. LO 180 was the company apprentice’s boat. The Ministry and Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Transport gave grants to owners who took on apprentices to train as seamen. Mr Wilson was aboard and trained by Sidney Cotgrove who was lured from semi-retirement for the job and the boss's son duly became skipper. At one time Valerie held the record for the highest tonnage of sprats caught in a weekend trip.
Mr Wilson's father and his partner Albert Brand had bought a LCT - a Landing Craft (Tank) vessel - which they used as a mothership for the firm's four bawleys and smacks. Mr Wilson said: “We’d shoot our nets, recover them when the cod-end came to the surface, call up the LCT on the e-army sets Dad had fitted on the boats.
The LCT would come alongside and we'd swing the cod-end across into her tank deck, release the haul there before going back to shoot the trawl again.” When fishing stopped the LCT went up river to Billingsgate Fish Market where Mr Wilson senior had pre-sold the fish. Later the boats went white weeding which was big earner for boats when fish were scarce.
Sadly Valerie became 'nail sick' and needed complete re-caulking. Repairs carried out during the war had been hastily carried out using available material. Local competition was tough and contracts
from canneries were running out and sprats had stopped shoaling off the Estuary. Valerie was sold to Norfolk for conversion to a yacht. It is not known if she survives.
Mr Wilson has also written a downloadable document about the experiences of the Southend fishing boats that went to Dunkirk, including Endeavour.
Contact website@endeavourtrust.co.uk and we’ll pass your request on.
Endeavour Comes Ashore
Endeavour has left the water in order to undertake the annual checks and maintenance on her hull. You can see her in the cradle that lifts her from the water, then at rest on the hard.
Labels: Fund Raising
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"What's the score? WE'RE.... LOSING!!!!!! YOU AND ME - LOSERS!!!!!!!!
Poor Icarus! He has....... issues..... He's the legendary boy with the wax wings who flew too close to the sun, permanently frying his hair ....and his brains. Well, that's the official story, anyway, but it's not the only reason for his, er....... distinctive... personality.
His father is Daedalus, the famous crackpot inventor described as having the "most unique mind in all of Greece." His parents are divorced ........and he's a latchkey kid with apparently WAY too much free time on his hands. He 's insanely in love with Cassandra, who, at least on the surface, does not appear to return his feelings {they gotta kind of mongoose/cobra thing going} and the six or seven thousand concussions he's gotten from crashing can't have helped matters much. He's a cheerfully obnoxious, undergrown runty little guy, a natural target for bullies like Adonis to push around, and the most unpopular kid in school. Even his teachers can't stand him.
But for all his problems, Icarus remains amazingly philosophical. He's the court jester of the trio, the wise little fool who generally comes up with the truest - and funniest - remarks, remarks that go over most people's heads. {"Maturity.....perhaps the greatest Foe.. of all".....} Except, of course, for Hercules, {and maybe Cassandra! }who are the only two people at Pro Ac that recognize what a decent true loyal friend Icarus is, and how kind a heart he has. Which is good .....cause "Ickie" comes up with some of the craziest ideas in the series. He's ready for any adventure, no matter what - he's a risk taker, a thrill junkie {you just know he runs with scissors}, and he rarely takes the time to think things through. Again and again Herc comes to his rescue, whether it's saving him from monsters or his own chariot -crash personality. Ick, in turn, idolizes his best pal and sticks by him through thick and thin. And, despite the fact that his creators insist his advice generally comes in two flavors, "Wrong" and "Dangerously Wrong," he nevertheless often helps save the day - even if it's in a lefthanded, backdoor accidental kind of manner.............
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Click here to read Icky's Story Poem Let's Fly To The Sun
French Stewart, on being Icarus:
"I'm not the most subtle actor on the planet. And these voiceover sessions are like offering me license to kill. Once I get started, I try and tone things down a little bit, but I always end up blowing the top of my head off. I feel sorry for the sound engineers - I can see them pulling on their headphones when I go off the charts."
Icarus and Cassandra Fan Art Gallery
Milton French Stewart IV.....a name, he says, guaranteed to get you beat up on any playground in North America- was born on Feb 20, 1964 in Albequerque New Mexico. He graduated highschool and went on to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts after which he toured extensively winning glowing reviews and awards with the American Shakespeare Company. He got his SAG card by wearing a Yogi Bear costume at a traveling carnival {was fired for constantly pulling the head off and scaring the kiddies} and turned down a scholarship to clown college {"Their football team sucked"} His first big TV break was as an obnoxious disc jockey on The New WKRP in Cincinatti {Gee, that must have been a stretch} and he went on to land guest shots on News Radio, Just Shoot Me, Mad TV, Charmed, and Seinfeld. His movie credits include Mchale's Navy, Love Stinks, Murder at the Cannes Film Festival, Star Gate {and, for kids} Magic Island and Cinder Elmo-a Sesame Street version of Cinderella that I personally sat through 3 times just to see him...... French, you owe me. Of course Mr. Stewart is best known for playing the role of Harry Solomon, the gently befuddled alien on NBC's Third Rock From the Sun for 5 years and he was the good/bad guy in Clockstoppers, playing a weirdly incompetant inventor with a penchant for getting into trouble. He starred as the famously well meaning but dangerous detective in Disney's Inspector Gadget 2 for which they even had toys at McDonald's { Hey!!! he's an action figure!!!!!}
French does frequent voiceover work on TV and animation and in addition to providing the personality of the irrepressibly adorable Icarus he starred as "Bob" in the disasterously ill- fated, short run {but very clever} NBC cartoon series Bob the Devil and God. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and adopted step-son. Keep an eye out for his new comedy sitcom "Misconceptions" starring Herc's own Athena, Jane Leeves.
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ICANN advised against director salaries
Kevin Murphy, April 22, 2011, Domain Policy
ICANN’s legal staff advised its board of directors against rushing to grant themselves a pay packet, according to documents released today.
At its San Francisco meeting last month, ICANN’s board voted to adopt a package of 27 measures designed to improve the organization’s accountability and transparency.
One of the recommendations, provided by the Accountability and Transparency Review Team in December, asked the board to quickly implement a “compensation scheme” for ICANN’s voting directors.
Other than salaried president Rod Beckstrom, currently only the chairman, Peter Dengate Thrush, is paid for his work on the board.
But briefing documents provided to the board prior to the San Francisco vote, published today (pdf and pdf), reveal that ICANN staff recommended adopting only 26 of the 27 ATRT recommendation.
The original ATRT recommendation #5 reads:
The Board should expeditiously implement the compensation scheme for voting Directors as recommended by the Boston Consulting Group adjusted as necessary to address international payment issues, if any.
And the ICANN staff recommendation to the board reads:
Staff recommends that the Board not implement ATRT Recommendation #5 – a compensation scheme for voting Board Directors – at this time, but give adoption and implementation further consideration as detailed in the staff’s proposed implementation plan
Regardless, the board voted to adopt all 27 ATRT recommendations in San Francisco, including the board compensation plan idea. This was broadly welcomed by the community.
The precise reasoning behind the staff’s recommendation is not clear – the rationale has been redacted from the briefing documents – but director Bruce Tonkin gave a hint during remarks at the open board meeting in San Francisco, saying:
There are legal requirements for how a board could pass a motion to decide to compensate board members, which is one of the recommendations, and then there are obviously budget implications of doing that.
So just the legal steps that need to be followed will take a bit of time. Not years, but will take some months.
The ATRT report was fairly comprehensive, covering everything from how ICANN selects its board to how it interacts with its Governmental Advisory Committee, to what information it publishes on its web site.
The report also gave ICANN deadlines to hit on many recommendations, many of them June 2011.
But it appears from the just-published briefing documents that ICANN intends to miss those deadlines in several cases, due to the complexity of the work involved, by a few months to as much as a year or more.
In other, simpler, cases, ICANN has already met the recommendations. Many of ICANN’s policy-making processes are still due to get a shake-up, but some changes will take longer than expected.
New TLDs have a timetable again
Kevin Murphy, March 20, 2011, Domain Registries
ICANN has approved a timeline for the introduction of new top-level domains again. Barring surprises, it looks like this could be the final one.
These are the key dates in the timetable passed by the ICANN board of directors at its meeting here in San Francisco on Friday:
March 25 – Governmental Advisory Committee feedback on the San Francisco consultation due to be provided to ICANN for consideration.
April 15 – ICANN will publish the relevant edited extracts of the final Applicant Guidebook for 30 days of public comment.
May 20 – ICANN’s final consultation with the GAC. This will be held via teleconference and it’s not clear yet if observers will be allowed on the call.
May 30 – ICANN publishes the final Applicant Guidebook.
June 20 – The ICANN board of directors will meet on the first day of the Singapore public meeting to (presumably) approve the Guidebook.
June 22 – Large quantities of free alcohol consumed at the Singapore meeting’s Gala event.
This timetable seems to give plenty of time for the Guidebook’s remaining kinks to be worked out, and there seems to be considerable resolve in ICANN’s leadership to get this thing put to bed by Singapore, which will be Peter Dengate Thrush’s last as ICANN chair.
There are still a couple of questions remaining, however. It’s not yet clear when the first-round application window will open and therefore when the first new TLDs will be available.
ICANN has always said that the 60 to 90-day window would open after ICANN has concluded four months of marketing and global outreach – it wants to be certain that nobody can complain that they lost their brand because didn’t know the new gTLD program existed.
It’s been stated that the plan was to kick the outreach program off shortly after the Guidebook is approved, but there was some speculation in the halls at the San Francisco meeting last week suggesting that it could actually coincide with its publication.
If that happens, that would knock just a few weeks off the wait before applications open, so it’s nothing to get particularly excited about.
It seems we’re looking at the application window opening in early November at the latest, which suggests to me ICANN may opt for a 90-day window, in order to avoid having the deadline for applying falling during or just after the holiday period.
With the least-controversial applications expected to take at least eight months to process, we’re looking at October 2012 before the first new TLDs are delegated to the root.
With sunrise periods, landrush periods, marketing and so on, I doubt any new TLDs will be generally available before the first quarter of 2013. Single-user “.brands” could go into use sooner.
And of course, if somebody takes ICANN to court and successfully enjoins it, this may all wind up looking woefully optimistic.
.xxx domains could arrive by June
ICANN’s board of directors today approved the .xxx top-level domain, over the objections of governments and pornographers.
The vote was 9 to 3 in favor, with three directors recusing themselves due to conflicts of interest and the CEO abstaining (pretty typical for votes on .xxx over the years, I think it’s a liability thing).
Assuming the US government, which controls the DNS, doesn’t try the nuclear option of overruling ICANN, .xxx could make it into the root about 10 days from now.
Now expect ICM Registry to ramp up the marketing quite quickly – it’s aiming to launch the first of its three sunrise periods in mid-June, just three months from now.
We’re looking at a landrush certainly before the end of the year.
While ICM, in a press release today, said .xxx domains “will only be available to the adult entertainment industry”, the industry is self-defining, and president Stuart Lawley has previously stated that flipping porn domain names counts as an industry service.
Domain investors are welcome, if not necessarily encouraged, in other words.
I hear ICM has already reached out to registrars, giving them a mid-April deadline to apply to be evaluated.
The TLD launching on schedule will of course also depend on whether any legal action is taken to stop it. Diane Duke, executive director of the Free Speech Coalition, a porn trade group, said at a press conference yesterday that the FSC is thinking about suing.
She also said that it may arrange some kind of boycott, which strikes me as a terrible idea – how many pornographers will refuse to defensively register their .xxx domains out of principle? Very few, I suspect.
The FSC said last week that it was also looking into a Reconsideration Request or an Independent Review Panel procedure, which are the only two real avenues of appeal through ICANN.
An IRP could be more expensive than a lawsuit, and if precedent is any guide even a successful Reconsideration would be moot – it would take at least a month, by which time ICM’s registry contract would be long since signed.
It seems likely that ICM’s long, strange, expensive journey into the DNS may finally be at an end.
ICANN staff grilled over new TLDs
ICANN’s San Francisco meeting kicked off this morning with staff members responsible for the new top-level domains program answering – and trying to answer – stakeholder questions.
The short version: it’s still not clear what the end result of San Francisco will be when it comes to new TLDs.
The big deal this week is ICANN’s ongoing consultation with its Governmental Advisory Committee, which remains the biggest hurdle before ICANN can approve the program.
GNSO stakeholders wanted to know the current state of play with this consultation, and how close ICANN is to wrapping up policy development and launching the new TLD program.
