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Jacquizz Rodgers
Saints Sign RB Jacquizz Rodgers, Waive RB Rob Kelley
August 3rd, 2019 at 11:49am CST by Ben Levine
The Saints have swapped one veteran running back for another. Coach Sean Payton announced today that the team has signed Jacquizz Rodgers and waived Rob Kelley (via The Athletic’s Larry Holder on Twitter).
Rodgers, 29, spent the past three seasons with the Buccaneers. Tampa Bay used him as more of a traditional running back during his first two seasons with the team, including a 2016 campaign where he ran for 560 yards. In 2018, the veteran found some of the pass-catching prowess that he had displayed during his early-career stint with the Falcons. Rodgers ultimately finished last season with 38 receptions, which was his highest total since 2013.
After losing Mark Ingram in free agency, the Saints have been looking for another running back to pair with Alvin Kamara. Latavius Murray should have the first crack at the job, but if he struggles, Rodgers could easily take on a bigger role (although he’s not necessarily a complement to Kamara). The Saints are also rostering Dwayne Washington, Devine Ozigbo, and Matt Dayes.
Kelley averaged 4.2 yards per carry as a rookie in 2016, but he hasn’t shown anything close to that since. The 26-year-old only suited up for two games with the Redskins last year thanks to a toe injury, and there’s always been some questions about his weight. Still, considering his age, it wouldn’t be shocking if Kelley found another NFL opportunity.
Rob Kelley
Buccaneers Re-Sign Jacquizz Rodgers
March 9th, 2017 at 3:24pm CST by Ben Levine
The Buccaneers have re-signed running back Jacquizz Rodgers, the team announced on Twitter. It’s a two-year, $3.3MM deal, tweets Adam Schefter of ESPN.com.
The 27-year-old’s first season in Tampa was one of the best of his career. Rodgers established career-highs in multiple categories, compiling 560 yards and two touchdowns on 129 attempts (good for a 4.3 yards per carry average). The running back also collected another 13 receptions for 98 yards.
The Buccaneers are currently rostering four running backs on their roster: Rodgers, Charles Sims, Peyton Barber, and Russell Hansbrough. Former first-rounder Doug Martin is a free agent.
PFR ranked Rodgers as the seventh-best free agent running back, slotting in behind Darren McFadden and ahead of Rex Burkhead.
Buccaneers Likely To Keep Jacquizz Rodgers
March 7th, 2017 at 10:58am CST by Ben Levine
Barring any surprises, running back Jacquizz Rodgers is expected to be back with the Buccaneers, Jenna Laine of ESPN.com hears (Twitter link).
The 27-year-old had a breakout campaign during his first season in Tampa, establishing career-highs in multiple categories. Rodgers ultimately ran for 560 yards and two touchdowns on 129 attempts, good for a 4.3 yards per carry average. The running back also collected another 13 receptions for 98 yards.
Prior to his 2015 season with the Bears, Rodgers spent four years with the Falcons, where he earned a reputation as a pass-catching back.
After finishing the 2016 season with four different starters at the position, the Buccaneers currently have four running backs on their roster: Rodgers, Charles Sims, Peyton Barber, and Russell Hansbrough. Former first-rounder Doug Martin is a free agent.
We recently ranked Rodgers as one of the ten best running backs available in free agency.
Top 2017 Free Agents By Position 2.0: Offense
March 6th, 2017 at 11:00pm CST by Zach Links
NFL free agency is right around the corner! The legal tampering period starts on Tuesday and free agency officially starts on Thursday. The list of available free agents will change between now and then as players re-sign with teams or get cut loose, but we have a pretty good idea of who will be available right now. After looking at the top defensive players, we now shift our attention to the other side of the ball.
Here are our rankings for the top 15 free agents at each position. The rankings aren’t determined by earning power, they are simply the players we like the most at each position, with a combination of short- and long-term value taken into account. You won’t find restricted free agents or franchise tagged guys here since they are unlikely to go leave their current clubs.
Player evaluation is always subjective, so we encourage you to make your voices heard in the comments section in cases where you disagree with us.
Here’s our breakdown of the current top 15 free agents by offensive position for 2017:
Updated 3-7-2017, 2:55pm CT
Quarterback:
Mike Glennon
Brian Hoyer (story)
Case Keenum
Matt McGloin
Ryan Mallett
Matt Schaub (story)
Honorable mention: Ryan Nassib, Landry Jones, Shaun Hill
Colin Kaepernick’s agents have (wisely) let everyone know that their client will stand for the National Anthem in 2017. That may seem like a minor point, but teams say they would have automatically removed him from consideration if he continued his attention-grabbing protest. He grabbed headlines for his actions on the sidelines last year, but he actually turned in an OK season. From a football standpoint, Kaepernick would make sense for a lot of teams as a QB2 with upside.
Interestingly, this list includes three quarterbacks who couldn’t cut it as the Jets’ starter and three rejects from the 49ers. They say that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure and all six of those players (Ryan Fitzpatrick, Kaepernick, Mark Sanchez, Geno Smith, Christian Ponder, Blaine Gabbert) come with varying degrees of potential and proven effectiveness. Smith, somehow, could reportedly be retained by the Jets and installed as the starter in 2017.
Ryan Nassib is just outside of the top 15 here with EJ Manuel getting the final spot. Despite positive word about his play in practice, Nassib is unproven and the Giants’ apparent lack of interest in re-signing him says a lot. It’s also possible that he might not be 100% after ending the 2016 season on IR with an elbow injury. Manuel, for all his warts, has shown potential in small bursts.
Running back:
Latavius Murray
Andre Ellington
Christine Michael
Honorable mention: Robert Turbin, Travaris Cadet, Benny Cunningham, Lance Dunbar, Bobby Rainey, Brandon Bolden, Denard Robinson, James Starks
As expected, the Vikings have cut Adrian Peterson loose and he is expected to garner interest from contending clubs this week. Some might peg Peterson as the most talented running back in this year’s free agent class, but it all comes down to how you weigh his age and injury history. Peterson has shocked the football world in the past with an incredible comeback, but I’m a little skeptical of his ability to do it again in his age-32 season. Eddie Lacy, who has injury question marks of his own, takes the top spot at the position.
The Patriots believe they won’t be able to match the offers that come in LeGarrette Blount‘s direction. Latavius Murray could circle back to the Raiders, but he won’t be agreeing to a deal with them before free agency opens on Thursday.
Jamaal Charles has the most impressive resume of anyone on this list, with the exception of Peterson. However, no one knows exactly what he can do after playing eight games in the last two years. He’ll turn 31 in December and that’s usually not an indicator of success for running backs.
Fullback:
Patrick DiMarco (story)
Jerome Felton
Zach Line
Marcel Reece
Mike Tolbert
Derrick Coleman
Kyle Juszczyk graded out as the best fullback in the NFL last year, according to Pro Football Focus. The Ravens would be wise to keep him, but if they don’t, he’ll draw interest from teams all over the league. Juszczyk earned his first career Pro Bowl nod as he caught 37 passes for 266 yards. His exceptional 92.1 pass blocking score from PFF led all other fullbacks by a wide margin.
Mike Tolbert is ranked lower than you might expect due to his age and diminished blocking skills. He’ll turn 32 in November and it’s not guaranteed that he’ll find another job after getting released by the Panthers, though the Jets are said to have interest in him. Gang Green could also look into signing Patrick DiMarco and Marcel Reece. If you ask me, they should target DiMarco if they want to truly emphasize the running game. DiMarco finished the year with the best run blocking score in the NFL, according to Pro Football Focus.
Wide receiver:
Kenny Stills
Terrance Williams
Markus Wheaton
Michael Floyd
Kamar Aiken
Honorable mention: Brian Quick, Brandon LaFell, Anquan Boldin, Ted Ginn, Vincent Jackson
Brandon Marshall, welcome to the free agent pool. Marshall is just two years removed from a year in which he had 109 catches, 1,502 yards, and 14 touchdowns. However, his numbers dipped significantly last season as the entire Jets offense slumped. The veteran will get tons of interest this week and his suitors may include the Giants, Patriots, and Ravens.
Kenny Britt managed to put up big numbers in the midst of the Rams’ offensive quagmire last season. He now hits free agency at a great time and the WR-needy Eagles are the latest team to be connected to him. The South Jersey contingent of the Eagles fanbase will appreciate the homecoming of the Rutgers product. At the same time, they should hope he exhibits a better attitude than he did on the banks of the old Raritan.
The talent is definitely there with Markus Wheaton and the team that takes a chance on him could wind up very, very happy. Robert Woods, historically, thrived in games where Sammy Watkins was unavailable or limited. Woods doesn’t turn 25 in until April and there’s a case to be made that he should be higher on this list. Cordarrelle Patterson has turned out to be a very capable returner, but there are definitely ambitious coaches out there who think they can still mold him into a great receiver. Michael Floyd is now years removed from his best work in Arizona, so one has to wonder what he can contribute even if he has turned over a new leaf.
Victor Cruz is an exceptionally hard-worker and a team-first kind of guy. He’ll be a great addition to any locker room, but it’s anyone’s guess as to what he’ll do in 2017. We’ll say this: a return to the slot would greatly benefit him.
Anquan Boldin just missed the top 15 and I don’t necessarily feel great about it. Brian Quick also missed the cut and it was a toss-up between him and Cruz for that last spot.
Tight end:
Jack Doyle
Luke Willson
Dion Sims
Mychal Rivera
Levine Toilolo
Logan Paulsen
Ryan Griffin
Honorable mention: Larry Donnell
Martellus Bennett is eager to cash in this month. There’s a “real possibility” he winds up elsewhere and he’ll get a monster deal if that happens. The Raiders and Jaguars are expected to be among the teams in pursuit. Filling in for Rob Gronkowski, Bennett caught 55 passes for 701 yards and seven touchdowns in 2016. You can never tell what the Patriots are thinking, but it sure feels like he’ll be leaving New England.
In his first season with the Packers, Jared Cook appeared in ten regular season games and caught 30 of 51 targets for 377 yards and a touchdown. In the Packers’ two-game playoff run, he really turned it on with a total of 13 receptions for 181 yards and two scores. Cook will be a priority for the Packers to re-sign, but it doesn’t sound like they’ll get a deal done between now and March 9.
Anthony Fasano finds himself ranked higher than some bigger names due to his blocking ability. PFF gave Fasano an 88.1 score for run blocking, which was the best of any tight end last year. His 72.9 pass blocking score was fourth-best among TEs. The Titans will make a real effort to keep him.
Offensive tackle:
Kelvin Beachum
Riley Reiff
Ryan Clady
Sebastian Vollmer
Matt Kalil
Mike Remmers
Menelik Watson
Marshall Newhouse
Will Beatty
Andrew Whitworth spent some time at guard last season but his best (and most profitable) position is on the outside. He’s 35, so he won’t lead all FA tackles in total money this year despite being our top-ranked free at the position.
That mantle, by all indications, will belong to Ricky Wagner who could reportedly fetch around $10MM/year. The former fifth-round pick put it all together this past season in Baltimore and he won’t turn 28 until October.
Russell Okung was thrust into the free agent market in February when the Broncos declined his option. This time around, it will be interesting to see whether he hires an agent. His previous deal was effectively a one-year pact with a club option for a four-year, $48MM deal with $20.5MM in guaranteed cash. After a so-so year, the Broncos wisely turned it down.
Austin Pasztor is listed as a tackle here, though it’s quite possible he reverts to the interior line in 2017. Mike Adams, a former second-round pick, makes the cut for his natural talent, even though he hasn’t shown much at the professional level. Will Beatty also found his way to the Top 15, but his market will be capped after two injury-ridden years.
Interior offensive line (guard/center):
Larry Warford
Jahri Evans
J.C. Tretter (C)
Stefen Wisniewski
Patrick Omameh
John Jerry
Tim Lelito
Nick Mangold (C)
Luke Joeckel
Joe Hawley (C)
John Sullivan (C)
Honorable mention: D.J. Fluker, A.Q. Shipley (C), Brian Schwenke (C)
Kevin Zeitler was the only offensive lineman to crack our Top 50 Free Agents list last week. Zeitler, 27 in March, was PFF’s No. 7 ranked guard in the NFL this year. After three consecutive strong seasons, he is going to get big bucks.
Ronald Leary, who once pushed for the Cowboys to trade him, recognizes that a return probably isn’t in the cards. The Cowboys will go with La’el Collins in 2017 and beyond, but don’t cry for Leary. After making 12 starts in Collins’ place and ranking No. 25 among Pro Football Focus’ 76 qualified guards, Leary will find an eager market this week.
J.C. Tretter graded out as a top 10 center last year, according to PFF, and he just turned 26. Stefen Wisniewski offers experience at both guard and center and there should be at least a few teams looking at him as a potential starter.
Nick Mangold‘s injury woes are holding him back here. Apparently, some teams are asking him to play guard.
A.Q. Shipley
Benny Cunningham
Brandon Marshall (WR)
Brian Quick
Brian Schwenke
Chris Johnson (RB)
D.J. Fluker
J.C. Tretter
James Starks
Joe Hawley
Lance Dunbar
Larry Donnell
Matt Schaub
Nick Mangold
Patrick DiMarco
Robert Turbin
Ryan Griffin (TE)
Ryan Nassib
Shaun Hill
Travaris Cadet
NFC South Notes: Bucs, Falcons, Panthers
March 1st, 2017 at 6:12pm CST by Connor Byrne
The Buccaneers and impending free agent wide receiver Vincent Jackson have discussed a potential return, but the 34-year-old could retire, writes Jenna Laine of ESPN.com. “We did have conversations with Vincent,” general manager Jason Licht said Wednesday. “I have the utmost respect for him. Everybody in the organization does. In my mind, in head coach Dirk [Koetter’s] mind, in the owners’ minds, he’ll be a Buc for life. So whatever happens happens, but we’ll always want Vincent to be around the organization.”
Jackson has been with the Buccaneers since 2012, and he started 16 games in each of his first three seasons as a member of the club, but he has endured back-to-back knee injury-shortened campaigns. The six-time 1,000-yard man has combined for just 15 appearances since 2015.
Regardless of whether the Buccaneers re-sign Jackson, they’re going to target “playmakers” this offseason, Licht revealed. Entering free agency, only three teams have more cap space than the Bucs.
More from the NFC South:
Falcons GM Thomas Dimitroff said wide receiver Taylor Gabriel and guard Ben Garland will be tendered as RFAs (Twitter link via Vaughn McClure of ESPN.com). He did not specify what level, however. Gabriel was the far bigger contributor of the two last year, when he averaged 16.5 yards per catch on 35 receptions and combined for seven touchdowns through the air and on the ground. Garland appeared in all 16 of the Falcons’ regular-season games, but he didn’t start any.
Dimitroff also announced that the Falcons will let defensive tackle Jonathan Babineaux become an unrestricted free agent after 12 years together, D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes. Conversely, the Falcons are trying to re-sign fullback Patrick DiMarco (Twitter link). Babineaux, 35, has totaled 185 appearances, 133 starts, 27 sacks and 10 forced fumbles in Atlanta, which selected him in the second round of the 2005 draft. He’s coming off the eighth 16-game season of his career, in which he picked up six starts and 22 tackles. DiMarco, a four-year Falcon, has three 16-appearance seasons in a row under his belt. He made eight starts in 2016.
Panthers GM Dave Gettleman told reporters on Wednesday that tackle Michael Oher is still in the league’s concussion protocol. This means the Panthers could be in the market for a starting left tackle. Oher has been dealing with a brain injury since September and only played in three games last year as a result. The eight-year veteran is under contract through 2019.
Reserve defensive end Darryl Tapp made it clear Wednesday that he wants to re-sign with the Saints, relays Josh Katzenstein of NOLA.com. Tapp’s agent and the Saints have engaged in discussions about a new deal. The 32-year-old journeyman just finished his first season in New Orleans, where he started in two of 16 appearances.
As of last month, the Buccaneers hadn’t held contract talks with soon-to-be free agent running back Jacquizz Rodgers. However, the team would “love to have” him back, Licht stated (via Kevin Patra of NFL.com). Rodgers, 27, put up 560 yards on 129 rushes (4.3 per carry) and scored two touchdowns last season.
Zach Links contributed to this post.
Ben Garland
Darryl Tapp
Jonathan Babineaux
Michael Oher
Taylor Gabriel
Top 2017 NFL Free Agents By Position: Offense
February 23rd, 2017 at 9:57pm CST by Zach Links
[UPDATE: CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST EDITION OF THE TOP 2017 NFL FREE AGENTS BY POSITION]
NFL free agency will get underway on Thursday, March 9th, and while the list of free agents will change between now and then, we do have some idea of who will be available when free agency kicks off. The frenzy is right around the corner and it’s time for us to break down the outlook for each position. We’ll start today on offense, before getting to defense and special teams later this week.
Listed below are our rankings for the top 15 free agents at each offensive position. The rankings aren’t necessarily determined by the value of the contracts that each player is expected to land in free agency, they are simply the players we like the most at each position, with both short- and long-term value taken into account. Restricted and exclusive-rights free agents are not listed here since they are unlikely to actually reach the open market.
We’ll almost certainly be higher or lower on some guys than you are, so we encourage you to make your voice heard in our comments section to let us know which free agents we’ve got wrong.
Honorable mention: Shaun Hill
As of this writing, Kirk Cousins is far and away the best potential free agent quarterback in this year’s crop. By the time March gets here, we’re fully expecting Cousins to be spoken for. Ultimately, the Redskins could franchise tag him, work out a long-term deal with him, or swing some type of trade that nets them a massive haul of talent and picks. That will leave a crop of retread quarterbacks that would probably best serve as transitional options for QB-needy teams.
Mike Glennon hasn’t done much in his 18 career starts, but talent evaluators are still in love with his size and potential. The 6’7″ quarterback will get more money this spring than you might expect, particularly since there are no surefire QBs in this year’s draft.
Teams looking for stopgap QBs will find a plethora of experienced, though perhaps uninspiring, signal callers. Nick Foles, Brian Hoyer, and Ryan Fitzpatrick all have their best football behind them, but they could hold down the fort for a team in 2017 and maybe even find some success if the defense is strong enough. Of course, the ideal role for those guys would probably be as a backup to a better, younger quarterback.
Le’Veon Bell
Consider Le’Veon Bell‘s name written in Etch-A-Sketch, because he is very unlikely to get near the open market. That could leave Eddie Lacy as the best tailback available in March. Lacy has struggled with weight issues in recent years and he lost much of the 2016 season to injury. Still, he is a bruising back that could nicely complement a quicker ball carrier. Before he was shut down for the year, Lacy was averaging 5.07 yards per carry in five games for Green Bay.
In the last two years, LeGarrette Blount seems to have put his off-the-field troubles behind him. Whether that’s a sign of his maturity or a product of the Patriots’ culture remains to be seen. Teams can ignore his past indiscretions, but they will be wary of his age. Blount turns 31 in December.
Latavius Murray has shown glimpses of being a special running back, but he has been inconsistent and his 4.0 yards-per-carry average of the last two years isn’t overly impressive. Darren McFadden ran for more than 1,000 yards in 2015, but 2016 was pretty much a lost year for him. Jacquizz Rodgers seemed to break out last year, but he wound up succumbing to the same injury bug that took down a host of other Buccaneers running backs. Speaking of injuries, Rashad Jennings was initially brought to the Giants to be a workhorse back, but two of his three years in New York were marred by ailments. Everyone in this tier has the potential to make a difference, but none should be counted on as anyone’s main guy in 2017.
Mike Tolbert is ranked lower than you might expect due to his age and diminished blocking skills. He’ll turn 32 in November and it’s not a given that he’ll find another NFL home after getting released by the Panthers.
Alshon Jeffery has had two down years (by his standards) but he is still the cream of the wide receiver crop. His weak production and PED suspension in 2016 probably killed his chances of getting Dez Bryant-money, but he could still get a multi-year deal with a nice amount of guaranteed cash given the dearth of WR1 types available. Jeffery hasn’t set the world on fire lately, but plenty of GMs will chalk that up to the Bears’ quarterback situation.
Few saw Terrelle Pryor‘s standout season coming. The former Buckeyes quarterback now stands as one of the best pending free agent receivers out there. We would be surprised if the Browns allow him to reach the open market, but if he does get there, he’ll get money thrown at him by teams looking for a No. 2 wide receiver.
The Dolphins can replace Kenny Stills in-house and they need to save their dollars for Jarvis Landry‘s next deal, so we envision Stills testing the open waters. Despite his age, Pierre Garcon could reportedly garner $9MM+ per year on his next pact. Because of his maddening inconsistency, we have slotted Garcon one spot ahead of teammate DeSean Jackson. There’s also this: Jackson can break a game wide open with his blazing speed, but speed doesn’t usually age well. Jackson, who reportedly wants to return to the Eagles, turns 31 in December.
Each player ranked No. 6 through No. 9 here offers potential and question marks in equal measure. Those around Kenny Britt have been questioning his work ethic and attitude since his Rutgers days, but his talent is undeniable. Markus Wheaton appeared destined for big things as the Steelers No. 2 wide receiver last year before an early season shoulder injury landed him on IR. Cordarrelle Patterson has all the physical tools to succeed and he put himself on the map last year as a kick returner. Will some team out there sign him to a multi-year pact and try to mold him into a receiver? Michael Floyd‘s rocky year ended with a Super Bowl ring, though he was not on the active roster in Houston. Floyd will be looking for a one-year, prove-it deal and there will be teams curious to see if he can reprise his 2013 season.
Martellus Bennett sounds like a man who is eager to cash in on the open market. There’s a “real possibility” he winds up elsewhere, according to NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport, and he’ll get a monster deal if that happens. Filling in for Rob Gronkowski, Bennett caught 55 passes for 701 yards and seven touchdowns in 2016.
In his first season with the Packers, Jared Cook appeared in ten regular season games and caught 30 of 51 targets for 377 yards and a touchdown. In the Packers’ two-game playoff run, he really turned it on with a total of 13 receptions for 181 yards and two scores. Cook will be a priority for the Packers to re-sign, but it’s not clear if they’ll get a deal done between now and March 9.
Anthony Fasano finds himself ranked higher than some bigger names due to his blocking ability. PFF gave Fasano an 88.1 score for run blocking, which was the best of any tight end last year. His 72.9 pass blocking score was fourth-best among TEs.
Andrew Whitworth spent some time at guard last season but his best (and most profitable) position is on the outside. He’s 35, but he is our top-ranked free agent tackle after turning in another stellar year.
Ricky Wagner could reportedly fetch around $10MM/year. The former fifth-round pick put it all together this year in Baltimore and he won’t turn 28 until October.
A.Q. Shipley (C)
Kevin Zeitler is the only offensive lineman to crack our Top 10 Free Agents list from late January. Zeitler, 27 in March, was PFF’s No. 7 ranked guard in the NFL this year. After three consecutive strong seasons, he is going to get big bucks.
Ronald Leary, who once pushed for the Cowboys to trade him, recognizes that a return probably isn’t in the cards. The Cowboys will go with La’el Collins in 2017 and beyond, but don’t cry for Leary. After making 12 starts in Collins’ place and ranking No. 25 among Pro Football Focus’ 76 qualified guards, Leary will find an eager market in March.
Dallas Robinson contributed to this post.
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Buccaneers May Retain RB Doug Martin
February 15th, 2017 at 7:24pm CST by Dallas Robinson
After running back Doug Martin was suspended four games for PED usage at the tail end of last season, the general thought was that Martin wasn’t long for the Buccaneers roster. However, Tampa Bay intends to “play the Martin situation out” and see where things stand in a few months, according to Roy Cummings of FanRag Sports.
[RELATED: Tampa Bay Buccaneers Depth Chart]
Part of the reason for the Buccaneers’ stance on Martin is contractual — because Martin was suspended, his previously guaranteed $7MM base salary for the 2017 campaign is no longer guaranteed. Additionally, Martin is banned until Week 3 of next season, so Tampa doesn’t have to make a call on Martin until nearly a month into the season.
At that point, the Bucs will be able to more fully assess their needs and options at the running back position, and decide if retaining Martin is worth the risk. One player who could fill the void in Tampa Bay’s backfield is Jacquizz Rodgers, who rushed for 560 yards in his first season with the Buccaneers. Rodgers is a pending free agent, however, and though he appears to be a priority for Tampa, the club has not started a dialogue regarding a new deal, per Cummings.
Because the Buccaneers rarely use large prorated signing bonuses, they can release Martin without any dead money accruing on their salary cap. If he is cut, the 28-year-old Martin — who averaged only 2.9 yards per carry last season — would join a free agent running back class that includes Le’Veon Bell, Latavius Murray, LeGarrette Blount, and Eddie Lacy
Extra Points: Jags, 49ers, Cousins, Bucs, Cards
January 27th, 2017 at 9:27pm CST by Dallas Robinson
The Jaguars announced that they’ve hired former CFL head coach Scott Milanovich as their new quarterbacks coach. Milanovich, who played in the NFL with the Buccaneers from 1996-99, has been coaching in Canada since 2003. After serving in a variety of offensive roles for the Montreal Alouettes from 2007-11, Milanovich took over the Toronto Argonauts in 2012, winning the Grey Cup in his first season as head coach and posting a 43-47 record overall.
Here’s more from around the NFL:
Soon-to-be 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan tried to trade for Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins while he was Cleveland’s offensive coordinator in 2014, and also favored Cousins over Robert Griffin III when the trio was in Washington, according to Albert Breer of TheMMQB.com. With Shanahan likely headed to San Francisco, he could theoretically pursue Cousins if the price is right (and Washington is willing to let him go).
Although the Buccaneers have started dialogue with a good deal of their pending free agents, general manger Jason Licht is clearly targeting a few key players for re-signing, as Scott Reynolds of PewterReport.com and Roy Cummings of FloridaFootballInsiders.com detail in separate articles. Defensive end William Gholston and running back Jacquizz Rodgers appear to be “priorities” for Tampa Bay, while the club also wants to keep quarterback Ryan Griffin given that fellow backup QB Mike Glennon is expected to leave via free agency.
Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie was the driving force behind his club’s refusal to allow quarterbacks coach John DeFillipo interview for the Jets’ offensive coordinator vacancy, and Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer writes that Lurie did so in order to keep Philadelphia’s staff together for the benefit of Carson Wentz. Additionally, Lurie is reportedly willing to spend what cap space the Eagles have this offseason in order to secure more offensive weapons for his second-year quarterback.
The Cardinals did not renew the contract of running back coach Stump Mitchell, meaning it was the club’s choice to part ways, tweets Josh Weinfuss of ESPN.com. Mitchell, who joined Arizona in 2013, is now free to pursue other opportunities, as Mitchell’s agent last year told PFR’s Zach Links he was open to doing.
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William Gholston
Buccaneers Re-Sign RB Mike James
October 31st, 2016 at 5:28pm CST by Dallas Robinson
The Buccaneers have engineered a reunion with running back Mike James, according to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com (Twitter link), who reports that Tampa has re-signed James after waiving him with an injury settlement earlier this year.
[RELATED: Buccaneers Waive Johnthan Banks]
Tampa is looking for backfield depth after Jacquizz Rodgers went down on Sunday against the Raiders — Rodgers has a sprained foot, as Jenna Laine of ESPN.com (Twitter link) reported earlier today, and won’t be playing on Thursday night. The Bucs are already down to their third running back in Rodgers, as starter Doug Martin is still battling an injury and Charles Sims is on injured reserve.
James, 25, managed 79 carries with Tampa from 2013-14, but missed the entire 2015 campaign due to injury. He didn’t make the Buccaneers’ 53-man roster this year, and was ultimately waived with a settlement. That settlement was for four weeks, as Greg Auman of the Tampa Bay Times tweeted earlier this year, meaning James only recently became eligible to re-sign with Tampa Bay.
Mike James
Buccaneers To Sign Jacquizz Rodgers
September 13th, 2016 at 9:37am CST by Zach Links
The Buccaneers will sign running back Jacquizz Rodgers to a one-year deal today, according to Greg Auman of the Tampa Bay Times (Twitter link). Rodgers auditioned for Tampa Bay last week.
Rodgers, 26, is typically regarded as a strong pass protector (and therefore a solid third down back), and could provide some depth behind Doug Martin and Charles Sims. Rodgers also offers familiarity with Tampa head coach Dirk Koetter thanks to his time in Atlanta.
Rodgers totaled 41 yards on 14 carries for Chicago last season. He spent 2014 in Atlanta and rushed for over 1,100 yards and five touchdowns. In March, he re-signed with the Bears but he did not make the cut when the team trimmed down to 53.
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In an effort to boost Purdue's national reputation in the life sciences, the Office of the Provost and the Office of Research and Partnerships launched an initiative to advance and invest in the life sciences at Purdue.
Biological Sciences professor Donna Fekete presents her latest work at "Pillars of Excellence in the Life Sciences" event.
A Faculty Town Hall meeting was held to discuss ideas for new initiatives in the life sciences and a request for concept papers for "Pillars of Excellence in the Life Sciences" was released in March. As a result, 10 Purdue faculty teams were selected to present their concepts for pillars of excellence for review by Purdue faculty and staff at the "Pillars of Excellence in the Life Sciences" faculty presentations, held July 30 at Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship.
Members of the Department of Biological Sciences made four presentations in front of fellow faculty members and alumni ingrained in life science industries. The presentations were short to allow the panel to ask questions. Prof. Donna Fekete pitched the need for a center for integrative neuroscience within the department to push the program and to raise the national profile of Purdue Biological Sciences. She revealed the department’s goal of taking the program from No. 55 to No. 30 in the next few years, according to U.S. News and World Report.
Fekete cited the program’s strength in faculty and the millions of available grant dollars from National Institutes of Health for neuroscience research, “particularly in advancements in nuerotechnology, large data sets and brain mapping.”
“We punch above our weight in some areas, like hearing research, but for most of the others, we are lagging behind,” Fekete said. “We need about a 30 percent increase in research and training dollars per year, about 4 million a year, plus two program grants to reach University of Illinois (at No. 30 in the U.S. News and World Reports’ ranking).”
External seminar series to showcase faculty and boosting outreach activities – like creating the “Brain Bowl” at Purdue Spring Fest allowing friends to take lie detector tests in front of each other – would also raise Purdue’s neuroscience profile, according to Fekete.
Bio department head Dr. Richard Kuhn, who discussed the need for the Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, joined Fekete and fellow Bio professor Christopher Staiger, who touched on cell biology and cellular dynamics at the event. Biochemistry professor Barbara Golden presented her latest work, “Precision Medicine -- Launching Pharmacophenomics,” as well.
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Ponga reaches out to injured QLD women's star
Alicia Newton NRL.com Reporter
For all the attention women's rugby league has received in the past 18 months, a young rising star in Cairns has had to sit back and watch on in pain after being robbed of any opportunity this season.
Tahlulah Tillett, the daughter of former Cowboys player Stephen, has endured a difficult period no 18-year-old talent should face with the sporting world at their feet.
Tillett ruptured the ACL in her right knee three weeks after being contracted into the women's elite top 40 squad in March.
She was the first of what is now five members of the squad to be ruled out with season-ending injuries ahead of the inaugural Holden NRL women's premiership set to kick off in September.
The cruel blow came at a time when Tillett made the huge commitment to travel from Cairns to Brisbane each weekend in a bid to play regular rugby league against some of the best female talent in the country.
The eagerness to test herself and build her game lasted less than a half of football playing for the West Brisbane Panthers in the south east Queensland competition.
Women's top 40 squad member Tahlulah Tillett. ©Energy Images
"Everything was going awesome but just before halftime my foot got caught awkwardly as I was getting tackled and I just heard two pops, felt instant pain and I knew that was something bad," Tillett told NRL.com.
"I was devastated and couldn't believe it was happening. I had just come back from not playing for eight months after having surgery on a torn lateral meniscus in my left knee."
Compared to the support network male athletes have at NRL clubs, Tillett has been isolated in Cairns as she underwent surgery and has since begun rehabilitation to build strength back in her legs.
But she insists she's never felt alone through the journey.
Tillett has remained in constant contact with support staff at the NRL, while members of the top 40 squad have gone to extra lengths to ensure she doesn't feel left out of the game's recent success.
Had an awesome weekend with the @wrugbyleague Top 40 crew 🏉 It was definitely a very successful weekend for the women’s game 🙌🏾 #samegame #ourway #queenslander #stateoforigin
A post shared by Tahlulah Tillett (@tahlulahtillett) on Jun 25, 2018 at 2:19am PDT
More recently she travelled down to the women's Holden State of Origin clash at North Sydney Oval, before watching Kalyn Ponga make his debut for Queensland in game two of the men's series 48 hours later.
Ponga has felt Tillett's pain from afar.
The pair have been in regular contact after building a friendship through their previous touch football commitments - the sport that has shaped their talents in rugby league.
"He'll ask me how I've been going and to make sure I keep at it. His parents Andre and Adine have also been very supportive," Tillett said.
"They will message me every now and then and see how I'm going which is always really nice.
"It's little messages like that which help keep me going because as any injury for anyone it's always a tough time.
"The RLPA have also been great and I receive a lot of support from family and friends. It has been overwhelming. It has been a big relief to still be included."
2 months since getting the new knee, and what a tough 2 months it’s been... But glad to be building the muscle back up again in my legs 😅 #acl #kneehab #samegame #ourway
A post shared by Tahlulah Tillett (@tahlulahtillett) on Jul 2, 2018 at 3:03am PDT
Ponga told NRL.com he was confident indigenous All Stars representative Tillett would overcome her latest setback and become a future star in the women's game.
Currently also sitting on the sidelines with a niggling hamstring strain, the 20-year-old had perspective after watching Tillett and more recently Knights teammate Slade Griffin succumb to season-ending injuries.
"She's going to be stronger when she gets back and be unstoppable," Ponga said of Tillett.
"It's unfortunately part of our game, injuries. The time, energy and mental toughness they have to go through with theirs makes me appreciate how bad my injury is.
"I know it's going to make her stronger and she's going to be a weapon. I'm confident she will get back and do all the hard work and persevere to get there."
Tillett is aiming for a return to the game in April next year but is mindful of not rushing back too early.
"My recovery is going really well at the moment," Tillett said.
"Both my surgeon and physio are very happy with where I'm at with my rehabilitation. I've been slowly increasing my strength and I'm doing rehab sessions four or five times a week."
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Time to sign up for Entergy-led technical tours to solar and CCGT sites at POWERGEN
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In fact, you can witness it for yourself at POWERGEN International.
POWERGEN, happening November 19-21 in New Orleans, will offer more than 80 sessions of indoor content at the Morial Convention Center. Sometimes, though, it’s nice to get outside and see power generation at work. For that reason, POWERGEN is having several technical tours at solar and gas-fired plant sites.
Entergy Corp., the host utility for POWERGEN in New Orleans, is opening up its Solar and Storage Station pilot project for attendees to visit for themselves. The guided tour by Entergy engineers and operators will show off the 1-MW solar PV and 500-kW/500kWh distribution grid-tied battery pilot located within the city limits.
This pilot facility, owned by Entergy, is a living R&D project. The intent is to evaluate the ability to store and deliver solar energy to the electricity grid when customers need it, not just when the sun is shining.
This site covers 11 acres and cost $6 million to develop.
The Entergy tour guides will discuss the PV array, GP Tech inverters/converters and LG Chem lithium-ion storage battery. Spots on the solar tour are still available for Monday, November 18 and Thursday, November 21.
The fee is $40 per person. Transportation to and from the site will be provided.
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The Entergy guides will show off the CCGT facility, which was built to emit 40% less carbon dioxide than the utility’s older gas-fired power stations. Over the past 13 years Entergy has added approximately 5,900 MW in CCGT generation capacity, allowing for the deactivation of more than 6,300 MW in older gas or oil units.
The St. Charles CCGT station is located in Montz, La., about 30 miles outside New Orleans.
Cost of this tour is $75 and limited to 60 people, and it’s filling up fast. If it’s filled, consider taking the solar tour, which has several trips.
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Talk about listening to the customer!
Every now and then a company comes along that restores my faith in basic humanity. In this instance, it’s an airline. Yes Virginia, an airline!
As loyal Repman readers know, I despise most airlines, and have reserved a special place in hell for United, and their oh-so-unfriendly skies.
That’s what makes WestJet’s amazing holiday story well, so amazing.
Intent on surprising AND delighting passengers (talk about an oxymoron), WestJet first asked departing passengers from two different Canadian airports what they’d like for Christmas. Then, as they boarded their flights, specially-assigned WestJet ground teams in each arrival city rushed to buy the gifts. Finally, when the arriving passengers went to baggage claim, their holiday gift wishes came true (up to, and including, a wide screen TV).
You MUST watch the video at the bottom of this news article. It’s guaranteed to make you tear up.
I don’t know who devised the WestJet holiday surprise program, but she, or he, is an absolute genius. The airline not only listened to passenger wants and needs, they dipped into their own corporate coffers and made the dreams of kids from two to 92 come true. It simply doesn’t get any better than that.
This is the best, smartest and most creative campaign to come down the pike in a long, long time.
Here’s hoping each, and every, employee at WestJet is rewarded with their own special gift this holiday season. And, that judges at PR Week, the PRSA, PR News and elsewhere recognize the program accordingly.
And a tip o’ RepMan’s pilot’s cap to ex-Peppercommer Brian “Bruno” Mieth for suggesting this post.
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Stan Phelps on December 12, 2013 at 7:43 am said:
RepMan,
I agree that this is a brilliant program by WestJet. But in the words of Oscar Wilde, “Talent borrows, genius steals.” The Spanish carrier Spanair did a similar program two years ago.
http://www.9inchmarketing.com/2013/12/10/move-over-spanair-miracles-happen-courtesy-of-westjet/
You could also argue that Spanair stole the idea from Dutch carrier KLM. KLM had a program in November of 2011 at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. It was successful social media effort called KLM Surprise:
http://www.marketinglagniappe.com/blog/2010/11/22/klm-knows-how-to-surprise-and-delight-its-customers/
The real lesson here is that innovation isn’t about creating something out of thin air (pun intended). 98% of innovation comes from taking an existing idea and creating a new twist on it. That’s where WestJet deserves major props (whoops, I did it again). The personalization and the real time aspect was brilliant.
@9inchmarketing
Agreed, Brian. I remember sitting alongside a pilot on a delayed United flight. He sighed when the captain announced that the flight had been canceled, and said, “Don’t blame me. I work for Continental.” United had just bought Continental.
Brian Mieth on December 11, 2013 at 12:25 pm said:
Just surprised they didn’t bring out the gifts for all their pilots & flight attendants who are sitting in first class traveling to their next port of destination first. Nothing drives me more nuts than to be an “elite” traveler with an airline yet they upgrade all their staff to first class. What a thumb in the eye … or coal in my stocking, if you will
Dmitriy Ioselevich on December 11, 2013 at 11:40 am said:
Brilliant! This reminds me of a campaign that Heineken did earlier this year where they “dared travelers to drop their existing plans and go somewhere new and exotic with the push of a button—without knowing where.” The basic idea behind both campaigns is to take something dull (going to the airport) and make it fun (getting presents!). Interesting dichotomy between the two companies (Heineken and WestJet). I can’t decide which one is more effective…
http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/here-are-crazy-ones-who-dropped-everything-and-flew-oblivion-heineken-151262
steve cody on December 11, 2013 at 10:54 am said:
Must be the Canadian bacon, Ali.
Ali Pearce on December 11, 2013 at 10:43 am said:
I always knew Canadians were the better breed 🙂
Matt: Maybe re: Canadians. Keep in mind it was Canadian Geese that brought down the U.S. Air flight Sully Sullengerger miraculously landed on the Hudson River. And, Paul, I agree that, while some may find the Santa/Christmas angle a tad offensive, it works big-time in this context. The bottom-line for me is the rare show of humanity. Companies, large and small, almost always overlook the human touch.
Paul Merchan on December 11, 2013 at 10:19 am said:
What an awesome, inspired idea. I think the key here is risk-taking. I’m sure many a wary marketing/PR professional would have countered at the brainstorm for this one and noted that not everyone celebrates Christmas. That it might offend someone, etc., etc. But when it comes to doing a kind, noble thing, our creed really doesn’t make a difference. So I’m glad they put themselves out there and put their customers first.
Matt Purdue on December 11, 2013 at 10:19 am said:
I can explain this in one word: Canada. I can’t imagine a greedy, incompetent U.S.-based airline ever doing anything like this.
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Apple takes the MacBook upscale
Apple's new Macbook inherits some high-end perks from the Pro line
Ken Mingis (Computerworld) 29 October, 2008 08:17
If an Apple iMac married a MacBook Air, what would their offspring look like? A lot like Apple's new upscale MacBook.
I use the word upscale because even though prices for the newest version of Apple's consumer laptop are largely unchanged, the look, feel and performance seem almost luxurious in comparison with the previous generation.
That's not to slam earlier MacBooks, which have been incredibly popular and a major boost to Apple's bottom line financially. It's simply to indicate how much nicer the one I'm using right now is.
The new MacBook lineup
If you're looking for a MacBook -- in fact, if you're considering a small to midsize laptop of any kind or operating system -- you really owe it to yourself to look these over before deciding. The first entry in the new lineup isn't very exciting: US$999 gets you an entry-level MacBook that's basically a warmed-over previous-generation model with slightly better hardware -- a white plastic body enclosing a 2.1-GHz Core 2 Duo processor and a now-standard SuperDrive that reads and burns CDs and DVDs.
The big news is in the new two models in the line: a US$1,299 model with a 2-GHz Core 2 Duo chip, and a US$1,599 version that sports a 2.4-GHz processor. (We recorded our unboxing of the new MacBook -- the video is below. Unboxing pictures and videos have become something of a tradition among eager Apple fans when new hardware is released.)
The redesigned MacBooks look nothing like their lesser sibling. That's because both are made using a new manufacturing process that Apple officials talked up during the unveiling on October 14. At the same time, Apple released two new 15-in. MacBook Pro models.
Most people probably care less about how a laptop is made and more about what's inside. But in this case -- literally, in the MacBook's case -- lies the difference. Apple has devised a way to carve the main chassis for its laptops out of a solid block of aluminum. The end result is a "unibody" laptop with no seams around the edges, no flexibility in the case and a distinctly high-end feel. The use of aluminum is a step up from the MacBook Pro and Air lines, since until now, MacBooks were always encased in plastic.
I said it recently about the MacBook Pro, and I'll reiterate it here: This is the most solid-feeling laptop I've ever used, and the keyboard -- always a dicey part of the laptop equation -- feels just as rugged. Although the MacBook uses the same Chiclet-shaped keys as before, they exhibit none of the sponginess I noticed in earlier iterations. Best of all, in the US$1,599 model, they even light up in the dark, a decidedly luxurious touch that is yet another perk ported from the MacBook Pro and Air.
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Rotterdam says 'considerable' fuel oil spilled in harbor
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Port of Rotterdam said on Sunday a clean-up operation was underway after an oil freighter punctured its hull while mooring, releasing a “considerable” amount of heavy fuel oil.
Odfjell, the owner of the freighter Bow Jubail, said in a statement the ship had lost 220 tons of heavy fuel oil in the incident, which took place Saturday afternoon.
Rotterdam Port said in a statement much of that amount had initially been contained with shields, but some escaped and was leaking into various arteries of the expansive harbor’s waterways.
“Experts expect that clean-up work will take days if not weeks,” the port said.
According to the Netherlands’ Sea Creatures Rescue Team, several environmental groups and volunteers were working to save as many as 1,000 birds that were covered in the oil as a result.
Rotterdam said it would hold Odfjell responsible for damages. Odjfell said in a separate statement it is assisting in “mitigating actions.”
“The vessel is insured by the P&I club GARD who has also mobilized resources” for the clean-up effort, the company said in a statement published on its website.
Dutch authorities were investigating the incident, and Odjfell said it is conducting its own internal investigation.
Reporting by Toby Sterling; Editing by Toby Chopra
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Assad calls to stop funding armed groups in Syria, Iraq
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (Reuters / SANA / Handout via Reuters) © Reuters
The fight against terrorism must begin by placing more pressure on those countries which are supporting and financing insurgents in Syria and Iraq, Syrian President Bashar Assad said while speaking with an Iraqi security official in Damascus.
Assad's comments were made during a Tuesday meeting with Iraq's national security adviser, Falah al-Fayadh, “on efforts by the Iraqi government to confront terrorism.”
“The battle against terrorism starts with pressure on the countries that support and finance terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq and pretend that they want to fight against terrorism,” state news agency SANA quoted Assad as saying.
Fayadh “put Assad in the picture of the latest developments in Iraq and the efforts that the Iraqi government and people are making to combat the terrorists,” SANA reported.
The meeting focused on “the importance of strengthening cooperation and coordination between the two brotherly countries in the field of combating terrorism that is hitting Syria and Iraq and which threatens the region and the world.”
Damascus has criticized several countries in the past for arming Syria’s opposition – including the US, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.
On Tuesday, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel confirmed that the US Central Command has a plan to take “targeted actions against ISIS (Islamic State/IS) safe havens in Syria,” including striking infrastructure. Hagel also unveiled a plan to boost Iraqi forces with 1,600 US “military advisers.”
READ MORE:'No combat mission:' US ready to strike Syria, may use up to 1,600 troops to fight ISIS in Iraq
The US will also train and equip 5,000 members of the Syrian opposition to fight militants from the Islamic State group, previously known as ISIS/ISIL.
Hagel has ruled out putting any troops on the ground for the moment, but did say that some of the 1,600 American “military advisers” deployed in Iraq since June may become involved in a direct fight with Islamic State militants.
At the same time, the US has made clear that there will be no cooperation with Assad’s government in any way in its fight against the Islamic State. Obama’s position has long been that he would like to see Assad leave power, particularly after he was accused of using chemical weapons against his own population last year.
More than 30 countries that have agreed to join the US coalition in its fight against the Islamic State, the Pentagon reported. However, there is no sign that regional powers Iran and Syria will join the list.
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According to Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) estimates, the Islamic State militant group “can muster between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters.”
IS fighters have captured large parts of northern Iraq and western Anbar province this year, killing scores of civilians.
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- Ratings
What it is: This is the combination of the different uses to evaluate how versatile the mouse is. An everyday mouse should be well-rounded enough to adapt to most situations and environments without significant impact when working, moving, or playing games with your mouse.
Score components:
44% Office/Multimedia
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22% Video Games (MMO)
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What it is: How well the mouse can deliver features useful when working at the office and/or in multimedia software. They should offer optimal comfort for long usage and offer a minimum of customization options and easy setups on different computers.
34% Ergonomics
30% Build Quality
13% Number Of Programmable Inputs
10% Wireless
9% Mouse Compatibility
4% Mouse Wheel
What it is: How well the mouse is adapted to constant moving and quick storing. Therefore, your general ability to transport the mouse and use it quickly everywhere should be as easy as possible.
48% Portability
6% Ergonomics
6% Windows Compatibility
5% macOS Compatibility
2% On-Board Memory
What it is: How well adapted the mouse is when playing first-person shooters or third-person shooters. The mouse should provide the ability to reproduce your hand movement as close as possible as fast as possible while offering good comfort and quality.
37% Click Latency
18% Minimum Weight Without Wire
5% Cable
4% Maximum Polling Rate
4% Compatible Software Option
3% CPI (DPI) Error
2% Minimum CPI (DPI)
2% CPI (DPI) Adjustment Steps
2% Mouse Acceleration
1% Lift Off Distance
1% Profile Switching Button
1% CPI (DPI) Switching Button
What it is: How well-adapted the mouse is when playing massively multiplayer online games. Therefore the mouse should provide many customization options while being comfortable.
6% Click Latency
2% Maximum CPI (DPI)
2% Vertical Wheel Tilt
What it is: Mice that are optimized to have good gaming performance and be as lightweight as possible. Those mice are usually first-person shooters or third-person shooters mice with a design that minimizes their weight.
2% Build Quality
What it is: Whether the mouse is a trackball type, a vertical type (where the wrist is in a handshake position), or the standard type, which comprises all other mice.
3% Portability
5% Wireless
- Style
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- Weight
What it is: The maximum weight of the mouse, including all adjustable weights and detachable parts that you can attach at once. This includes the wire, if you're able to use the mouse while it's plugged in.
When it matters: When you care about the overall weight of the mouse or want to compare it to the maximum weight without the wire (to have an idea of the wire's weight).
What it is: The maximum weight of the mouse, including all adjustable weights and detachable parts you can attach at once. This value excludes the wire. If the mouse is wired, the wire isn't on the scale for this measurement.
When it matters: When you prefer a heavier mouse.
What it is: The minimum weight of the mouse, excluding all adjustable weights and parts you can detach without opening the mouse or altering basic mouse functions or the ergonomics. This value excludes the wire. If the mouse is wired, the wire isn't on the scale for this measurement.
When it matters: When you prefer a lighter mouse and are looking to optimize the weight of the mouse.
- Portability
What it is: The convenience of portability based on volume and where the accessories are stored.
When it matters: If you're often on the move and need to carry your mouse in a bag, purse, or pocket.
80% Volume
20% Cable/Receiver Storing
Portability picture
What it is: The volume approximation based on the overall height, weight, and length.
When it matters: When you need to fit your mouse in a tight space while on the move.
What it is: If the mouse has built-in ways of easily storing the receiver or cable. In other words, if it has a receiver socket (if a receiver is needed), or if the cable can be retracted into the mouse (if the mouse is wired).
When it matters: When you don't want to lose the receiver if it isn't plugged in a laptop, like when transporting the mouse, or to simplify the portability of a wired mouse.
- Build Quality
What it is: The material quality, whether it has a cheap/expensive feel, and the assembly quality. Poor build quality might lessen the expected lifetime of the mouse and may also affect comfort when using the mouse.
When it matters: When you're looking for a well-built mouse with quality materials and a durable design.
Score components: Subjectively assigned
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- Ergonomics
What it is: The general curve of the mouse, ease of use of extra features, and the format of the mouse, which define the comfort of use.
When it matters: When you use your mouse for long periods and want to optimize comfort and ease of use.
What it is: Whether the mouse has a shape that's designed for right-handed users or if the mouse is available in a right-handed variance.
What it is: Whether the mouse has a shape that's designed for left-handed users or if the mouse is available in a left-handed variance.
What it is: Whether the mouse has an ambidextrous design or not.
What it is: The distance between the two points on each side of the mouse where you grip your mouse. Considering that the position of the two points is slightly different for each user, an average of different width grip location is shown.
- Palm Grip: Hand Size Recommendation
What it is: The hand size we're recommending if you use a palm grip with this mouse. The picture represents the grip style with a medium size hand.
Hand size category Hand size range
Small 14 cm to 17.5 cm (5.5 in to 6.9 in)
Medium 17 cm to 19.5 cm ( 6.7 in to 7.7 in)
Large 19 cm to 20.5 cm (7.5 in to 8.1 in)
X.Large 20 cm to 24 cm ( 7.9 in to 9.5 in)
When it matters: When you want to know if the overall shape and dimension of the mouse will fit your grip style and hand size for maximum comfort and ease of use.
Palm Grip Picture
What it is: If the mouse is recommended for use with a palm grip with small hands.
When it matters: When you want to make sure the mouse will feel comfortable for your hand size and grip.
What it is: If the mouse is recommended for use with a palm grip with medium hands.
What it is: If the mouse is recommended for use with palm grip with large hands.
What it is: If the mouse is recommended for use with a palm grip with extra large hands.
- Claw Grip: Hand Size Recommendation
What it is: The hand size we're recommending if you use a claw grip with this mouse. The picture represents the grip style with a medium size hand.
When it matters: When you want to know if the overall shape and dimension of the mouse fit your grip style and hand size for maximum comfort and ease of use.
Claw Grip Picture
What it is: If the mouse is recommended for use with claw grip with small hands.
What it is: If the mouse is recommended for use with claw grip with medium hands.
What it is: If the mouse is recommended for use with claw grip with large hands.
What it is: If the mouse is recommended for use with claw grip with extra large hands.
- Fingertip Grip: Hand Size Recommendation
What it is: The hand size we're recommending if you use a fingertip grip with this mouse. The picture represents the grip style with a medium size hand.
Fingertip Grip Picture
What it is: If the mouse is recommended for use with fingertip grip with small hands.
What it is: If the mouse is recommended for use with fingertip grip with medium hands.
What it is: If the mouse is recommended for use with fingertip grip with large hands.
What it is: If the mouse is recommended for use with fingertip grip with extra large hands.
What it is: If the mouse supports wireless connection to a device.
When it matters: When you don't want to be bothered by a wire.
35% Bluetooth
30% Receiver
15% Battery Type
5% Use When Charging
15% On/Off Activation
What it is: Bluetooth support for a wireless mouse.
When it matters: When you want to connect your mouse wirelessly via Bluetooth and save USB ports that would otherwise be used by the receiver.
What it is: A receiver uses a USB port to connect a mouse to a computer wirelessly using radio frequency.
When it matters: If your computer doesn't have Bluetooth to connect a wireless mouse.
What it is: The type of battery that the mouse uses. Usually alkaline batteries (AA/AAA) or embedded rechargeable batteries. Rechargeable batteries usually recharge by plugging the recharging cable in a USB port, while AA alkaline batteries have to be replaced or charged with an external device.
What it is: If you can use the mouse while it's charging.
When it matters: When you can't take the time to stop using your mouse while it's charging, like when you're at work.
What it is: If the mouse has a way to turn itself on and off. On/off switches and automatic turn off after inactivity are common ways to toggle a mouse's power.
When it matters: When you want to easily save battery life by turning it off when not in use.
- Cable
What it is: The cable that comes with the mouse, whether it's the charging cable or wired mouse's cable. We score the cable by looking at the cable flexibility and its quality.
When it matters: When gaming, having a flexible and well-built cable can reduce the drag effect of the cable that could impact your mouse movement.
Cable Picture
What it is: A braided cloth cover on the external cable of the mouse. Braided cords usually offer better physical protection around the mouse cable and are more aesthetically appealing.
When it matters: When you're worried about being bothered by the added weight of a cloth cover on a cable or are looking for the extra protection this cloth cover provides.
What it is: The type of connection port that plugs into the mouse.
When it matters: If you want to replace your charging cable or want to know what ports the mouse uses.
What it is: The type of connection port that plugs into your PC.
- In The Box
What it is: Everything that's included in the box, including the product itself.
When it matters: When setting up the product for the first time.
In the box picture
40% Performance
20% Buttons
10% Mouse Wheel
- Sensor
What it is: The sensor is one of the components that translate the mouse movement into a cursor movement.
Sensor picture
What it is: The combination of light and sensors used to process and detect movement on a surface. Laser mice have the ability to work better on glossy surfaces or glass because of their ability to look deeper into the surface. As a trade-off, the sensor can take too much information off the surface, causing inconsistencies in the movement of the cursor, especially at high speed. Optical (LED) mice generally offer a more consistent cursor movement, but can be hard to use on glass or a glossy surface.
When it matters: When gaming, an Optical (LED) sensor usually offers more consistency in the mouse movement. On the other hand, if you're looking for a mouse that works across a wide range of surfaces, laser is usually a better choice.
What it is: The ability to use the mouse on a glass surface.
When it matters: If you use a glass desk or table when using your computer mouse.
- Click Latency
What it is: How long it takes for the mouse's input to be registered by the computer once the mouse click switch is pressed down.
When it matters: When gaming, every delay in your input could impact the outcome of an event in games. A low input latency is an important aspect of competitive gaming.
35% Click Latency: Receiver
35% Click Latency: Bluetooth
30% Click Latency: Wired
What it is: The latency obtained when connected via the wireless receiver. How long it takes for the mouse input to be registered by the computer once the mouse click switch is pressed down.
When it matters: When you plan to game using the mouse receiver.
Good value: <18 ms
What it is: The latency obtained when connected via Bluetooth. How long it takes for the mouse input to be registered by the computer once the mouse click switch is pressed down.
When it matters: When you plan to game using the mouse via Bluetooth.
What it is: The latency obtained when connected with a wire. How long it takes for the mouse input to be registered by the computer once the mouse click switch is pressed down.
When it matters: When you plan to game using the mouse with a wire.
What it is: The overall specification of the mouse, showing its performance and limitation.
20% Minimum CPI (DPI)
20% Maximum CPI (DPI)
15% CPI (DPI) Error
30% Mouse Acceleration
What it is: The minimum CPI (DPI) the mouse can be set to. CPI (count per inch) or DPI (dots per inch) represent the number of steps the mouse sensor reports when moving one inch. A lower CPI (DPI) has the effect of reducing the distance the cursor moves onscreen when moving the mouse a fixed distance. We display the manufacturer's value. If the CPI (DPI) isn't given by the manufacturer, we test it and round the value to the closest hundredth.
When it matters: When your comfortable CPI is low and you want to know if the mouse can achieve it.
Good value: 400 CPI (DPI)
What it is: The maximum CPI (DPI) the mouse can be set to. CPI (count per inch) or DPI (dots per inch) represents the number of steps the mouse sensor reports when moving one inch. A higher CPI (DPI) has the effect of augmenting the distance the cursor moves onscreen when moving the mouse a fixed distance. We display the manufacturer's value. If the CPI (DPI) isn't given by the manufacturer, we test it and round the value to the closest hundredth.
When it matters: When your comfortable CPI is high and you want to know if the mouse can achieve it.
Good value: 2000 CPI (DPI)
What it is: The minimum gap between each CPI (DPI) adjustment settings.
When it matters: When you want to precisely adjust the CPI (DPI) of your mouse to your preference.
Good value: 50 CPI (DPI)
What it is: The error percentage between the set CPI (DPI) and the actual CPI (DPI). The CPI (DPI) used for this test is the closest value possible to 1000 DPI (CPI) moved on a 1-inch distance. A negative value represents a mouse that undershoots its set CPI (DPI). A positive value overshoots the set CPI (DPI). In the case where the manufacturer doesn't state the mouse's CPI (DPI), the CPI error is set to N/A because of a lack of a reference value.
When it matters: When gaming, having a near 0 CPI (DPI) error assures you of the accuracy of your preferred CPI (DPI) setting.
Good value: Between -5% and 5%
What it is: With all acceleration settings of the operating system turned off, this is the mouse's ability to move the cursor the same distance on-screen when moving the mouse at high or low speeds on a fixed distance.
When it matters: When you're looking for consistency in your cursor movement, usually when playing a game.
What it is: The distance between the mouse and the surface where the sensor can't detect movement anymore. Values are in increments of 1.2 mm due to the fact that we use CD thickness to measure it.
When it matters: When you're used to a low lift-off distance, switching to a high lift-off distance could be bothersome when you're trying to lift the mouse to re-position it without any unwanted cursor movement. When gaming, a low lift-off distance is usually better so you don't have to lift your mouse high to re-position it without any cursor movement.
Good value: 2.4mm or lower
What it is: Polling rate represents the amount of time per second the mouse reports its position to the computer.
When it matters: When playing a fast-paced game, a higher polling rate offers a smoother cursor movement.
Good value: 500 Hz or higher
- Buttons
What it is: This includes every extra button and their special function.
When it matters: When you want vast customization options on your mouse.
50% Number Of Buttons
10% CPI (DPI) Switching Button
Buttons Picture
What it is: The technology that's used to register a mouse click. Most mice use mechanical switches to register a click, but some mice can register commands with tactile functions similar to a trackpad or with optical technology.
When it matters: It depends on your preference. For example, tactile activation can provide useful gesture options, but less click activation feedback.
What it is: The number of buttons the mouse has. If the number of buttons can be changed, this number represents the maximum number of buttons the mouse can have at once.
What it is: The number of physical inputs that you can assign to special features or other computer inputs. Programmable inputs can be used to access some features more easily with a single mouse input.
When it matters: In certain games or software, having extra programmable inputs directly on your mouse can increase your efficiency.
Good value: 2 inputs or more
What it is: A button that serves as a selector of profiles that you can usually make with the mouse software. This allows you to switch the function of programmable buttons depending on the software you use.
When it matters: When you use a lot of different software that needs different settings of programmable buttons.
Good value: Yes
What it is: A button that lets you easily switch the sensitivity of the mouse with the use of a button.
When it matters: When switching CPI (DPI) on the fly to do different tasks or actions is important to you.
- Mouse Wheel
What it is: Wheels that usually allow you to scroll through files or web pages.
When it matters: When scrolling through documents and web pages or playing games.
60% Vertical Wheel
20% Vertical Wheel Unlock Button
10% Vertical Wheel Tilt
10% Horizontal Wheel
Mouse wheel picture
What it is: The standard scrolling wheel that most mice have.
When it matters: When you want to use a scrolling wheel to navigate documents and web pages vertically, or when playing games.
What it is: Whether the scroll wheel is incremented or not.
When it matters: Incremented mouse wheel gives a better feedback of movement but can be annoying to use when scrolling through long documents or web pages.
What it is: A button that unlocks the increment of the mouse wheel to offer a faster scrolling speed.
When it matters: When scrolling through long documents or web pages.
What it is: If the mouse wheel can be tilted right and left to serve as extra inputs.
When it matters: When you're gaming, having two more ways to input commands can be useful. Also, while scrolling through documents, it can be useful to use the tilt to scroll horizontally.
What it is: If the mouse has a horizontal wheel that allows you to scroll the horizontal scroll bar.
