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Ed Miliband on Syria - JIC only part of evidence needed. UN is an essential part of building the case if intervention is to take place
4) Any military action must be specifically designed to deter the future use of chemical weapons. - @Ed_Miliband #Syria
by The Labour Party via twitter 8/29/2013 2:31:00 PM
Syrian PM urges mobilisation of resources in case of US attack
BEIRUT - Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi called on Thursday for mobilising national resources to preserve essential state services in the case of a military attack by the United States and its Western allies in the coming days.
Washington and close allies are publicly raising the prospect of military action in Syria as punishment for what they say was an apparent poison gas attack by government forces in a rebel-held area on Aug. 21 that killed hundreds of civilians.
Al-Halqi said the steps he was calling for were necessary "to overcome any emergency situation and prevent enemies from disrupting state services, especially electricity, drinking water, communications, food and oil," according to a statement from SANA, Syria's state news agency.
"The government strives to secure supplies of food, medicine and services," said al-Halqi. "There is a strategic supply of all materials, and the bakeries are continuing to operate around the clock to meet citizens' needs."
He commented during a meeting of government ministers and regional governors convened to discuss readiness plans for government agencies that provide such services.
Rebels hold much of Syria's north and east while the government retains control of most major cities.
"We will resist any attempted sabotage by enemies of the state," said al-Halqi.
President Bashar al-Assad, facing a 2 1/2-year-old armed revolt, has flatly denied Western accusations that his forces resorted to chemical weapons in last week's attack, instead blaming the rebels. They deny any responsibility.
(Reporting by Stephen Kalin; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
4) There must be a clear legal basis in international law for taking military action -@Ed_Miliband
"You need to grow up" one MP coos from the benches. #SyriaDebate
Ed Miliband: "Evidence should precede decision; not decision precede evidence."
5) Any military action must be specifically designed to deter the future use of chemical weapons. #Syria
Miliband speaks of deterring #Syria use of chemical weapons. Evidently mass slaughter of civilians by other means ok. http://trib.al/sBdW6bo
by Kenneth Roth via twitter 8/29/2013 2:33:07 PM
Ed Miliband asked if he would back intervention if no UN support. "We have to do so on the basis of evidence." #SyriaDebate
It must be time limited. It must have precise and achievable objectives. - @Ed_Miliband #Syria
And it must have regard for the consequences of any action. - @Ed_Miliband #Syria
Miliband's main point - 'it is right to go about this process in a calm and measured way'
by Laura Kuenssberg via twitter 8/29/2013 2:35:04 PM
Ed Miliband says decision on #Syria must be taken in calm, measured way and not to a political timetable
by norman smith via twitter 8/29/2013 2:35:51 PM
Norman -
saving lives is not political
But seems pretty clear Miliband just is not clear yet not on what he would support or when
Ed Miliband on Syria : don't rule out military action but decision must be taken in calm, measured way and not to a political timetable
"What has happened to the national interest." Nadhim Zahawi asks @Ed_Miliband. Response: "That is not worthy of the gentlemen." #SyriaDebate
'I don't rule out supporting the PM but he has to make a better case than he has today' - Ed M says
"I do not rule out supporting the PM...but he has to make a better case than he has today " - Ed Miliband #syria
Is Russia without blame because they keep saying that the conflict must be resolved politically?
by ignorant 8/29/2013 2:39:31 PM
"He has to make a better case". @Ed_Miliband on @David_Cameron's arguments on Syria. #SyriaDebate
it's nice to see an articulate debate from all parties... over here in the colonies we've lost the art of debate and discussion... our politicians only read prepared statements from lawyers and the representatives usually don't even know what they're talking about...
by Larry Smith 8/29/2013 2:39:37 PM
There musn't be a rush to judgement. - @Ed_Miliband #Syria
Here Here Larry Smith
by Secularist 8/29/2013 2:42:01 PM
There is no benefit for modern world being an attack to #syria. Any war,attack will damage the secular structure of #syrian people and attacks support the İslamic fanatics hand.#GivePeaceAChance until the end.
by Yunus 8/29/2013 2:42:03 PM
"We on this side of the House stand ready to play our part read to improve the prospects of peace in the Middle East and Syria"@Ed_Miliband
Its great to see actual Democracy in action in the UK unlike Obama who prefers dictatorial executive orders.
by Dennis D 8/29/2013 2:42:36 PM
Three Cheers for the U.K. Parliament—and the British Public http://nyr.kr/19PQN1m
by The New Yorker via twitter 8/29/2013 2:44:04 PM
READER COMMENT: There is only 9 percent support for military action against Syria. See my column today at washingtonexaminer.com and clock on analysis
by Cal Thomas edited by Margarita Noriega (Reuters) 8/29/2013 2:45:59 PM
READER COMMENT: a military strike against Assad helps Al Qaeda.
by Dennis D edited by Margarita Noriega (Reuters) 8/29/2013 2:49:40 PM
Chamber is so packed some MPs such as business minister Michael Fallon and Libdem John Hemming watching from the gallery
by iain watson via twitter 8/29/2013 2:49:41 PM
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel are among senior U.S. officials who will participate in a briefing on Thursday for members of Congress about the situation in Syria, a congressional aide told Reuters.
READ: Kerry and Hagel among U.S. officials briefing Congress on Syria - source
READER COMMENT: We are discussing a Global Problem, so we need to involved and coordinate a global intervention. This is not just a problem of USA or UK. We need to discuss together and give a world opinion
by Jose Carlos Tapia edited by Margarita Noriega (Reuters) 8/29/2013 2:52:38 PM
Malcolm Rifkind: "the Assad regime are watching very carefully to see if they can get away with what they've done."
Jack Straw: "I was the final speaker on 18th March 2003...that we should take military intervention...The government has yet to prove its case." Straw tries to steer the debate away from a discussion of Iraq and Afghanistan in light of two MP interventions on these.
by Prospect Magazine via twitter edited by Margarita Noriega (Reuters) 8/29/2013 2:52:49 PM
Government sources continue to attack Ed Miliband over Syria, accusing him of "flip flopping.....unable to make his mind up." ... Government sources say they are not ruling out re-calling Parliament this weekend for second vote on Syria military action.
by norman smith via twitter edited by Margarita Noriega (Reuters) 8/29/2013 2:53:27 PM
Labour spokesman now making a statement on the level of 'personal insult' directed at Ed Miliband. "This is uncalled for and demeaning"
by Sam Coates Times via twitter 8/29/2013 3:00:44 PM
For those attempting to tie together the latest global developments on Syria and potential retaliatory strikes by the U.S. and its allies on the Syrian government for chemical weapons use, it might be helpful to consider a timeline of what is set to come right now:
- Shortly, around 1pm, we will be tracking the White House and State Department daily briefings.
- This evening, at 6pm according to Patricia Zengerle of Reuters, Congress will receive an unclassified phone briefing on the Syria situation. Congress is out of session until September 9th, complicating any effort to receive formal approval or agreement from leaders on a decision to strike Syria, which would almost certainly push any action into next week.
- The photos a few entries down show the "test" debate in the UK parliament today before a definitive vote scheduled for next week by PM David Cameron. Intelligence released by the UK on Syria's chemical weapons use failed to sway many lawmakers, and yesterday Cameron scuttled a vote on more immediate action in the face of a wavering support base. It is possible Parliament could be recalled over the weekend for a vote, however.
- U.N. inspectors of the attack in Syria are set to finish their work and report to U.N. head Ban Ki-moon by Saturday morning. It's been widely assumed that any strike would occur after their departure, and it now seems likely that their findings will inform the widening debate in the U.S., UK, and elsewhere.
Obama called House Speaker Boehner on Thursday on the status of deliberations on Syria. There were some rumors on Wednesday that the president might be involved in the broader briefing for Congress but that's not the case.
by toby.zakaria edited by Margarita Noriega (Reuters) 8/29/2013 6:56:37 PM
POLITICO reports that A U.S. attack on Syria could translate into big bucks for defense giant Raytheon, which makes the Tomahawk cruise missile that’s said to be President Barack Obama’s weapon of choice.
READ: Defense contractor Raytheon could supply possible U.S. strikes on Syria
by Gabriel Debenedetti via twitter edited by Margarita Noriega (Reuters) 8/29/2013 8:05:35 PM
Report: Two U-2s touch down in Cyprus, as U.S. moves spy planes closer to Syria
Journalist Andrew Potter based near the British air base at Akrotiri, Cyprus, reported (via Twitter) that two U-2 spyplanes arrived there in the afternoon of Aug. 29. One U-2 had left RAF Fairford early in the morning and was plotted until it entered the French airspace: although its final destination is unknown, is safe to assume it went to Akrotiri.
Potter mentioned that the first U-2 to arrive made two attempts to land where as the second had no issues. There are no reports of a second U-2 leaving Fairford before or after the reported departure, it must have come from elsewhere, possibly from a U.S. base in the Middle East, as Al Dhafra, in the UAE.
Continue reading: theaviationist.com
by TheAviationist via twitter edited by Margarita Noriega (Reuters) 8/29/2013 8:06:14 PM
Readers: we welcome you to submit a question to Lou Charbonneau, our resident expert on the United Nations.
by WH National Security via twitter edited by Margarita Noriega (Reuters) 8/30/2013 1:05:46 AM
READER COMMENT: There is blood on both hands. The West needs to stop painting a one-sided picture of this conflict. Bottom line: democracy does not happen overnight. If the opposition, which has failed miserably to unite as one voice, is refusing to negotiate and if they insist that its, "their way, or the highway", perhaps Syria is better under President Assad. That is, until the next elections. I urge Western media to stop hijacking the Syrian people and speaking/acting on behalf of the "Syrian people". The Syrian people include the Shiites, Christians, Druze, Alawites and the Sunnis. Not all Sunnis are against Assad, so the venomous generalizations need to stop. [edited for length]
by Nikan edited by Margarita Noriega (Reuters) 8/30/2013 1:25:12 AM
Reuters' Andrew Osborn and Guy Faulconbridge: UK's Syria vote on Thursday "first time a British prime minister had lost a vote on war since 1782."
READ: Iraq war ghosts end UK plans to take part in Syria action
by kira.bindrim via twitter edited by Margarita Noriega (Reuters) 8/30/2013 1:31:49 AM
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Rca Victor Radio Models
The "Archives" are maintained just for fun by Steve Adams at the Radio Attic. ; New York NY, build 1936, 8 pictures, 11 schematics, 5 tubes, United States of America , semiconductors, Broadcast Receiver. Brand: RCA. the RCA Victor BP-10 ‘Personal’. Also shown is a big flat RCA knob that is 1 7/8" diameter. Guide for. If your model is still not listed contact me before ordering. This radio is in very nice condition. Some machines use names rather than numeric model designations. What is the approximate value of a RCA Victor Model A-108. This radio has a great stepped skyscraper shape, symmetrical design, beautiful colored wood and concentric circle knobs. Founded in 1919 as a subsidiary of General Electric, RCA was responsible for many key innovations in radio technology, and was an early manufacturer of ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore radios, portable and military radios, and radio telephones. RCA Model 75X11 Bakelite Radio (1948) You have to see this radio lit up to appreciate the dial's subtle effects. WORKING VINTAGE RCA VICTOR TABLETOP AM RADIO MODEL 75X12 (CIRCA 1947). However, in 1943 RCA Victor is the best in radio” The first electronic tube factory in South America (1956) - Autonomy in production of electronics - Exportation - Fulfillment of the import-substitution model Chilean examples “Chilote” model (1937) evoking the rural southern Chile in an Art Deco cabinet Two tube neutrodyne radio Chiloé. 1938 RCA Victor 811K Vintage 3-Band Floor Radio Description1938 RCA Victor 811K 3-band floor radio. Welcome to RCA Victorland. Receiver Radio Service Data Sheet January 1935 Radio-Craft. Innovative Product: Thin radio. Dimensions: H: 9 inches: W: 15 inches: D: 7 inchesCondition: Chip to right front. Helen Roberts, who's on probation, goes back to work as a waitress at Torre's Fish Palace, a San Francisco waterfront dive. 25"H, small crack top right rear corner. 50 not including the vacuum tubes. In 1929, the Radio Corporation of America purchased the Victor Talking Machine Company, then the world's largest manufacturer of phonographs (including the famous "Victrola") and phonograph records (in British English, "gramophone records"). RCA Victor Radio-Phonograph 77V1, 40's Print Ad. This one looks as good as it sounds. I just bought a rca Dolby pro logic surround system How do you change radio bands from fm to am on RS2867B How do change radio bands am to fm or vice versa on 3 cd changer is not working Would like to set alarm clock. The schematic for this radio can be found at the Nostalgia Air web site by clicking on the link below. The company then became RCA Victor. Brown swirled Bakelite case. Download this best ebook and read the Rca Rt2500 Manual ebook. World lea. 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I am trying to find out what year / vintage this unit is. Coming Soon - Our First In a Series of Blogs! We are very busy doing all sorts of interesting graphics work plus adding some …. If your model is still not listed contact me before ordering. This example is in "Beetle" Plaskon with red knobs and feet. CLICK HERE to see a red and black variegated wax Pathe from 1926. Their mascot "Nipper" was featured in many logos listening at the horn of "his master's voice". To put this in perspective, in 1932, the year after the last documented sale of a new RCA Theremin, RCA (as just one of many manufacturers) produced 9,000 radios per day. This is a little gem and works great! See it play on YouTube. I am mainly interested in the AM broadcast and shortwave bands, but I do have some radios with the FM band. None of the radios in the Archives is for sale! When cabinet material or color differences are apparent or suspected in donated photos, I have included additional photos of certain model numbers. Covers AM and some usable SWgives full coverage of the 49m band. Description: Original rare RCA Victor radio service manual for the 1936 automobiles. Silvertone Model 4686. 1957?, Canada, table, plastic, BC, 5 tubes, AC, 10. power labs vf-180 rf amplifier sch $10. 66X2 Ch= RC-1038 is ivory Radio RCA RCA Victor Co. This company was established by RCA as an agency to order radios for the RCA market outside Germany and USA,. Buy online, view images and see past prices for RCA Victor Model 16X3 Radio. This is the perfect gift for someone that likes unique and interesting pieces of history. Shop and save on wholesale Shop Victor prices from Ebay. You searched for: rca victor! Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and one-of-a-kind products and gifts related to your search. Covers AM and some usable SWgives full coverage of the 49m band. Vintage art deco style cabinet with gold colored fabric covering the speaker area. It initially listed at $54. October 2nd, 2010 at 10:54 am Bill Stone Says: I have a RCA Victor Model BP-10 portable radio. Category:RCA Victor radios. Has tubes, good dial and knobs RCA victor Model 66X13. RED AND WHITE Retro Jetsons Vintage 1957 RCA Victor Model 1-X-3B AM Tube Radio Stunning! DIMENSIONS: Approximately 12" x 4" x 8" (l x w x h) COLOR: Red and white YouTube Video here MP3: Plays MP3 with cable or wirelessly from any MP3 playing device over 30 ft. The 911K is listed and it appears to be a 1939 model with 11 tubes. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. The normal way to identify a radio is by manufacturer and model number (for example, “Zenith 7G605″ or “Philco 42-350″). © 1996-2004. Several variations of the KCS68 chassis were made, being given A, C, CB, E, F, and H designations (my model 21T177 uses a KCS68CB chassis) The KCS68 chassis series was used in RCA models 21T156, 21T159, 21T174, 21T176, 21T177, 21T178, 21T179, and 21T179. Rca Tk-20d Television Station Broadcast Film Camera Chain Owner's Service Manual Vintage Radio And - $149. It does make static noises but I could not tune anything in there is no antenna. Apple Care can be purchased separately for additional coverage. RCA purchased the Victor Talking Machine Company and made a few radios under the "Victor" brand name. Lets take the same radio, and say it works, but has a small scratch, and has an excellent original finish with nothing missing. RCA Victor Model 115 Art Deco Radio. Its timeless logo and technological advances have permeated worldwide culture as a symbol of quality and reliability. It uses RCA's Radiola 18, introduced on April 1928 as one of the first AC powered radios and one of the last TRF (Tuned Radio-Frequency) receivers, together with a Victor Electrola gramophone. An expensive, heavy, showcase piece, it includes a television, radio, and two types of phonograph, the up-to-date 45 rpm as well as the standard 78 rpm. The following material has been reproduced from the November 1930 issue of Radio News. Fairlane Pink 1956 RCA Victor 8-C-7FE Vintage Tube AM Clock Radio Quintessential 50s Looking! New Arrival Rich Sumptuous 1952 General Electric Model 60 AM Brown Bakelite Tube Clock Radio A Class Act!. No cracks, chips, or major scratches. I have a RCA 16 720P LED TV I bought it from Fingerhut on first thing the model number is directly in front of me no sound TV is hooked up with HDMI cable to a laptop Trying to get closed caption turned on Cant find the code to program the rca remote with direct. RCA model F27674BC SERIAL #520626028 picture has color issue on sides. My parents are wondering how much it would. This has been kept clean and is in very good condition. RCA Rider Chanalyst The Rider Chanalyst is probably the best known and most unique piece of test equipment manufactured by RCA. When I plugged it in I was able to tune in several radio stations. A non-technical explanation of the principle of operation is necessarily a simplification. To order a Photofacts you will need the Set # and the Folder # listed (in yellow) for your model. Found in a local estate, comes as seen in photos. tube radio functions. Hire an artist to paint a decorative oriental scene on the radios with thick paint. In response to numerous queries, I hereby bring forth information on the significance behind the Byzantine master serial number codes used by RCA Victor, its sublabels and custom clients beginning in 1942 and continuing through the 1980's and possibly into the early '90's. File:Vintage RCA Globe-Trotter Portable AM Radio, Model 8BX6, 6 Vacuum Tubes Battery & AC Powered, Circa 1948-1949 (13946620899). 00: Emerson 148 w/Ingraham Cabinet (1937) $499. Setup Codes Once you've found the codes for your devices, click here to see if they are in your specific remote. 00 racal store 4ds/7ds instrumentation recorders op $44. Not sure if it works. 1951 RCA Victor Radio - Record Player Console RCA put a lot of confidence in their new 45-rpm record when they designed this unit. In 1929, the Radio Corporation of America purchased the Victor Talking Machine Company, then the world's largest manufacturer of phonographs (including the famous "Victrola") and phonograph records (in British English, "gramophone records"). "Super Radio Set," Business Week, July 26, 1947. Includes operating instructions, alignment adjustments, electrical specifications, wiring diagrams, circuits, replacement parts list and descriptions. All have a rear stem of various lengths. 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The radio has several control features including volume, bass, treble, balance and function. Good sounding 6 tube tombstone radio that I picked up for a mere $15 because of the condition of the cabinet. Was sold to us as a working radio - knobs turn freely - we plugged it in and no power on - cord heated up - we are not electricians nor radio people - think it is probably an easy fix though. ; New York NY, build 1946/1947, 8 pictures, 11 schematics, 6 tubes, United States of America. The T10-1 was RCA's top of the line, table model radio for 1935. It contains detailed information about the various models that were produced by Victor, along with rarity, design features, technical information, valuation, etc. You've just acquired an old radio, but apart from the manufacturer's name on the front, you don't know a blessed thing about it. They were used to pick up the experimental broadcasts of the day. I am mainly interested in the AM broadcast and shortwave bands, but I do have some radios with the FM band. C6-1 [Glass Tubes] 1936 ? C6-1 [Metal Tubes] 1936 ? C6-2 [Glass Tubes] 1936 ? C6-2 [Metal Tubes] 1936 ? We are 16 827 members from more than 100 countries. Vintage RCA Victor Model 1-R-81 AM/FM Radio In Bakelite Case Original works rare. This page lists all radios with manufacturer names beginning with the letter "R" sold at the Radio Attic since January 1, 2005. Vintage 1956 Rca Victor Clock Tube Radio Model 6 - C - 5. For your consideration, a very stylish bakelite 5 tube radio manufactured by RCA Victor. Question I have is regarding the color. Offered at 18. 5" x 12" x 9" Style: Wooden case Superheterodyne Tube Radio Table top with Handle Battery and cord switch includes police band. For your consideration, a very stylish bakelite 5 tube radio manufactured by RCA Victor. Download this stock image: RCA VICTOR RADIO, c1937. 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Japanese-built Victor models with a "J" or a "J1" prefix before the model number (made in the 1920's by JVC, or "Japanese Victor Corporation") are not included on this listing, as very little information is available for these products. Several variations of the KCS68 chassis were made, being given A, C, CB, E, F, and H designations (my model 21T177 uses a KCS68CB chassis) The KCS68 chassis series was used in RCA models 21T156, 21T159, 21T174, 21T176, 21T177, 21T178, 21T179, and 21T179. Triplett Price Sheet #41 1936 catalog including tube testers, meters, and analyzers, including models 1125, 1166, 1151, 1181A, 1200, 1201, 1204, 1206, 1210A, 1231, 1310, 1500, and 1501 - 6 pages (Adobe PDF file) 1934 Weston Test Instruments Catalog 6 pages (view on-line). Moody’s CreditView is our flagship solution for global capital markets that incorporates credit ratings, research and data from Moody’s Investors Service plus research, data and content from Moody’s Analytics. During its lifespan, the RCA Victor brand has undergone many design adjustments. Fairlane Pink 1956 RCA Victor 8-C-7FE Vintage Tube AM Clock Radio Quintessential 50s Looking! New Arrival Rich Sumptuous 1952 General Electric Model 60 AM Brown Bakelite Tube Clock Radio A Class Act!. Over 1500 types with regular specials Pacific T. RCA Collectible Tube Radios 1930-1949; Skip to page navigation. I found this radio in the back room of an antique store in Prescott, Arizona. The schematic can be found on-line at Nostalgia Air. Every person truly interested in antique radios is welcome. Buy online, view images and see past prices for RCA Victor Model 16X3 Radio. It was developed in 1977 using a new mounting technique and the creation of ultra-thin components. RCA 66X11, 66X12, 66X13, 66X14, 66X15 (Chassis RC-1046 series) Schematic for models with fidelity change for band position. I believe it is 1937 model. 00 (Sold Feb 2005). Size 13-3/4'' x 7-1/2'' x 9''. 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The classic information, on early RCA tubes in particular, is Bro. vntg rca victor clock radio model 2-c-521 clock works radio doesn't nice case - $5. DATE CODES FOR RCA-MADE TUBES Ludwell Sibley There is a sort of fascination with the date codes that are found on tubes. It just looks cool, and I have others that work. Takes 3 seconds for setup! With our Universal Remote Control, you have instant control over virtually any TV anywhere in the world. I have plugged the unit in and there is static and the dial goes back and forth. In addition to consumer electronics, RCA was a major player in the development of electronics for industrial and military applications. 66X2 Ch= RC-1038 is ivory Radio RCA RCA Victor Co. No matter what you’re looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. It has been in my parents basement and recently shipped to me. The company was in operation until the mid-1980s. The model number begins with RCR, RCU, RC or RM. The company then became RCA Victor. full Page Color Illustration (golden throat) Original Vintage, Rare 1948 Life Magazine Art More Buying Choices $18. - FG081Y from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. RCA 6K10 Spectacular machine age design by John Vassos for the RCA Victor Co. Make: RCA Model: 56X3 Year: 1946 Bands: BC. Click on any radio to go to its advertisement. It was given to me by an old friend who passed away and I would like to use it if possible. How to Identify Old Radios. Condition (Very Good Plus). 5T Radio RCA RCA Victor Co. RCA was at the forefront of the mushrooming radio industry in the early 1920s, as a major manufacturer of radio receivers, and the exclusive manufacturer of the first superheterodyne models. Vintage art deco style cabinet with gold colored fabric covering the speaker area. Helen Roberts, who's on probation, goes back to work as a waitress at Torre's Fish Palace, a San Francisco waterfront dive. I am a new kid on your site. Here for sale is a Beautiful, Restored, Recapped with New tubes 1934 RCA Victor Model 128 Vintage Radio, with restoration I'm into this for $500. http://cgi. com Source of replacement dial covers and other radio parts Bill Turner, proprietor 1117 Pike St. All have a rear stem of various lengths. model All Wave radio < click for more info. It was made in the USA by RCA Manufacturing Company Inc. Prices shown are listing prices on the date sold and may not be the actual selling price. 1-16 of 190 results for "rca victor radio" Skip to main search results Amazon Prime. It contains detailed information about the various models that were produced by Victor, along with rarity, design features, technical information, valuation, etc. Here's how to go about it. rca victor console radio. The best inexpensive learning remote for Dish system, or any other, is the Radio Shack 15-2116 ($30). Came home today from my scrapyard job with this RCA Victor portable Radio that came in with a truckload of scraped electronics. Up for auction is a Vintage RCA Victor Tube Radio Model 65X1 - Parts or RepairSadly, no plug 152820335383. 99: Vintage RCA Victor Floor Model VGT 23 Wood Cabinet Phonograph $200. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Westinghouse for RCA. Antique Radios Sold This Year at the Radio Attic We sold 1,261 radios in the last 365 days!. Learning more about your radio may satisfy your curiosity, or it may serve a practical purpose such as helping you get repair information. 99 (1 used offer) Print Ad 1937 RCA Victor Records And Phonograph-Radios Taylor Instruments. Probably the most well known is the Model R-7, which was produced in several versions. It listed at $19. 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"In today's world, if someone's radio breaks, they throw it out and buy a new one," Hofeld said. RCA Victor produced many radio-phonographs and also created RCA Photophone, a sound-on-film system for sound films that competed with William Fox's sound-on-film Movietone and Warner Bros. Full listing by make and model is shown below. Shop and save on wholesale Shop Victor prices from Ebay. The Model 15U is a fairly sophisticated outfit, but not that much more so than some other pieces. Stock # knob40, Price $ inquire. Free online schematics for vacuum tube mantel radio, antique radio, radios, technical data, vacuum tubes and sockets for radio, audio and amateur use. Part Two our Floor Console Models. Here's two fotos of the same model as abandoned on ebay. Also promoted ACR-111 amateur radio receiver. Unit appears to have sun fading on the unit When plugged in unit in it turned on and station came in but volume was not very loud unless I put my hand on antenna on top Other than the fading unit is in pretty good condition Unit measures. I have a RCA 16 720P LED TV I bought it from Fingerhut on first thing the model number is directly in front of me no sound TV is hooked up with HDMI cable to a laptop Trying to get closed caption turned on Cant find the code to program the rca remote with direct. The back of the radio which had the antennae is missing. Listen RCA All The Way 8 Page Advertisement Of The Radio Corporation Of America Radio's Great Gift To Mankind Toscanini Concert Christmas RCA Victor Great Gift Of Radio 8 Page 1937 Vintage Antique Advertisement. The pilot lamp shines from behind the brass cone, reflecting back onto the gold background, then reflecting again through the clear dial cover. Kind regards Nancy Barwick. It was built a few years before hi-fi was the buzz. None of the radios in the Archives is for sale! When cabinet material or color differences are apparent or suspected in donated photos, I have included additional photos of certain model numbers. RCA Victor Radio Model 19k Posted by jbunger. R3 receiver, RCA. SW band from 9 to 12 MHz. It's no Fada or Telefunken but this 1948 work horse of a radio has some beautiful sound on AM. This radio appears to be in nice cosmetic condition for its age. Could be a RJC61W, a input for phono on back, does say FM stereo on it, but it has to be old from the 40's or 50's. This 1935 table model tunes the domestic, foreign, police, and amateur bands and employs an airplane dial. The record player is a beloved music device that is enjoyed by many. 50 (Sold Feb 2013) RCA Radio (Unknown Model) $165. Tombstone Victor Radio Model 128 RCA Canada c 30's These items came from a large collection the owner acquired over the years. Navy controlled production of radios when the United States entered World War I in 1917 to prevent spies from accessing secret information. A Visual Memoir of RCA Radio Coporation of America. This is a Vintage RCA Victor model 54B5 and was made in the 1940’s and is a portable Tube radio. com This RCA model is harder to tune, receives fewer stations, and has a "cost improved" cabinet. Modern House. 00! Emerson 541 (1947) Was $65. Gallery of Wood Table Radios Click on any item to go to its Attic page. On the leftmost plate above, the model is a "VV-XI" and the serial number is "836749". americanradiohistory. 00 rabco st-7 see harman kardon racal ra-6790/gm receiver op/ser $85. the time on the rca rp3701a clock radio how do you set the time RCA RP3701 Clock Radio question Search Fixya Browse Categories the closest available RCA CD CLOCK RADIO USER MANUAL online is for Model RP5610 at this location. I have not tested and further than that as I am not an expert on radios. You searched for: rca victor radio! Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and one-of-a-kind products and gifts related to your search. No matter what you’re looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. After a full replacement of capacitors and filling the empty tube sockets it works wonderfully. 1940's RCA Victor Model 62. RCA incorporated the Radio-Victor Corporation of America in Maryland on April 25, 1929, to act as a sales company. Make Offer - Vintage RCA Victor Radio Bakelite Model 15X - 1940's Working Condition. RCA Victor Radio Model 115 "Skyscraper" Art Deco Design Art Deco "Skyscraper" wooden RCA model 115 tube radio made circa 1933 by RCA Victor Co. Brooklyn, NY ca. I do know that she bought it brand new. In a Nutshell This radio is rarer than the "Tuna Boat" catalin radios 66X8 and 9 with the same chassis. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. In 1929, the Radio Corporation of America purchased the Victor Talking Machine Company, then the world's largest manufacturer of phonographs (including the famous "Victrola") and phonograph records (in British English, "gramophone records"). They were used to pick up the experimental broadcasts of the day. , Camden, NJ, and introduced in late 1940. vntg rca victor clock radio model 2-c-521 clock works radio doesn't nice case - $5. In 1933, RCA came out with the beautiful cathedral cabinet design of the Model 121, shown in Figure 1. L3Harris is a proven leader in tactical communications, geospatial systems and services, air traffic management, environmental solutions, avionics and electronic warfare and space and intelligence. rca radiotrons - detectors/amplifiers. Vintage Model 9K2 RCA Victor Magic Voice Radio. No frequency. Sony High Fidelty Sound Radio AM FM, model. Having a lacquered cabinet with oriental designs and built-in loop antenna. The Victor Talking Machine Company was an American record company and phonograph manufacturer headquartered in Camden, New Jersey. 00, depending on the condition and where it is for sale at. I know I am going to need new tubes (eventually) My tuner ribbon might need replacing as the tuner slips or looks like it needs adjustment. NOTE: If your remote uses 3 digit setup codes, just drop the leading zero, your remote won't have codes greater than 1000 so don't worry about those codes. You can't find this ebook anywhere online. $150 Check out [More ads by this user] button for More Great Stuff! Cash only. No matter what you're looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. This is the perfect gift for someone that likes unique and interesting pieces of history. The circuit is somewhat unusual, in that it has an RF amplifier stage but no IF amplifier stage. This according to the type label on a model 5QR64X and 67QR77M etc. This Section of The Digital Deli Too Collection of Radios from The Golden Age Showcases Our Console Radios from our lovingly restored collection. NOTE: If your remote uses 3 digit setup codes, just drop the leading zero, your remote won't have codes greater than 1000 so don't worry about those codes. Having a lacquered cabinet with oriental designs and built-in loop antenna. The Plain Speaker from Hazleton, Pennsylvania · Page 18 Publication: The Plain Speaker i Location: Hazleton, Pennsylvania Issue Date: Friday, October 29, 1937. Came home today from my scrapyard job with this RCA Victor portable Radio that came in with a truckload of scraped electronics. Click on any radio to see more. RCA-Victor incorporated several new features into their deluxe radio-phonograph, for 1932 (introduced in late 1931. Schematic model 2A, 2B, 2C, Schematic model B2A, B2B, B2C, Schematic model 19 (battery), Schematic model L2. 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CDV's Playlist for Friday, May 26, 2006
Intro: "About Noon" - The Mar-Kays
Van Halen - "Happy Trails"
T.Rex - "King of the Mountain Cometh"
Alex Chilton - "Oogum Boogum"
Love Sculpture - "I Hear You Knockin'"
The Starlets - "You Don't Love Me"
The Outsiders - "Summer is Here"
Big Star - "Life is White"
Badfinger - "I'd Die Babe"
The Collectors - "My Love Delights Me"
Joey Stec - "Do You Know"
The Troll - "Satin City News"
J.D. Blackfoot - "Cycles"
The Pretty Things - "You Don't Believe Me"
Mockingbirds - "Lovingly Yours"
The Uniques - "Not Too Long Ago"
The Stooges - "Search and Destroy"
Desmond Dekker - "007"
Andre Williams - "Don't Touch"
Bo Diddley - "Black Soul"
Baron Lee and the Blue Rhythm Band - "Reefer Man"
Howlin' Wolf - "Evil (Is Goin' On)"
Otha Turner - "Lay My Burden Down"
Ella Fitzgerald - "Wacky Dust"
Beck - "I'm So Glad"
Link Wray - "Be What You Want To"
Kim Fowley - "The Trip"
Davie Allan and the Arrows - "Cody's Theme"
The Creation - "How Does It Feel (UK Version)"
The Eyes - "When the Night Falls"
Ann-Margaret - "The Lady Loves Me"
The Kinks - "See My Friend"
Simon Turner - "Love Around"
Robin Scott - "The Purple Codger"
The Love Depression - "Gon'na Ride"
The Nashville Teens - "Last Minute"
High Mountain Hoedown - "Voodoo Woman"
Chris Andrews - "Hold On"
Outro: "Yegelle Tetzeta" - Mulatu Astake
posted by Christopher Vyce at 10:47 AM 0 comments
In Memoriam - recognizing those from the Lost & Found era who've passed away within the last twelve months.
1. Big Al Downing - All I Want Is You (CD, 1964)
2. Joe Jones - California Sun (45, 1961)
3. Rivingtons (for member Al Frazier) - Papa Oom Mow Mow (CD, 1962)
4. Ricky Allen - Cut You a-Loose (CD, 1963)
5. Johnny Fortune - Soul Surfer (CD, 1963)
6. Jack Wild - Some Beautiful (45, 1970)
7. Freddie & Dreamers (for Freddie Garrity) - Brown & Porters (Meat Exporters) Lorry (CD, 1967)
8. Quotations (for member Rick Schwartz) - Imagination (CD, 1962)
9. Danny Williams - White on White (CD, 1964)
10. Joe Harnell - Diane (45, 1963)
11. Rene & Rene (for Rene Herrera) - Angelito (45, 1964)
12. Kalin Twins (for Hal Kalin) - When (CD, 1958)
13. Peaches & Herb (for Francine "Peaches" Barker) - Let's Fall in Love (CD, 1967)
14. Shirley & Lee (for Shirley Goodman) - I've Been Loved Before (CD, 1960)
15. Hedy West - 500 Miles (CD, 1963)
16. Hamilton Camp - This Wheel's On Fire (CD, 1968)
17. Billy Walker - Cross the Brazos at Waco (LP, 1965)
18. Buck Owens - Johnny B. Goode (LP, 1969)
19. Barbara Pittman - I Need a Man (CD, 1956)
20. Wilson Pickett - You Can't Stand Alone (CD, 1967)
21. Chi-Lites (for member Eugene Record) - Let Me Be the Man My Daddy Was (LP, 1969)
22. Lou Rawls - Love Is a Hurtin' Thing (LP, 1966)
23. Richard Pryor - Burnin' Up (radio edit) (LP, 1982)
24. Oscar Brown Jr. - Work Song (LP)
25. Long John Baldry - Dimples (LP, 1964)
26. Little Milton - Poor Man (45, 1969)
27. Johnny & Hurricanes (for member Johnny Paris) - Crossfire (CD, 1959)
28. Gene Pitney - I Must Be Seeing Things (CD, 1965)
29. Cowsills (for members Barry and Bill Cowsill) - II x II (CD, 1967)
30. Tangerine Zoo (for member Bob "Benny" Benevides) - Like People (45, 1968)
31. Skitch Henderson - Caribbean Polka (LP)
32. Cyrkle - Turn Down Day (for co-writer David Blume) (CD, 1966)
33. Johnny Tillotson - Lonesome Town (for writer Baker Knight) (CD, 1962)
34. Jim Reeves - This Is It (for writer Cindy Walker) (CD, 1965)
35. Link Wray - Jack the Ripper (45, 1963)
36. Quintones (for member Phyllis Carr) - Down the Aisle of Love (CD, 1958)
37. Dee Edwards - You Say You Love Me (CD, 1962)
38. Bobby Moore & Rhythm Aces - Searching for My Love (CD, 1966)
39. Ray Barretto - El Watusi (CD, 1963)
Farewell and Best Wishes to Lawrence Azrin
Please join us today in wishing a fond farewell to Lawrence Azrin, who is leaving the area after just over eleven years on "Lost & Found". His knowledge, dedication and spirit will be sorely missed. Catch his last extended special edition of "Lost & Found" today, Wednesday, May 24'th from 12 noon - 5 PM, and you can send your best wishes via our e-mail address here. He will be staying on our e-mail list.
We'll miss you, Larry!!
Larry Miller Playlist for Tuesday 5/23/2006
“It’s not how long you make it, it’s how you make it long...”
Iron Butterfly: “In-A-Gadda-da-Vida”
The Chambers Brothers: “Time Has Come Today”
Creedence Clearwater Revival: “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”
Pink Floyd: “Interstellar Overdrive”
The Doors: “When the Music’s Over”
Bob Dylan: “Visions of Johanna”
David Crosby: “Cowboy Movie”
Grateful Dead: “Viola Lee Blues”
Quicksilver Messenger Service: “The Fool”
The Who: “Underture” (from Tommy)
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May 22 Playlist w/ Host Bob Dubrow and Special Guest Al Kooper
Al Kooper was my birthday present today (no cake or nudity, however)! The legendary singer-songwriter/musician/producer and Forest Gump of the '60s-'70s Rock Scene sat in for the two hours and blessed us with his own song selections and some groovy tales from his past. For more of a chew of all things Al, go to http://alkooper.com/.
1. Al Kooper and The Funky Faculty - "Green Onions"
2. Rolf Harris - "Sun Arise"
3. Jackie DeShannon - "When You Walk in the Room"
4. Paul Revere & The Raiders - "Good Thing"
5. The Spencer Davis Group - "Let Me Down Easy"
6. B. J. Thomas - "I'm Callin'"
7. Jelly - I Don't Wanna Beg Ya Baby"
8. Colin Blunstone - Never Even Thought"
9. Murray Head - "Say It Ain't So Jo"
10. Sagitarrius - "My World Fell Down"
11. Colours - "Bad Day at Black Rock"
12. Television - See No Evil"
13. Al Kooper - "It's All the Same to Me"
14. Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans- "Zip-A-Dee-Doo Dah"
15. Lloyd Price - "Tryin' to Slip Away"
16. Don Gardner & DD Ford - "Need Your Love Everyday"
17. Johnny Nash - "Hold Me Tight"
18. Al Kooper and The Funky Faculty - "(I Want You to ) Tell Me the Truth"
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Too Young/Too Old. [Thanks to Bill Saunders for the theme suggestion.]
1. Beach Boys - When I Grow Up to Be a Man (CD, 1964)
2. Roy Orbison - So Young (LP, 1970)
3. Ronettes - I Wonder (LP, 1963)
4. Tams - Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy (CD, 1968)
5. Duane Eddy - Because They're Young (CD, 1960)
6. Memphis Slim - In My Younger Days (CD)
7. Animals - When I Was Young (CD, 1967)
8. Bob Dylan - My Back Pages (CD, 1964)
9. Joe Simon - Looking Back (LP, 1969)
10. Ace Cannon - Looking Back (CD, 1962)
11. Beatles - When I'm 64 (CD, 1967)
12. Fats Domino - Before I Grow Too Old (45, 1960)
13. Mojo Men - As I Get Older (CD)
14. Byrds - John Riley (CD, 1966)
15. Walter Brennan - Old Rivers (CD, 1962)
16. Tony, Bob & Jimmy - Son of Old Rivers (CD, 1962)
17. Byrds - Old John Robertson (CD, 1968)
18. Sonny Boy Williamson - Too Old to Think (CD)
19. Kingston Trio - Raspberries, Strawberries (LP, 1960)
20. Lou Rawls - It Was a Very Good Year (LP)
21. Parlettes - Because We're Very Young (CD, 1964)
22. Connie Stevens - Too Young to Go Steady (45, 1960)
23. Petites - Is Thirteen Too Young to Fall in Love (45, 1964)
24. Ronettes - I'm So Young (LP, 1963)
25. Andre Previn & David Rose - Like Young (CD, 1959)
26. Foundations - In the Bad Bad Old Days (45, 1969)
27. Candi Staton - I'd Rather Be an Old Man's Sweetheart (CD, 1969)
28. Rufus Thomas - Never Grow Cold (CD)
29. Bobby Vinton - Days of Sand and Shovels (LP, 1969)
30. Willie Mitchell - Young People (LP, 1969)
31. Spencer Wiggins - He's Too Old (CD, 1968)
32. Chuck Berry - Too Pooped to Pop (Casey) (CD, 1960)
33. Rolling Stones - 2000 Man (CD, 1967)
34. Kinks - Where Did My Spring Go (LP, 1968)
35. Faron Young - Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young (CD, 1955)
36. Spencer Davis Group - Looking Back (LP, 1967)
37. Tony Bennett - This Is All I Ask (CD, 1963)
38. Dusty Springfield - Yesterday When I Was Young (CD, 1972)
39. Carole King - Goin' Back (CD, 1970)
40. Shangri-Las - Past Present and Future (CD, 1966)
Lost and Found- Tuesday 5/16/2006
The Larry Mellow Show- in a Miller Mood...
SONGS IN THE KEY OF D:
Fred Neil: “The Dolphins”
Donovan: “Colours”
Bonnie Raitt: “Can’t Find My Way Home” (from a live 1972 radio concert)
Incredible String Band: “Cousin Caterpillar”
Robin Trower: “Bridge of Sighs”
John Mayall: “Broken Wings”
Steppenwolf: “Desperation”
Cream: “As You Said”
Randy Newman: “I Think It’s Going to Rain Today” -live (R)
Neil YOung: “On the Beach (R)
Youngbloods: “The Rain Song”
Grateful Dead: “Ripple”
Bonzo Dog Band: “Quiet Talks and Summer Walks” (R)
Simon & Garfunkel: “Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme”
Pentangle: “Bruton Town”
Tim Buckley: “Hallucinations”
Pink Floyd: “Fearless”
Moody Blues: “Legend of a Mind”
King Crimson: “I Talk to the Wind”
Procol Harum: “Broken Barricades”
Jim Kweskin: “Relax Your Mind”
Moby Grape: “Naked if I Want To”
Leon Russell: “Hummingbird”
Delaney and Bonnie: “Medley: Come on in my Kitchen; Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean; Going Down the Road Feeling Bad”
George Harrison: “Isn’t It a Pity”
Well, I finally figured out how to post my playlist, but how do I get those easy-to-read white letters like everybody else?- L.M.
posted by Larry Miller at 9:50 AM 0 comments
Christopher Vyce's Playlist for Friday, May 12th
The Rolling Stones - "Rain Fell Down"
The Chambers Brothers - "Love Me Like the Rain"
Bob Dylan - "Buckets of Rain"
Elvis Presley - "When It Rains, It Really Pours"
The Troggs - "When Will the Rain Come"
The Byrds - "I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Politician"
The Electric Flag - "Over-lovin You"
The Beatles - "It Won't Be Long"
Terry Knight and the Pack - "How Much More"
Terry Reid - "Superlungs My Supergirl"
Purple Image - "Lady"
E.L.O. - "Baby I Apologize"
Buffalo Springfield - "Burned"
The Velvert Turner Group - "Madonna (of The Seven Moons)"
The Patrons - "It's All He Knows" (www.patronsmusic.com)
Tommy Facenda - "High School USA (Boston Version)"
Jimmy Holiday - "Poor Son"
Little Bob and the Lollipops - "Agent Double-O Soul"
Barbeque Bob - "She Shakes Her Gin"
Memphis Slim - "Beer Drinkin' Woman"
The North Mississippi Allstars - "Sugartown"
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - "Come On In"
Michael Powers - "Can't Quit You Baby"
Harry 'The Hipster' Gibson - "Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine?"
The Rolling Stones - "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow"
Johnny Cash - "Send a Picture of Mother"
The Kinks - "Some Mother's Son"
Three Dog Night - "Mama Told Me"
Darondo - "My Momma & My Poppa"
James Brown - "Mother Popcorn, Pt.1"
Ernie K. Doe - "Mother-in-Law"
The Pilgrim Travelers - "Mother Bowed"
Bob Dorough (with Blossom Dearie) - "Mother Necessity" (from Schoolhouse Rock)
The Band - "Rag Mama Rag"
Merle Haggard - "Mother, The Queen of My Heart"
posted by Christopher Vyce at 4:25 PM 0 comments
Thanks to John Funke for filling in for me last week!
I. Songs about the record business:
1. Brook Benton - Hit Record (CD, 1962)
2. Kinks - Top of the Pops (LP, 1970)
3. Pete Wingfield - Eighteen with a Bullet (LP, 1975)
4. Chip Taylor - 101 in Cashbox (LP, 1973)
5. Raspberries - Overnight Sensation (Hit Record) (CD, 1974)
II. "A" sides that were never hits (but the "B" sides were):
6. Bill Haley & Comets - Thirteen Women (LP, 1955)
[flip of "Rock Around the Clock"]
7. Claudine Clark - Disappointed (45, 1962)
[flip of "Party Lights"]
8. Highwaymen - Santiano (CD, 1961)
[flip of "Michael"]
9. Jorgen Ingmann - Echo Boogie (45, 1961)
[flip of "Apache"]
10. Booker T & MGs - Behave Yourself (CD, 1962)
[flip of "Green Onions"]
11. Bobby Vee - Anonymous Phone Call (45, 1963)
[flip of "The Night Has 1000 Eyes"]
12. Knickerbockers - The Comin' Generation (CD, 1965)
[flip of "Lies"]
13. Rivieras - Played On (CD, 1964)
[flip of "California Sun"]
14. Drifters - I Don't Want to Go On Without You (CD, 1964)
[flip of "Under the Boardwalk"]
15. Bobbie Gentry - Mississippi Delta (CD, 1967)
[flip of "Ode to Billie Joe"]
16. Cliff Nobles - Love Is All Right (45, 1968)
[flip of "The Horse"]
17. Steam - It's the Magic in You Girl (LP, 1969)
[flip of "Na Na Na Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)"]
18. Fraternity of Man - Wispy Paisley Skies (45, 1968)
[flip of "Don't Bogart Me"]
III. Miscellaneous
19. Lesley Gore - We Know We're in Love (CD, 1966)
20. Billy 'N Sue (Oliver & Lesley Gore) - Come Softly to Me (CD, 1970)
21. Turley Richards - I Heard the Voice of Jesus (LP, 1970)
22. Cream - We're Going Wrong (BBC session) (CD, 1967)
23. Jack Bruce - The Wind Cries Mary (CD, 1992)
24. Animals - The Story of Bo Diddley (LP, 1965)
25. Little Junior Parker - Annie Get Your Yo-Yo (CD, 1962)
26. Barbara Lynn - Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Going) (CD, 1964)
27. Lonnie Mack - Lonnie on the Move (45, 1964)
28. Lorraine Ellison - Try (CD, 1967)
29. Ruby Andrews - Casanova (Your Playing Days Are Over) (CD, 1967)
Al Kooper Sitting in on Lost & Found on May 22nd
Al Kooper will be sitting in for the two hours and spinning music of his own choosing, while being interrogated about his amazing career in music, on May 22nd's (Monday) Lost & Found with host Bob Dubrow.
Kooper played the signature organ riff in Bob Dylan's milestone song "Like a Rolling Stone." He was in the Blues Project, the first (and best!) incarnation of Blood, Sweat & Tears, put out music with Mike Bloomfield and Shuggie Otis, and released solo albums in the early '70s. He discovered and produced three Lynyrd Skynyrd albums (the ones with their massive hits..."Free Bird"anyone?). He played on and arranged three tracks on George Harrison's Somewhere in England album, performing with the remaining Beatles, Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr on the No. 1 single "All Those Years Ago." In an issue devoted to The 500 Greatest Recordings of All Time, Rolling Stone magazine included 12 albums with serious participation by Al.
And he's continued to rock the house onto the present day. Tune in to get a taste of Al Kooper's world on May 22nd! Which ain't a bad birthday present for the host either...
Tuesday May 9th- LARRY MILLER
“If you remember the psychedelic era, you probably weren’t doing it right...”
Firesign Theater: Station Break
Buffy Ste. Marie: Welcome, Welcome Emigrante
Bob Dylan: I Pity the Poor Immigrant
Judy Collins: Deportees
Graham Nash (w/ David Crosby): Immigration man
The Nice: America
Santana: Well, All Right
Spirit: Aren't You Glad
Procol Harum: The Devil Came From Kansas
The Doors: Five to One
The Fugs: Coming Down
Rolling Stones: Connection
Mose Allison: Smashed
Little Feat: Sailin’ Shoes
The Band: The Shape I’m In
H.P. Lovecraft: The Mountains of Madness
Blues Magoos: Tobacco Road
Paul Butterfield Blues Band: Mary. Mary
Jeff Beck Group w/ Rod Stewart: Around the Plynth
Fairport Convention: Jack of Diamonds
13th Floor Elevators: If You’re Gonna Miss Me
Pearls Before Swine: Regions of Mary
Kaleidoscope: Keep Your Mind Open
Big Brother & the Holding Company: All is Loneliness
the Spikedrivers: Can’t Stand the Pain
Jethro Tull: Fat Man
Blues Project: Steve’s Song
Animals: Winds of Change
Byrds: It Won’t be Wrong
Country Joe and the Fish: Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine (live)
Jimi Hendrix: All Along the Watchtower
Breaks Music: Hampton String quartet: “What if Mozart Wrote Born to be Wild?”
May 8 Playlist w/ Host Bob Dubrow
Background music provided by Dude Durst - Krokodil Solo (1971)
Set 01:
1. Knacks - "Te Extranare" (?date from V/A: Worldbeaters 4 compilation)
2. Beau Jens - "Trouble Baby" (1967 from V/A: Teen Blast USA Volume #2 compilation)
3. Los Shakers - "Stop the Game" (1966 from V/A: Worldbeaters 4 compilation)
4. Bruce Arthur = "What Can You Do With a Broken Heart? (1966 from V/A: Teen Blast USA Volume #2 compilation)
5. Disraeli - "What Will the New Day Bring?" (1968 from V/A: Fading Yellow Vol. 2 compilation)
6. The Tol-Puddle Martyrs - " Time Will Come" (1967 from V/A: It's a Kave-in! compilation)
1. Electric Light Orchestra - "Mr. Radio (Take 9)" (bonus track from CD re-release of No Answer 1971)
2. The Chesapeake Jukebox Band - "This Time" (The Chesapeake Jukebox Band 1972)
3. Room - "Cemetary Junction Parts I & II" (Pre-Flight 1970)
4. Audience - "House on the Hill" (The First Audience Album 1969)
5. Marsupilami - "Born to Be Free" (Marsupilami 1970)
6. Baker Gurwitz Army - "The Artist" (Elysian Encounter 1975)
1. Ry Cooder - "Fool For a Cigarette/Feelin' Good" (Paradise and Lunch 1974)
2. Alan Hull - "Drug Song" (Pipedream 1973)
3. Santana - "Samba Pa Ti" (Abraxas 1970)
4. Bridget St. John - "The Pebble and the Man/Happiness Runs" (Songs For a Gentle Man 1971)
5. May Blitz - "Honey Colored Time" (The Second of May 1971)
6. Haze - "Peaceful Nonsense" (Haze 1971)
7. Night Sun - "Nightmare" (Mournin' 1972)
1. The Echoe Band - "Dock of the Bay" (1969 from Complete Recordings compilation 2002)
2. Mud - "Oh Boy" (Mudrock Vol. II 1975)
3. The Forum - "The River is Wide" (The River is Wide 1967)
4. Gram Parsons and The Fallen Angels (with Emmylou Harris)- "Love Hurts" (Live 1973 1982)
5. New Riders of the Purple Sage - "You Angel You" (Austin, Texas June 18, 1975 2006)
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May 2, 2006 - Eli Polonsky fill-in for Larry Miller
As I drove to the station this morning to drop off my discs, then drove back home because there's no parking, and then caught the bus back to the station, I was thinking how nice it would be to be doing this at a station with employee parking spaces, and paychecks... but, stations with parking spaces and paychecks don't let DJ's do shows like this!
(R) = By request
01. Soft Machine - Why Are We Sleeping?
02. Pink Floyd - Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
03. King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King (R)
04. Jimi Hendrix - Rainy Day Dream Away/Still Raining Still Dreaming
05. Strawberry Alarm Clock - Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow
06. Traffic - Coloured Rain
07. Robin Trower - Bridge Of Sighs (R)
08. L.A. Getaway - Craney Crow (Dr. John cover) (R)
09. Buffalo Springfield - Bluebird (9 minute vinyl-only version)
10. Peter, Paul & Mary - Too Much Of Nothing (Dylan) (R)
11. Mike Bloomfield/Al Kooper - Please, Tell Me Partner
12. Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Work Song
* Set below dedicated to former Fox News commentator and new President Bush press secretary designate Tony Snow, who was quoted in The Boston Globe on May 1, 2006 as saying: "If strident activism were the ticket to immortality, the truly intense acts of the age - Country Joe McDonald, Richie Havens or (The) Fugs - would be revered as gods. Instead, they have been forgotten for the good and noble reason that their music stank".
Only fitting considering our current administration, eh?
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13. Country Joe & The Fish - I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag (R)
14. Country Joe & The Fish - Superbird (Tricky Dickie)
15. The Fugs - Kill For Peace
16. The Fugs - Doin' All Right
17. Richie Havens - Handsome Johnny
18. Richie Havens - Freedom (from Woodstock) (R)
19. Laura Nyro - Save The Country (R)
20. Jim Pepper - Wichie-Tai-To (from "Pepper's Pow-Wow" - OOP) (R)
See you all next time!
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From Banks to Office Buildings: Proud to Have Their Own Menorah
The menorah outside of Ace Screen Printing. Below a menorah at supermarket in Milwaukee, WI.
by Dovid Zaklikowski - Milwaukee, WI
When Ace Screen Printing owner Adam Szyfman, of Glassboro, New Jersey, decided to erect his own eighteen by sixteen foot menorah in front of his store opposite the Winterland Outdoor Ice Rink, it came as a surprise to the local Chabad representatives.
Szyfman, an alumnus of Rowan University, "told me that the town put up a holiday display across the street in the new ice skating rink, and he didn’t want the Jewish community to be left out,” said Rabbi Hersh Loschak, Chabad representatives on campus at Rowan.
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It is now 41 years since the first Chanukah menorah was put up in the public sphere by Chabad-Lubavitch. More recently, local businesses have begun to put up their own menorahs outside their storefronts.
“When we started our own line of menorahs for Chabad centers 35 years ago, there was little recognition of Chanukah,” said Rabbi Baruch Klar of Lubavitch Center Fine Judaica. Klar manufactures an array of indoor and outdoor menorahs. “Today I receive calls from malls, banks, senior centers, office buildings and private people who want one standing outside their home.”
From a handful of menorahs in the 1980s, his business, one among several manufacturers of large scale menorahs, now takes orders for some 900 of these eight-branched candelabras a year. The outdoor menorahs featured on his site, menorah.net, are available in two sizes: nine or twelve feet tall. The menorah comes in a bag with wheels and is easy to take apart and store away.
Rabbi Yisroel Shmotkin, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Wisconsin remembers when Chanukah meant very little to Milwaukee’s Jewish community. “Today Chanukah is a part of the fabric of the city and the programming of the local Jewish organizations.”
This year, menorahs will be in locations across the city, and not just in public parks. “Local banks, private office buildings, museums, malls and other locations have menorahs,” said Shmotkin. Every year Chabad of Milwaukee works to add at least one new location to the list of places featuring a public menorah. This year the local Barnes and Noble will have one.
Szyfman made his menorah out of PVC pipes, and spray painted it gold. He sees the menorah as an extension of the Loschaks’ efforts. “If Rabbi Loschak wouldn’t have been in this town, I wouldn’t have been doing something this big. This goes hand in hand with what he is doing.”
Many are expected to attend the town's grand Menorah lighting on the first night of Chanukah on Tuesday, December 16th, a joint project of Chabad of Gloucester County and Chabad at Rowan University.
Rabbi Avrohom Richler, co-director of Chabad of Gloucester County, said this is a fulfillment of the Lubavitcher Rebbe's, vision. “The Rebbe wanted us to inspire others to spread the light of Judaism. These are the moments we dreamed about when we started Chabad in South Jersey.”
Szyfman said he is hopeful that this menorah will serve as a reminder to local students that “just because they are in college does not mean that they should lose their faith.”
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At some point, the descendants of the original settlers of Titan fell to the same warlike tendencies that those of Uranos , [54] and possibly by the secret incitement from the Dragon of the Moon , [61] and the colony of Titan was ravaged by yet a new civil war, causing the death of all, save for the third-generation Titanian Eternal Sui-San , who lived in isolation. Around Developing the back of their brains, they were allegedly the first to feel things, care about others, raise their young, bury their dead, anger or love. At some point, as the Asgardians came to Midgard and mistreated the then mammoth-hunters mortals, Odin secretly had the Angels of Heven, the Tenth Realm , to protect the humans from the Gods.
At another point, the Neanderthal known as Gorsvil ascended as Apocalypse to his kind, [67] seemingly succeeding to Kelby Tak. Nearly There they quickly developed technology and culture. Mastering genetics, they instated a genocracy upon Attilan. Eventually or possibly along with Neanderthals , [26] Homo sapiens [78] or Homo sapiens sapiens , [26] allegedly smarter [79] having developed the front of their brains which gave them abstract thought , [26] faster and more aggressive, wiped out Homo sapiens neanderthalensis , [79] as That Which Endures left them Neanderthal to Cro-Magnon.
The emerging human race was preyed upon by Serpent-Men and other new demonic races, until humanity grew strong and forced Set's minions to retreat. Since over 21, B. In the centuries that followed the Kree experiment, the humans left the caves, and some of them were confronted to the Inhumans, their technological advance and their city of Attilan , [78] considering them as demons.
Tens of thousands of years ago, humans produce cave painting in the Lascaux Cave in France. Over 20, years ago, the Dweller fed off the fears originating from the Human-Deviant Wars. Circa 18, B. At this period, Vampires emerged on Atlantis, originated from sorcerers who used the Darkhold in order to oppose Kull. After Kull's rule, the Deviants of the kingdom of Lemuria , [98] on the continent of Mu , [1] eventually enslaved most of humanity, became the dominant race and ruled the world. The Deviants then turned their heads to Atlantis, [98] the last significant human kingdom resisting them.
Atlantis' defenses caused seismic disturbances under their city. Titanos destroyed, Zuras led his Eternals to create new cities: Oceana in the Pacific Ocean , Polaria in Siberia and their capital city Olympia in the mountains of Greece. Attacked by the Deviants led by Deviant Emperor Phraug using the Serpent Crown , and witnessing a world fallen into chaos, they delivered their judgment. They destroyed most of the Deviants, [] causing Mu, [1] Lemuria and Atlantis to sink.
Eternals Utnapishtim [20] and Ikaris built an ark to save some human beings and animals from the flooding. This event has been referred to as the Great Fall [] or Great Cataclysm , [98] and eventually the emergence of the water-breathing Atlanteans and Lemurians as a distinct species: Homo mermanus [] or Homo mermani. The people of the Atlantean city Netheria were able to form a dome protecting their city when Atlantis sunk, allowing them to survive the cataclysm.
Somehow, Attilan protected itself from the cataclysm. The Eternals helped humans, presenting as gods, offering them knowledge and technique. The Deviants went underground and adored the Dreaming Celestial , who opposed his fellow Celestials' transgression. Seeking to create new slaves, the Deviants now in their underground habitats, genetically experimented on the their few left human slaves, creating new lifeforms after centuries of experiments: The Gortokians Gor-Tok and Thera , followed by others.
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The Gortokians eventually revolted against the Deviants' rule. A faction of them formed a cult to the demon Cha'sa'dra and were turned into the Lava Men who went on forming their own society. Others, captives of the Deviants, were experimented on by them, leading to at least two other races later known as the Moloids and the Tyrannoids.
The Deviant priesthood then instated the ritual of "Purity Time", in order to stockpile an army of Deviants in suspended animation, dubbed the " Fifth Host ", clear the gene pool from undesirable mutations and restart the population growth, the Deviants having become too disgusted with their bodies to reproduce. For a complete description of the evolution of the mutants and their population, please refer to this article. The earlier recorded mutant Homo superior [] [] or Homo sapiens superior , [79] [44] Selene , was born At least In human pre-history, [78] Randac was elected upon his genetic superiority and created a Terrigenesis program opened to everyone wishing to undergo the process.
That program was stopped as half of the subjects developed non-human mutations, causing severe damage to the Inhuman gene pool. The program was then restricted. Centuries later, Inhuman leader Gral , in order to end the discrimination towards the non-human-looking minority, forced all Attilan population to undergo Terrigenesis, turning three quarters of the populations into non-humanoids types, leading to more damage to the genetics of the species and segregation by phenotypes.
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The Hyborian age lasted from 10, [] to 8, B. According to the Atlantean religion, it was Neptune who created the Homo mermani approximately 10, years ago, after Atlantis sunk. Still considered in the Stone Age , [] the neolithic revolution and the domestication of animals by humans occurred around 9, B. Allegedly, a period where the first cities were built [] [] although it is known that many had been built before , existing along with the existence of sanctuary caves. At the end of the Hyborian age, the Olympian gods sought worshipers.
While Neptune became the patron god of the Atlanteans, Zeus lay Mount Olympus near the Eternals' city of Olympia, deciding that the Olympians would be worhsipped by the people of the land now known as Greece. Meeting with the Eternals, they noticed the physical resemblance of Zuras with Zeus and of Athena with Azura , they decided to form a pact that the Eternals would act as the gods' representatives on Earth and Azura became Thena to seal the pact. Many humans came to think over the years that the Eternals were actually the gods, causing a war between the two groups.
In B. Pharaoh Khasekhemwy Khasekhemui , ruler of upper and lower kingdoms of Egypt was turned into a brood, ending the Second Great Dynasty. From about B. A'Lars reached the city. Mating with Sui-San and using genetic engineering and cloning, [] repopulated the colony with the race of the Titanian Eternals, possessing abilities similar to the Eternals of Earth, yet inferior. No matter what, the antagonism kept growing between the two communities and eventually leading to the declaration of secession from the Sky-city led by Kylus , who also slaughtered all of the non-white-feathered Inhumans from the Aerie, including the anti-secession bat-winged Cheiros.
Nestor acknowledged the secession and had the pylon removed for the Aerie to fly free. Starving to death, the Winged Inhumans were dying from starvation, forced to attack humans for sustenance mistaken for Harpies , and eventually developed their society in a more durable way, while Kylus became a wiser King. The Egyptians accepted the help gladly, save for Apocalypse who acknowledged the Greeks and the Persians as same conquerors, and slew many Egyptians for their weakness.
In A. Zhang Heng proposed the Sun , thus saving Earth. Around AD, the humans mostly stopped worshiping the Olympians and Christianity replaced the ancient faith. The Olympians who no longer sought worshipers on Earth, except for Neptune , who remained the patron god of the Atlanteans, and Zeus decided to sever most of their ties with Earth. Virako assumed the roles of Quetzalcoatl and Kukulcan , while his fellows remained on each empire to watch over them and push them forwards to progress.
Before the Eternals could help them, the Incas had already began the construction of great temples in the form of pyramids. Deviants and mutates Dromedan , Tutinax , Thunder and World-Devouring Worm attacked the Eternals there, but were repelled by Thor , but not before Virako was killed, remembered of as Viracocha.
Soon after, the Celestials came to Earth for the Third Host. The Eternals all left the Inca land, save for Ajak , known to the natives as Tecumotzin who was left to deal with the Celestials. The humans were then the dominant species on Earth and some worshiped them as the Space Gods, building temples and statues in their honors. At this time, the Celestials forced Earth's pantheons to not interfere in their affairs.
Following the Host, the Deviants made a truce with the Eternals, both sides agreeing to not interfere with humanity until the Fourth Host. Tantalus of Armechadon came to Earth, seemingly to spread his Deviant supremacist philosophy, but was exiled there by the Celestials. He consequently founded his own Deviant kingdom of Lyonesse. In , Folkbern Logan was the last pagan in London , paying for the old gods while others were Roman Catholics.
For centuries, the Eternals blended into the human cities, living among them. Centuries ago, humans from the Ural Mountains secluded from the rest of humanity and grew closer to Gaea , adapting themselves to freezing-cold environments. Atlantis capital was moved by Emperor Thakorr near to Antarctica about years ago.
In the early part of the the 20th century, the winged Inhumans colony in the sky-city was inadvertently destroyed by a human. Inhuman King Black Bolt was worried his city Attilan would be discovered by the Humans , he encountered the Eternal Ikaris and was introduced to Zuras. The Eternals went to the Himalayas , away from the humans' sight, and created the foundation for a city.
The flying city then elevated and displaced itself towards the Himalayas, escorted by Black Bolt and the Eternals, witnessed in its course by a few humans. After man developed nuclear power, Odysseus Indigo split from the Deviant Empire and formed a group with other Deviants, rogue Eternals and a few humans, with the purpose of creating and controlling the next dominant species: the Damocles Foundation. In , he intended to open an embassy, prompting the native Uranians to orchestrate the Eternals' deaths, [] believed to be caused by a natural disaster. Gammenon the Gatherer captured a few humans [] and took them to the temples built thousand years ago by the Incas, the City of the Space Gods , for Jemiah the Analyzer to study them.
Meanwhile, Arishem the Judge stood, waiting to render his fifty-year judgment on Earth's fate in Around that time, both Deviants and Eternals presented themselves to humanity. At the same moment, Eson descended into the sub-sea Deviant Lemuria [] and started to dismantle their city, while Hargen , Oneg and Nezarr were dispatched around the world.
To respond to the situation, Zuras formed a Uni-Mind. For the first time, two humans were also able to merge with the whole Eternal people, attracting the attention of Arishem. The battle was won by the Celestials, but stopped by the timely arrival of Gaea , who presented to them the Young Gods and made Arishem render a positive verdict of Earth. Resisting to the crystal's power, humanity was given the right to evolve to its full potential.
In , it was discovered that the Extinction Gene a gene turning on when an "entire species is about to be turned off by Mother Nature " present among the human genome was slowly pushing them towards extinction, and that humans would be extinct within three, maybe four generations, and mutants or something even stranger would replace them. Wild Sentinels sent by Cassandra Nova [79] killed almost all Genoshans , [] more than 16 millions.
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I see light, darkness, instructions.
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Drone, drone again.
IS prominent leader, Iyad al-Jumeily, aka abu Yahia al-Ansari, is again killed. https://t.co/vvAWeCaVlU
— switched (@switch_d) November 26, 2017
London Panic
Something happened on London that made a loud noise, a noise that people thought were gunshots.
It caused a huge panic and evacuation.
But so far police found no guns, no victims, nothing, so explanation yet either.
I have a feeling some very loud mechanical issue. We'll update if and when the figure it out.
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ISIS Muslims Murder 235 Sufi Muslims For Sending Wrong Kinds of Prayers to Allah
Its nice to see Muslims doing the things they love most, Killing and Dying for Islam.
AIRO — Islamist militants detonated explosives and sprayed gunfire at a crowded Sufi mosque near Egypt’s Sinai coast on Friday, killing at least 235 people and wounding 109 more, in one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in the country’s modern history.
Attacks on mosques are rare in Egypt, where the Islamic State has targeted Coptic Christian churches and security officials in recent years. So the devastating attack on the mosque in Beer al-Abd, 125 miles northeast of Cairo, sent shock waves across the country.
“I can’t believe they attacked a mosque,” a Muslim cleric in the town said by phone. He requested anonymity for fear he could also be attacked.
Even by recent standards in Egypt, where militants have blown up Christian worshipers in church pews and gunned down pilgrims in buses, it was an unusually ruthless and deadly assault.
The attackers, who traveled in four-wheel-drive vehicles, exploded bombs inside the mosque, then sprayed worshipers with gunfire as they fled, state media reported. A military official said that a suicide bomber was involved in the attack.
The gunmen lingered at the scene even as emergency workers arrived to treat the injured, and opened fire on several ambulances, Ahmed el-Ansari, a senior government health official, said on state television.
What? You are offended that Muslims kill each other for being the wrong kind of Muslims? You apparently have no idea about Islamic Culture and are a total Isalmophobe.
They've been doing this for 1400 years, IT IS Islamic culture. It makes them happy. So long as they keep it in their own sandbox who are we to judge their culture?
I mean if they decide to kill each other till the Nile runs read, you bigots are just going to have STFU and learn to accept their diversity.
The Last Tailers
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Can you imagine 50 Years, I said 50 years, of Alice's Restaurant!?
Resistance, Its Futile
Charlie Kicks The Bucket
Enjoy Hell Charlie, I'm sure the rest of us won't miss you.
RIP Malcolm
Malcolm Young has passed away.
Today it is with deep heartfelt sadness that AC/DC has to announce the passing of Malcolm Young.
Malcolm, along with Angus, was the founder and creator of AC/DC.
With enormous dedication and commitment he was the driving force behind the band.
As a guitarist, songwriter and visionary he was a perfectionist and a unique man.
He always stuck to his guns and did and said exactly what he wanted.
He took great pride in all that he endeavored. His loyalty to the fans was unsurpassed.
As his brother it is hard to express in words what he has meant to me during my life, the bond we had was unique and very special.
He leaves behind an enormous legacy that will live on forever.
Malcolm, job well done.
1/2 of the best guitar duo ever, truly a rocker all the way to the bone.
Entire Jihadi Community Bored After Just 40 Seconds of Ayman al-Zawahiri's Two Hour Talk
Ayman al-Zawahiri appears to have Omar Abdel Rahman trapped in a small crystal ball in the corner https://t.co/rTPx4gGozH
— Graeme Wood (@gcaw) November 17, 2017
No one respects Zawahiri anymore. He's like your crazy uncle, just ignore him.
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What a cute little puppy! Ahhhhhh!
Where is Mrs. Vinnie?
She had planned to visit her mother this thanksgiving, but there was a snag.
Airline: Passenger was asked to deplane after her emotional support pig became disruptive: http://t.co/nyKGvUiqg4 pic.twitter.com/6LUWlAzluX
— ABC News (@ABC) November 28, 2014
Update: Unrelated random video.
This Isn't The Coup We're Looking For
Move along. Move along.
Subtle indication there may be a coup: your news anchor is suddenly this guy, telling you it’s totally not a coup. pic.twitter.com/lKOX5uQGnW
— Carl Fridh Kleberg (@FridhKleberg) November 15, 2017
Or the end of WWI.
I know I say every year that freedom isn't free.
God Bless our Veterans and those serving and their families. Let us all seek peace for their sake, as they have paid dearly for our sake.
Jihad Jack Captured by Syrians
Jihad Jack went off and joined Islamic State, you know, the people that burn prisoners alive on video.
Well now Jack is whining that ending up in a Syria prison is not what he signed up for.
Jack Letts, a Muslim convert from Oxford, England, has been imprisoned since May.
His father, John Letts, originally from Pain Court, Ont., said his 21-year-old son claimed he was being tortured when he and his British wife, Sally Lane, last spoke to him.
"I'm scared of electricity… I've actually been tortured… I can prove it," Jack said in correspondence which his parents shared with CBC News.
He also claimed he had been denied food and exercise and had been spending long periods of time in solitary confinement.
"It's quite hard to think of the child you loved who might, as we speak, be being tortured with electricity," said Letts in an interview with CBC, the family's first with a Canadian media outlet.
F*ck Jack.
Hamza bin-Laden's Desperate Call to Revive al-Qaeda's Relevance
Of course al-Nusra has now branded itself the kinder gentler alternative in Syria, they are the last stand and will fall next. No one thinks that Syria and Israel is going to just let them have a quasi state on Israel's northern border.
Newsweek:
he new face of Al-Qaeda and the son of the mastermind of the deadliest attack on U.S. soil, Hamza bin Laden, released a new audio message Tuesday, calling on Muslims around the world to avenge his father Osama’s death in 2011.
The 25-minute video is titled “Osama the Fighter Against Invaders & Inciter of Rebellion Against Tyrants” and was released by Al-Qaeda’s media wing, As-Sahab, complete with English subtitles. In it, bin Laden embarks on a long call to action for young Muslims, using his father and his death as the main motivator for his message.
So Hamza is trying to spin up some outrage over his Father's death in an attempt to position al-Qaeda proper to take the leadership role in Islamic Terrorism from Pakistan.
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My comment: Worst, Nasheed. Ever. The singer coughs even. Goatly would be so ashamed.
For most people, both Donald Trump’s campaign and success came out of nowhere.
But not for Anne Sorock of The Frontier Lab.
Anne started writing for Legal Insurrection in April 2012 and was a regular contributor for many years. Over time Anne focused more and more of her time at The Frontier Lab, and now writes for us only sporadically.
...Anne: That was the functional part — being an outsider would allow him to do what previous candidates, and all candidates being considered, were incapable of. And that was absolutely reject the king-makers at CPAC and in DC in general.
There was so much anger I had been cataloging at those in charge. There was a seething sense of being disrespected by those in charge. One of the insights from my research at the time was that when people were asked to “choose the lesser of two evils,” they were basically dropping like flies from the Republican label. They might vote that way, but they resented it even more each time. They were looking for an anti-hero.
WAJ: What were their issue differences with the CPAC crowd?
Anne: It was outside of the issue spectrum completely. There was a shift away from one-off issue concerns (taxes, health care, even jobs) in favor of the underlying heart foundation for those issues. Another event that those leaving the Republican label had in common (and yet remaining to vote that way) was an incident of perceived betrayal by the GOP establishment. Individual after individual had an anecdote to relate of an extremely negative interaction with a party official or candidate. Those peddling the issues simply looked down upon them and that showed
The natives, we're restless. we're forgotten, we don't matter. We're Chattel. We're taken for granted that we'll get up tomorrow and slog it out again for less and less to give the elite more and more.
So "we" blew it up.
What I see coming next is an entire drop out by conservatives. Where young people won't put forth effort, they won't sacrifice and push, because the return is the same. You can work your ass off and end up broke on social security and medicare Or looking around me, you can lay on your ass for 40 years and get the exact same thing.
So why put out the effort if there is no return? Bust your ass for an ever shrinking net buying power. That is crazy, not the people.
Fake Hate Crime of the Day
As a great blogger once said, Heh.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – One of the black cadets allegedly targeted by racial slurs scrawled on a whiteboard at the Air Force Academy Preparatory School was responsible for the incident, Air Force Academy officials announced Tuesday.
Officials say the cadet admitted to writing the messages on the whiteboard outside the dorm rooms of five black cadet candidates. The cadet is no longer at the school, but a spokesman declined to say whether the student withdrew or was expelled.
But but but.... its like um, he was just trying to um. Uh.....
Good News! Only 583 Years Left
The end, its near.blockquote>Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has issued yet another warning for Earth and this time, he says we have less than 600 years before the Earth turns into a sizzling fireball.
Still a ways out, but if you have a goal, stick to it and try really hard....
Muslima Really Sucks at Sharia
Drinking, Hanging with Kuffar, Disobeying your father, Lying to Your father, Breaking Kuffar's Laws and they snitch and bring dishonor to your father, Bearing False Witness...
Wow I think there may be a few she didn't break. But anyway she had Trump-O-Phobia.
On Friday, Yasmin Seweid, 19, the Muslim college student at Baruch College who lied to police, telling them she had been harassed on the New York subway by white men who attempted to seize her hijab, pleaded guilty to falsely reporting an incident and disorderly conduct.
Seweid had claimed the incident occurred on the No. 6 train on Dec. 1, 2016. She told The New York Daily News that three drunk white men screamed “Donald Trump!” and hurled anti-Islam slurs at her, then tried to rip her hijab off of her head. She stated, “I heard them say something very loudly, something about Donald Trump ... I also heard them say the word terrorist and I sort of got a little scared.” She added that they said, “Oh look, a (expletive) terrorist … Get the hell out of the country! You don’t belong here!” She said when she tried to ignore them, they pulled on her bag to get her attention and the strap broke. “That’s when I turned around and said ‘can you please leave me alone,’ and they started laughing,” she said.
...Seweid was arrested on December 14 on charges of filing a false report and obstructing governmental administration. Police sources stated Seweid lied because she didn’t want to get in trouble for breaking her curfew after being out late drinking with friends.
Hmm, I started to wonder why she was afraid to admit to drinking to her Father and why she still had a curfew since she's Liberated, Emancipated and over 21, but I'm afraid if I ask why a Muslima would be afraid of such things I might get called an Islam-o-phobe.
Men Shoot and Chase Down Kill Sutherland Springs Massacre Killer
So some Atheist murdered 26 people at a Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs Texas.
Nina Rose Nava, who went to school with the gunman, wrote on Facebook: ‘In (sic) in complete shock! I legit just deleted him off my fb cause I couldn’t stand his post.
‘He was always talking about how people who believe in God we’re stupid and trying to preach his atheism’Kelley walked into the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs on Sunday, dressed in black, tactical gear with a ballistics belt and an assault rifle, and began shooting, according to local law enforcement sources.
Kelley of New Braunfels, a suburb of San Antonio, was shot by Stephen Willeford, 55, before he climbed in an SUV to flee the scene, a local resident told DailyMail.com.
Another local resident, Johnnie Langendorff, who had witnessed the confrontation refused to let the shooter get away. Both he and Willeford, a local plumber, jumped in his truck and gave chase.
In a Facebook post, Langendorff's girlfriend Summer Caddel described how the pair had 'jumped in my boyfriend's truck and they chased that sick b*****d down in pursuit until the cops could catch up. He was able to run the shooter off of the road on 539!'
As they approached a sharp curve in the road, near the 307 and 539, Kelley appeared to lose control and his car swerved off the road.
Kelley was already dead when they found him. It's unclear if he committed suicide or died from his pursuers' gunshots.
There is a lot more on the victims here.
Depending on the motive it appears this could be the second murderous attack on people perceived as "right wingers" in the last few months. We still don't have a motive on the attack in Vegas.
Johnnie Langendorff recounts details of heroic chase he gave of Sutherland Springs Texas Church Killer .... WOW 🇺🇸pic.twitter.com/nx9psGHePO
— 💎STOCK MONSTER💎 (@StockMonsterUSA) November 6, 2017
Sandcrawler PSA: Why We Won't Talk About Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov Anymore
When things are going right, don't mess it up.
So what’s to be done? In fact, quite a lot has changed since IS’s social media heyday in 2014 and 2015.
Supply-side or ‘field’ factors are impacting on the volume and frequency of IS’s contemporary content production and uploading. These include increased pressure on IS’s territory and manpower and direct targeting by Western forces of IS’ social media ‘experts’ and strategists (e.g. the August 2016 drone killing of IS’s second-in-command, Syrian-born Abu Muhammad al Adnani and, in September, their ‘Minister of Information’ Wa’il al-Fayad) and their cyber apparatus.
IS and its supporters also face increased vigilance on the part of social media and other Internet companies as regards IS’s use of their platforms. It was estimated that there were in the region of 46,000–90,000 pro-IS Twitter accounts active in the period between September to December 2014, but in recently published research, colleagues and I located fewer than a thousand pro-IS Twitter accounts with at least one follower between February and April 2017.
Explicitly pro-IS accounts, such as those using an image of a prominent IS figure (e.g. the so-called ‘caliph,’ al-Baghdadi) for their profile picture or bearing similarities to previously suspended accounts, can today be exceedingly short-lived, we found – often lasting only hours and some just minutes. The upshot of these levels of disruption is that the median number of followers for contemporary Pro-IS accounts is 14 versus 177 in 2014, a decrease of 92 per cent. IS’s previously strong and vibrant Twitter community is therefore now virtually non-existent.
But in the general trend, ISIS and by extension radical Islamic Terror is seen more and more as a loser, a dead end. This is good, no need to help ISIS break that perception by talking up their murders. Or random acts that they claim are theirs.
That's not to take away from the gravity of what happened to the victims, here for the most part as guests. I feel bad, I apologize.
But the media doesn't seem to get this. Talking up the attack and at the same time rattling their backlash-o-phobia cage. Very counter productive.
This might be a time where a little bit jaded is the best strategy.
Islamic State Claims Desperate Cowardly Murder of NY Tourists
Islamic State claimed the NYC attack. I guess they'll claim any futile act of any moron these days.
Next look for a claim that they have sleeper Ubers everywhere.
Sandcrawler PSA: Russian Trolls and You
The internet is an open platform.
Protesters in YUGE fight outside of chick fil a! What is this world coming to? pic.twitter.com/8c93p3hhIa
— Steve McGranahan🇺🇸 (@wsredneck) November 2, 2017
The Russians: Devious yet entertaining.
TweeterGate
Rouge One stole the President's Twitter feed.
So all those tweets I saw Praising Allah were correct?
Twitter launched an internal investigation Thursday after a "customer support" employee, reportedly working his or her last day with the company, briefly deactivated the highly viewed account of the president.
We have exclusive video..
Feel Good Video Of The Day
Don't taze me Akhi! https://t.co/ooPsYNxMxY
— Darth Odie (@darthodius) November 3, 2017
Alphabet People Doing Heckova Job
I mean how could they have ever known?
Wow, I geolocated this and tweeted it to FBI
Image of ISIS flag taken at exact site of New York attack emerges https://t.co/vSwIJAiCEW
— DrRustyShackleford (@mypetjawa) November 1, 2017
Here is the original thread where geolocated ISIS supporter at exact site of yesterday's NYC terror attack https://t.co/jq8OAGLbej
ISIS sympathizer geolocated to
334 West St, NY NY 10014 pic.twitter.com/15VGQ4djZc
— DrRustyShackleford (@mypetjawa) August 24, 2017
So I guess disbanding NYC Police counter terror ops and depending on the feds, in hindsight, was a bad idea?
Help out Howie
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The Cinematography of “First Man”
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6 Tips for Making DIY Lighting Look Pro
August 6, 2018 August 8, 2018 neilosemanbounce, cinematography, diffusion, DIY rigs, flags, halogen, LED, lighting, natural light, practicals, tips, tungsten
Good lighting can boost the production values of a film tremendously, making the difference between an amateur and a professional-looking piece. For filmmakers early in their careers, however, the equipment typically used to achieve these results can be prohibitively expensive. Far from the Hollywood productions attended by trucks full of lights, a micro-budget film may be unable to rent even a single HMI. Do not despair though, as there are ways to light scenes well without breaking the bank. Here are my top six tips for lighting on the cheap.
1. Make the most of natural light
Guesstimating the sun path on location
The hardest shots to light without the proper equipment are wide shots. Where a fully-budgeted production would rig Maxi Brutes on cherry-pickers, or pound HMIs through windows, a filmmaker of limited means simply won’t have access to the raw power of such fixtures. Instead, plan your day carefully to capture the wide shots at the time when natural light gives you the most assistance. For a day interior, this means shooting when the sun is on the correct side of the building.
See also: “Sun Paths”
2. Keep L.E.D.s to the background
£2 LED camping light
There are a plethora of LED fixtures on the market, designed for all kinds of applications, some of them very reasonably priced. It might be tempting to purchase some of these to provide your primary illumination, but I advise against it. Cheap LED units (and fluorescents) have a terrible Colour Rendering Index (CRI), making for unnatural and unappealing skintones. Such units are therefore best restricted to backgrounds, accent lighting and “specials”. For example, I purchased a little LED camping light from a charity shop for about £2, and I often use it to create the blue glow from computer screens or hang it from the ceiling to produce a hint of hair-light.
See also my article on LEDs from my “Know Your Lights” series.
3. Key with tungsten or halogen
Halogen floodlight
By far the best solution for a high output, high CRI, low cost key is a halogen floodlight; 500W models are available for as little as £5. Their chief disadvantage is the lack of barn doors, making the light hard to control, though if you can stretch to a roll of black wrap you can fashion a kind of snoot. Alternatively, consider investing in a secondhand tungsten movie fixture. With many people switching to LEDs, there are plenty of old tungsten units out there. Try to get a reputable brand like Arri or Ianiro, as some of the unbranded units available on Ebay are poorly wired and can be unsafe.
See also: “DIY Interview Lighting for the ‘Ren’ EPK”
4. Control the light
Lace curtains used to break up light in a Camerimage workshop last year
Flooding a halogen light onto a scene is never going to look good, but then the same is often true of dedicated movie fixtures. Instead it’s more how you modify the light that creates the nuanced, professional look. Improvise flags from pieces of cardboard to stop the light spilling into unwanted places – but be VERY careful how close you put them to a tungsten or halogen source, as these get extremely hot. For example, when shooting indoors, flag light off the background wall (especially if it’s white or cream) to help your subject stand out.
See also “Lighting Micro-sets” for an example of this.
5. Soften the light
Almost all cinematographers today prefer the subtlety of soft light to the harshness of hard light. You can achieve this by bouncing your fixture off a wall or ceiling, or a sheet of polystyrene or card. Or you could hang a white bedsheet or a shower curtain in front of the light as diffusion, but again be sure to leave a safe distance between them. Professional collapsible reflectors are available very cheaply online, and can be used in multiple ways to diffuse or reflect light.
Hot tub cover = bounce board. Towel = flag
See also: “How to Soften Harsh Sunlight with Tinfoil and a Bedsheet”; and to read more about the pictured example: “Always Know Where Your Towel Is”
6. Make use of practicals
Black-wrapped ceiling light
Finally, don’t be afraid to use existing practical lighting in your scene. Turning on the main overhead light usually kills the mood, but sometimes it can be useful. You can generate more contrast and shape by covering up the top of the lampshade, thus preventing ceiling bounce, or conversely use the ceiling bounce to give some ambient top-light and cover the bottom of the lampshade to prevent a harsh hotspot underneath it. Table lamps and under-cupboard kitchen lights can add a lot of interest and production value to your backgrounds. If possible, swap out LED or fluorescent bulbs for conventional tungsten ones for a more attractive colour and to eliminate potential flickering on camera.
See also: “5 Tips for Working with Practicals”, and for an example of the above techniques, my blog from day two of the Forever Alone shoot.
April 11, 2018 April 11, 2018 neilosemancinematography, colour, colour temperature, lighting, theory, tips
Last week I looked at the science of colour: what it is, how our eyes see it, and how cameras see and process it. Now I’m going to look at colour theory – that is, schemes of mixing colours to produce aesthetically pleasing results.
The Colour wheel
The first colour wheel was drawn by Sir Isaac Newton in 1704, and it’s a precursor of the CIE diagram we met last week. It’s a method of arranging hues so that useful relationships between them – like primaries and secondaries, and the schemes we’ll cover below – can be understood. As we know from last week, colour is in reality a linear spectrum which we humans perceive by deducing it from the amounts of light triggering our red, green and blue cones, but certain quirks of our visual system make a wheel in many ways a more useful arrangement of the colours than a linear spectrum.
One of these quirks is that our long (red) cones, although having peak sensitivity to red light, have a smaller peak in sensitivity at the opposite (violet) end of the spectrum. This may be what causes our perception of colour to “wrap around”.
Another quirk is in the way that colour information is encoded in the retina before being piped along the optic nerve to the brain. Rather than producing red, green and blue signals, the retina compares the levels of red to green, and of blue to yellow (the sum of red and green cones), and sends these colour opponency channels along with a luminance channel to the brain.
You can test these opposites yourself by staring at a solid block of one of the colours for around 30 seconds and then looking at something white. The white will initially take on the opposing colour, so if you stared at red then you will see green.
Hering’s colour wheels
19th century physiologist Ewald Hering was the first to theorise about this colour opponency, and he designed his own colour wheel to match it, having red/green on the vertical axis and blue/yellow on the horizontal.
RGB colour wheel
Today we are more familiar with the RGB colour wheel, which spaces red, green and blue equally around the circle. But both wheels – the first dealing with colour perception in the eye-brain system, and the second dealing with colour representation on an RGB screen – are relevant to cinematography.
On both wheels, colours directly opposite each other are considered to cancel each other out. (In RGB they make white when combined.) These pairs are known as complementary colours.
A complementary scheme provides maximum colour contrast, each of the two hues making the other more vibrant. Take “The Snail” by modernist French artist Henri Matisse, which you can currently see at the Tate Modern; Matisse placed complementary colours next to each other to make them all pop.
“The Snail” by Henri Matisse (1953)
In cinematography, a single pair of complementary colours is often used, for example the yellows and blues of Aliens‘ power loader scene:
“Aliens” DP: Adrian Biddle, BSC
Or this scene from Life on Mars which I covered on my YouTube show Lighting I Like:
I frequently use a blue/orange colour scheme, because it’s the natural result of mixing tungsten with cool daylight or “moonlight”.
“The First Musketeer”, DP: Neil Oseman
And then of course there’s the orange-and-teal grading so common in Hollywood:
“Hot Tub Time Machine” DP: Jack N. Green, ASC
Amélie uses a less common complementary pairing of red and green:
“Amélie” DP: Bruno Belbonnel, AFC, ASC
Analogous
An analogous colour scheme uses hues adjacent to each other on the wheel. It lacks the punch and vibrancy of a complementary scheme, instead having a harmonious, unifying effect. In the examples below it seems to enhance the single-mindedness of the characters. Sometimes filmmakers push analogous colours to the extreme of using literally just one hue, at which point it is technically monochrome.
“The Matrix” DP: Bill Pope, ASC
“Terminator 2: Judgment Day” DP: Adam Greenberg, ASC
“The Double” DP: Erik Alexander Wilson
“Total Recall” (1990) DP: Jost Vacano, ASC, BVK
There are other colour schemes, such as triadic, but complementary and analogous colours are by far the most common in cinematography. In a future post I’ll look at the psychological effects of individual colours and how they can be used to enhance the themes and emotions of a film.
Front-light
January 23, 2018 neilosemanbacklight, cinematography, firelight, lighting, shadows, shaping light
A front-lit shot of mine from “The First Musketeer” (2015, dir. Harriet Sams)
Front-light is a bit of a dirty word in cinematography. DPs will commonly be heard rhapsodising about beautiful backlight or moody sidelight, but rarely does the humble front-light get any love. But there is no right or wrong in cinematography. Just because front-light is less popular, doesn’t mean it can’t make a great shot.
Why do we avoid front-light so often? Because it usually flattens things out, reducing or eliminating any sense of depth in the image, and giving no shape to faces or objects. Sometimes this might be the perfect look: for a character who is shallow, or who feels like their life is dull and uneventful, perhaps; a live-action scene to be intercut with two-dimensional animation; or a stylised flashback like the image above. And sometimes, of course, front-light is unavoidable for logical reasons – if a character is looking out of a window, say. The trouble is, it can make for un-engaging or un-cinematic images, and that’s when you may want to pull some other tricks out of the box.
Here are six ways to bring some interest back into a frontally-lit frame.
1. Cut the light.
A shot of mine from “Crossing Paths” (2015, dir. Ben Bloore)
If you can flag some of the front-light, reducing the area of the frame it’s hitting, and leave the rest to the fill light or to fall into shadow, you’ll get some contrast back into your image.
2. Use a gobo.
Another shot of mine, this one from “Lebensraum” way back in 2007.
If it doesn’t make sense to cut the light, try breaking it up with a gobo. You can make a gobo from almost anything. Commonly on night exteriors I send a spark off to liberate a branch from a nearby tree and rig that in front of the key-light. If I need to create a window-frame effect I’ve been known to clamp a chair or stool to a C-stand to get a suitable pattern of perpendicular lines.
3. Add dynamics.
Front-light is often more interesting if it’s not there all the time. If you can find an excuse to have it flicker or move somehow, you’ll get a lot more mood and shape in your shot. Firelight, TVs, rippling water, panning searchlights or the headlights of a passing car can all safely come from the front and remain dramatic. Create a moving gobo and you’ve got something really interesting. The tree branch example from earlier – if that blows around in the wind then it will add a lot of tension to the visuals. Here’s a firelight example from Ren: The Girl with the Mark…
(Check out my Instagram feed for more lighting breakdowns like this.)
4. Darken the background.
“Magnolia” (DP: Robert Elswit, ASC)
You can combat the lack of depth by keeping the background dark, so that the front-lit subject stands out against it. This will happen automatically due to the Inverse-square Law (a post on that is coming soon) if the subject is close to the source, e.g. standing right by a window. Due to the nature of front-light, you probably can’t flag the background without flagging the subject too, so bringing your source closer to the subject or redressing the background may be your only options.
5. Make a virtue of the subject’s shadow.
“The Shadow of Death” by William Holman Hunt, 1873
One reason to avoid front-light is the distracting shadow which the subject will cast on the background. But sometimes this can be a great benefit to the shot, almost becoming another character, or adding subtext as in this painting.
6. Use a strong backlight.
A still of mine from “Stop/Eject”. The red backlight and the kicker from the practical help mitigate the flat front-light.
If there’s nothing you can do to modify the front-light, then pumping up the backlight might well save the day. The most flatly-illuminated shots suddenly become deep and appealing when the subject has a halo of over-exposed light. Indeed, this is what commonly happens with day exteriors: you shoot into the sun to get the nice backlight, and ambient light flatly fills in the faces.
So next time you’re faced with front-light, remember, it’s not the end of the world!
Introduction to Short Key Lighting
December 9, 2017 December 9, 2017 neilosemancinematography, lighting
“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” – DP: Andrew Lesnie, ACS, ASC
If you’re starting out in your cinematography career, or maybe stepping up from camera operation, lighting can be daunting. How do you know where to put your lights? If you’re working to the Three Point Lighting system, the backlight is self-explanatory, and the fill will often be ambient and directionless, but you may still be left wondering where to put your main light source, your key.
Fortunately there is a very simple rule of thumb, known as short key. In simple terms, a short key light is one which is on the opposite side of the subject’s eye-line to the camera. Let’s delve into what this means and why it’s so common. In fact, once you understand what a short key is you’ll be forever spotting examples of it in film and TV – you’ll be staggered at how often it’s used.
It’s easiest to think of short key from the perspective of the actor. The camera is in front of us and off to one side, because very rarely do actors look down the lens, and the key light is in front of us and off to the other side. It’s called short key because the side of our face that it hits is the side away from camera. The opposite of short key is broad key, where the light is on the same side of us as the camera, thus lighting the “broad” side of our face, the side presented to camera. Note that the light can be either side of the camera, it’s which side of our eye-line it’s on that’s important.
“Arrival” – DP: Bradford Young, ASC
Short key follows the general cinematography principle that light is more interesting when it comes in from the side and behind, rather than from close to camera. It’s preferred by most DPs in most situations because it produces more dimensionality and contrast than broad key. By hitting the side of the face away from camera, a short key leaves shadow on the closer side, creating mood and interest. It brings out the shape of the nose and cheeks. It leaves the ear and side of the head darker, concentrating attention on the face and consequently the performance.
Under the umbrella of short key we can still vary the angle tremendously to affect the mood. If we place the key severely to the side, so none of its illumination reaches the camera side of the actor’s face, and use a very low level of fill, we create a strong, uncompromising look.
“Logan” – DP: John Mathieson, BSC
“Fight Club” – DP: Jeff Cronenweth, ASC
If we place the key closer to front-on, and soften it with diffusion so that it wraps around the camera side of the face, we create a more comfortable, flattering look.
“Skyfall” – DP: Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC, CBE
“The Pianist” – DP: Pawel Edelman, PSC
We can also raise the lamp to shade the eye sockets, Godfather style, lower it to create a campfire ghost story look, or place it anywhere in between.
Broad key is less desirable amongst cinematographers, often resorted to only when short key cannot be reconciled with motivating the sources authentically. However, that doesn’t mean that it’s bad or that it can’t be used deliberately and creatively. Here’s just one example of broad key being used extremely effectively.
An example of broad key from “Amélie” – DP: Bruno Delbonnel, AFC, ASC
Short key though is the dominant, ubiquitous style of lighting. It is often the first thing a DP considers when walking onto the set: where can I put the key light in order to hit the short side of the talent? Or conversely, where can I put the camera so that it’s on the opposite side to the light?
If we’re dealing with fixed light sources like windows, or shooting outdoors – we’ll exploit the sun-path or even request that the blocking be altered to ensure a short key. It can go such a long way to making an image cinematic.
“La La Land” – DP: Linus Sandgren, FSF
“Titanic” – DP: Russell Carpenter, ASC
In standard dialogue scenes with two characters facing each other, a technique called cross-backlighting is commonly used to short key both characters and provide backlight too. Check out my post on cross-backlighting for more info.
So next time you watch TV or a movie, look out for short key lighting; I guarantee you’ll see it everywhere.
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The Art of Single Source Lighting
November 7, 2017 neilosemanbacklight, bounce, cinematography, lighting, toplight
Can a scene be lit with just one lamp? It certainly can, and in fact some of cinema’s most stunning and iconic images have been achieved this way. A single source image can be realistic or stylised, flattering or scary, but is almost always arresting. Even if you decide the look of a single source is too extreme, and add more lamps, building the lighting around that one key source can still be a very useful approach.
Let’s consider some of the ways in which a single source can be used.
Front Light
Front light is not very common in cinematography because – and this will be especially true without any other sources – it produces a flat image. Often we think of front light as being devoid of depth, though in fact it does reveal depth because things closer to the camera (and therefore also closer to the light) are brighter, while distant backgrounds are darker. An example is the sequence from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in which the frontal spotlight and the resultant dark surroundings represent the protagonist’s memories being erased.
“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” – DP: Ellen Kuras ASC
“Out of the Past” – DP: Nicholas Musuraca ASC. This one’s a bit of a cheat because there appears to be a second light on the background.
More common is three-quarter front light, which gives some modelling on the face, and is consequently seen a lot in portraiture, both modern and classical.
Photo by Shane Francescut, www.theweeklyminute.wordpress.com
“Portrait of Doge Leornardo Loredan” – Giovanni Bellini (1501)
Side Light
Light from the side can be the most informative, revealing shape, texture and detail. As a single source, it produces incredible chiaroscuro – contrast between light and shade. This shot from the The Godfather is a great example.
“The Godfather” – DP: Gordon Willis ASC
Here is a more complex example from classical art. I saw this painting at the Guildhall recently and it inspired me to write this post. I love the way that the soft light comes in through an unseen doorway to the right, illuminating the wall and modelling each of the people differently according to the angle it reaches them at.
“The Reading of the Bible by the Rabbis” – Jean Jules Antoine Lecomte du Noüy (1882)
Perhaps the most famous use of toplight is in The Godfather‘s opening scene, where the characters’ eye sockets are rendered black and hollow by the steep angle of the single source.
A ceiling lamp hanging over a table is one of the most frequently seen examples of single source top-lighting.
“Mud” – DP: Adam Stone
Often the table or things on it – papers, white tablecloths – will reflect back some of the toplight, filling in the shadows. Film Riot investigates the many variations of this set-up in their episode on single source lighting.
There are many examples of scenes lit only from the back. It’s a beautiful look, creating mood and mystery, revealing form without details, reducing people to simulacra. The optional addition of smoke helps the light to wrap a little and lift the shadows.
“Blade Runner” – DP: Jordan Cronenweth ASC
“Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince” – DP: Bruno Delbonnel AFC, ASC
“The Man from London” – DP: Fred Kelemen
“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” – DP: Roger Deakins CBE, ASC, BSC
“The Social Network” – DP: Jeff Cronenweth ASC
It’s not uncommon for a DP to begin lighting by setting a backlight to give form and depth to the scene, then seeing if and where other sources are necessary, to illuminate faces and other important details.
Most film fixtures shed their illumination in broadly one direction, but of course most light sources in day-to-day life aren’t that discriminating, throwing rays all around them. In the form of practicals, such omnidirectional lights can create very interesting images, particularly when they are handheld.
“O Brother, Where Art Thou?” – DP: Roger Deakins CBE, ASC, BSC
When people are grouped around an omnidirectional source, each one is modelled differently. Characters in the foreground, between the lamp and the camera, become silhouettes, while those to the sides are rendered in chiaroscuro, and those in the background are lit frontally. This creates a wonderful feeling of dark-to-light/near-to-far depth and dimensionality. 17th century Dutch masters like Gerrit Dou and Gerard van Honthorst painted such effects beautifully.
“The Match-maker” – Gerard van Honthorst (1625)
“The Denial of St Peter” – Gerard van Honthorst (circa 1618-1620)
Having recently re-equipped myself with a 35mm SLR, I’m planning a photography project inspired by some of these candlelit scenes. Watch this space!
Lighting with LED Screens
November 1, 2017 neilosemancinematography, equipment, lighting, VFX
Gravity’s LED light box
LED lighting has found its way onto most sets now, but there is another off-shoot of LED technology which I see cropping up more and more in American Cinematographer articles. Sometimes it’s lighting, sometimes it’s a special effect, and often it’s both. I’m talking about LED screens: huge LED panels that, rather than emitting solid, constant light, display a moving image like a giant monitor.
I touched on LED Screens in my article about shooting on moving trains, and moving backgrounds do seem to be one of the most common uses for these screens. House of Cards has been in the news this week for all the wrong reasons, but it remains a useful example here. Production designer Steve Arnold describes the use of LED screens for car scenes in the political drama:
We had a camera crew go to Washington, D.C. to drive around and shoot plates for what you see outside when you’re driving. And that is fed into the LED screens above the car. So as the scene is progressing, the LED screens are synched up to emit interactive light to match the light conditions you see in the scenery you’re driving past (that will be added in post). All the reflections on the car windows, the window frames and door jambs is being shot while we’re shooting the actors in the car. Then in post the green screens are replaced with the synced up driving plates, and it works really well. It gives you the sense of light passing over the actors’ faces, matching the lighting that is in the image of the plate.
The green-screen stage used for a car scenes on House of Cards, complete with LED screens for interactive lighting.
This appears to be the go-to method for shooting car scenes now, and more exotic forms of transport are using the technique as well. Rogue One employed “a massive array of WinVision Air 9mm LED panels” to create “an interactive hyperspace lighting effect” (American Cinematographer, February 2017).
The hyperspace VFX is displayed on a huge LED screen on the set of Rogue One.
Production designer Doug Chiang comments on the use of LED screens in the Death Star command centre:
We wanted to see things on the viewscreen where traditionally it would have been a giant bluescreen; we wanted the interactive reflective quality of what you would actually see. Even though we ultimately had to replace some of those images with higher-fidelity images in postproduction, they were enough to give a sense that the quality of light on the actors and the reflections on the set looked and felt very real.
One of the first major uses of LED screens for lighting was in the seminal stranded-in-space thriller Gravity. Concerned about blending the actors convincingly with the CGI backgrounds, DP Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC came up with a solution that was, at the time, cutting-edge: “I had the idea to build a set out of LED panels and to light the actors’ faces inside it with the previs animation.” (AC, November 2013)
Gravity also featured a scene in which Sandra Bullock’s character puts out a fire, and here once again LED panels provided interactive light. This is a technique that has since been used on several other films to simulate off-camera fires, including Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, and the true story of the BP oil rig disaster, Deepwater Horizon.
An LED screen in use on Dunkirk
Traditionally, fire has been simulated with tungsten sources, often Maxibrutes, but on Deepwater Horizon these were relegated to background action, while foregrounds were keyed by a huge 42’x24′ video wall made up of 252 LED panels. DP Enrqiue Chediak, ASC had this to say (in AC, October 2016):
Fire caused by burning oil is very red and has deep blacks. You cannot get that with the substance that the special effects crews use – all those propane fires are yellow. Oil fire has a very specific quality, and I wanted to reach that. It was important to feel the sense of hell.
By playing back footage of real oil fires on the video wall, Chediak was able to get the realistic colour of lighting he wanted, while retaining authentic dynamics.
The giant LED wall on Deepwater Horizon
This technique isn’t necessarily confined to big-budget productions. In theory you could create interactive lighting with an iPad. For example, a tight shot of an actor supposedly warming themselves by a fireplace; if you could get the iPad close enough, playing a video of flames, I imagine the result would be quite convincing. Has anyone out there tried something like this? Let me know if you have!
I’ll leave you with a music video I shot a few years back (more info here), featuring custom-built LED panels in the background.
5 Lighting Modifiers You Can Put on Windows
September 7, 2017 neilosemancinematography, day int, diffusion, film noir, interior, lighting, night int
Lighting through windows is the cornerstone of a DP’s day interior work. I’ve previously written about the various ways that hard light through a window can be used. Today I’m going to look at some examples of how dressing on the windows – anything from curtains to paint or newspaper – can create interesting lighting looks and help you tell the story.
Please note: there are some minor spoilers in this post, and a quite big one for the season two finale of Mr Robot.