A key question is whether the two days of talks the board has scheduled for this week count as the final GAC consultation called for in ICANN’s bylaws.
If they are, the board and the GAC could wrap up their negotiations before the board meets on Friday, and the program is one step closer to approval. ICANN wants this.
If they’re not, we could be looking at further GAC talks stretching on into the weeks or months between now and the Singapore meeting in June. The GAC seems to want this.
ICANN senior vice president Kurt Pritz said that the board and GAC met for one hour yesterday, but that they still have not agreed on the “bylaws” designation.
He said that the board “has a sense of urgency” about approving the program as soon as possible, and that the GAC is newly “energized”.
Staff were asked, by VeriSign’s Chuck Gomes and Minds + Machines’ Antony Van Couvering, whether such a consultation is needed at all.
After all, as has been discussed in articles on CircleID and .nxt recently, there’s no mention in the ICANN bylaws of a “consultation” per se.
Deputy general counsel Dan Halloran said that this is an area still open for discussion, but indicated that reaching common ground on the substantive issues is currently the priority.
There seems to be a feeling that the current talks represent not only a necessary step in approving new TLDs, but also a landmark piece of cooperation in the sphere of internet governance.
On the substantive issues, ICANN has currently marked each of the 80 points the GAC has made with the designation 1a, 1b or 2, depending on whether agreement has been reached, only reached in principle, or has not been reached at all.
The focus this week is going to be on the 23 “2s”. These are the issues, Pritz said, where ICANN has determined that to agree with the GAC would run contrary to the GNSO’s consensus positions.
Philip Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association, which represents domain investors, wanted to know whether “1a” topics are currently locked – the ICA is unhappy with a 1a concession ICANN has made regarding the Uniform Rapid Suspension policy.
The answer from staff was basically yes — a 1a is where ICANN’s board and staff think “we’re done”, Pritz said.
The plan for the rest of the week is to hold open discussions on the new TLD process on Monday and Wednesday, with corresponding bilateral GAC-board sessions on Tuesday and Thursday.
Stakeholder groups have been invited to make statements before and to inform these sessions.
Slim pickings in the ICANN 40 schwag bag
Kevin Murphy, March 13, 2011, Gossip
Perhaps I checked in too early, before all the sponsors have showed up, but the schwag bag for the ICANN San Francisco meeting seems to offer surprisingly slim pickings.
Here’s what you can expect to clutter up your luggage if you’re in attendance at ICANN 40.
Baseball-style executive stress squeezy toy (VeriSign, .net)
Black polo shirt (IronDNS)
M&Ms-style candy (NameMedia)
Coffee mug (RegistryPro, .pro)
Badge/button (.green)
Mini beer-flagon-style shot glass thing (United Domains, newdomains.org)
Pack of tissues (.SO Registry, .so)
Post-it notes (VeriSign, .net)
Given the high sponsorship fees and the anticipated turn-out of 1,600 to 2,000 delegates, I was expecting much more. Perhaps some gold-plated breath mints or Armani cufflinks.
Still, nice to see .SO Registry pushing the boat out there. Tissues are always useful, but I was expecting at least a branded eye-patch.
I shall re-register under a fake name in a day or two to see if the quality of the schwag improves.
ICANN to skip stakeholders for more GAC talks
Kevin Murphy, March 11, 2011, Domain Policy
ICANN stakeholder groups will miss out on their usual formal sit-down with the board of directors at the San Francisco meeting next week, due to talks between the board and governments.
ICANN has confirmed the touted second day of Governmental Advisory Committee consultations, centering on new top-level domains and .xxx, for next Tuesday.
Tuesdays at ICANN meetings are informally referred to as Constituency Day, where the various interest groups that make up the “bottom” of ICANN’s policy-making process meet up.
Usually, the board moves between these meetings, gathering feedback on policy issues from stakeholders such as registrars, registries, ISPs, IP owners and non-commercial users.
According to some attendees, that won’t happen in San Francisco.
ICANN staff will still attend the constituency sessions, but the GAC consultation will take up the board’s undivided attention.
It make perfect sense, of course. There are only so many hours in the day, only so many days in the week, and ICANN is eager to put work on the new TLD program to bed as soon as possible.
But that logic is unlikely to prevent grumblings from some stakeholders.
ICANN takes firm stance on new TLD delays
Kevin Murphy, March 6, 2011, Domain Registries
ICANN wants to draw a line under its talks with its Governmental Advisory Committee on new top-level domains at the San Francisco meeting next week.
In a letter to his GAC counterpart (pdf), ICANN chair Peter Dengate Thrush said that he thinks the San Francisco talks should be “final”.
He said that ICANN has agreed to compromise with the GAC wholly or partially on all but 23 of its 80 recommendations for the program.
He also said that these remaining issues should be the focus of the two days the board has set aside to consult with the GAC in San Francisco.
a narrowed focus in San Francisco on the issues that are still in contention would be a best use of the Board and GAC’s time during the two days of consultations, and should represent the final stages in our required consultation.
That appears to contrast with the GAC’s position, expressed in Brussels last week, that the SF talks should not be given the final “bylaws consultation” designation.
Nobody, possibly not even ICANN and the GAC, knows what a “bylaws consultation” consists of, but everybody knows that it is the last thing that needs to happen before the ICANN board can adopt a policy that overrules the formal advice of governments.
ICANN has already officially resolved that the consultation should happen March 17, but GAC chair Heather Dryden objected to that date in an email sent during Brussels.
According to Kieren McCarthy, who has apparently seen the email or parts of it, Dryden wrote:
We believe there is now insufficient time to receive a final written response to our advice from the Board – as well as then analyse and prepare an adequate consensus response from GAC members – to reach resolution of enough outstanding issues such that we could reasonably enter any meaningful bylaws consultation on 17 March in San Francisco.
To delay the consultation would very likely delay the next draft of the Applicant Guidebook, currently set for April 14, and thus the launch of the program itself.
It was not clear from Brussels, but ICANN’s position that March 17 is the date now appears to be firm. The just-published agenda for the March 18 board meeting carries this line item:
Outcome of Bylaw Consultation with the GAC on the new gTLD Program
Things that have not happened generally do not have an “outcome”.
Cybersquatting is the major issue still unresolved. Fifteen of the the 23 areas where the board still disagrees with the GAC deal with trademark protection in new TLDs.
ICANN has agreed to balance the Uniform Rapid Suspension policy – which comes into play following clear-cut cases of cybersquatting – somewhat more in favor of trademark holders.
The amount of money, time and effort required to make a URS case will be reduced, and it’s likely that registrants will have their domains locked by default if they do not respond to the complaint.
Complainants will also get first right of refusal to take over a domain whose registration has been suspended due to a URS proceeding.
But ICANN plans to deny the GAC’s requests for a “loser pays” model and a number of other URS-related tweaks.
The GAC had also advised that the Trademark Clearinghouse database should be expanded to include trademark+keyword registrations. This would allow Kodak, to use the GAC’s example, to prevent cybersquatters from registering not only kodak.tld but also kodakcameras.tld.
Dengate Thrush’s letter says that this “remains an area for discussion”, but ICANN still currently plans to diverge from GAC advice.
Clinton confirmed for ICANN’s SF meeting
Kevin Murphy, March 1, 2011, Gossip
Former US president Bill Clinton has been confirmed as the star guest speaker of ICANN’s 40th public meeting, which kicks off in San Francisco in a little under two weeks.
According to a tweet minutes ago from CEO Rod Beckstrom, Clinton will address ICANN’s Gala event, March 16 in Union Square.
This is usually an evening drinks-n-canapes event or a sit-down dinner. The SF Gala is scheduled for 7pm.
Given the central, outdoor location, I’m sure security will be tight. We could be looking at another limited-numbers, invitation-only event.
Beckstrom has previously stated that Clinton’s fee will be covered by a special sponsorship deal, but the identity of the sponsor does not appear to have been revealed yet.
Winners and losers in the next Applicant Guidebook
Kevin Murphy, February 23, 2011, Domain Registries
Who’s going to be happy, and who won’t be, after ICANN publishes the next version of its Applicant Guidebook for new top-level domains in April?
We now have a rough idea of the answers to those questions, following the publication this week of ICANN’s analysis of comments received between November and January.
The 163-page document (pdf) outlines where ICANN is still open to changing its rules for applying for a TLD, and where it believes the book is firmly shut.
As you might expect, at this late stage in the game, most of the analysis is essentially “thanks, but no thanks”, reiterating the reasons why the Guidebook currently says what it says.
But there are strong indications of which changes will be made to the “next” version of the Guidebook, which is currently expected to hit the ICANN web site April 14.
Here’s a high-level analysis of the winners and losers.
Impatient Applicants
Companies and entrepreneurs that have been tapping their feet for the last couple of years, hit by delay after delay, can probably take comfort from the fact that ICANN is still making encouraging noises about its commitment to the new TLDs program.
Noting that some issues are still in need of further work, ICANN staff writes:
it is ICANN’s intention to reach resolution on these issues. It would be irresponsible to use community resources to run a process without the intention to see it through to conclusion.
ICANN continues to approach the implementation of the program with due diligence and plans to conduct a launch as soon as practicable along with the resolution of these issues
Beyond what I noted in a post earlier this afternoon, there are no clues about the timetable for actually launching the program, however.
Trademark Holders
It’s a mixed bag for the intellectual property lobby, but on balance, given the length of its wish-list, I expect the trademark crowd will be more disappointed than not.
In general, ICANN is firm that the rights protection mechanisms (RPMs) in the Guidebook are the result of community compromise, and not for changing.
This is sometimes the case even when it comes to issues ICANN plans to discuss with its Governmental Advisory Committee next week.
One of these is the Trademark Clearinghouse, the database of trademark rights to be used to reduce cybersquatting, of which ICANN says:
subject to further refinement through the GAC consultation and other comments received to date, the positions in the Clearinghouse proposals will be finalized substantially similar to as it was in the Proposed Final Applicant Guidebook.
On the Globally Protected Marks List, a mechanism trademark holders want included in the Guidebook, ICANN is suitably mysterious:
It is clear that the trademark interests have continued to raise the GPML as possible RPM. While this discussion may continue, no further progress or decisions have been made.
The most substantial concession ICANN appears ready to make to trademark holders concerns the Uniform Rapid Suspension mechanism, a cousin of the UDRP that will be used to address clear-cut cases of cybersquatting in new TLDs.
A major concern from the IP lobby has been that the URS is too slow and complex to meet its original goals. ICANN disagrees that it does not do the job, but plans to streamline it anyway:
Discussions are continuing and some additional implementation detail revisions will likely be made, for example, creating a form complaint that reduces the 5000-word limit to 500 words. The 500-word limit might not, however, be placed on the respondent, as the respondent will be required to describe the legitimate basis upon with the domain name is registered. The respondents word limit be decreased from 5,000 to something less, possibly 2,500 words, in order to decrease the examinations panel‘s time requirements and thereby enhance circumstances for a relatively loss cost process. (Remember that in the vast majority of cases, it is expected that the respondents will not answer.)
This will certainly be a topic of discussion at the ICANN-GAC meeting in Brussels on Monday, so I expect IP attorneys are even now briefing their governments on how these proposed changes won’t go far enough for whatever reason.
There’s bad news if you’re a high-rolling domain investor, looking at bagging a new TLD or three, and you also have a few UDRP losses against your name.
The background check ICANN will carry out on applicants for their history of cybersquatting stays, and it will still use the three-losses-as-UDRP-respondent benchmark.
However, ICANN has recognized that UDRP decisions are not always final. If you lost a UDRP but subsequently won in court, that decision won’t count against you.
In addition, reverse domain name hijacking findings will now also count against applicants to the same degree as UDRP losses.
I believe both of those concessions capture so few entities as to be more or less irrelevant for most potential applicants.
“.brand” Applicants
ICANN is in favor of companies applying to run “innovative” TLDs, such as “.brands”, but it is reluctant to carve out exceptions to the rules for these applicants.
The organization does not plan to give .brands a pass when it comes to protecting geographic names, nor when it comes to the requirement to register domains through an accredited registrar.
This seems to mean, for example, that if Microsoft successfully obtains .microsoft and wants to register usa.microsoft to itself, it will have to ask the US government for permission.
It also means .brands will still have to seek ICANN accreditation, or work with an existing registrar, in order to sell domains to themselves. It’s an added cost, but not an unworkable one.
