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Joseph Stalin - Man of Steel | The London Mint Office
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Born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili in 1878 in Georgia, Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union from 1928 until his death in 1953. During his brutal 25-year reign, he established himself as the most powerful, and probably the most feared, dictator the world has ever known—both in the USSR and the Warsaw Pact countries like Czechoslovakia, over which he exerted enormous influence.
Two Coveted and Unique Coins
Despite his outsized ego, Stalin was not megalomaniacal enough to plaster his visage on his native Soviet money. After engineering the “Victorious February” 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état, Stalin’s henchmen assumed control over the government of that country, marking the onset of four decades of Communist dictatorship. Later that year, plans were finalized to strike special silver 50 and 100 korun coins, to be issued by Czechoslovakia in 1949 on the occasion of the dictator’s 70th birthday. The coins featured a true numismatic rarity: a portrait of Joseph Stalin. In fact, despite Stalin’s enormous historical presence, these are the worlds only circulating coins ever minted that featured a portrait of the man. The obverse is the Czech lion with Slovak shield. They are one-year-only commemorative issues that were struck in very low quantities, only a small fraction of which have survived intact to the present day. Even fewer have survived in the high grade exhibited by these examples, putting them among the most coveted of modern collector coins.
31mm, 28mm
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Sculpture: Enfield Millennium Fountain
The Millennium Fountain by Wendy Taylor CBE.
Unveiled by the Worshipful the Mayor of Enfield, Councillor Andreas Constantinides 8th September 2000.
The fountain commemorates the project to restore the nearby New River Loop undertaken by London Borough of Enfield in partnership with Enfield Preservation Society and Thames Water Ltd with the support of a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The sundial is man's oldest astronomical instrument. The gnomon is pointing true North and is parallel to the axis of the Earth. Due to a combination of the tilt of the Earth's axis and the varying speed of the Earth's elliptical progress around the Sun, the indicted time will often differ by several minutes either way from Greenwich Mean Time, the maximum being 16 minutes. The greatest differences occur in February and October. During British Summer Time one hour must be added to the indicated time.
Site: Enfield Millennium Fountain (1 memorial)
EN2, Church Street
This sculpture has been placed on the River Walk.
Enfield Millennium Fountain
Event, Tourism / Traditions
New River Loop - restoration
London Gardens Trust says "In 1890 the portion of the New River around Enfiel...
The so-called New River is actually an aqueduct built 1609 - 1613 from near W...
Enfield Society
Founded as the Enfield Preservation Society, and renamed The Enfield Society...
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When this authority was formed it took over responsibility for water supply f...
Andreas Constantinides
Mayor of Enfield in September 2000.
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Iver Rosenkrantz drives his SUV along a dusty road in Tanzania. The air is hot and humid, and even more so, deeper in the jungle, where Iver’s mine is located.
"We found the mine a year and a half ago - after travelling through the jungle for over 12 hours. We had studied the geology and talked with many of the local miners and concluded that there might be opportunities here. Today we have established roads, so we can walk there in three hours" says Iver Rosenkrantz, whose hunch proved to be correct.
The mine has given so many gems that Iver today lives by selling them and he has just launched a jewellery collection, Rosenkrantz, which is being sold in Nairobi and at some of the most luxurious lodges and hotels.
"We have found some amazing rubies, which in quality are very similar to those from Burma, which are generally considered to be the most beautiful in the world."
You have to hit rock bottom, before you get it right
Africa has a special place in Iver Rosenkrantz's heart for many years. The 38-year-old former lawyer and army officer began as a safari guide in Zimbabwe, but quickly fell in love with Tanzania. First, Iver established himself manufacturing T-shirts in collaboration with Samsoe & Samsoe. But after five years, they had to abandon the project - as Iver says: "It's very hard to make it in this part of Africa. You have to hit rock bottom, before you get it right, down here. "
But then, Iver discovered the gem stone trade, which is big business in Tanzania. “A whole new world opened up. The business is both exiting and full of adventure, but you meet some pretty … “interesting” kind of people. The way business is done – well, that’s almost a world and a language on itself. It's a bit like playing poker – you have to be really good at reading the people, you are dealing with. "
"Tanzania is huge and – for the most part - unexplored. There are many places, people have never set foot , and that really fascinates me. Originally, I was a hunter – and it was all about being out in the wild, enjoying nature. I get the same experience from prospecting and mining gems. I venture out in the middle of nowhere, where no one has dared to go before. "
And it is here, in the middle of nowhere, that Iver discovered that it takes a special kind of gear, if it is to work in such extreme conditions. And that's why he uses LOOW’s merino T-Shirts: "I’m actually wearing a LOOW right now! Clothes are really tested to the limit in the tropical climate, we have here. And if the clothes are made from synthetic materials or too heavily woven, it will be too hot and uncomfortable - you simply can’t stand wearing it. "
Extreme exposure
Iver was made aware of the LOOW brand, when a friend told him about it and about Anders, the man behind the brand. Anders’ background and the approach he has to making high performance clothes for extreme environments, is something that Iver recognises:
"I have manufactured T-shirts for Samsoe & Samsoe, at a factory here in Dar Es Salaam, so I know when something is done well. I may be a bit of a nerd, but I look closely at the shape and material. And the material is especially interesting when it comes to LOOW. It is great to wear in the heat, because the fabric is so light, and it keeps your body at a perfect temperature" Iver explains.
"I've got 3 or 4 LOOW merino T-shirts in the closet, but some of them are close to worn out - and it’s got nothing to do with the quality! They simply suffer some extreme exposure, down here in the Tanzanian jungle! "
The photos are Ivers own.
Iver is wearing a T-OSS 135 in Asphalt - X Large, he is 192cm/90kg.
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Home » News » Taco Crash Kills One, Injures Three
Taco Crash Kills One, Injures Three
Posted by Dawn Lacombe on July 6, 2016 | Categories: News
When people combine drinking and driving, accidents can be the result. At times, there are people injured in these accidents. When this happens, the driver at fault can face greater charges than just a simple DUI.
In a crash that involved a car colliding with a taco truck, one person was killed and three others were injured.
The crash occurred on Sunday, June 26 at about 9:30 p.m. in Boyle Heights according to Los Angeles Police Department reports.
A female driver had been traveling westbound on Fourth Street when she lost control of her vehicle in the 300 block of Clarence Street. After losing control, the woman’s car jumped the curb and plowed into the taco stand, hitting several people near the stand.
The driver, who has been identified as Maribel Rosas, 34, was possibly under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash.
The male who lost his life was unidentified, but three others were taken to local hospitals for treatment for their injuries. Two of those were in critical condition and the third had minor injuries. In addition, several others were evaluated at the scene but declined hospitalization.
The owner of the taco truck reported that one of the injured was his brother-in-law who was managing the stand at the time. One of the others was a female employee who suffered a broken leg in the crash.
In addition to being under suspicion of DUI, Rosas was taken into custody on possible charges of felony vehicular manslaughter.
If you have been charged with DUI, you will need legal representation. Our attorneys specialize in the defense of DUI charges. Contact us today.
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LA Story: The 2016 US Presidential Election
Max Pinckers Election Day. Los Angeles, USA. November 8th, 2016. © Max Pinckers | Magnum Photos
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Max Pinckers USA. Los Angeles. November 8th, 2016. Election Day. © Max Pinckers | Magnum Photos
Max Pinckers USA. Los Angeles. November 8th, 2016. Election Day. Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. © Max Pinckers | Magnum Photos
Max Pinckers USA. Los Angeles. November 9th, 2016. Demonstration in Downtown LA in reaction to Donald Trump's election. © Max Pinckers | Magnum Photos
Max Pinckers Demonstration in Downtown LA in reaction to Donald Trump's election. USA. Los Angeles. November 9th, 2016. © Max Pinckers | Magnum Photos
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Iran thrill female fans amid Asian qualifying goal rush
Friday, 11 Oct 2019 11:14 AM MYT
Iranian women fans arrive to attend Iran’s Fifa World Cup Asian qualifier match against Cambodia, as for the first time women are allowed to watch the national football team play in over 40 years, at the Azadi stadium in Tehran, Iran October 10, 2019. ― Handout via Reuters
HONG KONG, Oct 11 ― Iran handed Cambodia a record-breaking 14-0 thrashing on an historic day in Tehran as goals flowed in World Cup qualifiers across Asia with Japan, South Korea and Australia securing comfortable wins yesterday.
Striker Karim Ansarifard scored four times and Sardar Azmoun netted a hat-trick for Iran who claimed a second straight win in Group C.
The game at the Azadi Stadium, however, was as notable for the presence of 3,500 female fans, who were allowed into the stadium in Tehran for a World Cup qualifier for the first time in the four decades since the Islamic Revolution.
Iran, five-times World Cup qualifiers, lead their group with six points from two games, two points ahead of second-placed Iraq who beat Hong Kong 2-0.
Tottenham Hotspur striker Son Heung-min was on target twice in South Korea's 8-0 win over Sri Lanka as Paulo Bento's team secured their second win in Group H to sit level on points with North Korea.
Lebanon are three points behind after securing their first win thanks to a 2-1 victory over Turkmenistan.
Defender Maya Yoshida was among the scorers as Japan notched up a 6-0 win over Mongolia in Group F and they are joint-top with Tajikistan - who they play on Tuesday - with Kyrgyzstan in third following their 7-0 win over Myanmar.
2022 World Cup hosts Qatar, playing in the qualifiers as they double up as eliminators for the 2023 Asian Cup finals, earned a 2-0 win over Bangladesh in Group E.
Qatar lead the standings by one point from Oman who sealed a 3-0 win over Afghanistan.
China swatted aside Guam, with Yang Xu scoring four goals in a 7-0 win in Group A, while Syria laboured to a 2-1 victory over the Maldives following Ahmad Al Salih's 65th-minute sending-off to join the Chinese on six points from two games.
Australia had few problems in their Group B meeting with Nepal as Jamie MacLaren scored a hat-trick in a 5-0 win and Graham Arnold's side lead by two points from Kuwait and Jordan, who played out a scoreless draw in Amman.
The United Arab Emirates completed back-to-back Group G wins with a 5-0 thumping of Indonesia in Dubai while Nguyen Quang Hai scored the only goal as Vietnam overcame Malaysia 1-0 to move level on four points with second-placed Thailand.
Uzbekistan picked up their first win of the campaign with a 5-0 victory over Yemen as coach Vadim Abramov made a successful start to his second spell in charge of the Central Asian nation but they remain one point behind Group D leaders Saudi Arabia who secured a 3-0 win over Singapore. ― Reuters
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Iranian women defy prison threats by sending veil videos, says activist
Iranian campaigners hope female presence at games can continue
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Mammals of Mount Diablo State Park
by John Pelonio
This list describes the mammals found on Mount Diablo and its foothills. It was compiled using studies conducted in the park, specimens collected by the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology of UC Berkeley and park records and sightings.
Species that may occur but have not been seen
Spotted skunk
Ringtail
Trowbridge Shrew
Bush Mouse
Species probably extinct on Mount Diablo
Heerman's Kangaroo Rat
American Badger
San Joaquin Kit Fox
Species Extinct on Mount Diablo
Grey Squirrel
Mountain Lion or Cougar (rare)
The cougar does occur on Mount Diablo, but is rarely seen. Cougars require such a large range that there may be only one or two cats in the area. Cougars eat mainly deer, but will occasionally take smaller prey or carrion.
Bobcat (occasionally seen)
This shy cat is widespread on Mount Diablo, but is rarely seen by park visitors. Residents of the park often see bobcats in the early morning or evening. Bobcats eat rodents, rabbits, birds, and an occasional deer.
Grey Fox (occasionally seen)
The grey fox is widespread and abundant on Mount Diablo. Foxes are often seen along park roads at night by park residents. Foxes eat rodents, insects and berries.
Coyote (occasionally seen)
Coyotes are abundant on Mount Diablo, but are rarely seen. Campers and park residents often hear them at night. The coyote eats mainly rodents and carrion. Despite its reputation, the coyote rarely kills livestock. It will feed on any dead animal it can find.
Striped Skunk (occasionally seen); Spotted Skunk (unknown, may not occur in the park); Skunks have a unique and effective defense. When threatened, skunks spray an offensive-smelling oil at the attacker. They are easily recognized by their black and white patterns. The striped skunk is often seen along roads at night. The spotted skunk may occur on Mount Diablo but has not been sighted. Skunks eat mainly insects, but will also eat rodents, birds and berries.
Badger (unknown, may not occur in park)
The badger has been sighted on Mount Diablo but has not been seen recently. It may have become extinct from the mountain. Badgers eat gophers and ground squirrels which they catch by digging them up.
Raccoon (seen regularly)
Raccoons are found throughout the park, especially around water and developed areas. They often steal food from park visitors and get into garbage cans. Their natural diet includes frogs, berries, insects, reptiles, eggs and small mammals.
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Long Tailed Weasel (rarely seen)
The weasel is very secretive and, therefore, rarely seen. It can go into holes after rodents and rabbits it eats.
Opossum (occasionally seen)
The opossum is our only marsupial or pouched animal. It was introduced into California from the eastern states around the turn of the century. It has now become established all over the state. Opossums will eat anything edible, including carrion, fruits, nuts, rodents, even garbage.
Hoofed Animals
Blacktailed Deer (seen regularly)
Deer are often seen in the morning or evening and when there are few park visitors. They are browsers, feeding on grass, shrubs, herbs and acorns. Deer are preyed upon by mountain lions, bobcats and occasionally coyotes and feral dogs.
Rabbits and Hares
Rabbits and hares feed on grasses, herbs and shrubs. They are are an important food source for bobcats, foxes, coyotes, and eagles. Hares have longer ears and legs than true rabbits, and have young that are born fully furred and able to move around on their own.
Cottontail (seen regularly); Brush Rabbit (seen Regularly)
We have two true rabbits on the mountain, the cottontail and brush rabbit; they are similar in appearance.
Jackrabbit (seen regularly)
The jackrabbit is actually a hare. It is most common in grassland areas, but also found in brushy areas.
Rodents occur in large numbers and are a major source of food for such predators as hawks, owls, foxes, bobcats, weasels, coyotes, and snakes.
Old World Rats and Mice
Norway Rat (rarely seen), Roof Rat (rarely seen), House Mouse (rarely seen); these rodents were brought to the New World by ships from Europe. They have since spread to most developed areas of North America. Although they are common throughout most of Contra Costa County, they are not found at the higher elevations of Mount Diablo.
Western Harvest Mouse (rarely seen)
These tiny mice live in grassy areas where they feed mainly on grass seeds.
White Footed Mice
Deer Mouse (occasionally seen), Pinyon Mouse (rarely seen), California Mouse (rarely seen), Brush Mouse (unknown; may not occur in the park). These four mice are closely related. They feed on nuts, berries, seeds and herbs. The deer mouse and California mouse are widespread on Mount Diablo. The pinyon mouse is rare, but has been found on the mountain. The brush mouse may occur, but has not been found on the mountain.
Dusky Footed Woodrat (occasionally seen); Desert Woodrat (rarely seen). These rodents are sometimes called "packrats" because they tend to collect things and store them in their nests. The nest looks like a pile of sticks but contains many passages and rooms. The abandoned passages are used by a variety of other animals. Woodrats eat seeds, nuts, and berries.
California Meadow Mouse (occasionally seen)
The meadow mouse or vole is abundant in the grassland areas of Mount Diablo. Voles make runways through the grass. They feed on grass, seeds, roots, and bark.
California Pocket Gopher (seen regularly)
This gopher, seen throughout Mount Diablo, also digs up lawns and gardens. Gophers feed on roots, grasses, herbs, and seeds.
Fox Squirrel (abundant; seen by most park visitors)
This common red-brown colored squirrel is seen on power lines and trees throughout the bay area. The fox squirrel was introduced into California and has replaced the grey squirrel over much of its range. It was introduced into Mount Diablo State Park in 1960. Grey squirrels, which were abundant on the mountain have not been seen since shortly after the fox squirrels were released.
California Ground Squirrel (abundant; seen by most park visitors
Ground squirrels are abundant in the developed areas of Mount Diablo. They are so abundant in some areas that they are creating erosion problems and damaging park roads and buildings. Ground squirrels are absent from many of the back country areas, possibly due to the extensive eradication program conducted by the county in the park up to 1974.
Muskrat (unknown; may not occur in the park)
The muskrat was introduced into the Sacramento / San Joaquin Delta and has spread into many of the creeks around Mount Diablo. Muskrats eat mainly cattails, and other plants, but will also eat clams and snails.
Insectivores
Bats (seen regularly)
There are thirteen species of bat which may occur on Mount Diablo:
California Myotis
Big Brown Bat
Small-Footed Myotis
Western Pipistrelle
Long-Eared Myotis Pallid Bat
Yuma Myotis
Lumpnosed Bat
Hoary Bat
Brazilian Bat
Red Bat
Western Mastif Bat
Silverhaired Bat
These bats eat insects caught in the air. Bats use echo-location to find their prey in the dark, which is similar to sonar. Contrary to popular myth, bats are not blind, do not get caught in hair and our local bats are not likely to carry rabies. However, they do have sharp teeth, so do not handle any you find roosting. Bats are sometimes eaten by owls and snakes.
There are two species of shrew which may be found on Mount Diablo: Ornate Shrew (rarely seen), and Trowbridge Shrew (unknown, may not occur in the park). Shrews are our smallest mammals. Despite their size, they are aggressive predators. Shrews have such a high metabolism they must eat constantly. They eat insects, sowbugs and spiders.
Broadfooted Mole (rarely seen)
Moles are rarely seen, but you may find their feeding tunnels -- long ridges of dirt on the surface of the ground. Moles eat insects and worms.
A feral animal is a domestic animal which has been released or allowed to go wild. On Mount Diablo we have feral dogs and cats. Other feral animals which are damaging some areas of California are goats, burros, pigs and horses.
Feral Cats (abundant; seen by most park visitors)
Feral cats are seen along all roads in the state park. Feral cats compete for food with native wildlife such as weasels, owls, hawks, and snakes.
Feral Dogs (rarely seen)
Feral dogs occur in the Wall Ridge and Mitchell Canyon areas. Pet dogs which are allowed to run loose at night will come up into the park to hunt and kill wildlife and livestock. Many of the livestock kills blamed on coyotes are actually killed by dogs, then scavenged by coyotes.
Feral Dog
Illustrations by Mike Nelson
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Framingham ZBA turns down Walden plan
Scott O'Connell/Daily News staff
Oct 29, 2013 at 12:01 AM Oct 29, 2013 at 9:07 PM
After months of hearings, a plan to build a treatment center for eating and mood disorders failed to get approval for a special permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals Monday night.
Needing the OK of all three of the board’s members, Walden Behavioral Care’s proposal ultimately caused a “problem” for chairman Philip Ottaviani, who cast the lone vote against the project.
“I’ve got one hurdle I can’t get over,” he said, referring to the staunch opposition from neighbors living near the 518 Pleasant St. campus.
Fellow board members Susan Craighead and Stephen Meltzer, who voted in favor of the plan, had lobbied for the board to give its approval, arguing Walden’s use of the site was not only appropriate but would also preserve the property’s existing buildings, which were formerly home to the Marist House, and much of its open space.
“It’s a beautiful site, and it’s a decent project,” Craighead said. “I know some people are going to object, but some people are going to object to anything.”
A representative for Walden had also pointed out the healthcare company had agreed to the board’s 25 conditions for approval, many of which addressed residents’ concerns.
“I think the applicant has clearly met all the requirements in the special permit,” said James Hanrahan.
Among the final conditions hashed out at Monday’s meeting were a restriction on new building construction of more than 40,000 square feet and a requirement that Walden chip in for the creation of a right-turn-only lane from Pleasant Street onto Temple Street to alleviate traffic on the roads.
After closing the public hearing on the matter last week, the board spent the bulk of the meeting going over those last few details. Around 40 residents also were in attendance, but were not allowed to comment.
After toying with the idea of delaying the vote a day, Ottiviani called on the members to finish the job that night. Explaining his stance, he said Walden’s intent to open an 80-bed treatment facility in the primarily residential area would not have been “in harmony with the neighborhood.” He would instead like to see homes built there.
Scott O’Connell can be reached at 508-626-4449 or soconnell@wickedlocal.com. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottOConnellMW.
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Nearly Seven Decades In, the Beaux Arts Festival's Mission Is Stronger Than Ever
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Miami Jewish Film Festival Starts Community Cinema Series With Women in Hollywood
Juan Antonio Barquin
Juan Antonio Barquin | October 21, 2014 | 8:05am
Another month, another exciting announcement from the Miami Jewish Film Festival on a new project to benefit the community. In partnership with Independent Lens Television Service (ITVS), WPBT2, the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning, and Temple Beth Sholom, MJFF is launching the Community Cinema series, which will feature six films over the span of six months. All screenings are free and open to the public.
The six films featured in Community Cinema come from the Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens, and each will premiere ahead of its broadcast date. Of the six features, the first will be Makers: Women in Hollywood, this Thursday, October 23, at 8 p.m. at Temple Beth Sholom.
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This documentary, which expands on the critically acclaimed Makers: Women Who Make America, showcases the women of showbiz, from some of cinema's earliest pioneers to the women who are influencing and molding entertainment into what it is today.
Directed by Linda Goldstein Knowlton and narrated by Julia Roberts, the episode features interviews with women who have a massive presence in both television and film, including Shonda Rhimes, Glenn Close, Geena Davis, Lena Dunham, Zooey Deschanel, and Jane Fonda.
"This new initiative is facilitated by the festival's constantly evolving platform and service, and indicates our dedication to being the community's conversation starter," festival director Igor Shteyrenberg says of the program. "It not only remarkably widens our possibilities for programming outreach but also sets us face-to-face with an obligation and responsibility toward presenting films with salient themes and topics that empower, inspire, and may effect change."
As such, the series is not simply a celebration of women, but rather an exploration of multiple pressing societal issues, all of which are accompanied by discussions following the screening. The other films -- Darius Clark Monroe's Evolution of a Criminal; Maro Chermayeff's A Path Appears; Llewellyn Smith, Christine Herbes-Sommers and Kelly Thomson's American Denial; Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly's The Homestretch; Thomas Miller and Kirk Marcolina's Limited Partnership -- cover a range of topics, including sex trafficking, queer partnerships, and the way America's racial tension has evolved over decades.
"What I love about this Community Cinema series is that it starts with pressing issues we face as Americans and, after the movie, enables those who attended to wrestle with the ethical and moral implications of what they've just seen, facilitated by our CAJE/Melton faculty members," says Rabbi Efrat Zarren-Zohar, director of Adult Learning for CAJE and the Florence Melton School.
With so many festivals and producers leaning away from providing educational works, it's refreshing to see one that's pushing to deliver exactly that. MJFF is offering this programming to the community for free; now it's up to audiences to experience something different from their typical festival fare.
To attend, RSVP by emailing info@miamijewishfilmfestival.org.
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Juan Antonio Barquin is a Miami-based writer who programs the queer film series Flaming Classics and serves as co-editor of Dim the House Lights. He aspires to be Bridget Jones.
Twitter: @woahitsjuanito
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Hedy Goldsmith Named Executive Chef of Verde at PAMM
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Sustain Launches Brunch: Bacon Doughnuts, Foie Gras Pancakes, and a Bloody Bar
Laine Doss
Laine Doss | February 13, 2012 | 11:03am
Sustain Restaurant + Bar is known for its fresh foods, obtained from local farms and purveyors. Sustain's managing partners, Brian Goldberg and Jonathan Lazar, believe in this concept so much they change the restaurant's menu to serve that goal, working with produce and products as they are seasonally available.
We figure Goldberg and Lazar finally realized that brunch is always in season in Miami, because the partners launched their Sunday brunch menu yesterday, and Short Order went to check it out.
The brunch, served Sundays from noon to 4 p.m., features a large selection of à la carte items, many of which cry out to be shared family style, including the ultimate bread basket ($8), green eggs and ham pizza ($16), French toast sticks ($5), and foie gras and pancakes ($16).
Also sharable is the make-your-own bloody mary station. A bottle of chilled vodka (eight-, 16-, or 32-ounces) is delivered to your table; then you stroll over to the bar, where fixings such as fresh tomato juice, Tabasco, horseradish, house-cured cucumbers, olives, and lemon await. A similar make-your-own deal is available with Prosecco, strawberries, and pepper, to make Sustain's take on the Rossini, the bubbly berry. Individual bloodys ($8) and bubbly berries ($10) are available.
Teena's Pride heirloom tomato salad comprises fennel, Paradise Farms' arugula, Maytag blue cheese, and, yes, heirloom tomatoes ($7 small, $12 large).
Duck poutine is an upscale twist on the Canadian favorite. Fries are served with duck confit, feta cheese, and foie gras demi-glace ($10). Add a 63-degree egg on top for added richness ($2.50 additional).
The breadbasket ($8) features a banana muffin, a corn muffin, and a slice of carrot cake served on a plate (not in a basket). It comes with peppercorn honey and berry compote on the side.
Bacon doughnut holes ($8) are served with three dipping sauces -- maple butter, chocolate sauce, and dark beer sabayon.
Corned beef hash comes with a 63-degree egg, scallions, and onions ($12).
Buckwheat pancakes are topped with bacon and foie gras ($16).
The shrimp and grits dish gets a makeover. Rock shrimp and chorizo are served over creamy polenta ($12). Add a 63-degree egg for $2.50.
A wood-oven-baked farm egg is served with focaccia bread topped with spinach, tomato, caramelized onion, and Gruyère ($12).
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'That son of a bitch': Video shows Israeli soldiers cheering after shooting Gazan
Israeli ministers defend troops cheering after shooting unarmed man, with one saying he believed in 'purity of soldiers' weapons'
Israeli soldiers during an open-fire scenario training in Camp Tsur infantry training base, 9 April (Reuters)
Mustafa Abu Sneineh
Published date: 11 April 2018 15:07 UTC | Last update: 1 year 9 months ago
Israeli politicians have defended a video of Israeli snipers celebrating after they shoot an unarmed Palestinian near the border fence with Gaza.
The video, first broadcast by Channel 10 television late on Monday, appears to show soldiers shooting the man near the border fence of the Gaza Strip and whooping in excitement.
One of the soldiers rejoices in Hebrew after the shooting saying: "Wow, what a video!... YES! That son of the bitch."
The Palestinian does not appear to pose a threat to the Israeli soldiers who are on the Israeli side of the fence looking through a viewfinder or binoculars.
Naftali Bennett, Israel's minister of education, told Hebrew news site Ynet that he is not willing to be drawn into a "festival of condemnations" of the video, which has gone viral since its broadcast.
"Since when do we judge a soldier according to the elegance of his speech? I prefer a cheerful soldier from a grieving father," Bennet told Ynet.
Israel's military confirmed the authenticity of a video but alleged "it followed riots and warnings from troops".
It said in a statement that the Palestinian in the video was hit in the leg and wounded. The video was recorded on 22 December in the area of Kissufim near the Gaza Strip, it said. The Palestinian health ministry did not issue a statement regarding the shot Palestinian.
The soldier filmed in the video was called in for questioning by his commander on Tuesday, according to Ynet. The Israeli army also said the video was recorded by a soldier not part of the unit that fired the shot and that action would be taken against him.
Wow, what a video!... YES! That son of the bitch
- Israeli soldier in the video
Israeli public security minister, Gilad Erdan, from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party, told Ynet: "I believe in the purity of the soldiers' weapons and the ethics of combat. Hence, my principle is always to defend, indeed, soldiers who are on the battlefield."
He justified the rejoicing as a "human reaction" by the soldiers confronted with a "tense situation".
The video emerged as attention is focused on Israel over the killing of 31 Palestinians involved in March of Return protests along the border with the Gaza Strip which began on 30 March.
'Wow, what a legendary video'
Apparently, the footage was filmed from the Israeli side of the border fence through binoculars or a viewfinder.
In the video we hear the voices of two soldiers talking in Hebrew opening fire on what seems to be unarmed Palestinians walking around on the other side of the frontier.
The sniper trains his rifle on the Palestinian who is seen standing next to another two other men crouching in front of a roll of barbed wire several metres away from the border fence.
The Israeli military's Arabic spokesperson tweeted on 6 of April a photo with Palestinian children in a sniper scope captioned, "We see you well" (Screenshot)
"This is 50, affirmative, when he comes out, you get him," a voice is heard ordering.
"Do you have a bullet in the barrel?" someone else asks.
"Are you on him? Are you on him?" the first voice asks.
"Yes, he is stopping," the soldier replies.
"Go, yes," the first voice affirms.
"Wait, I can't shoot because of the barbed-wire," the soldier says.
Suddenly, a loud voice speaking in Hebrew, apparently from the soldier who filmed the shooting, shouts: "Maymoni, come here, come here, come here."
Soldiers talk over each over and then we see two of the Palestinians squatting near the barbed wire, while the third remains standing motionless.
The sniper then appears to open fire on the individual standing, knocking him to the ground, and we hear the cheering of the Israeli soldiers.
"Wow, what a video!... YES! That son of the bitch," said the soldier, with a whoop of excitement in Hebrew.
Palestinians are seen rushing to rescue the injured man.
"What a video! There, go and evacuate him..." the rejoicing voice of the soldier continues.
"Wow, someone was hit in the head," comes another cheer.
"Wow, what a legendary video."
According to Israeli military protocol, all live fire directed at protests requires approval by the most senior leadership in the field, usually on instructions from a brigade commander or battalion commander.
'We see you well'
Hanan Ashrawi, a senior Palestinian Authority official, said the video showed what Palestinians have long alleged regarding soldiers' actions on the Gaza border, "but nobody has been listening".
"We have been complaining about this, but unfortunately nobody believes it unless an Israeli source documents it," Ashrawi told AFP.
"The issue of sniper fire is not something new at all, but it is time for the world to see and to believe what we have been saying all along."
Gaza challenges its destiny
Jamal Zahalka
Jamal Zahalka, a Palestinian citizen of Israel and a Knesset member of the Joint List party, told Haaretz that the video "indicates to the rule. Israeli snipers killed unarmed Palestinian protesters in cold blood who were participating in a non-violent protest."
He added that it's no wonder soldiers act this way when ministers, MKs, the media and public opinion join the celebration and cheer for the mass killing of Palestinians.
Ayman Odeh, a senior MK from Israel's Palestinian minority, called for the sniper to be put on trial.
On Friday, the Israeli military's Arabic spokesperson tweeted a photo with Palestinian children in a sniper scope captioned: "We see you well."
Avichay Adraee warned Palestinians on Friday that they cannot hide from the Israeli army during the March of Return protests along the border of Gaza Strip with Israel, which have been held for the past two Fridays.
March of Return
The video comes after mass protests along the Gaza border that began on Friday 30 March.
Thirty-one Palestinians have been killed by Israeli troops since then, and hundreds were injured. There have been no Israeli casualties.
Palestinians in the besieged enclave of Gaza are reviving a longstanding demand for the right of return, where almost 1.3 million of the small territory’s two million inhabitants are refugees, demanding their right to return to their pre-1948 homes according to the UN resolution 194.
The Israeli military has stationed snipers to enforce a "no-go" zone near the border fence to stop Palestinian attempts to get close to the fence during the protests.
Protest camps have sprung up 700-1000 metres from the border fence. But large groups of youths have ventured considerably nearer, burning tyres last Friday to create a smokescreen to obscure the view of Israeli snipers.
Israel says it has been warning Gazans for weeks not to approach the border fence and accuses Hamas, the Islamic movement that governs Gaza, of instigating the protests. Organisers of the protest denied any Hamas-sponsored links.
Israeli officials have declined to specify exact distances that Palestinians protesters must remain from the fence.
Maps of Gaza from recent years by United Nations humanitarian agencies indicate a “no-go zone” of up to 100 metres from the barrier, with limited access for farmers in some areas from 100-300 metres.
This article is available in French on Middle East Eye French edition.
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Reports: Google won’t renew Pentagon contract to use AI
Google will not renew a Pentagon contract to interpret video and improve the targeting of drone strikes. Pictured: An RQ-4 Global Hawk lands at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 1, 2018. (Staff Sgt. Deana Heitzman/Air Force)
SAN FRANCISCO — Google won’t renew a contract with the Pentagon that provides the company’s artificially intelligent algorithms to interpret video images and improve the targeting of drone strikes.
That’s according to reports in Gizmodo, Buzzfeed, and The New York Times Friday.
The reports said Google Cloud business head Diane Greene told employees of the decision not to renew the 18-month deal past the end of 2019, when the current contract ends.
Google representatives did not respond to a request for comment.
The so-called Project Maven had riled Google employees, including several who quit and thousands of others who signed a petition asking CEO Sundar Pichai to cancel the project and enact a policy renouncing the use of Google technology in warfare.
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Harris: “We showed a lot of heart and energy”
The manager discusses Reading victory and looks ahead to Forest battle
Neil Harris has commended the fight shown by his Millwall players after emerging 1-0 winners over Reading at The Den on Wednesday.
Harris’ Lions took three points from nine-man Reading through a superb Jed Wallace free-kick eight minutes into the game, with new Reading manager Jose Gomes losing his first match in charge.
“I think we showed a lot of heart and a lot of energy, after playing well without any reward in games this season,” the manager says.
“Whilst it wasn’t a great performance, we showed desire and moments of quality. We could and should have gone on and got another one or two, and I can understand the edginess when we’ve lost leads late on this year.
“It was a cup final today – those were the words Shaun Williams used before the game. We needed three huge points.”
The boss credits goalscorer Wallace for his contribution in the clash, along with Ryan Leonard who ‘set the spark’ in the atmosphere for the victory.
“Jed showed his importance to us and quality at this level. There were two great free-kicks in the game, Jed scoring and John Swift just hitting the underside of the bar.
“It was a typical Boxing Day atmosphere to start with – Ryan Leonard in the first minute set the spark and I thought he was excellent. If you get the second goal, it makes life a lot easier, but we dug in.”
Harris praises Gomes’ Royals for their display at The Den, and highlights the need for momentum in the busy festive schedule of fixtures – rolling on with Nottingham Forest’s visit to SE16 on Saturday afternoon.
“Reading showed a lot of character and showed how they are going to play for the rest of the season. They’ll pass the ball, cause teams problems and they have some good players. For us today, it was about getting over the line.
“I’m not sure if I’m relieved, because I expect us to win games. We play good teams every week, but I expect us to beat sides especially here at The Den. I’m pleased for the players because they feel my frustration, they want to do well and they know it’s been hard for us so far. I hope it gives us belief, momentum and confidence going into Saturday.
“It’s a huge game against Nottingham Forest, and it will be a great atmosphere because Forest are a massive club and our fans will turn up, not expecting us just to come out and win. I’m hoping for it to be a lot more relaxed than it was today, and my players will feed off that.”
Harris claims the Sky Bet Championship table ‘looks healthier’ following the three points, and expects his side to match Aitor Karanka’s Play-Off-chasing Forest outfit.
“We have three vital games in seven days – seasons can be won or lost at Christmas and Easter, because of the quick turnaround. The League table looks healthier after winning today, and teams above you are within sight again.
“I don’t expect to just turn up and win on Saturday. I expect us to compete with Forest, be as good as them and impose our game on them.”
The manager concludes with a word on the members of his squad out on loan deals, including midfielder Ben Thompson and forward Fred Onyedinma, at Portsmouth and Wycombe Wanderers respectively.
“All of our loan players will be available for recall in January, and we’ll make decisions as they come,” Harris states.
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HomeTV ShowsAmerican IdolAmerican Idol Throwbacks: Adam Lambert, Jennifer Hudson set for Oscars
American Idol Throwbacks: Adam Lambert, Jennifer Hudson set for Oscars
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Tomorrow night (Feb 24) is Oscar night. We began Academy Award night coverage when American Idol season 3 alum Jennifer Hudson was nominated (and WON) Best Supporting Actress for her role as Effie in Dreamgirls. These days, we live blog the Oscar telecast whether there is a reality show connection or not. However, 2019 is most definitely an American Idol year on the Academy Awards.
American Idol alums Jennifer Hudson and Adam Lambert are set for MAJOR performances on Sunday’s telecast. The show will open with Queen + Adam Lambert delivering a show stopping performance that will serve as the “opening monologue” on this year’s host-free telecast. Rumor has it Queen + Adam Lambert will perform the titular song “Bohemian Rhapsody” and the iconic “We Will Rock You.”
The band will be there to celebrate musical biopic Bohemian Rhapsody which has earned $212 million in the U.S. to date and $854 million worldwide so far. The movie, based on the life of frontman Freddie Mercury, is up for five Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actor (Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury), Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing and Best Film Editing.
Oscar and Grammy Award-Winning Jennifer Hudson will open with the Oscar-Nominated song “I’ll Fight” from RBG. The tune, written by, Diane Warren, will be the first Oscar for the iconic songwriter if it wins. Recently, Jennifer has worked as a coach on The Voice. Her experience as an American Idol contestant who didn’t win the show, but had an uber-successful career anyway, certainly informs the work she has done on both the US and UK versions. (You can catch Jennifer now on the current The Voice UK season.)
Just for fun, let’s throwback to when these successful artists were hopeful American Idol contestants. Make sure to click through the gallery.
From the audition room to the #Oscars ? So excited to see our Idols @adamlambert and @IAMJHUD take the stage Sunday night! ? Swipe ?? to see their iconic beginnings #FlashbackFriday Meet a new season of superstars when #AmericanIdol premieres Sun Mar 3 at 8|7c on ABC! ?
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When Jennifer auditioned for season 3 of Idol in Atlanta back in the summer of 2003, she sang Aretha Franklin’s “Share Your Love With Me.” Unsurprisingly, OG judges Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell all gave her yesses. Idol fans called Jennifer’s eventual elimination in 7th place shocking. Nevertheless, the actress singer went on to a successful award-winning career. Fun fact: The late Aretha Franklin handpicked Jennifer to star in her official biopic.
Adam auditioned in San Francisco for the 2009 American Idol season. Prophetically, the young vocalist sang “Bohemian Rhapsody” as his audition song. The judges that year, which included Kara Dioguardi, didn’t hesitate to put the big-voiced singer with the CRAZY incredible range through to Hollywood. Adam left the show as runner-up, but regardless, he’s been making music ever since and continues to build a world wide army of fans.
Fun Fact: Adam entered Queen’s radar for real when they performed together on the American Idol finale. Queen + Adam Lambert began performing together in 2011. The band has toured the world over ever since. Adam has won Queen fans over with his ability to pay homage to Freddie without imitation, while putting his own unique stamp on the legendary catalog.
Back in the fall of 2008 when he audiitoned, little did Adam know…
More Oscar-related American Idol goodness: Watch for a musical performance featuring contestants from the upcoming season during the Oscars broadcast! Plus earlier in the day, ABC will air an American Idol preview special. Check out all the details HERE.
The 91st Annual Academy Awards will be presented again at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood. The show will broadcast live on Sunday, Feb. 24, on ABC.
American Idol returns to ABC on Sunday, March 3rd with a two-hour premiere beginning at 8:00 PM EST.
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Jasen Kaplan “celebrity makeup artist” twittered all day Thursday from the location of Adam Lambert’s album cover shoot. You’ve got the location, possibly the outfits, the accessories and some eye wear and of course,
Adam Lambert Photo Shoot
Credit: Photographer-Robert Sebree – Make up/Hair-Melanie Manson – Lead Stylist-Marina Toybina – Second key stylist Dawn Ritz This tudor-style photo is the latest to emerge from a recent Adam Lambert photo shoot. Adam said
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In a recent interview with Velocity Live Radio from the Long Island press hour, Adam Lambert talks about his album, the tour, and taking some downtime when it’s over. A most interesting soundbite comes when
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Kick off the party season at Cove Manila this September
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Kick off the party season at Cove Manila this September Sabrinuuuuuh 10:59 AM
Nonstop parties to look forward to at Southeast Asia’s largest, first-of-its kind,
state-of-the-art indoor beach club and night club
MANILA – September in Manila is the best time to get the party started.
Cove Manila, Southeast Asia’s largest, world-class indoor beach and night club, is gearing up for a full party season this September 2018, complete with the hottest music acts from around the world, great food, free-flowing drinks, and an unparalleled ambiance for the metro’s most discerning social butterflies and party-goers.
First on the list of the club’s exciting roster of events are a line-up of international DJs and the upcoming authentic German Oktoberfest.
Global music experience every weekend
Kicking off the Cove Manila party season is a series of epic parties with music spun by globally renowned DJs. Every Friday starting September 7 from 10:30PM to 5:00AM is an opportunity to take part in this superb, must-see experience that you can’t miss out on.
Platinum-selling Swedish musician Steve Angello (formerly of the phenomenal supergroup Swedish House Mafia) headlined the September 7 party, much to the delight of guests who spent the night dancing to world-class electronic music.
Los Angeles-based DJ and producer Valentino Khan, best known for his chart-topping collabs with Diplo, Skrillex, and Steve Aoki, will spin the house down on September 14. The party just never stops at Cove Manila as Dutch-Turkish DJ Ummet Ozcan (September 21), globetrotting Italian record producer and DJ Nicola Fasano (September 28), and Las Vegas legend DJ Wellman (September 29) are set to bring their signature beats to the indoor beach club.
Let your hair down and dance to the exhilarating beats while enjoying an amazing, one-of-a-kind ambiance. The more people, the merrier the party, so bring the whole gang for an unforgettable night and book your own tables and cabanas!
Pick up your lagers and say “prost!”
On September 22 and 23, Cove and Okada Manila will host an authentic German Oktoberfest experience in partnership with the iconic San Miguel Beer. Leave the lederhosens at home as this Oktoberfest is a tropical one, complete with a pool-party ambiance, tents, amazing music from live bands, and authentic German food!