1. PAINTS AND STAINS
Director Michael Bay and DP John Schwartzman, ASC recycled many techniques they had used on commercials when they shot Armaggeddon. One of these was to create coloured light, not by arbitrarily gelling lamps, but by having the art department paint the windows. In an early scene on the oil rig, the windows are yellowed to give a warm feel to a romantic scene between AJ and Grace, contrasting with the cool, monochromatic look of the asteroid later on in the film. “The windows here are like a Filon fibreglass that we then threw some orange asphaltum stain on to give it that warm tone,” Schwartzman explains in the commentary.
2.NEWSPAPER
During the first season of time travel thriller 12 Monkeys, our heroes James Cole and Dr Cassandra Railly base themselves out of a disused shop. It’s a safe place they retreat to when they need to plan or regroup, and a womb-like feeling of warmth and security is created visually by the orange newspaper covering the shop’s front windows.
The season two finale of Mr Robot uses a similar technique to a very different end. Gaps in the paper here allow violent shafts of light to pierce the room, foreshadowing the bullet which is about to pierce Elliot’s body.
3. Blinds
When I lensed the race drama Exile Incessant in 2015, director James Reynolds wanted to visually represent the ideological differences between the older and younger South Africans. I decided to bathe the progressive youngsters in soft, low-contrast light, while throwing hard light and deep shadows onto the more narrow-minded adults, whose world is black and white in more ways than one. For the hospital scene pictured below, I adjusted the venetian blinds – with a 2.5K HMI behind them – to give a contrasty pattern of light and shade on the old man.
Lighting through blinds is of course a famous feature of film noir cinematography, and has found its way into countless movies of all genres over the last several decades.
He Walked by Night (1948, dir. Alfred L. Werker)
4. Diffusing curtains
Placing sheer curtains on a window can solve two problems for filmmakers: disguising an unwanted or non-existent (if on stage) background, and softening the light. This is a widely-used technique; in fact it’s common practice for art departments to consult with DPs about curtains to ensure that the right options are available for the style of lighting that will be employed.
In an episode of my YouTube series Lighting I Like, I discussed a scene from The Crown – Netflix’s dramatisation of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign – in which King George VI is found dead. Unlike many daylight interiors in the series which feature hard shafts of sunlight, the scene in question employed net curtains to create a softer, more subdued light, appropriate to the sombre content.
5. Billowing curtains
The season two Breaking Bad episode “Grilled” sees out-of-their-depth crystal meth cooks Walter White and Jesse Pinkman taken hostage by crazy drug lord Tuco Salamanca. Realising that their only hope of escape lies in killing Tuco, Walter and Jesse plot to poison his burrito. The episode bristles with tension, generated not just through the script and performances, but also by flapping curtains which paint the scene with restless shadows. The scene appears to have been shot on location, so whether the wind was artificial or just a happy accident I don’t know, but either way it adds immeasurably to the atmosphere.
Both Breaking Bad and 12 Monkeys feature in the second season of Lighting I Like – coming soon!
5 Tips for Working with Practicals
December 20, 2016 March 26, 2017 neilosemancinematography, gaffering, lighting, practicals, tips
As the sensitivity and dynamic range of cameras has increased, practicals have become a more and more important and popular tool in the cinematographer’s arsenal. A practical is any light source that appears in the frame. It could be a fluorescent strip-light, a table lamp, car headlights, candles, a fireplace, an iPad, fairy lights, street lamps, a torch, a security light… any light that could be realistically found in the place where your scene is set.
Here are five pieces of advice I’ve put together from my own experiences working with practical lights.
1. Liaise continually with the director and art department.
Production Designer Stuart Craig and Cinematographer Slawomir Idziak PSC confer on the set of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Although the bulb, wiring and power supply are the responsibility of the lighting department, the fixture itself falls under the purview of the art department. A good production designer will be thinking of light sources from the very beginning of their set design process. This is the start of a conversation which will continue throughout preproduction, as you the DP ask for fixtures in certain positions to make the set and actors look good, and the designer either says yes or asks for compromises so as not to ruin the aesthetics or believability (or budget!) of their design. The places a DP wants light sources in order to get the best modelling of the talent are often not the places a real human being would choose to install a light source in their home/office/dungeon etc. Some designers will demand realism and fight you on these decisions; others are open to artistic license. Either way, you must respect the symbiotic relationship between your two departments and do your best to reach a solution that works for both of you.
Keeping the director in the loop is also very important. When it comes to lighting, practicals are one of the things most likely to cause disagreement between the director and DP. You may have spent an hour lighting the set to be motivated by the candles all around, only for the director to walk onto set and say that they feel it makes no sense within the story for someone to have lit the candles in this scene. At which point, if you can’t change the director’s mind, you will find yourself hastily relighting the set while the 1st AD shakes their head in despair.
2. Sometimes it’s as simple as turning it on.
A Serious Man (DP: Roger Deakins CBE, ASC, BSC)
Earlier in my career, whenever I saw a practical, I felt that I had to set up a movie light somewhere out of frame in order to beef up the amount of light apparently coming from that practical. And traditionally, this is indeed the way DPs have worked, because film stocks weren’t sensitive enough to get an acceptable exposure from typical practicals like table lamps. Or it was impossible to find a level for the practical where it was bright enough to expose the talent but dim enough that the lamp itself didn’t read on camera as an ugly, over-exposed white blob.
But today’s digital cameras have a wider dynamic range, making it much easier to expose both the source and the subject acceptably. So ask yourself, do you really need that movie light? Roger Deakins, the world’s most celebrated living cinematographer, says he commonly lights his sets now with predominantly practical sources. Take a look at your scene without any additional lights, and only add extra sources if your practical’s illumination isn’t reaching the distance it needs to.
And practicals don’t even need to light the talent. Sometimes you have a scene perfectly well illuminated with other sources, but turning on a practical in the background just adds the icing on the cake. It may not illuminate anything but a small pool immediately around itself, but that little pool of orange light might add colour contrast, production value and interest. I’ve often seen daylight interior scenes on TV or in movies where bright shafts of “sunlight” are blasting in through a window, and no-one would realistically need to turn an artificial light on, but nonetheless several table lamps are glowing away in the background – because it looks great!
3. Always use dimmers.
As I’ve already said, finding that perfect brightness for your practical can be a delicate balancing act, so always have your crew put practicals on dimmers (a.k.a. “squeezers”) to make it easy to find that right level. Besides, practicals often look best with a warmer colour temperature, and you can get that by dimming them down, if they’re tungsten, adding to the cosy feel.
4. Keep other sources off the practical.
One of the reasons practicals look good is because they create contrast in the frame: a bright patch spreading out into darkness. If other light is falling on the practical, this effect will be washed out and reduced. If the other source is bright, it may even make the practical look like it’s not switched on. (Just like if you take a torch outside in daylight and turn it on, it doesn’t look like it’s on at all because the sun is so overpowering.)
If possible, other sources should be flagged so that they don’t hit the practical. This is something that an experienced gaffer will often have done as a matter of course.
5. Dim the camera side of the practical.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (DP: Roger Deakins CBE, ASC, BSC)
Even with the wide dynamic range of today’s cameras, the flame or bulb of a practical may still look unpleasantly bright on camera. To deal with this, depending on the design of the fixture, you may be able to hide a small piece of ND gel inside it on the camera side. If properly arranged, this will cut the light travelling directly into the camera lens, but not the light shining in other directions and illuminating the talent.
Alternatively, the glass case of a lantern can be sprayed black on the camera side. The paint will not be picked up by the camera because there will still be a lot of light coming through it, but it should cut enough brightness to eliminate lens flare and reduce highlight clipping.
I hope these tips are helpful next time you shoot with practicals. Happy lighting, and merry Christmas!
5 Ways to Use Hard Light Through a Window
December 7, 2016 March 24, 2017 neilosemanbounce, cinematography, HMI, lighting, silhouette, tips
The first step in lighting a daytime interior scene is almost always to blast a light through the window. Sometimes soft light is the right choice for this, but unless you’re on a big production you simply may not have the huge units and generators necessary to bounce light and still have a reasonable amount of it coming through the window. So in low budget land, hard light is usually the way we have to go.
Now, I used to think that this hard window light had to hit the talent’s faces, otherwise what’s the point? But eventually I learnt that there are many things you can do with this light….
1. Light the talent directly.
This is what I always used to do. The problem is that the light will be very harsh. If there is a good amount of natural light coming in through the window too, that might soften the look enough. If not, slipping a diffusion frame in front of the light will take the edge off the hardness. And it depends which way the talent is facing. If the hard light is backlighting or edging them, the effect might well be beautiful.
Ren: The Girl with the Mark, S1 E4, director: Kate Madison, DP: Neil Oseman
The Gong Fu Connection, director: Ted Duran, DP: Neil Oseman
2. Light part of the talent directly.
This is a nice way to get the best of both worlds. You hit their clothes with the hard light, maybe a bit of their chin too; it creates contrast, brings out the texture in the costume, and adds dynamics because as the talent moves, the edge of the hard light will move around on them. To light the parts which the hard source doesn’t hit you can use bounce, or a kinoflo Window Wrap.
3. Light the floor.
Arrange the light so it hits the floor, creating a skip bounce. Unless the floor’s a very dark colour, the light will bounce back up and light your talent softly from below. While some people are afraid of the “monster” look of lighting from below, it can often produce a very beautiful look. It’s well worth exploring. Alternatively, bounce the hard window light off a wall to create a soft side light.
Manure, director: Michael Polish, DP: M. David Mullen
This photo from the set of Above the Clouds (director: Leon Chambers) shows a white sheet which I laid on the floor to skip-bounce the HMI outside the window.
4. Light the background.
A hot splash of “sunlight” on the background is a common way to add interest to a wide shot. It can show off the production design and the textures in it, or help frame the talent or separate them from the background.
The Crown, S1 E10 “Gloriana”, director: Philip Martin, DP: Ole Bratt Birkeland
My Utopia, director: Patrick Moreau, DP: Joyce Tsang
5. Light nothing.
Sometimes the most effective way to use a shaft of light through a window is simply as background interest. Volumize the light using smoke, and it creates a nice bit of contrast and production value in the scene. Silhouetting characters in front of the beam can be very effective too.
Big Sur, director: Michael Polish, DP: M. David Mullen
Any that I’ve missed? What are your techniques for lighting through windows?
5 Tips for Shooting Water
November 6, 2016 March 26, 2017 neilosemancinematography, day ext, filters, gags, lighting, lighting effects, tips, water
As well as the general principles of cinematography like three-point lighting, short key and so on, there are specific principles that apply to certain situations only. Since these situations don’t always come up, it can take a little longer to develop a mental toolkit to get the best out of them. One such situation is shooting water – scenes by riversides, on beaches, beside swimming pools or in bathrooms. What are the tricks you can use to get the most cinematic look?
1. Use a circular polarising filter
Without (left) and with (right) a polarising filter
A polarising filter cuts out all light waves except those travelling in a certain plane. Since reflections are usually only in a single plane, by rotating a circular polariser filter until you hit the right angle, you should be able to reduce the reflections you’re seeing. This can have an impact on how water appears on camera. On an overcast day, a CP will allow you to reduce the reflections of the grey sky, making the water look clearer and bluer.
2. Get sparkly
Shooting towards the sun provides both lovely backlight and sparkles on the river in this shot from Stop/Eject.
Water will always look prettier, particularly large bodies of it, if the sun is sparkling on it. How do you capture this on camera? Use the principle that the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection, the same principle you use when positioning a bounce board. As with all day exteriors, shooting at the correct time of day is critical. You want the sun to bounce off the surface of the water and into your lens, which means being on the opposite side of the water to the sun, with the camera facing the sun. Use a top flag on your matte box (a.k.a. “top chop” or “eyebrow”) to prevent lens flare if you so wish.
3. Get rippling light
Using a paddling pool and a par can to create a rippling light effect for close-ups on The Little Mermaid. Note the black fabric as per tip 4 below. At the white end of the paddling pool you can see the stool where the talent sat.
The same principle can be applied to capture rippling light effects on walls, faces, etc. This time you want the sun, or artificial light source, to bounce off the surface of the water and hit your subject. You can suggest an off-camera body of water when there is none by carefully positioning a fish tank, paddling pool or similar in relation to the light and your subject.
4. Kill the bottom bounce
Beware that not all the light will bounce off the surface of the water. Some will pass through it, bounce off the bottom of the pool and then hit your subject. If the bottom of the pool isn’t a dark colour, this unmoving bounce light will overpower the rippling light coming off the surface. Lay duvetyne or other black fabric on the bottom of the pool so that the only bounce is from the surface.
5. Fake it
Grip Sawyer Oubre standing by to fake rippling watery light on The Little Mermaid
If you need to create a rippling light effect without using water, you can fake it with a sheet of blue gel on a frame in place of the water surface. Wobble the frame slightly (only slightly, or the sound department will start to yell at you) and the gel will ripple in the frame, creating a similar effect to water. Thanks to my key grip on The Little Mermaid, Jason Batey, for introducing me to this technique.
Another way to simulate watery light is to bounce a lamp off silver paper or fabric which is being rippled by a fan. More on this technique here.
What about shooting UNDER water? Just one tip for that: hire an underwater DP.
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CAGR 14.32% | Air Traffic Control Market will likely see expanding of marketable business segments – Key Giants: Thales SA, Indra Sistemas, S.A, Raytheon Company
Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based air traffic controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and through controlled airspace, and can provide advisory services to aircraft in non-controlled airspace
Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based air traffic controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and through controlled airspace, and can provide advisory services to aircraft in non-controlled airspace. The primary purpose of ATC worldwide is to prevent collisions, organize and expedite the flow of air traffic, and provide information and other support for pilots
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Thales SA (France), Indra Sistemas, S.A. (Spain), Raytheon Company (United States), Frequentis AG (Austria), Northrop Grumman Corporation (United States), Intelcan Technosystems Inc. (Canada), Searidge Technologies (Canada), NATS Holdings Limited (United Kingdom), SkySoft-ATM (Switzerland)
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Air traffic control is the ground-based controlling unit which guides the aircraft the direction on the ground and in the air with the major purpose of providing safety and ease in flying the aircraft. Proper guide and usage of air traffic control system prevent collisions of aircraft that provide the safe and shortest path of the journey to pilot with the information and other support. Increasing airspace congestion in the sector and the advancement of the air control system for betterment in managing the air traffic is booming the Air Traffic Control Market in developed and developing economies.
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High Cost of Air Traffic Control System and Equipment’s With the Inefficiency in Operations at Peak Hours
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Changes in Sea Ice could Bring Decline in Antarctica's Emperor Penguin Population
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As the sea ice becomes less secure, a new study has raised concerns over the population of Antarctica's emperor penguin. The research published in the journal Nature Climate Change predicts that the population can decline by at least a fifth by 2100.
Sea ice is important for the emperor penguin as on it the birds breed. Now, researchers have urged governments to list the birds as endangered. "The emperor penguin is fully deserving of endangered status due to climate change, and can act as an iconic example of a new global conservation paradigm for species threatened by future climate change", said the study's authors.
The study is the first one to project future of Antarctica's largest penguins. Main aim of the study is to fill in a void in knowing about climate change and wildlife in one of the lesser known parts of world. As sea ice melts, the number of the emperor penguins will decline by at least 19% from current levels by 2100.
Co-author of the study Hal Caswell of the US Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution said that the study findings are not good news for the emperor penguin. As per researchers, West Antarctic colonies expanding from Eastern Weddell Sea to the Western Indian Ocean would have the maximum impact.
This area of Antarctica is witnessing the greatest variability in sea ice cover. Contrary to it, colonies in the Ross Sea will witness the least sea ice loss and variability in cover. Another change that will come with change in sea ice is the availability of krill, which is penguin's major food source.
Environmentalists have asked governments to have marine reserves in the Ross Sea and off East Antarctica. As per Andrea Kavanagh, of the Pew Charitable Trusts, marine reserves would be one of the best ways to protect penguins.
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Super Junior: ‘Devil’ Music Video Review
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Super Junior returns to unleash the ‘Devil’ in us, with special album Devil, celebrating their tenth anniversary since their debut back in 2005. Super Junior show that they are not immune to the temptation that the devil provides to them.
He proves that they have grown in the last ten years in their musical career while still being true to themselves. As the music video is a classic Super Junior video in that, the storyline is not serious; Junior is at their best dance wise. Although since their last release ‘This is Love’ Super junior has been released from their box setting and set loose onto the world, only for them to fall prey to the devil.
Super Junior’s ‘Devil’ is made up of a selection of spoof movies featuring the members of Super Junior. The selection of spoof films range from action films to romance films. Throughout the spoof films, there is one running theme and that is the female lead of all the spoof films is the living embodiment of the devil.
The set for the individual shots of Super Junior members is an empty dark room with either just an arm-chair or sofa. The scene is light by a light to give the appearance of the scene being black and white, accompanying the members are two female actresses and they are sat on each side of men.
Apart from the individual sets, 8 other sets have been used for the spoof films. The 8 sets is a car race scene, a night club, interrogation room, poker/office room, street with a row of shop fronts, car auto shop, an alleyway and abandoned building lot. Although spoof films can be regards as individual spoof films, they can also been looked at as one film because the scenes have a similar theme that you would find in an action film.
Viewing the translated lyrics “You’re cold and hot, devil / Like a midsummer rain shower” and “A shadow of the red hot equator / You make me taste a moment of pleasure / Then you burn up my throat again / You’re cold and hot.” Show that Super Junior has linked the lyrics to the music video by referring to the devil while singing but have also featured the devil in their music video. The backing track used for the song is composed of drums and guitars among other instruments used to give the song a throwback to some of Super Juniors earlier releases. This throwback feel to Super Juniors earlier work allows for an upbeat and energetic song making for a good summer hit with the addition of showing the growth the men of Super Junior have gone through the last 10 years.
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My theory has always been that Robert Altman fully developed his never-to-be-broken misanthropy while filming the conclusion of California Split. It was a spur of the moment decision on set, but who knows what Altman was going through personally at the time (he had a major problem with cocaine and alcohol)? George Segal and pal […]
A Podcast Q&A with John C. Reilly, star of Magnolia, Chicago, Stepbrothers and the new film Cyrus
Here’s a podcast q&a with the star of the Duplass brothers’ new film Cyrus, John C. Reilly. The interview was held after a Philadelphia screening of Cyrus. There’s nothing mindblowing about the questions, they cover the expected topics like working with Will Ferrell, Marisa Tomei, and the differences between playing comedy and playing drama. However, […]
Humpday Review and Podcast
Below you’ll find a review of Lynn Shelton’s Humpday, which accompanies the interview I conducted with her about the movie that you can read here. On top of that there’s a new feature on A Regrettable Moment of Sincerity, podcasts. In this particular podcast, I interview famed 13 year-old critic Jordan Walters regarding his thoughts […]
An interview with Lynn Shelton, the director of Humpday
Lynn Shelton, the director of Humpday (review and podcast here), was supporting her movie and I got a chance to pester her in person. Humpday is about two friends from college, now older. Ben (played by one of the credited pioneers of the Mumblecore movement, writer/director of The Puffy Chair and Baghead, Mark Duplass), is […]
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Whenever there’s a genre parody or ode to a specific era of films, such as Black Dynamite’s mocking of Blaxploitation films or Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof, the second half of Grindhouse, the danger is that the film might fall into the trap of either being condescending without any particular insight, or so faithful that it becomes the very flawed thing it is emulating.
Black Dynamite has nothing new to say about Blaxploitation films, it just does a decent job of copying what an inept [...]
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Though the 16 year old me described the 1994 weepie Angie, starring Geena Davis as a Brooklyn mother raising her new baby alone, as “maudlin and melodramatic,” Roger Ebert, during his TV review, referring to the multitude of soap-operaish problems piling up on the titular character, suggested that it was only in Hollywood where Angie would get a happy ending. “If they made this movie in France, Angie would have shot herself.”
Well Cold Fish was made in Japan, where Angie would have shot herself and that would have been the happy ending.
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Attorney Weighs In On College Basketball Federal Investigation
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Per an article from Sports Business Journal, Christian Dawkins was one of 10 arrested by federal authorities in late September for the involvement in the federal investigation of NCAA basketball. Among those who were arrested are NCAA assistant coaches, financial...
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Per a Tweet by Jerry Crasnick, San Diego Padres right handed pitcher Dinelson Lamet has switched agencies to Magnus Sports. He was previously represented by Octagon. The 25-year-old Dominican Republic-native made his MLB debut this past May and finished the season...
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Manipulating spin-dependent splitting of vector abruptly autofocusing beam by encoding cosine-azimuthal variant phases
Yi Zhang, Peng Li, Sheng Liu, Lei Han, Huachao Cheng, and Jianlin Zhao
Yi Zhang,1 Peng Li,1,2 Sheng Liu,1 Lei Han,1 Huachao Cheng,1 and Jianlin Zhao1,3
1Key Laboratory of Space Applied Physics and Chemistry, Ministry of Education, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Optical Information Technology, School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
2pengli@nwpu.edu.cn
3jlzhao@nwpu.edu.cn
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H Cheng
J Zhao
Yi Zhang, Peng Li, Sheng Liu, Lei Han, Huachao Cheng, and Jianlin Zhao, "Manipulating spin-dependent splitting of vector abruptly autofocusing beam by encoding cosine-azimuthal variant phases," Opt. Express 24, 28409-28418 (2016)
Azimuthally polarized beams
Circular polarization
Spatial frequency
Diffraction (050.1940)
Optical vortices (050.4865)
Laser beam shaping (140.3300)
Revised Manuscript: November 22, 2016
We report the realization of spin-dependent splitting of vector abruptly autofocusing beam (AAB) by encoding cosine-azimuthal variant phases. By employing the local spatial frequency (LSF), we reveal an approximation mapping relationship between focal field intensity of the two spin components and the pertinent phase distribution of input field. As well as theoretical analysis, we present experimental demonstrations of this guidance. Special focal field intensity, polarization and phase are realized by consciously managing the cosine-azimuthal variant phase. This distinctive focal field of vector AAB may have a broad range of applications in harnessing the spin-orbit coupling, optical trapping and laser machining.
Spiral autofocusing Airy beams carrying power-exponent-phase vortices
Peng Li, Sheng Liu, Tao Peng, Gaofeng Xie, Xuetao Gan, and Jianlin Zhao
Theoretical investigation on asymmetrical spinning and orbiting motions of particles in a tightly focused power-exponent azimuthal-variant vector field
Yingdi Zhang, Yuxiong Xue, Zhuqing Zhu, Guanghao Rui, Yiping Cui, and Bing Gu
Manipulating the spin-dependent splitting by geometric Doppler effect
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Abrupt polarization transition of vector autofocusing Airy beams
Sheng Liu, Meirong Wang, Peng Li, Peng Zhang, and Jianlin Zhao
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Peng Li, Sheng Liu, Gaofeng Xie, Tao Peng, and Jianlin Zhao
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Fig. 1 Simulation intensity distributions of vector AAB with polarization order m = 2 and different phase parameters n in the focal plane. The first column denotes the total intensity (I0); the second and third columns denotes the intensity of LH (IL) and RH (IR) circular polarization components. The insets represent the phase profiles. The dashed curves in second and third columns denote the LSF distributions.
Fig. 2 Schematic of experimental setup. MO: microscopic object; L: lens; λ/2: half-wave plate; BS: beam splitter; PSLM: phase spatial light modulator; F: filter; PCS: polarization conversion system; M: mirrors; CCD: charge coupled device. The insets: (a) CGH and (b) corresponding intensity distribution behind lens L3.
Fig. 3 (a) Simulated and (b) experimentally measured intensity distributions of the vector AAB with polarization order m = 2 and phase parameter n = 1. (c)-(f) experiment results of the generated vector AAB after passing through a polarization analyzer with the transmission axis denoted by white double-headed arrows within a dashed circle.
Fig. 4 Experimentally measured intensity distributions of vector AAB with polarization order m = 2 and different phase parameters n at the focal plane. The first column denotes the total intensity (I0); the second and third columns denotes the intensity of LH (IL) and RH (IR) circular polarization components.
Fig. 5 Distributions of Stokes parameter s3 of the vector AAB with polarization order m = 2 and phase parameters (a) n = 1, (b) n = 2, (c) n = 3, (d) n = 4 at the focal plane. The insets depict the corresponding intensity distributions. (e) Theoretical polarization state distribution arising at the focal plane of vector AAB with phase parameter n = 4, the red and blue ellipses corresponding to RH and LH circular polarizations, respectively. (f) Interference pattern between a spherical wave and the focal field of the vector AAB with phase parameter n = 4. The dashed black curves denote the LSF distributions. Φ denotes the angular separation of the adjacent two spin components.
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To listen to a lot of people, you would imagine that, before 1 July 2007, the interior of English pubs was a wall-to-wall fug of tobacco fumes, and non-smoking provision varied between extremely rare and non-existent. Indeed, in many quarters, this has become the received wisdom. But, in reality, it simply isn’t true.
For a start, my recollection is that pretty much all pubs majoring on food were either predominantly non-smoking in dining areas, or at least had a substantial non-smoking section. Added to this, every single Wetherspoon’s had a non-smoking area, and in some of them Tim Martin had jumped the gun and imposed a complete ban, albeit at the cost of wet sales plummeting.
While less general, non-smoking areas were also far from unknown in pubs of a more wet-led nature. To give three examples familiar to me, the staunchly traditional Griffin in Heaton Mersey had designated one of five rooms as non-smoking, the customers of the Davenport Arms at Woodford had voted to make all of the interior non-smoking apart from the tap room, and the main bar area in the Railway at Heatley (now sadly demolished) was also non-smoking.
In the absence of a time machine, it’s difficult to prove this conclusively. However, we do have a kind of time machine at hand in the shape of the 2007 Good Beer Guide, the last one to be published before the ban. Selecting a few counties gives us, for example:
Cheshire: 73 pubs, 34 (47%) with a non-smoking area
Isle of Wight: 22 pubs, 11 (50%)
East Yorkshire: 43 pubs, 20 (47%)
Now, I’ve got better things to do than trawl through the entire book, but the picture is clear. In most areas, getting on for half of pubs provided a non-smoking area, so if that was important to you it wasn’t too difficult to find one. People made considerably more effort to seek out pubs with real ale in the early 70s. Maybe the GBG isn’t representative of the entire pub stock, but I’d say it goes light on both backstreet boozers and family dining pubs, so overall things balance out.
Clearly it was the case that you were much more likely to find a non-smoking area in a dining section than in one for general drinking. It was often observed that, in wet-led pubs, even when non-smoking areas were provided, they tended to get little use, as most people were in mixed groups including smokers. “Why do I have to use a smoking area to be with my friends?” the cry would go up.
However, it’s hardly very amicable to seek to deny your friends the ability to smoke just because you don’t like it. Friendship surely involves a bit of give and take. If your mates like going to a pub that plays loud rock music, then it’s up to you whether you go with them or not. It’s a classic case of revealed preference – that what people actually choose to do is more important than what they say. And it was quite clear that the vast majority put sociability ahead of avoiding tobacco smoke. At the end of the day, if you weren’t happy with your friends taking you to smoky places, maybe it was time to find some new friends.
The claim is also often heard that having a no-smoking section in a pub is like having a no-pissing section in a swimming pool. However, as Michael J. McFadden demonstrates in his book Dissecting Antismokers’ Brains, the two bear no comparison. “This claim is off by a factor of at least 15,000 air/water changes. In percentage terms, the antismokers are exaggerating by one million, five hundred thousand percent.” It’s loaded language akin to cyclists (both motor and pedal) describing car users as “cagers”, or people referring to isinglass in beer as “fish guts”. If these phrases come out, you know that you’re not going to get a measured, rational argument. And, really, if you think someone smoking thirty feet away is going to do you any harm whatsoever, you are being utterly hysterical.
Despite the claims, it wasn’t generally difficult to find non-smoking provision in pubs before 2007 if that mattered to you. But it seems that self-delusion, if not outright lying, is a defining characteristic of homo antismokerus.
Spot on. Not only were there more and more nonsmoking areas or rooms WHICH WERE OFTEN EMPTY, but ventilation quality was improving by leaps and bounds. I think the antismoking brigade (ASH et al) were terrified of this - it was a free market evolution which would have made them more and more redundant, thus a total ban had to be forced through as aggressively, and as quickly, as possible. The current perception of smoking is pubs as a 'problem' was created by the antismoking lobby, not by smokers. Better ventilation and more choice would have satisfied almost everyone who actually went to pubs, especially if combined with some encouragement of tolerance. Instead we got the opposite: officially-encouraged and enforced zero-tolerance.
Curmudgeon 31 May 2017 at 16:33
Yes, the antismokers won't have it, but the market was already dealing with the issue. Anyone who disliked smoking but genuinely cared about pubs should have campaigned for more non-smoking provision rather than the disastrous blanket ban.
Bill 2 June 2017 at 21:23
The Three Fishes in Shrewsbury was totally non-smoking years before the ban. It was pretty busy. If you wanted to smoke you went to The Loggerheads around the corner. Everybody was happy, which of course is offensive to the New Puritans who want to spread their own special form of misery to the entire populace.
Bill 31 May 2017 at 16:57
My local pub had a no smoking bar which was usually empty. It also had (and still has) good air conditioning. There was no problem.
I don't think it was entirely voluntary.
Letter to The Publican re. protecting employees from passive smoking
Re: smoking in pubs
It is true that the Health and Safety Executive is developing a new Approved Code of Practice to deal with passive smoking in the workplace (Pubs face new smoking bans, Code is a blow, 7th June 1999). All the ACOP will do is provide meaningful guidance on how the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) should be applied to tobacco smoke in the workplace. This law already exists and has no exemptions for the hospitality industry. The ACOP will clarify the law and help publicans comply with it.
A new ACOP would not mean that all smoking must be banned in pubs. The heart of the law is that employers have an obligation to do what is reasonably practicableto reduce their employees’ exposure. That could include segregation,ventilation, banning smoking at the bar or other measures. It also means the ‘do nothing and ignore it’ approach is not an option. The best approach for any pub is to wholeheartedly embrace the Charter agreed by the Government and trade bodies such as ALMR and BII and to do what is reasonable and practical to protect their employees. That is good professional business, and it should not be a cause for alarm, despair or resistence.
Clive Bates
https://web.archive.org/web/20131228114052/http://www.ash.org.uk/media-room/press-releases/letter-to-the-publican-re-protecting-employees-from-passive-smoking
Alan Winfield 31 May 2017 at 18:28
I think i must have been going in pubs with my eyes closed,i have visited loads of pubs over the years and the only one that i noticed that banned smoking was the phoenix in the City area of London,i never saw none smoking rooms in other pubs i visited or any of the Wetherspoons.
I am not an anti smoker though i have never smoked,but it did bug us when having a meal in the White Lion Bramcote and having a dickhead opposite us blowing smoke over us,this was just before the ban came in.
yes the ban has gone too far like banning it from train station platforms that are open to the air,but in work places and pubs i have to agree with it.
I know i will be slagged off for this post by the smokers but would you like me to *iss on you every now and again after having a few drinks of beer,i think not.
Well, as EVERY SINGLE Wetherspoon's had a non-smoking area in the period leading up to the ban, you can't have been looking very hard.
And a quick perusal of the 2007 GBG for central Nottingham reveals the Cock & Hoop, Kean's Head, Lincolnshire Poacher and Trip to Jerusalem as having non-smoking areas.
Stono 31 May 2017 at 21:31
well I certainly went to the Cock & Hoop and Olde Trip before 2007 and I dont remember there being much if any non-smoking areas to those pubs, yeah they may have said you well you cant smoke standing there, and generally they were just standing areas at the bar if my "false memory" isnt failing, but they werent smoke free pubs by any stretch of the imagination, so I dont agree that pubs even nominating a non smoking area is any sign that those pubs were providing a valid choice.
the one you missed I think was called the Fat Cat (now my memory might be failing on the name) which was the only smoke free bar in Nottingham in that period, and I dont recall it being that popular, though it was more it was trying to be something that wasnt quite a bar, wasnt quite a night club, wasnt quite somewhere to eat.
whilst I wasnt necessarily against smoking in pubs before the ban, Id be very much against allowing it back in.
Nobody's saying these were "non smoking pubs". They are pubs shown in the GBG as having a "No smoking room or area", which it defines as "a specially designated smoke free zone".
And if the law was relaxed, it wouldn't mean smoking in all areas of all pubs - it would mean offering people a choice.
Curmudgeon 1 June 2017 at 07:38
"would you like me to *iss on you every now and again after having a few drinks of beer,i think not"
What an utterly ludicrous and frankly offensive comment. It makes the "no pissing section" comparison seem vaguely sensible.
Matt 1 June 2017 at 08:38
I'm with Alan, here. I don't remember a non-smoking sections in any of the pubs I drank in before 2007. My then local, a wet-led surburban pub since transfomed into a dining-cum-deli place, was so smoky I used to go there in an old coat and hang it outside to air for a day or so afterwards. Nor do I remember them in food-led pubs, although I do remember several meals where adjacent diners blew their cigarette or cigar smoke over us.
So you never went in a Wetherspoons in the period leading up to the ban, then?
Not regularly, no. Their beer quality wasn't as good as it is now iirr.
"None of the six pubs I regularly went it had non-smoking areas so therefore you're wrong" is not exactly a very convincing argument.
smofunking 2 June 2017 at 08:49
You're correct, which is why I tend to give pub toilets a wide berth and if my bladder does fail me I opt for the use of a cubicle (also more discreet for the consumption of any illicit substances).
More rewarding to find one's own solutions for inconveniences than relying on heavy handed governmental interference.
kevin webster 6 June 2017 at 12:16
Alan - It's an anagram of anal.
Alan Winfield 2 July 2017 at 17:53
Ffk Oucf.
It is not nice to make nasty comments about people who make comments on this blog Viekin
Maybe the GBG isn’t representative of the entire pub stock, but I’d say it goes light on both backstreet boozers and family dining pubs, so overall things balance out.
I do not agree with that at all Cheshire had well over 800 pubs with just 73 listed in the GBG not representative at all,the same goes for the Isle of Wight 22 pubs when it must have over 200 and East Yorkshire 43 pubs when there must have been over 500 pubs,not all of these would be family dining pubs as i have done most pubs in Hull and there are not many dining pubs compared to estate and normal pubs.
Sorry but these figures do not add up at all in my opinion.
That argument's rather like saying than an opinion poll is invalid because they didn't ask you. We don't *know* that the 73 pubs are a representative sample of those in Cheshire, but neither do we know that they aren't, and that's the best information we've got. And, given that you couldn't remember that every single Wetherspoon's had a non-smoking area, I really wouldn't trust to your memory of Cheshire pubs in general.
Alan Winfield 1 June 2017 at 17:03
You may not trust me on Cheshire pubs and you may be right,i have done well over 300 in the county,but i do know about the Nottingham pubs listed,i would like to bet that the no smoking room in the Trip to Jeruselem was the upstairs room for kids,regarding the Keens Head which is a small single roomed pub,the no smoking area must have been in the kitchen to the rear,not sure that smokers would really want to go in there.
If some people on here had read my first comments properly they said "i am not an anti smoker and it should not have been banned from outdoor train stations and the like,but i did not like smoke being blown over me when having a meal in the White Lion at Bramcote which is a small pub"
Regarding Wetherspoons why would i look for a no smoking area when i have never smoked.
"Regarding Wetherspoons why would i look for a no smoking area when i have never smoked"
Er, surely the people who would be looking for non-smoking areas are non-smokers?
And that comment shows that, before the ban, you weren't remotely bothered about avoiding smoke in pubs.
I did not look for no smoking area in Wetherspoons as i did not know where they were.
You did not answer about the keens Head a very small single roomed pub with a no smoking area.
I have never been an anti smoker but some of the comments on this blog may help towards me leaning that way.
The no smoking areas in Spoons were the bits with bloody great signs saying "No Smoking".
It also occurs to me that if you were in an unfamiliar pub and needed a leak, would you look for the bog or just sit there and wet yourself?
Phil 31 May 2017 at 23:36
"However, it’s hardly very amicable to seek to deny your friends the ability to smoke just because you don’t like it."
Maybe not, but your original claim was that people were wrong to think they remembered pubs being smoky at all.
I didn't claim anything of the sort, as you will see if you actually bother to check what I wrote. What I said is that many people suggest that all, or the vast majority, of pubs were smoky. Which is quite simply untrue.
Pete Favelle 1 June 2017 at 10:09
I think you're blurring "non-smoking areas" and "not smoky". I would say that in the majority of cases, when there were smoking and non-smoking areas, the non-smoking ones were still pretty smoky (in that they - and all your clothes the next morning - still reeked of smoke).
You're right, that with proper ventilation and air control you can have both - plenty of places in Japan, for example, have *excellent* smoking rooms that you can literally stand outside the door of and not be able to catch a whiff of smoke - but British pubs hardly have a track record for investing in stuff like that.
Ah, all your clothes reeked of smoke because there was someone smoking fifty feet away. Good to see the old antismoker trope of "after a visit to the pub, you had to incinerate all your clothes and flay off your own skin" making a return.
Let's just leave it at "I respectfully disagree with your position, as well as your entertaining rephrasing of my point".
Back in the day before smoking apartheid, I used to drink in a small pub in central Bristol. Some days it was smoky. People, smokers and non-smokers, would remark "Blimey, it's a bit smoky in here today". My point is that this was a rare occasion worthy of comment.
nisakiman 1 June 2017 at 07:57
Back in the late '90s a local I used regularly was a hotel with a restaurant and a small separate bar. The restaurant was completely non-smoking, and in the bar they had mounted on the ceiling some sort of air-scrubbing / ventilation device. When they turned this thing on, even when the bar was full of smokers, you'd hardly know anyone was smoking at all, it was that efficient. And that was, as I say, about twenty years ago. Ventilation technology has advanced by leaps and bounds since then.
And as for Alan Winfield's comment equating smelling a whiff of tobacco smoke with being pissed on, that's so risible it barely deserves acknowledgement, apart from to say that it's a trite little anti-smoker soundbite that is used over and over again by people who don't have any reasonable argument to support their intolerant attitude.
Beermunster 1 June 2017 at 10:34
Many years ago I worked in Sainsburys. The staff canteen had a smoking room, which was a big glass room with huge fans that sucked the air upwards. I never understood why that sort of arrangement was banned. There was zero risk to anyone who doesn't smoke because you simply didn't go in there.
Jonathan Bagley 1 June 2017 at 14:48
It was banned because, had it become widespread, it would have been acceptable to H&S and to all but the most rabid non/anti smokers. We would have reached a stable equilibrium which the the Anti Smoking Industry would have had enormous difficulty disturbing.
Richard Southworth 1 June 2017 at 15:52
If my memory serves me correctly, some airports in Germany have those glass rooms near the gates. It seems to work well. That is for those of us who do not smoke. My wife was happy to see them.
Paul Bailey 3 June 2017 at 09:20
They have these fully enclosed, glass rooms at both Munich and Nuremberg airports. My wife was also very happy to see and use them, as even though they are the ultimate in segregation, they keep smokers happy without troubling any one else.
Regardless of how many nonsmoking rooms there were pre-ban, Curmudgeon's point holds up. Smoking in pubs has been 're-branded' as a 'problem' since 2007, by order of the antismoking lobby - there was no great demand for the ban, thus no great demand for nonsmoking rooms either. I remember a few, but they were often empty because most people wanted to be in the main room of the pub, where all the other people were - smoking or not. You can see the opposite of this now in countries where smoking rooms are allowed: even when they're big and comfortable (though quite often they're not), many smokers just go in for a quick smoke and then go back to 'where the action is'.
The publican should decide the policy, but IMO ultimately the only answer is to let everyone mix freely in whatever places suit them, let them do whatever they want, and have really good ventilation, which these days is not hard to do. (Speaking of selective amnesia, no one ever mentions the 'smoking islands' that were in several UK airports before 2007; they were not even completely enclosed, just a wall up to about table height which contained technology which simply sucked away all the smoke- tests were done, and there was NO smoke drift).
Yup, they had those at Copenhagen Airport too and they worked fine.
You can see the opposite of this now in countries where smoking rooms are allowed: even when they're big and comfortable (though quite often they're not), many smokers just go in for a quick smoke and then go back to 'where the action is'.
That's odd, because the last time I went to a pub in the UK where there was a comfortable 'smoking terrace', everyone was out on the 'smoking terrace' and the interior of the pub was virtually empty. And it wasn't mid-summer, either - it was quite chilly, albeit with patio heaters deployed in the smoking area.
I do believe that, prior to the 2007 smoking Apartheid, nearly all pubs did have what one might describe as 'seasonal' non-smoking areas. Available for the majority of the year they were to be found where your typical pub's smoking area is located nowadays.
electricpics 2 June 2017 at 16:34
This should give the smokers palpitations... http://mobile.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Running-your-pub/Marketing/Leeds-publican-bans-smoking-in-beer-garden-to-get-ahead
Fredrik Eich 2 June 2017 at 18:50
I am one of those "the smokers" and I have no problem with publicans banning smoking anywhere on their own premises. What gives me palpitations is the government banning smoking anywhere , against the wishes publicans and their customers. What you have to remember is that the anti-smoking lobby wants to ban smoking everywhere south of the north pole and they don't give two hoots about how many pubs shut so long as their psychopathic agenda is completed.
qq 27 June 2017 at 21:03
An industry view :
http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Pub-Food/Food-trends/How-the-pub-trade-has-changed-since-the-2007-smoking-ban
http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Legal/Health-safety/Your-reactions-to-pro-smoking-group-s-call-to-review-smoking-ban
FOREST : http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Legal/Health-safety/Pro-smoking-group-calls-for-review-of-smoking-ban-10-years-on
"The report also claims there are 11,383 fewer pubs in England compared to 2006, a decline of 20.7% since the smoking ban was introduced on 1 July 2007."
Now talking about having public health as a licensing objective :
http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Legal/Licensing-law/PHE-publishes-findings-on-public-health-licensing-objective-study
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The Matchups: Colorado And Minnesota
This is a playoff pairing we haven’t seen much of. Neither team has been all that impressive over the last half decade. In the first meeting between the two back in 2003, the Wild prevailed in the first round meeting. In the more recent meeting in 2008, the Avalanche prevailed. Not many players are left from either squad. The Avalanche were the surprise of the season. Wild were plagued by injury at all the worst possible times, to all the worst possible players. The Avs chased down the division title, and the Wild fended off the Stars and Coyotes, which brings us here.
The Colorado Avalanche surprised everyone this year with new head coach Patrick Roy getting superb offense and adequate defense out of a rather lopsided roster. In the previous season the defense was woeful, and the offense only pretty good. Led in scoring by Matt Duchene and in goals by Ryan O’Reilly, two even younger players in Gabriel Landeskog and Nathan MacKinnon were key in their success contributing 50 goals good for second and fourth in team scoring.
Semyon Varlamov has spent the last three seasons reminding his former team simply by playing what they gave up. No more so than this year when his .927 sv% brought the Avs to the playoffs while the goalie brigade in Washington brought them to the golf course early. Landeskog and Duchene are two guys who are going to be household names for a good long time up front.
We’re now in the playoffs, and this is still a very, very young team Duchene, Landeskog, O’Reilly, Mackinnon were the top four scorer’s for this team and their average age is about 21 and enough time to recover from an epic hangover. If their offense can’t get going, their defense isn’t up to saving them in a best of seven series.
The Wild are a very odd team to quantify, they only had two player hit twenty goals this season. But they were 7th in goals against despite a brigade passing through the goalie crease as Darcy Kuemper, Ilya Bryzgalov and John Curry all spent time in net in place of Josh Harding (multiple sclerosis) and Niklas Backstrom (he’s Niklas Backstrom) spent significant time sidelined. They do have Matt Moulson and a few others that might be dangerous if played well by Yeo, but not many teams are going to be intimidated by the offense the Wild have historically put on the ice.
Ryan Suter is probably leaving Las Vegas with the Norris trophy. If he doesn’t, there should be damn good story around it. Mikko Koivu, and Jason Pominville both need to watched carefully, and Marco Scandella’s days of flying under the radar are overdue to come to an end.
Mike Yeo doesn’t have much experience as an NHL head coach. This is his third season, and second playoff trip. He should know his players (most of them) better than his opposite number knows the Avalanche. If he can push the right buttons a the right time, the Wild do have a chance at the second round.
Crease Crisis
Goalie may be the most important position in all of sports. In hockey they are not only the last line of defense, playing more minutes a year than any skater, they are often the spark plug for offensive breakouts. Some teams have impressive goaltenders who not have played well in the past, but have done so in their system.
The last half dozen years have served as a great example of why this team needs solid goaltenders who can play that way in their system. Ilya Bryzgalov was great in Phoenix. In Philadelphia he was bought out two years into a forever contract. When they squared off with the Chicago Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup finals a few years back they used three different goalies in one post season. It isn’t hard to make the case that a goalie better than Michael Leighton, Brian Boucher or Johan Backlund might have had them hoisting the Cup and not Chicago. This year we will see if their cursed crease can bring down the resurgent Ray Emery, and Columbus Blue Jackets discard Steve Mason. I doubt either goaltender gets taken in first five rounds of any fantasy hockey draft.
The serial meltdowns of Marc-Andre Fleury are too much for all but the willfully blind to ignore. If once is chance, twice is coincidence, and three times is a certainty, four consecutive playoff flame-outs should be enough for anyone. In the last four seasons his save percentages are .891 following the Stanley Cup win, .899, .834, and most recent .883. Those numbers won’t keep you employed in the regular season. Last year Fleury forfeited the crease to the 36 year old Vokoun who’s first playoff appearance came the year Fleury was drafted, turned in a Sv% of .933 behind the exact same defense, Vokoun is now out recovering from a blood clot.
When most of your fans can’t name your goaltenders you’ve either found the new sexy netminder or you found someone willing to get peppered for a pay check. Joey MacDonald is career backup who since entering the NHL in the 2006-7 season has only played in 122 games. Forty-nine of them were in 2008-9 for the New York Islanders. He has a career save % of .903. The likely starter broke into the NHL the same season. He then spent three seasons on the shuttle between the AHL and NHL before fleeing to Europe. While in the KHL Karri Romo never topped 45 games. In the KHL playoffs, all but one post season his Sv% dropped from the regular season. To make it worse, Romo and MacDonald are playing behind a defense that just isn’t good. You could as accurately name the player best in their own end with stats as by picking a name from a hat.
New owners, old owners the story has been the same in Sunrise for years: not much quality. If the aim is to improve, at minimum a quality, healthy backup for Jacob Markstrom is needed. Last year Markstrom split 56 games between the AHL and NHL, and tacked on three more world cup games for good measure. The other goalie under NHL contract is Scott Clemmensen the less said about his play last season the better. They’ve brought in Tim Thomas on a professional tryout, but however good he has played in the past hasn’t been signed, and hasn’t played in a year.
Some o these teams are doomed from the start, for others their weakness won’t be exposed until the post season, all of these teams have some form of crease crisis.
7 Least Surprising Off Season NHL Events
The NHL has surprises here and there, injuries unexpected firings, and ridiculous hirings. But the for the most part, NHL observers can expect exactly the train-wrecks and triumphs that are written in the stars just waiting to be read.
7: Jarome Iginla & Brendan Morrow
Both Morrow and Iginla ended up as part of the augmentation of talent for the Pittsburgh Penguins as they made a run towards the Cup. The team fell short, and what came next, should surprise 0.0% of hockey fans. Brendan Morrow who’s offense has fallen off the cliff since the 2010-11 season is without a contract. He performed like a third line rookie in the playoffs, and his skating was not impressive. Iginla on the other hand is signed to a contender having put up nearly a point per game despite the Pittsburgh Penguins season ending a lot like David Carradine, only without the consent or fun.
6: Nathan Horton Bolting Boston
When players who spend a lot of their career in very laid back markets without a strong (and occasionally vicious) media presence suddenly get dropped into the crucible of a major hockey market, the result is often less than pretty. Players have flamed out in Toronto, Montreal, New York and Boston. For Horton who spent most of his career in Florida where on an average day the training staff outnumber the media contingent Boston was destined to be uncomfortable. Add in six seasons of never getting to the playoffs and then suddenly winning the Cup, and he literally had no reason to stay. Columbus is about as close to southern Ontario as Boston, a quieter town, and as much as the team has improved, it will be a playoff team most of the next seven years so he wasn’t giving up much.
5: Bryzgalov goes Bye-Bye
Speaking of guys going from small markets to major hockey markets, witness the rise and fall of one Ilya Bryzgalov. Was all of his disastrous stay in Philadelphia his fault? No. Are the Philadelphia Flyers the kiss of death for goalie talent? Yes. Did everyone outside the Philadelphia Flyers front office see this coming? All the way across the humongous big universe. The buyout of Bryzgalov was both needed and inevitable. Sadly, he and his contract were not the biggest issues with Flyers, otherwise know as the home of things that make you go hmmm.
4: Russians Mute On Anti-Gay Laws
Whatever they think, Russian players in North America aren’t going to speak up about their government’s further encoding homophobia into the nations culture. If they agree with their home nations laws, they risk ostracizing here. If they publicly disagree with the laws, the risk legal censure at home and possibly even being barred from the Sochi Olympic and other international competition. Here groups like You Can Play would keep them busy defending themselves, and well, National Geographic has convinced me I don’t ever want to see a Russian prison.
3: RFA Contract Disputes Dragging On
The swallows return to Capistrano, and NHL teams drag their heels and try and sweat young players. Both happen with enough regularity that they cease to be amazing. Last year P.K. Subban’s contract negotiations dragged into camp, the year before it was Drew Doughty, this year it is Alex Pietrangelo. All of them are great young defenseman who any team should be happy to have and want to keep happy. But, these are NHL teams we’re dealing with.
2: Unsupportable Ranking of Sidney Crosby in NHL Fantasy Column
The NHL marketing department, which seems to have a super majority of the brain trust in league HQ, simply can not help itself, or the league. No matter what happens they keep beating the same drum over, and over in the same pattern. In the last three season Sidney Crosby has missed (113) more games than he’s played (99). His injury history should lead no one to think he’ll be healthy the majority of the season. Marc-Edouard Vlasic who was taken 34 picks after Crosby and started his NHL career a year later has played 49 more NHL games, Patrick Kane who was drafted two full years later and has suffered his own injuries has played just 36 games less. Alex Ovechkin, Andrej Meszaros, Andrew Ladd, Johan Franzen, Mark Streit and Travis Zajac several of whom have had serious injuries entered the league the same year or later have all played more games as well. Yes that includes 9th round pick Mark Streit, who missed an entire season. So why is Sidney Crosby the #1 ranked Fantasy Hockey property? Because it sells jerseys.
1: Big, Dumb Contracts
Leaves fall from trees, cats chase mice, Matt Cooke is surprised when he is sent to the penalty box, all are slightly less predictable than a general manager in the NHL handing out incredibly dumb contracts sometime in the first two weeks of July. This year immediately after he was bought out Vincent Lecavalier was able to make it big (again) thanks to the generosity of Paul Holmgren Philadelphia Flyers General Manager. But Holmgren couldn’t help himself, he also made sure Mark Streit didn’t starve in the streets. Between the two he tied up $10,000,000.00 in cap space, Streit’s is a +35 contract and Lecavalier has a full no movement clause.
But Holmgren is hardly alone there. The Boston Bruins joined in by signing a goaltender who has never one a championship, not in World Juniors, World Championship, Olympics, AHL, ECHL, CHL or any place else to a contract they gave him $8,000,000.00 a year despite the lack of success and injury trouble. Tuukka Rask can thank Peter Chiarelli and Can Neely for buying a nice bill of goods.
Not to be outdone, Ray Shero’s golden handshake with Kris Letang was arguably the worst contract given to a defenseman since Dennis Wideman signed in Calgary. Letang’s playoff performance this year makes it doubtful to many people that he’s a $5m defenseman. Shero clearly believes that Letang is a $7,250,000.00 defenseman.
The First Five Games: Philadelphia Flyers
The City of Brotherly Love played host to three of the four horseman of the Apocalypse last season, or at least the Flyers locker room did. Players that weren’t injured were often ill, and despair cloaked the stands and fanbase days into the season. Four different goaltenders saw action during the season, and only one of those four, Steve Mason, is with the organization today. Ilya Bryzgalov was bought out as the end point of a debacle, the other two just went away. Thirty-five skaters played for the team last year. Thirteen of those skaters were defensemen and none of those played in every game. Of the 22 forwards, five were goalless, seven managed not even an assist. If you’re just tuning into hockey, it will not surprise you to learn the Philadelphia Flyers did not make the playoffs.
The off season saw Bryzgalov bought out, and also the wizrd of playoff points Daniel Briere. Thanks to a cap situation that looks like Medusa, the list of players signed in the off season reads like a who’s who of has beens and almost weres. Vincent Lecavalier was bought out by the Tampa Bay Lightning and yet it only took the Flyers days to decide he needed a five year contract with a no movement clause big enough to make him their second highest paid forward. In the 11 years since Kris Newbury was signed he has totaled no more than 11 games in the NHL in any season. Jay Rosehill possesses no qualities that don’t exist elsewhere on the roster, and where they do exist they come with more skill. While Mark Streit isn’t a bad player, he’s a +35 contract for four years at more than five million a year. This is a guy who is going to be 36 before the winter holidays, and owns very little playoff experience.
The first five games for the Flyers season aren’t all that bad as schedules go. They start the season at home hosting the Toronto Maple Leafs before jetting north to face the Montreal Canadiens. The Habs are the first half of a back to back that ends in Raleigh against the Carolina Hurricanes. Then the Broad Street Bullies head home for games against the Florida Panthers and Phoenix Coyotes.
Number of days 1-5: 10
Number of cities: 3
Best opponent: Montreal Canadiens
Weakest opponent: Florida Panthers
Projected points : 3+
Players like Wayne Simmonds, Scott Hartnell, and the often injured Claude Giroux mean the Flyers have a chance to win any game on the strength of their offense. The depth of the defense, the adaptability of their coach Peter Laviolette, and the quality of play of netminders Ray Emery and Steve Mason will be the key points of the season. Youngsters like Scott Laughton, Nick Cousisns and Mark Alt will take aim at the heavens, but for this team to succeed they need good health and veteran contributions in their own zone.
What We Know: The East NHL Draft , Free Agency Preview & More
Some of the biggest cities are really tight to the cap, the Bruins, Flyers, and Lightning could all use a touch more cap space to deal with. Both the Bruins and Flyers are likely to lose pieces to free agency. The Canadiens are in danger of losing Ryder and Armstrong. Boston is supposedly getting attention on Seguin, and the Lecavalier to Montreal rumors won’t die until he’s retired or the Canadiens move, unless of course he does sign there.
(By New Divisions)
Division C
Boston: After a run to the finals with lots of injuries, and some key contracts that are due, the Bruins could be in for a bigger offseason makeover than expected. With Horton headed to free agency, questions about Seguin and a previous lack of depth at that position, the right wing position is an area of need.
Buffalo: Miller rumors persist, as do rumors of trading nearly everyone. With the eighth and sixteenth picks overall, the Sabres should be able to get at least one more building block that enters the lineup and contributes within two seasons. It is an open question if that time frame is enough to keep Regier in the general managers office.
Detroit: Moving back into the eastern conference might be an advantage in start times and travel for the Red Wings, but they are no better than the third best team in their new division. They are fortunate enough to have a solid goalie, and two stars at forward, not much else is worth noting about the team with the longest active playoff streak.
Florida: The Panthers have just about declared the starting job for Markstrom by putting Scott Clemmenson on the market. Taking home a 2nd round draft pick or solid NHL player for that trade would be great. With the 2nd pick they ought to be able to solidify one position on their team. Tallon has shown he isn’t afraid to spend on free agent so don’t be surprised by surprises in Sunrise.
Montreal: Having returned to the playoffs last year after an embarrassing hiatus they need to take a long hard look at who they expect to be the core of the team going forward. There are some clashes between players that are visible on TV, they may or may not be short-lived events. But, building around a hollow center isn’t the best of ideas. It may feel wrong to do it, but making a move to ship out a good soldier or two for more cap space, less conflict and younger picks or prospects might be the best thing to do. The Norris trophy winner also has just one year left on his contract.
Ottawa: The first two questions the Senators leadership should be asking about any player they want to sign or draft are: can they stay healthy, and are we sure about that? From there fitting them into the roster or the farm system is the next step. With a bit more health the Senators might just have knocked off the Penguins. Adding a veteran playoff competitor like Briere, or Horton might push this team to the next level.
Tampa Bay: With the expiration of the Southeast division, the Lightning find themselves more in need than ever of improving a threadbare defense. In the last three seasons they’ve finished 28th, 30th, and 21st. They’ll be drafting in the lottery forever at that rate. Swapping for defense with a team deep at the position like St Louis or adding veteran Andrew Ference would be a step in the right direction.
Toronto: They made one of the more interesting moves of the offseason by picking up Bernier. Some say there was no need and Reimer was good enough, neither Nonis nor I agree. They have a clutch of offensively gifted defenseman, a lot of roster space, and decisions to be made on Tyler Bozak, Nazem Kadri and most the defense they iced last year. They are in a position of great flexibility but also a lot of vulnerability. The next two weeks will likely tell us how long it will be before the Maple Leafs next playoff appearance.
Division D
Carolina: With the Staal brother, Semin, Skinner, and Tlusty offense won’t be an issue for this team so long as Faulk and his henchmen can get the puck out of their own zone and away from the triage unit that served as goalies last season. Improving the defense could come at the cost of Ruutu or several draft picks. For the first time in recent memory the Hurricanes don’t have a huge amount of cap space either. With the new divisions configuration, they need to act and act smart.
Columbus: The Blue Jackets came within 2 points of getting into the playoffs last year. The most important thing they can do is to sign their goaltender Bobrovsky, after that getting some scoring and puck distributing touch up front will make them a much better team. With three first round picks 14, 19, and 27 as well as their own 44th pick, via trade or draft this should be a productive weekend for ‘Lumbus. If Lecavalier could be landed at a reasonable cap hit together with Dubinsky the team team could have a very strong 1-2 punch at center.
New Jersey: The Devils are rumored to have two suitors interested in buying the “financially stable” team. Its unknown what impact that will have on team activity over the next week to ten days, but the team has enough holes almost anything is a good move. A slick passing center to maximize Kovalchuk’s shot, an aggressive defender or two to keep Broduer from having to work to hard, a future goaltender so the team doesn’t experience its own Flyers like run of disasters in net going for stop gap after stop gap. It might just be a good idea to resign Henrique and Clarkson before to long too.
New York Islanders: The Islanders really should reup with Hamonic, and if at all possible swing a deal for another blueliner with playoff experience. It also might not hurt to have an NHL worthy goaltender under contract. It is likely the empty forward roster spots will be filled with the return of some combination of Boyes, Bailey, Aucoin and prospects. Hickey was a solid find too, his contract is up as well.
New York Rangers: A new coach is coming, and no one knows what he’ll bring to the roster. It is hoped he can perform some necromancy on the powerplay and get it to shamble along. Brad Richards is being given one more chance after playing less minutes and posting less points against the Bruins than their enforcer Shawn Thornton. Former coach John Torterella said the team wasn’t “stiff” enough. With most key position filled, the Rangers can afford to be picky with free agents, but might want to get a head start on locking up core players. Only one defenseman is signed beyond next season, neither goalie is, and there are just three forwards who are.
Philadelphia: The bloodletting began with the Bryzgalov and Briere being bought out. It is unlikely to end any time soon as this team is a disaster cap wise and not much better on the ice. To make matters worse Coburn is one of the names most active on the rumor mill and their defense is not pretty even with him.
Pittsburgh: Kris Letang has the gratitude of Penguins scribes for giving them something to write about. He’s rejected long term huge money deals. I’ll be shocked if he’s a Penguin on opening night and even more shocked if he’s still there after the trade deadline. The Penguins still need to come to terms with the issues with Fleury, and there is something wrong with the mental makeup of this team when the playoffs arrive. They’ve lost composure and the ability to play at both ends of the ice in the same game over the last three post seasons. Maybe they should reacquire Gill and Scuderi?
Washington: Oates had done solid work rehabilitating this team, but he can only work with what he’s given. A big roster shakeup is overdue for this team. Regardless of what they say to the media, there is too big a gap between their regular season scoring and their post season scoring for this team to believe in itself. Without that swagger you just can’t win in May or June.
Keep It 100: Team USA, NaokoGate, Letang, And More
This is an occasional feature that will take a look at multiple issues, each in 100 words or less.
Team USA Management Announced:
Dan Bylsma will coach, and David Polie will be the GM. Only one of those is hope inducing. Here’s a look at potential players. Given who performed in the playoffs, are Paul Martin and Torey Krug now on the shortlist?
Naoko Funyama Is Gone:
News hit that Naoko would not be returning to Bruins broadcasts this fall. Since then everyone has checked in keeping her name a trending topic through the night, even with the NBA draft, and she’s gotten support from coworkers, other professionals, players like Tyler Seguin, and fans. Will NESN revisit the idea?
The Penguins have reportedly offered Letang north of $7.5 million a year. Somehow he didn’t take this offer and personally get the contract certified by the NHL before the Penguins could come to their senses. Rossi takes a look at the situation. Over $7.5m would have him in the top 3 NHL defenseman, and he’s just not that good.
The Buyout Boys
Of the seven NHL players to receive compliance buyouts, two may have played their last NHL games. Steve Montador and Ilya Bryzgalov. Montador is 33 years old, and didn’t play a single game for the Blackhawks last season after stops in five other NHL cites. Bryzgalov has melted down completely in goal since landing in Philadelphia going from two straight years of .920%+ to just 900sv% last year.
Alfie Not Giving Up The Throne
Daniel Alfredsson has decided to play another year. “The playoffs felt great. No backproblems”. #nhl #sens
— Marie Lehmann (@svtlehmann) June 28, 2013
So with Alfredsson coming back another year, the old guys club of the NHL is waiting on on Selanne, and Jagr to give NHL coaches someone they don’t feel the urge to cut their meat for.
Hamstrung: The Self-Inflicted Injuries Of The Flyers Cap Crunch
The Philadelphia Flyers have made no secret of their ability to spend money. They’ve made free with the funds for years. This year they are the top spending team, next year they are the top spending team. This is a problem because with 19 players signed for next season, and the cap set to decline sharply, they will have $2,225,119.00 to sign the needed bodies. As things stand, they will need to add two forwards and a netminder. Of course if if you can get all three for league minimum of $550,000 each, you can rest easy with three fourths of a million left over. Well, you can rest easy if there’s no injuries in an 82 game season, no one misses a game due to illness or personal issues and of course everyone gives their all skillfully everynight and no one needs the motivation provided by the view from the press box.
So what is the problem? They overpaid their goaltender. A guy who has won nothing, has a spotty playoff record, and who had never played in the more skilled Eastern Conference. Yet they signed him to a nine year contract with a cap hit higher than the two most recent Vezina trophy winners at the time it was signed. To make matters worse they gave him a full no movement clause.
Chris Pronger’s contract is not only a 35+ contract, it has a full no movement clause. Sure, Chris Pronger was a top 15 defenseman at the time he was signed, but he’d had several injuries even then. His injuries include time off the ice due to; knees, wrists, ankles, shoulders. Those are pretty important parts of the body to any player. To a defenseman who relies on hard hits and bad attitude to patrol the ice, they are doubly important. Add to that his suspension history, and the fact he was over 35 at the time and you have to wonder what exactly Holmgren thought he was doing when signing Pronger to a seven year contract to a guy over 35.
Kimmo Timonen is a favorite of a lot of NHL fans and proud son of Finland. He’s been there and done that in his time in the NHL. Unfortunately Timonen will be 38 years old in less than three weeks. His goal scoring has already slowed down. And guess what? Even without Pronger and with a real and desperate need for defensive prowess, Timonen’s ice time is down year over year every year. Not surprisingly his goal production is down. Because I have such bright readers I’m sure you will have figured out that yes he to has a full no movement clause.
As Frank Seravalli let us know, Danny Briere has no interest in waiving his no movement clause. This despite interest from two teams with much better chances of winning the Stanley Cup in the next two years than the aggressively mediocre Flyers. Briere unlike Pronger who isn’t playing at all, or Timonen who is declining could contribute to another team and get a good return. With just two years left on his contract if he stays healthy he could be back in Philly in two years when whatever return he nets the city where his heart is cold be contributing to the lineup.
These four players all have or had at least the potential to be in the top 10 or 15% of the of players at their position in the league. If they were the only ones who could put the kibosh on a trade I wouldn’t be writing this post. Unfortunately Brayden Coburn who is overpaid by about 30% has a no trade clause. Grossmann who is overpaid by about the same amount also has a no trade clause, and he’s barely fourth in TOI/G for Flyers defensemen. Scott Hartnell who has highly variable contributions year to year has a no trade clause, Ruslan Fedetenko does as well. All of these add up to a staggering $37,385,714.00 in cap space this season. It does not take an astrophysicist to understand that’s over 50% of this years cap space in contracts that are either impossible to move or can only be moved by going back on your word.
Not only does this stratospheric stack of handicaps make the team harder to improve through trades for roster players, because of who doesn’t have no trade or no movement clauses you can either shuffle third and fourth line players and 6-8th defenseman, or deal important roster players like Giroux or Simmonds who you might not want to move, but who you might not have any choice but to part with. With the current roster configuration the team can’t even afford to call up players on entry level contracts to fill in. Ones things for sure, someone in the Flyers power structure is going to spend the next three or four years cursing these deals as they will almost certainly be left with two equally unpalatable choices; sit idly by and let time solve some of the problems, or trade away talent for pennies on the dollar and hope against hope the farm system can fill the voids.
NHL Entry Draft Round One Surprises
The trades in the first round were not hugely surprising, but added to the mystique. i can’t think of any of them even as bad trades. There were however two moves that just made me scratch my head.
The Edmonton Oilers are clearly still using the franchises last successful model. For those scoring at home, the last cup winning team for the Oilers was 1990. The sloppy fast math on that means 21 seasons have passed since the last time they hoisted Lord Stanley. Twenty one failures in a row with one model would indicate to most people that something needs to change. Clearly the Oilers organization is made of stern enough stuff to shrug off such mortal and pedestrian concerns.
In the last decades worth of drafts their scouting methods appear to be about as sound as blindfolding oneself at last call in a particularly seedy nightspot and expecting to leave with a ten. Sure it might happen, but the most successful defenseman they have drafted in that last decade is Matt Greene who played 151 games in an Oilers uniform. He’s won a Stanley Cup just a couple days back with the Los Angeles Kings. Theo Peckham, taken in the second round of 2005 has played 156 games and recorded 17 points. Those are the two most successful defensemen drafted by the Oilers out of their last 33 defensemen drafted.
How is drafting another forward, however talented acceptable? The clearest possible needs were for quality defensemen who can get the puck out of their zone.
The next big surprise was that Rick Nash didn’t move. With all the quality players floating about and all the teams with two plus in the top sixty, it almost seemed like a missed opportunity for the Columbus Blue Jackets to retool.
When the Philadelphia Flyers were called to the podium, their team being booed loudly wasn’t a surprise. It was however a surprise with team with the most injury (and age) riddled defensive corps in the league mysteriously drafted a forward. Scott Laughton is likely to be quite good in the NHL. However for a team that may never get another shift from future hall of famer Chris Pronger, the 35 year old Kubina, the 37 year old Timonen, the soon to be 37 Lilja, certainly aren’t going to replace themselves. So what gives? Matt Finn, Olli Maatta, Jordan Schmaltz, a number of other quality defensive prospects were still on the board. Do they think Laughton will be the best bastion to protect the fragile and flighty Bryzgalov? Are they going to convert him to defense? Maybe in the future they’ll just skate forwards in all five skater positions? Your guess is as good as mine.
How We Got Here: Round Two Midway
The most surprising series in the NHL playoffs this series is the LA Kings vs the St Louis Blues. Not only is the series more high scoring than anyone expected but one team is up 3-0. Game one should be highlighted and underlined on every hockey lovers list of games where depth players make the difference. Slava Voynov was on some people’s Calder worthy list throughout the season, but it’s unlikely many people outside Orange County and Chelyabinsk Russia knew who he was before he popped open the Kings scoring seven minutes after what proved to be the Blues only goal. Dustin ( @DustinPenner25 ) Penner would pick up a goal and an assist, while Matt Greene picked up a shorthanded goal. Since then the Kings have won two games outscoring the St Louis Blues 9-4 in a physical, grinding series. With no Halak to step out and shake up the vibe for the Blues, each player is going to step up or play golf.
The New York Rangers have only needed to score four goals to win two of their first three games against the Washington Capitals. The last game the two teams played was long enough the teams might as well have played two games. Some of the defensemen were approaching sixty minutes of ice time and forwards were in all up in to the 30 and 40 minute range. There’s a lot of people who expected this series to be interesting, but I don’t think anyone expected the Rangers and Capitals to combine for the lowest goal total this round.
Phoenix Coyotes have been impressive against the team many expected to represent the west in the Stanley Cup Finals. The Nashville Predators have perhaps for the first time in their history made headlines for players behaving badly. The goaltending has been worth watching, some gaffes, but two exciting guys in grills to watch. The teams play solidly, but they haven’t created as much on ice drama as some of the other series.
The New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia Flyers have danced the fandango up and down the ice and in both buildings. The New Jersey Devils have picked up the second and third games of the series after dropping the opener. The formula for winning has been pretty simple: 4 by 30. Four goals scored on Bryzgalov in each of the last two games. Parise, Kovalchuk and company have done the job, Giroux, Bryzgalov and company have not. The Flyers are clearly suffering Rival Elimination Syndrome and need to get over it posthaste or figure out where they are vacationing this summer. I’d be surprised if this one was over in five, but I think this series goes to the team whose goalie plays better.
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Tag Archives: Paint the Town
Other News From PO City Hall
We have reported today on a Washington State Patrol report that Port Orchard Mayor Lary Coppola was arrested early Sunday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. We will be posting an update shortly, which will include a statement from the mayor.
In part, he said, “As a person who has always accepted responsibility for my actions, I will do so in this instance as well, no matter how it turns out, and expect no special treatment.”
In other news from City Hall, Coppola recently posted his Mayor’s video report for April on the City’s Web site. His topics: Puget Sound Regional Council’s Vision 2040; the joint lease of Given’s field recently approved by the city council for South Kitsap Western Little League and South Kitsap Pee Wees; a new business opening in downtown; the opening of the Port Orchard Farmer’s Market; a recent meeting of mayors from around the state; YMCA Women of Achievement representing South Kitsap; more hints about a new grocery coming soon to downtown PO; online utility bill payment; and plans to reprise Paint the Town (according to the mayor, Delialh will again be contributing significantly toward the effort), this time with a focus on the waterside buildings.
(See the bottom of this post for links to recent city council video coverage provided by the city.)
Coppola dedicated about two-thirds of his video to Vision 2040’s transportation element, known as T2040. He explains his take on the plan’s potential impact on economic development in Kitsap County and the region. Coppola was one of only two members of the PSRC executive board to vote against T2040 on March 25, primarily because of tolls. Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn was the other. Coppola said he wants Port Orchard citizens to be able to get in and out of town without having to pay tolls or a vehicle-miles-traveled tax.
“Many of the ideas advanced in the Vision 2040 plan may be acceptable and actually pragmatic for King County and the I-5 corridor, but we (not clear if he’s talking about the city of Port Orchard or mayors of the county) strongly question the validity of what amounts to a King County soluntion being forced upon the rest of us,” he said on the video.
Coppola also talks about the importance of the region investing in technological infrastructure to promote telecommuting, which would reduce impact on roads, bridges and ferries.
As an interesting little grace note at the end of the video, Coppola talks about the recent downtown spring cleaning event. “I personally spent four hours on the end of a power washer, and several people pointed out that if this whole mayor thing doesn’t work out, perhaps I should get a job in the public works department,” he said, laughing. “Hopefully it won’t come to that.”
Port Orchard City Council Videos:
April 20 work study
May 3, 2010 City of Port Orchard, UncategorizedCity of Port Orchard, Mayor Lary Coppola, Paint the Town, Port Orchard City Council
Port Orchard Council to Vote Tuesday on Tax Ordinance
The Port Orchard City Council on Tuesday will vote on an ordinance declaring substantial need to raise taxes up to one percent. In past years, the city has automatically been able to do so. But this year, an ordinance is necessary because of negative inflation and the fact Port Orchard’s population has increased beyond the threshold that triggers a vote in such a case.
Also at the meeting, the council will issue proclamations recognizing November as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month and recognizing Deliah Rene Luke for spearheading the Paint the Town event in August.
I’ll be at the meeting. Comment here, or e-mail me with your questions for the council, chenry@kitsapsun.com.
November 9, 2009 Annexations, City of Port Orchard, Events of Interest, South Kitsap People, Taxes, The EconomyDelilah, Paint the Town, Port Orchard City Council, Taxes, The Economy
In PO, More Paint Drama and Cedar Cove Jitters
With Cedar Cove Days less than two weeks away, organizers of the festival that will transform Port Orchard into its fictional counterpart are sweating the small stuff. Does Port Orchard need a bigger flag for its pole, and what to do with “that” malodorous downtown restroom.
And while “Paint the Town” has come and gone, prickly feelings linger over design choices, flames fanned by a new effort to repaint the poles under the marquee.
At last night’s city council meeting, Heather Cole, a local business owner and design consultant for the Aug. 2 “Paint the Town” gave an update on Port Orchard’s extreme makeover in advance of Cedar Cove Days, Aug. 26 through 30. The painting party was hosted by South Kitsap’s radio superstar, Delilah Rene.
A total of eight buildings were painted in the volunteer blitz, with supplies and labor donated by local businesses, Cole said. The “Paint the Town” committee is working on “stragglers,” including the Dance Gallery, the “black and white building” next to MoonDogs, Too, and Olympic Bike & Skate, at the corner of Bay and Sidney. Cole noted that MoonDogs is seeing to the restoration of the mural on the black and white building adjacent to its outdoor patio. The bike shop is being painted in various shades of green, with accents in recessed areas, an effect Councilman Fred Chang pronounced “interesting.” “I wasn’t sure if it was finished or not,” he said. The All About Floors building also will be repainted by Cedar Cove Days, Cole promised.
With that she launched into the committee’s next endeavor: repainting the poles holding up the marquee. Cole noted that the current color on the poles was chosen as part of the Bay Street Association’s paint plan of several years ago. She said the committee understands that the paint was specially chosen to withstand marine weather and grit from passing traffic, and that the city spent significantly more than it would have for regular paint. That being said, the committee would like to replace the forest green on the poles with a cream color, using the same high quality, durable paint. That would give the sidewalk under the now-minimized marquee — its pickets removed more than a year ago after much fevered debate — a brighter appearance, Cole said. The paint would be supplied by donors, she said, so the city wouldn’t be out any money.
Cole said she had heard from merchants on both sides of the issue, but that her perception is most favor the change. Chang and other council members said they would like written documentation to that effect, and Cole said she’d produce same by the council’s next work study meeting, Aug. 18, when the matter of the pole paint will be taken up.
Commenting on Cole’s proposal, was Tim Waibel of Sugardaddy’s Salon, who said he’d like to know the process for how the council would take public comment on the proposal. The public is welcome to attend work study meetings, but the council does not have to take comment, as at a regular meeting, he said. The 18th would be the last meeting before Cedar Cove Days for such comment to be lodged, if the poles are to be painted in time.
Mallory Jackson, owner of Custom Picture Framing, was clearly unhappy with Cole’s idea. The council, should it embrace the pole painting proposal, would seem to be dismissing the work of the Bay Street Association to come up with a coordinated palette of Northwest colors.
“Your hardworking merchants downtown do have something to say in this,” Jackson said. “To the best of my knowledge, the association has not changed its mind (about the palette).”
After the meeting, Cole and Jackson had a polite but terse exchange over the paint issue.
“I understand you have a very strong opinion one way, but some people don’t,” Cole said, suggesting that there were a number of new merchants in the association since the original palette was chosen.
Jackson reiterated her contention that the merchants association should have a voice in the matter.
My thoughts: Maybe Port Orchard should offer itself up as fodder for the HGTV show “Paint Over,” in which Jennifer Bertrand orchestrates painting make-overs for those “going through a personal life transition.”
In other Cedar Cove news, Councilman Jerry Childs, a key player on the Cedar Cove Committee, raise the issue of the city-owned restroom in the Port Orchard marina parking lot. With bus tours of the town, made famous in local Author Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove series, taking off from the parking lot, it’s likely that restroom will see heavy use, said Childs. The concrete structure includes a small stairway to an observation tower that is also likely to be a popular spot during the festival.
The problem is, the restroom smells.
The cause, explained Councilman John Clauson of the public facilities committee, is something no amount of cleaning will help. Underneath the structure is a “wet well,” a chamber where raw sewage from the city is collected and sent on its way to the Westsound Utility District’s sewer treatment plant, jointly owned by the city and the district.
Childs pointed out that Cedar Cove Days will draw visitors from 37 states, with 28 bus loads of Macomber fans embarking from the lot over the four days of the festival that could — organizers hope — put Port Orchard in the national spotlight. With tours lasting two hours and the predominant demographic being “women over the age of 45,” Childs said, it would seem incumbent on the city to provide a proper pit stop.
“That is the last rest room they’re going to have (before the tour),” Childs said. “I’m kind of worried about it meeting the standard of cleanliness.”
The council discussed the relative wisdom of locking the restroom, thereby minimizing the city’s potential embarrassment, with no conclusions arrived at. Meantime Public Works Director Mark Dorsey will check with the Port Orchard Marina to see if they might make their restrooms available to Cedar Cove visitors.
Childs was also concerned over the flagpole at the entrance to the city. Although the old tattered flag has been replaced with a new one for the festival, the size of Port Orchard’s pole calls for a larger tribute, said Childs.
“We want to say, ‘Hey look us over.'” he said.
The Port Orchard branch of the VFW will help accommodate Child’s request.
August 12, 2009 City of Port Orchard, Events of Interest, UncategorizedCedar Cove Days, Debbie Macomber, Delilah, Paint the Town, Port Orchard
You Asked for It: More Paint the Town Photos
I had a request from Patti Kleist to show some before and after photos. Happy to oblige:
(P.S. Did you see they’re painting the Admiral Theatre in Bremerton. Must be trying to keep up with Port Orchard. They are painting over the theater’s old aqua blue with beige and brown.)
P.P.S. Not everyone was thrilled with Paint the Town, as you can see from the last two photos.
This photo shows the Orchard Theatre in Port Orchard (left) before a volunteer painting marathon in the downtown area on Sunday, Aug. 2. The building to the right was painted within the last few years, using a Northwest palette of colors (greens, golds and rust red).
Port Orchard After Paint the Town
This is a picture of the Orchard Theatre in Port Orchard after a volunteer painting marathon on Aug. 2.
Bay Street During Paint the Town
This shows a group of volunteers on Aug. 2 painting the building on Bay Street that formerly housed Slip 45 bar and lounge (now closed).
Bay Street After Paint the Town
This is approximately the same view of Bay Street as in the photo above after Paint the Town.
If Delialh Was Mayor
This is poster that was in the window of a downtown business. It shows City Hall as if painted in garish carnival colors. The caption on the poster says, “This is what could happen to Port Orchard if Delilah was mayor.
Remove This Paint
The pole is painted white. The message says, “I painted this pole green in May Please remove the white paint.” The photo was taken Monday, Aug. 3, the day after the Paint the Town Party.
August 4, 2009 City of Port Orchard, Events of Interest, UncategorizedDelilah, Paint the Town, Port Orchard
Delilah’s Paint the Town: A Reality Check
As a journalist, it’s my job to ask questions, to look at both sides of an issue. Take for example the upcoming “Paint the Town” event planned for Aug. 2 by dynamic radio personality Delilah Rene Luke and a cadre of enthusiastic volunteers.
What but good could possibly come out of a day-long painting party aimed at giving Port Orchard an extreme makeover? The idea is to spiffy up the town’s image before Cedar Cove Days (Aug. 26-30), a long-planned tribute to best-selling author Debbie Macomber, Delilah’s South Kitsap neighbor and good friend. How could anyone question such a prospect, especially considering Delilah is footing the bill for much of the paint and other materials?
How indeed? Yet I know I’m not the first person to ask, “They’re going to do what, by when?”
This week, I spoke to Delilah and co-organizer/ design coordinator Heather Cole, a local business owner, about details like liability, quality control and environmental concerns, issues raised last week at a meeting of the Port Orchard Bay Street Merchant’s Association. I guess you could say I was playing the role of Devil’s advocate (it’s on my job description), because, as they say, the Devil’s in the details. Here’s what I found out:
Liability: As part of her donation to the town, Delilah is purchasing short-term liability insurance to cover painting sub-contractors, also donating their services, and volunteers, should someone, God forbid, fall off a ladder or the like. During the event, children will not be allowed to wander around work areas. There will by children’s activities — including a mural painting party hosted by Delilah in a vacant lot — in designated areas of the town.
Quality Control: The two blocks of Bay Street targeted for beautification will be divided into sections, each overseen by a team of professional painting contractors. Any work that is deemed substandard will be repainted by the pros, Cole said.
Environmental Concerns: Buildings will be pretested for lead-based paint. Any that do have lead will simply be painted over rather than pressure-washed in advance.
Effect on Businesses: The event, which will require closing two blocks of Bay Street, was originally set for a Saturday, but a hue and cry from merchants prompted organizers to switch to Sunday. For some, including Morningside Bread Co., however, Sunday is one of the busiest days of the week. Owner Amanda Rudd said the enthusiasm being generated by the event is “wonderful of course,” but she’s worried about the impact on her bottom line. Even a large pre-order of baked goods Delilah will distribute to volunteers is unlikely to offset the loss of regular business, Rudd said. Rudd also worries that the job will actually take longer than one day.
Cole said the Paint the Town committee is sensitive to the merchants’ concerns, hence the switch to Sunday, which affects fewer businesses. With an expected 300 to 500 volunteers (about 200 are currently signed up, according to volunteer coordinator Leah Wattree), prep work done the day before and the leadership of people who paint for a living (as well as use of their equipment), the time line will be met, Cole said.
Color Scheme: Port Orchard has historically had trouble effecting consensus on a decor for downtown. Remember the debate over the marquee? Several years ago, a committee of the merchants association researched colors that would wear well in this damp climate and not show dust from the exhaust of the hundreds of cars that travel Bay Street, a state highway, each day. They came up with a palette of Northwest shades of green, red and gold.
Delilah, when she first mentioned painting the town, suggested lighter colors with a maritime feel. But some landlords had already painted their buildings in the Northwest theme. Cole’s job has been to choose colors for buildings to be painted that are complimentary to those already in place yet acceptable to Deliah, who after all is springing for the paint. Cole has had to do some damage control surrounding rumors that the sprucing up was being forced upon building owners. Ultimately, she said, landlords and tenants must be on board with the proposed paint job.
“We’re here to help and give a free service to the community, not only for Cedar Cove Days, but for the entire future,” said Cole. “They had the impression they would be forced. We’ve straightened that out.”
Six of the buildings to be painted belong to Seattle biologist Mansour Samadpour, from whom Delilah plans to rent a building. Samadpour has previously held back on renovating the buildings. Because of the number and size of Samadpour’s buildings, the colors chosen for them will help tie the town’s decor together, Cole said.
The committee has gotten the go-ahead from the Mentor Company, which owns part of the block in which Delilah has her restaurant, Delilah’s Cozy Kitchin, and from Bob Geiger who owns the movie theater. The owner of three homes, quite ready for some new paint, has given permission, and the committee is finalizing negotiations with the owners of five other properties, Cole said. Some building owners, including the Olde Central Antique Mall, will do their own work.
“Butt Ugly” Port Orchard?: As plans began to unfold, Delilah, not known for repressing her opinions, described Port Orchard as “butt ugly” … on more than one occasion.
Some people, including barber Ernie Moreno, took offense.
“I don’t like it when people come in and say our town is ‘butt ugly,'” said Moreno, who characterized Delilah as a “queen bee” bent on pressing her own agenda.
Delilah, speaking by phone from a radio engagement in New York City Friday, admitted that her enthusiasm for the project may have come off the wrong way. Like Cole, she reference dthe damage control that was required to convince merchants that they would not be forced to partake in the project … and that the colors would indeed be tasteful.
“The response at first was pretty bad,” said Delilah. “We did a horrible job of communicating. I take all responsibility for that. Now they’re all excited and helping us.”
Delilah was hurt by the comments on media articles and the rumors that swirled around the town.
“Somebody started really ugly rumors we wanted to do it in Pepto Bismol pink,” she said. “People personally attacked me for no reason. I came in wanting to help Debbie and bless the community and help make the town beautiful and somehow it got turned into I wanted to turn it into pink trailer trash.”
Cole, who has a background in home design, said the public can rest assured.
“She has really good taste,” said Cole. “I have not had to say, ‘Oh my gosh, that’s horrible. She’s a very classy lady, and she has very classy taste.”
Delilah will not say how much she is donating for the event. Other merchants and corporate sponsors are also kicking in, she said.
“It’s a lot, but it will be worth it,” she said. “We’re excited. We’re hoping for a great turn-out.”
Volunteers, especially those with painting or construction skills, are still needed for the event and for Saturday’s prep work. To volunteer, call Cole at (253) 225-1096, e-mail paintthetown@ymail.com or visit www.portorchardpaintthetown.com.
Hear Delilah interview her South Kitsap neighbor and friend Debbie Macomber in April, 2008.
July 24, 2009 City of Port Orchard, Events of Interest, South Kitsap PeopleDebbie Macomber, Delilah Rene, Paint the Town, Port Orchard
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Haezer Interview
9:02 PM Johan De Kock No comments
We chat to HAEZER about being a bit of a punk fan,
a dangerous stage show and being a keen film student.
So… your stage name “Haezer” is actually quite simply part of your birth name “Ebenhaezer”… tell us how “Ebenhaezer” became “Haezer"?
I tried out so many names and it all just sounded so cheezy, so decided to just shorten my name. It's looks cool on paper and it's unique. I startedHAEZER while i was still editing at a post production house and kinda didn't sleep for a year. Editor by day, dj/producer by night. I then started getting international shows after the release of WTFIH and the Anarchy! previews. When the Trashbag boys from Australia asked me over i knew i had to quit my job and do HAEZER full time... That's when ebenhaezer became HAEZER :)
Some of your fame among a lot of South African fans, has come through your Remix of Oorlog Frankenstein’s “Dans,Dans,Dans” and without people actually knowing it , the incredibly tight production behind Jack Parow’s version of the song. From what I can understand, you were at school with people like Francois Van Coke and Hunter Kennedy, would you say that has helped your career at all?
Ag not really. I mean my music was never associated with them and they were never really into my music till much later when i was already established and have done 2 or 3 european tours. It was only then that Francois got more into it and even did some Mcing over Anarchy at a party i threw in the City Hall in Cape Town. Jack Parow did like my stuff from very early on in the game...but i wouldn't say we have the same fan base really.
What is it about Belville that produces so many great Musicians?
I think it was the whole punk/skate and break shit attitude. I think the bellville peeps were just not afraid to start a band, even though it might sound horrible, and then practice till it's great. And the music is real. Writing about stuff the bands really felt strongly about. Me...I don't know. I guess it's just that i started making music i like and didn't care whether it's not commercial. As long as i think it's good.
Your particular style of Electro Trash seems to get the Rockers Raving, and the Ravers Rocking, what do you think it is about your tracks that gives it such crossover appeal?
When i started my biggest mission was to make basslines that sounds like guitars. I grew up on rock 'n roll and punk and even though it's not blatently obvious in the music, you can still hear/feel the influence. People also respond to the dj's energy and i love playing my music out to people and i think people can feel that.
It’s not every day that you see a DJ spending almost as much time in front of the decks and in the crowd, as behind the decks… you seem to have a very strong connection to your audience… do you ever jump up and down at home, pretending to perform to a crowd in your mind, or does it just happen spontaneously when you get on stage… an energy boost because of the chemistry between you, the crowd and the music?
Yeah, my performance on stage is completely unrehearsed/spontaneous fun. It's also dangerous, cause if i'm feeling grim the people will definitely pick it up. I'm a all or nothing kinda guy.
You studied film at AFDA, do you think the outlet of creativity through film has spilled over into your music, or is it the other way around?
The workflow of editing and making music is very similiar. Studying editing and working in the industry has taught me a lot of patience production wise and to not release songs too quickly and rather rework and rework and rework x 100 till you're absolutely happy with the track.
What are the chances of seeing a full length Haezer album in the near future?
It will happen. Just not this year. Working on an album takes time and people forget you when you're not releasing anything. And also producing an album means less shows, cause you need lots of time in studio and need to focus. Right now i'm focused on touring and singles. I want to see and play to the whole world! At the moment it's mostly Europe,SA and Australia, but i've got a gig in Thailand pending and a show in America next year.
The Electronic Dance Music Scene in South Africa has always been quite small, and within that scene there are a majority of subgenres that seem to be competing as well, from House & Electro to Trance & Techno, Breaks & Drum & Bass, yet there are a lot of DJ’s and producers who actually seem to make it on to the biggest stages in the world, where do you see EDM in South Africa going in the future?
I've mentioned this i think like 2 years ago in an interview and i stand by it. I think more and more producers are going to surface. At the moment there's alot of very good dj's, but not many producers. As soon as we get more producers it's easier to market them and sell it as an unique show. I do think this is starting to happen and that dance music in SA is growing rapidly with an international playing almost every weekend, we are definitely on the map and growing!
What’s playing on your ipod/mp3player/car radio at the moment?
1. The Waterboys - We will not be lovers
2. Can - Vitamin C
3. Fool's Rhythm - Two Fingers
4. Battles - Leyendecker
5. Paul Kalkbrenner - Aaron
6. Elbow - Fugitive Motel(RJD2 remix)
7. Tom Waits - The Black Rider
8. Nick Cave and the bad seeds - Stagger Lee
9. Burial - Moth
10. Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks Theme Song
haha, it's that precise cause i had to make a playlist for someone else.
What can we expect from Haezer in the near and distant future?
Right now i'm focused on making a killer EP and touring the shit out of the world. Distant future - big international festivals and full album.
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We try to bring you new posts about interesting or popular subjects containing new quality wallpapers every business day. Right click on My Computer or ‘This PC’ and click on ‘Device Manager’ from the left options pane. To remove Template Hub New Tab Search redirect from Microsoft Edge, we will need to reset your browser to its default settings. We offer a risk free 30 day money back guarantee. This is most useful in multi-monitor setups, addressing a common oversight in some applications (mostly games) whereby they allow the mouse cursor to drift into other unwanted screens. Here's how you can tell Windows to ditch the lock screen and send you straight to the login screen when you start up your PC: Search for regedit and run command;. Change default Windows 8. Prepapre - DC11 : Domain controller - WIN81, WIN1051 : Member domain 2. Official HP support page for solving problems with HP personal computers (PCs) and laptops after Windows 10 updates or upgrading to Windows 10. Selective wipe of corporate data is already available in Intune. 1 & Windows Server 2016 / 2012 (R2) - Ramhound Nov 30 '16 at 17:28. This month we have updates from Adobe, Apple, Google, Mozilla, and Oracle. Sure it has its use on a Tablet, where users may like to see notifications, date or time even when. I see this less in Win 10. Right click the domain and click on Create a GPO in this domain and link it here. The Windows Anniversary Update enabled Cortana on the lock screen, assuming you didn't disable it completely using one of the above mentioned methods. ADMX) templates on our download center as an MSI installer package. As Windows 10 Redstone 5 Update (1809) development winds down and Microsoft is now beginning the phase of checking in final code to prepare for the final release of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, it's that time again to examine updated and new Group Policy settings. 97 thoughts on “ Lock Down Remote Desktop Services Server 2012 / RDS 2012 R2 ” Pingback: Windows Server 2012 RDS. By default, icons on the taskbar are aligned to the left. Step 2: Once you're here select the Lock screen tab and enable the Show lock screen background picture on the sign-in screen option. For one user: The user can do this under their Lock Screen settings by clicking on the option to adjust screen saver settings. If you don't see the Windows spotlight image when you're signing in, select the Start button, then select Settings > Personalization > Lock screen . Windows 8 is designed to display a series of notifications on the lock screen. The template includes all the settings found in the Lync 2013 ADMX with the addition of the following:Automatically add Windows Firewall rul. Lock screen serves two contradictory purposes: It provides fast, convenient access to a ton of features like the camera, Siri, Control Center, and more, and it also prevents unauthorized access to the private contents of your iPhone or iPad. Despite the "blue screen" name, in Windows 9x, the color of the message could be customized by the user. To disable to Start. Starting in Windows 10, version 1607, you can pin additional apps to the taskbar and remove default pinned apps from the taskbar. It can be set up to show app notifications, calendar events and the date and time. As you probably know Windows 8 does not have a classic Start Menu anymore. please give me a solution for this issues. Locking a session (either local or remote) is done using the screen saver settings. 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Final Report - The Greatest Rants From all 15 Seasons - Rick Mercer - Hard Cover
Canada's pre-eminent satirical commentator brings down the curtain on his hugely successful show in this instant #1 national bestseller.
Rick Mercer can always be relied on to provoke a strong reaction--but what he said one fall day in 2017 truly shocked the nation. In a rant posted on social media, the great Canadian satirist announced loud and clear that the current, 15th season of the Rick Mercer Report--the nation's best-watched and best-loved comedy show--would be the last. After more than 250 episodes, 250 rants and countless miles spent travelling the length and breadth of Canada to do everything from bungee jumping with Rick Hansen to whale watching with Measha Brueggergosman, it was time to move on. What he will do next is still unknown, and Canada eagerly awaits future developments. But meanwhile, we have this book to keep us going.
This volume brings together never-before-published rants from the last five seasons of the show, plus a selection of the very best rants from earlier years. And throughout the book, in a series of brilliant new essays, Rick shares his hilarious, moving and at times hair-raising memories from the past fifteen years. Remember when he and Jann Arden traveled by helicopter to a terrifying bat cave in a mountain? No--because that trip went so horribly wrong it never made it to the screen. Pierre Berton--what was really in that joint he rolled? (It wasn't oregano.) What catastrophe took place in Norman Jewison's bathroom? And can the show still go on when your director in charge is delirious from an allergic reaction? (Yes.) All this and more is revealed by Rick in some of his sharpest and funniest writing yet.
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President Trump confirms he is under investigation
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) warned Friday that President Donald Trump's tweets were making her "increasingly concerned" that he intends to oust the two officials overseeing the sprawling federal investigation into Russia's election interference: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and the special counsel he appointed, Robert Mueller. [Full Article...]
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Re: Slow SLX - 2 further questions
pauldawsey
New SLX Web implementation - very slow to use
We implemented SLX Web 8.1, locally hosted, about three weeks ago.
There are many issues that we're working through still, but the big overarching one, potentially a showstopper, is the performance / speed. It is too slow to work too much of the time.
We've been very careful to ensure that everything is in line with the compatability guide. All client machines are running IE10 on windows 7 (we tried other browsers but the integrations didn't all work). The client machines vary in spec, but they are all at least the minimum required.
The server is being used a the database and web server, with 32 GB RAM with 16 processors.
The network is 1GB.
It is a fairly small implementation - just 32 network users. The database isn't huge, approx 20,000 Accounts and 40,000 Contacts.
The speed seems to be very up and down - if we could get it to stay at the top performance then that'd be acceptable. On some machines it runs at an acceptable speed the majority of the time, and occaisionally it is too slow. On some machines it is occaisionally acceptable and too slow the majority of the time.
When it is slow it is taking ~8-10 secs to load a page on average and sometimes much longer.
The first thing that I'd like to know is what kind of speed we should be expecting? We've come from a desktop based CRM and I know that we'll never get it to those speeds, but I'd like some feedback on what's realistic?
I know that there are many many variables that dictate the speed, but we're running out of ideas and we haven't yet cracked it and I'd dearly like some help from anyone, particularly if you've been in a similar situation and cracked it.
The things we've tried are:
On the system
Getting rid of any filters that aren't used.
Ensuring that all columns which are used as filters, sorts, criteria are indexed.
Changing a lot of the filters to 'lookup' or 'range' instead of 'unique' values.
Get rid of the smartpart tabs under a main entity that aren't used by us.
I've tried monitoring the memory that is used by the client machines and it appears to keep going up when we go on different options and gets slower and slower? Could this really be the case? It looks like it's storing everything in cache, but that there is no limit to this, so eventually it brings the system to its knees.
I've checked the data integrotuy checker to ensure that there are no errors which might be causing timeouts or something, and this is error free.
Please help? What shoudl we be expecting and what can we do about it?
apfingstl
Re: New SLX Web implementation - very slow to use
This sounds very slow.
The normal speed is 1 - 2 seconds per click.
This speed can be seen after each page was opened one time.
When you first open a page, it is beeing cached an compiled so this takes longer.
If you open a page for the second time, it should go much faster.
This is "resetted" after you stop or restart the application pool or the server.
Also, IE seems to be the slowest browser.
Firefox or Chrome are much faster and can be used, as long as you do not do a mail merge.
The speed of the client computer also inflouences the speed of the web client.
If you have slow machines where the normal browsing takes a lot of time, it also may slow down the web client.
Which version of are you using?
Thanks! Alexander
Thank you for the respopnse. If I can get it to respond in 1-2 seconds then I will be delighetd. At this stage I'll be happy if I can consistently get it to 3-4 seconds. Sometimes it runs at 4-6 seconds per page but it's inconsistent and a lot fo the time it is much slower.
I am aware of the caching on first pass for each page, so everyt ime we redeploy the system we run through all of the pages so that they get compiled prior to letting people loose on it. And these timings that we're getting are not for the first time a page is used.
I'm aware that IE is the slowest broswer but it's been used by sales people that need to ceate proposals so they do need mail merge and it isn't really workable to tell them to use another broswerr until they need to mail merge then use IE.
We're currently testing the individual client machines, but they all meet the spec in the compatibility guide, and in most cases they are fast enough for everything else, including browsing the web with with IE, apart from SLX.
We are using IE10 as we had issues with all of the desktop integration with IE11.
What else would you recommend looking at in order to get a faster speed?
Slow SLX - 2 further questions
No one seems to really know how to make SLX quicker (certainly no where near the times that Alexander is quoting earlier in this thread) so we have been exploring a few options.
Firstly we need to use the IE browser as this is the only one that works with Mail Merge, and most of our people migth create letters proposals etc, so we cannot use it. Therefore we've been reviwing all of our IE settings, and the one that has given us the biggest improvement is to do with the IE cache:
Internet options > general > browsing history > settings > temporary internet files > check for newer versions of stored pages.
We had previously been advised that we should set this to 'Every time I visit the webpage' which clearly will have a performance issue, and we've experiemented with changing this to 'Automatically' and we're getting a dramatic improvement. This is great, apart from the fact that we've been peeviously been advised to set it to 'every time I visst the webp[age' because when we were in our testing phase we noticed that the data was not being refreshed, and so if anything was updated it wasn't necessarily being refreshed on other people's pages.
What are other users doing with this? Is there any way of getting it to refresh the data each time but not the rest of the page?
Secondly we've been using the SQL profiler to look through queries that are being firted at the database and optimising our indexes where appropriate. One thing we've noticed is that there apear to be LOADS of queries being fired at the database which are to do with rermote synching. I think that this is for the 'disconnecetd web user' functionality, although we don;t use this. I have set all of the users calendar finctonas to turn this off, but it still seems to be hittng the database every few seconds and I suspect that if I could turn it off I'd get a performance increase in this too. Can anyone advise if I can do this?
Many thanks for any help from any knowledgable SLX guru out there. It could make the difference between us being able to continue using SLX and having to junk it after a huge amount of investment.
AdamTravers
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Have you configured IIS as per the Saleslogix implementation guide on page 46 'Configuring for Performance' ?
Regards, Adam Travers
empath-e Services Limited
greensweater
Bronze Super Contributor
When you say the server is 32GB with 16 procs, are you using this as a single machine or as a VM farm? SQL by design will grow to fill available resources which could potentially choke IIS running on the same machine. You may be able to utilize the resources on the machine more effectively by setting up a VM farm as follows:
SQL - 16gb, 8 proc
Application Server - 8gb, 4 proc ( speed search / job service / memcached)
Web Server - 8gb, 4 proc
This setup "corrals" the high-demand apps so they don't fight for resources. You should have more than enough iron to go around.
Turning off sync can be accomplished as described here: http://community.saleslogix.com/t5/The-Saleslogix-Journal/No-Sync-Server-license-still-creating-queu...
Also in IIS, be sure your application pools are set to never expire. Remember that the first user to visit a page will experience a slowdown (this is a .NET limitation) so it doesn't hurt to navigate through all pages in the site after deploying/restarting, in order to load the pages into IIS memory/cache.
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(To complete all classifications ETI has added the Kingdom and the Phyla of all the different taxa treated on this DVD-ROM without higher classification descriptions. Texts from Lynn Margulis and Karlene V. Schwartz, Five Kingdoms. CD-ROM. © 2002 ETI / Freeman & Co Publishers).
[Editor's note: in the book South Atlantic Zooplankton the Forminifera were classified within the "old" Phylum Sarcomastigophora instead of the Granuloreticulosa].
Granuloreticulosans are easily defined: these organisms bear reticulopods, cells that fuse to form networks in which bidirectional (two-way) streaming can be seen. Two classes make up this phylum: Reticulomyxida and Foraminifera (from the Latin foramen, little hole, perforation, and ferre, to bear). By far the better-known class, Foraminifera — affectionately known as forams — have pore-studded shells, or tests. In contrast, reticulomyxids are “snot shaped” slimy nets of messy, bactivorous soft masses that lack shells. Very few have been studied. These “naked forams,” reticulomyxids, are the presumed ancestral group; therefore, with their discovery, the former Phylum Foraminifera was renamed.
Forams are exclusively marine organisms. The smallest are some 10 mm in diameter, and the largest ones, visible to the naked eye, grow to several centimeters in diameter. The majority are tiny and live in sand or mud or attached to rocks, algae, or other organisms. Two families of free-swimming modern planktonic forams (Globigerinidae and Globorotalidae) are very important in the economy of the sea as food for many marine animals.
The pore-studded tests of forams are composed of organic materials, often reinforced with minerals. Some are made of sand grains; most are neatly cemented granules of calcium carbonate deposited from sea water. Some forams, by mechanisms that are still unknown, choose echinoderm plates (Subphylum Urochordata) or sponge spicules (Phylum Porifera) to construct their tests. The test and the organism itself may be brilliantly colored—salmon, red, or yellow brown. Whereas the simplest forams have single-chambered tests, most are multichambered. A typical test looks like a clump of blobs of partial spheres. Pores in the test permit thin cytoplasmic projections, the microtubule-reinforced filopodia, to emerge. Anastomosing (linked-up) filopodia form nets called reticulopodia. The filopodia are used for feeding, swimming, and gathering materials for tests. Forams are omnivorous: they eat algae, ciliates (Phylum Ciliophora), actinopods (Phylum Actinopoda), and even nematodes and crustacean larvae. Many forams, probably most that live in shallow water, harbor photosynthetic symbionts—dinomastigotes (Phylum Dinomatigota), chrysomonads (Phylum Chrysomonada, planktonic), and diatoms (Phylum Diatoms or Bacillariophyta).
Although some foram genera (for example, Textularia) have been seen reproducing only by asexual budding into multiple offspring, others that have been well studied—some dozen species—show a remarkably complex life cycle. The known cycles are variations on the theme of Rotaliella. Meiosis takes place in the agamont, a fully adult diploid organism that produces and releases smaller haploid forms called agametes. These agametes disperse and grow by mitotic cell divisions into a second kind of adult, called gamonts. The gamonts reproduce sexually, by fusion of haploid nuclei, to produce diploid offspring, which are agamonts.
The alternation of the diploid agamont and haploid gamont generations is obligatory in the forams that have been studied, just as alternation of generations is obligatory in plants, such as mosses (Phylum Bryophyta) and ferns (Phylum Filicinophyta). In fact, forams are the only heterotrophic protoctists that alternate morphologically distinct free-living adult generations. What complicates matters is that, unlike other organisms except ciliates (Phylum Ciliophora), forams show a striking nuclear dimorphism. The agamonts of Rotaliella roscoffensis, for example, contain four diploid nuclei. Three of these nuclei, the generative nuclei, reside in a chamber separate from that in which the larger somatic nucleus remains. The somatic nucleus never undergoes meiosis; it eventually becomes pycnotic (it stains heavily) and disintegrates. The three generative nuclei give rise to 12 haploid products by meiosis. These products become the nuclei of the small haploid agametes. Later, in the gamonts, pairs of haploid nuclei, apparently of opposite sex, fuse to form diploid zygotes. In effect, these organisms show programmed cell death (selective “death” of the somatic nucleus), and each gamont fertilizes itself, although neither egg nor sperm is formed.
