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How Volkswagen, Flint speak to regulatory deficiencies
Both scandals point to the need to stop accommodating the regulatory doubters
How Volkswagen, Flint speak to regulatory deficiencies Both scandals point to the need to stop accommodating the regulatory doubters Check out this story on Freep.com: http://on.freep.com/29eb5vI
Detroit Free Press Published 10:47 p.m. ET June 29, 2016
California Attorney General Kamala Harris, right, answers questions about a settlement with Volkswagen as Mary Nichols, left, Chair of the California Air Resources Board, looks on during a news conference Tuesday, June 28, 2016, in San Francisco. Volkswagen will spend up to $15.3 billion to settle consumer lawsuits and government allegations that it cheated on emissions tests in what lawyers are calling the largest auto-related class-action settlement in U.S. history. Up to $10 billion will go to 475,000 VW or Audi diesel owners, who thought they were buying high-performance, environmentally friendly cars but later learned the vehicles' emissions vastly exceeded U.S. pollution laws. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)(Photo: AP/Eric Risberg)
The Flint water crisis and the Volkswagen emissions scandal point pretty clearly to the dangers of one dynamic: the rhetorical broadsides against the government regulatory community, and the rush to undermine their ability to strike appropriate balances between efficiency and safety, between profit and public good.
Both are disasters of gargantuan proportion — unimaginable in terms of their occurrence in the planet’s wealthiest and most technologically advanced nation, and unacceptable because of their preventable nature.
The Volkswagen scandal was about corporate profiteers deciding to cheat regulatory restraints because they could, and because they knew the likelihood of being caught was low, and that the consequences if they were nabbed would probably have civil limitations.
Volkswagen put software in about 11 million diesel cars that was designed to fool emissions tests for exhaust chemicals that, unchecked, cause respiratory diseases. The actual damage to the environment is virtually incalculable. The company has reached a deal with the government, though, for $14.7 billion in payouts to customers.
Criminal charges could follow, but the way the Environmental Protection Agency's statutes work, it could be difficult to charge or get convictions in this country.
This all takes place against the backdrop of a continuing struggle in Washington to properly fund and define the scope of the EPA’s work. Much of American conservative thought right now focuses on criticizing the country’s regulatory infrastructure and insisting that business operations and profits suffer because of it.
AP source: VW reaches $14.7B emissions settlement
The strategy has been to challenge the purview of regulatory agencies like the EPA, and to try to starve them of the resources they need to rein in corporate interests so they respect the public good.
It has been working, as the agency has been backed, repeatedly, onto its heels just to defend its existence.
The most extreme iteration of this philosophy is embodied in the Republican Party’s presidential candidate, Donald Trump, who isn’t half-stepping his disdain for regulation. He says he’d scrap the EPA altogether. He said the agency is “going around causing damage, as opposed to saving damage” and is wasting “a tremendous amount of money.”
He’d return responsibility for environmental protection to “the states,” which he imagines are better equipped to strike appropriate balances between business and the environment.
Maybe he hasn’t been to Michigan.
Here, the Flint water crisis suggests the emaciated EPA is nowhere near as tattered as local environmental oversight.
Gov. Rick Snyder and his administration have insisted that the drastic cuts they made to the state's Department of Environmental Quality had little or nothing to do with the decisions that led to lead tainting Flint’s water supply.
That would be laughable if it were not such tragic self-denial.
In truth, the MDEQ has been on a 10-year budget slide, as first Gov. Jennifer Granholm, and then Snyder, cut the department deeply.
Total staffing was cut 22%, and staffing in the laboratory unit — which is critical in testing drinking water and assessing toxicity — was cut 43%. Just under Snyder’s watch, laboratory funding has fallen 21%.
VW’s future strategy doesn’t address today’s questions
Granholm’s argument was that state resources were increasingly sparse, and nearly everyone needed to take a hit. Snyder’s argument was twofold: a repeat of Granholm’s, plus an assertion that the state’s regulatory environment needed recasting.
The result, according to the task force Snyder appointed to look into causes of the Flint water crisis, is a department that has the smallest budget among environmental agencies in the Midwest, and among the largest number of community drinking water systems to oversee.
At some level, this is just about cliché: You get what you pay for.
Cut oversight dollars, and watch chaos ensue. That anyone in government is unclear on that dynamic is baffling.
But beyond that, the ideological struggle to defend regulatory schemes as imperative to human safety is tiring, and really just tired.
We don’t need more examples. We just need fortitude to stop accommodating the regulatory doubters and restore funding and staffing and legal backing for agencies like the EPA and the MDEQ to do their jobs much better than they do today.
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How to manage Power Throttling in Windows 10 (Redstone 3)
by Martin Brinkmann on April 18, 2017 in Windows - Last Update: July 05, 2017 - 3 comments
Microsoft's work on a new power saving technology called Power Throttling continues in the latest Windows Insider builds.
The feature is designed to improve the power consumption of a battery-powered device running Windows 10 by handling the power consumption of background tasks better.
Note: Power Throttling is a temporary name for the feature. The current iteration works only on systems with Intel's 6th-generation or later Core processors. The company plans to improve support in the coming months.
Most Windows users run multiple programs at the same time. A web browser and video player, multiple browsers, an email client, image editor, games, image viewers, and a lot more.
All of these programs drain power, even if they run in the background. Microsoft's first batch of experiments showed that Power Throttling could save up to 11% in CPU power consumption. While the actual mileage may vary depending on the programs that are run and throttled, it is quite useful for battery powered Windows devices.
Windows 10 Power Throttling
Microsoft's describes Power Throttling in the following way:
With “Power Throttling”, when background work is running, Windows places the CPU in its most energy efficient operating modes – work gets done, but the minimal possible battery is spent on that work.
Microsoft built a detection system into Windows 10 to automate the functionality of the feature. This algorithm detects important work, and protects it from being throttled. Work that is deemed important may include foreground programs, but also background apps such as music players and apps you interact with regularly.
All other applications and programs may be throttled to decrease the device's power consumption.
Managing Power Throttling
While the system worked well during tests, errors may be made in determining whether programs should be throttled or not.
Windows 10 users have two main options to handle issues that they may run into while Power Throttling is applied to processes on the system:
Switch the Power mode to Best Performance
This turns off Power Throttling completely, but it will increase the power consumption significantly as power saving functions are disabled as well in that mode.
Use Windows-I to open the Settings application.
Go to System > Power, and click on Additional power settings.
Switch the power plan to high performance on the page that opens.
Blacklist apps to exclude them
Use a new blacklist setting in the Battery Settings to opt-out individual applications.
Go to System > Battery, and click on Battery Usage by App.
Select the application you want to blacklist, and toggle the Managed by Windows preference to off.
Next, remove the checkmark in Reduce work app does when in background as well.
Power Throttling is designed to save power on Windows 10 devices. It remains to be seen how much power Windows 10 users will save with the feature enabled on the release channel.
Microsoft plans to release APIs for developers to give developers "more fine grained control" over the throttling.
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Yuliya said on April 18, 2017 at 9:28 pm
I personally find this quite useless. If processes run on their own in background without your knowledge, maybe it’s time to take a look at what you have installed and how it’s configured (done on-the-fly and not rushng out through initial setups helps in this regard).
Anyway, on desktop I keep the balanced (afaik “while plugged” is configured the same as high performance). Same on laptop unless I need the longest battery life possible, then I use battery saver profile with maximim processor state set to 50%. I actually configured power saver while plugged in as well to have max CPU state to 50, helps if I just want it to run coulder.
Also another thing which saves power is a program called nvidiaInspector which can lock the graphic card to it’s lowest speed. The feature is actually named “Multiple Disaplay Power Saver”. Also the program is portable, and obviously requires Nvidia card.
^^ All these work on any version of Windows
Amanda Shug said on April 20, 2017 at 1:16 pm
I’ve found the safest way to manage power if the Windows 10 strain has infested your hardware is to boot the computer to DBAN and type autonuke.
Angry said on October 16, 2017 at 6:02 am
I have a desktop. For whatever reason it thinks it’s a laptop (probably because it’s on a backup battery) and there is NO telling it otherwise.
I F**** hate this feature.
It has my most important program throttled to only using 10% of the CPU right now. The program is in beta due to an update and crashed one too many times, so Microsuck in their infinite overreaching stupidity apparently have it in their system to throttle programs that crash too many times.
My computer is a DESKTOP. So I do not have the options others have to turn this ridiculous feature off.
And my job is suffering for it.
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Opinions of Sunday, 19 February 2006
Columnist: Mangesi, Kofi
Rolling Back the State or Pushing up the State
...Dirigiste Economies at play in Ghana?s Telecommunications Environment.
Is the Ghanaian government on a shopping spree? Or is the Bretton Wood Twins -World Bank/IMF- star pupil on liberalization and market reform in Africa suddenly doing a turn around at the point of intercession between state and market? Recent developments in Ghana?s telecommunications sector raises cause for such alarm.
In a massive reversal of policy on market reforms, the government has announced to the country the 100 percent acquisition of the country?s only two fixed telecommunication operators- Ghana Telecom (GT) and Western Telesystems (WESTEL) by the state.
Figures making the rounds of IT gossip in Ghana say the government of Ghana (GOG) paid an estimated cost of over $150 million for the acquisition of the two telcos. The Ministry of Communications will not confirm or deny this amount, however if one carefully looks at the two lawsuits brought against the GOG, which in itself triggered the acquisitions, it looks plausible that the taxpayer indeed coughed more dollars than it could afford. The G-Com lawsuit was for a sum of $170million dollars and the WESTEL lawsuit was for $190 million dollars. Even if an agreed settlement of 50% was reached that is $180 million dollars
So here is Ghana, pacesetter in telecommunications liberalisation in Africa, leader in privatization and market led growth now saddled with pulling along two huge state parastatals on it?s already over burdened back towards a dream of accelerated development and a reward of middle income status.
The implication of these new developments for the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry in Ghana is profound indeed. Not only does the Ghanaian state risk being seen as a foe to international business but also the likely affect on Ghana?s B+ rating by Standard and Poor as an Investment hub lies in danger. More importantly the governments mantra of driving an ICT for accelerated development growth using the private sector and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) stands at a crossroads.
So how did we end up in this complex mess of lawsuits, threats of lawsuits, threats of expropriation and eventually state acquisitions?
In August 1997 then Government of Ghana (GOG) agreed to sell 30% of Ghana Telecom to a consortium; G-Com led by Telecom Malaysia as part of the processes of liberalizing the Telecommunications sector in Ghana. Under the agreement Telecom Malaysia (TM) will have management control and was to meet some agreed terms. In the year 2000 Ghana experienced a change in government and the new government made it clear that it will not renew TM five-year contract when it ended in 2002. Also the new government decided to buy back the 30% share of G-Com in GT. In February 2002 the GOG fulfilled it promise and declined to renew the contract of TM and appointed Telecom Management Partner (TMP) of Norway to manage the affairs of GT. The result was a 32-month court battle between TM and the GOG, which commenced from September 2002 to May 2005. As a result GT operations where hindered. The company lost vital loans needed for its expansion. The World Bank?s IFC denied GT a $100 million loan, another $150 million loan from Alcatel Shanghai Bell of China and $60 million syndicated loan was also lost. Today TMP claims the lack of the vital sources of credit is responsible for its inability to meet it obligations.
Also in 1997 WESTEL paid US$10.1 million for a license to become the second national operator. WESTEL become a joint venture with 66 percent owned by US Company Western Wireless International (WWI) and 34 per cent by Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC). Similarly WESTEL could not meet any of the obligations imposed on it by its license. In 2004 the NCA slapped a $70 million dollar penalty on WESTEL for failing to roll out 50,000 telephone lines by 2001, a presidential intervention reduced the penalty to $25 million dollars. WESTEL cried fouled and blamed the National Communications Authority (NCA) for ineffective regulation by allowing GT to get away with its obligation to interconnect in the first two years of WESTEL?s life. The accusations went back and forth and eventually WESTEL filled a lawsuit against the NCA and the GOG for $190 million in damages. The GOG panicked and the result is the outright purchase of WWI by the GNPC through the Ministry of Energy.
So the January announcement by the ministry of its recent acquisitions perhaps marks the end of a long and bitter road. But if the ministry thought its press conference clears all minds then it certainly didn?t, it raises more questions than answers.
Firstly the government as regulator through NCA has in effect become a player and a referee at the same time. What this holds for the consumers is clear-higher prices.
Secondly how does the GOG hope to sell any of the two telcos with this history of distrust and unfulfilled promises? And even its plans for sale leaves some doubt as to its seriousness; the government intends to sell of 51% of GT to a strategic investor in two years time. This announcement was made in May 2005 it is now January, seven months after and according to the minister the ?the government intended to appoint a transactions adviser to guide this process?. The key word here is intended which presupposes that 7 months after the intention to sell, the process to guide the sale has not yet commenced.
Thirdly, what makes the government so certain that GNPC or any other entity will run WESTEL profitable where WWI has failed? The key element of enabling environment especially effective regulation has to change first.
Fourthly going back to an even more fundamental question: why didn?t the GOG allow both WWI and G-Com to sell their various shares on the open market? In the case of WESTEL, if WWI did not feel like doing business in Ghana anymore, the burden of sale was on them not the GOG. It could easily have availed itself for sale on the international market and any ?daring? investor will duly pay a market price for it. Why did the poor Ghanaian taxpayer had to cough the money for WWI inefficiencies?
Finally, these acquisitions raise the question of the Ghanaian state in a market economy. Is the Ghanaian state rolling back or rolling up? Apart from GT and WESTEL the government also recently acquired the ailing Aluminum Company, Valco and is set to buy back Juapong textiles.
What ever seems to be driving this sudden shopping spree one thing is certain it is a dangerous path, which is set to take us to a cul de sac of predictable consequences.
Kofi Mangesi is a Research Fellow of Imani. He is the interested in promoting the link between Information and Communication Technologies and Development.
Views expressed by the author(s) do not necessarily reflect those of GhanaHomePage.
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Mothercare 'everything must go' sale starts online and in stores
Glasgow's Mothercare stores at the St Enoch Centre and in Anniesland will soon be closing down.
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Mothercare went into administration last week (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster/Daily Express)
Mothercare have launched an 'everything must go' sale online and in stores after news the retailer has gone into administration.
All UK stores are being closed including shops in Glasgow's St Enoch Centre and in Anniesland.
Those looking for a bargain can expect to find significant discounts at stores and on the Mothercare website.
According to Daily Record, stock levels are said to be high as warehouses are cleared, so there is plenty of choice and shoppers are advised to take advantage of the heavy discounts as soon as possible.
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Guerra wants JDT to come out all guns blazing
Ooi Kin Fai
Gabriel Guerra knows that JDT will have to score in Philippines if they are to go through to the AFC Cup zonal final
Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) is set to face Ceres-Negros FC in a crunch AFC Cup encounter on Wednesday evening to determine who advances to the ASEAN zone final to play against Singapore's Home United.
Taking a 3-2 lead into the second leg, JDT is likely to need an away goal at Panaad Park and Football Stadium if they are to go through to play their Causeway neighbours.
Current season's top scorer, Gabriel Guerra knows that they should have taken a better lead going into the return fixture and the Argentine hopes that his team can make some headway in the attacking sense as that could proved to be vital in the overall picture.
"We cannot rely on our one-goal advantage. We need to assume it is still 0-0 and we need to win and play more aggressively by constantly attacking. I admit I was disappointed not to score in the previous match despite getting several good chances."
"However, as players, my team-mates and I will give our best performance to match the strengths of our opponents who will be playing at home," said Guerra through JDT's social media.
The 24 year old looks set to be used further forward than where he has normally been employed by Benjamin Mora. Instead of his usual attacking midfield role, Mora could use Guerra up front as Hazwan Bakri has yet to get back into his stride since returning from injury.
Moving Guerra up to the striker's position would also allow Mora to use a two-man midfield base and that should give the freedom for the team's main orchestrator in Safiq Rahim to become the creative fulcrum behind Guerra.
Ceres has shown themselves to be quite a unit defensively and with their aerial prowess being one of their strong points, having someone like Guerra who prefers to play the ball with his feet, could play into JDT's advantage.
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Apple Buys Security Firm AuthenTec to Beef Up iPhone Security
Shawn Ingram
Apple might be working towards mobile payments with its acquisition of AuthenTec, a security firm that makes fingerprint sensors for smartphones and laptops.
According to Reuters Apple will pay $356 million for the security firm, which amounts to $8 per share. The company currently provides technology to large tech companies like Dell, HP, and even Apple’s latest arch-rival Samsung.
Japanese smartphones use Authentec’s fingerprint sensors to authenticate mobile payments. It’s an easier way to secure the payments than passwords. It’s possible that Apple will use AuthenTec’s technology to build secure mobile payments into future iPhones.
Unless the companies worked together before it’s unlikely the technology will make it into the iPhone 5 at this point, however. Apple can leverage the company’s tech and patents in future iPhones, however. We hope that either way Apple has some sort of solution for mobile payments in the iPhone 5.
As part of the acquisition AuthenTec will continue to supply its customers including Samsung, presumably to help secure the proper approval. Apple can keep all future technologies and innovations for itself, however. In the meantime, Samsung, Dell, and HP will write checks to Apple for technologies without the need for lawsuits.
Samsung currently uses AuthenTec for enterprise security in its Android smartphones and tablets. The company will presumably need to find another security firm to use sometime in the future. The current security features AuthenTec provides could be obsolete in a few years, and Apple won’t have to license the new technology to Samsung or any other company.
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iPhone 7s: 5 Reasons to Wait & 3 Reasons Not To
Adam Mills
If you’re in the hunt for a new smartphone you might want to wait for September and Apple’s rumored iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus.
As we approach the month of September, iPhone rumors are growing louder and it looks like the flagship iPhone 8 will be accompanied by two new models we’re calling the iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus.
Everyone is talking about the iPhone 8 but we expect the iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus to deliver exciting flagship features. Rumored iPhone 7s features include large high-resolution displays, wireless charging, upgraded internals, and three color options.
If you’re interested in buying a new iPhone, you’ll probably want to wait a few more days. Apple hasn’t confirmed the iPhone 7s or iPhone 7s Plus but it has confirmed an iPhone launch date.
The iPhone 7s launch date is confirmed for September 12th which means new iPhones should go on sale in two weeks. Most people should wait for the announcement date to compare the new iPhones to devices like the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and LG V30.
Most of you should wait for September 12th but there are some reasons why you might just want to cave and pickup an iPhone or another device in early September.
Our guide will take you through some of the best reasons to wait for the iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus and some reasons why you might want to buy another phone right now.
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With the iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s launch date confirmed for September, the two devices should be released on September 22nd or September 29th. Apple likes to release new iPhones on Fridays.
The iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus aren't the only devices arriving in September. They'll be joined by another iPhone model and a couple of new Android competitors.
Apple and its carrier partners have already started prepping for the iPhone 8 release date with policy changes and iPhone 8 reservations.
Apple's iPhone 8 is expected to feature a 5.8-inch OLED display, 3D camera, and several other features that will help separate it from the iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus.
On September 15th, Samsung will release the Galaxy Note 8, its iPhone 7s Plus competitor. The device is currently on sale at carriers like AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.
The LG V30, another intriguing Android device, is also expected to go on sale in September, shortly after the September 12th event.
If you wait a few more weeks you'll have access to the iPhone 7s, iPhone 7s Plus, and iPhone 8. You'll also have two more flagship Android devices to compare to Apple's new devices.
Choice is never a bad thing when it comes to buying a new device. If you can wait, wait.
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Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori’s celebrated musical makes a highly anticipated transfer to Hampstead following its critically acclaimed sell-out run at Chichester Festival Theatre earlier this summer.
What is Caroline, or Change About?
1963. In quiet Lake Charles, Louisiana, the destruction of a Confederate statue might just signal that change is in the air… But, whatever the progress of the civil rights movement, in the Gellman household things seem just the same – for now at least. Eight year old Noah, heartbroken by the death of his mother and his father’s remarriage, sneaks down to the basement to spend time with the black maid he idolises, Caroline Thibodeaux: Caroline who runs everything. Whilst the basement may seem a fantastical place - even the appliances have a voice of their own - Caroline’s work there is repetitive and badly paid. But when Mrs Gellman comes up with a way for her to take a little more money home, the consequences for Caroline and Noah’s relationship are not what anybody might have expected…
An Olivier Award winning musical with a hugely original, highly eclectic and uniquely American score, Caroline, or Change creates an uplifting and profound portrait of America at a time of momentous social upheaval.
Tony Kushner returns to Hampstead following The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures or iHo last autumn. Author of the ground-breaking Angels in America (recently revived at the National Theatre), Kushner’s book and lyrics for Caroline, or Change were inspired by his own boyhood.
The score is by Jeanine Tesori, whose musical Fun Home won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Original Score.
Michael Longhurst returns to Hampstead to direct following the critically acclaimed sell-out hit, Gloria this summer. His other productions include Amadeus (National Theatre), Bad Jews (Theatre Royal Bath/West End) and Constellations (Royal Court/West End/Broadway).
Sharon D. Clarke reprises her ‘virtuoso performance’ (The Times) as Caroline Thibodeaux. Her Olivier Award winning stage work stretches from August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and James Baldwin’s The Amen Corner (National Theatre) to Ghost The Musical, Hairspray and We Will Rock You in the West End.
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Caroline, or Change is the best thing I’ve seen at the theatre for years. The standing ovation at the end was spontaneous and totally deserved. Not a weak voice, performance or moment and awesome wardrobe and staging. Loved it!
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I often choose to see a show because I like the title. I didn't know anything about the content . My initial response was that it was refreshing to view new material, not a rehash or repeat. A musical with a difference. On the positive side all the voices were excellent and lots of clever ideas in the washing machine, dryer and radio girls were very effective. I did not find the story line very clear and my husband and me were left puzzled by the ending. The family relationships were interesting and acted out well. Caroline's little sons were particularly engaging.
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Kate Middleton invited backstage to meet ballet dancers at Royal Opera House
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The Duchess of Cambridge enjoyed a magical day out at the Royal Opera House – an engagement that her daughter Princess Charlotte would have loved to take part in. Kate, who is a fan of the theatre and ballet, took Charlotte to watch The Nutcracker at the same London venue last Christmas, but on Wednesday morning the Duchess was invited to go backstage to learn more about the opera house.
Kate began her visit in the costume department where she saw the different materials that are used to make costumes. She was given a tour of the pattern room and the dye shop and met costumiers in the work room. She was then introduced to Royal Ballet principal dancers Lauren Cuthbertson, Laura Morera and Vadim Muntagirov, who spoke about their costumes. Before leaving, Kate sat in on the rehearsals for the romantic ballet, The Two Pigeons.
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The Duchess was in high spirits as she arrived at the central London venue. She looked classically elegant in a purple Oscar de la Renta skirt suit and had her hair styled in loose waves. Kate completed her look with black patent £595 heels by Rupert Sanderson that featured a gold buckle, and a small black leather handbag by Aspinal of London.
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A closer look at Kate's gorgeous Oscar de la Renta outfit, which was made up of a tailored blazer and a pleated skirt. The royal, who loves to recycle her looks, last wore the suit to a mental health conference in February 2017.
Kate last visited the Royal Opera House over Christmas, when she took her daughter Princess Charlotte to see The Nutcracker.
The costume department makes up to 600 opera and ballet costumes each season. Up to 10,000 costumes are used each year by artists from The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera House.
The department has over 5,000 historical items in their collection – some of which date back to 1861. Many of the costumes are maintained and repaired so they can be used time and again.
Kate visited the pattern room, where she was shown the process of creating new costumes, including sourcing fabrics and samples.
She was then taken to the dye shop where staff use a range of techniques to reproduce fabrics that are no longer available – these include dyeing, hand-painting, staining garments and digital printing. Kate saw first-hand some of the costumiers at work.
Over the coming months, the Duchess will explore her interest in the use and manufacture of textiles.
The Duchess, a fan of the ballet, was introduced to principal dancers Lauren Cuthbertson, Laura Morera and Vadim Muntagirov. The ballet trio spoke about their costumes and explained how different factors – such as lighting and movement – influence the design of their costumes.
Before leaving, Kate was invited to sit in and watch the dancers rehearse for The Two Pigeons ballet.
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Sen. Warren: US needs to address 'ugly history of racism'
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who said earlier this week that she supports reparations for black Americans who have been affected by slavery, told reporters Friday that the nation needs to confront its "ugly history of racism" and "talk about the right way to address it and make change."
Warren addressed race in a speech Friday to New Hampshire Democrats, but didn't speak specifically about reparations. She said black families in America have been disadvantaged by "structural racism" and have only $5 in wealth for every $100 in wealth owned by the average white family.
"Race matters and we need to say so," she said.
Warren was asked later whether she would include Native Americans in her support for reparations. She responded: "I think it's a part of the conversation. It's an important part of the conversation."
She has been criticized for claiming Native American identity early in her career and apologized recently to the Cherokee Nation for releasing DNA test results as evidence she had Native American in her bloodline, albeit at least six generations back.
During her speech, Warren told the audience she proposed a universal child care plan because no American family should experience the desperation she did as a working mother to find safe, reliable, quality child care.
"We're the richest country in the history of the planet," Warren told a room of about 1,000 people in Manchester at the state Democratic Party's biggest fundraiser. "Access to high-quality care and education during the first five years of a child's life shouldn't be a privilege reserved for the rich. It should be a right for every child."
The Massachusetts senator delivered her remarks during her second visit to the state since announcing her presidential bid.
Warren would pay for universal child care with a 2 percent tax annually on households' net worth greater than $50 million. Under the plan, no family would pay more than 7 percent of its income for child care, and families earning below 200 percent of the federal poverty line - about $51,000 a year for a family of four - would pay nothing.
Warren said her plan would give all fa
Warren said her plan would give all families access to the kind of child care the federal government currently provides military families.
"When a working family here in New Hampshire is paying a quarter of their income to cover child care, a Republican-controlled Congress decided it was more important to pass a trillion-dollar giveaway to the wealthiest and giant corporations," Warren said, referring to the 2017 tax overhaul.
Local communities would oversee their child care, preschool and in-home providers under Warren's plan, but they would be held to national standards. Warren said her plan would benefit women especially because they, more often than men, give up jobs and careers when families can't find child care.
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Clown funeral service will let your loved one go with a smile
Claire Murphy – 29 January 2009 12:00 PM
Mourners may soon witness the tears of a clown as the first funeral clown company has been established in Ireland.
Gerry Perry, aka John Brady from Drimnagh, said that the idea for Dead Happy Ireland came to him when he was thinking about how he would like to be remembered.
"I was talking to some friends and joked that I'd like to be buried in a clown costume," he said. "Then I thought about the idea of having clowns at funerals."
John said he was surprised at the number of people who told him they would like their funeral to be a happy occasion.
"Funerals are generally sad but some people want to the occasion to be more lighthearted."
John (27) is a sales representative at the moment, but has been involved in the entertainment and music industry before. He and his clown colleague, Lee Cooke (25) are seeing what the market for funeral clowns is like, but said that they have received a few enquiries from people.
Dead Happy Ireland has established provisional rates for its services. It will cost €150 for a clown at a funeral home, the grave or at a home wake, but it can offer reductions for two or more services.
The ad for the services which was placed on community website Gumtree.ie says: "We bring squirting flowers, we make balloon animals. We can even fall into the grave if you want us to. Let your loved one go down with a smile."
The funeral clown industry has already been established in some countries in Europe, with some undertakers hiring 'mourning clowns' to lighten the atmosphere. Roelof van Wijngaarden, a Dutch funeral clown, revealed that his favourite trick was to break wind loudly during a solemn part of the proceedings.
But funeral directors around Dublin have never had requests for clowns, though representatives from Fanagan's Funeral Directors and Massey Funeral Directors said there have been some unusual requests for lighter-hearted funerals.
"I've heard of people requesting that the mourners wear bright or colourful clothes," said Ann Bradley from Massey.
"We are quite conservative when it comes to funerals," Ann Bradley said.
Funeral clown Gerry Perry can be contacted at deadhappyireland@gmail.com.
clairemurphy@herald.ie
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'Do or die' - young climate activists take over Dail and demand action
Caroline O'Doherty – 16 November 2019 02:30 AM
Ceann Comhairle Sean O Fearghail with young delegates. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins Dublin
Young climate activists have presented politicians with 10 simple steps to help save the planet.
The Dail was taken over by 157 delegates aged 10 to 17 from 26 counties in a special youth assembly to formulate a list of priority actions.
The gathering was jointly organised by the Oireachtas and RTE as part of the broadcaster's special Climate Week series of events.
Ceann Comhairle Sean O Fearghail welcomed the group to the Dail, saying: "There is something monumentally important about this gathering.
"Many of you have been outside the gate waving your banners on the subject of climate change and now you're inside in the place where the decisions are made."
However, in hard-hitting speeches, the delegates showed they were not to be overawed by the occasion or compliments.
Conal O'Boyle, a 17-year-old student from Muff, Co Donegal, said it was actually not a proud day for the Dail or its usual occupants.
"The fact that we are sitting in their seats should serve as an embarrassment to them as they have embarrassed us on an international level when it comes to climate change," he said.
Sioda Monaghan (14), from Claremorris, Co Mayo, said politicians needed to stop talking about climate change as a future event.
"This is not only our future, it is our present," she said. "Climate action is not something we can chose not to do. It's do or die."
Following opening speeches, the delegates broke into five working groups to debate proposals brought from their own schools, community groups and climate strike committees.
After several hours, they whittled the ideas down to two recommendations under each of five headings covering power, economics, food and farming, environment and education.
Among the actions they have demanded are grants to help supermarkets install doors on all refrigerated displays.
Kian Oliver (16), from Boher- meen, Co Meath, said open fridges accounted for 70pc of energy consumption in supermarkets.
"When you use your fridge or freezer at home, you don't leave it open. It would be a reckless waste of energy," Kian said.
He said costings by the group had concluded that two years of grant assistance from the State would be repaid in a year through energy savings.
Other demands included an immediate end to support for the proposal to import fracked gas into the country, the introduction of taxes on carbon emissions by business, the development of a domestic hemp growing industry and climate impact labelling on food products.
There were also calls for the mandatory planting of trees on 10pc of every parcel of farming land, the creation of a crime of ecocide and the introduction of compulsory climate education at Junior Cert level and an optional course at Leaving Cert level.
The recommendations will be sent to all TDs and senators and a follow-up meeting with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is to take place.
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Killer dad threatened to murder accused son from prison, trial told
Alison O'Riordan – 13 November 2019 02:30 AM
Paul Wells Junior has denied the charges he is facing. Photo: Collins Courts
Paul Wells Snr, who was jailed last year for murdering and then dismembering the body of Kenneth O'Brien and dumping it in the Grand Canal, has made threats on the life of his son, Paul Wells Jnr, from prison, a trial has heard.
Paul Wells Jnr (33), is charged with impeding the apprehension or prosecution of his father by disposing of a chainsaw in Co Kildare nearly four years ago.
The prosecution alleges he did so knowing that his father had taken a life.
Wells Snr (51) was found guilty of murdering Mr O'Brien at his home in Finglas on January 15 or 16, 2016.
The killer admitted that, after shooting the 33-year-old father in his back garden, he dismembered his body and dumped it in the Grand Canal.
Mr Wells Jnr, of Beatty Park, Celbridge, Co Kildare, has pleaded not guilty to disposing of a chainsaw motor at a time unknown between January 19 and 20, 2016 in Co Kildare and not guilty to disposing of a chainsaw blade and chain on January 20, 2016 in the same location.
The Central Criminal Court jury was yesterday hearing further garda interviews in the trial of Mr Wells Jnr.
Det Sgt Padraig Cleary told prosecution counsel Michael Bowman that Mr Wells Jnr made a voluntary statement to gardai at Leixlip Garda Station on February 5, 2016.
He was arrested the next day on suspicion of murdering Mr O'Brien with a firearm.
Gardai asked Mr Wells Jnr about meeting his father at Tesco in Celbridge on January 16 before they went for a drive in the direction of Straffan.
The accused said his father was very agitated and there was a smell of bleach from his clothes.
His father told him he was "bursting for a piss". Wells Snr then drove on to the canal bank, where he opened the boot and began "shuffling around", said the accused, adding that he heard two splashes.
Mr Wells Jnr said his father returned to the boot before he threw another two bags into the middle of the canal.
He said his window was down but he never got out of the car or released his seat belt.
When he asked his father what was in the bags, Wells Snr said it was rubbish and bricks from the back garden and "other shit".
The accused told gardai he believed that his father was capable of ordering his killing.
Gardai told Mr Wells Jnr they had retrieved bags from the canal, which contained the body parts of Mr O'Brien.
Following this, gardai asked the accused if he believed Mr O'Brien's body parts were thrown into the canal that night by Wells Snr.
"I do, yeah," he replied.
Mr Wells Jnr was asked by gardai if he had knowingly helped his father in any way.
"The only thing I threw into the canal was the chainsaw at Maynooth," he said.
Det Sgt Cleary agreed with defence counsel Damien Colgan that the accused had expressed fears that he would be shot by his father.
Mr Colgan asked the witness if he was aware that threats had been made on Mr Wells Jnr's life by Wells Snr from prison.
"Yes, we are aware," he replied.
The trial resumes tomorrow.
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New to Happy Robots. The debut single by Sinosa - the celebrated singer and co-writer of Fol Chen. Single limited to 300 copies on clear vinyl.
Tracklisting 7"
1. If U Must Dance
2. The State
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From LA and new to Happy Robots Records. This is the first solo release from SINOSA the singer and co-writer of celebrated experimental electronic band Fol Chen, who The Wall Street Journal described as “a delightful mix of electronic pop and experimental music.”
“If U Must Dance” is experimental minimal techno, an homage and a wink at conceptual art in the mainstream. A dance track whose authoritarian voice would rather you not, and music that doesn’t quite let you, settle into its grooves.
The track opens with a nod to Laurie Anderson’s “O Superman” whose unlikely success brought the art world to pop music charts. Sinosa’s lyrics and deadpan delivery evoke Krautrock stoicism, and the track’s layers of short, rhythmic vocals recall Steve Reich’s minimalism, Tibetan chant, and early-1990s new age music.
Sinosa works from her home in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. Her studio is in essence a microphone, a sampler, and a midi controller. She has no soundproofing and frequently must pause recording for helicopters, sirens, and wild parrots.
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1. Artichoke French restaurant in Amersham 9 Market Sq - HP7
“Laurie Gear and his team never fail to delight in this French fine dining establishment”: a “small and intimate” haunt in a characterful part of Old Amersham, where “the best seats are downstairs by the kitchen where you can witness how hard and skilfully the chefs work”. For many years now, the opinion has been widespread that its “impeccable” cuisine and “warm and welcoming” service were being inexplicably ignored by the tyre men, but in October 2019 Michelin finally gave way and gave it its long overdue recognition with the award of a star.
Food Exceptional
Service Very Good
Ambience Very Good
2. Hawkyns by Atul Kochhar Indian restaurant in Amersham 16 High Street - HP7
“Outstanding food in a lovely setting” again wins praise for celeb chef, Atul Kochhar’s Indian take on British food at this ancient, beamed Elizabethan coaching inn on the high street (which was one of the locations in ‘Four Weddings’). But once again, its ratings are held back by the odd reporter who’s unconvinced: “after several attempts wanting to believe, we’ve concluded it falls short overall”.
Food Good
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3. Gilbey’s British, Modern restaurant in Amersham 1 Market Sq - HP7
Part of the Gilbey gin empire, a “very cosy”, “slightly old-fashioned” bistro “with lots of nooks and crannies”, making it a “great choice for a catch-up with a friend or a romantic meal”. The menu offers “lots of English specialities” and – while critics say it’s “no longer seems to rise above average” – even they say it is rarely less than “solid”. The “interesting wine list” includes bottles from nearby Hambleden.
Ambience Good
4. Tom Yum Thai restaurant in Amersham 101 Sycamore Road - HP6
Homely Thai delivering solid, good-value noodles and curries – and which is thus well-loved locally, so you’ll need to book ahead for Friday and Saturday nights.
5. The Green Grocer British, Modern restaurant in Amersham 91 High Street - HP7
“A great little café” in Amersham Old Town, with “fabulous salads and cakes” and other dishes that are “authentic and well-priced”. It recently went vegan, and is one of a small group with three outlets locally (you can still eat meat at 15 The Broadway) and there’s also a branch in Gerrards Cross.
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Scott Parker with Parks Canada tells us about the Phragmites Detection and Removal Project going on within the boundaries of the Fathom Five National Marine Park and the Bruce Peninsula National Park in Ontario.
Direct management (i.e., spraying and burning)
Why is Phragmites an issue in your area?
Phragmites is perceived as a threat to the ecological integrity of the park and it requires active management to prevent establishment.
Experimental injection of horticultural vinegar into Phragmites rhizome. Results: it didn’t work as a method for managing Phragmites.
Early detection and removal (mostly with herbicide). Through active management we have prevented the establishment of Phragmites.
Prevention through education programs for this and other invasive species.
What are the funding sources for this project?
We use existing internal capacity and funds.
What are the goals and objectives for the project?
To maintain the parks in a Phragmites-free state.
What type of land does your project target?
National park land, including the coast of Lake Huron and interior waters.
Do you monitor the areas that you manage? If so, what does that entail?
Yes, we use directed surveys in high use areas and where invasion is most likely. In remote locations, we rely on opportunistic sightings.
What is the status of the project and are you seeing results?
The project is doing well. We have been able to detect and remove early colonizers.
Before and after treatment of Phragmites
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Ehrlich cookin’ when it comes to tennis
When life serves you a bowl of lemons, you’re supposed to make lemonade.
In Michelle Ehrlich’s case, she’s managed to find a way to make not just lemonade, but a fine chicken cordon bleu as well.
Greeley’s Ehrlich won the 3.0 singles title and teamed up with partner Sheri Carlson for a 3.0 doubles victory in Sunday’s finals of the Wells Fargo Bank 2001 Cancer Tennis Benefit Tournament. But that’s just the beginning of Ehrlich’s story. Ehrlich works as an oncology nurse at North Colorado Medical Center. When the opportunity to play in a tournament benefiting the American Cancer Society, she jumped at the chance.
“I was playing partly because I like to support the cancer society and also because I just like to play tennis,” Ehrlich said.
Of course, getting on the tennis court isn’t quite as difficult as what Ehrlich does when she’s at work. Seeing cancer patients come in and, if they’re lucky, leave, tends to take its toll on a person.
Instead of looking at how depressing the situation can be, Ehrlich instead takes a different perspective.
“I just think it’s a great privilege to work with people with cancer,” Ehrlich said. “They just have such a neat outlook on life. They’ve got a special spirit about them that’s different that other patients.”Wow. To look at life as something special when so much illness around must take a special type of person.
“She’s just got an incredible outlook on life,” Carlson said. “She works with them every day and it sure helps her put her own life into perspective. She’s just such a positive person.”
There are plenty of people that come through a hospital during the course of a day. Ehrlich feels like she really gets to work closely with the extra-special ones.
“They’ve just got a different outlook on life,” Ehrlich said. “It’s a privilege to me that they allow me to be a special part of their experience. That’s a very personal experience, and God’s been able to gift me with the ability to work with them.”
Ehrlich said instead of becoming depressed at life, she tends to go the other direction with her experience at work.
“You pretty much have to,” Ehrlich said. “When you get upset with things in your own life, you just take a look at them and realize that it’s not that bad. Like I said, it’s just a privilege.”
Besides all that, Ehrlich enjoys playing tennis, too. After all, in the singles match she beat Kristin Anderson of Fort Collins 6-4, 6-2. In doubles, Ehrlich and Carlson beat Cathy LaSell and Sharon Wright 6-2, 1-6, 6-3.
“We just teamed up this year,” Carlson said. “I’d had a partner for many years, but she moved away. Now I get to play with Michelle, and she’s just wonderful.
“We haven’t played long together, but I just feel honored to play with her.”
Maybe life really isn’t a bowl of lemons.
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De Pere couple's bar gets 'Epic' TV debut
Jim and Juli Constine's Musky Inn near Minocqua featured on Discovery
De Pere couple's bar gets 'Epic' TV debut Jim and Juli Constine's Musky Inn near Minocqua featured on Discovery Check out this story on greenbaypressgazette.com: http://gbpg.net/1ylsJUz
Kendra Meinert, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 11:01 a.m. CT April 11, 2015 | Updated 10:36 a.m. CT April 13, 2015
The Musky Inn, owned by Jim and Juli Constine of De Pere, was featured on Sunday's premiere of “Epic Bar Builds” on the Discovery Channel. The show filmed the Constines and the historic resort near Minocqua last summer.(Photo: Submitted)
Jim and Juli Constine's road to national TV didn't come without a few bumps along the way — an appendicitis, seemingly endless tree roots and a furnace that went on the fritz at the most inopportune time — but hey, they don't call it "Epic Bar Builds" for nothing.
The De Pere couple and their Northwoods lodge were featured on Sunday's premiere of the new Discovery Channel series that follows Chicago-based Heineman Bar Co. as it creates one-of-a-kind bars around the country. The Constines' Musky Inn on Big St. Germain Lake, a renovated 1904 resort about 10 miles from Minocqua in northern Wisconsin, got the "Epic" treatment from designer Aaron Heineman and his crew last summer.
What was once "just an old hodgepodge of decks" on the back of the building was torn away and replaced by a first-class backyard entertaining space for guests of the large family rental that caters to vacationers looking to enjoy the lake and nearby snowmobile trails. It all happened in four days of filming in August, culminating in a big reveal party complete with fireworks and music by Appleton rock band Consult the Briefcase, hand-picked by Jim.
"In about four days, we went from a complete transformation from the back of the house to what you'll see for the show," Jim said. "It was pretty amazing we got it all done. It was around the clock for three solid days."
Jim and Juli Constine as seen on Sunday's episode of "Epic Bar Builds." (Photo: Kendra Meinert/Press-Gazette Media)
While the Constines obviously know what the finished bar looks like, they haven't seen the hour-long episode. They're eager to sit down with their three children, Jeremy, Joshua and Jadyn, at 2 p.m. to watch it together and see how Dad is portrayed on the show.
"I had to play along with some silly stuff," said Jim, who was the owner and guitar-playing bartender of The Vault in De Pere for six years until he and Juli closed the business at the end of 2014. "There will be a little bit of funny stuff, I'm sure. I'm good with that. You have to laugh at yourself a little."
That sense of humor came in handy when they ran into the occasional setback, like discovering there had once been a tree where they planned to pour concrete for the new patio. The tree was gone but the massive roots were still very much there.
"It took a huge 4x4 truck and a bulldozer to pull it out, and the root system was like two stories tall when it came up out of the ground," Jim said.