Would-be .brand applicants did, however, win one huge concession: If they decide to turn off their TLD, it will not be redelegated to a third-party. ICANN wrote, with my emphasis:
In the limited case of .brand and other TLDs that operate as single-registrant/single-user TLDs it would probably make sense to not force an outgoing operator to transition second-level registration data (since presumably the operator could just delete all the names as the registrant anyway and then there would be nothing to transition), and therefore ICANN will put forward proposed language for community review and feedback that would provide for alternative transition arrangements for single-registrant/single-user gTLDs.
If .microsoft was unsuccessful and Microsoft decided to stop running it, Google would not be able to take over the ICANN registry contract, for example.
Poor People/Cheapskates
Some commenters wanted ICANN to reduce application fees in cases where the applicant is from a poorer nation, a non-governmental organization, or when they intend to apply for multiple versions of the same TLD.
They’re all out of luck.
The $185,000 baseline application fee is to stay, at least for the first round. ICANN thinks it could be reduced in future rounds, once more uncertainty has been removed from the process.
Currently, $60,000 of each fee is set aside for a “risk” (read: litigation) war-chest, which will be presumably less of an issue after the first round is completed.
The International Olympic Committee and the Red Cross, as well as financial services organizations, may receive the special concessions they asked for in the next Guidebook.
The IOC and Red Cross may be given the same protections as afforded to ICANN, regional internet registries, and generic terms such as “example” and “test”.
ICANN is considering the nature of these protections, and if appropriate, might augment the reserved names lists in special cases such as requested by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Red Cross, both of which are globally invested in representing the public interest.
It also emerged that ICANN is working with the financial services industry to clarify some of the security-related language in the Guidebook.
Community Applicants
Sorry guys, ICANN intends to keep the threshold score for the Community Priority Evaluation at 14 out of 16. Nor will you get a bonus point for already showing your cards by starting community outreach two years ago. Winning a CPE is going to be as tough as ever.
This is just a brief, non-exhaustive overview of the changes that are likely to come in the next Applicant Guidebook, setting the stage for the GAC talks next week and the San Francisco ICANN meeting next month.
One thing seems pretty clear though: this is end-game talk.
ICANN confirms TLD delays after sponsorship closes
ICANN has officially confirmed that it does not intend to launch the new top-level domains program at its meeting in San Francisco next month.
The news came just one day after the organization stopped accepting sponsorship deals, at the new controversially higher rate, for the meeting.
In a blog post, ICANN’s Jamie Hedlund said that a vote on the new TLD program would not be possible due to the upcoming consultation with the Government Advisory Committee in Brussels.
In addition to the Brussels consultation, the bylaws-defined consultation will take place on 17 March, the day before the Silicon Valley–San Francisco Board Meeting. Because of the timing of the bylaws consultation, the Board will not approve or announce the new gTLD program at that Board Meeting.
Now, the timing of this announcement could just be a coincidence, it could be related to ICANN’s fast-approaching deadline for publishing meeting documents, but the fact that it came the day after the sponsorship deadline for SF passed raised an eyebrow chez DI.
ICANN has known about the timing of the GAC consultation since at least January 25, when its board of directors approved the March 17 schedule.
Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush was quoted as saying new TLDs were likely off the menu for SF as early as February 3, and senior vice president Kurt Pritz echoed that view a week ago.
With March 18 no longer a possibility for the Applicant Guidebook getting approved, what does that mean for the new TLDs timetable?
Some observers believe that we’ll have to wait for the ICANN meeting in Amman, Jordan, in June, which could see the first-round application window open in October.
I’m not convinced we’ll have to wait that long. It seems possible that ICANN will eschew the fanfare of a public meeting and approve the final draft of the Guidebook over the phone whenever it’s ready.
The first new TLDs are expected to go live on the internet approximately 15 months after the Guidebook gets the nod.
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2. There are some methods of adjustment of the direction of optical axes of head headlights. The simplest of them is the method with use of an adhesive tape and site of a blank wall with an equal horizontal platform before it.
3. Drive the car a front to a wall. Paste on a wall an adhesive tape strip on the vertical line passing in the plane of an axis of symmetry of the car. Also paste vertical strips of an adhesive tape on the lines passing through the centers of projections to a wall of lenses of head headlights (see an accompanying illustration).
4. Paste on a wall horizontally located adhesive tape strip on the line drawn through the centers of projections of lenses of head headlights to a wall surface.
It is simpler to make this procedure, having adjusted the car closely to a wall.
5. For performance of adjustment of the direction of optical axes of head headlights roll away the car from a wall on distance about 7.6 m.
The platform on which the car is placed, has to have an equal horizontal surface, it is desirable with a hard coating. The fuel tank of the car has to be filled half, from salon and a luggage compartment all heavy subjects breaking centering of the car are taken.
6. Begin with adjustment of the direction of an optical axis of a passing beam. Try to achieve rotation of adjusting screws of block headlights such arrangement of light spots that a zone with the maximum intensity of lighting in about 50 mm was lower than the horizontal line and is touch sizes more right than the vertical.
7. Having finished the first adjustment, turn on a driving beam: zones of the maximum intensity of illumination have to be displaced in the direction of crossing of vertical lines with horizontal, having been slightly lower than the last.
To receive equally full centering of beams of both a near, and driving beam in practice it is not possible. It is necessary to try to achieve some compromise solution taking into account features of operation of the car, keeping aspiration to ensure the maximum traffic safety in the head of a corner.
8. At the first opportunity drive away the car on car repair shop for performance of adjustment of the direction of optical axes of head headlights with use of the special equipment.
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Citation Yearsley, G.K., P.R. Last and G.B. Morris, 1997. Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB): an upgraded and expanded species coding system for Australian fisheries databases. CSIRO Marine Laboratories, Report 224. CSIRO, Australia.
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Started by Bellaboo09 (6) on March 15, 2017
Finished by StigMartyr (649) on August 16, 2019
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Once upon a time there was a kitten called Sophia,Sophia is a homeless kitten at the SPCA.One day Someone adopted her to there home but Sophia didn't know that they were very mean
Bellaboo09 3/15/17 @ 00:13
people who forced her to use proper spelling and grammar. "I am a kitten, for the love o' Mike," spat poor Sophia as she knotted the bedsheets and climbed out of the house. Alone
Woab 3/15/17 @ 13:20
she found her way through the bramble bushes and swampy mire to the little gingerbread house at the top of sugar gum drop hill. Sophia knew the rumors but was so hungry that no
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matter what, she had to kill herself. She didn't think that it would be a very good idea to eat the house, as she had read hansel and gretel."Those are such ugly names," she thougt
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Hansel almost jumped out from behind the bushes when she said their names were ugly but Gretel held him back. They watched her break up the gingerbread house and stuff it into her
LordVacuity 5/11/19 @ 00:24
mouth. Not even a crumb remained of the ginger bread house. "That does it," Hansel thought. This time, Gretel didn't hold him back as he lept out of the bushes towards the woman.
Starfast 5/11/19 @ 04:14
"Look," cried Hansel. "I don't know who you think you are, but you had no business eating the entire house. You left nothing for me & my sister!" The woman belched. "Shuddup, ya
PurpleProf 5/11/19 @ 07:13
little dung! I do as I ple-HMMPH! HMMPH!" Gretel had burlapped-sacked the old woman's head and was now choking her. "Hansel! Open the oven!" she cried. "We can eat her instead!"
WhatTheFox 5/11/19 @ 13:47
Hansel was on board for this idea, "we really could use the protein!" He opened the oven and helped Gretel shove the old coot in. He then did a bad Gordon Ramsey impression, saying
Toogs 8/16/19 @ 03:55
"I look like Gein but without the jars!" Hansel and Gretel held each other and smiled as they watched her burn. There would be enough meat and candy to last them a time.
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I take it the oven wasn’t made of gingerbread like the rest of the house.
By LordVacuity on August 16, 2019 @ 09:36
Maybe it was a microwave gingerbread oven.
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Katie Mullaly - Register Staff Writer (kmullaly@faribaultcountyregister.com) , Faribault County Register
The city of Wells made a post on their Facebook page on July 1 stating, "NOTICE: The city compost site is closed until likely later tomorrow due to fixing a sinkhole. The street department is excavating and filling to make sure it is safe to use the area. When barricades are down, the site will be open."
At their Wells City Council meeting on Monday, July 8, the council learned that what used to be a basketball-sized sinkhole grew to be approximately 40 feet across and 8-10 feet deep, according to street foreman Mike Pyzick, and it's still only three-fourths of the way full.
"We don't want to fill it all the way," informed Pyzick. "Because if we need to do further work on the site, if there are bigger issues, we don't want to have to dig it all up and redo it."
Crews work to at least partially fill a very large sinkhole that appeared
in the Wells city compost site last week.
"I think we are very lucky that nothing bad happened during this sinkhole," said city administrator CJ?Holl. "Just think, a car could've driven in there, someone could've been removing debris from their vehicle and fallen in themselves. We are very fortunate and lucky we caught it."
According to Pyzick, the basketball-sized hole has been filled in previously with no other issues. The location of the city's compost site is above what used to be the city's water treatment plant.
"Years ago where you can see the concrete in the sinkhole, there was a basketball sized hole that would appear periodically after rain. I was always instructed to get a load of rock out and fill it in, pack it and it wouldn't show up again for months. Two weeks ago, that basketball sized hole showed up and exposed all the structure underneath which was much larger than what I had ever anticipated," said Pyzick. "I was always thinking it was a 200-300 gallon septic tank or something like that and eventually we would catch up to filling it up. That is not the case. It was the old infrastructure of the Wells treatment plant."
Pyzick stated back in the 1980s when Wells' ponds and lift station were put in, the infrastructure was existing but never removed.
"No one has a reason why but what was left was left and now it has shown up," he said. "CJ is right, we get lucky sometimes and this is one of them. A loader pounding across there, someone plowing snow, a citizen bringing compost down there didn't fall. We had Dulas Excavating come down there and started ripping it up and found it was much bigger than we thought. So what we did was we got everything out of there, crushed it in, removed the concrete, we have things half separated, left it lay, burned it and covered it."
Now soil samples are going in to Braun Intertec to determine what the soil contains and where it can go.
"We do not know what's totally there," added the street foreman. "What our suspicions are has an odor to it, but it's also been the compost site for the last 20 or 30 years. So, what the horrid smell could be is decomposed leaves and grass and such. Do I know that 100 percent? No, but I think that is what our soil tests will determine."
Results of the soil samples should be back by Friday, July 12 or Monday, July 15 to figure out the make up of the material.
The foreman stated the material, when it came out, was very odorous, was very sloppy and of course, had been a treatment site.
"So before we can dispose of it, we need to know what it is. Assuming it's natural material, we can do what we want with it, but if it is hazardous we'd have to go a different route," said Pyzick.
The soil sample testing will cost the city $2,500.
"The odor was a kind of petroleum odor, think of how it's made, it's decomposing material. It could be from the compost, it could be from the infrastructure," stated Holl.
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The Kimono: Two Exhibits, Two Reviews
Right now two major museums, on opposite coasts of the United States, both have exhibitions on the Kimono. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has Kimono for a Modern Age (through October 19, 2014) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has Kimono: A Modern History (through January 4, 2015). This unique situation requires a unique review. And so, I’m happy to present two simultaneous reviews of the two exhibitions by two experts in the field: Brenna Barks agreed to review the LACMA exhibition, and Nadine Stewart reviewed the Met’s exhibition. Below are their reviews. Happy Reading!
Kimono for a Modern Age
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (through October 19, 2014)
Guest Review by Brenna Barks
Little attention is paid to what can be called the decline of the kimono in Japanese fashion. Most museum-goers, and thus most museum exhibitions, concentrate on the “expected”: what is seen as the traditional, soft, delicately patterned kimono that so inspired the Impressionists and the patrons of Japonisme. Indeed, this is the majority of kimono. However, kimono – like all clothing – followed fashion. And the fashion during the last “heyday” of the kimono is the subject of the Kimono for a Modern Age exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
Leading up to and immediately after the second World War, while the traditional patterning remained popular, a new style of kimono emerged: the meisen. The fabric for meisen is unusual in that the warp and weft threads were stencil dyed individually before being woven, creating a marvellous faux-ikat pattern. These patterns were typically large and boldly coloured, contrary to the expected tradition.
Woman’s Kimono with Large Dewdrops (mizutama), Japan, early Shōwa period (1926–89), c. 1935, purchased with funds provided by Grace Tsao, photo © 2014 Museum Associates/LACMA
Much has been made of the influence that the West had on the patterning of meisen – and LACMA does point out the references to Art Deco motifs or motifs taken from famous Western painters, such as Matisse, in the exhibition. But what LACMA does with their exhibition of over 30 meisen is to properly place them back into context within the Japanese tradition. Yes, there are Western art influences, but predominantly meisen were reinterpretations of Japanese art: landscape paintings, calligraphic motifs, and more often new, bold re-imaginings of traditional Japanese kimono patterns such as arrows or dewdrops.
