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Drop The Burger, Get a Raise
Congress could authorize employers to give cash bonuses to healthy workers
By Caitlin Millat • Published at 10:19 am on May 10, 2009
Thomas Barwick
Swapping out Snickers bars for carrot sticks on your lunch break could make your waistline slimmer -- and your wallet fatter.
Congress is considering legislation that would make it easier for employers to provide financial rewards and benefits to workers who live healthy lifestyles -- and penalties to those who don't, the New York Times reported.
The new measure would give companies the ability to offer incentives, like tax credits or other cash benefits, to employees who eat well, avoid smoking and exercise regularly, a controversial plan that some say is a form of discrimination.
Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), one of two senators behind the legislation, said promoting health and wellness is essential in the workplace and that offering rewards to healthy employees is a reasonable way to encourage them to better their lives.
“Prevention and wellness should be a centerpiece of health care reform,” Harkin, who helped craft the bill with Democratic Montana Senator Max Baucus, told the Times.
The proposed bill would give companies tax credits if they offer programs like health screenings and counseling centered around exercise, eating habits, mental wellness and use of tobacco and alcohol.
The employers can then offer their workers products like gift certificates, discounts or other incentives to attend the workshops.
Congress is "certain" to include legislation about wellness programs in the workplace in its comprehensive health care bill, according to Frank B. McArdle, who works at benefits consulting firm Hewitt Associates, the Times reported.
Opponents of Harkin and Baucus' plan say giving cash rewards only to "healthy" workers is a form of discrimination that's on par with sexism or ageism.
“You are supposed to be paid on the basis of how you do your job, not how often you go to the gym or how many cheeseburgers you eat,” Lewis Maltby, president of the National Workrights Institute, told the Times.
Federal laws currently mandate that employers can't offer rewards that amount to more than 20 percent of an employees' health care coverage -- but the new legislation would give employers the right to offer larger incentives.
Employers are also forced to navigate through a web of federal red tape under present laws before they can dole out cash for wellness programs, and the proposed bills would streamline the process for participating companies.
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must see destination
Maine a Top Destination on Travel Publication Lists for 2020
This New England state is getting praise for its lighthouse strewn coastline and its culinary scene
Published December 11, 2019 • Updated at 3:21 am on December 12, 2019
In the span of about a day, Maine has made two “best of” lists in big-name publications.
On Monday, Travel + Leisure Magazine named the state one of its Top 50 places to visit in the world next year.
About 24 hours later, US News and World Report called Ogunquit its top destination to save money on honeymoons in 2020.
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The accolades add to Lonely Planet’s designation of Maine as its fourth top 2020 region to visit in the world and Fodor’s adding Portland to its 2020 Go List.
Lonely Planet cited Maine’s “lighthouse strewn coastline,” “culinary scene” and the series of events planned for its bicentennial celebration as reasons to check the state out.
Travel + Leisure highlighted new unique fine dining options on Deer Isle.
In the midst of all Maine’s praise, Governor Janet Mills, a democrat, announced a 10-year economic development plan at a lumber mill in Searsmont.
While Maine has had plenty of success in attracting 37 million or so visitors a year, the state has a severe workforce shortage and is ageing out.
Gov. Mills and her team hope to combat both of those problems by leveraging Maine’s brand — its outdoors, lack of traffic and quality of life — as marketing tools.
Today I unveiled the State’s new nonpartisan 10-year strategic economic development plan. Maine, like any state, has its challenges, but we also have great opportunities – and because of that, I have great hope for our future. Read the full plan here: https://t.co/CnZdFbdVC0 pic.twitter.com/fyxSKkwdAl
— Governor Janet Mills (@GovJanetMills) December 11, 2019
“We think a lot of the reasons we score high on these polls is we have a lot of great assets,” said Heather Johnson, the commissioner of Maine’s Department of Economic and Community Development.
Dana Connors, CEO of Maine’s State Chamber of Commerce says he’s seen many of those “assets” leveraged better already in the “past few years,” which has contributed to Maine’s tourism wins.
He thinks the state needs to keep up the effort if it wants to make those temporary Mainers permanent ones.
“You cannot market and say you’ve done your job,” said Connors. “You have to continue to be in the game.”
Sure, Maine is a great place to travel, but we all know it's an even better place to live. #WelcomeHome #TheWayLifeShouldBe https://t.co/L1or1oDiSL
Maine shares its top spot on Lonely Planet’s list with regions in Italy, Japan and Central Asia.
In New England, Boston also made Travel + Leisure’s “must-see” list.
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Jets and Australian Football
2019/20 Squad
Thread: 2019/20 Squad
turbojetfireV8
NBN tonight
http://video.nbnnews.com.au/jetsjohnny021219.mp4
https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2019/12/0...ney-wanderers/
Last edited by turbojetfireV8; 02-12-2019 at 08:40 PM.
Life isn't the same without Con... but it can only improve without Tinks...
NBN, no audio, but report said Arroyo has done a hammy and could be out for a month, Shep is a chance to return (they considered that a positive so I assume they didn't watch him in pre-season), and McGree is supposed to out - we really will need a miracle now not to get torn a new one by the Barrel Boys...
http://video.nbnnews.com.au/jetsblokes051219.mp4
Hoff has re-signed until the end of the 21/22 season.
Has there been an update on wesi lately that i have missed or does his progress remain top secret away from the supporters ?.
Be nice for a update Laurie !!!!!!!!!.
Originally Posted by evolution
http://video.nbnnews.com.au/jetsfriday061219.mp4
MFKS
KOTARA STH
Originally Posted by turbojetfireV8
Great so Arroyo is out with a hammy
This club is ****ing useless with imports
Originally Posted by plague
Double-eff-aye should introduce a 3rd division and dump these ice addict welfare living scumbags straight there. dont even let them get their stink anywhere near 2nd division.
With no news from the club on Wesi and a lot put on Dimi shoulders in the creative dept and without being all over the new rules re transfers now and Jan fast approaching is it worth sounding out Caceres. Getting bugger all game time at Sydney and could take some of the load off Dimi.
See i don't hate all Gypo's Jetkel just those like Fitzuseless who after 3 dozen clubs in the league have no ability at all, Which in truth is 99.9% of them.
Originally Posted by 380
A) why would he take a huge paycut to come here and fight for 7th? We can't afford his current wages and he probably doesn't deserve them anyway.
B) we have enough Gypo trash here. Just sign Hutcho and put us out of our misery.
C) if we really wanted to improve our on field performance, we need to be investing in the right areas.... Jets Shaped Hats!!!!
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
I do it just for you. My goal in life is to have a quote in someone's signature.
NBN review of the game, possibility Arroyo may be out for two months
http://video.nbnnews.com.au/jetsloseadelaide091219.mp4
Where did you hear about the possibility of Arroyo being done for a couple of months ?.
https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2019/12/0...e-in-adelaide/
The Newcastle Jets’ goal-scoring woes continued in Adelaide last night, with the visitors beaten 2-1 by the Reds, despite producing almost three times as many shots.
To make matters worse, striker Arroyo’s hamstring injury could keep him sidelined for up to eight weeks.
https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/s...ttack/?cs=6160
A-League: Jets look at loan deal in bid to spark attack
James Gardiner December 9 2019 - 8:30PM
OUT: Panamanian striker Abdiel Arroyo has a torn hamstring and will be sidelined for up to eight weeks. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
THE Newcastle Jets will explore signing a striker on loan from a rival A-League club during the transfer window in a bid to end the club's goal-scoring woes.
A hamstring injury to Abdiel Arroyo, which will sideline the Panamanian for up to two months, has further depleted the Jets' already thin attacking stocks.
Former Ireland international Wes Hoolahan (ankle) is at least a month away from a return. Kaine Sheppard played 10 minutes in the 2-1 loss to Adelaide on Sunday in his first game back from a three-month lay-off and was clearly underdone.
The Jets created enough gilt-edge chances against Adelaide to win three games, but lacked a cutting edge.
It has been the story of their campaign, which has yielded eight goals in seven games and incredibly only four from open play.
"We have done more than enough to wins games but we just don't finish things off," a frustrated Merrick said after the Jets fired 31 shots to Adelaide's 13 at Coopers Stadium on Sunday night.
"To be perfectly honest we just need a goal-scorer, a finisher during open play."
McKinna said the Jets have funds, which had been set aside for a possible return by Joey Champness, and would look at all options in January.
"It is about getting somebody who can come in and be up to the level," McKinna said.
"Maybe, we will look at a loan player - a young player from another club. We will look at that and present who is available to Ernie. There will be a few but they won't be household names. They will be fringe players but they have to be better than we have available in the youth team."
The A-League opened the door last season for clubs to loan players from their rivals.
Danny De Silva spent the season at Sydney FC before returning to the Mariners this campaign.
"You never know, there might be someone in the January window who pops up," Merrrick said.
"We do a lot of work on the front third, on our passing and creating goal-scoring opportunities. The boys are all doing that well. It's just the final touch. We are doing a lot of things right. It's seven games for us into 26 rounds and then finals. We are on track to be a very good team but we need to start finishing in open play and scoring goals."
Champness, who gave up a two-year contract extension to pursue a rap career in the US, has been back in Australia but at this point is still focused on music.
Teenager Angus Thurgate has scored two goals in three games as a makeshift striker and along with Nick Fitzgerald, Dimi Petratos and Hoffman had a raft of chances against the Reds.
Thurgate had a shot blocked on the line, Fitzgerald hit the woodwork as did Steven Ugarkovic.
"We have players in the right position, we get shots off, sometimes the opposition keeper wins man of the match ... we are doing a lot of things right."
Adelaide coach Gertjan Verbeek, though happy with the result, said the Reds had "stolen" three points.
Former Socceroo James Troisi produced a flash of brilliance to score the decisive goal with seven minutes.
"James Troisi popped up at the right time," Merrick said.
"That is the difference. That has been the difference in five games for us. We have won two, drawn two and lost three.
"We hit the bar twice... it was one of those games but we seem to keep doing it."
Actually a few of the above points may have arisen from Ernie's presser:
https://www.newcastlejets.com.au/vid...undai-a-league
Ernie states we don't have funds to bring anyone in, so I assume Lawrie's comments we may have relate to that.
infant member
Bless this team.
Originally Posted by MFKS
And I don't argue with FR. The bloke is a legend and deserves great praise for his contributions to football in the Hunter.
He is also the second best poster on the entire Foz behind you
Originally Posted by parksey
sometimes there's more to life than just winning
Originally Posted by ForeverRed
What a deadset ****ing coward **** you are
Seems like I am WRONG
So there is absolutely no one, not one single player in the youth set up that can come in and change things up front?
there are no strikers in the youth team at all? none? not one? not one that can give us one half of football to at least see what we've got?
i mean, we are desperate, we have no cash, and the only option are other shit teams players who are too shit to get a start for another shit team.
StannyCFCJET
Newy
Maki Petratos if Ernie is brave enough
turton road
Wonder how many royboy would of banged in by now if Lord gypo knew what he was doing 🤔
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
Still not a striker though
Can just see it now my second worst nightmare. Wasn't Blackwood being shopped around just recently by Adelaide ?.
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Naidu stages dharna on fee row
Published: 09th August 2012 10:33 AM | Last Updated: 09th August 2012 10:33 AM | A+A A-
Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu staged a dharna in front of KBR Park here on Wednesday to protest against the capping of reimbursement fee by the government to students of engineering colleges at Rs 31,000 per annum.
Nadiu, who addressed a BCs meeting earlier in the day, decided to stage the protest against the fee reimbursement issue at the park, as a result of which the busy roads in Banjara Hills and Jubilee Hills witnessed traffic snarls.
The police let him complete his address and arrested him later while he was trying to proceed to the state secretariat.
Addressing demonstrators who were mostly students, Naidu said the TDP’s agitation for ensuring justice would continue till the government retraced its steps.
“In our BC declaration, we promised 100 Assembly seats for BCs and 50 per cent reservation in civic bodies,” Naidu said. He added that the Congress government had ruined the investment climate in the state by resorting to corruption because of which no company was coming forward to set up industries or offer jobs to students. “When TDP was in power, the students used to get placement letters in the second year of the engineering courses,” he said.
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First underwater entanglement could lead to unhackable comms
Technology 23 August 2017
By Devin Powell
No eavesdropping with quantum comms
The weird world of quantum mechanics is going for a swim. A team of Chinese researchers has, for the first time, transmitted quantum entangled particles of light through water – the first step in using lasers to send underwater messages that are impossible to intercept.
“People have talked about the idea of underwater quantum communication before, but I’m not aware of anyone who has done an experiment like this,” says Thomas Jennewein at the University of Waterloo in Canada. “An obvious application would be a submarine which wants to remain submerged but communicate in a secure fashion.”
Entanglement starts with a beam of light shot into a crystal. This prism splits the light into pairs of photons with strangely linked behaviour. Manipulate one particle in a pair, and its partner will instantly react. Measure the first one’s polarisation, for example, and entanglement could ensure that its twin will have the opposite polarisation when measured.
These entangled photons can theoretically be used to set up a secure communication line between two people, with privacy guaranteed by the laws of physics.
But this fragile quantum state can easily be disturbed by the surrounding environment. So far, entanglement has been maintained between particles separated by long distances after traveling through air, space and optical fibres.
To test entanglement in water, which is less forgiving toward light, Xianmin Jin and his colleagues at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China gathered saltwater from the Yellow Sea and placed it in a 3-metre-long container. They were able to transmit entangled photons through the water without disturbing their quantum link.
As the first experiment of its kind, it’s not clear whether this will be enough to build a communications system. Three meters may not seem that impressive compared with the 1200 kilometres that a Chinese satellite recently sent entangled particles down to Earth’s surface. “It’s not very surprising to me that if I send light through 10 feet of water it doesn’t get depolarised,” says Paul Kwiat at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
But Jin says this is only the beginning. His team’s calculations suggest that it should be possible to communicate over nearly 900 metres in water. Previous calculations set a more conservative limit of just over 120 metres.
“Because ocean water absorbs light, extending this is going to difficult,” says Jeffrey Uhlmann at the University of Missouri in Columbia. “One option would be to use relays, but right now this is very far removed from anything that would be practical.”
Journal reference: Optics Express, DOI: 10.1364/OE.25.019795
Read more: Reality check: The hidden connections behind quantum weirdness
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Abortion takes center stage at Capitol
Just hours after more than 200 abortion rights supporters gathered at the Missouri Capitol on Wednesday morning to lobby legislators in opposition to two bills moving through the General Assembly, the Missouri Senate took up its heartbeat abortion bill. by Joe Gamm May. 8 2019 @ 9:02pm
Surrounded by cape-and-hat-wearing women, inspired by "The Handmaid's Tale," Elder Stanley Jackson recites the opening prayer Wednesday as Planned Parenthood was joined by several other organizations for a rally intended to #StopTheBan, which refers to legislation termed the "heartbeat bill." HB126 would ban abortions when the heartbeat of an unborn child can be detected. Photo by Julie Smith / News Tribune.
Missourians on both sides of the abortion issue have made their voices heard at the Capitol this year. Read coverage of February's Midwest March for Life here.
Just hours after more than 200 abortion rights supporters gathered at the Missouri Capitol on Wednesday morning to lobby legislators in opposition to two bills moving through the General Assembly, the Missouri Senate took up its heartbeat abortion bill.
Organizers of Planned Parenthood Advocates' Day of Action at the Missouri Capitol said they wanted supporters to "fight back against the nation's most extreme ban on abortion."
They chanted inside the Rotunda in an effort to stop two bills intended to ban abortions in Missouri, according to event moderator Alexis Martin.
"We all know that abortion is health care," Martin said. "And every single Missourian has the right to make decisions about their sexual and reproductive health. That's their business. That's their medical providers' business — and not the business of lawmakers here in Jeff City."
The event was organized to oppose House Bill 126 and Senate Bill 279.
SB 279, sponsored by state Sen. Bob Onder, R-St. Charles, was brought up for Senate debate Wednesday afternoon.
It parallels HB 126, sponsored by state Rep. Nick Schroer, R-O'Fallon, which has passed through the Missouri House and cleared two Missouri Senate committees.
Senate Floor Leader Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia, told reporters recently he expects the bill to be debated in the Senate either this week or next — which is the Legislature's final week for this year's session. Rowden would not say if Senate leaders would use the "previous question" procedural move to block an expected filibuster by the bill's opponents, saying only that all options would be available.
'Fetal heartbeat bill' sponsor says support is growing in Missouri
Wednesday afternoon's single-position discussion in the Senate appears to support the previous question move.
"Some of the findings that are detailed in this bill were not before the (Roe v. Wade) court," Onder said. "As we learned more — science is bringing us to a place — it brings us more and more to a position where as a just, civil, moral society, feel we ought to protect these innocent lives."
HB 126 would create the "Right to Life of the Unborn Child Act," which would make it a felony to perform or induce an abortion after eight weeks of gestation, except in the case of a medical emergency. If the eight-week limit were overturned by a court, it would move the ban to 14 weeks, then 18.
Before an abortion were performed, the physician would be required to determine if there was a detectable heartbeat and record those findings.
The bill contains a "trigger" banning all abortions in the state if the U.S. Supreme Court were to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision.
In the event of the 1973 court decision being overturned, the state House bill also would create the "Missouri Stands for the Unborn Act," specifying it is the intent of Missouri that abortions will not be permitted in the state "under any circumstances."
"If a total ban is not possible, abortions shall be limited to women who are less than eight weeks gestational age, with a required fetal heartbeat or brain function test," the bill's summary states.
When asked if the costs of a legal challenge are worth the work to pass the bill, Rowden said: "I think, when you talk about issues of life and death, legal costs are pretty much irrelevant."
About a dozen speakers at Wednesday's Planned Parenthood advocacy event warned listeners the bills would infringe upon their rights.
Alicia Hernandez, community organizer with the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri, said the bills could ban abortions early in pregnancy, could endanger minors by forcing them to notify parents or spouses, and provide no exceptions for rape or incest.
"This isn't about protection — this is about one word, and that is control," Hernandez said. "Women have the right to end a pregnancy. That decision is personal and not political."
Leah Boersig, chairwoman for the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws — Pro-Choice of Missouri, said politicians have spent years pushing through laws so they could create as many barriers to abortion as they could.
Their goal is to push legal abortion out of reach of women, she continued.
"Since we started this session, the GOP has taken this attack even farther than we've ever seen it before," Boersig said.
The proposed laws would criminalize doctors and shame women, she said. But, she added, the gathered supporters see through lawmakers' lies. Through their legislation, Boersig said, the politicians involved seek to punish women and gut the protections of Roe v. Wade.
Nancy Ames, a listener from Jefferson City, said she supports people having reproductive choices.
"We want choices. We want unwanted pregnancies to be stopped," Ames said. "We'd prefer to not have to make the decision (to have an abortion). It's a painful decision, but it's a woman's choice."
Ames said certain philosophies have prevented women from having access to adequate birth control, leading to the unwanted pregnancies.
Abortion is a "hard, good, moral and faithful choice," the Rev. Molly Housh-Gordon said.
Housh-Gordon, pastor at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia, said she spoke to fight for her young daughters' freedom.
Stripping a woman's right to make the choice is an affront to the community and to God, she said.
"I am here because I believe in safe, legal, compassionate abortion. It's not only our constitutional right, but our moral mandate," Housh-Gordon said, "essential to the health, dignity and parity of women and people of all genders. And I am here because I am frankly furious that our Legislature is sitting there trying to draft an unconstitutional, inflexible and immoral abortion ban, rather than doing work that would actually save the lives of countless Missourians."
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Engineering fun days taking off
Tying in with New Zealand’s upcoming rocket launch through Rocket Lab, year 12 students from eight Northland secondary schools got a taste of engineering through launching DIY water rockets.
A total of 29 students attended a special day at NorthTec, to hear about the opportunities of studying and working in civil and electrical engineering. They also enjoyed a talk by Troy Smith, a recent NorthTec Diploma in Engineering graduate and Far North District Council cadet.
Broadwood Area School, Dargaville High School, Huanui College, Kamo High School, Pompallier Catholic College, Tauraroa Area School, Whangarei Girls’ and Whangarei Boys’ High School were all represented at the event, the second in a series of Info/Fun Days to encourage school students into the engineering profession.
NorthTec is one of six tertiary education providers nationwide to have won funding from the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) to be part of the Engineering Education 2 Employment (EE2E) Secondary-Tertiary Project, designed to address the shortage of engineering graduates in New Zealand, particularly in the two-year Diploma in Engineering (NZDE).
Project leader, Mirko Wojnowski, said: “We have an amazing opportunity to address this huge shortage locally, with Northland students studying the NZDE right here in Whangarei and then being placed in cadetships and jobs in Northland as well. After that, the world is their oyster as the NZDE is recognised worldwide and amazing job opportunities beckon both in NZ and abroad.”
Among other initiatives, the project will carry on this year with several info days in Whangarei and also the mid-North, as well as an event focused on girls in engineering. The speakers are local role models and ‘career ambassadors’ from FutureInTech, an IPENZ (Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand) initiative.
According to figures released by IPENZ, engineering salaries increased 6.3% in the last year, compared to national average wage inflation of just 1.5%. The median salary on Trade Me is currently $85,000 for civil engineers.
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Benefit sanctions will cost all of us more in the long run
By Rebekah Graham
National’s simplistic social policy positions such as the use of benefit sanctions will only exacerbate poverty in New Zealand.
Stopping women whose partners may be gang affiliated and their children from accessing the benefit is a poorly thought through social policy.
Benefit sanctions are a false economy that achieve very little except to exacerbate misery, increase poverty, and create additional flow-on costs for our health, education, and justice sectors. They exemplify cruelty towards vulnerable families, prioritize denial of services over basic humanity, and intensify the existing cost of addressing social issues. We’ve already seen one example of how sanctions hurt mothers and children in the case of Anna.
Essentially, when people have insufficient means for basic daily living, they are forced to make difficult choices.
Over the past five years, I have talked with research participants across five different projects with various community groups and organisations. The experience of food insecurity, hunger, and discrimination associated with poverty, whether gang-affiliated or not, is universal.
People across the board described a variety of techniques for stretching meagre funds and creative ways of sourcing food to eat. What is clear from interviewing them is that it is only when facing utter desperate need for food that people engage in socially unacceptable practices, such as eating from rubbish bins, five-finger discounts, and begging on the street.
Food sourcing activities deemed more socially acceptable by wealthier groups such as accessing emergency food grants, foodbanks, and charity are too often textured with a feeling of stigma and shame. The humiliation and degradation that many feel at the hands of the welfare office drives our most in need to hide their realities and to prefer independent food sourcing techniques such as road-side foraging, shop-lifting, and accessing pātaka kai.
Creating a social crisis through benefit sanctions and inhumane treatment, and where feeding your family necessitates criminal activity, is not a financial saving to the State. Neither does it make for human flourishing or positive social relationships. What people need is to be resourced adequately to manage everyday life with dignity; that is, an affordable home to live in, sufficient food to make a meal, and dignifying social interaction.
Doing so has long-term economic and social benefits: State provision of income support, education, housing, health care, and nutritional assistance programs for parents has been shown to improve long-term health outcomes, educational attainment, employment, and earnings through to adulthood.
In sum, the social safety net acts as a springboard of upward social mobility.
The realities of gangs in New Zealand have been documented in multiple nuanced pieces based on research over the years. Morgan Godfery’s deeply moving and insightful personal essay highlights the underlying drivers of gang recruitment and the inadequacies of taking a punitive approach. Dr Jarrod Gilbert’s research documents the realities of gang life in a humanising and thought-provoking manner. His work acknowledges the complexities and challenges of addressing the underlying social issues driving gang culture, and makes suggestions for addressing these.
The current abuse in care inquiry identifies the appalling abuse of children by the State as a key driver of entrance into gangs as an adult. Overseas-based research also notes that childhood trauma, intergenerational drug dependency, poverty and violence are hallmarks of a gang member's upbringing.
Read more: Inside Epuni: The hard life served to us as state wards | The tortuous path to justice for state care abuse victims
What is clear from this is that gangs and related activity are a complex topic. Adequately addressing the anti-social nature of certain activities requires more thought and effort than a simplistic punishment that will primarily harm women and children. Publicly seeking to deny vulnerable people support is virtue signalling at its worst, and appalling social policy that does little to effectively address complex social issues at best.
New Zealand used to have social policies based on the notion of human dignity, compassion, and the understanding that sometimes people just needed a little extra support during hard times. Somewhere along the way we lost this value of care for others, and our social policies became more focused on cruelly punishing our fellow citizens most in need. Nowhere is this cruelty more evident than in the practice of sanctioning benefits of mothers for perceived non-compliance with state demands.
New Zealanders deserve politicians that understand and seek to address the underlying drivers of crime, gangs, and poverty. We need a government that is committed to human flourishing for all our communities and whose social policy drives positive social interactions for all our citizens.
Rebekah Graham is a Research Fellow at the School of Psychology & NIDEA, University of Waikato.
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Wetlands are vital for the survival of living creatures on Earth. They are among the most productive ecosystems on our planet. They are cradles of biotic diversity, which provide water supply that plants, animals, and also people depend for survival.
Among the most obvious ecosystem-related services provided by wetlands are freshwater, food, building materials, flood control, groundwater recharge and climate change mitigation.
And yet, wetland areas continue to decline on the global level, and the preservation of their natural processes is deteriorating …
The decline in these ecosystems called for the Convention on Wetlands, also known as the Ramsar Convention, which uses a broad definition of wetlands. It includes lakes and rivers, underground aquifers, swamps and marshes, wet grasslands, oases, estuaries, deltas and tidal flats, mangroves and other coastal areas, coral reefs, and also all human-made sites – rice paddies, reservoirs, salt pans and similar.
The Ramsar Convetion presently counts more than 160 countries that recognize the importance of having one international treaty dedicated to this ecosystem, and wish to follow the ‘wise use of wetlands’ philosophy.
Intermittent Lake Cerknica, together with the picturesque sunken Rakov Škocjan valley and the underground treasure of the Križna jama, has been included in the List of Wetlands of International Importance as one of the three Ramsar Sites in Slovenia since 2006.
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Little Bighorn Battlefield
National Monument Montana
Reno-Benteen Defense Site
NPS S. Smith
At approximately 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 25, 1876, the battered remnants of Major Marcus A. Reno's three companies reached these bluffs following their disastrous attack in the valley. The warriors who had pursued Reno's retreating command left the pursuit and went downstream. Reno was soon joined by Captain Frederick W. Benteen's battalion of three companies (125 men) and the pack train with its escort of 130 men. About this time gunfire was reported to the north, in the direction of Custer's probable advance.
Elements of Rene's force, in an attempt to open communication with Custer, proceeded to Weir Point, about one mile north. Confronted there by an overwhelming number of Sioux and Cheyenne, the cavalry was forced back to this site. Here Reno and Benteen established a defense perimeter at about 7 p.m. then warriors began firing a hail of bullets into the soldier's position.
Reno's Retreat
Looking down the ravines toward the Little Bighorn River, you can see where Major Marcus Reno led Companies A, G, and M back across the river in retreat from where he earlier attacked the upstream end of the Indian encampment. Hundreds of warriors had attacked and flanked Reno's men, forcing them to take a defensive position in the timber. The retreat to the bluffs followed.
The defense line at this position was occupied by Capt. Thomas H. French's M Company. McDougall's B Company defended this area on June 26, when French was summoned to support Benteen.
Capt. French's Reinforcements
Warriors took up positions close to the side of the defense area during the night of June 25 and the early morning of June 26. Caption Frederick W. Benteen asked for more men, so Caption French brought M Company over to reinforce this segment of the line. Warriors with rifles were in positions behind the hills and ridges to the west of this site.
A marker marks the site of the field hospital that was constructed as the wounded were collected.
Field Hospital
The only surviving doctor, Assistant Surgeon Henry R. Porter, collected the wounded and set up an improvised field hospital in the site marked in the depression south of Reno-Benteen Memorial. Many of Reno's men had been wounded in the valley fight and retreat, and warrior firearms were taking their toll as other men were hit along the line.
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Sharpshooter Ridge
Sioux and Cheyenne warriors occupied vantage points all around the Reno-Benteen position. The warriors were armed with a variety of different weapons.
A sharpshooter on the ridge 500 yards made life extremely hazardous for the troopers lying along this portion of the line.
On the evening of June 26, the Lakota and Cheyenne broke camp and moved off toward the Bighorn Mountains, seen in the distance to the south. The men on Reno Hill were relieved but hesitant to let their guard down. Unsure of why the Indians had suddenly department, many soldiers suspected a trick, and spent another night on the bluffs. Early the next morning, the nearly exhausted soldiers spied a large dust cloud in the river valley to the north, and soon learned that General Terry, with Colonel Gibbon's infantry and cavalry column, was marching up the river.
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Announcing the Winners of the First Innovation Award!
We’re pleased to announce the winners of our first annual innovation award! Sydney Ball (left) and Sally Ball (right) of Cattlecreek Farm in Max Meadows, VA received our first innovation award for The Milk Bar Innovation designed to feed 18 orphan lambs at one time.
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The New River Valley Sheep & Goat Club was established in August of 2014.
We are a network of sheep and goat producers dedicated to promoting, advocating for, and growing the number of sheep and goats in the mountains of rural Southwest Virginia, as well as nearby regions of North Carolina and West Virginia.
At this time, we boast over 200 Member Farms, totaling almost 500 individual members. Our members understand the importance and value of sheep and goats to the economic health of our communities and agricultural diversity of our communities, as well as our responsibility to educate the general public regarding issues related to farming, working with animals, and rural economic development.
Our Mission, Our Responsibility
Support our Sheep and Goat Farmers: We feel a strong responsibility to support our members, including those who are established producers of sheep and goats, but also to guide and encourage our young members and those who represent our future generations. Our mission is to provide that support wherever possible and to also provide a united sense of community among our member producers. Our sheep and goat producers generate many benefits to our communities that are provided by the raising of sheep and goats on our hillsides and the NRV Sheep and Goat Club is here to help.
Support our Artisan Members: One vital part of our organization are our artisan members, those of our members who use their artistic skills to create many unique and specialized handcrafted products. Our talented member artisans create products such as fiber arts (including handspun yarns, knitted and felted items, and wearable art and clothing), goat milk and other soaps, and lotions.
Preserve our Culture: We are also respectful of the fact that thousands of years of raising sheep and goats as part of man’s agricultural practices have provided many of the ingredients necessary to allow us to survive, prosper, and live a more comfortable life.
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Access our Member Directory; Find help, knowledge, and resources through our members. We list information about breeds and specialties of each of our members. An additional benefit of being a club member is, your farm will be included in our directory.
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NNPC Pledges 5 Million Jobs With Bio-Fuels Soon
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The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on Wednesday pledged that more than five million jobs would soon be created to alleviate the unemployment levels in the country.
The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru, said this in a lecture he gave at the 12th Mechanical Engineers Distinguished Lecture organised by the Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers in Abuja.
According to him, the need to mitigate energy insecurities and ameliorate environmental and health issues has awakened the worthwhile benefits to developing the renewable energy sector.
”In Nov. 2017, the corporation signed an MoU with the Ondo State government to establish a 65 million-litre Biofuel plant in Okeluse. The plant and other associated products such as cassava feedstock production will create at least one million direct and indirect jobs.
”By Dec. 2017, the NNPC and the Benue State government had an agreement for the proposed Biofuel plant. Upon completion, the plant is projected to generate about one million direct and indirect jobs. Benue has since donated the land for that project.
”Early in March, we also signed MoU to set up a Biofuel plant and refinery in Kogi state. The project will create over two million jobs.
” In Nov. 2017, a MoU was signed between the NNPC and Kebbi State for the establishment of a refinery and Biofuel plant. The 20,000 hectare project will use sugarcane as feedstock, create over a million jobs across the value chain.
”This would facilitate diversification of NNPC business opportunities and increase domestic sugar production,” Baru said.
He further explained that a biodiesel agreement the corporation had with Cross Rivers State would be sold as B20 in the market while unutilised quantities would be exported.
He called on the engineers to up their skills and expertise to enable the government realise the dream of energy sufficiency, job and wealth creation for the masses.
The President, Nigeria Society of Engineers,, Mr Adekunle Mokuolu said the challenge from Baru would be taken to ensure that all the dreams of the Federal Government were realised.
Awards of excellence were presented to Baru and Amb. Bunu Sherriff Musa.
The lecture series was officially inaugurated in 1995 as a means of identifying, recognising and honouring notable mechanical engineers in the country. (NAN)
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OMV to buy Shell’s New Zealand business for $578 million
Māui A platform; Image: Shell
Austrian oil and gas company OMV has agreed to acquire Shell’s Upstream business in New Zealand for $578 million.
This includes Shell’s joint venture interests in Pohokura (48%), the largest gas producing field in New Zealand, and Maui (83.75%), as well as related infrastructure for production, storage and transportation.
OMV is an existing partner in the acquired assets and intends to assume operatorship in both joint ventures. OMV’s current stakes are 26% in Pohokura and 10% in Maui.
OMV said on Thursday that the purchase price is $578 million and it is subject to customary adjustments. The transaction is likely to be completed in 2018. It is subject to conditions, including New Zealand Commerce Act and Overseas Investment approvals.
The economic effective date of the transaction is January 1, 2018. Average production of the acquired assets in the first two months of 2018 was around 31,000 boe/d.
The Māui field, located 35 kilometers off the Taranaki coast, was discovered in 1969. It was one of the largest offshore gas fields in the world at the time.
The Māui A platform was installed in 1977, with full production beginning in 1979. Māui B was built in 1992 and is situated 15 kilometres from Māui A, with the two platforms connected via an undersea pipeline through which product is transported. Māui B is designed to be unmanned, being remotely operated from Māui A.
The Pohokura field came on stream in 2006 as a high-tech facility meeting 40% of the country’s natural gas needs. Pohokura’s eight wells and production station are run by a single control room operator, supported by a team of around 50 staff, in central New Plymouth, 20 kilometers away from the field.
Rainer Seele, Chairman of the OMV Executive Board and CEO: “This acquisition is an important step to develop Australasia into a core region in line with our new strategy.”
Johann Pleininger, OMV Board Member Upstream and Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board: “This acquisition builds on our operatorship capabilities in New Zealand, adds up to 100 mn boe of recoverable resources and improves the quality of our Upstream portfolio.”
In parallel to the acquisition of the interests in Pohokura and Maui, OMV has also acquired Shell’s 60.98 % interest in the Great South Basin exploration block (GSB). The transfer of GSB is immediately effective and increased OMV’s stake in GSB to 82.93%.
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There is nothing tranquil about comedian/actor Chris Tucker. A limber, wiry fellow with a high-pitched voice and a delivery as fast as a mosquito's wing beats, he seems energy incarnate. Tucker first started out on the LA comedy scene in the Nineties, on the Def Comedy Jam circuit before coming to prominence in films such as his debut, Friday and then the Rush Hour trilogy. Nowadays he is back on the stage following an expensive run-in with the IRS, and his humor draws upon this and his early life, switching seamlessly between different personas.
Stetson-toting country crooner Dustin Lynch is hitting the road in 2020 with a brand new album in tow. Timed to coincide with the January 17th release of the Small Town Boy hitmaker's fourth studio Tullahoma, the Stay Country winter trek sees Lynch bring his new material to 15 cities across North America. Shine your cowboy boots and get ready to dance along to new tunes Ridin' Roads, Little Town Livin' and Red Dirt, Blue Eyes amongst others!
Legendary actor and personality extraordinaire William Shatner is heading out across the country with his critically acclaimed one-man show. Following a special screening of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn see Shatner relive some of the biggest moments in his career, including Star Trek, T.J. Hooker and his bizarre but strangely hypnotic musical career. The show will take you through a voyage of his life and career.
The Randy Rogers Band heads out tour to bring you their hottest country melodies! Using their extensive back catalog of hits and their twenty plus years of experience Randy Rogers and his five-piece band are ready to tear up cities across the states in their latest tour! Don your boots and kick up some dirt with these kings of Country.
90s post-grunge stalwarts Candlebox found immediate success with the 1993 release of their first self-titled album, which featured their four-time certified platinum smash hit singles Far Behind and You. The Seattle natives were able to keep up the momentum with subsequent releases, solidifying their place in alt rock history.
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onlinecasinoselite.org › Blog › The Singaporean criminal laws punish 3 cheating gamblers
The Singaporean criminal laws punish 3 cheating gamblers
Cheating in a land-based casino in any country is hard. With pit bosses roaming around the casino floor making sure that everything is in order, you would think that surely nobody could wrangle a simple gambling game and come away with tens of thousands of dollars worth of cash, even if they had an inside man. But what can you do when that inside man happens to be one of the legendary pit bosses themselves?
This is exactly what happened in a Singaporean casino and for their crimes Singapore’s legendarily harsh criminal punishments have been handed out to three men, all accused of being involved in the scam which dates back to October 2010.
Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands has seen thirty one thousand five hundred Singaporean dollars swindled from its funds after a dealer, a pit boss and a gambler all got together to put the system to the sword.
Gambler Steven Tan Tiong Loon who is also accused of gambling on sports in Singapore – illegal in Singapore unless from a licensed government sports betting business – figured out a way to cheat the Money Wheel game out of cash, by assisting the help of the casino’s pit boss, one Keith Yong Kee.
Mr. Yong would gently place his finger on the wheel whilst he assumed dealer Kenneth Lim Khan Lerk wasn’t looking, gently manipulating the wheel in the favor of gambler Steven Tan Tiong Loon. After several successful attempts, his plan backfired though when the dealer caught site of the cheating and threatened to report it to his supervisors.
A small token of hush money, believed to be in the range of one thousand Singaporean dollars caused the dealer to reconsider, only for him to insist on another two thousand shortly after. The greedy dealer asked for more and more in order for the gambler and pit boss to profit by the scam any further and after his request for seven thousand dollars the gig was up. The casino’s security team managed to figure out the ploy and the three were arrested.
The Singaporean criminal laws, which many argue aren’t always fair and are world renowned for being tough, handed a six month prison sentence to pit boss Yong. Cheating gambler Tan received a paltry ten months in prison for attempting to cheat the casino. The biggest loser was the greedy dealer Lim, who not only got five years in prison but could also have to face $1,000 fines for each of his three charges. The Singaporean authorities it seems feel as though the dealer, as a trusted member of the casino and the one in charge of the Money Wheel, should have known better.
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HomeHunting & ArcheryHunting NewsUnion Sportsmen’s Alliance, Carhartt Unite to Support Conservation
Union Sportsmen’s Alliance, Carhartt Unite to Support Conservation
November 6, 2012 ODU Admin Hunting News Comments Off on Union Sportsmen’s Alliance, Carhartt Unite to Support Conservation
The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA)is pleased to announce a new partnership with Carhartt, the nation’s leading brand manufacturer of rugged workwear produced in the United States.
Established during Carhartt’s launch of its new ‘Made in America’ line, this unique partnership aligns the Michigan-based manufacturer with North America’s premier hunting, fishing and conservation organization for AFL-CIO union members and their families.
“Carhartt has always been a brand focused on the American worker and for them to step-up and produce seven of their most popular products in the U.S. with union labor is a testament to their continued commitment to American manufacturing,” said USA Deputy Director Mike d’Oliveira. “We couldn’t be more pleased than to have this opportunity to partner with an iconic brand like Carhartt.”
From the jobsite to the field, Carhartt’s new line will be showcased through the organization’s Boots on the Ground conservation initiative which addresses the USA’s mission to unite the union community to expand and improve hunting and fishing access and wildlife habitat throughout North America. The sponsorship will also be highlighted through its popular sporting clays and trap shoot series, an emerging banquet program and social media efforts.
“Carhartt is proud to partner with USA-an organization that aligns so closely with our passion for hard work and a love of the outdoors,” said Tim Humes, Brand Marketing Manager for Carhartt. “We are honored to support the group’s conservation work as it helps create a stronger future for hunting, fishing, wildlife habitat and outdoor recreational opportunities both for its union members and the communities they support.”
The invaluable assistance of partners like Carhartt and other great brands supports the USA’s goal of uniting the millions of active and retired labor union members who hunt, fish, and recreate outdoors into one of the largest sportsmen-based conservation organizations in the country.
For more information on corporate partnerships and sponsorship opportunities with the USA, contact Mike d’Oliveira at miked@unionsportsmen.org or 615-831-6796.
The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA) is a union-dedicated outdoor organization whose members hunt, fish, shoot and volunteer their skills for conservation. The USA is uniting the union community to expand and improve hunting and fishing access and wildlife habitat while passing on our national outdoor heritage. For more information, visit www.unionsportsmen.org or www.facebook.com/unionsportsmen.
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Author: Anna Todd
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* Contemporary
The After Series, #3
This series has been a whirlwind so far, and book three is even larger and filled with more expected and unexpected obstacles for Tessa and Hardin's bustling relationship. The story picks up when Tessa runs into her estranged father. I would call this book a battlefield for Tessa, as she tries to navigate her rekindled relationship with Hardin, her father's drunk and homeless problems and finally her big move to Seattle (that Hardin refuses to agree with).
Tessa has always felt like a real person to me, not just a character on the page. This book really shows her ability to continue growing and making decisions and dealing with harsh situations. I find her story easy to relate to, and I am grateful to find a book that shows how hard it is to transition from high school to college life and finding a profession. Life isn't easy, relationships aren't easy and finally we have an author that is brave enough to write about the terrible truth that is life sometimes. I love this series and cannot wait to begin the fourth and final book.
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Book Three of the After series—now newly revised and expanded, Anna Todd’s After fanfiction racked up 1 billion reads online and captivated readers across the globe. Experience the Internet’s most talked-about book for yourself!
Tessa and Hardin’s love was complicated before. Now it’s more confusing than ever. AFTER WE FELL…Life will never be the same. #HESSA
Just as Tessa makes the biggest decision of her life, everything changes. Revelations about first her family, and then Hardin’s, throw everything they knew before in doubt and makes their hard-won future together more difficult to claim.
Tessa’s life begins to come unglued. Nothing is what she thought it was. Not her friends. Not her family. The one person she should be able to rely on, Hardin, is furious when he discovers the massive secret she’s been keeping. And rather than being understanding, he turns to sabotage.
Tessa knows Hardin loves her and will do anything to protect her, but there’s a difference between loving someone and being able to have them in your life. This cycle of jealousy, unpredictable anger, and forgiveness is exhausting. She’s never felt so intensely for anyone, so exhilarated by someone’s kiss—but is the irrepressible heat between her and Hardin worth all the drama? Love used to be enough to hold them together. But if Tessa follows her heart now, will it be…the end?
*Includes an abusive relationship. Emotionally gripping story.
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Gascoine Riot's Ride
Kev Hit Drum
At the risk of sounding like a miserable old git, when you sit down to review a cd and you're confronted with a press release that claims that their record 'really is its own thing' then you take it as a challenge - how individual is this really going to be - is it going to be like nothing I've ever heard before etc, etc. However, the statistic reads about 999 times out of a thousand it isn't.
Unfortunately, Gascoine fall into the majority. Not to say that this is a bad album, far from it - it just sounds like about a tonne of other fast paced stoner punk bands with nothing to really make it stand out from the crowd. Which makes it kind of difficult to write a lot about, as it neither excites or disappoints - all the ingredients are there, the Garcia style vocals, the Danko Jones-esque piranha guitars, a decent rhythm section - however, after all that, it's still just merely ok fare in the majority.
Still, it's not all doom and gloom, the title track is a unmistakable highlight - a ballsy great mammoth stampede of a guitar assault fuzzes and fizzes around circle pit inducing chorus chaos made for those long trips driving the old warhorse through the desert and 'Anti Hero' has a nice touch of the Groop Dogdrills' about it that'll have you stamping all the way down to the gas station, battered old guitar in one hand, knackered old wah pedal in the other. Sadly, the rest of the cd is too reliant on ever similar breakneck chugging riffola that gradually wears thinner with each song. Ho hum.
Bizarrely, one of the better tracks 'Eye for Eye' is hidden away at the end of the cd and not even given official recognition on the sleeve. This clearly should be above at least 6 or 7 of the other songs on here and perhaps it's eventual inclusion is maybe the result of someone else clearly agreeing with me!
Maybe I'm sounding a little harsh here, this is not a poor album in any shape or form and if you are into your 'gas 'n' go rock 'n' roll' then you may well enjoy this - the major failing being that it is just very average and hard to recommend, I'm afraid.
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Happy birthday to no-no throwers Lavender, Warren
No-no birthdaysBy Dirk Lammers March 26, 2015 Leave a comment
Before the day ends, a quick note of birthday wishes to two no-hitter throwers – the Chicago Cubs’ Jimmy Lavender and the Oakland Athletics’ Mike Warren. Lavender, born on this date in 1884, tossed his no-no against the New York Giants in the first game of an August 31, 1915 doubleheader at the Polo Grounds.…
#10, the Oakland Athletics
The NoNoHitters 30By Dirk Lammers March 26, 2015 1 Comment
The Oakland Athletics, an American League franchise which began in Philadelphia but later moved to Kansas City and then Oakland, has 11 no-hitters over its history. That gives the team the No. 10 spot on our NoNoHitters 30 list. Weldon Henley threw the Philadelphia Athletics’ first no-hitter in 1905. No one has had two no-hitters…
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No one likes hearing about a no-hitter after the fact, and even if you don’t watch the whole game you’d like to at least catch the last couple of innings of something that has occurred only 287 times in baseball history. For a mere 99 cents, iPhone and iPad owners can make sure they stay…
#11, the New York Yankees
The NoNoHitters 30By Dirk Lammers March 25, 2015 Leave a comment
The New York Yankees, the world’s most storied sports franchise, have tossed 11 no-hitters over the team’s history dating back to 1901, putting the team at No. 11 on our NoNoHitters 30 list. The Yankees’ most famous no-no, of course, is Don Larsen’s perfect game in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series. The Yankees…
Happy birthday to Wilson Alvarez, threw no-no in 2nd start
No-no birthdaysBy Dirk Lammers March 24, 2015 2 Comments
Wishing a happy 45th birthday to Wilson Alvarez, who threw a no-hitter for the 1991 Chicago White Sox in just his second major league start. Alvarez, a 6-foot-1 lefty from Maracaibo, Venezuela, no-hit the Baltimore Orioles on August 11, 1991, walking five and striking out seven. His outing at Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium went considerable better…
#12, the Houston Astros
The Houston Astros franchise, which joined the National League as an expansion franchise in 1962 under the name Houston Colt .45’s, have 11 no-hitters over the team’s history. That No. 12 ranking is pretty impressive, considering several franchises that have been around much longer haven’t reached that mark. In one of the oddest no-hitters in…
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Verlander no-hits Blue Jays, joins exclusive hat-trick club
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Mike Fiers tosses 2nd career no-no, MLB No. 300
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The SAN DIEGO PADRES began play 50 years, 9 months, 11 days ago and have never thrown a no-hitter. Learn more about the streak here.
The CLEVELAND INDIANS own the longest current no no-no streak among teams that have thrown a no-hitter. It has been 38 years, 8 months, 4 days ago since Len Barker tossed a perfect game agains the Toronto Blue Jays at Cleveland Stadium.
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The OAKLAND ATHLETICS haven't fallen victim to a no-hitter since 28 years, 6 months, 6 days ago, the longest current streak.
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This committee is charged with identifying strategies for moving the work of the council forward and recruiting the involvement of family and staff members serving on the Family Advisory Council. The committee further supports family involvement in hospital councils, committees, and special projects. It is also charged with nominating members for council and for finding individuals willing to serve in the various council officer positions and with facilitating the mentor project that matches new and experienced council members. The Executive Committee addresses ways to enhance communications within the Family Advisory Council to increase participation of all members in council activities. The committee meets prior to each council meeting to develop an agenda and discuss council activities and supportive initiatives. Members of this committee include current officers of the Family Advisory Council, past council chairs, committee chairs and the lead hospital staff support for the Family Advisory Council and sub committees. The group is chaired by the council’s immediate past chair.
This committee facilitates and promotes educational initiatives that advance Family Centered Care. Activities may include the enhancement of print or web-based information; supporting hospital education committees; and involvement in special events and projects with an educational focus or goal. Current activities include providing input for Edutainment by reviewing Get Well Network videos; training new parent volunteers for committee participation; and hosting Cookies & Conversation gatherings to assess parent satisfaction with family centered care.
