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Driver follows sat-nav into lake
A Polish driver steered his mini bus straight into a lake - after his sat-nav told him to.
Police got a frantic call from the bus driver as he called from the Mercedes van screaming that he and his two passengers were drowning. He managed to say that he had driven into a lake and he was sinking fast.
"He said he had two passengers but he couldn't open the doors - and then he got cut off."
Police, fire and ambulance services rushed to the lake and found the driver and his passengers perched on the top of the mini-bus's roof.
"There used to be a road there until last year until the local water company flooded the valley to build a new reservoir lake," said one police source.
"It seems that the GPS hadn't been updated and was still showing a usable road running through where the lake now is. It's a huge lake and it's hard to imagine how you could ignore or not see it, but he certainly managed it.
"The driver had such faith in his sat-nav that he didn't even notice all the traffic signs saying the road had been closed," they added.
Police seek more pay for using computers
Their union says police officers in Framingham, Mass., need to be paid more for filing their reports on laptop computers given them by the city.
The union is asking for $41,000 to settle its claim that a new requirement to file reports on the computers represents an unlawful change in working conditions.
Union officials said the new filing requirement means increased training and record-keeping, all of which mean police should be paid a stipend for the extra work.
Michael Widmer, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, disagrees.
"Police officers have a critical job and they get paid for that," Widmer said. "But these extra creative ways of padding the paycheck really are not appropriate, and undercut the bond with the taxpayers."
The chef who is allergic to water
So, after 23 years in the kitchen, he has hung up his apron for good.
Andy Laughton has been forced to wash his hands of his job as a chef after discovering he is allergic to water.
Mr Laughton started getting itchy hands whenever he was working and soon the itching broke into hives.
The five-star hotel chef started using latex gloves - only to discover he was also allergic to the lanoline and nickel used in their manufacture.
After a battery of hospital tests, the 39-year-old was diagnosed with the rare condition aquagenic urticaria.
Croatian women taken to court for falling off bike
A elderly Croatian women has been ordered to pay court and police fees and received an official warning after she fell off her bicycle.
The 69-year-old woman admitted causing a traffic accident before a court at Zabok, near Zagreb, although no-one else was involved in the incident.
The court did not fine the woman since she pleaded guilty but said that she had failed to "adjust the speed to road condition," and ordered her to pay 440 kunas in fees out of her 2,300 kuna (318 euro, 407 dollar) pension.
The accident, in which the woman suffered minor injuries, happened last July but the court only sent out its verdict earlier this month.
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About Hungary beta
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Record Hungarian GDP growth far higher than EU neighbors
Hungarian GDP growth has by far surpassed the rates measured in Romania (4.4 percent), in Slovakia (1.9 percent), and in the Czech Republic (2.7 percent).
GDP growth Economy
Péter Virovácz, a leading analyst at ING Bank, has highlighted that the Hungarian economy has shown growth on an unprecedented scale in the second quarter of this year, the highest recorded since 2004.
In an analysis published yesterday by Mandiner, analyst Gergely Suppan lists the following driving factors behind the growth: industrial development, the construction industry, and market-based services.
The biggest threat to the current success lies in external factors: the possibility of trade wars, the plummeting German industry and the uncertainties triggered by Brexit are bound to have an impact on the Hungarian economy. However, Suppan emphasizes that despite the negative factors, the Hungarian economy is only expected to experience further improvements.
“The family protection plan and the economic action plan will take effect in the third and fourth quarters of the year, counter-balancing the negative impacts of the broader, European environment. While the scale of growth might become moderate within this period, the GDP growth is expected to reach 4.8 percent on the annual average," he said.
Suppan also emphasized that Hungarian GDP growth has by far surpassed the rates measured in Romania (4.4 percent), in Slovakia (1.9 percent), and in the Czech Republic (2.7 percent).
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The Press Has More Freedom in Eastern Europe than in the Continent’s Western Half
Reacting to a statement by Sweden’s foreign minister on Monday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told Hungarian news agency MTI in a statement that recently it has become obvious that the press has more freedom in Eastern Europe than in the continent’s western half.