When it matters: When you work or use software that can have a long horizontal scroll bar.
When it matters: An incremented mouse wheel gives better feedback of movement but can be annoying to use when scrolling through long documents or web pages.
- Operating System And Software
50% Compatible Software Option
50% Mouse Compatibility
- Compatible Software Option
What it is: The list of parameters that the software offers that are compatible with the tested mouse.
When it matters: When you want to be able to customize your mouse settings using a dedicated mouse software.
35% Software Windows Compatibility
20% Software macOS Compatibility
5% Account Needed
15% On-Board Memory
10% CPI (DPI) Adjustment
3% Polling Rate Adjustment
10% Profile Configuration
2% RGB On/Off
Software settings screenshot
What it is: If the mouse software works properly on Windows.
When it matters: If your computer uses a Windows operating system.
What it is: If the mouse software works properly on macOS.
When it matters: If your computer uses an Apple operating system.
What it is: Some software needs to first be accessed with a user account to change the mouse settings.
When it matters: If you don't want to be bothered with the creation of an account or have to log in every time you want to access and change your mouse settings.
What it is: If the mouse and software let you store your settings in an on-board memory.
When it matters: When you want to use your mouse settings without having the software installed and if you're using your mouse on a lot of different computers.
What it is: The ability to change the CPI (DPI) via software option.
When it matters: When you're looking to adjust your CPI (DPI) more precisely using the mouse software.
What it is: If the software offers the possibility of choosing your polling rate.
When it matters: When you need to change your polling rate for performance or compatibility reasons.
What it is: The ability to make and save multiple profiles of custom settings in the software.
When it matters: When you use a lot of different software that need different settings of programmable buttons, or if you share your mouse with someone else.
What it is: The ability to turn the mouse's aesthetic lighting on or off.
When it matters: When you want to save batteries or have a more discrete look for your mouse.
- Mouse Compatibility
What it is: If the mouse can use all of its features in different operating systems.
When it matters: When you plan to use the mouse on a particular operating system.
65% Windows Compatibility
35% macOS Compatibility
Windows Compatibility
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Apollo Middle School Students to Participate in Career Exploration Day May 7
Career programs to focus on optics, imaging science and hospitality
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At last year’s event, students from Greece Apollo Middle School worked with Carol Whitlock, professor in the RIT School of Hospitality and Service Management to create chocolate-covered desserts. More than 70 students attended the career workshop event to learn more about opportunities in the hospitality industry as well as the fields of imaging science and information technology.
More than 70 students from Apollo Middle School in Greece will be guest-learners at Rochester Institute of Technology for Career Exploration Day starting at 9:30 a.m. May 7. Students will participate in presentations and demonstrations about the fields of optics, imaging science and the hospitality industry.
As part of the visit to RIT, students will take part in workshops designed to reinforce classroom work. Faculty in the schools present information about the variety of career opportunities in each area and then provide demonstrations and supervise hands-on activities.
While on campus, students will visit the School of Hospitality and Service Management, part of the RIT College of Applied Science and Technology. The lecture and demonstration takes place in Henry’s restaurant in the Eastman Building, room 4125. The second workshop takes place in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, room 1125, and it will be hosted by members of the imaging science department, part of the RIT College of Science.
Career Exploration Day was developed through a partnership between Greece Apollo Middle School, RIT and the Monroe County School Business Partnership. The Partnership is a service provided to the Greece School District through a cooperative agreement with Monroe #1 BOCES.
Contact Jeff Dillon, coordinator, Monroe County School Business Partnership, for more information about the organization or the career exploration program at 585-383-2257 or jeff_dillon@boces.monroe.edu
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In Search of an Alternative Europe: Germanism and Continental Europe in the Bengali Imagination, 1919-45
As evident from the dominant intellectual discourses among the Bengalis from the late nineteenth century British India, Continental Europe had long been perceived by them as a location of different sets of orders and customs, culminating in a different vision of ‘European civilisation’. Although there had been a sustained interest about many parts of the Central European and Mediterranean world, Germany, or what Andrew Sartori calls ‘Germanism’, overshadowed the Bengali psyche in their pursuit of an essential Kultur against the superficiality of an Anglicist intellectual milieu. The development through which Germany became a key trope of Bengali nationalist discourse has been shown in the recent research from Sartori and Kris Manjapra ( Sartori, Andrew. Bengal in Global Concept History: Culturalism in the Age of Capital, 2008 & Manjapra, Kris. Age of Entanglement: German and Indian Intellectuals Across Empire, 2014).
Building upon the existing historiography of how the intellectual encounter with Germany contributed to the nationalist reconstruction of historicist, religious revivalist and political-economic discourses from around the 1870s, this project intends to scrutinise the continuation of those discourses in the interwar years. The timeframe of the study is crucial because the traditional German state of the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century was in itself gradually undergoing a radical change in terms of its internal structural organisation and external outreach. The time is also important from the Indian side because since 1919 the introduction of Gandhian politics in the Indian arena helped to divert a lot of Indian students from the British universities to the ones in German-speaking Europe. The hitherto existing channels of mutual interaction between the intellectual world of the Germanic world and colonial Bengal had undergone a colossal change as distant gaze and appreciation were increasingly complemented by the physical presence of Bengalis in continental Europe, resulting in a plethora of travelogues and written accounts.
Coterminous with these developments, the Bengali intellectual sphere increasingly came closer to what Mark Mazower and Benjamin Martin would call the ‘Axis vision of world order’ (Martin, Benjamin George. The Nazi-Fascist New Order for European Culture, 2016). In the name of translating the concept of Kultur in Bangla, and thus placing it line with an organicist and völkisch understanding of culture, the concerned Bengalis strived towards projecting a space (Nazi Germany in particular) that epitomised orderliness upon which an ‘Aryan’ nation-in-the-making like India could potentially construct itself in the foreseeable future.
With these historical trajectories of intellectual encounters in the background this project looks at the transnational circulation of certain key concepts such as Germanism, Aryanism, and Anti-Semitism in the Interwar years. Drawing upon a plethora of sources – starting from the hitherto unpublished and untranslated egodocuments and travelogues of the Bengali visitors in Germany to the archival sources tracking the formal mobility of a group of Bengali natural scientists, linguists, historians and political activists (mostly under the auspices of Kaiser-Wilhelm Gesellschaft, Deutsche Akademie in New Delhi and Humboldt academic exchange for the British Indians) – this research is trying to find how Interwar Germany had reshaped the Bengali understanding of Europe; and how these transnational transference of conceptual ideas and intellectual encounters got translated into tangible political action within the anticolonial rhetoric of late colonial British India.
Prof. Dr. Dirk Jan Wolffram
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Hernia Mesh Lawsuit Alleges C. R. Bard Ventralight ST Device Is Unreasonably Dangerous, Incompatible with Human Tissue
Published on September 22, 2017 by Sandy Liebhard
A North Carolina man has filed a hernia mesh lawsuit against C.R. Bard that alleges its Ventralight ST hernia patch is unreasonably dangerous and incompatible with human tissue.
Ventralight ST mesh is manufactured by Bard’s Davol, Inc. subsidiary, and is indicated for the laparoscopic repair of various types of hernias. The device is constructed of a polypropylene mesh that has been coated on one side by Davol’s Sepra technology.
According to Davol, Sepra is a “hydrogel barrier” that is supposed to minimize tissue attachment to the mesh and provide internal protection during the healing process. The hydrogel barrier initially swells upon implantation and is resorbed within about 30 days following the patient’s surgery.
Ventralight ST Hernia Mesh Allegations
According to a hernia mesh lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey on September 14th, Julio Nunez was implanted with Ventralight ST in August 2014 to repair a ventral hernia. Soon after, he began experiencing severe abdominal pain, nausea, and fatigue.
Less than a month after undergoing hernia repair, Nunez endured a second surgery to drain an abdominal wall abscess and to have the Ventralight hernia mesh removed. He also had to undergo placement of a wound VAC. Nunez claims he continues to experience chronic pain due to Ventralight ST mesh.
“The scientific evidence Defendant knew or should have known of demonstrates that the mesh is incompatible with human tissue and often causes a negative immune response in patients implanted with the Product, including Plaintiff,” the lawsuit states.
Nunez accuses Bard and Davol of failing to properly test Ventralight ST and evaluate it risks and benefits. The complaint further asserts that “feasible and suitable alternatives” to Ventralight exist “that do not present the same frequency or severity of risks.”
“As a result of having the Product implanted, the Plaintiff has experienced significant mental and physical pain and suffering and mental anguish, has sustained permanent injury, has undergone medical treatment and will likely undergo further medical treatment and procedures, has suffered financial or economic loss, and/or lost income, and other damages,” the lawsuit charges.
Hernia Mesh Litigation
Nunez’s lawsuits is just one of a growing number of product liability claims that have been filed against hernia mesh manufacturers.
Ethicon, Inc., which withdrew its Physiomesh Flexible Composite Mesh product from the market in May 2016, has been named a defendant in more than 100 hernia mesh lawsuits that are currently pending in a multidistrict litigation now underway in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
Just over two dozen Atrium C-Qur hernia mesh lawsuits have been filed in a second federal multidistrict litigation now underway in the U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire.
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Adult male specimen.
This species does best when offered a diet comprising small live foods such as Daphnia.
Detail of head and anterior portion of body.
Adult male.
Adult female from the U.K. aquarium trade.
Young male from the German aquarium trade.
Another adult male.
Female specimen.
Typical modified habitat in Thailand.
Male specimen from Đồng Tháp province, southern Vietnam.
Specimen from Sing Buri province, central Thailand.
Specimen from Kandal province, southeastern Cambodia.
Specimen from Prey Veng province, southern Cambodia.
Trichopsis pumila (ARNOLD, 1936)
Sparkling Gourami
SynonymsTop ↑
Ctenops pumilus Arnold, 1936; Trichopsis pumilus var. siamensis Herms, 1953
Trichopsis: from the Ancient Greek θρίξ (thriks), meaning ‘hair’, and ὄψις (opsis), meaning ‘aspect, appearance’.
pumila: from the Latin pumilus, meaning ‘dwarf’.
Order: Perciformes Family: Osphronemidae
Distributed throughout the lower Mekong River basin in Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand, and in watersheds across central and southern (peninsular) Thailand.
Type locality is ‘Saigon, southern Vietnam’.
Found in all types of still to slow-moving, predominantly lowland habitat, including swamp forest, peat swamps, floodplains, river tributaries, irrigation canals, paddy fields, and roadside ditches. Displays a distinct preference for sluggish to still environments with dense growths of aquatic or riparian vegetation.
Sympatric fish species include Trichopsis vittata, T. schalleri, Trichopodus trichopterus, Betta siamorientalis, Anabas testudineus, Lepidocephalichthys hasselti, Pangio anguillaris, Macrognathus siamensis and Monopterus albus.
35 – 40 mm.
An aquarium with base measurements of 45 ∗ 30 cm or equivalent is large enough to house a pair or small group.
It is advised to find a filter which has a water flow between 4-5 times the volume of your aquarium. At a volume of 41 litres, the filter we recommend can be found here.
This species fares best in a well-planted, shady aquarium with plenty of surface cover in the form of tall stem plants, floating varieties, or tropical lilies. Cryptocoryne spp. are also a good choice.
Driftwood can also be used and other plants such as Microsorum or Taxiphyllum spp. may be attached to it. Small clay plant pots, lengths of plastic piping or empty camera film cases can also be included to provide further shelter.
The addition of dried leaf litter offers additional cover and brings with it the growth of microbe colonies as decomposition occurs. These can provide a valuable secondary food source for fry, while tannins and other chemicals released by the decaying leaves are considered beneficial.
As it naturally inhabits sluggish environments strong water movement should be avoided, with an air-powered sponge filter set to turn over gently adequate. Keep the aquarium well-covered and do not fill it to the top since it requires occasional access to the layer of humid air that will form above the water surface, and is an excellent jumper.
Temperature: 22 – 28 °C
Likely to feed on insects and other small invertebrates in the wild.
Captive fish will normally accept dried products once they are recognised as edible, but should be offered plenty of small live or frozen foods such as Daphnia, Artemia or chironomid larvae (bloodworm) to ensure development of optimal colour and condition.
Click on the following links to search for high quality live, frozen and dry food: Bloodworm, Artemia, Daphnia.
Best maintained in a pair or small group, either alone or with very peaceful, similarly-sized species, since much bigger or more vigorous tankmates are likely to both intimidate and outcompete it. Small, schooling cyprinids such as Microdevario, Boraras, or Trigonostigma spp. make good choices, as do diminutive loaches such as Pangio or Petruichthys.
Some aquarists have reported that this species preys on small freshwater shrimp from genera such as Caridina and Neocaridina.
Can be tricky to sex, but sexually mature males are normally exhibit a more intense colour pattern and develop longer ventral, anal, dorsal, and caudal fins than females. Sexually mature individuals can also be sexed by placing a strong light behind the fish, with the ovaries in females clearly visible below the swim bladder.
Bubble-nester. Organise a separate tank for breeding purposes unless the fish are already being maintained alone, setting this up as suggested above.
It should have the tightest-fitting cover you can find (some breeders use clingfilm instead to ensure no gaps) as the fry need access to a layer of warm, humid air without which development of the labyrinth organ can be impaired.
The pair need not be separated prior to spawning. The male may construct the nest in a tube or canister, under a broad plant leaf or among fine-leaved surface vegetation, and will not usually tolerate the female in the vicinity until it is complete.
Spawning normally occurrs beneath the nest in an ‘embrace’ typical of osphronemids, with the male wrapping himself around the female. At the point of climax milt and a few eggs are released in a cluster or ‘packet’, which the male collects and transports to the nest. This cycle is then repeated until the female is spent of eggs.
Post-spawning the adults can normally be left in situ, although the female is no longer actively involved with the male assuming sole responsibility for guarding and tending the nest. The eggs hatch in 24-48 hours, remaining in the nest for a further 2-3 days until the yolk sac is fully-absorbed, while the male continues to collect and return any that fall.
Once the fry begin to swim freely the male will lose interest, but the adults do not usually eat their offspring. They require an infusoria-grade food for the first few days, after which they can accept motile foods such as microworm and Artemia nauplii. Water changes should be small and regular rather than large and intermittent.
This species is also known as ‘pygmy gourami’ and ‘dwarf croaking gourami’. It is a popular aquarium fish, with the majority of fish traded produced on a commercial basis.
It can be distinguished from congeners by its small adult size and presence of a single solid dark midlateral stripe on the body, above which is a series of dark blotches forming a second stripe. In the similar but larger, T. schalleri the upper stripe is more variable depending on the mood of the fish, sometimes fading entirely.
Trichopsis species are able to produce audible sounds via a specialised pectoral mechanism which is unique within the family Osphronemidae. The structure comprises modified pectoral-fin tendons and muscles which are stretched and plucked by the basal portion of the anterior fin rays in a similar way to guitar strings. The pectoral-fins beat alternately, each able to generate short or long bursts of sound. These sounds are produced by both sexes, predominantly during agnostic and nuptial interactions, and they differ in temporal parameters, frequency, and pressure between the species. Studies suggest that Trichopsis species are able to settle conflicts without damaging each other physically by assessing factors such as body weight and length, which are transmitted by both visual and acoustic ‘croaking’ signals. During courtship the female produces ‘purring’ sounds in order to initiate spawning, and they are the only fishes in which this is known to occur.
Following Rainboth (1996), the genus Trichopsis can be diagnosed as follows: dorsal-fin origin markedly posterior to pectoral-fin base; pelvic-fin with a single spinous ray with a filamentous extension, and 4 branched rays; 2-4 spinous dorsal-fin rays; 4-8 spinous anal-fin rays; lateral line absent. Its closest relatives are considered to be the genera Betta and Pseudosphromenus.
Like others in the suborder Anabantoidei this species possesses an accessory breathing organ known as the labyrinth, which permits the fish to breathe atmospheric air to a certain extent. Comprising paired suprabranchial organs formed via expansion of the epibranchial (upper) section of the first gill arch and housed in a chamber above the gills, it contains many highly-vascularised, folded flaps of skin which function as a large respiratory surface. Its structure varies in complexity between species, tending to be more developed in those inhabiting harsher environments.
Arnold, J. P., 1936 - Wochenschrift für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde 33(11): Brief description appears on inside of back cover
Ctenops pumilus Arnold, 1936.
The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries.
Ladich, F., 1998 - Ethology 104: 517-529
Sound Characteristics and Outcome of Contests in Male Croaking Gouramis (Teleostei).
Ladich, F. and G. Schleinzer, 2015 - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 182: 8-13
Effect of temperature on acoustic communication: Sound production in the croaking gourami (labyrinth fishes).
Linke, H., 1991 - Tetra Press: 176 pp.
Labyrinth Fish. The Bubble-Nest-Builders.
Rainboth, W. J., 1996 - Rome, FAO: 1-265
FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong.
Rüber L., R. Britz and R. Zardoya, 2006 - Systematic Biology 55(3): 374-397
Molecular phylogenetics and evolutionary diversification of labyrinth fishes (Perciformes: Anabantoidei).
16 Responses to “Trichopsis pumila – Sparkling Gourami (Ctenops pumilus, Trichopsis pumilus var. siamensis)”
Troi
This species is anything but timid, it is very capable of holding its own. But more importantly it is not just a micropredator, it has a taste for shrimp. It will quite happily take on mature shrimp twice its size, especially cherry shrimp, which will either eventually be eaten or chased out of the tank (if it is open top). It also hunts in packs, which increases its effectiveness no end. It is in actual fact a born shrimp killer.
Hi Troi, interesting! Do you mind if I raise this on our forum to see if anyone else has had the same experience?
Hi sure, I’d be interested to find out myself. So far my research has proven somewhat inconclusive, others on similar forums have experienced the same sort of predatory behavior. Other aquarists haven’t and the inconsistencies have been attributed to similar but different species, individual personality?, and various environmental factors. But it’s not until you search Trichopsis pumila (Sparkling Gourami) along with cherry shrimp that it all comes to light.
They were in my planted tank for 5 days before thy were bagged up and taken back to to the LFS. During that period I lost 2 adult cherry shrimps and half a dozen or so of there half sized off spring. I watched as they shredded a juvenile cherry just post molt. Curiously, they left the amanos alone, I think that the combination of cherry red and movement proved to difficult to resist.
One fish in particular would stalk the adult cherries and hover almost nose to nose for an age until eventually the shrimp moved and then it would be chased around and out of the tank, all the while being nipped.
Hi guys. I keep a group of 6 Trichopsis pumila together with Carinotetraodon travancoricus and Boraras maculatus and there are also a few shrimp in the tank. So far they didn´t touch the shrimp or the B. maculatus offspring, which looked more like bloodworm with a fat head! As far as hunting in a pack is concerned, that I can very well imagine. When I feed live or frozen bloodworm from a pipette, they appear grouped like a flying squadron. The first in line picks up his worm and falls in at the end of the formation while the others strike. Everyone waiting for their turn! Quite fascinating!!
BigTom
I’ve kept a pair in a 25l tank with a few adult cherries without issue. However, when I had Caridinia simoni simoni in with them, they would predate the eggs while the females were still carrying them, and I never had a single shrimplet survive.
Sparkling Gourami are a beautiful, little iridescent species. In doing the initial research on this species to determine suitability for my well-planted community tank (65-Gallon), I discovered some inaccurate and inconsistent information including the caution against keeping unless live food is an option which lead to my initial decision not to keep them.
Over the last several months, I have kept seven of them in a community tank and, with a little initial effort to help them adjustment to prepared foods, have found them to be good community fish, fairly easy to keep, pretty hardy, and reasonably outgoing. With regard to tank mates, I have observed no difficulties with various community members who are or have been tank mates (i.e., Corydoras False Julii & Habrosus; Dianos Celestial & Zebra; Diasy’s Ricefish, Endler’s Pure & Tiger; Otocinclus; Swordtails; Tetras Cardinals, Flame, & HY511; Tiger Hillstream Loaches; and White Clouds). It should be noted that I tend to maintain a somewhat higher bio-load. While I cannot claim to be an expert or exhaustive studies, I will share my observations and experience to add to the knowledge base.
Good community fish, fairly easy to keep, pretty hardy, and reasonably outgoing. In my experience, I have found variability in their behavior (personalities) ranging from active exploration of the environment to keeping close and weaving in-and-out of the hard scape and plants. As I have not tagged them, I cannot say whether specific individuals are shy and others are outgoing or specific individuals exhibit the full range of behavior.
In their interactions, I have observed that they were shy and timid following their initial introduction to the community though after adjustment their behavior changed to what was just described. In short, I have observed their movement to be graceful and slow purposeful (not unlike other kinds of gourami) with the ability to dart to strike at food, not overly aggressive or timid, and generally peaceful though occasionally they chase and are chased by their own and other species.
Overall, I do not find them timid or shy in aquariums with a fairly high bio-load and plenty of scape in which to hide (i.e., plenty of plants and hardscape).
Active hunters and micropredators. In my experience, the species does not school and sometimes appears to be a little territorial especially with own species. In addition, I observe that their ‘group attack’ on prey is more akin to sharks swarming prey as it does not appear to me to be a coordinated hunting pack akin to wolves.
With regard to feeding with live and prepared foods, I have found this species adapted to prepared foods without a great deal of difficulty. At this time, I find the species eats prepared food without any issues including flakes (see below).
With regard to fish fry and Amano and Red Cherry Shrimp, I observed the disappearance of my small, long-standing colony of red cherry shrimp with the inclusion of this species in the first few weeks (including juveniles and adults). Over last several months, I observed that the micro-sized fry of the Daisy’s Ricefish did not last the day; whereas, the larger fry of both the Endler’s and Swordstails survive in the community setting for days and weeks. As a result, I cannot conclude this species is partially or solely responsible for the demise of ricefish though within my aquarium they did not hunt down the larger fry.
Recommendations for Feeding with Prepared Foods:
http://www.gwapa.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5256&p=48229#p48229
joostlodder
November 21st, 2012 at 10:46 am
I have also once tried to keep these fish together with cherry shrimps. They were soon returned to the shop after I witnessed the beforementioned pack hunting behaviour. The three of them seemed to single out a particular shrimp and kill it by gradually damaging it. Sometimes the shrimp chosen were rather too big too eat and were left dead. Fascinating and seemingly intelligent fish they are but they assasinate shrimp!
Trail_Mix
There are so many cool little gouramis that aren’t big in the trade, I guess the blackwater requirements are a little specific, but it seems strange that people keep such tiny fish in such large aquariums! Does anybody breed these guys and other such gouramis in smaller tanks, say like 20 gallons or so? If so, what sorta tank set-up do you use and what other fish do you keep with it?
It is possible to sex individual Sparkling Gourami by placing them in a jar and shining bright light onto the body. The bright light will make the females yellow ovaries visible.
circling_skies
I just put in an online bid for 10 of these fish and I was really excited to get them, now I’m not so sure.. I have a 30 Gal planted tank with corys, otos, pearl gourami, Kuhli loaches, neon tetra, variatus, and lots of breeding dwarf crayfish. Will they kill the dwarf crayfish (cambarellus shufeldti)?
Carnivora
My LFS purchased a few of these for me. When I went to go purchase them today, they informed me that the little guys hunted down all the cherry shrimp. The few that survived were found above the water line hiding, according to the LFS owner.
Thiefsie
These guys definitely go after shrimp. They massacred my Ghost/Glass shrimp (Paratya Australiensis). Even the full adult shrimp which are about the same length as the Gouramis. They also tried to have a go at my small (young) snails, which I believe are Nerites.
Otherwise they are fantastic little fish. I have 6 in a Fluval Edge 23L with no problems at all – and quite high water/filter flow rate which doesn’t appear to cause them any problems.
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August 1st, 2018 at 6:40 am
Had a few of these guys – little ones – eat every single limb of some large Amano Shrimp.
Still one of my favorite fish. You really can hear them sometimes.
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To share personal experience:This is a gorgeous little fish, not timid,fine in a community aquarium, given the space which a 20 long affords. Tankmates: DWARF Corydoras habrosus (Dwarf Salt and Pepper Cory), Microdevario kubotai (Neon Green Rasbora),Poecilia Wingei (Endlers), Epiplatys Annulatus (Clown Killifish) and a few stragglers, a Barbus gelius (dwarf golden barb), an Otocinclus, 2 Amano Shrimp.
Had 5 in a 20 long and the odd one out was beat up so much by the 2 pairs that it had it’s tail eaten off and went fungal before I could notice and died. So, be wary.In my situ, I had to place them in a different tank than planned and the flow was very high. I have had no problems with them and high flow. I have an Aquaclear 50 and an Aqueon 10 both towards the left side of the 20 long, so that if it was a problem, the right side of the tank had less flow. pH is 8.
There were multiple spawning caves in the tank, which were taken up fairly quickly and spawning in the community tank described occurred and produced fry that I noticed during pwcs.Because of the voracious appetites of the Endlers I moved 2 fry I spotted into another tank. And am now attempting to determine the best size they should be for moving back (aside from not fitting in anyone’s mouth). The surviving fry is about 1/4 inch.
In my experience mature fish are not quite as hard to sex as it sounds. Once you recognize the ovary (yellowish organ extending past the belly) you can spot it even without a backlight, and the spots above the lateral stripe are faint to absent in females, at least the ones I’ve kept.
I have a trio (two males, one female; I had another female but it seemed to be bullied the most, and I failed to realize how bad the problem was before it died) in a 10g with Boraras maculatus. They just spawned for the second time in the past few months. I kept the first set of fry in the tank, and had a few growing but haven’t seen any sign of them in quite some time. This time I have separated some into a breeder box and will try offering infusoria and vinegar eels. I’m not sure when it will be safe to return them to the main tank, if I don’t have success I’ll try setting up a growout tank.
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January 3rd, 2020 at 7:27 am
I finally was able to add one of these beauties to my 20 high with my school of Otocinclus two days ago. Here’s what I’ve noticed so far:
1. Really aggressive towards Nerite snails. He (as far as I can tell) tried to bite off the antennae of my two nerites and wouldn’t quit harassing them for a good hour or so. I ended up removing the snails and putting them in my other tank. I’ll try adding one back in a breeder box where they can see each other in a few days, and see if he still is exhibiting the same behaviors.
2. Doesn’t like to take food at the surface. I’m attributing this to being new to the tank and still getting settled in, but I’ve had the most success feeding him via soaking food in tap water, then squirting it down into the water column with a pipette. He’s really enjoyed freeze dried daphnia and Fluval Bug Bites so far. Doesn’t really seem to have an appetite for bloodworms. He’s also pretty much decimated my planaria infestation, and I often find him patrolling the glass and substrate looking for more.
3. Really, really wanted to murder my Cherry shrimp at first. Even when I was floating his bag, I noticed him following the shrimp swimming by. When I released him into the tank, he immediately started trying to hunt them. Curiously, he won’t chase them. Just hyper focuses on one, stares it down, and then nips at it. The shrimp will then bolt away and he loses interest. Now he really doesn’t actively hunt them at all. If they get to close, he will kinda flare up / stare it down and then nip at it, but never chases.
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Biofertilizers have been used as sources to improve plant nutrients in sustainable agriculture. Biofertilizers are low cost, renewable sources of plant nutrients which supplement chemical fertilizers. Mycorrhizal fungi are a major component of agricultural natural resources and members of kingdom fungi. The term ‘mycorrhiza’ is derived from Greek word which means ‘fungus root’. Earthen pot experiments were carried out to study the inoculation effect of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) fungi (Glomus mossease), Azospirillium brasilense and PSB on plant height, dry weight of root and shoot, per cent root colonization, spore number, P and N uptake. Experimental pots were filled with 4 kegs of sterilized soil and maintained in green house at 25-30 °C temperature. Single inoculation of AM fungi and combined inoculation of AM fungi with Azospirillium brasilense or PSB was found to be moderately increased in all the growth parameters. However triple inoculation of AM fungi, Azospirillium brasilense and PSB was found to have highest growth parameters.
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Catch a falling star and put it in a....bottle?
Among the stars in the sky, Tabby's Star is a real puzzle. Since it was discovered in twenty-fifteen, astronomers have noticed that it randomly dims -- by as much as twenty-two percent! Could this be the work of ALIENS?
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German company proposes using UAVs to combat IUU
Bbcom Secure, a German security company, has proposed a new method for combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing: Unmanned Aerial Systems, which are carried on vehicles commonly known as UAVs.
The proposal by the company would use unmanned drones that can survey fishing activities from the air, allowing for real-time monitoring from the shore day and night. The advantage, the company said, is that with modern video and drone technology, UAVs can provide a low-operating cost deterrent around the clock.
The unmanned aerial systems can compensate for what Bbcom Secure says are disadvantages with the current Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) used for combating IUU.
“For example, there can be no evidence of actual IUU activity,” the company’s proposal states. “It always requires the additional control boat on site. In most ports, however, there are paid informants who warn IUU fishermen immediately when a control boat leaves the port.”
The UAVs, however, offer a way to monitor boats directly by video. The systems carried on board give it the ability to operate automatically and get actual footage of IUU in action.
“Special Unmanned Aerial Systems (S-UAS) can compensate these disadvantages. They can be launched outside of a port, raise real video evidence of illegal fishing and are hardly recognizable to offenders,” the proposal states.
The vehicles, according to Bbcom Secure, could identify vehicles using false flags, transshipping fish from vessels to locals, using destructive gear and illegal methods, fishing in restricted areas, and more.
The vehicles could be automated to travel pre-planned routes in areas that are susceptible to IUU, and have a “low acquisition and operating cost,” according to Bbcom. The proposed technology is capable of four hours of air time, live transmission of video over 17 nautical miles, vertical take-off and landing, thermal imaging and more.
“To achieve a breakthrough in combatting IUU, the current measures should be complemented by a new way of fishing activities surveillance to generate sound evidence against the criminals,” the company states.
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Anny Khan speaks at the weekend grassroots gathering to organize aid and advocacy for Syrian refugees. (Photo by Alex Garland.)
Dozens of Seattle-area residents gathered over the weekend to brainstorm ways to help people fleeing the war in Syria — including bringing more refugees into the state.
Six years into a civil war, Syria has the nation’s attention after photos of drowned refugee children on Turkey’s beaches went viral. While there has been criticism of the European response to the millions of people who have been displaced by the war, communities throughout the world are also looking at ways to respond to the crisis and offer aid.
In Seattle, Hussein Ali, a Syrian immigrant who overcame challenges to move his family from Damascus to the U.S., quickly organized the event to make action plans. Ali says he wants the community to pressure their Congressional representatives to increase the limit of 8,000 Syrian refugees allowed into the U.S.
Hussein Ali, originally from Damascus, quickly organized a meeting to discuss ways to increase the number of refugees from Syria to Washington. (Photo by Alex Garland.)
The event included a panel to explore different avenues to help refugees. The panel included Ali Khreis, formerly of the Helsinki Citizens Assembly Refugee Advocacy and Support Program in Istanbul.
Khreis told the audience that the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) is severely understaffed and underfunded. He also said that the application for refugee status can take up to four years while refugees wait in camps with no education, no work, and no healthcare.
Once granted, resettlement in the new country can take up to six additional years, he said.
Nina Boe, a volunteer with Episcopal Migration Ministry and former intern with International Rescue Committee, also said results will not be immediate. Her organizations and others work with the Washington State Office of Refugee and Immigrant Affairs on the legal paperwork necessary for resettlement. Other local organizations that work with refugees are Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services and World Relief.
“These organizations are incredibly important and incredibly underfunded….we will not see Syrians resettled in Washington for another few months at least,” she said.
Alaa Yassin, another Syrian immigrant, talked about the lack of organizations to help refugees connect to resources and suggested focusing efforts on the ten to 15 Syrian refugee families already in Seattle.
Attendee Lola Peters, who worked with a nonprofit that assisted refugees from Latin America, said during the Vietnam War era host families in the United States used legal loopholes to help refugees.
Anny Khan, an immigrant from Pakistan, had some hope after the meeting.
“[T]he meeting was a good start….people were talking about their experiences and that changes the way they see things….I hope they think outside of the box,” Khan said.
The next gathering is planned for Sept. 13 at the University of Washington. The group has a new page on Facebook.
A group met Saturday to discuss ways to increase the number of refugees from Syria to Washington, and how to help the refugees already here. (Photo by Alex Garland.)
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to add a link to the group’s new page on Facebook.
Tags: Aid & Development, asylum, asylum seeker, Europe refugee crisis, refugee, Syria, war.
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sreejit says:
The syrian leader & Putin should take care of all the refugees, as they are the ones who created the whole mess. Secondly, it is George Bush & Dick Cheney. Bring them to justice.
Iftikhar Ahmad says:
USA, UK and France should recognize their responsibility for bombing, supplying arms to the Syrian rebels, destroying and destabilization of Arab countries and thus for the flooding of Europe with refugees frown emoticon.
Amid Europe’s escalating migrant crisis US secretary of state John Kerry is to brief congressional lawmakers on Wednesday on accepting more Syrian refugees to the US, reports the AP. The US has so far accepted only about 1,500 Syrians of the 11.6 million people who have fled the war.
The United Nations’ refugee agency (UNHCR) called on European countries on Tuesday (8 September) to guarantee relocation for 200,000 refugees, shortly before EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker was expected to unveil a plan for the relocation of 160,000 refugees.
“We believe it should be 200,000, that’s the number we believe need relocation in European countries”, UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming said, according to Al Jazeera.
She called for “EU-led mega-reception centres” in Greece, Italy, and Hungary, where most of the people have arrived.
Her comments came on the same day that German chancellor Angela Merkel called Juncker’s plan “an important first step” but also noted that the figure may need to be higher as the situation on the ground evolves.
“There is another step that needs to be taken because neither Germany nor Sweden can determine the number of refugees, given that it stems from the [ever-evolving] situation”, Merkel said in Berlin, after a visit from her Swedish colleague prime minister Stefan Lofven.
Germany and Sweden have accepted a disproportionately larger share of asylum applications than their EU counterparts.
The UNHCR called on the EU “to take a common approach and [take] bold steps in managing the current refugee crisis better”.
“Countries have to show solidarity with the world’s most vulnerable population, who come in search of safety in Europe. No country can be left to deal with the issue single-handedly”, the agency said in a press release.
In another document, the UNHCR gave some updated information on expected arrivals, saying that 400,000 people are expected to arrive via the Mediterranean by the end of 2015. 366,000 have arrived so far.
“In 2016 this number could reach 450,000 or more,” the UNHCR said.
Another 150,000 have until now travelled to Hungary via Serbia, with a majority of them originating from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq.
The UN noted that the influx of refugees from war-torn Syria was to be expected, and that only 37 percent of funding that was pledged to Syria’s neighbouring countries to help refugees there, has been provided so far.
“Since last year trends have been very clear, as we were trying to convey to the countries in Europe that more refugees will be on the move in [the] wake of dwindling support for them in Syria’s neighbourhood. We were not heard and as we see today, Europe is unprepared for those arriving to seek international protection in Europe”, the UNHCR said.
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Bobby Jindal: “Immigration without assimilation is invasion”
AKA civil wars and separation of our land into different people of different views, cultures, and languages. Just like middle east and parts of Eastern Europe.
Mr negitive says:
Well, as a local from Seattle, I cannot stress enough how unwelcome you all are. I can say with authority the influx of massive Asians, (many countries) Africans, Russians, Italians, Irish, Arabs, Hispanics (many countries and islands,) along with massive Californians, East coast invasion, and now I see confederate flags.
The average rent for housing goes up over $100 a year. $1650 now. With pollution, congestion, inflation, depletion of natural resources, increase in crime (per square mile) increased homelessness, stress on the law enforcement, the judicial system social services, and an overall lower quality of life. It is somewhat ironic that this author claims to enjoy sitting in nature. That nature is evaporating just because countries,( especially Catholic and Muslim) do not wish to exercise birth control. Some of the most adamant critics against liberal immigration laws, that I’ve talked to, were immigrants who have been here for a few decades. They realize the consequences and backlash they will receive when things get out of control. And oh by the way, they will get out of control.
Yes, out of 10,000 refugees we will have at least 100 sleeping cells getting ready to blow up this country. How in the world WA will pay for these folks food, homes, health care, putting their kids in overcrowded schools, and other benefits like free money for colleges, etc..
The best way is for Seattle and the rest of the State to cover for this extra expense is to go ahead and self inflict by voting to raise more taxes.
Call Republicans xenophobe, womanizers, racists, midget mind, war mongerers, haters, child molesters, etc…, but they are being smart about refusing refugees. IT WILL BE EXPENSIVE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM, NEEDLESS TO SAY, POTENTIAL TERRORIST ISIS INFILTRATING IN THIS COUNTRY!!
Political Incorrect Citizen (The 10%)
We should pause, take a breath and make sure these refugees are vetted, why should the males, that are able bodied not stay in their own countries, and fight. I just feel that terrorists can slip in, just like it happened in Europe. Seattle is too crowded now, with all the muslims, and arabs and africans, that have come here in the last 10-15 years.
People, please says:
The largest threat to U.S. citizens come from home grown white supremacist terrorists. If you really, truly want this to be the true America, then we better step aside for the Native Americans who rightfully own this continent. I’m not kidding.
Akram Ali says:
“In Seattle, Hussein Ali, a Syrian immigrant who overcame challenges to move his family from Damascus to the U.S”
Really Hussein! Is he really Syrian?!! overcame challenges!!!!! to move his family from Damascus to the U.S!
What a lie… Hussein and family they are Sponsored immigrant by his uncle. What a lie
This is a classic exploitation of the refugee crises
Court Reporter says:
Hussein Ali (full name is: Hussein Salim Ali) was arraigned on OCT. 9, 2017 and charged by the state of Washington on two (2) felony-counts of child molestation in the first degree-Class A in the superior court of Snohomish County in the city of Everett.This is a public record and can be verified by anybody.
Why would Hussein want to bring refugees with their children?
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The metal fabricated parts maker in North Macedonia Aktiva expands production
• Machines • Business • South-East European INDUSTRIAL Мarket - issue 4/2019 • 07.11.2019
The Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced its plans to provide an EUR 5 million loan to one of the leading metal processing and construction companies in North Macedonia Aktiva. It will allow the successful SME Aktiva to upgrade its production and coating facilities. The funds are aimed to support the manufacturer’s expansion into supplying international companies with metal fabricated parts. Thanks to the investment the leading metal fabricated parts producer will become more competitive on the local and foreign market.
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“The loan will be used to complete Aktiva’s EUR 10 million investment programme in upgrading production and coating capacity, including the installation of a new KTL (electro) coating line. It will support the company in becoming one of the leading regional “one-stop shop” metal engineering and processing companies. The project aims to help the company grow its metal processing segment and increase the export share of this business segment”, the EBRD said in a press release.
Founded in 1999 in Stip, North Macedonia, Aktiva is a diversified company with high reputation and undeniable legitimacy in the metal industry, encompassing the services of design, construction and supervision of all types of buildings, production of steel constructions and production of metal components for automotive industry, railway and other industrial equipment. Aktiva provides metal fabrication services, as well as engineering, supervision and construction services for steel construction facilities.
Starting with mini-technologies and several employees in the course of its operations adjustments to the modern dynamic flows to achieve further development and market needs, allowing strong growth and grew into a top production capacity in the metal industry including all elements of the craft-final work, as well as production of the necessary process technology equipment, the company’s corporate website says.
During its twenty years of existence Aktiva succeeded to be distinguished on the market as a brand that is a synonym for quality and on-time construction and from 2014 till now as a trusted and reliable supplier of metal components for companies from the automotive and metal industry. In 2014 Aktiva Automotive was established as a manufacturer of body and chassis component parts supplies products and services with superior quality on schedule and at competitive price. 2017 was finished with extension of the existing production plant and capacity duplication of work and employers.
Since entering the metal fabricated parts market in 2014, in cooperation with the Belgian bus producer Van Hool – one of the biggest foreign direct investors in North Macedonia, Aktiva has also started producing metal fabricated products for other international companies including Fast and ThyssenKrupp.
“In line with the EBRD’s recently approved Country Strategy for North Macedonia, this financing supports and enhances value chain linkages in the private sector. The upgrade is planned at a time when growing numbers of large international companies are outsourcing and partnering with strategic reliable suppliers in South-eastern Europe, which can provide quality, flexible and competitive production as well as quick logistics”, the Bank added.
To date the EBRD has invested nearly EUR 1,9 billion in 117 projects in North Macedonia, with a focus on supporting the country’s integration into regional and global markets.
Keywords: EBRD, SME Aktiva, metal processing, metal parts
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The Incredible Indian Journey
11 Days/ 10 Nights
Enjoy the beauty and historical past of Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Jaipur and Udaipur.
Rates and Conditions
Trip accompanied by a fulltime English-speaking Tour Director.
Take a rickshaw and stroll through little-known corners of Delhi.
Hands painted with henna by a local henna painter in Delhi.
Lunch at one of the most luxurious restaurants at Hotel Imperial in Delhi.
Be a volunteer at community kitchen in Gurudwara Bangala Sahib Delhi.
Hi- tea at Amarvilas with the beautiful view of Taj.
Discover the stunning Taj Mahal and the magnificent Red Fort.
Enjoy Jeep ride on the way up to the magnificent Amer fort.
Blessing ceremony at 200-year-old temple at The Oberoi Rajvilas Jaipur.
Enjoy Exclusive boat ride on Lake Pichola.
Watch Bollywood musical show at the Kingdom of Dreams with English translator in Gurgaon.
Complimentary in-house Yoga session at all resorts.
Wi-Fi connectivity at all hotels during the stay.
Wi-Fi enabled vehicle for the entire tour.
Day 1 Arrival Delhi
Mystery, magic, mayhem. Welcome to Delhi, City of Djinns, and 25 million people. Like an eastern Rome, India’s capital is littered with the relics of lost empires. A succession of armies stormed across the Indo-Gangetic plain and imprinted their identity onto the vanquished city, before vanishing into rubble and ruin like the conquerors who preceded them. Modern Delhi is a chaotic tapestry of medieval fortifications, Mughal mausoleums, dusty bazaars, colonial-era town planning, and mega malls.
Upon arrival at Delhi International airport you will be provided assistance followed by transfer to hotel. On arrival at the hotel, you will be welcomed traditionally with Arti and Tikka (a Hindu Ritual where young women puts a vermillion mark on your forehead welcomes you with a platter of auspicious items). This will remark as an auspicious start to your journey to India. Post this ritual, you will be provided with a non-alcoholic beverage and keys shall be handed over to you and relax at your rooms. Stay 3 nights at the Claridges hotel or similar.
Day 02 Delhi - City Tour
After breakfast, meet our staff (around 1200 hrs) who will brief you about your trip and shall handover all the travel documents to you. They will answer all your queries and shall also introduce you to your Tour Director. After the tour briefing you can start your city tour of Old Delhi.
The tour shall take you to the Old Delhi where you shall visit the Jama Masjid, Shah Jahan’s last architectural extravagance, the Jama Masjid towers over Old Delhi and is India’s largest mosque. The massive courtyard of the Jama Masjid can hold up to twenty-five thousand worshippers and houses many interesting relics, including an ancient copy of the Quran inscribed on deerskin as well as the relics of Prophet Muhammad, such as a red hair from his beard, his sandals and his footprint imprinted on a marble slab.
From there, take a rickshaw and ride through the narrow lanes of old colorful markets bustling with action-packed streets. We will take you to Kinari Bazaar as well as the beautiful and interesting spice market, an old bazaar of Delhi. Here you will experience the beautiful art of Indian Bridal wear making and lanes of Chandni Chowk, through that Delhi traffic in an e-rickshaw. Then drive towards The Red Fort for a quick photo stop from outside.
The Red Fort- A UNESCO World Heritage Site; a massive red sandstone fort that is octagonal in design with the walls covered with beautiful flower decorations and calligraphy. It is a proof of the glory of the flourishing Mughal Empire in Delhi.
After the visits, return to the hotel and rest of the evening is free to relax at your hotel.
After breakfast, Later drive to the New Delhi which feels like a different city altogether.
Visit Qutub Minar. World’s highest building made of bricks of about 73 meters of height. The Qutub Minar was built by Qutub-ud-Din Aibak in 1193 as a part of a celebration of Muslim dominance in Delhi after the defeat of Delhi’s last Hindu ruler.
Later, drive past India Gate, - it is war memorial dedicated to the troops of British India, who died in the wars of 1914 and 1919. It is located eastern end if the Rajpath – a formerly known as the Kingsway is about 138 feet in height. You will also drive pass through the Government Building lining the Janpath area on your way to Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, a famous Sikh Temple is one of the most prominent Sikh Gurudwara, or Sikh house of worship inside its complex.
You can volunteer at the community kitchen if you wish.
Later after visit, ladies can get their hands painted with the henna from the famous market near Hanuman Mandir. (Henna is a form of body art in which decorative designs are created on a person's hand using a paste, created from the powdered dry leaves of the henna plant. It’s a temporary design and will fade away slowly).
Have a mesmerizing lunch at a South East Asian cuisine restaurant ‘Spice Routes’ – one of the top-rated restaurants of India.
After visits & lunch, return to the hotel and rest of the evening is free to relax at the hotel.
Day 04 Delhi / Agra (145 Miles / 4 Hrs. Approx.)
After breakfast, check out from hotel and drive to Agra. Upon arrival, check in to the hotel.
Rest of the day is free to relax at the hotel.
Hi-tea at the hotel with the view of the beautiful Taj. After having tea, rest of the evening is free to enjoy the
Stay 2 nights at the Trident Agra Hotel or similar.
Day 05 Agra / City Tour
Home of the world-famous Taj Mahal, Agra is one of India’s prime tourist destinations for specifically this reason, though its attractions also extend to an array of other impressive historical sights. These include the red-hued Agra Fort, the sacred Jama Masjid mosque. The Taj, however, is in a league of its own and needless to say is a must-see for any visitor to the city. Commissioned by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the 15th century as a memorial to his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, it is an architectural masterpiece of exquisite craftsmanship and perfect proportions.
Early morning; visit The Monument of Love - Taj Mahal (Taj Mahal Remains Closed on Every Friday). Enjoy battery car ride from the hotel till the gate of Taj Mahal – it is the monument which story of love - Built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan for his deceased wife Mumtaz, it is emblematic of the emperor’s deep love for his wife and the grief he experienced at her passing. The architect of the Taj Mahal was Ustad Ahmed Lahauri and the design is a representative of Indian, Persian and Islamic styles of architecture. It took 21 years for the Taj Mahal to be constructed (from 1632 to 1652) with over 20,000 labourers working night and day.
After having visit, return to the hotel for breakfast. After breakfast continue with the visits for the rest of the monuments in Agra which includes;
Agra Red Fort which is actually the original Red Fort, Agra Fort is a historical fort in the city of Agra in India. The fort was the main residence of the emperors of Mughal Dynasty, when Agra used to be the capital city. Afterwards it was occupied by the Britishers.
In the late afternoon have visit to Mehtab Bagh – made by the Mughal emperor ‘Babur’ is a complex of gardens on east banks of Yamuna River. It gives a wonderful opportunity of Taj Mahal photography. The tour ends with the visit of a Marble Factory to see how the intricate inlay work on marble is done.
Day 06 Agra / Jaipur (150 Miles / 5 Hrs.)
After breakfast, drive to Jaipur. Enroute visit Fatehpur Sikri, “the Ghost City” which lies west of Agra. It is a complex which has been built with red sandstone; a typical material used in many of the Mughal buildings. The complex of monuments and temples, all in a uniform architectural style, includes one of the largest mosques in India, the Jama Masjid.
Upon arrival, check in to the hotel.
Rest of the time is free at the hotel to relax and enjoy in-house amenities or you can also enjoy the Spa & massage with the therapeutic oils which will help you to rejuvenate yourself. (On direct payment basis. For appointment kindly call the hotel spa)
Stay 2 nights at the Trident Jaipur hotel or similar
Day 07 Jaipur / City Tour
Gateway to the state of Rajasthan, Jaipur offers a heady mix of old and new India. Famously known as the “Pink City”, Jaipur’s nickname was coined in 1876 when a visit by the Prince of Wales prompted the government to paint the Old City terracotta pink, traditionally the colour of hospitality, to welcome the Royal. Jaipur was founded in 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, a soldier, ruler, and scholar in mathematics and astronomy, after whom the city has been named. Jaipur is home to splendid fortresses, majestic palaces, temples and a must-see medieval observatory.
You can indulge in morning yoga session at the hotel (organised by the hotel for all the in-house guests – please check the timings at the hotel).
After breakfast, commence drive to Amer Fort, Amer is a town with an area of 4 square Kms located 11 Kms from Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. Located high on a hill, it is the principal tourist attraction in Jaipur. This magnificent fort comprises an extensive palace complex, built from pale yellow and pink sandstone, and white marble, and is divided into four main sections, each with its own courtyard. The fort has a very rich history which will make it an interesting place to visit. At Amer Fort, enjoy a Jeep ride while going up the fort.
On the way back stop at Hawa Mahal for outside visit & quick photo stop, is an extraordinary pink-painted, delicately honeycombed hive that rises a dizzying five storeys. It was constructed in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh to enable ladies of the royal household to watch the life and processions of the city.
Visit the magnificent City Palace; which is a series of palaces and other buildings, built in the 18th century with a blend of Rajput and Mughal architecture. The palace complex has several buildings, various courtyards, galleries, restaurants, and offices of the Museum Trust.
In the evening you can explore the local colourful Bazaars to enjoy some shopping experience; you will find very interesting and souvenirs that you can take for your friends and family.
Day 08 Jaipur -> Udaipur (FLIGHT)
After breakfast, you shall be provided assistance upon departure followed by transfer to Jaipur airport to connect the flight for Udaipur.
Assistance upon arrival at Udaipur airport followed by transfer to hotel.
Stay 2 nights at the Trident Udaipur hotel or similar
Day 09 Udaipur / City Tour
Dubbed the ‘Venice of the East’, the city of Udaipur is built around three interconnected lakes – Lake Pichola, Fateh Sagar Lake and the smaller Swaroop Sagar Lake – and encircled by the hills of the Aravalli mountain range. It is home to an array of ancient temples and fairy-tale palaces (several of the latter have been converted into luxury heritage hotels) and is known as one of Rajasthan’s most beautiful and romantic cities.
You can indulge in morning yoga session at the hotel (organised by the hotel for all the in-house guests, also do check the timings at the hotel).
After breakfast, start your day with the visit of Jagdish Temple, later walk through the alleyways and see the people living their time here.
You will see homes of Merchants, Warrior Communities, and Priest communities etc., Craftsmen making a bronze base for steel utensils, Spice Market, Sreenath Ji (Lord Krishna Temple), Wholesale Vegetable Market and Bridal Wear Market.
Visit Maharana’s City Palace you will be Surmounted by balconies, towers and cupolas towering over the lake, the imposing City Palace is Rajasthan’s largest palace, with a facade 244m long and 30.4m high. Construction was begun in 1599 by Maharana Udai Singh II, the city’s founder, and it later became a conglomeration of structures (including 11 separate smaller palaces) built and extended by various Maharanas, though it still manages to retain a surprising uniformity of design.
Later visit The Sahelion ki Bari lies in the north of the city, about 3km from Lal Ghat, the Saheliyon-ki-Bari was built by Sangram Singh II in 1710. This small, quaint ornamental garden was laid out for the enjoyment of 48 women attendants who came as part of a princess’ dowry and has beautiful, well-maintained fountains (water shortages permitting), kiosks, marble elephants and a delightful lotus pool.
After visit, you will spend day exploring the city by visiting the local market.
Later in the afternoon enjoy an Exclusive boat ride on Lake Pichola and visit to the Jag Mandir.
The first island palace of Lake Pichola, Jag Mandir was built by Maharana Karan Singhji in 1622 AD and was intended to be a pleasure palace for regal parties and functions. It has served as a refuge for Mughal Emperor Shahjahan when he was a prince against the wrath of his father in a family dispute in the seventeenth century. The legend says that Jagmandir was the inspiration behind the world-famous Taj Mahal, which Shah Jahan built in the memory of his deceased wife, Mumtaj.
After visiting the city, return to your hotel.
Day 10 Udaipur -> Delhi (FLIGHT)
After breakfast, morning is free. Later you will be provided assisted departure transfer to Udaipur airport to connect the flight for Delhi. Assistance upon arrival at Delhi airport followed by transfer to hotel. Upon arrival, check into the hotel.
Later in evening you have visit of Kingdom of Dreams Theatre (Gold Class). The ultimate entertainment and leisure destination, sprawling across acres of land, located at Gurugram, is the magnificent Kingdom of Dreams. Here, the carnival that is India is distilled into one iconic destination. This fabulous Kingdom brings to life a blend of India's art, culture, heritage, craft, cuisine and performing art... All with the technological wizardry of today. Watch and enjoy the Bollywood musical show in Gurugram (New Delhi Suburbs and near to the airport) in the evening at the Kingdom of Dreams (www.kingdomofdreams.in) The show is for 02 Hrs. Approx. and starts at about 1930 Hrs. (Closed on Every Monday, Pls note that show timings change in between. We can confirm the exact timings closer to the dates)
Return to hotel. Overnight stay at Trident Gurugram hotel or similar.
Day 11 Delhi Departure
After breakfast, you will be provided in time assisted departure transfer to Delhi International airport to connect the flight for onwards journey.
Tour Prices from: sharing twin or double room including daily breakfast
GBP 3,250.00 per person
USD 4,200 per person
EUR 3,800.00 per person
**Above tour price excludes internal airfares mentioned in the tour itinerary.
TOUR PRICE INCLUDES:
Complete transportation by an Aircon MUV / Aircon Deluxe Tempo Traveller as per the case, all sectors drives, all airports, transfer, hotel transfers and sightseeing details as per the above program.
In Delhi, arrival - departure transfer + City tour as mentioned in the itinerary is included.
Vehicle for all intercity transfers, sightseeing and en route visits as indicated in detailed program from Delhi / Agra on Day 4 till drop at Udaipur airport on Day 10 is included.
Services of fulltime Accompany English Speaking Tour Director from Delhi sightseeing on Day 02 till drop at Delhi hotel on Day 10 is included. (The Tour Director Price includes his hotel accommodation, transportation, meals, air fare and escorting charges during the whole tour. He stays at different hotels other than the clients)
One-time monument entrance fees during the sightseeing as per the above program are included.
TOUR PRICE EXCLUDES:
International Air fares
Internal Airfares ( can be arranged at the time of booking the tour)
Any expenses of personal nature such as drinks, tele / fax calls, laundry etc.
Any tips to hotel staff, tour director, drivers etc.
Any meals apart from the ones mentioned above.
Any visa fee or airport taxes.
Any expenses caused by reasons beyond our control such as train – flight delays / cancellation / rescheduling, etc and any other situations related to roadblocks, accidents, medical evacuation and natural calamities.
Any video / camera fees.
Any expenses apart from the ones above.
THE ABOVE PRICE IS NOT VALID FROM DECEMBER 21ST, 2019 TILL JANUARY 10TH, 2020 AND BECAUSE THERE WILL BE MANDATORY PEAK SEASON SUPPLEMENTS WHICH WILL BE PAID BY THE CLIENTS EXTRA AND IS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. THERE WILL BE MANDATORY CHRISTMAS DECEMBER 24TH, 2019 AND NEW YEAR’S DECEMBER 31ST, 2019 EVE GALA DINNER SUPPLEMENT.
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Policy Matters: The role of education in social mobility
Franz Buscha
In this episode of Policy Matters, hosts Franz Buscha and Matt Dickson are joined by Dr Lindsey Macmillan from University College London to discuss the role of education in social mobility. Issues relating to education are never far from the policy agenda or the headlines – whether it is early years education, university tuition fees or the possible return of grammar schools. But what does academic research tell us about the role of education at each age and stage in improving life-chances of children from poorer backgrounds, and what does this mean for policy? Franz and Matt discuss these issues with Lindsey; and also consider the limits as to what education policy can achieve, given the way that the UK labour market – and wider society – is structured.
Matt Dickson, Dr Lindsey Macmillan
Published: Fri 25 May 2018
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Touted as one of the significant discoveries made in Somerset’s recent history, Jason Massey, an amateur detectorist, came across an ancient Roman signet ring made of gold. Interestingly enough, the discovery was made at the very site (at a field near Crewkerne) where Mr. Massey and his friends found a Roman grave with a lead coffin and 250 coins in last year’s November.
Now while researchers at the British Museum are yet to make a detailed analysis of the object, the signet ring is presumed to date from circa 200 – 300 AD, thus making it over 1,700-years old. Also, the conspicuous engraving on the front-end onyx of the 48 g (1.7 ounces) ring is believed to be that of Victoria – the Roman deity who personified victory.
It should be noted that Mr. Massey also discovered over 60 Roman coins from the site on 29th July before identifying the Roman signet ring (which he initially thought was his first discovery of a Roman gold coin). However, beyond the scope of coins and rings, the detectorists believes that this particular area was home to a ritzy Roman villa. He said –
There’s a load of figures floating about [for the value of the ring] but we’re interested in the villa, who’s lived there and where they’ve come from and who the person was that wore this ring.
Ciorstaidh Hayward-Trevarthen from the South West Heritage Trust also indicated the possibility of a larger Roman presence in the area that comprised wealthy inhabitants. This is mainly due to the fact that finding such an exquisite Roman signet ring specimen is pretty rare, with only two previous examples being recorded from the region of Somerset, England.
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If You’ve Eaten Yellowfin Tuna Recently, Make Sure You Read This
Sushi lovers, take note.
Marie Rossiter 2017-06-06
Marie Rossiter · June 6, 2017
If you are a sushi lover, then you need to know about a significant recall of yellowfin tuna. The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a hepatitis A virus exposure from yellowfin tuna served in the United States.
Where Was Recalled Fish Sold?
Back on May 18, the Hilo Fish Company recalled tuna from its source companies Sustainable Seafood Company and Santa Cruz Seafood, Inc. At that point, the fish tested positive for the hepatitis A virus.
The recall affects two different brands of tuna, including:
8-ounce frozen yellowfin tuna steaks from Sustainable Seafood Company in individually vacuum-packed bags with the production date code of 627152, lot number 166623 and expiration date of 2018-10-01; and
15-pound cases of frozen yellowfin tuna cubes from Santa Cruz Seafood, individually vacuum packed, with the date code 705342, lot number 173448 and expiration date of 2019-04-01.
Grocery stores and restaurants in California, Oklahoma and Texas received the affected tuna. In a rare move, the FDA identified the locations in their public notice about the investigation. Typically, the FDA keeps this information anonymous, but public health concerns compelled officials to release the information.
“To protect the health of consumers who may have eaten contaminated tuna and require post-exposure prophylaxis, the FDA has determined that it is necessary to make public the names of these businesses as part of the recall,” said the FDA investigation statement.
Consumers should know that as of now, the FDA has no reports of anyone getting sick or contracting the hepatitis A virus. And the FDA continues to take samples from tuna and investigate the health risk to the public.
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Anyone who consumed the recalled raw or undercooked fish within the past two weeks should talk to a doctor. Those who haven’t been vaccinated against the hepatitis A virus should get a post-exposure shot as soon as possible. Affected people who already received the vaccination do not require another shot, according to the FDA.
Unfortunately, the post-consumption shot won’t help anyone who may have eaten the recalled tuna beyond two weeks ago. Symptoms for the hepatitis A virus can show up anywhere from 15 to 50 days after infection.
What Is Hepatitis A?
Hepatitis A is a contagious liver disease. People can get Hepatitis A from eating contaminated food. Other ways of transmission include person to person (sexual partners or close contact with an infected person if you’re not vaccinated). For some people, the virus only causes minor illness. However, for others, it can lead to problems lasting several months.
Symptoms of infections include abdominal pain, fatigue, jaundice (yellowing of skin), dark urine, abnormal liver tests and pale stool.
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The Best Airports for Shopping
by Victoria Brewood (SkyClub Travel Blog) July 20, 2018
Are you one of those people who loves to show up to the airport a few hours early to take advantage of the shops before you hit the Business Class Lounge? Or do you leave it all to the last minute, then have to dash around looking for souvenirs while hoping you don’t miss your gate being called?
Whatever type of shopper you are, airport terminals are a great place for picking up duty-free goods. They’re not just for picking up huge packs of cigarettes and litres of booze either – many are packed with designer outlets, souvenir shops and local brands.
Airports can be great if you’ve got time and want to purchase some discounted goods, but not all airports are created equal. Here we’re going to check out the best airports for shopping in the world:
Singapore Changi
Changi Airport is actually one of the biggest shopping malls in Singapore, with more than 400 retail outlets and 140 dining options. To help you get around, the airport has its own app, iChangi, which offers updates on flight times, terminal maps and shopping and dining indexes. You probably don’t need an incentive to go shopping here, but if you do, Changi Airport actually makes one lucky shopper a millionaire each year. Just enter the Changi Millionaire raffle and you could become an instant millionaire!
Things to buy: Pandon chiffon cake or kueh lapis (layered cake) from Bengawan Solo
One of the busiest airports in the world, London Heathrow has four passenger terminals that are packed with shops. If you join the Heathrow Rewards loyalty program, you can also earn points as you shop! If you want to pick up some British goods to remind you of London, Heathrow Terminal 5 has a Fortnum and Mason, Hamleys, Harrods, Mulberry and Aspinal of London.