Notable Achievements
To increase staff understanding of the value of Family Care Conferences, FAC members filmed video vignettes to share their personal stories about how these conferences can impact the delivery of care as well as the care plan. (2016)
A multi-year focus on increasing families’ participation in Family Centered Rounds has led to improvements in family handouts and a video demonstration that plays on the Edutainment system for all inpatient families. (2016)
Dedicated FAC members built a strong partnership with Community Development for All People. The FAC is better connecting with the families in the neighborhood around Nationwide Children’s while also making a positive impact on their First Birthdays program and through donations. (2015)
FAC members collaborate with Emergency Medicine on national research endeavors, including the federally funded Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). Members continue to provide insight and counsel into national research projects from a family perspective. (2015)
Dedicated FAC members partnered with Social Work to present Special Education Advocacy: Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), a workshop. Attendees learned how to write effective IEPs with measurable goals and objectives, how to advocate for the child and the steps to take when in disagreement with the child’s IEP. (2015)
The FAC partnered with our chief nursing officer to create an opportunity for parents who have spent time in the hospital to connect with parents currently on inpatient units. These meetings, called Cookies & Conversation, allow FAC members to function as mentors and peers while they share their knowledge of the hospital. (2015)
Inpatients and families experience the hospital’s Edutainment feature through their in-room TVs. The FAC provides ongoing support as a review board for many of the videos and resources featured on the system. (2014)
Families are a vital part of our care team and the FAC helped our medical staff to better partner with families during Family Centered Rounds. (2012)
Hospital Experience Committee
This committee engages families and staff members in projects that support and enhance Patient and Family Centered Care experiences within the hospital community. Activities of the group may include initiatives related to hospital facilities, amenities offered to patients and families as well as providing input on supportive programs in the Family Resource Center. Current programs include MyChart, GetWell Network, Cap4Kids and the Family Centered Care Expo.
An idea for phone charging stations placed around campus was brought forward by members of the FAC. Thanks to their suggestion, the Family Resource Center was able to coordinate the placement of 40 different charging stations on main campus and many offsite locations. (2015)
With the help of FAC members, Nationwide Children’s Hospital moved care-giver shift report from the nursing station or conference room to the patient’s bedside. Understanding the value Bedside Report brings to both the clinical staff and the patients and families helped to shape the structure and approach. (2015)
FAC members coordinated and hosted a live webinar for parents called “Enabling Your Voice to be Heard: A Guide for Communicating Effectively with Health Care Professionals” by Wendy LeeBov from Language of Caring. (2015)
The FAC’s Hospital Experience Committee spent time wandering the halls and evaluating the permanent wayfinding signage throughout the public spaces on main campus. Recommendations from this effort resulted in improvements that befit families and staff who are trying to find their way. (2014-2015)
To help families with a child inpatient at Nationwide Children's Hospital, the FAC created reloadable Family Gift Cards to be used anywhere in the hospital for meals, coffee, parking, snacks, toiletries and gifts at our gift shops, even for prescription medications and towards hospital bills. (2012)
As many of our FAC members know, access to local businesses near the hospital can be challenging if you aren’t familiar with the area or if you don’t have your own transportation. With this challenge in mind, the FAC reached out to Security and Parking to arrange for routine Shuttle Service for Families to Local Businesses. (2012)
An annual event, the Patient- and Family-Centered Care Expo was started by the FAC. Staff are encouraged to showcase how the work they do makes a difference for our families. (2010)
Developing the Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation Family Resource Centerenabled NCH to provide a permanent location for the services and amenities offered to families. The FAC initiated this project and consulted along the way to create the best environment possible for our families. (2007)
This committee addresses ways to enhance communications for the Family Advisory Council through a variety of channels including, but not limited to, Internet, Intranet, staff newsletters, digital signs and social media. Major projects include the Family to Family Newsletter, coordination and promotion of the Partners in Care, Partners in Hope Award as well as management of the Family Advisory Council's web presence. The overall goal is to communicate the work of the council with hospital staff as well as patients and families.
Notable achievements:
To better identify the work of the FAC and the impact across the hospital, members worked with Marketing to create an icon to be used to identify when with the FAC is working in collaboration with another hospital group or when the FAC produces something themselves. (2016)
An informal poll to gauge the presence of unit and department based Family Advisory Groups led to a focused effort by the FAC to connect, promote, support and strengthen family advisory efforts throughout the organization. (2014)
To communicate with families, the FAC created the Family to Family Newsletter as a vehicle to share news, provide insight and improve the overall family experience. (2010)
The FAC is proud to annually award the Partners in Care, Partners in Hope Award to an employee, health care provider or department in recognition of their outstanding achievement in care that reflects excellence in the core concepts of family-centered care. (2006)
General Family Advisory Council Achievements
Always a focus for main campus as well as offsite locations, the FAC further improved parking within the main campus garages. The changes made wheelchair loading and navigating safer and easier. (2016)
When Nationwide Children’s Hospital interviews and evaluates job candidates for high-level roles in the institution, an FAC member is often asked to join in the process and present the organization’s focus on patient and family centered care. (2015)
When Nationwide Children’s Hospital launched Everyone Matters, the FAC aligned with the effort by making a concerted effort to increase membership to be more reflective of the hospital’s patient population. (2015)
A FAC member turned a personal labor of love into a must-have resource available for all families by creating the Trach Binder. Celebrated by staff for her organized and helpful approach to information collection, the binder-based framework built by this FAC member is provided to families upon completion of Tracheostomy Education class. (2014)
The Child Development and Autism Center on Schrock Road received some family friendly improvements thanks to FAC members. Changes included a
more friendly color scheme, comfortable furniture, accommodating spaces, family friendly distractions, vending options and improved workflows. (2014)
Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s dedication to quality and safety includes a Quality of Care Committee of the Board, formed in 2007 to guide these efforts. In 2013, a seat was created for a FAC representative to ensure patient and family centered care was represented. (2013)
In order to help our families connect with one another, the FAC initiated our mentor program, Connecting Families. The program’s mission is to help create family-to-family partnerships to promote healthy lifestyles and enhance the quality of life for the child and for their family. (2013)
The FAC functioned as consultants as NCH developed and refined plans for the New Main Hospital that opened in 2012. From wayfinding approaches, family lounges and the GetWell Network to centralized and individual unit play spaces, the FAC team helped to shape the building into the patient- and family-centered space it is today. (2008-2012)
It's not just patients who need the special attention and expert care Nationwide Children’s, that's why the FAC started The Clubhouse, a special place for preschool and school-aged children to play and learn while their siblings are in the hospital. (2001)
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Purpose, Methodology and Organization
November 20, 2002 00:00 IST Purpose, Methodology and Organization
The Foreign Exchange of Hate: IDRF and the American Funding of Hindutva
Foreign Exchange of Hate
IDRF and the American Funding of Hindutva
Full text of the report © 2002, Sabrang Communications & Publishing Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai, India, and The South Asia Citizens Web, France
1. Purpose, Methodology and Organization
1.1 Purpose:
Hindutva, the Hindu supremacist ideology that has under girded much of the communal violence in India over the last several decades, has seen tremendous growth outside India over the last two decades. This report focuses on one US based organization--the India Development and Relief Fund (IDRF), which has systematically funded Hindutva operations in India. "The Foreign Exchange of Hate" establishes that the IDRF is not a secular and non-sectarian organization as it claims to be, but is, on the contrary, a major conduit of funds for Hindutva organizations in India
1.2 Methodology:
This report is a product of a careful study and analysis of more than 150 pieces of documentary evidence, almost three-quarters of which are those published by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (henceforth, RSS or Sangh) and its affiliates, either in printed form or electronically. These documents are diverse in nature, including forms of incorporation and tax documents filed by IDRF with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the US, articles in Sangh Sandesh, the newsletter of the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh, and occasional reports published by different Sangh organizations in India and the US. The remaining 25% of the documents are from secondary sources, largely drawn from: mainstream media reports, including published interviews with RSS, BJP and VHP leaders; reports of judicial enquiry commissions; reports from citizen's panels; and reports published by various Human Rights organizations. The methodological emphasis on primary sources internal to the Sangh Parivar, is to ensure that the evidentiary basis of the conclusions drawn is of the highest standards.
1.3 Organization of this Report:
This report is organized into three parts. A brief introductory segment outlines the broad contours of the Hindutva movement and defines some terms used in the report, including those on this page (such as Hindutva, RSS, VHP, BJP etc.). Those familiar with these terms can proceed directly to the second part of this report, where a detailed institutional analysis is presented; an analysis that clearly establishes that IDRF is a RSS affiliate both in terms of organizational connections and hierarchies, and in terms of personnel. The final section of this report focuses on the IDRF's funding operations and establishes the sectarian nature of the funding. To ensure readability, the basic arguments and evidence are presented in brief in the main body of the report. Supporting material is located either as referenced footnotes or as appendices.
1.4 Summary of Findings
The purpose of this report is to document the links between the India Development and Relief Fund (IDRF), a Maryland, US based charity, and certain violent and sectarian Hindu supremacist organizations in India. The IDRF operates in the US under the rules governing tax-exempt charitable organizations. These rules prohibit such organizations from participating in political activity of the kind that involves funnelling money overseas to violent sectarian groups. Further, the report provides evidence to argue that IDRF's claim of being a non sectarian organization that funds development and relief operations in India is disingenuous at best, and that this claim is strategically designed to insert IDRF into the cultural milieu and goodwill of the Indian diaspora as the 'charity of choice'.
This report is in four parts. Section 1 briefly outlines the purpose, methodology and organization of the report. Section 2 is a brief introduction to the Hindutva movement, its ideology, organizations and operations in both India and the US. Section 3 is a detailed presentation of the documentation that links IDRF to the Hindutva movement. Finally, Section 4 specifically examines the financial links between the IDRF, Hindutva organizations and violence in India. For ease in comprehension this summary outlines the main points of Sections 2, 3 & 4 - though Section 2 is essentially a summary of established scholarship of the last fifty years.
The main points of this study are:
The Hindutva movement is a violent sectarian movement seeking to create a Hindu Rashtra (an ethnically 'pure' Hindu Nation) in India, in many ways similar to the Nazi idea of a pure Aryan Germany. It seeks to exclude or eliminate religious minorities such as Muslims and Christians and fix Dalits and Adivasis into an internal hierarchy of caste.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS, or the Sangh, literally, the National Volunteers Corps) is the core organization of the Hindutva movement, and it operates through hundreds of front organizations in both India and the US.
From documents submitted to the US Federal government in 1989 as part of its application for tax exempt status, it is clear that from its very moment of inception, IDRF's goal was clearly to support the Sangh in India. That IDRF supports Sangh organizations in India is thus not a matter of accident but is instead the very purpose for its existence.
Since its inception, IDRF's links with Sangh organizations in India have grown dramatically. Of the organizations in India that it lists as "sister organizations", an overwhelming number are clearly part of the Sangh's family of organizations.
IDRF's leadership in the US has well-established links with the Hindutva movement both in India and the US. Officials of IDRF in India are also openly part of the Sangh.
Hindutva organizations in the US do extensive publicity and fundraising for the IDRF. They openly acknowledge IDRF as a part of the Sangh.
Of the funds that the IDRF transfers to India, almost two-thirds go to organizations that can be identified as RSS organizations. About half of the remaining funds go to organizations that can be identified as sectarian Hindu organizations. In other words, less than 20 percent of the funds sent to India by IDRF go to organizations that are not openly non-sectarian and/or affiliated with the Sangh.
More than 50 percent of the funds disbursed by the IDRF are sent to Sangh related organizations whose primary work is religious 'conversion' and 'Hinduization' in poor and remote tribal and rural areas of India. Another sixth is given to Hindu religious organizations for purely religious use. Only about a fifth of the funds go for disaster relief and welfare-most of it because the donors specifically designated it so. However, there is considerable documentation indicating that even the relief and welfare organizations that IDRF funds, use the moneys in a sectarian way. In summary, in excess of 80 percent of IDRF's funding is allocated for work that is clearly sectarian in nature.
Adequate documentation also exists to show that the IDRF funds organizations in at least three states in India that are directly involved in large scale violence against Muslim and Christian minorities. This reports documents the case of an the IDRF beneficiary, the Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram in Gujarat and its extensive involvement in anti-Christian violence between 1998-2000 including the physical destruction of Christian institutions, schools, churches, colleges, and cemeteries and forcible conversions to Hinduism.
Secondary documentation also exists to show that the same Hindutva organizations involved in the anti-Christian violence of 1998-2000 were involved in the Gujarat carnage of 2002 where, by most reliable accounts, more than 2000 people, mostly Muslims, were massacred
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California not only offers the perfect weather and nearly perfect tacos, but it has some of the most iconic cities in the United States. From the flashing lights of Hollywood to the San Francisco Bay Area where you can experience some of the world's best seafood, California has so much to offer. Achieving your dreams to move out to California is a lot, especially when you have a full apartment of furniture and other tough stuff to move. If you’re looking to move, the most important thing to do is to call Oz Moving & Storage, the moving company you can trust to get your belongings to LA quickly without getting in a traffic jam on the 405.
About Oz Moving
Oz Moving & Storage started our moving company in 1993, when our founder Avi Oz grew tired of the unethical and unscrupulous business practices in the moving industry and decided to blaze a new trail. In over 25 years of business, Oz Moving & Storage has grown from a single truck and a handful of employees to become one of New York City and Los Angeles’s largest and most reputable moving and storage companies.
Once we made our name in New York, we noticed our company was quickly becoming the most trusted in the city for moves to Los Angeles, and decided to open up an office in Southern California. Now in our second decade in L.A., Oz has truly become a bi-coastal company. With dedicated offices and large fleets and manpower in both NYC and L.A., Oz can handle any kind of job, no matter how big or how small it may be.
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Wherever you're going, Oz Moving & Storage can get you there at a speed and price that will make you smile. Oz is here to help if you're staying closeby; our local movers can help with moving across Southern California to a new locale like Beverly Hills, Silver Lake or Long Beach. Oz can help too if you're moving a bit further upstate to cities like San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento or Fresno with our express intrastate moving services. If you're hitching a ride out of California to Nevada, Washington state, or even to the east coast, Oz's long distance movers offer regular deliveries from LA to major cities across the US to get your inventory there quickly and at a price below our competition.
Oz is also in the business of moving businesses! Whether it's a small office or a large corporate headquarters, our dedicated commercial moving team will keep your move highly organized and work as efficiently as your own employees do. Our large fleet and staff can handle whatever sized office move you can throw our way. As long as you're moving in the continental United States, we're well equipped at Oz Moving to handle a move of whatever size to wherever you're going. Have a question? Contact our California moving team at 323-796-0133.
Oz's employees don't just pick items up and put them down. Our team has plenty of expertise in many other skills in the field of moving to make sure we can fulfill the needs of as many of our clients as possible.
Oz offers full white glove moving services for our most discerning clientele. Our team can handle full packing and unpacking, build custom crates for fragile items, and organize all your items in a fully digital inventory list.
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MOVING BETWEEN LA AND SAN FRANCISCO
Offering express service between NorCal and SoCal, Oz has become an expert at both legs of this move. Anyone moving from LA to San Francisco need beware that rents in SF have caught up to LA, and thanks to the tech boom, even surpassed them in some areas. San Francisco natives moving to LA, however, will take some time to get used to LA’s more laid-back lifestyle. Whichever way you’re moving in the golden state, Oz Moving provides the fastest cross-state moves in the industry at the friendliest prices. Contact a long distance moving associate today to inquire about a move between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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Packard & Bach Among Super Lawyers' "Top 25"
On behalf of Pines Bach posted in 2017 News on Friday, December 22, 2017.
We previously blogged about our six attorneys selected to the 2017 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list here. As an additional honor, Tamara Packard ranked in this year's top 25 women attorneys in the state, as well as in the top 25 Madison area attorneys. Steve Bach was also selected for the top 25 Madison area attorneys listing. These "top 25" listings are of all Super Lawyers, all practice areas.
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Dumas & Pines Win Arbitration in LLC Membership Dispute
Aaron Dumas and Lester Pines, along with attorneys from the Pittsburgh firm of Cohen & Grigsby, P.C., won an arbitration on behalf of an Pennsylvania limited liability company (LLC) in a dispute about the refusal of a Wisconsin LLC to recognize that it was bound by a purchase agreement to transfer its membership shares in a third limited liability company to the Pennsylvania company. Following a two-and-a-half day hearing in November, the arbitrator in a written decision issued on December 7, held that the Wisconsin LLC breached the agreement. The arbitrator's remedy was a specific performance order, directing that the transaction be closed and the membership shares transferred before December 31. It closed on December 20.
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Six Pines Bach Attorneys Listed in 2017 Wisconsin Super Lawyers List
Six Pines Bach LLP attorneys have been selected to the 2017 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than five percent of layers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor.
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Westerberg Scores Second Legal Win for Clients in Blue Mound State Park Case
A Dane County Circuit Court judge issued a decision recently that derailed the state's plan to cut a snowmobile trail through Blue Mound State Park, an area best known for silent sports like cross-country skiing. The ruling came as a win for Attorney Christa Westerberg, who filed suit against the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on behalf of Karl Heil, a former superintendent of the park, and Kenneth Wade, a resident of the village of Blue Mounds.
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Dumas & Pines Win Restrictive Covenant Case in Wisconsin Court of Appeals for Former Corporate Executive
On behalf of Pines Bach posted in 2017 News on Tuesday, October 10, 2017.
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has affirmed a circuit court victory by Attorneys Aaron Dumas and Lester Pines on behalf of an executive and his newly formed company. The decision prevented the executive's former employer from enforcing an overly broad set of restrictive covenants.
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Dumas & Westerberg Prevail in University Records Case
On behalf of Pines Bach posted in 2017 News on Friday, October 6, 2017.
Last week, a Circuit Court Judge in Winnebago County ordered the University of Wisconsin (UW) to release personnel records to a student journalist represented by Attorneys Christa Westerberg and Aaron Dumas. The journalist, Alex Nemec, went to court after the University blocked his request for records related to the investigation of Will Hagen, a business professor at the UW in Oshkosh.
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Dumas & Westerberg Partner with Student Press Law Center to Defend Student Journalist
On behalf of Pines Bach posted in 2017 News on Thursday, September 7, 2017.
Pines Bach attorneys Christa Westerberg and Aaron Dumas are partnering with The Student Press Law Center (SPLC) to defend a student journalist who's seeking records from the University of Wisconsin (UW). The student, Alex Nemec, is the news editor of The Advance Titan, the student-led newspaper at UW Oshkosh. His request for records relating to the investigation of a professor has been blocked, and the case is now in court.
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Crawford Co-Authors Amicus Brief in Wisconsin Gerrymandering Case
On behalf of Pines Bach posted in 2017 News on Wednesday, September 6, 2017.
Attorney Susan Crawford co-authored an amicus brief in Gill v. Whitford on behalf of the League of Conservation Voters, the National Education Association, the Wisconsin Education Association Council, the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Anthony Evers, and former DNR Secretary George Meyer. The case, now before the U.S. Supreme Court, raises a constitutional challenge to the Wisconsin legislative districts enacted in 2011 based on partisan gerrymandering. The amicus brief describes the effects of the partisan gerrymandering on Wisconsin policy-making to provide context to the Supreme Court as it weighs its decision in this important case.
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Juscha E.M. Robinson Joins Pines Bach LLP as Partner
On behalf of Pines Bach posted in 2017 News on Wednesday, August 30, 2017.
Pines Bach LLP proudly announces that Attorney Juscha E.M. Robinson has joined the firm as a partner.
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Pines Named to Western District of Wisconsin's "Pro Bono Honor Roll"
On behalf of Pines Bach posted in 2017 News on Friday, August 18, 2017.
The Western District of Wisconsin has recognized Attorney Lester Pines for his service in representing plaintiffs "pro bono" (or "for the public good") in 2016-2017. Each year, the court publishes an "Honor Roll" of attorneys who have dedicated a significant portion of their time, skill, and resources to helping those who cannot afford representation. Being named to the list is an honor that reflects Pines' commitment to community service, as well as his deep-rooted belief that every person should have equal access to justice.
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Food and packaging industry gathers to tackle plastic waste
The biggest players in the New Zealand food and packaging industry met last week (Aug 28) at an industry event to discuss and exchange ideas for ending packaging waste.
The event, which included the Packaging Forum’s AGM, focussed on innovation in sustainable packaging and providing solutions for consumers. Speakers included officials from the Ministry for the Environment, who discussed the current work programme on waste which has a strong focus on consumer packaging.
Packaging Forum chair Rob Langford says the Ministry’s recent announcement, for consultation on the proposed declaration of packaging as a priority product under the Waste Minimisation Act 2008, was a major talking point. Product stewardship sees people and business take responsibility for the products they make and sell at the end of their useful life, so that these products are recycled, reused or repurposed. Regulated product stewardship requires the whole of industry to participate.
“Our industry is already leading the charge to find solutions for our packaging at end-of-life, designing out unnecessary packaging, and reducing litter and potential harm to our land and waterways,” says Rob. “Our current programmes, for soft plastics, glass bottles and jars, and litter via public place recycling are great examples of this.”
“The issues facing our industry are complex and we know collaboration is critical to enable us to meet demand from consumers and the Government for more sustainable packaging. The industry event is one of the ways we progress this,” Rob says.
“We are also leading the development of new product stewardship programmes for rigid food and beverage plastics.”
The project will accelerate the development of solutions to meet rapid demand from the industry, consumers and government, particularly for problematic plastics 3-7 as well as beverage containers, Rob says. “Through this project, we are developing practical, on the ground solutions for rigid plastics.”
At the event officials from the Ministry for the Environment outlined their work programme around waste, while other speakers discussed recent innovation in packaging and design. These included Future Post, which turns soft plastic and milk bottles into fence posts, and The Better Packaging Company, which talked about working directly with their customers on shared problems and solutions in a circular framework with e-commerce packaging.
Tauranga City Council representatives also spoke about the funding support received through one of The Packaging Forum’s programmes for a kerbside colour-separated glass service which has already doubled the amount of glass being recycled into new bottles and jars via O-I New Zealand. Industry group WasteMINZ also spoke about their research into compostable packaging.
The Forum has been providing solutions for packaging for a number of years, Rob says. It currently operates the only government-accredited, voluntary product stewardship schemes for glass bottles and jars, and for soft plastics, alongside delivering the public place recycling initiatives such as the Litter Less Recycle More project.
“We were pleased to hear directly from the Ministry about their current work programme on packaging and other related issues such as the waste levy. We know that collaboration between our industry, local and central government, and the resource recovery and waste sector is critical to achieving effective progress,” Rob says.
He called on those not part of the Forum to join in order to foster greater collaboration.
The Forum last year made a pledge on behalf of its members, including manufacturers, brand owners and retailers, to make all their packaging reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025.
“Addressing these issues is complex, with many aspects to consider, such as the recyclability of different types of plastic, labelling and material definitions, and the role plastic packaging plays in food safety and preventing food waste, but I believe we’re making great progress.
“The Packaging Forum provides a platform for all parties to develop bespoke onshore solutions the envy of the world. Simply transferring methods from overseas leaves us exposed to achieving mediocrity.”
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Run for president, Biden, run!
Joe Biden candidacy might be a unifying event for Democrats
Run for president, Biden, run! Joe Biden candidacy might be a unifying event for Democrats Check out this story on pal-item.com: http://pinews.co/1SUaONW
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Vice President Joe Biden speaks last month during a roundtable discussion at the Advanced Manufacturing Center at Community College of Denver. Biden's associates have resumed discussions about a 2016 presidential run.(Photo: AP)
It may just be boredom among Democrats who are less than enthralled by the attention being lavished on Donald Trump, or discomfort with a Democratic contest whose outcome seems in the bag for Hillary Clinton, or even the unease that party faithful feel about dynastic politics. That’s something they share with Republicans who also feel squeamish about the prospect of leaders with Roman numerals after their names.
The explanation could be the simple concern that some Democrats have about the other shoe that they fear will drop about private servers or classified emails, the Clinton foundation, or even Benghazi. Whatever it is, interest is heating up about one of the most familiar and appealing faces in American politics, Vice President Joe Biden.
There is no prominent figure in Washington whose image has improved so dramatically in recent years. From being the butt of unjustified criticism that he was the clown prince of American politics, Biden is increasingly looking like the only adult in the room.
Political skill
There is no Biden Foundation hoovering up billions of dollars from dubious sources. There is no spouse looming ominously in the background and raising questions about who the real president will be: Dr. Jill Biden is blessedly free of political ambitions.
Above all, there is a feeling that the vice president, for all his sometimes over-the-top bonhomie, is a serious guy who has the knack for cutting deals, knows Capitol Hill like the back of his hand, feels comfortable in the company of foreign leaders, and for all of his gaffes and blunders — such as cribbing lines from a speech by British politician Neil Kinnock in 1987 — is mostly a straight shooter.
An illustration of Biden’s political skill can be shown in the deal he pulled off in 2012 with Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell to avert what was called “the fiscal cliff.” It didn’t sit well with other big-name Democrats, but it showed him to be a tough and creative negotiator.
His personal closeness to President Obama and the president’s willingness to delegate important jobs to Biden raise him to the level of the most effective — and consequential — vice presidents. In terms of political heft, Biden is Dick Cheney’s angelic twin. But there are downsides to Biden’s potential entry into the Democratic nomination contest.
Democrats, notably Democratic women who have longed for Hillary Clinton to have “her turn,” will see this as a power grab by the boys club in the Democratic Party.
Biden has indeed been encouraged by old bulls, such as former South Carolina Democratic chairman Dick Harpootlian. Unenthusiastic support among women, particularly single women, would be a problem, given their prominent place in the Democratic base.
Political terrain
There is no sure corrective for this other than a growing concern among Democrats that Clinton has feet of clay, and that rather than deliver the White House to a Jeb Bush with his primeval views on reproductive rights, it might be better to get behind someone like Biden, a less-polarizing figure who could draw independents.
Is Biden too old?
One would have thought that Ronald Reagan’s election in 1980 would have put that question to rest. Biden is just five years older than Clinton and a year younger than Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. The extension of life expectancy is one of the most notable features of American life, and a candidate in his early 70s would have a natural appeal to older voters who are most likely to vote.
Biden is also the best one-on-one campaigner in U.S. politics; he excels in eye-to-eye contact. That works magic in places such as Iowa and New Hampshire.
Perhaps at a time of corrosive political polarization, the Democratic Party needs someone who is a figure of reassurance, who doesn’t generate the kind of sulfurous animosity that has turned our political campaigns into demolition derbies.
Can Biden raise the millions of dollars required to compete?
I would bet that his announcement of an exploration would unloose a flood of contributions. Sure, his spontaneity and effusiveness sometimes get the better of him, but his optimism and encyclopedic knowledge of the terrain in Washington are priceless political assets.
Ross K. Baker, political science professor at Rutgers University, is a member of USA TODAY’s Board of Contributors.
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French film star Catherine Deneuve hospitalized after stroke
French actress Catherine Deneuve, 76, has been admitted to hospital in Paris after suffering a mild stroke while filming her latest movie, France 24 reported.
Deneuve's family said in a statement released Wednesday that the 76-year-old actress suffered a "very limited and therefore reversible" stroke. The statement, by the actress' representative, Artmedia, says "fortunately, she has no motor deficits (but) must, of course, take some time to rest."
Deneuve was hospitalised in Paris but the family did not disclose the name of the facility. Deneuve has been filming "De son vivant" directed by Emmanuelle Bercot.
Nicknamed the "Ice Maiden" because of her exquisite, fragile beauty and detached manner, Deneuve became France's leading screen actress and a top international star in the 1960s.
She won fame for her portrayal of an umbrella seller's daughter in Jacques Demy's 1963 musical "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg" (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) for which she won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival.
In 1965, she triumphed as a frigid, schizophrenic woman in Polish director Roman Polanski's harrowing "Repulsion" and, in 1968, she was nominated for a BAFTA Best Actress award for her role in "Belle de Jour". In 1993, she was nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award for her role in "Indochine".
Often described as the embodiment of French womanhood, the blonde Deneuve was a fixture at Paris fashion shows and was known for her biting wit.
Last year, she and 99 other French women denounced a backlash against men following the Harvey Weinstein scandal, saying the #Metoo campaign against sexual harassment amounted to "puritanism".
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Search - List of Books by Gene Stone
Gene Stone is an American writer and editor.
A graduate of Stanford and Harvard, he is a former Peace Corps volunteer, a screenwriter, and a journalist as well as a book, magazine, and newspaper editor including The Los Angeles Times, California magazine (editor in chief), Esquire, Harcourt Trade Publishers, Bantam Books, and Simon & Schuster.
He is best known for what he is not known for: he has ghostwritten more than thirty books for a diverse group of people, including theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, former Yahoo! Chief Solutions Officer Tim Sanders, and Mark Liponis, the medical director of Canyon Ranch Resorts. Six of these books have been national bestsellers.
He has also published several titles under his own name, including a Washington Post number one bestseller, The Bush Survival Bible. He lives in New York City, from where he blogs regularly for the Huffington Post.
An avid watch collector, he appeared on CBS News Sunday Morning (October 29, 2006) discussing his book, The Watch the definitive book of men's wristwatches.
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Politics December 10, 2019 December 10, 2019
Trump: “Oh Darn! I Was Just About to Testify Under Oath and Release All the Documents I Was Keeping from Congress, Too!”
by James Schlarmann
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump paced on the White House lawn and driveway this morning, awaiting a helicopter ride to a donut shop and “farting out the sadness,” he shouted at reporters. Trump said he was feeling a “bigly big depression” this morning, having just watched Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and the chairs of a handful of House committees announce two articles of impeachment against him.
The articles accuse the president of abusing his power in attempting to strongarm the Ukrainian government into investigating former Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, and of obstructing Congress’s constitutional authority to investigate his conduct. The second article bears a striking resemblance to one of the articles of impeachment levied against former President Richard M. Nixon. Though Mr. Nixon ultimately resigned before his articles of impeachment could be voted on in the full house, both men were accused of attempting to put themselves above the law by blocking all requests for witness testimony and documentation.
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Trump’s first instinct, he shouted at reporters, was to tweet his displeasure, which he did four times in less than half an hour after Pelosi held her press conference.
In tweets, Trump blasted Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler and others, claiming they “refuse to acknowledge” that Ukraine’s president and foreign minister said there “WAS NO PRESSURE.” Some have noted, however, that testimony in the impeachment hearings revealed that Ukrainian officials knew military aid and a White House meeting were on hold until the investigations Trump sought were publicly announced. Trump’s critics have said that line of defense doesn’t exonerate the president, drawing an analogy to someone being extorted not feeling like they can say honestly whether they were being extorted.
Nadler just said that I “pressured Ukraine to interfere in our 2020 Election.” Ridiculous, and he knows that is not true. Both the President & Foreign Minister of Ukraine said, many times, that there “WAS NO PRESSURE.” Nadler and the Dems know this, but refuse to acknowledge!
The president, in all-caps, went back to a very common refrain of his. It’s a phrase he used to describe FBI Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, and any connections to Trump’s campaign. A report from the FBI Inspector General on the Mueller probe’s genesis, released yesterday, clearly debunked Trump and his defender’s insistence that a deep state conspiracy was central to the investigation opening against him. However, Trump this morning still went back to the well and called his impeachment the very same thing he called Mueller’s investigation.
WITCH HUNT!
The president lashed out at Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, as well. Trump is still quite irate that Schiff chose to paraphrase and infer the context of the call in July between the president and the newly elected Ukrainian president. Despite polls of Americans with IQs above their shoe sizes showing that 90% of the country understood Schiff was not in any way, shape, or form implying that he was quoting Trump verbatim, the most powerful man-baby in the free world made veiled threats that Schiff will “have to answer” for his paraphrasing.
Shifty Schiff, a totally corrupt politician, made up a horrible and fraudulent statement, read it to Congress, and said those words came from me. He got caught, was very embarrassed, yet nothing happened to him for committing this fraud. He’ll eventually have to answer for this!
Finally, the president once again implored the country to read the summary of a transcript of the July call his administration released. Trump and his surrogates have been insisting that because Trump used the word “us” in referencing to asking for a “favor” from the Ukraine, that he couldn’t possibly be seeking to benefit politically from the investigation.
Read the Transcripts! “us” is a reference to USA, not me!
Not long after he sent the last tweet, Trump was pacing the lawn. Reporters say they could hear Trump’s farting over the roar of the helicopter engine. Aides would later tell them when he’s nervous, the president’s already numerous farts multiply exponentially. The president admitted he was “anxious and gassy” over what appears to be the inevitability of his impeachment, but he said he was also “bigly sad” about the timing of Pelosi’s announcement, because he had just decided this morning to comply with the congressional subpoenas for information, and even to testify, under oath.
“I’m just so devastated right now, because, I was gonna testify! I was gonna do it all,” Trump bellowed. “I saw Ivanka this morning, and she nudged me awake, and told me, ‘Daddy, they just wrote your articles of impeachment.’ And I said to her, ‘Oh darn! I was just about to testify under oath and release all the documents I was keeping from Congress!'”
Trump said he feels “absolutely horrible” about how the timing worked out.
“I just was waiting for the exact right moment to stop stonewalling,” Trump insisted. “I was waiting for the perfect time to stop obstructing! I was just obstructing for fun, you see! For jokes! And even though Bill Clinton testified under oath about a blowjob, I didn’t feel like I should testify under oath until just this morning! Why can’t Nancy just call a mulligan, like I do on every golf stroke I take that I don’t like, and we’ll start this whole thing over again, except this time I totally promise I won’t act like I’m above the law, and will testify? That seems most fair to me. Nancy, if you’re listening, call me!”
Speaker Pelosi’s office has not yet responded to Trump’s request.
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« Olympic Games then and now | Arts and culture front and centre »
Council's Action Plan signals new direction
By Bob Barnett on Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 12:07 PM
The headlines coming out of Tuesday’s council meeting were, rightfully, all about the fact that Whistler taxpayers will not see property taxes increased this year, for the first time in a decade.
And not insignificantly, utility fees — which have also climbed steadily in recent years — will also be kept at current levels.
But beyond the good tax news, Tuesday’s meeting signaled the first substantive steps by the new council to reflect the seismic change residents voted for last November.
The measures are outlined in the Council Action Plan http://www.whistler.ca/sites/default/files/council_action_plan_2012-2014-1.pdf, a 12-page document that lists general priorities for the next three years and timelines to accomplish them.
Among the priorities are:
• an economic development strategy
• initiating a draft cultural plan
• advancing the post-secondary education initiative
• working towards an improved special occasion liquor licence system
• expanding sport tourism in Whistler
• supporting the advancement of the Spearhead Hut initiative
• reviewing and monitoring customer service levels
• updating the municipal communications and engagement strategy
There is considerable focus on financial issues, which again reflects voters’ concerns. There are plans to “revitalize” the annual financial planning process, including providing more accessible financial reporting and accountability and quarterly updates.
The decision to “pursue” an economic development strategy over the next 12 months is a notable direction change from the previous council. Not that there was a bias against economic development, but there was a sentiment that Whistler is in the tourism business and economic development should be limited to tourism-related businesses or those that complement tourism. Trying to attract high-tech companies to Whistler, for example, was not a priority.
The brief notes under “Pursue Economic Development Strategy” indicate that the effort will be led by the Chief Administrative Office and the Resort Experience Division. The plan is to engage key resort partners to undertake an economic planning review, review roles and individual agency plans, and “ensure alignment of organizations (i.e. WB, Chamber, TW & RMOW).” This last point may prove interesting, as some of these organizations were firmly of the belief that Whistler should remain in the tourism business.
Interestingly, considering the emphasis on financial issues, in the newly restructured municipal hierarchy the finance department has moved under the umbrella of Corporate and Community Services, which is led by Bob MacPherson.
MacPherson is one of a trio of veteran department heads that report to Chief Administrative Officer Mike Furey. The others are Jan Jansen, head of Resort Experience, and Joe Paul, acting head of Infrastructure Services.
The smaller Communications, Legal Services and Human Resources departments report directly to Furey.
The full organizational chart is in the Council Action Plan.
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Redbreast Adds First Cask Strength Expression to its Reputed Range - 22nd September, 2011
Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard is adding to its collection of Single Pot Still Whiskeys of Midleton* this weekend at Whisky Live Paris**, with the launch of Redbreast 12 Year Old Cask Strength – the portfolio’s first permanent cask strength bottling. This latest addition to the Redbreast range forms part of the company’s ongoing commitment to promote the provenance and quality of this unique Irish whiskey style.
Produced at Midleton Distillery, Redbreast 12 Year Old Cask Strength is Redbreast in its natural full-flavoured state – straight from the cask, non-chill filtered and without the addition of water. Bottled at 57.7% ABV, this first batch will be available from September 2011 in Ireland, France and Germany and in the US from February next year.
Brendan Buckley, Global Category Development Director for Irish whiskey at Irish Distillers, said: “Over the years, we’ve had great encouragement from whiskey enthusiasts and fans of the renowned Redbreast range to launch a cask strength expression, and we’re delighted to be finally releasing this incredible single pot still whiskey in response. It comes during what has been an exciting year for the range, having recently undergone a packaging revamp to freshen it up and reinforce its quality cues. We are confident that this latest development will be enthusiastically received by Redbreast fans around the world.”
Barry Crockett, Master Distiller at Midleton Distillery, added: “This is a very special single pot still whiskey, full of dried fruit flavours, with an exceedingly long finish. It is the perfect addition to the Redbreast range – representing the expression in its purest state. I’m confident that this will become the whiskey that all whiskey lovers will want to own and savour – myself included!”
Redbreast represents a style of whiskey that is unique to Ireland in general and to Midleton Distillery in particular. Single pot still whiskey is made from a mash of malted and unmalted barley, which is then distilled in traditional copper pot stills. Redbreast 12 Year Old Cask Strength, and all single pot still whiskeys from Midleton, is triple distilled.
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Glenfiddich 22 Year Old 1992 (cask 8387) - Rare Collection Single Malt Whisky ~ 56.3% ~ 70cl
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OOPOEH Foundation wins Purina BetterwithPets Prize
Purina announced the winner of the BetterwithPets Prize.
Purina is proud to announce the long awaited winner of the BetterwithPets Prize. The Prize is in collaboration with Ashoka, a pioneer in the field of social entrepreneurship, and has been awarded at the Purina BetterwithPets Forum 2018, held in La Mola, Barcelona, Spain. The OOPOEH (Opa's en Oma's Passen Op Een Huisdier) Foundation is the winner and has been awarded CHF 40,000 to support and accelerate their innovative initiative to continue to harness the positive and impactful power of the pet-human bond. The other four finalists, Canine Hope, Dutch Cell Dogs, Medical Detection Dogs and K9 Hundekunde: Happy Kids with Happy School Dogs, have also been awarded CHF 15,000 of the prize total as highly commended initiatives.
The OOPOEH Foundation which was highly recommended by the judges is based in The Netherlands. The foundation hopes to reduce loneliness and increase physical activity for the elderly by matching them as a dog sitter to a family in their neighborhood.
"We are honored and excited to be awarded this prize, this will allow us to increase our initiative's social impact," said Sofie Brouwer, Founder of the OOPOEH Foundation. "We had a fantacstic workshop with Purina and now look to continue our project to target vulnerable seniors with the advice and inspiration taken from the BetterwithPets Forum."
The Purina BetterwithPets Prize was announced by Bernard Meunier, CEO of Nestlé Purina PetCare EMENA, in November 2017, as a search for leading innovations focused on enriching the lives of pets and the people who love them. In March this year the platform to submit the entries for the Prize was opened, and 102 applications were submitted from across& Europe. After an online screening and an expert jury review, five finalists were selected to pitch live their projects at the Purina BetterwithPets Forum 2018, these were Canine Hope, Dutch Cell Dogs, Medical Detection Dogs, K9 Hundekunde: Happy Kids with Happy School Dogs, and The OOPOEH Foundation. Each presented their project during the Forum to an expert panel, as well as participating in workshops to find solutions to their challenges with social innovators, entrepreneurs, and pet industry experts and authorities as part of this one-day event.
"It was truly moving to hear from the finalists and learn more about their inspiring programs and how they have managed to create such a positive impact in their communities," said Bernard Meunier, CEO of Nestlé Purina PetCare EMENA. "Our society often talks about the emotional, as well as the physical, effects of ageing. Loneliness is one of the key issues that many are facing, with the most vulnerable seniors being hard to reach as they rarely leave their home and socialize. The OOPOEH Foundation has helped many elderly citizens improve their quality of life. Most importantly, we congratulate them on their efforts to date and their prize-winning presentation, which captured the essence of their initiative, as well as their commitment to their communities and pets. We will continue to work with them as they invest the prize money to fast track their initiative."
The Purina BetterwithPets Forum was not only to award the winner of the Purina BetterwithPets Prize, but also bring together social innovators, entrepreneurs and stakeholders from across Europe to learn more about social innovation, to network and participate in workshops. The participants exchanged ideas, shared their expertise, talked about their challenges and created valuable connections to start working together. "We wanted to create a network of powerful connections to make change happen, together. We believe that this forum will become a catalyst for change, enabling richer lives for pets, the people who love them and our communities," said Bernard Meunier.
BetterwithPets forum: Prize panel members
Antonella Broglia - anchor of TV program Para todos La 2 about social entrepreneurs, and Ashoka España Ambassador, Spain
Mary Sharrock - External Relations Director, Nestlé Purina PetCare EMENA
Professor Dr Marie-Jose Enders-Slegers - President IAHAIO (International Association of Human Animal Interaction Organisations)
Professor Jeff French - Professor of Social Marketing, Brighton University Business School, UK
BetterwithPets Prize: Categories
Applicants whose work focuses on any of the categories below were invited to apply.
Healthier together
The demands of a modern, more sedentary life means that people either have less time or are less likely to be physically active with their pets. We are looking for community-focused initiatives and innovations that enable people and their pets to live active and healthy lives together. Potential entries could:
Facilitate a healthier and fitter lifestyle for both pets and people
Prevent obesity for both pets and people
Connecting together
People of all ages are experiencing a sense of isolation and disconnection, be it from the increasing complexity of modern life and technology, or because ageing and minority populations are being overlooked, which can leave them feeling lonely and cut off from society. We are looking for initiatives that span communities and ages, and that celebrate the power of the pet-human bond for better emotional well-being, to help foster and cultivate empathy and emotional self-care. Potential entries could:
Help to overcome societal disconnection and isolation
Seek to provide interventions for emotional well-being
Enjoying spaces together
Increasing urbanization and more regulations have led to fewer pet-friendly open spaces and greater restrictions in places where pet owners can take their pets. We are looking for initiatives that enable both people and pets to enjoy and share the same spaces, as well as demonstrate a social and/or economic benefit (e.g. pets in workplaces), and enhanced pet-friendly areas in urban and rural spaces. Potential entries could include:
Enabling greater access to pets in everyday settings
Enhanced design of pet-friendly spaces to enable pets and humans to spend better quality time together
BetterwithPets Prize: Evaluation criteria
Winning applications will show strength in the following areas:
Innovation: The initiative must represent an innovative approach to the problem it seeks to address. Innovation may result from the use of new methods, models or technologies, or from the application of old methods, models or technologies in new and innovative ways
Social impact: The initiative must have proven its worth on a pilot or small-scale basis, and already have measurable, quantifiable social impact
Potential for scaling up and/or replication: The initiative should have strong growth potential and/or be replicable to other social, cultural or geographical settings
Financial viability: The initiative must be built on a viable business model, and/or show realistic and long-term plans for long-term financial viability, and must have the potential to continue beyond the Purina BetterwithPets Prize funding
Organizational leadership: The initiative and its leaders must show leadership to influence the field in which they work, as well as the ability to incorporate and leverage the investment by Purina and the support offered through the Purina BetterwithPets Prize
Potential for creating shared value: The initiative should create value for all stakeholders, thereby exemplifying the concept of Creating Shared Value: it is our fundamental belief that our business will be successful in the long term by creating value for society at large, for pets and people in the community where we live, work and play
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2019 American Community Survey Data Users Conference Highlights
In May, Linda Jacobsen, Lillian Kilduff and I helped organize a conference for nearly 300 American Community Survey (ACS) data users. This is the fourth ACS conference PRB has organized in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau since 2014. If you missed the conference this year, don’t worry. We posted PDF versions of the conference presentations and recordings of the plenary sessions on the conference website.
Organizing a conference is kind of like organizing a wedding. It involves a lot of preparation, and when the big day finally arrives, you spend a lot time making sure everything is running smoothly. But now that a few weeks have passed, I wanted to take a step back and summarize some of my key takeaways from the event.
The conference began with some Census Bureau updates on ACS activities and operations. Steven Dillingham, the Census Bureau Director, expressed the importance the ACS and said “data users are the key to the continuous improvement” of the flagship survey. Regarding the 2020 Census: Dr. Dillingham said operations are on track, but with more than 26,000 distinct activities, there is still a lot of work to be done.
Steven Dillingham, Director, U.S. Census Bureau
Jim Treat (Assistant Director for Decennial Census Programs) announced the 2018 ACS data release schedule, which has shifted because of the lapse in federal funding earlier this year. He also provided high-level updates on several ACS Program activities, including a recent Workshop on Improving the American Community Survey, the new data.census.gov platform, efforts to ensure respondent confidentiality, and updated ACS Data User Handbooks, which include detailed case studies on how ACS data are being used for decisionmaking.
Next, Jennifer Ortman (Assistant Division Chief for Survey Methods and Measures in the American Community Survey Office) summarized the Census Bureau’s ongoing efforts to ensure the quality of ACS data. These efforts include changes to the 2019 ACS questionnaire and plans to use administrative records to reduce respondent burden, increase data reliability, and reduce costs.
Protecting Respondent Privacy
The plenary session on Day 2 began with a Census Bureau update on new “disclosure avoidance” methods that could have long-lasting implications for ACS data users. As computational power has grown, privacy concerns and the risk of someone “re-identifying” ACS respondents has also increased.
Rolando Rodríguez (Research Mathematical Statistician at the Census Bureau) described the Census Bureau’s preliminary plans to ensure respondent confidentiality in the ACS. The bottom line is that the ACS will transition to formal privacy methods, but the Census Bureau is currently focused on protecting confidentiality in 2020 Census data, and it’s too early to say exactly how ACS data might be affected by new disclosure avoidance methods.
The formal privacy methods developed for the 2020 Census will inform ACS methods, but the ACS has additional features—more topic areas, complex survey design and survey weights, and population controls—that need more research. Once developed, the methods will be used to balance data privacy and data accuracy in the ACS data. For now, the Census Bureau plans to release the “standard complement of ACS tables and public-use microdata (PUMS) for 2018,” but is exploring the possibility of expanding the use of synthetic data to protect the PUMS data. Rolando also emphasized the Census Bureau’s commitment to data user involvement and feedback as these new formal privacy methods are adopted for the ACS.
Streamlining Data Dissemination
Zach Whitman (Chief Data Officer at the Census Bureau) began his presentation with this chart, which shows the complex web of data tools currently available through the Census Bureau’s website.
This “forest of applications” is being replaced with a more centralized system (data.census.gov) designed to simplify access to Census Bureau data, including ACS estimates. What does this mean for ACS data users? Starting in June 2019, there will be no new data releases in American FactFinder (AFF). Zach encouraged data users to visit the new site and provide feedback: What you like and don’t like, and what changes you would like to see in future iterations (Email: cedsci.feedback@census.gov).
In her remarks, Connie Citro (Senior Scholar at the Committee on National Statistics) applauded the Census Bureau’s efforts to invite input from ACS data users but encouraged more “systematic, two-way interaction” between data users and Census Bureau staff “to best ensure that new privacy protection techniques and the new platform are implemented with full consideration of alternatives and user needs.”
ACS Data User Insights
The plenary sessions focused on informing data users about Census Bureau activities, but the main purpose of the conference was to showcase the work of ACS data users. The program included more than 50 presentations from data users representing a broad range of government agencies, academic institutions, and private-sector organizations.