Some of these re-interpretations can even be seen as forms of protest against American occupation after World War II. At least two meisen in the exhibition feature the Japanese war flag of the rising sun being not-so-subtly worked into the pattern. One in blue as a vague “star” pattern, another into what would otherwise be an image of dawn over a village. Or perhaps instead of open protest, these patterns were a silent message of surviving patriotism and a hope that they would rise again after re-inventing themselves as well as their traditions? LACMA masterfully and tactfully addresses the subject of war and occupation, tradition and fashion head-on through the display of such kimono and their thoughtful, well-written tombstones about each piece.
With the increasing popularity of Western clothing due to ease of wear and maintenance, the kimono declined rather sharply in popularity after the war. The meisen, while largely ignored in the West until now, was in many ways the last hurrah of this beautiful garment. The Kyoto kimono industry closed for good in the early 2000s; so few Japanese people today know how to wear it that schools exist to teach the proper wearing of the kimono, or simply to dress clients when occasion calls for traditional clothing. The LACMA exhibition not only fills this gap in the history of the “symbol of Japan”, but inspires visitors to question what the term “fashion” really means: it does not necessarily mean a shift in shapes and hemlines, but can mean the re-adaptation of tradition and the extended survival of an ancient garment into the modern age.”
Kimono: A Modern History
Metropolitan Museum of Art (through January 4, 2015)
Guest Review by Nadine Stewart
Over Robe (Uchikake) with Long-Tailed Birds in a Landscape Period: Edo period (1615–1868) Date: second half of the 18th century Medium: Silk and metallic-thread embroidery and stencil paste-resist dyeing on silk satin damask Credit Line: Gift of Charles Zadok, 1959 Accession Number: 59.46
Kimono: A Modern History is a stunning exhibit, not to be missed. The fifty kimonos on display span the period from the eighteenth century to the present day, a time when the kimono evolved from a garment worn by the nobility and the peasantry. Though “kimono” literally means a “thing to wear,” this exhibit shows how much more this garment has meant to Japanese culture over the centuries and how it has influenced fashion in the rest of the world.
The first things on display are swatch samples from the Edo Period (1615-1868), exquisite examples of tapestry weaving in silk and silver thread. In one piece the fighting dragons are made entirely of tiny French knots. In another, we see Western ships with their flags, a reminder that Japan opened up to the West in this period, which would mean a new set of influences and textiles techniques would come flooding into the country. The kimonos in this section are the elegant silk padded kimonos for ladies of the nobility. The fabric of each one is an example of the highest level of craftsmanship–damask grounds overlaid with couched gold thread and silk embroidery.
Elegant as they are, the kimonos are not the only items featured here. A beautiful inlaid cosmetic box with brushes and combs, a large screen showing dancers whose fluid sleeves accentuate their movement, and an etiquette book on how to dress give a sense of the special place the kimono had in this society. The entire exhibit is full of objects that amplify the kimono story from elegant prints that show members of the Japanese court mingling with Western men and women suits and bustles to a “Basket Derby” from 1880-97, a city style made from simple reeds to be worn by the Japanese dandy with his walking stick.
Working class kimonos are just as beautiful as the kimonos for the nobility. Firemen in Japan wore heavy cotton kimonos with figures painted inside for protection as they fought the many fires in a nation of wooden buildings. The kimonos were soaked with water as the men fought fires. The designs inside were only seen during festivals when they were turned inside out. Even rarer, is a farmer’s kimono of recycled rags and a coverlet kimono worn over a person in bed, painted with image of a lobster, the symbol of longevity.
Woman’s evening coat Date: 1910–20 Culture: France Medium: Silk velvet, silk satin collar, cuffs, and lining Credit Line: Lent by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Mr. William B. Gannett
A significant section of the exhibit shows how Japan and the West influenced each other from 1868 to 1912. The Japanese adopted Western chemical dyes and weaving techniques, while the Western fashion was swept up in beautiful images from Japan as these pieces from the collection of the Costume Institute show. A lush pink silk velvet opera cloak by Jean-Charles Worth is displayed next to a kimono robe made by Tashimaya Department Store for the foreign trade. It features short kimono-like sleeves and a simpler printed fabric with Japanese-style motifs. Finally, a light green wool Western-style robe with frog closures features embroidered flowers, which are a fine example of Japanoism.
As Japan moved into the twentieth century, the influences changed, the artistry did not. Modern inventions like cameras, express train tickets, and sheet music appear. Tow kimonos show sobering signs of the nation’s increasing militarism—one shows the siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War and another, antiaircraft guns, tanks and planes backing Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia in 1935. Kimonos for the masses appear sold in department stores with design influenced by Art Deco and the De Stijl movement. There is even a child’s kimono treasured by Frank Lloyd Wright with a pattern of wisterias climbing over abstract trellises.
The Exhibition Catalog (Click to purchase)
After World War II, Japan began an effort to preserve its cultural heritage, preserving and honoring the craft of the kimono makers, weavers, and dyers through the Living Treasure Movement. Three kimonos created by these artists give testament to the beauty of their work. At the end of the exhibit are garments from prominent Japanese designers, who have brought the nation to the forefront of fashion while honoring their unique traditions—Hanae Mori, Issey Miyake, and Yojhi Yamamoto, and one more designer, Bonnie Cashin. Her simple black wool kimono-style coat shows her love of the Japanese kimono. It was a design she repeated often though her career.
Kimono: A Modern History is tucked into the Arts of Japan Galleries in the Met’s Asian Arts Wing. The galleries surround the lovely basalt Water Stone (1986) by Isamu Noguchi, whose soothing sound pervades the galleries. It underlines the timelessness of the fashions displayed here and their lasting beauty. This is a fashion exhibit from another perspective, a valuable reminder that Western fashion is not the only fashion.”
A very special thanks to Brenna and Nadine for cooperating on these reviews for Fashion Historia. Can’t make it to New York to see their exhibition? You can buy the exhibition catalog, but the Met has all 170 objects from the show available online for you to look at (sans curatorial insights/labels/wall text) . While there isn’t an exhibition catalog to accompany LACMA’s show, they have created this beautiful video:
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*Image: Utagawa Kokunimasa (Japanese, 1874–1944). Swimming at Ōiso, Distant Views of Mount Fuji, 1893. Meiji period (1868–1912). Japan. Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1960 (JP3382a–c)
**Image: Woman’s Kimono (kosode) with Abstract Hemp-Leaf Pattern, Japan, late Taisho+ (1912-1926) – early Sho+wa (1926–1989) period, Silk plain weave, stencil-printed warp and weft (heiyo+-kasuri meisen), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund, M.2012.130.9.
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Fashion Factoid: Veronica Lake’s Hair
Known for her ‘peek-a-book’ hairstyle – it became a bit of a problem during World War II: “In the early 1940s, US government officials asked Lake to wear her hair up for the duration of WWII: it seems that too many women working in factories were imitating her famous “peek-a-boo bang” and getting their hair caught in assembly-line machinery.” (Turner Classic Movies)
Here’s a video making the point:
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Ana Dall’Ara-Majek is a composer and sound artist living in Montreal. She is interested in the study of how instrumental, electroacoustic and computational-thinking approaches interact in music.
Her works have been presented at various international festivals such as: L’Espace du Son (Belgium), Multiphonies GRM (France), NYCEMF (USA), The Engine Room (UK), Akousma (Canada), Manca (France), SAT Symposium IX (Canada), Cube Fest (USA), Cut & Splice (UK), Elektro Arts (Romania), Sincrónic (Spain), Mantis (UK), Darmstadt Festival (Germany), Klang Copenhagen (Denmark), M/A Intermedia (Italy), Futura (France).
In 2014 she released her first solo album Air (Kohlenstoff records) where she explored the hybridization of breath, voices, instruments and electronics. A few years later she released Nano-Cosmos (Empreintes DIGITALes), an album tribute to insects, small arthropods and microorganisms, which was featured on The Wire Tapper 47 and listed by Toneshift as people’s choice best of 2018.
She also collaborated on theatre, dance and film projects such as: Crying in Public (Tafel), Laborintus (Raffinot), Cosmos Will Save the World (Lapierre), Hectore Navigatore (Totem Contemporain), as well as working with chamber ensembles including SuperMusique, Quasar, Les Percussions de Strasbourg, Sixtrum, Trio Hoboken, Lunatics at Large, and TM+, among others.Currently she’s teaching composition at the University of Montreal and she performs regularly with her groups Jane/KIN, ILÉA and blablaTrains as an electronic musician and Theremin player.
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Welcome to Elm Springs C.S.A
Battle of Columbia
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Other Names: None
Location: Maury County
Campaign: Franklin-Nashville Campaign (1864)
Date(s): November 24 [24-29], 1864
Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield [US]; Gen. John Bell Hood [CS]
Forces Engaged: XXIII Army Corps and elements of IV Army Corps [US]; Army of Tennessee [CS]
Estimated Casualties: Unknown
Description:Conflict near Columbia, during Hood’s 1864 Tennessee invasion, constituted a Confederate diversion as part of a maneuver designed to cross the Duck River upstream and interdict the Union army’s line of communications with Nashville. As Gen. John Bell Hood’s army advanced northeastward from Florence, Alabama, Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield’s force quickly withdrew from Pulaski to Columbia, arriving on November 24, just ahead of Forrest’s Rebel cavalry. The Federals built two lines of earthworks south of the town while skirmishing with enemy cavalry on November 24 and 25. Hood advanced his infantry on the following day but did not assault. He made demonstrations along the front while marching two corps of his army to Davis Ford, some five miles eastward on the Duck River. Schofield correctly interpreted Hood’s moves, but foul weather prevented him from crossing to the north bank before November 28, leaving Columbia to the Confederates. The next day, both armies marched north for Spring Hill. Schofield had slowed Hood’s movement but had not stopped him.
Result(s): Confederate victory
CWSAC Reference #: TN034
Preservation Priority: IV.2 (Class C)
Tennessee Historical Commission marker 3D 19 near St. John's Episcopal Church and Leonidas Polk's former Ashwood Plantation, Mount Pleasant, Tennessee:
FORREST AND CAPRON
November 24, 1864, Forrest's Cavalry, screening the advance of Stewart's Corps on Columbia met Capron's Cavalry Brigade in this locality and chased it back to Columbia...
5 miles towards 1-65 from Elm Springs
St. John's Episcopal Church / Mt. Pleasant
“This is the most beautiful and peaceful spot I ever beheld . . . It is almost worth dying to be buried in such a beautiful spot,” General Patrick R. Cleburne as he passed St. John's Church in November of 1864.
Confederate general saved Elm Springs
General Frank Armstrong’s brigade of Mississippi cavalry came pounding across the back fields and up to the rear of the house. Ole Miss and Samson, two of the servants, were frantically waving to them and calling for help. Several of the troopers quickly dismounted and ran into the house, while the rest swept around both sides of the house and headed north.
Smoke was curling from a closet under the big staircase as shots rang out from the front yard. Samson and the troopers grabbed buckets of water from the cistern just outside the back door and quickly doused the flames. One of the troopers pulled a charred broom handle from the closet and showed it to his mates.
Union soldiers, under orders to burn every building on the south side of Columbia, had set the broom alight and thrust it under the stairs. One of these men now lay dead in the front yard. As the troopers stepped out the front door to see the commotion they witnessed, another Union soldier shot down across the road. This one was headed toward the house on the opposite hill and as he fell a burning torch and a bundle of kindling scattered on the roadside about him.
It was November of 1864, and Armstrong’s cavalry was in the vanguard of John Bell Hood’s Army of Tennessee as it moved north trying to intercept the Union Army of John M. Schofield. Schofield’s army was deployed along the row of hills that formed the south edge of town. Everything south of that line of hills was slated to be burned to deprive the Confederates from any cover if they were to attack.
We have come to call this the “burn line,” and it followed today’s South Campbell Boulevard. The Union Army burned not only houses but also felled all the large trees and burned them as well. These Union troops were in the middle of trying to torch the home of Colonel Abe Looney that we know as “Elm Springs” when Armstrong’s cavalry interrupted their activities.