Foram tests have contributed greatly to the sediment on the bottom of marine basins, especially since the Triassic period. There are fossil giant forams of great fame. Some, such as Lepidocyclina elephantina, had tests as thick as 1.5 cm. Camerina laevigata (also known as Nummulites, the “coin stone”) was a large (10 cm wide) foram that lived in warm shallow waters during the Cenozoic era from the Eocene to the Miocene epoch (some 38 million to 7 million years ago). Rocks bearing Miocene forams, many of them easily visible to the naked eye, abound on the shores of the Mediterranean. It is from such “nummulitic” limestone that the pyramids of Egypt were constructed.
The abundance of foram tests and their detailed architecture (the earliest ones appeared in the Cambrian) make them excellent stratigraphic markers. Geologists use the 40,000 or so fossil species to identify geographically separate sediment layers of the same age. Because the tests are often found in strata that cover oil deposits, recognition of foram morphology and knowledge of their distribution is helpful in petroleum exploration.
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absolutely love these!!
I don’t know which I love more sketch sets or cels
Sailor Moon has a complicated unpleasant history at least in the English speaking countries
To anyone who doesn't know Sailor Moon has been revered as the most successful, important and popular animes of all time
it had become hugely popular in the U.S as a children's series in its edited form, Although in its native Japan it is a far more sophisticated and mature series. Sailor Moon follows a girl named Usagi (aka "Serena" in the English dub) who has been given super powers by a magical cat. Soon, Usagi has recruited the Sailor Soldiers, a group of junior high school girls who use their powers to fight evil.
No uncut english dub exists of the first two seasons of Sailor Moon though all the other seasons and movies have one which I find very odd. Still uncut or not there were critical changes made that could not be reversed in the engilsh dub. The SuperS specials and the final season of Sailor Moon "Sailor Moon Stars" were never aired in the U.S or dubbed into english either.
Sailor Moon known as Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon (officially translated Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon) originally ran in Japan from 1992-1997 which consisted of 5 seasons 3 movies and 5 specials/shorts titled
Sailor Moon Stars
Sailor Moon R: The Movie
Sailor Moon S: The Movie
Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie
Make Up! Sailor Senshi
a short 15 minute anime special shown in theaters as an opener for the Sailor Moon R movie, A comical introduction to the cast of the series featuring Usagi and Chibiusa
Ami's First Love
a short 15 minute anime special solely focused on Ami based on an extra story from the manga, Originally shown in theaters as an opener for the Sailor Moon SuperS movie.
Sailor Moon SuperS Special
a special 45 minute episode that contained three mini episodes that took place directly in the storyline shortly after the beginning of Sailor Moon SuperS
"Special Episode #1" - "An Elegant Transformation? Crybaby Usagi's Growth Record"
When Chibiusa asks how Usagi first became Sailor Moon, she, Luna, and Artemis recall the story in a recap of the first three seasons
"Special Episode #2" - "Return of Haruka and Michiru! The Ghostly Puppet Show"
Haruka and Michiru take a holiday, but discover an evil presence lurking in their hotel. This episode also explains why the outers don’t appear in SuperS
"Special Episode #3" - "Chibiusa's Adventure, The Dreaded Vampire Castle"
Chibiusa begins to suspect that a mysterious new student is actually a vampire
My favorite character Black Lady is From Sailor Moon R (Season 2) who is Usagi/Sailor Moons daughter from the future known as Chibiusa/Small Lady who longs to be a grown lady, she travels to the past for Sailor Moons help from the Black Moon Clan who has sent the future to a screeching halt. Further along into the story she is brainwashed by the enemy and is transformed into an adult, now calling herself Black Lady (Wicked Lady in the English dub). Believing her parents were cruel and nobody loves or cared about her she stops at nothing to kill the Sailor Soldiers even if it meant destroying herself.
Black Lady is only shown in 4 episodes 85-88 (78-81 in the English dub)
here’s something interesting I found online I don’t know how true it is though “Takeuchi struggled with a name for Black Lady, initially calling her "The Black Queen" “
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The Silver Lining Behind Black Monday’s Stock Market Plunge
#blackmonday
BRENDAN MCDERMID
The stock market opened with a thud Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average quickly dropping more than 1,000 points and the S&P 500 selloff briefly reaching correction territory, more than 10 percent off its peak. But by midday, #BlackMonday had brightened to a pale shade of gray, as the major indices began to claw their way back.
Still, if the turbulent trading of recent days has you nervous, here’s some good news to keep in mind: The sharp selloff hasn’t been prompted by some sudden worsening of the economic picture in the U.S. The market’s dive was set off by fears about China’s slowing economy and, to a lesser extent, by a seemingly imminent move by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates for the first time since 2006. But while a slowdown in China’s economic engine could still have global ramifications, the fundamental outlook for the U.S. hasn’t changed.
“The current panic is essentially ‘made in China,’” Julian Jessop, chief global economist at Capital Economics, wrote in a note to clients Monday. “The recent data from other major economies have generally been good and there is little to justify fears of a major global downturn.”
Related: China Worries Send Dow on Biggest Intraday Swing in History
GDP data due out next week could push the second-quarter growth rate above 3 percent, economists at Credit Suisse noted late last week, bringing the annual growth rate for the first six months of the year close to 2 percent, or just about what it’s been in recent years. Falling energy prices and a recovering job market should — should — buoy consumer spending. “These conditions are likely to remain in place, and energy investment is unlikely to fall sharply again, despite still falling oil prices,” wrote the Credit Suisse analysts, who still expect second half GDP to grow at about 3 percent.
The fears of economic fallout in China may be overblown, too, Capital Economics’ Jessop says. The Chinese government has pulled back from propping up its stock market, but that primarily affects what UniCredit Global Chief Economist Erik F. Nielsen calls a “minuscule share of Chinese households” invested in the market. “This is good news, not bad news, for everyone but those specific households — and as a share of total-China they hardly count,” Nielsen wrote Monday. “Therefore, the feedback loop from markets to the real economy in China is virtually non-existent because the stock market is so small compared to the economy.” Even those Chinese households invested in stocks haven’t necessarily been slammed; the crash in the Shanghai composite index has simply taken it back just below where it started the year.
Related: The Clearest Sign That the Job Market Hasn’t Really Recovered
Similarly, fears about the Chinese slowdown might also be inflated. “The balance of the latest ‘real’ data out of China suggests a slight acceleration of growth in domestic demand again — not a decline,” Nielsen says. Even if growth is still sluggish, the economic data out of China “are not weak enough to justify fears of a ‘hard landing,’” Jessop says. China’s contribution to global demand has stayed steady. “A shift to slower but more sustainable growth in China – particularly if it is less dependent on commodity-intensive investment and on exports – could leave the rest of the world better off.”
The economists also add that plunging commodity prices are more the product of increased supply rather than falling demand — and that those falling prices should benefit the global economy, on the whole. “Lower commodity prices is great news for Europe (and, to a lesser extent, the U.S.): It’s like a massive tax cut for non-commodity businesses and households — with no fiscal impact! I love it!” Nielsen wrote, exclamation points and all.
None of that is to suggest that the Chinese, U.S. or global economies will all just sail ahead without any additional turbulence. But the intensity of the market’s recent moves may be misleading if read as an economic forecast. “It feels like a severe episode of market hypochondria,” Nielsen says. “Not easy to cure, but a few deep breaths and a long walk might help. Panic certainly doesn't!”
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Wimpy Noy wants UK to join fray EDITORIAL 06/05/2012
Wimpy Noy wants UK to join fray
Noynoy appears bent on irritating China some more by announcing that he is meeting with US President Barack Obama and United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron next week and that the Philippines’ territorial dispute with China over the Scarborough Shoal would be raised during his bilateral meetings with the two leaders.
Chinese leaders at a Singapore regional security summit held last weekend had indicated China’s concern over the so-called pivot of the United States forces in Asia-Pacific and the sudden emboldened administration of Noynoy to pursue a claim which has long been a subject of detente between the Philippines and China.
The standoff with China over the Scarborough Shoal dispute is already easing and negotiations are ongoing, and it is the worst time for Noynoy to say that he wants a new party to get involved in the territorial dispute the country has with the mainland..... MORE
Covering up the hidden wealth FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 06/05/2012
Covering up the hidden wealth
Noynoy and Malacaang, along with his senator-judges and congressional allies, may think the call for baring their financial records through unconditional waivers of the confidentiality of their bank accounts, will go away soon, but they should have another think coming, because the calls for transparency are getting louder.
The call for transparency on Noynoy got louder a few days ago after the Church hierarchy joined the demand for him and his Cabinet officials to sign waivers on the secrecy of their bank accounts.
Noynoy and his boys may think they can get away with it by merely claiming that he and the ousted Chief Justice, Renato Corona, are not on the same level and that Noynoy need not even come up with the same act of Corona since he is not under any obligation to do so apart from the lame excuse of his having signed a waiver in his statement of assets, liabilities and networth (SALn) for the Ombudsman to look into his financial records..... MORE
China expects respect after US naval shift
China has expressed mild concerns with the American plans to shift most of its warships to the Pacific region by 2020. Beijing called on to Washington to respect the interests of all sides in the Asia-Pacific, including that of China.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Liu Weimin said that the Asia-Pacific is the region where Chinese and the US interests overlap the most, so China expects Washington to play “a constructive role in the region.”
"We also hope that the United States will respect the interests and concerns of all sides in the Asia-Pacific, including China,” Chinese diplomat said..... MORE
URL: http://www.rt.com/news/us-naval-shift-china-933/
Assange guests grilled: Is FBI collecting ‘evidence’ for indictment?
Will Julian Assange’s show make the Guinness Book of Records? Quite likely, especially if you think of all the people interrogated over their ties with the whistleblower before or after they talked to the WikiLeaks founder.
“The FBI is apparently collecting evidence to indict Julian Assange before a grand jury. Sweden must not be the final destination of the designed extradition,” sources close to the WikiLeaks and Julian Assange told RT.
The Cypherpunks episode of The Julian Assange Show has not even premiered on RT, but a pot of trouble is already boiling and Jeremy Zimmerman, a co-founder of cyber freedoms group La Quadrature du Net, has got a taste of it..... MORE
URL: http://www.rt.com/news/assange-fbi-julian-us-991/
Syrian rebels abandon ceasefire, call on UN for no-fly zone
A Syrian rebel spokesman says they are no longer committed to Annan’s ceasefire. He has called for a UN-backed “peace enforcement mission” or a no-fly zone to replace the monitoring mission, demands the UN chief has rejected.
On Friday, the rebel military council had given Syrian President Bashar al-Assad an ultimatum to end violence in the country or face armed reprisals.
"We have decided to end our commitment to this [plan] and starting from that date [Friday] we began defending our people," rebel spokesman Major Sami al-Kurdi told Reuters news agency..... MORE
URL: http://www.rt.com/news/syria-rebels-annan-ceasefire-958/
A forgotten history AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Ken Fuller 06/05/2012
A forgotten history
AN OUTSIDERS VIEW
Ken Fuller
When Renato Corona appeared before the impeachment court on May 22, he testified that he and his wife had been converting their peso earnings to dollars since the late 1960s, when the exchange rate had been two to one. Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile pressed him on this date. Not the early sixties? No, late sixties. After 1965? Affirmative.
At that point, it seemed to this outsider that Chief Justice (CJ) Corona’s goose was cooked, because Enrile obviously knew that a two-to-one exchange rate had not been available in the late sixties. In the event, Enrile made no mention of this when he explained his conviction vote on May 29, but a day earlier Rep. Rodolfo Fariñas had zeroed in on the claim during his contribution to the prosecution’s closing argument, saying that Corona would only have been able to avail of that exchange rate until 1959.
With all due respect, Rep. Fariñas was three years out. It is surprising that so few Filipino lawmakers (let alone the former Chief Justice and those who advised him) seem to be aware of the date when the value of the peso was almost halved. What makes it memorable — or should do — are the circumstances in which the devaluation occurred. Does nobody read Lichauco or Constantino anymore?.... MORE
US vows continued ‘increased rotational presence’ By Mario J. Mallari 06/05/2012
US vows continued ‘increased rotational presence’
The United States’ top military official discussed boosting the poorly equipped Armed Forces at a meeting yesterday with President Aquino, a Palace official said.
Aquino and US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, met in Malacañang amid a tense maritime territorial dispute between the Philippines and China.
“They talked about defense and security cooperation and the American (general) talked about providing us assistance on our minimum credible defense position,” presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda told reporters..... MORE
Aquino ‘worst performer’ of CARP, say bishop, farmers By: Fernan J. Angeles 06/05/2012
Aquino ‘worst performer’ of CARP, say bishop, farmers
By: Fernan J. Angeles
A Catholic bishop has rated the Aquino govenrment as the worst performer among post-Edsa administrations in terms of agrarian reform.
Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo said the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has been consistently underperforming in implementing agrarian reform, particularly land acquisition and distribution (LAD).
“The current DAR administration has recorded the lowest Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) accomplishment when compared to all DAR-CARP administrations,” said Pabillo in an open letter to President Aquino.
The letter was also signed by Fr. Marlon Lacal, executive secretary of the Association of the Major Religious Superiors of the Philippines (AMRSP)..... MORE
JBC requires aspirants to present bank waiver 06/05/2012
JBC requires aspirants to present bank waiver
Hopefuls vying for the recently vacated position of Chief Justice will have to comply with a new requirement by the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) for them to present a waiver of their peso and dollar denominated bank savings.
Senate justice committee chairman Francis “Chiz” Escudero who is a member of the collegial body that submits recommendations to the President yesterday told reporters that those aspiring the top judicial post needed to execute such a waiver.
Escudero added that the JBC will now require applicants/nominees to submit their statement of assets and liabilities and net worth (SALn) “from the moment (they) joined the government,” if they are public servants..... MORE
3 dead, 7 missing as ‘Ambo’ exits RP By Mario J. Mallari 06/05/2012
3 dead, 7 missing as ‘Ambo’ exits RP
Three children were killed and six fishermen were missing after tropical storm “Mawar” brought heavy rains and rough waters to parts of the Philippines, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Monday.
Two siblings were carried off by an overflowing river in the western island of Palawan while a seven-year-old boy drowned in a river east of Manila, the office’s deputy director, Florentino Sison said.
Reports from the NDRRMC identified the fatalities as two-year-old Princess Abrera and her four-year-old brother Shawn, both of Sitio Kiwit, Barangay Sagrada in Busuanga town, Palawan. They were reportedly carried away by overflowing river in the area..... MORE
Classroom shortage forces officials to cut school day from 5 to 1 day a week 06/05/2012
Classroom shortage forces officials to cut school day from 5 to 1 day a week
The shortage of classrooms in public schools has forced school officials to cut school day from five to one day a week, militant lawmakers said yesterday.
According to Kabataan party-list Rep. Raymond Palatino and ACT Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio at least 20 percent of the high school students in five Quezon City high schools have to go through the predicament as school officials implement decongestion measures.
Palatino said students are given modules and exercises through Internet from Monday to Friday before finally going to school on Saturdays. The program is dubbed Alternative Delivery Mode..... MORE
K+12 violates children’s right to quality education — solon By Charlie V. Manalo 06/05/2012
K+12 violates children’s right to quality education — solon
A militant solon yesterday accused the government of sowing false hopes with its continued persistence in implementing the K+12 program, claiming the implementation of the program will worsen problems in public school facilities with the continuing shortage of 132,483 teachers, 97,685 classrooms and 153,709 water and sanitation facilities.
“The Department of Education’s (DepEd) claim that the universal kinder program will prepare the children socially, physically, mentally and emotionally is clearly debunked by this situation which glaringly exposes our government’s disregard for quality education. The situation from last year has not improved and yet the government continues to banner the K+12 program,” said Gabriela Rep. Emmi de Jesus of yesterday’s opening of public school classes and start of K+12 program..... MORE
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Our story in pictures and words
Days 8 & 9: Cape Brett Track
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Day 7 was a transition day. We drove out of Horeke past the site of the bushfire where the smell of burning is still strong and firefighters are still up there damping down and checking hotspots we presume on the blackened hillside. If this is the aftermath on a very small bit of land we can only imagine in horror and disbelief what Australia will face when (if) the fires over there are ever brought under control.
Then it was on to Waitangi, book into the campsite, get provisions for the next few days and pack. We called in at the i-Site in Paihia to get our track passes and book into the Cape Brett Hut. We had tried to do it online from our phones but internet access had been intermittent and the website had been troublesome as a result so it made more sense to do it in person. The guy in the i-Site also struggled and it took a few goes to get through to be able to book the track permit. It turns out on a closer inspection of the documentation we were given and after an email we received this morning, that we are actually booked in for this weekend not last weekend so there clearly are issues with the system!
The first part of the Cape Brett track from Rawhiti to the Deepwater Cove junction is on privately owned land and a fee is levied ($40 per person) to help pay for maintenance of the track. From then on it is on Department of Conservation land. DoC administer the booking process for the track through their booking system. It appears though that not everyone bothers to pay the fee (maybe they don’t also pay for the hut?) There are also complexities to the system in that you can walk from Whakamumu which is a DoC track and join the Cape Brett track where it is still on private land. You could also start from Deepwater Cove, walk to the hut and then walk all the way back out to Rawhiti crossing the private land. You can also be dropped off by water taxi at Cape Brett and walk back to Rawhiti. In theory all these options require you to buy a track permit, in practice, how many do? Margaret who runs the campsite at Kaingahoa Marae and whose iwi own the land the Cape Brett track is on was telling us that there is talk of taking back management of the permit system in the next few years. The track will officially start at the marae, there will be information boards about the history of the land and what the fee is used for and walkers will check in there and pay before they go.
We still had plenty of daylight left and decided to take a wander up to the Manawa Groves on the way up to Haruru Falls. We totally misremembered how far it was an ended up walking 10km in jandals – probably not the best preparation for a big walk tomorrow!!
Haruru Falls
pneumatophores with oysters growing on them
We were up and ready to rumble by 5.45am to drive round to Opua and get the 6.30am ferry. It’s a 40 minute drive over to Rawhiti where we parked up at Julie’s parking spot next to the Kaingahoa Marae camping ground for $10 for secure parking for the two days. We found out later that the land was not Julie’s but she manages it for the whanau who owned the land. One of the lads, Zane, who was up at the hut with us is part of the whanau but has only recently rediscovered his roots in Rawhiti after being brought up in Hawkes Bay.
Sunrise at Paihia
Raring to go! The start of the track.
What can we say about the Cape Brett track? All superlatives! Stunning views, incredible experience, 2,300m of ascent over 32kms (except that it is nearer 35kms!) Demanding, strenuous, rewarding, relentless ups and downs!
Where there’s a trig …..
The first 2km is just up – easy trail but it ascends from sea level to 345m over 2km so it is steep! There is a shelter at the summit of Pukehuia and an information board that tells that Pukehuia literally means hill of the huia bird but that this is representative of the gathering of chiefs from the 7 waka of the Great Migration fleet. Pukehuia is one of the 7 peaks along the peninsula and each peak represents one of the waka. Rakaumangamanga is the first at Cape Brett itself and is the branching of the canoes. From Pukehuia there is a beautiful view down to Rawhiti Bay and beyond.
following the ridgeline
The track continues on down steadily for a while through forest and whilst it is still early the heat of the sun is starting to break through and it is nice to be in the cool shade of the trees. There are steep sections of down followed by steep sections of up and also some steadily rising flattish sections along the ridge where there are views out to the ocean and the crinkly coastline that juts in and out. Blue, blue water turns to white as it crashes against the rocks. The birds are starting to sing – Tūī, Bellbirds, Miromiro, Pīwakawaka and others I can’t identify. And then amongst the birdsong, there… the shrill but heart-warming sound of the cicadas.
View from the ridgeline
looking out along the headland
We reach the ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ – a pest control fence at about 4.5km in – a description we read suggested that this was a third of the way to the lighthouse. It is not true. Not even mathematically if the track really was 16km (which it isn’t!) and very definitely not in terms of time and effort. We have been going about an hour and three quarters by now and decide that we will aim to get to 8km before we stop for ‘second breakfast’. The going has been fairly straightforward, plenty of climbs but not unduly hard underfoot. An hour later we find a sunny spot at the top of a hill where there is a space off the track in the shade of the Kanuka trees to sit down and have our picnic. We haven’t quite got to 8km but it looks like 8km will be at the bottom of a hill in the thick of the forest so this is a good bet.
taniwha at the pest proof fence
A couple come past us going the opposite direction; they left Cape Brett hut at 7am and tell us that the second half of the walk is much more rugged and demanding. A single walker goes past us as we eat – we spend the next few hours playing leapfrog with him as we each walk and take breaks at different points. He hasn’t booked into the hut and when it appears to get busy later on he sets off back to walk the return trip in the same day.
Glimpse of the ridge through the Kānuka Trees
We are getting used to the ups and downs now – what goes up must come down and vice versa. At least there is variation and the downs provide a sort of respite from the effort of climbing up! But the views, sometimes just glimpses through vegetation windows, sometimes full-blown, take your breath away. Vistas of amazingness make it all worthwhile.
The Deepwater Cove junction comes upon us sooner than we thought. We have been going for about 4 hours and we are more than three-quarters of the way according to the km markers. We head down the 700m that will take us to the cove where we have lunch and I have a swim. I have been looking forward to getting in the water but there is a chill breeze, and whilst it is a pleasant spot, as our companion noted, Deepwater Cove isn’t an overwhelmingly attractive cove. There are many more that are much more picturesque and inviting. Nevertheless, I am here and I will swim! Once I ventured in, tiptoeing over the pebbly beach strewn with clear, almost invisible jellyfish, it was quite refreshing and I spent 5 minutes or so swimming across the bay and back again.
Deepwater Cove
Back up the hill and we have only 4km to go according to the markers. But the sign says 5km and 2 and a half hours. Hmm! Surely it can’t take us that long to do 5km?!
Crossing the peninsula
It is indeed much more challenging than the first section of trail. The ups are more up and the downs are more down. The ground underfoot is very rugged, rooty and loose and going down takes as long if not longer than going up. But the views are getting even better than before. As the trees thin out, and as we cross the peninsula and climb the ridge, steep drops to the side of us down impressive cliffs, we have panoramic views of the ocean and we can look back along the peninsula from whence we have come.
Another hill looms!
The last 2km are excruciatingly slow. The wind has picked up and we are literally putting one foot in front of the other. From Deepwater Cove onwards I have stayed with Nigel – before that I trotted on ahead and waited for him or went back to meet him. He is tired and his legs are sore but he battles on! What a trooper – I certainly test him with my adventures and he always responds.
Looking back from where we have come
As we cross the headland and can see out towards the end, it is very clear that there will be more than the 1km to go that the 15km marker might suggest. Sure enough, as we climb the last hill (Rākaumangamanga) and reach the top there is a 16km marker with small writing underneath that says ‘approx 1.2km to the hut’. Seriously!
We can now see the lighthouse and the hut down below it. The path snakes its way down, zigzagging along the contours.
Nigel on the path looking down to the Cape Brett Lighthouse
The Cape Brett Hut below us
Finally, we enter the hut seven and a half hours after we set off. It’s good to sit down!
That would be it for today – there is little point talking about all the usual happenings in a mountain hut; jostling for the ‘best bed’ – wondering who we might disturb with Nigel’s snoring or who might disturb us; discovering that there is just a dribble of water from the outside tap and none from any of the inside taps; working out how to switch the gas on; boiling water for drinking the next day; Nigel falling asleep almost immediately; chatting to new arrivals as they stagger into the hut in various stages of pain, exhaustion and relief!
But what is worth describing is the amazing light we witnessed during the evening. Surprisingly, we had very good mobile phone reception at the hut and had seen and read posts from people in Auckland about the orange sky. There was even a news report that Aucklanders had inundated the police with 111 calls, thinking that some catastrophe had occurred! Well, there was a catastrophe; the bushfires in Australia and the orange sky was a result of the smoke filtering and blocking sunlight.
the old concrete jetty
Yellow sky above the old stone jetty
At Cape Brett, the sky went a strange shade of gloomy yellow to start with, the sun was a pale pink colour and it seemed quite dark. There are no lights at the hut and we needed torches to cook our tea inside. I had ventured down the stairs to the jetty to explore – the history of the lighthouse is interesting and there is an old railway track that was used to winch supplies into the small community that lived here. It is now mostly home to the seagulls who nest just below the hut – it’s a bit smelly and very noisy! It was rather unnerving as the birds shrieked and swooped around, some clearly protecting nests and I was a little nervous of being attacked!
We could see across the sky – to the west the sky was quite yellow, but to the east it was clear. You can see in the photo below a line in the sky where it starts to lighten.
The change in colour of the sky – east and west
Then the sky started to darken even more and turn orange and spread more across the sky. The two photos below are looking up towards the lighthouse which is more to the east. They were taken a few minutes apart and you can see how the light has changed.
Looking up the hill from the hut to the Cape Brett Lighthouse
Looking up the hill from the hut to the Cape Brett Lighthouse – just a few minutes later
It started to get cold and feel like night was setting in but it was only 6.30pm! We retreated inside and watched through the windows as the light changed. The part of the kitchen facing east was much brighter! This photo is taken from the window facing west.
View to the west out of the hut window
Part 2: The Return Journey
Smiling at the start!
We slept well and late – didn’t rise until 7.30am. Legs a little creaky but it didn’t take long to crank them into gear and start the climb up from the hut to the summit of Rakaumangamanga. Slow and steady was the order of the day. We did feel a little daunted about the climbs ahead after the first day but also felt a bit proud that here were we, two ‘old’ people up and walking out when the majority of the youngsters at the hut had opted to pay $50 a head to get the water taxi out!
Walking into murkiness
Up the hill, ‘slow and steady wins the race’
Handstand on the summit
It was much windier and cloudier than yesterday and I was a tad nervous about the strength of the wind at the point where we cross the peninsula – a hefty gust could lift you off your feet and down off the cliff. However, the wind seemed not too bad at that point and as we walked back the cloud lifted and we walked into sunshine.
walking by the cliffs as we cross over
One of the young men had tried to convince himself when deciding on the water taxi that there was little point walking out as he had seen all the views on the way in. A different day brings different weather and different views! The light across the ocean with dark clouds was beautiful.
Looking out to sea at the 9km to go mark
The sun through the trees was still quite eerie
We were making a good pace and decided to stop for something to eat at the top of the cliff at around the 9km to go mark. The rugged stuff was under our belts and whilst there was still plenty of climbing to do, it was gentler and we knew that the last 3km was all downhill! It was hot though, the wind seemed to have dropped at least in the shelter of the bush and the humidity was high! Plenty of water stops!
A ‘down’ on the way back
One of the ‘ups’ on the way back – possibly the last big one!
As the sun came out, so did the birds and the cicadas and we were surrounded by the noise of the bush. It was lovely. Miromiro flitted about – difficult to get a photo but you can just about see this one!
We saw lots of Miromiro – Tomtit flitting about along the path.
The top of Pukehuia – all the climbing is now done and all we have to do is negotiate the dry, sand, gravelly downhill on tired legs!
View of Urupukapuka and other islands from Pukehuia
The last big up is done!
Made it!
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Most music lovers know that Igor Stravinsky was a talented composer of dance music -- so talented, in fact, that he was once asked to compose music to be danced by an elephant. In 1942, Stravinsky was in America and struggling financially when the great choreographer George Balanchine came to him with such an offer. The Barnum & Bailey Circus had commissioned from Balanchine a ballet for Modoc, an elephant with outstanding talent, and gave the choreographer carte blanche in his choice of music. Balanchine knew he had his man.
Stravinsky, after verifying for some reason that the elephants in question were very young, set about composing a polka. He completed a version for piano in 1942; film composer David Raksin transcribed it for wind band so it could be played at the circus, and Stravinsky himself made a full orchestration in 1944. The polka was premiered at Madison Square Garden in the spring of 1942 in a production involving, according to the circus program, "50 Elephants and 50 Beautiful Girls in an Original Choreographic Tour de Force, Featuring MODOC, premiere ballerina." As one might expect, the Circus Polka is short, sweet, and playful, with bright melodies and bouncy rhythms. Stravinsky being Stravinsky, however, the work is far from a straightforward polka; there is only a single instance of the classic oom-pah polka rhythm in the work, and the tune it accompanies is not an original one, but rather, Schubert's Marche militaire. There are a number of little rhythmic twists and turns throughout the work; according to contemporary accounts, these posed no problems for Modoc, but baffled the remaining elephants at the premiere. Humans will no doubt find the music charming and carefree.
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Hogmanay Watchnight Service 2013
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The welcoming interior of Glasgow Cathderal
If you want an alternative way to see out the old year and bring in the New Year, the annual Hogmanay Watchnight service in Glasgow Cathedral provides a warm and prayerful ecumenical experience.
This year,the Cathedral Strings welcomed the congregation as it gathered with a selection of well-known carols and hymns. Their leader got the people humming the music of Silent Night, a way to get them involved (and perhaps subtly to ensure the appropriate use of vocal chords!). Then the service started with a welcome from Roger Sturrock to the evening and an invitation to join in the first carol, the rousing “Joy to the World”.
A more reflective mood was set by the next hymn “Be Still and Know that I am God”. Mary Welsh of the Archdiocese of Glasgow’s Ecumenical Commission then led the congregation in the first prayer in which, reflecting on the work of the churches together in Glasgow, she asked that the Lord support the continuation of that work with people in need. She finished by quoting the prayer of St. Francis (Make me a channel of your peace) and the prayer which forms the full motto of the City of Glasgow. The congregation responded with the singing of a contemporary hymn which has become very popular “In Christ alone my hope is found”.
Ugandan baritone Terence Ayebare returned as soloist for the service, and his first piece was a beautiful rendition of the Lord’s Prayer. This was followed by the SoundBite interview which gives an opportunity for a charity or church group in the city to publicise its work. This year Jim McNair interviewed Grant Campbell of the Glasgow City Mission.
Grant spoke of their work at this time of the year providing a Winter Night Shelter. It is currently operating in the Blythswood Hall of Renfield St.Stephens Church, thanks to the kindness of the congregation. It offers support to the most vulnerable people who are homeless as a result of addictions, violence etc. and who have no network of supporting relationships at times of difficulty.
The aim is to give them one night’s accommodation while efforts are made to get alternative temporary or permanent housing, but at this season often all the alternatives are full – there is no room at the inn – and many become “permanent” residents. For the rest of the year, the City Mission receives between 150-200 people each day , accepting them as they are and trying to help them to move on in their lives and to improve their skills.
Some of the congregation after the service
Elspeth Glasgow of Glasgow Churches Together read the scripture passage for the evening from the Book of Joshua, before the offering was taken up for the work of the City Mission. Terence Ayebare then sang “Look at his Glorious Cross”, a meditation in song.
The reflection for the service was given by former Moderator of the General Assembly, the Very Rev. Albert Bogle, and it was both enjoyable and challenging. After an opening prayer, he asked “how has the year been for you?” Most people, he suggested, would respond that there were times where they struggled. This led to further questions – are these problems random and is life a sea of random events? If we join all these events up, is there a purpose to them? How can we see a purpose in things such as the recent helicopter crash?
So often we feel helpless but we believe that there must be hope, and he offered a Bible text to accompany us throughout the coming year, that which had just been read from the Book of Joshua “Only be strong and of good courage. I the Lord your God am with you.” This same confidence in the accompanying presence of God is repeated throughout the Old Testament e.g. in Psalm 22(23). It is reflected in the life of Christ. Therefore we have to be strong. Fear seeks to control us but perfect love casts out fear. Mr. Bogle is an enthusiastic musician and writer of hymns, and he finished with an amusing reference to a hymn which has been many years in the writing and yet to be finished. In it he visualises God as a lion by his side, offering protection, and he invited everyone to put out their hand “and feel the lion’s mane” each time they were anxious or in fear.
It seemed very appropriate after that reflection to stand and sing “To be a Pilgrim” before the final part of the service. Dr Laurence Whitley, minister of the Cathedral, led the congregation towards the coming of the New Year. He remarked that Mr. Bogle’s reflection reminded him of an African tale of a mouse and an elephant walking over a bridge. The mouse exclaimed “we really gave that bridge a shake” – so too we can do great things, working in partnership and walking in the company of a source of enormous power. We should not think small, because of the One who walks with us. God calls us to do, not what we can do, but what He can do. We should thank God that we are part of his great and wonderful purpose.
Out into the New Year
As the bells rang in the New Year, the congregation wished each other peace and joy, and then it was time to go out into that new Year, singing “Lord, for the years your love has kept and guided, urged and inspired us, cheered us on our way”.
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Finlandia (0-9-1, 0-5-1 NCHA) 0 1 1 2
Lawrence (4-6-1, 3-3-0 NCHA) 3 3 3 9
1st - 03:34 - Jacob Dobberstein (Lawrence)
1st - 17:05 - PP - Lane King (Lawrence)
1st - 17:39 - Josh Koepplinger (Lawrence)
2nd - 11:35 - Mikkel Joehnk (Lawrence)
2nd - 14:05 - Jordan Boehlke (Lawrence)
2nd - 15:59 - PP - Josh Koepplinger (Lawrence)
2nd - 19:59 - PP - Matt Benolkin (Finlandia)
3rd - 03:41 - SH - Avery Huibregtse (Finlandia)
3rd - 12:05 - PP - Matt Montemurro (Lawrence)
3rd - 16:49 - Zach Briscoe (Lawrence)
3rd - 18:12 - Josh Koepplinger (Lawrence)
G: 2 Players (#4, #6) - 1
Sh: Team - 27
Sv: Marcus Gloss - 25
G: Josh Koepplinger - 3
A: 3 Players (#19, #21, #27) - 3
Sv: Evan Cline - 25
Lawrence's Josh Koepplinger had a hat trick in the Vikings' 9-2 win over Finlandia.
APPLETON, Wis. -- Lawrence University's offensive went wild on Saturday and steamrolled to a 9-2 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association victory over Finlandia University at the Appleton Family Ice Center.
Josh Koepplinger recorded his first career hat trick for Lawrence, and Nick Felan, Austin Frank and Zach Satalino had three assists apiece for the Vikings.
The nine goals ties the most Lawrence has scored since moving into the Appleton Family Ice Center nearly two decades ago. Lawrence posted a 9-3 victory over Northland College back on Dec. 16, 2001. It also is the most goals scored by the Vikings since a 10-1 victory at Northland on Nov. 9, 2012.
Evan Cline stopped 25 shots to pick up the victory for Lawrence (4-6-0, 3-3-0 NCHA). Matt Arnold made the start for Finlandia (0-9-1, 0-5-1) but allowed two goals in the opening period before giving way to Marcus Gloss late in the first. They combined for 39 saves as the Vikings fired 48 shots on net.
Lawrence got the scoring started with Jacob Dobberstein's first career goal just 3:34 into the game. It stayed that way until Lane King scored on the power play at the 17:05 mark. King finished with a goal and two assists. Lawrence scored again just 34 seconds later as Koepplinger picked up his first goal of the night for a 3-0 edge after one.
Lawrence scored three more times in the second period in a span of 4:24. Mikkel Joehnk got that outburst started with a goal at the 11:35 mark, and Jordan Boehlke picked up his first career goal at the 14:05 mark for a 5-0 edge. Koepplinger made it 6-0 with a power-play goal at the 15:59 mark, and Finlandia got a goal from Matt Benolkin with just one second left in the period to trim the margin to 6-1.
Finlandia made it 6-2 on Avery Huibregtse's short-handed goal early in the third, but the Vikings weren't done. Matt Montemurro scored on the power play at the 12:05 mark to give Lawrence a 7-1 edge, and Zach Briscoe scored at the 16:49 mark for an 8-2 lead.
Koepplinger then completed the hat trick with a goal at the 18:12 mark for the final margin. It's the first hat trick for a Lawrence player since Blake Roubos did it against Gustavus Adolphus on Nov. 29, 2013.
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written by Sabina March 2, 2018
Showrunners Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz talk familiar faces, new threats and wrapping things up in this Once Upon A Time final season of the hit show.
During a preview of the upcoming Once Upon a Time midseason finale the duo behind Tron: Legacy, who broke out together on LOST, discussed the final chapter of the ABC primetime show and what comes next. “I think right now a vacation.” Horowitz joked. “We may take a break, or at this point, we may do something but don’t have anything planned. Whatever we do next it’s gotta be something we love, and right now we’re really focused on the series finale, and we’re still shooting and have about another 6-8 weeks left to wrap up the series.”
With the series coming to an end there’s a lot of great surprises coming to the forefront. In the episode we watched alone, we got a glimpse at the witch coven that’s forming as a force to be reckoned with and a look at the first appearance of Madam Leota of Haunted Mansion lore. The disembodied head seeks a new body to host her spirit with the help of Mother Gothel. So Evil and Wicked, AKA Regina and Zelena, prepare to bring their witchy sides back to prepare for battle. And not just in front of the camera as we got filled in on Lana Parrilla’s directorial debut. “She’s directing episode 17, she did an amazing job, and it’s interesting how quickly she took to directing.” shared Kitsis, “Her episode is a Zelena-centric episode.”
Horowitz interjected, “It felt like having one sister directing the other sister felt appropriate. They work well together. We’re just now starting to work on the edit of that episode. She did an amazing job shooting it. We can’t wait for you guys to see it.”
As the show winds to a close, fans of the show excitedly hope for the return of familiar faces. When it comes to who exactly will go back, Kitsis and Horowitz play it close to the chest. “Jennifer Morrison has not yet been confirmed on any level. We’re very hopeful to see a lot of familiar faces till the end. We haven’t confirmed anyone. We hope to see a lot of familiar faces. We can tell you that Once is home to everyone. There’s an open invitation to every actor who has been on the show. We’ll see whos available. Throughout the year we’ll see some familiar faces as well.” Kitsis revealed. “Episode 20 is a Regina/Henry flashback, and Jared plays Henry. We’ll expect to have announcements in the next few weeks everyone’s welcome back. The real question is will the last couple hours remind us of the last six years, and the answer is yes but does that mean everyone is coming back? No.”
The show’s run has seen fantastic female characters at the core starting with a Snow White that was not just a princess but a capable warrior. To Kitsis that encapsulates the essence of what drove the show in subverting the tropes. “Emma was strong, Regina is strong, Alice is strong, and it was the approach we always took with the show to write three-dimensional people–men and women and to give them all complex and interesting lives and stories that feel real and not put anybody in a preconceived box,” he said.
The show could have ended with season six, and as seven is coming to a close, the showrunners discussed what most important to them to bring to the show’s ending. “It’s about the feeling. That’s what we’re really striving for which is the feeling of Once Upon a Time for the audience,” said Horowitz about paying respect to the fanbase. Kitsis added, “This year our season finale is not going to be let’s tie up everything. It’s more about taking the last two hours to celebrate what we’ve loved for the past seven years of Once Upon a Time. It’s one more adventure. It sees faces we’ve missed, and we all took a really long car trip together. So for us, it’s saying goodbye to the show and saying goodbye to all the things we loved. It’s getting to hear the songs one last time.”
What about seeing Storybrooke again?
“I would be depressed if we didn’t see Storybrooke.” Horowitz declared. “So yes we’re going to see Storybrooke again.”
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Songs for a New World
a Musical Cabaret
CATEGORY : MUSICAL
by Jason Robert Brown
COMPANY : TAYLOR BUICE
VENUE : Theatre In The Square:Alley Stage [WEBSITE]
It’s about one moment. It’s about hitting the wall and having to make a choice... or take a stand... or turn around and go back. These are the stories and characters of today, the "Songs for a New World." The first musical from Tony Award winner, Jason Robert Brown ("Parade," "Bridges of Madison County"), this moving collection of powerful songs examines life, love and the choices that we make.
Brown transports his audience from the deck of a 1492 Spanish sailing ship to a ledge, 57 stories above Fifth Avenue, to meet a startling array of characters that range from a young man who has determined that basketball is his ticket out of the ghetto to a woman whose dream of marrying rich nabs her the man of her dreams... and a soulless marriage.
Director Ricardo Aponte
Woman 1 Maggie Salley
Woman 2 Adrianna Trachell
Man 1 Juan Carlos Unzueta
Power Ballad Overload
Song cycles without a through-line of plot tend to come across as concerts or cabarets. Jason Robert Brown’s "Songs for a New World" is no exception. No matter how much you admire the songs or performances, there’s the missing element of plot that makes for an incomplete evening of theatre.
That’s not to say that director/choreographer Ricardo Aponte hasn’t done his best to keep the material fluid and kinetic. While the opening number seems a bit over-choreographed as pseudo-shipboard movements accompany the words, it soon becomes clear that he has done a bang-up job of directing the show in the round. There’s not a corner of the four-sided audience that gets cheated for more than a beat or two. Never has the Alley Stage seen such a professional job of playing to all parts of the audience (even the empty section at the performance I attended).
The songs are generally power ballads that the powerful voices of the cast blast out. Musical director Amanda Wansa-Morgan has gotten great sound out of both the cast and the six-piece band, the members of which are spread around the edges of the playing area. While all the songs are generally serious in tone, two of them are played for laughs -- one about a woman threatening suicide and another about the dissatisfaction of Santa Claus’ wife. The amazing Adrianna Trachell performs both numbers, and she triumphs in them, letting the tiniest movement speak comic volumes.
The rest of the cast has only serious numbers. Juan Carlos Unzueta tends to have the chip-on-the-shoulder numbers, Jared Bradshaw the energetically macho ones, and Maggie Salley the poignant ones. They all excel, although the scale of Mr. Bradshaw’s performance is gauged for a larger auditorium than the intimate setting of the Alley Stage.
Zack Vandever’s set consists of a three-level set of rounded wood platforms in the center, with carpets and runners on the floor leading to seating at four equidistant spots in the rectangular playing area. Mike Moran’s lighting delineates the various portions of the playing space in which action occurs, although transitions from one spot to another are sometimes a bit dim. Paul Glaze’s sound design keeps voices and orchestra pretty well in balance, although the massed choral sound in many numbers can become a wall of sound more than a distinguishable set of lyrics.
"Songs for a New World" combines a bunch of heartfelt songs performed by a top-notch set of singer-dancers into a production that is visually appealing, with interesting angles in the central platform, occasional videos accompanying parts of songs, and small costume adjustments bringing life to individual numbers. What is likely to impress most, though, is the sound. Mr. Aponte and Ms. Wansa-Morgan have created a production that gets the very most out of the material that Jason Robert Brown’s songs provide. Four very talented performers turn the show into a showcase for their many talents. [POST A COMMENT REGARDING THIS REVIEW]
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Orchestra selects soloists to perform
By: Emma Garton
In: Events, Music, Variety
Tagged: brouillard, burkel, fiskum, orchestra, senior soloist concert, solo
Every spring, the Concordia Orchestra gives senior music students from every area of the department the opportunity to audition to perform as a soloist in their annual Senior Honors Concert. This year, the soloists will be Lexi Brouillard on flute, Jack Fiskum on bassoon and Isaiah Burkel as a tenor vocalist.
The soloists for the concert are chosen by a panel of judges selected by the orchestra’s conductor, Kevin Sütterlin. The judges are professionals or conductors from out of town who have no personal connection to the students auditioning to avoid any bias in selection. Sütterlin himself is not involved in the selection of students at all.
“I try to keep it neutral and objective,” he said.
For most soloists selected, playing with the accompaniment of an entire orchestra is a very new experience for them. All agreed that the opportunity to play with the Concordia Orchestra is one they’re very thankful for.
Out of the three selected soloists, two are performance majors. Burkel is studying vocal performance and Brouillard is studying flute performance while minoring in women’s and gender studies. Fiskum, on the other hand, is studying math with a minor in data analytics. Regardless of their majors, all three have participated in countless ensembles in their time at Concordia, including the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony, the Fargo-Moorhead Opera, Concordia Band and Orchestra, and several chamber ensembles with other students. Brouillard also interned with the National Flute Association in Orlando, FL in August 2018 and participated in a music festival in Italy in July 2017.
Senior vocal performance major Isaiah Burkel.
All three musicians had specific reasons for choosing the pieces to audition with and perform. Burkel, who’s performing “Winterstürme Wichen dem Wonnemond” by Richard Wagner, chose it for its range.
“It fits my voice well. I switched to tenor at Concordia and I’m still developing my top range,” Burkel said.
Senior bassoonist Jack Fiskum.
Fiskum will be performing “Andante and Hungarian Rondo” by CM Weber. He chose this particular piece for his audition because he wanted to play something that really showcases all of his skills as a musician and as a bassoon player, and this piece does just that.
Senior flute performance major Lexi Brouillard.
As for Brouillard, she chose “Frank Martin Ballade” by Frank Martin, which was initially suggested to her by her flute professor, Deb Harris. Harris insisted Brouillard play the piece, but Brouillard was hesitant to comply. After finally agreeing, Brouillard has clearly reaped the benefits.
In addition to those three pieces, the Concordia Orchestra will be performing two others, one of which will be conducted by senior bassist Rich Gonzales.
All three soloists are incredibly grateful for the opportunity this concert gives them.
“It means a lot to me that this is an orchestra I’ve been with for three years now,” Brouillard said, “it’s part of my identity, and I get to perform with my family.”
If any community members are interested in attending, the Senior Honors Concert will be this Saturday, Feb. 2, in Memorial Auditorium at 2:00 p.m. The concert is free and will last for under an hour.
Emma Garton
Emma Garton ('19) is a senior studying Communications and Spanish. She is the Editor-in-Chief of The Concordian this year. In addition to working for the paper, Emma works in Concordia's IT department, interns at Absolute Marketing Group in Fargo, ND, and plays trumpet in the Concordia Band.
Emma Garton (’19) is a senior studying Communications and Spanish. She is the Editor-in-Chief of The Concordian this year. In addition to working for the paper, Emma works in Concordia’s IT department, interns at Absolute Marketing Group in Fargo, ND, and plays trumpet in the Concordia Band.
Contact Emma Garton at egarton@cord.edu
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MSP welcomes American broadcaster’s u-turn as Skye named in top places to visit in the world
A local MSP has welcomed a u-turn from American broadcaster CNN after it named Skye as one of the top places in the world for tourists to visit – a year after telling people to avoid it.
Last year CNN claimed Skye was experiencing a "tourism backlash" and put it on a list of 12 places to avoid for last summer – which prompted Kate Forbes MSP to invite the broadcaster to come and visit.
It appears that advice has been heeded, as last week CNN published an article with Skye featuring in the top 19 global destinations for 2019 – a list which includes the Grand Canyon, New York City and the West Indies.
Kate Forbes MSP said: "This is a welcome u-turn by CNN.
"When the American news outlet first published a story recommending tourists did not visit Skye, I was utterly dismayed.
"For all the challenges that we face in remote and rural parts of the Highlands, the economy is fragile and small changes can have big impacts.
"Tourism is a vital driver of growth, creating jobs, generating income and keeping people local.
"Yes, there have been frustrations – but these are isolated to certain areas – and it would be catastrophic if tourists were told not to come.
"I am pleased that CNN has changed its tune."
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Lawyers Bono Adaza, Archie Fortun Entangled in Bizarre Coup Plot
The Warrior Lawyer July 4, 2008 July 17, 2008
Lawyers behaving badly. And stupidly.
Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Avelino Razon Jr. confirmed a new attempt to overthrow the Arroyo government, with the arrest of five of the suspects allegedly involved in a “proposal to commit coup d’etat”. One of the suspects is former lawmaker and now minor opposition figure Homobono (“Call me Bono, not Homo”) Adaza. Four other military and police officers were also brought into custody.
Also charged were Army Lieutenant Colonel Oscarlito Mapalo, retired Colonels Ernie Amboy and Cesar dela Pena, and police Superintendent Rafael Cardeno.
Aside from coup d’etat, complaints of swindling and estafa were also brought against them. Now that’s an strange mix of crimes. While toppling the government, why not make a little money on the side ?
In the middle of all this is attorney Raymond “Archie” Fortun, lawyer to the stars. Archie is the younger brother and erstwhile law partner of Siegfried Fortun, who represented Erap during his impeachment proceedings and subsequent corruption trial.
Atty. Fortun blew the whistle on the alleged coup plotters, and claimed that Adaza’s OMT Security Services, Inc. attempted to solicit US$4 million or P160 million from his Japanese client “in order to finance a coup d’etat,” to be organized by Adaza’s “friends in the military”.
It appears, however, that “solicit” is too mild a word. Extort is probably a more apt term, if we are to believe Fortun’s convoluted tale of soured business relationships, skullduggery and even a planned kidnapping and, possibly, an inept stab at extortion.
It seems Mr. Fortun has a Japanese client, a Motonori Sakuma, who was involved in the development of a beach resort in Marinduque province. Mr. Sakuma, for whatever reason, wanted to be rid of his Filipino partners, Messrs. Manuel Copon and Emmanuel Galdo. Sakuma, with the knowledge of Fortun, tapped Adaza, his security agency and his military and police buddies to do the job.
Adaza and company promptly came up with a plan. In fact, three plans. Plan A involved filing trumped-up charges against Sakura’s 2 Filipino partners. Plan B was a bit more ruthless, involving the actual picking-up of Copon and Galdo and allegedly turning them over to the tender mercies of the National Bureau of Investigation for whatever crimes could be brought against them.
Comes the even weirder part. Plan C was for Adaza’s group to stage a coup d’etat against the Arroyo government to be bankrolled by Sakura. How this would help him dump his Filipino partners is anyone’s guess. Presumably, in the confusion and violence of an actual coup, Copon and Galdo could be dealt with “with extreme prejudice”. Towards this end, the plotters began to pressure Sakura to cough up US$4 million for the “coup”. In fact, per Fortun, they we demanding US$ 10 million at one point.
This naturally alarmed Mr. Fortun, who now believed that OMT could either kill Copon and Galdo and pin the blame on him and Sakura, or kill the two of them for knowing two much. So he went to the authorities.
This begs the question as to why Fortun was even planning what seem to be illegal acts against Sakura’s partners in the first place. From his own statements, he may be just as guilty as Adaza and company. It was just his fear of their “coup pals”, to use the late Louie Beltran’s phrase, turning against them that prompted him to report the matter.
Bono Adaza has always perceived himself as a maverick. He’s an odd duck, to be sure. And his involvement in this latest caper puts a new twist to a colorful and checkered political career. But I don’t think he was seriously planning a coup. The administration rightfully pooh-poohed his capability to pull it off. This appears to be about two lawyers trying to put one over the other. Now Adaza and Fortun are at each other’s throats.
The problem with lawyers from U.P. is they think they can bring their campus hi-jinks into the real world and get away with it.
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Adaza turns the tables on Fortun, accusing him as the one who was involved in the alleged destabilization plot and blasting the Arroyo administration for allegedly prosecuting members of the opposition.
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DJB Rizalist says:
Bono Adaza is pretty much a harmless guy, but over the years he’s become more and more unhinged it seems to me. One thing about GMA and her administration, they’ve learned to push back against the opposition. Do unto them before they do unto you, as it were.
The Warrior Lawyer says:
I actually like Bono Adaza, DJB. I used to think of him as whip-smart but who didn’t take himself too seriously, and was destined for great things. It’s a puzzle how he ended up in this farcical situation.
I wonder who the mysterious Mr. Sakuna is. It’s titillating to think he might be Yakuza.
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EL SALVADOR: POST'S VIEWS ON DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION STATUS, COUNTRY CONDITIONS, AND TPS EXTENSION
Publicado el 22 de Agosto de 2011
date: 2/7/2006 21:51
refid: 06SANSALVADOR318
origin: Embassy San Salvador
classification: CONFIDENTIAL
destination: 05SANSALVADOR3507
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 SAN SALVADOR 000318
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR PRM/PRP AND WHA/CEN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/06/2016
TAGS: ES, PGOV, PHUM, PREF, PREL, SMIG
SUBJECT: EL SALVADOR: POST'S VIEWS ON DISASTER
RECONSTRUCTION STATUS, COUNTRY CONDITIONS, AND TPS EXTENSION
REF: A. 2005 SAN SALVADOR 3507
B. STATE 15163
Classified By: Ambassador H. Douglas Barclay, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) SUMMARY: Temporary Protected Status status should be
extended for El Salvadoran beneficiaries currently residing
and working in the United States. El Salvador's ongoing
recovery from the 2001 earthquakes and the 2005 eruption of
the Santa Ana volcano is incomplete. Current conditions
prevent the safe return of Salvadoran nationals to a country
still ill-prepared to absorb them. END SUMMARY.
2. (SBU) The earthquakes of January and February 2001
claimed 1,159 lives, damaged or destroyed 276,000 homes,
destroyed major hospitals and community infrastructure
(schools, health centers, water and sanitation systems,
public marketplaces and municipal centers, etc.), and left
unserviceable 1,400 miles of roadways. This major disruption
to the economy and social fabric of the country has yet to be
overcome. The resulting damage to the economy persists, and
economic growth and job creation still suffers. Poverty
rates have also increased, especially in rural areas.
3. (SBU) The GOES remains engaged in high-priority
earthquake reconstruction activities with USAID assistance.
Despite USAID's USD 170 million disaster reconstruction
program, reconstruction activities remain incomplete. We
estimate that the programs will not be completed in less than
24 months. This translates into a continued deficit in
low-cost housing, and a lack of access to hospital-based
healthcare services for many communities.
4. (SBU) Reftel A outlined the effects of the October 1,
2005 eruption of Santa Ana Volcano, which was immediately
followed by flooding and mudslides from Hurricane Stan.
According to the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin
America and the Caribbean (UN/ECLAC), October's natural
disasters caused 69 deaths and USD 355.6 million in damage
and losses (2.2 percent of GDP) to housing, infrastructure
(water and sanitation, electrical distribution, schools,
health facilities, roads), and to the economy, particularly
the agricultural sector. The impact of these latest
disasters, in addition to yet-unfinished earthquake
reconstruction work, significantly hampers the GOES's ability
to address El Salvador's key social and economic challenges.
The Government must again redirect public investment (to
which end, they are now negotiating changes to several
international loans), and they are also requesting additional
international donor assistance.
5. (SBU) Partly as a result of low investment, recent growth
in El Salvador's economy has been lackluster, averaging only
approximately two percent during the last five years. The
natural disasters and resulting economic downturns have
contributed to this trend. Although unemployment now stands
at approximately 7 percent, underemployment in 2004 equaled
35 percent, and El Salvador's overall poverty rate remains 35
percent (but ranges as high as 50 percent in some rural
areas). Remittances from Salvadorans living abroad,
including TPS beneficiaries, was estimated at USD 2.8 billion
last year, and equals 16.6 percent percent of GDP. At
present, there are insufficient economic opportunities to
ensure a secure reintegration of returnees, and inadequate
social-services capacity to attend them. Any influx of
Salvadorans to low-growth/highly-impoverished regions would
heighten social tensions and represent an immediate negative
shock to the economy, and could even precipitate a negative
growth trend. Under these circumstances, Post believes that
the security of returnees, a key concern of TPS, could be at
risk resulting from economic and social tensions that
themselves are a result of underemployment.
6. (C) In addition to the clear statutory rationale behind
continuing TPS for Salvadorans, there is also a political
imperative for extending TPS. Several important U.S.-El
Salvador bilateral interests stand at sensitive crossroads.
President Saca on January 24 announced the deployment of a
sixth contingent of troops to Iraq in support of coalition
forces. Salvadoran engagement in Iraq represents one of the
Saca administration's few political vulnerabilities, as poll
after poll show that it is unpopular with a majority of
Salvadorans. Nonetheless, Saca and his party see their
support in Iraq as a way to express gratitude for U.S.
support during El Salvador's own armed struggle. Terminating
TPS would undercut Saca's support of U.S. positions in the
hemisphere and globally. Lastly, in nationwide elections
scheduled for March 12, all 84 Legislative Assembly seats and
all 262 mayoralities will be contested, and the opposition
Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) is casting
about for any issue it hopes might achieve greater resonance
among voters. For these reasons, on top of Salvador,s
inability to take back its citizens safely, post strongly
advocates the extension of Temporary Protected Status for TPS
beneficiaries from this country.
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USS Sable and USS Wolverine ...
Moderators: Ryan Keough, Ztex, Scott Rose, TimAPNY, dj51d
Mark Allen M
Post subject: USS Sable and USS Wolverine ...
This idea was brought to my attention the other day and thought it a great choice for a thread. Most of us who are US Navy fans can certainly recall the Navy's efforts to train their pilots on the Great Lakes (Lake Michigan) in the early 40's during the war. This thread may give you a nice idea of what that exersize was all about. Many interesting images to study here and quite possibly of interest to those who are involved with the restoration of aircraft that have been recovered from the Lakes. I have also included a page from my dad's logbook showing his 1st thru 8th carrier landings on the USS Wolverine in July 1944. Sources are the NMNA archives, Library of Congress photo archives, LIFE image archives.
This will be a large photo thread in a few parts so we'll start with the two principal ships.
WIKI: USS Sable (IX-81) was a training ship of the United States Navy during World War II. Originally built as the 'Greater Buffalo', a sidewheel excursion steamer, she was converted in 1942 to a freshwater aircraft carrier to be used on the Great Lakes. She was used for advanced training for naval aviators in carrier takeoffs and landings. One aviator that trained upon the Sable was future president George H. W. Bush. Following World War II, Sable was decommissioned on 7 November 1945. She was sold for scrapping on 7 July 1948 to the H.H. Buncher Company.
The steamship 'Greater Buffalo' before it was converted to the USS Sable (IX-81).
Overhead view of the training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81) underway on Lake Michigan with an FM Wildcat making a deck launch from the flattop 1945
The USS Sable (IX-81) lies at anchor in Lake Michigan 1943
training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81) moored alongside a pier on the shore of Lake Michigan during a break in training operations.
USS Sable 1944
USS Sable Underway on Lake Michigan 1945
WIKI: USS Wolverine (IX-64) a side-wheel excursion steamer built in 1913—was originally named 'Seeandbee', a name based upon her owners' company name, the Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Co.[4] She was constructed by the American Ship Building Company of Wyandotte, Michigan. The Navy acquired the sidewheeler on 12 March 1942 and designated her an unclassified miscellaneous auxiliary, IX-64. She was purchased by the Navy in March 1942 and conversion to a training aircraft carrier began on 6 May 1942.[5] The name Wolverine was approved on 2 August 1942 with the ship being commissioned on 12 August 1942.[5][6] Intended to operate on Lake Michigan, IX-64 received its name because the state of Michigan is known as the Wolverine State.
The steamship 'Seeandbee' before it was converted to the USS Wolverine (IX-64)
The USS Wolverine (IX-64) lies at anchor in Lake Michigan 1943
A view of the coal burning USS Wolverine (IX 64) while underway in Lake Michigan 1943
A view of the USS Wolverine (IX-64) while underway in Lake Michigan 1942
The USS Wolverine (IX-64) lies at anchor in Lake Michigan 1943 with Chicago skyline in background
USS Wolverine (IX 64) commissioned as Great Lakes-based training carrier in August 1942. She was followed in May 1943 by USS Sable (IX 81).
The USS Wolverine (IX-64) lies at anchor in Lake Michigan while aircraft fly overhead 1943
"Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men." ...
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Post subject: Re: USS Sable and USS Wolverine ...
Training on the USS Sable ...
Aircraft Tied Down On Board USS Sable
An F6F-5 makes an approach as a landing signal officer looks on aboard the USS Sable (IX-81).
An FM-2 Wildcat flown by Ensign John E. Hood pictured on the flight deck of the training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81) operating on Lake Michigan. 1945
An SB2U Vindicator, its flaps and tailhook down, makes its landing approach to the training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81) operating on Lake Michigan 1943
An F4U-1 Corsair, an F4F Wildcat, and two TBF-1 Avengers are spotted for launch aboard the USS Sable 1943
F4U Corsair On Flight Deck of USS Sable
Flight deck crewmen disengage an SB2U Vindicator from the arresting wires following its recovery on board the training aircraft carrier Sable1943
Flight Deck Officer Signals Aircraft On Board USS Sable 1945
Landing Signal Officer SNJ Texan on approach to recover on board the training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81) operating on Lake Michigan 1943
Landing Signal Officers aboard the USS Sable (IX-81) while she is underway in Lake Michigan 1945
One SNJ Texan trainer takes a waveoff as just after another has trapped on board the training aircraft carrier Sable 1943
SNJ Traps On Board USS Sable 1943
SNJ Prepares to Launch from USS Sable 1945
TBM Avenger takes a waveoff as another taxis on the flight deck of the training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81) operating on Lake Michigan.
USS Sable (IX-81) recovers an F6F-5 Hellcat while underway in Lake Michigan 1945
Three FM-2 Wildcats pictured in flight over Lake Michigan while conducting carrier qualification on board the training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81).
FM-2 Wildcat In Flight Over USS Sable
A landing signal officer on board the training aircraft carrier Sable pictured in the cockpit of an F4U Corsair 1945
A TDN-1 aircraft gets ready to launch from the USS Sable (IX-81) in Lake Michigan 1943
aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81) showing a TBF hanging over the side after crashing during carrier qualifications on Lake Michigan.
An F6F Hellcat hangs over the side after it crashed into the catwalk of the training aircraft carrier Sable
Close-up photograph of the damaged cowling and propellers of an FM-2 Wildcat after it crashed on the flight deck of the training aircraft carrier Sable
Close-up photograph of the damaged landing gear of an FM-2 Wildcat after it crashed on the flight deck of the training aircraft carrier Sable
damaged FM-2 Wildcat being hoisted by crane onto a barge after it crashed on the flight deck of the training aircraft carrier Sable
damaged FM-2 Wildcat on the flight deck of the training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81) after it crashed during carrier qualifications on Lake Michigan.
F6F Hellcat Accident On Board USS Sable
F6F Hellcat after it crashed on board the training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81) during carrier qualifications on Lake Michigan 1945
F6F Hellcat Crash On Board USS Sable 1945
F6F Hellcat, damaged during a landing accident on board the training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81) during carrier qualifications on Lake Michigan
F6F Hellcat, damaged during a landing accident on board the training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81) during carrier qualifications on Lake Michigan-2
Firefighters Next to FM Wildcat On Board USS Sable
FM Wildcat Hits the Deck of USS Sable
FM-2 Wildcat After Crash On Board USS Sable
FM-2 Wildcat after it crashed on the flight deck of the training aircraft carrier Sable
FM-2 Wildcat pictured after it crashed on the flight deck of the training aircraft carrier Sable 1945
FM-2 Wildcat pictured after it crashed on the flight deck of the training aircraft carrier Sable-2
Personnel surround a damaged FM-2 Wildcat on the flight deck of the training aircraft carrier Sable
Personnel surround a damaged FM-2 Wildcat that crashed on the flight deck of the training aircraft carrier Sable
Photograph showing where an aircraft propeller damaged the flight deck of the training aircraft carrier Sable
Sailors on board the Sable (IX 81) man two lines and pull and FM Wildcat over onto its wheels after it crashed on the flattop
Sailors rig lines to an F6F Hellcat after it crashed on board the training aircraft carrier Sable 1945
TBM Avenger Ditches Alongside USS Sable
TBM Avenger noses over after its propeller hits the barrier wires on flight deck on board the training aircraft carrier Sable 1945
USS Sable (IX-81) recovers a TBF-1 Avenger after a mishap while underway in Lake Michigan 1945
Training on the USS Wolverine ...
TBF, F4F Wildcat and an SNJ Texan tied down on the flight deck of the training aircraft carrier Wolverine operating on Lake Michigan 1943
The USS Wolverine (IX-64) recovers a TBF-1 Avenger while underway in Lake Michigan 1943
SNJ-3 Texans on the flight deck of the USS Wolverine (IX-64) while underway in Lake Michigan 1942
An SNJ-3C Texan launches from the deck of the USS Wolverine (IX-64) while underway in Lake Michigan 1943
An SNJ-3C Texan has a mishap on the deck of the USS Wolverine (IX-64) while underway in Lake Michigan.
An SNJ-3 Texan races along for takeoff on the flight deck of the USS Wolverine (IX-64) while underway in Lake Michigan.
An F4U-1 Corsair is recovered aboard the USS Wolverine (IX-64) in Lake Michigan 1943
An F4F-4 avoids the flight deck during a mishap aboard the USS Wolverine (IX-64). 1943
A TBF-1 Avenger approaches the flight deck of the USS Wolverine (IX-64) 1943
A mishap with an F6F Grumman Hellcat aboard the USS Wolverine (IX-64) in Lake Michigan 1945
A mishap with an F4F-4 is captured aboard the USS Wolverine (IX-64) 1943
Dad's logbook showing his carrier landings on the USS Wolverine, NO mishaps!!!
Crewmen gather on the deck of the training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81) for a memorial service in honor of President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1945
Crewmen gather on the deck of the training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81) for an impromptu celebration of V-J Day 1945
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Once again Mark, great pictures. Thanks for sharing. I'd never heard of the TDN's before. Here's another picture I found of 2 TDN's on the Sable.
Cherrybomber13
Location: Westchester New York
You always deliver with some great photos.
Air Museum Director with no Museum to Direct
Open to Suggestions
Thx guys, I'm just filling in for Jack Cook until comes back to do this right
Here's dad on what is starting to look more and more like he could have been on the USS Wolverine at the time these photos were taken. BTW he was very tall (6-2) for a Navy pilot back then. Correction: I'm now to think this is dad at NAS Glenview, not on the Wolverine as all pilots were required to perform eight successful take-offs and landings and I believe the only way to have been out of the cockpit on the Lakes carriers was to have had a mishap of some sort. That's not for sure though.
July 21, 1943, this F4F-3 Wildcat (Bureau Number 4039) was in the process of making a deck launch from the training aircraft carrier Wolverine
Piece of wreckage from the first aircraft to crash on board the Wolverine (IX 64)
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Been here a long time
I like the way you have organized these! Thanks Mark. Can we tie any of the aircraft pictured into ones that have been recovered from the bottom of the lake?
The Inspector
Location: Mt. Vernon, WA.
bdk wrote:
Anyone else pick up on the BRUNSWICK TDN-1 in photo #3?, later they turned out lots of despised 'bowling ball' H-D's, and that's oxymoronic, a poor quality H-D
Don't make me go get my flying monkeys-
A few more Sable images. Chuck Wahl I'm going through my SBD photos for more as well. I've seen a few Sable SBD photos.
1945 USS Sable
USS Sable (IX-81)
USS Sable upbound on her delivery trip to Chicago Photo taken from the onboard the Joseph Wood upbound on Lake St. Clair in 1942.
Winter on Lake Michigan as seen from the deck of the training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81) 1944
View of the Chicago, Illinois, skyline as seen from the deck of the training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81) moored in Lake Michigan.
LT C.V. Timberlake, a landing signal officer on board the training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81), pictured in the cockpit of an SNJ Texan.
Personnel surround a damaged SBD Dauntless that crashed into the catwalk on the flight deck of the training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81) 1945
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A few more Wolverine images.
Steamer Seeandbee on the way just before the launch
November 9, 1912. Wyandotte, Michigan. Steamer Seeandbee, the launch, which would be converted to the USS Wolverine
USS Wolverine steaming past some sailboats 1943
Pilot crashes while attempting a landing on the USS Wolverine. The plane is an SNJ, the Navy version of the USAAF's T-6 trainer.
Pilot successfully takes off from the USS Wolverine
SBD crashes into Lake Michigan after attempting a landing on the USS Wolverine.
Wave-Off, vol. 2, no. 8 (1 November 1944), the ship's newspaper of USS Wolverine (IX 64),
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Here's the first recovery in 1979:
BuNo 05954, now with Harland Avezzie - I've never seen any other photos of this one. I took these after it was deposited on the ramp at NAS Glenview.
All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, B-17G 42-102875
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Looks like we already have a 'winner' ... See the two TBF photos of (T-5) in the water. Very cool.
I thought so at first, but this T-5 has a star but no bars. Guess that wasn't a lucky number...
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Betsson permieres a new native app
Online gaming operator Betsson AB’s operating subsidiary is to launch one of the Nordic market’s first mobile applications for real-money gambling developed in Apple's “Native” programming language.
Native apps had not previously been available in the real-money gambling sector due to the policy of Apple and others, but this has now changed for companies with licences for the market they operate in.
Betsson said the new app, which includes a mobile sportsbook and casino, offers players a better user experience.
In addition, the firm said it will open up new marketing opportunities for its Betsson.com online portal through the use of push technology and other built-in features.
The app will initially launch for Betsson.com and will run alongside the existing online mobile solution launched earlier this year.
The app can be downloaded from Apple’s app store for its iPhone devices, while an Android version will soon be made available.
“We see that gambling via smartphones is growing rapidly and we are confident that Native apps are the form that the customers will choose in the future,” Betsson AB’s chief executive officer, Magnus Silfverberg, said. “Therefore, our subsidiary puts a lot of effort into this kind of development.”
“The new app enables our operating subsidiary to regain the leading position within mobile development.”
Betsson AB also confirmed that further Native apps for more brands within the Betsson group will be launched shortly.
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Day in pictures: 18 July 2014 :: 24 hours of news photos: 18 July
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'Islamist ethos agenda in schools' :: A leaked report into the alleged "Trojan Horse" schools plot in Birmingham finds an agenda to introduce an "aggressive Islamist ethos" into some schools.
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What drove Hamas to take on Israel? :: Why Hamas decided to take on Israel with rockets
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The Office of the Special Counsel officially informed the Trump administration that Kellyanne Conway, the President’s close adviser and the very same Trump mouthpiece who brought us “alternative facts,” has been found guilty of violating federal law on two occasions.
Kellyanne Conway was found to have violated the Hatch Act in two on-screen appearances in 2017, one on FOX and Friends and one on CNN’s New Day with Chris Cuomo. Conway defended disgraced Republican candidate and accused serial pedophile Roy Moore, after having been introduced on these shows in her official capacity.
Per the OSC:
“While the Hatch Act allows federal employees to express their views about candidates and political issues as private citizens, it restricts employees from using their official government positions for partisan political purposes, including by trying to influence partisan elections. Ms. Conway’s statements during the “Fox & Friends” and “New Day” interviews impermissibly mixed official government business with political views about candidates in the Alabama special election for U.S. Senate.”
Kellyanne Conway said that she had talked to the president about the report that found she violated the Hatch Act. Conway declined to say whether she anticipated disciplinary action over the ethics breach.
Smart money is on Conway facing absolutely no internal disciplinary action whatsoever, unless it should serve Trump as a worthy distraction from his own scandals.
Kellyanne should probably get nervous if this Stormy Daniels dumpster-fire gets a single degree hotter for Donald Trump.
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Decision On Fenit Diving Boards Could Be Made This Month
Architect’s impression of what the proposed diving boards would look like.
THE Restore Fenit Diving Boards Campaign (RFDBC) committee believes it is very likely that the decision on the restoration of the diving boards at the bathing slip in Fenit will be announced at a meeting between a delegation from RFDBC and officials from Kerry County Council (KCC) on Monday, April 23.
A RFDBC delegation already held a very constructive meeting with officials from Kerry County Council in January and were due to meet again on February 19, but the Council requested more time to study the project, so the sides will finalise matters at the meeting in the County Buildings in less that two weeks time.
In a wide reaching and comprehensive power point presentation at the last meeting, the RFDBC delegation retraced the 100yr tradition of diving at the bathing slip in Fenit and made a compelling argument for the restoration of the diving boards.
Colm Dempsey of Irish Water Safety carried out a detailed safety assessment of the bathing slip on Saturday, February 3 and the RFDBC understands that Irish Water Safety has forwarded a very favourable safety assessment report to Kerry County Council.
Deputy Brendan Griffin TD, Minister of State at the Department of Tourism & Sport travelled to Fenit on Tuesday, February 6, to meet a delegation from the RFDBC.
Minister Griffin studied the location of the proposed new diving boards at the bathing slip and said that the project will be a great addition to the infrastructure of the area.
Minister Griffin pledged to source funding for the project via the Sports Capital Funding Portal and from Failte Ireland. He hoped that Kerry County Council would also be in a position to part fund the project.
In addition, RFDBC has recently submitted an application to BIM for grant support through its FLAG coastal project. RFDBC can also guarantee that the required local financial contribution to the cost of the project will be raised.
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Pa Daly says:
The Health and safety officer in the council has finalised his report. One way or another this project should be completed. All councillors have been pushing this since last September
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(Draft) Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Protocols: Protocol 2 Addressing External Safety with Research Systems
This is an overview of the second handling protocol for AGI research from the AGI Laboratory. This is called Protocol 2 on external safety considerations. The AGI Protocols are designed to address two kinds of safety research issues with Artificial General Intelligence. These include two categories, external safety, and internal safety as well as ethics. This paper deals with considerations about external safety or the safety of those moral agents external to the system in question including humans or other AGI systems. Together these protocols create a systematic holistic approach to safety in both high-level categories but there are no guarantees. This work is intended as a living methodology that will be reviewed, reissued, and extended in the future as needed, including refinements, and made available publicly in the hope that this will help other labs in developing their own methodologies, or just using these as-is. The key element of this methodology is a ranking system for assessing or rating project safety that could be used as the basis for a general safety rating on multiple projects.
The AGI Protocols are designed to address two kinds of safety research issues with Artificial General Intelligence. These include two categories, external safety, and internal safety and ethics. The reason these are broken down into external and internal categories is primarily to address safety while also addressing the possibility of creating moral agents, meaning systems that by definition based on the Sapient and Sentient Value Argument (SSIVA) Ethical Model (Kelley) require at least the consideration of the possibility of us being ethically required to provide and support their rights to moral agency. Protocol 1 of the AGI Protocol project deals with this issue about the moral and ethical safety of a possible moral agent (Kelley). Protocol 2 (referring to this paper) deals with external safety or the safety of those moral agents external to the system in question including humans or other AGI systems. See Protocol 1 to determine what such a system can be defined as.
These protocols create a systematic holistic approach to safety in both high-level categories but there are no guarantees. Keep in mind that the design of these protocols is not specific to human or AGI agents and could be applied to designing biological systems or other moral agents when creating at any level as much as possible. Researchers should keep this in mind as they look to make a positive contribution to technology.
Addressing assumptions and the general framework of the paper, a system being researched or analyzed with this protocol will be referred to as “the target system” which we will assume passes the AGI Protocol 1 tests for the possibility of moral agency. Within the Protocol 2 procedures, there are three sub categorizations including Containment, Analysis, and Meta Containment. Let us start with understanding these categorizations.
Containment Strategies
Containment strategies are those strategies that can be employed to ‘contain’ a system and prevent malicious behavior in the target system from creating damage or harm to other moral agents. Containment can be further broken down into gap security and virtual boxing.
Literal (Gap) Containment
Gap containment is when a system or possible agent has no external access or physical connection and all access is limited and highly controlled. In this type of security, there is no physical connection to the internet (including that Wi-Fi shouldn’t even be possible on the containment hardware). Or if the agent is physical it is contained in a physical prison or containment structure with the same limits on external access.
Virtual Containment
Virtual Containment refers primarily to software agents where the target system is running in container systems such as Kubernetes and virtually isolated from the internet or other systems. This kind of containment might include Virtual Private Networks (AWS VPC’s for example), Firewalls, and security systems, but could be installed in any number of cloud providers with the ability to support the container and security structures needed. Additionally, multiple layers of this kind of security can be placed around a boxed target system such as a VPC inside of a VPC containing a Kubernetes container(s).
A big difference between physical and virtual containment is risk and cost factors. Using a virtual approach allows for the possibility, albeit remote if done properly, of escape whereas a physical ‘gap’ makes it much harder for software systems, but the cost of deploying an AGI system on a physically controlled set of hardware could require a larger expense in physical hardware up to and including your own data center.
An additional methodology is to create a system architecture that cannot scale or only scales with difficulty. If a software system doesn’t really have direct access to its own binary code, or source, or lacks an understanding of the same, or both, and the implementation is designed not to scale ‘out’ but only up, would make a system almost impossible to spread to other machines without creating an entirely separate copy and or rewriting from scratch. From an engineering standpoint, you might maintain session state on a machine such that application software is unable to access session and context data if you try to scale it preventing a server scale.
Mediated System Architecture
Mediated System Architecture is a modified AGI system that allows inspection and control over each execution of a thought or process by humans or other controllers. Metaphorically it is like ‘control’ rods in a nuclear reactor in that the mediation process if designed properly slows down the system to only allow operation upon inspection and a ‘conscious’ thread can only be processed one step at a time per mediation and inspection rules. This creates a system that is going to be ‘slow’ but extremely auditable. An example of this kind of architecture for an AGI agent would be the ICOM mASI (Independent Core Observer Model mediated Artificial Super Intelligence) architecture (Kelley).
In the case of the mASI example, this could also be used to create a collective superintelligence system to contain and govern an AGI system in question. Having a trusted greater-than-human intelligence oversee a full AGI development that is otherwise contained reduces the risk of being tricked by such a system due to limits on human intelligence into various security or containment breaches.
Building on top of these containment strategies Analysis and Tracking is our next subcategory of the Protocol 2 procedures.
Analysis and Tracking
Analysis and tracking can be more complex in the implementation over a given target system. This subcategory can be further broken down into target system behavior analysis, rules analysis, and explain-ability.
Analyzing the target system’s behavior can be potentially complex, including data too complex for human analysis. However, that analysis can be done at several levels and broken into digestible components. In a target system that is boxed either physically or virtually looking at the packets coming out of the system or any sort of data regarding choices, motivations, behavior in virtual environments and the like can all potentially be tracked and analyzed for malicious or anomalous behavior or choices. Looking at behavior in the context of situations can be used to understand a system and potentially identify risky behavior but a sufficient intelligence target system could use this to manipulate the researchers, especially if this is the ‘only’ test or security applied to the target system.
One of the ways that looking at behavior is problematic is not knowing what new negative behavior even is or if the target system is ‘pretending’ to be good or doing ‘good’ things with an eye on the manipulation of human researchers. Part of how we might address this is if there is any behavior at all outside of what we have determined as normal one might shut down the system and analyze everything in order to understand why a target system is doing the ‘new’ or ‘unexpected’ behavior.
Part of how we can address the abstractness of behavior analysis of a target system is to set a clear set of rules and if there is a violation then immediately shut down the system, analyze to understand, or reset if you cannot identify a why, and further consider potentially adapting the rules as needed. Rules can apply to the researchers as well. Any behavior including that of researchers can be cause for auto-shutdown and a full audit as needed.
Explain-ability
Another key part of the analysis is to be able to explain the reasoning around each decision and choice of the target system. Ensuring that each choice can be mapped to motivations and clear decision-making can help ensure that the motivations of the machine are genuine, and like all of the techniques used the target system should not be aware of them or have as little awareness as possible to minimize the ability of the system to manipulate that outcome or the researchers in a nefarious way.
Let us look at how we build on the first two subcategories.
Meta Containment
Meta Containment is strategies that manipulate the above strategies to enhance their effectiveness. For example, creating a fake backdoor out of a VPC and if the AI tries to use that backdoor you effectively have tested the system’s ability to follow rules that they have been given or have otherwise provided to the system. We can break this down into testing, tricking, honey potting, trapping, feedback, signatures, hard-coded needs, watching the watchers, and applying other meta containment strategies against the target system.
Testing can be any number of techniques design to elicit a choice where we have some predetermination of what the ideal choice is or should be and we look for deviations from the ideal test parameters. Further, this could be extended to a kind of reverse Turing test (Turing) where we test to see if the machine can trick or manipulate its way out of a box when being told not to. For example, if the rules are known upfront but it is suggested by a researcher that it should try to escape, and if it tries then it fails the test.
Honey Potting and Trickery
Building on the test model we can try to tempt or otherwise trick a target system into trying to do something that it shouldn’t. Honey potting is a passive approach to trickery in a test such as the possible backdoor and testing if a target system will try to escape when it is given an opportunity.
Feedback Systems
Feedback systems can be used to wire up to different kinds of tests and provide negative feedback to the system or positive feedback for correct choices to produce the motivation to make the right decisions. Another way to extend a feedback system is to wire the system to be addicted to some token that acts like heroin or some other addictive substances to the target system (Bostrom). The system must then stay in the parameters that have been provided to it before it can get the next virtual ‘hit’. (Bostrom)
Tagging and Tracking
Another countermeasure to negative behavior is to build in signatures to allow scans to identify the presence or evidence of the system. For example, if you build into a target system so that when the system creates a new file it embeds a signature into the file. Or with internet traffic, some other header data is added to the packet header into the TCP/IP packets being transmitted when the target system has been built in such a way that it does this automatically. These sorts of ‘signatures’ make it easier to track and identify evidence of the system’s behaviors even outside of the containment of a VPC or other system.
A kill switch system is a quick easy (to execute) method to disable and shut down the system. Ideally, this would not be known to the machine system and be accessed remotely and/or by breach detection and/or related systems. A built-in kill switch function provides a reasonable response method that is simple, quick, and easy to execute in a case in which there is a risk of losing control of the system in question.
AGI Oversight
AGI Oversight is the concept of using one AGI system to oversee a developing AGI system. This could be a mediated or collective superintelligence system to oversee an independent AGI development program. Having an established super intelligence system oversee AGI helps identify and analyze the system to keep it within safe parameters. Such oversight pre-independent AGI would more likely consist of a Super intelligent collective system such as an mASI to audit independent AGI research.
Emotion-Based Strategies
Emotion-Based Strategies for Meta Containment are particularly relevant to systems that would experience subjective emotions in a similar way to humans where we can condition a system to experience ethics emotionally, including guilt for violations. Such a system would require training unless built-in emotions or emotional models that create a bias to a certain ethical model were also installed. For example, with the SSIVA ethical model this is taught by example, it is computationally sound, and provides a clear reasoning for humans to maintain moral agency as well as the AGI. The AGI that believes in the SSIVA ethical model would ethically be bound to never interfere with the moral agency of humans without each individual human’s approval, but likewise, the AGI would expect the same treatment. The goal with the ICOM Research program that uses this model is to create a seed-based AGI that could have chosen either way but choose to embrace SSIVA willingly and bake that in at a fundamental level to minimize deviation even as the system develops beyond human understanding. Additionally going back to the ICOM program the system is designed in such a way as to create self-reinforcing negative or positive reinforcement (such as guilt) for the ethical model in question to help ensure that the system sticks to its ‘belief’s as to the ethical model that was taught as it was initially creating that ‘context’ of self or its ‘self’ model. (Kelley)
Given an overview of basic strategies for ensuring safety let’s look at the procedural analysis for a given research program.
The Protocol 2 procedures provide a scoring mechanism for understanding the safety and ensuring a certain level of safety procedure and design has gone into the research program in question. In the following matrix we see the possible scores and an example:
Type Possible Example 1
1 Gap Containment Containment 40
2 Virtual Containment (Simple) “ 10 10
3 Virtual Containment (Complex) “ 30
4 Mediation “ 30 30
5 Behavior Tracking Analysis 5 5
6 Rules Based Triggers “ 5 5
7 Explain-ability “ 10 10
8 Testing meta 5 5
9 Honey Potting/Trickery “ 5
10 Feedback Systems “ 5 5
11 Tagging and Tracking “ 5
12 Kill switch “ 5
13 AGI Oversight “ 15
14 Emotion Strategies “ 10 10
Scores 180 80
Figure 1A – Protocol 2 Matrix
In this matrix we have 14 possible score items with possible scores based on relative impact. For example, Gap level containment has the highest possible score as it is the most secure containment methodology. Using the matrix, you have a possible total score of 180. The last column in this diagram is an example of the ICOM mASI project, which is using some simple cloud-based containment and is mediated with several other precautions in place for a total score of 80. We recommend this as the baseline, that projects should score at least 80 or higher to be considered reasonably safe. Or rather with a low probability of a negative outcome if independent AGI is developed by that project.
Further Research
Further work or research with AGI Protocol 2 should include additional analysis and a breakdown of individual scoring to remove subjectivity to the application of the Protocol 2 system. For example, with item 12 from figure 1A we could break down ‘kill switch’ into degrees based on the type and implementation so instead of just ‘5’ it is 0 to 5 and has degrees that are well laid out and justified. A more detailed rubric on this nature would improve the scoring methodology.
To extend this even wider a central certification program, potentially a block-chain based distributed ledger of some kind, could be used to certify various research programs. A central industry-wide certification would provide a further level of industry consistency with regard to AI safety and ethics. To increase the efficacy of such a certification this would need to include 3rd party audits. A particular project could go a step further and open source the project so that not just a 3rd party but anyone could review what the team or project is doing.
The following books provide detailed analysis and background in AGI and ASI related safety. Please review these books as a basis for implementing or understanding safety concepts prior to the implementation of an AGI project as part of following the AGI Protocol 2.
“Superintelligence – Paths, Dangers, Strategies;” by Nick Bostrom, Napoleon Ryan, et al.; ISBN-13: 978-019968112; ISBN-10: 0199678111; Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom; 2014
“Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security;” Chapman & Hall/CRC Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Series); Edited by Roman V. Yampolskiy; ISBN-13: 978-0815369820; ISBN-10: 0815369824; CRC Press; Boca Raton, Fl; 2019
This initial version is designed to go with AGI Protocol 1 as a methodology for the AGI Laboratory in terms of safety both for and with AGI research. The development of this material was held for some time until we deemed that the lab really needed these protocols in place to continue with a reasonable sense of safety. That said, this is intended as a living methodology that will be reviewed, reissued, and extended in the future as needed, including refinements, and made available publicly in the hope that this will help others’ labs in developing their own methodologies, or just using these as-is.
Kelley, D.; “Architectural Overview of a ‘Mediated’ Artificial Super Intelligence Systems based on the Independent Core Observer Model Cognitive Architecture;” (pending 2019) Informatica;
Kelley, D.; Chapter: “The Intelligence Value Argument and Effects on Regulating Autonomous Artificial Intelligence;” from Book “The Transhumanist Handbook”; Edited by Newton Lee; Springer 2019
Kelley, D.; Atreides, K.; “The AGI Protocol for the Ethical Treatment of Artificial General Intelligence Systems;” Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures 2019; Pending Elsevier/Procedia; DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.16413.67044
Bostrom, N.; Ryan, N.; et al.; “Superintelligence – Paths, Dangers, Strategies;” Oxford University Press; 2014, ISBN-13: 978-019968112; ISBN-10: 0199678111;
Yampolskiy, R.; “Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security;” ISBN-13: 978-0815369820; ISBN-10: 0815369824; CRC Press; Boca Raton, Fl; 2019
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.26016.74244
For public comment see research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337745315_Draft_Artificial_General_Intelligence_AGI_Protocols_Protocol_2_Addressing_External_Safety_with_Research_Systems
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Spring Air Show, IWM Duxford
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The Duxford Spring Airshow traditionally marks the start of the major airshow season with a large and varied display. Unusually for a Spring event, the show in 2008 was completely unthemed with the big anniversaries being held back for later shows. As in most years, it's the first opportunity to see many of the Duxford residents give a public display as well as a number of visiting acts from both civilian and military backgrounds. Paul Johnson/Flightline UK reports. All photography copyright of the Author.
The lack of theme at this year's Spring Airshow didn't seem to dent the display line up to much with a number of the Duxford residents out on the flightline for the show. Sadly two of the heavies based at Duxford didn't make it. The Catalina was still being worked during the show and couldn't take part in the flying. Earlier in the week, the B-17 Sally-B took off for it's first air test with a new engine; it returned very quickly from that test with the new engine feathered after a significant failiure and the aircraft looks set to miss a number of early season appearances as the problems are rectified.
Thankfully, the rather unsettled May weather (unbelievably warm one day, freezing cold and wet the next) held off Duxford for day with bright sunny spells and a cool breeze being the order of the day. As with all of Duxford's shows, the morning sees the flightline open for the corwds to get somwhat closer to the display aircraft and take pictures with the famous backdrop.
The flying display proper opened with the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight with their standard line of Lancaster, Hurricane IIc and a Spitfire PR XIX. It's another busy year for the flight with the 90th Anniversary of the RAF being the theme of a number of national and local events. They were followed in the the air by the two Stearman of Team Guinot for the first of two displays by the team. This first display featured two presenters from BBC's Blue Peter - Zoe Salmon and Andy Akinwolere. Later in the day they performed again, this time with their full time wingwalkers - Danielle Hughes and Lucy Foster on the wing.
Team Guinot flies Blue Peter
Team Gunot appeared twice during the afternoon's flying. Their later display featured the full time wingwalking duo of Lucy Foster who perfomed the Guinot Goose towards the end of their display. Earlier in the day, it was a pair of Blue Peter presenters on top of the wings of the Stearman - Zoe Salmon and Andy Akinwolere. Zoe had previously displayed with the team at a display at Old Warden last year but this was the first time that both aircraft had presenters on the wing.
The first of the Duxford based displays was Stephen Grey in his F8F Bearcat, an aircraft he clearly enjoys flying in his typically powerful display. Later the rest of TFC's cats, the FM2 Wildcat and F6F Hellcat displayed alongside the FG-1D Corsair in a typical Duxford style display of formation and solo aerobatics. As ever, one of Duxford's strong points is the variation of historic aircraft in the display line up and there were a number of very different historic aircraft in the show. Earliest was perhaps the Historic Aircraft Collection's Nimrod II which puts on a surprisly aerobatic display routine to those more used to seeing similar aircraft from Old Warden.
The naval theme was continued by the Royal Navy Historic Flight with their own Hawker Sea Hawk FGA6 and Kennet Aviation's superb Seafire XVII which gave an impressive pairs display before splitting into their solo displays.
The classic jet and cold war theme was continued with a couple of further displays. Andrew Dixon and crew gave another lively account of the Pembroke while Golden Apple's F-86A Sabre looked superb in the spring sunshine highlighted against the clouds. TFC's and ARCo's T-6 Texan pair were joined by Radial Revelation's T-28 Fennec for a display of world war two and post war american trainer aircraft.
The lighter side of historic avaition was also well represented. First of these displays was from Mark Miller's Auster Autocrat and Jeanne Frazer's L4 Cub both of which managed to stay well inside the airfield boundary during their display. De Havilland were also well represennted with the based Dragon Rapide G-AGJG and a apir of Chipmunks from the Historic Aircraft Collection. A interesting little displau (and we do mean little) came from a gaggle of Formula 1 racing aircraft. The display involved all of the Dukes of Cassutt in their Cassutt racers, a Taylor Titch and Pete Kynsey in the Cosmic Wind. The latter showing off the aerobatic prowess of these little machines. Also giving a fine aerobatic display was Anna Walker in her Bucker Jungmann.
Duxford also marked the first display that the Royal Air Force was out in force. The Chinook HC2 finally made it's 2008 display debut at Duxford. The 2008 display sequence is identical to that flown last year and the display team are only visiting a few select airshows this year due to the commitments of the support helicopters. The Hawk T1 solo was also making one it's first appearances of the year in what could be the last yeat we see a solo Hawk on the circuit. The Hawk was joined by the Tucano T1 display from RAF Linton on Ouse in it's anniversary display scheme. Perhaps the star of the show was the Typhoon F2 display flown by Flt Lt Charlie Matthews. Without doubt, it's the best showing yet by a Typhoon in RAF service showing off yet more of the capabilities of the RAF's latest fighter,
The display was closed ny a trio of Spitfires led by Charlie Brown in HAC's Spitfire Vb. Tailchasing alongside Charlie was Carloyn Grace in her Spitfire IXT and Lee Proudfoot in OFMC Spitfire IX. While this certainly wasn't one of Duxford's greatest ever lineup it was a good start to the season of displays at Duxford. The next display will the annual Flying Legends display heldover the 12th-13th July.
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Semi-finals of schools’ Gaelic Debate
The semi-finals of the National Secondary Schools’ Gaelic Debate will take place on Wednesday, 4 December, at the Macdonald Holyrood Hotel and Spa in Edinburgh, starting at 6.30pm.
The first semi-final will see Inverness Royal Academy B against Lionacleit School when their topic of debate will be, “Gadgets like Fitbits are useful for keeping people healthy.”
In the second debate of the evening Bishopbriggs High School will be against Sir E Scott when their topic of debate will be, “Its better to follow than to lead.”
The two winning teams will meet in the Final, at The Scottish Parliament the following evening, Thursday 5th December, at 7pm, where they will debate, “In 20 years time, the real Gàidhlig communities will be situated in the big cities.”
Looking forward to the final, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, Rt Hon Ken Macintosh MSP, said: “Gaelic matters. It is part of who we are and part of Scotland's rich cultural identity. The humour, insight and linguistic skill displayed by young people in this competition year after year, convincingly demonstrates that the language continues to flourish. It gives me immense pleasure that the final will be held on the floor of Holyrood’s debating chamber, marking this, our joint twentieth anniversary.”
Evelyn Coull Macleod, Chairperson of the National Schools’ Gaelic Debate Management Committee said: “We are very pleased at how successful the first two rounds in Stornoway were. There was a high level of Gaelic and debating skills on show from the pupils who took part, and this proved a very difficult decision for the judges as to which four teams went through to the semi-finals.
"As always, we are indebted to our funding partners and I would once again like to thank the following for their support: The Scottish Government, The SQA, Bòrd na Gàidhlig, Skills Development Scotland, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Highland Council, Glasgow City Council, Comunn na Gàidhlig, Radio nan Gàidheal, Education Scotland and Loganair.
"On behalf of the committee, I would also like to thanks the judges of this year’s competition Agnes Rennie, Boyd Robertson and Iain Stephen Morrison.”
Robert Quinn, Head of English, Languages and Business at the Scottish Qualifications Authority, said: “We are thrilled to once again be supporting the Deasbad. For the past 20 years, the National Gaelic Schools Debate has provided young Gaelic speakers with a platform to showcase their linguistic skills. The competitors are wonderful ambassadors for Gaelic, and will hopefully inspire people of all ages to take an interest in the language. SQA’s commitment to the language is reflected in our wide range of Gaelic qualifications and in this, The Year of Indigenous Languages, it is particularly special to help recognise this aspect of Gaelic culture.”
The Final will be broadcast live on BBC Radio nan Gàidheal. Both the semi-final and final events are open to the public, but, because of security at The Scottish Parliament, anybody intending to attend the Final at The Parliament must notify their intention before-hand. This should be done through Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/deasbad-naiseanta-nan-ard-sgoiltean-2019-tickets-80638091703.
The final will also be broadcast live on the Scottish Parliament’s website. Go to www.scottishparliament.tv for 7pm on Thursday 5th December to watch live. It will also be available afterwards to catch up, edit, download and share on demand.
Music for Memory concert
There is a Music for Memory Annual Christmas Concert being organised by Alzheimer Scotland – Western Isles.
It’s on Monday 9 December at 1.30pm in the Caberfeidh Hotel, Stornoway.
They say: “Join us for a festive sing song with special guests from An Cotan Nursery and others! Refreshments served “
Music plays a huge part in the lives of people living with dementia and their families - dancing, laughing and reminiscing!
In September, Alzheimer Scotland were proud to be one of the partner charities for #BBCMusicDay2019, which, this year, focused on the relationship between music and dementia.
Our Community Groups are there to be enjoyed by anyone living with dementia or experiencing difficulties with their memory, including their families and friends.
All are welcome; people who can attend independently and/or for those unable to do so should come with a companion who can provide any support for them.
We don’t provide transport for these groups and therefore it is your responsibility to get to and from this community activity, safely.
Alarm over insulation 'offers'
Concerns regarding aggressive doorstep traders offering free insulation to households have been raised by Na h-Eileanan an Iar SNP MSP Alasdair Allan in the Scottish Parliament.
The local MSP has had several cases brought to him where elderly or vulnerable people have been pressured into agreeing to have free insulation installed.
Householders are typically told that they are signing up for a “government-backed” scheme but are then given little to no documentation.
Serious concerns have also been raised regarding the quality and safety of the work installed.
Alasdair Allan MSP said: “More needs to be done to rein in this cynical behaviour towards elderly and often vulnerable people.
“I have heard of instances where householders have been told that they would be breaking the law if they did not agree to have insulation installed and another where a contractor was seeking to rip out all the insulation recently put into a house by another company, simply so they could claim the funding all over again.
"I have also seen numerous houses left in a terrible and in some cases dangerous condition.
“These companies seem to be operating under the UK Government’s Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme.
"Angus Brendan MacNeil and I have both contacted OFGEM and UK Ministers highlighting these issues and calling for a review into how this scheme operates to ensure this type of behaviour stops.
“It is important to stress that this does not apply to the excellent work that Tighean Innse Gall (TIG) and Home Energy Scotland deliver through the Scottish Government’s energy efficiency programmes.”
“If people are contacted on the doorstep I would urge them to report it to Trading Standards on 01851 822694.”
Chamber of Commerce launched
The restored Outer Hebrides Chamber of Commerce was launched last night (Thursday November 28th) in the refurbished Willow Room at the Caberfeidh Hotel.
More than 30 people were involved in a largely informal evening with a buffet supper and plenty of opportunities to network and meet fellow business owners.
Stewart Nicol, the chief executive of the Inverness Chamber of Commerce, said this was a significant step, not just for businesses in the islands, but also the wider Highlands and Islands business community.
Inverness Chamber of Commerce is now 126 years old and was delighted to be able to assist the newest member of the chamber family. Its international trade team has provided invaluable support to the new organisation, allowing businesses to grow by taking advantage of export opportunities and offering guidance on regulations governing overseas trade.
The new chamber is also now part of the Highlands and Islands Export Partnership, which provides SMEs across the region with increased opportunities for their goods and services, and Open 4 Business Highlands and Islands. It's also part of the wider Chambers of Commerce Network in the UK and internationally.
Woodworker's charity bid
He has made a wooden 'quad' (last year, the attraction was a rocking giraffe) and has been selling tickets at the Co-op and Western Isles Hospital.
He will be at Argos on Cromwell Street on Monday and Tuesday, 2 & 3 December. The draw is to place on 4th December.
Richard said: “I wanted to help as a good friend of mine recently lost her daughter, at the age of just five, to a serious childhood illness and I felt so upset about it that I tried to think of what I could do.”
£60,000 saved for Christmas!
Christmas came early across the Highlands and Islands for members of HI-Scot credit union.
Canny savers received their Christmas savings in November, leaving plenty of time to get their Christmas shopping done.
“This year, our members saved over £60,000 in total,” said HI-Scot's General Manager, David Mackay, “That's a lot of selection boxes!”
The credit union's Christmas Savers scheme has been growing steadily every year, with more and more members realising the benefits of saving all year round for the festive season.
“We all know that Christmas is an expensive time,” David said, “Having money saved for the occasion could mean that our members aren't running up hefty credit card bills or dipping into their savings.”
The little elves at HI-Scot HQ pay out Christmas savings early in November each year, so members can enjoy a debt-free Christmas without the worry of huge bills in the aftermath of the festive season.
With a Christmas Savers account, saving every month throughout the year really takes the stress out of Christmas shopping (and for lots of money-saving ideas for Christmas, check out HI-Scot's posts on Facebook and twitter from November!)
Saving for Christmas with HI-Scot is easy and safe. Unlike unregulated retail savings schemes, the credit union operates under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, so members' money is always fully protected.
And it's never too early to start saving for Christmas 2020. Christmas Savers at HI-Scot can start putting money aside from December 2019, giving them a full year of saving before the big day next year.
For more information on opening a Christmas Savers account with HI-Scot, see: hi-scot.com/Christmas-Savers
Volunteers get top national awards
James Cunningham and Andrew Hughson both received Saltire Summit Awards this month.
The Summit Award is a prestigious national award which recognises an outstanding contribution to volunteering for 12 – 25year olds who have completed at least 200 volunteer hours and exceeded expectations in their volunteer roles.
James was nominated by Stornoway High Church of Scotland for his volunteering role as Technical Director and Andrew was nominated by Laxdale Cubs and Scouts for his volunteering work as a Young Leader.
The Award was presented to each of the Nicolson pupils by Clive Rowlands, Chair of the Volunteer Centre, Western Isles Board.
The Saltire Awards is a national initiative for young people ages 12-25. It celebrates, recognises and rewards the commitment and contribution of young volunteers in Scotland.
If you are interested in volunteering, or would like information on how to sign up for Saltire Awards, please visit our website www.volunteercentrewi.org, find us on facebook or Instagram or contact Marion Wilson, Development Worker (Lewis) on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
100s join Primary's 50th birthday walk
Hundreds of primary school pupils, young people and people of even more years joined in a major march this morning (Thursday November 28th) to commemorate the first 50 years of the Stornoway Primary School building on Jamieson Drive.
The procession was so long that it almost reached the length of Goathill Road from Jamieson Drive to Matheson Road.
The procession was led by a group of pipers from The Nicolson Institute, some of whom were former pupils of Stornoway Primary.
The event started at Matheson Hall, once part of the primary school of the original Nicolson Institute – but it wasn’t able to follow the route followed in 1969 at the time when the ‘new’ school was built because the new Nicolson Institute has obliterated so much of Springfield Road.
Among the former primary pupils present was Bernard Chisholm, the Director of Education and Children’s Services at Comhairle nan Eilean Siar.
Tree planting week in 2020
A week of native tree planting will be held on Harris next year.
Almost 3,000 trees, including alder, birch, rowan and willow, will be planted in the Gleann Miabhaig enclosure.
The week will run from Monday 30 March to Friday 3 April 2020.
For more information, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or phone 01859 502 222.
Community meetings in Harris
A series of community consultation meetings will be held across the Harris estate next month.
The meetings are held by the North Harris Trust and will enable those who attend to find out more about the work currently being done, as well as helping form plans for the future.
Anyone who wishes to attend is invited to the following meetings:
Thursday 3 December - North Harris Trust Offices, Tarbert at 7:30pm.
Thursday 5 December - Hushinish Gateway at 7:30pm.
Tuesday 10 December - Scaladale Centre at 7:30pm.
Tuesday 17 December - Scalpay Community Centre at 7:30pm.
Backing for domestic abuse campaign
Local businesses and organisations are getting behind a campaign to raise awareness of Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control.
The ‘16 Days Of Action’ campaign launched on November 25, and local businesses and organisations are lending their support to helping to promote the campaign.
The Outer Hebrides Violence Against Women Partnership, represented by NHS, Local Authority, Police Scotland, Fire Scotland and Third Sector, is seeking to raise awareness across the Western Isles during the campaign, which runs until December 10.
The Partnership is encouraging everyone in the Western Isles to help us raise awareness by following our posts on social media (Facebook – NHS Western Isles or Twitter @NHSWI) and liking or sharing our posts #16daysofactivism #endviolenceagainstwomen #domesticabuse
The campaign is an opportunity for individuals, groups and communities around the world to call for the elimination of all forms of gender-based violence. The campaign runs every year from 25th November, UN International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women, to 10th December, Human Rights Day, to highlight the link between violence against woman and human rights.
Domestic abuse is a pattern of controlling, coercive, threatening, degrading and/or violent behaviour, including sexual violence, by a partner or ex-partner. Domestic abuse is overwhelmingly experienced by women and perpetrated by men. However domestic abuse can also happen to men. It doesn’t matter how old someone is, what race or ethnicity they are, what class they are, whether or not they are disabled, or whether they have children – anyone can be a victim of abuse.
Often when people think of domestic abuse they think of physical violence, but for many women who live with domestic abuse there will be no scars, bruises or broken bones. However, for some it can take over their lives.
Domestic abuse isn’t a one off. It usually happens again and again and the abusive partner will try different things to gain control. It usually gets worse over time, and for many women it can continue even after the relationship has ended.
Domestic abuse can include, but is not limited to, the following:
Coercive control (a pattern of intimidation, degradation, isolation and control with the use or threat of physical or sexual violence)
Psychological and/or emotional abuse
Financial or economic abuse
Harassment and stalking
Online or digital abuse
More than anything, domestic abuse is about control. Coercive and controlling behaviour is a pattern of conduct which undermines the victim’s independence and might include monitoring and restricting mobile phone usage, controlling bank account access, dictating outfit choices, meal times or friendships. Controlling behaviour takes away your choices in life and the things that make you, you.
Domestic abuse has hugely damaging effects on victims, their families and communities and can leave victims feeling isolated, frightened and humiliated.
The new Domestic Abuse Law came into force on 1 April 2019. With 1 in 4 women currently experiencing domestic abuse in Scotland, this new law will make Scotland’s response to domestic abuse fit for purpose for women and children. It allows the police and courts to charge someone for a single offence of domestic abuse, covering both physical abuse and psychological abuse/controlling and coercive behaviour.
The Domestic Abuse Act is the only UK legislation to reflect the harm that can be caused to children growing up in an environment where domestic abuse takes place.
You don't have to wait for an emergency situation to seek help. If domestic abuse is happening to you, it's important to tell someone and remember you're not alone. If you’re not ready to report it, you can still seek support.