Things to buy: Teddy bear from Hamleys, a nice purse from Aspinal of London or perhaps some chocolates from Fortnum and Mason.
Amsterdam Schiphol is honestly like a giant shopping mall with so many stores and restaurants it can be overwhelming. The airport has plenty of luxury brands including Bottega Veneta, Burberry, Rolex and Gucci, but it also has plenty of stores offering uniquely Dutch gifts. If you want to take home some flowers for your loved ones, House of Tulips has tulips in almost every colour, or you can pick up some seeds and bulbs to plant them at home. “Say Cheese” is stocked with all kinds of Dutch and international cheeses, while “Excuisite” houses cigars & liquor for connoisseurs.
Things to buy: Tulips, lots of Edam cheese.
We love Doha Hamad because it’s home to one of the best airport lounges in the world – the Al Mourjan Business Lounge. The lounge is 10 times the size of an Olympic swimming pool and feels like a hotel, offering a wide array of seating areas and numerous different dining options. If you can bear to drag yourself away from the lounge for just a second, the airport also happens to have some fantastic shopping too, offering big brands such as Hugo Boss, Michael Kors and Victoria’s Secret. Don’t miss your chance to snap a photo with the “lamp bear”, which was constructed out of bronze by modern artist Urs Fischer and cost $6.8 million to make.
Things to buy: Baklava, fresh dates, nuts and high-quality coffee from Marmalade Market.
Hong Kong International Airport
If your flight’s delayed, there are worse places you could be stuck than HKIA. The airport has an Imax movie theatre, an indoor golf club, a spa and of course, plenty of shops. SkyMart and SkyPlaza have over 250 shops and 70 restaurants, offering a wide range of products from electronics and accessories to cosmetics, jewellery and clothing. Visit the Hong Kong Design Gallery to browse more than 5,000 unique products created by 200 local designers or shop for big name brands such as Burberry, Chanel and Prada.
Things to buy: Electronics, local foods and pastries from Kee Wah Bakery and Wing Wah Cake Shop.
Whether you’re jetting off to Dubai or you just have a layover there on the way to Australia or Asia, the airport’s shops are a must-visit. The whole UAE is known for being a tax-free shopping haven and the airport is no different. Known as the “City of Gold” Dubai is known for its high quality gold and so if you haven’t had a chance to pick up some jewellery in the iconic Gold Souk, you can definitely do so at the airport. Gold is available by the gram and you’ll also find a wide range of earrings, chains and necklaces for purchase.
Things to buy: Anything involving dates. Date jams, date honey, date chocolates or even date Champagne. Gold jewellery.
Incheon International Airport
Travelling to Seoul? At Incheon Airport there’s a lot to keep you occupied, including an ice rink, a spa, two movie theatres, gardens and even a museum dedicated to Korean culture with artefacts dating back thousands of years. If you have time and you like playing golf, a shuttle bus will take you to SKY72 Golf Club, a 72-hole golf club that is part of the airport. For duty free shopping you can head to Lotte Duty Free or The Shilla Duty Free, which are both stocked with cosmetics, alcohol and packaged foods. Or, if you’re trying to battle those laughter lines and age spots, you can pick up some Korean beauty products, which can be found at SkinFood, Innisfree, and Etude House.
Things to buy: Kimchi, dried seaweed, paper face masks and Korean beauty products.
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Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what? @ Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum, Munich
In context of the 2013 exhibition Lightopia at the Vitra Design Museum a point of particularly intense illumination, pun intended, was the difference between light and lighting, and that the craft of the lighting designer is to bring a tangible form to an intangible material.
With the exhibition Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what? Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum Munich celebrate, and remember, one of Germany’s leading designer’s of light…..
Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what?, Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum Munich
Born on May 12th 1932 on the Lake Constance island of Reichenau, Ingo Maurer initially trained as a typographer in Germany and Switzerland, subsequently studying Graphic Design, and taking his first professional steps, in Munich, before moving to the USA in 1960 where he spent periods working in New York and San Francisco. Returning to Munich in 1963 Ingo Maurer established himself in 1966 as studio Design M, and swapped Graphic Design for Lighting Design; if you so will swapped the 2D illumination of graphics for the 4D, 2D?, illumination of lighting.
And achieved an international success with his first project: Bulb. An oversized light bulb, specifically a 30 cm high by 20 cm wide light bulb, with an actual light bulb where the filament of the oversize bulb should be, a work which the MoMA New York added to its permanent collection in 1968 and a work which with its readymade poppy overtones sent and sends a very knowing, late 1960s, wink in the direction of a Gyula Pap or a Wilhelm Wagenfeld.
In 1973 Design M became simply Ingo Maurer and the intervening decades have seen Ingo Maurer designer and Ingo Maurer company develop not only a myriad lamps and lighting systems including works such as the winged Lucellino family, the YaYaHo low-voltage halogen system with its reduction to cables and exposed halogen bulbs, or the Zettel’z collection with their profusion of slips of note paper in place of a shade, but also public lighting design projects and light installations including, and amongst many others, Earthbound – Unbound at Toronto International Airport, The Tree for Bodegas Vega Sicilia near Valladolid, Spain, the Silver Cloud for the Residenztheater in Munich or the light and colour concepts for Munich’s Marienplatz, Münchner Freiheit & Westfriedhof underground stations.
In context of Die Neue Sammlung’s Paternoster Hall exhibition series, a series of exhibitions in which international creatives are commissioned to realise a showcase which remains on show in the Pinakothek der Moderne’s Paternoster Hall for eleven months, and a series whose alumni include the likes of Friedrich von Borries, Konstantin Grcic or Hella Jongerius & Louise Schouwenberg, Ingo Maurer was asked if he would be interested in contributing an exhibition based around his work and reflective of his design understanding and position, he was, the result is Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what?
Ingo Maurer sadly passed away on October 21st 2019 in Munich, aged 87, and less than a month before the opening of his exhibition; and thus much as Mondo Mendini at the Groninger Museum exists as a very personal celebration and retrospective of the late Alessandro Mendini, Ingo Maurer intim. Design or What? stands as a very personal celebration of both Ingo Maurer the man and a very personal retrospective and study of Ingo Maurer designer.
Early works by Ingo Maurer, including Bulb , as seen at Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what?, Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum Munich
Covering Ingo Maurer’s 50+ year career, from his breakthrough Bulb from 1966 to 2019’s La Festa delle Farfalle or Ooop’s, Design or what? not only neatly demonstrates how fluidly Ingo Maurer moved between and fused, apparently, strictly defined terms such as architecture, design or art, but for all illuminates, no pun intended, the myriad differing understandings of light, differing essences of light, and how Ingo Maurer’s canon embodies those understandings and essences.
Or put another way……
Light as play. Over generations painters, novelists, architects, composers and poets have venerated and exploited the play of light, both graphically and figuratively; and a playfulness in light which Ingo Maurer employed throughout his career, be that through wordplays and bon mots in the objects names, as exemplified by, and amongst many, many others, the aforementioned Zettel’z, a play on the German Zettel, a slip of note paper; Oh Man, It’s a Ray!, a readymade-esque work which recalls one of the Surrealist pioneers of the genre; or Silly-Kon whose bright red shade is crafted from brass silicon. Or through the absurd and quirkily whimsical forms and contexts in which Ingo Maurer places light, as exemplified by works such as Remember Yves, a tribute to the French artist Yves Klein arguably best known for the colour blue and his work Leap into the Void: and which depicts a blue man leaping into a void; Flatterby which comes with its own flock of moths and butterflies hovering around the lightbulb, thus less mimicking nature as outright replacing it; or Porca miseria!, a still life of exploding porcelain tableware and which, we learn, was originally named Zabriskie Point after the 1970 film from whom the idea of the time frozen explosion was borrowed/inspired/informed, but which was renamed in the wake of its premiere at Euroluce Milan 1994, where an Italian visitor (reportedly) expressed his delight at the work with the words “Porca miseria! Che fantastico, Ingo” Damn it, Ingo! It’s fantastic. And Porca miseria! would also be the cry of anyone breaking that much porcelain. Just less positively implied.
Light as shadow. Just as a fundamental aspect of contemporary black and white photography is the studied interplay between the black and the white as much as it is the composition, so to a fundamental aspect of lighting design is the studied interplay between light and shadow, the use of shadow as a functional adjunct. And something that can be appreciated and understood directly in works such as Eclipse Ellipse or the aforementioned La Festa delle Farfalle, but also less directly through a careful study of Maurer’s designs, a careful study beyond the physical composition.
Light as technology. Among the numerous components of lighting design a central one is exploiting, and giving a form, a cultural expression, to new technology and materials, something that, arguably, began with primitive developments of primitive torches and became increasingly relevant with the development of the electric light bulb in the late 19th century and the rapid increase in domestic electric lighting in the early 20th century: new solutions were needed, something elegantly underscored by the elementary research undertaken by Poul Henningsen in the 1920s on the way to his PH lamps, lamps that are as much about understanding electric light as they are a platform for electric light. And something that since the 1920s has continued at ever greater speed as technology develops at ever greater speed. And developments to which Ingo Maurer greatly contributed including, and amongst other examples, with YaYaHo as the first low-voltage halogen bulbs on wire system; through his explorations and evolutions of LED and OLED technology, including developing with 2001’s EL.E.DEE the first commercial LED table lamp; or his contribution to the development of touch sensitive light controls, something which, as we noted from Inspired by Bauhaus – Gotha Experiences Modernity at the KunstForum Gotha can be considered a conceptual further development of Ruppelwerk Gotha’s Tastlichte lamps, lamps where the whole base is one large switch, and works in whose development Marianne Brandt, in all probability, played a role. And thus a, one presumes, similar interplay of engineer and designer.
Porca Miseria! by Ingo Maurer, as seen at Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what?, Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum Munich
Light as emotion. Little awakens in us quite such strong emotional connections as light, something eloquently described by an Isamu Noguchi when he talks of his childhood memories of viewing the world through the Shōji screens of Japan, but also found, for example, in our primitive attraction to flames or our avoidance of bright lights in those moments when we’re feeling down and grey. And a functional aspect of light perhaps best understood in Ingo Maurer’s public lighting design projects and installations, but far from absent in the individual lamps.
Light as progression. Much as light is an ever further, deeper, onward travelling wave-particle duality, a, to quote Einstein, “finite number of energy quanta that are localized in points in space”, so, as the curator’s note, Ingo Maurer never considered a project finished, rather always considered any given project as a snapshot of a moment, if one so will, a quantum frozen in a point in space, and something intended to be continued, to be found later, further anon and somewhere anew. Light never stops, why should lighting.
Light as a collective resource. Whereas one can stand alone in the spotlight, as ABBA teach us, there is no lonelier place, much better to gather with others in a shared, communal, universal radiance. So Ingo Maurer company, where not only those works created as team are (rightly) accredited to “Ingo Maurer + Team”, but also Ingo Maurer’s many cooperations be that with engineers and technicians such as, and amongst many others, Hermann Kovacs on touch sensitive system, Eckhard Knuth on the hologram lights Wo bist du Edison…? and Holonzki or the chemicals concern Merck and lighting brand OSRAM on the development of OLED technology. Or with designers, including with Dagmar Mombach on the paper MaMo Nouchies collection with their very obvious nods to Isamu Noguchi or with Moritz Waldemeyer on My New Flame, objects which through a brutal separation of the romantic associations of a candle from the sober, functional reality of a candle, through so fulsomely abstracting fire’s flame underscores our primitive, innate, irrational, attraction to flames. And cooperations which, and along with objects created without direct input from Ingo Maurer, such as Campari Light by Raffaele Celentano, Canned Light by Christoph Matthias & Hagen Sczech or Stefan Geisbauer’s Looksoflat, which lookso and iso, underscore that although Ingo Maurer company is not a synonym for Ingo Maurer designer, in many regards it is, that that which Ingo Maurer company produces could be from Ingo Maurer designer, even when it isn’t. And also underscores that despite the unequivocal title Ingo Maurer intim isn’t just about Ingo Maurer, but Ingo Maurer’s understanding of light, lighting and lighting design.
Rose, rose on the wall by Ingo Maurer, as seen at Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what?, Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum Munich
Presenting objects by both Ingo Maurer designer and from other designers for Ingo Maurer company in the Paternoster Hall while the two eponymous Paternoster house both prototypes and models, for all of LED and OLED projects and which help elucidate, no pun intended, the development and evolution of Maurer’s projects, and also models and mock ups of public lighting projects both realised and planned, the exhibition design concept allows for an approachable, accessible and well rounded introduction to the work and design understanding of Ingo Maurer: if works and understandings which, and as with those of Alessandro Mendini, or indeed Albert Einstein, can, at times, be difficult to approach, can be less accessible than the exhibition design.
And that we’d argue, largely on account of the, for want of a better phrase, Surrealist informed character of many of the works; not a purist Surrealist-Surrealist character, on the one hand there is an awful lot of conscious thought in the works and on the other there is also an unmistakable predilection for related expressions be that Pop Art, Conceptual Art or a general anti-functionalism. But we like the description Surrealist for all in terms of the fanciful compositions such as 1982’s part-chicken, part-nightmare Bibibibi, the various Luzy models with lightbulbs dangling from the fingers of rubber gloves or the flock of Lucellino’s murmarating as Birds Birds Birds, or in terms of the essentially Reaymade/Bricolage nature of others, for all the stripped down electronics aesthetic of works such as the aforementioned My New Flame and EL.E.DEE, and a Surrealist informed character which can irritate our conventional understandings of lighting objects, objects which are, more often than not, and generalising much more than is heathly, designed to be aesthetically accessible and functionally passive beyond making light available. Ingo Maurer’s are, more often than not, anything but.
With its spacious, unhurried exhibition design and concentrated presentation of some 80 projects in a relatively small space Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what? is very much an invitation to become better acquainted with the work of both Ingo Maurer designer and Ingo Maurer company, to get closer to it, to, if one so will, become intimate with Ingo Maurer. The presentation format allowing as it does one to not only better understand the work in context of light, in context of lighting, of the transforming of an intangible matter into a physical object, in context of what we’d describe as Ingo Maurer’s almost obsessive fixation on the light bulb, that form that started his career as a Lighting Designer and, regardless of wherever else he wandered, he continually returned to throughout his career. But also to better understand the work of Ingo Maurer Lighting Designer in context of Ingo Maurer Graphic Designer.
As previously noted, when Ray Eames was asked how it had felt to give up her art for design she answered that she hadn’t given up art, she had changed her palette: Viewing Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what? one senses something similar, senses that in 1966 Ingo Maurer merely changed palette: Ingo Maurer’s designs, and generalising to the point of untruth, are fundamentally, inherently, graphic, but given a new dimension, or two, and thus allowed an extra dimension, or two, of emotion, play, expression, engagement and for all functionality. Are not merely passive objects created as platforms for the functionality of light, but proactive objects, objects which exist almost independent of light, if very much in harmony and affinity with light, and thus objects which augment the functionality of light beyond illumination, make light much more than that which an Albert Einstein could ever describe, bring it much more in to context of the (possibly attributed) quote from Ettore Sottsass that “When I was young, all we ever heard about was functionalism, functionalism, functionalism. It’s not enough. Design should also be sensual and exciting” And to which Ingo Maurer added shouldn’t take itself too seriously, should always anticipate evolving technologies and should occasionally terrify.
And thus as an exhibition Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what? not only allows one to approach a better understanding of Ingo Maurer’s work, Ingo Maurer’s approach to his work and understanding of design, and by extrapolation the craft of the lighting designer, but also intensely illuminates, pun very much intended, Ingo Maurer, and in doing so tends to confirm The Smiths claim that, There is a light that never goes out…….
Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what? runs at Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum, Pinakothek der Moderne, Barer Straße 40, 80333 Munich until Sunday October 18th 2020
Full details, including information on the accompanying fringe programme, can be found at https://dnstdm.de/en/ingo-maurer/
MaMo Nouchies by Dagmar Mombach & Ingo Maurer + Team, as seen at Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what?, Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum Munich
Wo ist du, Edison....? by Ingo Maurer & Eckhard Knuth and Living Vegas by Ingo Maurer, as seen at Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what?, Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum Munich
Lucellino by Ingo Maurer, as seen at Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what?, Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum Munich
YaYaHo by Ingo Maurer + Team, as seen at Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what?, Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum Munich
One from the heart by Ingo Maurer, as seen at Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what?, Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum Munich
Holonzki by Ingo Maurer & Eckhard Knuth, as seen at Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what?, Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum Munich
Holonzki by Ingo Maurer & EcHolonzki by Ingo Maurer & Eckhard Knuth, as seen at Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what?, Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum Munich
Works by Ingo Maurer including Golden Ribbon, as seen at Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what?, Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum Munich
La Festa Delle Farfalle by Ingo Maurer + Team, as seen at Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what?, Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum Munich
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Objects from the I Ricchi Poveri collection by Ingo Maurer, as seen at Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what?, Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum Munich
My New Flame and Flying Flames by Moritz Waldemeyer & Ingo Maurer + Team, as seen at Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what?, Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum Munich
Floatation, lampampe by Ingo Maurer & Walking in the Rain by Ingo Maurer + Team, as seen at Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what?, Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum Munich
Works by Ingo Maurer including, top left, Flatterby, as seen at Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what?, Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum Munich
EL.E.DEE by Ingo Maurer, as seen at Ingo Maurer intim. Design or what?, Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum Munich
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Mathilde von Freytag-Loringhoven. Painter, Author, Animal Psychologist and Bauhaus Critic @ the Stadtmuseum Weimar
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Get ready for robots with human flesh
Annalee Newitz
Wed, 01 Mar 2017 20:44 UTC
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Two University of Oxford biomedical researchers are calling for robots to be built with real human tissue, and they say the technology is there if we only choose to develop it. Writing in Science Robotics, Pierre-Alexis Mouthuy and Andrew Carr argue that humanoid robots could be the exact tool we need to create muscle and tendon grafts that actually work.
Right now, tissue engineering relies on bioreactors to grow sheets of cells. These machines often look like large fish tanks, filled with a rich soup of nutrients and chemicals that cells need to grow on a specialized trellis. The problem, explain Mouthuy and Carr, is that bioreactors currently "fail to mimic the real mechanical environment for cells."
In other words, human cells in muscles and tendons grow while being stretched and moved around on our skeletons. Without experiencing these natural stresses, the tissue grafts produced by researchers often have a broad range of structural problems and low cell counts.
That's where robots come in. The researchers propose a "humanoid-bioreactor system" with "structures, dimensions, and mechanics similar to those of the human body." As the robot interacted with its environment, tissues growing on its body would receive the typical strains and twists that they would if they grew on an actual human. The result would be healthy tissue, grown for the exact area on the body it was destined to replace. Mouthuy and Carr note that this would be especially helpful for "bone-tendon-muscle grafts... because failure during healing often occurs at the interface between tissues."
What would this humanoid-bioreactor system look like? It could possibly be built on top of a humanoid robot with "soft robotics" muscles made from electroactive polymers, and the growing muscles could piggyback on those to get their exercise. It would also need to be covered in soft, stretchable sensors to monitor the health of the growing tissues.
The result might look a bit like the University of Tokyo's Kenshiro robot, whose actuators make realistically human movements. Its body would be covered in squishy, fluid-filled bags of engineered tissue. Patients needing tendon replacements in their hands might be able to shake hands or play piano with a robot who is wearing their future tendon grafts.
Looking to the future, Mouthuy and Carr suggest that this could be the first step toward "biohybrid humanoids" with "cell-based actuators." In other words, this robot would be like the Terminator, whose metal endoskeleton is covered in human muscles, tendons, and skin.
Obviously, if we want to create truly humanoid robots, it would make sense to eventually create ones whose musculoskeletal systems are made from cellular tissue rather than stretchy polymers. After all, this tissue is self-repairing and perfectly designed to stretch and contract.
MIT roboticist Rodney Brooks predicted many years ago that humans wouldn't be replaced by robots—we would become them. In this paper about tissue engineering, we can see one possible way that prediction might come true.
Science Robotics, 2017. DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aam5666
BECOMING THEM
The very last thing any real human being wants, is to become like THEM.
Seriously: If you have a soul and a loving, caring heart, is that something you want to give up? For money and for a bunch of b.s.???
It is better to die.
As a matter of fact, dying is very important.
But this is not something a machine understands.
And your soulless viper, whatchamacallit made-up thing, understands it neither.
ned, out
nedlud sometimes they do know this, all true consciousness grows weary of life. [Link]
He couldn't self terminate either, just like most of us humans lol
Anna1 · 2017-03-05T10:07:22Z
nedlud Dear Nedlud, Learn to release yourself from your life experience. You have grown weary and have lost all hope. Practice falling asleep. I suspect the sensation is like dying well.
LindaMay · 2017-03-03T14:14:47Z
Ned... we ve already got way too many of THEM crawling around our planet !
Please don't make them hairy robots.
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Anna1 LOL!!
neonix · 2017-06-17T15:07:41Z
Probably many soldiers or politicians would like to be a superhuman.
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How To Write A Sympathetic Villain
March 25, 2019 by Rebecca Langley 6 Comments
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In realist writing, villains need to be at least a little relatable (a little sympathetic) in order to be believable. Not all villains have to be sympathetic, of course. Uni-faceted villains can still fill a strong role in the more imaginative or allegorical genres. For instance, we wouldn’t enjoy Edmond Dantès’ epic revenge if Mondego and company were decent chaps who made a few bad choices. But the sympathetic villain can be a powerful tool for carving complexity into character relationships.
Not all antagonists are villains, either. Antagonists are easier to write sympathetically; though they obstruct the protagonist’s path, it is not because they are evil. Their intentions may be more readily justifiable and their ethical status in the book might be similar to that of the protagonist. The antagonistic duo in A Passage to India illustrate this idea brilliantly, as the narrator alternates perspectives to equitably represent both characters. Simply put: antagonists aren’t necessarily bad people. Villains are. Or, at least, that’s how they’re represented.
So today, we’re looking at villains (more bad than good, at least as they are represented in the current story), and sympathy. Sympathy isn’t ‘feeling sorry for,’ though it could include this. From the Greek, it is feeling (pathy) with (sym). In short, sympathetic villains cause readers to feel, yielding multifaceted and memorable characters… and therefore books.
It’s a high bar to clear, so how do you make your villains sympathetic?
Make them attractive
People said of Ted Bundy that he was charming, unassuming, handsome – the complete opposite of what you might picture if you read his rap sheet and never heard that Adam Long would be portraying him on a Netflix series circa 2018. He was so disturbingly appealing that people at the trial were saying things like, “Are you sure you have the right guy?”
The average person might be embarrassed to admit they’re intrigued by Ted Bundy. That doesn’t slake the intrigue, though. Why? What is it about the chilling synthesis of charisma and perversity that makes it hard for people to tear themselves away?
There’s a slew of literature on human fascination with villains, and I touch on some of it here. The key to understanding sympathetic villains for today’s purposes, though, lies in understanding what causes a reader to feel for a villain.
In the case of real-life serial killer Ted Bundy, I’d argue that people are fascinated because they are wondering if they would have been duped, too. Bundy’s attractive qualities are the very qualities that enabled his savagery. He seemed so normal, so amiable, so handsome. Would I have trusted him? Would I have been one of his victims? Though it’s a disturbing thought, it’s a sympathetic one. It thrusts the thinker, fully emotive, into the story.
Watch it happen in literary representations: Patrick Bateman, Carmilla, the Phantom of the Opera, James Moriarty, all pirates ever. Whether because they are sexy (the first two), enthralling (the Phantom), brilliant (Moriarty), or romanticized (pirates), the magnetism of these villains is in the reader’s wonderment: how would it feel to be wooed by the angel of music? How would it feel to engage in a battle of wits with the mind that put Holmes himself to the test? How would it feel to dabble in the ‘glamour [of] the pirate calling’ (so wonder John and Michael in Peter Pan)?
If the reader is not sympathetic, they are more likely repulsed or disinterested. Though the villains in The Count of Monte Cristo, as mentioned above, create a powerful platform for Dantès’ revenge, they don’t have the same memorability as Captain Hook. In fact, they are more platform than character.
Thus a villain who is attractive in some capacity will have a twisted sort of appeal – not one that causes your readers to root for the villain, but one that makes it impossible for them to forget your villain. When readers feel a character, they remember.
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Make it happen: Choose one or two ways in which your villain will excel – they might be unbearably good looking, sexy and mysterious, charismatic, super intelligent, or ideologically passionate. Make it appealing enough that the reader’s scales just barely tip in an unfavorable direction, then play with that balance according to your stories’ needs.
Develop them (all the way)
If you want your villains to be full-on characters rather than plot devices (not necessarily a bad thing), they need to be fully developed. Just like your heroes, they need a goal, a voice, history, friends, jobs, hobbies, foods they don’t like, and so on.
Though we could hardly take a liking to Claude Frollo, his character is more than a device for orchestrating tragedy. He’s quite complex: he’s an orphan, he’s intelligent and (tries to be) devout, he makes his way through his own hard work, he is misjudged by the townspeople, his brother’s an alcoholic, he adopts and takes care of a deformed kid… and he’s conflicted. His chosen station in life keeps him celibate – a seemingly good choice until Esméralda comes along and Claude Frollo assumes his place as the story’s villain.
If you read the book and watch the Disney adaptation back-to-back, you’ll have a vibrant illustration of the difference between a sympathetic villain and a plot device. When the hero and the villain are both fully developed, they are more of an even match, and the battle between them becomes much richer. In some cases, such as in Tolstoy’s War and Peace or Nabokov’s Lolita, readers become so intimately acquainted with the villain, they forget for a while that they are the villain. If you accomplish this degree of character development, you will find yourself with a pretty unforgettable antihero.
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Make it happen: The character’s situation or history can strongly support their development. Though the tragic back story is cliché, it is still effective. Consider circumstances beyond a character’s control (Frankenstein’s monster or Lennie Small), crippling social prejudice (anti-Semitism in The Merchant of Venice or sexism in The Handmaid’s Tale), broken friendships (Clark Kent and Lex Luthor), and other complexities that will add believability to your villains.
Justify them (at least partially)
If you have a totally justified villain, you don’t have a villain; you have an antagonist. When a villain has a thread of moral strength, though, they layer intricacy and sympathy onto the story.
Javert, in his relentless pursuit of Valjean in Les Miserables, is essentially doing what he believes to be right. He has a reverence for and devotion to protecting society. He takes it too far, and in the end commits an act of treachery that pushes him across the line from antagonist to villain, but not before readers develop a certain respect for him, even hoping he can be redeemed. They don’t get their wish, but semi-justifiable villains often do become redeemed villains (Darth Vader chief among them), and that’s another take on this angle.
Villains that we vindicate (or want to vindicate) may also have moments of goodness that, while all-too-fleeting, endear them to readers. Margaret Atwood’s Serena Joy is clearly identifiable as a villain, and much of her behavior is utterly inexcusable, but she’s also a victim. Readers have just begun to feel sorry for her when she turns around and does something terrible, and this repeats itself again and again. Her gestures of kindness toward Offred are just manipulative enough that the reader is caught in a cycle of despising her and wishing for her redemption, much as they hope for Javert’s.
The connection a reader forges with Serena is derived from a sense of almost-pity, but it runs deeper than that: because Serena so passionately believed that her choices, everything she fought for, would make the world a better place, the stark contrast between reality and good intentions is drawn.
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Most people have good intentions. Some choices are misguided, most people make misguided choices, but most are also lucky enough that their poor choices do not have lasting ramifications for all of society. Serena’s choices have terrible consequences for society, and she exacerbates those consequences through her cruelty toward Offred (thus solidifying her role as a villain), but the consequences for her are terrible as well. Instead of gender equity, things are worse than they ever were. Her marriage is in shambles. She can’t have the baby she so desperately desires. Her husband has sex with another woman in her presence. She’s submerged in a world of fear and pretense and powerlessness. The reader grapples: under the wrong circumstances, would I respond any better than she?
Make it happen: Everyone, in life and in literature, is their own protagonist. Play around with your villain for a while, treating them as though they were your hero. Discern their emotions, motivations, and good intentions. Give them at least one supporting character to reinforce the reader’s ability to connect on an emotional level (see Frodo’s sympathy for Gollum.) Try being the villain’s mother for a day. What would she say in defense of her son or daughter? For a simple start, find some moments where your villain can pet the dog.
The bottom line: make them human
To write villains your readers can view sympathetically, write villains that are human. Help your readers see the I’m-human-too side of these characters – the side that appeals to people, the side that hurts, and loves, and cries at Rachmaninoff, and hates the smell of latex, and takes the kids swimming in the summer, and slices up bananas for their cereal with a paring knife, and laughs at Frasier, and can’t afford a nice car, and grew up with a bunch of bullies, and feels guilty for stealing office supplies from work. Humans, at their best, sympathize with other humans. They may still ultimately reject them – as villains or, in most people’s cases, simply as annoying – but first they felt them. They felt a yearning, a desire for redemption. The tragedy of hopes raised and dashed won’t leave your reader any time soon.
There are many unforgettable villains I haven’t named here. Who are your favorites, and what makes a reader sympathetic toward them? Let me know in the comments, and check out How To Make The Reader Trust Your Villain, The Two Secrets To Writing A First Rate Villain, and The Best Ways To Root Out A Cheesy Villain for more great advice on this subject.
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LINDA STRAWN says
Thanks for reminding us that antagonists are not always monsters that can’t be rehabbed. I like my antagonists to be human,and even though they’re playing the role of a villain, they’re someone’s son or daughter, and beneath their thorny exterior a good person is waiting to emerge. Most of my antagonists are villainous because they’ve been deceived in the past.
Hi, Linda.
Great observation. I believe real life antagonists are the way they are because of past hurts. As a mother, I’ve often wondered about their mothers–the good things they know about their children. Sounds like you’ve got a good habit of humanizing your villains.
Thanks for chiming in, and best wishes,
Jim Algie says
Thanks for the informative and helpful article. Hannibal Lector would illustrate a few of your points. He’s brilliant and erudite in a number of ways, but he also grew up as an orphan. With villains, I think they tap into a part of our psyches where we can identify to a certain extent with some of their human frailties and they also make us question some of our own extreme feelings. In a cloudburst of anger, everyone has thought about killing or hurting that horrible boss or unfaithful lover, haven’t we? The villains live out these fantasies for us.
Hi, Jim.
That’s an excellent point – literary villains are a sane and safe outlet for feelings we can’t (most of us) act upon.
There may also be a twisted sense of justification that we derive from their backstories; if we understand where a villain is coming from, we almost feel a sense of satisfaction. Maybe it’s because we don’t want villains to be monsters. I recall when the public consciousness learned that Hitler had been rejected from art school – everybody latched on to that story and retold it with such empathy, as this story humanized him in a way people seemed to be waiting for. How can we make sense of a character like Hannibal Lecter if he WASN’T an orphan (or something)?
Thanks for adding to the conversation,
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Ranking of newspapers in Norway 2018, by circulation
Published by Julia Stoll, Aug 9, 2019
Aftenposten is the highest-circulation newspaper in Norway. As of 2018, the circulation amounted to nearly 260 thousand sold copies. VG (short for Verdens Gang) came in second place, with roughly 167 thousand copies.
Newspapers’ criteria
The ranking with the largest newspapers includes only newspapers that are published at least once a week. It was required that a newspaper has to inform about current issues and events, and take a real payment for subscriptions and loose sales. Additionally, both digital and print versions are contained in the circulation numbers. Aftenposten’s circulation, for example, amounted to roughly 132.4 thousand print and 253 thousand digital copies.
Decreasing circulation numbers
The circulation of Norwegian newspapers decreased in the last decades, from more than 3.1 million copies in 1990 to two million in 2017. Print versions still generate the most circulation revenue, although it decreased in the past years. In 2017, the revenue of print newspapers was roughly 5.5 billion Norwegian kroner, whereas digital newspapers made 1.1 billion Norwegian kroner.
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Baselworld 2017: Day 1: Smartwatches & Hybrids
by Steven Waltzer | Mar 23, 2017
Baselworld 2017, the largest annual wristwatch tradeshow kicks off today in Basel, Switzerland. The event will last through March 30th and will be covered daily by Strategy Analytics' WDE (Wearables) service.
Yesterday’s Press Day coverage, on several key smartwatch launches is available here.
In addition to the numerous Android Wear and proprietary OS smartwatch launches announced at the show, hybrid smartwatches - with traditional mechanical movements and coin cell batteries, but also adding activity tracking and notification capabilities - are gaining momentum and are expected to expand significantly in 2017 due to a rush of new models announced at Baselworld and slated to flood the market during the year.
Below are a few of our top picks on both hybrid and touchscreen smartwatch announcements from Day 1:
Fossil Group has finally revealed further details of a ton of Android Wear 2.0 and hybrid watches slated for 2017 under their own name (Fossil Q Venture and Q Explorer), as well as from sub-brands such as Michael Kors (Access Sofie and Access Grayson), Emporio Armani (Connected collection), Kate Spade (Holland), DKNY (MINUTE), Diesel and others. The new models are just the beginning of some 300 new wearables expected from Fossil Group and it’s sub-brands in 2017 alone. The new devices come from brands already offering connected options, as well as from several brands now entering the connected wristwear space for the first time, including DKNY, Marc Jacobs, MICHELE, Relic and Tory Burch. All touchscreen models run Android Wear 2.0, sporting Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2100 processors, customizable watch faces, and the ability to download and run standalone apps from the Goggle Play Store. We expect to see strong traction from Fossil this year, likely gaining some smartwatch share points from the tech giants, especially in H2 2017.
Luxury goods group Montblanc has recently announced their first smartwatch play with the Montblanc Summit. Also running Android Wear 2.0 and packing a Snapdragon Wear 2100 processor, the watch takes design inspiration from their 1858 watch collection and is offered in a variety of materials, styles, and straps. Boasting IP68 water resistance, the round, 1.39 inch screen is covered by curved sapphire glass, a first for the smartwatch space. With availability from May 2017, the US$890 retail price for the Montblanc Summit makes it one of the most expensive (and potentially overpriced) smartwatches in the world, meaning volumes for this model are likely to be tiny.
Exhibit 1: Montblanc Summit
The Swiss smartwatch maker MyKronoz is exhibiting their ZeTime smartwatch at the show, featuring traditional mechanical hands over-top of a color touchscreen, a unique take and the first offering of its kind. The watch is water resistant, includes a heart rate monitor, gorilla glass, and steel casing, and is expected to ship in Sept 2017 starting from US$199 retail. A Kickstarter campaign launched today has already surpassed it’s US$50,000 funding goal. The ZeTime will run a proprietary OS, and as such the reach and usability will be limited versus the open platform of 3rd party developers and apps available from Android Wear and Apple Watch OS models.
Exhibit 2: MyKronoz ZeTime
It is becoming easier than ever for the average consumer to buy a smart or semi-smart watch as fashion brands and watchmakers finally begin to embrace connected wristwear and place it front and center in their prime retail real estate. Rather than being considered a techy gadget, the ‘smarts’ of smartwatches are now essentially being offered as an add-on option when purchasing a fashionable timepiece, a paradigm shift in smartwatch sales channels.
You can tune into our Day 2 update tomorrow and can find our first blog about our expectations for Baselworld 2017 here.
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A figure of Sigmund Freud on display at the Madame Tussauds wax museum in Vienna(Shutterstock)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Israel
When a bunch of psychoanalysts try talking about the Jewish state, they reveal a lot about their own repressed feelings
By Alter Yisrael Shimon Feuerman
This past week, a petition was circulated on several psychoanalytic listservs to which I subscribe.
“We are writing,” it began, “to express our opposition to the recent decision by the Board of the IARPP to hold its 2019 international meeting in Israel, a decision made known by its outgoing president Dr. Chana Ullman. We respectfully request that the Board reconsider this decision.”
Normally, I wouldn’t pay such a note much mind. After all, groups, organizations, and celebrities announce, retract, or confirm their appearances in Israel every day, and one cannot be expected to get excited every time this particular—and particularly exhausting—ballet is played out. I resolved to keep out of it, but the posts continued, and their volume grew higher.
“Our opposition is rooted in the grave crisis posed by the Israeli occupation and its currently escalating attacks on the Palestinian people,” read one, “attacks reflective of an overarching policy of ethnic cleansing and consequent seizure of land, restriction of freedom of movement, and control over natural resources. The occupation has launched from the beginning a wholesale assault on human rights and human dignity.”
I gulped. My threshold for attack is high, but these words, and many more that followed, felt to me like a physical assault on my Jewishness. I could feel it registering in my chest and solar plexus. Still, having grown up on the sweet reasonableness Tom Ashbrook types who see both sides, I urged myself not to become a partisan but to remain what I was: a Psychoanalytic psychotherapist, a dispassionate outsider looking in.
The posts continued at high decibel. This being a listserv for psychoanalysts—many of whom, you will not be surprised to learn, are Jewish—the Holocaust was evoked by both sides, and the language grew more and more loaded with each post. But when one colleague, an Israeli, asserted that the Jewish state itself is ill with a narcissistic disorder and needed to be rebuked, I realized that what I was reading wasn’t just another Israel-related quibble. It was the return of the repressed.
You hardly need to be a therapist—or in therapy—to recognize that the term is Dr. Freud’s. And few were the things the good doctor struggled with more mightily than his own Jewishness.
“In some place in my soul I am a fanatical Jew,” Freud wrote in 1935. “I am very much astonished to discover myself as such in spite of all my efforts to be unprejudiced and impartial. What I can do against it at my age?”
The answer, of course, was nothing at all, just as Freud’s followers, my colleagues on the listserv, could do little as their own fanatical feelings about being Jewish bulged from behind the veil. It was not quite governable.
Freud himself tried to account for the indirect way that Judaism (and presumably its binary twin anti-Judaism) keeps appearing. He described the immortality of the Jewish people, and found that “Jewishness” is something that is extremely difficult to completely repress or erase.
By way of inscrutable paradox, it is somehow particularly Jewish to repress or repudiate one’s Jewishness. Freud’s response was to found a secular, godless faith on the ruins of the old religion. Instead of wanting redemption by God, he thought we could redeem ourselves by knowing more—knowing what we did not want to know or what we couldn’t know about ourselves could save us.
The analyst/thinker Michael Eigen gave all these unknowns a helpful name. In every psychoanalytic session, he wrote, or even across a person’s life, there is a great non-event. This non-event is the un-heard scream which can be heard only through the most careful listening.
Thinking of my warring listserv, I wondered: What unheard scream might I strain to hear there? What heretofore unheard truth is struggling to come out?
Each of us might come up with their own answer, but I heard something and what I heard surprised me.
I had grown up steeped in Jewish learning, and I was under the impression that one is Jewish by how closely one adheres to the text and to the tradition. I knew this wasn’t really so, but I lived as if it was.
But now I started to re-consider what makes people Jewish.
Of course, us modern Jews are heirs to many, diverse traditions, many ways of connecting to our Judaism: Zionism, Bundism, Yiddishism, Hassidism—each offers us its own path. Yet what I saw on the listserv opened up the possibility that all of this diversity is still funneled through one high-pitched portal—something powerful, mysterious, un-nameable perhaps—that is nearly independent of doctrine. No matter what a person’s position was on the Israel quibble, they all seemed to see themselves as “protecting Israel,” as though they were protecting a part of themselves that needed protection: Their Jewishness, however they define it.
When a portion of the painful past “returns from oblivion,” Freud noted, it “asserts itself with peculiar force, exercises an incomparably powerful influence on people in the mass, and raises an irresistible claim to truth against which logical objections remain powerless.”
What is repressed will inevitably return, and not always for everyone’s good. If the return is inescapable, then perhaps our profession can help the return be for the good, but for that to happen we may first have to consider that Israel is perceived as something much more than a country. Rather, Israel seems to be a kind of tabernacle to hold or from which we withhold our convictions and our principles in a way that broad religion once did but no longer might.
But of course if “Tabernacle-Israel” is a fantasy, then what do we therapists do with our angel-heads, the parts of us that do our healing work so well, and yet also burn for a heavenly connection–and for perfect justice?
Israel is seen to possess either a snake-like brain, or the heart of a dove; it’s either portrayed as the devil or as an angel of God. But isn’t that the human predicament? This is the conflict in which we earth-bound therapists specialize. Psychoanalysis silences neither the dark nor the light in us. It certainly does not possess the truth, but it illuminates the truth best when it respects and allows itself to feel the deepest mysteries of love and faith.
It is possible then, that when we shout about Israel it might not always be about Israel, but rather in a sense, it may be about our conflicts and wishes that spring from the deepest, truest but least comprehensible place inside us.
Alter Yisrael Shimon Feuerman, a psychotherapist in New Jersey, is director of The New Center for Advanced Psychotherapy Studies. He is also author of the Yiddish novelYankel and Leah.
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harvey Schwartz MD says:
The topic of Freud’s Jewishness and its interplay with his discoveries is fascinating.
I recommend the website
JewishThoughtandPsychoanalysis.com
On it are videos of 4 lectures on the topic given by substantial thinkers in this area.
Ruth Calderon is the 2018 lecturer scheduled for May.
Harvey Schwartz MD
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Alex Ross Perry
Alex Ross Perry was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania in 1984. He attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and worked at Kim’s Video in Manhattan. He is the director of the films Impolex, The Color Wheel, Listen Up Philip, Queen of Earth and Golden Exits and the writer of Disney’s Christopher Robin. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
@alexrossperry
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Top things to do in Tampa Bay for Sunday, July 14
In this 2018 photo, a bonnethead shark swims in a tank at the Mote Marine Aquarium in Sarasota. Mote will be among the other aquariums and shark scientists with SharkCon displays at Tampa’s Florida State Fairgrounds on Sunday. [SCOTT KEELER | Times (2018)]
SharkCon: The weekend of speakers, exhibits, celebrities, themed vendors, art and water sports for fans of sharks and the ocean comes to a close. $19.95, $4.95 children. 9 a.m. Florida State Fairgrounds, 4802 U.S. 301 N, Tampa. (941) 539-0833. shark-con.com.
Tampa Bay Bridal Show: More than 125 wedding professionals provide samples, tips and time-savers to couples planning for their special day. The first 500 brides get a free swag bag. $5. Noon. Amalie Arena, 401 Channelside Drive, Tampa. (727) 893-8134. eventbrite.com.
Tribute to David Pate: A jazz concert commemorating the 35 years Pate has served as the director of jazz studies at Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School. Expect performances from an array of artists, all of whom he has taught. $20 and up. 3 p.m. The Palladium, 253 Fifth Ave. N, St. Petersburg. (727) 822-3590. mypalladium.org.
The Smash Brothers: In 2015, identical twin comedians Cory and Chad were featured on Andrew Dice Clay's The Blue Show on Showtime. $15. 7 p.m. Side Splitters Comedy Club, 12938 N Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa. (813) 960-1197. sidesplitterscomedy.com.
Hypnotica: Aerial Dragons, which specializes in acrobatic, theatrical circus performances in the vein of Cirque du Soleil, brings the vintage freakshow/carnival flavor during this new show. $47.50 and up. 7 p.m. David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, 1010 N MacInnes Place, Tampa. (813) 229-7827. strazcenter.org.
Cool Art Show: The Professional Association of Visual Artists' two-day juried show spotlights works in paint, wood, ceramics, photography, mixed media and jewelry. Free. 10 a.m. The Coliseum, 535 Fourth Ave. N, St. Petersburg. pava-artists.org.
Ninth Anniversary Weekend: Throughout the weekend, score $5 admission. The annual "Exquisite Corpse" exhibition accompanies the collection of Dale Chihuly's glass art. $5. 10 a.m. Chihuly Collection, 720 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. (727) 896-4527. moreanartscenter.org.
MetroCon: Now in its 17th year, a huge anime celebration featuring voice actors, exhibitors, video games and films, plus collectibles and cosplay artists. Runs through Sunday. $30 and up, $10 ages 6-12, 5 and younger free. Noon. Tampa Convention Center, 333 S Franklin St. (813) 274-8511.
Find date night ideas and things to do with kids at tampabay.com/thingstodo.
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Victoria Prepares To Meet Her Prince
It never takes two hours to comb Princess Victoria's hair, but today is a special day, and her hair needs to be in a perfect do. The white satin dress with pink lacing her mother chose for her is and hanging next to her mirror. Pink and white mini roses are sitting in a bowl awaiting their adornment on the princess's head.
The queen sighs when the maid finishes Princess Victoria's hair. The princess scratches a tiny section on the side beneath her ear, and her mother slaps her hand down. "Leave that alone, you'll ruin it."
"But it itches. It's too tight," the princess says with a frown.
"It's perfectly fine. Prince William will love it."
"Prince William is a dork. Jenna told me he only loves his dog, Rufus. He probably doesn't even know how to ride a bicycle."
Gasping, Victoria's governess, Jenna, glances quickly at the queen who then signals her to leave the room. When the door clicks shut, the queen sits down next to her daughter and looks at her reflection in the mirror. "Prince William is a fine boy, and he will grow up to be a great man one day."
Victoria rolls her eyes and glances to the side, huffing through her nostrils. "If I have to marry him when I'm older, then why do I have to meet him now?"
"It is a formality in Grandasia."
"But we are not in Grandasia. We're in Asterbia."
"Yes dear, but in Grandasia it is customary for the parents of royalty to meet with the betrothed of their children every five years until they are married. The queen and king of Grandasia were here when you were born and on your fifth birthday, and they will be here today for your tenth birthday."
A long, heavy sigh escapes Victoria. She scratches the back of hear ear once more and lowers her hand before her mother slaps it. "I hate this."
"Hate what?" The queen asks as she reaches for Victoria's dress. "Wearing a beautiful gown instead of those worn threads you call clothes?"
"I just want to put on my clothes and go ride my bicycle and not have to wear my hair in a tight do and put on that dress and..." Victoria swallows hard. "I don't even like dogs."
The queen smirks at her daughter in the mirror. "You love Diamond. She's a dog."
"Yeah, but she's my dog. I don't like other people's dogs, especially those of boys who don't know how to ride bicycles."
"He's only eleven, my dear. If he doesn't ride a bicycle by now, I will tell his mother that you would like him to do, and she will address it."
"I bet I'm faster than him. I bet I can beat him at a race." Victoria looks up to her mother with excitement. "I'm the fastest one in school. Did you know that? I beat everyone in a race last week!"
The queen smiles and presses her lips to hold back a chuckle. "I know, my dear. Your brother told me."
She slumps back down into her seat and crosses her arms. "I'm not going to slow down so he can beat me. I slow down for no one. I beat everyone fair and square." She shakes her head and purses her lips.
"Well... that's perfectly fine. He will understand that. Now, lets put on your dress."
"And I'm going to wear whatever I want after we're married," Victoria says as she walks with her mother towards her bed to slip on the gown. "No gowns or up dos or anything like this."
"Yes, my sweet. Now, raise your arms."
"And I'm going to ride my bicycle every day, even if he never learns to ride," Victoria says as the gown slides over her head and shoulders and flows down past her waist. Her mother buttons the back of the dress and secures its fitting around the princess's body. When she walks back to the mirror, she gawks at her own reflection and inhales profoundly. "It's... it's... it's beautiful."
The queen stands behind her to put on Victoria's pearl necklace. "Now, do you think you can keep it clean for the rest of the evening?"
"I think so," Victoria says with smile, and then quickly turns around to her mother and says, "I still prefer my old clothes."
The queen shakes her head slightly, sighs, and says, "Yes, my dear, but not for tonight's dinner. Come now, the Grandasian royal family awaits."
Labels: A-Z Challenge 2015, Children's Story, Fantasy, Short Story
TheCyborgMom April 27, 2015 at 10:05 PM
Victoria sounds like my daughter, who is a complete tomboy! Visiting from the A to Z...
Katie @TheCyborgMom
Tanya Miranda April 27, 2015 at 11:21 PM
Being a complete tomboy myself... your daughter sound awesome!!! :-D
KC April 29, 2015 at 8:36 PM
Aw! She sounds like my kind of girl :)
Totally...
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NRL comes down hard on..
NRL comes down hard on off-field issues
NRLTodd Greenberg
NRL CEO Todd Greenberg and the NRL have come down hard on a number of clubs and players after a string of off-field issues which have rocked the NRL this off-season.
It’s been a summer to forget for the game which yielded 17 incidents and Greenberg didn’t hold back in handing down several punishments on a number of matters.
In a landmark day for rugby league on Thursday, the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) met to form a historic “no fault” policy in a bid to “rebuild and protect the game”.
Greenberg also has discretion on matters which involve players charged with criminal offences that carry a maximum sentence of 11 years imprisonment – particularly when they involve violence against women and children.
The game’s boss executed the power for the first time on Friday on Manly’s Dylan Walker – who became the second player stood down under the NRL’s new “no fault” policy – with Walker out of the game until the conclusion of his court case.
Walker’s next hearing date is May 10.
However, Manly, the Dragons, Walker and de Belin could all consider taking legal action over the change in policy.
Meanwhile, the NRL has also come down hard on the Cronulla Sharks – who were fined a total of $1.25 million with $500,000 suspended. Of that, $250,000 is still payable is for breaching the salary cap over a number of years dating back to 2013, while a $500,000 fine applies for the club being contact with Shane Flanagan while he was suspended.
The Sharks will also have $707,000 cut from their salary cap allowance over the next two seasons.
Former coach Shane Flanagan has also been deregistered for an indefinite period of time.
Fairfax Chief Rugby League writer Adrian Proszenko also told Halftime with James Willis there could be a possibility of more penalties to Cronulla players.
“What Nick Weeks (chief operating officer) said was based on the evidence we have at this point we don’t have enough information to proceed with any action against players,” Proszenko said.
“But he didn’t rule out that potentially down the track that there will be more information, there will more evidence that they did knowingly take that money or knew of promises of money made to them, that this was off the books so to speak.
“They’ve left the door slightly ajar but as it stands, out of all the salary cap sandals, we still haven’t had a player or for that matter a manager put away and obviously that would be complicit.
“I suspect under the new accreditation scheme that has been done for managers – it’ll much easier for the NRL to sanction them.
“They were obviously a separate body, they’ve put a bit of rigour around compliance and the fact that like every other registered participant they have to comply by the rules.
“But retrospectively they weren’t able to do anything to the managers in this case.”
Wests Tigers will also have their $750,000 fine slashed in half and CEO Justin Pascoe will be allowed to return to the club mid-year – once he completes a six-month suspension after failing to disclose an ambassadorial agreement involving Robbie Farah.
Tigers’ forward Zane Musgrove also has had his request to be registered by the NRL refused until his own court case has concluded.
The NRL has also fined Canterbury enforcer Dylan Napa 10 percent of his 2019 salary following the publication of several lewd videos of him.
While North Queensland forward Scott Bolton has been suspended for 10 weeks and fined 5 percent of his salary after pleading guilty to common assault last year.
He can have his suspension halved if he agrees to address the captains and senior players of the other 15 teams during this year’s Magic Round.
Click ‘play’ to hear the full discussion below.
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John Eadie's Commentary on Galatians, Ephesians, Colossians and Philippians
Ephesians Ephesians 4
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HAVING illustrated with such cordial satisfaction and impressive imagery the high privileges of the Gentile converts, the apostle, as his manner is, resolves to present a prayer for them. But other thoughts rush into his mind, suggested by his own personal condition. He was a prisoner; and as he was now writing to Gentiles, at least was at that moment addressing the Gentile portion of the Ephesian church, an allusion to his bonds was natural, and seems to have been introduced at once as a proof of the honesty of his congratulations, and as a circumstance that must have prepared his readers to enter into the spirit of the earnest and comprehensive supplication to be offered on their behalf. But the impressive theme on which he had been dilating with such ecstasy still vibrated in his heart, and the mention of his imprisonment, originating in his attachment to the Gentiles, suggested a reference to his special functions as the apostle of heathendom. These ideas came upon him with such force, and brought with them such associations, that he could not easily pass from them. The clank of his chain at length awakens him to present reality, and he concludes the parenthesis with a request that his readers would not mope and despond over his sufferings, endured for a cause in which they had so tender and blessed interest. The 1st and 13th verses are thus in close connection, and the apostle, as if describing a circle, comes round at length to the point from which he originally started. The connection is - “For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles”—“bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
(Ephesians 3:1.) τούτου χάριν—“For this cause;” the reference being not to any special element in the previous illustration, but to the whole of it-inasmuch as Gentile believers are raised along with believing Jews to those high privileges and honours now common to both of them. The remarks we have made will show that we regard the construction as broken by a long parenthesis, and resumed in Ephesians 3:14, not at Ephesians 3:8, as OEcumenius and Grotius suppose, nor yet at Ephesians 3:13, as Zanchius, Cramer, and Holzhausen maintain. In the former hypothesis, the connection thus stands—“I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles”—“even to me, less than the least of all saints, is this grace given.” But here there is no natural contact of ideas, and the change of case from the nominative to the dative, though vindicated by OEcumenius from examples in Thucydides and Demosthenes, is, as Origen affirms, a solecism, and is fatal to the hypothesis. Catena in loc. ed. Cramer. Oxford, 1842. The 8th verse is inseparably connected also with the 6th and 7th verses. The other opinion, that the course of thought is resumed in Ephesians 3:13, is proved to be untenable as well by the occurrence of the simple διό in that verse, as by the fact that the repeated τούτου χάριν of the following verse has no foundation in the sentiment of the 13th. The idea expressed in the 13th verse is a subordinate and natural conclusion of the digression. Erasmus, Schmid, Michaelis, and Hammond would consider the whole chapter a parenthesis, but such an opinion makes the digression altogether too long, and overlooks the connecting link in Ephesians 3:14. The majority of expositors adopt the view we have given, to wit, that Ephesians 3:14 resumes the interrupted sentiment. Theodoret says- ταῦτα πάντα (Ephesians 3:1-13) ἐν μέσῳ τεθεικὼς ἀναλαμβάνει τὸν περὶ προσευχῆς λόγον. This opinion plainly har monizes with the scope and construction of the chapter. Winer, § 62, 4.
But there are some commentators who deny that any parenthesis or digression occurs, and for this purpose various supplements have been proposed for the 1st verse. Many supply the verb εἰμί—“For this cause I Paul am the prisoner of Jesus Christ.” This conjecture has for its authority the Peschito, which is followed by Chrysostom, Theophylact, Anselm, Erasmus, Aretius, Cajetan, Beza, with a large host of modern critics, the version of Tyndale, and Geneva. The paraphrase of Chrysostom is- διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἐγὼ δέδεμαι; and he adds in explanation of the phrase—“if my Master was crucified for you, much more am I bound.” But our objection is, first, that δέσμιος has the article-I am the prisoner, whereas Paul may be supposed to say, “I am a prisoner.” It is alleged by Beza, Rollock, and Meyer, that the notoriety of Paul as a prisoner might have prompted him to use the article. But such a supposition is not in harmony with the apostle's character. Under such an exegesis also, as has been often remarked, τούτου χάριν and ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν would form a tautology. The apostle does not mean to magnify the fact of his imprisonment: he merely hints in passing that it originated in the proclamation of those very truths which he had been discussing. Middleton on Greek Article, p. 358. Others, again, such as the Codices D, E, supply πρεσβεύω - a spurious insertion borrowed from Ephesians 6:20, and adopted by Ambrosiaster and Castalio, as well as by Calvin in his Latin rendering-legatione fungor. Another MS. has the verb κεκαύχημαι, taken from Philippians 2:16. Jerome supplies-cognovi mysterium, and Camerarius gives us-hoc scribo. Meyer's rendering is peculiar-deshalb-that you may be built-zu diesem Behufe bin Ich Paulus, der Gefesselte Christi Jesu um euret, der Heiden wi llen. But the plain supposition of a long parenthesis renders all such supplements superfluous.
᾿εγὼ παῦλος—“I Paul,” his own name being inserted to give distinctness, personality, and authority to the statement, as in 1 Corinthians 1:12-13; 1 Corinthians 3:4-5; 1 Corinthians 3:22; 2 Corinthians 10:1; Galatians 5:2; Colossians 1:23; 1 Thessalonians 2:18; Philemon 1:9. That name was venerated in those churches, and its formal mention must have struck a deep and tender chord in their bosom. Once Saul, the synonym of antichristian intolerance, it was now Paul, not merely a disciple or a servant, but-
ὁ δέσμιος τοῦ χριστοῦ ᾿ιησοῦ—“the prisoner of Christ Jesus.” 2 Timothy 1:8; Philemon 1:9. The genitive, as that of originating cause, signifies not merely “a prisoner belonging to Christ,” but one whom Christ, that is, Christ's cause, and not Caesar, had imprisoned. Winer, § 30, 2, β; Acts 23:11. His loss of liberty arose from no violation of law on his part: it was solely in prosecuting his mission that he was apprehended and confined; for he was in fetters-
ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν τῶν ἐθνῶν—“on behalf of you Gentiles,” a common sense of the preposition, which is repeated in Ephesians 3:12. It was his office as apostle of the Gentiles which exposed him to persecution, and led to his present incarceration. Acts 21:22; Acts 25:11; Acts 28:16. His vindication of such truths as formed the last paragraph of the preceding chapter, roused Jewish jealousy and indignation. Nay, in writing to the Ephesians he could not forget that the suspicion of his having taken an Ephesian named Trophimus into the temple with him, created the popular disturbance that led to his capture and his final appeal to Caesar, his journey to Rome, and his imprisonment in the imperial city. The apostle proceeds to explain more fully the meaning of this clause-
(Ephesians 3:2.) εἴγε ἠκούσατε τὴν οἰκονομίαν—“If indeed ye have heard of the dispensation.” As the translation—“if ye have heard”-seems to imply that Paul was a stranger to the Ephesian church, various attempts have been made to give the words another rendering. (See Introduction.) That εἴγε may bear the meaning “since,” is undeniable (Ephesians 4:21; Colossians 1:23); or, “if indeed, as I take for granted, ye have heard;” or, as Estius and Wiggers translate—“if, as is indeed the case, ye have heard.” Hermann, ad Viger. p. 834. The particle γε is used in suppletive sentences (Hartung, Partik. 1.391), and may be rendered und zwar—“and indeed.” Harless is inclined to take the words as hypothetical, as indicating want of personal acquaintance with his readers; but Hartung (2.212) lays it down, that in cases where the contents of the sentence are adduced as proof of a preceding statement, the meaning of εἴγε approaches that of ὅτι and ἐπεί. Hoogeveen also states the same canon. The apostle says-I am a prisoner for you Gentiles; and he now gives the reason of his assertion-Ye must surely have heard of the dispensation committed to me-a dispensation whose prominent and distinctive element it is to preach among the Gentiles.
Reckless efforts have been made upon the verb ἠκούσατε-as when Pelagius renders it firmiter tenetis. So Anselm, Grotius, and Rinck, Sendschreib. des Korinth. p. 56. See under Ephesians 1:15. The apostle has been supposed by Musculus, Crocius, Flatt, and de Wette, to mean “hearing by report of others.” There is no proof of this in the language, nor of the other version—“hearing, and also attending and understanding.” The writer may refer to his own sermons, for we cannot say with Calvin-credibile est, quum ageret Ephesi, eum tacuisse de his rebus. The apostle may, in this quiet form, stir up their memory of the truth, that mission to the heathen was his special work-not his work by accident, but by fixed Divine arrangement. He preached in Ephesus to both Jew and Gentile; and his precise vocation, as the apostle of the Gentiles, might not have been very fully or formally discussed. Still it was a theme which could not have been kept in abeyance. They surely had heard it from his lips; and this εἴγε, rather than ὅτι, is the expression of a gentle hope that they had not forgotten the lesson. Yet there is no reprehension in the phrase, as is supposed by Vitringa and Holzhausen.