Breakout session topics included:
ACS Resources and Tools
Using the ACS to Study Racial, Ethnic, and Geographic Variations in Health
ACS Data for Rural and Tribal Communities
Combining ACS With Other Survey or Administrative Data
Developing Estimates and Projections Using ACS Data
Using the ACS to Analyze Poverty and Income
Using ACS Data to Measure Disparities in Internet Access
Using ACS Data in the Classroom
Measuring ACS Data Quality
Innovative Uses of the ACS for Housing Analyses
Lightning Session
Advanced Tools Using ACS Data
Aggregating ACS Data for User-Defined Areas
Innovative Health Applications with ACS Data
During lunch on the first day, many ACS data users participated in informal meetups to discuss various topics and issues related to ACS data, including:
ACS and Big Tech: Applications of ACS data for tech companies
ACS PUMS: Techniques and working with margins of error
Journey to work data: Implications of new allocation process for ACS tables
Small-area estimation with ACS data
Undercount of children in the ACS
And during lunch on the second day, Census Bureau staff were on hand to lead product demonstrations and topical roundtables:
2020 Census Integrated Partnerships and Communications Program
About the Data Dissemination Program
American Community Survey General Information
Ask Our Subject Matter Experts
Census Academy
Creating Custom Tables with PUMS on data.census.gov
Utilizing OnTheMap for Response and Recovery during a Natural Disaster
Geography and the American Community Survey
Hispanic Origin and Race Questions
Introducing Census Business Builder
Planning Database and Response Outreach Area Mapper
Transitioning from AFF to data.census.gov
I want to thank all of the data users and Census Bureau staff who attended the 2019 conference, presented their work, and posted conference updates on Twitter.
A special thanks to members of our ACS Steering Committee and our Census Bureau partners for their help in organizing the conference. Their behind-the-scenes efforts were critical to the success of the event.
Mark Mather
Associate Vice President, U.S. Programs
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Buhari outlines own vision of Intra-African trade
June 27, 2019 Ayodeji Adegboyega
President Muhammadu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday outlined his vision of what intra-African trade should be.
Mr Buhari spoke while receiving a report of a committee he set up to review the
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
The president has been criticised by many for his refusal to sign the AfCFTA when most other African countries have signed.
Mr Buhari has, however, said the agreement needs to be reviewed to ensure it benefits Nigeria before he would sign.
Speaking on Thursday, the president said the AfCFTA as it is “will have both positive and negative effects on us as a nation and on our region.”
The president said “intra-African trade is only 14% of Africa’s total trade. Our consumption is mostly of goods imported from outside the continent.”
“For AfCFTA to succeed, we must develop policies that promote African production, among other benefits.
Speaking on his vision for intra-African trade, Mr Buhari said, “Africa, therefore, needs not only a trade policy but also a continental manufacturing agenda.”
“Our vision for intra-African trade is for the free movement of “made in Africa goods”. That is, goods and services made locally with dominant African content in terms of raw materials and value addition.”
Read Mr Buhari’s full statement as sent to PREMIUM TIMES by the presidency below.
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, AT THE FORMAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO ASSESS IMPACT AND READINESS FOR THE AFRICA CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA AGREEMENT (AFCFTA) ON THURSDAY, 27TH JUNE 2019
PROTOCOLS –
It is my pleasure to welcome all of you to this occasion to receive the report on the impact of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and Nigeria’s readiness for it.
It has been over a year now since the African Union Heads of States adopted the Phase I Agreement on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) at its 10th Extraordinary Summit in Kigali, Rwanda, on 21st of March 2018.
Since then, a lot has been said about Nigeria’s decision to conduct a detailed study on how this agreement will impact us as a country.
Let me state unequivocally that trade is important for us as a nation and to all nations. Economic progress is what makes the world go around.
Our position is very simple, we support free trade as long as it is fair and conducted on an equitable basis.
The AfCFTA will have both positive and negative effects on us as a nation and on our region.
As Africa’s largest economy and most populous country, we cannot afford to rush into such agreements without full and proper consultation with all stakeholders.
As you mentioned in your report, intra-African trade is only 14% of Africa’s total trade. Our consumption is mostly of goods imported from outside the continent.
Africa, therefore, needs not only a trade policy but also a continental manufacturing agenda. Our vision for intra-African trade is for the free movement of “made in Africa goods”. That is, goods and services made locally with dominant African content in terms of raw materials and value addition.
If we allow unbridled imports to continue, it will dominate our trade. The implication of this, is that coastal importing nations will prosper while landlocked nations will continue to suffer and depend on aid.
As I stated during the inauguration of this Committee, many of the challenges we face today, whether security, economic or corruption are rooted in our inability, over the years, to domesticate the production of the most basic requirements and create jobs for our very vibrant, young and dynamic population.
Henceforth, we shall ensure that our negotiated agreements create business opportunities for Africa’s manufacturers, service providers and innovators.
The AfCFTA we aspire to have should therefore not only create wealth for investors but also jobs and prosperity for our vibrant and hardworking citizens. The benefits of economic growth must be prosperity for the masses.
I am very delighted to receive your report today and with the time spent, skills applied and energy invested, I am confident that the Committee has been thorough and diligent.
Let me assure you that your report will form part of the consideration in our decision on the next steps on the AfCFTA in particular and on broader trade integration subjects.
Let me congratulate all members of the Committee for the work done. I thank all stakeholders and organizations including our development partners that provided support to the Committee in one form or another.
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Be the Boss of UFC(R) With PokerStars and UFC's Octagon(R) Chip Campaign
12 Jul, 2019, 19:52 BST
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"Thailand Investment Year" Sets to Accelerate Economic Shift and Boost Economic Growth
Thailand Board of Investment (BOI)
Feb 11, 2019, 05:03 ET
BANGKOK, Feb. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Thailand is making a remarkable move to stimulate big investments in technology-advanced targeted industries that will drive economic transformation and support investors' success. "Thailand Investment Year" incentive package by Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) has been initiated as a strategic tool to support such move.
At the same time, new investment promotion measures were also introduced to attract more investment in targeted activities like rail system and digital economy development.
To promote the new package and share with investors Thailand's updated investment policy and incentives, BOI sets "Thailand Investment Year - What's New?" as the theme of its annual seminar scheduled for 4 March 2019. Main discussions and content will be centered around new investment measures that will be in focus this year, as well as the investment support from the government.
The investment package will keep the country's high investment momentum going following the remarkable 25% increase in investment applications received by BOI against the 2018 target. The country earlier set a goal to attract 720,000 million baht investment application but ended up seeing over 900,000 million baht investment application value. This is credited mainly to the country's comprehensive ecosystem for investment, ranging from concrete progress of infrastructure development, to clear national direction and continuous government support.
For 2019, BOI has set investment application target at 750,000 million baht. It is hoped that the Thailand Investment Year package and latest announced investment measures will boost investment value and enable the government to achieve its target.
Thailand Investment Year: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities
Realising that large investment projects which adopt advanced technology or are in knowledge-based industries are crucial to boost economic growth and transformation, BOI has initiated this Thailand Investment Year Package to attract projects with minimum investment value of 1,000 million baht in targeted activities that are entitled to 5-8 years of tax holiday and do not extend project implementation deadline. Applications will be opened until 30 December 2019 and the approved projects will receive 50% reduction of corporate income tax for three years on top of the basic package.
Targeted activities are, for example, manufacture of aircraft or aircraft parts, R&D, biotechnology, manufacture of advanced technology electrical products, manufacture of high-technology medical devices, digital services, etc.
Connectivity Enhanced by Rail System Development
Considering rail as a strategic logistics system that plays an important part in investment ecosystem, BOI recently introduced new measure to attract investment in rail system development. The new measure focuses more on engineering activities and a comprehensive range of investments related to rail systems such as train structures, passenger cabins, system control units, bogies, braking systems, electrification systems, and signaling systems as well as rails.
Rail system development related projects that apply for BOI promotion by 30 December 2021 will be eligible for 50% corporate income tax reduction for another 3-5 years, depending on designated locations, after the expiry of 100% exemption privilege for 5-8 years. This special package is also expected to help kick-start the establishment of a rail production hub in the northeastern region where there are several supporting factors such as existing automotive part and assembly industries, universities, and upcoming development of rail networks.
Digital Infrastructure & Startup Ecosystem Get a Boost
With the aim of attracting foreign and domestic investments in Thailand's digital industry, BOI has recently approved investment measure to support innovation and digital ecosystem, such as innovation incubation center. The requirement of which is adjusted to increase minimum facility area to 1,000 square metres and to include innovation incubation plan approved by BOI to ensure concrete development and incubation for entrepreneurs. A new investment promotion category, Maker Space or Fabrication Laboratory providing machinery and tools used for making prototype products, has been added with five years of tax holiday and import duty exemption on machinery.
In addition, a new category for Co-working Space has been included to connect local developers with the global community and encourage startups and venture capitals from all over the world to invest in Thailand. Promoted projects will receive duty exemption on import machinery.
BOI has also launched an investment incentive scheme for the Smart City initiative, which is designed to upgrade people's quality of life with seven intelligent platforms; namely, Smart Environment, Smart Mobility, Smart People, Smart Living, Smart Economy, Smart Governance and Smart Energy.
Thailand Investment Year - What's New?
To kick off the Thailand Investment Year 2019, BOI will share its perspective, new measures and key policy at its annual seminar. Themed "Thailand Investment Year - What's New?" the seminar, to be held on 4 March 2019 at Royal Jubilee Hall, Impact Muang Thong Thani.
In addition to the discussions and presentations on BOI's comprehensive support measures and investment support from various government agencies, the afternoon session will be an investment clinic, where businesses will have the opportunity to discuss with BOI and related government agencies, including National Innovation Agency (NIA), Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA), Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM) and Ministry of Industry (MOI).
Thailand Board of Investment
Email: thailandinvestmentyear@gmail.com
Tel. +66 (0) 2553 8111
Website: www.boi.go.th
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Greenway Finalist For NFLPA's Byron "Whizzer" White Award
Vikings veteran linebacker Chad Greenwayblog on Thursday was announced by the NFL Players Association as one of five finalists for the NFLPA’s most prestigious annual honor, the Byron “Whizzer” White Award.
Players on all 32 NFL clubs nominated a representative from their team who goes “above and beyond to perform community service” where they play and in their respective hometowns.
A panel of judges, Charlie Batch, Mike Kenn and Kevin Mawae, narrowed the field from 32 to five. The winner will be announced March 18 and receive $100,000 for the player’s foundation or charity of his choice. All 32 nominees received $5,000 for charity.
In addition to Greenway, Dustin Colquitt (Chiefs), Malcolm Jenkins (Eagles), Jameel McClain (Giants) and Charles Tillman (Bears) are this year’s finalists.
Greenway, who established his Lead The Way Foundation in 2008, has been actively involved in improving lives in the Twin Cities and his home state of South Dakota. The Lead The Way Foundation has raised more than $1.3 million to provide seriously ill and physically challenged children better access to technological entertainment and education devices in hospitals and with unique experiences. He has also participated annually in the Gridiron Gallop 5k since he was selected in the first round in 2006.
The NFLPA said the award, which was established in 1967, is presented out of gratitude to former Pittsburgh Pirates (now Steelers) and Lions halfback Byron Raymond “Whizzer” White, who became a Supreme Court Justice. The NFLPA referred to White as a “scholar, athlete, patriot, humanitarian and public servant” in a press release announcing the finalists.
Hall of Fame receiver Cris Carter is the only Vikings player who is a past recipient of the award.
Previous Byron R. “Whizzer” White Award Winners
2014 Anquan Boldin, San Francisco 49ers
2013 Charlie Batch, Pittsburgh Steelers
2012 Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints
2011 Tony Richardson, New York Jets
2010 Nnamdi Asomugha, Oakland Raiders
2009 Brian Dawkins, Philadelphia Eagles
2008 Warrick Dunn, Tampa Bay Buccaneers/Atlanta Falcons
2007 John Lynch, Denver Broncos
2006 Steve McNair, Tennessee Titans
2005 Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts
2004 Derrick Brooks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2003 Troy Vincent, Philadelphia Eagles
2002 Mark Brunell, Jacksonville Jaguars
2001 Michael McCrary, Baltimore Ravens
2000 Doug Pelfrey, Cincinnati Bengals
1999 Cris Carter, Minnesota Vikings
1998 Hardy Nickerson, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1997 Chris Zorich, Chicago Bears
1996 Bill Brooks, Buffalo Bills
1995 Derrick Thomas, Kansas City Chiefs
1994 Mark Kelso, Buffalo Bills
1993 Nick Lowery, Kansas City Chiefs
1992 Reggie White, Green Bay Packers
1991 Mike Kenn, Atlanta Falcons
1990 Ozzie Newsome, Cleveland Browns
1989 Mike Singletary, Chicago Bears
1988 Deron Cherry, Kansas City Chiefs
1987 George Martin, New York Giants
1986 Nat Moore, Miami Dolphins
1985 Reggie Williams, Cincinnati Bengals
1984 Rolf Benirschke, San Diego Chargers
1983 Doug Dieken, Cleveland Browns
1982 Franco Harris, Pittsburgh Steelers
1981 Ken Houston, Washington Redskins
1980 Gene Upshaw, Los Angeles Raiders
1979 Roger Staubach, Dallas Cowboys
1978 Archie Manning, New Orleans Saints
1977 Lyle Alzado, Denver Broncos
1976 Jim Hart, St. Louis Cardinals
1975 Rocky Bleier, Pittsburgh Steelers
1974 Floyd Little, Denver Broncos
1973 Andy Russell, Pittsburgh Steelers
1972 Ray May, Baltimore Colts
1971 Kermit Alexander, Los Angeles Rams
1970 Gale Sayers, Chicago Bears
1969 Ed Meador, Los Angeles Rams
1968 Willie Davis, Green Bay Packers
1967 Bart Starr, Green Bay Packers
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Milligan to develop new retail concept for creative brands
By Helen Crane2018-04-13T00:00:00
Developer plans six to eight schemes in dominant regional centres for Creative Trade retail/workspace concept.
The company, which redeveloped The Mailbox in Birmingham and Camden Lock Market, is seeking its first sites for the business, called Creative Trade.
It wants to build six to eight schemes of between 120,000 sq ft and 150,000 sq ft in dominant regional centres across the UK, but says it will also consider occupying space in new developments.
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FIFA Correspondence with Nigeria’s Ministry of Sports: Challenge of Governance and Principles
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Sunday, August 19, 2018 8:00PM / Proshare WebTV
The Recent events surrounding Nigeria’s Football Federation has brought to the fore the challenge of governance, and adherence to precepts and principles especially when it has to do with a global body.
Since its establishment in 1904, FIFA with over 100 countries as members have laws governing the game of football, driven by the International Football Association Board (IFAB).
One area FIFA takes an active role in is ensuring the smooth running of the football sport and developing the game around the world.
It takes dire steps like sanctions and the suspension of Football Associations in countries where the government, interferes in the affairs of its associate member.
Cameroon is an example of a country,that got the sledge hammer of FIFA when the government interfered in the affairs of its federation (FECAFOOT).
FIFA banned Cameroon in July, 2013 for the alleged interference of the government in the country’s football association.
Nigeria one of the Africa’s leading light in the game of football faces a challenge of a FIFA ban, over the perceived government incursion in the activities of the football federation (NFF).
In this article, we look at the issues, position of FIFA, correspondence between the Ministry of Sports and FIFA, Key takeaways and Implications for governance of the game in Nigeria.
Few weeks after the FIFA 2018 World Cup tournament closed in Russia, the Nigerian Football space was challenged with a decision by the Supreme Court of the nation, declaring that Mr Chris Giwa a factional leader of the NFF as the recognized President.
This caused disaffection in the football community, with reactions from the FIFA recognized leadership of Mr Amaju Pinnick, who through his lawyer Mr Festus Keyamo, SAN raised a major concern that there will be dire consequences, from the decision of the apex court.
It came with the dynamics of power play as Mr Chris Giwa resumed office at the NFF glasshouse in Abuja.
The action reinstating Giwa by the Supreme Court, was supported by the Minister of Sport Mr Solomon Dalung, which drew criticisms.
FIFA President Mr Gianni Infantino issued a statement from Zurich, Switzerland warning that the incidence of government’s intervention in the affairs of the National Football Association, could attract suspension if the necessary steps to avert it is not taken.
In what can be described by a swift action by the Presidency, through the Attorney General of the Federation, Amaju Pinnick led NFF faction was recognized and the Giwa was ordered out of the glass house.
This did not stop the drama in the corridors of power and a dramatic episode ensued courtesy an interesting exchange of letter or correspondence, between FIFA and the Ministry of Sports.
Letter Correspondence
Even with the knowledge that the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria had communicated through the Attorney General the decision to abide by the FIFA position, thereby acknowledging Mr Amaju Pinnick as the NFF President, the Minister of Sports sent a letter to FIFA requesting for a meeting with the leadership, to find ways to resolve the ongoing crisis.
In the committee set up by the Minister was Mr Amaju Pinnick (recognized President of NFF) and Mr Chris Giwa(faction leader), who FIFA had clearly stated is not recognized by the Football Governing Body.
Responding to the Letter, FIFA pointed out that it had a busy schedule in August, to meet with the Minister and his delegation, but highlighted the following issues;
That the FIFA decision on the suspension of the NFF, if all the apparatus of leadership is not restored back to the Amaju Pinnick leadership, still stands and will take effect from 12.00(CET) if not adhered to.
That FIFA upholds the 5-year ban of the Mr Chris Giwa in accordance with the FIFA Disciplinary Committee dated 10 January 2017, imposed by the Nigeria Football Federation Disciplinary Committee on 12 May, 2016.
Another Proactive Step of the Presidency
Today was the Decision day from FIFA and the Presidency took a proactive step again by writing to FIFA that it recognizes Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick as the President of the NFF.
FIFA Decision, No Suspension of Nigeria
At the end of the FIFA meeting by 12.00pm(CET) a decision was reached which reads thus “Following the decision of the Bureau of the FIFA Council of 13 August 2018 concerning the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), FIFA received confirmations that the legitimate leadership of the NFF under President Amaju Melvin Pinnick and General Secretary Mohammed Sanusi has been given back effective control of the NFF and its offices.
“In view of these circumstances, FIFA deems that the conditions set by the decision of the Bureau of the FIFA Council have now been met and consequently the suspension of the NFF will not take effect. FIFA will continue to closely monitor the situation in order to ensure that FIFA’s rules and regulations are fully adhered to”.
The analysis is that FIFA has not suspended Nigeria thanks to the timely intervention of the Federal Government.
The first key issue here is that Nigeria is a sovereign nation guided by laws and order. Since it joined FIFA and agreed to abide by its provisions, guidelines and statutes, the Federal Government must maintain their act of following the procedures, and avoid interference in the NFF activities.
That the display of the Nigerian Sports Minister Mr Solomon Dalung re-emphasized the need for a clear and coordinate central communication from the Federal Government. It is surprising that while the Minister was canvassing for the re-instatement of Mr Giwa, the FG made its position clear twice that it acknowledged Mr Pinnick.
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Buhari must be commended for ensuring that there was a timely intervention. This is not how Nigeria should approach football administration. It has always been a last-ditch effort or fire-brigade approach to avert crisis.
For all stakeholders in the Nigerian football space, it is time for maturity and the need to respect and abide by FIFA’s decision. This means support the leadership of Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick, till his tenure elapses.
Implications for Governance
The implications for governance is that going forward the Ministry of Sports should avoid the incidence of undue interference in the affairs of the Nigerian Football Federation.
This is critical to forestalling any future crisis in the nation’s sport that has been a strong uniting factor.
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Apps Microsoft Tutorials
How to fix Fruit Ninja (or any other broken app) on Windows 8
October 24, 2012 October 25, 2012 William Devereux 24 Comments Featured, Windows, Windows 8, Windows Apps
In a few hours, Microsoft plans to launch Windows 8 at a big event in New York. By this time tomorrow, Windows 8 will be available in stores, and you’ll be able to use it for yourself. Our review of Microsoft’s next big OS was quite positive, but for the last few days I’ve been dealing with a particularly annoying issue: Fruit Ninja. Thankfully, there’s a way to fix the game – or any other broken app.
Before I describe how to fix Fruit Ninja, here’s a little backstory about the problem. I’ve been running Windows 8 in final or pre-release form for some time now. Over the summer, Halfbrick Studios released a preview of Fruit Ninja on the Windows Store for free. I fully expected the game listing to disappear before launch so it could be republished as a paid app. While Halfbrick did indeed start charging for the game recently, the developer used the same listing. This, in effect, gave everyone who tested Fruit Ninja a free copy of the game.
That might sound great on the surface, but when Halfbrick released the most recent update a few days ago, it completely broke the game for a large number of people. Within 24 hours, my review complaining about the issue became the number one most helpful “review” of Fruit Ninja on the Windows Store. I’ve also had quite a few people tell me over Twitter that they’ve encountered the issue as well.
In my particular situation, and possibly many others’ as well, it became even worse. When the Windows Store refused to apply the update, I decided to try uninstalling and reinstalling the app. That, unfortunately, was a bad move. The game was gone from my system, but the Windows Store still had it listed as installed. The end result was an endless cycle of attempts to update an app that no longer existed, and seemly no way to fix the issue. After much searching, I finally found the answer. So, without further ado, here’s how to fix Fruit Ninja (or any other broken app).
While this might seem a bit complicated and technical (hint: it is), I’ve tried to simplify it as much as possible.
Download the Remove Windows Store Apps in Windows 8 PowerShell script from TechNet and unzip it.
Search for PowerShell on the Start screen and run the app as an administrator.
PowerShell won’t let you run scripts by default, so you’ll have to enable it. Type “Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted” and hit enter. Then hit Y to confirm your choice.
In the folder you unzipped, right-click on the file RemoveWindowsStoreApp.ps1 and select Edit. This will open up the Windows PowerShell ISE. Press the green play button (Run Script). Or, optionally, you can simply run the script in the PowerShell command line that you already have up. If you receive an error, it’s probably because you don’t have script running enabled (see Step 3).
In the blue command line, enter “Remove-OSCAppxPackage” and look for “HalfbrickStudiosPtyLtd.FruitNinja” in the list of apps. Note the number next to it.
Now enter that number and hit enter. It will ask you to confirm if you’d actually like to remove the app.
Return to the Windows Store and attempt to download Fruit Ninja. It should work now! You’ll notice that the pesky update has disappeared as well.
At this point, I’d recommend disabling scripts again. To do so, simply return to the original PowerShell window. Enter “Set-ExecutionPolicy Restricted” and hit Y to confirm your choice. That’s it!
Issues with apps on the Windows Store are extremely rare. This is the one and only app that has ever “broken” for me in more than 270 days of using Windows 8. If I had to guess, this issue was caused on Halfbrick’s end. Unfortunately, without any support from the developer, most users are left in the dark as to how to fix this extremely annoying problem. Hopefully, this will resolve the issue for everyone.
If you have trouble for any reason, feel free to reach out to me in the comments or over Twitter @MasterDevwi.
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William Devereux is the former Microsoft editor at Pocketables, as well as a Microsoft MVP and SkyDrive/Outlook.com Insider. As his title implies, he wrote about all things from Redmond, including Windows 8 and Windows Phone. He is currently carrying a Windows Phone 8X by HTC and a Microsoft Surface with Windows RT tablet.
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Tip of the Day: Bracket exposures and other settings
A common myth is that one perfect exposure exists for every landscape, floral study, or wildlife portrait. But by under- and overexposing a scene, you can come away with two (or more) interpretations, each different yet compelling in its own way. Bracketing exposure—simple, thanks to auto bracketing on most DSLRs—nets you a decent exposure, several variations, and the potential to blend different exposures into a single, superior version of a scene.
A common myth is that one perfect exposure exists for every landscape, floral study, or wildlife portrait. But by under- and overexposing a scene, you can come away with two (or more) interpretations, each different yet compelling in its own way. Bracketing exposure—simple, thanks to auto bracketing on most DSLRs—nets you a decent exposure, several variations, and the potential to blend different exposures into a single, superior version of a scene. For really killer images, go a step further, if time permits: Bracket white balance, focusing, crop, and camera orientation (horizontal and vertical).
(From 5 Nature Shooting Skills April 2009 issue)
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Make Your Own Small-Batch, Artisanal High Fructose Corn Syrup
Delicious DIY sugarglop.
DIY High-Fructose Corn Syrup
via Bon Appetit
Think of corn on a hot summer's day. Sweet, delicious, all-American corn. It's stuck in your teeth and you barely care, as your practiced jaw scrapes the pure taste of the season from the cob.
Now think of high-fructose corn syrup. You probably don't have an idyllic childhood memory to go along with the sugarglop that's killing both the American people and the American tradition of agriculture. Just a guess!
HFCS, as it's called, is a relentlessly common sweetener in everything from soda to bread. It's used because, in bulk, it's incredibly cheap, thanks to agricultural subsidies from the US government that encourage farmers to grow the high-yield, flavorless-when-unprocessed variety of corn used for HFCS. One of the many odd things about high-fructose corn syrup is that you can't really buy the pure stuff in a store. What's even in the stuff? That's what artist and designer Maya Weinstein wondered--except she actually secured the ingredients for her thesis project at Parsons.
The DIY HFCS Kit includes all of the delicious materials that go into our country's finest weirdest sweetener: glucose isomerase, sulfuric acid, alpha amylase, and more (those enzymes are used to convert the glucose to fructose). It's not that hard to make: basically, just combine everything in the kit besides the glucose isomerase, strain through cheesecloth, heat, add glucose isomerase, boil, and cool.
Weinstein went over to the Bon Appetit offices to demonstrate her kit, and, interestingly, it was a hit with the editors there. Before it's filtered to remove its yellow color and much of its flavor, it "tastes like corn candy," according to the editor of Bon Appetit's site. The filtering removes any extant flavors that might not go with whatever you want to sweeten, and in mass production, this syrup is often purified to become as high as 90% fructose--nearly pure sweetness, basically.
The project isn't really for mass consumption; the kit itself costs $70-80 in raw materials to yield just a small jar of corn syrup. Corn syrup is used by so many food producers because it's cheap in bulk, and because the government gives lots of rebates and tax incentives to use the stuff--in small doses, it's cheaper to go with honey or plain sugar. But it's a pretty interesting experiment to see how something we all eat all the time is actually made. Check out the project here.
[via Bon Appetit]
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Public affairs' continuing failure to attract and retain women is a dispiriting lost opportunity
October 24, 2019 by Laura Sainsbury
The public affairs industry needs to change; that much is clear from the polling we've done of women working across the sector.
The public affairs sector must support women or risk losing them from the workforce altogether, argues Laura Sainsbury
"This is a man’s world", as the song goes – and it appears this is still true in public affairs.
Looking at the data it is disappointing (although perhaps not surprising) to see so many women reflecting negatively on their experience in the industry.
Half of respondents say they have suffered discrimination based on gender, while more than a quarter have experienced sexual harassment.
Perhaps more shockingly, nearly one in three women rated the industry as poor at protecting and helping women deal with sexual harassment, and just four per cent said they thought the industry was good at dealing with it.
Many describe a "laddish" culture or persisting "old boy's network", with one respondent calling it a "macho" industry.
Of course this won't be everyone's experience, and I know there will be many women who won’t recognise some of the things highlighted by the data.
But it's clear that many others do – and that means we are not doing enough. Every woman that leaves the sector or chooses to make her career elsewhere is a huge lost opportunity.
Now read: Exclusive: 'Macho' culture in public affairs discriminates against women, survey finds
Public affairs is an industry with influence.
We are professionals who operate in and around politics, helping to develop and implement policy.
We need to be an industry that has room for all voices and experiences – male and female – or we will be weaker in the decisions we make and the advice we give.
There has been some progress.
Earlier this year the PRCA's own sexual harassment survey revealed similarly troubling statistics. There is now a working group looking at the issue.
I wrote then about the need for industry to work together to address this and face up to the need to have uncomfortable conversations.
This still needs to happen.
But there are also structural issues around pay and progression that can only be addressed by employers themselves.
Nearly half of respondents believed their pay differed from their male counterparts, indicating ongoing issues with transparency in this arena.
Additionally, in our view there has been too little transparency across the sector in publishing gender pay gaps.
Many organisations in the public affairs industry are too small to report, but where reporting has happened it has rarely been good news for women.
The Government Equalities Office has set out some interesting evidence-based recommendations on reducing the gender pay gap and reducing gender equality in organisations.
This includes effective actions that have been tested in real-world settings and found to have a positive impact.
These are the inclusion of multiple women in shortlists for recruitment and promotions, the use of skill-based assessment tasks in recruitment, the use of structured interviews for recruitment and promotions, transparency around salary ranges, and the appointment of diversity managers and/or diversity task forces.
I hope that agencies and in-house employers across the sector look to these to see how they might be applied in public affairs.
The time for dithering and delaying is over. If the industry can't attract and retain women, everyone loses out.
Our members lose out on opportunities, the profession misses out on a diverse range of ideas so organisations aren’t provided with quality advice, ultimately negatively impacting policy and legislation.
We’re losing the war for talent among half the population – and if we’re going to fix that we need the whole industry to work together.
Laura Sainsbury is the chair of Women in Public Affairs (WiPA)
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Gettin' A Li'l Psycho On Tyres
Art Tidesco blogs on all things motoring
Tag Archives: Piper
Classic Clubs – Silverstone Classic
Today’s blog is dedicated to all the hundreds of car clubs and thousands of classic car enthusiasts who brought classic cars along to Silvertone Classic as we take a look at some of the clubs present.
No less than three, from a total production of 100, of the 2002 limited edition Aston Martin DB7 Zagato’s headed the Aston Martin Owners Club parade.
Celebrating it’s 50th Anniversary in style was the Berkeley Enthusiasts Club, above a Berkeley Foursome and B105 lap the Silverstone Circuit.
Complementing the 40 metre BMW wheel and Village Green the BMW Car Club was out in strength, above a Z3 and Z1 lap the circuit during one of the parades.
Classic Corvette Club UK was celebrating it’s 35th anniversary, the ’78 Indy 500 Pace Car Limited Edition above was built a year before the formation of the club. This one has the desirable 220hp L82 motor option, the 1978 Indy 500 was won by Al Unser in his Cosworth DFX powered Lola T500.
The Daimler & Lanchester Owners Club always have a fine display of SP250s at this event and this year was no exception.
The Mustang Owners Club of Great Britain were celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Pony Car, above a ’70 convertible stands next to a ’69 Shelby GT 500.
Regular readers will know I’m a big fan of the Ginetta G33, one day when I’m in a position to buy one I’ll become a member of the Ginetta Owners’ Club.
John James of the Jaguar Enthusiasts Club was able to help me out with an Otter Switch for GALPOT’s most famous XK140 owner Geoffrey Horton in California.
The original competition spec prototype Lamborghini Muira Jota burned to the ground on the, unopened, Brescia ring road in April 1971, a member of Lamborghini Club UK has built this wonderful replica of the Prototype originally built by Bob Wallace.
Amongst the Mercedes Benz Club members vehicles was this imperiously tailfined 1967 Mercedes Benz 200.
Wecoming Morganeers was the Morgan Sports Car Club with 5,000 owners world wide.
Catering for just 80 examples ever built is the Piper Sports And Racing Car Club which is primarily concerned with preserving the marque for whom Tony Hilder designed the 30″ GT’s first seen in 1968.
Porsche Club Great Britain is the UK’s only officially recognised club for the marque and has close links with Porsche AG and the marques official importer Porsche Cars Great Britain.
Driven by a zest for life for those united by a common interest in the Triumph Stag classic car is the Stag Owners Club.
The Karmann Ghia Owners Club attempts to support all aspects of ‘KG’ ownership from purists who want to see original cars to those whose interests include customisation, lowering and performance modifications.
Thanks for joining me on this ‘Classic Clubs’ edition of “Gettin’ a li’l psycho on tyres” I hope you will join me again for Americana Thursday tomorrow. Don’t forget to come back now !
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Fiberglass Body – Ferrari 250 LM #8165
This November sees the 50th anniversary of the unveiling of the Ferrari 250 LM which to date was the last Ferrari to cross the finishing line first at Le Mans in 1965.
Today’s featured car chassis #8165, the last 250 LM to be built, was sold new to Scuderia Filipentti and entered by them in the 1966 1000kms race at the Nurburgring for Willy Mairesse and Herbert Mueller who finished 9th.
The car was then sold to David Piper and in June 1966 David fitted fiber glass body panels front and rear and painted #8165 BP Green. Subsequently David is known to have driven the car to victories at Brands Hatch, Oulton Park and the 1000kms Paris at Monthlery in 1966 sharing the car with Mike Parkes in the latter.
In 1967 David won at Silverstone and entered the #8165 for Hugh Dibley and Roy Pierpoint for the 1000kms at Brands Hatch where they finished 10th overall and first in class. At Monthlery Richard Attwood and Brian Redman came 6th overall and first in class.
In 1968 Pedro Rodriguez joined Roy Pierpoint in #8165 for the 1000 kms at Brands Hatch where they finished 5th but only 3rd in class. #8165’s last ‘in period’ appearance was in the 1968 Le Mans 24 hours where Piper and Attwood qualified 28th and came through to a seventh place finish.
David Piper is seen driving #8165 in these photo’s in practice for the Whitsun Trophy at the Goodwood Revival a couple of years ago. David finished the race in 27th place.
My thanks to Athanase and Miurasv for clarifying the early ownership of this car over at FerrariChat.com.
Thanks for joining me on this “Fiberglass Body” edition of “Gettin’ a li’l psycho on tyres” I hope you will join me again tomorrow. Don’t forget to come back now !
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BP Green – Ferrari 250 GTO #3767GT
In July 1962 British racing driver David Piper took delivery of a British Petroleum (BP) Green right hand drive (RHD) Ferrari 250 GTO chassis #3767, Italian registration MO 79460 and raced it in Europe, Africa and the United States before selling it on to Ed Cantrell.
Pipers best result with the car was an overall win in the Kyalami 9 hours with South African Bruce Johnstone, the following year David shared another Ferrari 250 GTO chassis #4491GT with South African Tony Maggs to win the Kyalami 9 Hours again in 1963.
Ed Cantrell shared the driving #3767 with former owner Daivd Piper in the 1963 Sebring 12 Hours where they finished 14th overall and 5th in class. The continued to be raced through 1963 until the end of 1964 when Tom Fleming and Ray Heppenstall appear to have been entered to drive #3767 by the North American Racing Team in the Nassau Trophy Race where they finished 14th.
Ten years later Anthony Bamford acquired the car and it was given the British registration plate 63 GTO which remains legal to this day.
#3767 is seen here at last years Goodwood Revival meeting where Joe Bamford and Alain de Cadenet, who owned the car prior to selling it to Anthony Bamford in 1974, shared the driving in the RAC TT celebration race in which they were unclassified.
Thanks for joining me on this “BP Green” edition of “Gettin’ a li’l psycho on tyres” I hope you will join me again tomorrow. Don’t forget to come back now !
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Gold Cup Classic – Oulton Park
Oulton Park circuit is one of Britain’s more difficult tracks, while attending racing school there I spun off on two separate occasions, located near Little Budworth in Cheshire.
The last time I was spectating at Oulton Park in Cheshire then future world champion Damon Hill was given a one off drive in the British Formula 3000 Championship race by Colin Bennett and future Oulton Park circuit owner Dr Jonathan Palmer had a one off drive in the Celebrity car that featured in the Honda CRX championship in 1989.
On Bank Holiday Monday I got to the track for the second day of the Gold Cup Classic meeting, just as qualifying got under way for the Sir Stirling Moss trophy race. Former FIA Historic Formula One Champion Bobby Verdon Roe, seen here driving a 1957 Aston Martin DBR1, going through a much altered Druids Corner on his way to qualifying on pole.
Oulton Park now has a tarmac Rally Stage and an interesting variety of vehicles were to be found trying to navigate the slippery conditions, including this Surprising Skoda Estelle, keeping spectators entertained with numerous 360 degree spins.
The Historic Formula Ford race for Ford Kent powered single seaters built from 1969 – 1972 was highly entertaining with Rob Wainright piping Ben Mitchell and Benn Simms in a three way last lap shoot out. Former Grand Prix driver Ian Ashley driving the #62 Lola T200 is seen here passing Stuart Baird in the #6 Merlyn MK11A for fifth prior to Ian’s early retirement.
I missed the Historic Touring Car race won by Mark Jones in favour of having lunch with friends from The Nostalgia Forum, afterwards the Derek Bell Trophy race for a mixture of open wheel cars was run. Richard Evans in a Formula Atlantic March 79B snatched a last lap victory from Michael Lyons Formula 5000 Lola T400. I did not realise it at the time I took the photograph above but this is a recreation of the Lotus Martin built to Formula One regulations in 1966.
Judy Lyons, Michael’s mother, driving the #33 Lola T332 above, gambled on rain returning during the race and opted for intermediate tyres, at the end of the race she showed no sign of disappointment that her strategy had failed or that she was not classified in the final results.
The small grid of Group 6 2 litre / 122 cui cars for the Martini Trophy race included this Martini liveried Chevron B31 belonging to Graeme and James Dodd which failed to finish.
Charlie Kemp did his best to make a race of it driving the 1970 vintage #10 Lola T210 but was eventually unable to keep up with John Burton who took the Martini spoils driving a Chevron B26.
The E Type challenge was probably the race of the day helped by tricky weather conditions, earning my personal vote for driver of the day was Jon Minshaw who worked through the field from the back of the grid to second place behind Martin O’Connell in a race filled with lurid ‘moments’.
John Ure and Patrick Blakeney-Edwards won the Woodcote Trophy driving a Cooper Bristol finishing ahead of the #57 Allard J2 seen here of Malcolm Verey and Dennis Welsh after Stephen Bond, who had rarely been more than a few car lengths behind the Cooper, lost up to a minute making his mandatory pit stop.
Benn Simms made up for his disappointment in the Formula Ford race by winning from the back of the grid in the Classic Formula 3 race driving the #1 March 803B seen here lining up
to pass the Keith White in the blue Ralt RT1.
Brian White and Keith Stantton drove their Triumph TR2 in both the Stirling Moss and Woodcote Trophy races, Brian is seen here exploring the outer limits of the track at Old Hall during Woodcote Trophy on his way to a 19th place finish.
Jon Minshaw teamed up with John Stretton to win the Woodcote Trophy in the #133 ‘Knobly’ Lister Jaguar above lapping the D-Type of Ben Eastick which finished 7th.
Final race of the day was the ‘Amitsead Barnet Financial Services’ Historic Formula Ford 2000 championship race for Pinto powered cars circa 1978 – 1981 which was won by Nelson Rowe. Nelson Duke, in the yellow helmet above driving a Reynard SF79 about to pass the Delta T79 of Robert Trusting, impressed the event race sponsor ‘Mallory Dan’ sufficiently with his drive from the back of the grid to 13th place to win the FF2000 driver of the day award.
In between races and watching the rally car demonstration there was a feast of classic cars on display including my personal nomination for car of the day this Piper GT
After a great day out all too soon it was time to say ‘until next time’ to Barry, Roger, David, Mallory Dan, Alan, Phil and Simon from the Nostalgia forum and head for home.
Thanks for joining me on this Gold Cup edition of ‘Gettin’ a lil’ psycho on tyres’, I hope you will join me again tomorrow. Don’t forget to come back now !
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Continuation Edition – Ferrari P4 #0900
In keeping with a vaguely 60’s engine behind the driver theme week for Ferrari Friday I take great pleasure in showing you, in my humble opinion, the most beautiful vehicle on the planet bar none a Ferrari P4 which I snapped at the British GP meeting in 1981.
The P4 won the war but lost it’s most important battle against the monstrous onslaught of the Ford GT40 in the 1967 World Sports Car Championship it won the championship but only on a count back of second place finishes. Most importantly the Ferrari could only manage second to the Foyt / Gurney GT40 MK IV at the most prestigious race of the season the Le Mans 24 Hours.
The P4 was powered by a 450 hp fuel injected 4,000 cc 244 cui 60 degree V12 using 3 valve per cylinder heads operated by twin overhead cams.
Thanks to ‘Macca’ at The Nostalgia Forum I believe this is chassis #0900 one of up to four continuation P4s built by David Piper using original drawings for the chassis and a collection of spare parts. As such it has no world championship race history.
Anyone notice the similarity between the rear end of this P4 and and the Fiat 850 Idromatic I started the week off with ?
Thanks for joining me for another Ferrari Friday, hope you have enjoyed today’s continuity edition of ‘Gettin’ a lil psycho on tyres’ tomorrow we will be headed to P’ville NJ for an insight into the heyday of short track racing with my Rowdy buddy Ray Miles. Don’t forget to come back now !
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Racing is life – Le Mans the Movie
While recovering from a particularly pestulant flu virus last week, I took the opportunity to watch one of my favourite films one that was influential in so much as it inspired me not only to visit Le Mans but also to participate in a lesser 24 hour race in 1990.
The film is a classic among many race fans because it is essentially shot in a documentary style, the first 30 mins is a build up to the start of a 24 hour race with only a brief flash back to interrupt the building tension. We see early morning race day footage of the protagonist Michael Delaney (McQueen) arriving at the circuit, in those days entirely on public roads, huge traffic jams, to me now very familiar scenes from the campsite in the middle of the circuit, teams preparing, drivers preparing and then an increasingly slo mo sequence to the 5 min countdown to the start of the race.
The only discernible voice during the build up is a monologue by the race commentator who sets the scene and describes events as they happen during the course of the race.
Unusually for a film with Hollywood involvement their is no love interest, but there is human interest in the relationship between Delaney who the previous year was involved in a fatal accident with a driver called Belgetti, and Belgettis widow (Elga Andersen) which culminates in the films best known quotation.
The film was shot using a mixture of 1970 race footage a host of original cars and drivers.
David Piper seen above at Goodwood in 2009 gets a credit that reads “And Special Appreciation to DAVID PIPER for his Sacrifice During the filming of this Picture” he lost half a leg filming one of the horrifically realistic
accidents in the film.
The essence of the film is a superbly captured Titanic 24 hour battle between the Ferrari and Gulf Porsche teams. The end of the film focuses on a tight finish which is not unusual at Le Mans all though racing is a non contact sport and some of the driving antics seen at the end of the film are more usually seen at the beginning of the race between novices to 24 hour racing.
There is no Holywood finish to the race for McQueens character Delaney though he does his bit for the Gulf Porsche team, which never won at Le Mans in real life despite dominating almost all sports car races from 1970 – 1971 everywhere else. The Porsche Salzburg team won the 1970 race depicted in the film and the following year. By 1972 the Porsche 917’s were banned from racing at Le Mans.
At this time of year, between seasons, race fans love quoting using all or part of the ‘A lot of people go through life doing things badly. Racing’s important to men who do it well. When you’re racing, it… it’s life. Anything that happens before or after… is just waiting.’ which is Michael Delaney’s response to Mrs Belgetti’s question what is so important about racing ?
The quotation is originally attributable to Maurice Trintignant a French Formula One driver.
To sum up a must see film for race fans, if only to see the Le Mans track at its murderous best and to my mind the most exciting sports racing cars of all time, Porsche 917 and Ferrari 512, all captured with inventive camera work and superb editing. The best bit about the film is that the usual Holywood cliche’s are by and large missing leaving us with an experience far closer to a documentary than say the Frankenheimers Grand Prix with its rather laboured with plot, excruciating love interest and painfully cliched dialogue.
Hope you enjoyed today’s film revue, wishing everyone a relaxing Sunday and I hope you’ll join me again tomorrow, don’t forget to come back now !
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RD.COM Advice Parenting
Let Parenthood Strengthen Your Marriage
Sari Harrar
Diaper commercials, baby-shower cards, and your own relatives will tell you a baby is pure bliss, a heaven-sent bundle of joy, a gift worth all that sleep deprivation, all those dirty Pampers.
We do love our children. But what they can do to our marriages is another story.
A growing stack of research reveals that happy marriages take a nosedive when a couple becomes a family. Thanks to sleepless nights, new expectations, and the demands of bringing up baby while holding down a job, 30 to 50 percent of all new parents feel as distressed as couples already in therapy for marriage problems, say researchers from the University of California, Berkeley. Up to 70 percent of new moms say their marital satisfaction dropped dramatically. At least one-third of mothers and fathers experience significant depression as they become parents. And one in eight couples separate or divorce by the time their first babies are 18 months old. Generation X parents seem to feel the parental pinch even more acutely: A recent review of 90 studies involving 31,000 wives and husbands by San Diego State University researchers found that for young couples today, marital satisfaction plummeted 42 percent further after the first baby than it did for their own parents. And with each child added to the family, happiness dipped even lower.
The shift from lovers to parents can rock your marriage down to its roots. Suddenly you find yourselves taking on traditional, stereotyped roles that may clash with your thoroughly modern expectations: A working mom trades the office, wisecracking colleagues, and the gym for breast-feeding, bottle-washing, and mountains of laundry (and after just six to eight weeks of maternity leave, often adds an office job back into the mix). A husband faithfully attends childbirth classes, spends long hours in the delivery room, and cuts the baby’s umbilical cord, yet all too often feels shut out during the early years of child-rearing. Instead, he works longer and harder in his career in order to provide for his growing family, and feels more and more distant. You’re both doing more, communicating less, and feeling vastly underappreciated. Modern marriage makes matters tougher: You may be having kids in your late 30s or early 40s, when the fatigue factor is higher and job pressures are bigger than they probably were in your 20s. And there’s more to be anxious about than ever before in our kid-competitive society. Will your child get into a good preschool program? Can you afford this year’s $800 status stroller and $100 baby playsuit? Is your wunderkind enrolled in the right art, music, and tumbling tots class?
Small wonder, then, that Newsweek magazine decreed parenting “The Toughest Job You’ll Ever Love.” Or that the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University reached the chilling conclusion in 2004 that “children seem to be a growing impediment for the happiness of marriages.”
Happily, even newer research reveals something smart couples have always known: Parenthood can sweeten and strengthen your relationship. All you’ve got to do: Put your marriage first; appreciate each other instead of criticizing; get organized; and communicate, communicate, communicate. That’s a tall order for two sleep-deprived, baby-spit-spattered, shell-shocked people (who haven’t showered in days). We know. We’ve been there. And we’re here to help — whether you’re planning to start a family or have already embarked on the adventure of raising kids. Here’s how.
Despite all the hoopla surrounding pregnancy and childbirth, “there’s not much attention to how this baby will impact you as an individual and as a couple, or the 157,250 hours of parenting that comes next,” observes Pamela Jordan, R.N., associate professor of family and child nursing at the University of Washington and developer of the Becoming Parents Program, one of the nation’s first parenting classes to focus on a couple’s marriage, not just their child-rearing skills. Most couples, she notes, simply don’t have ready-made skills to help them safeguard their marriages in the face of the overwhelming stresses of parenthood. These steps can help.
Talk about what’s ahead. How will you split household chores and errands? Who’s going to earn money, and who’s going to stay home? What will you do for day care — and who will get baby Huey to and from the child-care center or sitter’s house? Who’s going to take the night shift? Who’s going to wash the bottles and/or sterilize the breast pump every day? Who will shop, cook, clean, and let the dog out? How will Mom — or Dad, if the two of you have opted for a Mr. Mom arrangement — get daily breaks to recover sanity and get a hot shower? These seemingly small details can loom large in your relationship once baby makes three.
Break the silence about parenthood’s downside. Yes, new babies are the cutest little bundles of joy in the universe. But caring for one (or multiples!) isn’t all kisses and cuddles. Feeding, changing, bathing, and entertaining a little one 24/7 can stretch your physical, emotional, and mental resources beyond the breaking point. Find time to talk together about your frustrations, fatigue, and even moments of anger. Be specific, be supportive, and dare to be honest. These feelings are normal — not a sign that you’re a bad parent. Admitting them, accepting each other’s feelings, and working together to solve underlying problems (e.g., agreeing in advance that if one of you is overwhelmed, the other will step in and take care of the baby for a while) can keep you feeling saner — and closer.
Be frank about the losses as well as the gains. You’ve got the baby of your dreams, so why are you feeling so sad about your lost sex life or the elastic-waist jeans that have replaced your sleek, pre-baby size 8’s? New parents often mourn silently and separately about all the ways a new baby has changed their lives, creating marital distance and even a sense of shame. For example, a new dad may feel that the new baby has taken his place as number one in his wife’s affection. A new mom may feel sad or frustrated about the ways pregnancy, nursing, and the demands of child care have changed her body. These feelings are normal too. Sharing them will help you feel better and strengthen your bond as a couple.
