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Keys to using visuals in a project requirements document
by Ken Hardin in IT Consultant , in Project Management on January 26, 2012, 5:25 AM PST
Pictures are worth 1,000 words, but be sure to put words in them, too. Find out what other tips consultant Ken Hardin offers about using visuals in a project document.
Mock-ups have a sense of finality about them that does not lend itself to the business requirements phase of a project, at least not in an informal "tailored extreme" development atmosphere like the one at the client with which I spent much of last year. As I said in my previous IT Consultant column, I tried to keep the visuals in the business requirements phase of the project -- which with this client was more of a reconstruction/vetting of ideas that were already pretty well baked and approved -- to high-level flowcharts of business processes. Wireframes tend to send the message that the requirements are locked, when in fact these business requirements were primarily fodder for a round of three or four polishing sessions to come up with a functional spec.
Except I didn't call the document a spec -- I called the finished product a functional description. Semantics, I know, but in the end the document format I came up with was not as clinical, shall we say, as a true specification. Remember that I was trying to create a document that everyone from the Dev team to VPs could read and get a pretty solid handle on. I highlight could because not everybody in the cycle is actually going to read the document (welcome to "extreme"). The answer? A ton of very detailed mock-ups with narrative text that references the mock-ups extensively and is embedded in the visuals.
Again, let me note that this client runs an Internet publishing site, so the vast majority of the projects I was contracted on involved a visual production layer -- the most obvious candidates for wireframes. But almost any business process or technical schema (warm up that copy of Visio) can be visually illustrated with a little work. In the cases where the functional needed to lay out a meta data framework, I always tried to include a flowchart as a companion to the spreadsheet where the tagging and functionality were laboriously spelled out. Visuals make for a quick read, and it's difficult for anybody (including VPs) to say they simply didn't see that big red button there in your picture.
A couple of notes about using visuals, at least from my experience:
Create wireframes, not color mock-ups, unless design aesthetic is not an issue in your project.
Again, this speaks to the sense of finality that pictures impart to documentation. I can't count the number of times I've done extraordinarily rough (i.e., ugly) drafts and sent them off to a designer, just to have them regurgitated back at me in a PSD file with a bevel thrown in here and there. Just because a consultant has design tools on his laptop doesn't mean he is a designer -- that's akin to handing me a box of Crayolas and saying, "OK, buddy, Sistine Chapel in two weeks." Doing simple line drawings (being an old newspaper hack, I keep an outdated copy of Adobe InDesign handy, but any number of freeware tools will work) sends the message that actual look-and-feel remains to be determined by somebody who is good at that kind of thing.
If you are quickly ordering up a couple of new controls on an input form, go ahead and do a screen grab (I really like DuckCapture) and chop it up to create your visual. As always, the trick to good documentation is creating just enough documentation.
Annotated PDFs are manna.
Pictures are great. Pictures with words built into them are what you need. Using any common PDF reader, you can add bubble notes to your mock-ups to spell out details such as:
Data field to populate area
Action prescribed on user interaction
Failover behaviors
The list goes on and on. Basically, I found myself porting 40 percent or so of my narrative text into PDF annotations, and it's probably the single-best trick I employed while developing my documentation technique. Remember, when you include a bunch of pictures in your functional description, many folks will tend to not read your narrative. So, put as much info as you can in your pics.
You can't just mail a bunch of PDFs, no matter how elegantly they are annotated, and call it documentation. As I mentioned earlier, my functional descriptions would also include an easy-to-read breakdown (no deeper than four layers) and spreadsheets to detail certain data structures. "Certain" isn't really all that discrete, I know, but the reality in "extreme" business cultures -- at least with this client -- is that business managers can get to be pretty technical, at least in their fields of specialty.
It was up to me to decipher what nuts-and-bolts area of a project, such as CMS tagging, the business wanted to spell out to the Dev team, and what areas were considered wholly Dev's domain. Certainly, my "functional" would never attempt to spell out an exact DBMS release or specific technical security measures -- that was left to Dev in their technical spec process, which was largely invisible to the rest of the company. But in a company founded by direct marketers, the LOBs are going to have some say in one-to-many relationships and the like.
All in all, I think the approach to documentation I developed worked well for my client. At least I know the documents ended up in binders that the Dev team noted out and then built the project. And I never got busted on a glaring issue that simply was not addressed or communicated in the process. And that's pretty good news to a consultant.
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Top 5 Jobs for Creative People
S. Singh October 2, 2018, 8:09 pm October 2, 2018 1 1213
Creativity is an art and it promotes originality in people. It is an overloaded box of ideas, which bring the uniqueness into any task to impress the audience.
Living a simple life is boring, isn’t it? An artist always tries to break this barrier, which limits the level of imagination. Sometimes, people cannot identify their creative features and they end up doing just the opposite of their desired goals.
If you are searching for fresher jobs and you already know your artistic abilities, then get ready for a job, which gives chance to people, like you. There are plenty of career options if you are the best in your field.
But, what are these jobs? We are here to talk about the most influencing types of jobs.
Following are 5 jobs allowing aspirants to show their unique potentials:
1. Graphic Designers
These people are responsible for creating visual concepts and representations. It could be anything like a cartoon, which we often see in newspapers or a logo for the company to identify themselves in the market.
When we talk about art and creativity, graphic designers fit into the context, as they can’t even survive in this industry without these qualities.
Nowadays, technology is vastly being used in graphic designing businesses as it simplifies a lot of work.
If you are good at drawing and have a creative side, then go for it. Graphic designing is a trending career opportunity to paint your future with beautiful colors.
2. Art Director
Taking the creativity to the next limit, an art director gives a ravishing touch to everything, which is visual. They are responsible for generating visual styles and images for different types of clients. Their work area is not limited to just newspapers or magazines. It could be anything, like advertisements on TV or using hoardings.
If you have a new boost in your imaginative brain every day, then art direction is a good thing for you to proceed.
3. Technical Writer
We can see tons of online blogs, which deliver technical information to us in forms of text, videos, and graphics. All this work is commonly done by technical writers, who research and creatively craft the words according to their own style.
If you love writing and also have a technical side, then it could surely become an option in your career list.
4. Sound Engineer
You might have heard all that amazing music and sound in games and on TV. Be grateful to the sound engineers to create such mesmerizing sounds. These people work hard to produce the music beats, which can please our ears. They work in various industries, wherever sound plays a major role.
This job requires a good understanding of music and the instruments, which produce it. If you have all these qualities, then search for job listing websites, which will show you hundreds of job vacancies for sound engineers.
5. Photographer
Everybody loves the people, who capture the beautiful places and moments. A photographer spends a majority of time in taking the best shot. It is a career option, which requires a lot of patience and a creative side.
Grab your camera and start understanding it to capture your best shot.
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Home Headline The biggest April storm in half a century
The biggest April storm in half a century
Av. De las Cortes Valencianas Torrevieja,
As though we didn’t already know, the Meteorological Laboratory of the University of Alicante (UA), is telling us that the weather is changing on the Spanish Mediterranean coast, the latest example of which has seen constant rainfall for almost 48 hours, dumping between 50 and 100 litres per square metre on both us and the many thousands of holidaymakers who have forsaken wall to wall sunshine for the heavy rains of the southern Costa Blanca.
The Laboratory Head and President of the Association of Spanish Geographers (AGE), Professor Jorge Olcina, explained that in many locations the record of rainfall for the month of April has been well and truly broken, with data showing as much as 102 liters per square metre registered in Cartagena, 90 in Torrevieja, 80 in Pinoso and 35 in Alicante.
And although the heaviest rain fell in just two or three hours, with the highest intensity recorded between 4 and 6am on Saturday morning the likelihood is that it will continue at least for another couple of days.
The data held in the Climatology Laboratory of the UA suggest that it is necessary to go back to Good Friday of 1946 to find a similar April rainy period in the centre and south of Alicante, when about 100 liters per square metre were collected in many areas of the province. In that year, it was also the case that Good Friday fell, as in 2019, between April 19 and 20.
Av. De las Cortes Valencianas Torrevieja
In Torrevieja twelve avenues and main roads are flooded and closed to traffic including several sections of the CV-905 from the roundabout between Carrefour and the headquarters of the Local Police. The N-332 is still fully open but a number of the roads leading off are closed.
The Local Police say that many drivers are not paying attention to their safety instructions, cones and barriers, which have been put in place to avoid the passage which is causing traffic jams in the CV-905 in the area of Rosa Mazón close to Carrefour.
In the last 48 hours the rain gauges have collected up to 150 litres per square meter (154 neighborhood of Aguas Nuevas).
Torrential rains have come at the time of greater residential tourist occupation of the city. Many commercial and hospitality establishments have not been able to open their doors or have opened late. Large stores in the Ozone, Habaneras and Carrefour areas have opened their doors, which has caused heavy traffic. Many drivers have not respected the instructions of the Local Police and the barriers that prevent entry to the main waterlogged avenues and roads.
The council has reported that the avenues of Delfina Viudes, Cortes Valencianas and especially the CV-905 are closed from the roundabout of the local police headquarters. This is the main access to the city with an average passage of 30,000 vehicles per day in four lanes.
The Councillor for Security, Javier Manzanares has recommended reducing travel as much as possible until the situation improves. In addition to the problems caused by the accumulation of water, firefighters have had to respond to falling trees, flooded garages and landslides. Something that has also occurred in other municipalities of the coast of the Vega Baja, as is the case of Guardamar del Segura, Orihuela Costa and Pilar de la Horadada.
As at 1pm Saturday the following routes are currently closed to traffic:
– AVD. Rosa Mazón with C / Cortes Valencianas
– AVD. Courts Valencianas both senses
– C / Apolo from the C / Ramón Gallud to the roundabout of Avenida de Baleares flooded, possible next court
– AVD. Mariano Ruiz Canovas, height of 222
– AVD. of Paris with C / Roentgen
– AVD. from Paris from C / Galeón to Torrejon Alto, open but flooded
– C / Efrén Gutiérrez with C / Gardenias, alternative way does not exist
– Access to CV-905 and C / Gardenias with Avda. de Nenufares. Alternative route does not exist
– Doña Inés area, the whole urbanization. Alternative route does not exist
– C / Villa de Madrid under the bridge of the N-332 (Parque de las Naciones)
– C / Orihuela address CV-905 is completely collapsed
– C / Urbano Arregui from Mar Menos to Villa Amalia area
– CV-905 from the San Luis roundabout to the Chaparral roundabout in the direction of Torrevieja
– CV-905 exit from Torrevieja to the AP-7 Cortada
– All accesses and exits to the N-332, are cut off, the N-332 is currently open to traffic
– CV-905 itself is open to traffic, is checked to the roundabout access to the AP-7
* Also, remember that the public transport service is suspended from 08:00 hours.
** It is advised not to use vehicles as much as possible and for people to stay at home
In Orihuela, the Segura River has increased its level considerably, although at the moment there is no risk of it overflowing.
Civil protection has been monitoring the situation since early this morning, according to the Councillor for Emergencies, Víctor Valverde.
In the neighborhood Mariano Cases there have been problems when some irrigation channels have overflowed, so they have had to close the surrounding areas.
Valverde has requested “calm” and that the advice and information from official sources is followed to avoid unnecessary alarms. “Problems of possible overflows should be reported immediately, but right now there is no major risk as was the case in 2016.”
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WinXP SP1 out now, and new corp version leaked?
Code with integrated SP1 hits web
By John Lettice 9 Sep 2002 at 09:51
Service Pack 1 for Windows XP will be officially released to the general public today, but you can already get hold of it from Microsoft on a decent speed connection. ActiveWin.com, which has been doing quite well on SP1 leaks recently, spotted this one, and as this is presumably where you'll get it when the wraps actually do come off later today, it's not likely to disappear.
Aside from 'official' leaks SP1 has been widely leaked since it RTMed. This isn't likely to have concerned Microsoft greatly, particularly as it carries payload in addition to bugfixes that Microsoft would like to get out there. It has the modifications designed to comply with the terms of the proposed antitrust settlement, the supplementary licence agreement, and the retread of Product Activation. Another leak, however, will be less welcome in Redmond - what appears to be an OEM/corporate version of WinXP with SP1 integrated has been circulating on the internet for over a week now.
This is interesting for two reasons. First, Microsoft doesn't ordinarily produce a refresh of the distribution CD with integrated service pack at anything like this speed, so it clearly wants to get as many people as possible onto the new base as fast as possible. Note however that if it gets its way and Judge CKK says the MS-DoJ settlement is cleared for landing, it'll have to stop distributing non-compliant software fast, so the legal imperative quite probably outweighs the other stuff. And second, although the source of the key that accompanies the leaked code isn't entirely clear, if it is another leaked corporate key, then the problems Microsoft faced with the original XP distribution will simply repeat themselves.
Large numbers of illicit copies of XP are Pro versions using the two leaked keys Microsoft is blocking in SP1, rather than cracked versions, so a new leaked key would just open up that particular stable door again. Microsoft will be checking keys, according to the Ts & Cs of the new licences, when users visit Windows Update, and will be blocking access to updates for compromised keys. So if the key circulating with the most recently leaked code is widely-used, it'll certainly be added to the stop list. But as the users of this code will have all of the fixes rolled up in SP1 already they'll likely only need the occasional (or weekly, depending...) security patch, so they won't be particularly worried.
The Register has seen copies of the EULA for the integrated code, and of the file accompanying it. The latter says the code is "Microsoft XP Corporate Edition, Service Pack 1 Intergrated PROPER" (which we believe may be a reference to an earlier 'improper' warez attempt), and claims responsibility for "Reformation." The EULA rolls up the supplementary licence agreements for SP1 and WMP into one piece of text, so now there's no escape. Not of course that you'd care if you'd stolen the software anyway. ®
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ATI R520 to ship 'mid-Q3'
90nm teething troubles
By Tony Smith 7 Jul 2005 at 09:17
ATI's upcoming next-generation graphics chip, codenamed the R520, may yet be launched later this month, but it won't ship until mid way through the quarter.
The R520 has recently been the subject of speculation that ATI had delayed the part's introduction. Today, ATI's Taiwanese operation confirmed the 90nm chip would ship "mid-Q3", according to a DigiTimes report.
The company also said the R530 and RV515 chips would become available in the same timeframe, and that a further member of the family, the R580, would be introduced early in 2006.
ATI hinted at problems with the 90nm process used to fabricate the chips, but it's not clear to what extent these issues were unexpected or if their resolution in the near future was always part of ATI's R520 timetable. The R520 and co. will be fabbed by TSMC.
The company's comment lends weight to earlier claims that ATI was working hard to resolve heat problems with the new GPU. The shift to 90nm has been a hard one for many chip makers, from Intel to IBM. Current-leakage problems have swamped the gain in energy efficiency usually encountered when moving to a smaller transistor size. ®
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Black holes are like buses: You wait for one – and three turn up at once in galaxy merger
Three becoming one
By Katyanna Quach 26 Sep 2019 at 05:01
Pic Astronomers have spied a rare cosmic curiosity: three supermassive black holes appear to be on the brink of merging with one another after a gigantic galaxy collision took place, a billion light years away.
The system, codenamed SDSS J0849+1114 for short, is a massive blob of gas and dust born from three separate galaxies that smashed into one another. Ryan Pfeifle, first author of the research to be published in The Astrophysical Journal (here’s the free arXiv preprint) and a PhD student at George Mason University, told The Register that the largest black hole could be anywhere as 460 million to 2.9 billion times the mass of the Sun.
Volunteers leafing through the Galaxy Zoo, a citizen science project which has volunteers to classify galaxy types from images posted online, tagged the object as a galaxy merger after it was snapped by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey telescope. NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer spacecraft then revealed that it was blazing hot with infrared energy.
The team of researchers led by George Mason University, Virginia, decided to study the system further with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Large Binocular Telescope to observe the system across different wavelengths.
“We were only looking for pairs of black holes at the time, and yet, through our selection technique, we stumbled upon this amazing system,” said Pfeifle. They detected strong X-ray light being emitted from the system, a sign that the black holes - also known as active galactic nuclei (AGN) are devouring local matter.
“This is the strongest evidence yet found for such a triple system of actively feeding supermassive black holes,” he added.
Images of SDSS J0849+1114 in different wavelengths. The bright blobs are where the black holes from each galaxy resides. Image credit: Pfeifle et al.
Triple whammies like SDSS J0849+1114 are a rare feat. Even double AGN systems are uncommon; astronomers have only managed to verify less than 30 so far. They shouldn’t be that unusual, however, as merger events are a normal part of evolution for galaxies. Our own galaxy is on a collision path with its nearest neighbor Andromeda, some two million light years away.
But it’s difficult to spot AGNs since they’re cocooned by thick clouds of gas and dust, preventing telescopes from detecting any light. Pfeifle hopes that by studying the new triple AGN system, it’ll help astronomers find more of these strange objects.
“Through the use of these major observatories, we have identified a new way of identifying triple supermassive black holes," he explained. "Each telescope gives us a different clue about what’s going on in these systems. We hope to extend our work to find more triples using the same technique.”
The supermassive black holes look like three bright blobs arranged around the center of SDSS J0849+1114, which has three arms. The presence of a third black hole means that they should all slam into one another at a shorter timescale than if there were just two.
Astroboffins baffled as black hole at center of Milky Way suddenly a lot hungrier than before
Unfortunately, observatories on Earth won’t be able to detect the gravitational waves emitted if and when the black holes smash into one another. “This is because black holes of this mass regime - several hundred million to several billion times the mass of the sun - result in gravitational waves at much longer wavelengths than are detectable by LIGO,” said Pfeifle.
The researchers hope that strange systems like SDSS J0849+1114 will help astronomers work out how black holes grow to such giant sizes. “One burning question in astronomy is how these supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies can grow so quickly, to sizes of one million to several billion times the mass of the sun, because we don’t just see them in close-by galaxies – they’ve actually been detected as early as a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.”
“Based on theoretical work developed over the last several decades by many groups, we believe that the most rapid growth of supermassive black holes occurs in late-stage mergers, so galaxy mergers may actually represent a viable way for these black holes to grow so quickly. By studying merging systems, we can try to uncover the relationship between the galaxy growth and the growth of the central supermassive black holes,” he concluded. ®
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Maybe Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey Really Is Just Donald Trump in Disguise
Monique Judge
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey
Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images)
Have you ever noticed how when Donald Trump is on camera talking, a whole lot of words are coming out of his mouth, but none of them are really making sense?
Even when people ask him very direct, sometimes close-ended questions, he seems unable to answer them in a way that indicates there is any amount of intelligence in him. He engages in a lot of double-talk, makes a lot of faces and hand gestures that would lead you to believe he is actually going to say something noteworthy—but then it all falls apart at the end, and the question has to be repeated because he never answered it in the first place.
Huffington Post’s Ashley Feinberg recently interviewed Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, and her descriptions of his conversation and mannerisms sound so much like the dotard in chief, I am wondering if maybe they are actually the same person.
Like maybe Jack Dorsey really is just Donald Trump in disguise.
Hear me out on this.
Both Dorsey and Trump seem to subscribe to the “gotta hear both sides” manner of dealing with racists, Nazis and white nationalists. Rather than call it what it is, they can come up with 100 excuses as to why what the racists are doing is not exactly bad per se, it just looks that way.
Neither Trump nor Dorsey seem to have the ability to answer a straight question. No matter how simply you ask the question, their answer makes it seem like you asked them to spell out antidisestablishmentarianism in Braille using only tongue clicks and sign language.
And when they do “answer” a question, what comes out of their mouths is a bunch of nonsensical babbling that does nothing to move the conversation forward and leaves you with even more questions than you had when the discussion began.
When asked about Twitter’s pervasive and persistent harassment problem that they seem either unwilling or unable to do something about, Dorsey told Feinberg that the platform is working on an automated system that would be able to spot harassment even before it is reported by the target/victim. Oh, really? Cool. So Feinberg asked him what Twitter is doing in the meantime until that system is in place.
Dorsey’s response:
Most of our priority right now in terms of health, which is the No. 1 priority of the company, is around being proactive. How do we remove the burden from the victims or bystanders from reporting in the first place? It’s way too mechanical. It’s way too much work. ... But ultimately, we want to make sure that the number of reports that we receive is trending downward. And that will be because of two reasons. One, people are seeing far less abuse or harassment or other things that are against the terms of service. Or that we’re being more proactive about it. So we want to do both. So a lot of our work is that, and then better prioritization in the meantime. A lot more transparency, clearer actions within the product.
What in the word salad hell? He totally did not answer her question. Thank you, Mr. Trump. I mean Dorsey.
So when Feinberg pressed him and asked him what he meant by “clearer actions within the product,” he told her that they are going to start by eventually making the “report” button bigger and more obvious.
Sounds like a gigantic “wall” of bullshit if you ask me. Making the report button bigger isn’t going to help anything, especially when as people do report, they are constantly told that the action they are reporting “doesn’t violate Twitter’s policy.”
Feinberg pointed that out when asking about people getting doxed on the platform.
Jack’s response:
It should. But again, we’re not in a great state right now with our systems because they rely upon reporting. So we’re not going to take any action unless it’s reported. And then we take action, and we have a whole queue that we have to get through. We’re moving to a world that’s a lot more proactive by utilizing machine learning. But that will have errors and mistakes. So we don’t feel good about anyone being doxed, certainly. We want to catch everything as much as we can, but there are limitations to how much we can do.
Huh? She just told him that when people report being doxed, they get a response back saying that their personal information being posted does not violate Twitter rules. His question doesn’t address her concern at all, nor does it provide any type of clarity. Moving on…
Feinberg asked Dorsey if there is anything Donald Trump could do to get kicked off the platform.
People have been raising concerns over Trump’s tweets since he ascended to the presidency. He frequently tweets attacks against his opponents and has on occasion sent tweets that people consider to be provoking other world leaders such as North Korea’s Kim Jong-un.
Dorsey and Twitter claim they allow Trump to stay on the platform despite his questionable tweets because “We believe it’s important that the world sees how global leaders think and how they act. And we think the conversation that ensues around that is critical.”
It’s another non-answer, and we have come to expect that from Dorsey and everyone else at Twitter.
Feinberg got more specific and asked “OK, but if Trump tweeted out asking each of his followers to murder one journalist, would you remove him?”
What do you think his response was? Don’t bother guessing. I’ll share it with you.
“That would be a violent threat. We’d definitely ... You know we’re in constant communication with all governments around the world. So we’d certainly talk about it,” Dorsey responded in another non-answer.
“OK, but if he did that, would that be grounds to—,” Feinberg pressed.
“I’m not going to talk about particulars. We’ve established protocol, it’s transparent. It’s out there for everyone to read. We have, independent of the U.S. president, we have conversations with all governments. It’s not just limited to this one,” Dorsey said.
So no, there is nothing Donald Trump could do to get kicked off Twitter.
And if that is not proof enough that Jack Dorsey really is just Donald Trump in a bearded hipster disguise, I don’t know what is.
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March 2014 Sales Podcast
by gravoc | Apr 23, 2014 | Podcasts
Timothy M. Warren Jr., CEO of The Warren Group, discusses sales in the Bay State for the month of March. [audio:https://bankerandtradesman.esecuretransactions.com/files/pr/podcastmamarchsales.mp3]
March Bay State Sales Post Decrease
by gravoc | Apr 23, 2014 | Press Releases, Sales
BOSTON, April 23, 2014 – Sales of single-family homes in Massachusetts dipped in March, marking the fourth time sales have decreased in five months, according to a new report by The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman. Single-family home sales dropped...
Connecticut February 2014 Sales Podcast
Timothy M. Warren Jr., CEO of The Warren Group, discusses sales in Connecticut for the month of February. [audio:http://www.commercialrecord.com/lib/download.php?uuid=0001-626e9165-53459a1c-96da-90af3c61]
Connecticut Single-Family Home Sales Post Increase In February
by gravoc | Apr 14, 2014 | Press Releases
BOSTON, April 10, 2014 – Single-family home sales in the Nutmeg State rose 2.8 percent in February compared with February 2013, according to a new report from The Warren Group, publisher of The Commercial Record. This is the tenth consecutive month of home...
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Timothy M. Warren Jr., CEO of The Warren Group, discusses the decrease in foreclosure activity in the Bay State in this podcast.[audio:https://bankerandtradesman.esecuretransactions.com/lib/download.php?uuid=0001-26614f82-5339b716-05f9-a4390121]
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Will This Dictionary Do What Rifles Cannot? India’s Gonds Will Soon Find Out
Without winning the language battle, India can’t flush out Maoist insurgents.
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Any assessment of the conflict between the Indian State and Maoist insurgents usually entails a discourse on armed strategy, exploitation of the Adivasi community and how governments have denied them the fruits of economic development, thus facilitating their discontent.
Language has never become a major point of discussion, although it should. The state’s inability to address the communication gap between the Adivasi community and government officials, who don’t speak their lingua franca, has offered Maoists the opportunity to exploit this disconnect.
This is all set to change with a unique initiative started by CGNet Swara, a voice-based online portal that allows people in the forests of Central Tribal India to report local news by making a phone call.
Backed by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, nearly 100 people from the Gond tribal community have worked for the past four years to standardise their Gondi language, spoken by almost 12 million tribal citizens residing in Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. This initiative has created a dictionary with over 3000 standardised Gondi words.
Sample of an old version of Gondi Script (Source: Facebook)
Why is there a need to standardise the Gondi language?
There are different versions and dialects of the same language spoken across different regions, depending on the influence imposed by the dominant regional language. In Chhattisgarh, for example, it’s Hindi which dominates officialdom. This greatly hampers development.
How did this project to standardise Gondi language come about?
Speaking to Mint, Shubhranshu Choudhary, founder CGNet Swara, spoke about how the project is also part of an attempt by the Gonds to include their language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, which lists the official languages spoken in the Republic of India. At present, there are 22 languages in the Eighth Schedule. Given that nearly 12 million speak the language, Adivasis feel that this demand is legitimate.
For Choudhary, the project began after he quit his job as a BBC journalist and went back home to Chhattisgarh in 2003. “I belong to a family of refugees from Bangladesh, which had moved to these parts. I studied in a tribal welfare department school, the only one in the area, where my classmates belonged to the Gond community. When I visited my hometown again on work, I found that a lot of my classmates had joined the Maoists and taken up guns,” he tells Mint.
Most of his Gond friends that had joined the ranks were school dropouts. The schools they went to had no locals teaching them and those who did only communicated in Hindi. This communication gap extends to the local administration and its inability to impart basic governance in a language they understand. Allied with rampant exploitation at their hands, poor economic development and the violence unleashed by both the security forces and Maoists, this is a recipe for disaster.
“The Maoists did two things – spoke their language and lived with them. They told the Gond community that ‘Tumhe kuch nahi mil raha hai’, and people assumed that to be the truth. There had been a communication breakdown between the administration and the Adivasis. They felt no one wanted to listen to them,” Chaudhary goes on tell Mint.
With a standardised Gondi dictionary, what Chaudhary hopes for is the emergence of administrators, doctors, journalists and teachers from the local community who do not have to drop out of school and pick up arms against the Indian State.
Check post at Maoist-affected district in Chhattisgarh. (Source: Facebook)
Going further, the inclusion of Gondi into the Eight Schedule of the Constitution would offer the community employment opportunities, pedagogic benefits, the good fortune of having their books translated into other languages, better representation in Parliament (with the translation facility open to them), ability to write competitive exams in their language, recognition from the Sahitya Akademi, and monetary benefits.
Read also: How a Young IAS Officer Used Education to Transform the Naxal-Affected District of Dantewada
“With Hindi still largely alien for many in this part of the state (Chhattisgarh), Naxal songs and other forms of entertainment in local languages have become, not just the driver of an underground pop culture, but also an efficient way for the rebels to get their worldview across and get closer to the locals. This strategic use of indigenous languages is something the state has overlooked, transfixed as it remains on ‘mainstreaming’ tribals by getting them to learn only Hindi,” writes Debarshi Dasgupta a National Foundation for India Media Fellow, working on linguistic aspects of this conflict.
While the State has more or less neglected Gondi in their school curriculum, the Maoists have written entire textbooks with their education wing the Dandakaranya Vidya Vibhag at the heart of it. There is little the State has done to assimilate Gondi in mainstream culture, while Maoists have long written songs speaking of their struggles.
As noted Indian journalists, who have extensively covered the region note, killing a 100 Maoists will not resolve the violence in the region – language might.
While a better security strategy, infrastructure development, and delivering basic welfare services are part of the solution, the State must also adopt soft power.
Read also: Sukma Attack: India Needs To Stop IEDs From Bleeding the CRPF
According sincere respect and sensitivity to the local language, lifestyles, indigenous knowledge and culture are also elements that could definitely facilitate the process of peace and end the menace of Maoism. The Indian State must see a future for Adivasi languages in the mainstream.
Otherwise, it risks losing them.
(Edited By Vinayak Hegde)
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LISA AZUELOS et DAVID SERERO présentent sur Broadway leur spectacle immersif « LOST IN THE DISCO » autour de la musique Disco en novembre
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Camp-Inspired SeriousFun Messtival Splatters SeriousFun Across the Globe SeriousFun Children’s Network, founded by Paul Newman, launches their first-ever messy day of play to raise funds for camps benefitting kids with serious illness
Camp-Inspired SeriousFun Messtival Splatters SeriousFun Across the Globe
SeriousFun Children’s Network, founded by Paul Newman, launches their first-ever messy day of play to raise funds for camps benefitting kids with serious illness
New York, NY: This June, SeriousFun Children’s Network (SeriousFun) is making a colorful splash across the world. The global network of camps, founded by actor and philanthropist Paul Newman, announces the launch of their first-ever messy, camp-inspired celebration, SeriousFun Messtival, benefitting and showing support for children with serious illness.
On Saturday, June 25, 2016, SeriousFun and its partners Newman’s Own, Inc.; Niagara Water; Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS); Kindermusik; The Little Gym and Metro New York, along with additional supporters, invite families and millennials to give kids with serious illness the fun they deserve by experiencing their own seriously fun, messy camp day. The inaugural Messtival event, taking place in New York’s iconic Prospect Park in Brooklyn, will feature epic camp-inspired activities like a human tie-dye machine, paint archery and SeriousFun Run. Playing up the messy theme, the organization is encouraging people everywhere to participate in the #SeriousFunMesstival photo and video challenge via social media.
“We are incredibly excited to announce the launch of our seriously fun new campaign. SeriousFun Messtival is our opportunity to share the magical spirit of SeriousFun camps with families and young people, and help children living with serious illness experience the fun they so deserve – even if the fun gets messy,” said Mary Beth Powers, CEO of SeriousFun Children’s Network.
Inaugural SeriousFun Messtival includes:
SeriousFun Run with a Niagara Water Finish Line
Runners and walkers will sprint through vibrantly colored obstacles on the mile-long SeriousFun Run through Prospect Park.
Racers will clean up and cool down at the finish line with hydrating Niagara Water.
Make Your Own at the Newman’s Own Mess Hall
Also founded by Paul Newman, Newman’s Own shares a rich heritage with SeriousFun…and will share in the mess!
Thirsty and hungry attendees will blend Newman’s Own products together into camp-favorite snacks like:
Bug Juice with Old Fashioned Roadside Virgin Lemonade, Gorilla Grape and Orange Mango Tango Juices;
Trail Mix with Butter Boom Microwave Popcorn and Salted Pretzel Sticks;
S’mores Bites with melted Organic Milk Chocolate Bars, Original Newman-O’s cookies and of course, sticky, gooey marshmallows.
Folks can also get dunked at the Newman’s Own Barbecue Sauce Dunk Tank, where participants will have three chances to dunk their friend or parent in a giant Newman’s Own Barbecue Sauce bottle. Soaked participants will take home a complimentary bottle of Newman’s Own Barbecue Sauce.
Main Stage Dance Party
Featuring boogie-booming tracks from the brand new SeriousFun album created by the leading childhood music and movement program, Kindermusik. The soundtrack will be available for purchase in June 2016 on www.kindermusik.com.Kindermusik will donate 100% of proceeds to SeriousFun.
Epic Camp Activities Featuring Hasbro Toys and Games
Our longtime supporter, Hasbro, joins the mess with its NERF SUPER SOAKER, NERF REBELLE, PIE FACE and PLAY-DOH brands.
Get soaked from water shot by NERF SUPER SOAKER blasters at the SeriousFun Run;
Take aim with NERF REBELLE at the paint archery station;
Make a mess while taking part in some sweet competition at the PIE FACE tournament, where attendees get surprised with splats of whipped cream in their face;
Get artsy with PLAY-DOH crafts inspired by camp.
To attend the SnapChat-worthy SeriousFun Messtival and dash through the SeriousFun Run, participants can make a donation to SeriousFun -- $35 for adults and $15 for kids -- at SeriousFunMesstival.com, where a full list of registration options and pricing is available.
Celebrate SeriousFun Messtival at Home
#SeriousFunMesstival Messy Photo & Video Challenge: Fans of campy, messy fun will share their messy photos and videos on social media with #SeriousFunMesstival, challenging friends to share their own photos and donate to SeriousFun, and tagging @SeriousFunCamps on Twitter and Facebook, and @SeriousFun_Camps on Instagram.
Supporting SeriousFun
All proceeds from SeriousFun Messtival support SeriousFun’s global network of camps, creating opportunities for families and children to reach beyond illness and discover joy, confidence and a new world of possibilities – always free of charge.
The 30 camps and programs in SeriousFun Children’s Network, always offered at no cost to children and their families, are made possible through the support of generous and caring donors and volunteers. Facilities and programming at SeriousFun camps are skillfully adapted to fit the medical conditions of campers, ensuring that all campers can participate in activities, such as soaring down a zipline, exploring ropes courses, and cultivating creativity with arts and crafts.
About SeriousFun Children’s Network
SeriousFun Children's Network is a growing global community of 30 camps and programs serving children with serious illnesses and their families, always free of charge. Founded by Paul Newman in 1988 with the first camp, The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, SeriousFun has served more than 732,000 children and families from more than 50 countries. Each member camp is an independent, not-for-profit organization dependent upon private funding to serve all children at no cost to their families. A Support Center raises funds and provides central standards and services for all SeriousFun camps and programs. To learn more about SeriousFun, visit www.seriousfunnetwork.org.
About Newman’s Own
Newman’s Own, Inc., founded by Paul Newman in 1982, offers great tasting, high quality food and beverage products, including salad dressings, pasta sauces, frozen pizza, salsa, frozen skillet meals, refrigerated lemonades, cookies, snacks and pet food. Newman’s Own Foundation continues Paul Newman’s commitment to use all royalties and profits that it receives from the sale of its food products for charitable purposes. Over $460 million has been given to thousands of charities since 1982. For more information, visit newmansown.com and newmansownfoundation.org
About Niagara
Niagara Bottling, LLC has been family owned and operated since 1963. Niagara is headquartered in Ontario, CA, with bottling plants located across the country. As the leading manufacturer of private-label bottled water in the country, Niagara works closely with the largest retailers, grocers, clubs, and convenience stores throughout the country. Niagara produces a variety of beverages, including water, tea, sports drinks, vitamin waters, and sparkling beverages. For more information, visit www.niagarawater.com.
About Hasbro
Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) is a global company committed to Creating the World's Best Play Experiences, by leveraging its beloved brands, including LITTLEST PET SHOP, MAGIC: THE GATHERING, MONOPOLY, MY LITTLE PONY, NERF, PLAY-DOH and TRANSFORMERS, and premier partner brands. From toys and games, television programming, motion pictures, digital gaming and consumer products licensing, Hasbro fulfills the fundamental need for play and connection with children and families around the world. The Company's Hasbro Studios and its film label, ALLSPARK PICTURES, create entertainment brand-driven storytelling across mediums, including television, film, digital and more. Through the company's commitment to corporate social responsibility, including philanthropy, Hasbro is helping to build a safe and sustainable world and to positively impact the lives of millions of children and families. Learn more at www.hasbro.com, and follow us on Twitter (@Hasbro & @HasbroNews) and Instagram (@Hasbro).
About Kindermusik® International
Kindermusik International Inc. is the world’s leading provider of music and movement programs for young children, enjoyed by millions of families in 73 countries since 1978. Kindermusik provides educators, children and families resources to help build a strong foundation for a lifetime love of learning. Kindermusik offers a full spectrum of developmentally appropriate classes for children ages newborn to seven, featuring engaging music and movement activities that promote school readiness and stimulate development in every area of the young brain. For additional information, visit Kindermusik International at www.kindermusik.com.
About The Little Gym
The Little Gym is the premier developer of physical skills in children worldwide. The very first location was established in 1976 by Robin Wes, an innovative educator with a genuine love for children. The Little Gym International, Inc., headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., was formed in 1992 to Franchise The Little Gym concept. Today, The Little Gym International has more than 300 locations in 28 countries. For more information, visit The Little Gym at www.TheLittleGym.com.
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ISEKENEGBE: Celebrating academic achievement
I have found that the best rewards in life come as a result of hard work and perseverance.
ISEKENEGBE: Celebrating academic achievement I have found that the best rewards in life come as a result of hard work and perseverance. Check out this story on thedailyjournal.com: http://vineland.dj/1Gd15sS
Published 12:09 a.m. ET April 21, 2015 | Updated 12:09 a.m. ET April 21, 2015
Dr. Thomas Isekenegbe(Photo: Photo provided)
Cumberland County College celebrated the achievements of our newest Phi Theta Kappa scholars during a recent induction ceremony. Eighty-one students became a part of this elite academic organization as their proud family members watched from the audience.
Phi Theta Kappa, the international community college scholastic honor society, recognizes and encourages the academic achievement of students while providing opportunities for individual growth and development through participation in honors, leadership, service and fellowship programming.
To be eligible, students must achieve and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or better. This is no small feat.
I am constantly inspired by our students’ resolve and willingness to take on the challenges of doing what it takes to balance classwork, a job (and sometimes two), and family responsibilities. This determination makes them outstanding candidates who will succeed in their chosen professions.
Membership in Phi Theta Kappa provides students with access to a number of scholarship opportunities. And the distinction recognizes a student’s outstanding academic accomplishments while providing a competitive edge that helps ensure future successes.
Phi Theta Kappa has become a proud tradition on our campus and an honor that has always represented excellence.
I am very grateful to English professor Sharon Kewish for her many years of service and dedication to the college’s Rho Gamma chapter of Phi Theta Kappa. Having served as its leader since 1975, she holds the organization’s record for having the longest term as a Phi Theta Kappa adviser in the country.
In delivering the address for the induction ceremony, Deborah Bradshaw, the college’s director of Theatre Programs, told of her childhood aspirations of becoming a professional singer on Broadway.
“If I am lucky ...” she told her father, to which he replied, “Luck is opportunity prepared for.”
Bradshaw told those gathered how she spent 20 years auditioning and performing on the Broadway stage. She studied hard, worked hard and learned the significance of those five simple words.
“The world of opportunity is waiting,” said Bradshaw. “You have the opportunity to realize your dreams and the ability to succeed. Someday you will find yourself mentoring and inspiring other young people to believe in themselves and understand the power of knowledge.”
In the coming weeks leading up to commencement, Cumberland County College will recognize the accomplishments of students of high scholastic distinction in other honor societies: Alpha Beta Gamma (Business and Computer Science), Alpha Delta Nu (Nursing), Kappa Delta Pi (Education), Lambda Alpha Epsilon (Criminal Justice), Lambda Nu (Radiologic Science), and Mu Alpha Theta (Mathematics), as well as our students who have participated in the Student Pathways Leadership Institute program.
These students serve as leaders on campus and their strength of character is a model for their peers.
“Luck is opportunity prepared for.” What a powerful concept! I have found that the best rewards in life come as a result of hard work and perseverance. Everyone has the ability to succeed, as well as the power to realize their dreams. Education is, without a doubt, the key to achievement.
Dr. Thomas Isekenegbe is president of Cumberland County College.
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Twitter, Global Radio, Telegraph.co.uk and Microsoft take home IPA Media Owner Awards
By Gillian West-25 November 2014 23:36pm
Twitter, Global Radio, Telegraph.co.uk and Microsoft were some of the winners at this year’s IPA Media Owner Awards (MOA) which celebrate the most innovative and effective activity and individuals from the world of online media.
From a shortlist of 53 a total of 16 awards and 11 commendations were handed out earlier this evening (Tuesday 25 November).
Eight awards were submission-based and the remaining eight the result of the IPA’s Online Media Owner Survey (a combination of spring, autumn and year-on-year results).
Submission-based winners included Andy McNab of Rocket Fuel who won Commercial Director of the Year; Rising Star of the Year went to Courtney Jameson, Telegraph Media Group; Matthew Upton, Media iQ Digital, took home Sales Newcomer of the Year; Unsung Hero of the Year was awarded to Sarah Baldwin of Exponential.
Teads ‘inRead’ scooped Best Technology; Microsoft Advertising won Best Online Campaign for ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’; Global Radio ‘Begin with a Bulmers of XFM’ for Bulmers Cider was named Best Cross Media Campaign and Best Unfeatured Media Owner went to AutoTrader.
The submission-based winners were picked by a judging panel chaired by Pete Robins, IPA Digital Media Group chairman and managing partner, Agenda 21.
The survey-based winners were AOL Advertising (Best Media Owner); Collective (Most Improved Media Owner, Most Improved at Innovation); Say Media (Best at Innovation); Twitter (Best Partner, Most Improved at Partnership); Telegraph.co.uk (Best at Cross Media) and ITV.com (Most Improved at Cross Media).
Robins commented: “The Media Owner Awards were created to take a step back, review and then ultimately reward true exemplars in the online media space - those that know their product, can pull together the assets they have - whether it be an audience, a piece of tech, a bit of media real estate - and that can ultimately deliver what they promise. And this year’s winners have done just that – congratulations to all those companies and individuals who have demonstrated such impressive best practice and have justifiably picked up the top prizes.”
Nigel Gwilliam, IPA media and emerging technologies consultant, added that this year’s entries “provided a fascinating insight into the complexity of today’s online media world”.
“It is this complexity that provides the necessary reminder of the need for all sides of the digital industry to work together to be the best they can be if they are to capitalise on this,” said Gwilliam. “This is of course why the Media Owner Awards are so important; they highlight and reward the very best activity and individuals from the world of online media,” he added.
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The Gayle Harrod Band
Blues, Soul, R&B, Pop, Rock and Original Music
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Welcome to The Gayle Harrod Band Blog!
Exciting News! The Gayle Harrod Band has been chosen to be a part of WTMD radio’s Baltimore Band Block Party on June 16th! This is a HUGE opportunity for us. The Winners will perform at a First Thursday concert at Canton Waterfront Park, in front of thousands of people, 2nd place does a live lunch at the station, 3rd gets to be on Baltimore Hit Parade, and there are additional cash and gear prizes and all the bands get to have their music played on the radio.
I got to hear my own original song, “God Laughed”, played on WTMD radio for the first time ever today! Very cool stuff!
This event is a fundraiser for WTMD, Baltimore’s ONLY publicly funded radio station. 20 bands start out but only the top 10-12 bands with the most ticket sales or donations in raised their name get to go through to the finals. Both tickets and donations are tax deductible, because they support the nonprofit radio station.
We are so excited to be a part of this event and we REALLY want to get to the finals, but we can’t do it without the help of our friends and family! You can support us by either purchasing a ticket for The Gayle Harrod Band, or by making a Donation in our name. We hope you’ll come out and support us but if you can’t make the show, a small donation to the station in our name would be greatly appreciated. There will be a space to type in “The Gayle Harrod Band” prior to submitting your donation. This is just an incredible opportunity for us and it would mean the world to us to make it through to the finals. Can we count on you for even a small donation in our name to help us make this happen?
Just follow the link to buy at ticket or make a donation.
https://www.mt.cm/wtmds-7th-annual-baltimore-band-block-party
Gayle 💕
P.S.: We are happy to report that we raised $2470 for WTMD radio and took 3rd place in fundraising!
We will be featured on an upcoming episode of Baltimore Hit Parade with Sam Sessa!
Final Standings:
1. Soul Island Rebels — $3026
2. Too Soon Jokes — $2860
3. The Gayle Harrod Band — $2470
4. Them Animals — $1300
5. Ebb & Nova — $1300
6. Crisco Dreams — $1045
7. Shelby Blondell — $1000
8. Subtastics — $960
9. Automatic Slim — $910
10.The Old Part of Town — $850
11.Lenore Lenoire — $760
12.Leo & Cygnus — $670
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The Shard has slashed the face of London for ever
Simon Jenkins
Timbuktu's shrines can be rebuilt but this tower, and the glass forest that's set to follow, will ruin the skyline of the capital
Tue 3 Jul 2012 15.30 EDT First published on Tue 3 Jul 2012 15.30 EDT
The Thames is to become a ditch of cash running through a canyon of glass, San Gimignano re-engineered as Blade Runner. Illustration: Belle Mellor
We are shocked by the news from Timbuktu. The Islamists are at it again, smashing the medieval shrines and mosques of the desert city, as they did the buddhas of Afghanistan. They claim these jewels of African heritage offend sharia law. Unesco calls the destruction "a tragedy for all humanity", and a prosecutor at the international criminal court calls it a war crime.
Perhaps they are right. As with the RAF bombing of Dresden, Stalin's dynamiting of Moscow churches and the bulldozing of old Peking, the wilful destruction of beauty in the name of progress offends civilised sensibility.
So what of Thursday's bombastic celebration of the Shard's arrival on the London skyline? It too has drawn Unesco's ire for intruding on the Tower of London and Parliament Square. It will boast its hugeness with lights and lasers, and publicists will dismiss its critics as fuddy-duddies and aesthetes, proclaiming Shards for all time as angels of growth.
I suffer from having found London's skyline a thing of beauty. The views from Parliament and Primrose hills, from the parks and from bridges over the Thames offered a vista that allowed the eye to spread, with no part dominating the whole. Even St Paul's did not crush its neighbours but floated above them at just twice their height.
The eye has no such freedom now. From across the London basin it must rest on the Shard. Its architect, Renzo Piano, claims that his creation "is not about arrogance and power" but intended "to celebrate community … surprise and joy". Besides, it is so high "it will disappear into the sky". Architects have never been happy bedfellows with the English language. As for the tower's developer, Irvine Sellar, he suggests that his building is indeed about arrogance and power. He wants it to cry, "This is London, this is the Shard." Now, he says, "we can kick sand in the face of the Eiffel Tower".
This egomaniacal architecture echoes the tower's political backers, Ken Livingstone, John Prescott and Boris Johnson, who equate phallic prominence with civic prowess. They are in thrall to the Shard's Qatari financiers, who are said to see it as "non-pecuniary soft diplomacy". One Gulf expert explained that "if someone invades a country that has the highest skyscraper in London, then surely the UK should come to the rescue". The Shard is thus an adjunct of Tony Blair's foreign policy, a cure for erectile dysfunction.
This tower is anarchy. It conforms to no planning policy. It marks no architectural focus or rond-point. It offers no civic forum or function, just luxury flats and hotels. It stands apart from the City cluster and pays no heed to its surrounding context in scale, materials or ground presence. It seems to have lost its way from Dubai to Canary Wharf.
The Shard was furiously opposed by local people, and by historic buildings and conservation authorities. It was pushed as a symbol of Britain's love affair with financial bling at the turn of the 21st century, with "iconic" celebrities and the eff-you greed of arbitrage. It was allowed to go ahead by Yorkshire's John Prescott as a single-finger gesture in the face of wimpish southerners.
There is no case for buildings like this on grounds of urban density. Their space ratios make them costly and inefficient to service. Any Londoner knows there are thousands of acres of unused and underused land within the M25 awaiting the high-density, low-rise building preferred by the property market.
Some people find the Shard beautiful. I am sure I would in the Gulf, as I admire the Burj Khalifa tower. But Bermondsey is not Dubai. Nor is this just a matter of one person's opinion against another's. It is the destruction of one for the other's gain. There are not two rooms in this visual realm, just one. There are plenty of places for Sellar and Piano to play their games. Why must they tip paint over my Canaletto?
The Shard shows money trumping planning. Let one rise high and there is no case against another. The argument that London's skyline should be an open market failed in its attempt to build over Hampstead Heath in the 19th century and to demolish Piccadilly Circus and much of Whitehall in the 20th. But it took courageous fighting against precisely the arguments deployed by the Shard's apologists.
Would they or their imitators now demand the right to build a shard on Blackheath, or in Kensington Square? If not, why not? Is it that the locals there are rich, whereas in Southwark they were poor? Or do we agree that there is something called beauty in townscape, but that Sellar and Piano claim the right to determine it for themselves.
The truth is that we have lost the ability to articulate what is beautiful for the purposes of development control. While the small man cannot touch a door frame, the big one can do what he likes, no holds barred. The clutch of permits awarded by Prescott and Livingstone is about to yield a forest of towers behind the National Theatre, behind the Festival Hall, over Waterloo station and at Vauxhall, where a tower is already looming over Pimlico. The precedent is set. I cannot see how a planner can now refuse further shards.
The Thames is to become a ditch of cash running through a canyon of glass, San Gimignano re-engineered as Blade Runner. This is planning in the age of Barclays, an oligarchy of wealth, a financial fanaticism every bit as selfish and destructive as the religious fanaticism of Timbuktu. But there is a difference. Timbuktu's shrines can and surely will be rebuilt. The Shard has slashed the face of London for ever.
• Peter John, Leader of Southwark council, responded to this article in a Response column, For south London, the new Shard building represents hope, 10 July 2012.
• This article was amended on 9 July 2012 because the original listed Southwark council among those who opposed the Shard. In fact Southwark council supported the building of the tower.
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Yaowarat the Chinese legacy
Odean Gate at the dragon's head
Chinatown Bangkok or Yaowarat was started when King Rama I decided in 1782 to establish the capital on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River. The Chinese immigrants who were originally settled in what is now the Grand Palace had to move out to a strip of land two km down the river.
Over the years the settlement grew. Today Chinatown Bangkok or Yaowarat covers a square bounded by Phadung Krung Kasem Canal to the east, the Ong Ang Canal to the west, Luang Road to the north and the Chao Phraya River to the south, an area of about 2 sq km.
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The casual visitor to Chinatown would probably only have the time and energy to cover the main street Yaowarat Road where most of the activities are concentrated.
The other road of interest is Rachawong Road which is off Yaowarat Road.
If you are coming to Chinatown by road the most convenient way to start your tour of this Bangkok legacy is to take the underground to the Hua Lam Phong underground station located on the eastern bank of the Phadung Krung Kasem Canal.
Nearby is the Hua Lam Phong railway station from which trains travel to every part of Thailand.
Across the road from the train station is Traimit Road where the famous Wat Traimit or Temple of the Golden Buddha stands. This wat houses a 3 m high Buddha made of more than 5 tonnes of gold!
The Golden Buddha is now in a new building with the Golden Buddha Museum on the second level and the Yaowarat Heritage Centre on the first level.
Yaowarat Heritage Centre
The Samphanthawong Museum a community museum dedicated to the early Chinese immigrants in Bangkok which was previously in the grounds of Wat Traimit. It has moved to the Wat Prathum Khongkha School.
Samphanthawong Museum
Outside the main entrance of Wat Traimit is a traffic island on which stands a huge Chinese arched gate, the Odean Gate, built in 1999 to mark the 72nd birthday of King Bhumipol, the present king. This gate marks the start of Yaowarat Road and the walking tour of the rest of Chinatown.
Yaowarat Road, the main street in Chinatown Bangkok, was built in the reign of King Rama V. The crowded street winds through the bustling heart of Chinatown like a mythical dragon rearing its head at the Odean Gate, an auspicious sign to the residents.
The mythical dragon Yaowarat Road – distinctly Chinatown
Traveling to Chinatown became more convenient, business picked up rapidly and Yaowarat soon became the city's first commercial district. It still does brisk trade today.
Shop signs in both Thai and Chinese give the visitor a clear indication that he's in Chinatown.
The street is lined with ubiquitous goldsmith shops, sharksfin and birds nest restaurants, shops and vendors selling Chinese herbal medicine, dried mushrooms, salted fish, roast, Chinese calendars, almanacs and of course, lottery tickets. The avid bargain hunter would have a ball a time browsing through the shops and stalls.
Every year during the Chinese New Year, Yaowarat Road is closed to traffic for street festivities, lion dances and food fairs. A member of the royal family graces the occasion to the joy and pride of the Yaowarat community.
For the royal visit to Chinatown Bangkok during Chinese New Year in Bangkok 2006.
Chinese New Year 2006 – the Year of the Dog
Hotels in Chinatown
There're a number of reasonably priced hotels in Chinatown Bangkok. The Bangkok Centre Hotel and SK Boutique Mahanakhon Hotel are near the Hua Lam Pong subway terminal station just a five minute walk to Yaowarat.
The other hotels in Chinatown are located in bustling Yaowarat Road like Check Inn Chinatown Chinatown Hotel Bangkok and Shanghai Mansion Bangkok.
The most prominent hotel however is the Grand China Hotel at the Ratchawong junction, right in the heart of Chinatown, overlooking the old city and the Chao Phraya River.
Grand China Hotel, Bangkok
About a kilometre down Yaowarat Road turn left into Ratchawong Road another street full of vendors selling everything from stickers, deep-fried tit-bits to roasted chestnuts. Ratchawong Road has two significant historical landmarks in Chinatown Bangkok.
Fifty metres after turning into Rachawong Road you'll encounter a tall Chinese arch to a narrow soi on the left. During the Chinese New Year in 2004, Her Majesty the Queen and the Crown Princess visited Chinatown. On that occasion, this soi, Soi Phalittaphon, was renamed Soi Sun Yat Sen after the father of the Chinese revolution.
Dr Sun visited Chinatown Bangkok in 1908 during his tour of South East Asia to raise money from the overseas Chinese for the revolution.
Walking through this narrow soi, the visitor would have to cope with the crowds of shoppers and the frequent passage of vehicles. The shops and stalls along this packed soi sell a variety of goods and even Christmas trees.
Further along Rachawong Road is an even narrower soi to the right of the road. The soi is so congested that it's barely passable to human traffic. Packed with stalls on either side, it would take a very determined shopper to weave his way through.
Soi Sampheng where Chinatown started
It's difficult to imagine that this is the famous Soi Sampheng or Soi Wanit where the Chinese settlers first moved in and started Chinatown in Bangkok.
At the end of Rachawong Road is the Rachawong Pier on the Chao Phraya River. If you are coming by boat, this is the pier to alight and start your of Chinatown in reverse. If you have arrived by road, you may wish to leave by boat for a change.
However, you may wish to continue with your tour of Chinatown Bangkok from the Ratchawong junction till the end of Yaowarat Road. Here you'll find Saphan Han an old market community by the Rob Krung canal, the dragon's tail at the end of Yaowarat Road.
Saphan Han - the dragon's tail
Besides the main street Yaowarat Road, there's another side to Chinatown Bangkok. This is Walking Street Chinatown which is parallel to the main street. Walking Street links areas of historical interest and local community life over a 2 km stretch and it shows a different aspect of Chinatown, one that visitors to the main street rarely see.
Walking Street outside the Holy Rosary Church
Another historical walking tour of Chinatown covering a different network of alleys is featured in Chinatown sights which covers quaint Chinatown landmarks and old shopping alleys.
Shrine in old Chinatown
At the northern edge of Chinatown Bangkok opposite Saphan Han, there is a century-old community called Werng Nakhon Kasem may be in danger of extinction. In mid-2012, the area was sold and the new owners may have plans for redevelopment.
Werng Nakhon Kasem
The Charoen Chai community is another old community under the pressure of modern development. The history, culture and way of life of this old community is preserved in an old house converted to a community museum. Find out more about the history of this community, what’s it’s like today and what’s its future at Ban Kao Lao Rueng.
Entrance to the community museum
Just across the river from Talat Noi and Yaowaraj is a cluster of old warehouses and a pier built more than 160 years ago. Strictly speaking it's not part of Bangkok's Chinatown but this place holds a significant segment of Bangkok's history and the history of the early Chinese immigrants to old Siam.
Find out more about the cultural legacy of Lhong 1919.
Lhong 1919 – preserving the Chinese heritage
A tour of Chinatown Bangkok provides a fascinating insight into a very different way of life. With 10 temples, 20 shrines, old shops, markets and homes, Chinatown is a wealth of cultural treasures which thankfully have been preserved for more than two centuries.
Wat Chakkrawat one of the many temples in Chinatown Bangkok
Map of Chinatown Bangkok
View Map of Chinatown Bangkok in a larger map
If you're going by the Bangkok subway the nearest subway station is Hua Lam Phong Station which is near the railway station of the same name.
Start your tour at Wat Traimit and the Odean Gate, the dragon's head.
If you are coming by the Chao Phraya river boat the nearest pier is the Ratchawong Pier at the end of Ratchawong Road.
This route takes you to the heart of old Chinatown, Soi Sampheng (Soi Wanit 1) the birthplace of the Chinese community. Saphan Han, at the dragon's tail is in this last section.
The busy streets are a melting pot of communities engaging in commerce and they're as busy as ever today. The legacy of the early Chinese immigrants and their enterprise lives on.
If you are an independent traveller, here's a handy e-guide book, Tour Bangkok Legacies that will help you along as you explore the streets of Bangkok and discover its old treasures. It's complete with historical descriptions, maps and detailed directions on how to get to these places.
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Veteran CHP Officer Killed in Riverside County Crash Involving Suspected Drunk Driver
By Brian Chase
Sgt. Steve Licon, 53, a veteran of the California Highway Patrol was killed in a car crash involving a suspected drunk driver. According to a KTLA news report, officials said Licon was conducting a traffic stop on the 15 Freeway in Lake Elsinore just north of Nichols Road the afternoon of April 6 when he was fatally struck. Officials said 36-year-old Michael Callahan of Winchester was driving under the influence when his Toyota Corolla hit Licon, his patrol motorcycle and the Chrysler sedan that that sergeant had pulled over.
Callahan, the sole occupant of the Corolla, sustained minor injuries. The man behind the wheel of the Chrysler, the woman in the front passenger seat, and two girls in the back, were not injured. CHP officials said Callahan was taken into custody on suspicion of DUI. He may also face a murder charge. Licon was a 27-year CHP veteran, who was liked and respected by everyone, officials said. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
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Thursday, December 12, 2019 | 02:00pm
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe and Arvin Sango, Inc. officials announced today that the company will expand in Henderson. The automotive products manufacturer will create 153 new jobs in Chester County over the next five years.
Governor Lee, Commissioner Rolfe Announce MANN+HUMMEL USA to Create Up to 50 Jobs in Sequatchie County
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 | 10:00am
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe and MANN+HUMMEL USA officials announced today that the manufacturer will invest $15 million and create up to 50 jobs at its facility in Dunlap over the next five years.
Gov. Bill Lee Signs Executive Order Transferring Tennessee Early Intervention System
Monday, December 02, 2019 | 03:00pm
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee issued an executive order transferring the Tennessee Early Intervention System (TEIS) from the Tennessee Department of Education to the Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities to better align services for children with disabilities.
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Governor Lee, Commissioner Rolfe Announce Mueller Water Products To Expand Tennessee Operations, Locate New Facility In Marion County
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 | 01:30pm
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe and Mueller Water Products officials announced today that the company will expand its Tennessee presence and locate new operations in Marion County.
Governor Lee, Commissioner Rolfe Announce Mersen To Establish Manufacturing Operations In Columbia
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 | 10:00am
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe and Mersen officials announced today that the manufacturer will invest up to $65 million over time to establish operations in Columbia.
Gov. Lee Announces $25 Million Vocational Education Investment Through GIVE Grants
Thursday, November 07, 2019 | 10:00am
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced projects receiving funding through the Governor’s Investment in Vocational Education (GIVE) program which prioritizes learning opportunities in rural counties and enhances career and technical education statewide.
Governor Lee, Commissioner Rolfe Announce Double H Tennessee LLC to Expand Operations in Morristown
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 | 09:00am
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe and Double H Tennessee LLC officials announced today the company will invest $812,000 and create 26 jobs in Morristown.
Governor Lee, Commissioner Rolfe Announce New Select Tennessee Certified Sites
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 | 10:00am
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe today announced four new Select Tennessee Certified Sites.
Governor Lee, Commissioner Rolfe Announce Commercial Façade Improvement Grants
Friday, October 18, 2019 | 09:00am
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe recently approved $500,000 in Commercial Façade Improvement Grants to assist Tennessee communities with downtown improvements.
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Spotlight listing of upcoming events
Published 12:30 pm EDT, Saturday, March 17, 2018
Rails To Back Trails slide presentation — Trumbull Historian/Author. Sue A. DelBianco will be conducting a slide presentation at 7 p.m., at The Plumb Memorial Library, 65 Wooster Street, in Shelton. DelBianco will bring the audience back in time through captivating images on slides, through Bridgeport, The Trumbull Valley, Monroe, Newtown, Brookfield, and reaching as far as Pittsfield, Mass, between the years 1840-1942. Today, the abandoned railroad corridor from Trumbull to Newtown has become one of Connecticut's best recreational trails. She will have copies of her new video Rails To Trails: A Journey Back in Time, which tells the story of the railroad in Trumbull and all that evolved around it. This presentation is by reservation only and you will need to call the library at: 203-924-1580. Admission is free.
AAUW meeting — The Bridgeport Area branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) will hold a general meeting open to the public at 6:30 p.m., at the Trumbull Library, 33 Quality St. The meeting will feature a program on Bullying, presented by a speaker from the Hamden branch of the Anti-Defamation League, Sandra Vonniessen-Applebee addressing this issue. Information and reservations can be made by calling the President of AAUW, Carole Fanslow of Stratford at 203-375-1284.
Wednesday, March 28-Saturday, March 31
Plant sale — The annual Easter/Spring plant sale at Trumbull High School’s Agriscience and Biotechnology Center, 536 Daniels Farm Road, will be open, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The sale will feature plants grown by the Agriscience students. For more information, call 203-452-4200.
TPCUG meeting — The PC Users Group TPCUG, will hold their March meeting at the Trumbull Library, 33 Quality St., at 7 p.m. Speaker — Microsoft. Learn about creative updates in Windows 10 Free and open to the public. For more information, visit tpcug-ct.org.
Steven A. Merrihew (S.A.M.) benefit concert — An evening of song and dance at 7:30 p.m., will be held at Trumbull High School, 72 Strobel Road. Tickets: $15 adults, $10 seniors/students, (cash and check only). For more information and for tickets, call 203-502-8315.
Radio Ranch performs — The Trumbull Arts Commission presents Radio Ranch at 1 p.m., at The Center at 23 Priscilla Place in Trumbull. Founded more than 20 years ago, Radio Ranch has developed into one of the most diverse Country dance bands in Connecticut. The band has honed a style found deep in the roots of American music, playing real “get up on the dance floor” music. Cabaret seating, bring your own refreshments. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. Tickets: $5. Call 203-452-5065.
By Tuesday, April 17
Scholarship — The Long Hill Garden Club is offering one $1,000 scholarship to a resident of Trumbull who is graduating from high school and is planning to major in one of the following fields: Conservation, ecology, environmental science, forestry, horticulture, landscape design, land management and/or related subjects. Applications, along with a letter of requirements, are available at each area high school’s guidance office or on the school scholarship website. For more information, call 203-261-3945 or email Anng.natureandarts@charter.net. Completed application must be received by the club’s Scholarship Chairman, Ann Germano, 30 Natalie Road, Trumbull, CT, 06611 by Tuesday, April 17.
Tidy Up Trumbull — Trumbull Community Women has announced that Tidy Up Trumbull, the annual event that gives town residents the opportunity to make a difference in beautifying parks, trails, roadsides and parking areas, will be held this year from 9 a.m-noon, followed by a party for volunteers at Twin Brooks park. Groups that meet during the week are welcome to schedule at their convenience. Each year, more than 100 residents of Trumbull come forward to participate, including scouts, town and civic organizations, teens needing community service hours, school groups, sports teams, church youth groups, families, and Trumbull businesses. All volunteers and groups, large or small, are welcome. Anyone wishing to participate or have questions answered can contact Liz Thomas at 203-261-2644 or email her at lizthomas413@sbcglobal.net.
Earth Day Brunch fundraiser — An Earth Day Brunch fundraiser to benefit the CT Fallen Heroes Foundation will be held from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., at Vazzano’s Four Seasons, 337 Kenyon St., in Stratford. Cost is $39 per person with a huge menu, including carving station, Chicken Francoise and more. Cash bar. Jazz music by the Brian Butler Quartet and 50/50 raffle baskets. For more information, contact Mike at 203-218-2367 or mmastroni@ctfallenheroes.org.
Free document shredding — Trumbull Community Women will once again sponsor a document shredding event to be held from 9 a.m.-noon at the Trumbull Nature and Arts Center, 7115 Main St., in Trumbull. The event has proved popular both for residents wanting to safely discard old files and tax returns, and businesses that have large quantities of information that need to be disposed of safely and securely. The shredding is free and is being offered as a community service by Trumbull Community Women. For further information visit the group’s website, trumbullcommunitywomen.org.
Household Hazardous Waste Collection — The Town of Trumbull Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day is set for Saturday, June 9, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at 307 Indian Ledge Park Drive. next to BMX Facility. This includes Trumbull, Monroe, and Easton residents. Must show CT driver’s license. For more information, contact Trumbull Public Works at 203-452-5070. Bring materials in original containers securely closed. Pack containers in sturdy upright boxes and pad with newspaper, if necessary. Never mix chemicals together. Never smoke or eat while handling hazardous materials. Leaking or broken containers must be contained. Do not leave vehicles unless instructed to do so. Visit trumbull-ct.gov for items to bring/not to bring.
Tuesday, July 10
The Delaney House, Holyoke, MA — All-you-can-eat lobster and Jimmy Mazz in his show Legends and Laughter. Musical Journey. Buffet menu: Lobster, variety of salads, fruit, pork, haddock, chicken baked ziti, vegetable, dessert and beverage. $25 deposit upon reservation and balance June 1. Price: $99. Sponsored by St. Theresa Senior Club. Bus leaves from St. Theresa Church, 5301 Main St., in Trumbull. For reservations, call Kathy at 203-268-8256.
Monday-Wednesday, July 23-25
Lancaster, PA. Sight and Sound Theatre; Jesus — Includes: two nights at Comfort Suites, two breakfasts, two dinners, one at Shady Maple Smorgasbord and Bird-In-Hand Family Restaurant; sightseeing; Landis Valley Village Museum, Lancaster and One Liberty Mall and Observation Deck, Philadelphia. Insurance available. Deposit: per person $150 by April 30. Final payment per person, June 4. Price: $451 double; and $561 single. Sponsored by St. Theresa Senior Club. Bus leaves from St. Theresa Church, 5301 Main St., in Trumbull. For reservations, call Kathy at 203-268-8256.