The term οἰκονομία does not signify the apostolical office, as is the opinion of Luther, Musculus, Rollock, Aretius, Crocius, Wieseler, and others, for it is explained by the apostle himself in the following verse; and it cannot denote dispensatio doctrinae, as Pelagius translates it; not officium dispensandae gratiae Dei, as Anselm explains it. See under Ephesians 1:10. Its meaning is arrangement or plan; and the apostle employs it to describe the mode in which he had been selected and qualified to preach faith and privilege to the Gentiles. Chrysostom identifies the οἰκονομία with the ἀποκάλυψις of the following verse—“As much as to say, I learned it not from man.” How came it that a person like Paul-a staunch Pharisee, a scholar of Gamaliel, attached to rabbinical studies, and a zealot in defence of the law-how came it that he, with antecedents so notorious in their contrast, should be the man to preach, as his special mission, the entrance of Gentiles into Christian privilege? The method of his initiation was of God; and that “economy” is described as being-
τῆς χάριτος τοῦ θεοῦ τῆς δοθείσης μοι εἰς ὑμᾶς—“of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward.” This χάρις is not, as Grotius and Rückert imagine, the apostolical office, but the source or contents of it. We see no ground to identify χάρις with the following μυστήριον, though it includes it. The idea is either that the οἰκονομία had its origin in that χάρις, or rather that the χάρις was its characteristic element. Winer, § 30, 2. That grace was given him, not that he might enjoy it as a private luxury, but that he by its assistance might impart it to others- εἰς ὑμᾶς—“to you,” not inter vos, as Storr makes it. Galatians 1:15; Galatians 2:9; Acts 22:21. There may, as Stier suggests, be an allusion in the οἰκονομία to the οἰκοδομή of Ephesians 3:21 in the previous chapter. In the house-arrangement and distribution of offices, the building of the Gentile portion of the structure was Paul's special function. The apostle now becomes more special in his description-
(Ephesians 3:3.) ῞οτι κατὰ ἀποκάλυψιν ἐγνωρίσθη μοι τὸ μυστήριον—“How that by revelation was the mystery made known to me.” ᾿εγνώρισε is the reading of the Received Text, on the authority of D111, E, J, K, and many minuscules, and is received by Knapp and Tittmann; but ἐγνωρίσθη has the preponderant authority of A, B, C, D1, F, G, etc., the Syriac and Vulgate, and is adopted by Lachmann, Hahn, and Tischendorf. The “relative particle ὅτι, as the correlative of τί, introduces an objective sentence.” Donaldson, Greek Gram. § 584. It leads to further explanation, and the clause is a supplementary accusative connected with the previous verb. The mystery itself is unfolded in Ephesians 3:6; for, as we have seen under Ephesians 1:9, “mystery” is not something in itself incomprehensible, but merely something unknown till God please to reveal it-something undiscoverable by man, and to the knowledge of which he comes by Divine disclosure- κατὰ ἀποκάλυψιν, the emphasis lying on the phrase, as is indicated by its position. Galatians 2:2. In Galatians 1:12, the genitive with διά is employed. Grammarians, as Bernhardy (p. 241) and Winer (§ 51), show that κατά, with the accusative, has sometimes an adverbial signification; so Meyer renders offenbarungsweise. The difference is not material; but δἰ ἀποκαλύψεως would refer to the means or method of disclosure, whereas κατὰ ἀποκάλυψιν may describe the shape which it assumed. The general spirit of the statement is, that his mission to the Gentiles was not created by the expansive philanthropy of his own bosom, nor was it any sourness of temper against his countrymen that prompted him to select, as his favourite sphere of labour, the outfield of heathendom. He might have been a believer, but still, like many thousands of the Jews-& ldq uo;zealous of the law.” It was by special instruction that he comprehended the worldwide adaptations of the gospel, and gave himself to the work of evangelizing the heathen-the mystery being their admission to church fellowship equally with the Jews. He alludes, not perhaps so much to the first instructions of the Divine will at his conversion (Acts 9:15), as to subsequent revelations. Acts 22:21; Galatians 1:16. And he adds-
καθὼς προέγραψα ἐν ὀλίγῳ—“as I have just written in brief;” or, as Tyndale renders—“as I wrote above, in feawe wordes;” Ephesians 1:9, Ephesians 2:13. The parenthetical marking of some editors commencing with this clause, and extending to the end of Ephesians 3:4, is useless; and the relative ὅ in Ephesians 3:5 belongs to the antecedent μυστήριον in Ephesians 3:4. There is no occasion, with Hunnius, Marloratus, Chrysostom, and Calvin, to make the reference in the verb to some earlier epistle. Theodoret says well- οὐχ ὡς τινές ὑπέλαβον, ὅτι ἑτέραν ἐπιστολὴν γέγραφεν. See under Ephesians 1:12. Such is the view of the great body of interpreters. The apostle refers to what he had now written in the preceding paragraph-from Ephesians 3:13 to the end of the second chapter-and apparently not, as Alford says, to Ephesians 1:9; nor, as Ellicott says, to the fact contained in the immediately preceding clause.
And he had written ἐν ὀλίγῳ-in brevi (Vulgate), “in brief”-in a few words. See Kypke, Observat. ii. p. 293, in which examples are given from Herodotus, Thucydides, and Aristotle. Theodoret-followed by Erasmus, Camerarius, Calvin, Grotius, Estius, Koppe, Baumgarten-Crusius, and many others-proposes that ἐν ὀλίγῳ should be taken as explanatory of the προ- in προέγραψα, and that the phrase signifies νῦν, or paulo ante. Bodius conveniently combines both views. But such a construction cannot be admitted; to express such an idea πρὸ ὀλίγου would have been employed. And the apostle has not intimated simply that such a mystery was disclosed to him, but that he has also noted down the results or contents of the disclosure, and for this purpose-
(Ephesians 3:4.) πρὸς ὅ. πρὸς ὅ cannot be identified, as Theophylact does, with ἐξ ὧν. It may mean, as Harless and de Wette translate, “in consequence of which;” or, as in our version, “whereby.” We question, however, whether this meaning can be sustained. It may be the ultimate, but it is not the immediate sense. Its more usual signification—“in reference to which”-is as appropriate. Winer, § 49, h. Such is also the rendering of Peile—“referring to which.” Herodot. 3.52; Jelf, § 638; Matthiae, § 591; Bernhardy, p. 265; Vigerus, De Idiotismis, ii. p. 694, London, 1824. The reference is subjective—“as I have already written in brief, in reference to which portion-‘tanquam ad specimen,’ when ye read it, ye may understand my knowledge.” In the phrase πρὸς ὅ, the apostle quietly claims their special attention to the passage on which such notoriety is bestowed, and adds-
δύνασθε ἀναγινώσκοντες νοῆσαι τὴν σύνεσίν μου ἐν τῷ μυστηρίῳ τοῦ χριστοῦ—“you can while reading perceive my insight in the mystery of Christ.” When this epistle reached them it was presumed that they would read it; and as they read it, they would feel their competence. The present participle expresses contemporaneous action-the reading being parallel in time to the perception; though the latter is expressed by the aorist infinitive, which form, according to Donaldson, “describes a single act either as the completion or as the commencement of a continuity.” Greek Gram. § 427, d. If this be supposed to be too refined, it may be added that several verbs, as δύναμαι, are in Greek idiom followed by the aorist rather than the present. Winer, § 44, 7. The verb νοῆσαι means to perceive-come to the knowledge of-to mark; whereas σύνεσις is intelligence or insight, and does not require the repetition of the article before ἐν τῷ μυστηρίῳ, as one idea is conveyed. Joshua 1:7; 2 Chronicles 34:12; Daniel 1:17; Daniel 3 Esdr. Ephesians 1:3. Winer, § 20, 2; Tittmann's Synon. p. 191. If ye read what I have written, ye shall perceive what grasp I have of the mystery; and my knowledge of it is based on immediate revelation. True, the apostle had written but briefly, yet these hints were the index of a fuller familiarity with the theme. The genitive, τοῦ χριστοῦ, is probably that of object. Ellicott, following Stier, inclines to make it that of material or identity, which appea rs too refined and strained-Colossians 1:27 not being exactly parallel, but being a subjective phase of the same great truth. But why should the apostle solemnly profess such knowledge of the mystery? We can scarcely suppose, with Olshausen, Harless, and de Wette, that Paul had in his eye other persons who were strangers to him, or who were hostile to his claims; nor can we imagine, with Wiggers, that he wrote to the Ephesians as representatives of the heathen world. Stud. und Kritik. p. 433; 1841. It could be no vulgar self-assertion that prompted the reference. Possibly he was afraid of coming evils from Judaizing teachers and haughty zealots, and therefore, having illustrated the equality of Gentile privilege, he next vindicates it by the solemn interposition of his apostolical authority.
(Ephesians 3:5.) ῝ο ἑτέραις γενεαῖς οὐκ ἐγνωρίσθη τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων—“Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men.” The antecedent to ὅ is μυστήριον, the relative forming a frequent link of connection. The ἐν which is found in the Received Text is condemned by the evidence of MSS., such as A, C, D, E, F, G, I, K. The dative as a designation of the time in which an action took place may stand by itself without a preposition, as in Ephesians 2:12, though in poetry the preposition is frequently prefixed. Kühner, § 569; Stuart, § 106; Winer, § 31, 9. According to some, γενεαῖς is a species of ablative, with an ellipse of the preposition, and, as usually happens in such a case, MSS. vary in their readings. Bos, Ellipses Graecae, ed. Schaefer, p. 437. γενεά, corresponding to the Hebrew דּוֹר, H1887, signifies here the time occupied by a generation-an age measured by the average length of human life. Acts 14:16; Acts 15:21; Colossians 1:26. There is no reason to adopt the opinion of Meyer and Hodge, and take the term to signify men, having, in epexegetical apposition with it, the phrase τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων. Such a construction is clumsy, and it is far better to give the two datives a differential signification. The formula ἑτέραι γενεαί, so used with the past tense, refers to past ages, and stands in contrast with νῦν.
That the phrase “sons of men” should, as Bengel supposes, mean the prophets of the Old Testament, is wholly out of the question. Ezekiel was often named בֶּןאּאָדָם—“son of man,” but the prophets never as a body received the cognomen “sons of men.” We can scarcely say, with Harless, Matthies, and Stier, that there is studied emphasis in the words, as if to bring out the need which such generations had of this knowledge, since they were men sprung of men, and were in want of that Spirit so plentifully conferred in these recent times. Mark 3:28, compared with Matthew 12:31. The words so familiar to a Hebrew ear, seem to have been suggested by the γενεά to the apostolic mind. As age after age passed away, successive generations of mortal men appeared. Sons succeeded fathers, and their sons succeeded them; so that by “sons of men” is signified the successive band of contemporaries whose lives measured these fleeting γενεαί. The meaning of the apostle, however, is not that the mystery was unknown to all men, for it was known to a few; but he intends to say, that in the minds of men generally it did not possess that prominence and clearness which it did in apostolic times. And he fills up the contrast, thus-
ὡς νῦν ἀπεκαλύφθη τοῖς ἁγίοις ἀποστόλοις αὐτοῦ—“as it has been now revealed to His holy apostles.” The aorist is connected with νῦν-a connection possible in Greek, but impossible in English. Revelation is the mode by which the apostles gained an insight into the mystery which in previous ages had not been divulged. Bengel says-notificatio per revelationem est fons notificationis per praeconium. The points of comparison introduced by ὡς are various:-1. In point of time- νῦν. Only since the advent of Jesus has the shadow been dispelled. 2. In breadth of communication. The apostle speaks of the general intimation which the ancient world had of the mystery, and compares it with those full and exact conceptions of it which these recent revelations by the Spirit had imparted. 3. In medium and object. The “sons of men” are opposed to holy apostles and prophets. The apostle's meaning fully brought out is-As it has been now revealed unto His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit, and by them made known to the present age. If the mystery needed to be revealed by the Spirit, and to minds of such preparation and susceptibility as those of apostles and prophets; if its disclosure required such supernatural influence and such a selected class of recipients-then it is plain that very inadequate and glimmering notions of it must have been entertained by past generations. The “prophets” have been described under Ephesians 2:20, and “apostles and prophets” will be more fully illustrated under Ephesians 4:11. The epithet ἅγιοι is unusual in this application, though it is given to the old prophets. 2 Kings 4:9; Luke 1:70; 2 Peter 1:21. The term has been explained under Ephesians 1:1, and in this place its sense is brought out by the following αὐτοῦ. They were His in a special sense, selected, endowed, commissioned, inspired, sus tained, and acknowledged by Him, and so they were “holy.” Not only were they so officially, but their character was in harmony with their awful functions. They were not indeed holier than others; no such comparison is intended. The Ephesian church was “holy” as well as the apostles; but they are called holy in this special sense and in their collective capacity, from the nearness and peculiarity of their relation to God. The Jewish people were a “holy nation,” but on the “forefront of the mitre” of the high priest, of him who stood within the vail and before the mercy-seat, there was a golden plate with the significant inscription—“HOLINESS TO JEHOVAH.”
καὶ προφήταις ἐν πνεύματι—“and prophets in the Spirit.” Lachmann, followed by Bisping, places a comma after ἁγίοις, and regards the next words as in apposition. πνεῦμα has not the article. See under Ephesians 1:17; see also under Ephesians 2:22. Ambrosiaster and Erasmus connect ἐν πνεύματι with the following verse, a supposition which the structure of the succeeding sentence forbids; and Meier joins the same phrase to ἁγίοις, as if ἐν πνεύματι explained the term-a hypothesis which is also set aside by the order of the words. The majority of expositors, from Jerome and Anselm to Stier and Conybeare, join the words to the previous verb—“revealed in” or “by the Spirit.” The clause will certainly bear this interpretation, and the sense is apparent. Winer, § 20, 4. But the phraseology is peculiar. Peile translates—“apostles and inspired interpreters,” but he erroneously thinks that prophets and apostles are the same. See under Ephesians 2:20. It might be said that the pronoun seems to qualify ἀποστόλοις- τοῖς ἁγίοις ἀποστόλοις αὐτοῦ-to His holy apostles, while the prophets have no distinctive character given them, unless it be by the words ἐν πνεύματι, for they were prophets, and had become so, or had a right to the title, ἐν πνεύματι. 2 Peter 1:21. This interpretation was before the mind of Chrysostom, though he did not adopt it, and Koppe and Holzhausen have formally maintained it. The construction would then resemble that of the same formula in the last verse of the preceding chapter. Similar construction is found Romans 8:9; Romans 14:17; 1 Corinthians 12:3; Colossians 1:8; Revelation 1:10. The epithet is not superfluous, as these men became prophets only “in the Spirit.” The apostles themselves stand in the room of the Old Testament prophets, and their possession of the Spirit was a promi nent and functional distinction. But the prophets so called under the New Testament were not to be undervalued; they, too, were “in the Spirit.” De Wette objects that such an epithet for the prophets would be too distinctive. But why so? The apostles were God's- αὐτοῦ-in a special sense, and they were ἅγιοι in consequence. But Paul does not give the “prophets” either one or other of these lofty designations. The apostles had high office and prerogatives, but the possession of the Spirit was the solitary distinction of the prophets, and by it the sacred writer seems to characterize them. At the same time, the ordinary construction of ἐν πνεύματι with the verb gives so good a meaning, that we could not justify ourselves in departing from it.
The general sense of the verse is evident. The apostle does not seem to deny all knowledge of the mystery to the ancient world, but he only compares their knowledge of it, which at best was a species of perplexed clairvoyance, with the fuller revelation of its terms and contents given to modern apostles and prophets; or as Theodoret contrasts it- οὐ γὰρ τὰ πράγματα εἶδον, ἀλλὰ τοὺς περὶ τῶν πραγμάτων προέγραψαν λόγους. In Vetere Testamento Novum latet, et in Novo Vetus patet. The scholium in Matthiae—“that the men of old knew that the Gentiles should be called, but not that they should be fellow-heirs,” contains a distinction too acute and refined. The intimations in the Old Testament of the calling of the Gentiles are frequent, but not full; disclosing the fact, but keeping the method in shade. The apostle James refers to this in Acts 15:14. But after the death of Christ, which, by its repeal of the ceremonial code, was the grand means of Judaeo-Gentile union, a church, without reference to race, was fully organized. The salvation of guilty men of all races became a distinctive feature of the gospel, and therefore the incorporation of non-Israel into the church, revealed to Peter and Paul by the Spirit, was more clearly understood from the results of daily experience and the fruits of missionary enterprise. Acts 11:17-18; Acts 15:7; Acts 15:13.
(Ephesians 3:6.) This verse explains the mystery. The infinitive εἶναι contains the idea of design if viewed from one point, and of fact if viewed from another-the purpose seen or realized in the purport or contents. It does not depend upon the last verse, but unfolds the unimagined contents of the revelation-
εἶναι τὰ ἔθνη συγκληρονόμα—“that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs.” Romans 8:17. Remarks have been made on the κληρονομία, under Ephesians 1:14; Ephesians 1:18. The Gentiles were to be co-heirs with the believing Jews, without modification or diminution of privilege. Their heirship was based on the same charter, and referred to the same inheritance. Nor, though that heirship was very recent in date, were they only residuary legatees, bound to be content with any contingent remainder that satiated Israel might happen to leave. No; they inherited equally with the earlier sons. Theirs was neither an uncertain nor a minor portion. And not only were they joint-heirs, but even-
καὶ σύνσωμα—“and of the same body,”-concorporales-a more intimate union still. The form of spelling σύνσωμα is found in A, B1, D, E, F, G. The Gentiles were of the same body-not attached like an excrescence, not incorporated like a foreign substance, but concorporated so that the additional were not to be distinguished from the original members in such a perfect amalgamation. The body is the one church under the one Head, and believing Jew and Gentile form that one body, without schism or the detection of national variety or of previous condition. Thus Theophylact- ἓν γὰρ σῶμα γεγόνασιν οἱ ἐθνικοὶ πρὸς τοὺς ᾿ισραηλίτας μιᾷ κεφαλῇ ἐν χριστῷ συγκρατούμενοι. Comp. Ephesians 2:16. Still further-
καὶ συνμέτοχα τῆς ἐπαγγελίας—“and fellow-partakers of the promise.” The pronoun αὐτοῦ of the Received Text is not found in the more important MSS. and versions, and is rejected by Lachmann and Tischendorf, though it occurs in D2, D3, E, F, G, K, L. The spelling συνμέτοχα is found in A, B1, C, D1, F, G. It has been thought by many to be too narrow a view to restrict the promise to the Holy Spirit. But many things favour such an opinion. He is the prominent gift or promise of the new covenant, as Paul hints in his comprehensive question, Galatians 3:2; while again, in Ephesians 3:14 of the same chapter, he adds, as descriptive of the blessing of Abraham coming on the Gentiles—“that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.” Joel 2:28-29. Peter, vindicating his mission to Cornelius, refers also as a conclusive demonstration of its heavenly origin to the fact, that “the Holy Ghost fell on them as on us.” He repeats the same evidence on another occasion. Acts 15:8. The promise is here singled out by the article; and in the mind of the apostle, who had already referred to the Holy Ghost under a similar designation and in connection with the inheritance (Ephesians 1:13), the one grand distinctive and dispensational promise was that of the Spirit. And if the αὐτοῦ be spurious, the naked emphasis laid on the term itself shows that to Paul it had a simple, well-known, and unmistakeable meaning. Ellicott says that this view is scarcely consonant with συγκληρονόμα-fellow-heirs. But the theology of the apostle shows the perfect consonance. Romans 8:14-17. They alone are heirs who are sons, and they alone are sons who are led by the Spirit of God. Then is added-
ἐν χριστῷ ᾿ιησοῦ-in Christ Jesus-as A, B, C, followed by the Coptic and Vulgate, read. We would not, with Vatablus, Koppe, Meier, Holzhausen, and Baumgarten-Crusius, restrict ἐν χριστῷ ᾿ιησοῦ to the preceding noun ἐπαγγελία—“promise in Christ”-for then we might have expected a repetition of the article; but, with the majority of critics, we regard it as a qualifying the whole three adjectives, as the inner sphere of union, while the medium or instrumental cause is next stated-
διὰ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου-not, as Locke translates, “in the time of the gospel;” but “by means of the gospel.” The prepositions ἐν and διά stand in a similar relation, as in Ephesians 1:7. “In Christ,” were the Gentiles co-heirs, co-incorporated, and co-partakers of the promise with believing Israel, enjoying union in Him, “through that gospel” which was preached to them; for its object was to proclaim Christ—“our peace.”
How, then, do the three epithets stand connected? There seems to be no climax, as Jerome, Pelagius, and Baumgarten-Crusius suppose; nor an anticlimax, as is the opinion of Zanchius: yet we cannot adopt the idea of Valpy and others, that the series of terms is loosely thrown together without discrimination. We apprehend that the apostle employs the three terms, in the fulness of his heart, at once to magnify the mystery, and to prevent mistake. The συν- is thrice repeated, and σύνσωμα and συνμέτοχα, are terms coined for the occasion, though the verb συμμετέχω occurs in classic Greek, as in Euripides, Supp. 648- συμμετασχόντες; Xenophon, Anabasis, 7.8, 17; Plat. Theaet., Opera, vol. iii. p. 495, ed. Bekker. The Gentiles are fellow-heirs. But such a fellowship might be external to a great extent-Esau might inherit though he severed himself from Jacob's society. The apostle intensifies his meaning, and declares that they are not only fellow-heirs, but of the same body-the closest union; not like Abraham's sons by Keturah, each of whom received his portion and his dismissal in the same act. But while they might be co-heirs, and embodied in one personality, might there not be a difference in the amount of blessing enjoyed and promised? Or with sameness of right, might there not be diversity of gift? Will the Israelite have no higher donation as a memento o f his descent, and a tribute of honour to his ancestral glories? No; the Gentiles are also fellow-partakers of that one promise. By this means the apostle shows the amount of Gentile privilege which comes to them in Christ, not by submission to the law, as so many had fondly imagined, but by the gospel. The next verse shows his relation to that gospel-
(Ephesians 3:7.) οὗ ἐγενήθην διάκονος—“of which I became a minister.” Colossians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 3:6. This reading is supported by A, B, D1, F, G while ἐγενόμην is used in C, D3, E, K, L. The use of the passive might show that he had no concurrence in the act. But Buttmann says that ἐγενήθην is used in Doric for ἐγενόμην, γίγνεσθαι being in that dialect a deponent passive. Phryn. ed. Lobeck, pp. 108, 109. διάκονος (not, as often said, from διά and κόνις—“one covered with dust,” but from an old root- διάκω-signifying “I hasten”) is a servant in a general sense, and in relation to a master, as in 2 Corinthians 6:4; 2 Corinthians 11:23; 1 Timothy 4:6. Buttmann has shown that the preposition διά cannot enter into the composition of διάκονος, as the a is long. The a in διά may, from the necessities of metre, be sometimes long in poetry, but never in prose; while the Ionic form of the word under review is διήκονος. Lexilogus, sub voce διάκτορος. As an apostle he did not merely enjoy the dignity of office, or the admiration created by the display of miraculous gifts. He busied himself; he served with eager cordiality and unwearied zeal-
κατὰ τὴν δωρεὰν τῆς χάριτος τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν δοθεῖσάν μοι—“according to the gift of the grace of God which was given to me.” δωρεά is the gift, and χάρις is that of which the gift is composed (Ephesians 2:8), the genitive being that of apposition Instead of τὴν δοθεῖσαν in the next clause of the Received Text, some modern editors read- τῆς δοθεῖσης, which has the authority of the old MSS. A, B, C, D1, F, G, but which may be borrowed from Ephesians 3:2. The Syriac and the Greek fathers are in favour of the first reading, which is retained by Tischendorf, being found in D3, E, K, L. The sense is not affected—“The gift made up of this grace is given, or the grace of which the gift consists is given.” The χάρις is not the gift of tongues, as Grotius dreams; nor specially the Holy Ghost, as a-Lapide imagines. The term, resembling that of the Latin munus, refers not to the apostolical office conferred out of the pure and sovereign favour of God, as in Ephesians 3:2 of this chapter, but it refers here to that office in its characteristic function of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles. It was given-
κατὰ τὴν ἐνέργειαν τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ—“according to the working of His power.” κατά refers us to δοθεῖσαν. The gift of grace is conferred in accordance with the working of His power. See Ephesians 1:19. ᾿ενέργεια and δύναμις are explained under Ephesians 1:19. Whitby unnecessarily and falsely restricts this power to that of miraculous agency conferred upon the apostle. But he refers in this place to the “grace” which originated his apostleship, wrought mightily in him when the office of the apostle of heathendom, with all its varied qualifications, was conferred upon him. Unworthy of it he was; and had not the gift been accompanied by a striking manifestation of God's power, he could not have enjoyed it. And he served in harmony with his office- κατὰ τὴν δωρεάν; and that office was conferred upon him in unison with- κατὰ τὴν ἐνέργειαν-such a spiritual change, induced by the Divine might, as changed a Jew into a Christian, a blasphemer into a saint, a Pharisee into an apostle, and a persecutor into a missionary. Calvin remarks-haec est potentiae ejus efficacia ex nihilo grande aliquid efficere. Chrysostom says truly—“The gift would not have been enough, if it had not implanted within him the power.” That grace was bestowed very freely- ἡ δωρεὰ τῆς χάριτος; and that power wrought very effectually- ἡ ἐνέργεια τῆς δυνάμεως. Galatians 2:8. The apostle becomes more minute-
(Ephesians 3:8.) ᾿εμοὶ τῷ ἐλαχιστοτέρῳ πάντων ἁγίων—“To me, who am less than the least of all saints.” There is no good reason adduced by Harless for making the first clause of this verse a parenthesis, and joining ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν to the δωρεάν of the preceding verse. The apostle prolongs the thought, and dwells upon it. He was a minister of the gospel through the gracious power of God. This reflection ever produced within him profound wonder and humility; and though in one sense he was greater than the greatest of all saints, yet the consciousness of his own demerit stood out in such striking contrast with the high function to which he had been called, that he exclaims—“To me, who am less than the least of all saints”- ἐμοί being emphatic from its position. ᾿ελαχιστοτέρῳ is a comparative, founded on the superlative ἐλάχιστος—“less than the least;” a form designed to express the deepest self-abasement. Similar anomalous forms occur in the later Greek, and even occasionally in the earlier, especially among the poets. 3 John 1:4; Phryn. ed. Lobeck, p. 135. Wetstein has collected a few examples. ᾿ελαχιστότατος is found in Sextus Empir. ix. p. 627. The English term “lesser” is akin. Matthiae, § 136; Winer, § 11, 2; Buttmann, § 69, note 3. πάντες ἅγιοι are not the apostles and prophets merely, but saints generally. Theophylact says justly- καλεῖ οὐ τῶν ἀποστόλων, ἀλλὰ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων, τουτέστι τῶν πιστῶν. In 1 Corinthians 15:9, where he says, “I am the least of the apostles,” he brings himself into direct contrast with his ministerial colleagues. 1 Timothy 1:13; Philippians 3:6. To him-
ἐδόθη ἡ χάρις αὕτη—“was this grace given.” χάρις, in this aspect, has been already explained both under Ephesians 3:2; Ephesians 3:7. That special branch of the apostolate which was entrusted to Paul had the following end in view-
ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν εὐαγγελίσασθαι—“to preach among the Gentiles.” Lachmann omits ἐν, following A, B, C, and so does Alford. But the majority of MSS., and the Syriac, Vulgate, and Gothic versions have the preposition. The phrase ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, emphatic from its position, describes the special or characteristic sphere of the apostle's labours. The apostle, however, never forgot his own countrymen. His love to his nation was not interdicted by his special vocation as a missionary to the heathen world. And the staple of that good news which he proclaimed was-
τὸ ἀνεξιχνίαστον πλοῦτος τοῦ χριστοῦ—“the unsearchable riches of Christ.” πλοῦτος is rightly read in the neuter. See under Ephesians 1:7 and Ephesians 2:7. The adjective occurs in Romans 11:33, and has its origin in the Septuagint, where it represents the Hebrew formula- אין־ֵחקֶר¢ , ֵ in Job 5:9; Job 9:10 -and לאאּ־ֵחקֶרø, in Job 34:24. The riches of Christ are not simply “riches of grace”—“riches of glory”—“riches of inheritance,” as Pelagius, Grotius, and Koppe are inclined to restrict them, but that treasury of spiritual blessing which is Christ's-so vast that the comprehension of its limits and the exhaustion of its contents are alike impossible. What the apostle wishes to characterize as grand in itself, or in its abundance, adaptation, and substantial permanence, he terms “riches.” The riches of Christ are the true wealth of men and nations. And those riches are “unsearchable.” Even the value of the portion already possessed cannot be told by any symbols of numeration, for such riches can have no adequate exponent or representative. Their source was in eternity, and in a love whose fervour and origin are above our ken, and whose duration shall be for ages of ages beyond compute. Their extent is boundless, and the mode in which they have been wrought out reveals a spiritual process whose results astonish and satisfy us, but whose inner springs and movements lie beyond our keenest inspection. And our appropriation of those riches, though it be a matter of consciousness, shrouds itself from our scrutiny, for it indicates the presence of the Divine Spirit in His power-a power exerted upon man, beyond resistance, but without compulsion; and in its mighty and gracious operation neither wounding his moral freedom nor impinging on his perfect and undeniable responsibility. The latest periods of time shall find these riches unimpaired, and eternity shall behold the same wealth neither worn by use nor dimmed by age, nor yet diminished by the myriads of its happy participants. Still further-
(Ephesians 3:9.) καὶ φωτίσαι πάντας—“And to make all men see.” Lachmann has assigned no valid reason for throwing suspicion upon πάντας. To restrict the meaning of the adjective to the heathen, as Meyer and Baumgarten-Crusius do, is without any warrant, though πάντας is not emphatic in position. We lay no stress on the fact that πάντας and ἔθνη do not agree in gender, for such a form of concord is not uncommon, and a separate idea is also introduced. The apostle preached to the Gentiles “the unsearchable riches of Christ,” but in his discharge of this duty he taught not Gentiles only, but all-Jew and Gentile alike - what is the dispensation of the mystery. The verb φωτίζω, followed by the accusative of the thing, denotes to bring it into light; but followed by the accusative of the person, it signifies to throw light upon him-not only to teach, διδάξαι, but to enlighten inwardly-to give spiritual apprehension- φωτίσαι. See under Ephesians 1:18. If one gaze upon a landscape as the rising sun strikes successive points, and brings them into view in every variety of tint and shade, both subjective and objective illumination is enjoyed. No wonder that in so many languages light is the emblem of knowledge. That mystery which was now placed in clear light was not discerned by the Jew, and could not have been perceived by the Gentile for the shadow which lay both on him and it. But the result of Paul's mission was, that the Jew at once saw it, and the Gentile plainly understood its scope. They were enlightened-were enabled to make a sudden discovery by the lucid and full demonstration set before them. The point on which they were instructed was this-
τίς ἡ οἰκονομία τοῦ μυστηρίου—“what is the economy of the mystery.” That οἰκονομία should supersede the gloss κοινωνία of the Elzevir text is established by the concurrent authority of A, B, C, D, E, F, G, J, supported by a host of the Fathers and by the early versions. The preaching of Paul enabled all to see “what is the arrangement or organization of that mystery which, from the beginning of the world, had been hid in God.” The terms οἰκονομία and μυστήριον have been already explained Ephesians 1:9-10, and Ephesians 3:2-3. The mystery must be the same as that described in Ephesians 3:6, for the same course of thought is still pursued, and varied only by the repetition. That mystery now so open had been long sealed-
τοῦ ἀποκεκρυμμένου ἀπὸ τῶν αἰώνων ἐν τῷ θεῷ—“which from of old has been hid in God.” Colossians 1:26; 1 Corinthians 2:7; Romans 16:25. ᾿απὸ τῶν αἰώνων—“from the ages in a temporal sense;” not concealed from the ages, in the sense of Macknight, but hid from of old; not, perhaps, strictly from before all time, but since the commencement of time up to the period of the apostle's commission. During this interval of four thousand years God's purpose to found a religion of universal offer, adaptation, and enjoyment, lay unrevealed in His own bosom. Glimpses of that sublime purpose might be occasionally caught, but no open or formal organization of it was made. There were hints and pre-intimations, oracles that spoke sometimes in cautious, and sometimes in bolder phrase; but till the death of Jesus, the means were not provided by which Judaism should be superseded and a world-wide system introduced. Then the Divine Hierophant disclosed the mystery, after His Son had offered an atonement whose saving value had no national restrictions, and acknowledged no ethnographical impediment, and when He poured out His Spirit on believing Gentiles, and commissioned Saul of Tarsus to go far from Palestine and reclaim the heathen outcasts. In God-
τῷ τὰ πάντα κτίσαντι—“who created all things.” The additional words διὰ ᾿ιησοῦ χριστοῦ of the Received Text are at least doubtful, and are omitted by recent editors. They are not found in the Codices A, B, C, D1, F, G, nor in the Syriac, Vulgate, and Coptic versions, nor in the quotations of the Latin fathers. They occur, however, in the Greek fathers, such as Chrysostom, Theophylact, and OEcumenius. The emphasis lies on τὰ πάντα, but the meaning of κτίσαντι has been much disputed:-1. Chrysostom, guided by the words which he admitted into the text, διὰ ᾿ιησοῦ χριστοῦ-explains thus—“He who created all things by Him, revealeth also this by Him.” But if the phrase διὰ ᾿ιησοῦ χριστοῦ be spurious, this interpretation, if it can be called one, is at once set aside. 2. Olshausen says, that the term is employed to show that the institution of redemption is a creative act of God, and could proceed from Him alone who created all things. The view of von Gerlach is similar. Argumentum est, says Zanchius, a creatione ad recreationem. Bengel suggests this idea-Rerum omnium creatio fundamentum est omnis reliquae oeconomiae. But this exposition is not in harmony with the course of thought. It is of the concealment of a mystery in God the universal Creator that Paul speaks, not of the actual provision of salvation for men. 3. Many understand the reference to be to the spiritual creation, such as Calvin, Zanchius, Calixtus, Grotius, Usteri, Meier, and Baumgarten-Crusius. The deletion of the words “by Jesus Christ,” and the want of some other qualifying term, militates against this view. In Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 2:15, and in Ephesians 4:24, there are accompanying phrases which leave no doubt as to the meaning. But the aorist, and the occurrence of the term here without any explanatory adjunct, seem to prove that it must bear its most usual and simple signification. 4. Beza, Piscator, Flatt, and others, refer τὰ πάντα to men, abridging by this tame exegesis the limitless meaning of the terms.
The real question is, What is meant by this allusion to the creation-what is the relation between the creative work of God and the concealment of this mystery in Himself? Had the apostle said-hid in God who arranges all things, or foresees all things, the meaning would have been apparent. But it is not so easy to perceive the connection between creation and the seclusion of a mystery. The fact that God created all things cannot, as in Rückert's suggestion, afford any reason why he concealed a portion of his plan; nor can we discover, with others, that the additional clause is meant to show the sovereign freeness and power of God in such concealment. Our own view may be thus expressed: The period during which the mystery was hid dates from the ages commencing with creation, for creation built up the platform on which the strange mystery of redemption was disclosed. God, as Creator of the universe, has of necessity a plan according to which all arrangements take place, for creation implies providence or government-the gradual evolution of counsels which had lain folded up with unfathomable secrecy. But those counsels are not disclosed with simultaneous and confusing haste: the Almighty Mind retains them in itself till the fitting period when they may be unveiled. Now, the mystery of the inbringing of the Gentiles was secreted in the Divine bosom for four thousand years, that is, from the epoch of the creation-the origin of time. And it has not come to light by accident, but by a prearranged determination. When God created the world, it was a portion of His plan as its Creator that the Gentile nations, after the call of Abraham, should be without the pale of His visible church; but that after His Son died, and the gospel with universal adaptations was established, they should be admitted into covenant. At the fittest time, not prematurely, but with leisurely exactness, were created both the human materials on which redemption was to work, and that peculiar and varied mechanism by which its designs were to be accomplished. And one grand purpose is declared to be-
(Ephesians 3:10.) ῞ινα γνωρισθῇ νῦν—“In order that there might now be made known.” ῞ινα γνωρισθῇ stands connected as a climax with εὐαγγελίσασθαι of Ephesians 3:8, and φωτίσαι of Ephesians 3:9. νῦν is opposed to ἀπὸ τῶν αἰώνων. We cannot here regard ἵνα as ecbatic in sense, though this signification has been accepted by Bodius, Estius, Meier, Holzhausen, and Thomas Aquinas, who takes the particle-consecutive, non causaliter. We prefer to give ἵνα its usual sense—“in order that.” It indicates a final purpose; not the grand object, but still an important though minor design. We cannot, however, accede to the opinion of Harless, who connects this verse solely with the clause immediately preceding it. His idea is, that God created all things for the purpose of showing by the church His wisdom to the angelic hosts. We regard such an exegesis as limiting the reference of the apostle. This verse, commencing with ἵνα, winds up, as we think, the entire preceding paragraph, and discloses a grand reason for God's method of procedure. Nor is the notion of Harless tenable on other grounds; because the wisdom of God in creation is made known to the heavenly hierarchy, apart altogether from the church, and has been revealed to them, not simply now and for the first time, but ever since “the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy.” Why then, too, should the church be selected as the medium of manifestation? And why should wisdom be singled out as the only attribute which creation exhibits by the church to the higher intelligences? But when we look at the contents of the paragraph, the meaning is apparent. The apostle speaks of a mystery-a mystery long hid, and at length disclosed-a mystery connected with the enlargement and glory of the church-and he adds, this long concealment from other ages, yea, from the beginning of the world, and this present revelation, have for their object to instruct the celestial ranks in God's multiform wisdom. It is the attribute of wisdom which binds itself up with the hiding and the opening of a mystery, and as that wisdom concerns the organization and extension of the church, the church naturally becomes the scene of instruction to celestial spectators. On the connection of Divine wisdom with the disclosure of a mystery, some remarks may be seen under Ephesians 1:8-9—“God in all wisdom and prudence made known to us the mystery of His will.” That mystery being now disclosed, the princedoms and powers were instructed. In itself, in its concealment, and in the time, place, method, and results of its disclosure, it now exhibited the Divine wisdom in a novel and striking light-
ταῖς ἀρχαῖς καὶ ταῖς ἐξουσίαις ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις—“to the principalities and the powers in heavenly places”-the article being prefixed to each noun, and giving prominence to each in the statement. These terms have been explained under Ephesians 1:21, and the following phrase- ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις, which designates abode or locality, has been considered under Ephesians 1:3; Ephesians 1:20, Ephesians 2:6. The following hypotheses are the whimsical devices of erratic ingenuity, viz.: that such principalities and powers are, as is the opinion of Zornius, Locke, and Schoettgen, the leaders and chiefs of the Jewish nation; or, as Van Til imagined, heathen magistrates; or, as Zegerus dreamed, worldly dignities; or, as is held by Pelagius, the rulers of the Christian church. Nor can these principalities and powers be good and bad angels alike, as Bengel, Olshausen, and Hofmann (Schriftb. i. pp. 360-362) hold: nor can they be wholly impure fiends, as is supposed by Ambrosiaster and Vatablus. As little can we say, with Matthies, that these principalities “dwell on the earth, and disport on it in an invisible spiritual form, and are taught by the foundation and extension of the church their own weakness.” Nor can we agree with the opinion of Van Til, Knatchbull, and Baumgarten, that the words ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις signify “in heavenly things,” and are to be connected with γνωρισθῇ, so as to mean, that the principalities and powers are instructed by the church in celestial themes. And the lesson is given-
διὰ τῆς ἐκκλησίας—“by the church”-the community of the faithful in Christ being the instructress of angels in heaven. That lesson is-
ἡ πολυποίκιλος σοφία τοῦ θεοῦ—“the manifold wisdom of God.” The adjective, one of the very numerous compounds of πολύς, occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. But it occurs in a fragment of Eubulus, Athen. 15.7, applied to the manifold hues of a garland of flowers- στέφανον πολυποίκιλον ἀνθέων; and in Euripides, Iphig. Taur. 1149, it describes the variegated colours of a robe- πολυποίκιλα φάρεα; while in a figurative sense it is joined in the Orphic Hymns to the nouns τελετή and λόγος, 5:11, 60:4. The term, as Chrysostom notes, is not simply “varied,” but “much varied.” The wisdom described by the remarkable epithet is not merely deep or great wisdom, but wisdom illustrious for its very numerous forms, and for the strange diversity yet perfect harmony of its myriads of aspects and methods of operation.
Such is generally the meaning of the verse, but its specific reference is not so easily ascertained. What peculiar manifestation of Divine wisdom is referred to? We cannot vaguely say that it is God's wisdom in the general plan of redemption, or, as Olshausen remarks, “the marvellous procedure of God in the pardon of the sinner, and the settlement in him of the antagonism between righteousness and grace.” Such an idea is scarcely in keeping with the context, which speaks not of the general scheme of mercy, but of one of its distinctive and modern aspects. Nor is the view of some of the Greek fathers more in unison with the spirit of the paragraph. Gregory of Nyssa, whose opinion has been preserved by Theophylact and OEcumenius, thus illustrates—“That the angels prior to the incarnation had seen the Divine wisdom in a simple form without variation; but now they see it in a composite form, working by contraries, educing life from death, glory from shame, trophies from the cross, and God-becoming things from all that was vile and ignoble.” The leading idea in this opinion does not fully develop the apostle's meaning as contained in the paragraph; nor could wisdom, acting simply and uniformly in this method, be denominated “manifold wisdom,” though it might be deep, benignant, and powerful skill. The idea brought out in the interpretations of Cocceius, Zanchius, Grotius, and Harless, to wit, that reference is had to the modes and series of past Divine revelations, approximates the truth, and Meyer and Calvin are right in attempting to find the meaning within the bounds of the preceding section. The wisdom is connected with the mystery and its opening, and that mystery is the introduction of the Gentiles into the kingdom of God. Once the world at large was in enjoyment of oracle and sacrifice without distinction and tribe, and Melchisedec, a Hamite prince, was “priest of the most high God.” Then one nation was selected, and continued in that solitary enjoyment for two thousand years. But now again the human race, without discrimination, have been reinstated in religious privilege. This last and liberal offer of mercy was a mystery long hid, and it might be cause of wonder why infinite love tarried so long in its schemes. But wisdom is conspicuous in the whole arrangement. Not till Jesus died and ceremonial distinctions were laid aside, was such an unconditional salvation presented to the world. The glory of unrestricted dissemination was postponed till the Redeemer's victory had been won, and His heralds were enabled to proclaim, not the gorgeous symbols of a coming, but the blessed realities of an accomplished redemption; not the types and ceremonial apparatus of Moses, but “the unsearchable riches of Christ.” There was indeed slow progress, but sure development; occasional interruption, but steady advancement. Divine wisdom was manifold, for it never put forth any tentative process, nor was it ever affronted by any abandoned experiment. It was under no necessity of repeating its plans, for it is not feebly confined to a uniform method, while in its omniscient forecast a solitary agency often surrounds itself with various, opposite, and multiplied effects; temporary antagonism issuing in ultimate combination, and apparent intricacy of movement securing final sim plicity of result; antecedent improbability changing into felicitous certainty, and feeble instruments standing out in impressive contrast with the gigantic exploits which they have achieved. Every occurrence is laid under tribute, and hostile influence bows at length in auxiliary homage. “Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.” Times of forbidding aspect have brightened into propitious opportunities, and “the foolishness of preaching” has proved itself to be the means of the world's regeneration. And the mystery was published not by angels, but by men; not by the prudent and powerful of the world, by those who wore a coronet or had studied in the Portico or the Academy, but by one “whose bodily presence was weak and his speech contemptible”-a stranger to “the enticing words of man's wisdom.” The initiation of the Gentile world was by the preaching of the cross - that instrument of lingering and unspeakable torture; while He that hung upon it, born of a village maiden, and apprenticed as a Galilean mechanic, was condemned to a public execution as the penalty of alleged treason and blasphemy. The church, which is the scene of these preplexing wonders, teaches the angelic hosts. They have seen much of God's working-many a sun lighted up, and many a world launched into its orbit. They have been delighted with the solution of many a problem, and the development of many a mystery. But in the proclamation of the Gospel to the Gentiles, with its strange preparations, various agencies, and stupendous effects-involving the origination and extinction of Judaism, the incarnation and the atonement, the manger and the cross, the spread of the Greek language and the triumph of the Roman arms—“these principalities and powers in heavenly places” beheld with rapture other and brighter phases of a wisdom which had often dazzled them by its brilliant and profuse versatilit y, and surprised and entranced them by the infinite fulness of the love which prompts it, and of the power which itself directs and controls. The events that have transpired in the church on earth are the means of augmenting the information of those pure and exalted beings who encircle the throne of God. 1 Timothy 3:16; 1 Peter 1:12. The entire drama is at length laid bare before them-
“Like some bright river, that from fall to fall
In many a maze descending, bright through all,
Finds some fair region, where, each labyrinth past,
In one full lake of light it rests at last.”
καὶ πῶς κηρύττεις, εἴπερ ὁ πλοῦτος ἀνεξιχνίαστος? asks Theodoret, τοῦτο γὰρ αὐτό, φησι, κηρύττω ὅτι ἀνεξιχνίαστος.
The whole has been arranged-
(Ephesians 3:11.) κατὰ πρόθεσιν τῶν αἰώνων—“according to the eternal purpose.” The connection of these words is not with the adjective or substantive of the preceding clause: neither with πολυποίκιλος, as is supposed by Anselm and Holzhausen, nor with σοφία, as Koppe conjectures; but with γνωρισθῇ. This revelation of God's multifarious wisdom now and by the church has happened according to His eternal purpose - the purpose of ages, or the purpose of those periods which are so distant, as to be to us identical with eternity. Theodoret thus explains it- πρὸ τῶν αἰώνων προέθετο. 1 Corinthians 2:7; 2 Timothy 1:9. On the other hand, Anselm, a-Lapide, Estius, Baumgarten, Schoettgen, and Holzhausen, take the genitive as that of object, and render the clause—“purpose about the ages.” Such is virtually the view of Chandler and Macknight, who make the word “ages” signify the religious dispensations, and regard πρόθεσις as meaning fore-arrangement. The simplest view, and that most in accordance with grammatical usage, is, as we have said, to take the genitive as one of quality-as equivalent to its own adjective αἰώνιος-or of possession, with Ellicott; and such is the opinion of Harless, Olshausen, and Meyer. Winer, § 30, 2. So in Hebrew, צוּרעוֹלָמִים-everlasting strength, Isaiah 26:4. See also Daniel 9:24. It was a purpose-
ἣν ἐποίησεν ἐν τῷ χριστῷ ᾿ιησοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν—“which He wrought in Christ Jesus our Lord. The article before χριστῷ is doubtful, though Tischendorf inserts it. The antecedent to ἣν is not σοφία, as Theophylact, Jerome, and Luther construe, but πρόθεσις. Two classes of meanings have been attached to ἐποίησεν:-
1. According to Calvin, Beza, Estius, Bengel, Rückert, Meier, Harless, and Baumgarten-Crusius, its meaning is, “Which He made,” that is, “formed in Christ.” The verb is so used Mark 3:6; Mark 15:1, and the idea is scriptural. See Ephesians 1:3. See for one view of the relation of Christ to the Father in such an expression, Hofmann, Schriftb. vol. i. p. 230; and for another, Thomasius, Christi Person, vol. i. p. 453.
2. But in the view of Theodoret, Vatablus, Grotius, Koppe, Matthies, Olshausen, Scholz, Meyer, de Wette, Stier, and Conybeare, it denotes, “Which He executed or fulfilled in Christ Jesus.” This last interpretation is on the whole preferable, for ποιεῖν may bear such a sense, as in Ephesians 2:3; Matthew 21:31; John 6:38; 1 Thessalonians 5:24. Olshausen suggests that Jesus Christ is the historical name, so that the verb refers to the realization of God's decree in Him, and not to the inner act of the Divine will. The words ἐν χριστῷ ᾿ιησοῦ signify not “on account of,” nor “by,” but “in” Christ Jesus, as the sphere or element in which the action of the verb takes effect. The meaning of the three names has been given under Ephesians 1:2, etc. The lessons of manifold wisdom given to principalities and powers, in connection with the introduction of the Gentiles into the church, are not an accidental denouement, nor an undesigned betrayal of a Divine secret on the part of the church. Nor was the disclosure of the mystery forced on God by the power of circumstances, or the pressure of unforeseen necessities, for, in its period and instruments, it was in unison with His own eternal plan, which has been wrought out in Christ-in His incarnation and death, His ascension and glorification. The lesson to the principalities was intended for them; they have not profanely intruded into the sacred precincts, and stolen away the guarded science. In all this procedure, which reveals to princedoms and powers God's manifold wisdom, the Divine eternal plan is consistently and systematically developed in Christ. And, as their own experience tells them, He is the same Christ-
(Ephesians 3:12.) ᾿εν ᾧ ἔχομεν τὴν παῤῥησίαν καὶ τὴν προσαγωγὴν—“In whom we have boldness and access”-the ἐν again connected with Christ as the sphere. Lachmann, following A and B, omits the second article, and there are other but minor variations. παῤῥησία is originally “free speech”-the speaking of all. There is no ground for the opinion of Cardinal Hugo and Peter Lombard, that it means spes-hope. Its secondary and usual signification is boldness-that self-possession which such liberty implies. It cannot mean free-spokenness towards the world, as is erroneously supposed by Olshausen, for such an idea is totally foreign to the train of thought. This boldness is toward God generally, but especially in prayer, as is indicated by the following term προσαγωγή. Hebrews 3:6; Hebrews 10:19; Hebrews 10:35; 1 John 2:28; 1 John 3:21-22; 1 John 4:17; 1 John 5:14-15. In Christ we are ever having this blessing-boldness and access at all times and in every emergency. 1 John 2:28; 1 John 4:17. That tremor, doubt, and oppression of spirit which sin produces, are absent from believers when they enjoy access to God. Hebrews 3:6; 1 John 2:28. προσαγωγή has been already explained under Ephesians 2:18. The use of the article before both nouns signalizes them both as the elements of a distinctive and a possessed privilege. And all this-
ἐν πεποιθήσει—“in confidence.” 2 Corinthians 1:15; 2 Corinthians 3:4; 2 Corinthians 8:22; 2 Corinthians 10:2; Philippians 3:4. This summing up is similar to the previous summing up in Ephesians 2:18, as boldness and access in prayer are the highest and conclusive proof-the richest and noblest elements-of spiritual experience. This is a word of the later Greek, and in the New Testament is only used by Paul. Phrynichus, ed. Lobeck, p. 294; Thom. Mag. p. 273. It seems to point out the manner or frame of soul in which the προσαγωγή is enjoyed, and it is involved in the very idea of παῤῥησία. This is no timorous approach. It is not the access of a distracted or indifferent spirit, but one filled with the assurance that it will not be repulsed, or dismissed with unanswered petition, for though unworthy it is not unwelcome. This state has faith for its medium-
διὰ τῆς πίστεως αὐτοῦ—“by the faith of Him;” the genitive being that of object. The genitive is similarly employed, Romans 3:22; Romans 3:26; Galatians 2:16; Galatians 2:20; Philippians 3:9; James 2:1; Revelation 2:13; Revelation 14:12. This clause belongs to the entire verse, and not merely, as some suppose, to πεποίθησις. Faith in Him is the instrument, and ἐν and διά are connected as in Ephesians 1:7. The means by which our union to Christ secures those privileges is faith. That faith whose object is Jesus is the means to all who are Christ's, first, of “boldness,” for their belief in the Divine Mediator gives them courage; secondly, of “access,” for their realization of His glorified humanity warrants and enables them to approach the throne of grace; and, thirdly, these blessings are possessed “in confidence,” for they feel that for Christ's sake their persons and services will be accepted by the Father.
(Ephesians 3:13.) διὸ αἰτοῦμαι μὴ ἐγκακεῖν—“Wherefore I entreat you that ye faint not.” διό—“wherefore,” since these things are so, referring us back to the sentiments of the five preceding verses. Lachmann and Tischendorf, after A, B, D1, E, prefer ἐγκακεῖν to the common reading ἐκκακεῖν, which has in its favour C, D3, F, G, I, K. It is doubtful, indeed, whether there be such a word. With all its apparent simplicity of style and construction, this verse is open to various interpretations. And, first, as to the accusative, which must be supplied before the infinitive, some prefer ἐμέ and others ὑμᾶς. In the former case the meaning is, “Wherefore I desire God that I faint not,” and in the latter case it is, “Wherefore I entreat you that you lose not heart.” The first is that adopted by the Syriac version, by Theodoret, Jerome, Bengel, Vater, Rückert, Harless, Olshausen, and Baumgarten-Crusius. Our objection to such an exposition is, that there is in the clause no formal or implied reference to God; that it is awkward to interpose a new subject, or make the object of the verb and the subject of the infinitive different-2 Corinthians 5:20; 2 Corinthians 6:1; 2 Corinthians 10:2; Hebrews 13:19; and that the apostle possessed little indeed of that faint-heartedness against which he is supposed to guard himself by prayer. Turner's objection to this last statement is only a misconception of it. Besides, as the last clause of the verse is plainly an argument to sustain the request, the connection is destroyed if the apostle be imagined to make petition for himself; while the meaning is clear and pertinent if the request be for them—“Let not my sufferings for you distress you; they are your glory.” The proposal of Harless to join ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν to αἰτοῦμαι—“I pray on your account,” has little to recommend it. Our view is that of Chrysostom and the majority of interpreters. “That ye faint not”-
ἐν ταῖς θλίψεσίν μου ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν—“in my tribulations for you.” No article is needed before ὑπέρ. 2 Corinthians 1:6. ᾿εν is not properly “on account of,” as many render it, but it rather represents the close and sympathizing relation in which Paul and his readers stood. His afflictions had become theirs; they were in them as really as he was. Their sympathy with him had made his afflictions their own, and he implored them not to be dispirited or cowardly under such a pressure, and for this reason-
ἥτις ἐστὶ δόξα ὑμῶν—“which is your glory.” ῞ητις is used by attraction with the following predicate δόξα, and signifies “inasmuch as they are,” utpote quae. Winer, § 24, 3. But what is its antecedent? Theodoret, Zanchius, Harless, and Olshausen suppose it to be the thought contained in μὴ ἐγκακεῖν, as if the apostle's self-support in such sufferings were their glory. This exegesis proceeds upon an opinion which we have already gainsaid, viz., that Paul offers here a prayer for himself. Rückert exhales the meanings of the clause by finding in it only the vague indistinctness of oratorical declamation. The general opinion appears to be the correct one, that these sufferings of Paul, which came on him simply because he was the apostle of the Gentiles, were the “glory” of the Gentile believers, and not their disgrace, inasmuch as such persecutions not only proved the success of his ministerial labours, but were at the same time collateral evidence of the lofty and unfettered privileges which believing heathendom now possessed and retained, and which, by the apostle's firmness, were at length placed beyond the reach of Jewish fanaticism to annul or even to curtail. As you may measure the pyramid by its shadow, so these afflictions of Paul afforded a similar means of arriving at a relative or anti-thetical estimate of the spiritual liberty and prerogative of the Gentile churches. The apostle began the chapter by an allusion to the fact that he was a prisoner for the Gentiles, and he now concludes the digression by this natural admonition. His tribulations, the evidence of his official dignity and of their unconditioned exemption from ceremonial bondage, were their glory, and therefore they were not to sink into faintness and lassitude, as if by his “chain” they had been affronted and their apostle disgraced.
The apostle now resumes the thought broken off in Ephesians 3:1, and we are carried back at once to the magnificent imagery of a spiritual temple in the concluding section of the second chapter. The prayer must be regarded as immediately following that section, and its architectural terms and allusions will thus be more clearly understood. This connection with the closing paragraph of the former chapter, we take as affording the key to the correct exegesis of the following supplication.
(Ephesians 3:14.) τούτου χάριν κάμπτω τὰ γόνατά μου—“For this cause I bow my knees.” The attitude, which Kant has ventured to call einen knechtischen (servile) Orientalismus, is described instead of the act, or, as Calvin says-a signo rem denotat. The phrase is followed here by πρός-but by a simple dative in Romans 11:4; while γονυπετεῖν has an accusative in Matthew 17:14; Mark 1:40; Mark 10:17. This compound and γονυκλινεῖν represent in the Septuagint the Hebrew כָּרַע, H4156. The posture is the instinctive expression of homage, humility, and petition: the suppliant offers his worship and entreaty on bended knee. 2 Chronicles 6:13; Psalms 95:6; Luke 22:41; Acts 7:60; Acts 9:40; Acts 20:36; Acts 21:5. See Suicer's Thesaurus, sub voce γονυκλισία. He does not simply say, “I pray,” adds Chrysostom- ἀλλὰ τὴν κατανενυγμένην δέησιν ἐδήλωσεν. τούτου χάριν is repeated from Ephesians 3:1, “Because ye are inbuilt in the spiritual temple.” I bow my knees-
πρὸς τὸν πατέρα—“toward the Father.” Winer, § 49, h. The genitives, τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν ᾿ιησοῦ χριστοῦ, of the common text are pronounced by many critics to be spurious. That there was an early variation of reading is evident from Jerome's note-non ut in Latinis codicibus additum est, ad Patrem Domini nostri Jesu Christi, sed simpliciter ad Patrem, legendum. The words are wanting in A, B, C, and some of the Patristic citations, are omitted by Lachmann and Tischendorf, and rejected by Rückert, Harless, Olshausen, Meyer, Stier, Ellicott, and Alford. In this opinion we are now inclined to concur. Still the words are found in other Codices, and those of no mean authority, such as D, E, F, G, I, K, etc. They occur, too, in the Syriac and Vulgate, are not disowned by the Greek fathers Chrysostom and Theodoret, and they are retained by Knapp, Scholz, Tittmann, and Hahn, and vindicated by de Wette. The evidence for them is strong, but not conclusive. They may have been interpolated from the common formula, and their insertion weakens the rhythmical connection between πατέρα and the following πατριά. The question is yet somewhat doubtful. The object of Paul's prayer is the Father-the universal Father-
(Ephesians 3:15.) ᾿εξ οὗ πᾶσα πατριὰ ἐν οὐρανοῖς καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς ὀνομάζεται—“Of whom every family in heaven and on earth is named.” Calvin, Beza, Musculus, Zanchius, and Reiche refer to Christ as the antecedent. But even if the former clause be genuine, this interpretation cannot be sustained. It is the relation of the πατριά to the πατήρ which the apostle evidently characterizes, and not the relation of the family to its elder brother. The classes of beings referred to by the apostle have become each a πατριά, from their relation to the πατήρ. These words admit of a variety of interpretations. πατριά, it is plain, cannot be equivalent to πατρότης, and denote fatherhood-paternitas, as Jerome translates. Yet this view is held by Theodoret, Theophylact, OEcumenius, Anselm, a-Lapide, Allioli, and Nitzsch, Prakt. Theologie, 1.269. The Syriac also translates- אבהותא—“paternity,” the Gothic version has-all fadreinis-omne paternitatis, and Wycliffe-eche fadirheid. Such a sense the word does not bear, and no tolerable exegesis could be extracted from it. The Greek fathers are even obliged to admit that among the celestial orders no proper fatherhood can exist. ᾿επεὶ, as Theophylact confesses, ἐκεῖ οὐδεὶς ἐξ οὐδενὸς γεννᾶται; or, as Theodoret adds- οὐρανίους πατέρας τοὺς πνευματικοὺς καλεῖ. Jerome is also obliged to say-ita puto et angelos ceterasque virtutes habere principes sui generis quos patres gaudeant appellare. Yet Stier would find no difficulty in defending such phraseology. Giving πατριά the sense of fatherhood, this meaning might be extracted-all paternity has the origin of its name in God the Father of all. Fatherhood takes its name from Father-God-alle Vaterschaft hat ihres Namens Grund in Vatergott. Somewhat similar is the opinion of Athanasius—“God, as Father of the Son, is the only true Father, and all created paternity is a shadow of the true.” Orat. in Arian. 1.24. But an idea of this abstract nature is foreign to the apostle's modes of thought.
πατριά, while it denotes sometimes lineage by the father's side, signifies also a family, or the individuals that claim a common father and a common descent-what may be called a house or clan. Herodot. 2.143, 3.75, 1.200; Luke 2:4; Acts 3:25. The Seventy represent by it the common Hebrew phrase- בֵּיתאָבוֹת. We cannot acquiesce in the view of Estius, Grotius, Wetstein, and Holzhausen, who look upon the clause as a Jewish mode of expressing the idea that God has two families, that of angels in heaven and men upon earth. Schoettgen, Horae Heb. p. 1237; Buxtorf, Lex. Tal. p. 1750; Wetstein, in loc. Some, again, such as Chrysostom, Bucer, Calvin, Zanchius, Estius, Michaelis, Küttner, and Peile, find a polemical allusion in the term to the union of Jew and Gentile; and a view somewhat similar is taken by Hunnius, Crocius, Calovius, and Wolf, who regard it as synonymous with tota ecclesia. Reiche needlessly supposes the allusion to be to the Gnostic aeons in some prevalent false philosophy. Bodius shows peculiar keenness in excluding any reference to angels, the allusion under the phrase “family in heaven” being, as he contends, only to the church triumphant. Hodge follows him, and Theodore of Mopsuestia generalizes away the sense when he renders it ὃν ἅπαν σύστημα.