Fill your steins with ice-cold San Miguel Beer and indulge in a feast of wursts, cheese, and roasts, complete with traditional German sidings and condiments. Can’t get enough beer and German food? Here’s the best part—there’s a VIP package that lets you indulge in free-flowing beer and unlimited German food for eight hours and will definitely leave you feeling wunderbar!
Get the party ball rolling only at Cove Manila. For more information on ticket prices and upcoming event schedules, log on to www.covemanila.com, like Cove Manila on Facebook, and follow @covemanila on Instagram and Twitter.
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An Almost-Too-Late Roundup of Historical and Unusual Eclipse Maps
I meant to post this before today’s solar eclipse, but I spent a good chunk of the past few days dealing with basic site maintenance; during the eclipse itself I was, well, observing and photographing it. But while the iron may not be as red-hot as it was even eight hours ago, it’s still glowing a bit, so how about I clear out some bookmarks:
Eclipse maps that pinpoint the zone of totality date back to the eighteenth century. Atlas Obscura looks at those early eclipse maps, notably those from Edmond Halley.
In the runup to the eclipse there have been some seriously weird and quirky eclipse maps, many of which correlating the path of the eclipse to utterly unrelated things. The first one I saw was this one: the path of the eclipse versus bigfoot sightings.
"There are no more eclipse maps to make"
Challenge accepted. pic.twitter.com/PnFJSXeSiY
— Joshua Stevens (@jscarto) August 3, 2017
There have been others. Many others, to the point of absurdity. Maps on the Web has been collecting these maps over the past few weeks, and All Over the Map’s roundup of eclipse maps features them as well.
Earlier this month, the Washington Post’s Wonkblog noted the eerie correlation between Google searches about the eclipse and the path of the eclipse itself:
Finally, people were watching traffic maps to track the number of people travelling to watch the eclipse. Apparently eclipse-related traffic congestion was a thing. (Here’s Michael Zeiler’s forecast, based on population statistics.)
Author Jonathan CrowePosted on 21 August 2017 Format LinkCategories AstronomyTags eclipse, eclipses
Mapping the August 2017 Solar Eclipse
Michael Zeiler, GreatAmericanEclipse.com
Eclipse maps—maps that show the path of solar eclipses across the surface of the Earth—are very much a thing. As I wrote in my first blog post about eclipse maps back in 2010, “These maps are vital to eclipse chasers, who spend vast sums travelling to places where they can see one, and those slightly less insane who nevertheless are interested in when the next one comes around.” Eclipse chasers are already getting ready for next month’s solar eclipse, which transects the continental United States on 21 August, and of course there are lots of maps.
Michael Zeiler, whose website about solar eclipse maps, coincidentally called Eclipse-Maps.com, I told you about in 2011, has launched a separate website dedicated to next month’s eclipse, called (wait for it) GreatAmericanEclipse.com. There are eclipse maps for every state the path passes through, various maps presenting additional information, and a 10-foot-long strip map of the path of totality.
But knowing an eclipse’s path isn’t always enough. There’s nothing worse than spending a fortune to get to an eclipse-viewing spot only to discover it’s clouded over. You can’t predict the skies far enough in advance, but you can factor in the likelihood that skies will be clear or cloudy for a given location, based on historical weather data. That’s what NOAA’s eclipse cloudiness maps do. [GeoLounge]
Author Jonathan CrowePosted on 21 July 2017 Format LinkCategories AstronomyTags eclipse, eclipses
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What’s possible in a week? If you dedicated seven days to the achievement of one goal, how ambitious could you make this goal? These were the questions that the multilingual friends Katy and Sara posed themselves when they determined to learn English in one week, to prove that it can be done and anyone can do it with the right methods.
They would attempt to liberate themselves from the distractions and responsibilities of modern-day life in order to cram eight hours of study time and I was observing some of the world’s most capable language learners at work.
The language learning expert: Sara
The friends set themselves the challenge of learning a language in a week in order to stretch themselves, and then it was a question of choosing which language to learn. English presented itself as a natural option; there are nigh on 300,000 English speakers in Germany’s capital, and the areas are dotted with stores adorned with signs in English.
“Truly understanding one’s environment requires one to first understand English”
The first operational step in the friends learning process was to decorate the entire apartment with sticky notes. This had an almost ceremonial touch to it as the friends delved into dictionaries and proceeded to label everything with its corresponding English name.
Within the space of about an hour it was impossible to carry out any menial task, be it making a coffee or flicking off a light switch, without first being presented with at least three different words related to this action.
Sara learning in the park
The importance of the other twin’s presence became immediately apparent as Katy and Sara delegated responsibilities for rooms to decorate with sticky notes. This simple task was augmented by continuous little tests that they would spring on one another, and the fact that they split up their day slightly differently and studied different topics meant that each twin became a source of knowledge for the other.
The most extraordinary moment came towards the end of the week!
The friends simply switched their everyday conversations to English, asking one another if they wanted tea or coffee, were ready to cook dinner or when they were going to leave the house.
Katy and Sara had numerous micro-challenges throughout the week. On the first day they were visited by a English friend who greeted them in English and complimented them on how quickly they’d picked up their first words and phrases.
They then learned the names of fruits and the numbers from one to a billion so that they could visit the English market (although they refrained from purchasing nine hundred thousand kumquats). Displaying their haul after their first functional exchange in English, they beamed with pride and a palpable sense of accomplishment before marching back home to study further.
Katy playing audio lessons
On our second visit to the brother’s apartment 24 hours into the week, we found them sampling dozens of different kinds of English snacks.
Like kids staring at the backs of cereal packs before heading to school, the nutritional information and various special offers and competitions on the packaging were analysed during snack breaks.
There was no moment of complete removal from the language learning process during the eight hours that the friends had allotted to it.
They were constantly using their existing knowledge to support the ever-growing knowledge of English, this being the root of their success.
“you will likely come across words that share common origins with your native tongue”
The friends spent a lot of time engrossed in books or on their computers and apps, flicking and swiping their way through exercises eagerly, but at other times they were to be found searching busily for English radio stations and write-ups of English football games on the web.
There is no definitive method to learn a language fluently
All too often, people enter their weekly language class to converse with their teacher, but then barely have any contact with other speakers and that’s not enough.
The old saying that we can solve problems more effectively when we sleep on it may be especially true if the problem we’re trying to solve is learning a new language.
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Researchers from two Swiss universities wanted to know if they could enhance the learning of words from a foreign language by exposing people to the words during non-rapid eye movement sleep the deep, dreamless sleep period that most of us experience during the first few hours of the night.
To find out, they gathered two groups of study participants, all of whom were native German speakers, and gave them a series of Dutch-to-German word pairs to learn at 10 pm. One group was then instructed to get some sleep, while the other group was kept awake.For the next few hours both groups listened to an audio playback of the word pairs they’d already been exposed to and some they hadn’t yet heard.
The researchers then re-gathered both groups at 2 am and gave them a test of the Dutch words to uncover any differences in learning. And indeed there was a difference:
“The group that listened to the words during sleep did better at recalling the words they’d heard”
The simple yet potent trick the researchers employed is known as verbal cueing, and this isn’t the first claim made for its success while sleeping. But what makes this study different is that it puts a finer point on the conditions necessary for this trick to actually work namely, it only works when we’ve already been exposed to the verbal cues before we sleep.
The researchers added a techie dimension by conducting electroencephalographic (EEG)recordings of the sleeping participants brains to track neural electrical activity during the learning period.
They found that learning the foreign words overlapped with the appearance of theta brain waves, an intriguing result since theta is the brain wave state often associated with heightened learning while awake (usually we’re in either the high-frequency, high-alertness alpha or beta states while awake, but it’s thought possible to induce theta state slower in frequency than alpha and beta through concentration techniques).
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Wait – is Meghan Markle’s blog making a comeback?
Jadie Troy-Pryde September 16, 2019 12:55 pm
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Before she was the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle was not only a successful actress. She also ran a very successful lifestyle blog, named The Tig, a website that covered a variety of topics from food to fashion, travel to beauty.
However, shortly after she started dating Prince Harry, Meghan decided to shut the site down, telling her readers: ‘To all my Tig friends
‘After close to three beautiful years on this adventure with you, it’s time to say goodbye to The Tig. What began as a passion project (my little engine that could) evolved into an amazing community of inspiration, support, fun and frivolity. You’ve made my days brighter and filled this experience with so much joy. Keep finding those Tig moments of discovery, keep laughing and taking risks, and keep being “the change you wish to see in the world.”
‘Above all, don’t ever forget your worth – as I’ve told you time and time again: you, my sweet friend, you are enough.
‘Thank you for everything.’
But could the Duchess be reviving The Tig?
According to The Sun, Meghan’s business manager, Andrew Meyer, filed documents in the US to keep the rights to the blog’s name until 2021 at least.
It led to speculation that the former Suits actress might be bringing back The Tig, further fuelled by the documents which also list a site called Tigtos (which many assume will be a parenting co-site).
An insider told the paper: ‘It’s fascinating Meghan’s business manager has ensured she keeps The Tig for a few more years at least. Of course it’s understandable she wouldn’t want an entrepreneur using the name without her involvement.
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‘But given her desire to be a different type of royal — pushing her own causes using digital and social media — it’s not out of the question she’d think The Tig could play an important role.’
However, a spokeswoman for Meghan said in a statement that it ‘is to prevent false branding, to avoid others purporting to be the Duchess or affiliated with her.’
We’ll still be keeping our fingers crossed.
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Dr. Pavol Cekan (CEO & co-founder of MultiplexDX International) was invited by the Startup Grind community in Bratislava to discuss ideas about upcoming technologies and new trends in the healthcare industry. Daniel Coulton Shaw, a healthcare entrepreneur and international clinic ambassador, moderated the session. Pavol and Daniel engaged in a thought-provoking and interactive debate about revolutionizing the healthcare industry. Pavol spoke about his scientific background and transformation from a scientist to businessman as well as MutiplexDX and the challenges of crowdfunding. He described the situation of the healthcare system in Slovakia from the view of cancer diagnostics and treatment and expressed his vision and ideas for improvement.
Outlining the corner-stone of his plan, Dr. Pavol Cekan said:
“A proactive and willing patient becomes a centerpiece of the healthcare system and is actively involved in getting better health care, precise diagnostics and personalized treatment.”
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The boy was not sleepy, and he said just that.
“I’m not sleepy.”
He rubbed sleep from cloudy eyes with one tiny hand and said it again to the quiet room.
“I’m not sleepy at all.”
The moon poured bright and full through his window, a splash of pale warmth that stretched over pieces of the room, leaving only splotches of shadow here and there. That moon was full, or near enough. A kind of moon with edges that seemed to move, swaying to and fro as the boy looked up, daring not to blink for fear of the moon disappearing if he took his eyes away.
It was late, far past his bedtime, but he was not sleepy and the moon was so bright. Bright enough that surely a boy could walk all the way up to that vibrating glow without ever losing his way. And so he decided to do just that.
His window slid open with ease and he flopped out, dangling first one foot and then the other over the edge before dropping to the ground with a dull thud. Somewhere a bird griped about the noise and once more fell silent. The boy did not know what kind of bird stayed up at night. The kind of bird that wasn’t sleepy.
Twisting cracks ran through the sidewalk in places, each piece not quite level after years of living above shifting earth. Grass nudged its way through cracks here and there, not every crack but some, and long, healthy green blades waved in a thin breeze that walked along beside the boy as he traveled closer and closer to the moon. The slap of his feet along the loose pavement was loud, like hands slowly clapping along to the rhythm of his step. He listened to that sound, the soothing drumbeat of his walk, and soon he was humming a tune to match the pace, a slow note that played out and out until it might never have ended but for the yawn that pulled at the boy’s mouth, stifling the impromptu song.
“Excuse me,” said the boy, covering the yawn with his hand. No sooner had the hand slipped away that another yawn forced its way out, this one twice as strong as the last. His mouth pulled wide and his eyes grew heavy and he yawned with all his might, a yawn so mighty that his eyes were pulled tight from the effort. A long moment passed with that yawn, but soon enough his mouth closed and his eyes opened and all was as it had been, or almost. The moon wasn’t where it should have been. A cloud or the sky or some unknowable thing had obscured the moon. The boy looked at the spot in the sky where he knew the moon was, waiting for it to reappear, his foot tapping out an impatient tune that was strikingly similar to the one it had played before, but the moon would not return to its spot.
“Pardon me, little one, but do you know the time?”
A man stood before the boy, casually staring out at nothing in particular. This man made no sound and could easily have been there all along, standing in that spot as the boy wandered headlong into the night with his eyes turned up to the moon before its departure. The man waited a beat before turning to look at the boy who still looked to the sky, only with great reluctance allowing some attention to slip from the spot where the moon should have been, lest he missed its return.
“I only ask,” continued the man, “because it is quite late, and little ones should be at home in bed.”
The night had grown quite dark without the moon in the sky, but as the man turned toward the boy a certain pale glow illuminated his features. He wore a fine white suit cut from a fair, delicate fabric. The collar was turned up, as if to shield a chill wind, but the night was warm, and from that collar sprung not a neck but an enormous head shaped like a sphere, the center of which held a friendly, smiling face.
The boy looked up at this smiling stranger with the big round head and gave a slight pout.
“I’m not a little one, and I’m not sleepy.”
The round-headed man went on smiling.
“Is that so, little one?”
“It is just so, mister. I don’t need sleep.”
“Are you sure, little one? Everyone needs sleep. Even I need sleep.”
The boy’s bottom lip protruded slowly, making an audible pop as it did so, an indignant punctuation to go with the look his face was making.
“I don’t need sleep and I’m not sleepy, mister.”
“Very well. If you’re not using it, then I will take your sleep for myself.”
“What?” said the boy. His eyes first narrowed and then widened as he looked up at the man. The boy felt he had missed something but was not quite sure what that something was. Take his sleep? What could that mean? He opened his mouth to ask just that question, to ask just what the round-headed man had meant, but the boy found himself again interrupted by an unexpected yawn, the biggest yawn yet. Again his mouth stretched open and again his eyes pulled shut tight and again, soon enough, the yawn ended. So satisfying was this biggest of yawns that several seconds had gone by before the boy realized that the man with the big round head and the fine white suit was no longer standing before him. Neither was he anywhere nearby, neither up nor down the sidewalk, not anywhere along the street. The boy could tell with ease, could see quite clearly. The pale full moon was once more visible in the clear night sky.
“Read the sign.”
She didn’t have a name, or if she had one it wasn’t on a nametag the boy could see. Nothing easy to read or find. She wore a tattered apron stained with remains from a wide assortment of pies and at least one dense blot of ink. She tapped a pen on the sign as she spoke in case there was some confusion. CUSTOMERS MUST WEAR SHOES read block letters faded with age. A bruise of ink appeared each time the pen tapped the sign. She didn’t smile.
The boy craned his neck to first look up at the sign and then at the woman, the same alarmed expression on his face as he took in each.
“I forgot my shoes.”
Toes wiggled on the floor as they waited for what might have come next. A line of dirty smudges along the linoleum marked a trail of footsteps leading from the door to the spot where he stood. The woman looked at the wide-eyed boy with the concerned face and let out a breathy sigh.
She let out the flimsy syllable like she was thinking it over, but her decision was already firm.
“Have a seat. Order something.”
The boy looked over his shoulder as he padded to a table, throwing words as he went.
“May I have a menu?”
An ink-stained hand produced a folded paper menu from her apron as if by magic, a flick of the wrist and there it was. Every line was colored with unearned honorifics like Homestyle or County’s Best. The boy sat in a booth several times his size and studied the writing on the bent and shabby list of greasy specials as if there might be a test later.
Movement caught the eye. The boy turned to see a man walk past on the other side of a thin pane of window glass. He moved with a lithe step, like he wanted to skip but was tired or had worn the wrong shoes. A wiry enthusiasm flowed in him, was visible in his every movement, from the swing of his arms to the wide set eyes that never blinked. As he walked, there drifted on the air a swirl of wandering flakes. Snow, but something wasn’t quite right. The light seemed to disappear as it fell on the flakes, not shine the way snow should. The boy looked to the waitress who herself was busy letting her leaky ink pen dance over the page of an order pad, wandering doodles, pictures of innocent nothings.
“It’s not cold out. Where is the snow coming from?”
The boy said this with a sheen of bewilderment spreading on his face. A bell rang out as the enthusiastic man came through the glass front door. His face was thin and his clothes were faded, old but clean. He walked in long steps like a man used to walking on stilts, who had not yet learned to be disappointed with only legs. The nameless waitress looked from the boy to the window and back.
“It’s warm out,” was all she said.
The boy stared up at her a moment longer before turning back to the window. The slow fall of not quite right snowflakes had disappeared. He looked to the woman for explanation or to lay blame, but she seemed to have already forgotten.
“Something to eat or what?”
The boy mumbled something, a few crumbs of words too low to be found by the ear. The waitress frowned.
“What’s that? Speak up.”
“I don’t think I have any money.”
He looked at the menu again, hoping for an answer to jump out. A touch of panic began to set in. The enthusiastic man halted his long stride as he heard the boy’s words.
“He’ll have a coffee.”
The pen tapped at the order pad, splashing misshapen shadows on the page. She eyed the man with a narrow glare.
“You can’t give coffee to a child.”
“Hot chocolate then. You can give a child hot chocolate, can’t you?”
The order pad fluttered like a paper dove as the waitress escaped to the kitchen. The enthusiastic man ignored her departure, taking great care to dust each shoulder as he took a seat at a table several tables over from the one at which the boy still studied the ramshackle menu.
“Is that snow?” asked the boy without looking up.
“Is what snow?”
“What you’re dusting there. Is that snow?”
The man leaned over as if he were going to share a secret with the empty space beside him then turned to look at the boy who still had not taken his eyes off the menu.
“You say you saw it snowing? It’s a perfectly warm night out.”
The menu slowly came down, where from behind appeared the boy’s eyes staring back at the enthusiastic man with palpable skepticism. His voice held a clear accusation.
“You dusted your shoulders.”
Just then the waitress returned, setting a chipped mug in front of the boy and a styrofoam cup in front of the enthusiastic man. The man sipped, grimaced, smiled at no one in particular, and left a wad of bills on the table as he stood up. The boy watched this with that same incredulous glare. As the man headed for the door he caught glimpse of that glare, halting again his exuberant march.
“What’s your name, pal?”
The boy let loose a pout, watching the tall man sip his bitter drink again.
“I do not know you, sir. You may call me Mister.”
The man’s laugh was a wild, shrill thing that bounced around the walls before escaping into the ether.
“That’s a good name, Mister. And you can call me Lam.”
“Lamb? Like the animal? Lamb is a dumb name, sir.”
“That it is. But my name is Lam. L-A-M. You say you could see snow falling outside?”
The pout had started to loosen but once again was back at the question.
“Of course I saw the snow. Why wouldn’t I?”
The man took another sip, the grimace not coming this time. He stood there, quiet, pondering. After a moment he spoke.
“Shouldn’t you be at home, Mister? People sleep at this time of night.”
The boy’s answer was instantaneous, as if he’d been waiting for just this question.
“I gave my sleep away because I didn’t need it.”
He thought the man would laugh, but the man only stood, once more thinking. At last he nodded, satisfied with some strand of thought that had been caught in his head.
“It was nice to meet you, Mister. Watch out for that snow.”
With that the man left, his steps still enthusiastic but with some of their earlier flair now deflated. Even the bell above the door tolled with less zest than before, as if it had lost some of its spirit. The boy watched the steam swirl above the rim of his mug, little tufts of warm air forming lazy clouds over the hot beverage. Once the hot chocolate was gone the steam would be too. The boy wanted to take a drink of the hot chocolate, but not yet. For the moment he only waited, enjoying the way the steam went wherever it wanted, never hurrying and never resting, leisurely dancing up and away until it faded away altogether.
He wished he had a watch. Not for the time—it was late, but that was okay. Bedtime had long since come and gone and he spared neither worry nor care for its passing. It was the quiet that was wrong, that strong-willed emptiness that lounged undaunted in place of the natural noise of life. The empty streets, a cavernous black marching off in every direction as he stood in the center of an intersection devoid of traffic at this late hour, this is what left the boy unsettled. The friendly ticking of a nearby clock would set things to rights, would ground his searching imagination in the normalcy of the everyday.
It wasn’t all quiet, though. Every few minutes somewhere in the distance a dog would bark, repetitive chortles that came more as a bored, uneven cough than a threatening snarl. The direction from which the barks came was vague, each bout bouncing off wall after wall as they traveled through the canyon left by buildings that crawled up to the sky. The boy walked toward the sound each time it came, but it never seemed to come from the same place. Each street corner passed was the same as the one before and the distant bark of that ethereal dog drew him ever deeper into that hedge maze of urban sprawl.
The yawns came from time to time, those invisible hands that tugged at the jaw or squeezed eyes shut tight, and with each yawn came an accusatory look from the boy, a stern glare meant for some unseen someone, a mystery wraith attempting to slip sleep back into his world after he’d only just gotten rid of that time-wasting nuisance.
The moon stayed put, always hovering in the night sky like a streetlamp of the gods. The boy looked at that moon from time to time with a hazy frustration that he did not understand. He would stand for minutes at a time watching the glow of the moon. It seemed to pulsate at the edges, as if the body of the thing were not quite there at all, an indistinct dream that was not fully formed.
When he looked back to the earth there was a dog in the street. Maybe not the same dog that barked on and off, the mystery laughter of a far-off animal that he’d been following for he knew not how long, but then again, maybe it was the dog that belonged to those barks. Perhaps all this time the boy had headed for those barks the dog had headed for the boy, each passing the other in the night, sometimes by only a block or even a few yards, the shadows of the buildings obscuring each creature’s search for the other.
But probably it was a different dog.
The boy approached with care, each slow step taking seconds to execute as he crept closer and closer to the animal who merely sat on its haunches, watching with frank bemusement at the furtive slinking of this small child. The breed of the dog was unclear, a smooth dark coat and a long face, its mouth hanging slightly open and its tongue bouncing lazily along with the beat of its pulse. It could have been anything, a combination of a thousand types of animal, an amalgamation of them all. At a half dozen feet or so the boy stopped his approach and stood watching, his own expression a mirror of the dog’s.
“Hello, dog.”
The dog’s ears shrank and its mouth shut, the pink bouncing tongue disappearing inside. It looked around, not sure if it was the boy who spoke. And then it was gone, running in full flight down the dark street, fading in and out of the warm pools of yellow light left under streetlamps. The boy ran after, his bare feet slapping slap slap slap on the pavement, but the dog was faster by far and the boy could not hope to keep up.
Still the boy ran, and soon keeping up ceased to matter as the smooth dog with the long face stopped in one of those yellow pools of glow and sat again on its haunches, the very pose it had moments ago broken. It sat that way as the boy again slowed his run, transitioning to an advance whose method was this time more careful still, beginning a full block and more from where the dog sat. Full minutes passed as the boy took slow step after slow step, but as time passed he began to grow confused. Slow though his approach may have been, he never seemed to gain any ground, never grew any closer to his quarry. He walked on, losing all sense of time as each step took him ever onward but left him nowhere near the dog who sat watching this all with the same look of the amused.
Finally the boy stopped, his feet tired from the run and from the long, fruitless walk that followed. He thought of running again, of catching the dog by surprise, but as he watched, the dog seemed to lose something of its essence. First its color was less vibrant, but this could be shrugged off as a trick of the light. Next was a slow dissolving of features, a growing cloudiness that softened the sharp lines that made up the animal’s being.
“Dog?” he said, hoping the animal would take pity, but the dog only sat there, slowly fading away until only a vague outline was left in its place. Soon enough, that too was gone.
At first there was a rumbling. A hum that became a thump and soon it had found the boy’s attention, drawing those wandering feet forward until it was impossible to pretend the sound wasn’t there. Thunderclaps under the pavement, like the footsteps of an unseen cave troll, stomping along some dark underground tunnel. The boy followed that sound, tried to match its steps to his own as he walked along the darkened street, holding back yawn after yawn.
The lights were off behind windows, showing only blacked out suggestions of the darkened worlds behind. Along the way on walls were chalk designs left long ago, fanciful patterns imagined by those who had been there before. No clear message ran through the pictures on those walls, no lone hand gave them life. Only the enthusiasm of their creation held them together as a distinct entity. Stick figures standing side by side with smiling faces fashioned from few lines but with a sincere joy shining in that simplicity. A single line that ran for a block before curling up and over, and inside a simple figure on what could have been a surfboard rode a wave toward the darkened window of a first floor deli. These wandering chalk pictures told their stories for blocks upon blocks, takings breaks at times for a door or an alley and picking up on the other side as if they hadn’t noticed, leading the way as the boy followed their tale, the hum of that underground thunder matching every step.
He didn’t know hopscotch. He’d seen the grids, seen hopping strangers on days in playgrounds, but he didn’t know hopscotch as an art, didn’t have hopscotch as an old friend. He could do nothing but stare as he found the oversized hopscotch grid drawn in a careful hand along the wall, this hopscotch setting far larger than a normal grid. An individual section stretched from the ground to a height almost matching that of the boy, and the whole thing ran the length of the building. No feet could hop along that game. The numbers in each section were missing and the only writing was in a square marked rest. The boy tossed a rock at the grid, but this only bounced off and fell to the ground, leaving a chalky splotch in a section where a number seven should be drawn.
“I’m not sleepy,” said the boy to the empty night, and with that he leaned against the rest square. A huff and a pout were what was intended as he crossed his arms, but the rest square moved and his brief bout of self-pity was cut short.
The underground thunder became louder.
The underground thunder was music.
He put more weight on the square and the music grew as a small door opened in the wall. Inside was a soft light that came from further along, flickering firelight but with no source in sight. The boy moved into the narrow hall, at first looking to find the place from which that light emanated, but as he rounded one corner and then another with still no source he soon succumbed to the budding fascination with this stumbled upon curiosity.
Corners became curves and the hallway turned inward, turning round and round as it moved inward on an ever decreasing spiral. The floor angled down, its slope almost imperceptible at first, but as the curving hall moved inward the angle grew increasingly extreme until the boy had to put out his hands and steady himself with the walls to keep from sliding. The music increased as he descended, his feet keeping the beat, and soon he was humming along with the tune that carried him spiraling down and down in that otherworldly glow.
The lack of change in decor left the boy bored. Looking at the empty wall and its endless ghostly flicker had a dizzying effect, allowing his mind to spin with the turn of the hall. He felt much the same inside, his mind sinking slowly in and down as he dozed inside himself, the texture of the walls running across his fingers coming from far off, the one-two, one-two of his step matching the drum of his pulse, the way the humming seemed to no longer come merely from the room but also from within, his head filled with the music that seemed to come from both within and without. His eyes closed for a blink and seconds had passed before he noticed they’d forgotten to open. He pried at them with a thought, but they flatly refused. Only the gentle touch of a breeze had the strength to startle those eyes to action.
As the world came into view the boy took notice of his surroundings with calm acceptance. The turn of hall had given way to an empty sidewalk, and beyond that a darkened street. He couldn’t remember when he’d stopped walking, couldn’t remember any change in so long except for that gentle touch of breeze. He cleared his throat and found he’d stopped humming, and with that knowledge came the understanding that the music was gone as well. The boy leaned back against a wall, cool to the touch, and turning his head he found an oversized hopscotch grid drawn along the entire length of the building. If he cleared his mind he could almost remember the tune of that song.
“Hello, Mister.”
The rich scent of a strong coffee settled on to the moment with a warm hand. The boy looked up to find the owner of the scent and the thrower of the words approaching at a casual saunter. He looked first at the huge steaming cup and then at the man it belonged to.
“Hi, Lam.”
He’d changed. His faded clothes were still faded, but now they were a faded blazer and slacks, not the worn rags from before. He wore a tie pulled loose around his neck, and a handkerchief trailed casually from a side pocket of the ancient blazer he left unbuttoned. His wide set eyes stared out of that gaunt face with sincere fascination. He sipped coffee as he began to speak, showing genuine fear at having to choose between the sip and whatever thoughts were about to come from his mouth. Speaking won out, but the victory was not a landslide.
“Bad dreams?”
The boy shrugged like he hadn’t a care in the world.
Lam responded with an identical shrug.
“I wouldn’t dare to presume otherwise. Was that some other little boy whom I just saw wander out from a hole in a wall?”
The boy stared with wide eyes at Lam who casually found time for that sip.
“There was music and I followed it into a hallway.”
Lam considered this a moment, swirling the steaming liquid in his cup as thoughts swirled in his head.
“How long have you been awake, Mister?”
The boy thought this over, not quite sure of the answer. Lam didn’t seem to need one.
“Be careful of dreams.”
Not knowing what to make of this, the boy squinted, but the statement was no closer to being in focus.
“Dreams can be scary when you’re sleeping.”
A moment passed as the boy looked at nothing in particular, calculating some arcane equation presented just beyond his understanding.
“They can,” he managed at last.
“But some dreams are much scarier when you’re awake.”
He sipped and stopped, about to say more, but the more was left unsaid as without warning Lam turned and strolled away under the vigilant watch of a bright pale moon.
The plop didn’t startle. It was a flat sound, like a hand clapping without its echo. A dull smack and a stream of silence that followed. The boy’s ears perked up, doing the search his eyes should have jumped to. Nothing, then plop. Another one. The streets were empty as the boy turned around, except for a misshapen lump of mush sitting idle under a streetlamp.
The boy approached with care, not sure of the lump’s intentions. As he neared, the thing took shape, pinks on top with sprinkles of color mixed in. A sickening sweetness settled like fog, filling every intake of air with the scent of a thousand thousand bakeries.
The lump was a mashed cupcake, ruined and pulped in its own misshapen mess. A few feet further along sat another, this confectionery manifestation leaning crazily to one side and pink frosting drooping down in a swooping sugary ski slope.
A stomach gurgled. The boy looked around at the empty streets and his stomach spoke up again, insisting it was the culprit. The haze of sugar on the air made his mouth water. How dirty could ground cupcakes be? He leaned down for a closer look.
Mountains of frosting climbed high above the still warm cake. A ring of candy corn encircled the edge, a necklace of sweets only slightly out of place after whatever tragedy landed the cake on the ground. Tiny sprinkles were held suspended in the mound of pink frosting. The sprinkles came in many colors, all colors, so many colors some hadn’t been named yet. They formed a rough pattern, like eyes looking out of a pink snowbank.
The cupcake blinked.
The boy let out the surprised noise before he could stop himself. Even after its escape his mouth tried to catch the fragment of word, that errant syllable, but it was too late. The cupcake rocked in place, those sprinkle eyes shifting and turning until they looked up at the boy leaning down from above. Moist cake legs extended from the creatures’ sides until standing in the dim light thrown from the streetlamp above was a crablike creature in a pink frosting shell. The creature stared back at the boy looming over its perch, pondering whatever crab cakes do, when from somewhere in the shadow behind the boy came a familiar plop.
The gasp that came from the boy was as unexpected as his earlier declaration. It shocked the crab cake as much as it did him. The creature trembled as it looked around, its sprinkle eyes widening in shock or rage. There followed a rearranging of sorts. Where once there had been a necklace of candy corn there opened a waiting maw, its teeth made of those same candy corns, but somehow sharper. And hungry.
The last thing the boy heard before he began to run as fast as he could was another plop somewhere along the block. As his bare feet carried him away into the night he heard plops and splats again and again in the dark places where even the moon could not reach.
“Hey kid!”
The likelihood of falling down as the boy attempted to come to a halt was a genuine worry for a step or two, but his feet made the transition and he remained upright as he scanned with wild energy for the voice that called out.
“You could fall down, running like that in the dark.”
The sidewalk was bunched under the feet of the man who spoke, leaving him slightly elevated, like a podium of earth. He stood leaning against a cart that held something vaguely food-like. An old newspaper hung limply from his hands. The smell of salt was all around like an intangible armor.
“What’s in your cart, sir?”
The man eyed the cart like he couldn’t quite remember what it was he’d been peddling.
“Pretzels, mostly.”
“Not cupcakes?”
A snort rolled out of the man.
“No, no cupcakes.”
The boy was visibly relieved.
“Can I borrow a pretzel?”
The paper rattled like tiny paper applause as the man folded it neatly in half and took care to lay it squarely on the cart.
“You can buy one. I don’t have any loaners on hand.”
The boy’s frown was genuine and heart-wrenching. The man’s wrenched heart gave in.
“Look kid, just take one. You can owe me.”
A scent of salt was an explosion in the air as the cart was opened. The pretzel the man pulled up was giant, as big as the boy’s head. He handed it over wrapped in a glossy sheet of wax paper that was slick to the touch. The boy stood eating and watching the empty street for several minutes. The man tried to read his paper.
“Why do you work so late?”
The man looked up to find the boy looking at him. The pretzel was gone, undergoing a slow digestion in another world.
“Somebody has to.”
The boy nodded like he understood.
“I’m not sleepy,” said the boy.
“Have you seen any cupcakes?”
“On the street. Cupcakes. Running around. You know.”
The snort was there again, and a chuckle that followed.
“Not that I remember.”
The boy nodded again.
“I have to go.”
His feet smacked on the ground as he went. He wished he’d brought shoes.
The dark was there all at once, as if the light of the moon had been snatched away by some unseen fiend. Even the glow thrown from streetlights dimmed in reverence to the depth of that shade. The boy’s footfalls came to an abrupt end as he found himself wading through that endless black, a yawn the only thought he had to offer.
A spot of light appeared in the distance and grew, slowly at first, like a shining coin expanding as it neared. A piece at a time, it resolved into something more pronounced, the features of a man appearing and smiling upon that luminous facade until it could be seen for what it was, the round-faced man coming ever closer at a leisurely stroll. His voice was amused as he spoke.
“Those eyes are sleepy, little one.”
Sleepy eyes gave a theatrical roll as the boy offered up his solemn rebuttal.
“Hello, Mr. Round Face.”
“How has the night been treating you?”
“I’m having tons of fun.”
The boy waved one hand around to encompass the night, pointing out all the fun he’d had with that unaimed gesture. The man nodded his giant round head. After a moment the boy added a tentative postscript.
“But it’s a little dark, sir.”
“Is it? I hadn’t noticed. The night is a dream, don’t you think?”
The boy shrugged, bony shoulders going up in an exaggerated huff.
“I don’t know much about dreams, sir.”
The round-faced man blinked and for a moment his face shimmered in its own visible light. Then the moment was gone and he spoke up with a wistful air.
“A dream is a friend who only visits at night. A dream is like a memory you didn’t know you’d forgotten, or a movie you’ve sat down to watch only to find yourself a part of the story. Dreams can do anything if you let them.”
“Sometimes dreams are scary.”
“That they are. And sometimes scary is okay. Sometimes scary is part of the fun.”
Wheels turned in the boy’s head as he considered this. He spoke with an inner confidence.
“I’m not sure you make sense, sir.”
Time passed. The man stood with hands in pockets, passing the time away with no real concern, as if he’d spent eons idling away without knowing or caring. It seemed he might never say another word when at last he did.
“Do you like books?”
The boy nodded at once.
“I love books.”
“In a book, when you meet a scary part and you are a little scared, aren’t you also having fun because you know the thing that scares you isn’t really there?”
The boy offered that same melodramatic shrug, words falling from his mouth like an outright dismissal of the very concept the man had conjured and all it brought along.
“My books have pictures.”
The round-faced man nodded as if he understood just what the boy was saying. His response came in a slow, solemn voice.
“All books are picture books, little one. Sometimes you just have to find their pictures in your head.”
The boy chewed on his lip for a moment, a face wrinkled in concentration.
“It’s very late.”
The words fell on emptiness as the boy found himself speaking to an empty street. The man had slipped off once more and up above the moon gave the world light, having reappeared as quickly as it had gone, perhaps returning from behind a cloud.
A traffic light blinked yellow over and over as the boy loitered on a sidewalk, unsure of how to spend what was left of that seemingly unending night.
“Kid, you can’t just stand around like that.”
The boy turned. A hole in a wall opened in a small room filled with newspapers and sandwich parts. Coffee-filled pots sat on hot plates, various bland flavors made from old beans. One lonely jug of warming chocolate sat in one corner. A round man with a sweaty face gawked out with intensity at the world beyond his newsstand hole.
“I don’t have any money. I can’t buy anything.”
The man’s mouth opened to let out a retort, but the words got lost in a void that opened as darkness poured out of that gaping maw, a spreading ink stain that swelled and strengthened as it soaked up the color of the world around. The boy wanted to scream but dared not open his mouth, fearing the thought of that blackness escaping from his own face in place of voice. He looked around, a desperate turning that brought him full circle and more. The street was not quite deserted. A man some distance away stood watching the turning boy. The stranger wore a coat with tails that trailed down behind, unfurling on the street and rolling back until somewhere in the distance beyond they spread and widened in sprawling seas. Upon those seas sailed ships, tiny dots crossing imagination, mere thoughts passing through time on their way to the nowhere beyond.
The boy did scream then, his mouth unable to contain its shriek any longer. He raised his eyes to the sky to cry out to that moon above, and as he did he witnessed the fall of the heavens themselves as one after another the stars slipped from their places to rain down in brilliant arcs.
The boy closed his eyes and ears to those stars and his own screams, for there was nothing more to do.
“Can I get a coffee? And a hot chocolate for him.”
The way his shoulders were arched, almost swallowing his neck, his head, his whole being, the way he gritted his teeth and held his eyes shut painfully tight, the way he was locked away in his own head the boy almost didn’t hear the words as they were spoken. One eye opened at a time, lest the world come rushing in before he could retreat once more behind those lids.
“Drink up, Mister. Chocolate’s gonna get cold.”
The boy opened the other eye to find Lam sipping lukewarm coffee from a dented cup. The round man with the sweaty face stared out of his hole in the wall with that same intensity, his attention gobbling up the world around. The man with the coat of seas had vanished, if he had ever existed at all.
“I don’t think I want any chocolate.”
Lam shrugged. It made no difference to him.
“You could get a coffee instead.”
The boy considered.
“You drink a lot of coffee, Lam.”
Lam stared into the dented cup, gleaning cosmic wisdom from the swirls of steam.
“I drink coffee when I can’t sleep. Fight fire with fire. You know.”
The boy nodded in complete agreement. He understood.
“Scary dreams?”
The boy nodded again. Lam nodded too.
“It happens. Only so much I can do. What if I’m a dream too?”
The boy’s face visibly paled. Lam pretended not to notice, pointing at the vast array of beverage choices to change the subject.
“You sure you don’t want some?”
The boy’s head shook back and forth once, twice, a vigorous negative. Lam sighed and walked his exuberant walk into the night. A mechanical beeping sounded among the pots of brewing machines in the hole in the wall stand. The boy yawned. The yawn was loud.
The first flakes took the boy by surprise. He’d walked for blocks without aim, his mind turning more and more to the cup of warm steaming chocolate he’d left idling on the coffee man’s counter. He could almost taste that sweet melting goodness in his mouth, in his mind, when a flake of something drifted softly down to land on his cheek. He saw it before he felt it, this splotch of color that wandered into view and stayed. Then another, a lazy falling that took its time. After that it was flake after flake, a snow that was wrong in a way the boy didn’t understand, falling and falling and soon pouring down upon the world. He laughed and spun, turning circles and enjoying the flakes as they piled all around. The night had no chill in the least, but the flakes fell just the same. He opened his mouth to catch a flake, and that was when the fear took hold.
The snowflakes tasted of chocolate.
More fell every moment. All around lay mounds of fallen flakes, cocoa sent from the heavens to create sweeping dunes that went away in every direction. A desert of dessert.
A fear took hold. Panic. The boy did not understand his fear but knew that fear was to be respected. He wanted to run but could not make his legs go, could only wade through the now heavily piled dunes, a desperate clawing at the loose chocolate sand for purchase.
More flakes swirled in the air, the snow turning from a flurry to a storm, winds dragging at the sweetened topsoil, sending fingers of dust into the air to form a sugary cloud. The boy could not move, and if he could he knew not where to go. In every direction was more desert.
A lump appeared in the sand. A stirring, visible even among the chaos of the chocolate sandstorm. That lump grew and broke open, spilling a hand onto the surface of the dune before the boy. The hand was a bony thing, something out of a scary story, a skeletal apparition that belonged to an arm and the arm belonged to something else, something worse, but that something was not seen by the boy because he found his feet and somehow he made himself stand and run, eyes closed, awkward step after awkward step on that sand, in that storm, running away from whatever lay beneath the chocolate dunes, until at last he felt solid ground underfoot.
The dark was everywhere. A thick sheet of black met the boy as his eyes slowly found they had been open for some time. He did not remember opening them, but it did not matter. Open or closed, the world looked the same.
Except for that bright spot in the distance.
The boy waited, knowing just what was coming. His patience was strained, but the round-faced man made his casual way ever closer, minute by minute drawing ever nearer.
“Hello, little one.”
The boy chose his words carefully, as if he’d pulled each one from a bag and weighed it before laying it down in the sentence he provided.
“Sir, I think I would like my sleep back.”
The round-faced man nodded, but his look was grim.
“I’m afraid I let it go. Your sleep, I mean.”
The boy wailed, a forlorn moan that cut through the night.
“Don’t fret,” said the man. “I’m sure it will come back to you when it’s ready. It could very well be at your home right now, wondering where you are.”
The boy thought this over, then thought it over again. He yawned and thought it over once more. Another yawn followed, and soon he was thinking and yawning at the same time. He did so much thinking and so much yawning that he failed to notice the round-faced man’s departure, failed to notice the warm light that had returned to the world as the moon in the sky once more bathed the world in its glow. He followed that glow as it led him home, followed it through twists and turns of unfamiliar streets until at last he came to his window. He crawled through that window into the bedroom beyond, still thinking, still yawning, and climbing into bed, yawning and thinking. The boy stared out at the moon as he waited for his sleep to come back.