Monday-Wednesday, Sept. 10-12
Atlantic City and Cape May — Enjoy two nights at Resorts Casino; Bonus Package: $30 slot, $10 food credit, two $20 meal credits and show. Day 2: Guided tour of the 1879 Emen Physick Estate, trolley tour and lunch at Alethea's Restaurant Cape May. Insurance available. Deposit: per person $100 by June 18, and final payment July 23. Price: $337 double and $441 single. Only: 22 seats available. Sponsored by St. Theresa Senior Club. Bus leaves from St. Theresa Church, 5301 Main St., in Trumbull. For reservations, call Kathy at 203-268-8256.
Thursday, Oct. 18
Octoberfest at Krucker's in Pomona, NY — Enjoy a full day of entertainment, food, fun, music and dancing. Welcome reception, lunch entree choice that day, and sandwich on the way home. $25 deposit upon reservation and balance $68 Sept. 5. Sponsored by St. Theresa Senior Club. Bus leaves from St. Theresa Church, 5301 Main St., in Trumbull. For reservations, call Kathy at 203-268-8256.
Change in show for Thursday, Nov. 1 — Westchester Broadway Theatre. Enjoy a matinee performance of Phantom (not Newsies). Enjoy a matinee performance. Show is a prequel to Phantom of the Opera. Story of how the Phantom became the tortured figure. Pre-show lunch and full scale musical production. Price $104. Sponsored by St. Theresa Senior Club. Bus leaves from St. Theresa Church, 5301 Main St., in Trumbull. For reservations, call Kathy at 203-268-8256.
Free DVD rentals — The Trumbull Library has eliminated the $1 DVD rental fee in an effort to increase in the usage of the collection. There will still be a $1 per day fine for overdue DVDs.
Discounted movie tickets — Trumbull Parks and Recreation Department offers discounted movie tickets to Bow Tie Cinemas year round. Tickets are $8 each, a savings of $3/ticket, and redeemable at any Bow Tie Cinema locations; 3D movies and BTX theaters will assess additional surcharges. Tickets are available for purchase in our new office located at 366 Church Hill Road, in the new administration building. Call 203-452-5060 for more information.
Meditation classes — Lunch Hour Meditation sessions are offered on the second and fourth Monday each month the Trumbull Library, 33 Quality St., at noon or 1 p.m. Conducted by Community Mindfulness Project (CMP), the sessions are appropriate for both new and experienced meditators. Participants will be seated during the session and no special clothing or equipment is required. Free and open to the public. Register to guarantee a seat through the library’s website: trumbullct-library.org or by calling 203-452- 5197.
Senior Center Transportation — The Trumbull Senior Center provides transportation for medical, social, and nutritional needs to Trumbull residents who are age 60 and over and/or age 55-59 and disabled five days a week. Rides are for those traveling to and from the senior center, medical appointments, legal appointments and nutrition programs. The Senior Center provides medical transportation within the following towns/cities: Trumbull, Bridgeport, Stratford, Monroe, and Shelton. Contact Ashley Grace at 203-452-5137 to schedule a ride.
Trumbull Business Network — Trumbull Business Network is one of the longer running networking groups in Trumbull meeting every Wednesday at 7:30 a.m., at the Helen Plumb building on Church Hill Road. Visitors are welcome. For more information, visit trumbullbn.com.
Cell phone recycling — Congregation B'nai Torah Nursery School, 5700 Main St, Trumbull, is continuing its collection of used/broken/unwanted cell phones, batteries and chargers. Recycling cell phones helps the environment by saving energy, conserving natural resources and keeping reusable materials out of landfills. Collection boxes in Trumbull are located at the B'nai Torah Nursery School, Trumbull Police Station, Old Towne Restaurant, Trumbull Library, Fairchild Nichols Memorial Library, and Gioves.
Substance abuse support group — The Community Addiction & Recovery Education & Support (C.A.R.E.S.) group provides a free, weekly drop-in support group for parents and other concerned family members whose loved ones are using or abusing mind-altering substances. The C.A.R.E.S. group’s mission is to provide education, support, access to resources, and hope for individuals and families struggling with substance abuse or addiction. C.A.R.E.S. meets every Tuesday at St. George Orthodox Church, 5490 Main St., Trumbull and every Thursday at the Echo Hose Ambulance Training Center, 286 Howe Ave., Shelton, from 7-9 p.m. For additional locations and information, call 1-855-406-0246 or visit thecaresgroup.org.
Young Adult Support Group – A free support group for individuals 18-35 living with cancer. The group will meet every first and third Tuesday each month at 10 a.m., at Park Avenue Medical Center, Integrative Medicine 5520 Park Ave., Trumbull. Facilitated by Dr. Mary Jo Vasquez. Inquire or RSVP to mjvasquezphd@gmail.com or call 203-816-0183 for additional information. For information on additional support services offered at Integrative Medicine, call 203.337.8660.
Monday night bingo — Congregation B'nai Torah, 5700 Main St., Trumbull, hosts bingo on Monday evenings. Card sales begin at 6 p.m., and the games start at 7 p.m. Special games available, as well as a progressive jackpot and door prizes, in a nonsmoking facility. Public welcome. Call 203-268-6940 for more information.
Donations needed for animal shelter — Trumbull Animal Shelter, 324 Church Hill Road is in need of the following: Clay litter, rawhide chews, canned cat or canned dog food (any kind) and dog toys for strong chewers (for example, Kongs). Although it is appreciated, soft toys with squeakers and stuffing are discouraged, since the animals can tear them out and get sick. For other items, call the shelter at 203-452-5088 or visit Trumbull Animal Group (TAG) on Amazon.com. Click on Wish List and search for Trumbull Animal Group.
Seeking volunteers/donations — The Trumbull Animal Group (TAG) is seeking volunteers, or if anyone would just like to make a donation, you can mail to P.O. Box 110090, Trumbull, CT 06611. To become a member, cost is $10 per year and you will be added to their email list and be involved in all activities throughout the year.
Networking group meets — Join Fairfield County Leads Exchange networking group for small business owners. They meet every Thursday from 7:30-8:30 a.m., at the Trumbull Nature & Arts Center, 7115 Main St. For information, call Jeffrey Kunkel 203-395-3944.
Secret Garden Tour — The Nichols Garden Club is looking for interesting gardens to showcase on their 2018 Secret Garden Tour. If you have a garden that you would like to be considered for the tour, e-mail nicholsgarden@gmail.com or call 203-590-2232 and they will walk through your garden with you. The annual garden tour takes place in July, and they have displayed gardens from all over Trumbull as well as Stratford and Shelton.
Alzheimer’s Support Group — Support group for caregivers and families led by Harbor care Director, David Fife. Third Thursday of each month at 5:30 p.m. Hosted at Middebrook Farms of Trumbull, 2750 Reservoir Ave., Trumbull. Call 203-268-2400 for more information or e-mail dfife@benchmarkquality.com.
Widowed men — Widowed Persons Service (WPS)/A New Way of Life, will sponsor breakfast at Old Towne Restaurant, 60 Quality St., the second and fourth Saturday every month at 9 a.m. Just show up or call Peter at 203-882-8662 for more information. All are welcome.
Damsels in Divorce — Support group for women in all phases of divorce; from contemplation to completion, take place on the second and fourth Friday nights of every month from 7-8:30 p.m., at Grace Church, 5958 Main St., Trumbull. Look for the signs to see in which space the meeting will be held in when you arrive. Any questions, contact Jennifer at DamselsInDivorce@aol.com.
Donations sought — Donate your old but still usable clothing, shoes, sneakers, belts, linens, pillow cases, blankets, curtains or stuffed animals. Grace Episcopal Church, 5958 Main St., now hosts a St. Pauly’s used clothing drop-off shed. Easily accessible, and located in the rear parking lot behind the church. Receipts are available at the shed for your charitable donation. Place donations in plastic bags and tie them up to keep clean and dry. Do not put any rags, fabric scraps, pillows, toys, household goods or electronics in the shed. More information at gracetrumbull.org.
Sikorsky Retirees Friendship Club — Meets the second Friday of every month at 1 p.m., at St. Joseph National Catholic Church, 1300 Stratford Road, Lordship, in Stratford. Coffee and pastry at every meeting, and throughout the year, lunches, a picnic and a Christmas party. All of Sikorsky retirees and spouses can join. For more information, call Alton R. Donofrio at 203-380-1940.
Al-Anon meetings — Al-Anon is a resource for family members and friends affected by alcoholism. Al-Anon meets Monday at 7:30 a.m., and Thursday at 11:30 a.m., at Grace Episcopal Church, 5958 Main St. Thursday at 8 p.m., at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1734 Huntington Tpke. Alateen helps teens age 12-20 and also meets Thursday at 8 p.m., at Trinity Episcopal Church. There are no dues or fees to participate. For information, call 1-888-825-2666. Visit ct-al-anon.org. A free publication is available at Al-AnonFamilyGroups.org.
Knitters and crocheters — Meet at Panera Bread in the Trumbull Westfield Mall on Wednesdays from 10-11:30 a.m. Enjoy sharing your craft with others. All levels are welcome.
Men’s Club — Tashua Knolls Senior Men’s Club welcomes new members; open to all men age 60 or older, no residency requirements. Club conducts weekly golf competitions, sponsors two bowling leagues during fall and winter months; 261-2069.
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Tsunami disaster – countries in crisis
Quick tsunami response prevented water-borne epidemics
© UNICEF/HQ05-0064/Bagla
In the village of Akirapettai in Tamil Nadu, water storage tanks like this one were installed in relief camps.
NEW DELHI, India, 17 March 2005 - Shortly after the tsunami struck countries on the Indian Ocean and killed hundreds of thousands, the World Health Organization issued a grim warning that water-borne diseases could double the death toll. But three months after the tragedy, no epidemics of diarrhoea, cholera or measles have been reported in Tamil Nadu, Andaman, or the Nicobar Islands - the most severely affected regions of India.
Approximately 350,000 children survived the threat of serious disease. “The relief work carried out so far has given us enormous satisfaction,” said UNICEF Tamil Nadu State Representative Tim Schaffter.
Initially, conditions were wholly unsanitary and conducive to an outbreak of disease. Thousands of bodies washed up on shores for days after the disaster, water pipes were uprooted, hand pumps broken, and survivors were forced into crowded relief camps with inadequate potable water and toilet facilities.
“Outbreaks of diarrhoea and cholera in the affected areas would not have surprised anyone,” said Schaffter.
UNICEF staff were already on the ground in the disaster-struck area and quickly began preparations for delivering safe water to the survivors. In cooperation with the Tamil Nadu government, the organization began distributing water tanks to the relief camps, and provided chlorine tablets for water treatment.
A UNICEF health worker teaches a mother to make a rehydration drink for her baby.
During the first week of January, UNICEF began constructing low-cost toilets near the relief camps. “We trained 100 volunteers for the construction of low-cost toilets. The volunteers then helped the community to construct these toilets,” said UNICEF Water and Sanitation Programme Chief Lizette Burgers. Not only did the toilets improve sanitation, they also promoted toilet use in areas which did not have a high percentage of household toilets.
As a parallel effort, UNICEF and government doctors also began the task of vaccinating children against measles and giving them vitamin A doses to increase their immunity. They were able to vaccinate the great majority of children in Tamil Nadu, Andaman, and even in the remote Nicobar islands.
Survivors were also educated on proper hygiene and sanitation practices. “We led a campaign on the importance of hand-washing before eating meals and after going to the toilet,” said Schaffter. UNICEF provided 45,000 bars of soap, 21,575 plastic buckets, and 1,575 mugs to relief camps in India.
Even though conditions have improved, UNICEF continues to take preventive measures. In malaria-prone areas in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, UNICEF has provided 10,000 mosquito nets to those living in relief camps. Another 10,000 are presently being procured for distribution. UNICEF is also trying to reach children in all the remote villages of the region for vaccination and assistance.
At present, many families in India still live in temporary shelters and sanitation remains a concern. But the wails heard in villages after the tsunami are slowly giving way to the laughter of children.
Tim Schaffter UNICEF Representative in Tamil Nadu State discusses how the money donated to UNICEF is being spent to help children.
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Swiss rule coffee not vital for human survival, back removing it from national emergency stockpile
Doug Stanglin
The Swiss, staunchly neutral on most issues, will likely stir up enemies worldwide – at least among commuters – after the Federal Council ruled Wednesday that coffee is not vital for human survival and should be removed from the nation's required emergency stockpile.
The finding emerged after the Federal Office for National Economic Supply considered a proposed amendment to the "Ordinance on the Compulsory Storage of Foodstuff and Animal Feed."
"It is intended to cancel the storage obligation for coffee," the council said in a news release.
The emergency reserves system was set up between World War I and World War II as Switzerland braced for shortages of vital goods in case of war, natural disaster or epidemics.
The council, in a statement, said the NES "came to the conclusion that coffee is not essential for life according to today's criteria."
Perhaps pressing its luck, the council continued: "That is, coffee contains almost no calories and therefore does not make any contribution to food security from a nutritional point of view."
The council notes in the full report that that while its inclusion on the list has strong historical "psychological reasons," it is "no longer justified."
If the proposal survives a period of public comment, importers will no longer have to stockpile coffee after 2022.
Nestle, which makes instant coffee Nescafe, and 14 other importers, roasters and retailers are required by Swiss law to store bags of raw coffee, Reuters reports. Other stockpiles are for sugar, rice, edible oils and animal feed.
The mandatory coffee reserves amount to about 16,865 tons, or enough to cover three months of domestic coffee drinking.
According to the World Atlas, the average Swiss coffee drinker has up to five cups a day, or about 18 pounds a year, while the average U.S. coffee drinker downs about 9 pounds annually.
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Pubs in Cambridgeshire >
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17 High Street, Soham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5HA
Red Lion in Soham has a car park. The pub gives a warm welcome to dogs and their owners, it serves food. Red Lion has an outside area. The pub serves real ale, it has a smoking area. Red Lion has free WiFi. The pub has a dart board, it has live music events. Red Lion has a pool table. The pub shows football on TV, it has terrestrial TV.
Beer Day Britain 2018
Happening on 15/06/2018 [Expired]
Friday 15th June marks the annual celebration of the nation's best-loved bevvy - real ale! So why not come down and join us in raising a glass of the good stuff and say #CheersToBeer!
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England v Italy
After seeing off the Dutch last week, England are going for back-to-back wins as they host Italy at Wembley tonight for the second friendly of the international break.
Catch all the action here, with coverage from 7:30pm followed by an 8pm kick-off!
Netherlands vs England
We're entering the final stretch ahead of the World Cup 2018 with preparations continuing this evening as the Lions travel to Amsterdam for a friendly against the Netherlands.
Coverage starts at 7:30pm with kick-off slated for 7:45pm - join us to catch all the action live!
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Carpenters Arms (0.45 miles)
Soham Town Rangers Social Club (0.65 miles)
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TFA Willamette Joins USL League Two
By USLLeagueTwo.com Staff, 11/21/19, 1:15PM EST
Oregon club will compete in the Northwest Division in 2020
TAMPA, Fla. (Nov. 21, 2019) – The United Soccer League (USL) announced today that TFA Willamette will join USL League Two for the 2020 season. The prominent Oregon youth club will field its First Team in the country’s top pre-professional league, and will play its home matches at South Albany High School.
“We’re very excited to see such a well-respected club recognize the value in joining League Two,” said Joel Nash, Vice President of USL League Two. “We look forward to helping TFA Willamette provide more opportunities than ever for local soccer players to advance toward professional soccer.”
Based in Albany, Oregon, TFA Willamette promotes and enhances high-level youth soccer in Linn, Benton, and Marion counties. With players ranging from the U5 to the U23 age levels, the League Two side will complete the club’s youth development pathway. The TFA Willamette U23 team competed against current League Two teams Lane United and Portland Timbers U23 in friendlies prior to the 2019 League Two season.
The club’s integrated model uses standardized curriculums, coaching methodologies, and a style of play that emphasizes purposeful possession called, “total fútbol.” The consistency in values on and off the field helps players progress in a structured environment from the youth levels to the senior team.
“TFA Willamette prides itself on creating the best possible environment for player development in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, and the number of players we have pushed on to the college ranks over the last several years is evidence of that,” said TFA Willamette Director of Coaching Logan Hoffman. “League Two is the premier pro development league in North America, and we are excited by the new opportunities being a member of the league provides our players for further growth.”
In joining League Two, TFA Willamette will offer a proven pathway to professional soccer for its players, both those at the elite collegiate level and the top academy-age players from the region. On top of the valuable experience of playing in the nation’s most competitive pre-professional environment, League Two also provides growth opportunities for its coaches, executives and communities.
Learn more by following @tfawillametteu23 on social media, or visit the club’s website tfawillamette.com for the latest updates.
About USL League Two
A part of United Soccer Leagues, LLC, which also operates the USL Championship, USL League One, Super Y League and the new USL Academy, USL League Two is the top pre-professional soccer league in North America, offering a summer platform for aspiring professionals across the United States and Canada. League Two is the defined and proven pathway for players to progress to the ranks of professional soccer, while its clubs become fixtures in the communities where they operate. More than 70 percent of all MLS SuperDraft selections since 2010 have League Two experience, including 66 alumni chosen in 2018 and 61 in 2019. Werder Bremen’s Josh Sargent, Newcastle United’s DeAndre Yedlin, and Atlanta United’s Brad Guzan are among the many U.S. National Team players to have competed in USL League Two before making their professional debuts.
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Wading in the Waters of Standing Rock
Reflections on a journey in support of indigenous community action, after church call draws some 500 clergy as “protective witnesses”
by Samantha Gupta
This essay has been republished from its original post with permission from the author.
Two weeks ago, I woke up in a tent in North Dakota.
At 6 a.m., the only light that visible poured in from across the Missouri River, a set of mega floodlights illuminating the ongoing construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).
Less than a quarter mile away from me, a 70-year-old elder sat near the central fire and coaxed us awake into an amplified microphone that echoed through the fog and across the camp.
"Wake up… wake up! The Black Snake is creeping across the river! Sun Dancers! Pipe carriers, smudge your pipes! Christians, dust off your Bibles! The water is warm. We are here for a purpose!"
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By 9 a.m., I was gathered alongside over 500 clergy from across the United States, representing over 20 different faith traditions. Surrounding us and continuing their day of work, recuperation, and prayer, people at the camp numbered in the thousands.
We circled around the fire in our sacred clothing—robes, stoles, albs, protest-prayer signs—and observed, as representatives of our faith traditions stood alongside several indigenous elders from the #NoDAPL camp. Each of the represented traditions had repudiated the Doctrine of Discovery in their denominations, and read aloud from those repudiations into the microphone ringing over the camp. (Written by Pope Alexander VI in 1493, the Doctrine of Discovery formalized into writing a set of patterns of domination that became the basis by which
European monarchies claimed lands and resources of indigenous peoples. Ultimately, land was deemed “unoccupied” if it was not settled by Christians. The doctrine has been cited in court decisions as recently as 2005.)
After their statements, a copy of the Doctrine in the original Latin was given to the elders, and then burned in an abalone shell among the ring of people near the central fire.
Each of the 500 of us were smudged with sage by local community leaders as we made our way along the road to Backwater Bridge where police waited, in long lines inside cars, and watched us from roads and hilltops. The bridge was the location where, one week prior, 141 indigenous and ally Water Protectors were arrested by militarized police in riot gear.
We wept, we raged, we prayed, we sang as police helicopters flew overhead, snipers watched from hillsides, and the Missouri River wound its way over the horizon.
“Wade in the water!” we sang, each of us holding the other. “God’s gonna trouble the water!”
It was only one week prior to that moment that Father John Floberg—a man who has served for 25 years as the supervising priest of the Episcopal churches of Standing Rock—put out an email to several clergy networks, calling upon clergy of all faith traditions to come to North Dakota and serve as “protective witnesses” with the Water Protectors.
He had only expected 100 of us to respond.
Father John was also clear: The actions of we 500 witnesses would reflect on the Standing Rock Sioux and their allies, long after we left. He and the elders who stood beside him asked for four things of all of us: “that you remain prayerful, peaceful, nonviolent, and lawful.” And most of all, that we return to our communities and call upon our people to join this protective resistance.
Standing near the fire in my stole that morning, an elder from the camp approached me and expressed that our presence was a welcome pause in the recent escalations of violence, a chance for the community to regroup. He shared that he hoped we would carry prayers that the community of leaders at Standing Rock maintain their spiritual structure as they are continually battered, instigated, and even infiltrated by DAPL security or police forces. As clergy wandered the camp, police presence was minimized for the day—with fewer helicopters, airplanes, and drones. Some expressed how this was a welcome pause in the ongoing assault of the senses and the spirit.
For others whom I didn't speak to our presence, I suspect, was complicated, if not painful and enraging—particularly as representatives of religions that have undergirded, if not outright orchestrated, native genocide. Alongside the stories I've heard before arriving, I have personally experienced the ways white, non-native visitors occupy space at the microphones, or take up resources without return or regard. As white folks, we have so much work to do to “call each other in” as white people, to unlearn entitlement and domination, and to learn new patterns of relationship that generate life and honor the sovereignty of that life. This shows up in the ways we reach for microphones, to the ways we use policies to grab resources for profit. This is an urgent task.
It is urgent because Standing Rock is not only a specific struggle in North Dakota—Standing Rock is everywhere we are. It demands of us, particularly as community psychologists: Where do you come from? Whose land do you occupy, whose land do you call home? Who were your people? And who are your people now? Perhaps, in the time of Trump, we might add: What life and whose life experience have you disregarded, and what are your relational obligations for restoration?
Image courtesy of Samantha Gupta.
It’s personal, it’s communal, it’s ecological, it’s economic, it’s political, it’s ancestral, and it is work that requires us to be where we are, right now. Be with one another, right now. Practice accountable relationship, particularly with the indigenous communities where we live, right now. Not as a task to complete, but as vocation—as in vocare, that sacred call—that we are responsive to for the rest of our lives.
As a community psychologist and a theologian, I understand that our role is to make visible that web of relationships and issues that connects each to all, such that this sacred web becomes actionable and our role within it becomes strategic, intentional, resilient, and restorative.
Will we take up our role?
What is needed at Standing Rock: Please visit their websites to know what they are asking for (http://www.ocetisakowincamp.org/donate). They need ongoing financial support as they prepare for winter (portable restrooms and trash services alone cost $1,500 per day), advocacy/direct action at local, state, national, and corporate levels, and bodies—especially humble bodies capable of listening and learning, with offerings for healing, feeding, building, and the ability to be arrested.
What is needed everywhere: knowing whose land we are on (http://native-land.ca/), honoring the treaties where we are (all treaties made with US government have been broken) (http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/08/23/honor-treaties-un-human-rights-chiefs-message-150996), anti-racism and public recognition of the positionalities we carry (especially for those of us who hold identities as white settlers, we can turn to national organizations such as SURJ to turn this idea into embodied practice) (http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/), repatriation of land and resources, funding Indigenous-led movements, a move away from entitlement to deep and humble permission and learning, centering the voices of indigenous community psychologists in our field, and an actionable awareness and reverence of where the sources of our life come from (our food, water, power, people). For more on these ideas, visit the Standing Rock Solidarity Network resources (http://www.standingrocksolidaritynetwork.org/resource-packet.html).
As community psychologists in the field, in non-profits, and in academic institutions, we are uniquely positioned to bring embodied awareness to the patterns of “discovery” and colonization that have informed our lives and our field, to learn in community and model the life-generating alternatives, and to put our bodies on the line to bring that alternative into reality.
May we respond to such a sacred and necessary call.
Samantha Gupta is an Interfaith Chaplain-Organizer and Ph.D. student in Depth Psychology with an emphasis in Community Psychology, Liberation Psychology, and Ecological Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, CA.
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Reconstruction of FM 2854 From Loop 336 to I-45
The TxDOT Houston District proposes to reconstruct the FM Road 2854 roadway from a two-lane, undivided facility to a four-lane, divided facility between Loop 336 and I-45 in the City of Conroe in Montgomery County, TX.
The current project area consists of a two-lane, undivided roadway.
Proposed Improvements
The proposed project would consist of reconstructing FM 2854 to a four-lane, divided roadway with curb and gutter and a flush median. The proposed project is approximately 2.1 miles in length and would require approximately 4.1 acres of new right-of-way, including land for detention ponds. A new signalized intersection at Pinewood Drive would also be constructed. The purpose of the proposed project is to improve safety and mobility, and reduce congestion for the traveling public by constructing a divided roadway and signalized intersections.
This study is a partnership between TxDOT and the Federal Highway Administration.
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Ciara Sheppard in Life
Last updated 5:20 PM, Wednesday August 14 2019 GMT+1
A new weight loss app designed for children has been accused of promoting unhealthy eating habits and eating disorders in kids as young as eight.
Kurbo, which launched on Tuesday (13th August), is owned by WW (formerly Weight Watchers) and is billed as an aide to "help kids and teens reach a healthier weight and build healthy habits."
The launch was announced on Twitter alongside a promo video in which 12-year-old Julianna speaks about improving her running mile time at school, and her mother Zsuzsanna relishes in no longer having to be "the food police."
"It's about being more healthy, and active and feeling good about yourself," the preteen tells prospective users.
The app - which costs $69 (£57) per month and is currently only available in the US - provides children with their own coach, who they have a 15 minute video chat with per week, and they are encouraged to follow a Stanford University-backed 'traffic light' system to manage intake of unhealthy foods.
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Naturally the company, which rebranded as WW last year, is receiving flack for the "tone-deaf" app which is being described as "a tool that can trigger eating disorders in children."
The "Success stories" section on Kurbo's website is particularly hard to swallow; Robby, aged 10, who lost 42 pounds (3 stone) and Juliana, 15, who lost 40 pounds (2 stone 12 lbs) are just two of the app's triumphant users.
"Fear of food. Fixation on 'healthy eating'. Fixation on exercise. These are all symptoms of extremely dangerous eating disorders. And that's what this kind of program will encourage in kids," wrote one enraged Twitter user.
"This is disgusting and horrifying," said another.
"You're excited to introduce a tool that can trigger eating disorders in children?? okay," penned another.
Another said the news of the app had left her emotional, writing: "I'm crying in my kitchen. how could you do this? i struggled enough in childhood & adulthood with eating & weight without being exposed to these apps. i cry for the children of today."
Gary Foster, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at WW, says of Kurbo: "At WW, we have decades of expertise in scaling science-backed behavior change programs, uniquely positioning us to be a part of the solution to address the prevalent public health problem of childhood obesity."
He adds: "Alongside a distinguished group of leaders in pediatric health and nutrition, we've carefully developed this platform to be holistic, rewarding and inspirational so kids, teens and families get the tools and guidance they need to manage their environment and build and sustain healthy habits."
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The language of health
Hospitals conduct what is known as “discharge planning” to ensure that patients, once released from the hospital, continue to receive the care they need to stay healthy and avoid readmission. (Photo: iStock)
The language of health, disease and wellness – which comes with its own vocabulary–can seem like a foreign language to many patients.
However, for those with limited English proficiency who are admitted to anglophone hospitals, the barriers to understanding may be so great that health outcomes may be affected.
This was the key finding of a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association.
A team of UHN researchers led by Drs. ShailRawal, a UHN internist, and Angela Cheung, Senior Scientist at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, found that patients admitted for heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with limited English proficiency were more likely to be readmitted to the Emergency Department (ED) than those who were proficient in English.
Specifically, about 22 per cent of those with limited English proficiency were readmitted to the ED within 30 days of discharge, while only 15 per cent of those who were proficient in English were readmitted.
The study included more than 9000 patients who were admitted for chronic conditions at the Toronto General Hospital or the Toronto Western Hospital.
While previous findings have found that English proficiency does not affect hospital readmission rates for patients admitted for hip fracture, pneumonia or acute heart attack, the current study reveals that this may not be the case for all diseases.
"The demands on patients with chronic heart failure and COPD are high," says Dr. Cheung. "Upon discharge, they are required to follow detailed instructions, manage medication regimens and oversee transitions in their care between different providers.
"Chronic heart failure and COPD may be more communication sensitive than other conditions that have simpler treatment plans."
While preliminary, these findings suggest that certain health conditions may require more rigorous communication strategies and support after discharge to ensure equal access to care.
This work was supported by the HoPingKong Centre for Excellence in Education and Practice, and the Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation. Dr. Cheung is the Betty and KY Ho Chair in Integrative Medicine and a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal and Postmenopausal Health.
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The Sanctuary of Merciful and Eucharistic Love is located in Collevalenza a few kilometres from Todi.
It was built by architect Julio Lafuente (1951) and sanctioned by Mother Speranza, as a place where God's merciful love for those sinners who come back to him could be proclaimed and experienced.
The great temple, which is circular in shape, is formed by two large, sacred halls, the upper church and the crypt. The parts of the building are not designed separately, but rather as parts of a single architectural entity.
The inside of the Grande Chiesa church offers bright light, thanks to the space being proportionally divided by the large cylindrical walls, which open up towards the altar. The light comes from a huge concave glass window, on the façade, and from a cross-shaped skylight which unfolds along the roof, converging into a gap that symmetrically divides the apse. Chapels were placed on the sides so that visitors could cultivate their mercy privately. The church features many confessionals, both in the temple and in the crypt. The main altars are made from Pentelic marble, while the floors are Prodo marble.
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Breaking: Buhari approves recruitment of 5,000 personnel for NDLEA
On July 19, 2019 7:36 pmIn Newsby vanguard
Jalingo – The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Col. Muhammad Abdallah (retd), says President Muhammadu Buhari has approved recruitment of 5,000 personnel for the agency to boost its manpower.
Abdallah made the disclosure on Friday at the Public Destruction of Drug Exhibits by Taraba Command of NDLEA in Jalingo.
He said that the gesture would go a long way in improving operations of the agency on campaign against drug addiction in Nigeria.
He said increased consumption of illicit drugs among the youths in Taraba was worrisome, appealing to families to brace up to their responsibilities.
According to Abdallah, effective drug prevention must involve positive engagement of children, youths and adults with their families, schools, workplace and community.
He commended Gov. Darius Ishaku of Taraba for his support to the agency in addressing drug problems in the state.
He also commended Mrs Anna Darius, wife of the governor, for giving great impetus to the war against drug abuse in the state.
The chairman thanked the governor for including NDLEA commandant in the state’s Security Council as well as supporting the agency with operational vehicles.
He noted that the provision of Hope Afresh Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), managed by the wife of the governor for sensitisation against drug abuse was a great boost to anti-drug abuse campaign.
Earlier, Acting Commander of NDLEA in the state, Mr Peter Odaudu, had said that the agency had assembled seven tonnes (6,963.80 kilogrammes) of deadly weeds and psychotropic substances for destruction.
Odaudu said that the exhibits were seized between January, 2003 and December, 2018.
He listed some of the illicit drugs assembled for destruction as Cannabis Sativa, Diazepam, Rophynol, Cough syrups with codeine and Tramadol.
According to him, a court order for their destruction has been duly obtained.
Odaudu commended other security agencies in the state for their cooperation in the success recorded by the NDLEA.
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He commended the state government for supporting the agency towards ensuring effective control in consumption of illicit drugs in the state.
In his remarks, the state governor, Mr Darius Ishaku, said that drug consumption had increased violent crimes in the state.
Ishaku, who was represented by the Deputy Governor, Alhaji Haruna Manu, said that most persons arrested for violent crimes in the state were youths.
He, therefore, urged the youths to avoid the use of illicit drugs, saying that it was dangerous to their health and the society.
He also urged the agency to collaborate with office of the First Lady to achieve more feat in its mandate of ensuring a drug-free society.
Ishaku said that the construction of health centres by the first lady’s foundation for sensitisation in the three senatorial zones was a better platform to adopt by the agency.
He assured the agency of continued support by the state government to eradicate drug abuse. (NAN)
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Virginia Presidents
Virginia: The Mother of Presidents
As the first, largest and most prosperous of the British colonies in America, Virginia provided four of the first five presidents of the United States — eight in all, more than any other state.
Enjoy a trip to any historic home, church, tavern or other building frequented by a president and you'll gain important insight into the character of these early American leaders: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor and Woodrow Wilson.
Our Nation’s First President (1789-1797)
Birthplace: Wakefield in Westmoreland County on February 22, 1732, now site of the George Washington Birthplace National Monument
Childhood Home: Ferry Farm in Stafford County from age 6 to 22
Home: Mount Vernon
Died: December 14, 1799 at Mount Vernon
Burial: Mount Vernon
Married: Martha Dandridge Custis
Was a master surveyor, a journey he began at age 16.
President of the Constitutional Convention.
Owned and operated a commercial distillery, producing almost 11,000 gallons of whiskey in 1799.
Signed into law the first copyright law, the Copyright Act of 1790.
Was an honorary citizen of France, received in 1792
Our Nation’s Third President (1801-1809)
Birthplace: Albemarle County on April 13, 1743
Childhood Home: Lived at Tuckahoe Plantation in Richmond from age 2 to 9
Home: Monticello
Second Home: Poplar Forest
Died: July 4, 1826 in Charlottesville
Burial: Monticello
Married: Martha Wayles
Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Father of the University of Virginia and served as its first president at age 81.
Was an archaeologist, architect, wine aficionado and somewhat of a founding foodie.
Kept two vineyards at Monticello.
Doubled the size of America through the Louisiana Purchase.
Our Nation’s Fourth President (1809-1817)
Birthplace: Belle Grove Planation in King George on March 16, 1751
Home: Montpelier
Died: June 28, 1836 in Montpelier Station, VA
Burial: Montpelier
Married: Dolley Payne Todd
Father of the Constitution.
Wrote the Bill of Rights.
Last living signer of the Constitution.
First President to have an Inaugural Ball.
He was considered to be the shortest president at 5’4”.
Was Princeton University’s first graduate student.
James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston conducted the negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase in Paris.
His portrait adorned the $5,000 bill that was in circulation until 1946.
Our Nation’s Fifth President (1817-1825)
Birthplace: Westmoreland County on April 28, 1758
Home: Highland
Died: July 4, 1831 in New York
Burial: Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond
Married: Elizabeth Jane Kortright
Oversaw the acquisition of the Florida territories.
His first presidential term was coined the “Era of Good Feelings.”
Was a law apprentice for Thomas Jefferson.
Was the first, and only, person in history to hold two cabinet positions at once: Secretary of State and Secretary of War under President James Madison.
The last of the Founding Fathers to serve as a president.
The only president, aside from Washington, to run unopposed.
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Our Nation’s Ninth President (1841)
Birthplace: Berkeley Plantation in Charles City County on February 9, 1773
Died: April 4, 1841 in Washington, D.C.
Married: Anna Elizabeth Symmes
His inauguration speech is the longest to date.
His tenure as president lasted 33 days.
His father, Benjamin Harrison V, signed the Declaration of Independence and served three terms as governor of Virginia.
His grandson, Benjamin Harrison, would become the 23rd President of the U.S.
Our Nation’s 10th President (1841-1845)
Birthplace: Greenway in Charles City County on March 29, 1790
Home: Sherwood Forest
Died: January 18, 1862 in Richmond, VA
Married: Letitia Christian, Julia Gardiner
Set the standard for presidential succession after the death of William Henry Harrison.
Was nicknamed “His Accidency.”
Largely responsible for the annexation of Texas.
Was the Chancellor of the College of William and Mary.
Was friend and college roommate of Thomas Jefferson
Zachary Taylor
Birthplace: Montebello in Orange County, VA on November 24, 1784
Died: July 9, 1850 in Washington, D.C.
Married: Margaret Mackall Smith
Never attended college.
Was a career military officer for 40 years (1808-1848) before becoming president.
The Whig Party nominated him to be president without his knowledge, sending him notification without paying for postage. He refused to pay the postage and did not find out about the nomination for weeks.
Directly descended from pilgrims who arrived aboard the Mayflower in 1620.
Birthplace: Staunton, VA on December 28, 1856, now site of the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum
Died: February 23, 1924 in Washington, D.C.
Married: Ellen Axson, Edith Bolling
Was the first president to receive a PhD, which he got in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University.
Created the Fourteen Points, one of which called for the creation of a worldwide association of nations that would later become the League of Nations in the Treaty of Versailles.
Won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919.
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Sites Associated with Washington
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
Christiana Campbell's Tavern
101 S. Waller Street
1 Visitor Center Drive
Endview Plantation
362 Yorktown Road
Fort Norfolk
134 North Royal Street
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
1732 Popes Creek Road
Colonial Beach, VA 22443
George Washington Birthplace National Monument Park
101 Callahan Dr
George Washington Memorial Parkway
700 George Washington Memorial Parkway
George Washington's Distillery & Gristmill
5514 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy
Mount Vernon, VA 22121
George Washington's Ferry Farm
268 Kings Highway
George Washington's Mount Vernon
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
George Washington's Office Museum
32 West Cork St.
Historic Kenmore Plantation & Gardens
Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library
8346 Mary Ball Road
Lancaster, VA 22503
Mary Washington House
1200 Charles St
Natural Bridge- National Historic Landmark
6477 South Lee Highway
Natural Bridge, VA 24578
St. James' House
1300 Charles Street
Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary
Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum
105-107 South Fairfax Street
Virginia State Capitol
1000 Bank St
204 W Washington St.
Wilton House Museum
215 S. Wilton Road
Sites Associated with Jefferson
Barboursville Ruins
17655 Winery Road
Charlottesville Historic District
Court Square (Downtown Charlottesville)
Historic Michie Tavern
683 Thomas Jefferson Parkway
Miller Claytor House
2206 Miller-Clayton Lane
Monticello - Home of Thomas Jefferson
Peaks of Otter
Mile Post 86 Blue Ridge Parkway
Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest
1548 Bateman Bridge Road
Forest, VA 24551
Tuckahoe Plantation, boyhood home of Thomas Jefferson
UVA Rotunda and Central Grounds
Sites Associated with Madison
Belle Grove Plantation Bed and Breakfast
9221 Belle Grove Drive
Belle Grove Plantation
336 Belle Grove Road
Middletown, VA 22645
11350 Constitution Hwy
Montpelier Station, VA 22957
Inn on Poplar Hill
278 Caroline Street
James Madison Museum, The
Sites Associated with Monroe
20 Ingalls Road
Fort Monroe, VA 23651
James Monroe Museum
2050 James Monroe Parkway
Sites Associated with Harrison
12602 Harrison Landing Road
North Bend Plantation
12200 Weyanoke Road
Sites Associated with Tyler
Hollywood Cemetery
412 South Cherry Street
Sherwood Forest Plantation
14501 John Tyler Memorial Highway
Sites Associated with Wilson
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum
20 North Coalter Street
Presidential Tours and Itineraries
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Unearthing Virginia’s History At 7 Significant Historic Sites
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News: Smart tank terminals: Vopak develops innovation pilots in Singapore
13 December 2018, 00:00 - Singapore
Dutch tank storage company Vopak is piloting the use of drones and robots for safer inspection and digital vessel clearance tool for faster, better and safer clearance process.
“With support from Singapore Economic Development Board, we have embarked on a digital and innovative transformation journey to make smart terminals a reality,” said Mr Tan Soo Koong, Managing Director of Vopak Terminals Singapore.
“In the period 2017-2019 Vopak is investing EUR 100 million in technology, IT and innovation, and a part of it is used to power four of our eight global digital projects in Singapore, driving the company’s competitiveness in serving the industry safely and opening up new opportunities for our people.”
The new initiatives tested include drone inspection, jetty inspection using an underwater remote operated vehicle (ROV), digital vessel clearance tool and robots for in-service tank inspection. Vopak’s initiatives will drive the digital transformation of the industry, leveraging on technology such as Industry Internet-of-Things, big data analytics, sensoring, mobile device and robotics to create a safer, sustainable and more productive workplace.
“Singapore is pleased to be a pilot location for a number of Vopak’s digital initiatives. Such investments will help catalyse the digital transformation of our energy & chemicals industry and strengthen the competitiveness of our local ecosystem,” said Mr Khalil A. Bakar, Deputy Director, Energy & Resources, Singapore Economic Development Board. “More importantly, it offers opportunities for workforce to be exposed to new innovative technologies that will increase their productivity and safety.”
Robots and drones for tank inspection
Inspections are currently performed by people working inside confined space, which means that assets have to be shutdown to ensure the safety of the inspectors. The use of robots would avoid sending staff into confined spaces, minimize the exposure of personnel to potentially hazardous conditions, reduce downtime and waste water generation, and save resources. Likewise, diving remote operated vehicles can already be used to inspect jetties and pipelines, while drones are being tested for the internal inspection of tanks. While the tank is inspected it is still available to Vopak’s clients.
Digital vessel clearance tool
On vessel clearance, traditionally, the operators have to manually check against the vessel specifications, terminal infrastructure data and a list of globally recognized embargoed vessels. With Vopak’s digital vessel clearance tool, operators can tap on internal data-driven platforms to automatically clear vessels in just four clicks, and can provide customers with the latest information on when the terminal can accommodate incoming vessels. This service is now available at all of its four terminals in Singapore.
With the successful implementation of all the projects, Vopak can potentially reduce safety incidents, be more sustainable, improve service through better visibility on its supply chain and planning, and lower costs by improving terminal productivity.
Earlier this year, Vopak has tested the use of innovative sensors to monitor the health of product pumps and rolled out the use of ATEX proof mobile devices at the terminals to improve work processes at the terminal and become predictive.
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Link to 25 September 2018 news release on Vopak celebrates 35 years in Singapore – driving new frontiers for a sustainable future
Profile Royal Vopak
Royal Vopak is the world's leading independent tank storage company. Vopak operates a global network of terminals located at strategic locations along major trade routes. With a 400-year history and a strong focus on safety and sustainability, Vopak ensures efficient, safe and clean storage and handling of bulk liquid products and gases for its customers. By doing so, Vopak enables the delivery of products that are vital to our economy and daily lives, ranging from oil, chemicals, gases and LNG to biofuels and vegoils. Vopak is listed on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange and is headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Including joint ventures and associates, Vopak employs an international workforce of over 5,700 people. As of 27 November 2018, Vopak operates 67 terminals in 25 countries with a combined storage capacity of 36.7 million cbm, with another 2.6 million cbm under development that will be added before the end of 2020.
Profile Vopak Terminals Singapore
Vopak Terminals Singapore is a joint venture between Royal Vopak (69.5%) and the Port of Singapore Authority Corporation (30.5%). With 35 years of heritage locally, Vopak Terminals Singapore is experienced and dedicated in providing storage, handling and transshipment solutions for oil, gas and chemical industries. It operates five terminals with a combined storage capacity of more than 3 million cbm.
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Cycling in a spin
Professional cycling is a sport spinning out of control with question marks over its future, writes a leading academic.
In a piece published on The Conversation site Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living director Professor Hans Westerbeek said the fallout from the Lance Armstrong saga would mar the sport for a long time to come.
This came as the International Cycling Federation (UCI) backed the US Anti-Doping Agency's (USADA) decision to ban Lance Armstrong for life and strip him of his seven Tour de France victories for doping. He will also have to pay back the prize money he won.
Meanwhile, one of professional cycling's longest serving and biggest sponsors – Dutch institution Rabobank – announced it would withdraw from the sport with immediate effect.
Senior Rabobank executive Bert Bruggink said the bank could not afford to be affiliated with a sport "sick to the core, and this includes some of its governing entities".
Professor Westerbeek said many commentators and cycling insiders now feared the Rabobank withdrawal would lead to a domino effect of sponsor departures from the sport.
"The UCI must have seen it coming but were caught in a no-win situation: stand up for Lance Armstrong and openly confirm the view they had something to hide; or support the USADA report and tumble cycling into the biggest (financial) crisis the sport has ever witnessed and probably ever will," he said.
He said sponsors such as Rabobank and Nike obviously considered their business first and made investment decisions accordingly. But where does all this leave the sport?
"Like doped-up Olympic sprinter Ben Johnson, someone had to be sacrificed on the holy altar of doping-free sport to not only shock the world into awareness, but also to protect the greater good – the sport as a whole," he said.
There was widespread belief in sporting circles that three out of the four runners in the Olympic 100m final in Seoul tested positive, he said.
"Senior governors allegedly agreed they needed a fall guy and that the other athletes were needed to keep the competition going. Lance Armstrong happened to be that guy for cycling. He was the spider in an intricate and widespread web of structured doping use – without which, according to some, one could not win a major race in those days," he said.
But none of this makes it easier for the many disillusioned cycling fans, he said.
"Those naive enough to think he was the only villain will judge him, those rational enough to realise that the performance indeed was superhuman, but that the means were illegal will assess his victories accordingly," he said. "Most of us cycling fans will simply be sad, because wouldn't it have been fantastic that a human body was capable of doing what Lance Armstrong did?"
ISEAL's team of researchers and postgraduate students specialise in elite and grassroots sport, active living and applied research in social and management sciences.
Read Professor Westerbeek's full article on The Conversation.
Professor Hans Westerbeek
Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living, Victoria University
International Cycling Union
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Killer's handprint not conclusive
A HANDPRINT found at a house where four people where battered to death could have been left by either David Morris, the man on trial for the killings, or a woman who was a former suspect, the jury in the Clydach murders trial was told yesterday.
The court was told that the size and shape of the print meant it could have been made by either Morris or Alison Lewis.
Builder Morris, 40, of Craigcefnparc, denies being responsible for the deaths of 34-year-old Mandy Power, her daughters Katie and Emily, eight and 10, and her 80-year-old mother Doris Dawson.
He denies four counts of using an iron bar to murder the victims at their home in Kelvin Road, Clydach, Swansea, in the early hours of June 27, 1999.
Whoever carried out the murders set the house on fire, with the aim of destroying fingerprint and DNA evidence, before fleeing into the night.
Yesterday, in the seventh week of the case, the court heard from Dr Michael Barber, of the Forensic Science Service Laboratory in London, an expert on examining footwear and hand marks at crime scenes.
He said he examined a number of marks found on a carpet at the house, using ultraviolet light and lasers. He used chemicals to confirm that two of the handmarks were made in blood.
Looking at one of the marks in particular, he said it was possible it had been made by a hand covered with a blood-soaked sock.
The jury was told earlier that whoever carried out the killings tried to cover up fingerprints by using a sock over at least one hand.
Dr Barber said that to test the theory that the mark on the carpet could have been made by a hand covered by a sock he carried out an experiment. Using sterilised horse blood to soak a sports sock, he then placed his hand in it and pressed down on the carpet sent to him from the crime scene.
He said the mark he made was virtually indistinguishable from the one police found at the house.
He accepted that the mark could have been made by a bare hand but said the experiment meant that the fact the killer may have used a sock as a glove could not be excluded.
Earlier, Dr Jonathan Whittacker, an expert in DNA profiling, accepted that he could find no connection between Morris and a large number of items such as furniture taken from the murder scene.
Under cross-examination from Peter Rouch, QC, acting for Morris, he said he could not even find a partial DNA profile relating to Morris on the items sent to him.
The case continues.
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VJ Books Presents Cory Doctorow!
Cory Doctorow was born in Toronto, Canada, and now lives in Los Angeles. He is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger Ñ the co-editor of Boing Boing (boingboing.net) and the author of WALKAWAY, a novel for adults, a YA graphic novel called IN REAL LIFE, the nonfiction business book INFORMATION DOESN'T WANT TO BE FREE, and young adult novels like HOMELAND, PIRATE CINEMA and LITTLE BROTHER and novels for adults like RAPTURE OF THE NERDS and MAKERS.
LITTLE BROTHER was nominated for the 2008 Hugo, Nebula, Sunburst and Locus Awards. It won the Ontario Library White Pine Award, the Prometheus Award as well as the Indienet Award for bestselling young adult novel in America's top 1000 independent bookstores in 2008; it was the San Francisco Public Library's One City/One Book choice for 2013. It has also been adapted for stage by Josh Costello.
He works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate, is a Visiting Professor of Computer Science at Open University and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group.
Cory Doctorow Book List and Awards
His website: craphoundh.com
Similar authors: Paolo Bacigalupi, Greg Bear, William Gibson, Kim Stanley Robinson
Doctorow, Cory | Walkaway | Signed First Edition Copy
Author Signed Hardcover Book. April 2017 NY: Tom Doherty Associates First edition, first printing, mint, new/unread in a flawless dust jacket, signed by the author. Each dust jacket is protected in an acid-free archival quality acetate cover.
Cory Doctorow Selected Bibliography
Eastern Standard Tribe - 2004
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town - 2005
Makers - 2009
Rapture of the Nerds - 2012 (with Charles Stross)
Walkaway - April 2017
Little Brother - 2008
For the Win - 2010
Pirate Cinema - 2012
Homeland - 2014 (sequel to Little Brother)
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science Fiction - 2000
Essential Blogging - 2002
Information Doesn't Want to be Free - 2015
Cory Doctorow's Futuristic Tales of the Here and Now - 2008
A Place so Foreign and Eight More - 2004
With a Little Help - 2009
Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow - 2011
Overclocked - 2016
Cory Doctorow Awards
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer - 2000
Locus Award for Best First Novel for Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom - 2004
Sunburst Award for A Place So Foreign and Eight More - 2004
Locus Award for Best Novelette for "I, Robot" - 2006
Locus Award for Best Novelette for "When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth" - 2007
The Electronic Frontier Foundation Pioneer Award - 2007
John W. Campbell Memorial Award - 2009
Prometheus Award - 2009
Sunburst Award - 2009
White Pine Award - 2009
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Home NEWS ENTERTAINMENT Quit the insults – Andy Dosty begs Lilwin
Quit the insults – Andy Dosty begs Lilwin
Renowned radio presenter and disc jockey, Andy Dosty has made a passionate appeal to actor, Kwadwo Nkansah Lilwin, to produce movies devoid of insults and profane language.
For some time now, movies produced in local language, particularly Twi, have been hit with a barrage of criticisms for the insulting language used.
Some critics have argued that it would be prudent for measures to be put in place to sanitize the system as failure to do so would have a negative impact on the society.
Adding his voice to the suggestions, Andy Dosty, host of Hitz FM’s Daybreak Hitz, pleaded with Lilwin, one of the actors noted for using abusive words in movies, to refrain from the act.
“I want to make a humble appeal. I want to beg you, since you’re shooting your own TV production, can we have a production devoid of insults and too much sexuality?” he said to the actor who had appeared on his show for an interview.
“This series is indeed devoid of those. There are some scenes characters insulted themselves but it’s in context. It can’t be totally devoid of insults. Once there is a quarrel scene, there will surely be exchanges,” Lilwin replied.
Meanwhile, veteran actor Akwesi Boadi, popularly known as Akrobeto, has argued that movies in the local language are not filled with insults as many have posited.
According to him, ‘Kumawood movies’ as they are mostly called, are a true reflection of the Ghanaian society.
In his interview on Joy FM in 2017, he mentioned that even a child, who does not watch movies, learns to utter insults first when he or she learns to talk.
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Bones is an American crime comedy-drama television series that premiered on Fox in the United States on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth to the forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan.
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The Man in the S.U.V.
A Boy in a Tree
The Man in the Bear
A Boy in a Bush
The Man in the Wall
The Man on Death Row
The Girl in the Fridge
The Man in the Fallout Shelter
The Woman at the Airport
The Woman in the Car
The Superhero in the Alley
The Woman in the Garden
The Man on the Fairway
Two Bodies in the Lab
The Woman in the Tunnel
The Skull in the Desert
The Man with the Bone
The Man in the Morgue
The Graft in the Girl
The Soldier on the Grave
The Woman in Limbo
The Titan on the Tracks
Mother and Child in the Bay
The Boy in the Shroud
The Blonde in the Game
The Truth in the Lye
The Girl in Suite 2103
The Girl with the Curl
The Woman in the Sand
Aliens in a Spaceship
The Headless Witch in the Woods
Judas on a Pole
The Man in the Cell
The Girl in the Gator
The Man in the Mansion
Bodies in the Book
The Boneless Bride in the River
The Priest in the Churchyard
The Killer in the Concrete
Spaceman in a Crater
The Glowing Bones in the Old Stone House
Stargazer in a Puddle
The Widow's Son in the Windshield
Soccer Mom in the Mini-Van
Death in the Saddle
The Secret in the Soil
Mummy in the Maze
Intern in the Incinerator
Boy in the Time Capsule
The Knight on the Grid
The Santa in the Slush
The Man in the Mud
Player Under Pressure
The Baby in the Bough
The Verdict in the Story
The Wannabe in the Weeds
The Pain in the Heart
Yanks in the U.K. (1)
The Man in the Outhouse
The Finger in the Nest
The Perfect Pieces in the Purple Pond
The Crank in the Shaft
The He in the She
The Skull in the Sculpture
The Con Man in the Meth Lab
The Passenger in the Oven
The Bone That Blew
Double Trouble in the Panhandle
Fire in the Ice
The Hero in the Hold
The Princess and the Pear
The Bones That Foam
The Salt in the Wounds
The Doctor in the Den
The Science in the Physicist
The Cinderella in the Cardboard
Mayhem on the Cross
The Double Death of the Dearly Departed
The Girl in the Mask
The Beaver in the Otter
The Critic in the Cabernet
The End in the Beginning
Harbingers in the Fountain
The Bond in the Boot
The Plain in the Prodigy
The Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
A Night at the Bones Museum
The Tough Man in the Tender Chicken
The Dwarf in the Dirt
The Foot in the Foreclosure
The Gamer in the Grease
The Goop on the Girl
The X in the File
The Proof in the Pudding
The Dentist in the Ditch
The Devil in the Details
The Bones on the Blue Line
The Parts in the Sum of the Whole
The Death of the Queen Bee
The Predator in the Pool
The Rocker in the Rinse Cycle
The Witch in the Wardrobe
The Boy with the Answer
The Beginning in the End
The Mastodon in the Room
The Couple in the Cave
The Maggots in the Meathead
The Body and the Bounty
The Bones That Weren't
The Shallow in the Deep
The Babe in the Bar
The Twisted Bones in the Melted Truck
The Doctor in the Photo
The Body in the Bag
The Bullet in the Brain
The Sin in the Sisterhood
The Daredevil in the Mold
The Bikini in the Soup
The Killer in the Crosshairs
The Blackout in the Blizzard
The Feet on the Beach
The Truth in the Myth
The Pinocchio in the Planter
The Signs in the Silence
The Hole in the Heart
The Change in the Game
The Memories in the Shallow Grave
The Hot Dog in the Competition
The Prince in the Plastic
The Male in the Mail
The Twist in the Twister
The Crack in the Code
The Prisoner in the Pipe
The Bump in the Road
The Don't in the Do
The Warrior in the Wuss
The Family in the Feud
The Suit on the Set
The Past in the Present
The Future in the Past
The Partners in the Divorce
The Gunk in the Garage
The Tiger in the Tale
The Method in the Madness
The Patriot in Purgatory
The Bod in the Pod
The But in the Joke
The Diamond in the Rough
The Archeologist in the Cocoon
The Corpse on the Canopy
The Twist in the Plot
The Doll in the Derby
The Shot in the Dark
The Friend in Need
The Fact in the Fiction
The Survivor in the Soap
The Doom in the Gloom
The Blood from the Stones
The Maiden in the Mushrooms
The Party in the Pants
The Pathos in the Pathogens
The Secret in the Siege
The Secrets in the Proposal
The Cheat in the Retreat
The Butcher in the Car
The Sense in the Sacrifice
The Lady on the List
The Nazi on the Honeymoon
The Dude in the Dam
The Fury in the Jury
The Mystery in the Meat
The Spark in the Park
The Ghost in the Killer
Big in the Philippines
The Master in the Slop
The Heiress in the Hill
The Source in the Sludge
The Repo Man in the Septic Tank
The Carrot in the Kudzu
The Turn in the Urn
The High in the Low
The Cold in the Case
The Nail in the Coffin
The Drama in the Queen
The Recluse in the Recliner
The Conspiracy in the Corpse
The Lance to the Heart
The Purging of the Pundit
The Geek in the Guck
The Corpse at the Convention
The Lost Love in the Foreign Land
The Money Maker on the Merry-Go-Round
The Puzzler in the Pit
The Mutilation of the Master Manipulator
The 200th in the 10th
The Psychic in the Soup
The Teacher in the Books
The Baker in the Bits
The Putter in the Rough
The Eye in the Sky
The Big Beef at the Royal Diner
The Lost in the Found
The Verdict in the Victims
The Murder in the Middle East
The Woman in the Whirlpool
The Life in the Light
The Next in the Last
The Loyalty in the Lie
The Brother in the Basement
The Donor in the Drink
The Carpals in the Coy-Wolves
The Resurrection in the Remains (1)
The Senator in the Street Sweeper
The Promise in the Palace
High Treason in the Holiday Season
The Cowboy in the Contest
The Doom in the Boom
The Death in the Defense
The Murder of the Meninist
The Monster in the Closet
The Last Shot at a Second Chance
The Fight in the Fixer
The Strike in the Chord
The Secret in the Service
The Movie in the Making
The Head in the Abutment
The Stiff in the Cliff
The Nightmare Within the Nightmare
The Hope in the Horror
The Brain in the Bot
The New Tricks in the Old Dogs
The Price for the Past
The Tutor in the Tussle
The Flaw in the Saw
The Scare in the Score
The Grief and the Girl
The Steal in the Wheels
The Radioactive Panthers in the Party
The Day in the Life
The End in the End
alwayssuus - 04-09-2017 4:41:58 pm
I really enjoyed the first few seasons of this show. I liked the characters and the cool bones related story lines. Though I have to say I couldn't get myself to watch the last season. The cases became boring and honestly the main character became very annoying to me. I would recommend starting it but just stop when it get's boring. Don't force yourself to watch the rest in the hope that it gets better.
MyLife18 - 11-07-2017 10:32:34 pm
cool show
jamiejosiris - 10-06-2017 2:18:36 pm
ONE OF MY UTMOST FAVOURITE SERIES THESE PAST YEARS! EASIEST 1010! HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO ALL!
ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE TV SERIES AND i AM NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO FILL THE VOID OF "BONES" == I HIGHLY RECOMMEND WATCHING BONES FROM START TO FINISH FOR EVERYONE!!! MY RATING - EASIEST 10/10
BlooBae - 03-05-2017 10:46:24 pm
I don't even know what i'm going to do when they are done.
catlady66 - 03-04-2017 12:38:25 pm
cant believe its over noooo i will miss this fantastic show its been going for a long time sad to see it end
as Temperance "Bones" Brennan
as Seeley Booth
Michaela Conlin
as Angela Montenegro
T. J. Thyne
as Jack Hodgins
as Camille Saroyan
alwayssuus
MyLife18
jamiejosiris
BlooBae
catlady66
Massive failure of a show
Today's featured IMDb user comment, by a Fox marketer posing as an IMDb user, describes "Bones" as "refreshingly real, from characters to plots." Her ...
Today's featured IMDb user comment, by a Fox marketer posing as an IMDb user, describes "Bones" as "refreshingly real, from characters to plots." Here's one of these "refreshingly real" plots: A corpse turns up with a mutilated face that upon computer reconstruction looks like... a chicken's. Also, an autopsy shows that the corpse's neck has been wrung, like a chicken's. Bones and Booth trace the corpse to a chicken farm, which is being picketed by hipster protesters chanting, "Cluck you, cluck you." Here they learn that the victim developed his chicken-like face when the farm's chicken stench caused his nasal passages to become deformed. Then, they probably solve the case. I don't know. I couldn't finish watching. I've never made it more than halfway through an episode. Not for lack of trying.I don't remember exactly, but the chicken episode may be the same one in which the corpse is found by a troop of girl scouts who carefully preserve it and transport it to the FBI lab on their scout bus, with the consent of their scout leader. And let me tell you, the realism left me feeling refreshed.The above plot description might make it sound like this is an inspired, surreal parody of cop shows, but it isn't. If this was parody, I'd expect the actors to play it completely deadpan. Instead, they're trying to be so cute and precious that we just want to eat them up. There's Bones -- whose level of social awkwardness is wildly inconsistent, depending on which writer is phoning in the gags today -- and Booth, her thoroughly bland boss, and a bunch of thirteen year old boys disguised as lab technicians. One of these guys is named "Sweets," which alone is enough to push this show from annoying to intolerable.There's also a slutty girl (Angela, I think her name is?) who has no identifiable function other than letting us know every six minutes that she's been sleeping around. How this advances the plot in any way is beyond me. Maybe it all comes together in the second half, when I'm not watching.The only unique aspect of "Bones" is the shockingly grotesque corpses. Now, if the REST of the show was as grotesque -- if these corpses were put into any sort of appropriate context, that is -- it would be one of the darkest, most compelling shows on television. Instead, we are treated to the bizarre spectacle of these hideous, decaying bodies that look like they're from the set of a Lucio Fulci movie displayed in brightly-lit rooms while childish actors poke at them and flirt with other against sparkly background music. It's one of the weirdest things I've ever seen, but it's not funny or interesting at all. It's unwatchable.0/10.
Simply irritating
I don't know how could this series go beyond 3seasons. I only watched 1 and a half, and couldn't stand it no more. I actually hate the series since t ...
I don't know how could this series go beyond 3seasons. I only watched 1 and a half, and couldn't stand it no more. I actually hate the series since the pilot and it's next 2-3 episodes. But since everyone seems to love it, I tried and watch on for a whole season, got half way or maybe 5 episode into season 2, and I think I have enough of this crappy, contrive show.The main character is unlikable, she's simply annoying. For someone who is so smart, she is so dump. I don't know this, and I don't know that. Sure it work the first few times, but can't she learn? She kept saying I know I'm social inept and I'm trying to be better, and yet she fail to learn without people spell thing out for her. And why does she has to act like a B to people who she seem lesser intelligent. Being unsympathetic after a while is just irritating, irrational and is plain dump. Seeing her dialog with booth trying to explain social norm to her make you feel like you should hit your head against the wall, pass out so you don't have to suffer this bad series. And what's worse, after 10mins of irritating you with her social inept and refuse to understand other way of thinking, you are being slapped with at least 10mins of her failing to do the normal social thing, + another 10 of apologies for failing to do so, + 10mins of cheesy you get it next time. Just that she doesn't, and the viscous circle repeat. Every episode, she mocks at human being, then she glare or hate you because you laugh at her failure to act accordingly, and she feels no pity for you when she nuke you down with her harsh words. I found her character is such a child, and it irritating, and that child didn't learn, didn't grow up, and that make it hard to shallow. And lot of times, her character changes her personality like 180 degree so quick, that you feel not genuine. Like she dish on your behavior to the ground with her whiny monotone for a good 3mins+, then within 30s, she came and join you and act like it was really fun -.- The plot line is boring, and a few episodes are rip off of other show, without the good bit of it. All the side characters are annoying. They are whiny, not funny in any sense, doesn't have a real personality. Overall, the show is too contrive, the case is way way too boring, and some give you a déjà vu sense, and make you miss how good other show is. I put it on as background noise to see if I will hate it less than when I was watching it seriously, but I just end up found it too hard to stand to even watch it to fall asleep, I got fury up watching this show to be able to sleep. This show is not even worth it as background noise, I rather watch bad infomercial than this crap show, and no, I haven't read the book!i just genuine hate everything about this show!
Well, I gave David Boreanaz the benefit of the doubt...
I personally did NOT care much for this show... I didn't care about the characters, the crime was lame, and the resolution contained no pay off... ho ...
I personally did NOT care much for this show... I didn't care about the characters, the crime was lame, and the resolution contained no pay off... however, I also hate all the CSIs, most of the Law and Orders, and nearly every other procedural crime drama that involves 'characters' (I don't watch the show for characters, I watch it for the crimes... duh!)... but I am, apparently, in a minority as all the shows I just mentioned are immensely popular, so I figure this show has a 50/50 chance of success... it might be just enough to tantalize the bored housewives and forensics geeks that it was clearly designed to appeal to... it didn't do much for me, though... so I will leave a more specific review to more capable (and interested) hands.
Mostly Unoriginal
I just watched the pilot episode and I came away feeling that I had seen everything before. The plot elements seemed familiar along with the characte ...
I just watched the pilot episode and I came away feeling that I had seen everything before. The plot elements seemed familiar along with the characters. The whole show gave me the feeling that the writers pulled bits and pieces out of different shows and assembled them into this new show. I can't say I didn't like it. But that's mostly because the show reminded me of "Crossing Jordan". The main character could be described as Jordan Cavanaugh with a gun :-). The rest of her staff were not unlike the "Crossing Jordan" supporting cast. The main FBI agent character was not unlike the Jack Bauer character from "24". It was entertaining enough, but I don't think it will be sustainable as a series.
wow where did miss Emily come from ??? !!!
her mom right ha-ha !! well i watched this last nite and i must say Emily D is absolutely gorgeous !! kind of tall though but not a problem ......my ...
her mom right ha-ha !! well i watched this last nite and i must say Emily D is absolutely gorgeous !! kind of tall though but not a problem ......my guess is this show wont go beyond probably 6 eps so I'm recording every one now while i can ! she has a really sexy husky kind of voice, i was hoping she was from Canada but just saw her biog said Boston mass, o well she covers every trace of a mass accent flawlessly....this show is kind of dry & lifeless from the tech no babble of forensics and since a mix of romance and lab work rarely works well u get the idea.....also too many UN-needed characters here if fox were smart they would resurrect the Xfiles for another decade, it COULD b done and i can easily see Emily D as a new generation Dana Sculley maybe as a cousin or niece, replacing fox Mulder would b alas very difficult, however i will now b renting everything Emily D has ever done , really like her a lot !!Toddster Ohio Univ college of film & cinematography
Dead boring!
What an AWFUL show. I thought with the material they had it would at least have an advantage on a "new concept" show, but it was just horrible. It wa ...
What an AWFUL show. I thought with the material they had it would at least have an advantage on a "new concept" show, but it was just horrible. It was feelingless to have them discuss genocide like it was a shoe sale at Neiman-Marcus. Kathy Reichs was very affected by her experience, and in this show they treated the subject like a holiday in Hawaii. I didn't have a problem with the premise that the lead character was nabbed by security for having a skull in her luggage (this actually happened to Reichs) but doing an Emma Peel karate number in the middle of the airport? And seriously too. I've never seen a pilot that whacked the audience over the head so hard with tired "they'll love this in Altoona" clichés.Kathy Reichs must be spinning in her grave....and she's the only author you can say that about who isn't dead.Jo
More Hollywood P C garbage
I am a regular reader of Kathy Reichs' Temperance Brennan novels. As such I am extremely surprised she even consulted on this show.It is HORRIBLE by ...