This was not General Frank Armstrong’s first visit to Columbia. It was only the year before that the tall, blond and handsome soldier had married one of Columbia’s belles- the grand daughter of James and Mariah Walker and the grand niece of President Polk. They were married amidst great pomp and circumstance at the Walker’s home, Rally Hill, on West Eight Street. The reception that followed was hosted at Dr. William Polk’s home, Buena Vista, on the present day CA campus.
Elm Springs, the scene of this drama, had been built nearly 30 years before, in 1837, by Nathan Vaught for Sarah Dick Todd and her husband, Christopher. Sarah’s brothers had made it big in the shipping business down in New Orleans. It was their money that built Elm Springs for their sister. Their daughter, Susan, married Colonel Abram M. Looney, and they occupied the home up and until the early 1900s.
An interesting “find” now on display within the house is a stack of custom made curved bricks that were used to build the columns on the front porch.
During repairs to one of the chimneys, these were found behind the firebox and used as a filler. They pulled them out. And they are on display in the gift shop.
They have a giant ginger bread house that matches Elm Springs and you can bet the place crawls at times with re-enactors, but any soldiers among them will be in much better spirits that those who passed that way during Christmas of 1864. Whatever you do, do not take a burning broom near any of the closets.
Written by Bob Duncan, Maury Co. Archives.
"Hoods column was at Lawrenceburg, some 16 miles due west of Pulaski, his goal to interpose his force between Schofield and Nashville....and where there were less than 800 men to guard the bridges. The situation at Pulaski, with an enemy nearly three times its size fairly on its flank ...was not cheering. Warned by the reports of Hatch and Croxton (Thomas ordered Schofield to fall back on Columbia)....and Cox’ and Wagner’s divisions were ordered to march to Lynnville--about half-way to Columbia - on the 22d. On the 23rd the other two divisions, under General Stanley, were to follow with the wagon trains. It was not a moment too soon. On the morning of the 24th General Cox, who had pushed on to within nine miles of Columbia, was roused by sounds of a conflict away to the west. Taking a cross-road, leading south of Columbia, he reached the Mount Pleasant pike just in time to interpose his infantry between Forrest's cavalry and a hapless brigade, under command of Colonel Capron, which was being handled most unceremoniously. In another hour Forrest would have been in possession of the crossings of Duck River, and the only line of communication with Nashville would have been in the hands of the enemy. General Stanley, who had left Pulaski on the afternoon of the 23d, reached Lynnville after dark. Rousing his command at 1 o'clock in the morning, by 9 o'clock the head of his column connected with Cox in front of Columbia having moved thirty miles since 2 o'clock of the preceding afternoon. These timely movements saved the little army from utter destruction.
On the 23d, in accordance with directions previously given him, General Granger commenced withdrawing the garrisons from Athens, Decatur, and Huntsville, Ala., and moved off toward Stevenson, sending five new regiments of that force to Murfreesborough, and retaining at Stevenson the original troops of his command. This movement was rapidly made by railroad, without opposition on the part of the enemy. That same night General Schofield evacuated Pulaski and moved toward Columbia.
Schofield in position at Columbia on the 24th.
Schofield moves his command to north bank of Duck river to prevent Hood from cutting him off.
About 2 a.m. on the 29th the enemy succeeded in pressing back General Wilson's cavalry, and effected a crossing on the Lewisburg pike; at a later hour part of his infantry crossed at Huey's Mills, six miles above Columbia. Communication with the cavalry having been interrupted and the line of retreat toward Franklin being threatened, General Schofield made preparations to withdraw to Franklin. General Stanley, with one division of infantry, was sent to Spring Hill, about fifteen miles north of Columbia.
Hood’s mismanagement of his troops at Spring Hill allows Schofield to escape to Franklin, Tennessee by a forced night march past Cheatham’s encamped Corps.
FOUR MILES FROM CAMPBELLSVILLE,
November 23, 1864-10 p.m.
Major-General THOMAS:
We have had a good deal of sharp skirmishing to-day; this evening, before dark, quite spirited. General Croxton's brigade had the rear on the road from Lawrenceburg. On leaving the camp, three miles from Lawrenceburg, this morning, the skirmishing began. General Croxton reports force attacking his was infantry, and thinks it is the enemy's advance. We captured two prisoners (infantry) from Stevenson's division. I look for enemy's cavalry to-morrow at Campbellsville.
EDWARD HATCH,
Brigadier-General.
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH CAVALRY DIVISION,
November 27, 1864-4.20 p.m.
Respectfully forwarded to Captain Andrews, acting assistant adjutant-general, Cavalry Corps.
The force at Huey's Mill is ordered to be increased to a battalion. The ford at the Lewisburg pike is understood, from the report of citizens, not to be passable at this stage of water. I have ordered Huey's Mill burnt.
R. W. JOHNSON,
Brigadier-General of Volunteers.
HDQRS. FIRST Brigadier, SIXTH DIV., CAVALRY CORPS,
MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Near Hardison's Mill, Tenn., November 28, 1864 - 11.20 a. m.
Captain E. T. WELLS,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Sixth Division, Cavalry Corps:
CAPTAIN: My force sent across the Duck River has been driven back to this side by a heavy force, and I am now engaging him across the river.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
HORACE CAPRON,
Colonel, Commanding Brigade.
HDQRS. FRIST Brigadier, SIXTH DIV., CAVALRY CORPS,
Hardison's Mill, Tenn., November 28, 1864 - 2.40 p.m.
Assistant Adjutant-General, Headquarters Sixth Division:
CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report that the enemy are now engaging me from across the river at Hardison's Mill Ford and Morris' Ford (half a mile below Hardison's), with at least a brigade. He also shows a column moving up the river to my left. The officer guarding the fords near your front has sent for re-enforcements, as he is not able to guard some new fords with his present numbers. He is ten miles from here, over a very rough and intricate road, and I do not feel able to send him more men. He has not been attacked except by a few scouts.
I am, captain, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
HORACE CAPTRON,
HDQRS. CAVALRY CORPS, MIL. DIV. OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
November 28, 1864 - 2.10 p. m.
Major CAMPBELL:
MAJOR: Colonel Capton reports, 11.20 a. m., his force driven back from south side of Duck River by heavy force of the enemy; he is now fighting them across river. I move everything in that direction. Order Stewart's brigade, sent below the town, to join me by the road toward Rally Hill; he will, however, have to keep well to the north, as the force crossing above Huey's also seems heavy, from all I can learn. Maybe Stewart had better go pretty well up to Spring Hill before striking across.
J. H. WILSON,
Brevet Major-General.
Page 1111 Chapter LVII. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION. Volume: XLV
Hurt's Cross-Roads, November 29, 1864 - 1 a. m.
Major-General SCHOFIELD,
Near Columbia:
I have a prisoner who came with General Forrest to day from Columbia. The rebel cavalry - Buford's, Chalmers', Jackson's divisions, a part Roddey's division, and Biffle's regiment (Forrest's escort) - crossed, by swimming, above Huey's Mill. forrest himself left Columbia at 4.30 p. m. The rebel infantry were then expecting every minute to march. They were building three pontoon bridges just above Huey's when my prisoner crossed - expected to be ready by 11 to-night (of the 28th). The whole rebel force, except Buford's division, are encamped near Widown Shannon's to-night, on the Columbia and Shelbyville road. Buford is in my front, about Rally Hill. I think it very clear that they are aiming for Franklin, and that you ought to get to Spring Hill by 10 a. m. I'll keep on this road and hold the enemy all I can. If I had Hammond and Stewart here, I think they could not make anything until their infantry caught up. Communicate with me by Thompson's Station or Spring Hill, and thence eastward. I'll try to get no farther back to-morrow than the Ridge Meeting-House, due east from Thompson's, on this road. I shall probably leave this pike there and move toward Nolensville. Another prisoner confirms the above. Jackson's division is also at or near Rally Hill. There may be no strong advance of the enemy's cavalry till the infantry have crossed, which will be between new and daylight. Get back to Franklin without delay, leaving a small force to detain the enemy. The rebel s will move by this road toward that point.
Brevet Major-General, Commanding.
This is started at 3 a. m.
J. H. W.
[Addressed on outside - Major-General Schofield by courier from Spring Hill. Important, Trot!!]
Hurt's Cross-Roads, on Franklin and Lewisburg Pike,
November 29,1 864 - 3 a. m. (Via Franklin 9.30 a. m.)
Major General G. H. THOMAS,
Commanding Department of the Cumberland:
GENERAL: Forrest's cavalry - Bufford's, Chalmers', and Jackson's divisions, a part of Roddey's, and Biffle's regiment - crossed Duck River on this road and at several fords between it and Huey's Mill, seven miles above Columbia, yesterday. A pontoon train sufficient for three bridges had arrived at Huey's just before dark; the bridges were expected to be ready by 11 o'clock last night and their infantry across by daylight this morning. The cavalry began crossing about noon at Davis' Rord, near Huey's, but could not get across at Harrison's, on this pike, till Capron's and Garrard's brigades were struck in flank and rear by the rebels at Rally Hill. I have kept General Schofield fully informed, and at 1 a.m. sent him the information above, advising him to get back to Franklin at once. I have all of my command, except Hammond and Hatch's First Brigade, here. I don't know where the former is; the latter had been watching the river at Knob Grass Creek, and was ordered at sunset last night to join me by Spring Hill. I shall delay the enemy all in my power, if he presses me, and follow him wherever he goes. I have information from Chapel Hill to-day. The Sixth Illinois is probably near that place to-night, having gone to Shelbyville on a scout. I am sure, from what prisoners tell me, that the enemy is aiming for Nashville, via Franklin; his present direction, the location of his bridges, and the circumstances point clearly to that conclusion. This being true, I shall probably cross the Harpeth midway between Triune and Franklin and aim for Nolensville. Everything should be got off the Chattanooga road to-day. Hurry forward all the cavalry via Nolensville. I think everything should be concentrated at Nashville.
Conditions in Maury County resulting from the march of Hood's army
The Southern Army has done me great damage the five days they were here. They have taken 140 acres of corn, burned 30,000 rails, mostly cedar, cut and destroyed over 25,000 trees that will average over 2 feet across the stump, took 30 fattening hogs that would average 250 pounds each, took two horses and the Otey [a neighbor] filly worth $1,000.00 in gold, took off 5 or 6 head of cattle, the English beeves among the best. We are trying to get in enough wood to keep warm. The snow is three inches deep frozen into a sheet of ice. This may well be called the cold Sunday. My son Thomas stayed all night with me. It was a sad time, with him rejoining the [Confederate] army today The parting hear [sic] heart rending. I am not able to describe it, it speaks for itself in silence.
Diary of Nimrod Porter, December 11, 1864.
Lt. Andrew Willis Gould:
Lt. Gould was stabbed to death June 26, 1863 in Columbia, Tenn. by his commanding officer, Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, during an altercation. Forrest was shot and wounded.
Rattle and Snap: Rattle and Snap was the home of one of the Confederacy's well known generals for a short time, General Leonidas Polk, also known as "The Fighting Bishop." During Hood's Tennessee Campaign, many soldiers noted the grandness of this home -- one of Cleburne's men commenting, "the prettiest place I have ever seen in my life."
St. John's Episcopal Church: this is the church that General Cleburne, on his way past it in 1864, commented to his officer, "It is almost worth dying to be buried in such a beautiful spot." Less than a week later his remains should be interred here following the Battle of Franklin. Generals Granbury and Strahl, along with Colonel Beckham (S.D.Lee's Chief of artillery) were buried here as well. Granbury, Strahl and Cleburne were removed in later years.
Zion Presbyterian Cemetery: This is the Cemetery that Sam Watkins is buried in.
Hamilton Place:This was the home of General Lucius J. Polk, brother of the recently deceased Leonidas Polk. It was here, on November 26th and 27th, that the local citizens entertained officers of the Confederate Army, including Hood, Cheatham, Bate, Brown and Walthall. After the Battle of Frankln Gen Manigault (Manigault's Brigade) wounded in the head and Major Thomas C. Prince Jr. of the 22nd Alabama (Deas Brigade) wounded in the foot where here when it was used as a hospital.
The Athenaeum: It was used throughout the Civil War by Union officers who occupied Columbia, as well as serving as General Schofield's HQ in November of 1864.
Off of the town square in Columbia, there stands an old bank building on the corner of Hwy 31 and Columbia Pike. General Earl Van Dorn's body was placed in the vault of this bank building overnight, awaiting funeral services. On the opposite corner, which a flower shop now occupies, is the building in which General Forrest was stabbed by one of his own men.