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On Facebook Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Congratulates the Creators of Son of Saul
On Monday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán congratulated the creators and actors of Son of Saul for winning the Golden Globe Award in Los Angeles for best foreign language film.
Reinstating Military Conscription is not Necessary
In response to a statement by Sweden’s foreign minister, on Sunday Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister György Bakondi told public television channel M1 that the Government of Hungary does not see the necessity for reintroduction of military conscription. Keeping the manpower of the reserve force at appropriate levels is important however, he stressed.
János Lázár to Have Talks in Brussels
János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office will pay a visit to Brussels on Tuesday where he will have talks with EU Commissioners and Hungarian diplomats.
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Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Lyons
Official First Name: Gordon
Usual First Name: Gordon
Party: Democratic Unionist Party
Constituency: East Antrim
Democratic Unionist Party Party Member 02/03/2017 - Present
Democratic Unionist Party Party Member 05/05/2016 - 25/01/2017
MLA History
Date Constituency Designation
19/08/2015 East Antrim Unionist, Replaced Mr S Wilson
12/05/2016 East Antrim Unionist, elected following substitution
13/03/2017 East Antrim Unionist, Re-elected
Office/Committee History
Office/Committee
11/01/2020 - Present junior Minister The Executive Office
11/01/2020 - Present Committee Member Business Committee
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017 Committee Member Committee for the Economy
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017 Committee Member Business Committee
25/05/2016 - 25/01/2017 Committee Chair Committee on Procedures
25/05/2016 - 25/01/2017 Committee Member Chairpersons' Liaison Group
05/10/2015 - 30/03/2016 Committee Member Committee for the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister
05/10/2015 - 30/03/2016 Committee Member Committee for Finance and Personnel
07/09/2015 - 05/10/2015 Committee Member Committee for Social Development
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All Party Group
11/07/2017 - Present Assembly Party Group Member All Party Group on Cancer
09/05/2017 - Present Assembly Party Group Treasurer All Party Group on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
08/05/2017 - Present Assembly Party Group Member All Party Group on Learning Disability
24/10/2016 - 25/01/2017 Assembly Party Group Member All Party Group on Students
09/09/2016 - 25/01/2017 Assembly Party Group Member All Party Group on Learning Disability
21/06/2016 - 25/01/2017 Assembly Party Group Member All Party Group on Tackling Educational Underachievement And Promoting Educational Excellence For All
20/06/2016 - 25/01/2017 Assembly Party Group Treasurer All Party Group on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
20/06/2016 - 25/01/2017 Assembly Party Group Member All Party Group on Epilepsy
20/06/2016 - 25/01/2017 Assembly Party Group Member All Party Group on Multiple Sclerosis
Parliamentary Contact Details
Room: Room 359B
Address: Parliament Buildings
Townland: Ballymiscaw
Ward: Stormont
Town: Belfast
Post Code: BT4 3XX
Email: gordon.lyons@mla.niassembly.gov.uk
Constituency Contact Details
Address 1: 116 Main Street
Townland: Town Parks
Town: Larne
Post Code: BT40 1RG
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None. (Registered 4 April 2017)
2. Donations and other support
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality
4. Visits
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6. Land and Property
8. Unremunerated interests
Elder, Presbyterian Church in Ireland. (Registered 4 April 2017)
Member, Committee - Millbrook Community Association. (Registered 4 April 2017)
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Assembly Questions
Session: 2016-2017 2015-2016
36 Questions, Page 1 of 4
AQO 932/16-21 Mr Gordon Lyons
(DUP - East Antrim) To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an assessment of the Together: Building a United Community strategy.
12/01/2017 Question Withdrawn
(DUP - East Antrim) To ask the Minister for the Economy how he intends to increase international trade.
+ Display Answer 10/11/2016 Answered on 24/11/2016
(DUP - East Antrim) To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline the actions they plan to take to promote Northern Ireland overseas.