One of the more exciting aspects of the build was Heineman's use of quilted bubinga burl, an exotic hardwood native to Africa, for the bar. It came from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jim said, where they only allow one tree to be harvested each year and then document where each piece of the wood goes. When he had to turn his credit card over to a company in Philadelphia handling the bubinga, "Epic Bar Builds" didn't tell him specifically what he was buying.
"I tried to trick the guy on the phone to tell me what kind of wood it was, but they wouldn't," Jim said. "They kept telling me it was purple pine, because they know I'm not a Vikings fan at all. I'm like, 'It can't be purple!' They kept telling me, 'It's the nicest purple pine you'll ever see, Jim,' just to try to rub it in."
The Constines worked in unison with Heineman on the project. Heineman built the bar, and Jim and his contractors did the log trusses over it as well as the patios and decks. The cost of the bar was shared between the show and the Musky Inn. Jim had to agree to turn parts of the project over to Heineman to ensure there was a surprise factor at the end.
"I had to trust them that it was going to be amazing, and it was," said Jim, who met with Aaron Heineman twice before the project and had researched his work online. "It's jaw-dropping when you see it."
Among a couple of fun touches Heineman brought to the outdoor bar area: a mounted deer butt made into a bottle opener and a mounted walleye that dispenses whiskey.
The process of making the cut of one of 12 properties featured on "Epic Bar Builds" started a year ago when The Vault got a mass email looking for bars. Jim almost deleted it, but decided to respond. It led to more email inquiries: describe The Vault, what would he like to do to it, send a photo. Then one day came a call from Los Angeles, where someone with the show mentioned they might also be looking for a lodge or two to feature.
He and Juli had just purchased the Musky Inn and were starting to gut the former restaurant and turn it into a 13-bedroom, seven-bath, two-kitchen rental that functions as one large unit or a duplex. Knowing it was a more unique property than The Vault, Jim pitched the Musky to the show instead. They bit.
With the field narrowed down to 50, the Constines were scheduled to do a Skype interview with producers to sell themselves as compelling TV when their home furnace went during one of those brutally cold winter days of 2014.
"So it was 12 degrees in our house, and we're trying to look warm," Jim said.
The entire Constine family was part of filming, but it was a close call. Two days before the shoot was to begin, oldest son Jeremy had an appendicitis and ended up in the hospital the entire week of the shoot. Jim and Juli found themselves running back and forth between Minocqua to film and the hospital to be with Jeremy. His doctors were able to release him in time for the reveal party.
The exposure from "Epic Bar Builds" is likely to mean more reservations for the Musky, which is completely booked June through July of this year and already taking dates for 2016 and 2017, Jim said.
— kmeinert@pressgazettemedia.com and follow her on Twitter and Instagram @KendraMeinert
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Wisconsin Plastics to pay $475,000 in discrimination suit
Wisconsin Plastics will pay $475,000 to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of Hmong and Hispanic employees.
Wisconsin Plastics to pay $475,000 in discrimination suit Wisconsin Plastics will pay $475,000 to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of Hmong and Hispanic employees. Check out this story on greenbaypressgazette.com: http://gbpg.net/2rFkm81
USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 2:44 p.m. CT May 31, 2017
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GREEN BAY – Wisconsin Plastics will pay $475,000 to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of nearly two dozen fired Hmong and Hispanic employees.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the lawsuit in 2014 on behalf of 22 employees who were fired after the Ashwaubenon-based company decided they lacked adequate English skills.
An EEOC investigation determined that the workers did not need English language proficiency to do their jobs. The agency argued the terminations violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964's prohibition of discrimination based on national origin.
RELATED: EEOC sues Ashwaubenon plastics company
Chief District Judge William Griesbach ruled in the EEOC's favor in 2016, finding that the company did not provide a “substantial justification” for firing them based on their inability to speak English.
A consent decree settling the lawsuit was filed May 25. It prohibits any future discrimination or retaliation and requires the company to pay $475,000 to 17 Hmong employees and two Hispanic employees.
EEOC Chicago Regional Attorney Gregory M. Gochanour, said Wisconsin Plastics willingly worked with the agency to settle the case.
"Going forward, we are confident that the company will offer equal employment opportunities to Hmong and Hispanic applicants," he said.
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Home COMMENTARY Those With Glass Jaws Shouldn’t Throw Punches, By Paul Ibe
Those With Glass Jaws Shouldn’t Throw Punches, By Paul Ibe
Paul Ibe
It is pulsating trying to ascribe any intelligent reason to why the chief spokesman to Muhammadu Buhari had penned a misleading account of the last presidential election in the country. But it wasn’t all together a bad idea. If anything, Femi Adesina gave a literary expression to how jolt to the hilt people at the Aso Rock Villa were about the inevitability of a win at the polls by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and Atiku Abubakar during the February 23 presidential election. This much, Adesina himself, confessed to when he said, ‘before the election, you saw and heard Atikulators everywhere… They were all over the in offices, marketplaces, churches, mosques, schools, on television, radio, newspaper; almost in all traffic lanes of life.’ That was both a candid and surreal expression of fear that the Atikulators were indeed poised for victory in the 2019 presidential election.
However, if we are to interrogate Adesina’s confession a little bit further, we would remove the mask and expose the chicanery that summed up the claim of victory by the APC and their Buharideens alike.
First off, before the election, the APC band was busy chorusing around town that there was no Nigerian alive who was up to challenge and defeat Buhari in an election. They soon coined the phrase of ‘No Alternative’ to ingrain the argument that Buhari was super human and to scare the opposition from challenging a second term ticket with him.
The APC and the likes of Adesina who are disconnect from the reality of the angst of Nigerians against the incompetence and cluessness of Buhari-led administration told a lie to the president that he was loved and adored by all. Thus, Buhari and the APC entered the 2019 presidential race with a foolish and corrupted sense of entitlement about a towering expectation from the people that was nowhere to be found. The Buhari team, unlike the Atikulators, lured their candidate into an election without an honest evaluation of the strength of their opponent. At the end, they entered a panic mode and, using the instrumentality of power of incumbency, took certain actions to guarantee victory at all cost which ultimately compromised the integrity of the election.
The second irrational assumption is the claim that the Atikulators is an assembly of people who hate Buhari. According to Adesina’s words, Atikulators are ‘those who didn’t like Buhari, either because of ethnicity, language, religion, or the man’s aversion for corruption… So, they followed Atiku, not because they loved him, but they would have also followed a goat…’
It is often said that people who live in the corridors of power actually live inside a bubble. If there are people in this country who think that there is anything close to aversion for corruption by this current administration, they must be folks like Femi who are too busy choping and smiling, having a blurry vision of the cesspool of iniquities and the lack of rectitude in the system. Irrespective of what Adesina and his colleagues at the corridors of power might say, Nigerians already have their opinion about the vastness of space index for corruption in the Buhari government. And by the way, Femi and his cotravellers need to be reminded that those with glass jaws should not throw punches.
So, coming back to the question: who are the Atikulators? Perhaps Femi is a bit right when he says that they are people who didn’t like the policies of this president. Where he got it all wrong is that they didn’t have to dislike Buhari’s personality or identity in order to like Atiku because both men share same religion, ethnicity and even language. If these qualities are the reason why some people hate Buhari, it must go without begging that there must be some other reason(s) why the same people will prefer Atiku as a leader.
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There is a popular American saying that ‘fool me once, shame on you!’ In 2015, many of the people that supported and voted for Buhari feel that they have been fooled. They didn’t imagine that the man they would be voting as president would divide the country in the approximation of 70-30 percent. They didn’t believe that the man they voted would be clannish in his top appointments. They didn’t expect that a president who boasted that there would not be one corrupt person in his government will end up filling more than half of his cabinet positions with same ‘corrupt PDP people.’ They didn’t believe that the man who promised to crash the prices of petroleum products, but ended up doubling it should be trusted again. They felt betrayed by a man who promised them change but ended up changing his ways and his words!
One epic episode in the 2019 election cycle is the live NTA interview anchored by Kadaira Ahmed. The interview afforded Nigerians a life time opportunity to hear the man called Buhari unscripted. Were Femi Adesina’s pen not beguiled by the lucre of power, he would certainly not find any excuse for himself to still be a Buharideen after watching the man unscripted at the interview. Had Adesina been a mere mortal like the rest of us, he would have longed to see the Atiku episode of that interview and given the brilliance that the former Vice President showed at that interview, Adesina himself would have been an Atikulator. But he didn’t. Not because Adesina hated the ideas espoused by Atiku during the campaign trail, but for him and his cohorts at the corridor of power the refrain is: Buhari will NEVER relinquish power to Atiku.
The Atikulators are patriotic Nigerians. They wouldn’t have voted for a goat. I mean, they just wouldn’t have doubled down on the same mistake!
Again, there was a reference to what Adesina called hurricane Buhari sweeping everywhere across the length and breadth of Nigeria. Yes, he is right about that allegorical meaning of hurricane in Nigeria blowing through the bellies and wallets of Nigerians. But if by any stretch of assumption the hurricane was describing Buhari’s electoral popularity, it is safe to conclude therefore that our friend, Femi, is a fit for stand-up comedy. Or how could he have forgotten so soon what transpired in room 710 of Eko Hotel during his presidency of the NGE in the presence of my then colleague at Atiku Media Office, and now his colleague in the Aso rocked villa. But to avert a needless distraction, I am inclined to ensure that what transpired in that room is buried in the bowels of time.
Where in the world would Buhari of all people feel invincible in an election contest when the man could not trust where his own wife would vote on the election day.
Atiku went through the judicial process to express his aggreivement with the election. He never called on his supporters to launch a violent attack, neither did he make a savage remark about baboons being soaked in blood. If Adesina feels what Atiku did is morally deficient, then it only shows the company he has been keeping of late is already telling on his vanishing ethos.
And talking about jokes, there is a piece going around the social media that smart people who serve in Buhari’s government have a way of losing it. For Femi, that is more than a joke. And when next you have the opportunity to read Femi be sure to have a bowl of pepper and salt by your side. It will be wise to leave our friend with a popular Yoruba saying that the sheep that flocks with dogs will end up eating faeces.
Mazi Paul Ibe is Media Adviser to Atiku Abubakar, Vice President of Nigeria, 1999-2007
Editorial Staff at Greenbarge Reporters is member of a team of journalists led by Editor-in-Chief, Yusuf Ozi Usman.
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Sarah Hathway
Extinction Rebellion debates stance on police: friend or foe?
Unsurprisingly, a debate has broken out within the relatively new Extinction Rebellion movement on the role of the police in society and, more specifically, the tactics towards police at protests.
One rule for some, jail for the rest
You could be forgiven for thinking theft is suddenly socially acceptable given recent events — provided you act remorsefully after being caught. However, that acceptance only extends so far, writes Sarah Hathway.
Victorian ambulance workers form new union
The Victorian Ambulance Union (VAU) registered as an incorporated association after breaking away from United Voice on July 4. Green Left Weekly’s Sarah Hathway spoke to VAU general secretary Danny Hill about why paramedics and ambulance workers decided on this course.
Big show of support for striking DP World workers
Trade unionists and community activists converged at the DP World container terminal on Swanson Dock, West Melbourne, on July 12 to support the 600 Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) members midway through their four-day strike action.
Greedy politicians give themselves a pay rise while cutting penalty rates
From July 1, Prime Minister Scott Morrison will receive a 2% pay rise on top of his already inflated parliamentary salary. Morrison currently earns $538,460 a year and in a few weeks time will earn an additional $10,000 a year. The current base salary for federal MPs and Senators is $207,100.
Industrial campaign needed to really change workplace rules
The results of the federal election have shown the limitations of the Australian Council of Trade Union-led Change the Rules campaign, writes Sarah Hathway.
Women unionists get organised
The second Working Women Get Organised conference will be held in Geelong on October 13, following a successful inaugural event last year.
Newstart: It’s time to raise the rate
Currently more than 800,000 people are without paid work and are struggling to meet basic needs such as housing and food. There are countless stories of those living on welfare having to choose between paying a bill or eating a meal. Anyone who has been unemployed knows it costs money to seek employment, from printing your resumes to the cost of travel to interviews, appropriate clothing or a haircut. It is nearly impossible to look for paid work if you are homeless and hungry.
Victorian bus drivers pushed into taking strike action
Bus drivers employed in Victoria have been forced to take strike action — the first in 20 years — because of the bosses' ridiculously small wage offer.
Melbourne: Comedians to support Green Left Weekly at annual debate on Saturday
The 18th annual Green Left Weekly Comedy Debate is set to take place on June 16 at 6.30pm at Brunswick Town Hall. Bookings are available online at Trybooking.
The event has been running since 2000, each year raising a significant amount to contribute to the annual Green Left Weekly Fighting Fund.
I enjoy reading Green Left Weekly articles. They keep me informed about what is going on and help me for my own writing and analysis.
John Passant
Socialist activist, journalist and poet.
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“Heavily-armed” octopus escapes from aquarium!
Posted on April 15, 2016 by Faisal O'Keefe in Cities
An octopus at New Zealand’s National Aquarium decided he’s had enough of life in captivity and deftly devised his own escape to the sea. His amazing getaway won Inky the octopus instant fame, and raises new questions about cephalopod intelligence.
In 2014, biologists rescued Inky from a crayfish pot where he had become entangled, suffering injuries to his arms and body. Kerry Hewitt, curator of aquarium exhibits, said at the time that the creature was adapting to life in his new tank, but added that staff had to work to keep him amused as he had tendencies towards boredom. Obviously he used his idle time to do some thinking.
Three months ago, the octopus secretly slipped out through a gap left by maintenance workers at the top of his tank, crawled across the floor, and escaped down a six-inch wide drain pipe that led to the Pacific ocean. Staffers said they pieced together the mystery via telltale suction cup prints that recorded his escape route. The story just went public this week, casting Inky as a global celebrity with animal lovers cheering on his victorious return to nature.
Octopuses are not fish, although they breathe through gills. There are over 300 species which inhabit the world’s tropical seas. Classified as mollusks, they are cousins of other slimy, muscular sea life such as squid, slugs, snails, and shellfish. Aquarium manager Rob Yarrall told the New Zealand website Stuff that octopuses as very malleable, pointing out that Inky had to squeeze his soccer-ball sized torso through the small opening to get free.
But are they “smart’? They can famously change colors, squirt out an inky poison, and exert a force greater than their own body weight. Although they lack backbones, cephalods do have inordinately large “brains”. Tests show
that the animals can navigate mazes, quickly solve problems (and remember the solutions!). Other experiments show that octopuses lack exact knowledge about the position of their arms, raising an intriguing question: how do octopuses avoid tying themselves up in knots? (See how scientists at Hebrew University answered this – link here).
This isn’t the first time a captive octopus made a jailbreak. In 2009 at California’s Santa Monica Pier Aquarium a pair of octopuses deconstructed a water recycling valve and redirected a hose which shot water overnight from their tank, causing a massive flood, and concealing their absence from frantic aquarium workers.
“[Octopuses] are very strong, and it is practically impossible to keep an octopus in a tank unless you are very lucky. … Octopuses simply take things apart,” octopus expert Jennifer Maher told The Washington Post, “I recall reading about someone who had built a robot submarine to putter around in a large aquarium tank. The octopus got a hold of it and took it apart piece by piece.”
She added, “There’s a famous story from the Brighton Aquarium in England 100 years ago that an octopus there got out of its tank at night when no one was watching, went to the tank next door and ate one of the lumpfish and went back to his own tank and was sitting there the next morning.”
The New Zealan National Aquarium has no plans to replace Inky, but it will better secure the tank where his former roommate remains. “They are always exploring and they are great escape artists,” Yarrall told Hawke’s Bay Today. “We’ll be watching the other one.”
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How to Fix Text Neck and Improve Your Posture
Chances are you’re looking down at your device to read this article — head forward, shoulders rounded and back slumped, putting yourself at risk for the aches and pains now known as "text neck."
By Christine Yu, Life by DailyBurn
There’s no denying that technology has transformed the way we live, from how we communicate and share information to how we navigate through life (thank you, Google Maps!). In other words, we’re glued to our devices. In fact, according to recent research, people spend approximately five hours every day on their smartphone, computer or tablet. And it might be taking a toll on your body.
Chances are you’re looking down at your device to read this article — head forward, shoulders rounded and back slumped, putting yourself at risk for the aches and pains now known as "text neck." “You can stretch out and exhaust the paraspinal and upper back muscles from poor posture,” says Dr. Jonathan Stieber, orthopaedic spine surgeon and clinical assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at the NYU School of Medicine. As the upper back rounds, the head and neck start to jut forward and out of alignment from your spine. No wonder your body hurts.
We know there’s no way you’re ditching your devices — so what can you do about the pain? Read on to find out.
How to Prevent Text Neck and Improve Your Posture
The Problem: Slouching
Your mother was right: Good posture matters. Pain related to technology use is often due to poor posture and ergonomics, according to Dr. Stieber. “When you’re sitting in front of your computer with a certain posture for hours on end, your body gets used to being in that position. It becomes your new normal,” says Ryan Balmes, DPT and board-certified clinical specialist in sports and orthopedic physical therapy in Atlanta. “Imagine if you’re arm wrestling all day. Your bicep muscles will be strained and they’re going to let you know that they are tired.”
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While you usually don’t see severe problems like herniated disks or pinched nerves resulting solely from overuse of technology, Dr. Stieber says it can exacerbate an underlying condition. And be careful when you go for your weekend run or CrossFit WOD. “Your body may be shocked because you’re bringing it out of the position it’s accustomed to. You can be predisposed to injury,” says Balmes.
The fix: “Make sure you have the appropriate monitor, desk and chair height for you,” says Dr. Stieber. Can’t buy a new desk? “Keep your head is in a neutral position with your monitor at eye-level,” Balmes advises. “You want to have the height of the chair so that your feet can rest comfortably on the floor and your knees are at or just below [the level of] your hips.”
Sitting up straight might not come naturally at first. “[It] requires diligence, but more importantly, practice,” says Balmes. “As with all things, active practice will help solidify proper posture as habit.” One sign you’re not doing it right: “If anything in your body feels achy or uncomfortable after prolonged use, it’s your body’s way of screaming at you to change position and find a better one because it’s struggling to make your current posture work,” he says.
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Frequent breaks from the screen can help, even if it’s just two minutes every hour. “Use the breaks as a reset.” says Balmes. “Set reminders on your phone or computer or use a Post-It note. These small cues can make a huge difference.”
The Problem: Text Neck
If you’re one of the 64 percent of American adults who owns a smartphone, look up now. Recent research from Dr. Kenneth Hansraj, chief of spine surgery at New York Spine Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, found that staring down at your phone can put incredible pressure on your neck and spine. Tilting your head forward 15 degrees places an additional 27 pounds of stress on the cervical spine. A 60-degree angle — the angle at which most of us view our phones — increases that stress to 60 pounds. That’s like carrying around a seven-year-old on your neck. Tablets also encourage you to flex your head forward. And, with bigger screens, you’re more likely to stay in that position for longer periods of time, according to Balmes.
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The fix: The easiest way to address text neck is to change the way you hold your phone. “Bring the screen to eye level so your head is not slouched forward or too high,” says Balmes. “This way, you don’t have to be in a forward-head posture for a prolonged period of time.” When using a tablet, Balmes recommends buying a case that allows you to prop up the tablet on a table. To prevent stiffness in the neck, Balmes recommends neck rotations – look gently to the left and right, 10 times on each side. Try to perform these every hour throughout the day.
3 Posture Exercises to Balance Your Muscles
Strengthening and stretching your muscles may also help alleviate some of that nagging pain. While a visit to a physical therapist can help guide your specific needs, Balmes recommends these three quick exercises to help combat technology-induced slump.
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Shoulder Blade Pinches
This move will help to strengthen the muscles of the upper back, which tend to get lengthened and weakened when you slouch.
How to: While sitting or standing straight, pinch your shoulder blades together and back. You’ll feel the front of your shoulders roll back. Hold for a few seconds, release and repeat. Perform 10 reps every hour throughout the day.
Pec Stretch
While slouching results in overstretched and feeble upper back muscles, it also leads to short and weak pecs, according to Balmes.
How to: Stand in a doorway and place your forearms against the frame of the door, with your elbows at shoulder height. With one foot forward, draw your shoulder blades together on your back and gently lean into the door. Hold the stretch for 30 seconds, then repeat once more. Perform this stretch three to four times a day.
Chin Tuck
A double chin may be a selfie no-no, but it can be good for your posture. Chin tucks strengthen the neck muscles and help you pull your head back into alignment.
How to: Sit up tall in a chair and keep your chin parallel to the floor. Without tilting your head in any direction, gently draw your head and chin back, like you’re making a double chin. Be careful not to jam your head back. You should feel a stretch along the back of the next. Release your chin forward. Repeat. You can perform 10 reps every hour throughout the day.
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While the best advice is to take frequent breaks from your computer or cell phone, these exercises, along with improving your posture, are good preventative measures. “If this doesn’t relieve your pain, know that your problem may be more serious and seek out a physical therapist,” says Balmes.
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5 No-Equipment Back Exercises You Need in Your Life
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5 Foam Rolling Moves You Aren't Doing (But Should)
This article originally appeared on Life by DailyBurn.
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How to Find the Fastest ISP in Your Area
Updated July 27, 2016, 1:41am EDT
If you’re one of the lucky ones, you have a choice of different Internet service providers in your area. Don’t just trust the advertised speeds — look at the data to find the fastest ISP near you.
The speeds ISPs quote are always “up to” a certain speed, so you can’t just choose based on the extremely optimistic speeds they advertise. Look at the results of actual, real-world speed tests for a more realistic picture.
Ookla Net Index
If you’ve ever wanted to test your Internet connection’s speed, you probably used Ookla’s popular Speedtest.net. Ookla’s Net Index takes all the data from Speedtest.net and organizes it, making it easy to browse.
Click the “Go to my location” link and you’ll be taken to a page listing the ISPs that operate in your area. You can also just look up a specific city. The ISPs are ranked based on the recent Speedtest.net download speed results of their subscribers, so you can see which ISPs are actually the fastest.
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This site also allows you to compare the difference in average Internet speeds between different countries, regions, and even cities. You can also view rankings based on upload speeds, connection quality, value for price, and how well real-world ISP speeds correspond to the speeds those ISPs promise in their advertisements. (Yes, you probably aren’t getting the Internet speeds you’re paying for.)
Netflix ISP Speed Index
Studies have found that Netflix often accounts for more than 30% of Internet download traffic in North America. Netflix is a big player in terms of Internet bandwidth, and they want connections to be as fast as possible so they can provide high-quality streaming video. That’s why Netflix publishes an ISP Speed Index site, where they rank Internet service providers based on their average Netflix streaming speed.
Netflix ranks providers by their speed, highlighting the fastest ISP — Google Fiber in the USA, unsurprisingly — and shaming the slowest provider. These rankings can help you get some idea of what ISP offers the fastest speeds — for watching Netflix, at least.
Take a big grain of salt with these results. They’re country-wide, so they won’t show smaller ISPs in your area that may be faster than the big national ones. They also only take Netflix results into account — the speeds shown here are slower than the speeds shown on Speedtest.net because Netflix isn’t completely saturating each connection. This really only tells you how fast Netflix streams on these connections.
YouTube Video Quality Report
YouTube and Netflix combined often make up over 50% of peak Internet activity in North America, according to various studies. So it makes sense that Google publishes their own ISP report. Their reports don’t display a speed, but they do allow you to compare providers in your area and see what quality of YouTube streams their connections can handle.
As with the Netflix report card, this data is only about video streams from one specific site, so you should take it with a big grain of salt. But it does help you get an idea whether an ISP is on the slower side or the faster side. And, if you’re like most people, you probably watch YouTube — so wouldn’t you prefer a connection that can stream YouTube at higher quality? This site helps you ensure you choose a connection that’s fast enough to stream YouTube at a higher quality, not one that’s so slow you’ll only be able to stream low-quality videos.
Bear in mind that the speeds reported on these sites are averages of the speeds customers experience in the real world. An ISP that has many customers paying for the slowest possible connection may appear to have low speeds, but it may offer more expensive connections with faster speeds than the average shown above. When it comes to the average country-wide rankings shown on the Netflix ISP Speed Index, a big ISP that operates across the entire country may be faster or slower in your area. Still, imperfect data is better than no data at all.
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Guggenheim Securities Hires Jordan Bliss to Expand Healthcare Investment Banking Group
Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets division of Guggenheim Partners, announced today that Jordan Bliss will join the firm as a Senior Managing Director in the firm’s Healthcare investment banking group. Mr. Bliss will focus on advising companies in the life sciences sector and will be based in Guggenheim’s San Francisco office.
Guggenheim Securities to Acquire Millstein & Co., Jim Millstein to Join as Co-Chairman of Guggenheim Securities
NEW YORK, NY – Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets division of Guggenheim Partners, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Millstein & Co., a leading advisor to companies, investors, and sovereigns with expertise in restructuring, sovereign advisory, and financial institutions.
Guggenheim Securities Hires Punit Mehta to Expand Healthcare Investment Banking Group
Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets division of Guggenheim Partners, announced today that Punit Mehta will join the firm as a Senior Managing Director in the firm’s Healthcare investment banking group. Mr. Mehta will focus on advising life sciences companies and will commence work at Guggenheim in October.
Solving the Core Conundrum: A Strategy to Generate Income and Enhance Risk-Adjusted Returns in a Low-Rate Environment
NEW YORK – Guggenheim Investments, the global asset management and investment advisory business of Guggenheim Partners, today released the 2018 edition of The Core Conundrum, which details the Guggenheim approach to investing in fixed-income markets that have been distorted by central bank policies and a benchmark that is skewed toward government-related securities.
Solving the Fixed-Income Core Conundrum
Investors Should Not Ignore the Risks of a Trade War
Scott Minerd, Chairman of Investments and Global CIO, joins CNBC to warn that the negative economic consequences of a protracted trade war could lead to an equity market correction.
Monetary Policy Is Tightening Faster than Market Realizes
Scott Minerd, Chairman of Investments and Global CIO, co-hosts Bloomberg TV’s Fed Day panel to discuss the effect Federal Reserve monetary policy will have on U.S. economic growth, corporate debt burdens, and the timing of the next recession.
Todd Richter Joins Guggenheim Securities to Expand Healthcare Investment Banking Group
Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets division of Guggenheim Partners, announced today that Todd Richter will join the firm as a Senior Managing Director in the firm’s Healthcare investment banking group, focusing on advising companies in the healthcare services and animal health sectors.
Guggenheim 2Q Fixed-Income Outlook: Preparing for Long-Awaited Choppier Markets
After several quarters of low volatility, tight spreads, and abundant liquidity, financial conditions have gotten choppier
Second Quarter 2018 Fixed-Income Outlook
Portfolio Manager Steve Brown and Matt Bush, a Director in the Macroeconomic and Investment Research Group, share insights from the Second Quarter Fixed-Income Outlook, and explain how macroeconomic inputs inform our asset allocation.
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New standards for IBD aim to improve patient experience and outcomes
By Dr Kevin Barrett, Jackie Glatter2019-07-27T14:46:00+01:00
Dr Kevin Barrett and Jackie Glatter discuss how the new IBD Standards encourage a patient-centred framework for safe, consistent, high quality, personalised care
Dr Kevin Barrett
Jackie Glatter
Read this article to learn more about:
why the IBD Standards were needed
how implementation of the IBD Standards will improve patient-centred care
the 23 statements from the 2019 IBD Standards that are particularly relevant to primary care.
Top tips for GPs
Top tips for commissioners
Implementation actions for STPs and ICSs
Implementation actions for clinical pharmacists in general practice
After reading this article, ‘Test and reflect’ on your updated knowledge with our multiple-choice questions. We estimate that this activity will take you 30 minutes—worth 0.5 CPD credits.
The two main types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. IBD is a relapsing–remitting condition that causes inflammation and ulceration in the bowels, affecting approximately 500,000 people in the UK.1,2 Patients can also experience extraintestinal symptoms in the joints, skin, eyes, and liver. There is no cure and treatment is focused on achieving and maintaining remission, with potentially life-threatening complications in complex disease. IBD can have a significant impact on social functioning, affecting relationships, work, and education.3
The need for IBD Standards
In 2006, the first audit of IBD services took place, led by the Royal College of Physicians. This showed great variation in standards of care for people with IBD, highlighting that there was a need for authoritative published standards.4 The first IBD Standards were therefore created in 2009, defining what was required to provide integrated, high quality IBD services. These were updated in 2013,5 and they now underpin the 2015 NICE quality standard on IBD.6 They were also a key part of the IBD Quality Improvement Programme in the UK supported by the Royal College of Physicians up to 2015.7 While development of the IBD Standards led to significant improvements in care provision, including increased numbers of IBD nurse specialists—and supported service development—inequality and variations in care remain a reality for people with IBD in the UK.8
Formed in 2017, IBD UK had a key priority to update and build on the IBD Standards and ensure their implementation throughout the UK. This has led to the creation of the 2019 UK IBD Standards,9 which:
reflect developments in the care and treatment of IBD
support the NHS policy agenda across the UK
align with the 2019 British Society of Gastroenterology IBD guidelines10 and the 2018 Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland surgical guidelines11
incorporate the views and needs of clinicians and people with IBD
serve as a driver for quality improvement.
IBD Standards 2019
The updated IBD Standards 2019 comprise 59 statements, divided into seven sections, which cover key stages of the patient journey and essential elements of an IBD service (see Figure 1).
Figure 1: The seven sections of the 2019 IBD Standards
IBD UK. IBD Standards. IBD UK, 2019. Available at: ibduk.org/ibd-standards (accessed 20 June 2019).
Reproduced with permission.
Of these statements, 23 have an impact on primary care and the relationship between primary and secondary care. Coordination of care and a more personalised and holistic approach is becoming increasingly important and will facilitate improved experiences and outcomes for patients. Accordingly, the 2019 IBD Standards put the patient at the centre, both through content and structure, and encompass the patient pathway from pre-diagnosis to treatment and ongoing care.
During the development process, it was also identified that a benchmarking tool would be valuable to support implementation of the IBD Standards. A new IBD Benchmarking Tool will enable IBD services to assess their performance against the IBD Standards and develop targeted plans for quality improvement. An IBD Patient Survey forms part of this, allowing an IBD service to compare multidisciplinary team self-assessment results with the views of its patients. Guidance and resources to support implementation are available from the IBD UK website.
This article focuses on the 23 statements that are particularly relevant to primary care (see Table 1), which fall under the sections pre-diagnosis, newly diagnosed, flare management, inpatient care, and ongoing care and monitoring.
Table 1: The 23 IBD Standards statements with particular relevance to primary care9
Pre-diagnosis
Clear pathways and protocols for investigating children and adults with persistent lower gastrointestinal symptoms should be agreed between primary and secondary care and should include guidance on the use of faecal biomarker tests in primary care to aid rapid diagnosis.
Patients who are referred with suspected IBD should be seen within 4 weeks, or more rapidly if clinically necessary.
Patients presenting with acute severe colitis should be admitted to a centre with medical and surgical expertise in managing IBD that is available at all times.
All patients should be provided with a point of contact and clear information about pathways and timescales while awaiting the outcome of tests and investigations.
After diagnosis, all patients should have full assessment of their disease, nutritional status, bone health and mental health, with baseline infection screen, in order to develop a personalised care plan.
Patients should be supported to make informed, shared decisions about their treatment and care to ensure these take their preferences and goals fully into account.
After diagnosis, all outpatients with IBD should be able to start a treatment plan within 48 hours for moderate to severe symptoms and within 2 weeks for mild symptoms.
Patients should be signposted to information and support from patient organisations.
GPs should be informed of new diagnoses and the care plan that has been agreed within 48 hours.
Local treatment protocols and clear pathways should be in place for the management of IBD patients experiencing flares and include advice for primary care.
All patients with IBD should be provided with clear information to support self-management and early intervention in the case of a flare.
Rapid access to specialist advice should be available to patients to guide early flare intervention, including access to a telephone/email advice line with response by the end of the next working day.
Patients with IBD should have access to review by the IBD team within a maximum of 5 working days and be able to escalate/start a treatment plan within 48 hours of review.
Steroid treatment should be managed in accordance with guidelines and audited on an ongoing basis, with clear guidance to primary care.
Clear written information about follow up care and prescribed medications should be provided before discharge from the ward and communicated to the patient’s IBD clinical team and GP within 48 hours of discharge.
Ongoing care and monitoring
A personalised care plan should be in place for every IBD patient, with access to an IBD nurse specialist and telephone/email advice line.
Patients should be supported in self-management, as appropriate, through referral or signposting to education, groups and support.
Clear protocols should be in place for the supply, monitoring and review of medication across primary and secondary care settings.
Pain and fatigue are common symptoms for IBD patients and should be investigated and managed using a multidisciplinary approach including pharmacological, non-pharmacological and psychological interventions where appropriate.
Any reviews and changes of treatment in primary or secondary care should be clearly recorded and communicated to all relevant parties within 48 hours.
Patients or parents/carers should be offered copies of clinical correspondence relating to their/their child’s treatment and care.
All IBD patients should be reviewed at agreed intervals by an appropriate healthcare professional and relevant disease information recorded.
A mechanism should be in place to ensure that colorectal cancer surveillance is carried out in line with national guidance and that patients and parents/carers are aware of the process.
IBD=inflammatory bowel disease
IBD UK. IBD Standards. IBD UK; 2019. Available at: ibduk.org/ibd-standards (accessed 20 June 2019).
Reproduced with permission
As IBD is a chronic relapsing–remitting, progressive condition, delays in diagnosis are associated with a reduced response to treatment, and an increased rate of surgical intervention.12 Clear pathways to investigate adults with lower gastrointestinal symptoms can be helpful where the patient does not present with typical symptoms and, as such, it was important to establish implementation of these within the new IBD Standards.
A supporting consensus paper for NICE diagnostics guidance (DG) 11 Faecal calprotectin diagnostic tests for inflammatory diseases of the bowel,13 has shown that implementation of a pathway for the investigation of lower gastrointestinal symptoms in adults can lead to a 40–57% reduction in new hospital outpatient appointments and a 21–50% reduction in colonoscopies, therefore improving the time to diagnosis and reducing the number of unnecessary colonoscopies.14 Because medical and surgical specialists need to work jointly and need to manage and closely monitor acute severe colitis, patients with IBD should be admitted to a centre with appropriate expertise that is available 24 hours a day.15 Children should be referred to the nearest specialist children’s service. Figure 2 shows the York faecal calprotectin pathway,16 which supports NICE DG11.
Figure 2: NICE-endorsed pathway for the investigation of lower GI symptoms in primary care
Turvill J, Turnock D, Holmes H et al. Evaluation of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the York Faecal Calprotectin Care Pathway. Frontline Gastroenterol 2018; 9: 285–294.
Inflammatory bowel disease is a multisystem disease that affects both the bowel and extraintestinal sites. Malnutrition is common and bone health can be adversely affected. Alongside this, inflammatory changes anywhere in the body can impact on mental health, and studies have shown that the rate of depression and anxiety in patients with IBD is significantly higher than in the general population.17 Consequently, multidisciplinary working and the development of a personalised care plan based on a holistic needs assessment are key components of the IBD Standards. Many patients with IBD benefit from support from organisations such as Crohn’s & Colitis UK and access to emotional support and counselling.
In areas of the UK with good access to IBD nurse specialists, online access to specialist teams, and/or clear flare management pathways, patients and GPs can be empowered to recognise and manage flares of IBD. Many areas of the UK do not currently have such support, and there may be an association between a lack of access to IBD nurse specialists and an increased length of hospital stay for patients with IBD.18
Oral steroids have a place in the induction of remission and the management of flares of IBD; however, they do not have a role in the maintenance of remission. Patients should be referred to secondary care for consideration of escalation of their immunosuppressive medication or alternative treatment if they:19
are receiving more than two courses of oral corticosteroids in a year, or
cannot reduce the dose below 15 mg/day prednisolone (or equivalent), or
relapse within 6 weeks.
All prescribed courses of steroids should be recorded and communicated to secondary care.
Specific guidance and resources are available through the IBD UK website including optimal flare pathways and case studies highlighting innovation in practice.
The medications used in IBD can be complex and require long-term monitoring. It is therefore important that clear communication happens rapidly between primary and secondary care. The IBD Standards set out clear expectations and timeframes to reflect this (see Table 1).
Safe, high quality care is reliant on good coordination and communication between the different healthcare professionals involved in primary, secondary, and tertiary care. Shared care protocols support the ongoing prescribing and monitoring of immunomodulatory therapies in general practice. The arrangements and scope for any shared care must be clearly defined between the hospital team, GP, and patient. These should be explained verbally to the patient, and written information should be provided that explains what arrangements have been agreed with them for their care, in language that they can understand. This should describe the roles and responsibilities of all parties and the circumstances in which the patient should be referred back to hospital care, with contact details for the IBD team so that the patient knows how to get in touch if needed.
NICE CG118 Colorectal cancer prevention: colonoscopic surveillance in adults with ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease or adenomas states that the risk of developing colorectal cancer for people with ulcerative colitis is estimated as 2% after 10 years, 8% after 20 years, and 18% after 30 years of disease.20 Identifying patients at high risk can be problematic in primary care, but is important as a proportion of patients are lost to specialist follow up.
NICE CG118 recommends offering colonoscopic surveillance to people with IBD (see Box 1).20
Box 1: NICE recommendations on colonoscopic surveillance for people with inflammatory bowel disease
Offer colonoscopic surveillance to people with IBD whose symptoms started 10 years ago and who have:
ulcerative colitis (but not proctitis alone) or
Crohn’s colitis involving more than one segment of colon
Offer colonoscopic surveillance to people with IBD as defined [above] based on their risk of developing colorectal cancer (see Table 1 in NICE CG118), determined at the last complete colonoscopy:
low risk: offer colonoscopy at 5 years
intermediate risk: offer colonoscopy at 3 years
high risk: offer colonoscopy at 1 year.
© NICE 2011 Colorectal cancer prevention: colonoscopic surveillance in adults with ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease or adenomas. Available from: www.nice.org.uk/cg118 All rights reserved. Subject to Notice of rights. NICE guidance is prepared for the National Health Service in England. All NICE guidance is subject to regular review and may be updated or withdrawn. NICE accepts no responsibility for the use of its content in this product/publication. See www.nice.org.uk/re-using-our-content/uk-open-content-licence for further details.
The 2019 IBD Standards provide a clear framework for IBD teams to provide high quality services for their patients: a defined diagnostic pathway, including the use of faecal calprotectin and/or faecal immunochemical testing in primary care; better follow-up arrangements; a personalised care plan, including flare management; and more holistic support for patients from primary and secondary care.
GP Partner at New Road Surgery
Chair of the Primary Care Society for Gastroenterology
RCGP and Crohn’s & Colitis UK Spotlight Project Lead Clinical Champion
Health Services Programme Manager, Crohn’s & Colitis UK
Use a systematic approach to the investigation of patients with lower gastrointestinal symptoms and use an endorsed diagnostic pathway
Faecal calprotectin testing can help distinguish between patients with inflammatory conditions and those with functional gastrointestinal disorders—false positives can occur in patients with gastroenteritis or those using NSAIDs, and false negatives can occur in children and patients with microscopic colitis
Support the use of a patient-held flare card and care plan
Contact your local IBD team or IBD nurse specialist if there is one in your area
Signpost your patient to organisations such as Crohns and Colitis or CIRCRA
Use oral steroids appropriately in IBD—let the IBD team know every time you prescribe a course
Reconsider a diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome or IBD in patients whose symptoms differ from their normal pattern or whose symptoms do not respond to the normal therapies
Remember that the risk of colorectal carcinoma is increased in patients with IBD
Add a shortcut to the RCGP and Crohn’s & Colitis UK IBD Toolkit to your desktop
Discuss the IBD Benchmarking Tool with your colleagues in secondary care and ask them to register. NB The IBD Benchmarking Tool will be live from 1 October 2019 and will close on 15 January 2020
Encourage your patients to take part in the IBD Patient Survey. NB The IBD Patient Survey closes on 23 September 2019.
NSAIDs=non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; IBD=inflammatory bowel disease; RCGP=Royal College of General Practitioners
Establish pathways for the investigation of patients with lower gastrointestinal symptoms, for example the pathway in NICE DG1113
Ensure that secondary care provides each patient with IBD with a care plan that includes their diagnosis, their current treatment, what to do in the event of a flare, who to contact for advice and support, and when their next colonoscopy is due
Enable the provision of faecal calprotectin testing in primary care
Ensure that patients with IBD are encouraged to seek psychological support from the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme or counselling services
Ask that your acute trusts add the RCGP and Crohn’s & Colitis UK IBD Toolkit to discharge summaries and outpatient letters
Provide for sufficient IBD nurse specialists in secondary care to effectively triage and support patients, and consider encouraging IBD nurse specialists to be based in community settings.
DG=diagnostics guidance; IBD=inflammatory bowel disease; RCGP=Royal College of General Practitioners
written by Dr David Jenner, GP, Cullompton, Devon
The following implementation actions are designed to support STPs and ICSs with the challenges involved with implementing new guidance at a system level. Our aim is to help you consider how to deliver improvements to healthcare within the available resources.
Conduct a baseline review of current service provision against the 2019 IBD Standards
Identify any gaps in current service provision
Formulate business plans to mitigate these gaps if they exist
acquire human or financial resources necessary to implement these plans
build these plans into contracts with trusts and consider if extra services need to be commissioned from general practice (e.g. shared care monitoring of disease modifying drugs)
Agree and publish local diagnostic and referral pathways so that patients are referred promptly.
STP=sustainability and transformation partnership; ICS=integrated care system; IBD=inflammatory bowel disease
written by Gupinder Syan, Training and Clinical Outcomes Manager, Soar Beyond Ltd
The following implementation actions are designed to support clinical pharmacists in general practice with implementing the guidance at a practice level.
Agree scope:
create searches to identify the IBD population in your area
consider when you will be managing patients with IBD within your scope of practice, for example:
annual medication reviews
repeat medication and discharge medicines reconciliation
quality improvement/audit projects
high-risk drug monitoring and shared care adherence
Identify who currently manages patients with IBD and understand the process for review. Discuss and determine how your skillset and scope fits in, so that you can add value, and improve quality, processes, and joint working without duplicating work
Prepare in advance to ensure you have the relevant knowledge to carry out patient reviews. Update your knowledge on:
relevant national guidelines and other resources (e.g. BSG consensus guidelines, NICE Guideline 129, NICE Guideline 130, RCGP and Crohn’s & Colitis UK Inflammatory bowel disease toolkit)
holistic management of IBD (e.g. patient counselling, signposting to relevant organisations)
shared care guidelines, ensuring effective high-risk drug monitoring protocols are in place
appropriate steroid use for flares and procedures for informing secondary care
local referral pathways:
to IBD nurse specialist/GPwSIs for flare management
to secondary care
for colonoscopic surveillance
Deliver clinic:
individualise treatment and lifestyle advice to ensure patient-centred care
screen for depression and anxiety
encourage patients to complete the IBD patient survey
promote use of patient-held flare cards
develop a personalised care plan with the patient
Evaluate outcomes to assess how you added value or improved clinical outcomes (e.g. improved high-risk drug monitoring process in the practice).