Greenwood Cemetery: If you'll wander among the headstones, you'll see the damage caused to them by Cox's men, who from across the river, fired upon Stephenson's sharpshooters in an attempt to stop S.D. Lee's men from crossing the river. Looking down the steep embankment to the river, behind the cemetery, you'll wonder how Lee managed to get his pontoons into the water to cross the Duck here.
Spring Hill Battlefield:A 110-acre battlefield site, where General Cleburne commanded the last battle he was to survive. It was here that Union General Luther P. Bradley's Brigade was routed and suffered 350 casualties in their attempt to keep Hood's army from capturing the town and the Union's 800 wagons.
Rippavilla Mansion: A restored mansion, formerly the home of Confederate Major Nathaniel Cheairs, which now houses the "Armies of Tennessee Museum." Major Cheairs was taken prisoner during the capture of Fort Donelson, where he personally was ordered to hand the surrender flag to General Grant. Upon his release, Nathaniel Cheairs returned to his plantation in Spring Hill to find General Forrest and his men camped in his fields in 1863.
Martin Cheairs Home: is where Confederate General Earl Van Dorn was murdered by a jealous husband, Dr. George Peters, while he was headquartered there in the spring of 1863.
Oaklawn Mansion: Used as General Hood's headquarters Nov. 29th 1864, and the boyhood home of his Colonel Thompson (Chief Surgeon for The Army of Tennessee
The Ewell Farm: home of General Richard S. Ewell and his wife from 1865 until the general's death.
Known as "Old Baldy," Ewell commanded Confederate troops in the Eastern Theater, including the Battle of Gettysburg. During the war, he married Lizinka Campbell Brown of Nashville, and after the war they retired to Spring Hill, Tenn. They both died in January 1872 and are buried together at City Cemetery on the lot of her parents, George Washington and Harriet Stoddart Campbell.
Spring Hill Cemetery:There is a stone erected here by the local UDC chapter, which is dedicated to ten unknown soldiers of the Battle of Franklin. Recent research indicates that it could also contain some of the unknown casualties of the Battle of Spring Hill.
Homestead Manor: n March 5 1863 during the battle of Thompsons Station young Alice Thompson was watching the Battle from the basement of "Homestead Manor" and saw the the color bearer of the 3rd Arkansas Infantry fall to the ground. Alice sprang from the cellar, caught up the flag and waved it over her head. Colonel Samual G. Earle, of the Third Arkansas Regiment, saw her and shouted, "Boys a woman has your flag". Upon seeing this heroic action from one of their women, the Rebels raised a great battle cry and drove the Yankees back. While Alice held the flag, a bombshell fell within a few feet, throwing dirt all over her. Fortunately, the shell did not explode. One of the soldiers pushed her back into the cellar. The house also served as a hospital during the battle.
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Second Cup announces new structure, plans for acquisitions
Canadian coffee chain Second Cup has announced the implementation of a new operating structure in support of its new business strategy.
Subject to the Toronto Stock Exchange and shareholder approval, the existing public company will change its name to Aegis Brands, which will own and operate the existing Second Cup business as part of a portfolio of brands. Steven Pelton, President and CEO of Second Cup, will assume the role of CEO of Aegis Brands.
"We created Aegis with the vision of building a portfolio of amazing brands that can grow and flourish with access to our resources and expertise. We are committed to letting each company under the Aegis Brands umbrella operate as an independent brand, and to working with them to provide shared expertise – and shared services - to help them thrive," Pelton says.
The company intends to contribute the existing Second Cup Coffee Co business to a wholly-owned subsidiary in the new year. Although Second Cup is the only brand under the Aegis umbrella as of today, Pelton confirmed that the company is actively seeking acquisitions with a focus on the foodservice, coffee, and cannabis sectors.
In addition to assuming the leadership of Aegis Brands, Pelton will also maintain his role as President of Second Cup. Second Cup Chief Financial Officer Ba Linh Le will become the CFO of the parent company.
Second Cup will seek shareholder approval to change its name to Aegis Brands at the company's next Annual General Meeting in May 2020. The name change will require approval by two-thirds of votes cast at the meeting.
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Top 5 shows of the weekend
February 28, 2019 By Chris Quartly
While the recent vote for New York Public Advocate didn’t go the way I hoped (I supported Rafael Espinal), at least we’re kicking and screaming into March. And though still dealing with winter conditions, there’s that ray of hope that this month starts signaling the end of winter. In the meantime, there are some excellent shows to see this weekend.
5) JG Thirlwell + Ensemble at National Sawdust
With an almost 40-year career and a discography that’s hard to keep up with, not to mention scoring work on The Venture Bros and Archer. JG Thirlwell has performed under many monikers over the years but this will be the live debut of his ensemble . They ensemble play two shows at National Sawdust this weekend, though the show on Thursday is sold out, there are still tickets for Friday night at the time of writing. Thursday 6:30pm and Friday 10pm
4) Operator Music Band, Miles Francis, Sea Moya at Elsewhere
This is one for the krautrock and synth fans with Brooklyn quartet Operator Music Band and Montreal (by way of Germany) beat combo Sea Moya playing at Zone One in Elsewhere. The former is perhaps a little more traditional while the latter have plenty of pop beats to go with their synths and irregular guitar flurries. Thursday 8pm
3) Vundabar, Sidney Gish, Indigo De Souza at Elsewhere
Boston trio Vundabar released their third album, Smell Smoke, last year, which married melodic hooks and anthemic choruses with without somehow sounding like an indie-pop band (though my choice of song below, $$$ is more akin to the likes of Ty Segall and Thee Oh Sees). Friday 7pm
2) Dark Blue, Writhing Squares, Dark Thoughts, Big City at Saint Vitus Bar
I haven’t seen Dark Blue since they played at Death By Audio just before the release of their debut album in 2014, and this is apparently their only US show scheduled for the year. The Philadelphians have just released their third album, Victory is Rated, which carries on the excellent work of their previous two albums. While it isn’t breaking any new ground for the band, there’s something to be said for perfecting one’s own sound. If you want something with a lot more BPM, catch opening punks Dark Thoughts. For a bonus reason to come to this show, fans of Victory Brewing will be glad to hear that there are FREE cans of Prima Pils with a ticket to the show from 6PM – 8PM and then $4.00 all night until they’re gone! Friday 7pm
Victory Is Rated by Dark Blue
1) The Beths, Bad Bad Hats, Bad Moves at Music Hall of Williamsburg
No huge surprise here, The Beths released my favourite album of 2018, Future Me Hates Me was the most satisfying dose of upbeat music/downbeat lyrics powerpop in many a year. The kiwi quartet were played in October at Mercury Lounge and Alphaville, so the step up in capacity to Music Hall of Williamsburg is satisfying to see. The fact that it’s also sold out is also great to see, and those who already bought tickets had an extra treat as Washington DC’s Bad Moves were just added as openers. Friday 7pm
Filed Under: Events, Music Tagged With: Bad Moves, Dark Blue, Elsewhere, JG Thirlwell, Music Hall Williamsburg, National Sawdust, Operator Music Band, saint vitus, The Beths, Vundabar
About Chris Quartly
Chris is an unsightly English man who likes to go to shows and eats too much food. Please don't be afraid to say hello but he may be too afraid to say hi back. Can also be found on Twitter or Instagram
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Chiefs host second ISCC match of the season
(Bristol, IL.) – As the saying goes, what a difference a day makes. Yesterday heavy rains washed out play at Blackberry Oaks Golf Course for Aurora University's Double Gun Tournament, which Waubonsee Community College was set to participate in. Twenty-four hours later the Chiefs hosted the second Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference (ISCC) match of the season on the same course under sunny skies with pleasant temperatures.
By the end of the round it was the College of Lake County that walked away with the team title and medalist honors. The Lancers tallied a team total of 326 to win it, while Oakton Community College was second just one shot ahead of Moraine Valley Community College. Lake County's Trevor Gregory carded a 5-over par 77 on the soggy course to win the individual title. Oakton's Nate Dunker came in second just a shot behind Gregory with a 78.
Waubonsee's Austen Velazquez was third with a 79, firing a 38 on the back nine to get into contention. The Chiefs had only two other participants and did not qualify for the team scoring. Collmann Aaron rebounded from a tough front nine, tallying a 37 after the turn on the way to finishing with an 83. Waubonsee's Carter Imel ended the day with a 93. The Chiefs are in action again next Wednesday, September 11 when they travel to Pine Meadow Golf Course in Mundelein for the third ISCC match of the season.
Waubonsee's Austen Velazquez
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8 ways to attend college for free
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"Waka-Sa-Na-Me-No-Kami" Shinto / Japan Agricultural goddess. The deity specifically concerned with the transplanting of young rice. A daughter of Ha-Yama-To-No-Kami and O-Ge-Tsu-Hime. Generally served by Buddhist priests. See also WAKA-TOSHI-NO-KAMI and KUKU-TOSHI-NO-KAMI....
"Armkis [Greek]" Egypt / Upper Birth goddess. Minor deity with cult centers in lower Nubia and at Elephantine. She is variously the daughter of RE, and of KHNUM and SATIS. Anukis lives in the cataracts of the Lower Nile. Her portrait appears in the Temple of Rameses II at Beit-et-Wali where she suckles the pharaoh, suggesting that she is connected with birth and midwifery, but she also demonstrates a malignant aspect as a strangler (see HATHOR). Her sacred animal is the gazelle. Depicted anthropomorphically wearing a turban (modius) with ostrich feathers. Also Anuket (Egyptian)....
"Asase Yaa" Ashanti / Ghana, West Africa Chthonic fertility goddess. A major deity revered over a wide area of Akanand Fante-speaking Ghana. She has no temples or priests but days (Thursdays) are set aside in her honor and no ploughing is permitted. By tradition a farmer sacrifices a çõçkerel to her each year to ensure a good harvest, sprinkling the blood on the ground. As the womb of the earth, she represents the goddess of the dead and she is also goddess of truth. Also Asase Efua (Fante)....
God name
"Kumarbi" Hittite / Hurrian Creator god. An antique deity who was usurped by more modern gods. He is the father of Ullikummi in Hittite legend....
"Inti" Inca God of war and the Sun and a patron deity of Tahuantinsuyu. Inca
"Ifru" Roman - North African God. A rare example in this region of a named deity. Known from an inscription at Cirta [Constantine, Algeria]....
"Anti" Egypt Guardian deity of the eastern sky. Egypt
"An i" Egypt / Upper Guardian deity. Seems to have become åśśimilated with HORUS and was one of the protectors of the eastern sky in which the Sun rises. According to some texts he is also responsible for the decapitation of the goddess HATHOR in a conflict for the throne of Egypt. Anti is known from Middle kingdom coffin texts (circa 2000 BC). Depicted as a falcon, or a human with a falcon's head, standing on a crescent-shaped barque....
"Chantico (in the house)" Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico Hearth goddess. A household guardian deity personi fied by hearth fires. One of the deities collectively clåśśed as the XIUHTECUHTLI complex....
"Bacax" Roman - North African Local god. A rare example of a named deity from this region, thought to have been worshiped as a cave god. Known from inscription at Cirta [Constantine]....
Spirit name
"Ksantiparamita" Buddhist Philosophical deity. One of the PARAMI TAS. spiritual offspring of RATNASAMBHAVA. Color: yellow. Attributes: jeweled banner and white lotus....
Deities name
"Tangaroa" Polynesian / including Maori Sea and creator god. The deity responsible for the oceans (moana) and the fish (ika) within them. In Hawaiian belief he was the primordial being who took the form of a bird and laid an egg on the surface of the primeval waters which, when it broke, formed the earth and sky. He then engendered the god of light, ATEA (cf. TANE). According to Tahitian legend, he fashioned the world inside a gigantic mussel shell. In a separate tradition Tangaroa went fishing and hauled the Tongan group of islands from the depths of the ocean on a hook and line. He is the progenitor of mankind (as distinct from TUMATAUENGA who has authority over mankind). His son Pili married SINA, the tropic bird and they produced five children from whom the rest of the Polynesian race was born. In Maori culture Tangaroa, like all deities, is represented only by inconspicuous, slightly worked stones or pieces of wood and not by the large totems which are depictions of ancestors....
"Sulis" Roman / Celtic She was called Brigantia by the Britons; and later Saint Brighid (after Christianity). She is also a deity concerned with knowledge and prophecy. The tutelary Goddess of the thermal waters at Bath, England, she is closely linked with the Roman Goddess Minerva. Roman / Celtic
"Olokun" Africa The patron orisa of the descendants of Africans that were carried away during the Maafa, the Transatlantic Slave Trade or Middle Påśśage. Olokun works closely with Oya, deity of Sudden Change, and Egungun, Collective Ancestral spirits, to herald the way for those that påśś to ancestorship, as it plays a critical role in death (Iku), Life and the transition of human beings and spirits between these two existences.