I am a regular reader of Kathy Reichs' Temperance Brennan novels. As such I am extremely surprised she even consulted on this show.It is HORRIBLE by comparison to the books. The Temperance Brennan character is, in the books, a down to earth recovering alcoholic and divorced mom of a college aged daughter. In 'Bones', she is an arrogant (rhymes with rich), who, in typical P C fashion, is not a mother. The emphasis on her assisting staff, complete with lurid details of who has had how many sexual exploits, is totally in contrast with the books.In total deference to the P C movement, she portrays the enemies of the U S as peace lovers (!). Some of the information isn't even correct, for example, having a character from Afghanistan as an active member of an Arab-American friendship group. Since when is an Afghan an Arab?! I'm sure if negative references were made to 'disadvantaged minorities', or women, or GLBT's, the show's producers/writers/directors would have to issue an apology. However, in typical far left fashion, all of the racial slurs go to the highest achieving minority group--Asians, as David Boreanaz' Agent Booth continually refers to Angela Montenegro as a 'squint'.Forget that stuff, and forget this show. After 'The Man in the SUV' episode, I thought I'd try a second episode to see if it got any better. It only got worse! I don't even care if the teenager in question was murdered or committed suicide, and I won't be watching the show ever again.
A fine show ruined by NEO-CON stupidity.
The sets and production design is superb, the ensemble cast is excellent the leads are very good and shine when the material is worthy of their chara ...
The sets and production design is superb, the ensemble cast is excellent the leads are very good and shine when the material is worthy of their characters.Sadly what stains and ruins an otherwise good show with great potential that I now will not watch again with much regret is the pollution into it of NEO-CON Murdoch/Fox bigotry and ignorance. They set up "Bones" as a brilliant and enlightened woman and not just in terms of forensic science but in terms of her broader cultural though not pop-culture knowledge and sensitivity. Then in certain episodes they place into and from out of her mouth the most inappropriate post 9/11 Fox News line agenda crap!! The kind of crap that only people brainwashed by the mainstream corporate US media are stupid enough to think and believe. At the same time the show makes it very clear that she knows nothing of the kind of pop culture references that you get from watching precisely the kind of TV media her character does not have anything to do with.I started watching at a good part three discs into the DVD set so my first impression was positive as I saw the Christmas and California episodes and they were very good, no problem. Then I got to start fresh from the pilot. Great start. Things set up very well. But I discovered a ratio of 50% good versus 50% awful episodes. The awful episodes tend to do that cruel reactionary American thing of ridiculing the underdog instead of championing or having empathy.The worst episode concerned an Afghan man who is blown up in his car. It was not only a load of 9/11 Fox News Neo-Con bile but it totally betrayed the education and intelligence of the lead character who would know so much better than the idiot ignorance of the show. An ignorance that presumes Afghans to be Arabs as if people speak Arabic in that country. They are not Arabs and they speak Farsi (Dari) and Pashto. The lead character would know the difference between the phrases "Afghani" and "Afghan". But not the ignorant writers and producers apparently, who seem to have a level of education of other cultures in the ball park, of the has no clue George Bush jnr. It is particularly a sign of Neo-Con propaganda when there is an accusation of 9/11 invoking, terrorism made at an Afghan character. It is not considered convenient for the Murdoch media to emphasise or make the facts clear that there was NOT one single Afghan involved in 9/11 and that there was NOT one single Iraqi involved in 9/11. They were of course over 14 Saudis but pro-Bush US media does not want to make terrorists out of Saudi characters because the US/UK continue to support and coddle that regime. While we have destroyed the nation of Iraq in the name of a war-on-terror that Iraq had nothing to do with. Until of course we invaded, ruined what was left after a decade of our genocidal sanctions and turned the country into a terrorist university, where before there were none.The character of "Bones" is written as being a woman of certain level of education and cultural awareness. She would know that our pre 9/11 sanctions on Iraq killed over a million people during the Clinton years. She would have neither any truck or affinity with either the Clinton or Bush camp as she would be aware of their shared river of blood and brutal harm upon the world including Muslim nations. She would not spout crap that implies an innocent USA was attacked by nutcases. Yes nutcases did attack but the USA is far from innocent and the death-toll caused by US imperialism both pre and post 9/11 pales the loss of life on 9/11. That does not make 9/11 right but nor is it acceptable to promote the fantasy of an innocent and benevolent USA/UK.
Stupidly unrealistic - nearly fairy tale level fantasy!
Okay, it's good to see Boreanaz again - I loved Angel.Here's the problem:If you're trying to create a modern-day crime drama you need to establish a ...
Okay, it's good to see Boreanaz again - I loved Angel.Here's the problem:If you're trying to create a modern-day crime drama you need to establish a sense of adult realism combined with a realistic development of human relationships.1) Use the real tools of the trade and explain real limitations. 2) Demonstrate professional adult relationships with perhaps a dash of office politics in the department. 3) Solve the case using REAL science. Be clever and research your subject. Keep experts on the set who might correct you if you step over the line.This drama has NONE of that! A science-fiction hologram machine creating details that are impossible to deduce. Impossible to reach conclusions such as the precise type of knife used in a murder or the weight of a hammer used to kill someone. Add to this mix; comic-book, 2-Dimensional, cardboard relationships with contrived antagonisms apparently shared by everyone for everyone. Boreanaz's behaviors are more reminiscent of a 40's Dick Tracy than a modern day criminalist and displays a contempt for scientists that is just absurd.If this show continues it would HAVE to change into something like X-Files. The show has absolutely ZERO credibility and has severed any connection to the real world so it needs to move on to a science-fiction/fantasy world.Either that or continue to assume that its audience is a group of drooling morons who really believe all this crap is possible.There will be those who jump to their feet screaming "It's JUST a TV program - it doesn't have to be realistic." These are JUST apologists for the lazy. It's EASY to fake it and hope your audience is too stupid to catch it. It's HARD to actually do the work and research your subject. "Can you figger out what kind of knife was used to stab a victim?" "I dunno, who cares, we got Boreanaz so just stick it in there."
Why was this ever allowed to happen?
I'm sure some people will see my views as precious or over-purist about the book, but frankly I don't see why they bothered to make this TV version o ...
I'm sure some people will see my views as precious or over-purist about the book, but frankly I don't see why they bothered to make this TV version of the Kathy Reichs character Temperance Brennan. They would have been better off just doing a brand new character who is a forensic anthropologist because the kind of people who will like this utterly anodyne show that looks like every other damn show on television will not care two hoots for anything in the Kathy Reichs novels, and Reichs' fans will be insulted that this underwear catalogue version of the stories has been thrown onto the screen that bears little or no relation to the original.Firstly, the Temperance Brennan character is played by a woman barely old enough to have qualified in her field, let alone have gained any kind of meaningful experience. Because, Jesus, how could a woman over 35 ever be of any use or interest to an entertaining television show? Better make her young and fluffy looking! Leaving aside that some of the best female characters of the past few years have included Frances Conroy in Six Feet Under and Glenn Close in The Shield, and it's also not exactly impossible to find a woman who is attractive and interesting but just so happens not to be in her teens. In fact this show has the opposite effect, depriving the character of any texture and credibility, so obvious is its lazy and insincere nod to the "Gee, I'm like, such a strong and serious woman, okay?" school of cardboard characterisation.It's really insulting to women, and in fact anyone who likes to see strong and interesting women (on TV or otherwise). Why can't a woman get her hands dirty, do her job well, be over 30 but still be attractive and worth watching? Emmy Nominated actress Mariska Hartigay is very attractive, plays a credible crime investigator in Special Victims Unit, and is 41 years old. Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning (and Oscar nominated) Alfre Woodard is attractive, interesting, carries authority and dominates every scene she's ever acted in. She's 52. If I close my eyes I can't even remember what the actress they chose for this travesty looks like. I had to look up her name. What's the point of hiring an actress for such shallow reasons if she's not going to make any impact whatsoever? She may be talented and charismatic (just not on this evidence), but she's only in this to look pretty and that's boring. Lots of women look pretty, and happen to be useful to society for other things as well. Middle aged old fart TV executives don't realise this, or that half their audience are women (and the other half quite like women too).Secondly, they have jettisoned everything that is interesting about the story. Great, another story set in DC featuring the FBI! No chance of showing a couple of places featured less often in television shows, Like Montreal and Carolina from the source novels, then? Brennan was a recovering alcoholic with a teenage daughter in the original, she occasionally clashed with the culture, language, people and differing police procedure in Canada. She got involved in really intriguing cases. We suspended a certain amount of disbelief that a real life Forensic Anthropologist would get in danger and be central to an investigation for the glimpse we got into a fascinating and less often seen area of crime investigation. Now not only is she just out of med school and gym socks, not doing any of the original stuff in the books AND solving crimes neatly every 54 minutes including commercial breaks. Now she's writing novels about them as well! Kathy Reichs has time to write the novels because while her work is fascinating, she isn't actually the Tempe Brennan character. This is just lame.This show is garbage because it tries to use the name of Kathy Reichs to add credibility to what is in fact just another mediocre show, not worthy of her books or something like CSI (which is utterly populist but ten times more interesting and original than this), like a lazy schoolkid trying to skate through his homework by using a couple of fancy quotations to spruce up a half-written essay. It's also garbage because it could have used the source material to make something quite different and interesting but chose (CHOSE!) to make something utterly unexceptional and dull which won't be remembered in a few years time. Or it could have just made a light, entertaining show without any pretension. They wanted to use the popular interest in forensics, and they wanted to cash in on CSI, and they wanted to re-create some Mulder and Scully chemistry. Well guess what? They failed to measure up to any of the elements they imitate, because the originals were exactly that. Original. And this isn't.As it is this doesn't even stand up to Quincy. I'm surprised Kathy Reichs put her name to it.
Terrible acting dot com
The first season of Bones is playing in Finland and I can't believe the amount of bullshit that this show puts on - the characters are shallow, poorl ...
The first season of Bones is playing in Finland and I can't believe the amount of bullshit that this show puts on - the characters are shallow, poorly directed and clumsy.It's a poor mans' CSI. Or actually, CSI without coherent plot. Although Bones has potential, it fails due to the lacking of the director who hasn't been able to extract the essence of the show from the actors. It's actually sad to see a show throw it all away when it could had been a descent show with just a pinch more thought. From the start you get the feeling how awkward the acting is.Long story short - don't waste your time on Bones.
A cheap version of CSI
I just finished watching one episode(S1-#5 A boy in a bush), so maybe my review is not very fair.But based on that episode, this is a very poor versi ...
I just finished watching one episode(S1-#5 A boy in a bush), so maybe my review is not very fair.But based on that episode, this is a very poor version of CSI, the acting is crap. The main character, Dr whatever her name is, is so fake it actually hurts. I wouldn't cast her to do an add for dog food!The other hurtful thing is David Boreanaz of the "Angel" fame, a good actor, does a great job, but wasted coz of the idiotic acting of that woman.Supporting cast is OK, but all is ruined due to this stupid acting of Emily Deschanel .Very disappointing version of CSI, very sorry to see it appear on the filmography of some of the potential talents involved in it.That woman is really sh#t, at least in that episode. But based on this one view, I will not even invest watching it even if it was shown on an elevator screen.
Liked it enough to keep watching
I found the first 15 minutes or so to be a little "trite". The characters didn't seem to fit comfortably in their skin. But by the end of the pilot I ...
I found the first 15 minutes or so to be a little "trite". The characters didn't seem to fit comfortably in their skin. But by the end of the pilot I was very much interested, especially in the forensics aspect. I have a friend who is an anthropologist and I'm going to get her opinion about the Dr. Brennan character.The series has a lot of potential and I especially like that unlike X Files, these characters are dealing with "real life" events rather than other worldly events.I think the lead actors are good together and am looking forward to the building of their chemistry together. Whether as working partners or romantics, I don't care, I just want there to be a degree of tension between them that will keep things interesting.
Skeletal on Substance
This is so bad I don't know where to begin.The lead role is a good starting point. It is a supreme Mary Sue character that has few things in common w ...
This is so bad I don't know where to begin.The lead role is a good starting point. It is a supreme Mary Sue character that has few things in common with the original one from the book, who was (a bit) more credible. No, this one is invincible, infallible, indomitable, and insipid even beyond the overinflated standards that this "chicks with swords" era that our medias are spinning out of late. She is a twenty-something top-model, thin as a match yet rich, already a leader in her academic field, a kung-fu master, a natural sniper and seems to have enough authority to naturally trump anyone official like puny FBI agents. She is God.To balance it out, she is supposed to be socially awkward (due to her typically harsh upbringing that transformed her into a "Spock") which gives us some delighted moments where she wonders what is "Star Wars", or "American Idol", but yet when it's really important she can conveniently reveal herself as a top negotiator and diplomat, because she is so superior, ya know. To top it out, she is played by a wooden actress.The more talented Boreanaz serves as a faire-valoir token for this construct, acting as a bumbling comic-relief and house "Watson". In fact, everything in there is a pop-parody of better works like Sherlock Holmes, CSI and X-Files, from which it tries to emulate the sexual tension between main protagonists. It is however cheaper, as this is delivered with all the subtlety of an elbow poke in the ribs, but a million million poor factory girls will doubtlessly buy into it, hence the crazy rating this turkey gets.In fact, the lowest common denominator goes a long way in this sad puppy, resulting in titillating sex details from the legion of sidekicks that aim to pass it out as daring and trendy, while the overall tone of the show carries an obvious neo-conservative view on things.Story-wise, there's not much here to feast upon, as crimes (that always start out with some gruesome remains) are resolved using non-existent technology while the "squints", lovable but so wrong (the women less than the guys) goes on varied theories, all of them futile as the main character has it all from the start, and once it is established she goes out and then punch the guy, typically a real tough hombre, with a spin kick here and a slapper there. The end.
Same/Different
I watched the show and it did feel familiar, yet fresh also. Emily/Temperance is very convincing and the rest of the cast isn't your every day cute s ...
I watched the show and it did feel familiar, yet fresh also. Emily/Temperance is very convincing and the rest of the cast isn't your every day cute side kicks. They seem like real squints, and that is a whole other world they live in. A bit of a stretch on the Holographic skull and body stuff. I'll go with you there, but only if you let the squint out of the lab more. David B is and always will be Angel to some people, watch this show and you'll come away thinking its more Angelus than Angel, the humor and comic timing between him and Emily has the makings of a Moonlighting relationship if, IF the writers want to play it out that way. All in all, a good show, directing was crisp the photography was also good.
This show is brilliant
I am a massive fan of David Boreanaz so obviously i started watching this show for him alone, but to my delight this is turning out to be one of the ...
I am a massive fan of David Boreanaz so obviously i started watching this show for him alone, but to my delight this is turning out to be one of the most well-rounded show there has been on television in years. Despite what people might have thought of David Boreanaz's acting abilities, by starring in Bones he has proved that he is a well rounded actor whom can take any role and make it his own. The rest of the cast has been perfectly selected to bounce of David and make the show the best there can be. Also i am impressed with how Emily has turned out as an actor, in the first few episodes i thought she was a bit of a hollow actress, kind of carboardy, but i have since been proved very wrong and feel bad for terrible of how quick i judged her. I can only hope than this show continues to be made for a least another couple of years so we fans can find out as much as there is to know about our beloved characters. P.S To Fox Please please do not be as cruel as the bigwigs at the WB and cancel this show at the prime of it's run as it would be a dying shame and also doing this would grossly reduce your viewers. Thanks Danielle
Not just for Kathy Reichs fans..
OK, so I AM a big fan of Kathy Reichs books, and was intrigued to see what this show would be like. The addition of David Boreanaz also was a big dra ...
OK, so I AM a big fan of Kathy Reichs books, and was intrigued to see what this show would be like. The addition of David Boreanaz also was a big draw, as he is a very charismatic actor(and I adored Angel!) For fans of Ms Reichs books, this is a slightly odd amalgam of Kathy herself and her main character Temperance Brennan, who on the show is also a crime author (like Ms Reichs - a top forensic anthropologist and author.)The characters are all new, apart from Brennan's ex-husband Pete (although we only got a glimpse of him in the season premiere) plus it is set in Washington DC rather than Canada and Virginia as in the books.Tempe herself is rather different than the book character. Emily Deschanel is fine, but rather young and headstrong compared to the book Tempe. Even in the one episode, we have seen her rushing into things quite recklessly. I guess they wanted to make her a little more dynamic for TV.The chemistry between Brennan and Booth (Boreanaz) was pretty good from the start, although they need to handle it properly. Maybe the Mulder and Scully reference is a hint of how they might handle things. However, the crime was a little flimsy. This first episode seemed to focus far more on establishing character and tone than on plot. Probably something that will change with future episodes.On the whole, Riechs fans can have fun being snooty and complaining about Tempe's drinking and the lack of her cat, but I thought the show had definite possibilities. I know I'm keen to see how things unfold.
Just Hope It Stays On the Air
I didn't expect to like it as much as I liked it. In fact, it's a sure sign of cancellation how much I like this show. I never like crime shows. My m ...
I didn't expect to like it as much as I liked it. In fact, it's a sure sign of cancellation how much I like this show. I never like crime shows. My mom loves them, but I find them dull, because they're about plots not characters. This is a crime show about characters (not as good as "The Closer" -- the crime show I adored this summer -- mind you), and I enjoyed it. At times, it seemed far-fetched, and the whole Senator plot-point in the pilot seemed awful easy, but the dialogue worked, the characters intrigue me, and the chemistry is great. I expect good things from it.Alison
So good that you are going to feel it in the bones
I love this show. I have to say, the pilot is not that good but keep on watching the episodes and I can assure you, you are gonna love it.The charact ...
I love this show. I have to say, the pilot is not that good but keep on watching the episodes and I can assure you, you are gonna love it.The character are really amazing and you can see them dealing with real life and their own "world of bones" at the same time. Zach is one of those character I don't really have much to say. Angie is really nice and at the same time I can't stand how she always seems to connect with the cases they are working on. To emotional. Hodgins has his own view of life and really wants to stay away from his family, so he spends most of the time at work... just like all the characters. Booth and Bones have an amazing chemistry together and exact opposites, but at the same time they are the same. Both of them, you can say, uses their work as a way to "fix" their personals issues.About the cases, it's amazing how they always seem to solve them in the most amazing and clever ways, LOVE IT.You have to see it.
This is a GREAT show!
The dialogue is sharp, the acting is spot on; the characters are fun and well defined and each episode is worth watching. I mean nobody cheats! Emily ...
The dialogue is sharp, the acting is spot on; the characters are fun and well defined and each episode is worth watching. I mean nobody cheats! Emily Deshawhatever doesn't make her character more "appealing" (more "cute")- thus, making her more appealing!; her being so out of touch with the modern world is so well acted it's believable; and her best friend is hot because she's a perfect foil being so IN the modern world. I'm conflating all of these ideas because i want to cram in every reason why this is one of the 5 best shows on T.V. It is funny and smart and charming and if it is cancelled for some dumb ass executive reason I swear to God I will boycott...uh...whatever network it's on. Fox? Crap. Cause it's got one of the other 5: The Shield. But I will. This is a great show.
TV Entertainment of the Highest Kind
Here is a show that is refreshingly real, from characters to plots, while intellectually stimulating, and willing to tickle our funny bone.Dr. Temper ...
Here is a show that is refreshingly real, from characters to plots, while intellectually stimulating, and willing to tickle our funny bone.Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan (Emily Deschanel) is a smart, focused, professional woman whose sensitivities are not so far from the surface that she is hard, or hardened by avoiding them, nor so close to the surface that she is weak, or weakened by them. She is serious, candid and forthright. Her ability to "handle" herself stems from confidence and experience, not tragedy or pathology as is so often the case in TV-land female characters.Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) could be a hardened, tough guy, stereotypical character. He is not. While we are reminded regularly of his past as a military sniper, the sensitivity he brings to his duties as an FBI agent redeem his past actions, as is his hope. Make no mistake, he is a fierce patriot and proud FBI man, yet his character's motives and motivation are clear and noble. They are never fanatically righteous or overbearingly macho.These two characters are wonderfully balanced with each other: their approach to life, to their work, to the pursuit of this week's mystery. Their relationship rings true. Through agreements, disagreements and the sense of humor it takes to weather both, Deschanel and Boreanaz always deliver the wry portrayal these two staunchly serious, but genuinely human characters deserve. Each character's work is expertly accomplished and equally important to the solutions they unravel together. As audience, we enjoy their working together. Temperance Brennan and Seeley Booth are a great team - as are Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz.With these two very real 21st Century individuals, and stories that skillfully incorporate forensic anthropology, both as it is used in the discipline of anthropology to understand the most ancient of artifacts, and as it is used in the most modern criminal labs, the foundation is strong for TV entertainment of the highest kind. But, it isn't only the charisma of the two main characters or their portrayers that keeps the show real, believable, compelling. Dr. Brennan's support team at the lab are a fine crew (Michaela Conlin as Angela Montenegro - forensic artist and friend to Dr. Brennan, Eric Millegan as Zack Addy - genius, geeky, naively lovable forensic anthropologist in-training, T.J. Thyne as Dr. Jack Hodgins - soil, bug and all-things-creepy expert, and Jonathan Adams as Dr. Daniel Goodman - administrator/anthropologist and the lab crew's boss). Each has an expertise that is technically viable and each is well portrayed by the actors cast. It all adds up to a TV show you can't wait to see again next week!
Good blend of character relationship, plot, and occasional humor in horrific situations
David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel start well with better than two-dimensional characters in a fresh look at a CSI type show. Based on the real-life ...
David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel start well with better than two-dimensional characters in a fresh look at a CSI type show. Based on the real-life work of forensic anthropologist and novelist Kathy Reichs, it's fun, kicky, and only occasionally too gruesome to look at. Not quite like one of Ms. Reichs' novels, it is still a pleasure for a fan (me!) to watch. Boreanaz' past work on Buffy and Angel stands in good stead here as he delivers lines that stand up to a strong female role without diminishing it. Also like Buffy, humor lends grace to embarrassing social situations that highlight common human vulnerabilities. Surrounding the 2 major players are other characters who add to the thrust of a character driven show. The writers do good work giving each character unique attributes that have nothing to do with hair color or body measurements. The entire cast does a good job presenting real, quirky individuals who don't have to rely on looks to sell the worth of their character to the viewers. That alone is something new for any CSI show. Still some rough edges in writing and delivery (Tempe's "I wish this was the worst I have seen" was painful for all the wrong reasons),"Bones" has great potential.
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What is Transformative Scenario Planning?
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Submitted by Nicholas Reay | published 18th May 2017 | last updated 27th Jun 2017
To achieve impact in different levels of society, and across four regions, ASSAR engages with a wide spectrum of stakeholders from communities, the private sector, civil society organisations, research institutions, governments and non-governmental organisations through Transformative Scenario Planning (TSP).
TSP is an approach that brings concerned stakeholders from different, often conflicting, perspectives together. People work discuss pressing sets of problems to build stories that illustrate a range of potential futures that could come from taking different paths. By doing this, the people involved learn more about their present situation, and what dynamics in a specific situation are serving to help or hinder progress toward a more equitably and climate resilient future.
By guiding these stakeholders through participatory scenario planning processes, ASSAR helps to build a common understanding of current adaptation needs and past adaptation failings. ASSAR works in collaboration with REOS Partners to promote the co-production of adaptation responses that can yield appropriate, tangible and lasting benefits.
If you need to quickly explain what TSP is about, you might find this brief introduction helpful - download the full brief from the right-hand column.
More detailed resources on the TSP Method can be found under the Further Resources section below.
The TSP Method
Sometimes social systems get stuck. There is not enough agreement among leading actors about what is happening or what could or should happen, for the system to be able to move forward. Confusion and conflict impede progress and create the risk of regress. In such contexts, transformative scenario planning can be useful.
This process enables politicians, civil servants, activists, businesspeople, trade unionists, academics, and leaders of other stakeholder groups to work together to construct a shared understanding of what is happening and what could happen in their system, and then to act on the basis of this understanding.² The focus of transformative scenario planning is the development, dissemination and use of a set of two, three or four scenarios (structured narratives or stories) about what is possible. These scenarios provide a shared framework and language for strategic conversations within and across stakeholder groups about the situation they are part of and what actions they can, must, and will take to address it. Transformative scenario planning thereby offers a way for social systems to get unstuck and to move forward.¹
How TSP Works?
In a transformative scenario planning process, actors transform their problematic situation through transforming themselves. The aim is to assist participants to see the system, and their roles in it, from different angles. The process increases trust between participants and allows more empathy to work more efficiently in a team.
Transforming Understanding: The scenario team transform their understandings by seeing the current system, and their role in the current system, with fresh eyes and a shared perspective.
Transforming Relationships: The scenario team transform their relationships with one another by working together as a cross-system team. Team work builds trust, empathy and an ability to work together.
Transforming Language: Through the scenario process, the scenario team develops a common, shared language. The stories each convey key messages which are expressed by certain words and phrases that the scenario team need to create.
Transforming Intention: By transforming their understanding and relationships, the scenario team see what they as individuals and potentially as a team can and must be done to tackle the problematic circumstances of the present.
Transforming Actions: Based on the transformation of understandings, language, relationships and intentions, scenario team members transform their actions and thereby, transform their situation.
ASSAR works in collaboration with REOS Partners to promote the co-production of adaptation responses that can yield appropriate, tangible and lasting benefits.
Find out more about ASSAR here.
This brief and other resources can be found on ASSAR's website
More about Transformative Scenario Planning
Learn more about the TSP approach, including the original book on the subject by Adam Kahane, a presentation by Kahane on TSP and a webinar on TSP on the Reos Partners website: http://reospartners.com/tools/transformative-scenarios/
Read an excerpt from the book "Transformative Scenario Planning: Working Together to Change the Future" by Adam Kahane (2012) here: https://ssir.org/articles/entry/transformative_scenario_planning_working...
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5/29/13 :: Tampa Bay : SSFC (USOC) -- KICK 16:30
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Re: 5/29/13 :: Tampa Bay : SSFC (USOC) -- KICK 16:30
by afecks » Wed May 29, 2013 7:38:40 pm
Well...at least the team that beat us wasn't a USASA team...
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by SP The Ghost » Wed May 29, 2013 7:43:56 pm
I'm not arsed. We were terrible with a terrible eleven, and got exactly what was coming to us. It was only a matter if time before we were knocked out by a lower level team. It's like people forget that game against Kitsap that could've gone either way, or other myriad ties where we've pulled a horseshoe out of our ass at just the right moment. So whatever. Onwards. Only one goal now.
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by fortuna88 » Wed May 29, 2013 7:54:47 pm
This sucks. No open cup games at starfire. Those are the best
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by socca » Wed May 29, 2013 8:09:46 pm
One less excuse for not winning MLS Cup this year...
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by mlihlen » Wed May 29, 2013 8:33:14 pm
Futbol4Life wrote: mlihlen, with all due respect, if we're going to enter a tourney to play to loose, why enter? If we don't care, what's the purpose? Enter every game to win. Including a "friendly". Unless I counted wrong, we left a possible sub (fresh legs) on the bench. Change strategies (subs, move men forward) when you have enough time to make a difference. Why go 70-80 minutes of something not working to make a change? I think it's the first time since introducing a 4-5-1 in a playoff game, that I've truly been frustrated by the coaching staff. Ugh...... <end rant>
Good question. Why do we? Why does LA? Arena couldn't even be bothered to go and the MLS Cup Champions get dumped 2-0 by who again? It's just ridiculous that we have to travel LA, to Tampa back to LA, just to give the bench warmers work. It's a waste of time.
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RatCity wrote:
mlihlen wrote: If MLS teams don't care about the USOC why should we?
I'm gonna pretend you didn't just take a stroll down that pathetic road.
Why? It's obvious that the MLS does not take these opponents seriously or they would not lose nearly as frequently as they have been. I feel bad for the folks that traveled to witness that pathetic match. Could any of them even be bothered to contest a ball in the air? On to Chivas, I guess.
by TBRowdies » Wed May 29, 2013 8:50:51 pm
First off, good game Sounders. You guys have a great club, one of the best on this side of the Atlantic.. you guys will be just fine and will do well the rest of the season. remember, it could be worse... you could play in the NASL and inside of baseball stadium.
That fans that traveled to Al Lang Stadium were some of the classiest supporters I've met. After a tough loss, they had the stand of mind to come over and applaud and congratulate the home supporters. A classy move that we rarely see among NASL rivals.
The crowd wasn't as full as the NASL Final last year, but it was equally as load. It was a blast trading chants back and forth between the visiting ECS and Ralph's Mob. I'm curious, did you hear both supporters on the feed?
Anyways, the ref did a fair job on this game, so he can't be blamed for both teams not playing to their best ability. Neither team deserved to win, and that hand ball near the goal line didn't make me feel like the win was anymore deserving. It looked borderline bush league from my angle behind that net. But being an USMNT and Tampa Bay sports supporter, I've had my fair share of getting screwed over, so I'm (for a lack of a better word) relieved that we got a call to go our way for once.
Best of luck the rest of your campaign. We'll try to beat Portland for y'all!
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TBRowdies wrote: First off, good game Sounders. You guys have a great club, one of the best on this side of the Atlantic.. you guys will be just fine and will do well the rest of the season. remember, it could be worse... you could play in the NASL and inside of baseball stadium.
You guys have some great supporters over there, you all sounded great on the stream. Good luck v. Portland.
by RatCity » Wed May 29, 2013 9:11:57 pm
mlihlen wrote:
That line up was not much different then we've put out before for early open cup. We did not have Evans, Johnson, Ozzie, or ianni, and i believe zak was still hurt. We had a legend in goal, and 3 starters on defense. We had the best striker pair we could have seeing as how oba just played his first 90 after coming ff of injury. And then our midfield was pretty standard missing Rosales and Joseph who again just played. All that aside, I will not stoop to the level of the TA by accusing my club of not caring. Things could have been better but this is what makes the open cup great. We move forward.
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Thanks, we learned from watching the best... ECS. Got goosebumps listening to the call-response chant of Tampa-Bay, which is used at all Tampa sporing events. It's one that everybody knows, so all fans yelled with passion after the goal. Haven't had a feeling like that since the Tampa Bay Lightning playoff run in 2011. Damn you Boston.
by jabbathehut » Wed May 29, 2013 11:07:49 pm
It's not the loss that bothers me, but the fact that Sigi clearly didn't care about getting a result by putting out such a WEAK lineup, and the fact that our players never looked like they cared. For all the talk by our FO of "respecting the Cup and careing about USOC", today we looked like Hans Backe and the 2011 Redbulls. We played like the Taliban was forcing us to play against our wills. Just an absolutely EMBARASSING showing by the club, players and coaches. Not taking anything away from the Rowdies, they deserved their win, but we didn't even try. For the first time i can remember, im ashamed to be a Sounders supporter.
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by Llarian » Wed May 29, 2013 11:10:27 pm
Sigi did the exact same thing he's done in the initial round for the past 4 seasons. It wasn't enough this time, but to say that a reserve lineup is somehow disrespectful now but wasn't before is bizarre when the only difference is that we won previously. (Why Joseph didn't play, however, I'll never know. He isn't gonna play Saturday and our midfield was atrocious)
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by ProdigalReality » Wed May 29, 2013 11:15:52 pm
I wouldn't call it a weak line up.
Did you really think Sigi was going to throw out a full starting line up? We all knew that it was going to be reserve heavy. I didn't want to see Oba out there on a shitty pitch coming off a knee injury where surgery was a possibility. We still had Neagle, Martinez, Hurtado and Hahnemann.
We didn't lose because of a line up full of back ups. Relying on two forwards who are known for their work rate on a small pitch was a dangerous decision. Our most dangerous player in the air was a CB.
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by Ultra666 » Thu May 30, 2013 4:44:46 am
I don't think it was the line up.
It was something else that in my opinion is much more troubling.
It seems at times this club "shuts off" and does not seem interested in playing.
They turn the ball over all the time, and are not focused on playing.
We did not play to win.
The effort, heart, creativity, discipline, and passion were not there.
The Rowdies deserved to win that match.
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by finnfan » Thu May 30, 2013 5:29:03 am
Llarian wrote: Sigi did the exact same thing he's done in the initial round for the past 4 seasons. It wasn't enough this time, but to say that a reserve lineup is somehow disrespectful now but wasn't before is bizarre when the only difference is that we won previously.
And it wasn't a terribly weak lineup on paper. On the field is a different story, but that largely falls on the players.
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Sonos launches limited edition Play:1 Tone speakers
By Joe Cox 2015-07-15T14:02:33Z
The speakers come in absolute black and pristine white, and promise a soft matte finish. There will be 5000 speakers in each colour.
The Sonos Play:1 speakers have sold by the bucketload thanks to the growing popularity of multi-room wireless speakers and the dominance of Sonos in the category.
Now Sonos wants to tempt you to spend a little more for a limited edition model: the Play:1 Tone.
Set to go on sale for £220 rather than the standard Play:1 price of £170, the Play:1 Tone speakers come in two new colours and promise a soft matte finish. And that's about it.
MORE: Sonos - everything you need to know
5000 speakers in each colour will go on sale via the Sonos website, with sales starting on Tuesday 21st July at 10am BST.
Sonos expects to the Play:1 Tone speakers to sell out, so there's a limit of two per household.
See all our Sonos news and reviews
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In Energy, environment & climate· Recorded on Thursday, 26th July 2012
Lunchbox/Soapbox: Ian Lowe: Bigger or Better? Australia’s Population Debate
Lunchbox/Soapbox: Ian Lowe: Bigger or Better? Australia's Population Debate
Australia’s population has become a political hot potato. With forecasts of 30–40 million people by 2050 and up to 60 million by 2100, Australians are becoming increasingly concerned about the impact of population growth. Heated political debates about migrants and refugees are played out almost daily in the media. Real or perceived competition for housing, food, water, services, and jobs is creating social tension and even violence.
Join Professor Ian Lowe, author, pre-eminent scientist and president of the Australian Conservation Foundation, as he examines the complex and controversial issues surrounding population growth.
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Professor Ian Lowe AO was president of the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) from 2004 to 2014. He is emeritus professor of science, technology and society at Griffith University in Brisbane, as well as being an adjunct professor at Sunshine Coast University and Flinders University.
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Deputies: Burglar gives victims his home address
Updated: 4:57 PM EDT Apr 6, 2014
Aiken Co. Detention Center SOURCE: Aiken Co. Detention Center
Deputies said they found a burglary suspect in Aiken County because he gave a resident in the neighborhood he burglarized his home address.Investigators said the resident stopped 46-year-old Michael Wallace last week after seeing him near one of the homes where a storage building was broken into and tools were stolen.Deputies said Wallace told the resident he was looking for his lost dog. The resident asked Wallace for his address to return the dog if it was found, and Wallace gave his home address.Investigators went to Wallace's home and found the stolen tools there.Wallace remains in jail. He is charged with two counts of third-degree burglary. It wasn't known if he had a lawyer.
AIKEN, S.C. —
Deputies said they found a burglary suspect in Aiken County because he gave a resident in the neighborhood he burglarized his home address.
Investigators said the resident stopped 46-year-old Michael Wallace last week after seeing him near one of the homes where a storage building was broken into and tools were stolen.
Deputies said Wallace told the resident he was looking for his lost dog. The resident asked Wallace for his address to return the dog if it was found, and Wallace gave his home address.
Investigators went to Wallace's home and found the stolen tools there.
Wallace remains in jail. He is charged with two counts of third-degree burglary. It wasn't known if he had a lawyer.
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XRP CHAT
Suggestion: Investigate/reduce memory consumption
By JoelKatz, October 2, 2019 in Technical Discussion
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The XRP Ledger software does use quite a bit of memory. This is especially a problem on virtual machines where memory has a significant cost premium. Reducing the memory consumption would reduce the cost to run the software and improve decentralization indirectly.
Unfortunately, we do not precisely understand how the memory is being used. An important first step would be to analyze the software’s memory consumption to see what areas of improvement would be likely to produce the most dramatic results. On the bright side, because this hasn’t been well-studied, it’s possible that there’s some low-hanging fruit where small efforts could bring large payoffs.
The software does do a lot of caching. For example, some data is cached both in raw binary form (typically as SHAMapEntry objects) and in object form (typically as an STObject). It may be sufficient to cache only in binary form and convert to object form as needed.
In addition, the SHAMap design pegs lots of SHAMapEntry objects into memory. This design could be changed to only keep SHAMapEntry objects in the cache and fetch them from disk as needed. Code changes would be needed to prevent SHAMap’s from keeping too many strong pointers to SHAMapEntry objects.
This post is one suggestion for an enhancement to the XRP Ledger. See this post for context:
https://www.xrpchat.com/topic/33070-suggestions-for-xrp-ledger-enhancements/
You can find all the suggestions in one place here: https://coil.com/p/xpring/Ideas-for-the-Future-of-XRP-Ledger/-OZP0FlZQ
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This is one of the areas I'd love to see prioritized most. (In part because it doesn't require any work from me! ) But I think bringing down the hardware requirements—or even just, keeping them where they are as commodity hardware specs improve—will do a lot to facilitate the growth and decentralization of the core peer-to-peer network. If the next Raspberry Pi could be a reliable validator, imagine just how great that would be!
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I think a reasonable first step would be to define a clear target - e.g. a RaspberryPi 4 or a certain cheap common cloud hoster instance type (8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 20 GB SSD disk, 100 MBit/s network, Ubuntu 18.04) that will be targeted as being able to run a validator for up to x times the current workload (~1-2 million accounts, ~1-2 million transactions per day with a common split of transaction types). There are no reproducible benchmarks for resource usage that I could find so far and recommendations seem to be a bit overcautious (16-32 GB RAM for a validator that shouldn't ever have to answer to any user facing API calls... really?).
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checksync returns the sha, stream as string – This can be processed as a micro-service hosted on PI
tulo 3,032
Can we try to estimate what every item saved in the ledger is actually consuming in terms of memory?
I did a few calculation a while ago, and for example if I don't remember well, the raw data for a trust line is around 60-80B of data.
Can we also have some numbers of the actual items on the latest ledger? How many trust lines, how many offers, how many escrows, and so on. I'm too lazy and busy to do it myself :).
That's a bit difficult to say, since rippled stores that stuff compressed with lz4 usually. I could check a ledger state in "binary" format (afaik that would be the uncompressed canonical encoding of ledger objects except inner nodes) for these things if that helps. How much that means in actual RAM and disk used is a different question - that depends a lot on architecture and other things (e.g. Rust makes it easier to write safe zero-copy data structures). I guess the canonical encoding should give a reasonable lower bound in many cases (maybe there could be smaller pointers used in some fields instead of full hashes, so it could be a bit smaller in memory) about what could be reasonable or feasible, so for example one can rule out definitely that a 1 GB RAM RPi can ever run a server without deleteable accounts because the state is too large.
8 hours ago, Sukrim said:
That's a bit difficult to say, since rippled stores that stuff compressed with lz4 usually.
Is the latest ledger compressed with lz4?
So every query of rippled has to decompress and get the data?
I guess the canonical encoding should give a reasonable lower bound in many cases
2 hours ago, tulo said:
All data in the node database is compressed usually.
If the request can't be answered from in-memory data, you need to query that database, yes.
nikb 4,065
On 10/2/2019 at 8:38 AM, Sukrim said:
Recommending hardware for production use is always tricky and one needs to balance a number of factors.
Let’s say that 8 GB of RAM is enough today. How long will it be enough for? Will it be enough if there’s a sudden spike of volume? Will boxes be under memory pressure 3 or 6 months from now?
The cost of RAM is cheap and it’s better to be conservative and allow a big buffer, than to end up under memory pressure at an inopportune time.
To be clear, I’m not opposed to your comments about defining a target re: resources and then trying to hit it. But I also don’t think it’s realistic to target a Raspberry Pi or to recommend hardware that has enough capacity for “today” but not for “tomorrow”.
36 minutes ago, nikb said:
A few years ago 2Gb were enough. I thought that 16Gb were enough for some time, but then something happened and it jumped to 8/10Gb. How long till it will jump again and make 16Gb useless? It's hard to say if we don't have any idea about what is using that memory.
Also for Ripple company, how can they provide specs for hardware?
Maybe also reserves should be dynamic as transaction fees, i.e. increase when the network is under heavy resources usage.
r0bertz 150
I guess by SHAMapEntry you mean SHAMapItem, right? There is no SHAMapEntry in the code base.
I am very interested in working on this. I am going to use prometheus to get some statistics about the cache first.
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On 10/9/2019 at 2:42 PM, tulo said:
We do have some insights into the increased resource, but they are insights; we need data and metrics that we can monitor over time to allow us to spot trends.
Ripple, like any other operator of servers with a large number of client and server connections, can observe the servers it operates, examining things like memory, CPU and bandwidth usage and trends, and use that information along to extrapolate on future requirements. And like any other operator, it isn't clairvoyant, so it's predictions about hardware requirements may be off.
As for reserves, my gut says it's not a good idea to tie them to amount of RAM or CPU. But perhaps I'm wrong. Curious to see what others think.
On 11/7/2019 at 10:20 PM, r0bertz said:
Great! We are working on improving the insights module with rippled which can be used to export various metrics using the statsd protocol; empowering administrators to collect and plot performance/usage data from their running instances should prove helpful in identifying bottlenecks, areas of improvements as well as in spotting trends.
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20 hours ago, nikb said:
What's insights module? Is this some code that you are working on but hasn't been released yet?
It is in the code base for years now... the module about internal metrics.
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USCB Baseball improves to 31-4 on season with DH sweep of St. Thomas
Sand Sharks extend lead in Sun Conference
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - The sixth-ranked USCB baseball team strengthened its hold on the top spot in the Sun Conference standings Friday, sweeping a doubleheader at St. Thomas to begin a three-game Sun Conference series. The Sand Sharks beat the 24th-ranked Bobcats 8-2 and 7-4 on Friday and will try to complete the three-game sweep Saturday. USCB (31-4, 13-1 TSC) now leads second-place Keiser by 3 1/2 games and holds the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Seahawks. John Gora (6-0) pitched a gem in the opener, and the Sand Sharks rallied late against the Bobcats' bullpen. USCB took an early 2-0 lead on Matt Kianka's home run leading off the game and Justin Kortessis' RBI double in the second, but the Bobcats cut the deficit in half in the second and tied it on Michael Centeno's leadoff homer in the third. Gora didn't allow another hit until the eighth, by which point USCB had given him a big lead to work with. The Sand Sharks put together a two-out rally in the eighth to break it open, beginning with back-to-back doubles by Michael Johnson and Max Balter to break the 2-2 tie. Matt Kianka, Thomas Estopare and Kal Davis added RBIs later in the inning, and Balter and Kianka knocked in runs in the ninth to make it 8-2. Gora allowed two runs and five hits in a complete game, striking out three without a walk. Jamie Strock (7-1) picked up where Gora left off in game two, shutting out the Bobcats for seven innings before running into trouble in the eighth. Strock was charged with two runs and four hits over seven-plus innings. The Sand Sharks staked Strock to an early lead when Kianka led off the game with a triple and scored on Josh Reinhart's grounder. Brandon Joyce and Dylan Yankle had RBIs in the fourth inning before Estopare and Yankle each hit two-run blasts to make it 7-0. The series finale is set for 1 p.m. Saturday with junior right-hander Julio De Pena getting the start on the mound for the Sand Sharks.
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Why This Mom Cried Tears of Joy Over a Conversation With a Stranger in a Restaurant
"In a world where my daughter's life is whispered about, where she is stared at, this man saw her IMPORTANCE."
By Maressa Brown
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A mom named Pam De Almeida from Canada recently went to her local Tim Horton's with her 18-month-old daughter Sophia, who was born with Down syndrome. In a moving story she shared her Facebook page Slice of Life, De Almeida explained that she's accustomed to strangers often staring at her little girl, so when she was approached by a couple she didn't know at the restaurant, she prepared herself for an upsetting encounter.
What happened instead was a complete surprise.
"The man greeted Sophia with a high five and a handshake, and Sophia smiled and waved back," De Almeida noted. "He looked at me with tears in his eyes and said, 'I have a story I would really like to share with you. But I am afraid I wont get through it without choking up.'"
The man explained to De Almeida that he was watching the news and saw a story about Courtney Baker, a mom who made headlines last week for writing a letter to a doctor who suggested she have an abortion, because her child was going to be born with Down syndrome.
"He said, 'The point is, you never know a persons impact on the world. You can never know what a person is able to do unless you give them a chance,'" De Almeida wrote. "He looked at me just before he turned to walk away and said, 'You are a beautiful person. Your daughter is beautiful. Congratulations!'"
De Almeida shared that after the man left, she found herself crying into a napkin. "That man was the first complete stranger to ever congratulate me on the birth of my daughter Sophia," she wrote. "He was the first complete stranger to recognize her WORTH. Her VALUE. Her BEAUTY. In a world where my daughter's life is whispered about, where she is stared at, this man saw her IMPORTANCE."
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wants to denuclearize but needs “security guarantees” to do so. Speaking after a high-profile summit with Kim, Putin said Russia favored denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula and Kim agreed, but said bilateral security guarantees were not enough. Putin said he didn’t know if it was […]
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wants to denuclearize but needs “security guarantees” to do so.
Speaking after a high-profile summit with Kim, Putin said Russia favored denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula and Kim agreed, but said bilateral security guarantees were not enough.
Putin said he didn’t know if it was time to resume six-way talks with North Korea to end a standoff over its nuclear weapons program. The “six-party talks” had taken place between North and South Korea, the U.S., Japan, Russia and China in the early 2000s, but collapsed in 2009 when North Korea pulled out, saying it would resume its nuclear enrichment program in order to boost its nuclear deterrent.
Putin said Thursday that a resumption of such talks “will help provide international security guarantees,” Reuters reported.
Earlier Thursday, Putin had said he had a “substantial discussion” with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un about the Korean Peninsula Thursday, but gave little detail.
He said he and Kim exchanged views on how to improve the situation in the region, Reuters reported. Kim, meanwhile, reportedly said both leaders discussed how to “strategically improve regional stability.”
“We just had a thorough face-to-face conversation,” Putin said, according to Russian news agency Tass.
“We talked about the history of our insterstate relations, the current situation and the prospects for the development of our bilateral ties,” he noted. “We discussed the situation on the Korean Peninsula and shared our positions on the measures to be taken for the situation to have good prospects for improvement.”
Kim met Putin on an island off the Pacific port city of Vladivostok on Thursday. It is the first time the leaders have met face to face.
The meeting comes two months after denuclearization talks between Washington and Pyongyang collapsed in Hanoi. For Russia, the meeting was seen as a way to show the world that Russia can be a global power broker. For North Korea, the meeting has helped to show the U.S. that it has “options.”
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2019 Sarasota Improv Festival offers big laughs and new take on the art form
Improv troupes from around the nation showcased their art at Florida Studio Theatre. In case you missed it, here’s a recap of some of the highlights.
by: Marty Fugate Contributor
Improv troupes from around the nation showcased their art at Florida Studio Theatre July 12 and 13. In case you missed it, here’s a recap of some of the highlights.
Like everything that’s already happened up until now, this year’s Sarasota Improv Festival is now history. How to describe it? Well, that’s the hard part. Improv happens in the moment. In that sense, it’s very much like a train wreck — albeit, a funny train wreck, in which no one gets hurt. Say, the Little Engine That Could crashing into a clown car stalled at a railroad crossing, thus sending the clowns flying in all directions, but leaving them miraculously unharmed, thanks to all the balloons and cream pies they’ve been carrying in the backseat. As with such a train wreck, my powers of description fall short. But here’s the best I can do ….
Available Cupholders hails from Austin. Courtesy photo
FST Improv opened the festivities with free-form frolics. Four audience members helped the troupe create the ideal pointy hat. The performers critiqued a painting (of a cat) by a painter who used kitty litter for paint. Chris Friday gave birth to two people, at least. God also appeared in the form of Will Luera.
Happy Karaoke Fun Time created an instant musical to the tune of karaoke soundtracks. The troupe took the audience suggestion (“A Shooting in Schenectady”) and ran with it — all the way back to the war of 1812. The convoluted plot followed two male soldiers (a traitor and a frustrated dancer) and their wives (who dressed as male soldiers to fight for America). They skewered songs by the Backstreet Boys, Adele and Carly Simon. In the end, the frustrated dancer unleashed his inner Billy Elliot and did some fancy footwork. Despite all that, the whole musical ended up being a story told to children by a librarian.
Parallelogramophonograph told the story of a forgotten man named George. He lived and died in a small town; nothing much happened to him; nobody remembers him. He remains forgotten.
Big Bang Improv features improvisors from Sarasota, Boston and New York City. Courtesy photo
2-Man No-Show’s Isaac Kessler high-fived, shook hands, embraced and personally greeted every member in the audience.
Dad’s Garage enjoyed an improvised vacation in Hershey Park. All three members were stuck together by chocolate, but soldiered on.
The Maydays duo portrayed a day in the life of two characters stuck in an elevator. One couldn’t stop talking; the other barely spoke. They almost found love, before the power came on.
Quartet’s “Killer Bees” was a sweet long-form improv piece about the rocky love life of honey harvesters. One performer poignantly described a killer bee as, “the perfect metaphor for our relationship. You sting me and then you die.”
Festival All-Stars closed the first night with a dream team from various ensembles. The comedy they dreamed up included an infomercial (for bovine self-help tapes), a family reunion and the levitation of Will Luera.
StaceJam showcased Stacey Smith’s latest improv song and dance routines. Starting with the audience suggestion of “Bulldozer,” she embodied eight characters in an on-the-spot musical about demolishing barriers of all descriptions.
Definitely Not Murderers’ “Snow White Gets a Sunburn” offered a useful lesson: “Pale Disney princesses should slap on lots of sunscreen.”
Headlining Los Angeles-based group Quartet performed both days of the festival. Courtesy photo
When X Meets Y had another lesson: “Don’t judge a book by its cover. Especially if you’re a librarian.”
2-Man No-Show regaled the audience with “Rashomon” variations of scenes from a bad fishing trip, scat radio and a sermon pleading for cash donations.
Available Cupholders cooked up an “Antiques Roadshow” parody with a fan, a necklace, a leprechaun figurine and a plush toy. These items were gathered from the audience and ultimately returned.
Big Bang Improv created a clinging chase scene involving Will Luera — who carried around one of his fellow improvisers while running through the aisles of the Keating Theatre — and a complicated family backstory.
SAK Comedy Lab spoofed the space operas of the 1950s with a literal space opera involving a space cadet, an alien and a robot nurse.
2-MAN NO-SHOW led a workshop called Going Bigger and Beyond: The Technique of Play on July 13. Courtesy photo
Quartet jumped off the deep end with long-form improv weaving together a bad driver, a bad father, bad gardening, a bad waiter and bad directions from an iPhone.
Festival All-Play brought all the groups on stage to close the show. (With a total of more than 100 performers, the stage got a little crowded.) Random troupes performed random games, including “Curtsy, Bow, Corgi,” “I Like My Loves Like I Like My ____” and movie pitches for “Cat Baby” and other two-word titles.
Improv is as funny as ever. But it’s funny in a new way.
There were far less “Whose Line is it Anyway?”-style improv games this year and far more scene-based, story-based improv comedy. In the Second City tradition, these came in the form of organic scenes, which flowed out of sharply defined characters.
Improv games aren’t dead by any means.
But improvised storytelling is very much alive.
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Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation announced a partnership with General Mills and Honey Nut Cheerios on “Snap for Good Rewards,” a new campaign to help raise funds for LGBTQ equality.
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Traveling choir performing at Coburn
Performance starts at 7:30 p.m.
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ZANESVILLE – The Cardinal Chorale will perform at 7:30 p.m. June 21 at Coburn United Methodist Church.
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NASA data center consolidation saves more than IT space
Kennedy Space Center takes first step towards optimized environment.
By David Chernicoff for Five Nines: The Next Gen Datacenter | October 30, 2015 -- 12:58 GMT (05:58 PDT) | Topic: Data Centers
Earlier this month, NASA's Kennedy Space Center cut the ribbon, opening their new data center, designed to consolidate older facilities and to support multiple users within the NASA community. The consolidation is part of NASA's effort to meet the goal of the Federal government's data center consolidation efforts started in 2012.
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The rise of cloud computing has put new and different demands on data center capacity. Powered by smaller chips like the ones in mobile devices, microservers have emerged to help meet the needs of 'scaling out' and to produce servers that are lower cost and lower power.
The new Kennedy Data Center, a 16,000 sq ft facility on the Kennedy Space Center campus, is replacing five legacy data centers, which occupied 45,000 sq ft of space. The new facility is not only more efficient than the five data centers it replaces, but also is capable of supporting significant growth in IT workload. Designed to be at least three times more efficient than the legacy data centers, it is expected to be able to take on additional work as the demand for its services grows.
Initially, the new data center replaces is hosting the projects and services for the Ground Systems Development and Operations Program, the Commercial Crew Program, the Launch Services Program, and Kennedy's research and technology projects, among others.
The facility is also in process for certification as a LEED Silver building, and while not certified as such, was built to meet the Uptime Institute's Tier II standard.
The new facility is part of the first phase of construction in the Space Center's new central campus and its construction is enabling space to be made available as it makes older buildings redundant. For example, the Central Instrumentation Facility, a 136,000 sq ft building that was constructed in the Apollo era, spent decades as the hub of instrumentation and data processing operations, is now scheduled to be demolished, as the new data center facility takes over its remaining responsibilities.
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Discussion Do you agree with the Coorong National Park Management Plan Draft Amendments?
Survey Feedback on Coorong National Park Management Plan Draft Amendments
You are invited to share your views on the proposed changes to the Coorong National Park Management Plan 1990.
The Coorong National Park Management Plan states that existing lease holders will be granted life tenure for shacks in the park and once the lease expires, the shacks will be handed back to government and the shacks will be removed.
Other management plans with proposed amendments as part of the Retaining Shacks commitment include:
Innes National Park Management Plan 2003
Little Dip Conservation Park Management Plan 1992
Parks of the Coffin Bay Area Management Plan 2004 (incorporates Kellidie Bay Conservation Park)
The proposed amendments to Park Management Plans relate to 85 shacks in national parks:
62 in the Coorong National Park,
20 in Innes National Park,
2 in Kellidie Bay Conservation Park, and,
1 in Little Dip Conservation Park.
More information on the delivery of the Retaining Shacks commitment can be found on the Department for Environment and Water Retaining Shacks page.
How can your input influence the decision?
Your input will help in the development of the final amendments.
Feedback received will inform the final draft park management plan amendments that will be submitted to the Parks and Wilderness Council for consideration and advice before being submitted to the Minister for Environment and Water for adoption. This is expected to occur in April 2020.
A summary of the feedback and the adopted amendments to the Coorong National Park Management Plan will be publicly available on this and the Department for Environment and Water websites.
National Parks and Protected Area Program, Planning and Policy Officer
E: DEWProtectedAreaManagement@sa.gov.au
Closing date: 5pm Friday 28 February 2020
Closing soon: Coorong National Park Management Plan - Draft Amendments
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Vienna Philharmonic Honorary Membership for Mariss Jansons
Maestro Mariss Jansons has been awarded Honorary Membership in the Vienna Philharmonic. The orchestra's chairman, Daniel Froschauer, presented the award on Tuesday, June 5, during rehearsals for upcoming concerts in the Musikverein. "It has been my honor to conduct this orchestra many times. These encounters always provide me with a feeling of musical happiness and an unforgettable experience. I am very pleased to receive this honorary membership", said Jansons.
The Latvian conductor conducted the Vienna Philharmonic for the first time in April 1992. Since that time, Mariss Jansons has conducted the Vienna Philharmonic on 110 occasions, including three New Year's Concerts in the years 2006, 2012 and 2016.
At his Philharmonic debut in April 1992 at the Konzerthaus, Jansons conducted Bartók's "Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta" and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6. In honor of that occasion, this exact program is being repeated in a series of concerts taking place this week in the Musikverein.
The last time that Jansons stood on the podium of the Vienna Philharmonic was at the Salzburg Festival 2017, when he conducted an opera with the Philharmonic for the first time, Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk". This year, Jansons will conduct the Philharmonic in Tchaikovsky's opera "Pique Dame" as part of the Salzburg Festival program.
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Intelligent Cars. Not-So-Intelligent Drivers.
Some of you may have seen the recent video of a Tesla driver asleep at the wheel going about 75 MPH down the highway. He wasn’t just resting his eyes; he was in hibernation mode. Done for the day. Lights out. You know, that kind of deep sleep where you have no idea where you are when you wake up. This man was utterly unconscious while zipping by mini vans packed with kids, snarling semi-trucks, and road ragers.
Dude is straight snoozing going 75mph on the interstate, letting his @Tesla do the work. □□ pic.twitter.com/RQD2LBSnGh
— SETH BLAKE (@SethWageWar) March 4, 2019
Here’s another one for you.
Last year, California Highway Patrol spotted a guy asleep in his Tesla going 70 MPH down Highway 101 in Palo Alto at 3:30 in the morning. According to WIRED:
"[They] moved behind the car and turned on their siren and lights. When the driver didn't respond, the cops went beyond their standard playbook. Figuring the Tesla might be using Autopilot, they called for backup to slow traffic behind them, then pulled in front of the car and gradually started braking. And so the Tesla slowed down, too, until it was stopped in its lane."
As you would imagine, the driver was under the influence and immediately arrested. Tesla founder Elon Musk responded to a Tweet about how the autopilot feature should behave if the driver is unconscious. It's an ingenious concept with obvious flaws:
Exactly. Default Autopilot behavior, if there’s no driver input, is to slow gradually to a stop & turn on hazard lights. Tesla service then contacts the owner. Looking into what happened here.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 3, 2018
Now I do agree that self-driving cars have wonderful benefits. In general, they can lead to fewer accidents caused by user-error. Fewer accidents mean fewer injuries and deaths. I am all for a safer road, and I do hope the technology gets to that point.
But when you completely disengage - to the point where you feel comfortable checking out for 2 hours - you put yourself and your fellow defensive drivers at serious risk. Tesla has clearly warned its drivers of the responsibility they have behind the wheel, stating that their autopilot feature is "intended for use with a fully attentive driver, who has their hands on the wheel and is prepared to take over at any time." Plain and simple.
But these cars are cool. They’re the future, and we want them to perform like futuristic automobiles. David Zuby, Chief Research Officer at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, elaborates:
"If [car designers] limit functionality to keep drivers engaged, they risk a backlash that the systems are too rudimentary. If the systems seem too capable, then drivers may not give them the attention required to use them safely."
So basically, if the consumer feels like their self-driving car can't do it all, it becomes an underwhelming purchase. On the other hand, if they feel invincible behind those sleek controls, they'll hand over all power and authority….and go to sleep.
Both Tesla and Uber autonomous cars have led to deadly crashes. A Tesla driver was killed last year while driving in autopilot mode. The car sped up and steered into a concrete barrier. According to the Guardian, Tesla "has pointed to its manual which warns that the technology cannot detect all objects,” and again, “drivers should remain attentive." Tesla also noted that "the driver had received multiple warnings to put his hands on the wheel and said he did not intervene during the five seconds before the car hit the divider."
So it seems like for the most part, the car isn’t the issue. They are intelligent, meticulously programmed to mimic the human brain when it comes to making decisions on the road. We are still the problem. Just because our cars are more intelligent doesn’t mean we should act less intelligent.
When you are inside of a two-ton metal object traveling 80 MPH on the same concrete slab as hundreds of other two-ton metal objects, it is common sense to stay alert at all times.
As a fellow driver and as someone who helps auto accident victims every day, let’s do better behind the wheel. No texting. No multi-tasking. No eating three-course meals. No dozing off.
I think we can manage that.
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German Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier on Wednesday defended a governmental plan which envisages a mandatory minimum distance between wind power plants and villages of 1,000 meters in Germany.
Altmaier said the main problem is that there would not be enough approved locations for wind power plants, adding that approval procedures would often take years.
In a letter dated Tuesday, numerous German industrial and wind power associations urged the minister to cancel the planned distance requirements for wind power plants.
“It is inexplicable to us that a regulation on nationwide minimum distances should be maintained, although it is clear that the target of 65 percent renewable energies in 2030 cannot be met with this,” the letter signed by large German industrial associations such as the Federation of German Industries or the German Association of Energy and Water Industries read.
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It now takes private landlords across the UK more than five months on average from making a claim to the courts for a property to be repossessed to it actually happening, with the problem most acute in London, new figures show.
The data reveals that the average length of time from a claim from a landlord in London to a court issuing an order for a property to be repossessed for legitimate reasons is currently 30 weeks, up from 23 weeks a year earlier.
Landlords in London have the longest wait in the country followed in second place by those in the North East who have to wait an average of 23.5 weeks.
The findings suggest that a major problem contributing to the backlog is the fact that the courts are unable to cope when landlords look to repossess properties for legitimate reasons.
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is warning that without major reform and greater funding for the courts the time taken to process cases will only get worse as Ministers prepare to end Section 21 repossessions.
The RLA is calling on the government to establish a dedicated housing court with a view to improving and speeding up access to justice for landlords and tenants in the minority of cases where something goes wrong.
John Stewart, policy manager for the RLA, commented: “If landlords feel that they might have to wait forever to regain possession of their property where they have good reason, such as tenants committing anti-social behaviour or failing to pay their rent, increasing numbers are going to feel it is not worth the risk of letting the property out in the first place.
“This will just add to the already growing shortage of investment in rented housing which is badly needed to meet a rising demand.
“The RLA was delighted when the government consulted on its proposal for a housing court a year ago but nothing has happened since. It needs to get on and get it set up for the benefit of landlords and tenants alike.”
Rents look set to rise over the next 12 months as the supply of new rental properties dries up, according to the latest survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
It said small scale landlords are pulling out of the market due to recent tax and legislative changes which have made buy-to-let investments less profitable.
Landlord instructions remain in decline, with this indicator having been stuck in negative territory since 2016.
Going forward, rents are expected to increase as a consequence of the imbalance between rising demand and falling supply.
In the sales market, activity levels are benefiting from greater political certainty following the outcome of last month’s general election.
There has been a notable increase in residential property sales and this trend is likely to continue for the foreseeable future.
The December 2019 RICS Residential Market Survey shows that sales expectations have increased significantly, with a number of other key activity metrics turning positive for the first time in several months.
Sales expectations for the next 12 months have increased to a net balance of +66%, up from +35% in November, following a sharp rise in enquiries from potential buyers.
This change in activity levels is expected to lead to property price growth in the near and longer-term due to continued imbalance in supply.
In December, 17% more survey respondents saw a rise rather than fall in enquiries from new buyers, up from -5% in November, at the headline level across the UK.
Regionally, the majority of areas saw growth in interest from new buyers, with respondents in Wales and the North East in particular reporting solid growth.
Enquiries also rose in London and the South East, marking a noticeable turnaround from the negative results in November.
Aside from a rise in enquiries from buyers, the number of agreed sales edged up at the national level to +9% net balance. This is the first time since May 2019 that the number of agreed sales has shown a positive result.
Agreed sales in London and East Anglia delivered amongst the strongest improvement in sentiment, with net balances of +22% and +23% respectively, while sales reportedly weakened in Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Sales expectations for the next three months are also positive, for the third month running, with +31% of respondents anticipating transactions will increase.
This sentiment is mirrored for sales prospects over the 12 twelve months, which have seen an even greater improvement.
A net balance of +66% of survey participants forecast that sales will rise in the year ahead, up from +35% previously. The strongest net balances were returned in Wales and the South West, although all regions are showing strong improvement.
Simon Rubinsohn, RICS chief economist, commented: “The signals from the latest RICS survey provides further evidence that the housing market is seeing some benefit from the greater clarity provided by the decisive election outcome.
“Whether the improvement in sentiment can be sustained remains to be seen given that there is so much work to be done over the course of this year in determining the nature of the eventual Brexit deal.
“However, the sales expectations indicators clearly point to the prospect of more upbeat trend in transactions emerging with potential purchasers being more comfortable in following through on initial enquiries.”
While new instructions picked up at the national level, a net balance of +9% of contributors reported an increase, outside London and the South East, new sales instructions were more or less flat rather than picking up to any degree.
With regards to house prices, the survey’s headline net balance came in at -2%, compared to -11% previously, signalling a broadly flat national trend for the time being.
Going forward, however, near term price expectations were revised higher in all parts of the UK. This indicates a large shift across previously weakening areas, such as London and the South East.
Back at the national level, a net balance of +61% of survey participants see prices increasing at the twelve month horizon (a rise from +33% last time). What’s more, the outlook for house price inflation was adjusted higher right across the UK.
Rubinsohn added: “The ongoing lack of stock on the market remains a potential drag on a meaningful uplift in activity although the very modest increase in new instructions in December is an early hopeful sign.
“Given that affordability remains a key issue in many parts of the country, the shift in the mood-music on prices is a concern with even London expectations pointing to a reversal of course both over the coming months and looking further out.
“This highlights the critical importance of the government addressing the challenge around housing supply particularly with the gradual phasing out of the Help to Buy incentive.”
The government plans to introduce mandatory electrical installation inspecting for all rented homes.
Detailed regulations for enforcing compulsory five-year electrical safety checks in the private rented sector from July this year have been put forward and are now subject to parliamentary approval.
The draft regulations propose that, from 1 July 2020, all new private tenancies in England will need to ensure that electrical installations are inspected and tested by a qualified person prior to the start of a new tenancy.
The landlord will then be required to ensure that the installation is inspected and tested at least every five years, and more regularly if the most recent safety report requires it.
For existing tenancies, an electrical safety test will need to be carried out by 1 April 2021, with regular tests in accordance with the new regulations, which will apply to all properties across the PRS.
A breach of the regulations could see landlords fined up to £30,000.
David Cox, chief executive, ARLA Propertymark, commented: “We are supportive of this concept and believe it will create a level playing field for all agents and landlords as well as ensuring improved safety standards for tenants.
“Mandating electrical testing should have a limited impact on good professional landlords and agents in the market, many of whom already voluntarily undertake these inspections.
“We did raise concerns about the number of engineers available to undertake these reports by the April 2021 deadline but have received assurances from MHCLG about capacity in the supply chain.”
What have been the top performing property types of the past decade?
Fresh research from Proportunity reveals how different property types performed over the past decade, based on price growth.
The data, collected across England and Wales, shows that terraced houses have been the best performing housing type in the past 10 years, with terraced homes in London enjoying the highest house price growth during that time.
The company, which provides Help to Buy-style equity loans, analysed the changing price per square metre of all properties sold in England and Wales since 2010, and found that the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for each property type by region, and also at an England and Wales-wide level.
Despite recent stagnation, Greater London was home to the highest performing property types in all but one category over the past decade. The capital’s flats, terraced and semi-detached houses all outperformed their counterparts in other regions, with growth of 4.93%, 5.07%, and 4.33% respectively.