Craig Rodgers has an extensive collection of literary rejections folded into the shape of cranes and spends most of his time writing in North Texas. His newest release is novella The Ghost of Mile 43.
Robin Basalaev-Binder is a visual artist and illustrator based in Montreal, Quebec. She creates watercolor paintings inspired by all things urban and non-urban, animals and botanicals. You can find more of her work on her website, published in Pidgeonholes, and at various markets and fairs in the Montreal area.
You can give Craig Rodgers a piece of the moon and stars by supporting his novella The Ghost of Mile 43 and zine Visitor.
You can give Robin Basalaev-Binder a piece of the moon and stars by supporting her artwork at Vuelo Arts.
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MustGo About World Languages Hausa
Barka da zuwa – Welcome
Hausa (هَوْسَ), also known as Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, and Mgbakpa, belongs to the West Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. It is one of the largest languages on the African continent, spoken as a first language by the original Hausa people and by people of Fula ancestry. Hausa is the majority language of much of northern Nigeria and the neighboring Republic of Niger. In addition, there is a sizable Hausa-speaking community in Sudan, dating from the British takeover of northern Nigeria at the turn of the 20th century.
There are a number of theories about the origin of the Hausa people.
One theory holds that all Hausas once lived by Lake Chad, but were forced to move west when the water level in the lake dropped. Another theory identifies the Hausa people as desert nomads who lived in the Sahara. Some scholars believe that there is a link between the Hausa and the people of Ethiopia based on shared worship of the sun, practiced prior to the arrival of Islam and Christianity. Many Hausa themselves believe that their ancestors were Arabs whose descendants founded the Hausa city-states. Hausa folklore includes some popular myths regarding the origins of the Hausa people.
Hausa is spoken by 18.5 million people in Nigeria. It is spoken as a first language by an estimated 24 million speakers and as a second or third language by an additional 15 million people across a broad band of countries of West Africa, including Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, and Togo (Ethnologue). It is the lingua franca for Muslim populations in much of West Africa. Every city of any size in West Africa has a large Hausa community. Hausa is used in commerce, government and the media. While higher education in northern Nigeria tends to be in English, Hausa serves as the language of instruction in primary schools. There are several Hausa language newspapers and a growing body of literature.
Despite its wide range, Hausa has relatively limited dialect variation. Ethnologue identifies the following major dialect divisions:
Eastern: Kano, Katagum, Hadejiya
Western: Sokoto, Katsina, Gobirawa, Adarawa, Kebbawa, Zamfarawa
Northern: Arewa, Arawa
There is also a pidgin or market Hausa
Standard Hausa is based on the dialect of Kano, the largest and most important Hausa-speaking city in Nigeria. It is heard on Nigerian radio and TV, and international Hausa broadcasting such as BBC Hausa, Deutsche Welle, and The Voice of America (VOA) Hausa.
Hausa has a complex phonological system characterized by tones in addition to large inventories of vowels and consonants.
Hausa has 10 vowel phonemes, i.e., sounds that differentiate word meaning. The vowels can be either short or long. Length makes a difference in word meaning. There are also two diphthongs /ai/ and /au/. In the table below long vowels are marked by a tilde. In the standard romanized writing system the letters i, e, a, u, o represent both short and long vowels.
i, ī
u, ū
Close-mid
e, ē
o, ō
a, ā
Hausa has 32 consonants. This large inventory is due to the fact that Hausa has several unusual contrasts:
a contrast between plain plain, palatalized and labialized velar stops, e.g., /k/ -/kʲ/ – /kʷ/, which also have ejective counterparts. Palatalized consonants are produced with the blade of the tongue coming in contact with the palate; labialized consonants are produced by rounding of the lips during the articulation of the consonant; ejective consonants are produced with the air ejected or forced out through a narrow opening in the larynx, producing a strong puff of air.
a contrast between /b/, /d/ and their implosive counterparts /ɓ/, /ɗ/ produced with the air sucked in, rather than exhaled.
palatalized
labialized
Stops voiceless
kʲ
kʷ
ʔ
ʔʲ
….xx
gʲ
gʷ
Fricatives voiceless
Affricates voiceless
tʃ
dʒ
Approximants
/kʲ, kʲ’, k’, kʲ’, kʷ’, gʲ, gʷ/ do not have counterparts in English
/ʔ/ = sound between the vowels in uh-oh
/ʔʲ/ has no counterpart in English
/ɓ, ɗ/ have no counterparts in English
/ɸ/ has no counterpart in English
/tʃ/ = ch in chop
/dʒ/ = j in job
/j/ = y in yet
Syllable structure
Hausa has only three syllable types: Consonant + Vowel (CV), Consonant + Vowel + Vowel (CVV), and Consonant + Vowel + Consonant (CVC). There are no consonant clusters.
Hausa is a tonal language. Each of its five vowels may have a low or a high tone. Grave and acute accents are typically used for representing tones. However, in everyday writing, tones are not marked.
Low tone à, è, ì, ò, ù
High tone á, é, í, ó, ú
Click on the name of the news service to listen to news broadcasts in Hausa
Hausa is an agglutinative language, i.e., it adds suffixes to roots for expressing grammatical relations without fusing them into one unit, as is the case in Indo-European languages.
Hausa nouns are marked for gender and number. Feminine nouns usually end in –a, masculine nouns end in anything but –a.
Most Hausa nouns have plural forms. There are no simple rules for predicting the plural form. Here are some examples:
yaro ‘boy’
yarinya ‘girl’
yara ‘boys’
yanmata ‘girls’
Adjectives agree with nouns in gender and number, e.g.,
dogon yaro ‘tall boy’
doguwar yarinya ‘tall girl’
dogwayen yara ‘tall children’
Sometimes, Hausa uses nouns to modify other nouns, e.g.,
Singular yaro mai wayo ‘boy of strength’
Plural yara masu wayo ‘children of strength’
Numbers follow nouns, e.g., saniya d’aya ‘cow one’, i.e., ‘one cow’.
Hausa verb tenses are differ from those in Indo-European languages in which the tense form of the verb indicates the basic time of the event, e.g., present tense indicates that the action is happening at the time of speaking, past tense indicates that the action took place before time of speaking, and the future tense indicates that the action of the verb will occur after the time of speaking. In Hausa, the tense form indicates the time of the event relative to some temporal reference. In the absence of temporal reference it is assumed that the time of reference is the moment of speaking. However, if the time of reference is in the past or the future, English must change the tense marking, whereas Hausa continues to use the same forms. English marks tense by changes in the verb form (enter/entered/ entering) and/or addition of auxiliary verbs (have, had, will, are, were, etc.). In Hausa, for the most part, the verb itself does not change to mark tense differences. Instead different sets of subject pronouns are used, sometimes with the pronoun combined with some additional particle, such as preceding za, which marks future. Here are some examples from Hausa Grammar Online:
(past context) Yesterday by 3:00 they had entered. Jiya da karfe 3:00 sun shiga.
(future context) Tomorrow at 3:00 they will have entered. Gobe da karfe 3:00 sun shiga.
(past context) Yesterday at 3:00 they were about to enter. Jiya da karfe 3:00 za su shiga.
(future context) Tomorrow at 3:00 they will enter. Gobe da karfe 3:00 za su shiga.
(past context) Yesterday at 3:00 they were entering. Jiya da karfe 3:00 suna shiga.
(future context) Tomorrow at 3:00 they will be entering. Gobe da karfe 3:00 suna shiga.
Hausa has no verb equivalents of to be or to have. It expresses the concept of having by using the preposition da ‘with’, e.g.,
kudi
‘I have money.’
Hausa has a rich vocabulary due to numerous borrowings from other languages. One of the major sources of borrowing is Arabic that has contributed a large number of words dealing with religion (Islam), government, law, literature, science, and warfare. Arabic loanwords have been integrated into the Hausa grammatical system. Hausa has also borrowed from neighboring languages such as Mande, Tamajaq (Tuareg), and Kanuri. The most recent source of borrowing is English in Nigeria and French in Niger.
Below are a few Hausa words and phrases in Boko, a Latin-based alphabet for Hausa.
Hello Salam
Goodbye Bankwana
Please Dan Allah
Thank you Na gode
Yes Ii
No A’a
Man Namiji
Woman Mace
Below are Hausa numerals 1-10.
d`aya
biyu
biyar
bakwai
takwas
Hausa is written with two different scripts.
Ajami (‘àjàmí)
Hausa has been written with an adapted version of the Arabic script called àjàmí since the early part of the 17th century since most of the early Hausa literature was Islamic poetry or was religious in nature. Ajàmí is still used today, mainly for writing poetry. There is no standard spelling system for Hausa written with the Arabic script so there is some variation in spelling among different writers.
Boko
In the 20th century, àjàmí was replaced by the romanized Hausa script called Boko developed in the 19th century. Today, Bookoo is the main alphabet for Hausa speakers. Boko does not mark tone. In addition to representing the glottal stop by an apostrophe, the Boko alphabet has several additional letters to represent Hausa sounds. There are some differences in Boko used in Niger and Nigeria because of different French and English orthographic conventions.
A a B b C c D d Ɗ ɗ E e F f G g H h I i J j K k Ƙƙ
L l M m N n O o R r S s Sh sh T t Ts ts U u W w Y y Z z
How difficult is it to learn Hausa?
There is no data on how long it takes speakers of English to learn Hausa to Level S3.
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Neil Warnock advice to QPR fans: Give Hull a miss!
NEIL WARNOCK has told Rangers fans: 'Don't bother travelling up to Hull.'
Yann Tear
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Rangers face a potentially difficult trek up to Yorkshire tomorrow. The team are due to travel north around 2pm tomorrow (Friday) but will wait for the result of an inspection at the KC Stadium.
The undersoil heating makes it likely that the pitch itself will be fine, but if surrounding areas as under too much snow, local authorities could step in to call off the game.
Either way, the Rangers boss says safety is more important than watching his table toppers.
“I hope our fans are a little wary of travelling to Hull and we won't be disappointed if there's not that many there,” Warnock said.
“I think their safety's more important than watching us.
“I would ask them all to go and listen on the radio if I'm honest.
“I think in this case they've got to use their heads and not their hearts really this weekend.
“Unless you have to travel, I wouldn't travel anywhere up there. It's horrendous at the minute.”
If the game does go ahead, the line-up is likely to be unchanged from the side that started the home game against Cardiff City last weekend.
There are no injury worries so we should again see a front four of Mackie, Taarabt, Smith and Hulse.
The blanket of snow at Harlington has not prevented the squad from training this week – albeit for shorter sessions and with a few snowball fights breaking out.
“It's been enjoyable really. Something different. You just have to muck in really and we needed quite a bit of rest anyhow.”
Warnock insists there is no complacency in spite of the unbeaten record – which is one away from equalling the all-time best of 20 set twice in 1967 and 1972 – and the victory over Cardiff last week which took the Hoops five points clear at the summit.
“I don't think any of the players will be thinking the job is done after last week's win,” Warnock said.
“I think all the fans will be thinking that, and the directors. They all think we should be in the Champions League anyhow.
“But we've all played in the Championship long enough to know that if we lost five on the trot in December, it would be a shock to everybody, but it's quite possible.
“We've got all the play-off contenders to play and Leeds away as well as Norwich, Swansea and Coventry. They are all hard games. If we are still top come the FA Cup in January, I'll be absolutely delighted.”
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Amazing story of a courageous blind boy - Nathan Nipp
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Magic Wednesdays is Nathan's special pretend family playgroup. Nathan has weekly playdate with Maylin, a sighted five year old and Dorothy, a blind nine year old.http://www.dorothycho.com This Magic gang play music, swim, hike, bike, play hide and seek (with vocal clues), ball (wrapped with a plastic bag around so Nathan can hear it), go bowling, feed duckies by the lake, conquer playgrounds, play marbles, jump on trampoline and just have fun hanging out together. Nathan learns how to communicate his challenges to the sighted friends around him and his friends learn creative ways to include him in activities. We named our group Magic because the friendship and experiences we have together are simply magical.
Maylin closes her eyes to experience how Nathan has to navigate with his white cane. Nathan is fearless and loves to lead even without vision. He has been clicking with his tongue to get echo sound clues from the surrounding to sense dangers. Maylin learns to be very patient with Nathan and describes the visual surrounding to Nathan so that he can be included in her world. They play Spanish & Chinese counting games, sing songs and play instruments together. This helps Nathan integrate with other sighted children as he is the only blind student in his elementary school. The most touching question Nathan asked me when he first met Maylin was "Can Maylin see with her eyes?" when Maylin wanted to borrow Nathan's white cane to learn how to use it. I answered, "Yes, Maylin can see with her eyes, she just wants to know what it is like to see differently the way you do with your magical ears, magical fingers and your special white cane. This is called empathy, to understand what you are going through. Remember, don't ever feel sorry for yourself because you don't see with your eyes. Your world is very beautiful filled with music, stories, and most importantly LOVE. God made everyone differently." Nathan said sincerely, "I am happy Maylin can see with her eyes, she can share with me the things I cannot see and I can share with her the things she cannot hear". Nathan has learned to accept that blindness is a condition not a weakness or disability. There are limitations to activities that require sight and what he can do and he just has to acquire the skills to overcome them. Maylin is an expert at warning Nathan about dangers, "Curb alert, puddle alert, dog poop alert" when we hike around the neighborhood.
My connection with Nathan first came when I placed a ukulele in his hands. He was in awe of this instrument and fell in love with it right away. Since then, Nathan and I have been working on different instruments such as the piano, drums, guitar, violin, harmonica, recorder and keyboard. We share songs together and sing all the time to make us happy. His favorite band is of course The Beatles and his absolute favorite song is Lucy in the Sky which he can play on his ukulele. He also loves some classic oldies such as All I have to do is Dream, Diana, Blue Moon & Stand By Me. Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder and Ellis Hall are his role model for successful blind musician. He also loves Adele, Bruno Mars, Connie Talbot and Train. Nathan has also mastered his Braille alphabets and loves to tell stories. His favorite stories are Goldilocks, Three Little Pig, Snow White, Chicken Licken, The Gingerbread Man and Enid Blyton's stories. I can only describe this special boy as a child who has been touched by God. He has the ability to make everyone around him smile and light up their lives.
Musicians supporting and cheering Nathan in his musical pursuits
Japanese Koto Player Yukiko Matsuyama who has performed with Shakira spent an afternoon with Nathan and his AMB(Academy of Music for the Blind) sister Dorothy Cho the beautiful instrument. http://www.yukikomatsuyama.com/
Japanese songwriter and guitarist Hirotaka Ogawa played the guitar with Nathan and inspired him to compose original songs.
Nathan and his AMB family were invited to phenomenally talented blind Jazz pianist Justin Kauflin's movie premiere Keep On Keepin On http://www.justinkauflin.com Nathan hopes someday that he would play the piano as well as Justin Kauflin. He spends hours on the piano every day enjoying the sounds of every note.
Beautiful and talented Broadway singer/Actress Rena Strober spent an afternoon at AMB meeting all the students and performing for them. Nathan was enjoyed her live performance of a play entitled Vessel with the Pestle and her duet performance of Bocelli's Con Te Partiro. http://www.renastrober.com
At 6 years old, he has learned to play an arrangement of Bach's Minuet in G, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Beethoven's Rage Over Lost Penny with the generous donated weekly lessons by Mr.Kevin Kao from FreshStart Piano Studio in Irvine. http://www.irvinepianostudio.com Nathan enjoys his lessons with Mr.Kevin as he is incredibly patient and makes lessons enjoyable.
Talented and beautiful singer/song-writer Marie Digby spent an afternoon at AMB performing and hanging out with the students. She inspired them to keep practicing and work hard to achieve their dreams in music. https://www.youtube.com/user/MarieDigby
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Review: Whatever/the side project
July 15, 2015 at 11:30 am by Alex Huntsberger
by Alex Huntsberger
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Aaron Lockman and Grace Melon/Photo: Scott Dray
Given that its first scene contains a teenage girl scheduling an abortion and then her boyfriend showing her a gun—one that might as well come with a giant neon “Chekhov” sign blaring above it—this play is a quiet one. But it’s not a settled quiet, not the calm of a mid-summer afternoon nap on the veranda. It’s the proverbial calm right before the Category 4 storm. Written by Chicago playwright Robert Tenges and directed by Adam Webster, “Whatever” is one long 100-minute drop in barometric pressure.
The play, which not only takes its name from stewing teenage surliness but its attitude as well, centers on two single-parent families and their struggles traversing the spiritual wastelands of suburban Chicago. Chloe (Grace Melon), the girl scheduling the abortion, enjoys an icy detente with her emotionally constipated father Henry (Josh Odor) while waging open war on his newish girlfriend Rachel (Kirsten D’Aurelio). The boyfriend with the gun, Declan (Aaron Lockman) loves Chloe very much, but he’s disturbed, quite medicated and proving maybe too heavy a burden for his mother (Shawna Tucker) to raise by herself.
Tenges builds his story out of tense, hushed conversations, which Webster and his crackerjack cast execute with deft attention to detail. The wire-to-wire precision of the acting reminds you of a heist film—one where they’re stealing the American middle-class dream. The plot moves very slowly right up until it starts moving very fast. Much of the story happens in between the words, in the long stares people give each other, in the fidgeting of their hands as they look down at the floor, in the way their eyes narrow as they figure out which lie to tell.
“Whatever” is surprisingly good at hiding how frantically panic-stricken it is, like the Elliott Smith songs that make up half the show’s soundtrack: so pretty they almost hide the sadness. For a story that points fingers at so many crumbling institutions—marriage, family, mental health, schools, masculinity—like the entirety of Generations X and Y, it rarely comes off as hysterical. It might be alarmist, but the alarm is a silent one. (Alex Huntsberger)
the side project theatre company, 1439 West Jarvis, (773)340-0140, thesideproject.net, $10-$20. Through August 9.
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MSNBC's Hayes Admits Many Clinton Voters Fit Liberal Definition of 'Racist'
By Brad Wilmouth | September 14, 2016 8:15 AM EDT
Liberal MSNBC host Chris Hayes made a surprising admission on his All In show during a discussion of the controversy around Hillary Clinton labeling half of Republican candidate Donald Trump's supporters as "deplorables," as she cited racism as one of their alleged faults. After he and guest Ta-Nehisi Coates of The Atlantic suggested that her claim against Trump voters had "merit," Hayes then conceded that, according to a Reuters poll from earlier in the year, a large percentage of Clinton supporters also hold views on race that by his standards would be considered "racist."
Near the end of the show, the MSNBC host posed:
So here's my question to you, so I was watching this play out, right? And we just showed the stat, right? This view to me that I think is just sort of textbook racism, "blacks are more violent that whites," right? Classically racist.
After Coates injected, "It's just racist," Hayes finished recalling that the online poll had found that, while 49 percent of Trump voters admitted to believing that blacks are more violent than whites, 31 percent of Clinton voters also answered in the affirmative on the same question. Hayes:
It's just racist. Okay. But here's the thing about that, right? So people -- all these people tweeting -- there it is, 49 percent (of Donald Trump supporters). But 31 percent of Clinton supporters. So then we're like -- then we're getting pretty deep into, "What do we mean by this word 'deplorable'?" And who gets to point the finger at whom?
Coates began his response:
That would have been a great article to read. I mean, I'm all for that. You certainly can say, you know, "Hey, you know, she was accurate, but you know what, she might also want to look in her backyard." That's certainly fair. But what people did is entirely avoid the subject because I think, even the fact that, say, if you have half of Trump supporters, you have 30 percent of Clinton supporters, this is a broad swath of white America.
He then continued: "And see, that is really the reason why the conversation doesn't, you know, need to, you don't have to take Hillary Clinton's side to look at the merits of that. I mean, there's a way of going deep in that."
Hayes then added: "Right. The argument is, you are talking about so many people, ergo it cannot be true that they're all deplorable because, 'Then what?'"
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In Amsterdam's sea of bicycles, a smart bike bell to hone in confused riders
Locating one's wheels can sometimes be exasperating in the bike-dense Dutch city.
Matt Hickman
September 14, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
While it looks like your ordinary brass bike bell, the smartphone-controlled, self-ringing Pingbell is equipped with Bluetooth-based brains. (Photo: FROLIC studio)
We’ve likely all been there — that near-universal moment of pure, unadulterated consternation: You step out into a sprawling, jam-packed parking lot or garage and haven’t the slightest where you left your car. Absolutely no idea. Zero clue. Nothing. Nada.
And so, you begin to wander, guided by a vague recollection of where you think but aren’t entirely sure that you parked 8 hours ago before entering the front gates of Disneyland and exiting through the back gates of parking lot hell.
Sometimes, if you’re lucky, it doesn’t take long to be reunited with your car. Maybe you mentally noted a nearby landmark or are blessed with some sort of oracular faculty. Maybe you got lucky and were in close enough range for your car to identify itself with a quick toot of the horn via your remote keyless fob.
Other times, it takes a painfully long time.
Now, imagine this scenario but with bicycles, not cars.
Photo: FROLIC studio
In Amsterdam, a city where bicycles outnumber both cars and generally contented residents, the bike parking situation has been painted as one hot, chaotic mess. There’s simply not enough places to store all of the city's bicycles.
Too many bicycles you say? In the scheme of things, it’s certainly not a bad pickle to be in … but it’s a pickle nonetheless.
And so, Amsterdam’s public bike parking shortage has left city leaders scrambling to find quick and creative solutions in a city where age, size, density and a grid that's both concentric and canal-centric have all proven to be formidable obstacles. In the meantime, locating one’s bike in a vast sea of spokes remains a unique challenge for Amsterdam residents — a “daily nightmare” as FROLIC studio puts it.
With the forgetful, the easily overwhelmed, the impatient and those with non-elephantine memories in mind, the good folks at FROLIC studio put on their problem-solving caps and emerged with a solution that reimagines the possibilities of the humble bike bell. While it boasts the same standard shape and emits the same instantly recognizable metallic tinkle as your run-of-the-mill bike bell, the Amsterdam-based studio’s next-gen bike bell also benefits from added brains — an “elegant and simply solution that bring today’s technology to the tradition of a classic bell.”
Billed as the “first smart bicycle bell, the Pingbell is a bell that, true to its name, enables dazed and disoriented commuters to remotely ping their bikes from their smartphones.
Know that it’s somewhere close by but not entirely sure where?
Just open the corresponding Pingbell app (for iOS and Android), press the ping button … and voila! The bell rings itself, allowing you to hunt down a parked bike from a distance with your trusty old ears. As mentioned, Pingbell, which also functions as a conventional bell (something cyclists should have in the first place), emits a “normal” brass bell jingle — a sound described by FROLIC studio as a “rich, full sound that sounds much more authentic than an electronic beep.”
At night and in noisy and/or noise-sensitive situations where a visual beacon is more reliable than an auditory guidance, a pulsing light can replace the ringing.
And Pingbell users might not even have to even resort to remote ringing given that, thanks to Bluetooth Smart technology, the parked bike’s exact locale will appear on the app’s map. With this feature, users can lock and leave their bikes without having to retain any crucial information (i.e. where it’s parked). When users need to return to their 2-wheeled ride hours later, they can open the Pingbell app and it will guide them right to where they left it.
Easy-peasy.
As for Pingbell’s built-in battery, a single charge can last up to one year and it can be re-charged via USB. And as for the issue of sticky fingers, this self-ringing lifesaver comes with tamper-proof screws and a custom screwdriver. While not totally theft-proof, Pingbell, smartly designed to blend in amongst “non-smart” bike bells, won’t exactly come off easily.
On the topic of theft, if the entire bike happens to be lifted you cannot track it via the Pingbell app as it moves away from its original location. While a pin is dropped on the app's map noting where the bike has been left after the user walks away from it, Pingbell is not equipped with full GPS for tracking.
FROLIC studio is in the midst of a Kickstarter campaign to help usher the prototype Pingbell to the manufacturing stage, fully develop the app and bring this nifty little gizmo to market, with an anticipated ship date of July 2016. There's two weeks left to go and the early-bird deals have all been swallowed up. (Pre-orders now start at 45 euros).
While Pingbell was conceived in direct response to the continuing growth of Dutch bike culture, I can see envision this nifty little bit of tech coming in useful outside of Amsterdam in other bike-dense cities across Europe. Perhaps this brainy bells will come in handy in some North American cities, too, although you'll be hard-pressed to find a bike parking situation like this outside of the Netherlands. (One can wish).
Via [PSFK]
Matt Hickman ( @mattyhick ) writes about design, architecture and the intersection between the natural world and the built environment.
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MNN.com > Money > Sustainable Business Practices
Our chocolate supply is getting squeezed
Cocoa trees are under attack, and demand is skyrocketing worldwide. What this means for chocoholics now and in the future.
Angela Nelson
January 2, 2018, 10:50 a.m.
Don't worry, your candy isn't in jeopardy yet — but it might be in a few years. (Photo: Sebastian Duda/Shutterstock)
You crave it. You savor it. You love it. It's chocolate, and we collectively spend more than $98 billion a year on this sweet treat.
A growing number of fans around the world are gobbling it up, particularly in China, where chocolate sales have doubled in the past decade and a billion people are starting to enjoy the delectable treat the West has long devoured. Demand is outstripping supply, and a full-blown, one-ton chocolate shortage is predicted by 2020. Scientists are even predicting that chocolate may vanish entirely by 2050, as cacao plants will likely disappear due to warmer temperatures and drier weather conditions, reports Business Insider.
It's not that we're eating too much chocolate, necessarily (though America's obesity rates may say otherwise). Americans eat roughly 10 pounds of it a year per person. But we've got nothing on Europe: The Swiss eat nearly 20 pounds per person per year, and people in Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom eat 16 or 17 pounds a year, according to figures from market research company Euromonitor International.
While our waistlines and cholesterol levels may disagree, our affinity for chocolate isn't the reason — at least, not the entire reason — our supply is shrinking. The multi-pronged problem facing the chocolate industry starts at the root of the process: cocoa trees and beans.
Defenseless cocoa trees, multiple threats
From drought to pests to fungus, cocoa trees and their precious pods are susceptible to myriad unpalatable threats. (Photo: haak78/Shutterstock)
The cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao) is native to the Amazon river basin and tropical areas of Central and South America; these days, the growing area has expanded to parts of Africa and Asia that lie in a narrow belt 10 degrees either side of the Equator. Cocoa trees grow well in humid climates with regular rains and a short dry season, according to the World Agroforestry Centre. Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Brazil and Ecuador are the main producers.
The threats those trees — and the farmers responsible for them — face is different for each region:
West Africa: "Ghana's cacao trees suffer insect damage, black pod rot, water mold and the swollen shoot virus. Experts fear that these scourges are now attacking the healthier trees in neighboring Ivory Coast," reports Scientific American.
Asia: In Indonesia and Malaysia, a tiny moth called the cocoa pod borer tunnels into the center of the fruit and eats the seeds before tunneling back out. These pests, which cost cocoa growers $600 million in crop losses a year, are difficult to control and extremely damaging to cocoa-dependent economies, according to the Invasive Species Compendium.
Brazil: A fungal infection called witches' broom has reduced production by 80 percent, "driving people whose families had grown cacao for generations to abandon their farms and move to city shantytowns — effectively destroying in a few short years a vast archive of cacao-farming knowledge built over centuries," Scientific American reports. Another serious and damaging fungal disease called frosty pod rot is spreading through Latin America.
On a lesser threat level, cocoa trees have little genetic variation, and the major varieties (Forastero, Criollo and Trinitario) all come from the same species. Scientific American explains why that's not great news:
Although the similarity among strains means that growers can crossbreed them easily, it also means that the collected strains do not contain enough variation to provide much natural resilience to pests and disease; if one strain is genetically susceptible, chances are good they all will succumb. When farmers save their own seeds to plant new trees, this local inbreeding leaves the trees even more susceptible to pests and fungi.
A high price for cocoa farmers to pay
Cocoa farmers are being compensated less and less for their cocoa beans, leading some to abandon the crop. (Photo: haak78/Shutterstock)
The crops for this multi-billion-dollar industry are grown by some of the poorest people in the world. And when crops are destroyed, their livelihoods are severely affected. Around 5 to 6 million farmers in the tropics grow cacao trees, according to Mars, Incorporated (a global chocolate and candy manufacturer), but they're walking away from the crop (and switching to more profitable ones like rubber or corn) in increasing numbers due to drought, pests and prices.
"In 1980 the international cocoa price was $3,750 a ton — equivalent to $10,000 a ton in 2013. Nowadays it is considered high at roughly $2,800 a ton, CNN reports. So if the demand for chocolate is going up, why is farmers' compensation going down? It's not an easy question to answer, but basically, it's because the industry is in crisis. As CNN explains:
The average age of a cocoa farmer is about 51 (not much lower than the average life expectancy); and across the Ivory Coast plantations are old, diseased and in need of regeneration. But regeneration requires investment, and the younger generation would rather migrate to the capital city, Abidjan, or switch to more lucrative crops like rubber or palm oil.
Now, companies like Cadbury, Cargill and Nestle have a business interest to invest in sustainable cocoa farming. And with an increasing spotlight on corporate accountability, chocolate-makers want consumers to know they're buying products with responsibly sourced cocoa. To support farmers and companies who employ them sustainably, look for fair trade certification labels on your chocolate bars or products.
Reversing the trend
This farmer in Ghana, where cocoa is the chief agricultural export and main cash crop, seems happy with his yield. (Photo: Rberchie/Wikimedia Commons)
From farmers to scientists and manufacturers, the chocolate industry's problems are being examined and tackled from all angles.
In England, a facility has been developed to grow cocoa in protected zones that are free from disease, and after two years the company ships them to countries around the world in hopes of growing cocoa that will produce stronger plants, the BBC reports. And in Costa Rica, a new breed of cacao has been engineered to be disease-free and flavorful, though it's still early in the development process, Bloomberg reports.
In Abidjan, the capital of Ivory Coast, Nestlé has pledged $120 million over 10 years to breed disease resistant, high-yield cocoa saplings, and they plan to give away 12 million new plants to Ivorian farmers by 2016.
Farmer education efforts are underway through Mars, Incorporated to develop better planting, irrigation and pest-management techniques. Mars scientists also mapped the cocoa genome and made the results public so they could be used by anyone to develop better breeding practices that lead to healthier trees.
Using CRISPR, a technology that allows minute changes to DNA, researchers at the University of California are working with Mars to develop hardier cacao plants that won't wilt or rot if the weather isn't perfectly suitable and the less fragile plants will thrive in drier, warmer climate, reports Business Insider.
Hopefully, these efforts work to reverse declining cocoa production. If not, consumers may be paying a steeper price to satisfy their chocolate cravings.
Editor's note: This story was originally written in February 2017 and has been updated with new information.
Angela Nelson ( @bostonangela ) is an exhausted mom of two young daughters and two old cats, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning digital editor with more than 15 years of experience delivering news and information to audiences worldwide.
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European, PGA Tour take steps to single out slow players
Home 2020 January 15 European, PGA Tour take steps to single out slow players
Associated Press , January 15, 2020 January 15, 2020 , Sports, 0
The European Tour and PGA Tour are trying to crack down on slow play with revamped policies that allow for swifter penalty shots and for officials to target players who are taking too long to play.
The policies, while slightly different, are similar in that the objective is to encourage players to change their habits.
The European Tour policy starts this week at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. The PGA Tour is introducing its policy, which was approved in November, this week at The American Express. It does not begin until the week after the Masters.
Previously, the PGA Tour did not time a player unless his group was out of position or lagging behind a scheduled time for them to play, known as time par. That stays in effect.
Additionally, any player taking 120 seconds for a shot, without a valid reason, will be given an “excessive shot time.”
The tour also will have a weekly “observation list” to identify the slow players. They can be timed even if their group is in position on the golf course.
Players are put on the list if ShotLink data shows they take an average of 45 seconds or more to play a shot based on their previous 10 tournaments. A player who receives two excessive shot times in one tournament also will be placed on the list, which is updated weekly.
If an official sees a player on the list take 60 seconds or longer to play, he will be notified he is being timed. The timing only stops if the player goes two holes without a bad time.
The amount of time allowed to play hasn’t changed — players have 40 seconds to hit a shot when it’s their turn, with an additional 10 seconds for the player who is first to hit a various shot.
The penalties, however are swift.
Previously, if a group was out of position, a player received a warning if he had a bad time, and the second bad time in the same round resulted in a one-shot penalty. The last such penalty on the PGA Tour was assessed to Miguel Angel Carballo and Brian Campbell, partners in the 2013 Zurich Classic team event. Before that it was Glen Day in 1985.
Starting in April, players who are out of position or on the observation list will get a warning for the first bad time, and a one-shot penalty if it happens again during the tournament.
The fines also are steep. Players who receive a second bad time will be fined $50,000, and $20,000 for each additional bad time. For those caught having excessive shot times, they get a $20,000 fine for the second violation, and $20,000 for each one after that the rest of the season.
On the European Tour, players also will get a one-shot penalty after a second bad time in a tournament, instead of a round.
A player can call a “time extension” for any stroke once a round, adding 40 seconds to the time allowed. Players must call for this extension before they go over the allotted time.
Even when a group is in position, those players previously were allowed 100 seconds if they were first to hit, and 80 seconds for the rest of the group. That time was reduced 15% under the new policy, allowing players 85 seconds and 70 seconds, respectively. If a player exceeds the limit while the group is in position, he would get a “monitoring penalty.” That typically involves a fine instead of a penalty because the group is not holding up anyone.
“Changing the regulation for an immediate one-shot penalty to now be triggered by two bad times in a tournament instead of a round will force slower players to consistently ensure they play within timing regulations,” said John Paramor, the chief referee for the European Tour.
Europe introduced a four-point plan in August that also involves field size. The field at fully sanctioned events will be reduced from 156 to 144 players, provided that everyone who finished among the top 132 in the Race to Dubai are eligible for the tournament.
PGA Tour officials had long believed that too many players in the field effectively clogs up the golf course, similar to a traffic jam on a highway, and causes too much waiting.
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Olivia Jade 'really angry' with mother Lori Loughlin after college admissions scandal
More than a week after Lori Loughlin was charged for allegedly paying to ensure her daughters were admitted to the University of Southern California, Loughlin's daughter Olivia is reportedly furious at her parents for ruining her career.
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ET reports Tresemme and Sephora, who both sponsored the beauty vlogger, dropped Olivia since the scandal.
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CareSync raises $4.25M for personal health record, care coordination services
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Tampa, Florida-based personal health record developer CareSync raised $4.25 million in a round led by Tullis Health Investors, Clearwell Group, CDH Solutions, and CareSync CEO Travis Bond.
The funding will help the company scale its operations and invest in its sales and marketing teams.
“We began with a vision to create a patient-centered health platform that would empower individuals to own all of their data and collaborate with others to better manage their health,” Bond said in a statement. “Three years later, we have realized that goal of connecting people around a single source of health information, and plan to use this financing to quickly expand our national reach.”
CareSync's product, available on the web or on mobile devices, helps caregivers and patients keep track of medical records or medical records for family members.
The service is available in tiered pricing. If patients want to use the platform for medication reminders, appointment planning, health tracking with wearable devices, and task management, the service is free. But if the patient plans to build a one-time health history with summaries from past medical visits and medical records from providers, on top of all the free features, they pay a one-time fee of $99.
If, on top of these features, the patient also wants to get access to a CareSync health assistant, which can help with medical appointment scheduling and care coordination, they pay $19 per month or $199 for the year.
CareSync added its most recent feature -- the wearable health tracking integration -- at the end of September. The integration, powered by Validic, opened the service up to tracking capabilities with more than 80 health apps and devices including products from iHealth, Withings, FatSecret, BodyMedia, and Fitbit.
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SLAT regulates Th1 and Th2 inflammatory responses by controlling Ca2+/NFAT signaling
Stéphane Bécart, … , Michael Croft, Amnon Altman
Research Article Immunology
SWAP-70–like adapter of T cells (SLAT) is a novel guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Rho GTPases that is upregulated in Th2 cells, but whose physiological function is unclear. We show that SLAT–/– mice displayed a developmental defect at one of the earliest stages of thymocyte differentiation, the double-negative 1 (DN1) stage, leading to decreased peripheral T cell numbers. SLAT–/– peripheral CD4+ T cells demonstrated impaired TCR/CD28-induced proliferation and IL-2 production, which was rescued by the addition of exogenous IL-2. Importantly, SLAT–/– mice were grossly impaired in their ability to mount not only Th2, but also Th1-mediated lung inflammatory responses, as evidenced by reduced airway neutrophilia and eosinophilia, respectively. Levels of Th1 and Th2 cytokine in the lungs were also markedly reduced, paralleling the reduction in pulmonary inflammation. This defect in mounting Th1/Th2 responses, which was also evident in vitro, was traced to a severe reduction in Ca2+ mobilization from ER stores, which consequently led to defective TCR/CD28-induced translocation of nuclear factor of activated T cells 1/2 (NFATc1/2). Thus, SLAT is required for thymic DN1 cell expansion, T cell activation, and Th1 and Th2 inflammatory responses.
Stéphane Bécart, Céline Charvet, Ann J. Canonigo Balancio, Carl De Trez, Yoshihiko Tanaka, Wei Duan, Carl Ware, Michael Croft, Amnon Altman
Targeted disruption of the SLAT locus.
(A) A scheme of the SLAT locus (top) and the strategy used to disrupt the locus and screen for the WT versus mutant SLAT allele. (B) PCR genotyping using primers A, B, and C to distinguish the 500-bp WT allele–derived A-B product from the 250-bp mutant allele–derived B-C product. (C) Tissue distribution of SLAT protein expression. Total cell lysates were prepared from thymus, BM, LNs, spleen, and kidney and probed with an anti-SLAT Ab (top) or with an actin-specific Ab (bottom).
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A TAMWORTH man has had his bid for bail refused after the court heard he was arrested on drug supply charges while on parole. Luke Anthony Downs is accused of supplying methylamphetamine, possessing it and dealing with cash that is the suspected proceeds of crime after he was stopped by police in Tamworth. He's also the subject of a firearms prohibition order and is alleged to have both acquired ammunition in contravention of the order, and was possessing it when he was arrested about midday on February 13. He lodged a fresh bid for release in Tamworth Local Court with magistrate Julie Soars told his "parole has now finished". "Mr Downs was on parole at the time in relation to possess an unauthorised firearm," Legal Aid solicitor Wendy McAuliffe said. READ ALSO: She said Downs had care issues and wanted to be there with his family, who have moved to the Central Coast, since his arrest. Downs is being held in custody at the MRRC in Sydney. The release bid triggered a show cause hearing meaning Downs had to detail exceptional circumstances as to why his detention was not justified. Ms McAuliffe said Downs' mother could post $20,000 surety; he was prepared to report to police; and would abide by any "conditions put in place to ameliorate any concerns that the court or police might have". "He was on parole for a significant amount of time," she said. "He served out almost all of his parole." Ms McAuliffe said there were delays in the district court, and that meant Downs was unlikely to have his case heard and finalised anytime soon. "Your Honour is aware of the delays in that jurisdiction," she said. "For those reasons I say his continuing detention is not justified." Ms McAuliffe said it was a deemed supply charge and there was no indicia or drug supply connection, except for the "alleged proceeds of crime", Ms Soars replied. Ms Soars said "they're very concerning offences". Police prosecutor Sergeant Rob Baillie said it was a "strong prosecution case" and "show cause is not made out". "There was money there, a sizeable amount of drug," he told the court. "He was on parole at the time of the commission of these offences, even know he slipped off it now, at the time he was." Sergeant Baillie said Downs was not the sole carer, "it's simply a matter that he'd like to be there" for family. Ms Soars found show cause had not been made out, and said any delay in the district court is "just an ordinary delay". "These offences are alleged to have occurred while he was on parole," she said. "He has not shown cause … the matters [he] relies on, are just general circumstances. She refused bail and ordered he remain behind bars until the case returns to court in April.
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Luke Anthony Downs refused bail in Tamworth Local Court on drug supply offences
Breanna Chillingworth
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A TAMWORTH man has had his bid for bail refused after the court heard he was arrested on drug supply charges while on parole.
Luke Anthony Downs is accused of supplying methylamphetamine, possessing it and dealing with cash that is the suspected proceeds of crime after he was stopped by police in Tamworth.
He's also the subject of a firearms prohibition order and is alleged to have both acquired ammunition in contravention of the order, and was possessing it when he was arrested about midday on February 13.
He lodged a fresh bid for release in Tamworth Local Court with magistrate Julie Soars told his "parole has now finished".
"Mr Downs was on parole at the time in relation to possess an unauthorised firearm," Legal Aid solicitor Wendy McAuliffe said.
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She said Downs had care issues and wanted to be there with his family, who have moved to the Central Coast, since his arrest.
Downs is being held in custody at the MRRC in Sydney. The release bid triggered a show cause hearing meaning Downs had to detail exceptional circumstances as to why his detention was not justified.
Ms McAuliffe said Downs' mother could post $20,000 surety; he was prepared to report to police; and would abide by any "conditions put in place to ameliorate any concerns that the court or police might have".
"He was on parole for a significant amount of time," she said.
He was on parole for a significant amount of time.
Legal Aid solicitor Wendy McAuliffe
"He served out almost all of his parole."
Ms McAuliffe said there were delays in the district court, and that meant Downs was unlikely to have his case heard and finalised anytime soon.
"Your Honour is aware of the delays in that jurisdiction," she said.
"For those reasons I say his continuing detention is not justified."