The verb ὀνομάζεται “is named,” that is, involves the name, of πατριά. But Bullinger, Bucer, Estius, Rückert, Matthies, and Holzhausen take the verb in the sense of “exists.” καλέω in its passive voice may sometimes indirectly bear such a meaning, but the verb before us never has such a signification. It signifies to bear the- ὄνομα. ᾿εξ οὗ—“from whom,” or, as we say, “after whom” every family in heaven and earth is named. Homer, Iliad, 10.68; Xenophon, Mem. 4.5, 12; Sophocles, OEdip. Tyr. 1036. The meaning seems to be: every circle of holy and intelligent creatures having the name of πατριά takes that name from God as πατήρ. The reference is certainly not to the physical creation, or creation as a whole and in all its parts, as is the groundless opinion of Theophylact, OEcumenius, Estius, Rückert, Matthies, and Bretschneider. The apostle speaks of classes of intelligent creatures, each named πατριά simply after God, for He is πατήρ. It follows as a natural consequence, though Meyer and de Wette object to such a conclusion, that if angels and “spirits of just men” in heaven, and holy men on earth, receive the name of πατριά from the Divine Father, then they are His children, as is contended for by many interpreters, from Beza and Piscator down to Olshausen. They lose the cold and official name of subjects in the familiar and endearing appellation of sons, and they are united to one another not dimly and unconsciously, as different products of the same Divine workmanship, but they merge into one family—“all they are brethren.” Every πατριά must surely possess unbounded confidence in the benignity and protection of the πατήρ, and to Him, therefore, the prayer of the apostle is directed-
(Ephesians 3:16.) ῞ινα δῴη ὑμῖν κατὰ τὸ πλοῦτος τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ—“That He would give you according to the riches of His glory.” A, B, C, F, G, read δῷ, and the reading has been adopted by Lachmann, Rückert, and Meyer. Others prefer the reading of the Textus Receptus, which is sustained by D, E, K, L, and most MSS., δῷ being regarded as a grammatical emendation. For the connection of ἵνα with the optative, the reader may turn to the remarks made under Ephesians 1:17. In this case there is no word signifying “to ask or supplicate,” for the phrase “I bow my knees” is a pregnant ellipse-the understood posture and symbol of earnest entreaty. The neuter form, πλοῦτος, is preferred to the masculine on the incontestable authority of A, B, C, D1, E, F, G, etc. The masculine has but D3, I, K, etc., in its favour. See under Ephesians 1:7, Ephesians 2:7, Ephesians 3:8, where both the form of the word and its meaning have been referred to. The phrase is connected not with κραταιωθῆναι, but with δῴη, and it illustrates the proportion or measurement of the gift, nay, of all the gifts that are comprehended in the apostle's prayer. And it is no exaggeration, for He gives like Himself, not grudgingly or in tiny portions, as if He were afraid to exhaust His riches, or even suspected them to be limited in their contents. There is no fastidious scrupulosity or anxious frugality on the part of the Divine Benefactor. His bounty proclaims His conscious possession of immeasurable resources. He bestows according to the riches of His glory-His own infinite fulness. “That He would give you”-
δυνάμει κραταιωθῆναι διὰ τοῦ πνεύματος αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν ἔσω ἄνθρωπον—“to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man.” We need not, with Beza, Rückert, Olshausen, Matthies, Robinson, and others, regard the substantive δυνάμει as an adverb, nor, with Koppe, identify it with δυνατῶς. Rather, with Meyer, would we take it as the dative of instrument, by which the action of the verb is communicated. Winer, § 31, 7. It is by the infusion of power into the man within, that the process described by κραταιωθῆναι is secured. The verb κραταιόω belongs to the later and especially the Hellenistic Greek; κρατύνω being the earlier form. Meyer supposes a reference to the ἐγκακεῖν of a former clause, but such a supposition can hardly be admitted, for the “fainting” referred to by the apostle was connected solely with his own personal wrongs, while this prayer for strength is of a wider and deeper nature. Nor can we assume, with the Greek commentators, that the reference is merely to “temptations,” to surmount which the apostle craves upon them the bestowment of might. We conceive the form of expression to be in unison with the figure which the apostle had introduced into the conclusion of the second chapter. He had likened the Ephesian Christians to a temple, and in harmony with such a thought he prays that the living stones in that fabric may be strengthened, so that the building may be compact and solid.
διὰ τοῦ πνεύματος αὐτοῦ—“by His Spirit.” The Spirit of God is the agent in this process of invigoration. That Spirit is God's, as He bears God's commission and does His work. He has free access to man's spirit to move it as He may, and it is His peculiar function in the scheme of mercy to apply to the heart the spiritual blessings provided by Christ. The direction of the gift is declared to be-
εἰς τὸν ἔσω ἄνθρωπον—“into the inner man.” εἰς cannot be said to stand for ἐν, but it marks out the destination of the gift. Winer, § 49, a; Kühner, § 603. It is not simply “in reference to,” as Winer and de Wette render, nor “for,” as Green translates it (Greek Gram. p. 292); but it denotes or implies that the δύναμις comes from an external source, and enters into the inner man. The phrase ὁ ἔσω ἄνθρωπος is identical with the parallel expression- ὁ κρυπτὸς τῆς καρδίας ἄνθρωπος, which the Apostle Peter, without sexual distinction, applies to women. 1 Peter 3:4. The formula occurs in Romans 7:22, and with some variation in 2 Corinthians 4:16. The “inner man” is that portion of our nature which is not cognizable by the senses, and does not consist of nerve, muscle, and organic form, as does the outer man. In the physiology of the seventh chapter of the Epistle to the Romans, it is not the soul- ψυχή-in its special aspect of vital consciousness, but it is more connected with mind- νοῦς, and stands in contrast not exactly to σάρξ, as representing generally depraved humanity, but to that sensuous nature which has action and reaction in and from the members- μέλη. Delitzsch, System der Bib. Psychol. p. 331; Reuss, Théol. Chrét. vol. ii. p. 56. But “the inner man” is not identical with “the new man”- ὁ καινὸς ἄνθρωπος; it is rather the sphere in which such renewal takes effect-our intellectual and spiritual nature personified. We cannot agree with Grotius, Wetstein, Fritzsche, and Meyer in supposing that there is any imitation of Platonic phrase in this peculiar diction. The sage of the Athenian academy did indeed use similar phraseology, for he speaks of the mind as ὁ ἐντὸς ἄνθρωπος, and Plotinus and Philo adopted a like idiom. In some of the Jewish books occur also modes of expression not unlike. But the phrase is indeed a natural one-one that is not the coinage of any system of psychology, but which occurs at once to any one who wishes to distinguish easily and broadly between what is corporeal and external, and what is mental and internal, in his own constitution. Still, its theological meaning in the apostle's writings is different from its philosophical uses and applications. And this strength is imparted to the “inner man” by the Spirit's application of those truths which have a special tendency to cheer and sustain. He impresses the mind with the idea of the changeless love of Christ, and the indissoluble union of the believing soul to Him; with the necessity of decision, consistency, and perseverance; with the assurance that all grace needed will be fully and cheerfully afforded; and with the hope that the victory shall be ultimately obtained. Romans 15:13; 2 Timothy 1:7. This operation of the Spirit imparts such courage and energy as appear like a species of spiritual omnipotence.
The Syriac version, the Greek fathers, with the Latin commentators Ambrosiaster and Pelagius, join this last clause- εἰς τὸν ἔσω ἄνθρωπον, with the following verse, and with the verb κατοικῆσαι—“In order that Christ may inhabit the inner man by the faith which is in your hearts.” It has been rightly objected by Harless and others, that διὰ τῆς πίστεως cannot well be joined to ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις, and that there would be a glaring pleonasm in the occurrence in the same verse of ὁ ἔσω ἄνθρωπος and ἡ καρδία ὑμῶν. The ordinary division is a natural one, and we accordingly follow it.
(Ephesians 3:17.) κατοικῆσαι τὸν χριστόν—“That Christ may dwell.” The first point of inquiry is the connection of this infinitive with the previous sentence. Does it depend on δῴη, and is the meaning—“that he would grant that Christ may dwell in your hearts”? or is it dependent on κραταιωθῆναι, and is the meaning—“that he would grant you to be strengthened in the inner man, so that, being thus strengthened, Christ may dwell in your hearts”? The first view is held by Theophylact, Zanchius, Grotius, Estius, Bengel, Flatt, Koppe, Rückert, Holzhausen, Stier, and Baumgarten-Crusius. The connection, however, has been explained differently. Some, as Theophylact and Zanchius, regard the clause as a new petition giving speciality to the first, or, as the Greek father characterizes it,- καὶ τὸ μεῖζον καὶ περισσότερον. Meier adopts the view of Calvin,-declarat, quale sit interioris hominis robur. A similar exegesis is maintained by Harless and Matthies, while Olshausen looks upon the clause as a subordinate definition of the phrase “to be strengthened.” He maintains that Paul could not pray that Christ would dwell in their hearts, for He already dwelt there. As well might he argue that Paul could not pray for spiritual invigoration, since they already possessed it. When believers pray for a gift in general terms, they emphatically supplicate an enlargement of what of it is already in their possession. Would Olshausen apply his criterion to the prayer contained in the 1st chapter, and affirm that the fact of such gifts being asked for implied the total want of them on the part of the Ephesian church? De Wette takes κατοικῆσαι as an infinitive of purpose or design, and regards the clause as describing the completion of “the strengthening.” Bernhardy, p. 365. See on Colossians 1:11. We now look upon it as pointing out rather the result of the process of invigoration prayed for. The inspired petitioner solicited spiritual strength for them securing this result-that Christ might dwell in their hearts. The infinitive is connected with the more distant δῴη, and more closely with the preceding infinitive; Winer, § 44, 1. There is little doubt that in the verb κατοικῆσαι, emphatic in its position, the reference is to the last clause of the 2nd chapter- κατοικητήριον τοῦ θεοῦ—“a dwelling of God.” The apostle applies in this prayer the architectural allusion directly to the believing Ephesians themselves, and therefore the figure is not preserved in its rhetorical integrity. Ye are built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ being the Head-stone of the corner; that spiritual building fitly framed together groweth unto a holy temple, for a habitation of God: and the prayer now is, that compactness and solidity may be granted to them by the Spirit, so as that in them the primary design of such a temple may be realized, and “Christ may dwell in their hearts”-Christ by His Spirit, and not as Fritzsche coldly and tastelessly describes it-mens quam Christus postulat. κράτος, not δύναμις, may be applied to the qualities of physical objects, and so with propriety its derivative verb is here employed. In a temple that was crazy, or was built of loose and incongruous materials, the Divine guest could not be expected to dwell.
The κατοικῆσαι of this verse has, as we have said, its origin in the κατοικητήριον of Ephesians 2:22. The language is of common usage, and has its basis in the Old Testament, and in the employment of שָׁכַן, H8905, and kindred words to describe Jehovah's relation to His house. And as the design of a temple is that its god may inhabit it, so Christ dwells in the heart. This inhabitation is not to be explained away as a mere reception of Christian doctrine, nor is it to be regarded as a mystical exaggeration. Colossians 1:27; John 14:23; Romans 8:9; Romans 8:11; Galatians 2:20; James 4:5. The meaning of His dwelling is-
διὰ τῆς πίστεως—“by faith”-your faith. Faith induces and also realizes His presence. And His abode is in no outer vestibule, but-
ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν—“in your hearts.” The heart, as centre of the spiritual life, is His temple-the inner shrine of emotion and power-Centrum des sittlichen Lebens. Delitzsch, System der Bib. Psychol. p. 206; Beck, Seelenlehre, p. 69. Christ dwells there not as a sojourner, or “as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night,” but as a permanent resident. The intercessor continues-
(Ephesians 3:18.) ᾿εν ἀγάπῃ ἐῤῥιζωμένοι καὶ τεθεμελιωμένοι ἵνα—“Ye having been rooted and grounded in love, in order that.” Some solve the difficulty felt about the connection of this clause by proposing to transfer ἵνα to its commencement. This metathesis was suggested by Photius, and has been followed by Beza, Heinsius, Grotius, Crocius, and the Authorized Version. There is no necessity for such a change, even though the clause be joined, as by Knapp and Lachmann, to that which begins with ἵνα; and the passages usually adduced to justify such an alteration are not precisely parallel, as is acutely shown by Piscator. John 13:39; Acts 19:4; Galatians 2:10. The clause is, however, connected by some with the preceding one. Theophylact makes it the condition of Christ's dwelling in their hearts. The exegesis of Chrysostom is similar—“He dwelleth only in hearts rooted in His love”- ταῖς καρδίαις ταῖς πισταῖς, ταῖς ἐῤῥιζομέναις. This connection is also advocated by many, including Erasmus, Luther, Harless, Olshausen, and de Wette. But the change of construction is not so easily accounted for, if this view of the connection be adopted. Harless says, indeed, that as the predicate applies both to καρδίαις and to ὑμῶν, it could not with propriety be joined exclusively to any of them. Such a view of grammatical propriety was, however, based on a foregone conclusion, for either the genitive or dative could have been used with equal correctness. On the other hand, the change of syntax indicates a change of connection, and the use of the irregular nominative makes the transition easy to the form adopted with ἵνα. Krüger, § 56, 9, 4; Winer, § 63, 2. Harless adopts the view of Chrysostom and Theophylact, and regards the clause as a condition—“Christ dwells in their heart, since they had been rooted in love.” But the clause, so changed, becomes a species of independent proposition, giving a marked prominence to the sense, and connected at once with the preceding context as its result, and with the following context as its starting idea-the perfect being used with propriety, and not the present. Christ dwelling in their hearts-they are supposed, as the effect of this inhabitation, to have been now rooted and grounded in love; and as the design of this confirmation in love-they are then and thus qualified to comprehend with all saints, etc. “Having thus become rooted and grounded in love, in order that ye may be able to comprehend.”
The two participles ἐῤῥιζομένοι and τεθεμελιωμένοι, are usually said to express the same idea by different figures-the one borrowed from botany and the other from architecture. But it is more natural to refer both words to the same general symbol, and indeed, the former term is applied to a building. Thus, Herodot. 1.64- πεισίστρατος ἐρρίζωσε τὴν τυραννίδα; Plutarch, De Fortun. Rom.- ῥιζῶσαι καὶ καταστῆσαι τὴν πόλιν; Sophocles, OEdip. Col. 1591, ὁδὸν γῆθεν ἐρριζωμένον; also Plutarch, De Lib. Educ. 9, etc. The verb is thus used in a general sense, and coupled with τεθεμελιωμένοι may have no specific reference to plantation. The allusion is again to the solid basement of the spiritual temple described in chap. ii.
But to what do the words ἐν ἀγάπῃ describing the foundation refer? Some understand the love of Christ or God to us. Such is the view of Chrysostom and Theophylact, of Beza, Calovius, Aretius, Wolf, Bengel, Storr, Koppe, and Flatt. We cannot lay any stress on the dictum of Harless, that the omission of the article before the substantive proves it to be used in a subjective sense, and to signify our love to Christ. Winer, § 19, 1. Nor can we say, with Meyer, that the substantive standing without the article has almost the force of a participle—“in amando.” But the entire context proves that the love referred to is the grace of love. One would have expected a genitive of possession, if ἀγάπη were not predicated of the persons themselves-if it were not a feeling in their hearts. It is a clumsy and equivocal exegesis to comprise under the term both Christ's love to us and our love to Him, as is done by Bucer, Anselm, Zanchius, Crocius, Matthies, and Stier. Nor can we accede to Meyer, who seems to restrict it to brother-love; for if it be the grace of love which is here specified, then it is love to Christ, and to every creature that bears His image. Colossians 3:14; 1 Corinthians 13. Now, as the apostle intimates, this love is the root and foundation of Christian character, as all advancement is connected with its existence and exercise. “He prayeth well who loveth well.” Love is the fundamental grace. As love keeps its object enshrined in the imagination, and allows it never to be absent from the thoughts; so love to Jesus gives Him such a cheerful and continued presence in the mind, that as it gazes ever upon the image, it is changed into its likeness, for it strives to realize the life of Christ. It deepens also that consecration to the Lord which is essential to spiritual progress, for it sways all the motives, and moves and guides the inner man by it s hallowed and powerful instincts. And it gives life and symmetry to all the other graces, for confidence and hope in a being to whom you are indifferent, cannot have such vigour and permanence as they have in one to whom the spirit is intelligently and engrossingly attached. When the lawgiver is loved, his statutes are obeyed with promptitude and uniformity. Thus resemblance to Jesus, devotion to Him, and growth in grace, as the elements and means of spiritual advancement, are intimately connected with love as their living basis. The entire structure of the holy fane is fitly framed and firmly held together, for it is “rooted and grounded in love.”
(Ephesians 3:18.) ῞ινα ἐξισχύσητε καταλαβέσθαι σὺν πᾶσι τοῖς ἁγίοις—“That ye may be able to comprehend with all the saints.” The conjunction expresses the design which these previous petitions had in view. Their being strengthened, their being inhabited by Christ, and their “having been rooted and grounded in love,” not only prepared them for this special study, but had made it their grand object. By a prior invigoration they were disciplined to it, and braced up for it—“that ye may be fully able”-fully matched to the enterprise.
On ἅγιος, see Ephesians 1:2. The verb καταλαβέσθαι, used in the middle voice, has in the New Testament the meaning of “to comprehend,” or to make a mental seizure. Such a middle voice-according to Krüger, § 52, 8, 4-differs from the active only in so far as it exhibits the idea-des geschäftlichen oder geistigen Kraftaufwandes-of earnest or spiritual energy. The aorist expresses the rapid passing of the act. Winer, § 44, 7, b. In the only other passages where it occurs, as in Acts 4:13; Acts 10:34; Acts 25:25, the verb signifies to come to a decided conclusion from facts vividly presented to the attention. And they were to engage in this study along with the universal church of Christ-not angels, or glorified spirits, or office-bearers in the church exclusively, as some have maintained. The design is to comprehend-
τί τὸ πλάτος καὶ μῆκος καὶ βάθος καὶ ὕψος—“what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height.” This order of the last two nouns is supported by A, K, L, or J, and the Received Text reversing it is apparently a correction intended to give the more natural order, and has in its favour B, C, D, E, F, G, with the Vulgate, Gothic, and Coptic. But to what do these terms of measurement apply? Many endeavours have been made to supplement the clause with a genitive, and it is certain that “many wits run riot in their geometrical and moral discourse upon these dimensions.” Assembly's Annotations, in loc.
1. We may allude in passing to the supposition of Kypke, that the verb may signify to occupy or fill, and that τι may be used with change of accent in an indefinite sense—“that ye may be able in the company of all saints to occupy the breadth, whatever it is,” etc. This exegesis is both violent and unnatural, puts an unusual sense upon καταλαβέσθαι, and treats τί τὸ πλάτος as if it were τὸ πλάτος τι.
2. Nor need we be detained by the opinion of Schrader, who regards the words τί τὸ πλάτος, etc., as only the paraphrastic complement of the verb καταλαβέσθαι, and as indicating the depth and thoroughness of the comprehension.
3. Nor can we suppose, with Beza and Grotius, that there is any allusion in these terms to the quarters of the heavens pointed to in the priestly gestures that gave name to the heave-offering and wave-offering. Exodus 29:27.
4. Some of the Fathers referred these four words to the mystery of the cross- τοῦ σταυροῦ φύσις, as Severianus calls it. This view was held by Gregory of Nyssa, Jerome, and Augustine, and has been adopted by Anselm, Thomas Aquinas, and Estius. This quadriform mystery-sacramentum crucis-was explained by Augustine as signifying love in its breadth, hope in its height, patience in its length, and humility in its depth. Ep. cxii.; De Videndo Deo, cap. 14; Ep. cxx. cap. 26. Well does Calvin add-haec subtilitate sua placent, sed quid ad Pauli mentem? Estius is more full and precise. He explains how the terms can be applied to the shape and beams of a cross, and adds-longitudo, temporum est, latitudo locorum, altitudo gloriae, profunditas discretionis, etc.-the reference being to the signum T in frontibus inscriptum. So remote from the train of thought is this recondite mysticism, that it needs and merits no formal refutation.
5. Some refer the nouns-sacra illa Pauli mathematica, as Glassius calls them-to the Divine plan of redemption-the mystery of grace. Such is the view of Chrysostom, who calls it- τὸ μυστήριον τὸ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν οἰκονομηθέν, and Theodoret, who describes it as- τῆς οἰκονομίας τὸ μέγεθος. It is also the view of Theophylact and OEcumenius, followed by Beza, Bullinger, Piscator, Zanchius, Crocius, Crellius, Calovius, Rückert, Meier, Harless, Baumgarten-Crusius, and Olshausen. The supplement in this case appears to be far-fetched, and there is no allusion in the context to any such theme; the mystery referred to in Ephesians 3:4-10 being the admission of the Gentiles into the church, and not the scheme of grace in its wide and glorious aspects. As little ground is there to go back to Ephesians 3:8, to “the unsearchable riches of Christ,” and refer such terms to them. Whatever the allusion is, it must be something immediately present to his own mind, and something that he supposed very present to the mind of his readers, the dimensions of which are thus characterized.
6. We might almost pass over the fancy of those who suppose the apostle to take a survey of the Divine nature. Such is the opinion of Ambrosiaster, who believes the apostle to describe a sphere or cube equal in length, breadth, and thickness, and imagines that such a figure represents the perfection and all including infinity of God. Matthies holds the same allusion, but refers it to the moral perfections of God. What has led to this view seems to be the similarity of this verse to a passage in Job 11:8, in which the unfathomable mystery of the Divine nature is described—“It is high as heaven,” etc. But there is nothing to warrant such an allusion here, or even to give it a mere probability.
7. That the terms indicate the measurement of God's love to men, is the view advocated partly by Chrysostom, and by Erasmus, Bodius, Vatablus, Grotius, Rollock, Dickson, Baumgarten, Flatt, and von Gerlach. “God's love,” as is noted in the paraphrase of Erasmus, “reaches in its height to the angels, and in its depth into hell, and stretches in its length and breadth to all the climates of the world.” Or, as Grotius explains it—“The Divine goodness in its breadth affects all men, and in its length endures through all ages; in its depth it reaches to man's lowest depression, and in its height it carries him to highest glory.” But this explanation, too, the context abjures, unless such were the sense of the previous ἀγάπη, which, however, means love possessed by us.
8. With greater plausibility, Christ's love to us is supposed to be the theme of allusion, by Calvin, Calixtus, Zanchius Aretius, Semler, Zachariae, Storr, Bisping, Meyer, Holzhausen, Hodge, Peile, and Ellicott. Neither, however, can this opinion be sustained. The previous ἀγάπη could not suggest the thought, for there it is subjective. We apprehend that this exegesis has been borrowed from the following clause—“and to know the love of Christ,” which Ellicott says is practically the genitive. But that clause is not epexegetical of the preceding, as is manifest in the use of τε instead of καί, for this particle does not conjoin dependent sentences-it only adjoins collateral or independent propositions. Besides, the phrases “length and breadth” are unusual measurements of love.
9. De Wette, looking to Colossians 2 and comparing this phraseology with the second and third verses of that chapter, imagines the apostle to refer to the Divine wisdom. There may be in Job 11:8 a reference to the Divine wisdom, but the language specially affirms the mystery of the Divine nature. Schlichting also refers to Colossians 2:2 -to “the mystery of God the Father and of Christ,” as if that were the allusion here. Such a view is quite as capricious as any of the preceding, for the wisdom of God is not a prominent topic either in this prayer or in the preceding context, where it is only once, though vividly, introduced. Alford somewhat similarly supposes that the genitive is left indefinite—“every dimension of all that God has revealed or done in or for us.” This is certainly better than any of the previous explanations.
10. Heinsius, Homberg, Wolf, Michaelis, Cramer, Röell, Bengel, Koppe, Stier, Burton, Trollope, and Dr. Featley in the Assembly's Annotations, suppose the allusion to be to the Christian temple; not to the fane of the Ephesian Artemis, as is maintained by Chandler and Macknight. This appears to us to be the most probable exegesis, the genitive being still before the apostle's mind from the end of the previous chapter. We have seen how the previous language of the prayer is moulded by such an allusion; that the invigoration of the inner man, the indwelling of Christ, and the substructure in love, have all distinct reference to the glorious spiritual edifice. This idea was present, and so present to the apostle's imagination, that he feels no need to make formal mention of it. Besides, these architectural terms lead us to the same conclusion, as they are so applicable to a building. The magnificent fabric is described in the end of chap. ii., and the intervening verses which precede the prayer are, as already stated, a parenthesis. That figure of a temple still loomed before the writer's fancy, and naturally supplied the distinctive imagery of the prayer. For this reason, too, he does not insert a genitive, as the substantive is so remote, nor did he reckon it necessary to repeat the noun itself. Yet, to sustain the point and emphasis, he repeats the article before each of the substantives. In explaining these terms of mensuration we would not say with an old commentator quoted by Wolf—“The church has length, that is, it stretches from east to west; and it has breadth, that is, it reaches from the equator to the poles. In its depth it descends to Christ, its cornerstone and basis, and in its height it is exalted to heaven.” There is a measurement of area-breadth and length, and a measurement of altitude-height and depth. May not the former refer to its size and growing vastness, embracing, as it will do, so many myria ds of so many nations, and spanning the globe? And may not the latter depict its glory? for the plan, structure, and materials alike illustrate the fame and character of its Divine Builder and Occupant, while its lofty turrets are bathed and hidden from view in the radiant splendour of heaven. And with what reed shall we measure this stately building? How shall we grasp its breadth, compute its length, explore its depth, and scan its height? Only by the discipline described in the previous context-by being strengthened by the Spirit, by having Christ within us, and by being thus “rooted and grounded in love.” This ability to measure the church needs the assistance of the Divine Spirit-of Him who forms this “habitation of God”-so that we may understand its nature, feel its self-expansion, and believe the “glorious things spoken” of it. It requires also the indwelling of Jesus-of Him in whom the whole building groweth unto a holy temple, in order to appreciate its connection with Him as its chief corner-stone, the source of its stability and symmetry. And they who feel themselves “rooted and grounded in love” need no incitement to this survey and measurement, for He whom they love is its foundation, while His Father dwells in it, and His Spirit builds it up with generation after generation of believers. None have either the disposition or the skill to comprehend the vastness and glory of the spiritual temple, save they who are in it themselves, and who, being individual and separate shrines, can reason from their own enjoyment to the dignity and splendour of the universal edifice. And not only so, but the apostle also prayed for ability-
(Ephesians 3:19.) γνῶναί τε τὴν ὑπερβάλλουσαν τῆς γνώσεως ἀγάπην τοῦ χριστοῦ—“And to know the knowledge-surpassing love of Christ.” γνῶναι is not dependent on καταλαβέσθαι, but is in unison with, or rather parallel to it, being also a similar exercise of mind. The particle τε, not unlike the Latin que, does not couple; it rather annexes or adds a clause which is not necessarily dependent on the preceding. Kühner, § 722; Hartung, i. p. 105; Hand, Tursellinus seu de Particulis Latinis Commentarii, lib. ii. p. 467. Winer remarks, that in the clause adjoined by τε the more prominent idea of the sentence may be found. § 53, 2. In the phrase- ἀγάπην τοῦ χριστοῦ, χριστοῦ is the genitive of possession or subject-the love of Christ to us. The genitive γνώσεως is governed by the participle ὑπερβάλλουσαν, and not by the substantive ἀγάπην,-the last a misconstruction, which may have originated the reading of Codex A and of Jerome-scientiae caritatem; a reading adopted also by Grotius and Homberg. The participle, from its comparative sense, governs the genitive. Kühner, § 539; Bernhardy, p. 169; Vigerus, de Idiotismis, ii. p. 667, Londini, 1824. Two different meanings have been ascribed to the participle-
1. That adopted by Luther in one version—“the love of Christ, which is more excellent than knowledge.” Similar is the view of Wetstein and Wilke. Lexicon, sub voce. Such a rendering appears to stultify itself. If the apostle prayed them to know a love which was better than knowledge, the verb, it is plain, is used with a different signification from its cognate substantive. To know such a love must in that case signify to possess or feel it, and there is no occasion to take γνῶσις in any technical and inferior sense. Nor can we suppose the apostle to use such a truism in the form of a contrast, and to say, “I pray that you may know that love to Christ is better than mere knowledge about Him”-a position which nobody could dispute. Nor did there need a request for spiritual strength to enable them to come to the conclusion which Augustine gathers from the clause-scientia subdita caritati. De Gratia et Lib. Arbit. cap. 19. Far more point and consistency are found in the second form of exegesis, which-
2. Supposes the apostle to say, that the love of Christ-the love which He bears to us - transcends knowledge, or goes beyond our fullest conceptions. “I pray that you may be able to know the love of Christ, which yet in itself is above knowledge.” This figure of speech, which rhetoricians call an oxymoron or a paradox, consists in the statement of an apparent inconsistency, and is one which occurs elsewhere in the writings of the apostle. Romans 1:20; 1 Corinthians 1:21-25; 2 Corinthians 8:2; Galatians 2:19; 1 Timothy 5:6. The apostle does not mean that Christ's love is in every sense incomprehensible, nor does he pray that his readers may come to know the fact that His love is unknowable in its essence. This latter view, which is that of Harless and Olshausen, limits the inspired prayer, and is not warranted by the language employed. But in this verse the position of the participle between the article and its substantive, proves it to be only an epithet—“to know the knowledge-surpassing love of Christ.” Winer, § 45, 4, note. The incomprehensibility of the love of Christ is not that special element of it which the apostle prayed that the Ephesians might come to the knowledge of, but he asks that they might be strengthened to cherish enlarged conceptions of a love which yet, in its higher aspect and properties, was beyond knowledge. So write OEcumenius and Theophylact,- τὴν ἀγάπην τὴν ὑπερέχουσαν πάσης γνώσεως. The apostle wishes them to possess a relative acquaintance with the love of Christ, while he felt that the absolute understanding of it was far beyond their reach. To know it to be the fact, that it is a love which passeth knowledge, is different from saying-to know it experimentally, though it be a love which in the highest sense passeth knowledge. Thus Theodore of Mopsuestia says- τὸ γνῶναι ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀπολαῦσαι λέγει. It may be known in some features and to some extent, but at the same time it stretches away into infinitude, far beyond the ken of human discovery and analysis. As a fact manifested in time and embodied in the incarnation, life, teaching, and death of the Son of God, it may be understood, for it assumed a nature of clay, bled on the cross, and lay prostrate in the tomb; but in its unbeginning existence as an eternal passion, antedating alike the Creation and the Fall, it “passeth knowledge.” In the blessings which it confers-the pardon, grace, and glory which it provides-it may be seen in palpable exhibition, and experienced in happy consciousness; but in its limitless power and endless resources it baffles thought and description. In the terrible sufferings and death to which it led, and in the self-denial and sacrifices which it involved, it may be known so far by the application of human instincts and analogies; but the fathomless fervour of a Divine affection surpasses the measurements of created intellect. As the attachment of a man, it may be gauged; but as the love of a God, who can by searching find it out? Uncaused itself, it originated salvation; unresponded to amidst the “contradiction of sinners,” it neither pined nor collapsed. It led from Divine immortality to human agonies and dissolution, for the victim was bound to the cross not by the nails of the military executioner, but by the “cords of love.” It loved repulsive unloveliness, and, unnourished by reciprocated attachment, its ardour was unquenched, nay, is unquenchable, for it is changeless as the bosom in which it dwells. Thus it may be known, while yet it “passeth knowledge;” thus it may be experimentally known, while still in its origin and glory it surpassses comprehension, and presents new and newer phases to the loving and inquiring spirit. For one may drink of the spring and be refreshed, and his eye may take in at one view its extent and circuit, while he may be able neither to fathom the depth nor mete out the volume of the ocean whence it has its origin.
This prayer, that the Ephesians might know the love of Christ, is parallel to the preceding one, and was suggested by it. That temple of such glory and vastness which has Christ for its corner-stone, suggests the love of its illustrious Founder. While the apostle prayed that his converts in Ephesus might comprehend the stability and magnificence of the one, he could not but add that they might also know the intensity and tenderness of the other-might understand in its history and results a love that defied their familiar cognizance and penetration in its essence and circuit. From what the church is, and is to be, you infer the love of Christ. And the being “rooted and grounded in love” is the one preparative to know the love of Christ, for love appreciates love, and responds in cordial pulsation. And all this for the ultimate end-
ἵνα πληρωθῆτε εἰς πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ θεοῦ—“that ye may be filled up to all the fulness of God.” This clause depicts the grand purpose and result. ῞ινα—“in order that,” is connected with the preceding clauses of the prayer, and is the third instance of its use in the paragraph- ἵνα δῴη- ἵνα ἐξισχύσητε-i ῞να πληρωθῆτε-this last being climactic, or the great end of the whole supplication. (For the meaning of πλήρωμα, the reader may turn to Ephesians 1:10; Ephesians 1:23.) τοῦ θεοῦ is in the genitive of subject or possession. “All the fulness of God” is all the fulness which God possesses, or by which He is characterized. Chrysostom is right in the main when he paraphrases it,- πληροῦσθαι πάσης ἀρετῆς ἧς πλήρης ἐστίν ὁ θεός. Some, like Harless, refer the fulness to the Divine δόξα; others, like Holzhausen, Baumgarten, and Michaelis, think the allusion is to a temple inhabited or filled with Divinity, or the Shechinah; and others, again, as Vatablus and Schoettgen, dilate the meaning into a full knowledge of God or of Divine doctrine. Many commentators, including Calovius, Zachariae, Wolf, Beza, Estius, Grotius, and Meyer, break down the term by a rash analysis, and make it refer to this or that species of spiritual gifts. Bodius and Olshausen keep the word in its undivided significance, but Conybeare inserts an unwarranted supplement when he renders - “filleth therewith” (with Christ's love) “even to the measure of the fulness of God.” Koppe, adopting the idea of Aretius and Küttner, and most unwarrantably referring it to the church, supposes the clause to be adduced as a proof of the preceding statement, that Christ's love surpasses knowledge, and this is seen “in the fact of your admission to the church,”-thus diluting the words into ἐν τῷ πληρωθῆναι ὑμᾶς. Schleusner has a similar view. Codex B reads- ἵνα πληρωθῇ πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα, an exegetical variation. The πλήρωμα-that with which He is filled-appears to be the entire moral excellence of God-the fulness and lustre of His spiritual perfections. Such is the climax of the prayer. It is plainly contrary to fact and experience to understand the term of the uncreated essence of God, for such an idea would involve us in a species of pantheism.
The preposition εἰς is used with special caution. The simple dative is not employed, nor does εἰς stand for ἐν, as Grotius, Estius, and Whitby imagine, and as it is rendered in the Syriac and English versions. It does not denote “with,” but “for” or “into”-filled up to or unto “an end quantitatively considered.” The whole fulness of God can never contract itself so as to lodge in any created heart. But the smaller vessel may have its own fulness poured into it from one of larger dimensions. The communicable fulness of God will in every element of it impart itself to the capacious and exalted bosom, for Christ dwells in their hearts. The difference between God and the saint will be not in kind, but in degree and extent. His fulness is infinite; theirs is limited by the essential conditions of a created nature. Theirs is the correspondence of a miniature to the full face and form which it represents. Stier's version is, “Until you be what as the body of Christ you can and should be, the whole fulness of God.” But this proceeds on a wrong idea of πλήρωμα - as if it here signified the church as divinely filled. (See the illustrations of πλήρωμα under Ephesians 1:23.) The apostle prays for strength, for the indwelling of Jesus, for unmoveable foundation in love, for a comprehension of the size and vastness of the spiritual temple, and for a knowledge of the love of Christ; and when such blessings are conferred and enjoyed, they are the means of bringing into the heart this Divine fulness. Colossians 2:19. There seems to be a close concatenation of thought. The “strength” prayed for is needed to qualify “the inner man” to bear and retain that “fulness.” The implored inhabitation of Him in whom “dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,” is this fulness in its formal aspect; and that love whic h founds and confirms the Christian character, and instinctively enables it to comprehend the vast designs of God in His church, and to know the unimaginable love of Christ, is of the same fulness an index and accompaniment. This blessed result may not be completely realized on earth, where so many disturbing influences are in constant operation, but it shall be reached in heaven, where the spirit shall be sated with “all the fulness of God.”
(Ephesians 3:20.) τῷ δὲ δυναμένῳ ὑπὲρ πάντα ποιῆσαι ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ ὧν αἰτούμεθα ἢ νοοῦμεν—“Now to Him who is able to do beyond all things superabundantly beyond what we ask or think.” The apostle supposes his prayer to be answered, and all its requests conferred. The Divine Giver of such munificent donations is surely worthy of all homage, and especially worthy of all homage in the character of the answerer of prayer. By δέ he passes to a different subject-from recipients to the Giver. Praise succeeds prayer-the anthem is its fitting conclusion.
The construction is idiomatic, as if the apostle's mind laboured for terms of sufficient intensity. Words compounded with ὑπέρ are often employed by the full mind of the apostle, and are the favourite characteristics of his style, Ephesians 1:21, Ephesians 4:10; Romans 5:20; Romans 8:37; 2 Corinthians 7:4; 2 Corinthians 11:5; 2 Corinthians 11:23; Philippians 2:9; 1 Thessalonians 3:10; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; 1 Timothy 1:14. Compare Fritzsche, ad Roman. vol. 1.351. The general idea is-God's infinite ability to grant spiritual blessing. ῾υπέρ is twice expressed; before πάντα, and in the double compound term ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ. Mark 7:37; 1 Thessalonians 3:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:13. This repetition shows the ardour of the apostle's soul, and his anxiety to body forth the idea of the incomparable power of God to answer petition. The first train of thought seems to have been- ὑπὲρ πάντα ποιῆσαι ἃ αἰτούμεθα—“to do beyond what we ask or think.” But this description did not exhaust the apostle's conception, and so he inserts- ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ ὧν αἰτούμεθα—“more than abundantly,” or abundantly far beyond what we ask or think. Nor is there any tautology. ῾υπὲρ πάντα ποιῆσαι expresses merely the fact of God's superabundant power, but the subjoined ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ defines the mode in which this illimitable power displays itself, and that is, by conferring spiritual gifts in superabundance-in much more than simple abundance. Harless places the two clauses in apposition, but their union appears to be closer, as our exegesis intimates. πάντα is closely connected with ὧν, which is governed in the genitive by the ὑπέρ in ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ. Bernhardy, p. 139. And we do not say with Harless that there is any hyperbole, for omnipotence has never exhausted its resources. While omniscience is the actual knowledge of all, omnipotence is the ability to do all, and all that it can do has never been achieved.
God is able to do far “above what we ask,” for our asking is limited and feeble. John 16:24. But there may be thoughts too sweeping for expression, there may be unutterable groanings prompted by the Spirit (Romans 8:26); yet above and beyond our widest conceptions and most daring expectations is God “able to do.” God's ability to answer prayer transcends not only our spoken petitions, but far surpasses even such thoughts as are too big for words, and too deep for utterance. And still those desires which are dumb from their very vastness, and amazing from their very boldness, are insignificant requests compared with the power of God. For we know so little of His promises, and so weak is our faith in them, that we ask not, as we should, for their universal fulfilment; and though we did understand their depth and power, our loftiest imaginations of possible blessing would come infinitely short of the power and resources of the Hearer of prayer. Beati qui esuriunt, says Bernard, et sitiunt justitiam, quoniam ipsi saturabuntur. Qui esurit, esuriat amplius, et qui desiderat, abundantius adhuc desideret, quoniam quantumcunque desiderare potuerit, tantum est accepturus:-
κατὰ τὴν δύναμιν τὴν ἐνεργουμένην ἐν ἡμῖν—“according to the power which worketh in us.” These words are not to be joined to νοοῦμεν, as if they qualified it, and as if the apostle meant to say, that God can do more for us than we can think, even when our thoughts are excited and enlarged by His own “power putting itself forth in us.” This participle is here, as in many other places, in the middle voice, the active voice being used by Paul in reference to a personal agent, and the middle employed when, as in this case, the idea of personality is sunk. “According to His power that proves or shows itself at work in us.” Winer, § 38, 6. That power has been again and again referred to in itself and in its results by the apostle. (Ephesians 1:19, Ephesians 3:16.) From our own blissful experience of what it has already achieved in us, we may gather that its Divine possessor and wielder can do for us “far beyond what we ask or think.” That might being God's, can achieve in us results which the boldest have not ventured to anticipate. So that, as is meet-
(Ephesians 3:21.) αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐν χριστῷ ᾿ιησοῦ—“To Him be glory in the church in Christ Jesus.” Such a pronoun, emphatic in position and from repetition, occurs in common Hebrew usage-a usage, however, not wholly Hebraistic, but often found in classic Greek, and very often in the Septuagint. Bernhardy, p. 290; Winer, § 22, 4. δόξα may, as an abstract noun, have the article prefixed; or the article may be used in what Bernhardy calls its “rhetorische form,” signifying the glory which is His especially, and due to Him confessedly, p. 315. The difference of reading is not of essential moment. Some MSS., such as A, B, and C, with the Coptic and Vulgate, supply καί before ἐν χ. ι., and this reading is preferred by Lachmann, Rückert, and Matthies, but refused by Tischendorf, while D1, F, G, with Ambrosiaster, reverse the order of the clauses, and read- ἐν χριστῷ ᾿ιησοῦ καὶ τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ. Koppe, on the authority of one MS., 46, is inclined to reject as spurious the whole clause- ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ. Harless and Olshausen show that these various readings have their sources in dogmatic views. It could not be borne by some that the church should stand before Christ, and the καί, without which there would be an asyndeton, was inserted in consequence of certain opinions as to the connection and meaning of the clause which follows it. Hofmann, Schriftb. vol. ii. part 2, p. 108, pleads for καί, and connects ἐν χριστῷ ᾿ιησοῦ with the following words, εἰς πάσας τὰς γενεάς, etc. The relation of the two clauses- ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ and ἐν χριστῷ ᾿ιησοῦ-has been variously understood:-
1. Luther, Michaelis, Koppe, Rosenmüller, Flatt, Meier, Holzhausen, Olshausen, and Stier, connect the words thus—“In the church which is in Christ Jesus.” Not to say that a second τῇ is wanting (Galatians 1:22),-which, however, in such a connection is not always repeated,-the meaning does not appear to be appropriate. The second clause has no immediate union with the one before it, but bears a relation to δόξα.
2. Some render ἐν χριστῷ by the words “through Christ”- διά, as in the interpretation of Theophylact; σύν, as in that of OEcumenius; per Christum, as in the paraphrase of Grotius, and the exegesis of Calvin and Beza, Rollock and Rückert. Such a translation is not in accordance with the usual meaning of the preposition. The passages adduced by Turner in denial of this are no proof, for in them ἐν, though instrumental, retains its distinctive meaning, and is not to be superficially confounded with διά.
3. The words seem to define the inner sphere or spirit in which the glory is presented to God. It is offered in the church, but it is, at the same time, offered “in Christ Jesus,” or presented by the members of the sacred community in the consciousness of union with Him, and by consequence in a spirit of dependence on Him. So generally Harless, Meyer, de Wette, Alford, and Ellicott. The place of doxology is the church, and the glory is hymned by its members, but the spirit of the song is inspired by oneness with Jesus. δόξα is the splendour of moral excellence, and in what place should such glory be ascribed but in the church, which has witnessed so much of it, and whose origination, life, blessings, and hopes are so many samples and outbursts of it? Ebrard, Dog. § 467. And how should it be presented? Not apart from Christ, or simply for His sake, but in Him-in thrilling fellowship with Him; for no other consciousness can inspire us with the sacred impulse, and praise of no other origin and character can be accepted by that God who is Himself in Christ. The glory is to be offered-
εἰς πάσας τὰς γενεὰς τοῦ αἰῶνος τῶν αἰώνων. ᾿αμήν—“to all the generations of the ages of the ages. Amen.” This remarkable accumulation of terms is an intensive formula denoting eternity. The apostle combines two phrases, both of which are used in the New Testament. εἰς γενεὰς γενεῶν-Luke 1:50 -is phraseology based upon the Hebrew דּוֹרדּוֹרִים. Psalms 72:5; Psalms 102:24. The other portion of the phrase occurs as in Galatians 1:5 - εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων (1 Peter 1:25), εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. Hebrews 5:6; Hebrews 6:20. We have also εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας in many places; and in the Septuagint, εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεάν, ἕως γενεᾶς καὶ γενεᾶς, ἐκ γενεᾶς εἰς γενεάν, εἰς γενεὰς γενεῶν. So ἕως αἰῶνος τῶν αἰώνων stands in Daniel 7:18 for the Chaldee עַדאּ עָלְמָא וַעַד עָלַםעָלְמַיָּא. This language, borrowed from the changes and succession of time, is employed to picture out eternity. It is a period of successive generations filling up the age, which again is an age of ages-or made up of a series of ages-a period composed of many periods; and through the cycles of such a period of periods, glory is to be ascribed to God. It is needless, with Meyer, to take γενεαί in a literal sense, or in reference to successive generations of living believers, for γενεά often simply means a period of time measured by the average life of man. Acts 14:16; Acts 15:21. The entire phrase is a temporal image of eternity. One wonders at de Wette's question—“Was the apostle warranted to expect such a long duration for the church?” For is not the church to be gathered into the heavens?
The obligation to glorify God lasts through eternity, and the glorified church will ever delight in rendering praise, “as is most due.” Eternal perfection will sustain an eternal anthem. The Trinity is here again brought out to view. The power within us is that of the Spirit, and glory in Christ is presented to the Father who answers prayer through the Son, and by the Spirit; and, therefore, to the Father, in the Son, and by the Spirit, is offered this glorious minstrelsy—“as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.”
“To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
The God whom heaven's triumphant host
And saints on earth adore,
Be glory as in ages past,
As now it is, and so shall last
When time shall be no more.”
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Expressing our shared journey: The Lao Diaspora, 1975-2015
By Bryan Thao Worra (Community Voices) | April 14, 2015
Where does 5 years go, let alone 40? On April 17-18 in Minneapolis at the University of Minnesota’s Urban Research Outreach/Engagement Center, over 100 Lao American scholars, artist and community builders will participate in “Our Shared Journey: A Symposium on 40 Years of Lao in the United States.” The symposium is also partnering with the national Lao American Writers Summit, which was last convened in 2010.
Among the writers who will be attending this time is Lao Canadian Souvankham Thammavongsa, whose book of poetry won the CBC Book of the Year Award in Canada and the prestigious Trillium Award. This will be her very first visit to Minnesota, thanks to support from the Canadian Arts Council.
For many of us, this will be a significant return, such as for Catzie Vilayphonh, who, as part of the spoken word duo Yellow Rage, became one of the first Asian American women to appear on Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam on HBO. She is now the founding vision and curator of the acclaimed Laos In The House interdisciplinary exhibit in Philadelphia at the Asian Arts Initiative. Actors Ova Sapoeng and Leilani Chan will be on hand to present an all-new scene from Refugee Nation, but also to continue the discussion with the Lao Minnesotan community about building an active body of Lao American theater artists who can speak of the Lao journey. Saymoukda Vongsay has gone on to win much acclaim since 2010, most notably for her succesful theatrical production of Kung Fu Zombies vs. Cannibals that blended Lao American history with science fiction.
Chanida Phaengdara Potter founded Little Laos on the Prairie a year after the first Lao American Writers Summit. It’s still going strong with their recent exhibit for the Lao Diaspora Project, entitled Refuge of the InvisibLao now at the Brooklyn Park library. If anyone ever had any doubts about the attention an exhibit of Lao art would have, those questions have been definitively put to rest this year. But we must soon ask, what next?
Five years ago, Nor Sanavongsay showed the Lao American Writers Summit his ideas for his book based on the beloved Lao folktale of Xieng Mieng. He’d been working on it for 14 years. In 2013, his wish finally came to pass with the publication of A Sticky Mess. He has since gone on to found Sahtu Press, with the hope of bringing many more Lao American stories forward.
In attendance will be actress Kulap Vilaysack, who inspired a DC comic book character. She is currently working on a documentary of her life, Origin Story, which has connections to family in Minnesota and the Secret War for Laos. Alisak Sanavongsay is known lately for producing “Cooking with Nana” one of the most popular youtube channels for Lao cooking. He was also a pivotal member of the SatJaDham Lao Literary Project now celebrating 20 years. These are incredibly exciting directions for our community. How do we empower others to take a chance with their own story and reach for the truly amazing?
For many Lao, there was a strong connection between literature and their later success in education.
Dr. Ketmani Kouanchao, for example, was also a member of SatJaDham. Her writing has appeared in the Twin Cities Daily Planet, Little Laos on the Prairie, Asian American Press and many other publications. She has been a strong advocate for Lao American college students and their families through her personal life and also her doctoral dissertation.
The award-winning Dr. Adisack Nhouyvanisvong, one of the founders of the SatJaDham Lao Literary Project went on to found the Minnesota-based education technology company Naiku. He will be speaking on the legacy the early Lao American writers created. Dr. Vinya Sysamouth, one of the founders of the international Center for Lao Studies will discuss current efforts with Lao oral history projects.
There are several new faces to the Lao American Writers Summit, including Krysada Panusith Phounsiri. He recently released his book Dance Among Elephants with Sahtu Press. Linda Pharathikoune, a Lao American writer based in Idyllwild, will share her perspective as she prepares for the ambitious release of three books soon. This will be the first time many of us get to met Sery Bounphasaysonh whose work has appeared in the Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement. Kanya Lai, an English teacher from Tennessee has had work appear in Bakka Magazine and other national publications in addition to performing on stage.
Bidone Salima has been a freelance photographer and her creative flash essay, “Beauty,” was selected as the first winner of the Little Laos on the Prairie Writing Contest in 2013. In 2013, she also completed a groundbreaking playwriting class with a cohort of emerging Lao American writers in San Diego, at the Old Globe Theater.
This will also be a significant gathering for Minnesotans to meet with the Kinnaly Traditional Arts and Dance Troupe of Seattle,Washington. The troupe has performed internationally to preserve the 600-year old traditional arts and dance of Laos. Singer and community builder Ketsana Vilaylack has been a prominent figure in supporting the Kinnaly troupe and other Lao artists across the country as we rebuid. As we convene, it will also be time for many of us to fondly remember the impact of writer, dancer and community builder Pom Outama Khampradith, who passed away a year ago.
40 years since the end of the war, we still have less than 40 books about our experience by Lao Americans in our own words. But we’re making great strides now to change those figures around. So what will it all mean for us to gather again like this, and where do we go from here? That remains the constant question. But by the end of this weekend, I hope we’ll get a sense of the immense possibilities before us. You can visit the website at http://oursharedjourney.wix.com/oursharedjourney.
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Brevard teachers union asks district to match superintendent's 5 percent raise
The Brevard County teachers union asked district leaders Monday to match the superintendent's recent raise and give teachers a 5 percent raise.
Brevard teachers union asks district to match superintendent's 5 percent raise The Brevard County teachers union asked district leaders Monday to match the superintendent's recent raise and give teachers a 5 percent raise. Check out this story on tcpalm.com: http://on.flatoday.com/2kCpgQi
Caroline Glenn, FLORIDA TODAY Published 7:40 p.m. ET Oct. 9, 2017 | Updated 7:41 p.m. ET Oct. 9, 2017
Superintendent Desmond Blackburn at a school board workshop in Viera.(Photo: TIM SHORTT/FLORIDA TODAY)
Rejecting an initial 1 percent raise offer, the Brevard County teachers union asked district leaders Monday to match the superintendent's recent raise and give teachers a 5 percent pay increase.
In September, the Brevard school district offered teachers a 1 percent raise — $516 for teachers rated "highly effective" on their yearly evaluations and $422 to teachers rated "effective." The union immediately rejected the offer, which teachers called insulting, embarrassing and a slap in the face.
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"We're asking you all to do right by teachers," union President Dan Bennett said at Monday's meeting at Viera High. "For most of the past decade, our raises have not met the cost of living. We spent a lot of those years frozen in pay."
Giving Brevard's 4,600 teachers a 1 percent raise would cost the district about $2.9 million.
Rivers Lewis, director of Professional Standards & Labor Relations for the district, said the district cannot afford to give teachers a 5 percent raise.
"The money that we passed across is the money that we have," Lewis said. "We do not have a 5 percent increase for instructional personnel in the budget." However, he said he will run the offer by the district's financial team.
Lewis said that since a new superintendent and chief financial officer have joined the district, there has been an effort to be more transparent in terms of how much money is available. He said the district has "opened the books" to the union so they know the "financial state of the organization."
Last year, teachers in Brevard received a 1.3 percent raise. The year before, they got around a 5.5 percent raise — the biggest pay raise they’d seen in nearly eight years: $2,400 to highly effective teachers and $1,962 to effective teachers.
Salaries had previously been frozen in 2007 under former Superintendent Brian Binggeli.
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Bennett said he believes the board can do better than 1 percent. He referred to the 5 percent raise Superintendent Desmond Blackburn received in July.
"There was another employee class that settled on a 5 percent raise," Bennett said, "...and so we feel the board should be ready to take our offer."
Following the district's initial 1 percent offer, many teachers were quick to point out Blackburn's raise, which brought his salary from $210,000 to $220,500. It is the first raise he received since taking the job in summer 2015.
Blackburn's raise and contract is decided among the five school board members, whereas teacher contracts and pay are decided at the bargaining table between the union and district officials.
Last year's modest raise spurred the union to request that the district earmark money for teacher raises at the beginning of the budgeting process instead of waiting to see if there's any "leftover scraps," as union vice president Anthony Colucci put it.
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Since March, the district has set aside enough money for a 1 percent raise for all 9,000 employees, which would cost about $4.5 million. After a tough Legislative Session and long list of projects the board wants to accomplish, the district's chief financial officer brought the 1 percent offer to the table.
"We really didn't want another explanation of 'Here's where the money came from, here's where the money was spent, here's things we had to get, and at the final end of it here's what's left for you,'" Bennett said, referring to the funding the district receives from the State Legislature. "And that's kind of what we watched happen."
At a school board meeting last month, the union told the board it needs to reconsider its other projects and put more money toward raises for teachers. Dozens of teachers showed up to the meeting wearing red to ask for a higher raise.
The final budget, which was approved Sept. 27, includes $1.6 million to hire early literacy coaches, $875,000 to hire social workers and $500,000 to hire more school resource officers, as well as $482,000 to centralize school accounts and use an armored car service and $400,000 for athletic assistance at high schools.
"We know the school board could have done better and we feel you all need to go back and dig and do better," Bennett told the district again Monday.
Caroline Glenn is the Education Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact her at caglenn@floridatoday.com or 321-576-5933, and follow her on Twitter @bycarolineglenn and like "Education at Florida Today" on Facebook.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Opens New Biomarker Translational Center
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., has announced at the Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) 2011 World Congress the establishment of a new Biomarker Translational Center (BT Center).
The purpose of the BT Center is to accelerate mass spectrometry (MS)-based biomarker discovery research and its translation into the development of routine clinical assays for subsequent commercialization.
Based in Cambridge, Mass., the BT Center combines advanced expertise from across Thermo Fisher including its B•R•A•H•M•S product line and the team at the Biomarkers Research Initiatives in Mass Spectrometry (BRIMS) Center.
“Through the vertical integration with the unique talent in MS-based biomarker discovery and high-throughput quantitative assay development at BRIMS, we aim to expand our pipeline of new protein and peptide biomarkers with potential as clinical assays,” said Bruno Darbouret, director of research and development for B•R•A•H•M•S Biomarkers at Thermo Fisher.
Darbouret continued, “Ultimately, this development effort will speed the commercialization of diagnostic tests that address life threatening diseases.”
Thermo Fisher, already a leading provider of specialty in-vitro diagnostic tests based on its patented Thermo Scientific B•R•A•H•M•S biomarkers, understands clinical market needs and will apply core strengths in diagnostics development, validation and commercialization to define the disease areas of focus for the BT Center.
The company’s well-established relationships with clinical researchers will provide access to clinical partners and patient samples for biomarker discovery and validation studies using B•R•A•H•M•S Biomarkers.
For the disease areas chosen, the BRIMS Center will apply its competencies in quantitative MS biomarker discovery and multiplexed selected reaction monitoring (SRM) assay development to identify putative biomarkers and their clinically relevant isoforms.
Subsequently it will develop robust, reproducible, targeted MS-based assays appropriate for the validation of putative biomarkers and ultimately for the clinical diagnostics market.
Thermo Fisher will own all intellectual property around the biomarkers and assays, and it will commercialize the assays as clinical diagnostic products and services after obtaining all requisite regulatory approvals.
“Efficient translation of MS-based biomarker discovery research into the development of routine clinical diagnostic assays is an important challenge in the field of personalized medicine,” said Bryan Krastins, group leader, BT Center.
Krastins continued, “Bridging this gap requires high-level competence in MS-based biomarker discovery and routine assay development for biomarker verification and validation. Understanding clinician and patient needs and having extensive experience in clinical validation are also essential to the transformation of novel tests into clinical routine assays. The new BT Center integrates all the capabilities needed to speed the clinical assay development pipeline from biomarker discovery to clinical assay development and validation.”
The Thermo Scientific B•R•A•H•M•S product line features a range of diagnostic test procedures to improve the diagnosis and treatment of life-threatening diseases, using patented biomarkers to bring about medically and economically superior diagnostic know-how for patients and users.
Thermo Scientific B•R•A•H•M•S products are used in more than 60 countries around the world.
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Equipped with a full complement of Thermo Scientific mass spectrometers, and staffed by a team of scientists with expertise in mass spectrometry, protein techniques and informatics, the BRIMS Center also develops leading software tools for proteomic research.
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What a "Facebook Browser" Means For the Web
RockMelt could be the realization of the company’s efforts to create a more social Web.
by Erica Naone
Rumors surfaced yesterday of a new “Facebook browser” called RockMelt, with a star-studded cast of backers and employees that includes Netscape founder Marc Andreessen and Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt of Firefox fame.
A screenshot from RockMelt.com
There are no clear reports yet of what the Facebook browser would be like, but it’s unlikely to be a simple Facebook client and I doubt that such smart people would simply copy an existing “social” Web browsers such as Flock.
What RockMelt may be is a fully realized version of Facebook Connect. The basic idea of this service is to let developers integrate enable their users to interact with Facebook friends on their site, without having to create new accounts. It provides readymade social features for any site, without giving users the burden of having to rebuild their own network from scratch.
I interviewed Facebook senior platform manager Dave Morin around the time Facebook Connect was released, and I remember how far-reaching the vision for that service seemed to be. Morin imagined a type of dynamic connection between friends extending across the Web.
Right now, however, Facebook Connect can only be used when a developer integrates it. RockMelt might make it possible to access the service anywhere, creating a constant social connection while browsing. RockMelt could also be built so that users can interact with friends who are logged into Facebook.com, gradually drawing them off the site and onto the Web.
If it’s true that current Facebook staff are also working on RockMelt (as was reported), it’s even more likely that RockMelt will be an extension of the company’s radical vision of a more social Web.
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OFO maps its future growth in Australia and NZ
OneFortyOne Plantations(OFO) is consolidating its position as a new vertically integrated company, including potentially using bioenergy as it maps future growth in Australia and New Zealand. Source: Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz
The company’s executive general manger – forestry, Cameron McDonald, said the group’s recent two big purchases – the old Carter Holt Harvey (CHH) Jubilee mill at Mt Gambier and Nelson Forests in NZ – were key stages in the growth of the group, formed in 2012 as a pine plantation owner with institutional investors.
OneFortyOne is based in the Green Triangle bordering South Australia and Victoria, which Mr McDonald described as Australia’s premier area for growing trees. It has 350,000 hectares of plantations – a mixture of radiata pine and blue gum – out of a total estate of 1.8 million ha.
“It’s predominantly flat, with good soils, reasonably consistent rainfall,” he told the annual conference of the National Timber Councils Association in Melbourne last week. The large plantation base and diverse processing centre in the region, and the proximity to the Port of Portland, were key advantages.
Mr McDonald said OFO’s immediate aim when established had been to build a strong foundation and “give the investors comfort they made the right decision”.
“The investors are focussed on long-term growth. They see a lot of opportunity for the forestry sector in Australia and New Zealand,” he said.
Mr McDonald said an immediate problem was how to deal with thinnings from pine operations after the pulp section of Kimberley Clark’s Millicent mill closed in 2011. The thinnings were round wood generally used by KC to generate pulp for tissue production.
“That left a big issue for all growers of radiata pine – how to continue thinning given it was critical for sustainability of the estate?” he said.
Exports were the only option, as small round wood had been exported through Portland since 2003. This required OFO to upgrade its Portland port infrastructure, which became muddy in winter.
“There was strong demand out of China for round wood. That gave us a market that has proven to be consistent and generating positive returns for those exports,” he said.
Mr McDonald said diversifying the customer base was part of the company plan, which led to the acquisition of Jubilee. Jubilee had been consolidated with CCH’s Lakeside mill due to a low point in housing construction in 2011-12, which had taken a significant volume out of OFO’s sales to domestic customers.
The next issue was finding a domestic option for low-end fibre.
“There is ongoing worry about sustainability of selling small round wood to China given the cost of getting that to market. Generally, growers prefer domestic processing – it creates jobs for local community and tends to be a more stabile market in long term,” he said.
Mr McDonald said the company was harvesting 2.1 million tonnes of radiata logs a year – 83% going into the domestic market – but expansion was helped by a few factors.
“The South Australian Government allocated $27m from forward sale proceeds to allow domestic processors to invest in their mills production capacity,” he said.
Secondly, the former Auspine mill at Tarpeena was bought by New Forests, which formed a new company Timberlink, where OFO’s plantation estate is located.
Also, AKD Softwoods in Colac had embarked on expansion, buying other CCH mills on market, and investing a lot of money in their two Colac mills, including $35m in past 12 months in a new high-speed saw line.
“This has been fortunate, with more stability in the main processing sector in the region, which has increased the timber demand,” he said.
The company also cut its final harvest time from 41 years to 32 years – the optimal time to produce more timber.
“So we have been able to increase supply as we have had additional capacity in local market to buy the wood,” he said.
Mr McDonald said other GT companies formed the Association of Green Triangle Growers, which hired consultants to assess whether a processor would set up to use the surplus round wood.
There were no takers, so the OFO board decided to do a feasibility study on spending $250 million on some form of panel production – either particleboard or MDF – using thinnings and waste material.
“We felt we could generate 500,000 tonnes required to feed a modern particleboard mill,” he said.
Ultimately, the OFO board decided instead to buy the Jubilee mill, which received approval from the ACCC in January.