But owners of detached houses in the East of England saw only a marginally higher growth: 3.07% compared to 3.06% in London.
Across all of England and Wales, the top performing property type was terraced houses, with an average growth of 3.05%. Semi-detached houses had growth of 2.9% on average, with flats seeing growth of 2.35%. The slowest growing property type was detached houses, with annual growth rates of 2.33% since 2010.
Flats in the North East performed the worst of any regional property type, with an average decrease in price of 0.5%. Flats in Yorkshire and The Humber, and the North West also lost value over the decade, with 0.12% and 0.04% decreases annually respectively.
Vadim Toader, founder and CEO of Proportunity, said: “The 2010s were marked by the after-effects of the financial crisis, and then by Brexit uncertainty.
“Despite these headwinds, we have largely seen growth across the board but the clear winner is terraced housing, or more specifically, terraced homes in London, with buyers likely attracted to their historic characteristics and charm, as well as their limited supply, compared to new builds. Yet, despite their popularity, they are out of reach for many first time buyers in the capital, with Help to Buy restricted to new-builds only, which are typically flats or semi-detached or detached houses.”
Compound Annual Growth
Region Name flat cagr 2010-2019 terr cagr 2010-2019 semi cagr 2010-2019 detached cagr 2010-2019
East Midlands 0.74% 1.78% 2.11% 2.25%
East of England 2.62% 3.47% 3.59% 3.07%
London 4.93% 5.07% 4.33% 3.06%
North East -0.50% 0.08% 0.47% 0.67%
North West -0.04% 1.07% 1.43% 1.21%
South East 2.49% 3.40% 3.41% 2.84%
South West 1.34% 2.19% 2.35% 2.18%
Wales 0.50% 0.90% 1.01% 1.20%
West Midlands 0.65% 1.52% 1.96% 1.91%
Yorkshire and The Humber -0.12% 0.91% 1.30% 1.32%
England and Wales 2.35% 3.05% 2.90% 2.33%
Price per square metre (£)
Region Name flat ppsqm 2010 flat ppsqm 2019 terr ppsqm 2010 terr ppsqm 2019 semi ppsqm 2010 semi ppsqm 2019 detached ppsqm 2010 detached ppsqm 2019
East Midlands 1762.7 1883.2 1561.8 1830.5 1692.1 2041 1918.9 2344.7
East of England 2563.4 3234.3 2423 3294 2474.8 3398.9 2703.6 3550.2
London 4085 6301.6 4215.8 6577.2 4289 6282.5 4745.2 6222
North East 1459.5 1394.9 1283.5 1292.4 1545.6 1612 1885.4 2002.4
North West 1753.8 1747.4 1438.8 1583.4 1708.7 1941.3 2036.3 2269.4
South East 2806 3502 2717.1 3671.6 2778.8 3758.9 3081.6 3966.2
South West 2388.2 2691.4 2221.6 2700.5 2275.2 2803.9 2531.6 3073.2
Wales 1645.5 1720.7 1414.9 1534.1 1593.2 1743.5 1841 2049.8
West Midlands 1836 1946.8 1694.9 1941.9 1816.2 2162.6 2109.8 2502.1
Yorkshire and The Humber 1791.2 1772.2 1496.3 1623.3 1691.7 1899.9 1966.6 2212.7
England and Wales 2417.1 2978.6 2225.2 2915.7 2347.2 3037 2600.9 3200.3
Top tips for new student landlords
Student property remains one of the most lucrative investments available to landlords, with sky-high double-digit yields currently on offer in many parts of the country.
With students heading back to university over the next few weeks, demand for student housing is currently high thanks to the growth of international students coming to study in the UK, and rise in UK nationals signing up for higher and further education. It is therefore unsurprising that investing in student property is on the rise – up 17% according to Savills.
But being a landlord is not easy and there are many issues faced, therefore bill-splitting service Glide had created a guide on how to deal with various tenant issues in the best way possible.
Although student tenants have a reputation for house parties and late night drinking, that stereotype is perhaps a little outdated.
With the rising cost of student loans and students themselves becoming more money conscious than other generations, ensuring that their deposit is returned to them at the end of term likely a key priority for the majority.
However, as with renting to anyone, wear and tear is to be expected, especially for larger multi-occupancy properties, while any issue with the structure or exterior of the property you are renting out is your responsibility to maintain. Issues relating to flooring, walls and any sanitaryware, such as toilets, sinks or baths, must also be resolved by you if they break.
But items brought into the property by the tenant are their responsibility to maintain. It’s not the landlord’s responsibility to pay for the repairs on items like TVs which were provided by the occupant.
It is important to remember to take an inventory of the property before tenants begin their occupancy, in order to enable you to tell the difference between repairs which naturally develop and issues that are caused by tenant neglect. Photos of the premises are useful to have in case of dispute.
As a landlord, you are responsible for ensuring that all gas and electric appliances are safe in the property, and a gas safety check is required every year. It is also your duty to install smoke alarms on every floor of the building – and carbon monoxide alarms in every room where a fuel burning appliance is situated.
But while it is down to the landlord to ensure the safety of these features, if appliances provided by the tenant break, or light bulbs need replacing, that’s down to the tenant to replace themselves. It is important to clarify these terms in the lease agreement to avoid any disagreements.
Making sure the boiler works and is regularly serviced to maintain the constant and safe supply of hot water for an occupant is also a non-negotiable. Should a boiler break, or if any leaks in the water supply occur, it is the landlord’s responsibility to get these fixed as soon as possible. It is also worth checking with your tenants how long the property will be empty during the Christmas break – if the boiler is switched off for extended periods during a particularly cold spell, there is a risk that the pipes will freeze, which could lead to central heating issues when tenants return in January.
General upkeep
A landlord must keep the general state of the property to a level which is deemed to be fit for habitation. This essentially means they must be kept clean, tidy and without any health and safety hazards for when the tenant moves in.
From there, it is the occupant who is responsible for the upkeep of the home, including features such as the gardens. However, issues like mould, damp and pests – such as rats – must be resolved by the landlord if they result from general wear and tear.
As the owner, you are entitled to inspect the property as many times as you like, but tenants must be given at least 24 hours written notice advising of your intentions to enter the premises.
Bills and payments
The collection of rent payment is a concern, especially for student tenants, who may not be used to the responsibility of regular payments and arranging bills. However, the stigma around students being irresponsible with money is outdated and not reflective of the current generation.
CPS Homes of Cardiff said that “Students make for reliable, almost guaranteed tenants each year due to the academic cycle. You know that if the current tenants are planning to leave at the end of their tenancy a new group is just around the corner, ready and waiting to move in at the start of the next academic year.
“And contrary to the beliefs of many, they are usually very prompt payers of rent because they’re in receipt of a student loan that they receive termly.
“Having confirmation of this student loan is far stronger than an employment reference because people are far more likely to quit or lose their job than drop out of University.
“If they ever do get into trouble with their rent payments, a parent or guardian will have usually agreed to act as a financial guarantor at the start of the tenancy. This means a landlord can approach said person and demand full payment of the balance owed.”
If you are the landlord of a shared property, it is not up to you to organise the payment of rent and utility bills.
This is the responsibility of the occupants, as the money is ultimately to be paid to you, while any disputes should be settled between tenants.
However, encouraging your tenants to sign up to a bill splitting service takes the headache out of arranging bill payments – each tenant receives a bill for their share of the utilities, meaning no-one is stuck chasing for payments and all potential arguments are negated.
Landlords of the draughtiest homes in England and Wales will be required to upgrade their properties ahead of new rules requiring the installation of energy efficiency measures.
Since April 2018, new rules have been in place across England and Wales, setting out minimum energy efficiency standards (MEES).
These regulations made it unlawful for landlords to grant a new lease for properties that have an energy performance certificate (EPC) rating below E, from 1 April 2018, unless the property is registered as an exemption.
While April 2018 heralded an initial change in the rules regarding energy efficiency standards, the bigger picture will see regulations that affect all rental properties, irrespective of the length of tenancy, in April 2020, when it will become unlawful to rent any property that has an existing or continuing tenancy that fails to meet the minimum required energy rating.
What’s more, the government is considering raising this target in another couple of years, at which point ‘D’ is expected to be the minimum EPC rating, so it is worth getting your properties up to scratch now to prevent even more work later.
To help landlords understand the rule changes, Fladgate, a City law firm, has shared some information below to allow them to understand what precautionary measures they should take and the consequences of not complying with MEES.
Do I benefit from an exemption?
If your property is caught by the EPC regime, you must comply with the MEES Regulations, unless you can rely on one of a few exemptions available to landlords, including but not limited to:
1. Exemption due to devaluation – a temporary exemption of 5 years will apply if a landlord can demonstrate that the installation of energy efficiency measures would reduce the market value of the property by more than 5%;
2. Exemption for new landlords – if a person becomes a landlord recently or suddenly in specified circumstances under the MEES Regulations, a temporary exemption of six months will apply; and/or
3. Third party consent – if a landlord cannot obtain necessary third party consents to improve the EPC rating of the property (including but not limited to lender consent, superior landlord consent and/or tenant consent), then a landlord may let a “sub-standard” property.
A landlord wishing to rely upon an exemption must register an exemption on the online Private Rented Sector Exemptions Register. Local authorities give and keep these fines and so are incentivised to enforce the legislation.
What if I don’t comply with the MEES Regulations?
If a landlord fails to comply with the MEES Regulations, there are financial penalties, which vary depending upon the length of the breach.
A landlord renting out a “non-compliant” property (less than three months in breach) may be fined up to either £5,000 or 10% of a rateable value up to a maximum of £50,000, whichever is greater.
A landlord renting out a “non-compliant” property (three months or more in breach) may be fined up to either £10,000 or 20% of the rateable value up to a maximum of £150,000, whichever is greater.
There is also a fine of up to £5,000 for providing false or misleading information, or failing to comply with a compliance notice.
The tightening of the MEES Regulations imposes further onerous obligations on landlords operating within the private rented sector.
If you have a property with an EPC rating of F or G then unless one of the exemptions referred to above applies, you should begin preparing now for the extension of the regulations to existing tenancies to take effect on 1st April 2020.
As the deadline fast approaches, landlords would be well advised to consider the following, in order to protect their assets:
1. Review your property or property portfolios to identify whether or not properties are compliant;
2. Consider the cost and extent of any works required;
3. Consider access to the properties (lease terms permitting) to carry out works required to bring the properties up to the minimum ‘E’ rating; and
4. Consider whether any exemptions may be relied upon.
Failure to do so will impact upon landlords’ abilities to market and deal with their properties.
There is speculation that MEES will rise again in 2022, making ‘C’ or ‘D’ the new minimum requirement. When considering any works to upgrade a property to comply with the MEES Regulations for April 2020, landlords should also bear in bind the potential future impact of the regulations.
TSB adds new range of buy-to-let products
TSB has introduced a new range of buy-to-let mortgages.
Available at up to 60% loan-to-value (LTV) there is a two-year fixed rate deal at 1.69%, along with a 75% LTV product at 1.94%.
In addition, there are two buy-to-let five-year fixed rates, starting from 1.99% up to 60% LTV and a 2.24% up to 75% LTV.
All of the products come with a £995 arrangement fee.
The Guild supports clampdown on rogue landlords
The government’s decision to invest an additional £4m in funding for local councils to tackle criminal landlords and letting agents has been warmly welcomed by The Guild of Property Professionals.
The housing secretary, Robert Jenrick, announced on Friday that he has pledged new funding to be used to clamp down on rogue landlords, with the money set to be shared between more than 100 councils across England
He commented: “Councils already have strong powers to force landlords to make necessary improvements to a property through the use of a range of measures, including civil penalties and banning orders for the worst offenders.
“The grants will support a range of projects to enable councils to make the best use of these powers. This will include trialling innovative ideas, sharing best practice and targeted enforcement where we know landlords shirk their responsibilities.”
There are more than 4.5 million households in the private rented sector in England, with recent statistics showing that 82% of private renters are satisfied with their accommodation, which although impressive, does suggest that there is room for improvement
The Guild’s inhouse Compliance Officer, Paul Offley, said: “We fully support this initiative as it will ensure that rogue landlords and letting agents are punished for breaking the law and it will also ensure that more tenants are treated fairly.
“With the funding providing councils with a means to crack down on illegal activity in the lettings market, tenants will have more protection and the standards of the rental sector will be raised.”
“An environment where exploitative landlords are stamped out will enable good landlords and letting agents to thrive,” he added.
But the government funding to root out criminal landlords has been described by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) as inadequate to tackle the scale of the problem.
David Smith, policy director for the RLA, said: “We welcome the government’s focus on rooting out criminal landlords. For too long the debate has been driven by ideological calls for more regulation of the sector. What is needed is better enforcement of the powers already available to tackle the minority who bring the sector into disrepute.
“The funding though is nowhere near enough. Instead of offering inadequate and sporadic pots of money, it is critical that the government provides proper, multi-year funding to enable councils to plan and prepare workable strategies to find the criminal landlords. This should be supported by councils having the political will to prioritise enforcement against the crooks rather than tying good landlords up in licensing schemes which do nothing to protect tenants.”
A fall in available rental stock would see ‘increased competition and higher rents’
Greater confidence and more certainty in the housing market following last month’s Tory election victory looks set to boost the housing market and unleash pent-up buyer demand from property buyers, including buy-to-let investors, in the early part of 2020, analysts predict.
But Anton Frost, a partner at Carter Jonas letting agents, believes that continued political uncertainties, in particular, the deadline for Brexit rade talks at the end of the year, will keep a lid on activity levels in the housing market, including the buy-to-let sector.
He said: “2020 may begin with a new government but the familiar uncertainty over our departure from the EU will remain, and there is no doubt that this year will see the lettings market continuing to navigate through what has been a turbulent period.”
Frost, like many letting specialist, is concerned that tax and regulatory changes will dampen landlords’ appetites to invest and expand their property portfolios, with many consolidating their assets, or opting to flee the sector altogether.
The recent fall in the number of rental properties available to rent has restricted supply and left many tenants with less choice and prospect of paying higher rents.
Frost commented: “Policy changes and financial pressures on landlords has left many concerned that their investments are no longer viable. We’ve already seen the tenant fee ban and continuation of tax relief changes deter investors from the market in 2019, and this may well continue into 2020.
“With less stock comes increased competition and higher rents, and without legislative changes that can stabilise the landlord market, the tenant struggle for the right home at an affordable price may go unchanged.
“That said, no matter what picture the political landscape paints, people need to move and there has and always be a healthy level of activity in the rental market. Yield potential and tenant affordability are problems that remain paramount, but the market will always be transactional.
“Landlords are dubious about what 2020 holds, but clarity over if, how and when Britain leaves the EU should see an overall sense of stability return to the market, which can only be a positive thing.”
Under-resourced county courts are struggling to cope with the number of possession claims being put forward, ‘causing misery for landlords’
There are tentative signs that landlords are beginning to return to the buy-to-let market, particularly in London where house price falls and steady rental growth are gradually enticing investors back, according to Knight Frank.
The company reports that during the first 11 months of 2019, landlords acquired 11% of homes sold in Great Britain, the same level as 2018. But in November alone, the proportion of homes bought by investors increased to 12%.
London recorded a bigger rise in landlord purchases. Landlords purchased 13% of homes sold in the capital during the first 11 months of 2019, up from 11% during the same period of 2018. This was the first rise since 2015 but is in part due to fewer owner-occupiers transacting in the market. But will this trend continue?
The latest UK Finance mortgage data published this week suggests that property purchase and remortgage approvals in November held up relatively well given that the country was in full general election mode.
Andrew Montlake, managing director of the UK-wide mortgage broker, Coreco, said: “For a lot of British households, November was a classic case of better the devil you know.
“They chose to get their houses in order and secure a mortgage before a potentially disruptive election result.
“In the week following the general election result we saw a slight uplift in enquiries but the buyer spirit was largely trumped by the Christmas spirit.
“January will be the real test of consumer sentiment as we approach our departure from the EU.
“There is still much uncertainty as to the intricacies of how we leave the EU, but people at least now know it’s coming and that creates confidence.”
The latest UK Finance mortgage data shows that there were 6,600 new buy-to-let home purchase mortgages completed in October 2019, 1.5% fewer than the same period 12 months earlier.
The figures also reveal that there were 16,200 remortgages in the buy-to-let sector in October, 2.4% fewer than the same month in 2018.
Montlake added: “While we are expecting an uplift in transactions and remortgages, it would be premature to assume that 2020 will be a boom year for the property and mortgage markets.
“As negotiations with Brussels unfold there is still the potential for volatility.”
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Political parties of Kazakhstan: problems of development or “marking time”?
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Even the «Nur Otan» is not in power but «near» the power.
Have we any chance to have a real independent political party in Kazakhstan? The question is by no means rhetoric. Twice in 1996 and 2002 the legislation on political parties was changed. The number of parties on plan of initiators of these legislative changes should have been reduced. The number of parties reduced, but after a short time reached again the number of 10 parties. But the quantity hasn't transformed into quality. The role of civilized mediator between the Government and society is not up to any political party of Kazakhstan not in the past, not in the future. If the past mistakes aren't taking into account, the political parties wouldn't have in the nearest future any perspective to become this mediator.
The achievement of political Power is one of the essential goals of the political party. The Power in this case is like the challenge cup in the championship. You are enjoying public confidence? Then, please, form the Government on the base of parliamentary majority. You haven't this majority? Then you should form the coalition with other parties or go to the country, trying to earn the public confidence. So many things in the world depend on the confidence. Even the cause of the global economic crisis was the crisis of confidence between the bancs, between the creditors and borrowers.
But there is one objection: even some manuals in political science treat indirectly political parties with distrust. In some domestic manuals in political science we can see the thesis of «attainment of political power». But the conqueror doesn't return what he had conquered. This thesis is only admissible for V.Lenin and I.Stalin. This thesis has survived them. It is already in 1996 the political scientist Meirjan Mashanov concluded that political parties in Kazakhstan operate like the «pressure groups» and not like the real political parties. The «Pressure group» doesn't have the achievement of political power as the goal. In our political system its goal is to promote some initiative: reduction of tax rates, increase of budget expenses for some social sector and so on.
So the problem of the domestic parties' development is easy formulated: would the political parties change their tactic of «pressure groups» on the implementation of essential party's functions or not? First of all it is the function of political power achievement and not of «attainment of political power». The today's answer is «no». Even the «Nur Otan» is not in power but «near» the power.
From 1990-s we can see that there is the «marking time» instead of real development of the parties. First of all the dilemma «to be under the protection of the authorities or to be independent» was resolved in the second variant but outwardly this «marking time» wasn't very evident. The members of informal social groups of 1980-s in 1990-s created first political organizations: Social democratic party of Kazakhstan, the Movement «Azat», «Jeltoksan». But they were deprived of the care of the authorities. Under the patronage of the authorities and President Nursultan Nazarbayev personally after the august putsch were created two parties: Socialist party of Kazakhstan and Popular Congress of Kazakhstan.
Secondly, the development of the political parties should have had the logical end in the formation of two-party or multi-party system. But all these projects remained on paper and deserve attention only of historians and political scientists. The Power patronage had the other side, which was unknown to the new «party creators». The question is that the consequence of the presidential power becomes apparent in the appearance of disaffected people even in pro-presidential country. The history of democrats and republicans in United States of America, of politicians and parties in Latin America is the evident confirmation of this thesis. It is no mere chance that the Social party of Kazakhstan and Popular Congress of Kazakhstan created under the patronage of the authorities turned into opposition. In the countries with the parliamentary power it is just on the contrary: even if the opposition parties have considerable difficulties of the tactic character, the deputies of the dominant party in key insight would vote for the policy of the Government. The solidarity of the opposition forces the deputies of the dominant party to unite. There is another situation in Kazakhstan: the Social party of Kazakhstan and Popular Congress of Kazakhstan turned into opposition.
The authorities have found a new support in the Party of the people's unity of Kazakhstan. This party refrained from the turn into opposition. In 1995 a similar Democratic party of Kazakhstan appeared. In 1995 the former opposition, which has its representatives in composition of the Supreme Soviet of the thirteenth convocation, didn't actively participate in the Parliament elections. The Socialist party didn't nominate any candidates, and it was the beginning of its disappearance in the next few years. The Democratic party of Kazakhstan didn't later show its activity till its closure in March 1999.
The conflict between the strong presidential power and the necessity to have a party system was resolved by the President's approaching to the activity of the dominant party. In March 1999 the place of inactive Party of the people's unity of Kazakhstan was occupied with the party formed on the basis of the Republican staff, which was promoting the candidature of Nursultan Nazarbaev to the President post. Party of the people's unity of Kazakhstan, Democratic Party of Kazakhstan and the Liberal Movement formed the new dominant party «Nur Otan» (former «Otan»). But only after the changes in Constitution in May 2007 the party's activity from elections to elections was ended. The holding of governmental service with the party activity was allowed. As a rule Akims are at the head of regional and local branches of the party and the ministers are interested in obtaining the party cards. The logic of this move is clear: if the strong presidential power puts obstacles in the way of the formation of the strong loyal and opposition parties, it could also favour the formation of the strong loyal party under the direct control of the President.
The loyal parties began to play the role of the «Pressure groups». The Democratic party of Kazakhstan was created by high-ranking officials. But neither Tajin, nor Shaykenov, nor Sarsenbaev, the initiators of the Democratic Party's creation had the interest to create a real concurrent to the Party of the people's unity of Kazakhstan. More effective as the «Pressure groups» were the Civil party of Kazakhstan and the Agrarian party of Kazakhstan. Business wished to have a «party umbrella» over its head: the first were the Mashkevich's group and big agrarians (initiators of the Agrarian party). In 1999 other business groups were far from the autonomous participation in politic.
The situation changed in 2001. The domestic business was getting stronger and wished more power. That was the cause of creation at the end of 2001of a new Movement — «Democratic choice of Kazakhstan». The split of the Movement led to the formation of the new party — «Ak Jol». At the moment it became obvious that a radical restriction of the Parliament's power in 1995 delivered high-ranking officials from the Parliament's control. But this restriction was the cause of a new problem. The phenomenon of Rakhat Aliev was predictable. There was no power to control him: the Parliament' power is limited, the officials can't be against the all-powerful President's relation, and courts are under control of the same executive power.
The subjective factor of Rakhat Aliev has accelerated the process of politicization of disaffected businessmen. On the other hand the authorities have learned to operate delicately. The party-list elections of 10 deputies of Mazhilis, introduced in 1999, were the cause of the opposition's split. The creation of the opposition Republic popular party in 1998 with A.Kajegeldin at its head, of the National patriotic Movement «Azat» at the beginning of 1990-s on base of the part of the same name Movement, of the National party «Alash» and of the party «Azamat», was the manifestation of this opposition fragmentation.
The aspiration to be the second party brought to the concurrence for the votes of opposition part of electorate between Republic popular party, Communist party and party «Azamat». Next to them were the party outsiders: Renaissance party of Kazakhstan (Rukhaniyat) and non-existent party National party «Alash». In the present time in this concurrence take part also party «Auil», Rukhaniyat, Patriots party and Communist popular party of Kazakhstan, which broke off from Communist party.
The power patronage could be seen right in this split. The ordinary causes of the opposition split are the difficulties between the party leaders and the «hand» of the power. These causes are grounded but the attention to the inner causes is also necessary. The Kazakh parties are built on very strange principle: the head of the party (the leader or the co-chairmen) matters more than all other party structures. In other words it is not the head which rests upon the whole «party body», but all this party structure is an adjunct to this head. If the head is «switched off», the party activity is also ended. There are many ways of such «turning off»: transfer of the leader to the governmental post, change of his political views, loss of interest to the party activity and so on. One of the consequences of this one-man concentration is the leader's irremovability. This one-man concentration is fatal for the opposition parties and weakens the dominant party.
The last initiative was to unite the opposition parties. The Organizing Committee, created 11 April 2009 represents the new attempt of this consolidation. But the last experience shows the lack of any prospect to this project. Would these lessons be taken into account? Forum of democratic powers, the Movement «For the fair Kazakhstan», different blocks appeared in the period before or after the elections. Then they departed from life. If there were no real creative to propose something new to revive the activity of former parties, then it is necessary to present some new vision of the problem. The interest of other persons of the party, who are near the leader, should be also taken into account. It is also necessary to remember that the «one-man concentration» could play a bad joke with all unifying processes.
Four opposition parties — Communist party of Kazakhstan, Democratic Party «Azat» (created on base of former «Nagiz Ak Jol»), All-National Social-Democratic Party of Kazakhstan and party «Alga», which is not registered, differ in ideological guidelines. Communist party of Kazakhstan remains a Marxist organization; All-National Social-Democratic Party of Kazakhstan tries to assimilate social-democratic ideology. Democratic Party «Azat» holds the liberal point of economic liberties plus uses some populism of ethnic character. Party «Alga» has demonstrated the largest political non-conformism without any pronounced ideological bindings. All these ideologies were taken from the past (as in the case with the Communist party) or were the substitutes of the real doctrines. Then the attempt to create a party could have no success because of the ideology. The effectiveness of the consolidation in this case is really poor.
Has any party of Kazakhstan something understandable and in the same time incentive to propose to the citizen of Kazakhstan? Political strategist could write a good program, but he couldn't substitute the head and the heart of the political leader. The presidential elections in 2005 showed that the inattention to the needs of electorate could have as the result the loss of votes of opposition electorate. The opposite candidature J.Tuyakbay in the course of the televised debates hadn't said anything in Russian. It isn't the mistake of the past because the All-National Social-Democratic Party of Kazakhstan and Democratic Party «Azat» show their interest to the consolidation of their influence among the dominant ethnos of the country. As the result the interethnic harmony is the strong point of the president's and «Nur Otan» politics. Stability and interethnic harmony in present conditions are the end in themselves. More correct and more effective would be the expanded statement of a question — stability and interethnic harmony as the conditions of the real goal — economic, political and culture development.
But these leaders are far from the nation... and are very close to their colleagues from power! As the result we have very bad knowledge to resist different political intrigues and many facts of opposition parties' splits. The uniting initiative has more questions than answers. The multi-party system is real then there are at least two strong political parties. The problem is how to learn to refrain from repetition of past mistakes and not to make the new mistakes.
From the beginning of 1990-s the Kazakh political parties have some clear main features: they were playing the role of «Pressure groups», one-man concentration and big importance of theirs leaders, the absence of the base system — (expression of interests of large social sections). The other characteristics are the instability of party's influence and their short life. These two characteristics are the consequence of the strong role of governmental power. Even for the loyal parties as for example for the Party of the people's unity of Kazakhstan the proximity to the authorities is a big problem to its full-fledged development. So the national political system is characterized by the «marking time» process. The problem of development of political parties, which should become real mediators between society and Government, is not as before resolved.
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MARTIN B. CARRIGAN was born in Pennsylvania in July of 1872, on of the 13 children of John and Ann Carrigan. His family came to Camden in 1888, first living at 420 Taylor Avenue. By 1890 the Carrigans were at 441 Washington Street. Martin Carrigan had gone to work by then, as an electrician. Martin Carrigan and his widowed mother were still at 441 Washington Street through the summer of 1900.
In Martin Carrigan's time there was no such thing as Civil Service, all appointments were at the discretion of the party in power. A staunch Republican, he was rewarded on December 3, 1904 with an appointment to the Camden Fire Department.
In 1906 Martin Carrigan was living at 439 South 5th Street in South Camden. Other members of his family resided at 610 Henry Street. He married shortly after the 1906 City Directory was compiled. At the time of the 1910 Census, Martin and Anna Carrigan and step-son Walter E. Hall, then 13, lived at at 610 Henry Street.
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William Robinson - Richard Sauer - John Watson - Albert Glanders - Ladder Company 1
Charles Menke - Edward S. Gahan - Engine Company 7 - Engine Company 2
This 1912 Robinson Combination Chemical and Hose Wagon was assigned to Engine Company 2. It was one of two purchased as the first motorized apparatus in the Department. Pictured in this 1913 photograph are (l to r): Fireman John Lennox, Wagon Chauffer Harry Hankins, Firemen William Elberson, Joseph Ernst, Martin Carrigan, and Captain George Wade. Accompanying them are members of the engine crew: Stoker Arthur Wingate, Driver Joseph Johnson and Engineer John Augusts "Gus" Dold.
Aide Fireman Martin Carrigan with Chief of Department John A. Stockton in 1913 Cadillac at Fire Headquarters, Fifth and Arch Streets.
John A. Stockton
George B. Wade
Newton Ash
James Orrington Burris
William Laird
Joseph T. Johnson
William B. McCauley
William Elberson
William Cason
Harry Hankins
Conn L. Mack (Dan McConnell)
Joseph Johnson - James White
Charles Worthington - John A. Stockton
George B. Wade - William McCauley
William Laird - William Elberson
Harry Hankins - Charles Cook
Newton Ash - James Miller
Joseph Allen - Martin Carrigan
William R. Cason - Conn L. Mack
Philadelphia Inquirer - September 13, 1914
Deputy Chief of Department William Patterson with Aide Fireman Martin Carrigan
in 1914 Buick.
Camden Daily Courier
Robert Brice
Daniel Grimes
William W. Patterson
Peter B. Carter
Joseph Logue
Ephraim T. Hires
Harvey Watts
Arthur Wingate
Josiah Sage
Abraham Kern
Charles Watkin
Frank Sheridan
Camden Courier-Post * January 18, 1922
POLICE TO PROBE $200,000 KAIGHN AVE. FIRE
FIRE CAPTAIN MAY DIE, FOUR OTHERS INJURED; DAMAGE IS $200,000
Economy Store and Other Buildings Near Broadway Swept by Flames Early This Morning- Falling Debris Carries Men Through Roof And Into Cellar- Sleeping Inmates of Apartments Roused and Invalid Carried to Safety- Mayor Sees Rescues
Mayor Ellis has ordered an investigation to determine the cause of the $2000,000 fire which swept the properties at 427 and 429 Kaighn Avenue and caused injury to five firemen, one of whom may be fatally hurt.
The fire centered about the property occupied by the Economy Store, formerly Handle’s, and quickly spread to four adjoining buildings.
The fireman whose recovery is despaired of is Captain Martin B. Carrigan, of Engine Company No. 2, Fifth and Arch Streets. Carrigan, who lives at 618 West Street, is suffering from a fractured skull and severe burns and cuts of the face, legs, and body. He is unconscious at Cooper Hospital.
The firemen were injured when a wall, weakened by the intense heat, crumbled and crashed through a roof upon which they were standing, dragging them through the floor below, and into a cellar. Sensational rescues followed as police, firemen, and citizens with bare hands tore at the hot debris. The men were quickly extricated and carried to the street.
“We certainly shall investigate this fire,” the Mayor declared today. “Just what was the cause and who is to blame has not been determined but there will be a thorough investigation.”
“There have been too many of these fires during the past few weeks” continued the mayor. “Surely all of them did not just happen and I am sure there has been someone responsible in one or two of the fires.”
The conflagration was one of the most spectacular of a series of large fires that have visited the city in the past six weeks. The block in which it occurred- Kaighn Avenue between Broadway and Fourth Street is one of the most prominent business squares in Camden.
Flames shot 200 feet in the air, giving the sky a fiery hue and attracted attention for miles before the firemen brought it under control. The flame-lit sky was clearly seen in Philadelphia, Merchantville, East Camden, Gloucester and other communities.
More than a score of families living in the vicinity were forced to flee from their homes in scant attire when the fire threatened them. They were cared for by neighbors.
Fireman George Boone, 46 years old, of Engine Company No. 2, also is in a serious condition. He is suffering from burns of the right hand, right thigh and foot and probable internal injuries. Boone lives at 607 Mount Vernon Street.
The other injured foremen are:
John Voll, 22 years old, 509 Royden Street: both hands badly burned.
C.J. Andrus, aged 31 years, 570 Mount Vernon Street: burns of hands and legs.
Harold Lorang, 29 years old, 19 Hudson Street: burns of right hand and legs and sprained ankle.
Firemen Prove Heroes
Carrigan and Boone are in the hospital. The other firemen were discharged after their wounds were dressed. After being released from the hospital they returned to the scene of the fire and insisted upon continuing their duties. Chief Peter B. Carter, however, ordered them home.
Most of the loss was suffered by the Economy Store. A few charred walls remain of the large building. The interior was completely gutted. It was estimated today that the damage to that property will total $60,000 At least $50,000 damage, it was said, was done to the stock.
Morris Handle, local theatrical man, who owns the building, declared today that the property was insured for $30,000. “My loss will be quite heavy,” said Mr. Handle. “The insurance will not pay one-half the property damage.”
The adjoining building at 431 Kaighn Avenue is occupied by Dr. S.I. Yubas, optometrist, and L.R. Yubas, his father, a jeweler.
Invalid is Rescued
The rear and upper floors of the Yubas property were gutted and the stock sustained a heavy loss, due to water and smoke. The damage will total $40,000, Mr. Yubas estimated today.
Five persons who were asleep on the upper floors of the Yubas dwelling had narrow escapes. They were awakened by Samuel Goldstein, haberdasher, 417 Kaighn Avenue, who discovered the fire in the Economy Store and turned in the alarm. Mrs. L.R. Yubas, an invalid, was rescued with difficulty.
The property occupied by Mrs. Sadie Bodner, a widow, at 433 Kaighn Avenue, as a house furnishings store, was scorched and also damaged by water and smoke.
Adjoining the Economy Store on the west at 425 Kaighn Avenue is a vacant one-story structure, formerly occupy by the United Beef Company. Firemen were on the roof of that building when the west wall of the Economy Store collapsed. The wall tumbled down on the small roof and hurled the firemen through a hole in the roof, through the floor and then into the cellar.
Several Stores Damaged
Three policemen, Joseph Sparks, Thomas Cheeseman, and George Hill- and several spectators braved the fire and smoke to rescue the trapped firemen.
The property at 423 Kaighn Avenue, occupied by the Charles Jamison Department Store, was damaged in the rear and the stock ruined by water and smoke. The Kresge Five-and-Ten-Cent Store, at 519-531 Kaighn Avenue, was also damaged by water.
Louis Richelson, who owns the properties from 519 to 525 Kaighn Avenue, was unable to estimate his loss today.
Collapse of Wall
Hundreds of spectators, who were watching the fire from the opposite side of the street, shuddered as they saw a brick wall, weakened by the intense heat, totter and sway. Before the firemen on the smaller roof below could scurry to safety, it collapsed.
A groan escaped the crowd as they heard the cries of the entrapped firemen and the deafening thud of the brocks as they landed on the roof where the firemen were at work.
As the full weight of the brocks struck the roof, it caved in forming a gaping hole. The firemen were literally swept into the opening.
The bricks tumbled down, causing another hole in the floor between the firs story and the cellar and dragging the imperiled firemen into the cellar with them.
Mayor Charles H. Ellis was among the spectators who witnessed the collapse of the wall. Other officials were Chief James H. Long, of the Water Department; Fire Chief Carter, Assistant Police Chief Edward S. Hyde, Captain Lewis Stehr of the Second Police District, and Street Commissioner Alfred L. Sayers.
Firemen Under Debris
Observing the peril of the trapped firemen, Policemen Sparks, Cheeseman and Hill, together with a dozen other spectators, rushed across the street to the vacant store. They rushed through the smoke and fire, leaped into the cellar and reached the struggling firemen.
Sparks, the first to leap into the cellar, reached Voll, who had been pinned beneath a pile of debris and was pleading to be rescued. The policeman feverishly extricated Voll from his precarious position and carried him out into the street to safety.
Policeman Cheeseman had accidentally fallen into the cellar and, though himself injured, groped about in the dark until he found Boone, whom he dragged outside.
Policeman Hill carried Carrigan out of the cellar in his arms.
The five firemen were carried to a waiting police ambulance and rushed to Cooper Hospital. Carrigan was unconscious. He haws a slim fighting chance to recover.
Carrigan was promoted to a captaincy the first of the year. He is popular among his comrades and has the reputation of being a fearless fireman.
Mayor Praises Firemen
Mayor Ellis praised the work of the firemen and the bravery of the policemen who had risked their lives to effect the rescue.
“Never did I see such remarkable work” said the Mayor. “When I arrived at the scene, it looked as if the whole block was doomed. The flames were shooting upward and the whole sky seemed lit up. The firemen tackled their job with dispatch and courage. I was proud of them. They knew their business and showed it by confining it to a comparatively small area. The work of the police also was commendable.
Mr. Goldstein discovered the fire shortly before midnight.
“I had just left my home at 417 Kaighn Avenue,” explained Mr. Goldstein, “intending to get a soda. As I passed the Economy Store I noticed strong odor of smoke. I peered into the glass doorway of the store. I immediately saw the place was afire.”
Rescues Sleeping Family
“Then I ran back to my store” continued Mr. Goldstein, “and I telephoned police headquarters. I went out again and returned to the scene. I remembered that the Yubas family were asleep on the second and third floors and rapped on the doors. Mr. Yubas came down in a bathrobe. He was not aware of the fire.”
The six persons asleep in the Yubas home were Dr. Yubas, Mr. And Mrs. L.R. Yubas, Bernard Helfand, Miss Bertha Cuden and Anna Recowitz, a domestic.
Mrs. Yubas, who is recovering from an illness, was too weak to make her way outside through the smoke. Assisted by her husband, Policemen Becker and Cheeseman and Constable John Cunningham, Mrs. Yubas was half carried downstairs, and out through the rear of the building to safety.
Blaze Had Big Start
“The fire had gained such rapid headway,” said Sergeant Thomas Cunningham, “that when the firemen arrived, smoke was actually issuing from cracks in the sidewalks and between the cobbles near the trolley tracks.”
The second and third floors of 419 to 423 Kaighn Avenue are occupied by private families as apartments. In the rear were number of frame dwellings. More than a score of families were obliged to leave their homes in scant attire when the firemen began playing hose upon their properties as a precaution against the fire spreading.
Mrs. Catherine Fox, 410 Sycamore Street, and Mrs. E. Chambers, 412 Sycamore Street, whose homes are in the rear of the Economy Store property, had removed part of the furniture to the street. Even after firemen assured them the danger of their homes catching on fire was over, the women and children could hardly be persuaded to return.
Crumbling walls and cracking of glass hampered the foremen in their work and made their task hazardous. The firemen were further handicapped by the big start the fire had gained. Despite this, they stuck dangerously close to the flames.
To play hose upon the fire to advantage, several firemen scaled the outside walls of adjoining properties and reached cornices, from which they directed streams of water.
High Wind Fanned Flames
A high wind gave them great difficulty. A number of times, when the firemen seemed to have the fire under control, the flames burst out afresh and compelled them to retreat. Then the reflection would light up the sky overhead.
Water Chief Long gave the firemen great service in maintaining the water at a high pressure to ensure facility in getting the streams to play upon the flames.
Kaighn Avenue, between Broadway and Fourth Street, was literally alive with residents and passers-by attracted by the flames. Included among the spectators were scores of persons who came from Philadelphia and distant points, in the belief the blaze was much more serious.
According to the estimate of the loss made today, the insurance on the property and stock damaged by the fore will not pay for one-half the loss sustained.
Chief Carter was determined to take no chances with the fire because of the high wind and the fire was attacked on all sides. While firemen were fighting the flames from Kaighn Avenue several companies of firemen had worked their way into the yard in the rear, from whence they played streams of hose.
An effort is being made today to determine the origin of the blaze.
Thomas Shannon, Engine Company 6, was a spectator when the wall crashed in. Hearing the cries of the buried men, he immediately dashed into the dirt. Six men, including Harry Seeley, formed a human chain and pulled four of the men from the heap of rubbish.
Someone had the presence of mind to turn off the nozzle of a hose, which was playing directly o the mound. When found, the water was trickling through to the pinned men.
4 Big Camden Fires in Six Weeks Bring Losses of $595,000
Four fires in Camden's business district within the past six weeks have destroyed or damaged a dozen retail stores, entailing losses fixed at $595,000.
They were:
Baker-Flick Department Store
Toone & Hollingshed and five nearby retail stores and shops
Nell's Haberdashery
Economy Store and three other stores
CAPTAIN CARRIGAN DIES OF HURTS IN KAIGHN AVE. FIRE
Fatally Injured While Leading men at Economy Store Blaze
NOTED FOR HIS BRAVERY
Elaborate Public Tribute to Dead hero To Be Paid at Rites Monday
Captain Martin B. Carrigan, of Fire Engine Company No. 2, died at 6:25 o’clock this morning at Cooper Hospital. Death was caused by a fractured skull, aggravated by severe burns.
Carrigan was injured while fighting the fire that destroyed the Economy Store at 427-429 Kaighn Avenue early yesterday.
He had led his company to the roof of a building adjoining the burning structure. The collapse of a wall carried the six firemen into the cellar of the structure.
Responding to their calls several policemen, firemen and volunteers extricated the men from the burning debris. Carrigan was the last to be carried out and he was rushed to the hospital unconscious.
The funeral of the fire hero will take place on Monday morning at ten o’clock, from his late residence at 618 West Street. Burial will be private in Arlington Cemetery, in charge of F. Roedel & Son, undertakers. An elaborate tribute to the late fire captain is being arranged by the fire committee of city council. The body may be viewed after three o’clock Sunday afternoon.
Followed Hose to Safety.
Captain Carrigan was born in Camden, July, 1872, and has resided at 618 West Street for many years. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Hannah Carrigan, a stepson, Walter Hall, and his brother, Lewis Carrigan.
He was appointed to the fire department December 3, 1904, and first reported for duty on January 1, 1905, assigned to Engine Company No. 5. He distinguished himself by heroic conduct at the fire which consumed the old Sixth Regiment Armory, West and Mickle Streets, March 16, 1906.
Carrigan was one of a half dozen men who were trapped in the blazing armory. With the dense smoke making immediate escape imperative, the firemen dropped to their hands and knees, and made their way to the street safely by following a line of hose. Three firemen lost their lives in this fire.
Made Captain Last Year
As a result of his exemplary conduct and unflinching devotion to duty, Carrigan was appointed lieutenant in May 1915. He was attached to Engine Company No. 2, at Fifth and Arch Street. He was driver of the fire chief’s car for years prior to his promotion to lieutenant.
His bravery at the Baker-Flick fire, two months ago, stood out against the many exploits of Camden’s fire fighters. Carrigan, who was raised to the rank of Captain in May, 1921, led his men into the smoke-filled annex of the store and was forced to retire when he was partly overcome by smoke. Returning within a few minutes, he was in the thick of the fire again, so close that his eyelashes were singed.
He was finally pulled away from the blaze and led to the street. The smoke had almost blinded him and he was obliged to go to Cooper Hospital for treatment.
Captain Carrigan always made it a point to personally lead his men into every fire, remaining with them until the order was given to return to headquarters. He had the respect and confidence of every man under his command, and endeared himself with his generous acts of kindness. Unassuming and reluctant to speak of his work, he would dismiss complimentary remarks with the assurance "it's all in a day's work."
Chief Peter B. Carter, in commenting today on the death of Captain Carrigan said: "No better was ever known to wear the uniform of a fireman. Captain Carrigan would never back from any danger, and was zealous in the performance of his duties."
"He was a real leader, inspiring his men by the force of his own fearlessness. His comrades in the department will miss Captain Carrigan, the leader and man."
Captain Schregler of the Detective Bureau designated several of his men to aid the underwriter's agents in the investigation as to the origin of the fire.
Mayor Ellis ordered the investigation.
Lions Praise Firemen
Work of firemen in fighting the tremendous blaze at 427 Kaighn Avenue was highly commended by the Camden Lions Club yesterday at a meeting in Y.M.C.A.
A resolution commending Chief Carter and his men was prepared by Charles Sullivan, a member of the club.
CITY IS MOURNING CARRIGAN'S DEATH
Municipal Buildings and Police and Fire Stations Draped in Black
Camden today is paying tribute to a hero who died in the course of his duty.
City buildings, including police and fire stations, are draped in mourning over the death of Martin Carrigan, 49 years old, who died early yesterday in Cooper Hospital from injuries received in fighting the Kaighn Avenue fire Wednesday.
The fire, the origin of which is being investigated by the police, destroyed the Economy Department Stores, 427-429 Kaighn Avenue, and damaged four adjoining buildings.
Flags are flying at half-mast as a mark of tribute to Captain Carrigan. The firehouse at Fifth and Arch Streets, headquarters of Engine Company No. 2, of which Carrigan was captain, is buried in black bunting.
As a further tribute to Carrigan his comrades will attend his funeral in a body on Monday morning, at ten o'clock. Headed by Chief Peter B. Carter, all the firemen not on duty at the time will march from Headquarters at Fifth and Arch Streets to Carrigan's home at 618 West Street.
Interment will be in Arlington Cemetery.
The body may be viewed Sunday afternoon at three o'clock.
Mayor Ellis, Frank S. Van Hart, president of City Council and members of the fire committee will head a platoon of firemen who will view the body Sunday afternoon. They will assemble at fire headquarters, Fifth and Arch Streets. at 2:30 o'clock, before marching to the late fire captain's home.
Members of the fire committee paid special tribute to the dead fire fighter at their meeting last night. Captain Carrigan was characterized a mighty good man and an incomparable fireman.
The committee unanimously voted that the city pay the expense of the funeral.
Camden Daily Courier - January 23, 1922
Alarms of Fire Before and After Carrigan Funeral
Just before Camden firemen were planning to leave headquarters yesterday to march to the home of Captain Martin B. Carrigan, who lost his life in the falling roof at the Economy Store fire, they were summoned to a three alarm fire at the stables of Hugh A. Greenan, 1736 South 7th Street.
When Engine Companies No. 7 and 8 reached their fire houses this morning after the Carrigan funeral, an alarm was received from the drugstore of W.J. Grobiowski, 1250 Everett street.
The Grobowski fire had its origin in a pile of rubbish in the basement and was extinguished with a small loss.
SIX HORSES SAVED IN SUNDAY BLAZE
Nearly All of City's Apparatus At Fire That Destroys Building
Fire, believed to have started through the drying of animal hair, destroyed the frame building of Hugh A. Greenan, 1736 South 7th Street, shortly before noon yesterday. The loss is estimated at $3,000.
When Fire Chief Peter B. Carter arrived at the scene, the building was doomed. Fearing for the safety of adjoining buildings and homes, Chief Carter sounded a second and then a general alarm. nearly every piece of the city's fire apparatus was on the scene of the fire.
A man who resides near the rear of the building saw smoke issuing from the center of the buildings at 11:15 o'clock. An investigation shoed hair, used in the manufacture of a patent plaster for building purposes, was ablaze. Another neighbor ran to a nearby fire box and sounded the alarm.
Both men joined in rescuing six horses that were in the stable adjoining the fire. Frank Clements, Policeman Carl Quinton and Samuel Ward arrived on the scene and succeeded in saving harness, two wagons and an automobile before the flames spread to the stables.
Hugh A. Greenan, owner of the buildings and business, said his loss, amounting to approximately $32000, was partly covered by insurance.
Hundreds of persons returning home from church were attracted to the fire scene and viewed the work of the firemen from beyond the fire lines. No one was injured, although falling timber from the building constantly hampered the progress of the fire fighters.
Martin Carrigan rests at Arlington Cemetery in Pennsauken NJ, in grave SS-436-1. There was no headstone furnished at the time of his burial. Hopefully that can be remedied.
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Obit: Roy Palmer (1932-2015)
27 Feb 15 - 04:44 PM (#3690304)
Subject: Obit: Roy Palmer
From: GUEST,Derek Schofield
It is with great sadness that I have to report the death of the prolific writer on folk song and folklore, Roy Palmer, yesterday (26 February).
There can hardly be a singer of traditional English folk song who does not have a book by Roy Palmer on his or her book shelves. From Room for Company and Songs of the Midlands in the early 1970s through to books on the songs of soldiers, sailors, industrial works, agricultural workers, Roy always combined meticulous scholarship with the placing of the songs in the historical context of the period. His county folklore books ... from his native Leicestershire to Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire and several other counties ... were always packed with interesting detail.
He will be much missed.
Subject: RE: Obit: Roy Palmer
From: RTim
I did not get to meet him, but we corresponded a couple of times. I have most of his books and he seemed like a very nice gentleman who knew his stuff.
Tim Radford
From: Anne Lister
I have several of his books and am very sorry to hear of his death. What a legacy he has left behind him.
Subject: RE: 2015 Obit: Roy Palmer
From: Joe Offer
I think I have at least ten Roy Palmer songbooks, maybe twenty. He certainly was prolific, and his work was always of the highest quality.
-Joe-
From: Steve Gardham
What a sad loss! I have 20 of his books and consult them regularly. I have corresponded with Roy for many years and have contributed songs to his anthologies but only met him sporadically at TSF meetings and conferences. He was always willing to share his knowledge and his prolific output inspired a whole generation of researchers. His relating of folk song to printed sources inspired my own work in this field.
Thank-you, Roy!
From: Tradsinger
I had heard that he was seriously ill so not a surprise but what a loss to the folk world. My wife and I knew Roy and Pat very well and he was always generous to us in sharing his vast knowledge of folksong. He also came and sang at various Gloucestershire events that we were involved with.
He was a real gentleman - always friendly and helpful and we will miss him greatly.
Condolences to Pat although I doubt that she reads this forum.
Tradsinger
From: GUEST,henryp
Pat and Roy were more than generous to us. We were never allowed to pass Malvern without calling for tea.
They loved to show off the Malvern Hills, taking us on guided tours in search of bluebell woods and green-winged orchids too.
We would receive postcards from their unusual holiday destinations - Cape Trafalgar and the islands of Ischia and Ushant.
Roy had just announced his retirement from writing. But there is one more book to come - the subject is Crimea.
Henry and Freda
Subject: RE: Obit: Roy Palmer (26 Feb 2015)
From: The Sandman
I met him a number of times, I accompanied his singing on my concertina, sadly the recording[brewhouse] appears to have disappeared, lovely man.RIP.DickMiles
28 Feb 15 - 05:13 AM (#3690411)
From: GUEST,Mike Yates
Very sad news indeed. I had an email from Roy on the 18th of this month. In part it read, "I've just been correcting the proofs of my swansong,an 80 page book entitled Crimea: The Last Ballad War." I am sure that it will be up to his usual standard. I really am at a loss for words.
From: GUEST,PeterC
Very sad news indeed. I did correspond with him a few times when researching, and he was always very helpful and generous of his time. I was lucky enough to be on the stage for the ceremony at Cheltenham Town Hall when the Open University conferred an Honorary Degree on him for his services to folklore
From: mark gregory
So sad ... I learnt so much from his books especially and found him most generous with any queries I had about songs and ballads ... a researcher to the end it seems.
From: GUEST,Ed
I didn't know him personally.
I 'phoned him uninvited once to inquire about a song and he was an absolute gentleman.
RIP indeed
From: GUEST,Nick Dow
I met him and contributed to one of his books. He was one of natures Gentleman. How many songs have I learned from him over the years? God rest him, that is Sad news.
From: RoyH (Burl)
Roy was, as many here have already said, a real gentleman, a scholar to be respected, and a significant contributor to the folk scene by way of his excellent books. I always enjoyed meeting him and am sad to hear of his passing. Thanks you for your gifts Roy. Rest in Peace my friend.
From: MoorleyMan
RIP Roy, and thanks for everything.
From: Waddon Pete
Sad news indeed. I also corresponded with him back in the day. A very helpful researcher. I have added his name to the "In Memoriam" thread. My condolences to all who know and love him.
From: GUEST,Gilly
FGB and a good writer too, I have several of his books, 'The Sound of History ' is a masterpiece. They are all well written, meticulously researched and fascinating. RIP.
From: SPB-Cooperator
Big loss, spoke to him a couple of times at Lancaster Festival. Once introduced a song to which a put my own tune to a text-only version, and went on to mention that some years later I saw another version which Roy had collected, with the tune, and that I still preferred my version - not knowing that Roy was in the second row of the audience. He did take it in very good humour, even though I was acutely embarrassed! The next year when I spoke to Roy, he told me how he came bout the song. Great bloke...
From: GUEST,Anne Neilson
Lovely to read the comments of those who had direct contact with Roy Palmer, and who appreciated his scholarship.
But also an occasion to look to the future, and to build on his legacy. So please go to it!
From: Rank
I am indebted to him for his broadside publications and his correlation with history. I came a little late to his books, so most of mine are second hand. I wish I had been able to afford them in 1970 onwards. Sadly missed.
From: Bat Goddess
What Anne Lister said. I, too, have a number of his books in Tom's (Curmudgeon) and my collection. I never met or corresponded with him, but I feel his loss. But he's left a fine legacy of books.
01 Mar 15 - 08:37 AM (#3690708)
From: GUEST,Susie
That is such sad news. He was an acquaintance of many years and had recently collaborated with the Village Quire on the works of Ella Mary Leather and, letterly, on the folklore of Shropshire, hares and Mary Webb before the first performance of 'Precious Bane'. A sweet man, always delighted to share his immense knowledge and his research. Poor Pat - what a chasm to fill..
Bless him.
From: GUEST,Mark Dowding
Sorry to hear this news.
I met Roy and Pat a number of years ago when I was doing some research into the work of Harry Boardman and had a very interesting chat with him at his home (I was also visiting someone else in Malvern so took the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone). He gave me a very good introduction to the CD "Manchester Ballads" that I recorded with Chris Pollington that was based on the folder of songs of the same name in collaboration with Harry Boardman. I think he was really pleased that we had done this and brought the songs to a wider audience.
I met him more recently at the launch of his book "Working Songs" at the People's Museum in Manchester. I was surprised how many time my name was mentioned in the references to recorded versions of the songs that he had included. A very generous man and will be sadly missed by many.
From: Mr Red
He was also a gentle man.
He often popped in to the Putley Folk Festivals that Dave & Annie Jones ran, amazingly he was not there the night I collected "Old England She Needs Soldiers" (song here) in 1992. If he had - he would have collected it. However in my searches for more info he sponsored me for a pass to the Bodleain which did not produce any leads, Roy did. Because he had already written "What a Lovely War" (I got to review it for Folkwrite) it was too late for the book, but, as ever with Roy, it had lodged in his curiosity and 18 months later he came up with a derivative snippet - ever the researcher.
He was very interested when I gave him a recording (off air from the BBC) of Robert Graves singing a version of "The Old Barbed Wire" that RG sang in the trenches. Roy had included several versions but not this one, in "What a Lovely War", he even tried cajoling the Beeb to add to the story but copyright and editing balked that. - I still have the review copy of the book, bare sheets now comb bound. I treasure it, as with the memory of a really helpful guy.
Roy returned the favour when he gave a talk on Shanties and sea songs (possibly at Lancaster Maritime) - he wanted a light-hearted song to make his talk more rounded so he had a few CD's of the "Knittershanty" (song here) to give away and he was pleased with the result.
From: MGM·Lion
Desolated. Valerie [my late first wife] was features editor of the Teacher Newspaper [NUT] in the 1970s, and Roy was her folk book & record critic at the same time as I was the same for the TES, so we began with much in common. He and Pat and their 3 sons became close friends -- we would stay over in their home in Birmingham, and they would come to see us in Cambridge. When we first met, he had the magnificent title of Headmaster of The Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School, Bournville! He & I would swap songs infinitely, and review one another's work privately by mail, for many years.
I don't think we have seen one another since Valerie died -- I am a bit old to travel these sorts of distances now, and he was exactly my age -- both born 1932.
Adieu old friend.
≈Michael≈
02 Mar 15 - 01:22 PM (#3690969)
Michael - In the John Cleese film Clockwise, Roy had a part as an extra - playing a headmaster! Regards, Henry
Here is the obituary from the Hereford Times;
Hereford Times
Ah, yes -- thanks for reminder, Henry. I remember him in Clockwise!
From: Harmonium Hero
Sorry to hear this. I have some of his books. I'd have more if I could afford all the books I want. They are always worth looking into for songs/versions and background information. People like him are the backbone of the Revival, without whom people like me, on the other hand, would have much smaller repertoires.
Condolences to his family, friends and those who have benefitted from his scholarship.
John Kelly.
From: GUEST,Will Palmer
I have just had the pleasure of showing this thread to my grandmother Pat after my uncle emailed her the link to it.
She was very touched and appreciates people's caring.
Will P
Will -- Who is your father — Simon, or Adam, or Tom? And which uncle? & please give them all, & Pat, my best regards. They might not know that my wife Valerie died 7 years ago, and I remarried in 2010.
≈Michael Grosvenor Myer≈
From: GUEST,George Frampton
I met Roy on one if not two occasions at Tradition Song Forum meetings. I was struck by his boundless enthusiasm. I also have a number of his books, but would like to add that he took great interest in whatever YOU were contributing. To my regret, I never did thank him for giving me (unprompted) a photograph of an eponymous pub in the West Midlands when I was researching the mundane subject of treacle mines! Maybe in the next world!
From: GUEST,Clive Pownceby
'A scholar and a gentleman' in this instance seems totally apt. A sad loss indeed. He will be greatly missed.
From: GUEST,Paul Knight
I have just read, through tears, all of your touching tributes to my uncle, thank you.
I am extremely proud of everyone in the Palmer side of the family.
They are all accomplished musicians.. I would have trouble playing the triangle!
Yes, Roy was indeed a scholar and a gentleman.
Rest in peace uncle Roy.
Paul Knight
Wigston Framework Knitters Museum.
From: Brian Peters
Paul, how appropriate your job title is, for one related to Roy. His book on industrial song, 'A Touch on the Times', was essential to the singer looking for old songs with bite and a social conscience, and the recent 'Working Songs' is even better - a superb piece of work, simultaneously meticulous and impassioned. I've used many of his other books in my time.
I think I had the pleasure of meeting Roy just the once, when he and Pat came to Cheltenham Folk Festival at Henry P's invitation to see 'Sharp's Appalachian Harvest'. A charming and modest man, whose comments on our presentation were much treasured.
15 Apr 15 - 12:37 AM (#3701910)
Subject: Roy Palmer - RIP
From: GUEST,CJB
Obituary from the UK Independent:
RIP Roy Palmer (1932-2015)
Roy Palmer: Author whose passion for social history resulted in esteemed anthologies of folk song and folklore
Subject: RE: Obit: Roy Palmer (1932-2015)
And here's another from the Morning Star;
Roy Palmer: Folklorist, Singer And Socialist Educator
Roy Palmer - Morning Star
15 Apr 15 - 12:52 PM (#3702000)
I would appreciate it if anyone has the copy of the recording where i acompanied him on the concertina.
This was in The Guardian online a month ago, but so far has not been published in the print edition.
Roy Palmer in The Guardian
From: Rain Dog
The obituary was published in The Guardian today Monday 20.4.15
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Ataxia-Telangiectasia and variants
Nancy Uhrhammer1, Jacques-Olivier Bay1, Susan Perlman2, Richard A Gatti3
1. Centre Jean Perrin, Departement d'Oncologie Moléculaire, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2. UCLA School of Medicine, Dept of Neurology, Los Angeles, CA 90095
3. UCLA School of Medicine, Dept of Pathology, Los Angeles, CA 90095
April 2000; updated April 2002.
Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is an autosomal recessive multisystem disorder with early-onset cerebellar ataxia as its defining neurologic feature. It is the most common, recessively inherited, cerebellar ataxia in children under 5 years of age, with a prevalence of 1/40,000 to 1/100,000 live births (Swift, 1985). The accompanying extra-neural features aid in its clinical diagnosis and include conjunctival and cutaneous telangiectases, elevated levels of serum alpha-fetoprotein, chromosome aberrations, immunodeficiency with recurrent sinopulmonary infection, cancer susceptibility, and radiation hypersensitivity. Since identification of the causative gene, ATM (for Ataxia-Telangiectasia mutated), on chromosome 11q22-q23 (Gatti et al., 1988; Savitsky et al., 1995), the molecular basis of certain aspects of the disease have become clearer, though others remain to be elucidated (Gatti et al., 1998; Meyn, 1997; Shiloh and Rotman, 1996).
Note: see also cards on genes ATM, and NBS1 , and on cancer prone diseases Ataxia telangectasia and Nijmegen breakage syndrome
Neurologic Features
Progressive cerebellar ataxia is almost always the presenting symptom and becomes apparent as early as the first year of life. Truncal and gait ataxia are slowly and steadily progressive, although between the ages of 2 and 5 years normal development of motor skills may temporarily mask this decline. This cerebellar degeneration typically leads to wheelchair dependence by the second decade. Migration abnormalities of prenatal Purkinje cell (PC) as well as post-natal PC degeneration have been seen (Vinters et al., 1985), with thinning of the molecular and granule cell layers and minor changes in dentate and olivary nuclei and medullary tracts. Oculomotor abnormalities may also be seen. The typical patient with A-T is of normal intelligence, although the motor abnormalities make formal psychometric testing and standard learning programs difficult.
Telangiectases appear an average of two to four years after onset of the neurologic syndrome and are progressive. They are composed of dilated capillaries in the conjunctiva, and, later, on the ears, over the bridge of the nose, in the antecubital fossae, behind the knees, or more diffusely. They do not occur on internal organs nor are they generally associated with bleeding problems.
Over the course of their lives, nearly 40% of A-T patients will develop a malignancy (Morrell et al., 1986). Roughly 85% of these malignancies will be either leukemia or lymphoma, which in younger patients may occasionally precede the onset of ataxia. Children will most often develop acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) of T-cell origin, rather than the pre-B cell form seen in common childhood ALL. Leukemia in older A-T patients is usually an aggressive T-cell process with morphology similar to a chronic lymphoblastic leukemia (T-CLL, or T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia, T-PLL) (Taylor et al., 1996). Lymphomas are more often non-Hodgkin's, extra-nodal, infiltrative, B-cell types, and harder to diagnose in their early stages (Murphy et al., 1999). Solid tumors of other tissues occur more commonly as the A-T patient matures, and are being seen in greater numbers as these patients are living longer (Morrell, 1968).
Radiosensitivity
Treatment of A-T patients with cancer with conventional doses of ionizing radiation results in life-threatening sequelae characteristic of much higher doses. In vitro, fibroblasts and lymphoblasts from A-T homozygotes show sensitivity to a number of radiomimetic and free-radical-producing agents (Taylor et al., 1985; Shiloh et al., 1985). This finding led to the development of the highly sensitive and reasonably specific diagnostic test, the colony survival assay (CSA) (Huo et al., 1994).
Recurrent infectious disease
Moderate cellular and humoral immunodeficiency, with low levels of certain immunoglobulin classes, in conjunction with difficulties in swallowing, lead to frequent pulmonary infections in A-T patients. The incidence and severity of infections varies widely between patients, with some being severely affected, while others have no particular difficulty.
Other clinical features
A-T, as in other syndromes manifesting chromosomal instability (e.g., Fanconi anemia, xeroderma pigmentosum xeroderma pigmentosum, Bloom syndrome), shows progeroid features (Gatti and Walford, 1981). Young A-T patients may have strands of gray hair or keratoses and basal cell carcinomas. These signs may be related to the accelerated telomeric shortening mentioned above, to increased tissue turnover, and/or to the exaggerated effects of oxidative damage.
Endocrine defects typically result in gonadal abnormalities. Most female patients ultimately begin regular menstrual cycles, but may enter menopause prematurely. Most male patients develop normal secondary sexual characteristics. Retardation in somatic growth is seen in about 75%. Pituitary function studies show no consistent abnormalities. Some patients develop insulin-resistant diabetes in their late teens, with hyperglycemia without glycosuria or ketosis, possibly due to a particular IgM antibody directed against insulin receptors (Gatti and Walford, 1981).
CYTOGENETIC FEATURES
Karyotyping of peripheral lymphocytes from A-T homozygotes shows nonrandom chromosomal rearrangements which preferentially involve chromosomal breakpoints at 14q11, 14q32, 7q35, 7p14, 2pll, and 22q11, and correlate with the regions of the T-cell and B-cell receptor gene complexes (Aurias, 1986). Telomere shortening and fusions, with normal telomerase activity (Pandita et al., 1995), have been observed in peripheral blood lymphocytes of A-T patients, especially in pre-leukemic T-cell clones (Metcalfe et al., 1996).
BIOLOGICAL FEATURES
AFP levels are usually elevated, and are a reliable clinical marker after the age of 2. The high levels of AFP are felt to be of hepatic origin and may be accompanied by elevations of other liver enzymes, with no evidence of liver disease at postmortem (Ishiguro et al., 1986; Gatti and Walford, 1981; McFarlin et al., 1972).
Virtually all A-T homozygotes that have come to postmortem examination have a small, embryonic thymus, but the resulting immunodeficiencies can be quite variable, even within the same family, suggesting a problem with maturation of B and T cell precursors. IgA, IgE, and IgG2 deficiencies are most common, with the accompanying risk of recurrent sinopulmonary infection (Roifman and Gelfand, 1985). Elevated serum IgM levels may occasionally progress to a high blood viscosity syndrome, with splenomegaly, lymphoadenopathy, neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, and congestive heart failure. T-cell deficiencies occur in half the patients, with abnormal skin test antigen and PHA responses (Paganelli et al., 1992). In a British study of 70 patients (Woods and Taylor, 1992), 10% had severe immunodeficiencies, while nearly 40% had normal immunologic function.
CLINICOPATHOLOGY OF THE A-T HETEROZYGOTE
The carrier frequency for ATM is estimated at 1%. Carriers are normal neurologically, although they have in vitro radiosensitivity values that are intermediate between homozygotes and normals (Taylor et al., 1985; Paterson et al., 1985; Weeks et al., 1991). It remains unclear whether this translates to any greater risk during exposure to ionizing radiation clinically (diagnostic X-rays, radiation therapy), although results from Broeks suggest that A-T heterozygotes are more frequent among breast cancer patients who develop a second breast tumor after radiotherapy (Broeks et al., 2000). Studies of mice heterozygous for Atm show an increased frequency of dysplastic breast cells in irradiated animals, supporting an increased cancer risk for heterozygotes that is related to their mutagen exposure (Weil et al., 2001). These data suggest that perhaps Swift's recommendation that female relatives of A-T patients avoid mammography is good advice, although the benefit drawn from early detection is largely thought to outweigh the very small chance that the screening could actually provoke a breast tumor, especially when up-to-date mammography equipment with the lowest possible dose is used. Excessive numbers of ATM heterozygotes have not been identified among patients over-reacting to radiotherapy, nor have ATM heterozygotes diagnosed with cancer been noted to have unusual reactions to irradiation, suggesting that their radiosensitivity in vivo is not great (Clarke et al., 1998; Hall et al., 1998).