Ms McAuliffe said it was a deemed supply charge and there was no indicia or drug supply connection, except for the "alleged proceeds of crime", Ms Soars replied.
Ms Soars said "they're very concerning offences".
There was money there, a sizeable amount of drug.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Rob Baillie
Police prosecutor Sergeant Rob Baillie said it was a "strong prosecution case" and "show cause is not made out".
"There was money there, a sizeable amount of drug," he told the court.
"He was on parole at the time of the commission of these offences, even know he slipped off it now, at the time he was."
Sergeant Baillie said Downs was not the sole carer, "it's simply a matter that he'd like to be there" for family.
Ms Soars found show cause had not been made out, and said any delay in the district court is "just an ordinary delay".
He has not shown cause … the matters [he] relies on, are just general circumstances.
Magistrate Julie Soars
"These offences are alleged to have occurred while he was on parole," she said.
"He has not shown cause … the matters [he] relies on, are just general circumstances.
She refused bail and ordered he remain behind bars until the case returns to court in April.
Discuss "Alleged drug dealer was on parole for gun offence, court told"
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Resource Jun 6, 2018
A Perfect Pairing for Yellowstone — and All National Parks
Limestone Branch, the distillery that has been inspired by Yellowstone since 1872, is partnering with NPCA, with the advocacy group that has been protecting the world's first national park since 1919.
Limestone Branch Distillery, makers of Yellowstone Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, has launched a cause marketing program funding NPCA’s efforts to protect and preserve our national parks. The initiative harkens back to the brand’s iconic roots, as the bourbon was originally named after Yellowstone National Park and was first created in 1872, the same year Yellowstone was designated as the world’s first national park.
Yellowstone® Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Launches Program Supporting America’s National Parks
Brand partnership with National Parks Conservation Association to help preserve and protect our parks.
Limestone Branch Distillery and NPCA are working together to raise awareness about the issues impacting our national parks and how people can become involved with the parks in their backyard and across the nation! Getting involved is easy — check out our list below of ways you can help make an impact.
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Disease Mongering Galore: Panel Says ALL Teens Should be Screened for "Depression"
7/9/2009 - The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has issued a new recommendation, published in the journal Pediatrics, that all children between the ages of 12 and 18 be regularly screened for the symptoms of major depressive disorder (MDD). The new recommendations surpass those of most doctors' groups --...
Teens in Danger from Epidemic of Low Vitamin D
3/12/2009 - America's teens too often are inside glued to their computers and video games instead of playing and even working outdoors like previous generations did. What's more, too many youngsters eat junk food instead of healthy whole foods. So there's plenty of reason to be concerned about a deficiency of vitamin...
Excessive Television for Teens Raises Risk of Depression as Adults
3/7/2009 - Teenagers today are spending more and more time slouched on a couch in front of the electronic box - although nowadays it's rather too flat to really be called a box anymore - called a television. And a recent University of Pittsburg and Harvard Medical School study has found that TV time for teens...
Teens and Toxic Skin Care: A Parent's Responsibility
11/17/2008 - No one has ever said that being a parent is an easy job. In the 21st century there are many reasons why successful parenting could be said to be more difficult than ever. Thanks to the impact of modern marketing methods, exploited so successfully by the cosmetics and personal care industry, teenagers...
Childhood lead exposure linked to increased injuries as teens (press release)
11/20/2006 - Teenagers who experienced high blood-lead levels during childhood appear to suffer more accidental injuries than those who had lower lead exposure, according to new research conducted by University of Cincinnati (UC) environmental health experts. The UC team reports these findings in the October...
Weight lifting can help overweight teens reduce risk of diabetes (press release)
9/25/2006 - Teens at risk of developing diabetes can prevent or delay its onset through strength training exercise, a University of Southern California study has found. Research led by Michael Goran, PhD, professor of preventive medicine in the Keck School of Medicine of USC, showed that overweight Latino teenage...
TeenScreen - Normal Kids Labeled Mentally Ill
8/23/2006 - Despite years of public outcry, based on recommendations by President Bush's New Freedom Commission to screen all school children for mental illness, TeenScreen is now being administered in the nation's public school system and children are being regularly diagnosed with one, or more, disorders chosen...
Low levels of vitamin D in teens may affect lung function (press release)
7/1/2006 - Teenagers who consume low amounts of vitamin D have lower lung function than teens who get the recommended amount of the nutrient, according to a study to be presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference on May 22nd. ...
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Driving:
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Wildfire Danger Has PG&E Shutting Off Power in Some Areas
School districts in Napa and Lake counties cancel classes Monday
By Bay City News and NBC Bay Area staff • Published at 11:21 am on October 14, 2018
2:45 P.M. UPDATE: PG&E plans to restore power by midnight to 70 percent of customers in areas it proactively turned service off for fire safety. Areas include North Bay and Sierra Foothills.
Pacific Gas and Electric shut off power in parts of 12 Northern California counties late Sunday, including Lake and Napa counties, in the wake of high fire danger warnings.
Per PG&E, "Public Safety Power Shutoff" remains in effect for 17,000 customers in North Bay and 42,000 in the Sierra Foothills. "We continue to monitor the weather and will provide updates to our impacted customers in Napa, Lake, Sonoma, Amador, El Dorado and Calaveras counties," PG&E tweeted Monday morning.
High wind warnings were in effect in the Bay Area since Saturday, running through noon Monday. Gusty winds raise the fire danger substantially in areas where vegetation is already woefully dry.
PG&E turned off power to communities in the North Bay, affecting about 17,000 customers starting late Sunday evening. Those communities are: Lake County (Clearlake, Clearlake Oaks, Clearlake Park, Cobb, Finley, Hidden Valley Lake, Kelseyville, Lakeport, Lower Lake, Middletown); Napa County (Angwin, Calistoga, Deer Park, Lake Berryessa, Napa, Pope Valley, Saint Helena); and Sonoma County (Cloverdale, Geyserville, Healdsburg, Santa Rosa).
The utility went ahead with the shutoff plan in some communities in the northern part of the state and near the Sierra Nevada as early as 5 p.m. Sunday and then expanded it down to some areas of the North Bay.
PG&E and county officials were contacting customers directly and providing early warning notification, when and where possible, via automated calls, texts, and emails.
Some school districts in Napa and Lake counties have canceled classes Monday due to the power shutoff. In Napa County, the Calistoga Joint Unified School District announced in a Facebook post that school is canceled; the Lake County districts cancelling classes include Kelseyville Unified, Konocti Unified, Lakeport Unified and Middletown Unified. Other school districts could be following suit by Monday morning.
In June, Cal Fire announced that the utility's "electric power and distribution lines, conductors and the failure of power poles", caused at least a dozen wildfires in six Northern California counties.
Power shutoffs such as those proposed by PG&E now are done strictly as a last resort during extreme weather conditions, the utility's statement said.
"The safety of our customers and the communities we serve is PG&E's top priority. We know how much our customers rely on electric service and would only consider temporarily turning off power in the interest of safety, and as a last resort during extreme weather conditions," said Kevin Dasso, PG&E's vice president of electric asset management, in a statement.
"PG&E has a plan. We want our customers to have plans, too," Dasso said.
In Sonoma County, "We put the wheels in motion immediately and are working diligently to prepare for any potential PG&E power shut downs," said County Supervisor James Gore. "This would be the first event of its kind in Sonoma County and we are ready for the challenges it may bring."
Sonoma County's Emergency Management Division has developed an Electrical System De-energization Response Plan and put it into motion given PG&E's plan, said Gore, who emphasized the county has no control over whether the power is actually turned off.
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Shocking video shows alleged attack on mentally disabled woman by group home staff
Four staff members in Florida allegedly pushed, shoved and stepped on a mentally disabled woman's head while she was under their care.
Cameras capture shocking abuse of disabled adults at Florida group home
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By Doha Madani
Surveillance video shows four caretakers in a Florida group home involved in the alleged abuse of a mentally disabled woman who was pushed, shoved and had her head stepped on.
Breneisha Blunt, Shaneka Hester, Jaleyah Wiggins and Carolyn Joe were all charged with aggravated abuse of a disabled adult after police were called to check on an injured patient Aug. 13, according to the Mount Dora Police Department.
Hester, 42, called police to say the unidentified patient, who lived at the Attain Incorporated group home because of a diminished mental capacity, had injured herself while acting out, according to an arrest affidavit. The woman had a cut on her lip and a scrape on her knee.
Police documented the injuries before contacting the Department of Children and Families, who then received permission to review surveillance camera footage.
Video from two different angles in the group home showed the mentally disabled woman being beaten by the four caretakers, police said.
Jaleyah Wiggins, Sheneka Hester, Carolyn Joe and Breneisha BluntMount Dora Police Department
Hester is seen on video shoving the woman to the ground, which authorities believe caused the woman to skin her knee, police said. Then Wiggins, 24, and Joe, 25, each shove the unidentified woman in separate instances. Blunt, 29, was also seen on video hitting the woman with a closed fist multiple times, the affidavit said.
Joe is then seen in a section of the video putting her right foot on the woman's head and shifting her weight entirely on her right foot, according to police.
"Carolyn Joe is very heavy set and could have easily caused great bodily harm or even death to (the patient)," the affidavit said.
Craig Cook, the executive director of Attain Incorporated, told NBC affiliate WESH that the agency does not tolerate abuse and that all four women were placed on administrative leave.
"I can say that in general we are actively collaborating with DCF and law enforcement on their investigation," Cook said. "If there was ever a situation where that would be compromised, that would be the utmost concern of ours."
All four women were released from jail, each on a $10,000 bond, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office. It is unclear whether Blunt, Wiggins or Joe have attorneys to defend them.
A lawyer listed for Hester did not immediately respond to a request for comment to NBC News.
Doha Madani
Doha Madani is a breaking news reporter for NBC News.
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Haunted House, Anyone? San Diego’s Top 3 are Now Open for the Season
By Brie Stimson • Published at 3:45 pm on September 30, 2018
It’s beginning to look a lot like Halloween in San Diego! The county’s three main haunted houses are all open as of this weekend to begin scaring guests through Halloween night...and perhaps your dreams for longer?
The Haunted Hotel
Located on Fourth and Market, the Haunted Hotel is San Diego’s longest running haunted house. Now in its 26th year, the unassuming building will boast an all-new Hellevator this year along with the “wrong turn” hillbilly swamp, Mutant Mine Shaft and a clownish surprise. Tickets start at $20 and the haunt runs Wednesdays through Sundays and select Mondays and Tuesdays. Be advised, Wednesdays are “lights out,” which means guests will have nothing to light their way but a glow stick. Reader’s Digest recently rated the Haunted Hotel as one of the 15 scariest haunted hotels in the country for 2018.
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Haunted Trail of Balboa Park
Just a few miles away, nestled among the sculptured gardens and Canary Island Pines of Balboa Park, is the Haunted Trail. This haunted house without walls takes guests on a mile-long hike through the Island of Misfit Toys, Camp Crystal Lake the Ghoul Bus in Derry, Maine, where “It” lives and the Stranger Things House. Tickets start at $25 and the maze runs from Wednesdays and select Mondays and Tuesdays.
The Scream Zone
Rounding out the three haunts is the Scream Zone at Del Mar. San Diego’s largest haunt, the Scream Zone offers three different attractions. Those brave enough to join the Haunted Hayride will get to take an eerie tour of the racetrack and stables at night with a few ghosts and ghouls along the way. The House of Horror takes guests back to the year 666 for the Medieval Butcher’s Menu and KarnEvil twists fairy tales into something resembling more of a nightmare. Tickets start at $21 and the haunts run Wednesdays through Sundays and the last Monday and Tuesday before Halloween.
Scared? Don’t worry, running for your life is great exercise.
Both the Haunted Trail and Haunted Hotel were listed as one of the top 20 haunted houses in America by the Travel Channel in 2013.
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University of Mississippi Athletics | April 28, 2019
College baseball: No. 9 Mississippi State closes out series sweep of No. 4 Georgia
A triple play rounds out the best of this week's baseball
STARKVILLE – Senior Peyton Plumlee fired 6 1/3 scoreless innings to start the game for the No. 9 Mississippi State baseball program and the offense pushed out to an early lead in a 6-5 victory over No. 4 Georgia on Sunday (April 28) to earn a series sweep at Dudy Noble Field.
Sunday Blacks. Sunday Sweep.#HailState🐶 pic.twitter.com/srBsTHvAiv
— Mississippi State Baseball (@HailStateBB) April 28, 2019
Mississippi State (36-9, 13-8 SEC) got a run in the second inning, two in the fifth and one in the seventh inning to push out to an early 4-0 lead. After Georgia (33-12, 13-8 SEC) plated one run in the eighth, State added two in the bottom of the inning to make it a 6-1 game.
Junior Colby White came on in relief for MSU, and Austin Biggar greeted him with a solo home run to left field. After a single and a walk, White got the first out via strikeout before LJ Talley hit a three-run home run to left field to cut the deficit to one, 6-5. The right hander got a flyout and a strikeout to end it and close out the sweep.
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Plumlee (3-3) allowed just one hit in his 6 1/3 innings to earn his third win of the year. He walked two batters and struck out five in his second start of the week. The senior also started the Governor's Cup victory against No. 19 Ole Miss on Tuesday and threw four innings.
At the plate, MSU used eight hits, seven walks and one hit-by-pitch to put runners on base in seven of its eight offensive innings. The sophomore trio of Tanner Allen, Rowdey Jordan and Jordan Westburg each pushed their reached base streaks to 13 games.
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THE NEW SEC HIT KING
Congrats, @jakemangum15 on making history!
📹 @HailStateBBpic.twitter.com/lingRE3uNR
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAACWS) April 28, 2019
Senior Jake Mangum reached base three times in the game, walking twice and posting a seventh-inning base hit. Mangum's 355th career hit pushed him onto the NCAA's all-time hits list. It moved him into a tie for No. 12 with Sonny Meade (The Citadel; 2006-09) and Chris Campbell (College of Charleston; 2004-07).
Head Coach Chris Lemonis on Peyton Plumlee's effort:
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"It was awesome, just the whole week…From last weekend at Arkansas, bouncing back from that tough start and giving us a great one Tuesday night [against Ole Miss] and another great start today. I am really happy for Peyton. He was really good today…When he has that slider going it is a good pitch."
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Georgia vs. Baylor: Sugar Bowl time, TV channel, preview, prediction
Georgia takes on Baylor in the Sugar bowl on New Year's Day. Both of these teams were in their respective conference championships but couldn't get the job done, so they'll be hungry to close out the season with a win.
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Am Rev Respir Dis. 1991 May;143(5 Pt 1):1121-9.
Diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia by bacteriologic analysis of bronchoscopic and nonbronchoscopic "blind" bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.
Pugin J1, Auckenthaler R, Mili N, Janssens JP, Lew PD, Suter PM.
Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland.
Substantial efforts have been devoted to improving the means for early and accurate diagnosis of ventilator-associated (VA) pneumonia in intensive care unit (ICU) patients because of its high incidence and mortality. A good diagnostic yield has been reported from quantitative cultures of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid or a protected specimen brush, both obtained by fiberoptic bronchoscopy. As bronchoscopy requires specific skills and is costly, we evaluated a simpler method to obtain BAL fluid, that is, by a catheter introduced blindly into the bronchial tree. Quantitative cultures from bronchoscopically sampled BAL (B-BAL) and blindly nonbronchoscopically collected BAL (NB-BAL) were assessed for sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value for the diagnosis of VA pneumonia. A total of 40 pairs of samples were examined in 28 patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation and presenting a high risk of developing pneumonia. For comparison with bacteriologic data we defined a clinical score for pneumonia ranging from zero to 12 using the following variables: body temperature, leukocyte count, volume and character of tracheal secretions, arterial oxygenation, chest X-ray, Gram stain, and culture of tracheal aspirate. To quantify the bacteria in BAL the bacterial index (BI) was used, defined as the sum of the logarithm of the number of bacteria cultured per milliliter of BAL fluid. A good correlation between clinical score and quantitative bacteriology was observed (r = 0.84 for B-BAL and 0.76 for NB-BAL; p less than 0.0001). Similar to studies in baboons, patients with pulmonary infection could be distinguished by a BI greater than or equal to 5 with a sensitivity of 93% and a specificity of 100% (B-BAL).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS).
10.1164/ajrccm/143.5_Pt_1.1121
Bacterial Infections/diagnosis*
Bacterial Infections/epidemiology
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid/microbiology*
Cross Infection/diagnosis*
Cross Infection/epidemiology
Pneumonia/diagnosis*
Pneumonia/epidemiology
Respiration, Artificial/adverse effects*
Specimen Handling/methods
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This report analyzes inequality in three steps: beyond income, beyond averages, and beyond today and proposes a battery of policy options to tackle it.
Families and Individuals in Societal Contexts
https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030167066
Handbook on Children with Incarcerated Parents
Research, Policy, and Practice
J. Mark Eddy and Julie Poehlmann-Tynan (Eds.)
This handbook examines family life, health, and educational issues that often arise for U.S. children whose parents are in prison or jail.
https://www.hispanicresearchcenter.org/research-resources/an-economic-portrait-of-low-income-hispanic-families-key-findings-from-the-first-five-years-of-studies-from-the-national-research-center-on-hispanic-children-families/
An Economic Portrait of Low-Income Hispanic Families
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Lisa A. Gennetian, Lina Guzman, María A. Ramos-Olazagasti, and Elizabeth Wildsmith
National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families
This brief synthesizes key findings on Hispanic families’ economic well-being from the Center's first five years (2013-2018) of research.
https://www.hispanicresearchcenter.org/research-resources/how-state-policies-might-affect-hispanic-families-access-to-and-use-of-child-care-and-development-fund-subsidies/
How State Policies Might Affect Hispanic Families’ Access to and Use of Child Care and Development Fund Subsidies
Zoelene Hill, Lisa A. Gennetian, and Julia L. Mendez
Infographics that illustrate in 13 states how certain policies and practices may facilitate or inhibit access to CCDF subsidies for eligible Hispanic families.
http://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/child-support-and-employment-services.aspx
Promoting Parental Employment to Boost Child Support
Meghan McCann
This brief explores opportunities at state and federal levels to provide employment services to noncustodial parents and increase child support payments.
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/promoting-understanding-of-community-connections-in-home-visiting-state-of-available-data-and-future-opportunities
Promoting Understanding of Community Connections in Home Visiting
State of Available Data and Future Opportunities
Rebecca Madill, Kristina Rosinsky, Lauren Supplee, Sara Shaw
U.S. Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation
Explore this report to learn about findings on the availability, quality, and opportunities to strengthen data on community connections in home visiting.
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Creating a Trauma-Informed System of Care for Formerly Incarcerated Dads
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Fatherhood programs serving men in reentry can infuse their programming with the principles and elements of a trauma-informed system of care.
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/the-subsidized-transitional-employment-demonstration-implementation-impacts-minnesota-subsidized-transitional-employment-demo
The Subsidized and Transitional Employment Demonstration
Implementation and Early Impacts of the Minnesota Subsidized and Transitional Employment Demonstration
Mary Farrell and Riley Webster
This report presents implementation findings and interim impacts after one year from a random assignment evaluation of families receiving services.
https://www.childtrends.org/publications/undercounting-hispanics-in-the-2020-census-will-result-in-a-loss-in-federal-funding-to-many-states-for-child-and-family-assistance-programs
Undercounting Hispanics in the 2020 Census will result in a loss in federal funding to many states for child and family assistance programs
David Murphey, Dana Thomson, Lina Guzman, and Claire Kelley
New research finds that even a modest undercount of Hispanics on the 2020 Census will result in 37 states forfeiting federal funds for five key programs.
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/child-and-family-development-research-2018
Child and Family Development Research - Fiscal Year 2018
Allison Walker
Annual report including work in the areas of early childhood research, child care, Head Start, child welfare, human trafficking, and cultural diversity.
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Employment Coaching: Working with Low-Income Populations to Use Self-Regulation Skills to Achieve Employment Goals
Kristen Joyce and Sheena McConnell, Mathematica
This brief shares how coaches may help TANF recipients and other low-income individuals use and strengthen self-regulation skills to meet employment goals.
https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/hemez-family-form-shares-women-married-had-birth-fp-19-15.html
Family Formation Experiences: Shares of Women Who Married and Had a Birth, 1979 & 2016
Paul Hemez
Examines differences in marriage and parenthood experiences over the past 37 years among women holding different demographic characteristics.
https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/hemez-family-form-women-median-ages-first-marriage-birth-fp-19-16.html
Family Formation Experiences: Women’s Median Ages at First Marriage and First Birth, 1979 & 2016
This report explores whether trends in marriage and childbearing over the past 37 years are the same for women with different demographic characteristics.
https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/schweizer-retreat-remarriage-fp-19-17.html
The Retreat from Remarriage, 1950-2017
alerie Schweizer
Although the recent decline in remarriage has been well documented, less is known about how remarriage has changed since the mid-20th century.
https://www.apa.org/pi/lgbt/resources/lgbtq-asylum-seekers.pdf
LGBTQ Asylum Seekers: How Clinicians Can Help
This research brief provides opportunities for how clinicians can assist LGBTQ asylum seekers cope with past traumas and retraumatization.
https://www.ncfr.org/events/understanding-and-reducing-impact-political-polarization-families
Understanding and Reducing the Impact of Political Polarization on Families
NCFR
This webinar is intended to help learn about the issue of political polarization and how to address it within professional organizations and within families.
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/research/project/migrant-and-seasonal-head-start-supplement-to-the-national-agricultural
Migrant and Seasonal Head Start and the National Agricultural Workers’ Survey, 2009-2019
Two briefs and a project overivew of survey data to describe the household composition and backgrounds of families who are eligible for MSHS.
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Child Care Subsidy Stability Literature Review
Sara Shaw, Anne Partika, and Kathryn Tout
This synthesis of research covers continuity/stability of subsidies, predictors of subsidy exits, correlates of instability, and more.
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The Military Family Research Institute Podcast
Military Family Research Institute
This podcast series discusses the military and veteran family space with experts that provide insight and resources about research, outreach and programming.
http://www.ncsl.org/our-american-states/2019/02/28/child-support-program-changes-result-in-stronger-families-oas-episode-57.aspx
Child Support Program Changes Result in Stronger Families
This episode of "Our American States," explores the changing nature and demographics of jobs in this country, with fewer men entering the workforce.
https://www.srcd.org/policy-media/child-evidence-briefs/health-insurance
Parents’ and Caregivers’ Health Insurance Supports Children’s Healthy Development
Elisabeth Wright Burak
Society for Research in Child Development
If just one uninsured family member faces high medical costs or untreated conditions, the resulting stress can harm a child's well-being throughout their life.
Supporting Older Youth Beyond Age 18: Examining Data and Trends in Extended Foster Care
Rachel Rosenberg and Samuel Abbott
New research suggests that extended foster care can help connect youth to resources that help build skills needed for a successful transition to adulthood.
http://www.hispanicresearchcenter.org/publications/the-early-home-environment-of-latino-children-a-research-synthesis/
The Early Home Environment of Latino Children: A Research Synthesis
Natasha Cabrera and Avery Hennigar
This report addresses the gap in research on early home experiences of Latino children in the U.S., and provides implications for research, programs, and policies.
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Fathering in Cultural Contexts: Developmental and Clinical Issues
Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, Ph.D. and Elif Dede Yildirim, Ph.D.
This book compares how men think about fathering from across diverse cultures of the world, and its effects on child development.
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Exciting news...
The NEWS is out! We have secured a large ground floor volunteers flat (with exclusive outside back area) which we plan to also use for a learning facility for the kids from the block. This was always part of our dream for the area...So excited! Volunteers sign up here...!
The 17th Floor Family moves on...
Today my friend, Chantelle, on the 17th floor of the "liftless" building opposite us, left a message on my phone to call her. I was expecting to be needed to help move her from her tiny room (on the 17th floor) sometime this week ...*pant, pant!*... so imagine my delight when she told me she had been able to find some support to move all by herself...Yay! Wonderful for her and her daughter that they are now in a better place staying with her mom in Bertrams! She sounded really happy on the phone...
Mother Teresa ... faith to be emulated
Mother Teresa was a women who demonstrated her faith through her life. I love these quotes...
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Volunteering @HMS...
So today's volunteering at the Hillbrow Music School (across the road) started with a surprise 2 recorder pupils whose teacher (on clarinet, sax and recorder) was busy with another student. I was handed a third recorder out the cupboard (they have many instruments for kids to use!!) and taught them both for about 45 mins. Fun...and I'm not despising small beginnings!
Lots of volunteering opportunities into the future...
Popped back across the road to our flat to find Thembiso (Daniel's friend) climbing about 2 metres up the side of the brick wall in the kids play area! He got down alright just before I arrived to help him and then all the kids there just HUGGED me hallo...! Surprised and Amazed at the love and the light in this place sometimes...
Music Lessons!
Went with my 2 oldest girls to their first music lessons at the Hillbrow Music School across the road today: Hannah to the guitar teacher and Rachel to the piano teacher! Learned some new things about the guitar myself! Tomorrow Hannah will also attend the drum ensemble...They both thoroughly enjoyed today's lessons which were over an hour each! Can see myself spending a lot more time there slotting into all sorts of teaching groups to help out, and also have some fun myself! Should start my own volunteering there this Wednesday.
Dinner Invite
Last night we had our first invitation to supper by one of the residents, and new friends, in our block of flats, a Zimbabwean man called John. His friend, Tafadzwa, cooked us a feast of rice, pap, potatoes, chicken, sausage and the most delicious tasting mackerel, served together with 3 salads, 2 avocados, an assortment of soft drinks and the biscuits we brought with us! An extremely generous amount of food, even for our large family! John shares the flat with 2 other men. His wife and 3 children will be visiting him from Zimbabwe in August, so we will definitely be making plans to get our 2 families together again then, maybe a day's picnic in the park...
Madiba Magic!
Our family spent their time today helping out at the Hillbrow Clinic for the day... our friends at the Rehab Unit had put on a real treat for the community. The theme was TOUCH 1000 LIVES. We handed out blankets, beanies and food and then had a super delicious lunch together... and there was super fun entertainment! It was a great day!!!
Ariella Diamond (one of the organisers) had this to say: "Mandela Day at Hillbrow Clinic was beyond our dreams! We touched 1000 lives- 1000 scarves and beanies, tins of food,packs of Millie meal, juices and over 1000 hot meals cooked by woolworths as well as a kiddies party with party packs and cake... A day of celebration and cultural entertainment with a treat from Dj Sbu :) an unforgettable experience!"
Singing "Happy Birthday" to Madiba...
Delight Ndlovu
Our story from today...(as seen through the eyes of Nigel)
As we were arriving home from church, about a block away from our home, there was a large crowd gathering. I got Trish to drop me off and went to see what was happening. I noticed that a man was standing on the 8th floor ledge of a building. The windows behind him to gain access back into the building were closed. People were just standing around watching and taking pictures with their cell phones..
I phoned the emergency services and first spoke to the fire brigade who said "what can we do?". When I said "get out here and help the man", they put the phone down. I then spoke to the police. At this point the crowd had started shouting at the man... some even encouraging him to jump. The police then also put the phone down as they could not hear me over the crowd. I then tried them again and this time they agreed to come through but they could not tell me how long they would take. I realized I needed to intervene before the man jumped.
I went to some security guards, told them I was a social worker and asked them to come with me. We ran up the 8 flights of stairs and realized that he was on the ledge outside a locked flat. The flat tenant was not there so we broke the security gate and door of the flat and went inside.
I spoke to the man from a distance and then got closer to him. I tried to keep him calm and just kept sharing love with him. He had a large gash in his neck and he told me some people were trying to murder him and that he wanted to tell his story to the court. I told him I would help him to tell his story. About 20 minutes in to talking to him, the police arrived - they told me that they did not have a negotiator nearby and asked me to keep talking to the man. I shared with him God's love. We spoke for over an hour and I ended up praying with him. He was encouraged and even asked me to look him up on Facebook while he was on the ledge. As I looked at his profile on my blackberry, he seemed to relax and agreed to come in. He then came in through the window to the cheers of the crowd below.
As I walked with him to the ambulance most of the, by now massive crowd cheered in excitement, I could not believe, however, what other people were saying to him. They shouted at him saying that he was stupid to try to take his life and swore at him and generally insulted him. All the time I held the man.
In the ambulance, the very caring emergency staff treated his neck and then we took him to check his wounds at the emergency unit at the Hillbrow clinic. Some of his family members were there and they agreed to stay with him. The doctor I spoke to said that she would refer him to the hospital and admit him as she was concerned he would try to take his life again. I then left him in the care of the hospital staff and his family.
About 2 1/2 hours later, I received a call from a family member to say he had run away from the hospital and was threatening to jump again. A friend, Sifiso, and I rushed back to the building, but we were too late, he had jumped. His body was still breathing and so we touched him and spoke loving words and his life ebbed away. We spent a little while comforting his father and brother who were in disbelief about the events and then we returned home.
I am deeply saddened by all that happened today, but know that he experienced some love during all the trauma. These are difficult times with few workers to care for the hurting and broken in this city.
Rest well Delight Ndlovu!
Showing love in the brokenness
As we were arriving home from church, about a block away from our home, there was a large crowd gathering. I got Trish to drop me off and went to see what was happening. I noticed that a man was standing on the 8th floor ledge of a building. The windows behind him to gain access back into the building were closed. People were just standing around watching and taking pictures with their cell phones.
Thoughts from Hannah
Hannah has been telling me about what her friends eat on a daily basis. Most of her friends do no get breakfast or lunch. They eat 2 packs of R1 puff ball chips during the day to keep away the hunger and then normally only have pap and sauce for dinner.
She thinks we should do something about this. I agree!
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Education Life|Be Nice — You Won’t Finish Last
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Be Nice — You Won’t Finish Last
Credit...Ron Barrett
By Sarah Maslin Nir
During the rosy years of elementary school, my inclination to share my dolls and my knack with knock-knock jokes (“Who’s there?” “Tank.” “Tank who?” “You’re welcome!”) were enough to elevate my social status. I was the belle of the playground. Then came my tweens and teens, and mean girls and cool kids. They rose in the ranks not by being amiable but by puffing cigarettes, breaking curfew and pulling pranks on unsuspecting nerds, among whom I soon found myself.
Popularity is a well-explored subject in social psychology. The latest thinking is parsed by Mitch Prinstein, a professor and director of clinical psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in his forthcoming book, “Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World,” and in his currently running MOOC. (Some 58,000 have taken the online course, via Coursera.)
Dr. Prinstein sorts the popular into two categories: the likable and the status seekers. The likables’ plays-well-with-others qualities cement schoolyard friendships, jump-start interpersonal skills and, when cultivated early, are employed ever after in business and even romance. Then there’s the kind of popularity that emerges in adolescence: status born of power and even notorious behavior.
Enviable as the cool kids may have seemed, Dr. Prinstein’s studies show negative consequences. Those who were highest in status in high school, as well as those least liked in elementary school, are “most likely to engage in dangerous and risky behavior,” like smoking cigarettes and using drugs.
In one study, Dr. Prinstein examined the two types of popularity in 235 adolescents, scoring the least liked, the most liked and the highest in status based on student surveys. “We found that the least well-liked teens had become more aggressive over time toward their classmates. But so had those who were high in status. It was a nice demonstration that while likability can lead to healthy adjustment, high status has just the opposite effect on us.”
Dr. Prinstein has also found that the qualities that made the neighbors want you on a play date — sharing, kindness, openness — carry over to later years and make you better able to relate and connect with others.
In analyzing his and other research, Dr. Prinstein came to another conclusion: Not only does likability correlate to positive life outcomes, but it is also responsible, he said, for those outcomes, too. “Being liked creates opportunities for learning and for new kinds of life experiences that help somebody gain an advantage,” he told me.
The findings were music to my nerdy ears: Those halcyon early days of popularity really did matter.
The meek — or rather, the genuinely nice — shall inherit the earth after all.
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The famously luxurious Plaza hotel in New York was featured in the Great Gatsby. Photo / Supplied
Part of the magic of a great movie lies in the use of striking, evocative locations — and many filming locations from hit films have become tourist attractions by association.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy raised the profile of New Zealand, Harry Potter put Alnwick Castle in the UK on the map and fans of Danny Boyle movie The Beach still flock to Thailand to see the idyllic setting for themselves.
With the filming of Steven Spielberg's forthcoming sci-fi thriller Ready Player One currently causing waves in Birmingham and James Wan, director of upcoming superhero flick Aquaman teasing a range of possible locations on Instagram, it's clear film sets hold a fascination for many.
To help satisfy movie fans' wanderlust, Booking.com has selected some of the best hotels and homes worldwide which you will recognise from smash-hit films, including family favourites like the Sound of Music and Casino Royale.
With a stay in these beautiful locations you can relive your favourite moments and inject some Hollywood glamour into your getaway.
The Great Gatsby (2013): The Plaza - New York, USA
Enjoying a prime location close to Central Park and Fifth Avenue, The Plaza is a timeless example of art-deco elegance and famously featured in The Great Gatsby novel and 2013 film. The Plaza is synonymous with luxury and you can party in style like Gatsby and Daisy in the many sophisticated bars and restaurants, while enjoying the beautiful surroundings and exclusive shops.
The Plaza hotel in New York. Photo / 123RF
Bridget Jones (2001): Stoke Park - Buckinghamshire, UK
This gorgeous stately home in the rolling English countryside was the setting for the ill-fated weekend mini-break in Bridget Jones' Diary. Those staying here could indulge in a spot of poetry on the boating lake — like Bridget did &mdash or explore the luxurious address' 300 acres of parkland, sumptuous spa, 27-hole golf course, tennis courts and and award-winning restaurant.
Bridget Jones took her ill-fated mini-break at the Stoke in Buckinghamshire. Photo / Supplied
The Hangover (2009): Caesar's Palace - Las Vegas, USA
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This Las Vegas institution has featured in many films, but was most famously the setting for riotous comedy The Hangover. While you may be looking for a less eventful visit to Las Vegas than Bradley Cooper and co, Caesar's Palace is a fantastic place to enjoy the city's thrills. It boasts a range of fine-dining options, seven swimming pools and an elegant spa offering an extensive range of treatments for a luxurious stay.
Caesar's Palace has featured in many films, including the Hangover. Photo / Supplied
Quantum of Solace (2008): Villas in Talamone - Tuscany, Italy
Villa la Torre
served as Mathis' hideout in Bond's 2008 adventure
. Benefiting from stunning, panoramic sea views and a peaceful secluded terrace with pool, this cliff-top villa is the perfect restful retreat.
This clifftop villa featured in the Bond flick Quantum of Solace. Photo / Supplied
The Sound of Music (1965): Hotel Schloss Leopoldskron - Salzburg, Austria
is a timeless classic, thanks in part to the stunning natural beauty of the Austrian Alps. The
historic Leopoldskron Palace
was one of the primary filming locations, and offers exclusive accommodation in the palace itself, surrounded by the beautiful lake and mountains so familiar from the film . . . and it's less than 2km from the charming historic centre of Salzburg.
The historic Leopoldskron Palace was one of the primary filming locations for the Sound of Music. Photo / Supplied
Lost in Translation (2003): Park Hyatt Hotel Tokyo, Japan
The setting for the hit romantic drama starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson, The Park Hyatt is a luxurious five star hotel which towers over the Tokyo skyline. Offering world-class service alongside the other-worldly views, guests can dine at the 52nd floor restaurant, indulge in the spa and share a drink in the iconic bar for a truly romantic stay.
Lost in Translation was set in Tokyo's Park Hyatt hotel. Photo / Supplied
Entourage (2015): The Villa Sophia - Los Angeles, USA
A location for the 2015 comedy, this palatial villa is secluded in the celebrity-filled hills of Los Feliz, offering panoramic views of the Los Angeles skyline. It's the perfect base for a quiet retreat after sightseeing, with a peaceful pool, hot tub and outdoor living area to relax in and enjoy the famous Californian climate.
The Villa Sophia was a location in Entourage. Photo / Supplied
Casino Royale (2006): Grand Hotel Pupp - Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
The Grand Hotel Pupp, located in the spa town of Karlovy Vary, served as the glamorous Hotel Splendide in Bond's 2006 adventure Casino Royale. Founded in 1701, this impressive hotel boasts an illustrious history, previously accommodating the likes of Johann Sebastian Bach and Richard Wagner. A highlight for guests is the luxurious Royal Spa, which is beautifully stylish, with a staggering range of facilities and treatments on offer.
The Grand Hotel Pupp served as the glamourous Hotel Splendide in Bond's 2006 adventure Casino Royale. Photo / Supplied
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An Instagram-worthy one-eyed Star Wars creature…
An Instagram-worthy one-eyed Star Wars creature lurks in a Galaxy’s Edge drinking fountain at Disneyland
A hairy one-eyed space squid suddenly appears when Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge visitors get a drink of water.
Black Spire Outpost is the name of the village inside of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, opening in summer 2019 at Disneyland. (Courtesy of Disney Parks)
By Brady MacDonald | bmacdonald@scng.com |
PUBLISHED: May 20, 2019 at 6:32 am | UPDATED: May 20, 2019 at 9:30 am
Thirsty interstellar travelers visiting Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will be shocked when they see a hairy one-eyed space squid pop up in the murky water of a glass cistern tank feeding a Disneyland drinking fountain.
The audio-animatronic Dianoga will “live” in the pipes of the drinking fountain and nearby bathroom in the Black Spire Outpost village on the Star Wars planet of Batuu, the setting for the new 14-acre themed lands coming to the Anaheim theme park and Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Florida.
“The sewer system contains a Dianoga to handle the sewer challenges that this outpost would have,” Walt Disney Imagineering executive creative director Chris Beatty said.
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The animatronic Dianoga created by the Imagineering team will be triggered when thirsty Galaxy’s Edge visitors push the button on the drinking fountain. Expect the Instagrammable moment to be an instant sensation on social media when Galaxy’s Edge debuts at Disneyland. Savvy gamers may be able to activate the drinking fountain Dianoga using the Galaxy’s Edge Data Pad tools in the Play Disney Parks app.
“We’ve had a lot of fun as a team having those little, fun Easter egg moments or surprises,” Beatty said. “There’s moments like that just hidden throughout the entire land.”
Fans of the original 1977 “Star Wars” movie will remember the squid-like Dianoga creature that nearly drowned Luke Skywalker in the murky water inside the Death Star garbage compactor.
A hairy one-eyed space squid suddenly appears when Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge visitors get a drink of water. (Courtesy of starwars.com)
The 30-foot-long creepy yet cute garbage squid from the movie had seven suckered tentacles and a periscope-like eyestalk.
The Galaxy’s Edge Dianoga will appear to dwell in the pipes connected to the drinking fountain and the nearby restroom. The sewage monster will emerge from the murky water in a cistern seemingly feeding the fountain.
“An animatronic figure of the Dianoga pops up, looks around and goes back down,” Beatty said. “You hear it going through the pipes and into the bathroom.”
Once the Dianoga vanishes, visitors will hear the sounds of the sewage squid squirming through the plumbing. The suspect water in the cistern will only appear to feed the drinking fountain.
“It’s very industrial and the pipes are really rusty,” Beatty said of the animated drinking fountain. “There’s these large cylindrical forms and there’s glass in it. It looks like it’s almost an old cistern tank. The water that’s in the tank is a little suspect, but our drinking fountains are connected to it.”
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This isn’t some baby Dianoga living in the Galaxy’s Edge subterranean pipes. It’s a full-size hairy eyestalk just like the one seen in the first “Star Wars” film.
“It’s not like we scaled that thing down,” Beatty said.
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A second Dianoga lives in a glowing glass aquarium in Dok-Ondar’s Den of Antiquities. The shadowy black market shop in Galaxy’s Edge will be filled with taxidermied extraterrestrials, the skeletal remains of winged space creatures, a 12-foot-tall stuffed wooly Wampa and other souvenir spoils collected from throughout the Star Wars galaxy.
The puppeted trash monster in the movie was made from latex over foam. The blinking one-eyed puppet memorably popped its head out of the garbage-strewn water of the Death Star compactor and looked from side to side. The robotic echoing sounds of the Dianoga in the film were inspired by the moans of “The Exorcist” demon, according to starwars.com.
Dianoga hail from the swampy Star Wars planet of Vodran. The female Dianoga in the movie even had a name: Omi. After she was captured and brought to the Death Star, Omi was banished to the trash compactor when she killed a couple of stormtroopers, according to starwars.com.
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge debuts on May 31 at Disneyland and Aug. 29 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Florida.
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Brady MacDonald
Brady MacDonald is a theme park reporter for the Orange County Register and the Southern California News Group. He’s covered the theme park industry for more than 25 years. He writes about Disney, Universal, Six Flags, SeaWorld, Cedar Fair and Legoland parks in Southern California, across the United States and around the world. As a member of the SCNG Features team, he also writes about entertainment, travel, pop culture, music, restaurants and craft beer.
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Osho Commune Says There Is No Samadhi
An article by Abhay Vaidya, published on 30th July 2012 in Firstpost, India:
The ongoing dispute over Osho’s Samadhi at the Osho Commune premises in Pune has taken a serious turn with the Osho International Foundation (OIF) denying the existence of any samadhi of Osho at the commune premises.
After Osho – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh to some – died in January 1990, his ashes were buried in his bedroom at his Chuang Tzu residence, to create his samadhi (final resting place) inside the Koregaon Park premises of the Osho Commune.
Decorated with a magnificent circular chandelier, marble floors, walls, pillars and an epitaph on the Samadhi, this room became a very important place of meditation for his followers. The samadhi has a special significance in eastern cultures and a section of Osho’s followers and others want the sanctity of this place respected for all times.