1. Grants and scholarships
Financial aid — the traditional way of eliminating college costs — is still available. To increase the odds of landing grants and scholarships, Doug Hewitt, co-author of “Free College Resource Book,” advises students to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, and then focus on local prizes.
“There are more scholarships you’ll qualify for in your home state than nationally,” says Hewitt. “Look at local organizations and talk to your high school (guidance) counselor.”
And remember to start your search early. You won’t be the only person wondering how to go to college for free and scholarships can be limited to a first come, first served basis. You should also keep in mind that you don’t need to wait for your senior year to start hunting for scholarships. There are grants and awards available at all high school grade levels.
2. Give service to your country
The U.S. Coast Guard, Air Force, Military (West Point), Merchant Marine and Naval academies offer free college opportunities to students who serve after college, but cash is also available through ROTC programs closer to home.
Service requirements for ROTC programs vary, but all require students to complete military training on campus and commit to up to 12 years, depending on the branch of service. Students leave with training, a guaranteed job and opportunities for more free education.
AmeriCorps, a national service organization that offers education awards in exchange for community work, provides an award of up to $5,730 for each full year of service. Maximum years of service vary among AmeriCorps programs. Members also receive a living stipend while serving in the program.
3. Work for the school
Schools charge students tuition, but their employees often can get a free education. “This is a great option, especially for older students with job experience,” says Reyna Gobel, author of “CliffsNotes Graduation Debt.” “If you’re 18, you might not qualify for a job that provides (tuition) benefits.”
Schools typically provide benefits for full-time workers and sometimes require a certain level of experience, Gobel says. Future students can find out about their school’s policy by calling the admissions office.
4. Waive your costs
Some students can get a free pass based on academic performance or other factors.
The North American Council on Adoptable Children in St. Paul, Minnesota, reports that Connecticut, Kentucky, Virginia, Maine, Massachusetts, Texas, Florida and Maryland offer waivers at certain public schools for adopted and foster care children.
Other schools offer waivers for Native American students, senior citizens and dislocated workers. To find out what your school offers, call the financial aid office.
5. Become an apprentice
An apprenticeship is another solid option when you’re determining how to get free tuition. They can also open you up to job opportunities post-college.
Overall, your average apprenticeship program will take 1-6 years. You will probably be required to put in that time along with at least 2,000 hours of field work annually. The good news is that there are apprenticeships in more than 1,000 occupations, which can give you more options.
In exchange, the sponsoring employer pays for college or technical training and provides a salary. A list of available programs is available at the ApprenticeshipUSA website.
6. Have your employer pick up the costs
Another way you might receive a free college education is through your employer. Often given in the form of an employee reimbursement, there are plenty of employers that can help curb the cost of higher education.
7. Be in demand
Another great way to find out how to go to college for free is to determine if your field of study is “high-needs.” Will your studies result in a career that’s high in demand? Ask yourself this before you even enroll if you’re trying to cut the cost of college.
Generally, schools will offer incentives to anyone focusing their studies on math, science, nursing, teaching, and social work. There are also additional opportunities available through organizations like Teach for America, the Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program and the National Institutes of Health.
The nursing program at the University of Portland in Oregon has offered scholarships covering approximately 80% of the final 2 years of undergraduate study, if students sign a 3-year employment contract with the local health system, Fabriquer says. “There are similar programs in (high-needs) fields across the country,” he adds.
8. Choose a school that pays you
Last on our list of ways on how to get free tuition, and probably the riskiest. There are, indeed, schools that will pay you to focus your studies in a single subject (which they dictate). Schools such as the Webb Institute and the Curtis Institute of Music offer a select range of academic programs and pick up the tuition cost for every student. Just think long and hard about your decision before you commit to this course.
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So what is raw milk exactly and isn’t it bad from us? I mean that is why we started heating the milk up isn’t it? to make it safer…… The answer is yes and a big fat NO! Read below and check out the links and you may find yourself becoming a raw milk fan. If you do, I have listed a link to Hook and sons web site where you can buy Raw milk in the UK online!
The vitamins and minerals are severely depleted when we pasteurize milk, and then the homogenized process pounds the milk until the fat molecules are broken down and suspended constantly throughout the milk. This gives the milk a consistent colour and stops the fat separating and floating to the top. This process may make the milk look good but it is not good for us and can make the once healthy fats, very unhealthy.
I have personally used raw milk and love the stuff! it is hard to get hold of as you can only buy direct from a farmer and it cannot be re-sold so shops cannot sell it. Raw milk is said to ease asthma, other allergies, and many other illnesses. Networking is key, and information valuable, so please take a look at the following links and realise the amazing facts and possible health benefits of this amazing cow juice.
http://www.realmilk.com/
http://www.hookandson.co.uk/index.html
Below is some good information put together by Mr Tony Pantalleresco from http://augmentinforce.50webs.com/
Many people don’t realize that raw milk has many benefits. It can make you healthier, help you grow properly, and it contains many of the vitamins and enzymes you need to live a healthy life.
Raw milk is rich in enzymes and contains all 22 of the essential amino acids, the building blocks of life1, including phosphate. Phosphate is essential for the absorption of calcium and is plentifully present in raw milk but is completely destroyed by pasteurization. Phosphatase is an essential agent to the proper development of a strong skeletal structure. The enzyme lipase is also present in raw milk. Lipase aids in the digestion of fats. It is destroyed by pasteurization as well. 2. Lactase, an enzyme that helps with milk digestion and in the digestion of lactose, is in raw milk3. “; Raw milk is also an excellent source of vitamins particularly vitamin B12, a necessary vitamin that is difficult to find in non-meat sources1. Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland found that raw milk contains 2 1/2 times more of the enzyme lgG than pasteurized milk. This important enzyme inhibits rotavirus organisms that cause diarrhea in infants. Natural vitamin C is 33% higher in fresh raw milk than in pasteurized milk 2. Many people don’t realize that vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C, and enzyme inhibitors that kill pathogens are all destroyed by pasteurization. 2 Francis Pottenger, M.D. proved that raw milk reversed scurvy. Raw milk naturally has enzyme-based pathogen killers. These enzymes include lactoferrin, xanthine, oxidase, lactoperoxidase, lysozyme and nisin. Research has shown that when pathogens were added to raw milk they would not grow. The salmonella could not be found after less than 24 hours. The listeria and the E. Coli would not grow either.3 Thus, research has shown that raw milk contains enzymes and antibodies that make milk actually less susceptible to bacterial contamination. Dr. Crew used raw milk therapy on people with advanced cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and they improved rapidly. John Fowler M.D., Worcester Massachusetts, reported relief of muscle cramps in pregnancy. He said that raw milk therapy was very effective, and in no instance where used faithfully, were the muscle cramps in pregnant women a cause of discomfort.
Anna Soref: newhope.com
William Campbell Douglass, Jr., M.D. & Vonderplanitz, Scientist/Nutrionist
Mark McAfee: Founder, Organic Pastures, The Safety of Raw Milk
A lot of people find that raw milk helps them lower weight and blood pressure. One patient went from 325 lbs. to 284 lbs. in two weeks on two qts. of raw milk a day and her blood pressure was reduced from 220 to 170. The worst case of psoriasis Dr. William Douglass had ever seen was when a boy came in and he was covered from head to toe with scales. They put him on a raw milk diet and in less than a month he had skin like a baby’s. Many people are realizing that raw milk has many benefits. Raw milk contains the essential vitamins, enzymes, and amino acids. Raw milk has been a part of our diet all through the millennia and it has just been these last 100 years that we have pasteurized milk. What a coincidence that now we as a nation are sicker than ever. Pasteurization is just an excuse for the sale of dirty milk, it may be used to mask low quality milk. Pasteurization promotes carelessness. People are now realizing that raw milk is now good for you.
Raw milk vs. Pasteurized milk
CATEGORY COMPARED
PASTUERIZED MILK
ENZYMES ALL AVAILIBLE LESS THAN 10% REMAINING
PROTEIN 100% available, all 22 amino acids, including 8 that are essential. Protein-lysine and tyrosine are altered by heat with serious loss of metabolic availability. This results in making the whole protein complex less available for tissue repair and rebuilding
Fats: (research studies indicate that fats are necessary to metabolize protein and calcium. All natural protein-bearing foods contain fats.)
All 18 fatty acids metabolically available, both saturated and unsaturated fats. Altered by heat, especially the 10 essential unsaturated fats.
Vitamins: All 100% available Among the fat-soluble vitamins, some are classed as unstable and therefore a loss is caused by eating above blood temperature. This loss Vitamin A, D, E and F can run as high as 66%. Vitamin C loss usually exceeds 50%. Losses on water-soluble vitamins are affected by heat and can run from 38% to 80%.
Carbohydrates: Easily utilized in metabolism. Still associated naturally with elements. Tests indicate that heat has made some changes making elements less available metabolically.
Minerals: All 100% metabolically available. Major mineral components are calcium, chlorine, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium and sulphur. Vital trace minerals, all 24 or more, 100% available. Calcium is altered by heat and loss in metabolism may run 50% or more, depending on pasteurization temperature. Losses in other essential minerals, because one mineral usually acts synergistically with another element There is a loss of enzymes that serve as leaders in assimilation minerals.
I. In nearly 40 years, millions of people drank over 3 billion glasses of Alta Dena Dairy raw milk and there was not one epidemic, not one proved case of food borne illness because of it.
II. Raw milk produced under gross conditions has not been proved to be the cause of an epidemic. No one been maimed by drinking raw milk. (p. 14-17.) Until 1950, raw milk commonly contained bacterial counts of 3 million ml and 200 ml pathogens, compared to 10,000 ml and 10 ml pathogens now, and there were no epidemics that proved to be caused by raw milk, proving that raw milk is not harmful when containing many pathogens (p. 15, ¶ 2-3) even when used as a preservative for raw meat (p. 21).
III. A review the cases DHS cited in their Report, p. 4, shows a total of 156 cases from 1973 until 1992, but no outbreaks or epidemics attributed to raw milk. Let’s say that that figure was valid, although it is not, as explained above: 156 cases ¸ 19 years = 5.6 cases each year attributed to raw milk. That is the lowest incidence of any animal product produced. However, there is extensive evidence showing that pasteurization is a great health risk to the public, having caused numerous epidemics. One pasteurized-milk epidemic involved 200 people, another 468 people, another 1,492, another 16,284, another 17,000, and another 197,000 people. In each incident the product was from a single source producer. In the years 1978-1997 there were 232,485 people who suffered due to outbreaks from pasteurized milk. (p. 5-7.) If we were to disregard all of the other outbreaks from pasteurized milk and consider only those listed on pages 5-8, we have: 232,485 cases ¸ 19 years = 12,236 people effected each year from bacteria in pasteurized milk. In almost all cases, CDC reported that investigation showed proper pasteurization. CDC’s figures and CDC’s conclusion that ” pasteurization provides assurances against infection”, are contradictory and untrustworthy. Considering that CDC attributed only 4% of food borne illness to milk consumed in the same bulk as other foods, it is the safest product to consume and does not merit the prejudice that it receives. But as the facts state, pasteurized milk has caused 2,185 times more Food borne illness than was attributed to raw milk.
IV. The decline in raw milk consumption met with a dramatic increase in Salmonella illness, . It could be reasonably argued that the deprivation of raw milk to the public resulted in a loss of natural immunity to bacteria and more people succumbed, and continue to succumb, to bacterial illness. The ill effects to cultural groups from loss of raw milk and allergies to pasteurized milk has been repeatedly studied and confirmed.
Ø Strains of bacteria have become immune to antibacterial agents and humans are becoming more susceptible to bacteria illness. (p. 30, ¶ 6.) Science has proved that humans become immune to bacteria to which they are exposed. Legally and morally, it would be correct to allow people to develop or maintain natural immunity by ingesting them in food-form, especially those who are considered “high risk”. People who buy raw milk are aware that there may be pathogens within it by the Government warning label.
Ø There has been no proof that feeding or contact with raw milk is unsafe or dangerous to infants and children , nor to the “high risk” groups defined by health departments. We are not saying that food-poisoning does not exist. We have no evidence that raw milk has proved to cause any illness in any children and other “at high risk” individuals. Evidence exists that infants and children thrive on raw milk. (p. xx, and Exh. L.) Illnesses in infants have been treated successfully with raw milk for centuries in hospitals and clinics. (p.16-17.) Raw milk reduced infant deaths in hospital by 94%.