CANCER RISK OF AT CARRIERS
Several authors have reported that the incidence of cancer in A-T heterozygotes was higher than that in the general population, most notably breast cancer in female heterozygotes less than 60 years of age (Swift et al., 1991; Pippard et al., 1988; Borreson et al., 1990). Other cancers were also mentioned, such as stomach and liver cancer (Swift et al., 1991; Chessa et al., 1994). Several authors now agree that the relative risk of breast cancer in heterozygotes is between 3.3 and 3.9 (Easton, 1994; Inskip et al., 1999; Athma et al., 1996; Janin et al., 1999), with a greater RR at younger ages and no significantly increased risk above age 60, while the relative risk for other types of cancer is not elevated. This modest risk, however, may correspond to a significant percentage of breast cancer in the population at large being attributable to heterozygosity at ATM: if 1% of the population is heterozygous at ATM, and the RR of breast cancer is about 3, then 2 to 4% of new breast cancer cases may be due to defects in ATM.
A few groups have searched for constitutional ATM mutations in circulating lymphocytes from sporadic breast cancer cases, and have not found an increased carrier frequency (Fitzgerald et al., 1996; Bebb et al., 1999). Thus, it seems that heterozygosity for ATM is not associated with a tendency toward breast cancer, even though family studies indicate increased risk. There may be several reasons for this discrepancy, first, PTT only identifies 60 to 70% of mutations in A-T homozygotes, and these are not necessarily representative of those associated with breast cancer (Telatar et al., 1996). Secondly, the frequency of A-T heterozygotes in the population is not well defined, although 1% is often cited (Swift et al., 1986; Easton, 1994). Therefore, the low numbers of constitutional mutations found in the above studies do not exclude a role for ATM in breast cancer. Larger study populations and more sensitive techniques to detect ATM mutations are needed before any significant difference between the study and control groups can be reliably defined.
Other groups have looked for ATM mutations in familial breast cancer familial breast cancer, again without finding excessive numbers of constitutional heterozygotes (Vorechovsky et al., 1996a; Bay et al., 1998; Chen et al., 1998). It is in fact unlikely that heterozygosity for ATM would lead to identifiable cancer families, due to the low relative risk involved.
Although the truncating mutations found in A-T patients have not been found frequently in breast cancer patients, it is curious that small changes in the ATM sequence are found much more frequently in breast cancer cases than in the healthy population (Gatti et al., 1999). These changes include missense and silent mutations as well as nucleotide changes in the introns. Although some of these will certainly turn out to be innocuous polymorphisms, others may indeed be associated with reduced or altered function of the ATM protein.
Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at the ATM locus has been found in 30 to 60% of cancers, (Hampton et al., 1994; Rio et al., 1998; Uhrhammer et al., 1999), suggesting that ATM may have a role in tumorigenesis, although it is difficult to interpret this type of study due to the large region of chromosome 11q that may be involved in the LOH, and the fact that genes near to ATM may also be involved. In addition, in breast and colon cancer the incidence of LOH at the ATM locus is not very much higher than background.
The demonstration of the inactivation of the ATM protein in tumors would more precisely define its importance. A few cases have been described, where the wild-type allele of ATM is inactivated in the tumor tissue of a heterozygote, but the loss of ATM has not been described generally in breast oncogenesis (Chen et al., 1998; Vorechovsky et al., 1996b; Bay et al., 1999). More definitive studies using antibodies against ATM on tumor tissue sections are underway in several laboratories.
Somatic mutations of both alleles of ATM have been found in T-prolymphocytic leukemia, in mantle cell lymphoma and in chronic B-lymphoid leukemias, suggesting that in these types of malignancy ATM does play a tumor-suppressor role (Vorechovsky et al., 1998; Stankovic et al., 1999; Bullrich et al., 1999; Shaffner et al., 2000). This is an interesting finding, because although A-T homozygotes are prone to these types of cancer, they have not been described in A-T heterozygotes.
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE ATM PROTEIN
The gene:
The ATM gene occupies ~150 kb of 11q22.3-q23.1 (Platzer et al., 1997) (Fig1). ATM is transcribed from a bi-directional promoter that also drives expression of the NPAT/Cand3/E14 gene (Platzer et al., 1997; Imai et al., 1997), although the significance of this co-expression is unknown. There are also two alternative exons 1, although differential expression of the mRNA isoforms in different tissues or in response to different stimuli has not been described, nor is there any change in the amino acid sequence of the resulting protein, since translation is initiated in exon 3. The 13 kb ATM mRNA, with its 9168 bp of coding sequence, appears to be expressed in most tissues and stages of development (Savitsky et al., 1995). Notably, expression does not vary with the cell cycle or increase in response to irradiation (Brown et al., 1997).
Homologs of ATM have been identified in other mammals and in fish and amphibians, though no true yeast homolog has been identified. Several proteins with homology to ATM have been found, including the catalytic subunit of DNA-PK and ATR. The greatest similarity between these proteins is in the kinase domain, and together they form a sub-family of PI3-kinase-related proteins.
The protein:
The 350 kDa ATM protein contains a leucine zipper, a domain with homology to the S. pombe Rad3 protein, and a protein kinase domain homologous to the PI3K family (Chen and Lee, 1996). ATM is localized mostly to the nucleus, but is also found in cytoplasmic vesicles (Chen and Lee, 1996; Gately et al., 1998; Watters et al., 1997). ATM has been shown to associate with DNA, with particular affinity for DNA ends (Smith et al., 1999). This DNA end-binding activity suggests that ATM might be the/a primary sensor of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). In the presence of DNA DSB damage, ATM phosphorylates a variety of protein targets and activates several different signaling cascades (Figure 2). In contrast to the mRNA, ATM protein does become more abundant in response to IR, although only in cells such as lymphocytes, that express low basal levels: no change is seen in cells expressing high levels of ATM (Fang et al., 2001). In addition, ATM becomes more tightly attached to the nuclear matrix and/or chromatin in the presence of DNA damage (Andegeko et al., 2001).
G1 cell cycle arrest: ATM induces G1 phase arrest through the action of several intermediates. One of the most important targets is the phosphorylation of p53 on ser15 (Canman et al., 1998; Khanna et al., 1998; Watterman et al., 1998). Among the genes whose transcription is induced by p53 is the cdk-inhibitor p21Waf1/Cip1 p21Waf1/Cip1, which plays a key role in inhibiting the transition from G1 to S phase.
ATM also induces G1 arrest through the phosphorylation of cAbl (Shafman et al., 1997; Baskaran et al., 1997), which in turn activates both the p53 homolog p73 and the SAPK pathway to block progression to S phase.
S phase arrest: the phosphorylation of cAbl also serves to halt progression within S phase by inhibiting Rad51Rad51, a single-stranded DNA binding protein essential for replication. Replication Protein A (RPA), another protein essential for the progression of DNA replication, is inhibited by ATM through phosphorylation of its 34 kDa subunit. ATM has been shown to phosphorylate Ser222 of the FANCD2 protien, which is essential for S phase arrest in response to treatment with DNA cross-linking agents (Grompe and D'Andrea, 2001). Two authors have shown that ATM is not, however, required for the decatenation checkpoints in S phase or late G2 phase, underlining the existence of multiple checkpoints throughout the cell cycle (Montecucco et al., 2001; Deming et al., 2001). Abnormalities in S phase lead to the quantifiable phenotype known as ‘radiation resistant DNA synthesis’, or RDS in cells from A-T homozygotes.
G2 cell cycle arrest: ATM inhibits cells from entering mitosis after irradiation through the phosphorylation of at least two targets, Chk1 and Chk2. The literature is occasionally indistinct on the subject of G2 arrest in A-T cells, most likely because there are two arrest points, and only one is defective in A-T. Immediately after DNA damage, the defective cell cycle checkpoint can be measured as a failure to diminish the numbers of cells that enter mitosis in the hours that follow irradiation. In contrast, at later times there is clearly an increase in G2 cells which is readily detectable by FACS analysis. This late G2 accumulation is due to cells that were in G1 or S at the time of irradiation, which replicated their DNA in spite of the presence of DSBs, and which have now triggered a distinct G2 checkpoint.
Figure 2. In response to DNA double-strand breaks, ATM interacts with many different proteins to induce cell cycle arrest, increase DNA repair, and inhibits apoptosis.
ATM and radiation-induced apoptosis:
Radiosensitivity is a constant feature of A-T and is thought to be due to excessive apoptosis. How ATM inhibits apoptosis is not completely understood, and may be different according to the type of tissue studied. One route is through the phosphorylation of IkB. IkB is an inhibitor of NFkB, and its phosphorylation leads to the release of NFkB sequestered in the cytoplasm. NFkB now translocates to the nucleus, where it acts as a transcriptional regulator of anti-apoptotic genes. A second level of apoptosis control acts through p53, though the mechanism is likely to be indirect. Cultured A-T fibroblasts undergo apoptosis in response to irradiation, and this process may be inhibited by the inactivation of p53. As we have seen, ATM activates the cell cycle arrest functions of p53, but it is as yet unknown how the inhibition of p53’s pro-apoptotic functions works. It is possible that ATM-/- cells allow replication of damaged DNA templates, which in turn trigger p53 through independent mechanisms.
A third pathway through which ATM inhibits apoptosis might be through the ceramide synthesis cascade. This signaling cascade is initiated at the cell membrane in response to irradiation, and is dysregulated in A-T cells. It is not yet known how ATM is involved, and whether the detection of DNA damage is necessary or if ATM might detect some other damage signal.
Most of the functions described above take place in the nucleus, where ATM surveys the DNA for DSBs, and phosphorylates its substrates when necessary. The phosphorylation of IkB (and possibly of cAbl) occurs in the cytoplasm, however, and the proteins of the ceramide signaling pathway are located on membranes accessible from the cytoplasm. Some authors have proposed that the pool of ATM associated with cytoplasmic vesicles performs functions distinct from genomic surveillance. ATM has been shown to associate with beta-adaptin in the cytoplasm and may be involved in vesicle trafficking and intercellular communication, and it is this aspect which may eventually explain the specific degeneration of cerebellar Purkinje cells.
ATM and DSB repair
A-T cells exhibit subtle defects in DSB repair: they take longer to repair DSBs and the repair of plasmid substrates is often inexact. While ATM itself does not seem to play a direct role in the rejoining of DSBs, it is involved in the control of this process. As we have seen, ATM activates GADD45 indirectly though p53. In addition, BRCA1 has been shown to be phosphorylated by ATM in response to DSBs and this phosphorylation is essential to relieve the radiation sensitivity of BRCA1-mutant cells (Cortez et al., 1999). BRCA1 has been described as being necessary for the aggregation of Rad51 complexes or Rad50/Mre11/nibrin at DSB sites, in addition to being a transcriptional activator. Rad50 and Rad51 are both required for the repair of DSBs, and BRCA1 may provide a link in the signaling cascade that activates repair. Finally, ATM probably activates DSB repair through Rad50/Mre11/nibrin independently from BRCA1. Two groups have now shown that ATM phosphorylates H2AX within seconds of DSB damage (Burma et al., 2001; Andegeko et al., 2001). H2AX-P promotes chromatin decondensation and is a major signal for DNA repair. The speed of this phosphorylation also provides more circumstantial evidence for ATM as an actual sensor of DSBs, although there is as yet no direct evidence for this.
Cells experiencing DSB damage in G1 or G0 repair this damage through non-homologous end joining, a process controlled by DNA-PK. The relationship between ATM and DNA-PK is as yet unclear, since the abundant Ku subunits of DNA-PK can bind to DNA ends on their own and recruit DNA-PKcs to the sites for repair. This temporal difference in the choice of DSB repair mechanism may be the main reason why two apparently redundant mechanisms are both essential, another being that some are unrepairable by NHEJ due to the poor quality of the DNA ends. In any case, Atm-/-/SCID double-knockout mice are inviable after 12 days gestation (Gurley 2001), demonstrating the additive effect of these two DSB signaling/repair proteins. Ku70 has been shown now to be essential for the binding of the Rad50 / Mre11 / nibrin complex at DSB sites, however, and the similarities of the cellular phenotypes of A-T and NBS (nibrin-deficient) cells suggests that this may provide the link between ATM and DNA-PK. Cells experiencing DSB damage in G2 favor homologous recombination between sister chromatids for repair.
ATM and Mre11:
Since the cloning of ATM, the vast majority of A-T patients have been found to carry mutations in the ATM gene. There are a few cases, however, where no mutation was detectable in the gene, and the ATM protein was present in cellular extracts. Stewart has now described mutations in the hMre11a gene in four such patients from two families (1999). Interestingly, cell fusion experiments in the 1980’s indicated that there were four complementation groups for A-T (Jaspers et al., 1988). After the cloning of ATM, it was shown that mutations in this one gene were present in all four ‘complementation groups’, sometimes identical mutations, and the multigenic theory of A-T was essentially discarded as an experimental artifact (Savitsky et al., 1995). The hMre11a gene is located about 30 cM proximal to ATM on the long arm of chromosome 11, at band q22.1.
The phenotypes of human patients with ATM and hypomorphic hMre11 mutations are very nearly identical. ATLD patients (for ataxia-telangiectasia-like disorder) may have a slightly milder phenotype than A-T patients, but still within the range of phenotypes found for classic A-T patients. The phenotypic differences are apparent at the cellular level: the induction of p53 is nearly normal, and clonogenic survival and radioresistant DNA synthesis curves are intermediate between that of A-T patients and normal subjects. Intriguingly, these cellular phenotypes of ATLD are identical to those of NBS patients, even though the neural phenotypes are different (there being no microcephaly or mental retardation in ATLD, nor cerebellar ataxia in NBS). Recall that NBS patients have mutations in the gene encoding nibrin, a subunit of Rad50/Mre11/nibrin.
The four patients described with hMre11 mutations are two homozygotes for a nonsense mutation at codon 633, and two compound heterozygotes for a null mutation and a substitution of serine for asparagine at amino acid 117. Both the nonsense and missense mutated proteins produce stable products that are able to associate with Rad50 and nibrin, although the aggregation of this complex at DSB sites is abnormal. Data from mMre11 knockout mice indicate that these human mutations are most likely to be partially functional, because a null allele of mMre11 is lethal during embryogenesis, as are null alleles for mRad50 (mice with Nbs1 mutations have are similar to Atm-/- mice, with growth retardation, lymphoid developmental defects, lymphoid thymomas, radiosensitivity and female - though not male - sterility) (Xiao and Weaver, 1997; Kang et al., 2002).
The interaction between ATM and Mre11 is becoming more clear. The Rad50/Mre11/nibrin complex has described as containing (an) additional protein(s) of high molecular weight, and probably associates loosely or transiently with several other proteins, including BRCA1 and ATM. Clearly, ATM, Mre11, nibrin, and BRCA1 are all required for the aggregation of Rad50 at DSB sites. ATM phosphorylates both nibrin and Mre11, and in the absence of nibrin, ATM fails to phosphorylate Mre11 (Wu et al., 2000; Kim et al., 1999). Rad50, Mre11, and the yeast analog of nibrin, xrs5, all perform essential repair functions and their loss is lethal. The loss of regulatory proteins such as ATM or BRCA1, or the reduced function of nibrin or Mre11 is tolerated but decreases the efficiency of repair.
How do the known molecular functions of ATM explain the disease?
1. Radiosensitivity: without ATM, DNA damage triggers apoptosis in sensitive cell types. Radiosensitivity is not due to acquired mutations and karyotypic inviability, but to programmed cell elimination.
2. Cancer risk: A-T cells either create or tolerate chromosomal rearrangements more than other cells. These rearrangements may hit genes critical for normal cell growth and thus initiate cancer. The lack of ATM is not directly tumorigenic, but rather allows other mutation events. The stereotypical chromosomal rearrangements seen in A-T lymphocytes are evidence of this problem with genomic stability. A new study in Atm-/- mice, however, showed that spontaneous mutation rates were not increased in samples of ear and spleen tissue, suggesting that not all tissues are equally sensitive to the effects of ATM loss (Turker et al., 1999).
3. Immunodeficiency: without ATM, the process of V(D)J recombination is not properly supervised, and aberrant chromosomes are created. Most cells recognize the anomaly and commit suicide (leading to the hypoplastic thymus), but others escape this control and are detected as circulating lymphocytes carrying the 7;7, 7;14, and 14;14 rearrangements characteristic of A-T. That the immunodeficiency in A-T is not as severe as other syndromes reflects the ability of A-T cells to create functional V(D)J recombination events at reduced frequency.
4. Cerebellar degeneration: this aspect of A-T is as yet unexplained by the known molecular functions of the protein, though several theories have been advanced. 1) aberrant migration of Purkinje cells 2) oxidative damage leads to cell death, 3) an autoimmune process destroys the Purkinje cells. An excess of oxidative stress in the cerebellum (and elsewhere) is currently the favored hypothesis for this degeneration (Stern et al., 2002).
GENOTYPE/PHENOTYPE CORRELATIONS
Over 300 disease-causing ATM mutations have been identified, extending over each of the 66 exons, and patients from non-consanguineous families are typically compound heterozygotes. Although founder effect mutations account for significant proportions of A-T patients in various ethnic populations, they do not account for significant numbers of A-T patients in heterogeneous populations such as the United States.
A-T variants, who do not meet all the clinical criteria for A-T (i.e., relatively late-onset of ataxia or chorea, unusually long survival, absence of telangiectases, normal AFP levels, normal immune status, intermediate levels of radiosensitivity) have been shown for the most part to have ATM mutations. These have been homo- or at least heterozygous for milder missense, splice-site, or small, non-critical insertion/deletion abnormalities that could allow production of up to 17% of normal ATM protein. Nonsense, frame-shift, or in-frame changes, causing two truncating mutations, with production of little or no ATM protein in over 85% of patients, result in the more typical A-T phenotype with lower mean survivals.
Many other patients with phenotypes typical of A-T (DiRocco, 1999; Hernandez et al., 1993) have not been shown to have mutations in the ATM gene, and may represent mutations in other genes that interact with the ATM protein. One of these proteins has been identified as Mre11, as discussed above.
TREATMENT OF A-T
At present there is no definitive gene-based therapy, neuroprotective therapy, or neural-restorative therapy to halt or reverse progression of the neurologic symptoms of A-T. The extraneural symptoms have many conventional treatment options, especially in the important areas of pulmonary infection and malignancy. Infection is usually with common microbes, not opportunistic organisms (despite the combined immunodeficiency), so prompt treatment with appropriate antibiotics and attention to aggressive pulmonary hygiene can prevent future complications (resistant infections, bronchiectasis, chronic respiratory failure, and aspiration).
Regular physical examinations with blood counts and blood chemistries can serve as an early screen for leukemia/lymphoma and other cancers. Routine pelvic exams and breast exams in young women, prostate screening in young men, and skin exams in both should be instituted. Non-radiologic imaging studies should be used when any area of concern is raised (MRI, ultrasound). Should a malignancy occur, treatment protocols utilizing lower doses of radiation therapy and alternatives to radiomimetic and neurotoxic agents should be sought, and chemotherapy protocols with a high risk of developing a second malignancy (topoisomerase inhibitors) should be modified. Young children presenting with leukemia or lymphoma, or any other malignancy, should be screened for the presence of A-T before a treatment regimen is begun. Because of the extreme cancer susceptibility of these patients, they should be encouraged to avoid excess sun exposure by keeping skin covered and wearing a hat and sunscreen when outdoors.
Neurorehabilitation strategies and symptomatic medication can improve neurologic performance and reduce the risk of long-term complications from increasing immobility (deconditioning, contractures, decubiti, pneumonia, bladder infections, constipation). Physical therapy can help the patient maintain independence, continue in school, and enjoy leisure pursuits with family and friends. Pool exercise, speech therapy, remedial learning programs, and appropriate adaptive equipment also reduce the ultimate handicaps of these patients.
Most A-T patients in the United States and western Europe live well beyond 20 years, thanks to improved health maintenance and rehabilitation options. This is a major change from just a few years ago, when it was unusual for patients to live past their teens, but much work still needs to be done.
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Show Review: Ty Segall @ The Mohawk (9/5)
September 8, 2014 nathan.lankford
A Ty Segall show is always going to be an event at the Mohawk. Whether it’s his own performance, or the crowd jam packed into the space, you always leave knowing your place. Brian and I hit up his latest Austin stop last Friday, with local openers ThinkNoThink and Wand kicking the night off. Despite a drizzle here or there, it was sweltering inside, if one was to judge from the faces exiting the pit. Read on for a few brief thoughts and B. Gray’s photos.
I was really impressed with ThinkNoThink, the local Austin trio. From the moment they kicked off their set, they brought energy, and an ode to the vocals of Led Zeppelin. For a show that later in the evening would rely upon solos and swinging of guitars, the group did their own version, setting up things for a great night. Looking forward to hearing more from them later in the year.
After spending some quality time with Wand‘s Ganglion Reef, I was really anticipating their set. It lived up to my expectations, walking that fine line between boisterous psych rock and pop sensibility. The song’s sounded as good as they did on the recording, especially “Flying Golem,” but it also reminded me of why the album was good, yet not great. At points, it comes off as a little bit one-note…and that factor gets blown up a bit more live, as you can only do so much in the live setting. Still, banging drums, screeching guitars and warm vocals. I’ll take it.
Then there was Ty. I mean, at this point, can’t I just say I saw Ty Segall. It was good. That’s really all that needs to be said. He’s one of the most consistent songwriters/performers of the last five years, which is is precisely why his shows always sell out at the Mohawk, and anywhere he plays for that matter. But, it’s almost getting to the point where he needs to start filling out two nights here in Austin. The audience clearly knows all the words, even on the new songs from Manipulator, which is about as solid as you get in this year’s album of the year race. Why not give it another night? It does look like all the touring is wearing on them a bit though, as Mikal seemed definitely worn out…physical appearance-wise; he still killed it with his bass parts. The show was good; I liked it. Now I’d like to see Ty do something new. Change directions completely…a folk album perhaps. Based on the support he draws in Austin, it’ll be a hit no matter what.
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Book Review: NIGHTINGALE by Fiona McIntosh
December 2, 2014 by Caroline Curtis
Ever more relevant with the centenary of the Gallipoli Landings coming up next year, Fiona McIntosh’s latest novel sweeps the reader back to World War I and to Turkey, where, in May 1915, British nurse Claire Nightingale is caught up in the turmoil and bloodshed as she tends to the wounded on a hospital ship anchored off Anzac Cove.
Deeply atmospheric, McIntosh’s eye for authenticity and detail is evident as the dangerous conditions in which the nurses carry out their life-saving duties is brought to life by the stench, the bombardment and bloody chaos, compounding the incessant heartbreak of helplessly having men they cannot save die, despite their best efforts, time after time. Dehydrated and starving, soldiers bunkered down in muddy trenches suffer dysentery and endure the mental anguish of witnessing less fortunate comrades maimed and blown apart by the shells raining down upon them.
When she insists on being at the frontline of the action where she can more effectively triage the injured, Claire Nightingale’s outrage at the lack of organisation is interrupted by the sudden appearance of handsome Australian Light Horseman Jamie Wren, desperately pleading for medical aid for the dying friend he has carried across the battlefield. The horrors of war contrast as the backdrop for a tender and evocative love story, the unexpected meeting of soul mates at a time when personal feelings are a luxury. The serendipity of falling in love and finding something wonderful in the unlikeliest of circumstances, gives meaning to lost soul Claire Nightingale’s hitherto empty life. The detachment and loneliness that brought her to care for strangers under foreign skies is breached by this chance meeting on a war-ravaged beach. The certainty of their love for each other gives her a reason to carry on living.
The three lives that intertwine in the book have bird imagery that is poignant and powerful. There is the serene calmness and beauty of Claire Nightingale, the resourcefulness and determination of Jamie Wren and the poetic and sacrificially brave ideals of dreamer Turkish soldier Açar Shahin, whose name is translated to mean “Hawk.” Jamie’s chance meeting with Açar, two strangers on opposite sides of the war, during an armistice to retrieve their respective dead, finds a common love of music that transcends language and they confide in each other their deepest secrets. The empathy between them will lead Claire to travel to Istanbul after the war, to return Açar’s prayer book, which saves Jamie’s life, to Açar’s father.
This trip to Istanbul is also a revelation of an exotic, ancient culture, rich in the scent of attar of roses and fragrant, mouth-wateringly melting Turkish Delight, introduces Claire to a very different possibility. Açar’s father, Professor Shahin, has his part to play in reuniting Claire and Jamie, where honour overcomes his own hopes for the future. Claire, whose heart tells her Jamie is still alive whilst the official records say otherwise, is determined to keep their arranged meeting on the 1st day of April after the war, at Langham’s Hotel in London. Having afternoon tea there had been her happiest childhood memory and Jamie had chosen the date with trademark Aussie humour as being the middle day between their respective birthdays.
Much loved for historical fiction romances such as The Lavender Keeper, McIntosh’s masterly handling of the First World War through the lives portrayed, is epic, gentle yet emotionally turbulent.
A testament to the unshakeable faith of love and a celebration of the wealth of different cultures, tragedy and suffering meld with love and hope for the future in an epic story of war and peace. A tribute to the lives lost in the war, but also to love itself – sensitive, poetically powerful and as gentle as the breath from a fluttering of wings.
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Cryptosporidium can also be transmitted from one animal to another through cross-transmission. For example, organisms from cats, cattle and pigs are able to cause infection in humans, and organisms from humans can infect animals.
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Dashboard Rotator
First - this is 100% worth the $20. I submitted a question and within 72 hours he had written a new feature in, plus commented on a solution to a situational problem I was having. Well done, sir.
Second, this is a voluntary plug; I'm just a happy customer.
We have a glorified PC that has two big ol' Matrox cards, currently powering five 50" TVs around the office via HDMI-ethernet converters. It's not a great 'video server' solution, but it works (you can't see what's on the remote TVs from in the server room...so WindowsKey+arrows!).
Anyways, each department has their own TV and I'd like to start rotating pages. We're using Grafana which has a playlist feature, but that's limited to 'on the playlist, not on the playlist' functionality. We have multiple TVs that need different sets of pages displayed. Furthermore, we have a pile of other pages to display (simple-nagios-dashboard, kopf ES plugin, Kibana dashboards, etc) that are separate URLs.
I checked into free options - javascript code, browser plugins, standalone apps. The javascript I didn't really want to get into because I'm not a developer, the plugins almost worked, but had enough issues that things wouldn't work, so had to look at paid options. (BTW, Revolver was the best of the bunch - but it was Chrome-global, could not deal with different options on different windows)
Dashboard Rotator had some good reviews, so I tested it out. Seemed to work fine (albeit IE only), so I paid up the $20 and promptly discovered that it couldn't deal with multiple monitors. So rather than heckle the developer to refund me, I submitted a question explaining my issues.
Well, to my surprise he got back to me and told me he'd look into it. Sunday night he sent me an updated set of files, and Monday I was testing. Not only had he enabled the ability to utilize multiple monitors, but had put in Firefox as an option! Interestingly it uses Selenium - interesting because we're looking at QA automation at work, and Selenium is probably what we're going with.
Anyways, we're now running two instances on the same 'video server' but different monitors and it works perfectly. The only feature we had to disable was the hourly restart, but the dev seems confident this won't be an issue now that we're using Firefox.
http://www.dashboardrotator.com/
Keith February 23, 2015 at 8:30 AM
DisplayFusion will let you see what's on the remote monitors using the "Mirror Monitor" function. You can set a hotkey for it on the Settings > Functions tab. There are also functions for sending a window directly to a specific monitor :)
Chris Trotter February 24, 2015 at 3:40 AM
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News, Events, and more from the Women in the Arts and Media Coalition and our member organizations.
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Special Opportunity
Are you confident your screenplay would sell if it was just given a chance? Well, here is that chance! Grab it!
This is not your standard screenplay contest... It’s the most exciting, refreshing and potentially rewarding contest we think you'll find, designed to give everybody the chance to sell their screenplay as a paperback and as an e-book to interested audiences. Hundreds of screenwriters have already taken part in this unique contest since it launched in early 2016, with many of them appearing on Amazon's best-sellers list for screenplays, including the NUMBER ONE spot in October 2016.
The contest is open to screenplays from all genres (comedy, fantasy, thrillers, horror, sci-fi, romance, westerns, etc). As long as it's a screenplay - short or feature-length - then it is eligible for the contest. We publish it, you market it - it's as simple as that!
Each writer is set up with their own publishing account and given full access to it on the screenplay publication date. the next publication date is July 5th. From your publishing account you can monitor sales, update your royalty payment information, order discounted paperback copies and make changes to your screenplay's listing on Amazon. The accounts are easy and intuitive to use and the contest entry fee covers entrants for step-by-step guidance on how to use them.
Each writer who enters receives ALL of the royalties for their sales directly from Amazon. Yes - ALL writers in the contest receive ALL of their royalties, not just the winners of the contest.
All you need to do is submit your screenplay for publication before the end of June and then spread the word that it will be published on July 5th. You might use social media, your local book stores, libraries, reading groups - whatever you decide!
For more info, check out dizzyemupublishing.com
The submission fee has a 20% discount for #ScreenOpps subscribers. Don't forget to email specialoppscode@gmail.com to get the special code for this month's Special Opportunity!
Breaking Walls Thriller Screenplay Contest
Breaking Walls is the leading screenplay contest for writers in the thriller genre. We believe well-written thrillers are an excellent way for writers to show Hollywood pros a combination of commerciality, your unique voice, and a clear understanding of effective feature film narrative delivery techniques. Our goal is to reward undiscovered thriller writing talent on an ongoing basis. We're here to break down the walls between your talent and the industry pros looking for the next great thriller writer!
When/Where: July 29, 2017
Deadline: May 5 (Early Bird); May 19 (Regular); June 9 (Late); June 23 (Extended)
Submission Fee: $35-$60
Eligibility: International entries are allowed but the script must be written in English. The submitted script must be in PDF format and must be submitted electronically. A title page with contact information must be included with every submitted script. The script must be 80 to 130 pages in 12pt Courier (or Courier Final Draft) with standard screenplay margins and spacing, and pages must be numbered. The script must be unproduced at the time of submission and must be an original screenplay intended for the medium of feature film and the submitter must own 100% of the rights to the script when submitting. Adaptations are eligible as long as the writer can prove full ownership of the original property or life rights (or if the source material is public domain according to US Copyright law.) If the script is written by a writing team, it must be submitted by one of the writers with the consent of the other (any and all prizes will be sent to the writer who submitted the winning script, it is the responsibility of the writing team to share or divide the prizes.) All entries must be received on or before midnight (Pacific Time) on the date of the deadline and must be paid in full to be considered.
Categories: Screenplays in the thriller genre
Address: N/A
Contact: coordinator@thrillerscreenplay.com
Impromptu: International Film and Gender Studies Festival
Imperfectu. International Film and Gender Studies Festival, creates reflections based on film, diverse artistic and academic proposals, individual and organizational experiences, and social movements, in order to generate an interdisciplinary analysis that impacts commonly widespread approaches to gender.
When/Where: November 16-18, 2017, Tijuana, Mexico
Deadline: May 1 (Regular); June 1 (Late)
Eligibility: There is no limit to the duration of the audiovisual work, nor with respect to the date or origin of the production. Submitted works must contain or make a reference to any topic that relates body-science or body-technology. If your work is in Spanish, you must send it with English subtitles. If your work is in English, you must send it with Spanish subtitles. If your work is in any other language, you must send it with both Spanish and English subtitles.
Categories: Imperfectu accepts works in any genre (fiction, documentary, animation, experimental, etc.) regardless of the original format (video, HD, 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, etc.)
Address: CECUT, Tijuana, Baja California 22010 Mexico
Contact: submissions@imperfectu.com
Cambodia Town Film Festival
CTFF is a four-day film forum that will introduce new studio and independent features, documentaries, foreign features, short films, animated shorts and re-released classics. The programs will include a variety of special events and panel discussions featuring directors, producers, writers and actors. CTFF will provide a creative forum for emerging filmmakers. CTFF offers the opportunity for student early-career filmmakers, and seasoned filmmakers to showcase their talent and gain exposure.
When/Where: September 14-17, 2017, Long Beach, CA
Deadline: March 10, 2017 (Earlybird), June 20 (Regular), July 5 (Late), July 17 (Extended)
Eligibility: Acceptable formats for preview are DVD (NTSC, Region 0 or 1 only) or secure online screener. No PAL DVDs will be previewed. Press kit are encouraged, but not required to be submitted with your entry, including: Still images (hard photos and/or high-resolution electronic images of at least 300dpi on a CD). Please provide captions for all images. Synopsis, Director's Biography, Director's Filmography, Cast and Crew Listing, If film is selected, the festival will request the following items to maximize exposure for your film: posters, director's photo, trailers, and clips and the press kit.
Categories: Feature Films, Documentary Films, Short Narrative Films, Short Documentary Films, Short Animation Films, Short Shorts
Address: 2025 E. 4th Street. Long Beach, CA 90814 United States
Contact: submissions@cambodiatownfilmfestival.com
Shorts That Are Not Pants
Established in 2012, Shorts That Are Not Pants is a quarterly screening series for short films that takes place in Toronto, Canada. Screenings take place in January, April, July, and October. We've screened more than 150 films from 26 countries so far, and we're looking for more undiscovered gems to show our shorts-savvy Toronto audiences. Members of our programming team have experience working for some of the biggest and best festivals in the world (TIFF, Sundance, Hot Docs) and travel to festivals around the world seeking out the best films and the brightest filmmakers to support.
When/Where: January 3, 2018, Toronto, CA
Eligibility: We are currently accepting submissions of short films up to 20 minutes in length. We screen from digital files ONLY. Films not in English must contain English subtitles.
Categories: All genres are welcome, and we don't care about premiere status or whether the film is already available online.
Address: 20 Carlton Street Toronto, Ontario M5B 2H5 Canada
Contact: james@shortsnotpants.com
Fantastic Fest is the largest genre film festival in the U.S., specializing in horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action and just plain fantastic movies from all around the world.
When/Where: September 21-28, 2017, Austin, TX
Deadline: February 22, 2017 (Earlybird), April 26 (Regular), May 31 (Late), June 21 (WAB Extended)
Eligibility: Running time for all feature films must be 70 minutes or more. Running time for all shorts must be less than 30 minutes. Selected films must be made available in a 35mm composite print, Bluray, or DCP. Film submissions in a foreign language must be subtitled in English.
Acceptable screening format is an online screener. We do not accept hardcopy screeners. If submitting more than one film, a separate completed entry is required for each title.
Categories: Short Films and Feature Films
Address: 916 N. Formosa Ave. c/o The Actors Company Los Angeles, CA 90046 United States
Contact: info@fantasticfest.com
The Chicago International Film Festival celebrates the best that cinema has to offer. Showcasing films from established masters and emerging storytellers, the Festival welcomes films from around the world. Offering an impressive selection of competitive and non-competitive programming, the Chicago International Film Festival brings films both domestic and international to silver screens in Chicago.
When/Where: October 12-26, 2017, Chicago, IL
Deadline: April 7 (Early); June 16 (Regular); July 17 (Late)
Submission Fee: $20-$200
Eligibility: 1. Films completed on or after September 1, 2016 are eligible. 2. Films previously submitted to the Chicago International Film Festival are NOT eligible. 3. US premieres are given priority, but films must be at least a Chicago premiere. Films that (a) have screened publicly in the Chicago area, (b) have had a theatrical run in the US prior to the Festival dates, (c) have aired on US television prior to the Festival dates, or (d) are available for purchase in North America are NOT eligible. 4. Feature-length films (narrative or documentary) that are available for public online viewing in their entirety are NOT eligible. Short films (under 40 min) may be available online. 5. Films shown at private screenings not open to the public (for crew, investors, etc.) are eligible. 6. All entries must be either in English or subtitled in English. Dialogue lists are not accepted. 7. Entrant confirms and warrants required legal authority to submit the entry into the Festival and to use all music, images, and content in the entry.
Categories: Documentary, Feature Film, Short Film
Address: 212 W. Van Buren St. Ste. 400 Chicago, IL 60607 United States
Contact: entries@chicagofilmfestival.com
Supper –Student Film
Casting "Supper," a short film about a dysfunctional group of siblings trying to figure out who's behind the murder of their father.
Roles: Aubrey (Caucasian; 22-32; Lead)
Audition: May 2017
Shoot Dates/Location: Shoots May 7th in Irvine
Union: Non-Union
Pay: Meals provided and travel costs will be compensated
Hole- Short Film
Casting "Hole," a short film about the story of one man's day to day struggle dealing with anxiety and depression. The film follows Oliver as he endures a typical day of an ongoing fracture of personal and professional relationships, and his fight to stay sane.
Roles: Melissa (African American; 24-35; Lead)
Shoot Dates/Location: Shoots May 13-14 & 27-28 in Dallas, TX.
Pay: Travel compensation, food, digital download of the film, and IMDb credit provided.
Sister Comma Frances –Student Film
Casting for 'Sister Comma Frances', short film - Frances arrives late to a campaign event for her presidential-candidate younger her sister, Senator Paula Sloan, putting a strain on an already strained relationship. In the process of trying to redeem herself, Frances encounters some suspicious activity and pursues it.
Roles: Frances Sloan (All Ethnicities; 35-60; Lead); Senator Paula Sloan (All Ethnicities; 30-50; Supporting)
Shoot Dates/Location: Production Dates - Mid June (3 non-consecutive days from June 12-June 22, specific dates TBD) Locations - NYC Columbia University area Rehearsal - Late May, early June TBD
Union: Union and Non-Union
Pay: Meals and travel provided. Copy of finished short guaranteed
For more OnScreen opportunities, visit Backstage.com; ActorsAccess.com; or Playbill.com.
Assistant Video Editor
Complex Networks is looking for a self-starter with some production and video editing experience to join their agency team. This tight-knit group is creating everything from social exclusive video to press clips to TV spots for Complex Networks and other Complex clients on a daily basis. The role directly supports the Post-Production Supervisor and requires top-notch organization skills, basic editing skills and an eye for things that work on social. Some of the work will be administrative in nature, organizing the team’s workflow and ensuring that everyone has the assets they need. There is an opportunity to cut custom content for social and fill your portfolio with client work. Excellent bedside manner with clients and a willingness to learn is an absolute must.
Position Type: Full Time
Eligibility: A graduate with a Major in TV Production, Film, Communications or a related field. Interested in learning all facets of production – pre and post-production. Hard working and has excellent computer and communication skills (experience in Premiere Pro is a plus!) Detail oriented and is able to take direction. Proficient in Word and Excel, updating daily and weekly spreadsheets. Hyper-conscious of the finer details.
Senior Producer, Audio
Vox Media builds smart media brands people love, empowering trusted digital voices with proprietary technology to create and distribute stories to an audience of hundreds of millions of young adults worldwide. Vox Media is eight distinct brands: The Verge (Technology and Culture), Vox (General News), SB Nation (Sports), Eater (Food and Nightlife), Polygon (Gaming), Racked (Shopping), Eater (Food and Nightlife), Curbed (Real Estate and Home), and Recode (Technology and Business).
Eligibility: Experience as the editorial/creative lead for a successful podcast or broadcast program. Experience managing a production team tasked with meeting daily deadlines. A portfolio that demonstrates an ear for great tape and inventive approaches to audio storytelling. A track record of developing stories that draw on diverse perspectives/source lists. Strong collaborative skills, as well as the ability to delegate and prioritize effectively. A strong news background/journalism chops. Proficiency in audio mixing. Experience coaching and developing host talent.
Sesame Studios YouTube Channel
An All-New YouTube Destination for Kids, From the Makers of Sesame Street! Sesame Studios features the same educational goodness as Sesame Street, but completely different. We are looking for fresh creative talent to dazzle and delight preschoolers.
Position Type: Flexible
Eligibility: Must be 18 years or older and be submitting original content
Method Studios is currently in search of a Production Coordinator to join its Production team. The Production Coordinator is responsible for the assignment and tracking of tasks for assigned area of responsibility. They will facilitate the movement of shots between teams, coordinate daily reviews, and communicate status updates ensuring the delivery of shots on schedule.
Eligibility: BA or BS in film, art, communications, or related field strongly preferred. Minimum 3 years experience in visual effects production or feature animation
Loreen Arbus Disability Awareness Grant
Through the generosity of Loreen Arbus, New York Women in Film and Television has established the Loreen Arbus Disability Awareness Grant. The film completion grant for $7,500 will be awarded to a woman filmmaker for a film on physical or developmental disability issues. Directors and producers are eligible to apply.
Deadline: June 1, 2017
Application Fee: Free
Eligibility: Films may be of any length or genre. The Grant will be awarded to help complete a work-in-progress. Films must have completed principle photography to be eligible. Finished films are not eligible. Filmmakers must be US-based.
Contact: Victoria Vasquez at 212-679-0870, ext. 39, or vvasquez@nywift.org
**Digital Bolex Grant for Women Cinematographer**
The Digital Bolex Grant for Women Cinematographers offers approximately $10,000 worth of gear and accessories loaned on a rolling basis to any narrative short, music video, or feature film project to be shot by a female cinematographer. Recipients of the grant receive a loaned camera package for up to 21 production days.
Eligibility: Grant is open only to productions that engage a female director of photography. Grant is only open to films shooting in the Continental United States.
Address: Digital Bolex, 707 S Broadway Suite #1223, Los Angeles, CA, 90014
Contact: +1 213 628 3191
Winter Residence at RUD AIR
RUD AIR is an Artist-In-Residence program in the rural area of Laxarby. It is situated ten km east of the small town of Bengtsfors, in the province of Dalsland, South-West Sweden. Away from the energetic and often hectic art world of the cities, this residency provides a tranquil and intimate space for art and reflection.
When: October 1, 2017-February 28, 2017
Eligibility: RUD AIR is first of all a retreat for artists and writers. It is not a space for promotion, exhibition, strategic networking, or facing a public audience. It is a space for reflection and rest in order to make space for something new.
Address: Sweden
Contact: rud5air@gmail.com
18th Street Arts Center
18th Street Arts Center values art making as an essential component of a vibrant, just, and healthy society. Its mission is “to provoke public dialogue through contemporary art making.” Founded in 1988, 18th Street Arts Center has fostered and supported the work of many of Los Angeles’ most engaging artists, and has built bridges to artist communities around the globe.
Application Fee: Yes
Eligibility: The Visiting Artist Residency Program accepts applications from working, professional artists who demonstrate a deep commitment to their practices. The program is open to artists of all generations, nationalities, and disciplines. Applicants are required to cover studio rental costs themselves. Although we primarily support visual artists, 18th Street Arts Center will consider applications from performing artists, writers, and filmmakers as well.
Address: 1639 18th Street Santa Monica CA 90404
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Good and Evil in Rhetorical Historiography
Good vs. Evil is a clichéd phrase, many times overused or under-defined. But it, or beliefs about the juxtaposition of the two, is many times at the root of action and rhetoric. It is central to religion, national policy (domestic and international), business, science, and even the stuff of superheroes. It is a catalyst for “just war” theory and for Spiderman stopping a runaway train. It is of course the stuff of ethics books and manuals the world over. It is wrong to not disclose a broken pipe to the person buying your home; it is good to notify authorities if you think your neighbor is being abused; it is bad to plagiarize; it is good to do pro bono work; it is evil to force communism on your citizens; it is good to go to war with an evil regime; it is bad to pinch your secretary as s/he walks by…and on and on.
In this postmodern age, where positivistic thinking has been supplanted by more relativistic notions of what constitutes good and evil, it is easy to view the history of rhetoric through a lens of ethical openmindedness. What we must not forget is that the history of our field is marked by many vivid discussions about what it is to be good in the world versus what it is to be bad. And, I don’t mean this in the sense that all history is rhetorical thus every mention of good vs. evil is part of our field’s historiography. And I don’t mean it in the simplistic, Christian sense, of God versus Satan. What I hope to highlight here is the fact that the discussion of good vs. evil encompasses much of our field’s history.
Naturally, I will focus on rhetoric in this discussion and, more specifically, some rhetorics that have become central in our field. My examples will span from Ancient Egypt (circa 2200 BC) to rhetoric in the New World (circa 16th century AD). Obviously a paper of this length cannot provide even a drop of the vast oceans of discourse available to us during that stretch of history, but my aim is to display the importance of “good vs. evil” in a number of regions over a rather lengthy period of time. While I am limited to the texts we have discussed in class, I believe this “trace” is important and could work as a springboard for future research and discussions in our field.
“Good” and “Evil” take many forms within the context of rhetorical historiography, and while I am no expert (even amateur) in the rhetorics I will present, I trust that the scholars/translators have provided me/us with intelligent and researched representations of these distant rhetorics. It would be worthwhile work to look into the ways in which different cultures understand the concept of “good vs. evil” but that will not be the work done here. As a very general definition, I will present “good vs. evil” as that which should be done for the betterment of self/society (that which is right) vs. that which should not be done by the self, to the self, or to society, or by those in society (that which is wrong).
Righteousness in Ancient Rhetoric
Looking back at ancient Mesopotamia (circa 2300 BC), we have the cuneiform writings of the high priestess Enheduanna. The “good” for Enheduanna was to pay homage to a higher being—the goddess Inanna. Predating the Christian Old Testament, a source considered by many to be the origins of ethical rhetoric, the writings of Enheduanna, emphasize the importance of godly worship and emphasize the presence of the good god Inanna in the material world. Thus, from Enheduanna’s perspective, there is an important good in validating and praising the gods. In this case, the goddess Inanna.
But, Inanna is not a simple deity. She is both “a goddess of war and destruction [and], she is equally a goddess of love” (Meadoe). She is allowing for a contradictory existence of sorts. As Martin Luther King states in his sermon “Unfulfilled Dreams”:
We end up having to agree with Plato that the human personality is like a charioteer with two headstrong horses, each wanting to go in different directions. Or sometimes we even have to end up crying out with Saint Augustine as he said in his Confessions, “Lord, make me pure, but not yet.” We end up crying out with the Apostle Paul, “The good that I would I do not: And the evil that I would not, that I do.” Or we end up having to say with Goethe that “there’s enough stuff in me to make both a gentleman and a rogue.”
Enhuduanna, through her praise of Inanna, is highlighting the fact that human, and godly, nature has within it “good” and “evil.” We must not ignore the fact that there is a clear distinction between good and evil here. There doesn’t seem to be a gray area of “this is good in particular situations and possible bad in others.” So, Ehuduanna seems to believe that while human and godly nature hasboth good and evil as part of there nature, there is still a strong division between what constitutes good and what constitutes evil.
While this example might not be an explicit instance stating what is right vs. what is wrong, we see the writer’s concern with placing one’s life under the will of a higher being. A higher being embedded in the “abysmal contradictions of human nature” (Jung qtd. in Meadoe). At the heart of Enheduanna’s poetry is a keen awareness of issues of morality, a morality being created and judged by higher powers. This is nothing new to the great religions of the world but seemingly contrasted to the relativistic thinking of post modernism. Let us now move to ancient Egypt and the concept of Maat. The era looked at here extends approximately from 2000 B.C.-500 A.D.
According to Carol S. Lipson, ancient Egyptian rhetoric was built upon the concept of Maat, “defined as truth, justice, or order” (81). It can more generally be refereed to as what is right or ethical. Lipson argues that the rhetoric of ancient Egypt (he looked mainly at letters) centered around this concept and was linked to one’s judgement in the afterlife. But, Maat was not only aimed at securing a desired afterlife, it was also concerned with living correctly and righteously in the material world. But, as Lipson points out, acting “good” was many times done for self-interest. “The argument for beneficence is not made on the grounds that the poor deserve food, or that good should be done for its own sake” (83). The author refers to the ancient Egyptian text The Instructions of Ptahhotep:
Be generous as long as you live
What leaves the storehouse does not return;
It is the food to be shared which is coveted,
One whose belly is empty is an accuser;
One deprived become as opponent,
Don’t have him for a neighbor (83)
Here we see a short example of an expression of Maat and the pointing to selfish motives, and the continuance of the status quo which seems a central aim of Maat.
As Lipson argues, Maat, working as the “superaddressee” (Bakhtin), attempts to make it clear that there is a strong distinction between righteousness and crookedness, between what is proper and improper. In what is reminiscent of Jewish and Christian scripture, Lipson underlines some specific aspects emphasized by Maat, found in his epistolary studies: “kindness, mercy, generosity, open-handedness, friendship, sweetness to the have-nots, care for the hungry…honesty, rectitude, righteousness, exactitude, fairness, firmness, patience, and cool-headedness” (84).
Let us now turn to Biblical rhetoric which is both similar and dissimilar to the concept of Maat of ancient Egypt. Let me emphasize that the term “Biblical rhetoric” is a simplified/canonizing term that is pointing to a discourse/text/rhetoric that is complex and multilayered. The term Bible itself comes from the Greek ta biblia (the books), pointing to the Bible as a grouping of texts/rhetoric. But, it is clear that Biblical rhetoric(s) are concerned with doing and believing what is proper (orthodoxy and orthopraxy) versus what is improper. A central term in Biblical rhetoric isδικαιος (Dikaiosune), which is translated as righteousness. Clearly, the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and the New Testament are centered around the concept of righteousness, in some cases giving explicit ethical laws and mandates, and in other cases teaching righteousness through storytelling.
What makes Biblical rhetoric seemingly different from the ancient Egyptian concept of Maat, though I am by no means a Biblical scholar, is that it, in many instances, seems concerned with doing good for goodness’ sake (that is, a “goodness” put forth by God) without the self-centered leanings of Maat. Whereas Maat makes the doer of good, and his interests and status, central, Biblical rhetoric, more so in the Gospels, emphasizes doing good because it is what is Right. Here are two short examples:
So when you give money to poor people, do not send men in front of you to blow trumpets or horns. Some people do this in the meeting houses and on the streets so that people will praise them. They are not true to themselves. I tell you the truth. (Matt. 6:2)
We were not looking for praise from men, not from you or anyone else. (1 Thessalonians 2:6)
While volumes could be written comparing Biblical righteousness to ancient Egyptian concepts of righteousness, let me move on to Chinese/Confucian rhetoric.
The ethical ideology of Confucian rhetoric (551 B.C. ff.) is aimed at emphasizing moral action over written, verbal, and political action. Glibness is looked down upon as respectful deeds are placed above rhetorical showmanship. Harmony in society is a central aim and, in the words of Arabella Lyon, “rites are greater than…rights” (136). As with Maat, disrupting the status quo is presented not only as undesirable but ethically wrong. If one is to do “good” in life, one should know one’s place and try to do “good” deeds that are in line with the norms of society.
What follows are passages from the Analects of Confucius:
To go unacknowledged by others without harboring frustration—is this not the mark of an exemplary person?
It is a rare thing for glib speech and an insinuating appearance to accompany authoritative conduct.
Rulers should employ their ministers by observing ritual propriety, and ministers should serve their lord by doing their utmost.
Poor but enjoying the way; rich but loving ritual propriety.
The Confucian model of rhetoric and ethics set up a clear distinction of what was good and what was wrong in terms of action and discourse. Like Platonic rhetoric, it was weary of glib speech (epideictic), and, like Maat, was concerned with maintaining societal harmony through “knowing ones place.”
A final example of “good vs. evil” in rhetorical historiography is in the early “New World.” Directly linked to Biblical rhetoric, the rhetoric written about, and from, the New World was many times aimed at what would be the “right” course of action to take with the Natives. Augustine, highly influenced by the rhetoric of Cicero, was highly influential in those whose job it was to convert the Natives to Christianity. For Augustine, “rhetoric serve[d] to impel the converted to act consistently with their beliefs.” He also held that “good” speaking was inferior to “holy speaking” (Cicero qtd. in Abbott). Thus, it seems for Augustine, there is a level of speech that is rhetorically sound and one, above it, which is ethically “good” and pure.
Franciscan Bernardino de Sahagun collected vast amounts of Native/Mexica rhetoric which the Mexica themselves viewed as huehuehtlahtolli, or “speeches of the ancients.” But despite having a complex language, society, and rhetorical history, as illustrated in the works of Sahagun, the Natives were viewed as the evil “other” by many of those sent to convert them. Because of their lifestyle, religious beliefs, and even lack of an alphabet, the Natives, in the eyes of the conquistadores of Europe, needed to be civilized. And above that, it was the “correct” and “good” thing to do. Harking back to the Greeks, who believed rhetoric could be used for both good and evil, the colonizers of the New World felt that (besides doing it physically in many instances) the Natives could be civilized through rhetoric, a very Ciceronian concept (an excellent man brought about civilization in the world). So, for the colonizers, their actions and rhetoric were bound up with ethics and doing what was good in their eyes and, seemingly, in the eyes of God.
As we can see, ethical considerations, ideas of good vs. evil, are embedded in rhetorical historiography. Through a post-Ancient lens, we many times impose postmodern notions of relativistic ethics on ancient cultures. We also tend to approach these ancient rhetorics in a comparative manner thus allowing us to put “good” in quotation marks, symbolically showing our postmodern understanding of “good” as a situated “good.” While I understand and agree with much of that viewpoint, we must also not forget that good/evil/right/wrong/appropriate/inappropriate/moral/immoral are all very strong and formational aspects of these ancient rhetorics. Mixing notions of good and evil, God, afterlife, and religious righteousness, with rhetoric, all have a long history in our field. We cannot ignore that.
Abbott, Don Paul. Rhetoric in the New World: Rhetorical Theory and Practice in
Colonial Spanish America. Columbia: U. of South Carolina P., 1996.
Confucius. The Analects of Confucius: A Philosophical Translation. Trans. Roger
T. Ames and Henry Rosemont, Jr. (packet, chapters 4, 5, 6, and 14).
Lipson, Carol S. “Ancient Egyptian Rhetoric: It All Comes Down to Maat.”
Rhetoric Before and Beyond the Greeks. Eds. Carol Lipson and Roberta
Binkley. Albany: State U. of N.Y. Press, 2004.
Lyon, Arabella. “Confucian Silence and Remonstration: A Basis for Deliberation?”
Maedoe, Betty DeShong. Ianna, Lady of the Largest Heart: Poems of the Sumerian
High Priestess Enheduanna. U. of Texas P., 2000 (packet, chapter 1-5, 10).
New International Version Bible. BibleGateway.com 21 Nov. 2006.
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Our benztown KiWi Chris Davis put me in Andrew’s direction and after listening to Andrew’s stuff on Soundcloud I wanted to get him on. Check out my wide ranging conversation with one of New Zealands most talented and creative Imagers, from PlugIns to writing to CASSETTES.. Enter Andrew!
Andrew, can you give me a bit of background on yourself, your career, achievements, role at the station. I am sure a lot of the readers will know you or of you, but it puts a lot of the below in context, I assume.
I’ve had a fascination of radio from around about 10 years old. I used to record myself on a little portable cassette player, write my own music on the piano for my “playlist” and make up my own commercials for LEGO and Transformers or whatever else I was playing with at the time. My poor parents had to listen to these over and over again. Years later I wound up doing free work at a radio station, just making coffees and generally being a nuisance but I just loved the environment, the creativity and the technology. After college (secondary school) I was accepted into the New Zealand Broadcasting School, where I completed my qualification learning about all facets of radio, specializing in creative writing and announcing, of all things. From there I was offered an internship at a radio station in Queenstown, Resort Radio, which was the absolute time of my life. I did everything. It was a small station but because of the tourism aspect to Queenstown, we always had these huge events and lots of personalities on station all the time. My role was “do everything except for sales” essentially and I worked 12 hour days and loved every bit of it. I ended up having to teach myself production on this absolutely awful software called “Prosonix” and there were only 3 of us in the country at the time using it! I would spend hours making Imaging for the station after many months of trying to prove to the program director I was good enough to do it! After that, I was lucky enough to bump into a hero and mentor of mine, Grant Brodie, at a production conference. He was Imaging some of the country’s biggest radio stations and he spent some time doing training with me and teaching me ProTools. From there I was invited to come and work and learn from him in Auckland, eventually taking over from him for 3 months while he did some travelling overseas. I’ve never been thrown in a deeper end before in my life and I’ve no idea how I survived. Nevertheless I was offered a job across the road at MoreFM in Auckland afterwards. From there, I was put in charge of rebranding all the local stations from their individual names to the “MoreFM” brand, which was around 20+ stations across the country at the time. It was all brand new Imaging and the first time it had ever been done in New Zealand. I won two New Zealand Radio Awards for my Imaging during this time and my first New York International Silver Radio Award for my Imaging for MoreFM. After working for five years for MediaWorks, I left for an opportunity to work for Austereo in Perth doing breakfast Imaging and Production. It was completely different to the Imaging work I had been doing, but I enjoyed the fast-paced nature of that style in Australia and it taught me a lot. After nine months there, I was offered a position to work for DMG Radio in Melbourne, doing Imaging for what is now Smooth FM in Sydney and Melbourne. I was doing Imaging for both markets and local production for Melbourne. I loved working with the team there, met some incredible people and it was five years of some of the best work I’ve done in radio. I won another New York International Radio Award during this time as well. From there, I was offered a position to move to Dubai and work with a wonderful Programme Director, Steve Pulley. He ran the English Virgin Radio and Dubai 92 brands and they wanted a modern take on production. I was also given the opportunity to head the Production team over there as well, looking after Hindi, Filipino, English and Arabic radio station Imaging and managing all the different production and creative talents. Along with winning 2 more New York Radio Awards, I learned a lot from the different production styles and skills of the team, and we had such a great, creative working environment over there under Steve Pulley and later, Ross Flahive. I won Gold at the New York Radio Awards for my Dubai 92 Imaging and shortly after I finished up in Dubai after 5 years working and travelling in the amazing middle-east, around ten years of living abroad! I was ready to come back to New Zealand. I set up my own Radio Production company, eyesound, and have been given the amazing opportunity to work for NZME nationwide, looking after Imaging for their Coast and MIX brands, along with providing an additional production resource for their ZM and HITS brands. I also do a lot of their iHeartRadio online Imaging and just about anything they send me on any given week is exciting and fresh. I’m honoured to work for a bit of a radio legend in David Brice and the entire Coast team. Lorna Subritzky was my tutor in Broadcasting School, and Jason Reeves, who I worked with when I first got my opportunity in Auckland doing Imaging, has brought me almost full-circle! I’ve recently won another Silver in the New York Radio Awards for my Coast Imaging and it’s an incredibly fun station to be a part of, pushing the boundaries of a ‘modern’ take on the superstar music of the 70’s and 80’s.
How do the tasks differ between the different stations / brands? What are the stylistic approaches and how difficult is it to change hats ,if you do?
I have two quite distinct roles working with the team at NZME. For Coast, I look after most of the writing and all of the Imaging for the station, along with David Brice. For ZM and HITS I provide an ‘overflow’ resource and I’m assigned work from their incredible Imaging Producer Alistair Cockburn. It’s mostly client-sponsored promotional material and trailers, but the format for both is quite a bit younger than Coast, so it’s a completely different sound. It’s also really important what I’m writing or producing matches the style of those stations and their producer, so I’m matching that ‘flavor’ as best as possible, rather than on Coast or Mix where I pretty much get free reign to do whatever I want, within reason! I have a lot of fun pushing the boundaries on Coast, I can’t recall ever being told I’ve gone too far on something, yet! I really want Coast to be a modern representation of that Classic format, a station you can be 30+ listening to and not feeling like you’re going to a funeral. I’ve worked on easy listening stations in the past and they can sound so dreary and dated in their imaging. I try to make Coast sound fresh, modern and positive. Switching between all these different formats and different approaches to production is reasonably easy. I try to schedule work for a specific brand on a particular day, or part of a day, so I’m not flipping between formats on a regular basis. I also try and ‘reset’ my ears between jobs by listening to classical music.
What do your days look like? Is there a blueprint? A routine?
I start my day after the kindy run, so around 9.30am. As I work from home it’s pretty flexible, but I try and keep a strict routine. I usually get an email from David the day before with the voicing for the week, then the talent does the voicing in Auckland, they send the files to me at home and I put everything together and send it back, writing any scripts needed in the evenings. Additionally, ZM will send me scripts to write or produce during the week along with work from HITS or one-off pieces of production. I’ve covered work for their talk station Newstalk ZB before, along with other music brands or Imaging packages for one-off online iHeartRadio stations. It’s always something different and no week looks the same! The really great thing about working from home for NZME is it gives them the ability to send me work across the weekend as well, so they’re not always locked into a Friday deadline. I’ll often work on a Saturday or a Sunday so they have an additional production resource, outside of normal hours. I think it gives them a bit of an edge with turnaround as well for client material.
What is your baby? Most fun project?
At the moment? It’s definitely Coast. I love the brand, the people and the music, which certainly helps and the team really is a who’s who of New Zealand Radio so I’m definitely trying to prove that I deserve to be part of it! They have an annual promotion called “Cash Call” which runs each year and I love reinventing the sound of that project each year. I always use an accapella version of Blondie’s “Call Me” but remix it each time. I have a blast coming up with new ways to make it sound different each year. I’ve been working on a new version for 2020 already and I think it might be the best yet!
Gearhead: your dream studio would have…
Production has changed so much (and the associated costs!) so I’m fortunate to work in a home studio that I’ve built myself, so it’s pretty much my dream set-up! I’m 100% mobile so I can work from anywhere with my custom built Macbook. ProTools has never been more stable and easy to use, although, I really would like to invest in a proper voice booth. I guess my “dream” studio would be a custom built studio as part of a new home or something like that. I haven’t given it too much thought because I believe the best asset I can bring to modern production is the ability to be mobile, work from anywhere and be flexible and not tied to a desk or a specific location.
What DAW do you guys use?
I use a custom built 2018 Macbook Pro, 2.2GHz 6-Core Intel i7 with 16gb Ram running the latest version of ProTools, Waves bundle and a few other little plugins.
What are your favorite plugins?
I chop and change all the time but my favorite one currently is Crystallizer by Soundtoys.
What are new learnings? Ideas you work on? Inspirations?
I use a lot of film and television trailers as inspiration for my audio work on Coast because the two demographics often intersect. Film work by James Gunn and Television shows like American Idol that will often use those huge hits from the 70s and 80s as inspiration for a modern twist, so I try to apply the same rules and style for Coast, where appropriate. I try and take ideas from the actual music I’m working with on the station as well, so when you hear a particular song you think of it as a “Coast” song first, before another station, for example.
Any new tools you discovered lately?
I’ve been trying out different ways to monitor final mixes of certain Imaging to give them a different feel, using different types of headphones. One thing I’ve been experimenting with is using high-end noise-cancelling headphones to mix sweepers. You get a completely different sound to Imaging with headphones on, so the most recent Imaging package I did for Coast I did entirely by recording the voice and mixing with headphones and not my studio monitors. It ended up producing this really warm, deep sound to all the sweepers. Perhaps a little too much at times, so it was trial and error, but the result on-air is this smooth, thick sounding audio mix when listened to on regular speakers or in the car.
Your favorite piece of imaging / production ever?
This is a really stupid one, but I did a commercial a long time ago, written by a very good friend of mine Richard Thorburn. He’s an absolute genius writer and it was for a roofing company. It talked about all the team of people that did really specific jobs in the company and the owner, Phil, turns up at the end with his “Philometer’ to measure everything is done right. I spent, literally, hours creating a very specific sound effect for the ‘Philometer’ and agonising over the placement of it in the 30sec commercial so it played as a comedy beat and timing everything to the music. It’s one of those things that nobody will ever notice but it just made us laugh so much, it was a great line in the script and that’s the kinda stuff I really enjoy where the production gets to add a lot of value to a really simple concept or line to create an idea in someone’s mind that’s bigger than what was on the script.
What would be your career advice for a youngster or your twenty year old self?
If you’re wanting to get into audio production, learn an instrument. Learn lots of them! Especially learn to write and compose music because it really helps in Production. ProTools is just a giant music score, except you’re balancing effects and voice, versus cellos and drums. If you think of Production as a musical score, I think it really helps on the creative side of it.
Who have been mentors of yours and how did they support you?
I mentioned him earlier, but Grant Brodie has been a huge inspiration for me, his work for The Edge in New Zealand is iconic locally. Chris Davis is both an incredibly good friend and a mentor of mine as well, from the way his production sounds to the way he operates from his home studio, he’s an incredibly talented guy and someone I’ll randomly call to work his brain for an idea or run something past him to see what he thinks. There’s a bunch of other people I liberally steal ideas from like Travis Evans, a producer I’ve worked with in Australia, Vinay Rao in Dubai, for Virgin Radio, who just has such a different style and ear for sound that’s very creative for the region.
The best tech purchase under a hundred dollars?
I’m obsessively particular about the mouse I use in my studio, I’ve been using a very old microsoft one for over a decade and I was very attached to it. Way back when I was first starting out in radio, I brought this thing for $99 and it seemed like the biggest expense of my life at the time. It became my “ProTools” mouse and its been to every job, every studio, every country I’ve worked in. Sadly it past its used-by date a couple of years ago so I’ve had to upgrade, but I got a solid 10 years out of the thing!
If you had to pick five plugins….
Never leave home without the Moogerfooger! That’s my baby. Q10 is such an easy equaliser, I’d also pick the L1, Soundtoys Crystallizer and a decent reverb.
Radio in 5 years? What will be different, new, more of, less?
Radio is going through a bit of a renaissance right now, as far as I can tell. I hear radio stations playing in shops again and people are talking about stuff that is happening on-air. They’ve figured out what a lot of television hasn’t which is that local content and GOOD content trumps everything. Radio always does local well and it’s cost-effective. I think in five years you’ll begin to see an investment back into local regional markets again as television revenue will continue to decline up against streaming content. Radio will take over a lot of that local advertising revenue again, hopefully. I think radio as a business will continue to be light and adaptable and I think the idea that writers or producers have to sit in an office for 8 or 9 hours a day will become less and less and working from home or opportunities for flexible working conditions will become more standard and in my experience, yield vastly better return on both investment and creativity.
Best advice you have ever gotten
A mentor and good friend once told me the key to not getting ‘stuck’ in a creative rut is to always have 3 tricks you can execute quickly and easily to just get the job done. Then the next time, reverse the order of those same 3 tricks, then mix it up again and so on. Using those ‘three tricks’ in different ways gives you plenty of scope to make basic projects sound interesting, without getting bogged down all the time reinventing the wheel. It’s been such great advice that I always pass it along. It’s a great way of getting great audio made consistently, whilst still being able to manage time efficiently in the studio for other more creatively heavy projects.
For an excerpt of Andrew’s work check out his soundcloud!:
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Home Made Candles
What do I do when home during a power outage, using candles for light? Make more candles of course. I used to make candles when I was younger so this was familiar territory. I used some paraffin lying around in the basement, a lump of beeswax and the melted bits form the candles I'd been burning. You can also use crayon fragments for color, but I didn't do that this time around.