Don’t blame yourself or your spouse for marital blips. Experts say the first baby is the biggest challenge your marriage will ever face. You’re both exhausted — and grappling with new identities, new expectations for yourself and your spouse, and virtually no time for personal pleasures. Your first fix-up step: Don’t feel guilty or personally responsible for the downturn in marital bliss — and don’t blame your spouse. It’s a given. You’re only responsible if you don’t do anything to turn it around.
Understand the new definition of a good marriage. When Ohio State University researchers tested the co-parenting skills and marital happiness of 46 couples, they found a revealing connection: Partners who admired, supported, and agreed with each other’s parenting styles when their children were babies had happier marriages 2 1/2 years later. Couples who criticized or even undermined each other’s attempts to parent their young child were less happy with each other later on.
“It may seem that a good marriage relationship would protect a couple, but parenting can change a lot in a how husbands and wives relate to each other,” says Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, Ph.D., coauthor of the study and assistant professor of human development and family science at Ohio State University. “The issues you confront in parenting aren’t typically the kind of issues you confronted before you had children. That can make a big difference in your relationship.”
Dr. Schoppe-Sullivan says her study suggests that having a good marriage before a baby arrives isn’t enough to ensure that your relationship will thrive afterward. New rules seem to settle in as partners judge each other’s parenting abilities.
The fix? Admire everything you can about your partner’s parenting. And discuss areas where you disagree, such as discipline, rewards versus punishment, bedtime, meals, and TV time.
Weave a support network. Comparing notes with other parents of children of the same age as your own can provide emotional support and a reassuring sense that no matter how busy or how crazy things are, it’s probably just normal. You’ll be far less likely to blame your marriage and much more likely to find solutions — and feel good about what you’re doing together.
But finding support for dads as well as moms can be tricky: New moms have easier access to other women with babies or small children via mothers’ groups and simply through meetings at the playground, in the pediatrician’s office, or in activity groups for children. Dads typically have less access to other fathers. Look for couples’ groups for new parents at your religious institution or make an effort to cultivate friendships with other couples, experts say. In one California study of new parents, those who met as a group with a psychologist to discuss child-rearing issues had no divorces, versus a 15 percent divorce rate over three years for parents who didn’t meet with a support group.
Of course, you need more than emotional support. Gathering family, friends, or neighbors willing to help with meals, cleaning, errands, and child care is a lifesaver — and a marriage-saver, especially if your own families aren’t available to help out. Experts say it’s smart to put together a network before your baby is born, but it can help at any time. Say yes if someone offers to cook a meal you can pop into the freezer, do your grocery shopping, or watch the baby for an hour. List people who may be willing to help out in small or large ways. Don’t be afraid to ask. Include one or two people whom you can count on as emergency contacts, day or night, to care for your baby in your home in case you reach a moment of desperation (it can happen to anyone!). Another option: Hire help as needed. A weekly housecleaner, a teenage mother’s helper, a supermarket that will put together your grocery order for you can all take the pressure off you — and your marriage.
Expect the unexpected. No book, video, class, or tip from a friend can fully prepare the two of you for the enormous changes parenthood brings. Plan to give yourself some slack, to be surprised and even shocked. This too is normal. “I don’t think you can ever say you’re completely ready for it,” says Kimberly Jordan, a Spartanburg, South Carolina, mother of two young boys. “We planned so much out, but you’re still surprised in so many ways.”Parenting challenges your marriage no matter how old your kids are. These expert strategies can bolster your marriage and help you put it first, whether your children are preschoolers or high school seniors.
Turn down the criticism; turn up the admiration. New parents often feel they’re doing endless amounts of work that their partner’s not giving them credit for — creating tension and resentment. Even if you feel you’re the one doing the most, stop often to praise your spouse. Appreciation breeds appreciation. You’ll also probably start noticing all the ways your spouse is helping out.
Kimberly and Gary Jordan realized that their styles didn’t always mesh when it came to parenting their sons, Isaiah and Zachary. “I came from a single-parent family and was raised by my mother,” Kimberly says. “My own brother is so much older than me that I never really saw how my mother handled parenting a boy. I’m very protective with the children, and I’ve had to learn to release some of that. And at times I thought Gary was being too strict, but the boys would really respond to his tone of voice when they didn’t always respond to mine. I’ve had to learn to roll with the punches with boys, whether it was their interests in snakes and rocks and dirt or potty training.” Adds Gary, “Kimberly’s helped me to understand how to talk with the boys, to bring out what’s going on inside, emotionally. We’re close.”
Go team, go! Many couples lose their essential sense of “we” when a child enters the picture — that sense of unity and oneness that is the hallmark of a happy couple. In its place, “me versus you” conflicts can take root. You each think you’re right, the other’s wrong, and, what’s even more toxic, you’re tempted to simply solve the dilemma du jour on your own. The baby won’t sleep through the night? Your three-year-old shows no interest in graduating from pull-ups to underwear? Your toddler would rather guzzle milk than eat broccoli and peaches? You can’t possibly get to work on time if you attend the morning tea for parents at the child-care center? You could try to solve these problems alone, but it’s worth finding the time and energy to involve your spouse. Researchers say that couples who approach child-care issues with a positive attitude (less “Oh, no!”; more “We can solve this!”) and as a team are more satisfied with their marriages than those who tackle problems as individuals.
Brush up on calm conflict resolution. Your marriage will benefit — and so will your kids. When researchers from the University of Notre Dame and Catholic University of America tracked 226 mothers and fathers and their 9- to 18-year-old children for three years, they found that parents whose conflicts revolved around personal insults, defensiveness, marital withdrawal, sadness, or fear had kids who displayed more depression, anxiety, and behavior problems. In a related study of 232 parents of kindergarteners, they found that parents who engaged in “dirty fighting” triggered emotional insecurity in their sons and daughters. “When the marital relationship is functioning well, it serves as a structurally sound bridge to support the child’s exploration and relationships with others,” says researcher Mark Cummings, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at Notre Dame. “When destructive marital conflict erodes the bridge, children may lack confidence and become hesitant to move forward or may be unable to find appropriate footing within themselves or in interaction with others. This study is a warning to strongly encourage parents to learn how to handle conflicts constructively for the sake of both their children and themselves.”
Disagreement isn’t the problem, Dr. Cummings says. It’s how the two of you handle it. “If everyday issues are addressed in a productive or constructive way, children benefit,” he notes. “I talked about the harm that destructive types of conflicts can cause. Some of the most destructive types of conflicts occur when partners withdraw from one another, stonewall, or show disrespect. Children are very sensitive to the emotional quality of the home.”
Schedule a private powwow about discipline. Presenting a united front, whether it’s about your 8-year-old’s allotment of TV time or your 17-year-old’s use of the family car, will help you avoid a major source of ongoing marital conflict. It will also help your kid feel more secure. If you find yourselves in disagreement about how to handle a child-rearing issue, work out a temporary rule and tell your child that you and your spouse need to consider the issue together before laying down the law. Then discuss the issue when you have a private, kid-free opportunity.
“We had to negotiate between ourselves about what the ground rules would be for our four children, especially when the eldest first became a teenager,” says Susan Vogt of Covington, Kentucky. “We definitely had disagreements. One of us would think it was fine for our son to do something, and the other wouldn’t. We weren’t too far apart, but it still took a lot of debate to work things out, and the stakes got higher when they were teenagers. The positive part of working it out was that going with just one parent’s viewpoint could make things too permissive or too disciplinarian. You need both opinions, melded together.”
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12 Facts about Land Rover Defender
Land Rover Defender is not produced anymore but still it is one of the most celebrated 4×4 in the whole world
Land Rover Defender is the most admired 4×4 in the world. It has a powerful engine which is mated to state-of-the-art manual or automatic gearbox. Every car enthusiast dreams of owning one of these but few know these amazing facts about Land Rover Defender.
1- In 1948 the cost of original Series I Land Rover was just £450 and it produced just 50bhp from a 1.6-litre four-cylinder engine.
2- Company’s Solihull factory hold the record of producing a total of 2,016,933 Series Land Rovers and Defenders on the production line since 1948.
3- As compared to 48 hours of a Land Rover Discovery Sport, it took 56 man hours to build each Defender.
4- In every four minutes, a new Defender rolled of the production line before the end of its production on Friday 29 January 2016.
5- To show the talents of the vehicle around the world, in 1990 Roger Crathorne set up an event “Land Rover Experience” which now operates from 33 centres around the globe including China, Middle East North America, Russia, Scandinavia and South Africa.
6- Defender Celebration Line has been visited by more than 10,000 Land Rover owners and visitors around the globe to witness the recreation of the original 1948 production line.
7- Since 1948, the underbody support strut and the hood cleats are two original parts that have been fitted to all Soft Top Series Defenders and Land Rovers.
8- Actor Steve McQueen, Sir Winston Churchill and the Queen are among those famous personalities who owned Series Land Rovers and Defenders.
9- There are more than 7,000 individual parts in each Defender.
10- The dashboard as ‘lamb’s chops’ and door hinges as ‘pig’s ears’ are the nicknames given to parts by the workers on the Land Rover production line.
11- In 1966, the Defender featured heavily in a film Born Free and became a movie star. Since then the Defenders are still in use of Born Free Foundation, Virginia McKenna OBE – its founder – and Will Travers OBE – her son.
12- Jaguar Land Rover has not forgotten the part Solihull has played so despite the end of Defender production there, JLR is still using it to produce Jaguar F-PACE, Jaguar XE, Ranger Rover, Ranger Rover Sport and Discovery models.
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It's all about the flexibility: Coworking still surging across the Midwest
July 8, 2019 | Dan Rafter
The reception area in Spaces’ new location in Columbus.
Spaces Short North features an open design.
It’s a trend that is showing no signs of slowing: Coworking spaces are popping up across the country. And the Midwest is no exception, as both small companies and their bigger cousins are looking to coworking spaces to provide flexible work options for their employees.
The latest example? Coworking provider Spaces has opened its newest location in Columbus, Ohio’s Short North neighborhood. Spaces Short North opened July 1 and provides 39,000 square feet of workspace. The coworking space includes a business club, dedicated desk space, private offices and four meeting rooms.
There are other amenities, too. Spaces Short North includes a wrap-around outdoor terrace, wellness room and fitness center. The building housing the new space has a rooftop bar and first-floor restaurant.
And above all? Spaces Short North provides a good example of what modern coworking spaces look like and the impact these spaces are having on the world of work.
Michael Berretta, vice president of network development for IWG, which owns Spaces, said that companies – both large, traditional businesses and smaller, entrepreneur-fueled smaller companies – are looking for flexibility in their workspaces today. Coworking spaces, with their mix of office arrangements and work stations, provide this.
And as work continues to evolve, with employees demanding easier commutes and the option to work from different locations, the coworking boom should only continue, Berretta said.
“The one common theme that has remained true is the demand for flexibility,” Berretta said. “If you can give a customer or business or growing company the ability to have less risk and less restrictive contracts with their working arrangements, you will have success. Businesses want this flexibility.”
And while coworking spaces are attractive to employers, they are also positives for workers. IWG released a study earlier this year showing that 80 percent of U.S. workers would choose a job that offered flexible working spaces over one that didn’t.
And that’s just one study. There have been others showing that the demand for coworking isn’t slowing.
In a recent report, the Global Coworking Unconference Conference and Emergent Research predicted that there would be 5,026 coworking spaces in the United States by the end of 2019. That number is expected to rise to 6,219 by the end of 2022.
The report provides a good look at how fast coworking has grown. According to the report, there were only 14 coworking spaces in the United States at the end of 2007. Demand since then, of course, has skyrocketed.
The number of people who work in coworking spaces is rising, too. The report said that as of the end of 2016, a total of 331,000 people worked from coworking spaces. The report predicts that this number will hit 754,000 by the end of 2019 and 1.076 million by the end of 2022.
This growth is happening quickly. Just look at WeWork, one of the bigger names in today’s coworking space.. The company got its start in 2010 with a single location in New York City. But as the demand for coworking spaces has increased, WeWork has exploded. Today, you can find WeWork sites in 100 cities spread across 27 countries. As of early 2019, WeWork had opened 425 locations.
What’s interesting is that coworking spaces aren’t just for solo entrepreneurs, start-ups or smaller companies. Big businesses also use these spaces, Berretta said.
A large company might be testing out a new product or service during a 12-month period. This company might rent out work spaces in a coworking space while it experiments, Berretta said. Or maybe the same company will rent conference rooms or event space in a coworking facility to host a product launch or focus groups.
Maybe a large law firm is opening in a new part of the country. The firm might take space in a coworking facility while it determines how to best approach and grow in its new market, Berretta said.
“It all maps back to two things, flexibility and accessibility,” Berretta said. “Even in Columbus and the Midwest there are massive amounts of congestion and traffic. People don’t have the patience for it any more. If their job allows them to work closer to where they want to live, they are more likely to stay with it.”
Berretta said that Columbus made sense for Spaces to target. The city is a strong market with a diverse array of business types and users, from solo entrepreneurs to tech start-ups to media companies and financial services providers.
“When we were evaluating spaces for coworking in the United States, it was relatively easy for us to decide in which cities we wanted to put a flag in and develop over the last two years,” Berretta said. “Columbus was on the short list. We saw a great deal of pent-up demand for customers who were looking for this type of product in Columbus.”
The Short North area of Columbus, known for its artsy community, was especially attractive to Spaces, Berretta said. The area is home to restaurants and shops. New multifamily housing options have popped up in the community. It’s a busy and growing area, and it makes sense that Spaces’ clients would want to offer people flexible working space in the neighborhood.
“The reaction so far in Columbus has been great,” Berretta said. “We had a lot of pent-up demand. And our design is more contemporary, very open and light. It’s a pleasant place where people can interact with each other.”
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In a statement, SolarEdge Technologies announced that the company’s founder and co-chairman has passed away.
“It is with a very heavy and sad heart that we notify of the passing of our dear friend and inspiration, Guy Sella. All of us who had the privilege to work with Guy and be witness to his unwavering drive and infinite levels of energy and passion for what he did know what a huge loss this is, not only to SolarEdge. Guy has left an incredible legacy and his spirit will live on forever in SolarEdge. The entire SolarEdge family mourns his loss. On behalf of our Board of Directors, management team and employees, we extend our deepest sympathies to Guy’s family.”
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Week 12 NFL Recap: Injuries, Breakout Performers & Game by Game Analysis
4 years ago by Frankie Soler
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I hope you all enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday and were able to add some fantasy victories to your list of things to be thankful for. Ideally you were also able to avoid the most recent batch of injuries sprinkled across the NFL as some key names went down with notable ailments.
The biggest name to suffer an injury in Week 12 was tight end Rob Gronkowski of the New England Patriots. Luckily, it would appear that Gronk’s injury isn’t nearly as serious as it looked when he was initially carted off the field. Fears of a second ACL tear have been quelled by the update that his knee is just badly bruised. Still, he’s expected to miss at least a week or two, making backup Scott Chandler a must-add in all formats this week. Chandler is certainly a downgrade from Gronkowski but given how effectively the Patriots utilize the tight end position you’ll want to insert him into your lineups as a low-end TE1 with upside.
Second on the list is quarterback Tony Romo. Romo re-injured his clavicle on Thanksgiving in game the Cowboys were simply trounced by the Carolina Panthers. This is a huge blow for every Dallas Cowboy not named Darren McFadden. The way I look at it, if you managed to make the fantasy playoffs in spite of a throw away year from Dez Bryant you don’t really need to rely on him this late in the year. There’s a pretty good chance that you’ve gotten this far because you were able to scoop up some usable options on the waiver wire so don’t force Dez into your lineup when it’s win-or-go home. Whoever the Cowboys end up trotting out at quarterback (likely Matt Cassell) is going to be a significant downgrade from Romo regardless. This is a case of seeing what your other options are but overall I’d probably just avoid starting a Cowboy if I can help it.
The last major injury worth discussing before diving into the individual games is that of Arizona running back Chris Johnson. CJ2K left with what is now being described as a fractured tibia that will keep him out of action for the remained of the regular season. Throw in a foot injury to Andre Ellington and the Cardinals are left with rookie David Johnson carrying the load into the playoffs. With a massive increase in touches coming Johnson’s way, you should expect him to be the week’s top waiver wire pickup. The Cardinals schedule isn’t all that great but a running back with that much opportunity in front of him will surely be worth starting for those of you who are hurting at the position.
As always, there were a few more minor injuries throughout this week’s slate of games so we’ll get to those during their respective contests.
Philadelphia Eagles @ Detroit Lions
The first of three Thanksgiving matchups featured a Detroit Lions team that went absolutely bonkers against a terrible Philadelphia defense. Matthew Stafford threw for five touchdowns, three of which went to Calvin Johnson with Theo Riddick and Golden Tate reeling in the other two. It was nice to see Megatron put together a big game this late in the season, and he should be able to maintain a high level of play with some favorable matchups coming up in the fantasy playoffs. Theo Riddick has quietly turned into a usable running back in PPR leagues, a big surprise for a team that has struggled to put anything together in the backfield. They might not be getting it done on the ground all that well but receptions count all the same for fantasy points so you can look for Riddick to continue to be a solid flex play in PPR formats.
Once again the Philadelphia Eagles failed to provide us with any sort of consistency in regard to fantasy. The only player who had a decent game here was wide receiver Jordan Matthews, his first good game since a Week 9 overtime win against Dallas. Like I’ve said before, the Eagles aren’t as reliable as we thought they would be this year as evidenced by the fact that it’s completely random as to which player will end up providing fantasy production in a given week.
Carolina Panthers @ Dallas Cowboys
This was a game that was pretty much decided entirely by the Carolina defense. With not one but two pick-sixes, the Panthers offense didn’t really have to do much on their own in order to secure a win. Both Jonathan Stewart and Cam Newton continued their dominance of running the ball so that’s a reassuring sign for fantasy purposes. If anything, this defense proved that they shouldn’t be benched regardless of who their opponent is. They fall firmly into the category of “set it and forget it.”
We already touched on what the Tony Romo injury means for this team’s passing attack, leaving us with running back Darren McFadden. McFadden had an okay outing here that ended up being salvaged in PPR formats by his four receptions for 45 yards. With a tasty matchup against the Redskins looming, McFadden is poised to have a big game, especially with the passing game suffering. He’s easily a high-end RB2 for Week 13 and beyond.
Chicago Bears @ Green Bay Packers
Thanksgiving’s Thursday night game gave us a surprising upset with the Bears beating the Packers at Lambeau Field. Perhaps even more shocking than the outcome of this game was the fact that the Bears only needed 17 points to do it. The team’s two touchdowns went to Jeremy Langford on the ground and Zach Miller in the air. Langofrd split the workload fairly evenly with the returning Matt Forte so you can expect that to continue into the fantasy playoffs. Both backs will be usable as mid-range RB2s in all formats. Zach Miller was filling in for the injured Martellus Bennett so this was nothing more than a one-time occurrence. Lastly, it was nice to see Alshon Jeffery rack up another 11 targets after missing last week’s game against the Broncos. When healthy, Jeffery is a clear-cut WR1 regardless of matchup.
Green Bay’s lone score came on a touchdown pass from Aaron Rodgers to Eddie Lacy. Even more important than that, Lacy was clearly the better running back here with 105 yards on 17 carries. James Starks had just seven carries of his own for 39 yards. This tells us that Lacy is back to being the team’s number one back so act accordingly if you own either of them. I’m not entirely convinced that Lacy is going to be the top-five option we expected him to be at the start of the year but given the team he plays for and the slew of question marks at the running back position, you’ll want to start Lacy anyway.
Oakland Raiders @ Tennessee Titans
What is there to say about the Oakland Raiders that hasn’t been said already? Both Amari Cooper and Michael Crabtree have proven to be reliable fantasy wide receivers with considerable upside, and even with just 59 yards you’re starting Latavius Murray no matter who Oakland is playing. The 113 yards and two touchdowns for Seth Roberts isn’t any more than a fluke so don’t read too much into that. Crabtree might have only had four catches for 19 yards but his day was still salvaged by a score of his own.
The only Tennessee Titan you can start with confidence this late in the season is tight end Delanie Walker. Walker had caught six passes on eight targets for 91 yards here while the rest of the offense left a lot of be desired. If running back David Cobb is ever going to breakout it isn’t going to be in 2015. You can pretty much drop anyone that isn’t Delanie Walker.
Buffalo Bills @ Kansas City Chiefs
This ended up being somewhat of a high-scoring game that saw the Chiefs racking up at least 30 points for the second straight week. Kansas City came away with the win on the back of a 114-yard day from backup, backup running back Spencer Ware. It’s kind of amazing how deep this team is at the RB position, especially when you consider how much other team’s have struggled to find one usable back, let alone three. We’ll have to wait and see what the update is on Charcandrick West before deciding on what to do about Ware. Whoever the starter ends up being against the Raiders on Sunday will be worth starting.
Tyrod Taylor had a huge day for the Buffalo Bills with 291 yards and three touchdowns. Taylor almost didn’t even play in this game due to a shoulder injury and was expected to be limited at best. As it turns out, that report was greatly exaggerated. Taylor has shown that he can be a legitimate QB1, especially when you throw in his ability to rush outside the pocket. When fully healthy, you can easily use Taylor if you’re hurting at quarterback. Running back Karlos Williams left this game with a shoulder injury of his own, allowing for LeSean McCoy to hoard more touches for 101 total yards and a score. Even when healthy, Williams is now not much more than a McCoy handcuff.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Indianapolis Colts
Laugh all you want about Matt Hasselbeck’s age, but the truth of the matter is that the 40-year old quarterback is now 4-0 when filling in for Andrew Luck. The biggest takeaway from his most recent performance was being able to get the ball to both T.Y. Hilton and Donte Moncrief with consistency. Hilton finished with 95 yards and two touchdowns while Moncrief had eight receptions for 114. It’s pretty much a rarity for both receivers to have big games at the same time these days so if you were able to benefit from this particular outing take that as a blessing. Hilton is certainly the more reliable player at this point in the season and has more targets than Moncrief with Hasselbeck in the lineup. He’s a WR2 with upside while Moncrief remains in the low-end WR3 range. Running back Frank Gore is said to be pretty banged up so you should expect Ahmad Bradshaw to continue eating into the workload. With a tough Pittsburgh run defense looming, I’d advise sitting Gore this week.
The Buccaneers were treated to the return of wide receiver Vincent Jackson who strung together a solid performance of four receptions for 76 yards. Both he and Mike Evans had 10 targets apiece but neither guy managed to find the endzone. In fact, the Bucs only had one touchdown in this game anyway and it went to Cameron Brate of all people. This was pretty much a throwaway game for Tampa Bay so look for them to get back on track when they face a middle-of-the-road Atlanta defense in Week 13.
New York Giants @ Washington Redskins
Another week, another absolutely ridiculous touchdown catch by Odell Beckham. That one catch was basically the only highlight for the Giants in a game that saw Eli Manning throw three interceptions. Let’s face facts here--this is a horrible division, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that all of the offenses in the NFC East are inconsistent. Beckham is the only New York Giant worth starting.
As for the Redskins, Jordan Reed continues to be a target monster, racking up 98 yards on eight receptions. He’s locked in as a TE1 for as long as he stays healthy. You’ll want to pick up a decent backup just in case he gets dinged up during the fantasy playoffs. DeSean Jackson broke off another long 63-yard touchdown here and that’s pretty much all you’re expecting from him once you put him into your lineup. He’s big-play dependent and not much else. Alfred Morris led the team in rushing attempts with 23 for 78 yards while Matt jones didn’t really do much of anything. This is still a ground game I’m avoiding at all costs so I wouldn’t read too much into this, workload or otherwise.
New Orleans Saints @ Houston Texans
Just when it looked as if the Saints had finally gotten their act together on offense they throw up a dud against a better-than-they-appear Houston Texans team. The Saints were held to just six points so unfortunately there wasn’t a single player that provided significant fantasy production. Mark Ingram remains a high-end RB2 while Brandin Cooks is still a hit-or-miss WR2 with upside. Other than that, this offense is what it is at this point.
DeAndre Hopkins had a down game by his standards here with five receptions for just 36 yards. There isn’t much to say about that other than chalking it up to an issue of scheme and game flow. Besides, the Texans didn’t really need to light up the scoreboard here anyway. Alfred Blue had a solid game on the ground with 77 yards and a touchdown. I can’t imagine relying on Blue in a playoff format but given the amount of touches he should see out of the backfield you’d be hard pressed to find a running back with more opportunities than Blue at this point in the season. He’s a deep league play that shouldn’t be in your lineup in a 10- or 12-team league unless you’ve been riddled with injuries.
Minnesota Vikings @ Atlanta Falcons
The Adrian Peterson comeback tour rolled through Atlanta with AD racking up 158 rushing yards and two touchdowns in an entertaining game that was close all four quarters. Other than Peterson, the Minnesota offense has struggled as of late with wide receiver Stefon Diggs being the most disappointing of the bunch. It looked as if Diggs was turning into a reliable WR2 for a while but now he’s fallen back down into boom-or-bust WR3 status. He’s another one of those players whose start status depends on who else you have. Minnesota’s next two outings are against Seattle and Arizona so it’d probably be best so sit Diggs for now. After that the schedule gets much easier as the team hosts Chicago and the Giants in what could very well decide your fantasy championship.
Rookie running back Tevin Coleman was the big story here, filling in nicely for the injured Devonta Freeman to the tune of 110 yards on 18 carries. Coleman did cough up another fumble in this game but the team relied on him despite those continued struggles. I would imagine that this is still Freeman’s gig once he returns and the expectation is that he’ll do just that when the team heads to Tampa Bay on Sunday. Tight end Jacob Tamme had yet another solid outing in the absence of Leonard Hankerson so you should expect that trend to continue for as long as Hankerson is out.
St. Louis Rams @ Cincinnati Bengals
This was an absolute beat-down that saw the Bengals obliterate the Rams 31-7. The most eyebrow-raising element of this game was St. Louis running back Todd Gurley being held to just 19 yards. Granted, the Rams were down big rather quickly so Nick Foles ending up having to throw the ball 46 times in order to keep up with the Cincinnati offense. With how good Gurley has been all season, he’s allowed to throw up one dud in an otherwise excellent rookie year.
The Bengals lost both tight end Tyler Eifert and running back Jeremy Hill to injuries in this game which could spell trouble for their upcoming schedule. Eifert suffered a stinger during the third quarter while Hill exited with an ankle injury. Chances are both players were held out given how big the Bengals were up by that point but both injuries will be worth monitoring in the coming days. You’re definitely starting Eifert if he’s out there but Hill is a little more questionable. He was in the midst of his most impressive outing of the season before his injury, having already racked up 86 yards on 16 carries. Between him and Giovani Bernard, it’s tough to make heads or tails out of this backfield. Personally, I wouldn’t want to rely on either rusher in the playoffs but it’s completely understandable if you don’t have better options at this point.
San Diego Chargers @ Jacksonville Jaguars
In a matchup between two teams that are all but eliminated from playoff contention, both the Chargers and the Jaguars provided us with some productive fantasy players in a high-scoring affair. Philip Rivers had four touchdowns in this game, two of which went to tight end Antonio Gates. I don’t need to tell you to start Gates if you own him, so the more interesting aspect of Rivers’ big day is that he threw a touchdown pass to both Stevie Johnson and Dontrelle Inman. Stevie had more yards on one more target so he still looks to be the more reliable option going forward yet Inman should garner some more attention. He isn’t worth more than a speculative add in a deeper league so keep him on your radar for now. Given how many injuries this team has already suffered it wouldn’t come as a huge surprise if Inman suddenly started hoarding targets in bunches.
The Jacksonville Jaguars endured a scary moment that saw wide receiver Allen Hurns being taken off the field on a stretcher due to a concussion. As always, concussions are impossible to predict so soon after injury so we’ll have to wait and see how he progresses throughout the week. Both Hurns and fellow receiver Allen Robinson have been legitimate fantasy contributors this year but it was tight end Julius Thomas who had the biggest day for the Jaguars here. Thomas finished with 116 yards and a score on 10 targets yet I’m still not convinced his workload is sustainable. He’s in the same category as the rest of the low-end TE1s although I’d be more inclined to depend on him if Hurns were to miss any time. Aside from a few key names, the tight end position is just too fluky.
Miami Dolphins @ New York Jets
Coming out of a rough 38-20 loss, the Miami Dolphins have decided to fire their offensive coordinator Bill Lazor and have promoted Zac Taylor. Taylor was the team’s quarterback coach prior to this change so that could mean better days are ahead for Ryan Tannehill. Still, I wouldn’t depend on the Miami passing attack in any capacity outside of PPR machine Jarvis Landry. Landry had a crazy 13 receptions for 165 yards and a touchdown, a decent portion of which came in garbage time. Hey, garbage time points count all the same so who am I to pick on him for that? The Dolphins couldn’t get anything going on the ground and amassed a lowly 12 rushing yards total. Don’t expect that to get much easier when the team plays Baltimore in week thirteen. The Ravens are much better at defending the run than they are the pass so look for the Dolphins to lean on Landry once again.
As for the Jets, Ryan Fitzpatrick had himself his best fantasy day of the year by throwing for four touchdowns, two of which went to Brandon Marshall. Marshall has been one of the most valuable steals of the year so much so that I would bet he’s one of the more owned player on fantasy playoff teams. Between him and Eric Decker, the Jets have provided us with one of the more consistent passing attacks in the NFL. Who knew that’d be a thing in 2015? Chris Ivory had a solid bounce back performance here with 87 yards and a touchdown, relegating Billal Powel back to handcuff duty. Ivory is still a dependable RB2 in any format despite his more recent struggles.
Arizona Cardinals @ San Francisco 49ers
Once again the San Francisco 49ers managed to play much better defense at home than they do on the road. The Niners held the Cardinals to just 19 points and almost pulled off a shocking upset victory to boot. Other than that, there is literally nothing else worth talking about on the San Francisco side of the ball. On to the Cardinals we go.
Arizona’s passing attack was largely held in check by the aforementioned San Francisco defense although both Larry Fitzgerald and John Brown did manage to put together solid performances. Fitzgerald led the team in receptions with 10 while Brown had the edge in yards with 99. They’re the team’s clear top two receivers, especially with Michael Floyd nursing a hamstring injury so you can continue to rely on them accordingly. No Arizona receiver found the endzone here but Carson Palmer did manage to run the ball in for a touchdown of his own, his first rushing score since 2012. This game might not have been the blowout it could have been but at least the key contributors salvaged their fantasy days to some degree.
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Seattle Seahawks
In what was the most enteratining game of the week by a mile, the Steelers and Seahawks were entrenched in a high-scoring heavyweight battle that saw Russell Wilson come out on top. Wilson threw for five touchdowns, showing that this team can get it done offensively when it’s necessary. Still, I wouldn’t exactly call this performance repeatable, especially as it pertains to Doug Baldwin and Jermaine Kearse. The two of them combined caught all five of Wilson’s TD passes, something that just isn’t going to happen again anytime soon. The biggest takeaway from this game was actually the injury to Jimmy Graham. Graham will be out for the remainder of the season with a torn patella tendon, the same injury that Victor Cruz is still suffering lingering effects from. It’s said that this is one of the worst possible injuries for any athlete to overcome so hopefully Graham takes his time recovering and waits until he’s back to full strength before returning to the field. Sadly, Graham wasn’t having himself a tremendous fantasy season so this likely doesn’t do all that much on that front. The Seahawks were already a run-heavy team so you can expect them to lean on Thomas Rawls just as much if not more than they were doing so already.
On the Steelers' side of the ball quarterback Ben Roethlisbeger lit up the Seattle secondary to the tune of 456 yards before exiting the game late in the fourth quarter with concussion-like symptoms. The most interesting aspect of that is the fact that Big Ben self reported his symptoms. With how concussion-conscious the league has become in such a macho sport, that’s something you actually have to applaud. It’s rare to see an athlete take that kind of action. Luckily for the Steelers, it appears as if Roethlisberger might not have suffered a concussion after all so he should be good to go in an enticing matchup against the Colts on Sunday. Shockingly it was Markus Wheaton who was the primary beneficiary of Roethlisberger’s big day as he racked up a nutty 201 yards on nine receptions. I wouldn’t read too much into this at all; Antonio Brown and Martavis Bryant are still way ahead of Wheaton on the depth chart. This is another case you should chalk up to game flow.
New England Patriots @ Denver Broncos
Perhaps the only game that could challenge that Steelers/Seahawks tilt for game of the week was Sunday night’s battle between the Patriots and Broncos. New England was dealt their first loss in a game that saw Tom Brady throw three touchdowns to three different receivers. We’ve seen this plenty of times before--the Patriots shuffle skill position players in and out like crazy, so you can expect the likes of Brandon Bolden to find the endzone every once in a while only to go back to being invisible. That said, at some point or another the injuries do catch up to you regardless of how good you are. I highly doubt you have a quarterback you’d feel comfortable starting over Brady even with Gronk and Edelman out against the Eagles. Hopefully the team will be getting Danny Amendola back anyway so the Pats will likely be just fine offensively.
Welcome to the Brock Osweiler era…maybe? It’ll be interesting to see what the Broncos do at quarterback once Peyton Manning recovers from his foot injury but for now we’re looking at a Denver offense that is striving with Osweiller under center. Perhaps most importantly the ground game is finally looking the way we thought it would all the way back in August. C.J. Anderson ran all over the Patriots, including the game winning score in overtime. Anderson had 113 yards and two touchdowns on just 15 carries while Ronnie Hillman had 59 yards and a score of his own. Once again, however, it’s impossible to tell which running back is going to go off any given week so your guess is as good as mine. As I’ve said before, anyone who claims to know exactly what the Broncos will do out of the backfield is lying to you.
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Two All Blacks legends will go head-to-head in the final of World Rugby’s fan-voted player of the decade award.
Former first-five Dan Carter and ex-captain Richie McCaw secured their berths in the final voting round of the knockout bracket after beating out fellow All Blacks Beauden Barrett and Kieran Read in the semi-finals of the online competition.
It’s a match-up which has the potential to go down to the wire given the standing both players have within the rugby fraternity.
After having twice been named world player of the year this decade, some may consider Carter to have the edge over his old skipper.
The 37-year-old Kobelco Steelers playmaker also picked up two Rugby World Cup winners’ medals in 2011 and 2015, and finished his international career with a world record 1598 points from 112 test matches.
However, McCaw led the All Blacks to both of their World Cup titles over the last 10 years, becoming the first person in history to captain his nation to two international crowns.
The 38-year-old, who claimed his third world player of the year award in 2010 and was recently inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame, signed off from the All Blacks with a world record 148 test appearances to his name, with many of those caps coming while he was captain.
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In the lead-up to his qualification of the final for World Rugby’s social media competition, Carter had to fight off the challenges of Barrett, England star Owen Farrell and New Zealand halfback Aaron Smith.
McCaw, meanwhile, managed to get past the threats posed by Read, former Italy captain Sergio Parisse and Major League Rugby-bound prop Tendai Mtawarira.
While it remains to be seen who will take out the title, one thing is certain – the player of the decade for the 2010s will be from New Zealand.
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Hibbing downs Red Wing boys' basketball
Written By: RE Sports | Jan 13th 2020 - 8am.
The Red Wing boys' basketball team trailed by nine points going into the second half, but fell couldn't keep up with Hibbing in an 89-63 loss on Saturday.
The Wingers trailed 49-40 after the first half and were outscored 40-23 in the second.
Denval Atkinson poured in 33 points to lead the Wingers. Atkinson also led the team in rebounds with nine. Ben Kuehni scored 10 points and had two steals. Deso Buck had eight points on two 3-pointers, while DonTray Johnson contributed seven points, five rebounds and three steals.
Red Wing fell to 2-10 overall. The Wingers next face Winona on Tuesday.
Red Wing came up short against Albert Lea, losing 62-54 on Friday.
The Tigers outscored the Wingers 34-19 in the first half. In the second the Wingers found a groove, scoring 35 points. The Tigers drew lots of fouls, shooting 18 of 26 at the free-throw line while the Wingers were 7-for-10.
Deso Buck scored 26 points and made 5 of 11 from behind the arc to lead the Wingers. Denval Atkinson had 16 points and a team-high eight rebounds. DonTray Johnson added nine points, a team-high six assists and team-high four steals.
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22. November 2017 /in Press /by Retresco
Berlin-based Retresco was announced as a winner at the 2017 United Nations World Summit Awards (WSA) for digital innovation. In front of UN representatives, ICT ministries and the private sector Retresco will receive its award in the “Business & Commerce” category at the World Summit Global Congress in Vienna. Retresco was recognised in the “Business […]
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Cinemanalysis: Alien (1979)
by Jason Flatt May 23, 2017
With Alien: Covenant now in theaters, take a Cinemanalysis dive into the film that started it all, Alien.
In May of 1979, one of the most seminal works in both science fiction and horror graced the silver screen. Ridley Scott’s Alien simultaneously horrified and intrigued audiences by leaving little to the imagination. Sequel bait and franchising were not on the minds of the team behind this original work, but that certainly did not stop fans, creatives, and Ridley Scott himself from wanting to return to this intriguing and fearsome world time and time again.
Alien may not have been the first film whose plot revolved around an alien being brought aboard a spaceship only to get loose and wreak havoc, but it may certainly be the trope codifier. There was nothing quite like it in its time, and few films have been as influential on either of its genres since.
The whole debacle aboard the Nostromo could have been avoided if Ash (Ian Holm) had only followed the orders given to him by Ripley (Sigourney Weaver). She foreshadowed all too well the ill fate to come of her ship and crew. Ripley tried to provide the proper perspective as she speculated out loud about the strange signal the ship’s artificial intelligence mainframe woke them to receive. She knew long before anybody else that the signal was not a call for help. It was a warning to stay away.
The film itself and its plot parallel in their development. The characters are too distracted by the awe of their alien discovery and the danger their Executive Officer Kane (John Hurt) is in. Very little horror has ensued to this point, mostly just exhilarating science fiction. This is why when Kane goes from seemingly freed of the alien facehugger’s grasp to literally giving birth to one of the most remarkably horrifying scenes in cinematic history, there is even more grotesque shock than may otherwise have been due. The architects of the film were able to subvert all expectations by commanding exactly what to feel when.
Just the same, the Nostromo crew was the subject of orders. Everyone is following orders without being aware until it is too late. There is one member aboard though that was aware they were given. Ash refused the order to maroon Kane because he secretly responded to a higher power than Ripley. When all is said and done, realizing everything has been set up from the start makes the sting even worse.
Fear the “Other”
A trope common in science fiction and very apparent in the Alien franchise is discrimination against androids. Androids are synthetic, robotic creatures made using organic tissue. Androids in film are often characterized as lacking in the emotional or moral competence that truly living beings possess. They are hard-wired and programmed to act and respond in specific ways, even if that includes a level of adaptability.
The big reveal of Alien comes as Ripley uncovers the secret orders Ash had been given by his superiors; to recover the alien at all costs. The crew was expendable. The movie could have left the reveal at that. Ash would have gone on as morally corrupt scientist villain who was secretly working with a morally corrupt corporation. But Alien takes it a step further. Ash is revealed as an android. He becomes “othered,” made to be seen as something markedly different from the protagonists and from what should be considered good or natural.
As common a trope as “othering” by androidism is in science fiction, it fulfills an intentional purpose in this horror movie. Humanity has an innate fear of the “other.” The “other” is known though. It may not be seen or understood, but the “other” is a part of everyone’s lives nonetheless. It can be avoided and ignored and even subjugated, but it is still something feared, even if just subconsciously. Ash the android is that “other” and his swift and sure defeat after being unveiled quenches a desire for order and control that had been lost. A feeling wrongfully satiated.
Fear the Unknown
The alien (Bolaji Badejo) is an unknown factor. It has been slowly picking off members of the Nostromo crew during each and every attempt to defeat it. Brett (Harry Dean Stanton) is nabbed by the alien during the crew’s first attempt to subdue it using motion tracking. Captain Dallas (Tom Skerritt) is halted in his subsequent effort in the ship’s air ducts just the same. The defeat of Ash softens the pain brought on by his betrayal and the losses suffered. But, tackling a known fear provides only brief satisfaction in the wake of the horrible unknown that is the alien.
Three different forms of the alien are encountered after it hatches from its egg on LV-426. It secretes acid and seems impervious to normal means of attack. There is so much bewilderment to excite the science fiction and horror fan alike. Science fiction fans have so much to understand about this terrible creature. Those looking to be scared will be petrified by that same factor. The greatest fear there is not what is uncertain, but what is unknown entirely. The alien, as far as anybody knows, can do anything.
Open our Vulnerabilities
It can also potentially survive anything. With the rest of the crew, Parker (Yaphet Kotto) and Lambert (Veronica Cartwright), killed off and the Nostromo destroyed, the alien was thought dead and Ripley was thought safe. The safety she feels is emphasized by her taking off her outerwear to prepare for the sleep required for space travel. Naked and asleep are two of the most vulnerable states one can be in and Ripley is voluntarily entering both. This decision lulls the final sequence of the film into the false sense of security necessary to render the last shock.
Alien works thoroughly to open every vulnerability possible. Methodically, it goes about bursting open a litany of fears by disguising them as intriguing spectacles. Beginning with a simple fear of bodily health and security, the focus shifts through each gruesome death Ripley and the remaining crew must endure. The fear of the “other” and the fear of the unknown come to pale in comparison to the final horror embedded in and by the movie: self-doubt. If Ripley only checked the corners in her escape ship. She would not have avoided her final face off with the alien, but the terrible self-doubt that will linger forever after cannot be understated.
Lurking androids, dark corners, and interesting new discoveries will forever be potential horrors after Alien. Sci-fi nor Horror alike, neither genre has been the same as a result of its impact. There is nothing scarier than the inability to trust oneself. There is no easy way back once that trust is broken. A film that has the power to influence so much as Alien has, in cinema and in its viewers, is truly a piece of art.
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Patriots lead in NFL win totals at Las Vegas sports book
The Patriots have the league’s highest win total, at 11, after closing at 12½ last season, when they went 13-3.
By Todd Dewey / Las Vegas Review-Journal
New England Patriots' Tom Brady (12) runs from Philadelphia Eagles' Brandon Graham during the first half of the NFL Super Bowl 52 football game Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady looks to pass during the first half of the NFL Super Bowl 52 football game against the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
The New England Patriots finally will take a step back in 2018 while the Cleveland Browns will finally take a big step forward.
At least that’s the view of the oddsmakers at the Westgate sports book, which Sunday posted the ever-popular NFL regular-season win totals, along with division and playoff odds and lines on 81 games of the year.
The Patriots have the league’s highest win total, at 11, after closing at 12½ last season, when they went 13-3. They’ve won at least 12 games in eight consecutive seasons and in 12 of the last 15.
“The problem with the Patriots now is there’s no margin of error. If (quarterback Tom) Brady gets hurt, there’s no (Jimmy) Garoppolo coming in there,” Westgate sports book manager Ed Salmons said. “The Patriots would be the Packers without (Aaron) Rodgers now.
“There’s a lot of AFC teams really, really on the come: Jacksonville, Tennessee, Houston, the Chargers, Kansas City, Pittsburgh. And I look for Cleveland to make a dramatic jump this year and be competitive.”
The Browns, 1-31 the last two seasons under coach Hue Jackson, are tied with the Arizona Cardinals for the league’s lowest win total at 5½.
“If Cleveland had any competent coach, we’d probably make their number 7. That’s what we think of their talent level,” Salmons said. “Their defensive front is as good as anyone in football. But their coach is so bad. That’s why the number is so low.”
Besides the Patriots, there are four other teams with double-digit win totals. The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers are at 10½ and the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings are at 10.
Division favorites
The favorites to win their respective divisions in the NFC are the Eagles (minus 160), Vikings (Even), Los Angeles Rams (minus 110) and New Orleans Saints (plus 140).
The favorites in the AFC are the Patriots (minus 600), Steelers (minus 300), Jaguars (plus 140) and Chargers (plus 150).
Backdoor cover burns books
Nevada sports books were in the rare position Sunday of needing LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers to cover as favorites of between 5 and 6½ points over the Indiana Pacers at home in Game 7.
The Cavs were leading 105-98 in the closing seconds before Pacers point guard Victor Oladipo made an otherwise meaningless 3-pointer at the buzzer for a 105-101 final that burned Cleveland backers and the books.
Wynn Las Vegas sports book director Johnny Avello estimated the shot caused a swing of between $3 million and $5 million at Nevada sports books.
“It wasn’t a huge decision for us but we needed the Cavs,” he said.
Fading Cleveland
Cleveland is 1-6 against the spread in the playoffs and is dead last in the league ATS this season at 32-56-1.
“Forget about covering 6½ or 7 points,” Avello said. “The whole playoffs, they’ve been life and death to get the wins.”
More betting: Follow all of our sports betting coverage online at reviewjournal.com/betting and @RJ_Sports on Twitter.
Contact reporter Todd Dewey at tdewey@reviewjournal.com. Follow @tdewey33 on Twitter.
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Brent Musburger says the Chiefs will cover the 7-point spread against the Titans, and the 49ers will win but not cover the 7½-point spread vs. the Packers.
Station Casinos posts lines on all 16 Raiders’ 2020 games
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Ring News 24Boxing News Breaking Boxing NewsJuan Manuel Marquez assess the careers of Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez
Juan Manuel Marquez assess the careers of Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez
Anthony Cocks
Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez. Photo credit: Action Images/Reuters/Steve Marcus
Australian-based boxing journalist Anthony Cocks has been covering the sport for over 15 years for various print and online publications. He refuses to believe that Roberto Duran ever lost to Tommy Hearns and says that Jeff Fenech would destroy Chuck Norris, Bruce Lee and Muhammad Ali on the same night.
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Former multi-division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez has opened up about his opinion on former foes Manny Pacquaio and Floyd Mayweather while also offer some advice to Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.
The 46-year-old Mexican legend fought Pacquiao four times between 2004 and 2012, going 1-2-1 and knocking out the Filipino southpaw in six rounds in their final encounter seven years ago.
In 2009, Marquez gave up four pounds and was widely outpointed by Mayweather over 12 rounds in a welterweight clash in Las Vegas.
“Mayweather is a great fighter. A different fighter. I think Manny Pacquiao has the power, speed, everything,” Marquez said to EsNews.
In regard to a Mayweather-Pacquiao rematch, Marquez can only seeing a second fight as a repeat of the first encounter that the American won on points.
“I don’t know. I don’t like the fight. What’s gonna happen again? The same thing! The same thing (with) the first fight,” Marquez said.
Despite the result of the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight, Marquez was non-committal on who the better is.
“Boxing is a business. People say it’s a business but you need to have honour, pride, everything,” Marquez said.
“Maybe more division (titleholder) fighters.”
As for whether Canelo Alvarez is one of the greatest Mexican fighters of all time following his 11th round knockout of WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev on the weekend, Marquez said the 29-year-old superstar still has more to achieve.
“Not yet. He needs opponents with great names. He needs to prove everything on the ring,” Marquez said.
“Kovalev is a good fighter but Kovalev is going down in his career.”
Dmitry Bivol wants Canelo Alvarez at 168, 175 or 200 pounds
Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire make weight ahead of WBSS final clash
Read more articles about: Canelo Alvarez, Floyd Mayweather, Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny Pacquiao
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Electrical, Electronics, and Avionics University of Central Florida Engine cylinders Collaboration and partnering Spacecraft Transportation Systems Engines Technical review
A Discrete-Event Simulation of the NASA Fuel Production Plant on Mars
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is preparing for a manned mission to Mars to test the sustainment of civilization on the planet Mars. This research explores the requirements and feasibility of autonomously producing fuel on Mars for a return trip back to Earth. As a part of NASA’s initiative for a manned trip to Mars, our team’s work creates and analyzes the allocation of resources necessary in deploying a fuel station on this foreign soil. Previous research has addressed concerns with a number individual components of this mission such as power required for fuel station and tools; however, the interactions between these components and the effects they would have on the overall requirements for the fuel station are still unknown to NASA. By creating a baseline discrete-event simulation model in a simulation software environment, the research team has been able to simulate the fuel production process on Mars.