Over the last decade, however, the administrators of the commune and the OIF trustees have been trying to erase all references to the Samadhi. This dispute over the Samadhi has now taken a serious turn with one of the key OIF trustees rejecting its existence on the premises of the Commune in an affidavit before the Charity Commissioner (Mumbai).
“It is absolutely incorrect that there is any Samadhi of Osho on the property owned by the trust. There was never any Samadhi or any structure as Samadhi of Osho,” says the affidavit by OIF trustee, Mukesh Kantilal Sarda, filed before the Charity Commissioner on 17 July, 2012.
Sarda has stated that Osho “never believed and, in fact, was opposed to any kind of personal worship or anyone to be immortalised by any temporal or non-spiritual aspect like structure, idol, etc.”
The affidavit, which runs into 34 pages, says that the contention that visitors to the Osho Commune “come to pay tribute and seek blessing from Osho’s Samadhi” is neither true nor correct as this contradicts Osho’s teachings.
Meditation in progress at Osho’s Samadhi. Pic: Courtesy Osho International Foundation
“Osho’s instructions for the use of his bedroom were simply that it would be ‘a place for people to meditate’, and nothing else. The idea that Osho would want people to ‘pay tribute’ or seek ‘blessings’ from his ashes is pure fantasy of the traditional spiritual mind against which Osho spoke for 35 years,” Sarda states in his affidavit.
His affidavit is in response to a petition filed by three long-time followers of Osho, namely, Yogesh Thakkar (Swami Prem Geet), Kishor Raval (Swami Prem Anadi) and Nitin Phulphagar (Swami Nitin Bharati) who have challenged various activities of the OIF, including attempts to “gift” properties worth crores of rupees of the Osho Commune to an unknown entity in Delhi, Darshan Trust.
Armed with documents obtained under the Right to Information Act, 2005, Thakkar and Raval questioned the gift proposal and filed a petition with the Charity Commissioner, challenging the attempts by the OIF to gift prime properties of the Osho Commune to Darshan Trust.
The Osho Commune, renamed as the Osho International Meditation Resort after his death, is located at Koregaon Park and is part of other Osho properties spread on 25-30 acres of land and controlled by the OIF. The properties identified for gifting were described by Sarda in his application to the Charity Commissioner as “excess space”, not needed by the OIF. The OIF also maintained that it was finding it unaffordable to maintain and repair the properties identified for gifting, as it was not deriving any income from it.
The controversy over the Samadhi has erupted as a part of this dispute.
However, the OIF, controlled by a group of his foreign followers, has a different view. Represented by Sadhana Belapurkar (also known as Amrit Sadhana), the OIF management, went so far as to say in an interview published by The Times of India on 19 August 2007 that it was “a mistake” on their part to use the word “samadhi”. As she explained, “We do not call it a samadhi. It is called Chuang Tzu (hall) where Osho gave his first lectures after arriving in Pune in 1974. As per Osho’s wishes, his ashes were put in an urn and buried there.”
Like all samadhis in India, Osho’s admirers who respect him for his many incisive commentaries on spiritualism, his emphasis on meditation and acceptance of sexuality, want the samadhi to make accessible to the public. That has not happened so far.
These and many other issues were raised by Thakkar and Raval with the Charity Commissioner.
In an interview to this correspondent in 2007, Sadhana had said that the OIF was “doing its best” to “preserve Osho Chuang Tzu as Osho had asked. According to her, Osho had said, “You just put my ashes in Chuang Tzu under the bed. And then people can come in and meditate there.” She had said that the resort managers did not want to open “doors to any traditional misunderstanding of his wishes.”
The attempts by the OIF to water down the importance of the Samadhi has been worrying Osho’s followers for a long time. For example, one section of his followers draw attention to the repeated references to Osho’s Samadhi in a January 1990 video-recorded statement by Swami Prem Amrito (alias, John Andrew) who served as a personal physician to Osho. In that video, Amrito had recounted his conversation with Osho just before his death on 19 January 1990, and said that when he asked Osho, “What we should do to his Samadhi,” Osho had replied: “You just put my ashes in Chuang Tzu under the bed. And then people can come in and meditate there.”
Amrito again quoted Osho as saying that his bedroom “should be good for samadhi.” According to Sadhana, the place called “Chuang Tzu” was Osho’s bedroom and prior to that, a lecture hall where he gave his first discourses after arriving here in 1974.
In an earlier interview, Chaitanya Keerti, a former spokesperson of the commune, had said that a number of Osho’s followers were “suspicious” of the resort’s motives in discarding the term “samadhi.”
“We feel that it is a long-term strategy to break the emotional link that sanyasins have with Osho’s Samadhi and sell or lease Pune property in future,” Keerti had said. He had emphasised that the massive properties of the resort did not belong to the few people who were controlling it but to all Osho followers who had made contributions in the past.
Read online here: www.firstpost.com
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The Addictive World of Football Manager; A Passionate Love Affair
Since Football Manager was established around 20 years ago millions of addicted fans have embraced the game with their hunger to improve themselves and to fully understand more about the fascinating sport, football.
Since the birth of Championship Manager (todays Football Manager by Sports Interactive) the kids of that time has made an huge impact on how the game should become by being part of of the cultural evolution where tactical understanding and use of player roles have become mainstream. For many Football Manager have been a way to merge their football interest with Football Manager.
This was also the case of the founder of Passion4FM.com, who wanted Football Manager by Sports Interactive to be as realistic as possible to further increase the engagement and knowledge about the game, hoping Football Manager could become a realistic simultaneous football management game which lets you feel you are a true football manager.
We believe the game will be more fun when it’s as realistic as possible letting you discover the true wonder, the pros and cons of being a world class football manager in the likes of Arsene Wenger, Jose Mourinho or Josep Guardiola.
Bet let’s cut to the point, as I’m sure you wonder how Passion4FM.com was founded and the reason behind starting a new (some would say another these days) Football Manager blog.
Sharing The Football Manager Addiction
Like the addicted fan of Football Manager series that I am, I had eagerly waited for news about the new version of Football Manager, FM 2013, for quite some time already. I had just enjoyed one of the best versions of Football Manager series ever created, a relationship which goes all the way back to the years when Sports Interactive FM was called Championship Manager, when it hit me how passionate I am for the Football Manager series… or as my family and friends would say… How addicted I am to Football Manager.
And believe you me, I can’t stand a day or a week without playing this marvelous computer game. Hours have been spent on scouting for exciting objects such as former wonderkid Tijani Babangida or legendary Cherno Samba, creating average tactics and trying to develop good prospects into world class players.
When Football Manager stole my heart for around 18 to 20 years ago, the Passion for Football Manager started. I will not claim to be a gamer, as my record list of other computer games and console games ever played is short, but still someone would claim me to be a real Football Manager veteran.
For me Football Manager will never be a game, for me it’s a great scouting tool for new young talents. For me Football Manager is not about hunt for glory or developing newgens into world class players. For me Football Manager is computer managing and coaching, converting real life soccer to the most realistic football game ever created! For me Football Manager is tactics, training, tactical analysis, team management and scouting. Football Manager is a huge part of my life, right next to my family.
But let’s get back to when my blog was started.
I had just experienced a typical Norwegian summer; cold, windy and many heavy rainy days. I would soon celebrate my 31st birthday. Perhaps the game would be released on my birthday this year also?! As usual, I would say, I had played Football Manager 2012 almost every day since its release and had huge expectations for Football Manager 2013. Maybe it was the need to help others, maybe I was just bored from rainy days? But evidently it hit me; Why not share my experience for the benefit of others. My experience with blogging was little, but the joy for the game was huge. Everything else is history.
That was the starting point for my Football Manager blog.
“Everything is Possible, the Impossible just takes a little longer”
About The Founder of Passion4FM.com
Welcome to my Football Manager blog Passion4FM.com – a blog that helps you to understand the connections between the different areas of Football Manager – from tactics to training, scouting to dipping your toes into the transfer market and how it influence finances and football philosophy – aiming to make the game easier to play!
My name is Espen and I’ve played Football Manager half my life, an addiction which started with Championship Manager 93. Some would describe me as one of many true Football Manager veterans on the scene, even though I have never made any remark before starting writing on the Passion 4 Football Manager website.
Passion4FM was founded to combine my two hobbies football and Football Manager with the single wish to help others find the game more fascinating. Little did I know that my blog would get more and more popular and that people find my ideas, tips and visions about the game interesting.
If you are a first time visitor of my Football Manager blog I can be described as a humble, down to earth guy, who is known for my positive and energic hard working attitude. I will never claim to be an expert, but likes to share my knowledge and experience to help others. The dirty secret about me is that I’m a perfectionist; always looking to improve myself, my performances and work, and finally increase my knowledge and experience to further improve.
I would think my Football Manager personality would be resolute as I’m very determined.
In regard to Football Manager, I have a real passion for creating tactics and is intrigued by the tactical aspects of the game. I like to develop youth instead of buying big names and has a heart for scouting for new promising talents and future wonderkids both in real life and in Football Manager.
My favorite football clubs are FC Barcelona and Ajax Amsterdam – two clubs famous for their youth development – something that’s close to my heart.
To get to know me further, please check out my latest articles published at Passion4FM.com
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Gloria Gaynor - Full Session
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Stella McCartney’s Newest Backpack is Helping to Save Marine Animals From Ocean Plastic! (VIDEO)
By Aleksandra Pajda
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Awesome news! Fashion designer Stella McCartney has joined the effort to raise awareness about plastic pollution in the oceans and is releasing a new product made out of reclaimed and recycled marine debris.
In celebration of World Oceans Day and Captain Paul Watson’s work in ocean conservation, McCartney has released a limited edition Falabella GO backpack made entirely from plastic reclaimed from the oceans. The project is a collaboration with the organizations Parley for the Oceans and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the latter of which will get 100 percent of all the proceeds from the specially designed backpack.
“By 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in our oceans by weight,” McCartney writes on her Facebook page. “We must protect our oceans.”
The designer shared the news of her project in a strong video featuring clips of marine animals who were killed as bycatch or the whaling industry. With the exciting collaboration, McCartney becomes another public figure devoting their energy and platform to spread awareness for one of the most critical environmental problems we are dealing with today – and, hopefully, it will reach many new people.
You can learn more about the backpack and pre-order it here. To find out how to minimize your own use of plastic, check out One Green Planet’s #CrushPlastic campaign!
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Gluten-Free Whole Grains Packed With Protein to Keep You Strong and Healthy
By Heather McClees
Whole grains are one of the most important food groups that everyone can consume, and no matter what you may have heard about grains being bad for you, the truth is that whole grains provide valuable sources of nutrients that our bodies need and depend on for optimal health.
Why Whole Grains Are Important for Health: Research Doesn’t Lie
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Besides fruits and vegetables, no other food group has been shown to prevent and reverse disease through research like whole grains have. They contribute to a healthy heart, satiety at meals through real, whole food fiber, and they’re packed with antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and yes, even protein! Even just one to two servings a day of whole grains can provide exceptional health benefits making them well worth a place in our diets.
The Best Kinds of Whole Grains to Eat
Whole grains come in many forms, though. It’s always best to consume whole grains in their whole form versus processed forms like bread and flour. Our bodies digest whole forms of grains much slower than processed forms of flours (such as wheat flour), refined grains such as white rice, and products made from flour such as cereals, crackers, cookies, and similar products. Slower digestion renders whole grains better for blood sugar levels, our weight, digestion, and especially for our satiety levels.
Gluten-Free Grain Goodness: 8 Tasty Options to Try!
Some of the best whole grains you can eat are those rich in amino acids which are the building blocks of protein. While wheat, barley, and rye are also full of protein, there are also many gluten-free grains that are as well — and they’re safe for anyone and everyone!
Check out these incredible gluten-free grains that are packed with protein, fiber, B vitamins, antioxidants, and important minerals. Keep in mind that most of these grains below are “pseudo-grains”, which means that they are technically seeds, but they cook up just like grains and provide a similar nutrition profile. We’ve also included some true whole grains in this list too. All of these whole grain options are delicious, healthy, and perfect to enjoy at any meal of the day!
1. Amaranth
Amaranth contains seven grams of protein in one small 1/4-cup serving making it the highest source of protein among all grains and pseudo-grains per serving. It’s also one of the best, anti-inflammatory sources of calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and it contains an array of other important minerals such as manganese and iron. All of these nutrients are vital for bone health, energy, strength, and a healthy nervous system.
Amaranth has a nutty, almost malt-like flavor and is incredibly tiny in size. It can be popped in a skillet for a crunchy treat or simply cooked into a creamy porridge just like oatmeal.
Popped Amaranth Cereal, Baked Zucchini and Amaranth Patties, and Red Lentil and Amaranth Protein Patties are two excellent ways to enjoy amaranth for the first time and enjoy a nice dose of protein at breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
2. Teff
Teff has been out for several years, but it’s still not used as often as it should be. Teff is native to Ethiopia and has a great nutty taste with notes of chocolate making it great to enjoy as a porridge or in baked goods.
One of the best nutritional attributes of teff is that not only is it a complete source of protein just like amaranth, but it’s also a fantastic source of calcium. Teff is the tiniest pseudo-grain and even smaller in size than amaranth. It’s also quick-cooking and has over 7 grams of protein per ¼ cup serving. Talk about a tiny little powerhouse! Teff is also a great source of magnesium, potassium, fiber, zinc, and iron.
For an easy, yet seemingly decadent morning meal, try this Toasted Turmeric Milk, Oat and Teff Porridge which is a wonderful way to give teff a try. You can also learn more about teff here!
3. Quinoa
Quinoa isn’t a new whole grain; it’s been around for over a decade here in the United States and has been used for hundreds of years in other cultures. But we can’t write about protein-packed whole grains and not mention quinoa. Many people still don’t cook and use quinoa very often either, which is a shame considering all the nutrients the quinoa seed contains!
Quinoa is a complete source of protein, provides 6 grams of protein per serving, and is an excellent source of magnesium, Vitamin B6, iron, and potassium. It can be cooked just like rice and cooks up in only 15 minutes. Although it’s not truly a grain, it contains more nutrition benefits than some of the more common grains such as wheat.
You can purchase red, white, or black quinoa varieties; all types taste similar in flavor and cook up in similar amounts of time. You can also buy tri-color quinoa which is a mix of all three colors of quinoa.
We love this Quinoa and White Bean Burger for a meat-free option and this Protein-Packed Quinoa Breakfast Bowl for a healthy sweet treat!
4. Buckwheat
Although it sounds like it comes from wheat, buckwheat is not related to wheat at all. This unique seed is actually a relative of the rhubarb and spinach family of plants and is 100 percent gluten-free. Buckwheat is also grain-free and easy to prepare. It has many similar nutrition traits to whole grains, including the fact that it’s a great source of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals.
Buckwheat is also an excellent, delicious source of protein containing just 5 grams of protein per serving. It’s also a natural source of rutin which is an important nutrient for the immune system. It can be found in the form of whole buckwheat groats, hot buckwheat porridge (similar to oatmeal), and buckwheat flour. You can also find toasted buckwheat groats at the store which is known as kasha; it has a nuttier flavor than raw buckwheat groats does.
For something different than porridge, try Buckwheat and Almond Brownies or Buckwheat and Broccoli Fritters.
5. Millet
Millet is said to be one of the best grains for those with digestive sensitivities since it’s gluten-free and less inflammatory to the body than common grains such as wheat. Millet is also wonderful when cooked as a porridge or used in baked goods since it has a naturally sweet flavor. Millet contains an array of minerals, specifically manganese, magnesium, B vitamins, and iron.
It’s also a high source of protein per serving with 5 grams per 1/4 cup. As another bonus, millet is also one of the most affordable whole grains you can buy. It goes great in veggie dishes like soup, stews, and can be cooked into a pilaf just like rice as well.
Try these Caribbean Jerk Millet Burgers or this Seasonal Fruit and Millet Bake for two delicious options!
6. Sorghum
Sorghum is one of the lesser known grains, but it’s also one of the most unique and nutrient-dense grains. Sorghum is loaded with fiber and protein, containing 8 grams of serving each per 1/4 cup. That’s more fiber than two servings of oatmeal and more protein than an egg!
Sorghum has a naturally sweet flavor and cooks up into a tasty, puffy grain. It can also be popped just like corn and is easy to digest. You can also grind sorghum into a flour to use in baked goods since it has a naturally sweet flavor, or serve it just like you would rice or oatmeal. If you’re feeling creative, try making your own desserts with homemade sorghum flour for naturally sweet treats. Just grind some whole grain sorghum into a flour with a small coffee grinder, blender, or food processor for a healthier flour in seconds!
Try this Taco-Spiced Veggie Meat-Stuffed Avocado, or use sorghum flour in these Gluten-Free Chocolate Cupcakes.
7. Wild Rice
Wild rice is another natural anti-inflammatory grain and it cooks just like regular rice. Wild rice is naturally chewy, has a nutty and sweet flavor, and is a favorite for pilafs and typical rice dishes. The wonderful thing about wild rice is that it’s richer in fiber than brown rice, higher in potassium and magnesium than brown rice, and is richer in antioxidants as well. In fact, wild rice’s naturally dark color indicates that it’s a powerful source of the same antioxidants found in berries known as anthocyanins, which offer anti-cancer and anti-viral benefits.
Wild rice is technically a grass by nature and many people find it easier to digest than other grains. It packs in 5 grams of protein per 1/4 cup serving; it’s also low in fat and high in trace minerals.
Try these recipes using wild rice: Wild Rice Stuffed Acorn Squash and Green Bean Wild Rice Salad.
8. Black Rice
Black rice is a true whole grain, but it’s unique to other grains in the fact that it’s the darkest of all grains and one of the most nutritionally dense when it comes to antioxidant contents. Black rice contains more anthocyanins than wild rice and even blueberries! It’s also a great source of amino acids and protein, although not a complete protein. Black rice contains 4 grams of protein per serving and has an excellent sweet and nutty flavor.
You can find black rice by various companies and it may come under different names depending on the brand ranging from Japonica rice, forbidden rice, or black sweet rice.
Try this Black Rice and Mango Salad for a wonderful seasonal recipe using black rice!
A Few More Ideas…
Although some of these grains (and pseudo-grains) may be new to you, don’t rule them out without giving them a try first. Ancient wheat forms such as Kamut wheat, farro, spelt, and freekeh are also easier to digest than common wheat.
Whole grain barley and whole grain rye are also packed with antioxidants, lower in gluten than wheat, excellent for blood sugar regulation, and they contain multiple types of benefits for digestion. So unless you have celiac disease, don’t let the fear of gluten keep you from these wonderful foods because they are excellent healthy choices and are much better than hybridized wheat products.
If you’re looking for even more recipes, don’t forget to check out our Food Monster App. For those that don’t have it, it’s a brilliant food app available for both Android and iPhone. It’s a great resource for anyone looking to cut out or reduce allergens like meat, dairy, soy, gluten, eggs, grains, and more find awesome recipes, cooking tips, articles, product recommendations and how-tos. The app shows you how having diet/health/food preferences can be full of delicious abundance rather than restrictions. Give some of these whole grains a try in your next meal and let us know which one’s your favorite gluten-free option!
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Less Than 1 Percent of Pornhub Subscribers Are Paying With Crypto | Crypto
Pornhub has provided a somewhat disheartening figure for the number of users utilizing its recently launched crypto payments options.
According to a report from The Next Web Friday, the online porn provider said via an email that less than 1 percent of purchases made on the platform are conducted with cryptocurrency.
Pornhub had an average of 81 million visitors per day last year, according to its own figures, which adds up to around 28.5 billion in total. Hence, less than 1 percent could still be a not-so-tiny number. However, the company doesn’t give out the proportion of visitors that actually pay for the paid premium service, as TNW points out.
Despite the low take-up figure, the company is staying positive on the potential of the tech, telling the news source:
“That being said, we expect to see widespread adoption of crypto and blockchain on our site in the near future.”
As reported by CoinDesk, Pornhub first announced it would accept cryptocurrency payments back in April, when it struck a deal with verge to use its token.
At the time, the firm said verge was its choice due to the cryptocurrency’s large user base and an online campaign on its forums for it to accept the token.
Appealing to the privacy concerns of its users, Pornhub then moved to accept two more cryptocurrencies, tron and zencash (now called horizen), as payment.
“Here at Pornhub, it’s important that we cater to our users’ ever-changing payment preferences and, as such, that means accepting cryptocurrencies as a payment method, which provide users with anonymity and security,” Corey Price, vice president of Pornhub, said at the time.
In August, Pornhub inked a deal with crypto payments firm PumaPay to integrate with the service, though that is still not live.
Pornhub image via Shutterstock
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EditorialPreview
Smash Bros., Sekiro, and Metro — PAX Australia 2018
By Lachlan Williams December 3, 2018 0
Yesterday, OnlySP took a look at some of the indie titles present at PAX Australia last month. Today, Lachlan Williams takes a look at the larger games on the floor, including Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and Metro Exodus.
The show, however, had much more than just indies in attendance. Along with the standard multitude of hardware vendors, some of the biggest names in games were at the show. Nintendo had Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Pokémon Let’s Go. Sony had Resident Evil 2 and Dreams. Ubisoft had The Division 2. Bandai Namco had Kingdom Hearts III. Xbox had Battlefield V. Nintendo and Sony were the big hitters this year, with over an hour wait and a closed line common at Resident Evil 2, but Kingdom Hearts 3 was also incredibly popular.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is definitely even more Smash. Nintendo had a small selection of familiar characters and stages to choose from in its demo, but nothing immediately new. Different to previous entries, players choose the stage before character selection, which theoretically adds more strategy. Playing it on a smaller screen may concern many, since things tend to get very busy and keeping up with the scope of the action is troublesome, but with the Switch’s docking capability, this will likely not be a huge issue. Things feel a little tighter, but picking up on all the nuances was difficult during the time with the game. At any rate, the game is more of the same with a bit of newness added in, and it is on track to being up to series standard.
Devolver Digital had a very generous demo for Gris at its booth, and the game is easy to fall in love with. Gris is in my top two most beautiful games ever (along with Ice Pick Lodge’s The Void). The game’s watercolour look and bold smooth pastels intermingle with clear lines and lavishly flowing animation, creating a truly breathtaking visual experience. Gris is, quite simply, wondrous.
Unfortunately, while pretty good, the gameplay is not as stunning as the visuals. Gris offers pretty standard platforming fare. The player (beautifully) runs around a series of (beautiful) 2D levels, jumping and collecting (beautiful) items that help clear the way. In the first section is balls of light to make constellations that allow the player to navigate wide gaps. Next, they are rocketing upwards through a series of red butterflies, climbing up and up. By this time, the player has collected a slightly loose double jump skill and navigated upwards through a slew of shapeshifting platforms.
In the next section, players gain a skill that lets them turn their dress into a block, crushing pots and adding weight, which helped navigate a segment of upward boosts and an inky morphing bird that buffeted the platforms with wind. The third part of the demo contained an underwater section. Rare for the format, Gris makes swimming eminently enjoyable. Boosting around like a squid is surprisingly satisfying. However, everything felt slightly sluggish, and the platforming itself was nothing revolutionary. Despite that, I am very keen to play more for the sheer beauty of the experience.
At Sony’s booth, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is a uniquely FromSoftware game. The title feels more Bloodborne than Dark Souls with its swiftness, by way of Nioh—not to suggest Sekiro is a Nioh clone, because it feels unlike Nioh in ways only FromSoftware can deliver, but the game has a focus on item usage and a general mood that channels some of the more interesting elements of Nioh. Sekiro is entirely stamped with the FromSoftware mark: dodges feel slightly strained and weighty, sword swings are meaty and dense but also swift, and intense panic occurs when down to the last sliver of HP. The much-vaunted resurrection mechanic is tricky to get the hang of, but adds an interesting risk-reward element somewhere Bloodborne’s rally and Dark Souls’s soul recovery.
I have been apprehensive about the Resident Evil 2 Remake ever since the first gameplay walkthroughs showed Leon plumbing the soupy black with his Maglite. In the original, RPD may have been overrun by flesh eating monstrosities, but Brian Irons never neglected the electricity bill. Resident Evil 2 was simply never that dark. After playing the Remake’s Leon demo at the Sony booth, I am still not fully converted, but going hands-on did alleviate some trepidation. The game feels closer to the original than expected, despite its massive differences. We will just have to see how well the game keeps that mood throughout.
Nvidia had a demo build of Metro Exodus at its booth, running on an RTX 2080 with ray tracing on. The slice played was the outside forest base attack, with the bright sunshine showing off the new RTX technology to full effect. The demo looked gorgeous, but in motion and no RTX off comparison led to difficulty estimating the exact differences. What was noticeable, however, was the framerate—at 1080p, the demo held below 60fps and at times seemed to drop below 30fps. Poor performance in unoptimised preview builds is the norm, but again, lack of RTX off comparison results in difficulty estimating just how much of an impact ray tracing will have on performance.
The game itself was very intriguing. The level on offer was linear, but broad, offering a number of approaches to the objective point. First I tried a stealth approach, but messed it pretty early and had to go the frontal assault route. My favoured tactic of systematically dismantling every single light source was not available due to the time of day—I imagine a night time approach would drastically alter the gameplay. Guns feel like the hacked together scrapheaps they are meant to be, with shooting being the punchy familiar Metro fare. Being able to change weapon attachments on the fly changes how each challenge is approached, with my silenced Bastard getting swapped for a long-barrelled shotgun as the foes went from human to beastie. From what I saw, Metro Exodus is shaping up to be a whole new take on the Metro world—one which I cannot wait to immerse myself in yet again.
Between getting my hands on the hottest upcoming titles, I spent most of my remaining time attending panels. From panels on video game reviews, developing games on the poverty line, and Super Smash Bros., to topics such as Pokemon Go’s effect on health, Japanese culture, and sex in games, the lineup was varied. Perhaps slightly less varied in the mainstream PAX theatres than previous years, but an improvement on last year’s effort—the show had topics for pretty much everyone.
One of the most interesting panels was Lance McDonald—currently known for his Bloodborne and Dark Souls cut content videos—demonstrating how he hacks games on legacy hardware live. He showed the theory behind mem hacking, and demonstrated the process live on an original PlayStation hooked up to a nearly two-decade old laptop via a printer cable, hacking Silent Hill to show off just how amazingly Team Silent’s debut was put together.
Tabletop is always the beating heart of PAX and this year was no different. The humming scrummage of those passing time and having fun playing games with their friends—both old and new—always fills the heart with all the good this pastime is capable of. I saw the best of people there, enjoying each others’ company, interacting, occasionally just resting, taking a break, supporting each other. The show had stalls with games thronging with people looking for rarities or just that special something suggested by a friend—and physical paraphernalia like dice, and carry cases, and cards, and dice, and mats, and dice, and paints, and dice, and dice. And dice. So many dice.
This year I bit the bullet and blew my budget on two sets of dice from Level Up, which has become a PAX staple. Connoisseurs of tabletop goods assembled quickly, with Level Up consistently inundated, selling out of its most popular stock early on the first day. This year, the company had a large layout and even more goods than ever before, and it took full advantage of its prime location and expanded space.
Less frantic but no less populated were the freeplay and tourney sections. Lively hubs of fighting games and competitive—but not too competitive—spirit, players flocked to both participate and spectate matches. The energetic and jolly competitiveness is always a joy to watch.
I think PAX Australia is at a strange crossroads. The merger with EB Games did not take anything away from the vibe of the show, and would never have been noticed by most attendees—EB was just another shop on the floor. While lacking the fervour and freshness of the first few years, PAX Australia seems to have settled into a more steady, comfortable rhythm. PAX Australia may no longer have that new smell, but it is beginning to feel more like a familiar, comfortable home—one in which we are always welcome.
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PAX Australia 2018
Pokémon: Let's Go
Lachlan Williams
Former Editor in Chief of OnlySP. A guy who writes things about stuff, apparently. Recovering linguist, blue pencil surgeon, and professional bishie sparkler. In between finding the latest news, reviewing PC games, and generally being a grumpy bossyboots, he likes to watch way too much Judge Judy. He perhaps has too much spare time on his hands. Based in Sydney, Australia. Follow him on twitter @lawksland.
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Filtered by Biology, Energy Efficiency, Federal Buildings, Integrative Omics, Science of Interfaces, and Visual Analytics
The researchers treated human pancreatic islets with substances produced by the body and thought to be involved in the diabetes disease process.
While it’s one small step forward for mouse research, it’s a big step forward for understanding proteins, the molecular workhorses in biological organisms.
New Directions for Watershed Science
We are all citizens of watersheds, the terrestrial landscapes that determine how much water we have, how clean it is, where it goes, and how fast.
Keeping First Responders Safe
When two powerful earthquakes rocked southern California earlier this month, officials’ attention focused, understandably, on safety. How many people were injured? Were buildings up to code? How good are we at predicting earthquakes?
Serious Fun—PNNL VR App Wins International Award
Network Collapse, a virtual reality science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) app developed by PNNL researchers, has won a Gold Award from the 2019 International Serious Play Award.
Scientists Show How One Cause of Weak Enamel Unfolds on the Molecular Level
Too-tight proteins impede creation of crystalline enamel structure, which can lead to bad teeth
Microbes Must be Part of Climate Conversation
PNNL’s Janet Jansson is part of an international team of scientists warning scientists of the urgency to pay more attention to the role of microorganisms in our climate.
A Precise Look at Alzheimer’s Proteins
Scientists have taken one of the most detailed looks ever at levels of soluble amyloid beta in the brain.
New Clues for Delaying, Preventing Type 1 Diabetes
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Bacteria and their Bearing on Bowels and Brain
PNNL researchers today published a pair of papers, in Cell and in Nature, exploring the effects of the gut microbiome on our health, including autism, brain function, and inflammatory bowel disease.
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Thursday 9 May 2019
Lavrov: 'Some Countries' Forget Pre-War Roles -- He Avoids Russia's Amnesia
"I understand that some countries would like to forget as soon as possible about the role that they played in the years of prior to World War II. However, I deem those attempts to accuse us of militarizing public opinion as offensive."
Source: TASS, May 8, 2019
It is Russia that actively plays down its pre-World War II role
Many countries distort or omit inconvenient facts from their pre-World War II history, but Russia has all but eliminated the most difficult discussions from its state education system. One man was even fined for posting factual information.
Wage Inequality: How do Men's and Women's Incomes Differ in Russia?
Tamara Pletneva
Chairperson of the State Duma’s committee on family, women and children
"Why do they [women] get less [than men] for the same work?”
In Russia, that gap is 25% greater than the world average
Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets says the salary of women in Russia is 70% that of men. If so, the "wage gap" in the country has grown larger recently.
Clarity Sought in Crimean Gold Dispute
Crimean Museums
Nations gallery -- Bakhchysarai, Crimea
“There are no legal, cultural or historical reasons to hand these items over to Kyiv."
Source: TASS Russian News Agency, March 11, 2019
Unclear
The status of the Crimean gold artifacts is yet to be settled
Following the annexation of Crimea, the status of a collection of gold items lent to a Dutch museum prior to the Russian seizure remains in limbo, with both Kyiv and the local museums laying claim to the priceless artifacts.
Did the Two American Mormons Detained in Russia Violate Russian Law?
Dmitry Kravchenko
Head of the missionary department of the Ekaterinodar and Kuban dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church
“They begin with English lessons. These guys, as a rule, come from the United States; they are native speakers, which is how they attract, but after a few lectures they start including some religious topics in their texts.”
Source: TASS, March 7, 2019
The American Mormons cited “religious activities” as the purpose for their visit to Russia
Kravchenko’s claim is the opposite of what Russian authorities have accused the two Americans of doing. The Mormons legally entered Russia for “religious activities” but are accused of giving English language lessons instead. Experts said these accusations are fabricated.
Moscow Refuses to Return Bulgarian Archives
Anatoliy Makarov
Russia’s Ambassador to Bulgaria
“The archive materials...are accessible to the Bulgarian archive services and researchers, including for the originals, a part of them was returned to Bulgaria in 1949 and 1958 during the Soviet Union. Now, however, the originals cannot be handed over in accordance with Federal Law No. 64 of April 15, 1998 ‘On Cultural Valuables Displaced [to the USSR] as a result of World War II and Located on the Territory of the Russian Federation.’ But I will repeat again, access to them is open for the Bulgarians.”
Partially True
Yes, the Russian law keeps the archives in Moscow, but in violation of international agreements
The Russian ambassador speaks the truth when he says Russian law prevents Moscow from returning the Bulgarian archives. However, international law states the archives should be in Bulgaria. And the ambassador is wrong when he says the nation’s documents are readily available to Bulgarians.
Was Nevada Suspension of a Russian Fighter Monstrously Disproportionate?
Ramzan Kadyrov
Head of Chechnya, Russia
“Everything was done to ensure that our guys, and in their person the entire Caucasus, were humiliated and trampled in the dirt. The result speaks for itself – look at the monstrously disproportionate punishment imposed on our fighters and that [imposed on] the swaggering Irish provocateur Conor McGregor.”
Source: Sports.ru, February 21, 2019
Likely false
Nurmagomedov was offered a reduced term but rejected it
The Nevada State Athletic Commission offered Nurmagomedov the chance to reduce his suspension to six months – the same as McGregor’s – by participating in a local anti-bullying campaign, but he refused.
State TV Conflates Leviathan Actor’s Anti-war Stance With 'Anti-Russian' Sentiment
State-run Russian-language news agency
“This is not the first time Serebryakov has delivered anti-Russian statements…”
Source: Ria Novosti, February 25, 2019
Opposing the Kremlin’s policy is not same as being “anti-Russian”
Russian actor Aleksey Serebryakov has come under fire on Russian state media after criticizing the Kremlin for “inciting conflicts” at home and abroad. It is not the first time. Labelling dissidents “anti-Russian” is part of the broader pattern to alienate and silence government critics.
No, Elon Musk is Not a Russian Spy
NTV - Russian television channel
Elon is ours! Musk, who suddenly spoke Russian, is now under suspicion: who is he – the Kremlin’s agent, Stierlitz or a victim of the Russian hackers?”
Source: Twitter, February 13, 2019
Speaking Russian does not make one a Kremlin spy
To some it was just a joke but in Russia Elon Musk’s phrase put him in the Kremlin’s propaganda dictionary, where one possessive pronoun divides the world into good and evil. But it did not make the entrepreneur a Russian spy.
Sputnik Falsely Claims ‘Censorship’ After Facebook Removed Hundreds of Accounts
Sputnik's press service
Russian state-funded news agency
"The decision is clearly political in its nature and, as a matter of fact, is practically censorship — seven [Facebook] pages belonging to our news hubs in neighboring countries have been blocked.”
Source: Sputnik news agency, January 17, 2019
Sputnik pages were taken down for misleading identities
Sputnik cried “censorship” after Facebook removed 364 Facebook pages and accounts for engaging in “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” But while Sputnik charged the pages were removed for their politically-motivated content, Facebook says it was a matter of “misrepresentations of their identities.”
Russian Politician Says Russia Never Killed Dissidents, Later Apologizes
Sergei Nosov
Governor of Russia's Magadan region
“I note that we’ve never, even in the days of tsarist Russia, killed people for dissent. This, by the way, is the great strength of our people.”
Source: Interview in Zavtra magazine, January 11, 2018
There is a clear history of persecution and killing in Soviet and Tsarist Russia.
Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union have persecuted dissidents, sometimes using capital punishment. Modern Russia has abolished the death penalty, although a number of dissidents and journalists have been murdered, their cases remaining unsolved.
RT Misleads About Church Fire in Kyiv
RT Russian Service
State-owned media outlet
“In December 2018, in the Odessa region, unknown persons organized a pogrom at a church in the village of Semenovka, Belgorod-Dniester district. The attackers stole donations and desecrated the church premises.”
Source: RT Russian state media outlet, January 14
The Odessa incident is unrelated to the Kyiv church fire.
The incident in the Odessa region was totally unrelated to the fire in Kyiv, and it was an act of vandalism.” No motive has been established. In Kyiv, police detained a 24-year-old homeless man who is accused of setting fire to some mattresses.
Did a Self-Driving Tesla Really Destroy a Russian Robot?
Promobot
Russian tech company
"An unmanned Tesla Model S destroyed an autonomous Promobot model v.4 in Las Vegas, USA. The Promobot cannot be repaired.”
Source: Promobot website
The video was staged.
This model Tesla has no self-driving mode.
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will.i.am was 'inspired' to write 'I Gotta Feeling' after working on a U2 remix
Label boss Jimmy Iovine has claimed that will.i.am 'borrowed' the chords for 'I Gotta Feeling' from U2.
While remixing 'I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight' for the Irish borelords, 'will' was apparently 'inspired' by what he heard.
"I sent Will.i.am over to the studio to do some remixes on I’ll Go Crazy," Iovine told The Sun. "He works on them for two weeks, comes back and writes I Gotta Feeling."
Coincidence? Apparently not. "The chords are U2 chords, 100 per cent. Will even told them," Iovine continued.
Adele, LMFAO and Rihanna have been nominated for a load of Billboard Awards
Sabi feat Wale — Where They Do That At
Kylie Minogue interview: "It took until now for me to be myself."
Madeon interview: "I say one funny weird thing and that becomes the headline."
Mutya Keisha Siobhan: their amazingness is legally binding
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Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage
By Yogi 17th December 2011 August 27th, 2013 Uncategorized
I have been walking up and down hills since sunrise and still I haven’t reached my target by midday. It’s day seven of my hike, I just want to eat and sleep.
“That’s part of it,” says Matsuyama town worker Junko who picks me up in her car from the road side. “If you don’t feel really exhausted at least once, you cannot reach Nirvana”.
Nirvana can be reached in Shikoku, the smallest of Japan’s four main islands, famous for its pristine nature. The almost sleepy pace of rural life is only occasionally disrupted by a neon-clad, panting cyclist or tour buses loaded with retirees – all trying to trace the steps of Kukai (774-835). Known posthumously as Kobo Daishi, he’s the iconic founder of Shingon Buddhism, one of the major schools of Japanese
Buddhism. You will need good stamina and general fitness to endure the strains of walking the 88 Temples
of Kobo Daishi. The 1400-km long pilgrimage route meanders through some of the wildest terrain in Japan.
The only things protecting an “ohenro” – a traditional walking pilgrim – from the often pouring rain and blazing sun are the white cotton jacket, pants and a sedge hat.
Junko drops me at Number 44, Taihoji, where my eyes need a few seconds to adjust to the cool blackness of the pine forest. The temple ground is like a wooden sanctuary. The warm smile of a monk, the smell of resin and the trickle of a small waterfall give you a sense of why people have done the pilgrimage since the 12th century.
The 88 temple route circles Shikoku and traditionally begins in the mountainous East, in Tokushima Prefecture at Temple 1, Ryozanji. It goes clockwise to the South along the rugged Pacific Coastline of Kochi Prefecture, up to the Western prefecture Ehime through valleys, rice fields and mountain plateaus and winds up in the North at Temple 88, Okubo-jji, in Kagawa prefecture.
Each prefecture represents a different region on the path to Nirvana or Enlightenment. Tokushima is “Awakening Faith”, which starts off as an easy stroll through thatched roofed villages, becoming increasingly difficult as you make your way through Kochi where the temples can be found in the most remote areas as far as 100km apart. The first “hardships” of Kochi prefecture, namely the lack of
convenience stores, should lead you to “Taking Religious Disciplines”. To ease the hardships of Kochi join local surfers at Oki Beach on your way to the most southern Temple, Kongo fuku-ji. It’s at Cape Ashizuri, where you can end the day’s hike watching the sunset over the Pacific.
There are plenty of signs along the route giving you directions to the next temple so it’s hard to get lost. While on the tour I camped at playgrounds and even car park spaces, often fed by locals. Hospitality and moral encouragement will become one of your best pilgrimage experiences.
Ehime Prefecture with a high density of temples stands for “Attaining Enlightenment” and if you have
reached Kagawa prefecture, you are “Entering Nirvana”. This may just be indulging in Sanuki Udon – Sanuki being the ancient name for Kagawa.The silky, chewy Udon noodles with a dash of daikon, ginger and scallion are said to be one of Japan’s best.
I never reached Nirvana, because I started with “Attaining Enlightenment” in Ehime. I then went anti-clockwise, which is fine so long as you complete the 1400km loop and return to the temple where you began. That’s when you’ve become a real “ohenro”. I never
When: Late March – June or
September – beginning of November
Don’t forget to pick up a free route
map at ferry terminals or airports
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Making Parks Work In Cleveland
ParksPublic Buildings
Non-profit and city leaders join forces to revitalize downtown greenspaces
Cleveland, OH - October 2002 Led by the nonprofit ParkWorks, Cleveland is undertaking an ambitious campaign to make the city more desirable to the information-age workforce.
Highly mobile "New Economy" employees have much greater mobility than previous generations, and the quality of parks and public spaces plays a major role in their choice of residence. As the steel industry declines in Northeast Ohio, the need to attract a solid New Economy work force increases, and so does the need for quality parks.
ParkWorks recognized early on that vibrant parks and lively streets are key to attracting new jobs to Cleveland.
"In order for Cleveland to compete, specifically as it seeks to bolster its regional image and significantly increase its downtown residential base," stated ParkWorks executive director Ann Zoller, "we need to create dynamic public spaces designed to complement the many other development efforts happening in the city."
With that economic necessity in mind, ParkWorks embarked on a process of identifying downtown greenspace opportunities in the summer of 2001. They specifically sought projects that could be completed within twelve months, in addition to opportunities for additional, longer-term projects.
After conducting interviews with downtown stakeholders--including development corporations, established arts institutions, architectural firms, and the Cleveland City Council--ParkWorks drafted a greenspace opportunity map for downtown. The map outlined greenspaces where improvements would have the most substantial impact for downtown's stakeholders.