IBD=inflammatory bowel disease; BSG=British Society of Gastroenterology; RCGP=Royal College of General Practitioners
Hamilton B, Heerasing N, Hendy P et al. Prevalence and phenotype of IBD across primary and secondary care: implications for colorectal cancer surveillance. Gut 2018; 67: A67.
Jones G-R, Lyons M, Plevris N et al. Multi-parameter datasets are required to identify the true prevalence of IBD: The Lothian IBD Registry (LIBDR). J Crohns Colitis 2019; 13: S082–S083.
Lönnfors S, Vermeireb S, Grecoa M et al. IBD and health-related quality of life—discovering the true impact. J Crohn’s Colitis 2014; 8: 1281–1286.
UK Inflammatory Bowel Disease Audit Steering Group, 2008, audit round one 2006–08. Available at: www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/outputs/ibd-audit-round-one-2006-08 (accessed 18 June 2019).
The IBD Standards Group. Standards for the healthcare of people who have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBD Standards 2013 update. Available at: s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/Publications/PPR/ibd-standards.pdf (accessed 18 June 2019).
NICE. Inflammatory bowel disease. Quality Standard 81. NICE, 2015. Available at: www.nice.org.uk/qs81
Arnott I, Murray S. IBD audit programme 2005–2017: review of events, impact and critical reflections. Royal College of Physicians, 2018. Available at: ibdregistry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IBD-audit-programme-2005%E2%80%932017.pdf (accessed 18 June 2019).
Royal College of Physicians. IBD organisational audit. Adult report—round four 2014. Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership. Available at: www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/ibd-organisational-audit (accessed 18 June 2019).
Lamb C, Kennedy N, Raine T et al. British Society of Gastroenterology consensus guidelines on the management of inflammatory bowel disease in adults. Gut accepted June 2019, in preparation. DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2019-318484. Accepted manuscript available at: www.bsg.org.uk/resource/bsg-consensus-guidelines-ibd-in-adults.html
Brown S, Fearnhead N, Faiz O et al, ACPGBI IBD Surgery Consensus Collaboration. The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland consensus guidelines in surgery for inflammatory bowel disease. Colorectal Disease 2018; 20 (suppl 8): S3–S117.
Schoepfer A, Dehlavi M, Fournier N et al; IBD Cohort Study Group. Diagnostic delay in Crohn’s disease is associated with a complicated disease course and increased operation rate. Am J Gastroenterol 2013; 108: 1744–1753.
NICE. Faecal calprotectin diagnostic tests for inflammatory diseases of the bowel. Diagnostics guidance 11. NICE, 2013. Available at: www.nice.org.uk/dg11
Myers M et al; Chief Scientific Officer’s Faecal Calprotectin Working Group. Faecal calprotectin in primary care as a decision diagnostic for inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome. Endorsed by NHS England. www.nice.org.uk/guidance/dg11/resources/endorsed-resource-consensus-paper-pdf-4595859614 (accessed 20 June 2019).
Magro F, Gionchetti P, Eliakim R et al, for the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation (ECCO). Third European evidence-based consensus on diagnosis and management of ulcerative colitis. Part 1: Definitions, diagnosis, extra-intestinal manifestations, pregnancy, cancer surveillance, surgery, and ileo-anal pouch disorders. J Crohns Colitis 2017; 11: 649–670.
Bernstein C, Hitchon C, Walld R et al. Increased burden of psychiatric disorders in inflammatory bowel disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2019; 25 (2): 360–368.
Nightingale A, Middleton W, Middleton S, Hunter J. Evaluation of the effectiveness of a specialist nurse in the management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2000; 12 (9): 967–973.
Barrett K, Saxena S, Pollok R. Using corticosteroids appropriately in inflammatory bowel disease: a guide for primary care. Br J Gen Pract 2018; 68 (675): 497–498.
NICE. Colorectal cancer prevention: colonoscopic surveillance in adults with ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease or adenomas. Clinical Guideline 118. NICE, 2011. Available at: www.nice.org.uk/cg118
IBD UK inflammatory bowel disease standards
This CPD activity consists of 5 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) designed to test your knowledge on inflammatory bowel disease.
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This Young Progressive Could Become the First Palestinian-American Congresswoman
Will Rashida Tlaib be Michigan’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? The Democrat has been endorsed by J Street, but backing from Linda Sarsour may prove problematic for the Jewish community in Tuesday’s primary
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Rashida Tlaib in front of the Michigan Capitol building in 2008.Al Goldis / AP
She’s a dynamic, minority, young progressive – the new breed of politician grabbing attention in the Democratic Party. And if Rashida Tlaib wins her primary in Michigan on Tuesday, she will be a shoo-in for Congress since her district is so deep blue, no Republican is set to contest the seat in the November midterms.
This would be a double historic first for the daughter of Palestinian immigrants: Tlaib would become not only the first female Muslim to hold national office, but also the first Arab-American Muslim. (The two previous Muslim congressmen came from the African-American community.) Tlaib, along with Egyptian-American Abdul El-Sayed and Lebanese-American Fayrouz Saad – two other Michigan hopefuls aiming to make it to the midterms – fit a different profile.
They are the American-born children of immigrants from the Middle East, reflecting the state’s increasingly high profile, well educated Arab-American community. (Michigan Rep. Justin Amash, who has a Palestinian father, has already made it to Capitol Hill.) And all are running campaigns fueled by the energy generated by opposition to President Donald Trump.
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Of the three, Tlaib appears to have the best chance at victory. Tuesday’s contest in Michigan’s 13th Congressional District is a tight three-way race to replace Rep. John Conyers, the 89-year-old who resigned from Congress in December following sexual harassment allegations. Polls show the race as being too close to call, but Tlaib is running strong and recently grabbed the key endorsement of the Detroit Free Press – the region’s largest local daily.
Tlaib has been a rising star in Michigan politics since 2008, when she became the first Muslim woman in the state legislature. Her mother is from Beit Ur al-Fauqa, outside Ramallah, and her father from Beit Hanina, an East Jerusalem neighborhood. She is one of 14 siblings.
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As Election Day draws near, the national spotlight has shone brightly on the state’s historic number of Muslim contenders, with The Washington Post describing the primaries as both “tests of the party’s progressive insurgency and tests of whether Muslim candidates can win.”
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The races are also testing the reaction of Michigan’s established and heavily Democratic Jewish community to a new generation of Arab-American progressives with whom they agree on the majority of pressing domestic issues, but worry about where they stand on foreign policy – specifically Israel.
Jewish nerves jangled in the final days leading up the primary when, along with new Democratic hope Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour showed up in Michigan to campaign for progressive candidates on the ballot..
Tlaib has mostly avoided comment on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and declined to answer questions from Haaretz on the subject. She did, however, tell the Washington Post: “We need to be much more honest about the fact that the walls are not working. We need to be honest about the dehumanization on both sides, frankly. And more importantly, we need to be not choosing a side. What I bring to the table, growing up in a Palestinian-American household, and coming to Detroit, is an understanding that there’s so much comparison between what happened there and what happened to African-Americans here.”
Tlaib’s use of the language of intersectionality echoes that of New York candidate Ocasio-Cortez, who was widely criticized in May for comparing Gaza protesters to civil rights activists in the United States.
But it is Sarsour’s embrace that has made Jewish Democrats most concerned about Tlaib. The two women are longtime political allies: In a recording for StoryCorps in 2011, Sarsour described Tlaib, four years her senior, as “my friend, my mentor, my role model.”“Some people really freaked out,” said one Jewish Michigan resident active in Democratic politics.
Even before the July 29 event, Hannan Lis – an Israeli-American businessman active in both the organized Jewish community and the Democratic Party – warned Jewish progressives against embracing the candidate due to her ties to Sarsour.
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Lis insists that Tlaib’s Palestinian identity and Muslim religion aren’t the issue: Neither is particularly unusual in Michigan, where the Jewish and Muslim communities often work together. His problem with Tlaib is that “she has chosen to associate with a person who is divisive and clearly hostile to Israel. Linda Sarsour is very clear in her opinions; she is on record regarding Louis Farrakhan. For American Jews, even liberal ones, it is not something we can overlook.”
Steve Tobocman said he was shocked by the “vitriol” directed at Tlaib on social media following the Sarsour visit. Tobocman, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants, has been a close friend and political mentor to Tlaib, and defends her ties with Sarsour.
“These are two women who have been at the forefront of exposing Donald Trump [as] a threat to the civil rights and comfort that Jews and other minorities in America have enjoyed,” said Tobocman. Just because Tlaib and Sarsour have known each other for nearly 20 years “doesn’t mean [Tlaib] agrees with all of [Sarsour’s] comments on every issue,” he noted.
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Tobocman pointed out that Tlaib has no political need to pander to either the Muslim or Jewish communities, given that the 13th Congressional District is 70 percent African-American. He added that Tlaib was “focused on dignity of all people and civil rights, and on peace. In that context, of course she is concerned about human rights abuses inflicted by the Israel Defense Forces, as she’s concerned about human rights abuses on the other side.”
He said that while Tlaib hasn’t issued any position papers regarding any other aspects of foreign policy, she has done so on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, because she “sought out the support and received the endorsement of J Street.”
The J Street PAC fundraising page on Tlaib says she is “personally familiar with the costs that the conflict has brought to Israelis and Palestinians.” As a result, she advocates the United States being “directly involved with negotiations to reach a two-state solution” and “supports all current aid to Israel and the Palestinian Authority.” In addition, she “does not support the expansion of settlements and believes that they make it difficult to reach a sustainable two-state solution.”
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Official Giant Bomb Thread Mostly for Complaining About Dan
By tegan, February 26, 2015 in Idle Banter
Drew Scanlon
Brad Shoemaker
Vinny Caravella
Alex Navarro
Jason Oestreicher
Matt Rorie
Ryan Davis
Patrick Klepek
Bombcast
Large Explosive
Not for honour but for Drew
When I did a similar maneuver, it ended up around 30 days. Those longer orbits are still only a few days each.
I think they offhandedly said like 2 weeks? Maybe 2 weeks in that particular orbit.
Yeah, I remember the counter showing somewhere around 10 days when the orbit had tightened quite a bit.
thefncrow
An interesting bit of info about Project BEAST gets dropped at the very end of the Beastcast this week. Apparently, the episode with Scott Manley is just with Drew, and none of the east coast people are going to be watching that video, as not to taint the rescue missions they're going to be launching.
Which is actually going to be amazing, to actually show everyone how this is supposed to work, then go back to see how the east coast folks try to solve the same problem.
That sounds like a good plan. I'm really interested to see how the Scott and Drew dynamic works, as both are really cool and entertaining guys. On the other hand, I'm also excited/terrified about the prospect of B.E.A.S.T. team tackling the rescue of that Kerbal on a solar Kerbol orbit.
How did that happen by the way? Did they actually escape the sphere of influence of Kerbin and realize they had no fuel left, or did they leave him/her on a highly elliptical Kerbin orbit and eventually Mun fucked up the trajectory, or what?
I hope they will keep going after the rescue mission and shoot for Duna or try to build a space station or whatever. This is one of the most entertaining video series I have watched in a long time.
Yeah this series has actually gotten me back into Kerbal Space Program. I'm trying a career mode right now and frankly I'm struggling to regularly get into stable orbit with the starting equipment. I dunno whether I'm making piloting errors or whether the starting stuff really is just not very good.
Also I don't even have the ability to add manoeuvres and plot that stuff out yet - does anyone know what piece of gear lets you do that?
You will probably have to upgrade some of your buildings. Tracking station maybe? I'm playing the science mode because I enjoy the sense of progress but do not want to worry about funds and such.
The starting equipment is pretty crappy, but you can research better equipment quite fast if you focus on doing a lot of science stuff at first. Remember that you can run each experiment on ground, in low and high atmosphere, in low and high orbit, etc. to get more science points. Some of the experiments also grant you points per biome (even in orbit).
http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Science
Sorry if all of this is obvious to you already.
If I'm not mistaken, they got that craft to the Mun, got off the Mun, and then ran out of fuel after they got an escape trajectory from Mun's gravity. So, yeah, very elliptical orbit, and the Mun probably caught them and caused the ship to enter into the solar orbit.
No, that's all probably smart. I haven't been particularly diligent about doing all my scientific experiments at every altitude so far. The Science mode sounds good apart from the fact that the contracts give me goals - I don't particularly care about money and reputation systems, but having the contracts gives me an idea about what I should be shooting for next.
Yeah, I sort of wish science mode had some sort of contracts. On the other hand, I find having to set your own goals quite refreshing as well.
Pro tip: Normally you can perform only one science experiment per instrument per flight (unless you decide to transmit the data), but if you EVA, collect the science data, and then store the data, you can perform a new experiment afterwards. It is pretty dumb, but helps you collect science points faster.
Anyway, back to topic: Can't wait for the Scott Manley special!
chummer
Mid-level Miniature Boss
oh man. towards the end of the latest Project Beast ep(1:19:46), Drew asks Scott if it's possible to skip off the atmosphere and Scott replies "If you're an amateur, I guess, is the correct answer to that."
Hey, why not go to Mun and Minmus as well while you are at it?
Professor Video Games
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God, Scott's casualness and the ease with which rescues all three Kerbals (in a single mission!) was such a hilarious contrast to the constant panic and anxiety of the BEAST crew missions.
It was a great idea to have him do this before they attempt their rescue, since now I'll know exactly how they're bungling things. They're especially fucked on that guy that's escaping Kerbin's gravity, since there's no way they'll know to have him jetpack back into orbit and as a result they'll have to mount a way more challenging mission to rescue him. I wonder how long it will take for them to succeed? I mean, if they even rescue the closest guy on the next episode I'll be surprised.
In the last East video, they see that ship and it's already completed that escape vector that he was on when the West crew booted up the game. So they won't even have the chance to pull that move with jetpacking back into a Kerbin orbit.
I look forward to seeing how that goes.
Cbirdsong
Edit: I should not leave a tab with a half-written reply open for 20 minutes.
Anyway: The version of a recent episode I watched had a part where they pause and take a break, and offhandedly discuss Manley meeting with Drew to record. I feel like I'm crazy because everyone else was surprised?
My ~Hot Take~ is while it's wildly competent and informative, that was not a very good Project BEAST episode. I didn't laugh very much and no floors were swept.
You know, once the Kerbal stuff has run its course, the next open-ended insanely complex game for Project BEAST to tackle is obviously Crusader Kings 2.
The Project B.E.A.S.T. episode before this one revealed Scott Manley in the "Next time on.." segment. If they had mentioned it before, I missed that (which is entirely possible because I skip forward quite a bit).
ratamero
Location: Warwickshire? Brazil? Both?
This is an episode that only works as setup for the next ones. It is the straight man for the goofiness to ensue, without which the goofy shit wouldn't be as good as it is going to be.
(it is going to take forever for them to work it out, and it's going to be so incredibly rewarding when they do.)
yup. i don't know why they didn't stress the parts where Manley is really knowledgable more. the most entertaining parts were where he described how space stuff works (you need to boost backwards to move faster) or the history of space projects (the M.O.O.S.E. tool). the fact that he was able to do it easily wasn't surprising or suspenseful, but it was worth watching just for all those good little tidbits.
Yeah I kinda feel like the casual description of what he knows sells him a bit short. "Oh I studied Astronomy in undergrad" is wildly different from "I have an astronomical physics degree and a masters in Computational Physics and was pursuing my PhD in small heavenly bodies in the solar system."
Correct me if I'm wrong, I also don't think anyone at any point in the series has said what "delta vee" actually is? Knowing that it's change in velocity and what it means is the ability to alter trajectories is a fairly big key in following all the kerballing.
I mentioned earlier that I heard that, but I didn't think that Scott would be in the house, I figured it was going to be a Skype thing or something. Also, i missed the ship going into Solar orbit as well. That'll be a fun one.
Yeah, building upgrades are really important in full career mode. Between the cost to fire off each rocket and the price to upgrade the buildings to be useful, I was constantly running near broke so I eventually gave up and went to science only mode. There has been a mission overhaul since I played in full career though, and Zeus seemed to be having a good time with it.
Science-wise, you can also do different research at each building in the KSP complex, which can give you a good boost of science to get over the starting hump as well as some atmospheric maneuvering practice that I found helpful later.
Oh, and in Career mode, I believe you need a scientist to be able to set the experiments to run again, otherwise they are inactive even after you pull the data out.
Wait, you mean flying over each individual building and doing experiments? That would be some tricky flying in a rocket!
Landing at each building actually. Pros can do it by making a lander and moving around the base doing it in one pass. I did it by building a tiny rocket and hitting my parachute when I was above the right building, then repeating new launches for each location.
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August 23, 2018 Fiction
The Patron Saint of Loneliness
Sarah Shotland
My husband had a lot of hobbies. He was a ceramist and a DJ and a carpenter and a mason and a cyclist and a gardener. He liked to cook. Jerome could tell you about the process of making porcelain and why certain decorative plates have a Willow print and others are adorned in gold-leaf. He was a putterer.
I have no hobbies.
Otherwise stated: My hobbies are dope and lying, and I gave up dope twenty years ago. I did dope before there was a term called the opioid epidemic; no one pretended that my friends and I were anything except fuck ups, though it turns out several of us have done quite well for ourselves, and the others died quickly, mercifully, and painlessly, which all things considered, isn’t a bad way to go.
I’m interested in all the different kinds of lying. The kind that people do for themselves, and the kind they give to each other. There are lies of compassion and duplicitous lies; there are slipping into anonymity lies. There are protecting your mom lies, and there are lies that are meant to stir up trouble or cause a killing. Lies to launch a war and lies to avoid a parking ticket.
When I say I gave up dope twenty years ago, I mean I haven’t had a dope habit in twenty years. That’s an important distinction. In the taxonomy of lies, lies of distinction are somewhere near the top, in that they’re some of the most sophisticated and elegant.
I gave up dope twenty years ago, I might say, thumb burn still stinging a bit from the spoon fire. Lies of distinction carry such elegance because they are also true.
If Jerome could see me now, parked with the engine still running at the tennis court parking lot, he’d tell me to shit or get off the pot, Rita, you’re wasting daylight. The trouble is, I don’t know exactly what it is I’m doing here or why this is where I drove after I left Michelle’s house. I’m not sure what pot it is I’m shitting in, or getting off of.
I met Michelle in my Post-Colonial literature course, which was usually a slog. I haven’t updated the syllabus since I made tenure, and the students these days are mostly business majors and engineers. They register because it fits in their schedule and satisfies the humanities requirement. Everyone knows I’m an easy A. But Michelle showed up in August, two years ago, the semester Jerome died, and she was different. She’s what the school terms a “non-traditional” student; returning; gateway. Over the years, the labels have shifted. Michelle had a little asphalt in her throat, there was a tattoo she unsuccessfully tried to cover up for the first few weeks of class. She had a kind of brazen beauty that she flung around like it would last forever even though it was already slightly past its expiration date. But she had ideas—real ones, zany ones, ones that made me hope she’d come distract me during office hours. In her first paper, she made the argument that addiction and recovery were linked to colonialism and post-colonialism.
I remember I read part of that paper aloud to Jerome while he was repainting something—a wicker chair? A frame? I can’t remember, but those are the details that suddenly seem important now that he’s gone.
The paper had a logic that didn’t quite hold, but it didn’t matter. It was the kind of paper that makes you remember that at some point, the class material held relevance for you. You could relate it to your life, imperfectly but with sincerity. That’s what Michelle was doing as she plowed through her paper, making colonialism about her body. That’s my girl, I thought. Not a perfect paper, but that’s my kind of a girl.
Thinking about it in retrospect, maybe I shouldn’t have probed that paper; suggested office hours so strongly; dug and dug. But I couldn’t have known. Near the end of that semester is when Jerome died, when I had a stack of term papers to read. Michelle came by my office to talk about her final, but she caught me on a jagged day and I started crying somewhere between her request for an extension and her story about her mother.
“I’m so sorry,” I said. She hugged me. She came behind my desk and put her tattooed sleeves around my slumped shoulders and hugged me. I’m not a hugger. “I’m so sorry,” I kept repeating. “My husband is dead and I don’t know what I’m going to do with his garden.”
“You’ll keep it alive, Professor Gregg. Don’t worry.”
I gave her the extension, of course, and I don’t think I ever read her final paper. She matriculated away, as all students do, meeting new professors, discovering new disciplines, forgetting where your office is, until I saw her at a campus TGIF three weeks ago. Talking Gender Issues Fridays. It’s a weekly chat-session where students come to look at the week’s current events through a gender lens. The campus used to be single-sex, but now we call it gender inclusive. We were going out of business; there are only so many radical lesbian 17 year olds, and most of them already get into Smith.
For a while the administration tried to float the school on the pricey, full-freight tuition from a group of Saudi wives whose husbands were studying engineering at a different, more well-known school down the road. The wives weren’t allowed to be taught by men; each semester the women in the English department drew straws for who would take the Saudi English Language Learning class. The Fall that I drew short, I learned from the ladies that their favorite store at the mall was Victoria’s Secret. From then on, when I’d see them floating around campus in their long black fabric, eyes peeking through the windows of niqabs, I could think of nothing but the delicate lace underneath—tangerine and emerald, powder pink and topaz. Matching sets. Peekaboo panties and lace up balconettes. There were times when I wanted to fuck them, but it was always fleeting. Those kinds of lies interest me, too: the lies of secrecy, the ones that are slowly revealed to be more complicated truths like a thong underneath a burka.
TGIFs were instated after we let the boys come. Something to make sure we were still holding on to the vestiges of our second-wave pride. I started going this year, trying to fill the time, especially on Friday afternoons, when my open weekend without Jerome’s little projects seemed to loom larger and larger. I liked walking across campus at 3pm on Fridays, when my productivity was at the week’s low and hear students chit chat about new laws and the latest celebrity scandals; the week’s most egregiously sexist moments, and the fresh hopes they had about their own lives. Sometimes, once the chapel bells rang their four chimes and the discussion hour was over, the girls would linger, mostly talking about their fears. Most of them were afraid of rape, a fear I’d never quite understood and was taught to think of as the fear of arrogant and uppity women who believed themselves to be pretty.
Michelle wasn’t afraid of rape, but she was afraid of being found out. She didn’t know that universities are universally and unanimously full of people with imposter syndrome; she thought she was terminally unique in this fear. “Don’t worry about that,” I said to her, “it’ll happen. Everyone will find out all about you.” This was only three weeks ago, which seems stunning now.
She stared blankly, as though she couldn’t imagine how a woman with a face as round and soft as mine could be so cruel. I was her first favorite professor, and now I was telling her that her worst fear was sure to come true. “Own it,” I said, immediately cringing at the thought that I might sound like one of the Real Housewives of Orange County who were constantly deriding each other’s character with jabs of “own it!” and “she doesn’t own anything!”
Here’s a hobby I have: trash TV. Especially the kind where the women fight. I don’t think my husband would have counted that.
“What I mean, Michelle, is that you must proceed with the understanding that at some point you’re going to be unmasked, honey. And that’s when you can actually start the process of growing.” She nodded and I nodded, and I smiled sadly at her.
An hour and a half after that, Michelle and I were shooting up her boyfriend’s dope in her off-campus apartment. Michelle had recently gained a lot of weight and hadn’t bought clothes that fit her yet. Her jeans were always too tight and too low, or too tight and too high, which meant her underwear were always either poking out or through; and her tits were always spilling out of her tank-tops. The anti-Saudi, Michelle was on an almost full-tuition scholarship she was feverishly anxious about keeping. When she nodded out, her stomach spilled to one side, her ashy black tank top rising above the roll, letting her whole body finally breathe. Maybe it wasn’t the paper and the office hours that were my mistake. Maybe those weren’t mistakes at all, maybe the real mistake was the way I looked on in a stuttering awe instead of walking away when the slim needle entered the crook of her elbow.
She gave me a new, sharp needle. When I heard the small pop of air releasing when I removed the cap, I almost vomited with anticipation.
On Saturdays, Jerome and I played tennis. I wouldn’t call this so much a hobby, as it was a conscious decision to work on our marriage. We started two years before he died, when I went on a very strict version of Weight Watchers that was requiring me to do an unbelievably large amount of physical activity. I lost forty-three pounds. Most of it has stayed off, even though I don’t have anyone to play tennis with anymore. Without Jerome to cook for me, I don’t mind having a Slim-Fast for dinner.
Jerome wouldn’t ever say so, but he wanted me to lose the weight. Rather than propose it, he just bought the rackets and drove us to a set of courts across town where he was sure no one else would ever be playing. He was right. For the two years that we went every Saturday, never another soul.
When your spouse dies, one of the things you regret are the fights you never got to have. I never confronted the idea that I’d always known he wanted me to lose weight, that I could sense his dismay as I grew a halo around my belly, when most of the closet was filled with clothes we both knew I hadn’t been able to wear in years. I wish we’d had that fight. It’s a fight I’m not sure if I would rather win or lose, but I wish I’d said it; I wish now that I’d been able to see his face when confronted with that accusation—I would have known in an instant if it was true or not. Jerome was always a terrible liar.
Today, after I left Michelle, I drove to the tennis courts, not really intending to, but now I find myself here, at first slowly circling the abandoned parking lot, and now idling, wasting gas. These courts are actually made of clay, Jerome told me once, rubbing his toe into the out-of-bounds line, that’s a rare choice for a city parks department to make. He paused. They must have had someone over there with a lot of integrity for a while. He winked at me, like we were dating instead of married for twenty-two years, and swatted my butt with his racket. I think I’m going to beat you this morning, Rita.
In two years, I won one game of tennis, something we celebrated with Bloody Marys on the way home. Moments like those were the ones when we’d remind ourselves how much we stood by our decision not to have children. Here we were, almost fifty, playing tennis, drinking Bloody Marys, about to go home for afternoon sex. Jerome had written “Victorious!” on the cocktail napkin, and I insisted on sticking it to the fridge, my trophy.
I guess I half-expected a new couple to be here—a younger, more updated version of us. A version of us that was in high school in the 90s rather than in grad school, a version of us that had spent their whole relationship with the instant gratification of text message arguments, who thought it was ironic to play tennis, but secretly loved it as sincerely and unabashedly as Jerome and I did. No one is here, though.
I hadn’t intended on copping dope from Michelle. It’s not like the craving had been at the top of my mind. I wasn’t scratching an itch, as much as creating a self-inflicted rash. Once you’ve had a heroin habit, it would be difficult to say that the craving ever disappears completely. Sure, weeks go by; months. There are years when it seems like a distant shadow hanging out in a bad play—someone hasn’t hung the lights correctly and there’s always a slight darkness on the supporting actor upstage left. But its presence makes itself known in small ways. Like when you drive past the self-service car washes—I can’t go past one without spotting a lingering car near the vacuum tubes. I know that car is waiting for a drug dealer. Or when someone asks if you can put a sign on their door to cancel class because they have the flu: weak, you think. Dope sick is twenty times worse than the flu, and I worked literally hundreds of double-shifts pouring buckets of ice into urinals while it waved over me like the plague. There are times when you notice someone has extraordinary veins, and for a moment you lust. A song comes on the radio, or a friend puts on an old album while you’re staying up late drinking expensive whiskey—Bikini Kill or Portishead—and you remember what it felt like when you first heard the song, kicked back into the moment when your eyelids were the only thing that gravity seemed to have an effect on.
So, sure, in those lingering moments, I would have fleeting waves of longing, but other things happened too. There were books. Degrees. I was asked to join boards of directors and volunteer at silent auctions; for god’s sake, I got married. For a year, I did nothing but maniacally update my CV and try to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that I deserved my job forever. When I officially earned tenure, I spent $3600 at Eileen Fisher on asymmetrical tunics and an incredibly subtle slate gray mohair coat. I was a woman wearing clogs—I wasn’t exactly hanging out in the crack house. I certainly didn’t expect that my foray back into dope would be with an undergrad who probably didn’t even know who Kathleen Hanna was.
The first time it happened with Michelle, I’d offered her a ride home because she was upset after TGIF, after I told her that there was no avoiding being found out. And I felt bad that I’d shown her tough love after she’d given me that hug two years ago. Plus, I hadn’t even read her final paper. She at least deserved a ride home.
I knew it wasn’t safe, but I went anyway. I knew it wasn’t safe as we were making small-talk, navigating the labyrinthine campus parking lot; I knew it wasn’t safe as we stop-and-go’d our way into the not-quite-ready-for-gentrification side of town, Michelle missing turns, forgetting that she was directing me; I knew it wasn’t safe as I followed her into the left side of the duplex. Every hair on my body was pulsing: Lady! This is not safe!
When she invited me up for a cigarette and a brownie, I thought show her you’re the cool professor. She’d been babbling the whole way about how good these brownies were, how she made them with applesauce instead of refined sugar.
When we got into her apartment, I remembered how desperately I wanted to be grown when I was in college and how desperately I want to be a child now that I’m unequivocally grown. It was something about the empty wine bottles as home décor and the exposed power cords that Jerome couldn’t abide and called “spaghetti madness.” They reminded me how profound my apathy for adulthood is, how much I long to leave my trash on the table and call it an aesthetic.
That’s when I met Jackson, Michelle’s boyfriend. He walked into the living room with his shirt off, wearing those fitted sweatpants that young men wear now that look like baby clothes.
“Yo,” he announced, less a salutation, more an announcement of arrival.
“Hey babe,” Michelle said, looking at him and immediately sucking in her stomach.
“I just got back from Mac’s, gonna get right. She cool?” The way he looked through me was a profoundly unnerving experience. There are a lot of men whose lack of sexual interest in a woman deems her body invisible, but this was more than that. I’m used to being invisible when I walk past construction sites and basketball courts, but most of my time spent around young men is in the classroom, where I’m the most visible person in the room.
“Of course I’m cool,” I offered, a little too quick and a little too loud, exactly the opposite of cool, and I could see that this instantly made Michelle nervous.
Jackson pursed his lips and raised his eyebrows, said nothing, but pumped his bicep a few times, hot and young. Jerome had been dead 26 months and it occurred to me this was the first time since then that I’d seen a man’s bare skin. I still didn’t realize what he was doing or what I was being cool with, but then he slid open a drawer of the coffee table and out came the spoon and the rig and the lighter and a thick stack of wax paper, bundled together with a rubber band, each bag with a stamped imprint of a book.
“War and Peace is what they’re calling this shit,” he smirked.
Michelle made a sound that was some combination of a panicked laugh, a cough, and a moan to be saved.
He cooked it; he shot it into the popped vein he’d prepped on his ripped bicep; he closed his eyes, sighed, and sunk into the hand-me-down floral chair that I imagined was Michelle’s grandmother’s. Michelle wouldn’t look at me the whole time, and I know my mind was blank as the ritual played out in front of us. I actually noticed how blank it was, hoped that I might preserve the sensation to recall during yoga class, when my mind never calms down, even with all that soothing shavasana music. He left after a few minutes of sinking, back into the bedroom or the bathroom, or whatever room he’d come from, and a few minutes after that he returned with his shirt on, kissed Michelle on the forehead and said simply, “be back in a few hours, gotta do deliveries.”
I stood to leave as he left, and he turned around.
“Where are you going? Following me?” He turned to Michelle. “Get these chicks in check when they come over to our place.”
I looked down at my Danskos, embarrassed that I hadn’t managed to stay cool for even twenty minutes, but also proud that even with my nursey clogs on I was still considered “a chick.”
We heard a screen door slam, and then I looked at Michelle.
“Told you that you’d be found out eventually.” We laughed, and Michelle looked relieved that I wasn’t mad at her. “How about one of those brownies?” Michelle went into the kitchen.
I slid my hand to the drawer that Jackson had slid open for his supplies, and tried to count the number of wax bags inside. Forty-three, forty-four, forty-five, and Michelle was back with the brownies on mismatched plates, paper napkins tucked into her bra strap. She cleared her throat and I slammed the drawer shut.
“I guess I was just curious about how they were representing War and Peace on such a tiny baggie,” I tried.
“If you want some, all you have to do is ask,” Michelle said like a matter-of-fact parent, cutting cake. “You’re welcome to anything you’d like. We have some beer too, if you want. Sorry, that’s all there is in the fridge. Or water.”
“I’m fine,” I said. “Thanks.”
We sat in silence, eating her very good brownies.
“I’m going to get high,” she said. “Do you want to get high with me?”
“Sure,” I said. And we did.
I was surprised at how ill the first dose made me. On the way home from the duplex, I pulled over twice to stick my head out and vomit. But by the time I got back home, car safely in the garage, phone turned off, I was feeling exuberant and chatty. The chattiness subsided into a syrupy heaviness that couldn’t choose between heartache or flight, that seemed to keep half my body buoyant and transform half of my body into one of those hot rocks they give you at Japanese restaurants to cook Wagyu beef. I did not have to choose: I was a hot rock and an aerodynamic wing, and the not choosing, that was the best part.
I went back two more times, both after TGIFs, and both times under the same weak guise of baked goods.
The second time, Michelle told me to sit in the living room while she disappeared immediately into the back bedroom, where I could hear her conversation with Jackson rising and falling, his voice a ripple of anger and condescension cut through their cheap apartment walls.
“You know the fucking rules, Michelle. No custies do product in our house. I’m not calling the ambulance for some college bitch I don’t even know. Get the fuck out with that.”
She scooted through the living room on the way to the kitchen and settled in with a stack of lumpy cookies on a paper towel. “Ranger cookies,” she said. “Supposably it’s a Texas thing. Jackson’s mom sent me the recipe, but I must have done something wrong because he says they don’t taste anything like hers.” I cringed when she said supposably, thinking that at least my class could have broken a habit like that.
I chewed greedy.
“Excellent cookies,” I said, through a full mouth.
She transitioned quickly, as though it was the most natural next step in the world.
“It’s called Fire Water this week. I haven’t tried it, but he says it’s supposed to be good, so—” she looked at me suddenly grave and low, “so be fucking careful.”
“The cookies are delicious,” I said.
“I’ll give you some to take home.”
I carry cash, which is something Jerome always insisted upon. He never quite trusted the electronic transfer of money, as though it could vanish at any moment, whereas cash was material and held some degree of actual weight.
I had $500, and no idea how much something like five bags of heroin would cost. I folded two, one-hundred dollar bills around each other and placed them on the coffee table next to the stack of misshapen cookies.
“We’re not trying to rob you,” she said, unfolding the bills and shaking her head as she handed me one of the hundreds back. “This is more than enough.”
She sauntered back into the kitchen, her jeans exposing the very top of her ass crack as she walked away. She came back with a brown paper lunch sack.
“Here’s some more cookies, Professor Gregg.”
I almost told her to call me Rita, but then I understood. This meant please leave my house, my boyfriend is pissed that you’re here in the first place, please don’t get me in trouble, please just leave now, and so I did. I left.
Jackson didn’t even have the chance to see my very carefully chosen outfit for the day, which I’d imagined might offer some evidence that I was, in fact, cooler than I’d appeared the week before.
The paper bag, a school lunch from a bad mother, went into my glove box, and then I second guessed that choice. If I were to be pulled over, it would be the first place I’d need to open.
I popped the trunk and placed the bag above the spare tire compartment, smooshed between the gallon of windshield washer fluid and the first aid kit. Then I thought again—admittedly, I was overthinking at this point—and stuffed the bag into the first aid kit. It wouldn’t quite close, so I pulled out several of the cookies and shoved the rest of the package into the blue plastic kit, now anxious to get out of Michelle’s neighborhood.
As I drove home, I shoved the Ranger cookies in my face unconsciously, turned up the soothing voices of NPR and focused on the day’s international news.
Here is the problem with me: I am scared without Jerome. I don’t want to get out of this car without him; I don’t want to walk onto the clay courts without his steady bouncing of the ball against the racket behind me.
I’m scared of my presentation, my way of moving through the world. I’m scared of the word widow because it seems so much more permanent than wife ever did. There is divorce to free oneself from wife, but there is no returning from widow. I’ve kept my ring on, of course. I couldn’t bear the embarrassment of being a middle-aged woman wearing tunics with no wedding ring.
When Jerome died, the nurse at the Emergency Room asked if I wanted his ring, and later the funeral director asked if I had a preference about it.
“Some people like to be buried with it and others like to keep it. There are also some very beautiful and meaningful ways you can transform it into a new piece of keepsake jewelry.”
I felt like he knew a guy who melted dead wedding rings into commemorative coins or golden origami cranes. Like maybe he made referrals.
“I’ll keep it.”
“A wise choice.” He handed me the ring in a small Ziploc bag, about the size of the wax paper envelopes.
At home, I acted as though I had things to do. I ran the dishwasher. I stared into the fridge absent-mindedly and drank a Fresca, trying not to fixate on the Ranger cookies and the school lunch I had tucked into my purse after I parked in the garage.
You never forget how to find a vein, how to hold the needle in your delicate grip and pull your skin taut. I have more muscle now than I ever did in the 90s, I am vainer and more scared of dying, so I do my pushups now.
It happens quickly, the return to pleasure.
I wanted my outsides to match my insides, and I drew a bath in Jerome’s re-furbished tub. The one that he spent so many hours hobbying. I poured in capfuls of argon and eucalyptus oil and squirted a large spray of my ungodly expensive shampoo underneath the pouring faucet for the sake of bubbles. I dipped my toe in the water; my foot; calf; all the way up to the hip bone and sunk into the deep porcelain bowl. I closed my eyes. Rather, my eyes closed on me. And I could feel the brilliance of perfect symmetry: outside, inside; same temperature, same emptiness, before I drifted into that immaculate liminal sleep of dope.
When I look back on it, now, from the empty tennis courts and the dead grass surrounding them, I imagine maybe I should have taken up a different hobby after Jerome died. Maybe I should have learned a trade in his honor, learned to throw pots or something else vaguely therapeutic. Michelle was wrong, I didn’t keep the garden alive. Last spring, despite my neglect, there were volunteer chives sprouting from the corner of the backyard—stubborn and flimsy.
Maybe I should sell the house, downsize, have his wedding band made into a crane, maybe I should make an online dating profile.
I didn’t think Michelle was going to die, because I never died, and think of all the dope I’ve done, with and without a dope habit. Twenty years of it, lying about doing dope, and never have I died yet.
Jackson wasn’t home today, and so we dispensed with the baked goods cover and got right to it.
She said it was called Chrysalis, which sounded like a bad band from about the time when I actually went to shows and bought t-shirts. I imagined what we might call guys who wore a Chrysalis t-shirt: posers, we’d say.
“Do you need another paper bag?” she asked, but I produced the original, the few sharp, clean syringes in it, along with a cotton ball from the oversized jar in my bathroom and a pretty spoon.
Here is the truth: there is nothing I could have done.
And here is another truth: I could have called the police before I got to the intersection of Broadmoor and Lyceum. And here’s another: I could have at least made sure that her tank top was pulled down and that her belly wasn’t the first thing the paramedics saw. I know she would have appreciated that.
The brown paper bag rode shotgun all the way here, its week-long wear showing every wrinkle and crease, every thumbprint and fold. I don’t know if Jackson will think to find me, but I took the whole stack of wax paper squares from the drawer in the coffee table. I thought that would be better for everyone. Slip, right into my lunch sack.
Here is the truth: there is no cure for the loneliness. Jerome was not a cure either. Look where we came to play tennis. Crosstown clay courts, dead grass, empty parking lot. We felt comfortable here, lobbing the fuzzy balls lazy over the net.
There’s probably no reason for me to get out of the car, but I want to. And I also want to stay buckled in my seatbelt, near my lunch bag. I could do it right here, in the car, no one would come by. I have a mini Bic at the bottom of my make-up bag. There’s a spoon in the paper sack. A whole kit. I could do it right here, shoot up in this empty tennis parking lot.
It was a bird feeder, that’s what he was painting that day I was reading Michelle’s paper. A bird feeder.
I know what people will say, but this is not a mid-life crisis. This is not boredom. This is a loneliness somewhere between the wilderness of grief and the suffocation of routine, and it might kill me.
I should be scared, I suppose, because maybe this is cut with fentanyl, which I keep hearing about on NPR and in the Times, but it would be a lie to say that I’m actually scared. There. That’s honest.
Shit or get off the pot, Rita.
Here I am: a peach, a plum, here I am, a cherry tree grabbed at by the neighbor children. Here I am: a planet, rock hard mantle, made of a mineral no one has yet named. The atmosphere swollen with gas, pneumatic tunnels hollowed through my core in secret patterns to be discovered centuries from now. Soft, fruit flesh // rock mantle planet, both. The not choosing, that is the best part.
What will happen is this:
I will not die today in the parking lot, which will be for the best. If we both died on the same day, the dots would quickly connect.
There will be a campus memorial service, and an off-campus memorial service. There will be community meetings with speakers from various rehab centers and the narcotics unit of the police department, and they will invite a woman to speak whose son died from a heroin overdose, even though, hey, we’ll have our own dead girl’s mom—why not invite Michelle’s mother to talk?
Meetings will be called. Faculty members interviewed. Before I go to my meeting with the Dean, the Provost, and Kathy, my department chair, I will wander the house as though I might never see it again—full of the invisible-familiar suddenly made bright again—the stack of newspapers underneath the old Sanger; the empty dry-cleaning bag hung like an impotent ghost on the coat rack; the expired yogurt coupons on the fridge; the half-broken stack of tea strainers, the hollow tin of Danish butter cookies from last Christmas—suddenly I will worry that an outsider looking in on my home might find it dusty and lonesome. I will make sure to tuck away the brown paper bag, contents shrinking each day; each day taunting me to try harder at disappearing the loneliness. Each day a new guarantee that Jackson has written off the stack of wax paper squares, that they all belong to me and my blood.
On the drive to campus, I will remember a painting Jerome made during one of the evening classes he’d signed up for. The painting was two big heads floating lopsided on toothpick legs—hands and eyes the same exaggerated size—we look, we look, and we touch, grab, claw—there was a thick, blue swath at the top—a sky, presumably. But there was no corresponding green swath, no ground. Two figures occupied different corners of the page—each favoring their own personal wall—neither looking at the other, no oversized hands touched, no ground for their feet—just that skinny strip of sky they floated toward—us, orbiting a big, open middle.
Sarah Shotland is the author of the novel Junkette, and the co-founder of Words Without Walls, which brings creative writing classes to jails, prisons, and rehabilitation centers in Pittsburgh, PA. You can read more about her current projects at: www.sarahshotland.com.
Aubrey Hirsch makes stories, essays and comics. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Rumpus, The Nib, The Florida Review and elsewhere. You can learn more about her at aubreyhirsch.com or follow her on Twitter: @aubreyhirsch
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Carbon Monoxide: The Silent Killer
What is Carbon Monoxide? Carbon Monoxide is a highly toxic gas which is difficult detect without a CO detector. It is known as ‘the silent killer’, because it is colourless, odourless, tasteless, yet deadly. It is produced by the incomplete burning of various fuels, including; coal, wood, charcoal, oil, kerosene, propane and natural gases. Toxic poisoning isn’t just confined to domestic properties; there have been many cases in which care homes, schools and commercial premises have experienced gas leaks. Faulty boilers, generators and plant machinery, are often the main causes of CO exposure.