A Distributed Environment for Analysis of Events Related to Range Safety
This paper features a distributed environment and the steps taken to incorporate the Virtual Range model into the Virtual Test Bed (VTB) infrastructure. The VTB is a prototype of a virtual engineering environment to study operations of current and future space vehicles, spaceports, and ranges. The High-Level Architecture (HLA) is the main environment. The VTB/HLA implementation described here represents different systems that interact in the simulation of a Space Shuttle liftoff. An example implementation displays the collaboration of a simplified version of the Space Shuttle Simulation Model and a simulation of the Launch Scrub Evaluation Model.
A Distributed Environment for Spaceports
This paper describes the development of a distributed environment for spaceport simulation modeling. This distributed environment is the result of the applications of the High-Level Architecture (HLA) and integration frameworks based on software agents and XML. This distributed environment is called the Virtual Test Bed (VTB). A distributed environment is needed due to the nature of the different models needed to represent a spaceport. This paper provides two case studies: one related to the translation of a model from its native environment and the other one related to the integration of real-time weather.
A Distributed Simulation of a Martian Fuel Production Facility
The future of human exploration in the solar system is contingent on the ability to exploit resources in-situ to produce mission consumables. Specifically, it has become clear that the success of a manned mission to Mars will likely depend on fuel components created on the Martian surface. While several architectures for an unmanned fuel production surface facility on Mars exist in theory, a simulation of the performance and operation of these architectures has not been created. In this paper, the framework describing a simulation of one such architecture is defined. Within this architecture, each component of the base is implemented as a state machine, with the ability to communicate with other base elements as well as a supervisor. An environment supervisor is also created which governs low level aspects of the simulation such as movement and resource distribution, in addition to higher-level aspects such as location selection with respect to operations specific behavior.
A Heat Pipe Assisted Air-Cooled Rotary Wankel Engine for Improved Durability, Power and Efficiency
In this paper, we address the thermal management issues which limit the lifespan, specific power and overall efficiency of an air-cooled rotary Wankel engine used in Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs). Our goal is to eliminate the hot spots and reduce the temperature gradients in the engine housing and side plates by aggressive heat spreading using heat pipes. We demonstrate by simulation that, for a specific power requirement, with heat spreading and more effective heat dissipation, thermal stress and distortion can be significantly reduced, even with air cooling. The maximum temperature drop was substantial, from 231°C to 129°C. The temperature difference (measure of temperature uniformity) decreased by 8.8 times (from 159°C to 18°C) for a typical UAV engine. Our heat spreaders would not change the frontal area of the engine and should have a negligible impact on the installed weight of the propulsion assembly.
A Methodology on Guiding Effectiveness-Focused Training of the Weapon Operator Using Big Data and VC Simulations
Operator training using a weapon in a real-world environment is risky, expensive, time-consuming, and restricted to the given environment. In addition, governments are under intense scrutiny to provide security, yet they must also strive for efficiency and reduce spending. In other words, they must do more with less. Virtual simulation, is usually employed to solve these limitations. As the operator is trained to maximize weapon effectiveness, the effectiveness-focused training can be completed in an economical manner. Unfortunately, the training is completed in limited scenarios without objective levels of training factors for an individual operator to optimize the weapon effectiveness. Thus, the training will not be effective. For overcoming this problem, we suggest a methodology on guiding effectiveness-focused training of the weapon operator through usability assessments, big data, and Virtual and Constructive (VC) simulations.
A Model-Based Fault Diagnostic and Control System for Spacecraft Power
This paper describes a model-based approach to diagnosing electrical faults in electrical power systems. Until recently, model-based reasoning has only been applied to physical systems with static, persistent states, and with parts whose behavior can be expressed combinatorially, such as digital circuits. Our research is one of a handful of recent efforts to apply model-based reasoning to more complex systems, those whose behavior is difficult or impossible to express combinatorially, and whose states change continuously over time. The chosen approach to representation is loosely based on the idea of the equation network proposed in [6]. This requires a more complex component and behavior model than for simpler physical devices. The resulting system is being tested on fault data from the SSM/PMAD power system breadboard being developed at NASA-MSFC [9].
An Architecture for Monitoring and Anomaly Detection for Space Systems
Complex aerospace engineering systems require innovative methods for performance monitoring and anomaly detection. The interface of a real-time data stream to a system for analysis, pattern recognition, and anomaly detection can require distributed system architectures and sophisticated custom programming. This paper presents a case study of a simplified interface between Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) real-time data output, signal processing, cloud computing, and tablet systems. The discussed approach consists of three parts: First, the connectivity of real-time data from PLCs to the signal processing algorithms, using standard communication technologies. Second, the interface of legacy routines, such as NASA's Inductive Monitoring System (IMS), with a hybrid signal processing system. Third, the connectivity and interaction of the signal processing system with a wireless and distributed tablet, (iPhone/iPad) in a hybrid system configuration using cloud computing.
Building Multiple Resolution Modeling Systems Using the High-Level Architecture
The modeling and simulation pyramid in defense states it clearly: Multi-Level modeling and simulation are required. Models and simulations are often classified by the US Department of Defense into four levels-campaign, mission, engagement, and engineering. Campaign simulation models are applied for evaluation; mission-level simulations to experiment with the integration of several macro agents; engagement simulations in engineered systems development; and engineering-level simulation models with a solid foundation in structural physics and components. Models operating at one level must be able to interact with models at another level. Therefore, the cure (“silver bullet”) is very clear: a comprehensive framework for Multiple Resolution Modeling (MRM) is needed. In this paper, we discuss our research about how to construct MRM environments.
Case for a Multidisciplinary Modeling Platform for Space Launch Risk Analysis
With the development and licensing of inland, state-owned spaceports, and the ongoing development of several new reusable launch vehicles (RLV), the space launch industry is undergoing a significant transformation. As a result, there is a need to reevaluate current launch risk analysis methodologies and practices, which so far have revolved around the conservative casualty expectation analysis developed in the 1950s. Furthermore, an important aspect of launch risk analysis which gives rise to its complexity is its multidisciplinary nature. In analyzing such risk, the physics of and interactions between the varieties of hazards produced by launch vehicles breakups must be captured, modeled and, their effects analyzed. In this paper we discuss how a well-designed multidisciplinary modeling and analysis platform could be a significant step toward reducing the complexity just mentioned.
Chaos Analysis on In-Cylinder Pressure Measurements
Peak pressure, crank angle and induction pressure were measured in cylinder number one of a Ford 4.6 liter Modular engine. Chaos analysis was conducted on these measurements and the phase, waveform, Poincare, and FFT plots are presented. These plots show conclusively that the pressure fluctuation inside a cylinder is a broadband chaos.
Development of the Multi-Resolution Modeling Environment through Aircraft Scenarios
Multi-Resolution Modeling (MRM) is one of the key technologies for building complex and large-scale simulations using legacy simulators. MRM has been developed continuously, especially in military fields. MRM plays a crucial role to describe the battlefield and gathering the desired information efficiently by linking various levels of resolution. The simulation models interact across different local and/or distance area networks using the High Level Architecture (HLA) regardless of their operating systems and hardware. The HLA is a standard architecture developed by the US Department of Defense (DoD) and is meant to create interoperability among different types of simulators. Therefore, MRM implementations are very dependent on Interoperability and Composability. This paper summarizes the definition of MRM-related terminology and proposes a basic form of MRM system using Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) simulators and HLA.
Effect of Inventory Storage on Automotive Flooded Lead-Acid Batteries
The battery is a central part of the vehicle’s electrical system and has to undergo cycling in a wide variety of conditions while providing an acceptable service life. Within a typical distribution chain, automotive lead-acid batteries can sit in storage for months before delivery to the consumer. During storage, batteries are subjected to a wide variety of temperature profiles depending on facility-specific characteristics. Additionally, batteries typically do not receive any type of maintenance charge before delivery. Effects of storage time, temperature, and maintenance charging are explored. Flooded lead-acid batteries were examined immediately after storage and after installation in vehicles subjected to normal drive patterns. While phase composition is a major consideration, additional differences in positive active material (PAM) were observed with respect to storage parameters.
Electromechanical Actuator Cooling Fan Blades Design and Optimization
For aircraft electromechanical actuator (EMA) cooling applications using forced air produced by axial fans, the main objective in fan design is to generate high static pressure head, high volumetric flow rate, and high efficiency over a wide operating range of rotational speed (1x∼3x) and ambient pressure (0.2∼1 atm). In this paper, a fan design based on a fan diameter of 86 mm, fan depth (thickness) of 25.4 mm, and hub diameter of 48 mm is presented. The blade setting angle and the chord lengths at the leading and trailing edges are varied in their suitable ranges to determine the optimal blade profiles. The fan static pressure head, volumetric flow rate, and flow velocity are calculated at various ambient pressures and rotational speeds. The optimal blade design in terms of maximum total-to-total pressure ratio and efficiency at the design point is obtained via CFD simulation. A 5-blade configuration yields the best performance in terms of efficiency and total pressure ratio.
Electromechanical Actuator Cooling Fan Reliability Analysis and Safety Improvement
The aircraft electromechanical actuator (EMA) cooling fan is a critical component because an EMA failure caused by overheating could lead to a catastrophic failure in aircraft. Fault tree analysis (FTA) is used to access the failure probability of EMA fans with the goal of improving their mean time to failure (MTTF) from ∼O(5×104) to ∼ O(2.5×109) hours without incurring heavy weight penalty and high cost. The dual-winding and dual-bearing approaches are analyzed and a contra rotating dual-fan design is proposed. Fan motors are assumed to be brushless direct current (BLDC) motors. To have a full understanding of fan reliability, all possible failure mechanisms and failure modes are taken into account. After summarizing the possible failure causes and failure modes of BLDC fans by focusing on each failure mechanism, the life expectancy of fan ball bearings based on a major failure mechanism of lubricant deterioration is calculated and compared to that provided in the literature.
Enabling Much Higher Power Densities in Aerospace Power Electronics with High Temperature Evaporative Spray Cooling
A power electronics module was equipped with an evaporative spray cooling nozzle assembly that served to remove waste heat from the silicon devices. The spray cooling nozzle assembly took the place of the standard heat sink, which uses single phase convection. The purpose of this work was to test the ability of spray cooling to enable higher power density in power electronics with high temperature coolant, and to be an effective and lightweight system level solution to the thermal management needs of aerospace vehicles. The spray cooling work done here was with 95 °C water, and this data is compared to 100 °C water/ propylene glycol spray cooling data from a previous paper so as to compare the spray cooling performance of a single component liquid to that of a binary liquid such as WPG. The module used during this work was a COTS module manufactured by Semikron, Inc., with a maximum DC power input of 180 kW (450 VDC and 400 A).
Engine Knock, A Renewed Concern In Motorsports - A Literature Review
This paper reviews the literature which identifies the causes, consequences and cures for engine knock as it affects high performance engines. The physical events of normal and abnormal combustion are described. The observed variations in combustion phenomenon are explained through chemical kinetics. A mathematical model of combustion which can predict knock in an engine cylinder is summarized. Several mechanisms of knock induced damage are outlined. Design and operating considerations which affect an engine's propensity to knock are discussed. Terms that have become associated with combustion in general and the knocking phenomenon in particular are collected and examined
Fan Performance Characteristics at Various Rotational Speeds and Ambient Pressures
The scaling laws of fans express basic relationships among the variables of fan static pressure head, volume flow rate, air density, rotational speed, fan diameter, and power. These relationships make it possible to compare the performance of geometrically similar fans in dissimilar conditions. The fan laws were derived from dimensionless analysis of the equations for volumetric flow rate, static pressure head, and power as a function of fan diameter, air density and rotational speed. The purpose of this study is to characterize a fan's performance characteristics at various rotational speeds and ambient pressures. The experimental results are compared to the fan scaling laws.
Habitat Design Considerations for Mitigating Social Stressors in Long-Duration Spaceflight
Social stressors in long-duration spaceflight (LDSF) have serious implications for crew effectiveness and mission safety. This paper reviews potential stressors and presents habitat and organizational design considerations to reduce perceived demand from social stressors in four areas: privacy and personal space, isolation, interpersonal interactions, and cultural differences. Results can serve as guidelines for the design of future LDSF missions and spacecraft, and will benefit attempts to develop an accurate model of stress in the spaceflight domain.
Heat Transfer Performance of a Dual Latent Heat Sink for Pulsed Heat Loads
This paper presents the concept of a dual latent heat sink for thermal management of pulse heat generating electronic systems. The focus of this work is to verify the effectiveness of the concept during charging through experimentation. Accordingly, custom components were built and a prototype version of the heat sink was fabricated. Experiments were performed to investigate the implementation feasibility and heat transfer performance. It is shown that this heat sink is practicable and helps in arresting the system temperature rise during charging (period of pulse heat load).
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World’s First “Living Machine” Created Using Frog Cells and Artificial Intelligence
Scientists used computer algorithms to develop a programmable organism made of frog DNA
By Mindy Weisberger, LiveScience on January 15, 2020
This organism, built from amphibian stem cells, is less than 1 millimeter wide. Credit: Douglas Blackiston
What happens when you take cells from frog embryos and grow them into new organisms that were “evolved” by algorithms? You get something that researchers are calling the world’s first “living machine.”
Though the original stem cells came from frogs—the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis — these so-called xenobots don’t resemble any known amphibians. The tiny blobs measure only 0.04 inches (1 millimeter) wide and are made of living tissue that biologists assembled into bodies designed by computer models, according to a new study.
These mobile organisms can move independently and collectively, can self-heal wounds and survive for weeks at a time, and could potentially be used to transport medicines inside a patient’s body, scientists recently reported.
“They’re neither a traditional robot nor a known species of animal," study co-author Joshua Bongard, a computer scientist and robotics expert at the University of Vermont, said in a statement. “It’s a new class of artifact: a living, programmable organism."
Algorithms shaped the evolution of the xenobots. They grew from skin and heart stem cells into tissue clumps of several hundred cells that moved in pulses generated by heart muscle tissue, said lead study author Sam Kriegman, a doctoral candidate studying evolutionary robotics in the University of Vermont’s Department of Computer Science, in Burlington.
“There’s no external control from a remote control or bioelectricity. This is an autonomous agent—it’s almost like a wind-up toy,” Kriegman told Live Science.
Biologists fed a computer constraints for the autonomous xenobots, such as the maximum muscle power of their tissues, and how they might move through a watery environment. Then, the algorithm produced generations of the tiny organisms. The best-performing bots would “reproduce” inside the algorithm. And just as evolution works in the natural world, the least successful forms would be deleted by the computer program.
“Eventually, it was able to give us designs that actually were transferable to real cells. That was a breakthrough,” Kriegman said.
The study authors then brought these designs to life, piecing stem cells together to form self-powered 3D shapes designed by the evolution algorithm. Skin cells held the xenobots together, and the beating of heart tissue in specific parts of their “bodies” propelled the ‘bots through water in a petri dish for days, and even weeks at a stretch, without needing additional nutrients, according to the study. The ‘bots were even able to repair significant damage, said Kriegman.
“We cut the living robot almost in half, and its cells automatically zippered its body back up,” he said.
“We can imagine many useful applications of these living robots that other machines can’t do,” said study co-author Michael Levin, director of the Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology at Tufts University in Massachusetts. These might include targeting toxic spills or radioactive contamination, collecting marine microplastics or even excavating plaque from human arteries, Levin said in a statement.
Creations that blur the line between robots and living organisms are popular subjects in science fiction; think of the killer machines in the “Terminator” movies or the replicants from the world of “Blade Runner.” The prospect of so-called living robots—and using technology to create living organisms—understandably raises concerns for some, said Levin.
“That fear is not unreasonable,” Levin said. “When we start to mess around with complex systems that we don’t understand, we’re going to get unintended consequences.”
Nevertheless, building on simple organic forms like the xenobots could also lead to beneficial discoveries, he added.
“If humanity is going to survive into the future, we need to better understand how complex properties, somehow, emerge from simple rules,” Levin said.
The findings were published online Jan. 13 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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How to Effectively Use Segmentation and Microsegmentation Analyst Paper (requires membership in SANS.org community)
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Visibility into network structures and endpoints is vital to security and intelligence operations. Ixia's Vision ONE is a device that enables organizations to gain visibility into threats and manage security operations within a single platform. The SANS review of the Vision ONE platform examines how it provides enhanced, more efficient security through packet brokers and actionable information at the application level. We also consider how Vision ONE can help reduce operational costs. | Visibility into network structures and endpoints is vital to security and intelligence operations. Ixia's Vision ONE is a device that enables organizations to gain visibility into threats and manage security operations within a single platform. The SANS review of the Vision ONE platform examines how it provides enhanced, more efficient security through packet brokers and actionable information at the application level. We also consider how Vision ONE can help reduce operational costs.
Gaining Visibility on the Network with Security Onion: A Cyber Threat Intelligence Based Approach STI Graduate Student Research
by Alfredo Hickman - January 2, 2019
Generating threat intelligence, detecting network intrusions, and preventing cyber threat actors from executing their objectives are critical measures for preserving cybersecurity. Network breaches of organizations such as the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Target, Anthem, and many others, are proving that individuals and organizations of all sizes and backgrounds are targets of cyber threat actors. Another reality is that not everybody is equipped and funded to leverage threat intelligence to detect network intrusions and respond accordingly.
SDN Southbound Threats by Mohamed Mahdy - November 20, 2018
SDN (Software-Defined Networks) technologies are based on three pillars: decoupling control and forwarding planes; centralized management with a programmable network; and commodity switches. As with every new technology, the primary concern is always around security. Security concerns are on the rise due to exposing and forwarding internal communications to the network layer. For example, as a result of connecting overseas devices as a single data center or LAN, SDN infrastructure is exposed to external threats. Strategies used for SDN security are similar to legacy networks: defining the perimeters, trust areas, and stakeholders. Monitoring, including logging processes and user activity, is critical to secure the SDN components. Protection against Southbound and Northbound attacks is vital to keep the SDN deployment secured. Due to the concerns about evolving SDN threats and the different components included in their deployment, more informative penetration testing frameworks are needed to test SDN deployment security. The DELTA project (SDN evaluation framework to recognize attack cases against SDN elements and assist in identifying unknown security problems) developed by KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) students, is one such project discussed in this paper.
To Block or not to Block? Impact and Analysis of Actively Blocking Shodan Scans STI Graduate Student Research
by Andre Shori - October 22, 2018
This paper details an experiment constructed to evaluate the effectiveness of blocking Shodan search engine scans in reducing overall attack traffic volumes. Shodan is considered to be part of an attacker’s toolset, and there is a persistent perception that blocking Shodan Scans will reduce an organization’s attack surface. An attempt was made to determine what effect, if any, such a block would result in by comparing attacker traffic before and after implementing a block on Shodan scans, and by determining the complexity of performing such a block. The analysis here may provide defenders and managers with useful data when deciding on whether or not to devote resources to blocking Shodan or other similar internet-connected device search engines.
PCAP Next Generation: Is Your Sniffer Up to Snuff? STI Graduate Student Research
by Scott D. Fether - March 16, 2018
The PCAP file format is widely used for packet capture within the network and security industry, but it is not the only standard. The PCAP Next Generation (PCAPng) Capture File Format is a refreshing improvement that adds extensibility, portability, and the ability to merge and append data to a wire trace. While Wireshark has led the way in supporting the new format, other tools have been slow to follow. With advantages such as the ability to capture from multiple interfaces, improved time resolution, and the ability to add per-packet comments, support for the PCAPng format should be developing more quickly than it has. This paper describes the new standard, displays methods to take advantage of new features, introduces scripting that can make the format useable, and makes the argument that migration to PCAPng is necessary.
Does Network Micro-segmentation Provide Additional Security? STI Graduate Student Research
by Steve Jaworski - September 15, 2017
Network segmentation is a concept of taking a large group of hosts and creating smaller groups of hosts that can communicate with each other without traversing a security control. The smaller groups of hosts each have defined security controls, and groups are independent of each other. Network micro-segmentation takes the smaller group of hosts by configuring controls around individual hosts. The goal of network microsegmentation is to provide more granular security and reduce an attackers capability to easily compromise an entire network. If an attacker is successful in compromising a host, he or she is limited to only the network segment on which the host resides. If the host resides in a micro-segment, then the attacker is restricted to only that host. This paper will discuss what network and network micro-segmentation is, where it applies, any additional layer of security including levels of complexity.
IDS Performance in a Complex Modern Network: Hybrid Clouds, Segmented Workloads, and Virtualized Networks STI Graduate Student Research
by Brandon Peterson - September 12, 2017
Most modern networks are complex with workloads in both the cloud and on the premise. Monitoring these types of networks requires aggregating monitoring data from multiple, diverse locations. The following experiment tests the effects on a Snort IDS sensor when monitoring data is sent to the Snort sensor using three different methods. The first method tests direct communication from a server generating test traffic to an IP address on the Snort sensor. The second method captures test traffic from a SPAN port and directs it to an interface on the Snort sensor. The final method simulates ERSPAN by creating a GRE tunnel between the generating server and the Snort sensor and capturing traffic from that tunnel. The results showed that these methods of sending data have a significant impact on the volume of data that reaches the sensor. Also, monitoring can have cascading effects on the network and must be planned for accordingly. For example, when both ERSPAN and production traffic are sent over the same network infrastructure, excessive ERSPAN traffic can cause production traffic to be dropped by overloaded network equipment. When setting up IDS sensors in a complex network environment using SPAN or ERSPAN, it is best to slowly increase the volume of monitoring traffic and carefully measure the impact in each unique environment.
Basic NGIPS Operation and Management for Intrusion Analysts by Mike Mahurin - August 15, 2017
Next Generation Intrusion Prevention Systems (NGIPS) are often referred to as the panacea to modern malware, network intrusion, advanced persistent threat, and application control for complex modern applications. Many vendors position these products in a way that minimizes the value of tuning and intrusion analysis to get the optimum security capability of the solution. This paper will provide a guide for how to maximize the capabilities of these technologies by providing a basic framework on how to effectively manage, tune, and augment a NGIPS solution with Open Source tools.
Packet Capture on AWS STI Graduate Student Research
by Teri Radichel - August 14, 2017
Companies using AWS (Amazon Web Services) will find that traditional means of full packet capture using span ports is not possible. As defined in the AWS Service Level Agreement, Amazon runs certain aspects of the cloud platform and does not give customers access to physical networking hardware. Although access to physical network equipment is limited, packet capture is still possible on AWS but needs to be architected in a different way. Instead of using span ports, security professionals can leverage the software that runs on top of the cloud platform. The tools and services provided by AWS may facilitate more automated, cost-effective, scalable packet capture solutions for some companies when compared to traditional data center approaches.
Automating Cloud Security to Mitigate Risk Analyst Paper (requires membership in SANS.org community)
by Dave Shackleford - July 20, 2017
Associated Webcasts: Automating Cloud Security to Mitigate Risk
Sponsored By: Skybox Security, Inc.
As cloud computing services evolve, the cloud opens up entirely new ways for potential attacks. This paper explores the potential security challenges enterprises face as they migrate to any kind of cloud setup and offers guidance to ensure a smooth migration to new solutions.
Lateral Leadership and Information Security by Stefan Krampe - July 19, 2017
In almost every company, a defined hierarchy, job description and organizational chart defines who is in charge of a certain issue. Nevertheless, most employees will recall situations, in which teams without a predefined leader had to collaborate. Being able to navigate these settings effectively is extremely helpful for the information security professional. More often than not, different departments and heterogenous groups have to work together to improve the security posture of a corporation. An open mind, real interest in the ideas of colleagues as well as a reasonable distribution of responsibilities and tasks is needed. Well known principles in information security are actually quite well suited for these circumstances.
Network Security Infrastructure and Best Practices: A SANS Survey Analyst Paper (requires membership in SANS.org community)
by Barbara Filkins - May 23, 2017
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Network infrastructure is the key business asset for organizations that depend on geographically dispersed data centers and cloud computing for their critical line-of-business applications. Consistent performance across links and between locations must be maintained to ensure timely access to data, enabling real-time results for decision making. The following pages provide guidance on how to approach common challenges faced by both the network and security operational teams in managing interrelated security and performance problems.
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Sullivan County Conservation District
95 County Farm Rd. Unity, NH 03743
Find past newsletter articles, press releases, and other media showcasing local agriculture, placed-based education, and conservation of natural resources in Sullivan County.
Charlestown Residents Come Together to Preserve Historic Apple Orchard
Dawn Dextraze
Over 40 people turned up at the North Charlestown Orchard last weekend to help restore it to its former state. Many were from Charlestown or grew up there, some serve on the Charlestown Conservation Commission, and others came from as far away as Keene and Concord. Aaron Cinquemani, the principal of North Charlestown Community School and Charlestown Middle School, welcomed the group and shared some history about the orchard.
The orchard was originally planted by Stanley Wilson in 1930, who lived across the street and stored the apples in the big barn. The Stacey brothers moved into the house and ran the orchard after him. The Allen Brothers took care of pruning and spraying the orchard for some decades. It became known as the Eisnor apple orchard during that time and was open to the public for autumn picking days until 1988, when it was purchased by the Farwell Trustees with the intention of preserving it for the school and other public use.
Though healthy, the trees in the orchard had not been pruned for at least 30 years. Under the guidance of professional apple pruners from Unity, Stan McCumber and Jenny Wright, volunteers learned the main principles of pruning old apple trees, which include removing dead wood, thinning out branches, letting light in, improving the shape of the tree and lowering the overall height.
Many of the limbs that needed to be pruned were very tall, so care was taken to cut them out in stages. Once the limbs were down, members of Boyscout Troop #31 from Charlestown, dragged them out from under the tree. Then, other volunteers used handsaws and pruning shears to cut off the smaller branches. The firewood was placed in one pile and the brush was piled up and then fed through Bruce Ferland’s wood chipper to make mulch. Some of the North Charlestown students hauled the buckets of mulch and spread them under the trees that had already been pruned. Applewood is rich in nutrients and chips should be spread around the drip edge (where water drips off the outer branches) of the growing tree. It was truly a family affair as even the youngest children helped out by picking up sticks to put in the brush pile.
In the middle of the workday, a special guest arrived, Russell Allen, one of the men who used to prune the orchard when the Eisnor’s owned it. He spoke of the days when the orchard was open to public picking, remembering that the orchard was picked clean in just a few weeks. At that time, there were more lower branches making the apples more accessible for harvest in the fall. They didn’t use ladders to pick, but climbed the trees. He was delighted to see so many people working to preserve this old orchard and restore it for the benefit of the school and community.
By the end of the morning, one third of the orchard had been pruned and cleaned up. This was an incredible success due to everyone’s willingness to help out. In fact, Victor St. Pierre was having so much fun up in the trees, he would have just kept on pruning if given the chance. A delicious lunch was served at the school cafeteria for the volunteers. But the work isn’t finished yet. In the coming years, the rest of the orchard will also need to be pruned. Then, regular maintenance will begin. The school is looking for volunteers or an organization to help take on the care of this orchard fulfilling the wish of the Farwell Trustees to see it enjoyed by future generations.
Donations will be accepted for this project and used to pay for pruning and to buy new apple trees and perennial pollinator plants that will bring bees to the orchard year-round. Students will take part in a Green-up Day this spring to plant the new trees and pollinator gardens. Donations will also go towards fertilizer for the trees, renting bee hives during the blooming season, and paying for biennial pruning. Sullivan County Conservation District (SCCD) will be handling all donations. Checks can be made out to “SCCD” and sent to 95 County Farm Rd. Unity, NH 03743, please write “orchard” in the memo.
Apple Pruning Manuals written and illustrated by Jenny Wright can be found for free on the Conservation District’s website: www.sccdnh.org/local-agriculture.
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A Selection of Listener Favorites
What the Future of Healthcare Sounds Like with Gary Malkin
https://www.sedgbeer.com/audios/WIGO_Gary_Malkin_2_20191114.mp3
Gary Malkin is a seven-time Emmy award-winning composer, performer, public speaker and music and health innovator who is dedicated to redefining music’s role in healthcare. He received a Best Soundtrack Award from the Hollywood Music in Media Awards for the groundbreaking documentary, THRIVE, seen by 90 million people in 40 languages since 2011. In this interview, Gary shares why it’s not so much what the future of healthcare looks like, but what it sounds like.
Nurturing our Humanity with Riane Eisler
https://www.sedgbeer.com/audios/WIGO_Riane_Eisler_20190919.mp3
Everywhere we turn these days, from the news to books and movies, we are bombarded with the same hackneyed message: human nature is inherently bad… just look at all the senseless violence, greed, murder, rape, & war. We humans it seems are genetically wired, for selfish, cruel behavior. Or are we? Are violence, greed, domination and control really a fundamental and ineradicable part of “human nature?” “Absolutely not,” says cultural historian, social systems scientist, and author Riane Eisler, whose international best seller, The Chalice and the Blade, has been hailed as the most important book since Origin of Species.
Science and Spiritual Practices: : How Transformative Experiences Affect Our Bodies, Brains and Health with Dr. Rupert Sheldrake
https://www.sedgbeer.com/audios/WIGO_Rupert_Sheldrake_20190905.mp3
The effects of spiritual practices are now being investigated scientifically as never before, and many studies have shown that religious and spiritual practices generally make people happier and healthier. In his recent book Science & Spiritual Practices, Rupert Sheldrake shows how science helps validate seven practices on which many religions are built, and which are part of our common human heritage: meditation, gratitude, connecting with nature, relating to plants, rituals, singing and chanting, and pilgrimage and holy places.
2020 - Warning Bells Harking Back to 2012 with Alison Chester-Lambert
https://www.sedgbeer.com/audios/WIGO_Alison_Chester_Lambert_20190808.mp3
With every astrologer pointing to 2020 as a pivotal year in the history of humanity, I invited astrological consultant Alison Chester-Lambert, to join me for a special show in which we explore what is likely to happen when Saturn and Pluto finally come together in January of next year, and the coming clash between the Masculine/Yang and Feminine/Yin planets starts pulling duality apart. Topics include: Why the events of 2012 were merely a warm-up for a much bigger tidal wave of change. Can we expect a worldwide recession or slowdown? What can the astrology tell us about Brexit, Trump, and the US presidential election? Will we be worse off or better off by the time we get to 2021? And more…
Money: The Truth About What It Is, What It’s Not, And What It Wants To Say To You with Sarah McCrum
https://www.sedgbeer.com/audios/WIGO_Sarah_Mccrum_20190711.mp3
Rich or poor, successful or still struggling to make it, if there’s one thing we all want more of… it’s money. And, if there’s one thing that we’re all afraid of… it’s money. Money wields enormous power over us, but what if we’ve all got it wrong? What if we completely misunderstand what money really is? What if money could speak to you? In her book, Love Money, Money Loves You, Sarah McCrum provides clear and simple but life-changing insights into how the energy of money operates behind our physical world. She shows you what happens when you make any financial request, and explains why so many people struggle with lack of money. And provides clear, simple guidelines on how to transform your relationship with money so you can be aligned with the way it works naturally.
Shamanic Wisdom & Ceremonies for Transforming Our Lives and Our World with Sandra Ingerman
https://www.sedgbeer.com/audios/WIGO_Sandra_Ingerman_190620.mp3
In The Book of Ceremony: Shamanic Wisdom for Invoking the Sacred in Everyday Life, shamanic teacher Sandra Ingerman reminds us that when we invoke the sacred power of ceremony, we tap into one of the oldest and most effective tools for transforming both ourselves and the world. Sandra Ingerman joins Sandie live this week to discuss why
performing ceremonies are so important to people in shamanic cultures; the elements of a powerful ceremony — setting strong intentions, choosing your space, preparing ceremonial items, and dealing gracefully with the unexpected; stepping into the sacred — key practices for leaving behind your everyday concerns and creating a space where magic can happen… and more.
Sleep, Stress, & Weight: How Hypnotherapy is Successfully Treating These 3 Silent Killers with Glenn Harrold
https://www.sedgbeer.com/audios/WIGO_Glenn_Harrold_20190516.mp3
Did you know that men who only sleep five hours a night have markedly smaller testicles than men who sleep more than seven? That’s just one of the ways that the decimation of sleep is having a catastrophic impact on our health and wellness. The same applies to stress, which, researchers say, might be one of the most damaging toxins in our world, researchers say, of all the toxins in our world, might be one of the most damaging. In addition to rewiring your brain and contributing to anxiety and depression, if left untreated stress may lead to chronic inflammation, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and obesity. And right behind those and indelibly linked with them is obesity. Glenn Harrold joins Sandie to discuss how and why hypnotherapy is proving successful in addressing these 3 silent killers where so many other methods are failing, and shares some tips on to help you destress your life, sleep well every night, and lose weight now.
The Mastery of Self: A Toltec Guide to Personal Freedom with Don Miguel Ruiz, Jr.
https://www.sedgbeer.com/audios/WIGO_Don_Miguel_Ruiz_Jr_20190509.mp3
The ancient Toltecs believed that life, as we perceive it, is a dream. We each live in our own personal dream, and these come together to form the dream of the planet or the world in which we live. Problems arise when we forget that the dream is just a dream and fall victim to believing that we have no control over it. In his latest book, The Mastery of Self: a Toltec Guide to Personal Freedom, author, speaker, and teacher Don Miguel Ruiz, Jr takes the Toltec philosophy of the dream of the planet and offers a road map to reclaiming your authentic self. Don Miguel Ruiz Jr joins Sandie to discuss how awareness, understanding, and unconditional love can free us from inhibiting beliefs, stories, or ideas that are keeping us from living the best life possible.
The Truth About Telepathy, Autism, & Evolution – Channeling the Collective Consciousness of the Children with Suzy Miller
https://www.sedgbeer.com/audios/WIGO_Suzy_Miller_Autism_20190502.mp3
Suzy Miller has been “out on the edge” in the arena of autism and the multidimensional abilities of the autistic population for decades. When the former pediatric speech-language pathologist first spoke publicly about telepathy and multidimensional reality two decades ago, people thought she was crazy. 20 years later, telepathy is being proven a common skill among this population and physics has proven that multiple realities co-exist within the same space. Suzy Miller joins Sandie this week to divulge some of the extraordinary predictions made by the CCC (many of which have since come to pass), and share what this Collective has to say about such topics as higher dimensional realities; time/space interference; what autism can tell us about the evolutionary trajectory of humankind… and more…
Love, Sex, Money and Personal Power – Messages From Spirit On Living, Loving & Awakening with Lee Harris
https://www.sedgbeer.com/audios/WGOM_Lee_Harris_4_18_19.mp3
Love, sex, money, and personal power – navigating life with its myriad mundane requirements, and reconciling our earthly physical and emotional needs, drives, behaviors, and desires with the aspiration to live a more conscious “awakened” life can be the cause of much internal conflict. Intuitive medium, transformational leader, channel and musician Lee Harris joins Sandie to discuss his boo,k Energy Speaks, which distills the wisdom of a group of non-physical entities, collectively known as “the Zs” to help us break free of limitations, and live more fully and authentically as our “true” selves.
Indigenous Wisdom For Modern Times – 4 Sacred Gifts That Can Help Us Forgive The Unforgivable And Rediscover The Power Of Union with Dr. Anita Sanchez
https://www.sedgbeer.com/audios/WGOM_Anita_Sachez_11_4_19.mp3
How do you forgive the unforgivable? How do you find connection and unity in a society that encourages division, separation, and disconnection? In this interview, Aztec and Mexican-American thought leader and global consultant, Dr. Anita Sanchez shares the deep wisdom of elders from all continents as they come together to give the world four sacred gifts – the power to forgive the unforgivable, the power of unity, the power of healing, and the power of hope – to help us remember who we are,, guide us to transformation and wholeness, and enable us to live in deeper harmony with all of humanity.
I am finally making time to tell you how very much I enjoy your show. Your skills as an interviewer are incredibly strong as you always ask the most poignant questions. I compliment you as well on your choice of guests. They are so informative, and I constantly learn and absorb so much new information. By the way, loved, loved, loved your show with Jim Self where Jim found himself surprisingly, ‘divulging’ our incredible potentials for the future. Absolutely Wonderful!” — Lori Cullum, Ontario, CA
The Buddha Pill – Highlighting the Shadow Side of Mindfulness and Meditation with Dr. Miguel Farias
https://www.sedgbeer.com/audios/WGOM-Miguel_Farias_4_4_19.mp3
Mindfulness and meditation are practiced by millions of people around the world for their ability to transform our lives and make us happier, calmer, and better people. But is that always true? While there’s little doubt that millions swear by meditation, which is often advocated as a “magic pill,” there’s also a darker side to these activities, for both meditation and mindfulness have been known to have seldom-discussed negative side effects. Dr. Miguel Farias joins Sandie to discuss his research on meditation and the science behind it, as well as some of the questions raised in his book The Buddha Pilla about the myths and limitations of mindfulness and meditation.
Sound, Science & Medicine with Yuval Ron & Dr. Richard Gold
https://www.sedgbeer.com/audios/WGOM_YuvalRon_Gold_2_14_19.mp3
Award-Winning Composer and peace activist Yuval Ron and Pioneering Integrative Health Practitioner Dr. Richard Gold discuss music as medicine for both the soul and the body. Features clips from their latest double album “Voyaging Through the Chakras.” which features a series of transformative guided meditations from Lucinda Clare, sublime music by Yuval Ron, performed by world-renowned musicians, embedded subliminal affirmations by Dr. Richard Gold that will to entrain your brain to its natural state of peace, and mantras whispered by the Himalayan Master, Svami Purna, designed to guide the soul toward illumination.
Accidentally on Purpose: Tripping Through Life with Gaia TV's Regina Meredith
https://www.sedgbeer.com/audios/WGOM_Regina_Meredith_1_3_19.mp3
Regina Meredith is the co-founder of Conscious Media Network, host of Open Minds on Gaia TV, and the founder of her own highly popular free streaming video network discusses her autobiography Accidentally on Purpose: Tripping Through Life with Regina, which reveals some of the jaw-dropping behind-the-scenes events, discoveries, experiences, and individuals (and non-physical guides) that “accidentally on purpose” influenced her journey from mainstream sports/news reporter/presenter to pioneering co-creator/host of original online metaphysical video programming as well as her private decades-long exploration into the world of esoteric and hidden sciences..
Why It's Time to Start Taking Magic Seriously with Dr. Dean Radin
https://www.sedgbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/I-know-you-have-a-secret.mp3
According to Dean Radin, PhD., chief scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and bestselling author, magic is real, and science is on its way to understanding it. In this program, Dr. Dean Radin discuss his latest book, Real Magic: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science, and a Guide to the Secret Power of the Universe, and the scientific evidence demonstrating that thoughts are things, that we can sense others’ emotions and intentions from a distance, that intuition is more powerful than we have been taught, and that everyone can tap into the power that undergirds the physical universe itself.
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Van de Mierden v. Van de Mierden: Contempt of Court in Family Matters
This case deals with being in contempt of court, but in a family law context. Being in contempt of court means to disobey an Order made by the Honourable Court that works to defy the dignity and authority of the Court. With this said, the husband in this case breached several Orders made by the Court, and hence he was in contempt of Court.
The husband was given 60 days to provide disclosure and information that was required to determine child support. The opposing counsel requested three Orders of disclosure documents, and the husband did not provide the above. The opposing counsel provided an extension for the husband, and the husband failed to comply with all the orders. It should be noted that all the Orders referred to were made on consent, which means the mother did not arbitrarily impose the terms of the Orders on the husband.
The mother decided to bring to the Court’s attention that her husband failed to comply with the various Orders, and she asked the Honourable Court to find that her husband was in contempt. However, the mother decided to adjourn her claim of contempt and came up with another Order that the father was to follow.
The issue before the court was whether the latest Order made by the mother replaces the former breached Orders, and hence the latest Order that has been complied with by the husband negates all earlier breached Orders. The mother argued that the compliance of the latest Order does not cancel out all the former breached Orders. Instead, the single complied order could only be used to affect the penalty of contempt of Court, and not abolish the contempt.
The criteria for being in contempt of court includes:
the breached Order should state clearly what should and should not be done
the party who disobeys the Order must do so deliberately, and
the evidence must show contempt beyond a reasonable doubt.
The Court was not impressed with the husband’s failure to provide a reasonable explanation for his misconduct. Moreover, the Court loathes such actions because they cause undue delay that prejudices the other party. Also, such breaches that pass without consequence in the Court may bring the whole administration of justice into disrepute and undermine the dignity of the Court.
The Court did find that the husband was in contempt, but his compliance with the latest Order only went towards assessing the penalty for the other breached Court Orders. The moral of the case at bar is that when counsel is replacing one Order with another, counsel should be unequivocal in drafting of further Orders in stating that any additional Orders even if complied with will not cancel out or act as a means of relief for former breached Orders. At the end of the day, the Court found that there was contempt, and the husband was to pay the wife $8,500.00 as a penalty for his contempt.
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There are four dogmas stating Mary's personal relationship with God and her role in human salvation. These are truths given by God and interpreted and taught by the church.
Four Marian Dogmas
1) Divine Motherhood
Mary's divine motherhood was proclaimed at the Council of Ephesus in 431.
Various names are used to describe Mary's role as mother of Jesus. She is called "Mother of God" which translates the more accurately stated greek term "Theotokos" or "Birthgiver of God."
The Council of Ephesus (431) attributed to Mary the title, Mother of God. This needs to be read against the Council's declaration that in Christ there are two natures, one divine and one human, but only one person. Indeed, according to the Council the holy virgin is the Mother of God since she begot according to the flesh the Word of God made flesh. This decision was further explained by the Council of Chalcedon (451) which says with regard to Mary's divine motherhood:
"...begotten from the Father before the ages as regards his godhead, and in the last days, the same, because of us and because of our salvation begotten from the Virgin Mary, the Theotokos, as regards his manhood; one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, only-begotten..."
Mary's Divine Motherhood was not the object of an independent or exclusive dogmatic declaration. The statement is embedded in texts defining the person and natures of Jesus Christ. Thus, the dogma of Divine Motherhood becomes an integral part of the christological dogma. This does not diminish its definitive and binding character. The dogma of Divine Motherhood is generally accepted by all Christian denominations.
2) Perpetual Virginity
The expression perpetual virginity, ever-virgin, or simply "Mary the Virgin" refers primarily to the conception and birth of Jesus. From the first formulations of faith, especially in baptismal formulas or professions of faith, the Church professed that Jesus Christ was conceived without human seed by the power of the Holy Spirit only. Here lies the decisive meaning of expressions such as "conceived in the womb of the Virgin Mary," "Mary's virginal conception," or "virgin birth." The early baptismal formula (since the 3rd century) state Mary's virginity without further explaining it, but there is no doubt about its physical meaning. Later statements are more explicit. Mary conceived "without any detriment to her virginity, which remained inviolate even after his birth" (Council of the Lateran, 649).
Although never explicated in detail, the Catholic Church holds as dogma that Mary was and is Virgin before, in and after Christ's birth. It stresses thus the radical novelty of the Incarnation and Mary's no less radical and exclusive dedication to her mission as mother of her Son, Jesus Christ. Vatican II reiterated the teaching about Mary, the Ever-Virgin, by stating that Christ's birth did not diminish Mary's virginal integrity but sanctified it . The Catechism of the Catholic Church ponders the deeper meaning of the virgin bride and perpetual virginity (499-507). It also maintains that Jesus Christ was Mary's only child. The so-called "brothers and sisters" are close relations.
3) Immaculate Conception
The solemn definition of Mary's Immaculate Conception is like Divine Motherhood and Perpetual Virginity part of the christological doctrine, but it was proclaimed as an independent dogma by Pope Pius IX in his Apostolic Constitution "Ineffabilis Deus" (December 8, 1854). Though highlighting a privilege of Mary it in fact stresses the dignity and holiness required to become "Mother of God." The privilege of the Immaculate Conception is the source and basis for Mary's all-holiness as Mother of God.
More specifically, the dogma of the Immaculate Conception states "that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege from Almighty God and in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, was kept free of every stain of original sin."
This dogma has both a "negative" and a "positive" meaning which complement each other. The "negative" meaning stresses Mary's freedom from original sin thanks to the anticipated or retroactive (here called preventive) grace of Christ's redemptive act. By the same token, the dogma suggests Mary's all-holiness. This "positive" meaning is the consequence of the absence of original sin. Mary's life is permanently and intimately related to God, and thus she is the all-holy.
Although difficult to explain, original sin provokes disorderliness in thought and behavior, especially with regard to the primacy of God's presence in our life. Consequently, in declaring Mary immaculately conceived, the Church sees in Mary one who never denied God the least sign of love. Thus, the dogma declares that from her beginning Mary was exceptionally holy and in constant union with the sanctifying grace of the Holy Spirit.
4) The Assumption
This marian dogma was proclaimed by Pope Pius XII on November 1, 1950 on his Encyclical Munificentissimus Deus.
A distinction needs to be made between Ascension and Assumption. Jesus Christ, Son of God and Risen Lord, ascended into heaven, a sign of divine power. Mary, on the contrary, was elevated or assumed into heaven by the power and grace of God.
The dogma states that "Mary, Immaculate Mother of God ever Virgin, after finishing the course of her life on earth, was taken up in body and soul to heavenly glory." This definition as well as that of the Immaculate Conception makes not only reference to the universal, certain and firm consent of the Magisterium but makes allusion to the concordant belief of the faithful. The Assumption had been a part of the Church's spiritual and doctrinal patrimony for centuries. It had been part of theological reflection but also of the liturgy and was part of the sense of the faithful.
This dogma has no direct basis in scripture. It was nonetheless declared "divinely revealed," meaning that it is contained implicitly in divine Revelation. It may be understood as the logical conclusion of Mary's vocation on earth, and the way she lived her life in union with God and her mission. The assumption may be seen as a consequence of Divine Motherhood. Being through, with, and for her Son on earth, it would seem fitting for Mary to be through, with, and for her Son in heaven, too. She was on earth the generous associate of her Son. The Assumption tells us that this association continues in heaven. Mary is indissolubly linked to her Son on earth and in heaven.
In heaven, Mary's active involvement in salvation history continues: "Taken up to heaven, she did not lay aside her salvific duty ... By her maternal love she cares for the brothers and sisters of her Son who still journey on earth" (LG). Mary is the "eschatological icon of the Church" (CCC 972), meaning the Church contemplates in Mary her own end of times.
The definition of the dogma does not say how the transition from Mary's earthly state to her heavenly state happened. Did Mary die? Was she assumed to heaven without prior separation of soul and body? The question remains open for discussion. However, the opinion that Mary passed through death as her Son did, has the stronger support in tradition.
Glorified in body and soul, Mary is already in the state that will be ours after the resurrection of the dead.
Titles and Names of Mary
From the Litany of Loreto
"Holy Mary" (RM-45)
"Holy Mother of God" (RM-45 pg. 2)
"Holy Virgin of Virgins" (RM-46)
"Mother of Christ" (RM-46 pg. 3)
"Mother of Divine Grace" (RM-47)
"Mother Most Pure" (RM-48)
"Mother Most Chaste" (RM-49)
"Mother Inviolate" (RM-50)
"Mother Undefiled" (RM-51)
"Mother Most Amiable" (RM-52)
"Mother Most Admirable" (RM-53)
"Mother of Good Counsel"
"Mother of Our Creator"
"Mother of Our Savior"
"Virgin Most Prudent"
"Virgin Most Venerable"
"Virgin Most Renowned"
"Virgin Most Powerful"
"Our Lady of Mount Carmel"
"Mirror of Justice"
"Seat of Wisdom"
"Cause of Our Joy"
"Spiritual Vessel"
"Vessel of Honor"
"Singular Vessel of Devotion"
"Mystical Rose"
"Tower of David"
"Tower of Ivory"
"House of Gold"
"Ark of the Covenant"
"Gate of Heaven"
"Morning Star"
"Health of the Sick"
"Refuge of Sinners"
"Comforter of the Afflicted"
"Help of Christians"
"Queen of Angels"
"Queen of Patriarchs"
"Queen of Prophets"
"Queen of Apostles"
The Blessed Virgin Mary
Our Blessed Mother
Immaculate Mary
Holy Mary
Holy Virgin
The Madonna
Queen of Heaven
Cause of Our Joy
Spouse of the Holy Spirit
Tabernacle of the Lord
Untier of Knots
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven,
have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
God the Holy Ghost,
Holy Trinity, One God,
Holy Mary, pray for us.