AQW 7222/16-21 Mr Gordon Lyons
(DUP - East Antrim) To ask the Minister of Education to detail the total number of pupils in East Antrim enrolled in (i) controlled schools; (ii) maintained schools; and (iii) integrated schools.
(DUP - East Antrim) To ask the Minister of Education to detail his Department’s spend on Special Educational Needs provision in each of the last five years.
(DUP - East Antrim) To ask the Minister of Education to detail the average spend by his Department per pupil in (i) controlled schools; (ii) maintained schools; (iii) integrated schools; and (iv) Irish-medium schools.
(DUP - East Antrim) To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail his Department’s total capital expenditure over the last five years, broken down by constituency.
(DUP - East Antrim) To ask the Minister of Education whether he plans to reform the Entitlement Framework.
View Official Report for AQO 716/16-21 10/11/2016 Answered on 22/11/2016
(DUP - East Antrim) To ask the Minister of Education to outline his Department's capital spend in East Antrim since 2011.
(DUP - East Antrim) To ask the Minister of Health following the introduction of the national living wage, to outline the estimated additional costs for the social care sector.
Plenary Business
Session: 2019-2020 2017-2018 2016-2017 2015-2016
13 Motions, Page 1 of 1
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Tabled As
Tabled Date
Plenary Date
Membership of Standing Committees Motion MLA - East Antrim 17/01/2020 20/01/2020
Membership of Statutory Committees Motion MLA - East Antrim 17/01/2020 20/01/2020
Suspension of Standing Order 49(2)(a) and Standing Order 52(2)(a) Motion MLA - East Antrim 17/01/2020 20/01/2020
Suspension of Standing Order 20(1) Motion MLA - East Antrim 17/01/2020 20/01/2020
Election of Principal Deputy Speaker Nomination 1 - Mr Christopher Stalford Motion MLA - East Antrim 14/01/2020 14/01/2020
Business Committee Membership Motion MLA - East Antrim 14/01/2020 20/01/2020
Appointments to the Assembly Commission Motion MLA - East Antrim 11/01/2020 14/01/2020
Establishment of Statutory Committees Motion MLA - East Antrim 11/01/2020 14/01/2020
Election of Deputy Speaker Nomination 1 - Mr Christopher Stalford Motion MLA - East Antrim 11/01/2020 11/01/2020
Legislative position on abortion in Northern Ireland Motion MLA - East Antrim 17/10/2019 21/10/2019
Election of Speaker and Deputy Speakers, Fill Ministerial Offices and Debate on the Legislative Position on Abortion in Northern Ireland Earlier Meeting MLA - East Antrim 17/10/2019 21/10/2019
Session: 2019-2020 2016-2017 2015-2016
2 Votes On Division, Page 1 of 1
Vote Subject
Division Date
Member Voted
Election of Principal Deputy Speaker Nomination 1 - Mr Christopher Stalford [Mr G Lyons] 14/01/2020 AYE
Election of Speaker Nomination 1 - Mr Alex Maskey [Mrs M O'Neill] 11/01/2020 AYE
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Van Williams Steve Andrews
Niki Dantine Kate Andrews
Kimberly Beck Robin Andrews
Steve Burns Tom Andrews
Air Dates: On NBC, from 9/6/75 - 9/4/76
Plot Synopsis:
The show chronicled the adventures of the Andrews family as they sailed in and around Hawaii on their boat, the Westwind. Steve was a photographer that specialized in underwater photos, Kate was a marine biologists, and Robin and Tom were their two teenage kids. Filmed on location in Hawaii, the show utilized the local scenery (both in the water and on land) and most episodes featured underwater footage. Notable guest stars included John Carradine and Joanna Cameron (Isis).
According to an early review, the show was originally called Westwind to Hawaii. Airing later in the Saturday morning schedule, the show had more action and violence than your average Saturday morning schedule. The more adult nature of the show, along with increased production values, might be one of the the reasons that Westwind has been syndicated, and other more youthful shows haven't.