Now, thoughts were to use Jubilee’s residual material – forest waste, bark and sawdust, and offcuts – to alleviate the rising cost of energy.
“Bioenergy is on the agenda to reduce the cost of the facility and use waste material we get little value from,” he said.
“In a sawmill, we use a lot of steam to dry the timber in a kiln. That’s what we can do to be self-sufficient rather than generate surplus energy to the grid, but if that can be done, it adds to the business case. We are in early days in our thinking.”
Mr McDonald said a new opportunity came last October when the asset suddenly came on to the market in NZ – Nelson Forests, on the South Island, with 62,000 ha of radiate pine in an area similar to Mt Gambier.
“Again, OFO always wanted to grow, including in NZ. There is strong focus on domestic processing, with the right environmental and social outcomes – complementary to our existing operations,” he said.
The company was now waiting on the overseas investment approval, with a decision expected in September or October.
Mr McDonald said Australia only generated 75% of structural timber needs for local demand, with 25% imported.
“The Victorian market – housing demand – is still growing strongly. We see the benefit of two sawmills – one producing a lot of clear sections for high use and the other structural for housing. There are more opportunities for us to explore,” he said.
Mr McDonald said OFO’s focus was now on consolidating two big investments, plugging remaining operational gaps and integrating assets.
“Vertical integration allows clear thinking about operations. Continuous ownership of supply chain frees you up to explore new ways of doing things, and how improve operations,” he said. “We are always open to the next big idea.”
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Local Regional News
Hays State Prison inmate feared for his life
February 15th, 2013 | by Joy Lukachick Smith
Lewis Hall, Pippa Hall and Natasha Weatherspoon, from left, relatives of a Hays State Prison inmate who was killed last week, become emotional as they talk Thursday in Atlanta about letters sent by the young man before his death. Pippa Hall-Jackson, 19, wrote in two letters home that he feared for his life weeks before he was stabbed to death by another Hays inmate after stepping off the bus at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Ga.
Letters sent by Pippa Hall-Jackson, 19, stating that he feared for his life which were sent weeks before he was stabbed to death by another Hays inmate after stepping off the bus at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Ga.
ATLANTA - A week before Pippa Hall-Jackson was stabbed through the heart, he told his aunt he didn't think he was coming out of Hays State Prison.
"People are dieing (sic) like crazy," he wrote in a letter to his aunt, Natasha Weatherspoon. "I want you all to keep in touch because we never know what tomorrow has in store."
The 19-year-old inmate from Atlanta only made it past the prison walls in Trion, Ga., and the three-hour drive to the Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Ga., on Feb. 5 before he was killed. Sources say he was stabbed to death in the transfer yard after stepping off the bus with other Hays inmates who jumped him.
Now his family wants to know how the Department of Corrections failed to protect their son and nephew; how he was killed after being in state custody for only two months. They want to know whether officers followed procedure; how an inmate was able to smuggle a sharpened shank from one prison to another.
"What are they really doing to protect the inmates?" asked Yolanda Jackson, Hall-Jackson's adoptive mother. "Something has to be done."
Officers at Hays say that under standard operating procedure every inmate has to be stripped and searched before leaving the prison and then patted down again before boarding the bus to be transferred.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation officials didn't comment on whether procedure was followed at Hays or the Diagnostic and Classification Prison before Hall-Jackson was killed.
So far the GBI has arrested one inmate, 26-year-old armed robber Devann Anderson, and charged him with murder, agency spokesman John Bankhead said. Records show Anderson was one of the inmates transferred from Hays on Feb. 5.
But investigators haven't released any details on why Hall-Jackson was targeted or if anyone else was involved.
Hall-Jackson, who was moved from the DeKalb County Jail to Hays in December, is the fourth Hays inmate killed in two months. After a rash of violence that included officer stabbings and inmate riots, the Department of Corrections removed Warden Clay Tatum last week and replaced him with one of his supervisors, Field Operations Manager Rick Jacobs.
Audits show locks at Hays State have been broken and easily defeated since at least 2010, but Jacobs, who was Hays warden from 2009 to 2010, said he is bringing the facility back up to standard. At a recent Board of Corrections meeting, state Commissioner Brian Owens said the prison is making some cells more secure for the most violent offenders.
But Hall-Jackson's family wants to know why it took a fourth inmate death before action apparently was taken.
"It shouldn't have to take a total of four murders for people to say: 'What's going on? Something ain't right in this prison,'" said Ken Hall, Hall-Jackson's uncle.
Last year, Hall-Jackson was sentenced to serve 20 years after an armed robbery in Atlanta in which the business owner was shot and killed. One of Hall-Jackson's friends was convicted of murder, but records show Hall-Jackson's murder charge was dropped and he was convicted of aggravated assault.
On Wednesday, Weatherspoon got a letter from Hays. It was the paperwork she had filled out the first week of February to visit her nephew at the prison.
"I didn't get a chance to see him at Hays," she said. "I didn't get to see him."
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Gender pay gap in higher education shrinks
Official figures show gap fell 2.4 percentage points for full-time staff
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The gender pay gap in higher education narrowed significantly over the past year, new figures show.
Information from the Office for National Statistics published on 18 November reveals that the women working full-time in higher education in April 2015 were paid 11.1 per cent less than men – 2.4 percentage points lower than the 13.5 per cent gap in April 2014.
For all higher education employees, including part-time staff, there was a fall of 1.3 percentage points, to 14.7 per cent, which compares with the wider economy pay gap of 19.2 per cent, ONS figures also show.
The pay gap for higher education teaching professionals also narrowed slightly, from 9.3 per cent to 9.1 per cent.
Nick Petford, vice-chancellor of the University of Northampton, who chaired a working group on gender pay involving employers and trade unions, said the latest figures showed that higher education is “making real progress in tackling the gender pay gap”.
“Major sector initiatives such as Athena SWAN and Aurora have kept women’s careers and the gender pay gap at the top of institutional agendas, and we hope that this continues to be the case in the years ahead,” Professor Petford said.
He welcomed the work of the Universities and Colleges Employers’ Association in tackling the gender pay gap, which has included joint work with trade unions regarding surveys of equal pay auditing, a literature review on the gender pay gap and, most recently, an in-depth investigation of action being taken by higher education institutions to tackle gender pay gaps identified through equal pay reviews.
“With the conclusion of the 2015-16 final pay round, Ucea will begin further joint work in this area as a key theme in the trade unions’ pay equality claim,” Professor Petford said.
This work will focus on developing a more sophisticated analysis on the sector’s gender pay gap data, looking at gender pay gaps between job levels and information on occupational segregation using data drawn from the existing datasets, he said.
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Cold War Era (1956-1960)
Timeline created by DTrout
Three years after Nikita gained control of the Communist Party it became clear that he brought a very real threat of Communism to not only Europe but to the world. Nikita was a Russian born man who was fully devoted to Communism and had the primary goal of spreading it wherever possible. His efforts caused Communism to spread among the nations of China, North Korea, and Cuba.
Hungarian Revolution
When Russia took control of Poland and began to force their Communistic beliefs on the citizens, a revolt among the Polish workforce erupted. The revolt was led by Prime Minister Imre Nagy. After his arrest by Russian forces on this day, the revolt abruptly ended.
Russian Sputnick I is launched
During the Cold War, Russia and America began serious competition on this day known as the Spac Race. This competition consisted of seeing which super power could find the technology to send the first Earth-orbiting satellite into space. On October 4 this challenge was accomplished by the USSR with the launch of the Sputnick I. America returned the feel of defeat a decade later when American Neil Armstroing became the first man to set foot on the moon.
Khrushcev becomes Premier of Soviet Union
In March of 1958 Khrushchev finally reached the top of his political ladder when he became the leader (Premier) of Russia. When Nikita assumed office he was the first leader of the Soviet Union since Stalin to hold two top offices simultaneously. When Nikita reached this position, he gained the full attention of the American government.
European Economc Communiy(EEC) proves effective
When Europe was suffering from the inflation aftermath left by World War II a new economicsystem was needed. In 1958 the answer to their problems arrived. The European Economic Community proved effective in solving their inflation issues and became their primary trade system.
In 1959 America encountered a whole new, and realisitc threat when Communist leader Fidel Castro took control of Cuba. Fidel was a major threat because he brought the threat of Communism from Russia (thousands of miles away) to Cuba (within hundreds of miles from the US). This caused great unrest and worry among the American government and its citizens.
Cuba becomes Communist
When Cuba became Communist, America new a very real threat had traveled all the way to its backyard. It was this frightening event that led to much discomfort among America and reached its climax during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Cuban Missile Crisis was when Cuba had gained atomic weapons from Russia which threatened American lives. Fortunately, this conflict was peacefully resolved with zero casualties.
China-Russia conflict over Communist ideology
After China had become Communist conflicts between Russian Communist and Chinese Communist ideology began to emerge. THese two nations had suc a strong disagreement that it actually caused the Chinese invasion of Vietnam. When The Russia and Vietnam made an alliance China gained the aid of America to combat them.
US U-2 Spy Plane shot down over Russia
When America sent pilot Francis Powers in a special U-2 spy plane over Russian territory, the mission was meant to be completely covert and Francis was to commit suicuide to evade capture if shot down. When the plane went missing the CIA assured the president of Francis's training and of the self destruct system on the aircraft. Although reassured, mystery still surrounded the disappearance of the aircraft.
Khrushchev cancels Paris summit due to U-2 incident
While approaching a meeting between the US and USSR at the Paris summit, the summit was suddenly called off by Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev. It was then discovered that Nikita called off the summit because of an incident involving the shoot down of a US spy aircraft over Russian territory. America would have been able to deny the accusations if Nikita hadnt had not only an intact American U-2 spy plane, but the living pilot. When this information was revealed great confusion plagued the CIA
Trabajo Eje Cronológico
The Great Fire of London,1666
Errekaleor
Teorías de la evolución
The origins of educational psychology
Métodos y Enfoques de la enseñanza de la segunda lengua.
Evolution of Traditional Media to New Media
HISTORIA DE LA ENFERMERÍA EN SALUD MENTAL Y PSIQUIATRÍA
ANTECEDENTES DE LA ENFERMERÍA COMUNITARIA
Linea de Tiempo de la Historia de Honduras
O percurso do Cavaleiro da Dinamarca
Semana 1-40 del desarrollo embrionario
Linea del Tiempo del Servicio al Cliente
Significant Events from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Agricultural Inventions In The Industrial Revolution
HISTORIA Y EVOLUCIÓN DE LA CALIDAD
Significant Events in Da Vinci's Life
Linea de Tiempo Historia de la Pedagogía
The Life of Alexander Hamilton
Kejadian-Kejadian Setelah Kemerdekaan RI 1945-1949
15 cientificos importantes para el desarollo de biologia celular
The Southern Colonies - Good & Bad Times Creating the South
US History - 1700 to 1800
Linea del tiempo. Desarrollo de las teorias de la evolucion.
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(-) Immigration (8)
The House on Lemon Street
In 1916, one family battled against the unjust laws aimed at immigrants of Japanese ancestry. In doing so, they lent their own voices to the growing chorus of Asian Americans insisting: "We belong here."
Race & Ethnicity Class Immigration
Identity Diversity Justice
In the City of Brotherly Love
“The Irish and the English share a long legacy of conflict.” And this conflict extended across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World as a wave of Catholic immigrants arrived in the United States in the 1820s.
Religion Class Immigration Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism
StoryCorps: Fighting to Stay in School
“I remember being in court every day...”
Sylvia Mendez and Sandra Mendez Duran
Race & Ethnicity Immigration Rights & Activism
The narrator, Valentino Achak Deng, an immigrant from Sudan, describes some of what he experienced when he first arrived in the United States.
Dave Eggars
Race & Ethnicity Class Immigration Rights & Activism
You can see, hear, feel, and taste the injustice, frustration, and naiveté experienced at this ladies' get together.
Pat Mora
Class Immigration Race & Ethnicity
Commonwealth Club Address
Cesar Chavez delivered this speech on November 9, 1984. Chavez was a high-profile leader of the United Farm Workers and remains an inspiring figure in the larger labor movement.
Papalotzin and the Monarchs: A Bilingual Tale of Breaking Down Walls
When a wall is built between the Great North and the Great South, nothing can pass by it, not the clouds or the wind or even the monarch butterflies. When both sides begin to suffer, Papalotzin, Royal Butterfly, breaks down the Great Wall.
Rigoberto González
Immigration Rights & Activism
Diversity Action
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Wikimedia Foundation Starts Switching away From GoDaddy
By Jane McEntegart 2012-03-09T21:00:00Z
Wikimedia says bye bye, GoDaddy.
At the end of last year, GoDaddy faced a boycott because of its support for the controversial SOPA bill. Among those committed to switching from GoDaddy to another provider was the Wikimedia Foundation, which declared its intentions on December 23 of last year.
Though things calmed down a bit when GoDaddy appeared to do an about-face, many of GoDaddy's customers followed through with their plan to take their business elsewhere. This week, the Wikimedia Foundation revealed that it too will go ahead with the move.
Buzzblog's Paul McNamara today points to a February 13 message from Jay Walsh, Head of Communications at WMF that was linked in the Wikimedia engineering February 2012 report published yesterday. This message confirms that Wikimedia's plans to switch away from GoDaddy's domain name services remain intact.
"Hi folks - you may have seen some media coverage recently about Wikimedia's intentions around GoDaddy. It is true that WMF is still planning to move 100% away from GoDaddy for all of its domain name services. I've been informed that we're currently working with MarkMonitor to carry out a full switch-over, which as many of you will appreciate, takes time.
"WMF is going to post to the blog and generally share this information as soon as the process is complete. Until then, it does mean that you'll see in some of our DNS registrations that GoDaddy is still listed. We're working on it :) Thanks - and stay tuned for more news in the next week."
In yesterday's engineering report, Wikimedia confirmed that the site had indeed started the process of moving its domain names from GoDaddy to MarkMonitor. We'll update you as soon as that blog post confirming the process is complete goes live.
Follow @JaneMcEntegart on Twitter.
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Sand pirates back in action
By BAVANI M
An aerial image showing the illegal sand washing activity and river encroachment at the 5th Mile, off Jalan Kelang Lama.
THEY are back! Operators of an illegal sand washing site are back in action two years after the activity in Jalan Kelang Lama was exposed and shut down by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) following public complaints.
The operation has kicked off again but this time, extra effort has been put into camouflaging the illegal business.
A reader who followed StarMetro’s exclusive report on May, 2016, titled “Dirty riverside business”, said the sand washing activity resumed along Sungai Klang’s riverbank which faced the 5th Mile off Jalan Kelang Lama.
This is approximately 8km away from where billions of ringgit is being spent on the River of Life project (RoL) at Masjid Jamek.
The matter was also brought to the attention of Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng’s special assistant Sean Oon, who lives 10 minutes away from the operation site.
Oon (left) went to the ground to investigate the matter and saw tipper lorries transporting sand from the river.
Attempts by Oon to visit the site to get first-hand evidence proved futile as businesses nearby were not cooperative in helping him obtain information.
Besides hoardings surrounding the project site, mounds of sand, huge trees and foliage along the perimeters help block off the operation from public view.
The use of a camera drone gave a better idea of what was going on at the riverbank.
Oon, a former Petaling Jaya City (MBPJ) councillor, also managed to gain access via a carpark nearby and saw excavators scooping and dumping sand into tipper lorries.
Also noticeable were a makeshift office and sleeping quarters at the site.
The starMetro report on the issue in May 2016
Images of a crude sand washing machine and excavators dumping debris into Sungai Klang, however, were captured with drone camera.
Aerial photographs showed a discharge of murky substance from the site which flowed through a crude piping system directly into the river.
But the most disturbing image was the sight of an excavator encroaching into the riverbank and digging sand.
This act is prohibited by the Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID).
River encroachment
“This is bad,’’ was the immediate response from Global Environment Centre’s (GEC) river care programme coordinator Dr K. Kalithasan when he saw the drone images.
“There is encroachment along the riverbank and there is no buffer.
“The excavator should not be there at all,’’ said Dr Kalithasan, adding that the location of the sand washing activity was in the heart of the RoL project and within proximity of the Sungai Kerayong, the nearest tributary in the vicinity.
“There are two water quality sampling stations operated by the Department of Environment (DoE) and DID just 2km downstream to monitor water quality, so this (sand washing operation) should not be happening.’’
Dr Kalithasan said the illegal activity was hampering the Government’s billion-ringgit river cleaning and rehabilitation operations under the RoL.
Sand washing, he said, was one of the culprits causing river pollution.
“These people were shut down before so how can this be, and it is all happening under a new Government,’’ he lamented.
A reader of StarMetro who only identified himself as Lim said he noticed excavators and tipper lorries working at the site while dining on the 23rd floor of a nearby hotel.
“I had my binoculars with me, and I was actually looking out for birds when I saw the excavators working near the riverbank.
“I knew something was amiss,’’ said Lim, adding that he read about the illegal sand washing activity two years ago.
StarMetro also spoke to workers at a nearby furniture showroom. They confirmed that the operation resumed over a year ago.
“It started some time back,’’ said a staff member there, adding that officers from the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur Land and Mines Office (PTG) even came by to snap photos.
“Alamak, (they) started again!”
This was the response of DID director-general Datuk Dr Md Nasir Md Noh when informed of the operation.
Md Nasir then instructed the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur DID director Nishad Mohamed Mohd Shaffy to investigate.
When contacted, Nishad said the operation was illegal and that they were dealing with a repeat offender.
“I have notified the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur PTG director Sharez Izuan Md Zaidi, who promised to send a team to check the site,’’ he said.
In StarMetro’s 2016 report, it was stated that the area where sand washing was spotted is a private land.
Excavators and lorries were transporting sand using an inner route along the riverbank to avoid being detected.
At ground level, one cannot see anything as the illegal sand washing site is blocked by hoardings and trees.
When their cover was blown in 2016, the then Kuala Lumpur mayor Tan Sri Mohd Amin Nordin Abd Aziz ordered the site to be shut down.
The project did not have the necessary permits from DBKL, PTG and other relevant agencies.
The culprits managed to dodge the authorities for years as they hid their operations behind huge trees and hoardings.
A meeting was then chaired by the Federal Territories Ministry with multiple agencies to discuss the matter.
Last October, Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Dr Xavier Jayakumar, Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad and Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan, visited the Lembangan Sungai Klang in conjunction with World River Day.
Dr Xavier said his ministry’s toughest challenge was ensuring that the rivers were pollution-free.
Khalid said the Government would continue keeping the rivers clean but called upon the community to lend a helping hand to stop pollution.
Oon, however, added that government agencies like PTG, DBKL and DID must also do their part to carry out coordinated enforcement to stop illegal sand washing activities from polluting the river.
“If numerous complaints have been made to the authorities, and if PTG is aware of the activity as reported by residents, then why is there no action taken?’’ Oon asked.
Dr Kalithasan agreed with Oon, adding that there must be political will to stop the rot as river-cleaning efforts upstream were going to waste downstream.
He added that water was Class 1 and drinkable upstream of the river at Klang Gates dam.
Dr Kalithasan says the illegal activity is hampering the Government’s billion-ringgit river cleaning and rehab operations under the River of Life project.
“As the water flows downstream; the quality changes to Class II. At this point, it needs to be treated before it can be consumed,’’ he said.
Dr Kalithasan said the river then flowed past MRR2 and Zoo Negara, and as it entered the Ampang township, the quality dropped to Class III.
As it went further down into Kuala Lumpur city centre, the quality was between Class III and Class IV; indicating that the water was not even safe to touch.
“However, the real impact is hard to tell. If there is contamination along the way, water quality may further erode downstream,’’ he said.
“PTG has a crucial role to play here to save Kuala Lumpur’s rivers. No matter how much advice DID provides, when it comes to land matters, only the state is in control and it is up to the land office to do something about it,’’ he added.
Meanwhile, StarMetro’s attempts to get information from the PTG proved futile as numerous emails and text messages went unanswered.
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Wolf should call session on violence
By the Editorial Board / Published: August 8, 2019
Demonstrators in El Paso, Texas, call for a ban on assault-style weapons as they protest Wedensday against President Donald Trump’s visit there. (Andres Leighton/Associated Press)
Even now, with blood from the most recent mass murders in California, Texas and Ohio fresh on the streets, and continuous gun violence afflicting major cities including Philadelphia, some politicians remain reluctant to convert their allegiance from gun rights absolutists to the cause of public safety.
Remarkably, Republican state Sen. Lisa Baker of Luzerne County, chairwoman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has counseled a deliberate pace for legislation to begin reducing gun violence.
She praised a new law that better protects domestic violence victims by requiring their abusers to relinquish their guns pending the completion of court proceedings. But her caucus has a deplorable record, over a very long period, of killing numerous initiatives that would help to reduce the carnage without stifling anyone’s right to legitimate gun ownership. When 22 municipal governments around the state adopted ordinances requiring people to report lost or stolen guns to police — a measure aimed at reducing illegal arms sales to criminals — legislative Republicans passed a law granting legal standing to gun rights activists to sue and for the municipal governments to pay their legal expenses.
As of Wednesday, the 219th day of 2019, there had been 255 mass shootings nationwide. And the definition holds a mass shooting to be when at least four people are wounded or killed. Those mass shootings alone killed 275 people and wounded more than 1,000.
A dozen of those mass shootings occurred in Pennsylvania, including four in Philadelphia, and others in Clairton, Allentown, Uniontown, Lebanon and elsewhere.
Baker advocated a schedule of hearings and the deliberate collection of evidence. Well, here’s some: Connor Betts, using a semiautomatic assault-style rifle equipped with a 100-round drum magazine, killed nine people and wounded 27 others in 32 seconds early Sunday morning in Dayton, Ohio. The toll would have been worse if police, who quickly responded and shot Betts, had not happened to be nearby.
No valid reasons for access
No hearings are necessary to conclude that the weapon and the magazine that Betts used have no valid purpose. They repeatedly have been used to slaughter schoolchildren, festivalgoers, worshipers, shoppers, movie patrons and anyone else who happens to be in the way.
Yet many state lawmakers still lack the courage to stand up to their patrons in the gun lobby by banning those weapons.
They’re not alone. President Donald Trump, who claimed recently that Article 2 of Constitution provides him with the authority to do whatever he wants to do, won’t try to prove that the pen is mightier than the gun lobby by issuing one of his famed executive orders to ban assault weapons. He said he doesn’t detect the “political appetite” for an assault weapons ban.
Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey deserves great credit for breaking ranks to promote universal background checks and a “red flag” law that would make it easier to seize weapons from demonstrably dangerous people. But he, too, has shied from an assault weapons ban.
There is much that Congress and state lawmakers can do to begin altering the absolutist gun culture and making public safety an equal consideration.
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina have introduced a bill that would provide enforcement grants to states that adopt stringent red flag laws. And the Senate finally should approve Toomey’s universal background check proposal.
At the state level, Gov. Tom Wolf should call a legislative special session on gun violence with an agenda that includes an assault-style weapons ban, universal background checks, a stringent red flag law, mandatory reporting of lost or stolen weapons and a cap on monthly gun purchases to thwart straw purchases for criminals.
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Break's Irish plans under fire
By Helen Slingsby
Break for the Border's plans to transfer almost half its business to Irish leisure entrepeneurs the O'Dwyer brothers came under fire from privately-owned bars and hotels rival Thomas Read, which signalled its intention to bid for the group.
Takeover talks between Thomas Read and BftB have foundered, prompting the Irish company to demand Break call off Monday's extraordinary meeting where the O'Dwyer deal will be voted on.
It is understood some institutional shareholders are unhappy with Break's plans to buy the O'Dwyers' bars business through issuing new shares. The two brothers will emerge from the deal with 46% of the enlarged group.
Thomas Read says it anticipates making an offer of 'no less than' 45p a share, a 25% premium on last night's 36p close, valuing it at £15 million. BftB shares jumped 7p to 43p.
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Income bonds can only get better
By Sylvia Morris for MailOnline
Updated: 19:00 EST, 14 July 2004
PENSIONERS looking for monthly income can earn top rates on fixed rate bonds. And experts say better deals could come along as rates continue to rise.
The Bank of England is expected to raise base rate from its current 4.5% over the next few months. Some economists are expecting it to climb to 5.5% next year.
But these higher rates are already available in the money markets which anticipate future levels of interest rates. And that's where banks and building societies go to secure the fixed-rate deals they offer their savers.
The best interest rate you can earn on one-year bonds is around 4.4% (5.5%), while if you can lock away your money for two years it is 4.48% (5.6%).
In the last couple of weeks rates in this market have fallen slightly. The news that house price rises might finally be slowing gave the market a breather because interest rates might not have to rise as far to dampen them.
But that is today's view. Market experts expect rates in the money markets to rise a little higher in the next few months as rates in the US and Europe look set to rise.
Anthony O'Brien, director of interest rate strategy at Barclays, says: 'Money market rates have dropped slightly over the past couple of weeks. But they will go a little higher because interest rates elsewhere are set to rise.
'The rates from banks and building societies are attractive now, but better ones should come along. Savers have a three-month window before the peak in October or November.'
Simon Rubinsohn, chief economist at investment managers Gerrard, agrees: 'There are some decent rates around, but there is a real risk of rates going higher. It would be a good idea to put some money into fixed rates now and more later on.'
At Merrill Lynch Mike Taylor, European economist, says: 'There is some talk that rates in the money markets have peaked. But I think there is a risk they will go up further.'
National Savings brought out new issues of its Pensioners Bonds last month. But at 3.64% after 20% savings tax (4.55% before tax) fixed for one year, 3.76% (4.7%) for two years and 3.92% (4.9%) for five years, they lag well behind bank and building society top payers.
Guaranteed income bonds, offered by insurance companies, pay slightly better rates for basic and higher-rate tax payers with sums of more than £20,000 on two or three-year deals.
Taxpayers looking to buy guaranteed income bonds should do so through independent financial advisers such as Baronworth or Chartwell Investments which share the commission paid to them by insurance companies with you so you get better value for money.
Non-taxpayers should stick with banks and building societies as they can have their income paid before any tax is deducted.
Independent financial advisers recommend savers fix for a maximum of three years.
Ian Millward, marketing director at John Scott & Partners, says: 'One to three-year deals are attractive. At current rates, you do not earn more interest for fixing in for a longer term.'
At Baronworth, Colin Jackson says: 'The longest term you should tie up your money in these bonds is three years. Anything further out is too long.'
The best variable rates on offer are twice as high as the worst. And savers need to be wary about how much of any future rise is passed on to them.
ING Direct, a top payer since it launched its account in May last year only passed on 0.15 percentage points on the latest base rate rise in June - and savers will not benefit until 1 August. It now pays 3.8% after 20% tax with income paid monthly (4.75% before tax).
• SEMI-RETIRED glider pilot John Bower (pictured with Tufty the cockatiel) puts his money into fixed rate bonds and takes monthly income to boost his pension. John, 64, a self-employed textile retailer, sticks to one-year bonds.
He recently took out a bond with Yorkshire Building Society, currently paying 4.1% after 20% savings tax, worth 5.13% before tax on a minimum balance of £100 fixed for a year with your capital back at the end.
He says: 'I have a series of these bonds maturing at different times. I switch to the building society's ESaver account if I want to part the money until better rates come along.' Yorkshire Building Society E-Saver is an easy access account you run over the internet. It currently pays 3.88% (4.85%) on £1,000 or more.
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What is Notional Agreement in Grammar?
An Introduction to Punctuation
Humanities › English
Glossary of Grammatical and Rhetorical Terms
Many cars on the roads means many traffic accidents.
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by Richard Nordquist
Dr. Richard Nordquist is professor emeritus of rhetoric and English at Georgia Southern University and the author of several university-level grammar and composition textbooks.
In English grammar, notional agreement refers to agreement (or concord) of verbs with their subjects and of pronouns with their antecedent nouns on the basis of meaning rather than grammatical form. Also known as synesis. (Other terms for notional agreement include notional concord, semantic agreement, agreement ad sensum, logical agreement, and constructio ad sensum.)
Some common cases of notional agreement involve (1) collective nouns (for example, "family"); (2) plural expressions of quantity ("five years"); (3) plural proper nouns ("United States"); and (4) some compound units with and ("bed and breakfast").
For a discussion of agreement with collective nouns (in American English and in British English), see American English.
Examples and Observations
"I know that our Government are letting our troops down, big time."
(Jacqui Janes to Prime Minister Gordon Brown, quoted by Philip Webster, "Emotional Gordon Brown on Defensive." The Times [UK], Nov. 10, 2009)
"Correctly, we suspect that the system is rigged, our government has become coin-operated and that we've been sidelined."
(Wendell Potter and Nick Penniman, Nation on the Take. Bloomsbury Press [US], 2016)
"None of them were in court to hear the judges uphold their appeal."
(Steven Erlanger, "Terror Convictions Overturned in France." The New York Times, Feb. 24, 2009)
"Eric Idle, Michael Palin and Terry Jones gave evidence in court while the other two surviving members, Gilliam and John Cleese, gave written evidence. None of them was in court to hear the ruling."
(Haroon Siddique, "Monty Python Film Producer Wins Royalties Case Against Comedy Team." The Guardian [UK], July 5, 2013)
"Over on England's south coast, the surfers of Bournemouth are just as keen as those in Cornwall, but suffer one big disadvantage: the coast gets very poor-quality waves. But Bournemouth borough council were not prepared to let this prevent them from encouraging surfers, and their wallets, to visit."
(Alf Alderson, "Could the Perfect Wave for Surfing Be Artificial--and in Bournemouth?" The Guardian [UK], Nov. 9, 2009)
"But everybody has their failing, you know; and everybody has a right to do what they like with their own money."
(Isabella Thorpe in Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, 1817)
Notional Agreement With Certain Plural Nouns and Collective Nouns
"Formally plural nouns such as news, means, and politics have long taken singular verbs; so when a plural noun considered a single entity takes a singular verb, notional agreement is at work and no one objects [the United States is sending its ambassador]. When a singular noun is used as a collective noun and takes a plural verb or a plural pronoun, we also have notional agreement [the committee are meeting on Tuesday] [the group wants to publicize their views]. Indefinite pronouns are heavily influenced by notional agreement and tend to take singular verbs but plural pronouns [everyone is required to show their identification]." (Merriam-Webster's Manual for Writers and Editors, rev. ed. Merriam-Webster, 1998)
Notional Agreement With "Fact" Expressions
"Many cars on the roads means many traffic accidents." Behind the plural expression there appears to lie a singular concept which explains the selection of the -s form of the verb. Reference is made to a fact of circumstance, and the meaning of the plural subject expression can therefore be captured by the paraphrase 'The fact that there is/are X.' "Plural 'fact' expressions are particularly common in sentences where the predicator is realized by mean (or related verbs like entail, imply, involve), but we find it in sentences with other verbs as well: "High production costs prevents reasonable consumer prices."
(Carl Bache, Essentials of Mastering English: A Concise Grammar. Walter de Gruyter, 2000)
Notional Agreement With "Plus"
"When mathematical equations are pronounced as English sentences, the verb is usually in the singular: Two plus two is (or equals) four. By the same token, subjects containing two noun phrases joined by plus are usually construed as singular: The construction slowdown plus the bad weather has made for a weak market. This observation has led some to argue that in these sentences, plus functions as a preposition meaning 'in addition to.' . . . It makes more sense to view plus in these uses as a conjunction that joins two subjects into a single entity requiring a single verb by notional agreement."
(One Hundred Words Almost Everyone Confuses and Misuses. Houghton, 2004)
Notional Agreement With Phrases Such As "One in Six" and "One in 10"
"Phrases of this sort should be treated as plural. There are good grammatical and logical reasons for this. Compare 'more than one in six Japanese is 65 or older... ' with 'more than one in six Japanese are 65 or older.. '
"Grammatically, we are talking not about the noun 'one' but the noun phrase 'one in six,' signifying a group of people. Logically, the phrase represents a proportion--just like '17%' or 'one-sixth,' both of which take plural verbs. 'Two out of every seven' and 'three out of 10' take plurals too, functioning identically."
(David Marsh and Amelia Hodsdon, Guardian Style, 3rd ed. Guardian Books, 2010)
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Record breaking number of EFL Clubs achieve family excellence award
A total of 63 EFL Clubs have achieved Family Excellence status, nine of which have been crowned as ‘Gold Award’ winners for their remarkable work in engaging families on matchdays.
The record-breaking number, up from 56 Clubs in 2017/18, recognises continuous improvement and best practice in family engagement across the leagues and supports Clubs’ efforts to attract and retain young fans of the future.
Amongst the 63 Clubs, the ‘Gold Award’ given to nine Clubs highlights an elite number of Clubs that offer an exceptional family matchday experience.
EFL Clubs received two ‘mystery family’ visits throughout the 2018/19 season, with their feedback and reports determining whether each respective Club would achieve ‘Family Excellence’ status.
The year-on-year progress of EFL Clubs was highlighted at the EFL Awards earlier this month, with Doncaster Rovers named the EFL Family Club of the Year for their strong family culture, including their highly engaging family-focused matchday activities, along with an innovative kit design competition and a hugely popular and active mascot Donny Dog, and his ‘Kennel’.
The respective Sky Bet Championship and League Two Family Clubs of the Year, Middlesbrough and Mansfield Town, also introduced exciting concepts, with the former showcasing innovative activities based on health, education and fun.
Meanwhile, Mansfield’s Family Area and the introduction of a new Family Room has enhanced the Club’s matchday experience.
EFL Chief Executive, Shaun Harvey, said: “It has been fantastic to see the continued dedication and improvement made by EFL Clubs in offering engaging matchday experiences for families.
"More Clubs than ever before are being recognised for offering true family value and a consistently high level of service and innovation, with the EFL’s long-running Family Excellence Scheme helping to produce positive and impactful change across the League, while driving a real focus on the overall matchday experience.
“I would like to congratulate the Clubs that have achieved Family Excellence status and those that have been awarded Gold status this year. We look forward to continuing our work with Clubs to help drive change, and support the continued effort to attract and retain future generations of supporters.”
A full list of EFL Clubs to receive the Family Excellence and Gold status can be found below:
Gold Award Winners; Brentford, Derby County, Doncaster Rovers, Luton Town, Mansfield Town, Middlesbrough, Plymouth Argyle, Scunthorpe United, Swansea City.
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EU to end brick-shaped truck cabs – saving lives and carbon emissions
MEPs have today passed a law that will literally change the face of trucks in Europe – from brick-shaped cabs to rounder ones. Transport & Environment (T&E), which campaigned for the reform, said the new truck designs will save lives, carbon emissions and fuel. Today’s vote in the European Parliament follows agreement this morning between governments and MEPs on a ‘direct vision’ safety standard that will also enhance truck safety.
Eoin BannonMarch 26, 2019 - 12:56
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Truck manufacturers will be able to lengthen the design of cabs by 80-90cm, but only if they use the space to provide better vision from the driver’s seat, improve aerodynamics, add new safety features and boost driver comfort. As a result, new truck cab designs in Europe are expected to include larger windscreens to see cyclists and pedestrians and have more streamlined bodies to reduce fuel use and pollution. The curved cabs should also better deflect pedestrians and cyclists in collisions – so that they do not go under the truck wheels.
James Nix, freight director at T&E, said: “This reform is a win-win for industry and the public. The truck of the future will be sleeker, reducing fuel bills and emissions. It will also be safer through better driver vision of cyclists and pedestrians in particular. And truck drivers themselves will have more in-cab comforts.”
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Currently, 4,000 people die in truck-related incidents on Europe's roads every year. Trucks are just 2% of vehicles on the road but are involved in 15% of fatalities. Around 1,000 of these deaths are cyclists and pedestrians. The reforms will also reduce trucks' carbon emissions and fuel bills up to 5% in long-haul trucks (or up to 10% when combined with the newest engines and tyres).[1]
The newly-designed trucks will be allowed on Europe's roads from 1 September 2020. However, European truck manufacturers have given no indication of when they will start producing these safer and cleaner models that will both save lives and save fuel for their customers.
James Nix concluded: “The next question is how soon manufacturers will take advantage of the EU’s new design blueprint. The EU has rolled out the red carpet for the next generation of truck cabs. If European truckmakers don’t deliver them, then US and Asian manufacturers will. The race is on.”
[1] International Council on Clean Transportation, Fuel consumption testing of tractor trailers in the European Union and the United States (2018). https://www.theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/EU_HDV_Testing_...
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Queen Alia International Airport
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Jordan’s Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) has welcomed the first direct Transavia France flight from Lyon in France, signalling the commencement of two weekly round trips between…
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Riyadh recently welcomed Air Arabia Jordan’s first flight from Amman.The new destination joins Dammam, Medina and Jeddah as Saudi Arabian cities served by direct Air Arabia Jordan…
Air Arabia Jordan launches flights to Riyadh
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QAIA passenger traffic charts 29.6% growth
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Homicide Watch
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Darius Rucker makes an appearance during a red carpet event at The Hard Rock Cafe for the launch of The Hard Rock Cafe's month long, nationwide, March on Stage Live Music Series in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, March 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Josh Anderson)
DOWNTOWN DUKE
The Blue Devils (26-4, 13-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), playing at a breakneck offensive pace without their top inside threat, made ACC history by winning or tying for their fifth straight league title with yesterday's 95-81 victory over the Tar Heels.
Duke lost by two to the Tar Heels (23-5, 13-3) in Durham a month ago, missing 14 of 27 free throws, but remained alive for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament with a dominating offensive show this time.
Duke's two stars were the heroes in the Tobacco Road rematch as the Blue Devils were 14-for-38 from 3-point range without center Carlos Boozer, who watched from the bench with a broken bone in his right foot.
Jason Williams scored 33 points and Shane Battier added 25 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks as Duke won its third straight in Chapel Hill for the first time since the early 1960s.
ACC scoring leader Joseph Forte led the Tar Heels with 21 points.
Williams came into the game shooting 36 percent against the Tar Heels in his career, but the point guard was money in this one, going 7-for-13 from 3-point range while Battier was 4-for-10.
The 38 3-point attempts tied a school record set earlier this season against North Carolina A&T.
Duke led by two at halftime, but gradually pulled away midway through the second half. The Blue Devils went up 72-57 with 11:55 left on a layup by Mike Dunleavy, who along with the rest of his teammates looked twice as quick as the Tar Heels, who were repeatedly beaten down the floor.
North Carolina coach Matt Doherty tried to fire his team up by getting a technical two minutes later, but his team could only pull within 10 as he was forced to bench big men Brendan Haywood and Kris Lang for much of the second half to try to match up with Duke.
The Tar Heels were shooting for their first outright ACC regular-season title in eight seasons, but the Smith Center crowd instead exited early on Senior Day as Duke improved to 19-0 this season when scoring 90 or more points.
The victory also gave Duke an ACC-record 124 wins over a four-year period, breaking the mark of the Duke teams from 1989-92.
North Carolina failed to take advantage of the absence of Boozer on the inside as Haywood had two shots blocked by Casey Sanders early and wasn't much of a factor in the opening 20 minutes. Sanders ended up fouling out in only 11 minutes, but Duke really didn't need his inside game.
Part of the problem for the Tar Heels was Duke's trapping zone defense, which confused North Carolina and bogged down its offense until late in the half.
Meanwhile, Duke, which averaged 27.4 3-point attempts over the last seven games, took 22 from beyond the arc in the first half, getting two over the final 1:20 from Williams to forge to take the two-point lead at halftime.
Williams and Battier had 32 of Duke's 42 first-half points, taking over on the offensive end with Boozer watching from the bench on crutches.
NO. 5 ILLINOIS 67, MINNESOTA 59: MINNEAPOLIS -- Despite some tense moments, Illinois claimed a share of its second Big Ten Conference title in four seasons.
The Illini took their first lead of the second half at 48-46 on a 3-pointer by Sean Harrington with 6:01 remaining. Following a Minnesota turnover, Frank Williams drove the lane and dunked, pushing Illinois' lead to 50-46. A basket by the Gophers' Shane Schilling tied the score at 50-50 with 4:43 remaining, but another driving basket by Williams gave the Illini a 52-50 lead and they never again trailed.
The Illini (23-6, 13-3), which finished in a first-place tie with No. 3 Michigan State, earned the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten tournament next week at Chicago's United Center because of a 77-66 victory over the Spartans on Feb. 6.
NO. 6 FLORIDA 94, KENTUCKY 86: GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Teddy Dupay matched his career high with 28 points as the Gators earned a share of the Southeastern Conference title with the Wildcats.
Udonis Haslem had 20 points and nine rebounds as the Gators (22-5, 12-4) held off repeated rallies from No. 15 Kentucky, which fell behind by 15 points early and never got closer than seven.
NO. 10 KANSAS 75, MISSOURI 59: LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Drew Gooden scored 19 points and sparked a 21-7 second-half run that led the Jayhawks, who avenged a 75-66 loss in January.
Kansas (23-5, 12-4) split the season series with their border rivals for the sixth straight year and finished second to Iowa State in the Big 12 regular-season race.
NO. 21 GEORGETOWN 79, NO. 13 NOTRE DAME 72: SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Mike Sweetney scored 19 points and Ruben Boumtje Boumtje added 16 as the Hoyas dominated inside.
Georgetown (23-6, 10-6) made 10 of 12 free throws over the final 2:17 and earned a first-round bye in this week's Big East tournament.
NO. 19 SYRACUSE 93, ST. JOHN'S 91, 2 OT: NEW YORK -- Senior point guard Allen Griffin scored 17 of his career-high 31 points in the two overtimes and Syracuse used an impressive performance at the free-throw line to snap St. John's 15-game winning streak over Big East opponents at Madison Square Garden.
Griffin, coming off the first triple-double of his career in Tuesday's win over Pittsburgh, scored all eight points for the Orangemen (22-7, 10-6) in the first overtime. His nine points in the second overtime came from the free-throw line as Syracuse went 20-for-22 from there in the two extra sessions.
NO. 23 WAKE FOREST 76, N.C. STATE 58: RALEIGH, N.C. -- Darius Songaila scored 21 points and Robert O'Kelley had 15 to lead the Demon Deacons (19-9, 8-8), who finished .500 or above in the Atlantic Coast Conference for the first time in four years.
DAYTON 65, NO. 25 XAVIER 62: DAYTON, Ohio -- Yuanta Holland scored eight points in a closing 15-4 spurt as the Flyers rallied for the win.
Dayton (18-11, 9-7 Atlantic 10) overcame an eight-point deficit in the final 5:18 behind Holland, who made three baskets and two free throws down the stretch. He made all but one of his seven shots overall and finished with 16 points.
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A Statement of Values
These are “things” that I care deeply about and that I believe truly matter and are worth standing up for, protecting, and supporting (in addition to one’s own circles of friends, family, and community):
– A life-sustaining climate
– Clean (unpolluted) air, water, soil/land, and food
– Democracy
– Equality
– Liberty, freedom, self-determination, bodily autonomy, choice
– Truth, facts
– Justice, fairness, accountability
– Human rights, civil rights, voting rights, women’s rights, reproductive rights, indigenous rights/sovereignty
– Animal rights
– Wild lands, healthy ecosystems, natural habitat, biodiversity, wildlife, endangered species, rights of nature
– Disabled, ill, vulnerable, afflicted, homeless, or impoverished people
– Empathy, compassion, kindness, mercy (without borders)
– Reducing unnecessary suffering
– Non-violence; non-violent protest and dissent; de-escalation of conflict
– Basic decency and respect: the Golden Rule (“Do unto others…”)
– Integrity, ethics, courage
– Dignity, self-restraint, magnanimity, humility
– Affordable, universal healthcare (including mental healthcare)
– A free/independent press; investigative journalism; an informed citizenry
– Science; and science-based, evidence-based policy and decision-making
– Education, critical thinking, reason, wisdom
– The Common Good
I recommend giving some real thought to your own values and priorities (and desired legacy), and sharing your own mini-manifesto or values/mission statement with others.
As Elie Wiesel so wisely said:
“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering… We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”
It’s important for people to show and tell other people what they stand for and will stand up for (and not only the things we stand against).
That said, the opposite of many of the things listed above are things that I stand against, e.g.,:
pollution; the production, use, and dumping of toxins and toxic waste (including nuclear); fossil fuel extraction and burning; authoritarianism, fascism, white supremacy/nationalism, theocracy; hatred, dehumanization, discrimination, racism, sexism, misogyny, patriarchy, anti-semitism, Islamophobia, homophobia; extreme income inequality, exploitation, unequal pay; scapegoating (e.g., of immigrants, people of color, and poor people); violence (including child abuse, domestic violence, violence against women, violence against protestors), war-mongering; police brutality, excessive force, abuse of power, mass incarceration, discriminatory judicial decisions and sentencing, victim blaming; corruption, greed, oligarchy, predatory and exploitative capitalism, money hoarding, wealth redistribution from the poor and middle class to the wealthy, materialism and over-consumption, industry (private profit-driven) influence/control over policies, regulations, and laws; selfish individualism and personal entitlement at the expense of the health or well-being of others (e.g., neighbors, humanity, future generations, other species, etc.); gerrymandering, voter suppression and disenfranchisement, election hacking and fraud, ballot tampering; propaganda, lying, disinformation, misinformation, “information warfare,” smears, anti-science sentiment and policy, disproven conspiracy theories, paranoia, fear-mongering, denial of facts, willful/proud ignorance, hypocrisy, trolls, tabloids, sensationalist media; portraying/covering politics and elections as a game, sport, horse race, or entertainment; harassment, bullying, humiliation, ridicule, personal attacks; animal cruelty, exploitation and commodification, poaching, poisoning, habitat destruction, over-hunting; human supremacy; the contamination and depletion of natural resources.
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Goldman Prize Winners, 2019
The Goldman Environmental Prize is the world’s largest and most prestigious annual award for grassroots environmentalists. Many people refer to it as the “green Nobel.” Goldman Prize winners are models of courage, and their stories are powerful and truly inspiring. “The Prize recognizes individuals for sustained and significant efforts to protect and enhance the natural environment, often at great personal risk. Each winner receives a financial award. The Goldman Prize views ‘grassroots’ leaders as those involved in local efforts, where positive change is created through community or citizen participation in the issues that affect them. Through recognizing these individual leaders, the Prize seeks to inspire other ordinary people to take extraordinary actions to protect the natural world.” 2019 is the prize’s 30th year.
This year’s prize recipients (one from each of the six inhabited continental regions of the world) are:
Linda Garcia—Washington, USA: Linda Garcia organized Fruit Valley residents to stop the construction of the Tesoro Savage oil export terminal in Vancouver, Washington, in February 2018. Her activism safeguarded residents from harmful air pollution and protected the environment of the Columbia River Gorge. By preventing North America’s largest oil terminal from being built, Garcia halted the flow of 11 million gallons of crude oil per day from North Dakota to Washington. (Relevant organizations: Washington Environmental Council, and Stand Up to Oil)
Alfred Brownell—Liberia: Under threat of violence, environmental lawyer and activist Alfred Brownell stopped the clear-cutting of Liberia’s tropical forests by palm oil plantation developers. His campaign protected 513,500 acres of primary forest that constitute one of the world’s most important biodiversity hotspots, enabling indigenous communities to continue their stewardship of the forest. For his safety, he is living in temporary exile in the United States. (Relevant organizations: Green Advocates, and Rainforest Action Network)
Jacqueline Evans—Cook Islands (South Pacific): Conservationist Jacqueline Evans led a five-year grassroots campaign to protect the Cook Islands’ stunning marine biodiversity. Because of her tireless and persistent organizing, in July 2017, the Cook Islands enacted new legislation—Marae Moana—to sustainably manage and conserve all 763,000 square miles of the country’s ocean territory, including the designation of marine protected areas (MPAs) 50 nautical miles around the islands, protecting 125,000 square miles of ocean from large-scale commercial fishing and seabed mining. (Relevant organizations: Marae Moana Marine Park, and Te Ipukarea Society)
Alberto Curamil—Chile: Alberto Curamil, an indigenous Mapuche, organized the people of Araucanía to stop the construction of two hydroelectric projects on the sacred Cautín River in central Chile. The destructive projects, canceled in late 2016, would have diverted hundreds of millions of gallons of water from the river each day, harming a critical ecosystem and exacerbating drought conditions in the region. In August 2018, Curamil was arrested and remains in jail today. Colleagues believe that he was arrested because of his environmental activism. (Relevant organization: Alianza Territorial Mapuche) #FreeAlbertoCuramil
Ana Colovic Lesoska—North Macedonia: Ana Colovic Lesoska led a seven-year campaign to cut off international funding for two large hydropower plants planned for inside Mavrovo National Park—North Macedonia’s oldest and largest national park—thereby protecting the habitat of the nearly-extinct Balkan lynx. In 2015, the World Bank withdrew its financing for one hydropower project, and, in 2017, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development canceled its loan to the North Macedonian government for the other. (Relevant organizations: Eco-Svest, and Bankwatch Network)
Bayarjargal Agvaantseren—Mongolia: Bayarjargal Agvaantseren helped create the 1.8 million-acre Tost Tosonbumba Nature Reserve in the South Gobi Desert—a critical habitat for the vulnerable snow leopard—in April 2016, then succeeded in persuading the Mongolian government to cancel all 37 mining licenses within the reserve. An unprecedented victory for the snow leopard, as of June 2018 there are no active mines within the reserve—and all mining operations are illegal. (Relevant organizations: Snow Leopard Trust, and Snow Leopard Conservation Foundation)
Click on each recipient’s name to read a longer profile—and watch a brief video—about their remarkable efforts and achievements.
Here’s the video about Linda Garcia of Washington State (USA):
And here’s the video about Alberto Curamil of Chile:
Posts on Goldman Prize winners from previous years:
Youth Organizations Making Waves and Effecting Change
The following are some groups of (and/or for) young people who are leading and inspiring positive change and fighting for a livable future. These organizations represent various age groups (from children to teens to young adults / “millennials”), and they are building powerful social movements for climate action, intergenerational and environmental justice, and youth awareness and empowerment. Most of the following groups are based in the United States.
Many of the following groups could fall within any/all of the three categories listed below (environmental/climate action, education, and political/advocacy), but I’ve tried to put each group under the category that might be most applicable:
Environmental / climate action:
Our Children’s Trust
Earth Uprising
Youth 4 Nature
SustainUS: U.S. Youth for Justice and Sustainability
International Youth Climate Movement
Earth Guardians
Defend Our Future
Hip Hop Caucus
Brower Youth Awards
International Eco-Hero Awards (Action for Nature)
Turning Green
ECO2school youth leadership program
Alliance for Climate Education
Global Student Embassy
Jane Goodall’s Roots and Shoots
NatureBridge
(And for often-informative teen media, see: Teen Vogue, the online magazine)
(Also see: Green Curricula and Environmental Learning Activities)
Political (including voting advocacy):
NextGen America
Campus Vote Project
Cap, Gown, Vote!
Millennial Politics
Young Invincibles
Youth Empower (Women’s March)
March for Our Lives / Vote for Our Lives
Youth Over Guns
Students Demand Action
Young Democrats of America
College Democrats
What are some other youth-led or youth-focused groups that you think people should know about? Please mention them in the Comments!
Green Curricula and Environmental Learning Activities
Green Schools: Resources and Links
Environmental Justice Groups and Multicultural Green Groups
Climate and Energy-Related Solutions, Tips, and Resources
Voting and Election Tips and Resources
#ClimateStrike #GreenNewDeal
This year’s prize recipients (from each of the six inhabited continental regions of the world) are:
LeeAnne Walters—Flint, MI, USA: LeeAnne Walters led a citizens’ movement that tested the tap water in Flint, Michigan, and exposed the Flint water crisis. The results showed that one in six homes had lead levels in water that exceeded the EPA’s safety threshold. Walters’ persistence compelled the local, state, and federal governments to take action and ensure that residents of Flint have access to clean water. (Relevant organization: U.S. Water Study)
Francia Marquez—Colombia: A formidable leader of the Afro-Colombian community, Francia Márquez organized the women of La Toma and stopped illegal gold mining on their ancestral land. She exerted steady pressure on the Colombian government and spearheaded a 10-day, 350-mile march of 80 women to the nation’s capital, resulting in the removal of all illegal miners and equipment from her community. (Related organization: Afro-Colombian Human Rights Campaign)
Khanh Nguy Thi—Vietnam: Khanh Nguy Thi used scientific research and engaged Vietnamese state agencies to advocate for sustainable long-term energy projections in Vietnam. Highlighting the cost and environmental impacts of coal power, she partnered with state officials to reduce coal dependency and move toward a greener energy future. (Organization: GreenID, Green Innovation and Development Centre)
Manny Calonzo—The Philippines: Manny Calonzo spearheaded an advocacy campaign that persuaded the Philippine government to enact a national ban on the production, use, and sale of lead paint. He then led the development of a third-party certification program to ensure that paint manufacturers meet this standard. As of 2017, 85% of the paint market in the Philippines has been certified as lead safe. (Relevant organization: Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint)
Makoma Lekalakala and Liz McDaid—South Africa: As grassroots activists, Makoma Lekalakala and Liz McDaid built a broad coalition to stop the South African government’s massive secret nuclear deal with Russia. On April 26, 2017, the High Court ruled that the $76 billion nuclear power project was unconstitutional—a landmark legal victory that protected South Africa from an unprecedented expansion of the nuclear industry and production of radioactive waste. (Relevant organizations: SAFCEI, South African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute; and Earthlife Africa)
Claire Nouvian—France: A tireless defender of the oceans and marine life, Claire Nouvian led a focused, data-driven advocacy campaign against the destructive fishing practice of deep-sea bottom trawling, successfully pressuring French supermarket giant and fleet owner Intermarché to change its fishing practices. Her coalition of advocates ultimately secured French support for a ban on deep-sea bottom trawling that led to an EU-wide ban. (Organization: BLOOM)
Here’s the video about LeeAnne Walters of Flint, Michigan:
And here’s the video about Makoma Lekalakala and Liz McDaid of South Africa:
Canadian Environmental Groups
This is a listing of some enviro-relevant groups in Canada (though not all of them are focused solely on environmental issues).
Even for those of us who aren’t Canadian, it’s important to support stronger Canadian environmental and climate protection efforts, especially at a time when there is somewhat more political will in Canada for environmental protection than there had been in the recent past, while the U.S. government is heading in a decidedly anti-environmental direction at the federal level rather than demonstrating international leadership.
B Lab Canada
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE)
Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility (CCNR)
Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA)
Canadian Environmental Network (RCEN)
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)
Canadian Solar Industries Association (CanSIA)
Canadian Youth Climate Coalition
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Citizens Climate Lobby Canada
Clean Energy Canada
Coast Protectors
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
DeSmog Canada
Dogwood BC
Environmental Defence
Fossil Free Canada
Great Lakes Commons
Greenpeace Canada
Hakai Institute
Indigenous Climate Action
Lubicon Pitapan Solar Project (Lubicon Lake Band)
Pollution Probe
Sierra Club Canada Foundation
Stand.Earth
Treaty Alliance
Unist’ot’en Camp
West Coast Environmental Law
Also, many international environmental organizations have a Canadian office or programs that include Canada. For example, ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability) has a Canadian office (and many Canadian cities and towns are members of ICLEI).
If you know of other environmental (or environmentally-relevant) groups in Canada, please mention them in the Comments. Thanks!
The Goldman Environmental Prize is the world’s largest and most prestigious annual award for grassroots environmentalists. Many people refer to it as the “green Nobel.” Goldman Prize winners are models of courage, and their stories are powerful and truly inspiring. “The Prize recognizes individuals for sustained and significant efforts to protect and enhance the natural environment, often at great personal risk. Each winner receives a financial award of $175,000. The Goldman Prize views ‘grassroots’ leaders as those involved in local efforts, where positive change is created through community or citizen participation in the issues that affect them. Through recognizing these individual leaders, the Prize seeks to inspire other ordinary people to take extraordinary actions to protect the natural world.” 2017 is the prize’s 28th year.
This year’s six prize recipients (one from each of the six inhabited continental regions) are:
Mark Lopez—East Los Angeles, CA, USA: Born and raised in a family of community activists, Mark Lopez persuaded the state of California to provide comprehensive lead testing and cleanup of East Los Angeles homes contaminated by a battery smelter that had polluted the community for over three decades. (Relevant organization: East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice)
Rodgrigo Tot—Guatemala: An indigenous leader in Guatemala’s Agua Caliente, Rodrigo Tot led his community to a landmark court decision that ordered the government to issue land titles to the Q’eqchi people and kept environmentally destructive nickel mining from expanding into his community. (Relevant organizations: Defensoria Q’eqchi’ and Indian Law Resource Center)
Wendy Bowman—Australia: In the midst of an onslaught of coal development in Australia, octogenarian Wendy Bowman stopped a powerful multinational mining company from taking her family farm and protected her community in Hunter Valley from further pollution and environmental destruction. (Relevant petition: Stop the Hunter Coal Rush)
Rodrigue Katembo—Democratic Republic of Congo: Putting his life on the line, Rodrigue Katembo went undercover to document and release information about bribery and corruption in the quest to drill for oil in Virunga National Park, resulting in public outrage that forced the company to withdraw from the project. (Relevant sites: Virunga National Park and Upemba National Park)
Prafulla Samantara—India: An iconic leader of social justice movements in India, Prafulla Samantara led a historic 12-year legal battle that affirmed the indigenous Dongria Kondh’s land rights and protected the Niyamgiri Hills from a massive, open-pit aluminum ore mine.
Uros Macerl—Slovenia: Uroš Macerl, an organic farmer from Slovenia, successfully stopped a cement kiln from co-incinerating petcoke with hazardous industrial waste by rallying legal support from fellow Eko Krog activists and leveraging his status as the only citizen allowed to challenge the plant’s permits. (Relevant organization: Eko Krog)
Click on each recipient’s name to read a longer profile—and watch a brief, well-produced video—about each person’s remarkable efforts and achievements.
Here’s the video about Mark Lopez of East Los Angeles:
And here’s the video about Wendy Bowman of New South Wales, Australia:
The Goldman Environmental Prize is the world’s largest and most prestigious annual award for grassroots environmentalists. Many people refer to it as the “green Nobel.” Goldman Prize winners are models of courage, and their stories are powerful and truly inspiring. “The Prize recognizes individuals for sustained and significant efforts to protect and enhance the natural environment, often at great personal risk. Each winner receives a financial award of $175,000. The Goldman Prize views ‘grassroots’ leaders as those involved in local efforts, where positive change is created through community or citizen participation in the issues that affect them. Through recognizing these individual leaders, the Prize seeks to inspire other ordinary people to take extraordinary actions to protect the natural world.”
2016 is the prize’s 27th year. The Goldman Environmental Prize ceremony is held in San Francisco, California and then a couple of days later in Washington DC. The main event on April 18 will be livestreamed on the Goldman Prize YouTube channel, as well as on their website and Facebook page.
Destiny Watford—Baltimore, MD, USA: In a community whose environmental rights had long been sidelined to make room for heavy industry, Destiny Watford inspired residents of a Baltimore neighborhood to defeat plans to build the nation’s largest incinerator less than a mile away from her high school. (Her organization: Free Your Voice)
Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera—Puerto Rico: Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera helped lead a successful campaign to establish a nature reserve in Puerto Rico’s Northeast Ecological Corridor—an important nesting ground for the endangered leatherback sea turtle—and protect the island’s natural heritage from harmful development. (His organization: Coalition for the Northeast Ecological Corridor)
Máxima Acuña—Peru: A subsistence farmer in Peru’s northern highlands, Máxima Acuña stood up for her right to peacefully live off her own property, a plot of land sought by Newmont and Buenaventura Mining to develop the Conga gold and copper mine. (More information at GRUFIDES.org and EARTHWORKS)
Leng Ouch—Cambodia: In one of the most dangerous countries in the world for environmental activists, Leng Ouch went undercover to document illegal logging in Cambodia and exposed the corruption robbing rural communities of their land, causing the government to cancel large land concessions. (His organization: Cambodia Human Rights Task Forces, CHRTF)
Edward Loure—Tanzania: Edward Loure led a grassroots organization that pioneered an approach that gives land titles to indigenous communities—instead of individuals—in northern Tanzania, ensuring the environmental stewardship of more than 200,000 acres of land for future generations. (His organization: Ujamaa Community Resource Team, UCRT)
Zuzana Caputova—Slovakia: A public interest lawyer and mother of two, Zuzana Caputova spearheaded a successful campaign that shut down a toxic waste dump that was poisoning the land, air and water in her community, setting a precedent for public participation in post-communist Slovakia. (Her organization: VIA IURIS)
Here’s the video about Máxima Acuña of Peru:
Online Petition Sites: Make Your Voice Heard
Online activism is sometimes disparagingly called “slacktivism.” While it’s true that more direct actions (e.g., phone calls, marches, protests, boycotts, face-to-face conversations, and personal letters) can sometimes be the most effective ways to effect change, online petitions and information-sharing through social media are essential parts of grassroots communication and participation these days. And well-crafted petitions that get a lot of signatures do get noticed by their recipients and can be very effective.
I often sign at least one or two online petitions a day. It only takes a couple of minutes, and I’ve been heartened to see that many of those past petition campaigns have been successful in effecting their intended changes.
If you’re not already on the mailing list to get emails from the organizations and websites listed below, you might want to check some of them out. The first set of sites feature petitions that are focused primarily on environmental campaigns, while the second set have petitions on a variety of social, economic, environmental, and political causes. On a few of the sites (including Change.org, Care2, and MoveOn), you can also create your own petitions.