Holy Mother of God,
Holy Virgin of virgins,
Mother of Christ,
Mother of Divine Grace,
Mother most pure,
Mother most chaste,
Mother inviolate,
Mother undefiled,
Mother most amiable,
Mother most admirable,
Mother of Good Counsel,
Mother of our Creator,
Mother of our Savior,
Virgin most prudent,
Virgin most venerable,
Virgin most renowned,
Virgin most powerful,
Virgin most merciful,
Virgin most faithful,
Mirror of Justice,
Seat of Wisdom,
Cause of our joy,
Spiritual Vessel,
Vessel of honor,
Singular Vessel of devotion,
Mystical Rose,
Tower of David,
Tower of Ivory,
House of Gold,
Ark of the Covenant,
Gate of Heaven,
Morning Star,
Health of the sick,
Refuge of sinners,
Comforter of the afflicted,
Help of Christians,
Queen of Angels,
Queen of Patriarchs,
Queen of Prophets,
Queen of Apostles,
Queen of Martyrs,
Queen of Confessors,
Queen of Virgins,
Queen of all Saints,
Queen Conceived without Original Sin,
Queen Assumed into Heaven,
Queen of the Most Holy Rosary,
Queen of Peace,
(Other titles of Our Lady may be added.)
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God,
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord God, unto us Thy servants, that we may rejoice in continual health of mind and body, and by the glorious intercession of Blessed Mary, ever Virgin, may be delivered from present sadness, and enter into the joy of Thine eternal gladness; through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
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a pinball in a machine, rusty james
Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 adaptation of S.E. Hinton's "Rumblefish" - expanded in 1975 from her original short story first published in 'Nimrod: 1968', the University of Tulsa's literary journal - succeeded where its bigger budget sibling, "The Outsiders", so obviously failed. Shot entirely in the monochrome of REM sleep, save for those few frames with superimposed colour on captive fighting fish, the film through its parts achieves more than its end result.
A knowing homage to the French New Wave with its echoes of surrealism and the Expressionist cinema of F.W. Murnau and Robert Weine; in addition to the more familiar cinematographic borrowings of Orson Welles, "Citizen Kane" and "Night of the Hunter", in particular.
As a teen drama in much the same mold as "West Side Story", the finished article is a quiet triumph of superior casting - including Dennis Hopper - and atmosphere over narrative content, retaining the choreographed performance of a stage adaptation within a few nicely observed set pieces. Not so much a straight reworking of "Romeo and Juliet" as an epilogue of sorts where all the marginal characters have succumbed to less noble motives or dramatic ends. Concise and defined where "The Outsiders" is embarrassingly slight. And hysterical.
That's not to conclude that in totality it does not suffer from its own overblown dénouement. Those melodramatic flourishes, though, are largely forgivable. Despite this, it was resoundingly rubbished when it it premiered at the New York Film Festival.
Warner Brothers, reluctant to distribute "The Outsiders", passed on "Rumblefish" entirely. Paramount Studios, in turn, were shaken by how much the final edit deviated from the commercial norm.
The soundtrack by Stewart Copeland has worn better, maybe, in the quarter of a century since its original release.
Coppola was insistent that the score be experimental in tone. Recording ambient street noise in Tulsa - where both "The Outsiders" and its successor were filmed - Copeland later mixed the results over and under a battery of instrumentation, layering sequenced parts in synch with video footage and dialogue with the use of a Musync, the cutting edge of studio technology in the early to mid eighties.
Jesus. If I can forgive this film its minor conceits, I am prepared to forgive Stewart Copeland his role in The Police.
Buell Neidlinger: double bass;
Art Krahble and Lory Westin: french horn;
Mel Martin: saxophone;
Pavel Strings: strings;
Stan Friedman: trumpet.
Engineered by Bill Belknap; Jonney Jeronymides;
Kathy Morton; Richard Beggs; Robin Yeager.
Musync engineered by Robert Randles.
▼ STEWART COPELAND: BROTHERS ON WHEELS from "Rumblefish (Original Soundtrack)" LP (A&M) 1983 (US)
▼ STEWART COPELAND: FATHER ON THE STAIRS from "Rumblefish (Original Soundtrack)"
▼ STEWART COPELAND: MOTORBOY'S FATE from "Rumblefish (Original Soundtrack)" LP (A&M) 1983
Ramone666 said...
I always thought this was the better of the two by far. Never realised the soundtrack was Steward Copelands though.
Have you ever read Easy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind on the late 60´s/early 70´s movie industry? Very much recommended, it features a lot of Coppola.
Yes. I think if Orson Welles had chosen to make a film about disaffected youth it would have looked a lot like 'Rumblefish'. Not necessarily one of his best, but passable and a little too earnest and stagy. 'The Outsiders', by comparison, screened more like a sequel to 'Dirty Dancing'; not just for its inclusion of Patrick Swayzee, either.
A truly dreadful movie.
I haven't read 'Easy Riders, Raging Bulls'. I will look out for it. I like Coppola a lot. Sam Peckinpah more so. Robert Altman, too, and at least he's still going. That whole period in film making has never been surpassed, I don't believe.
Exactly. Both are in the book. Haven´t seen too many Altmans (I remember the one with Tom Waits as very good) but Peckinpah´s the man. Wild Bunch, Alfredo Garcia, Patt Garrett, High Country. They don´t make ´em like that anymore alas.
@eloh said...
I have no idea sometimes what people are talking about. Then I look at the year and. . .sorry, I was otherwise occupied.
I do have a love of old movies.
I did not know that Rumblefish had been made into a movie, I'll have to try to find it.
On the other hand... Citizen Kane, to me, was the first really deep movie. One where you had to have some brain cells to enjoy.
Night of the Hunter . .has such a other worldly feel to the whole movie. I love it (and) it creeps me out. Robert Mitchem was the first Jason.
'Night of the Hunter' might have been the first ever movie I saw which terrified me. Robert Mitchum's unhinged turn gave me the chills too; the switchblade flicking open against Shelly Winter's throat in the dead of night, and his 'speaking in tongues' outside the chicken coop.
"Lea-aaaanin', Lea-aaaanin'..."
Chilling stuff. I practiced that hymn for months afterward. It was the first time I'd ever heard it. I rather fancied getting "love and hate" tattooed over my fingers when I got old enough, too.
George Massouris said...
i study this film with my year 12 class... they love it
I've never seen Rumblefish. I'll have to admit that I loved The Outsiders because it looked like all the bad boys in town when I was too little to be one of them. A boy can dream though, can't he? Before hippies, hoods and rah rahs were the only (white kid) game in town. Oh how I dreamed of being a hood.
Good subject for a year 12, George.
I gather the film is not a faithful rendition of the book; which adopts its narrative in flashback. Coppola had much input on the screenplay, although it was a collaboration to a degree.
For sure, Jon.
Not least because all those hoods modeled themselves on "the man in black" in all those staged Hollywood westerns. What better an anti authoritarian blueprint ?
Swapping a charcoal horse for a Harley as the ultimate totem; duster jackets for leathers; chiseled boots for something more robust and useful in a rumble.
Keds or an imitation of the same for the rest of us.
James Drury in the tv run of "The Virginian" almost had me fooled as a kid for a while; Buck, too, in "The High Chaparral".
dub weh
bl@ckhead
anchor snapper
(i don't wanna go down to) the basement
cornerman
the lime in limerick
fry and ham
the lazy earl of wessex
bleak house music
oranges is not the lonely fruit
silver tongues and crosses
spilt milk in rubber city
tits, clips, whips and chains
degenerative valve disease
C.S.I. [sic] van dyslexia, k.o.
why i refuse to twitter #2
sack full of silver, or sugary shit
anorak or fishtail savagery; let sleeping dogs lie...
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Computer Aided Biology Pioneer Synthace Secures $25.6 Million in Series B Funding
• Funding will be used to further expand product capabilities and fuel company growth
• Industry-leader is bringing software abstraction and automation to biological R&D and manufacturing
12 December – LONDON – Synthace Ltd., the company behind the leading cloud software platform for automating and improving the success rate of biological research and development, today announced the closing of a $25.6m Series B financing round led by Horizons Ventures with additional investment from Luminous Ventures, SOSV and select other individual and large family office investors. Synthace will use the new funds to drive continued product development and build upon its cell and gene therapy customer base to accelerate global awareness of its solutions.
Synthace is a leader in Computer Aided Biology, a new paradigm that comprises two domains: the Digital and the Physical. The Digital, powered by artificial intelligence, includes software for designing and simulating biological systems, as well as methods of collating, structuring and analysing experimental data. The Physical, enabled by automation, includes systems that allow for the seamless transfer of biological designs into real ‘wet lab’ experiments via logistics simulation and execution.
In October 2018, Synthace launched a white paper, Computer Aided Biology: Delivering Biotechnology in the 21st Century which provides the most complete industry vision to date for how biological research will be transformed by an emerging ecosystem of cloud connected and digitally empowered research tools that augment human capabilities, accelerating the transition of biology towards becoming an engineering discipline.
Synthace CEO Tim Fell said: “Digital-to-physical workflows have transformed the semiconductor, aerospace, automobile and many other industries. Now it is the turn of the biotechnology industry, and we are grateful for the support of Horizons Ventures and our other new investment partners who share Synthace’s vision of how to facilitate that change.”
Patrick Zhang, of Horizons Ventures, commented: “We are at a pivotal point in the development and use of biotechnology. We believe that Synthace will lead the industry’s transition to Computer Aided Biology, owing to its truly disruptive and cutting-edge AI driven experiment design capability and experiment execution technology. We look forward to working with the team on this next exciting stage of Synthace’s development.”
Bob Wiederhold, Synthace Chairman, concluded: “The realization is setting in across industry and academia that the complexity of biology can only be properly addressed with advanced software and automation. This investment in Synthace is a significant step in turning that recognition into reality.”
This announcement follows previous distinctions from Gartner and the World Economic Forum, where the impact of the Synthace platform in enabling the Lab of the Future and Industry 4.0 was recognised.
About Synthace
Based in London, Synthace is developing Antha, a language and software platform specifically for biology that lets researchers aim higher and achieve better results, faster. Antha is designed to make reproducible and scalable workflows that can be readily edited and shared, and easily automated on labs’ existing equipment. With customers across pharma, agritech and industrial biotechnology Synthace has been recognised by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer that is helping shape the Fourth Industrial Revolution – a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work and relate to one another. For more information, visit: www.synthace.com.
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NASCAR closes $2B purchase of International Speedway Corp.
Daytona International Speedway. (Chris O'Meara/AP)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR closed its $2 billion purchase of International Speedway Corp. on Friday, bringing under the sanctioning body’s control 12 tracks that include Daytona, Talladega and Miami-Homestead Speedway.
The merger was announced in May and shareholders voted to approve it on Wednesday.
The sale merges the two companies under one organizational structure with NASCAR chairman and CEO Jim France continuing in the same role. ISC chief executive Lesa France Kennedy will become the executive chair and NASCAR president Steve Phelps will oversee day-to-day operations of the merged companies.
"The merger of NASCAR and ISC represents a historic moment for our sport," France said. "There is much work ahead of us, but we’re pleased with the progress made to position our sport for success."
Absent from the leadership is Brian France, who had served as chairman and CEO of NASCAR until he was arrested for drunken driving in August 2018. He took an indefinite leave of absence that soon become permanent, though France stands to receive more than $71 million for his ISC shares.
The merged company will remain based in Daytona Beach, Florida.
"This sport has meant so much to our family and we are committed to leading NASCAR through this next chapter of growth," France Kennedy said. "Combining the two companies will allow us to capture the best aspects of both operations. Our stronger organization will allow us to take advantage of the tremendous opportunities to grow the sport over the next decade plus."
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Powering Progress Together: News & Events
Shell & Bellingham Technical College Create Living Wage Careers
Have you ever seen a job change the trajectory of someone’s life? In partnership with Bellingham Technical College, we see this happen every day at Shell’s Puget Sound Refinery.
Shell’s Puget Sound Refinery and Bellingham Technical College (BTC) have a strong partnership that focuses on creating fulfilling living wage careers for numerous residents in Western Washington through scholarships, grants, process technology program advisory panels, mentoring, internships and more. Shell is committed to proudly fueling life in the Pacific Northwest for its employees, contractors and community members, and the refinery’s partnership with BTC helps make this a reality.
Alyssa Willis works as an operator at Shell’s Puget Sound Refinery, and she graduated from Bellingham Technical College’s process technology program.
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Creating Living Wage Careers: A Partnership with Shell Puget Sound Refinery & Bellingham Technical College
Shell’s Puget Sound Refinery and Bellingham Technical College (BTC) have a strong partnership that focuses on creating living wage careers for numerous residents in Western Washington through scholarships, grants, process technology program advisory panels, mentoring, internships and more. Shell is committed to proudly fueling life in the Pacific Northwest for its employees, contractors and community members, and the refinery’s partnership with BTC helps make this a reality.
[Background Music]
Driving, motivating Sound of Shell background music plays
Creating Living Wage Careers: A Partnership with Shell Puget Sound Refinery & Bellingham Technical College (BTC)
[Interview]
Dustin Henry
HR Manager, Shell Puget Sound Refinery
At Shell, we're looking for a diverse group of employees, people that will bring in new ideas and challenge us to get better. We here at the Puget Sound Refinery recognize that we have a generation of individuals who will potentially be retiring in the next several years, so it's important to us that we start to identify and understand where that next generation of talent's gonna come from.
Bellingham Technical College students engage during a class.
And it's this workforce that's going to help us thrive through the energy transition. Bellingham Technical College plays a critical role, and it's vital to the success of this refinery.
Scott Cory
Process Technology Instructor, Bellingham Technical College
Shell...they've been a tremendous supporter of the process technology program here over many years.
BTC Process Technology Students mingle with Shell Puget Sound Refinery personnel at Energy Careers Prep Night. This event is an opportunity to network with professionals in the energy industry, and learn about jobs in the industry from those who perform them.
This program exists to support the energy industry, and having a partner like Shell benefits us, and it provides a pipeline for potential employees for them, um, and provides jobs for our students. And at the end of the day, that's why people come back to Technical College, because they see this as a great opportunity to get into an industry that can provide them a living wage.
Shell Puget Sound Refinery operator Alyssa Willis mingles with attendees at Energy Careers Prep Night.
Alyssa Willis
Operator, Shell Puget Sound Refinery
Having my education at BTC really gave me a footing for when I came into the refinery. I understood going into the job how to look at a unit and sort of break it down into pieces.
Alyssa Willis inspects areas of the refinery.
It allowed me to take what I knew from the program and turn it into something that I could actually apply out here. I decided to work for Shell because they had a significant hand in the process technology program.
Alyssa Willis walks the Puget Sound Refinery, inspecting safety measures along the way.
Shell engages with the program in many, many levels. They offer scholarships, internships for the students to let them get out and actually work in the field.
BTC Process Technology Students review procedures in the classroom.
They provide technical speakers to our classes. The kind of list goes on. The advisers from Shell that are on our advisory board help us shape the program. The industry changes.
Shell Puget Sound representatives share their experience with students and potential recruits during presentation at Energy Careers Prep Night.
The program needs to keep up with those changes. Shell's a leader when it comes to managing change.
Todd Ramsay
Learning Advisor, Shell Puget Sound Refinery
I serve on the Bellingham Tech advisory board representing Shell. The partnership between Shell and Bellingham Tech is, I believe, a very strong one. It's based on mutual respect. And I think it really reflects what Shell is trying to do in the community.
When I was in the process technology program, we should have Shell career nights, and I got to network with some of the people inside the industry. It is so cool being able to go back and be what they were to me to someone like myself in the program.
Alyssa Willis, on-stage, shares some of her career experience with current Bellingham Technical College students.
It feels surreal sometimes that I am in this position and I get to do those sorts of things.
The feedback I get from my students about Shell is, they are very much a preferred employer, and that really comes down to their engagement in the program.
Bellingham Technical College students monitor and discuss refinery operations screens.
So many of our students come from backgrounds where they're not making what they feel is a living wage. They understand what Shell has to offer, and they see that as a way to better their life for themselves and their families.
Working in the energy industry provides a lot of opportunity. The jobs that're out there will be a good job, it'll be a technical job. They pay well, and they're going to be here for a long time.
Alyssa Willis completes reports and readings inside the Shell Puget Sound Refinery.
A job at Shell is definitely a career. There is so much that you can do here. There're so many different avenues that you can take, so many different things that you can learn, special projects to get involved with. It's changing all the time, so it's all really cool and you never get bored.
Bellingham Technical College students gather around Scott Cory during classroom instruction.
This is a fantastic and fascinating time to enter into this industry. This is the opportunity to be a part of change. Our purpose here at Puget Sound Refinery is to proudly fuel life in the Pacific Northwest, and that's for years and generations to come. If you want to be a part of sustaining life here in the region, Puget Sound Refinery is a great place to do that.
Close card with pecten and mnemonic.
Shell Operators Save a Life
This past fall, three operators at Shell’s Puget Sound Refinery saved the life of a contractor who was working at the refinery’s dock.
Tied Up in Knots: ERT to the Rescue
Meet Shell Puget Sound Refinery’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) and learn more about the importance of the ERT to the site – and the surrounding community.
It’s Shredding Time
For Shell Puget Sound Refinery Operator Dan Donnelly, snowboarding is a way of life. While he no longer ‘shreds’ every day as a professional snowboarder, his experiences in the backcountry gave him a deep appreciation for safety and what it truly means to have someone’s back.
Shell Gives Operator ‘Life-Changing Opportunity’
Alyssa Willis says receiving a job offer from Shell’s Puget Sound Refinery was a dream come true. When she was 16 years old, she took her first steps toward entering the oil and gas industry – fast forward two years and thousands of hours of training later, and she’s learning the ropes as the only female operator on Shell’s Alky/Poly unit.
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Zircon (Andrew Aversa) is a composer, producer, and sound designer hailing from Baltimore, MD. Together with his wife, vocalist & songwriter Jillian Aversa, he creates award-winning original albums, video game soundtracks, virtual instruments, and remixes. They are joined in these endeavors by cats Tucker and Moo Moo.
As a composer for video games and media, Andrew has written and arranged music for projects such as Soulcalibur V, Super Street Fighter II Turbo: HD Remix, and Monkey Island 2: Special Edition. His catalog has been licensed by TV networks like NBC, MTV, Fox, and Discovery. The Zircon discography encompasses 13 albums in an "organic electronic" style: a mix of organic composition, acoustic instruments and vocals with highly synthetic elements and technology. Albums like Antigravity (2007) and Identity Sequence (2014) have received multiple awards & nominations.
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Wandering Shoes
Romantic Italian ready-to-wear and accessories label, Wandering, was established in 2016 by creative director and designer Giorgia Gabriele. By positioning femininity at the core of the Wandering identity, Gabriele wanted to design a wholly feminine lifestyle brand, one which veered away from the dominant unisex trends in the fashion industry. Exuding an air of playful yet seductive sophistication, Wandering was created with the cosmopolitan woman in mind. Plunging necklines and puffy sleeves meet pleated trousers and mid-length skirts, while supple leather cowboy-inspired boots and crystal-embellished drop earrings round out the collection. Constructed out of the most elevated materials, Wandering line of womenswear is defined by its flowing silhouettes, elegant draping techniques, and meticulous details. Inspired by the spirit of travel and self-discovery, Wandering reflects the personal style and eclectic sensibility of Gabriele: a woman who has always fiercely and unapologetically embraced her femininity.
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Telesat LEO Phase 1 satellite demonstrates first ever demo of 5G connectivity over a LEO satellite
Telesat Leo Phase 1 - a pioneering small satellite
Telesat Leo Phase 1 was manufactured by SSTL for Telesat, a leading global satellite operator, as part of a test and validation phase for an advanced, global LEO satellite constellation. The spacecraft utilises heritage COTS components and was built and tested in just 17 months, and launched in 2018. The spacecraft flies an SSTL-built Ka payload, and utilises hydrazine propulsion systems for in-orbit raising and de-orbiting - both Firsts for SSTL. The communication payload consists of a Ka-band bent pipe which includes the provision for Ka-band TTC allowing the customer to directly operate the spacecraft from their own groundstation
The 5G test
The 5G connectivity test, which was conducted at the University of Surrey’s 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC), connected their 5G test network to the Telesat LEO Phase 1 satellite for a limited series of tests, which represented the World’s first 5G connection over a LEO satellite. Test results confirmed latencies of between 18-40mS and throughputs up to 60Mbps for the most favourable visible orbits. This enabled backhaul with video services of both 4k and 8k TV of excellent quality to be demonstrated as well as internet connections.
5G - increased bandwidth, data transfer and speeds
One of the key requirements across various industry white papers is ensuring high availability and service reliability via ubiquitous coverage. For a 100% geographic coverage requirement case, satellites are ideal in covering areas that cannot be covered by terrestrial networks.
There are several use cases that can only be served by satellites, and there are other use cases for which satellites provide a more efficient solution:
Areas where it is not possible to deploy terrestrial towers: For example, maritime services, coverage on lakes, islands, mountains or other recreational areas that can only be covered by the satellites
Disaster relief: During natural disasters or other unforeseen events that entirely disable the terrestrial network, satellites are the only option.
Emergency response: Besides wide scale natural disasters, there are specific emergency situations in areas where there is no terrestrial coverage. For example a public safety uses case of an accident in a power plant.
Secondary/backup connection (limited in capability) in the event of the primary connection failure or for connected cars
Connectivity in rural areas that are hard to cover using terrestrial networks
Connectivity for remotely deployed sensors, e.g. farms, substations, gas pipelines, digital signage, remote road alerts, etc.
Low bit-rate broadcast services: Satellites can broadcast wide area emergency messages at a more efficient rate than terrestrial networks.
5GIC at the University of Surrey
5GIC at the University of Surrey houses one of the World’s first 5G test networks with 3GPP Rel 15 compliant core and radio access networks including around 50 small cells spread around the campus and surrounds. This has enabled various terrestrial user trials over the last two years and involvement in the EU project Sat5G has enabled 5GIC to extend the network to integration with satellite equipment.
In 2018 5GIC demonstrated a first 5G satellite backhaul via an SES GEO satellite and a video to the edge connection demonstrated at the EU CNC 2018 conference.
Barry Evans, Head of Satellite Communications Research at the University of Surrey, said “The University of Surrey via its 5G Innovation Centre was extremely pleased to participate with Telesat and Vodafone in these trials, as well as Gilat and Newtec who supplied the modems. This is an excellent example of how the 5GIC participates with industry to demonstrate 5G use cases in both terrestrial and satellite domains and we consider that satellites will be key to the wider rollout of 5G and their integration within the new 5G ecosystem in an important enabler. “
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Visa buys financial technology company Plaid for $5.3B
NEW YORK — Visa is purchasing the financial technology company Plaid for $5.3 billion, a major push by the payment processing giant into other types of money transfer systems outside of Visa's traditional credit and debit card business.
Jan 13, 2020 6:36 PM By: Canadian Press
Plaid allows consumers to link their bank accounts to financial services apps like Venmo, PayPal, Betterment and Transferwise. The company is an important but unknown middle man between the banks, who hold consumers's cash, and the dozens of platforms who vie to be the platform of choice to send that cash. Bankers refer to companies like Plaid as “the plumbing" behind how these apps work.
This “plumbing" has become more important has more Americans use mobile wallets or send money to friends, families and businesses. Visa estimates that 1 in every 4 Americans who have a bank account have used the underlying technologies of Plaid to link their bank accounts with other money transfer apps.
The Monday announcement is Visa's first big push into a product that isn't just credit and debits cards. Visa is the world's largest payment processing company, but it makes almost entirely all of its money from swipe fees it earns from merchants whenever its cards are accepted.
Visa expects the acquisition, which will close in three to six months pending regulatory approval, to increase the company's revenue and profits starting next fiscal year.
The San Francisco company was already an investor in Plaid, and so is Visa's biggest competitor, Mastercard. Both companies invested in Plaid in 2019. In a conference call with investors, Visa's Chief Executive Executive Al Kerry said the seven-month-old investment gave Visa more than enough information to decide to buy the company outright.
Ken Sweet, The Associated Press
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South Waikato Arts and Culture
Rolly Munro Sculptures
Talking Poles
The wooden sculptures displayed in the South Waikato District Council building were commissioned for the opening of the Tokoroa Administration building in 1989. The sculptor was Rolly Munro, formerly of Whitianga, now Wellington.
The ideas for the work developed from a desire to highlight the relationship between the land of the South Waikato and its people. The swollen, hollow forms evoke the volcanic nature of the landscape. If you look at the sculptures edge on, they are reminiscent of the hull of a wooden ship or waka, indicating the method of both Māori and European settlement.
The carved motifs symbolise the land and its present use. The blackened, jagged perforations allow an interior view and are reminiscent of bush lines and crater edges.
What are they made of?
They are made of a wood common in the South Waikato, pinus radiata. The timber was donated by the local Pinex Timber Limited and NZ Forest Products Limited. They are coated with an epoxy resin then finished with a layer of black lacquer and tung oil polyurethane.
How big are they?
Each statue reaches 1.8 metres by 1.4 metres.
Pine Sculpting
Pine sculpting has close local associations with rural agricultural and pastoral shows. Men demonstrating their chainsaws, tired of just cutting the wood in straight lines, would let their machines wander and see how creative both they and the wood could be.
About the Sculptor
Rolly Munro has been sculpting wood since the early 1980's. His work has been inspired by the land forms and coastal areas of New Zealand. Although he works mainly in native timbers that he finds washed up on beaches or along river beds, most of his large commissioned sculptures have been done in pinus radiata. The five pine sculptures owned by the Council took Rolly six months to complete and are probably among the largest turned sculptures in the world.
Rolly regularly demonstrates woodturning and woodworking tools internationally and his work is represented in collections all over the world.
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Leadership through the construction process
School executives reveal all the ways hiring outside architects improves, safeguards building efforts
As questions rose over a planned Kellyville (OK) Public Schools basketball arena, local officials sought answers from executives with Sparks Reed Architecture and Interiors. Longtime Kellyville board member John Tuttle said the architects listened carefully and politely at each gathering, putting some of the public's construction inquiries to rest within moments. Those questions they couldn't immediately answer drew quick research and results, which helped win the trust of staff, parents, and voters.
That parallels experiences many athletic directors, school administrators, and other officials shared from similar efforts. It marks just one reason why these executives recommend hiring an architectural firm as early as possible in any renovation or construction project. By outlining the best and safest long-term paths to a successful, cost-efficient operation, the advice and guidance of outside architects may save schools time and money through the decision-making process.
"An architect is vital in that role," said Tuttle, a former president of the National School Boards Association. "A teacher isn't a designer, and neither is a superintendent, however much they like to think they are. Not even someone who's in construction, like me, is a designer. I'm thinking about details in the building process and not about how we should set up each classroom.
"That's where you rely on that architect and that design group," said Tuttle, president of Kellyville's board. "They have the expertise to lead the people who know what they want to happen in that proposed room but don't know the best way to make that happen. The architect's job is to guide them through the process, to help them understand."
This recommendation recognizes the increased sophistication and internal resources high schools, colleges, and universities now command. Hiring an outside consultant provides clear, unbiased views that often weigh things insiders may overlook or take for granted. The outsider helps keep projects on track.
“There’s always a budget and there’s always X number of dollars you can spend on a structure,” said Robert Sprague, a former athletic director for Tulsa Memorial High School who worked with Sparks Reed to develop and build Memorial’s Veterans Arena. “The architect is excellent at keeping you on that budget.”
Unforeseen options
Many school officials and supporters admittedly have a better grasp of these issues today than they did a generation ago. Where once many boards and voters had to be carefully led through the decision-making process, most schools now have one or more standing committees to regularly evaluate building maintenance needs, efficiencies, and funding resources. Even small school districts often employ long-range master plans to direct growth needs, while many colleges and universities draw on internal architectural arms to oversee such projects.
But with all those resources, nearly all these organizations still hire outside architectural firms at their earliest opportunity. They need them for:
• Learning the latest trends in work and traffic flow, occupant safety, cost evaluations, infrastructure efficiency and sustainability, the best available materials, and cutting-edge hardware.
• Guidance on political hurdles facing construction, environmental issues, location evaluations, and the latest in research and development results.
• Leadership on inspiring designs, multipurpose potentials, and ways to generate more revenues from building usage.
• Reassurances that any structure they raise or update will remain vibrant and useful for generations to come.
“We’ve been very blessed to have architects to help walk us through this process,” said Tulsa (OK) Union Public Schools Assistant Superintendent for Support Services Charlie Bushyhead, whose school district handles about 20 construction or renovation projects each year. "Our architects have often brought options forward to us that we had not looked at before."
"Our most important things"
Architects help construction-minded school officials grasp vital issues right from the beginning, such as:
• Ensuring the safety and success of students, faculty, and visitors within or around the building.
“First and foremost is student safety,” Sapulpa High School Athletic Director Jason Parker said of campus construction priorities. ”Second to that is outcomes, student outcomes. Whether students can be better served by having more rooms, access to the facility, more equipment. These benefit everyone in the community. Obviously, when you have better education outcomes, you get higher levels of community development."
Bushyhead shared how Tulsa Union’s various contractors have guided such discussions concerning a variety of materials and needs, from social issues like traffic patterns and student habits to structural specifics of safe rooms and safety glass.
“Safety and security are our most important things,” he said. “But our mission still falls into educating our students and helping them into a better life.”
• Performing due diligence on program needs.
“Form has to follow function,” said Bushyhead. “You have to ask the question, How does what we’re building support what we want to happen?”
Such diligence usually proves an ongoing process, from the project’s big-picture conceptualization and bond funding determination to such fluid construction details as where electrical outlets go, what kind of lights to install, communication system needs, or how many stalls each bathroom requires.
“Most users can’t visualize that,” said Tuttle. “The architect’s job is to lead them through the process, to help them understand.”
For example, one often-overlooked issue here involves pinpointing the best possible building location for benefitting campus foot traffic, usage, efficiency, parking, visibility, and future growth needs.
Sprague said this is a vital first step, especially if the school seeks to build a stand-alone structure like Veterans Arena. Bushyhead noted how determining such paths might spur changes or new usages for other parts of the campus.
“We’re not just building a $12 million facility to last 10 years,” said Sprague. “We’re looking for at least 50 years, and possibly more. That’s where the architects can give the owner some vision and thought into the future, not just the present.”
• Stressing sustainability in purpose, function, and materials.
“What products do I select that are going to allow this building to be standing 50 years from now and still functioning?” said Bushyhead. He noted how architects play a vital role in that with his organization., helping Tulsa Union identify efficient, appealing materials that do not stretch the budget yet wear well.
"For example, we're spending a little more money than we first thought on bathroom finishes, floor, and wall tile," he said of a project now under construction. "They're going to stay cleaner a lot longer with less maintenance."
These steps fit the strategy of all school leaders, as enabled by their architects, to get the best bang for their buck.
“We build nice buildings,” said Bushyhead. “I tell people I will never apologize for trying to give our students the very best that I can. We want to make sure that we create an environment that is the best educational environment for our students.”
• Maximizing multi-purpose usage.
“Any time you can get multiple issues covered in one facility, you’re doing yourself a huge favor,” said Parker. “You see a lot of schools get into trouble when you pigeon-hole yourself into one-use facilities.”
Identifying multi-purpose opportunities not only benefit more school programs, but helps these programs and the school generate future revenues. For instance, the practice gym included in Memorial's three-year-old Veterans Arena has helped the Tulsa school attract several state tournaments, along with other events.
“Those are just kind of bonuses that you’re not thinking of, but that you hope will happen,” he said of such construction planning. “I know it’s called the auxiliary or practice gym, but our school uses that for all testing purposes. Groups have had banquets in that facility, as they have in a similar smaller venue in the arena. They rented the hospitality suite for that as well.”
• Identifying and achieving the best opportunities for inspiring all who use the building.
“You have the opportunity to send a message to your community, and to everyone who will ever step into your facility, so you want to make that point well,” said Parker. “Nobody wants to see a new facility or complex that is inefficient or not ascetically pleasing, or doesn’t have amenities that patrons and users have come to enjoy in other facilities.”
Schools often feel the need to keep up with competing institutions in everything from scoreboard graphics to easily accessible concession stands, hospitality suites, and bathrooms. But with their ever-tight resources and focus on safety and education, many school executives leave ascetic and amenity issues to what architect imaginations may achieve under existing budgets.
Bushyhead said the grand entryway at Tulsa Union's new Union Collegiate Academy evolved from an architect's inspiration. School officials quickly embraced those flourishes, even though they required some plan changes.
“Walking into a grand building like that, which is designed with a little more expensive and finer finishes, it tells our students, it tells our staff, it tells our faculty, that you’re walking into a first-class institution, and our expectations are very high,” said Bushyhead.
"They listened to us"
Balancing all these issues offers ways for architects to distinguish themselves, especially as their ideas spur competing visions from school or community leaders.
“I know that, when we were working with Sparks Reed, they truly involved us, the patron, in the design process,” said Sprague. “They listened to us. I have friends in other school districts that said that wasn’t the case for them. Their architects came in and said, ‘This is what you need,’ or ‘This is the way it’s going to be,’ and you had little to do with the input. They did what the architectural firm was comfortable with, as opposed to Sparks Reed, where they let us use our own ideas. They found out basically what we wanted and then helped us to develop that to the finished product, and that was fabulous.”
Successfully navigating all these issues throughout the building and bond determination process may help school officials win or maintain voter trust — a vital point towards passing future bond issues. Several executives said hiring a resourceful architectural firm early on helped achieve such long-term goals.
"It all comes down to whether the community is going to support you," said Tuttle. "You rely on your architect… trust that their specs, their design, are all coordinated… so that there are no blow-ups when the general contractor starts construction."
That underscores a central truth in all such efforts.
"Regardless of the project, or how big or expensive it is, the people you are building that project for are viewing this as their number one priority," said Bushyhead. “So you have to look at this from that standpoint.”
Sprague said Memorial’s early architectural hire keyed its success with Veterans Arena.
“It is well-spent money,” Sprague said. “It helped us get the most for the amount of public money we could spend, and the very best product.”
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January 12, 2020 January 12, 2020 Rick Laubscher
Future Meets Past in Muni Art
A few days ago, we were honored to participate in awarding prizes to the winners of this year’s Muni Art Program, organized by San Francisco Beautiful, whose write-up notes, “The 2020 Muni Art Project theme, ‘Hidden Gems of San Francisco’ is the fifth year that the The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), San Francisco Beautiful and The Poetry Society of America (sponsors of Poetry in Motion®) have collaborated to bring art and poetry to Muni commuters.”
As it turns out, one of the “hidden gems of San Francisco” is actually in Colma, the city of cemeteries just to the south. The art program involves ad-sized cards mounted in 100 Muni buses (we have asked that they be put in the historic streetcars as well). Each card includes a poem, which is illustrated by an artist reacting to the poetry.
One of the art cards is a collaboration between poet Tess Taylor and artist Vanessa Farjado, and involves time travel, both forward and back.
TRAIN THROUGH COLMA
But will anyone teach
the new intelligence to miss the apricot trees
that bloomed each spring along these tracks?
Or the way afternoons
blazed with creosote & ponderosa? Spring evenings flare
with orange pixels
in the bay-scented valley— where in the algorithm
will they account for
the rippling ponies
that roamed outside Fremont?
When the robots have souls, will they feel longing? When they feel longing,
will they write poems?
Tess Taylor (c) 2020, all rights reserved
Ex-Market Street Railway Car 950 at Molloy’s tavern on Old Mission Road, Colma, c.1948. Courtesy FoundSF
The poetry muses on the rise, and limitations, of Artificial Intelligence, seemingly in the context of today’s BART trains, which do run through Colma (note the reference to Fremont, among other examples). Yet the artist chose to illustrate it with a representation of the days of streetcar service through Colma. Specifically, it appears was inspired by the photograph above, of a 14-Mission streetcar running extended service to the cemeteries located along the old 40-San Mateo line. The venerable saloon Molloy’s, occupying a building constructed in 1883 and still there today (below), shares both the photograph and the art.
Of course, the poet could intend ‘Colma’ to be metaphorical, rather than geographical, an allusion to the death of poetry when ‘the robots’ take over. We’ll leave that to those more literary than we are, or perhaps muse further on the subject over an Irish Whiskey at Molloy’s, which we visited today.
Molloy’s now, 1655 Mission Road, Colma, from Google Maps
We love the way the Muni Art Program gives riders a chance to spend a little travel time being enriched by words and images. As new SFMTA Director of Transportation Jeff Tumlin noted at last week’s City Hall ceremony, “Art connects people. Transit connects people. This is a perfect combination.”
To which we would only add, “Especially when it also connects the past to the present to the future.”
Muni Art Bus at City Hall ceremony, January 9, 2020. SFMTA photo by Jeremy Menzies
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December 28, 2019 December 28, 2019 Rick Laubscher
107 Years Ago Today
December 28, 1912, about 1 p.m., looking west on Geary Street at Grant Avenue. A crowd estimated at 50,000 people engulfs Muni’s first streetcars as they inaugurate the A-Geary line. Car 3 is in the foreground, left, trailing Cars 2 and 1 (which carried Mayor “Sunny Jim” Rolph). Click the photo and enjoy the wonderful detail. Try to find a bareheaded person (we found only one). Go window shopping at The Paragon, where a year-end 1/4-1/2 off sale is underway (that building is still there). Note that Car 3 is missing its rear “A” route plate (Did they run out? Was it filched?) A remarkable image. Courtesy SFMTA Archive.
On December 28, 1912, ten shiny gray streetcars with brick-red roofs lined up on Geary Street, from Kearny Street to Grant Avenue. The first, Numbered 1 in gold leaf outlined in black, opened its black scissor gate. Up stepped the Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco, James Rolph, Jr.
From his pocket, he took a Liberty Head nickel, with a large “V” on the back (people knew back then that was the roman numeral for “five”). He nodded at conductor Nathan Rahn, in his crisp navy blue uniform, and dropped it into the firebox. It clanked. The press was told this 1912-S nickel was one of the first 40 ever minted at the San Francisco Mint at Fifth and Mission. The Mayor strode through the car, its crisp pale yellow rattan streets still pristine, its wood paneling still smelling of varnish.
Originally, the streetcars were to have been decorated, and the Municipal Band was supposed to be aboard the first car, playing its way along the line to the initial terminal at 33rd Avenue. The Mayor personally scotched this idea, saying, “Let’s get the cars going all right first, and toot our horn afterward”. Still, the crowd estimated at 50,000 San Franciscans roared for a speech from the mayor. He answered their call with these remarks:
“It is in reality the people’s road, built by the people and with the people’s money. The first cable road in the country was built in San Francisco, and now the first municipal railway of the country is built in San Francisco. Our operation of this road will be closely watched by the whole country. s must prove a success! … I want everyone to feel that it is but the nucleus of a mighty system of streetcar lines which will someday encompass the entire city.”
Mayor James Rolph, Jr., December 28, 1912
Mayor Rolph then joined Motorman Eugene Clisbee on the front platform of Car 1, gave the signal, and the streetcar inched forward through the swarms of people to loud cheers, and the silent salute of dozens of American flags hanging from the upper floors of surrounding buildings. Filled with dignitaries and (literal) hangers-on, Car 1 picked up speed as the crowd thinned, and by Jones Street, was making good time. A photographer snapped the shot below, with an escort automobile next to it. (That photo ended up in the San Francisco Public Library with a notation “date and location unknown”. Until our nonprofit recognized it for what it was, documented the location and event, and publicized it.)
Car 1 on December 28, 1912, westbound on Geary at Jones Street. San Francisco Public Library.
While Mayor Rolph loved photo-ops, he was no one-block-and-off guy. He rode every inch of track, followed by the other cars that had lined up behind. Muni only owned ten streetcars initially, but just over two years later, they would be operating almost 200 streetcars on seven lines (plus two special lines for the 1915 exposition). With the opening of tunnels under San Francisco hills in 1918 and 1928, Rolph’s vision of city-wide Muni service would be achieved during his own tenure as mayor (he was elected governor in 1930).
Car 1 (center) near the end of its first service life at Sutro Barn, 32nd Avenue and Clement Street, 1949. MSR Archive.
Muni’s first ten streetcars were retired in 1951. Only Car 1 of this group was preserved, for possible static display in a museum. But in 1962, Muni craftworkers restored it to its original appearance to celebrate the Railway’s 50th anniversary, and it gave rides on Market Street for a nickel one week. This was the germ of an idea to operate historic streetcar service on our main street, brought to reality with the Historic Trolley Festivals of the 1980, which were the result of advocacy from early leaders of Market Street Railway (the nonprofit named for Muni’s old private competitor). The success of the Trolley Festivals led to the permanent F-Market line, which opened in 1995 and was extended to Fisherman’s Wharf in 2000, again thanks in large measure to the persistent and persuasive advocacy of Market Street Railway.
Rust and rot, Car 1, 2004. MSR Archive.
As for Car 1 itself, it began to rust and rot in the sun and rain after the covered storage sheds at Geneva Division were demolished in the 1980s. Market Street Railway advocated successfully for both restoration of this priceless vehicle and construction of protective covered storage for the historic streetcar fleet, both achieved around Muni’s centennial year of 2012.
Running any big-city transit agency is tough, to say the least. Running one in a high-density city with increasingly crowded streets is tougher yet. Despite the challenges, Muni’s leaders, with strong support from elected officials, have managed to turn one of America’s oldest transit fleets into one of its newest, and its greenest as well, in the past eight years. All while operating the nation’s largest fleet of vintage transit vehicles (cable cars as well as streetcars) in regular daily service, taking people where they want to go with delight.
Car 1, completely restored, at Muni’s centennial celebration on April 5, 2012, with many dignitaries including (on platform) Mayor Ed Lee, former Mayor Willie Brown, and Senator Dianne Feinstein. SFMTA photo.
Market Street Railway is proud to serve as Muni’s nonprofit preservation partner and salute it on its 107th anniversary. Please consider a year-end tax-deductible donation or membership to help us in our mission of preserving historic transit in San Francisco by clicking here. Thanks, and Happy 2020, everyone!
Source credit for opening day detail: “The People’s Railway” by Anthony Perles.
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Double your year-end donation!
Your year-end tax-deductible donation will be DOUBLED thanks to a matching challenge from our board members. Please read on!
Hard to believe that 2020 marks 25 years since the permanent F-line opened on Market Street, and 20 years since it was extended to Fisherman’s Wharf, where one of the famed Blackpool “Boat Trams” is pictured (both of the Boat Trams, we should mention, Market Street Railway acquired for Muni and paid to ship here).
Muni is, of course, America’s first publicly-owned big city transit system, celebrating its 107th anniversary of operation on December 28. Someone recently described our nonprofit as “like the starter dough that makes sourdough bread possible. Without that starter, always on hand to be a catalyst, no sourdough.” We’re certainly not as famous as San Francisco sourdough, but we’re flattered by the analogy. As we’ve said before, it takes patience and persistence to accomplish good things in San Francisco. Important projects don’t get done as quickly as we would like, that’s true, but we’ve seen so many examples of other advocacy groups who constantly act confrontative instead of collaborative, and they usually end up with no results at all.
We made some good progress in 2019, notably getting the Boats back into summertime waterfront service, to the delight of the public, thanks to SFMTA Director of Transit Julie Kirschbaum. Having been at this advocacy for almost 40 years (since the planning of the first Trolley Festival in the early 1980s), we’ve seen both supportive and obstructive officials at Muni. But our patient building of relationships at City Hall and with leading businesses and neighborhood groups has enabled steady growth and improvement in the historic streetcar operation, and contributed to rejuvenation of the cable car system, overcoming the periodic internal indifference that now appears past.
With new leadership in place at Muni and its parent, SFMTA, we believe 2020 can be a breakthrough year, with your help. There are already early indications that the beloved Boats will be cruising the waterfront more often in 2020. We believe contracts will finally go out to completely restore five more historic streetcars from the 1920s. They include New Orleans 913 (1923), Market Street Railway 798 (1924), Johnstown 351 (1926), Osaka 151 (1927) and Porto, Portugal 189(1929), restore them with their original trucks, not replicas, thanks to our advocacy, to give the traditional ride of these great vintage vehicles.
Additionally, original 1914 Muni 162 should reenter service, its 105-year old trucks completely rebuilt in-house, by Muni’s great crafts workers. Following that, its sister 1914 Car 130 is slated for a complete in-house rebuilding. Muni leadership’s decision to do this work in-house (pending identification of space and budgeting) is to us a clear demonstration of their strong commitment to the true permanent operation of not only the F-line, but also the E-Embarcadero line, where the double-end vintage streetcars will primarily be assigned. And again, thanks to our advocacy, we are closer to getting the E-line extended westward to Aquatic Park to serve Fort Mason, with a grant of nearly $1 million to get to the design phase approved by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority.
Our board of directors, chaired by Carmen Clark, joins me in thanking all our members and donors for their support that made these and other accomplishments possible. And this year, several members of our board members have stepped up to personally match the first $7,500 in year-end donations we receive. These will be used to help us strengthen our day-to-day advocacy to get the projects I mentioned across the finish line. They’ll also seed an ambitious project we’ll be telling you more about in the next Inside Track, our member magazine. Our San Francisco Railway Museum begins its 15th year of operation in a few months. It’s time to freshen it, both inside and outside, with more moving images and interactivity to appeal to new generations of transit fans, to build enduring support for the historic streetcars and cable cars. Your year-end gifts will be the “starter” for this important project, and our board match will double your donation’s impact.
We hope to have made major progress on the museum by 2020’s Muni Heritage Weekend, August 22-23. Of course, the oh-so-popular Blackpool Boat Trams will be there, along with both Melbourne trams, Muni’s 1912 flagship Car 1, 1896 “Dinky” 578, and much more.
For all these reasons, and especially our board members’ matching offer, please consider a tax-deductible year-end donation to Market Street Railway. You can make a one-time gift of as little as $10, or a recurring monthly donation. Please click here to donate and help us keep the past present in the future. And please consider sharing this email with friends who might want to join Market Street Railway or make a donation. Thanks for your ongoing support.
Warm wishes for a very happy holiday season.
Rick Laubscher, President, Market Street Railway
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December 3, 2019 December 3, 2019 Rick Laubscher
2020 Muni Heritage Weekend: August 22-23
Just a sliver of the action at Muni Heritage Weekend 2019. More than a dozen rarely-operated streetcars, cable cars, and buses offered rides to the public.
SFMTA has confirmed to us that Muni Heritage Weekend in 2020 will take place August 22-23. This is earlier than the past few years and should give opportunities for more families from out of town to attend. We expect a repeat of past years’ successful events, featuring streetcars, cable cars, and buses from 70-137 years old carrying happy riders along the streets of San Francisco, with our San Francisco Railway Museum at the center of the action.
There are constraints on when this increasingly popular event to be scheduled. To ensure sufficient extra operators to pilot the heritage streetcars and buses, it can’t conflict with special events that require extra Muni service, such as Giants’ baseball games or major festivals. The plaza across from our Museum must be available from the city’s Recreation & Parks Department for staging and static displays, and plaza reservations didn’t open until a couple of weeks ago. And it must not conflict with periods when it is hard to get extra operators to work overtime, such as Labor Day Weekend.
One September weekend, the 19th and 20th, would have met these criteria, but that is Rosh Hashanah, and we and SFMTA agreed on the August 22-23 dates instead. The traction action runs from 11 am – 5 pm both Saturday and Sunday.
Folks coming from out of town can plan their visit with confidence now. We will be providing updates in the coming months on details of the event as we flesh out the activities. But there’ll be plenty to do; count on it. We will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the opening of the permanent F-line on Market Street and the 20th anniversary of its extension to Fisherman’s Wharf, so look for some special activities. We’ll also have some special activities for our members, particularly those in the Operator’s Circle ($250 or more in annual support). Stand by!