Van Williams is probably best known for playing the title character on The Green Hornet series from the 60s.
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No episodes of the series have been officially released on video. Since the series has aired infrequently on the American Independent Network (AIN), a cable network, over the years, episodes are circulating among collectors.
For more info on how to find this and other old Saturday morning shows, check out this page.
Westwind at IMDB
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APIs Are Establishing New And Useful Processes Faster Than Patents Can Keep Pace With
I’m spending a lot of time reading API related patents lately. I downloaded all of the patent applications between 2005 and 2015, filtered for all patents that mention “application programming interface” in the title, abstract, or description of the API, resulting in a database of 16,485 patents. Currently I’m reading the 700+ that just mention API in title or abstract, and once done I’ll take a look at the rest.
First, let me state that patents are not a concept I subscribe to. Personally, I do not believe in defining, and locking up ideas, but I do not live in the world I’d like, and after beginning my patent API search, I see patents are a concept that like API copyright, will be increasingly wielded across many industries where APIs are being put to use. For this reason, I engage in my research, and overall patent awareness journey, not because I’m a believer in the patent system, or am looking to submit any patents--I want to better understand how patents are being used to define API processes, and help see the evolving role APIs are playing in the larger patent story over the last 20 years.
First, What Exactly Is An API Patent?
There are many incarnations of API, and making sense of whether a patent directly describes a specific API, or is more API adjacent can be very difficult to do. I’m operating under the assumption that if “application programming Interface” is present in title or abstract, it is likely that the patent describes an API fueled process, and my initial review of the 700+ patents support this. This realization moved the conversation in my head from “will patents affect APIs” to “APIs are being patented”, and we need to better understand what is going on, regardless of the precise definition of what an API is. Whether an API is more hardware related, system or specifically a web API as we know it today, becomes somewhat blurred on the current Internet landscape.
Precise vs. Broad Stroke Patents
One thing that really stands out as I read these API patents, is the varying scope of the API definition. Some are very precise, talking about a specific API call, to accomplish a very specific, granular task. While others are very broad, talking about using APIs, for an industry-wide use. This distance, represents the rapid expansion of the API space, and how the vision from technologist to technologist will vary widely on how aware of change they are in their specific domain. Some companies seem to just cast a wide net, claiming a whole region of cyberspace, as operating under their patented idea, with little or no regard for many iterations that have evolved within this very space, in just the time they've submitted the patent.
Internet of Things Blurring The Landscape
As I read through patents, it is easy to dismiss some of the application because they are very hardware focused, but when you consider the bigger Internet of Things (IoT) picture, where everyday, common devices are being connected to the Internet, using APIs—things get very blurry. A hardware API in the 1990s was definitely something that was pretty novel, and useful, but in 2015 these concepts are rapidly expanding, becoming commonplace, with the iterations and variations of process occurring at a staggering rate. I’m considering pulling patents all the back to 1995, to evaluate telecommunication era APIs, for re-use, and applying in the IoT era, in hopes of bringing more focus to this blurry portion of the API patent landscape(or quite possibly confusing myself further). What was once a pretty specific hardware specific API in 1998, could have thousands of uses, in an IoT crazy 2015.
The Pace of Change — New & Useful Processes At A Breakneck Speed
After reading the handful of patents that I have, as an API architect, my brain immediately sees the variances in their patent ideas, that when actually applied as an API would become the programmatic points where I can add variety, and iterate on the process being defined. If it's a new and useful way for analyzing network traffic using an API, I can immediately define hundreds of network scenarios with software defined networking, and then exponentially augment with different user and device scenarios on different ends of this patented process. At what point do all my variations fall prey to this patent, requiring me to cut a deal with patent owners, and at which point do my variations begin breaking the established patent idea, as the world that the definition applies to continues its rapid expansion. The automobile patent was new and novel until Henry Ford came long, and the automobile became ubiquitous, Amazon Web Services implementation of compute and storage was new and novel when it came out, at what point does is it just become the way things are done. The Internet is just escalating this process, which each passing moment—something the patent process doesn’t acknowledge.