Drawing from the opportunity map, ParkWorks drafted a prioritized list of short-term projects. These projects could all be completed within one year and would deliver the maximum "bang for the buck." They were chosen for their potential to improve the public perception of downtown for the lowest cost.
For example, the Plaza at Huron Point is currently a drab strip of sidewalk with great potential due to its location in the "gateway" area of downtown (so named because thousands of people pass through on their way to events at Jacobs Field and Gund Arena). Two new housing developments are adjacent to the site, meaning the proposed beautification would benefit residents, workers, and visitors alike. In addition, federal Transportation Enhancement Funding may cover 80 percent of the project cost.
The opportunity map signaled the beginning of an effort to comprehensively plan improvements to downtown's parks and waterfront. This July, ParkWorks expanded that effort by distributing a survey to over 2,500 downtown residents. The survey asked about their likes, dislikes and aspirations regarding downtown park and greenspace amenities.
The early returns gave greater urgency to ParkWorks' call to invest in parks. Sixty-seven percent of those surveyed said there were not enough parks downtown, and 61 percent said park programming was insufficient. Many participants called for increased lakefront access, pedestrian-oriented parks, and park activities that appeal to broad sectors of the community.
Recognizing the economic benefits of parks, formerly "strictly business" sectors of the Greater Cleveland community such as the Growth Association and Crain's Cleveland Business weighed in on the issue as well. Growth Association Executive Director Dennis Eckart was particularly outspoken about the need to create a system of active multi-purpose trails along the lakefront, and throughout Cleveland's neighborhoods and downtown.
The chorus calling for better parks has not fallen upon deaf ears. Mayor Jane Campbell has been very enthusiastic about park improvements. In fact, she pushed for a forum on the future of Public Square, one of Cleveland's most important public spaces. Held on October 19th and facilitated by Project for Public Spaces, the forum brought together 175 people representing various constituencies to develop a vision for this crucial area. Located by Terminal Tower, a multi-use transit hub at the heart of downtown, Public Square is divided into four segments by six-lane roads. The city closed the square to traffic for the event so participants could experience the effect a permanent closure would have.
The forum succeeded in communicating the immense benefits of an improved Public Square. "Some people who were previously not supportive of the idea left the meeting saying 'Hmmm, this makes a lot of sense,'" said ParkWorks Program Director Barb Clint.
In addition to the Mayor, ParkWorks has found an ally in the City Planning Commission. The dynamic young Planning Director, Chris Ronayne, wholly believes in the importance of greenspace, parks, and trails. His philosophy has shone through in the Commission's work: The Commission is spearheading many of the projects on ParkWorks' greenspace opportunity map, and they are updating citywide plans to reflect a new emphasis on parks and livability.
Clint says the partnership has been rewarding for both sides: "They feel energized and inspired by the potential before us. Together, we're focused on an impressive and ambitious agenda that can have a real impact on our city."
Thanks to ParkWorks and their partners in city government and the private sector, truly bold ideas are coming forth in Cleveland. As they revive the city's parks and public spaces, they redefine the city itself.
Creating Great Urban Parks
Fred Kent
Signature Places: Great Parks we can Learn From
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Home » The Guts: Mathcore Mayhem
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The Guts: Mathcore Mayhem
Tzvi Gluckin
Intestinal intensity: Dan Guts (left) wields his Strat while Ben Guts lays into a hollowbody Gretsch Streamliner. Dan sticks to the treble side of the sonic spectrum, while Ben handles the lower guitar voicings. Photo by Ian Coulson/IC Media
The next time you visit England (because who doesn’t hop across the pond on occasion?), take a trip to Brighton, a small coastal city just south of London. Brighton is something of an artistic enclave and boasts a thriving poetry scene, alternative art spaces, and even world-famous street art (like Banksy’s “Kissing Policemen”). But Brighton isn’t just galleries and pretentious cafés. Hidden amongst the poets and beautiful people, you’ll find the scruffy, noisy, yet eminently lovable extreme mathcore band, the Guts.
The Guts play guitar-centric metal and feature the twin-guitar attack of Dan and Ben Guts. Dan and Ben are not brothers and “Guts” isn’t their real last name, but the Guts see themselves as mathcore’s answer to the Ramones. They may also be mathcore’s answer to Sly and the Family Stone, in that four of their five members take turns singing lead. The rest of the band is composed of drummer Weezey, bassist Joe, and keyboardist Connor.
Dan and Ben like it loud and fast, and their live show is relentless. They stand in the pit, in front of the stage, and are usually in constant motion. “We were playing a show in Blackburn, or Darwen, which is in the North of England, and I finished the gig outside the venue, still playing, in front of the bouncers,” Dan says, which also explains why he uses a wireless unit. “As soon as I got one, everyone else in the band got one as well. They were jealous of the fact that I could just move around.”
Dan plays the band’s upper register, fingernails-on-the-blackboard guitar parts and generates his sounds via a Mexico-made Fender Strat. “We were working with a producer about a year ago,” Dan says. “He said, ‘The less you can be a cliché metal band the better.’ It’s a bit more fun to go to a metal gig with a cute little guitar that’s going to make screechy noises. I used to play a big Jackson with a Floyd Rose and it was just too much work. The Strat is fun and makes all the noises that I like to make.”
“It’s always been about rhythm and that attests to the fact that I learned drums first—that was a good skill to take over to guitar.”
—Dan Guts
Ben, on the other hand, plays a mutant 5-string hollowbody Gretsch Streamliner. “I’m still building up the confidence to take the machine head off the guitar,” Ben says. “To wear it on my sleeve and be like, ‘You know, I like playing five strings.’ I have no interest in using the high E string. I don’t really try to get good with jazz chords or things like that. Not because I think they’re useless, but because I am too preoccupied doing my chuggy shit.”
Their new EP, Flesh, was recorded at Small Pond Studios in Brighton and the guitar parts, although overdubbed, were recorded as complete takes. The goal was to keep the energy live and heavy. We spoke with Dan and Ben and discussed how they write—and remember—their complex, intricate music, how they approach being a two-guitar band, and why Ben can’t seem to get enough feedback.
Did you take guitar lessons?
Dan: I took lessons for about two years, but from then on I was self-taught. I became more obsessed with songwriting than learning the ins and outs. I would rather discover what sounds good for myself than learn instructionally. But I did have a teacher who was very good and he taught me a lot of the basics that you need when you start. I started playing drums first. I was taking drum lessons from the age of 10 and, at some point, I either got bored or I realized I couldn’t write songs with just drums, so I figured I would do a little bit of guitar. And then guitar just took over.
Ben: I took lessons for a year or two, however, I’ve always had a really rubbish work ethic—really shitty attention span. I’m dyslexic as fuck as well. I didn’t go to a lot of my guitar lessons and I didn’t try very hard at obtaining a lot of the music theory teaching. I just wanted to build a relationship with playing guitar and find a way to express myself through it.
Although the Guts tracked their new album, Flesh, layer-by-layer in the studio, Ben and Dan played their guitar tracks as complete performances for each song, with minimal overdubbing.
The reason I’m asking is because whenever I speak with someone who plays complex, intricate music, I’m curious to learn where that came from—was it organic or were you music school nerds gone bad?
Dan: I think it comes from the drumming. The mathcore genre—the subgenre everyone’s calling math rock these days—is stuff that’s rhythmically interesting. I never wanted to completely drop the idea of drums and it was always way more fun to screw around with rhythms than to become a master shredder or anything like that. It’s always been about rhythm and that attests to the fact that I learned drums first—that was a good skill to take over to guitar.
Ben: As a young person, my influence was about vibe more than figuring out the right guitar parts to play or figuring out where a guitar would work or how to use it. In this really heavy, aggressive music, my love for playing guitar was all about how to use it to create this huge, monstrous, musical vibe, and guitar was my instrumental choice for getting into that. Like Dan, I actually started on drums and guitar playing has always been slightly more of a rhythmic and percussive affair than actually finding the notes, keys, and modes.
Your rhythmic concept isn’t so much about working in odd meters, like doing a jam in 7. Really, it’s rhythmically fluid.
Dan: I think we have short attention spans. We’ll be jamming a section—it might just be 4s, but let’s say it is in 7—but even then, after about four bars we’ll think, “This is getting a bit boring now. We should throw in something else.” As long as it still kind of grooves a bit, we’ll throw in something that makes it fun for us. If we enjoy it, other people will. I think that’s probably where it comes from.
Tzvi Gluckin is a freelance writer and musician. In 1991, he was backstage at the Ritz in NYC and stood next to Bootsy Collins. His life was never the same. He lives in Boston. Follow him on Twitter @TheRealTzvi
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Winning start for men’s hockey
Gaels defeat Paladins and Lancers; former NHL player Alyn McCauley adapts to life as a CIS assistant coach
Andrew Bucholtz
The men’s hockey team got their season off on the right foot in a pair of exhibition games this weekend, beating the Royal Military College Paladins 4-3 in a shootout Friday and then defeating the Windsor Lancers 3-0 Saturday.
Friday’s game was a special one for the team; it was the third annual game in memory of Lou Jeffries at the arena named after him in Gananoque. Jeffries, who passed away in 2006, was a prominent figure in the Gananoque hockey community who helped develop many young players for Queen’s hockey team.
Before the game, a special ceremony was held to honour Jeffries and present an entrance scholarship in his name to Queen’s rookie forward Brandon Perry.
Queen’s and RMC were both determined to put on a show for Gananoque Friday, and the teams came out flying as soon as the puck was dropped. The Gaels got on the scoreboard first when rookie forward Scott Kenway banged home a shot from the slot on the power play.
RMC quickly tied it up, but forward Pat Doyle gave Queen’s a 2-1 lead before the Paladins responded again to even the score heading into the first intermission.
The deadlock wasn’t broken until RMC’s Paul Bradley beat Queen’s goalie Brady Morrison with a sharp-angle shot early in the third period. RMC defended valiantly and the Gaels looked sure to lose until Doyle broke in from the blue line in the last minute of the period and beat RMC’s Matt Beirnes with a 20-foot wrist shot, sending the teams to a five-minute overtime period and an eventual shootout.
Doyle and Kenway were stopped by Beirnes in the shootout, but Jon Lawrance, Matthew Hill and Blake Pronk scored to give the Gaels the win after RMC could only notch two goals on five attempts.
Pronk said his decisive shootout goal came after some prompting from Head coach Brett Gibson.
“I went on the ice, and Gibby said, ‘Be a hero, Pronk,’” he said.
Doyle said the team was eager to get a win over RMC.
“We don’t play them until Christmas, so it was nice to send a message,” he said.
Gibson said after the game the on-ice rivalry with RMC, touted as Canada’s oldest and dating back to the teams’ first game in 1885, meant that his team was more concerned with winning than they would have been in a normal exhibition game.
“I said before the game I’d play them in a street hockey game and expect to win,” he said.
The game was also special for new Gaels’ assistant coach Alyn McCauley, a former NHL player with the Toronto Maple Leafs, San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings. McCauley is a Gananoque native who returned to the town with his family two months ago after knee problems forced him out of the NHL. Last month, McCauley took up an assistant coach position with Queen’s at Gibson’s request; the two played together in junior hockey.
Gibson said McCauley’s NHL experience brings a lot to the program.
“It’s the credentials,” he said. “Al’s known as a very, very intellectual guy. He thinks the game at a level most people don’t and passes that on to the players.”
After the game, McCauley said he enjoyed being back in front of his hometown crowd He said it felt good to get back into the arena, despite being on the other side of the bench from his playing days.
“I’m a little bit farther back than I used to be, but I’m in my comfort zone just being there,” he said.
Queen’s followed up with a 3-0 win over the Windsor Lancers Saturday.
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Home » Browse » Academic journals » General Science and Technology Journals » Genetics » Article details, "The Chloroplast Protein Translocation Complexes..."
Academic journal article Genetics
The Chloroplast Protein Translocation Complexes of Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii: A Bioinformatic Comparison of Toc and Tic Components in Plants, Green Algae and Red Algae
By Kalanon, Ming; McFadden, Geoffrey I.
The recently completed genome of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii was surveyed for components of the chloroplast protein translocation complexes. Putative components were identified using reciprocal BlastP searches with the protein sequences of Arabidopsis thaliana as queries. As a comparison, we also surveyed the new genomes of the bryophyte Physcomitrella patens, two prasinophyte green algae (Ostreococcus lucimarinus and Ostreococcus tauri), the red alga Cyanidioschizon merolae, and several cyanobacteria. Overall, we found that the components of the import pathway are remarkably well conserved, particularly among the Viridiplantae lineages. Specifically, C. reinhardtii contained almost all the components found in A. thaliana, with two exceptions. Missing from C. reinhardtii are the C-terminal ferredoxin-NADPH-reductase (FNR) binding domain of Tic62 and a full-length, TPR-bearing Toc64. Further, the N-terminal domain of C. reinhardtii Toc34 is highly acidic, whereas the analogous region in C. reinhardtii Toc159 is not. This reversal of the vascular plant model may explain the similarity of C. reinhardtii chloroplast transit peptides to mitochondrial-targeting peptides. Other findings from our genome survey include the absence of Tic22 in both Ostreococcus genomes; the presence of only one Toc75 homolog in C. merolae; and, finally, a distinctive propensity for gene duplication in P. patens.
THE completion of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii genome presents an opportunity for a genomewide survey of components making up its chloroplast protein translocation complexes. This first glimpse of the Chlamydomonas chloroplast protein importmachinery provides an important new perspective on our models of chloroplast protein translocators, which until recently have relied heavily upon studies of vascular plants, particularly Arabidopsis thaliana and Pisum sativum.
Despite significant variation in plastid morphology and function, all plastids derive from a single endosymbiosis (MARTIN and HERRMANN 1998; CAVALIER-SMITH 2000; LÓPEZ-JUEZ 2007), which occurred >930 million years ago (BERNEY and PAWLOWSKI 2006) and possibly >1200million years ago (BUTTERFIELD 2000). Although the endosymbiont retained its prokaryotic doublemembrane architecture along with its thylakoid membranes, it ceded control of the majority of its genetic blueprint, withmost of its genomebeinglostor transferred to the host nucleus (MARTIN et al. 1998). Currently, plastid genomes contain only 50-200 protein-encoding genes, a fraction of the original number of genes that would have been possessed by the cyanobacterium-like endosymbiont(MARTIN et al. 2002; LEISTER 2003; TIMMIS et al. 2004). However, this loss of genes from nascent plastids was not accompanied by a cognate reduction in plastid metabolic function or activity. Indeed, while plastids have abandoned some activities common to the cyanobacterial forebears, they still practice a diverse retinue ofmetabolism and contain an estimated 1000-2000 proteins. Most of these plastid proteins are encoded by nuclear genes and imported post-translationally from the cytosol.Thus, one fundamental requirement ofplastid evolution is a protein translocation system to facilitate the post-translational return of endosymbiont proteins back to the organelle. It is likely that at least a rudimentary form of such a translocation system existed soon after the initial endosymbiotic event, since the majority of the gene transfer from the endosymbiont had already occurred at this time (MARTIN et al. 1998; TIMMIS et al. 2004).
Our current understanding of plastid protein import complexes stems from two decades of elegant cell biological and genetic studies focused on vascular plants (reviewed in SOLL and SCHLEIFF 2004). A host of proteins have been identified as components of two quasiindependent translocons resident in the outer and inner membranes of the plant plastid, known as Toc (translocon at the outer chloroplast envelope) and Tic (translocon at the inner chloroplast envelope). …
Publication: Genetics
Volume/issue: Vol. 179, No. 1
Kalanon, Ming
McFadden, Geoffrey I.
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A Huge Step for an Incredible Organization
Since joining the Urban Land Conservancy in the beginning of the year, I came to recognize the Denver Shared Spaces team as one in the same with ULC. The lines that shaped each organization into its own entity didn’t exist in my eyes, and I tended to forget that we were two completely separate nonprofits. With their team sitting in on our staff meetings, participating in ULC activities and sometimes sharing a workspace, it became easy to blur the lines.
However I was finally forced to recognize DSS as their own organization in the past few weeks, as ULC and the Denver Office of Strategic Partnerships announced that DSS would be finding a new home. This became a reality when proposals were due to ULC last Friday by 5 pm. These proposals will eventually decide who will take over for the funding and housing of Denver Shared Spaces in 2017.
I must admit that although I will miss each member of DSS here in the office on a regular basis, this is a huge step for an incredible organization. When ULC and DOSP jointly founded DSS almost seven years ago, the idea was to create an organization that would encourage and support shared spaces throughout metro Denver. Megan Devenport of Building Bridges led the one-woman team starting in 2012, and was a major player in getting DSS where it is today. Quite a bit of evolution and growth has taken place since 2011, and DSS is quickly outgrowing its current role (hence the need for a new space, and me feeling a bit melancholy about seeing less and less of DSS each day).
While ULC might have played a key role in launching DSS, they have done their fair share in shaping the way we view shared space today. DSS constantly served as a reminder for the importance of collaboration, which is one of their driving proponents within the shared space mentality. For almost six years now, ULC has shared an office space with the Denver Preschool Program. From coffee to staples to work happy hours, we share most work related tasks with DPP, and have learned the importance and helpfulness of working in a shared space.
I believe that acting as host to an organization whose sole mission is to encourage shared space has driven ULC to develop a similar mentality. We promote shared space in almost all of our commercial rental properties, as well as our in our internal office. As DSS evolves in the future, ULC hopes to continue our collaborative efforts. If there is anything that DSS has taught us over the past five years, it’s that two brains are certainly better than one. Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication towards promoting shared space here in Denver. We wish you the best of the luck in the future!
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NEW YORK: ProfNet has rolled out a more simplified query form.
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Blogging is most valuable content channel, says report
Nearly six out of ten business-to-business marketers believe that blogs are the most valuable form of marketing content, according to a new study by Demand Metric. The report also found that enterprises that produce blog content generate 67 per cent more leads every month compared to those that do not.
The data highlights the importance of building an effective marketing strategy that uses content to deliver valuable insights and information to targeted audiences on a regular basis. However, some marketers are still finding it difficult to create meaningful content, as they often struggle to come up with new ideas.
Further studies show that publishers still spend between one and two days on average every week sourcing information and research ideas for the content that they create. Fortunately, the benefits of content marketing are substantial, as it plays a huge role in building brand loyalty and allows enterprises to showcase their authority on important subjects in their industry.
While blogs are the most valuable channel for B2B marketers, a mix of written content, email marketing and social media endeavours is still the best method for broadening reach. Demand Metric’s study shows that nearly nine out of ten marketers now distribute content on an average of five platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram.
The financial and business news website Finance Magnates has urged brands and enterprises to seek out “influencers” in order to better promote their content online. These influencers often have a significant following across a variety of channels, and by building a relationship, brands can use them to share blogs, newsletters and other content to reach a wider audience.
Sharing is now one of the best means of distributing content and ensuring that it is read by more people online. Finance Magnates also recommends the use of a catchy and interesting headline and sub-headline to increase clicks and drive traffic.
The latest report by Demand Metric follows a study by Content Marketing Institute, which shows that more than 75 per cent of marketers are aiming to produce more blog posts, videos, infographics and other content during the next 12 months.
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We have the enthusiasm and energy to improve and move forwards in 2020
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Ahead of the game | High-flying Swans next for Royals
Long jaunt down the M4 up next for José Gomes' side
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Swansea City vs Reading
Saturday 28th September 2019, 3pm
The test awaiting them further down the M4 is a tough one, too. Swansea City have started the season in fine fettle, under the guidance of new manager, Steve Cooper.
Cooper is in his first role as the manager of a senior team, having been appointed following a successful spell as boss of England's Under-17s. Such has been the quality of his start to life with the Swans, Cooper was given the Championship Manager of the Month award for August.
Swansea were also in Carabao Cup action in midweek against Premier League opposition in Watford, going out after a 2-1 defeat at Vicarage Road.
But their league form has been the class of the field at the start of the campaign, sitting in 2nd place behind Leeds United on goal difference alone, losing just once in their opening eight matches.
Despite that, they are yet to win in three matches in September. Their only league defeat away at Nottingham Forest was followed by a goalless stalemate away at Bristol City, before Tuesday's loss against Watford.
For Reading, a positive performance against Wolves on Wednesday will leave José Gomes with decisions to make regarding his starting line-up for the weekend.
A total of 10 changes were made for the Royals in midweek, with several starters at Molineux hoping to keep their place for the weekend's test away from home.
It's certain to be another close Championship encounter in Wales, and with possible inclement weather expected, it will be a stern test for the Royals to bring three points back to the Royal County on Saturday evening.
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While the Liberty is 150 miles from the Madejski, you're unlikely to have a simpler journey in terms of directions this season. Based on a trip from Madejski Stadium, head onto the M4 at J11, and stay on it until J45. Come off the motorway onto the A4067, go straight over two roundabouts and then the Liberty Stadium will be on your left.
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SWANSEA WEATHER
Simple advice for this one: layer up. Weather warnings are in place for strong winds and heavy rain in the morning. This is due to die down slightly in the afternoon, but gusty conditions are expected at the Liberty during the match, with a chance of rain later on.
We wish to politely remind supporters that the football club is responsible for their conduct at all matches (home or away) and any person committing a football-related offence or involved in serious misconduct at any match will result in a club ban. Examples of serious misconduct include discriminatory, offensive or abusive chanting, entering the pitch, persistent standing and throwing a missile. Supporters witnessing any incidents of serious misconduct are encouraged to report this to the football club by texting 80800, beginning your message with the word SAFE.
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A performance to be pleased with; a point to be proud of.
Gallery | Late Yiadom bullet earns Royals a point
Borja Baston’s goal was almost the difference at Liberty Stadium – until Andy Yiadom struck in the final minute of the 90 for Reading to earn a 1-1 draw and a point against Swansea City.
Report | Yiadom strikes 90th-minute equaliser for dogged Royals
Defender levels late against Championship high-flyers
Andy Yiadom's strike in the last minute of normal time gave Reading a deserved point away at Swansea City, with the team coming back to Berkshire with a 1-1 draw on the day.
Bprja Baston put the hosts ahead after just three minutes in the first chance of the game, before Reading grew into proceedings and dominated the second half.
Their persistence paid off when Yiadom struck superbly into the bottom corner to give a tenacious Royals side a point on the day.
The team news saw eight changes for the Royals on Saturday afternoon from the midweek Carabao Cup tie at Wolves, as several players returned to the starting line-up.
Within three minutes, the game had barely settled down before the high-flying Swans had the lead. Andre Aye got forward on the right touchline, cutting back onto his left foot and crossing in for Baston to head into the far corner.
The hosts were in the ascendency from the off, and the goal only served to further the quality of their play in midfield. Reading were able to gradually gain a foothold against Steve Cooper's side, however, beginning to break up the fast-starting Swans' play.
Pressure began to ramp up from Reading as they forayed into the Swansea half. Lucas Boyé spun away from his marker towards the right-hand corner and put in a dangerous cross into the path of George Pușcaș, but Connor Roberts was able to put it behind.
The resulting corner was played low into the path of Jordan Obita, whose low ball into the area found Pușcaș unmarked eight yards out - but he cleared the crossbar with a first-time strike.
Swansea's attack looked potent whenever they gained space going forward. A neat one-touch passing exchange on the edge of the Reading box saw George Byers able to strike low. Rafael was at full stretch, but this effort went narrowly past the post.
Amidst the first half's action, Tyler Blackett appeared to be struggling as he went down on several occasions for treatment. He eventually couldn't continue, signalling a change of shape as Lucas João was introduced as Reading looked for an equaliser.
Swansea kept up their attacking pressure on the Royals, with José Gomes' side defending manfully as Michael Morrison lunged to block a shot from Byers, with Andy Yiadom managing to keep the lively Bersant Celina under wraps in the first half.
The game regressed into a midfield battle for a period as the half progressed, with Reading shutting down the Swans in their new shape and trying to break the hosts down. João was the recipient of a firm pass from the back from Liam Moore, working his way into space and testing Freddie Woodman from range, the Swansea stopper holding on with a low save to his left.
Up the other end, Swansea broke at pace when a Reading attack broke down. Ayew was slid through on goal with only Rafael to beat, but the Royals' 'keeper was quick off his line to make a smart save from the attacker.
Reading were quick to pounce on a Swansea mistake in midfield, as Andy Rinomhota capitalised to play to Yiadom on the right. His ball in was a low one to Pușcaș, whose first-time effort was taken over the bar by Mike van der Hoorn. The resulting corner came in, Moore got his head to it but couldn't keep it down.
The Royals finished the half with a flourish, but still found themselves a goal behind at the break.
Half time | Swansea City 1-0 Reading
Josh Barrett was introduced after the break for Reading in place of Boyé, who had received a yellow card in the first half alongside a talking-to after a subsequent tackle late on in the first 45.
The Royals started the second half with purpose. Swansea were hardly able to get out of their own half as the game opened up, with the Royals creating plenty of half-chances as the Swans' defence was tested in earnest.
João was unable to get a strike out of his feet from a Barrett cross, and Barrett tried an effort from range himself shortly afterwards that cleared Woodman's woodwork.
Reading were attacking with intensity, but the Swansea backline was proving to be tough to break down. A Swift corner into a dangerous area was plucked from the crowd by Woodman, following on from a well-worked passing move that saw a Barrett strike from inside the area turned away by Van der Hoorn.
Ovie Ejaria was a man on a mission in the second half, picking up in the middle of the Swansea half and dancing his way past three men into the area, testing Woodman at his near post with a left-footed drive.
João almost pounced to equalise as a short backpass from Joe Rodon was just about met by Woodman, with the outstretched leg of the Reading striker just half-a-yard short of prodding past the Swansea man.
The hosts' first chance of the half came on 75 minutes, such was Reading's dominance of proceedings. A Byers free-kick was swung into the head of Sam Surridge, but his effort went well over Rafael's crossbar.
Omar Richards was brought on for the final Reading change in the last 10 minutes at Swansea, with Obita making way as the Royals continued their search for an equaliser.
And on the stroke of 90 minutes, that's exactly what they did. The pressure finally told, as João's hold-up play allowed him to slip the ball through to the right of the box, where Yiadom was there to strike it sweetly first time into the far corner and send 900 travelling Royals into bedlam.
It was a point that Reading fully deserved on the day at the Liberty.
Full time | Swansea City 1-1 Reading
Swansea City: Woodman, Naughton, Roberts, Rodon, Van der Hoorn, Fulton (Carroll 82), Grimes, Byers, Celina (Garrick 76), Ayew, Baston (Surridge 76).
Subs: Mulder, Dyer, Wilmot, Dhanda.
Goals: Baston (3)
Yellow:
Reading: Rafael, Yiadom, Morrison, Moore (c), Blackett (João 20), Obita (Richards 81), Rinomhota, Swift, Ejaria, Boyé (Barrett 46), Pușcaș.
Subs: Walker, McIntyre, Olise, Pelé.
Goals: Yiadom (90)
Yellow: Boyé, Moore, Rinomhota
Referee: Mr K Stroud
Extended highlights | Swansea City 1-1 Reading | Sky Bet Championship | 28th September 2019
2-minute review | Swansea City 1-1 Reading | Sky Bet Championship | 28th September 2019
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The Flexible Packaging Group will market new offerings including Toyo Jidoki automated pouch packaging systems and Inever stickpack and sachet packaging systems. The Flexible Packaging Group will build on the existing Pro Mach divisions of Matrix vertical/form/fill/seal machinery and Rennco vertical baggers and heat sealers.
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Pro Mach, Inc. announced today that it has formed a new Flexible Packaging Group by acquiring the assets of Packaging Synergies Inc., a leading provider of high-quality packaging machinery for pouches, stickpacks, and other flexible packaging applications.
With this acquisition Pro Mach now offers numerous flexible packaging equipment solutions, adding the Toyo Jidoki and Inever brands to a flexible packaging product line that includes existing solutions from Matrix and Rennco. Toyo Jidoki, based in Tokyo, Japan, manufactures automated pouch packaging machines for food, retail, and industrial applications and specializes in retortable pouches and solutions requiring fitment dispensing systems with high quality seals and precise filling accuracy. Inever, based in Barcelona, Spain, manufactures stickpack, sachet, and 4-sided seal machinery for liquid and powder applications and offers a wide range of solutions from 2-lane to 20-lane ultra-high speed filling systems.
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First Look: Mehfil Indo-Mughlai Pak Cuisine in West Little Rock
January 10, 2019 Steve Shuler
Sometimes you can just tell when a restaurant has something special going on. That was my impression within five minutes of sitting down at the newly opened Mehfil Indo-Mughlai Pak Cuisine. There’s nothing obvious about its charm from the outside, with a small vinyl banner the only sign that anything new has come to the former Dixie Café location on Rodney Parham. But after just one plate of Indian and Pakistani food at the 30+ foot buffet, it becomes pretty clear that you’ll be adding Mehfil to your regular dining rotation.
“Mehfil means like a party,” said owner Daljit Singh, who also runs Tour of India in Conway. “So we came up with this name where we have two countries, two foods gather. So when people come, they have a variety of food to eat.”
Singh, who also goes by the American moniker “Charlie,” has hired a chef from India and a chef from Pakistan who work simultaneously in the kitchen. Each is responsible for preparing the food from their native land. That means every lunch buffet (and Friday dinner buffet) always features both Indian and Pakistani food. Some of the Pakistani entrees, in particular, can’t be found anywhere else in the Little Rock area
“We have a Beef Haleem [slow-cooked beef with barley lentils], we have Beef Nihari [spiced beef shanks],” said Singh. “We have a Goat Paya [goat feet]. And we have a Kunna [slow-cooked mutton]. So a lot of Pakistani people, they know what Kunna is, what Nihari is. Nobody around here has it, and we put it on our weekend buffet.”
Obviously, Mehfil will be a special blessing to Pakistani transplants living in Central Arkansas, but in my opinion the restaurant has something for everybody. So far, I’ve only checked out the buffet; Mehfil has a more formal, sit-down dinner service every night except Friday. However, I can tell you that Mehfil’s food is simply gorgeous. The colors just pop off the mint chutney and Chicken Tikka Masala, and every dish is presented with visual style in mind. Mehfil’s buffet also tends to be less spicy than you might anticipate, though there is a special Indian spicy sauce that you can use to liven things up more.
But we need to talk about my two favorite items, the first of which is the naan. Naan bread is served at every Indian restaurant in town, but Mehfil’s beats them all. Singh tells me all the restaurant’s naan is cooked fresh in a tandoor oven to order, and it shows. Hot, crisp and soft, you will be tempted to eat way too much of it. At lunch, an order of regular naan or garlic naan comes free with the buffet; at dinner, the regular naan is only $2. And then at the end of the meal is the traditional Indian dessert Gulab Jamun. I’ve had these little pastries everywhere (including while I was in India), but again Mehfil just does it better. The “secret,” if you can call it that, is keeping the gulab jamun hot until it is served. The little treats just dissolve to the bite, creating a rush of satisfying sweetness.
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“We really try to create something fresh for people, even during our buffet,” said Singh. “We don’t want to lose that fresh flavor no matter what. We want people to come visit us, come try us. We know you will love it.”
Mehfil takes advantage of its large space with a full bar and two separate dining rooms that it can open up for busy nights or close off for private events. On my first visit, a party of more than 30 people stopped in and had no trouble getting their food and drinks quickly. The buffet is seven days a week for lunch and on Friday night. Dinner service all other nights is a sit-down experience. If you can’t tell yet, I really think Mehfil is fantastic. It’s certainly exciting to have Pakistani food in Little Rock in the first place, but Mehfil’s quality and service mean this should go to the top of your must-try list in 2019.
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A long-time foodie, Steve started his career as a news producer with FOX16 News. In addition to his work on Rock City Eats, Steve is the host of the Little Rock Foodcast, a podcast covering Little Rock food. He has also served as food writer for Sync Weekly. Steve and his family have lived in the Little Rock area for 10 years.
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Internal bleeding. Organ damage and bleeding is possible after a crash. Your veins could also rupture, possibly resulting in blood pooling under the tissue. Depending on where the bleeding occurs, you could die or suffer a life-altering injury. Intracranial bleeding could lead to a brain injury that significantly reduces your quality of life. Doctors can use imaging tests to detect intracranial bleeding shortly after an accident.
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Infection. Car accidents can lead to burns and lacerations. Both types of injuries raise your risk of an infection. Damaged skin (such as from a burn) is less able to fight off harmful bacteria. Lacerations allow bacteria to enter your body. Symptoms of an infection can include redness around the injury site, nausea, severe pain and fluid discharge from the injury site.
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“The simple little acts of human kindness touch you and give you hope in knowing there are a lot of beautiful people out there in the community. That love and kindness makes us all richer.” – Liona Keneally, Salvos Stores manager, Wynnum
Tears flowed freely as the woman with two children accepted the Christmas hamper and toys. Having just escaped a domestic violence situation, she and the children owned little more than the clothes on their backs.
Manager of Salvos Stores at Wynnum, Liona Keneally, says: “For those children to go through that terrible trauma at Christmas time was heartbreaking, but then for them to know their friends were getting presents and they might get nothing, added further to their pain. So it was really wonderful that we could at least provide some beautiful toys and some really nice food for their Christmas.
“The mum was so grateful, but she was incredibly embarrassed, almost ashamed, so we told her ‘that’s what it’s all about. This is the place that you come for help’. I had been in a similar situation, so could tell her I completely understood where she was coming from.”
As manager for the past eight years, Liona says her life has been incredibly enriched by helping others. Having once owned an accountancy practice and then working for a major university, Liona was materially secure until a marriage breakdown and a series of setbacks left her almost destitute.
“I went from having a Myer card to hardly being able to afford to buy clothes in an op shop," she says.
Not knowing how to find help. Liona struggled on her own for years. Eventually, after building a friendship with the manager of another Salvos Store, Liona became a volunteer before being asked to apply to manage the Wynnum store.
“I love the job,” she says. “It gives me (and our team) the opportunity to reach out to people, even on a small level. At Salvos Stores, we are not just sales people; we interact, talk to people on different levels. You get to know about your customers, their families. We have some people who come in every day and they just love that human touch and care they get, that they might not get anywhere else.”
So, just before last Christmas, when Liona heard that demand for Christmas food was stretching the team at the local Wynnum Salvos Corps (who were organising 'Christmas Cheer'), Liona and her team decided they would try and make up an extra 30 hampers, plus toys.
And that’s where Liona’s local community Christmas miracle began. As she was just physically putting a sign in the store window to ask for donations, a local businessman (David) just happened to be walking by. Seeing the notice, he stuck his head in to ask what was needed. When she explained, he said to Liona, “Well, let’s go shopping!”
Liona laughs as she tells the story saying: “I was really cautious thinking I didn’t want to be too greedy. But he grabbed two trolleys at the supermarket that we filled and he paid for. It was amazing. I was just overwhelmed. And I couldn’t believe it. We had a lot of food! Really lovely, quality food!”
David went on to help sponsor a Salvos community Christmas event that enabled even more funds to go on 'Christmas Cheer' for those in need.
As Liona and two others arrived back at the store and were still unpacking the food, Liona says: “A group of people from another large local business walked in with boxes of really beautiful toys. I thanked them over and over for their generosity and kindness and brightening some children's lives for Christmas.
“I was honestly gobsmacked,” Liona says. “I was quite blown away by what happened that morning. And after that the community just kept giving us more and more.
“You hear stories of tragedies and sadness over Christmas, but on the other side you have these people who come out of the blue and give generously to help others. It makes a huge difference not only to the people who receive it, who have desperate need, but to people like myself and others who witness it.
“I now feel incredibly grateful and humbled to be able to have this job and be able to help others. What a privilege!”
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Pastors from Columbine funerals reflect on faith and 20 years of mass shootings
Bill Oudemolen, former pastor of Foothills Bible Church in Littleton, Colo., visits the Columbine Memorial this week. Twenty years ago, Oudemelon presided over the funeral for John Tomlin, who was killed in the Columbine High School shooting.
(Matthew Staver / For The Times)
By David Montero
Reporting from Littleton, Colo. —
They were the men of faith faced with a seemingly impossible task — providing comfort, hope, maybe understanding — after 12 students and a teacher were shot to death at Columbine High School.
Bill Oudemolen presided over the funeral for 16-year-old John Tomlin days after the mass shooting. The pastor told the large crowd at Foothills Bible Church that he just didn’t want to accept what had happened.
“He was killed simply because he went to school Tuesday morning,” Oudemolen told the crowd in Littleton, Colo. “Schools are supposed to be safe zones, not killing fields.”
When the two students came onto the Columbine High School campus and killed schoolmates and a coach while injuring more than 20, it seemed impossible for Oudemolen to imagine it ever happening again.
But now, standing at a memorial for those killed in Littleton, Colo., Oudemolen shakes his head as the locations of mass shootings in the 20 years since Columbine are named off: Sandy Hook, Orlando, Parkland, Tree of Life Synagogue, Las Vegas....
More than a dozen pastors presided over or aided with funerals and memorials for those slain at Columbine on April 20, 1999. Some have retired. One left his position to start a wealth management company. Another is an architect. A couple left the state. Others are pastors still. Like many who lived through it, they feel the tragedy regularly enough.
Columbine — the word now shorthand for the school massacre — has at times seemed so long ago for Oudemolen. Then another shooting happens and it roars into the present.
This week, when an 18-year-old high school student who was obsessed with Columbine arrived in Colorado and several school districts closed — affecting about 500,000 students, Oudemolen said he was rattled.
Within moments, his mind raced back 20 years to when he was standing on a corner seeing kids streaming out of the school and watching police cars screaming down West Bowles Avenue.
A lot has changed for him since the massacre. He’s no longer preaching; he was replaced two years ago at the church he founded and worked at for more than three decades.
The 69-year-old is selling his house in Littleton, and he and his wife, Jan, plan to move to Michigan, where he grew up.
“There is a feeling of having a loss of identity,” Oudemolen said.
Rabbi prepares for funerals for seven people he knew and loved. ‘I hope that God gives me divine inspiration’ »
Even though there were many pastors called upon for funerals of the slain, when they stood to deliver sermons — trying to shepherd families through grief, a community through mourning and a nation through shock — they stood alone.
Bruce Porter remembers crying in a dark room before the funeral of Rachel Scott. The pastor said he felt overwhelmed by the expectations, the media glare and wanting to help Rachel’s family in some small fashion.
“I was praying fervently that God would give me words,” Porter said. “I felt in way over my head. Way, way out of my depth.”
Pastor Bruce Porter holds a torch he uses at speaking engagements. At the 1999 funeral of Rachel Scott, he urged mourners to pick up the torch of goodness Rachel left behind when she was killed at Columbine.
When Porter stood before the crowd of 2,000 at Trinity Christian Center during Rachel’s funeral, the words came out as indictments:
“Politicians and legislators have failed you. The police who couldn’t keep you safe have failed you. And we, your parents, have failed you,” Porter said. “If you’re going to take back your school, this city, state and country, it’s up to you. Because we have failed.”
He said he thought about those words when he saw the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School react to the mass shooting that claimed 17 lives at their Parkland, Fla., school. Porter said he was chagrined, however, that some of the students had aimed to find political rather than spiritual solutions to the violence.
The shooting at Columbine has always been present in his life. He said that after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, he went to New York to help with recovery work as a volunteer firefighter. If Columbine hadn’t happened, he said, he’s not sure if he would’ve gone to do that.
“Rachel’s exhortation to make a difference in the world impacted me and pushed me,” he said. “Before, I would’ve asked, ‘Who am I and what can I contribute? I’m just one person.’”
Porter also began traveling the country, giving talks at schools about the shooting and Rachel’s story. The 17-year-old had been a prolific writer, and her diary entries were eventually published in a book called “Rachel’s Tears.” Her essay written shortly before she was killed, titled “My Ethics, My Codes of Life,” is something that still inspires Porter.
He said that when he delivered her eulogy, he compared Rachel to a torch for compassion, kindness and her faith. He can still remember when he asked mourners who would pick up the fallen torch. People stood up, answering that they would.
Not long after Columbine, Porter acquired a heavy, golden torch that can be lighted. He said he takes it with him to speaking engagements. “Thousands of hands have held this torch,” he said.
He no longer preaches in Littleton, however. Porter said he stays in touch with Rachel’s parents, but they don’t attend his church in Morrison, a small town in the foothills about half an hour from Littleton. He started it a few years after Columbine, and it has about 30 members.
He called it Torch Life Church.
Several of the churches that hosted funerals for those slain at Columbine have moved or closed. Littleton, a conservative suburb of Denver, has a strong evangelical Christian population. All around Columbine High School, the area is dotted with churches.
But Wayne LaGrone’s no longer exists.
LaGrone had come to Littleton from Midland, Texas, in 1980 with hopes of opening a church and seeing it grow. But he began to doubt whether he was “called” to be a pastor.
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He said he lived near the family of Kyle Velasquez, who as a child struggled with learning disabilities and had only been a student at Columbine for a few months at the time of the shooting. When LaGrone was asked to speak at Kyle’s funeral at St. James Presbyterian Church, he felt crushed over the death “of such a gentle soul.”
At the funeral, he told the crowd that he believed the shooters were acting under demonic influences.
The funerals, he said, had a big effect on the clergy called upon to officiate. In the weeks after the shooting, he said, several pastors would gather and talk about their feelings, but over the years, the group dwindled from more than 30 to just a few.
LaGrone said they still meet today — he still attends — but it’s more of a fellowship and prayer than talking about the events of the shooting. And LaGrone, 70, is “trying to retire” after working for two decades as an architect.
Not Dwight Blackstock, however.
His beard is grayer now and his back fails him, but even though the 70-year-old has difficultly standing through a sermon, he still serves, now as interim pastor at Aurora First Presbyterian Church.