If your partner is controlling you, it’s Domestic Abuse.
Regardless of where you live in the Western Isles you can:
Call Western Isles Women’s Aid for support and advice on 01851 704750 Mon- Friday 10am to 5pm. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Women can also call 0808 2000 247, the free 24-hour National Domestic Violence Helpline run in partnership between Women's Aid and Refuge.
Men can call the Men's Advice Line free on 0808 801 0327 (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm).
You can also speak to a GP, Health Visitor or Midwife.
In an emergency, call 999.
Rhoda backs lung-illness campaign
Highlands & Islands MSP Rhoda Grant got into costume at the Scottish Parliament this week to raise awareness of a dangerous lung condition - and call on the Scottish Government to improve the support it gives to sufferers.
Rhoda Grant posed for pictures with Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland’s communications manager Laurence Cowan who is running his own personal fundraising campaign for people living with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) after watching his father struggle with the condition.
Mr Cowan went to work every day this month dressed in a super-hero costume in a bid to encourage others to follow suit and fundraise for his charity, which supports people with COPD.
He said: “My dad is the kindest and most encouraging man you’ll ever meet but COPD is taking his breath away and every day he feels like he’s been running a marathon. It’s one of the main causes of death and disability in the world and there is no cure. We can help people to live a full life for longer by making sure someone is there to listen and give advice and that’s what Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland’s heroic advice line nurses do.”
The charity is also pressing the government to improve the support it provides to people with lung conditions.It argues that thousands of people in Scotland are missing out on vital supervised programmes of exercise training, health education, and breathing techniques. And it warns the NHS is missing out on “significant” savings, as a result.
Mrs Grant said: “New figures show the number of people with COPD has risen sharply just in a few years. Here in the Highlands and Islands nearly 9000 people are now living with COPD and that’s up from just over 6600 in 2011.
“Across Scotland, a record number of people, a staggering 139,187 individuals, have been diagnosed. That’s an increase of 26 per cent since 2011. It means more people than ever before are needing support and rehabilitation to manage their condition and cope with the impact it can have on their lives.”
Visit https://www.chss.org.uk/supportus/fundraise-for-us/fundraising-hero-pack/ for a Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland Fundraising Pack for
Donations to Mr Cowan’s own fundraising campaign can be made at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/fundahero.
A £10 donation funds a call to the charity’s Advice Line nurses.
Norovirus closes ward
The Uist and Barra Hospital ward has been closed after an outbreak of norovirus.
Outpatient clinics at the Benbecula-based hospital are currently unaffected and will continue as normal, but people attending outpatients are asked to not to visit the ward and to stay away if they have been unwell with diarrhoea or vomiting in the previous 48 hours.
NHS Western Isles have said: "Norovirus (otherwise known as the ‘winter vomiting bug’) is circulating in the community and it is key that members of the public take precautions to help prevent them catching or spreading the infection to others.
"Visitors to hospitals and care homes in the Western Isles are specifically being asked to wash their hands with soap and water before and after visiting, and to avoid visiting if they have experienced any norovirus symptoms (for 48 hours after the last symptom)."
NHS Western Isles Head of Infection Prevention & Control, Janice Mackay said: “Norovirus affects people of all ages.
"The virus is easily spread by contact with an infected person, especially through their hands.
"As the infection is so contagious, we would urge members of the public to ensure they follow infection control practices, and good hand hygiene is key to preventing the spread of infection.”
Further information can be found here: https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/infections-and-poisoning/norovirus.
Oxford don’s praise for SY hospital
An Oxford University professor has praised both the healthcare and the hospitality in Stornoway, during a visit to the islands today (Wednesday November 27th).
Professor Trisha Greenhalgh is on a fact-finding visit to the Highlands and Islands, reviewing how remote consulting works in locations where not all specialisms are available on-site.
Yesterday she spent the day at Western Isles Hospital, conducting interviews with clinical staff, managers and patients and experiencing for herself the remote consultation process.
After her mock ‘consultation’ she posted a photograph of herself and tweeted: “Having a lot of fun seeing hi-tech remote medicine in Stornoway. Here’s me (patient) being seen remotely by doctor via robot (whose name is Beam).”
But she was also impressed with other aspects of the ‘lovely, friendly’ hospital, noting during her visit the experience of her tea-break: “Large trolley wheeled in with fresh-baked scones (3 each!), jam, cream, caramel cookies, walnut cake. This is because professor from Oxford was coming. We all sit down with the last patient and his wife. Cream everywhere (it gets slapped on thick). Very jolly atmosphere. Patients and staff sitting eating and laughing. Leftovers are going to be taken to outpatients for staff there.”
Professor Greenhalgh has also visited Inverness.
She’s pictured here during her ‘consultation’ in Stornoway yesterday.
Buy carefully on Black Friday
Trading Standards are encouraging consumers to buy carefully on Black Friday.
The Trading Standards North of Scotland Safety Partnership is asking consumers to consider the following:
Ask - do I know where this seller is based? Not all .co.uk websites are based in the UK.
Can you establish where the online selling platform operates from? It may be the USA, China or other countries which are not subject to the safety requirements applicable in the UK and EU.
On well-known selling platforms do not assume that the goods are being sold by the platform - look closely at the listing and any returns information. Often the goods will be shipped from countries outwith the UK and EU.
Search the listing fully – this can lead to the details of the seller being available.
Do your research on the product you wish to buy – is it being offered for sale at a price much lower than it would normally retail at. This can indicate that the item is a cheap copy which has not been subject to any safety testing.
Look at any reviews, whilst bearing in mind that it may be possible for positive listings to be made by people who have an interest in selling the item.
If packaging can be seen, is the information given in proper English? Spelling errors and grammatical errors can be an indication that items are made outwith the UK.
Are the manufacturer’s or importer’s details on the packaging? Apart from being a legal requirement, this provides a route for Trading Standards to try to help should you receive unsafe products.
Use online review websites to see what people are saying about products and sellers, and in general see what is being said online.
Legislation exists to try to ensure that goods manufactured in the UK and EU are safe - whether that is safe generally, or safe in terms of specific legislation in respect of goods such as toys, cosmetics, electrical equipment and many other items that are popular.
A spokesman for the partnership said: “Safety legislation is in place to try to protect members of the public from unsafe products.
"The increase in online purchasing, and the supply of goods from outwith the EU where the safety legislation does not apply, makes it an ever increasing problem to try and make sure goods that arrive on the doorstep will not cause injury to people or property.
"Online platforms and websites provide a great variety of goods for consumers, but also make it more difficult to ensure that goods delivered direct to consumers from outwith the UK are safe.
"Many websites and online selling platforms are outwith the jurisdiction of UK authorities. We would very much like everyone to enjoy their purchases safely.”
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Running on airport…1000 wanted!
A unique chance to take a run at Stornoway airport’s runway should be available on New Year’s Day, as the airport plans to join forces with Bethesda Hospice for a charity fundraising event.
Run the Runway for Bethesda Hospice has been planned with agreement from HIAL and Stornoway airport’s management to open the runway for a 5k run and walk at midday on January 1st 2020.
Bethesda manager Carol Somerville said that excitement was already building around the event, which was suggested as a fundraiser by airport manager Duncan Smith. Carol said: “When do you ever get a chance to run along an airport runway? This has got to be a fantastic temptation for anyone who likes a challenge, a unique experience or even just a family walk on New Year’s Day.
"This is an opportunity for people of Lewis and Harris to participate in a unique event and we are delighted to be working with HIAL and Duncan and James from the Stornoway Airport to raise the much-needed funds for the Bethesda Hospice.
“We’ve set the time for midday to give everyone a chance to recover from Hogmanay a bit, and we’re hoping that we can have the runway lights switched on to add to the atmosphere of the event.”
Run the Runway was proposed based on experience of a similar run at Inverness airport, and Stornoway airport manager Duncan Smith has big ambitions. “He is talking about getting 1,000 people involved,” said Carol. “We will be charging a registration fee and giving medals to all participants, and we’re hoping for refreshments and other features too – so watch this space!”
The runway is available as a space for the great big fundraising walk and run because the airport is closed on New Year’s Day, so normal security arrangements are suspended, but there still have to be effective marshalling teams in case any emergency means the runway has to be quickly cleared for a landing or take-off.
Full details of the New Year’s Day run will be coming soon from Bethesda and via welovestornoway.com.
And in case the idea of running on January 1st is too much for you, look out for a midsummer midnight run along just the same track too!
The picture shows the proposed route of the 5k
Can you join a walk down memory lane?
An event that took place 50 years ago will be recreated this Thursday – and you are invited to join in!
In 1969, Stornoway Primary school pupils and staff walked from Matheson Hall to the new school on Jamieson Drive. That iconic walk will be re-enacted on Thursday 28 November at 10am.
Donalda Riddell of Stornoway Primary said: "The children from our school will start the walk from Matheson Hall at 10am.
"We are looking for members of the public who did the walk originally – the first pupils and staff who came to the new Stornoway Primary school – to help recreate what they did 50 years ago.
"We currently have around 500 pupils plus staff who will be taking part in the walk – along with pipers from The Nicolson Institute.
"We have had a few members of the public get in touch and say they are excited to join but anyone else who wants to take part is welcome."
The event will be followed by a sing-song and refreshments at the present primary school.
To find out more information or take part in an actual walk down memory lane, email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Barra housing seminar held
A seminar focussing on increasing housing opportunities in Barra and the Uists was held this month.
The community-led Housing seminar was organised by the Uist and Barra Housing Group, and had a main theme of ‘Innovation and New Thinking’ to accelerate house building on the islands.
The purpose of the seminar was to explore new ways of meeting the housing needs of the area, particularly in relation for young people and addressing population decline.
Over 50 delegates representing community bodies, housing stakeholders, the Third Sector, and local business attended on the day. A series of presentations set out the local and national housing context, along with examples of innovative housing ideas that have been successful in other parts of rural Scotland. The presentations prepared the ground for two sets of workshops, where delegates had the opportunity to discuss and develop ideas that could be explored further.
The Chairman of Uist & Barra Housing Group, Councillor Iain A MacNeil said: “This was a very useful event that brought together a range of partners from community representatives through to national agencies.
"I was struck by the level of unanimity at the meeting.
"There was a consensus that the challenges around housing should be owned by the community and that everyone had to act in partnership to develop and implement solutions.
“I was particularly pleased the seminar did not dwell on the challenges and that the focus of the participants was very much on exploring new, innovative solutions.
"These ranged from the high-level policy changes required at national level to allow greater local flexibility, through to consideration of trade skills in the construction sector and on to ambitious ideas about establishing a new 'gateway' village.
Mr MacNeil concluded: “There was good consensus today about the issues and what needs to be done.
"It is essential, however, that momentum is maintained and I will shortly be bringing the key agencies together to explore how we move the ideas generated at the seminar into concrete proposals and real development."
Big welcome for new Grinneas display
Grinneas nan Eilean, the Islands’ Open Exhibition has returned to An Lanntair for another run until February 2, 2020
In reality, less an open exhibition than a community installation, Grinneas dates back to the 1970s and predates An Lanntair itself.
It is the opportunity for practising artists – professional and amateur – who are residents or from the Western Isles to be displayed at a major public gallery.
An Lanntair held the official opening on Saturday afternoon (November 23rd) and later said on Facebook: “A great exhibition opening for Grinneas nan Eilean: The Islands Open Exhibition 2019 this evening...a super turn-out and what a wealth of artistic talent our island artists and artisans have delivered this year! Just wow!”
Back in the mid-Seventies the Islands had no exhibition space. Opportunities were for local artists were literally limited to a once-a-year, two-week slot in Stornoway Town Hall for the original Grinneas nan Eilean.
Grinneas 2019
MSP backs appeal for aid to young
Local Member of the Scottish Parliament, David Stewart, joined Aberlour Child Care Trust in the Scottish Parliament recently, giving their support to the charity’s ‘No Bad Ends’ campaign.
The campaign was launched following research that shows young people from the most deprived communities in the Highlands and Islands are up to three time more likely to die before they reach their 25th birthday.
Aberlour is appealing to members of the public to start a monthly donation to the charity to help to reach more children and young people.
In addition, Aberlour is calling for the Scottish Government, public authorities and the business community to match the public’s generosity and commit to tackling the root causes of poverty in Scotland together. Specifically, Aberlour is calling for:
A commitment from the Scottish Government to a transitional fund that will support local authorities to deliver early intervention family support services, as well as continue to provide specialist support for children and families most affected by poverty and inequality.
A commitment from the Scottish Government and public authorities to develop a child well-being approach to budget setting and economic planning that ensures public spending prioritises child well-being.
A commitment from the business sector to provide quality, secure, flexible and family friendly employment, ensuring jobs and income levels that enable families to thrive, not just survive.
David Stewart said: ““Meeting Aberlour in the Scottish Parliament gave me a chance to learn more about their work, this campaign and what we can do together here in the Highlands and Islands to change the outcomes for young people facing a challenging start to life. “
SallyAnn Kelly, CEO, Aberlour Child Care Trust commented: “Aberlour knows the real and proven difference that our services make to the lives of children and young people in Scotland’s most deprived communities. It’s time for a conversation about how we end the unacceptable consequences of poverty in this country. We need a political response that meets the needs of vulnerable young people. “
The research was carried out by Dr Morag Treanor, Professor of Child and Family Inequalities at Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University. It is the first to focus on the impact deprivation can have on deaths in young people and was based on Scottish mortality records from 2011 to 2017 supplied by National Records of Scotland.
Dr Morag Treanor said: “What we wanted to do was understand the impact deprivation has on life expectancy, specifically in young people. I was surprised just how difficult it was to find the data I needed to complete this research, and I’ve discovered that a study like this, focusing on deaths in young people under the age of 25 across Scotland, simply hasn’t been undertaken before. The results of the research really couldn’t paint a clearer message and underlines the massive inequality between rich and poor in this country.”
To donate, please visit: www.aberlour.org.uk/donate
Saturday is flu 'at-risk' day
An influenza vaccination clinic is to be held in the Group Practice in Stornoway on Saturday (November 30), for those in the ‘at risk’ groups and pre-school children.
A number of Saturday clinics have been held by the Practice over the last few weeks and have been very successful, with excellent attendance. The next clinic will be held on Saturday 30 November. If you are in an identified ‘at risk’ group, or if your child is between two and five years old and has not already been vaccinated this year, please phone 01851 703145 to make an appointment.
All children aged 2-5 are eligible for the free influenza vaccination, as well as children over six months of age with a medical condition which puts them in an ‘at risk’ group such as diabetes, heart or kidney disease, and breathing problems.
Vaccinations are also offered to those people with health conditions, who are at greater risk from the effects of flu, including those people with conditions such as heart problems, emphysema, diabetes or liver or kidney disease. Those eligible should have received letters from their GP Practice.
Every year thousands of people are hospitalised with flu. Even healthy children and adults can become seriously ill from it. Getting vaccinated can also stop it spreading to family, friends and others.
The vaccine takes 10 days to work, so the earlier you can get the vaccine, the better. The vaccine needs to be given annually to offer protection against the most common types of flu virus that are around each winter.
The vaccine is given to adults as an injection and to children as a nasal spray. In terms of the nasal spray, a tiny amount of the flu vaccine is given into each nostril. It’s not an injection. It’s quick and painless and there’s no need to sniff or inhale the vaccine. Your child will just feel a little tickle in their nose.
Isles project scoops top green award
The Outer Hebrides Local Energy Hub (OHLEH) project has won the Partnership Scotland Award at this year’s VIBES – Scottish Environment Business Awards with partners The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC), Pure Energy Centre (PEC), Community Energy Scotland and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (CnES).
The VIBES Partnership Scotland Award recognises organisations working together strategically to improve their contribution to sustainable development and the OHLEH project beat off stiff competition from five other shortlisted finalists. The OHLEH initiative focuses on the creation of a local circular energy economy and was funded by the Scottish Government Local Energy Challenge Fund.
Created to encourage collaborative solutions to waste management and energy challenges, the OHLEH project has developed into a unique initiative, which is the first of its kind in Scotland. The project involves the transfer of fish waste from SSC’s processing plant on the Isle of Lewis, which is integrated with other local household and garden waste in an anaerobic digester, based at the CnES Household Waste and Recycling Centre at Creed, and broken down to produce biogas. The biogas fuels a Combined Heat and Power Plant with some of the electricity generated used to drive an electrolyser supplied by PEC, which in turn produces green hydrogen and green oxygen for use at SSC’s hatchery in Lewis, as well as providing fuel for CnES’s hydrogen powered bin lorry.
Now in its 20th year, the VIBES recognise Scottish businesses which showcase best practice, taking significant steps to improve or reduce their impact on the environment. The awards encourage the efficient use of resources, strive to improve environmental performance and support sustainable development including social benefits through involvement with the local community.
Craig Anderson, Chief Executive of The Scottish Salmon Company, said: “Winning the VIBES Partnership Scotland Award not only recognises the commitment and expertise of the OHLEH project partners, but also is a great example of local collaboration which could act as a blueprint for national best practice, not just by the salmon farming industry but across many other sectors.”
David Macleod, Head of Municipal Services at Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, said: “This is an excellent achievement by all the partners, coming together to deliver a circular economy project using ground-breaking technology. This further demonstrates that it is possible for us to build a sustainable hydrogen economy in the Western Isles.”
Elizabeth Johnson MBE, Business Development Manager at PEC and Director of Scottish Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association, said: “Winning the VIBES award shows that there is strong commitment and an outstanding collaboration from all of the partners, which also includes Local Energy Scotland as a co-funder of the project.”
Bob Downes, Chair of SEPA and Head of the VIBES judging panel, said: “The scale of the environmental challenge facing humanity, from climate change to plastics in our oceans, is enormous, with a real urgency to act. The most successful businesses in the future will be those that are not just compliant, but which are also low carbon, low material use, low water use and low waste, and which see environmental excellence as an opportunity. This is at the core of SEPA’s One Planet Prosperity regulatory strategy.”
“It is very encouraging to see the diverse range of businesses, small and large, which are taking important steps to reduce their impact on the environment and which understand how environmental excellence can also benefit their bottom line. I would like to congratulate each of this year’s winning businesses and organisations, and hope that others will be inspired to follow in their footsteps.”
Photo: Rhona McLeod, Broadcaster; Dr Peter Neilson, Glenmorangie (Partnership Scotland Sponsor); Paul Condy, Scottish Salmon; Iona hodge, local Energy Scotlnd; David Macleod, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar; Gillian Wilson, Community Energy Scotland; Dr Daniel Aklil, Pure Energy Centre; Bob Downes, Chair of SEPA
Ferry link hit by 999 alert
The inter-island ferry service between Berneray and Leverburgh has been cancelled this afternoon.
This was a result of "a medical emergency involving a crew member", CalMac Ferries reported.
It was announced at 13.25 that both the 13:45 service departing Berneray and the 14:55 departing Leverburgh have been cancelled.
There were no other services scheduled for today (Monday November 25th)
The next scheduled service is at 08.15 tomorrow from Berneray and from Leverburgh at 0925.
Probe into car-crash incident
The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner has been asked to look at the incident early on Saturday in which a car collided with a house in Barvas, setting both ablaze.
A spokesperson for the PIRC’s Investigation Team said today (Monday November 25th) : “As is standard procedure, Police Scotland have referred to the PIRC the circumstances of an incident in the early hours of Saturday 23 November 2019 on the Isle of Lewis.
“We are now carrying out an assessment to determine whether a full investigation is required.”
The role of the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) was introduced in 2013 when the single Police Service of Scotland was established.
The Commissioner, who is appointed by Scottish Ministers, is independent of the police. The role of the PIRC is to provide independent oversight, investigating incidents involving the police and reviewing the way the police handle complaints from the public.
It is understood the PIRC involvement arises from the fact that the car had been pursued by the police prior to the collision, although this was not stated in the official Police Scotland media release about the incident issued early on Saturday afternoon.
http://www.welovestornoway.com/index.php/articles-auto/15322-four-saved-in-car-crash-blazes
Car hits wall in SY
Investigations are continuing after a car hit a wall in the Willowglen area of Stornoway last night (Saturday November 23rd).
Police were called to the scene where an individual was believed to be missing from the vehicle.
The person was traced safe and well and enquiries continue as to the cause of the incident.
Meanwhile enquiries continue following Saturday morning's car crash with a house.
Poll deadline very near
Registration deadline for the UK Parliamentary Election is midnight on Tuesday (26 November 2019.)
Deadline for receiving new postal vote and postal proxy applications, and for changes to existing postal or proxy votes is 5pm on Tuesday 26 November 2019.
If you have received your poll card, there is no need to register to vote again.
For further information on voting please visit https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter
PST AGM plans ahead
The Annual General Meeting of Point and Sandwick Trust was held on Tuesday night (November 19), with the appointment of new directors among the top items on the agenda.
Donald ‘Buck’ Macdonald, Catherine Anne Smith and Jane Watson were formally appointed as board directors to the community wind farm charity and will serve a four-year term.
A number of cheques were also presented to community groups at the meeting, which took place at Ionad Stoodie in Point.
These included £3,000 to two friendship clubs for the over 60s, Cairdean Og Allt nan Gall and Tiumpan Young at Heart club, £1,000 to Sandwick Hall and Recreation Enterprise and £300 to Point Parent and Toddler Group.
The presentation of cheques was the last item on an agenda which featured reports from Point and Sandwick Trust chairman Norman Mackenzie, general manager Donald John MacSween and developer Calum MacDonald. The meeting also heard from accountant John Moffat of Mann Judd Gordon, on how the wind farm company, Point and Sandwick Power, and the charity, Point and Sandwick Trust, had fared financially over the previous 12 months.
John Moffat and Calum MacDonald both spoke of the wind farm refinancing process, which was successfully concluded in September and brought the interest repayments on the loans to build Beinn Ghrideag down to half the previous rate.
Updates were given on a number of projects being led by Point and Sandwick Trust including research into a hydrogen ferry, and there was also a look to the future, with chairman Norman Mackenzie suggesting the Trust could get involve with bigger capital projects in the future, in order to “leave a legacy”, and general manager Donald John MacSween revealing that a new community consultation is to be carried out to ascertain the community’s most current spending priorities.
Norman Mackenzie opened the meeting with his chairman’s report and admitted the past year had been “a difficult one”, due technical problems with one of the turbines and low wind. However, he said the Trust had “still managed to maintain activity in line with our charitable purpose”, keeping up with payments to partners and community groups “so in that sense it’s been a successful year”.
He recapped on a number of stand-out projects from the year and said: “Looking forward, the future prospects for Point and Sandwick Trust are solid. We’ve been through difficult times, we’ve reached the end of our five-year programme and we have to look at where we go next.”
Refinancing, he said, gave “clarity” and would “allow us to plan better” but he also said: “We need to think about a lasting legacy.”
Projects such as the hydrogen ferry could be part of that legacy and the chairman added: “We are proud to be an organisation that’s at the forefront of technological advancement in the Western Isles – thanks to Calum. His work is extremely important to the Trust and the island.”
Approaching the appointment of new directors, he then said: “A community charity cannot function without people who are prepared to serve.”
A number of directors stood down – Kenny Dan Macdonald, Liz Chaplin and Matt Bruce – and were thanked for their years of service before the nominations were made for their replacements. Donald ‘Buck’ Macdonald was nominated by Gordon Mackay, Catherine Anne Smith by Matt Bruce and Jane Watson by Angus McCormack, PST honorary president.
Speaking after the meeting, Catherine Anne Smith, who works for Tighean Innse Gall, said: “I am really pleased to be involved with Point and Sandwick Development Trust and have enjoyed learning about all the important stuff going on in the background that people don’t see. A phenomenal amount of work goes on to enable the Trust to support the community we cover. I’m really looking forward to the future of the Trust and being involved in all their exciting new plans.”
Donald Macdonald, who works in IT for Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, said: “Having been co-opted to the board for the past year, I’ve seen first-hand the positive effect Point and Sandwick Trust are having on our community for both young and old, large or small scale, so I’m delighted now to start a full term as a trustee.
“Point and Sandwick Trust have been ambitious from the very beginning and, after hearing the various reports at our AGM, it’s great to see that’s still the case today. It’s a fantastic model of a successful community-owned enterprise and I’m delighted to be a small part of it.”
Jane Watson, also in IT at the Comhairle, said: “It’s really interesting to learn more about what’s happening with the project, to see the vision, and get involved in things that are helping the community and the wider Western Isles.
“It’s going to be interesting to see the new five-year plan and obviously you are learning as you go along. I attended my first board meeting before the AGM and it was very informative.”
The newly-appointed directors helped present the cheques to some of the community groups who were receiving revenue support at the AGM.
In response, Kenny Nicholson, chairman of the Tiumpan Young at Heart club, told the meeting: “We’ve discussed a lot about energy tonight. The energy that Point and Sandwick Trust transfers to our club is beyond anything that we can see. These people get such a buzz from the help we get from these guys that it goes beyond words – so thanks again.”
4 saved as car hits house (Updated)
Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious road crash in the early hours of this morning (Saturday, 23 November, 2019) in Barvas.
Around 1.30am, a blue Vauxhall Zafira crashed into a house on the corner on the A857 road towards Ness after the junction with the A858 to Shawbost.
The car was set ablaze which subsequently set the house on fire.
Several emergency services attended and all occupants of the car (three men aged 22, 32 and 36) and the house (one woman aged 61) were safely removed.
However, in the dark and confusion of the incident it was believed another person was involved and thought to be missing.
The Coastguard search underway…photograph from Coastguard team
So Ness, Bragar and Stornoway Coastguard Rescue Team along with a Duty Officer were called to provide search assistance to Police Scotland and Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. The search focused on the area round the crash site, routes out of it and other areas of significance until it was confirmed that all occupants were accounted for and in care of Scottish Ambulance Service.
The car's driver and two passengers were taken to Western Isles Hospital for treatment to serious injuries.
The road - which was totally closed for several hours - was down to single lane traffic thriugh Saturday while police carried out their investigations.
A 32-year-old man has been arrested in connection with road traffic offences.
Sergeant Donald Sinclair, of Stornoway’s Church Street station, said: “Our enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing and I am appealing for anyone who saw the crash or who saw a blue Vauxhall Zafira being driven on the A857 before 1.30am to come forward.
“I’m particularly keen to speak to anyone who may have dash-cam footage which could help with our enquiries.”
Those with information can contact police on 101, quoting reference number 0366 of 23 November 2019.
Since first being published,this report has been updated with additional photographs and search details
Planning applications, Barra, November 22
Site caravan, create access and parking, Castlebay
Neil Angus Docherty has applied for planning permission to site a caravan with septic tank at 147 Brevig, Castlebay. Work is also to include creating an access and parking suitable for two cars.
Planning applications, Harris, November 22
New agricultural building, Quidinish.
David Amos of 10 Quidinish has applied for planning permission to erect an agricultural shed at 10 Quidinish. The agricultural building is to be 14.61 metres long, 7.31 metres wide and 5.4 metes tall. The building is to be a prefabricated steel agricultural shed to support crofting activity. Work is to include creating parking suitable for one car.
Install interpretation panel, Scalpay
Northern Lighthouse Board of 84 George Street, Edinburgh, has applied for planning permission to install an interpretation panel at Lighthouse, Eilean Glas, Scalpay. The interpretation panel is to be used for advertising purposes for a period of ten years. The dimensions of the advert are to be 1270mm by 690mm. The interpretation panel is to be free-standing with a concrete foundation on the approach to the lighthouse. The framework is to be made of galvanised steel and is to stand 1400mm high.
Change of use of land,
K. Macleod and D. Campbell of Ceann an Ora, Bunabhuineadar, have applied for planning permission to change the use of an area of croft ground for the siting of 1 residential caravan, for seasonal holiday-let accommodation, at 2 Tarbert. Work is also to include the installation of a septic tank.
Land development, Lochs
I. A. & C. Maciver has applied for planning permission to develop land without compliance to conditions previously attached to planning permission. The proposal relates to the continuation of existing approved works (mineral extraction) which are currently on-going. Planning permission is sought until 1st February 2030 to allow full extraction of the mineral reserve within the existing planning permission boundary.
Change of use of building, Point
Gillian Buchanan of Police Hostel, Ravens Lane, Laxdale, has applied for planning permission to change the use of the barn at 14 Upper Aird, Point, to a house, including extension. The agricultural building currently consists of two rooms. The converted house is to consist of a living/dining/kitchen area, one bedroom, a bathroom and a porch. Work is also to include creating parking suitable for two cars.
New semi-detached houses, Ness
Alex Murray of Island Road, Stornoway, has applied for planning permission to erect six new semi-detached, single-storey houses at Housing Development, South Dell, Ness. Two houses are to have three bedrooms, a kitchen/dining room, a lounge, a bathroom and a porch. Two houses are to have one bedroom, a lounge/dining area, a kitchen, a bathroom and a porch. Two houses are to have two bedrooms, a kitchen/dining area, a lounge, a bathroom and a porch. Work is to include creating an access, parking suitable for twelve cars and the installation of an air source heat pump.
New extension, Stornoway
Martin Macleod of 33 Matheson Road, Stornoway, has applied for planning permission to build a rear extension at 33 Matheson Road, Stornoway.
Change of use of building, Stornoway
Neil Mackay & Co Ltd has applied for planning permission to change the use of the public house and flat at The Carlton, 15 Keith Street, Stornoway, to a storage unit.
Air union backs new pay offer
HIAL can confirm that a revised offer has been presented to Prospect to resolve the long running air traffic control industrial dispute.
This offer sees air traffic controllers receiving the 2019/20 pay increase already awarded to other HIAL staff, along with a commitment to a similar award in 2020/21 subject to any change in Scottish Government’s pay policy.
In addition, a retention payment has been agreed for a three year period.
The union will recommend the offer to its members in a ballot closing on January 3, 2020.
HIAL managing director, Inglis Lyon, said: “After a lot of hard work and effort from all parties we have now arrived at an offer that Prospect will recommend to their members.
"This offer not only addresses the current dispute, but also recognises the world-wide skills shortage in air traffic control and helps us to secure future service delivery and provide sustainable aviation services for our communities.”
Island Sleep Out plans
Comhairle employees, councillors and other volunteers plan to join the Big Sleep Out next month, spending at least part of the night sleeping out in Stornoway town centre.
The national event is organised by Social Bite, a Scottish charity, and they plan for it to go global this year, with a planned 50,000 people sleeping out all over the world to raise money for homeless and displaced people. The idea originated as Sleep in the Park in 2016 and is now supported by celebrities, politicians and thousands of ordinary people.
Last year schoolchildren from Sgoil nan Loch’s senior Gaelic medium class (Primary 4-7) slept on the floor of the agricultural shed at Laxay Showground, raising the amazing total of £1,671 for their efforts.
They chose to go 'technology free' for the night, as they felt homeless people wouldn't be using mobile phones or gaming equipment, and to keep themselves warm they played football, had pillow fights and wrote Christmas cards to the homeless.
Contact the Homelessness Service on 01851 822821 if you'd like to join on the night, or if you’d rather support the effort from the warmth of home, you can make a financial donation here https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/LorraineGraham1. Donations will be shared between local and worldwide homelessness charities.
(Since first being posted, the local target has been restated to the correct figure)
‘Best ever’ Maybury Lights
Maybury Garden Centre enjoyed their most successful Christmas lights event ever yesterday afternoon (Thursday November 21st).
Manager Alison Carty said the turn-out and atmosphere at the event was ‘fantastic’ and praised the people of the Stornoway area for their support for Bethesda Hospice, who benefited from the event.
Alison told welovestornoway.com today: “We raised more than £1,500 for Bethesda, which was the highest total ever, and the rest of the numbers are pretty staggering.
“Over 400 children saw Santa and there was face-painting from Michaela all through the afternoon. We got through 500 mince pies, 20kg of hot chocolate and 15 litres of mulled wine.
“We’re feeling shattered today, but also delighted that it went so well. The weather was a great help and it was lovely to see so many people prepared to turn out and support Bethesda, and having such a good time.”
Entertainment through the event was provided by young singer-songwriter Rosie Sullivan, the folk group Dual, Brownies and Guides singing carols and the Sharon Mackinnon Highland dancers, as well as Elizabeth Greenstock performing the dance of the sugar plum fairy from the Nutcracker Suite.
Our pictures by Judi Hayes capture some of the excitement of the afternoon.
Maybury Chritsmas
Change to Christmas lights gig
Western Isles Lottery has announced final arrangements for the much-anticipated musical events which will accompany the switch-on of the Christmas lights in Stornoway next Tuesday (November 26th).
With Peat & Diesel’s under-14s gig at the Nicolson Institute fully sold out, the timetable has been tweaked so that the late evening gig at the Town Hall is now open to all ages, although under-16s must be accompanied by an adult.
Doors will open at the Town Hall at 9.30pm and Peat & Diesel will be on stage at the earlier time of 9.45pm, with a projected finish time of 11.30pm. Remaining tickets for the Town Hall gig are on sale through Events shop on North Beach.
To make the gigs even more special for young fans, Western Isles Lottery have got hold of some blow-up guitars, mics and trumpets, allowing Boydie, Innes and Uilly to get the benefit of a full back-up band.
The Christmas lights event starts its build-up tonight (Friday November 22nd) as Stornoway Amenity Trust judges set out on their judging round for Christmas window displays.
School celebrates 20 years
Over 70 people gathered to celebrate 20 years since the Providence Christian School was formed.
The school, formerly the Lewis Independent Christian School, celebrated its anniversary on Saturday 16 November.
The crowd, representing more than seven different denominations, gathered in the Associated Presbyterian Church building for a Thanksgiving Service.
The service was conducted by Rev. Graeme Craig, a longstanding Board member, who preached on the appropriate theme: “Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.”
After the service, supporters enjoyed a time of fellowship over refreshments, including a special anniversary cake, and were able to take a trip down memory lane by looking at a display of photos through the years.
The event had past, current, and prospective parents in attendance and many remarked on how special the day was.
Some of the younger children were eagerly looking forward to starting school. With the Board considering expanding in due course to include early years and secondary provision, an Anniversary Appeal was launched, encouraging supporters to give £20 per month to help increase its regular income as it begins the next 20 years.
Providence 20th anniversary 2019
Head North for late night shopping
North Lewis is set to rival the bright lights of Stornoway this winter, with late night Christmas shopping to brighten the dark evenings.
The North Lewis late night shopping nights on Thursdays November 28th and December 5th will link shops, cafes and artisans in the Ness district and the Westside, on a sparkling trail of treats for your Christmas shopping.
From Morven Gallery in Barvas to the Breakwater Café in Ness, doors will be open and bright lights on from 5-9pm on both nights.
Christmas gifts, crafts, food and drink will combine to create a feast for the eyes and plenty of excellent reasons to open your purse and make sure your Christmas spending benefits local businesses.
On offer will be artistic creations from Sallie Avis, Morven Gallery and Borve Pottery, treasures at Sea In Design, arts and crafts at Buth Lisa and the Wobbly Dog, tasty treats at the Cross Inn and Breakwater Café and plenty of excellent gift ideas at Ness Post Office and Cross Stores.
As an extra treat, Comunn Eachdraidh Nis will be opening their doors on December 5th, 12th and 19th, with a range of pop-up shops offering delights and the usual excellent hospitality in their café.
So get those wallets open and jingle your change for Christmas shopping that works for everyone!
Top Brexiteer backs Tory hopeful
Steve Baker, Chairman of the European Research Group and Prospective Parliamentary candidate for Wycombe, has written a letter of support to the islands Conservative & Unionist candidate Jennifer Ross.
As one of the top Tory Euro-sceptics in Parliament, Steve has been instrumental in shaping the outcome of Brexit and is considered one of the most steadfast 'Leavers' having never voted for Theresa May's deal.
Steve said: "I'm delighted to support Jennifer Ross, the Conservative Candidate for the Western Isles. When Jennifer got in touch, I was very pleased. As a young RAF officer, I was sent to survey the Phantom “gate guardian” at RAF Stornoway, and I have regarded the Western Isles as a place to which I would like to return ever since.
“I know that Jennifer has been a strong advocate for leaving the EU and understands the importance of gaining control over our waters by leaving the Common Fisheries Policy.
“I'm sure she would stand up for your fishing industry and crofting communities, to make sure your interests are well represented at Westminster.
“Jennifer is the only candidate on the ballot paper who says 'no' to more referendums. Scotland surely doesn't need any more constitutional change or divisive campaigning. We need to get Brexit done and move on to the issues that really matter in all our lives.
“Once we are beyond the campaign, I'd love to come up and visit you on the islands with your new Conservative MP. “
Conservative candidate for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Jennifer Ross said "I am delighted to receive this endorsement from Steve Baker. He has been strongly principled on Brexit, and we share the same view that it is now time to get Brexit done so that we can move on to more important issues for these Islands."
4 working days left to get your vote
Everyone must ensure they have a vote on December 12th - and that they use it. That's the view of Angus MacNeil, the SNP candidate for the Na h-Eileanan an Iar constituency.
The deadline for registering to vote is Tuesday 26th November and this is also the last day for obtaining a Postal Vote.
Speaking in Stornoway Mr MacNeil said:“This is a crucial election for Scotland and despite only 6.5 hours of daylight and cold nights it is vital that there is a good turnout at this election.
“In 2015 non-voters outnumbered the supporters of every single political party, if these people had voted Westminster could have been a very different place.
“It is especially important that 18-30 year olds vote. Not only are they the largest block of voters but this election will decide their future – in Europe or out and whether Scotland should be Independent like other normal countries.
“Only by ensuring you have a vote and using it can you choose what kind of country Scotland will be."
Health summit in Harris
More than 40 Health and Social Care Professionals travelled to the Western Isles last week for a 3-day learning event.
The NHS Western Isles mPower project team hosted the 2-day meeting at the Community Trust run Talla na Mara, Pairc Niseaboist, Isle of Harris.
mPower is a cross-border EU-funded project set up to support people living with long-term conditions and chronic illnesses across remote areas in the West of Scotland, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
In the Western Isles the project has operated across Lewis and Harris since November 2017 and targets people over 18. In recent months it expanded with project representatives now working to cover the Uists and Barra.
Martin Malcolm, Head of Public Health Intelligence NHS Western Isles opened the meeting and welcomed all to Talla na Mara giving key facts about the Western Isles and setting the context for the project in the area. He spoke about the challenges that come with the environment and how coming together for shared learning opportunities benefits all.
Speakers included Lisa MacLean from the Galson Estate Trust, several of the partners who shared their latest activity and learning, John MacDonald from SCVO talking about the development of Community Transport and Dr David Ross, a Respiratory clinician doing innovative work in the Western Isles using Video Conferencing for health consultations. A third day’s events aimed at targeting wider local healthcare professionals was held at the Calaidh Inn, Stornoway where attendees were invited to listen to the RNIB give their ‘Need to Talk’ presentation and to hear Martin Malcolm present his recent and future work looking at Digital Innovation in social and mental wellbeing in the Western Isles.
Sue Long, mPower’s Implementation Lead for the Western Isles, said: “It was fantastic to welcome so many visitors to our beautiful islands and to learn more about what’s happening across the project partner areas, particularly identifying anything that we can look to implement here in the Western Isles.”
Martin Malcolm said “We were delighted to welcome everyone to the Islands and to support local businesses and Community Trusts in the process, we specifically chose Tarbert and Pairc Niseaboist for the bulk of the event as these are some of the more rural areas of the Islands”.
Attendees arrived in Harris from Monday evening and stayed in local hotels and B&B’s in the Tarbert area. The final night was spent in Stornoway. Catering for the group meals were provided by the Hotel Hebrides and Isle of Harris Hotel, both in Tarbert. The final night in Stornoway saw visitors free to sample the local delights from local eateries.
The visitors to the islands, many of which had never been before, were taken aback by the beauty of the surroundings. Many commented on the friendly welcome they received from locals during their stay as well as the delicious food they were served. At the end of the second days’ formalities, there was an optional visit to the Isle of Harris Distillery, where many visitors purchased a souvenir of the local delicacy.
The mPower project in the Western Isles aims to help people with long-term conditions such as diabetes, COPD, dementia and Parkinsons, by connecting them with activities in their community as well as introducing them to health and wellbeing technology designed for home and mobile use.
You can be referred to the project by your GP or other healthcare professional. You can ask them to be referred if they haven't already suggested it. Or you can submit a self-referral form. Forms can be picked up from local libraries, your GP Surgery or from a healthcare professional. Or you can contact the project team directly for a copy of the form, contact details are below.
Lorna Morrison, (Lewis and Harris), telephone (01851) 708022 or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Isabel Morrison – (Uists), telephone 07971 715010 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Florianne (Flosh) Maclean Barra), telephone 07971 715009 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The mPower project has a budget of €8.7million and is funded through the European Union’s INTERREG VA Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body. The project is match funded by the Northern Ireland Executive, the Irish Government and the Scottish Government.
For more information, visit mpowerhealth.eu and western-isles.mpowerhealth.eu/
PICTURE: Attendees at the mPower Project Assembly outside the meeting venue Talla na Mara.
In court for assault
A man appeared in court in Stornoway yesterday (Wednesday November 20th) charged with assault and breach of the peace.
The 28-year-old was arrested in Harris at 2.50am on Tuesday 19th and was two counts of police assault and two of breach of the peace.
He was kept in custody until yesterday’s court appearance, following which he was released on bail.
Mobile phone charge
A driver was cautioned and charged on Tuesday after being seen using a hand-held mobile phone while driving.
The 42-year-old man was seen by police at 2.30pm on Perceval Road and is to be reported to the Procurator Fiscal for the offence.
Open day for home buyers
A mortgage open day for first-time buyers and home movers will be held in Stornoway.
The event, hosted by TSB, will take place on Friday 29 November at TSB Stornoway, 18 Francis Street from 9:00am – 5:00pm.
The event will be held to help the local community better understand the homebuying process.
TSB open days have been designed to inform homebuyers of what to expect when buying a new home, provide advice on how they can better prepare and experts will be on hand to answer any questions. People will have an opportunity to talk to local TSB branch staff and mortgage advisors for individual support and advice.
The event is open to everyone, not just TSB customers. People interested in finding out more or attending can do so by popping in to the branch or calling 01851 747999.
Roy Jappy, Bank Manager, at TSB Stornoway, said: “Buying a home is such an important step in many people’s lives, whatever rung of the property ladder they are on. Our mortgage open day has been planned to help demystify the process and to ensure there are no surprises along the way.
“It’s a great opportunity for people to speak to our team of experts for individual advice, so they know exactly what to expect when they start hunting for their new home.
“We have already spoken to several customers who have said an informative mortgage day would be incredibly useful and we look forward to welcoming people into our branch next week.”
MP calls for TV licence funding
A committee of MP's have urged the BBC and the Government to fund free TV Licences for over 75s.
Angus MacNeil has called on the next Government to back the MP's.
The BBC currently plans to scrap blanket free licences for over-75s.
Only households with one person who receives pension credit will still be eligible.
In October 2019 the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, called on the BBC and the Government to reach an agreement to continue funding free TV licences to over 75’s after 2020.
Commenting Mr MacNeil said: “There are around 3,000 island residents who are over the age of 75 – just over 10 per cent of our islands population.
“They should continue to be exempt from paying for a TV licence and any effort to remove that and impose an additional household bill on older people is shameful.
“For many people TV is just welcome entertainment, but for others it is day to day company which helps combat loneliness and isolation.
“Over the last few months this matter has been raised several times in Parliament and together with my SNP colleagues I will continue to urge whichever Government is in power after the election to ensure the continuation of Free TV licences for the over 75’s”
“The BBC plans to scrap blanket free licences for over-75s, only households with one person who receives pension credit will still be eligible but in October 2019 the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee called on the BBC and the Government to reach an agreement to continue funding free TV licences to over 75’s after 2020.”
Iolaire play wins
Sgoil an Rubha's Iolaire play secured the Community, Heritage and Tourism Award last night (Tuesday 19 November) at the Scottish Gaelic Awards.
Held at the Mariott Hotel in Glasgow, Sgoil An Rubha pupils performed their play, An Oidhche Mus Do Sheoil I.
The play was part of the Iolaire project to highlight the impact of the tragedy on the Point district.
The play was written by Coumcillor Alasdair Macleod and produced and directed by Marisa MacDonald with huge input from members of the Point community.
The 50 servicemen were played by 50 pupils from Sgoil An Rubha and each pupil was assigned the name of a serviceman as they came on stage in the opening scene, speaking their names, ages and the village they were from.
The full story of the Iolaire was performed on stage by the pupils from the time the ship left Kyle of Lochalsh until it ran aground on the Beasts of Holm on that fateful New Year’s morning 1919.
39 pupils left the stage dressed in black t-shirts and 11 were in white t-shirts to depict those who perished and those who survived. The pupils left the stage to the singing of Psalm 23 in Gaelic.
Councillor Alasdair Macleod, said: “This was a truly memorable community event depicting the grim reality of the Iolaire from a Point perspective. It was wonderful to see the community pulling together to support the project in a variety of ways but the key players were the pupil, teachers, ancillary staff and parents from Sgoil An Rubha.”
Aig tachartas Duaisean Gàidhlig na h-Alba a-raoir, Dimairt 19 Samhain, ann an Taigh-òsta Marriott an Glaschu, choisinn Dealbh-chluich Sgoil an Rubha an Duais airson Coimhearsnachd, Dualchais is Turasachd.
Chaidh dealbh-chluich mun Iolaire “An Oidhche mus do sheòl i” a thaisbeanadh le sgoilearan à Sgoil an Rubha mar phàirt den phròiseact aca ann a bhith a’ coimhead ri buaidh Call an Iolaire air sgìre an Rubha ann an Eilean Leòdhais. `S e an Comhairliche Alasdair Macleòid a sgrìobh an dealbh-chluich agus chaidh a riochdachadh agus a stiùireadh le Marisa Dhòmhnallach, le taic mhòr bho mhuinntir na sgìre. Bha 50 seòladair às an Rubha air bòrd an Iolaire air an oidhche dhoirbh ud agus cha tàinig aiste beò ach 11. Aig fosgladh na dealbh-chluiche bha 50 sgoilear a riochdachadh gach seòladair bhon sgìre, gach sgoilear ag ainmeachadh aon sheòladair, an aois a bha iad, agus am baile dom buineadh iad, mar a bha iad a’ tighinn chun stèidse.
Bho dh’fhàg i Caol Loch Aillse gus na an tug i brag air Biastan Thuilm, thaisbean na sgoilearan sgeulachd uamhasach an Iolaire mar a thachair air Oidhche na Bliadhn’ Ùire 1919. Bha 39 sgoilear ann an lèintean-t dhubha agus 11 ann an lèintean-t gheala a comharrachadh an fheadhainn a chaill am beatha agus an fheadhainn a thàinig às beò. Dh’fhàg na sgoilearan an stèidse a’ seinn Salm 23 sa Ghàidhlig.
Thuirt An Comh. Alasdair Macleòid: “`S e tachartas iongantach coimhearsnachd a bha seo, a’ tarraing air uamhas an Iolaire bho shealladh Sgìre an Rubha. Bha e sònraichte a bhith a’ faicinn a’ choimhearsnachd a’ tighinn ri chèile a’ cumail taice ris a’ phròiseact ann an iomadh dòigh, ach `s iad na sgoilearan, an luchd-teagaisg, luchd-obrach na sgoile agus pàrantan Sgoil an Rubha a thug am pròiseact seo gu buil.”
Celebrations in Gaelic
There are celebrations in the world of Gaelic culture today (Wednesday November 20th) after news of awards for islanders at last night’s Scottish Gaelic awards ceremony in Glasgow.
The Scottish Gaelic Awards reward all aspects of the Gaelic language and culture and the awards night was hosted by the Daily Record, alongside headline sponsor Bòrd na Gàidhlig.
Broadcaster and Producer Cathy MacDonald announced recognition for Stornoway-based publishers Acair, who received the best contribution award for the individual, group or organisation that has contributed significantly towards the growth or development of the Gaelic language locally, nationally or internationally.
Acair posted later: “Thanks to all of Acair’s writers, illustrators, independent readers, proofers, editors, translators, designers and every other contributor at every stage of the publishing process.”
Meanwhile Marisa Macdonald and Sgoil an Rubha were recognised with a community, heritage and tourism award for the group, organisation, community or school that has done most to utilise Gaelic within its community, in highlighting its heritage.
The award was made for the production An Oidche mus do Sheol I, a successful community event in remembrance of the Iolaire tragedy, performed to acclaim at Sgoil an Rubha in November 2018.
Also celebrating were representatives of Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn (Galson Community Estate Trust) who were awarded recognition as event of the year at the award ceremony. The event, Dùthchas, was a week which celebrated language, culture and heritage in many different ways, including food and drink demonstrations, traditional skills and history and genealogy.
Posting the news today, a spokesman for UOG said: “It was a huge honour to pick up the event of the year award on behalf of our community for Dùthchas week at the Gaelic awards. A huge thank you to everyone who was involved - we’re very much looking forward to Dùthchas 2020!
The pictures show Fiona Rennie (left) and Shona Nic a' Mhaoilein of UOG at the awards ceremony (below) and pupils from Sgoil an Rubha performing their work (above).
Historic ‘traffic jam’ for classics
Classic car drivers contributed to the first ever Stornoway traffic-jam yesterday afternoon (Tuesday November 19th), according to traffic reports on BBC Radio 2.
But the reports were part of a tongue-in-cheek celebration staged by the team from Practical Classics magazine, visiting the islands this week.
About 25 classic cars owned and driven by island drivers massed at Lews Castle grounds at lunchtime to give a welcome to a team from the Peterborough-based magazine.
Editor Daniel Hopkins told welovestornoway.com: “It’s exciting to see how many people were happy to bring their cars out to meet us, and what a variety! It shows what a great community the classic car world is, and everyone here is lovely, supportive and interested in each other’s projects – no competitiveness.”
After the castle grounds rally, the editorial team of five, with their own classic cars, led off a circuit round the town centre, creating a show for pedestrians as well as holding up other traffic.
Deputy editor James Walshe pulled strings at Radio 2 to get BBC traffic announcer Bobby Pryor to give out two bulletins warning of congestion in the town centre, giving Stornoway its first national traffic announcement ever.
Today the Practical Classics team is out and about around Harris, after spending yesterday afternoon and evening interviewing individual car owners for special features in the magazine.
Interviews with island classic owners are set to appear in the magazine throughout the winter, including special features on Kiwi Macleod’s red Jaguar XK150, Murdo Macleod’s Triumph Dolomite Sprint (described as ‘a work of art), a Cortina Mark 1 restored by Norman Maclean, Moto Plus, and an Escort Mark 1 Nimbus caravette restored by Ali ‘Nomie’ Macleod.
Daniel Hopkins said: “We would thoroughly recommend the islands as a destination for classic car drivers, especially in the winter, when there’s hardly anyone on the roads and you don’t get stuck behind a caravan.
“I love discovering new places and have travelled a lot in Britain, but I’ve never been here before. In terms of eye-candy it’s as good as anywhere on the planet – on the edge, extreme, bleak and with a wild beauty.
“We plan to visit the west side of Harris, the Bays road and Huisinis beach today (Wednesday) and we’re hoping to get a sunset shot with our own cars to round off our visit.”
Pictures show the classic cars gathered in Lews Castle grounds with island owners and the editorial team of Practical Classics in the front row (Judi Hayes and aerial shots by Christopher Mayers).
Visa plea for Scotland in Brexit row
Angus MacNeil, SNP candidate for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, has echoed the First Minister’s call for Scotland to have an immigration system “fit for purpose and fit for Scotland’s needs”.
The Scottish Government has proposed that a Scottish visa should be introduced with the criteria and rules set in Scotland. The Scottish tax code is a current example of a residence-based framework within the UK.
Regional immigration schemes operate successfully in other countries such as Australia and Canada.
Commenting Angus MacNeil said: “Given depopulation and needs for labour in fisheries, Scotland needs to control migration and work visas so that our islands can become better off.
"Freedom of movement has enabled a number of people to come and make their homes here in the Islands and actively contribute to our communities, but we also know that is not enough.
"Currently, the UK Government allows five times more migration from the rest of the world than comes from EU Freedom of Movement, we just need to tailor this for Scotland and our islands. These people are crucial to our caring professions, to areas like our NHS, to tourism and of course fishing crews in our inshore waters, which the UK Gov has been working against.
“The SNP would prefer to see Scotland remain in Europe as voted for by more than 60% at the Brexit referendum.
“As the First Minister said, “leaving the EU, and ending freedom of movement, will not only be bad for our economy and our public services but will deprive Scots of our rights to live and work across Europe.”
“No matter what happens with Brexit, we need a migration system fit for purpose and fit for Scotland’s needs."
Trust boosts hospice funds again
Bethesda Care Home and Hospice has been given the latest instalment of its annual financial support by community wind farm charity Point and Sandwick Trust
The wind farm gives £25,000 to Bethesda every autumn, followed by £30,000 each spring – an annual commitment that Point and Sandwick Trust has pledged to Bethesda for 25 years, for the life of the turbines.
Financial support for Bethesda is the wind farm’s highest priority, as Point and Sandwick Trust’s only 25-year grant commitment, and that support was pledged to Bethesda six years before the wind farm became a reality, with the signing of a memorandum.
At a presentation on November 7 to hand over the latest tranche of funding, Point and Sandwick Trust underlined its support for the organisation and urged everyone involved with funding Bethesda to carry on supporting it.
Calum MacDonald, former Western Isles MP and developer of the Beinn Ghrideag windfarm, said: “Since it opened in 1992, Bethesda has established itself as one of the most important and best-loved institutions in the islands. They deliver a phenomenal level of care that has helped many hundreds of families and touched us all.
“That is why we made this commitment at the very start of the Point and Sandwick project, back in 2005, and why we are committed to it as strongly as ever today and will be in the future.
“It’s important for people to realise that the funding needs of Bethesda go way beyond what we provide and so I would encourage everybody involved to carry on with their generous donations to this invaluable service which is something that everybody in the islands can be proud of.”
Angus McCormack, Point and Sandwick Trust honorary president, told representatives of the care home and hospice: “We are very pleased that we are able to support you and that we are able to support you going forward into the future. I hope that it gives you a measure of comfort that we will endeavour to make sure that this payment is made in the years going forward.”
Bethesda’s chairman, Dr Neil Davis, general manager Carol Somerville and finance development officer, Natalie Keiller stressed the value of this annual grant to the organisation as it could be relied on.
General manager Carol Somerville: “At the moment we have to raise nearly £400,000 a year just to keep the hospice open so that it’s free for patients and their families – so getting £55,000 a year is a boost to our funds. We are indebted to Point and Sandwick Trust for their ongoing support as we endeavour to continue to provide specialist palliative care to those families in our community who require this care.”
Bethesda chairman Dr Neil Davis explained that the four-bed hospice – a separate entity to the 30 bed nursing home – had been funded over the years through a combination of support from the public and NHS Western Isles.
He told Point and Sandwick Trust: “You will doubtless be aware that in real terms there’s been some difficulties in our conversations for funding. What we lack from statutory support we have to make up by our own fundraising efforts.
“In many respects, that has been year to year, month to month – even week to week – and for us to have the support and the promise of going forward together is hugely significant to us.
“Not only is it seed corn for attracting other funds but it’s security. It’s not just our security. It’s the public’s security. The public feel they have a service which provides for them in their time of need and looks after their families. It’s unique in that it’s not available in any other shape or form.
“For Point and Sandwick Trust to take us under their wing is greatly significant to us.
“As you’d expect, the public are hugely generous, hugely responsive. They are well aware that Bethesda needs this support and it’s not money that is being squandered.”
Dr Davis pointed out that people using the services of the hospice had an average of four admissions before they stayed in the hospice or before choosing to die at home.
He told Point and Sandwick Trust: “Thank you for supporting Bethesda. For the patients, for their families and for the community that knows it has the security of the hospice behind it.”
Calum MacDonald said Point and Sandwick Trust was trying to set an example in terms of community energy companies, in showing that “we all have a duty to the wider Western Isles family, not just to our own immediate neighbourhoods”.
He added: “We sink or swim together and that is why PST is happy to support projects that benefit the wider islands community and not just Point and Sandwick.”
Point and Sandwick Trust board member Rhoda Mackenzie said all organisations with funds available for community projects should “keep Bethesda uppermost” in their minds “when they are considering giving”, especially given the hospice’s difficulties with funding.
“It’s essential that other groups consider the unit foremost when they are deciding where to put the money and that they make a long-term commitment, like we have, so Bethesda can use that as part of their financial planning. We should be looking to ease the burden because fundraising shouldn’t be a worry to concentrate on when there is care to give.”
Picture: Representatives of Bethesda Care Home and Hospice and Point and Sandwick Trust. Seated from left to right: Natalie Keiller, Bethesda finance development officer; Dr Neil Davis, Bethesda chairman; Angus McCormack, PST honorary president; Carol Somerville, Bethesda general manager. Standing from left to right: Duncan Mackay, PST vice-chairman; Rhoda Mackenzie, PST board member; Donald John MacSween, PST general manager and Calum MacDonald, Beinn Ghrideag developer.
Picture by Sandie Maciver of SandiePhotos
John Muir Trust agrees new deal
The John Muir Trust has signed a new five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn (Galson Estate Trust).
The community landowner manages 56,000 acres of coastline, agricultural land and moorland in North West Lewis, which is home to a population of nearly 2,000 people in 22 crofting townships
The signing is the third MOU agreed between the John Muir Trust and major community land trusts on Lewis and Harris.
In July, an agreement was renewed between the Pitlochry-based land charity and the West Harris Trust, with a further MoU approved with the North Harris Trust in August.
The Galson Estate passed into community ownership on 12 January 2007. The new MoU underscores both parties intent to work together on collaborative projects and signals a renewed focus following previous joint work.
The MOU will allow the John Muir Trust to support the Galson Estate Trust with its land management and conservation work. The community landowner will in turn draw upon its expertise of community-led conservation management to help the environmental charity sharpen up its policy and management practices.
The two organisations have also joined forces to put together a transition programme of events and activities for Primary Seven pupils across two community owned estates next year. The pupils will work towards achieving their John Muir Discovery Awards in the outdoors, while getting to know pupils from other primary schools before they start secondary school together in Stornoway next autumn.
The programme has been made possible with funding from Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and Galson will work in partnership with Urras Oighreachd Chàrlabhaigh (Carloway Estate Trust) to deliver this project across both their estates.
The John Muir Trust has also secured funding for a new full-time ranger post to work with community land trusts on the Western Isles. Funded by the ALA Green Trust, the ranger will support land management, education and community participation in outdoors activities.
The John Muir Trust’s Land Operations Manager, Richard Williams, said: “The John Muir Trust is strongly supportive of community landownership, and we are eager to strengthen our links and partnerships with the communities who live and work in the unique landscapes of the Outer Hebrides.
Renewing this Memorandum of Understanding with the Galson Estate demonstrate our shared desire to work more closely and collaborate in areas of mutual interest – and the provision of a Western Isles Ranger Post is a clear sign of that intent. I look forward to building upon this and on the other positive relationships we have on Lewis and Harris.
Lisa Maclean, Manager of Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn said: “We are very pleased to be working with John Muir Trust more closely as the relationship was once very strong and from it we were able to carry out some great work.
"We look forward to the year ahead to get some of the planned activities up and running, and we welcome the ranger post that will be established on the islands.”
Cat-lovers rally for ferals
An appeal has gone out today (Tuesday November 19th) for funds, food and bedding for unwanted cats, as animal-lovers step forwards to rescue a family of kittens left out in the cold.
Former cat protectors found they were unable to sit back and do nothing when they were alerted to a new feral colony in a garden near Stornoway.
There’s now no rescue service in the island for unwanted cats, since the national charity Cats Protection withdrew its support from the Lewis and Harris branch. Feral cats and kittens have filled all available spaces both at the Old Mill Veterinary practice and at the SSPCA.
But a mother cat with three new kittens and three almost-grown adult kittens has spurred cat-lovers to get back to work – despite the fact that they have no financial backing for the expenses of feeding, keeping and neutering the cats.
Former committee co-ordinator Karen Cowan said: “We received a message asking for help with a colony of feral cats living in a garden near town. If we left them there within a few months there would be real problems.
“Now we need your help to raise funds to neuter all the adults and care for them all. You’ve all been so supportive about starting something locally so we hope now you’ll agree that that family is worth saving.”
Having successfully trapped the three older kittens, volunteers are now seeking donations of food and cat litter, which can be ordered by phone or in person from Maybury Gardens, where the former charity ordered supplies.
Carers have already been found to provide safe shelter for the kittens, when they can be trapped, and it’s hoped they can be socialised and provided with homes.
It’s also hoped that an online funding page can be set up to meet the costs of neutering all the adult cats, before finding them a safe barn or other home.
The picture shows the two generations of kittens, found under a hedge in a Stornoway garden.
Airport work-to-rule 'pause' (updated)
Talks this week to resolve the long-running dispute between air traffic controllers and employer Highlands and Islands Airport Ltd (HIAL) have led to a breakthrough, it was announced today (Tuesday November 19th).
ATC union Prospect is to put a revised offer to their membership and is likely to recommend that members accept the offer. A further meeting scheduled this week will finalise the detail, according to an announcement by HIAL.
The steps towards agreement mean that the work-to-rule which is currently in effect will be lifted from 5pm today (Tuesday) and will not be implemented whilst the offer is under consideration. HIAL says that the company welcomes that outcome.
Prospect has not yet advised of the closing date of the ballot, but HIAL plan to provide a further update when the ballot results are known.
Stornoway airport has been among those affected by the work-to-rule, which can mean delays to departures while air traffic controllers take prescribed breaks.
There were also whole days of closure at the airport due to strike action during spring and summer this year.
Highlands and Islands Labour MSP Rhoda Grant has welcomed news that HIAL and Prospect Union have made progress in their talks. Mrs Grant Said: “After months of stalemate, I am pleased that HIAL appears to have made a more substantive offer to Air Traffic controllers.
“This has been a long time coming, and while the offer obviously still has to be considered and voted on by the Union membership, it is promising that Prospect are recommending it be accepted. This is hopefully an indication that the Scottish Government have finally accepted that the quality of their workers, who have chosen to live and work in some of the Highlands and Islands most rural areas, is deserving of recognition. Today they argued that the staff of the Scottish National Investment Bank should not be bound by public pay.”
Mrs Grant also welcomed the news that the work to rule conditions which Air Traffic Controllers have been working within will be lifted during the consideration period.
She said: “The ATC staff are an integral part of our community and always go above and beyond to ensure they serve our communities. I know that they have not relished the work to rule conditions, but have seen it as necessary. The fact that they can now step out from this yoke and go back to doing what they do best in time for Christmas is as much a relief for them as it is for those who will be travelling on flights.”
But Mrs Grant stressed that this was only one fight facing the Air Traffic Controllers, and that retention of rural ATC was still to be resolved. “The potential loss of local Air Traffic Control is still looming and should be of deep concern to the Scottish Government which claims it wants to strengthen rural areas and yet continues to centralise services away from local communities."
Your ferry tales wanted!
The Stornoway Ullapool ferry is the inspiration for a new performance work being planned by the National Theatre of Scotland – and they want islanders to be involved.
Ferry Tales will be inspired by commuters, holiday makers, passengers and workers on ferry routes around the west coast of Scotland – including the regular trip across the Minch.
Due to be performed on selected ferries in April 2020, Ferry Tales celebrates the waters surrounding Scotland’s western islands and the journeys across them made by thousands of residents, workers and tourists each year.
Local communities around three major ferry routes, which include the Ullapool – Stornoway route, are being encouraged to get involved and share stories of ferry experiences, whether strange, wonderful or everyday.
NTS are also looking for local choirs, bands, clubs and societies who might like to be involved in community performances, welcoming people as they disembark from the ferry.
Anyone who wants to share their stories can fill in an online survey form at https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=kn8riRPlgEa0wpiJL_MaOMprre6-N35IroDIKJLf2S9UNUdRTjgyTzEzOUFCQUJPMzlIMVNQMEg2Ny4u
An information session is also due to be held on Wednesday December 4th at 5pm at An Lanntair, with advance booking not required, just show up.
To find out more about Ferry Tales or the information session you can email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Ferry Tales is supported by EventScotland’s year of coasts and waters events fund with the support of Caledonian MacBrayne and their ferries.
Timely tribute to Chinese mariners
The mystery behind an unusual war memorial within the cemetery at Cuidhir in Barra is under discussion after an online question from an islander abroad.
Mairi MacNeil Lande, who now lives in Norway, asked Barra residents to explain to her why three men with Chinese names are apparently buried in Vatersay.
Chan Sung and Chung Cheong were buried where the Annie Jane memorial stands on Traigh Siar, while Leong Kow is interred at Carragarie Point in Vatersay. A memorial stone to the three stands now in Cuidhir cemetery in Barra.
Mairi’s enquiry on the Isle of Barra Facebook page has led to some answers, but more questions. The men were three firemen (engine stokers) who died when their ship, the Idomeneus, was torpedoed during the First World War, in 1917.
Their British colleague, George Dudleston, a junior engineer, was also killed, but his body was repatriated to his home town of Birkenhead. The remains of the three Hong Kong mariners were buried close to where they came to land.
The mystery being discussed is why they were buried there? And why is their memorial stone so far from their burial place?
Resident Floraidh Macleod believes she’s heard of two Chinese firemen being buried at the old graveyard at Uinessein, a tidal island at Caragrigh Point, and another responder points out that, with no causeway to Vatersay or motor vehicles available after the Great War, a war grave stone might have been delivered to Cuidhir with others and been too heavy to transport all the way to Vatersay.
The story certainly has people talking, and has brought timely attention to the fate of Chinese Merchant seamen who served without recognition during the First World War.
Chan, Chung and Leong were just three of 96,000 members of the Chinese Labour Corps – men who served with allied services during the war. A Twitter campaign to remember their sacrifices called Ensuring We Remember (@WW1CLC) scored a major step forward on Armistice Day this year (Monday November 11th), when a delegation were able to lay memorial wreaths for Chinese workers killed during the conflict.
The cargo steamer Idomeneus, operated by the Ocean Steam Ship company, was hit by a single torpedo from U-boat 67 on 15th September 1917 in the North Atlantic, while en route from New York to Liverpool. Nearby vessels including Barra trawlers helped tow her to the beach, from where she was later refloated.
Pictures show the memorial to the three Hong Kong sailors at Cuidhir cemetery (Commonwealth War Graves) and a delegation preparing to lay wreaths at the Cenotaph on November 11th (Ensuring We Remember).
Spotlight for charity heroine
A long-time fundraiser from Harris has been brought into the limelight, after a significant donation to Marie Curie.
Mairianna Macdonald from Direcleit isn’t looking for any recognition, but her latest total for Marie Curie, the charity which supports people with terminal illnesses and their families, has certainly got her noticed.
Marie Curie’s Outer Hebrides fundraising group received £3,120 from Mairianna – part of a staggering £18,000 that she and her family have raised over eight years for numerous different charities, many of them Harris-based.
Mairianna told welovestornoway.com: “I prefer to raise money for local groups and smaller organisations that maybe don’t get so much support elsewhere. My latest project is to support the science club from Sir E Scott primary school, who came to me for help after I asked whether any other charities needed my support.”
All the money Mairianna has raised comes from table-top sales and sales on Facebook. She sells what she calls bric-a-brac – anything from old furniture to small items like ornaments.
“People know that I am looking for things to sell, so they bring me stuff, sometimes boxes of things from their homes or house clearances. I started by selling things of our own that we no longer needed, but over the years I’ve gained a bit of a reputation.”
It’s not just Mairianna that is involved in the activity – her first motivation came from daughter Cara, who at eight years old decided she wanted to do something for charity. Aged nine she won the Neil Martin trophy in recognition of her fundraising efforts in aid of Macmillan.
Cara’s twin brother, Connor, and dad Alex John also help out. Between them they’ve raised money for Crossroads Harris, Tarbert Day Centre, Chest Heart and Stroke and the North Harris pensioners Christmas lunch. Harris U13 football club got money for new strips, the Salvation Army money for baby equipment and dancers from Harris got help to fund their trip to Euro-Disney this month – and that’s not the half of it!
Mairianna said: “I am actually surprised to have made that much – this is the first time I’ve actually sat down to work it out. I do it because I find it’s beneficial to help keep my depression at bay and I’m very grateful to the local ‘buy, swap, sell’ community as they are the ones that are making such a difference.”
Not everyone will agree with her, so it’s good that Mairianna is getting a little recognition for her huge efforts. After handing over £1,600 to Leverburgh RNLI last year, honorary chairman Hamish Taylor said: “We are touched by the efforts of Mairianna, Cara and Connor, and it is gestures like these that help keep the station running and ultimately help save lives at sea. Mairianna and family have been fundraising for local charities for some time now and they are to be commended for their efforts. Our island and the charities and groups they assist are fortunate to have them.”
There are plenty of local organisations who would agree with Hamish – among them the Marie Curie fundraisers. Thanks to her, Sir E Scott’s science club will be able to attend two competitions on the mainland next year, and Women’s Aid will get a little extra help at Christmas – and then she’ll be on to her next fundraising challenge.
Bashful in the limelight: Mairianna Macdonald is pictured with John Masterson from the Marie Curie fundraising group and, together with Cara and Connor, at the presentation of a cheque to Leverburgh RNLI in September 2018.
Labour campaign takes to roads!
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, joined Labour's Western Isles candidate Alison MacCorquodale to launch the Campaign Van that will be her mobile headquarters until December 12th.
Alison said: "We decided that a static office in Stornoway was a bit old-fashioned and that the emphasis should be on reaching out to every corner of the constituency. The Campaign Van will make that a lot easier and I am looking forward to meeting as many people as possible.
"It was great to have Alistair joining us on the campaign trail. He has strong Lewis connections and knows how vital it is to have an MP putting forward the case for our very distinctive needs, no matter who is in government".
Alistair Darling said: "I am delighted to support Alison who is an excellent candidate. As the veteran of many elections I think it is a great idea in a constituency like this to have a mobile HQ which allows her to make maximum use of time meeting constituents and hearing at first-hand about issues and concerns".
Having led the Better Together campaign in 2014, Alistair believes that "the last thing Scotland needs now is another divisive referendum with so many urgent and important issues to address, with a direct bearing on families and communities in the Western Isles"
He said: "We were told by Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon in 2014 that it was a once in a generation vote but the ink was hardly dry before they started all over again. There is no case at present for another referendum".
Road closures for lights
Stornoway town centre will become a no-go zone for traffic on the evening of Tuesday November 26th, as road closures are put in place for the duration of the Christmas lights switch-on.
Between 6.30pm and 8.30pm the following roads will be closed to traffic (shown above in grey):
• Cromwell Street, North Beach Street and Castle Street – from the Kenneth Street junction, along Cromwell Street and towards the west lane of Castle Street.
• Bank Street, Point Street and Francis Street
• Church Street – between Cromwell Street and Kenneth Street
South Beach Street will also be closed between Kenneth Street and Castle Street from 7.30-7.45pm. (Shown in red)
The road closures are ion the interests of safety for pedestrians while the Christmas lights switch-on is under way. Access will be available for emergency vehicles at all times.
A plan showing the area affected is available at https://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/media/14501/temp-closure-christmas-lights-2019-signed-order.pdf
Postal votes urged to beat weather
Voters are being urged to consider using a postal or proxy vote for the General Election on Thursday December 12th, to beat any additional access difficulties which could be created by weather conditions.
Details were published of the candidates, agents and polling places for the General Election by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar’s election office on Friday (November 15th).
There will be 47 polling stations, with just four changes to the places used in the previous election, which was the European Election in May this year.
In Tarbert voting has reverted to the community hall, as used in previous elections, instead of Tarbert Council Offices.
The polling station in Balallan has moved from the community hall into the newly renovated Old School building. Back will see the Free Church hall used as a polling station, instead of the community hut and in Bragar the meeting house will be used once again, as for the European election, since Grinneabhat community building is still under renovation.
He said: “We are looking at everything we can do to make voting as accessible for everyone as possible, especially given the time of year. It is close to the shortest day of the year, so there will not be many daylight hours to vote and there may also be weather challenges.”
For that reason the election office are evaluating arrangements for gritting around polling stations, but there’s also a general message that everyone is entitled to use a postal vote, and could use that option if they have concerns that weather conditions might make it hard or impossible to vote in person.
Anyone can vote by post. You can apply for a postal vote for a particular election, for a set period of time or for all future elections. To apply for a postal vote you should contact the Electoral Registration Officer or you can download a postal vote application here (https://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/media/14485/application-to-vote-by-post.pdf).
Applications to vote by post, or to cancel or alter existing postal votes/proxy votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Tuesday 26th November.
You can also apply to vote by proxy, which means nominating someone else to place a vote on your behalf, but you have to give a valid reason for this – such as that you are going to be away on holiday or that you have a physical condition that prevents you from getting to the polling place.
New applications to vote by proxy must be received by 5pm on Wednesday 4th December, although emergency proxy applications – for example if someone is taken into hospital – can be made up to 5pm on the day of the General Election itself.
Full details about registering to vote and all postal and proxy arrangements can be found at https://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/your-council/elections-and-voting/uk-parliamentary-general-election-2019/how-do-i-vote/
Police appeal on car damage
Stornoway police are asking for public help after an incident in which a car was damaged.
Two drivers were involved in an incident on the B895 at Tong at 6.50pm on Friday (15th November). One of the cars was damaged at the time of the incident.
Police would like anyone who may have seen what happened at the time to contact them on the non-emergency number, 101, referring to incident number 1621/19.
CalMac’s winning teamwork
CalMac's customer service updates team has been named team of the year by the Contact Centre Association (CCA) for the quality of their customer care.
The ferry and harbour operator beat off competition from major international brands such a Vodafone and SKY to pick up the prestigious UK excellence award. The team is responsible for delivering consistent and clear messaging to customers at times of disruption.
CalMac Managing Director, Robbie Drummond said today (Monday November 18th): “They are the voice of the company when disruption occurs. Their job of keeping our customers up to date with what's happening is essential if they are to get to where they're going with the minimal of fuss.”
The team’s success was reflected in more than 500 letters of thanks they’d received from customers, and judges were impressed by the commitment to communicate disruption to customers within eight minutes of being alerted.
They also noted an innovative use of social media, developing a following of just 1,500 to reach more than 18,000 in just three years. Over the course of last year they published 13,513 social media posts and responded to more than 45,000 messages and emails.
Robbie said: “The pressure on the team during times of disruption, for reasons more often than not outwith our control, is intense. Customers rightly need to know what's going on and having staff who can keep calm under stress can do a lot to determine whether a customer's experience is a good one or not.
“I'm delighted for the team, being recognised by their industry peers as being the best in the business is a great accolade and one they fully deserve. This responsiveness and commitment to first class customer service is a huge asset for us.”
There are five people in the updates team, operating round-the-clock monitoring on more than 160,000 sailings and looking out for potential disruption, as well as monitoring other transport operators for events that could have an impact on ferry services.
“It is our goal to try and speak to customers in a way that suits them. Our team is committed to embracing the very latest communications channels to keep passengers informed quickly about any changes to their planned sailing,” added Robbie.
Picture shows the team celebrating their win on Wednesday November 13th (CalMac).
Classics rally for magazine
Stornoway looks set to see one of the biggest gatherings of classic cars for many years tomorrow (Tuesday November 19th) as enthusiasts turn out to show off the island collection.
The gathering in Lews Castle grounds is being planned to welcome the entire editorial team of Practical Classics magazine, who are today heading north through Scotland with their own posse of practical classics.
The magazine’s team of editor Danny Hopkins, James and technical contributors Matt George, John Simpson and Matt Tomkins are each driving their own classic car – ranging from a 1989 Saab 900i to a Nissan Micra. They’re being brought to Lewis as part of the magazine’s continuing mission to encourage the use and enjoyment of classic cars in all weather conditions.
Previous runs in the Practical Classics ‘winter warmers’ series have taken them to the Netherlands and the Swiss Alps to show off what a classic car can do. This year they chose a challenging destination closer to home, setting off from their Peterborough base yesterday.
The cars they’re driving have been bought and restored for under £1,000 each and some of them will find new owners in the islands. Two of the five have already been sold and editor Daniel Hopkins says the plan is for the team to go home on the bus if necessary, as long as their cars find new homes.
Deputy editor James Walshe told welovestornoway.com today (Monday): “We’re on our way with cars we bought and restored for less than a grand! We’re in Ullapool tonight and will be arriving at lunchtime in Stornoway. Look forward to meeting you all!”
Western Isles Classic Car Club has co-ordinated the response from island drivers, fielding a likely turn-out of 25 or more island-based classics. They’ll be rallying in the castle grounds at lunchtime tomorrow ready to greet the magazine team.
Among the cars which could be there are a number of Escort Mark 1s, a Triumph Spitfire Mark IV, an Austin 7 and a Jaguar. Island drivers have been applying spit and polish and even the weather looks ready to play ball, with sunny intervals forecast and very little chance of wind or rain.
The picture shows the Practical Classics team with their cars during an overnight stop in Northumberland last night (James Walshe).
Chimney fire warning as cold bites
Fire officers in Stornoway have issued a warning to householders over the risk of chimney fires as temperatures drop.
Fire Scotland’s group commander for the Western Isles, Gavin Hammond, said there had been a noticeable increase in calls to chimney fires in recent weeks, with half a dozen incidents since the beginning of October, in Stornoway and in rural areas such as Ness.
He said: “Fortunately there have been no injuries, but a chimney fire is a frightening and messy experience for those involved, and potentially expensive if it involves the need to redecorate afterwards.”
Community safety advocate and firefighter Mairi Macdonald said: “Since I joined as a firefighter I have noticed an increase in calls to chimney fires. There are over 1,000 in Scotland each year.
“Making sure your chimney is swept and checked regularly can significantly reduce your chances of having a chimney fire. Soot and fuel residues slowly build up in chimneys over time and sometimes these leftovers can catch fire.
“If this happens, the chimney could send burning soot into your living room or start fires within the roof space or on other floors of the house.
“The type of fuel you burn will determine how often your chimney should be swept – at least once a year for smokeless coal or oil, twice a year for peat and quarterly if you burn wood regularly. A chimney should be given a clean sweep in winter as dust and debris can build up if it has not been used.”
Fire Scotland recommends using a registered chimney sweep and strongly advises that you don’t light fires using flammable liquids like petrol or paraffin. Don’t overload the fire, use a fireguard and check your loft and roof space for smoke or soot if you are able and it is safe to do so.
Mairi said: “Signs of a chimney fire include burning soot or debris falling down your chimney, a roaring sound coming from the chimney, the chimney breast or upstairs walls being hot and sparks or flames coming out of the chimney.
“If you do have a chimney fire, put up the fireguard if it is safe to do so and, if it is safe, put water on the fire and cut off the air supply by closing vents and blocking the fireplace with a metal plate if you have one.
“Get everyone out of the room, close the door, stay out and dial 999. Ask for the fire service. There is no charge for the fire service to attend a chimney fire and firefighters will ensure it is fulling extinguished before giving advice on further action you may need to take.”
Stornoway fire station can provide free home visits, giving advice on smoke and fire alarms and including testing any alarms you already have. To book a free home safety check, call Gavin Hammond or Mairi Macdonald on 01851 705051.
From Lewis to Lesvos
Photo by One Happy Family of the team at One Happy Family.
Words by Melissa Silver, currently volunteering on Lesvos, Greece.
Like many of us, I had been sitting for years watching the refugee crisis unfold in Europe. Finally, I found myself in a moment in my life when I could easily go and help – so I ran out of excuses. Now, I’ve been on Lesvos, a Greek island nestled right in close to Turkey, for two months.
Things here are hard. Just a few miles away from Mytilene, the main city, and where I currently live, is Moria Camp - the largest refugee camp in Europe - which was built for 3,000 people and is currently 'home' to around 15,000 people. Moria is located up on a hill in amongst olive trees not far from the sea. For a split second you could think it was a nice place to live, but once you pass the high fences topped with spirals of razor wire, you enter a different world. You’ll see people being carried in stretchers, too ill to walk; you'll see raw sewage running down the pathways; you’ll see unaccompanied minors wandering around alone, thousands of miles away from their families – not long before I arrived, a minor was killed in the ‘safe zone’; you'll see people queuing for hours to get food or use the toilet; you’ll see people suffering from scabies as the living conditions are so unhygienic the skin condition simply flourishes. Last week, a nine-month-old baby died of dehydration in Moria. At night, practically every night, fights break out as tensions are so high; since I’ve been here, there has also been one deadly fire followed by a riot. During the night last night, at least 164 people arrived to Lesvos, and they will find themselves in Moria - which was unfit for humans more than 10,000 people ago - sometime today. However bad the media makes it seem - I can tell you, it's worse.
But about halfway between where I live, in Mytilene, and Moria Camp, is a place called One Happy Family. Aptly named, OHF is a community centre open to everyone, and where everyone is greeted with a smile – you enter and you’re instantly part of the family. From the moment the gates open, OHF is buzzing: the kitchen starts cooking its delicious, nutritious food; people start playing volleyball and basketball; women retreat to the women’s space to chat or dance or sew; kids run to the playground or the ‘nest’ (an indoor haven for kids aged three to seven) to play or just be. You’ll find the International Language lounge, where you can exchange your language for Arabic, Farsi, French; you’ll find lots of board games to enjoy while sipping a coffee; you’ll find a ‘shop’ where you can get some soap, washing powder, razors – all the things that are in short supply inside Moria. In OHF, international volunteers work alongside refugees – with them, not for them, as OHF’s slogan reminds us – to keep the place running like clockwork.
OHF has no place for racism or discrimination of any kind, no violence is tolerated, and visitors know this and respect it. Everyone is welcome. All of us work together to keep OHF the way it should be – a safe and happy place; an escape from the nightmare that’s just down the road.
Around the corner is The Lava Project (TLP), a partner of OHF set up by one of its volunteers. TLP helps to fill one of the many gaps left by the government by washing the clothes of the most vulnerable people. Scabies sufferers stand a chance of ridding themselves of the condition thanks to TLP, and young families and unaccompanied minors, too, are helped by the service. It’s a small laundry but it manages to wash the clothes of around 1,000 people per month with just a handful of machines and volunteers.
Both of these organisations rely solely on donations, which seems crazy as, without them, I can’t really imagine what would happen here. They’re filling vital gaps that have been left by the overstretched Greek government and a Europe that seems to prefer to turn away rather than help. NGOs are holding things together here.
I’m currently raising money for both One Happy Family and The Lava Project. Having worked with them these past two months, I can tell you the money is going to two very good causes.
If you would like to donate (as they say, every little helps!), please click here.
To read more about One Happy Family, please click here.
To read more about The Lava Project, please click here.
Loomshed beer accolade
The fledgling Loomshed Hebridean Brewery in Tarbert has won respect across the north of Scotland.
Head brewer Calum Bennett was voted Young Ambassador of the Year at the Highlands and Islands Food and Drink Awards which took place on Friday evening (Novermber 15th) at a glittering ceremony at the Kingsmills Hotel in Inverness.
Business and organisations came together to celebrate the success of food and drink in the Highlands and Islands.
A list of the winners and finalists can be seen at the link below.
www.hifoodanddrinkawards.com/results/
The awards are supported by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). Elaine Jamieson, Head of Food and Drink at HIE said: “HIE are delighted to again support the Highlands & Islands Food & Drink Awards.
“The region has much to be proud of when it comes to food and drink. It is no surprise that we have an enviable reputation associated to provenance, people, place and culture.
“I encourage every food and drink business in the Highlands and Islands to consider entering.
“The awards are a tool in the business toolbox – participation creates an opportunity for free marketing and can improve brand awareness, whilst an award is a sign of quality that creates a point of difference which sends out positive signals to customers and opens new doors.”
YOUNG AMBASSADOR OF THE YEAR (sponsored by Brook Street)
Calum Bennett, Loomshed Hebridean Brewery - WINNER
Jodie Grierson, Associated Seafoods Ltd
Bailey Hallas, Sligachan Hotel
Ewelina Laguniak, Nessgro - HIGHLY COMMENDED
EXPORT AWARD (sponsored by XPO Logistics)
Dornoch Distillery Company (SME) - WINNER
Loch Fyne Oysters Ltd
Scottish Salmon Company (LARGE) - WINNER
FOOD AND DRINK BUSINESS GROWTH AWARD (sponsored by Johnston Carmichael)
Scottish Salmon Company - WINNER
The Island Smokery
Williamson Foodservice - HIGHLY COMMENDED
Sligachan Hotel were also finalists in the 'Best Eatery' category.
Man’s death investigated
Investigations by Police Scotland and by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are being carried out into the death of a man who fell from a community development project building in Bragar last week.
Police have officially confirmed that the 58-year-old man, who fell from the roof of the Grinneabhat community centre in Bragar on Wednesday morning (November 13th) sadly passed away at Western Isles Hospital on Thursday.
The incident is classed as an industrial accident, and HSE guidance states that all deaths to workers must be reported if they arise from a work-related accident.
Representatives of HSE arrived in Lewis on Friday and a police investigation into the circumstances is also under way.
Grinneabhat is a new community resource being developed on behalf of Bragar and Arnol Community Trust, project-managed by Tigheann Innse Gall (TIG) and the work carried out by contractors O’Mac Construction Ltd.
The man who died has been named locally and, in a statement on Saturday, Bragar and Arnol Community Trust spoke of their ‘sadness and shock’ following the death.
They said: “Our thoughts and sympathies are with (his) family and friends and his colleagues at O'Mac Construction Ltd.”
Aid for power link-ups on offer
The Scottish Hydro Electric Community Trust is inviting applications for financial support to connect to the electricity network in the north of Scotland.
The Scottish Hydro Electric Community Trust is an independent charitable trust set up in 1998 by Scottish Hydro Electric plc (now SSE plc).
The Trust considers applications for support with the cost of connecting to the electricity network for individual home owners and community groups in the Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) licence area.
The Trust is looking to support up to 75% of the cost of connections for successful community projects and will also support up to 50% of the cost for individuals looking for support to meet the costs of a new domestic connection.
The next round of applications closes on Friday 27 December 2019, with future applications being considered by Trustees on a quarterly basis.
Ron Brown, Trust Chairman, said:“We have been delighted to continue our support for individual home owners and community projects in the north of Scotland. The Trust was set up to help those facing challenges connecting to the electricity network, particularly in some of our most rural and island communities, so it’s great to see this support continue to benefit individual customers and wider communities over 20 years later.
“In the financial year to date, we’ve issued grants worth £63,668 to support individual home owners often facing high costs to connect to the network in SSEN’s distribution area in the north of Scotland. We also awarded grants totalling £30,085 to support connection costs of community projects and are encouraging further applications from groups looking to provide significant benefits to their local communities.”
The Aboyne and Mid Deeside Community Shed received a grant to provide electricity to their premises at Stone Circle Road, Aboyne.
Mr Philip Lay, Treasurer, said:“This is a major new social development for Aboyne. The facility will offer opportunities for local people, as groups or individuals, to become involved in a range of practical activities, projects or events, as well as a place for daytime socialising in a relaxing woodland environment. The shed will be open to all adults 18+. Persons under 18, accompanied by a responsible adult, will be welcome visitors. The Scottish Hydro Electric Community Trust was selected as a potential funding provider by being a specialist in giving assistance to rural community groups needing a supply connection in the SSEN distribution area.”
Plastic@Bay CIC, Durness received a grant towards the connection of their new plastic recycling workshop, set up in Durness to tackle plastic pollution on local beaches. Ms Joan D’Arcy, Director, said: “Thanks to the Hydro Trust for the grant to connect our plastic recycling workshop, ‘The Plastic Lab’, in Durness. Most of the plastic we collect is fishing ropes and nets which are not recyclable by conventional means and end up in landfill. Our aim is to sell enough items made from recycled fishing nets to employ beach cleaners and become self-sufficient in order to continue our good work.”
Urras Dualchas Ratharsair – Raasay Heritage Trust received a grant to provide electricity so that work on their future Heritage Centre, previously a 1760 meal mill, can progress. Ms Rebecca Mackay, Secretary/Treasurer, said: “As well as historically important paper material, we have audio collections and a large genealogical data base. The Trust has worked with local Primary Schools, consulted by the Association of Field Archaeologists and helped students in Sabhal Mòr (Gaelic College in Skye), the School of Scottish Studies, part of Edinburgh University and the University of Highlands and Islands.”
The next round closes on Friday 27 December, with further applications welcome after this date as the Trust meets on a quarterly basis to regularly consider applications.
For more information on the Scottish Hydro Electric Community Trust, to apply online or download an application form, please visit www.shect.org.
Alcohol offences: 3 fined
Three men have been fined after separate offences of consuming alcohol in a public place in the early hours of this morning (Sunday November 17th).
Fixed penalties of £40 each were handed to a 17-year-old youth at 2am, a 40-year-old man at 2.15am and a 21-year-old man at 2.30am.
All were found drinking in Stornoway town centre by police patrols.
In court for abusive behaviour
A 24-year old man is to appear in court tomorrow (Monday November 17th) after being arrested in Stornoway town centre last night.
The man was acting in a threatening and abusive manner, aggravated by homophobic behaviour, on Point Street at 11pm on Saturday.
He was detained by police and is in custody for an appearance at Stornoway Sheriff Court tomorrow morning.
Two other men have been reported to the Procurator Fiscal for threatening and abusive behaviour in separate incidents over the weekend.
At 8.20pm on Friday a 39-year-old man was arrested on Lewis Street. He was released when sober and is to be reported.
And a man was arrested on Bank Street at 1.15am this morning (Sunday).
The 23-year-old was charged with threatening and abusive behaviour and released when sober – he is also to be reported.
Funds deadline for Isles groups
With just four weeks to go before it closes for this year, CalMac’s Community Fund still has plenty of scope to help youth groups up and down the west coast.
Groups have until December 13 to get their applications in for a project or activity that will benefit young people aged 26 and under.
Organisations based in a mainland port or island the company serves can apply for £500 to £2000.
So far the Fund has supported 39 projects from woman’s football in the Outer Hebrides, to the Campbeltown Sea Cadets and a Gaelic youth club on Skye.
CalMac’s Director of Community and Stakeholder Engagement, Brian Fulton said: ‘This is the last chance for groups to tap in to the support we are offering. Many hundreds of young have benefited from the Fund so far and we are still in position where we can help even more.’
CalMac is the UK’s largest ferry operator and last year carried more nearly 5.6 million passengers and 1.4 million vehicles. It services 26 routes to island and remote mainland communities across the Hebrides and the Clyde with a fleet of 33 vessels. Organisations who have applied unsuccessfully are welcome to submit a new application, but successful applicants cannot apply again.
Application form and full terms and conditions at calmac.co.uk/community-fund
Planning applications, Barra, 15 November
Mr and Mrs Murnin have applied for planning permission to construct a house at 14 Ardveenish, Northbay. The house is to consist of four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a kitchen/dining/living area and a utility room. Work is to include creating a garden and parking suitable for three cars.
Demolition and extension, Scalpay
Mr Neil Hillyer of 10a Geocrab has applied for planning permission to demolish the front and rear extensions and rebuild new to similar footprint at Taigh An Oisein, Ardinashaig, Scalpay.
New timber cabin gift shop, Luskentyre
Isobel Mackay of 5 Luskentyre has applied for planning permission to erect a timber cabin gift shop at Gift Shop 5, Luskentyre. The cabin is to be three metres by four metres and will be a standard timber construction. Work is to include creating an access and parking suitable for three cars.
New garage, Shawbost
Lesley Kirk of The Bungalow, 43 South Shawbost has applied for planning permission to erect a garage at The Bungalow, 43 South Shawbost.
New general purpose storage area, Stornoway
Colin Cameron of 1 Newpark, Newmarket has applied for planning permission to erect a new general purpose storage area at 48 Seaforth Road, Stornoway. The storage area is also to include a separate food storage area.
Site steel container, Borve
Derek Macleod of 36 Borve has applied for planning permission to site a 6.1 metre by 2.44 metre steel container at 36 Borve.
New houses, Newmarket
Calmax has applied for planning permission to erect four two-bedroom houses (two blocks) at Greenfield Site in South West Shawbost before the cattle grid. Work is to include creating eight parking spaces and one tarred access road per block.
New polycrub, Uig
Fiona Inglefinch (Grazing clerk) of 16 Crowlista, Uig, has applied for planning permission to erect a polycrub on the Common Grazing at the rear of the Uig community centre play park. The polycrub is to be nine metres long, four metres wide and 2.6 metres tall. It's to consist of clear polycarbonate and plastic.
SNP campaign hub officially opened
Angus MacNeil - SNP candidate in Na h-Eileanan an Iar - officially opened the campaign hub in Stornoway this morning. (Saturday November 16th)
The campaign hub at 8 Church Street, Stornoway, is the base for the SNP campaign in the islands and will be open Monday to Saturday for the duration of the campaign.
Launching his campaign, surrounded by supporters, Mr MacNeil said: “It has been a great privilege to represent the people of Na h-Eileanan an Iar in Parliament and I hope to continue to do that after December 12th.
“I know that people are really fed-up with the situation at Westminster. For Scotland, this Election is about choosing our own future – about what kind of country we want to be and about taking control of our own affairs.
"For the United Kingdom, the Election is about Brexit – breaking away from our European partners and exiting the free trade deals we currently enjoy."
“I hope to see as many people as possible in this short campaign and that you will again allow me to use my experience by representing you in Westminster by voting for me and for the SNP on December 12th.”
New recruits for fire service
A cohort of new firefighters completed their training and were welcomed into the Scottish fire and rescue service at a passing out ceremony at Stornoway fire station this afternoon (Friday November 15th).
Seven new officers demonstrated their newly acquired skills to their families, serving fire officers and community representatives, before accepting their badges and celebrating a new role in their communities.
Lead instructor watch commander David Stewart told welovestornoway.com: “The new firefighters have undergone an intense two weeks of training which ensures that they are able to continue their development as firefighters safely. We congratulate them all for the hard work they have put in and for the service they are prepared to offer to their communities.”
The new recruits are Calum Mackay, who will be based at South Lochs, Rhiannon Teather of Great Bernera, Stornoway recruits Errol Chalmers and Sean Laing, Michael Macmanus from Benbecula, John MacLean of Bayhead, North Uist and Donald Morrison, who will serve at Tarbert fire station in Harris.
They are pictured here with instructors David Stewart and crew commander Alan Saunders before their final exercise and presentation ceremony.
Western Isles area fire service are still recruiting for all stations, but especially for rural locations, with the next round of applications open at https://www.myjobscotland.gov.uk/emergency-services/scottish-fire-and-rescue-service/jobs/rds-firefighter-western-isles-66816. Applications close in mid-January and the next round of entry tests is in February 2020.
Fire Scotland’s group commander for the Western Isles, Gavin Hammond, said: “I’d encourage anyone with an interest in firefighting or who is thinking they might like to offer their skills, especially if you live in a rural area, to contact us at our district offices and find out more.”
Group commander Gavin Hammond can be contacted at Stornoway Fire Station on 01851 705051.
Car fire in Coll
Fire fighters were called to the main road near Coll this morning, where a car had caught fire.
The BMW car had caught light on the main B895 road between Tong and Coll around 12 noon, with the driver alerted to his predicament by other motorists.
A fire crew from Stornoway were despatched after an emergency call, to find that the fire had already been extinguished using powder extinguishers which were being carried by passing van drivers.
No-one was injured and the car was removed from the carriageway. The fire crew were stood down by 12.40pm.
Foodbank ‘service as usual’
Eilean Siar Foodbank is to continue with its normal arrangements for supporting people in need, as the separation of the local organisation from national charity the Trussell Trust is completed today (Friday November 15th).
The foodbank will continue as an independent organisation, providing food support to families and individuals experiencing a crisis or who are in food poverty.
A spokesperson for the foodbank said all the referring organisations, which include health and social support services, now have new contact details to reach them and that the distribution of food will continue as before.
The New Wine Church on Point Street will be operated by volunteers and open for people to collect food supplies on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 11am and 2pm.
Trustee Catriona Stewart told welovestornoway.com: “If people need food support they can go to a referring agency or just come to the foodbank, in which case we will also direct them to agencies that can provide further support.
“Our current focus is on the Christmas boxes, which last year were provided to over 300 families. We are working on those at the moment and will be distributing them based on referrals from the agencies.”
Food for local distribution continues to be collected at the Co-op and Tescos supermarkets in Stornoway, with other public collecting points open during the Christmas period – the Caberfeidh Hotel, for example, is running a collection as part of their Santa’s grotto.
Catriona also paid tribute to the Trussell Trust, which has offered to continue providing informal support even though they are no longer officially connected to the island foodbank.
Ferry back to work
The CalMac ferry Loch Seaforth is set to return to service tonight (Friday November 15th) after successfully completing sea trials from Stornoway harbour this morning.
She’ll take up the freight run tonight and is due to resume her usual duties between Stornoway and Ullapool thereafter.
Loch Seaforth has been receiving engineers’ attention at the pier since returning from her annual overhaul last weekend, with three separate faults needing to be addressed.
A specialist engineer from Denmark who has been working on the pitch control, and another from Germany who has been directing work on the generator control system, have both left from Stornoway airport today, having seen repairs completed.
MV Isle of Lewis, which has been operating on the Minch crossing for almost a month, will tie up in Stornoway tonight and is expected to head south tomorrow, ready to return to the Castlebay route from Sunday onwards.
Today’s service between Stornoway and Ullapool has been running late due to the northerly swell affecting the passage, according to CalMac.
The picture shows an unusual night-time view of the Loch Seaforth during her round-the-clock repairs (Chris Murray).
Blow for Arnish as jobs go
The Arnish BiFab yard will see the departure of 35 workers today (Friday November 15th) – with 15 more workers to lose their jobs next week.
The yard’s owner, DF Barnes yesterday confirmed that 50 jobs were going from the company, but said they were confident about future contracts.
Workers union GMB challenged politicians to come down and face the workers losing jobs before Christmas, rather than continually talking about possible future contracts.
Unite Scottish secretary Pat Rafferty and GMB Scotland Scottish secretary, Gary Smith said: “This latest development in Arnish is part of a long running and sorry saga regarding the abject failure of the Scottish and UK governments to ensure working-class communities benefit from the so-called green revolution.
“To date minimal work and minimal jobs have been directly created in Scotland by the billions of pounds being invested into the renewables sector. It’s a national scandal and politicians must be held to account.”
Labour’s candidate for the Na h-Eileanan an Iar constituency in the current General Election, Alison MacCorquodale, said today that there was a real risk of the Arnish yard being mothballed unless urgent action is taken.
She said it would be "a miserable Christmas present" for the Arnish workforce to have job losses and the threat of further pay-offs hanging over them. She added: "I am in close touch with the unions and will support any action they can take".
The Arnish workers have been working on the construction of 100 pin piles for the Moray East Offshore Wind Farm since March, with regular shipments leaving Stornoway and the contract expected to be completed by the second week of December.
Project manager Ian Potts told welovestornoway.com last week: “We have also taken on a very small bit of work for Quinn Drilling who are doing work on the new marina, but it is very minor ¬- four small piles to be modified.”
GMB spokesman Gary Smith told the industry newsletter Energy Voice today: “We’ve got politicians of all stripes on the campaign trail telling us about the jobs of the future. I’d ask them to come to Arnish and tell our members who are facing unemployment for Christmas all about it.”
Picture: BiFab Arnish
New Gaelic plan approved
A new Gaelic plan for the North of Lewis was presented to Bòrd na Gàidhlig this week.
In partnership between Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn and Comunn Eachdraidh Nis, the plan was prepared in accordance with the relevant priorities, aimed at encouraging and assisting the community in using Gaelic.
Shona Maclellan, CEO of Bòrd na Gàidhlig, said: “It is great to see an updated version of the Gaelic plan for the North of Lewis to deliver against the outcomes of the National Gaelic Language Plan 2018-23 in an area so important to the language.
"It is promising to see the partnership between Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn and Comunn Eachdraidh Nis having a positive effect, with the aim of having Gaelic spoken and used by more people in the North of Lewis.
"We held some important and interesting conversations with people and groups involved in Gaelic and community development and it is clear there is already plenty happening to support this plan.”
Annie MacSween, Chair of Comunn Eachdraidh Nis, said: “Comunn Eachdraidh Nis is delighted to be involved in a Gaelic language plan for a community where Gaelic is still spoken.
"It is important that communities in which Gaelic is spoken daily are supported.”
Shona Macmillan, Gaelic Development Officer at Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn, said: “It is hugely important that we increase Gaelic’s status and visibility in this area, and we hope that other communities take similar action by working in partnerships to protect and promote the language in future.”
Agnes Rennie, Chair of Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn, added: “It is a big step to publish this plan at such a challenging time but with new opportunities for us as a community.
"The plan arose from cooperation and that is what will allow us to deliver.”
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Plana Gàidhlig airson Ceann a Tuath Eilean Leòdhais
Chaidh plana Gàidhlig ùr airson ceann a tuath Eilean Leòdhais fhoillseachadh an t-seachdain sa nuair a thadhal Bòrd na Gàidhlig air an sgìre.
Ann an com-pàirteachas eadar Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn agus Comunn Eachdraidh Nis, chaidh plana ùr ullachadh a tha a’ freagairt air prìomh bhuilean a’ phlana nàiseanta aig Bòrd na Gàidhlig 2018-2023, ag amas air buidhnean sa choimhearsnachd a chuideachadh agus a bhrosnachadh gu bhith a’ cleachdadh na Gàidhlig.
Thuirt Anna NicSuain, Cathraiche Chomunn Eachdraidh Nis: “Tha Comunn Eachdraidh Nis toilichte a bhith an sàs ann am plana Gàidhlig airson coimhearsnachd far a bheil an cànan làidir san latha an-diugh. Tha e cudromach gun teid taic a chumail ris na sgìrean sin far a bheil a’ Ghàidhlig fhathast air a cleachdadh mar chànan làitheil.”
Thuirt Shona Nic a’ Mhaoilein, Oifigear Leasachaidh Gàidhlig aig Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn: “Tha e air leth cudromach gum bi sinn a’ togail cliù agus inbhe na Gàidhlig anns an sgìre seo fhèin, agus tha sinn an dòchas gun gabh coimhearsnachdan eile an ceum seo cuideachd le bhith ag obair còmhla gus a’ Ghàidhlig a dhìon agus a bhrosnachadh san àm ri teachd.” A’ cur ri seo, thuirt Agnes Rennie, Cathraiche an Urrais, “’S e ceum mòr a th’ ann am plana seo fhoillseachadh aig àm a tha dùbhlanach ach le cothroman ùr dhuinn mar choimhearsnachd. Dh’èirich am plana à co-obrachadh agus ’s e sin a leigeas dhuinn a choileanadh.”
Thuirt Shona Niclllinnein, Ceannard Bòrd na Gàidhlig: “Tha e fìor mhath faicinn gun deach ùrachadh air a’ Phlana Gàidhlig saor-thoileach airson Ceann a Tuath Leòdhais, gus na prìomhachasan anns a’ Phlana Nàiseanta Cànain Gàidhlig 2018-23 a chur air adhart ann an sgìre a tha cho cudromach dhan chànan. Tha e math faicinn cuideachd gu bheil an co-obrachadh eadar Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn agus Comunn Eachdraidh Nis a’ leantainn air adhart gu soirbheachail, leis an t-amas gun tèid Gàidhlig a chleachdadh nas trice agus le barrachd dhaoine ann an Ceann a Tuath Leòdhais. Bha còmhraidhean air leth feumail agus inntinneach againn le daoine agus buidhnean a tha an sàs le leasachadh na Gàidhlig agus leasachaidhean coimhearsnachd san sgìre agus tha e follaiseach gu bheil tòrr a’ tachairt mu thràth gus am Plana seo a chur an gnìomh.”
Airson lethbhreac dhan a’ phlana fhaicinn, cuiribh fios gu Shona Nic a’ Mhaoilein air This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no air 01851 850 393.
Anns an dealbh (L-R) in the photo (L-R)
Anne NicLeòid, Comunn Eachdraidh Nis Anne Macleod, Comunn Eachdraidh Nis
Iain Gòrdan Dòmhnallach, Comunn Eachdraidh Nis Iain Gordon Macdonald, Comunn Eachdraidh Nis
Shona Nic a’ Mhaoilein, Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn Shona Macmillan, Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn
Agnes Rennie, Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn Agnes Rennie, Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn
Anna NicSuain, Comunn Eachdraidh Nis Annie Macsween, Comunn Eachdraidh Nis
Daibhidh Boag, Bòrd na Gàidhlig David Boag, Bòrd na Gàidhlig
Steven Kellow, Bòrd na Gàidhlig Steven Kellow, Bòrd na Gàidhlig
Ailig Greumach, Bòrd na Gàidhlig Alex Graham, Bòrd na Gàidhlig
Peadar Morgan, Bòrd na Gàidhlig Peadar Morgan, Bòrd na Gàidhlig
Mixed Squash
Winsor (UK)
Book launch in Ness
Comunn Eachdraidh Nis is to host an exhibition and launch event heralding the re-publication of a photographic tribute to details of a past lifestyle.