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November 29, 2019 November 29, 2019 Rick Laubscher
Two Great Streetcar Stories
November 29, 2019 November 29, 2019 Rick Laubscher Features, Uncategorized Alex Key, F-Bomb, F-Bomb Comedy, market street railway museum, san francisco railway museum
Muni’s historic streetcars, and the people who love them, keep gaining media attention, both in their hometown, and far afield. For your Thanksgiving weekend reading pleasure, we’re sharing two stories from the San Francisco Chronicle, and its associated website, sfgate.com. Both stories show how the historic streetcars continue to attract new generations of fans, thanks in part to Market Street Railway’s continuing efforts aimed at exactly that goal. It’s a core part of our mission to keep the past present… — Read More
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Jeff Tumlin New SFMTA Leader
November 13, 2019 November 13, 2019 Rick Laubscher Muni News Jeff Tumlin, Jeffrey Tumlin, SFMTA Director of Transportation, SFMTA leader
Bay Area native and long-time San Francisco resident Jeffrey Tumlin will take over Muni’s parent agency, SFMTA, on December 16. Mayor London Breed announced Tumlin’s new position as Director of Transportation at a City Hall news conference this morning, subject to appointment by the SFMTA Board of Directors (expected to be a formality). Tumlin will take over the permanent job held by Ed Reiskin for the past eight years until Reiskin announced his resignation earlier this year. SFMTA’s Director of… — Read More
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November 1, 2019 November 1, 2019 Rick Laubscher
Happy Centennial of a Big Global Streetcar Event
November 1, 2019 November 1, 2019 Rick Laubscher History Spotlight, Uncategorized M&MTB, M&MTB Centennial, Melbourne, Melbourne SW6 tram, Melbourne tram, Melbourne W2 class tram
Today is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (M&MTB), whose history is wonderfully summarized in the quoted sections below, which were originally posted on Facebook by the group Australian Rail Maps, which also provided the historic photo from 1991 above. The M&MTB built both of Muni’s W-class trams: W2 496 in 1929, and SW6 916 in 1946. (Muni also has W2 586, built in 1930, complete and in storage.) W-class trams are generally… — Read More
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October 30, 2019 October 30, 2019 Rick Laubscher
Grab a seat on this unique cable car and feed the hungry
October 30, 2019 October 30, 2019 Rick Laubscher Uncategorized Big 19, Cable Car Charter, Food Bank, Sacramento-Clay Car 19, San Francisco-Marin Food Bank
Seats are going fast for a first-time opportunity to tour the cable car system on the biggest cable car ever built: Sacramento-Clay “Big 19”, at 34 feet a full seven feet longer than Powell cars, and at 136 years, the oldest operating cable car in the world. And you can ride it on Mason and Hyde Streets, as well as California Street, in a four-hour exclusive charter on November 9, starting at 11 a.m., with lunch included from the famous Buena… — Read More
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Pier 39 is now E/F-line terminal for at least a year
October 21, 2019 October 23, 2019 Rick Laubscher E-Embarcadero Updates, Muni News, Posts with Photos E-Embarcadero, F-Market, Fisherman's Wharf, streetcar shutdown
This morning, operators on Muni’s E-Embarcadero and F-Market & Wharves historic streetcar lines started rolling their destination signs past “Fisherman’s Wharf” and stopped at “Pier 39”, the big visitor attraction a block east of what’s traditionally considered the Wharf. And those Wharf destination signs are supposed to stay dark for at least a full year, maybe longer, while the city makes changes to three blocks of Jefferson Street, from Powell to Jones, changes that do NOT include the F-line tracks… — Read More
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Fabulous Fleet Week
October 16, 2019 October 16, 2019 Rick Laubscher Antique Streetcars, Muni News, Wheels of the World Blackpool boat tram, Blue Angels, Embarcadero, Fleet Week, Fleet Week 2019, Fleet Week San Francisco, Melbourne 496, Melbourne tram
This year’s San Francisco Fleet Week (October 7-14) saw more vintage streetcars participating than ever. It all came together quickly, once SFMTA (Muni) was able to sign up operators for overtime work. Muni’s 1934 Blackpool Boat Trams delighted riders with open-air rides in perfect weather past Navy Ships tied up along the Embarcadero. Some lucky riders, like our Board member Chris Arvin, got to see the Navy’s famed Blue Angels flight team streak by as they rumbled along the pavement… — Read More
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A Stealth Boat
October 12, 2019 October 12, 2019 Rick Laubscher Muni News, Video boat tram, Stealth destroyer, USS Zumwalt
Take a quick ride on Blackpool Boat Tram 233 during San Francisco’s Fleet Week, where you’ll see a slightly newer boat, the US Navy’s first stealth destroyer, USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000), and get the sights and sounds of this authentic 1934 streetcar from England on a perfect fall day. You can ride the boat until Sunday afternoon, October 13, at 6 p.m., as part of Muni’s tribute to Fleet Week. And it’s FREE!
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Boat to Cruise on Fleet Week Weekend
October 10, 2019 October 11, 2019 Rick Laubscher Muni News, Uncategorized Blackpool boat tram, boat tram, Fleet Week, Fleet Week San Francisco, Fleet Week SF, Melbourne W2 class tram, Muni boat
UPDATE, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11 — The Boat is out today as well, a bonus day! The copy below has been adjusted to reflect this. Thanks to initiative by staff at SFMTA, led by Randy Catanach, chief of rail maintenance, one of Muni’s two 1934 Blackpool, England, open-top Boat Trams will cruise the waterfront from our San Francisco Railway Museum to Pier 39 on Fleet Week Weekend — Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 11-13, from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.… — Read More
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September 11, 2019 October 2, 2019 Rick Laubscher
Boat Keeps Sailing Through Fleet Week
September 11, 2019 October 2, 2019 Rick Laubscher Uncategorized
SFMTA Director of Transit Julie Kirschbaum has approved the extension of summer Blackpool Boat Tram service through Fleet Week in mid-October. The boat will continue to operate from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. on The Embarcadero between our San Francisco Railway Museum and Pier 39 every Tuesday and Wednesday through October 9. This is a welcome development, given the great popularity of the Boat Tram so far this summer. In last weekend’s Muni Heritage celebration, riders queued up for more… — Read More
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September 9, 2019 September 9, 2019 Rick Laubscher
“Best Heritage Weekend Ever”
September 9, 2019 September 9, 2019 Rick Laubscher Muni Heritage Weekend Muni Heritage Weekend, Muni Heritage Weekend 2019
We heard those words over and over the past two days. It was the best Muni Heritage Weekend ever. The biggest crowds (people queued up for an hour or more on Sunday to get a Boat Tram ride), the most kids (a new generation of public transit fans being created), the widest variety of vehicles (debut of Sacramento-Clay cable car 19 and Melbourne tram 916), BOTH boats out on Saturday, BOTH Melbourne trams out on Sunday, plus five vintage buses,… — Read More
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Heritage Weekend Halftime Report
September 7, 2019 September 7, 2019 Rick Laubscher Muni Heritage Weekend, Uncategorized Carl Nolte, Muni Heritage Weekend 2019
Great first day for Muni Heritage Weekend. Most diverse group of vintage transit vehicles ever; biggest crowds ever; most visitors to our San Francisco Railway Museum ever. We’ll post most of the photos after Sunday’s action, but we want to make sure you see a few shots, and more importantly, these links: The Chronicle’s Steve Rubenstein looks at the first day’s action, with a focus on buses. And the Chron’s venerable “Native Son”, columnist Carl Nolte, pens a paean to… — Read More
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Tuning Up...
Press ArticleMainly Piano “Crazy 88” Review
Summer Swee-Singh & the Crazy 88 is the debut album by Southern California pianist/ composer/ keyboardist/ music director/ film scorer/ arranger/ and piano consultant Summer Swee-Singh. To preface this review, I want to mention that when I was in the piano area of NAMM (National Association of Music Merchandisers) last month, I heard some dramatic music coming from the back of the room and had to see who it was. If you’ve ever been to NAMM, you know how noisy it is with so many instruments being played at once, but this music really grabbed my attention. I walked back to hear the music more clearly and was surprised to see a familiar-looking young woman playing the magnificent Shigeru Kawai. I had received a CD for review from Summer Swee-Singh the week before, but had not yet listened to the music. I went closer to read her name-tag while she played. Yep – Summer Swee-Singh. We chatted a bit and then Summer continued to play. Dramatic, passionate, and played with an elegant and masterful touch, I was beyond impressed. Although there is nothing like a live performance, I am equally impressed with her recorded music. Classically-trained from a very young age, Summer’s original music has a strong classical influence, but it also has a timeless quality that comfortably resides in the present. Most of the ten tracks are solo piano, but a few include guest artists on strings, guitar and cajon (a box-shaped percussion instrument). With more awards and credentials than I have room for here, Summer Swee-Singh is an artist poised for stardom, and I can’t wait to see it happen!
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https://mainlypiano.com/reviews/summer-swee-singh-summer-swee-singh-and-the-crazy-88
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Sun Sentinel Editorials
Sanders should concede, endorse Clinton
By Sun Sentinel Editorial Board
Jun 08, 2016 | 8:03 PM
First, acknowledge the crucial favor Bernie Sanders did for the Democratic Party. He was the splash of cold water that startled Democrats back to the realization that the party must address the very real concerns of the disaffected middle class.
The Vermont senator inspired a cadre of young voters and independents who, if not for Bernie, might have seen Donald Trump as the only alternative. In debates, Sanders sharpened and toughened Hillary Clinton. It is up to her to offer Sanders' voters real solutions in place of Trump's unworkable and illusory promises.
It is up to Sen. Sanders to help her do it.
If Sanders sees his role as ensuring that his recently adopted party keeps his voters in mind and helps Democrats lure his faithful to the polls in November, then he will continue to be a boon for the Democratic Party.
In comments reported by NPR, Florida's Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson said: "I think he should stand down now. That's my conclusion." Nelson continued, "I believe he is uniquely positioned to be able to be a unifier."
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Sanders also is uniquely positioned to be a spoiler. If he presses a bitter fight for a nomination he cannot win, he only will turn himself into a tool for Trump.
Even after Clinton's strong showing Tuesday, Sanders gave little indication he intends to make a gracious exit soon from the race for the Democratic nomination.
In remarks to supporters, Sanders placed himself at the head of "a political revolution." And while he declared, "We will not allow Donald Trump to become president of the United States," he also said, "We understand our mission is more than just beating Donald Trump, it is transforming our country."
Sanders must recognize that in choosing Clinton, Democrats become the first major political party to nominate a woman for president. That also is revolutionary and transformative.
On Monday The Associated Press declared that Clinton had amassed enough delegates to secure the nomination. Coming the day before primaries in six states, the timing was controversial. Outraged Sanders supporters can cite it as a reason their candidate lost to Clinton in California.
But if anything, Clinton supporters had even more reason to worry that the AP's announcement would dampen turnout. Sanders' supporters have relished their underdog role and would see voting in California as continued defiance. Clinton voters knew they could stay home and their candidate still would win the nomination.
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Much of the Sanders camp's outrage centers on the unbound superdelegates, most of whom declared for Clinton. But Clinton also has won more votes, more states and a majority of pledged delegates. That is not a "rigged" system.
Given Sanders' disdain for superdelegates, it is ironic that he cites them as an excuse to continue his campaign through next month's Democratic convention in Philadelphia. Sanders insists polls that show him doing better than Clinton against Trump can persuade superdelegates to flip and back him instead.
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That is so unlikely — Sanders hasn't flipped a single superdelegate — that it opens Sanders to the charge it's just an excuse to stay in the race. If he's doing it to satisfy his ego, that's a travesty. If he's doing it to increase his bargaining power, he's rapidly reaching a point of diminishing returns.
Sanders has earned a role at the convention and in writing the platform. But it must be a supporting role. Today's meeting with President Barack Obama could help define that role and usher in a graceful exit for Sanders.
There still is one Democratic primary remaining, Tuesday in the District of Columbia. But it can't help Sanders, and his exit should be sooner rather than later. Then, Sanders must follow it up with strong support for Clinton, which would help her overcome her issues with voter enthusiasm and trust.
If Sanders lends her only token support, that is the same as signaling that there is no significant difference between Trump and Clinton. In sending such a signal, Sanders would betray his own revolution.
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2 rescued sea turtles make splash in Satellite Bch
SeaWorld Orlando's Rescue Team released 2 loggerhead sea turtles back into the wild July 5, 2017, at Pineda Beach Park in Satellite Beach.
2 rescued sea turtles make splash in Satellite Bch SeaWorld Orlando's Rescue Team released 2 loggerhead sea turtles back into the wild July 5, 2017, at Pineda Beach Park in Satellite Beach. Check out this story on tcpalm.com: http://on.flatoday.com/2uA8VN3
FLORIDA TODAY Staff Published 6:18 p.m. ET July 7, 2017
SeaWorld Orlando's Rescue Team and the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission teamed up to return 2 rescued loggerhead sea turtles. They were released back into the wild at Pineda Beach Park in Satellite Beach on July 5, 2017,(Photo: CHAD BAUMER/SEAWORLD ORLANDO)
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Two loggerhead sea turtles are back home in the wild thanks to SeaWorld Orlando’s Rescue Team. In partnership with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the turtles were returned to the ocean July 5 at Pineda Beach Park in Satellite Beach.
Rescued in December 2016, a juvenile loggerhead sea turtle was taken to SeaWorld Orlando from Massachusetts, where the animal received initial trea tment from the New England Aquarium. Upon intake, the turtle had a dangerously low body temperature and a large wound under its right flipper. As a part of the turtle’s wound care, SeaWorld used radiographs, antibiotics and laser therapy to heal the injury.
Piper, a sea turtle survivor, is healing at Brevard Zoo
The second turtle released, a sub-adult loggerhead, came to SeaWorld in March after it was found upside down in the surf at Port Canaveral. The animal was covered in barnacles, emaciated and lethargic. At SeaWorld, the veterinary team discovered blockage in the turtle’s digestive track caused from seashells. Through fluid therapy, the team helped the animal pass the impaction and gain 28 healthy pounds.
With two more sea turtles back in the ocean, SeaWorld has now returned 14 total turtles this year. In partnership with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, SeaWorld Orlando has rescued nearly 2,000 sea turtles since 1980.
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SeaWorld Orlando's Rescue Team and the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission teamed up to return 2 rescued loggerhead sea turtles. They were released back into the wild at Pineda Beach Park in Satellite Beach on July 5, 2017, (Photo: CHAD BAUMER/SEAWORLD ORLANDO)
It is critical that beachgoers are mindful of the impact they leave on Florida coastlines as sea turtle nesting season is in full swing now through October. Debris and trash left on beaches can threaten the survival of sea turtles during this vulnerable time of year.
The successful rehabilitation of endangered sea turtles is another great example of SeaWorld’s commitment to protecting sea life. For more than 50 years, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment has helped animals in need – ill, injured, orphaned or abandoned, with the goal of returning them to the wild. More than 30,000 animals have been rescued by the expert animal rescue team that is on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
If you see an injured marine animal, call the FWC hotline at 888-404-3922 or dial *FWC.
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Inventive menu and an impeccable Chef at 11 Maple Street
Surprising and sophisticated menu offerings at River Twist
Tia Lee Festival honors 2 teens killed in crash
Classic country music returns to county fairs
Just 1 IRC eatery passed inspection with no violations
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Forget Death Stars! Scientist reveals antimatter best way to waste Alderaan
Sure, Star Wars' fully operational Death Star I displayed some mighty superior firepower, but astrophysicist Ethan Siegel has pointed out other serious design flaws in the Empire's ultimate destructive force. That most impressive giant green laser used to obliterate Princess Leia's home planet, Alderaan, would also have tossed out enough heat to turn the Death Star into a sticky, melted mess and generated a recoil to jar the fillings out of every stormtrooper's clenched jaw.
According to Siegel's nerdy science blog, Starts With a Bang!, a more efficient system of planetary extinction would be to wield 1.24 trillion tons of antimatter. Yes, that would do the dastardly deed quite nicely! Here's his full explanation of the diabolical demolition:
It isn't unreasonable that an advanced technological civilization — one that's mastered hyperdrive and faster-than-light travel — could harness, say, the energy from an uninhabited star and use it to produce neutral antimatter. The way we do it on Earth in particle accelerators is relatively simple: we collide protons with other protons at high energies, producing three protons and one antiproton as a result. That antiproton could then be merged with a positron to produce neutral antihydrogen. You might wish for rocky, crystalline structures based on elements like silicon or carbon, but under the right conditions, hydrogen can produce a crystal-like structure.
In the interiors of gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn, the incredibly thick hydrogen atmosphere extends down for tens of thousands of kilometers. Whereas the pressure at Earth's atmosphere is around 100,000 Pascals (where a Pascal is a N/m^2), at pressures of tens of Gigapascals (or 10^10 Pascals), hydrogen can enter a metallic phase, something that should no doubt happen in the interiors of gas giant planets.
If we could achieve this state of matter, hydrogen would actually become an electrical conductor, and is thought to be responsible for the intense magnetic field of Jupiter. All the laws of physics suggest that if this is how matter behaves, and we can do this with hydrogen, then this must also be how antimatter — and hence, antihydrogen — behaves, too.
So all it would take, if you want to destroy an (Earth-like) planet like Alderaan, is a little over a trillion tonnes of metallic antihydrogen, and to transport it down to the planet's surface. Once it hits the planet's surface, it should have no trouble clearing a path down near the core, where the densities are highest.
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Got all that? So next time a peaceful planet with no weapons lines up in your cruel crosshairs, go straight for the antimatter attack. You'll thank us later.
(Via io9)
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Tampa Bay Times names assistant managing editors, promotes others to key editing roles
Graham Brink
By Times Staff Writer
The Tampa Bay Times has promoted several key newsroom leaders in moves that the top editors said would build on the Times' commitment to local news and features coverage, investigative and narrative journalism, and visual storytelling online and in the newspaper.
Two veteran journalists were named assistant managing editors in recognition of their leadership contributions and expanded responsibilities.
Graham Brink, 46, a 19-year staffer who has been the paper's metro editor since 2014, becomes assistant managing editor for metro, state and business news. Boyzell Hosey, 52, who joined the paper in 1998 and has directed the Times' photo coverage since 2006, becomes assistant managing editor for photography/multimedia.
In 2016, the Times won two Pulitzer Prizes and expanded its market reach through the acquisition of the Tampa Tribune and tbo.com. The appointments of Brink and Hosey, announced by Times editor Neil Brown and managing editor Jennifer Orsi, come as part of a series of promotions over recent weeks.
Brown said the appointments reflect the organization's depth and diversity of talent as it seeks to expand its prominence, reach new and younger audiences, and maintain its standing as the region's leading news source.
The other appointments:
• Chris Tisch, 43, becomes audience editor, a new position aimed at expanding the Times' reach on tampabay.com and tbo.com and its presence on social media. Tisch has been the Times' business editor since 2014.
• Jeff Harrington, 54, a senior business reporter who has written extensively about the Tampa Bay economy and the insurance industry, succeeds Tisch as business editor.
• Stephanie Hayes, 33, an accomplished writer and author who has been arts and entertainment editor since April 2015, becomes features editor.
• Deputy managing editor Amy Hollyfield, 45, will add oversight for features and lifestyles to her portfolio, which includes political coverage.
• Michael LaForgia, 33, who has won two Pulitzer Prizes for local reporting since joining the Times in 2012, was named investigations editor, overseeing investigative coverage.
• Adam Playford, 29, who directs the Times' data journalism team, becomes deputy investigations editor.
• Alexandra Zayas, 34, an award-winning investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist, was named enterprise editor, leading the newsroom's efforts to expand enterprise and narrative stories.
"The marketplace for smart, engaging and distinctive journalism remains hot, and the Times is lucky to have fresh and engaging leaders to direct the work," Brown said.
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SiMS 1 of 10 charities to benefit from Charity Single
We were thrilled when Mark Mcghee got in touch to tell us he had picked us to be one of ten charities that would benefit from his fantastic new charity single, Time2Talk.
All about tackling the topic of suicide and helping people to realise there is hope, the single was officially released on 21st September and will cost you only £1 to buy. All proceeds will be split evenly amongst a group of 10 charities, which comprises of SiMS, Thistle, C9 Foundation, You Are My Sunshine - YAMS, Andys Man Club Perth, WHY; The Graham Fraser Foundation and SAMH Samaritans Mental Health Aberdeen.
Mark, from Perthshire, has big ambitions for his single, and hopes that it will reach no. 1 in the UK by World Mental Health Day on 10 October.
"Our target audience [of the 10 charities] sharing is 1 million. If 1% choose to buy this it will raise 10k and make it into the charts. If we manage 10% of our target audience we raise 100k and go near the top!"
"Once it’s in the charts it’s guaranteed radio AirPlay then it is possible to make more money from the licence than from the sale of the song. The more we promote it the better it will do, its that simple."
With no previous experience in the music industry, Mark has made his vision a reality all through his own research and determination, obtaining a film production company, musicians, singer and even the aid of Paolo Nutini’s former manager, Brendan Moon of Morse Code music studios. He also got the chance to work with Liam McCluskey who helped to produce the song. The vocals are provided by Calum Frame, who is an up and coming singer that has shared the stage with Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Cinnamon, and on the drums is Jamie Keenan, who plays in the band Lafontaines.
Mark's success in creating the single in of itself is inspiring, and his efforts truly ring true the old saying, "if you don't ask, you don't get"!
“I could really fill a book with everything that I didn’t manage to achieve, cause I went as far as phoning a gym in Marbella, where Tyson Fury was, to see if he would become an ambassador.
“I didn’t get him of course, but the journey ended up with me getting to speak to Brendon Moon"
Mark has suffered from mental health issues of his own for several years and spoke candidly about his own struggles when he was on air with our radio station Radio Stafford 103, ending his interview with the poignant message, "If you suffer [from mental health issues], go and get help - it's time to talk".
You can listen to the full interview here:
After his kind words, Mark let Radio Stafford have the first official broadcast of the song before it's release, which is now available to buy today.
If you would like to help support Time2Talk, please purchase the single by clicking here.
(Also available on Amazon Music, Google Play store, Spotify & other devices - search Time2Talk)
Published: 21st September, 2019
Updated: 23rd September, 2019
Author: Maria Gillen
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Carers Support - potential bidding partnership call
As many of you will be aware, the county council and partners currently invest in a service delivered as the Carers Hub, by People Plus.
We believe this service will be reshaped over the next year and anticipate a new service being awarded, to be delivered from September 2020. It’s not yet clear which funders will be investing in the service in the future, but we do understand the county council we continue to invest in a service.
Based on informal discussions and the general move in this direction, we believe any new service will need to be delivered by a collaborative partnership, including a range of providers. We think it highly unlikely that a new service will be ‘won’ by a single provider or even by two working together (north/south for example).
As such, under the Team Staffordshire banner – I am calling together all our member organisations who deliver support services and have a genuine interest in carers, to an initial meeting in September, to discuss the appetite for such an approach; and obviously for this to be voluntary sector led.
With the difficulty in consulting diaries, I am simply setting a date as Wednesday 18 September, 10am, Stafford venue to be confirmed (pending numbers) – please email Garry Jones garry.jones@supportstaffordshire.org.uk to confirm your interest in being part of such a group and if you can or can’t attend on this proposed date (as you can still be involved).
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After Tuesday night’s terrifying Amtrak derailment near Philadelphia, Congress now more than ever needs to pass Obama’s transportation bill, which would increase spending for transit system upkeep and improvements across the country. (© Tom Gralish/Zuma Press/Corbis photo)
Congress should suck it up and pass the Obama administration’s $478 billion transportation proposal before the eleventh hour comes. Though it is unlikely to happen, thanks to objections from tax hawks — mostly House Republicans from rural states and regions with no mass-transit systems.
Though the cause of Tuesday night’s Amtrak derailment near Philadelphia that injured hundreds and left, at press time, eight dead has not been determined, the conductor going twice the speed limit for that section of curved track mixed with the nation’s passenger rail service’s aging infrastructure and 15 percent funding reduction from last year certainly doesn’t help keep anyone safe.
Former Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.) was on the train when it derailed and tweeted photos of the crash moments after it happened. In some of the pictures, the damage and bloody faces or bodies flung throughout the train car could be seen. It was truly horrific.
Im on @Amtrak train that just crashed. Im ok. Helping others. Pray for those injured.
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The nation’s transportation funding mechanism is set to expire on May 31. It is traditionally funded through the gas tax, which is managed by the Highway Trust Fund under the supervision of the federal Department of Transportation. But the trust fund is perpetually underfunded, and Congress has had to make up the gaps by taking from general tax revenues. The tax has not been raised since 1993, and it currently only accounts for about $34 billion annually of the $50 billion outlays needed to cover the nation’s transportation needs. On Wednesday, nearly 30 mayors from cities around the country gathered in Washington, D.C to lobby Congress to enact a long-term renewal of the federal transportation law and significantly invest in the nation’s infrastructure.
“This bipartisan coalition is here in Washington, and in districts around to country, fighting for increased funding for our transit, roads, and bridges — because nothing less than our safety and economic future are at stake,” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement. “New Yorkers feel the lack of investment every single day, from subways too crowded to even board, to century-old bridges in dire need of repair. We shouldn’t be standing on the brink of the next crisis. The time for Congress to act is right now, by passing a long-term bill that increases funding and directs more to cities and our vital infrastructure needs.”
The last time the bill came up for renewal in 2012, some House Republicans attempted to end funding any transit projects with the monies from the Highway Trust Fund, but were turned back by a coalition of urban and moderate members from their own party. These members advocate using the fund to dedicate it to only road and highway projects.
This proposal has again been raised by some far-right members, but is unlikely to succeed, even with money from the Koch brothers behind the effort.
And President Obama’s plan should also be approved because it is more ambitious. It would increase funding to transportation by almost $25 billion. The biggest jump would come in transit funding; a 79 percent increase over current spending that would go toward maintenance and improvements of existing transit systems across the country.
The president’s bill would earmark monies for expansion of light-rail, streetcar and rapid-bus systems. These public transit systems are critical people movers that not only serve a national security and transportation interest, but are also a way to invest in both urban and suburban communities across the country.
The proposal would also bring vital economic investment to many areas of the nation, U.S. Secretary of Transpiration Anthony Foxx testified before Congress in January. Foxx told the Senate Committee on Environmental and Public Works that transit improvements could lead to economic development. That more-dense expansion can benefit low-income Americans who may not own cars and help reduce greenhouse gases in the environment as people in cities generally use less energy.
“When you build a transit station, it captures the imagination of real estate developers,” Secretary Foxx said. “And they start to build dense developments and bring amenities to communities.”
Uncoupling the fund from transit infrastructure and directing it solely toward roads and bridges could prove disastrous and possibly result in even more problems on the nation’s rail and subway transit systems.
However effective the president’s proposal could be, because of its funding mechanism, it is unlikely to get approved over objections from House members. Many have criticized it on the grounds it would pay for the proposal through a 14 percent tax on an estimated $3 trillion in revenue from U.S. corporations that have stashed profits offshore to avoid higher corporate tax rates.
Other proposals to fund the bill include the similar but even less likely idea from Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) that would generate a one-time revenue stream by allowing corporations to move overseas profits back to America at a reduced tax penalty rate. A third proposal from Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) would introduce a national infrastructure bank to pay for federal transportation funding.
At this point — without the benefit of a genie or crystal ball — there is no way to tell how a bill to fund the nation’s transportation infrastructure will get actually done. But what is certain is that if there ever were a time for a bipartisan effort on a crucial measure for the economic health of the nation, this would be it.
Noah Zuss is a reporter for TheBlot Magazine.
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Saudi Arabia 2017 | ECONOMY | INTERVIEW
TBY talks to the Ministry of Commerce and Investment, on strengthening the economy, boosting the SME sector, and Vision 2030.
Majid bin Abdullah Al Qasabi has been the Minister of Commerce and Investment since August 2016. He received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Portland, a master’s in civil engineering management from UC Berkeley, and a doctorate in engineering management from the University of Missouri. Previously, he has been an assistant professor of industrial engineering at King Abdulaziz University and has served as secretary general of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as an advisor to the Crown Prince’s Court, and, most recently, as the Minister of Social Affairs. He sits on the boards of several Saudi charities.
What are the main objectives and achievements of the Ministry of Commerce and Investment?
In response to the current economic challenges, Saudi Arabia has taken several steps to enhance the power of the Saudi economy and increase its effectiveness. Therefore, a restructure within the Ministry of Commerce has been made to include the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) under MCI. Thus, the General Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises was established to effectively contribute to the realization of the Kingdom's Vision 2030, taking into consideration a number of strategic objectives that include: ensuring fair trade between consumer and seller, creating consumer confidence with products sold in the market, raising the culture of entrepreneurship, increasing the contribution of SMEs to GDP, increasing job opportunities provided by SMEs, promoting and increasing consumer's awareness, and increasing the level of competitiveness of local products and services. In a joint effort with the Ministry of Labor and Social Development, the Ministry of Commerce and Investment has pledged to introduce a number of mechanisms to empower and support the role played by SMEs in the local economy.
Which initiatives relating to the SME sector have you launched, and how will they impact the economic reforms of Vision 2030?
Taking into consideration the importance of the SME sector as a major factor of the local economy, the General Authority of SMEs has been established, which aims to increase the contribution of small and medium enterprises to GDP, create job opportunities, and promote and support a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship. Accordingly, a number of initiatives has been launched to achieve the objectives of the Authority, such as introducing business accelerators and incubators and entrepreneurs centers, where these facilities are concerned with providing support and services to entrepreneurs and the emerging SMEs. Second, we are launching applications and services for the SMEs sector, thus supporting small and medium enterprises with various electronic programs designed specifically for SMEs, including offering and presenting opportunities, cloud e-services, training and consulting services, and a job platform. Third, we are encouraging an initiative that seeks to enhance the status of the commercial franchise in the country by introducing the franchise system, as well as helping the Saudi Franchise Association be successful, in addition to spreading the culture and awareness of the franchise among local investors. Fourth, we are enhancing the contribution of small and medium enterprises by facilitating the necessary procedures, so they are able to compete in the public and private sectors. Fifth, we are launching a SMEs Data Center initiative, which is a statistical database, representing the historical and current data and the future forecasts for the SMEs sector. We are also revamping financing services and the relevant solutions to support the SMEs sector by creating direct or indirect new financing sources.
How does the Ministry of Commerce and Investment expect the Saudi investment environment to change based on Vision 2030?
In line with the Ministry of Commerce and Investment's mission to enhance the capabilities of the trade and investment sectors and protect the interests of the beneficiaries through the development and formulation of effective policies and implementing mechanisms that contribute to sustainable economic development, the Ministry of Commerce and Investment has set out 18 strategic objectives, which are: creating investment opportunities, enhancing competitiveness and the business environment, promoting foreign trade, guaranteeing fair trade, enhancing the productivity of the commercial sector, providing strategic goods and input, developing small and medium enterprises, supporting major large companies, developing investment companies, enhancing national infrastructure, developing and empowering chambers of commerce and industry, updating and promoting rules and regulations, promoting distinguished professional services, developing the capacity of manpower and human cadres within MCI, developing governance systems and improving the operation model relevant to MCI, updating and digitizing information technology and data analysis, supporting decision making, and strategizing internal and external communication.
Saudi Arabia is seeking nothing short of a revolution in how it obtains revenues, with plans to ditch hydrocarbons in favor of a diversified economy and a vibrant private sector.
Arabian Might
Saudi Arabia's actions in the Arabian Peninsula reflect its desire to maintain political control over the region at any cost, but its new international relationships are mapping a new path toward a diversified economy.
Prokopios Pavlopoulus, President, Greece
TBY talks to Prokopios Pavlopoulus, President, Greece, on the subject.
Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, Secretary General, OPEC
TBY talks to Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, Secretary General of OPEC, on the effects of price fluctuations, Saudi's support for OPEC, and the country's strategies for oil development.
Focus: All Eyes on Riyadh
Make Friends, Not Enemies
The Riyadh summit clearly demonstrated that the Middle East would be the US administration's core foreign policy objective and that Saudi would be its most valuable partner.
Rasim Ljaji, Deputy Prime Minister, Republic of Serbia
TBY talks to Rasim Ljaji , Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, on potential areas of cooperation, trade ties, and the country's foreign policy.
Ernest Moniz, former US Secretary, Energy
TBY talks to Ernest Moniz, former US Secretary of Energy, on the country's green energy transformations, its geographical benefits, and achieving sustainability.
Dato’ Seri Haji Idris bin Jusoh, Minister, Higher Education of Malaysia
TBY talks to Dato' Seri Haji Idris bin Jusoh, Minister of Higher Education of Malaysia, on cooperation with Saudi Arabia and the potential for collaboration on education.
Focus: Asia Tour
Looking East
The recent visit of the Saudi monarch to five East Asian states—Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, China, and Japan—was like no other.
YB Pehin Dato Lim Jock Seng, Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office & Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Brunei
TBY talks to YB Pehin Dato Lim Jock Seng, Minister at the Prime Minister's Office & Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Brunei, on the sector.
Saudi Arabia is in the midst of an enormously ambitious plan to reshape its economy by diversifying away from oil and increasing the role of private industry.
Zahid Khawaja, CEO, Abdulla Fouad Group
TBY talks to Zahid Khawaja, CEO, Abdulla Fouad Group, on the sector.
Khalid Al Falih, Minister, Energy, Industry, and Mineral Resources
Khalid Al Falih, the Minister of Energy, Industry, and Mineral Resources, on the Kingdom's comprehensive plan to reduce greenhouse emissions and promote the renewables sector.
Majid bin Abdullah Al Qasabi , Ministry, Commerce and Investment
Saudi Arabia's economy offers significant opportunities for foreign investors.
Focus: National Transformation Program 2020
Next Stop: 2020
Though all sights are set on Vision 2030, achieving the more concrete targets of the Kingdom's National Transformation Program 2020 will be a litmus test for the long-term Vision's success.
Fahad Bin Sulaiman Al Tekhaifi, President, General Authority of Statistics
TBY talks to Fahad Bin Sulaiman Al Tekhaifi, President, General Authority of Statistics, on the sector.
Saudi business is set to see positive changes and creative innovation in the coming year of reforms.
Focus: Women’s Employment under Vision 2030
One of the key ambitions of the government's Vision 2030 includes encouraging female participation in the labor market, and progress—though a long road—is already underway.
Khalid Alkhudair, CEO & Founder, Glowork
TBY talks to Khalid Alkhudair, CEO & Founder, Glowork, on the sector.
Small and medium enterprises are the engine of the Saudi economy, and with the government's push toward promoting industry and local manufacturers, the outlook is bright.
Fozan Al Harthy, CEO, Raydan
TBY talks to Fozan Al Harthy, CEO of Raydan, on expansion plans, deciding to list, and expectations for the future.
Why Saudi Arabia?
With the region booming for the last several years and Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 setting clear goals, opportunities for international companies are vast.
Saudi Arabia is fast becoming a leader in green energy thanks to an ambitious government plan that seeks to take advantage of the Kingdom's natural resources and relationships with private energy firms.
Saleh H. Alawaji, Acting Deputy Minister, Electricity
TBY talks to Saleh H. Alawaji, Acting Deputy Minister for Electricity & Chairman of Saudi Electricity Company, on privatization plans and key objectives for the sector.
Ali Al-Hazmi, Governor , Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC)
TBY talks to Ali Al-Hazmi, Governor of the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), on the introduction of new technology, privatization plans, and Vision 2030.
The country's rapid expansion, both demographic and industrial, means the importance of water will continue to be as if not more important that oil for the kingdom in the years ahead.
Focus: Water
Splashing the Cash
The government is working with the private sector to ensure the population is well hydrated through Vision 2030.
Nizar Kammourie, General Manager , SAWACO
TBY talks to Nizar Kammourie, General Manager of SAWACO, on government reforms, renewable energy, and a new mode of doing business in the country.
Water Privatization
Water firms in the Kingdom have no choice but become some of the world's most competitive and innovative. Privatization in the sector could also bring big gains.
Focus: Renewables
Saudi Arabia is preparing to invest heavily in its green energy sector with the intention not only of cushioning itself against the fall in oil prices, but becoming an outright global leader.
With demand for power set to grow in the future, power companies foresee many exciting projects coming online.
Saudi Arabia has turned to innovative solutions to deal with the disposal of waste, from recycling to generating energy.
Review: Banking
Word Is Bond
Decisive action by Saudi Arabia's central bank helped place the banking sector on a stable footing heading into 2017, and industry leaders are confident the sector will emerge from the current down cycle stronger than before.
Ahmed RashId Al Ameer, CEO, Kirnaf Finance
TBY talks to Ahmed RashId Al Ameer, CEO, Kirnaf Finance, on the sector.
Haitham Al Ghulaiga, Acting Director General, Institute of Finance
TBY talks to Haitham Al Ghulaiga, Acting Director General, Institute of Finance, on the sector.
Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Minister, Finance
Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Minister of Finance, on the country's development programs, policies to diversify sources of public financing, and achieving transparency.
Saudi Arabia's economy is going through transformational changes, and banks will need to change to support their customers.
Focus: Nomu
Nomu Room for You
Saudi Arabia's parallel market, Nomu, will give smaller companies the opportunity to list publically, providing greater resources for the SME sector the government is desperately working to bolster.
Review: Capital Markets
Much to Note
As Saudi Arabia gears up for the Aramco IPO, the largest such offering in history, investors are discovering that there is far more to the Saudi markets than meets the eye.
Bader Alamoudi, Senior Country Officer, J.P. Morgan
TBY talks to Bader Alamoudi, Senior Country Officer, J.P. Morgan, on the sector.
Khalid Abdullah Al Hussan, CEO, Tadawul
TBY talks to Khalid Abdullah Al Hussan, CEO of Tadawul, on integrating the Saudi equity market with global markets, joining the MSCI Index of Emerging Markets, and how to raise market-related awareness.
Yousef S. Al-Sager, Chairman, Saudi Kuwaiti Finance House (SKFH)
TBY talks to Yousef S. Al-Sager, Chairman of Saudi Kuwaiti Finance House (SKFH), on its advisory activities, the opportunities with Vision 2030, and the challenges ahead.
Whether through asset diversification, a creative range of sharia-compliant products, or elegantly simple new sukuk restructurings, investment banks in Saudi Arabia are ensuring there is prosperity beyond the barrel, one riyal at a time.
Review: Insurance
Stay Covered
Insurance sector growth has slowed over the last year, a possible result of tightened budgets squeezing expendable income. That said, with low penetration, there is plenty of room to grow going forward.
Ehab Yousef Linjawi, CEO, Gulf General Cooperative Insurance Company
TBY talks to Ehab Yousef Linjawi, CEO, Gulf General Cooperative Insurance Company on the sector.
A Crude Awakening
The Kingdom has made renewables a critical aspect of its ambitious Vision 2030 effort to diversify its economy and wean itself from a strictly carbon-based diet, not to mention empower local businesses and individuals to take up the mantle and lead the energy sector into the next generation.
Abdulkarim Alnujaidi , CEO, GASCO
TBY talks to Abdulkarim Alnujaidi CEO, GASCO, on the sector.
Salahaddin H. Dardeer, President, Saudi Aramco Base Oil Company (Luberef)
TBY talks to Salahaddin H. Dardeer, President, Saudi Aramco Base Oil Company (Luberef) on the sector.
Abdulaziz AbdulKarim, Vice President of Procurement & Supply Chain Management (PSCM) , Saudi Aramco,
TBY talks to Abdulaziz AbdulKarim, Vice President of Procurement & Supply Chain Management (PSCM) at Saudi Aramco, on the IKTVA program, supporting local content, and looking back over a successful year.
Focus: Saudi Aramco IPO
World’s Biggest, World’s Greatest
Global markets are eagerly anticipating the biggest IPO in history as the government gets set to put a portion of Saudi Aramco to market.
Sadad Ibrahim Al-Husseini , Founder & Owner, Husseini Energy
TBY talks to Sadad Ibrahim Al-Husseini , Founder & Owner, Husseini Energy, on the sector.
Oil Services
Local and foreign firms alike are working in conjunction with the government and other state-backed enterprises to ensure the up- and downstream sectors remain robust, no matter the momentary price of oil.
Supply Curve
Industrial manufacturers look ahead toward localization, a move that is expected to reduce the cost of raw materials and attract more international companies to participate in the sector.
Mohammed Saud Al Badr, Managing Director, Saudi Chemical
TBY talks to Mohammed Saud Al Badr, Managing Director, Saudi Chemical, on the sector.
Alaa A. Nassif, CEO, Royal Commission at Yanbu
TBY talks to Alaa A. Nassif, CEO of the Royal Commission at Yanbu, on completing the Kingdom's value chain, boosting domestic finished product exportation, and creating jobs for Saudis.
Mosleh Al Otaibi, CEO, Royal Commission of Jubail
TBY talks to Mosleh Al Otaibi, CEO of the Royal Commission of Jubail, on the impact of the Vision 2030, how to make an industrial city smart, and the key to economic diversification through PPPs.
To ease the pressure of high fixed costs and a recalcitrant domestic labor force, leading firms are leaning on automation to push major industrial initiatives forward.
Firms across the industry are consolidating and rationalizing with great speed, ensuring not only increased production levels at home but increasing market share abroad.
Focus: Strict requirements for oil services in Saudi
In an attempt to boost local content in the oil services industry, ambitious goals have been set for the state's flagship firm.
<p style="margin-left: 20px;">Manufacturers have grown in the past 25 years from minor operators on a regional scale to collaborate, compete with, and often outdo their Western and Japanese partners.
Jamal Malaikah, President & CEO, NATPET
TBY talks to Jamal Malaikah, President & CEO of NATPET, on diversifying sources of income, the consequences of reduced Chinese demand, and investing in major downstream projects.
Manufacturers face a difficult choice between meeting quality and quantity demands as hundreds of thousands of new drivers enter the Saudi market each year.
Hassem Hussain Helmy, CEO, UNIVEST
TBY talks to Hassem Hussain Helmy, CEO of UNIVEST, on major changes, the market, and R&D.
Abdullah Ibrahim Alkhorayef, CEO, Alkhorayef Commercial
TBY talks to Abdullah Ibrahim Alkhorayef, CEO of Alkhorayef Commercial, on Central Asian expansion, how to survive the lean years, and finding the right distribution formula.
Focus: RAS AL-KHaIR MINING
Coastal, mineral-rich Ras Al-Khair will establish Saudi Arabia as a leader in the global mining sector, contributing to national diversification efforts.
The digital transformation is well underway in Saudi Arabia, where localized technology solutions are the future for companies across nearly every sector of the economy.
Bandar bin Mohammed Asiri , President, General Commission for Audiovisual Media (GCAM)
TBY talks to Bandar bin Mohammed Asiri , President, General Commission for Audiovisual Media (GCAM), on the secotr.
Abdullah Al-Swaha, Minister, Communications and Information Technology
TBY talks to Abdullah Al-Swaha, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, on the role of the ministry in an ever-changing digital and technological landscape.
Ahmed Al Faifi, Managing Director, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Yemen of SAP
TBY talks to Ahmed Al Faifi, Managing Director, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Yemen of SAP, on the maturity of the Saudi digital economy, pursuing richer PPPs, and building a world-class hub.
Ayman Abdullah Alfallaj, CEO, Thiqah
TBY talks to Ayman Abdullah Alfallaj, CEO of Thiqah, on how the private sector can keep pace with the speed of public reforms, delivering a strong and lasting value proposition, and integrating the fruits of privatization into the public sector.
Government Efficiency
As part of Vision 2030, key processes and services are being moved online, promising not only quicker responses, but also greater efficiency and user satisfaction.
Focus: Technology Investments
Investment Calling
A technological revolution is underway in the Kingdom. Already one of the most tech-savvy nations in the Middle East, the Saudi market has long sought a thriving domestic technology and innovation scene. And with Vision 2030, it is on course to deliver just that.
Everything converges around technology, and the industry will play a fundamental role in achieving the goals of Vision 2030.
As smaller, more innovative firms shake up the market with better offers and more competitive prices, whilst customers benefit.
Yasser Alobaidan, CEO, Jawraa
TBY talks to Yasser Alobaidan, CEO of Jawraa, on its core businesses, the attractiveness of the Saudi ICT market, and adapting to changes in the marketplace.
A Hejaz Unhindered
An ambitious series of road and rail projects from the Jordanian border down to the Indian Ocean are slated to open in part before the end of 2017. They bring the Kingdom that much nearer to its goal of greater non-carbon-based economic integration with the world.
Bashar Khalid AlMalik, CEO, SAR
TBY talks to Bashar Khalid AlMalik, CEO, SAR, on the sector.
Sulaiman bin Abdullah Al-Hamdan, Former Minister of Transport and Minister, Civil Service
TBY talks to Sulaiman bin Abdullah Al-Hamdan, Former Minister of Transport and current Minister of Civil Service, on an attractive legislative framework for investment, railway linkages, and port developments.
Rumaih M. Al-Rumaih, President, Public Transport Authority (PTA
TBY talks to Rumaih M. Al-Rumaih, President of Public Transport Authority (PTA) & Acting President of Saudi Railway Organization, on teaming up with commercially committed partners, making sure the Kingdom's land and sea bridges are of the first order, and providing employment for all the Kingdom's inhabitants.
Nabeel M. Al-Amudi, President, Saudi Ports Authority, and Minister of Transport
TBY talks to Nabeel M. Al-Amudi, Minister of Transport, and President of Saudi Ports Authority, on optimally restricting concession agreements, resolving bottlenecks in the logistics chain, and privatizing as rapidly as possible.
Wael M. Al-Sarhan, Senior Vice President-Marketing , Bahri
TBY talks to Wael M. Al-Sarhan, Senior Vice President-Marketing at Bahri, on a successful 2016, the use of big data, and plans for the future.
Ahmed Al-Hakbani, Director General, Saudi Customs
TBY talks to Ahmed Al-Hakbani, Director General of Saudi Customs, on using greater efficiencies to become a 21st century transport hub, making institutional cultural changes, and going paperless.
Private Ports
Combined with the recent expansion of the Suez Canal, the Kingdom's proximity as a critical transshipment hub makes the expansion of Saudi's private port all the more lucrative.
Focus: Riyadh Metro
Make It Do What It Do
Riyadh Metro stands out as one of Saudi Arabia's greatest-ever building projects and is set to revolutionize how people get around in the capital.
Bridging the Gaps
The Riyadh Metro will not only revolutionize life in the Saudi capital; as one of the largest infrastructure projects in the world, it will place it among the world's most transportation-innovative cities.
Khaled Bin Abdullah Al Hogail, CEO & Managing Director , Saudi Public Transport Company (SAPTCO)
TBY talks to Khaled Bin Abdullah Al Hogail, CEO & Managing Director of the Saudi Public Transport Company (SAPTCO), on the importance of strong and rational regulations, knowledge transfers, and unifying public and private transportation networks.
Fawaz A. Danish, CEO, Budget Saudi Arabia
TBY talks to Fawaz A. Danish, CEO of Budget Saudi Arabia, on the importance of having a truly national presence, how to commodify a quality service, and investing during downturns to gain market share.
Imad El-Zein, CEO, Auto World-Sixt Saudi Arabia
TBY talks to Imad El-Zein, CEO of Auto World-Sixt Saudi Arabia, on growing market share in challenging circumstances, partnering with world-class players to boost its local presence, and combining better services with lower costs.
Naif Sultan Al Athel, CEO, SMSA Express
TBY talks to Naif Sultan Al Athel, CEO of SMSA Express, on the company's specialties, contributions to becoming a logistics hub, and innovative technologies.
Cleared for Takeoff
While recent reforms such as Vision 2030 seek to invigorate every sector of the economy, the aviation sector is likely to see the largest and most successful transformation.
Capt. Badr A. Alolayan, Managing Director , Prince Sultan Aviation Academy
TBY talks to Capt. Badr A. Alolayan, Managing Director of Prince Sultan Aviation Academy, on trainee pilots, Saudization, and expectations for the year.
Saudia Airlines
As much of the economy gears up for privatization, Saudia is implementing a variety of strategies to ensure it remains ahead of the curve.
Wajdy M. Al-Ghabban, CEO, Saudi Airlines Catering
TBY talks to Wajdy M. Al-Ghabban, CEO of Saudi Airlines Catering, on the Vision 2030, diversification into other business lines, and fostering human resources in Saudi Arabia.
Focus: budget airlines
Budget Airlines Take to the Skies
The Kingdom's Vision 2030 is already ushering changes. Local air carriers are opening or expanding their low-cost segments en mass, while regional carriers are being granted licenses one after another to operate in the country.