So, why is CO so Dangerous?
When CO enters the blood stream it attaches to our haemoglobin. Haemoglobin is the red protein responsible for carrying oxygen around our body, however CO has a much stronger bond with haemoglobin, thereby reducing the amount of oxygen that can be carried around the body. This bond between haemoglobin and CO is called Carboxyhaemoglobin (COHb). When our brain becomes deprived of oxygen we begin to experience headaches, dizziness, nausea and breathlessness. Eventually we will collapse and lose consciousness. At this point, we are probably experiencing substantial brain damage, and if the exposure continues, we will die.
How Great is the Risk?
A report by The Carbon Monoxide and Gas Safety Society, found that there are in the region of 40 UK deaths each year due to CO poisoning and a further 300 CO related injuries. However, the report highlights that when a person dies, there is no automatic testing for CO poisoning, and the study claims that a number of the 3,500 UK deaths recorded as ‘unexplained’ are probably due to CO poisoning. As such, the Gas Safety Trust is funding a petition to test all dead bodies for CO.
How do we Prevent Injuries and Deaths Caused by CO?
Installing a CO detector will alert building occupants to dangerous levels of CO before it is too late. Carbon monoxide detectors should be fitted in any rooms that have a fixed solid fuel-burning appliance installed. Alarms must be placed anywhere between one to three metres away from the solid fuel heating appliance; preferably on the ceiling and a minimum of 300mm away from the wall.
Toxic poisoning can be suffered as the result of sudden high exposure to CO, or pro-longed exposure over time; therefore the detection of CO is calculated by analysing concentration over time. BS EN 50291 (the standard for domestic CO detectors) details the alarm requirements for the different concentration levels (as summarised below):
Do Hochiki offer a CO Detector?
Traditionally, fire detection manufacturers integrate CO detection into a multi-sensor to assist with the rapid detection of smouldering fires; however, Hochiki will shortly be releasing the ACD-EN which has been designed to meet the alarm requirements of BS EN 50291 for toxic poisoning (COHb).
Although the ACD-EN is not yet available you can click here for more information.
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2017 AFHL All-Star Rosters announced
RED DEER - The Alberta Female Hockey League is pleased to announce the rosters for the inaugural Midget Elite and Bantam Elite AFHL All-Star games.
Midget Elite All-Star Rosters > | Bantam Elite All-Star Rosters >
Two forwards and one defence from each AFHL team were selected to their respective All-Star rosters by AFHL coaches, while goaltenders were selected based on their statistical ranking as of December 19. The coaches chosen to represent the North and South teams in each league are from the first and second place teams within each division.
Both All-Star games are set for January 14 - with Red Deer hosting the Midget Elite game, and Strathmore hosting the Bantam Elites. The Midget Elite All-Star game begins at 1:30 p.m. at the Penhold Regional Multiplex, and the Bantam Elite All-Star game gets underway at 1:45 at the Strathmore Family Centre.
In addition to the All Star games, the host Associations will be offering development clinics for female athletes within their communities.
More than a game: #PassItForward
CALGARY – For Canadian hockey fans, it truly is the most wonderful time of the year; between the World Juniors in Montreal and Toronto, Team Canada around the world, and minor hockey tournaments across the country – not to mention family games on the backyard rinks – hockey options abound.
Hockey Canada is giving Canadians one more way to take part in Canada’s game with the endless pass. And the best part is, all ages and skill-levels can take part.
The initiative, which leverages social media channels, is part of the #PassItForward campaign celebrating the positive impact hockey has on its participants and fans.
“At the root of this campaign is a reminder of what hockey brings to the lives of Canadians from all walks of life, and the overwhelming answers have nothing to do with on-ice skills,” said Tom Renney, president and CEO, Hockey Canada. “Hockey should be about fun, teamwork, being active and healthy, and building those key characteristics that make us great citizens. PassItForward highlights what hockey is to Canadians, and encourages everyone to take part in talking about our great game.”
Celebrities from national team players such as Mélodie Daoust, Greg Westlake, and Patrice Bergeron to Hollywood A-lister Michael J. Fox are part of the television spots which see Canadians of all ages and from all walks of life take a pass and #PassItForward as they talk about how they have developed through hockey. The spots will air in French and English on a number of networks, including Hockey Canada’s broadcast partners TSN and RDS.
Canadians can upload their own videos and see them added to the piece by visiting HockeyCanada.ca/PassItForward.
To kick-start the campaign, Hockey Canada is inviting Canadians to take to their social media networks on Dec. 31 to take part in the endless pass. The concept is simple – participants are asked to post a video or simply write out what hockey did for them using the campaign hashtag, and #PassItForward by tagging a teammate, friend, or family member.
“We want to close out 2016 with a celebration of hockey and what it means to be Canadian,” said Renney. “It’s easy to take for granted the role hockey and organized sport plays in the development of life skills. This campaign is a celebration of that, and we hope it also encourages Canadians to get involved in our great game – as a fan, participant, or volunteer.”
Hockey Alberta’s Top Moments of 2016
RED DEER - As 2016 comes to a close, Hockey Alberta looks back on the year that was with some of our favourite moments (in no particular order).
New look(s) for Hockey Alberta
2016 started off with a bang for Hockey Alberta, as our newly re-designed website (hockeyalberta.ca) launched at the end of January after more than six months of work.
Click here for the full story.
In fact, it was a very busy year on the technology front, with the unveiling of the new Provincial Championships sites (haprovincials.ca), the Alberta Cup site (abcup.ca), and the transition of the Hockey Alberta Foundation website (hockeyalbertafoundation.ca) back to the Hockey Alberta platform.
Then, in August, Hockey Alberta proudly announced a new visual identity, unveiling a new logo that combines a number of elements that focus on how to best represent hockey in Alberta.
Team Alberta finds the podium
2016 was another successful year for Hockey Alberta’s Team Alberta program, with medals in three different inter-provincial events.
Team Alberta U16 Male continued its winning ways at the Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup in October, earning its third-straight gold medal, and fifth in the tournament’s six-year history. Click here for the full story.
Team Alberta North came out of the 2016 Arctic Winter Games in March with a gold medal on the male side, and a silver medal on the female. Click here for the full story.
At the Alberta Winter Games in Medicine Hat in February, it was Zone 6 Male (Edmonton) and Zone 5 Female (Yellowhead/Blackgold) skating away with gold medals, proving to be the best in the province. Click here for the full story.
The March to a title
The 2016 Hockey Alberta Provincial Championships, presented by ATB Financial, saw 39 different battles for provincial supremacy from Atom to Senior. Provincials were hosted across the Alberta as far north as High Level, and as far south as Taber. The annual “March to a title” is always a high point for minor hockey across Alberta, and 2016 marked the first year with ATB Financial as presenting sponsor.
Click here for a list of the 2016 Provincial champions.
30 years of the Alberta Cup
Despite trailing 2-0 and 3-2 at different points in the game, Calgary South used a six goal third period to defeat Northeast 9-3 to capture the 2016 Alberta Cup. The win is an extra-special one for Calgary South Head Coach Jamie Steer, as he won the first ever Alberta Cup as a player with Calgary South in 1986, a story-book ending to the celebration of 30 years of the Alberta Cup.
Alberta’s players and officials continue to excel
2016 was a banner year for Alberta players and officials, achieving a number of accolades and recognition.
For the first time since 1993, Alberta players were selected 1-2-3 in the WHL Bantam Draft. Peyton Krebs of Okotoks was taken first overall by the Kootenay Ice, with Fort Saskatchewan native Kirby Dach and Cochrane’s Bowen Byram going second and third to the Saskatoon Blades and Vancouver Giants, respectively. In total, 73 players from Alberta were selected in the 2016 draft. Click here for the full story.
At the 2016 NHL draft, 16 Albertans heard their names called by an NHL team. Jake Bean was the highest-drafted Albertan, going 13th overall to the Carolina Hurricanes. Team Alberta alumnus Sam Steel also went in the first round, as the Anaheim Ducks selected him with the 30th pick. Click here for the full story.
Alberta’s officials were assigned to numerous high-profile events throughout 2016. In March, 12 Alberta officials were assigned to the Western Canada Bantam Championships in Okotoks. In April, six Alberta officials were assigned to the RBC Cup in Lloydminster, and in November, five Alberta officials were assigned to the World Junior A Challenge in Bonnyville.
“Do what’s best for the children in your Minor Hockey Association”
At Hockey Alberta’s Hockey Conference and Annual General Meeting in June, keynote speaker, Dr. Stephen Norris, delivered a powerful message about doing what’s best for children in minor hockey. Following the keynote presentation, Norris was joined in a round-table panel discussion by Keith Hansen, retired volleyball coach at Red Deer College and member of the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame; Lyn Radford, Board Chair, 2019 Canada Winter Games; and Rob Litwinski, Chief Executive Officer, Hockey Alberta.
Hockey Alberta’s inaugural Coaches Conference
Hockey Alberta’s inaugural Coaches Conference saw over 80 minor hockey coaches from across Alberta come together in Calgary for two days presentations from 17 of the top minds in hockey. Presenters included Hockey Canada coaching legend Mel Davidson, Medicine Hat Tigers Coach and General Manager Shaun Clouston, Hockey Alberta Coach Mentors Barry Medori and Fran Gow, and Finnish Ice Hockey Association Regional Coach Kalle Valiaho.
Albertans get the call to The Hall
Five outstanding individuals and one team were enshrined in the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame in July, including former Boston Bruins legend and Hockey Hall of Fame member Johnny Bucyk.
Joining Bucyk in the class of 2016 was Mike Rogers (retired NHL and WHA player, and former Calgary Flames broadcaster), Dr. George Kingston (internationally-renowned coach), Terry Ledingham (long-time Hockey Alberta and Hockey Canada volunteer), the 1965-66 champion Edmonton Oil Kings, and Larry Kwong, the first player of Asian descent to play in the NHL. Click here for the full story.
In February, Female Hockey Builder Shirley Cameron was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame. The Edmonton native was at the forefront of women’s ice hockey in Canada for 30 years as a player, coach and builder from the early 1970s until her retirement from the game in 2006. Click here for the full story.
Continued growth of the Initiation Program
Hockey Alberta’s Initiation Program continued to grow in 2016, with enhanced focus on our game’s youngest players.
A partnership with Pembina Pipeline Corporation offered a special grant to Minor Hockey Associations to obtain a full set of foam rink dividers, or fundraising towards a set of puck board rink dividers. The response was overwhelming, with nearly 60 minor hockey associations across Alberta applying to receive ice dividers. And Pembina responded by ensuring that every eligible applicant had a set of divider boards in place for the 2016-17 season. Click here for the full story.
In August, Hockey Alberta partnered with Powerscout Hockey and St. Albert Minor Hockey to conduct a study on the effectiveness of smaller ice surfaces in skill development. Results reinforced that using a smaller ice surface at the Initiation level helps in the overall positive development of skating skills and skating acceleration for our youngest players, thereby better preparing them for when they are old enough to move to higher levels of hockey. To read more about the findings from this study, click here.
The Alberta Female Hockey League kicks off its inaugural season
As part of the implementation of Hockey Alberta’s new female hockey model, the Alberta Female Hockey League (AFHL) was created, and its inaugural season kicked off in October. The league is comprised of three levels: Midget AAA, Midget Elite, and Bantam Elite.
In November, seven Midget AAA players from the AFHL suited up with Team Alberta at the National Women’s U18 Championships in Regina.
In December, the AFHL announced its rosters for the Midget Elite and Bantam Elite All-Star games, which will be held on January 14 in Red Deer and Strathmore, respectively.
AFHL December wrap-up
RED DEER - As the 2016 portion of the Alberta Female Hockey League season comes to a close, the St. Albert Slash (Midget AAA), Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs (Midget Elite), and Calgary Fire White (Bantam Elite) all lead their respective leagues heading into 2017.
After three months of play, the Midget AAA standings are:
1) St. Albert Slash (45 pts)
2) Rocky Mountain Raiders (36 pts)
3) Lloydminster PWM Steelers (26 pts)
4) Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs (18 pts)
5) Calgary Fire (18 pts)
6) Edmonton Pandas (17 pts)
St Albert’s first year forward Madison Willan closes out 2016 leading all skaters in points (24) and assists (11). Rocky Mountain Raiders forward Nicole Fry is tied with Willan for the lead league in points, and leads the way goals (15).
AFHL puck stoppers had another strong month with three goaltenders at the top all with a .940 save percentages: St. Albert’s Brianna Sank, Calgary’s Katie Crowther and Lloydminster’s Bella McKee. Sank boasts three shutouts while her counterpart in St Albert, Camryn Drever, leads the way with 8 wins on the season.
Midget AAA Leaderboard >
Outside of AFHL Play, Calgary Fire, Lloydminster Steelers and Rocky Mountain Raiders traveled to Saskatchewan to compete in the Mandi Schwartz Memorial Tournament. All three teams has a strong showing and competed hard throughout the weekend.
Midget Elite
Our Midget Elite teams had a hard fought first half of the season as the competitiveness of this division increases. The Midget Elite standings at the end of December are:
North Division:
1) Peace Country PCFAC Storm (36 pts)
2) Sherwood Park Fury (31 pts)
3) St. Albert Sharks (19 pts)
5) Lloydminster Elite Steelers (10 pts)
6) North Central Impact (7 pts)
South Division:
2) Calgary Fire White (35 pts)
3) Calgary Fire Red (27 pts)
4) Airdrie Lightning (27 pts)
6) Lethbridge Cyclones (9 pts)
Calgary Fire White’s Danika Stang has taken over the league lead in points with 19, while Red Deer’s Danica Polson holds the lead in goals (14), and St. Albert’s Payden Bialowas leads the way in assists (10).
Jayda Thompson of Red Deer continues to lead all Midget Elite goaltenders with a .860 goals against average, a 960 save percentage, along with six wins on the season. Peace Country’s Paige Jassman leads the way in wins and shutouts, with 12 and six, respectively.
Midget Elite Leaderboard >
Rosters for the inaugural AFHL Midget Elite All-Star Game were announced on December 20. Rosters >
Bantam Elite
Things remain tight in the hunt for the Bantam Elite regular season title! Four points separate third from first in the North, whereas down south, Calgary White and the Olds Grizzlys are battling it out for top position. The Bantam Elite standings heading into January are:
1) St. Albert Raiders (34 pts)
2) Lloydminster Junior Steelers (31 pts)
3) Sherwood Park Royals (30 pts)
4) North Central Impact (19 pts)
6) Peace Country Bonnett’s Storm (5 pts)
2) Olds Grizzlys (28 pts)
3) Lethbridge Cyclones (16 pts)
There are three skaters currently on top of the leaderboard with 18 points each to close out 2016; North Central’s Chloe Reid, Lethbridge’s Isabelle Dyck, and Calgary Fire Red’s Emily Straw. Olds’ Sarah Wozniewicz has 13 goals to lead all Bantam skaters, while Lloydminster’s Madison MacDuff leads the way with 12 assists.
St. Albert’s Holly Borrett and Olds’ Jocelynn Pearce both sit atop the league with a 0.960 save percentage, while Borrett’s counterpart in St. Albert, Elle Boyko, leads the way in wins with seven.
Bantam Elite Leaderboard >
Teams have earned a well-deserved winter break and league play will resume on January 7, after the holidays. January will be an exciting month as league play resumes as well the AFHL host its inaugural All Star Games and AFHL teams will help celebrateAlberta Hockey Day on January 21.
Coach of the Month - November
RED DEER - Hockey Alberta’s Coach of the Month for November is Kent Goodreau from Pincher Creek.
Kent, currently the coach of the Pincher Creek Midget 1 team, has been coaching since the 2002-2003 season, and since then he has been head coach or assistant coach of multiple teams each year. This will be his last year coaching.
“I have been fortunate to coach with some excellent people along the way, which has taught me a lot and has made it easy for me to enjoy the game,” said Kent.
“He (Kent) has been coaching since our kids were about six years old," said the parent who nominated Kent. "Kent provides guidance to our Midget players but, at the same time lets them play their style of game. He has a great relationship with each player and enjoys the team as a whole. He has been such an amazing coach for all these years!”
Kent’s coaching philosophy is very player centered. “My coaching philosophy is to bring out the best in every player, and to always have fun and improve every time you step on the ice to practice or play a game. To create pride for what you accomplish through hard work, and respect all that participates in the game of hockey. Also to have these values continued into everyday life. What makes a great coach is a great team of players!”
For more details on Hockey Alberta’s Coach of the Month, click here.
Supporting Fort McMurray – more than $21,000 donated by Hockey Canada and Hockey Alberta
FORT MCMURRAY - In the aftermath of devastating wildfires that impacted northeastern Alberta in May, the Fort McMurray Minor Hockey Association has emerged as a source of stability for a community filled with uncertainty.
As residents returned to Fort McMurray throughout the summer, following the evacuation of nearly 90,000 people, the community was looking for any signs of normalcy.
“We had a lot of people wondering when hockey was going to start, saying that ‘we need hockey to go, we need hockey,’” said Travis Galenzoski, president of Fort McMurray Minor Hockey. “People were looking to hockey for a calming effect. Spending a day at the arena is normal, it provides an outlet.”
In the early going, though, there weren’t many answers. The fires and evacuation meant the association had not held its annual general meeting. Jerseys and equipment needed to be cleaned or repaired. And then there was an even bigger question - would there be a place to play?
“There was uncertainty in ice availability. Were we going to get our home arena back?” said Galenzoski. “The biggest thing was not knowing. Once we got our arena back, the front of the season was extremely busy and pretty stressful. Thanks to the hard work of our arena manager, operations manager, and a whole lot of volunteers, we made it happen. Other than a bit of a delay in starting evaluations, our players’ hockey experience has not changed.”
Registration numbers are down slightly (about three per cent) for the 2016-17 season. But more than 1,100 players, comprising approximately 60 teams, are on the ice. And the association is hosting Hockey Alberta’s Atom AA Major provincial championships in March.
“This is fantastic. We have managed to put on a hockey program after an 88,000-person evacuation,” said Galenzoski.
To help support minor hockey in the northeast, Fort McMurray minor hockey and players throughout the region are the beneficiaries of $21,500 raised collectively by Hockey Canada, Hockey Alberta, Hockey Canada Foundation and Hockey Alberta Foundation.
The funds include:
$10,000 from Hockey Canada
$5,000 from the Hockey Alberta Foundation’s Every Kid Every Community grant and player assistance programs
$5,000 from the Hockey Canada Foundation, and
$1,500 raised at Hockey Alberta’s 2016 annual general meeting through contributions from Local Minor Hockey Associations across Alberta.
“Our hearts went out to the community and residents of Fort McMurray this summer who faced displacement, devastation, and loss. To see the relentless work of the volunteers of Fort Mac’s hockey community to ensure their players, coaches, officials, and fans all had hockey to turn to this season as they work to rebuild was truly inspiring,” said Tom Renney, president and chief executive officer of Hockey Canada. “Hockey Canada and the Hockey Canada Foundation are proud to contribute to the efforts of the Fort McMurray Minor Hockey Association, and to support this resilient community as they move forward from this summer’s devastating fire.”
All funds will go directly towards support the players, families and coaches who were impacted by the devastating forest fires that impacted the region in May. Planned initiatives include supporting ongoing player development programs, implementing a coach development plan in partnership with Hockey Alberta’s Regional Centre network, and player assistance and growing the game initiatives.
“Our biggest area of opportunity is development for our coaches,” said Galenzoski. “We want to invest in our coaches, and we believe that investment in coaching has a direct correlation with player development and participation.”
Player development programming started about six weeks ago, with a goal of having each team participate in 3-5 development sessions. The association is also looking to host division-specific sessions for goaltenders, with mentors coming in to provide development opportunities.
“The Hockey Alberta Foundation, through the Every Kid Every Community program, is proud to play a role in assisting Fort McMurray Minor Hockey continue in its leadership role, not just for hockey, but within the overall community. We look forward to supporting a number of initiatives that will benefit current coaches and players, as well as those who want to play hockey for the first time,” said Tim Leer, executive director of the Hockey Alberta Foundation.
Growing the game initiatives aimed at attracting new players to the game by providing equipment and helping with registration fees will be geared to recruiting for the 2017-18 season.
For more information, check out the association’s website at www.fmmha.com.
Contributions at the 2016 Hockey Alberta AGM included seven minor hockey associations (Caroline, Hinton, Lloydminster, Lethbridge, Grande Prairie, Hockey Edmonton and Hockey Calgary), and two individuals (Jody Ginther and Betty Chmilar).
For individuals or groups interested in making a donation to support Fort McMurray minor hockey, the Hockey Alberta Foundation is accepting donations, with 100 per cent of funds donated going to Fort McMurray. Donations can be made at hockeyalbertafoundation.ca, or by going to this link:
Supporting Fort McMurray Minor Hockey >
The SPMHA Atom A Jets teams volunteered their time at the Edmonton Food Bank to help sort food donations, just one of the many stories of how Alberta’s hockey community gives back during the holiday season.
Hockey gives back across Alberta
Alberta’s hockey community is always at its best during the holiday season, and we’ve asked Minor Hockey Associations and teams from across Alberta to share their stories of giving back to the community with us.
McKnight Mustangs
The Calgary McKnight Mustangs Atom 4 Black team raised a total of $175 for Ronald McDonald House at the team’s Christmas party. The team’s co-managers are nurses, and the team wanted to give back to other kids in the community, kids who could possibly be playing hockey with them if they weren’t sick. The team fashioned the “McKnight Christmas Cup”, which was filled with candy. Each guess cost $1 on the number of pieces of candy in the cup. There were 454 pieces, and defenceman Josh Penner had the closest guess at 450. In the spirit of the night, he shared his prize with his teammates.
Airdrie MHA
Airdrie Minor Hockey Association’s main Christmas initiative for 8 years running has been to support the Airdrie Lioness Hamper Program by collecting much needed items. This year, we collected scarves, mittens and toques over the course of a weekend.
We also have a Hockey Fights Hunger campaign that goes for two weeks. Each division is given a large moving box in the lobby of the arena and the division that fills their box the most times, becomes the Hockey Fights Hunger champions for that season. This year, the champions were the Peewee Division. It’s always a different division each year, so everyone gets very involved.
Teams invite their out-of-town competitors to join the fun, and this year a Peewee team from Okotoks won a friendly competition and collected the most food between the two teams, forcing the Airdrie Peewee Ruff Dogs to do the chicken dance at center ice.
AMHA teams have also collected Turkeys for the Food bank (Midget AA Female and Atom Female) and donated toys to the Children’s Hospital.
In general this season, we have seen the most contributions and the most participation and as usual we are so proud of our teams on and off the ice.
Calgary Midget AAA Fire
The Calgary Fire Midget AAA Fire got together to fill, and deliver warm sock to the Mustard Seed Foundation.
Claresholm MHA & Pincher Creek MHA
The Claresholm and Pincher Creek Bantam teams are banding together this Friday (December 23) for the last game of 2016 and charging an admission of a food bank item to donate to those less fortunate during the Holiday Season. The game starts at 7:45 on Friday and we are hoping to fill the stands.
CNN Spurs
The CNN Spurs families gave back to the Bon Accord and Gibbons Food Bank. Each level decorated a tree at the annual fundraiser with high-demand donation items. Making spirits bright; Go Spurs!
Cold Lake Hornets
Cold Lake’s Novice 3 team, the Hornets, spent two hours on Dec 10th braving the cold to help out with the annual Fill-a-Bus campaign, raising donations for the local food bank. Led by Coach Robyn Stenz, the Hornets brought with them 274 kg (604 lbs) of items to donate, and helped to collect much, much more from Sobey’s patrons.
The Hornets had a great turn out with 14 team members, as well as coaches, managers and parents!
Duchess Minor Hockey
Duchess Minor Hockey hosted "Hockey Day in Duchess" where all 6 of our teams from Initiation up to Midget played back-to-back. We collected for our local food bank, as well as toys to be donated at Christmas to families in need through a local organization - Oil People Helping Oil People (OPHOP). All 6 teams also donated their 50/50 proceeds from the day and a silent auction to OPHOP. Many people from the community came for the day and the visiting teams donated as well.
Grande Prairie MHA
Last Friday, the Grande Prairie Minhas Brothers Peewee AA team hosted a sponsorship night to show how grateful our team is for the community support we have received and also to show our hockey family how we have been busy giving back to our wonderful city of Grande Prairie. In the past two weeks our team volunteered for the Salvation Army Christmas Kettles, Did a food bank drive and had time to send a Christmas Card to a 9 year old little girl on the other side of the country asking in the news for Christmas Cards to lift her spirits with her ongoing battle with cancer.
My son Lucas and I recently went to Africa as part of a giving back initiative. Our Peewee hockey team filled a hockey bag of mini sticks and balls that we took with us. When my son and I were visiting an orphanage he went out into the middle of the field and taught about 40 kids how to play with a hockey stick. The children were very intrigued and even though there was no common language it was amazing to watch them play. This particular village in rural Uganda now has about 70 mini sticks and enough balls for their school to use this for phys ed class.
Each year, the Grande Prairie Salvation Army helps families who are in need. The Grande Prairie Bantam A team volunteered to help organize all of their gift bags the night before they were to distribute them.
It was overwhelming to see just how many unfortunate families there are in our community. The boys organized of 600 bags with smiles on their faces.
Grande Prairie Midget AAA Storm
The Grande Prairie Midget AAA Storm collected two bins filled with food donations at their game this past weekend for the Salvation Army Food Bank. Also collected were gift cards, which will be donated to local youths in need.
Lakeland College Bantam Tigers
Last week, our team of 13-14 year old boys went carolling at our local Nursing Home, Seniors Lodge and some downtown businesses to spread some Christmas Cheer. We wanted to do some community activities and chose to visit three different Senior residences to sing some Christmas carols and brighten their evening. We were rewarded with smiles from residents and staff, some of them singing along with us, and plenty of warm wishes and thanks for our time. It was good for the boys to share these moments - the seniors appreciated their efforts, it was fun for all of us.
Lethbridge City League
The Pee Wee Division in the Lethbridge City League was challenged on the weekend to fill several food bins for the Lethbridge Food Bank Society. Six games were held over the weekend and the teams were able to gather over 300lbs of donated food. Thanks to the Milestone Mazda Bandits for organizing and all teams that helped with this project.
Medicine Hat MHA
The Atom Wildcat girls gathered to have a Secret Santa gift exchange as well as collect and donate items for the Women’s Shelter. We are encouraging these young ladies to be a community on and off the ice.
On December 8th, the Medicine Hat Minor Hockey Atom A Hurricanes and Senators hosted a WHL inspired "teddy bear toss" exhibition game. When the first goal was scored, approximately 150 bears came tumbling onto the ice. The bears were collected and held by the parents and coaches until Saturday December 17. On this day, both teams met at the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital with all the bears. The players then went through four wings of the hospital and handed the bears out to patients of all ages on behalf of Medicine Hat Minor Hockey. The reaction from the patients was amazing and they were very appreciative. It was also, amazing to see how the kids responded when handing the bears out and wishing people, whom they do not know, a "Merry Christmas" and "hope you feel better soon".
The Peewee Hounds Black team rang bells and collected donations for the Salvation Army on December 7.
The Peewee Hounds Orange team also rang bells and collected donations for the Salvation Army, on December 9.
The Peewee City Flames bought and donated gifts for the United Way Toy Drive on December 17.
The SEAC Midget 15’s collected food donations for the Brooks Food Bank Foundation and the Medicine Hat & Disctrict Food Bank Association at their home games on December 17 & 18. The players are also working with the United Way to help prepare food hampers.
Sherwood Park MHA
The SPMHA Atom A Jets teams volunteered their time at the Edmonton Food Bank to help sort food donations.
Spruce Grove Peewee AA Broncos
The Spruce Grove Peewee AA Broncos donated and did a food and toy drive to support the Spruce Grove Kinettes Christmas Hamper Program. The team raised over $350 and had a truck full of food and toys.
West Central Bantam AA Tigers
The West Central Bantam AA Tigers, Foothill Bisons and all the West Central home community supporters at a home game on Saturday December 3, participated in a Teddy Bear/Gift Card Toss. We raised over $500 in gift cards/cash and 102 Teddy Bears were tossed! A special thank you to the Foothills Bisons for helping support and participate in this event as well- both teams were on the ice for this event and it was a special moment to see!
The gift cards and teddy bears were distributed throughout local charities in Sylvan Lake, Bentley, Rimbey, Eckville, Spruceview, Caroline, Rocky Mountain House and Red Deer. The Tiger players hand delivered to each community group.
Also, some of our boys have helped and volunteered in community Canskate programs as Program Assistants in Rimbey, AB.
If you’d like to share a story of your team or association giving back, please email [email protected].
Alberta Hockey Day: Celebrating the female game
GRANDE PRAIRIE - Hockey Alberta is proud to host its inaugural Alberta Hockey Day on January 21, 2017, to celebrate and showcase female hockey across the province.
This day will combine a number of on and off-ice events catered to both new and existing participants, focusing on fun, skills and friendships.
Grande Prairie will be the host site of Alberta Hockey Day’s main event, with special guests scheduled to attend, including two-time Olympic gold medallist and former Team Alberta player and coach Carla MacLeod.
Edmonton, Calgary, Leduc, Lloydminster, Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, Olds and Banff/Canmore will also host Alberta Hockey Day Events.
Event Details >
Hockey Alberta’s goal is to develop female players, coaches and officials who are currently in our program while introducing the sport to new participants. All sessions offered throughout the day will be at no cost to the participants, in an effort to connect our sport to a larger audience.
Photo credit: Pam Doyle
AJHL Game Day Speaker Series - Canmore Eagles
RED DEER - Hockey Alberta is proud to partner with the Alberta Junior Hockey League and the Canmore Eagles to present the AJHL Game Day Speaker Series for local coaches.
The Speaker Series features a unique professional development opportunity to learn from high profile junior coaches - as well as a chance to catch the Canmore Eagles in action.
The seminar takes place at the Canmore Rec Centre. There are only 20 seats available, and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration is $25 (plus GST) per coach, and includes the following:
Pre-game presentation from Hockey Alberta led by Coach Mentor Fran Gow on Game and Bench Management
Post-game chalk talk: Canmore Eagles head coach Andrew Milne
Food/drink voucher
A ticket to the game
Event details and registration:
Date: Wednesday, December 7 vs Bonnyville Pontiacs
Time: Pre-game seminar at 5:00 p.m., game at 7:00
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Cannes: Former Carnaby Chief Launches Online Gambling Film Rights Company Skyrocket
9:00 PM PDT 5/12/2018 by Alex Ritman
Credit: Skyrocket
Sean O'Kelly (left) and Richard Clarke
Sean O'Kelly has teamed with online gambling business veteran Richard Clarke for Skyrocket Entertainment.
Sean O’Kelly, the recently departed CEO of Brit sales and distribution banner Carnaby, has teamed with online gambling business veteran Richard Clarke to set up online gambling film rights company Skyrocket Entertainment.
The new company was unveiled in Cannes, where it is picking film rights for use on online gambling games such as slot machines, a $46.7 billion industry.
“We’re acquiring iconic films old and new, migrating them into the online games and gambling business,” said O’Kelly, who added there was a “massive desire” for film-branded games.
Clarke explained that the average online slot game delivers very significant and long-term revenues to the rights owners, which for many was newfound money.
"It's an significant revenue stream on par with VOD and TV revenues," added O'Kelly.
Although nothing is ready to be announced, deals with producers and library owners are being signed in Cannes, said O'Kelly, with Skyrocket planning to make up to 100 games a year with its partners.
Alex Ritman
alex.ritman@thr.com @alexritman
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Annual English Proficiency Test
WIDA is the acronym for “World-class Instructional Design and Assessment." WIDA is a consortium of states dedicated to the design and implementation of high standards and equitable educational opportunities for English language learners.
MAPS uses the following WIDA Assessments
Kindergarten W-APT
WIDA model for kindergarten
ACCESS for ELLs or Alternate ACCESS for ELLs
WIDA Screener (for grades 1-12) to identify English learners (ELs)
WIDA Can Do Descriptors
The Kindergarten W-APT is administered to K, and first semester 1st grade students. It is organized as a single, individually-administered test with a combined Speaking/Listening component. The Reading and Writing tests make up a separate test which is optional, and only for students with some literacy skills.The Kindergarten W-APT is not able to assign scores across the full range of WIDA ELP levels 1-6. Instead, scores for Speaking and Listening are marked as showing low, mid, high, or exceptional proficiency.
For more information about the Kindergarten W-APT visit the WIDA Website.
W-APT test items are written from the model performance indicators of WIDA's five English Language Proficiency (ELP) standards:
Social & Instructional Language
Language of Language Arts
Language of Mathematics
Language of Science
Language of Social Studies
The W-APT is designed to be used as:
One of several criteria to determine eligibility for language support services
An indicator of a student's language proficiency level (1 through 6) on the WIDA continuum
An aid for determining appropriate levels and amounts of instructional services
A guide for tier placement on the ACCESS for ELLs annual assessment
WIDA MODEL for Kindergarten is an academic English language proficiency assessment. As a flexible, on-demand language proficiency assessment, this test can be administered at any time during the school year, depending on the needs of the district, school, teacher or student.
Kindergarten MODEL provides opportunities for students to demonstrate their proficiency in each of the four language domains of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. The test is divided into two sections: narrative and expository.
Each section assesses all four language domains, depending on students’ language development:
Narrative Section (Parts A – C)
Part A: Listening and Speaking
Part B: Writing
Part C: Reading
Expository Section (Parts D – F)
Part D: Listening and Speaking
Part E: Writing
Part F: Reading
Each part is divided into five levels, with tasks designed to assess language at that specific proficiency level.
Kindergarten MODEL is an individually administered, adaptive assessment designed to take an average of 30 minutes or less per student. Students are presented only with questions that the Test Administrator, based on the student’s response to questions in the previous level, has a reasonable expectation that the student will be able to understand and respond to
Every EL student takes the yearly English Language Proficiency Test called ACCESS. ACCESS for English Learners (Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State for English Learners) is a secure large-scale English language proficiency assessment given to Kindergarten through 12th graders who have been identified as English Learners (ELs). It is given annually in WIDA Consortium member states to monitor students' progress in acquiring academic English.
Test scores determine English progress or attainment. Such information is used by Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) to determine annual measurable achievement objectives (AMAO) for English Learner students and Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) in English progress or attainment. Parents are notified yearly of continuing services and test results. English Learner students whose parents refuse English Learner services are also tested yearly, even though they do not receive services. Copies of the waiver to refuse English Learner services are kept in the student’s files until graduation or age 21.
Each form of the test assesses the four language domains of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing.
Within each grade-level cluster (except Kindergarten), ACCESS for English Learners consists of three forms: Tier A (beginning), Tier B (intermediate), and Tier C (advanced). This keeps the test shorter and more appropriately targets each student’s range of language skills.
ACCESS for English Learners test items are written from the model performance indicators of WIDA's five English Language Proficiency (English Learner Proficiency) standards:
Test forms are divided into five grade-level clusters:
W-APT stands for the WIDA-ACCESS Placement Test. It is an English language proficiency "screener" test given to incoming students who may be designated as English language learners. The WIDA W-APT placement test is used when a student is new to the district and there is no data available from the previous school. This assessment is one component of WIDA's comprehensive assessment system. Students who score from 1 to 5 on W-APT qualify for EL services. Those who score above five are not eligible to receive English Learner services.
Each form of the test assesses the four language domains of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing. The W-APT is designed to be individually administered and adaptive, meaning that parts of the test may be discontinued as soon as the student reaches his or her performance "ceiling."
The CAN DO Descriptors are a sampling of the language expectations of English language learners as they travel along the continuum of English language development. They are a starting point for determining what students can do in each language domain (Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing).
The CAN DO Descriptors expand the Performance Definitions for the English Learner Proficiency standards by giving suggested indicators (not a definitive set) in each language domain: listening, speaking, reading and writing. More targeted than the Performance Definitions, the Descriptors have greater instructional implications; that is, the information may be used to plan differentiated lessons or unit plans. The Descriptors may also apply to ACCESS for English Learners® scores and may assist teachers and administrators in interpreting the meaning of the score reports. In addition, the Descriptors may help explain the
Speaking and Writing Rubrics associated with the English Learner Proficiency test. A distinguishing feature of these Descriptors, although not explicitly mentioned, is the presence of sensory, graphic or interactive support, through English Learner Proficiency level 4, to facilitate English Learners’ access to content in order to succeed in school.
The CAN DO Descriptors offer teachers and administrators working with English Learners a range of expectations for student performance within a designated English Learner Proficiency level of the WIDA English Learner Proficiency Standards. The Descriptors are not instructional or assessment strategies, per se. They are exemplars of what English Learners may do to demonstrate comprehension in listening and reading as well as production in speaking and writing within a school setting.
Link to Can Do Descriptors
Melanie Helling, Coordinator
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Schools in crisis as workload sparks exodus of principals
John Walshe Education Editor
May 14 2010 5:00 AM
A LEADERSHIP crisis is engulfing primary schools as principals head for the exit door in record numbers.
https://www.independent.ie/life/family/learning/schools-in-crisis-as-workload-sparks-exodus-of-principals-26654972.html
https://www.independent.ie/migration_catalog/b8703/25163450.ece/AUTOCROP/h342/school_sxc
An unprecedented 389 principals retired in 2009, new figures reveal. And evidence suggests more than 400 others are set to follow them into early retirement this year.
While many have reached normal retirement age, an increasing number are leaving early because of the growing administrative workload.
Some are also quitting because of the threat to pensions, although no change is planned in pension arrangements this year. And if the Croke Park pay deal is accepted there will be no change next year.
Successive Education Ministers have promised to tackle the workload problem but, according to INTO, very little has been done.
"A priority for the new minister, Mary Coughlan, should be to tackle the bureaucratic and administrative nightmare that principals face," a spokesman for the union said.
The extra workload is caused by legislative and policy changes. For instance, schools now had to deal with legislation covering equality, employment and data protection and spend more time dealing with bodies such as the National Educational Welfare Board, he added. "They have to do this with the minimum of assistance," said the union.
A spokesman for the minister said she was examining ways of reducing the administrative burden as quickly as possible.
Official figures show that only three out of every 10 primary principals are what is termed 'walking principals' -- in other words, they do not have teaching duties. These are the heads of larger schools, for example, those with seven or more teachers.
The remaining 70pc have teaching duties in addition to the administrative tasks associated with the running of the schools. They are allowed a number of days off -- up to a maximum of 22 a year -- to undertake administrative duties.
The Irish Primary Principals Network (IPPN) president Pat Geoff said that "the exodus of more than one-fifth of all principals in just two years is creating a huge deficit in leadership experience in primary schools".
He said this leadership drain would almost certainly stagnate the education system and inhibit Ireland's ability to compete with its neighbours.
"More alarming is the growing reluctance of potential successors to apply for the position of principal," he told a conference of deputy principals in Citywest, Co Dublin.
"Most recent research figures indicate that, on average, less than two candidates per position are applying for the post of principal when it arises. In a number of cases, there were absolutely no applications for what was once considered a desirable position," he said.
Research showed that this was due to the untenable workload, inadequate support and a lack of middle-management structures, he added.
IPPN director Sean Cottrell said it was the organisation's position that a principal should be appointed on the basis of a seven-year contract.
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Home Contribute Memories Read contributions Stories About Men Bhaaiyya ji: My Father, Bhai Sunder Singh ji
Bhaaiyya ji: My Father, Bhai Sunder Singh ji
Born in 1933 in Dijkot, a small hamlet in district Lyallpur (now Faisalabad, Pakistan), I (Sangat Singh) came after about eight attempts, including miscarriages. I grew up in Lyallpur as a pampered child. At the age of five, I was sent to nearby one roomed primary school where spartan old Jute Hessian bags (borian) were used for mats. I refused to study there, and was enrolled in Sacred Heart Convent School for the next 9 years. After getting his college degree in India, he moved to Singapore in 1954, and then to Malaysia in 1957, where, now a retired plantation manager, he lives with his wife. More about him at this link.
Ed. note: A version of this article originally appeared at https://sikhchic.com/people/life_with_bhaaiyya_ji_my_father_bhai_sunder_singh_ji
It was 1931 or 1932. I was not born yet.
My two elder sisters, Bhenji Amar and Bhenji Beant, were getting married within a week's gap. The weddings took place in our own double-storeyed building that had the business end on the ground floor facing Karkhana Bazar in Lyallpur (pre-Partition Punjab). The two floors above were the residential quarters.
The façade prominently carried the names Bhai Jawaher Singh Sunder Singh. It was a common practice to have the grandfather's name in it. It was later when it became Bhai Sunder Singh & Sons.
But fortunes were to change. It was the time of ‘The Great Crash' of 1929 and the tremors were felt in India too. Overnight, we lost everything. The house was sold, and the creditors paid to the last paisa.
My parents moved back to a little hamlet known as Dijkot some 16 miles from Lyallpur where we still had the ancestral home.
It was the only brick building in Dijkot then. It also had a room dedicated as a gurdwara for the small Sikh community there.
I was born in Dijkot in 1933 - the first son. I had five elder sisters then.
I seem to have a hazy recollection of the place when I was about three years old. Just opposite our house used to be a one-roomed katcha daak-khanna (post-office) manned by a Muslim Post Master. He had rented a room in our house. His wife was naturally referred as Masterani. They had no children and they doted on me.
I am told that the post master would use his mohr chhaap, and stamp my face and body with black postal marks all over. One playful reason was: nazar na lugg jayey (ward off the evil eye!)
Bhai Sunder Singh ji. About 1970. About 80 years old
At that time, my father then ran a shop selling sundry items. I remember a particular bottle of syrup then sold known as Fauladi Sharbat. It was a rose-coloured syrup and had a picture of a wrestler showing his biceps. It was a popular drink then and considered an aid for body building.
Before long, things started to look up. My parents moved back to Lyallpur. The year must have been 1937, as my youngest sister was born there in 1938. By then, the household complement was six daughters and we two sons. The two elder sisters had been married then.
I have a recollection of Bhenji Maan's wedding; she was the next in line. The year was 1939. As the elder brother aged 6, I was to accompany her doli (bridal procession heading to her new home) but I didn't know for what. Luckily, she was married in Lyallpur itself and her Sohra Ghar (home of the in-laws) was not too far away.
There was something highly impressionable that happened on the eve of doli. When it arrived, the custom was for the mother-in-law to pour oil on the threshold as an auspicious welcome. I don't think it happened quite that way.
The mother-in-law, known as Bibi ji, was a highly respected, saintly person. When the doli arrived, Bibi ji was having her daily satsang.