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The audience loves this so much, there's a 15 to 20 second interruption for applause in the middle of the song. This is NOT your average "12 Days of Christmas"
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Writing a Poison Pen Letter to CNN
Dr. Sanjay Gupta was once tapped as a potential Surgeon General. Today I learned it would have been somewhat catastrophic if he'd gotten the job, as he's easily swayed by con men, psychic surgeons and faith healers. On December 22, 2010 this idiot used CNN's AC360 as a forum for promoting the faith healer and psychic surgeon "John of God."
I sent CNN the following comment to express my disgust at their promotion of a faith healer and their inability to do even rudimentary reporting. Apparently CNN, like Oprah, feels its more important to produce a "feel good" story that gives false hope than to find and report the truth.
I'm writing to express my disgust over Dr Gupta promoting the con artist "John of God" on a December 22, 2010 episode of AC360. I found the alleged investigation to be shallow and pathetic. Is this really what journalism has come to at CNN, the uncritical promotion of a known con artist with nothing more than a few vague bits of hand waving and pretense at MAYBE having some doubts?
"John of God" is a faith healer, a con man whose antics have been vivisected by people who actually investigated the man. The only positive to come out of that promotion piece is knowing it's a damn good thing Gupta didn't get the Surgeon General job and anything he has to say about medicine or science in the future can be dismissed as the babbling of an ignorant and easily fooled kook.
CNN has a web form for sending them letters.
You can learn more about Sanjay Gupta and his promotion of quackery at the links below:
Faith-Healer 'John of God' featured on CNN's AC360
John of God on CNN with Dr Gupta
You can learn more about Oprah's promotion of "Psychic Surgeon" John of God on the December 01, 2010 episode of the The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe Podcast.
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Racists Angry Over Thor's Black Sidekick.
One of my favorite things about new movies are the flame wars over casting. People grouse about the race of the actors, the fact that the actors portraying parent / child relationships don't have a large enough age gap to make it plausible, drug problems the actors have had in the past and just about everything else you can think of. For some reason people seem to forget that Hollywood routinely does things like cast Charleston Heston as a Jew and still produce a few really good movies.
Despite all the grousing, the nit-picking idiocy is generally unfounded. Yes, white supremacists and racist assholes got bent out of shape at the addition of a black character to "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves", but let's be honest here, Morgan Freeman pretty much carried the non-villain scenes. Without Freeman and Alan Rickman the film would have been virtually unwatchable, even if some racist idiot in congress groused about having to "explain why Sherwood forest was integrated" to his 9 year old daughter.
Enter Thor and the news that a black man will play a Norse God in a supporting role. Thor himself isn't being played by a black man, but Heimdall is going to be far darker than most the people who ever worshiped him. Theologically, there is a vague rationalization. If these were in fact Gods, instead of imaginary friends created by Norse people to get them through cold winter nights, then it makes sense for the races of the Gods to reflect to a certain extent the races of the people of Earth. More to the point, the Marvel character of Thor is already pretty well divorced from Norse mythology.
Regardless, people are outraged. Neo-Pagans who claim to worship Thor aren't the ones who are outraged. Minority rights activists aren't outraged that the main black character to be announced is only a glorified bouncer. No, outrage from those groups would at least make some vague sort of sense. Conservative Christians are the ones who are outraged a Norse God is being played by a black man.
Take a moment to wrap your head around that. Christians are upset over the race of an actor in a movie about Norse Mythology. At first glance that makes about as much sense as Ted Haggard getting bent out of shape over the a Bollywood movie where Shiva is being played by an Indian actor who isn't from the Brahmin caste.
The Council of Conservative Citizens web site has the following article:
Marvel Studios declares war on Norse mythology
Norse mythology gets a multi-cultural remake in the upcoming movie titled “Thor,” by Marvel studios. It’s not enough that Marvel attacks conservative values and promotes the left-wing, now mythological Gods must be re-invented with black skin.
It seems that Marvel Studios believes that white people should have nothing that is unique to themselves. An upcoming movie, based on the comic book Thor, will give Norse mythology an insulting multi-cultural make-over. One of the Gods will be played by Hip Hop DJ Idris Elba.
The online campaign to boycott Thor by Marvel Studios has begun. Visit Boycott-Thor.com
Keep in mind, this outrage is coming from people who, due to their religious views, are unlikely to see the movie anyway. People who were not going to see the movie because it depicts a pagan religion are calling for a boycott because one of the actors is black. As you can see in the quote above, they try to write this off as outrage at multiculturalism, but there's no good way to whitewash it any anything other than plain old racism. A "white" character will be played by a black man and these jackasses have gotten their panties in a knot over it.
At least the overt and admitted racists over at the stormfront forums have the intellectual integrity to admit they're pissed off for racist reasons. The fact that white supremacists are displaying more honesty and integrity than the Council of Conservative Citizens (CofCC) doesn't bode well for the CofCC.
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My Oddest Beer Yet
Last year I made a pale IPA with artificial spruce flavoring. The bottling date was August 1, 2009. Most of it was consumed within the first few months. It was novel, tasty and well worth repeating. I saved a few bottles to see how the brew aged. Last night, December 15, 2010, I opened one.
A year ago the spruce and the hops balanced nicely. As experienced brewers are likely suspecting as they read this, the hop aroma and flavor had faded over the past year, leaving the spruce VERY prominent. The tasting notes I wrote included the text "Strong spruce flavor and nose with aspects of pine pitch. This is NOT a beer for aging."
Fearing the remaining two or three bottles in the basement would end up down the drain instead of in my belly, I sprinkled some cinnamon over the beer to see if that helped. The dash of spice took a virtually undrinkable beer reminiscent of sucking a hunk of conifer into a pleasant, light Winter beer. It was more like drinking a frothy cinnamon beverage next to the Christmas tree, as opposed to chewing on said tree.
I offered some to my lovely wife, but she declined. We did however discuss the beer before going to bed.
"Honey, you're weird," she said.
"How so?" I asked.
"Spruce and cinnamon beer. Face it, you're weird."
"No argument there."
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What is Anonymous?
"Anonymous" consists of a collection of people who act based upon conversations on the marginally moderated 4chan.org /b/ forum. /b/ is the site's "Random" board. It usually features pornography and efforts to get 4chan readers to harass a particular individual. Most of the time these efforts consist of "I hate this bitch, here's her facebook / home number, make her suffer!" These are usually met with the reply of "Anonymous is not your personal army" and a collective "meh."
If, however, kittens are being tortured, rabbits crushed, puppies thrown into rivers or the Internet censored, 4chan declares war.
A few key hackers will post download links to botnet clients to turn your PC into a zombie for a DDoS attack on targeted web sites. At various points over the last few days, Mastercard, Paypal and Visa have all been unable to process any transactions due to these attacks.
The better researchers will dig up loads of information to be used in tracking down the offenders. This, for example, is how the woman who tossed a cat in a trash can in the UK was tracked down.
The war will escalate until, I kid you not, the warriors grow bored or move onto something else. Frequently this happens after a sufficiently large laugh comes out of the exchange. For example, an 11 year old girl was posting topless photos of herself to /b/ and links to videos where she talked about using a gun to make a "Brain Slushie" out of anyone who gave her grief. Anonymous tracked down her home phone and made it very clear to her parents what kind of person she was being. They were not kind. They were raging assholes. The issue died when her father, displaying a complete disregard for the fact that his 11 year old started this by posting nudie photos of herself online, posted a video where he threatened 4chan. Normally this would only escalate things, but he made such an idiot of himself Anonymous just laughed at him, treating his "Consequences will never be the same (NSFW!)" video as the best possible punch line to the entire affair.
If you had to translate Anonymous into D&D terms, the best match for their alignment would be "Chaotic asshole."
Side note, most of the porn on /b/ falls into one of the following categories:
1. Chubby porn.
2. Female 4chan readers posting their own topless photos.
3. Shemale porn.
4. "Trap" porn, referring to young effeminate men who can pass for women when properly tarted up.
5. "Dumps" where someone starts dumping their favorite porn photos, most of which were found on 4han to begin with.
Every few hours some idiot tries to start a child pornography thread. The moderators step in quickly, lock the thread, delete it and allegedly turn the IP addresses of the idiots who posted the garbage over to the FBI.
4chan is hosted on the USA. Its founder, Moot, is a US citizen. No one really knows HOW the site has avoided being taken down by the US government. The best guess is that that FBI finds it too rich a source of information on child porn producers and traders.
It's safe to say that none of the conservative pundits have ever looked at 4chan themselves. If they had, they'd be decrying /b/ as part of the gay agenda. You can't go more than a few pages on /b/ before hitting a tranny thread. It can be quite jarring until you become desensitized to the sight of a 6 foot tall ebony black transsexual with implants felating herself.
Then again, given the Republican track record of the last few years, they may know EXACTLY what's on /b/ and are keeping it quiet so as to not dry up one of their favorite sources of spank bank imagery.
Labels: Culture
Salt Water Quackery
ASEA Scam?
$40 for a bottle of salt water and a long list of mumbo-jumbo claiming it's more than just salt water. Oh, and trying to hide the fact that it's table salt by calling it by the chemical name sodium chloride.
I'd start bottling filtered tap water with a few teaspoons of salt and claiming it's a less expensive, but equally effective version of the quackery, but I have morals, something the folks at ASEA appear to lack.
As temping as it is to call it a sodium chloride water scam, but it's not quite accurate to call it a "scam." Calling it a scam implies the people selling or manufacturing it KNOW the health claims are a pile of nonsense. I have no evidence, other than the evasive nature of the swill on their web site, to demonstrate they KNOW they're selling quackery.
The lack of peer-reviewed, placebo controlled, clinical trials with a non-trivial sample size, combined with the complete lack of feasibility for their claims makes a label of "Quackery" quite accurate.
Labels: quacks, science
If it walks like a duck...
Christopher Maloney is a quack
Just to make sure there's no ambiguity about it, Christopher Maloney is a licensed, board certified quack, but a quack regardless.
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Polaris Q2 sales + 10% to $1,503 million; U.S Indian retail demand up
Polaris has posted North American retail sales of +6% for the quarter, with ORV up mid-single digit % for both side-by-side and ATV vehicles and gaining market share for ORV vehicles and Indian motorcycles.
The company has increased its full year 2018 sales guidance to be +11% to +12% taking into account improved volume expectations and the acquisition of Boat Holdings, LLC (Boat Holdings) – representing Polaris’ first foray into the marine market; the company has also raised the lower end of its earnings per share range and now expects adjusted net income to be in the range of $6.48 to $6.58 per diluted share, which includes the absorption of an estimated additional $40 million of tariff and related commodity cost increases anticipated in 2018.
Motorcycle segment sales, including PG&A, totaled $171 million, a decrease of -13 percent compared to $198 million reported in the second quarter of 2017 due to a weak motorcycle industry and timing of shipments for Indian motorcycles year-over-year. Slingshot sales were also down due to the weak motorcycle industry.
Gross segment profit for the second quarter of 2018 was $25 million compared to $21 million in the second quarter of 2017. Adjusted for the Victory wind-down costs recorded in both the 2018 and 2017 second quarters, and restructuring and realignment costs, motorcycle gross profit was $25 million in the 2018 second quarter compared to $30 million for the 2017 second quarter.
‘acquisition of Boat Holdings, the largest manufacturer of pontoon boats in the U.S.’
North American consumer retail demand for the Polaris motorcycle segment, including Indian Motorcycle and Slingshot, increased low-single digit percent during the 2018 second quarter. Indian Motorcycle retail sales increased mid-single digit percent. Slingshot's retail sales were down mid-single digit percent during the quarter. Motorcycle industry retail sales, 900 cc and above, were down mid-single digit percent in the 2018 second quarter. Indian Motorcycle gained market share for the 2018 second quarter on a year-over-year basis in spite of an overall weak north American motorcycle market in the second quarter.
Motorcycle dealer inventory was down low-single digit percent in the 2018 second quarter compared to the same period last year due to moderated shipments in an overall weak motorcycle market.
Scott Wine, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Polaris Industries Inc., is quoted as saying: "I am very pleased with the Polaris team and the strong execution they delivered across the business during the 2nd Quarter. With solid retail growth and market share gains in both our Off-Road Vehicle business and Indian Motorcycle, we are clearly reaping the benefits of our safety and quality investments, new product innovations and improved delivery performance.
‘Indian Motorcycle retail sales increased mid-single digit percent’
“Consumer sentiment and dealer traffic improved throughout the Quarter, building momentum which will help offset the rising risk of tariffs in the 2nd half. During the Quarter we were excited to announce another expansion of the Polaris powersports portfolio with the acquisition of Boat Holdings, the largest manufacturer of pontoon boats in the U.S.
“Between organic growth and considered acquisitions, Polaris’ underlying performance has significantly improved, but much of our success is being masked by substantial cost escalation driven by tariffs and commodities. As we navigate through increasingly dynamic markets, our efforts to enhance product quality and innovation, boost productivity and become a more customer centric company are paying off, and Polaris is well-positioned for further success.”
Scott Wine, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Polaris: “Between organic growth and considered acquisitions, Polaris’ underlying performance has significantly improved, but much of our success is being masked by substantial cost escalation driven by tariffs and commodities”
Off-Road Vehicle (“ORV”) and Snowmobile segment sales, including PG&A, totaled $991 million for the second quarter of 2018, up +17 percent over $846 million for the second quarter of 2017 driven by growth across most categories. PG&A sales for ORV and Snowmobiles combined increased +13 percent in the 2018 second quarter compared to the second quarter last year. Gross profit increased +12 percent to $297 million in the second quarter of 2018, compared to $266 million in the second quarter of 2017.
ORV wholegood sales for the second quarter of 2018 increased +18 percent primarily driven by strong RANGER, RZR and ATV shipments. Polaris North American ORV retail sales increased in the mid-single digit percent range, with side-by-side and ATV vehicles growing retail sales in the mid-single digit percent range. Side-by-Sides and ATVs again gained market share during the quarter in their respective categories. The North American ORV industry was flat compared to the second quarter last year. ORV dealer inventory was up high-single digit in the 2018 second quarter compared to the same period last year due to increased shipments of newly introduced products.
‘Motorcycle dealer inventory was down low-single digit percent’
Snowmobile wholegood sales in the second quarter of 2018 was $4 million compared to $7 million in the second quarter last year. Snowmobile sales in the company’s second quarter are routinely low as it is the off-season for snowmobile retail sales and shipments.
Global Adjacent Markets segment sales, including PG&A, increased +17 percent to $113 million in the 2018 second quarter compared to $97 million in the 2017 second quarter. Sales of Goupil and the Commercial, Government, Defense businesses drove most of the increase. Reported gross profit increased +32 percent to $28 million in the second quarter of 2018, compared to $21 million in the second quarter of 2017.
Aftermarket segment sales increased one percent to $227 million in the 2018 second quarter compared to $224 million in the 2017 second quarter. TAP sales in the second quarter of 2018 were $210 million, which was up slightly compared to the second quarter of 2017. Growth at TAP's retail stores and online platforms were largely offset by lower accessory sales for the new Jeep Wrangler, which was available for sale later than anticipated. Gross profit decreased to $58 million in the second quarter of 2018, compared to $60 million in the second quarter of 2017.
Parts, Garments and Accessories (“PG&A”) sales, excluding Aftermarket segment sales, increased +11 percent for the 2018 second quarter driven by growth across all segments, regions and product lines during the quarter.
International sales to customers outside of North America, including PG&A, totaled $204 million for the second quarter of 2018, up +7 percent from the same period in 2017. Foreign exchange movements represented four percent of the sales increase for the quarter. The remaining increase was driven by strong sales in the company's EMEA business for ORV and motorcycles.
‘Overall international sales +7 percent’
Second quarter 2018 net income was $93 million, or $1.43 per diluted share, compared with net income of $62 million, or $0.97 per diluted share, for the 2017 second quarter.
Gross profit increased +10 percent to $385 million for the second quarter of 2018 from $350 million in the second quarter of 2017. Reported gross profit margin was the same as Q2 2017 at 26 percent of sales; this included the negative impact of $5 million of Victory Motorcycles wind-down costs and realignment and restructuring costs. Gross profit margins on an adjusted basis were down slightly due to unfavorable product mix, the impact of tariff, commodity and freight cost pressure during the quarter, offset by improvements in warranty expense, VIP savings and favorable exchange rates.
Operating expenses increased +5 percent for the second quarter of 2018 to $284 million, or 19 percent of sales from $270 million, or 20 percent of sales – it improved as the company realized efficiencies through its selling, marketing and general and administrative spend. Income from financial services was $21 million for the second quarter of 2018, up +11 percent.
During the second quarter of 2018, the company repurchased and retired 1,429,000 shares of its common stock for $177 million. Year-to-date through June 30, 2018, the company has repurchased and retired 1,562,000 shares of its common stock for $192 million. As of June 30, 2018, the company has authorization from its Board of Directors to repurchase up to an additional 4.9 million shares of Polaris common stock.
‘The company is raising its full year sales guidance’
The company is raising its full year sales guidance and now expects sales to be in the range of 11 percent to 12 percent over 2017 adjusted sales of $5,428 million and narrowing and adjusting its earnings guidance range for the full year 2018 to account for Boat Holdings income and elimination of intangible amortization of previously acquired companies to better reflect the true underlying performance of Polaris' core businesses. Adjusted net income is now expected to be in the range of $6.48 to $6.58 per diluted share, compared with adjusted net income of $5.10 per diluted share for 2017. The revised guidance takes into account approximately $40 million of escalating tariff and related commodity cost increases as the company understands them today.
Travis Pastrana
Travis Pastrana Abuses a Perfectly Good FTR750 to Pay Tribute to Evel Knievel
In Las Vegas on July 8 action sports superstar Travis Pastrana sought to channel Evel Knievel in front of an estimated 25,000 fans watching in person and many more tuning in live on television across North America.
Produced in partnership with Nitro Circus, “Evel Live” saw Pastrana pay homage to Knievel’s legacy as he set out to recreate three of the American legend’s most iconic jumps. Pastrana pushed the limits even further though, breaking Knievel’s famous car and Greyhound bus jump records before completing the epic Caesars Palace fountain jump that left Knievel grasping for his life 50 years ago.
“I’m thrilled to have had this opportunity to honor Evel Knievel, whose guts and showmanship created the foundation for action sports,” Travis Pastrana said afterwards. “Evel pushed himself and flew further on a motorcycle than anyone thought possible. So, with this modern-day tribute we wanted to bridge generations – from my parents’ generation who was inspired by Evel to the generation after me who may not know much about the original stuntmen who paved the way. To be able do that in Las Vegas and at Caesars Palace, where Evel’s legend was born, is so awesome.”
In just three hours and under the pressure of a live TV broadcast, Pastrana first topped Knievel’s 1973 jump over 50 crushed cars by soaring more than 143 feet in the air over 52 vehicles.
Then he surpassed Knievel’s 1975 jump over 14 buses, flying nearly four stories high and covering a jaw-dropping 192 feet to clear 16 modern-day Greyhound buses. In order to make room for the massive set-up, these jumps required the production teams to take over the space behind Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, Paris Las Vegas and Bally’s Las Vegas.
Afterwards, Pastrana took to the streets with a police escort to ride to the Caesars Palace jump site. Fans quickly lined Las Vegas Boulevard, exchanging high-fives with Pastrana from taxis and the side of the road as anticipation for the finale built. The motorcade quickly closed The Strip.
Then Pastrana faced the Caesars Palace fountain jump that nearly took Knievel’s life half a century ago after his infamous crash. As if that wasn’t daunting enough, given the expansion of Caesars Palace since Knievel’s ill-fated attempt, Pastrana had only a 200 foot run-in to accelerate to the 70 mph speed necessary to clear the fountain.
Pastrana also had to contend with stifling heat reaching 102 degrees and, just before the event, potential thunderstorms. Even in ideal conditions and if he hit his speed marks perfectly, Pastrana would land with just a few feet to spare. But, after arcing over the fountains, Pastrana touched safely down on the landing ramp to the roaring crowd and a flash of pyrotechnics.
This electrifying event paid tribute to Evel Knievel in every possible detail. From Pastrana riding an Indian Scout FTR750, a modern-day evolution of the flat track motorcycles of the past - and very different from the modern-day dirt bikes Pastrana usually rides – to the white leather suit and helmet decked out in American stars and stripes just like Knievel’s classic livery, these specifics illuminate how much Knievel achieved and the impact he has had on generations of fans.
AIMExpo
Harley in AIMExpo Return
The American International Motorcycle Expo presented by Nationwide (AIMExpo) has confirmed the hoped for news that Harley-Davidson will return as an exhibitor when the show heads west to Las Vegas (Mandalay Bay, October 11-14) after the company’s AIMExpo debut at Columbus, Ohio in 2017.
Harley will showcase its new 2019 line-up of V-twin motorcycles, with attendees having the opportunity to test ride the latest Harley and other OEM models at the AIMExpo Outdoors activity area. Catering for those consumers who may be new to riding Harley will again feature its JUMPSTART Rider Experience on the booth inside the exhibit hall.
“AIMExpo plays a valuable and much-needed role within the greater powersports marketplace of bringing the industry together as we look toward the future,” said Heather Malenshek, Harley-Davidson Vice President, Marketing. “Last year, in his show keynote, our CEO Matt Levatich provided invaluable insight into the great need to build new riders as an industry. As America’s leading manufacturer of motorcycles and one of the most customer-led companies in the world, we look forward to interacting with new and current riders in Las Vegas.”
Show organizer MIC Events says that as part of the new Powersports Industry Week, local dealers Las Vegas Harley-Davidson and Red Rock Harley-Davidson will have a prominent presence at both AIMExpo presented by Nationwide and Las Vegas BikeFest.
“As a show that encompasses the entire powersports industry, AIMExpo presented by Nationwide is the platform to come together and work as one industry to create the paths that will welcome new riders for the benefit of all. It is in our collective interests to join together as dealers, media and manufacturers to showcase the great recreational and emotional experience of two, three and four wheels in new, relevant and stimulating ways,” said Larry Little, Vice President and General Manager of MIC Events. “Harley-Davidson truly understands the key role the show can play to the long-term future health of the industry, and we are thrilled they will join us again, this year in Las Vegas.”
www.aimexpousa.com
Ducati Wins 2018 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb to Reclaim Crown as King of the Mountain
Legendary Ducati racer Carlin Dunne led the 2018 Spider Grips Ducati Pikes Peak team to victory and reclaimed the crown as King of the Mountain at this year’s annual running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), completing the “Race to the Clouds” in 9:59:102. This was Dunne’s fourth victory at Pikes Peak.
“We did it. We took the podium,” said Dunne, who notably was the first motorcyclist ever to traverse the 4,720-foot Pikes Peak race course in less than 10 minutes in 2012. “The Multistrada 1260 Pikes Peak proved as amazing as we all hoped. It performed flawlessly, giving me everything I needed to get up the mountain. Pikes Peak is never an easy race, but the weather cooperated, and we clinched the victory for Ducati.”
This is Ducati’s seventh victory on the mountain since the company’s debut in 2008. Ducati and Dunne held the all-time course record from 2012 until 2017, a year in which Ducati was not part of the official race competition. Dunne’s previous victory in 2012 was achieved on the game-changing Multistrada 1200 S.
This year, Dunne secured the win on the new Multistrada 1260 Pikes Peak model. The new Multistrada 1260 Pikes Peak showcases the versatility of a new, larger displacement 1262 cc Ducati Testastretta DVT engine delivering 18% more torque in the mid-range. The bike is also paired with a redesigned chassis for increased stability.
Rounding out the Ducati team this year was new member Codie Vahsholtz, who finished in third with a time of 10:12:703. Vahsholtz is a Colorado native who comes from a family of Pikes Peak champions and has established a series of victories of his own.
This year, for the 96th running of the “Race to the Clouds,” Ducati partnered with Shell Advance, Brembo, Pirelli, Termignoni, Spider Grips, Ducati by Rizoma, Race Tech, Revl and Racing Cowboys.
Ride Well with Biltwell
California based Biltwell is more than just a great helmet company, with great design and great branding - it delivers carefully thought out, well specified ergonomic, feature-rich products that genuinely enhanced the riding experience …
Riserless ‘bars for XL
Well known for its Tyson Risers, this Tyson XL handlebar is a riserless T-bar “that takes high-tech construction and rider comfort to the next level.”
The innovation begins with Biltwell’s exclusive butted and tapered 1-1/8-inch O.D. four-bend handlebar with 1” grip areas. This bar is TIG welded to 1-1/4-inch O.D. uprights in three sizes: 10, 12 and 14 inch rise. TIG welded 1/2 x 13 t.p.i. bungs on 3.5” centers inside both uprights let the handlebars mount to select H-D and aftermarket top trees with removable bar risers.
The right-side bar end is notched to accept H-D’s TBW module, and the bar is slotted on a CNC mill to accept internal wire routing. Made in 0.120” wall (3 mm) seamless 4130 chromoly material throughout they are precision mitered with TIG welded joints and bungs for strength. They are also available as non-TBW designs - with slots in the handlebar to accept internal wire routing inside the bar/underneath the lever clamps. They are available in a choice of electroplate or show chrome finishes.
Alumicore Grips
Biltwell says its AlumiCore grip system is a radical departure from the brand’s classic ‘less-is-more’ aesthetic and takes high-performance hand controls for Harley-Davidsons to the next level.
“The technical revolution starts with a forged and CNC lathe-turned 6061 T-6 aluminum tube. After precision machining and surface detailing, a Thermoplastic Vulcanizate (TPV) rubber sleeve is installed over the tube’s knurled surface for traction and comfort. This highly UV-resistant material is soft and comfortable, yet extremely durable.
“The right (throttle) side AlumiCore grip comes in two styles: 1 inch I.D. for select stock and aftermarket 2-cable H-D throttles, and another for H-D Throttle-By-Wire technology. The internal gear interface inside the AlumiCore grip for TBW is forged (not simply glued and screwed) into the grip’s aluminum sleeve, so it will never break or disengage from the TBW module’s gear interface.
“The throttle grip’s machined end cap is removable to make changing and replacing the TPV rubber sleeve fast and easy. The clutch side AlumiCore grip features an internal wedge system on the end cap that expands inside the handlebar to eliminate grip slip and end play. Both grip flanges fit inside stock and select aftermarket H-D hand control pods.
They are available in black electroplate or chrome finish, with black grips sleeves. Other grip sleeve colors are also available for replacement or customizing.
Biltwell Luggage
EXFIL-115 Waterproof Duffel
EXFIL-11 Tank bag
Biltwell’s EXFIL line of luggage and travel gear “is built tough for the open road. Designed for maximum versatility and engineered for near bulletproof durability, every EXFIL bag boasts weather-resistant or waterproof materials, smart cargo capability and a wide range of mounting options for all two-wheeled pursuits.”
The 11” long x 9” wide x 6” tall EXFIL-11 Tank Bag in black has a main compartment volume equal to eleven 12-ounce beverage cans. It is made with a UV-treated, PVC-backed 1680 denier ballistic nylon chassis with molded nylon Duraflex buckles, YKK secondary compartment zipper and external MOLLE system on the sides.
Features include a touch-sensitive clear top pocket for mobile devices, rubber grommets for audio cable routing, high-strength magnets for speedy, secure mounting on steel tanks and zipper expansion baffle to let the bag fit over tanks with speedo panels.
With a similar main compartment capacity and construction, the EXFIL-7 Multi-Purpose bag and EXFIL-80 Sissy Bar bag with shoulder straps are available in black and green.
The universal fitment 14” wide x 12” deep x 24” tall EXFIL-115 Waterproof Duffel in black has a main compartment volume equal to 115 12-ounce beverage cans.
EXFIL-80 Sissy Bar Bag
EXFIL-7 Multi-Purpose Bag
Construction features a 100% waterproof roll-top closure with Velcro sealing strip and Duraflex buckles, UV treated and PVC coated 500- and 1000-denier ballistic nylon chassis, 2 inch wide nylon loops with woven reflective piping provide multiple mounting points. It further features center-mounted reflective nylon carry handle and reinforced box- and bar-stitching on carry handle and critical stress points.
www.biltwellinc.com
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Images starting with Exfil belong in the luggage section. Can you do an assemblage, and caption each with file name?
Hawg Halters, Inc.
Hawg Halters Bolt-On Neck Cover Kits, Speed King Handlebars
Georgia based Hawg Halters, Inc. (HHI) is now offering these custom designed Neck Rake Cover Kits “to finish off your Hawg Halters Bolt-On Neck Rake Kit installation.”
Designed specifically to fit and work with HHI X-26 and X-30 packages, these kits (seen here for the Road Glide) are described as a “classic finish to the neck rake upgrade.” Made from advanced grade polymer with a proper inspection port for the Vehicle Identification Number, they are an easy snap on and paintable installation with all necessary hardware included.
Hawg Halter’s newest development bike for new product R&D is the 2018 Softail Slim and seen here in gloss black are the company’s 9-inch Speed King handlebars.
Available in black or chrome, HHI Speed King handlebars can be ordered as a bare bar, or as a complete plug and play bolt-on assembly - complete with custom HHI hand controls.
www.hawghalters.com
Royal Flush RED LEDs
Oreland, Pennsylvania based NAMZ Custom Cycle Products has followed up the introduction of its Badlands Sequential Flashing Modules with “some really trick LEDs.”
Flush mounted and available in blank anodized or stainless steel finishes, these 1” or smaller 9/16” LEDs have red lenses and come with a rubber O-Ring and a jam nut for a watertight installation.
Sold in six-packs, NAMZ owner Jeff Zelinsky says “these LED turn signals are a perfect pairing for the sequential modules which will flash the three LEDs per left and right side, while adding a running light and brake light functionality. Great looks, added safety and stealthy installation helps to make these Royal Flush LEDs a winner every time!”
Celebrating its 19th year in business, NAMZ sells market leading wiring harnesses and related accessories, fluid transfer lines, custom installation supplies and Badlands Lighting Modules. The full range of NAMZ/Badlands products are available through Drag Specialties, Parts Unlimited, Tucker Distributing, Mid-USA, V-Twin Manufacturing, Parts Canada, Motovan, Les Importations Thibault, Parts Europe, Custom Chrome Europe, Motorcycle Storehouse, W&W Cycles, Zodiac, Rollies Speed Shop, Wildrider International Pty Ltd., or dealers can order direct from the NAMZ/Badlands website.
www.namzccp.com
SBS Friction
SBS Indian Brake Pad Options
Leading brake pad manufacturer SBS Friction, the official brake pad of the Vance & Hines presented American Flat Track Twins Series, has fitments for late model Indian Motorcycle Scout and Big Twin models, and for prior iterations of Indian branded bikes, including for Scouts as far back as 2001 offered in either sintered or organic compounds.
The company’s H.HS is an HH rated sinter compound for front brake use that delivers a “very high performance that is formulated for low wear, high thermal stability and excellent lever feel, while keeping brake dust to an absolute minimum” according to SBS Daytona, Florida based North American Manager Chris Lyngkilde Jensen.
The H.LS is a sinter compound specifically for rear wheel use. “It has a slightly lower friction coefficient compared to H.HS, helping avoid rear wheel lock-up under hard braking.”
Chris Lyngkilde Jensen: “We look forward to the launch of the FTR 1200 street version so that customers can reap the benefits of our work in the American Flat Track series”
High tech H.CT is a carbon based high performance compound, also HH rated and compatible with polished and cast iron rotors for “unmatched feel and control in wet or dry conditions.” It is manufactured with NUCAP NRS technology, which secures an unbreakable mechanical bond between backing plate and friction material.
Offering long life and low dust, SBS’ organic compound H.HF is formulated to be very easy on brake rotors and also manufactured with NUCAP NRS backing plate technology. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada NUCAP is a global manufacturing technology company that developed their permanent bond NRS (NUCAP Retention System) to provide safer, quieter and more cost-effective products for the braking industry.
Hundreds of steel hooks create a permanent, unbreakable mechanical bond between backing plate and friction material. The NRS mechanical attachment is widely appreciated in the braking industry for holding friction material better than any adhesive.
NRS allows brake pads to be run down to the last few millimeters of friction material, while still maintaining 100% retention, enhancing the life of brake pads and saving the rider money. NRS has earned the reputation of being “bulletproof” in its resistance to shear loads, corrosion and heat. NRS-applied pads allow friction manufacturers to engineer friction products that demonstrate an extended duty cycle by retaining overall plate/pad integrity to the absolute end of friction wear.
SBS’ Indian Motorcycle pads are branded in V-twin specific packaging “to have that exclusive visual impact.” SBS says it has the largest selection of brake pads for the Indian FTR 750 flat track bike - “as the many race teams using them have come to realize. As the official brake pad of AFT we are providing race support to all teams using SBS pads,” says Jensen. “We look forward to the launch of the FTR 1200 street version so that customers can reap the benefits of our work in the American Flat Track series.”
www.sbs.dk
Zodiac additions
Bitubo Cartridge Style Front Fork Damper Kits
The advantages of the cartridge type forks that are found in most state-of-the-art sports bikes are beginning to migrate in to the custom and Harley suspension upgrade market – good kits used in the right applications provide better handling characteristics than rod-type dampers, and also offer more tuning possibilities. Italian suspension manufacturer Bitubo has created complete and easy to install fork cartridge kits that can also lower the front of the bike by up to 30 mm, depending on the application. Fork cap covers in chrome or black finish are also available.
The company’s Hypersport style single cartridge and MotoGP style dual cartridge both offer up to 30 mm lowering adjustment, 10-step adjustable preload and 20-step adjustable rebound. The MotoGP style dual cartridge also has 20-step adjustable compression. The Hypersport style is available for selected V-Rod/Night Rod and 39 mm XL1200X Forty-Eight. The MotoGP style is also available for selected 49 mm XL forks, 49 mm Dyna and ‘14-‘16 Tourers.
TBR MX-Style Footpegs
These stainless steel Motocross style foot pegs fit mid mount controls on Dyna and Sportster models and feature rotating mounts. They are sold in sets for left and right in raw, black or polished stainless steel.
‘Combat’ Slip-Ons for M-8 Fat Bob
These Freedom Performance ‘Combat’ slip-ons for FXFB and FXFBS Fat Bob are said to be easy to install direct bolt-on mufflers in 4 ¼” (114 mm) diameter that fit on the stock headers. They are available in all chrome, all black or chrome with black tip.
S&S M-8 Cam Plate and Oil Pump Kits
S&S cam plates and oil pumps are precision machined from billet aluminum and finished in anodized blue. The cam plates feature removable passage plugs for servicing and a steel plate to protect the plate body from the steel oil pump rotors.
S&S oil pumps have independent scavenge sections for flywheel cavity and cam chest, debris screens in both scavenge pickups, and a magnet in the cam chest to help prevent debris from entering pump.
There is an adjustable pressure relief valve that can be adjusted with the oil pump mounted in the engine and Zodiac says that S&S’ designs result in increased flow capacity on both feed and scavenge side. The cam plate and oil pump are supplied as complete and ready to install kits for 2017 to present water-cooled and oil-cooled M-8s.
Pingel All Electric Up/Down Shifter Kits for 2018 Softails
These all electric up/down shifter kits by Adams, Wisconsin based Pingel Enterprises are designed to deliver simple push button throttle “on”, clutchless up and down shifting for 2018 M-8 Softails - with clutch use only required for starting and stopping.
The kits include a dual button handlebar control, a chrome plated shift cylinder, bolt-on shift cylinder support bracket, a state of the art control module that quickly and reliably interacts between the button control and shift cylinder, and the ignition interruption module.
Available for 2018 FXFB and FXFBS Fat Bob, FLFB and FLFBS Fat Boy, FXBR and FXBRS Breakout, FLHC and FLHCS Heritage, FXBB Street Bob and FXLR Low Rider.
Rick’s Breakout Headlight Shroud
Zodiac thinks the headlight on the M-8 Softail Breakout “looks a little as if the Harley design department was not ready before the bike went into production” - so what to do? Rick’s Motorcycles in Germany has this fiberglass shroud that “hides the ugly back of the stock headlight and upgrades the total look of the front end.” Easy to bolt on, it comes in a white gel coat finish.
Müller M-8 Softail Lowering Kits
These patent-pending, TÜV approved, German designed and made Müller Motorcycle M-8 Softail specific lowering kits are “infinitely adjustable” for up to 35 mm of lowered riding height. They come with needle bearing installed and do not require the damper rod to be shortened.
They fit the stock remote adjustable rear shock on 2018 to present FLDE Deluxe, FLFB and FLFBS Fat Boy, FLHC and FLHCS Heritage, FLSB Sport Glide, FLSL Slim, FXBR and FXBRS Breakout, FXFB and FXFBS Fat Bob, with model specific versions for the FXBB Street Bob and FXLR Low Rider.
Brass Balls XL Skid Plates
Oklahoma based Brass Balls’ Sportster skid plates are more than a rock guard – “they are a full blown armor for the underside of the bike in 1/8” thick aluminum that runs the length of the underside of the bike. Contoured to follow the smooth lines of the chassis, the speed holes provide weight savings as well as allowing fluids and debris to escape. Available for 1996-2003 Sportster, featuring exposed welds and 2004 to present Sportsters with smooth side walls.
ZODIAC INTERNATIONAL BV
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Arnott Motorcycle Air Suspension
Arnott Certifies Ultimate Ride Kits for 2018 Touring models
Merritt Island, Florida based Arnott Motorcycle Air Suspension has announced that it has certified its adjustable air suspension Ultimate Ride Series kits for 2018 Harley-Davidson Touring models.
Custom-designed for the Touring series, Arnott says the kits have “thoroughly tested for fitment and ride quality on multiple Road King, Street Glide, Road Glide and Electra Glide and CVO models.
Featuring nitrogen charged FOX shock absorbers and a powerful air compressor, Arnott says that “unlike some kits which use castoff auto parts for every motorcycle, Arnott kits are specifically engineered for each make, model and year of supported motorcycles. The testing process assures customers that when fully deflated, the kit won't allow the fender to rub against the bike's rear tire, provides optimum ride quality over a wide range of road conditions and fits the motorcycle perfectly, enabling a fast and flawless installation.
“We design and handcraft our air suspension systems specifically for motorcycles, ensuring each product exceeds the highest standards in quality, functionality and safety. Our Ultimate Ride Series not only lower the motorcycle for ease and comfort, but are ideal for riders looking for exceptional ride quality, reduced bottoming, and the ability to ride longer without feeling 'beat up' by the road.”
The system features FOX street performance, gas-charged monotube shocks with an internal floating piston, optimized model-specific ride, using FOX's proprietary high-flow deflective disc, velocity-sensitive damping, 1.5-inch 6061-T6 aluminum hard body with a 1/2-inch low friction, super-finished hard chrome shaft, multi-ply Goodyear air bladder for height adjustability and air spring firmness, a powerful compressor with application-specific mounting hardware, handlebar-mounted inflation control switch and optional rebound control to enable the rider to adjust the shocks' internal damping (available in black or chrome) with matching black or chrome handlebar-mounted inflation switches.
www.arnottcycles.com
H-D Q2 - Profits Down as Steel Tariffs Start to Bite but "Hold That Thought"
In what appears to be a clear effort to prevent some new announcements from being overshadowed by its second quarter financial results, Harley-Davidson announced on July 24 that there will be a second press release, slide presentation and stake holder conference call on Monday July 30 in which the company will address the so far unknown impacts of its January 2016 “Next 10 Years” initiative announcements with a further series of “Accelerated Strategy For Growth” plans.
The company is adamant that the new announcements will be consistent with is previously unveiled plans. Those plans are summarized as growing ridership by at least 2 million new riders through training, launching 100 new models in 10 years, increasing international sales volume to 50 percent of production, and to do all this “profitably and sustainably” while keeping investor returns within the top quartile of S&P 500 performance.
However, it is clear that the new details will be a response to the so far lacklustre impacts that its plans have had on sales and will be targeting some kind of acceleration in and details of new product plans, achieving broader consumer access (“meet customers where they are now and how they want to engage with a multi-channel retail experience”) and deliver “stronger dealers” - driving a “performance framework to improve our dealer financial strength and the Harley-Davidson customer experience.”
The take-aways from this appear, first of all, to be senior management dissatisfaction with the performance (stating quite clearly that it wants “stronger dealers”) and (probably) the location of existing dealerships - the absence of urban and metropolitan consumer access has been an issue for some years. Secondly, the company plans moves (maybe ahead of MY2019 announcements?) to add some flesh to the bone in terms of at least one but possibly all of its immediate, medium and long-term product (platform?) plans.
“accelerated strategy for growth”
to be announced July 30
Matt Levatich, President and Chief Executive Officer, told investors that Harley needed “new types of products and channels” in drawing on the firm’s 115-year legacy and the vision of the founders may have been alluding to the long-rumored Adventure Tourer project.
Matt Levatich, President and Chief Executive Officer, told investors that Harley needed “new types of products and channels”
Either way, the company is making it sound like there is something more to come next week than simply an update on its E-bike plans, and references to a “multi-channel retail experience” may presage the introduction of an online ordering, dealer delivery program.
The company says it intends to “leverage core strengths in the business, brand and dealer network” (suggesting that the churn in the dealer network seen in the past 36 months has not been an entirely unwelcome factor in the long-term evolution of the dealer network as far as management is concerned) and “invest in opportunities that inspire increased ridership sooner and deliver sustainable growth for the future” (acquisitions anyone?).
Asked if the company felt there was a disconnect between its apparent marketing success in terms of social media metrics and the stubbornness of sales to outperform the market, Levatich emphatically thought not.
Further asked about the reaction in Europe to Harley’s decision to “eat” the approximate $2,200 average on-cost of the increased tariffs imposed by the EU, he said the reaction among dealers had been universally positive and that the fact that the company would back their commitment to Harley in this way “made them very proud” to be associated with Harley. Conversely, he said that the general reaction among U.S dealers to seeing some production transitioning overseas had been phlegmatic – he said that for the most part domestic dealers appeared to understand that the company “had to do what’s best” to keep itself healthy.
“stronger dealers”
As it happens, Harley’s Q2 Fiscals have not, actually, been as bad as many had feared. Domestic U.S. unit sales for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 were down by -6.3 percent, with Harley’s retail sales now nearly tracking the wider market atrophy at -6.4 percent for the quarter (46,490 units) for a second quarter in-class market share of 48.4 percent and -8.7 percent (75,800 units) YTD for a 49.2 percent share so far this year (-0.4 percent). Motorcycle shipments for Q2 were 72,593 units and 136,537 for the calendar YTD. Overall global retail sales were down by -3.6 percent for the quarter.
Harley continues to work on managing inventory levels (dealer inventory was down by some 14,100 units in Q2), saying that doing so continues to deliver the intended results in terms of profits and MRSP maintenance as it plows the ground for MY2019 models.
Levatich is quoted as stating that “our results in the second quarter reflect business performance that is in line with our expectations. With the focus of every employee and dealer, we are making progress building the next generation of Harley-Davidson riders in line with our long-term objectives. Our manufacturing optimization, demand-driving investments and commitment to manage supply in line with demand remain on target and continue to strengthen our business.”
Harley says it has not yet decided where production of bikes for Europe will be based, but did confirm that materials and inventory are now being built up in Thailand for a previously scheduled ramp-up of production there before the end of this year
The importance of Harley’s international ambitions and the decision about where it will build bikes for European customers (in response to the tariffs farrago) were underlined by their Q2 international results.
While sales in Asia Pacific and Canada remain challenged (Japan and Australia have been notably soft for Harley in the second quarter), the welcome news is that Latin American sales are up (thanks largely to growth in Brazil and Mexico), and in Europe (EMEA) sales were +3.6 percent for the quarter and are tracking at +4.8 percent YTD, giving Harley an improved market share of 10.4 percent.
“meet customers where they are now”
Harley says its European performance is being driven by “strong Softail sales,” and the addition of another 12 international dealers can’t have hurt as the company continues its plan to have added some 150 – 200 new dealers internationally in the four years to 2020.
The effects of inventory management can be seen in the fact that total revenue (at $1,525.1 billion) was “only” down by -3.3 percent despite -11.3 percent lower shipments. YTD revenue was $2,889.1 billion; the average motorcycle revenue has increased “behind favorable mix, higher pricing and favorable currency exchange.”
The 2018 motorcycles segment gross margin is down somewhat on 2017 at $532.1 million (34.9 percent of revenue) for the second quarter and $1,005.9 billion (34.8 percent of revenue) YTD due to higher steel and aluminum costs, among other factors.
Jared Mees Just Keeps On Winning – this Time at the Minneapolis X Games
When it rains it pours, they say, and for Jared Mees the wins just keep pouring in. The latest in a now formidable collection of victories this season - nine of eleven so far in 2018 American Flat Track Twins presented by Vance & Hines - came in Harley-Davidson Flat Track Racing at the X Games Minneapolis.
Photo Credit: Andrea Wilson
Mees (No. 9 Indian Motorcycle Rogers Racing SDI Scout FTR750) was nearly perfect on the short track built inside US Bank Stadium, winning his Heat, Semi and Main event in dominating fashion. He got good starts, grabbed his leads early and rode fast and mistake-free to secure his second X Games gold medal – his first coming in 2016.
For a while it looked as though Jeffrey Carver Jr. (No. 23 Roof-Systems of Dallas/Harley-Davidson XR750) might steal Mees’ thunder in the Main, which featured just six riders – Mees, Carver Jr., Sammy Halbert (No. 69 Harley-Davidson Factory Flat Track Team XR750), Jake Johnson (No. 5 Estenson Racing/McCandless Truck Center Harley-Davidson XR750), Briar Bauman (No. 14 Zanotti Racing Indian Scout FTR750) and Kenny Coolbeth Jr. (No. 2 Nila Racing, Columbia Avionics Indian Scout FTR750).
Carver took the holeshot at the start and looked to have the speed to stay ahead of Mees on the egg-shaped, eighth-mile indoor track. But Carver ran wide when Mees pressured him up the inside on lap five, and as he looked over his shoulder and tried to regain the line, Mees, Bauman and Halbert passed him – and Carver Jr. found himself fourth, and floundering.
From then on it was another stellar Jared Mees performance – leading the remainder of the 15-lap Main solidly while keeping an eye on Bauman behind him in second place. Bauman, who recovered quickly from a last-place start, put in a mid-race challenge, sticking right on Mees’ rear Dunlop and looking like he might pressure the reigning AFT Twins presented by Vance & Hines champion – and close friend – into a mistake. But it wasn’t to be. Mees rode without error and slowly pulled away to a comfortable margin at the end.
Factory Harley-Davidson pilot Sammy Halbert ran strong behind Bauman on the Vance & Hines XR750, and made a dramatic, last-lap/last-corner attempt to steal the runner-up spot with a typically aggressive ‘Slammin’ Sammy’ move. But Bauman didn’t give Halbert much room, and the Washington native lost the front in the loose dirt and went down, letting Johnson by for third, followed by Carver Jr. and Coolbeth Jr., Halbert came home sixth.
A revitalized and Indian-mounted Bauman finished second, 1.3 seconds behind Mees, and seemed comfortable on both the bike and the slick, tricky circuit.
Indian Motorcycle factory rider Brad Baker was involved in a crash during Sunday's practice session and was unable to participate in the event.
Next up for the stars of American Flat Track is the Buffalo Chip TT presented by Indian Motorcycle on August 5th and Harley-Davidson Black Hills Half-Mile presented by Law Tigers Motorcycle Lawyers on August 7th.
Indian Motorcycle and Progressive Motorcycle Insurance Partner on U.S. National Display and Test Ride Tour
Indian’s Cruisers, Baggers and Touring models are to go coast-to-coast in the United States to reach riders at events and dealerships across the country.
Partnering with Progressive Motorcycle Insurance, the Indian Motorcycle demo tour will travel to key events and dealerships around the United States to provide riders the opportunity to test-ride Indian motorcycles. The demo tour will visit nearly every Indian Motorcycle dealership in the calendar year, along with 18 of the major motorcycle rallies in the U.S.; demo rides will be free of charge and riders can test as many models as many times as desired.
Indian Motorcycle on Tour is a traveling display that showcases select models at various motorcycle and lifestyle events, including boat shows, air shows, festivals and more. It allows the brands to connect with both existing and new riders in a very grassroots and approachable manner.
“We’re excited to be collaborating with Progressive on our display and demo tour,” said Reid Wilson, Senior Director of Marketing and Product Development, Indian Motorcycle. “Our newly forged relationship creates a unique opportunity for riders to engage with both brands, and not only test- ride any of our 2018 models, but also learn more about Progressive’s robust coverage options.”
“As America’s #1 motorcycle insurance company, we understand the passion of the motorcycle community and its incredible excitement around the return of Indian Motorcycle over the last several years,” said Eric Doubler, Progressive’s Recreational Vehicle Business Leader. “Teaming up with Indian provides Progressive a unique platform to engage with riders across the country passionate about Indian Motorcycle and eager to check out its 2018 line-up.”
Magnum Shielding Corporation
Motorcycle Brake Lines
PART 1 - What is the Importance of DOT Compliance for Motorcycle Rider Safety to manufacturers and dealers?
This month AMD Magazine is restarting an industry informational and advisory content concept that we pioneered in the 1990s. The idea was simple enough – to leverage the knowledge and experience of leading vendors, industry experts and respected insiders in dealing with some of the market’s important technical issues. To get us started, we invited Scott Hurwitz, founder and CEO of Pittsford, New York based specialist Magnum Shielding, to discuss the complex matrix of issues that affect the design, manufacturing and engineering of brake lines – one of motorcycling’s critical components - and the importance of meeting DOT regulations …
A supplier to Harley-Davidson’s P&A program, Magnum Shielding Corporation also sells Magnum label brake hoses to the international aftermarket - to selected independent custom businesses and through our distribution partner Drag Specialties to its dealers.
No surprise then that rider safety is taken very seriously. Through vigorous process controls and quality standards, Magnum ensures compliance (for all their brake line categories) with DOT specifications and requirements as set forth by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). But what does that actually mean? Why is it so important, and how do the answers to these questions affect your business and perhaps your reputation?
The name of the manufacturer must be clearly identified
As is the case with many product groups, DOT regulations make labeling as important to achieving full compliance as the quality of the product itself
Common questions often asked are: who determines the DOT criteria, how is it enforced, what are the requirements of DOT compliance (Part 2 of this series), and most importantly, how does this affect the dealer?
You may also wonder how to determine if the motorcycle brake lines being sold for highway use are compliant and legal, especially considering dealer liability if an accident occurs where brake line failure is claimed to be a cause or is argued to be a contributing factor. Unfortunately, the reality of our times is that the popularity of auto accident law firms and their “aggressive case capture advertising” make this an even bigger issue than ever.
Magnum Shielding CEO Scott Hurwitz: “For brake lines, the standard is FMVSS-106 and this standard specifies and defines labeling and performance requirements for vehicle brake hose and brake hose end fittings”
So, let’s start with the governing agencies that are running the show.
The NHTSA is an arm of the Department of Transportation (DOT). NHTSA’s mission is to “Save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce vehicle-related crashes.” As part of its activities, they write and enforce the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) covering basic safety equipment (e.g. tires, headlamps/tail lamps, and brake hoses and brake hose assemblies.) For brake lines, the standard is FMVSS-106, and this standard specifies and defines labeling and performance requirements for motor vehicle brake hose and brake hose end fittings.
The purpose of this standard is to reduce deaths and injuries occurring as a result of brake system failures from pressure loss due to leaks or ruptures. It is assumed that if a manufacturer’s brake hose assemblies meet this standard, by virtue of passing all the numerous testing criteria defined in the standard, then they will have done their due diligence and the brake lines will be safe to use.
Interestingly enough, the FMVSS-106 standard establishes performance requirements, without dictating design specifications. This is left entirely to the manufacturer of the brakes lines. However, it is illegal to market a product that does not conform to the safety standard or would take a vehicle out of compliance with it. If a product is covered by an industry FMVSS standard, NHTSA anticipates the product complies, otherwise, the company may risk product liability exposure, and NHTSA could deem the product to be unsafe.
Brake line manufacturers and importers selling assemblies intended for street driven motorcycles are required to register with NHTSA, given that such products are “covered by an FMVSS.” NHTSA then assumes “self-certification” and assigns manufacturers identification numbers associated with their chosen “Symbol” and places the company in their Manufacturer Database.
At this point, NHSTA or DOT does not “approve” the brake lines for use on licensed vehicles, neither does it require submission or proof of any documentation regarding the safety of these aftermarket parts, unless triggered by an incident or event.
Then, NHTSA has the authority to conduct an investigation and order a product removal from the marketplace should the product be found not to comply with the Safety Standard. This includes the removal of previously installed brake lines. Given this, it would be prudent to determine if the brake lines you are currently selling are indeed compliant.
Using multiple PLC controlled pressure testing stations such as the one shown above, all brake hose assemblies are pressure and flow tested as part of Magnum's quality control procedures. This added step further supports Magnum Shielding's commitment to providing safe and compliant products under the guidelines of FMVSS.
Sometimes the words “For Off-Road Use Only” are seen on packaging. Is this a legal term? Surprisingly, “off-road” and “off-road vehicles” are not terms defined in NHTSA regulations and therefore have no legal meaning. All it really means is that the manufacturer cannot control or enforce how the product will be used.
Simply put, brake lines are subject to the FMVSS, and if they are manufactured to replace equipment covered by the FMVSS, especially if they have published fitments for specific year/model on-road motorcycle (motor vehicle) applications, then the brake lines are legally required to be compliant.
With so many choices available for motorcycle brake lines, it’s not surprising to find that many are not compliant with FMVSS-106 motor vehicle safety requirements. Dealers must be aware that in the event of a braking related accident, they may be deemed negligent for selling and/or installing an “off-road” product for a licensed motor vehicle.
So, how would one know if the brake lines, formally referred to as brake hose assemblies, are FMVSS-106 compliant? The easiest way is to look on the product packaging for mention of DOT FMVSS-106 compliance. Another means of checking is to look in manufacturer and/or distributor catalogs for product descriptions. Because DOT compliance is such a huge deal, not to mention a well-earned accomplishment, for marketing purposes, one would think that any savvy manufacturer’s or marketer’s catalog ad copy will surely make mention of compliance.
However, the best way to know for sure is to look for the proper identification, or “labeling”, on the brake hose assembly itself. There are three options manufacturers have to accomplish this:
A band may be attached so as to move freely along the length of the assembly. It shall be etched, embossed, or stamped with both the symbol DOT and the manufacturer’s designation or symbol.
The brake hose may be labeled directly in block capital letters and numerals with the symbol DOT, the manufacturer’s designation or registered symbol, the date of manufacture, the outside diameter (OD) of the hose, and HR to designate its volumetric expansion rating.
At least one end fitting of the hydraulic brake hose assembly is etched, stamped or embossed with a designation that identifies the manufacturer and is filed with NHTSA.
Stripes are also included in DOT labeling requirements and must be placed on the brake hose parallel to its longitudinal axis to prevent twisting during assembly and installation. If you do not see this printed stripe on an aftermarket assembly, the brake line is not FMVSS-106 compliant. Per the Standard, aftermarket assemblies are NON-OEM hose assemblies, and torque stripes are required.
The only exception to this labeling rule is if the brake hose is OEM and manufactured for use only in a brake line assembly whose end fittings prevent its installation in a twisted orientation.
Some manufacturers’ brake lines are TÜV approved. Basically, this means that a TÜV station or department (Technical Inspection Association) provides European accreditation by overseeing compliance with domestic and international guidelines, standards and directives. In this case, they oversee the process of testing and documentation associated with DOT FMVSS-106 criteria.
The takeaway from this article is that DOT FMVSS-106 compliance matters and is the primary way to ensure the safety of the rider, given that brake lines are integral to the safe operation of the motorcycle.
We at Magnum Shielding Corporation feel that it’s important for you to know the details of what to be aware of and what to look for when ensuring the protection of both your customers’ safety and your hard-earned business.
Stay tuned for Part 2 - the tests and testing procedures that must be passed to make the finished line and achieve compliance.
MAGNUM SHIELDING
www.magnumshielding.co
New Canadian distributor for SBS Pads and Discs
SBS Friction has announced that Gamma Powersports of Orillia, Ontario is their new and currently only distributor for SBS products in the Canadian market.
Fast growing Gamma is capturing market share in Canada, and “shares the SBS business philosophy of close contact to the dealer base, and great customer service.”
Chris Jensen, SBS Brand Manager for North America says: “We welcome Gamma Powersports to the SBS family. With their hands-on approach, they will see great success with SBS, much like our distributors in Europe, South Africa, Japan and Australia always have done. We look forward to helping Gamma service dealers all over Canada and to attend their promotional events. There is no doubt that we will see growth from this new partnership.”
SBS will be the premier line of brake products at Gamma, allowing their sales reps to focus on teaching dealers the many features and benefits of SBS.
“Gamma is proud to add SBS brakes to its distribution portfolio,” said Judy Scott, Senior Buyer for Gamma. “SBS is well established in a world market and brings a great product to the Canadian marketplace. We look forward to working with SBS and growing the Canadian market.”
The memo about there being limitations to how a brand can be convincingly purposed clearly disappeared from Harley’s institutional memory when Clyde Fessler retired. A “cross-promotional partnership with men’s grooming product range American Crew” (aka Revlon cosmetics) looks set to expose the Bar ‘n Shield to yet more ridicule and questionable value.
Mark Moses, founder and GM of Indian Motorcycle of Charlotte (“the world’s first Indian dealership”), has sold to Tim Sutherland, owner and GM of Coastal Indian Motorcycle of Myrtle Beach, SC., and Lloyd Greer, founder and owner of Victory aftermarket parts specialist Lloyd’z Motorworkz, Pine Bush, NY. The Charlotte store opened in 2008 as the first dealer for the then Stellican, Stephen Julius owned Kings Mountain, NC., based factory, for which Moses was a Customer Service and Warranty Manager after operating North Coast Motorcycle - itself a dealer for ultimately a less than successful “Gilroy Indian” operation that closed in California in 2003.
Mitchell, South Dakota based Klock Werks Cycles is in legal dispute with Dragonfly Cycle Concepts of Fullerton, California, over the design of a windshield that Brian Klock claims is a patent violation of its award-winning Flare Windshield design. The suit claims that the Dragonfly ‘Batwing’ fairing is a Flare copy.
Polaris Industries Inc. has joined the Fortune 500 list of largest companies in the United States. Not a market cap., profits or revenues listing as such, the Fortune 500 lists businesses by total revenues for their fiscal years - Polaris is in its 64th year and achieved a ranking or #496. It lists publicly held companies along with privately held companies for which revenues are publicly available.
Kenny Price’s Samson Exhaust is now under the ownership of OnCourse Capital of Fort Wayne and has been relocated from Sturgis, South Dakota, to Avilla, Indiana. Price founded his company in California in 1991, and at one stage Samson was one of the top selling exhaust brands in the custom parts market. OnCourse Capital has over 30 years of experience in metal fabrication and tube forming. It is the former owners of Global Tube Form (which did business under the names of National Tube Form and Southern Tube Form and operated facilities in Clinton, TN, and Fort Wayne, IN). It acquired Samson Exhaust in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Polaris has announced it is to open a new distribution center in Fernley, Nevada, 165 miles NE of Sacramento, California. The 475,000 sq ft facility will be a multi-brand operation on a 37-acre site, supporting Polaris’ growing aftermarket, parts, garments and accessories businesses. Its PG&A division achieved nearly $2 billion in sales in 2017. Proximity to west coast consumers and Pacific Rim facing ports are cited as factors in the choice of location.
MAG has promoted Rob Ramlose (ex of Oakley and Fox Racing) to Director of Apparel Brands (a role at one stage held by apparel industry veteran and ex Leatt man Phil Davy). His new role sees him adding to his responsibility for the RSD apparel program with control of all brands in the MAG apparel portfolio - additionally including Answer Racing, Speed and Strength, Firstgear and Black Brand - the latter formerly headed up by the now departed ex S&S and PriMedia man Howard Kelly.
According to market research published by German giant Bosch, by 2027 every other new motorcycle sold could be an E-bike. Hmmmm…
In what looks like a counter-intuitive decision by the “new look” U.S. EPA, the renewable fuel requirements for 2018 are higher than the 2017 levels and higher than the 2018 levels the agency proposed in June 2017. The EPA’s final 2018 Renewable Volume Obligations call for 19.29 billion gallons of renewable fuel to be blended into the nation’s gasoline supplies — primarily controversial corn ethanol. That figure is higher than the 19.24 billion gallons the agency had previously proposed, and slightly higher than the 19.28 billion gallons required in 2017!
Rocket Bobs
Custom Bike Show - Latvia
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Universities Rolling Out Social Credit Systems To Socially Engineer Students, This Will BACKFIRE
December 28, 2019 vitalanon
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Colleges Track Hundreds Of Thousands Of Students Using Their Phones
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Secret Service Wants Schools to Report More Weirdos
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Here are the Corporate Backers of School Privatization that Striking Arkansas Teachers are Up Against
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Sound Money Scholarship Winners Announced — 7 Outstanding Thinkers Earn Nearly $10,000 in Tuition Assistance
November 5, 2019 vitalanon
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Millennials With Student Debt Are Getting Crushed The Most In These Ten Cities
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Special-Ed Students Are Secretly Being Restrained And Labeled “High-Level Threats”
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To Think Or To Work? That Is The Question
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School to Prison Pipeline Exposed as 30,000 Kids Under Age 10 Arrested Since 2013
School to Prison Pipeline Exposed as 30,000 Kids Under Age 10 Arrested Since 2013 By Jack Burns Arrests of children have skyrocketed over the last decade according to the latest statistics published by the FBI. Gone are the days of sending children to the principal’s office for a paddling. Now children as young as 6 are getting arrested in Police State USA. The statistics, complied from 2013 to 2018, revealed more than 30,000 children under the age of 10 have been arrested, averaging more than six thousand kids per year.…
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Daye Baye Meaning In Hindi
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Disney and Target Reach DVD Truce ... Downloadable DVD Commentary ... Ballantyne Goes Digital ... `For Your Consideration'
- Great article in the LA Times about the wrangling between Target and Disney over the question of whether Target deserves the same wholesale prices for DVDs as Disney gives to Apple for digital downloads. IE, if Disney is selling Target the DVD of 'Pirates 2,' should that price be equal to what Apple pays Disney when it sells an iTunes download of the same movie? Joseph Menn writes:
Target made Disney testy in September, when it fired off a letter demanding the same low wholesale prices on DVDs that Apple Computer Inc. is paying Disney to offer movie downloads over iTunes. At the time, Target threatened to cut back on its efforts to sell Disney's DVDs.
Disney countered that DVD buyers get something different from what iTunes customers get: an actual disc packed with commentary, deleted scenes, trailers and other extras. Disney charges conventional retailers about $16 for new DVD releases, between $1 and $2 more than Apple pays.
What's interesting is that even if Apple pays only $14 or $15, it often sells new releases for $12.99 during the first week they're out, losing money on every sale. (I've written about that digital loss-leader phenomenon in Variety.)
- The Wall Street Journal writes about a new wrinkle in DVD commentaries: fan-created commentary posted on the Web, designed to be listened to along with a particular movie. John Jurgensen writes:
One new site is turning the genre into a business. Called RiffTrax, it's the creation of Michael J. Nelson, a comedy writer best-known for his role in "Mystery Science Theater 3000," a 1990s TV show that became a cult hit in its 11-year run on cable...
The medium of the podcast has allowed Mr. Nelson to aim at a different target in his new commentaries -- recent blockbusters, such as "The Matrix," "The Grudge" and "X-Men." While the TV show tackled only movies it could afford the rights to, Mr. Nelson, who launched RiffTrax in July, avoids copyright issues by selling his audio downloads separately. Users pay $2.99 to download a commentary and play it on a computer or MP3 player while watching a movie they've rented or bought themselves.
- Interesting take on Ballantyne of Omaha, the Nebraska-based projector manufacturer that's now trying to move into digital cinema through a partnership with NEC. The big question: can a company that doesn't have its own technology expertise (Ballantyne is dependent on NEC, and NEC in turn on Texas Instruments and their DLP chip) profit from the digital cinema transition, based on strong customer relationships alone? I'm not so sure.
- GreenCine has a cool video interview with Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy, on their new movie 'For Your Consideration.' (I saw it Friday night, and really enjoyed it. It seemed on the first viewing not as funny or well-structured as 'Best in Show' or 'A Mighty Wind,' but those movies got more funny with repeated viewings -- and perhaps this one will, too. The main problem is that, while the movie is about the Oscars, we never actually get to the Oscars.)
"What's interesting is that even if Apple pays only $14 or $15, it often sells new releases for $12.99 during the first week they're out"
It's Apple that should be complaining, not Target. Over $10 for a stream of bytes!?!
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New Arrivals 4th to 10th of July 2017
De Becker (L.) & Nettleton (A.) eds. ACTIVATE/ CAPTIVATE, collections re-engagement at Wits Art Museum
"This publication discusses the many ways the tertiary education community of Gauteng has interacted with the permanent collection of African art at Wits Art Museum since its official re-opening in 2012." from the inside front cover
Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Wits Art Museum (WAM), Johannesburg, 2015.
"What's in the Storerooms? Unpacking the genesis and growth of the Wits Art Museum collections" by Julia Charlton
"Valuing the Art of Handcraft: engaging creatively with the African art collections at Wits Art Museum" by Walter Oltmann
"Talking Authenticity: museum and flea market works in teaching African art art Wits" by Anitra Nettleton
"Silence in the Storerooms" by Laura De Becker
"'The absence of models is an occupational hazard'" by Joni Brenner and Stacey Vorster.
Anitra Nettleton is Director and Chair of the Centre for the Creative Arts (CCAA) and Academic Head at WAM. Her other books include "African Dream Machines: style identity and meaning of African headrests".
Laura De Becker was an Andrew W Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at WAM from 2013-2015. She is currently the Helmut and Candis Stern Associate Curator of African Art at the University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, USA.
Ginsburg (J.) et al OFF THE WALL, an 80th birthday celebration with Linda Givon
105pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, d.w., Johannesburg, 2016. R640
Published on the occasion of the exhibition of Linda Givon's private art collection, Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg, 2016.
"All Done Unsaid" by Josh Ginsburg and James Webb
"Off the Wall: an 80th birthday celebration with Linda Givon" by Julia Charlton and Fiona Rankin-Smith
"Memories and Mislaid Moments" by Linda Givon
"An Emissary for Change" by Sean O'Toole
"Queen Asteroa" by Melissa Goba.
Includes works by William Kentridge, David Goldblatt, Santu Mofokeng, Dumile Feni, Kendell Geers, Mikhael Subotzky, Robert Hodgins, Moshekwa Langa, and Johannes Segogela.