How Does US Patent Office Maintain The Army Of Domain Experts To Determine What Is New & Useful?
As I read a patent about a specific API analytics patent, something I’d consider myself a domain expert in, I’m thinking this isn’t that novel or new, and is something that has been going on a while, and then I find several more variations on the same subject, with varying scopes, muting each patent along the way. As I read through some of the networking based API patents, which I probably do not consider myself a domain expert, I think WOW, that is pretty new and novel idea, to almost each one, with very little awareness of scope of each idea. I have to ask myself, how does the US patent office maintain the army of domain experts needed to keep pace with what is truly new and useful in this digital age? There is no way this can occur under a single government or institutional entity anymore, it has to be done openly on the Internet, in real-time.
APIs Are All About Re-Use, Remix, And Defining New & Useful Processes
As an API architect, I can confidently say that APIs are all about establishing definitions of new and useful processes, that if you do properly, allows you to re-use, remix, and redefine a sometimes dizzying amount of variants in that new and useful process. Each API or microservice is a single, potentially well defined process, and when you start daisy chaining, stacking and remixing with APIs, you can rapidly rethink legacy processes, with an agility that is seldom seen in the physical world, or earlier evolutions in software development. Ultimately I feel that the patent process is the antithesis of an API, but at the very least, I would make the argument that it is a very antiquated way to look at how we operate in a digital world.
1000LB Gorillas Are Filing Patents — Not The Doers, Defining Next Generation Processes
Another thing that stood out to me, when evaluating the 16K API patents I’ve targeted, is exactly who the characters are that apply for API patents. The two leading the charge are Microsoft and IBM, with a who’s who of enterprise dominating the list after that. The companies and individuals doing patents, are not the doers, at the forefront of each business sector, who are actually defining the next generation of new and useful processes using APIs, that are increasingly spanning both our virtual, and physical worlds. While I don’t have the research done to back this claim, at first glance at the areas in which API patents are being defined, this world does not reflect the API space I’ve been mapping the expansion of. Which tells me that there are two distinct layers to this API expansion, those that are defining and moving almost every industry being touched by APIs forward, and those that are filing definitions with the patent office to define, make bets on, and ultimately lay claim to what might be.
Doing Patents As A Defensive Measure — Its How You Play The Game!
I am sure there are numerous motivations for filing a patent on an API, and the popular claim is to say you are doing it as a defensive measure. Clearly software patents is a game of hardball, where companies can make or break your cool new startup, by burying you in legal woes—I’ve been there myself. Companies like Tesla, and Google are making an open patent pledge, stating that they only do patents as a defensive maneuver. I get this. I can’t argue with companies defending what they’ve built against the more aggressive corporate personalities in the space. I guess this is why I am building, and curating my database of API related patents, and the companies behind them, so that I can eventually connect it to actual litigation by these companies—only time will tell which open patent pledges actually hold out to be true.
Patents Are Rich Person’s Game — We Don’t All Have The Resources To Play!
To play in the patent game, you need money. You have to be able to afford to file your patents, and you need to be able to afford to defend them in court. This is not a doers game, it is a rich person’s game. My everyday world would be an extremely fertile environment for the defining of patents, as I spend my days playing with thousands of API resources, and deeply thinking how these APIs could be used in new an novel ways in our personal and business lives. However without the resource ($$) to be able to file the patents, and defend these virtual, API driven spaces, in a court of law, patents are a game I will never participate in. I can guarantee there are thousands of patentable ideas laying around my workbench, but because patents aren’t a concept I subscribe to, and I don’t have the resources to play in the game, you will never see a patent with my name on it.