There were some 20 odd women sitting on the floor while Bibi ji sat on the bench. She had a book in her hands, which she was reading. When the new bride arrived, Bibi ji got up and put her hand on Bhenji Maan's head and made her sit next to her. Bibi ji handed the book to Bhenji, "Lai, aree - ai parrh ke sunnaa saa-nu (Here, girl, read this aloud for us!)"
Later I was told that the book was Bhai Vir Singh's Guru Nanak Chamatkar.
What a wonderful welcome for the new bride!
On another occasion not long thereafter, Bibi ji pushed over the harmonium towards Bhenji and asked her to sing some shabads. Until then, Bhenji had never in her life touched the harmonium. But, with Bibi ji's hand on her head, the fingers started to work on the keyboard in perfect harmony, and shabads started to pour out. Overnight she had become a kirtania as a gurparsad (the Guru's Grace).
Years later, Bhenji was much sought after, sitting and singing Guru's shabads with eyes closed, and a picture of kirtan itself. After the Partition of Punjab, her family settled in West Patel Nagar, New Delhi. I used to notice that a limousine with a driver would come occasionally to take her to the bungalow of Mrs. Oberoi, the wife of the famous hotelier, Mohan Singh Oberoi of Oberoi Hotels fame, to do kirtan for her group of satsangis.
When Bhenji got married, by then, my father had by then re-started his business in Lyallpur to re-build his life. I remember a phrase he often used when someone asked him how he was faring.
He would say "shukkar hai -- safaed poshi which din sukh day lung rahai hun") With His Grace, He is providing sustenance while keeping us in clean clothes!)"
In my Lyallpur home, there used to be a framed document, which had text on it in Punjabi in gold print. It was called a maan pattar (honour scroll). I didn't quite understand what it meant but was told that it was given to Bhaaiyya ji when he left for Dijkot, for his seva (service) in the Wadda Gurdwara. Wish we had brought that heirloom with us when we fled at the time of partition!
I think it was in 1944 that my mother passed away after a prolonged illness. It was the time of World War II, and there was a dearth of medicines. I saw my mother wasting away despite whatever medical help was available then. I was present when she breathed her last. Though we were all weighed down by grief, I noticed that two people did not cry nor shed tears. It was my Bhaaiyya ji and my saintly aunt (my father's sister) who kept doing paatth (recitation of scriptures) without any break.
I was 11 years old then.
My two elder sisters, Bhenjis Satwant and Pritam were soon to be married. My eldest sister Bhenji Amar moved from Kamalia to look after us. For all intents and purposes, she became the mother, and was treated as such.
Soon enough, in 1947 it was the Partition.
Time for another upheaval. We were once again to be uprooted. This time to an unknown destination where Waheguru's razaa (will) would take us.
The first task, of course, was to cross the Wagha Border. Thence, it was to be Ludhiana. That is where the train stopped.
Bhaaiyya ji rose like the phoenix to start all over again and rebuild the shattered life once again. All that was done without any rancour, without even a hint of a furrow to crease his forehead. It was chardi kalaa (Fearless, brave and optimistic attitude despite daunting or oppressive circumstances) throughout!
We were allotted an evacuee property situated in Wait Ganj in Ludhiana. Our part of the house had 3 rooms. Bhaaiyya ji had just brought along the Guru Granth Sahib with him from Lyallpur, and nothing else but the clothes he had on his person.
Unfortunately, there was no suitable place for the parkash (Formally installation of Guru Granth Sahib in a special room) so he used a small cupboard that had no doors to keep his sainchis (volumes). That is where he would stand morning and evening to do ardaas (prayer) If we happened to wander in at that time, naturally we were expected to stand behind him with folded hands. At that time a distinct over-powering feeling would come over me, the sense that the forces of the whole world were also standing behind him with folded hands at his bidding.
I would walk away with a feeling that no harm shall ever come to us.
That two-storeyed allotted house was occupied by four other Multani refugee families besides ours. The house had a complement of eight daughters and three sons (kaakas) of varying ages between 3 - 14 years. At 14, I became the wadda kaaka. In Multani language, kaaka is the elder brother. This appendage was to stick for a long time.
The youngest kaaka was about three years old. He had a delightful stammer and was invariably dressed in a shirt which was a tad short and didn't quite cover his wee. He was everybody‘s darling.
That was where I picked up the Multani/Saraiki dialect.
Bhaaiyya ji was respectfully considered by all as the ad hoc head of the entire household. This extended family was to last for quite a few years before we were to scatter. But, we continued to remain in touch with each other long thereafter, although by then we were spread out all over the world.
In the late 1950s we were once again the proud owners of our own home in Civil Lines, Ludhiana. In the meantime, I had already found a job in Singapore / Malaysia.
In the early 1960s my younger sister, brother and I were married. Since everyone was settled, we persuaded our respected Bhaaiyya ji to retire.
A few years later, we had the pleasure of having Bhaaiyya ji move to Malaysia, where I was, and he soon settled comfortably into his usual routine.
He would be up around 2 am reciting around shabads in his melodious voice. Do his nitnem, and almost weekly do a sehaj paatth. ( Shabads -hymns from Guru Granth Sahib; Sehaj Paatth - prayers- a few pages daily)
One day when I had just returned from work, I saw our daughter Vimal crawling towards an electric socket. To stop her in her tracks, I just shouted, "Vimal!"
Vimal, his daughter, 1963.
Bhaaiyya ji was sitting close by, oblivious of the reason why, and was busy reading his newspaper. He looked up and said: "Mithat neevee naankaa gun chang-aa-ee tat" [GGS: 470.13} - "Sweetness and humility, O Nanak, are the essence of virtue and goodness".
(Ed. note: GGS refers to Guru Granth Sahib.)
Having already distracted Vimal from her path, I started to laugh. He looked his usual stern self and asked why I found it mirthful. "Bhaiyya ji, what happened to sweetness during our time, when a 10-pounder slap would make my ears sing for a good 10 minutes?"
"Oye, rehan vi day, yar, hun - O, let bygones be bygones!" he replied.
The ravages of time ... and grandchildren ... had indeed made him into a model of sweetness.
He had a car and driver at his disposal and would spend at least half day at the local gurdwara. He spent only one year with us as immigration would not allow any further extension to his visa. He then went on to stay with my younger brother, who was then posted in Kanpur, India.
He remained quite healthy for some time, but unfortunately developed some urinary infection. On his own volition one day, he went to some roadside doctor who tried to drain his bladder ... resulting in a prolapsing of the bladder and creating further complications. He had to be admitted in hospital, and started to go downhill.
My sisters were informed and they all arrived in Kanpur to be at his bedside. They started a relay of Sukhmani Sahib paatths. Whenever they asked him how he was, his reply would invariably be: "shukkar hai". He remained in his usual chardi kala. (Always thankful and remain in optimistic attitude)
On 31 March, 1971 when the Sukhmani paatth reached the closing lines of the concluding 24th ashtpadi, he folded his hands, and said: "hun challeya" (Now, it's time to go!) And the next instant he was gone home.
"Sooraj kiran milay jal kaa jal hoo-aa raam" [GGS:846.17] (The rays of light merge into the sun, and water merges with water").
It was the end of an era.
"Chal ga-ee-aa pankhee-aan jinhee vasaa-ay tal / fareeda sar bhari-aa bhee chalsee thakay kaval ikal" [GGS:1381.8] (The birds which lived in the pools have flown away and left. Farid, the over-flowing pool shall also pass away, and only the lotus flowers shall remain).
My greatest regret was that I did not sit at his feet long enough to have his touch of gurbani.
My only heartfelt plea now is for those who have parents alive today, please do not miss the opportunity to serve them while they are alive.
Once they are gone this opportunity will never return.
© Sangat Singh 2016
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Indonesia's Ngurah Rai Airport on the idyllic island of Bali is now the country's largest airport in terms of passenger capacity. Being newly renovated, it can handle 25 million passengers per year. As such, it has surpassed Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, located just outside Jakarta (Java), and the new Kuala Namu airport in Medan (Sumatra), which have passenger capacities of 22 million and 8.1 million respectively. However, after renovation of terminal three at Soekarno-Hatta will be finished, Ngurah Rai is to lose its top spot again.
Although Soekarno-Hatta International Airport was designed to handle about 22 million people per year, in reality it has to cope with more than 50 million travelers. This is just one of many examples that indicate the fragile state of Indonesia's infrastructure (both in terms of quantity and quality) and has made the government realize that investments in the country's infrastructure are badly needed. Throughout Indonesia a number of airports have recently been renovated or have been built from scratch such as the Kuala Namu Airport.
Soekarno-Hatta Airport, which is currently being renovated, will have a passenger capacity of 68 million per year after its third terminal is ready for operation. Moreover, its capacity is expected to climb to 88 million people when the fourth terminal is opened.
Ngurah Rai International Airport on Bali was designed to handle seven million people per year. However, being the most popular tourist destination of Indonesia, the airport welcomed about 11 million passengers last year and as air passenger numbers in Indonesia increase by about 15 percent per year, it means that infrastructure can run out of date quickly. Especially considering that foreign tourist arrivals are expected to grow rapidly in the years ahead.
The airport on Bali is not ready yet. According to latest reports, 95 percent of construction is finished. On 12 September 2013, the inauguration is scheduled. However, probably around May 2014, the airport will be fully operational in accordance with its blueprint.
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Padilla ties with hero Zalomin on day one of FIG Trampoline World Championships
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Why "Pete Buttigieg Is a Lying MF" Is Trending on Twitter
A blunt opinion piece about the South Bend mayor's past comments about minority students has gone viral.
By Kimberly Truong
If you were scrolling through Twitter on Tuesday morning, you may have seen a few topics trending: #TuesdayThoughts, #TuesdayMotivation, and one completely unrelated to the day of the week: "Pete Buttigieg Is A Lying MF."
The topic was trending due to an opinion piece titled "Pete Buttigieg Is A Lying MF" written by The Root senior writer Michael Harriot. In it, Harriot addressed a resurfaced video of Buttigieg from 2011, in which the presidential candidate said many minority children from low-income neighborhoods don't know people who demonstrate the value of education, implying that seeing more role models would help them to succeed. At the time, Buttigieg was was running for mayor of South Bend, Ind.
"Kids need to see evidence that education is going to work for them," he said at the time. "You’re motivated because you believe that at the end of your education, there is a reward; there’s a stable life; there’s a job. And there are a lot of kids—especially [in] the lower-income, minority neighborhoods, who literally just haven’t seen it work. There isn’t someone who they know personally who testifies to the value of education."
“Kids” from “lower income, minority neighborhoods” don’t have “someone they know personally who testifies to the value of education.” - Pete Buttigieg, 2011 South Bend Mayoral Candidate #MayorPete #PeteForAmerica #Pete2020 #Buttigieg2020 #Buttigieg pic.twitter.com/sd1bZDLoG8
— Resist Programming 🛰 (@RzstProgramming) November 24, 2019
Harriot held nothing back in his assessment of the mayor's words. "I want to be clear: Pete Buttigieg is a lying motherf—ker. This is not a misunderstanding. This is not a misstatement. Pete Buttigieg went to the best educational institutions America has to offer and he — more than anyone on the goddamned planet — knows that everything he just said is a baldfaced lie," he wrote, pointing to Buttigieg's Harvard education.
The piece goes on to describe the way odds are stacked against black and minority students: "Majority-minority schools receive $23 billion less in funding than majority-white schools, according to a recent study by EdBuild. Black students in Indiana, the state where Buttigieg serves as mayor, and across the country, are disciplined more harshly than white students."
"Mayor Pete’s bullsh—ery is not just wrong, it is proof," Harriot wrote. "It proves men like him are more willing to perpetuate the fantastic narrative of negro neighborhoods needing more role models and briefcase-carriers than make the people in power stare into the sun and see the blinding light of racism."
The piece was published on Monday evening, and by Tuesday morning, it had gone viral as people called Harriot's piece a must-read.
I have had to redraft this tweet 3x because #MayorPete well-meaning ignorance is so upsetting. I went to an all Black elementary school. Underfunded & all that. The problem isn’t with us. Its with people who think it is. https://t.co/e2JI64R59U
— Maya Wiley (@mayawiley) November 26, 2019
A necessary and incisive discussion on the failings of not only Pete Buttigieg, but also of the United States of America’s disparate allocation of resources along racial lines.
Supremacy wears many masks.
Written by @michaelharriot https://t.co/9F8ylvSSyu
— Blair Amadeus Imani (@BlairImani) November 26, 2019
“Pete Buttigieg doesn’t want to change anything. He just wants to be SOMEthing.” WHEW.
Stop what you’re doing and read this. @michaelharriot is a Griot in the truest sense of the word. Kudos to @TheRoot for publishing this.
Pete Buttigieg Is a Lying MF https://t.co/hpm4JCqodB
— April is #StillWithKap (@ReignOfApril) November 26, 2019
This is a remarkable essay. If you're a Buttigieg supporter, I would encourage you to read this for the feedback. As white Americans, our lazy misperceptions of communities of color result in negligence, erasure, and violence.
Pete Buttigieg Is a Lying MF https://t.co/6EWmgd8vyK
— Charlotte Clymer🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) November 26, 2019
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The piece came amid ongoing reports that the South Bend mayor has had trouble polling with black voters. A recent Quinnipiac University poll found him at 0% with black voters in South Carolina. In an interview with CNN about the poll, Buttigieg said he "recognize[s] and welcome[s] the work we have ahead."
"That same poll you mentioned showed that the majority of black voters in South Carolina say they don't have an opinion of me right now. That means we've got work to do, but we're doing the work," he said. "We're making investments both on the air and on the ground... What we do know is that when black voters hear the agenda that I have for black America and what motivates me to deal with these issues, the response is supportive, it is powerful, and I believe that that is going to carry us to success in South Carolina and across the country."
Buttigieg has not yet addressed the op-ed.
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Ace Cricketer Kapil Dev Felicitated Winners of Elpro Sports Festival
Updated on 3 Dec, 2019 05:07 AM IST BY Editor
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Pune,
'Elpro Sports Festival' organised by Elpro International School saw amazing sports action with participation across various categories from thousands of students. The sports festival which started on 9th November marked its grand finale recently with the winners and achievers being commemorated by none other than, legendary Indian cricketer Kapil Dev.
The festival provided a common platform for the students to showcase their talent and give the participants a chance to experience a balanced amalgamation of fun and challenge.
The main objective is not just to promote sports, but also instil a sense of passion and sportsmanship amongst the students. The sports curriculum was planned and designed for students to develop and enhance skills like strength, speed, endurance, agility, flexibility, control, balance etc. The grand finale saw young athletes getting awarded by Chief Guest of honour Kapil Dev and Dr. Amrita Vohra - Director Principal, Elpro International School.
Talking at the event, Kapil Dev said, "It is so wonderful to see the sportsman spirit of all these young kids. I have always believed that Sports is not just about winning, it is about building interpersonal bonds, camaraderie and above all, participating for the glory of the game and the spirit of sportsmanship. I am thankful to Elpro International School for inviting me and making me an integral part of this spectacular sports show."
The eight-year glorious odyssey of Elpro International School, in Pune has been dedicated to the pursuit of educational excellence with an uncompromising spirit of joy and adventure. From its humble beginnings in 2011, the school has been driven with a mission to cultivate and nurture young minds into global leaders of the future. The journey of the school has been a holistic educational experience that is not merely limited to classroom learning.
Equipped with latest innovations and technology, expansive playing fields, beautiful green gardens, the school has grown from strength to strength with an efficient team and a dedicated faculty. The school has an infrastructure conforming to global standards where academics are beautifully complimented with opportunities for sports, art, dance and music. The school empowers its students with state of the art labs for dance, music, physics, chemistry, biology, math, STEM education, tabla and art thus allowing them to explore, build and create.
As it continues to strive for excellence, Elpro International School’s journey has been a source of enriching and rewarding experience, which is adorned beautifully with commendations and awards. The prominent awarding bodies in the education sector like Education Today and Education World have honoured the school by ranking it as the No. 1 School in Pune for two consecutive years. The school has been conferred upon with the honour of ‘Future 50 schools shaping success’, by Fortune India where the top 50 schools of the country were appreciated for the efforts and pedagogical practices were also bestowed upon us. Recently, it got felicitated at the House of Commons, London and was recognized as a ‘Great Place to Study’ on the basis of Student Satisfaction Index.
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Totango Wins Industry Awards for Product Excellence
Totango Wins Industry Awards for Product Excellence May 2015
SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwired - May 12, 2015) - Totango, the leading customer success solution, wins 2 awards from SIIA for product excellence in the mobile and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) categories.
These accolades are a testament to Totango's strong vision and momentum as a company as well as the increasing importance of Customer Success Management alongside traditional CRM. Totango monitors customer behavior and usage in applications along with critical relationship data from CRM, billing, and other systems to generate insights on customer health and engagement. These insights help companies reduce churn and drive customer success, product adoption, and trial conversion.
"In today's world, managing your customer relationships means truly understanding how users are engaging with your product and what path will lead them to success," said Guy Nirpaz, CEO and Co-Founder of Totango. "Companies need to proactively drive their customers to see the value they were first sold on. This requires more than what traditional CRM solutions provide Organizations need data and insights into their customers' behavior and use of the product. These awards highlight that Totango is leading the market, giving Customer Success professionals actionable customer insights not only in the office but also on-the-go.
"SIIA's 2015 Software CODiE Award winners are some of the most innovative, high-impact software products in the market," said Rhianna Collier, VP & General Manager for the Software & Services Division at SIIA. "We congratulate all of this year's CODiE Award winners, and thank them for the contributions they have made to the software industry."
Winner: SIIA NextGen Awards in Mobile, Most Disruptive
Recognized for Totango's brand new mobile app, this award validated the work we put into creating a way for Customer Success professionals to access the information they need on the go. The NextGen Awards given to innovative companies who have an excellent product or service. One judge of the awards said, "I liked the story and history, the simplicity of the solution and how it allows the user to track their customer and provide health ratings based on the needs of that customer."
Winner: SIIA CODiE Awards, Customer Relationship Management Solution
This award symbolizes that the industry is now looking for new and better ways to manage their customer relationships and truly understanding your customers is becoming the key. Totango's solution is giving companies real-time insights into their customer base that allows them to proactively drive success and build lasting customer relationships.
To learn more about this award winning platform visit www.totango.com.
About the SIIA CODiE™ Awards
The SIIA CODiE™ Awards were established in 1986 by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), so that pioneers of the then-nascent software industry could evaluate and honor each other's work. Since then, the CODiE Awards program has carried out the same purpose -- to celebrate the software and information industry's finest products and services.
The SIIA CODiE Awards are the industry's only peer-reviewed awards program. The first round review of all nominees is conducted by media, publishing, and information services executives with considerable industry expertise, including members of the industry, analysts, media and bloggers, and bankers and investors. The judges are responsible for selecting the CODiE Awards finalists. SIIA members then vote on the finalist products and scores from both rounds are tabulated to select the winners.
For more information about the SIIA CODiE Awards, visit: http://www.siia.net/codies
About Totango
Totango is the leader in customer success and user engagement for cloud apps. The company helps SaaS vendors and online subscription services take a data-driven approach to reducing churn and driving customer success, product adoption, and trial conversion. Totango monitors customer behavior and usage in applications -- along with critical relationship data from CRM, billing, and other systems -- to generate insights on customer health and engagement. The company's platform combines big data analytics with powerful segmentation and predictive tools to guide vendors in taking the right actions with each customer to create an active, engaged user base.
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Dr. Sakar Palecha from Bikaner, India with presentation entitled: Computed tomographic characteristics of aggressive bone lesions in dogs. This abstract was accepted as a poster presentation.
Dr Kuan-Sheng Chen, Chung Hsing University, from Taiwan with presentation entitled:Clinical correlation between ultrasonographic renal dimensional indices and renal function in feline chronic kidney disease. This abstract was accepted as an oral presentation
Post congress thankyou letter from Dr Palecha:
Having just returned from the ACVR/IVRA 2018 joint conference in Dallas Fort Worth, Texas, I am writing to express my deep gratitude to the IVRA for extending a scholarship to me. It has been an honor for me that I was awarded the IVRA Bernstein Travel Grant 2018 among numerous applicants.
It enabled me to attend this international conference; I would not and could not have attended otherwise. During the conference, I actively participated and attended various scientific and poster presentations of the researchers and academicians in the field of veterinary radiology from different parts of the world. I met many researchers who are currently working on advanced diagnostic imaging modalities.
They are very professional, competent, skilled and experienced in their key research areas. In fact, the conference has provided me a platform where I could have reviewed my professional capabilities, imagine and plan for a stimulating, engaged future for me and my institute in the field of veterinary diagnostic imaging and interventional radiology.
The experience of this kind of international conference has impacted me both personally and professionally and I look forward to attend future events.
Thank you and sincere regards
Sakar Palecha
Post congress thankyou letter from Dr Kuan-Sheng Chen
Dr Kuan-Sheng Chen, Chung Hsing University, from Taiwan with presentation entitled: Clinical correlation between ultrasonographic renal dimensional indices and renal function in feline chronic kidney disease. This has been accepted as an oral presentation.
Bernstein travel fellow 2018 Kuan-Sheng Chen-supported by IDEXX
I was very grateful to receive the IVRA Bernstein Travel Fellowship for the opportunity to attend the ACVR/IVRA. The meeting was well organized, and was a congregation of imaging experts from all over the world. I enjoyed the scientific sessions. There were a lot of clinically related research and keynote topics that caught my attention, such as CT assessment of feline pancreatic duct with pancreatitis, CT features of canine anal sacculiths, ergonomics and hygiene of work stations, and awake-MRI in dogs. Also, everyone in the meeting was very friendly, and the best part was that I was able to interact with radiologists from different countries.
My abstract was selected for oral presentation on the first day of the scientific sessions, and it was the first time in my life presenting in an international meeting. Although I was extremely nervous, I was glad that I made it. People in the IVRA were very encouraging and gave me positive feedback. I felt excited that I could contribute our research findings to the society. What surprised me was that I was awarded the IVRA Rhodes Best Oral Presentation at the end of the meeting, and that really encouraged me and gave me more confidence in my academic career.
I also felt thankful and honored to be invited to the image interpretation session with five other board certified radiologists from different countries. That was an unforgettable experience for me as I was able to team up with two other brilliant radiologists to interpret imaging cases live in front of the audience. When my interpretation corresponded to the answer of the case, I was thrilled. Through this, I gained more confidence in my image interpretation abilities.
I have shared about my experience with my colleagues and students, and about what I have learned from the 2018 IVRA. They were all inspired and encouraged because we could contribute to the international imaging society and develop international connections. Although our teaching hospital does not have advanced facilities or a robust training system, we are encouraged that our efforts in establishing a veterinary diagnostic imaging section and residency training are paying off. We understand that these were important in helping to advance the quality of veterinary diagnostic imaging in the teaching hospital.
Prof Vandana Sangwan, Department of Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Punjab, India
Dr Yasamin Vali, Department of Surgery and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Iran
Dr Le Quang Thong, Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Dr. Agustina Anson, Teaching Veterinary Hospital, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Murcia, Spain.
Dr. Lee Martin Koma, Department Clinical Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Dr. Ashwani Kumar, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Sciences, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana-141004, Punjab, India.
Dr. Florin Eugen Grosu, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest, Romania.
Dr. Daniel Saez, University of Chile and Santo Tomas University, Santiago, Chile.
Dr. Lenin Arturo Villamizar Martinez, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Dr Modesta Makungu, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Theriogenology, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.
Dr Mohammad Molazem, Department of Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Iran. Note: the Canadian Government did not issue Dr Molazem a visa, so he was unable to travel to Vancouver to present his scientific paper.
Dr Majid Masoudifard, Department Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Iran.
Dr Adetola Ajadi, Department Veterinary Surgery, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Dr John Mande, Department Clinical Studies, Faculty Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
Dr Ganzhen Deng, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
Dr Irina M Donnik, The Urals State Agricultural Academy, Russia.
Dr Hock Gan Heng, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia.
Dr RG Iljazov, Research Institute of Radiology, Gomel, Republic of Belarus.
Dr VP Inanov, Altai State Agricultural University, Russia.
Dr NS Saina, Punjab Agricultural University, India.
Dr D Yeng, Nanjing Agricultural University, China.
Dr Baixi Chen, South China Agricultural University, China.
Dr SK Chawla, Haryana Agricultural University, India.
Dr R Azrib, Institute Agronimique et Veterinaire Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco.
Dr Safwat El-Makhtar Ali, Faculty Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt.
Professor Arun Pandurang Bhokre, College of Veterinary Animal Sciences, Parbhani, India.
Dr Jorge H. Mendoza, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, Universidad de Chile, Chile.
Dr Simion Bolte, Facultatea de Medicina Veterinara, Timisoara, Romania.
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FRANCE LIBRE ACTUALITES NO 9 [Main Title]
(Free) French newsreel. No commentary.
a) National mourning of dead patriots on All Saints' Day, 1 November. Mourners in a cemetery lay wreaths on graves. A stone memorial to the victims of Nazi repression dated 1 November 1944 and a montage of news items from the Collaborationist press reporting the execution of terrorists, recall the ordeals of the German occupation, as do stills of murdered prisoners and film of Oradour-sur-Glane and Ascq. De Gaulle reviews a parade of French soldiers (at Mont Valerien) before laying a wreath at the cemetery at Ivry, where 850 patriots lie buried. He later attends the official memorial ceremony at the Château de Vincennes watched by a large crowd. Other memorials recall the liberation of Paris, including wreaths in the Rue Git-le-Coeur and Place de la Concorde, and the wars of 1914 and 1870.
b) A rally of Gardes Patriotiques on 3 November at the Velodrome d'Hiver hears Louis Saillant announce that they are now to be called Gardes Civiques Republicaines. Sections from Renault, the cinema, theatre and other organisations identify themselves with placards.
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Saillant, Louis
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Ivry, France
Oradour-sur-Glane, Haute-Vienne, France
Mont Valérien, Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France
Place de Concord, Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France
Rue Git-le-Coeur, Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France
Velodrome d'Hiver, Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France
Château de Vincennes, Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, France
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ceremonies, French - customary: wreath-laying
ceremonies, French - display: rally
ceremonies, French - event-related: All Saints' Day
ceremonies, French - display: parade
ceremonies, French - event-related: memorial service
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When it finally hit zero, we found ourselves seeing things through the eyes of a Rebel fighter in a lush, wooded area, surrounded by towering trees. Leaves fell from their branches, and butterflies flitted about smaller bushes, which swayed in unison as the wind picked up. This all looked too familiar… this was the forest moon of Endor. After a moment, a team of rebels appeared on screen and speeder bikes started whizzing by.
Things got hectic fast. An AT-ST appeared and a Rebel fighter jetpacked past its front, firing a rocket into its cockpit to take it out. Overshields blinked on as the Rebels fought to fend off a Stormtrooper attack from within the trees above.
Things went from bad to worse: A massive AT-AT lumbered into the action. “The armor’s too thick!” a teammate shouted as we fired a recently obtained missile launcher power-up toward the beast. Sure enough, the shell exploded uselessly against the machine’s hull. The Rebels ran underneath it, taking care not to find themselves underfoot, and made their way to an uplink station. A moment after activation, a squadron of fighters attacked from overhead, thankfully drawing fire away from the ground troops.
The action shifted into a bunker alongside another Rebel, away from the increasing crossfire on the battlefield. The bunker felt lived in, but abandoned. Dust hung in the air, illuminated by shafts of light. The Rebels tiptoed through the hallways until — uh oh — one squadmember was lifted a couple feet off the ground, grasping at his throat. That signaled the entrance of Darth Vader himself, who swatted away incoming blaster fire with his iconic red lightsaber, casting a sinister light on his suit and reflective helmet with each flick of his wrist. Suddenly he was upon us, and the scene ended with a red flash.
Niklas Fegraeus, Design Director on Star Wars Battlefront, told us that making a new Star Wars game is a dream for the team at DICE. “With the new film releasing later this year, it’s super exciting,” he gushed.
He went on to describe DICE’s vision for this new project as he showed us a photo of a child playing with an AT-ST toy: “Playing with our toys and creating our own battle fantasies… that became our vision for Star Wars Battlefront.
“Being fans, authenticity is a pillar for us,” he continued before diving into impressive technical details.
DICE had nigh unrestricted access to the Star Wars vault thanks to their close partnership with Lucasfilm. Fegraeus explained a process in which photos from all angles are taken of actual Star Wars film props, then imported and built inside the game. This technology is what allows us to see every last nick and notch in a Stormtroopers helmet, or the ridges and scratches on the grip of a blaster. These are actual pieces of physical gear that have effectively been imported into the in-game universe.
Fegraeus noted, somewhat giddily: “When you pick up a lightsaber in-game or hop into an X-wing, you’re using the lightsaber or flying in the X-wing.”
Technical details mean nothing if a game isn’t fun, though. “Star Wars is about epic battles, good versus evil, imagination… all those things that make us want to step into that universe and be a part of it,” Fegraeus emphasized.
Players can find power-ups during battle, ranging from missile launchers and overshields to more serious upgrades like a personal X-wing or walker, or even the ability to become a hero or villain like Darth Vader himself. These can be turning points in a battle; a skilled player controlling a Sith Lord is not a force to be trifled with.
Star Wars Battlefront is primarily an online multiplayer game, but there are solo and co-op modes (both online and local split-screen) as well. “Missions” are designed to be highly replayable, and appealing to both casual and core players with different selectable difficulty levels. Co-op includes a new partner system that lets more experienced players help rookies get up to speed by sharing their unlocks and power-ups.
DICE also confirmed that players can switch between a first-person or third-person viewpoint at will. This decision in particular, combined with so many of the different ways players can approach the battlefield, illustrates that player choice is high on DICE’s list of priorities. They’re working hard to create the most detailed and accurately represented Star Wars universe we’ve seen yet — what happens there is up to you.
Star Wars Battlefront launches November 17th on PlayStation 4.
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8 Insights on How the Top 100 Brands Use Twitter in 2014 – Study
Facebook is now your pay to play channel and Twitter is your stream of consciousness.
Also, how you use Twitter and Facebook should be different as they are not the same beast. Tweets don’t have the same longevity as a Facebook post and so Twitter requires more feeding to engage with your user.
On the revenue creation side you might not sell directly from a tweet but it sure can increase your chances of brand discovery and awareness. Then the conversation will center around whether the first click or the last click should be attributed with the revenue result.
But being discovered is where it all starts.
Whether it’s a tweet in your stream or a search on Google. If they haven’t found you then you can’t start the engagement, the conversation or close a sale.
Simply Measured and Interbrand have just released a study on how the top 100 brands use Twitter. It reveals 8 insights on what works for them and how they are playing in the Twitter torrent.
#1. Brand adoption
Almost every one of the top brands has a Twitter account and since the study started in 2012 that has not changed.
What is changing is how many followers they have, how they use it and how often. The biggest change is in the number of followers with 70% of the top 100 brands now with 100.000 followers which is up from only 48% since 2013.
This gives brands some free distribution to reach their followers. This is a major difference between Facebook and Twitter at this stage of the social media platform evolution.
#2. Posting frequency
Posting frequency on Twitter and Facebook is sometimes treated by companies in the same way. It shouldn’t. Twitter will tolerate much more frequent posting than Facebook. In fact some studies show that a tweet every 15 minutes receives higher engagement than every 30 minutes.
The study results showed that tweeting every fifteen minutes instead of thirty led to the following:
Increased traffic by 31%
Engagement was up by 89%
Twitter should be seen as a stream and not an inbox.
What is interesting to see is that more brands are tweeting more frequently. Even though nearly 50% are only tweeting 1-5 times a day the number that are posting 25+ times has increased, though this is more about interacting with users.
#3. Tweeting habits
Sometimes it is said that our habits reveal who we are. For brands the study revealed the following about “Tweeting habits”.
Tweets have increased by 22% in the last year
@Replies to users are up from 61% to 70%
90% of brands replied to users at least once in Q3 2014
#4. Engagement
What is obvious with the study is that engagement on Twitter is up. This is happening partly because of the increase in the number of followers which has had an increase of 27% overall.
Here are the numbers on engagement.
Engagement with brand tweets is up by 83% since 2013
The number of ReTweets of brand Tweets has increased by 89% in the same period
Favourites account for 59% of user engagement with brands, which is up from 49% a year ago
The takeaway is that users are more willing in 2014 to endorse branded content.
#5. The rise of visual tweets
Twitter has increased its image sharing visibility (with tweets now displaying images in the stream ) with tweaks to its platform over the last 12 months. What is is interesting to see with this study is to see the engagement level that this is creating.
Photos made up 45% of sent Tweets, but accounted for 51% of all engagement.
Links accounted for 37% of sent Tweets, but were only responsible for 26% of @replies and Retweets.
The takeaway is that the top brands are taking advantage of this new “visual” Twitter and posting more photos and hence receiving greater engagement.
#6. The top link types
The study discovered that 59,870 of the brand tweets included a link of the studies 136,834 tweets by the top 100 brands . This reveals that 43.75% of all tweets contain a link.
What was the most popular type of link?
Pic.twitter.com links were the most popular with 14,581 Tweets which is 14% of all the links
The results for engagement were as follows:
Tumblr.com links saw the highest engagement per Tweet, with 1,522 @replies and Retweets per Tweet, but accounted for only 51 of the sent links.
Vine.co links, which display as embedded videos, accounted for 329 brand posts and saw the second highest engagement at 1,194 @replies and Retweets per Tweet.
#7. Hashtag use is exploding
Hashtags were considered a very geeky activity 2-3 years ago but now with its universal adoption by most social networks their use has exploded.
The hashtag numbers:
95,825 Tweets included hashtags in Q3 2014. This was up significantly from Q4 2013, when only 52,741 Tweets included hashtags. That is an increase of nearly 82% in just 12 months!
Hashtags increase user engagement by 24% over a tweet with no hashtags. But don’t overuse them. Rule of thumb is around 2-3.
#8. The top industries using Twitter
Twitter has been working hard over the last year or two on making mass media integrate and work better with social media. That is why you have seen the rise of hashtgas and twitter handles on TV shows and media companies.
The result is that Media brands have by far the largest engagement by users over any other industry on Twitter. It is double the next closest industry which is retail.
The study also unveiled that restaurants engaged better than any other industry with their users at nearly 400% more than any other category.
How do you use Twitter. Are you posting photos? How is your engagement with your users? Are you increasing your Twitter followers?
Want to see the full study? Click here.
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On The Seas With Yacht Broker David Seal
Arguably, David Seal is the world’s most well-known yacht broker. A team member with Northrop and Johnson, David is a pioneer in the YouTube marketing of yachts that only an extremely minor fraction of YouTube viewers can afford.
But David’s vision and efforts have paid off handsomely. His channel, Yachts For Sale, has already exceeded 11 million views, while viewership continues to increase, by virtue of 100,000 typical views per day.
There has been some criticism that marketing yachts to deca-millionaires and billionaires on YouTube is more “infotainment” than shrewd sales strategy. However, David has proven naysayers wrong many sales over. In fact, it is yacht owner fantasists that drive viewership, which, in turn, puts David’s videos at the top of search engines, such as Google. When billionaires search for yachts to buy, it is David’s yachts that appear at the top of the search results. Moreover, because billionaires also enjoy the simple pleasures of life, so too do they also enjoy perusing YouTube. They may have many assets, but time is one of their most precious assets. YouTube shopping helps prospective time-poor yacht owners hone-in on the yachts that they want to tour in person, wherever the yachts may be in the world.
Given David’s decades of yacht brokerage experience and his more recent Internet fame, Jim Simon for Jetgala had a chance to go “on the seas with” David to ask him about his perception of current trends in the yacht industry as well as his predictions for the future.
When thinking about current trends in the yacht industry, it seems that the adoption of onboard technology is a key trend. Are there any specifics in tech that we can see now?
Environmentally friendly technology is hot right now. Diesel-electric propulsion is perceived to be environmentally friendly and as such, it is commercially successful.
People are increasingly cruising off the beaten track – Alaska, north of Norway, and the Galapagos, just to name a few. In some destinations, you must show that your yacht has limited emissions in order to pass through. Previously, emissions limited access to small yachts. However, we’re seeing larger displacement yachts like the 54M Mangusta “El Leon” calling on the Galapagos, which is now on its way to Alaska.
Are tastes in yachts changing?
Indeed. The market is thinning a bit on “go-fast” yachts. Instead, we are seeing greater demand for longer-range yachts.
We are also seeing more demand for “resort-style” yachts. For instance, Baglietto Yachts are finding that their customers want yachts where the sides open up to form a stylised beach club. The challenge with beach clubs, of course, is that they take the spaces that are traditionally used for tenders. In response, people are now towing smaller boats behind their yachts like a 108’ Mangusta that I filmed recently that tows a 27’ Goldfish RIB.
Here in Singapore, we have seen firsthand that some yacht owners who wished their current yachts to be larger commission yacht builders to build larger replicas. Is this a trend that you are seeing on a macro scale?
Yachts are definitely getting larger. In 1995, there was a trend for Ferretti Yachts, where there were seven to eight yachts, each 70–80ft long, in construction at the same time. Fast-forward to today and Lürrsen Yachts seem to have just as many 120–140m yachts in construction at the same time.
Bigger yachts mean more space, which often translates into a bigger pool and even a helicopter-landing pad.
What are yacht owners doing with their yachts when they’re not in use?
Most yacht owners will make their yachts available for charter, and many are turning charters into experiences with souvenir videos to take home. Take Arience, one of the most popular yachts available for charter at $750,000 per week. The service and décor are amazing, and the crew leverage on technology like GoPros to help capture customers’ entire experience, such as on WaveRunners, swimming in crystal clear waters, and more.
What are your predictions for the yacht industry?
We will definitely see electric yachts in the near future. Small electric boats exist already but they do not have the range that a yacht requires. Automotive is going that way; it may take a while but [electric yachts] will happen.
Another prediction is that the Chinese market will come on line. They’ve been buying yacht builders but not that many yachts. Soon, they will want their own.
Private jets are sometimes called “offices in the sky” because high-speed Wi-Fi allows executives to be productive while traveling. Do you believe that yachts will follow the same and be “offices on the seas” allowing executives to work and relax aboard their yachts?
It’s highly unlikely that this will happen. After all, yachts are for relaxing; not working, and they are a place to escape to.
Look before you leap: Before making your next yacht purchase, check out David Seal’s comprehensive reviews on yachtsforsalechannel.com and youtube.com/user/YachtsForSaleCNI
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When DePuy, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, released the DePuy Attune Knee Replacement System in 2010, it was marketed as a device made to deliver high levels of stability and motion as well as patient satisfaction.
In the years since the system was released, mounting evidence suggests that the DePuy Attune System may be prone to premature failure.
As a result, people are beginning to file lawsuits against DePuy over claims that the manufacturer designed and marketed a defective device.
Study Points to DePuy Attune Loosening Issues
According to DePuy, patient dissatisfaction after knee replacement surgery is somewhere between 10% and 20%. The most common complaint is pain.
In order to provide a more satisfying experience with knee replacement surgery, DePuy created the Attune Knee System.
“The ATTUNE Knee System is designed to address the unmet needs of patients, surgeons, and hospital providers around the world,” DePuy writes in its value analysis brief of the device. “Extensive research and science has gone into the design to help improve functional outcomes for patients, performance for surgeons, and efficiency for providers.”
Unfortunately, evidence may point to a high rate of failure in the Attune system.
In September 2017, nine orthopedic surgeons reviewed reports of Attune device failure and said they encountered a “high rate of debonding of tibial implant–cement interface.” In other words, the glue holding the device together did not work as originally thought. This led to unexpected instability.
The study, which was published in the Journal of Knee Surgery, looked at reports submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database collects reports from manufacturers and user facilities.
At the time, there were more than 200 reports involving the system. They also found cases of tibial loosening in a review of three hospital databases.
It was still unclear whether the failures were isolated or indications of a wider problem. Researchers warned the failure of Attune devices could be underreported, however.
“We believe that this complication is underreported due to failure of radiographs to assess loosening,” the authors warned.
How Does the DePuy Knee Replacement System Work?
Although the procedure is called a knee replacement, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons says knee resurfacing is a more accurate term since the bones themselves are not replaced.
During the operation, only the surfaces of the bone are replaced.
Total knee replacement is only recommended in cases where non-surgical options have been exhausted. If a patient suffers from severe knee pain or a deformity, a doctor will sometimes recommend the procedure.
During the procedure, the damaged cartilage is removed from the surfaces of the femur and tibia along with some bone. Then the components of the DePuy Attune system are implanted and cemented to the bone. The kneecap is also resurfaced with a plastic button. Finally, a spacer is inserted to offer a better surface for the components to work together.
The reports of failure have surrounded the tibial component of the Attune system, which is important to the stability and fit of the device.
First DePuy Knee Replacement Lawsuit Filed in 2017
Shortly after the study in the Journal of Knee Surgery was published, the first lawsuit related to the Attune system was filed against DePuy and Johnson & Johnson.
In a press release, Cunningham Bounds LLC announced it had filed the lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa County in Alabama due to the premature failure of the system.
DePuy markets Attune as a safe and effective knee replacement option.
“However, in recent months, DePuy Synthes has filed dozens of reports with the Food and Drug Administration documenting premature failures of the Attune Knee System that have resulted in the destabilization of patients’ knee replacements and painful revision surgeries,” the firm said.
DePuy’s History of Knee Replacement Recalls
More than four million Americans are living with knee implants, according to Consumers Union. However, the rise of knee replacement surgeries has also come with a rise in device failures.
The 2013 summary of knee recalls found that DePuy had the most number of recalls at the time. Between 2003 and 2013, Consumers Union reported that DePuy had 277 recalls, followed by Zimmer with 224.
One of the most recent recalls for a DePuy knee implant came in December 2017 when the company recalled its Sigma HP PFJ Cemented Trochlear Implants. Around 7,500 units were recalled after reports of elevated revision rates seen in postmarket surveillance.
The company has come under fire for using the FDA’s 510(k) approval process to get devices like the Attune system on the market. Through the expedited process, a manufacturer does not need to show the device is safe through clinical trials. It only needs to show that the device is “substantially equivalent” to a device that’s already approved on the market.
DePuy Attune Component Recalled in 2015
Along with the hundreds of other knee replacement recalls from DePuy, a component of the Attune system was recalled in 2015.
The manufacturer initiated a Class II Device Recall of Attune Knee Tibial Articulation Surface Instruments.
More than 3,400 units were recalled after a small wire spring called the Balseal in the tibial component of the device was found to be prone to failure.
“If the Balseal is separated from the post, it has the potential to enter the surgical site and be left in the patient if the surgeon is unaware of the disassociation,” DePuy said at the time.
No other recalls have been issued for the Attune system, even in light of reports of device failures.
More Lawsuits Related to Attune Knee System Expected
With an estimate of more than 30,000 people in the United States implanted with the Attune system, attorneys around the country expect more lawsuits to be filed against the makers of the knee replacement system.