Some Outbreaks Attributed to Bacterial Food-poisoning from Pasteurized Milk
A 1945 ,492 cases for the year in the U.S.A.
A 1945 outbreak, 300 cases in Phoenix , Arizona .
A 1945 everal outbreaks, 468 cases of gastroenteritis, 9 deaths, in Great Bend , Kansas .
A 197 8 outbreak, 68 cases in Arizona .
A 1982 ver 17,000 cases of yersinia enterocolitica in Memphis , Tenn.
A 1982 72 cases, with over 100 hospitalized from a three-Southern-state area.
A 1983 outbreak, 49cases of listeriosis in Massachusetts .
A 1984 August, 1 outbreak S. typhimurium, approximately 200 cases, at one plant in Melrose Park , IL .
A 1984 November, 1 outbreak S. typhimurium, at same plant in Melrose Park , IL .
A 1984 March, 1 outbreak, 16,284 confirmed cases, at same plant in Melrose Park , IL
. A 1985¾197,000 cases of antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella infections from one dairy in California.[7][8]
A 1985 ,500+ cases, Salmonella culture confirmed, in Northern Illinois .
A 1993 outbreaks statewide, 28 cases Salmonella infection.
A 1994 outbreaks, 105 cases, E. Coli & Listeria in California .
A 1995 outbreak, 3 cases in California .
A 1996 outbreaks Campylobactor and Salmonella, 48 cases in California .
A 1997 outbreaks, 28 cases Salmonella in California .
Dr. Pottenger elaborated on malnourishment caused by pasteurized dairy
“Can human infants be born of mothers who are deficient, and yet attain a fair degree of skeletal development if given a proper raw milk supply? ,The three infants were born of mothers known to be hypothyroid. Prior to the birth of the infants shown, all three mothers had given birth to children within three years. Each of the previous children was asthmatic, showed infantile rickets, and possessed poor skeletal development. The first child shown in Figure 4 [healthiest-looking] was breast fed from birth, with the mother living under excellent health-promoting conditions. The second child was on powdered milk for four weeks, and on raw certified milk after that without cod-liver oil or orange juice. Both the first and second child began supplemental feedings when they were about five months old and were very healthy babies. The third baby was always sickly and had been on formulae since birth. These formulae included powdered milk, pasteurized milk, boiled milk, boiled certified milk and canned milk. She had suffered from severe gastric distress during her entire infancy and when eight months old she developed asthma. She is very small though her parents are of larger build.[10]
Steinman studied rats.[11] The decay process in rats’ teeth is biologically identical to that in human teeth. He divided his rats into several groups. The control group received a standard nutritious rat chow made by the Purina Company. Steinman discovered that these rats would average less than one cavity for their entire lifetime. The second group received a very heavy refined sugar diet. Although they grew faster than the Purina rats, they averaged 5.6 cavities per rat. The third group was fed “homogenized Grade A pasteurized milk” and they had almost twice as many cavities as the sugar-fed group – 9.4 cavities per animal. Dr. Weston Price in Nutrition and Human Degeneration proved fifty years ago what Steinman showed in 1963: Processed milk leads to disease and premature death.[12] Nizel of Tufts University reported that decayed teeth were four times more common in pasteurized milk-fed babies as opposed to breast-fed babies. Dr. Weston Price, D D.S., proved that processed food, such as pasteurized milk, causes poor development of the facial bones.
The pituitary hormone, TSH, stimulates the thyroid gland. If minute amounts of this pituitary hormone were absorbed daily from unbalanced pasteurized milk, depression of the thyroid gland could eventually result. Low thyroid function has become extremely common in the USA. Some experts estimate that fifty percent of the people over fifty years of age have some degree of low functioning thyroid. Another hormone from the pituitary, ADH, absorbed regularly from pasteurized milk causes water retention. ACTH, a powerful adrenal stimulator, absorbed regularly from pasteurized milk contributes to everything from diabetes and hypertension to Addison’s Disease (adrenal exhaustion), and acne. Several cancers, such as ovarian cancer, have been linked to the consumption of pasteurized dairy products. According to a study by Daniel Cramer, M.D., and colleagues at Harvard, pasteurized dairy-product consumption affects a woman’s ovaries.[24] Some women have particularly low levels of certain enzymes, and when they consume processed dairy products on a regular basis, their risk of ovarian cancer can triple that of other women.
Pasteurized milk is touted for preventing osteoporosis, yet clinical research shows otherwise. The Harvard Nurses’ Health Study, 1997, which followed more than 75,000 women for 12 years, showed no protective effect of increased processed-milk consumption on fracture risk. [31] In fact, increased intake of calcium from pasteurized dairy products was associated with a higher fracture risk. An Australian study showed the same results.[32] Additionally, other studies have found no protective effect of pasteurized dairy calcium on bone.[33]
BENEFITS OF RAW MILK
The British journal The Lancet reported, “Resistance to tuberculosis increased in children fed raw milk instead of pasteurized, to the point that in five years only one case of pulmonary TB had developed, whereas in the previous five years, when children had been given pasteurized milk, 14 cases of pulmonary TB had developed.” Raw milk also contains an anti-viral agent. In 1997, British studies have shown that some mysterious substance in the aqueous portion of the raw milk, below the cream layer, works against viral infections.[49] Formula and boiled milk do not contain this virus-fighting agent. The enzyme lipase aids in the digestion of fats. It is plentiful in raw milk but destroyed by pasteurization. One of the most remarkable and important discoveries in medicine, the incredible healing power of fresh raw milk, goes unnoticed by the medical profession. No one knows who first used raw milk as a therapeutic agent, probably the Egyptians. Hippocrates, the father of medicine, prescribed raw milk for tuberculosis. Dr. J.E. Crewe, from the Mayo Foundation, Rochester , Minnesota , presented his findings on the therapeutic uses of raw milk before the Minnesota State Medical Society in 1923. Although Dr. Crewe’s experiments were on the feeding of raw milk for disease, the key, he injects, is not milk but raw milk. Dr. Crewe reported, “While milk is widely used and recommended as an article of diet, it is seldom used by regular physicians exclusively as an agent in the treatment of disease. For fifteen years I have employed the so-called [raw] milk treatment in various diseases … the results obtained in various types of illnesses have been so uniformly excellent that one’s conception of disease and its alleviation is necessarily modified.” [52] His report was met with apathy and indifference, saying, “The method itself is so simple that it does not greatly interest medical men.[53] The fact that many diseases are treated and successful results [ignored], leads almost to disrespect.” Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland found that raw cows milk contains 2½ times more of the enzyme lgG than pasteurized milk. This important enzyme inhibits rotavirus organisms that cause diarrhea in infants. It has been known since the earliest days of husbandry that the newborn calf thrives on raw milk. Calves fed pasteurized milk since birth die by the third month. Francis Pottenger, M.D. proved there is deficiency disease, similar to Vitamin C deficiency (scurvy) that can be cured by giving an endocrine product that contains no Vitamin C. He proved that raw milk has this endocrine nutrient and pasteurized milk does not. He proved that raw milk reversed and prevented scurvy. The Bahimas of Africa drink six pints a day. In fact, they eat little else. This is also true of the Nuers of the Upper Nile , the Todas, the Kazaks, and the Hottentots. They all live healthfully Fermented raw milk has been shown to retard tumor growth and decrease the activity of alkylating agents associated stomach cancer.[65]
Use 2 cups of raw milk add 1 tablespoon of honey and 1 tablespoon of red wine ( your choice) 2 drops of propolis and cinnamon extract 1/2 teaspoon blend and then proceed to drink you can add a potato to this as a meal baked or cooked in oil and water mixed with herbs….this combo can hold you fro up to eight hours, maintaining strength no desire to eat. Sugar levels maintain and maintain for a long period of time, protein a uptake is almost felt immediately and fat is decreased off the body as a result of the lipase and CLA content
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A lot of people want to lose weight, and a lot of people want to get fit. The problem is that if you want to do both, you may find yourself with a problem, as it’s hard to find a program that helps you do both. If you lose weight, you usually lose muscle. If you put on muscle, you’ll often gain fat.
Jason Ferruggia says his Renegade Diet program can help you do both – you’ll gain muscle and get fit and you’ll lose weight, including that hard to lose stubborn fat, and you can do it all in 60 days. That’s pretty impressive, especially if it actually works. But is the diet complex? Jason says it’s drop-dead simple to follow, too.
That sounds pretty interesting, so I decided to give Renegade Diet a closer look and see what it’s all about. Is Renegade Diet a scam, or is it a good program?
Read on for the full Renegade Diet review.
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Renegade Diet Overview
The Renegade Diet is sold as a downloadable book in PDF format, which means that you can download it immediately after purchase, regardless of the time of day. PDF books are portable, and can be read on nearly any computer device.
As I previously mentioned, the Renegade Diet program is designed to help you lose weight and gain muscle, and that’s often a difficult thing to accomplish. Even worse is the fact that most such diets are going to be overly complex, meaning you’ll have to eat weird foods or spend all of your time doing match to figure out what to eat. Jason says that Renegade Diet won’t involve any of that.
The Renegade Diet is a 158 page book that contains the following chapters:
Problems We Need to Fix
Dietary Myth
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The Fasting Phase
The Under Eating Phase
The Over Eating Phase
Losing Fat & Gaining Muscle Simultaneously
How to Fix Your Broken Metabolism
More Muscle Gain Modifications
Morning Training Options
12 Step Quick Start Guide
Renegade Diet Rules
Training Considerations
The first part of Renegade Diet will cover some common myths about dieting that the author says are all wrong. You don’t need to eat six meals a day or that you need to consume a bunch of calories to build muscle. He says that these things are wrong, and he’s discovered a simple system that’s easy to follow and which will allow just about anyone, with any schedule to work with this plan.
You will, of course, need to avoid certain foods, and I’ve reviewed some of Jason’s programs before. As with his other diet programs, you’ll find yourself avoiding processed foods, sugars, most types of fats, caffeine and alcohol. There’s nothing overly unusual here; these are the sorts of things that most diets will tell you to avoid.
What Jason endorses are lots of vegetables, some fruit, a few carbs (at the appropriate time) and lots of lean, grass-fed beef or wild caught fish.
The trick to the Renegade Diet isn’t so much what you eat, as that is defined by your desired weight and whether or not you’re trying to build muscle. The secret to the Renegade Diet is when you eat, as this program involves doing things on a schedule. You’ll be fasting for part of each day, followed by a four hour period where you eat only specific types of foods. After that, you’ll have another four hour period where you’ll eat different specific types of foods.
So it’s fast for a while, eat some of this for a while, and then eat some of that for a while. On the plus side, you’ll find that you’ve got a fair amount of latitude regarding what you eat, provided that you’re eating the right food groups at the right time. Renegade Diet doesn’t give you a meal plan (that’s sold separately,) so you’ll have the ability to decide what you eat.
The secret is when you eat it. If you’re trying to build muscle while working out, there’s some specific tweaking to the plan that you’ll have to apply, and when you choose to work out is critical. That has to come in between the two eating periods.
This all sounds rather complicated, but it really isn’t. You just need to follow a simple schedule and stick to the types of foods that you’re told to eat when you’re told to eat them. The schedule doesn’t change; it will be the same every day, so that will help people who like to stick to a schedule.
If there’s a downside to the Renegade Diet book, it’s that Jason, as usual, tries to get you to buy a lot of dietary supplements, including his favorite, something called Athletic greens. There are links throughout the book for these various supplements, as well as an entire chapter devoted to them. Whether you buy them or not is up to you, but be aware that he does push these products pretty hard.
Other than that, Renegade Diet is a pretty well written book. Jason does have his biases regarding commercially produced foods, but it’s up to you if you’re going to go out of your way to buy non-hormonal, grass-fed beef or wild caught fish. That said, the program is easy to follow and if you get regular exercise while using the Renegade Diet, you may very will find yourself getting fit and losing weight.
Pros and Cons of Renegade Diet
Well-written book
Plan is easy to follow
No meal plan
Lots of upsells within the book
Renegade Diet Summary
Is Renegade Diet a scam? No, it’s a solid, well written book that offers a relatively simple weight loss and fitness plan that’s easy to follow. The book is affordable, too, and is priced within the means of just about everyone. There are some attempts to get you to buy some nutritional supplements, but other than that, the book offers a good plan that hsould produce good results.
Renegade Diet is recommended.
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