Paul Byrne , CEO, Flynas
TBY talks to Paul Byrne , CEO, Flynas, on the sector.
A new regulatory environment is boosting competitiveness and activity in a sector that is displaying all the hallmarks of a boom.
Saleh H. Al-Ghamdi, Acting CEO, Saudi Air Navigation Services Company (SANS)
TBY talks to Saleh H. Al-Ghamdi, Acting CEO of Saudi Air Navigation Services Company (SANS), on maximizing safe and effective services, effectively increasing the rate of Saudization, and easing the pathway of women into the workforce.
From new airports to new target markets, the Kingdom's growing aviation industry means more opportunities for aviation service providers.
Walid Abukhaled, CEO, Northrop Grumman
TBY talks to Walid Abukhaled, CEO of Northrop Grumman, on youth-focused initiatives, partnerships with ministries, and technology procurement.
Aerospace Localization
Companies are supplying the Kingdom with technologies and talent to develop its national air force and aerospace industry through collaborative business efforts.
The explosive increase in airports and all things aviation in Saudi Arabia means growing demand for job training, from air traffic control to private pilot licensing.
The construction sector was hit hard by the fall in oil revenues in 2016, but the Saudi government's long-term development plans and newfound emphasis on PPPs bode well for the future of the sector.
Ahmed A. Zaidan , Founder & President, Edge Architects & Engineers
TBY talks to Ahmed A. Zaidan, Founder & President, Edge Architects & Engineers on the sector.
Majed Al-Hogail, Minister, Housing
TBY talks to Majed Al-Hogail, Minister of Housing, on opportunities, challenges, and partnerships in Saudi Arabia's housing market.
Osama Al-Bar, Mayor, Makkah
TBY talks to Osama Al-Bar, Mayor of Makkah, on major new infrastructure projects, religious tourism, and smart city initiatives.
Yasser bin Faisal Al-Sharif, CEO, Jabal Omar Development Company (JODC)
TBY talks to Yasser bin Faisal Al-Sharif, CEO of Jabal Omar Development Company (JODC), on new developments on the Jabal Omar Project, preserving Makkah's heritage, and future plans.
Focus: Increasing Housing Supply
Solving Saudi’s housing quagmire
Over the course of the past 12 months, Saudi Arabia's government has continued down its path of drastically overhauling the local housing market to meet surging demand.
Abdullah Sirajuddin, CEO, Al Balad Al Ameen
TBY talks to Abdullah Sirajuddin, CEO, Al Balad Al Ameen on the sector.
Khalil Kutubkhanah, CEO, Jeddah Development and Urban Regeneration Company (JDURC)
TBY talks to Ibrahim Khalil Kutubkhanah, CEO of Jeddah Development and Urban Regeneration Company (JDURC), on Jeddah's unplanned settlements, the company's redevelopment projects, and its partnership model with the private sector.
Developing Opportunities
Saudi's developers are continually searching for unique opportunities in the real estate sector, pursuing everything from niche hospitality segments to developments around transport hubs.
Hassan Al-Qahtani, Chief Executive, Technical Development (TD)
TBY talks to Hassan Al-Qahtani, Chief Executive of Technical Development (TD), on the company's growth and the privatization of Saudi's construction sector as per Vision 2030.
Jamal Amrhar, General Manager , Construction Material Chemical Industries (CMCI)
TBY talks to Jamal Amrhar, General Manager of Construction Material Chemical Industries (CMCI), on the development of the firm and the state of the sector.
Whether it be new metro lines or water pipelines, the Saudi construction industry is full of opportunities, and players ready to take them.
Saudi Arabia's healthcare sector is heavily supported by the government but experiences shortages across the board. Vision 2030 will attempt to push the sector toward privatization to improve quality, services, and competitiveness.
Dr. Abdulaziz Ibrahim AlRajhi, General Executive Director, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH)
TBY talks to Dr. Abdulaziz Ibrahim AlRajhi, General Executive Director, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH), on the sector.
Dr. Khalid Bin Mohammed Al Shaibani, Deputy Minister, Planning and Health & Director of the Vision Realization Office
TBY talks to Dr. Khalid Bin Mohammed Al Shaibani, Deputy Minister for Planning and Health & Director of the Vision Realization Office, on reforms within the Ministry of Health, the corporatization of healthcare provision, and transformations in care delivery.
Mohammed Al Hussein, Secretary General , Council of Cooperative Health Insurance (CCHI)
TBY talks to Mohammed Al Hussein, Secretary General of the Council of Cooperative Health Insurance (CCHI), on the transformative change afoot and its progress on a unified policy.
Focus: HEALTHCARE
Changing Face of Saudi’s Health Sector
Vision 2030 calls for the privatization of a broad spectrum of sectors, but the health sector stands out for its scores of applicable subsectors, PPP opportunities, and pilot projects.
Dr. Haitham Alfalah, CEO, King Saud Medical City (KSMC)
TBY talks to Dr. Haitham Alfalah, CEO of King Saud Medical City (KSMC), on structural changes to the sector, new models of care, and KSMC's leading trauma center.
University Medical Cities
Integration of medical faculties and hospitals into the medical city model is swiftly changing healthcare in the Kingdom.
The government is keen for the public and private healthcare sectors to work in tandem to provide optimum coverage for the population.
Your Neighborhood Pharmacy
Pharmacies and pharmacists are looking to localize the pharmaceuticals sector, increasingly improving the quality of services and medications.
Dr. Hussain A. Hamed, CEO, Al Dar Hospital (Medina)
TBY talks to Dr. Hussain A. Hamed, CEO of Al Dar Hospital (Medina), on improving collaboration with the Ministry of Health, cross-sector service providers in Medina, and international partners.
Stem & Us
Vision 2030's success almost entirely hinges on the development of the education sector. Approximately 1.9 million Saudi youths will enter the labor market in the next decade and, without educational reforms, they will fail to meet the private labor market's needs.
Nabeel Koshak, Dean, Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College (MBSC)
TBY talks to Nabeel Koshak, Dean, Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College (MBSC), on the sector.
Ahmed Al-Issa, Minister, Education
TBY talks to Ahmed Al-Issa, Minister of Education, on promoting greater investment in education and its efforts to increase digitalization in schools.
Ahmad Fahad Al Fahaid, Governor, Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC)
TBY talks to Ahmad Fahad Al Fahaid, Governor of the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC), on new partnerships, models, and goals for vocational training in Saudi Arabia.
Fahad A. AlTuwaijry, CEO, Colleges of Excellence (CoE)
TBY talks to Fahad A. AlTuwaijry, CEO of Colleges of Excellence (CoE), on the company's founding, its value proposition, and its unique aviation college to train technicians and supply the Kingdom's aviation sector.
Mohanad A. Dahlan, CEO, University of Business and Technology (UBT) Company
TBY talks to Mohanad A. Dahlan, CEO of University of Business and Technology (UBT) Company, on the evolution of the company, education investments, and upcoming sectors that will need support from the sector.
Often seen as the suppliers of the labor market, Saudi universities play a much larger role in the economy and broader society.
Issa Al-Ansari, Rector, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (PMU)
TBY talks to Issa Al-Ansari, Rector of Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (PMU), on the institution's strengths, attracting students from overseas, and expectations for 2018.
Universities are planning to expand through various strategies, augmenting everything from international partnerships and gender-balanced programs to research and sources of funding.
Abdullah Al Mosa, President, Saudi Electronic University (SEU)
TBY talks to Abdullah Al Mosa, President of Saudi Electronic University (SEU), on flexible learning models, the fusion of face-to-face and distance learning, and SEU's contributions to Vision 2030.
Focus: Universities
Broad and Deep
As part of the continuing decentralization of higher education in Saudi Arabia, individual universities are pursuing their own paths to grow their faculties, engage with various international stakeholders, and ultimately move toward a more privatized future.
Ahmad Al-Yamani, CEO, Takamol
TBY talks to Ahmad Al-Yamani, CEO, Takamol, on the sector.
University Investment
Companies established as the investment arms of universities are compounding higher education's efforts to create a knowledge-based, diversified economy.
To keep domestic tourism revenue from leaving Saudi Arabian shores while attracting more international visitors, hospitality and entertainment players are adding variety to the sector.
Photo Essay: Hejaz Mountains
Mountain Roads
Though desert landscapes are the first to come mind when picturing Saudi Arabia, the country's western side is home to topographic variety and geographic wonders in the Hejaz Mountain Range.
Focus: Visa Liberalization
The Kingdom is Open
In line with the Vision 2030 and National Transformation Plan, Saudi Arabia is relaxing its visa regime in hopes of attracting more tourists and foreign investment.
Rafique Izhiman, Area General Manager KSA Jeddah, Yanbu Hotels
TBY talks to Rafique Izhiman, Area General Manager KSA Jeddah/Yanbu Hotels & General Manager, Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG), Jeddah, on the role the firm plays in the market, expanding its footprint in the country, and expectations for 2017.
Review: Doing Business
Focusing the Vision
TBY takes a quick look at the must-know facts surrounding the Saudi business environment.
Key Authorities
Local and national authorities are working hand in hand with investors to ensure the smartest PPPs are being pursued to diversify economic growth.
Streamlining Government
Government bodies are growing nimbler by the day, implementing best practices from abroad to trim the fat and tone the muscle of Saudi's public services.
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Posted in Features, Game Guides, Top Ten
Top 3 Things the Wii Needs to Survive
If Sony’s Jack Tretton is to be believed, the next-generation consoles have roughly 8 years left in their respective life cycles (let the baseball analogies begin). While the Nintendo Wii experienced tremendous early success with its innovative gameplay and family friendly titles, it is yet to be seen if the console can stand up to the test of time. One thing is for certain, time is surely not going to treat the technologically inferior Wii as well as its beefier cousins. If this was a three way baseball game, right now the score might look like Wii – 4, Xbox – 2, and PS3 – 1 at the top of the 2nd inning. Here are 3 things the Wii needs to do to survive the ballgame.
Peripherals, Peripherals, Peripherals
Nothing will energize the Wii over its lifecycle like new (quality) innovative peripherals. Gamers will only be content waggling their Wiimotes for so long. In order for the Wii to sustain its momentum, Nintendo needs to continually release external gaming hardware that add interactivity into games. Gamers were drawn in by the Wiimote; they will stay because of other devices. Nintendo seemed to have already recognized this with “Wii Fit.” However, the Wii Fit’s unveiling at E3 ’07 was awkward to say the least. It is yet to be determined if the Wii Fit board will be a true innovation to gaming or a mere novelty. The peripherals will have to be integrated into gaming experiences instead of having games created solely to use the peripheral. Imagine playing a future Metroid game where movement is controlled by leaning in different directions on the Wii Fit board and shooting is controlled by the Wiimote. If the Wii wants to stay relevant through its lifecycle, Nintendo must make up for what it lacks in graphical capability with innovation in gaming.
Gamers are no longer just content to play solo campaigns or with a friend in their own living room. Online gaming has become an integral part of gaming for the past five years, and its importance will only increase with time. Nintendo has attempted to make consumers believe that it already incorporates online gaming, but in truth, online gaming is all but absent on the Wii. If Nintendo is serious about incorporating online gaming, their first step must be to create some sort of gaming “channel” where users can log on and connect with friends worldwide. The Wii already has avatars for gamers. How difficult would it be to create a syrupy Nintendofied version of PS3’s home incorporating Miis? Wii Shop must also incorporate free downloadable demos of upcoming releases, and for the love of Princess Peach, the friend codes need to be ditched completely. Voice capability must be integrated into the online service as well. After all, half of the fun of multiplayer gaming is the ability to talk to other players. Will gamers ever be able to hook up with a friend across the globe for some retro Double Dragon action? It’s up to Nintendo to decide.
Substance over Novelty
Without a doubt, the novelty of the Wii has been its main attraction. Many consumers have purchased a Wii “just to see how it works.” Parents were intrigued by a video game console that got their kids off the couch and flying around the living room. While novelty may draw initial interest, substance sustains interest. This means Nintendo must continue to release quality titles that integrate motion experience instead of just exploiting it. Collections of mini-games are fun diversions, but rarely sustain long term interest. The main problem with mere novelty gaming is that once a user plays the game once, the novelty is gone. Nintendo has already made some missteps in this area. The Wii’s catalogue is already chocked full of pointless mediocre games with shoddy motion control. Also, from the Forecast channel to Everybody Votes, Nintendo’s previously released “channels” have been nothing more than shiny trinkets. They are fun to look at for a minute, but get discarded almost immediately. Nintendo must release additional channels that provide content that sustains interest. Both Nintendo and 3rd party developers will need to step up to the plate in the upcoming years to provide quality engaging titles that keep the Wii from becoming the “other” system when gamers want a break from playing real games on their 360’s and PS3’s.
While Nintendo has certainly earned its right to puff out its chest and gloat a little, the “game” is far from over. 2008 is certain to set the tone for the years to come for the Wii. With the PS3 seemingly finding its feet and the 360 still going strong, Nintendo must fight to stay relevant in a rapidly changing gaming world. The Wii must maximize its strengths of innovation and unique gameplay to overcome its glaring technological shortcomings. Whether console lifecycles are nine inning ballgames is up to debate, but what Mr. Tretton is right about is that it is still early in the ballgame, and the Wii still has much to prove.
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Fonterra to Invest in Plant in Indonesia
INDONESIA - Fonterra has announced plans to invest in a blending and packing plant in Indonesia to help support the growing demand for high quality dairy nutrition in Indonesia. The investment will support the local expansion of Fonterra’s consumer brands Anlene, Anmum and Anchor Boneeto throughout Indonesia.
Fonterra CEO Theo Spierings made the announcement as part of the New Zealand Prime Minister-led Business Mission in Indonesia this week, following on from Fonterra's global strategy refresh.
Mr Spierings said Asia is leading the world in dairy demand growth and Indonesia is a big part of this demand.
"The New Zealand dairy industry has over a 40 year relationship supplying high quality dairy products to Indonesia and dairy demand in Indonesia is forecast to grow by around 50 per cent over the next eight years. With such rapid growth forecast in Indonesia, we want to increase our packing and blending capabilities on the ground to support the long term growth of our business."
Fonterra currently packs and blends its consumer brands ' Anlene, Anmum and Anchor Boneeto' either in New Zealand or through co-packers in Indonesia or in Asia, before distributing to the Indonesia market.
"While Fonterra's brands will continue to use New Zealand ingredients, the new plant will support more local secondary processing of the products and help us respond to market needs swiftly," Mr Spierings said.
Maspiyono Handoyo, President Director, Fonterra Brands Indonesia said Fonterra is looking to work with partners to establish and run the new blending and packing plant in Indonesia, which is in the planning stages.
"We are currently talking with prospective partners and looking at possible structural options and locations. We expect to have the new plant operational within 18 months, which will adopt current best practices from across Fonterra and comply with Fonterra's Standards of Excellence and Quality."
Mr Spierings added Fonterra's plans to invest in Indonesia are part of the company's wider global strategy to sharpen its focus on the ASEAN region.
"We are committed to providing top quality dairy nutrition to people across ASEAN. Global dairy demand is set to increase by 100 billion litres over the next 8 years and sixty per cent of this growth is expected to come from China, India and Indonesia. This investment in our local packing and blending capabilities will help ensure we can keep up with the region's growing appetite for dairy nutrition."
Mr Spierings is the business leader of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade New Zealand Business Delegation currently in Indonesia. The mission is exploring mutual business opportunities between the two countries over the next two days.
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Storms could bring Easter rain
A quick-moving cold front is expected to move through northeast Louisiana on Sunday.
Storms could bring Easter rain A quick-moving cold front is expected to move through northeast Louisiana on Sunday. Check out this story on thenewsstar.com: https://tnsne.ws/1Rqxobq
Ashley Mott, amott@thenewsstar.com Published 2:02 p.m. CT March 25, 2016
National Weather Service(Photo: NWS)
A quick-moving cold front is expected to move through northeastern Louisiana on Sunday. Associated storms could bring between quarter and three-quarter inches of rain to the area, according to Don Wheeler, Monroe meteorologist and vice chancellor of academic affairs at Louisiana Delta Community College.
“It’s not going to significantly contribute to the flooding that we have right now,” Wheeler said.
Wheeler said the region can expect nice weather for the first part of Easter weekend, including Friday afternoon and Saturday, when temperatures are expected to reach the mid-70s.
On Easter, showers and thunderstorms are expected, but Wheeler said they should be clear out quickly.
“It will be in and out, and, hopefully, it will not be a washout for the entire day,” Wheeler said.
The storms are not expected to be severe, but Wheeler advises an isolated severe thunderstorm remains a possibility.
According to the National Weather Service, the expected high for both Saturday and Sunday is 76 degrees. The chance of rain Sunday is 60 percent.
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The 6 Best Things to Do in Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands
Top Attractions in Christiansted
1. Buck Island Reef National Monument
2. Fort Christiansvaern
3. Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve
4. Protestant Cay
5. Tamarind Reef Beach
6. Buck Island Cove
Top Restaurants in Christiansted
1. Duggan's Reef
2. Harvey's
3. RumRunners
4. Savant
5. The Bombay Club
6. Cafe Christine
7. No Bones Cafe
8. Twin City Coffee House
9. Cafe Fresco
10. Rowdy Joe's
December 30, 2017 Jacquiline Darosa
If you love the beach, but also want a little culture, you'll love Christiansted, one of St. Croix's two waterfront towns. Historic churches, charming courtyards, shaded walkways, stone arches, antique lampposts and rows of restored townhouses add to the city's appeal. Relax on a tranquil, white sand beach or float in the aquamarine water. Enjoy the many shops, boutiques, galleries, cafes and restaurants, or visit attractions like Fort Christianvaern, the Customs House and the Old Scale House.
Restaurants in Christiansted
17. 786505, -64. 626944, St. Croix +1 340-773-1460
Lying 1.5 miles off the northeast coast of St. Croix, this 880-acre national monument includes 176 acres of land surrounded by 704 acres of water and coral reef system; it is a paradise for snorkelers, and the deep grottos and labyrinths are perfect for experienced scuba divers to explore.
Reviewed By Florinhim - Bucharest
Do not miss this island while in the USVI; you can book a trip here (we were there with Capt Heinz) and have a wonderful snorkeling experience plus a short time on one of the greatest Beaches you’ve been to. For the snorkeling, make sure you have some experience as the water above the reef is pretty rough due to the currents and and might be little hard to swim between the high reefs (some are above the water).
At the beach there is a toilet and some picnic tables so bring your own drinks and food for a relaxing stay.
If will be back, will definitely return to Buck Island!
Hospital St., Christiansted, St. Croix +1 340-773-1460
An imposing yellow Danish fort built to defend the Christiansted harbor.
Reviewed By blakbimmer - Houston, Texas, USA
Historic buildings. A glimpse of the way of life between 1733 and 1917. I paid for a complete tour which I am glad I did because she gave us a lot of history that I did not have time to read about beforehand.
Rte. 75 to Rte. 80, Christiansted, St. Croix +1 340-773-1460
Dedicated in 1993, this national, ecological preserve and park features the largest remaining mangrove forest in the U.S.V.I., a submarine canyon, plus objects of cultural significance such as a prehistoric ceremonial hall and burial site.
Reviewed By palmetto1968 - Nashville, Tennessee
This is supposed to be a national park? The only place in the United States where Christopher Columbus actually landed? The beach was trashed, there was not even a monument much less any interpretive information. If you like seeing piles of garbage bags and esed tires on a beach in the Caribbean, this is the spot for you.
Across from Christiansted, Christiansted, St. Croix
Reviewed By Craig F - Schenectady, New York
An excellent beach with a bar and restaurant within easy walking distance. Crystal clear water with lots of sand and sun. Go there to forget about it all and soak in the sun.
Christiansted, St. Croix
Reviewed By ADS80 - Springfield, Massachusetts
The beach is rocky, though I'm told the reef is great for snorkeling. I like to walk down along the beach and watch the iguanas sun bathe and eat. It's the best spot on the island to see a lot of iguanas.
St. Croix +1 340-773-2628
About two miles northeast of St. Croix, Buck Island Cove, with its large and spectacular reef, is a snorkeler’s dream.
Reviewed By seeingtheworld22 - Millersville, Maryland
Buck island has an amazing beach: quintessential Caribbean! We stopped here for only 30 minutes before going to the other side of the island to snorkel. I could've laid on that white sand or relaxed in that turquoise water for hours!
Islands Reefs Buck Island Reef National Monument Historic Sites Fort Christiansvaern National Parks Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve Beaches Protestant Cay Tamarind Reef Beach Reefs Buck Island Cove
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English Literature and Film - University of Winchester
- Learn from an experienced and enthusiastic team of tutors with a wide range of expertise - Tailor a programme to your interests from a diverse range of writers and movements - Explore the richness of English literature alongside global cinema, gaining the critical skills and cultural awareness valued by employers - Take part in field trips and gain work experience through volunteering modules If you are a big fan of the sort of books and films that have stood the test of time and how the two relate, then this course is made for you. In our English Literature and Film degree you consider the disciplinary differences of literature and film as well as their interdependence, as many films begin as screenplays and many novels have been adapted for the big screen. The programme draws on the research interests and expertise of staff with subject-specific and strong interdisciplinary backgrounds. You develop sophisticated skills in analysis, expression, argumentation and presentation, all of which are preparatory to success in future employment, whether you want to be a screenwriter, novelist or director. You are made familiar with the theoretical concepts and methodological skills needed to analyse film and literary texts in historical, cultural, political and social contexts. The three-year programme aims to encourage a critical and questioning attitude towards the material studied and the methods of study adopted. Talented and committed staff guide an interactive learning experience based in an exciting cultural city. While lectures are an important part of teaching, so too is film viewing, reading, independent research and a range of other learning practices. In Year 1, you develop critical approaches and key skills through core modules including Introduction to English Studies, Film Criticism and Understanding Horror Film. In Year 2, you learn about literary adaptations and approaches to film. In addition you take optional modules such as Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama, Classical Hollywood Cinema and Gangster and Crime Film. In Year 3, you choose three film and three English-based optional modules in subjects such as Gothic Film, Biography and the Body, and Renaissance Poetry. You also research and compose a dissertation. A degree in English Literature and Film opens many doors. You acquire a range of highly transferable qualities that are valued by employers, including analytical thinking, evaluative and research skills, self-discipline, and effective written and spoken communication, as well as an ability to apply knowledge of a wide range of theoretical concepts to practical scenarios. Graduates pursue careers in the film, television, creative, advertising, media and journalism industries. Others go into teaching, education, library services and publishing.
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Justice minister assails Knesset legal chief for ‘serious conflict of interest’
Netanyahu's immunity bid
Amir Ohana demands that Eyal Yinon recuse himself from any involvement in PM’s request for parliamentary immunity due to his wife’s role in state prosecution
By Raoul Wootliff 8 January 2020, 4:45 am 0 Edit
Raoul Wootliff is the The Times of Israel's political correspondent.
Justice Minister Amir Ohana speaks at the Knesset on September 11, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Justice Minister Amir Ohana called Tuesday on the Knesset’s chief legal adviser to immediately recuse himself from any decisions relating to the formation of a committee to deal with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s immunity request, accusing Eyal Yinon of a “serious conflict of interest.”
Ohana said that since Yinon’s wife was part of the team of prosecutors who worked on the prime minister’s criminal cases, immunity for which was to be debated by the as yet unformed committee, “it is not possible to accept a situation in which [he] will decide, either indirectly or directly, in the affairs of the prime minister due to the decisions in which his spouse participated.”
On Monday, Yinon denied reports that he had recused himself from dealing with the issue, arguing that his wife’s involvement in the cases did not put him in conflict of interest at this stage, and alleging attempts to “intimidate” him.
A day earlier, he authored a legal opinion saying the interim Knesset could convene the House Committee that would debate the prime minister’s request for immunity. Netanyahu had sought to delay the immunity proceedings until after the March elections, as a majority of lawmakers in the current Knesset oppose his bid.
Hebrew-language media reported earlier Monday that due to Yinon’s wife Amit Merari being involved in formulating the criminal indictments against the premier, she and Yinon both signed a conflict of interest document in 2017 declaring that he would not deal with issues related to cases she has worked on, according to Channel 12.
Knesset legal adviser Eyal Yinon attends a Knesset committee meeting on June 6, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Yinon, denying the reports that he had recused himself, contended that there had been nothing wrong with his involvement in the recent deliberations on whether the parliament could discuss the premier’s immunity request after it had been dissolved ahead of March elections, since it was a procedural matter and did not deal with the specific case.
Ohana, however, claimed that “this serious conflict of interest cries out to heavens and could result in a criminal offense of breach of trust.”
He said if Yinon did not immediately recuse himself, he would ask Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein to order him to do so.
The Blue and White party on Sunday presented Edelstein with what it said was support from 65 MKs to convene a committee to discuss the immunity request, a move okayed by Yinon. Edelstein responded by asking Yinon for more information on whether he had powers to green-light or block the panel from forming, prompting Benny Gantz’s centrist party to say it would seek Edelstein’s ouster if he vetoed the move.
The developments marked a possible setback for Netanyahu, moving the Knesset one step closer to quickly deliberating and almost certainly rejecting his request to be shielded from prosecution in three criminal cases that could spell the end of his political career.
According to Yinon, Netanyahu’s request [Hebrew] must be weighed by the House Committee before it can be voted upon by the whole plenum. Due to the lack of a functioning legislature amid a year-long ongoing political deadlock, and with new elections set for March 2, there is currently no functioning House Committee to consider the request.
In his initial legal opinion released Sunday, Knesset adviser Yinon said there was no legal obstacle stopping the lawmakers from setting up a House Committee to decide on immunity for Netanyahu, assuming there was majority support for such a move. But he also said that the Knesset could not be compelled to set up a committee, despite the charges against the premier and his request for immunity, possibly giving Edelstein room to refuse to allow the process to go forward.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein arrive for a joint event of the Knesset and the US Congress, celebrating 50 years since Jerusalem’s reunification, at the Chagall state hall in the Knesset, on June 7, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
Netanyahu requested immunity last week, but is reportedly banking on lawmakers being unable to swiftly set up a committee and discuss his request, thus pushing off the process until after the March elections. As Knesset speaker, Edelstein must okay any meeting of Nissenkorn’s Arrangements Committee, which deals with procedural parliamentary issues such as the makeup of other committees and is needed to create the House Committee.
Netanyahu is charged with fraud and breach of trust in three cases, as well as bribery in one of them. He denies wrongdoing and has accused police and state prosecutors of an “attempted coup” against him.
Under a 2005 change to the Knesset immunity law, members of the legislature no longer receive automatic immunity from prosecution but must request it from the plenum when relevant.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
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Sarah Klein (ed.), François Rappo, Roland Früh
Hermann Eidenbenz. Teaching Graphic Design
Documents 1926–1955
Book design: Sarah Klein, François Rappo
English edition, 2. edition
168 pages, ca. 100 images, 16 × 24 cm, Softcover
Euro (D) 25.– / Euro (A) 25.70
CHF 29.00
The “Visual Archives” series is the result of research projects
initiated and carried out at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne. It is devoted to unresearched material left by designers, authors and brands. Documents and visual material from archives are put into context and accompanied by critical essays.
Short essays accompany these visual materials, thus providing reference and context: they are the result of research projects conducted internally by ECAL.
The first volume of the series is dedicated to the teaching career of Swiss graphic designer Hermann Eidenbenz (1902–1993).
Hermann Eidenbenz was one of the first persons in Switzerland to describe himself as a graphic designer. From the first half of the 20th century into the 1950s, he was involved in graphic design education in Zurich, Magdeburg, Basel and Brunswick, first as a student and later as a teacher.
The didactic material from Eidenbenz’s time as a teacher of graphic design published here throws light on this discipline at a time before graphic design in Switzerland had achieved international recognition.
Sarah Klein studied visual communication in Basel and Berlin, where she also worked as a graphic designer. During her master programme in Art Direction at ECAL in Lausanne, she turned her attention to type design and research. Currently, she is involved in research for the “Swiss Graphic Design and Typography Revisited” project and is doing her doctoral studies at HfG Offenbach am Main.
François Rappo (*1955) is a graphic designer, trained at ECBA Ecole cantonale des beaux-arts, Lausanne, Switzerland. François Rappo started type design in 1998, collaborating with ‘Optimo type foundry’ since then: Didot Elder, Theinhardt Grotesk, Genath, Antique, Plain Grotesque, Clarendon Graphic, Practice, Apax, Jannon.
His portfolio includes projects for The New York Times Magazine, ICA Institute of Contemporary Art London, Apple, Basel Art Fair and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
From 2001 till 2007 François Rappo was head of the jury of The Most Beautiful Swiss Books competition.
François is teaching type and graphic design at ECAL Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne. In parallel to his design projects, François has published several writings on typography and type design. François Rappo received the Jan Tschichold award in 2013.
Roland Früh studied art history at the University of Zurich, graduating in 2007. From 2008 to 2010 he assisted Robin Kinross at Hyphen Press, London. From 2011 to 2014 he was the program coordinator at the Master program of Werkplaats Typografie in Arnhem. Currently, he is a visiting lecturer at ECAL University of Art and Design Lausanne, and since 2014 he is responsible for the Art Library at Sitterwerk, St. Gallen. Since 2017 he is a researcher within the SNSF-funded research project Swiss Graphic Design and Typography Revisited.
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Petro-Canada debuts branding for new engine oil categories
Posted: July 26, 2016 by Today's Trucking Staff
CALGARY, AB – Petro-Canada Lubricants has announced the launch of its new PC-11 branding campaign in advance of debuting two new categories of heavy duty engine oils in December.
The PC-11 specification will require heavy duty engine oils to offer enhanced oxidation control, aeration control and shear stability, delivering increased fuel economy, emissions reduction and engine protection. The Suncor company’s campaign is built under “The Tougher. The Better.” It represents Petro-Canada Lubricants’ expertise in addressing these demands.
PC-11 is represented by two new categories that will define heavy duty engine oils for years to come:
API CK-4 (improved performance and backwards-compatible for older engines)
API FA-4 (for use in the next generation of fuel-efficient diesel engines)
“Durability, strength and efficiency. These are the defining features of Petro-Canada Lubricants and how we position our PC-11 offer under The Tougher. The Better.,” announced Howard McIntyre, vice president of lubricants for Suncor.
“We are scheduled to imminently reveal our PC-11-ready product line, which we believe is set to be the world’s toughest range of heavy duty engine oils. The Tougher. The Better. offers a clear statement of intent to our customers to show we’re PC-11-ready and committed to the changes ahead.”
The announcement of The Tougher. The Better. follows Petro-Canada Lubricants’ PC-11 educative website, herecomespc11.com, which will continue to offer guidance to the industry in their decision making processes ahead of the introduction of PC-11 heavy duty engine oils.
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Four new Voice Of The People Volumes (2012)
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Drawn from recordings made during the 1950s and 60s these four volumes capture the music making of working people. This is the home-spun art and entertainment that enriched the lives of working people in pubs and cottages, in social clubs and village halls and on the street, and was made “by people with dirt under their finger nails.” This is music that has been largely ignored by the vagaries of the commercial recording industry. The emphasis in the presentation of this series has been weighted towards the social lives and values of the performers.
Series Editor Reg Hall has chosen individual experts to select and compile these four volumes – Shirley Collins, Steve Roud and Rod Stradling.
TSCD671 YOU NEVER HEARD SO SWEET : Songs by Southern English Traditional Singers.
Selected and presented by Shirley Collins from classic recordings made in the 1950s by Peter Kennedy and Bob Copper
TSCD672D I’M A ROMANY RAI : Songs by Southern English Gypsy Traditional Singers.
Selected and presented by Shirley Collins from classic recordings made in the 1950s by Peter Kennedy
TSCD673TÂ GOOD PEOPLE, TAKE WARNING : Ballads by British and Irish Traditional Singers.
Selected and presented by Steve Roud from classic recordings made in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s
TSCD674Â SARAH MAKEM : The Heart Is True
Classic recordings of this important Northern Irish Traditional singer selected and presented by Rod Stradling
“Topic’s original 20-volume The Voice Of The People series in 1998 provided a plethora of superb material for UK folk’s productive new wave to gorge on. Now, courtesy of another goldmine of 1950s field recordings salvaged largely from the late collector Peter Kennedy’s archive, Reg Hall, Shirley Collins, Steve Roud and Rod Stradling have compiled a cracking new series with detailed, illuminating booklets shining a revelatory light on Britain and Ireland’s “old music”. Hopefully it will inspire future generations… Magnificent†★★★★ Colin Irwin, MOJO
“The Voice Of The People is the most important and rewarding series of British folk song recordings ever issued.” fRoots Magazine
★★★★★Songlines   ★★★★★ Record Collector ★★★★ Q Magazine ★★★★ MOJO
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Philippe Anziani
Date of birth/Age: Sep 21, 1961 (58)
Place of birth: Annaba
Citizenship: France
Appointed: Jul 13, 2019
Contract until: -
Avg. term as coach : 0,48 Years
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Marseille B Manager
Former player:
Last club : G. Ajaccio
Most games for : Monaco
Retired : Jul 1, 1996
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In charge until
Marseille B 19/20 (Jul 13, 2019) expected - Manager - -
FUS Rabat 13/14 (Jan 1, 2014) 18/19 (Jun 30, 2019) Youth Co-ordinator - -
Kawkab Marrakech 13/14 (Aug 9, 2013) 13/14 (Dec 31, 2013) Youth Co-ordinator - -
Al Duhail 12/13 (Jul 20, 2012) 13/14 (Aug 9, 2013) Assistant Manager - -
Assistant Manager of: Eric Gerets (30 Games)
CS Hammam-Lif 11/12 (Dec 25, 2011) 12/13 (Jul 20, 2012) Assistant Manager - -
Assistant Manager of: Christian Sarramagna (18 Games)
FC Nantes 10/11 (Mar 7, 2011) 10/11 (May 30, 2011) Manager 12 1,25
FC Nantes 10/11 (Jul 1, 2010) 10/11 (Mar 6, 2011) Assistant Manager - -
Assistant Manager of: Baptiste Gentili (30 Games)
SC Bastia 09/10 (Jul 1, 2009) 09/10 (Nov 25, 2009) Manager 15 0,60
SC Bastia 06/07 (Jul 1, 2006) 08/09 (Jun 30, 2009) Assistant Manager - -
Assistant Manager of: Bernard Casoni (116 Games), Michel Padovani (6 Games)
FC Sochaux 98/99 (Oct 25, 1998) 99/00 (Sep 19, 1999) Manager 34 1,29
FC Sochaux 97/98 (Jul 1, 1997) 98/99 (Oct 4, 1998) Assistant Manager - -
Assistant Manager of: Faruk Hadzibegic (11 Games)
G. Ajaccio 94/95 (Feb 1, 1995) 94/95 (Jun 30, 1995) Manager - -
G. Ajaccio 94/95 (Feb 1, 1995) 94/95 (Jul 1, 1995) Manager - -
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96/97 Jul 1, 1996 GFCO Ajaccio Retired - -
94/95 Jul 1, 1994 FC Martigues G. Ajaccio - ?
93/94 Jul 1, 1993 SC Toulon 83 FC Martigues - ?
89/90 Jul 1, 1989 Racing Paris 1 SC Toulon Var - ?
88/89 Jul 1, 1988 FC Nantes RC Paris - ?
86/87 Jul 1, 1986 Monaco FC Nantes - ?
84/85 Jul 1, 1984 FC Sochaux Monaco - ?
78/79 Jul 1, 1978 CS Meaux FC Sochaux - ?
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UltraVillaThe JournalDestinationsCentral America and CaribbeanGorgeous Golf Courses Across the Americas
Gorgeous Golf Courses Across the Americas
Mainland America has some of the best pro golf courses in the world, however, the landscapes of the other areas of the Americas offer the most spectacular locations to hit the green. Cliffside courses, awe-inspiring ocean vistas, and tropical oases; our experts transport us to the best turf stretching from Hawaii to Brazil as we put along the Pacific coast and hit hole-in-ones from one Caribbean Island to the next. Tee off with us at these exceptional courses.
Photo: Kapalua, Plantation Course
The Plantation Course at Kapalua – Hawaii
With such stunning scenery, it’s not surprising that Hawaii also has fabulous golf courses. Our experts at Hawaii Hideaways recommend The Plantation Course at Kapalua with its lush vegetation, challenging holes and spectacular ocean views. Home to the annual Hyundai Open and frequently ranked the #1 golf course in Hawaii, it was designed by Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore, who took into the natural backdrop of the West Maui Mountains. They also planned almost every hole to face dramatic ocean views. Its design challenges the pros but is also very accessible for the average golfer. The thrills last to the very end with an aggressive slope at the 18th fairway which allows for some of the longest drives you may ever have.
Where to Stay at Kapalua
You’ll ace your time in Kapalua by staying at the Avalon by the Sea villa from Hawaii Hideaways. It is situated within the Sea Glass estate, a one acre park lined with papaya, banana, orange, grapefruit and Plumeria trees bordering the golf course. The villa provides the perfect spot overlooking the 18th fairway to relax and watch all the action.
Other than the golf course, its hillside location offers a breathtaking view of the mountains or the ocean from every room in the home. It sleeps eight in four bedrooms with six bathrooms. The décor is contemporary with tasteful appointments and artwork. The open-flow design has three bedrooms in the north wing and the master suite in the south wing allowing for complete privacy for all guests. You can relax or enjoy a meal in the spacious grand room or the covered outdoor sitting areas.
For further information about the Avalon by the Sea villa or the other luxury designer villas in the Hawaii Hideaways repertoire, follow this link.
Pacifico Golf Course, Four Seasons Punta Mita. Photo Credit: Christian Horan
Pacifico Golf Course – Punta Mita, Mexico
The Punta Mita Peninsula, located on Mexico’s Pacific coast just above Puerto Vallarta, has two courses designed by the legendary Jack Nicklaus: the Pacifico and the Bahia. Both are located at the Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita, and feature extraordinary ocean views with world-class play.
Our experts at In Villa Veritas suggest The Pacífico which is ideal for both experienced players and beginners. It has eight holes directly facing or playing alongside the Pacific Ocean and also features the unique “Tail of the Whale”, an optional par-three hole with the largest natural island green in the whole world. The course extends over 81 hectares (200 acres) and takes full advantage of its seaside location, the area’s diverse tropical vegetation and sweeping Sierra Madre Mountains. You may even catch glimpses of whales swimming by during their seasonal migration.
Where to Stay In Punta Mita
The Casa Tres Soles villa by In Villa Veritas is a wonderful golfers’ base in Punta Mita. Located a short drive away, the villa has access to both golf courses, an outstanding staff and is absolutely gorgeous. Plus, with an average of 325 sunny days per year, Punta Mita has the perfect golf climate.
The enchanting villa is set on an oceanfront plateau overlooking the clear blue waters of the Pacific Ocean. It conveys the comforts and opulence of North American lifestyle while recreating the hacienda ambiance. Tres Soles is an inspiring 18,000 sq. ft. residence with more than 20,000 sq. ft. of terraces, paths, and patios. The spacious property sleeps 18 in nine bedrooms with 12 bathrooms. Guests can convene in the airy family room, dine together al fresco, relax in the fitness room, sauna and massage room or have a quiet moment in one of the two secluded casitas with their fantastic views of the mountains and sea.
Learn more about this paradisiac property or the other superb villas by In Villa Veritas at this link.
Arnold Palmer Golf Course Four Seasons Papagayo Peninsula. Photo Credit: Dana Klein
Arnold Palmer Golf Course – Papagayo Peninsula, Costa Rica
On Costa Rica’s gorgeous Papagayo Peninsula, our experts at Papagayo Luxury love teeing off next door at the amazing Arnold Palmer Course. The 6,800-yard, par 72 course managed by the Four Seasons made the 2012 list of “Top 100 Courses Outside the US” by Golf Digest.
The stunning views over the peninsula and Pacific Ocean begin at the very first hole. The route traverses through a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary, which includes the “Trail of Giants” and a huge range of beautiful local flora and fauna. The Club has something for all levels on its driving range: an 18-hole real grass putt putt course, a sand bunker practice area plus chipping and putting greens, complimentary weekly clinics, private instruction and a pro shop.
Where to Stay on the Papagayo Peninsula
Found right next to the course, Papagayo Luxury has several villas facing the course and all condos overlook the driving range and/or some of the holes. All of their homeowners are members of the club which thus grant access to anyone staying at Papagayo Luxury. The spacious, classy villas are all custom designed with breathtaking ocean views, private pools, and contemporary furnishings. For smaller groups, they have luxury townhomes for up to eight guests.
Guests also have access to the private Prieta Beach Club which has several pools, restaurants,a fitness center, and long beach. Papagayo’s concierge team prides itself on its attention to detail expediency, and can assist guests with planning excursions and other customized itineraries.
Discover which villa is best for you by contacting to Papagayo Luxury here.
Cuisinart Golf Club
Cuisinart Golf Club – Anguilla
The Idyllic Island of Anguilla features the heavenly Cuisinart Golf Club, an 18-Hole Greg Norman Signature Design Championship Golf Course and a favorite of our experts at Ricketts Luxury Properties. Completed in 2011, the course has quickly risen the ranks to become one of the top courses in the Caribbean.
Built on different levels and with different slopes, the route consists of 18 challenging holes. Arriving on the course, players are met with the amazing view of St. Maarten and the Caribbean Sea. The awe-inspiring vistas continue throughout the green surrounded by lush native vegetation. In addition to its sensational setting, Cuisinart prides itself on its sustainable design which aimed to preserve and enhance the island’s natural habitats. An essential factor of the planning process was the renewal of the Merrywing Salt Pond, a landmark of the island showcased on the course.
Where to Stay in Anguilla
At the end of the day on the green, park your clubs at the Kishti on Meads villa by Ricketts Luxury, located only a short 5-minute drive from Cuisinart in Anguilla’s Fashionable West End. The gorgeous, mile-long Meads Bay is the current venue of choice for island foodies with its array of upscale restaurants and bars, bookended by 5-star resorts at each side of the beach – all within easy strolling distance of the new Kishti enclave.
Taylor Smyth Architect and internationally renowned Interior Designer Cecconi Simone Inc. have created the ultimate in contemporary style and design. The estate has one five bedroom and one six bedroom villas, two kitchens each, rooftop and patio gardens, home theater and home office. Above all, they have non-intrusive but supremely attentive service by a staff of 11 to ensure the full, pampering, no-effort-spared “Kishti Experience.”
To enjoy your own “Kishti Experience” on Anguilla, or discover their wide range of fantastic properties, contact Ricketts Luxury at this link.
Canouan Golf Course
Canouan Golf Course – The Grenadines
According to our expert Sylvia Delvaille Jones of Villas and Apartments Abroad, Canouan Island, one of the 32 islands in the chain of the Grenadines, boasts one of the most beautifully scenic golf courses in the world: The Grenadines Estate Golf Club.
“Nothing was compromised in order to create this magnificent 18-hole course,” says Sylvia. “The 13th hole is much talked about, often followed by a chuckle. I wonder why? It crowns the very top of a hill, sitting there all alone beckoning world class players to come on up by day. However, by the time you are finished playing, the butler has transformed this plateau into a venue for sipping cocktails and hors d’oeuvres to the spectacle of the most amazing sunset.
“This course, if measured by the amount of wealth in the pockets of those who have played it, would win hands down due to the multimillionaires and billionaires who happen to own villas there. One villa owner who had sold his company for 900 million pounds jokingly said he suddenly realized he was the poorest person owning a home there and among the friends he was playing with.
“What makes this so special is the breeze Canouan is known for. The island is ideally positioned to enjoy the full benefit of the northeast trade winds year round. This makes playing ‘a breeze’ in the perfect temperature. The setting is also exceptional for its 360-degree view of mountains, numerous tiny islands, long stretches of beaches, the sights and sounds of the sea, sailing boats bobbing and sleek mega yachts cruising the coastline.”
Where to stay on Canouan Island
If Sylvia’s description of the course hasn’t won you over, her Il Sogno villa certainly will. Set high on a hill, it offers unparalleled privacy and phenomenal views of the Caribbean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, Mount Royal, the Southern Grenadine Islands, the golf course and the entire length of Canouan Island.
This lovely 4.2-acre estate features four one-bedroom cottages. Each cottage is 111 sq. m. with a bedroom, bathroom, sitting room and a large verandah, making it ideal for a couple or small family. The main entertainment area includes a great room with walls that slide open to a large verandah, an infinity pool 18 meters long, sun deck, two-story Gazebo and a fully equipped outdoor bar and grill – perfect for taking in the view, hosting a cocktail party or soaking up the Caribbean sun. The bucolic grounds spread out over graceful gardens, designed to bloom in every season, and are dotted with banana, plantain, lime, orange, grapefruit, mango, papaya, breadfruit, avocado and fig trees.
To book this fabulous villa or learn more about holidaying in the Grenadines with Villas and Apartments Abroad, contact Sylvia Delvaille Jones here.
Photo: Royal Westmoreland
Royal Westmoreland – Barbados
Over in Barbados our experts at Altman Villa Rentals send avid golfers straight to the Royal Westmoreland. It has recently been rated 31 in Golf Digest’s “Top 100 Golf Courses outside of the US” and it’s universally agreed to have some of the best par three golf anywhere.
Situated on the rolling hills of the exclusive Royal Westmoreland gated community, a former sugar plantation, this world-class 18-hole championship golf course was created by renowned course designer Robert Trent Jones Jr. Every hole of the 7,045-yard, par 72 course has breathtaking views of the Caribbean Sea.
Where to Stay at the Royal Westmoreland
As the Royal Westmoreland is a private estate, golfing access is only available to villa owners or rental guests. Our experts at Altman Villa Rentals have the perfect property located on the premises: The Westerings villa. This prestigious colonial style Caribbean holiday villa offers incredible views across the golf course and the turquoise blue waters of the Caribbean Sea. The Westerings sits at an elevated position on the 13th hole of the resort’s championship golf course.
There are five superbly appointed double bedrooms in the main house, each with ensuite facilities and spacious verandas with sea views. The open plan lounge and kitchen open onto a large covered terrace – the perfect location for sunset cocktails. The guest cottage features a sixth bedroom, bathroom, kitchenette and lounge with pull out sofa bed. The villa’s layout is ideal for family gatherings and the outdoor living areas include a dining and bar area with barbecue, and an expansive terrace surrounding the luxurious infinity edge pool and jacuzzi. Guests have access to on-site tennis, golf, a fully equipped gym and an exclusive beach club at Mullins Bay.
If you’d like to tee off from this amazing villa or discover other extraordinary villas on Barbados, reach out to Altman Villa Rentals at this link.
Photo: Terravista Golf Course
Terravista Golf Course – Trancoso, Brazil
One of the best golf courses in South America is the gorgeous Brazilian Terravista Golf Course, highly recommended by our experts at Matueté Villas. Situated in Trancoso, on Brazil’s Discovery Coast in southern Bahia, Terravista is considered the most exclusive tourist and real estate development in the country. The site is also of immense historic importance to Brazil as it is the location where Portuguese sailors first set eyes on the Brazilian coastline over 500 years ago.
The resort’s setting couldn’t be more beautiful, sitting atop imposing cliffs and facing the Atlantic Ocean. The Terravista complex includes hotels, vibrant restaurants and other commercial and service centers as well as its private airstrip. A highlight is definitely the Terravista Golf Course. Opened in 2004, it was designed by Dan Blankenship, a Gold Tee Golf International Architect from South Dakota State University. It occupies 70 hectares and includes planted grass, lakes and native vegetation, the preservation of which was a crucial element to the course’s design. The front nine holes are routed through the area’s natural rainforest and the back nine holes work their way towards the gorgeous coastline.
Where to Stay in Trancoso
Matueté Villas has the perfect villa right inside the golf course complex, a safe gated community. Overlooking the course, the Trancoso Villa 30 combines local charm with contemporary luxury. It has well connected common spaces and terraces with a lovely swimming pool. It has five comfortable bedrooms and sleeps up to 10. The property is pleasantly airy. It Includes two housekeepers, a cook (from 8am to 4pm) a full-time bilingual concierge, menu planning, with food and beverage purchasing.
Matueté Villas has another villa in Trancoso as well as a large variety of refined villas across Brazil. Find out more about these luxury villa offered by Matueté here.
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