Those who have been forced to undergo revision surgery after being implanted with the DePuy Attune Knee Replacement System should find an experienced lawyer to discuss whether a lawsuit is the best path forward.
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Lake Erie's Algae Monitored from Space
Over the vast expanse of Lake Erie, sampling the water to test for potentially toxic algae blooms may seem like using a medicine dropper in an ocean. It takes days to collect enough data from enough spots to determine if the algae pose a danger.
To cover a larger area more efficiently and better predict future algae blooms, Joseph D. Ortiz, Ph.D., professor of geology in the College of Arts and Sciences, is gathering data from an instrument on board the International Space Station – a hyperspectral imager. From space, it can image the entire lake in two days.
In his laboratory at Kent State, he breaks down the signal from space and compares it with water samples gathered directly from the lake and analyzed with a similar instrument in the field. Different pigments absorb and reflect light differently; he looks for pigments such as chlorophyll, the green pigment present in many algae.
He then applies statistical methods to determine the amount of algae, its scope and its potential effect on water quality.
During the recent toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie that led to a shutdown of Toledo’s water supply, Ortiz was part of a NASA-led group of researchers monitoring the problem. He helped to coordinate field sampling among groups that included the U.S. and Ohio environmental protection agencies, other universities and governmental agencies.
Remote Sensing to Study Lakes
A marine geologist with an interest in geological oceanography, climate change and aquatic biology, Ortiz first used remote sensing as a graduate student at Oregon State University and later as a research scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University. He is among a small group of researchers worldwide using remote sensing technologies to study marine sediment recovered from deep-sea cores.
When he came to Kent State in 2001, he began applying these methods to study lakes. Lakes pose more problems for visible remote sensing than oceans – they have more complex mixtures of organic matter and sediment that can muddy the waters, so to speak.
NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland flew a research airplane at 11,000 feet and lower over Lake Erie’s Western Basin to collect high-resolution images of the lake during the height of the algae crisis in the summer of 2014. Information from those flights helped Ortiz learn how atmospheric aerosols can skew remote sensing results from space. The data collected will allow researchers to make atmospheric corrections.
In the future it may be possible to develop new and updated algorithms to predict the nature of phytoplankton blooms – not all algae blooms are toxic -- in order to better understand how algae respond to different temperatures and levels of nutrients in the lake, he said. Scientists are still studying why last summer’s algae bloom was so bad. It did not extend as far as the 2011 bloom, and it was more diffuse, spreading with the persistent rain. It developed quickly after a delay possibly caused by the cold winter.
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His research will help provide a baseline profile that can be used to assess the effectiveness of any measures taken to slow algae growth. Limiting fertilizer run-off into the lake, reducing phosphorus and repairing combined sewer overflow systems are among the suggested solutions.
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Trump put a voter ID hawk in charge of his 'Election Integrity' group
Updated: 5:22 PM CDT May 11, 2017
By Gregory Krieg
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President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order chartering an investigation into alleged corruption in the American electoral system -- an institution he has repeatedly smeared with baseless charges of mass voter fraud. But as much or more than the initiative itself, the early criticism has been trained on its designated point man, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach. Opponents past and present responded with anger on Thursday as news of his involvement spread. "Kris Kobach being named to run a commission on 'voter integrity' is like naming Bernie Madoff to run a commission on financial crimes," Frank Sharry, the founder and executive director of America's Voice, an immigrant group, said in a statement. "His bigotry and radicalism have no place in our federal government. Any commission which Kobach leads has no integrity." Kobach, who consulted Trump during the transition, got his first taste of Washington during a stint as an immigration law adviser in the George W. Bush administration. In that role, he helped craft the the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS), a post-9/11 program that required additional layers of screening for people entering the US from countries -- almost all in the Middle East -- believed to be home to known terror suspects. The controversial process was effectively retired by President Barack Obama's DHS in 2011. NSEERS was briefly floated late last year as a potential framework for executing candidate Trump's proposal to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the country. The White House eventually settled on a more targeted ban on travelers from certain majority-Muslim countries and refugees from Sryia, although the federal courts have hit pause on it. Over the last decade, Kobach has emerged as one of the country's most influential immigration hawks and a crusader for stricter voter identification laws. He has clashed repeatedly with voting rights groups and is currently stuck in a contentious court battle with the American Civil Liberties Union, which filed a lawsuit claiming his office sought to turn back Kansas voters in violation the National Voter Registration Act. ACLU Voting Rights Project director Dale Ho slammed Kobach's selection on Thursday, labeling the Kansan the "King of Voter Suppression." On Wednesday, a federal judge upheld an order compelling Kobach to turn over information he shared with Trump during a meeting in November of 2016. The world got a snapshot, literally, of the document in question -- a few pages, actually -- when Kobach accidentally displayed it as he walked into a meeting with Trump shortly after the election. Though he was not brought on board by the incoming administration then, he clearly made an impression. His work spearheading Trump's committee will be highly scrutinized from the outset, mostly because the initiative seems to have come about as a means of justifying the President's bogus charge that as many as 5 million "illegals" voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016. During a January meeting with top lawmakers in Washington, Trump sought to back the claim by relaying a story purportedly told by a friend of German golfer Bernhard Langer, the product of an apparent game of telephone that Langer quickly disputed. Still, Trump persisted with the allegations, never providing any evidence to back to the claim or dispute a Brennan Center for Justice report that found voter fraud rates were between 0.00004% and 0.0009% -- effectively nil. Pence, who will head the commission, reportedly told Republicans at a policy retreat in January he expected the administration would "initiate a full evaluation of voting rolls in the country, the overall integrity of our voting system in the wake of this past election." And while the full breadth of the new "Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity" is still a little fuzzy, Kobach's presence offers some insight into its ambitions. Kobach is perhaps best known for his using his position in Kansas to help shape law in states across the country. He was involved in the writing of Arizona's SB 1070, a law (even after being mostly struck down by the Supreme Court) that allows police to ask individuals for proof of citizenship if there is a "reasonable suspicion" they are in the country without documentation. In Trump, the lawyerly Kobach has found a temperamental opposite, but staunch ideological ally. When Trump promised a wall during the campaign, Kobach was there with a nuts-and-bolts idea for how to make Mexico finance the project. And while the wall is, for now, stuck in the mud, Kobach profile is set to keep on rising.
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But as much or more than the initiative itself, the early criticism has been trained on its designated point man, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
Opponents past and present responded with anger on Thursday as news of his involvement spread.
"Kris Kobach being named to run a commission on 'voter integrity' is like naming Bernie Madoff to run a commission on financial crimes," Frank Sharry, the founder and executive director of America's Voice, an immigrant group, said in a statement. "His bigotry and radicalism have no place in our federal government. Any commission which Kobach leads has no integrity."
Kobach, who consulted Trump during the transition, got his first taste of Washington during a stint as an immigration law adviser in the George W. Bush administration. In that role, he helped craft the the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS), a post-9/11 program that required additional layers of screening for people entering the US from countries -- almost all in the Middle East -- believed to be home to known terror suspects.
The controversial process was effectively retired by President Barack Obama's DHS in 2011. NSEERS was briefly floated late last year as a potential framework for executing candidate Trump's proposal to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the country. The White House eventually settled on a more targeted ban on travelers from certain majority-Muslim countries and refugees from Sryia, although the federal courts have hit pause on it.
Over the last decade, Kobach has emerged as one of the country's most influential immigration hawks and a crusader for stricter voter identification laws. He has clashed repeatedly with voting rights groups and is currently stuck in a contentious court battle with the American Civil Liberties Union, which filed a lawsuit claiming his office sought to turn back Kansas voters in violation the National Voter Registration Act.
ACLU Voting Rights Project director Dale Ho slammed Kobach's selection on Thursday, labeling the Kansan the "King of Voter Suppression."
On Wednesday, a federal judge upheld an order compelling Kobach to turn over information he shared with Trump during a meeting in November of 2016. The world got a snapshot, literally, of the document in question -- a few pages, actually -- when Kobach accidentally displayed it as he walked into a meeting with Trump shortly after the election.
Though he was not brought on board by the incoming administration then, he clearly made an impression. His work spearheading Trump's committee will be highly scrutinized from the outset, mostly because the initiative seems to have come about as a means of justifying the President's bogus charge that as many as 5 million "illegals" voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016.
During a January meeting with top lawmakers in Washington, Trump sought to back the claim by relaying a story purportedly told by a friend of German golfer Bernhard Langer, the product of an apparent game of telephone that Langer quickly disputed.
Still, Trump persisted with the allegations, never providing any evidence to back to the claim or dispute a Brennan Center for Justice report that found voter fraud rates were between 0.00004% and 0.0009% -- effectively nil.
Pence, who will head the commission, reportedly told Republicans at a policy retreat in January he expected the administration would "initiate a full evaluation of voting rolls in the country, the overall integrity of our voting system in the wake of this past election."
And while the full breadth of the new "Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity" is still a little fuzzy, Kobach's presence offers some insight into its ambitions.
Kobach is perhaps best known for his using his position in Kansas to help shape law in states across the country. He was involved in the writing of Arizona's SB 1070, a law (even after being mostly struck down by the Supreme Court) that allows police to ask individuals for proof of citizenship if there is a "reasonable suspicion" they are in the country without documentation.
In Trump, the lawyerly Kobach has found a temperamental opposite, but staunch ideological ally. When Trump promised a wall during the campaign, Kobach was there with a nuts-and-bolts idea for how to make Mexico finance the project.
And while the wall is, for now, stuck in the mud, Kobach profile is set to keep on rising.
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Kalmar global / Pressroom / Press releases / Kalmar equipment steps up development at leading Chile port
Kalmar equipment steps up development at leading Chile port
CARGOTEC CORPORATION, PRESS RELEASE, 27 AUGUST 2015 AT 10 AM (EEST)
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has received an order from Puerto Central S.A (PCE) in San Antonio, Chile for 24 Kalmar Ottawa T2 terminal tractors and three Kalmar DCG160-12 forklift trucks. The order was signed in June 2015 with delivery expected in November 2015.
As part of the plan to become one of the largest container terminals in Chile, PCE is building a new multipurpose terminal with a 15m draft, allowing the port to handle Post-Panamax ships. Phase 1 of the project, which will transform Puerto Central into a multipurpose terminal with a capacity of 1.3 million TEUs, has already benefitted from the delivery of seven Kalmar E-One2 rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) in July 2015. In addition, the terminal operates with eight Kalmar Ottawa terminal tractors.
Mauricio Argandona, Operations Manager of Puerto Central S.A., commented: "Kalmar's new-generation terminal tractors and forklift trucks are highly reliable products that allow us to start the next phase of our project and ensure its success in the short and long run. We have a commitment to becoming one of the largest ports in Chile and yet again Kalmar has provided the best equipment solutions in a short delivery time."
Alexandre Esse, Commercial Manager at Kalmar Brazil, said: "We are delighted to receive this repeat order from PCE as an endorsement of the superior quality products we build and the reliability of Kalmar as a supplier. The final commissioning and handover of our RTG cranes, manufactured at Rainbow-Cargotec Industries in China, were done in July on time and according to the original plan. Once again we are committed to delivering state-of-the-art machines which provide a level of productivity and efficiency that meets their needs in this critical next stage of expansion."
Alexander Esse, Commercial Manager, Kalmar Brazil, tel. +55 13 3308 2230
Kalmar offers the widest range of cargo handling solutions and services to ports, terminals, distribution centres and to heavy industry. Kalmar is the industry forerunner in terminal automation and in energy efficient container handling, with one in four container moves around the globe being handled by a Kalmar solution. Through its extensive product portfolio, global service network and ability to enable a seamless integration of different terminal processes, Kalmar improves the efficiency of every move. www.kalmarglobal.com
Kalmar is part of Cargotec. Cargotec's sales totalled approximately EUR 3.4 billion in 2014 and it employs approximately 11,000 people. Cargotec's class B shares are quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd under symbol CGCBV. www.cargotec.com
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On the twenty-sixth of this month [July], we commemorate the Holy Venerable Martyr of Christ Paraskevi.
You prepared yourself for God as a pure temple,
Being led there, Revered One, for habitation.
On the twenty-sixth Paraskevi was beheaded with a sword.
Saint Paraskevi lived during the reign of Emperor Antoninus (138-161), was from a village in old Rome, and the daughter of Christian parents, whose names were Agathon and Politia. They were careful to keep the commandments of the Lord, and were childless, for which reason they supplicated the Lord without ceasing, in order to be given a child. God, who does the will of those who fear Him, granted them a female child, who they named in Holy Baptism Paraskevi, because she was born on the day of Paraskevi (Friday).
She therefore dedicated herself to God since the time she was in her mother's embrace, and was educated and advised by her mother. After the Saint learned sacred letters, she always read the divine Scriptures, and taking leisure in the church of God, she dwelled in holy prayer. When her parents died, she distributed all her possessions to the poor, and was tonsured and dressed in the schema of a Nun, going out to the people, to preach the name of Christ our true God. Hence she turned many Greeks to the knowledge of God.
At that time certain Jews brought accusations against her to Emperor Antoninus, saying: "A certain woman, Paraskevi by name, preaches Jesus the son of Mary, who was crucified by our forefathers." When the emperor heard these things, he ordered for the Saint to be brought before him, and he was astounded and excited by her wisdom and beauty. He therefore said to her: "If you are persuaded by my words, O Maiden, and sacrifice to the gods, you will become an inheritor of many gifts and good things. If you are not persuaded, know that I will hand you over to much torment." With brave thoughts the Saint responded to the emperor: "Far be it from me to deny the name of Christ my God! 'These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens' (Jer. 10:11), as the Prophet Jeremiah says."
This inflamed the emperor with rage, and ordered that a heated iron helmet be placed on the head of the Saint. While this took place, the Saint was kept unharmed with divine refreshing coolness. Amazed by this, many Greeks came to believe in Christ at that time. The emperor then ordered for a cauldron full of oil and pitch be brought to a boil, and the Saint was placed within. Standing in the middle of the cauldron, the Martyr looked refreshed. When the emperor saw her, he said: "Sprinkle me with the oil and pitch, Paraskevi, that I may know if the pitch and oil are burning." The Saint then filled her hands with it, and sprinkled it on the face of the emperor, immediately making him blind. He thus loudly yelled out: "Have mercy on me, servant of the true God. I also believe in the God you preach." Saying this, his sight was immediately restored. Wherefore he believed in Christ, together with his guards, and they received Holy Baptism in the name of the Holy Trinity.
When the Saint departed from there, she went to other cities and villages, proclaiming the name of Christ. When she arrived at a city ruled by a man named Asklepios, she was brought before him, and she called upon the name of Christ and sealed herself with the sign of the honorable Cross. She confessed that she was a Christian, and proclaimed Christ as the God of heaven and earth. When the king heard this, he was troubled, and sent her to a most fearsome dragon that resided outside the city, which hissed loudly, and when it opened its mouth much smoke came forth. When the Saint approached the dragon, she said: "The wrath of God, O beast, has come against you." Then she blew on the dragon, and made the sign of the honorable Cross. The dragon then hissed loudly, was torn in two, and disappeared. When the king and those with him saw this, they were astonished, and all came to believe in Christ.
The Saint therefore departed from there, and went to another city ruled by another king named Tarasios. When he was informed of the Saint, she stood at trial. When he had asked the Saint, she confessed herself to be a Christian, and proclaimed Christ as the true God. Whence she was placed in a cauldron, which was full of oil and pitch and lead, and beneath it was a lit flame. An Angel of the Lord then cooled the cauldron and what was in it. For this reason the Martyr of Christ remained unharmed. After undergoing many other tortures, the inhuman tyrant was unable to persuade her from her steadfast faith. Finally, he had her honorable head cut off, and the blessed one's soul flew off victorious into the eternal habitations.
Apolytikion in the First Tone
Your diligence corresponded to your name, Paraskevi, which denotes preparedness. Through faith you inherited the promised dwelling that was prepared for you, O prizewinning Martyr. Therefore you pour out cures and healings, and you intercede on behalf of our souls.
Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
We have found your sacred shrine to be a clinic of the soul, O holy one, and all we faithful now accord honor to you with our voices strong, devout Martyr Paraskevi extolled by all.
The voice of the Bridegroom called you as a bride, and gave you an incorruptible crown, O godly-minded and all-glorious Paraskevi; and He enrolled you, as one worthy, together with the august martyrs and prize-winners. As you rejoice with them, remember us who observe your holy feast and who assemble in your church. For as we stand in it now, we soulfully offer up hymns to you, devout Martyr Paraskevi extolled by all.
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Sexual harassment of students at UW campuses: What we know about gaps in tracking offenders
The UW System will examine record-keeping and reference check practices after a USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin review of sexual misconduct cases.
Sexual harassment of students at UW campuses: What we know about gaps in tracking offenders The UW System will examine record-keeping and reference check practices after a USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin review of sexual misconduct cases. Check out this story on jsonline.com: https://jsonl.in/2LO1AlO
Karen Herzog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 8:00 a.m. CT June 1, 2018
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The University of Wisconsin System scrambled to get ahead of developing news stories Wednesday in announcing it would review hiring practices and reference checks to weed out prospective employees with a history of sexual harassment and tighten documentation.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Stevens Point Journal, and Oshkosh Northwestern have been delving into cases of UW employees moving from campus to campus — with their misconduct undisclosed — and documents about allegations and investigations missing from personnel files.
Reporters for the Journal Sentinel and its USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin partners pressed officials about the gaps they found.
The Journal Sentinel was ready to publish a story raising questions about whether enough was being done to maintain records of sexual harassment cases so offenders couldn't quietly move elsewhere and continue the behavior without their history following them.
Gov. Scott Walker cited published reports from USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin in asking the UW System to review its policies.
Here's what we know — and what we don't — about UW System's reckoning with sexual misconduct of employees who work with students.
1. What prompted the release of records of sexual harassment cases
In the wake of #MeToo, women have come forward to share their stories, and public attention has turned to the extent of sexual harassment in workplaces. In academia, power differences between professors and young adult students create an especially difficult dynamic.
One crowdsourced survey shared through social media in recent months contains well over 2,000 anonymous sexual harassment allegations from universities across the country, including UW-Madison.
Under the state's open records law, the Journal Sentinel in January asked all 13 four-year and 13 two-year UW System campuses for sexual harassment complaints involving supervisors, instructors and others who interact with students. The Journal Sentinel specifically requested complaints, investigation findings, disciplinary actions taken, employment status of the accused and details of any financial settlements.
2. What we found
The records provided to the newspaper revealed that some 100 complaints of sexual misconduct — harassment and/or assault — have been formally investigated on UW campuses since 2014, involving supervisors or faculty and others who teach, advise or supervise students.
In more than half the cases, students made the allegations.
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3. What further concerns were raised by the documents?
The Journal Sentinel shared sexual harassment case files from UW-Oshkosh, UW-Stevens Point and UW-Green Bay with USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin partners in those communities.
Stories by the Stevens Point Journal and Oshkosh Northwestern exposed a lack of transparency when UW campuses provided job references for employees with known histories of sexual harassment. Those employees were hired by other campuses that did not know their histories.
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The Journal Sentinel's investigation revealed gaping holes in documentation kept on file. Many of the investigation findings — and in some cases, all records — were missing. Records about disciplinary actions taken also were spotty.
The Journal Sentinel also noted that in many cases, teachers or others who work with students made sexual advances toward them via social media, email and texting — informal, digital tools of choice for young people that can be an easy vehicle for sexual harassers who have impulse control issues.
4. What UW officials said in response to issues raised
Asked whether prospective employers would have a way of finding out about a UW System employee with a history of sexual harassment allegations, UW System spokeswoman Heather LaRoi told the Journal Sentinel that it's up to prospective employers to decide what questions to ask in a reference check.
"Depending on the circumstances, it is possible that sexual harassment allegations could be shared as part of a reference check," LaRoi said.
UW-Stevens Point Chancellor Bernie Patterson ordered a review of policies at that campus on disclosure of sexual harassment complaints in reference checks before the UW System announced its review.
“UW-Stevens Point will ensure those in leadership positions are knowledgeable of and compliant with relevant policies, including the distinction between the right to privacy and the obligation to disclose allegations and investigations of sexual harassment,” spokeswoman Nick Schultz told the Stevens Point Journal.
5. What UW was doing to address sexual harassment before now.
UW System President Ray Cross created a Task Force on Sexual Violence and Harassment in 2014, which led to systemwide sexual violence and harassment training for all employees and students, starting last year.
The UW System also created a website to connect victims with campus support services, and revised policy on consensual relationships to help mitigate potential conflicts and power differentials.
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6. What's next
During the UW System Board of Regents' next regular meeting June 7 on the UW-Milwaukee campus, the regents will consider a new policy tightening record-keeping for sexual harassment cases, and a review of hiring and reference check processes at all campuses.
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The review is to ensure that allegations or investigations of sexual harassment for current or former employees are “appropriately disclosed” when an individual is being considered for a job at a UW institution or by an outside entity.
The proposed new policy also would require personnel files to appropriately document the final resolution of any allegations or investigations, including whether the employee was found not responsible, resigned, was disciplined or was terminated.
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Oakland experts address state senate regarding live-work spaces
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (BCN) - Architect Thomas Dolan addressed state senators holding an Oversight Hearing in Sacramento today regarding the Oakland Ghost Ship fire, which claimed 36 lives on the night of Dec. 2, urging officials not to crack down on potentially hazardous live-work spaces as doing so could lead to displacement of residents in an already challenging housing market.
"Since the ghost ship fire I've devoted most of my time to the aftermath of that terrible event," Dolan said. "Ghost Ship was an outlier, but the other spaces I've visited are generally safe."
"It's been said there's a code problem," Dolan said. "The greatest problem is cost."
The Oakland-based live-work architect is referring to the potentially prohibitive cost of bringing warehouse spaces up to current building and fire code requirements when changing them over from commercial to residential or live-work spaces.
Fire sprinkler systems are expensive, but they can make a big difference in potentially fatal fires. Dolan said establishing a sprinkler fund at the state level would be an effective way to help prevent tragedies like the Ghost Ship incident in the future.
Dolan also said many live-work art spaces that currently hold all-night performances and social gatherings would be unable to do so as permitted event venues, which may discourage the people operating those spaces from voluntarily coming into compliance.
Developing a mechanism for allowing such all-night events to continue would help cities and counties throughout the state to ensure the safety of their communities, according to Dolan.
He suggested designating a new kind of affordable live-work designation specifically for low-income artists in response to the market pressures that drive creatives into unpermitted and potentially hazardous spaces.
Oakland Assistant City Administrator Claudia Cappio suggested looking to the state's historic building code, which allows for a broader interpretation of health and safety requirements. Dormitory occupancy designations, like the ones found on college campuses, might also be an effective way to ensure the safety of live-work spaces without displacing residents.
Committee chair Senator Mike McGuire said the next step would be to set up a working group to look at refocusing building and fire codes, potential model ordinances that local jurisdictions can implement and legislation to be enacted at the state level.
The working group's findings are likely to be presented at another hearing in summer or early fall, McGuire said.
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by Meredith Goldstein
Five unmarried guests manage to come together—and fall apart—during an upscale wedding at a Maryland country club.
Unconvinced that there is any upside to being a bridesmaid, New York City casting director Hannah nonetheless feels a sense of obligation when her dear college friend Bee requests her services. Aside from the bother of having to buy a special halter bra for the occasion, singleton Hannah is anxious about seeing her ex Tom, who will be there with his new girlfriend, a guidance counselor named Jaime. Staying with Hannah is another college friend, Vicki, a creative type with a dull corporate job in Rochester. She also has a mild case of depression that she combats with a special sunlamp she carries around in a guitar case. Vickie and Hannah’s Texas friend Rob, alas, is a last-minute no show for the wedding, although his presence is missed. A laid-back underachiever with a tendency to disappoint people, Rob carries a torch for Hannah, although his only commitment is to his dog Liz, a rescue mutt with epilepsy. Through texts, he gets a play-by-play of the event, while struggling with his own mixed feelings—and a sudden emergency. To calm her pre-wedding jitters, Hannah mixes a couple of mystery pills (offered by the controlling matron-of-honor, Dawn) with alcohol, and proceeds to make a fool of herself during the inevitable confrontation with Tom, who remembers the end of their relationship far differently than she does. Inebriated as she is, Hannah catches the eye of Phil, a strapping young man who is only attending as a favor for his sick mother. And Vicki bonds with Bee’s uncle Joe, a successful, divorced businessman from Las Vegas with a thing for wistful young brunettes. Funny and sad with easily identifiable characters, Boston Globe advice columnist Goldstein’s debut makes the most of some very familiar scenarios.
Charming wedding farce with a bit of depth.
Pub Date: April 24th, 2012
Publisher: Plume
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Bar kicks off alternative business structure licensing
By Max Walters2017-04-03T12:29:00+01:00
The Bar Standards Board today announced it that has become the fifth front-line legal regulator empowered to license alternative business structures under the Legal Services Act.
The regulator will join the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the regulators for IP professionals, chartered accountants and licensed conveyancers in licensing legal services businesses that are owned by non-professionals. In a statement today, the BSB said 'an order recently approved by garliament designated the General Council of the Bar as a licensing authority for ABS'.
A new edition of the BSB Handbook, which contains the rules of professional conduct for barristers and entities, is published today.
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Oliver Hanmer (pictured), director of regulatory assurance at the BSB, said: ‘We are pleased to announce that we are able to start regulating ABSs. Although we are cautious about the number of ABSs that may choose to be regulated by us, we believe this development encourages further innovation in the provision of legal services.’
A BSB spokesperson said: 'Prior to today’s launch, we ran a pilot with a number of potential ABSs to test our application processes. From that pilot, we expect to license four ABSs subject to fee payment and them confirming that they have appropriate insurance arrangements in place.'
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Outgoing Leicester City players won't all be replaced, admits Claude Puel
City manager says he will not make signings for the sake of it
Jordan Blackwell
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Leicester City’s outgoing stars will only be replaced if the club can recruit quality players, manager Claude Puel has declared.
City have already let go two players this month, selling Vicente Iborra to Villarreal and loaning Fousseni Diabate to Sivasspor.
Harvey Barnes has come the other way following his recall from West Brom, but the number of incomings is unlikely to match those heading for the exit, with Puel reluctant to do business in the difficult winter window.
“You spoke about Diabate, when we took back Harvey, it’s not just to replace him numerically. It’s because Harvey can give good help for us,” Puel said.
“Just because one player leaves the club, we do not automatically need to replace him. The most important thing is to keep the balance.
“I don’t want to replace a player just to replace a player, just to have another number in the team. It’s not necessary.
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“If a player comes in the team, it’s because he can give good help and all the strengths for the team.
“For the transfer window in January, we cannot take players without the feeling he can give all the strengths and can become a valuable player for the team.
“The winter transfer window is difficult. It’s difficult to find a good player, ready to play. If we took a player who had not played for six months and he needed two months to come back, it will not be possible. We have no interest about this.
“To find a good player now, in the winter transfer window, is always difficult or we need to spend a lot of money.
“It is important to keep the right way. It was not bad our first half of the season. We need to improve the team step by step but if it’s not possible in the winter, we have objectives and all the information for the summer. This is the most important thing.
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“This period is not the right period to make the transfers and make a lot of moves.”
Lots of players have been linked with moves away this month, including out-of-favour midfielders Andy King and Adrien Silva, as well as title-winners Christian Fuchs and Shinji Okazaki, who have both played bit-part roles this campaign.
Puel refused to mention any player by name, but said every team member’s concerns were listened to, and that he would help players find opportunities elsewhere if their departure would not damage the squad’s strength in depth.
“I cannot give for any player (the details) about their situation,” said Puel. “In general, it will be sometimes a difficult transfer window and a difficult period to manage.
“We have to listen and to understand players without a lot of game-time and we will try to manage this tough period and keep the right way because it’s important for the squad.
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“All the decisions we take during the transfer window will be for the club and for the squad and to keep a good balance in the team with good possibilities to continue our way in the second half of the season.
“But I can understand the different feelings and feedback about some players.
“What I can say is if a player has to leave the club, it’s because we can have solution in the squad and we can keep the balance, which is the priority for the club.
“We’ll see if some players can have opportunities on loan. If we give them this opportunity to leave the club, it’s because the priority of the club is the squad is to maintain the quality and to keep the players ready to play.
“I cannot make comments about individual players. We listen to the players but the general interest is the club.
“We have to manage this period and try to find the right solution and right decisions about players. The priority is the club.
“We’ve only just started the second half of the season. There are a lot of games, a lot of difficulties in front of us and we need to have all the strength possible.”
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Indiana Public Media 3 results
Media coverage and discussions about the Bloomington Farmers’ Market have dismissed the voices of Bloomington’s people of color, says historian Ellen Wu. “This is a major omission, considering that African American, Latinx, and Asian American women have made integral interventions into the debate.” For this article, Wu interviewed eight women of color to get their perspectives on the controversy. Click here to read the article.
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The drug-addiction epidemic in southern Indiana has defeated almost every effort people have tried to address the problem. But writer Paulina Guerrero looks into how some groups, such as the Indiana Recovery Alliance, are finding that a new method, called harm reduction, often has better results than the decades-old war on drugs. Click here to read the full story.
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Category: Civic Engagement
Meet the Watsons
What could be more fun that a fully funded year of international study and travel? That’s what’s in store for Morgan Sleeper ’11 (Deland, Fla.) and Keren Yohannes ’11 (Louisville, Ky.), who were awarded Thomas J. Watson Fellowships—one-year grants for independent study and travel outside the United States.
Investigate and Map It
Nolan Levenson '11 class Urban GIS research Indian reservations in Minnesota. The file project was presented to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. The maps they developed are now available in at Native American Community Development Institute in Minneapolis on a large touch screen.
Natalie Locke '11 created the Sustainability Student Worker Network - which now includes 20 students, ensuring that program continues long after she graduates.
Waruiru Mburu '13 received a grant from the Live It Fund. Her project involves building a library at Bunabumali Good Samaritan Orphan and Needy school in Bunabumali village, Bududa District, Uganda.
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Winner of one of this year's Davis Projects for Peace grants, Rayanatou Laouali ’12, discusses her project to bring economic agency and sustainability to impoverished female peanut oil laborers in Niger.
Newborn Politico
Growing up in the Dallas suburbs, Matt Butler ’12 (Southlake, Texas) wasn’t politically active. Now, less than three years after enrolling at Macalester, Butler co-chairs its Minnesota Public Interest Research Group (MPIRG) chapter, has worked as an election judge, and pitched in for Get Out the Vote campaigns.
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For the sixth year in a row, Macalester has placed on the Peace Corps’ list of top colleges nationally producing Peace Corps volunteers. With 22 alumni currently serving as Peace Corps volunteers, Macalester is No. 6 in this year’s rankings among small-sized colleges and universities (tied with Johns Hopkins), moving up from No. 7 in 2010, and No. 9 two years ago.
Kaitlyn Arctander in Russia
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Global Model United Nations
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Louisiana Injury Lawyer Blog
Published By Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews L.C.
Louisiana Court of Appeal Upholds Apportionment of Fault to Plaintiff in Crane Injury Case
by Scott Andrews
Although most people commonly associate personal injury cases with car accidents, dangerous products also constitute a substantial number of serious accidents each year. As dedicated and experienced Louisiana product liability lawyers, we have witnessed how much an injury caused by an unsafe product can affect a victim’s life. If you were hurt as a result of a dangerous product, we are ready to help you assert your right to compensation.
Recently, a Louisiana court of appeal considered a dangerous product case involving a large construction crane. The operator was injured while in the course and scope of his job. He brought a lawsuit against the crane manufacturer and the party that leased the crane. The matter proceeded to trial, and the jury ultimately returned a verdict that assigned some portion of fault to all three parties, including the plaintiff. The jury also awarded the plaintiff compensatory damages. All three parties appealed.
Information at trial revealed many different aspects of the crane’s origins and usage and the circumstances surrounding the plaintiff’s injury. After the crane was leased, information came out from the manufacturer noting an issue with a component of the crane. The company that leased the crane informed the wholesaler that it would make the modifications because it was familiar with using the crane’s components. The plaintiff was one of the employees whom the company that leased the crane assigned to make the modifications. In deciding how to perform his role in removing the boom from the crane, the plaintiff relied on a label affixed to the crane. The plaintiff was injured when the part was removed.
The trial court granted the plaintiff’s motions in limine before trial, which sought to exclude evidence about a number of things, including information about the labeling on the boom. The jury assigned 25% fault to the wholesaler, 35% fault to the plaintiff, and 40% fault to the company that leased the crane.
On review, the appellate court upheld the jury’s verdict, finding that the evidence presented at trial reasonably supported the jury’s assignments of negligence. It first reviewed the rule regarding comparative negligence in Louisiana, which requires the jury to assess various factors before concluding whether a party was negligent at the time of the alleged incident. These factors include whether there was an awareness of the danger, the extent to which the plaintiff’s conduct contributed to the injury, and more. The appellate court noted that had the lessee company allowed the crane manufacturer or the wholesaler to perform the repairs, the plaintiff would not have suffered injuries. The court also noted that the plaintiff to some extent assumed some responsibility by being part of the team that volunteered to make the repairs.
If you were harmed as a result of a dangerous product, it is essential that you speak to a professional Louisiana defective product lawyer as soon as possible. These claims can be complicated, especially if they involve highly technical products or machinery. At Dué Guidry Piedrahita Andrews L.C., we can ensure that you understand the full extent of your legal rights and that you feel confident in your legal representation. To schedule your free consultation, call us now at 1-800-929-7481 or contact us online.
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Made Of Air
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Trend agency Stylus on Made of Air
Global trend forecaster Stylus seems to understand the potential of Made of Air very well:
The Made of Air material is made from waste biomass that has absorbed CO2 during its lifetime (plants naturally absorb CO2 by photosynthesis). It’s baked in an oxygen-free oven to form a stable carbon char – a controlled process that means the material generates negative carbon emissions due to absorbing more carbon dioxide than it emits.
The result is a black, fire-retardant material that can be shaped into panels, reformed and recycled. Although it’s in the early stages of development, the material can be adapted to suit different applications, such as a replacement for fillers in products like plasterboard or for whole material products like cladding tiles.
The studio believes it has the potential to replace existing CO2-producing materials used in the construction industry, such as MDF board, while also acting as a carbon-negative material agent to help cut down the carbon footprint of building projects.
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The untold story of Australia’s greatest classical pianist.
?Geoffrey Tozer?s death is a national tragedy.? - The Hon. Paul Keating ?Geoffrey was a great ambassador for his nation?s culture. Much of the time it must have felt to him as if his nation didn?t care.?- Norman Lebrecht, French Music Critic The Eulogy is a feature documentary, which for the first time unravels the truths and myths behind the life... More »
‘Geoffrey Tozer’s death is a national tragedy.’ - The Hon. Paul Keating ‘Geoffrey was a great ambassador for his nation’s culture. Much of the time it must have felt to him as if his nation didn’t care.’- Norman Lebrecht, French Music Critic The Eulogy is a feature documentary, which for the first time unravels the truths and myths behind the life and career of one of Australia’s most brilliant, prolific and least understood concert pianists, Geoffrey Tozer. As an 8-year-old child prodigy the world was Geoffrey Tozer’s oyster. From the time that he was the youngest ever semi-finalist at the famous Leeds Piano Competition, he dazzled audiences around the world. As an adult Geoffrey Tozer continued to perform in Australia and internationally but for a career that promised and delivered so much, Tozer’s end was shocking. At his memorial service in 2009, Tozer’s friend and former Prime Minister, Paul Keating delivered a searing eulogy, painting a haunting picture of a lonely genius shunned by the Australian musical establishment during the final years of his life. Intrigued by Keating’s controversial eulogy and spurred to find out what went wrong with Tozer’s career, esteemed conductor and music educator Richard Gill goes on a journey to discover the man behind Keating’s eulogy. Richard’s first steps begin at the Estate of Geoffrey Tozer, where in a humble backyard shed is an archive that contains thousands of drawings, photographs, letters and diaries documenting every aspect of Tozer’s tumultuous life. Gill also meets with members of Tozer’s family, inner circle and musical colleagues who have never before spoken publicly about the pianist. The epic tale and musical legacy of one of the greatest pianists Australia never really knew is finally revealed. Less «
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EBay Stock Is a ‘Melting Ice Cube,’ Wells Fargo Says
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EBay stock falls after Wells Fargo turns bearish
Shares of eBay Inc. are off 1% in premarket trading Friday after Wells Fargo analyst Brian Fitzgerald downgraded the stock to underweight from equal weight in a note titled: "Value Stock Or Melting Ice Cube?" He sees an unattractive risk-reward scenario going forward given his expectation that eBay will continue to face challenges with its core marketplace business, including due to a U.S. internet sales tax rollout and increasing competition from new marketplaces as well as established players. "We estimate eBay's U.S. gross merchandise volume (GMV) through the first three quarters of 2019 was 5.8x larger than the combined GMV of emerging marketplaces Etsy, RealReal, Mercari and Poshmark, down from 7.6x larger in 2018," Fitzgerald wrote. He cut his price target to $32 from $45. Shares are off 8% over the past three months, while the S&P 500 has gained 11%.
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EBay loses chief strategy officer, promotes four execs to leadership team
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CES 2020: Quibi is about to see if its $1.4 billion streaming bet will pay off
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Amazon Tells Shoppers That PayPal’s Honey Is a Security Risk
(Bloomberg) -- PayPal Holdings Inc. made a big bet in November with its $4 billion acquisition of Honey, a web browser extension that helps online shoppers find the lowest prices. Now Amazon.com Inc. is warning customers not to use the tool.Shortly before Christmas, Amazon said Honey posed a security risk, which was reported Thursday by Wired. The warning perplexed some online shopping experts since the tool has been available for several years and Amazon makes no similar warnings about other browser extensions such as price tracker camelcamelcamel.com.“Amazon’s fight against Honey while letting a dozen other tools go on is confusing,” said Juozas Kaziukenas, founder of New York e-commerce research firm Marketplace Pulse. “I don’t buy their security risk message. They just want Honey and PayPal to be squashed.”There is no love lost between Amazon and PayPal, which spun off from e-commerce competitor EBay Inc. in 2015. Amazon has its own online payments service that competes with PayPal and doesn’t allow PayPal payments on its site.PayPal executives were surprised by the Amazon warning about Honey and are communicating with Amazon to resolve it, according to a person familiar with the situation, who requested anonymity to discuss an internal matter. One possibility for PayPal: alerting federal antitrust regulators since the Honey warning could be interpreted as Amazon using its size and clout to harm a competitor. Regulators have encouraged Amazon rivals to provide information about potential anticompetitive practices.If PayPal thinks Amazon’s warning is unwarranted, it can accuse Amazon of deceptive practices, requiring Amazon to explain why it did so.“As markets become more concentrated and firms grow larger, we are seeing more attempts to protect market positions and eliminate rivals through deceptive practices,” said Diana Moss, president of the American Antitrust Institute.Just before Christmas, banners started popping up on Amazon that told shoppers to be cautious when using Honey, calling it “a security risk” and “to keep your data private and secure, uninstall this extension immediately.”“Our extension is not – and has never been – a security risk and is safe to use,” a Honey spokesperson said. “We have a team dedicated to ensuring the security of our users’ information and we regularly engage expert third-party security firms to assess our security protections. If ever an individual or independent researcher contacts us about a potential vulnerability, we engage with that person to understand and remedy the issue (if there is one).”Los Angeles-based Honey has more than 17 million users, who use the extension to save money at Amazon and other online retailers.Amazon shoppers using Honey could be less inclined to follow Amazon suggestions, which don’t always direct shoppers to the lowest-priced product since it considers other factors such as shipping speed. Honey’s use could undermine Amazon’s own algorithm, diminishing the company’s power of suggestion over its shoppers. Amazon has been accused of favoring its own products over competitors, which the company disputes.In an emailed statement, an Amazon spokeswoman said: “Our goal is to warn customers about browser extensions that collect personal shopping data without their knowledge or consent such as customer name, shipping and/or billing address and payment method from the checkout page.”(Updates with antitrust comment in seventh paragraph.)\--With assistance from Matt Day.To contact the reporters on this story: Julie Verhage in New York at jverhage2@bloomberg.net;Spencer Soper in Seattle at ssoper@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Robin Ajello at rajello@bloomberg.net, Molly SchuetzFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
Why Sonos Has Already Lost Its Patent Suit Against Google
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- If you’re not a patent aficionado, you have probably never heard the phrase “efficient infringement.” Not to blow the punch line, but it’s yet another example of how big tech companies use dubious means to squeeze their smaller rivals. When critics complain that Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon are squashing innovation, this is the sort of tactic they’re talking about.I first heard the phrase some years ago when I looked into a patent dispute between Apple Inc. and the University of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, which owns the university’s patents, had sued Apple over its use of an innovation that university scientists had dreamed up and patented in the mid-2000s. Apple had installed it in iPhones and iPads without bothering to negotiate a license and had been using it with impunity for years before the case finally went to trial. A jury found for the foundation in 2015 and ordered Apple to pay $234 million.That was actually a victory for Apple. Consider: Apple got free use of valuable technology that it took from a smaller, less powerful entity. Losing at trial was unfortunate, perhaps, but the $234 million was just another business expense. Pocket change, really, considering Apple’s size.How common is this kind of move? Boris Teksler, Apple’s former patent chief, told the Economist recently that “efficient infringement, where the benefits outweigh the legal costs of defending against a suit, could almost be viewed as a ‘fiduciary responsibility,’ at least for cash-rich firms that can afford to litigate without end.” In other words, stealing patented technology is practically required if you’re focused on shareholder value. And who isn’t these days?What brings this to mind is a lawsuit filed by Sonos earlier this week against mighty Google. The suit contends that the search giant (2018 revenue: $136.8 billion) has been infringing patents that belong to the smaller company (2018 revenue: $1.1 billion) since 2015, specifically those covering wireless home speakers. Google and Sonos were once allies; now, Google’s Chromecast devices, which use the technology in question, compete directly with Sonos’s audio systems. Among other benefits, this alleged infringement allowed Google to reap “$3.4 billion in Google Home revenue in 2018 alone,” according to the Sonos complaint.For three years, according to the complaint, Sonos tried to get Google to focus on the infringement, sending the larger company notices informing it that it was violating as many as 100 of its patents. The two companies held talks to settle the matter. But with negotiations getting nowhere — at least in Sonos’s view — it sued Google over five of the most important patents.Needless to say, Google says it did nothing wrong and that it developed its technology independently of Sonos. (This, by the way, is not a particularly strong argument; independently derived technology can still infringe another company’s patents.) “We dispute these claims and will defend them vigorously,” said Jose Castaneda, a Google spokesman.Well, of course Google will fight the case. That’s what efficient infringement is all about. Assuming Google uses the standard playbook, it will first go to the patent office and employ a relatively new process called the inter partes review to try to have dozens of Sonos’s patents invalidated. Even if that fails, it will soak up 18 months or so and several million dollars. Then it will file motions and countermotions to drag the case out as long as possible. That should consume three or four more years. And if, in the end, Sonos wins, all it will get is money, which is one thing Google has plenty of. What Sonos will never be able to do, even if it prevails, is stop what it contends is the infringing. Thus, just like Apple in the Wisconsin case, Google wins even if it loses.“What is the definition of a patent?” asked Brian Pomper, the executive director of the Innovation Alliance, which represents small and medium-size patent holders. “It means you have the right to exclude others from your invention.” He added, “How can a patent be meaningful if you don’t have the right to exclude others?” But that’s where we are. Companies like Sonos have virtually no leverage to stop bigger companies with deep pockets from infringing their patents. In a sense, this state of affairs is one of the unintended consequences of the scourge of patent trolling that was so common 15 years or so ago. Patent trolls were companies that bought up broad patents and then sued hundreds of companies, claiming infringement. Many companies paid just to be rid of them.In 2006, with the issue of patent trolls much in the air, the Supreme Court decided a case, eBay Inc. v MercExchange, LLC, that flipped patent law on its head. Before the eBay case, plaintiffs who could show their patents had been infringed could almost always obtain an injunction preventing the defendant from using the infringing technology. That meant that the infringer would have to pull products off the shelves, or find a work-around, unless it negotiated a license as part of a settlement, which was often the result.In its eBay decision, the court established a four-part test that judges had to apply to grant an injunction. As a practical matter, this complicated test, which includes whether the plaintiff would suffer “irreparable harm” and even whether the public interest would be served if an injunction was granted, means that judges stopped granting injunctions. The decision put a huge damper on the business model of the patent trolls, but it also took away the leverage small companies needed to protect their patents.Five years later, Congress passed the America Invents Act, which made changes in patent law. One of those was the creation of a Patent Trial and Appeal Board, which could rule on the validity of already-granted patents. This, too, had its benefits; for instance, it makes it easier for generic drug companies to challenge Big Pharma’s patents. But it also gave the big tech companies another useful tool: They could force patent holders to spend time defending their patents instead of moving forward with their lawsuits.With all the leverage now on the side of Big Tech, is it any wonder that efficient infringing became standard operating procedure? (Quick reminder: Google denies infringing Sonos’s patents.)As anyone who has a Sonos system knows, it makes a terrific product. But consumers can get an audio experience from Google and Amazon that may not be quite as good but is less expensive. (Sonos says that Amazon has also infringed its patents but that it doesn’t have the financial wherewithal to sue both Google and Amazon at the same time. In its response, an Amazon executive stressed that Sonos was a partner and that it was working to integrate Sonos and its Alexa digital assistant.)For now, at least, the Sonos brand is strong enough to hold its own against these giant companies. But without the ability to protect its patents, you have to wonder how long that will be the case. Without true patent protection, innovation is harmed. That’s what Sonos v. Google truly represents.To contact the author of this story: Joe Nocera at jnocera3@bloomberg.netTo contact the editor responsible for this story: Daniel Niemi at dniemi1@bloomberg.netThis column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.Joe Nocera is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering business. He has written business columns for Esquire, GQ and the New York Times, and is the former editorial director of Fortune. His latest project is the Bloomberg-Wondery podcast "The Shrink Next Door."For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com/opinionSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
EBay at a Quarter Century - Has It Lost Its Luster?