Linda Givon (née Goodman) founded the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg in 1966. Artists she represented included Dumile Feni, Norman Catherine, Ezrom Legae, Sydney Kumalo, Cecil Skotnes, William Kentridge, David Goldblatt, Willie Bester, Penny Siopis and Robert Hodgins. She sold the gallery in 2008.
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Home | News | May 2018 News Digest – Business Insolvency and Turnaround
May 2018 News Digest – Business Insolvency and Turnaround
The following are summaries of media stories related to business turnaround and insolvency in Australia during May 2018.
Property and Construction
Failed companies leave Hunter building subcontractors out of pocket
The Newcastle Herald reports that “another two Hunter building companies have been placed in liquidation leaving dozens of subcontractors out of pocket. According to documents filed with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, more than 35 unsecured subcontractors and suppliers, many from the Hunter, are believed to be owed more than $500,000.”
Perth subbies, creditors owed $2.4 million from collapsed builder
WA Today reports that “a collapsed Perth builder owes subcontractors and creditors millions in unpaid debts.
Subiaco-based building contractor ArchiApps Pty Ltd was placed into liquidation last week, and it has since been revealed the company owes $2,456,614 in unpaid debts.”
Construction industry needs to build trust for subcontractors
Mirage News reports that “a comprehensive review of the security of payment laws in the building and construction industry reveals more protection is needed for subcontractors. The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Kate Carnell, says she supports the recommendations in the final report to improve consistency in the legislation and enhance protections. Change is needed to ensure subcontractors get paid on time for work they have done regardless of which state or territory they operate in.”
No impact on tenants, owners as real estate firm liquidated
The Gladstone Observer reports that “tenants and property owners with Good Real Estate Gladstone have been reassured the company's liquidation last week will not impact them. Jeygar Investments, which trades as Good Real Estate Gladstone, was liquidated on Thursday after entering voluntary administration on April 11. “
Pacific Highway subcontractors owed $7.3 million after Ostwald Brothers company goes into liquidation
ABC News reports “small business owners subcontracted to upgrade sections of the Pacific Highway in northern NSW say they have been left "emotionally devastated" after they weren't paid for work commissioned by the Government. Ostwald Brothers, the company contracted by the Roads and Maritime Service to upgrade the Ballina to Woolgoolga section of the highway, went into liquidation in late 2017.”
Couple had to uncover dodgy builder on own
The Australian reports that “the failings of the NSW building regulator have been laid bare in an ombudsman's report after a couple left with a $528,000 repair bill uncovered a builder's dodgy past with a simple internet search.”
New name and new plans for Regetta Waters estate
The Whitsunday Times reports that “Cannonvale’s overgrown and long-vacant roadside golf driving range will re-open when a national developer invests heavily into the neighbouring housing estate.”
Receivers sell coveted Brisbane mansion for $1.615m
News.com.au reports that “a Queensland highflying couple have had their luxury mansion seized by receivers and sold off for an incredible $1.615m.”
Clive Palmer moves to freeze Queensland nickel liquidator sale
Australian Mining reports that “Clive Palmer, owner of Queensland Nickel’s liquidated Yabulu refinery, is trying to freeze an attempt by liquidators to sell the assets to PwC. The mining magnate believes the liquidator are attempting to avoid his claim (lodged in April) for $1.8 billion in damages.”
Former rich lister Peter Bond's Linc Energy fined $4.5m for environment damage
The Australian Financial Review reports that “former rich lister Peter Bond's Linc Energy has been fined a record $4.5 million for serious environmental damage at its controversial underground coal gasification plant in the Darling Downs, west of Brisbane, but don't expect the fines to be paid.”
Administrators called in for Cleveland Mining
Australian Mining reports that “beleaguered gold company Cleveland Mining has called in voluntary administrators due to the company’s financial troubles. The company was voluntarily suspended from ASX trading in October 2016 and has struggled to refinance its debts.”
Not a lot of ‘blue sky’ for Lenard’s Chicken
The Australian reports that “as Blue Sky Alternative Investments moves to recover from its share price fallout and profit downgrade of late, one of the businesses it has interests in, which may not face a turnaround any time soon is Lenard’s Chicken. The group has been working with Ferrier Hodgson to improve the business.”
Coast company to rescue after major retailer collapses
Sunshine Coast Daily reports that “a coast business has come to the rescue of disgruntled Babies R Us customers who were left high and dry after the shock closure of the retail giant this week. Ankalia, a successful Australian owned, designer baby carrier business based on the Coast, are allowing Babies R Us gift card holders to redeem them in their store.”
Myer Amps Up Leadership Team With UK Hire
Channel News reports that “with Myer’s new CEO taking the reins early June, the department store has been shuffling its executive positions with a new chief merchandising officer, Allan Winstanley. Winstanley has worked with Myer’s new CEO John King at UK retailer House of Fraser between 2006 and 2014 with Myer stating they were both ‘part of the store’s successful turnaround’.”
Fair Trading NSW provides options for Toys R Us customers
The Daily Telegraph reports that “Toys R Us customers with valid gift cards, or goods held under deposit, are being updated on their options after the company was placed into administration.”
More consolidation on the way, as NSW shoe retailer Shoe Box collapses into liquidation
SmartCompany reports that “heightened online competition and “a retail sector verging on recession” have caused a chain of shoe stores to collapse into liquidation, as the sector braces for even more consolidation.
NSW-based Shoe Box operated five stores across Sydney and employed 14 staff members, who will all be paid their entitlements, according to liquidator Paul Gidley.”
Former Pie Face franchisee left with nothing following business collapse
News.com.au reports that “a former Pie Face franchisee who lost everything has delivered an emotional testimony at the banking royal commission. Marion Messih on Tuesday told the commission she had bought a Pie Face franchise with her brother and sister-in-law in Werribee in Victoria for $330,000 in 2013.”
The Daily Edited co-founder Alyce Tran on what it’s like when your investor collapses
SmartCompany reports that “in March 2017, leather goods brand The Daily Edited (TDE) sold a 30% stake to embattled handbag retailer Oroton for $4.5 million. Earlier this month, the founders bought that stake back for $2.21 million. On paper, it looks like founders Alyce Tran and Tania Liu have managed to secure a very good financial outcome for their business.”
Online sales squeeze retail margins, Citi warns
The Australian reports that “retailers would be better served by focusing on bricks-and-mortar stores instead of chasing online sales that crimp their margins, Citi research shows. Online sales tend to cannibalise in-store transactions rather than add revenue for the retailer, Citi warns in a note titled “The trouble with e-commerce”.”
Aussie Farmers Direct customer database bought by YourGrocer
Canstar Blue reports that “the Aussie Farmers Direct brand looks set to live on, despite the company going into voluntary administration and closing down two months ago. The online grocery store ceased operation in March, citing fierce competition from supermarket rivals Coles and Woolworths as a contributing factor.”
How Aussie furniture icon Matt Blatt nearly went bankrupt
News.com.au reports that “in the year 2000, furniture company Matt Blatt was seriously struggling. Today, the brand is an Aussie icon — but at the turn of the century, it was a very different story. At the time, owners Adam and Deborah Drexler were manufacturing pieces, but failing to compete with similar Chinese products on the market.”
The Daily Edited buys back 30pc stake from Oroton for $2.3m profit
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that “Alyce Tran, co-founder of accessories brand The Daily Edited, said buying back the 30 per cent stake her brand sold to Oroton a year ago feels "bittersweet". "We have a lot of respect for the Oroton brand," Tran said on Friday. "We had a very educational year with them. They added a layer of governance to our business we didn't have before."”
'The model is flawed': Endota Spa franchisee left bankrupt
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that “Fran Forde owned and operated two Endota Spa franchises in the coastal town of Torquay, but her life fell apart when her franchises were terminated. “I am now bankrupt, I had to sell my house, a business loan of $250,000 had to be paid out, I had to pull my kids out of their school,” she told Fairfax Media.”
Australian fashion brand Metalicus enters voluntary administration
SmartCompany reports that “Australian fashion brand Metalicus has entered voluntary administration and will today begin a major sale across all of its outlets. In an email to customers on Wednesday evening, the company acknowledged the “difficult period for our staff and customers”, as it explained plans to launch a sale event at all of its flagship stores, Myer concession outlets and online, starting Friday.”
Dirty birds: Red Rooster, Oporto franchisees on 'verge of bankruptcy'
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that “many Red Rooster, Oporto and Chicken Treats store owners claim they are being pushed to the verge of bankruptcy as high costs and operating restrictions are forced on them by the company which controls the chains.”
Port Hinchinbrook Resort's future back in limbo as legal challenge looms
ABC News reports that “the future of the troubled Port Hinchinbrook Resort in north Queensland has been thrown back into uncertainty with Oakland Investment Group flagging it will lodge an appeal against a court decision giving ownership to a rival creditor.”
Cessnock Golf Club goes into voluntary administration with debts of more than $10m
The Newcastle Herald reports that “a voluntary administrator has been called in to take control of the financially troubled Cessnock Golf Club as it struggles under the weight of more than $11 million debt.”
NBN Co details 2019 business satellite service launch
ARN reports that “NBN Co has revealed the details of its new wholesale business-grade satellite service for remote and rural Australia, set to be launched in the first half of 2019. According to the company behind the rollout of Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN), the new service will be available in areas where coverage may have been limited or non-existent and there was no option of a fixed line service.”
Software supplier to Jetstar, Tigerair goes bust owing $2.6m
CRN reports that “the directors of failed Australian travel software vendor Matchbyte are hoping to revive the company after the loss of key customers pushed it over the edge.”
Fantasy sports platform PlayUp to acquire fourth gaming business
Finfeed reports that “Australian online gaming and DFS firm PlayUp is racking up the acquisitions prior to its dual listing on the NASDAQ and the ASX via a reverse takeover of Mission NewEnergy Limited (ASX:MBT | OTC:MNELF). The company plans to raise $US40 million ($51.5 million) through the reverse listing on the ASX and deliver “the world’s first fully-integrated, blockchain enabled global fantasy sports, online sports betting & gaming ecosystem”.”
Videology bankruptcy won't impact Australia
AdNews reports that “ad tech business Videology has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, with Singtel-owned Amobee set to buy the business. Despite the moves, local MD of Videology Chris Mooney says the filing won't impact the Australian business and the services it provides to clients and partners.”
Australian tablet publishing pioneer Mogeneration goes into liquidation
Mumbrella reports that “early Australian leader in tablet development, Mogeneration, has gone into liquidation, Mumbrella has learned. The company, which once counted ACP Magazines, The Australian, PwC and Mumbrella among its clients was founded in 2008 by former News Corporations employees Keith Ahern and Tom Adams.”
Regional telco Field Solutions Holdings steps up Queensland wireless play
ARN reports that “The contract for the new infrastructure is worth around $850,000 of revenue over three years. Rural and regional telecommunications carrier Field Solutions Holdings (ASX:FSG) is boosting its Queensland footprint with the construction of new infrastructure in the state’s central region.”
Cambridge Analytica: Scepticism over data firm's claim it is bankrupt, shutting down
ABC News reports that “the head of the British parliamentary committee investigating Cambridge Analytica has expressed scepticism at the data-mining company's claim that it is shutting down.”
Date set for Calliope medical centre re-opening
The Observer reports that “the Calliope Medical Centre will re-open its doors next Monday, as a branch of the Gladstone GP Superclinic.”
Big Un investors turn dark after 'life changing' losses
The Australian Financial Review reports that “"Think Big" was the catch-cry of the legion of individual shareholders – from inner city Melbourne to the suburbs of Perth – who logged on to online forums to enthuse about the bright future of their favourite stock: Big Un Limited.”
Is Australian Retail Doomed?
Markets & Money reports that “everything is down, down, down in Australian retail. It’s 50% off here, closing down sale there. And the news seems to be filled with company statements to the tune of ‘we just couldn’t hack it here’. Overall, the retail landscape has never looked bleaker.”
Will Tesla Be Bankrupt In 18 Months?
Money Morning reports that “it’s with great sadness we report that Tesla Inc. is no longer a going concern. After reviewing their books, it’s clear there’s no money. Even after selling off the immense physical assets there’s just not enough to pay back the debt.”
The ‘bizarre’ conference call with Elon Musk that just cost Tesla $2.6b
The West Australian reports that “Elon Musk’s quirky behaviour has long been chalked up to that of a misunderstood genius. But never have his actions caused so much angst on Wall Street.”
Gold explorer Bounty takes on a new identity for $18m IPO
Stockhead reports that “former gold explorer Bounty Mining is reinventing itself as a coking coal explorer — and is working on an $18 million plan to rejoin the ASX. Then known as Ausmet, the company listed on the ASX in 2004 as a gold, nickel and copper explorer in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.”
Picton calls in administrators
ProPrint reports that “Perth based Picton Press has entered voluntary administration, owing $1.3m to the ATO and an estimated further $700,000 to $800,000 to trade creditors. The ATO sought a winding up order against the business.”
Chameleon sinks, new company rises
ProPrint reports that “Krico, parent company of Queensland print outfit Chameleon Group is in liquidation, but a new company Chameleon Group Australia Pty Ltd is now trading. The sole owner of the new company is Emma Van Der Pluym, the long-term partner of Chameleon Group CEO and banned company director Chris Krieger, who is the son of the owner of Krico, Kevin Krieger.”
MYOB and BPAY join forces to speed up small business payments
Mozo reports that “running your own cafe, florist, butcher or boutique fashion store can be stressful enough without having to worry about being paid on-time. So, to take the stress out of small business, MYOB and BPAY have today announced a partnership that will speed up your payments.”
Accountancy firm liquidated due to $255k ATO debt
The Gladstone Observer reports that “Gladstone accounting firm Corporate Accountants has been wound up because it owes a quarter of a million dollars to the Australian Taxation Office.”
Bank crushes family business by doubling repayments
The New Daily reports that “the Bank of Queensland doubled the monthly repayments on a business loan without telling a franchisee couple, forcing their business into liquidation, the financial services royal commission has heard.”
Fair Work Ombudsman action sees underpaying boss sentenced to 12 months' jail
The Australian Financial Review reports that “the director of a Queensland tour company that underpaid visa workers has been jailed in a landmark contempt of court case brought by the Fair Work Ombudsman. The Federal Circuit Court on Thursday sentenced Trek North Tours owner operator, Leigh Alan Jorgensen, to 12 months' prison and fined him $84,956 after finding he breached freezing orders by transferring company funds into a trust before back paying workers.”
McKinsey sued over ‘conflicts of interest’ in bankruptcy work
The Australian Financial Review reports that “strategy consulting firm McKinsey is being pursued for more than $US100 million ($134 million) in damages by a prominent US corporate restructuring specialist who has accused the consulting giant of failing to disclose conflicts of interest when competing for bankruptcy clients.”
Historic Royal Queensland Aero Club returns to Hinkler-era history
The Australian reports that “when one of the world’s oldest aero clubs, the Royal Queensland Aero Club, went into voluntary administration in 2016, it sent ripples through aviation enthusiasts. This was the club whose members included early aviator Queenslanders “Australian lone eagle” Bert Hinkler and Charles Kingsford Smith.”
Pending US forced liquidation a headache for Australian beef
Queensland Country Life reports that “the premium which United States beef is currently commanding over imported Australian lean trim could well cause some big headaches to both countries as the year progresses.”
Herb farm Freshzest goes into administration putting jobs in limbo
ABC News reports that “a herb farm which supplies and packs herbs for major supermarkets has gone into voluntary administration. Freshzest and affiliated company Spicezest were placed into administration by director and owner Robert Hayes last month, putting 60 jobs at risk and leaving more than 100 other creditors out of pocket.”
Banking Royal Commission told Bankwest 'cash grab' sent Hobart businessman bankrupt
ABC News reports that “Tasmanian hotel developer Michael Doherty has told the banking royal commission crippling fees charged by Bankwest helped bring down his business. In 2009, Mr Doherty borrowed heavily from Bankwest for a $67 million redevelopment of the historic Hadley’s Hotel in Hobart and an adjoining development.”
‘The rug pulled out from under you’: How CBA dissected Bankwest's business loans
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George Clarke to give Keynote Address at BMF Young Merchants Conference
Published: 09 July, 2018
Architect and television presenter George Clarke will be the Keynote Speaker at the Builders Merchants Federation’s Young Merchants Conference.
The conference will take place on Thursday 11 October during UK Construction Week at the NEC, Birmingham.
Clarke is both a campaigner and an educator and in 2017 founded MOBIE – the Ministry of Building and Innovation and Education –an educational charity working with colleges and universities to train and inspire young people to innovate in the in the design and construction of new homes. Clarke passionately believes that architecture, art and design should be accessible to everyone and has the power to transform and enrich lives.
Whether he is designing a new home, restoring or converting historic buildings or transforming existing houses on television, he recognizes and values the process that enables people to unlock the beauty of where they live. His TV shows have featured everything from brave restorations to new builds on a budget, prefabricated or built from scratch, recycled, vintage or new. If their success has one thing in common it is the value of the team sharing skills and knowledge.
John Newcomb, BMF’s CEO, said: “George Clarke has said that home is the most powerful form of architecture that affects us all, and his MOBIE initiative is designed to encourage more young people to join careers in the built environment and make a difference. His presentation will be a perfect way to close our first Young Merchants’ Conference.”
The BMF Young Merchants Conference, which is one of three special events held to celebrate the BMF’s landmark anniversary year, is free of charge to current members of the BMF Young Merchants group. The conference is also open to anyone aged between 21 and 40 working in the building material supply industry, for a small fee.
For full details and registration information please contact james.spillane@bmf.org.uk
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18 Hidden Snapchat Hacks & Features You'll Wish You Knew About Sooner
Snapchat, the one-to-one messaging app with more than 160 million daily active users, has earned a reputation for fast growth and innovation.
But despite its success, it isn't the most user-friendly app I've ever played around with. Many of its best features are buried so deep in the app that a lot of people don't even know they exist. In July 2017, Snapchat added even more features in their release of a new version, and some of these features have totally reshaped how people use the app in the first place.
For example, did you know that you can use Snapchat to make a live video call? Or that you can add emojis to your Snapchat videos -- and make it so they move and scale with specific objects? What about the trick where you can save data by turning the app on to "travel mode"?
There are a whole lot of cool things you can do with Snapchat that you may not have known about. But before we jump into them, it's important that you know the basics. For more on how to use the platform -- as well as a look at how HubSpot uses Snapchat marketing -- check out this post.
Already have the basics down? Read on for some more advanced tips and features.
Note: Before getting started, make sure you're operating on the latest version of Snapchat. At the time of posting, the latest version is 10.12.5.0.
18 Hidden Snapchat Hacks & Features
1) Use Snapchat for voice and video calls.
One of the biggest changes Snapchat made during an update in March 2016 was the addition of a voice and video chat feature. There are two ways you can use voice and video chats: By sending 10-second recordings (of your voice or a video of you), or by "calling" them to start a live voice or video chat lasting any amount of time.
The voice and video call functionality is located within Snapchat's chat feature, so you'll need to open up a chat conversation with someone to begin. If you've updated your Snapchat app, you'll see the phone icon and a video icon below the chat box.
To leave a 10-second voice or video message, hold down on the voice or video call icon and it will begin recording immediately. When you release the button by picking your finger up from the screen, the recording will stop and send immediately with no do-overs. In other words, make sure you're ready to record and send the voice or video message before you begin.
To start a live voice or video call, just tap the voice or video call icon and it'll begin ringing the other person immediately. If they don't answer within a few seconds, you'll see a pop-up notification asking you if you'd like to send a voice or video message instead. These voice and video messages are identical to the 10-second voice and video messages described above.
Here's a GIF showing what it looks like to live video call another user:
Also, remember that there's no forewarning once you tap or hold down on one of the icons -- it'll start ringing or recording right away. (I learned this the hard way when I tapped the video icon accidentally.) Otherwise, it's a very intuitive and easy-to-use functionality.
2) Identify any song playing around you.
If you’ve yet to download Shazam, the music recognition app, Snapchat’s got you covered. That’s right, you can Shazam songs in the Snapchat app.
When you want to identify a song playing around you, just hold your finger down on the camera screen. After a few seconds, a Shazam window will pop up with the song’s name and artist. From there, you can snap your Shazamed song to your friends and even add the artist as a Snapchat friend.
3) Search for stories all over the world.
Hand-curating an entire community's snap submissions for a big event's story, like the Super Bowl, started overwhelming Snapchat. So they implemented machine learning to select only the most relevant submissions for these big events.
The other submissions didn't go to waste, though. Their new technology curates them into entirely new community stories, which allows users to search for over one million stories on the app and experience an event like they’re actually there.
To watch these stories, just tap the search bar on the camera screen. You can watch the top stories of the day, filter stories by topic, and search for a certain event or location's community story.
4) Turn on two filters at once.
Can't choose between giving your photo a blue hue and letting your friends know you're going 0 mph? Thankfully, you don't have to make that difficult decision. You can use both filters at the same time with a very simple trick.
To add a second filter to a photo, all you have to do is hold the screen with one finger and swipe left or right with another to find your second filter. (To add that first filter, just swipe your finger left or right over your photo to rotate among them until you settle on one.)
5) Add, resize, and rotate emojis and stickers to your photos.
If you're looking to dress up your Snapchats outside of the text box, you can add an emoji (or five) and place them anywhere you want on your photo or video.
In addition to the emojis you're probably familiar with, Snapchat added 200 new stickers in May 2016 that are similar to the stickers that are so popular in other messaging apps like Facebook Messenger. These new stickers are super cute -- everything from cacti to snarky kittens to walruses celebrating Hump Day.
To access the emojis and stickers, start by taking your photo in Snapchat. Then, tap on the folded paper icon on the top of your screen next to the "T" text icon. Scroll through the available stickers and emojis until you find the one you want. Tap on it to add it to your photo, and then use your finger to move it around.
You can use two fingers to rotate it or resize it by pinching and zooming. Add as many emojis and stickers as you'd like.
To delete a sticker or emoji, simply drag it to the trash icon, which appears when you hold your finger down on the emoji and move it around.
Another creative way to use emojis on Snapchat? Create your own filters using some of the more transparent emojis by enlarging them with your fingers until they cover the whole screen.
6) "Pin" emojis to objects in your videos.
In addition to adding stationary emojis and stickers to your Snapchat videos, you can also "pin" -- or attach -- emojis and stickers to different objects in your video. This allows the emoji to automatically move, rotate, and scale with whatever object you pinned it to.
To "pin" an emoji or sticker to an object in a video, start by recording your video in Snapchat first. Then, tap on the folded paper icon on the top of your screen.
Scroll through the available emojis and stickers until you find the one you want. Tap on it to add it to your photo, and then use your finger to move it, and hold it in one place above an object to "pin" it to that object.
7) Make your videos go in fast-forward, slow motion, or rewind.
Snapchat recently added features for videos allowing users to make them go in fast forward, slow motion, or rewind. These features work just like a filter, so to access them, record the video first and then swipe sideways to find them.
Here's how they work:
Snail icon = slow motion
Rabbit = fast-forward
Backward-facing arrows = rewind
Image Credit: TechCrunch
8) Draw in black or white.
You may have noticed that the color palette in Snapchat's drawing tool doesn't offer black and white -- but that doesn't mean that you can't access both of those colors. All it takes is a few quick finger maneuvers.
To access the available colors, you're used to holding your finger down on the color palette and dragging it up or down. But to access black and white, you'll need to drag it toward the upper left corner of your screen (black) or the bottom right corner of your screen (white).
9) Change the color, size, and orientation of your text.
Think you're limited to white text? Turns out you can actually change the color of your text to whatever you want, including black (see previous tip).
To change the color of your text, start by taking your photo or video, type your message, and then tap the "T" icon at the top of your screen to make the text larger and open up the color palette. Drag your finger along the palette to change the text color. Finally, tap the "T" icon twice to remove the shadowed background.
To change the orientation and/or size of the text, use two fingers to rotate it or resize it by pinching and zooming. You can move the text around to wherever you want on the screen simply by holding your finger on the text and moving it around.
10) Make your text fit neatly in one line.
If you're anything like me and hate when your text awkwardly goes just over one line, rest assured: You can actually resize your text so it fits neatly into a single line (or however many you'd like).
To resize your text, tap the "T" icon at the top of your screen, then tap on the text to get into text editing mode. Next, use two fingers to pinch-and-zoom to resize it while it still spans the width of your screen.
11) Turn on "travel mode" to save data.
When I first started using Snapchat on a regular basis, I noticed right away that it was draining my battery faster than any of my other social media apps. Thankfully, Snapchat actually has a built-in feature to help conserve your data, in the form of "travel mode."
When you set your Snapchat app to travel mode, snaps and stories won't download automatically. Instead, you can choose when you want to load a snap or a story. It can also help reduce video lagging while you're recording videos using the app.
To turn your Snapchat app to travel mode, go to settings, which you can access by opening Snapchat, tapping the ghost icon in the top center of the screen, and then tapping the gear icon in the top right-hand corner of the screen.
Once you're on the settings page, tap "Manage" under "Additional Services" and toggle "Travel Mode" on.
12) Create your own geofilter on a desktop or the app.
In February 2016, Snapchat started letting anyone -- whether you're a business or an individual -- create custom "on-demand geofilters." On-demand geofilters are filters users can add when they take photos and videos from specific locations.
There are two different kinds of geofilters: a personal geofilter and a business geofilter.
A personal geofilter promotes a personal event or location like a birthday party, wedding, graduation party, and so on, and you can set them for up to 30 days. They can't include marks, logos, branding, or businesses.
A business geofilter promotes a business or a brand, like for an upcoming sale, an ad for a certain location, or something along those lines. Business Geofilters need to meet Snapchat's Business Guidelines.
Image Credit: Snapchat
To create them, you'll need to upload an image with a transparent background (or use one of Snapchat's premade templates), upload it to http://ift.tt/28ZW6zu, pick a date, time, and location for it, and submit it to Snapchat along with your payment. The Snapchat team promises to review submissions within one business day.
This feature is available in the U.S., U.K., Australia, Brazil, Canada, United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia. You can learn more about how to use them on Snapchat's website here.
If you’re a Snapchat user in the U.S., you can create on-demand geofilters in the app. Just go to your camera screen and tap the ghost icon in the top left corner. Then tap the settings icon in the top right corner and choose On-Demand filters.
You’ll be asked to select your geofilter’s theme, a premade template, its date and time, and its location. The price will depend on your geofence’s size.
13) Add music to your videos.
Here's a small tip that can make a big difference in your Snapchat videos. After all, the folks at Snapchat claim that sound is a big part of what makes Snapchat videos so appealing. In June 2016, they claimed that two-thirds of Snapchat's 10 billion daily video views are watched with the sound on.
Adding music can add a unique touch to your Snapchat videos, and it's simple to do. All you have to do is play the song you want through your favorite music player app (like Spotify or iTunes), and then record the video on Snapchat while the song is playing. The video recorder on Snapchat will pick up the music and it'll automatically become part of your video.
14) Turn the sound off in your videos.
If you don't want sound in your video, it's helpful to know that there is a way of turning it off. This might be best if you're recording a video that has unnecessary, loud, or jarring noises that don't add to the video in a way that you want them to.
To turn sound off on your video, first record your video like you would normally for a Snapchat video. Then, tap the microphone icon on the bottom left-hand side of your screen once so that the sound waves are replaced with an X.
15) Save a Story as a video clip by downloading it.
Anyone might want to save a Snapchat Story to view later, but this is especially true if you're working on Snapchat content for your business so you can show your team the Stories you've put together and view them later to see what styles worked well. You can save Stories by downloading them to your device. (From there, I'd recommend emailing it to yourself so you don't accidentally lose it.)
To save an entire Story as a video clip, open up Snapchat and go to the "Stories" view, which you can do by swiping right from the default camera view. Your Story will appear at the top.
Next, tap the download button to save the entire story.
To save one Snap on your Story as a video clip, open up Snapchat and go to the "Stories" view, which you can do by swiping right from the default camera view. Your Story will appear at the top.
Then, tap on your Story and swipe up on the Snap you want and hit the download button at the top of the screen.
16) Delete single snaps from a Story.
If you've published a snap to your Story, you can still go back to it and delete it at any time -- even if you've published other snaps after it.
To delete a snap form a Story, simply open up Snapchat and go to the "Stories" view, which you can do by swiping right from the default camera view. Your Story will appear at the top. Swipe up on the Snap you want to delete and hit the delete button.
17) Record up to six 10-second videos in a row.
Recording only one 10-second snap at a time can produce some awkward transitions in your company’s snap story. But you can say goodbye to those ungraceful snap stories because you now can record six 10-second snaps in a row, which is basically like recording a minute long video
Just hold record for up to 60 seconds. There will be a seamless transition between each 10-second video.
You can even edit each individual video or delete the ones you don't want to share. All your recorded videos will be at the bottom of your screen.
18) Add a link to your story.
Snapchat answered every marketer’s prayers by letting users link webpages into their stories. Marketers can now use their snap stories to spark interest in their content and, if their viewers swipe up, they can then seamlessly deliver a video or article to them.
To add a link to your story, just take a picture or video, tap the paperclip on the sidebar, and enter your URL. All shared links must follow Snapchat’s terms of service, community guidelines, and privacy policy.
There you have it. We hope these tricks and features help you use Snapchat to connect with your friends, fans, and even customers in a way that's low-cost, but highly personal and engaging.
Happy snapping!
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How to deal with double-digit rate hikes on long-term care insurance
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Chad Chubb, a certified financial planner, walked a 66-year-old client through four premium increases on her long-term-care insurance policy.
In all, the retiree, who is single, has seen her annual premiums rise by more than 60% over the last six years. Her cost in 2018 was $2,721, up from $1,626 in 2013.
Expenses notwithstanding, she’s planning on keeping her policy, which she originally purchased in 2005.
“I understand that the price she pays today for the quality of policy she has is still excellent,” said Chubb, founder of WealthKeel in Philadelphia.
“But that doesn’t take away from how these types of increases can and will catch older individuals off guard,” he said. “Especially if they are on a fixed income.”
Chubb’s client isn’t the only one getting some bad news.
Last year, Genworth Financial received 120 approvals by state regulators to increase premiums on its LTC insurance business. The weighted average rate increase was 45%.
Meanwhile, General Electric said earlier this year that it expects to raise premiums on its LTC policies by $1.7 billion over the next 10 years.
Overall, insurers hold between $160 billion to $180 billion in LTC reserves, covering 6 million to 7 million people, according to estimates from Fitch Ratings.
Advisors are having difficult conversations with clients as they face the prospect of long-term care insurance premiums jumping by double digits — and they’re finding different ways to cope.
“The rate increase is frustrating, and the bottom line is ‘What do you do when you get that call?” said Thomas J. Henske, CFP and partner at Lenox Advisors in New York.
Rising cost of care
Elder care has become increasingly expensive. The annual national median cost of a private room in a nursing home was $100,375 in 2018, according to Genworth Financial.
Care at home can ring up a high tab, as well. The annual national median cost of a home health aide was $50,336 last year.
Long-term care insurance gives retirees and pre-retirees a way to prepare for those expenses.
These policies help cover the cost of care for two to five years — or for the remainder of that person’s life, in the case of some older offerings.
See below for a comparison of how policy features and costs have changed over time.
A 55-year old couple currently pays an average annual premium of $3,050 for benefits that will be valued at $386,500 each once they turn 85, according to the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance.
Cost drivers
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Insurers entering the business in the 1990s and early 2000s didn’t anticipate that so many policyholders would faithfully pay their premiums and eventually file claims.
For instance, one insurer in 2008 anticipated that 10% of single policyholders would drop their coverage by age 55, according to an actuarial memorandum shared by Glenn S. Daily, a CFP and fee-only insurance consultant in New York.
“The reality is that fewer than 1% of policyholders have lapsed their coverage, and the companies have been caught off guard,” he said.
“There are more policies than they expected, and they are on the hook for more claims,” Daily said.
Low interest rates have also put pressure on insurers. Their investment returns are a part of product pricing assumptions.
About 40% of the bonds held in insurers’ general accounts had a maturity of more than 20 years at purchase, according to the American Council of Life Insurers.
“The lower interest rate environment hurts overall profitability,” said Allen J. Schmitz, principal and consulting actuary at Milliman in Brookfield, Wisconsin.
Managing the policy
Financial advisors are preparing clients for the prospect of additional rate hikes, yet many are recommending that they maintain their coverage for now.
“Even with it being a large increase — say a 30% increase on premiums of $3,000 a year — it’s not insignificant, but it’s not financially devastating,” said Henske.
Instead of deciding whether to keep the policy or let it go, advisors are helping clients figure out how to tweak their benefits to keep premiums more affordable.
Daily benefit: Policies sold in 2015 had an average daily benefit of $159, according to LifePlans. Advisors can recommend that clients pare back on this feature to keep their premiums down.
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Benefit period: Insurance contracts sold in the 1990s and early 2000s could pay out for the remainder of a client’s life. Reducing that period — say to 10 years or even five years — could also make premiums more manageable.
Inflation protection: Inflation riders help clients stay ahead of the rising cost of care. Clients can reduce the inflation protection to reduce the premium.
“This is more likely a solution if you’re an older client because you’re not so far from going on claim,” said Henske.
Waiting period: Many policies have a waiting period before clients can receive benefits. For policies sold in 2015, that average was 93 days, according to LifePlans.
Adjusting this waiting period might also be another lever for clients facing a premium hike, said Daily.
Be prepared to call the insurer with your client to work out the best set of policy tweaks to maintain an affordable premium.
“We find that the insurers give you a few options in the premium increase notice, but if you call them, you can ask for variations,” said Daily.
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Household Integrated Survey 2001
National Statistics Office of Georgia
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GEO_2001_HIS_v01_M
Georgia GEO
Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]
The Household Integrated Survey (HIS) in Georgia is conducted regularly from 1996 and has served to assess the level of consumption-based poverty since then. The HIS represents quarterly panel data. The survey covers 13,404 households over the year. Each month 1/12 of the sample is refreshed (about 228 households are changed in 25 census units).
Sample survey data [ssd]
- Households;
- Individuals.
The scope of the Household Integrated Survey includes:
- living conditions, housing, durables;
- household composition;
- household expenditures;
- agricultural activity;
- public and private transfers;
- employment and income.
Geographic Unit
The survey covers 13,404 households over the year. Each month 1/12 of the sample is refreshed (about 228 households are changed in 25 census units).
The survey covers all household members, excluding persons fully supported by the state, for example persons staying in homes for the elderly and the disabled, children in public care institutions, prisoners, etc.
The survey consists in quarterly interviewing households in Tbilisi and nine regions of Georgia:
1. Kakheti;
2. Tbilisi;
3. Shida Kartli, including Mtskheta-Mtianeti1;
4. Kvemo Kartli;
5. Mtskheta-Mtianeti;
6. Samtskhe-Javakheti;
7. Adjara;
8. Guria;
9. Samegrelo;
10. Imereti, including Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti.
The 1989 Population Census served as a sampling frame of the household survey untill 2002.
When the data of the sample survey are expanded to the total population, each household included in the sample is given a statistical weighting which characterizes the total number of households represented by the selected household. The average value of basic weighting is 600 i.e. Each selected household is a representation of about 600 households.
The following factors are used for constructing a basic weighting:
Probability of selecting each big city, small town and village council.
Probability of selecting each constituency in big cities/small towns and the zone in village councils.
Probability of selecting each household within the constituency and the zone included in the sample.
The inverse value of the product of the three probabilities is the basic weighting of a household:
WB_k = -------------------- ,
p1_k * p2_k *p3_k
k is the number of a household.
The total of all basic weightings gives the estimate of the number of all household of the country and is constant during the whole year:
sum_(i= 1 to n ) WB_k = N ,
n is the size of sample;
n is the estimate of the total population.
The earlier described method of constructing a household sample did not take into account that some households will not be surveyed for one or the other reason such as impossibility to get the household at home despite numerous attempts, illness, categorical refusal to provide information or for other reasons. If the estimate comprises only the households that agreed to be surveyed, the results of the survey will be understated.
There are different methods of making adjustments for missing answers. One of them is the adjustment of basic weighting i.E. Statistical re-weighting which is based on overstating the weighting of respondents having certain characteristics which are peculiar for those who refused from participating in the survey.
Based on checking the data the variables are selected which will be then used for statistical re-weighting such as :
Place of residence (big city, small town, village).
Type of accommodation (individual apartment, individual house, communal flat, part of a house, hostel).
Size of the household (single individuals and households consisting of 2, 3, 4 and more people).
ADJUSTMENT OF BASIC WEIGHTING FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS - During the baseline interview there might be a situation when the selected apartment is non-residential (it can be used as a shop, office premises and etc.). As the addresses of such apartments were accounted for when forming a sample (i.E. They influenced the probability of selecting other addresses), it is needed to adjust basic weightings to eliminate distortions. To enhance the accuracy of calculations, all selected households are divided into groups depending on regional location. These groups are called weighting units. Basic weightings are thus adjusted in accordance with the formula:
sum_(j= 1 to L_k )WB_k_j + sum_(j= 1 to M_k )WB_k_j
WV_k, = --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ,
sum_(j= 1 to M_k )WB_k_j
k = 1,7 is the number of the region;
WV_k_i is the weighting of the “i” household of the “k” region adjusted for non-residential apartments;
WB_k_i is the basic weighting of the “i” household of the “k” region;
L_k is the number of non-residential apartments in the “k” region;
M_k is the number of the rest of the households in the “k” region.
ADJUSTMENT FOR NON-ANSWERS DURING THE BASELINE INTERVIEW - To make an adjustment for non-answers in the baseline interview, the weighting units are formed based on the following characteristics:
the region, 7 values (the Brest region, ..., the Mogilev region); type of settlement, 3 values (big city, small town, village); type of accommodation, 2 values (individual accommodation (an individual apartment in big cities and small towns and an individual house in villages) or other type of accommodation (communal flat, part of a house, hostel); size of a household, 4 values (1 person, 2 persons, 3 persons, 4 and more persons). After the units are formed, the distribution of households is analyzed in a way that one unit should contain at least 20 households. The new weightings are then calculated based on the modified units. For the “i” household included in the “k” unit, the weighting WBL_ki adjusted for non-answers in the baseline interview can be
sum_(j= 1 to M_k )WV_kj + sum_(j= 1 to N_k )WV_kj
WBL_ki = ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * WV_ki ,
sum_(j= 1 to N_k )WV_kj
WV_k_i is the weighting of the “i” household included in the “k” weighting unit adjusted for non-residential apartments;
M_k is the number of non-answers per a baseline interview in the “k” unit;
N_k is the number of answers per a baseline interview in the “k” unit.
In 1996 after an adjustment for non-answers in the baseline interview the average weighting increased to 692.
ADJUSTMENTS IN QUARTERLY INTERVIEWS - The units for an adjustment for non-answers in quarterly interviews are formed based on the same characteristics which are used for the baseline interview. For the “i” household included in the “k” unit formed for the quarter, the weighting WQ_alpha_k_i adjusted for non-answers in the quarterly interview is calculated in as follows:
sum_(j= 1 to M_k )WQ_a - 1_kj + sum_(j= 1 to N_k )WQ_a - 1_kj
WQ_a_k_i = ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * WQ_a - 1_ki ,
sum_(j= 1 to N_k )WQ_a-1_kj ,
a= 1,2,3,4 is the number of the quarter;
WQ_a-1_k_i is the weighting adjusted for non-answers in the quarterly interview for the quarter a-1 for the “j” household included in the “k” unit formed for quarter a and WQ_0_ki ;
M_k is the number of non-answers in the quarterly interview in the “k” unit for quarter a;
N_k is the number of answers in the quarterly interview in the “k” unit for quarter a.
After the baseline interview the average weighting has slightly increased due to high percentage of answers after the first interview. The average weightings are equal to 708, 716, 723 and 726 accordingly for 4 quarters in 1995. It should be noted that the households who miss one interview are withdrawn from the survey. Thus the households who answered the questions of the last interview had also answered the questions of all previous interviews. Therefore, the weighting calculated for the last interview can be used for the households who answered the questions during the whole year. The annual report uses the data on the households who answered the questions during the whole year re-weighted by means of using the last quarter weighting.
2001 2001 Quarterly
The questionnaire consists of the following sections:
- Shinda01 ("Shinda" is a Georgian abbreviation for "observation of households") : general information about living conditions, housing, durables, etc. This section remained unchanged since the household survey was introduced in 1996.
- Shinda02: household composition. This section also remained unchanged since the survey inception.
- Shinda03: diary expenditure form. This section includes all diary expenditures during one week and it is filled out four times during the households' period of survey. This section was slightly changed in 2002. It was improved with a personal part of expenditures (the interviewer picks up the diary expenditures form and checks if all expenditures are recorded in the questionnaire.) The expenditure items recorded in the personal part are mostly expenditures on tobacco, catering, petrol and transportation and out of home expenditures. These questionnaire improvements significantly increased recorded expenditures of households.
- Shinda04: quarterly expenditures and agricultural activity form. This section covers quarterly expenditures on durables, energy supplies, health care, education, and other services. The questionnaire also collects information about harvest and processing of agricultural products produced by the household, sale and income from selling these products. The questionnaire is filled out four times, simultaneously with diary expenditures form. This section also features "reminder questions", which help households remember their expenditures. Before the 2002 revisions, section "Shinda04" included also information about employment and income from employment, as well as information on state and private transfers, changes of household financial conditions (spending of savings, savings, or loans and credits, etc.) and changes in demographic conditions.
- Information about public and private transfers, as well as on changes in household financial and demographic conditions is collected in the section Shinda05. The substance of the questions was not changed; however their phrasing was adjusted to make them more understandable for respondents.
- Shinda07: refusal form. This section covers information on non-response or non-eligibility. This form helps correct the weights before data processing.
National Statistics Office of Georgia info@geostat.ge http://www.geostat.ge/
The use of the datasets must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the identification of the Primary Investigator (including country name)
- the full title of the survey and its acronym (when available), and the year(s) of implementation
- the source and date of download (for datasets disseminated online)
National Statistics Office of Georgia. Georgia Household Integrated Survey (HIS) 2001, Ref. GEO_2001_HIS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date].
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Julia Dukhno ECSPE The World Bank Documentation of the study
Development Data Group DECDG The World Bank Review of metadata
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2018 vol. 77, no. 28 - June 20, 2018
June 20, 2018, West Life A17Earn more with Quality!30 YEARS OF SERVICECDL & Non-CDL DriversQuality Drive Away, Inc. needs CDL & Non-CDL drivers to deliver truck chassis from Springfi eld, OH. WE HAVE 20 + PICK UP LOCATIONSACROSS THE COUNTRYCall 574-642-2023 NOW!DATES:June 22 June 23June 24HOURS: Friday 9 AM - 5 PMSaturday 9 AM - 5 PMSunday 10 AM - 4 PMANTIQUE EXTRAVAGANZAS!Fayette County FairgroundsWashington Court House, OHwww.ScottAntiqueMarkets.com740-569-4112 Call Today! 800800--639639--7932 For A Free Design Guide And Estimate! Imagine Your Dream BathroomBathroom On Installed Home Depot Home Services Bathroom projects. Only valid through 1-800-USA-HOME.com. Cannot be combined with any other discount. For a limited time only. $500$500off 855-237-8882 (1-855-BEST-TUB) Make Bathing Safe Again With a JACUZZI WALK-IN TUB! A Jacuzzi® Walk-In Tub isn't just a jetted tub– it is the culmination of 60 years of advanced hydromassage engineering. Whether for relaxation, safety, or rejuvenation, Jacuzzi® Walk-in Tubs provide the ultimate solution. Now you can feel safe...and feel better with every bath. Mention this ad to receive $1,000 OFF, cannot be combined with any other offer. Limited time only. Call Toll Free Today! Do you or a loved one struggle on the stairs? OFF THE PURCHASE OF ANEW ACORN STAIRLIFT!1-800-572-0701*Terms and Conditions apply. Call for details. AZ ROC 278722, CA 942619, MN LC670698, OK 50110, OR CCB 198506, RI 88, WA ACORNSI894OB, WV WV049654, MA HIC169936, NJ 13VH07752300, PA PA101967, CT ELV 0425003-R5.Business Owners…Are You reading this?…so it does work.Call 440.933.5100for advertising informationBusiness Owners…Are You reading this?…so it does work.Call 440.933.5100for advertising information
The Opioid Crisis Exposed
A series examining the epidemic that is gripping all communities in our region.
Opioid crisis continues to strain the state’s foster care system
By KEVIN KELLEY
WESTSHORE - If you’ve ever wondered what you could do to help battle the opioid epidemic, consider becoming a foster parent.
The opioid epidemic is straining the ability of public children protection agencies to care for kids whose parents are struggling with addiction. According to the Public Children Services Association of Ohio, 28 percent of children taken into custody in 2015 had parents using opioids at the time. That figure was 11 percent in Cuyahoga County and 22 percent in Lorain County, but more than 70 percent in several counties in southern Ohio.
The number of children in foster care across the state rose from 12,654 in 2013 to 15,510 in 2017, an increase of 23 percent, according to the association. If the opioid epidemic continues at its current rate, the number will be more than 20,000 in 2020.
These figures do not include children who have been placed with relatives. But state social workers report that families are increasingly less able to care for children in need because multiple members of a family are often addicted.
The number of foster homes available on any given date – estimated at 7,200 – is not rising as quickly as the need.
“With the projected increases, we will have children sleeping in county agency lobbies with no available foster family to take them in,” said Angela Sausser, the association’s executive director.
This year, Cuyahoga is one of eight counties hit hard by the opioid epidemic to launch a foster family recruitment program thanks to a $1 million pilot program launched by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. The goal of the program is to find a primary related caregiver, with one or two potential backup options, within the first 30 days of children entering the foster care system.
Jacqueline McCray, deputy director of Cuyahoga County’s Division of Children’s and Family Services, said her department is looking to expand its network of about 300 foster care homes. The county also contracts with an additional 70 private agencies that provide care.
In comparison to many smaller counties in the state, Cuyahoga County has more resources to help troubled families, McCray said. Many of those resources were established in response to the crack epidemic of the early 1980s and the early 1990s, when the county had around 6,000 children in its custody.
Today, nearly 2,400 children in Cuyahoga County are in supervised care, the highest number since 2011, McCray said, adding that the opioid crisis is a major factor in the increase.
“Our foster care system is really strained in terms of the number of families available to take kids in,” she said.
Every suburb has a need for foster homes, McCray said.
“We are always looking for caregivers because we believe that kids need to be in the community that they’re familiar with,” McCray said. “We have kids that come to our attention from infancy all the way through their teens, and we need families that can support not only babies but our older teens as well.”
McCray, who has been with the agency for 29 years, said over the past two years, she has seen an increase in parents unable to care for their children because of the opioid crisis.
“I don’t think we’ve seen the end, or even the middle, of the entire opioid epidemic,” she said.
Parents addiction to other drugs also causes children to enter foster care, McCray said, adding that dependence on cocaine, marijuana and alcohol are even more prevalent in the cases they see.
But opioid abuse can have especially dire consequences.
“Sometimes your first use is the first and last time,” she said of the drug’s deadly nature.
The impact of heroin or fentanyl use can have traumatic effects on children, McCray said. Some children in the county system have witnessed a parent overdose or even die, she said.
Scott Ferris, director of Lorain County Children’s Services, said parental substance abuse is nothing new to social workers specializing in child welfare. But he agrees with McCray that opioid abuse can be especially deadly.
“What’s different with opioids and heroin is the lethality of it,” he said. “More parents are dying.”
A single relapse can lead to death, Ferris said, thanks to the drug’s ability to suppress the brain’s control of breathing. He’s seen too many instances of social workers accompanying a child to the parent’s funeral. This severity of consequences is what’s changed in recent years, he said.
In Lorain County, fewer children are in foster homes than four years ago, Ferris said, but more children have been placed in the care of relatives.
“We always look for relatives first,” Ferris said of the process of placing children, which is ultimately determined by a court.
This often means grandparents, he said, but added that taking in grandchildren can be stressful.
“They’re worried about their adult child who has the addiction while still caring for their grandchildren,” Ferris said.
Lorain County’s policy is to not place children from different families in the same foster home. Instead, the goal is to keep children from the same family together and, when possible, in the same neighborhood in which they lived. But those standards require many foster homes.
“We are always in recruitment mode for foster homes,” Ferris said.
The state licenses foster parents, and the process of getting a license can take from three to six months. Background checks must be done, and the parents must take several classes om topics ranging from child care to CPR.
Cuyahoga County residents interested in becoming a foster parent can call 216-881-5775 or visit http://cfs.cuyahogacounty.us/pdf_cfs/en-US/FosterAdoptionHandbook.pdf for more information.
Lorain County Children Services holds monthly information session for those interesting in being licensed as a foster parent. The next session is from 6 to 9 p.m. July 12 at the agency’s offices at 226 Middle Ave. in Elyria.
Four ways to help
1. Become a foster parent
This is the biggest way to help in the face of this epidemic. Check the end of this story to find out how to become a foster parent.
2. Become a mentor
Many youth centers host mentoring programs to help provide supportive adult relationships to at-risk teens and adolescents.
3. Volunteer time
Organizations like Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services, Lorain Children Services and the Providence House often hold events and fundraisers. Consider volunteering time to help put on one of these events.
Children who are removed from their home usually don’t have many belongings to call their own. To help, consider donating items like toys, hygenie products, school supplies, baby items, etc.
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Whether for relaxation, safety, or rejuvenation, Jacuzzi® Walk-in Tubs provide the ultimate solution. Now you can feel safe...and feel better with every bath. Mention this ad to receive $1,000 OFF, cannot be combined with any other offer. Limited time only. Call Toll Free Today! Do you or a loved one struggle on the stairs? OFF THE PURCHASE OF ANEW ACORN STAIRLIFT!1-800-572-0701*Terms and Conditions apply. Call for details. AZ ROC 278722, CA 942619, MN LC670698, OK 50110, OR CCB 198506, RI 88, WA ACORNSI894OB, WV WV049654, MA HIC169936, NJ 13VH07752300, PA PA101967, CT ELV 0425003-R5.Business Owners…Are You reading this?…so it does work.Call 440.933.5100for advertising informationBusiness Owners…Are You reading this?…so it does work.Call 440.933.5100for advertising information The Opioid Crisis Exposed A series examining the epidemic that is gripping all communities in our region. Opioid crisis continues to strain the state’s foster care system By KEVIN KELLEY WESTSHORE - If you’ve ever wondered what you could do to help battle the opioid epidemic, consider becoming a foster parent. The opioid epidemic is straining the ability of public children protection agencies to care for kids whose parents are struggling with addiction. According to the Public Children Services Association of Ohio, 28 percent of children taken into custody in 2015 had parents using opioids at the time. That figure was 11 percent in Cuyahoga County and 22 percent in Lorain County, but more than 70 percent in several counties in southern Ohio. The number of children in foster care across the state rose from 12,654 in 2013 to 15,510 in 2017, an increase of 23 percent, according to the association. If the opioid epidemic continues at its current rate, the number will be more than 20,000 in 2020. These figures do not include children who have been placed with relatives. But state social workers report that families are increasingly less able to care for children in need because multiple members of a family are often addicted. The number of foster homes available on any given date – estimated at 7,200 – is not rising as quickly as the need. “With the projected increases, we will have children sleeping in county agency lobbies with no available foster family to take them in,” said Angela Sausser, the association’s executive director. This year, Cuyahoga is one of eight counties hit hard by the opioid epidemic to launch a foster family recruitment program thanks to a $1 million pilot program launched by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. The goal of the program is to find a primary related caregiver, with one or two potential backup options, within the first 30 days of children entering the foster care system. Jacqueline McCray, deputy director of Cuyahoga County’s Division of Children’s and Family Services, said her department is looking to expand its network of about 300 foster care homes. The county also contracts with an additional 70 private agencies that provide care. In comparison to many smaller counties in the state, Cuyahoga County has more resources to help troubled families, McCray said. Many of those resources were established in response to the crack epidemic of the early 1980s and the early 1990s, when the county had around 6,000 children in its custody. Today, nearly 2,400 children in Cuyahoga County are in supervised care, the highest number since 2011, McCray said, adding that the opioid crisis is a major factor in the increase. “Our foster care system is really strained in terms of the number of families available to take kids in,” she said. Every suburb has a need for foster homes, McCray said. “We are always looking for caregivers because we believe that kids need to be in the community that they’re familiar with,” McCray said. “We have kids that come to our attention from infancy all the way through their teens, and we need families that can support not only babies but our older teens as well.” McCray, who has been with the agency for 29 years, said over the past two years, she has seen an increase in parents unable to care for their children because of the opioid crisis. “I don’t think we’ve seen the end, or even the middle, of the entire opioid epidemic,” she said. Parents addiction to other drugs also causes children to enter foster care, McCray said, adding that dependence on cocaine, marijuana and alcohol are even more prevalent in the cases they see. But opioid abuse can have especially dire consequences. “Sometimes your first use is the first and last time,” she said of the drug’s deadly nature. The impact of heroin or fentanyl use can have traumatic effects on children, McCray said. Some children in the county system have witnessed a parent overdose or even die, she said. Scott Ferris, director of Lorain County Children’s Services, said parental substance abuse is nothing new to social workers specializing in child welfare. But he agrees with McCray that opioid abuse can be especially deadly. “What’s different with opioids and heroin is the lethality of it,” he said. “More parents are dying.” A single relapse can lead to death, Ferris said, thanks to the drug’s ability to suppress the brain’s control of breathing. He’s seen too many instances of social workers accompanying a child to the parent’s funeral. This severity of consequences is what’s changed in recent years, he said. In Lorain County, fewer children are in foster homes than four years ago, Ferris said, but more children have been placed in the care of relatives. “We always look for relatives first,” Ferris said of the process of placing children, which is ultimately determined by a court. This often means grandparents, he said, but added that taking in grandchildren can be stressful. “They’re worried about their adult child who has the addiction while still caring for their grandchildren,” Ferris said. Lorain County’s policy is to not place children from different families in the same foster home. Instead, the goal is to keep children from the same family together and, when possible, in the same neighborhood in which they lived. But those standards require many foster homes. “We are always in recruitment mode for foster homes,” Ferris said. The state licenses foster parents, and the process of getting a license can take from three to six months. Background checks must be done, and the parents must take several classes om topics ranging from child care to CPR. Cuyahoga County residents interested in becoming a foster parent can call 216-881-5775 or visit http://cfs.cuyahogacounty.us/pdf_cfs/en-US/FosterAdoptionHandbook.pdf for more information. Lorain County Children Services holds monthly information session for those interesting in being licensed as a foster parent. The next session is from 6 to 9 p.m. July 12 at the agency’s offices at 226 Middle Ave. in Elyria. How to get involved Four ways to help 1. Become a foster parent This is the biggest way to help in the face of this epidemic. Check the end of this story to find out how to become a foster parent. 2. Become a mentor Many youth centers host mentoring programs to help provide supportive adult relationships to at-risk teens and adolescents. 3. Volunteer time Organizations like Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services, Lorain Children Services and the Providence House often hold events and fundraisers. Consider volunteering time to help put on one of these events. 4. Make a donation Children who are removed from their home usually don’t have many belongings to call their own. To help, consider donating items like toys, hygenie products, school supplies, baby items, etc.
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Nicole Cooke wins 10th British title and 9th in a row
by Tony Farrelly June 27 2009
Armistead and Pooley make a race of it and there's some world class 'blazer' action too...
Nicole Cooke held of the challenge of Emma Pooley and Lizzie Armitstead to take her 9th British National Road Race Championship in a row in Avergavenny today and her 10th in total. Cooke outsprinted her two main rivals to take the title after 80 miles of racing over a tough course.
Catherine Williamson (Fenix) made an early solo break and after 30 miles she was joined by the three most powerful riders in the race: World and Olympic Road Champion, Nicole Cooke (Vision 1 Racing); World Team Pursuit champ, Armitstead (Lotto); and Olympic Time Trial Silver medallist and winner of last week's Tour de France Feminin, Emma Pooley.
As the race entered the closing stages both Pooley and Cooke attacked, neither decisively the only effect being to reduce the leading quartet to a trio as Williamson was dropped. In the end none of the leading trio was strong enough to escape the other two and so it all came down to a spring finish. That most suited the powerful Cooke who took the win from Armistead in second with Pooley in third.
However, the drama did not end with the racing in farcial scenes after the race Armitstead was told by race commissaire's that under international regulations she would have to give back her silver medal in the senior race because she had won the U23 title - which all the riders in the field under that age were also contesting. Armitstead was told the news while waiting for the senior presentation and was visible upset, the crowd weren't too pleased either and an embarrassed Emma Pooley went on to the podium to collect the silver.
Afterwards Pooley said that she would be giving the medal to Armitstead anyway, and British Cycling hastily convened a meeting at which justice was done and Armitstead reinstated. As Emma Pooley had already pointed out a precedent for this sort of thing already existed: Nicole Cooke won her first national title in 1999 when she became the youngest woman ever to do so - inevitably she was also U23 Champ, but that didn't lead to her being stripped of her senior title.
So some red faces, but common sense prevailed - what is interesting is that given Armitstead's form nobody had worked out beforehand what to do if she took one of the podium positions in the senior race.
Top 10 2009 Women' National Road Race Championship
1) Nicole Cooke, Vision 1
2) Lizzie Armitstead, Lotto
3) Emma Pooley, Cervelo
4) Catherine Williamson, Fenixs
5) Katie Colclough, 100% ME
6) Julia Shaw, Unattached
7) Nikki Harris, Flexpoint
8) Danni King, Vision 1
9) Lucy Martin, 100% ME
10) Charlotte Colclough, 100% ME
Women's National Road Race
Nicole Cooke
Lizzie Armitstead
Emma Pooley
Abergavenny Festival of Cycling
Tony Farrelly
Tony has been editing cycling magazines and websites since 1997 starting out as production editor and then deputy editor of Total Bike, acting editor of Total Mountain Bike and then seven years as editor of Cycling Plus. He launched his first cycling website - the Cycling Plus Forum at the turn of the century. In 2006 he left C+ to head up the launch team for Bike Radar which he edited until 2008, when he co-launched the multi-award winning road.cc - which he continues to edit today. His favourite ride is his ‘commute’ - which he does most days inc weekends and he’s been cycle-commuting since 1994. His favourite bikes are titanium and have disc brakes.
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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for November 2016
Posted on November 30, 2016 by Cora
So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly published this month, though some Oktober books I missed the last time around snuck in as well. The books are arranged in alphabetical order by author. So far, most links only go to Amazon.com, though I may add other retailers for future editions.
Once again, we have new releases covering the whole broad spectrum of speculative fiction. We have a whole lot of horror this month, but also urban fantasy, portal fantasy, YA fantasy, space opera, military science fiction, post-apocalyptic science fiction, dystopian fiction, paranormal romance, gay werewolves, aliens, ghosts, FBI witches, aliens, southern monsters, sentient zombies, pods, starships, newcomers, clockwork alchemists and much more.
Southern Monsters by Cora Buhlert:
Three tales of monsters and terror in the Louisiana bayous.
When a young bride goes missing on her wedding day in Acadiana, the locals blame the Terror, the legendary monster that stalks the Crimson Bayou.
Remy Theriault does not believe in the Terror and he’s pretty sure the bride has done a runner. But the groom is his cousin and family is family. So Remy goes out to look for the runaway bride, only to find that sometimes, the old legends are true…
When their car crashes into the bayou on a dark Louisiana night, the swamp creature known only as Big Puffball might just be one family’s salvation…
When fishing boats go missing on the Mississippi River Delta, few people link these disappearances to the mysterious light that lit up the Louisiana sky only weeks before. But an astronomer from Tulane University makes the connection and discovers the horror that is the sphere that ate the Mississippi delta.
This is a collection of three short horror stories of 7700 words or approximately 27 print pages altogether.
End Game by Lindsay Buroker:
Alisa Marchenko has reunited with her daughter, and even though she hasn’t figured out how to get Jelena to accept Leonidas yet, she dreams of the three of them starting a new life together. They can return the Star Nomad to its original purpose of running freight and staying out of trouble (mostly).
Before that can happen, Alisa must fulfill the promise she made to Jelena: that she and her crew will retrieve young Prince Thorian, the boy who has become Jelena’s best friend. But Thorian was kidnapped by the rogue Starseer Tymoteusz, the man who wants to use the Staff of Lore to take over the entire system—and the man who may have the power to do it. Alisa doesn’t know why he kidnapped Thorian, but Tymoteusz once promised to kill the prince, so she fears they don’t have much time.
Unfortunately, Tymoteusz hasn’t left a trail of breadcrumbs. Finding him will be difficult, and even if they’re successful, facing him could be suicidal. To have a chance of surviving, Alisa will have to come up with her greatest scheme yet.
Haunted by Stacy Claflin:
The summer after graduation SHOULD have been the most exciting time of Mercy’s life.
Instead, on the way to an exciting overseas trip, she’s the only survivor of a tragic accident that claims the rest of her family. Then at her family’s memorial service, a ghostly hooded figure begins to follow her.
Her gorgeous new neighbor, Kit, who happens to run a paranormal blog, helps her discover what the hooded figure is hiding. Mercy thinks he’s angry that she survived the accident.
Could she be right?
Secret of the Master by Robert J. Fluegel:
It’s been two weeks since Tommy Travers broke a deadly curse in his town, one he accidentally brought with him from the World of Books. Being trained how to control his new power is more important than ever. As Tommy enters a book under the guidance of his trainer Amelia, however, the repercussions of the curse are not yet over. A wizard escaped from the World of Books read Tommy’s mind and he knows where the Gifted are. If the evil wizard finds a way to unlock his magic, the warehouse, the Gifted—the world—will be his.
Tommy and his new friends must find a way to gain back all they’ve lost. But time is running out, and there’s something Amelia hasn’t told him. A secret—one that makes him, an amateur Gifted who’s hardly begun training, the only one who can defeat Mephitis before it’s too late.
In this sequel to Gift of the Master, join Tommy as he finds his true place among the Gifted and braves his most dangerous book yet.
Generation by J.J. Green:
Humankind entered the age of deep space travel two decades ago, and Earth’s megacorps rushed to exploit the rich resources to be found on unclaimed planets. Prospecting starships roam the galaxy, racing to be the first to lay their hands on the new-found source of wealth.
But unknown horrors lie at the reaches of the great expanse, ready to be awakened by unsuspecting starship crews.
Chief Security Officer Jas Harrington’s job is to protect her shipmates from hostile aliens on new worlds. For the efficient if quick-tempered Jas, that hasn’t been too hard up till now. But her captain is drug-addled, and he’s hungry for the bonuses he gets from finding valuable resources.
When the captain won’t listen to Jas’ fears about a mysterious planet, he is compromised by contact with a strange life form—a life form that threatens to take over the entire ship and return to Earth, where it can spread its deadly infection.
Now Jas is in a race against time, struggling to quarantine the alien infection and prevent the aliens from achieving their goal: Generation. She doesn’t realize it yet, but as she fights to save her crew, the future of all humanity hangs in the balance.
Generation is the first of ten books in the Shadows of the Void space opera serial.
PODS! and Other Supernatural Tales by D.F. Holland:
PODS AND OTHER SUPERNATURAL TALES will take you on a spine-tingling voyage, where you’ll encounter deadly sea creatures, cursed objects, custom-made Hells, alien killers and other worlds – all in the blink of a gargoyle’s eye!
Hang on tightly as you read this collection of chilling, supernatural horror and fantasy – from the author of TALES FROM THE BEAUMONT HOUSE.
Magical Probi by T.S. Paul:
Probitionary FBI Agent Agatha Blackmore has just finished three grueling years at the FBI Academy at Quantico. She mastered every skill and task they laid before her. She now begins an Internship of sorts working for the Magical Crimes Division. Assassination, Murder, and Betrayal await her. How will she do in the real world? Will her Magick be enough to save her?
Clockwork Alchemist by Sara C. Roethle:
Arhyen is the self-declared finest thief in London. The mission was simple. Steal a journal from Fairfax Breckinridge, one of the greatest alchemists of the time.
Arhyen hadn’t expected to find Fairfax himself, with a dagger in his back. Nor had he expected his automaton daughter, Liliana. Suddenly entrenched in a mystery too great for him to fully comprehend, he must rely on the help of a wayward detective, and an automaton who claims she has a soul, to piece together the clues laid before them. Will Arhyen uncover the true source of Liliana’s soul in time, or will London plunge into a dark age of nefarious technology, where only the scientific will survive?
The Newcomer: Twelve Science Fiction Short Stories, edited by Alasdair Shaw:
From a young couple struggling to look after their baby to a new captain’s reluctance to take command of her ship, and from a sun-addled stranger’s appearance in town to the emergence of a sentient AI, the twelve tales presented here explore the central theme of an arrival by someone or something new.
There’s even an alien puppy.
The stories are:
Tithe by Griffin Carmichael
Exodus by Alec Hutson
First Bonding by Tom Germann
Ice Dreamer by J J Green
The Nanny by Cindy Carroll
Right Hand by Jonathan C Gillespie
What Make is Your Cat? by Richard Crawford
Kaxian Duty by Cherise Kelley
Lessons Learned by J Naomi Ay
The Humra by Laura Greenwood
The Hawk of Destiny’s Fist by James S Aaron
Repulse by Alasdair Shaw
Journey by Hollis Shiloh:
From the moment they meet, Nat feels a strong connection with the injured wolf…and later with the same gorgeous man. Nat is just an ordinary cop, with his own problems and insecurities, but if he can help Journey in any way, he’d love to.
He’d also love to date the sweet, handsome shifter, although that might be more complicated than he first thought. Two men navigate the waters of learning to trust, love, and accept themselves and each other, as they work to build a life together.
A Shifters and Partners Novel
Daughters of Death by Josiah Upton:
In Zaul’s mind, the game is over. After giving himself up to the APA, his true identity now lays bare before the walls of the nation’s largest Hybrid Reanimate facility, where he will rot for the rest of his undead days under the watch of cruel containment officers. No more disguises, no more deceptions, no more pretending to be human… And no future with the girl he loves.
But Genny cannot accept this new reality as easily. Compelled to repay his sacrifice, she searches for any way possible get Zaul out of the Facility, allying with both the living and the undead to make it happen. Zaul also forges unlikely friendships when he joins the Brains Club, a privileged group of higher-functioning containees who enjoy a better diet, recreational opportunities, contact with the opposite sex – and unsettling attention from the Assistant Director of the APA.