These sites are focused primarily on efforts in the United States. If you know of good environmental petition sites for other countries or international issues, please mention those in the Comments!
Note: This is not an endorsement of all of the petitions that appear or have appeared on these sites. While I have often found many of their petitions to be sound, I don’t necessarily agree with the opinions expressed in every petition from these sources.
Earthjustice
http://earthjustice.org/action
http://www.ucsusa.org/action-center
http://350.org/campaigns
http://www.nrdc.org/action
http://www.lcv.org/act
Also look up your state-level Conservation Voters group; for example, this is California’s LCV:
http://act.ecovote.org
http://sierraclub.org/take-action
AddUp
https://www.addup.org
The Rainforest Site / GreaterGood
http://therainforestsite.greatergood.com/clickToGive/trs/take-action
SumOfUs
http://sumofus.org
https://www.change.org/petitions
Care2 / The Petition Site
http://www.thepetitionsite.com
http://credoaction.com
http://petitions.moveon.org
The White House’s “We the People” petition site
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petitions
[2017 UPDATE: The new Administration may be dismantling this webpage, or might not respond to any petitions.]
Courage Campaign (for California)
http://couragecampaign.org/take-action
2015 is the prize’s 26th year. The Goldman Environmental Prize ceremony, which is held in San Francisco, California and then in Washington DC, will be broadcast LIVE on the Goldman Prize YouTube channel.
Marilyn Baptiste, BC, Canada: A former chief of the Xeni Gwet’in First Nation, she led her community in defeating one of the largest proposed gold and copper mines in British Columbia that would have destroyed Fish Lake—a source of spiritual identity and livelihood for the Xeni Gwet’in. (Her organization: First Nations Women Advocating Responsible Mining: FNWARM)
Berta Cáceres, Honduras: In a country with growing socioeconomic inequality and human rights violations, she rallied the indigenous Lenca people of Honduras and waged a grassroots campaign that successfully pressured the world’s largest dam builder to pull out of the Agua Zarca Dam. (Her organization: National Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras: COPINH. Twitter: @COPINHHonduras)
Jean Wiener, Haiti: In a country plagued by extreme poverty and political instability, he led community efforts to establish the nation’s first Marine Protected Areas by empowering Haitians to see the long-term value in sustainably managing fisheries and mangrove forests. (His organization: Foundation for the Protection of Marine Biodiversity: FoProBiM. Twitter: @FoProBiM)
Howard Wood, Scotland: He spearheaded a campaign that established the first community-developed Marine Protected Area in Scotland, giving citizens a voice in a debate that had been dominated by the commercial fishing industry. (His organization: Community of Arran Seabed Trust: COAST. Twitter: @ArranCoast)
Phyllis Omido, Kenya: After learning her own breast milk was making her baby sick—and realizing her child wasn’t the only one suffering from lead poisoning—she galvanized the community in Mombasa to shut down the smelter that was exposing people to dangerous chemicals. (Her organization: Center for Justice, Governance, and Environmental Action: CJGEA. Twitter: @phyllisomido)
Myint Zaw, Myanmar: Facing heavy government scrutiny and restricted use of tools like email or social media, he launched a national movement that successfully stopped construction of the Myitsone Dam on Myanmar’s treasured Irrawaddy River.
Click on each recipient’s name to read—and watch a brief, well-produced video—about their remarkable efforts and achievements.
Here’s the video about Marilyn Baptiste, from British Columbia, Canada.
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The 6 Most Spectacular Wooden Roller Coasters in the World
Wooden roller coasters represent a rare opportunity for theme parks across the world. Anyone with the proper motivation and a clever design can craft a ride that is the equal or possibly even the superior of the titans of the industry such as Disney and Universal.
A quick glance at the latest voting at the Golden Ticket Awards reveals just this. A few of the least storied theme parks in the world built some of the greatest attractions in the world. Here are the six best roller coasters in the world according to the Golden Ticket Awards.
1. Boulder Dash – Lake Compounce
With regards to theme parks, Bristol, Connecticut lacks the cachet of Orlando, Florida, or Hollywood/Anaheim, California. It does, however, have a legacy as one of the oldest parks in America, with its roots traced back to 1846. The first electric roller coaster onsite, Green Dragon, was built in 1914, giving them a century of experience in the field. As Lake Compounce entered the 21st century, they added a roller coaster so fantastic that it still wins awards 15 years after its debut. It’s the wooden equivalent of Millennium Force, the other attraction from the year 2000 that can make the same claim in the category of steer coasters.
In order to craft such a magnificent wooden thrill ride, Customer Coasters International, the designers of the ride, took a massive amount of Douglas Fir and constructed a 4,700 square feet long track at the modest cost of $6 million, a fairly frugal number for such a well-regarded attraction. They deftly incorporated the surrounding forest and rock structures into Boulder Dash, causing a series of blind spots where the rider cannot see beyond what’s directly in front of them. This inimitable air of mystery adds to the excitement, and the ride rushes you down this path at 60 miles per hour.
Interestingly, Boulder Dash was eventually re-tracked after several years, and the changes have only enhanced the ride. To wit, from 2000 until 2008, the attraction only won Best Wooden Roller Coaster once. Since the redesign, it’s won consecutively in 2013 and 2014.
Here’s ride video of the amazing Boulder Dash.
2. El Toro – Six Flags Great Adventure
The quotable line from Jackie Chan Adventures is, “El Toro is the greatest!” That’s technically inaccurate since it was last named Best Wooden Roller Coaster in 2012. For now, El Toro is the second greatest ride in the world.
While Kingda Ka is inexorably linked with Six Flags Great Adventure these days, El Toro actually has the best reviews and industry reputation at the park. This 4,400 square feet track may seem serpentine in design, but it clearly follows a different philosophy. If you mess with this bull, you will get its horns, and those horns are conveniently located on the front of the coaster cart.
As previously discussed, El Toro stands on the previous grounds of Viper, which explains the slithery station design, a recycled product. Whereas that ride was uncomfortable and dull, El Toro thrills at 70 miles per hour. El Toro does a wonderful job of starting slowly before building to an exhilarating downward plunge. The high point is a 76-degree drop followed by a series of close encounters with narrow thruways. You can enjoy a first person point-of-view video here.
3. The Voyage – Holiday World
Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana, is best known for its unforgettable city name. It is second-best known for The Voyage, a wooden roller coaster that was immediately named Best New Ride upon its debut in 2006. Each of the next five years, Amusement Today awarded this attraction the honor of Best Wooden Roller Coaster.
The causes of greatness for The Voyage are plentiful. It features an exceptionally long track length of 6,400 feet, maximum velocity of 67 miles per hour, and a 66-degree vertical plummet. What is most memorable about this coaster, however, is its air-time. With 24.3 seconds of time spent with your body off the seat, The Voyage claims the most air-time of any wooden roller coaster in existence. This video exemplifies the pure adrenaline rush of The Voyage. It’s also a Master’s class in track layout. Pay particular attention to the clever usage of dark areas to intensify the thrills.
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When David's not at Walt Disney World, he's writing about movies and box office analysis, economics, streaming media, technology, travel, and parks and recreation. He's the author of the Disney Demystified and Behind the Ride book series.
Submitted by BackSeatJunkie (not verified) on Monday, June 15, 2015 - 22:41
"Customer Coaster International" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Too funny. Did you run out of room to post a YouTube link to Ravine Flyer II ? I kept looking for the third page of the article since the entire thing seems to have stopped dead in the middle of a paragraph.
Submitted by Uri (not verified) on Monday, June 22, 2015 - 16:13
We're supposed to believe ALL the world's most spectacular wooden coasters are in the USA? Seriously, nothing in Europe or Asia?
Submitted by A.J. (not verified) on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 22:15
Boulder Dash at #1 is the best roller coaster I've ever been on. Well deserving of the top spot. It's just incredible, hugging the side of a mountain, and going through trees with lots and lots of airtime.
Submitted by Peggy Jeffries (not verified) on Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 04:41
What happened to The Beast at King's Island??
Submitted by Kris griffin (not verified) on Friday, April 1, 2016 - 03:33
The Beast by far exceeds any of these rides. It has been open since April 1979 and is still tearing though the woods at 60mph. #andstill the worlds longest wooden rollercoaster since April 1979 when the ride was first opened.
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Game of Thrones 4x04: Oathkeeper
Opening Credits Map
King's Landing -> Dragonstone -> Dreadfort -> Winterfell -> The Wall -> Meereen
Grey Worm is practicing his English with Missandei. I'm pretty sure that's all they're doing (most likely to Grey Worm's dismay). So, good luck to Grey Worm with that. Learning English, that is. That language sucks. But, good luck to Grey Worm on getting with Missandei. I hope it works out for him! Daenerys comes in and tells Grey Worm that it's clobberin' time.
Grey Worm sneaks into Meereen and knows exactly where to go to find a meeting of slaves conveniently discussing whether or not they should rise up against their masters. The slaves are skeptical an uprising will work but are less skeptical after receiving a bunch of swords from Grey Worm. The slaves revolt and the masters are left wondering how their lifelong practice of enslaving, abusing and angering people for their own personal convenience could have possibly backfired.
Daenerys looks over her newly conquered Meereen as the surviving masters are rounded up. Daenerys reminds everybody of the child slaves nailed to mile markers. Jorah advises mercy but Daenerys is all, “Screw mercy. Eye for an eye, bitches!” And with that the masters get nailed (and not in the good way).
King's Landing
Bronn and Jaime are sword practicing, which is not a euphemism. Jaime gets beaten with his own hand, which is not a euphemism. Afterwards, Bronn guilts Jaime into seeing Tyrion.
So, Jaime and Tyrion have a heart to heart. Jaime admits that Cersei wants him to kill Tyrion but Jaime would never kill his brother. And Tyrion would never kill his nephew. It's a fine mess these Lannister boys have found themselves in.
Cersei is pissed. Cersei is an idiot. She still thinks Tyrion killed Joffrey and is upset Jaime visited him. Jaime tries to convince her that Tyrion is innocent but, again, Cersei is an idiot. Cersei asks Jaime if he'd hunt down Sansa and bring her Sansa's head. Because it's so obvious Sansa had a role in Joffrey's death. I mean, when I think of Sansa one of the first things I think of is criminal mastermind. I don't think Jaime accepted the task of beheading a young girl but I don't see why not. Why not add one more conflicting oath to your growing list?
Margaery and Olenna are talking the art of seduction. Although, I wouldn't think Margaery needs much advice in that area. All Margaery needs to do to seduce a man is be in the same room, right?
Olenna thinks Margaery needs to get her claws into Tommen early before Cersei poisons him against her. Olenna talks about how she used her sexual prowess to get the man who was supposed to marry her sister to propose to her. Oh, and Olenna totally admits to being a part of the plot to kill Joffrey. So there's that.
So Margaery has a little midnight rendezvous with Tommen. It doesn't get as steamy as I first thought it would. She really just tells him they are to be married, that they should get to know each other and then leaves him with a kiss on the forehead. However, I'm still pretty sure Westeros' soon-to-be-king is going to need a change of sheets in the morning. (And I was right. All Margaery needs to do is be in the same room.)
We end King's Landing with Jaime giving his Valyrian steel sword to Brienne in exchange for her searching for and protecting Sansa. Brienne agrees and then is introduced to her new traveling partner, Podrick. Brienne is against the idea of a traveling companion but I assume during some lonely night in the woods Brienne will learn the true benefits to having Podrick around. Before departing Brienne names her sword Oathkeeper. (That's the name of the episode!) I'm not crazy about the name but it beats Widow's Wail.
Littlefinger's Creepy Ass Boat
Sansa is not entirely sure Baelish is on the up-and-up. Good for her. She wants to know where she's being taken and Littlefinger tells her they're headed to the Vale of Arryn to see her not-at-all-crazy Aunt Lysa. Oh, and he totally admits to being a part of the plot to kill Joffrey. So there's that.
Sansa wants to know what motive Baelish would have to aid in the murder of Joffrey. Baelish pretty much says it keeps people confused and was a good will gesture to a new ally. What does Littlefinger want in the end? Everything, of course! (And I assume included in “everything” is banging Sansa…nightly…while he calls her Catelyn.)
More sword practicing! This time it's Jon Snow showing the recruits how it's done. One of the recruits, Locke (not of smoke monster fame), actually knows how to fight. He and Jon Snow bond. I wonder if Sam is jealous? [UPDATE: I generally don't read up on the episode until after I write my review and so now I've discovered that I totally missed out on the fact that, unfortunately for Jon Snow, Locke is one of Roose Bolton's men. Hey, I've never claimed to be the sharpest tool in the shed!] [UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: I'm sorry, that's a lie. I have claimed that....often....and probably still will.]
Acting Captain Thorne is unimpressed with the sword practice. He reminds Jon snow that he's a steward and thus should do more stewarding and less swording. Afterwards, seedy underling Janos Slynt tells Thorne that Jon Snow is rising fast within the Night's Watch and if Acting Captain Thorne isn't careful he's not going to be acting as captain much longer. So it's decided that letting Jon go north of the wall to find the mutineers at Craster's Keep wouldn't be all bad...especially if it meant the end of Jon Snow.
Sam laments to Jon that he shouldn't have left Gilly in Mole's Town. Where was that thought process last episode? Jon doesn't seem overly concerned. He's thinking about attacking the mutineers. The topic of Bran then comes up and Jon deduces that Bran and company are most likely near Craster's Keep as well.
Jon is then summoned by Thorne. He's told he's allowed to go to the North but can only take volunteers with him. Jon seems to get a healthy amount of volunteers and, wouldn't you know it, his new friend Locke is one of them! Never saw that one coming.
Craster's Keep
The mutineers are having a grand old time. There's cursing, drunkenness, drinking from the skull of your former captain and, of course, raping. All class, these people. It turns out that the last Craster baby is born and it's a boy. Karl, the leader of the mutineers, thinks he's supposed to kill the baby boy and is totally up for it. Who hasn't wanted to plunge a knife into an innocent, wide-eyed infant freshly born into this world? However, satiating his infanticidal lust will have to wait because he learns that he's supposed to offer the baby to the White Walkers. No biggie.
The baby's cries are heard by Bran and crew who are indeed near Craster's Keep. Bran wargs his direwolf to check things out. He sees a caged Ghost before falling into a pit. Way to walk your dog into a trap, Bran. Summer's gonna be pissed!
Bran and crew go to investigate further where they are promptly captured by the mutineers. Sheesh, you'd think they were a group consisting of three kids and a dullard. Oh, wait. And now said dullard is changed up, taunted and stabbed and it's very sad because who doesn't think Hodor is awesome?
The leader quickly deduces that Bran is highborn but Bran's lips are sealed as far as his true identity is concerned. Karl quickly unseals Bran's lips by sticking a knife in Meera's neck. So the mutineers find out he's Bran Stark and that Jon Snow is his brother. I'm not sure what they plan to do next but I'm not holding out hope it'll be for the greater good.
Way the hell north
A White Walker on a creepy zombie horse is carrying the baby boy. The White Walker places the child on a pedestal (literally, not figuratively). Then a creepy shaman White Walker picks the baby up and touches his forehead. And that, kids, is how baby White Walkers are born.
Apparently I've been misspelling Jaime in my reviews as Jamie. This is as good a time as any to mention that I hate the names in Game of Thrones. Don't be surprised if at some point I resort to just using vague descriptions.
So Daenerys keeps conquering these cities but then she leaves. Who is left in charge?
I'm still confused why the masters at Meereen were nailing child slaves to mile markers.
Jaime and Tyrion need more scenes together.
I wonder how the Margaery and Tommen scene would have played for audiences if the genders were reversed? Then again, we kind of did see it with Baelish and Sansa.
So, it sounds like Littlefinger made an alliance with the Tyrells and together they plotted to kill Joffrey? This only surprises me because I figured the Tyrells would at least wait until Margaery bore a son before offing Joffrey. But maybe the Tyrells were confident Margaery could woo Tommen and/or were worried what Joffrey might do to Margaery before she had a chance to produce an heir.
So the poison was in (or simply was) a stone on Sansa's necklace. But how did that poison get into the pie or wine?
So Sam wasn't around to volunteer or not volunteer for Jon Snow's mission to the North. I don't know if Sam is automatically disqualified from going because he's Sam or if Sam is automatically going because he's Sam.
You know, I started my nudity counter because I thought it would be silly fun. But so far the majority of the nudity has come in the form of sexual assault and that's decidedly not fun.
Karl is obviously completely despicable. Yet, he doesn't want to kill Ghost because...reasons?
So White Walkers only allow males into their fold? Who do you think your are, Augusta National Golf Club? Get with the times!
Bronn: He hated the little twerp, sure. But, who didn't?
Tyrion: Sansa's not a killer. Not yet anyway.
Podrick: I won't slow you down sir...m'lady.
Season 4 Totals
Boob Count: 12
Full Frontal Count: 3 (2 Female, 1 Male (A correction from last episode. I apparently missed it.))
Butt Count: 4 (3 Female, 1 Male)
Coitus Count: 3 (Another unfortunate sexual assault...)
Main Character Death Count: 1 (Joffrey)
Hodor Count: 11 (A lot of Hodors this episode...but they were mostly sad Hodors.)
Posted by Dr. Bitz at 10:26 AM
Labels: 2013-2014 TV Season, Game of Thrones, Last Week in TV, TV, TV reviews
SpaceSquid April 30, 2014 at 6:53 AM
And that, kids, is how baby White Walkers are born.
"How I Met The Creepy Frost Zombie I Was Standing Next To When I Turned You Into A Creepy Frost Zombie"?
In the books, she leaves a former slave - an ex-pitfighter, I think, named Cleon the Butcher - in charge of Astapor. I seem to recall she leaves the Masters in control in Yunkai in exchange for them swearing an oath to never have or sell slaves again.
Clearly nothing can go wrong with either of these plans.
Yeah, they never did explain that, did they? Again, it's explicit in the books; they hope it will discourage Dany from attacking them, because they're idiots and/or they're used to people who can be cowed by shows of excessive brutality.
If you re-watch the previous three episodes knowing what you do now, it's not hard to figure out a plausible option. Or if you don't want to: RETROACTIVE SPOILERS
There's a point at the wedding where Olenna fiddles with Sansa's necklace and actually removes a stone (hence why there are only six when Littlefinger takes it from Sansa). She's also closest to the wine cup after it's been returned to Joffrey.
END RETROACTIVE SPOILERS
This is interesting, because the whole Karl/Ghost/Bran and Co. story is completely new, so I'm as in the dark as you are.
The two possibilities I see here are that either Ghost is being used as an early warning system/potential defence against wights, or that he's a really low-level hostage in case Jon comes sniffing around. The latter seems pretty unlikely (there's no reason other than authorial fiat why Karl would consider Jon would be the one to lead any reprisal raid on the keep), but it would give a potential answer to the question of what happens next with Bran.
So Bran = useful hostage. Meera and Jojen will only survive rape and death respectively if they can be proven useful - maybe Bran can convince someone from King's Landing that two children of Lord Howland Reed are high-level hostages (whereas in reality the Reed's lands are just about literally as far from the Wall as you can get and still be in the North). Summer might be useful for the same reason Ghost is.
But poor old Hodor I don't see surviving unless Jon gets to the keep very quickly...
Dr. Bitz May 1, 2014 at 9:48 PM
@SpaceSquid: "they hope it will discourage Dany from attacking them, because they're idiots"
She hates slavery? Surely if we start killing slaves she'll leave us alone!
"Olenna fiddles with Sansa's necklace and actually removes a stone"
You know, I'm starting think this murder plot is a bit over complicated.
"This is interesting, because the whole Karl/Ghost/Bran and Co. story is completely new"
Ha! How does it feel to be in the dark with everyone else!
"Ghost is being used as an early warning system/potential defence against wights"
You may be right. But I'd be nervous if I was Karl. If Ghost escapes you know he's going for as many jugulars as possible.
"But poor old Hodor I don't see surviving unless Jon gets to the keep very quickly..."
I bet that would go over worse than the Red Wedding!
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Nintendo says Zelda will be an 'immediate reason' to buy an NX console
Nintendo says that Zelda on the Nintendo NX will be 'an immediate reason' to buy Nintendo's next-gen console
By: Anthony Garreffa from Jun 22, 2016 @ 23:57 CDT
Nintendo didn't tease its next-gen NX console at E3 2016, but it did tease gamers with a reveal of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and its official trailer.
People who have had hands-on time with Breath of the Wild have said that the game world is absolutely gigantic, and that the game mechanics and controls are top notch. Nintendo has huge hopes pinned on its next-gen Zelda game, which will hit both the current-gen Wii U and the next-gen NX console.
Nintendo believes that Zelda will be a system seller, especially for the new Nintendo NX console. Nintendo of America VP of Sales, Scott Moffitt, talked with The Financial Post about Nintendo NX and the new Legend of Zelda game recently. Moffitt said that Nintendo decided on focusing on Zelda at E3 this year, since that game deserved it. Moffitt said: "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a game that deserves this level of focus. You're right, it is our primary game we're showing this year, and it's just spectacular. For a game that immense and exciting we thought it deserved this sort of stage, and, frankly, this level of focus".
According to our sources, and others throughout the industry, NVIDIA will provide a Pascal-based Tegra processor for Nintendo NX. We should hear about this more in the near future hopefully.
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By Ben Banks
SouthSide Uzulane is definitely one artist that I’ve been excited to get for an interview. I haven’t actually met him yet, but I’ve been a fan of his since I heard one of his early features with FromSpace. He was very open and honest about some of his struggles but also how he’s moving to become a better artist and person.
Where are you from and what area do you feel like you rep?
SouthSide: I’m from Chatt. I can’t choose a specific spot cuz I’ve lived all over Chatt and try to have love for all areas of the city regardless of good or bad experiences.
What/who first got you into music?
SouthSide: I can’t say it was anyone specific but if I do I’ll say it all starts with my dad, Rest In Peace, to him and aside from him my older brother who was always watching BET growing up back when I didn’t care to make music at all.
Which artists are really inspiring you right now?
SouthSide: Just like with me keeping love for all areas of Chatt I gain inspiration from all areas of life. It’s too crazy for me to ignore what happens and real people connect with real shit, so if I been through it why would I not speak on it everything is an inspiration or an influence that gets me thinking about what a song needs and how I should approach it. Kendrick was the one that grabbed my ears but years later so did Ski Mask, COMETHAZINE, and lots more.
Which artist is really slept on in the area?
SouthSide: Aside from me, CJ FromSpace, IHateheartless, and Brandon Castello the list could go on locally but I pay more attention to them than anyone else in Chatt no shade to anyone I didn’t mention.
Tell me about your creative process
SouthSide: I overthink the moment I wake up from sleep so when I make music that state of mind doesn’t leave until I acknowledge that it’s there. A lot of times it helps a lot of times it gets in the way so usually I’ll smoke before I hop on FL and I’ll be in the mood to play around with whatever idea I get until I craft it in my mind enough and then I’ll put it together on FL or I’ll write it out and when I record if I don’t like it I don’t rush it save the project come back to it if it has potential unless it was trash. Overall can’t be afraid to acknowledge something bad because you can’t grow like that.
Do you feel like you’ve gone through phases in your music
SouthSide: Yep, everyday of my life feels like a different chapter but to put it simple I went from not caring about music to making music too fast and now I’m just chilling and enjoying the ride so that when I get back on my laptop or someone else shit I’ll have all the resources I need to express how I feel based on what I been through can’t have shame when you go through something real because most people been through it too and I’m not giving up my chance for me and those people to connect and understand we all the same at heart.
How would you say that you’re different now rather than past phases?
SouthSide: Back then, I let my mind and feelings get the best of me I was weak fast forward to today I’m that same person but I stopped ignoring my flaws and started working on them at one point I didn’t believe in myself at all then I started taking production serious and got good at that which is what proved to me that it all starts with you as a person and how far your willing to push so that you achieve what your after.
Explain how you balance music with everything else in your life
SouthSide: I don’t if I don’t feel like doing music I won’t force it And regardless im always listening to music at work and I’m always thinking about music when I’m at work or not i look at life like stars and planets I need somewhere to put all this shit and it’s in my music with my music being space itself.
You’re very protective of your energy and who’s in your circle; why’s that important to you?
SouthSide: Because I’ve been the bad and the good guy and I made a choice being a bad person not worth it so if you choose to be bad and you push that fucked up energy on the people that care for you and choose to put up with you it’s a hell naw for me I grew up being picked on so I refuse to let people that can’t mature be around me. I’ll break somebody neck if it’ll get they hoe ass away from me I try to remain peaceful and civilized regardless though but people today don’t care about you or your loved ones so after you show me you intend on harming me or them you done we never knew you niggas too fake for me to keep trusting everybody we all did fake shit before but I’ll admit it before most the niggas I know do and the niggas that don’t keep it that real don’t need to be around me.
Talk about some trends you see in the music scene right now
SouthSide: Same shit as every year; one rapper says a word and all rappers start using that word and people on social media start using that word because everybody sheep in denial aside from that a lot of producers in rap been doing a lot of melodic stuff with trap music which is dope to me melodies are where it’s at even if you got the best drums melodies are like marshmallows in lucky charms lol.
Is there anything you’re trying to change in the music scene?
SouthSide: Nothing specific but I hate that about myself to be honest because it’s not a dream I’m chasing I’m not ambitious about it or anything it’s just who I am before music all I did was draw and I’m good as hell at that but after music I barely draw anything but it’s the same feeling for both it’s just who I am not who I want to be so I’m not trying to do anything huge by default because stuff like that comes when you stayed focused and true to yourself anyway.
Are there any themes that you focus on in your music?
SouthSide: I try not to rap about shit that’s too ignorant and I try to speak on what matters most but it just depends on the song and what it’s about so I just go with the flow but I don’t let the water take me I watch where it goes and where it’s coming from that’s how I come up with my shit nothing but observation.
What audience are you trying to reach?
SouthSide: Whoever wants to listen. It’s thousands of niggas out here rapping about the same shit and people flock to that but ignore someone with actual shit to say because people don’t like to acknowledge the shame that’s associated with struggle my goal is to embrace that shame so we all feel good knowing we had to walk to work in the rain or had to sell and pawn our TV just to put food on the table.
What message are you sending that audience?
SouthSide: I love you, if you love yourself and others. We all mess up but we don’t all acknowledge when we mess up but everything starts there so if you care about fixing yourself then I love you I can’t stand biased ass people that just results in an endless argument.
Who’s someone that you’d love to collab with?
SouthSide: My dad lol I don’t rely on collabs I already spend most of my time trying to outdo myself but I’m open to collab with whoever as long as you not trash don’t care how much clout somebody have if your verse make people turn the song off or skip past your part then we don’t have nothing to work on together people deserve to hear a whole song if they choose to donate their time and in most cases money too.
What struggles have you overcome working in music?
SouthSide: Yea just everyday life shit usually or my laptop trippin and I’ll spend hours trying to fix it so I can get back to a beat I was making obstacles become resources though so usually I don’t trip I just be thankful for what I still do have.
Do you have any advice for someone wanting to start in music?
SouthSide: If you not ready to trash a whole verse because it’s not good you shouldn’t rap everything in life is trial and error you can come up with the perfect verse and hook on one song and the next song will make you feel like you just started rapping again you gotta be willing to step back and come back in the middle of that you gotta observe go listen to something that will give you ideas for a flow and etc can’t just rely on what you already know you have to keep growing at all times as long as you willing to do that any and everything is possible for you.
What some good things that have come from being in the music scene?
SouthSide: The real friends I’ve made in it I can speak on myself and my personal growth forever but without those friends I wouldn’t even care about what I’ve achieved.
Best describe your brand/style
SouthSide: I wouldn’t. Most rappers won’t say they was just another nigga but that’s all I am just another nigga that loves good music I can be whatever to whoever but at the end of the day I’m a fan not a brand.
What other media (movies, shows, etc) influences or inspires you?
SouthSide: Before anime and manga was cool to everybody I was picked on for that shit. Anybody I went to East Lake with in middle school will tell you that but that’s who I am and anime has always been inspirational. I’ll rewatch Dragon Ball Z before I watch the next big horror movie. Most that shit all the same.
So, what’s something that if you accomplished it, you’d feel like you’ve “made it”?
SouthSide: Being able to take care of and provide for myself and family nothing else really matters to me.
Is there something that you’re really proud of?
SouthSide: My dad because it took him a while but he still got far with his music before shit happened how it did but I’m proud as fuck of him because I know he went through a lot to make it and people put him through a lot before and after he did in my eyes he the only real superhero I ever met. He stayed true to himself how can I not be proud of that.
Do yo have any other hobbies?
SouthSide: Nah, I play games and make music if I want to draw I will so only thing I could say would be getting better at painting and performing more.
Anything you want to plug or any shoutouts?
SouthSide: Shout out to Chattanooga. We all some crazy ass messed up people but we still on our feet and trying to do better. I got a music video on the way next month for my most recent song called GUAP https://soundcloud.com/homelss/guap. I know the name generic but the song hard so I don’t care lol.
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Sibling Rivalry African Folktale Story
The Singing Skeleton is an African folktale story about sibling rivalry and the jealousy, competition, and fighting between two brothers.
The Singing Skeleton African Folktale Story
Bamaza had two sons; the older one of the two boys caused his father much trouble. He not only was disobedient and unruly, but he also hated his younger brother, who was the direct opposite of him.
One day their mother sent them to the woods to pick some wild flowers, which grew near a deep ravine. On their way to the woods, they passed through a town where a dance was happening.
When the elder brother saw this dance, he went and joined the young beautiful dancers. The younger brother called him and said "Come on, my brother, let us do our mother's bidding and go to the woods to pick flowers!" But, he would not.
Thus, the younger brother went alone to the woods. He found many flowers and picked a big bunch. On his way home, he met his elder brother who asked him for the flowers.
The younger brother asked, "Why did you not come along with me and pick some for yourself, instead of idling away your time at the dance big brother? I picked these flowers for mother and intend to take them to her," the younger brother said.
At these words, the elder brother got very angry, and he threw his younger brother down a deep ravine, so that he died.
The flowers his younger brother picked, he took along for his mother.
When he came home, his father asked him. "Where is your younger brother?"
"I do not know. He and I were not at the same place," he of course lied.
The parents at first did not feel alarmed about the absence of their younger son. "Something had detained him, or he has met one of his friends on the way," they thought. They were sure that he would be home before night. But he did not come home that night, nor the next morning, nor the day after.
The parents went in search of their youngest son. When they failed to find him, their sorrow was great.
About six months later the mother went to the woods in search of firewood, and it happened that she came near the place where her youngest son had come to his death. There she found a well-preserved human skeleton.
She picked up the skeletons head thinking that it would be something very interesting to sing about. As she began to sing it seemed to her that the skeleton, too, sang, and she listened.
This is what the skeleton sang: "My dear mother! When I went to pick flowers my brother threw me down this ravine! He also took my flowers!"
When his mother heard this, she took the skeleton home. On reaching her house she at once called her oldest son and his father and told them how she had found the skeleton and what it had revealed to her.
She said to the skeleton, "Sing, that all may hear! “And the skeleton sang and said, "When I went to pick flowers, my brother threw me into a deep ravine. He also took away my flowers."
When the father heard this, he got into a rage, rushed at his older son and killed him. Thus, the sin of this wicked son was found out and punished by his grieving father and mother.
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Get to Know secrets missions of US 82nd Devil`s Division
The US military has sent a new group of Airborne Infantry Battalion to the Middle East, amid tensions between Washington and Tehran following the killing of the Quds Force commander, Qassem Soleimani, in a US strike in front of Baghdad airport.
A new group of a paratroop infantry battalion, from the US 82nd Airborne Division, left Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
These forces will join approximately 750 soldiers who were sent, earlier this week, to the Middle East.
The Pentagon has announced its intention to send about 3,000 additional soldiers to the area from the "82" division.
This “82” division was known as “Death from the Top,” and it is also called the “Devil 82”, an American airborne infantry division.
It was formed in 1917 during World War I, the division specializes in airdrops and paragliding, and its mission is to respond to emergencies anywhere.
This division is part of the 18th Airborne Weapon, and it consists of 6 brigades, which are "Devil Brigade", "Falcon Brigade", " Panther Brigade", "Field Artillery Brigade", "Combat Aviation Brigade" and " 82nd Brigade Support Battalion".
The American military contingent participated in the First and Second World Wars, and the Vietnam, Panama, and Afghanistan wars and counter-terrorism operations were fought.
On Sunday, US President Donald Trump threatened Iran with an unprecedented strike, if the United States was attacked by Tehran.
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In another tweet, the US President added: "If Iran attacks American bases or any American, we will direct our best military hardware against them without hesitation."
In response to Iranian threats of selecting 35 American sites to target in addition to Israel, Trump's threats came, clear that Washington has identified 52 Iranian sites that the army will strike if Iran targets any Americans or any American assets.
Trump's response comes after Tasnim News Agency quoted a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander as saying that Iran would punish the Americans wherever they were, in response to Soleimani's death.
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Britain battered by another storm! Blizzard conditions more flooding and 100mph winds bring the UK to it's knees again
100mph wind gusts expected
Horrific weather is set to last for three days
More flooding expected in the South-East and the North
Met Office said eight inches of snow could fall
Blizzard conditions are causing travel disruption as Britain is battered by a storm that has led to the cancellation of at least 80 flights at the country's biggest airport.
Heavy snow was lying across Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of England by Thursday morning. London's Heathrow airport said a combination of snow and windy weather conditions had affected flights.
The Met Office had issued yellow "be aware" warnings of wind and snow for Scotland, warning of gusts of up to 60mph in places and 4in (10cm) to 8in (20cm) of snow on higher ground.
The warnings also extend to northern parts of England as well as Wales and Northern Ireland, where thick snow blanketed Coleraine and Ballymena.
The weather has affected ferry services, with Caledonian MacBrayne warning "heavy disruptions" are expected.
Northlink ferries and Orkney Ferries also warned disruption was likely due to the weather.
The Met Office described the weather as a "real taste of winter" caused by a polar airmass, which originated over northern Canada, spreading south across the UK.
The Forth Road Bridge - which connects Edinburgh and Fife - is open again after it was closed all of Wednesday when a lorry was blown over and damaged the central reservation.
Paul Gundersen, chief meteorologist at the Met Office, said the heaviest and most frequent snow showers are likely across northern and western Scotland, Northern Ireland and around Irish Sea coasts, but eastern coasts will also be affected in the coming days. "Most northern areas are very likely to see snow showers at times over the next few days but the situation over the southern half of England is more complicated," Gundersen said.
"Southern counties of England and Wales can expect a cold and wet day with some heavy rain on Thursday, but there's an increasing chance this will turn to sleet or snow, especially over hills, during the afternoon and evening.
"There is a chance of snow settling, bringing disruption to transport during the evening rush-hour and possibly interruptions to power supplies - this more likely across East Anglia and south-east England. "As skies clear on Thursday night, it is likely to become icy in many areas.
Forecasting snow is always challenging and there's often a fine line between whether it will rain or snow in a particular location depending on slight changes in air temperature."
It follows a wet and windy day on Wednesday for Scotland and the north of England that left homes without power and major travel disruption.
A gust of 93mph was recorded at High Bradfield in South Yorkshire and 82mph at Emley Moor in West Yorkshire.
Engineers worked to reconnect thousands of homes in Yorkshire, Cumbria, Cheshire and the north of Scotland, and will be on standby throughout Thursday.
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In October 2005, in an auditorium filled to capacity in Bentonville, Arkansas, Lee Scott, Wal-Mart President and CEO, made the first speech in the history of Wal-Mart, which will be broadcast to 1.6 million of the employees (workers) in all of its 6000 + stores worldwide and shared with suppliers 60000 +. Scott announced that Wal-Mart was the launch of a large sustainable business strategy to significantly reduce the impact on the environment and thus become "the most competitive and innovative company in the world." He claimed that, "being a good steward of the environment and not be profitable are mutually exclusive. They are one and the same. "He also committed Wal-Mart to three aspirational goals:" To be supplied 100 percent by renewable energy, creating zero waste and selling products that support our resources and the environment. " Against this background, the case is Andrew Ruben, vice president of corporate strategy and business sustainability, and Tyler Elm, senior director of the same group. Ruben and Elm, who were selected Scott to lead the sustainable development strategy, recognized that they need to keep improving the environment are closely linked to the business value and profitability of the strategy for success. The case describes the efforts of Wal-Mart to achieve this by focusing on three primary areas of focus (seafood, electronics and textiles) and their impact on the company's relationships with suppliers, and results. It also examines how Wal-Mart will be evaluated and their ideas about the sustainability of its suppliers, partners, customers and the public. "Hide
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Benedict Cumberbatch shines in The Child in Time
The BBC1 adaptation of Ian McEwan’s 1987 novel The Child in Time follows Stephen Lewis (Benedict Cumberbatch), a children’s author, who loses his four year-old daughter Kate in a supermarket. The 90-minute drama pivots between the lives of Stephen and his wife Julie (Kelly Macdonald) immediately after the tragic event and three years on.
The script from Stephen Butchard follows the separate journeys of grief Stephen and Julie experience after the disappearance of their daughter. Cumberbatch and McDonald demonstrate this with ease, at first the sheer horror and desperation between the two searching for their daughter which is then followed by bitterness and anger, and eventually the downfall of their marriage once blame is ascribed.
Cumberbatch is perhaps at his best here portraying an ordinary man riddled with guilt and grief who has been flung into a perpetual state of searching. His performance is so raw and gut wrenching you are clearly reminded why Benedict Cumberbatch is one of the best actors of his generation.
Kelly Macdonald is fantastic in her role of Julie, she is sometimes cool but never not caring. Her exploration of grief is something to be applauded, especially her darker days of anger, desperation, and ultimately leaving.
I'm not a parent myself but it's impossible not to put yourself in place of the two parents. The silence that engulfs Stephen and Julie in their separate homes is deafening and unbearable. The chatter and checkout bleep of the supermarket as Stephen’s world falls apart are cruel and uncaring as director Julian Farino highlights that although the world of the characters might be collapsing, the wider world plods on indiscriminately.
Stephen Butchard's script explores childhood on three levels: the trauma of two parents losing their child, a man who feels robbed of his childhood and is desperately searching for it once more, and finally, the government’s intervention in child development. Between the three the narrative itself is lucidly laced with the daydreams of Stephen and his Mother. Everywhere he goes he thinks of her and catches glimpses of her.
Outside of Cumberbatch and MacDonald Stephen Campbell Moore plays Stephen’s friend Charles who retires from his position in the government to up sticks and move to the country side with his wife, Thelma (Saskia Reeves).
Charles is desperately longing to be a child again. This is revealed rather abruptly, Charles is running full force, arms spread wide open, towards his den in the woods. His actions sudden, hungry, and uncontrollable – not those associated with a man who’s just retired. Campbell Moore gives a standout performance, The balance between the mature middle aged man and the cheeky child he longs to be is heartbreaking.
Amongst the grief I feel it’s a tale of growing up and accepting responsibility, the lost responsibility of no longer having a child, but the sense of responsibility and guilt they are burdened with, the responsibilities Charles has hampered away but is still conscious of and tormented by, and arguably the responsibility of Thelma as Charles’ wife.
Stephen finds his friend, a grown man in his school uniform, hanging nalone in the woods. That moment which will dry out the throat of anyone watching once you realise how desperately unhappy Charles must have been tormented by what he longs to be but constantly reminded of what he ought to be.
For a drama that centres around one of the worst things can ever happen to parents The Child in Time manages somehow to be an inspiring and upbeat tale. Everyone involved such be commended. It's going to stay with me for a while.
Contributed Elise Gallagher
Labels: BBC1, Custardtv Reviews, featured, UK single dramas
Wonderful drama. Benedict Cumberbatch was so good, words can't convey it. Sometimes you forget he is the greatest actor of his generation because of the OTT genius type roles he seems to attract. Kelly Macdonald was just as good. Wish we could have seen more of them together. I understand that if someone hadn't read the book by Ian McEwan, the secondary plot might have been a tad confusing but worth it just for the acting by the leads.
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Taylor Swift performs Calvin Harris song live at Grand Prix
Yiiiiiiiiiiiiiikes, this is a tad awkward.
Taylor Swift performed her ex Calvin Harris' hit song 'This Is What You Came For' at the Grand Pix on Saturday.
Incase you forgot, Taylor actually co-wrote this song for Calvin and Rihanna back when she and Cal were still together.
Watch a snippet of the performance below:
We LOVE it, but how did Calvin feel about his ex gf performing his hit song?? According to an exlusive report from HollywoodLife he "absolutely loved it."
The close source went on to reveal that, "regardless of his feelings for her, it is a great song that he is going to play for his own concerts the rest of his life."
"Calvin can't ever get away from it and seeing her performance he thought Taylor knocked it out of the park."
We guess it was bound to happen sooner or later...
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Fool’s Gold Relaunches Webstore, Drops First Official Merch Line
Fool's Gold has relaunched its webstore and released their first merch line.
A-Trak Shares In The Loop: A Decade of Remixes
Migos, Juelz Santana, Lil Yachty, And More To Play Fool’s Gold Day Off In New York City
Fool's Gold Records announces Day Off lineup in New York City with Migos, Juelz Santana, and Lil Yachty.
Fam-Lay Matters
12 years after Fam-Lay got shelved, we're living in a golden age for microfandom, artists who self-upload, and people who actually care.
Shash’U Unleashes “PXXXY” From His Upcoming Fool’s Gold EP
The Montreal producer pushes deeper into his signature brand of “power funk”
Nick Catchdubs and Heems Party In A “Full House” On New Single
Troy Ave also guests on the latest Smoke Machine track
Brenmar Debuts UNiiQU3 Collaboration; Chats Music Game Tips
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Watch Run The Jewels Bro Down In The Woods: “There’s No Sex Clubs Here”
The heavyweight hip-hop duo invited The FADER to their upstate studio where they’re recording their new album.
Danny Brown Gets Wild in His “Smokin’ & Drinkin’” Video
The throbbing, neon-lit video depicts exactly the sort of wild party the A-Trak-produced song is meant to soundtrack.
Fool’s Gold’s Nick Catchdubs Introduces B.I.C. In a Big Way With “Wuts That”
The Bronx natives take the co-sign and go all in.
Download Fool’s Gold’s Draft Picks Compilation, with Brenmar, Salva and More
A-Trak’s label lines up their new signings for the year with unreleased track compilation, downloadable for free.
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Security Council briefing on the situation in Syria by the Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura
Thank you Mr Secretary-General for your strong and supportive introduction to this debate,
Your Excellency Foreign Minister McCully, Mr. President, Members of the Security Council,
1. It is precisely the immensity of the human suffering as just described by the Secretary-General and yesterday by our colleague USG O'Brien that commands us to seek out even the remotest possibility for a political solution, even if, and we heard it, sadly the logic of assuming a military victory by anyone, which is impossible, continues. And barrel bombs and other indiscriminate weapons continue to kill Syrian civilians.
2. On 5 May, based on instructions from the Secretary-General, we unrolled the Geneva Consultations. It’s a new form of avoiding getting cornered in a conference which then gets us straight-jacketed, it is a set of structured separate discussions with Syrian and non-Syrian players aimed at "stress testing" any willingness, if there is any, of narrowing the gaps in interpretation of the principles contained in the Geneva Communiqué, which is still, let’s be frank, the internationally only recognized framework for a settlement, even if still ambiguous in some parts. To-date Consultations with over 200 different individuals, actually 216, -Syrians and non-Syrians- in Geneva and in capitals, reveal a generally shared sense of urgency given especially the recent gains by Daesh and al-Nusra Front, the talk of some de facto fragmentation, radicalization and sectarianism. There is thus growing reference to the need for a managed, phased, gradual controlled transition, to avoid a repeat of what no one in this Council would like to se, the problems we have had in Libya and in Iraq.
3. Consultations too have reaffirmed that most Syrians and international actors agree on what Syria should look like, and the relevance of the principles and content of the Geneva Communique. It was three years ago, and it is still valid. Syrians overall emphasize their own vision for a united, sovereign, independent -they’re very proud people-, non-sectarian, multi-confessional, all-inclusive state with territorial integrity, preserved but reformed state institutions, such as the Ministries -as we have seen in Iraq that was the biggest problem we faced when suddenly many institutions disappeared in one moment of the change-, including the political, security and judiciary sectors led by those who can inspire public confidence and trust.
4. Yet, there is disagreement -Mr Secretary-General said it very clearly- on how to get there much based on the different narratives, one as to the root causes of the conflict and emerging priorities. The fear of black flags over Damascus is driving many to consider reassessing their own earlier positions. Yet, many continue to consider also that the conflict continues to be about the Arab Spring calls for a change. There is a firm recognition that counter-terrorism is now definitely a priority. However, many are also wondering -both Syrians and member states- that n order to assert that type of counter-terrorism, there is a need for a credible new government with whom they can partner in that effort.
Mr. President,
5. While common ground exists, the question over the devolution of executive authority to a transitional body -let’s be honest with ourselves- remains the most polarizing element of the Communique. For some, this means that the TGB -transitional governing body- is an instrument to hand over power. Some political and armed opposition groups generally reject any notion of power-sharing with the current government in Damascus. The Syrian government has accepted in theory to discuss the TGB at the Geneva II Conference but continues to reject the concept as unconstitutional.
6. It is still broadly understood that, whatever the solution, it should ensure the "meaningfulness and irreversibility of the transition" and a widely acceptable process, without causing an abrupt jolt, shock, trauma, catastrophe, in the system in Syria - we cannot afford that. And that should also include assurances for Syrian communities -and there are many minorities who have been under threat- and regional stakeholders and guarantees that the Syrian people are part of the decision-making - including, let me stress it, especially women. We met remarkable Syrian women in our Geneva Consultations who haver been giving us often the most powerful concept and analysis we have heard.
7. Sadly there is still no consensus on the way forward on the Communique or yet a formalized even negotiation - we would not be discussing it here otherwise, we would be working on the negotiation. At the same time, given the deepening tragedy- the UN is obliged -and all of us are- to keep the issue alive, to not leave any stone unturned, also attuned to ongoing serious conversations and discussions which are taking place, and we are hearing them, around the region and elsewhere, which may require perhaps more time, and may be linked with developments that the Secretary-General just referred to.
8. We have thus strived to develop recommendations, guided by the views and analysis shared with us during the Consultations. This is the first time by the way that the Syrian people have been given a chance, they told us, to be deeply and intensely consulted - after all we always say this is a Syrian-led , Syrian-involved process, well this was the opportunity. Our recommendations are predicated on the need for a regional and international consensus - and sustained engagement- on a way forward.
9. In responding to the Secretary-General's instruction therefore that we should try to "operationalise the Geneva Communique", together with my team we have consulted widely inside and around; and verified if there was critical mass for common action, and ultimately tried to visualize, from a technical point of view, the implementation of the Geneva Communique, in all its aspects, including the TGB. And we have come up with a detailed formula for the phased implementation of the Geneva Communique, so there is no alibi in case there was -and there will be- a political consensus, including on the TGB, which could assume the functions of a government, a definition of mutual consent, which was in the Geneva Communiqué, the functioning of a military council and Syrian National Congress for national dialogue and constitutional reform, combined with confidence-building measures.
10. Ours is a straightforward interpretation formula for the implementation of the Communique. Regretfully, the Consultations also confirmed that achieving an agreement on this is difficult in the current Syrian context. In fact, many urged us not convene a Geneva III conference yet, because we are not yet there.
11. But, we cannot let the situation in Syria continue to drift. And that’s why based on the appeal and the urge of the Secretary-General, we need to move in a direction where Syrians come together to stop the violence and set out an irreversible path towards a genuine political transition. Which leads us to our main Recommendation.
12. The Geneva Consultations got Syrians to again start talking to each other, sometimes indirectly through us, but they did. What I am today proposing is actually a deepening, getting much deeper, of those issues in the Geneva Communiqué which are not so controversial, and analyzing those that can be controversial. I now intend to invite therefore Syrians to parallel, simultaneous, thematic discussions through intra-Syrian working groups addressing the key aspects of the Geneva Communique, as identified by them in the first phase of the Consultations:
Safety and Protection for All: which means including ending sieges, how to do so, ensuring medical access and releasing detainees;
Political and Constitutional Issues: including the essential principles, transitional governing body and elections;
Military and Security Issues: including combatting terrorism in an effective inclusive way, cease-fires, and integration;
Public Institutions, Reconstruction and Development: which means we should to try to avoid as we said what happened in Iraq and elsewhere where suddenly institutions disappeared and the country got into a major difficulty. Those institutions should continue to deliver public services under a top leadership acceptable to all, and acting in accordance with principles of good government and human rights.
13. These working groups will start generating movement, we believe, towards a Syrian-owned Framework Document on the implementation of the Geneva Communique. These efforts can build on the very useful meetings that took place in Moscow, in Cairo, in Paris, and even in Astana recently and many track II initiatives. This effort should be led by a Steering committee and the Framework Document will also provide for a transitional governing body, procedures for a national dialogue, and so on. Such an international initiative will require the support of a Contact Group, and we will get there at the right time.
14. In all of the above I seek this Council's support, as the Secretary-General has said, and stand ready to regularly report to you and to the Secretary-General, on progress or challenges, which we will definitively have.
Mr Secretary-General, Mr. President, Members of the Security Council,
15. The Consultations have gone some way towards identifying existing common ground. They also still hold the promise that a set of formal negotiations could convene after preparing the ground, if there is a political will. The Geneva Consultations have been loud and clear on the profound risks of failing to act now, including the increasing risk of a multi-generational conflict that, with each passing month, reduces the prospects of ever restoring Syria as a unified state, let alone making it even harder to establish a political process.
16. In closing Mr. President, let me thank the Secretary-General again for being with us today, showing his strong commitment about the issue that is in front of us, and the Secretariat, and the members of the Security Council for their continuous support for our difficult, uphill, difficult, but needed mission. I am obviously ready to go into details more in a separate meeting later on.
Thank you.
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura ended his visit to New York, where he discussed the findings from the initial phase of the Geneva Consultations on the operationalization of the Geneva Communique with the Secretary-General and his senior advisers at United Nations Headquarters.
Mr. de Mistura will be continuing his consultations with Member States, including in the region.
The Special Envoy intends to finalize by the end of July his proposals to the Secretary-General on a way forward to support Syrian parties in their search of a political solution to the conflict, in preparation for a briefing to the Security Council.
10 July 2015, New York
أنهى مبعوث الأمم المتحدة الخاص إلى سوريا ستيفان دي مستورا زيارته إلى نيويورك حيث ناقش في مقر الأمم المتحدة مع الأمين العام وكبار مستشاريه نتائج المرحلة الأولى من مشاورات جنيف بشأن تفعيل بيان جنيف.
وسيُكمل السيد دي مستورا مشاوراته مع الدول الأعضاء، بما في ذلك في المنطقة.
كما يعتزم المبعوث الخاص أن يضع اللمسات الأخيرة على مقترحاته إلى الأمين العام بشأن الطريق إلى الأمام لدعم الأطراف السورية في بحثهم عن حل سياسي للنزاع القائم، وذلك استعدادا لإحاطة مجلس الأمن.
10 يوليو 2015، نيويورك
Within the framework of the Geneva Consultations, Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura met today with a delegation of the Syrian National Coalition of Revolutionary and Opposition Forces led by Coalition President Khaled Khoja. Mr. Khoja and other members of the delegation briefed on the latest efforts of the Coalition and the situation in and around Syria. They also discussed perspectives for a political solution to the Syrian conflict.
In the coming days, Special Envoy de Mistura intends to travel to New York to report to the Secretary-General on his findings from the initial phase of the Geneva Consultations. He will undertake further meetings in New York and regional and international capitals with a view to prepare for the planned Security Council meeting at the end of July.
في إطار مشاورات جنيف، التقى المبعوث الخاص ستيفان دي مستورا اليوم مع وفد من الائتلاف الوطني السوري لقوى الثورة والمعارضة التي يقودها رئيس الائتلاف خالد خوجة. أطلع السيد خوجة وأعضاء آخرين من الوفد السيّد دي مستورا على آخر الجهود التي يبذلها التحالف والوضع في سوريا وحولها. كما ناقشا آفاق التوصل إلى حل سياسي للصراع السوري.
في الأيام المقبلة، يعتزم المبعوث الخاص دي مستورا السفر إلى نيويورك ليقدم تقريرا إلى الأمين العام عن النتائج التي توصل إليها من خلال المرحلة الأولى من المشاورات في جنيف. وقال انه سوف يجري المزيد من الاجتماعات في نيويورك والعواصم الإقليمية والدولية بهدف التحضير لاجتماع مجلس الأمن المزمع عقده في نهاية يوليو.
On 29 May, he met with a delegation of civil society organizations from the United States working on the Syrian crisis. He said afterward that listening to civil society organizations — especially those who work on advocacy and the medical doctors who put their lives at risk every day to save the victims of chemical attacks or shelling — was yet another reminder of the daily realities of the Syrian civilians who pay the highest toll of this conflict. He said it was also an opportunity to reflect on the aspirations of the diaspora. The Special Envoy also met with delegations of European countries, namely Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.
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Feb. 27, 2014 / 11:01 AM
Justin Bieber 'constantly high' since moving to Atlanta
Sources close to the "Boyfriend" singer claim he's been "drinking more lean, smoking more weed than ever."
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ATLANTA, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Canadian heartthrob Justin Bieber didn't learn much from his Miami arrest in January.
Sources close to the "Boyfriend" singer have told TMZ that his drug use has been out of control since he moved to a spaceship-shaped mansion in Atlanta in mid-February.
Insiders claim that the 19-year-old singer has significantly increased his consumption of marijuana and "lean" or "sizzurp" (prescription cough syrup mixed with soda and a jolly rancher), adding that he is "constantly high" and rarely leaves the house.
"[Bieber's been] drinking more lean, smoking more weed than ever," one source said.
What's more, the singer has been reportedly pushing away everyone who has "ratted" him over his drug use. TMZ adds that while Bieber does spend a lot of time working in the studio in Atlanta, he is rarely sober during his jam sessions.
Reports of the singer's alleged drug abuse come two days after police found marijuana in an Escalade that was seized at the singer's home by local authorities, and two months after he was arrested in Miami for driving under the influence, drag racing, driving with an expired license and resisting arrest without violence.
Bieber's downward spiral could reach rock bottom soon. He is expected to go to trial over his January arrest, after he reportedly rejected a plea deal offered by Miami prosecutors because he didn't want to submit himself to random drug testing.
[TMZ]
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Jan. 19 (UPI) -- "1917" -- a World War I picture starring George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman -- won the Producers Guild Award for Best Film in Los Angeles Saturday.
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Rebooting a Brand
Pioneering Mac security software company steps up their game
Strategy / Branding / Interactive / App Design
Defending Their Territory
As the first player in the Mac security space, Intego held a huge market share for several years. But when the big players from the PC antivirus world entered the picture, the Paris-based company’s new CEO knew they needed to step up their game.
De-Bugging The Brand
After our initial meeting in Paris, we realized there was more work to be done.
Intego’s product development, internal process, and marketing priorities were undefined, each team was siloed, no one talked to each other. There would have been no way that they could have implemented a new brand with their dysfunctional infrastructure.
When we created their new brand build, we gave them focused recommendations on how to align their values with their daily operations.
We helped define key leadership positions including a Chief Marketing Officer to manage and lead the rebrand and subsequent digital marketing efforts. Our very own Pete Wright stepped into this role for two years.
We created processes for each branch of the company (and each of their international offices) to communicate better and more efficiently, with more face-to-face collaboration and project planning.
We knew they needed to restructure and diversify their products—in addition to redesigning their interfaces and packaging—but before we got to that we helped them study their market and determine the best way to appeal to their audiences.
New Logo For A New Era
Leveraging Intego’s Mac-only focus became the keys to our overall marketing strategy. While Intego wantetd to retain their popular castle logo, virtually everything else was reinvented to create products and marketing that would appeal to, and build trust with, Mac owners.
Changing A Perception
While we developed a new visual strategy, we also tackled a key perception issue: Mac owners simply didn’t think their computers were vulnerable. As part of an education campaign, we personified the threats Apple users face with a series of characters known as the Security Villains.
The villains made the danger tangible, while adding some memorable design flavor to the brand.
Translating a print magazine to a website is a complicated task. We started by organizing the massive amount of content that Seattle Met wanted to display. We then refined the wireframes to create a site that’s easy to navigate – whether you’re looking for a new hiking trail or the hippest boutique shops.
A Custom CMS
We also built a completely custom cms that integrated into multiple legacy databases, third-party ecommerce and key-generation api’s, mailing lists, validation and automated renewal systems.
At launch the site was fully localized for five languages and internationalized for geo-targeted currency conversion and custom ad-tracking.
It was a significant departure from the previous site design, featuring clean aesthetics; wide-open layouts; custom icons; redesigned product packaging and the Security Villains.
System-Wide Product Upgrade
In 2013, we completely revamped Intego’s products to be more in line with what Apple users have come to expect. We streamlined the user experience, updated the design, stripped away superfluous features and changed the way bundled packages were offered.
As part of our product strategy, we recommended the introduction of discounted software bundles and bundled renewals, which without changing their core products introduced a new, highly profitable set of products that had a significant and positive impact on the company’s financials.
Visit Intego
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Educational Potential of Technologies Facilitating Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Access - Beyond the Abstract
Last year, as a first-year medical student, I observed percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in what was one of my first ever exposures to urology. At the end of the procedure, I asked what seemed to be an innocent question to the attending surgeon, Dr. Naeem Bhojani: “Is there any technology facilitating PCNL access?”. This question stemmed from me thinking that the triangulation technique could possibly be modeled by software after a single image registration instead of multiple shots. Such technology could reduce the number of fluoroscopic images needed and the amount of radiation exposure prior to gaining access. While Dr. Bhojani answered that other imaging modalities such as ultrasound were being adopted, he suggested that I review the literature to find an exhaustive answer to my question. This led to a systematic review of existing technologies that can facilitate PCNL access.1
While previous systematic reviews covering innovations in PCNL discussed everything from new techniques to new tools2–4, we focused exclusively on technologies developed that enhance the urologist’s ability to gain access intraoperatively, which is the crucial step of the procedure. Our review thus excluded innovations used prior to the surgery (such as those used to better plan the surgery) and those not involved in the access step of the surgery (such as miniperc).
In this review, we explored technologies such as the Automated Needle Targeting with X-Ray (ANT-X) system, a robot-assisted device automating the access step of PCNL, as well as software such as SonixGPS which projects the puncture tract on an ultrasound screen.5,6 While these technologies demonstrate benefits compared to unenhanced approaches, the added advantages of these technologies at the present time, do not warrant the purchase of these tools.
While this may sound disappointing, our findings have potential implications for medical education and surgical training. Ultrasound-guided access is slowly but surely becoming the new standard for PCNL access as it reduces radiation exposure to zero and allows for examination of adjacent organs/structures while at the same time being relatively affordable. However, it presents with two major challenges that hinder its widespread adoption: 1. Clear imaging of the kidney with accurate interpretation as well as 2. Visualization of the needle and coordination of the needle hand with the imaging hand to advance the needle within the imaging plane into the chosen renal target.7 While this remains to be seen, we hypothesize that the added advantages of the PCNL access technologies, while limited, may reduce the learning curve for techniques such as ultrasound-guided access.
Taking the example of technologies tracking and projecting the needle tract on the ultrasound screen, these innovations can be employed as “training wheels” for novices wishing to obtain access using ultrasound, potentially reducing the learning curve needed to gain this skill. As previously mentioned, these hypotheses remain to be tested, and we look forward to doing so in the near future.
Written by: David-Dan Nguyen, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada and Naeem Bhojani, MD, Division of Urological Surgery, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1. Nguyen D-D, Luo JW, Tailly T, Bhojani N. PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY ACCESS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF INTRAOPERATIVE ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES. J Endourol. March 2019:end.2019.0085. doi:10.1089/end.2019.0085
2. Basok EK, Donmezer S, Ali E. Recent advances in percutaneous nephrolithotomy. EMJ Urol. 2014;1(May):83-89.
3. Rassweiler J, Rassweiler M-C, Klein J. New technology in ureteroscopy and percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Curr Opin Urol. 2016;26(1):95-106. doi:10.1097/MOU.0000000000000240
4. Tailly T, Denstedt J. Innovations in percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Int J Surg. 2016;36(Pt D):665-672. doi:10.1016/j.ijsu.2016.11.007
5. Oo MM, Gandhi HR, Chong K-T, et al. Automated Needle Targeting with X-ray (ANT-X) – Robot-assisted device for percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) with its first successful use in human. J Endourol. April 2018:end.2018.0003. doi:10.1089/end.2018.0003
6. Li X, Long Q, Chen X, He D, He H. Assessment of the SonixGPS system for its application in real-time ultrasonography navigation-guided percutaneous nephrolithotomy for the treatment of complex kidney stones. Urolithiasis. 2017;45(2):221-227. doi:10.1007/s00240-016-0897-2
7. Usawachintachit M, Masic S, Allen IEE, Li J, Chi T. Adopting Ultrasound Guidance for Prone Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Evaluating the Learning Curve for the Experienced Surgeon. 2016;30(8):856-863. doi:10.1089/end.2016.0241
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Call and Response Blog
Women Shaping UU History
By Susan Lawrence
In 1980, when President Jimmy Carter proclaimed the week of March 8 as National Women's History Week (now Month), he said, "Too often the women were unsung and sometimes their contributions went unnoticed. But the achievements, leadership, courage, strength and love of the women who built America were as vital as those of the men whose names we know so well."