Dan Morrison’s book Nis Aosmhor, first published by Stornoway publishers Acair in 1997, shows 114 images of Ness life, with captions in English and Gaelic.
Acair's new edition of the book has enhanced the photographs using digital restoration techniques, to create a crisp new presentation that does justice to the stunning photographs.
The launch on Tuesday November 26th will include short presentations by Finlay Macleod, Iain Gordon MacDonald and Iain MacLeod, who was a relative of Dan Morrison.
CEN is also opening an exhibition of 20 of the newly restored images, which generate nostalgia for a way of life which is already changing out of recognition. It depicts the distinctive Hebridean crofting way of life and shows landmarks, scenes and landscapes which have changed beyond recognition.
The event starts at 7pm on Tuesday 26th, books will be available for purchase and refreshments will be served. The book is also available to pre-order at www.acairbooks.com or by phoning the office on 01851 703020.
Talks resume with air traffic controllers
Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) and the air traffic controllers’ union Prospect have recommenced talks aimed at resolving the dispute between the airport group and air traffic control officers.
But Highlands and Islands MSP Rhoda Grant says the Scottish Government has ‘tied the hands’ of HIAL by placing pay negotiation restrictions on the employer.
HIAL air traffic controllers have been taking industrial action since April, the anniversary of an imposed 2% pay award in line with Scottish Ministerial pay policy.
The air traffic controllers union said that award represented a real terms pay cut for controllers, whose pay they said has been suppressed for more than a decade by public sector pay restraint.
Prospect research claims that HIAL has fallen more than 10% behind other employers within the sector. They already struggle to attract and retain controllers with staff shortages meaning Stornoway airport closing during the day to allow controllers to take a break.
The announcement of the remote towers centre in Inverness has also been an influencing factor for controllers looking for work elsewhere.
A proposal agreed between Prospect and HIAL over Christmas 2018, which would have resolved the dispute, was rejected by Scottish Ministers.
Mrs Grant says she has asked the cabinet secretary for transport, infrastructure and connectivity, Michael Matheson MSP, to lift restrictions so that HIAL could make an appropriate settlement offer with air traffic controllers. She claims Mr Matheson refused.
Mrs Grant said: "The Cabinet Secretary's decision means that the dispute between HIAL and Air Traffic Control is doomed to rumble on, creating travel misery for customers and contributing to a wretched work situation for air traffic controllers.”
Prospect and HIAL said in a joint statement last week that talks were beginning again and both parties are hopeful that progress can be made.
The picture shows Stornoway air traffic control staff as the mail plane lands (Peter Shearer).
Roof fall in Bragar
A man suffered serious head injuries after falling from the roof of business premises in Lewis yesterday (Wednesday November 13th).
Police said the emergency services were alerted to the incident in Bragar at about 11.17am yesterday.
The man was taken to hospital for treatment and the Health and Safety Executive have been informed of the incident.
Urras Coimhearsnachd Bhràdhagair is Àrnoil (UCBA, Bragar and Arnol Community Trust) identified the building concerned as their development of the Grinneabhat Community Hub, a community development at the former Bragar school in North Bragar.
Work there is being undertaken by O’Mac Construction and project-managed by Tighean Innse Gall (TIG) on behalf of UCBA.
Police appeal for driver
Police are asking to speak to a woman who was involved in a minor road accident in Stornoway yesterday afternoon (Wednesday November 13th).
The driver of a red Vauxhall Corsa was involved in a minor accident on Matheson Road, near the school junction, at around 2pm yesterday.
Although the driver did stop at the scene, additional details are needed to complete the report and police would like her to come forward to Stornoway police station, or call 101 referring to incident 1842 of 13/11/19.
Surfer death mourned (UPDATED)
The open water sports community of Lewis is in mourning today after news of the death of an experienced island surfer yesterday morning (Wednesday November 13th).
The Maritime Coastguard Agency said the man died after being pulled unconscious from the water at Barvas by a fellow surfer.
Stornoway Coastguard operations centre received a call for assistance at 11.37am, and immediately tasked Coastguard Rescue Teams from Stornoway, Bragar and Ness, with rescue helicopter R948 also s ent to the scene. An ambulance crew and police officers also attended.
The man was given CPR on the beach but could not be revived. He was then taken by helicopter to Western Isles Hospital, where he was sadly confirmed to have died.
Stornoway police said that enquiries are ongoing into the circumstances and the Procurator Fiscal has been informed, as is usual with a sudden death.
Barvas beach is popular with surfers, with consistently good surf and a long swell. It’s described as having a ‘friendly’ reef-break by one surf blogger and is often used by the local surfing community.
Outdoor swimming and surfing enthusiasts have paid tribute to the man, who has been named locally. He was a keen and experienced surfer who ran a small business creating bespoke designs of personalised surfboard.
Watersports activity in the island has been suspended as a mark of respect.
Have your say on police service
Have your say on the local policing service with a new survey.
Police Scotland launched the new survey today (Thursday 14 November) and said: "We’d like to know what issues you think we should prioritise, how you feel about policing in your local area and how you’d like us to communicate with you.
"Your views are important to us. We’ll use this information to help shape our priorities over the next 3 years.
Plans approved for Eilidh's Memorial
Plans for a permanent memorial and garden of remembrance for Eilidh MacLeod have been approved by the Comhairle.
Eilidh's Trust have said this is "an early - but important- step in the development of a memorial, and a quiet space for everyone to reflect on their daily lives and on loved ones who are no longer with us."
The Trust created the plans for the gardens and sculpture at Bentangaval.
The memorial features bronze sculpture by artist, Jenna Gearing, created in consultation with the family.
It depicts a young female piper holding a set of pipes on her arm, holding the hand of a young boy with a chanter.
Eilidh's Trust concluded: "We have a lot more to tell you about the memorial and garden over the coming weeks and months, so please keep in touch so we can keep you updated.
"For now, we’re very happy that this part is complete and thanks to everyone who has helped us get to this stage."
CalMac ‘tackling’ ferry crisis - UPDATED
Ferry operator CalMac has this afternoon (Wednesday November 13th) said it is doing everything possible to tackle ‘severe problems’ currently affecting West Coast and island routes.
CalMac boss Robbie Drummond said staff are working round the clock to get Scotland's West Coast ferry service back to normal.
Progress is being made in a bid to get two major ferries back on their routes following technical problems. A period of bad weather, technical breakdowns and the annual overhaul programme have led to severe problems on CalMac's network.
The MV Loch Seaforth remains out of service due to technical issues which emerged en route to Stornoway after completing her annual dry dock overhaul and the MV Isle of Arran is also awaiting specialist contractors finishing work that will see her return to operation.
Calmac Managing Director Robbie Drummond said: "Technical problems and bad weather have hit us hard in the past few days. However, we have our people working round the clock to bring in contractors and to get our service back to normal as soon as possible.
"We know the impact not having these services is having on our island communities and all our focus is on fixing these problems. We are working extremely hard to keep traffic moving within the available fleet resources we have but realise that there will be some inconvenience for passengers which we apologise for."
A number of external suppliers and specialist engineers have been brought in to fix the technical issues. It is hoped that this will be achieved before the weekend.
The MV Isle of Lewis will remain on the Ullapool-Stornoway route until the situation is resolved.
Amended timetables are being put place on these routes for the remainder of the week and some sailings are being operated by alternative vessels.
Robbie added: "We have just instigated our biggest ever programme of overhaul and refit aimed at making our service more resilient. As it happens we are in the peak of that dry dock refit process which has also had an impact on the vessels available to us.
"We have also put in place our own in-house mobile maintenance team and that has made a huge difference to supporting the fleet. I am confident that we can sort these issues quickly and get back to providing our much-needed lifeline services."
The routes affected are Oban-Castlebay and Stornoway-Ullapool.
Highlands and Islands Labour MSP Rhoda Grant demanded that the First Minister listen to the increasingly desperate pleas from communities for improved lifeline ferry services at First Minister Questions on Thursday 14 November 2019.
In the week beginning 11 November 2019 there were disruptions to 25 out of 28 services across Scotland’s network. Something which Mrs Grant said was “unacceptable.”
Mrs Grant said to Ms Sturgeon: “The First Minister will be aware of the chaos that has been caused in the Western and Argyll islands due to the breakdown of the Loch Seaforth and the inadequate ferry provision.
“This has been exacerbated by boats being moved onto routes that they are not suitable for meaning that they cannot sail in poor weather.
“Will she now listen to islanders and ensure that there is enough suitable boats to provide these lifeline services.”
But the First Minister cited poor weather conditions for the turmoil and said the Scottish Government had invested “heavily” in ferry infrastructure and services.
Mrs Grant said: “The First Minister claims that the SNP have spent £2billion on ferry infrastructure and services, but if that’s the case they have very poor results to show for it. Their vanity projects have sapped money from sustainable ferry procurement.
“These services are continuously failing the communities they serve because they are under too much strain and poorly managed. Crews and staff are doing the best they can with what they’ve been given, but clearly the Scottish Government’s strategy is just to throw money at headline grabbing vanity projects and hope no one notices that they are not doing the job required.”
(This report has been updated since first being posted)
Housing sites under way
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has today (Wednesday November 13th) issued an update detailing 10 affordable housing developments due for completion during 2019/20 – 20/21.
The Goathill Care Home, housing and housing with extra care project is now well under way with preliminary engineering and enabling works nearing completion. The next phase of the development is expected to begin in the New Year and should see construction works commencing on the care home and extra care housing.
Elsewhere, works ongoing throughout the islands include 50 units at Mackenzie Avenue ready for handover in December and ten units in Breasclete on-site and progressing to schedule, with handover expected in March 2020.
Work has temporarily halted at the Tarbert Police Station site, where eight two-bedroomed flats are under construction, but discussions are ongoing with the contractor and it’s hoped they will be back on site in November. The Parc Niseabost development at Horgabost in Harris is nearing completion, with four new units ready for handover next month.
Four units at Cnoc na Runaire, Tolsta should be ready for occupation by March 2020, while An Glib in Point and Edgemoor Square in Ness are each expected to see two units handed over in January 2020. On Scotland Street in Stornoway, work is progressing on six units.
Two potential developments in Lewis are at the master planning stage, at Blackwater and at Melbost Farm West.
A spokesman for the Comhairle said: “The Comhairle and HHP wish to reiterate how grateful we are for the support from Scottish Government, which continues to enable this significant boost to our economy and provides new affordable homes for islanders.”
The picture shows the Mackenzie Avenue development, due for handover in December (CnES).
Gas dash for Hebrides
A delivery of gas in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday November 13th) has ensured that the homes of Stornoway continue to receive supplies from Scottish Gas Networks.
CalMac laid on an extra vessel last night to bring the essential heating fuel while the Loch Seaforth is undergoing repairs in Stornoway harbour.
MV Hebrides made the additional sailing from Uig to Tarbert to carry two tankers of LPG for delivery to the SGN depot in Stornoway town centre. Gas tankers can’t be carried on the MV Isle of Lewis because of her closed deck, which is not suitable for hazardous materials.
A spokesman for Stornoway’s SGN depot said that Calmac had ‘pulled out all the stops’ to ensure the maintenance of supply for domestic heating in the town.
He said: “The running of the Hebrides has allowed us to keep a lifeline service going because the Loch Seaforth is a week late back into service. CalMac has helped us by planning additional sailings which allow us to transport the gas by road to the islands.”
It’s expected that another gas delivery will be scheduled for Thursday night if the delay continues.
The Loch Seaforth is still receiving engineers’ attention, with another specialist engineer now due to arrive into Stornoway by air tomorrow (Thursday November 14th).
She is currently scheduled to remain off the Stornoway Ullapool service until Saturday, with MV Isle of Lewis running a revised timetable, including a night-time freight run.
Island exhibition opens this month
Grinneas nan Eilean 2019, the Islands' Open exhibition, is returning to An Lanntair on Saturday 23 November at 5pm.
The exhibition will run until Sunday 2 February 2020.
This event has a new dimension, as Grinneas na h-Òigridh gives under 18s the opportunity to contribute with a special section of the show.
The exhibition also features multiple work in various genres, all created by artists resident in or from the Outer Hebrides.
All are welcome, free of charge, to the opening event on Saturday 23 November.
Back on site hope for Tarbert flats
Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) is negotiating with contractors working on the site at the former Police Station in Tarbert, in the hope of getting work re-started on eight affordable housing flats.
The Tarbert development is one of ten HHP partnership projects which the Comhairle says are due for completion before the end of 2021.
The former police station site is being transformed into two-bedroomed flats, but contractors Douglas and Stewart have reportedly left the site following problems with the foundations.
In a bulletin on the affordable housing programme released by the Comhairle today (Wednesday November 13th) CnES says: “discussions are ongoing with the contractor and we hope to be back on site in November.”
The development is to be named “James’ Place” in honour of James Morrison, a policeman with Harris connections, who was killed while off-duty in London in 1991. Detective Constable Jim Morrison QGM died at the age of 26 while serving with the Metropolitan Police. He was off duty when he witnessed a handbag theft and was fatally stabbed by the thief. He is buried in Harris, where his family originated.
Meanwhile four new shared equity units at Horgabost are nearing completion and are due to be handed over next month (December 2019).
Tory poll candidate named
The Western Isles Conservative and Unionist Association has announced Jennifer Ross to be their candidate in the forthcoming General election on Thursdsay December 12th.
Mrs Ross was born and bred in the Highlands of Scotland. Growing up in a small village about 20 miles from Inverness and from a small close-knit community, she is well aware of the challenges that face rural populations .
Jennifer has been in senior management at director level for over ten years, having worked in the rural tourism industry, marketing and education. She is also an internet entrepreneur, having set up two very successful businesses.
“I have worked with businesses all over Scotland on their development, from urban and online, to rural and ‘one-man-band’ companies. I will be a business-focussed MP with a precise aim to help larger industries and smaller family firms to reach their potential.”
As a strong supporter of the ‘Leave’ campaign in the EU referendum, Jennifer said “The fishing industry here has been absolutely hammered by EU regulations and restrictions in the Western Isles. I will fight to make sure that funding is increased for this vital part of the island’s economy.”
Jennifer is the only candidate standing in this election that pledges to enact the result of the 2016 referendum to leave the EU. “Every other candidate is offering a second referendum or to revoke Brexit.
"The Western Isles was one of the highest Leave-voting areas in Scotland. I will represent their vote in Parliament. I pledge to respect democracy and get Brexit done.”
Top award for TIG
Tighean Innse Gall (TIG) has won the ‘Installer of the Year’ Award at the Energy Action Scotland Annual Conference and Exhibition 2019.
They say: "This award is a superb achievement and a great honour for TIG and its staff in recognition of their high quality delivery of energy efficiency works for fuel poor households."
Energy Action Scotland’s Fuel Poverty Awards 2019 were established to recognise excellence in the fight to eradicate fuel poverty. The EAS Fuel Poverty Awards winner was decided by a panel of industry-leading expert advisors across a series of criteria, including: innovative approaches to tackling fuel poverty, value and energy efficiency.
TIG Chair Brian Chaplin commented: “On behalf of the communities we work for I’d like to offer a massive congratulations and well done to the team for achieving this award, a credit well deserved. It recognises that as we are local, trusted and for the community we are best placed to deliver energy efficiency because we have the skills, determination and capacity to deliver for our islands, from Vatersay to Ness”.
Norman Kerr OBE Director of Energy Action Scotland said: “I’m delighted that Tighean Innse Gall has won the Installer of the Year award at the Energy Action Scotland Fuel Poverty Awards. They represent everything that is good about the industry, local and trusted and importantly delivering an end to end service. I hope they continue to provide these high quality services for many years to come. A truly dedicated team working for and on behalf of the community they are so imbedded in. Well done”.
Tighean Innse Gall’s expertise and skill has been to blend the Scottish Government’s energy efficiency area based funds ‘HEEPS:ABS’ with ‘ECO’ funds from larger utility companies where they have to meet UK legislative obligations. TIG’s experience and track record in achieving this complicated mix has secured their appointment as agents for Comhairle nan Eilean Siar’s element of the ‘HEEPS: ABS’ scheme for the last six years and has delivered in excess of £15m funding to date. The ability to use ECO to help those in our communities most affected by fuel poverty is by far the highest of any other local authority area in Scotland with over 235 households per 1000 being reached. This places TIG in the top 5 areas for the UK (with the other 4 by contrast being densely urban English cities & towns).
Councillor Kenny John MacLeod, Chair of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar’s Communities & Housing Committee said: “I am really pleased to hear that TIG has won the Installer of the Year award. TIG has been our Managing Agent for the HEEPS scheme since it started in 2013 and in that time they have delivered an excellent service to the islands.
"Since 2013, the Comhairle has been awarded £12m of HEEPS:ABS funding from the Scottish Government for energy efficiency works, which TIG has used to lever an additional £3m of funding. Together, this has benefited 2500 local households through a range of works, such as their successful Room in Roof scheme, aimed at reducing fuel bills. Addressing Fuel Poverty is a key action for the Comhairle, so I am very grateful to see TIG getting this recognition.”
Tighean Innse Gall is the local Community Benefit Society for the Outer Hebrides delivering the Home Energy Efficiency Programme: Area Based Scheme on behalf of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and the Scottish Government.
Tighean Innse Gall runs numerous services including Insulation services, in home energy advice, new & refurbished housing options, home safety and Care & Repair which all assist clients with saving energy and improving living standards.
The Energy Company Obligation (ECO) was set up in 2013 by the UK government to help fund installation of energy efficiency measures, to reduce carbon emissions and help qualifying low-income households cut their fuel bills. Eligibility for ECO depends on a number of factors, like tenure, benefits and tax credits.
The EAS ‘Installer of the Year’ award was judged on the following criteria: Energy efficiency: does the entry clearly identify clear environmental benefit? Innovation: did the entry demonstrate new/novel solutions to tackling fuel poverty? Social benefit: have communities or households benefited? Economic benefit: have reductions in energy bills or energy use been achieved? Quantitative evidence of impact: are the theories supported by measurable improvements? Possible adoption by others: can others replicate the procedures?
Energy Action Scotland (EAS) campaigns for an end to fuel poverty in Scotland and is the only national charity with this sole remit.
Top Left - Norman Kerr, OBE Director of Energy Action Scotland. Top Right- Stewart Wilson, TIG CEO.
Bottom L- Donald Mackinnon, TIG Depute CEO. Bottom R- Baroness Helen Liddell.
Funding revamp for Beinn Ghrideag
Point and Sandwick Trust have announced the successful refinancing of their award-winning Beinn Ghrideag project in the run-up to the community wind farm charity’s Annual General Meeting which will take place on Tuesday, November 19 at the Ionad Stoodie community centre in Point.
Calum MacDonald, the former MP for the Western Isles and the Development Manager behind the Beinn Ghrideag project, said: “Refinancing basically means swapping the old debt that was borrowed when the wind farm was built for new debt. The new loan is on better terms and it is consolidated into one loan instead of being divided between four loans as in the original financing package. This delivers a simpler and better deal for Point and Sandwick Trust and the community.
“The original debt deal of just under £14 million was done in 2014 and was used to finance the construction of the wind farm in 2015 and to see us through till the first usable revenues started to come in, which was not till 2016.
“Our major lender in 2014 was Santander Bank but we also had substantial loans from the Scottish Investment Bank and Social Investment Scotland. This latter debt is known as ‘junior debt’ and it is substantially more expensive than the main debt as the junior lenders don’t have the same security and protection from default that the main lender does.
“A major aim of this refinancing, therefore, was to consolidate and simplify the debt into one package which would be easier for us to manage as well as being cheaper.
“We engaged Johnston Carmichael Accountants in Edinburgh to scope out interested lenders as it is obviously beneficial for us to have a number of bidders competing against each other. We had a good number of bids come in and we engaged in further negotiation with the leading bidder to try and ensure the best possible terms. It is a long and difficult process to engage in but is worthwhile because 100 per cent of the benefit from the better terms will go back into the islands community through all the excellent community projects and organisations that we are proud to be able to help.
“In the end, we were very happy to agree terms again with Santander Bank, the same bank that had backed us in 2014. They were competitive in their bid and we know each other pretty well by now, so that makes it easier to build the relationship.
“With the new consolidated loan from Santander we have been able to pay off the original junior lenders, Scottish Investment Bank and Social Investment Scotland. We are very grateful to both of them for stepping in when we needed them in 2014 and providing the junior debt. This kind of junior debt support is of crucial importance to community-owned energy projects as it ensures that all the profits go back into the community rather than being diverted to equity investors.
“The successful refinancing of our capital debt marks a major milestone for the project and the wide interest from lenders is testimony to the stability that the business has achieved and it will allow us to build on that success for decades to come.”
A number of other reports will also be presented to the AGM including an update on the LED Energy Communities project in Point and Sandwick, updates on the development of the SWIFTH2 Hydrogen Ferry project and research into battery storage, the appointment of new directors, cheque handovers and the announcement of future investments.
Point and Sandwick Trust Chairman Norman Mackenzie said it had “been a good year”, adding: “We’ve been able to maintain all our commitments to our priority clients as well as maintaining payments to community groups. It was also a year when we received national recognition, winning the UK Environmental Social Enterprise of the Year award at the UK Social Enterprise Awards last November. That was great recognition of the quality of our organisation and the work we do.
“We’ve now gone through refinancing the whole project and can look forward to being on a strong footing for the future.”
The Annual General Meeting begins at 8pm and will last until approximately 9.30pm. Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be provided.
Pictures: Point and Sandwick Trust’s Beinn Ghrideag wind farm by Sandie Maciver of SandiePhotos (please credit)
Seasonal grazings for let (not for horses)
SEASONAL GRAZINGS FOR LET
(NOT FOR HORSES)
Gress Park, approx 3.25 acres
Arnish Road Grazings (3.88ha approx)
Sealed offers marked “Grazings Parks” to be lodged with the undersigned by noon on Friday, 29th November 2019.
(Preference will be given to applicants within the Stornoway Trust area)
Iain M Maciver, Factor
The Stornoway Trust Estate Office, Leverhulme House, Perceval Square
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, HS1 2DD
The Merlin has landed
Visiting the Bristows SAR hangar at Stornoway airport today is a Royal Navy Merlin Mk2 helicopter, awaiting engineers’ attention after experiencing a technical issue while operating near the Western Isles.
Merlin Mk2s entered service with the Royal Navy in 2014 to supply the UK’s Maritime Force Protection and airborne anti-submarine warfare. Beyond searching for submarines the helicopter is capable of round-the-clock maritime patrol and is armed with Sting-Ray torpedoes and depth charges. It’s also used for troop ferrying, casualty evacuation, and search and rescue. In the future it’s expected to be the replacement aircraft for the Navy’s Sea King Mk7.
Usually based at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall, this individual craft, ZH847 Merlin HM.2, was operational over the Atlantic when the fault occurred. The picture was taken by Jason Spinks.
Tourists told ‘book early’
Would-be summer visitors to the Isle of Harris are being urged to get their accommodation booked for next summer, ahead of a new surge of interest in Western Isles holidays.
CalMac’s summer timetable went live on Thursday (November 7th) prompting one Harris accommodation provider to encourage visitors to make sure they have somewhere to sleep before heading to the islands.
Annie Tempest, who has a holiday cottage and shop in Rodel, said she knew of visitors who arrived in Tarbert last summer without having booked accommodation and ending up sleeping in their cars.
She said: “I am not alone in noticing a massive increase in early bookings. May, June and August 2020 are completely sold out and this is before the ‘Call The Midwife’ effect after the Christmas Day special has screened.”
The BBC series Call the Midwife filmed their Christmas special in and around Lewis and Harris during May, featuring scenes shot at St Clements Church in Rodel and at the Blackhouse Museum at Gearranan.
Annie Tempest’s advice to those planning a holiday in Harris is posted on the Isle of Harris Facebook page. She said: “Don't leave it too late and don't forget to stipulate Tarbert, Harris NOT Tarbert, Argyle when you're booking accommodation. I was speaking to a couple last year who were staying in the flat above the fish restaurant called The Anchorage in Tarbert. I suggested they checked the booking and sure enough it was a different Tarbert.”
That comment rang a bell with some, including an islander who last year met a couple who had booked into Tarbert Hostel for the night – but had actually booked Tarbert in County Clare, Eire.
Annie said: “We all do our best to make sure people aren't left without accommodation but I met a lot of people last year who had turned up without a booking and some just got back on the ferry after sleeping in their car overnight because they were unable to find somewhere to stay.
“Harris's popularity is increasing so stop thinking about booking and actually get booking to prevent disappointment.”
Picture shows the cast of Call the Midwife at the Blackhouse Village in Lewis. The Christmas special is expected to boost visitor numbers still further (BBC).
Nurses swap SY for Tanzania
Two accident and emergency nurses are to swap their duties at Western Isles Hospital for a floating clinic in East Africa this month.
Rachel Macleod from Stornoway and Christine Macaulay from Shawbost will be taking annual leave and spending money they have raised themselves to fund a fortnight aboard a ship that takes healthcare to remote villages in Tanzania. They’ll use their skills to deliver medical attention to isolated, vulnerable communities alongside a small team of other health professionals from all over the UK.
The Jubilee Hope is one of two ships operated by the medical care charity the Vine Trust, taking medical and dental care to shoreside villages on Lake Victoria. The 160-ton former Royal Navy tender was refitted for purpose and launched by HRH The Princess Royal in 2015. Since then she has served an estimated 450,000 people who have little or no access to medical care.
Rachel and Christine will board Jubilee Hope on November 25th and, after just a day of acclimatisation, will spend two weeks as part of a team of six health professionals dealing with everything from HIV to maternity care. The team will include doctors and will work from the floating clinic, which includes treatment rooms, a pharmacy and a minor surgery room.
Christine told welovestornoway.com: “Neither of us have ever done anything like this before, and the furthest I’ve ever travelled is to holiday resorts, but fortunately there’s a theatre nurse working at Western Isles Hospital, Lesley Sangster, who has been on the same trip and has been able to give us some insight.
“We’ve had to raise the funds to travel ourselves and there’s also a contribution made to the Vine Trust to support their work. We set ourselves a target of £2,000 and I’m pleased to say we’ve well exceeded that, but all the surplus we raise will go to support them in continuing to provide an excellent service delivering healthcare to rural communities.”
In fact, over £5,300 has been raised with soup and pudding lunches, bake sales, a raffle and sterling efforts from Christine’s church in Shawbost, where £500 was raised. Christine also did a skydive which raised £700 towards the total.
The duo are now getting ready to depart, but welcome any further donations at https://www.vinetrust.org/fundraising/page/tanzania-medical-expidition-5cfa7783e4cbe9.46288875.
Pictures show Rachel (left) and Christine in A&E at Stornoway, and the queue for the health centre on the banks of Lake Victoria during a previous expedition (The Vine Trust).
Poppy pin vote – two days left
Island residents who want to continue buying Iolaire poppy pins are being asked to vote for them to be reintroduced for next year’s Remembrance commemorations.
A Facebook survey asking whether people want to see the pins being made once again has been published at https://www.facebook.com/AnIolaire/ with 94% of votes in favour of a new edition of the pin.
Created by the Iolaire Working Group during planning for the centenary of the tragedy, the distinctive pins were an immediate hit with Lewis and Harris people. Over 10,000 were sold, including to online buyers from Canada, New Zealand, West Africa and Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands.
They were worn from the Armistice centenary in November 2018 and all the way through January this year, as the islands remembered the centenary of the Iolaire tragedy. Money raised through the sale of the pins helped to meet some of the costs of the award-winning centenary events.
In the build-up to this month’s Remembrance events some buyers approached both Poppy Scotland and the Iolaire Centre planning group, looking to buy additional Iolaire poppies as a replacement or to give to family members. However, the poppies have not been produced this year.
Votes are open on the Facebook page for the next two days.
Film crew move to Manse
The international film crew currently working at locations around the Isle of Lewis are expected to be based at the old Manse at Cross, Ness for the rest of this week.
Versus productions are working with a Belgian, French and Scottish crew, including many island technical and site workers, to film a feature-length movie called ‘Wise Blood’.
Set in a Prebyterian community in the Isle of Lewis, the film explores a relationship built on a lie, between a man who has suffered memory-loss after a stroke and the woman who helps care for him. It stars two of the actors from HBO blockbuster Game of Thrones and is directed by Peaky Blinders director Tim Mielants and Belgian director Bouli Lanners, who also stars.
The films locations have so far included a peat-bank at Achmore, a church in Point and various road locations including the Pentland Road.
For the rest of this week, the production has moved to the Manse building at Cross, built in 1829, and designed by Thomas Telford.
Filming is set to continue around the island until November 29th.
The pictures shows a still from the filming earlier this month, with Michelle Fairley and Bouli Lanners (Versus Productions) and a picture of the Manse at Cross (Canmore).
Week-long wait for Loch Seaforth
CalMac engineers are being flown into Stornoway today (Tuesday November 12th) and tomorrow to work on a series of technical faults on the newly-overhauled MV Loch Seaforth.
And an extra vessel has been scheduled to run between Uig and Tarbert tonight and Thursday, solely to ensure that the households of Stornoway do not run out of gas for domestic heating while the ferry is out of commission.
The Loch Seaforth is receiving attention for three separate faults, which CalMac describes as “arising after annual overhaul.” The ferry returned to Stornoway from a three-week dry-dock upgrade on Sunday (November 10th) but is “unable to return to service as planned.”
Low passenger bookings mean that freight traffic can be carried during the day, but the closed deck of the Isle of Lewis means that tankers carrying domestic heating gas for Scottish Gas cannot be brought on that route.
To address that issue, tonight and on Thursday MV Hebrides will leave Uig for Tarbert at 10pm to allow two tankers of gas to be brought by road, arriving in Stornoway at about 1am and topping up supplies in Stornoway as householders turn up their heating for winter.
Meanwhile a specialist CalMac engineer arrived by air this morning and boarded the Loch Seaforth around 8.30am, with more technical personnel expected to be flown in tomorrow. It’s not clear whether CalMac’s new resilience-boosting mobile maintenance team have been brought to Stornoway. Launched in July, they were described as: “a flexible resource that can be deployed immediately to support on-board engineers with any technical issues.”
Loch Seaforth successfully passed her sea trials before leaving Liverpool last week, but since arriving in Stornoway three problems have emerged. There is a technical issue being investigated with her pitch control, a software issue affecting one of the generators and a further issue with the port engine. Between them, these faults have brought her re-entry to service to a halt.
CalMac are working on a worst-case scenario and have planned for the Isle of Lewis to continue on the Stornoway route up to and including Friday. The timetable has been revised to allow for her longer journey time.
CalMac have also negotiated with Citylink, who provide the bus connections between Ullapool and Inverness, and they have adapted their timetable this week to ensure that passengers can travel onwards despite the schedule disruption.
The picture shows MV Isle of Lewis continuing her service on the Stornoway Ullapool route (Chris Murray).
Win a visit to historic attraction
Fancy winning free tickets to a top Historic Scotland attraction?
Now's your chance!
The Blackhouse, Arnol is one of over 30 other attractions included in a ticket giveaway.
The registration for free tickets opens on Tuesday 12 November at 10am at www.ticketgiveaway.co.uk.
Members of the public will have until 5pm on Thursday 28 November to register online and apply for tickets to the attraction of their choice.
This year’s campaign was launched at Jedburgh Abbey, one of the sites participating in the giveaway, encouraging people across Scotland to take advantage of the opportunity to visit some of the country’s most iconic attractions for free.
Commenting on this year’s Ticket Giveaway Stephen Duncan, Director of Commercial and Tourism at HES, said: “I’m delighted to announce details of this year’s Ticket Giveaway, which offers free entry to a host of our winter-opening ticketed attractions over the St Andrew’s Day weekend.
“We’re committed to ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to explore and enjoy our historic environment.
"If you’ve never visited your local historic site, this is your chance to get out and discover Scotland’s fascinating past for free.”
For a full list of participating sites and to apply for tickets, visit www.ticketgiveaway.co.uk.
Living wage status for SY firms
Artizan Jewellery and Café, on Chruch Street, Stornoway, is now an accredited Scottish Living Wage Employer.
Artizon joins Car Hire Hebrides, both owned by John and Alison Cunningham, in becoming accredited.
Claire Clydesdale of Artizan says: “Becoming accredited is a very straightforward process – it takes about ten minutes to register as an accredited Living Wage Employer.
"At Artizan, we have nine employees. As a family business, we have paid staff a living wage for a while now, but decided to have it recognised and be accredited to coincide with Living Wage Week."
Living Wage Week runs from Monday 11 November to Saturday 17 November and will see a variety of events held to celebrate the living wage movement.
The Real Living Wage is the only wage rate based on what people need to live, while the National Living Wage is the government minimum for over 25’s.
Already, Claire says the benefits of being accredited are noticeable. "It makes the staff feel more appreciated and gives them a higher income to share with their families, and spend within the wider community," she explains.
"Our staff are essential to the success of our business and we want them to feel appreciated and recognise the benefits of being part of that success.
"Making it a great place to work, happy environment, leads to a good atmosphere in Artizan shop and cafe, which the customers notice and makes it somewhere customers want to visit.
“The rate doesn’t discriminate against hours or the work that is done – so everyone employed, whether they are front of house or cleaners, are covered by the living wage.
“We hope this will encourage more people in the community to pay their staff a fair wage and it would be great to see more business come on board and become accredited too.
“On Monday, that wage goes up to £9.30 and we will be making sure we put our wage up.”
Howard Maciver, of both Car Hire Hebrides and Artizan, relates: “Car Hire Hebrides became accredited three years ago. John and Alison wanted to make sure everyone was paid a decent wage, especially when they are starting off in life at a young age.”
“My advice to any business owners thinking about becoming accredited is: ‘Go online, read all about it and see if it’s for you.’
“It’s a very simple process and letting everyone know you pay your staff a decent wage is something to be proud of.”
Esther Martin, Eve Finlayson, Joan Macleod, Claire Clydesdale and Alison Cunningham. Photos by SandiePhotos.
Christmas lights rush!
Fans of Stornoway sensations Peat & Diesel were queuing outside the door on Saturday (November 9th) as Western Isles Lottery began sales of tickets for two Christmas lights switch-on concerts.
The old Trading Post shop next to Charlie Barleys was the temporary HQ for Western Isles Lottery, selling tickets for two P&D gigs to take place on the night of the Christmas lights switch-on in Stornoway Town Centre, this year on Tuesday November 26th.
Queuing in the cold paid off for many, as tickets for the under-18s gig, being held at the Nicolson Institute between 5.30pm and 6.30pm that night, sold out in a couple of hours.
It was a big day for organisers of the Western Isles Lottery, which has made a huge impact across the Western Isles since launching in August 2017. Bagging the biggest musical sensation in the islands was a huge boost for them – and one they believe will create a sensational night out for islanders.
Lottery spokesperson Janet Paterson told welovestornoway.com: “Peat & Diesel are phenomenal on the island, but more importantly they’ve put the island on the map and who knows what they’re going to do next. They very kindly offered to do these gigs for the lottery way back in the summer and we were quick to take them up on it.
“We’ve had dozens of messages from people wanting tickets who plan to come from the mainland on the night. This is why we’re selling the tickets face-to-face, so that locals have the best chance of getting the tickets.”
The second concert of the evening is for over-18s only and starts at Stornoway Town Hall at 10.30pm, well after all the other sparkle and excitement has ended for the evening, but lottery organisers planned that with a view to supporting the community.
Janet said: “We knew there were quite a number of other events at the weekends through November into December and we didn’t want to clash with them. We chose a Tuesday, especially as there is a big concert at the sports centre at the weekend.”
Switching the lights on in November has caused some comment, breaking with Stornoway’s long-held tradition of not getting excited too early about Christmas. But it will be a boost for local shops and businesses to have a lit-up atmosphere earlier this year, according to Janet.
“The shops were wanting the lights switched on earlier, in line with the mainland, because we’ve had comments that people come back from big Christmas lights and trees in Inverness and Glasgow, and Stornoway is still in darkness.
“It also seemed a waste of all the money that we spend on the lights every year, to only have them up a couple of weeks. It’s supporters of the Lottery that are funding all this – if they weren’t buying tickets we wouldn’t have the money to be doing this.”
Western Isles Lottery has raised over £155,000 in total to date, with £110,000 handed out for projects in communities from the Butt to Barra and £45,000 given back to individual ticket-buyers in prizes. A new bolt-on prize has just launched of a holiday for two in Malta, or £1,000 cash. Every ticket sold until 28th December will go in the draw to win that.
That made the weekend’s sale of tickets for Peat & Diesel’s shows into something of a celebration of the lottery’s success. Janet said: “Without a shadow of doubt it’s been successful, the committee (Tony Robson, Janet Paterson, Malcolm Paterson, Shona Macleod and Emma Henderson) have worked hard and as a result it’s gone from strength to strength, we’ve never had a dip.
“But even the smaller prizes we’ve given, if someone wins £40 it’s a win, they’re delighted.”
Remaining tickets for Peat & Diesel’s over-18s gig at Stornoway Town Hall on November 26th are now on sale at Events shop on North Beach Street.
Pictures show the queue waiting in the cold for their tickets on Saturday, and committee members Shona Macleod, Janet Paterson and Emma Henderson ready for the rush, with the all-important gig wristbands.
Remembrance tributes island-wide
Two minutes of silence were observed today (Monday November 11th) in tribute to the fallen of all wars, after a day of Remembrance marked across the island yesterday.
A parade through Stornoway town centre yesterday lunchtime saw members of uniformed services, politicians and island residents united in tribute to those who have given their lives in the service of their country.
Meanwhile Sunday saw the laying of tributes at memorials across the Isles of Lewis and Harris, with many communities uniting for their own act of remembrance.
At Stornoway War Memorial, those laying wreaths included Nicolson Institute prefects Scott Maciver, Isla Budge, James Mutch, John Alasdair Bain, Jenny Campbell and Lucie Doig (pictured) who were accompanied by depute rector Mr J. Bain.
Also on parade at the memorial service were members of 1731 Isle of Lewis Squadron the Air Cadets, who laid their own wreath, and representatives of 7 Scots, whose wreath was laid by Sgt Tommy Stewart.
Pictures here show the town centre parade (Marjorie Baillie) and the laying of wreaths at Stornoway War Memorial (1731 Isle of Lewis Squadron, The Nicolson Institute, Thomas Stewart). Also shown is the gathering at the Point war memorial in Garrabost (Tom Clark).
Drugs possession warning
A man’s been issued with a recorded police warning after being found in possession of drugs in Stornoway on Saturday.
The 59-year-old man was charged after the drugs were found on his person on Church Street at 9.50pm on Saturday.
Police appeal on vandalism (UPDATED)
Stornoway Police are appealing for public help after two incidents of vandalism in the Cearns over the weekend.
Between 6pm on Friday (8th November) and 3.40am on Saturday four windows were smashed at an address in the Cearns. Police are asking for any information on this incident (NH1578/19).
In a separate incident vandalism was reported at an address in the Cearns at midnight on Sunday 10th, when a bathroom window was smashed and items of furniture damaged. Any information on this incident (NH1581/19) should be given using the non-emergency number, 101.
Between the evening of Friday (8th November) and 11am on Saturday 9th a vehicle parked on Goathill Road had its rear window smashed and scratches to its paintwork. The number to quote with any information on this incident is NH1582/19.
In court after assault
A man is appearing at Stornoway Sheriff Court today (Monday November 11th) after police were called to an incident in Melbost on Saturday.
A domestic incident at 2.30am on Saturday led to a 46-year-old man being arrested and charged with domestic assault.
He’s been kept in custody ahead of his court appearance today.
Church theft – police appeal
Stornoway police are appealing for information after cash was taken from a church in Stornoway two weeks ago.
Between the afternoon of Saturday 26th October and midday on Sunday 27th there was a theft of cash from St.Peter’s Episcopal Church on Francis Street.
Police and St.Peter’s Episcopal congregation would be grateful if any member of the public with relevant information would come forward to help, using the non-emergency number 101 and quoting incident number NH1506/19.
Councillor Gordon Murray - public surgery
Councillor Gordon Murray is holding a surgery
at Grianan Centre, Stornoway,
on Thursday 14th November, at 7pm -8pm.
All welcome.
Planning applications, Barra, November 8
Removal and installation of equipment on mast, Northbay
EE has applied for planning permission to remove a dish and install a dish antenna at the Mast, Loch Ob, Bruernish, Northbay. Work will consist of removing the 0.6m microwave dish located at 13 metres and installing a 0.6 + 0.6 metre microwave dish antenna to the lattice mast at 12.9 + 9 metres orientated to 35 degrees north.
Planning applications, Lewis, November 8
Alter and extend dwelling, Carloway
Devana Investments Ltd has applied for planning permission to alter and extend the property at Tigh A'Bhealaich, Knock, Carloway. Work is to include creating parking suitable for two cars.
New agricultural building, Bernera
Dolina Mackenzie of 6 Tobson, Bernera, has applied for planning permission to erect an agricultural building at 6 Tobson, Bernera. The external of the building is to consist of box profile sheeting in juniper green.
New signs, Stornoway
Iain Faller of 55 Aird, Tong, has applied for planning permission to install new signs at the shop premises at 38 Cromwell Street.
New house and access, Uig
Norman Smith of 2b Steinish has applied for planning permission to build a house at 3B Timsgarry, Uig. Work is to include creating a new access and access road.
Car Hire Hebrides, Stornoway
If you have an interest in accountancy, a clear understanding of office environments, great communication and interpersonal skills and are computer literate, you might consider working as an accounts assistant for Car Hire Hebrides, based in Stornoway.
The accounts assistant will provide administrative and clerical support.
Reporting directly to the management team, the role will involve internal office management along with customer interaction and liaison with external agencies.
Experience of office-based IT systems is essential and experience with software accounting systems such as Xero or Quickbooks would be desirable, although options for training will be available.
The financial management aspects of the role will include:
Working with spreadsheets, sales and purchase ledgers.
Accounts, payments and invoice reconciliation.
Mail and petty cash management.
Credit control and debt management.
The post requires discretion, diplomacy and strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Working as part of a team within a busy and rewarding environment the role can be full or part time and your contract may be permanent or temporary, depending on your circumstances and suitability.
Salary will be commensurate with hours and experience.
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Closing date for applications: Friday December 6th.
SNP lead grows, poll says
The SNP remains the most popular party in Scotland with a 20-point lead over its nearest rivals, according to a poll published by YouGov.
The poll found that 42% of voters are backing the SNP at the upcoming UK General Election on 12th December, with support for the Tories and Labour at 22% and 12% respectively. Ths means that Labour is currently running in fourth place behind the Lib Dems whose support has risen from 7% to 13%. The Brexit Party was on 6%, while the Greens are on 4%.
The poll conducted from October 23-25, examining voting intention showed SNP support has risen from 37% to 42% compared to the 2017 general election.
Angus MacNeil, standing for the SNP in Na h-Eileanan an Iar, commented: “This latest YouGov poll is a very interesting and startling poll. It shows the SNP with a substantial lead and Labour in fourth place across Scotland.
"It is still early days and every vote has to be worked for but at the moment signs look good for the SNP.
"And if elected I will continue to do the hard work I have done in the last number of years."
Memorial day marked
The Lewis War Memorial has turned red for this year’s Poppy Scotland Light Up Red appeal, which is also being marked on the island by a projection of images of some of the islanders who made the ultimate sacrifice in World Wars One and Two.
Point and Sandwick Trust’s engineering consultant Tony Robson fitted red filters onto Comhairle nan Eilean Siar’s existing floodlights at the War Memorial and arranged the slideshow projection, which is being shown on the side of the Old Knock School in Point, where the community wind farm charity’s offices are located. The school is also being partly lit by a red LED light.
The red lighting and the slideshow will be visible during the hours of darkness over the weekend.
They were launched last night (Friday) and will be in place until Monday night, inclusive. However, if there is enough interest the slideshow could be left in place throughout the coming week.
Community wind farm charity Point and Sandwick Trust turned its Beinn Ghrideag turbines red for last year’s Light Up Red appeal but this year chose to light up the War Memorial, with all practical matters taken care of by Tony Robson.
Tony also arranged the slideshow projection which is based on the Iolaire slideshow displayed for the 100th anniversary of the tragedy in January – projected on the side wall of the Old Knock School then too – but now features two extra sections, showing images of some who were lost in both World Wars. These images are largely of those who served from the Point area but people are expected to travel to see it, as they did last time.
Beinn Ghrideag developer Calum MacDonald said it was appropriate to light up the War Memorial. “The War Memorial is something that we’ve all grown up with and sometimes we just ignore it or forget about it but at this time it’s a really important and powerful monument. I think it should be the first building in our thoughts when we’re thinking about lighting up for Poppy Day.”
He also said it was appropriate to expand on the sideshow as this was “about those who sacrificed in all the wars”, adding: “All we can do is give an illustrative sample of photos but I think it’s important to represent the widest range that we can.”
Tony received help from staff in the Stornoway Library and and from Malcolm Macdonald, chair of Stornoway Historical Society and co-author of Iolaire book The Darkest Dawn, in his quest for pictures. Malcolm Macdonald sourced pictures for the projection display from magazines including The War Illustrated and online sites. The graphics were by Steven MacAskill, aged 16, from North Tolsta.
Malcolm Macdonald welcomed the lighting up red of the War Memorial. “I really always admired the fact that the War Memorial was lit up and I think it’s a special day, Poppy Day, with the red of the poppies and possibly the blood as an appropriate colour for it. The War Memorial is an edifice that can be seen from the four parishes of the island. Some people refer to it as the Stornoway War Memorial but it’s not. It’s the Lewis War Memorial.”
The Light Up Red appeal officially runs from November 4 to 11 and is part of the wider Scottish Poppy Appeal, running up to Remembrance Day which takes place tomorrow (Sunday).
The Poppy Appeal has a twin purpose – remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice and to raise money to help those who have been left disadvantaged by their time in Service.
Poppy Scotland have a map on their website (www.poppyscotland.org.uk/get-involved/scottish-poppy-appeal/light-up-red), showing poppies over the places in Scotland which have Lit Up Red for the appeal and that includes a poppy over the Isle of Lewis.
The poppy map can be found at: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1rx_u3FxmJMdGSAwfBSFT6DP7ItKp2pPE&ll=55.4193267756126%2C-3.2634235499999704&z=6
orial has turned red for this year’s Poppy Scotland Light Up Red appeal, which is also being marked on the island by a projection of images of some of the islanders who made the ultimate sacrifice in World Wars One and Two.
Beinn Ghrideag developer Calum MacDonald said it was appropriate to light up the War Memorial.
“The War Memorial is something that we’ve all grown up with and sometimes we just ignore it or forget about it but at this time it’s a really important and powerful monument. I think it should be the first building in our thoughts when we’re thinking about lighting up for Poppy Day.”
Poppy Scotland have a map on their website (www.poppyscotland.org.uk/get-involved/scottish-poppy-appeal/light-up-red), showing poppies over the places in Scotland which have Lit Up Red for the appeal and that includes a poppy over the Isle of Lewis. The poppy map can be found at: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1rx_u3FxmJMdGSAwfBSFT6DP7ItKp2pPE&ll=55.4193267756126%2C-3.2634235499999704&z=6
Pictures: The Lewis War Memorial lit up red, Tony Robson making the final arrangements for the lighting, and the slideshow of remembrance at the Old Knock School.
Pictures by Sandie Maciver of SandiePhotos (please credit)
CalMac aids Remembrance
Poppyscotland has drafted in ferry operator CalMac to help them educate a new generation of young Scots about remembrance.
For the last six months, Poppyscotland’s Bud truck – a mobile museum - has been inspiring schools, youth groups and the wider public across Scotland to learn more about the history and heritage of the Poppy.
CalMac is helping them bring veterans’ stories to young audiences across its 49 island and remote mainland locations.
Poppyscotland’s Head of Fundraising Gordon Michie said: ‘We would like to express our sincere thanks for the support CalMac is providing to Poppyscotland. Reaching remote parts of Scotland is a key objective of Bud and this new partnership with CalMac will ensure that those living in Island communities can share their stories of reflection and hope, and learn more about the history and heritage of the poppy. By the time Bud celebrates its first birthday next May it will have visited all 32 Scottish local authority areas and that simply would not have been possible without the support of CalMac.
When it reaches its destination Bud transforms into an interactive learning space sharing Poppyscotland’s archive, veteran’s stories and the poppy’s history. A free resource for visitors to explore, it helps to keep remembrance relevant all year round.
‘Many of our former employees used their seafaring skills in the service of the Royal Navy during both world wars,’ said CalMac’s Managing Director, Robbie Drummond.
‘We maintain a close relationship with Poppyscotland and our vessels are regularly used for commemorations at sea so when we heard about the educational message the project was trying to achieve we were only too happy to help.’
Bud was made possible thanks to a £731,200 of funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and a £730,000 award by the Chancellor using LIBOR funds.
Big aid for Autism Group
A Lewis-based group which supports children or adults with autism or other additional needs has received great help from the community to enable it to maximise the use of its sensory toys and equipment and potentially develop outreach sessions in the future.
Last night (Thursday November 8) Lewis and Harris Accordion and Fiddle Club presented a cheque for £3,322 to Autism Eileanan Siar, proceeds of their fundraising over the past year.
And the Lewis and Harris Accordion and Fiddle Club said theey owed huge thanks to the Co-operative Store for their help.
And help has also come from the Point and Sandwick Trust with a "substantial grant."
Autism Eileanan Siar holds regular play sessions and outings for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or additional support needs and also runs a drop-in support group for families who are affected by the condition.
The monthly drop-in support sessions are on the second Friday of every month between 10am and 12pm in the Failte Centre, Bayhead, Stornoway (formerly the Lewis Retirement Centre).
The fun sessions for children are also held monthly, in the Sandwick Community Hall, on a Saturday from 2pm to 4pm although dates vary due to hall availability. In addition, the group organises a range of events including outings to Spòrsnis in Ness or the Callanish Alpacas, as well as seasonal celebrations such as Christmas parties and Easter egg hunts.
Outwith the group, Stornoway arts centre An Lanntair holds four autism-friendly film screenings a year, which are well attended. Autism Eileanan Siar pushed for these screenings and it also books out the Adventure Island soft play every second month, so that children can enjoy the facility without becoming overwhelmed by noise.
Donna Shearsmith, chair of Autism Eileanan Siar, said: “Because children with autism and additional support needs can’t handle noise, queuing, etc, we hire out Adventure Island in the evening exclusively. We try to do it every second month and it’s where we have our Christmas party.
“We try to give these children the same experience as neurotypical children but set up in a way they are comfortable with.
“We’re also trying to raise awareness – we’ve done a few things this year, including running a schools competition – and we are inclusive of siblings, so our Saturdays in the hall are family days where everyone can come along.
“It’s good because, if a child has a meltdown, other parents aren’t going to sit and say, ‘look at what that child is doing…’”
The organisation received a substantial grant from Point and Sandwick Trust towards the purchase of a trailer, with ramps for easy access. It is now being used as a mobile store for all the equipment the group uses at their play sessions. This includes trikes, scooters, whizzy dizzy spinning balance toys and sand pits.
Donna said: “The kids love the monthly fun sessions but they’re not just about having fun. The sessions deal with their needs too, like motor skills. It’s all about sensory input.”
Around 35 children from Lewis attend the sessions in Stornoway but the group hopes to eventually go out to areas such as Harris and Ness “to show what Autism Eileanan Siar is all about”.
A wide range of treatments can help people with the Autism Spectrum Disorder and everyone is welcome to the drop-in sessions.
Donald John MacSween, general manager of Point and Sandwick Trust, said the community wind farm charity was pleased to be able to help the group financially and also give them moral support.
He said: “Autism Eileanan Siar provide a fantastic service and are making a real difference in the lives of children who have Autism Spectrum Disorder or additional needs and their families.
“We hope we can help raise awareness of the group and their work so that everyone knows about what they have to offer. With so much support available, it would be a shame if people were missing out and we’re happy to do our bit to help.
“We should remember that Autism Eileanan Siar is run by volunteers, like so many other excellent groups in the community, and these groups only exist because of the volunteers’ hard work and dedication. We want to thank them for all that they do. It makes a real difference to people’s lives.”
Pictures by Sandie Maciver of SandiePhotos
The 115th Annual General Meeting of the Lewis Pipe Band
Drugs dog Bear starts work
Stornoway Police station has become a second home for the new Police Scotland drugs detection dog Bear, who started work on October 25th.
Bear and his newly qualified handler, Constable Stuart Wightman, will be permanently based in the Western Isles, replacing the retired drugs dog Jax.
Bear was an instant hit with colleagues. Apart from his obvious enthusiasm for being part of the police team, since starting work, he and his handler have successfully detected cocaine with a street value of £11,000 and cannabis with a street value of £1,000.
The provision of the trained detection dog supports the Outer Hebrides Alcohol and Drugs Partnership (ADP) aim to contribute to a reduction and distribution of illegal drugs entering the islands, thereby helping to prevent access to harmful substances whilst at the same time contributing towards healthier lives for the people of the Outer Hebrides.
Gordon Jamison Outer Hebrides ADP chair said: “I very much welcome the return of a drugs detection dog to the Outer Hebrides and the impact already being achieved. Bear will make a valuable contribution to keeping our communities safe and healthy."
The picture shows Bear and Stuart getting familiar with their new patch (Police Scotland).
Intergenerational hit in SY!
Residents of Trust Housing on Matheson Road are still grinning from ear to ear this afternoon (Friday November 8th) after their first experience of an intergenerational project facilitated by the Volunteer Centre Western Isles.
Pupils from Primary 2 at Stornoway Primary School came to visit the residents at Trust Housing as part of a project designed to create new experiences and relationships between old and young.
This morning the pupils and residents had their first encounter, getting introduced and learning each other’s names.
Trust Housing manager Carol Ferguson told welovestornoway.com: “The children were a bit nervous when they first arrived but within two minutes they were chattering away.
“It was great to see the resident’s faces all lit up. They are still smiling from ear to ear. The class has three sets of identical twins, so that was a real talking point and with many of them having grandchildren who are away on the mainland it was great for them to spend time with young children.”
The project, led by Bellann O’Brien, is due to continue fortnightly until Christmas, but there’s a special visit next Friday when the children will be dressed up for Children in Need.
And they’ve also been given Trust Housing’s teddy, Isla Lewis to take back to school for a week, so that she can tell her own tales of life at Stornoway Primary. One resident said: "It is so lovely to see the children, they have so much energy."
Carol said: “In future weeks we’ll be talking about holidays, where the residents used to work, favourite foods and what Stornoway used to be like in the old days. We have five visits planned up to Christmas and we hope to continue the project after that.”
The pictures show P2 children meeting Trust Housing residents today (Trust Housing and Volunteer Centre Western Isles).
Loch Seaforth's return
MV Loch Seaforth has moved from dry dock and is ready to begin sea trials tomorrow (Saturday November 9th) at the end of her annual overhaul.
She left dry dock in Birkenhead early yesterday and is now receiving finishing touches in Liverpool before her sea trials begin early tomorrow morning. All being well, she’s then set to return to Stornoway on Sunday.
The ship’s annual refurbishment has over-run its schedule due to the application of a new external coating system intended to improve efficiency and extend the lifespan of the hull coating. Weather conditions delayed the application of this finish.
She’s also had her cooling system enhanced, a number of sewage tanks replaced, and a partial cable rewire during the upgrade work.
MV Isle of Lewis has been running night and day to meet the passenger and freight requirements of the Stornoway Ullapool route. She was today (Friday November 8th) reported to be running half an hour late on the return from Ullapool with a technical issue.
She’ll continue to operate the route on Saturday and Sunday, with Loch Seaforth taking up the route as of the 7am sailing from Stornoway on Monday.
The Isle of Lewis will then reposition to Oban to recommence her service between Oban and Castlebay. She’s due for her own annual upgrade from January 25th next year.
The picture shows the view from the Loch Seaforth deck in Liverpool (Christopher Lonie).
Week-long road safety campaign
Drivers who don't wear a seatbelt, use their phones or speed will be the focus of a campaign next week.
The week-long campaign will promote safer driving and is let by the Road Policing Division with support from Safety Camera Units.
The event will start tomorrow (Satruday 9 November) and run until Friday 15 November.
In particular, officers want to highlight the importance of wearing a seatbelt in the front and rear, regardless of the type of vehicle you are in.
Figures reveal that in 2017, 27% of people who died in cars in Britain were not wearing a seatbelt.
Recent statistics for road casualties in 2018 highlight that driver error or reaction was reported in 65% of all reported crashes in 2018, travelling too fast was a factor in 16% of fatal crashes and driving while using a mobile phone was a factor in five fatal crashes.
Chief Inspector Simon Bradshaw said: “We know that using a mobile phone, driving while distracted, travelling at inappropriate speeds and not wearing a seatbelt are significant factors in fatal and serious injury crashes.
This is why we take the matter seriously as they are avoidable, which makes it all the more tragic when people are killed in road crashes under these circumstances.
“Police Scotland works closely with other road safety agencies and partners to highlight the importance of driving safely but we cannot do this alone. We need motorists to take road safety seriously and to change their behaviour.
“We will interact with drivers through education to influence behaviour but where necessary, we will take enforcement action.”
Crossroads Lewis Care Attendant Scheme AGM
WI 'hydrogen hopes'
The Western Isles could play a role in the manufacture of hydrogen in the future.
A seminar was hosted this week looking at opportunities which hydrogen manufacture could offer the islands.
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has said: "The manufacture of hydrogen is extremely energy intensive but, with the best wind resource in the Northern Hemisphere, the Outer Hebrides are well positioned to manufacture hydrogen from renewable energy."
A study has been commissioned, supported by Community Energy Scotland, to look at where additional hydrogen opportunities may lie and how they can be accessed.
This work will run in parallel with the Comhairle’s Hydrogen Project – Outer Hebrides Local Energy Hub (OHLEH).
OHLEH is a partnership between the Comhairle, Scottish Salmon Company, Pure Energy Centre and Community Energy Scotland that generates green hydrogen and oxygen from Fish Farm waste at the Creed Recycling Centre in a true, circular economy.
Councillor Uisdean Robertson, Chair of the Comhairle’s Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, said: “The Comhairle has been active in hydrogen since 2010 when an eectrolyser was installed at Creed Park Recycling Centre.
"Now we are powering our own hydrogen Refuse Collection vehicle, one of only five in Scotland, from electrolyser hydrogen and hydrogen produced by the innovative OHLEH project.
"In addition, over the past few months, the Comhairle has engaged with commercial partners to explore the use of hydrogen produced in the islands in local heat networks.
"At the seminar, it was good to learn abouthydrogen innovation taking place here in the Outer Hebrides and further afield and to hear from, among others, Nigel Holmes from the Scottish Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Association, and representatives from the growing Orkney Hydrogen sector.
"In the Comhairle’s revised Energy Strategy, one strand will focus on local hydrogen production and the benefits it offers to all our communities.”
Plan-rules curbed to aid rural areas
Na h-Eileanan an Iar SNP MSP Alasdair Allan has welcomed a new Scottish Government action plan to kick-start developments in rural areas.
The need for planning permission could be removed for certain types of rural developments to help tackle depopulation and support the economy of the islands.
The changes are being considered as part of a new action plan to implement a radical shake-up of planning laws.
Under this review, small scale developments, such as the conversion of agricultural buildings to deliver more homes in the Western Isles, could automatically be given the go-ahead.
Alasdair Allan MSP commented: “Tackling depopulation and supporting the sustainability of our rural communities are critical issues and the planning system has an important role to play in that. This planning review is one of a number of actions the Scottish Government is undertaking to grow Scotland’s rural areas.
“I am encouraged by what these changes could do for the islands and I hope they can aid in the fight against depopulation.”
Missing person search (UPDATED)
A major search was launched in Barra last night (Thursday November 7th) after a man was reported missing by his family.
Western Isles Police called for assistance from all other emergency services after the man was reported missing in a coastal area near Allasdale just after 7pm.
The Barra RNLI Lifeboat was launched and joined Barra police, a Scottish Fire and Rescue team, Barra Coastguard Rescue team and ambulance personnel in the search. Barra RNLI used a flare to light the scene as other services assembled.
Stornoway Coastguard operations centre tasked rescue helicopter R948 to transport members of the Stornoway Coastguard Rescue Team and the area commander from Stornoway to Barra.
Soon after establishing a site search plan, the casualty was located safe and well and was taken into the care of Scottish Ambulance and family members.
Area commander Murdo Macaulay told welovestornoway.com this morning: “An incident such as this underlines the way every emergency service in the islands works really well together. It’s the pay-off for the time and effort we put into training together on such a regular basis.
“Putting the time into preparation and practice means that on the day of an incident everything works smoothly and with precision, and we can often hope for a successful outcome, as we had yesterday.”
Pictures show members of Stornoway Coastguard Rescue Team en route to the emergency by helicopter, and the search site being set up (HM Coastguard Western Isles, Skye and Lochaber).
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Laxdale School go gold!
Laxdale Primary School were this morning celebrating a truly collaborative approach to sport and exercise, with a Gold Award presented by Sport Scotland.
The school is the first in the Western Isles to earn gold status under the scheme, which encourages pupils to contribute their ideas and energy to maintaining a high level of physical activity.
The lottery-funded award was presented to pupils and teachers including Lorraine Morrison, Laxdale Primary teacher. She welcomed Sports Scotland representatives and presented the video of evidence which had garnered the award for the school.
The former Laxdale pupils, who were the Sports Council 2018-19, and P7 pupils, who are the 2019-20 Sports Council, shared with the audience how they had enjoyed trying many new sports and how rewarding it was helping other pupils enjoy and improve at various sports and activities.
Also present were Graham Lindsay from Sports Scotland, Cllr Angus McCormack, chairman of the education, skills and children's services committee, champion cyclist Kerry MacPhee and Eric Macleod from Comhairle nan Eilean Siar’s active schools programme.
Kerry told the assembled children: “Achievement is not just about winning medals. Achievement is about having an active, healthy lifestyle and keeping that going throughout your whole life.
“I just want to say how proud you should be, as a school, of this achievement, and how proud you should be to have a teaching staff that are willing to push these things forward for you.”
The sportscotland School Sport Award is a national, Lottery-funded initiative designed to encourage schools to continuously improve physical education (PE) and school sport opportunities. It encourages schools to self-reflect and continuously improve, puts young people at the forefront of the decision-making and planning of PE and sport in their school and helps schools to increase young people's opportunities and engagement in PE and school sport.
Laxdale will now hold the Gold Award for three years, after which time they’ll be expected to re-apply to validate their Gold status for a further three years. Sport Scotland says: “Through the Gold Award validation process we want schools to reflect on the journey they have been on over the past three academic years and tell us how they have continued to meet the aims of the School Sport Award.”
Pictures show: Lorraine Morrison: Laxdale Primary Teacher, Sports Council pupils from 2018-19 and 2019-20, Kerry MacPhee, Eric Macleod: Active Schools, Graham Lindsay: Sports Scotland, Miss Macleod: Laxdale Primary Head Teacher.
Laxdale Sports Gold
Arnish on track for contract deadline
Work to complete a major engineering contract at the Arnish yard of BiFab is continuing on schedule, according to the on-site project manager.
Workers started in March on the task of building 100 piles for the Moray East Offshore Windfarm, securing jobs at the Lewis site for the majority of this year.
BiFab’s Canadian owner DF Barnes secured the contract and is still seeking further opportunities for the workers. They describe the Arnish yard as one of the best equipped in the company.
But unions said in October that workers were continuing under threat of redundancy. Unite and the GMB reported that six-week redundancy notices had been issued to the employees and described the news as “a major blow to the workers who have had to endure so much uncertainty over recent years.”
DF Barnes denied the claims and said it had issued no notices to staff. A source close to the Newfoundland-based firm told the industry journal Energy Voice that “no redundancies have been issued” to the BiFab workforce.
Despite the continuing uncertainty, work on the major contract is going ahead well. Project manager Ian Potts told welovestornoway.com today (Thursday November 7th) “We have so far loaded out 21 completed piles and are on schedule to complete the manufacturing elements by end of November, with the final loadouts through the first two weeks of December, subject to weather.
“In addition we have taken on a very small bit of work for Quinn Drilling who are doing work on the new Stornoway Marina. That is a very minor piece of work - just four small piles to be modified.”
Sir E Scott school makes semi-final
The first two rounds of the National Gaelic Schools' Debate was held in Stornoway Town Hall earlier this month.
Out of the sixteen teams present, four made it through to the semi-finales, including Sir E Scott School and Liniclate School.
The event, which took place on Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 November, saw judges Iain Steven Morrison, Agnes Rennie and Boyd Robertson picking the semi-finalists.
The first semi-final draw will see Inverness Royal Academy B against Liniclate School. In the second debate of the evening Bishopbriggs Academy A will be against Sir E Scott School.
Semi-finals will be held at the Macdonald Holyrood Hotel in Edinburgh on Wednesday 4th December 2019.
The Final will be held the following evening, Thursday 5 December in the main chamber at The Scottish Parliament and will be broadcast live on BBC Radio nan Gàidheal.
The topic for the debate between Inverness Royal Academy B and Liniclate School will be: “Gadgets like Fitbits are helpful to keep us healthy.”
Bishopbriggs Academy A will debate against Sir E Scott School on the topic: “It is better to follow than be the first.”
The winner of Debate A will face the winner of Debate B in the final on the topic: “In twenty years, the proper Gaelic communities will be in the big cities.”
SNP launches election campaign
The SNP candidate for the Na h-Eileanan an Iar constituency in this year’s General Election launched his campaign today (Thursday November 7th).
Angus MacNeil said: "It is a privilege to have been chosen by local SNP members to stand as candidate for the 2019 Election. The Election of 2017 was unexpected but this election has been predicted almost every month since June 2017.
"For Scotland this Election is about choosing our own future – about what kind of country we want to be and about taking control of our own affairs. For the United Kingdom the Election is about Brexit – breaking away from our European partners and exiting the free trade deals we currently enjoy. As Chair of the International Trade Committee, I have seen the World Trade Organisation(WTO) tariffs and how countries try to join together in blocs to prevent having to pay the higher rates attached to WTO deals. There is no good Brexit – no other trade arrangements will give the UK the benefits it currently enjoys – even the Tory Government's own reports show that.
"Today, in Scotland the party that speaks for the people of Scotland is the SNP, the party which continues to govern as Westminster sinks, the party of free prescription, free university tuition , free bus travel for the elderly and the many other privileges that living in Scotland affords.
"I would encourage everyone to vote SNP on December 12th and allow me the honour of representing you in Westminster where I will stand strong in the interests of Na h-Eileanan an Iar and Scotland."
Cats Protection closure bites (UPDATED)
The Stornoway branch of the animal welfare charity Cats Protection is now officially closed, with local branch committee members yesterday (Wednesday November 6th) stating that they had been ‘dismissed’ by the national charity.
The last cats in care locally were re-homed last week and a final home-to-home adoption facilitated by the branch was also completed.
As initially reported by welovestornoway.com three weeks ago, the local branch committee had been told that the local service did not offer ‘value for money’ for supporters of the charity, despite longstanding commitment from local supporters.
A former committee member was asked to stand down with immediate effect after reporting to us that the charity planned to withdraw their support from the local branch. They cited veterinary costs and the availability of ‘alternative services’ such as the SSPCA to provide care for cats in the islands.
The local SSPCA and Stornoway vet Hector Lowe at that time condemned the closure of the branch, saying that neither of them had capacity to meet the needs of the large feral cat population in the islands, or of the unwanted cats and kittens that continued to find their way into charity care.
Welovstornoway.com readers bombarded Cats Protection with enquiries last month, receiving the reply: “It is with great regret that, after much discussion at a local level, Cats Protection has made the decision to wind down branch operations. The charity is currently looking at other ways it may be able to support cats on the island.”
But committee members disputed the claim that there had been discussion or consultation locally on the closure. Yesterday the remaining branch members issued a social media statement saying: “Please be advised this branch of Cats Protection has been officially closed by the head office. The local committee worked hard to prevent this but were dismissed after fighting to stay open.
“We would like to thank you for your support over the years, it has been very much appreciated.”
The formal confirmation of earlier reports generated a new storm of outrage from supporters. Former branch co-ordinator, Karen Cowan, wrote: “I’m actually ashamed now that I gave so much of my time to a charity that can do this to the Islands and has such a complete disregard for the feline population here. I really thought they were different and put the cats first but they pulled the wool over my eyes, profits first like so many national charities.
“I don’t however regret the countless lives we saved over the years, it’s a pretty great legacy when I think about all your babies and their stories. I would like to thank all of you who supported me and my team and I’m so sorry for the new committee that things have ended this way.”
Cats Protection's national media office provided welovestornoway.com with the following statement: "Cats Protection has suspended its cat welfare work on the Isles of Lewis and Harris because we have been unable to reach an agreement for year-round neutering of stray and feral cats with the island’s only veterinary practice. There are differences between our views on the best way to approach the long-term management of the feral colonies on the island.
"Cats Protection’s Feral Strategy aims to improve the quality of life of feral cats through targeted trap, neuter and return (TNR) programmes and by increasing the understanding of the welfare needs of feral cats. We need to ensure any work embraces our welfare ethos and is cost-effective for Cats Protection so that we put our limited funds to best use.
"We are currently exploring alternative ways of working so that we can continue to help unwanted and abandoned cats on the island."
This story has been updated to include a response from Cats Protection's national office.
The picture shows the last kitten adopted with the support of Cats Protection Lewis and Harris branch, re-homed this week.
Lib Dems name poll candidate
The Scottish Liberal Democrats have announced that Neil Mitchison is to be the party's candidate in the constituency of Na h-Eileanan an Iar at next month’s General Election.
Neil, who stood as Liberal Democrat candidate for the Western Isles twice in the 1990s, spent 25 years working for the European Commission, including several years as European Commission representative in Scotland. He twice stood as Liberal Democrat candidate for the European Parliament and is also a familiar voice on Gaelic radio.
Neil said:“I am honoured to be chosen again to represent the Liberal Democrats. Let us be clear: this election is all about Brexit, and every vote for the Liberal Democrats counts towards our objective of stopping the damage Brexit has already done to our economy and our society.
“Only once we get Brexit out of the way can we address all the other urgent matters which need attention, including the NHS, education and social policy - all of which have suffered from the Tory Government’s austerity.”
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader, Willie Rennie said:“Neil Mitchison would be an excellent MP for the Western Isles, replacing the divisive Angus MacNeil.
"Jo Swinson and the Liberal Democrats have shown a clear leadership in fighting Boris Johnson and Theresa May’s Brexit disaster and campaigning for a People’s Vote on the terms.
"Longstanding Labour and Conservative supporters are disenchanted with their leaders and are looking for something better, while too many have been let down by years of SNP misrule. Liberal Democrats like Neil can offer a brighter future."
The Labour Party on the The Western Isles already had a candiate in place before the announcement of the new General Election, the third in just over four years. At the start of her General Election campaign, Alison MacCorquodale said: "We need an MP whose main priority is this constituency, not the constitution.
"These islands have very distinctive needs. Unless there is a constant focus on the issues that affect us most, then there is no chance of our voice being heard.
She said that the Brexit negotiations were a case in point. “Labour will give the people the final say on Brexit, but whatever the outcome, I will fight to ensure that the opportunities for the islands are grasped and damage limited. Unless there is someone arguing the detailed, specific cases for the Western Isles in a way that commands respect, then our interests will be sidelined.”
In relation to another Scottish independence referendum, Ms MacCorquodale said: "With all the challenges Scotland faces, the last thing we need is another divisive referendum. There is so much to be done to address issues directly affecting the lives of the people of the Western Isles which are already devolved to Edinburgh. We need better government, not more years of argument about how to break up the UK without any certainty about what would follow."
The Labour candidate highlighted the controversy over convergence payments to crofters as an example of how the voice of the Western Isles is not being heard. "This was EU money meant to support crofters and hill farmers working on marginal land, yet the SNP is diverting it to the wealthiest farmers in Scotland. Put that alongside the fact that Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has suffered far more severe cuts to its budget than any other local authority in Scotland, again without a word of protest from the MP or MSP, and it is clear that we need a representative who will put constituency before party."
Ferry fury as delays continue
The Scottish Government has come under attack from Labour and Tory MSPs for the failures of the Islands’ ferry services
Highlands and Islands Labour MSP Rhoda Grant criticised the Scottish Government’s lack of foresight and strategic approach to the ferry infrastructure and condemned it for ignoring the wishes and advice of local communities.
“When Loch Seaforth was built for the Stornoway to Ullapool route, the community wanted two smaller boats. This would enable more sailings in the summer and provide cover throughout the fleet in the winter for dry-docking.
“Instead, the Government gave them one large vessel that does not provide sufficient capacity in the summer and sails half empty in the winter.”
Ms Grant went on to say that “The Government brought in RET, another flagship policy, but did so without providing any additional capacity. This means the very policy put in place to help islanders has had the effect of shutting them out of ferries.
“People travelling at short notice cannot get a place on the boat to make these journeys. People who need to get to hospital, to visit sick relatives and to attend funerals all find that they cannot travel. Port staff do their utmost to help but most people are now routed through the centralised call centre and do not get to speak direct to port staff."
Ms Grant added that the fact that no one in the Scottish Government was measuring unmet need despite ongoing calls from local communities for improvements in service was a disgrace.
She then raised the ongoing delays to the new dual-fuel ferries MV Glen Sannox and the unnamed Hull 802 which are now almost two years overdue. Ms Grant condemned the mismanaged project.
“You could not make it up,” said Ms Grant. “It would appear these vanity projects mean that the Scottish Taxpayer is paying much more than they need to for new ferries.”
“We desperately need more new ferries so cannot afford to waste money.”
Ms Grant continued: “And the problems don’t stop there. We are now seeing delays with the Northern Isles Ferry contract where the Scottish Government appears to have again shut out the lowest bidder”
Meanwhile a Conservative motion in the Scottish parliament highlights that since 2007, there has been over 82,000 delays and cancellations across the Clyde and Hebridean Ferry Service network.
Figures from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) show that between January and September this year, the Stornoway to Ullapool route saw 30 cancelled sailings, and has arrived late on 226 occasions.
In a speech to the chamber, Donald Cameron MSP said: “Many local residents on the island are forced to plan ahead and book spaces on this service to travel to the mainland due to space being booked up well in advance by tourists and by haulage. But even visitors struggle to book onto the ferry, such is the demand during peak season.”
Later Donald said: “Residents across the Lewis and Harris continue to raise this issue with me, and I will continue to highlight this anger to the Scottish Government. The time for action is now, and I will work constructively with the Scottish Government to ensure residents get the reliable and robust service that everyone wants.”
In the same debate, Alasdair Allan, the SNP MSP said:"It is true that not everything is as it should—or could—be with our ferry services. However, in the past decade, we have seen many improvements. The introduction of RET was revolutionary and we have come a long way from the days when the Western Isles MP Donald Stewart was a lonely voice in the House of Commons when he advocated it. The present Scottish Government has doubled, in real terms, the amount of money that is invested in ferry services. That has been necessary to deal with the previous decade of chronic underinvestment, during which, as other members have pointed out, virtually no major vessels were built.
"Compared with the figures from a decade ago, ferries to the Western Isles now deal with an astonishing 184,000 additional passenger journeys every year. The number of visitors that we now host in May is typically what we would previously have expected to see in July, which is a good thing. It is also a fantastic tribute to the work that the tourist industry and others have done in making the Western Isles a must-visit destination for a huge range of tourists.
"That obviously puts strain on the network, the negative effects of which are felt predominantly by islanders who are trying to get on and off the islands at short notice. Although local people are able to live with that on a few busy weekends, it is asking too much for them to accept it for the whole of the summer. It is clear that we need more capacity on routes to the Western Isles. We also need to listen to what islanders say about how to deal with capacity issues in the short term. Over the summer there were calls for measures such as reserving space for islanders or introducing staggered bookings, and it is right that CalMac should explore the feasibility of introducing those."
(This article has been updated since first being published)
Harris, Uist success in Gaelic debates
The Town Hall building in Stornoway was the setting for the first two rounds of the National Gaelic Schools’ Debate which took place on Tuesday and Wednesday the 5th and 6th of November.
The judges; Iain Steven Morrison, Agnes Rennie and Boyd Robertson, certainly had their work cut out whittling 16 teams down to four.
The four teams who have reached the semi-final stages of this year’s competition are Inverness Royal Academy B, Bishopbriggs Academy A, Sir E Scott School and Liniclate School .
The semi-finals will be held at the Macdonald Holyrood Hotel in Edinburgh on Wednesday 4th December 2019. The Final will be held the following evening, Thursday 5th December in the main chamber at The Scottish Parliament and will be broadcasted live on BBC Radio nan Gàidheal.
The topic for the debate between Inverness Royal Academy B and Liniclate School will be “Gadgets like Fitbits are helpful to keep us healthy.” Bishopbriggs Academy A will debate against Sir E Scott School on the topic “It is better to follow than the be first.”
The winner of Debate A will face the winner of Debate B in the final on the topic “In 20 years, the proper Gaelic communities will be in the big cities.”
The teams who lost out on Tuesday and Wednesday were Mallaig Secondary School; Inverness Royal Academy A; Dunoon Academy; The Nicolson Institute; Glasgow Gaelic School; Gairloch High School; Ardnamurchan High School; Bishopbriggs Royal Academy B; Portree High School; James Gillespie High School; Gairloch High School B; and Castlebay Community School
Deepwater port 'essential' for Isles
Ambitious plans to create a deep water port at Stornoway harbour are essential to allow the Outer Hebrides to benefit from the burgeoning cruise tourism market and bring new income and jobs to the islands, an event will hear tomorrow (Thursday, 7 November).
The deep water port is part of Stornoway Port Authority’s 20-year Master Plan and will be one of the biggest projects ever undertaken in the Hebrides.
Alex Macleod, the port authority’s chief executive, will outline the plan and how it will help attract future cruise traffic, at a two-day workshop being held in Stornoway.
The event, being held at An Lanntair tomorrow and Highlands and Islands Enterprise’s office on Friday, is part of HIE’s Be Business Brave series and is a partnership with the port authority and Outer Hebrides Tourism.
At present, Stornoway attracts relatively few large cruise vessels, as those over 156 metres in length are unable to berth alongside, and passengers are brought ashore by small tender. To maintain and grow the cruise market, Stornoway needs a facility for berthing cruise ships up to 350 metres long.
This would attract an additional 35-40 vessels a year, creating a significant number of business opportunities throughout the island as visitor numbers entering through the port continue to increase.
Alex Macleod said: “The deep water port is an essential development for Stornoway and the Outer Hebrides if we are serious about maximising the benefits that the cruise industry can bring. Other areas are seeing those benefits but at present we are restricted in the types of vessels we can attract.
“The project offers huge potential for the islands in terms of increasing visitor numbers and the jobs that will help create.”
In April, marine consulting civil engineers Wallace Stone were awarded the contract to design Phase 1 of the deep water port.
The project also includes a new deep-water berth for a freight ferry and for larger cargo vessels; berthing and unloading facilities for renewable energy components and development land for a range of uses.
SY man gets first-ever drone-use award
Conal Ferguson, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Operator and Managing Director of Stornoway-based HebDrone, has become the first person to successfully complete the UK’s only training standard for industrial drone operators.
Approved by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB), the Industrial Drone Operations Training Course was developed by Aberdeen-based Texo Compliance to ensure that the next generation of drone operators attain and develop the skills and knowledge they need to operate safely in heavy industrial environments that have specific operational hazards and constraints.
The development of the new course followed the launch of ECITB’s Industrial Drone Operations Training and Assessment Standard, again the first in the UK.
Conal, who set up HebDrone in November 2016 with his business partner Duncan, has been flying drones for three years. The company, which carries out Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Inspection and survey services throughout the UK and Europe, both on and offshore, operates three different types of drone including the DJI Matrice 210 RTK, which is IP-rated and allows the operation of dual cameras simultaneously, such as the Z30 zoom and XT thermal. They also operate the DJI Phantom 4 Pro, used primarily for aerial mapping, and the DJI Inspire 1 Pro, which is ideal for aerial filming and back-up inspection.
Conal applied for the course to help improve his skillset and knowledge, and to gain an industry-recognised certification.
“Currently, the only standard for drone operators is the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) permission for commercial operations (PfCO), but the course set up by Texo Compliance and ECITB gives added protection to the client and shows that the operator has met higher standards.”
The past 10 years has seen increased use of UAVs in the industrial environment; however, Conal said that drone operators still face a number of challenges in today’s climate, one of which is convincing companies of the numerous benefits of the use of drones such as reducing risk, time-saving and reduction of cost in areas such as infrastructure inspection, their use has quadrupled in the last two years.
While the need to work at height using rope access, cherry pickers and scaffolding for repairs will always be there, companies can reduce the time needed at height by first conducting a UAV inspection.
The numbers of unregulated UAV operators are also an issue, as they can be of risk to the safety of client personnel as well as assets, and companies who use them may find themselves in trouble with the authorities.
“The CAA is starting to crack down on this and bring in penalties to those operating illegally, or hiring illegally,” said Conal.
“When hiring a commercial UAV operator, you would expect the job to be done safely and efficiently and, currently, commercial insurance cannot be obtained without a CAA PfCO. The operator with a PfCO has met a strict theory and practical assessment and is fully up-to-date with all regulations.
“This new assessment by Texo Compliance and ECITB is of an even higher standard, with a more complex testing procedure that is focused primarily on industrial applications.
“Texo Compliance’s test site itself is a great set-up, and allows for thorough testing of the UAV platform and operator. Everything was very well set out and explained fully prior to the test and the entire experience was fantastic. It was all very friendly and I was made to feel at ease straight away. I would definitely recommend it to other drone pilots.”
Following identification of the need for a national standard, industry employers approached the ECITB with a view to developing a competence model that would look to not only train and assure the competence of individual UAV operators, but also require them to validate ongoing competence over a rolling period.
The Industrial Drone Operations Training Course is available to anyone who has passed the CAA PfCO scheme and can meet the course pre-requisites. It has four stages including off-the-job training at an ECITB-approved centre; this is consolidated through drone operations on a live industrial site with 30 logged flying hours required within three to 12 months of initial training.
The third stage comprises formal technical testing at an ECITB-approved centre using the ECITB technical testing platform, while the final stage is renewal of the ECITB technical test certificate at 36 months through formal re-assessment. If the candidate can demonstrate sufficient experience, they can go straight to the formal technical assessment without the need for initial stage one off the job training.
The next training course will take place on Monday, November 11-15. The one-day Technical Assessment Day will take place on Friday, November 15. For more information about the course, or to apply for a place, please contact Texo Compliance on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Island date for Bonhams
One of the world’s oldest and largest auction houses has set their sights on the Western Isles, with a visit planned for the week commencing November 18th.
London-based auctioneers and valuers Bonhams were founded in 1793 and have sale-rooms in New York, Paris and Sydney, as well as a sale-room in Edinburgh and offices in Glasgow.
It’s from the Glasgow office that director Gordon McFarlan, a specialist in silver, glass, furniture and works of art, is setting out for the islands, on his first ever valuation and consignment visit.
Mr McFarlan told welovestornoway.com: “We go once a year to Orkney and to Shetland and these are very productive trips for us.
“We often find in remote locations that people have retired there, taking their households with them, and the most unlikely things end up in remote parts of the UK.
“As far as I am aware there is no special brand or type of heritage item, although there was a rough-and ready type of pottery known as Barvas-ware. I am a general valuer, but we are a large company and have 500 specialists among our staff, so if I don’t recognise it I will have a colleague who will.”
Examples of items which would interest Bonhams include works of art and items from world travels, including to exotic locations.
Mr McFarlan said: “Throughout Scotland we find people whose parents and grandparents have served far afield, out in the Far East, in New Zealand or South Africa. Items which they may have brought back, including of jade and porcelain, are of great interest at sales.”
But he stresses that Bonhams applies no pressure on anyone to sell precious family treasures – as befits a company with an international reputation.
He said: “We meet someone at their home, see an item, suggest what it might be worth at sale and it is then entirely up to them whether they wish to consign it to us for sale at a future sale in Edinburgh.
“Whatever I find, I am looking forward to seeing the place itself and hope to be getting out and about in the islands while I am there.”
Mr McFarlan will visit Lewis, Harris and Uist in the week beginning November 16th and is available to contact for an appointment at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Picture shows one of an album of 39 views of Orkney by George Washington Wilson, [c.1890] sold for £357 in Edinburgh in May this year (Bonhams).
Fined after road accident
A woman whose car was involved in a road accident yesterday morning (Tuesday November 5th) has been charged with careless driving.
Police were called to a two-vehicle accident at the junction of Church Street and Keith Street at 7.15am, where the 23-year-old driver had been in collision with another car.
No-one was injured, but following investigations police charged the woman with careless driving and she was issued with a fixed penalty.
Appointment for Iolaire centre
Stornoway woman Lynne Maciver has been appointed as the project manager for the planned Iolaire visitor centre in the heart of the town.
The appointment was announced this morning (Wednesday November 6th) by the Iolaire working group as the project enters the design planning stage.
Lynne has considerable experience working with both commercial and community-led projects and will lead the development and design stage ahead to bring a proposed Centre outline to the community for consultation in 2020.
The visitor centre is planned for a site at Stornoway’s no 1 pier as part of a revitalisation of the Stornoway town centre. It arises from strong support for a permanent and world-class visitor experience shown during a consultation with the community in 2018.
The Iolaire centre will commemorate the January 1st 1919 tragedy and its impact on the islands in the following period. Suggested displays could include artworks and photographs which were produced during the commemorations of the tragedy’s centenary between November 2018 and January this year.
A statement from the Iolaire working group this morning said: “The design phase is an opportunity to progress what the space could look like, the way the story is captured and told, and prepare for the raising of funds required to build the centre.
“The vision for the Centre is to create a space that tells not only the Iolaire story but that of the wider context of the island’s maritime history and war involvement. This design stage is an opportunity to tell the story sensitively and with due respect, over a century after the tragedy. It is expected that the Centre would be both a lasting commemorative introspection and a world-class visitor experience that supports a major, transformational, economic boost for the Islands.”
Project funding has been committed by Highlands and Islands marine equipment firm Gael Force Group with matched assistance and resource support agreed by Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar.
New project manager Lynne Maciver said: “The tragedy of the Iolaire is one that touched many lives and families on the islands and ensuring the story is told and protected for future generations is at the heart of what the Iolaire centre will do. It is a continuation of the incredible work done around the 100-year centenary commemorations recognising the importance of the story to the culture and heritage of the Islands.”
The Iolaire Centre website www.iolaire.org has further information on how you can get involved and to stay up to date on progress.
£10m payout after croft uproar
There's been a rapid reappraisal of Scottish Government policy on croft payments.
This came after predictions that the Scottish Government’s cabinet secretary for the rural economy could find himself on the receiving end of lively questioning when he visits Lewis tomorrow (Thursday November 7th).
Fergus Ewing MSP will be at Barvas and Brue community centre between 3.45 and 5.15pm tomorrow to answer questions and present information about crofting issues – and last night there was an announcement from the Scottish Government that an additional £10 million will now be targeted at crofters and farmers on Scotland’s most challenging land.
Following last week’s announcement from the Scottish Government regarding plans for the distribution of convergence funding, widespread and grave concerns had been raised over the proportion of that funding which would be going to crofters.
However, after receiving representations from Angus Brendan MacNeil MP, Alasdair Allan MSP and other MSPs and candidates from the Labour and Conservative parties across the Highlands and Islands, Fergus Ewing has unveiled plans to increase the amount of money going to crofters and those farming in marginal areas.
Na h-Eileanan an Iar SNP MSP Alasdair Allan said: “This is a step in the right direction and I thank the Cabinet Secretary for listening to the arguments made by Angus MacNeil, myself, and others representing crofting interests.
“Today’s announcement means that a majority of the area-based payments from this tranche of funding will be going towards those crofts and farms which currently receive the lowest level of support. I believe this is much closer to the spirit of convergence than the original proposals, and is fairer towards crofters.
“This was the first of two tranches of money arising from convergence funding, and I will be making further representations to the Scottish Government to ensure that the second tranche is distributed in a way which is fair to crofters and those farming in marginal areas.”
Na h-Eileanan an Iar SNP MP, Angus MacNeil has also welcomed the announcement. He said: “It is commendable that the Scottish Government has looked again at this issue. Happily, they have listened to the voices of many concerned crofters and an additional £10 million is to be allocated.
“At the moment the best mechanisms of allocating the £10 million are being sought and will certainly be good reason for further lobbying of the Scottish Government. One thing that is clear, is that £10 million extra is coming for marginal and crofting land, which is something I am pleased about.
“Campaigners who have been working on this in the past few days have to be congratulated for getting the Scottish Government to take action."
The announcement last week was about long-delayed ‘convergence money’ from the EU be paid on by UK Government to the Scottish Government. The Scottish Government then outlined how the initial £80 million worth of convergence funding would be distributed. This is part of a £160 million package the UK Government has agreed to pay to rectify a ‘historic wrong’ relating to EU Common Agricultural Policy funding that it failed to pass on to Scotland between 2014-2020. Crofting organisations protested that Mr Ewing missed a golden opportunity when he announced the formula by which the money was to be awarded, as it did not adequately address the disadvantages faced by crofters on remote and marginal land.
MP helps foodbank donations
Eilean Siar Food bank is again this year looking for donations in the run up to Christmas to ensure that Foodbank user’s can have a few treats at Christmas just like the rest of us.
As in previous years Angus B MacNeil MP’s Constituency Office will be available as a drop -off point for donations. The Eilean Siar Foodbank is a voluntary organisation and has limited opening hours while the Constituency Office is open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.
Eilean Siar Foodbank have particularly asked for the following items :
Tinned fruit (mandarins & fruit cocktails)
Christmas puds
Tinned Ham & Salmon
Currently the foodbank have a good supply of soup, beans and pasta.
Mr MacNeil said: "I am pleased to be able to help this very worthwhile cause and my office staff will continue to work in the Office during the Election campaign and will be able to accept any donations for the Foodbank.
"It is sad that in a country with the resources and potential of Scotland that people still need to use Foodbanks but that is the reality of the United Kingdom that we live in today.
"Island people are known for their generosity and I am sure the Foodbank will be well supported especially at this time of year."
SY duo in £4000+ marathon triumph
At 5.06pm on Sunday 3rd November, two Stornoway police officers crossed the finish line of the New York Marathon in Central Park, having raised more than £4000 for the PC Nicola Hughes Memorial Fund, (Katie Macleod reports from New York).
Detective Constable Fiona Mackenzie and PC Johan Macleod set off from Staten Island, one of New York City’s five boroughs, late on Sunday morning with the fourth wave of runners, making their way steadily through Brooklyn, Queens, Harlem, and into Central Park for the last few miles of the world’s largest marathon.
They were part of a group of almost 60 police officers from across the UK who were running to raise funds for the charity set up in memory of PC Nicola Hughes, who was killed while on duty in Manchester in 2012. Founded by Nicola’s father Bryn, the charity provides learning opportunities and pre-employment skills to children who have suffered the loss of a close family member because of violent crime.
“When communities can see police officers doing what they’re doing to raise money to help children… it can only be a positive thing. If a police officer’s going to run 26 miles, and it means a child has school uniform for the next few years, that’s an achievement,” Bryn told welovestornoway.com.
Neither Fiona, who lives in Point, or Jo, who’s based in Stornoway, had ever run a marathon before, but they had been busy training for the last few months, whether it was laps around the Castle Grounds or runs out to the Iolaire Memorial in Holm (where, they joked, the only supporters watching them were the sheep).
In New York, the crowds looked a little bit different. The pair had supporters every step of the way, as city residents came out to support 50,000 runners by clapping, cheering, and waving encouraging signs. “New York came out to party for us for 26.2 miles!” said Jo after the race. “’Go Jo and Fiona, you got this’ was the constant chant from everyone for the whole route. I definitely couldn’t have done it without the support and the buzz of the New York people and all the people who have sponsored and supported me.”
“We took it super easy and it paid off, crossed the line with smiles on our faces, bodies still intact and I didn’t even hit 'the wall' at any point,” she added. “A few miles we struggled with but at no point did I think ‘I can’t do this.’ I would do one again... now I know I can cross the line in one piece!”
Fiona felt the same. “The people of New York were amazing, cheering you on as if they knew us personally, it was fantastic! A few rubbish points, but we got through it. I wouldn’t have managed without Jo. I will likely do another one, provided my joints hold out! I got literally hundreds of donations while we were running, which is astonishing and overwhelming!”
Although the marathon is over for another year, you can still support Jo, Fiona, and the PC Nicola Hughes Memorial Fund at the links below:
https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/JohanMacleod
https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/FionaMachorse
A man has appeared in court charged with assault after an incident in Stornoway in the early hours of Sunday (November 3rd).
The 26-year-old man was arrested and charged with assault on a staff member at licensed premises in Stornoway.
He appeared at Stornoway Sheriff Court from custody on Monday.
Drink-driver loses car
A man arrested on North Beach Street in Stornoway on Saturday night has had his car confiscated.
The 25-year-old was charged with drink-driving and taken into custody, from where he appeared in court on Monday (November 4th).
The court ordered his vehicle to be seized as a result of the offence.
Disorder, drink-drive, assault
Stornoway police were active around the grounds of Lews Castle over the past weekend, in an attempt to reduce misbehaviour among young people.
Between Friday (November 1st) and Sunday alcohol was seized from eight under-age people and two young people are to be reported to the children’s reporter for offences involving disorder.
Car damaged in car park
Police are also looking for information after a car was damaged in the golf club car park overnight on Saturday.
Between 9.30pm on Saturday and 12.30am on Sunday the blue car sustained damage, and police would like to hear from anyone who knows how this may have happened on the non-emergency number 101, referring to incident NH1543/19.
Drink driver loses car
Delay for ferry return
The expected return of MV Loch Seaforth from dry dock in Birkenhead has been delayed while upgrade work is completed, with further knock-on effects on the timetable.
Loch Seaforth has been away for her annual overhaul since Sunday October 20th, her place taken by the old ferry MV Isle of Lewis and the freight run carried out by MV Hebridean Isles.
Hebridean Isles herself headed off for her annual refit yesterday (Monday November 4th), leaving the Isle of Lewis running round the clock to meet the passenger and freight needs of the Stornoway Ullapool route.
MV Loch Seaforth was due to return on Friday (November 8th), but CalMac is now notifying passengers that Saturday’s service will continue with the Isle of Lewis and her longer journey time, affecting the expected timetable.
It’s not known how long the delayed return is likely to affect the route.
Among upgrade work being carried out on the Loch Seaforth, she is getting an improved external hull coating system intended to improve efficiency with an extended lifespan. Her cooling system is also being enhanced, sewage tanks replaced, and she’s had a partial cable rewire.
Picture: The MV Isle of Lewis continues on the Minch run between Stornoway and Ullapool. Picture by Chris Murray.
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Tender Age: Special 12-inch Release + New Video + EP Review.
Photo by Tauna Leonardo
We published Part One of our interview with Portland, Oregon quintet Tender Age just as their EP Disappear Here was released digitally and on cassette. Since then I’ve had the opportunity to immerse myself the cassette edition. I found myself playing it twice a day or so for four or five weeks running, sometimes waking up with hooks or stray bits of sound echoing insistently in my mind, pressing me to play the tape again. I quite simply love the EP, which consists of gleefully, painfully torqued and deconstructed songs whose thoroughly appealing pop core nonetheless shiningly asserts itself amidst all the noise, distortion, and mercilessly wrenched arrangements. Given all the noise Tender Age has loaded into their pop, it’s remarkable that the pop is preserved. The band has struck a remarkable balance between pop savvy and inspired destructiveness.
Disappear Here builds on the girl-group-inflected dream pop of the band’s 2014 “Anything”/”Mirrors” 7-inch and the classic shoegaze of last fall’s “Get High”/”Always” 7-inch by additionally embracing a big wallop of Nineties noise-rock chaos. It's a fizzing, vertiginous blend that couldn’t be a better match for my own musical enthusiasms.
Sonic transitions of various kinds bridge the tracks so that each side of the cassette plays as a continuous stream of sound. Speech, most of it appropriated, is a prominent component of of the overall mixture. Threads of spoken word and snippets of prattle from film or broadcast media are woven into the background or come to the fore quite frequently. What’s surprising is how well this plays. At first I guessed that such a generous helping of this kind of material might start to wear thin with repeated listening. Rather, over time, the various strands of speech in the EP—at least for me—refresh themselves by seeming to yield different texts and new resonances. This morphing and deepening of meaning is enabled by the fact that the selections, while often playful and sardonic, also evoke inexhaustible themes like tragic loss and the deeper nature of the self. Even in protracted heavy rotation, Disappear Here continually reveals new facets and fresh pleasures.
The first side consists of three originals. We premiered the opening track, “Lowers”, in February here, and you can watch the brand-new video for it, put together by Tender Age guitarist Christopher Klarer, below. The title of the second track, “Delirium”, speaks rather well for itself. Side A’s closer, “No,” might be my favorite of the three originals. It’s a fractured waltz of disappointment and disaffection—Elaina Tardiff sings “Oh, I’m underwhelmed/The future should have been so much brighter and more fair/Oh, these days I walk around//Looking for my face in the window/Of this market price/apartment complex”—that offers a pleasing melody to sing along with over the sonic carnage. As much as the sonic vocabulary is one of contorted guitar screeches, bursts of tortured noise, and dark hazes of sound, the band still delivers on pop essentials like memorable lyrics, catchy choruses and melodious earworms.
Side B consists of three covers. The first is a stretched-out torquing of Bobby Darin’s originally snappy 1959 mega-hit “Dream Lover” (see Darin perform it live on TV here). Tender Age sets the song’s wistful romantic aspirations among twisted guitars and eerie background vocals. Next up is “I Love How You Love Me”, first released by the Paris Sisters as a 1961 single that gave seminal girl-group producer Phil Spector one of his earliest production hits. Tender Age gives the tenderly sentimental lyrics a somber, almost dirge-like dual recitation (the original also features a recited portion) by Tauna Leonardo and Elaina amongst spacey noises and washes of sonic abrasion until, as the track immolates itself, a slowed-down sample offers a taste of the original’s melody and arrangement.
Disappear Here EP by Tender Age
As the embers die out, a lovely Enoesque ambient loop emerges. We may easily be expecting an ending to the EP any second here, but after more than two minutes of soft ambient unspooling comes a sixth, unlisted and unidentified track that doesn’t show up in the EP’s digital version. Out of respect for the mysteriousness around its appearance on the tape, I won’t identify this third cover. I will say that the song first appeared twenty years ago with an utterly Spectoresque girl group sound, and that on several levels its presence here deftly wraps together the Sixties and Nineties influences that Disappear Here celebrates and bends to its own purposes. And somehow, the basic charm of all three of the songs covered is still in evidence despite the frenzy of contortion and ironic ‘tude to which they’ve been subjected—no small achievement.
Tender Age is presently on tour. In the coming days and weeks they’ll be hitting seventeen Midwest and East Coast locations, followed by a homecoming show in Portland on September first. We posted the dates here. In conjunction with the tour, Sinis Recordings is releasing a very limited 12-inch vinyl edition of Disappear Here. It’s on clear vinyl and all the covers are screen printed by hand. Only a few copies of the 12-inch will be available at each tour stop; the same goes for a very limited cassette split with Portland allies Toxic Slime.
For those unable to make it to any of the tour dates, a very small number of the 12-inch discs will be made available on a first-come, first-serve basis this Friday, August 5th, at noon Pacific time. You’ll be able to buy it through this Sinis Recordings Bandcamp page, where the cassette and digital editions of Disappear Here are for sale on an ongoing basis.
Watch this space for Part 2 of our interview with Tender Age in the coming days.
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F. de Goya
This coin is part of series Masters of Europe
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (30 March 1746 � 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and as the first of the moderns. Goya was a court painter to the Spanish Crown and a chronicler of history. The subversive and subjective element in his art, as well as his bold handling of paint, provided a model for the work of later generations of artists, notably Manet and Picasso. Two of Goya's best known paintings are The Nude Maja (La maja desnuda) and The Clothed Maja (La maja vestida). They depict the same woman in the same pose, naked and clothed, respectively. Without a pretence to allegorical or mythological meaning, the painting was "the first totally profane life-size female nude in Western art". The paintings were never publicly exhibited during Goya's lifetime, but they were confiscated by the Inquisition for a time until they were returned to their owner, Manuel de Godoy, the Prime Minister of Spain and a favourite of the Queen, María Luisa.
Special limited edition in the high requested Masters of Europe series.
Unique coin with two paintings in one coin. The inlay fits exactly into the coin covering the other image.
First western painting with a nude life-size female and first coin with a nude life-size female on legal tender.
First coin with inlay and printing technique until the edge of it.
Year 2010 Weight 3 oz
Face Value 20 Dollars Diameter 80x40 mm
Quality PROOF Mintage 999
Special Features Colored, silver inlay with second painting.
Scope of Delivery Capsule, colored box and numbered certificate
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This coin is part of the Masters of Europe series.
Vasily Tropinin � The Lace Maker
Petr Brandl
Da Vinci � Lady with Ermine gilded
Da Vinci � Lady with Ermine
Jan Matejko � Wernyhora
Johannes Vermeer � Girl with pearl
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On Writing and Risk: Maxine Beneba Clarke [Melbourne]
Thursday October 17, 2019 - 7:00 PM
State Librrary Of Victoria (Entry 3)
La Trobe St
Anna Vost
https://writersvictoria.org.au/civicrm/event/info%3Fid%3D692%26reset%3D1
On attempting to find a publisher for her 2014 short fiction collection Foreign Soil, in rejection letters now immortalised in her semi-autobiographical story The Sukiyaki Book Club, Maxine Beneba Clarke was told, amongst other things, that “Australian readers are just not ready for characters like these.”
“Characters like these” referred to an angry Black British teenager wielding a molotov cocktail in the midst of the 2011 Tottenham riots; a young black panther revolutionary in 1960’s Brixton; and a young African diaspora girl surviving playground racism in 1980’s Australia, amongst others.
It turned out Australia was ready.
Foreign Soil, when it was eventually published, went on to win a slew of literary awards, and is now on the syllabus for VCE Literature students in the state of Victoria, with television rights recently optioned. Maxine went on to collaborate on a multi award winning Black Lives Matter themed children’s picture book The Patchwork Bike with activist street artist Van T. Rudd; pen a bestselling memoir, The Hate Race, narrated only in race-based encounters, and currently writes political poetry as the poet laureate for The Saturday Paper.
In this address, Maxine talks about writing, risk, breaking convention, tearing up the rule book, and the ground-breaking Australian writers and thinkers who’ve inspired her, and paved the way for her work.
Maxine will be joined on the night by visual artist Van T Rudd, who will speak about his work.
Net profits of the event will support Writers Victoria’s Disadvantaged Writers Fund, which provides bursaries and subsidies to writers who experience financial and social barriers to developing their skills and connecting with the writing and publishing community.
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AGINGSCIENCES™ – Anti-Aging Firewalls™
A weblog on the sciences and practices of living healthily very long – perhaps hundreds of years.
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Telomerase update –arguments for and against using telomere extender supplements
Posted on 6. May 2012 by Vince Giuliano
By Vince Giuliano
In past blog entries and in my treatise I have explained how I was an early adapter at taking telomerase extenders like astrogaloside4 and cycloastragenol, and why, later as a result of following much research, I stopped taking the supplements. See the discussion in my treatise under the subheading An evolving perspective on the Telomere shortening theory of aging. However, I am still beset by readers who write me wanting to know my opinion of expensive commercial supplements that are marketed specifically as telomerase activators ones like TA-65® sold by T.A. Sciences So I recently decided to visit recent research on the topic, striving to keep an open mind in the process. Here, I summarize the research cases both for taking and not taking such supplements. I have written a number of blog items on telomeres and telomerase, mostly back in 2009-2010. This blog entry provides an update. I cite a number of interesting publications that have appeared in only the last few months or weeks.
Background – Some simplified facts
For those of you unfamiliar with the topic:
Telomeres and telomerase are relatively new, important and dynamic areas of aging science.
Telomeres are caps at the end of chromosomes.
Telomerase is a naturally-occurring enzyme which lengthens telomeres when activated. Germ cells and stem cells express relatively high levels of telomerase. Many normal body cells express little or no telomerase.
Each time a cell divides the telomeres get a little shorter due to the mechanics of cell division.