The Rev. Dwight Blackstock serves as interim pastor at Aurora First Presbyterian Church. Twenty years ago, he spoke at the funeral for Daniel Rohrbough, 15, and thought Columbine would be the last event of its kind: “I proved to be naive in that thinking.”
(Marc Piscotty / For The Times)
He still feels the same pull to preach and reach out to people as he did when he stood at Grace Presbyterian Church to deliver the sermon at the funeral of Daniel Rohrbough, 15.
Many of the students who’d lived through the Columbine shooting struggled with survivor’s guilt, he said. In the sermon, he told them: “Don’t feel guilty. Thank God. Just thank God. And thank Danny.”
The message still resonates today, he said, after he has watched violence be unleashed at schools, theaters, churches, concerts and clubs. He thinks about those left standing after the fact, and he grieves for the families who have lost loved ones.
Blackstock said that after the 1999 massacre, he thought Columbine would be the last event of its kind.
“I proved to be naive in that thinking,” he said.
He had retired as pastor a few years after Columbine because of back problems, but he still wants to preach. His new congregation in Aurora is much smaller than the one in Littleton — by maybe two-thirds. But he said he would give a sermon “in front of six, sixty or a thousand.”
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On Thursday night, there were about 50 listening to him talk about Jesus washing the feet of the disciples before his crucifixion.
Blackstock, sitting on a stool and gesturing with his hands, talked as congregants listened quietly. He told them to look for and believe in miracles.
He instructed them that after they received the bread and wine, they should leave in silence.
“It doesn’t really have an end,” he said.
They filed out, slowly, until the small church was empty. And he stood at the altar for a moment.
David Montero
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Wales Worthy of at Least a Draw in Serbia
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The last time Wales visited Serbia was in a World Cup qualifier back in 2012. It’s a trip that the collective coaching staff, players and fans would like to forget, as Wales were thumped 6-1. The Welsh eventually finished second-bottom of the World Cup 2014 qualifying group, but the fortunes of both nations have taken different trajectories since then.
Serbia failed to qualify for Euro 2016, finishing second-bottom of Portugal’s group with a paltry four points. As we all know, Wales not only qualified for the tournament in France, they went on to reach the semi-finals where they were beaten by eventual winners Portugal. The bookmakers have priced Wales up at a big price due to injury worries, but have they underestimated Chris Coleman and his squad? The Welsh manager admitted that this was more than just another World Cup qualifier, but it takes on extra significance for his squad as they look to avenge that damning defeat at the start of his reign.
Another interesting game on Sunday is the one between Iceland and Croatia in qualifying group I. These two teams are first and second in the group – Croatia top with 13 points, and Iceland on their heels with 10 points. Both Ukraine and Turkey are waiting in the wings with 8 points to their name, so this is a highly competitive section. Iceland stole the hearts of Europe with their displays at Euro 2016, and they’ve continued in good style in Russia 2018 qualifying. Croatia were tipped as a ‘dark horse’ in France, but they exited the tournament at the second round stage – losing out to a late goal in extra time against Portugal. More will be expected from such a talented pool of players, and they are on course to qualify for the next World Cup.
Serbia v Wales
We’ll take a chance on Wales getting at least a draw from this game, with the double chance on offer at 5/4 2.25 +125 1.25 1.25 -0.80 with Ladbrokes, 32Red and 888Sport.
Gareth Bale, Neil Taylor, James Collins, Andy King, Hal Robson-Kanu and Ben Woodburn are all out injured, so Chris Coleman does need to shuffle his squad considerably. Five uncapped players have been included in the Welsh 23, but there is still a smattering of quality which should ensure they are competitive in this game. They are unbeaten so far in this qualifying campaign, although the only win came against Moldova in the opening game. Four draws with Republic of Ireland, Austria, Georgia, and Serbia leaves them on seven points, four adrift of joint leaders Serbia and Ireland. That most recent meeting with the Serbians in Wales last November ended in a 1-1 draw, Gareth Bale’s opener ruled out by Aleksander Mitrovic’s late equaliser.
Serbia have a fully fit squad to choose from, and it’s understandable that they should be favourites to win on home ground. However, it’s only been five wins in the last ten at home with two draws and three defeats, so they are not infallible by any stretch of the imagination. One of those defeats – a 3-0 reverse to Albania – should be ignored because the result was awarded by UEFA after crowd trouble. It still remains that both Portugal and Denmark have won in Serbia in recent times, while both Ireland and Russia have secured draws here.
The Welsh will be fighting tooth and nail to avoid another humiliation and gain revenge, and they are worth a punt to continue their unbeaten record in World Cup qualifying.
Iceland v Croatia
It’s a meeting of the top two in group I, and Croatia are taken to come out on top at 11/10 2.10 +110 1.10 1.10 -0.91 with Ladbrokes.
Iceland’s form has been too good for too long for anyone to say they are punching above their weight or undeserving of results, but they are taking on one of the best sides in Europe here.
A Croatia side built around Real Madrid playmaker Luca Modric, is a force to be reckoned with. They showed their quality at Euro 2016, outplaying and beating Spain, and were possibly a little unfortunate to get knocked out by a last-gasp winner against Portugal. An early draw with Kazakhstan got them off to a muddling start in the group, but four straight victories have taken them to the summit. One of those was a 2-0 win over Iceland back in November, despite playing more than half of the match with ten men, and they’ll be hoping to achieve a repeat of the result on Sunday evening.
Iceland and their fans are one of the enduring memories of Euro 2016, and many neutrals will be hoping they make it to Russia 2018 for a repeat. They look well on course to challenge for at least a play off place by finishing second, and will look for at least a point, if not three, from this game. One suspects that they may have to play second fiddle though, and Croatia will probably have much more of the ball and much more attacking intent. This isn’t an easy game to call, but there is a bit of value in backing Croatia – who on paper at least, look far superior to Iceland.
Tips Summary
Wales or Draw – double chance
Sunday 11th June, 19:45 GMT
Odds: 5/4 2.25 +125 1.25 1.25 -0.80
Croatia to beat Iceland
Odds: 11/10 2.10 +110 1.10 1.10 -0.91
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UK Bluefin
UK Background
the potential for a recreational fishery
Current UK Research Project
So for decades, other than isolated sightings, Bluefin Tuna had effectively disappeared from UK waters. Since around 2010 though they have re-appeared in numbers at various locations around the UK coastline. Off Cornwall and Devon, out from South West Wales, and in Scotland’s Western Isles an estimated 50 or more fish of up to 700lbs have been encountered in the last couple of years, hooked, fought and released by anglers, often whilst out seeking various shark species.
There is still uncertainty about exactly what is driving the re-appearance of these Bluefin around our coastlines. The overall recovery in stock levels, increased food competition, and changes in currents, water temperatures, prey patterns, etc may all be playing a part.
One thing to note is that even the smaller fish off Cornwall encountered in 2016 and 2017 were born BEFORE the recovery in numbers post-2010. In 2018, evidence to-date would suggest and even wider range of ‘year classes’ and sizes of fish are present. As the larger numbers of post-2010 fish mature and are able to travel more widely, could this lead to greater numbers of fish in British waters?
The re-appearance of these fish may yet present a fantastic opportunity for the UK to develop a sustainable, valuable recreational fishery, attracting anglers from across the globe to pursue this iconic gamefish.
However, the UK currently has no share of the EU’s substantial quota from ICCAT for Atlantic Bluefin. And, under ICCAT rules, the UK authorities are unable to authorise any recreational (or commercial) fishing for Bluefin without a quota. The UK Fisheries Authorities – DEFRA and the MMO – have repeatedly stated that it is illegal for UK anglers to target Bluefin and that any captured accidentally, whilst fishing for other species, must be released unharmed in the water. (Their explicit advice, that of the MMO, may be viewed on this link.)
Obtaining an element of the EU’s overall quota defined within its Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) would have proved impossible. However a potential benefit of Brexit, through joining ICCAT as a sovereign member rather than under the EU’s ‘umbrella’, we would suggest make obtaining a quota somewhat easier.
In the short term, given complex international inter-actions, it is likely that this would be a proportion of the existing 50 tonne ‘artisan’ allowance built into ICCAT’s management quotas. And it is our contention that if this was, initially at least, allocated exclusively to a ‘Catch and Release’ Recreational fishery – existing research suggests a mortality rate of less than 5% for such managed fisheries – it would enable us in the UK to develop a fishery that was sustainable and, with appropriate tagging, scientifically valuable. Additionally it would provide, as demonstrated in areas like Canada’s Maritime provinces, significant socio-economic benefits to local communities.
There’s a strap line extensively and effectively used by our ‘cousins across the Pond’ – a fish from a vulnerable species (here read Bluefin) is too valuable to catch only once.
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Basic Web Analytics for Hong Kong City Guide Websites
November 21, 2009 Elmer W. Cagape
How do website owners attract advertisers? The first thing that comes to mind is provision of unique, consistent content that’s useful to the advertiser’s target audience. This is quite subjective and also we find many similar sites in Hong Kong competing for attention. I wonder if the next step is.. grab an unsuspecting journalist and paint him/her a good picture about you, enough to catapult you into one of the feature stories for next issue. And throw in some random visitor stat numbers so if advertisers take a glance at the article, they’ll notice you.
I often think that print media is much more reliable than online because of one reason. With print, editors realize there’s no turning back; whatever information printed on a newspaper page or magazine cover stays like that. With online, editor, blogger or webmaster can modify information thanks to blog platforms and content management systems. I think corrections, errata and the like are simply too late.
Websites of city guides in Hong Kong were questioned on the accuracy of the data they presented through Marketing Magazine‘s Media Relations section on its October 2009 issue. I always think that the magazine has the power to verify information. But sometimes it is at the mercy of these people who answer their questions, more particularly on objective stuff like visitor numbers. If I tell you my website has 3,500 visitors or 250 visitors a day, it’s hard to figure out by just looking at my website. Surely we can use Compete, Alexa and other tools that have big deviations with the real numbers but why do we need to do so? Can these website owners simply share to us their Omniture or Google Analytics reports and prove to us naysayers we are wrong by judging the website by its homepage?
To a site that’s built with the aim of generating ads to make money, it’s a cardinal sin to disclose you have a paltry number of visitors coming to your website. Hip Hong Kong’s 60,000 unique visitors claim is literally unbelievable although by any means not impossible. It’s absolutely difficult to verify the number unless the owner discloses analytics data. Sharing analytics data should be more effective in convincing advertisers, rather than just put up arbitrary numbers into your rate card.
Maybe, it might help to give a little refresher about some of the most commonly used, and sometimes abused, web analytics terms.
Page Views Per Month
The total number of pages visited by all visitors in a month. If I visited your site three times this month, and on average I viewed two pages I contributed six page views to your site this month regardless if they are the same or unique pages.
Unique Visitors Per Month
The unique number of visitors coming to your site each month. That means regardless if I visit your site every single day and average 10 page views per visit, I would still be counted as one unique visitor.
Number of hits is also synonymous to the number of requests from the server. A web page with many images, uses multiple JavaScript and stylesheet files, can register multiple hits at a single page view instance.
Number of hits is a pretty outdated metric that when Dim Sum and Then Some used it, it occurred to me that either the website is using some pretty outdated web analytics tool or that the interviewees only wanted people (who don’t understand what “hits” is all about) to see gaudy numbers. Or both.
To me the number of visitors of a website is not as important as the quality of content and how targeted your army of loyal readers are. Other than the element of brand awareness, a large proportion of the audience will ignore an ad. Comscore (through New York Times) has reported that ad blindness continue to persist as a drop of 50% of Internet users who click on ads between July 2007 and March 2009. Worse, some of them might think negatively of ads as a disruption to their website experience and avoid engaging on that advertiser.
Hong Kong has been inundated with city guides — resource websites that tell you where’s the hippest party, coolest bar, where to meet the prettiest ladies, latest gadgets and anything that you haven’t even thought of before. Despite its relatively high broadband penetration, Hong Kong’s Internet population is still small. But there’s room — albeit tiny — for everyone to join the party and outsmart each other. It’s just a matter of time the natural law of attrition takes its toll.
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Great Bay Area restaurants that aren't in San Francisco
By Amy Graff, SFGATE
Updated 1:49 pm PDT, Thursday, July 18, 2019
Dining out doesn't mean a trip into the city. There are great eats all over the Bay Area.
Here are some of our favorites.
Photo: Jason Henry, Jason Henry For Medium
Living in San Francisco, you can easily get caught up in your own little enchanted foodie heaven, convinced the center of the food universe exists within its 49 square miles.
You might think there's no reason to deal with the hassle — the BART delays, the traffic, the giving up of your parking space — to leave to eat anywhere else on a Friday night, except maybe to head over to the nearly equally urban Oakland or Berkeley where many would agree the food rivals the city's.
READ ALSO: Fast food chains that never made it to the Bay Area
But outside that bubble, across the bridges, through the tunnels and into the suburbs, you'll find another world of inventive cooking, bold flavors, fresh ingredients and surprises that will dazzle your tastebuds.
In many cases the ethnic food is more authentic (Yep, the Japanese ramen and the Korean and Indian food are all tastier in the burbs) and the high-end dining is often more affordable outside the city. What's more, newer-to-the-scene chefs are opening up restaurants in suburbia because the costs on everything from rent to staff are lower compared to S.F.
SF foodie bucket list: All the dishes you must try whether you’re a newcomer or native
San Francisco chefs reveal their favorite meals in the Bay Area
Yes, the city is filled with great spots for a meal, but you'd be remiss to never venture outside its realms once in awhile.
We've put together a list of restaurants all within an hour's drive of San Francisco that are tucked away in the Bay Area's suburban communities. We've highlighted everything from the obvious world renowned classics such as the Chez Panisse Café in Berkeley, to the hottest reservations like Oakland's Comal, to old-time favorites such as Sam's Chowder House in Half Moon Bay. We hope you'll add more suggestions in the comments.
We didn't include wine country as we view its restaurants as destinations — places to dine during a weekend getaway — rather than spots for a weekend night out. For farther-afield dining options, check out our story on "Destination restaurants worth a day trip out of San Francisco."
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Home Vol 7, No 3.25 (2018) Anak Anggo
Title the Function of Pottery in the Iban Community in Sibu's Longhouse, Sarawak
Fujica Anak Anggo, Louis Laja, Rohana Binti Abu Bakar
Tajau or more commonly known as pot is an inherited heritage for generations by the Iban in Sarawak. It is made of clay and each tajau has its own uniqueness in terms of sculpture, height, size, shape and color. Tajau also become a symbol of wealth in the family. Owners who have a lot tajau number often associated with wealth and generosity of the food especially when tajau filled with rice. Moreover, tajau have a variety of functions in everyday life Iban use. The research is based on the function, beliefs, taboos and other types of tajau.
function; types of tajau; beliefs; symbol
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[4] Freeman, Derek. (1957).The Family System of the Iban of Borneo. Australia: Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Australian National University.
[5] Enggu, Edward. (1964). Pengap gawai tajau: Lemambang luat ak jabu: Borneo Literature Bureau.
[6] Tugang, N. (2004). Tembikar dalam Budaya Iban di Sarawak.. Kuala Lumpur: Universiti Malaya Kuala Lumpur.
[7] Vinson, Sutlive (et al.). (2001). The Encyclopaedia of Iban Studies. Sarawak, Malaysia : Tun Jugah Foundation.
[8] Haas, J. (1990). The Anthropology of War. New York: Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge.
[9] Gavin, T. (2004). Iban Ritual Textile. The Natherlands: KITLV Press.
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DOI: 10.14419/ijet.v7i3.25.17541
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Green Location | Purpose Built Eco Premises
Reducing Carbon Footprint
Reducing Energy Use
Active Recycling Policies
Wildlife Haven
Supporting Charity
Our Green Location
In July 2013 Sciquip Ltd relocated to a new purpose built premises in rural Shropshire.
Green Location
In July 2013 Sciquip Ltd relocated to a new purpose built premises in rural Shropshire. Considerable thought and effort went into the build to ensure it enhances the local environment rather than impacts on it.
Our offices are based in traditional farm buildings that have been sympathetically restored using environmentally friendly materials. The purpose built warehouse facility has been built in keeping with the local environment in the style of an agricultural building.
The works to create offices for SciQuip Ltd involved the revitalisation of derelict farm buildings to form the new company offices.
One of the key energy saving elements of work has been the introduction of internal wall insulation to the existing solid brick walls. This, along with the installation of a vapour control layer and new high performance double glazed windows has allowed us to far exceed the current Building Regulation standards regarding heat loss.
Other significant work included the repair and upgrade of the existing clay tile roof, to include high levels of insulation, whilst conserving the existing traditional roof structure. This sympathetic conservation approach is most visible at first floor level, where the existing oak trusses are exposed to display their Victorian origins. Roof skylights have also been used to increase the amount of natural light and help reduce the need for artificial lighting.
We have also adopted the following energy saving strategies:
1 Investment into solar panels on the warehouse to reduce our energy use and carbon footprint. We produce enough electricity to add back to the National Grid and also offset our electricity bills.
2 Buildings have been insulated to the highest UK standards. The insulated wall and roof panels used to build the new warehouse have a Green Guide A + rating as per the BRE Global “The Green Guide to Specification”, Green Guide 2008 ratings. All panels have been manufactured under Environmental Management System Certification ISO 14001:2004.
3 The latest boiler technology has helped reduce our gas and electricity consumption
4 We use high efficiency low voltage LED lights in all our buildings & have roof skylights and floor to ceiling windows to increase natural light and reduce the use of artificial lighting
5 Highly energy efficient glazing in all windows greatly reduces heat loss and energy consumption
6 Sympathetic restoration of the new site to maintain wildlife habitats.
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Time. Friend or Foe
Author: Alan Smith
On July 20th 1969, the late Neil Armstrong was the first man to step onto the surface of the moon. As commander of Apollo 11 his legend was secured by this act of endeavor, courage and ambition.
His words as he left the Eagle have been recorded for posterity. 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind". These words were beamed to the millions of global viewers making it one of the most watched televised events in history.
Fewer people heard the few words he said prior to these. Just before leaving the craft he said, "Good luck Mr. Gorsky". For years many assumed this referred to Armstrong's respect for a Russian astronaut. But Armstrong refused to be drawn on the question, and would not discuss his enigmatic remark. When asked he would simply smile and change the subject.
That was until July 5th 1995, 26 years after making the statement when a reporter in Tampa Bay Florida asked him the question again.
This time according to legend, Armstrong replied.
In 1938 when he was a young boy he had been playing baseball in his garden. The ball had accidently been hit into his neighbor's yard. The neighbors were the Gorsky's.
As Armstrong bent to pick up the ball, he heard through the open upstairs window Mrs Gorsky shout to her husband, "Sex you want sex! You can have sex when the kid next door walks on the moon"
Recording and capturing signals of flexibility from the other side, particularly in long term relationships is always good news.
If I can understand the circumstances under which a better deal, or a deal at all may be possible I can work towards achieving that goal, or at least as in Mr Gorsky's case watch out for the change in circumstances.
It may be even worth the wait. I hope so for Mr Gorsky's sake.
Alan Smith, Partner
My background is marketing and advertising. After graduating in Economics I entered the agency world to become, at 28, MD of London's largest independent below-the-line marketing provider.
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Andrew Nethsingha: an introduction for prospective Choral Scholars
There are fifteen male Choral Scholars at St John’s any one time, forming the alto, tenor and bass sections of the Choir. Most are students at St John's College, although some may be studying at other Cambridge colleges. Rehearsals take place each afternoon before Evensong during term, and on Sunday mornings before Eucharist.
Those applying to be St John’s Choral Scholars are expected to have a good voice, though not necessarily one trained in the choral tradition. Although a proficient sight-reading ability is desirable, it is not essential, provided that applicants demonstrate a strong work ethic and eagerness to improve. Choral Scholars study a wide range of subjects and come from many different backgrounds, schools and musical experiences.
The College funds singing lessons for all Choral Scholars and covers the costs of all Choir tours and external engagements. Choral Scholars also receive substantial fees for tours, concerts and broadcasts.
The Choir's routine
The regular weekly commitments for Choral Scholars include evening rehearsals and Evensong Tuesday-Sunday, and a morning rehearsal and Sung Eucharist on Sunday mornings. There are tour and concert commitments, but these are spaced throughout the year and are arranged with care to ensure a healthy balance with academic studies. Unlike many other choirs of our nature, St John’s does not perform regular services throughout the Christmas and Easter seasons, which gives the whole choir more time to rest during these holidays.
Alongside singing with the Choir, Choral Scholars are encouraged to develop singing activities outside the College and many choose to sing in the large number of operas and concerts which happen in Cambridge throughout the year. Many former Choral Scholars are now musicians of international renown. These include Simon Keenleyside, Iestyn Davies, Allan Clayton and Jonathan Nott.
To have sung in the Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge was to be offered a glimpse of absolutely everything that music making could be; passion, commitment and emotion on a daily basis. I was the youngest ever chorister, starting at the age of 7 and later a choral scholar. Without question I owe every musical fibre of my being to this choir
Iestyn Davies MBE (Chorister 1987-93, Choral Scholar 1999-2002)
Hong Kong and Singapore 2018: the Gents sing 'Fever'
The Gents' latest disc, 'White Christmas'
As well as forming the back row of the Choir, the Choral Scholars also perform as a self-directed ensemble, The Gentlemen of St John’s. With a repertoire of music ranging from sacred music and folksongs to their prized close-harmony arrangements (mostly written by current and former members), the Gents is a very popular group in College. As well as the legendary 5.00 a.m. slot at the St John’s May Ball and Christmas gig at the Maypole, the members of the Gents have a busy yearly schedule of touring, concerts and recordings which can number fifty external engagements.
The Gents have recorded 10 CDs, most recently White Christmas, Indulgence, and Lazing.
I've never encountered more wonderful musicians and music-making
Simon Keenlyside (Chorister 1967-72, Choral Scholar 1980-3)
Dates for application to St John's for 2020 entry
27 April 2019: Choral Awards Open Day
15 September 2019: Deadline for applications for Choral Awards Vocal Assessment Days - a chance to sing informally to various Directors of Music and receive advice
30 September - 2 October 2019: Attend Choral Vocal Assessments Days
By 15 October 2019: Apply for an academic place at St John's – Candidates should indicate on the form by ticking a box that they wish to be considered for a Choral Award.
January 2020: Receive academic decision from St John's
By February 2020: Apply for a Choral Award – Those with a successful academic offer can then apply for a Choral Scholarship; if they have received an offer from another college, they may wish to apply for a volunteer choral position at St John's.
March 2020: Choral Auditions – Those with offers from St John's who expressed an interest in a Choral Award will be invited to audition.
The university also holds Cambridge Choral Experience Days every year for non-fee-paying secondary school students Years 7-13. The days for 2019 are Saturday 22 June for Years 7-10 and Sunday 23 June for Years 11-13, held in St John's College.
"It may seem daunting, but it will honestly be the best decision you have ever made"
Current Choral Scholar
For 2020 entry:
1 Alto
3 Tenor
4 Bass
Please ask our Choir Administrator Caroline Marks for further information.
Email the Admissions Department or call them on 01223 338703 for more information on the academic application process and College Open Days.
To find out more about being a Choral Scholar and any choral aspect of your application, email Andrew Nethsingha or you can call the Choir Office on 01223 338718. We can also arrange for prospective Choral Scholars to meet our Admissions Tutor to discuss which subjects you might wish to study.
Jonathan Dove 'Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars'
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Blue Jays rally past Rangers in drama-filled ALDS Game 5
Controversy and drama highlighted the Toronto Blue Jays' 6–3 comeback win over the Texas Rangers in Game 5 of their American League Division Series, sending the Jays to the ALCS for the first time since 1993.
Jay Jaffe
Three not-so-quick thoughts on the Blue Jays' crazy 6–3 comeback victory in Game 5 of the American League Division Series at the Rogers Centre in Toronto:
1. Seventh is wild
One of the most bizarre and controversial innings in postseason history started with the game tied 2–2, went to the bottom half with Texas ahead 3–2 and ended with the Blue Jays holding a 6–3 lead they would not relinquish. The 53-minute drama started when the Rangers scored the tie-breaking run on a play that led to an 18-minute extended argument over the rule book and a protest. They then gave the lead away via three errors and a monster three-run homer by Jose Bautista that swung the game in Toronto’s favor. Operas have been written about less.
The chaos started with the Rangers' Rougned Odor on third base and two out. Odor had greeted reliever Aaron Sanchez with a single, taken second on a sacrifice and advanced to third on a groundout. With batter Shin-Soo Choo adjusting his elbow pad after taking ball two, catcher Russell Martin's throw back to Sanchez deflected off the bat of Choo, and Odor scampered home. Confusion reigned during the lengthy delay. The six umpires conferenced not once but twice, and the play was reviewed for a rules check, specifically as to whether Choo interfered with the throw and whether or not the ball should have been ruled alive or dead.
As disgruntled Toronto fans threw debris onto the field, the umpires allowed Odor’s run to stand, invoking Rule 6.03 (a): “A batter is out for illegal action when: He interferes with the catcher's fielding or throwing by making any other movement that hinders the catcher's play at home base.” Umpires and replay officials ruled that Choo was in the batter's box legally, so the ball hit the bat without intent, and was thus a live ball, so Odor's run counted. At that point Jays manager John Gibbons declared that the Blue Jays were playing the remainder of the game under protest, with home plate umpire Dale Scott signaling up to the official scorer in the press box by drawing an exaggerated “P” in the air (yes, that’s really how it’s done).
That protest was rendered moot because of the Blue Jays’ comeback against Cole Hamels, abetted by the Rangers’ complete defensive collapse. Hamels, who began his half of the seventh having thrown 95 pitches, induced Martin to ground to shortstop Elvis Andrus, who bobbled the ball for an error. Then Kevin Pillar hit a potential double-play grounder to first baseman Mitch Moreland, whose low throw to Andrus at second was dropped, so Martin was safe. At that point, Gibbons replaced Martin with pinch-runner Dalton Pompey, who was safe at third when Andrus dropped another throw, this one from third baseman Adrian Beltre after fielding Ryan Goins’s bunt; this time, the error was on Andrus. Pompey was forced out at home plate when Moreland speared Ben Revere's one-hopper and threw home, but his takeout slide into catcher Chris Gimenez led to a replay review as to whether he had interfered with a potential double play. With the aid of officials in New York, the umpires ruled that he had not.
That was it for Hamels. On came Sam Dyson to face Josh Donaldson with the bases loaded. Donaldson hit a bloop just over the head of Odor at second base. Pillar scored the tying run, but Odor recovered to get a force out. Up came Bautista, who obliterated a 97 mph inside fastball 431 feet to left-centerfield, then flipped his bat emphatically:
After the home run, both benches cleared, apparently over words between Dyson and Bautista, and fans were ejected for throwing more debris onto the field, resulting in another delay. After Troy Tulowitzki popped out to end the inning, the benches cleared again when Dyson tapped Tulowitzki on the butt with his glove as he walked by, a seemingly innocuous gesture that the shortstop took issue with given how high tensions were running in the heat of battle.
Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP
2. Marcus Stroman delivered
Gibbons' decision to use David Price out of the bullpen for 50 pitches in Game 4 and start Stroman for Game 5 loomed large coming into the game, but Stroman pitched well enough to justify the decision. Though Delino Deshields' Jr.'s game-opening double led to a run and Choo's third-inning homer put the Rangers up 2–0, Stroman held the line there, allowing only two hits in his final three innings: Gimenez's infield single to start the fifth and Josh Hamilton's two-out double in the sixth. He notched consecutive swinging strikeouts of Choo, Prince Fielder and Beltre to end the fifth and start the sixth, walked just one batter and departed after 98 pitches.
Watch: Jose Bautista hits massive three-run homer, benches clear
Price fueled the Jays' 39–15 record in August and September, won the AL ERA title and may have sewn up his second Cy Young Award en route to a massive free agent payday, but one can only infer from his performance and usage at the end of the season that something is amiss. After his seven shutout innings against the Yankees on Sept. 21, he pitched a total of 15 innings and allowed 12 runs (11 earned) over a 23-day span. In isolation, his seven-inning, five-run performance in Game 1 of the Division Series could be chalked up to the rust produced by an 11-day layoff, but as part of a larger tableau that included mop-up work protecting a six-run lead in Game 4, and unavailability in Game 5, it's enough to wonder if there is a physical issue at play, which will have to be considered as the ALCS begins on Friday.
3. The Rangers lost this series, but overachieved
Watch: Rangers take lead on controversial call in ALDS Game 5
On the heels of a 67–95 season that was marked by a slew of injuries—a trend that showed no signs of abating in the spring when ace Yu Darvish was lost for the year due to Tommy John surgery, and former top prospect Jurickson Profar went down for the second straight year due to a shoulder injury—nobody saw the Rangers coming. Not a single expert at Sports Illustrated, ESPN, Fox Sports or CBS picked them to win the AL West or secure a wild-card spot during the annual round of preseason predictions, yet they overcame a 42–46 first half and blew past the Astros in September thanks to significant improvements on both sides of the ball. Hats off both to general manager Jon Daniels, who made a big splash by dealing for Hamels, and relievers Dyson and Jake Diekman, and to first-year manager Jeff Banister, who led a banged-up team back to the postseason. Once there, this resilient, overachieving squad pushed the heavily-favored Blue Jays to the brink of elimination before bowing out, but it's unlikely they'll sneak up on anyone in 2016.
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The cars of 2030 will be radically different to the cars we drive today ©iStock
How the aluminium industry can work with carmakers to make better vehicles
By Dr Mark White, Editorial contributor
The whole automotive industry faces huge challenges in the next two decades, not least the emissions and fuel economy challenges. I believe the future of automotive is more use of aluminium, but how much more is up to the aluminium industry.
In my previous role at Jaguar Land Rover, I led over 20 aluminium-intensive body projects. Whatever challenges there were in the 1990s, we have pretty much come up with technical solutions for, and we now can make aluminium bodies in high volume in cycle times that are the same or less than conventional steel bodies.
More best practice sharing and harmonizing on aluminium alloys
There are many ways to make aluminium bodies, closures and chassis systems, but the aluminium industry must help OEMs find the right technical and cost solutions for their models and volume requirements. An example would be to use trim dies or lasers instead of traditional CNCs for faster processing of extrusions to get to the finished part for higher volume parts.
The aluminium industry must listen to the voice of the customer and work with them to come up with cost-effective solutions that allow them to apply the maximum weight savings at the lowest incremental cost. That means sharing best practice and harmonizing on aluminium alloys and standards to make the adoption of more aluminium in future vehicles easier for OEMs.
Aluminium reduces energy use in EVs and ICE vehicles
Using aluminium enables OEMs to maintain much of the existing infrastructure in today’s factories, while reducing weight in the whole vehicle by up to 25 percent. And unlike conventional steel bodies and chassis systems, aluminium can be used as cast, sheet and extrusions to get to the best solution for light weight and the most cost-effective solutions.
Light weight helps use less energy in both electric (EV) and internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, and that is good for the environment. But it also brings performance, which makes anything more agile and more fun.
Henry Ford once said that “weight is the enemy of performance” – and he was correct. He was also the first carmaker to produce aluminium cars in significant volume.
Helping design and manufacturing engineers define future vehicle architecture
As well as the emissions and fuel economy challenges, the automotive industry is going through a transformational period on how we use our vehicles, whether this is in the domain of the connected car, or car sharing or autonomous driving.
The cars of 2030 will be radically different to the ICE cars we drive today. A very large percentage of new cars by 2030 will be either battery-electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids, unless there is a significant breakthrough in combustion technology.
This gives design and manufacturing engineers a great opportunity to define future vehicle architecture. The Jaguar I-Pace and Tesla’s models are just the start of the journey and it’s no accident that these are aluminium-intensive vehicles, including the battery structure and much of the chassis as well as much of the drive train.
Improving vehicle performance with aluminium
I have always had an interest in light weight since I was a child, and loved the racing Jaguars that were made from aluminium for better performance.
At college, I discovered that aluminium was not just better for performance, but was more recyclable and if used properly gave better safety performance. Both by reducing the mass of the vehicle, as well as improved energy absorption relative to a conventional steel design.
As I said, I believe the future of automotive is more use of aluminium. But the aluminium industry needs to present the right solutions to OEMs.
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“My dream is to conserve all the living things on earth”
40 local school kids had an unforgettable nature experience this past month in the heart of the newly designated Tost Nature Reserve in Mongolia. They spent 5 days each in an outdoor eco-camp, where they playfully learned about the plants and animals around them.
by Snow Leopard Trust July 6, 2016 February 8, 2017
At first glance, Mongolia’s Tost Mountains are a harsh, barren landscape. But look closer and you discover an incredibly diverse and rich ecosystem, with dozens of plant species and animals of all sizes – and the majestic snow leopard as the region’s most iconic species. This spring, after years of hard work by our Mongolian team and other environment advocates, Mongolia’s parliament has declared this area a State Nature Reserve.
One of Tost’s wild snow leopards roaming its home range.
In order to foster an appreciation and a sense of stewardship for this environment among local school kids, we invite a total of 40 sixth and seventh graders from schools in the area each year to participate in ‘eco-camp’ adventures; five-day camping trips into snow leopard habitat where the kids engage with nature in a playful, hands-on manner.
A beautiful outdoor classroom!
“We start by asking each kid to name their favorite animal, and then we discuss the role each of these creatures plays in the ecosystem”, explains Nadia Mijiddorj, who manages our eco-camps in Mongolia.
A group of boys is examining plants.
“Then, we invite the kids to use their five senses to experience nature. They smell herbs. They touch rocks, but also different grasses and bushes. They get magnifying glasses to discover the beauty in the smallest animals and plants. In the evening, we have each kid sit alone, in complete silence, and listen to the sounds of nature. Then we ask them to share their experiences with the group”. Nadia says.
It’s a learning experience, but mostly, eco-camp is fun!
“After these activities, the kids usually resemble a pack of hungry wolves. Thanks to our donors’ support, they had plenty of healthy, nutritious food available though”, she adds.
To help kids understand the concept of food chains, the team also turned meals into learning experiences.
Nadia and her colleagues used a simple game. “After lunch, we’d ask the children how they felt after eating, and discussed with them how we get energy from our food – just like the animals do. While the kids were sitting over dinner, we’d assign them certain animals and grasses, and would tie yarn around their fingers, and then connect them to each other with the yarn according to everyone’s food needs. So the kid who was ‘a snow leopard’ would identify its ‘prey’ and would hand the skein of yarn to the kid playing ‘an ibex’. The ‘ibex’ would then hand the yarn to the kid playing ‘grass’, and so on. Through this activity, the kids see the connections between each part of the ecosystem. Then, we would ask them what they thought might happen if one of the links in this chain were to disappear.”
Learning about the elusive snow leopard
Snow Leopard Day
One full day at camp is dedicated to the snow leopard and its needs. The kids get to see stunning research camera pictures of the elusive ‘Ghost of the Mountain’ – the first time many of them lay eyes on the cat. They learn about the threats the snow leopard is facing, and engage in role play exercises to help them understand human-wildlife conflicts. “Many of these kids have relatives who herd livestock, so they know the human side of predation by snow leopards. In camp, we try to show them the other side, the snow leopard’s point of view”, Nadia says. “Then, we explore ways to solve these conflicts with them.”
The highlight, however, is the visit to ‘snow leopard valley’. On the day before the kids leave camp, Nadia and her team take them on a hike into a nearby valley that’s frequently used by the area’s snow leopards as they roam their vast habitats. “We tell them to be quiet here, as this is the snow leopard’s home”, Nadia says. On the hike, the kids look for signs of the elusive cat, such as scrapes or prey carcasses, but also scats and scent marks – ‘we’re looking for poop and pee”, Nadia adds, laughing. With spotting scopes the team brings along, kids scan the mountain slopes for herds of ibex or other wildlife. And of course, they always hope to catch a glimpse of a snow leopard – but so far, no camp group has seen one.
The kids may not see a snow leopard, but they get to feel its presence.
“Even though the kids can’t see the snow leopard, they get a sense for its presence on this hike. It’s usually the kids’ favorite activity”, Nadia says.
The snow leopard has left its traces in Tost!
Education researchers have shown that children begin to develop their capacity to think about the world and its issues in more abstract terms and to conceptualize ideas such as environmental protection. Our eco-camps are designed to help foster this sort of thinking, while also appealing to emotions and personal experiences.
To help these kids reflect on their role within their ecosystem, our teams asks each child to write a short essay about their dreams and hopes for the Gobi’s wildlife.
This year, 13 year-old Tuguldur Iderjavkhlan from the nearby town of Gurvantes wrote a particularly beautiful text that illustrates the impact the camps are having on the minds of these future conservationists:
Tuguldur’s essay on the future of Mongolia’s wildlife.
“My dream is to conserve all the living things on earth. Many strangers kill our wildlife for greed. I would like to stop illegal hunting and unsustainable use of plants. Some people harm carnivores like the snow leopard, wolf, and bear to retaliate for livestock losses. We need to stop this also. People don’t really understand wildlife. Most animals do not harm people, and yet they are killed.”
Nadia and some of ‘her’ campers!
Our eco-camps in Mongolia are supported by the Parc Animalier d’Auvergne & La Passerelle Conservation, David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation, Disney Conservation Fund, Partnership Funding by Fondation Segre, managed by Whitley Fund for Nature, and dozens of individual donors who gave to the camps through our new funding platform for priority projects, fund.snowleopard.org. Thank you very much.
Posted in Community Conservation, Conservation Around the World, Field Work, Mongolia, NewsTagged eco-camp, education, Mongolia, tost
Lauretta Casari says:
Very interesting cultural iniziative to sensitize the young people about the environmental problems and the conservation species.
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Decisive Weekend For EPL Clubs
by Philip Mboya on March 2, 2012
It will be an interesting weekend in the Premier League as the top clubs prepare to face each other in must wins fixtures. Second Place Manchester United travel to London to face third place Tottenham at White Hart Lane knowing that a loss could heavily dent their chances of retaining the trophy this season.
In the reverse leg of this fixture at the beginning of the season, United beat Tottenham 3-0 at the theatre of dreams with Welbeck, Anderson and Rooney all getting on the score sheet.
How things have changed as Tottenham are now only 8 points behind in position 3 on the table. That said, the game will not be about trying to pip United to Second place as much as it will be about solidifying their current standings.
Both Arsenal and Chelsea are only 7 points behind them in 4th and 5th place respectively and keenly eying one of the few limited slots for a Champions League Berth. Redknapp knows that he cannot avoid any slip ups especially with 12 games left in the season.
Moreover, Redknapp will be counting on Liverpool to defeat Arsenal when they meet at Anfield tomorrow. Arsenal who are coming off an impressive 5-2 drubbing of Tottenham will have the momentum to continue on with their good performances ahead of their 7th place hosts.
However, you can’t really write off Liverpool who only last week picked up their first trophy under Kenny Dalglish. Meanwhile, also in action this weekend are Manchester City and Chelsea who both have rather easy opposition
Leaders Man City face Bolton at home and having already maintained their 100% per cent home record so far, 19th placed Bolton should be no problem. Chelsea on the other hand will travel to Sandwell to face 13th place West Bromwich Albion amid emerging reports of rising tensions between players.
So there you go, it promises to be an interesting weekend of football in England and one that could greatly impact the title race.
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Let 2019 be a year of political inaction.
May the government stay shut down forever. May the Wall, and all other government projects, go unfunded and un-built. May the troops withdraw from every nation (as Rand Paul hopes in a striking quote tweeted out by Trump). May the always-politicized, faux-scientific Federal Reserve be shut down and private currencies be allowed to take its place, ushering in a new economic golden age.
May the liars who pretend they’re willing to give serious thought to such courses of action but just don’t want them taken “hastily” re-think their cowardly lives, then admit they want both the domestic and foreign policy spending to go on forever somehow, as if $23 trillion and counting in federal debt could magically be made sustainable by the sheer force of their fear of the other political party—whichever one they’re not in, not that there’s much difference.
Yet so many good things could happen through simple inaction, which may be the only possible route to survival in a nation now plainly incapable of wise deliberation and civil dialogue. When in doubt, do nothing, politicos. If the public must be sheep, passive and quiet, this may at least prove preferable to them being whipped into a frenzy in favor of some new war or a “bold” domestic initiative. Remember when the maniac Barack Obama was raving about creating entire “innovation cities” that would become America’s new hubs of science and progress, markets be damned? Deliver us from visionaries bent on schemes like that—or Wall-building.
The less that happens in politics, the better, as should by now be obvious to all. The less the government does, the safer we are. I’m not the first to say: the government that governs least governs best.
Rep. Mark Sanford was right to warn as he exits Congress that Trump could turn into a Hitler-like figure, but Sanford neglects to mention that every politician could. Best if they do nothing. Best if they don’t hold office. Best if there are no offices to hold.
You know, works from 1923 have just this week entered the public domain. You can now create a sequel to the novel Bambi, a cover version of the song “Yes! We Have No Bananas,” a movie of George Bernard Shaw’s play Saint Joan, or a subversive annotated version of Le Corbusier’s architecture classic Towards a New Architecture that explains what a megalomaniacal destroyer of traditional beauty he was—all without paying a dime in royalties to anyone. And why? What legislative maneuver made these things possible?
For a change, Congress did nothing, that’s what makes all this possible! After 20 years of jerking people’s chains by creating ad hoc extensions of old copyrights partly to please Disney, this year Congress just sat around being “shut down,” and lo, works became available, as long ago envisioned under the original, unhampered expiration-after-95-years copyright law. Think of all the other overdue changes that might occur if Congress kept on this wise course of inaction: cities un-bombed, bureaucracies not expanded, new regulatory bodies not created. Let this be our open-ended future.