As Genny’s world unravels, Zaul’s becomes stranger. But only one constant is guaranteed: Caesar Ortega is hell-bent on destroying them both. When death and temptation are around every corner, can you keep who you were alive?
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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for July 2019
Posted on July 31, 2019 by Cora
So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly published this month, though some June books I missed the last time around snuck in as well. The books are arranged in alphabetical order by author. So far, most links only go to Amazon.com, though I may add other retailers for future editions.
Once again, we have new releases covering the whole broad spectrum of speculative fiction. This month, we have epic fantasy, urban fantasy, historical fantasy, YA fntasy, paranormal romance, paranormal mystery, science fiction romance, science fiction mystery, space opera, military science fiction, YA science fiction, science fantasy, dystopian fiction, postapocalyptic fiction, Steampunk, Cyberpunk, time travel, werewolves, vampires, zombies, dragons, aliens, space pirates, space marines, superheroes, spell speakers, crime-busting witches, Nazi-punching witches, undead detectives, telepathic dogs, dragon fight clubs and much more.
Crossfire by Lindsay Buroker:
For the first time in his life, roboticist Casmir Dabrowski is headed to another star system as an advisor for the Kingdom space fleet. He’s being given a chance to prove himself to King Jager by helping find the ancient artifact he inadvertently lost. It’s best not to think about what might happen if he fails…
But with technologically advanced astroshamans after the artifact, not to mention the deadly mercenary captain Tenebris Rache, it’s not long before the mission collides with disaster.
Soon, Casmir and his friends are caught between warring factions, and he must choose between what the king would want and what he knows is right.
Pursuits Unknown by Ellen Clary:
Amy and her kelpie-shepherd mix, Lars, work with a search team that specializes in finding lost people. Despite his average-mutt appearance, Lars is no ordinary dog. He and Amy have a telepathic connection. While Lars has a lot to learn about human language, their bond allows them to communicate in unusual ways and is a boon to their success rate.
When Amy and Lars find a missing scientist suffering from the Alzheimer’s-like disorder “Disorientation,” Amy and her support team realize this is not a typical lost-person case. Instead, this assignment appears to be an attempt to steal this man’s highly sensitive research on nanotechnology—which, in the wrong hands, could be used to wipe out undesirables from their overpopulated world. Forced to go undercover to seek out the truth, Amy will have to confront—and surpass—her own limitations.
Witch Hunt by L.R. Deney:
Strange kidnappings are taking place throughout Seattle. In the wake of a problematic election in America, the crimes seem to be racially motivated. Left behind at the scene of each disappearance is the symbol of the Black Sun, a symbol that is connected to Naziism.
It’s up to Staci Drenvauder, a witch and mistress of the Dark Arts, to investigate the kidnappings. But the Nazis appear to be infecting everything, even the secret, magical city of Azramoas seems to be affected with strange happenings taking place on the ruling Council. To complicate matters further, a demonic force from Staci’s past makes itself known once more.
Snark, gloom, and romance intermix within this riveting tale. Join Staci in her quest to punch Nazis.
A Dark and Stormy Day by Charon Dunn:
3748 crashes to a halt as Sonny Knight visits Times Square to ring in the New Year.
He’s a little sad because his girlfriend – one of the terrorist clones holding his family prisoner (but she’s one of the nicer ones) – has dumped him. Or maybe she’s being held prisoner by a different band of terrorists, and would appreciate being rescued?
Sonny’s going to have to pull himself together if he’s going to help her. He needs to deal with his grief issues, residual anxiety from everything that happened to him in the last two books, and a blossoming substance problem. Then there’s his fresh anxiety from all the new and exciting dangers that befall him in this one.
Which include more pliosaurs, explosions, avalanches, crowds, true love, assault, battery … the usual.
This is the conclusion of the Adventures of Sonny Knight trilogy.
The Heisenberg Corollary by C.H. Duryea:
A radical new technology. A horde of homicidal aliens. A snarky would-be girlfriend. Science never used to be like this.
Zeke Travers is a brilliant theoretical physicist on the verge of a breakthrough: a prototype drive capable of transporting a spacecraft to parallel universes. His place in the annals of scientific history seems all but assured. But when an alien warship materializes in Earth orbit and commences blasting everything in its path to atoms, Zeke and his team must make a choice between annihilation–or becoming test subjects in their own interdimensional experiments.
As they careen from continuum to continuum, some ruled by technology, others by magic, Zeke and his band of geeky, over-educated scientists will have to discover their inner ass-kickers if they’re going to survive the perils of the Multiverse.
Legend of Dreamwalker by Timothy Ellis:
Chris Ecclestone has had a full on day. And it isn’t over yet!
He’s done the impossible, been promoted, called a legend, and now he’s alone with his girlfriend and about to get the reward he really wants.
Tomorrow is another day, and a badly needed boring one at that.
But there’s a war on, and romance has to wait when allies call for help, and boring is what happens between battles and exhaustion.
Combat awaits, and this time, he’s a senior officer contemplating how fast he’s failing upwards.
The Imperium is spread too thin, and the Trixone are attacking in too many places.
When your war comes down to you and your fighter pilots, what must be done to survive?
And when survival includes the fate of the Imperium, will his lack of senior officer skills be a help, or their downfall?
Fate has been messing with Chris all his life, and all he wanted to be was a fighter pilot.
Instead, he’s the Legend of Dreamwalker.
And he doesn’t have the time to not like it.
Lee Shores by Rachel Ford:
Sometimes still waters are the most dangerous.
Murder turns a quiet month of shore leave into a nightmare for Chief Engineer Kay Ellis and Captain Magdalene Landon of the Black Flag. When a member of their crew is implicated in the killing of a young woman, the privateers find themselves pawns in an interplanetary diplomatic struggle that predates any of them.
With little evidence to support their claims of innocence, an alien government eager to make examples of the human visitors, and the eyes of two superpowers watching their every move, every passing day brings them closer to ruin.
If they don’t find the real killer soon, they’ll swing for a crime they didn’t commit. And the Union will be hung out to dry with them.
Incarnation by Kevin Hardman:
Jim (aka Kid Sensation) is no stranger to difficult and dangerous tasks. Having faced down everything from ruthless aliens to sadistic supervillains, he’s shown that he can more than hold his own under almost any circumstances. But now he’s facing a situation unlike anything he’s ever encountered before.
Recruited by a colleague for a mysterious mission and transported to a realm beyond space and time, Jim finds himself thrust into the company of Incarnates – individuals with powers and abilities so vast that they can do almost anything, including warp reality. But these esteemed personages are plagued by a dark issue, for which they turn to Jim for help: one amongst them is a murderer.
Charged with finding this killer, Jim soon realizes the inherent folly of pursuing an individual who is power personified and able to alter reality with the wave of a hand. With the fate of the universe hanging in the balance, he must find a way to defeat a murderous, nigh-omnipotent foe who can not only match his powers, but also negate them – fully and permanently.
The Day I Died by Aya Knight:
She had to die, to find the truth.
Oshin Fletcher lives by three rules: obey authority, don’t draw unnecessary attention to yourself, and above all else, never leave the city walls.
Some say that rules are meant to be broken. For Oshin, her world shattered on the day she was betrayed. A secret meeting leads her beyond the safety of her city. Lured by the ignorance that comes with being lonely and hopeful, Oshin was about to discover just how severe consequences could be. Lost and alone, she waited; no one came. But they did. The infected, the decaying, the undead.
Oshin wakes to find herself in an abandoned house, deep within the forest. Her body was changing, her desire to feed, uncontrollable. She was a marionette—her hunger, the puppeteer. She pivots on a line between life and death. They say the undead are mindless, but Oshin was very much aware. She sets out in an unknown world where the worst evils aren’t the undead, but humanity itself. With only days before the effects of the disease take hold and decay sets in, Oshin must race to find a way back home for a cure. She soon discovers that home is not everything she thought it to be. Dark secrets have been in play since the moment she was born.
An emotionally intense zombie survival story.
To Spell With It by Amanda M. Lee:
Hadley Hunter thinks she’s seen everything – okay, maybe not everything but a lot of things – but she’s never seen a cupid convention.When her good friend Booker’s fellow cupids descend on Moonstone Bay, she thinks it’s going to be fun and games. Instead, it’s mayhem and mystery when a rash of suicides and attempted suicides hit random island residents.That means it’s off to the races to solve another mystery.Hadley has been doing a lot of thinking about her life. She wants a career, not a job. She also wants to uncover a murderer. Even though her boyfriend Galen tries to keep her out of the case, she’s bound and determined to be in the thick of things.Galen’s fears come to fruition when something starts calling to Hadley in her dreams and he’s convinced whatever creature convinced the others to try to kill themselves is now after Hadley.Between egocentric cupids who are at war with each other, a big mystery regarding the origin of some of Hadley’s favorite paranormal friends, and her own determination, Hadley isn’t giving up without answers.She’s used to having magical backup at every turn. This time, she’s going to have to fight the ultimate battle alone.Is she up to the challenge? She’d better be. Everyone she loves is in danger and she’s the only one who can save them.It’s time to witch up … and she’s ready.
The Spell Speakers by Day Leitao:
He was raised to resist them. Now he has to join them.
14-year-old Darian was raised in an isolated village in Whyland, among people who resisted the oppression of the King and his army. When his life takes a tragic turn, he ends up living in the King’s castle, forced to train in the military academy, closer to his enemies than he has ever dreamed. His only solace is Cayla, a girl he befriends at the castle, who helps him smile and feel whole again, with whom he slowly falls in love, whose identity he ignores at his own peril.
But the castle holds more dangers than expected. Darian has to thread carefully if he wants use his position to help Whyland find freedom and remain alive.
Spell Speakers is a coming-of-age fantasy novella introducing characters featured in the upcoming series Portals to Whyland.
Of Dawn and Embers by Kyoko M.:
It’s been six months since Dr. Rhett “Jack” Jackson and Dr. Kamala Anjali had their dragon cloning project shut down by the government. Just when they think they’ve gotten their lives back together, an agency within the government hits them with another suckerpunch: a criminal organization has cloned dozens of dragons in order to hold vicious dragon fighting rings. The government recruits Jack and Kamala to help them track down the organization. Jack and Kamala set out to put a stop to the illegal fights before any more dragons die…or worse, escape.
Of Dawn and Embers is the third novel in Kyoko M’s sci-fi/contemporary fantasy series, following Of Cinder and Bone and Of Blood and Ashes.
Apatura Iris by Jon Messenger:
Magic is an abomination—one that has grown tired of being hunted.
The Inquisitors have hunted magical creatures for a dozen years, striking fear into the monsters that dare to escape the Rift. In the swamps in Northern Ocker, however, a new evil arises—one that’s not afraid of Inquisitors. One that’s hunting Inquisitors.
One that’s killing Inquisitors.
Still reeling from the pain of recent events, Simon is more than willing to walk into danger. But now he and Luthor must hunt this new evil into the very house of madness: The Sanitarium. And the madness seems to be catching…
Apatura Iris is the fourth book in the Magic and Machinery series by Jon Messenger.
The Gathering by Vanessa Nelson:
Scarred by a brutal past, she has sworn to help those in need.
As one of the Hundred, Yvonne cannot ignore a plea for help, even if all she wants is a quiet life, somewhere safe for her adopted children to grow into adulthood.
Safety is in short supply. Young people, some of them children, are going missing in large numbers, leaving bewildered and grieving families behind. It’s not something she can ignore.
She finds an unexpected ally in an arrogant goblin lord, who seems intent on following her from place to place. With her skills in magic, and his resources, can they track down the kidnappers and return the children home?
The Gathering is the first book in a new fantasy trilogy series. If you like your fantasy with plenty of mystery and magic, and a strong heroine, you’ll love this new trilogy by Vanessa Nelson.
Get your copy of The Gathering now, to start reading Yvonne’s story.
Memory Aether by Reesha Rugroden:
Earth is at war, and a secret mission depends on Alexia modifying her boyfriend Michael’s memory, erasing herself completely from his mind. She holds onto his memories in the hope that someday she can reinstate them. But something goes wrong and Michael is captured as a prisoner of war, held on a distant moon. Alexia must work with old friends to decode the memories she extracted. A government agent with his own agenda shows up at just the right time, equipping them with what they need. Alexia doesn’t trust him, but working with him is the only way she can save Michael.
The Girl from the Sea by Jessica Rydill:
When Aude steps out of the sea, she changes three lives; her own and that of a brother and sister born under a curse.
Exiled from her castle home in the far north, Aude is a Doxan, follower of the Mother Goddess, Megalmayar; Yuste and Yuda are Wanderers, a race the Goddess cursed to live without a homeland until the return of her Son.
But the twins are also shamans, destined to wield remarkable powers when they come of age, a time that is drawing near.
Together, the children face a terrible enemy that rises from a lost city under the sea. Will they survive the perils of adolescence in their world, and defeat the threat from beneath the waves?
Canticle of the Midnight Moon by Val St. Crowe:
An uneasy alliance between the former vampire king, Viggo Heathcote, Camber Fordham, and her new mate Landon Bowie, has been formed to search for those stolen by the powerful dark figure.
Viggo claims to love Camber’s sister Desta, and says he will do anything to rescue her, but Camber doesn’t trust him, and Landon straight-up hates him. This doesn’t make it easy to deal with attacking bloodhounds and faulty blood magic, even in the best of circumstances.
But then the three of them are captured by the dark figure as well. Now, in order to save the people she cares about, Camber must also escape. And there is no way out.
Refuge by Glynn Stewart:
A dying world, shattered by a broken machine
A desperate flight, their only hope for refuge
A robotic race, ally and destroyer alike
The Republic of Exilium has grown in strength and confidence at the far end of the galaxy from the rest of mankind, sending out scout ships to survey the worlds around them as they try to learn more about the mysterious Construction Matrix AIs.
Finding one of the genocidal rogues of that mysterious “race” in the process of destroying an inhabited world, Captain Octavio Catalan takes his ship into a desperate battle. He is victorious—but he is too late. The world of the strange aliens he has encountered is doomed.
The distant Republic can barely help, but the honor of their leaders will not permit them to stand idly by. Ships and crews are set into motion to commence a desperate evacuation of their newfound friends, and debts with the strange Matrices are called in.
One branch of Matrices destroyed the planet. Another may well save it—but the AIs have their own agenda and the price they ask may be beyond the Republic and its new allies…
Jane Bond: Dark Side of the Moon by V.R. Tapscott:
In this sequel to Jane Bond, Jane finds some very interesting things in the basement left behind when Kit went away. Among them is a fully operational space ship.
Of course, the catch is, how can Jane fly it? Once Jane overcomes that hurdle, she and her friends are on the way again – and a new friend by the name of Olive comes along to pilot the ship – and make pancakes.
Who knew pancakes were so important!
But – will pancakes be enough to deal with what lies on the Dark Side of the Moon?
New Enemy by James David Victor:
As if one unstoppable alien force isn’t enough.
Jack and Sam have made it back to the fleet, but have not received a warm welcome. Treated as traitors and scientific curiosities, they must fight to free themselves from their own kind. And if the internal enemy isn’t enough, there’s a new enemy on the horizon that even the Devex fear. Can Jack free himself from his own kind and save humanity from two deadly alien forces?
New Enemy is the fourth book in the Jack Forge, Lost Marine series. If you like fast-paced military science fiction, you will love watching Jack fight for the freedom of all.
The InBetween by Dick Wybrow:
Painter Mann is a one-of-a-kind private investigator. He may even be the world’s best, but mainly that’s because he’s dead.
Assisted by his “Temps”— a select few of the very old who are so close to death they can actually hear him— Painter has sworn to help the murder victims stuck in The InBetween by revealing their killers so they can move on.
But, a new mass murder case threatens everything after Painter recognizes the killer’s face as the person who murdered him.
Exposing them will free dozens of ghosts but will also clear Painter, leaving no one to help the souls trapped in The InBetween.
Also, he’s really into the whole private investigator thing. When alive he was never really good at much. Dead? He’s a hell of a PI.
Is Painter willing to risk it all to save those he’s sworn to help?
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Herbalife Nutrition partners with the Special Olympics Bharat Athletes for Special Olympics Unified Cup 2018
Posted in News By Chawm Ganguly On July 11, 2018
11 July 2018, New Delhi: Supported by Herbalife Nutrition, a Unified Football female team of six athletes with intellectual disability and 5 mainstream athletes from India were given a rousing send-off held at Taj Palace, New Delhi. The team was presented with the games kit and mementos by Herbalife Nutrition who is the exclusive sponsor for the Special Olympics Bharat athletes.
Having practised during training camps held every month since March 2018 for the team, under the meticulous supervision of Mr Victor R Vaz, National Sports Director, SO Bharat and also regularly in their respective states, the team is geared to face global competition at the Unified Cup in Chicago (SOUFC 2018). The participants and coaches arrived from the states of Delhi, Goa, Maharashtra, Punjab, Kerala and Rajasthan to depart for the big event where they will represent India
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First Name Last Name City/State Role
1 SHITU SHAMBU GHADI GOA ATHLETE
2 POOJA DELHI ATHLETE
3 TRUPTI DNYANDEV SHELAR MUMBAI ATHLETE
4 SHIVANI
5 SALU RAVEENDRAN KERALA ATHLETE
6 RAMANDEEP KAUR PUNJAB ATHLETE
7 LINDA CALADO GOA PARTNER
8 VANSHIKA RANA DELHI PARTNER
9 TANVI SINGH DELHI PARTNER
10 BHARTI BISHT DELHI PARTNER
11 CYNTHIA DIANA LOBO GOA PARTNER
12 SAMANTHA FRANCESCA D’ COSTA GOA HEAD COACH
13 MONALI MANGESH KORGAOKAR GOA COACH
14 VICTOR RAFAEL
GOA/DELHI
HEAD OF DELEGATION
The preparation and participation of the Indian contingent from Special Olympics Bharat is being supported exclusively by Herbalife Nutrition, the premier global nutrition company. Herbalife Nutrition has partnered with Special Olympics Bharat to train and develop athletes with intellectual disabilities.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Ajay Khanna, Vice President and Country Head, Herbalife Nutrition India Said, “The Special Olympics Unified Cup could not be more exciting, and we are happy to partner with the Indian contingent to bring the sporting glory to our country. We have been associated with Special Olympic Bharat over the years and are proud of the talented athletes they nurture. The aim is to support our athletes who represent our country on the global arena and make the entire nation proud.”
Air Marshal (Retd) Denzil Keelor PVSM, KC, AVSM, VrC,, Founder & CEO SO Bharat said “This is a glorious year for Special Olympics as it marks 50 years of the global inclusive movement. I would like towish my best to all the participating athletes and unified partners. It gives me immensepleasure to beable to prepare a Unified Football female team to face global competition at this phenomenal platform manifesting football as a medium of accelerating Inclusion. Joining us in our endeavours is Herbalife Nutrition, our long time partners andexclusive supporters of our participation in this event”
Five times World Amateur Boxing Champion and Herbalife Sponsored Athlete Mary Kom was present at the event said, “Special Olympics Unified Sports is a great initiative and it is amazing that the women from our country will be representing our nation at the Unified Cup 2018. Wishing the entire team all the very best for the game.”
India’s Senior National Badminton Champion and Herbalife Sponsored Athlete Saina Nehwal said, “The athletes representing our country from the Special Olympics Bharat team are extremely special and have undergone immense training to reach this platform. It takes a lot of courage and endurance to do what this team does. I am very delighted to be associated with Herbalife Nutrition who takes such great initiatives to elevate such talent. All the best to the entire team for the game.”
The Unified Cup Chicago (SOUFC 2018), will be held from 17-20 July 2018 The five day Unified Football Cup is a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Special Olympics. 24 teams (16 male and 8 female) will be participating from Bharat (India), Brazil, Canada, China, Ecuador, France, Germany, Italy, Japan (Nippon),Kenya, Korea, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, Slovakia, United Arab Emirates, United States and Uruguay. While the Male teams will be playing the 11-a-side competitions, the Unified female teams will clash in 7-a-side matches. Special Olympics Bharat is sending a Unified Football female team to the competition.
Photo 1 Caption: (Standing L-R) Samantha Francesca (Head Coach, SOB), Monali Kargaonkar (Coach, SO Bharat – Goa) Victor R Vaz (National Sports Director, SO Bharat), Ashish Shah (CEO, Delhi Dynamos), Olympian Boxer Mary Kom, Cdr Kartikay Saini (Chairman, SO Bharat), Satyaketu Singh (Director, Sales & Marketing, Herbalife Nutrition), Air Marshal Denzil Keelor (Founder & CEO, SO Bharat), Sandeep Gulliya (SO Bharat Medalist)
About Special Olympics Bharat
Special Olympics Bharat is a National Sports Federation having presence across all the States and Union Territories of India. SO Bharat is accredited by Special Olympics Inc, Washington, USA to conduct Special Olympics Programs all over India.
Special Olympics is a global inclusion movement using sport, health, education and leadership programs every day around the world to end discrimination against and empower people with intellectual disabilities. Founded in 1968, and celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year, the Special Olympics movement has grown to more than 5 million athletes and Unified partners in more than 170 countries. With the support of more than 1 million coaches and volunteers, Special Olympics delivers 32 Olympic-type sports and over 108,000 games and competitions throughout the year.
Special Olympics Bharat is recognized by the Government of India as a National Sports Federation in the Priority Category for the development of Sports for Persons with Intellectually Disability and has been designated as the Nodal Agency by the Government for all disabilities on account of its national presence, outreach and experience.
About Herbalife:
Herbalife Nutrition is a global nutrition company whose purpose is to make the world healthier and happier. The Company has been on a mission for nutrition – changing people’s lives with great nutrition products and programs – since 1980. Together with our Herbalife Nutrition independent
distributors, we are committed to providing solutions to the worldwide problems of poor nutrition and obesity, an aging population, skyrocketing public healthcare costs and a rise in entrepreneurs of all ages.
Herbalife Nutrition offers high-quality, science-backed products, most of which are produced in Company-operated facilities, one-on-one coaching with an Herbalife Nutrition independent distributor, and a supportive community approach that inspires customers to embrace a healthier, more active lifestyle.
Herbalife Nutrition’s targeted nutrition, weight-management, energy and fitness and personal care products are available exclusively to and through its independent distributors in more than 90 countries. Through its corporate social responsibility efforts, Herbalife Nutrition supports the Herbalife Family Foundation (HFF) and its Casa Herbalife programs to help bring good nutrition to children in need. Herbalife Nutrition is also proud to sponsor more than 190 world-class athletes, teams and events around the globe, including Cristiano Ronaldo, the LA Galaxy, and numerous Olympic teams.
Herbalife Nutrition has over 8,000 employees worldwide, and its shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HLF) with net sales of approximately $4.4 billion in 2017. To learn more, visit Herbalife.com or IAmHerbalife.com. Herbalife Nutrition also encourages investors to visit its investor relations website at ir.herbalife.com as financial and other information is updated and new information is posted.
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year. Levitate had already earned the CE marking for PPE in Europe and has been used at BMW's Spartanburg, S.C. plant since 2016. Ford also used them at powertrain, engines and transmission plants. The device, which is in more than 100 enterprises globally, had also already demonstrated its ability to prevent fatigue, based on data collected on a Lincoln electric VRTEX welding simulator, thus keeping weld quality consistent for a longer period.
The lightweight device feels like wearing a near empty backpack. Two firm braces cup the wearers’ triceps to provide slight resistance when the arms are raised, and make the arm muscles work 80% as hard as normal.
Joseph Zawaideh, Levitate’s VP of Marketing and Business Development, explains that this is why Toyota's classified the Airframe as PPE, which was discovered through a battery of testing involving electromyography (EMG), performed by Iowa State at Toyota Canada. “They found a 20% average reduction in muscle load," Zawaideh explains.
While hooked up to wireless EMG sensors, 11 workers performed 10 various tasks at multiple repetitions. It was found to reduce muscles activity in the deltoid (shoulder muscle) in nine of 10 tasks. A study at John Deere found similar results. The upper trapezius (at back of neck), though, had slightly increased activity and the researchers suggested neck support be added.
A lot more work need to be done in the field, and standards are still in very early stages of development, but based on purely the arm support versions, Zawaideh sees exoskeletons' near limitless potential.
"It's getting a step closer to becoming mainstream,” he says. “You're not going to say
this is a great piece of innovation anymore, it going to be a be like safety glasses.”
Like Suitx, Levitate has adopted a kaizen philosophy toward product development, looking
for ways to improve the user experience while keeping the price point down. Zawaideh says
they are looking at mesh straps and reducing touchpoints for better breathability, while
adding high and low-reach accessories to stretch the support beyond the 30 to 140-deg.
range. Anti-scratch covers for the metal components, and a head rest, are also optional.
A new FR (Flame Resistant) rated Airframe, which went into full production last month, is now used at shipyards and heavy equipment manufacturers, allows it to be used for hot work, such as welding and grinding. This version is $6,000, and required nearly all new material, from FR fabric and Velcro to an aluminum frame. The cassettes—the proprietary mechanical system of pulleys that props the arm up—could not be altered, so they are covered in FR fabric.
Levitate grew 200% from 2017 to 2018, and judging by the high level of interest Levi-tate's booth garnered at our sister publication Industry Week's Manufacturing & Technology event in April, 2019 should be another year of exponential growth.
The business side is also taking these developments seriously, indicated by a workman's compensation carrier has begun its own trials with the Airframe to see if this is a way to reduce payouts and cut customer premiums.
Exo Explosion
There's no guarantee exoskeletons are a long-term fix for any of the problems ailing the manufacturing and construction workforce, let alone all of them. Just like with robots, there will applications where they excel and others where they are more trouble than they are worth. From a storage standpoint alone, it would be hard to imagine every factory worker has their own device (it's not recommended to share due to fit and sanitary concerns).
But more than anything, what this next generation of exoskeletons prove is that there are huge opportunities for improvement and customization, and therefore, they present the very real possibility of improving more people's health and wellness.
"We're tired of people having bodies too broken to play with grandkids," says Zawaideh.
And as exoskeletons prove their worth in new jobs and with all types of workers, showing that you can perform back-breaking labor without actually breaking your back (or sustaining muscle injury), it may show younger workers that manufacturers no longer underrate their employees.
Zawaideh says early results suggest these devices will help with worker retention: "They will not resist jobs anymore because they will not have to suffer the conse-quences."
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The Airframe has optional accessories, such as a headrest to support the neck when the user is looking up.
Toyota recently made the Airframe exoskeleton mandatory PPE for overhead work at two of its North American plants.
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the federal government and heavy investment from private companies in fields such as medical, video gaming and virtual reality.
Expansion Requirements
All of this impacts the local construction industry because contractors
and builders are capitalizing on opportunities to grow their portfolios
and serve a high-demand market.
It's not quite Cape Canaveral at the dawn of the Space Age, but the
potential is there. Orlando is already considered the global leader in
MS&T, and the technology is constantly becoming more important in
civilian and military life.
In recent years, the Mayo Clinic has added a state-of-the-art medical simulation center, UCF has expanded its tech research and simulation programs, the Veterans Health Administration's new SimLEARN
initiative is improving the quality of health care services for America's veterans, and AVT Simulation just finished building the nation's
largest simulator program. On top of that, numerous companies such
as Fidelity Technologies and Cole Engineering are expanding their
presence and have required interior buildouts.
Of course, this is just a small slice of the work being done at the
Research Park, where construction is underway on the third phase.
The prospects are so bright that one equity firm, which already has
five office buildings in or adjacent to the park, is going forward with
plans to build a $5 million to $6 million project with no tenants lined
up. In these conditions, there's no reason to believe it won't be fully
occupied very soon.
Construction p.98
Benchmark relied on
teamwork to complete
an expansion of Lancaster General Hospital.
p.106
Lake Forest Hospital is
nearing completion.
98 Benchmark Construction
102 Newfield Construction
104 Barton Malow - Michigan State
106 Turner Construction -
Northwestern Medicine Lake
Forest Hospital
108 Rucon Inc.
Applications Elsewhere
While the MS&T situation is largely unique to Orlando, there are
similar opportunities for construction companies to service other
industries that partner with government agencies. Take manufacturing, for instance.
According to IBISWorld market research: "In the past five years,
federal and local governments across the country have increasingly
encouraged a manufacturing revival through targeted financial and
structural incentives, as well as through government contracts. Developments that meet certain employment thresholds often qualify
for tax exemptions or credits. These programs have begun to lure
manufacturers in certain industries such as green technology back
to the United States, generating demand for new industrial facilities.
In addition, larger players in this industry benefit from government
procurement policies favoring tenders by U.S. companies, especially
on defense-related contracts."
Moving to the infrastructure side of things, IBISWorld forecasts
that demand for bridge and elevated highway construction will
return as funding from the federal government slowly increases.
Likewise, the outlook for road and highway construction, in general,
calls for steady growth and greater private
sector involvement, via public-private
partnerships. Even water and sewer line
construction is expected to grow, thanks to
the long-awaited recovery of state and local
government spending.
Across the spectrum, the story is the same.
Regardless of which industry you operate in,
opportunities abound - if you know where
to look.
Todd Andrew is president and owner of Andrew General Contractors, a full-service Orlando-based firm he started in 1996 after nine years of management and
operational experience in the construction industry. Andrew GC specializes in
commercial ground-up construction, interior buildouts and renovations. For more
information, visit www.AndrewGC.com or e-mail tandrew@andrewgc.com.
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Dwindling art or shining star? ~ Take your pick!
Over a hundred years after the Quit India Movement, there is another wave by the 138-year-old Khazir Sons to protect and promote the timeless legacy of Indian handlooms
TODAY marks the National Handloom Day. A day to honour the handloom weavers across the country and also carter and momentum to India’s handloom industry. Indian handlooms have been like the backbone occupation of the country after agriculture. India has over 13 million handloom weavers and their work is inspired from natural substances derived from various regions.
Most of the Indian handloom weavers belong to rural sector of the society while their art and crafts travels internationally. Every individual has their own type of style in which they want to personify their life around; some collect stamps, while some collect painting or artifacts and antique pieces. Handlooms have been recognized by the unique creativity and skill of the weaver, his comprehension of colour, texture and function, the weaver’s capacity for rapid adaptation and production of small yardage in a variety of designs. Indian handloom designs takes its inspiration from nature and the products of various regions reflect the colors of the flora and fauna of that area and makes the uniqueness of handloom products which attracting the costumers to buy it.
India, being a country with solid culture encompasses different categories of handlooms products like cushion covers, bed sheets, shawls, household articles etc. Khazir Sons opened their gates 138 years ago and have been a pioneer in the Persian luxury handicrafts industry in Indian markets. This esteemed brand specialises in Kashmiri handicrafts whilst giving us a glimpse into the traditional culture and handloom skills established in valleys of Kashmir. This brand is not only imperialistic but also evolved the economy of Kashmir by employing them for their intricate creative cultural handloom weaving skills.
Khazir focuses exclusively on Persian and Mughal style products which define their legacy in the prestigious handloom sector in the country; their vast range of handcrafted things are prepared from premium quality papiermâchés , walnut wood, sumptuous metal antiques etc.
While their exclusive collections include handlooms like coasters, candle stands vases, sculpted animals, ornaments trunk, animal figures, luxurious jewel embossed carpets and a lot more. Khazir is an luxurious dazzling souvenir collectives for anyone to gift. The anthology is created and designed by local Kashmiri dwellers and small scale artists who justify the beauty in their handlooms proving them the rich and cultural root touch we desire.
A legacy nurtured and nourished over a century, Khazir Sons are now able to showcase their high-end product range of authentic Kashmiri handicrafts to the e-commerce market! Founded in 1880, this brand’s patronage boasts of royals of Jammu and Kashmir such as Maharaja Sir Pratap Singh. And now, each of these deluxe products will be available at your fingertips and accessible by all, as the website is recently launched on May Day.
The premium product line:
Deeply rooted in Persian, Mughal and Kashmiri culture, the vast range of products offered includes
Lush and elegant pashmina & cashmere stoles/shawls
Mussar- A traditional Arab headgear for men available in a myriad of colours
Hand-made papier mâché items- a remarkable art form distinctive to Kashmir
Handicrafts made of walnut wood- deemed to be of the best quality in Kashmir
Opulent antiques made of copper to adorn your beautiful homes
Intricately designed carpets hand-woven from silk or wool, often incorporating jewels to give your home the lux quotient you desire.
Each of these products are delicately hand-made by Kashmiri artisans native to the birthplace of this art.
Making luxury available to all:
Khazir Sons aims to bridge the gap between the demand for these exclusive luxury items and their availability. With a plan to continue adding larger amounts of diverse products to their offerings, the brand hopes to be one of the largest inventories of Kashmiri, Persian and Mughal handicrafts online. The quality of their products speaks for itself, with testimonials of endorsement from royals such as the King of Jammu & Kashmir; Maharaja Sir Pratap Singh. Having lived through several generations, Khazir sons has evolved alongside technology and kept abreast with changing trends in fashion, while still remaining close to its roots of authentic Kashmiri art.
Changing their lives, not their culture:
This venture is aimed to benefit not only the consumers, but also the artisans responsible for the creation of each exclusive masterpiece. As part of their CSR activities, Khazir Sons employ local Kashmiri artisans to design and create all of their products. This has helped boost employment as well as the general economy of the state, as partially Kashmir’s economy is directly dependent on the handicraft trade. In addition, these craftsmen are able to showcase their skills to the best of their abilities, as the designs are left to their discretion. When in conversation with Saddam Zaroo; Managing Director of Khazir Sons and fourth generation heir, he said “We like to give our artisans creative freedom with designs and patterns, which results in each item being distinctly different from each other allowing customers to possess one of a kind item unique to their homes. Most of the designs are inspired by vintage architecture and nature.”
Protecting the legacy:
The launch of www.khazirsons.com will be the beginning of a new era for the brand, making the procurement of their opulent product range easy and seamless. Free shipping and delivery of these goods is guaranteed within 3-5 business days worldwide. This convenient feature is sure to pique the interest of a global clientele thus increasing awareness of the Khazir Sons dynasty.
In a world of ever changing trends, it is becoming increasingly important to protect and preserve dying cultures and their art. Khazir Sons strives to do just that, making it possible for the coming generations to experience and witness the rich heritage of our country.
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(26 Apr 2019)
Denmark beats Norway
One goal was enough for Denmark to beat Norway in Lørenskog. Nikolai Meyer scored at 12:55. Sebastian Dahm saved 18 shots for the shut-out.
The teams will play again tomorrow.
Swedish revenge
After yesterday's tough loss against Finland, Sweden today won 3-1 in Hartwall Areena. Finland's Toni Rajala scored 1-0 for Finland but Swedish goals by Jesper Bratt, Daniel Zaar and Philip Hol made it a Swedish win.
Two goals by Draisaitl not enough vs. Austria
German super star Leon Draisaitl scored 1-0 and 2-0 for Germany against Austria. But that wan't enough. Daniel Jakubitzka, Lukas Haudum and Dominique Heinrich scored for Austria to win the game 3-2.
Game fixturesShow all games from season 2019-2020
10 Dec 2019 Hungary - South Korea 2-1 OT details»
Past league results:
- select season -2019-20202018-20192017-20182016-20172015-20162014-20152013-20142012-20132011-2012
League standings:
- select season -2018-20192016-20172015-20162013-20142012-20132011-2012
Historic statistic:
- select season -2019-20202018-20192017-20182016-20172015-20162014-20152013-20142012-20132011-20122010-20112009-20102008-20092007-20082006-20072005-20062004-20052003-20042002-20032001-20022000-20011999-20001998-19991997-19981996-19971995-19961994-19951993-19941992-19931991-19921990-19911989-19901988-19891987-19881986-19871985-19861984-19851983-19841982-19831981-19821980-19811979-19801978-19791977-19781976-19771975-19761974-19751973-19741972-19731971-19721970-19711969-19701965-19661964-19651963-19641962-19631961-19621960-19611959-19601958-19591957-19581956-19571955-19561954-19551953-19541952-19531951-19521950-1951
Individuals records:
- select stats type -Points leadersGoals leadersAssists leadersPenalty leaders+/- leadersMinutes leadersGoals againts average leadersSave percentageShutouts leaders
Fast factsseason 2019-2020
Youngest player: Dzhelal-ad-Din Amirbekov (17 years)
Oldest player: Denis Makarov (36 years)
Shortest player: Jaxson Lane (165 cm)
Tallest player: Matt Schneider (197 cm)
Nationalities: Australia (16), Austria (1), Belarus (16), Canada (2), Czech Republic (1), Estonia (2), France (1), Great Britain (1), Hungary (21), Italy (4), Kazakhstan (20), South Korea (44), Latvia (3), Lithuania (1), Norway (1), New Zealand (18), Poland (1), Romania (2), Russia (1), Slovakia (1), Sweden (1), Ukraine (1)
Highest win: South Korea - Kazakhstan 1-7
Season average attendance: 919
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Kustaa Saksi
Represented by Hugo & Marie
All Advertising Art Fashion Installation Music Product
Kustaa creates motion graphics for Salvatore Ferragamo — for the launch of the new colors of the Buckle Collection. Video created by Anima Boutique.
'Kangastus' print for Marimekko SS15 collection.
Kustaa makes his Marimekko debut with the fascinating 'Kangastus' print for the SS15 collection.
Kustaa collaborates with Marimekko to create organic-feeling, nature inspired artwork for the SS15 collection.
Kustaa explores aquatic themes to create 'Merivuokko' (sea anemone) and 'Meriheinä' (sea grass) prints for the Marimekko SS15 Home collection.
Inspired by the rhythm, colors and atmosphere of the sea floor, Kustaa creates 'Merivuokko' (sea anemone) and 'Meriheinä' (sea grass) prints for the Marimekko SS15 Home collection.
Kustaa collaborates with Marimekko to create organic-feeling, nature inspired artwork for the SS15 Home collection.
Kustaa makes his Marimekko debut with the fascinating Merivuokko (sea anemone) print — applied to home textiles and tableware. The print was inspired by the rhythm, colors and atmosphere of the sea floor.
Kustaa collaborates with Bergdorf Goodman to create a Hypnopompic tapestry installation at the 5th & 58th St windows in NYC.
Hypnopompic
Kustaa designs surreal wool tapestries for his Hypnopompic exhibition. The designs take inspiration from the state of sensory confusion that exists between sleep and wakefulness, using the visual delusions experienced during this strange period of consciousness to inspire a set of intricate psychedelic tapestries, busy with distorted flora and fauna and ominous looking creatures.
Kustaa continues his study of traditional jacquard weaving techniques with new additions to his Hypnopompic tapestry series, featuring glow in the dark patterns. The kaleidoscopic designs explore the surreal sensation of floating between dreaming and wakefulness. Photography by Josefina Eikenaar.
Silk screen prints based on the surrealist tapestries from Kustaa's Hypnopompic exhibition. The works depict Kustaa's interpretation of the hypnopompic state of semiconsciousness — the hallucinatory and uncertain state upon waking between sleep and reality.
Universal Egg
Following his Hypnopompic tapestry series, Kustaa designs 'Reveille' — a mini collection of Jacquard weavings inspired by awakenings, mornings, and Spring. Image by Jussi Puikkonen.
Nightless Nights
Kustaa creates a 4-meter-egg at the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany.
Kustaa's regal Duchess for Tooled Up, a group exhibition celebrating creativity, craft, inspiration and skill. As part of the 2014 London Design Festival, Art & Graft invited prolific artists, illustrators and designers to take a recognizable tool of craft and transform it into a unique form. Together with Suvi Savola, Kustaa crafted an aristocratic dress with custom-made jacquard weave, transforming a screwdriver into an eminent female figure. Photography by John Hooper.
Play Set Free
Kustaa illustrates a brand poster for the 'This is For the Players’ project — celebrating the immersive, imaginative and irreverent world of Playstation. Commissioned by 180 Amsterdam.
Kustaa creates 'Wave' pattern for the cover of Dee magazine.
T-shirt design featuring a mix of curious creatures for the Lacoste L!VE Tokyo Series.
Playful artwork commissioned by Finnish SmartPost system, for a wall mural in Helsinki.
Kustaa for Nike
Continuing the tradition of celebrating the Chinese Zodiac, Kustaa creates custom patterns for Nike's 2014 Year of the Horse Jordan Melo M10's. The distinct pattern incorporates layers of the dark horse: vision, speed, unpredictability, and power. Zooming into the pattern reveals abstractions of these concepts layered with the physical attributes of the horse, for a rich graphic exploration of textures, shapes, and color.
Pavilion by Gert Wingårdh & Kustaa Saksi: 1120 stacks of paper, 44000 suspension points, 700000 A3 sheets. The interior is spread out like a mosaic across the structure's domed ceiling, formed by thousands of sheets of concertina paper.
Montecore SS13
Pattern design for Montecore SS13 collection. Kustaa was inspired by dazzle camouflage, a stylistic technique used extensively on World War I ships, consisting of complex patterns of geometric and organic shapes in contrasting colors, interrupting and intersecting each other.
Husky Rescue
Illustrations for Husky Rescue's Deep Forest Green release. Kustaa combines bright colors in a psychedelic landscape composition.
Visuals for real-time GPS artwork in Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo, and Helsinki. Produced in collaboration with Nissan. Bending what’s real and distilling what’s unreal, Kustaa combines organic touches and viscous shapes into new world psychedelia.
Lake Tahoe North
Illustrated campaign for Lake Tahoe North, featuring one of Kustaa's intriguing characters.
Lake Tahoe South
Illustrated campaign for Lake Tahoe South. Kustaa's organic shapes and arabesque lines easily remind us of dark woods, meandering rivers and steep mountain slopes.
Haapaneitty, Mettäntyttö
A children's book about being lost in the forest. It's a fairy tale with text, images and music. Story by Arja Puikkonen. Published by Nemo, Finland.
Collection illustrations for luxury jewelry label Caspita Genéve Chakras – fine jewelry by Arlène Bonnant.
Decorative pattern design for Preen. Renowned for its slouchy-futuristic elegance, the London based label is inspired by iconic Britishisms like Victoriana and punk rock.
Herman Smoking
Art print created for Kustaa's solo exhibition, The Heroes, showcased at Maxalot Gallery in Amsterdam.
A beautifully detailed screen print created in limited edition for Art&Sole, an online resource that celebrates the creative side of sneaker culture.
Pattern created for Kustaa's solo exhibition, The Heroes, showcased at Maxalot Gallery in Amsterdam.
Detail of an album package illustration for Husky Rescue, a Finnish electronic music band from Helsinki. Kustaa creates a retro-futuristic, kaleidoscopic landscape.
Illustration for Piaggio's poster campaign with Dentsu Canada. Piaagio's iconic scooter is imaginatively refreshed for the Spring season.
Graphic in-store installation for the Nike ACG 20th anniversary limited edition K2 expedition jacket.
It's Grim up North
Art print created for the cover of Offpiste – in the Land of Kustaa Saksi, published by Gestalten. Offpiste is the first book to bring Kustaa's dynamic work together in one place. Named after the skiing term where a skier deliberately goes off trail in undeveloped terrain, the book presents Kustaa Saksi's artistic journey like an off-piste skier.
Nike Running Gallery
Playful and enlightening teaser campaign images for Nike Running event at Showroom 1948 in London.
Retro-futuristic landscape installation for Nike Running event at Showroom 1948 in London. The installation is all about the historical fun journey of the Nike running shoe. The sprawling scene has a pop-art, retro feel, reflecting Nike’s brand history. Kustaa’s Volkswagen van and psychedelic colors illustrate the pre-swoosh era in an earnest and deliberately clunky way.
Jungle Pattern
Kustaa creates a surrealistic landscape in this illustrated jungle pattern.
Organic allover pattern print for Levi's. Pink crabs are illustrated in a troubling scene of disarray.
Caravan print for a vinyl release by Husky Rescue, a Finnish electronic music band from Helsinki.
Rollergirls
Illustrated print created for Offpiste – in the Land of Kustaa Saksi, published by Gestalten. Offpiste is the first book to bring Kustaa's dynamic work together in one place. Named after the skiing term where a skier deliberately goes off trail in undeveloped terrain, the book presents Kustaa's artistic journey like an off-piste skier.
Psychedelic illustration of American musician and composer, Rick James. Created for an unreleased compilation album.
Inviting and evocative editorial illustration for Playboy Magazine.
Kustaa was asked to visualize the future tendencies for Swarovski's luxurious Crystalized Magazine.
Illustrated World Map for French travel magazine, L'Officiel Voyage.
Psychedelic editorial illustration of Woody Allen for Bon Magazine.
Artwork for a Christmas compilation album by Finnish electronic music band, Husky Rescue, from Helsinki.
Heavily inspired by sixties op art and psychedelia, Kustaa creates an illustration for the release of Microsoft Windows 7.
Like a Jungle Sometimes
An illustrated scene from London, rendered in Kustaa's unique kaleidoscopic style.
Havaianas Campaign
Illustrated campaign for Havaianas, painted on buildings all around New York City. Created for BBDO.
Refreshing textile and installation artwork for classic Italian fashion brand, Gentry Portofino.
Finnish Railways
Brand illustrations for Finnish Railways, in collaboration with Design Bridge. The artwork reflects a journey of discovery through the diverse flora and fauna of Finland. Each illustration draws forms from VR’s identity, making the images both unique and quintessentially Finnish.
Kustaa builds playful and paradoxical worlds for an illustrated footwear campaign.
Illustrated packaging and visuals for the Adobe CS5 Master Collection.
Pinup girl illustration for the "Sex" issue of Finland's erotic Kasino Magazine.
Sticky toffee cake illustration created for Offpiste – in the Land of Kustaa Saksi, published by Gestalten. Offpiste is the first book to bring Kustaa's dynamic work together in one place. Named after the skiing term where a skier deliberately goes off trail in undeveloped terrain, the book presents Kustaa's artistic journey like an off-piste skier.
Kustaa illustrates a cheerful rain frog. Created for a Levi's T-shirt print.
Holiday logo treatment for luxury department store, Gyre-Omotesando.
Artwork for Cartoon Network's 20th anniversary exhibition, featuring Pops from Regular Show.
UK’s Brightest Children’s Festival fills Southbank Centre in London with wonderful readings, storytelling and poetry. Colorful visuals, designed by Kustaa, were used for the communication of the event.
UK’s Brightest Children’s Festival fills Southbank Centre in London with wonderful readings, storytelling and poetry. Colorful visuals, designed bu Kustaa, were used for the communication of the event.
Canadian Art Foundation
Molson Coors and BBDO commissioned Kustaa to paint a mural in downtown Toronto, in support of the Canadian Art Foundation.
French home-ware company, Domestic, commissioned Kustaa to design wallpaper for the "New Domestic Landscapes" collection.
Promotional illustration created for Coachella, an annual music and arts festival, located in the Inland Empire's Coachella Valley, in the Colorado Desert.
Finnish born illustrator Kustaa Saksi builds fantastical worlds of playful, paradoxical, and troubling yet inviting shapes, environments and psychedelic atmospheres. Combining organic qualities with uniquely detailed textures with energetic color palettes, Kustaa’s clients include Nike, Sony Playstation, Vespa, Swarovski, AT&T, Microsoft, Nissan, Levi’s, Nokia, Adidas, Lacoste, and Issey Miyake.
Kustaa’s work has been exhibited worldwide including at the Victoria & Albert Museum, Nike Showroom 1948, Artifact Gallery in New York, CentroCentro, Palacio de Cibeles in Madrid, and Dray Walk gallery in London, Nemo in Portland, Maxalot in Amsterdam, Old School in Singapore, CCP in Philippines, Art Gorillas in Bangkok, the Main Post Office Gallery, Helsinki, the City Hall in the Netherlands, Espaces Commines and Louvre des Antiquaires, and Artazart in Paris.
Kustaa has been featured in numerous magazines and publications including Elle (Italy), Form (Sweden), Form (Germany), IDN (Hong Kong), XLR8R (USA), NEO2 (Spain), Milk (Hong Kong), RMM (Hong Kong), Dazed&Confused (UK), Style Monte Carlo (Monaco), +81 (Japan), Mono (Japan), Étapes (France), Grafik (UK), Shift (Japan), ZOO (UK), Territory (Singapore), Juice (Singapore), Inquirer (Philippines), Manila Bulletin (Philippines), Bon (Sweden), Helsingin Sanomat (Finland), Nuke (France), Nylon (USA), Playboy (Philippines), Wad (France), Flaunt (USA), Viewpoint UK), Designer (Singapore), Iceland Review (Iceland), Computer Arts (UK).
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Tech boom through the lens of technology and financial innovation cycles
We’ve all heard the question of whether the current tech and venture Boom is indeed a Bubble. Marc Andreessen has terrific arguments for why “this time is different” – the world of tech users/consumers is several orders of magnitude larger than it was last time, tech businesses are much faster and cheaper to launch, and the business models are “real”.
Much of the discussion to-date, however, conflates two very separate, though sometimes correlating, factors: (1) the fundamentals of technology value creation and market opportunity and (2) the availability of financing.
The fundamentals for tech innovation are strong
On the fundamentals, it’s hard to argue with Andreessen. We are in a strong cycle of technology innovation and commercialization, a Technology Renaissance that is helping to drive the improving US Economy after the Technology Dark Ages in the early to mid 2000s.
To understand this better, I’ve overlaid venture capital, private equity and S&P returns with the major market-making tech innovations of the last 30 years.
Source: Cambridge Associates, S&P 500. Data only goes through 2010 because VC and PE returns since are yet too immature to draw conclusions. Vintage year means returns for funds started in that year. To match the ~5 year investment periods of vintage year funds in a given year, 5 year forward CAGR is shown for S&P 500 Returns.
The 90s Boom/Bubble was driven by the PC revolution and internet revolution. Then followed a lull in revolutionary technology commercialization until the launch of the iPod, which spearheaded the content revolution and seeded the Mobile revolution. The iPhone launch then put the mobile revolution into full swing. If you look at the grey venture returns swath (bottom is median, top is upper quartile), you’ll see it mirrors closely the overall economy as represented by S&P returns. Private equity returns tend to be counter-cyclical. The why behind this matters:
Valuing revenue or valuing EBITDA?
Technology innovation cycles create new and improved value propositions that grow revenues or create revenue where there were none before. In these eras, valuations are driven by revenue multiples and growth rates, and tech entrepreneurs and VCs have huge success. Financial innovation cycles focus on the financing structures and cost lines of businesses, and valuations are driven by EBITDA multiples to the benefit of PE investors. Why?
EBITDA is critical in a less innovative economy; it is how investors and operators drive shareholder value when revenue growth is hard to come by. When major tech innovations emerge, though, business models and the economy are shaken from a placid resting state. The rules of the game change for revenue capture, allowing massive shifts of revenues between competitors or from entrenched players to startups (re-slicing the pie). At the same time, new markets explode (expanding the pie). This is when venture returns are great. Inevitably innovation eventually stagnates again, and returns are found by innovating in the cost line. Outsourcing, which drove terrific counter-cyclical PE returns in the early-to-mid 2000s, is a great example. Hence PE and VC are somewhat counter-cyclical and VC and economic growth tightly correlated.
Neither cycle is “right”, a healthy economy balances both over time, but often not at the same time. Hence the cyclicality. While past cycles often predict the future, it is hard for me to see the negative slope on this technology innovation cycle yet. Whether it’s robots, rockets, IoT or the mass adoption of software by everyone, everything, everywhere, we are just scratching the surface of the possible on so many technology and commercial frontiers.
Financing risk: Enter the unicorn… the unicorn VC fund
While the fundamentals of technology innovation and commercialization are healthier than ever, there is a late stage financing boom developing around these fundamentals as the unicorn VC fund (VC funds >$1B) invests in late stage startup winners for window-dressing.
Five years from now when this chart shows 2011-2015 data, I would expect the venture return swath to show terrific performance over the 2010 to 2015 period as today’s unicorn startups exit. However, there will likely be a wide late 90s-like spread in returns. At the high end will be spectacular returns driven by smaller series A and seed funds who are investing in these tech fundamentals early, while unicorn VCs who chase logos could end up much lower, especially if there is a late stage “correction”.
A multi-stage venture correction seems unlikely but is the real risk. The Dark Ages of the 2000s were partly caused by natural ebbs and flows in tech innovation, but also by an over-correction of capital at all stages of venture after the 90s frenzy. This reached all the way to the earliest stages of venture funding, undermining the tech and startup pipeline needed to steadily sustain technology innovation. A late stage correction – if it happens – should not alone derail strong fundamentals.
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Freeman eyes life outside track
Hubert Lawrence - STAR Writer
Daszay Freeman (left) of The Queen’s School wins Heat Three of the Class One Girls 100m hurdles ahead of Vere Technical High School’s Roxan Foster at the 2018 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships.
Most individual ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships (Champs) winners dream of seeing their names up in lights. Daszay Freeman, the two-time Champs hurdles gold medallist, is not one of these. Though she loves track and field, her mind is on a career in tourism.
Freeman, who transferred from Manchester High to The Queen's School for sixth form, crowned an undefeated season in the Class One 100m hurdles with a golden run at Champs at the end of March but said recently: "I really haven't thought about track in the long run."
Though the sport is important to her, the Mandeville native explained: "Yes, it is, but I don't know if I'm built for it, you know like, professionally, I just don't think it's what I want to do." Extending the thought, the holder of nine CSEC and four CAPE subjects said: "I know there's talent and a lot of opportunities, but I have a goal in other places." Asked to pinpoint her intended direction, the undefeated Queen's hurdler said: "Business and the Tourism sector, that's what I'm interested in."
I'm GRATEFUL
She plans to take up a US college scholarship when her time at Queen's ends.
Her win at Champs closed a solid high-school career, bedecked with a Class Two 100m hurdles title for Manchester High in 2016, Carifta Under-18 title in 2016, and bronze medal at the 2017 World Under-18 Championships.
"I think it wasn't a bad Champs but I'm grateful for my gold medal," she reflected. She clocked 13.63 seconds to win, but feels she could have gone faster. "I know I'm capable of it, but I don't know, it just never happened", said the owner of a 13.37 second personal best.
She has fond memories of her first Champs gold, a 0.05 squeaker in the Class Two final over then Manchester teammate Sydney Marshall in 2016. "That was a great year", she reminisced. "That was a very good year."
She left her final Champs with two medals after she placed third in the Class One 200m. She is in love with the curved sprint. "Oooooh so much," she said gleefully. "I love 200 because I'm not really a fast person, but I'm more, I would say, a strong person, so it gives me better momentum and I like the stretch right here," she confessed.
Much of Freeman's 2019 success has come from a changed attitude towards nagging knee and hamstring injuries. She described her previous approach to injury as 'nonchalant'. "This year, I decided it's my last year and I want to make a difference, I want to be significant, so started to, you know, address these injuries."
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HIPERFIT
Seminar, Guest, and Reading Material
It is time for another newsletter with forthcoming events.
Our monthly seminar will be held on Tuesday October 4, 3pm (in Mødelokale A/B), featuring two talks by academic HIPERFIT members.
Professor Brian Vinter will introduce us to Vectorisation, with examples in NumPy (numeric Python). Brian’s group is working on a vectorising multi-platform backend for different languages. The second talk, by Ken Friis Larsen, is entitled “What shall we do with a drunken sailor?” Ken will present a case study of a “drunken sailor walk”.
Furthermore, we would like to announce another exciting HIPERFIT talk by a guest of ours. From October 17 to 19, we are happy to host Kevin Hammond, Professor of Computer Science at the University of St.Andrews, where he leads the Functional Programming research group. Kevin is a Haskeller of the first hour (he wrote the first Haskell compiler), and profiscient in parallel Haskell for more than 20 years. His research interests are in cost modelling, parallelism and real-time and embedded systems.
On October 17, 3:00pm, Kevin will give a talk on “ParaForming”, applying novel refactoring techniques in order to parallelise Haskell programs (also including a discussion of parallel patterns and skeletons). The talk will be held in the DIKU small auditorium (Lille UP1). Everybody is welcome, no registration is required.
So, we hope to see you all at these talks, but we also have reading material for you: The master students Michael Werk and Joakim Ahnfelt-Rønne have finished and defended their thesis about “Pricing composable contracts on the GP-GPU” last week. They did a great job and obtained the highest grade.
Congratulations Michael and Joakim!
The thesis is available online from the publication page on our HIPERFIT website.
Last but not least, a paper describing our HIPERFIT research for an audience of functional programming researchers has been accepted at the symposium “Trends in Functional Programming”. This symposium is post-refereed and was held already in May. We are now putting together the final version of the paper and will publish it on our publication page very soon (so Michael and Joakim do not feel lonely).
Best regards from HIPERFIT
Brian Vinter 2
vectorisation 1
NumPy 1
Ken Friis Larsen 1
Drunken Sailor 1
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Background & Highlights
Events Time-Line
Projected Damages
Home / Events Time-Line
Year 2000 – 2001:
1. Nov. 2000: Hired to work as a Project Engineer on a 3 month contract.
2. Feb. 2001: Contract renewed for another 6 months.
3. April / May 2001: Moved my family from Mississauga, ON to Deep River,ON based on management promises to offer me a permanent position.
4. June – July 2001: Applied to and got interviewed for the internally advertised job opening.
5. 9/11/2001: Unexpected terrorist attacks against NYC.
6. Sept.20, 2001: Interview with CSIS & the RCMP followed by termination of my employment.
7. Oct. 2001: Filed Statement of Claims in the Federal Court against AECL, RCMP and CSIS.
8. Oct. – Dec. 2001: 3 phone calls from (Ms. Lois Lehman) Sr. Counsel with the Department of Justice threatening me to withdraw my case from the Federal Court otherwise she will make sure that my case will go nowhere and I’ll have to stay in the Court till the end of my life.
9. Oct. – Dec. 2001: 3 visits without prior arrangements by 2 AECL co-workers who claimed to come in order to support our family. As soon as they openly expressed interest to proselyte our family, I simply and firmly advised them that we are not interested.
10. Extensive media coverage and discussions in the Parliament expressing concern about the wrong accusations and the irreparable damages I was suffering.
11. Around the 3rd. week of Nov. 2001: AECL VP (Dr. Gary Kugler) called me at home. He apologized on behalf of management and promised that I would never be subjected again to harassment if I would go back to work for AECL. In response to my request, he made arrangements with security, CSIS and the RCMP to facilitate a personal trip to Egypt in order to see my dying father.
12. Dec. 3, 2001: Returned back to my job at AECL.
13. Dec. 5, 2001: Traveled to Egypt in order to attend my father’s funeral.
14. Around the third week of Dec. 2001, I received a package that includes massive amount of legal documents from the Department of Justice. The package was sent by the Government of Canada (not by my lawyers) via courier service to my home address in Egypt.
Year 2002:
1. Jan. 4th. 2002: Arrived back to my residence in Canada in the evening to find out that my ex-wife and my 4 children disappeared without a notice or warning.
2. On the same evening, I received a call from Lawyer Joseph Markin who was representing me. He aggressively requested me to I sign an Illegal Immoral settlement. Mr. Markin would not even counsel me on any parts of the settlement which was mailed to my home address in Egypt by the Department of Justice.
3. Under conditions of huge duress, fears for my life and the lives of my children – whom I didn’t know where they were- I signed an Immoral Illegal settlement without the benefit of a competent counsel.
4. The immoral – illegal settlement gave me back my job and paid $20,000 in legal costs to my lawyers. The settlement is contrary to the Public Policy and openly violates my Charter Rights.
5. The legal team of Mr. H. Kopyto and Lawyer Joseph Markin who championed that immoral settlement provided me with incompetent and damaging legal advice. The Law Society of Upper Canada –through their disciplinary panels-concluded that the team has been engaged in professional misconduct.
6. The immoral – illegal settlement was never signed by lawyer Joseph Markin and was never filed in the Federal Court. The settlement is claimed to be signed and witnessed in Toronto despite the fact that I was in Deep River, ON during that time and that it was never witnessed by anyone.
7. Jan. 7, 2002: I was served with legal documents signed by my ex-wife in the Family Court seeking custody and support.
8. Jan.7, 2002: Mr. George Poly during a casual conversation at work told me that–during my absence in Egypt- he went to my residence and gave money to my ex-wife as a Christmas Gift even though I had previously warned him never to come close to my house nor to contact my wife.
9. Feb 2002: I advised AECL management officially about improper conduct by coworker Mr. George Poly which included: (a) Using the corporate internet for personal and religious harassment objectives. (b) Sending me harassing emails containing religiously offensive and harassing material which are in violation of the corporate procedures and in violation of the Human Rights regulations.
10. Jan. 15, 2002: First Appearance in the Pembroke Family Court which was a well-orchestrated action to ensure that I would never have a fair trial considering the huge publicity of my case both in the National and International media.
11. Jan.15, 2002: Court would not adjourn the hearing until I can hire legal representation. They proceeded to force a settlement preventing me from taking my children to attend Muslim religious services in the Ottawa mosque.
12. This illegal Court Order which violated our rights under the Charter was designed–among many other reasons- to:
(a) Confirm a new fabricated accusation against me, namely that I was going to kidnap the children.
(b) Weakening and Breaking the bonds between me and my children as the first step to proselyte my children.
(c) Put me in a state of more terror and fear for the well-being of my children.
1. Ongoing close monitoring of my family court proceedings by AECL management which included:
Obtaining full copies of the family court documents.
Reviewing my family court documents.
Filing my Family Court documents in my employment files.
2. Effectively AECL had put me to work under the most abusive and unsafe work environment. Both I and my children became the target of ongoing harassment and blackmail by AECL management, my coworkers and by the local residents of Deep River, Ontario due to the information that AECL was obtaining from the family court on an ongoing basis.
3. It is worth noting that this same Pembroke family court which allowed AECL to access my court files on an ongoing basis is the same court which would not allow my family court proceedings to be public in accordance with the Charter as noted on the Superior Court (File #05-CV-281592-PD2).
3. Aug. 16, 2004: Soliciting help from Sr. management (Dr. Gary Kugler) & V.P. Human Resources (Beth Medhurst).
4. Around last week of Aug., 2004: Corporate-wide Announcement that Dr. Gary Kugler is retiring.
5. Grievance #1.
6. Dec. 2004: Application to the Superior Court.
7. Mid Jan. 2005: Medical Advice to stay home in order to be able to take my prescribed medications.
8. Jan. 2005: AECL refused to process my sick leave benefits.
9. Grievance#2.
10. May 2, 2005: Withdrawal of the Application in the Superior Court by Lawyer B.Naylor without my consent.
11. June 28, 2005: Soliciting help from AECL President.
12. Complaint to the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) against the
Professional Institute of Public Service (PIPS) under section 17 of the Labor Code for unfair representation.
13. Dec. 2005: The Union & AECL were finally forced to recognize my rights and my entitlements for sick leave benefits.
14. Feb. 2006: Processing my sick leave benefits. Grievance#2 Arbitration hearings shortly afterwards, followed shortly afterwards by processing of my LTD benefits for the period between (July 2005 – June 2006).
15. Dec. 2006: contacted the Insurance company to inquire about the status of my new LTD benefits for the period following Jun 2006. The responded that they are waiting for response from AECL Human Resources.
16. Dec. 2006: Advised union about the conflict of interest of the insurance company regarding my LTD benefits.
17. Dec. 31, 2006: Traveled to Egypt to seek some relief and environmental change.
1. Jan. 2007: Consultation with Dr. Ahmad a well known Egyptian psychiatric who recommended for me not to go back to Canada on my scheduled return date (Feb.2007).
2. Dr. Ahmad indicated that there is a risk involved in going back under the Circumstances which may lead me to either commit suicide or in the alternative it might drive crazy.
3. Jan. 2008: Human Rights activists and lawyers volunteered to submit a complaint on my behalf to the UN committee regarding my concerns about Canada’s violations of International treaties since 9/11/2001.
4. July 2009: My daughter advised me by phone that her mother was having some mental problems and that she was introduced for treatment to the Ottawa Hospital.
5. After consultation with Dr. Ahmad, he gave me green lights to go back to Canada indicating that at least I would be able to have contact and develop a relationship with my kids.
6. Sept. 2009: Returned back to Canada and applied for social assistance.
1. Application to Ontario Legal Aid. The Application was rejected although I was on welfare.
2. Contact with Insurance company to resume my benefits. They advised my Doctor that they have no info regarding my case.
3. Application for ODSP benefits.
Year 2011 – Present (Family Court – Toronto):
1. Filed a motion to the Ontario Court of Justice at 311 Jarvis st. to modify my spousal and child support arrears.
2. The Ontario Court of Justice followed by the Superior Court failed to recognize the obvious fact that my arrears should be cleared because I was forced to be unemployed due to no fault of mine. I became unemployable primarily due to the conduct of both the Federal Government and AECL who have jointly:
a) Destroyed my security status;
b) Failed to live up to the terms of the settlement that gave me back my job by progressively terminating my employment.
3. To cover up for the above failure, the court and the Provincial government directed
PGT to label me as mentally incompetent. This took place despite the testimony of
3 different medical professionals and despite the clear violations of PGT
procedures and despite my complaints to the Ombudsman Office.
4. The final outcome after 3 years in the Ontario Court of Justice is as follows:
a) My appeal against the unfair court order of May 30, 2013 which was complete and ready to serve, has been blocked by PGT after spending significant amount of time and resources to prepare it.
b) As a result wrong court orders have been effectively used to enable the Family Responsibility Office (FRO) to enforce huge deductions off my very little pension.
c) Open violations of the Family Law Rule # 2 i.e. the primary objective of that Family Law rules which are meant to enable the court to deal with cases justly.This includes ensuring the procedure is fair to all parties, saving expense and time, dealing with the case in ways that are appropriate to its importance and complexity, and giving appropriate resources to the case.That has never happened in my case which is still open in order to further drain me financially, mentally and emotionally.
2013 – Present: (Appeals to Sr. Government)
1. April 13, 2013: Letter to AECL president Dr. Robert Walker reporting and complaining about the abuse and tampering of my employment files.
2. Oct. 15, 2013: letter to Attorney General and Minister of Justice (The Hon. Peter MacKay).
3. March 11, 2014: AECL -Return To Work Program (RTW) Letter.
4. May 29th. 2014: Letter to AECL President re-the unsafe working conditions that AECL has imposed on me since my reinstatement on 2002 i.e. post the 9/11 false allegations made against me. I also solicited his support and assistance to clear my name formally so that I would not be subject to any further blackmail if they are serious about getting me back to work.
5. July 10th. 2014: Letter to the Attorney General providing more detailed info concerning the abuse and blackmail that I was subjected to since 9/11/2001 by all parties i.e. AECL, CSIS and the RCMP and the Department of Justice.
6. Oct. 2014: Letter to RCMP, CSIS and AG requesting them either to clear my name officially or to charge me so that I can defend myself in a court hearing.
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