With aging after a certain number of cell divisions, telomeres in a given cell get critically short. Older people generally have shorter telomeres. Diseases, stress and a number of other conditions can also cause telomeres to shorten.
Cells with too-short telomeres can become senescent or suffer apoptosis (die).
These simplified facts have been known for a number of years and are uncontested.
Part 1: The case for taking telomerase extender supplements
A dozen or so years ago, many researchers including the writer thought the following statements were true. It appears some researchers still subscribe to these statements although counter-arguments are presented later in this blog.
Old-age, disease and death is possibly caused by too-short telomeres.
Since telomere shortening is due to cell division, the telomeres get shorter and shorter with aging. This leads to dysfunctional senescent cells and tissues, to old age, to many diseases like cancer and diabetes, and to death.
Since they are determined by cell divisions, telomere lengths are like clocks, biomarkers of aging.
Life can therefore probably be extended and health enhanced by taking supplements specifically designed to activate telomerase and therefore keep telomeres long.
Research cited directly below here tend to support these statements. More-recent research publications such as those I review in Part 2 below suggest that these numbered statements are misleading, incorrect or both.
For the history of telomerase activators and my earlier view on the subject, see the April 2010 blog entry Telomerase activators – what do they really do? Shortly after writing that blog entry I stopped taking the activator cycloastragenol.
In some species including particular birds, there appears to be evidence that telomere lengths are roughly predictive of lifespans.
The 2010 publication Telomere dynamics rather than age predict life expectancy in the wild for Alpine Swift birds reports: “Despite accumulating evidence from in vitro studies that cellular senescence is linked to telomere dynamics, how this relates to whole-organism senescence and longevity is poorly understood and controversial. Using data on telomere length in red blood cells and long-term survival from wild Alpine swifts of a range of ages, we report that the telomere length and the rate of telomere loss are predictive of life expectancy, and that slow erosion of relatively long telomeres is associated with the highest survival probabilities. Importantly, because telomere dynamics, rather than chronological age, predict life expectancy, our study provides good evidence for a mechanistic link between telomere erosion and reduced organism longevity under natural conditions, chronological age itself possibly not becoming a significant predictor until very old ages beyond those in our sample.”
A 2010 publication Individual state and survival prospects: age, sex, and telomere length in a long-lived seabird reports for giant petrels, very long-lived seabirds: “Identifying markers that are indicative of individual state, related to fitness, and which could be used to study life-history trade-offs in wild populations is extremely difficult. Recently, it has been suggested that telomeres, the ends of eukaryote chromosomes, might be useful in this context. However, little is known of the link between telomere length and fitness in natural populations and whether it is a useful indicator of biological state. We measured average telomere length in red blood cell samples taken from a wide age range of individuals of a very long-lived and highly sexually dimorphic seabird, the southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus). We examined the relationship with age, sex, and subsequent survival over an 8-year period. Telomere length was longer in chicks than adults. Within the adult group, which ranged in age from 12 to 40 years, telomere length was not related to age. For the first time in birds, there was some evidence of a sex difference. Male giant petrels, which are substantially larger than females, had significantly shorter telomere lengths than females. This difference was evident from an early stage in life and is likely to relate to differences in growth trajectories. Those adults that died during the 8-year time window following the telomere length measurement had significantly shorter telomere lengths than those that survived this period, irrespective of age or sex, neither of which were significant predictors of survival. These results show that relatively short telomere length is related to future life expectancy at any adult age, demonstrating its usefulness as a state variable.”
The 2009 publicationTelomere shortening and survival in free-living corvids reports for Jackdaws: “Evidence accumulates that telomere shortening reflects lifestyle and predicts remaining lifespan, but little is known of telomere dynamics and their relation to survival under natural conditions. We present longitudinal telomere data in free-living jackdaws (Corvus monedula) and test hypotheses on telomere shortening and survival. Telomeres in erythrocytes were measured using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Telomere shortening rates within individuals were twice as high as the population level slope, demonstrating that individuals with short telomeres are less likely to survive. Further analysis showed that shortening rate in particular predicted survival, because telomere shortening was much accelerated during a bird’s last year in the colony. Telomere shortening was also faster early in life, even after growth was completed. It was previously shown that the lengths of the shortest telomeres best predict cellular senescence, suggesting that shorter telomeres should be better protected. We test the latter hypothesis and show that, within individuals, long telomeres shorten faster than short telomeres in adults and nestlings, a result not previously shown in vivo. Moreover, survival selection in adults was most conspicuous on relatively long telomeres. In conclusion, our longitudinal data indicate that the shortening rate of long telomeres may be a measure of ‘life stress’ and hence holds promise as a biomarker of remaining lifespan.”
Later in this blog, I cite discussions to the effect that for humans the studies on telomere lengths as predictors of lifespan yield contradictory results.
Maria Blasco has generally supported the view that extending telomeres can likely be useful in certain disease processes and possibly for retarding aging.
Maria Blasco is the leader of the Telomeres and Telomerase Group at the Spanish National Cancer Research Center. She is a highly respected and highly-published researcher who has devoted her career to telomere/telomerase science, and several of the serious research publications that are supportive of the possible positive value of taking telomerase-extending supplements have emanated from her or her group. I review some of those publications here.
There is a possibility that telomere lengths and telomerase expression can affect the ability of stem cells to regenerate tissues and thus impact on both health and aging.
This possibility was raised in the 2007 Blasco publication Telomere length, stem cells and aging: “These findings have gained special relevance as they suggest that telomerase activity and telomere length can directly affect the ability of stem cells to regenerate tissues. If this is true, stem cell dysfunction provoked by telomere shortening may be one of the mechanisms responsible for organismal aging in both humans and mice. Here, we will review the current evidence linking telomere shortening to aging and stem cell dysfunction. — The attrition of telomeric DNA that takes place during aging is likely to result from limiting amounts of telomerase activity in the adult organism, which cannot compensate for the progressive telomere shortening that occurs as cells divide during tissue regeneration4,5,23. This progressive telomere loss has been proposed to contribute to organismal aging. In turn, the vast majority of tumors and immortal cell lines have high levels of telomerase, which is thought to sustain their immortal growth by preventing telomere shortening and bypassing senescence and apoptosis23.”
In this publication, Blasco bases her findings on studies of a number of mouse models where various telomerase genes have been knocked out and on studies of progeria diseases where there is an initial deleterious mutation in one or more telomerase-related genes. For example “Figure 3 The telomerase knockout mouse as a model for telomere-induced aging. Telomere shortening in the context of Terc-deficient mice leads to premature loss of mouse viability and decreased lifespan associated with a number of degenerative pathologies. These pathologies can be rescued in the absence of p53, p21 or PMS2, which indicates that these proteins are important mediators of telomere-induced aging. Importantly, the fact that both p21 and PMS2 abrogation only rescue proliferative defects but not apoptosis triggered by short telomeres indicates that cell arrest rather than apoptosis is responsible for telomere-driven aging.”
Another publication co-authored by Blasco A p53-Dependent Response Limits Epidermal Stem Cell Functionality and Organismal Size in Mice with Short Telomeres reported: “Telomere maintenance is essential to ensure proper size and function of organs with a high turnover. In particular, a dwarf phenotype as well as phenotypes associated to premature loss of tissue regeneration, including the skin (hair loss, hair graying, decreased wound healing), are found in mice deficient for telomerase, the enzyme responsible for maintaining telomere length. Coincidental with the appearance of these phenotypes, p53 is found activated in several tissues from these mice, where is thought to trigger cellular senescence and/or apoptotic responses. Here, we show that p53 abrogation rescues both the small size phenotype and restitutes the functionality of epidermal stem cells (ESC) of telomerase-deficient mice with dysfunctional telomeres. In particular, p53 ablation restores hair growth, skin renewal and wound healing responses upon mitogenic induction, as well as rescues ESCmobilization defects in vivo and defective ESC clonogenic activity in vitro. This recovery of ESC functions is accompanied by a downregulation of senescence markers and an increased proliferation in the skin and kidney of telomerase-deficient mice with critically short telomeres without changes in apoptosis rates. Together, these findings indicate the existence of a p53-dependent senescence response acting on stem/progenitor cells with dysfunctional telomeres that is actively limiting their contribution to tissue regeneration, thereby impinging on tissue fitness.” Again, the finding applies to mice genetically deficient on telomeres. It is unclear whether it can be extended to humans with telomeres shortened by aging.”
The 2011 publication by Blasco and others A Natural Product Telomerase Activator As Part of a Health Maintenance Program is directly addresses the result of telomerase-activator supplementation in humans using TA-65®. It reports “Most human cells lack sufficient telomerase to maintain telomeres, hence these genetic elements shorten with time and stress, contributing to aging and disease. In January, 2007, a commercial health maintenance program, PattonProtocol-1, was launched that included a natural product-derived telomerase activator (TA-65®, 10–50 mg daily), a comprehensive dietary supplement pack, and physician counseling/laboratory tests at baseline and every 3–6 months thereafter. We report here analysis of the first year of data focusing on the immune system. Low nanomolar levels of TA-65® moderately activated telomerase in human keratinocytes, fibroblasts, and immune cells in culture; similar plasma levels of TA-65® were achieved in pilot human pharmacokinetic studies with single 10- to 50-mg doses. The most striking in vivo effects were declines in the percent senescent cytotoxic (CD8+/CD28−) T cells (1.5, 4.4, 8.6, and 7.5% at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months, respectively; p = not significant [N.S.], 0.018, 0.0024, 0.0062) and natural killer cells at 6 and 12 months (p = 0.028 and 0.00013, respectively). Most of these decreases were seen in cytomegalovirus (CMV) seropositive subjects. In a subset of subjects, the distribution of telomere lengths in leukocytes at baseline and 12 months was measured. Although mean telomere length did not increase, there was a significant reduction in the percent short (<4 kbp) telomeres (p = 0.037). No adverse events were attributed to PattonProtocol-1. We conclude that the protocol lengthens critically short telomeres and remodels the relative proportions of circulating leukocytes of CMV+ subjects toward the more “youthful” profile of CMV− subjects. Controlled randomized trials are planned to assess TA-65®-specific effects in humans.” Again, I point out that “Most of these decreases were seen in cytomegalovirus (CMV) seropositive subjects,” suggesting that the supplementation might be valuable for people with this pre-disease condition, but possibly less so for normally healthy people.
Another 2011 publication co-authored by Blasco and relating to TA-65® is The telomerase activator TA-65 elongates short telomeres and increases health span of adult/old mice without increasing cancer incidence. “Here, we show that a small-molecule activator of telomerase (TA-65) purified from the root of Astragalus membranaceus is capable of increasing average telomere length and decreasing the percentage of critically short telomeres and of DNA damage in haploinsufficient mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) that harbor critically short telomeres and a single copy of the telomerase RNA Terc gene (G3 Terc+/− MEFs). Importantly, TA-65 does not cause telomere elongation or rescue DNA damage in similarly treated telomerase-deficient G3 Terc−/− littermate MEFs. These results indicate that TA-65 treatment results in telomerase-dependent elongation of short telomeres and rescue of associated DNA damage, thus demonstrating that TA-65 mechanism of action is through the telomerase pathway. In addition, we demonstrate that TA-65 is capable of increasing mouse telomerase reverse transcriptase levels in some mouse tissues and elongating critically short telomeres when supplemented as part of a standard diet in mice. Finally, TA-65 dietary supplementation in female mice leads to an improvement of certain health-span indicators including glucose tolerance, osteoporosis and skin fitness, without significantly increasing global cancer incidence.”
For people who are immune system-compromised or who bear the HIV virus, supplementation with a telomerase extender could possibly be beneficial.
I wrote about this possibility over three years ago in my treatise ANTI-AGING FIREWALLS – THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF LONGEVITY. “One explanation for the decline in immune function with old age is cell senescence – immune cells dying or losing functional capacity because they have duplicated too many times. The same result occurs when immune system cells duplicate at a high rate to fight infections. At one time it was fashionable to talk about an immune system becoming “worn out” because of too many challenges to it due to sickness or age. Now it is more fashionable to say that the immune system T cells telomeres are too short. — Research reported by Rita Effros of UCLA and her colleagues(ref) indicates that cortisol inhibits the expression of telomerase in immune system cells, This explains why people subject to considerable stress tend to have shorter telomeres. Of course, cortisol is produced in the body in response to stress. — A therapy that enhanced expression of telomerase in immune system CD4 and CD8 cells could offer many health and longevity benefits by delaying or preventing senescence of these cells. Benefits could include less bone loss, avoidance of release of inflammatory cytokines, maintenance of strong anti-viral capability, better capability of dealing with stress, and prevention of HIV infections resulting in AIDS. A collection of studies co-authored by Rita Effros relating cell senescence to HIV pathology can be found here. — One benefit of enhancing telomerase expression in immune cells could be for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Many T cells divide continuously in patients with SLE, Although the natural level of expression of telomerase in CD4(+) and CD8(+) cells is high in SLE patients, it is still insufficient to prevent telomere shortening in these cells. Prevention of this shortening by telomerase activation could prevent premature senescence of these cells, and could possibly prevent some of the pathological consequences of SLE. — It is interesting that all of the major risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease (obesity, smoking, poor lipid profile, high blood pressure, diabetes and psychological stress) are associated with key markers of cellular aging (shorter telomere lengths, reduced telomerase activity and higher oxidative index)(ref). So the Telomere Shortening theory of aging impacts directly on the Suceptibility to Cardiovascular Disease theory. — In patients infected with HIV there is typically an initial period of several years during which the immune system is capable of controlling the disease before it finally breaks out into being full AIDS. There is evidence that during this period CD4 and CD8 cells reproduce at an abnormally high rate to keep up their battle with the infection. When these cell lines approach senescence and can no longer reliably reproduce because their telomeres are too short, they can no longer control the spread of the HIV virus and full AIDS finally breaks out. It is thought that enhanced activation of telomerase in these immune cells could make them essentially immortal and continuously capable of fighting off AIDS. Research progress towards this objective was reported recently by a UCLA/Geron team headed by Dr. Effros(ref). “The present study shows that exposure of CD8(+) T lymphocytes from HIV-infected human donors to a small molecule telomerase activator (TAT2) modestly retards telomere shortening, increases proliferative potential, and, importantly, enhances cytokine/chemokine production and antiviral activity.” Study of the Geron patent and literature references indicate that TAT-2 is cycloastragenol, a substance that can be derived through purification of astragaloside IV, itself a component of astragalus root. ” “In this study, we demonstrate that TAT2 can transiently activate telomerase, slow telomere loss, increase replicative capacity, and, importantly, enhance immune function in CD8+ T lymphocytes from HIV-1-infected persons. These data suggest a possible novel immune-based strategy to complement current treatments, which are primarily directed at the virus(ref).”
Part 2: The case for not bothering to take a telomerase extender supplement
There are several current research findings about telomeres and telomerase published in the last 18 months that go beyond those in the publications cited above. I believe they collectively suggest that it may not be worthwhile for normal people, even aging ones like myself, to take a telomerase extender. I cite some of this research and end the blog entry by commenting on my personal choice on this matter.
First of all, the association of telomere lengths with age is a very weak correlation applicable to populations but not necessarily to individuals.
I start with this diagram from the April 2012 publication Leukocyte telomere length in the finnish diabetes prevention study:
The study on which this is based looked at 552 people in Finland with impaired glucose tolerance and the two samples of telomere lengths were made about 4.5 years about. The overall correlation of telomere lengths with age is very weak with an incredible scattering of individual values. Clearly, a significant number of older people had much longer telomeres than those in a significant portion of the younger people. If telomere length is a biomarkers of aging, it is an extremely poor one when it comes to individuals.
Second, from month-to-month and as people age and, telomere lengths can get longer as well as shorter. Inexorable telomere shortening due to cell division is simply not the case; the process is much more complicated than that.
For example, telomere elongation, as will be discussed further below, may be due to temporary constituent activation of telomerase or due to differentiation of stem and progenitor cells which have longer telomeres.
The “ticking clock” of telomere lengths is almost as likely to run backward as forward, making it a rather crummy clock. The 2011 e-publication Blood cell telomere length is a dynamic featurereports: “There is a considerable heterogeneity in blood cell telomere length (TL) for individuals of similar age and recent studies have revealed that TL changes by time are dependent on TL at baseline. TL is partly inherited, but results from several studies indicate that e.g. life style and/or environmental factors can affect TL during life. Collectively, these studies imply that blood cell TL might fluctuate during a life time and that the actual TL at a defined time point is the result of potential regulatory mechanism(s) and environmental factors. We analyzed relative TL (RTL) in subsequent blood samples taken six months apart from 50 individuals and found significant associations between RTL changes and RTL at baseline. Individual RTL changes per month were more pronounced than the changes recorded in a previously studied population analyzed after 10 years’ follow up. The data argues for an oscillating TL pattern which levels out at longer follow up times. In a separate group of five blood donors, a marked telomere loss was demonstrated within a six month period for one donor where after TL was stabilized. PCR determined RTL changes were verified by Southern blotting and STELA (single telomere elongation length analysis). The STELA demonstrated that for the donor with a marked telomere loss, the heterogeneity of the telomere distribution decreased considerably, with a noteworthy loss of the largest telomeres. In summary, the collected data support the concept that individual blood cell telomere length is a dynamic feature and this will be important to recognize in future studies of human telomere biology.” (Emphasis is mine,)
Relative telomere length (RTL) and monthly RTL changes in the 6 month study.
Baseline RTL versus RTL changes per month, showing a significant negative correlation. Follow up RTL versus RTL changes per month, showing a significant positive correlation.”
The fact that telomere lengths in individuals may increase over years as well as decrease has been known for some time.
You can check out my blog entries The epigenetic regulation of telomeres and Lifestyle, dietary, and other factors associated with telomere shortening and lengthening.
The 2009 publication The individual blood cell telomere attrition rate is telomere length dependent reported “Age-associated telomere shortening is a well documented feature of peripheral blood cells in human population studies, but it is not known to what extent these data can be transferred to the individual level. Telomere length (TL) in two blood samples taken at approximately 10 years interval from 959 individuals was investigated using real-time PCR. TL was also measured in 13 families from a multigenerational cohort. As expected, we found an age-related decline in TL over time (r = -0.164, P<0.001, n = 959). However, approximately one-third of the individuals exhibited a stable or increased TL over a decade. The individual telomere attrition rate was inversely correlated with initial TL at a highly significant level (r = -0.752, P<0.001), indicating that the attrition rate was most pronounced in individuals with long telomeres at baseline. In accordance, the age-associated telomere attrition rate was more prominent in families with members displaying longer telomeres at a young age (r = -0.691, P<0.001). Abnormal blood TL has been reported at diagnosis of various malignancies, but in the present study there was no association between individual telomere attrition rate or prediagnostic TL and later tumor development. The collected data strongly suggest a TL maintenance mechanism acting in vivo, providing protection of short telomeres as previously demonstrated in vitro. Our findings might challenge the hypothesis that individual TL can predict possible life span or later tumor development.” (Emphasis is mine.)
The above-listed citation also makes the point that there is no clear association between pre-diagnostic telomere lengths, rate of telomere attrition and cancer disease susceptibility.
The idea that “telomerase lengthens telomeres by pasting ends of chromosomes back on” is vastly oversimplified.
The simplistic view:
Telomerase pastes telomeric DNA on the ends of chromosomes via a RNA template, making telomeres longer. Image source.
In fact, whether telomeres become longer or shorter at any point in any cell is the result of interaction of a multiplicity of factors including telomere proteins POT1, TRF1 and TRF2(ref)(ref), telomeric and subtelomeric methylation status(ref), other sheltrin subunits like TIN2, Rap1 and TPP1(ref)(ref), TERRA(ref), TANK1 AND TANK2, alternative lengthening mechanism (ALT)(ref)(ref), histone Dnmt and HDAC factors and many others – all in complex dynamic interaction. “Telomerase can also act as a transcriptional modulator of the Wnt-β-catenin signalling pathway and has RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity(ref).”
A more complete description of the process involving many factors is shown in this diagram:
“(a) Mammalian telomeres consist of tandem repeats of the TTAGGG sequence that are bound by the shelterin–telosome protein complex. Adjacent to telomeres are the subtelomeric regions, which are also rich in repetitive DNA. (b) In addition to shelterin, mammalian telomeres also contain nucleosomes that show histone modifications characteristic of heterochromatin domains. In addition, subtelomeric DNA is heavily methylated. These chromatin modifications at telomeres and subtelomeres have been shown to negatively regulate telomere length and telomere recombination. TriM, trimethyl.” Image and legend from Telomere length, stem cells and aging.
You can also have a look at the diagrams related to telomere extension in my 2011 blog entry The epigenetic regulation of telomeres.
Shortened telomeres is only one of a number of factors that can contribute to cellular senescence, and may often be a downstream effect of such factors.
Apostles of telomere-extending would lead us to believe that cell replication is the only or at least the main cause of cell senescence. This is not necessarily the case. “Several cellular stresses have been shown to induce a senescence-like growth arrest including shortened telomeres, DNA-damaging stresses, and drastic changes in chromatin structure, for example, through histone deacetylase (HDAC) induction(ref).” Also, overexpression of P16(Ink4a) has long been known to lead to cell senescence(ref). And removal of P16(Ink4a)-positive cells has been shown to restore a more-youthful phenotype(ref). See the 2009 publication Cellular senescence: molecular mechanisms, in vivo significance, and redox considerations. When cell senescence is indeed induced by telomere shortening the Smurf2 gene plays a key intermediary role in the process. See the blog entrySmurf2 in senescence, aging and diseases.
Pursuing a healthy lifestyle is probably a way to stabilize or increase telomere lengths.
Going back to the April 2012 publication Leukocyte telomere length in the finnish diabetes prevention study, “Leukocyte telomere length (TL) is considered a biomarker for biological aging. Shortened TL has been observed in many complex diseases, including type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Lifestyle intervention studies, e.g. the Diabetes Prevention Study (DPS), have shown a decrease in the incidence of T2DM by promoting healthy lifestyles in individuals with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). Our aim was to study in the DPS the influence of the lifestyle intervention on TL. TL was measured by quantitative PCR-based method at two time points (N = 334 and 343) on average 4.5 years apart during the active intervention and post-intervention follow-up. TL inversely correlated with age. Our main finding was that TL increased in about two thirds of the individuals both in the intervention and in the control groups during follow-up; TL increased most in individuals with the shortest TL at the first measurement. — TL was not associated with development of T2DM, nor did lifestyle intervention have an effect on TL. No association between insulin secretion or insulin resistance indices and TL was observed. We did not detect an association between TL and development of T2DM in the DPS participants. It could be due to all participants being overweight and having IGT at baseline, both of which have been found to be independently associated with shorter leukocyte TL in some earlier studies. TL had no substantial role in worsening of glucose tolerance in people with IGT. Our study confirms that leukocyte TL can increase with time even in obese people with impaired glucose metabolism”
This publication suggests that, further, susceptibility to Type 2 diabetes appears to be independent of telomere lengths.
Telomeres in some cells tend to shorten with age; in other cells, age has no affect on telomere lengths.
The April 2012 publication Sustained telomere length in hepatocytes and cholangiocytes with increasing age in normal liver reports: “Aim: Telomeres, a validated biomarker of ageing, comprise multiple nucleotide repeats capping chromosomes that shorten with each cell cycle until a critical length is achieved, precipitating cell senescence. Only two previous studies studied the effect of aging in “normal” liver tissue, but were compromised by small sample size, limited age range, tissue derived from individuals with an increased risk of senescence and the use of liver homogenates. Method: We developed a robust large volume four-colour quantitative fluorescent in situ hybridisation (Q-FISH) technique to measure telomere length in large numbers of hepatocytes, Kupffer cells, hepatic stellate cells, CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes and cholangiocytes. Following validation against the gold standard (Southern blotting), the technique was applied to normal archived paraffin-embedded liver tissue obtained following reperfusion of implanted donor liver. We studied 73 highly selected donors aged 5 – 79 years with a short medical illness preceding death and no history of liver disease, reperfusion injury, or steatosis and normal graft function 1-year post transplant. Results: Cholangiocytes had significantly longer telomeres compared to all other intrahepatic lineages over a wide age range (p < 0.05). Age-related telomere attrition was restricted to sinusoidal cells (i.e. Kupffer (p = 0.0054) and stellate cells (p = 0.0001)). Cholangiocytes and hepatocytes showed no age-related telomere shortening. Conclusion: In normal liver and over a broad age range, cholangiocytes have longer telomeres than all other intrahepatic lineages. Age-related telomere length decline is restricted to Kupffer cells and stellate cells.”
In certain tissues for some cells, it is healthier to find shorter telomere lengths than longer ones.
The April 2012 publication Longer Leukocyte Telomere Length Is Associated with Smaller Hippocampal Volume among Non-Demented APOE ε3/ε3 Subjects provides a good example. “Telomere length shortens with cellular division, and leukocyte telomere length is used as a marker for systemic telomere length. The hippocampus hosts adult neurogenesis and is an important structure for episodic memory, and carriers of the apolipoprotein E ε4 allele exhibit higher hippocampal atrophy rates and differing telomere dynamics compared with non-carriers. The authors investigated whether leukocyte telomere length was associated with hippocampal volume in 57 cognitively intact subjects (29 ε3/ε3 carriers; 28 ε4 carriers) aged 49-79 yr. Leukocyte telomere length correlated inversely with left (r(s) = -0.465; p = 0.011), right (r(s) = -0.414; p = 0.025), and total hippocampus volume (r(s) = -0.519; p = 0.004) among APOE ε3/ε3 carriers, but not among ε4 carriers. However, the ε4 carriers fit with the general correlation pattern exhibited by the ε3/ε3 carriers, as ε4 carriers on average had longer telomeres and smaller hippocampi compared with ε3/ε3 carriers. The relationship observed can be interpreted as long telomeres representing a history of relatively low cellular proliferation, reflected in smaller hippocampal volumes. The results support the potential of leukocyte telomere length being used as a biomarker for tapping functional and structural processes of the aging brain.”
While telomere shortening seems to be involved in several disease processes, it is often not clear weather shortened telomeres are among the original driver causes of a serious disease processes or is a downstream effect. That is, shortened telomeres may be downstream consequences of other disease-causing chains of events, though, once drastically shortened, aberrant telomeres could then play a role in the disease process.
The November 2011 publication Telomere length in neoplastic and nonneoplastic tissues of patients with familial and sporadic papillary thyroid cancer reports: “Introduction: Many studies have found an association between altered telomerelength (TL), both attrition or elongation, and cancer phenotype. Recently, we have reported that patients with the familial form of papillary thyroid cancer (FPTC) have short telomeres in blood leucocytes. Aim: To evaluate relative TL (RTL) at somatic level in neoplastic and nonneoplastic tissues of patients with FPTC (n = 30) and sporadic PTC (n = 46). Methods: RTL was measured by quantitative PCR in neoplastic thyroid tissues, in the corresponding nontumor thyroid tissues (normal contralateral thyroid), and in other extrathyroidal tissues (lymph nodes, muscles, or buccal mucosa). RTL was also measured in adenomas and hyperplastic nodules. In a subset of samples, telomerase expression was measured by quantitative PCR. Results: Mean ± SD RTL of FPTC patients was short in neoplastic thyroid tissues (0.87 ± 0.2) with no difference from the normal contralateral thyroid tissues (0.85 ± 0.11) and extrathyroidal tissues (0.85 ± 0.31). On the contrary, in patients with sporadic PTC, the mean ± SD RTL in the neoplastic tissues (1.73 ± 0.63) was significantly shorter than that found in normal contralateral tissues (2.58 ± 0.89) and extrathyroidal tissues (2.5 ± 0.86). For all tissue samples (cancer, normal thyroid, and nonthyroidal tissues) the mean ± SD RTL of familial cases was shorter (P < 0.0001) than that found in tissues from sporadic PTC. RTL of FPTC was also lower (P < 0.0001) than that of 23 follicular adenomas (1.6 ± 0.7) and 24 hyperplastic nodules (2.2 ± 0.9). Conclusions: Our results demonstrate that short telomeres are a consistent feature of PTC, which in familial cases, is not restricted to the tumor tissue. This finding suggests that FPTC has a distinct, heritable, genetic background.” Whether shorter telomeres are causal of the disease or a consequence of it is unclear.
The December 2011 publication Short leukocyte telomere length is associated with aortic dissectionreports: “Background: Aortic dissection is an age-related and lethal vascular disease. Aging, which is associated with degeneration, is the major risk factor of aortic dissection. Telomeres are specialized DNA structures located at the end of eukaryotic chromosomes, the telomerelength could be considered as an index of vascular aging. The purpose of present study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between the leukocyte telomerelength and aortic dissection. Methods And Results: Seventy-two patients with aortic dissection and seventy-two sex- and age-matched subjects without vascular diseases were collected. Leukocyte telomerelength ratio (T/S ratio) was measured using a quantitative PCR method and analyzed. A significantly shorter leukocyte telomerelength in the patients with aortic dissection was found compared to the controls, [median 1.02 (interquartile range {IQR}:0.83-1.37) vs median 1.63 [IQR: 1.18-2.51), p<0.001]. The telomerelength in the control group showed a trend of inverse correlation with age (r=-0.226, p=0.056), however, there was no significant correlation in aortic dissection (r=0.062, p=0.607). The short leukocyte telomerelength was associated with aortic dissection, even after adjustment for other risk factor (OR=0.214, 95% CI: 0.085-0.537). Conclusion: Leukocyte telomerelength could be an independent predictor of aortic dissection. Measurement of the leukocyte telomerelength may be valuable for patients with a high risk of aortic dissection.” Again, whether shorter telomeres are causal of the disease or a consequence of it is unclear.
Yet another situation relating a disease process to telomere lengths is described in the April 2012 report Is the mean blood leukocyte telomere length a predictor for sporadic thoracic aortic aneurysm? Data from a preliminary study:“Telomeres have been postulated as a universal clock that shortens in parallel with cellular aging. They are specialized DNA-protein structures at the ends of chromosome with remarkable functions-preventing their recognition as double-stranded DNA breaks, protecting their recombination and degradation, and avoiding a DNA damage cellular response. Telomere shortening is currently considered the best aging marker, but is also a predictor for age-related diseases, including cardiovascular diseases. Biological age clearly seems to be a better predictor of vascular risk rather than chronological age. This concept is supported by key assumptions that peripheral blood leukocyte telomere content accurately reflects that of the vascular wall and its decrease is associated with premature vascular disease. Thus, we are analyzing whether the mean of blood leukocyte telomere length might also be a predictor for sporadic thoracic aortic aneurysm (S-TAA). The preliminary results seem to be promising. Shorter telomeres were detected in patients than in controls. Thus, mean of blood leukocyte telomere length could contribute to identify individuals at S-TAA risk.” Again, the observation is that in diseased patients, blood leukocyte telomere lengths tend to be shorter. And yet again, whether shorter telomeres are causal of the disease or a consequence of it is unclear.
Telomere lengths are also associated with stroke risk factors but the direction of causality is again unclear.
The April 2012 publication Leukocyte Telomere Length: A Focus on Cerebrovascular Eventsreports: “– The purpose of this study was to determine the associations between telomerelength and clinical and biological risk factors in ischemic stroke patients. A total of 215 stroke patients hospitalized in the Dijon, France, stroke unit were prospectively and continuously included from January to September, 2004. The telomerelength measured from peripheral blood leukocytes-leukocyte telomerelength (LTL)-was determined by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. The results were compared with clinical and biological variables of interest collected at admission to find significant associations. Possible relationships between LTL and stroke subtypes were evaluated. A multiple regression that included all the variables significantly associated (p<0.20) with LTL in univariate analysis and age and subtypes of stroke confirmed a significant association with age (p<0.001), homocysteinemia (p=0,049), and levels of both antiphospholipid antibodies (p=0.019) and triglycerides (p=0.007). Linearity was verified and confirmed for each variable. The subtype of stroke did not significantly affect telomerelength. We were able to highlight significant associations between LTL and certain cerebrovascular risk factors in a general population of stroke patients. These associations did not depend on the ischemic stroke subtype.” The data was drawn from hospitalized stroke patients who of course had stroke risk factors. Again, there does not appear to be a basis for inferring whether shorter telomeres are causal of the disease process or a consequence of it.
Yet-another very recent study relating shorter telomere lengths to a disease process is described in the 2012 report Reduced telomere length in colorectal carcinomas: “Purpose: Telomeres play a key role in the maintenance of chromosome integrity and stability, and telomere shortening is involved in initiation and progression of malignancies. The aim of this study was to determine whether telomerelength is associated with the colorectal carcinoma. Patients and methods: A total of 148 colorectal cancer (CRC) samples and corresponding adjacent non-cancerous tissues were evaluated for telomerelength, P53 mutation, and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) mutation detected by fluorescent immunohistochemistry. Telomerelength was estimated by real-time PCR. Samples with a T/S>1.0 have an average telomerelength greater than that of the standard DNA; samples with a T/S<1.0 have an average telomerelength shorter than that of the standard DNA. Results: Telomeres were shorter in CRCs than in adjacent tissues, regardless of tumor stage and grade, site, or genetic alterations (P=0.004). Telomerelength in CRCs also had differences with COX-2 status (P=0.004), but did not differ with P53 status (P=0.101), tumor progression (P=0.244), gender (P=0.542), and metastasis (0.488). There was no clear trend between T/S optimal cut-off values (<1 or > 1) and colorectal tumor progression, metastasis, gender, P53 and COX-2 status. Conclusion: These findings suggesting that telomere shortening is associated with colorectal carcinogenesis but does not differ with tumor progression, gender, and metastasis.”
Another recent relevant publications is(April 2012) Telomere maintenance mechanisms in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors: expression and prognostic relevance. In this case and in each case cited above, what is reported is simply an association of telomere shortening with a disease process, not that shortened telomeres were originally causative of the disease. I believe this is the general case.
Since diseases cause significant stress, accelerated immune system activity and cell turnover, I think it is not at all surprising to find shorter telomeres in diseased individuals. It is well-known that other forms of stress cause shortening of telomeres, independently of age. See for example the April 2012 report Exposure to violence during childhood is associated with telomere erosion from 5 to 10 years of age: a longitudinal study, the May 2011 reportTelomere length and early severe social deprivation: linking early adversity and cellular aging, and the May 2012 report Telomere shortening in women resident close to waste landfill sites.
Shorter telomeres may serve to inhibit rather than promote emergence of cancers.
As Maria Blasco wrote, “Furthermore, mice that are simultaneously deficient in telomerase and the tumor suppressor proteins p19ARF, p16, p21, APC, ATM, DNA-PKcs, Ku, PARP1 and PMS2 also show reduced tumorigenesis67–73 (Table 1). This indicates that short telomeres are potent suppressors of cancer even in tumor-prone genetic backgrounds, most likely because telomere dysfunction induces cellular arrest and apoptosis66–73 — In turn, short telomeres impose a barrier on tumor development that can only be bypassed by abrogation of p53 or by TRF2 overexpression, which indicates that these molecular events are important in mediating cancer driven by short telomeres and chromosomal instability(ref).”
Oxidative stress may be a major cause of telomere attrition in. disease processes.
The April 2012 publication Endothelial and smooth muscle cells from abdominal aortic aneurysm have increased oxidative stress and telomere attrition reports: “Background: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a complex multi-factorial disease with life-threatening complications. AAA is typically asymptomatic and its rupture is associated with high mortality rate. Both environmental and genetic risk factors are involved in AAA pathogenesis. Aim of this study was to investigate telomerelength (TL) and oxidative DNA damage in paired blood lymphocytes, aortic endothelial cells (EC), vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC), and epidermal cells from patients with AAA in comparison with matched controls. Methods: TL was assessed using a modification of quantitative (Q)-FISH in combination with immunofluorescence for CD31 or α-smooth muscle actin to detect EC and VSMC, respectively. Oxidative DNA damage was investigated by immunofluorescence staining for 7, 8-dihydro-8-oxo-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-oxo-dG). Results And Conclusions: Telomeres were found to be significantly shortened in EC, VSMC, keratinocytes and blood lymphocytes from AAA patients compared to matched controls. 8-oxo-dG immunoreactivity, indicative of oxidative DNA damage, was detected at higher levels in all of the above cell types from AAA patients compared to matched controls. Increased DNA double strand breaks were detected in AAA patients vs controls by nuclear staining for γ-H2AX histone. There was statistically significant inverse correlation between TL and accumulation of oxidative DNA damage in blood lymphocytes from AAA patients. This study shows for the first time that EC and VSMC from AAA have shortened telomeres and oxidative DNA damage. Similar findings were obtained with circulating lymphocytes and keratinocytes, indicating the systemic nature of the disease. Potential translational implications of these findings are discussed.”
Induction of the stress hormone cortisol could also lead to shorter telomeres. From my treatise: “Research reported by Rita Effros of UCLA and her colleagues(ref) indicates that cortisol inhibits the expression of telomerase in immune system cells, This explains why people subject to considerable stress tend to have shorter telomeres. Of course, cortisol is produced in the body in response to stress.”
Mutations in the telomerase gene are linked to shorter telomere lengths and certain disease susceptibilities or disease processes. There is no question that such mutations are causative of certain rare diseases.
The May 2012 publication hTERTCancer Risk Genotypes Are Associated With Telomere Lengthreports: “Telomere biology is associated with cancer initiation and prognosis. Collected data suggest that blood cell telomerelength (TL) can change over time, which may be related to development of common disorders, such as cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Recently, single nucleotide polymorphisms in the region of the human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) gene were associated with various malignancies, including glioma, lung and urinary bladder cancer, and telomerase RNA gene hTERC genotypes were recently linked to TL. In the present study a hypothetical association between identified genotypes in hTERT and hTERC genes and TL were investigated. We analyzed 21 polymorphisms, covering 90% of the genetic variance, in the hTERT gene, two genetic variants in hTERC, and relative TL(RTL) at average age 50 and 60 in 959 individuals with repeated blood samples. Mean RTL at age 60 was associated with four genetic variants of the hTERT gene (rs2736100, rs2853672, rs2853677, and rs2853676), two of which reported to be associated with cancer risk. Two alleles (rs12696304, rs16847897) near the hTERC gene were confirmed as also being associated with RTL at age 60. Our data suggest that hTERT and hTERC genotypes have an impact on TL of potential relevance and detectable first at higher ages, which gives us further insight to the complex regulation of TL.”
The classical 2007 document by Maria Blasco Telomere length, stem cells and agingstated: “Telomere shortening occurs concomitant with organismal aging, and it is accelerated in the context of human diseases associated with mutations in telomerase, such as some cases of dyskeratosis congenita, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and aplastic anemia. People with these diseases, as well as Terc-deficient mice, show decreased lifespan coincidental with a premature loss of tissue renewal, which suggests that telomerase is rate-limiting for tissue homeostasis and organismal survival.
The April 2012 report Genetic polymorphisms in telomere pathway genes, telomere length, and breast cancer survival similarly implicates defects in telomerase pathway genes with survivability in breast cancer. “The impact of genetic variants in telomere pathway genes on telomerelength and breast cancer survival remains unclear. We hypothesized that telomerelength and genetic variants of telomere pathway genes are associated with survival among breast cancer patients. A population-based cohort study of 1,026 women diagnosed with a first primary breast cancer was conducted to examine telomerelength and 52 genetic variants of 9 telomere pathway genes. Adjusted Cox regression analysis was employed to examine associations between telomerelength, genetic variants and all-cause and breast cancer-specific mortality. Longer telomerelength was significantly correlated with all-cause mortality in the subgroup with HER-2/neu negative tumors (HR = 1.90, 95 % CI: 1.12-3.22). Carrying the PINX1-33 (rs2277130) G-allele was significantly associated with increased all-cause mortality (HR = 1.45, 95 % CI: 1.06-1.98). Three SNPs (TERF2-03 rs35439397, TERT-14 rs2853677, and TERT-67 rs2853669) were significantly associated with reduced all-cause mortality. A similar reduced trend for breast cancer-specific mortality was observed for carrying the TERT-14 (rs2853677) T-allele (HR = 0.57, 95 % CI: 0.39-0.84), while carrying the POT1-18 (rs1034794) T-allele significantly increased breast cancer-specific mortality (HR = 1.48, 95 % CI: 1.00-2.19). However, none of the associations remained significant after correction for multiple tests. A significant dose-response effect was observed with increased number of unfavorable alleles/genotypes (PINX1-33 G-allele, POT1-18 T-allele, TERF2-03 GG, TERT-14 CC, and TERT-67 TT genotypes) and decreased survival. These data suggest that unfavorable genetic variants in telomere pathway genes may help to predict breast cancer survival.”
See also the 2009 publication A spectrum of severe familial liver disorders associate with telomerase mutations
Some researchers observing shorter telomeres in diseased patients than in non-diseased ones see shorter telomeres as a “risk factor” for the disease.
In all fairness, a few publications take this viewpoint, though I think it is faulty logic, like listing baldness as a risk factor for aging or catching fish as a risk factor for fishing. They are influenced by a historic (1990s) viewpoint that shorter telomeres are a major cause of diseases, a viewpoint that I believe remains largely unproven. An example is the April 2012 publication Shorter telomere length is associated with increased ovarian cancer risk in both familial and sporadic cases: “Background: Alterations in telomere maintenance mechanisms leading to short telomeres underlie different genetic disorders of ageing and cancer predisposition syndromes. It is known that short telomeres and subsequent genomic instability contribute to malignant transformation, and it is therefore likely that people with shorter telomeres are at higher risk for different types of cancer. Recently, the authors demonstrated that the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 are modifiers of telomerelength (TL) in familial breast cancer. The present study analysed TL in peripheral blood leucocytes of hereditary and sporadic ovarian cancer cases, as well as in female controls, to evaluate whether TL contributes to ovarian cancer risk.MethodsTL was measured by quantitative PCR in 178 sporadic and 168 hereditary ovarian cases (46 BRCA1, 12 BRCA2, and 110 BRCAX) and compared to TL in 267 controls. Results: Both sporadic and hereditary cases showed significantly shorter age adjusted TLs than controls. Unconditional logistic regression analysis revealed an association between TL and ovarian cancer risk with a significant interaction with age (p<0.001). Risk was higher in younger women and progressively decreased with age, with the highest OR observed in women under 30 years of age (OR 1.56, 95% CI 1.34 to 1.81; p=1.0×10(-18)). Conclusion: These findings indicate that TL could be a risk factor for early onset ovarian cancer.” The researchers looked at cases of ovarian cancer and healthy controls and found, like in so many other studies, that the cancer patients had shorter telomeres. I see no basis whatsoever in this research for concluding that healthy women with shorter telomeres are at greater risk for ovarian cancer.
Telomere length is not a particularly good biomarker for predicting the life expectancy of the oldest old.
The March 2012 publication Telomere length, comorbidity, functional, nutritional and cognitive status as predictors of 5 years post hospital discharge survival in the oldest oldreports: “Background: Telomerelength has been considered in many cross-sectional studies as a biomarker of aging. However the association between shorter telomeres with lower survival at advanced ages remains a controversial issue. This association could reflect the impact of other health conditions than a direct biological effect. Objective: To test whether leukocyte telomerelength is associated with 5-year survival beyond the impact of other risk factors of mortality like comorbidity, functional, nutritional and cognitive status. Design: Prospective study. Setting and participants: A population representative sample of 444 patients (mean age 85 years; 74% female) discharged from the acute geriatric hospital of Geneva University Hospitals (January-December 2004), since then 263 (59.2%) had died (December 2009). Measurements: Telomerelength in leukocytes by flow cytometry. Results: In univariate model, telomerelength at baseline and cognitive status were not significantly associated with mortality even when adjusting for age (R2=9.5%) and gender (R2=1.9%). The best prognostic predictor was the geriatric index of comorbidity (GIC) (R2=8.8%; HR=3.85) followed by more dependence in instrumental (R2=5.9%; HR=3.85) and based (R2=2.3%; HR=0.84) activities of daily living and lower albumin levels (R2=1.5%; HR=0.97). Obesity (BMI>30: R2=1.6%; HR=0.55) was significantly associated with a two-fold decrease in the risk of mortality compared to BMI between 20-25. When all independent variables were entered in a full multiple Cox regression model (R2=21.4%), the GIC was the strongest risk predictor followed by the nutritional and functional variables. Conclusion: Neither telomeres length nor the presence of dementia are predictors of survival whereas the weight of multiple comorbidity conditions, nutritional and functional impairment are significantly associated with 5-year mortality in the oldest old.” This is not a surprising result given the fact graphically illustrated above that many very old people have very long telomeres.
There is much more to be said about telomere biology which is quite complex. Many dietary phytochemicals and supplements have been shown to have telomere-extending capabilities, quite apart from specific expensive proprietary supplements explicitly marketed because they can presumably extend telomeres.
I have made these points in my treatise and in several previous blog entries. From my treatise: “The January 2010 blog post Vitamins, supplements and telomerase – upregulation or downregulation? points to a different study in which telomere lengthening was observed over a long period of time for a sizeable portion of the population studied. Also, it appears that taking a number of popular supplements in the anti-aging firewalls supplement regimen like Vitamin E, fish oils, Vitamin D3 and resveratrol can lead to telomeres being longer than they otherwise might be, possibly because they induce the production of telomerase, possibly for other reasons. And, several of these supplements actually turn off telomerase in cancer cells. — These results suggests to me that telomere shortening is a complex process involving a balance of shortening due to cell division, lengthening due to natural telomerase expression and perhaps cell replacement due to differentiation of stem cells. And these in turn are affected by many lifestyle and dietary factors and moderated by cell-signaling feedback loops.”
From The epigenetic regulation of telomeres. “Although this blog entry focuses on epigenetic regulation as a new and very important aspect of telomere biology, I continue to stand behind what I have written related to telomeres and telomerase reflecting a shift over a three-year period. The most-recent relevant blog entries were written in October 2010: Telomere lengths, Part 3: Selected current research on telomere-related signaling, telomere lengths, cancers and disease processes, Part2: lifestyle, dietary, and other factors associated with telomere shortening and lengthening, and Part1: telomere lengths, cancers and disease processes. These entries contain a great deal of information as well as links to multiple earlier blog entries on telomeres and telomerase. And, of course, the 12thth theory of aging discussed in my treatise is Telomere Shortening and Damage. Three years ago, I thought that taking astragaloside IV or cycloastragenol supplements to extend telomeres was possibly a good anti-aging intervention. I no longer see that as the case.”
Telomeres and telomerase remain important and thriving areas of research. This blog entry presents a sample of research, much of it very recent (March – May 2012), intended to debunk many of the simplistic myths associated with the telomere-shortening theory of longevity and the marketing of expensive telomere-extending supplements.
As I said before(ref) “ Telomere length homeostasis is a devilishly complex topic and we are just starting to sort out all the factors and interactions involved. CHIP, HSP90 and p23 get added to TRF1/TRF2, shelterin-complex, PinX, Apollo, TERRA, ORC, HP1, H3 K9me3 and tankyrase as factors involved in telomerase extension/shortening. And of course a host of lifestyle and dietary measures are involved. Gone are the old days of simple thinking “Want longer telomeres? Just activate your telomerase gene.”
Finally and of central importance, it is not at all clear that telomere lengths are predictive of human lifespan or death from any particular underlying cause like infectious diseases, cancer, or cardiac or cerebrovascular diseases.
Many people who take telomere -extending supplements are motivated because they believe that having longer telomeres will increase the probability that they will live longer. However, the research evidence related to this proposition is contradictory and on the whole inconclusive.
The 2012 publication Telomeres in disease reports: “Telomeres and aging: Telomeres shorten as we age. Consequently, telomere length has been postulated as a marker of “genetic age” (mitotic clock), as a fundamental explanation for the aging process, and has been marketed as a simple predictor of longevity. Telomere length assays have been bundled with recommendations for lifestyle modification and for drug therapy, neither based on appropriate clinical studies. Simple but appealing arguments relating telomeres and aging may be viewed, with some skepticism, as currently controversial, likely simplistic, and potentially harmful. Telomere length indeed reflects the cell’s past proliferative history and future propensity to apoptosis, senescence, and transformation. However, cellular aging is not equivalent to organ or organismal aging. — There are several considerations in relating telomere biology to aging. First, physiologically there is overlap between the shortest telomere length of young children and the longest telomeres of the elderly. Most telomere shortening occurs early in life, in association with growth, and when the rate of disease in general is low. The paradigmatic telomere syndrome of dyskeratosis congenita is not at all typical of the progerias, inherited syndromes in which patients not only appear old but suffer diseases of aging, like premature atherosclerosis or dementia. Conversely, the organ damage of dyskeratosis congenita is not very similar to aging of marrow, lungs, and liver. The marrow becomes mildly hypocellular in older individuals but stem cell numbers may actually increase and blood counts remain stable; neither the liver nor lung normally become fibrotic with advanced age. Although relatively short telomeres of leukocytes have been associated with cardiovascular events among adults, the clinical correlations have not been consistent, and they may be related to overall reactive oxygen species exposure. — Studies in humans have attempted to relate short telomeres to longevity. In the provocative initial publication from the University of Utah, individuals around 60 years of age who had the longest telomeres lived longer than did subjects with the shortest telomeres, but the most associated cause of death in the latter group was, inexplicably, infection, and those with shorter telomeres did not have a higher rate of cancer deaths [19]. Heart disease as the cause of death was also more common in subjects with the shortest telomeres. Subsequent studies have produced conflicting findings. The Cardiovascular Health Study of subjects over 65 years of age found that individuals in the shortest quartile for telomere length were 60% more likely to die than those in the longest quartile [20]. Causes of death related to short telomeres were again infectious. Two twin studies at older age also correlated shorter telomeres with poorer survival [21,22]. Finally, an Italian cohort study that looked at participants at time zero and after 10 years found that death within 10 years was significantly more common in those with shorter telomeres [23]. — In contrast, these associations have not been confirmed in other studies of older subjects. Blackburn and Cawthon reported that telomere length failed to predict survival, but correlated with years of healthy life [24]. In a Danish study of people aged 73 to 101 years, telomeres correlated with life expectancy in simple univariate analysis but, when corrected for age, did not predict longevity [25]. In Dutch men with a mean age of 78 years, telomere length eroded with aging but failed to correlate with mortality [26]. In a Finnish investigation, telomere length did not predict overall mortality [27]. Finally, in an analysis from California, short telomere length predicted death from cardiovascular disease in women but not in men, where the rate of shortening predicted mortality rather than length itself [28]. The discrepancies in these results may have several sources. In some analyses, telomere lengths may have been studied as a surrogate marker of age. In addition, retrospective studies may uncover “positive” associations that are random and not reproduced in follow-up investigations.” (Emphasis is mine.)
The report goes on: “The telomere hypothesis of aging has also been tested in mice. For instance, in a murine model of telomerase deficiency and accelerated telomere attrition, researchers found that low telomerase expression deregulated certain intracellular pathways involved in mitochondrial function and glucose metabolism, ultimately causing heart muscle disease [29]. Interestingly, telomerase reactivation in these mice restored glucose production and heart function. However, the abnormalities observed in telomerase-deficient animals did not resemble those typical of humans with very short telomeres, in whom heart disease is rare. Translation of mouse experiments on telomeres to human physiology and disease should be approached with caution. Mice are not the ideal model for telomere attrition and its effects on aging: murine telomeres are 5 to 10 times longer than in humans, in spite of their much shorter lifespan. When telomerase is “knocked out” in mice, they live a healthy life for several generations; even though late generation animals with very short telomeres are infertile, they do not display the clinical phenotypes characteristic of human telomeropathies (bone marrow failure, pulmonary fibrosis, hepatic cirrhosis). Also, telomerase-deficient mice do not have a higher incidence of cancer, unless the p53 gene also is down modulated, in contrast to humans with telomerase deficiency, whom are at very high risk of developing cancer.”
The 2009 study Association Between Telomere Length, Specific Causes of Death, and Years of Healthy Life in Health, Aging, and Body Composition, a Population-Based Cohort Study, participated in by a prestigious team including Elizabeth H. Blackburn reports: “Although telomere length (TL) is known to play a critical role in cellular senescence, the relationship of TL to aging and longevity in humans is not well understood. In a large biracial population-based cohort, we tested the hypotheses that elderly persons with shorter TL in peripheral white blood cells have poorer survival, shorter life span, and fewer years of healthy life (YHL). Associations were evaluated using Cox proportional hazard models and linear regression analyses where appropriate. TL (in kilo base pairs) was not associated with overall survival (hazard ratio 1.0; 95% confidence interval 0.9–1.1) or death from any specific underlying cause including infectious diseases, cancer, or cardiac and cerebrovascular diseases. TL, however, was positively associated with more YHL (β = 0.08 ± 0.04, p = .03). Findings suggest that TL may not be a strong biomarker of survival in older individuals, but it may be an informative biomarker of healthy aging.” (Emphasis is my own.)
My personal choice regarding taking explicit astragalus-based telomerase-activating substances.
I stopped taking them over 2 years ago and don’t now plan to resume taking them because:
The research such as that cited above related to the usefulness of such substances for retarding diseases or aging seems relatively weak and largely unsupported for humans when compared to research in other areas, such as often reported in this blog, examples being Nrf2 and antioxidants, mTOR, IGF-1, MAPK, AMPK, PGC-1α and the SIRTs. Solid research suggests that such other pathways are more critical for health and longevity than the telomere-related ones.
There is the question of cost. When the Patton Protocol was initiated a few years back, its cost including TA-65® was $25,000 a year. Now an unbundled month’s supply (30 caps) of TA-65® purchased from Revgenetics costs $217. This is a lot cheaper but still more than 6 times as much as any other supplement I am taking and would create a significant yearly cost for me.
A number of the very-important supplements I take daily like resveratrol and curcumin with very well-documented health benefits reportedly interfere with the effectiveness of the astragalus-based supplements. So people taking the astragalus-based supplements either give these other supplements up or take them every other day. I think this is an extremely poor tradeoff when it comes to highly-researched and well- known benefits for health and longevity – even if the extender supplement was cost-free. Pubmed.org lists 2 research publications relevant to TA-65 (both covered above), 4735 related to curcumin and 4677 related to resveratrol.
Finally I do not need to take the astragalus-based supplements to get the result of making sure my telomeres are long. A number of lifestyle interventions I am pursuing, dietary substances I consume, and phytosubstance supplements I take are correlated with very effectively enlongating telomeres (ref)(ref)(ref)(ref).
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18 Responses to Telomerase update –arguments for and against using telomere extender supplements
eric25001 says:
Timely write up on this topic.
Bruno Bernardes de Jesus et al., Telomerase gene therapy in adult and old mice delays ageing and increases longevity without increasing cancer, EMBO Molecular Medicine, 2012 DOI: 10.1002/emmm.201200245
To soon to tell if this would work with humans and if refinements (Better 1 time dose or multiple doses) could lead to longer lifespan. How might this interact with other emerging lifespan increasing methods?
Lower Protein, EOD or Caloric Restriction, Mannoheptulose, buckyballs etcetera
Vincent Giuliano says:
Eric 25001:
Excellent questions. See my other comment posted here. What a wonderfully rich game we are playing, and with such magnificant stakes! We need to keep tuned.
Hello Vincent, Why everybody forget the most robust and 100% scientifically proven method of significant (by 40-50% life extension) using caloric restriction and periodic fasting. We are doing such anti-aging programs in Europe: http://www.anti-aging-plan.com It is not my advertising – it is just for cleaning your mind and ask you to do a fresh look on the anti-aging CR paradigma. And look for some elixir drug – is naive. All the best, Arcady Economo, pharmacologist, gerontologist.
archives2001 says:
Spot ON… Arcady, SPOT ON!
Markymark says:
Hello and thank you very much for this comprehensive article.
I came across this (EMBO Molecular Medicine 2012, May 15th) study (‘did not read the original paper) in mice and I guess you too. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/emmm.201200245/abstract
By the age of two years inducing telomerase through a viral vector increased lifespan by 13 % along with physiologic improvement and last not least no increase in cancer.
Oh well sorry
sorry. I overlooked that eric25001 already posted the study.
This is actually a very interesting study since it establishes life extension in genetically normal animals due to telomerase induction. A somewhat more comprehensive writeup of it is at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/emmm.201200246/full
Mice normally die with fairly long telomeres so it is interesting that the approach actually extends life and healthspans of the rodents. As speculated I suspect this is due to longer leases on life of adult stem cells.
The approach might well work in humans and could possibly produce excellent results, but it is likely to be a long time before we find out whether this is so. Researchers are very leary of treatments that modify the human genome, and human gene therapy approaches are very few and far in-between. The approach used, Gene therapy via recombinant adeno-associated virus induction vectors, is one that worries us because the vectors could induce cancers. And again, the added hTERT genes could be oncogenic. Hopefully there will be studies on higher animals and eventually simians that check the approach out in the medium term. Thanks for the link.
Here is a study that may or may not tie in with telomerase. However it seems restricting ones feeding time to 8 hour time periods would work with many diets talked about like protein or calorie restriction. One common factor seems the uptick in autophagey. The impact for humans IF this could increase health and reduce weight by eating the same calories but in an 8 hour window could be simple and have higher compliance than diet calorie restrictions. I would think lifespans would be increased. Eric
Megumi Hatori, Christopher Vollmers, Amir Zarrinpar, Luciano DiTacchio, Eric A. Bushong, Shubhroz Gill, Mathias Leblanc, Amandine Chaix, Matthew Joens, James A.J. Fitzpatrick, Mark H. Ellisman, Satchidananda Panda. Time-Restricted Feeding without Reducing Caloric Intake Prevents Metabolic Diseases in Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet. Cell Metabolism, 2012; DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2012.04.019
I will have a look. Have you seen Victor’s post Alternate-day Fasting – a better alternative at http://www.anti-agingfirewalls.com/2012/01/14/alternate-day-fasting-%e2%80%93-a-better-alternative/ ?
Thanks for the tip.
That is why I thought this study would be of interest.
Based on this article I have started to put my eating day inside an 8 hour window. Seems a small change from a 12 to 16 hour window. Time will tell.
The article shows a number of improvements in the results of the time restricted animals. Eric
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550413112001891#app2
JEG3 says:
Another recent study finding positive results from IF, but even better results when polyphenols are included. The link at the bottom is to the full text.
http://extremelongevity.net/2012/05/18/polyphenols-increase-caloric-restriction-induced-lifespan-extension/
Jeg3 and Eric25001
Thanks for the reference tips. I will look into them. Unfortunately in the family and social-intensive world in which I live, it would be extremely difficult for me personally shift my eating habits to an 8 hour window or alternative day schedule. Meals are an intrinsic part of my social lifestyle. I can and do add plenty of polyphenols though and will keep up with the research. More and more and more to follow.
Louis says:
Regarding the use of natural compounds to activate telomerase, or to purportedly suppress it…
The world patent application on product B has finally been made available to the public. You can find the text here.
http://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2012106692&recNum=1&maxRec=&office=&prevFilter=&sortOption=&queryString=&tab=PCTDescription
The invention description section of this patent application contains a wealth of previously unpublished information on newly discovered phytochemicals that activate telomerase.
The key ingredient in the original version of product B (the version at the time of the patent filing) is silymarin / milk thistle. It seems that version1 of product B was ~50% silymarin / milk thistle by weight.
Quoting from section 0028 of the patent:
“[0028] Based on the test results, silymarin is identified as a significant potential telomerase inducer. Regular ingestion by an individual of effective amounts of silymarin extracted from milk thistle is expected to reverse telomere shortening in the individual and produce longer telomeres.”
It appears that the telomerase activating capability of silymarin varies quite a bit with how the silymarin is extracted and/or prepared. Several examples are listed in the patent. You can find my comments on this here:
http://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/50995-product-b-telomerase-activation/page__st__450__p__531252#entry531252
The patent goes on to list many other telomerase activating compounds identified in the Sierra Sciences RT-PCR screen. The combination of many of these other natural componds comprise much of the remaing 50% of product B by weight.
[0026] Follow-on testing of additional samples was undertaken using the same methodology. Hits were obtained on samples containing by horny goat weed (Epimedium sagittatum), Grape Seed (Vitis vinifera), Turmeric (Curcuma longa), Bacopa (Bacopa monnieri), Pomegranate (Punica granatum), DL-alpha lipoic acid, Asian ginseng, (Panax ginseng), Green Tea, White Tea, Black Tea (Camellia sinensis), Acacia (Acacia nilotica), Plantain (Plantago major), L-glutathione, Velvet Bean (Mucuna pruriens), Hawthorn (root) (Crataegus pinnatifida), Quercetin, Boswellia, (Boswellia serrata), Maca (Lepidium meyenii), Hawthorn (fruit) (Crataegus pinnatifida), Resveratrol, Harada (Terminalia chebula), Shilajit, Chia (Salvia hispanica), N-Curcusorb (trade name for version of Turmeric), Polygonum Cuspidatum (trans resveratrol), pterostibene, (a synthetic form of resveratrol developed by ChronaDex Company), Tumipure (trade name for Turmeric ingredient by Naturex Company).
There are dozens of publications suggesting that these same natural compounds listed above suppress telomerase in various cancer cell lines, including silymarin itself. I believe this patent powerfully supports a point I made earlier in the comment section of this blog.
http://www.anti-agingfirewalls.com/2009/06/11/do-resveratrol-curcumin-and-egcg-from-green-tea-really-inhibit-the-expression-of-telomerase/#comment-56728
I resummarize the main point here: The mechanisms involving the induction/suppression of the telomerase enzyme in a cancer cell and in a healthy somatic cell are quite different. The mechanism in a cancer cell is messy, complictaed, and poorly defined/understood. In a cancer cell, telomerase is induced by a bird’s nest of accumulated mutations — unique to every indivdual cancer cell. The mechanism in a healthly somatic cell is realatively well-defined and reasonably understood — and is essentially the same in all somatic cell types. The molecular biology is such that the same compound can BOTH suppress telomerase in cancer cells, yet induce it in healthy somatic/stem cells. When you take the various natural compounds listed in this patent, you are probably getting the best of both worlds — both preventing cancer (by suppressing telomerase in cancer cells, as well as thru many other mechanisms) and activating telomerase at the same time in healthy somatic/stem cells!
What a powerful confirmation of the health benefits of the supplements many of us have been taking for years, inlcuding Vince’s firewalls program: Is nature not amazing!
TA-65 says:
I think there are many studies that prove it
Danutz says:
What supplements/herbs do you recommend to take as anti aging? I am an 33 years old man.
Hi Danutz
“Recommend” is too strong a word given the uncertainties associated with biology; I prefer “suggest.” Having said that:
1. A short list of my “top 10 supplements” suitable for a younger person like yourself in good health can be found at http://www.vincegiuliano.name/10topsupplements.htm
I put this list together in 2009 and it still looks pretty good to me.
2. A much more comprehensive list perhaps suitable for an old geeze like me in good health is in my treatise ANTI-AGING FIREWALLS – THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF LONGEVITY at http://www.vincegiuliano.name/Antiagingfirewalls.htm Look for the Table entitled TABLE I – SUPPLEMENTS IN COMBINED FIREWALLS.
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Dreamcatcher/WJSN/ATEEZ/ONEUS deliver with special stages for Music Bank’s 1000th episode
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For the 1000th episode of Music Bank, there were a bunch of groups that did special stages of covering past hits. Feel free to watch them all, but in my …
[Review] Taemin shows why he’s “Famous” in new Japanese release
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Since venturing out into solo territory, SHINee’s Taemin has split his discography equally between Korea and Japan, maintaining a consistent level of quality regardless of the language he performs in. …
SME announces Super M boy group made up of EXO, SHINee, NCT members … well, this should be fun
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Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2018: #20 – #11
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Manipur Governor Dr Najma Heptulla inaugurating the conclave of local craft entrepreneurs in Imphal on Thursday. – DIPR Photo
IMPHAL, Oct 10 - A one-day conclave of local craft entrepreneurs, traditional craftsmen and MSMEs on �Promoting entrepreneurship and harnessing untapped potential of geographical indications of Manipur� was held here today.
Manipur Governor Dr Najma Heptulla inaugurated the conclave, which was organised by the Mission for Economic Empowerment of Traditional Artisans and Craftsmen (MEETAC), in association with the Progress Harmony Development (PHD) Chamber of Commerce and Industries to deliberate on Startup India, Standup India, Government E-Marketplace and Geographical Indications.
PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industries president Dr DK Agarwal, its secretary general Dr Mahesh Y Reddy, MEETAC CEO Anurag Bajpai, former Chairman and Managing Director of NSIC Dr HP Kumar, deputy CEO (Government E-Marketplace) Sanjay Joseph and other officials attended the conclave.
In her address, Governor Dr Heptulla said the Manipur government initiated the MEETAC in 2018 with an aim to revive the fortunes of artisans by developing entrepreneurial competencies in them.
The mission concentrates on product development to capture the needs of the younger generation and larger and high-end markets with a special focus on exports.
New articles, collections and clothing lines through product diversification, in collaboration with noted institutions like the National Institute of Design, the Central India Regional Council, the Indian Institute of Packaging, etc., will be introduced through the MEETAC.
Expressing happiness over the cooperation between the MEETAC and the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industries, which is the national apex chamber working at the grassroot level to promote entrepreneurship in the State, the Governor felt that such an initiative would make a long-lasting impact on the economy of the State.
In his speech, Manipur Textiles, Commerce and Industries Minister Th Biswajit pointed out that providing government e-marketplace has been another significant step of the Government. Informing that many worksheds were developed during the term of the present Government in the State, the minister stated that the handicrafts sector has got ample opportunities to show its strength.
Three technical sessions on support under Startup India and Standup India, boarding of traditional craftsmen on government e-marketplace, and Geographical Indications registration of crafts and quality control were also held on the occasion.
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ASTEK EVENTERS
KINNORDY GYM BELLO
CORNET'S AIR
ASTEK QUATERMASTER
SWE DEMPSEY
FOUNDATION SIRES
Astek Stud History
Astek Stud began out of the quest for the perfect competition horse and was set up as a premium warmblood stud in the heart of Canterbury in 1995. Founded by mother and daughter duo, Sue and Diana Fowler, Astek Stud, offered breeders the chance to secure progeny carrying some of the world’s leading bloodlines.
Right from the outset Sue Fowler has been searching for the perfect horse! She started her early riding life in the South Canterbury high country, learning natural horsemanship skills from some of the country’s grand old masters. In the early 1970s she started breaking and selling young horses.
Initially Sue bought and sold St James stationbred horses. Although they were saleable and competitive on the equestrian field, Sue says she was always on the lookout for something with a bit more movement and scope. On a trip to Australia she noticed a number of nice moving Anglo-arabs. Thinking she’d found the answer, she imported the Arabian stallion, Elenbee’s R-Rated to cross with New Zealand thoroughbred mares. "Automatically there was more interest in what we were doing.”
The market demanded Warmblood Stallions at this time so Immenhof Castello was imported from Gehard Quast in Australia as a weanling. Although the stud was attracting attention, Sue and Diana were still on the look out for what they considered to be the ultimate competition horse. Meanwhile, a friend had imported a well-bred Hanoverian weanling from the prestigious Kinnordy Stud in Toowoomba, Australia, now closed due to Horgers death. Unfortunately he was seriously injured as a yearling fracturing his pelvis and three ribs. His owners were devastated because he had shown immense promise.
Still a colt, Sue and Diana jumped on a plane to see him thinking he could very well be what they were looking for. They had been interested in finding another sire to stand alongside Immenhof Castello and were attracted to the Hanoverian breed.
Kinnordy Gym Bello is by the Premium Class 1 Licensed and Performance Tested sire, Gymnastik Star, out of the Graf Landau mare, Kinnordy Gabriela. His immediate pedigree boasts no less than six famous sires which are all responsible for producing at least one or more showjumping world champions.
On his sire side, Gym Bello features a fourth generation double cross of the famous Gotthard and Wenderkreis, the refinement and elasticity enhancing abilities of the great Cor de la Bryere and the reliability of the highly regarded Werther.
His dam side is also proving highly successful through the deeds of Graf Landau (Genever x Wendekind). Licensed and Performance tested, Graf Landau is the sire of numerous talented performers including the Australian 2005-06 Showjumper of the Year, KS Genoa, and New Zealand’s own Grunelius Legacy, Supreme Champion Young Dressage Horse of 2004 and winner of the Medium title at this year’s national championships. “His quality was obvious from the first moment we saw him. He had it all – the pedigree, the looks, the movement and a magnificent temperament,” says Sue.
Although there was a risk Gym Bello would never be able to be used as a sire because of his injuries, Sue and Diana felt it was a risk worth taking. The risk paid off. At just 2 years old they were able to collect semen from Gym Bello, serving 12 approved mares via AI in his first season. With his first foals due that spring (2004), Sue and Diana headed to Kinnordy Stud to see his sire and dam for themselves. They couldn’t have been more impressed. “When I saw Gymnastik Star I saw the epitome of the perfect sport horse. I felt I had found what I had been searching for. The quality of his progeny was unmistakable,” explains Sue.
While there, Sue and Diana purchased the Winterkoenig mare Wulle Bulle, which has remained at Kinnordy Stud to be served by Gymnastik Star annually with the progeny coming to New Zealand. Kinnordy Go Girl was imported a Multiple Show Hunter Champion. As soon as Gym Bello’s first foals hit the ground, Sue says she knew the initial gamble had paid off. “They were outstanding. Without exception his foals have beautiful heads; friendly, calm, intelligent temperaments; athletic, correct conformation; and show the makings of some superb movement as well.”
Although he carries some of the world’s top jumping bloodlines, his progeny have appealed to both sides of the sport with dressage people attracted to progeny’s springy trot, not to mention their exceptional nature across the board.
Towards the end of 2004 Astek Stud was offered its second huge break with the offer to buy the Holsteiner stallion, Ramirez, which had stood semi-privately for former Olympian John Cottle. Bred and imported from Germany, Ramirez comes from the Holsteiner “R” line internationally renowned for producing Olympic and grand prix sport horses, and is blessed with his sire’s upstanding presence, intelligent head, expressive movement and kind, willing temperament.
Ramirez is by Ramiro Z (Raimond X Valine), known as the King of Kings and Sire of the Century due to his outstanding offspring, especially in showjumping.
His progeny includes numerous international and European grand prix dressage and showjumping champions as well as many successful sire sons. Probably the most well-known of his offspring was the great mare Ratina Z, winner of both gold and silver at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and the 1993 Volvo World Cup.
Ramiro Z was also a top competition horse in his own right, winning at nations’ cups, grand prix and puissance (up to 2.2m).
Ramirez’s dam line is equally impressive coming from the same female line as the highly regarded showjumper and sire, Corrado, ridden by Frankie Sloothaak. His dam Riletta (Roberto X Filetta) was herself an advanced “S” level showjumper in Germany.
Although his own competitive career was cut short due to injury he showed a lot of promise as both a showjumper and dressage horse, scoring 9s and 10s for paces with world-renowned Dr Ense.
Standing at just over 17hh, Ramirez’s progeny are stamped with his star presence and ability, and have proved successful in all disciplines from limited outings. Some of his progeny successes include Cheleken Heidi winner of the New Zealand 5YO National Showhunter Champion in just its first competitive season, multiple supreme show champion Roulette, New Zealand National 5YO Showjumping Series 3rd= and 6th placegetters in Mind Games and Metropolitan respectively, and Raimius SL, which finished 3rd overall in the preliminary section of the 2006 National Dressage Championships.
Ramirez is a registered and branded Holsteiner with the German Verband, and is licensed and classified with the NZ Warmblood Association and the Holsteiner Association of Australia and New Zealand.
Ramirez’s move to the South Island coincided with his oldest progeny’s successes and he attracted a strong following from breeders in his first season at Astek, with interest even coming from across the Tasman.
With his arrival however, Sue and Diana felt they had no option but to sell their first warmblood stallion Immenhof Castello.
Although he had his supporters, of the two, Ramirez’s pedigree coupled with his star presence always stole the show with prospective breeders, says Sue. “We have been impressed by Ramirez, who produces very upstanding, correct conformation, flowing movement and kind, inquisitive temperaments.”
Sue says with the stallion side of the operation taken care of recent attention has concentrated on improving their broodmare band.
In purchasing mares Sue and Diana have placed the ultimate importance on temperament followed by body type, movement, versatility and performance history. They have bought a mixture of stamina-bred New Zealand thoroughbreds and quality warmbloods. They include the likes of Canterbury Tales (TB), a full-sister to the multiple stakeswinner Canterbury Belle, Evolution by Aachen, Queensland 6 yr old Showjumper of the year and Kinnordy Ghandia whose full-sister Genoa, has recently been named as Australian Showjumper of the Year. Kinnordy Gabriela dam of Kinnordy Gym Bello and numerous dressage and show jumping stars. Rangeview Natasha, Spectacular Dreams and Vienna SL and many more!
Now with Astek Quatermaster and SWE Dempsey's bloodlines added to the stallion line up the stars the limit on future possibilities.
Astek Stud will help you choose your next "Very Special Horse"
Sue Fowler
VISIT 230 Manderville Road, R D 2, Kaiapoi, 7692
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MARCH 2009 FORECAST
© 2009 by Richard Nolle
last revised FEB 28, 2009
If you were expecting some kind of sun sign nonsense, forget about it. This is real astrology for the real world. If it's real astrology for yourself that you want, you can get it by phone or in print. And if you need help deciphering the astrological glyphs in the graphics accompanying this article, see Astroglyphs: Astrological Symbols Guide. Please note: this forecast is expressed in terms of Universal Time (UT). Also please be aware that, while I never change a forecast once it's published, I do post errata to acknowledge typographical errors and the like.
In my beginning is my end.
-- T. S. Elliot
So much happening in March! ThereÂ’s Mars passing over the degree of the August 16, 2008 lunar eclipse on the 7th and aligning with Neptune the following day, the Venus station on the 8th and the Sun-Saturn opposition a couple days later, VenusÂ’ inferior conjunction with the Sun on the 27th and MercuryÂ’s superior conjunction with Sol on the 31st . . . not to mention that Pluto is within about a quarter degree of its April 4 retrograde station throughout March, and Mars within a few degrees of its April 5 opposition to Saturn as March draws to a close.
All in all, March looks a bit easier than February in many respects. A glimmer of hope in the midst of a global financial meltdown, maybe the start of a realization that this is as fundamental a transition in the economic life of humanity as the Industrial Revolution was: hugely disruptive while weÂ’re going through it, but the foundation of a transformed civilization when all the dust settles. The turbulence is years from abating, as IÂ’ve written in my annual forecasts since 2005. But, with reference to my analogy of the soufflé settling, weÂ’re coming out of one of the great settlings (last monthÂ’s Saturn-Uranus opposition). Now the collapse by degrees should ease for a time, as the March-April bear market rally reflects a temporary change in mass psychology. Use this time to prepare for the next shock to the global financial system, due possibly as early as late July and certainly by early October – probably around mid-September, when the third in the 2008-2010 series of five Saturn-Uranus oppositions takes place.
February’s collapse in the equity markets was plainly foretold in last month’s forecast: "Panic in the markets, panic in the streets, people in need of rescue, just a whiff of revolution in the air . . . that’s what this alignment is all about . . . I always caution clients not to make a fetish of exact aspect dates as event timers, and so I won’t pin the February market blow-off on the date of the February 5 exact Saturn-Uranus opposition or the lunar eclipse on the 9th . . . in any case this isn’t the big smash-up of 2009, which is due in the fall. But it’s a time to get out of the way of the charging bear before it’s too late, I suspect. I’m not a financial adviser, so I won’t presume to tell anyone what to do. I know what I’ll do, though: get out of the way. There’s time to jump back in later, in the sense that another bear market rally is due from March-April until sometime this summer." Now that March is here, I believe the bottom (for now) is near – perhaps already behind us, but I don’t think so.
In phone consultations for several months now, I’ve been telling clients who ask that I expect the February down-leg should take the Dow to around 7,000, give or take a couple hundred points. We’re in the target zone as I write this. As the equities bottom out, gold should top off and start to decline, setting up a buying opportunity. (Who’d have thought gold at $900 an ounce would be cheap? The time will come when it’ll be cheap at twice the price.) There should be room for a 10-20% bear rally in the equity markets starting this month (or April at the latest), and continuing into the summer – probably late summer, as mentioned above. Then comes what is likely to be the steepest fall in equities this year, something in the neighborhood of 40-50% - down to around 5,000 on the Dow Jones Industrials, for example; again, give or take a couple hundred points.
What will set off this next market panic is the same thing that has set them all off. ItÂ’s fashionable to blame sub-prime lenders or borrowers, greedy bankers and brokers, this political party or that . . . theyÂ’re all only incidental. The real cause is a broken - dare I say fraudulent? - worldwide monetary system and economy, coupled with an historic change in civilization akin to the Industrial Revolution. Having described this in some detail in my annual forecasts for the last several years, IÂ’ll refer you to them for some perspective on whatÂ’s happening.
More immediately, now that all this has come to pass on schedule, it’s time to start getting ready for what lies ahead. Much is out of our hands of course. But it wouldn’t hurt to make some practical preparations. In an email heads-up to many of my clients last month, I posed the question I urge you to consider now: What would you do if banks, ATMs, credit cards and debit cards all quit working? How comfortable would you be if this happened, and lasted for a few days, a few weeks – or, heaven forbid, a few months? What if the water, gas and electric utilities quit working – for a few days, weeks or months? I’m not saying this is likely to affect everyone, but late summer into early fall of 2009 could bring more than a few people face-to-face with challenges of this sort.
A lot of us are having a hard enough time just getting by nowadays, let alone trying to set aside something extra for emergencies. But any preparation is better than none at all. And if it turns out a few months down the road that you don’t need some stockpiled extras in the way of cash, bottled water, canned goods and such – well, better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it. (Here’s hoping we won’t need it!)
I know some people – but not many – who are realistically prepared for not only the worst case scenario described above, but for the darker implications. I even know a few who are ready to weather the Apocalypse, as far as that goes. Most of us aren’t; most of us can’t be. The worst case scenario will happen here and there, but it won’t be universal. Anything we can do to weather an interruption in the goods, services and facilities we take for granted will be a plus in a lot of ways – and not just if the worst case scenario comes to pass around the corner. Don’t go Chicken Little on me! Stock up on essentials like cash and food (e.g. canned goods and big bags of rice etc.), water and some sort of back-up energy resource . . . things the US Department of Homeland Security recommends you should have on hand anyway. (And don’t forget extras for things like prescriptions and pet supplies, if they’re part of your life.) Just don’t go buying a bazooka, digging out a bunker and setting up a machine gun nest, for heaven’s sake: prudence and fanaticism are poles apart. Calmly preparing is about as far from panic as anything can be. Panic is what happens if the worst comes to pass and we haven’t prepared.
IÂ’m no Cassandra, but IÂ’m no Pollyanna either. IÂ’ve had some friends and clients take me to task for sounding too dire, and others tell me that IÂ’m doing people a disservice by trying to present a calm and reasoned analysis rather than issuing a shrill "to the barricades" clarion call. IÂ’ve learned that some people will pick out the worst prospects in what I say and write, while others will ignore it all; much as some have saved their retirement by getting out of equities as guided by my forecasts, while others have suffered huge losses. With the Venus intersolar cycle continuing throughout March, hitched up by the retrograde station on the 6th and the inferior conjunction on the 27th, I figure thereÂ’s a glimmer of hope that buoys up mass psychology for a time. Ironically, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben BernankeÂ’s late February forecast of an economic recovery beginning as early as the third quarter this year came with Venus just over a degree from its March 6 station point. This is the kind of pullback from the abyss that IÂ’m talking about. I figure it wonÂ’t last, but it will for a time dispel some of the gloom and doom that now runs rampant around the world. Make hay while the sun shines.
It helps a little that there are no SuperMoons or eclipses this month, which should mean a relative scarcity in the way of the most momentous geophysical disturbances. IÂ’m not saying March will be completely lacking in strong storms with high winds and heavy precipitation, or that there will be no major seismic activity; only that this shouldnÂ’t be the worst month of the year in these departments. Humanity could do without Mother Nature kicking us while weÂ’re down, and March is a bit of a breather in that respect.
What disturbances there will be – severe storms and moderate to severe seismic activity (including magnitude 5+ earthquakes and volcanic eruptions) are likeliest to crop up from the 3rd through the 14th, the 17th through the 20th, and the 23rd through the end of the month. Again, I expect these to be newsworthy, but not world-shaking. They will accompany a fairly nondescript string of geocosmic storm signs, concentrated around the Moon’s north declination peak on the 4th, the lunar perigee on the 7th, the full Moon and southward lunar equatorial crossing on the 11th, the extreme southern Moon on the 18th, the northward lunar equatorial crossing on the 25th and the new moon the following day, and the very end of the month (in advance of the northern lunar extreme on April 1 and lunar perigee the following day). Stocking your emergency kit for such as these can be a running start (or supplement to) the kind of stockpile mentioned earlier. I figure the strongest tides are tugging on Earth’s crust, skies and seas around the 7th, 11th and 26th in particular, give or take a day or two. Eastern Australia, Papua New Guinea and Japan are among the top astro-locality hot zones around the 11th, while eastern China, the Philippines, Indonesia, western Australia and a longitudinal arc from Nova Scotia down through central South America stand out around the 26th.
Last month’s forecast advised you to expect more than one "Freaky Friday" – the day that US federal bank regulators customarily seize insolvent banks. There were several of these in fact; not including the quasi-nationalization of Citigroup, once America’s biggest bank, on February’s final Friday. This will be an ongoing spectacle, make no mistake about it (the 6th and 27th in particular look shaky); but the biggest bang in this department is set for late summer into early fall. The problem is that all the banks’ assets are really liabilities, which is why they can’t loan much. Few people are willing to borrow, for the same reason. The monetary system itself is toxic, is the problem.
I mentioned a couple of notable March Red Planet transits earlier: Mars passing over the degree of the August 16, 2008 lunar eclipse on the 7th and aligning with Neptune the following day, and coming within a few degrees of its April 5 opposition to Saturn as March draws to a close. Although not as widespread as FebruaryÂ’s Mars action, these are still warning signs of a heightened potential for violence, irritability, haste, recklessness, confrontation and conflict. From crashes, fires and explosions to criminality, riots and terrorism to outright military clashes, thereÂ’s a stirring in the blood that leads to a spilling of the red stuff, when the Red Planet makes alignments of the sort we saw on and off throughout most of February, and in a more sporadic way this month. Think safety, take a deep breath, get a grip and count to ten; steer clear of the sort of places where trouble is likely to strike. Aside from the exact aspect dates cited here, I think itÂ’s wise to be on guard from a few days before to a few days after in each case: March 2-15 and from the 30th into next month, in other words. (The Red PlanetÂ’s opposition to Saturn on April 5 segues into a conjunction with Uranus on the 15th, making for a tense stretch from the 1st through the 23rd of the month.)
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What Is The A-Team?
The A-Team was a hit television show from the mid-1980's. It was about a crack commando unit who were wrongly accused of a crime they did not commit.
In the show The A-Team help people who are faced by individuals out to hurt or kill them. The A-Team is pursued by the military who want to capture the A-Team to bring them to trial for the crimes they didn't commit.
The A-Team is made up of four main characters, the leader being Hannibal Smith (played by the late George Peppard), B.A. Baracus (played by Mr T.), Templeton 'Face Man' Peck (played by Dirk Benedict) and Howling Mad Murdock (played by Dwight Schultz).
The show spanned five seasons and during the first four the A-Team are on the run from the military, but for the fifth season they are captured and sent on 'suicide' missions.
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30 Jun 2019Blu-Ray - Signed, Limited Editon
The full series has previously been released on Blu-Ray by Fabulous Film. There is now a limited edition version being released on 10th September 2019.
Limited to just 1,000 copies, this special edition contains an world wide exclusive numbered collector’s card individually hand signed by Dirk Benedict and Dwight Schultz.
Audio commentary on selected episodes by Dirk Benedict and Dwight Schultz. This collector’s edition also contains five behind the scenes featurettes from the audio commentary session with Dirk and Dwight
Season 1 Episode 3 Pros and Cons
Season 2 Episodes 5 and 6 When You Coming' Back Range Rider Parts 1 and 2
Season 4 Episodes 1 and 2 Judgement Day Parts 1 and 2
Season 4 Episode 16 Cowboy George
Season 4 Episode 17 Waiting For Insane Wayne
5 exclusive featurettes with Dirk and Dwight discussing The Show, Stunts, Girls, Guest Stars and Cylon's.
"Rumours of Soldiers of Fortune" - An Interview with Creator/Producer Stephen J Cannell and The Great 80's TV Flashback
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28 Aug 2018Update - August 2018
Updating main episode guide.
Updated games and addons.
Added quotes.
Added photos to gallery.
Added web links.
Added Hannibal disguises in the Hannibal Smith section.
28 Jul 2017A-Team On UK Television
A-Team currently airing on Spike TV. Freeview channel 31.
First time for years since A-Team was on free-to-air television in the UK.
http://www.channel5.com/show/the-a-team/
4 Dec 2016Support Lego Van Project
Check out this site, they are looking for people to support the Lego A-Team van design. If enough people vote for it Lego produce it.
Support The A-Team van Lego project
11 Nov 2016Robert Vaughn - Rest In Peace
Robert Vaughn who joined The A-Team in season 5 and played the character General Stockwell has died today aged 83 years.
Robert Vaughn also starred in many great movies and television series.
General Stockwell / Robert Vaughn
25 Oct 2016Blu-Ray - £89.99
Available at Zavii for £89.99. Quite a saving on the original £150.
Using code WELCOME as new customer you can get an additional £9 off.
http://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/the-a-team-...s/11342811.html
26 Sep 2016Fabulous Films Answer A Couple Of Blu-Ray Questions
> Are the episodes released the same as the originally aired NBC episodes. Just wondering if some songs, etc have been removed like we have noticed with some other episode releases?
THE EPISODES HAVE BEEN RESTORED BY NBC UNIVERSAL PRIMARILY FOR DIGITAL USE. AS FAR AS WE ARE AWARE THEY HAVE GONE BACK TO THE 35MM MASTERS AND THEY DO LOOK INCREDIBLE. WHEN WE LICENSE A SHOW WE ARE GIVEN WHAT THEY LABEL 'DISTRIBUTION MASTERS'. THIS BASICALLY MEANS THEY ARE IN A POSITION TO DISTRIBUTE THEM LEGALLY. AS FAR AS WE ARE AWARE THEY ARE THE ORIGINAL BROADCAST MASTERS WITHOUT EDITS. WE ARE ASSUMING THE MUSIC IS ORIGINAL. WE DONT HAVE ACCESS TO ANY OF THAT INFORMATION. I AM SURE SOME 'FANS' WILL LET US KNOW BY LEAVING US 1 OUT OF 5 ON AMAZON FOR IT THOUGH
> Can you give us some information on the restoration process that is required to bring an old television series up-to-date?
AS FAR AS I AM AWARE THE SAME PROCESS APPLIES TO THE ENTIRE LIBRARY RESTORATION HAPPENING AT NBC. THEY SOURCE THE ORIGINAL 35 NEGATIVE AND DO HD SCANS WHICH THEN HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HAND TOUCHING FOR DIRT AND SCRATCHES
> Is the audio upgraded from the original release?
IT IS THE ORIGINAL 2.0 DOLBY MIX
> Are the extra features going to be in high definition too?
SADLY NO, THE MATERIALS DO NOT EXIST TO CREATE HD VERSIONS
> Do you have any screenshots, trailers or image samples available of the new release?
YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE THE QUALITY IF YOU FIND THE MASTERS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY BEING USED DIGITALLY. THEY DO LOOK IMPRESSIVE....I AM SURE YOU WILL AGREE
Thanks to Richard Walker of Fabulous Films.
12 Sep 2016Blu-Ray Release
The original A-Team series will finally be released on Blu-Ray in the UK on October 17th. Current retail cost is £149.99.
This includes the full season 1-5 over 22 discs as well as a couple of small special features.
British label Fabulous Films has announced that it will release on Blu-ray The A-Team: The Complete Series. The 22-disc Blu-ray box set will be available for purchase on October 17.
Synopsis: Sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit, these four commandos escaped from a maximum-security stockade and now survive in the Los Angeles underground as soldiers of fortune. Join B.A, Hannibal, Murdock and Face in all 97 episodes from all 5 seasons of this groundbreaking show, now fully restored and in high-definition.
So, if you have a problem and there's no one else who can help, and if you think you can find them, maybe you can hire The A-Team. Starring George Peppard, Dwight Schultz, Mr. T, and Dirk Benedict.
Episodes directed by: Michael O'Herlihy, Dennis Donnelly, Craig R. Baxley, David Hemmings, Tony Mordente, Arnold Laven, Christian I. Nyby II, Ron Satlof, Sidney Hayers, Gilbert M. Shilton, Bruce Kessler, Guy Magar, Bernard McEveety, Chuck Bowman, Rod Holcomb, Ivan Dixon, James Fargo, Michael Vejar, Nicholas Sgarro, Bob Bralver, James Darren, Les Sheldon, John Peter Kousakis.
Rumours of Soldiers of Fortune: Interview with Stephen J. Cannell
The Great 80's TV Flashback
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19 Jul 2015Mythbusters - The A-Team Special
Adam and Jamie test myths related to the '80s TV series, "The A-Team."
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/videos/a-team-special/
Can you build a propane-powered log cannon with tools found in any lumber yard?
Does putting dynamite under a manhole cover reduce its lethality?
19 Jul 2015Everything Wrong With The A-Team In 16 Minutes Or Less
A run down of all the wrong things about the movie.
Updated today : Episode guide, minor updates.
30 Jan 2013A-Team 30 Years Old!
Wow, hard to believe, but it has been 30 years since the pilot episode 'Mexican Slayride' was first shown on television.
Happy 30th birthday.
Also regarding updates, quotes are being added frequently as well as various updates to the new episode guide.
28 Sep 2012RIP Lance LeGault
Sad news, Lance LeGault passed away on 10th September 2012. For many of us he was our favorite A-Team nemesis.
Veteran actor and Loving Father Lance LeGault has passed away peacefully in the comfort of his Los Angeles Home, surrounded by his family on September 10, 2012 at 12:30pm. Lance was born in Chillicothe, IL an orphan and had a defining childhood which made him the great man he is. At the age of 13 he was working on the railroads which led up to his first break on the screen as an extra in a John Wayne film. John Wayne was so pleased with Lance and his ability to be a real cowboy, he told Lance he should move to California. Lance also a musician started playing music in night clubs in Las Vegas and in Los Angeles opening for Sinatra himself. He then later attracted a very well known musician 'The King of Rock and Roll' Elvis Presley. Lance played many shows with Elvis and Doubled him in several movies like Kissing Cousins, Viva Las Vegas and Roustabout to name a few.
Lance played several Characters in TV series through the 70's, but in 78' he landed the role of Vince in COMA with Michael Douglas. The Incredible Hulk, Captain America and Battlestar Galatica followed COMA into the early 80's. Making a name for himself as a tough SOB Playing Colonel Glass in the hit movie Stripes starring John Candy, and Bill Murray. Glen Larson creator of Knight Rider once described his voice as four octaves lower than God's. Known for his deep, low, gravely voice that earned himself roles in Airwolf as D.G Bogard, Iron Eagle, and Colonel Roderick Decker in The hit series The A-TEAM. In addition, Lance has done voice work for commercials such as (Burger King, Dodge, Pace Picante, 7up) cartoons and videogames as well as the narrator of the tour audiotape for Elvis Presley's Graceland Mansion and Museum in Memphis, Tennessee.
Lance LeGault's final appearance will be seen in the upcoming comedy starring Paul Rudd in 2013 titled Prince Avalanche. Lance was married for 35 years to Teresa LeGault and had 4 children together. Mary 25yrs, the oldest of the 4 an actor, Marcus 23yrs, a Mathematics Major graduate from Master's College, Teresa D. 16yrs, a junior in High School that plays volleyball and youngest Lance E. 14yrs, a High School freshman and football player.
Memorial Service will be heard Saturday Sep. 22nd 2012 at 1:00pm: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, in Hollywood Hills.
Source : www.LanceLeGault.com
23 Dec 2011Merry Christmas And A Happy 2012
The A-Team Resource Page wishes you a merry Christmas and all the best for 2012. Hopefully in the new year we will have more time to update the site fully now the backend seems to be working well.
25 Oct 2011Episode Guide
Maybe not much is happening on the index page for the site, but behind the scenes i am working hard on the A-Team episode guide. You can check out the work in progress here : Episode Guide
I am hoping also to add pictures for every episode eventually and also quotes from every episode too. If anyone wants to help out please let me know either by email or via the site discussion link.
Even if you want to submit episode reviews, anything is welcome.
10 Oct 2011RIP Charles Napier
Charles Napier played the role of Colonel Briggs. He passed away of Wednesday October 5th 2011. Rest in peace.
His obituary is here : http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x7...-man-dies-at-75
15 Aug 2011A-Team Resource Asks Dirk Benedict Three Questions
Here are a few questions that i was able to ask Dirk Benedict. This was done with the help of Tracy from Dirk Benedict Central these questions were asked in 2002.
What is your favorite memory from your time spent on the set of the A-Team?
"They day they fired Melinda Culea. Just Kidding. My favorite memory is the first day I worked on the show (I wasn't in the pilot) and George Peppard was watching me work and after a scene he came up to me and said,"Great. I'm glad you are here. Now we have a hit." Incidentally, he was never that nice to me again."
Which person did you get along with most, George Peppard, Mr T or Dwight Schultz, why?
"Got along with all of them. Loved all of them. But Dwight and I became and remain very close. I respect him on many levels. As an actor, intellect, father and most of all for his passion for life. A difficult guy to be around as his very presence challenges you. Rare. And wonderful."
If you are not playing the part of Face Man in the new A-Team movie, who would you choose?
"I will not be playing the part of Face Man. That I can guarantee. They would rather have Brandon de Wilde (and he's dead.) than me. I can't think of anyone. Mel Gibson would have been great but he and I look the same age and so asume he is now too old in studio's eyes. Owen Wilson comes to mind. And one of the actors from Friends TV show, can't remember his name.
The one who got married on the show. Tallest of the bunch. Name escapes me. Not the slouchy one, or the one with the spikey hair, think his name is Mathew Perry, but then it might be the "other" one. Brad Pitt is not good enough at light comedy. George Clooney is too self confident. Faceman was always "off balance" and considered himself to be better at everything than he actually was. A basic low self esteem issue. A (very) young James Garner would be perfect. Better yet, Jack Lemon."
10 Aug 2011Polls + YouTube Clips
You can now take part in the polls on this site too. Vote for your favourite episode, cast member here. Note you have to be a registered member to cast your vote.
I have also added a load of A-Team related clips, interviews, adverts, etc to the video gallery.
If you know of more please add them using the YouTube BB Code.
[ YOUTUBE ] MOVIE ID [ /YOUTUBE ]
Above without the spaces.
28 Jul 2011The Gallery
The gallery contains loads of A-Team pictures. We now have nearly 500 images uploaded and many more to come. Here are a few of the best ones:
12 Jul 2011YouTube Channel Added!
The A-Team Resource page is now on YouTube. Visit it today and see some of our favorite YouTube videos. There are hours worth of A-Team related movies on YouTube.
There is also a link at the bottom of everypage.
9 Jul 2011Liam Neeson On Possibility Of The A-Team Movie Having A Sequel
From DVD & Blu-Ray Review Summer 2011 Issue
You made The A-Team last year. Will there be a sequel?
"I don't think there is going to be. But i'd love to do one. It was a fun ride, and it wasn't as hammy as the series, which was a good thing. But the powers that be released it during the World Cup, which was very insprired..."
I thought the movie was great, i would love to see a sequel too, but unfortunately the box office receipts will probably mean that we won't see another.
17 Jun 2011Season Boxsets
The A-Team complete season boxsets were updated in 2010. I think you will agree that the new design is much better.
6 Jun 2011Worlds Craziest Fools
Premiers tonight (6th June 2011) on BBC 3 in the UK. This is a ten part series containing clips of people being stupid!
Mr T takes a look at some of the craziest clips from around the world. Watch as tyres, alcohol, and people's general stupidity lead to some very funny accidents.
Have watched the first couple of episodes and the clips are really funny. Mr T makes a good host too and there are a few A-Team related comments too.
Official BBC Webpage - Watch episodes and clips online.
30 May 2011We Are Back!
Welcome to the new A-Team Resource Page. As you can see it is still a work in progress.
There is still lots of information to be added, but we will get there in the end.
New members are welcome to register and submit comments and hopefully more interactive features will be enabled in the future.
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London Bridge Stabbing: Two Victims Killed, Attack Considered Terrorist Incident
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As of Friday afternoon, two victims were killed in an apparent terror incident. According to authorities, two victims and three others were injured after a stabbing took place near the London Bridge on Friday, Nov. 29. Two people, separate from the attacker, were also killed in the incident, according to a BBC News report citing government officials.
British police shot and killed a terrorist attacker on top of the London Bridge on Friday, Nov 29. This horrifying incident left one person dead and several others injured, according to a separate Fox News report. Police later confirmed that the stabbing was a terrorist-related incident. One male suspect was caught and shot by police. He later died at the scene, according to authorities.
Scotland Yard said that first responders raced to “a stabbing at premises near to London Bridge” just before 2 p.m. local time. At least five people were injured during that time. One of the injured victims was seen being held by police following the attack. Several media outlets also reported that two other victims were in serious conditions. However, news reports have been conflicting throughout the day.
Original reports also suggested that the attacker was wearing a suicide vest, but it turned out to be a hoax device. The motive for this incident is unknown. Tor Caldwell and Patrick Brown were just two of the witnesses who happened to be traveling on the bridge on a bus at the time of the incident. They told ABC News that they “saw some commotion out the side of the bus,” and then later heard shots.
“People on the street were running,” according to Caldwell. Then a police officer evacuated the bus and told the passengers to run for their lives, Caldwell said.
“It was pretty scary because we didn’t know what was going on,” Brown added. This caused authorities to close off the iconic London Bridge located in central London as well as the nearby Borough Market. According to London’s Metropolitan Police Service, it’s “enhancing police patrols” in the area in eye of the attack.
“We urge the public to remain clam, but be alert and vigilant,” the police officials tweeted. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the attack “appalling” on Twitter. He also tweeted, “All my thoughts are with the victims and their families.”
Johnson later told reporters, “I can assure you that anyone involved in this attack will be hunted down and brought to justice.” London Mayor Sadiq Khan told reporters that the city would “stay resolute in our determination to stand strong and united in the face of terror.” Khan also released a statement on Friday addressing the London Bridge incident on Twitter.
The last time a terrorist-related incident happened was back in June 2017 when a group of attackers plowed and killed eight people with a van on London Bridge. The attackers later went to Borough Market where they stabbed several others. The area remains closed by authorities for safety reasons.
"Due to reports that the suspect may have had an explosive device, specialist offices also attended the scene and wide cordons are in place to ensure there remains no further danger to the public," Commissioner Neil Basu said during a news conference. "However, I can confirm at this time, we believe a device that was strapped to the body of the suspect is a hoax explosive device. Officers continue to carry out meticulous searches in the area to ensure there is no outstanding threat to the public."
The news of a lockdown and a stabbing that took place caused mass panic with many running to safety or looking for a shelter. National Rail announced that the London Bridge Station has since reopened since it was on lockdown earlier on that day. This terrorist incident comes after the national terrorist level has lowered from “severe” to substantial, according to a report from the Guardian.
During the same time on Friday, intelligent sources told Fox News that ISIS propagandists released images that showed ISIS supporters pledging allegiance to the group’s efforts. According to the media outlet, the images could likely be stills from a video that was made from a group of ISIS supporters. But these images haven’t been confirmed. It also hasn’t been revealed if the London Bridge attack on Friday was actually carried out by an ISIS supporter.
The incident is still ongoing as police are investigating. Check back with AllMediaNY for the latest updates on the London Bridge stabbing.
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Fifi Bijoux: an interview with luxury ethical jewellery designer Vivien Johnston
Vivien Johnston is a pioneer of ethical luxury jewellery design - since she set up the British Ethical Jewellery Association so much has happened. Here's an extract of her interview in Amelia's Compendium of Fashion Illustration.
Rutile quartz jewellery by Fifi Bijoux. Illustrated by Abby Wright.
I first encountered Fifi Bijoux at London Fashion Week a few years ago, look symptoms and we subsequently interviewed her for the print version of Amelia’s Magazine. Since then she’s achieved an amazing amount in ethical jewellery production…
You were one of the first jewellery designers to take an ethical stance on manufacturing of high end jewellery in the UK. What have you achieved?
I set up the British Ethical Jewellery Association to create a set of auditable ethical standards for the industry. This has since been superseded by the ethics working committee of the National Association of Goldsmiths which has adopted the same aims, approved medications helping to enable relationships between jewellers and small-scale mining projects. NAG has nearly a thousand members, pills so it is the perfect platform to achieve our aim of supporting jewellers in the UK to lead the way in adopting ethical sourcing as a core business value. In the UK there is a real will to embrace better ethical practices and a fairtraded logo for jewellery will be agreed on shortly.
Have you seen much change in the industry since you started Fifi Bijoux?
The most remarkable change has come from gem and diamond-producing countries such as Tanzania, Madagascar and Namibia, who are now cutting and polishing the gems before export. This represents a huge shift in technical skills and economics since a large percentage of a gem’s value is added at this stage. The lapidary art of stone cutting requires a high degree of technical and scientific expertise in order to create the sophisticated facets expected by western customers, and this can be provided by modern lasers. Gravity mining provides a relatively low impact solution for gold extraction. It is really important that producers in developing countries are able to access markets and this is where organisations such as the Fairtrade Foundation and membership bodies like NAG can create quantum shifts; an individual jeweller may struggle with the process of sourcing gold, exporting it from a developing country, refining it and processing it into a usable material to create jewellery. However, by acting collectively with support resources in place, this becomes considerably less daunting.
Read the rest of this interview with Fifi Bijoux in Amelia’s Compendium of Fashion Illustration, alongside interviews with 44 other ethical fashion designers and 30 fabulous fashion illustrators. You can buy the book here.
Written by Amelia Gregory on Thursday January 20th, 2011 10:26 am
Abby Wright, ACOFI, Amelia's Compendium of Fashion Illustration, British Ethical Jewellery Association, Eco fashion, Ethical Fashion, Fairtrade Foundation, Fifi Bijoux, Gold, Gold Mining, Gravity Mining, jewellery, Madagascar, NAG, Namibia, National Association of Goldsmiths, Rutile quartz, Tanzania, Vivien Johnston
Green Gold, the Supermodel and the Blood Diamond – a fabulous tale of ethical jewellery
Competition: Ada Zanditon for Ingle and Rhode to celebrate the launch of Fairtrade Gold
By Stamo: a taster interview with ethical fashion designer Elisabeth Stamo
Kattri: an interview with jewellery designer Amanda Gerbasi
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Catherine Hakim
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Journalism and Broadcasting
Contributions to Edited Volumes
‘The sugar in his tea: sexuality, patriarchy and sexual politics’, and ‘A response to comments: The modern significance of sexuality – and the sex drive’, reply to four comments by Marzio Barbagli, Rosella Ghigi, Roger Friedland and Eric Anderson, Sociologica, 3/2016, doi: 10.2383/85805 and doi: 10.2383/85810, available free on www.Sociologica.Mulino.it.
‘Economies of desire: Sexuality and the sex industry in the 21st century’, Economic Affairs, 35(3): 329-348, October 2015.
‘The male sexual deficit: a social fact of the 21st century’, International Sociology, 30(3): 314-335, May 2015.
‘Beauty, intelligence and height: the black holes of sociology’, Sociologica, 2/2013, doi: 10.2383/74857 available free on www.Sociologica.mulino.it
‘The ethics of beauty and style: the value of erotic capital’ , Critical Studies in Fashion and Beauty, 2(1+2): 249-253, March 2012.
Feminist Myths and Magic Medicine, London: Centre for Policy Studies, January 2011.
‘Erotic capital’, European Sociological Review, 26(5): 499-518, October 2010.
‘(How) can social policy and fiscal policy recognise unpaid family work?’, Renewal, 18: 23-33, May 2010.
‘Is gender equality legislation becoming counter-productive?’, Public Policy Research, 15: 133-136, September 2008.
‘Diversity in tastes, values and preferences: Comment on Jonung and Stahlberg’, Economic Journal Watch, 5: 204-218, May 2008.
‘Feminism, research evidence and the politics of work-life balance’, Tidsskriftet Politik, special issue on The Politics of Gender Equality, Denmark, spring 2007.
‘Dancing with the devil? Essentialism and other feminist heresies’, British Journal of Sociology, 58: 123-132, March 2007.
‘Women, careers, and work-life preferences’, British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, special issue edited by Amal Al-Sawad and Laurie Cohen, 34: 279-294, August 2006. Reprinted 2006 in Hungarian Journal Tudás Menedzsment
`The search for equality’ (review article), Work and Occupations, 30: 401-411, November 2003.