At the ripe old age of 25, is eBay losing its luster to the likes of Amazon, Alibaba and other online marketplaces?
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Shares of the online marketplace eBay fall after the company receives a downgrade from Jefferies ahead of its fourth-quarter earnings.
SoftBank-Backed Korean Unicorn Coupang Prepares for IPO as Soon as 2021
(Bloomberg) -- South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang Corp. is preparing for an initial public offering as soon as 2021, according to people with knowledge of the matter.The Seoul-based company, founded in 2010 by Chief Executive Officer Bom Kim and said to be valued at $9 billion in late 2018, has begun working on tax structuring among other changes as it eyes a public listing next year, said one of the people, who requested anonymity because the matter is private. A company representative declined to comment.Last month, Coupang -- whose investors include SoftBank Group Corp.’s Vision Fund, BlackRock Inc. and Sequoia Capital -- appointed Alberto Fornaro as chief financial officer to succeed Richard Song. Earlier in 2019, it hired Jay Jorgensen, a former Walmart Inc. executive, as general counsel and chief compliance officer.SoftBank’s shares were up as much as 3.8% in Tokyo in the wake of the news.In November 2018, the Vision Fund invested $2 billion in the company in a deal that valued Coupang at $9 billion, people familiar with the matter said at the time. That funding followed $1 billion from SoftBank itself in 2015, valuing the startup at about $5 billion.Korea’s e-commerce market is the fifth-largest in the world and on track to be the third-largest by 2021, behind only China and the U.S., according to Coupang.Coupang had more than $10 billion in gross merchandise value on its platform as of Dec. 31, according to a person familiar with the company. Sales increased more than 60% year over year in 2019, the person said.Kim, a Harvard University dropout, had mulled an IPO a few years ago, he told CNBC in December, but opted instead to expand the business with a nationwide fast delivery network. In spite of intense competition from EBay Inc.’s Gmarket and family-run conglomerates such as Shinsegae Inc. and Lotte, Coupang has successfully expanded its shopping and delivery services with SoftBank’s investment.Though still unprofitable, Coupang has been pushing a growth narrative when talking to investors and in the summer it launched Coupang Eats as an extension of its delivery services. When South Korea’s biggest food delivery app Woowa Brothers Corp. sold an 87% stake to Delivery Hero SE, it alluded to Coupang Eats as a strong challenger.“Assuming Coupang lists shares in the U.S., it might get a conservative valuation as a loss-making unicorn, owing to WeWork’s IPO failure,” said SK Securities analyst Yoo Seung-woo.(Updates with analyst comment and SoftBank share price)To contact the reporters on this story: Giles Turner in London at gturner35@bloomberg.net;Gillian Tan in New York at gtan129@bloomberg.net;Sohee Kim in Seoul at skim847@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Alan Goldstein at agoldstein5@bloomberg.net, Andrew Pollack, Vlad SavovFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
Facebook and eBay pledge to do more to tackle trade in fake reviews after pressure from UK regulator
Facebook and eBay have made commitments to do more to stop fake reviews being sold on their platforms after coming under pressure from a UK markets regulator -- even as fresh examples of the problem have been found on Facebook-owned Instagram. The regulator estimates that more than three-quarters of UK shoppers are influenced by reviews when they shop online, with billions of pounds being spent every year based on write-ups of products or services -- which in turn encourages an illegal trade in fake and misleading reviews. Today the CMA says Facebook has removed a total of 188 groups and disabled 24 user accounts as a result of its investigation.
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Facebook and eBay pledge to better tackle fake reviews
Facebook and eBay have promised to better identify, probe and respond to fake and misleading reviews, Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Wednesday after pressing the online platforms to tackle the issue. Customer reviews have become an integral part of online shopping on several websites and apps but the regulator has expressed concerns that some comments may not be genuine. Facebook has removed 188 groups and disabled 24 user accounts whilst eBay has permanently banned 140 users since the summer, according to the CMA.
Facebook, EBay Crack Down on Fake Reviews After CMA Warning
(Bloomberg) -- Want the lowdown on European markets? In your inbox before the open, every day. Sign up here.Facebook Inc. and EBay Inc. removed dozens of groups offering fake and misleading online reviews, after the U.K.’s antitrust regulator stepped up its crackdown on the online platforms.The Competition and Markets Authority said Facebook shut down 188 groups with many consisting of people and businesses offering to write misleading reviews on shopping and review websites, while EBay banned 144 users. The action came after the CMA demanded changes from the sites to prevent fake and misleading online reviews from being bought and sold.Facebook is also testing automated monitoring systems to allow it to detect sites offering fake reviews and remove them promptly, the CMA said in a statement Wednesday. Both companies fully cooperated, the regulator said.The crackdown took place following a warning last year by the CMA, which has so far taken the main role in the U.K. in overseeing the social media giants. The regulator has floated several options to roll back the dominance of the largest tech firms in the online advertising market, including curbing Facebook’s ability to block rivals from using certain features.To contact the reporter on this story: Jonathan Browning in London at jbrowning9@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Anthony Aarons at aaarons@bloomberg.net, Christopher Elser, Nate LanxonFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
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Micron Tech net falls 60%
By Rex Crum
RexCrum
Technology reporter
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Micron Technology Inc. on Wednesday reported a 60% drop in its quarterly profit, but better sales of its chips for personal computers and digital-media devices boosted overall revenue.
Micron MU, -0.03% said it earned $62.6 million, or 9 cents a share, in its fiscal first quarter, which ended Dec. 1. During the comparable period a year ago, the Boise, Idaho-based company earned $154.9 million, or 23 cents a share.
Revenue totaled $1.36 billion, up from $1.26 billion.
Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call had forecast Micron to earn 11 cents a share, on $1.34 billion in revenue.
In after-hours trading, Micron shares fell 32 cents, or more than 2%, to $13.82 after rising 43 cents in the regular market session.
Micron said the company was able to use a broad product line to help blunt what was a 15% decline in the price of DRAM chips used for memory in personal computers.
In addition to DRAM, Micron specializes in NAND flash memory, a more profitable line of chips used in music players and other digital media devices. Micron said gross margins held steady at 23%, due to more sales of high-margin chips such as NAND flash memory.
In November, Micron and Intel Corp. INTC, -0.10% agreed to form IM Flash Technologies LLC to develop flash memory chip products. Micron will own 51% of the new venture, which is scheduled to be completed in January. Apple Computer Inc. AAPL, +1.11% has already prepaid Micron and Intel $250 million each to secure much of the venture's initial flash memory output.
Micron didn't immediately give a second-quarter forecast. Analysts are forecasting the company to earn 9 cents a share, on revenue of $1.3 billion.
Separately, Micron said Teruaki Aoki and Robert Switz would join the company's board of directors on Feb. 7. Aoki is currently an adviser at Sony Corp. SNE, -0.19% and a former executive of Sony Electronics USA. Switz is chief executive of ADC Telecommunications ADCT.
Rex Crum
Rex Crum is a technology reporter for MarketWatch in San Francisco. Follow him on Twitter @mktwcrum.
Micron Technology Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq: MU
P/E Ratio 18.7
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Apple Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq: AAPL
Market Cap 1.4T
Sony Corp. ADR U.S.: NYSE: SNE
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OIL FUTURES: Crude Tad Down As Dollar Dictates Movements
By Mari Iwata
Published: Nov 10, 2010 2:04 a.m. ET
MariIwata
TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Crude oil futures were largely in negative territory in Asia Wednesday, in part due to the dollar's rise against the euro.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in December traded at $86.63 a barrel at 0703 GMT, down $0.09 in the Globex electronic session. December Brent crude on London's ICE Futures exchange fell $0.17 to $88.16 a barrel.
Following overnight losses in New York, crude clawed back into positive territory as the dollar slipped in early Asian hours. But with little fundamental developments to drive its movements, crude soon gave up its gains after the dollar started rising.
Nevertheless, sentiment in the crude market remained positive for the medium term because the easing monetary policy being adopted by the U.S. is likely to keep supporting commodity prices, analysts said.
"Commodities are sort of booming again now," said Koichiro Kamei, analyst with consultancy Market Strategy Institute in Tokyo. Investors are buying precious metals to hedge against inflation, and funds have also flowed into other commodities, he said.
Unlike other commodities, crude supplies remain at above-average levels. But "there is a lot of money flooding the globe. It is so much that even crude oil should rise as a result," Kamei said.
Upcoming U.S. oil weekly data from the Energy Information Administration is the market's next focus. But its impact would be limited compared with moves in the greenback, analysts said.
Ken Hasegawa, analyst with Newedge Japan, said even bearish figures "won't have any significant impact" on crude oil prices if the dollar weakens.
Crude inventories rose an expected 800,000 barrels for the week ended Nov. 5, according to an estimate of 14 analysts polled by Dow Jones Newswires. Gasoline inventories fell by 900,000 barrels, the analysts estimate. Stocks of distillates, including diesel and heating oil, are seen falling by 2 million barrels.
Nymex reformulated gasoline blendstock for December--the benchmark gasoline contract--rose 16 points to $2.1866 a gallon, while December heating oil traded at $2.4067, unchanged.
ICE gasoil for November changed hands at $745.00 a metric ton, down $2.00 from Tuesday's settlement.
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The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Jurassic Jumble
Writer Ryan North previews Squirrel Girl’s newest challenger—dinosaur Ultron!?
by Steffi Feldman
Doreen Green—The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl—has defeated the likes of Doctor Doom, Galactus, M.O.D.O.K, and Thanos in recent years. They don’t call her “unbeatable” for nothin’, folks.
On September 13, witness the next chapter in her invincible story as writer Ryan North and artist Erica Henderson present UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #24! Seen previously frolicking in a nature preserve full of dinosaurs, Doreen gets a big surprise when one of those prehistoric beasts turns out to be Ultron in the form of a Tyrannosaurus rex!
It seems a rumble for the ages awaits in the cards—so, what can we learn about this Jurassic joust before issue #24 hits shelves? Series writer Ryan North probably knows—let’s ask him!
Marvel.com: Squirrel Girl has single-handedly defeated some of the most powerful beings in the universe…but will this newest foe end her winning streak at last?
Ryan North: Obviously you’ll have to read the comic to find out—but we did put “unbeatable” on the cover, so I wouldn’t be dressing up neighborhood squirrels in black funereal garb just yet. But how? How could she do it? Ultron has incredible powers and has previously defeated the Avengers as a group—and she’s alone in the dangerous landscape of the Savage Land.
Seriously, please let me know how she could do it. I have written myself into a corner and need ideas stat.
Marvel.com: What’s it like writing a character that’s so powerful—and so funny?
Ryan North: With Doreen I see this really clever, competent woman who gets underestimated by people who don’t know her—and there’s a lot there that most of us can relate to. In a sense, it’s so easy to write Squirrel Girl because she’s so well-defined; she’s a ridiculously powerful person (she has all the powers of squirrel and girl, after all) and she’s also really empathetic. She’d rather discuss a dispute before heading right into a fist fight. In real life, I try to do the same, and I, too, have had many more discussions than I have fist fights—so in that sense she can be inspired by reality as well.
She also has this slightly skewed view on the Marvel Universe—it’s the point of view of a computer science student (Doreen!) and her friends (Nancy! Tippy-Toe! Brain Drain! And more!) who see everything with fresh eyes.
Marvel.com: What do you think makes Squirrel Girl so unbeatable?
Ryan North: She’s smart, she’s kind, and she knows computer science. Also: squirrels. A literally unbeatable combination—it’s so powerful that I’m surprised it hasn’t shown up in fiction until now!
Marvel.com: What’s your favorite element of this storyline?
Ryan North: Ultron is lots of fun, and turning him into a gigantic Tyrannosaurus rex only makes him even more fun. I am always happy to write a dinosaur, and I hope that my previous Dinosaur Comics work has given me that expertise in writing giant Tyrannosaurs.
I think it’s impossible not to have fun when you’re putting your characters in some sort of “Jurassic” kind of “park”—especially when they’re facing down a killer robot dinosaur named Ultron. There is literally nothing not to love in that sentence.
Marvel.com: So, how did Ultron turn into a dinosaur!?
Ryan North: Well, I don’t want to give it all away (we reveal it in the next issue!) but Ultron always rebuilds himself—even if only a little bit of him survives. In the past, we’ve always assumed that only one part rebuilds, so only one Ultron exists at a time, but if that wasn’t the case…and if that extra part dropped into the Savage Land…
Marvel.com: What makes the Savage Land the perfect setting for this story?
Ryan North: I love the Savage Land because it’s there, in the present day, just, you know, hanging out in Antarctica. Like, everyone in the Marvel Universe just goes about their business, paying their bills and taxes, and never once stops and says, “Hey, wait a minute, there are alive dinosaurs on Earth right now,” and hops on a plane to go see them. It was fun to play up Nancy’s disbelieving reaction to that at the start of the arc, because I had the same reaction when finding out about the Savage Land way back when. It’s a big deal and I think super heroes and regular people should be visiting it way more often!
Marvel.com: Definitely! What will your interpretation of the Savage Land be like?
Ryan North: We really wanted to do the dinosaurs justice. The Savage Land first showed up in Marvel Comics decades ago—but our understanding of dinosaurs has evolved since then. Erica Henderson, the series artist, insisted (she sent me several emails even after I agreed, just to make sure I didn’t forget) that we explain why the Savage Land dinosaurs didn’t have feathers—since we now understand that most dinosaurs did. The explanation in the book (that the Savage Land inhabitants did have feathers but lost them over the 65 million extra years they had to evolve in Antarctica) solved a scientific problem in the Marvel Universe that had bugged Erica for years. We’re always happy to make these stories about super powered people more scientifically accurate!
Plus, if you keep your eyes peeled, you’ll see some of my favorite species of dinosaurs in the Savage Lands. I think this is the best arc we’ve done yet—and I’m really excited that we’ll soon be able to share it all with you!
UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #24, by Ryan North and artist Erica Henderson, launches on September 13!
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Samantha Newbery
Basra, Iraq, September 2003
in Interrogation, intelligence and security
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The Iraq case is the best-known of the three examined in this book because of the recent press coverage it has received. The ‘five techniques’ were used in a Temporary Detention Facility in Basra in September 2003. This episode resulted in the death of Baha Mousa, one of the detainees involved. This chapter focuses on how, despite the 1972 ban, British soldiers came to use the techniques at the Temporary Detention Facility. The techniques were used in a markedly different way than in Aden and Northern Ireland: they were used for a different combination of reasons and were not the result of efforts to transfer expertise gained in interrogation in similar environments.
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Interrogation, intelligence and security
Controversial British techniques
Manchester University Press
Interrogation; Torture; Intelligence; Policy; Security; Counter-Insurgency; Counter-Terrorism; Aden; Northern Ireland; Iraq
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List of figures and tables
Chapter 1: The ‘five techniques’ of interrogation and the Aden Emergency, 1963–67
Chapter 2: Aden
Chapter 3: ‘The troubles’, policy-making and interrogation, 1969–71
Chapter 4: The government’s response
Chapter 5: The ‘five techniques’, intelligence and security in Northern Ireland
Chapter 6: Basra, Iraq, September 2003
Chapter 7: The impact of the reoccurrence of the ‘five techniques’
Authors: Michael Lawrence and Rachel Tavernor
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Amazon Sued for Trademark Infringement by Prime Trucking Company
Orange County – The use of the word “Prime” on Amazon’s trucks has led to a trademark infringement lawsuit. On July 2nd, 2019, a Missouri-based trucking company, Prime Inc., filed a lawsuit in federal court in the western district of Missouri.
Prime Inc. claims to have notified Amazon of the trademark infringement more than two years ago through written correspondence, as well as proceedings that Prime Inc. initiated through the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Amazon has continued to use the Prime markings on its trucks and other vehicles for commercial use. Prime is claiming that Amazon’s actions amount to unfair competition that is intentional and malicious. Amazon.com began the Prime service in 2015 and also began shipping products in its own trucks that same year. Later, in 2016 or 2017, Amazon began to use the “Prime” trademark on its trucks. Because this is nearly 40 years after Prime Inc. started using its trademarked “Prime” logo on trucks, Prime obviously became concerned.
Prime Inc. is contending that it should be entitled to Amazon Prime’s profits with damages trebled due to the willful nature of the infringement. The “Prime” logo that the companies use are different in appearance. Amazon uses lowercase letters with a curvy font along with the Amazon smile/arrow design, while Prime Inc. uses all capital block lettering. Prime Inc. contends that the use of the word is “identical in appearance, sound, meaning, and commercial impression.” Prime Inc. believes that the use of the word “Prime” is the dominant component of Amazon’s use.
It is somewhat surprising that Amazon uses “Prime” on its trucks rather than “Amazon Prime”. In light of the preexisting use by Prime Inc., it seems that an easy resolution to the matter would simply be for Amazon to always include “Amazon” with the word “Prime” on its trucks.
Because Amazon’s use of Prime is in the same transportation field, Prime Inc. is alleging that consumers are likely to link the two together and assume that there is an association or sponsorship when that is not the case. The association may cause consumers to associate any defect, objection, or fault with Amazon’s services with Prime Inc. The lawsuit filed by Prime Inc. also alleges that Amazon misrepresented to the trademark office how it planned to use the trademark on vehicles.
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Fed Survey Sees Improved Economy
The economy kept expanding in all regions of the country in June and early July, helped by strength in consumer spending, a Federal Reserve survey released Wednesday indicates.
Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy kept expanding in all regions of the country in June and early July, helped by strength in consumer spending, a Federal Reserve survey released Wednesday indicates.
All 12 of the Fed's regions reported growth with five — New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, Dallas and San Francisco — characterizing growth as "moderate" while the others reported "modest" growth. Boston and Richmond reported that growth came in at a slightly slower pace than the previous reporting period.
The Fed's survey, known as the Beige Book, will be used by central bank officials when they next meet July 29-30 to review interest rate policies.
Analysts expect that the Fed will decide to keep its short-term interest rate at a record low near zero and authorize another reduction in its bond purchases aimed at keeping long-term interest rates low.
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, who spent two days delivering the Fed's twice-a-year policy report to Congress, emphasized before both Senate and House committees that despite recent sizable gains in employment, the central bank is in no rush to withdraw the massive support it is providing to the economy.
The Fed has kept its benchmark short-term rate at zero since December 2008, and many analysts believe the first rate increase is still about a year away.
The Beige Book survey was compiled from information gathered by the Fed's 12 regional banks in the period before July 7. The report said that consumer spending had increased in every district with auto sales generally stronger than other retail sales.
Tourism remained strong with hotels in the Boston, New York, Atlanta and Minneapolis districts describing room demand as robust.
The report said that many districts reported low inventories of homes for sales and rising home prices. But Boston, New York and St. Louis said that sales were below year-ago levels.
All 12 districts reported job gains with several districts saying that businesses were reporting difficulties in filling positions for skilled workers. Aside from wage increases to attract certain skilled workers, the districts said that wage pressures remained modest.
Manufacturing activity expanded in all 12 districts, the report said, with activity described as robust in New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Minneapolis and San Francisco while the other districts reporting more modest gains.
Manufacturing gains were helped by strength in autos, metals and the aerospace industry.
Economists said the anecdotal reports contained in the Beige Book broadly supported their view that economic growth rebounded in the second quarter after weather problems caused a steep drop in output in the first three months of the year.
Dana Saporta, an economist with Credit Suisse, said the Fed survey depicted a moderate "if not particularly robust" economic recovery, helped by higher consumer spending, increased manufacturing, stronger bank lending and stronger labor markets.
The Fed beginning in December started reducing its monthly bond purchases which have been aimed at keeping long-term interest rates low. Yellen said this week that Fed officials expect to wrap up those purchases at the October meeting.
The Fed has repeated that the federal funds rate, the key short-term interest rate it controls, will likely remain near zero for a considerable time after the bond purchases end. Many officials don't expect the first rate increase to occur until next summer.
But Yellen did say in her testimony before the Senate and House banking committees that if labor market conditions continue to improve more quickly than the Fed is anticipating, the central bank could boost short-term rates sooner and more rapidly than currently expected.
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Marin’s oldest ski shop outfits new generation…
Marin’s oldest ski shop outfits new generation of skiers
By Maryann Jones Thompson | maryannjthompson@gmail.com | Marin Independent Journal
Gabrielle and Steve Thunen, owners of the Uli Seiler Ski Shop, join former owner Ray Webb and founder Uli Seiler last week at the Kentfield fixture. (Photo by Maryann Jones Thompson)
The Uli Seiler Ski Shop opened in 1972 on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in Kentfield. Seiler moved it to a nearby building after the county widened the road and eliminated parking spaces. (Photo by Uli Seiler)
After spending the early part of 1972 driving around the Bay Area looking at ski shops, Uli Seiler passed over bustling San Jose for sleepy “in the middle of nowhere” Kentfield as the site of his namesake business.
“I loved it!” says Seiler, who opened the Uli Seiler Ski Shop, settled in town with wife Elvira and daughter Natalie and still lives nearby. “If I cannot see the shop from my house, then I’m homesick.”
Seiler grew up on skis near Zermatt, Switzerland. After college and some years working as an engineer, he and his wife decided to leave it all behind for life in California. He had worked in a ski manufacturing business in Montreal with his brother and knew he could run an outfitter.
“I have to admit, being Swiss, I had an unfair advantage over an American,” jokes Seiler, who launched his business during the peak of America’s mid-century love affair with Alpine style. “Even if a Marin guy knew exactly what I knew, I would have beat him handily.”
In 1972, Seiler opened his ski retailer and rental shop in two adjacent storefronts on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, just east of College of Marin. A short time later, the county removed the four parking spaces in front in order to widen the street to four lanes. Customers of his new business were left to double-park in the traffic lane to drop off skis, which wasn’t safe.
In 1978, Seiler moved his operation to a newly built office building next door with more parking and retail space. He hired the designer of Heavenly Valley’s mountain maps to create the large “Uli Seiler Ski Shop” sign, adorned with the Swiss cross and Alpine flowers, that still calls out to drivers as they pass the shop today.
“When we were deciding what to call (the shop), I said, ‘Let’s just put my name on it and we can change it later,’” says Seiler. Nearly five decades and three owners later, the “Uli Seiler” name (pronounced “oo-lee sahy-ler”) stands on what has become the longest-running ski shop in Marin County, and one of the few left in the Bay Area.
Ownership transitioned to Uli’s nephew Hans Seiler in 1983 and then to San Rafael’s Ray Webb in 1996. Webb his wife Meg ushered the shop into the 21st century, battling an onslaught of online and big-box retailers with high-touch service.
“We knew if we could sell the best fitting stuff, people would come back, and that’s what happened,” says Webb, who has world renown as a master boot fitter, having worked at the trade since the “archaic” days of 1978. “We decided to have the shop specialize in boot fitting, ski tuning and mounting and that set us apart. We never looked back.”
The Webbs sold the business to Petaluma residents Gabrielle and Steve Thunen in 2017. Even though an out-of-state corporate buyer was also interested in the shop, the Webbs wanted to keep the it family-owned.
Like Seiler, Steve Thunen is a career-change ski shop owner, having left the insurance industry for the world of small business. Gabrielle Thunen was nervous at the idea of owning a shop at first.
“I am a graphic designer by trade, but this shop is all physical, no digital,” says Gabrielle, who soon realized her skills as an artist would complement Steve’s business acumen. Webb stayed on for many months to ensure a smooth transition and still occasionally works for the shop doing boot fittings, as do the Thunens’ teenage sons.
“The consistency is what people like in a mom-and-pop shop,” says Gabrielle, who remodeled the retail area in 2017. Though the Thunens worried that some longtime customers would be nervous with the updated look, the feedback was all positive. “We wanted customers to know it was the same shop and that they would get the same quality and the same service as before.”
Although most customers are from Marin — with some being second- or third-generation patrons — Uli Seiler’s clients also come from San Francisco and around the Bay Area because so few small, local ski shops exist anymore. Says Gabrielle, “We guarantee ‘fits,’ so people come back.”
In the last few weeks, the pre- and post-Thanksgiving winter storm brought a rush of skiers and their kids into the shop to gear up for what could be a big snow season. The Thunens have maintained the “summers off” retail schedule in order to stay open every day during the winter, putting in what Seiler likes to call “a year’s work in nine months.”
“Running the shop for ourselves, we can change our hours as needed to be more responsive to customers,” says Gabrielle. For example, the team has been staying open later on Wednesday and Thursday evenings in order to meet the rush of autumn business. The retailer has also seen an uptick in holiday shoppers who want to shop local for ski-gear gifts and stocking stuffers.
“It really feels great to do something we love in such a fun environment,” says Gabrielle, now that she and Steve have a few seasons of running the shop under their belts. “We really enjoyed bringing up our boys as skiers so we feel more like we’re selling experience than a pair of skis.”
As the owner of the ski shop’s building, Seiler can still occasionally be found near his namesake shop, chatting with tenants and customers who often recognize him from his days behind the counter. How does he feel about having others running a shop bearing his name?
“Their last name is ‘Thunen.’ That’s Swiss,” says Seiler, who’s had a few decades of watching the business evolve from the sidelines. “When my nephew first took over, I told him he could change the name to whatever he wanted — but that maybe he shouldn’t rock the boat because it is sailing nicely.”
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The Singapore Bicentennial commemorates the 200th anniversary of Sir Stamford Raffles’ landing in Singapore, which is said to be one of the key turning points in Singapore history. Marketing has reached out to MCI for additional details.
The move follows a recent flush in government tenders across different ministries and agencies. This includes the National Arts Council (NAC), National Council of Social Service (NCSS) and Singapore Tourism Board (STB) which launched public tenders in search of public relations partners.
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Home » Marketing mix articles » Marketing Mix Of Mom & Me – Mom & Me Marketing Mix
Marketing Mix Of Mom & Me – Mom & Me Marketing Mix
April 27, 2019 By Hitesh Bhasin Tagged With: Marketing mix articles
Mom & Me is an Indian brand and a subsidiary of its parent company Mahindra Retail Private limited. It is associated with lifestyle and retail industry and has also forayed in e-commerce sector. Mahindra Retail has been trying to find a perfect balance between Mom & Me retail outlets and its online stores. Its primary target is 9-9 meaning product portfolio for expectant mother to kids and up to nine years. Some of its competitors are as follows-
Gini and Jony
Lilliput Kidswear
Firstcry
Product in the Marketing Mix Of Mom & Me :
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Mom & Me is a well-known brand that deals in high-quality products for mothers, expectant mothers and kids till age nine. It is a one-stop shop with extensive product range that aims to delight its customers with world-class products and value-added services like feeding area, play area, nappy area for change-cum-wash, reading lounge, web kiosks and parenting forums. Mom & Me intends to reach out with personal care and attention so as to provide a feeling of belonging and wellness to its clients. Its diversified product kit is focussed on needs of a child and his/her mother and includes-
Fashion and casual apparel for infants and kids
Wellness products for babies
Wellness products for mothers
Mom & Me is a retail outlet that has spread its presence in the domestic market of India the with its headquarters base at Bengaluru in Karnataka. At its onset the company decided to launch an expansion policy and various outlets were opened in different cities and towns like Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Ludhiana and South Delhi. Mom & Me had one hundred and fifteen retail outlets with one hundred and four of them fully-owned by company.
With time, company realised that it the is better to put its onus more on e-commerce than on retail chain as it is cost-efficient and is actually adhering to the feelings of modern India that is techno-savvy and believes in shopping through online portals. Mahindra Retail has been trying to increase its sales through Mom & Me online outlets. It has decided to opt for franchise network henceforth while opening of new stores. Its widespread distribution channel includes services of Mahindra’s logistics division that has become a boon in terms of product delivery.
Affordable and realistic rates help in increasing sales volume and this ultimately leads to larger revenues. On this principal concept Mom & Me outlets had adopted a fixed but reasonable pricing strategy because it caters to the mass market. But with time it realised it was better to move cost-structure from fixed to variable and hence took several steps regarding it. It adopted promotional pricing strategy to gain further markets in terms of larger sales volume and offered incentives like discounts and offers to its customers at regular periods.
Some of the Mom & Me stores have been shut down to cut its actual costs so that company can sell its products at slashed rates. It has adopted a policy of shutting mortar and brick outlets and emphasising on online stores because distribution and overall costs incurred via e-commerce is comparatively less than its retail outlets. This move will help Mahindra retail in increasing its profit margins through increased sales via Mom & Me outlets.
Mom & Me has adopted several promotional policies to gain maximum brand awareness in a consumer market. It has used Niche Marketing to promote its products in domestic market. The company wants to share its knowledge with expectant mothers and mothers.
It has a dedicated website and also a call-centre facility that provides information to interested parties regarding aspects of childhood, infanthood and pregnancy. It offers several incentives like discounts, online coupons, city deals and gift vouchers to attract new and maintain the loyalty of old customers. It promotes its products via social media in its own as well as other shopping portals.
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Marketing mix of Wendy’s – Wendy’s Marketing Mix
January 2, 2019 By Hitesh Bhasin Tagged With: Marketing mix articles
Wendy’s Company is a public limited company of American origin. It is actually the holding or parent company of fast-food restaurant chain Wendy’s. The company was founded in the year 1884 and over the years have been known via different names.
It settled on its present name Wendy’s Company in the year 2011. The retail chain is associated with Food and Beverage industry as it is an eating joint for fast-foods. Wendy’s Company faces competition from the following brands
Product in the Marketing Mix of Wendy’s
Place in the Marketing Mix of Wendy’s
Price in the Marketing Mix of Wendy’s
Promotion in the Marketing Mix of Wendy’s
Wendy’s Company offers fresh ingredients in all its product items as it pays special attention to quality. The brand undergoes rigid inspection process to maintain high levels of food quality and safety standards. Wendy’s Company offers a diverse menu so that it can cater to different taste buds of its customers and it includes-
Fries and Sides
Baconator Fries
Plain Potato
Sour Cream & Chive Baked Potato
Apple Bites
Caesar Side Salad
Chilli Cheese Baked Potato
Garden Side Salad
Cheese Baked Potato
Bacon Cheese Potato
Fresh Made Salads
Berry Burst Chicken Salad
Spicy Chicken Caesar
Southwest Avocado Chicken Salad
Chicken, Wraps & More
Southwest Avocado Chicken Sandwich
Grilled Asiago Club
Homestyle Asiago Club
Spicy Asiago Club, Homestyle Chicken Sandwich
4 Piece Crispy Chicken Nuggets
4 piece Chicken Tenders
10 Piece Crispy Chicken Nuggets
Crispy Chicken BLT
Spicy Chicken Wrap
Crispy Chicken BLT.
Cheeseburgers or Hamburgers
Dave’s Single
Baconator
Dave’s Triple
Dave’s Double
Son of Baconator
Cheeseburger Deluxe
Double Stock.
Frosty drinks
Vanilla Frosty
Chocolate Frosty
All-Natural Lemonade
Strawberry Watermelon Fruit Tea
Berry Cherry Fruit Tea
Honest Tropical Green Tea
Kid’s 4 PC Nuggets
Kid’s Hamburger
Kid’s Chicken Wrap
Wendy’s Company is a globally recognized brand that has its headquarters base at Dublin in the United States. It has spread its presence in nearly six thousand five hundred and thirty-seven locations out of which five thousand, seven hundred and thirty-nine are set up in its home country the United States and the rest seven hundred and ninety-eight are located in the overseas market.
Wendy’s Company has a strong and powerful supply chain channel that helps it in better dealings. The company believes in the franchise system and has set up an experienced and next generation of franchisees.
The outlets project a contemporary and bold image that connects directly with its customers. Wendy’s Company has zeroed in high traffic and high visibility locations that would offer best opportunities for attracting customers. It is also looking for places that would offer convenient access to the customers so that a continuous customer flow is maintained.
It has opened its outlets at entertainment venues, office buildings, military bases, hospitals, highways, university and college campus, and airports. The company has a skilled development team that offers experience, skills, training, resources, and support to franchises in terms of layouts, designs, kitchen equipment, and menu selection so as to increase its opportunities. Wendy’s Company offers usage of latest technology like mobile payment and mobile ordering, and online ordering and payment via its website so as to increase its customer base.
As Wendy’s Company is a retail chain, their staffs play an important role in its business dealings. It recruits staffs that have to undergo proper training sessions so that it can offer best possible services.
Wendy’s Company has posted its revenues and operating income at 1.44 billion US Dollars and 314.78 million US Dollars respectively at the end of third quarter of the financial year 2016-17. It has targeted families, youth, and children as its potential customers who are looking for tasty fast-food items made from fresh ingredients.
The company has positioned itself as a restaurant that caters to people’s wishes by offering tasty, healthy and fresh burgers. The main source of income of Wendy’s Company is through its in-store customers. It has also developed a delivery system to increase its sales figures.
Outlets of Wendy’s Company are well-decorated with a great ambiance that reflects its premium quality. The company has kept its pricing policy market-oriented which changes in accordance with existing market conditions.
The product prices are highly dependent upon the value of the product in a particular location. It faces competition from rival brands and generally keeps its product prices at par with prices set up by competitors. Wendy’s Company has adopted a Bundle pricing policy and under this scheme offers products in combo style like three items at comparatively lower prices. The brand has been highly successful in maintaining its pricing policies because it has helped it in generating higher revenues.
Wendy’s Company believes in digital marketing and impactful advertising to create a positive brand image in the consumer market. It engages in multiple media platforms at both national and local levels throughout the year to maintain a balanced promotional strategy. Wendy’s Company believes in online and offline marketing.
It actively uses social media tools like Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and its own website to target its potential and loyal customers via videos, and songs. It has launched a women’s video series Hollywire: Wendy’s Fresh Trend Showdown that helps in garnering positive brand reviews. As part of its promotional strategy the company has adopted Midnight push plan and under it offers food services to crowds after midnight.
Wendy’s Company has maintained descriptive taglines like Quality is our recipe, Now that’s better and its mascot is a phenomenal hit. It actively participates in community activities via its foundation.
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Opening Remarks by Mr S Iswaran, Minister for Communications and Information, at Read!Fest 2019 on 30 June 2019
Category: Libraries
Type: Speeches
Mrs Elaine Ng,
Chief Executive Officer, National Library Board (NLB)
Friends of the Library,
Volunteers, Partners,
A very good evening to all of you. I am delighted that so many of you could join us today to celebrate reading and especially home grown Singapore literature.
2 This is my second Read!Fest. It continues to have a certain verve and a certain impetus which I think all of us identify with and share. Fundamentally, the long term mission is about promoting reading, and the quest for knowledge. That is an evergreen aspiration, and one that underpins all our work. Whether it is in the library, in the community, in the economy, and in society as a whole.
Read! Fest – a celebration of SingLit and Singapore Authors
3 The theme for this year’s festival is appropriately named “Voyage” alluding to the long journey we have undertaken as a nation since our founding. Of course, as our Bicentennial reminds usour history goes back hundreds of years and that we were once a thriving seaport called Temasek. And we have a rich history, it is, filled with myths and legends and fables and stories that continue to fascinate and inspire generations of Singaporeans.
4 But if the stories that are not shared, they would be lost forever. We have read and heard these stories because of the tireless efforts of our writers and storytellers in Singapore, and also because of the excellent work of our librarians and archivists. NLB and its partners have played a key role in providing opportunities to support our writers and their important work, and the contributions they make to our heritage.
5 NLB’s work is paying off as more Singaporeans have been discovering Singapore literature, or SingLit as we like to call it. It may be thrilling as it may be to discover fantasy worlds from other cultures and societies, but I think when the stories make reference Joo Chiat, roti prata or sepak takraw, it has a particular resonance for all of us because it is referring to places and things that we identify with in our everyday lives. So it has an important role in the pantheon of literature that we have in Singapore.
6 Today, our options for SingLit are not limited to physical books either. NLB’s eBook collection offers you the opportunity to discover new stories and skills through the NLB Mobile App. Results from the second National Reading Habits Survey done by NLB show that more readers are converting to eBooks, and the whose loans of these have more than doubled to about 3 million in 2018 from about 1.5 million in 2017. So Singaporeans are adapting to eBooks, and NLB’s app, and we want to encourage more of them to participate and to take full advantage of this.
a) One of our 50-plus library regulars, Mdm Chua Bee Hang enjoys reading via the mobile app. With the app, she skips the queues to borrow books and can peruse eMagazines and eBooks at a leisurely pace without having to worry about due dates. We hope like Mdm Chua, more Singaporeans will use the app to find joy in reading. The app will also now include a new function that will encourage and incentivise users to read more.
7 The National Reading Habits Survey also showed that adults and teenagers especially are reading for leisure more than once a week. That is a welcome development, because reading is a source of joy. It is not being done just for work, it is also done for pleasure. To promote reading to even more Singaporeans, this year, I am happy to announce the launch of the National Reading Challenge. This ten-week challenge will culminate in a grand lucky draw, with attractive prizes. More importantly I hope it will raise public awareness of NLB’s resources, and get more people involved in the reading habit, and in sharing the reading habit. As J. K. Rowling said, “If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.” I think all of us can get hooked, when we find the right book.
Read Widely
8 If English language books are not quite your cup of tea, NLB has an extensive Mother Tongue Language collection. The library is working with Singapore authors and publishers to provide interesting Mother Tongue Language content. We are heartened because bilingual readership is on the rise with a 10% increase for reading in the Mother Tongue Languages. We know this is important because bilingualism helps us connect with our own heritage. This is something we have emphasised in all aspects of Singapore society.
a) NLB’s Mother Tongue language programming includes something for everyone. Poly student Prashanth Kumar uncovered a new world of Tamil authors and literature after attending an author’s sharing at Read!Fest last year. He found the author’s writing style and life experiences relatable. He then started reading and borrowing more Tamil books from different authors and inspires his peers to do the same.
9 In line with NLB’s commitment to encourage more Singaporeans to discover works in the vernacular languages, we have increased our offering of Mother Tongue language programmes this year. Singapore author Djohan A Rahman will be holding a creative writing workshop including shock elements to the story to provide excitement to the readers as the story progresses. Mr Djohan’s “Tika Aksara Menari” was shortlisted as one of the best works for the Singapore Literature Prize last year. Of course, it goes without saying that this book is available in our libraries.
10 We want to spark the love for reading and a passion for lifelong learning amongst all Singaporeans. But this is not something we are embarking on our own, and neither is it something we can achieve on our own. Our partners have joined our cause and contributed to programming to develop capabilities through various library programmes. Our Singapore authors inspire our readers to discover new books. Our readers become volunteers who go the extra mile to further our cause, and I have met many of these volunteers during my visits to the library branches. These partnerships enable us to make a difference. In fact, they are the critical ingredient I would say, in the success of NLB’s work. When you put together the passion and dedication of our librarians, with the commitment and enthusiasm of our volunteers – we have an unbeatable combination. Through deeper engagements, we hope to create a more caring and inclusive Singapore where we each play an active role in shaping the society we live in, starting with our libraries.
11 Thank you all for your presence here today. It is greatly encouraging for me, and for my colleagues at NLB. Let us work together to promote the reading habit, the quest for knowledge, and the reading as a community habit, which will bring us together as a society.
Speech by Minister S Iswaran at the Library and Archives Plan (LAP25) stakeholder engagement session coinciding with the first anniversary of library@harbourfront on 12 Jan 2020 Speeches Libraries 12 Jan 20
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Freedom Leisure, the gym at Willen lake, 200 yds from the MK24 HQ and camp site are inviting all participants to full access to their facilities including the exercise machine’s, swimming pool, sauna, showers and changing room during opening hours over the entire weekend.