Meet Some of History's UU Women
The proclamation responded to a need and a clamor to lift up women's names. The women's liberation movement of the 1960s and '70s had raised the visibility of women as half the fabric of daily life and as important leaders and innovators. Expanding roles for women outside the home had invited a vanguard generation of professional women historians to investigate and document women's roles in history. But, research from around the same time showed that in history textbooks, no more than 3% of the content talked about women.
Nowadays the Internet, local libraries, and our communities' elder women abound with stories and accomplishments to share during Women's History Month, or anytime. As UU religious educators, we have similarly abundant resources to lift up women's historic contributions to our faith. How will you honor Women's History Month, UU style, for the edification of the children, youth, and adults we serve? You will find some helpful links to stories, activities, and background information, below.
But first, read "Celebrating UU Women in History" and learn ten names worth knowing, if you do not already know them. For example, you'll meet Olympia Brown, Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin, and Margaret Moseley, achievers in, respectively, ministry, astronomy, and civil rights activism.
Happy Women's History Month!
The UUA's free, online Tapestry of Faith curricula and other publications of the Faith Development Office provide many stories and activities to share that illuminate women's roles in UU history. Antoinette Brown, who, like Olympia Brown, forged new paths in ministry, is the subject of "Antoinette Brown and Olympia Brown" in the grades 2-3 program Signs of Our Faith. Also for younger children, "Harriot Kezia Hunt Making a Difference," in the Tapestry of Faith program Faithful Journeys, tells of a 19th century woman who became the first woman in the U.S. to practice medicine professionally. Clara Barton, Dorothea Dix, Beatrix Potter, and Harriet Tubman are among the other American women whose stories enhance our understanding of our faith heritage.
Explore the website of the Unitarian Universalist Women's Federation to learn about current political work to defend women's rights, and much more.
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HER2 Positive vs. HER2 Negative Breast Cancer
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Receptor Status
Tumor Behavior
Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) proteins are found on the surface of breast cells and are involved in normal cell growth. Too much HER2 protein, however, can cause some types of breast cancer to grow and spread. HER2-positive breast cancers have abnormally high levels of HER2 receptors, whereas HER2-negative breast cancers don’t.
There are a few differences between HER2-positive and HER2-negative breast cancers, including the tumor's risk factors, its biology, and its anticipated aggressiveness. HER2 status, along with a tumor's hormone status and other factors, helps determine the prognosis and treatment options for breast cancer.
HER2-positive breast cancers account for 30% of all breast cancers.
Why Receptor Status Matters
Breast cancer is not a single disease, and researchers now have the ability to break down breast cancer into different subtypes based on the receptor status of the tumors. Among the variations between different types of breast cancers are the proteins found on cell surfaces, which are involved tumor growth. These proteins are related to the genetic material of cancer cells.
For example, with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, estrogen binds to specific receptors on breast cancer cells, stimulating proliferation. Similarly, HER2 receptors on the surface of breast cancer cells are stimulated by HER2 protein, promoting the growth and spread of breast cancer.
It's important to note, however, that all breast cells—both cancerous and noncancerous—have HER2 receptors other their surfaces. The difference is that HER2-positive breast cancer cells have 40 to 100 times more receptors than HER2-negative breast cancer cells or normal breast cells. In positive cases, the abundance of receptors fuels the cancer.
By knowing your HER-2 receptor status, your doctor can carefully select the best treatment to stop your breast cancer in its tracks. Options that target HER2 receptors are fruitless if your status is negative—but they are precisely what you need if you are positive.
Breast Cancer Discussion Guide
How HER2-Positive Cancers Behave
HER2-positive tumors can behave differently in a number of ways.
Aggressiveness/Tumor Grade
Breast tumors are given a tumor grade at the time of diagnosis based on the appearance of the cells under the microscope. This number describes the aggressiveness of a tumor, with 1 being least aggressive and 3 being most aggressive.
HER2-positive tumors are more likely to have a tumor grade of three. These tumors tend to grow faster than tumors of lower grade.
Spread to Lymph Nodes
HER2-positive breast cancers are more likely to spread to lymph nodes. As such, the stage at diagnosis may also be higher than for HER2-negative tumors, which can impact survival.
Risk of Recurrence
Research has shown the HER2-positive early breast cancers (stage I and stage II) are two to five times more likely to recur than HER2-negative tumors. Even very small HER2-positive tumors (less than 1 centimeter, or half an inch in diameter) with negative lymph nodes have a much higher risk of recurrence relative to tumors that are HER2-negative. Treatment with Herceptin (trastuzumab) can cut this risk by half.
The pattern of breast cancer recurrence may also differ. Small tumors are also more likely to have a metastatic recurrence (in contrast to local or regional recurrence) if they are HER2-positive.
Despite the fact that HER2-positive and estrogen receptor-negative tuors are more likely to recur early on than estrogen receptor-positive and HER2-negative cancers, late recurrences (for example, 10 years later or even further down the road) are less common.
What Are the Risks My Breast Cancer Will Return?
Whether HER2-positive tumors are more likely to metastasize than negative tumors depends on the sites of breast cancer metastases. The risk of metastases overall, especially brain metastases, is thought to be increased, but many of the studies on this were done prior to the widespread use of Herceptin.
Studies done after the introduction of Herceptin, and other HER2-targeted therapies, have found that HER2-positive breast cancers continue to have a relatively high incidence of brain metastases. HER2-positive tumors tend to spread early in the course of the disease to axillary lymph nodes, the lungs, the liver, the bone marrow, the ovaries, and the adrenal glands.
The likelihood of metastases with HER2-positive tumors may be different depending on whether or not the tumor is also estrogen receptor-positive. The risk of brain, liver, bone, and lung metastases in HER2-positive tumors is also affected by whether the tumor is estrogen receptor-positive or negative as well.
The risk of metastases may also depend on associated factors. For example, the risk of liver metastases from breast cancer is higher with HER2-positive tumors if people also smoke.
There are certainly exceptions to these findings and it's important to keep in mind that every person, and every breast cancer, is unique.
All women have HER2 genes that code for HER2 proteins, which are involved in the growth of breast cells. When too many copies of the HER2 gene are present—due to damage to the genetic material in the cell or mutations—overproduction of HER2 results.
Some people are more likely than others to have HER2-positive breast cancer. Two studies, the LACE study and the PATHWAYS study, have looked into the characteristics of people who are more likely to be HER2-positive or HER2-negative. What they found was that:
Women who have tumors with over-expression of HER2 and who are estrogen receptor-negative are more likely to be younger, are less likely to have used hormone replacement therapy, and are more likely to be Asian or Hispanic.
HER2-positive tumors don't appear to be associated with alcohol intake or smoking. And unlike estrogen receptor-positive tumors, physical activity does not seem to have a protective effect against the disease.
Men with breast cancer are less likely than women to have HER2-positive tumors.
Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), or stage 0 tumors, are more likely to be HER2-positive than invasive breast cancers, which some researchers believe is related to the process of tumor development.
Some types of breast cancers may be less likely to be HER2-positive. For example, it is uncommon for mucinous (colloidal) breast cancer, medullary carcinoma, or tubular carcinoma of the breast to be HER2-positive.
HER2 status can vary with genetic risk factors for breast cancer. For example, BRCA1-associated breast cancers are less likely to be HER2-positive.
What Is Known About the Causes of Breast Cancer
Determining Your HER2 Status
A breast biopsy is used to determine HER2 status. The biopsy can be sent for laboratory testing with an immunohistochemistry test. The fluorescence in situ hybridization test looks for the HER2 gene in breast cancer cells.
The results of an immunohistochemistry test show different levels of HER2 positivity. For example, a tumor may be reported as 0, 1+, 2+, or 3+. Tumors with a higher number may be referred to as having an overexpression of HER2.
According to the American Cancer Society, immunohistochemistry test results should be considered as follows:
0 HER2-negative
1+ HER2-negative
2+ Equivocal (Follow-up with fluorescence in situ hybridization is usually recommended.)
3+ HER2-positive
The impact of being HER2-positive on breast cancer survival is, of course, a top concern. Unfortunately, statistics can be misleading without considering other aspects of your diagnosis, including cancer stage at diagnosis and whether the tumor is also estrogen and/or progesterone receptor-positive.
With this in mind, you may also be tested for progesterone and estrogen receptors. Triple-negative breast cancers are negative for HER2, estrogen, and progesterone, while triple-positive breast cancers are positive for all three.
It's also important to mention the heterogeneity of tumors; i.e., one part of a breast tumor may be HER2-positive while another section is HER2 negative. The results you receive will depend on which section of the tumor was sampled in a biopsy.
A misdiagnosis in which a HER2-positive tumor is diagnosed as negative could result in not being offered optimal (targeted HER2) therapy. Of course, being mistakenly diagnosed as HER2-positive if your tumor is HER2-negative could result in using HER2-directed medications, which may be ineffective for you as well. (Note, however, that some HER2-negative tumors have responded to Herceptin, which is the treatment used for HER2-positive tumors.)
It's also important to know that HER2 status can change. A tumor that is initially HER2-positive may become HER2 negative if it recurs or spreads. Likewise, a tumor which is initially HER2 negative may become HER2-positive if it recurs. HER2 status should always be retested following a recurrence.
Treatment choices are significantly different for HER2-positive and HER2-negative breast cancers, both for early-stage and metastatic (stage IV) cancers.
Early-Stage Tumors
Prior to the development of targeted therapies for HER2-positive breast cancer, such as Herceptin, the treatment response for people with HER2-positive breast cancer was not as good for those with HER2-negative disease.
Targeted therapy for HER2-positive breast cancer has changed the prognosis, and now treatment outcomes are essentially the same as for HER2-negative tumors (though HER2-positive tumors tend to be larger). These medications have changed the prognosis for stage I to stage III HER2-positive breast cancer from poor to good.
Herceptin reduces the risk of recurrence and improves 10-year survival rates for those with stage I to stage III disease. There is, however, a greater risk of relapse and metastasis with a positive HER2 status, and survival rates are somewhat lower than for HER2-negative but estrogen receptor-positive tumors.
People with HER2-positive tumors are less likely to respond to breast cancer chemotherapy than those who are negative.
Metastatic HER2-Positive Cancers
There are also differences in the best treatments for HER2-negative cancers and the treatments for metastatic HER2-positive tumors. As with early-stage tumors, HER2-targeted therapies often improve survival, whereas anti-estrogen therapies are often ineffective. These tumors may also respond differently to treatments ranging from chemotherapy to immunotherapy drugs.
While overall the prognosis of HER2-positive tumors tends to be somewhat poorer than for those that are estrogen receptor-positive but HER2-negative, the widespread adoption of HER2 therapies is making a difference in survival rates, as well as reduced risk for recurrence. And with newer multiple newer treatments that have been approved in recent years, more and more people are surviving HER2-positive breast cancers than ever before.
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Home All About Cigars Cigar Types
A Guide to Shapes, Sizes and Colors
There are two basic categories of cigars: Parejos (parallel sides) and Figurados (irregular shapes). Within each category are a variety of cigar types, further distinguished by their size. There are two standards of measurement used to describe a cigar – length and diameter:
Length is measured in inches or centimeters
Diameter, referred to as the ring gauge, is measured in degrees of 1/64th of an inch. View Details & Chart
Although different manufacturers will use different names, ring gauges and/or lengths for their particular cigars, the chart below offers a good, general point of reference for some of the most common cigar types (arranged alphabetically):
Parejos (Parallel) Sides:
These small cigars, popular in Europe, are about the size of a cigarette. Smoking time: approx. 10 minutes.
Typically 3 inches in length
20 ring gauge
A large corona-format cigar, named after Sir Winston Churchill. Smoking time: approx. 45-60 minutes.
Typically 7-8 inches in length
The most familiar size and shape for premium cigars. Generally straight-sided with an open foot and a closed, rounded head. Smoking time: approx. 30-45 minutes.
Typically 5 1/2 inches in length
Corona Gorda
Because of its similarity to the corona, this large cigar is often called a “double corona.” Smoking time: approx. 45-60 minutes.
48-50 ring gauge
Gigante or Presidente
The largest of all cigar types, give yourself plenty of time if you purchase one of these. Smoking time: approx. 60-90 minutes.
Up to 10 inches in length
Up to 64 ring gauge
Gran Corona
A longer version of the corona gorda. Smoking time: approx. 45-50 minutes. Typically 6 3/4 inches in length
Named after the Earl of Lonsdale, this cigar is characterized by its length. Smoking time: approx. 45-50 minutes.
Up to 7 inches in length
Panatela
A long, thin cigar, often braided to create Culebras. Smoking time: approx. 35-45 minutes.
A smaller version of the classic corona. Smoking time: approx. 25 minutes.
Robusto or Rothschild
Named after Baron de Rothschild, this short, fat cigar is also known as a Robusto. Smoking time: approx. 25-40 minutes.
Figurados (Irregular Shapes)
Belicoso
Similar to the pyramid but the head is polished, or rounded off, instead of pointed. Smoking time: approx. 45 minutes.
Culebras
This strange cigar is actually made of three panetelas braided and banded together. Smoking time: approx. 25-30 minutes.
A distinctive cigar shape that is closed at both ends, with a rounded head, and usually with a bulge in the middle. Smoking time: approx. 45 minutes.
A sharply tapered cigar with a wide, open foot and a closed head. Smoking time: approx. 45-60 minutes.
This cigar features a closed foot, a pointed head and a bulge in the middle. Smoking time: approx. 60 minutes.
Ring Gauge/Ring Size
This is a standard industry measurement for the diameter (width) of a cigar, the size of which affects the overall flavor. The fatter the cigar, the more developed and full a cigar will taste. A wider cigar will also burn slower. The measurement is calculated in degrees of 1/64th of an inch.
You can get an idea of how thick your cigar is by taking the the ring gauge and dividing it by 64. This will give you the width in inches (see chart below). A cigar with a ring gauge of 64 would be one in ch in diameter. A cigar with a ring gauge of 32 would be a half of an inch (32/64).
Helpful Hint: Try to select a cigar with a larger ring size if you tend to have a heavy draw. A smaller ringed cigar will tend to taste harsh if your draw is heavy because you are scorching your smoke. Even the finest cigar won’t taste proper if you don’t know your draw.
Cigars come in a variety of colors which tell a lot about the cigar. Generally, the color of a cigar wrapper is a good indication of the strength of the cigar. A darker wrapper indicates that it has fermented longer and, therefore, will have a stronger taste. Below are the major color categories:
Double Claro – Also referred to as Candela, the pale greenish tint of this wrapper is achieved by a heat-curing process that fixes the chlorophyll content of the wrapper while it’s still in the barn. It’s a light cigar that has had limited aging.
Claro – Light tan or biscuit colored, it is the typical color of shade-grown tobacco. Generally mild, this cigar has a smooth and sometimes, rather neutral flavor. Connecticut shade-grown wrappers are regarded as the best for this style.
Colorado Claro – Darker brown in color and similar to a Cameroon wrapper from West Africa, this cigar is slightly stronger than the Claro but still considered mild.
Colorado – This reddish brown wrapper is most often seen in well aged and mature cigars which provide a medium to strong flavor.
Natural – Also known as English Market Selection (or E.M.S.), these dark tan or brown leaves are sometimes sun-grown (without canopy protection) for a smooth, rich and full flavor.
Colorado Maduro – This dark brown wrapper, usually seen on cigars produced in Honduras, Nicaragua and sometimes in Cuba, is generally considered medium to strong in flavor.
Double Claro – A greenish-brown wrapper that produces a somewhat light and bland taste.
Maduro – A dark, almost coffee-like color associated with full flavored and slightly sweet tasting cigars. These wrappers give off an excellent aroma.
Oscuro – This black wrapper is produced in Mexico, Brazil and Nicaragua and is strong in flavor.
This term refers to not only the country where the cigar is made, but also the country where the tobacco is grown. Sometimes they are the same but not always. Cigar manufacturers can buy leaves for filler, binder and wrapper from anywhere in the world, so some cigars are manufactured in one country using tobacco from another.
Knowing the country of origin can give you a general guide to the particular style of cigar:
Jamaica – Usually light-bodied and mild.
The Dominican Republic – Generally mild to medium-bodied.
Hondorus or Nicaragua – Mostly stronger and fuller-bodied.
Cuba -The best are very rich, smooth and somewhat creamy.
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Hearn’s journey takes him to top
by: Glenn Marini
Posted: Jan 9, 2019 / 10:24 PM EST / Updated: Jan 9, 2019 / 10:25 PM EST
From having no D-I offers as a senior at Snider to being named the 2018 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year, it has been quite a journey for the Fort Wayne native.
Hearn, who made his NBA debut last season with the Detroit Pistons, was back in town earlier this week when his Stockton Kings played the Fort Wayne Mad Ants.
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CINCINNATI - The Cincinnati Cyclones (23-10-6-0) dropped a 4-1 decision to the Ft. Wayne Komets on Friday night. Defenseman Justin Baudry scored the lone goal for the Cyclones, who limit the opposition to under 28 shots for the 11th consecutive game.
After the Komets took a 2-0 lead after the first on goals from forward Brett McKenzie, and AJ Jenks on the power play, Ft. Wayne tacked on two more in the second when forward Brady Shaw lit the lamp, and McKenzie netted his second of the game to put the Komets up, 4-0, through 40 minutes.
Moore leads Mad Ants over Swarm
by Ryan Stevens - Mad Ants Media Relations / Jan 18, 2020
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Fort Wayne Mad Ants defeated the Greensboro Swarm, 112-110, at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum on Friday night.
Mad Ants (12-14) forward Ben Moore converted a missed Walt Lemon Jr. layup with 2.2 seconds remaining to give the Mad Ants its third consecutive win. Moore ended the night with 14 points and 15 rebounds. Friday night was Moore’s third triple-double in the last three games.
1/17 Play Of The Week
by Glenn Marini / Jan 18, 2020
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Snider's Jon Barnes Jr. hit a 3/4 court heave at the buzzer to beat Homestead as the senior takes home Highlight Zone "Play of the Week" honors for his amazing effort!
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MINI Canada: Hijacking High Gas Prices for High Returns
Case Study • MMA Smarties, Gold, North America, 2019
Car manufacturer Mini used a mobile-first search strategy to communicate the car’s fuel-efficient credentials and increase test-drive uptake among car buyers in Canada.
AdColony and Toyota Team up to Drive Greater Vehicle Awareness
Case Study • MMA Smarties, Bronze, North America, 2019
Car manufacturer Toyota used a mobile strategy encompassing Instant-Play and Aurora HD videos, and dynamic end cards to appeal to young Hispanic audiences and raise awareness of its Corolla hatchback model in the US.
Toyota AYGO: Go Your Own Way
Case Study • Account Planning Group - (UK), Entrant, 2019
Toyota, the automotive manufacturer, increased sales of its AYGO car in the UK with a campaign that created buzz around the launch of a new model.
Case Study • Marketing Society UK, The Brave Awards, Winner, Brand Communication B2C, 2019
Toyota, the car manufacturer, partnered with four drag queens in the UK to achieve two of the AYGO’s best quarters ever.
Toyota AYGO: Telling More Personal Campaign Stories On The Fly
Case Study • Marketing Society UK, The Brave Awards, Highly Commended, 2019
Car manufacturer Toyota’s hyper-personalised and a creative use of media formats improved cut-through, resonance and overall performance of the launch communications for the new Toyota AYGO across key European markets.
Case Study • Will Jellicoe, WARC Awards, Entrant, Effective Content Strategy, 2019
Car brand Toyota created a fun and flamboyant multi-channel campaign for its AYGO model, to deliver positive sales growth and steal share in the UK auto market.
Nissan Micra: A Micra Revolution
Case Study • Jane Fortune, Nessa Van Rooyen, David Hayes, WARC Awards, Entrant, Effective Social Strategy, 2019
Nissan, the multinational automotive manufacturer, increased sales of its Nissan Micra in Ireland by reshaping perceptions of its outmoded image and re-energising the brand to appeal to a younger, more urban audience.
Micra: A Micra Revolution
Case Study • AME Awards, Silver, 2019
Nissan, the multinational automotive manufacturer, increased sales of its new Micra model in Ireland by positioning the car as one that should not be messed with.
MINI: The Shortcut Billboards
MINI, the car brand, used interactive billboards to advertise the launch of its new MINI Connected service in Germany.
Suzuki Ignis: An Ignis Adventure
Case Study • Chris Herbert, Rachel Lorenzon, WARC Media Awards, Grand Prix, Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships, 2018
Suzuki, the car brand, co-created a TV show with a broadcaster to engage young women and increase sales of its Ignis model in the UK.
Volkswagen: PepperCrush
Case Study • MMA Smarties, Finalist, LATAM, 2018
Volkswagen, an automotive brand, created a video campaign to introduce its new Up Pepper model, which saw it partner with dating app happn to pick people up from bad dates.
Ford Fiesta Mini Game
Case Study • MMA Smarties, Finalist, Spain, 2018
Ford, an automotive brand, launched an in-app mini game to promote its B&O sound system in the new Ford Fiesta, which leveraged its All the Music One New Fiesta project.
Gone in less than 20 minutes!
Case Study • Dragons of Asia, Best Brand Trial Or Sales Generation Campaign, Bronze, Dragons of Malaysia, 2018
Volkswagen, a car brand, sold twelve cars in 20 minutes in Malaysia thanks to a partnership with e-commerce giant Lazada.
Volkswagen: Up! How To
Case Study • Direct Marketing Association - US, Runner Up, 2018
Volkswagen, an automotive brand, educated drivers of its ‘Up!’ vehicle in Brazil on how to use the car’s functionalities by launching an online video manual.
Volkswagen Canada: Just Ask a Golf Driver
Case Study • Direct Marketing Association - US, Silver, 2018
Volkswagen, an automotive brand, increased test drives and sales of its Golf vehicles in Canada by leaving the reputation of its brand in the hands of Golf drivers through an online forum.
Nissan: A Micra Revolution - Smashing conventions and European sales. How a bespoke Irish campaign rescued a brand
Case Study • Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland, Grand Prix, ADFX Awards, 2018
Nissan, a multinational automobile manufacturer, revitalised a dying car in a declining segment by launching a film in the Republic of Ireland, which broke category conventions and shattered preconceptions of its brand.
Nissan wins ADFX Grand Prix
News • 28 September 2018
A campaign for automaker Nissan by Spark Foundry and In the Company of Huskies has won the ADFX Grand Prix, Ireland’s premier advertising effectiveness award.
Datsun redi-GO: India's first car election campaign
Case Study • Arun Sharma, Case Studies on WARC, 2017
Entry-level car Datsun redi-GO achieved lifts in brand awareness and perception in India with a bold campaign that pitted it against its competition.
Chevrolet: New Generation Chevrolet Spark
Case Study • Arturo Velazquez, Evert Santiago, Mariana De Pina, Carla McCloskey, WARC Awards, Entrant, Effective Use of Brand Purpose, 2018
Car brand Chevrolet used a combination of digital, TV, print, cinema and a tie-in with Spotify to launch its New Generation Spark model and retain its leadership of the small car sector in Mexico.
Volkswagen: A unique technology of laser welding in Russia's Volkswagen Polo manufacturing
Case Study • Deem Muratov, Irina Kulikova, Maria Kotova, Yury Samoylenko, WARC Awards, Entrant, Effective Innovation, 2018
Volkswagen Group Russia launched an integrated campaign focusing on the benefits of laser welding for the Polo model, leading to significant sales growth.
Tata Tiago: 'From Zica To Tiago' (India)
Rankings • WARC Media 100, 2018
Contains the creative for the 'From Zica To Tiago' campaign for Tata Tiago by the agency Wavemaker in India.
Ford KA: Using integration to win the game of snakes and ladders
Case Study • Stephen Wallace, Vinod Narayan and Petar Panayotov, WARC Media Awards, Bronze and Path-to-Purchase Special Award, Effective Channel Integration, 2017
The launch of KA+, a value car model by Ford, had to be strategically planned to target the challenging and savvy buyers of value cars in the top five European markets.
Volkswagen India's coming of age story
Case Study • Mou Roy, Ankur Kapoor, WARC Prize for Asian Strategy, Entrant, 2017
Volkswagen launched its new Ameo car model in India with an emotional campaign that appealed to young first-time car buyers with a coming of age story.
New MINI Cabrio Stay Open
Case Study • Direct Marketing Association - US, Runner Up, Best Web/Ecommerce, 2017
MINI, an automotive brand, promoted the launch of its new MINI Cabrio in Brazil by creating a pre-registration that encouraged prospects to become leads.
How data and VR sold the Tiago
News • 26 July 2017
MUMBAI: Some 15 months after its launch, the Tata Tiago has generated more than 100,000 orders using a combination of data and modern tech to reach its target audience of young, urban drivers.
Global Ad Trends: Benchmarking ad investment for your product category
Data • James McDonald
This report summarises the latest research from WARC's Data platform, with a focus on new net advertising investment data by product category, which are exclusive to WARC Data clients from 1st October. Key findings include:
What’s working in mass-market automotive
Article • 04 September 2019
Global strategies, campaign updates and trends in the mass-market automotive category.
Influencers in the media mix: Lessons from the 2018 WARC Media Awards
Article • 14 May 2019
Analyses four winning case studies from the 2018 WARC Media Awards, detailing their different approaches to influencers in the media mix.
Competitive strategies in luxury goods
Article • 30 November 2018
Looks at the state of play for luxury corporates, as well as the competitive landscape and competitive outlooks.
Beauty and brains: How we supercharged the Audi premium 2015-2018
Case Study • Will Lion
Audi, an automotive brand, overtook BMW in the UK by launching two series of TVCs demonstrating how the beauty and intelligence of its cars overpowered speed.
What’s working in luxury autos
Article • 24 April 2018
Global strategies, campaign updates and trends in the luxury auto category.
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Edwards asks feds to end supervised release early
Updated: 2:34 PM CST Jan 22, 2013
Former Gov. Edwin Edwards says he's done his time, paid $2 million in fines and forfeitures and done everything required for his supervised release, and wants the supervision to end now.Federal prosecutors support the request to erase the second half of the three-year supervised release. They say Edwards' history indicates that he is "absolutely no risk to public safety."Edwards and his third wife, Trina Scott Edwards, are scheduled to begin a reality television series next month.Although his 2000 felony conviction in a scheme to rig riverboat casino licenses cost Edwards his law license, he filed the motion himself in federal district court in Baton Rouge.The motion filed Jan. 10 and the federal response filed Friday were first reported by The Advocate.
NEW ORLEANS —
Former Gov. Edwin Edwards says he's done his time, paid $2 million in fines and forfeitures and done everything required for his supervised release, and wants the supervision to end now.
Federal prosecutors support the request to erase the second half of the three-year supervised release. They say Edwards' history indicates that he is "absolutely no risk to public safety."
Edwards and his third wife, Trina Scott Edwards, are scheduled to begin a reality television series next month.
Although his 2000 felony conviction in a scheme to rig riverboat casino licenses cost Edwards his law license, he filed the motion himself in federal district court in Baton Rouge.
The motion filed Jan. 10 and the federal response filed Friday were first reported by The Advocate.
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Ponchatoula police: No active-shooter situation at Walmart, 1 in custody
Updated: 5:26 PM CDT May 31, 2019
WDSU Digital Team
NOW LIVE,WDU NEW >> NO SHOTS WERE FIRED TODAY. A BIT OF A STRUGGLE WITH A WOMAN WHO WAS WANTED BY POLICE. INVESTIGATORS SAY 29-YEAR-OLD DESIREE WAS USING DRUGS INSIDE OF THE WALMART AND THE OFFICER CONFRONTED HER ABOUT IT AND INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT WOMAN PULLED A KNIFE AND THREATENED TO HARM HERSELF AND THE OFFICER AT WHICH POINT THE OFFICER DREW HIS WEAPON. DESI
The Ponchatoula Police Department clarified concerns Friday after a report of an active shooter at a Walmart store. According to the Police Department, a detective saw a woman inside the Walmart using narcotics and confronted her about the situation. The detective was made aware that the woman, identified as Desiree Musachia, 29, of Oklahoma, had an active warrant for her arrest in Livingston Parish for resisting an officer. According to the report, Musachia began to struggle with the officer, then ran away into the Subway restaurant inside the Walmart. The Police Department said Musachia pulled a knife and began harming herself and threatened the officer.The department's report said that the officer drew his weapon, and with the assistance of the Hammond Police Department, shot Musachia with a stun gun before taking her into custody. Officers also took the knife away from her.Musachia was taken to an area hospital for treatment of her self-inflicted injuries, according to the report.Charges are expected, according to police.
PONCHATOULA, La. —
The Ponchatoula Police Department clarified concerns Friday after a report of an active shooter at a Walmart store.
According to the Police Department, a detective saw a woman inside the Walmart using narcotics and confronted her about the situation.
The detective was made aware that the woman, identified as Desiree Musachia, 29, of Oklahoma, had an active warrant for her arrest in Livingston Parish for resisting an officer.
According to the report, Musachia began to struggle with the officer, then ran away into the Subway restaurant inside the Walmart.
The Police Department said Musachia pulled a knife and began harming herself and threatened the officer.
The department's report said that the officer drew his weapon, and with the assistance of the Hammond Police Department, shot Musachia with a stun gun before taking her into custody.
Officers also took the knife away from her.
Musachia was taken to an area hospital for treatment of her self-inflicted injuries, according to the report.
Charges are expected, according to police.
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The Romanian Vamp [Completed]
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Kyle Conti was being trusted by his sister, Laura to manage their family business. However, one of the businesses in Romania has declined over the past year because of the incident that keeps the tourists away. Over there, he met a beautiful young woman, Alina Dalca with a mysterious past. Will he be able to find out about the incident and learn the truth about Alina Dalca. The newest novel from Nikki Larousse with a bit of spice and everything nice that made you on the edge of your seat!
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Looking Back on Seventh Circle Music Collective's First Five Years
Seventh Circle Music Collective is celebrating its fifth anniversary.
Kyle Harris | September 20, 2017 | 7:04am
For years, drunk crust punks gathered on the roof of Blast-O-Mat and watched the Denver skyline light up during thunderstorms or on the Fourth of July, a holiday even the anarchist crowd couldn’t help but enjoy from up there.
Jonny and Jo, two of the world’s sweetest crust punks and part of the crew that operated Blast-O-Mat, greeted visitors to the grimy industrial space turned de facto concert venue and makeshift home off Federal Boulevard. Jonny, Jo, their friends and strangers spent countless nights there smoking around fire pits, passing around acoustic guitars, sweating through noisy shows and hatching long-shot plans for making the world a better place.
More than a decade later, though Jonny and Jo are gone and the punks who used to inhabit Blast-O-Mat have largely abandoned the scene altogether, the DIY music and arts venue still exists, just under a different name.
Five years ago, the space became the Seventh Circle Music Collective. Nobody lives there anymore, but the DIY scene keeps running shows out of the garage, more now than ever. Seventh Circle will celebrate its fifth anniversary this week, showcasing roughly 25 bands over three days.
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Aaron Saye, a skinny, friendly guy with a ponytail, is one of the few people still around who has been involved in the space since its early days. He and an ever-shifting crew of volunteers maintain and operate Seventh Circle.
The Improvised Shakespeare Company
Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020 / 2:00pm @ The Garner Galleria Theatre 1050 13th St. Denver CO 80204
1050 13th St., Denver CO 80204
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3317 E. Colfax Ave, Denver CO 80206
Saye started showing up to what was then Blast-O-Mat with his video camera in 2006, not long after it opened.
Although the 21-year-old looked more like a hippie than the punks who haunted the space, he became fast friends with the Blast-O-Mat crew. Sure, a few of the crusty anarchists raised an eyebrow, wondering why some creep was recording all the shows. After all, the FBI had terrorized their community for years, arresting environmental activists, raiding community houses and snooping on all stripes of do-gooders. Trusting outsiders didn’t come easy for this crowd.
But Saye eventually forged friendships across all the punk scenes that inhabited Blast-O-Mat: street, crust, anarcho, folk and beyond, as well as devotees of heavier music. He had a pure love for the DIY community, and the more he hung around the space, the more friends he made.
Saye started running the soundboard and booking shows at the space, even as one generation after another of punks moved in and out. He was there when Jonny and Jo ran things, then others, and eventually Ethan McCarthy, who has now gone big-time with the black-metal act Primitive Man.
Back then, shows were messy. Kids got way too drunk. The scene was romantic but bleak. Eventually, McCarthy had to back out. When he decided to shutter the space in 2012, a friend of Saye’s thought maybe the two of them could take over the lease.
Saye posted a request on social media for people to show up to a community meeting and help him start a new DIY space in the shell of the old one.
“Everybody in the community came out,” he recalls.
Ethan McCarthy
Courtesy of Ethan McCarthy
Saye says he never intended to become the project’s leader, but he did, in part because he’s terrible at delegating and takes on too much work.
The new collective began booking local acts and the occasional touring band. While veteran punks missed Blast-O-Mat too much to show up to Seventh Circle, younger kids started coming to shows and making it their home away from home, even forming their own acts.
“Honestly, the biggest and coolest part of Seventh Circle is seeing so many teenage bands play their first shows here,” Saye says.
He remembers the first big act the collective booked. He got a call from the management of the legacy punk band Agent Orange, which was looking to set up a gig. One catch: Saye had 36 hours to pull it off.
Agent Orange attracted an army of teenage punks to the venue. For many, it was their first time at a DIY space. After meeting at that concert, some of those kids formed bands of their own and made Seventh Circle their hub.
“The Rotten Blue Menace grew out of that show,” Saye says. That band, which honed its chops in the underground scene, has since played venues as large as the Gothic Theatre. “If that Agent Orange show hadn’t happened, that might not have happened,” Saye speculates.
Over the years the venue has seen its share of big acts. Saye rattles off some of his favorites: Defiance, Tiger Jaw, Total Chaos and D.I. But Seventh Circle has also hosted little-known groups, some that keep performing in obscurity and others that died before they ever got off the ground.
Seventh Circle Music Collective
Nothing would be possible at Seventh Circle without its mighty volunteer crew, which counts roughly 200 people, 45 of whom are active, notes Saye. That the venue steadily throws five shows a week — often more than the Gothic, Ogden or Summit — proves the volunteers are loyal.
Since transitioning from Blast-O-Mat into Seventh Circle, the space has risen aboveground. Saye updates permits with the city. That served the venue well when the city shut down DIY spaces Rhinoceropolis and Glob for code violations after Oakland’s Ghost Ship warehouse fire sparked a nationwide panic about safety in underground venues. (The fire department gave the okay to Seventh Circle.) The collective pays music-licensing fees to performing-rights agencies so their scouts don’t bust the DIY collective when some teenage band plays a cover.
The five-year anniversary rager starts on the date Seventh Circle threw its first show back in 2012: September 22. As with other concerts the venue has thrown, all of the bands playing have Seventh Circle volunteers in them, a testament to the collective’s desire to build community.
Saye wants to make sure everybody in Denver knows this volunteer-run, all-ages space is for them — as long as they’re not Nazis, jerks or unable to follow a handful of common-sense rules.
Whether people want to come to shows, volunteer, book bands or play the space, it’s open, he says, doling out the venue’s email, scmcdenver@gmail.com, to anyone who asks.
“I wish we had more people that were more available,” he says. “We’d love to do seven nights a week again.”
Seventh Circle Five-Year Anniversary, September 22-24, Seventh Circle Music Collective, 2935 West Seventh Avenue, donations accepted.
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The world’s biggest online sale of the year, China’s Single’s Day, took place on November 11. What’s on Weibo gives an overview of the latest trends and biggest brands, showing how China’s middle-class online consumer habits are undergoing drastic changes.
The world’s biggest online sale of the year, China’s Single’s Day, took place on November 11. Some Chinese consumer trends have become especially visible after the big sales. What’s on Weibo gives an overview of the latest trends and biggest brands, showing how China’s middle-class online consumer habits are undergoing drastic changes. [Premium Content by What’s on Weibo].
China’s 11/11 Single’s Day, the world’s biggest online shopping event of the year, has once again exceeded the sale figures of previous years.
The 8th edition of China’s Online Single’s Day Shopping Festival, that was initiated by e-commerce giant Alibaba in 2009, broke all previous sales records with a 24-hour sales volume of $17.6 billion (120.7 billion RMB) on Alibaba’s Tmall (天猫) on November 11. Online shopping mall JD.com also had 60% more sales than the previous year.
With so much success, many e-commerce platforms have extended the shopping festival until November 18. Time to see which Chinese online consumer trends are especially apparent during this year’s Single Day’s sales.
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1. Smartphone & Tablets: Made-in-China Wins
Together with fashion and health and beauty products, electronics are among the top-selling products of China’s biggest annual online sale. This year’s Single’s Day has shown that the iPhone7 is still very popular among Chinese consumers, despite the subdued reactions in China to its release in September.
The Gome e-commerce chain (国美在线) revealed that the iPhone7, which was priced at 4888 RMB (±719 US$), was the store’s number one best-seller of November 11. Gome sold 22000 devices within 24 hours.
Despite the surge in iPhone sales, made-in-China smartphones were the undeniable winner of the Single’s Day smartphone sales. Overall, netizens bought more Chinese smartphone brands than international ones. According to the Single’s Day sales numbers of JD.com, no less than 8 of the top 10 best-selling smartphones were domestically produced mobile phones. China’s Huawei and Xiaomi brands did especially well on Alibaba’s Tmall.
The surge in sales of Chinese smartphones is also promising for the international market: Huawei aims to become the world’s second-largest maker of smartphones within two years.
The growth of Chinese brand popularity is not just noticeable on the smartphone market – Chinese brands are also winning over tablet buyers. Apple is no longer the only big player on the Chinese tablet market, with brands such as Lenovo and Huawei seeing considerable growth in tablet sales.
2. Good for the Baby
Of the non-electronic products, it is especially baby products that did well on China’s Single’s Day. Anything from milk powder to baby wipes or diapers were popular during the 11/11 sales. Vastly different from the electronic market, it is especially foreign brands such as Friso (Friesland Campina, Dutch) and Moony (Japanese) that are most popular among Chinese consumers.
As China’s consumer trust in made-in-China baby brands has been damaged through various safety scandals over previous years, foreign brands are leading the market.
What is remarkable about this year’s sales, as revealed by China’s e-commerce platform Beibei (贝贝网, focused on maternal and infant products) is that the children’s clothing market is more booming than ever. Together with the surge in other baby- and mother-related products, the shift to bigger sales of these non-traditional products shows that China’s ‘Mummy Economy’ (妈妈经济) is becoming more relevant.
According to Beibei, there are over 50 million Chinese mothers registered as e-commerce users on their platform. Their data shows that there are different consumer trends within this group in China.
Mothers from the northeast of China, for example, will buy more baby’s clothes and shoes, as it gets colder in those regions than the more southern parts of China. The mothers in the Yangtze River Delta area (Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang) are known to buy many baby snacks and foodstuff. In the south of China, nearer to Hong Kong, consumers mainly buy baby necessities such as diapers and baby wipes.
3. Fashion: Individual Style over Traditional Brands
Despite the popularity of electronics and baby products, clothing and lifestyle goods are still the number one best-selling products in China’s online sales. According to sales numbers released by JD.com, 40% of all their 11/11 sales were in the apparel & lifestyle category.
Noteworthy non-Chinese brand names are Lee, TUMI and Guess, which respectively sold 43 times, 20 times, and 70 times more clothes this year than in previous years.
Although traditional international luxury brands such as Burberry and MaxMara remain popular, new sales data shows that Chinese consumers now, for the first time, pursue more non-mainstream brands for their style than the established luxury brands.
A good example is the growing popularity of the Canadian apparel brand Canada Goose, which completely sold out on Chinese fashion e-commerce site Xiu.com (走秀网) on November 11. The brand is known for its warm and stylish outerwear. Another non-mainstream popular brand is the Italian designer clothes & accessories label Mr & Mrs Italy, which was only recently introduced on fashion platform Xiu.com and became hot selling on 11/11.
Other upcoming trendy brands such as the Scandinavian Acne Studios and & Other Stories (by the same fashion heads as H&M) were also surprising best-selling names that are all about style.
With Chinese middle-class consumers now gradually attaching more importance to style, originality, and quality of a label than its fame, somewhat more low-key designer brands like Brunello Cucinelli or Loro Piana are starting to replace classic Louis Vuitton or Burberry brands.
According to Xiu.com representatives, these new developments show that China’s middle-class consumer habits are now undergoing dramatic changes. People are no longer pursuing a bag only because it has an LV logo – they want a bag that suits their own style and needs.
4. China’s New Online Consumers: The Rise of Smaller Towns
Although first- and second-tier cities are still the most important consumer markets for online e-commerce platforms, this year’s sales data point out that consumers in third-tier cities and provincial level towns are becoming an important target group.
E-commerce giant JD.com saw a substantial growth in orders from prefectural cities and smaller towns from provinces such as Guizhou, Jiangxi, Hubei, Henan, and Yunnan.
In 2011, “the rise of China’s 2nd and 3rd tier cities” was a hot topic in the media. Five years later, this trend has shifted to China’s rural areas, where the new consumers are located.
Earlier this year, Bloomberg reported that 77.14 million rural Chinese shopped online in 2015, which was already a 40.6 percent increase from 2014. On average, rural Chinese spend more online than their urban counterparts, and their online spending is growing faster.
According to Economics Daily, drastic increases in sales to consumers from smaller towns and villages shows the improving living standards in these areas. High-end products like refrigerators and air-conditionings are among their top-selling products for this consumer group.
The rise of China’s more third-tier and rural consumers is closely connected to China’s booming and readily available e-commerce, that has made rural consumer demand strong. With China’s online population now exceeding 700 million people, China’s rural netizens are growing steadily – that new tablet or heater is now just a few clicks away.
5. The Power of the Post-1990s Generation
The sales data from this year’s Single’s Day as provided by the Gome (国美) e-commerce platform have pointed out that the majority of orders (which had a staggering growth of 268% compared to last year) were placed by consumers below the age of 40. Of all online customers on Single’s Day, 85% were below the age of 40.
Within this group, 47% of people are of the 16-29 age category and 34% aged between 30-39. Young women are more active online consumers than the men; 67% of all purchases were done by women.
The Gome data shows the power of the post-1990s consumer. People of the generation born after 1990, often referred to as the ‘Post 90s’ or ‘jiulinghou‘ (九零后) are also called “marketers’ dream consumers” for their impulsiveness in buying goods, and their general pursuit of products that improve their happiness; they are the ultimate consumers, much more willing to spend money than the generations before them.
With a new young generation of eager online consumers, the rise of rural e-shoppers and a thriving ‘mummy economy’, China’s e-commerce companies having something to look forward to for their next year’s Single’s Day. The biggest online shopping event in the world is only about to get bigger.
– By Manya Koetse
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WeChat’s new emoji are based on popular memes.
On January 14, Tencent’s Wechat introduced new emoji to its existing emoji set. The new emoji include, among others, a watermelon-eating emoji and a smiling Shiba Inu.
On Weibo, the new emoji have become a topic of discussion under the hashtags “WeChat’s New Emoji” (#微信上线新表情#), “WeChat’s Watermelon Eating Emoji” (#微信上线吃瓜表情#), and “WeChat’s Dog Emoji” (#微信上线狗头表情#).
Different from the Unicode emoji (see Emojipedia), WeChat and Weibo have their own sets of emoji, although there is overlap.
The reason why especially the watermelon-eating and dog emoji are being discussed on social media, is because these emoji are based on popular internet memes.
“Eating watermelon” (吃瓜 chī guā) is an online expression that comes from “watermelon-eating masses” (吃瓜群众 chī guā qúnzhòng), which describes a common mentality of Internet users who have no idea what is actually going on but are still commenting or following online stories for their enjoyment – perhaps comparable to the “popcorn memes” that are ubiquitous on Western social media platforms.
The smiling dog has been around since 2013 and is known as the doge meme, based on a photo of a Shiba inu. The meme was originally spread on social media platforms such as Reddit, but then also became hugely popular in China, where it became a symbol of sarcasm (also read this Abacus article on this topic).
Other new emoji are the “wow” emoji, and others to express “ok,” “add oil,” “emm,” “oh!”
There’s also a “shehui shehui” (社会社会, lit. “society society”) emoji, which also comes from online culture and is a way among friends to (self-mockingly) talk about being ‘gangsters,’ ‘brothers.’ or ‘scoundrels.’
As the new emoji are still in their testing phase, not all WeChat users can use the new emoji yet, so you might have to wait a bit before being able to try them out.
By Manya Koetse, with thanks to @caaatchina
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With the rapid digitalization of China’s healthcare, Chinese patients now have more ways than one to receive medical assistance.
China’s healthcare industry is facing some serious challenges. As Chinese society is rapidly digitalizing, mobile apps now provide innovative solutions to alleviate pressing problems in the country’s health services sector.
This is the “WE…WEI…WHAT?” column by Manya Koetse, originally published in German by Goethe Institut China on Goethe.de: “Good-Doctor Apps und Digitale Krankenhäuser.”
Social Credit System, artificial intelligence, surveillance cameras; these are some of the hottest topics making headlines in mainstream Western media when discussing China-related developments recently.
With the rapid digitalization of Chinese society, these topics certainly have come to play a more important role in social media discussions within the People’s Republic of China (PRC). But if there is one issue that seems to concern Chinese social media users the most, it is not facial recognition nor their ‘Sesame score’: it is the topic of healthcare.
In December of 2017, a photo showing a crying mother kneeling down beside a toddler on the sidewalk in front of a Shanghai hospital went viral overnight. The moment was captured on camera by a reporter who was visiting Shanghai’s Children’s Hospital.
The photo of Guo Yinzhen and her son that went viral in China (image via NetEase, source: https://3g.163.com).
The mother, Guo Yinzhen, is a single parent who had traveled from a remote village to seek medical help for her 3-old-son, who was suffering from congenital hydrocephalus or ‘water on the brain.’ Already having traveled to the city multiple times and spending all her money on medical bills, Guo could not afford the additional 100.000 yuan (€ 12.600) for medical procedures needed to save her son’s life.
Guo’s story struck a chord with Chinese netizens, who continue to share the heartbreaking photo on social media to this day. It has become emblematic of China’s healthcare problems.
Crowded Hospitals and ‘Healthcare Disturbance’
The key to an adequate healthcare system, no matter where in the world, is that there is a right balancing in the “iron triangle” of efficiency/cost containment, high quality care, and patient access.[1] China, however, struggles with all three sides of this triangle.
Guo’s case is an extreme example, but many people in China dealing with less serious health issues and needing basic medical services also struggle to afford and access the healthcare they need.
Over 95% of people in China have health insurance, but people from different regions do not enjoy the same benefits and their out-of-pocket expenses can vary greatly. Uncovered medical costs can sometimes be catastrophic and simply unaffordable for patients and their families.
As more money flows are going to healthcare facilities in China’s cities, there is also the issue of varying levels of providers’ medical education and the overall healthcare quality, with the substantial majority of modern hospitals still existing in urban areas.
Easy access to the right kind of healthcare can be especially problematic for China’s rural population, as people often need to travel long distances and have to go through the lengthy process of registering and waiting for their doctor’s appointment, which sometimes requires them to stay in the city overnight.
For all of these reasons, China’s bigger public hospitals can get super crowded, sometimes resembling shopping malls on an end-of-season sales day. On social media, both patients and medical workers often complain about the stress brought about by the huge crowds and the shortage of doctors in hospitals across the country.
Perhaps it is no wonder that China even has a word to describe outbursts of violence between patients and doctors: ‘Yī nào’ (医闹, literally: “healthcare disturbance”).
Weibo user ‘Sunscreen’ complains about the crowds at Huashan Hospital.
One major problem within China’s healthcare conundrum is the lack of local family or primary-care doctors, which often makes bigger hospitals the first stop to any kind of medical treatment for Chinese patients.
The reasons for this issue are manifold. There is a general lack of trust in private and smaller local healthcare clinics, for example, and patients often choose to go directly to a bigger hospital to avoid making extra costs.
This makes it extra difficult for many community health care centers – that are already struggling – to make enough money and to retain qualified staff. In a society that is rapidly aging, the challenges facing China’s healthcare industry are only becoming more pressing.
A Doctor Today, Just an App Away
As China’s online environment is thriving, new innovative online apps are popping up on a daily basis. Some of these apps, that have found their ways into China’s most popular app rankings, are offering solutions to some of the country’s most pressing healthcare problems.
One of these apps is Ping’an Good Doctor (平安好医生), which was developed by health insurance provider Ping’an in 2015 and calls itself China’s “one-stop healthcare ecosystem.”
“Ping’an Good Doctor” promotional image by Ping’an.
Employing some 1000 medical staff in its in-house team, contracting over 5,200 external doctors, and collaborating with 3000 hospitals and thousands of pharmacy outlets across the country, the app is somewhat of an “online hospital.”
Through the app, users can look through an online database of medical professionals, order medicine at nearby pharmacies, get 24/7 online medical consultancy, search for information about both Western and Chinese Traditional Medicine, etc., but they can also use Ping’an Good Doctor as a fitness app to track their own health.
Screenshot of Ping’an app screen, by author.
When looking for a specific doctor for a one-on-one consult, the app first lets users select an area of expertise (e.g. dermatology or gynecology), and then offers a list of different specialists in various price categories.
Doctors from well-known hospitals, for example, or those with excellent ratings, have a one-time consultation fee of 100 yuan (€ 12,60). Other doctors can be consulted starting from 30 yuan (€3,70). All costs can be paid efficiently via online payment apps.
Doctors to pick from within the app’s various price categories.
Ping’an Good Doctor uses an AI-driven system to ask patients various questions about their symptoms and to automatically create a user’s medical record to save time. Based on the AI-generated record and the conversation with the patients – files such as photos can also be uploaded to the app -, the doctors can prescribe medicine or refer the patient to a hospital for an offline appointment if needed.
Ping’an recently announced that its number of registered users exceeded 300 million users, with 62 million monthly active users. Because the app keeps building on its AI-driven system, Ping’an Good Doctor can be expected to only become a ‘smarter’ smart health app the more popular it gets.
Although Ping’an is now leading within China’s medical app category, there are many other apps providing similar services, such as Chunyu Yisheng (春雨医生), Haodafu Online (好大夫在线), or DingXiang Doctor (丁香医生).
The emergence of these apps is just one of the many ways in which China’s digital developments, online media, and tech giants are impacting the healthcare industry, profoundly changing how patients receive healthcare information and access medical services now and in the future.
List of recommended medical apps in the Tencent app store.
In a way, China’s medical consultation apps fill the void in offline primary care. Patients who would otherwise turn to hospital care as their first stop can now access medical consultations any time, any day, at a relatively low cost. Those who suffer from relatively harmless conditions could be diagnosed by a medical specialist via the app and get the medicine they need within a matter of minutes. With the growing popularity of these kinds of apps, many patients no longer need to visit a hospital at all.
Are smart health apps such as Ping’an Good Doctor the solution to China’s healthcare problems? No, they’re not. Struggling mums like Guo Yinzhen will not find the help they need there. But they do contribute to a more efficient healthcare environment where crowd flows in hospitals can be reduced, and patients do not need to spend a lot of time and money to stand in hour-long queues to get five minutes of their doctor’s time.
Although smart health apps could not help Guo Yinzhen and her son, social media apps could. As soon as their story went viral in late 2017, Shanghai Children’s Welfare Foundation Xiaoxingxin offered to cover medical treatments for the little boy, with a notable pediatric neurosurgeon operating the child. According to the latest updates, the boy’s situation was “looking good.”
Hopefully, the same holds true for the challenging sides of China’s healthcare industry.
By Manya Koetse
[1] Burns & Liu, 2017: 3-4.
References/Linked Sources
Burns, Lawton Robert, and Gordon G. Liu. 2017. “Introduction.” In China’s Healthcare Industry: A System Perspective, Lawton Robert Burns and Gordon G. Liu (eds), pp-1-116. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Economist, 2017. “China needs many more primary-care doctors.” The Economist, May 11 https://www.economist.com/china/2017/05/11/china-needs-many-more-primary-care-doctors [20.10.19].
Zhou, Viola. 2018. “Does China Have Universal Healthcare? A Long (And Better) Answer.” Inkstone, Oct 10 https://www.inkstonenews.com/health/china-translated-does-china-have-universal-health-care/article/2167579
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If you missed it, you can catch up on this recording of the event.
Ideas for Melbourne
Wednesday 13 February 2013, 6.15pm-7.15pm at The Wheeler Centre
The City of the Future
In 30 years, Melbourne’s CBD will have another 220,000 new residents. A ‘second CBD’ has been proposed for Melbourne’s west, along with a third runway for Tullamarine airport – and more green wedge land for housing.
Can a big Melbourne remain beautiful – let alone liveable or sustainable? Can we have it all, or do tough choices lie ahead?
With Jane Rawson, Alan Davies, David Nichols and Roz Hansen.
We’re kicking off 2013 with a series of public forums that take a closer look at the city we call home – and the problems and challenges facing Melbourne right now.
Make your voice heard as we debate Melbourne’s future – and the kind of city we want to live in.
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Jane Rawson writes novels, novellas, stories and non-fiction, mostly about the environment. Her most recent novel, From the Wreck, was longlisted for the Miles Franklin, shortlisted for the Barbara Jefferis award and won the Aurealis Award for Science Fiction. She is from Canberra, has lived in Melbourne for 14 years, and is about to move to Tasmania.
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We’re kicking off 2013 with a series of public forums that take a closer look at the city we call home – and the problems and challenges facing Melbourne right now. What better way to begin than by engaging with the issues that directly affect us, every day?
We’ve chosen to focus on city planning, racism and homelessness, three topics that loom large in local debates – and will continue to dominate civic conversations in 2013.
Barely a week goes by without a planning incident, public transport screw-up or debate about our city boundaries or skyline. Racism is rarely discussed, but hit headlines in late 2012 when indigenous musician Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu was refused a cab ride home from his own concert. And while we’re never short on good initiatives or well-meaning campaigns to tackle homelessness, it remains an ongoing – and complex – problem.
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"Kickin' The Gong Around"/"Tiger Rag"
by Roland Smith's Rascals
on Perfect 12784-B/A
Bows In London
[Newspaper clipping provided by George Moonoogian.]
Above: Newspaper clipping from December 11, 1937: Rollin Smith, who Monday, made his debut on the English vaudeville stage as a "street singer", accompanying himself on the accordian. He has just begun a two-year contract with Foster's Agency, London's leading bureau, which has an enviable record of signing nothing but topnotchers. Mr. Smith, who plays six musical instruments and sings in eight languages, was born in Akron, O., and his last job in America was at the exclusive Coq Rouge on Fifth Avenue, New York.
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[Label image and audio provided by George Moonoogian.]
Above: Label for Perfect 12784 recorded on 1/7/32. It was also released on Banner 32360. The group consisted of Roland Smith, John Anderson, Dr. Doug Speaks, and others unknown.
"Kickin' The Gong Around" (an expression that means smoking opium) is the song that Cab Calloway made famous (1931). The flip, "Tiger Rag" is the A-side selection of The Mills Brothers' first record (1931).
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House Intel Committee votes to release Nunes memo on FBI
The House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines Monday to publicly release a classified memo written by Repu...
Updated: Jan 30, 2018 10:18 AM
The House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines Monday to publicly release a classified memo written by Republicans alleging FBI abuses in their surveillance, an aggressive move that could feed a GOP push to undercut special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation and ratchets up a battle with the Justice Department.
Rep. Adam Schiff, the committee's top Democrat, told reporters that Republicans on the committee voted to release the controversial memo by chairman Devin Nunes.
The Nunes memo says that the FBI abused the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act surveillance law over its use of the opposition research dossier on Donald Trump and Russia as part of the case to obtain a FISA warrant for former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page. It cites the role of deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein and outgoing deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe for their roles in overseeing aspects of the investigation, according to a source briefed on the matter.
Under an obscure committee rule to make the classified memo public, which has never been invoked in the panel's 40-plus-year history, the President now has five days following a vote to decide whether to allow the public release to move forward or to object to it.
An administration official said the House Intelligence Committee memo was being couriered over to the White House on Monday evening and will be reviewed.
The House Intelligence Committee also considered a Democratic memo by Schiff, who said he would be offering his own memo Monday evening to counter the Nunes one. Schiff and other Democrats say Nunes' memo skews the intelligence it's based on and is effectively an effort to try to discredit special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election meddling and possible collusion with the Trump campaign in 2016.
Rep. Mike Conaway, who's heading the Republican investigation in the House, said the committee is taking same first step with the Schiff memo that they took on Nunes memo earlier this month to first release it to the full House, explaining that's why Republicans voted against making the Schiff memo public today.
He said House members need a chance to read it before a vote to make it public. Conaway also defended the GOP investigation and disputed Schiff's characterization that the committee Republicans were formally investigating the Justice Department and FBI.
Separately, Republicans on the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees are expected to get briefed Tuesday by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, who is investigating FBI actions during the 2016 election, according to two members of the panels, which are conducting a separate investigation into the FBI.
One of the members, Jim Jordan of Ohio, confirmed to CNN the meeting was taking place Tuesday, saying it will not be the first time the members are meeting with Horowitz. Democrats on the committees are contending they were not invited to the briefing.
Trump, who has called the investigations a hoax and witch hunt, is inclined to release it, CNN has reported.
But the Justice Department sent Nunes a letter last week saying it would be "extraordinarily reckless" to release the memo without giving the Justice Department the opportunity to review it for possible concerns with national security and ongoing investigations.
White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah said on CNN's "New Day" Monday that releasing the memo could "send a message of accountability" in the US intelligence community.
"It could shed light on allegations that have existed for a long time," Shah told CNN's Chris Cuomo, adding that Trump hasn't seen the memo.
House Speaker Paul Ryan is deferring to Nunes over whether to release the memo, an aide to the speaker said Monday. The speaker's move all but ensures that the Justice Department won't get much backing within the House Republican conference, and underscores the divide between House Republicans who are pushing for the memo's release and many Senate Republicans, who are urging caution and siding with the Justice Department.
The House Intelligence Committee voted to allow all House members to read the memo, but it has kept it guarded from others. In addition to the FBI and Justice Department, the House panel did not grant a request from the Senate Intelligence Committee to view the document.
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The Mystery Dinner Show Williamsburg
(4.0) Based on 2 reviews
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The show lasts about 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Ticket prices include the show and a four-course meal.
Appropriate for All Ages
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The Mystery Dinner Theater is an absolutely entertaining way to enjoy a four-course meal, with five murder mystery dinner show acts that will keep you on the edge of your seat throughout the duration of the show, exciting chances to win prizes, and completely interactive actors that remain in character, even when serving your meal. The fun begins as soon as you walk through the door, with actors that usher you to your seats, show you to the cash bar, and prepare you for the mystery that awaits. You'll want to pay close attention to the show as it begins because there are clues and details to keep track of that will help you answer questions for a prize raffle later in the evening.
Packed with roughly two hours of excitement and mystery, this show fully lives up to its name. The family-friendly show is filled with comedy and shrouded in mystery. Join in on the fun, and 'bribe' your actor/servers for extra clues to help you answer questions as to who the killer may be, as they serve each of your four courses. You can fully participate and question the actors to try to get more information, or just sit back and enjoy the show. Take a moment to mosey over to the cash bar, and get yourself some delicious drinks to quench your thirst.
With each course of your meal being served following one of the acts of the show, you're given several opportunities to interact with the show's actors. You choose your entree, and it will be served to you at your banquet-styled seating. You can choose between beef, chicken, or vegetarian entrees, which also come with a soup of the day, garden salad, and a slice of pie. Children's menu consists of two courses with chicken tenders, french fries, and a slice of pie.
During the dessert portion of your meal, the cast will take a minute to recognize any and all audience members that are celebrating special occasions. At the final moments of the show, the cast will collect the audience's answers to the questions from the show, and all correct answers are put into a raffle to draw the prize for the evening's winner. Get involved throughout the duration of the show, and get the chance to pry clues out of the suspects with bribes and questioning.
This murder mystery dinner show is guaranteed to give you thrills and laughs, with its captivating cast drawing you into the story, and getting you totally involved in helping to solve the mystery. This is one show that you will want to bring the whole family to, and join in on the fun. Come take the opportunity to solve a crime while enjoying a delicious four-course meal.
For the perfect vacation, check out other attractions in the Williamsburg area.
Bobbie Pratt
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We really enjoyed this experience. The food was good, the actors/waiters did a very nice job, and it made for a fun evening.
Suzanne Powell
Good but kinda silly and food was average setting is in hotel banquet room which didn't help. Overall good
Four-Course Menu
First Course: Soup of the Day
Second Course: Garden Salad
Third Course: Your Choice of Beef, Chicken, or Vegetarian Entree
Fourth Course: Slice of Pie
Children's Menu Consist of Two Courses
First Course: Chicken Tenders and French Fries
Second Course: Slice of Pie
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