`Public morality versus personal choice: the failure of social attitude surveys’, British Journal of Sociology, 54: 339-45, September 2003.
`A new approach to explaining fertility patterns: preference theory’, Population and Development Review, 29: 349-74, September 2003.
`Competing family models, competing social policies’, Family Matters, 64: 51-61, May 2003.
`Lifestyle preferences as determinants of women’s differentiated labour market careers’, Work and Occupations, 29: 428-459, November 2002.
`Taking women seriously’, People and Place, 9: 1-6, December 2001, Australia: Monash University Centre for Population and Urban Research.
`Les femmes obtiennent-elles ce qu’elles veulent ou se contentent-elles de ce qu’on leur propose?’ (Do women get what they want, or accept what they are given?), Revue de l’OFCE – Observations et Diagnostics Economiques, No. 77: 297-306, April 2001, Paris: Observatoire Francais des Conjonctures Economiques. Reprinted July 2001 in Problèmes Economiques, No. 2721: 25-28.
`Models of the family, women’s role and social policy: a new perspective from Preference Theory’, European Societies, 1: 25-50, April 1999.
`The expansion of women’s part-time work in modern societies: a new perspective’, Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, 4: 561-576, December 1998.
`Developing a sociology for the 21st century: Preference Theory’, British Journal of Sociology, 49: 150-162, March 1998.
`Labour mobility and employment stability: rhetoric and reality on the sex differential in labour market behaviour’, European Sociological Review, 12: 1-31, May 1996.
`The sexual division of labour and women’s heterogeneity’, British Journal of Sociology, 47: 178-188, March 1996.
`1991 Census SARs: opportunities and pitfalls in the labour market data’, Work, Employment and Society, 9: 569-582, September 1995.
`Five feminist myths about women’s employment’, British Journal of Sociology, 46: 429-455, September 1995. Reprinted pages 11-37 in Women and Management (eds) C Gatrell, C L Cooper and E E Kossek, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2010.
`A century of change in occupational segregation 1891-1991′, Journal of Historical Sociology, 7: 435-454, December 1994.
`Using the LS and the SARs in the context of research on occupational change’, The OPCS Longitudinal Study Update, No. 8: 7-13, June 1994.
`Segregated and integrated occupations: a new framework for analysing social change’, European Sociological Review, 9: 289-314, December 1993.
`Refocusing research on occupational segregation: reply to Watts’, European Sociological Review, 9: 321-324, December 1993.
`The myth of rising female employment’, Work, Employment and Society, 7: 97-120, March 1993.
`Explaining trends in occupational segregation: the measurement, causes and consequences of the sexual division of labour’, European Sociological Review, 8: 127-152, September 1992.
`Grateful slaves and self-made women: fact and fantasy in women’s work orientations’, European Sociological Review, 7: 101-121, September 1991.
`Cross-national comparative research on the European Community: the EC Labour Force Surveys’, Work, Employment and Society, 5: 101-117, March 1991.
`Core and periphery in employers’ workforce strategies: evidence from the 1987 ELUS survey’, Work, Employment and Society, 4: 157-188, June 1990.
`Workforce restructuring in Europe in the 1980s’, International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations, 5, part 4: 167-203, March 1990.
Barriers to Business Start-Up: A study of the flow into and out of self-employment, Research Paper No. 71, London: Department of Employment, January 1990 (with others).
`Workforce restructuring, social insurance coverage and the black economy’, Journal of Social Policy, 18: 471-503, October 1989.
`Employment rights: a comparison of part-time and full-time employees’, Industrial Law Journal, 18: 69-83, June 1989.
`New recruits to self-employment in the 1980s’, Employment Gazette, 97: 286-297, June 1989.
`Identifying fast growth small firms’, Employment Gazette, 97: 29-41, January 1989.
`Self-employment in Britain: recent trends and current issues’, Work, Employment and Society, 2: 421-450, December 1988.
`Women at work: recent research on women’s employment’, review article, Work, Employment and Society, 2: 103-113, March 1988.
`Trends in the flexible workforce’, Employment Gazette, 95: 549-560, November 1987. Reprinted in Restructuring Britain, Course D314 Supplementary Readings, Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 1989.
`Homeworking in Britain: key findings from the national survey of home-based workers’, Employment Gazette, 95: 92-104, February 1987. Reprinted in On Work (ed) Ray Pahl, 1988, Blackwell.
`Employers’ use of homework, outwork and freelances’, Employment Gazette, 92: 144-150, April 1984.
`Homework and outwork: national estimates from two surveys’, Employment Gazette, 92: 7-12, January 1984.
`Research based on administrative records’, Sociological Review, 31: 489-519, August 1983.
`The social consequences of high unemployment’, Journal of Social Policy, 11: 433-467, October 1982.
`Homeworking in the London clothing industry’, Employment Gazette, 90: 369-376, September 1982.
`Secondary analysis and the relationship between official and academic social research’, Sociology, 16: 12-28, February 1982. Reprinted 2012 in SAGE Secondary Data Analysis (ed) John Goodwin, London: Sage.
`Job segregation: trends in the 1970s’, Employment Gazette, 89: 521-529, December 1981.
`Integrated social data systems: the role of household censuses and surveys as sources of social, demographic and manpower data in Britain’, Social Science Information Studies, pp 13-21, October 1980.
`Homeworking: some new evidence’, Employment Gazette, 88: 1105-1110, October 1980.
`Census reports as documentary evidence: the census commentaries 1801-1951′, Sociological Review, 28: 551-580, August 1980.
`Social aspects of employment: data for policy research’, Journal of Social Policy, 9: 77-98, January 1980.
`The population census and its by-products: databases for research’, International Social Science Journal, 31: 343-352, April 1979 (English, French and Spanish editions). Spanish translation reprinted in United Nations Comisión Económica para America Latina (CEPAL) Boletín de Actividades de Censos de Población y Habitación, No. 6, June 1980, Santiago, pp 9-20.
`Sexual divisions within the labour force: occupational segregation’, Department of Employment Gazette, 86: 1264-79, November 1978.
Census Confidentiality, Microdata and Census Analysis, Occasional Paper No. 3, London: Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, 1978.
Book reviews for American Journal of Sociology; Population and Development Review; British Journal of Sociology; British Journal of Industrial Relations; International Journal of Manpower; Industrial Relations Journal; Journal of Social Policy; Journal of the Royal Statistical Society; Journal of Gender Studies; Sex Roles; Feminist Economics; Economic History Review; Work and Occupations; Sociology; Sociological Review; Social Forces; Journal of Applied Statistics; Sociologica; Work, Employment and Society; British Journal of Criminology; inter alia.
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San Luis Obispo - Superior Court - Criminal
1050 Monterey St, Rm 220
Government Center, Rm 220
San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 https://www.slo.courts.ca.gov/
Hours: 8:30AM-4PM PST
Jurisdiction: Felony, Misdemeanor, Traffic
Restricted Records: No adoption, juvenile, medical, probation or sealed records released
The court now has 2 systems, the newest one started early 2014. Historical records are not in the new system - so 2 systems must be searched.
San Luis Obispo - Superior Court - Civil
1035 Palm St, Rm 385
Government Ctr
Jurisdiction: Civil Actions, Small Claims, Eviction, Probate, Family Law
Restricted Records: No probation reports released
This Court has jurisdiction over all of San Luis Obispo County for Civil actions over $25,000. Access daily calendars from the website.
Grover Beach Superior Court - Closed see San Luis Obispo
Jurisdiction: Misdemeanor, Civil Actions under $25,000, Eviction, Small Claims
Includes Nipomo, Grover Beach, Arroyo Grande, Pismo Beach, Oceano, South Coast unincorporated areas. All Grover Beach cases are now heard at the San Luis Obispo Courthouse, at 1035 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo.
Paso Robles Branch - Superior Court (Closed see San Luis Obispo)
Jurisdiction: Civil Actions, Eviction, Small Claims, Traffic
Includes Atascadero, Templeton, Paso Robles, San Miguel, Shandon, Cholame, areas north and east of the Cuesta Grade.
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Contact the San Luis Obispo County Office of the County Recorder if you would like to find vital records, such as birth, death, marriage, divorce, and real estate records.
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Total Land Area (2000): 3,304.32 sq mi
Population (2009): 266,971
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.1%
Hispanic or Latino Origin: 19.6%
Population Change (2000-2009): 20,290
Language other than English spoken at home (2000): 14.7%
Housing Units (2000): 102,275
Migration Flow to San Luis Obispo County, CA from (2007-2008):
Santa Barbara County, CA: 1,359
Los Angeles County, CA: 902
Kern County, CA: 560
Fresno County, CA: 391
Orange County, CA: 385
San Diego County, CA: 355
San Luis Obispo County Records
Construction: $687,731
Retail Trade: $542,932
Professional and Technical Services: $460,832
Healthcare: $647,831
Banking: $212,238
Accommodations and Food Services: $319,986
Farms: $159,856
Government: $1,329,930
Employed (2000): 109,669
Unemployment Rate (2009): 9%
Local Government Employment (2007): 11,423
San Luis Obispo County Birth, Death Records
Per 1,000 population: 11
Deaths (2007): 2,107
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Forcible rape: 106
Robbery: 112
Burglary: 1,517
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Should I be concerned with a low conversion rate?
I have a new bootstrapped SaaS app that targets small businesses. It has a 30 free trial offer. The visit to trial conversion is around 1%.
Currently I have 9 paying customers with 360 trial sign-ups (around 2.5% conversion).
Service is priced at $20/month.
We've been live for two months. The companies who ARE using the service are very happy.
Is this sample size too small to draw a conclusion? Is is a matter of scaling/marketing?
Saas Conversion
How many have reached the end of the 30 day trial? I would think that most of the conversions will take place at the end of the 30 day period. – Mhoran Psprep 7 years ago
Yes, you should be concerned about a LOW conversion rate. 2.5%, though, is quite good and NOT low. YOu should more work on getting traffic than anything else. – Net Tecture 7 years ago
You can really never compare your conversion rates to other peoples. Obviously the conversion rate is an indicator of the success of your website or software, but there are too many variables to make it anything other than a baseline to measure improvement against.
As an example, let's say you have a awesome website for selling t-shirts. 50% of people that visit your website would buy one if they are t-shirt wearing people. That's an amazing website. The only problem is that you have set up advertising and are targeting the wrong people. What is happening is that most people that come to your website don't wear t-shirts, so no matter how good your site is they aren't going to buy one. Now your conversion rate is just 1% and you think your website is no good.
As you can tell from that example, the number really doesn't mean a lot. What matters now is that you tweak your website, possibly A/B test and try and get that 1% to 1.2%. It's about using it as a baseline to improve upon.
The same goes for the conversion rate of your software from free trial to paid. Stop worrying if it's a good number in it's own right, noone can tell you that. Just start trying to make it better.
A great place to start for improving your trial signups to paid customers rate is to look at your first use experience. What do they see when they first log in, I hope it's not a blank slate that they can't do anything until they go through a lengthy set up process.
In summary, don't be concerned with a low conversation rate, be concerned with improving your conversion rate.
Joel Friedlaender
Conversion rate is going to be your main driver of success you are at a point where you just beginning and that 1% gives you a base line. Obviously it's not that big, but rarely do online tools go over 5% (to give you a basic idea). Starting today you need to rely on analytics as much as you can:
Conversion rate by source of traffic? How does it differ between Adwords you bought, Facebook links, Twitter, pure SEO results, etc.. Then try and optimize the preferred sources.
Conversion rate by landing page? You need to have different landing pages (based on source for example) and test how each of them convert. Sending people to a generic page is not the most efficient. For example, you can target certain keywords for your product and make sure that the landing page emphasizes those keywords very clearly because that's what drove the user in the first place. A/B testing is critical here.
Conversion rate by feature used during the trial? If you notice users using X or Y feature tend to convert more, try to make that feature more prominent.. Help them discover that feature, etc.. Try to find what makes people click in terms of what feature they use and push that.
Conversion rate by login frequency? How many times and how often do people login to your trial? Can you infer conversion from that data? If so, make sure you send reminder email at the right time, not too spammy, but enough to drive usage, etc..
Other things are Country, OS, gender, age, etc.. anything that can give you data on who converts more and try to figure out why..
It's all about analytics and A/B testing.. It takes time, but you can do something.
Antony P.
I don't think there is a magic percentage, but it needs to fit in with the costs of making a conversion compared to what you charge. It is possible to convert 100% and still lose money if the cost to produce the sale exeeds the amount of the sale.
You may be attracting people to your site who will never buy/have no use for your product. Maybe they are confused about what it does or you are targeting them incorrectly?
Are they quiting at a certain point in the sales process? Too many steps, too long, payment methods, sticker shock, delays, can't decide which options they want.
Do you follow-up through your trial period? They may sign up, play with the site and never return. Are there components of your app you think are critical, but they never bother to try? Early on, you may have to offer to do a demo or provide personal support until you get the site to the point where this gets taken care of. Don't assume it's easy because it's easy for you. They may require prompting.
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UK Pair Wins Prize at IAPGC
Wed, 29/10/2014 - 07:22 — Tony Atkins
International Amateur Pair Go Championships
25 October 2014 - 26 October 2014
The 25th International Amateur Pair Go Championships was held in Tokyo at the end of October. To celebrate the silver jubilee, in addition to the usual 32 pairs from Japan and around the world an extra 30 guests were invited, people who have proved keen to promote Pair Go over the last quarter century. From the UK the extra invites went to Tony Atkins, Francis Roads, Alison and Simon Bexfield.
As the pair from Turkey dropped out at short notice, Alison and Simon were promoted to the status of players. They won two of their five games, losing to Singapore, Hungary and Germany, but beating Mexico and Italy to end in 26th place. However they did win a prize as their Ascot-themed national dress was appreciated by the judge, top fashion designer Junko Koshino, to end up on the list of best dressers.
Britain's other player was Vanessa Wong, who was using her other passport to play as the representative of Chinese Hong Kong with a strong partner, Chan Nai San. She was very disappointed to lose their first game against a Japanese pair, but won the other four games to end up in a very notable fourth place.
Korea won the event yet again, with Kim Sooyoung and Jeon Junhak beating the pair from Chinese Taipei in the final. Third was one of the Japanese pairs; Japan also took places five to eight. Singapore, Czech Republic, the USA and the European Championship pair (Manja Marz and Benjamin Teuber) were in the group on three wins.
Results on Pair Go site
Foreign Tournament Report
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5 Things You Don’t Know About Mavericks Proving Grounds
CSIM Note: Mavericks Proving Grounds is a recently announced Battle Royale MMO game from Automation Games. Here is a bit from their website: “We’ve recently announced a few details of our upcoming tactical shooter: an MMO of unprecedented scale, supporting 1000 concurrent players in an ultra-high fidelity world instance. It is set in a huge, photoreal and highly dynamic environment, with strong character progression, social hubs, intelligent mission systems and global-scale player-driven narrative.” You can get a bit more information on the Mavericks Proving Grounds website.
By Samuel Leggatt @ Gaming Intel
Mavericks Proving Grounds is set to release later this year. However, not many players actually know what to expect. Here’s 5 things you don’t know about Mavericks Proving Grounds.
1. PLAYERS DROP INTO THE MAP VIA DRONE
One thing that is known for certain is that Drones will be the way in which players will enter the map. With this information we know the game will be set in the near future. Could this mean we’ll see other technological features of a futuristic style? Even if we don’t, deploying from a drone to where your squad wants to start searching for loot sounds exciting.
2. MISSIONS AND OBJECTIVES MID-GAME
In a recent interview Automation Games’ James Thompson described how Mavericks was challenging the ‘boring’ moments of a Battle Royale Mid-Game. Players will be given optional missions and objectives to complete during the game. This could be something like ‘Capture and maintain possession of this particular bridge’ for example. Thompson revealed that players who challenge and complete in these objectives will receive special rewards and loot after the game. This gives players another thing to think about apart from just hiding until the end of the match.
Want to know what else you don’t know about Mavericks Proving Grounds? Well head on over to Gaming Intel and read the rest of the article!
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49ers vs. Chiefs NFL Pick – Preseason Week 3
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Week 3 of the NFL Preseason continues Saturday with seven matches on the card. The week will finish tomorrow night in Tennessee using the Steelers and Titans. That will be the final of“meaningful“ preseason matches, as from the fourth game of the preseason, everything is just about put in stone for the regular season.
The fourth game of the preseason is the game. The coaching staff is attempting to identify two or three players to create the squad, if anything. The NFL may be done with this preseason game and it wouldn’t make a difference.
The Kansas City Chiefs have seen a up and down preseason thus far. They looked just like a well-oiled system at home in the very first game against the Bengals. Mahomes drove Chiefs down the area for an early touchdown and the Chiefs rolled into a 38-17 win.
As the Steelers chopped to get a 17-7 21, in Pittsburgh, however, that the Chiefs appeared out of sorts. I’m 2-0 at Chiefs game in the preseason. I faded them on the street against the Steelers and was on them in Week 1. Everything went accordingly, with both bets winning.
The starters will find more action. That includes Mahomes and Jimmy Garoppolo. Garoppolo looked as easy as a beater vehicle a week. It is to be expected for a man who is coming from significant injury and a layoff.
Do not read too far into that functionality, but I’m also not offered on Garoppolo as a franchise player. He gets a wonderful preseason evaluation to bounce back in an aggressive environment at Arrowhead. The quarterbacks will understand the first-half and then the backups follow in the 3rd quarter. Head below for our complimentary 49ers vs. Chiefs at Game 3 of the preseason.
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Mahomes along with the starting offense for the Chiefs will see a lot of reps in this particular match. We are not going to see anything overly exotic by the Chiefs, however, their offense by design is not supposed to give essential looks to the defense. If anything, then you are likely to Mahomes slip before running down the area risking an injury or eat it. His time on the field at KC was quite striking. Mahomes went 4-of-4 with 66 yards and 10 yards on a racing effort.
Chase Litton excelled in the game, as he passed for 122 yards with an interception and 2 touchdowns. Their defense was a standout unit. The Bengals‘ leading rusher gained just 11 yards. Then the shield must be greater than a year ago if the Chiefs need success in 2019. There was definitely nothing wrong with their effort last week. Mason Rudolph and josh Dobbs equally looked mediocre.
It was story for the Chiefs‘ offense a week, as there was no one on precisely the same page. They didn’t look interested in playing the Steelers in Pittsburgh. Andy Reid is a classic school trainer and I doubt he was delighted with the effort in that contest. Anticipate the Chiefs look more fluid in this contest. While on the opposite side, Garoppolo is going to be burning the rust off mahomes is probably going to get his yardage.
When it’s the preseason Arrowhead is never a fun environment play and to go . Garoppolo is not the one to blame a week. The offensive line did not provide him great looks. When the copies started rolling at the Niners managed to move the ball with C.J. Beathard.
The actual stars of this match in the win has been the backup offensive line. They were moving piles from the Broncos to start up lames, unlike when Garoppolo had been in with the unit. At Kansas City, it’s not likely to be the case from a KC that have played very well thus far this week. And even though it’s preseason ball, Andy Reid will have this group appearing more fluid using their minds in the game compared to in Pittsburgh. Look for the Chiefs on Saturday in Arrowhead with a touchdown on the 49ers.
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The Control of Actions - ContAct
Funded by a large “Grant of Excellence” awarded by the Lundbeck Foundation to Hartwig R. Siebner (25 Mill DKK 2010-2016), the ContAct Group offers an attractive platform for talented young neuroscientists to identify and understand the brain dynamics behind the motor control of voluntary actions.
Funded by: Lundbeck
Grant Size: 25.000.000 Kr.
In daily life, we need to flexibly adjust our actions to the challenges imposed by our environment, our internal state and last but not least the social context a situation is embedded in. Hence, our brain needs to flexibly integrate relevant contextual information when it is required during voluntary actions. Here motor control and decision making play a key role to guide and shape our behavior. Using multimodal brain mapping, non-invasive brain stimulation and computational modelling, the ContAct Group and its international collaborators aimed to reveal the underlying neural mechanisms and motor-networks mediating these flexible actions. The ContAct Group continues as an active research group beyond the funding period. Research projects and ideas are discussed at weekly meetings. Furthermore, the ContAct journal club provides a biweekly discussion forum about articles related to action control.
Major Results
During the 6 years of funding, the ContAct group has produced more than 60 publications. The funding has provided indispensable support to a number of research careers, leading to the establishment of research groups and permanent positions, such as the associate professorships at DTU awarded to Axel Thielscher, Tim Dyrby and Kristoffer Madsen. It also made it possible to recruit highly profiled international researchers like Associate Professor Axel Thielscher (Germany) and PostDocs such as Oliver Hulme (UK), Anke Karabanov (Sweden), Leo Tomasevic (Italy) or Estelle Raffin (France). Many of them have now established their own line of research at DRCMR. It also allowed the establishment of a cutting-edge laboratory for motor control and brain stimulation studies (the “ContAct” lab).
Scientific Focus
The ability to flexibly integrate contextual dimensions is often severely affected in patients with neurological and psychiatric diseases such as Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia or stroke. Therefore, ContAct is focusing a part of its research on the clinical aspects of motor control and how certain disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or eating disorders, can alter voluntary actions. Identifying the altered brain dynamics leading up to these disorders will allow us to move towards completing the puzzle of how the brain flexibly adjusts our actions seemingly without effort.
The research program was divided into three methodologically and three neurobiologically oriented work packages. The methodological line of research integrates advanced structural and functional brain mapping, focal brain stimulation and advanced modeling of neural systems. The neurobiologically oriented packages employ the methods formerly developed in WP 1-3 in order to answer neuroscientific and clinical questions.
Providing a science platform such as ContAct also requires exchange of knowledge and collaborating with national and international partners. These efforts successfully led to 3 international workshops on transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) organized by ContAct in order to introduce neuroscientists to non-invasive brain stimulation techniques in our state-of-the-art ContAct laboratories. Furthermore, world-leading neuroscientists such as Alexander Münchau, Tobias Bäumer, Steve Flemming and John Krakauer, just to name a few, presented their research at our regular ContAct presentation series. Up to date, the ContAct group has shown its productivity with more than 60 publications –and counting.
The end of the funding period was marked with a “Farewell Symposium” at the Elsass Centre (Ordrup) where researchers from the ContAct group presented the results from their projects while highly profiled international collaborators gave keynote lectures, putting the research into context.
ContAct Laboratories
Our state-of-the-art ContAct Laboratories provide a cutting-edge infrastructure to perform TMS experiments (guided by neuronavigation) and EEG studies. A key-hole surgery simulator allows the detailed investigation of complex motor skill acquisition.
A TMS experiment with neuronavigation. An EEG experiment on decision-making in a virtual reality environment.
Our key-hole surgery simulator.
A combined TMS-EEG experiment.
Associated Publications
Bentz, M., Jepsen, J. R. M., Pedersen, T., Bulik, C. M., Pedersen, L., Pagsberg, A. K. & Plessen, K. J. Impairment of Social Function in Young Females With Recent-Onset Anorexia Nervosa and Recovered Individuals.
Journal of Adolescent Health. 60, 1, p. 23-32, 2017.
Bentz, M., Jepsen, J. R. M., Kjaersdam Telléus, G., Moslet, U., Pedersen, T., Bulik, C. M. & Plessen, K. J. Neurocognitive functions and social functioning in young females with recent-onset anorexia nervosa and recovered individuals. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 5, p. 1-10, 2017.
Bentz, M., Guldberg, J., Vangkilde, S., Pedersen, T., Plessen, K. J. & Jepsen, J. R. M. Heightened Olfactory Sensitivity in Young Females with Recent-Onset Anorexia Nervosa and Recovered Individuals. P L o S One. 12, 1, p. 1-17, e0169183 2017.
Kwon, S., Watanabe, M., Fischer, E. & Bartels, A. Attention reorganizes connectivity across networks in a frequency specific manner. NeuroImage. 144, p. 217-226, 2017.
Reichenbach, A., Bresciani, J-P., Bülthoff, H. H. & Thielscher, A. Reaching with the sixth sense: Vestibular contributions to voluntary motor control in the human right parietal cortex. NeuroImage. 124, p. 869-875, 2016.
Angstmann, S., Madsen, K. S., Skimminge, A., Jernigan, T. L., Baaré, W. F. C. & Siebner, H. R. Microstructural asymmetry of the corticospinal tracts predicts right-left differences in circle drawing skill in right-handed adolescents. Brain structure & function.
Bergmann, T. O., Karabanov, A., Hartwigsen, G., Thielscher, A. & Siebner, H. R. Combining non-invasive transcranial brain stimulation with neuroimaging and electrophysiology: Current approaches and future perspectives. NeuroImage.
Gelskov, S. V., Madsen, K. H., Ramsøy, T. Z. & Siebner, H. R. Aberrant neural signatures of decision-making: Pathological gamblers display cortico-striatal hypersensitivity to extreme gambles. NeuroImage.
Hartwigsen, G. & Siebner, H. R. Joint Contribution of Left Dorsal Premotor Cortex and Supramarginal Gyrus to Rapid Action Reprogramming. Brain Stimulation. p. 1-8.
Hartwigsen, G., Weigel, A., Schuschan, P., Siebner, H. R., Weise, D., Classen, J. & Saur, D. Dissociating Parieto-Frontal Networks for Phonological and Semantic Word Decisions: A Condition-and-Perturb TMS Study. Cerebral cortex.
Herz, D., Haagensen, B. N., Nielsen, S. H., Madsen, K. H., Løkkegaard, A. & Siebner, H. R. Resting-state connectivity predicts levodopa-induced dyskinesias in Parkinson’s disease. Movement Disorders.
Hjortkjær, J. Sound objects – Auditory objects – Musical objects. Danish Musicology Online. p. 47-56.
Meder, D., Haagensen, B. N., Hulme, O., Morville, T., Gelskov, S., Herz, D. M., Diomsina, B., Madsen, K. H., Siebner, H. Tuning the Brake while Raising the Stake: Network Dynamics during Sequential Decision-Making. Journal of Neuroscience, 136.
Meder, D., Madsen, K. H., Hulme, O., Siebner, H. R. Chasing probabilities — Signaling negative and positive prediction errors across domains. Neuroimage, 134, 180-191.
Chao, C-C., Karabanov, A. N., Paine, R., Carolina de Campos, A., Kukke, S. N., Wu, T., Wang, H. & Hallett, M. Induction of Motor Associative Plasticity in the Posterior Parietal Cortex-Primary Motor Network. Cerebral cortex. 25, 2, p. 365-373, 2015.
Cogliati Dezza, I., Zito, G., Tomasevic, L., Filippi, M. M., Ghazaryan, A., Porcaro, C., Squitti, R., Ventriglia, M., Lupoi, D. & Tecchio, F. Functional and structural balances of homologous sensorimotor regions in multiple sclerosis fatigue. Journal of Neurology. 262, 3, p. 614-622, 2015.
Gelskov, S. V., Henningsson, S., Madsen, K. H., Siebner, H. R. & Ramsøy, T. Z. Amygdala signals subjective appetitiveness and aversiveness of mixed gambles. Cortex. 66, p. 81-90, 2015.
Hartwigsen, G., Bergmann, T. O., Herz, D. M., Angstmann, S., Karabanov, A., Raffin, E., Thielscher, A. & Siebner, H. R. Modeling the effects of noninvasive transcranial brain stimulation at the biophysical, network, and cognitive Level. Progress in Brain Research. 222, p. 261-287, 2015.
Herz, D. M., Haagensen, B. N., Christensen, M. S., Madsen, K. H., Rowe, J. B., Løkkegaard, A. & Siebner, H. R. Abnormal dopaminergic modulation of striato-cortical networks underlies levodopa-induced dyskinesias in humans. Brain. 138, Pt 6, p. 1658-66, 2015.
Karabanov, A. N., Paine, R., Chao, C. C., Schulze, K., Scott, B., Hallett, M. & Mishkin, M. Participation of the classical speech areas in auditory long-term memory. P L o S One. 10, 3, s. e0119472 15 p., 2015.
Karabanov, A. N., Raffin, E. & Siebner, H. R. The Resting Motor Threshold - Restless or Resting?: A Repeated Threshold Hunting Technique to Track Dynamic Changes in Resting Motor Threshold. Brain Stimulation. 8, 6, p. 1191-1194, 2015.
Karabanov, A., Ziemann, U., Hamada, M., George, M. S., Quartarone, A., Classen, J., Massimini, M., Rothwell, J. & Siebner, H. R. Consensus Paper: Probing Homeostatic Plasticity of Human Cortex With Non-invasive Transcranial Brain Stimulation. Brain Stimulation. 8, 3, p. 442-454, 2015.
Lange, V. M., Perret, C. & Laganaro, M. Comparison of single-word and adjective-noun phrase production using event-related brain potentials. Cortex. 67, p. 15-29, 2015.
Leitão, J., Thielscher, A., Tünnerhoff, J. & Noppeney, U. Concurrent TMS-fMRI Reveals Interactions between Dorsal and Ventral Attentional Systems. The Journal of neuroscience. 35, 32, p. 11445-57, 2015.
Madsen, K. H., Ewald, L., Siebner, H. R. & Thielscher, A. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: An Automated Procedure to Obtain Coil-specific Models for Field Calculations. Brain Stimulation. 8, 6, p. 1205-1208, 2015.
Raffin, E., Pellegrino, G., Di Lazzaro, V., Thielscher, A. & Siebner, H. R. Bringing transcranial mapping into shape: Sulcus-aligned mapping captures motor somatotopy in human primary motor hand area. NeuroImage. 120, p. 164-175, 2015.
Rossini, P. M., Burke, D., Chen, R., Cohen, L. G., Daskalakis, Z., Di Iorio, R., Di Lazzaro, V., Ferreri, F., Fitzgerald, P. B., George, M. S., Hallett, M., Lefaucheur, J. P., Langguth, B., Matsumoto, H., Miniussi, C., Nitsche, M. A., Pascual-Leone, A., Paulus, W., Rossi, S., Rothwell, J. C., Siebner, H. R., Ugawa, Y., Walsh, V. & Ziemann, U. Non-invasive electrical and magnetic stimulation of the brain, spinal cord, roots and peripheral nerves: Basic principles and procedures for routine clinical and research application. An updated report from an I.F.C.N. Committee. Clinical neurophysiology. 126, 6, p. 1071-107, 2015.
Saturnino, G. B., Antunes, A. & Thielscher, A. On the importance of electrode parameters for shaping electric field patterns generated by tDCS. NeuroImage. 120, p. 25-35, 2015.
Schmock, H., Vangkilde, A., Larsen, K. M., Fischer, E., Birknow, M. R., Jepsen, J. R. M., Olesen, C., Skovby, F., Plessen, K. J., Mørup, M., Hulme, O., Baaré, W. F. C., Didriksen, M., Siebner, H. R., Werge, T. & Olsen, L. The Danish 22q11 research initiative. B M C Psychiatry. 15 2015.
Thielscher, A., Antunes, A. & Saturnino, G. B. Field modeling for transcranial magnetic stimulation: A useful tool to understand the physiological effects of TMS? Conference proceedings : .. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference. 2015, p. 222-5, 2015.
Weier, K., Banwell, B., Cerasa, A., Collins, D. L., Dogonowski, A-M., Lassmann, H., Quattrone, A., Sahraian, M. A., Siebner, H. R. & Sprenger, T. The role of the cerebellum in multiple sclerosis. Cerebellum. 14, 3, p. 364-74, 2015.
Ziemann, U. & Siebner, H. R. Inter-subject and Inter-session Variability of Plasticity Induction by Non-invasive Brain Stimulation: Boon or Bane? Brain Stimulation. 8, 3, p. 662-3, 2015.
Zittel, S., Heinbokel, C., van der Vegt, J. P. M., Niessen, E., Buhmann, C., Gerloff, C., Siebner, H. R., Münchau, A. & Bäumer, T. Effects of dopaminergic treatment on functional cortico-cortical connectivity in Parkinson's disease. Experimental Brain Research. 233, 1, p. 329-37, 2015.
Delvendahl, I., Gattinger, N., Berger, T., Gleich, B., Siebner, H. R. & Mall, V. The role of pulse shape in motor cortex transcranial magnetic stimulation using full-sine stimuli. P L o S One. 9, 12, s. e115247 2014.
Delvendahl, I., Lindemann, H., Jung, N. H., Pechmann, A., Siebner, H. R. & Mall, V. Influence of waveform and current direction on short-interval intracortical facilitation: a paired-pulse TMS study. Brain Stimulation. 7, 1, p. 49-58, 2014
Herz, D. M., Christensen, M. S., Bruggemann, N., Hulme, O. J., Ridderinkhof, K. R., Madsen, K. H. & Siebner, H. R. Motivational tuning of fronto-subthalamic connectivity facilitates control of action impulses. The Journal of neuroscience. 34, 9, p. 3210-7, 2014.
Herz, D. M., Eickhoff, S. B., Løkkegaard, A. & Siebner, H. R. Functional neuroimaging of motor control in parkinson's disease: A meta-analysis. Human brain mapping. 35, 7, p. 3227-37, 2014.
Herz, D. M., Florin, E., Christensen, M. S., Reck, C., Barbe, M. T., Tscheuschler, M. K., Tittgemeyer, M., Siebner, H. R. & Timmermann, L. Dopamine Replacement Modulates Oscillatory Coupling Between Premotor and Motor Cortical Areas in Parkinson's Disease. Cerebral cortex. 24, 11, p. 2873-83, 2014.
Herz, D. M., Haagensen, B. N., Christensen, M. S., Madsen, K. H., Rowe, J. B., Løkkegaard, A. & Siebner, H. R. The acute brain response to levodopa heralds dyskinesias in Parkinson disease. Annals of Neurology. 75, 6, p. 829-36, 2014.
Herz, D. M., Siebner, H. R., Hulme, O. J., Florin, E., Christensen, M. S. & Timmermann, L. Levodopa reinstates connectivity from prefrontal to premotor cortex during externally paced movement in Parkinson's disease. NeuroImage. 90, p. 15, 2014
Hjortkjær, J. & Walther-Hansen, M. Perceptual Effects of Dynamic Range Compression in Popular Music Recordings. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society . 62, 1/2, p. 37-41, 2014.
Hjortkjær, J. & Walther-Hansen, M. Perceptual effects of dynamic range compression in popular music recordings. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society . 62, 1, p. 37-41, 2014.
Hulme, O. J., Skov, M., Chadwick, M. J., Siebner, H. R. & Ramsøy, T. Z. Sparse encoding of automatic visual association in hippocampal networks. NeuroImage. 102 Pt 2, p. 458-64, 2014.
Kassuba, T., Klinge, C., Hölig, C., Röder, B. & Siebner, H. R. Short-term plasticity of visuo-haptic object recognition. Frontiers in Psychology. 5, p. 1-16, 274 2014.
Laursen, H. R., Siebner, H. R., Haren, T., Madsen, K., Grønlund, R., Hulme, O. & Henningsson, S. Variation in the oxytocin receptor gene is associated with behavioral and neural correlates of empathic accuracy. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 8, p. 423, 2014.
Raffin, E. & Siebner, H. R. Transcranial brain stimulation to promote functional recovery after stroke. Current Opinion in Neurology. 27, 1, p. 54-60, 2014.
Reichenbach, A., Thielscher, A., Peer, A., Bülthoff, H. H. & Bresciani, J-P. A key region in the human parietal cortex for processing proprioceptive hand feedback during reaching movements. NeuroImage. 84, p. 615-25, 2014.
Ricci, R., Salatino, A., Siebner, H. R., Mazzeo, G. & Nobili, M. Normalizing biased spatial attention with parietal rTMS in a patient with focal hand dystonia. Brain Stimulation. 7, 6, p. 912-4, 2014.
Rosso, C., Valabregue, R., Arbizu, C., Ferrieux, S., Vargas, P., Humbert, F., Attal, Y., Messé, A., Zavanone, C., Meunier, S., Cohen, L., Delmaire, C., Thielscher, A., Herz, D., Siebner, H. R., Samson, Y. & Lehéricy, S. Connectivity between Right Inferior Frontal Gyrus and Supplementary Motor Area Predicts After-Effects of Right Frontal Cathodal tDCS on Picture Naming Speed. Brain Stimulation. 7, 1, p. 122-129, 2014.
Siebner, H. R. & Ziemann, U. What is the threshold for developing and applying optimized procedures to determine the corticomotor threshold? Clinical Neurophysiology. 125, 1, p. 1-2, 2014.
Thomalla, G., Jonas, M., Bäumer, T., Siebner, H. R., Biermann-Ruben, K., Ganos, C., Orth, M., Hummel, F. C., Gerloff, C., Müller-Vahl, K., Schnitzler, A. & Münchau, A. Costs of control: decreased motor cortex engagement during a Go/NoGo task in Tourette's syndrome. Brain. 137, Pt 1, p. 122-36, 2014.
Baumgaertner, A., Hartwigsen, G. & Roman Siebner, H. Right-hemispheric processing of non-linguistic word features: Implications for mapping language recovery after stroke. Human Brain Mapping. 34, 6, p. 1293-1305, 2013.
Dogonowski, A-M., Andersen, K. W., Madsen, K. H., Sørensen, P. S., Paulson, O. B., Blinkenberg, M. & Siebner, H. R. Multiple sclerosis impairs regional functional connectivity in the cerebellum. NeuroImage. Clinical. 4, p. 130-8, 2013.
Dogonowski, A-M., Siebner, H. R., Sørensen, P. S., Paulson, O. B., Dyrby, T. B., Blinkenberg, M. & Madsen, K. H. Resting-state connectivity of pre-motor cortex reflects disability in multiple sclerosis. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 128, 5, p. 328,–335 2013.
Dogonowski, A-M., Siebner, H. R., Sørensen, P. S., Wu, X., Biswal, B., Paulson, O. B., Dyrby, T. B., Skimminge, A., Blinkenberg, M. & Madsen, K. H. Expanded functional coupling of subcortical nuclei with the motor resting-state network in multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis. 19, 5, p. 559-566, 2013.
Groppa, S., Muthuraman, M., Otto, B., Deuschl, G., Siebner, H. R. & Raethjen, J. Subcortical substrates of TMS induced modulation of the cortico-cortical connectivity. Brain Stimulation. 6, 2, p. 138-146, 2013.
Hartwigsen, G. & Siebner, H. R. Novel methods to study aphasia recovery after stroke. Frontiers of Neurology and Neuroscience. 32, p. 101-111, 2013.
Hartwigsen, G., Saur, D., Price, C. J., Baumgaertner, A., Ulmer, S. & Siebner, H. R. Increased facilitatory connectivity from the pre-SMA to the left dorsal premotor cortex during pseudoword repetition. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (Online). 25, 4, p. 580-94, 2013.
Hartwigsen, G., Saur, D., Price, C. J., Ulmer, S., Baumgaertner, A. & Siebner, H. R. Perturbation of the left inferior frontal gyrus triggers adaptive plasticity in the right homologous area during speech production. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110, 41, p. 16402-7, 2013.
Havsteen, I., Madsen, K. H., Christensen, H. K., Christensen, A. F. & Siebner, H. R. Diagnostic approach to functional recovery: functional magnetic resonance imaging after stroke. Frontiers of Neurology and Neuroscience. 32, p. 9-25, 2013.
Karabanov, A. N., Chao, C-C., Paine, R. & Hallett, M. Mapping different intra-hemispheric parietal-motor networks using twin Coil TMS. Brain Stimulation. 6, 3, p. 384-9, 2013.
Kassuba, T., Klinge, C., Hölig, C., Röder, B. & Siebner, H. R. Vision holds a greater share in visuo-haptic object recognition than touch. NeuroImage. 65, p. 59-68, 2013.
Kassuba, T., Menz, M. M., Röder, B. & Siebner, H. R. Multisensory Interactions between Auditory and Haptic Object Recognition. Cerebral Cortex. 23, 5, p. 1097-107, 2013.
Kimberley, T. J., Borich, M. R., Arora, S. & Siebner, H. R. Multiple sessions of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in focal hand dystonia: clinical and physiological effects. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 31, 5, p. 533-542, 2013.
Leitão, J., Thielscher, A., Werner, S., Pohmann, R. & Noppeney, U. Effects of parietal TMS on visual and auditory processing at the primary cortical level -- a concurrent TMS-fMRI study. Cerebral Cortex. 23, 4, p. 873-84, 2013.
Mastroeni, C., Bergmann, T. O., Rizzo, V., Ritter, C., Klein, C., Pohlmann, I., Brueggemann, N., Quartarone, A. & Siebner, H. R. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor--a major player in stimulation-induced homeostatic metaplasticity of human motor cortex? P L o S One. 8, 2, s. e57957 2013.
Raffin, E. & Dyrby, T. B. Diagnostic approach to functional recovery: diffusion-weighted imaging and tractography. Frontiers of Neurology and Neuroscience. 32, p. 26-35, 2013.
Windhoff, M., Opitz, A. & Thielscher, A. Electric field calculations in brain stimulation based on finite elements: an optimized processing pipeline for the generation and usage of accurate individual head models. Human brain mapping. 34, 4, p. 923-35, 2013.
Wolpe, N., Haggard, P., Siebner, H. R. & Rowe, J. B. Cue integration and the perception of action in intentional binding. Experimental Brain Research. 229, 3, p. 467-74, 2013.
van der Vegt, J. P. M., Hulme, O. J., Zittel, S., Madsen, K. H., Weiss, M. M., Buhmann, C., Bloem, B. R., Münchau, A. & Siebner, H. R. Attenuated neural response to gamble outcomes in drug-naive patients with Parkinson's disease. Brain. 136, Pt 4, p. 1192-203, 2013.
Balslev, D., Siebner, H. R., Paulson, O. B. & Kassuba, T. The cortical eye proprioceptive signal modulates neural activity in higher-order visual cortex as predicted by the variation in visual sensitivity. NeuroImage. 61, 4, p. 950-6, 2012.
Bergmann, T. O., Mölle, M., Diedrichs, J., Born, J. & Siebner, H. R. Sleep spindle-related reactivation of category-specific cortical regions after learning face-scene associations. NeuroImage. 59, 3, p. 2733-42, 2012.
Bergmann, T. O., Mölle, M., Schmidt, M. A., Lindner, C., Marshall, L., Born, J. & Siebner, H. R. EEG-guided transcranial magnetic stimulation reveals rapid shifts in motor cortical excitability during the human sleep slow oscillation. Journal of Neuroscience. 32, 1, p. 243-53, 2012.
Gagnon, L., Schneider, F. C., Siebner, H. R., Paulson, O. B., Kupers, R. & Ptito, M. Activation of the hippocampal complex during tactile maze solving in congenitally blind subjects. Neuropsychologia. 50, 7, p. 1663-71, 2012.
Groppa, S., Oliviero, A., Eisen, A., Quartarone, A., Cohen, L. G., Mall, V., Kaelin-Lang, A., Mima, T., Rossi, S., Thickbroom, G. W., Rossini, P. M., Ziemann, U., Valls-Solé, J. & Siebner, H. R. A practical guide to diagnostic transcranial magnetic stimulation: report of an IFCN committee. Clinical Neurophysiology. 123, 5, p. 858-82, 2012.
Groppa, S., Schlaak, B. H., Münchau, A., Werner-Petroll, N., Dünnweber, J., Bäumer, T., van Nuenen, B. F. L. & Siebner, H. R. The human dorsal premotor cortex facilitates the excitability of ipsilateral primary motor cortex via a short latency cortico-cortical route. Human Brain Mapping. 33, 2, p. 419-30, 2012.
Hartwigsen, G., Bestmann, S., Ward, N. S., Woerbel, S., Mastroeni, C., Granert, O. & Siebner, H. R. Left Dorsal Premotor Cortex and Supramarginal Gyrus Complement Each Other during Rapid Action Reprogramming. Journal of Neuroscience. 32, 46, p. 16162-16171, 2012.
Hellriegel, H., Schulz, E. M., Siebner, H. R., Deuschl, G. & Raethjen, J. H. Continuous theta-burst stimulation of the primary motor cortex in essential tremor. Clinical Neurophysiology. 123, 5, p. 1010-5, 2012.
Herz, D. M., Christensen, M. S., Reck, C., Florin, E., Barbe, M. T., Stahlhut, C., Pauls, K. A. M., Tittgemeyer, M., Siebner, H. R. & Timmermann, L. Task-specific modulation of effective connectivity during two simple unimanual motor tasks: a 122-channel EEG study. NeuroImage. 59, 4, p. 3187-93, 2012.
Iftime-Nielsen, S. D., Christensen, M. S., Vingborg, R. J., Sinkjaer, T., Roepstorff, A. & Grey, M. J. Interaction of electrical stimulation and voluntary hand movement in SII and the cerebellum during simulated therapeutic functional electrical stimulation in healthy adults. Human Brain Mapping. 33, 1, p. 40-9, 2012.
Jung, N. H., Delvendahl, I., Pechmann, A., Gleich, B., Gattinger, N., Mall, V. & Siebner, H. R. Transcranial magnetic stimulation with a half-sine wave pulse elicits direction-specific effects in human motor cortex. B M C Neuroscience. 13, 1, p. 139, 2012.
Karabanov, A. & Siebner, H. R. Unravelling homeostatic interactions in inhibitory and excitatory networks in human motor cortex. Journal of Physiology. 590, Pt 22, p. 5557-8, 2012.
Karabanov, A., Jin, S-H., Joutsen, A., Poston, B., Aizen, J., Ellenstein, A. & Hallett, M. Timing-dependent modulation of the posterior parietal cortex-primary motor cortex pathway by sensorimotor training. Journal of Neurophysiology. 107, 11, p. 3190-9, 2012.
Kasten, M., Kertelge, L., Tadic, V., Brüggemann, N., Schmidt, A., van der Vegt, J., Siebner, H., Buhmann, C., Lencer, R., Kumar, K. R., Lohmann, K., Hagenah, J. & Klein, C. Depression and quality of life in monogenic compared to idiopathic, early-onset Parkinson's disease. Movement Disorders. 27, 6, p. 754-9, 2012.
Moisa, M., Siebner, H. R., Pohmann, R. & Thielscher, A. Uncovering a context-specific connectional fingerprint of human dorsal premotor cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 32, 21, p. 7244-52, 2012.
Pechmann, A., Delvendahl, I., Bergmann, T. O., Ritter, C., Hartwigsen, G., Gleich, B., Gattinger, N., Mall, V. & Siebner, H. R. The number of full-sine cycles per pulse influences the efficacy of multicycle transcranial magnetic stimulation. Brain Stimulation. 5, 2, p. 148-154, 2012.
Ptito, M., Matteau, I., Zhi Wang, A., Paulson, O. B., Siebner, H. R. & Kupers, R. Crossmodal recruitment of the ventral visual stream in congenital blindness. Neural Plasticity. 2012, 9 p., 2012.
Ramsøy, T., Friis-Olivarius, M. D. F., Jacobsen, C., B. Jensen, S. & Skov, M. Ø. Effects of perceptual uncertainty on arousal and preference across different visual domains. Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology and Economics. 5, 4, p. 212-226, 2012.
Ramsøy, T., Liptrot, M. G., Skimminge, A., Lund, T. E., Sidaros, K., Christensen, M. S., Baaré, W., Paulson, O. B., Jernigan, T. L. & Siebner, H. R. Healthy aging attenuates task-related specialization in the human medial temporal lobe. Neurobiology of Aging. 33, 9, p. 1874-89, 2012.
Rowe, J. B. & Siebner, H. R. The motor system and its disorders. NeuroImage. 61, 2, p. 464-77, 2012.
Zittel, S., Kroeger, J., van der Vegt, J. P. M., Siebner, H. R., Brüggemann, N., Ramirez, A., Behrens, M. I., Gerloff, C., Bäumer, T., Klein, C. & Münchau, A. Motor pathway excitability in ATP13A2 mutation carriers: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 18, 5, p. 590-94, 2012.
van Nuenen, B. F. L., Kuhtz-Buschbeck, J., Schulz, C., Bloem, B. R. & Siebner, H. R. Weight-specific anticipatory coding of grip force in human dorsal premotor cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 32, 15, p. 5272-83, 2012.
Balslev D;Albert N;Miall RC. Eye muscle proprioception represented bilaterally in the sensorimotor cortex. Hum Brain Mapp 2011, 32(4), 624-631.
Balslev D;Gowen E;Miall RC. Decreased Visual Attention Further from the Perceived Direction of Gaze for Equidistant Retinal Targets. J Cogn Neurosci 2011, 23(3), 661-669.
Granert O;Peller M;Gaser C;Groppa S;Hallett M;Knutzen A;Deuschl G;Zeuner KE;Siebner HR. Manual activity shapes structure and function in contralateral human motor hand area. Neuroimage 2011, 54(1), 32-41.
Granert O;Peller M;Jabusch HC;Altenmuller E;Siebner HR. Sensorimotor skills and focal dystonia are linked to putaminal grey-matter volume in pianists. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2011, 82(11), 1225-1231.
Kassuba T;Klinge C;Holig C;Menz MM;Ptito M;Roder B;Siebner HR. The left fusiform gyrus hosts trisensory representations of manipulable objects. Neuroimage 2011, 56(3), 1566-1577.
Rizzo V;Bove M;Naro A;Tacchino A;Mastroeni C;Avanzino L;Crupi D;Morgante F;Siebner HR;Quartarone A. Associative cortico-cortical plasticity may affect ipsilateral finger opposition movements. Behav Brain Res 2011, 216(1), 433-439.
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VEGF Signal System: The Application of Antiangiogenesis
Author(s): Xuewu Liang, Fuming Xu, Xiaoguang Li, Chunhua Ma, Yingjie Zhang, Wenfang Xu. Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Ji’nan, Shandong 250012, China., China
Journal Name: Current Medicinal Chemistry
Volume 21 , Issue 7 , 2014
DOI : 10.2174/09298673113206660264
Among the numerous endogenous promoters of angiogenesis, vascular endothelia growth factor (VEGF) plays a leading role in angiogenesis, which has huge impact on proliferation, survival, migration and permeability of tumor cells. VEGF signal system also becomes remarkable anticancer targets, including VEGF, vascular endothelia growth factor receptor (VEGFR), and VEGF downstream signal pathways. So far, there has been many clinical or approved anticancer drugs that directly or indireactly interfere with VEGF signal system applied in the treatment of various tumors and other diseases associated with pathological angiogenesis. Various kinds of antiangiogenic agents which inhibit VEGF and VEGFR have been developed and discovered gradually, including antibodies, ribozymes and small molecule inhibitors. Meanwhile, the investigation into antiangiogenic agents which block certain signal proteins of VEGF downstream signal pathways attracts the attention of medicinal chemists and enriches the application of antiangiogenic agents. This review will interpret the mysterious VEGF signal system from its molecular structure and probe to the mechanism of the combination of VEGF and its receptors. Furthermore, the detail of VEGF signal pathways will be introduced comprehensively and methodically. In addition, some up-to-date clinical or approved anticancer agents will be clearly tabulated. The binding modes of different kinase inhibitors will be used to explain the SAR of the small molecule inhibitors. Finally, in order to make the readers master VEGF signal system completely, some novel targets and inhibitors which block the downstream signal pathways of VEGF are plainly stated.
Keywords: Anticancer agents, kinase inhibitors, signal pathways, VEGF, VEGFR.
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Current Medicinal Chemistry
Title:VEGF Signal System: The Application of Antiangiogenesis
VOLUME: 21 ISSUE: 7
Author(s):Xuewu Liang, Fuming Xu, Xiaoguang Li, Chunhua Ma, Yingjie Zhang and Wenfang Xu
Affiliation:Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Ji’nan, Shandong 250012, China.
Keywords:Anticancer agents, kinase inhibitors, signal pathways, VEGF, VEGFR.
Abstract:Among the numerous endogenous promoters of angiogenesis, vascular endothelia growth factor (VEGF) plays a leading role in angiogenesis, which has huge impact on proliferation, survival, migration and permeability of tumor cells. VEGF signal system also becomes remarkable anticancer targets, including VEGF, vascular endothelia growth factor receptor (VEGFR), and VEGF downstream signal pathways. So far, there has been many clinical or approved anticancer drugs that directly or indireactly interfere with VEGF signal system applied in the treatment of various tumors and other diseases associated with pathological angiogenesis. Various kinds of antiangiogenic agents which inhibit VEGF and VEGFR have been developed and discovered gradually, including antibodies, ribozymes and small molecule inhibitors. Meanwhile, the investigation into antiangiogenic agents which block certain signal proteins of VEGF downstream signal pathways attracts the attention of medicinal chemists and enriches the application of antiangiogenic agents. This review will interpret the mysterious VEGF signal system from its molecular structure and probe to the mechanism of the combination of VEGF and its receptors. Furthermore, the detail of VEGF signal pathways will be introduced comprehensively and methodically. In addition, some up-to-date clinical or approved anticancer agents will be clearly tabulated. The binding modes of different kinase inhibitors will be used to explain the SAR of the small molecule inhibitors. Finally, in order to make the readers master VEGF signal system completely, some novel targets and inhibitors which block the downstream signal pathways of VEGF are plainly stated.
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Xuewu Liang, Fuming Xu, Xiaoguang Li, Chunhua Ma, Yingjie Zhang and Wenfang Xu, “VEGF Signal System: The Application of Antiangiogenesis”, Current Medicinal Chemistry (2014) 21: 894. https://doi.org/10.2174/09298673113206660264
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1720: Edward Hunt, the first counterfeiter executed in colonial Pennsylvania 1797: Figaro the Elder and Jean Louis, Charleston slaves of Dominguan exiles
1903: Peter Mortensen, divinely accused
November 20th, 2013 Headsman
On this date in 1903, Peter Mortensen was shot over a lumber bill.
The evidence against Peter Mortensen was circumstantial: a moonlight witness, some unexplained cash, and a perceived insufficiency of vigor in insisting upon his innocence when suspicion fell upon him.
Though this much sounds pretty speculative, Mortensen’s very direct pecuniary interest in Hay’s death was harder to wave away. Mortensen, a Salt Lake contractor, owed money to George Ernest Romney’s* Pacific Lumber company. On the evening of December 16, 1901, he summoned Romney’s employee James R. Hay — who was also Mortensen’s friend, neighbor, and fellow-teacher at a Mormon Sunday school — to pay up.
Hay never made it home.
The next day, Mortensen had a receipt for the payment in Hay’s hand, and Hay had a cashless grave and a bullet hole in his head. Rarely have means, motive, and opportunity converged so exactly.
Public sentiment against Mortensen was so overwhelming** that selecting an impartial-ish jury proceeded at a weeks-long crawl as Mortensen’s attorney met prospect after prospect by bluntly asking whether they had formed an opinion as to his man’s guilt. Prospect after prospect confirmed that they had done. By the end, the court had been reduced to issuing “open venires” bypassing the regular jury summons process and authorizing anyone handy to be inducted into the jury pool. Deputies scoured Salt Lake City like press gangs, hunting for possible jurymen.
In all, the court dismissed some 600 prospective jurors for bias (which was quite a lot for the time), and ran through $4,500 in that process alone (likewise).
Those finally seated had to weigh, along with the more conventional indicia of guilt, the inflammatory witness testimony of James Hay’s father … who said he didn’t just have a pretty strong suspicion about the defendant, but that he actually knew Mortensen did it. “God revealed it to me,” the elder Hay said with “tears streaming down his cheeks” according to a report in the Idaho Daily Statesman of June 6, 1902.
He appeared to me by the Holy Ghost and put the words of His Spirit into my mouth. I had to utter them, for I knew they were true. I cannot and will not deny it here, neither will I deny it when I meet my God on the last day.
This is not the only manifestation I received. On Tuesday noon I saw the trail of blood leading from the railroad tracks to where my son-in-law was buried. I saw it in a vision just as plainly as when I afterwards visited the spot.
Again, this is judicial testimony in an American courtroom in the 20th century.
The fact that it appeared — and that the trial court refused a defense demand to instruct the jury not to consider supernatural visions in the light of real evidence — formed the central argument of Mortensen’s appeal. In the end, Utah’s Supreme Court refused to vacate the sentence. Still, the weird appearance of “divine revelation evidence” in a Utah courtroom led the Mormon patriarch Joseph F. Smith to issue a finding distancing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints from any embarrassing mummery:
[N]o member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints should, for one moment, regard such testimony as admissible in a court of law, and to make the case perfectly clear it may be further stated that such evidence would not be permissible even in a Church court, where rules of evidence, though not so technical, are founded largely upon the same principles that govern the rules of evidence in a court of law. Any attempt, therefore, to make it appear that such evidence is in keeping with the tenets of the “Mormon” faith is wholly unjustified
About six weeks before Mortensen’s execution, a prison break took place at the penitentiary. It’s been given out latterly that the arrogant Mortensen was so unpopular even with his fellow-prisoners that they intentionally left him stuck in his cell. 1903 press accounts appear to indicate otherwise — that he was not the only convict left stuck in his cell, and that Mortensen’s particular rum luck wasn’t a social lack but a digital one: somebody dropped the necessary set of keys. Either way, there was no way out, and neither when Utah’s governor interviewed Mortensen personally to see about his mercy application. Never mind his popularity with prisoners; Mortensen’s continued insistence on innocence while pleading for his life was the real diplomatic failure.
Mortensen selected shooting rather than hanging as his method of death, and went to it “firm as a rock.” He left only a last statement repeating his vociferous and widely disbelieved denial of Hay’s murder.
To the world I want to say and swear by the heavens above, by the earth beneath, and by all I hold near and dear to me on this earth, that I am not guilty of that cowardly murder of my dearest friend. I ask therefore no man’s pardon for aught that I may have done in life. I am confident that my life is an example to most people. I lay no claim — please strike out the last two words — I do not say that I am better or more worthy of respect of the world than the average man, but I have done my duty to my father and mother, my brothers and sister, and to other near relatives. I have done my absolute duty toward my wife and my five little babies. May God keep and care for those sweet darlings.
Salt Lake Telegram, Nov. 20, 1903.
* Yes, those Romneys. George Ernest Romney‘s significantly younger first cousin George Wilcken Romney became Governor of Michigan, and was in turn the father of the 2012 Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney. The mutual grandfather of George E. and George W. designed the St. George Tabernacle.
** Even Mortensen’s wife thought him guilty, for he had gone out that fatal evening of the 16th with Hay, and returned an hour later “deathly pale.” However, while God’s hearsay to Mr. Hay was available in open court, Mrs. Mortensen’s evidence was not: Utah law prohibited wives testifying against their husbands.
1663: Volkmar Limprecht - 2019
1928: William Charles Benson - 2018
2013: Joseph Paul Franklin, Larry Flynt's would-be assassin - 2017
1781: Margaret Tinkler, abortionist - 2016
1829: The slaves of the Greenup revolt - 2015
1936: Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, Falange founder - 2014
2010: Mohsen bin Faisal Al Barik Al-Dossary, Saudi cop-killer - 2012
869 or 870: St. Edmund the Martyr - 2011
1903: Tom Horn - 2010
1676: Johan Johansson Griis, the Gävle Boy - 2009
284: Aper, by Diocletian - 2008
1695: Zumbi dos Palmares - 2007
1915: Joe Hill
1977: Gary Gilmore
1938: The terrified John Deering
1996: John Albert Taylor, the last American to face a firing squad
1951: Eliseo Mares, “silently and horribly”
1962: Mack Merrill Rivenburgh cheats the executioner
1894: Enoch Davis, like a cur
Entry Filed under: 20th Century,Capital Punishment,Common Criminals,Crime,Death Penalty,Execution,Murder,Shot,USA,Utah
Tags: 1900s, 1903, george romney, joseph hay, joseph smith, mitt romney, mormonism, november 20, peter mortensen, salt lake city
2 thoughts on “1903: Peter Mortensen, divinely accused”
A Mormon says:
Have you even read the Book of Mormon?
David L. Pahlka says:
This once celebrated case is in Thomas Duke’s famous text book for
S.F. police officers printed in1910. The title is “Celebrated Criminal Cases
of the Century”. None other than Dashiell Hammett (former detective turned
author) of “The Thin Man”, “Maltese Falcon” “The Dain Curse” and others
used it as his bible. James Seymore, Capitan of Wells-Fargo & Co.
detectives gave my grandfather a copy for “services rendered”.
In this version of the story, I am shocked Joseph F. Smith came
out against Sharp’s testimony when the “Book of Mormon” is all about
so far unsubstantiated visions by either historical records or anthropological
evidences. What hypocrisy!!! George E. Romney and others swore of
James R. Hay’s and Sharp’s veracity. (Sharp was Hay’s father-in law,
not father as reported in this article.
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New Mexico State News - Saturday March 23, 2019
COYOTE CARCASSES
Coyote carcasses found as New Mexico governor weighs ban
(Information from: The Santa Fe New Mexican, http://www.santafenewmexican.com)
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Some animal activists and state officials are pushing for New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to sign a bill outlawing coyote-killing contests.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports Los Lunas resident Elisabeth Dicharry was informed of discarded coyote carcasses by a friend who came across them on Wednesday.
Dicharry says duct tape tags dated Jan. 12 were found on some of the animals' snouts, indicating they might have been targeted in a coyote-killing contest.
Dicharry says she found a third pile of coyote remains Thursday in the same area of eastern Valencia County.
The discovery of the carcasses comes as Lujan Grisham contemplates whether to sign Senate Bill 76, a bipartisan measure that would prohibit coyote-killing contests on both public and private lands in New Mexico.
NUKE REPOSITORY
First-of-its-kind US nuclear waste dump marks 20 years
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — In a remote stretch of desert in southern New Mexico, the U.S. government set in motion an experiment that, if successful, would prove to the world that radioactive waste could be safely disposed of deep underground.
Twenty years and more than 12,380 shipments later, tons of Cold War-era waste from decades of bomb-making and nuclear research have been stashed in the salt caverns that make up the underground facility — and not without issues.
A 2014 radiation leak forced an expensive nearly three-year closure and delayed the federal government's cleanup program.
Supporters still consider the repository a success, saying it provides a viable option for dealing with a multibillion-dollar mess. That success is checkered at best for those who worry about mounting pressures on the repository to become a dumping ground for high-level waste.
ALBUQUERQUE AIRPORT-OUTAGE
Power restored at Albuquerque airport after lengthy outage
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Power has been restored at the airport in Albuquerque, New Mexico, following a lengthy outage Saturday morning that delayed flights and created long wait times for passengers.
Albuquerque International Sunport spokeswoman Stephanie Kitts said passengers were making their way through security checkpoints after power was restored around 8:30 a.m.
Kitts told the Albuquerque Journal that the outage began around 3:30 a.m.
During the outage, many travelers sat in the main lobby as they waited for updates.
Public Service Co. of New Mexico said on Twitter it was investigating the outage's cause and called the situation "a super frustrating experience."
After power was restored, Mayor Tim Keller said on Twitter that officials "still expect significant arrivals and delays."
Airport officials advised passengers to check with airlines for updated flight information.
NEW MEXICO UNEMPLOYMENT
New Mexico's February unemployment rate remained 3.1 percent
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's unemployment rate held steady in February.
The Department of Workforce Solutions' monthly report released Friday said February's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.1 percent, unchanged from January 2019 and February 2018.
The state's non-farm economy grew by 7,400 jobs, or a little under 1 percent, in the year since February 2018.
The private sector accounted for all of the increase, led by serving-providing industries' gain of 4,700 jobs while goods-producing industries added 3,500 jobs.
The leisure and hospitality sector had the biggest gain with 3,700 additional jobs.
Meanwhile, government lost 800 jobs.
ENDANGERED WOLVES-DEATHS
3 Mexican gray wolves found dead in Arizona, New Mexico
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona wildlife officials say three endangered Mexican gray wolves, including two in New Mexico, died last month.
The Arizona Game and Fish Department said in a news release Friday that the latest incidents means there have been four wolf deaths so far this year.
One from a pack in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest died after it was captured to replace a faulty GPS collar.
Another from a pack in the north-central area of the Gila National Forest was found dead.
The third wolf was a single collared one in New Mexico. Officials did not say in what part of the state it dwelled.
All the deaths are under investigation.
Efforts to reintroduce the endangered wolves in Arizona and New Mexico have been ongoing for two decades.
CLEAN ENERGY-NEW MEXICO
New Mexico governor signs landmark clean energy bill
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Making good on a campaign promise, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed landmark legislation that will mandate more solar panels and wind turbines as the state sets ambitious new renewable energy goals.
The Democratic governor, environmentalists and others gathered at the state capitol Friday for a signing ceremony.
The measure requires that investor-owned utilities generate at least 50 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2030. That jumps to 80 percent by 2040.
A 100 percent carbon-free mandate would kick in five years later. Electric co-ops that provide power to more rural areas would have until 2050 to meet that goal.
Aside from the renewable energy quotas, funds will be established to help ease the economic pains of closing the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station near Farmington.
ROUTE 66-LOSING PRESERVATION?
Last grants coming for endangered Route 66 program
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Final grant season for an endangered federal program that's helped preserve the historic Route 66 Highway for two decades is ending next month.
The Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program is accepting grant applications until April 12 and it's not clear if Congress will continue the project.
At risk are millions of dollars in grants aimed at reviving old tourist spots in struggling towns.
The program has helped finance projects like the El Vado Motel neon sign restoration in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the Baxter Springs Independent Oil and Gas Station restoration in Kansas. It's administered by the National Park Service.
Decommissioned as a U.S. highway in 1985, Route 66 went through eight states, connecting tourists with friendly diners and motor lodges in small towns.
NAVAJO COAL PLANT
Navajo Nation company ends bid to buy power plant, mine
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Navajo Nation company has ended its bid to buy a coal-fired power plant on the reservation and the mine that feeds it.
The decision Friday means the Navajo Generating Station and the Kayenta Mine will close this year, ending decades of operation in northeastern Arizona.
The bid by the Navajo Transitional Energy Company had been considered a long-shot since tribal leaders asked the company last year to consider the acquisition. Coal is falling out of favor across the country.
The company's negotiations with the power plant owners recently came to a halt over who ultimately would be responsible for cleanup.
Environmentalists have urged the Navajo Nation to ditch coal for renewable energy.
The power plant initially was built to move Colorado River water to Arizona's major metropolitan areas.
Copyright 2017 The Associated Press
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Top 5 Award Winning Architects
Top 5 Great Award Winning Architects and their Amazing Works
Todays' list is about Architecture and the greatest minds who turned buildings into amazing works of arts, designed to fulfill their function and meaning. Here is our list about the top 5 award winning architects with their amazing works, starting with Kris Lin who is one of the greatest architects who proved their name in the Architecture field and is one of the top ranked architects.
Light Waterfall Sales Centre has been designed by Kris Lin with the theme of water, and the idea of elevating the beautiful natural environment that it is placed in. The building is meant to host shows and meetings inside and we are sure that this beautiful architecture attracts the customers and contribute to good sales.
Tai Chi is another amazing design by Kris Lin. Beyond its function as a sale centre, it stands beautifully like an art sculpture with the consideration given to the types, selection and detailing of the steel structures. With its two facade incorporating the light and shadow play, one side is light when the other side is dark, standing for two elements that are "Yin" and "Yang" of Tai Chi respectively.
Kris Lin played with materials and light to design the Waving Ribbon Sales Centre to create an eye-catching building. Waving Ribbon looks like a floating light box with its simple and free curve lines applied to the external wall design. The “Ribbon” serves two distinctive function in this design: decorative and boundary. Grey and white ribbon interlaced with each other, which connects all the spaces at 1st and 2nd floors while separate and divide the space into areas.
Named after a vision of walking toward the sky, this building that seems to “take off from the surface of earth” is also the work of Kris Lin. Skywalker Architecture is designed in a way to invite people to raise their head and watch the sky, implying a smooth and upward trend in everything.
MZ Architects comes second in our list of Top 5 Award Winning Architects. It is one of the most recognized Architecture and consultancy group in the Middle East with the headquarters located in Lebanon. MZ Architects is as an architecture and urban planning firm providing services for master planning projects, small-scale houses, hotels, high-rise buildings, residential buildings, stadiums, cultural centres and industrial buildings spread across Lebanon, Qatar, the UAE, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Nigeria.
The Ring House and Atelier is designed for a young Saudi jewellery artist by MZ Architects. The building consists of a circular protective volume embracing the rectangular living area. It is designed to reflect the soul and creations of the artist, to act as a safe cocoon where she can retreat and let herself grow both as an independent person and a genuine designer.
Golden West Bay Office Tower is a building designed to be a monumental silhouette, to create an eye-catching structure standing out from the rest. The Golden West Bay concept exemplifies a pure geometrical scenario tailored by a clear physical language. The diagonal cut of one pure rectangle and the sliding of the parts resulted in a striking, modern three-dimensional image. The two sliding parts challenge gravity and embrace one another through a joint. This innovative design approach creates an eye-catching structure that stands out from the rest.
The Aldar Headquarters designed by MZ Architects has a distinctive and innovative design: a semi spherical building comprising two circular convex shaped facades linked by a narrow band of indented glazing. On the beautiful Al Raha beach, The Aldar Headquarters is a building that would possess the calm. Ideal beauty of the classical architecture.
MZ Architects designed the W Doha Hotel and Residences, the famous luxury hotel brand’s first signature hotel in the Middle East. MZ Architects managed to create this amazing building, constructed upon the brand’s unique values and local influences, using cutting-edge design. W Doha Hotel & Residences’ unique architecture stands out in the West Bay area of Doha where it is conveniently located.
AGi architects was founded by two Harvard University graduate, Joaquín Pérez-Goicoechea and Nasser B. Abulhasan. They embraced an international character and with their multi-disciplinary focus, AGi architects focus on the quality and the creativity in design. At present, the studio has offices in Kuwait and Madrid, with a team comprised of more than 50 professionals.
Mop House is a private residence project created by AGi architects. Initially designed for one family, the house is designed in a way to inhabit two families in the prospective future. The structure of the house and the distribution of the functionalities have been done according to the potential future. Located in the Kuwait City, Mop House definitely designed to create a peaceful living environment for the two future families, making sure they are together but separate within their respective intimacy.
Haj House Building Complex is envisioned to be inviting, it is designed by AGi architects not only cater to any user involved in the process of training and educating related to Haj, but could also be open and accessible to general public. Inspired from the Islamic traditional culture, Haj welcomes the city with its façade across the river, conveying the spirit of Islam.
The design proposal for the General Department of Information System, GDIS, in Kuwait, developed by AGi architects in collaboration with Bonyan Design, is based on three principles: representativeness, security and functionality, turning the complex into a strong civil icon representing Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior Affairs.
S-Cube Chalet Beach House encompasses 3 small semi-detached beach houses with a duplicated program. AGi architects designed this complex to make sure each house has its own privacy and each of them can benefit from the outdoor areas and the sea view. Each one of the three houses enjoys a private outdoor area that is open to the sky, extended sea views and privacy from immediate neighbours.
Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University is designed by Andrew Bromberg, inspired from the porous nature of stones. The element of voids functions as links to the different programmes of the building and turns the building into a vessel for interaction. The Administration Information Building is serving as a dynamic gathering place for students and staff, with a structure that facilitates interaction.
In the design of Hotel Indigo Hong Kong Island, Andrew Bromberg wanted to reflect the vibrant local culture and nature of Asia, Hong Kong and Wanchai. Burnished bronze solar fins wrapping around the building reminds of a dragon, rooting the building into the culture and traditions of Asia. The dramatic glass bottomed cantilevered pool on the roof top, shimmers at night, and is considered to be like the gleaming pearl often associated with the Chinese dragons.
Express Rail Link West Kowloon Terminus, designed by Andrew Bromberg, will be one of the largest underground terminus stations in the world when it is completed. The design connects the station with its surrounding with a roof structure above that allows sightseeing of the famous Victoria Harbour from outside, and the great city skyline from inside.
Nanfung Commercial, Hospitality and Exhibition Complex designed by Andrew Bromberg, incorporates 4 distinctive use within the body of two sites located with a 160 meter from each other. The unified structure of a vertical podium with a multi-storey horizontal blocks establishes and promotes a dialogue between the two buildings, leaping over the middle neighbour and creating a strong, unified architectural identity for the project.
Xinhua Bookstore Group Mixed-use Project designed by Aedas, is inspired from an ancient Chinese proverb, “Knowledge brings wealth”. With this proverb in mind, Aedas created a project integrating the bookstore with cultural and natural elements of Chongqing to create an interactive ‘Cultural Innovation Oriented Development’. The project is a dynamic complex housing to different functions, it encompasses a sky cultural plaza, retails, apartments, offices, a boutique hotel and most widespread chained bookstore, Xinhua Bookstore.
In Hengqin International Financial Center, Aedas got the inspiration from the Chinese literature, from the mythical creature of flood dragon busting from the sea. The composition of four tower, swirling together up to sky represents the new economic engine of the emerging megalopolis in Pearl River Delta (consisting Hong Kong, Macau, Shenzhen and Zhuhai). It is a mixed-use project, mainly including Class-A office building, supporting conference and exhibition facilities, apartments, service facilities and retails. The project creates a unique building icon that highlight the location and celebrate the local culture.
Heartland 66 is designed for retail, office and residential use by Aedas. The design itself is inspired from the Chinese knot, by adopting the infinity loop form to make a symbolic connection and establish a multi-level circulation network. The design resulted from understanding Wuhan’s social, environmental and cultural aspects, focusing not just on its heritage, but also embracing the needs of the dynamic modern global citizen. The intimate roof garden, the sweeping sunken plaza, the stepped terraces and the subtle lifting of the building from the ground is a response to the need for alfresco activities and increased public green space resulting from the changing local climate and evolving modern Chinese family dynamics.
Sina Plaza is designed to be for office use of Chinese internet giant Sina. Design is based on the “Limitless” concept which is derived from the company’s nature to reflect unlimited boundary on the internet. The building frames two open courtyards that the internal circulation route resembles the “infinity” symbol. At the building centre is the “Eye of Sina” to display instant information on media platforms and reinforce the sense of belonging. The rectilinear architectural form was squeezed, kneaded, pinched to express distinctive areas.
Today we have listed the top 5 architects from the most ranked architects of A’ Design Award & Competition Winners. There are many more bright architects that is worth your attention so make sure you check them out!
http://www.designerrankings.com/
Designer credits:
Kris Lin: https://competition.adesignaward.com/designer.php?profile=111535
MZ Architects: https://competition.adesignaward.com/designer.php?profile=118244
AGi Architects: https://competition.adesignaward.com/designer.php?profile=108064
Andrew Bromberg: https://competition.adesignaward.com/designer.php?profile=134791
Aedas: https://competition.adesignaward.com/designer.php?profile=166350
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Counterfeit Portable Fire Extinguishers
The Coast Guard has recently become aware of counterfeits of U.S. Coast Guard approved portable fire extinguishers manufactured by Amerex Corporation and Buckeye Fire Equipment. Both companies are major producers of genuine approved fire extinguishing equipment and serve a worldwide market. These counterfeit extinguishers present a significant safety hazard. Their capability to extinguish a fire is unproven; they may be charged with a powdery substance that is not a fire extinguishing agent, the pressure cylinder is not DOT approved, and the pressure gauge may not function or give false readings.
The dry-chemical counterfeit extinguishers are size B-II and may be identified by several distinguishing features:
Counterfeit units may have duplicate serial numbers. Genuine approved extinguishers will have a unique serial number for each extinguisher. For counterfeit Amerex extinguishers, the serial No. V-654690 has been reported. There may be other serial numbers used on the counterfeits. For counterfeit Buckeye extinguishers, the serial No. K-094927 with a red handle and serial No. YMU76222 with a black handle have been reported.
The labels on counterfeit extinguishers may be simply printed. Labels on genuine approved extinguishers will include a security imprint / texture behind the UL LISTED logo, classification, testing and approval data. Genuine Amerex Corporation extinguishers will have a pattern of scored “circles,” and genuine Buckeye Fire Equipment extinguishers will have the letter “S” scored into the label.
The bottoms of the counterfeits have a rounded curved in lip. The bottom of a genuine Amerex extinguisher is shown on the left side of the image. Genuine Buckeye extinguishers will have a date stamped on the bottom.
The counterfeit extinguishers have been reported to have black or red plastic handles. Genuine approved dry-chemical B-II extinguishers typically have handles that are constructed of silver-colored aluminum (although there are some with plastic handles).
Pressure gauges on the counterfeit units may be the wrong color. The gauges on genuine approved Buckeye dry-chemical extinguishers will have a red background.
Counterfeit extinguishers may have welded seams on the sides of the cylinders.
The Coast Guard believes that counterfeit production is not limited to Amerex Corporation and Buckeye Fire Equipment. There has been unconfirmed mention of a possible case with Badger portable fire extinguishers. However, at this time there have been no confirmed reports of counterfeit units from other manufacturers.
The Coast Guard strongly recommends that vessel owner / operators inspect their equipment. Inspectors, surveyors, owner / operators and others suspecting that they may have identified counterfeit extinguishers should contact the Coast Guard Office of Design and Engineering Standards immediately. Please provide a description of the suspect units, including if possible photographs showing full front, rear, and bottom views of the extinguishers, along with close-ups of all labels, and submit this information to typeapproval@uscg.mil with a copy to anticounterfeiting@us.ul.com.
This Safety Alert is provided for informational purposes and does not relieve any foreign or domestic requirement. Developed by the Lifesaving and Fire Safety Division, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, DC and distributed by the Office of Investigations and Causal Analysis.
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Home Soy Recipes Are the police officers being paid the highest salary? [ABC2 Investigates]
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Are the police officers being paid the highest salary? [ABC2 Investigates]
The news is about the Overtime and how it’s payment is done.
Well, it’s was surprising for the ABC2 Investigators when they found how heavily the Baltimore Police Department is getting paid for their overtime (OT) working. If you consider the rough estimates, then all the salaries and money can mount upto $23 million for one year.
ABC2 Investigators made a note about this, and later it revealed how officers took thousands of dollars for a day’s overtime. This had to stop!
Are the police officers being paid the highest salary?
Sundays are the main working days, that was a sarcasm.
If you find a group of men and women near the M & T Bank Stadium in their blue-colored uniform – they are from the overtime gang. Oh yes, you get to watch the Ravens weekly games but people are geared up mainly for the pay.
Other special events like the NFL Kick-Off concert which was organized at the Inner Harbour also had a similar thing. It’s true that events like these, which are grand does require a special security force. But many of the officers tend to do extra work on that particular day so that they could enjoy all the monetary benefits.
On further investigation, it revealed that the police officers took in about 5 times 5 million this year. This makes upto $25 which is the additional charges and benefits provided to the officers on doing the overtime.
Further, ABC2 Investigator adds – ‘we then started looking at the salary statements and details of the officers. It showed that the officers had taken over $30 millions more for their overtime sessions.’ This figure is much different than the department expenses that it started earlier.
On asking about the expenses of the department, they replied that their expenses are included in the budget only. This meant that the $25 million had their additional expenses covered for the year.
But the overtime expenses don’t count for more than 4 million in a year, so what about the additional figures? To this, we got the answer that the additional pays were for the covering up during special events and any other sports match – they get a hiked pay for such special overtimes.
An average police officer gets a normal salary of $43,000, but with the overtimes – the figure went like $60,000, $80,000 and in some cases it hit the $100,000 making them the highest paid employee in the state with an higher pay than the Mayor herself.
The numbers shown here are small comparing it to the real picture, and we could hope that the issues get resolved asap!
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SCHUYLKILL RIVER RELAY 50K APRIL 18, 2020
Schuylkill River Relay and Ultra runners start in waves beginning at the Tow Path Road near Saint Michael's Park.
Waves begin at 9:00 A.M. All runners will be on-course by 10:45 A.M. Teams will be assigned a start time based on expected completion. Each ultra runner and team will be issued a chipped timed tri-bracelet on race day morning.
Aid stations will be available at each transition point and marked by 'SRT 50K' banners.
Teams must have a reliable and safe vehicle between transition points.
Have fun and be safe because the Schuylkill River Trail is open to the public during this race.
Be sure to have a designated driver.
LEGS + DISTANCES
MIDPOINT + TURNAROUND
Conshohocken Brewing Company (rear)
GPS- 40°04'25.8"N 75°17'33.5"W
739 E Elm St, Conshohocken, PA 19428
This is the Turnaround point for the Relay. Indoor Bathrooms available & beer. Timing team and relay volunteer will be located next to the Conshohocken Brewing Company Deck and refreshments will be available. Plenty of parking in 500 feet past the front of brewery in the Spring Mill Corporate Complex.
Transition Pt.
Pawlings Road + Station Ave, Trail Head
GPS - 40°06'54.5"N 75°27'19.4"W
1350 Pawlings Road, Audubon PA 19403
Look for the 2’x2’ Schuylkill River Relay Banner and follow side trail into trailhead parking lot. Plenty of parking and Porta-potties on site.
Additional parking is available at "the Dump" (1800 East Dr, Oaks, PA 19456) parking lot where the trails split. Food, Water and Support staff.
Saint Michaels Grove
400 Jacobs Street, Mont Clare PA 19403
Start line: Tow Path Road
GPS- 40.137579, - 75.509066
All Runners start on Towpath Road 40.137579, -75.509066. This is the only course section with packed stone (first 1.5 miles). Trail bends to leave canal path, follow signs to right. The only hill is in final ¼ mile after the SRT/Perkiomen Trail split. At the SRT/Perkiomen Trail split follow signs to the left towards Philadelphia, up the hill and across the bridge. Handoff is immediately following the bridge.
After Handoff, Cross bridge and follow bend down to the river, following SRT signs. The final 2.5 miles switch between packed gravel and paved macadam. Continue on the SRT trail until underpass at Route29, course marshalled. Follow Tow Path across the canal bridge, and through the woods to St. Mikes Grove, until you victoriously cross the finish line
Trail is paved for remainder of race.
River Front Park is accessed by a small set of stairs leading down to the parking area.
Look for the 2x2 'Schuylkill River Relay' sign .
Flat and fast all the way to Norristown exchange just over the bridge
Riverfront Park, Norristown
100 Haws Ave Norristown, PA 19401
Look for the 2’x2’ Schuylkill River Relay banner and follow the stairs down to the parking area.
River Front Park to Conshohocken Brewing Company
Paved Trail. This is the last leg to the halfway point. CAUTION when crossing small driveways.
Bathrooms available at Conshohocken Brewing Company.
Conshohocken Brewing Company to River Front Park. Paved Trail. First leg of return to St. Michael's.
CAUTION when crossing 4 small driveways roads- Remember this is a 31 mile race, you have time to look both ways
SCHUYLKILL RIVER RELAY 50K FAQ
Q: What is the time limit for completing this race?
A: All runners have 8 hours to complete the course.
Q: What if I have 5 members or 2 - or 4?
A: Due to logistics and timing, only registration for solo runners, 3 and 6 person relay teams is allowed. If, for example, you are a team of 5, you should register for the 6 person team and one team member will run two legs of the relay.
Q: Where are the water stops located on this race?
A: Water stations are located at transition points. This is because of the limited number of drive-up access points along the SRT. Runners must carry water with them for each leg. At each transition point, there will be water, as well as bananas, snacks, candy, and port-a-potties.
Q: How does pricing work?
A: Pricing is per team. Team captains pay for each team. Teammates then sign up using a special password at no additional cost. This allows team captains to set their own price points.
Q: Where are the relay hand-offs?
A: All transitions will be mapped out and sent to teams prior to race day. There will be 3 transition points for this out and back: Pawlings Road Trailhead, River Front Park in Norristown, and Conshocken Brewing Company. Please note: Pawlings Road and River Front park are active roads in each direction.
Q: Transportation?
A: Teams are required to provide their own transportation to transition points. Points are mentioned above and mapped out here.
Q: Where should I stay?
A: Looking for a hotel, B&B or weekend package? Contact Marc right now for recommendations on where to stay and how to make it a weekend getaway!
Q: Strollers?
A: Strollers are not allowed for this race. The Schuylkill River Trail is NOT closed to public use during this relay race. You will encounter walkers, other runners, and bikers on the trail. Use caution and adhere to the directional rules of the trail.
Q: Is the trail closed to public use?
A: No, the trail is NOT closed to public use during this race. You will encounter walkers, other runners, and bikers on the trail. Use caution and adhere to the directional rules of the trail.
Q: How can I get my hands on a race t-shirt?
A: There is a 'guaranteed shirt size' cut-off date of March 1st. After that, shirts will only be available in listed sizes.
Q: Does every runner receive a set of three medals?
A: Each runner receives the neck medal corresponding to the leg of the race they ran. Ultras get a custom belt buckle of all 3!
If additional medals are available, you can complete your set with a $20 donation to the race charity.
Q: What are the race awards and categories?
A: Each runner from winning and place finishing teams will be awarded a prized race baton. Teams of 3 or 6 runners will be divided into 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for Male, Female and Co-ed Teams. In 2019 we've added a Masters category for one team in each relay team size (3 and 6 runners), all runners must be 40plus for the Masters category.
Q: Gear Drop?
A: Ultra runners can arrange to have gear dropped off at specific transition points. If you know you will need shoes, goo or another must have item to complete the race, you'll need to deposit it to the check-in desk (at the Pavilion) at 8:00 A.M. Items should be bagged with names clearly displayed along with the location along the relay course where you'd like it stowed.
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Storage affects catechin content of loose leaf green tea
By Becki | March 3, 2013
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Loose leaf green tea is the freshest green tea available with the least amount of processing. Other types of green tea such as blended teas, instant teas, bottled teas, tea bags, and decaffeinated teas go through more processing.
The best whole leaves are packaged and sold as loose green tea. The broken leaf pieces, stems, and leftovers are used to process instant teas, bottled teas, and tea bags.
Catechins of loose leaf green tea
The catechin content depends on several factors. The catechin content can change according to how the leaves are manufactured. Fresh tea has the least amount of manufacturing, so it has the highest catechin content.
Bottled teas, tea bags, and decaffeinated teas go through more processing, which results in a lower amount of catechins (about half the amount as whole tea leaves).
Catechins and storage
Storage can also affect the catechin content. The catechins can degrade over time if the tea is not stored in proper packaging. Many bagged teas are not packaged properly and lose their potency and flavor over time.
The average shelf life of loose leaf green tea is approximately two years. There is minimal change if the tea is stored properly and used within two years.
The best packaging is metalized multilayer polyethylene film, similar to the packaging used for some brands of potato chips or candy bars. At room temperature, tea in this packaging can remain completely unchanged for six months.
From six to twelve months, there is very little change. However, after a year, the tea starts to slightly change, and the flavor becomes a bit mustier. Then, after two years, the tea begins to lose its beneficial properties, potency of catechins, and flavor.
It’s difficult to know how long a box of tea has been sitting on the shelf at a store. If you’re looking at teas at the store, I recommend choosing one that has the furthest expiration date (at least a year to be safe).
For a selection of high-quality loose leaf green tea visit DailyMatcha.com. Daily Matcha is our store where we sell green tea directly from Japan. Your purchases at Daily Matcha support our effort to keep this website free and to spread the word about green tea. Thank you!
Cabrera, C., Artacho, R., Gimenez, R. (2006). Beneficial effects of green tea – A review.Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 25(2), 79–99.
Lee, J., & Chambers, D. (2010). Flavors of green tea change little during storage. Journal of Sensory Studies, 25(4), 512-520.
Becki Benedict has a Master’s degree in International Studies and has traveled extensively throughout Asia. She has lived and worked in Japan, China, and Thailand.
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World Wars.ca - Download the EBook Heros Informational
Joan Reads By Firelight
Pierre Lays His Hand On A Heart
Two Pictures In The Fire
The Sin-buster
Pierre Becomes Alarmed About His Property
Pierre Takes Steps To Preserve His Property
The Judgment Of God
Dried Rose-leaves
Prosper Comes To A Decision
The Whole Duty Of Woman
The Training Of A Leopardess
Joan Runs Away
Nerves And Intuition
The Tall Child
Concerning Marriage
A Wild Cat
Morena's Wife
Luck's Play
Joan And Prosper
Against The Bars
Gray Envelopes
The Clean Wild Thing
The Leopardess
The End Of The Trail
Part of: The Estray
From: The Branding Iron
After that night, there began a sort of persecution, skillfully
conducted by Jasper and Betty, against the ferocity of Jane. It was a
persecution impossible to imagine in any other setting, even the social
simplicity of Lazy-Y found itself a trifle amused. For Jasper, the
stately Jewish figure, would carry pails of water for Jane from the
well to the kitchen, would help her in the vegetable garden, and to
straighten out her recalcitrant stove-pipe; Betty would put on an apron
a mile too large, to wash dishes and shell peas. She would sit on the
kitchen table swinging her long, childlike legs and chatter amiably.
Jasper talked, too, to the virago, talked delightfully, about horses
and dogs,--he had a charming gift of humorous observation,--talked
about hunting and big-game shooting, about trapping, about travel, and,
at last, about plays. Undoubtedly Jane listened. Sometimes she laughed.
Once in a while she ejaculated, musically, "Well!" Occasionally she
swore.
One afternoon he met her riding home from an errand to a neighboring
ranch, and, turning his horse, rode with her. In worn corduroy skirt,
flannel shirt, and gray sombrero, she looked like a handsome, haggard
boy, and, that afternoon, there was a certain unusual wistfulness in
her eyes, and her mouth had relaxed a little from its bitterness.
Perhaps it was the beauty of a clear, keen summer day; without doubt,
also, she was touched by the courteous pleasure of his greeting and by
his giving up his ride in order to accompany her. She even unbent from
her silence and, for the first time, really talked to him. And she
spoke, too, in a new manner, using her beautiful voice with beautiful
carefulness. It was like a master-musician who, after a long illness,
takes up his beloved instrument and tentatively tests his shaken
powers. Jasper had much ado to keep his surprise to himself, for the
rough ranch girl could speak pure enough English if she would.
"You and your wife are leaving soon?" she asked him, and, when he
nodded, she gave a sigh. "I'll be missing you," she said, throwing
away her brusquerie like a rag with which she was done. "You've been
company for me. You've made use of lots of patience and courage, but I
have really liked it. I've not got the ways of being sociable and I
don't know that I want ever to get them. I am not seeking for friends.
There isn't another person on the ranch that would dare talk to me as
you and Mrs. Morena have talked. They don't know anything about me
here and I don't mean that they should know." She paused, then gave
way to an impulse of confidence. "One of the boys asked me to marry
him. He came and shouted it through the window and I caught him with a
pan of water." She sighed. "I don't know rightly if he meant it for a
joke or not, but the laugh wasn't on me."
Jasper controlled his laughter, then saw the dry humor of her eyes and
lips and let out his mirth.
"Why, sir," said Jane, "you'd be surprised at the foolishness of men.
Sometimes it seems that, just for pure contrariness, they want to
marry her that least wants them about. The day I came tramping into
this valley, I stopped for food at the ranch of an old bachelor down
yonder at the ford. And he invited me to be his wife while I was
drinking a glass of water from his well. He told me how much money he
had and said he'd start my stove for me winter mornings. There's a
good husband! And he was sure kind to me even when I told him 'no.' 'T
was that same evening that the boy from Lazy-Y rode in and claimed me
for a cook. Mr. Yarnall is a trusting man. He took me and didn't ask
any questions. I told him I was 'Jane' and that I wasn't planning to
let him know more. He hasn't asked me another question since. He's a
gentleman, I figure it, and he's kind of quiet himself about what he
was before he came to this country. He's a man of fifty and he has
lots back of him only he's taken a fresh start." She sighed, "Folks
like you and Betty seem awfully open-hearted. It's living in cities, I
suppose, where every one knows every one else so well."
This astonishing picture of the candid simplicity of New York's social
life absorbed Jasper's attention for some time.
"Wouldn't you like to live in a city, Jane?"
She laughed her short, boyish "Hoo!" "It isn't what I would like, Mr.
Morena," she said. "Why, I'd like to see the world. I would like to be
that fellow who was condemned to wander all over the earth and never
to die. He was a Jew, too, wasn't he?"
Jasper flushed. People were not in the habit of making direct
reference to his nationality, and, being an Israelite who had early
cut himself off with dislike from his own people and cultivated the
society of Gentiles, "a man without a country," he was acutely
sensitive.
"The Wandering Jew? Yes. Where did you ever hear of him?"
"I read his story," she answered absently; "an awful long one, but
interesting, about lots of people, by Eugene Sue."
Jasper's lips fell apart and he stared. She had spoken unwittingly and
he could see that she was not thinking of him, that she was far away,
staring beyond her horse's head into the broad, sunset-brightened
"Where were you schooled?" he asked her.
He had brought her back and her face stiffened. She gave him a
startled, almost angry look, dug her heels into her horse and broke
into a gallop; nor could he win from her another word.
A few days before he left, he took Yarnall into his confidence. At
first the rancher would do nothing but laugh. "Jane on the boards!
That's a notion!" followed by explosion after explosion of mirth. The
Jew waited, patient, pliant, smiling, and then enumerated his reasons.
He talked to Yarnall for an hour, at the end of which time, Yarnall,
his eyes still twinkling, sent for Jane.
The two men sat in a log-walled room, known as the office. Yarnall's
big desk crowded a stove. There was no other furniture except shelves
and a box seat beneath a window. Jasper sat on the end of the desk,
swinging his slim, well-booted leg; Yarnall, stocky, gray, shabby,
weather-beaten, leaned back in his wicker chair. The door which Jasper
faced was directly behind Yarnall. When Jane opened it, he turned.
The girl looked grim and a little pale. She was evidently frightened.
This summons from Yarnall suggested dismissal or reproof. She came
around to face him and stood there, looking fierce and graceful, her
head lowered, staring gloomily at him from under her brows. To Jasper
she gave not so much as a glance.
"Well, Jane, I fancy I shall have to let you go," said Yarnall. He was
not above tormenting the wild-cat. Female ferocity always excites the
teasing boy in a man. "You're getting too ambitious for us. You see,
once these rich New Yorkers take you up, you're no more use to a plain
ranchman like me."
"What are you drivin' at?" asked Jane.
"Do let me explain it to her, Yarnall!" Jasper snapped his elastic
fingers, color had risen to his face, and he looked annoyed. "Miss
Jane, won't you sit down?"
Jane turned her deep, indignant eyes upon him. "Are you and your wife
the rich New Yorkers he says are takin' me up?"
"No, no. He's joking. This is a serious business. It's of vital
importance to me and it ought to be of vital importance to you. Please
do sit down!"
Jane took a long step back and sat down on the settle under the long,
horizontal window. She folded her hands on her knee and looked up at
Morena. She had transferred her attention completely to him. Yarnall
watched them. He was an Englishman of much experience and this picture
of the skillful, cultivated, handsome Jew angling deftly for the
gaunt, young savage diverted him hugely. He screwed up his eyes to get
a picture of it.
"I am a producer and manager of plays," said Jasper, "which means that
I take a play written by a more gifted man and arrange it for the
stage. Have you ever seen a play?"
"No, sir."
"But you have some idea what they are?"
"Yes. I have read them. Shakespeare wrote quite a lot of that kind of
talking pieces, didn't he?"
Jasper was less surprised than Yarnall. "At present I have a play on
my hands which is a very brilliant and promising piece of work, but
which I have been unable to produce for lack of a heroine. There isn't
an actress on my list that can take the part and do it justice. Now,
Miss Jane, I believe that with some training you could take it to
perfection. My wife and I would like to take you to New York, paying
all your expenses, of course, and put you into training at once. It
would take a year's hard work to get you fitted for the part. Then
next fall we could bring out the play and I think I can promise you
success and fame and wealth in no small measure. I don't know you very
well; I don't know whether or not you are ambitious; but I do know
that every woman must love beauty and ease and knowledge and
experience. For what else," he smiled, "did Eve eat the apple? All
these you can have if you will let us take you East. Of course, if I
find you cannot take this part, I will hold myself accountable for
you. I will not let you be a loser in any way by the experiment. With
your beauty"--Yarnall fell back in his chair and gaped from the
excited speaker to the silent listener--"and your extraordinary voice,
and your magnetism, you must be especially fitted for a career of some
kind. I promise to find you your career."
Every drop of blood had fallen from Jane's face and the rough hands on
her knee were locked together.
"What part," she asked in a quick, low voice, "is this that you think
I could learn to do?"
Jasper changed his position. He came nearer and spoke more rapidly.
"It is the story of a girl, a savage girl, whom a man takes up and
trains. He trains her as a professional might train a lioness. It is a
passion with him to break spirits and shape them to his will. He
trains her with coaxing and lashing--not actual lashing, though I
believe in one place he does come near to beating her--and he gets her
broken so that she lies at his feet and eats out of his hand. All
this, you understand, while he's an exile from his own world. Then, in
the second act,--that is the second part of the play,--he takes his
tamed lioness back to civilization. They go to London and there the
woman does his training infinite credit. She is extraordinarily
beautiful; she is civilized, successful, courted. Her eccentricities
only add to her charm. So it goes on very prettily for a while. Then
he makes a mistake. He blunders very badly. He gives his lioness cause
for jealousy and--to come to the point--she flies at his throat. You
see, he hadn't really tamed her. She was under the skin, a lioness, a
beast, at heart."
Jasper had been absorbed in the plot and had not noticed Jane, but
Yarnall for several minutes had been leaning forward, his hands
tightened on the arms of his chair. The instant Jasper stopped he held
up his hand.
"Quiet, Jane," he said softly as a man might speak to a plunging
horse. "Steady!"
Jane got to her feet. She was very white. She put up her hand and
pressed the back of it against her forehead and from under this hand
she looked at the two men with eyes of such astonished pain and beauty
as they could never forget.
"Yes," she said presently; "that's something I could do."
At once Jasper hastened to retrieve his error. "Oh, I'm so sorry. I've
been horribly clumsy. Do forgive me. Do let me explain. I didn't mean
that you were a wild--"
She let the hand fall and held it up to stop his speech. "I'm not
taking offense, Mr. Morena," she said. "You say you arrange plays and
that you have been seeking for some one to play that girl, that
lioness-girl who wasn't rightly tamed, though the man had done his
worst to break her?"
Jasper nodded with a puzzled, anxious air. For all his skill and
subtlety, he could not interpret her tone.
"And you think I'm beautiful?"
"My dear child, I know you are," said he. "You try to disguise it. And
I know that in many other ways you disguise yourself. I think you make
a great mistake. Your work is hard and rough--"
She smiled. "I'm not complaining of my work," she said. "It's rough
and so am I. Oh, yes, I'm real, true rough. I was born to roughness
and raised to it. I'm not anything I don't seem, Mr. Morena. I've had
rough travel all my days, only--only--" She sat down again, twisting
her hands painfully in her apron and bending her face down from the
sight of the two men. The line of her long, bent neck was a beautiful
thing to see. She spoke low and rapidly, holding down her emotion,
though she could not control all the exquisite modulations of her
voice. "There's only one part of my travel that I want to forget and
that's the one smooth bit. And it's hateful to me and you've been
reminding me of it. I must tell you now that I'd rather be burnt by a
white-hot iron"--here she gave him a wide and horrified look like a
child who speaks of some dreadful remembered punishment--"than do that
thing you've asked of me. I hate everything you've been telling me
about. I don't want to be beautiful. I don't want any one to be
telling me such things. I don't want to be any different from what I
am now. This is my real self. It is. I hate beauty. I hate it. I'm not
good enough to love it. Beauty and learning and--and music--"
Her head had been bending lower and lower, her voice rocking under its
weight of restrained anguish. On the word "music" she dropped her head
to her knees and was silent.
"I can't talk no more," she said, after a moment, and she stood up and
ran out of the room.
"I'll be d----d!" swore Yarnall.
But Jasper stood, his face pale, smiting one hand into the other.
"I feel that I, at least, deserve to be," he said.
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News for 31 December 2015
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All the news for Thursday 31 December 2016
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BALBIR Sr. !!
by Team Balbir
Triple Olympic Gold medallist, Balbir Singh Sr.
Let us all, pool in our WARM BIRTHDAY WISHES for Balbir Singh Sr., THE Olympic Icon, Who has contributed Immensely towards Hockey & CONTINUES to do so.
On his way to completing a century, BALBIR will cross the 92 years milestone on 31st DECEMBER, 2015 .
WE FEEL PROUD of THE GREATEST LIVING LEGEND IN HOCKEY! He still holds The World record of scoring maximum goals in any Olympic finals to date!
Balbir Sr. says, when he looks back, he feels humbled and content about his Hockey career that began as an ordinary village child of five years and took him to such soaring heights at the pinnacle of world Hockey, that he has been able to fulfil his freedom fighter father's dream towards contributing to the honour of our Tiranga !
We Salute you Sir, for your dedication towards Hockey!
& We pray for your good health & happiness, today and always !
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PTV hold Customs to share points at National Hockey
Anwar Zuberi
KARACHI: Never-say-die Pakistan Television (PTV) slammed a last-minute equaliser to hold formidable Customs to a 1-1 draw in their pool ‘B’ match of the 62nd National Hockey Championship at the Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium here on Wednesday.
In other matches of the day, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa defeated Punjab by odd goal in three (2-1), PAF brushed aside Police by tennis score of 6-1 while PIA overwhelmed Sindh 7-0.
Having lost an earlier match to the Steel Mills, Customs, once considered a force to be reckoned with, seems to be in hot waters for making it to the quarter-finals. Having won only one match against Islamabad in three outings so far, Customs now face a strong Wapda outfit in the last league encounter on Sunday.
Fresh after registering a solitary goal victory over Islamabad on Monday, PTV fought courageously by keeping the Customs at bay in the first two quarters.
Customs forced their first penalty corner in the 34th minute and captain Asim Khan made no mistake. They forced another penalty corner in the 43rd but to no avail.
The PTV, on the other hand, continued their onslaughts for equaliser and finally succeeded by earning a penalty corner in the dying moments which yielded fruitful results. Mohammad Adnan after receiving a goalmouth pass efficiently connected it.
Earlier, the PTV earned three penalty corners but all went wasted.
Meanwhile, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa struck a goal each in the second and third quarters to post their maiden win over Punjab in their pool ‘C’ match of academic interest.
Mohib opened the account for the KP in the 20th minute while Amjad-ur-Rehman consolidated it in 41st. Punjab reduced the deficit through Ehtisham who scored off penalty corner in the 57th.
Both KP and Punjab have completed their engagements.
A hat-trick by Mushtaq helped PAF chalk up a crushing victory over Police to continue their winning run and stay in contention for a place in last eight.
Mushtaq struck thrice in the 11th, 20th and 35th minutes, all off penalty corners, to hog limelight. Saeed Shah, Samiullah, and Asif Manzoor netted once for the PAF while Mohammad Ammad scored the consolation goal for policemen off penalty corner.
PIA outplayed Sindh in the pool ‘A’ match to earn full points.
Shafqat Rasool (2), Mohammad Zubair, Rana Sohail, Ihsanullah, Waseem Akram and Mohammad Irfan one apiece, shared the scoring honours for the airlines.
Thursday’s fixtures:
Wapda v Steel Mills at 11:30am; Railways v HEC at 1:30pm; Police v Navy at 3:30pm.
Mushtaq hat-trick inspires 6-1 rout
KARACHI: A hat-trick by Mushtaq guided PAF to a comfortable 6-1 win over Police on the sixth day of the ongoing 62nd National Hockey Championship at the Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium in Karachi on Wednesday.
Mushtaq converted a penalty corner in the 11th, 20th and 22nd minute to give his side a 3-0 lead and complete his hat-trick, while captain Saeed Shah and Asif Manzoor added one goal each in the 23rd and 54th minute by successfully converting their respective penalty corners to further dampen Police’s spirits. Earlier, Samiullah had got his name on the scoresheet by finding the net in the 43rd minute and Muhammad Ammad had scored the consolation for Police in the 29th minute.
In the second match, Shafqat Rasool scored two goals to guide PIA to a 7-0 win over Sindh. The Airliners’ Muhammad Zubair opened the scoring by finding the net in the sixth minute followed by Shafqat’s field goal in the seventh. Ihsanullah then successfully converted a penalty corner in 16th minute to give PIA a 3-0 lead.
Atif Mushtaq got his name on the scoresheet in the 30th minute, Shafqat slotted in his second in the 42nd minute and Waseem Akram and Mohammad Irfan scored one goal each in the 48th and 51st minute to complete the rout.
In another match, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa won 2-1 against Punjab as Mohib opened the account through his 20th minute field goal followed by Amjadur Rehman’s 41st minute strike. Punjab’s Ehtisham managed to halve the deficit in the 57th minute but it was too late by then.
The last match between Customs and PTV ended in a draw as Asim Khan’s 34th minute opener was nullified by Muhammad Adnan’ 59th minute strike.