For Redway Runners EA Affiliated £28 or EA Non-Affiliated £30 please log into your profile via the link
For Non Redway Runner EA Affiliated £33 or Non EA Affiliated £35 please click the link
For all camp site bookings £10 please click the link
We’re back for a second year following the huge and fantastic debut of the MK24 at Willen Lake, Milton Keynes in 2019. It’s going to be bigger and better so sign up now to avoid disappointment.
New to MK24? Here a few testimonies from those who took part in 2019;
“It was a fabulous weekend, one I’ll remember for years. I for one achieved a dream that I didn’t think was possible. So many others achieved more than they anticipated. It was seamless!”
“It gave runners a way to achieve personal targets that some may not have done otherwise. It was lovely to see everyone so happy”
“It was a fantastic event, a huge well done to all involved. Loved how everyone felt welcome, regardless of ability, speed etc etc…”
“I haven’t been at the club for long but this event has made the right impression and I’m here to stay”
“Would I do it again next year and would I recommend it – YES YES AND YES AGAIN!”
The event starts at 2pm on Saturday afternoon and will continue for 24 hrs until the last runners return to the race HQ by 2pm on the Sunday.
The route follows the Midsummer Ley Line in a number of places and includes many of the key icons of Milton Keynes along the way.
“OH MY GOODNESS I CAN’T RUN FOR 24 HOURS”
It’s not like that. Our motto is “Run it Your Way” and that’s exactly what you can do. Take a break between laps to soak up the event village atmosphere or have a snooze. Its up to you.
Some I guess will want to run as much as possible, others in a team of 2-6, but the aim is to run as much or as little as you like.
For example, each lap consists of 6.55 miles (1/4 Marathon) so if you ever wanted to run a half or full marathon, all you need to do is complete 2 or 4 laps over the 24-hour period. Or go further and complete 5 laps or more (over 20s only) for an Ultra Marathon. You can do it in a team, or as a solo returning to complete another lap when you’re ready.
If you only want to do just the one lap, no problem, we are all inclusive and everyone who enters receives the bespoke medal for 2020 plus our iconic and much sought after embroidered hand Towel plus, our now famous distance pin badges for completing 13.1 miles, 26.2 miles or the Ultra.
I am pleased to announce that we are now inviting juniors between 12 and 18 years to join us at the MK24 ‘Midsummer Run’ in 2020. Juniors will not be permitted to run the entire course but run half laps of approximately 5km. By completing two half laps over the 24 hours, they will be eligible for the fantastic MK24 medal plus the Iconic embroidered hand towel. We will organise two special group starts at 7pm on Saturday and 4am on Sunday to witness the Sunrise from Beacon Hill.
So why not camp out overnight and book a pitch in the campsite and enjoy the atmosphere of the outdoor games zone and if things go to plan, the outdoor cinema on Saturday evening. We insist that the young people are supervised whilst on site but not necessarily on the run as I guess most of them run faster than us adults. If you wish to join in the fun with your children, then why not enter too.
Click one of the links above to access the junior Under 18 entry at just £15 each.
Run 1 lap in total at any point in the 24 hour period
Run (or walk) the sunrise lap
Run 1 lap one day and another lap the next day totalling half marathon in 24 hours
Run 4 laps in total within 24 hours to give you a marathon distance completed
Run solo for a full 24 hours – how many laps will you do in that time?
Take turns by entering a team (up to 6 runners)
A brand new specially designed bespoke medal, yet to be unveiled.
A fourth pin badge, the ‘Double Marathon’ for those who complete 8 laps or more
Special organised hourly runs, including ‘The Start’, ‘The Sunset’, ”The Midnight Glow Stick!’, ‘The Breakfast!’, ‘The last chance’ and of course the popular ‘Sunrise’ ….. to name but a few.
Entertainment with live music on Saturday evening followed hopefully by an open-air cinema.
Outdoor games zone including Rounders, Boules and more.
Slightly altered route with bigger and better signage
MK24 merchandise for sale from the club shop via a link coming soon.
Camping will again be available on site, but pitches will be limited so book your pitch now. Why not enter with your running pals as a team and enjoy camping out under the stars whilst you take it in turns running a lap.
Our partners Freedom Leisure have again this year promised to make their facilities available FREE of Charge including the swimming pool, sauna and showers, for all participants. Portable Toilets will be available on site, with other public toilets nearby courtesy of Willen Lake and The Parks Trust.
We are working hard in partnership with The Premier Inn at Willen in the hope that rooms will be available at a discounted rate if you would rather sleep in a bed then under canvas, so watch this space for more updates.
Snacks, water and hot drinks will be available FREE of charge. All we ask that you bring your own re-fillable water bottle and coffee mug.
Hot and cold food will be available to purchase from nearby vendors including the Café, Pub/Restaurant, Pizza van and not to be missed our very own charity BBQ serving Burgers, Hot dogs and Bacon Rolls.
To enter the event, each person will need to do so in person, but the entry form allows you to enter with others by naming your team and team leader. This will enable us to link entries together. Please ensure that you spell these details correctly.
Prizes for the fastest lap, and Individuals or Teams who completes the most laps over the 24-hour period.
Redway Runners should log into their Redway Runners profile then select ‘Events’ to take advantage of the members discount.
The event is held under UKA rules. Licenses applied for from The Trail Running Association, The Parks Trust & Willen Lakes.
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What does Nascar think it is doing?
By art
Its been fascinating to watch the gyrations of Nascar this season as they perform their version of moving heaven and earth to keep their worse nightmare from happening. And that would not be Danica saying she wants a career in Indy cars, where she has a chance of leaving a reasonable legacy, forgoing a back of the pack cash cow career for the jr./Hendricks empire. No, what Nascar’s worse nightmare would be is for Jimmy Johnson and Chad Knaus to win a fifth championship….in a row.
When the Johnson/Kaunas combo racked up #4 last year, in the very format Nascar created to keep this exact thing from happening, breaking a cherished record from one of the sport’s cherished icons, the Ivory towers in Daytona shook with frustration. There is a group of records that Nascar wants enshrined forever to be revered, admired, looked at thru rose colored glasses with “they don’t make them like that anymore” forefront in the thought process. But broken???? Never!!! THAT really was totally unacceptable. Petty’s 200 wins is safe, cutting the number of races in half in 1972 took care of that one. Richard’s 27 wins in a season(1967) took place during that time of 70+ races a year. And it is ok that Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt stand like twin sentinels at the entrance of the hallowed halls with 7 championships each. Another part of this inner chamber is……woops….was Cale Yarborough and Jr Johnson with their three consecutive championships. Truly that was truly a remarkable achievement. Most thought that record would never be broken, I know I did. And especially not by a clean cut, soft spoken young Man from off road racing in California, crewed and coached by an equally clean cut, soft spoken young Man from Illinois. You could not create nor scrip a more opposite ying to the yang of the hard living, hard driving, cussing and fighting, rule bending, moonshine making, folk hero team that they dethroned as the most dominant duo in Nascar history. And it could get so much worse. One thing Nascar, and the rest of us for that matter, can do is count. To at least eight anyway. And if the dynamic Johnson/Knaus duo were to pull off #5 this season, that would mean that the record shared by the sports two greatest Titians is surely not safe. We all would know that #5 would put 7…and then 8 within striking distance, especially when one factors in Chad Knaus being 39 and JJ at the ripe old age of 35. Hence, something had to be done to keep the unthinkable from happening. Just allowing the teams to simply race never even entered the equation.
Up until a few years ago Nascar prided itself on its point system. It rewarded consistency, demanding basically a 7th place average for the season. Oh sure, there were rumblings, like when Terry Labante won the 1984 Winston cup championship with only one victory. I very much remember Darrell Waltrip saying “this sport is all about consistency, the point system did exactly what it was supposed to do, it rewarded consistency.” And that’s exactly what it did. While admittedly boring that year, that very same system gave us the most compelling championship battle in history. At the final race of the 1992 Season, Davey Allison led Bill Elliot by 30 points and Alan Kulwicki by 40. For good measure Harry Gant and Richard Petty were less than 100 points back . The race itself was one for the record books with Kulwicki emerging as the champion over Bill Elliot by a scant 10 points. I can still see them racing side by side for the lead, both knowing that it was not only for the race win, but the series championship as well. While that was one of the great ones, there were others. Rusty Wallace won by just a few points, Dale E took at least one of his by not a whole lot of points either. Throughout the years, Nascar’s point system for the top divisions have produced a compelling, season long drama that perfectly mirrored the the sport itself.
But my how times do change. Along comes 2003, and with it a certain Roushketeer named Matt Kenseth. With longtime pal and crew chief Robbie Reiser calling the shots, Kenseth, some said, took the axiom “finish 7th and win the championship”, and ran with it, not only winning the 2003 championship with just one victory, but leading for 33 weeks, and clinching it before the last race of the season, thereby making a moot point out of the talking heads in the booth nattering; “ if (insert driver here)finishes 38th, and (other driver ) leads the most laps and wins the races, (one of the two) will win by one point.” After the 2003 season a new phrase crept into the garage and talking head land; “points racing”. Nascar saw its jaded, instant gratification, couch potato audience slipping away, and rather than simply understand that what happened in 2003 was nothing more than an aberration, reacted like all power mad dictatorships, furiously attempting to micromanage and control the outcome of its championships, which for the most part throughout the years have been fairly closely contested.
But as what so often befalls control freak dictatorships, Nascar has failed to see the obvious outcome of its knee jerk reaction to the ebb and flow of the racing format it created in the first place. As what it does so often, it arrogantly decided to flush not only its own tradition down the toilet, but the very core of the tradition of the very sport of auto racing itself. Instead of rewarding season consistency like what every series of the entire sport has done since the beginning of time, it created a format that rewards the well heeled teams like no other ever has. Not to mention doing away with season consistency. From 2004 on, a large, well funded team; deep in resources and talent would sense that one could simply cruise into the so called “chase”, and then start the season that matters. No longer is it necessary to be great all year, all a team needs to do is be great for 10 races. You stockpile cars, bringing out fresh ones for every chase race. You use your team depth to write volumes on the tracks the chase is contested on. And then, you drop the hammer for 10 weeks, and presto, you win the championship…and win it again…and again…and…well, you know. And while Nascar guards some of its legacy like a pit bull guards her young, it has no problems throwing any part of its legacy it deems unnecessary (or unseemly for that matter) under the bus.
Having tossed its successful, decades long point system into the dumpster, Nascar saw to its dismay that its actions threatened its sport’s cherished records. The sanctioning body now set about doing the one thing that would ensure two things; 1- that no-one could ever win 7 championships again , much less the magic 8, and that no one driver will ever dominate the sport again. Notice I did not say “team”, Nascar could care less if two or three teams field all the cars, looking at it from their point of view, its easier to control things that way. Auto racing is a driver driven sport, it always has been, that’s about the only thing Nascar and the rest of the sport have in common, and its about the only part Nascar leaves alone.
Traditionally the most dangerous time of a race has been the start, and for obvious reasons. Cars being bunched up, cold tires not up to pressure, cars coming up to speed, all can and at times do create the chaos of grinding crashes. For the most part though, the skilled drivers of the Cup series avoid that carnage because one of the oldest saying in racing is “you can’t win the race on the first lap.” So Nascar’s double file re-starts “shootout style”, and am I the only one who was ready to vomit after hearing that a few dozen times, for most of the race went along ok, with only an occasional car or two destroyed by that system during the course of an event….until, of course, the last 20-30 laps came around. Then of course, the; “can’t win the race on the first lap”, morphs into: “NOW I can win this race, just watch and see.” And nowadays, mysteriously, Nascar always manages to find invisible, magic pixie dust somewhere on the track with about 20-30 laps to go. Of course magic pixie dust cautions in Nascar are nothing new, they have been doing this for years, and everyone knows it. Of course, talking about it is a major no-no, ask Denny Hamlin about that.
Regardless, the field is bunched up, 40 some odd ultra competitive drivers, who know that the ONLY thing that matters is winning, are put into a situation where they simply have no choice but to drive thru one another. Turning Nascar’s version of the sport of auto racing into the roulette wheel of Nascar. And thereby ensuring that while anyone can “win” a race, and anyone of the group that makes it into the chase can “win” the championship, winning MULTIPLE championships will require a degree of luck that simply will be impossible to generate. Lets go back to the Roulette wheel for a moment. Sure you can spin a 21. Then maybe three more numbers. But what will your odds be of repeating that process the next time you are at the table? By turning their “races” into spectacles of chance, Nascar has ensured that the odds of Jimmy Johnson winning 4 more championships will be beyond anyone overcoming, because the skill, the working all race to build up a lead, the entire concept of winning a race not only because of a good team, but simply driving away from everyone else, has been deliberately taken away, replaced with the crew chief making the right pit call, not screwing up the pit stop, not spinning the tires on a restart, shifting just right, anticipating the green perfectly, and oh, by the way, not getting wrecked by the rejuvenated field that you had beat until a butterfly landed on the rumble strips. On any given day, someone will do it all right, and survive to melt down a motor doing donuts. And during any given year, someone will do things right often enough, have the breaks fall just often enough their way, have lady luck smile just often enough their to win the “championship”. In the final irony, it could well be Jimmy Johnson who does this. If things had been left alone, there would be no way JJ would win it all this year, not with the slump the #48 team has hit. But Nascar’s obsessive micro management has ensured that Johnson will get a second chance. After all, since the record has already been broken, why not make it 5 in a row now, that will be just as preserved and revered as time goes by. But But winning 7 championships? Or 8? Neither will ever happen, because now, its not about greatness, its all about luck and preserving a preordained history…just the way Nascar wants it.
Art Dahlberg
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Plastic bags and solar power combine to create art
October 10, 2008 1:55 p.m.
The Museo Aero Solar arrives in a large bag. Sections made in Minneapolis will be added to the balloon for the inflation this weekend.
MPR Photo/Euan Kerr
To Tomas Saraceno the plastic bag is a building block.
In Minneapolis' Blake School gymnasium, Saraceno and his friend Alberto Pesavento are creating a balloon, or perhaps more correctly adding to a balloon. The sound of swishing plastic being taped together never seems to stop.
They began their project 18 months ago in Milan, Italy. Saraceno wanted to make a floating sculpture. As they didn't have any money, they hit upon the idea of having people bring them old plastic bags to add to a solar balloon.
This is one of the holes in the balloon which are the result of a crash against a building in Israel.
Saraceno says a solar balloon is as about as low-tech of a flying machine as you can get. It just uses the suns rays and a small fan to get it started.
"Basically there is a kind of propeller which introduces a little bit of air into the balloon [where it] gets warm and rises up," said Saraceno.
But they discovered when you involve lots and lots of people, it soon becomes more than just a balloon project.
"Everybody who takes part has his own ideas and this makes it kind of alive," said Saraceno.
Artist Tomas Saraceno works on a balloon.
When they took their balloon to Medellin, Columbia, they found not only did people want to add their own bags, they wanted to draw on them and scribble messages.
And so that's how it became an art museum.
"The collection is always the same size as the museum, because you brings some plastic bags and the museum just grows," laughed Saraceno.
And now what had become known as the Museo Aero Solar just kept growing at every stop. Alberto Pesavento runs down the list.
Examples of artwork done by Twin Cities residents to add to the Museo Aero Solar.
"And after Columbia, we went to Lyon in France, then in Switzerland and then in Albania in the streets. It was too windy too fly it, so we made this kind of flying carpet," Pesavento said.
They took the Museo to the United Arab Emirates, and most recently to Israel. Part of the work today is to repair holes ripped in the balloon when the wind pushed it into a building.
As Pesavento and Saraceno have traveled with the balloon, they have thought about its significance.
They arrived in Minnesota about a week ago and began working with Walker visitors to prepare bags to add to the Museo. Pesavento says he was approached by a man who was curious about the project.
Artist Alberto Pesavento (right) tapes up part of the experimental balloon.
"He asked me, 'Are you [an] artist? Is it art or is it science? What is it?' And I sometimes say just it is a voyage back-forward in time, because this is kind of the beginning of the flying experiments like the first flying machines, at the same time it's something very new," said Pesavento.
To put it another way, Pesavento and Saraceno see an aviation of the future, which includes transportation by solar powered balloons. So far, they have just been inflating their balloon, and holding it in place. But as it gets bigger, they want to fly. Tomas Saraceno says they are getting closer.
"Like three percent of all pollution on planet Earth is caused by airplanes," said Saraceno. "And basically this does not cost anything. And I think with a few more steps we will be able to lift a person in the air. And I think we are now around 60 kilograms power lift."
So just enough to lift a small adult. Originally Saraceno had hoped to inflate the Museo Aero Solar at the Walker tomorrow, and then take it out into the country and fly it, without a passenger on Sunday. The Federal Aviation Authority wasn't so keen, because of the possible danger to air traffic.
Artist Tomas Saraceno begins unrolling the Museo Aero Solar across a gym floor at the Blake School.
Now Saraceno and Pesavento are working with staff at the University of Minnesota's Department of Aeronautical Engineering to design a remote controlled device which would puncture the balloon should it become a problem. That may satisfy the FAA. The plan is to go out to the Badlands of South Dakota for testing next week.
Meanwhile the inflation will start early tomorrow morning. Walker Curator Yasmil Raymond says it will start at 7 a.m., and as long as the weather holds, visitors will be allowed to walk inside the inflating balloon.
"Now Tomas tells me that's probably going to last an hour or maybe two maximum, because if there wind then you can't hold the tethers," laughed Raymond.
And she says you don't want anyone flying inside the balloon, right? Well, not yet anyway.
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Our income sources in 2018
MSIF's income comes from a variety of supporters
Last updated: 1st April 2019
We could not exist without the vital support of the people and organisations that fund our work.
In 2018 our total income was £1,498,243*. That income came from a variety of supporters and this section will describe the types of supporters and how much income we received from them.
Membership income and project support
The primary purpose of the MS International Federation is to support its members and bring them together to achieve things together, for people affected by MS, that would be difficult or impossible separately. As a membership organisation part of our income is made up of membership fees, which is sometimes supplemented by project-specific contributions.
Membership income in 2018: £321,778
Project income from MSIF members in 2018: £256,622
Corporate support includes income from any company, and includes support from trusts/foundations established by companies for tax-efficiency purposes. It does not include money from personal or family foundations established by company owners.
Biogen £37,410
Celgene £51,609
Merck £152,607
Novartis £42,040
Roche £115,000
Sanofi Genzyme £167,612
Total corporate support in 2018: £566,278
Trust, foundation and NGO support
Trust and foundations are legally registered entities that exist to manage and grant money for a particular purpose. We include all trusts and foundations in this category except those established by companies for tax-efficiency purposes.
Vanneau Trust £148,500
Wolfensohn Family Foundation £7,166**
ECTRIMS £64,000
MENACTRIMS £21,501
Total trust and foundation support: £241,167
Individual support includes a range of different kinds of donors from people making small one-off donations on our website or bank transfer, people fundraising for us as individuals or as teams, board giving, and up to major donors making significant gifts. We will declare any gift from an individual over £25,000.
Smaller donations (total): £97,243
This is for income from any other category, smaller individual donations, investments, interest etc.
Total other income: £15,165
*Subject to final approval of auditors (as of 01/04/2019)
**Income received from the CAF America (US)
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Montana Stockgrowers Call For Trade Deal With China
By Jess Sheldahl • Sep 17, 2019
Many are calling for the fast resolution to the Trump Administration's trade war with China. Among them are Montana cattle producers who see opportunity in Chinese markets.
Montana Wool Growers Want More Funding For Livestock Depredation Investigations
By Aaron Bolton • Sep 3, 2019
U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt canceled a planned visit to Montana this week. Bernhardt had planned to meet with Montana ranchers and farmers about grizzly bear conflicts along the Rocky Mountain Front as part of his visit.
Is Grass-Fed Beef Really Better For The Planet? Here's The Science
By editor • Aug 13, 2019
For the environmentally minded carnivore, meat poses a culinary conundrum. Producing it requires a great deal of land and water resources, and ruminants such as cows and sheep are responsible for half of all greenhouse gas emissions associated with agriculture, according to the World Resources Institute.
Judge Rejects Bid To Block Sheep Grazing In Centennial Range
USDA (PD)
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A judge says he won't block sheep grazing in a mountain range on the Idaho-Montana border despite worries by wildlife advocates that federally-protected grizzly bears could be harmed.
Grizzly Bear Captured Along Marias River, Euthanized Due to Food Conditioning, Livestock Depredation
By Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks • Jul 19, 2019
The following is a press release from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
Great Falls, MT — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks euthanized a young male grizzly bear on July 19 along the Marias River near the inlet of Tiber Dam due to food conditioning and sheep depredations. The action followed protocol under the Endangered Species Act and under authority of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
How These Fearless Dogs Help Keep Grizzlies On Their Toes
By Rosie Costain • May 20, 2019
Rosie Costain / Montana Public Radio
Grizzly bear populations across the state are growing, as is talk about how to minimize human-bear conflict. A Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks report released in April showed wildlife officials in northwest Montana received about 150 calls related to grizzly conflicts last year.
Some people, like residents of the Rocky Mountain Front, have dealt with the bears for a long time. MTPR's Rosie Costain reports on one of these conflict-reducing methods: dogs.
Montana Ranchers Round Up Carbon In New Offset Program
By Rachel Cramer • May 14, 2019
The Earth passed a new threshold this week — an observatory in Hawaii clocked the highest levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide in human history. A number of studies say CO2 is part of what’s driving higher temperatures, drought and longer fire seasons in the West. Now ranchers in Montana are testing out a new program that’s trying to put some of that carbon back in the ground.
Lawmakers Consider The Future Of Bison In Montana
By Shaylee Ragar & UM Legislative News Service • Mar 25, 2019
Josh Burnham (CC-BY-2.0)
Debates are intensifying at the Montana Legislature over the state’s management of North America’s largest land mammal: The American bison.
Some argue bison are a critical cultural, spiritual and historical resource. Others argue bison pose a threat to the health and well-being of cattle. Now, legislators are considering a number of bills that would decide where bison are allowed to graze, and which government entity gets to make that decision.
Montana Ranchers Talk Benefit Of Country-Of-Origin Labeling
By Kayla Desroches • Jan 17, 2019
Beef cattle born in other countries can still be labeled a product of the USA. Some Montana ranchers take issue with that.
A seminar tonight in Lewistown will address current and past labeling regulations.
EPA Denies Petition To Ban Predator-Killing 'Cyanide Bombs'
By Shaylee Ragar • Nov 26, 2018
Guy Connely - U.S. Department of Agriculture
The Environmental Protection Agency has denied a petition from an environmental organization to ban M-44 devices, known as cyanide bombs, on public lands.
The EPA responded that it will not take immediate action to ban M-44s as requested, but will continue with its normal registration review process. This means the devices could be banned in the future.
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Why Some Veggies Make You Bloated & Exactly What To Eat Instead
Contributing Food Editor By Liz Moody
Contributing Food Editor
Liz Moody is a food editor, recipe developer and green smoothie enthusiast. She received her creative writing and psychology degree from The University of California, Berkeley. Moody is the author of two cookbooks: Healthier Together and Glow Pops and the host of the Healthier Together podcast.
Image by Trinette Reed / Stocksy
Whether they're plant-based, paleo, or something in between, pretty much all healthy eating experts agree: Vegetables should constitute the core part of any healthy diet. But what do you do when the most nutrient-dense foods on the planet leave you feeling gassy and bloated? If you've ever downed a kale salad or munched on some cooked cauliflower, you likely know what I'm talking about.
Why some veggies can make you bloated.
Why does something so healthy have such a negative impact on immediate symptoms? Well, there could be a few factors at play, according to experts. One thing to try? Staying away from FODMAPs. "FODMAPs stands for fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols. Basically, fermentable sugars," says Will Cole, D.C., an mbg Collective member and author of Ketotarian. "These are not fully digested in your gut and are excessively fermented by your gut bacteria, which releases hydrogen gas that causes digestive distress and symptoms like gas, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, and pain." Cole recommends getting SIBO labs to see if FODMAPs are an underlying cause of bloat for you.
It could also be how you're preparing your food. "According to ayurveda, raw vegetables are more difficult to digest because of their fibrous cell walls," explains Sahara Rose, an ayurvedic expert and author of Eat Feel Fresh. "Cooking them helps break down the fiber and makes it much easier for your system to digest." A simple rule to follow from an ayurvedic perspective? "The harder a food is to chew, the more difficult it will be to digest."
Finally, bloat can come from how you're actually eating your food. "I don't think it's so much about which vegetables you're eating, as much as it's about the time and state of mind you give to the act of eating and digestion," says Ellen Vora, M.D., mbg Collective member and founder of EllenVora.com. She recommends cultivating a state of calm when you're eating. "Put down the phone, stop working, and be present and awake for the meal. Chew, chew, chew."
According to Vora, the mellow vibes should extend after mealtime as well. "Stay relaxed while you're digesting—maybe even take a brief walk," she says. "A walk after a meal used to be called a 'constitutional' because it helps with your constitution (i.e., your digestion and the state of your body)."
The best veggies that won't make you bloated.
If you do find that you're struggling with FODMAPs, stick with low-FODMAP veggies like cooked dark leafy greens like spinach, kale, and Swiss chard. Vora recommends choosing soluble fiber versus insoluble fiber—think sweet potatoes instead of raw broccoli. Like Rose, she's a fan of pre-digesting your food by cooking, blending, and puréeing it.
Adding in some healthy fat is recommended from an ayurvedic perspective. "The oil helps make it even smoother for the digestive system," explains Rose.
Finally, you can focus on veggies that have diuretic properties, and thus actually help your body de-bloat. "Cucumber not only has fiber, but it is also a diuretic, making it the perfect no-bloat veggie," says Allison Gross, M.S., RDN, CDN, and founder of Nutrition Curator. "The fiber keeps digestion (read: bowel movements) regular, and the diuretic effect helps us get rid of any excess water we may be holding on to."
Stephanie Middleberg, M.S., R.D., CDN, and founder of Middleburg Nutrition, recommends asparagus and fennel to her clients. "Asparagus is incredible because it is both high in potassium and a natural prebiotic, so it is wonderful for the gut," she says. "Fennel tea is wonderful for digestion and eases gas and cramping. Plus, they both act as natural diuretics."
The best course of action? Pay attention to your own body. Everyone has different digestive reactions, so keeping track of your own symptoms and the foods that cause them is the most surefire way to tackle your own bloat.
Liz Moody Contributing Food Editor
Liz Moody is an author, blogger and recipe developer living in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated with a creative writing and psychology degree from The University of California,...
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About The RSAF
Our Forces
Our Value In Peace
Our Crest and Roundel
The Air Force 21 Vision 'World Class People, First Class Air Force' provided a blueprint to guide the RSAF … more
The RSAF responds to potential air threats with a robust 24/7 networked air defence system. Constantly monitoring the skies over Singapore … more
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The Air Force Museum is a physical embodiment of the history, heritage, and values of the Republic of Singapore Air Force … more
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Learn more about the RSAF's six Commands, and their day-to-day responsibilities in defence of our nation … more
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Achieving The Best At United States Naval Test Pilot School
People | Jan 15, 2020, 9:50:00 AM GMT+8
"It was a great privilege to have represented Singapore and the RSAF well during the course. This award is recognition that our tireless pursuit of professionalism and excellence allow us to stand tall amongst the best in spite of Singapore's small physical size and the RSAF’s relative youth."
Congratulations to MAJ Mark Lim from the Air Warfare Centre for achieving Top Graduate honours from the United States Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) Fixed Wing Engineering Test Pilot Course!
First Award From The Defence And Strategic Studies Course
People | Dec 23, 2019, 11:49:42 AM GMT+8
"It is a great honour to be recognised with this award, and be given the opportunity to hold the SAF flag high in a professional and academic environment with a large diversity of International participations."
At the Defence and Strategic Studies Course (DSSC) conducted by the Australian War College this year, COL Koi Eng Chew was the first student from the SAF to clinch an award in the course! The Commander Australian Defence College and the Geddes Gavel Award is given to the best student from the Australian and International cohorts who contributed and demonstrated the greatest understanding of political, diplomatic, military, cultural and economic factors that influence regional relationships and decision making.
Our Home, Above All
Together, we will overcome adversity with courage and fortitude. Above all, our people are the heart of our organisation.
2LT John Yap
Air Warfare Officer (AWO), Ground-Based Air Defence, 163 SQN
NS was an inevitable 2 years, which I could choose to make the most of.
SSG Xavier Chow
Air Crew Specialist, 127 SQN
It was in 127 SQN where I experienced my first flight. I remember vividly staring out of the cabin door and looking out — it was surreal.
MAJ Chang Haw Ning
Team Lead, Aerial Display Team
We planned to do 15 manoeuvres in 15 minutes, and trying to execute one manoeuvre per minute was very challenging. But we still managed to put up a good show.
CPT Eileen Yeo
Air Warfare Officer, 201 SQN
We coordinate the tide, airspace, what NOTAMs are active and things the pilots need to know before they depart for the destination, so they will have a better situational awareness.
ME4 Chuang Tze Shiung
Air Force Engineer
I hope to inspire more PRIDE activists to drive innovation within the organisation.
ME3 Suresh
Command Chief, 207 SQN
Our Air Force has come a long way over these 50 years, when Singapore started with almost no air defence capability. Today, we have put together a formidable air defence arsenal and the RSAF is recognised as one of the most modern and competent air forces in the region.
Always ready to respond swiftly and defend our skies, from potential air threats to life-saving missions.
Singapore and Indian Air Forces Conduct 10th Edition of Joint Military Training
// Nov 28, 2019
Singapore and Brunei Celebrate 25 Years of Exercise Airguard
// Oct 23, 2019
Japan Air Chief Makes Introductory Visit to Singapore
RSAF's Peace Carvin V Detachment Celebrates 10 Years of Training in Idaho, USA
SAF Validates Operational Capabilities through Complex Strike Missions in the US
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Be part of this team that safeguards our skies. Equipped with advanced systems, you will hone your skills to a fine edge, maximise your potential, and turn your passion into a truly remarkable profession.
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Maureen McPhilmy Net Worth: Know More About Her Age and Husband
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Maureen Mcphilmy is a privileged person whose net worth is $4 million dollars. Maureen Mcphilmy is popular as an ex-wife of famous American Journalist, and TV host Bill O’Reilly. He is an American public relation executive who is always in the headlines because of her controversial marriage.
Quick Info:
Birthday: May 11, 1966 (age 51)
Ethnicity: White
Profession: Public Relation Executive
Maureen Mcphilmy married Jeffrey Gross and lives a healthy life with her Family. Maureen divorced her ex-husband Bill O’Reilly in the year 2011 and won the battle against him for the custody of their children.
She was born in Chittenango, New York City, USA. Born in a bourgeois family, her father worked in a market and her mother was a gardener. She was raised by her single mother as her parents were separated when she was just five.
Parents: N/A
Husband: Jeffrey Gross
Children: Madeline O’Reilly, Spencer O’Reilly
Maureen, born as Maureen Elizabeth Mcphilmy was a shy and quiet child. She as a kid was quite a loner and always stayed away from her friends and classmates. She attended and graduated from a local St. Peter’s School.
Mcphilmy met her ex-husband O’Reilly in the year 1992. The couple were in a courtship for 4 years and got married in the year 1996.
After 15 years of marriage, she accused Bill of harassing and abusing her sexually and filed a case against him in the year 2010.
After fighting for almost 4 years, she finally won the case and the custody of her children against Bill. Maureen and Bill together had two children, Madeline, and Spencer O’Reilly.
Later, she fell in love with a police detective Jeffrey Gross and the couple got married. Jeffrey was a widower and had two kids with his late wife. The couple lives together happily with all of their kids in their luxury home.
Maureen Mcphilmy stands at an average height and her skin and hair are perfectly glossy and shiny. She has managed to look flawless and good even at the age of 51.
Her body measurement is average looking. Mcphilmy looks voluptuous and possesses a curvy body
The dark-eyed gorgeous lady has a curvaceous and plumpy figure. She is a well-dressed diva who likes to upgrade her personality and style according to the season.
Body Measurements: N/A
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How much is Maureen Mcphilmy worth? Maureen Mcphilmy net worth is estimated at $4 million dollars. Maureen as a PR officer earns a handsome amount of salary. She is living a happy and prosperous life with her husband Gross and family in her Long Island’s home which worth $4 million dollars.
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Net Worth: $4million
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Todd & Sami
Driving you home
Weekdays from 3pm to 6pm
It’s a love story as old as time itself…a fairy tale adventure about a beautiful young woman and her one true love. It’s about a farm boy who joins forces with a Spanish swordsman and the wrestler guy to find his beloved after a long separation and to save her from an evil tyrant whose buddy has 6 fingers.
Course that’s not the Todd and Sami story, that’s the plot description from the 1987 movie The Princess Bride. Inconceivable!
No the Todd and Sami story is way less romantic. Boy meets professional journalist, they spend 14 years making Radio together, over time he ruins her credibility, she loves him and he tolerates her.
Truth is without Toddy, Sami would’ve been so much more successful.
Whats been on the Show:
Life. It is a funny old business isn’t it?
What is your favourite Christmas carol or song?
Christmas rolls around so fast every year!
Zahlias Holiday House
Dark Brown Dye and Pink Floorboards.
Give the Dollar
Those Salad Days of Chicken & Chips
I’m going to sleep with Matthew McConaughey
The Teens were great, but here come The 20’s
Is it just me or does everyone think reality TV has never been more of a teachable tool than it was this week?
Tis nearly the season to be jolly. No I don’t mean Christmas. I, of course, refer to Champagne season.
There is a story that needs to be told about the evil of sepsis
Please just go and see ‘Ride Like A Girl’ at the movies.
Why is it some people seem to get all the rubbish luck in life?
Are you keeping up with me according to my Instagram account?
Does the bloke in your life seem to have selective vision ?
Last week. I cried. And cried. Not in front of anyone in fact, not even my husband.
I do not know Bindi but I am not alone in saying I feel so incredibly proud of her.
I read humans think about sex 8 times a day on average
Almost one third of us have hidden financial secrets from our partners.
Heidi Middleton Sass and Bide
I have not been so sad since Expo 88 finished, Sex And The City came to an end and Powderfinger disbanded.
Ita Buttrose has always been someone I admire and once I met her in the flesh.
As a child Charlotte’s Web just about turned me off bacon for life!
About Todd:
Born in the back of a panel van in WA in 1975, Todd was raised as an only child, which really upset his sister.
He has spent 21 years traversing this great brown land wearing out his welcome at many Radio stations and only stopping down to get married (Cairns) and raise 4 kidlets (Sunny Coast). At 42 he’s still not sure what he wants to be when he grows up.
Todd’s grades would be so much better if he applied himself and spent more time learning and less time trying to entertain the class.
About Sami:
Sami grew up on the Coast and has worked in the local media as a journalist and announcer for 25 years. The mum of 3 young kids is clearly not paid enough to put up with the adorable but exasperating Toddy.
They have been a duo together on Coast airwaves for 11 years. They are both proud ambassadors for Montrose Charity and for Sippy Creek Animal Refuge. Sami writes a weekly column for My Weekly Preview and her greatest loves are her family, the Coast, shopping, Todd and coffee. Not in that particular order.
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A Curious Beginning (A Veronica Speedwell Mystery #1) (Paperback)
By Deanna Raybourn
This is book number 1 in the A Veronica Speedwell Mystery series.
#2: A Perilous Undertaking (A Veronica Speedwell Mystery #2) (Paperback): $15.00
#3: A Treacherous Curse (A Veronica Speedwell Mystery #3) (Paperback): $15.00
#4: A Dangerous Collaboration (A Veronica Speedwell Mystery #4) (Hardcover): $26.00
#5: A Murderous Relation (A Veronica Speedwell Mystery #5) (Hardcover): $26.00
The New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey mysteries returns once more to Victorian England and introduces intrepid adventuress Veronica Speedwell....
London, 1887. After burying her spinster aunt, orphaned Veronica Speedwell is free to resume her world travels in pursuit of scientific inquiry—and the occasional romantic dalliance. As familiar with hunting butterflies as with fending off admirers, Veronica intends to embark upon the journey of a lifetime.
But fate has other plans when Veronica thwarts her own attempted abduction with the help of an enigmatic German baron, who offers her sanctuary in the care of his friend Stoker, a reclusive and bad-tempered natural historian. But before the baron can reveal what he knows of the plot against her, he is found murdered—leaving Veronica and Stoker on the run from an elusive assailant as wary partners in search of the villainous truth.
Deanna Raybourn is the author of the award-winning, New York Times bestselling Lady Julia Grey series, currently in development for television, as well as the USA Today bestselling and Edgar Award nominated Veronica Speedwell Mysteries and several standalone works.
Praise for A Curious Beginning
“Wickedly clever and devilishly amusing...Veronica Speedwell is a joy—unflappable, unrepentant, and thoroughly delightful.”—Susan Elia MacNeal, New York Times bestselling author of the Maggie Hope series
“The eccentricities of Victorian England receive a rousing look in the highly entertaining A Curious Beginning...Energetic storytelling.”—South Florida Sun-Sentinel
“Creating strong character pairings, placing the action in unexpectedly unusual but actual historical settings, and folding it all into a clever mystery are hallmarks of this author’s magical, signature style...This new series starts off with a bang.”—Library Journal (starred review)
“I love this book! Brings us the powerful Veronica Speedwell, who triumphs over adversity and danger with wit, charm, and uncanny determination. A real find.”—Robyn Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Virgin River series
More Praise for the Veronica Speedwell Mysteries
“A ruthlessly intelligent heroine.”—NPR
“I love this series! Veronica Speedwell is utterly unique.”—Amanda Quick, New York Timesbestselling author of The Other Lady Vanishes
“Veronica Speedwell is sure to join the greats of mystery fiction.”—Alan Bradley, New York Times bestselling author of the Flavia de Luce series
“A treat. One of the few writers who can make history feel immediate and exciting without losing a grasp of the period.”—Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author of the Royal Spyness series
“A fine combination of detective story and character study...sure to interest mystery lovers and Anglophiles alike.”—The Historical Novels Review
“A smart, plucky, way-ahead-of-her time heroine.”—Fort Worth Star-Telegram
“Veronica Speedwell might just be one of the most endearing heroines in mysteries, period....She’s smart, dashing, and entirely capable....Her sense of humor and chemistry with Stoker, her counterpart, just make this series even better.”—Bustle
Publication Date: July 12th, 2016
Series: A Veronica Speedwell Mystery
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Historical
Fiction / Romance / Historical / Victorian
Kobo eBook (August 31st, 2015): $2.99
Hardcover (September 1st, 2015): $25.95
Hardcover, Large Print (January 6th, 2016): $30.99
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This Is How a West Elm Pro Decorates a 495-Square-Foot Apartment
Maxwell Tielman for West Elm; DESIGN: Andres (Dru) Ortega
When you live in New York, space is one of the many things you gain a new perspective on: Washer/dryer setups are luxuries, dining rooms are almost nonexistent, and studios are the norm. So when West Elm PR and influencer marketing manager Dru Ortega and his S.O., Steven, decided to share his existing 495-square-foot studio apartment, it wasn't an issue—it was a creative challenge.
"When everything is in one room, it forces you to get really creative in the design process," Ortega tells MyDomaine. "The first thought that came to mind was How do I make him feel like this is a shared space? I was cognizant of making him feel welcome and wanted to make sure his style was integrated like we were moving into a new home together."
Given his day job, it's no surprise that the West Elm pro has learned a thing or two about carefully curating a space. Here, he invites us on an exclusive tour of his Long Island City studio apartment and shares the biggest lessons he's learned from moving in with his S.O.
Yes, it's possible to live in a studio apartment as a couple and love it—here's how.
Edit Your Possessions
Ortega had lived in the studio apartment solo for three years, so when Steven moved in, the pair was forced to condense their clothes, furniture, and possessions. "It was definitely the most difficult part of living in a small space," he explains, but looking back, it's shifted the way the couple view and style their home. "We constantly challenge ourselves to edit our apartment. When we come across items we've stored away for a while and haven't missed, it's a sign it should go."
If you're just about to spring-clean your own apartment, follow their lead and question the practicality of each item you own. "Try to distinguish between what you actually use and what you're holding on to for sentimental value. Ask yourself, when was the last time you wore or used something? What is the purpose is it serving?" If you struggle to muster a response, it's probably time to donate or recycle it.
West Elm Mid-Century 3-Drawer Dresser $599
Experiment With the Layout
After the pair had edited their belongings, it was time for the fun part. "I started with the bed and designed the rest of the apartment from there. I believe in being able to walk around a bed for space and sanity," he explains, so when its position was set, he focused his attention on carving out a living room. "I didn't want to feel like I was living on my bed, so the living space was really important. I found the perfect sofa—a West Elm midcentury loveseat—and initially floated it in the middle of the room, then changed the configuration whenever I got bored."
Given the size of the studio, he says choosing furniture that could be reimagined and restyled was key. "What's great about the Hex Side Tables is that they're highly configurable. I can cluster them together or line them up linearly. It just gives me so much flexibility depending on how I position the sofa," he explains.
If you're tempted to buy a sofa or coffee table because it perfectly fits the specs of your room, Ortega says to think twice. "I would ask how people can use items in other spaces down the line. Will that furniture work one day in a larger room?" Items that can be changed, regrouped, and restyled, like the side tables, will last well beyond your first apartment.
West Elm Hex Side Table $199
Designate Personal Space
"Creating a home together was honestly pretty seamless—thankfully he likes my style!" says Ortega. While the duo blended a lot of their belongings by sharing dressers rather than having "his and his" units, he points out that it was helpful to identify a few parts of the room that were individual. "The nightstands were a great way for us to show our own personalities. That's the place where Steven injects his own style, and it's carved out as a part of the bedroom that feels like his."
West Elm Sphere + Stem Table Lamp $159
Style Every Surface
"Styling a bookshelf is one of my favorite pastimes—I'm constantly changing and rearranging things," he says, which is no surprise when you see the perfectly stacked books and personal curios that adorn the shelves in Ortega's home. "I start with big objects like books and think about how they balance the shelf and work with the items above and below," he explains. Then, he curates pictures and ensures there's a mix of frames. Finally, he tops stacks and fills blank space with decorative objects. "Those little decorative items are helpful in a small space, to hide the parts you're not sure about. They layer well and add interest," he says.
West Elm Vitreluxe Glass Vases $69
Layer Lighting
While the apartment is naturally well lit, it doesn't have an overhead light, which means the prime source of brightness at night is fixtures. "I followed the triangular rule, which means that every space should have three points of lighting. I have a floor lamp in the corner, another by the sofa, and one on the dresser. When they're all turned on, they create a really nice glow that creates the perfect mood lighting," he says.
His final tip is somewhat unexpected for a design aficionado: Don't be too precious! Ortega stresses that while he loves everything to look neat and styled, it's equally important to make sure the space is comfortable, usable, and a true echo of your personality. "What I love is that friends and family feel like it's a reflection of who we are as a couple—which at the end of the day is the most important part."
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