And don’t be so sure you can spot which politicians and which parts of government would turn out to be Hitlerian if they stayed active.
I wouldn’t have imagined, when I was a child fascinated by the Space Shuttle, that this week, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Nazi Party, would find NASA—notoriously co-founded with help from ex-Nazi scientists, just like our post-WWII intelligence apparatus—scheduled to have a probe buzz the most distant object in the solar system, nicknamed Ultima Thule after the imaginary northern land of fascist mythology. This, mere months after that odd asteroid exploded just over the U.S.’s Thule Base in Greenland and just weeks after the announcement that Greenland also contains a massive, ancient crater from a much earlier meteor strike, which may have been responsible for the Younger Dryas flooding that likely inspired Flood myths around the globe (and perhaps Plato’s account of the destruction of Atlantis as well).
I’m not saying that even the most apolitical parts of the entire modern government are elements of an elaborate, decades-long Nazi plot, but why take chances? Shut it all down, and it won’t matter what they’re up to. Problem solved.
And if the government won’t have the decency to stay shut down, at least this year (with Democrats assuming control of the House) sees government once more “divided,” often the safest state of affairs for the public, since less tends to get done, neither political party wanting to okay the other’s plans. Much as I dislike the Democrats, it’s also fine with me if they now devote the House’s time to impeaching Trump. Politicians deserve to be impeached, and it keeps them too busy to do more dangerous things, like govern.
And if you’re a Trump supporter, don’t be worried if he gets impeached by the Democratic House: the Republican Senate will never convict, and even if by some miracle Trump ended up in prison, the pro-Trump pundits would probably find some way to rationalize that it was a “4D chess” victory anyway. (He’s making valuable contacts in the brig! All part of his master plan! Hail Trump!)
In the meantime, Democrats and Republicans alike should probably be humbled by a recent Gallup poll saying Americans do not think America’s biggest problem is immigration—they think government itself is. They’re right. And even if this so-called “shutdown” lasts forever, as it should, don’t think the work of truly shrinking government will be even half-begun. Countless functions of the federal government keep on chugging along even during a shutdown.
You can call this “anarchy” all you like, but somehow, for instance, Lockheed Martin still gets 3.3 billion of your tax dollars to build missile systems for Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. And even when they do, half the conservatives will whine about military “budget cuts,” while the other half, despite being ostensible nationalist/populists, will laud Trump’s weapon-selling deals just because they’re Trump’s.
If this is a shutdown government, do you really want to encourage it to become any more active? Enough already.
—Todd Seavey is the author of Libertarianism for Beginners and is on Twitter at @ToddSeavey.
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August 16, 2017 April 18, 2018 by Sowmyan
Pre Columbian transoceanic contact – Viking settlements in L’Anse aux Meadows.
As anthropological evidence suggests all humans originated in Africa. We slowly moved from Africa to all the continents and land masses we call home now. This slow movement of people took almost two million years for our Species Homo Sapiens. From Africa people moved to Eurasia, then to the Arctic and Oceania. Thus we reached all the continents over the years. People developed their own cultures, languages and traits based on the land they inhibited. My recent visit to Newfoundland and the World heritage site of L’Anse aux Meadows in the northern tip of the island gave a new perspective.
We all believe Columbus came to the continent of America crossing the Atlantic first but just around 1000 AD almost 5 centuries before Vikings explored the shores of Canada and North Eastern United states thus becoming the first set of people to cross the Atlantic from Europe there by completing an important milestone in human history. A cycle/circle of human movement. Anthropologists call this a Pre-columbian transoceanic contact between people who moved East (Natives who crossed the Arctic and reached America) and West(Vikings who were Eurasian People).
The Vikings accomplished a significant milestone for humans and L’Anse aux Meadows is the only known site which stands proof for this historical event.
Statue depicting East meets West – Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact between Vikings and the Natives in North America at the Viking settlement of L’Anse aux Meadows, NL, Canada.
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Colon stem cell revolution +++ French Red +++ Save the rhino +++ One burger for £250,000
Another week, another breaktrough: Scientists have successfully grown human colon stem cells. In addition, French researchers said they injected red blood cells produced from stem cells into a patient for the first time.
Also, could endangered species such as the northern white rhino be saved with the help of skin samples taken in the 1970s? Plus, as a follow-up to last week's news of meat without slaughter, here's an estimate of the price tag of the first artificial burger.
From Press TV:
Human colon stem cells identified
"This is the first time that it has been possible to grow single CoSCs in lab-plates and to derive human intestinal stem cell lines in defined conditions in a lab setting."
From Euronews via Dailymotion:
French doctors produce quality Red
From MIT Technology Review:
Stem-Cell Engineering Offers a Lifeline to Endangered Species
"In the longer term, the researchers hope to be able to use the cells to create sperm and eggs, which would be incorporated into breeding programs to boost the genetic diversity of severely limited populations; the white rhinoceros is on the verge of extinction, with only seven animals alive today."
From The Telegraph:
First artificial burger to cost £250,000
"Prof Mark Post of Maastricht University, who is leading the research, said the technique is far from ready for mass production and the cost of creating the first burger could run higher than £220,000 (EUR250,000). But once the meat is ready for consumption, production lines could be set up in plants producing large amounts much more quickly and cheaply."
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Liberal SOS in Ottawa West Nepean?
The other week, I wrote about the potential appointment process of a candidate in Ottawa West Nepean as Bob Chiarelli was eyeing the riding to the dismay of former defense minister David Pratt.
Today I received a tip from a couple of sources that describe discord among Liberal EDA board members in Ottawa West Nepean and their leader as the board is complaining that former Ottawa mayor Bob Chiarelli has asked Liberal leader Stephane Dion to forgo the nomination process and appoint him as the candidate in that riding to face-off against Conservative Environment Minister John Baird. This is obviously undemocratic as former Martin Defense Minister David Pratt is known to want the candidacy.
The story received quite a bit of attention and appeared on the popular online news aggregator run by Pierre Bourque and the story made the pages of the Ottawa Sun the next day. Perhaps it gave the riding executive some chance to reflect.
Pratt was ultimately appointed due to a rushed election call and this caused some upset for contestants in Ottawa West Nepean that were hoping for a nomination meeting. One of those would-be nomination contestants Nour El-Kadri is said to have sold some 800 memberships over the past few months and a nomination meeting could have been held for some time. Supporters of El-Kadri and another former-hopeful Adriano Guzzo are said to be devastated.
Perhaps this is why the Pratt campaign is having some difficulty getting off the ground in Ottawa West Nepean. The sign war has heated up with Conservatives, NDP and Greens hammering the stakes of their wooden signs into the ground. Little red has made an appearance at this time. Pratt’s team has finally found a campaign office tucked away in the back of a local mini-mall but this photo indicates that there may be despair in the ranks.
Be sure to click the image to enlarge the photo (thanks for the tip to David in the comments)
Posted on September 8, 2008 Categories OtherTags 2008 General Election, adriano guzzo, bob chiarelli, david pratt, john baird, nour el-kadri, ottawa west nepean
Democratic deficit grows for Liberals in Ottawa
Today I received a tip from a couple of sources that describe discord among Liberal EDA board members in Ottawa West Nepean and their leader as the board is complaining that former Ottawa mayor Bob Chiarelli has asked Liberal leader Stephane Dion to forego the nomination process and appoint him as the candidate in that riding to face-off against Conservative Environment Minister John Baird. This is obviously undemocratic as former Martin Defense Minister David Pratt is known to want the candidacy.
Pratt would make only the second Liberal to make his intentions officially known. Ottawa University professor Nour El-Khadri also has made it known that he seeks to contest a nomination, however, Chiarelli is trying to enter in through the backdoor, according to sources.
Pratt and El-Khadri aren’t late comers to the work required to win the nomination either. El-Khadri is believed to have sold about 500 memberships in the riding as far back as April 2007. A source on Pratt’s team said “selling memberships and fighting a fair contest will not be a problem for…people like David”
Sources on the OWN Liberal executive say that an emergency meeting has been called for September 2nd. Each of the three men will have to make a case before a special nominating committee as to why they believe they are the best candidate to take on Baird. The recommendation will then be made to Stephane Dion who has the power to appoint the candidate directly. This “beauty contest” approach (as one board member put it) is in direct contravention of the OWN Liberal Party constitution and will cause a great deal of grief with supporters of El-Kadri and Pratt. As the same board member put it, “the fix is in” for Chiarelli.
John Baird fought his own nomination for the Conservative Party candidacy and one may speculate that expediency is being pushed for given an accelerated timetable for an election call that many expect this week. However, it is unknown why a former Ottawa mayor without experience in the federal government would be favoured over a former Defence Minister. Pratt fought under Martin’s banner of “fighting the democratic deficit”. We’ll see if he’s still up for the job against Stephane Dion and Bob Chiarelli.
Posted on August 31, 2008 Categories OtherTags bob chiarelli, david pratt, election timing, john baird, nour el-khadri, ottawa west nepean, stephane dion
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CBSE Class 10 Physics Electricity (1)
CBSE Class 10 Physics Electricity (1). Learning the important concepts is very important for every student to get better marks in examinations. The concepts should be clear which will help in faster learning. The attached concepts made as per NCERT and CBSE pattern will help the student to understand the chapter and score better marks in the examinations.
Electricity is a general term that encompasses a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena such as lightning and static electricity, but in addition, less familiar concepts such as the electromagnetic field and electromagnetic induction.
Electric charge is a fundamental conserved property of some subatomic particles, which determines their electromagnetic interaction. Electrically charged matter is influenced by, and produces, electromagnetic fields. The interaction between a moving charge and an electromagnetic field is the source of the electromagnetic force, which is one of the four fundamental forces. Electric charge is conserved, additive and quantised.
The S.I. unit of electric charge is ‘C’ coulomb. Any other charged body will have a charge Q
Q = ne
where n is the number of electrons and e is the charge on electron = 1.6 x 10–19 coulombs.
Electric current is a flow of electrons in a conductor such as a metal wire. Electric current is expressed by the amount of charge flowing through a particular area in unit time. In other words, it is the rate of flow of electric charges. In circuits using metallic wires, electrons constitute the flow of charges. However, electrons were not known at the time when the phenomenon of electricity was first observed. So, electric current was considered to be the flow of positive charges and the direction of flow of positive charges was taken to be the direction of electric current. Conventionally, in an electric circuit the direction of electric current is taken as opposite to the direction of the flow of electrons, which are negative charges. The magnitude of electric current in a conductor is the amount of electric charge passing through a given point of conductor in 1 second.
I = Q/t
S.I. unit of electric current is ‘A’ (Ampere).
The electric current is expressed by a unit called ampere (A), named after the French scientist,
Andre-Marie Ampere (1775–1836).
One Ampere
When 1 coulomb of charge flows through any cross-section of a conductor in 1 second, the
electric charge flowing through it is said to be 1 ampere.
Smaller unit current is milliampere(mA) and microampere(m A)
1 mA = 10–3A
1 m A = 10–6A
An instrument called ammeter measures electric current in a circuit. It is always connected in series in a circuit through which the current is to be measured. The direction of electric current is from positive terminal to negative terminal through the electric circuit.
INTEXT QUESTIONS PAGE NO. 200
1. What does an electric circuit mean?
Ans. An electric circuit consists of electric devices, switching devices, source of electricity, etc. that are connected by conducting wires.
2. Define the unit of current.
Ans. The unit of electric current is ampere (A). 1 A is defined as the flow of 1 C of charge through a wire in 1 s.
3. Calculate the number of electrons constituting one coulomb of charge.
Ans. One electron possesses a charge of 1.6 × 10−19 C, i.e., 1.6 × 10−19 C of charge is contained in 1 electron.
∴ 1 C of charge is contained in 1/1.6 × 10−19 =1 6.25×1018 electrons
Therefore, 6.25´1018 electrons constitute one coulomb of charge.
Potential difference
Potential difference, VA – VB between two points A and B is the work done per unit charge in taking a charge from B to A.
Potential difference, VA – VB =work done/charge
, where VA is potential at point A, VB is potential
at point B and S.I. unit of potential is volts (V), named after Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), an Italian physicist.
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Tribes, State meet in Denver
Sacha Smith | The Southern Ute Drum
Thu Dec 8th, 2016
Sacha Smith
The Southern Ute Drum
Categories: Top Stories
Tags: Amy J. Barry, Bureau of Indian Affairs Agency, CCIA, Chairman Harold Cuthair, Colleen Cuthair-Root, Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs, Denver, Denver March Powwow, Ernest House Jr., Juanita PlentyHoles, Lucille Echohawk, Marissa Box, National School Boards Association, Raymond Baker, Southern Ute, Stronghold Society, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY), Ute Mountain Ute, Walt Pourier, Youth Council
Ute Mountain and Southern Ute Tribal Councilmembers met with state representatives in Denver, Colo. on Friday, Dec. 2 for the last Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs meeting of the year.
For Ute Mountain, newly elected Council members, Chairman Harold Cuthair and Treasurer, Colleen Cuthair-Root joined fellow Ute Mountain Council members Juanita Plentyholes and Marissa Box to update the state officials.
“It’s an honor and privilege to be here … we want to continue the communication with the state of Colorado,” Cuthair said.
Plentyholes provided the update for Ute Mountain. Along with transitioning the four new council members, Ute Mountain Bureau of Indian Affairs Agency has hired a new superintendent, she said.
She also focused much of her update on housing. Ute Mountain will be adding 10 single unit modular homes to the reservation that are targeted for single people, couples, or parent and child homes Plentyholes said.
The homes will help the housing problem, but she hopes in the future to see more permanent homes on the reservation.
“We want to build more housing. I think that would really help our people,” she said. “We applied for a grant for trailers, but I would like to see stick built homes.”
On the Southern Ute side, Council lady Amy J. Barry updated the commission on Southern Ute’s housing expansion including apartments and stick built homes.
Barry also updated the commission on the Youth Council and their work on getting a skate park built on the reservation. The Youth Council has been working with Walt Pourier an artist and executive director of Stronghold Society – a nonprofit that works Native communities and non-Native communities through empowerment, arts programs, skateboarding and athletic activities encouraging youth to take action to live a healthy life in mind, body, and spirit.
Barry said the youth are at the point of land dedication and are looking forward to breaking ground in the spring.
At large member, Lucille Echohawk also talked about an upcoming opportunity for Colorado Native youth. Echohawk said the United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY) Conference will be held in Denver in July 2017. She hopes to see Native youth of Colorado have a role in the Denver Convention.
Southern Ute tribal member and Navy veteran, Raymond Baker made a presentation during the Southern Ute update. Baker who retired from the Navy last year, was asking for the support of the commission to have a naval ship be named “The Ute.” It will be the second class of ship in naval history to been named “The Ute”, Baker said. The first, the USS Ute, was commissioned in 1940 and decommissioned in 1980.
“It’s very rare to represent everybody, not just the tribes, but Colorado as a whole,” Baker said.
Ernest House Jr. Executive Director of CCIA said that the governor and lieutenant governor are very supportive of the idea and will provide any support to help see this through.
House gave an update on the mascot commission formed from CCIA that has gained national attention.
West Middle School in Colorado Springs wants to meet with the Ute tribes. House said he has been in touch with Austin Box, Southern Ute tribal elder who lives in the area and is working on arranging for Box to meet with the students. He also stated that Shining Mountain High School was the first high school in Colorado to come up with behavior guidelines for sporting events.
The National School Boards Association has also asked that the mascot commission to do a presentation at their annual conference in March 2017.
The next CCIA meeting is scheduled to take place during the same time as Denver March Powwow in 2017.
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Monk Fruit Sweetener and Lakanto Review
Monk fruit sweetener is a natural sugar substitute made from the super sweet luo han guo fruit. Native to parts of Southern China, mainly the Guangxi and Guangdong mountains, it was originally named after Buddhist monk populations who have used it in these regions since the 13th century.
The fruit contains a substance called mogrosides that give it a very sweet taste but with no calories or effects on blood sugar because of the way it is metabolized in the body.
The inside of the round green fruit is seldom consumed fresh as it is known to develop a ripe rotten taste soon after harvest. Monk fruits are consequently dried and used whole or ground into a light brown powder, similar to the consistency of lucuma fruit powder.
The dried fruit and powders, however, contain sulfuric compounds and can have a somewhat bitter astringent taste which has limited use as an all-purpose sugar additive in recipes. Luo han guo fruit is therefore commonly prepared as concentrated extracts which removes some of these undesirable flavors as well as concentrates the sweet qualities.
What is Monk Fruit Sweetener or Luo Han Guo?
Luo han guo, Siraitia grosvenorii (or Momordica grosvenorii), is a perennial vine from the gourd family. The fruit is between 1-3 inches (5-7 cm) in diameter with a yellow-green gourd-like shell and vertical light colored striations moving up and down the fruit. The fruit pulp is layered in sections that separate into small rounded pieces. When the dried pieces are chewed on they have a delicious caramel-like flavor.
The whole fruit or pulp, when dried, turns a brown color and is normally ground into a powder. In Asian countries, either the powder or whole dried peeled fruit is used to add sweetness to soups and teas.
Luo han guo or monk fruit is native to remote mountainous regions near the city of Guilin, an ancient Buddhist temple site, of northeast Guangxi, China which borders Vietnam. Because the fruits are hard to cultivate, popularity was not wide spread in surrounding locations for many centuries.
Today, with the increasing demand for luo han guo and monk fruit sweeteners, like Lakanto, it is now extensively cultivated in these warmer climates. Located southwest of Guilin is the Longjiang Township, named after the luo han guo fruit, the chosen site for several factories manufacturing luo han guo extracts and products.
Where Does the Sweet Taste Come From?
The active sweetening agents in monk fruit are the triterpene glycosides or cucurbitane derivatives known as the mogrosides. There are five different mogrosides, numbered 1-5. The primary one with the greatest amount of sweetness is mogroside-5, also called esgoside. Other secondary sweet tasting compounds include neomogroside and siamenoside.
These unique sweet tasting components are not metabolized as sugars in the body and do not raise blood sugar levels like other sweeteners.
The fresh fruit is commercially processed in several different ways depending on the manufacturer. Some concentrate these triterpenes through a process called solvent extraction to achieve an 80% mogroside content, a much higher concentration of sweetness desired for use as a sugar substitute. Many methods usually involve using the freshly harvested juice or fresh fruit pulp, along with a hot water infusion. The sweet liquid is then filtered and dried to achieve a condensed super sweet powdered extract.
Technically speaking, the fruit does contain some calories and carbohydrates, coming from small amounts of fructose and glucose, but these levels are so low they are relatively insignificant. Lakanto and luo han guo sugars are therefore not good energy burning fuel sources, but very appropriate for diabetes, weight loss and obesity.
What is Lakanto Sweetener?
Today many health conscious consumers have recently started using a natural sugar made from luo han guo fruit called Lakanto. Lakanto is a blend of the monk fruit extract and the sugar alcohol erythritol. Originally developed by the Japanese company Saraya Corporation, it provides a crystalline texture similar to turbinado cane sugar and can be used as a one-to-one ratio replacement for sugar in recipes.
Lakanto has been used as an approved natural sugar substitute in Japan for over 10 years and has received GRAS status here in the U.S. In 2007 Lakanto was introduced to the West by Donna Gates, author of the Body Ecology Diet, who began importing a non-GMO erythritol derived version from the Saraya Corp. Because the sugar does not increase candida overgrowth, it is a recommend choice for those on a no-sugar diet.
Although we are personally not big fans of using concentrated sugar extracts in large amounts on a regular basis, we do use them when making the occasional dessert recipe or sweet confection. Typically we tend to go for whole food sweeteners like raw honey or green leaf stevia and have also found that we prefer using a high quality 100% luo han guo extract over Lakanto sugars.
However, using Lakanto as your sweetener of choice over other types is very relative to what you are typically used to consuming. For those of you looking to replace artificial sweeteners or white sugar, Lakanto might provide the perfect option.
With a texture that is convenient to use and measure, Lakanto is easy to substitute in many traditional recipes that call for cane sugar. It can be a much improved alternative for weight loss and diabetes because it contains zero calories and is a "non-glycemic" sweetener.
Is Lakanto a Raw Food?
Monk fruit is processed in a way that does employ the use of heat, with hot water infusions or drying methods that are above 115–118° F (45-48°C). So, Lakanto is not considered a raw product.
Lakanto, also referred to as monk fruit sweetener, is being used more and more among the average home cook following a healthy whole foods diet. Lakanto comes in a white or golden colored sugar. The white crystals are made from an extra-high purity extract from early-harvest monk fruit to achieve a clean sugar-like color. Some say the golden variety has a caramel taste similar to brown sugar, but we find that both white and brown Lakanto sugars taste pretty much the same.
Because it is a fairly recent invention, research studies are somewhat limited on Lakanto for use as a dietary sugar alternative. There are however, many studies on some of the health enhancing properties of luo han guo fruit. Some of these studes demonstrate effects as an anti-inflammatory and antibacterial agent with constituents that inhibit the growth of Candida albicans and Streptococcus mutans, known to cause tooth-decay.
What is the Erythritol in Lakanto?
Lakanto sweetener is a blend of luo han guo fruit extract and erythritol. Erythritol is a fermented sugar alcohol derived from corn. The erythritol in Lakanto is specifically derived from non-GMO corn. Erythritol, like xylitol, is naturally found in some fermented foods as well as fruits and mushrooms.
When the sugars in corn are fermented, rather than hydrogenated, they apparently do not produce the same negative side-effects that other sugar alcohols may have on the digestive system, such as loose stools, gas and bloating issues. Most of the erythritol content in Lakanto is excreted through the urine and feces with about 10% entering the large intestine. According to Donna Gates, this remaining erythritol turns into harmless gases and short chain fatty acids in the colon.
Erythritol is a non-caloric sweetener that is not metabolized for energy and does not affect blood sugar or cause tooth decay. When blended with monk fruit extract, a sugar like consistency is created.
Benefits of Monk Fruit Sweetener
High in Antioxidant Mogroside Triterpenes
Monk fruit sweetener, especially concentrated extracts, are notably high in the mentioned mogrosides triterpenes which have been shown to exhibit strong antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer and blood glucose controlling activity.
In a 2013 study published in the Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research analyzing the antioxidant effect of mogrosides against oxidative stress, results indicated that "mogrosides might exert their antioxidant effect by reducing intracellular ROS and regulating expression of genes involved in glucose metabolism."
Mogroside-5, the sweetest component of monk fruit, has been shown in a 2009 study to "provide a positive health impact on stimulating insulin secretion."
In another study conducted, aiming to assess the anti-inflammatory properties of mogrosides, it was shown that "the anticancer and antidiabetic effects of M. grosvenori may result in part from its anti-inflammatory activity."
Traditionally used by the Chinese to treat inflamed conditions and excess heat, luo han guo is consumed in teas and beverages to cool the body, offering relief from hot weather, fevers as well as inflammation. It is also consumed as a natural remedy for coughs, sore throats and for breaking up phlegm and excess mucus.
Good For Candida Overgrowth or Autoimmune Issues
Lakanto, as well as monk fruit sweeteners and extracts, are another option to use over stevia for those on a low sugar diet aimed at treating candida overgrowth or autoimmune conditions.
A bioactive component in luo han guo fruit, called siraitiflavandiol, also shows potential benefits for dental issues and things like periodontal disease and tooth decay. It was isolated in 2009 and studied for use as an antibacterial compound shown to inhibit "the growth of oral bacterial species Streptococcus mutans, Porphyromonas gingivalis, and yeast Candida albicans." (Source)
In another 2013 study testing Siraitia grosvenorii fruit extracts on mice with physical fatigue, results showed "significant anti-fatigue effects" in a dose-dependent manner.
Lakanto Vs. Monk Fruit Powder, Stevia or Xylitol
Luo han guo extracts and lakanto sugars are significant natural sugar substitutes for diabetics or those on a low calorie diet. Monk fruit sweeteners are often compared to stevia, another no calorie sweetener commonly recommended to diabetics because it does not raise blood sugar levels.
Stevia, however, is less convenient for use as a crystalline sugar replacement with the whole green powder being somewhat like the consistency of luo han guo dried fruit powder. Lakanto is a better sugar alternative over stevia or straight monk fruit powder because it is closer to a sugar-like texture and is easy to use in recipes.
Lakanto is also considered a healthier option over xylitol sugar. Although xylitol, also a sugar alcohol like erythritol, has been proven helpful as an alkaline low calorie sweetener, it is known to cause gas and laxative effects when consumed in concentrated amounts, like desserts. Lakanto does not cause digestive problems and is also a zero glycemic sweetener.
Types of Monk Fruit Sweetener
Dried Monk Fruit - Whole or powdered monk fruit is available online or in Asian markets. These forms are usually dried immediately after harvesting.
Lakanto - Is a non-GMO project verified (not certified organic) blend of luo han guo fruit extract and erythritol. It is produced by the Saraya Corporation in Japan for the company Body Ecology, owned by Donna Gates. It comes in golden (light brown) and classic (white) sugar crystals.
Dragon Herbs Sweetfruit Drops - This is a straight luo han guo extract containing glycerin and water. It is available in 2fl oz size dropper bottles. Has a delicious flavor closer to the taste of the dried fruit.
Jarrow LoHan Sweet - A powder made with xylitol and MogroPure® (Momordica grosvenorii, lo han fruit juice concentrate), Inulin-FOS and silicon dioxide.
NuNaturals Pure Liquid Lo Han Supreme - Contains luo han guo fruit extract, vegetable glycerine, 20% pure grain alcohol and water.
Monk Fruit In The Raw - Made from monk fruit extract and maltodextrin (created from GMO-corn). This is the monk fruit sweetener brand promoted by Dr. Oz. This company is owned by the Cumberland Packing Corporation, the same company who makes Sweet'N Low, the artificial saccharin sweetener. (Source)
Norbu Sweetener - This is an Australian brand, similar to Lakanto, made from erythritol (not non-GMO certified) and monk fruit extract.
There are many "not so healthy" brands and artificial sweetener manufacturers adding monk fruit extract with other ingredients to their product lines. While these choices might be an upgrade over saccharin and aspartame, it is good to be aware and read your labels.
Our personal favorite monk fruit sweeteners are Lakanto and Dragon Herbs Sweetfruit Drops. You can also make your own liquid extract from dried monk fruit pieces, much the same way you would make a liquid stevia recipe.
Monk fruit sweeteners, like Lakanto sugar, can be used in a one-to-one replacement for white sugar in any recipe. We like to use it in raw desserts, like lemon bars and cookie recipes, usually in combination with other natural sweeteners to help reduce the glycemic index.
Lakanto sweetener does not absorb moisture, even under humidity and high heat, so it won’t harden with age and can be stored for long periods of time.
Luo han guo extracts, like Dragon Herbs Sweetfruit Drops, can be used in teas, drinks or likewise combined with other sweeteners in recipes.
Monk fruit sweeteners, like Lakanto or luo han guo extracts, are considered safe to use with no toxic side-effects.
Saraya Lakanto, Monkfruit Sweetener, Liquid, 1.85oz
Lakanto, Monk Fruit Sweetener, Golden, 8.29oz, 2-pack
Dragon Herbs, Monk Fruit, Sweetfruit Drops, 2oz
Health Garden, Kosher Monk Fruit Sweetener, 16oz
Hawaii Pharm, Luo Han Guo Liquid Sweetener, 2oz
Greenhilltea, Luo Han Guo/ Monk Fruit, 12pcs
NuNaturals, Pure Liquid Lo Han Supreme, 2oz
Elixir of Life, Luo Han Guo ExtractPowder, 1oz
Lakanto Monk Fruit Sweetener, Golden, 28.2oz
Kal, Luo Han Extract Natural, 3.4oz
NuNaturals, Losweet Lo Han Guo Powder, .71oz
Organic Luo Han Guo Monk Fruit
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Open Mic: Land of Opportunity
Owen Ellis ⋅ Nov 5, 2018
According to AVIXA, the Bay area of California is now the biggest opportunity in the country for audiovisual technology sales – surpassing that even of New York.
For the AV User Group – a not for profit organization formed in 1996 to help AV end user professionals network and share best practice advice – expanding to the Golden State wasn’t so much a question of if, but when.
Ever since we launched in New York (2012) the demand for a group on the West Coast has never gone away. Next month (October 18th), after nearly a year of planning we will be inside Google’s San Jose headquarters to officially launch the AV User Group in the region. More information is available at avusergroup.com/events
As we go to press, membership for the AV User Group (in total) has smashed past 1,300 mark – double that compared to September last year. Of that figure, 350 of those (representing around 250 organizations) are from the Bay area.
Shure, Logitech, Biamp, AVIXA, QSC, and Barco are all sponsoring and presenting at the first event. Extron, Tripleplay, Silicon Core, Mersive, Evertz, Dolby, Atlona, Electrosonic, AVMI, Diversified & L3AV are all sponsors for the post event networking drinks.
The next schedule meeting (next Spring) is already booked (no venue announcement yet), with Crestron, Lightware, Sennheiser, NEC, Avocor and Avidex (local S.I.) all set to present. Systems/Panacast, Ashton Bentley & Starleaf.
By around 2020, the group hopes to be able to offer US members the same level of support (i.e accommodation) we offer to those in the UK, in attending major trade show events. In the UK, that support is provided to get members to ISE (Amsterdam, Barcelona 2021); our goal is to do the same for Infocomm (Orlando/Vegas).
Demand for the AV User Group is not however restricted to the US. In recent months, fueled by its sponsors and activities in the market (including partnering with AVIXA at ISE), requests from end users all over the world have been received. France (Paris), Australia (Sydney), Canada (Toronto), New Zealand are just some of the options.
However, our board of directors is keen to ensure that the value and reputation of the group is not tarnished by adopting a land grab rollout strategy. Expansion groups can follow the model of London in the early days, and may begin as simply networking opportunities amongst AV professionals, with potential sponsorship further down the like.
When I sat down with the original management committee, one of my personal desires was to make something like the AV User Group available to as many end users in our industry as possible around the world over a period of time. We’ve had some strong interest and it’s been exciting having discussions with the board about how go about that and grow the group further and scale up. We’re very proud of what we’ve achieved and conscious that we don’t want to water that down. We’re also keen to protect the reputation we have built, but equally we don’t want to make it difficult for new locations to get started by setting a ridiculous criteria. We’ve not got that nailed down yet, but we’re close.
We always thought it would be us charting the course and deciding where we should go geographically, but that’s been flipped on its side as people are reaching out to us. It’s a very exciting time to be connecting AV users with each other and with the technology that can help them succeed. And, it’s fun. Hope to see you in San Jose. Owen Ellis is approaching his first year as a full time employee as AV User Group chairman.
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Capital Extends New Martin Audio WPS Line Array Inventory for Tim Minchin Tour
After a successful Eddie Izzard tour, Capital Sound has extended its inventory with Martin Audio’s new WPS line array.
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Hall Research FHD264
From The Wire@SVConline ⋅ Nov 25, 2018
While some AVoIP products are focused on 10G, this family of HDMI over LAN senders (encoders) and receivers (decoders) uses video encoding techniques to distribute up to 64 Full-HD video signals to hundreds of displays on a simple 1G local area network (LAN). The devices also extend Serial RS-232 communications and IR remote signals. HDMI Audio is extracted and available on a convenient 3.5mm stereo jack on both the sender and the receiver. The FHD264-S Sender also provides local HDMI output. Installation and setup leverages a twoline front panel LCD for easy configuration and monitoring. The RS-232 serial ports on each unit can be used in SoIP mode (Serial over IP). This allows 3rd party IP controllers to directly control peripheral equipment via RS-232. All devices support IEEE 802.3af PoE (Power over Ethernet). Rack mount hardware is also available for housing up to 12 senders in 4U rack space.
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RUSHWORKS introduces REMO NDI Portable Touchscreen PTZ Production System
RUSHWORKS introduces REMO NDI Portable Touchscreen PTZ Production System Minimal hardware, maximum capabilities. Flower Mound, TX – January 15, 2020 – RUSHWORKS, provider of cool technology for production, playback...
Latest Generation VIO Loudspeakers from dBTechnologies to Make NAMM Debut
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Search - Voyage To The Prehistoric Planet on DVD
Voyage To The Prehistoric Planet
Actor: Basil Rathbone; Faith Domegue
Director: Curtis Harrington
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy
1965 - Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet - DVD Movie - Stars: Basil Rathbone, Faith Domergue, Merle Shannon, Christopher Brand - Director: Curtis Harrington - Horror/Sci Fi - 80 Minutes - Color - DTS/Dolby - Region Free - N... more »ew - Collectible « less
Sub-Genres: Horror, Fantasy, Classics
Studio: Miracle Pictures
Format: DVD - Color
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Director: Lesley Selander
The Silent Star
Director: Kurt Maetzig
Voyage to the Planet of the Prehistoric Women
Director: Pavel Klushantsev
Destination Moon
Director: Irving Pichel
Director: William Marshall
The Version You've Never Seen
R 2000 2hr 2min
Director: Sergio Leone
PG 2003 2hr 55min
The West Wing The Complete Second Season
Directors: Thomas Schlamme, Chris Misiano
NR 2004 15hr 54min
Two-Disc Unrated Extended Edition
Unearthed - After Dark Horror Fest
Director: Matthew Leutwyler
Righteous Kill
Director: Jon Avnet
Director: Roman Polanski
A great movie to watch when you're stoned!
Ronald Reagan III | 12/10/1999
"PRE-HISTORIC PLANET is one of three AIP films that contain stolen fottage from Russian soviet epic, PLANET OF STORMS. I think that the footage was "discovered" by Roger Corman who was wroking for AIP around this time. The film is an incredibly slow made-for-TV movie but once it gets going it's a bent, giddy and unintentionally hilarious romp with lots of weird looking sets and hilarious looking dinosaurs. If you enjoyed this classic, take a look at the even-better PLANET OF BLOOD (AKA: QUEEN OF BLOOD)."
Steven Hellerstedt | 09/18/2005
"VOYAGE TO A PREHISTORIC PLANET was made in 1965, stars Basil Rathbone, and the cover depicts one snarling and one glaring dinosaur towering over three space-suited astronauts. Does anything more really need be said?
Plot - The year is 2020 and American astronauts and Russian cosmonauts are traveling to Venus. I've read somewhere that this is a Russia film that had scenes inserted and some phony American credits plastered on it prior to release, but wasn't interested enough to see if my favorite internet search engine could cough up the answers to that mystery. Rathbone plays a scientist on the satellite Lunar 7 and the other `star' in this one, Faith Domergue, is an astronautlette on the Venus-orbiting Vega. A handful of `nauts and John the Robot are on the Venus surface, dodging the stray alamosaurus and/or 12-foot-tall man-eating venus flytrap while finding evidence of an ancient Venusian civilization.
There probably was an okay Russian movie here before Roger Corman Productions got their hands on this one. John the Robot is cool and some of the special effects are a cut above the standard glop they were putting out then. The story drags terribly, though, and Rathbone is apparently included for name recognition rather than to serve the plot or to move things along. Thankfully, they don't dress him up in a goofy costume or otherwise embarrass him. The pacing is terrible, the dubbing is atrocious and there's no drama to speak of. The print, although the color is somewhat washed out and there are some scratches, is in okay condition. Not recommended.
Take a Soviet science fiction film, add new scenes, stir...
Lawrance M. Bernabo | The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota | 12/01/2002
"Okay, according to my research "Voyage to a Prehistoric Planet" is a Roger Corman production that uses footage from a 1962 Soviet science fiction film produced by the Leningrad Studio of Popular Science Fiction films and entitled "Planeta Bur" (variously translated as "Planet of Storms" and "Storm Planet," but more accurately titled at one point "Cosmonauts on Venus"). This Soviet film was apparently strong on production design, but weak on the plot: Cosmonauts and their robot, that plays dance music, land on Venus looking for intelligent life but only find dinosaurs, killer plants, and, of course, a volcanic eruption. As the crew departs an intelligent Venusian watches they leave. Anyhow, much of the footage from the Venus sequences was used in "Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet" in 1965, intercut with new material from writer/director John Sebastian (a pseudonym of Curtis Harrington), which does not really constitute a remake of the Soviet film, but which is certainly in the ballpark. Some of the "Planeta Bur" footage was used in another Corman production, "Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women" (1966, a.k.a. "Gill Woman), which was Peter Bogdanovich's directorial debut courtsey of the Roger Corman apprenticeship program."Voyage to a Prehistoric Planet" stars Basil Rathbone as Professor Hartman, who is in charge of Earth's expedition of three ships to Venus, even though he is back on a Moon Base. One of the ships is taken out by a meteor while another crashes on Venus, leaving the third to rescue it (good thing they sent three ships, huh?). There is one beautiful women in the crew, played by Faith Domergue, but she does not get to go down on the planet. That is because the footage of the astronauts is really of the cosmonauts from the Soviet film, and they did not have a woman in their crew. Got it? Anyhow, two of men from the rocket in orbit, along with their robot, go down to the surface to rescue the crew from the rocket that crashed. There they encounter, well, dinosaurs, killer planets, and, of course, a volcanic eruption. Meanwhile, the big question down on Venus is whether the planet is inhabited by beautiful women. This question might be more than wishful thinking, because some of the boys think they hearing a woman's voice singing. I have to admit that all things considered I would be more interested in seeing "Planeta Bur," even without subtitles, than "Voyage to a Prehistoric Planet" (I have a question about that title: do you have to have "humans" to have history? Because these "dinosaurs" are probably a lot smarter than these humans so maybe they have some sort of oral history going at this point). There are just too many unintentional laughs in this film to ever take it seriously and the cutting back and forth between the old and the new is no where as smooth as it is in, say, the original "Godzilla" with Raymond Burr. Of course, there is something to be said for a "remake" that includes so much footage from the original. But I will stop now. This is a party movie, not something for the serious connoisseur."
The Cormanator Strikes Again!...
Bindy Sue Frønkünschtein | under the rubble | 07/19/2005
"Yes, this is indeed the eastern european sci fi classic in it's Cormanized form, before being totally destroyed in it's final VOYAGE TO THE PLANET OF PREHISTORIC WOMEN incarnation. Here we get added scenes of Basil Rathbone as the head of an extremely boring moonbase, and Faith Domergue as Marcia, the communications relay person between the moon and Venus. On Venus itself, we have two sets of astronauts (cosmonauts) looking for each other. One group encounters a man-eating plant (much like the one in Angry Red Planet), a bunch of stuffed dinosaur puppets, and a mysterious singing lady. The others must deal with a horde of lizard-men, the lava from an erupting volcano, and a robot that wants to dump them into the molten flow! Speaking of the robot, it's actually pretty cool looking. It's up there with Robby (Forbidden Planet) and the B9 (TV's Lost In Space)! All in all, VTTPP is a good waste of time on a rainy afternoon..."
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61 Vanni elderly IDPs buried in one mass-pit in Vavuniyaa
Bodies of sixty one elderly Internally Displaced (IDPs) kept in the mortuary of the Vavuniyaa General Hospital were buried in a single mass-pit in general cemetery located in Poonthooddam Monday evening. All of those buried died due to natural causes in welfare centres where large numbers of IDPs who fled from the war from Vanni are sheltered.
As the mortuary was overflowing its capacity for holding corpses, and no one came to claim their bodies in Vavuniyaa, medical authorities decided to bury the unclaimed corpses at state expenses, hospital officials said.
The Vavuniyaa Magistrate allowed an application by the Vavuniyaa general hospital administration to bury 61 bodies of elderly persons in one pit on Monday, sources said.
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How to use the new Google Docs Compare feature
by Jack Wallen in Cloud on January 8, 2020, 8:49 AM PST
Learn how to use the Google Docs Compare feature to view the differences between versions of documents.
Google is constantly rolling out new features for their products. And Google Drive/Docs is not immune to that behavior. Case in point, Google Docs became the recipient of a new Compare feature.
This feature compares two documents and displays the differences. Anyone who has ever edited a document or used the diff command on Linux will understand why this is a big deal for Google Docs. This feature makes it really easy to track the progress of documents, seeing how they've changed over time. It's also an outstanding tool for editors and teachers, looking to see how revisions and versions differ.
Although programmers aren't likely to be using Google Docs for coding, they could make it work as a very user-friendly diff tool. As I said, that's probably not likely, but it is possible.
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The only things you'll need to work with the Compare feature are:
A Google account
Two Google documents to compare
How to compare documents
Obviously we're working within Google Docs, so the two documents you'll compare will need to be of the Google Docs sort. If you have MS Word files or .odt files, they'll need to be opened as Google Docs.
Once you have the proper type of documents, open one. From within the document, click Tools | Compare Documents (Figure A).
Figure A
The Compare Documents entry in the Tools menu.
A new window will open (Figure B), where you must select the document for comparison.
Figure B
Selecting your document for comparison.
There are two options for you to include in the comparison. First, you can attribute differences to a specific user. This is handy if you're collaborating on a document or the original author of the document is someone other than you. The second option is to include comments from the selected document. If either document includes comments, it is wise to include this option.
After you've made your choices, click Compare. A typical document shouldn't take much time for the comparison. If your document is longer (say, book length), the comparison can take some time.
When the comparison completes, a new document will open to show the differences between the two (Figure C).
The differences found between two documents.
As you can see, I'm comparing a newer version to an older version of a document. The newer document contains a number of additions, so they show up as deletions in the older document. If you were to compare the older document to the newer document, those would appear as additions (Figure D).
Comparing the original to the new copy has the reverse effect.
And that's the gist of using the Google Docs Compare feature. This is a great tool for anyone who needs to compare two different Google documents to see what has changed in the versions. Once you start using this tool, you'll wonder how you ever managed without it.
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