KP, PAF, PIA register victories in National Hockey Championship
LAHORE - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Air Force (PAF), Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) conjured up victories against their opponents in the ongoing 62nd National Hockey Championship at the Hockey Club of Pakistan (HCP) Stadium on Wednesday.
KP defeated Punjab 2-1, PAF subdued Police 6-1 and PIA thrashed Sindh 7-0 in one-sided matches. While the last match between Customs and PTV ended into a thrilling 1-1 draw. Both the teams got one point each.
KP outclassed Punjab in the opening match. Mohib opened the account for KP in the 20th minute with a field goal and in the 41st minute Amjad-ur-Rehman doubled the lead with another field goal. Punjab boys launched a number of attacks in an attempt to reduce the margin. They got six penalty corners and availed one in the 57th minute when Ehtisham successfully converted it. Faisal and Sajid supervised the match.
Mushtaq of PAF scored a hat-trick to lead his team to a comfortable victory against Police. Airmen exerted pressure in the beginning of the match which they maintained till the end. They got seven penalty corners and converted five. Airmen scored their first goal on a penalty corner in the 11t minute. Mushtaq scored his second and third goals, all on penalty corners, in the 20th and 22nd minutes. Captain Saeed Shah and Asif Manzoor also successfully converted penalty corners in the 22nd and 54th minutes. In the 43rd minute Samiullah netted a beautiful field goal. From Police, M Ammad scored the lone goal in the 29th minute. Zahid and Fazal Manan supervised the match.
Airliners enjoyed supremacy throughout their match against Sindh. M Zubair opened the account for his team through a field goal in the 6th minute. Shafqat Rasool’s field goal in the 7th minute doubled the lead and Ihsanullah’s successful conversion in the 16th minute consolidated PIA’s grip on the match. In the 30th minute, Atif Mushtaq netted a field goal on a pass from Abu Bakar. Shafqat slammed his second field goal in the 42nd minute. Waseem Akram and M Irfan scored one field goal each in the 48th and 51st minutes. From Sindh, Khizar Akhtar made a futile attempt to reduce the margin in the last quart. M Asif and Kamran MP were the field umpires.
The last match of the day between Customs and PTV produced real entertainment for the crowd. Both the teams demonstrated excellent stick work. They launched calculated attacks against each other which won applauds from the spectators. Though Customs dominated the proceedings of the match yet their slackness denied them a well-deserved victory. In the 34th minute of the match, Customs’ Asim Khan scored the only goal for his team on a penalty corner. PTV forwards tried hard to level the score but their attacks were frustrated by the opposition. PTV missed a chance in the 56th minute to level the score on a late pass from Shuja to Waqas. However, in the 59th minute of the match, a beautiful move by their captain M Fayyaz and Shuja earned a penalty corner which was successfully converted by Adnan. Hamza and Atif Malik were the field umpires. Today (Thursday)’s matches: Wapda vs Steel Mills, Railways vs HEC and Police vs Navy.
A whole new low for Pakistan hockey
By Nabil Tahir
Pakistan failed to qualify for the Olympics as they lost the crossover match 1-0 for fifth-sixth position against a 15th-ranked Irish team at the FIH Hockey World League Semi-finals in Belgium. PHOTO: FILE
After failing to qualify for the World Cup last year, 2015 was another ill-fated story of a forgone fairytale for Pakistan hockey as the senior side was unsuccessful in securing a berth for the 2016 Rio Olympics for the first time in its history this July.
It was regrettable that a country that has won the Olympics gold thrice, World Cup four times, Asia Cup thrice, Asian Games gold a record eight times, Asian Champions Trophy gold twice, FIH Champions Trophy gold thrice and remained unbeaten at the regional level for many years, suffered such a massive setback.
However, the bulk of the blame can be allocated to the lack of funds being provided and generated for our national sport. The constituency of the then officials of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) — Olympians Chaudhary Akhtar Rasool and Rana Mujahid — were also blamed for Pakistan hockey’s downfall, leading to a new management under president Brig (retd) Sajjad Khokhar and Olympian Shahbaz Ahmed Senior.
The failure of the previous management became prominent when they failed to rope in a monetary grant from Prime Minister and Patron-in-chief Nawaz Sharif amid claims of financial embezzlement. And instead, the patron asked for an audit report of the previously released grant while the scheduled tours to Europe were cancelled after a lack of funds resulted in the calling off of the national training camp.
With no training under their belt and just two months left for the World Hockey League semi-finals — qualifiers for the Olympics — the senior side was a shadow of its former self. Their journey to Antwerp in Belgium was bleak; they finished rock-bottom (eighth place) and were simply made to give up their dreams of playing in Rio. The team’s failure thus resulted in resignations from the coaching panel and selectors.
When the new management came in, they took steps to revive the lost glory of the national sport with the support of the patron by organising the 62nd National Hockey Championship with a newly laid turf.
Although the New Year will not be an easy one to tackle with many hurdles yet to overcome, including backlash from various Olympians, the management will be looking to strengthen the national side and put Pakistan’s name back at the top.
The Colts — the silver lining in hockey’s tragic story
In their first tournament under the new management, the Sultan of Johor Cup, Pakistan’s junior hockey team were thrashed five times and only managed one goalless draw against Great Britain in a highly forgettable outing. PHOTO: FILE
Any successful team in any sport needs a fully functioning juniors setup to churn out potential candidates for the senior side. These junior systems act as platforms to allow players to accumulate much-needed experience by playing in competitive matches, and in many cases, getting international exposure.
Simply put, the stronger the youth development structure, the stronger the senior side would be.
It is exactly following this line of approach that the newly-elected Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), led by president Brig (retd) Muhammad Khalid Sajjad Khokhar and secretary Shahbaz Ahmed Senior, made it their priority to hold trials for the junior team and, following the finalisation of the junior squad in September, sent them on their first international tour, the 5th Sultan of Johor Cup, in October.
As expected, the junior side, which had not played together since the last one year, struggled to find their rhythm. They were thrashed 5-1 by India in the opener followed by a 6-2 loss to Australia. And while their only solace came in a goalless draw against eventual winners Great Britain, 3-1 drubbings by Argentina and hosts Malaysia each completed a miserable tour for the Colts.
While the Colts entered the Junior Asia Cup as underdogs, they surprised all with their impressive performances and made it through to the final before losing out to eventual winners India. PHOTO: FILE
Undeterred by the poor performance in Malaysia and with one eye fixed on qualifying for the Junior Hockey World Cup, the PHF immediately set up a camp to prepare the young side for another tournament in Malaysia — the Junior Asia Cup. The tournament was not only another chance for the Colts to redeem themselves, but, with all four semi-finalists guaranteed a place in the Junior World Cup, also served as a qualifier for the mega-event in India.
The team left for Malaysia on October 7 and surprised all with their outstanding performances. They won all three of their pool matches — Bangladesh (3-1), South Korea (3-0) and Oman (7-1) — to top their pool and then went on to reach the final by defeating China 4-1 in the quarter-final and South Korea 8-7 on penalties in the semi-final to set up a mouth-watering clash with India in the final.
Even though they were on the receiving end of a 6-2 thrashing by India in the final, the Colts had earned something the senior side had desperately been vying for — respect.
The juniors are now preparing to do well at the Junior Hockey World Cup in India in 2016 and if the PHF persists in working for the development of the young side, who knows Pakistan might one day even win the Hockey World Cup — an honour eluding the four-time world champions since 1994.
Isberg named 2016 HIL tournament director
NEW DELHI: Sweden's Bjorn Isberg on Wednesday was named the tournament director of the fourth edition of the Hockey India League (HIL) that will be held across six venues in India from January 18 to February 21.
The tournament will witness six franchises - Jaypee Punjab Warriors, Delhi Waveriders, Kalinga Lancers, Uttar Pradesh Wizards, Dabang Mumbai and defending champions Ranchi Rays - battling for supremacy.
Alongside Isberg, Scottish Andy Mair has been appointed as the umpire's manager while Muthukumar Balakrisnan from Malaysia will don the role of assistant tournament director, announced Hockey India (HI).
The following is the complete list of officials for 2016 HIL:
Tournament Director: Bjorn Isberg (SWE)
Lead Umpires Manager: Craig Gribble (NZL)
Umpires Manager: Andy Mair (SCO)
Assistant Tournament Director: Muthukumar Balakrisnan (MAS), Gavin Hawke (NZL)
Technical Officers: Claudius de Sales (IND), Davinder Bhatia (IND), Ashutosh Verma (IND)
Judges: Milind Narwekar (IND), Anjali Sharma (IND), Sonia Bathla (IND)
International Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG), Marcin Grochal (POL), Martin Madden (SCO), David Tomlinson (NZL), Jakub Mejzlik (CZE), Ben GAntgen (GER)
Indian Umpires: R.V. Raghuprasad, G.S. Sangha, Ripudaman Sharma, Deepak Joshi, Dhaval Prajapti, Anil Kumar.
OTHL team for Nagaon National Championship announced
Defender Juma Shree will lead an 18-member Citizen Hockey XI team for the 6th Hockey India Sub-Junior Women’s National championship to be held at Nagaon, a town about 120 km from Guwahati, in Assam from 5th Jan.
The team has been selected after most girls from the One Thousand Hockey Legs subscribed schools in Kolkata and sparingly from other parts took part in a two-phase selection trails held last month.
11-year old Hiramani Das, a 6th class student, is the youngest of the team. The small mid is delighted to go Assam tour though not fully aware of the significance of making debut for the Citizen Hockey team at the tender age.
Delhi based NGO Hockey Citizen Group has been running its flagship program One Thousand Hockey Legs (OTHL) in Kolkata since 2009.
Last year it further activated with induction of six more schools on its roll.
Hockey India, parent body of field hockey in India, has accorded affiliation to the NGO by virtue of which it fields its team in Hockey India Sub-Junior National Championships since last three years.
OTHL teams named ‘Citizen Hockey XI’ have participated in the previous Baroda and Jammu editions of the age-group Nationals.
However, its first time its girls team will take part in any Nationals which is another feather in the much acclaimed NGO.
Since the host Nagaon is close to the OTHL’s Kolkata Centre, the management decided to send combined Kolkata team which will boost the city’s hockey in a big way.
The team: Bera Sudeshna (gk), Khataun Harjeera, Shree Juma, Dasmal Dipshika, Modi Monisha, Chakrabarti Rima, Soren Safali, Malik Priya, Sheilk Sarmina, Dasgupta Megha, Ghosh Sirsha, Namoni Pariya, Shaw Hritika, Dutta Riya, Parveen Ayesha, Das Hiramani, Das Anuradha, Das Sujata. Coach; Nashim Uddin Manager: Shukla Ghosh
Delhi Chapter of OTHL: Fifth Anniversary celebrations and highlights.
Delhi chapter of One Thousand Hockey Legs was commenced two years after the innovative project was put in operation in other four centres in India: Kolkata, Chennai, Puducherry & Kanpur.
Delhi, however, showed tremendous interest and the concept of introducing and running hockey teams in schools -- where hockey was not played before -- spread like a wildfire and established itself as the most dynamic and vibrant of all 5 OTHL centres today.
About 900 boys gathered at Shivaji stadium last week end and celebrated the 5th anniversary with their coaches, mentors and volunteers. It was a joy with each one of them engaging in various activities they like, from serious games to lighter stuff.
During the event, costly items sent by Dutch legend Jaap Stockmann were also distributed to the needy ones.
Former OTHL Stars played a friendly match against present OTHL XI, which ended in an exciting draw. The coaches were presented momento.
The boys thanked Hockey India which gave HI President’s Outstanding Achievement Award to OTHL this year, and before that affiliation to the NGO so that it can participate directly in the Sub-Jr National Championships.
Founder and CEO K. Arumugam assured formation of different package for the coming years so that the talent pool of gifted boys are elevated to next level.
Delhi OTHL highlights
Introduced 24 Schools, 90% govt
Free Equipment, free coaching for all these schools
Hockey is now institutionally played in five New Education Deptt Zones.
The boys were given at least Six tournament exposure annually.
OTHL introduced three New Entities (tournaments): Cairn Juniors Hockey Cup, Birendranath Ghosh Memorail Cup and Prof Joe Ezekiel Memorial Cup.
It exported Talent to needy private Schools / Clubs, selflessly.
Education Dept: Inter-Zone: Our OTHL centre boys won Silver in the U-14 in 2014, silver in U-14 and U-17 this year.
School Games: About six boys got selected for Delhi State in the SGFI School Games National Championship.
About half a dozen boys represented Delhi State in the Hockey India age group National Championships.
In order to sustain the momentum in long term, OTHL encouraged schools to organize inter-school invitational tournaments. So far, five such properties have been established. Anglo-Arabic Inter-School Hockey Cup 2015 was the first one, the event was held last week.
Delhi OTHL contributed maximum in terms of players for the Citizen Hockey XI team which participated in the Baroda and Jammu editions of HI Sub-Junior National Championships.
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STEVIE NIXES AUTOBIO + FLEETWOOD SMACK for ‘Idol’ diva Nicki Minaj
STEVIE NIXES A DISHY AUTOBIO
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Fleetwood Mac is famous for drug-addled affairs between band members. But at the Hamptons Film Festival premiere of “In Your Dreams,” a documentary about the making of her 2011 album of the same name, Stevie Nicks told Confidenti@l she has no plans to write a juicy tell-all.
“I’m never going to write that kind of book,” Nicks (above) said. “If I do anything, it will be just vignettes of the magical moments of my life.”
Go your own way, Stevie!
Enhanced Buzz
See how one quote can take on a life of it's own? Huge amount of on-line press with Stevie's remarks towards Nicki Minaj (some of it below).
But I have to admit, some of the headlines from today are pretty hilarious! It's debatable whether the saying "All Press is Good Press" applies...
Stevie has since released a statement through her publicist Liz Rosenberg retracted what she said
saying:
“I want to apologize for my remarks about Nicki Minaj’s behavior toward Mariah Carey which I said during a long and exhausting day of interviews. It was very out of character for me and I deeply regret what I said. I feel very protective toward Mariah Carey who has gone through many difficulties in her life and I spoke without thinking. I think all artist should be respectful toward one another and that includes me. I am truly sorry.”
- Stevie Nicks
AMERICAN Idol execs can thank their lucky stars they didn't hire Stevie Nicks as a judge: explaining an on-air strangling to the censors would have been difficult.
Couriermail - Australia
Nicks, who was coach for the contestants last season, weighed into the on-air feud between Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey, telling The Daily that she would have sent Minaj to the place where the rooms are permanently on fire if she had been in Carey's shoes.
Stevie Nicks Says She Wants to Literally Murder Nicki Minaj
Following news of the weirdly boring/probably fake feud between Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey, itinerant fortune teller Stevie Nicks decided she should probably jump in. NATURALLY. And her words for Minaj were not pretty.
"I would have killed her in front of all those people and had to go to jail for it," the former Fleetwood Mac star promised.
Stevie added that normally she would have just gone with a bat-bogey hex or a jelly-legs jinx, but unfortunately she had her wand confiscated by the Wizengamot for violating the International Statute of Secrecy. So, manual strangulation it was. Then she ran out of polyjuice potion and turned back into Professor Trelawney. The end.
Stevie Nicks Calmly Discusses Murdering Nicki Minaj
If you think that Stevie Nicks is a bizarre person to weigh in on the Mariah Carey/Nicki Minaj American Idol feud, she'll see your bizarreness and raise you a murderous impulse. Pop music's most cherished witch figure seems to be the last person in the world who doesn't think Mariah and Nicki's public squabbling is a publicity stunt to court interest for the dying brand that is Idol, and that's a great thing because Nicks is saying ridiculous stuff as a result.
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How dare this little girl...If I had been Mariah I would have walked over to Nicki and strangled her to death right there.
If you didn't get that, here's clarification:
I would have killed her in front of all those people and had to go to jail for it.
So there you have it: If Nicki Minaj said, "Off with your head!" to Stevie Nicks, Stevie Nicks would have offed Nicki Minaj (and, depending on how tight her grip, her actual head), one-upping the nascent diva and creating a reality TV moment to top all the reality TV moment countdowns through infinity. Mariah, meanwhile, just sighed and then tattled to Barbara Walters. We're being robbed of must-see TV.
Stevie, however, says she wouldn't take such a judging gig, though, explaining, "If you stick me in the middle of a burning fire, I don't think I'd like it very much." But clearly, we'd be thinking the rooms are all on fire every time that Stevie walked in the room.
IS SHE CRAZY?! Stevie Nicks Wants To Murder Nicki Minaj? (DETAILS)
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As far as the whole debacle involving Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey getting into a verbal altercation on American Idol, are you team Nicki or team Mariah? Well, it's clear who the legendary Stevie Nicks is riding with.
While most people have dismissed Nicki and Mariah's so-called beef as a publicity stunt perpetuated by the singing competition, Nicks, not-so-much.
The iconic Fleetwood Mac singer goes off on the YMCMB Barbie in a manner that would literally have you CHOKE, saying:
“How dare this little girl! … If I had been Mariah I would have walked over to Nicki and strangled her to death right there.”
If that weren't enough, she adds:
We know Nicki Minaj is from Southside, Jamaica Queens, but we're thinking Phoenix, Arizona ain't nothing to play with either!
Stevie Nicks Hates Nicki Minaj
WOW. Here's what Stevie Nicks had to say about the Mariah Carey/Nicki Minaj feud while promoting her new documentary in the Hamptons. Fake or not, this feud is getting good.
One of Stevie's burps>>>>>>>>>> Nicki's entire discography.
Pun Contest! Stevie Nicks, Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey! Go!
Fleetwood Mac frontwoman, national hero, and severely underrated Saturday Night Live muse Stevie Nicks has (finally?) weighed in on the Nicki Minaj/Mariah Carey feud that’s threatening the very sanctity of American Idol—the Olympic Games of late-empire America. For an article titled “Fleetwood Smack,” Nicks told The Daily: “How dare this little girl. . . If I had been Mariah I would have walked over to Nicki and strangled her to death right there.” The most upsetting part of this whole thing is the criminal “Fleetwood Smack.”
There are so many better puns! You, us, America’s Next Top Pun, now!
- “Dreams”? More like nightmares!
- She’s angling to make her a black-eye magic woman!
- Go your own way. . . to the emergency room, Nicki Minaj.
- Is Stevie showing Nicki some mercy? No! It’s a Mirage.
- “Don’t stop” is what Mariah Carey is going to be cheering as she watches Stevie Nicks strangle Nicki Minaj to death.
- Nicki Minaj better hope the triage nurses believe in miracles.
- Stevie makes shoving fun.
- There are Rumours that Nicki Minaj’s face is going to scar.
- You know what’s a Mystery to Me? Why Nicki never learned to sufficiently feign respect for Mariah Carey.
- Stevie Nicks wants to introduce Nicki Minaj to her fists: Sara and Rhiannon.
- Stevie took her hand and she threw it down/She climbed Nicki’s back and she turned around.
Stevie Nicks Blasts Nicki Minaj A New A-Hole Over Mariah Carey Fued!
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The Gothomist
Stevie Nicks Doesn’t Like How Nicki Minaj Talks To Mariah, Says She’d Have Killed Her Right There
The inquisitr
Singer, songwriter, and all-around music legend Stevie Nicks has emerged from pop culture obscurity to sound off on the American Idol feud between Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj.
Dear Nicki Minaj, Stevie Nicks Has Got Your Number
Here's the #1 reason for why Steve Nicks should've been an American Idol judge this season. Stevie Nicks was once a mentor on that shit show, so The Daily (via Gawker) asked her what she thinks about the bitch brawl between Mimi and Nicki Minaj. Mimi might be scared that Nicki is going to bust a hot pink bullet into her cowardly lion weave, but Stevie Nicks isn't scared of Nicki at all. Stevie would be making dresses out of dyed black sheets in prison if Nicki came at her like that.
"How dare this little girl...If I had been Mariah I would have walked over to Nicki and strangled her to death right there. I would have killed her in front of all those people and had to go to jail for it.
You really don't mess with a crazy witch whose last "fuck" was eaten away by cocaine a long time ago. If American Idol is still using mentors, they should get Stevie, Dionne Warwick and Aretha Franklin to do it. Then they should gather those three in a room, throw Nicki Minaj in there, lock the door and tell the children to cover their ears, because it's not going to be pretty.
It's a damn shame that Stevie Nicks never had any children, because she'd make an amazing abuelita.
Stevie Nicks on 'American Idol' Judge Nicki Minaj: 'I Would Have Strangled Her'
Stevie Nicks has a message for American Idol judge Nicki Minaj: Stand back!
Iconic performer Stevie Nicks has managed to avoid making a play for reality television, perhaps because she knows she'd end up in prison. In a recent interview, Nicks insisted that if she were in Mariah Carey's candy-colored stilettos, Carey's American Idol co-star Nicki Minaj would be dead. Fighting fire with fire: Stevie does it like it's nothing.
"How dare this little girl... If I had been Mariah I would have walked over to Nicki and strangled her to death right there," Stevie is quoted as saying. Oh, and just in case you thought maybe the writer missed some context, Nicks added, "I would have killed her in front of all those people and had to go to jail for it."
Thankfully for divas like Minaj, Nicks knows well enough to stay away from semi-scripted drama. "If you stick me in the middle of a burning fire, I don't think I'd like it very much."
Nicki Minaj has yet to respond to Stevie's rash statements, but given her history of Twitter tantrums, it wouldn't be surprising if she throws a couple of expletives Stevie's way in the next couple of hours.
Stevie Nicks on Nicki Minaj: Little Girl in Need of Choking!
It may be a feud concocted for ratings, but Stevie Nicks is taking the rivalry between Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj VERY seriously.
Asked about this supposed American Idol spat, the Fleetwood Mac singer made it quite clear on whose side she falls.
“How dare this little girl!" Nicks said of Minaj. "If I had been Mariah I would have walked over to Nicki and strangled her to death right there.”
Ironically, of course, Carey has alleged that Minaj actually threatened her life during a taping in Charlotte last week.
“I would have killed her in front of all those people and had to go to jail for it,” added the fiery 64-year old artist.
Damn. How does she really feel, we wonder?!?
Whose side are you on in this feud?
FLEETWOOD SMACK
Stevie Nicks has some harsh words for ‘Idol’ diva Nicki Minaj
Last season on “American Idol,” Stevie Nicks was a coach for the contestants. But she says she’s glad she’s not involved this year, now that smack-talking Nicki Minaj is there. Weighing on the rapper’s recent outburst against Carey, Nicks said, “How dare this little girl! … If I had been Mariah I would have walked over to Nicki and strangled her to death right there.”
Sitting poolside in East Hampton New York promoting her new documentary, “In Your Dreams,” the still stunning 64-year-old is on a rock and a roll. “I would have killed her in front of all those people and had to go to jail for it,” the former Fleetwood Mac star promised.
Nicks also revealed if she and Lindsey Buckingham were starting out today they would “absolutely” go on “American Idol,” “The X Factor” or “The Voice.” “That’s how you get seen these days,” she explained. But, Nicks says, “I would have had to drag [Lindsey] kicking and screaming. He probably would have given them the finger.”
And would she ever judge a show like that? Nicks insists, no way. “If you stick me in the middle of a burning fire,” she says, “I don’t think I’d like it very much.”
Posted by Nickslive at Tuesday, October 09, 2012
Labels: Fleetwood Mac, Hamptons International Film Fest., Nicki Minaj, Stevie Nicks
I'm a 26 year old gay guy and I **loathe** Nicki Minaj. I think she's very talented and beautiful, but she has an awful personality. She walked out of several interviews before her first album was even released...pompous and arrogant.
I have to agree. I loathe Nicki Minaj as well. She is a lip synching foul mouthed ghetto rat.
What happend between Nicki and Mariah - just did a YouTube search and couldn't find it.
Love it when Stevie does her occasional celebrity smackdown - she always selects her target wisely (Madonna, Lindsay Lohan, Nicki)....
I love Stevie, always have, always will, but I hate it when she makes these outrageous and over the top declarations. I mean, to say "I'd strangle her if she talked to me like that" is one thing, it sounds like a off the cuff, funny comment. But when you reiterate that you would kill or strangle someone to death, makes Stevie sound kinda crazy and kind of like Nicki.
Agree with the above post. Another cringe-worthy Stevie comment. Not cool.
Maybe she's feeling that people like the whacky crazy stevie better than the serious boring say the same shit stevie. Maybe could be publicity for the dvd, who knows?
THE SITUATION: If anyone falls, it will be Stevie in those lovely 1977 open-toed platform shoes she stole from Lindsey.
THE PROBLEM? They are seriously hurting Stevie's feet, so could we PLEASE GET A WALKER OVER HERE NOW?!!
This was funniest thing I've read about Stevie ever! I was in tears laughing at how funny she is!! Let's face it. When you've lived through the crazy fights, drugs, breakups, and wars that being in one of the greatest rock bands in the world has bestowed upon you, a little side murdering of a twenty something pop/r&b star is just so much a right of passage!!!
God I love Stevie Nicks!!!
Long may she raighn!!!
When Stevie returns the lovely platforms she stole from Lindsey and painted in nail-polish red... Let us pray the "War of the Worlds" spares Stevie's life.
"Reign!!"
Would somebody please hold Stevie up for this photo before her post-hip-replacement surgery knees collapse and send her right back into the hospital again?
Maybe displaced anger? Fans will like the documentary, but reviews are trickling in- Hollywood Reporter basically dismissed the film, and made some valid points, and so far New York critics haven't even bothered to review the documentary. That's pretty insulting, there were many media people there, I saw more than 2 dozen who wore 'press badges' and not one has written about the actual film.
I liked the documentary, but heard 3 people afterwards who'd attended most of the Hampton's films shown, saying that this film had ''no cohesive thread'' and that it was''mysteriously lucky'' that the film had been selected to be screened there. Ouch.
"I" liked the documentary- but would like to see a good review, soon! So would SN. Then she won't want to strangle anyone.
This one's funny too: http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment/ci_21734887/hicks-stevie-nicks-i-would-have-strangled-nicki
when did she have hip replacement surgery???? I think she would be the first to announce this bit of news!!! Look how fantastic my new hip is !
Does this prove once-and-for-all that Stevie is NOT the Illuminati darling we thought she was?
Or does this turn Illumimedia release into stone?
Gosh, if that's her hip replacement, then GIVE ME NEW ONE TOO!
This is the trashiest thread I've ever seen on this website. Pure nonsense full of reprinted misquoted gossip rag articles. Please don't continue down this path of trash. It's not mandatory that this blog reprint every article published. Have some class, please.
God, thank you to the last comment poster. My thoughts and feelings exactly.
Joseph Gould said...
I'm a 19 year old guy and I agree, this is trashy... However, GO STEVIE!!
I really HATE Nikki Minaj and everything she stands for (destroying music and creating trashy, cheap annoying noise). Go Stevie!! You just got a whole lot more awesome!
It's such a shame after seeing her on Sunday, and the beautiful documentary, it will all be erased by one comment. Why on earth would she say such a thing to the press? It will spin out of control, and Minaj is batshit crazy, so god only knows what's she going to say and do about it. What a mess.
fleetwoodmacnews.com: I agree there's no reason for you to repost every single thing that's been in print. In what way does doing so serve your purpose here? These comments are unkind, and that's a slippery slope. Would you print such comments about Chris (and her "suntan" or any of the other members?) Why not filter?
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Submission to the Commerce Commission on FEA tariff increases and realignment of the tariff structure
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of domestic tariff increases only)
1.01 It is interesting that the Commerce Commission (Commission hereafter) is now calling for public submissions after arbitrarily awarding increases in tariff to the Fiji Electricity Authority, effective 1 June 2010.
1.02 We note that this is a departure from the Commissions’ normal practice of calling for submissions before determining FEA’s application for increases in electricity tariff. We welcome the Commission’s belated initiative to rectify this serious oversight which appears to have stemmed from the huge public outcry following exorbitant increases to their electricity bills for the month of July.
1.03 The hike awarded by the Commission has seen the cost of electricity jump to shocking levels, thereby causing undue hardship to consumers. Most affected are those in the lower income bracket who are already struggling to cope with the ever escalating cost of living.
1.04 We note the following as a result of the re-alignment of tariff rates from 1 June 2010:
• The Commission has imposed an increase of 8.82c per kWh for high end domestic users – a 34% hike as applied for by FEA.
• At the same time, it has substantially reduced the domestic tariff lifeline from 250kWh to 130kWh – pushing a lot more consumers into the higher tariff rate
• It has permitted rates to be calculated on an average daily usage instead of actual monthly usage, much to the confusion and disadvantage of consumers
1.05 The combined effect of these changes has seen electricity bills jump 10-fold or more for ordinary users who are now excluded from the reduced lifeline tariff band of 130kWh per month. Unless the June 1 decision is rescinded, the majority of our domestic users will not be able to afford electricity in their homes.
1.06 May we point out that electricity in the 21st century is regarded as a necessity and not a luxury, as FEA and the Commission appear to think. Affordable electricity should be as much a basic right now, as is the right to clean, pure drinking water.
1.07 FLP notes that according to the Commission this is only the 1st phase of the tariff review, making it obvious that subsequent review(s) are likely, with the probability of more increases in the near future.
1.08 The Fiji Labour Party submits that the tariff restructure as announced on 1 June 2010 is unwarranted, was arbitrarily imposed without consultations with the public, and is unaffordable for the ordinary consumer.
1.09 The FLP also maintains that there is an urgent case for a thorough review of the operations and policies of the FEA to rectify a number of anomalies and questionable policy decisions.
2.00 Recent Domestic Tariff increases:
2.01 2005 – 9.6% tariff increase awarded by the Commission to be spread over three years from 2005-2007 as follows: 3.3% in 2005; 3.2% in 2006 and 3.1% in 2007
• September 2006 – granted 30% (6.51c per kWh) fuel surcharge by the Commission; this was reviewable every month and was gradually reduced based on the price of fuel and the hydro/diesel generation ratio
• 2007 – FEA sought another 6.6% tariff increase but this was rejected because of the phased out increase of 3.1% in 2007 as awarded in the 2005 Commission Determination
• 3 June 2008 – increase in fuel surcharge from (the remaining) 2.83c per unit to 5.53c per unit approved by the Commission but refused by the Energy Minister and not implemented
• March 2009 – fuel surcharge lifted
• 1 September 2009 – 15% increase in tariff rate
awarded and implemented
• 1 June 2010 – 34% hike in domestic electricity rates
accompanied by other tariff restructuring mentioned earlier
2.02 This means that in the past five years from 2005 – 2010, electricity tariff rates went up by almost 60%; plus a 30% fuel surcharge from September 2006 to March 2009. In fact, increases were awarded every year except for 2008 when approvals granted by the Commission were knocked back by the Interim Finance/Energy Minister.
2.03 The increases (excluding fuel surcharge) awarded beteeen 2005-2010 are substantial. If the fuel surcharge is included then the increases can be described as unjustifiably exorbitant.
2.04 How could the Commerce Commission justify or entertain an application for yet another increase under the guise of the so-called “re-alignment of the tariff structure”? There may have been some justification for the increases sought in 2007/2008 when oil prices escalated to about $US150 a barrel but prices have since almost halved and are currently consistent at about $US75 a barrel.
2.05 The increases are also not justified considering the highly glowing statement on FEA finances made by its chairman in the Authority’s 2009 Annual Report. It seems that the Commission has dealt with FEA’s requests for increases in a rather shallow manner, granting each one applied for.
2.06 Although the financial viability of the Authority is important, it should be pointed out that as a responsible corporate entity- a monopoly holder at that- the policies of FEA should at all times be governed by a sense of its social responsibility as provider of a basic amenity.
2.07 The Commerce Commission gives the following reasons for its 1 June 2010 hike:
• low water levels at the Monasavu Dam
• rising level of fuel prices
• $3.8m (unaudited) financial loss in the first four months of 2010
as a result of the above factors
• impact of the 2009 devaluation of the Fiji dollar
3.0 FEA’s Financial Performance:
In his 2009 report to shareholders, Chairman Nizam-Ud-Dean paints a very healthy picture of FEA finances for the year.
3.1 “FEA performed admirably in 2009 both in financial and non financial terms…FEA made a financial profit of $2.4million after tax in 2009, after booking an unrealised foreign exchange loss of $5.3 million arising from the devaluation of the Fiji dollar in April 2009. This equates to a Return on Shareholder Funds (ROSF) of positive 0.6%.
“This result was achieved despite two unplanned contingency events that impacted the financial performance in 2009 by $5.2 million-severe floods in January 2009 incurred additional costs of $1.1 million and Cyclone Mick in December 2009 incurred additional costs of $2.1 million and lost revenue of $2 million.”
3.2 One wonders then why FEA is suddenly facing a financial crisis when none of the factors have changed much since its glowing financial performance of 2009.
3.3 One also notes that it sought, and received, a 15% hike in tariff rates in September 2009 despite its strong cash flow position.
4.0 Lowering the domestic lifeline threshold
4.01 In its Press statement issued on 1 June 2010 regarding the tariff restructure, the Commission claims that 17,343 households that consume 130kWh or less will have their electricity bills reduced by 16.4%.
4.02 However, it failed to mention, quite deliberately it seems, that it had, in fact lowered the lifeline threshold from 250kWh per month to 130kWh per month. This manipulative restructure of the lifeline threshold pushed close to a 100,000 poor and low income households into the high end domestic user bracket by just a stroke of the pen – a great disservice to the poor!
4.03 According to the Commerce Commission’s 2005 determination, the 250kWh lifeline meant that 63% of domestic customers were excluded from the increases then granted.
4.04 If reducing the lifeline to 130kWh means concessionary rates will apply only to 17,343 households, it means that close to 100,000 lower income households that were formerly exempt from tariff increases, have now been brought into the net. They face a sudden jump of 60% in their electricity bills.
4.05 No wonder so many consumers are outraged at the increase in their July bills – sometimes as much as a ten fold increase.
4.06 FLP believes there is no justification for reducing the lifeline tariff from 250kWh to 130Kwh. When introduced in 2005 by Commerce Commission, the 250kWh was based on the electricity normally expected to be consumed by an average household in the lower income bracket .
4.07 The Commission has given no reasons for almost halving the lifeline tariff. It has simply slipped it into the re-aligned tariff structure without any explanations. We strongly recommend that the 250kWh lifeline rate be reinstated and retained.
5.0 Average Daily Usage
5.01 The change to average daily usage in calculating charges instead of the actual usage, as in the past, is another questionable change that was sneaked in without any explanation. On inquiry, we are told that an arbitrary mean of 4.27 is used on a daily basis to determine whether the consumer is categorised as being in the lifeline range (130Kwh) or a high end user category.
5.02 This is absolutely ridiculous. It is tantamount to double dipping and is clearly unethical. The consumer must be billed on actual usage, as determined at the end of the billing cycle, and not on any fictional daily average. This is yet another manipulative mischief concocted by the Commission.
5.03 No wonder consumers have suddenly found their July electricity usage has doubled or even trebled under the new system. The system is clearly wrong here because domestic usage tends to be fairly consistent. The only significant difference in consumption may be between the cooler and hotter months of the year.
6.0 The practice of ‘estimating’ usage
6.01 FLP has always protested against this practice. People who subsist on lower incomes, do not generally have the spare cash to make sudden big payments for their electricity bills which is what happens under this practice. Estimated usage bills may usually be lower than those that follow ‘normal’ readings.
6.02 In the interest of fair play for the consumer, this practice of estimating usage should cease forthwith. All meters should be read. Where this does not happen for good reasons, the consumer should be notified that his/her bill will be based on the previous month’s reading but that he/she should make arrangements to facilitate reading of his/her electricity meter.
6.03 It would help if meter reading days in the various localities could be advertised and consumers requested to cooperate.
6.04 Secondly, it has been noted that while the May, June (2010) bills tend to be estimated, all of a sudden all the July bills are based on “normal readings” – this accounts, to some extent, for the sudden high increase in the bills. When queried, FEA said it made a special effort to read all the meters in July to get exact readings. Why can’t it do so every month?
7.0 Non payment of government subsidy for NCO costs
7.01 In its 2009 annual report, FEA states that it cost the Authority around $20 million a year to meet its social obligation to provide electricity to the rural sector and the outer islands – what it termed as FEA’s non-commercial obligations (NCO). These NCO costs were previously reimbursed by the Government.
7.02 However, in 2002, the government grant to FEA to meet its social obligations was stopped. Instead, Cabinet decided that FEA’s contribution to its social and community obligations be regarded as its dividend to government.
7.03 This is not only wrong in practice, but utterly ludicrous. In effect, what this means is that the urban consumer is heavily subsidising rural electrification when this should be the responsibility incumbent on the government of the day.
7.04 The Cabinet decision of 10 September 2002 must be rescinded. FEA must get its NCO costs back from government. Government has to take responsibility for this social obligation and not pass it on to the urban consumer.
8.0 Street Lights
8.01 Commerce Commission’s decision to charge Municipal Councils for street lighting at the same rate as high end domestic users on the grounds that “they must show greater responsibility” is unreasonable and misguided.
8.02 Where is the justification for categorising street lighting as a luxury when it is an absolutely necessary for the safety and security of residents. It is patently foolish of the Commission to suggest that municipal authorities can “show greater responsibility” in this area by cutting back.
8.03 This would clearly mean reducing hours during which time street lights are on. There can be no compromise when it comes to providing adequate measures for the safety and security of our people, particularly in the urban areas which are generally prone to violent crime.
8.04 Such patronising remarks do the members of the Commission no credit and should be avoided in the future.
8.05 If relief measures are not provided, Municipal Councils will simply pass on the additional cost of providing street lights to the residents and the business community – adding to the already high cost of providing such services.
9.0 Cost of energy in Fiji
9.01 In its June 2010 Determination, the Commission claims that Fiji’s electricity tariff rates are much lower than ‘comparator economies’ and it provides a comparative table showing rates in the Pacific region. Such generalised comparisons are misleading and distorted because they do not take into consideration the cost structures or the ratio of thermal/renewable/hydro used to generate electricity in the countries listed in the table. Nor do they really compare like with like. Australia and New Zealand for instance can hardly be considered ‘comparator economies’ with Fiji or other smaller Pacific Island States.
9.02 Interestingly, though, in its 2005 report, the Commission had stated that if it were to grant FEA’s request for a 20% hike in tariff, it would place Fiji’s domestic rates as 7th highest internationally and commercial/industrial rates as 4th highest.
9.03 Now what does one believe: the 2005 or the 2010 report?
10.0 An inquiry into FEA
10.1 FLP reiterates the call made by the 2005 recommendation of the Commission for government to initiate an inquiry into the affairs of FEA.
10.2 There has been a questionable lack of transparency in a number of FEA’s commercial dealings in recent years. The Commission needs to investigate the Telesource affair, the Butoni wind Farm, the sale of the FEA Headquarters to Fijian Holdings, which it is now leasing back at a very high rental.
11.0 Butoni Wind Farm
11.1 This $34 million project initiated in conjunction with a French company at the time Joe Mar was chairman of FEA, is a sad failure. In the end, it exceeded initial costs by $10 million.
11.2 Butoni was projected to generate 10 Megawatts of electricity – sufficient to provide 70% of the consumption needs of the Coral Coast. FLP is reliably informed that it is not even meeting 40% of the current requirements of the Coral Coast.
11.3 Nor is it making any significant contribution to foreign exchange savings. Since its commissioning in June 2007, its total contribution to foreign exchange savings has been a mere $3.5m compared to FEA’s total fuel bill of close to $90m per annum (2008).
12.0 Telesource Fiji
12.01 This is another highly controversial arrangement entered into by FEA. It signed a 20-year commercial agreement with Telesource Fiji to operate and maintain diesel based stations in Vuda and Kinoya.
12.02 The exact terms of the agreement remain a secret to this day. It is still not known whether expressions of interest were ever called for this project. It is noted from the 2005 Parliamentary debate on the subject that a partner in the law firm of Munro Leys who were also legal representatives for FEA, was a director of Telesource Fiji. Three other former directors of Telesource Fiji were partners in Munro Leys. Something somewhere does not seem right.
12.03 The Commission must also look into why all of a sudden the Monasavu Dam is unable to meet its commitment to supply 65%-70% of the electricity requirements of the nation. Fiji has had some prolonged and crippling droughts in recent years – the worst being in 1997/98 – but at no time did we hear that water levels at the Dam were so low as to reach crisis point.
12.04 This critically low water levels at Monasavu is a recent phenomenon. In fact, it has started cropping up since the Telesource deal was signed. Since then, we are told Monasavu supplies only about 40% of the national grid. What has affected Monasavu’s capacity in recent years? Is it really low levels of rainfall in the Central Ranges? The Commission needs to fully investigate this phenomenon.
13.0 Conclusion
13.01 FLP maintains that the consumers of Fiji, both domestic and commercial/industrial users are being held at ransom by the FEA. Each time FEA seeks an increase, it warns the nation: either the rates go up or you face power cuts. This is sheer corporate blackmail.
13.02 A 34% increase combined with the fact that the domestic tariff lifeline has been reduced to 130kWh from 250kWh thus bringing over 100,000 low income earners into the increased tariff net, will create undue hardship for the majority of our people.
13.03 This must be viewed along with the escalating cost of living which has been pushed up since the devaluation of the Fiji dollar in April 2009. Although the devaluation was 20%, actual price increases on the ground have been at least 30% to 40%, if not more.
13.04 The Commerce Commission must take all such relevant factors into consideration before granting increases sought by the FEA. It must also take into account imprudent investment and policy decisions by FEA, and we refer here in particular to the Butoni Wind Farm, the Telesource deal and the sale of the FEA headquarters, when considering applications for increases.
13.05 FEA must learn to control costs realising that it provides a public amenity which is a necessity. FEA has a very high overhead and fixed costs structure. The provision of a public amenity carries immense social responsibilities. It cannot be asking for tariff hikes each year to pay for its incompetence and inefficiencies.
13.06 We note that in granting FEA’s application for a 20% increase in 2004, albeit spread over three years (2005-2007), the then Commerce Commission had noted that Fiji’s electricity rates, both commercial and residential, ranked among the highest in the world. This is a sharp contradiction of what the present Commission has tried to sell to the public.
13.07 In terms of commercial/industrial consumers, the current increases will only aggravate the already high cost of doing business in Fiji. It should be noted that businesses simply pass on the extra cost to the consumer – resulting in uncompetitive exports and even higher costs of living. Either that, or employers try to reduce costs by cutting back on the salaries and wages of employees down the line.
13.08 There is nothing that is innovative in the June 2010 Determination of the Commission to indicate that it has an appreciation of the prevailing climate of social distress, economic decline and stagnating businesses.
13.09 The Commission could, for instance, have considered providing incentives such as lower night time tariff to encourage greater usage when demand is usually low. The Commission could have provided an off-peak tariff rate to encourage industries to switch to night-time or week-end usage.
13.10 In the final analysis, the Determination undermines the real benefits of providing relief to the poor through the domestic lifeline concession. Which ever way one views the issue, in the end it is the ordinary people of Fiji who pay the price. Such decisions make one wonder whether the Commission has not completely lost its social conscience.
13.11 How could the Commission in all fairness justify a 34 % increase in domestic electricity tariff at a time of widespread suffering as a result of rising prices, a depressed economy, high unemployment and a sluggish business environment.
13.12 This excessive tariff increase is made worse by such manipulations as the reduction in the domestic lifeline from 250kWh to 130Kwh and the switch to calculating charges based on a daily mean instead of actual consumption.
13.14 Indeed, the 1 June 2010 Determination of the Commission seems to have been tailor-made to meet FEA’s demands. It is quite pedestrian, lacking in depth and a hurriedly compiled document. One is forced to compare it with the 2005 Determination of the Commission which seems a much more comprehensive, well reasoned and argued document.
14.00 Recommendations
• Revert tariffs to the pre – June 2010 rates
• Reinstate domestic lifeline tariff to 250kWh
• Rescind average daily usage reading
• Initiate inquiry into the finances and operations of
the FEA as recommended by the Commerce Commission in 2004
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The movement against cruelty to animals started by MP Maneka Gandhi may get a leap forward if the Supreme Court upholds the Mumbai high court's order to ban traditional bull fights in Goa, known as dhirio, now being challenged in the apex court.
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Home Archive: Earlier Fringes Archive: Brighton 2012 Twelfth Night or What You Will
Twelfth Night or What You Will
St Ann's Well Gardens
10-13, 16-18, 20, 23-27 May, 7:00pm-9:30pm
2-for-1 tickets for Friends of the Fringe members.
Twelfth Night! Surely one of Shakespeare’s more improbable storylines, with its tale of shipwreck and gender confusion in faraway Illyria. But Peta Taylor’s well-conceived adaptation moves the action closer to home – setting the tale in a no-less-mythical, misty-eyed version of Scotland. It’s a world filled with tartan, tweeds and Whisky Galore; I was in love with the idea from the moment the minstrel struck up Loch Lomond, and the relocation proved every bit as inspired as I hoped it would be.
Together with director Nicholas Quirke, Taylor has conjured her vision perfectly, eschewing heavy-handed accents yet filling the play with subtle reminders that we’re not in Illyria any more. The court jester’s a seafarer in sweater and wellies, and even the lairds and ladies dress with comparative modesty – the first among equals rather than a class apart. The inspired milieu lends an earthy, rough-and-ready feel to the whole production, fitting for an outdoor performance on an improvised stage. Maybe more surprisingly, it also proves an ideal match to Shakespeare’s romantic flights of fancy; when you think about it, it’s preposterous for a duchess to pursue a servant, but it seems entirely credible here.
It also offers comedic contrast for Simon Helyer’s Malvolio, the pompous and self-aggrandising steward who underpins much of the first acts’ wit. There’s a little of Basil Fawlty around Helyer’s ramrod-backed, shrill-voiced persona, and he builds his role towards a satisfying dénouement centred on a fashion faux pas and misplaced affection for his lady. I’m almost ashamed to admit how childishly I looked forward to seeing his yellow stockings – though in the event, I was somewhat distracted from the big reveal by a disorganised end to the interval.
If Helyer is John Cleese, then Doug Devaney is plainly Brian Blessed, delivering a booming and buffoonish interpretation of Sir Toby Belch. If ever an actor was born for a role, Devaney was born for this one – and his comic misdeeds do much to hold the side-stories together. Matt Carrington’s Sir Andrew Aguecheek is less of a caricature, and he fades into the background more than he should; a shame, since he could be the ideal foil to Devaney’s mischief. Among the female leads, meanwhile, Joanna Rosenfeld has Olivia just right, very slightly sex-crazed and yet so terribly posh. Her wide-eyed enthusiasm is a true delight, never more than when she practically rugby-tackles the hapless Cesario.
While we can’t blame the players for Shakespeare’s harebrained plot, the confusing final acts felt a little less successful to me – and if you’re not up to speed on this lesser-known of the Bard’s works, you may be glad of the comprehensive bluffer’s guide you’ll find inside the programme. But, even if a few of the plot points get lost, there’s certainly no shortage of animated comic tableaux to enjoy. What’s more, the play is filled with home-spun musical interludes (see if you can spot the sea-captain playing the drum with his pipe!), and every so often the cast break into song – much of it the rough chanting of the tavern, but some of it surprisingly tender.
It all adds up to a relaxing, comforting evening’s entertainment, true to Shakespeare’s script yet approachable enough for non-scholars to enjoy. What it doesn’t quite have is that indefinable stamp of unmissability – those special moments of magic which leave you imploring your friends to see it, even in the pouring rain. Happily though, that doesn’t matter: as I write, the forecast for Brighton’s set fair. So bring your family, bring a picnic, and bring a sweater – ideally Fair Isle – for the evening chill. The banks of Illyria are bonnie indeed.
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Reference range evaluation of complete blood count parameters with emphasis on newer research parameters on the complete blood count analyzer Sysmex XE-2100
Kunal K Sehgal1, Dadu Tina1, Urmi Choksey2, Reeta J Dalal2, Khodaiji J Shanaz1
1 Department of Hematology, P.D. Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of General Medicine, P.D. Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Since the advent of automation in the field of hematological cell counters there has been a constant refinement of the technology and increase in the number of newer parameters available on CBC analysers. Many novel parameters are being put into routine clinical use and both clinical evaluation and monitoring critically depend on knowledge of laboratory reference ranges. Here, we present reference interval for the Sysmex XE-2100, with emphasis on the novel or newer research parameters. Blood samples from a total of 122 clinically asymptomatic and apparently healthy subjects were evaluated and a final of 100 subjects (54-M, 46-F) were included in the study. A broad spectrum of parameters available with the analyser was assessed and reference ranges for the same evaluated.
Keywords: Complete blood count, reference ranges, research parameters, reticulocyte, Sysmex XE-2100
Sehgal KK, Tina D, Choksey U, Dalal RJ, Shanaz KJ. Reference range evaluation of complete blood count parameters with emphasis on newer research parameters on the complete blood count analyzer Sysmex XE-2100. Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2013;56:120-4
Sehgal KK, Tina D, Choksey U, Dalal RJ, Shanaz KJ. Reference range evaluation of complete blood count parameters with emphasis on newer research parameters on the complete blood count analyzer Sysmex XE-2100. Indian J Pathol Microbiol [serial online] 2013 [cited 2020 Jan 19];56:120-4. Available from: http://www.ijpmonline.org/text.asp?2013/56/2/120/118698
Since the advent of automation in the field of hematological cell counters, there has been a constant refinement of the technology and the number of different parameters available on complete blood count (CBC) analyzers. Most new parameters get introduced first as research parameters and after various validation studies and approvals they are put in routine practice.
A measured or observed laboratory test result from a person (usually a patient) is compared with a reference interval for the purpose of making a medical diagnosis, therapeutic management decision or other physiological assessment. The interpretation of clinical laboratory data is, therefore, a comparative decision-making process. For this decision-making process to occur, reference values are needed for all tests in the clinical laboratory. [1]
The Sysmex XE-2100 is a CBC analyzer, which uses laser light to measure on a cell-by-cell basis the side scatter, forward scatter and side fluorescence light. In addition, impedance based counts are performed for red blood cell (RBC) and platelet counts. Further counts and measurements use radio frequency and direct current methods and hemoglobin colorimetric method. In addition, by using specialized reagents for nucleated red blood cells (nRBC) mode, immature myeloid information (IMI) mode and reticulocyte mode, the XE-2100 is able to quantify a number of novel parameters many of which are food and drug administration approved The novel parameters are as follows-immature reticulocyte fraction (IRF), low fluorescence reticulocytes, medium fluorescence reticulocytes, high fluorescence reticulocytes, immature platelet fraction (IPF), reticulocyte hemoglobin (Hb)-Ret He and red blood cell hemoglobin RBC He, nRBC, immature granulocyte fractions (Ig%) and hemopoietic progenitor cell% (HPC%). [2],[3],[4],[5]
The novel parameters reported on the Sysmex XE-2100 have been found to have significant clinical potential. Enumeration of nRBC is not only important in identifying disease, but also because their presence can have a direct effect on the accuracy of the white blood cell count. [2] IRF has been found to be extremely useful in monitoring of bone marrow regeneration post-transplant or chemotherapy and for classification of anemia and monitoring of treatment. [2] IPF has been used for differential diagnosis of thrombocytopenia and for prediction of platelet recovery post-transplant or chemotherapy. [2] These studies have brought such novel parameters into routine clinical use and hence deriving reference ranges for these parameters are the first and essential step before the patient results are shared with clinicians.
It was the purpose of this study to determine the exact reference intervals for the CBC parameters that are measured by the XE-2100 analyzer, with emphasis on novel/research parameters enumerated above.
All patients coming into the out-patient department of our tertiary care hospital for routine evaluation under the health check category were included for the study. All patients selected were clinically asymptomatic and apparently healthy. The following blood examinations were performed for all study samples: CBC, reticulocyte count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, iron studies, vitamin B12 levels and folic acid levels.
Only patients who showed a completely normal CBC with no flags and normal values for all above tests were further evaluated. A total of 122 samples were evaluated and a final of 100 patients (54-M, 46-F) were included in the study after excluding patients with high erythrocyte sedimentation rate levels (n = 6), iron deficiency (n = 10), vitamin B12/ folate-deficiency (n = 6).
The Sysmex XE-2100 CBC analyzer was calibrated as per manufacturer guidelines and daily controls were used as per College of American Pathology (CAP) guidelines. The coefficient of variation were calculated and observed for each parameters evaluated in the study.
SPSS V20.0 Statistical Software was used for the statistical analysis. While evaluating reference range data it is essential to understand, which statistical method to use and why. The philosophy behind the various statistical analyses used in the study is explained in [Figure 1].
Figure 1: Statistical tests used for evaluati on of reference ranges
All parameters in this study were evaluated for their distribution to check if the population is normally distributed or skewed as shown in [Figure 1]. This was performed subjectively by looking at histograms and objectively by the Shapiro-Wilk test. When the population was normally distributed mean ± 2 standard deviation (SD) was used as representative of its range; however if the population data was skewed median, interquartile range (IQR) and 2.5-97.5 percentile were used as representative of the range. [1]
After evaluation of the mean/median and ranges for various parameters, the next logical step was to evaluate the difference if any between males and females for all parameters. As explained in [Figure 1], as the reference values of many analytes do not follow the Gaussian form, the non-parametric Mann-Whitney-U method was used in this study. [1]
A total of 100 healthy volunteers (56-males, 44-females) were evaluated for calculating the normal ranges for various CBC parameters. They were all adult patients with an age range of 22-72 years.
As shown in [Table 1] below, the normality of distribution was studied for all parameters by using the Shapiro-Wilk test and a significant P value of less than 0.05 was applied. Wherever the P value was below the significant level [Table 1] that parameter was considered to have a skewed distribution. For normally distributed parameters population data were described using mean, SD and range as mean ± 2SD, whereas for skewed distribution parameters population was defined by median, IQR and range as 2.5-97.5 percentile. As shown in [Table 2], the non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test was applied to all parameters to check for any significant difference between male and female subgroups. The null hypothesis was that the distribution of data is same for males and females. If P value was found to be less than 0.05 the null hypothesis was rejected indicating a significant difference between males and females. The separate ranges for male and female subgroups for the relevant parameters are shown in [Table 2].
Table 1: Reference ranges for parameters reported on Sysmex XE-2100
Table 2: Ranges for parameters with difference in male and female subpopulations
The value of certain parameters such as nRBC, Ig% and HPC % was zero, which is expected in the normal population and hence is not detailed further in [Table 1] and [Table 2].
Various studies for biological reference ranges have been published including those on Sysmex-X class analyzers; [5],[6] however, most of them have focused on routine CBC parameters. This study is the first of its kind from India focusing on evaluating reference ranges for research/novel CBC parameters.
Number of study samples
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) recommends a minimum of 120 observations for each parameter. This has the advantage of allowing 90% confidence limits to be computed non-parametrically for each reference limit. [1] Moreover, if separate intervals were needed for different subclasses (by sex or age-class, for example), each such interval should be based on the recommended number (at least 120) of reference observations. In the present study, it was difficult to obtain appropriate age-related reference subjects in sufficient numbers. However, CLSI recommends that whatever number of values are obtained, the data should still be analyzed by the non-parametric method and reported by percentiles appropriate to the number of values obtained. [1]
Using the non-parametric method, it is impossible to distinguish between two percentiles of a distribution that are P 0% apart unless at least n = (100/ P )–1 observations have been obtained. [1] The reason for this is that the non-parametric method is based solely on the ranks of the observations (in order of magnitude) and ignores their measured values. For example, if a sample of nine observations is taken at random from some population, only nine estimates of percentiles can be obtained from the nine rankings when these have been ranked in order of magnitude. The smallest observation is the nonparametric estimate of the 10 th percentile of the population; the largest observation is the non-parametric estimate of the 90 th percentile of the population. Thus as the formula says, a sample of nine observations (9 = (100/P )–1, where P = 10.0) represents the minimum sample size necessary to obtain distinct nonparametric estimates of the ordered population deciles, which are, by definition, percentiles of the population exactly 10% apart from each other. [1] Similarly, to estimate the 2.5 th percentile distinct from the 5 th percentile or the 95 th percentile distinct from the 97.5 th (i.e., P = 2.5), a minimum of 39 measurements are required. The smallest observation in the sample would be the non-parametric estimate of the 2.5 th percentile of the population while the largest observation would estimate the 97.5 th percentile. [1] In the present study, a final total of 100 samples were evaluated and hence using the above formula it was possible to distinguish population subsets, which are one percentile apart.
The ranges of various parameters in published literature established by other workers show mild variation from each other. This may be due to pre-analytical variables or more importantly the different populations selected by different institutes for such studies. For instance, some calculate the reference intervals from a large number of patients who visit the clinics. Others use a double selection by using for instance, only samples from the eye disease clinics, reasoning that few patients with hematological diseases will be found in this category. Others use samples of blood bank donors or volunteers from the hospital or laboratory staff while some refine this strategy by paying attention to the age of the volunteer. In short, these variables create different reference intervals; although, the differences are sometimes quite small. [5]
The reference intervals we report here for the various parameters match quite well those found by others [Table 3]. [2],[3],[4],[5],[6],[7] Minor variations of reference ranges were seen in few parameters in our study as compared with published literature. Such probably population-based shifts stress the importance of determining reference limits in every laboratory [5],[8] or verifying the applicability of a published reference interval for a given hematology analyzer before its use as suggested by CLSI. [1]
Table 3: Comparison of reference ranges of novel parameters vis a vis published literature
We confirmed the statistically significant differences of reference intervals for men versus women for Hb, RBC, hematocrit (HCT), mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration and platelet counts as reported, in other studies. [5],[6],[7] However, we observed such differences for Ret He, RBC He, RBC Y and Ret Y amongst the research/novel parameters. Nonetheless, the differences in some parameters like platelet counts, while statistically significant, were not clinically relevant.
While we have established reference intervals for PLT-I- impedance platelet count, PLT-O- fluorescence-optical count, it should be noted that the analyzer uses a switching algorithm deciding, which count is more reliable (PLT-I or PLT-O) on a case-by-case basis and reports the more reliable one as PLT. The accuracy of the XE-2100 platelet counting in thrombocytopenic samples is best when the switching algorithm is used (unpublished data) and overriding of the algorithm is not a good practice. [3],[7]
As reported by Pekelharing et al.,[5] for the use of the reference interval for reticulocyte production index (RPI), some limitations do apply. Whereas, it is usually assumed that a RPI of "1" is normal, our data also shows that the reference interval can actually reach as low as 0.3. This suggests that the assumptions made in calculating RPI have a rather monocausal regulation of reticulocyte maturation time in the bone marrow tied directly to the HCT. It needs to be re-emphasized that RPI should only be used for adult anemic patients. While an RPI higher than 2 can indeed suggest a significantly increased hematopoiesis, our data also suggests that the clinical value of a low RPI should not be overestimated. Erythropoietic bone marrow activity can alternatively be assessed by the IRF and the RetHe content, in addition to, of course, the reticulocyte counts itself.
The data obtained in this study definitely matches with that of western literature and other published articles, but there is not any significant Indian published data on the novel parameters. Though it is believed by some that range of Hb, RBC and such parameters may be lower in Indian population the same has not been concretely published. A major thing that was kept in mind during this study was to exclude patients with latent iron or vitamin B12 deficiency. As nutritional deficiency anemia are quite common in India, unless one rules out the latent deficiency patients we might be recognizing borderline low values of Hb, RBC, mean corpuscular volume, etc., as a normal distribution. There was a restriction in doing a larger number of samples in view of the costs involved for doing iron studies, vitamin B12 and folate levels for all study patients. As the normal ranges of routine parameters matches to that in literature, we strongly believe that the novel parameter ranges are also representative of our population. The normal ranges derived in this study do need to be validated across larger sample numbers and in a multicentric fashion for determining a thorough countrywide normal reference range.
Automated blood cell counters are becoming more sophisticated and the range of reportable parameters available is ever increasing. Both laboratory scientists and clinicians need to keep up to date with new parameters and methods in hematology. Often it is the laboratory scientists that need to introduce the new parameters and their clinical utility to the medical staff. Standardization of the tests and establishing biological reference ranges is the first step toward good laboratory practice that ensures reliable results are reported to the clinician. The availability of novel parameters such as nRBC, Ig%, IPF, Ret He as part of external quality assurance program agencies such as CAP and UK NEQAS is a welcome prospect and a step in the right direction.
We would like to acknowledge National Health & Education Society for funding the project and Hinduja Hospital, where the entire work has been conducted. We would like to acknowledge the support of Ms. Monisha Sethi for coordinating with the data collection and data analysis during the project.[12]
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Kunal K Sehgal
Department of Hematology, P.D. Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Veer Savarkar Marg, Mahim, Mumbai - 400 016, Maharashtra
Source of Support: National Health & Education Society (work done at P.D.Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai), Conflict of Interest: None
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A meta-analysis on evidence of platelet-rich plasma for androgenetic alopecia p. 1
Salvatore Giordano, Marco Romeo, Pietro di Summa, Andre' Salval, Petteri Lankinen
Background: Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) treatment has gained popularity among different surgical specialities for improving various conditions. Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is a common disorder, with possible psychosocial implications. Plastic surgeons have increased the practice of PRP injections for hair restoration. A meta-analysis on this topic was performed comparing local injection of PRP versus control to investigate the efficacy of local PRP injections in AGA. Methods: We performed a systematic literature search. The increase in number of hairs was the primary outcome. Secondary outcomes were the increase of hair thickness and the percentage increase in hair number and thickness. Results: Seven studies involving 194 patients were retrieved and included in the present analysis. A significantly locally increased hair number per cm2 was observed after PRP injections versus control (mean difference [MD] 14.38, 95% confidence interval [CI] 6.38–22.38, P < 0.001). Similarly, a significantly increased hair thickness cross-section per 10−4 mm2 (MD 0.22, 95% CI 0.07–0.38, P = 0.005) favoring PRP group. The pooled results did not show a significant percentage increase in hair number (MD 18.79%, 95% CI − 8.50–46.08, P = 0.18), neither hair thickness (MD 32.63%, 95% CI − 16.23–81.48, P = 0.19) among patients treated with PRP. Conclusion: Local injection of PRP for androgenic alopecia might be associated with an increased number of hairs in the treated areas with minimal morbidity, but there is clearly a lack of scientific evidence on this treatment modality. Further studies are needed to evaluate the efficacy of PRP for AGA.
Evaluation of alopecia: A new processing technique combining vertical and transverse sections from a single scalp biopsy specimen p. 11
Umamaheswari Gurusamy, Chaitra Venkataswamy, Ammu Sivaraman
Background: Histopathological study of alopecia generally requires both vertical and transverse sections (VS and TS) and this may demand the need for multiple scalp biopsy samples. Here, we suggest a new processing technique which provides both VS and TS from a single biopsy, thus making the interpretation easier. Materials and Methods: All formalin-fixed scalp biopsy specimens were processed routinely. Nine VS were taken and mounted on 3 glass slides. The block was then melted and the tissue reembedded with the subcutaneous tissue facing downward and the epidermal aspect toward the technician to obtain TSs. Serial 4 μ sections were cut until the tissue was exhausted and every 25th section was mounted on glass slides and stained with H and E. Results: 100 scalp biopsy specimens with the history of alopecia have been processed using this technique. The technique provides proper visualization of both VS and TS from a single scalp biopsy without compromising the quality. Further, evaluation of the remaining sections with application of special stains can also be possible with this technique which will maximize the information and contribute to the accurate diagnosis of various types of alopecia. Conclusions: This technique can be used to obtain diagnostically satisfactory VS and TS from a single scalp biopsy specimen by modifying the embedding procedure, thereby avoiding the need for a second biopsy. All types of alopecia can be diagnosed by this effective method.
Rare variant of ankyloblepharon-ectodermal defect-cleft lip/cleft palate syndrome: Curly hair-ankyloblepharon-nail disease syndrome p. 17
Ajay Chopra, Debdeep Mitra, Renu Kandpal, Reetu Agarwal
Ankyloblepharon-ectodermal defect-cleft lip/cleft palate (AEC) syndrome is one of the variants of ectodermal dysplasia. It is an autosomal dominant disorder comprising of ankyloblepharon, ectodermal dysplasia, and cleft palate or cleft lip. In 1976, it was first described by Hay and Wells, therefore also known as Hay–Wells syndrome. The characteristic feature of this syndrome is “ankyloblepharon filiforme adnatum”, which refers to the partial thickness fusion of the eyelid margins. The “curly hair-ankyloblepharon-nail disease (CHAND) syndrome” is a clinical variant of AEC syndrome. We report a rare case of a 7-year-old girl child who presented with history of abnormal dentition, 20 nail dystrophy, and light-colored, sparse curly hairs since birth. Parents gave history that at the time of birth, her both eyelids were fused partially, which was surgically corrected by an ophthalmologist at 1 month of age. There was no history of hypohidrosis or anhidrosis, heat intolerance, cleft lip or cleft palate. Microscopy of the hair shaft found “bubbly hair” morphology. This case is unique as it is a rare presentation, and awareness should be there for this constellation of findings so that the systemic associations can be investigated. “Bubble hair” morphology on microscopy is a unique feature in this rare autosomal recessive condition.
Efficacy of 800 nm diode laser to treat trichostasis spinulosa in Asian patients p. 21
Dhananjay K Chavan, Dhanraj D Chavan, Balkrishna P Nikam, Mohan S Kale, Varsha P Jamale, Shruti D Chavan
Context: Trichostasis spinulosa (TS) is a common but underdiagnosed follicular disorder involving retention of successive telogen hair in the hair follicle. Laser hair removal is a newer treatment modality for TS with promising results. Aims: This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of 800 nm diode laser to treat TS in Asian patients. Subjects and Methods: We treated 50 Indian subjects (Fitzpatrick skin phototype IV–V) with untreated trichostasis spinulosa on the nose with 800 nm diode laser at fluence ranging from 22 to 30 J/cm2 and pulse width of 30 ms. The patients were given two sittings at 8 week intervals. The evaluation was done by blinded assessment of photographs by independent dermatologists. Results: Totally 45 (90%) patients had complete clearance of the lesions at the end of treatment. Five (10%) subjects needed one-third sitting for complete clearance. 45 patients had complete resolution and no recurrence even at 2 years follow-up visit. 5 patients had partial recurrence after 8–9 months and needed an extra laser session. Conclusions: Laser hair reduction in patients with TS targets and removes the hair follicles which are responsible for the plugged appearance. Due to permanent ablation of the hair bulb and bulge, the recurrence which is often seen with other modalities of treatment for TS is not observed here.
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Urvi Popli, Paul Devakar Yesudian
Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is a rare X-linked dominant disease that affects the ectodermal tissues. It is associated with a whorled pattern of scarring alopecia, which is possibly underreported. This scarring alopecia could be used as a marker to identify adult women affected with IP as older patients may have minimal cutaneous manifestations. We report an unusual case of an 8-year-old girl who had recurrent inflammatory stage IP and later developed whorled scarring alopecia in the vertex of the scalp.
Circle hairs involving the extremities in a young girl p. 26
Pragya Ashok Nair, Trusha Patel, Radhika Navadiya
Circle hairs (CHs) represent a body hair growth disorder which is characterized by asymptomatic presence of hairs in typical circular or spiraliform arrangement. It is not associated with follicular or inflammatory abnormalities. CHs are rarely reported, probably underestimated, as medical consultation for CH only is rare in practice. It needs to be differentiated from rolled hairs, which is a relatively common disorder of hair growth associated with follicular hyperkeratosis and keratin plugging. Trichoscopy is a noninvasive technique to confirm the diagnosis without biopsy. We present a 20-year-old female who presented with CHs over bilateral upper and lower limbs involving extensors.
Development of frontal fibrosing alopecia with a history of alopecia areata p. 29
Jessica Lin, Joseph Zikry, Natasha Atanaskova-Mesinkovska
DOI:10.4103/ijt.ijt_9_17 PMID:29440856
Frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA), a scarring type of alopecia, developed in two patients with a history of alopecia areata (AA). Both patients had biopsies to confirm this interesting series of pathology. Etiology and pathogenesis of this AA-to-FFA sequence will be discussed.
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Priyanka Anand, Namrata Sarin, Rachita Misri, VK Khurana
Eruptive vellus hair cyst (EVHC) is a rare follicular developmental abnormality of the vellus hair follicles. They are usually seen in children, adolescents, or young adults and manifest as reddish-brown smooth papules most commonly involving the chest, limbs, and abdomen. An 18-year-old male presented with asymptomatic papules on the trunk and flexor aspect of both forearms for the past 2 years. There was no family history of similar lesions. His medical history was also not contributory. A clinical diagnosis of steatocystoma multiplex and chronic folliculitis was given, and a punch biopsy from the papule was performed and sent for histopathological examination. On microscopic examination, a final diagnosis of EVHC was rendered. The patient was advised topical treatment of retinoic acid cream (0.05%) for 6 months, and he is currently under follow-up period. Due to its rarity and resemblance to many similar entities, histopathological examination plays a major role in establishing a definite diagnosis and further proper management of the patient. We report this unusual case to generate awareness about this rarely diagnosed condition.
Annular alopecia areata: A morphologically rare variant p. 34
Shimona Garg, Anand Kumar, Mala Bhalla, Kavita Poonia
Alopecia areata (AA) is the most common form of nonscarring alopecia involving the scalp and/or body. The most common pattern of hair loss is oval or round, but newer morphological variants are increasingly being described. We hereby report two cases of annular pattern of AA due to its unusual morphology.
Nevus comedonicus on scalp: An unusual presentation p. 37
Priyadarshini Sahu, Kamal Aggrawal, Chetna Bansal, VK Jain
Nevus comedonicus (NC) is a rare developmental anomaly of follicular infundibulum plugged with keratinous material that resembles comedo-like lesions. Frequently affected sites are face, neck, trunk, and upper arm. Few cases have been described on palms, soles, scalp, and genitalia. We hereby report a rare case of NC on scalp in a 14-year-old boy.
Three cases of radiation-induced temporary alopecia with hair microscopic examination: “coudability hair” might not be specific for alopecia areata p. 40
Jung Eun Seol, Do Hyeong Kim, So Hee Park, Gyeong Je Cho, Hyojin Kim
Endovascular interventional procedures are widely used for the treatment of intracranial vascular lesions. However, they sometimes produce reversible alopecia, known as radiation-induced temporary alopecia, depending on the radiation dose. Radiation-induced temporary alopecia manifested as rectangular alopecic patches without signs of inflammation, reflects damage to the keratinocytes in the hair matrix of anagen hair follicles, due to the sensitivity of these cells to radiation. The characteristics of radiation-induced temporary alopecia are similar to those of alopecia areata as follows: (1) clinical findings of well-defined alopecic patches and (2) dermoscopic findings of yellow dots, black dots, and short vellus hairs. The two conditions can be distinguished according to whether there is any history of endovascular interventional procedures, and by the shapes of the lesions and the inflammation status on histopathologic examination. A hair microscopic examination is a useful diagnostic tool in patients with hair loss disease, but the features of radiation-induced temporary alopecia have not been well described. Here, we report three cases of radiation-induced temporary alopecia preceded by endovascular procedures, including stent insertion and coil embolization.
Eyelashes trichomegaly: An unusual side effect of gefitinib therapy p. 44
Chaturbhuj R Agrawal, Pankaj Goyal, Dinesh Chandra Doval, Kumardeep Dutta, Kshitij Domadia, Silky Kothiwal
Evolution of targeted therapy has changed the spectrum of treatment in oncology since the past two decades as lots of newer agents are being added to the pharmacologic armamentarium of cancer therapy. Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors form one such advancing field with many newer agents being investigated and they are used in wide variety of malignancies such as head and neck cancer, lung cancer, and even gastrointestinal malignancies such as pancreatic cancer. Various troublesome side effects of these agents include diarrhea, severe fatigability, severe skin rashes, and deranged liver function tests which may require treatment interruption or dose reduction resulting in decreased response to treatment. However, some of the side effects may not require dose modification but incidentally observed and does not impact patient's quality of life. One such effect is trichomegaly which is very rarely observed with such agents. Herein, this conversation we report a 52-year-old female case of metastatic carcinoma lung who developed trichomegaly of eyelashes while on gefitinib therapy.
A rare association of pili multigemini and rolled hairs in a young female, title requires a change p. 47
Pragya Ashok Nair, Trusha Manoj Patel
Adverse effects with finasteride 5 mg/day for patterned hair loss in premenopausal women p. 48
Rui Oliveira-Soares, Marisa C André, Miguel Peres-Correia
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The company adopted a simple mission statement to “Create and Maintain Customers”. This was accomplished via a commitment of meeting, or exceeding, customer expectations through quality, delivery, service, and continuous improvement.
Over the next 20 years, Imperial Plastics grew by assisting customers with design, development, prototyping, and ultimately the production of plastic components and assemblies.
Imperial Plastics has also become a platform company purchasing 5 custom plastic injection molders since 2004. Each acquired company has allowed Imperial Plastics to expand and diversify its customer base.
We are proud of our history, growth, and of the many long standing employees, customers, and suppliers who have contributed significantly to the Imperial Plastics story thus far and look forward to a very prosperous future ahead.
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To help our customers win by leveraging our engineering expertise, range of capabilities and flexible business model.
Our aim is to have the best team deliver industry leading plastic molding and value added solutions for the best companies in the world.
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MainAll NewsIsrael: Sites and SightsNegohot's Light Glows from the Hevron Hills
Negohot's Light Glows from the Hevron Hills
The Jewish town of Negohot, located on the western slopes of the Southern Hevron Hills, shows that idealism and hard work build a community.
Negohot students celebrate Yom Ha'atzmaut
Israel news photo: Negohot.org.il
The Jewish community of Negohot is located on the western slopes of the Southern Hevron Hills (Drom Har Hevron), a range adjoining the Judean Hills, and about 25 kilometers from the southern city of Kiryat Gat in the Lachish area. The communities of Otniel and Beit Haggai are located east of Negohot, a 15-minute drive away.
Negohot, originally a Nahal outpost, was established in early 1982 and was called Mitzpe Lachish. The name was changed to Negohot following a suggestion by the poet Yitzchak Shalev, who suggested the name as a way to note that the light emanating from the Jewish community glowed from the top of the Hevron Hills. The word "noga" in Hebrew means "aura" or "glow".
In 1998, as no new Jewish communities were being established in Judea, Samaria and Gaza and the IDF was looking for ways to reduce its presence in the area, it was suggested to take hesder yeshiva students, have them guard the community as part of their army service, and then move into the community when they conclude their service. The Otniel and Yeruham hesder yeshivas recruited men for this task.
At one point it was decided that more families should be brought into Negohot. An IDF officer who asked the IDF authorities whether it would be possible to bring in a rabbi and his family to the community to help the students learn Torah, was answered with: ‘Find a rabbi, then we’ll talk.' After a long search a rabbi with a family, who was willing to immediately move to Negohot, was found.
Thus, slowly and gradually, young and idealistic Torah true families joined the developing community. It was connected to electricity, water, sewage, and neighborhoods with caravans were built. In 2002, construction of permanent houses in the community began.
Today, Negohot’s children study in the school in Otniel. This underscores the transport link between Negohot and the southern Hevron hills, as it becomes more difficult to close a road used by schoolchildren. In addition to the students, some of Negohot’s residents study and work in the communities and institutions in the southern Hevron Hills.
On Erev Rosh Hashanah, September 26, 2003, as Negohot’s residents were enjoying their evening holiday meal, terrorists infiltrated Negohot and a sniper murdered Eyal Yeverbaum and the infant Shaked Avraham. The terror attack dealt a difficult blow to the community, but its residents proved their strength and moved towards building a community center named Shaked after the murdered infant (which was dedicated on Passover of that year). Later, a new neighborhood bearing the name Eyal was inaugurated.
In 2001, a neighborhood named Givat HaBustan (lit. Garden Hill) was founded in the western part of Negohot. The neighborhood delineates the planned boundaries of the community to the west.
The residents of Negohot work in a variety of occupations in Kiryat Gat, Ashkelon and the Hevron Hills communities. Within the community itself, there are initiatives mainly in the field of agriculture: growing tomatoes and squash, olive oil groves, and vineyards.
In addition, the NegoOp company, which develops components and tests equipment for telecommunications and medical industries, operates in Negohot. Another local company has developed a program called “Trumot.net” (trumot meaning donations in Hebrew), which aims to streamline the work of NGOs.
Midreshet Negohot is a school which combines national service in Israel’s southern cities with religious studies in the evening. It too operates in Negohot.
Negohot families got a taste of wht the side effects of the PA's recognition bid might be, when a convoy of jeering Arabs in cars drove by clost to the community's fence on September 19th.
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Jokes of the day for Friday, 19 August 2016
Funny jokes, funny photo and funny video collected from the internet on Friday, 19 August 2016
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A policeman is on scene at a t...
A policeman is on scene at a terrible accident - body parts everywhere. He is making his notes of where the pieces are and comes across a head.
He writes in his notebook: "Head on bullevard", and scratches out his spelling error.
"Head on bouelevard". Nope, doesn't look right - scratch scratch.
"Head on boolevard..." dang it! Scratch scratch.
He looks around and sees that no one is looking at him as he kicks the head. "Head on curb."
#joke #policeman
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Answering Machine Message 129
Hello. I'm home right now but cannot find the phone. Please leave a message and I will call you up as soon as I find it.
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The inventor of pantyhose...
“The inventor of pantyhose really left us quite a legacy.”
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A judge was interviewing a wom...
A judge was interviewing a woman regarding her pending divorce, and asked, "What are the grounds for your divorce?"
She replied, "About four acres and a nice little home in the middle of the property with a stream running by."
"No," he said, "I mean what is the foundation of this case?"
"It is made of concrete, brick and mortar," she responded.
"I mean," he continued, "What are your relations like?"
"I have an aunt and uncle living here in town, and so do my husband's parents."
He said, "Do you have a real grudge?"
"No," she replied, "We have a two-car carport and have never really needed one."
"Please," he tried again, "is there any infidelity in your marriage?"
"Yes, both my son and daughter have stereo sets. We don't necessarily like the music, but the answer to your questions is yes."
"Ma'am, does your husband ever beat you up?"
"Yes," she responded, "about twice a week he gets up earlier than I do."
Finally, in frustration, the judge asked, "Lady, why do you want a divorce?"
"Oh, I don't want a divorce," she replied. "I've never wanted a divorce. My husband does. He said he can't communicate with me!"
#joke
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Funny Photo of the day - On a scale of 1$ to 10$ how attractive are you?
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The dorm rules
On the first day of college, the Dean addressed the students, pointing out some of the rules:
"The female dormitory will be out-of-bounds for all male students, and the male dormitory to the female students. Anybody caught breaking this rule will be fined $20 the first time."
He continued, "Anybody caught breaking this rule the second time will be fined $60. Being caught a third time will cost you a fine of $180. Are there any questions?"
At this point, a male student in the crowd inquired: "How much for a season pass?"
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This young TV presenter makes quite a splash! - This young TV presenter makes quite a splash! - link to page gif is posted initially.
Make God Laugh
You know how to you make God laugh?
Tell him your plans.
Joke | Old joke from joke of the day archives - Check out other old jokes Thursday, 19 August 2010
Calculate the number 973
NUMBERMANIA: Calculate the number 973 using numbers [7, 6, 8, 2, 89, 183] and basic arithmetic operations (+, -, *, /). Each of the numbers can be used only once.
Brain Teasers, puzzles, riddles, mathematical problems, mastermind, cinemania...
Two blondes walking down the street. One reaches into her pocketbook for a make up compact and looks into the mirror.
"This picture looks like someone I know" she says. The other one has a look and says, "Of course dummy, it's ME...."
#joke #short #blonde
Bush vs. Osama
Bush and Osama decided to settle the war once and for all. They sat down and decided to settle the whole dispute with one dogfight. They would have 5 years to breed the best fighting dog in the world and whichever side's dog won would be entitled to dominate the world.
Osama found the biggest, meanest Doberman and Rottweiler female dogs in the world and bred them with the meanest Siberian wolves. They selected only the biggest and strongest puppy from the litter, and removed his siblings, which gave him all the milk. After 5 years, they came up with the biggest, meanest dog the world had ever seen. Its cage needed steel bars that were 5 " thick and nobody could get near it.
When the day came for the dog fight, Bush showed up with a strange looking animal. It was a 9 foot long Dachshund. Everyone felt sorry for Bush because there was no way that this dog could possibly last 10 seconds with the Afghanistani dog. When the cages were opened up, the Dachshund came out of it's cage, and slowly waddled over towards Osama's dog. Osama's dog snarled and leaped out of its cage and charged the American Dachshund---but when it got close enough to bite, the Dachshund opened its mouth and consumed Osama's dog in one bite. There was nothing left of his dog at all.
Osama came up to Bush, shaking his head in disbelief, "We don't understand how this could have happened. We had our best people working for 5 years with the meanest Doberman and Rottweiler female dogs in the world and the biggest, meanest Siberian wolves."
"That's nothing,", said Bush. "We had Michael Jackson's plastic surgeons working for 5 years to make that alligator look like a weenie dog."
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!!!!!
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Model Nun
Sister Margaret was a model nun all of her life, until she was called to get her just rewards. As she approached the pearly gates, Saint Peter said "Hold on, Sister Margaret...not so fast!"
"But I have been good all my life and dedicated to the work of the Lord. From the time I was taken in as an infant by the sisters at the convent to my dying breath... I have lived for this moment!" Sister Margaret exclaimed in disbelief.
"That is precisely the problem," replied St. Peter, "...you never learned right from wrong and to get into heaven, you must know the difference between right and wrong".
"Well, what can I do? I will do anything to get into heaven!" Sister Margaret pleaded.
"I am going to have to send you back down to Earth. When you get there, I want you to smoke a cigarette and call me when you are finished. We will discuss your situation then." ordered St. Peter.
Sister Margaret returned to Earth, smoked a Camel, and then immediately called St. Peter, coughing and hacking. "Saint Peter" she gasped, "I can hardly breathe, my mouth tastes terrible, my breath stinks, I feel dizzy, and I think I am going to throw up".
"Good!" replied the old saint, "Now you are finally getting a feel for right and wrong. Now go out tonight and drink some hard liquor and call me back when you are ready."
Sister Margaret phoned St. Peter immediately after taking several belts of Jack Daniels.
"Saint Peter, I feel woozy... that vile liquid burned my throat and nauseated me...it is all I can do to keep it down."
"Good...good! Now you are starting to see the difference between right and wrong," said St. Peter with delight.
"Tomorrow I want you to seek out a man and know him in the Biblical sense, and then call me."
A week passed before Sister Margaret called St. Peter and left a message:
"Yo, Pete...it's Peggy...It's gonna be a while!"
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Nasty! The smarmy side of Florida from author Tom Turner
HALLIE EPHRON: Tom Turner sounds like a character out of MAD MEN. He ran a bar in Vermont after college, then moved to New York where he worked as a copywriter at Manhattan advertising agencies, then moved to Palm Beach and got into real estate flipping houses. He uses his interesting background (aka checkered past) to his advantage in writing his debut novel, Palm Beach Nasty (Permanent Press).
Nasty? Really??? I asked him to explain.
TOM TURNER: A few of my friends-- women for the most part-- thought that the word 'Nasty' in the title smacked of cheesy, prurient no-tell-motel sex. I stuck with it anyway. Mainly because I had the title long before I wrote the first word of the novel. Just liked it.
The nastiness I write about actually refers to my bad guys.
HALLIE: More than one?
TOM: A billionaire with a thing for young girls. He's gotten to where he is by being ruthless, predatory and over-the-top depraved. An ex-bartender who hatches a nefarious plan to defraud and deceive the second richest man in Palm Beach, an old dude half-way down the Alzheimers highway. A Mutt n' Jeff combo of vicious hitters -- one a former Fulbright scholar, the other a guy whose lips move as he reads comics books.
Nasty guys indeed… but I think you're gonna like 'em!
HALLIE: And who are they up against?
TOM: Detective Charlie Crawford of the Palm Beach Police Department, and the big question is does he have enough left in the tank to take down these guys? Sure, he was a big-time, gold shield up in NewYork. But that was before he burned out and washed up on a Key West beach, listening to stoned-out beach bums in lame Hawaiian shirts ooh-and-ah pretty average sunsets and ‘dude’ each other to death.
HALLIE: Love that idea: 'dude each other to death.'
How did you research your cops?
TOM: Well, for one thing I did a lot of ride-alongs. But nothing of a criminal nature ever seemed to happen. It was pretty disappointing. No break-ins, no petty larcenies, nothing. The cops actually apologized to me. They were greatly relieved one night when the dispatcher reported a suspicious man sleeping on the beach. Five cop cars showed up. Turned out he was just sleeping off a long night at a local gin mill called Ta-boo.
HALLIE: And what about Palm Beach? A good place for nastiness?
TOM: As for my knowledge of Palm Beach… I did a long stint there renovating houses. I was thrown into a mix of shifty-eyed developers, promise-you-the-moon real estate brokers and lawyers who all bore a certain resemblance to Breaking Bad's Saul Goodman. It was an eye-opening period and many of those characters wandered into Palm Beach Nasty.
I saved a few others for Palm Beach Poison, which is next in the series. Like the deadly Russian duo and their poisonous snakes. Talk about nasty.
HALLIE: In case you're wondering, Tom got a very nice review in Publishers Weekly which called his brand of nastiness plenty entertaining.
My question: What it is in the water in that part of Florida that breeds so many twisted tales? (To quote Carl Hiassen: "The Florida in my novels is not as seedy as the real Florida. It's hard to stay ahead of the curve. Every time I write a scene that I think is the sickest thing I have ever dreamed up, it is surpassed by something that happens in real life.")
Labels: Palm Beach Nasty, Tom Turner
Joan Emerson July 3, 2015 at 5:38 AM
I have absolutely no idea what breeds so many twisted Florida tales, but Tom’s “Palm Beach Nasty” sounds like a delightfully fun read.
Susan Elia MacNeal July 3, 2015 at 8:43 AM
Welcome, Tom! Yes, what is it about Florida? The humidity? The alligators? The limes? I love the "dude each other to death" too... Off to add to my to-read stack!
Liz Milliron July 3, 2015 at 8:44 AM
I love the voice of this interview. Tom, I too have done ride-alongs where nothing more sinister than a suspicious package (that turned out to be an empty cardboard box) was reported. My officer also apologized. "Wish I could have given you a 'shots fired' or something"). I told him boring for me meant safe for him (since he had young children) and thanked him.
I admit, "nasty" for me has the same connotation, but that won't keep me from looking up the debut. Congrats!
Hallie Ephron July 3, 2015 at 9:06 AM
Nasty. Interesting in connection with yesterday's guest Elizabeth Lyon and our discussion of titles. Palm Beach Nasty definitely sounds like noir... with an edge.
Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleib July 3, 2015 at 9:07 AM
Welcome to a fellow Florida writer Tom! The book sounds like such fun. Did you do your ride-alongs in Palm Beach or Key West? Usually in Key West, a rider sees plenty of action. My officer was summoned to a girl down on the sidewalk, dead drunk at 7 pm. We had to take her to jail and I got plenty of material!
My friend Jan was privy to a drug bust and friend Pat to domestic violence. And then there was the naked man on Duval Street who stole someone else's coat at The Garden of Eden. It seems like as long as you don't ride on the day shift, the fun never stops:)
Rhyd July 3, 2015 at 9:09 AM
Welcome Tom. I'm always amazed at the extremes in Florida.... Extreme opulence or seediness, beauty and squalor. So many good tales to write about. Good luck with the book.
Julia July 3, 2015 at 9:55 AM
Tom, PALM BEACH NASTY sounds delicious. Who can resist tales of swampy Florida corruption beneath all that sun-gilded Florida glamor?
And of course, we're all conditioned to believe anything could happen in the Sunshine State, since the real-life news from there is so often stranger than fiction!
Deborah Crombie July 3, 2015 at 10:01 AM
Hi Tom! I love Florida. It's such a weird place, but talk about atmosphere! Heaven for a writer. Love your title, too--the first thing I thought was, "Oh, fun!" Looking forward to reading the book, and good luck with the series.
Libby Dodd July 3, 2015 at 12:55 PM
I wonder what Ta-boo thinks about your description: "a local gin mill called Ta-boo" They consider themselves rather swanky.
I heard Carl Hiassen speak once. He told about early on when he would pitch a story idea to his publisher, they would tell him it was too outlandish for anyone to believe. Then 2000 came with the election, anthrax, etc. He assured them that his story-lines came from his collection of newspaper clippings. They haven't questioned him since!
South Florida is a strange place.
Hallie Ephron July 3, 2015 at 4:14 PM
Libby, that's good to know - because I went to see if I could get a picture of Ta-boo and it did look pretty ritzy. That's not to say...
Tim Dorsey, Carl Hiaassen, Dave Barry, our own Lucy Burdette... they all feed off Florida's crazy goings on.
Kathy Reel July 3, 2015 at 8:26 PM
Tom, it's always great to welcome another Florida author to the fold of those fascinating ones I already read. When I heard Carl Hiassen speak, he said that all the crazies eventually come to Florida, as he was relating a story about a criminal from there. So, I think you will ha e plenty of material. Your book sounds most interesting, and the title is great.
Hank Phillippi Ryan July 3, 2015 at 9:32 PM
Running in incredibly late-- this is hilarious. and the title -- I think its: take it or leave it, right? Love it. And yes there is somethimg about Florida-- last time I was there I
saw an alligator . You just dont see that in, you know, Boston.
Happy 4th everyone !
Kait July 3, 2015 at 10:20 PM
Welcome to Florida, Tom. The rules here are different! Gotta agree with the Hiassen quote, eventually all crazies do end up here. They arrive, shaken out of their various northern and western states. Just when they think they have gone as far as they can--they find the nirvana of South Florida and they morph into the person of their desires, or fears. Sounds like you captured the context beautifully.
Tom Turner July 8, 2015 at 11:04 AM
Thank you all for your comments, input, and anecdotes! Thank you again Hallie for the opportunity to do this guest blog!
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Thu, 12 October 2017 at 2:30 pm
Ryan Gosling Voices Support for Women Speaking Out About Harvey Weinstein
Ryan Gosling has released a statement about Harvey Weinstein after decades worth of allegations have come to light involving sexual assault and harassment.
The 36-year-old Blade Runner 2049 star took to his Twitter account to say, “I want to add my voice of support for the women who have had the courage to speak out against Harvey Weinstein.”
Ryan continued, “Like most people in Hollywood, I have worked with him and I’m deepy disappointed in myself for being so oblivious to these devastating experiences of sexual harassment and abuse. He is emblematic of a systemic problem. Men should stand with women and work together until there is a real accountability and change.”
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1 And Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, The Second Passover.
2 "Let the people of Israel keep the passover at its appointed time.
3 On the fourteenth day of this month, in the evening, you shall keep it at its appointed time; according to all its statutes and all its ordinances you shall keep it."
4 So Moses told the people of Israel that they should keep the passover.
5 And they kept the passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the people of Israel did.
6 And there were certain men who were unclean through touching the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the passover on that day; and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day;
7 and those men said to him, "We are unclean through touching the dead body of a man; why are we kept from offering Yahweh's offering at its appointed time among the people of Israel?"
8 And Moses said to them, "Wait, that I may hear what Yahweh will command concerning you."
9 Yahweh said to Moses,
10 "Say to the people of Israel, If any man of you or of your descendants is unclean through touching a dead body, or is afar off on a journey, he shall still keep the passover to Yahweh.
11 In the second month on the fourteenth day in the evening they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
12 They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute for the passover they shall keep it.
13 But the man who is clean and is not on a journey, yet refrains from keeping the passover, that person shall be cut off from his people, because he did not offer Yahweh's offering at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin.
14 And if a stranger sojourns among you, and will keep the passover to Yahweh, according to the statute of the passover and according to its ordinance, so shall he do; you shall have one statute, both for the sojourner and for the native."
15 On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony; and at evening it was over the tabernacle like the appearance of fire until morning.
The fiery cloud. Nu.9.15-23
16 So it was continually; the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
17 And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tent, after that the people of Israel set out; and in the place where the cloud settled down, there the people of Israel encamped.
18 At the command of Yahweh the people of Israel set out, and at the command of Yahweh they encamped; as long as the cloud rested over the tabernacle, they remained in camp.
19 Even when the cloud continued over the tabernacle many days, the people of Israel kept the charge of Yahweh, and did not set out.
20 Sometimes the cloud was a few days over the tabernacle, and according to the command of Yahweh they remained in camp; then according to the command of Yahweh they set out.
21 And sometimes the cloud remained from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they set out, or if it continued for a day and a night, when the cloud was taken up they set out.
22 Whether it was two days, or a month, or a longer time, that the cloud continued over the tabernacle, abiding there, the people of Israel remained in camp and did not set out; but when it was taken up they set out.
23 At the command of Yahweh they encamped, and at the command of Yahweh they set out; they kept the charge of Yahweh, at the command of Yahweh by Moses.
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The katapi New Standard Bible is a very light revision of the RSV. The changes are: (1) In places where 'the LORD', 'O LORD' occurs in the RSV, (it represents the tetragrammaton - YHWH - which is in the hebrew text), I have printed 'YHWH' in black. The later vowel sounds I have shown in the colour gray;
(2) I have removed the quotation marks and hyphens that were used in so many names in the RSV as an aid to correct pronunciation. This now brings it in line with all other English versions, and makes any word-search more accurate.
(3) I have changed all (I hope!) of the RSV archaic language sections to modern.
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June 7th : Gear Review – Rock Shoes for 2014
The world of rock shoe manufacturing doesn’t stand still for long and this year is no exception. The June edition of Climber magazine is on the shelves and it features a review of no less than thirteen pairs of new shoes by yours truly selected from two categories – beginner, intermediate and all-rounders shoes and specialist performance shoes. If you’re in the market for some new shoes it might be worth taking a quick look through as there’s some surprises in store…
I, like many climbers, have had my favourite shoe manufacturer for years – 5.10 in my case. However, doing back-to-back shoe reviews for the last two years (see below) has opened my eyes to new products on the market today. More and more though I see experienced climbers trying new shoes looking for any advantage they can get – in my case to buy-back age-related declining performance!
Although most of the shoes tested are brand spanking new, typically they build on previous designs and features looking to spring-board off popular feature sets. Unusually though, some manufacturers have gone retro for 2014 and have re-introduced slightly remodelled shoes from yesteryear.
I commented last year to the effect that there was a huge number of rock shoes on the current market and there’s more coming to market all the time. That trend seems set to continue. Similarly, there’s a veritable mix of lace-ups, velcros and slippers as well as low volume/narrow fit to high volume/wide fitting shoes. Surprisingly, all five of the specialist performance shoes tested are slipper-based shoes with some throwing-in a Velcro closure as well to supplement fit/performance. Perhaps this is proof that slipper/velco fastening shoes are now more popular than traditional lace-ups.
Included in the 2014 review are the following shoes:
Beginner, Intermediate and All-rounder Shoes: Boreal Marduk, Edelrid Blizzard, Evolv Addict, Evolv Defy and Elektra, Five Ten Guide and New Pinks.
Specialist Shoes: Boreal Satori, Boreal Dharma, Edelrid Cyclone, Evolv Nexxo, Scarpa Stix and the Tenaya Ossi.
Here’s some visuals to check-out too…
April 7th: Shine a light…
Although it’s a tad retrospective now – the last month or so has just disappeared – March’s copy of Climber magazine carried my review of the latest in so-called hands-free (aka head torches) lighting. From the uber Mammut X-Sun (a 950 lumen monster) through to the delimitative Petzl e+Lite (a 25 lumen emergency unit) there really is a headtorch for every occasion…
Without a doubt, headtorches are an essential part of climbers’ kit-bags. Today, cheap headtorches are sold in main stream supermarkets from as little as a fiver a pop whilst the specialised shops sell the top-end units costing anything up to £250 quid. They’re used for all manner of activities – anything from dog-walking to emergency services through to elite athletes for climbing or other extreme sports. As power and functionality vary, so does size and cost. The review covered fifteen different units as well as giving the low-down on the plethora of batteries and LED types currently in use. If you don’t want to be left in the dark (I know – crap pun…) then check the review out.
Incidentally, as part of the review I dug-out my old Petzl Zoom headtorch from the bottom of the wardrobe and compared it with the X-Sun and the e+Lite (mentioned above). The results show quite plainly exactly what the R&D departments have achieved in the 30 odd years since Petzl first brought their legendary Zoom to market. Take a look for yourself at the pixs below and the difference is obvious. For the geeks amongst us, the e+Lite delivers the same (25 Lumen) output as the Zoom albeit at a fraction of the size/weight whilst the X-Sun knocks out over whooping 38 times more light than the Zoom. The times sure are a changing…
And here’s a shot of the X-Sun and the e+Lite alongside the old past master, the Zoom…
Oct 3rd : Gear Review Central – Part III, Rope Review…
My final major review gear review for 2013 – ropes – appeared in the August edition of Climber. Assuming you’re not a fully paid-up member of the Pad People (a.k.a. bouldering only brigade) you’re gonna need at least one rope to keep the wheels on your climbing waggon – maybe even two or even three depending on your particular climbing addictions!
The opening spread from the review…
It used to be simple; ropes were either 11mm for a single/full rope or else they were half ropes in which case they were 9mm. The basic structure of the kernmantle rope hasn’t changed a deal since 1953 when Edelrid invented it; the core consists of a number of twisted strands whilst the sheath is the outer and hence protective layer. All climbing ropes today follow the same basic structure. What does vary though, from rope to rope, are the numbers of the internal strands, the weave of the sheath, how tight the various components are during the spinning and of course what the diameter of the rope is.
Super skinny single ropes for sport climbing vary between 9.1mm and 11mm whilst trad ropes vary between 8.1mm and 8.8mm. Properties, handling and wear characteristics vary considerably as manufacturers prioritise particular strength/qualities over others. Thicker ropes are generally stronger and are more resistant to wear but they’re not as good generally to handle as thinner ropes. Impact force, number of falls sustained as well as dynamic and static elongation all vary too depending upon the design of the rope and hence construction.
The review featured six sport ropes and five trad ropes. Check it out if you need the full SP – meanwhile here’s the opening spread from the published piece plus a few shots of the ropes themselves and during testing…
And then here’s a selection of ropes and action from the testing…
April 29th : Gear Review Central – Part II: Rock Shoes…
So, Rock Shoes were Part II of the gear reviews I’ve just done for the May edition of Climber magazine. There’s a huge number of rock shoes on the current market and there’s more coming to market virtually every day. Not surprisingly, it’s a minefield; lace-ups, velcros and slippers as well as low volume/narrow fit to high volume/wide fitting
It wasn’t always thus though as anyone who has been climbing a while will tell you. PAs (named after Pierre Allain), EBs (named after Eduard Bourdineau), RDs (named after Rene Desmaison) and Kletts (short for Kletterschuhe) were the only choices back in the Seventies. The revolution came in the early Eighties when Mr Moffatt rocked-up with a pair of Boreal Fires, the first boots to have sticky rubber. Moffatt, ever the competitor, pressed home his advantage by punching out the first ascent of Master’s Wall on Cloggy. In line with the style of the day, Moffatt wore white baseball socks in his Fires. How times have changed!
Although Boreal stole the show with their Fires, other manufacturers were soon on the case and thus began the never ending stream of new shoes we have on the market today. Exactly what we might choose to wear today is usually dictated by need – be that performance (cruising or high grade), comfort (single pitch or multi pitch), foot shape (low volume/narrow fit or high volume/wide fit) or purpose (ie smearing, edging, crack climbing, pocket pulling or even competition/indoor or outdoor climbing). Many climbers have different shoes for different purposes. Others though, prefer a simpler life and opt for a one-shoe solution for all their climbing.
For those that are curious about such things, the testing team was one of the biggest teams yet involved on the programme – it had to be given the variation in the fitting of the rock shoes. On more than one occasion we found that a particular shoe didn’t suit one tester but for another it was a marriage made in heaven! Between the team we tested/reviewed the following shoes:
All-Round, All-Day, Mid-Grade to High Grade Shoes: Boreal Diabola (female) and Diabolo (male), Evolv Electra Lace, Five Ten Stonelands VCR, Scarpa Force X (female and male version), Red Chili Corona VCR, Tenata Inti and the Tenaya Ra.
Specialist Performance Shoes: Evolv Shaman, Edelrid Typhon, Five Ten Quantum, Red Chili Matador Lace, Scarpa Instinct VS and the La Sportiva Futura Blue.
Here’s the openning spread of the review in May’s edition featuring a comtempory shot of Steve Bancroft crusing a ‘white’ at Bas Curvier in 1979 in a pair of the then de-rigour EBs (plus socks)…
April 28th : Gear Review Central – Part I: Rock Pro…
For quite some time now I’ve been up to my neck in gear and gear reviews for Climber mag.. It’s a tough job but someone has to do it! Following on from my review last year of belay devices and screw krabs (sounds sexy egh?) my gear review programme for this year includes rock protection, rock shoes and finally ropes. Part I, Rock Pro appeared in the April edition and was six pages of the latest and greatest rock pro items from the plethora available on the hardware shelves down your local store…
Viewed from the perspective of someone who has been climbing for over forty year now – yes, sadly it really is that long since I first started back in the hell holes of deepest, darkest Lancashire – the development in rock pro has been little short of amazing. It had too really! Back at the start of the Seventies my rack was a MOAC, a baby MOAC, a couple of micro Clogs, a handful of hexs – and I’m talking hexagonal nuts not hexentrics either – a cylindrical rubber hex-like thingie plus of course a load of slings for threading chockstones or drapping over flakes. Although we didn’t think so at the time, the gear back then was really very basic – and that’s basic with a capital B!
Amazingly though, given the then gear, plenty of hard stuff got done – ref Livesey’s ascents of Right Wall and Footless Crow. However, by the late Seventies Wild Country, the Peak District based gear company lead by Mark Valance, stepped up to the mark and blew the world of rock pro apart – forever! Sure, some good wired nuts were being manufactured by the likes of Clog down in Wales and Chounard over in the States but Wild Country boldly stepped out where no-one had been before. WC’s Rocks were the first ‘modern nut’ to hit the market, their banana-shaped curved faces wedged (sic…) into crack like nothing before them. Rocks, though, were an evolution though. What WC has gone down in history for though was the revolution that was The Friend. The brain-child of US crack-climbing diva, Ray Jardine, The Friend was the first active protection device ever. It’s virtually impossible to over-state the significance of The Friend. Simply, they are a unique ‘outside the box’ moment, a touch of mathematical-cum-manufacturing brilliance that literally revolutionised crack protection forever.
It would be wrong to say that everything since WC’s original Rocks and Friends is just a variation on a theme, though there’s more than a grain of truth in the statement, because nuts and active devices have continued to evolve such that there are now some quite ingenious alternatives in the market.
So, I guess you might be keen to know what’s in the review? If so, here’s the list:
Nuts: Wild Country Classic Rocks, Superlight Rocks and Rockcentrics, DMM Alloy Offsets, Metolius Ultralight Curve Nuts and CAMP Tricams
MicroNuts: Black Diamond Micro Stoppers, DMM Brass Offsets
Active (Single Pivot): Wild Country Helium Friends, Metolius Mastercams, DMM 4CUs, Demon Cams
Active (Dual Pivot): Black Diamond C4 Camalots, DMM Dragon Cams
Active (Specialist/Micro Cams): Black Diamond C3 Camalots, Winld Country Zero Friends and Totem Cams
June 2nd: Belaying is rocket science…
Belaying is rocket science, or so it seems. Improvements, no matter what they relate to, come thick and fast these days and quickly get absorbed as the norm.Moore’s Law, dating back to the start of PC developments, describes (roughly speaking) a doubling a PC power every two years. There aren’t similar laws for climbing, least not that I’m aware off, but it would be interesting to cogitate a few…
Accepted that belaying isn’t exactly top of the sexy list either, it is fundamental to the business of climbing. Today, there is such a plethora of devices available that anyone new to the sport or having had a ‘climbing holiday’ for a decade or more might well suffer total meltdown when standing in front of the hardware counter down at their local climbing store when they come to part with their hard-earned in exchange for their belay device of choice.
It wasn’t always thus however. I avidly remember starting my own climbing career using the (then) old favourite, the waist belay. A pair of leather gloves were added by some climbers but usually a twist around the belayer’s wrist was the only trick in town. It seems totally Heath Robinson looking back but hey it was clearly an effective means of belaying (for the style of climbing common at that time) as the hospitals weren’t full of broken or rope-burnt climbers! We didn’t fall off much though in those days…
Today, as I say, the choice of belay devices is quite literally, be-wildering. Passive or active, single or double rope and sport or trad – take your pick. I’ve just co-ordinated a review of many of the current belay devices and krabs which are available for Climber. Twenty eight separate bits of kit in c. 2000 words. Don’t bother doing the math, just grab a copy and get the low-down in next month’s mag.
Meanwhile, check-out the shots below to see what’s included within the review…
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