Still Not Convinced You Can Define And Lock Up Ideas, Let Alone API Driven Ones
Even after about 60+ hours of patent API research, I’m still not convinced the patent process is something that is applicable in the API space. I’m barely sold on the concept when it involves the assembly of gears, conveyer belts, and physical elements, let alone with the new and useful process is algorithmic, allowing me to orchestrate infinite number of processes using APIs. I’m preparing a keynote talk in Sydney Australia next week, about the opportunities for orchestration with microservices and docker containers, using machine readable definitions like APIs.json and Swagger. As part of my work, I defined 18 specific processes that I depend on to operate as a business, and as soon as those were defined and deployed, I quickly define 8 new iterations on top of the existing processes. I’m still defining my overall approach to API orchestration with virtualized containers, but once ready, I will be able to define a new node on my network in seconds, and remix with other resources instantly, reworking existing processes and defining entirely new ones each day—why would I want to lock these up, I need these ideas to flow to be successful. Execution trumps definition.
If We Are Going To Apply Patents To APIs, We Need A Process That Will Keep Pace
Ok, say patents are even a thing we should be considering applying in the API space. At the very least we need a process that will keep pace with the world of APIs, and acknowledge not just the accelerated pace of change and iterations, but also the exponential variations that can occur, and the potential change of scope, in near real-time. I do not manually apply copyright to all my writing in 2015, because of the Creative Commons I can apply copyright across all of my digital exhaust—why are processes and workflows any different?
I strongly believe the concept of patents is counter to the essence of what an API is, but if we insist on defining our new and useful processes in this way, we need a real-time way of capturing the intellectual exhaust from processes we execute, map out the new and useful processes that exist, in a way that requires them to have to actually be useful and implemented, while also having a way to share and vet these definitions with the public audience, whether it be industry, government or both. I’m just getting started with my API patent research, and as with my other research in the API space, I’m sure my awareness will continue to expand rapidly, something I doubt I will also see with the patent process itself.
Ultimately I’m left thinking what my friend, and fellow API Evangelist Mehdi Medjaoui (@medjawii) said in his very forward thinking post, that APIs are the new software patent.
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In Memory: Honoring Hannah Thomas
"Pure Love....Pure Grace...Pure Beauty...Totally Pure...
That was my precious Hannah"
-Jude Meyers Thomas
Hannah O'Hara Thomas
February 3, 1997 - March 27, 2015
Condolences and cards may be sent to:
The Eden Alternative, P.O. Box 18369, Rochester, New York 14618
Project Update: Morris Hall Meadows Slated to Open Late Summer
While cold temperatures and snow undoubtedly create challenges for construction crews...the Green House homes being developed in Lawrenceville, New Jersey are still set to open within the next four to five months.
Morris Hall Meadows will include six skilled nursing Green House homes. Ten Elders will live in each home, which will include their own private bedroom and bath, a central hearth area with a fireplace, full kitchen with home cooked meals and a dining area.
The project is being developed by Morris Hall/St. Lawrence, Inc. Morris Hall and St. Lawrence are both not-for-profit agencies sponsored by the diocese.
Joint Provider Surveyor Training:
Building Vital Relationships
A mutual goal of providers and regulators is for elders to experience high-quality lives, enjoying choice, freedom and dignity. The Green House Project understands this, and supports dialogue and education to build strong relationships among all stakeholders. The Joint Provider Surveyor Training, recently held in Grand Rapids, Michigan, provided an opportunity to spread our message about the importance of partnership, and its necessity to achieve positive outcomes for the future of aging.
As Senior Director of The Green House Project, I joined Renee Cunningham, Director of Nursing for Kalkaska Memorial Health Center, to present the latest research on The Green House model. Renee shared her organization's journey to adopt The Green House trademark, and the value that they believe it will bring to help them achieve their goal of opening two Green House homes in 2015.
Spring Has Sprung at the Green House Homes in Sheridan, Wyoming
The weather has warmed and melted away the white of winter. We honor and love our elders while we welcome the new life of spring with open arms. Spring can mean baby season around here!
Our MDS Coordinator, Shelly Jelly, brought in two motherless day old lambs. You can see our Social Services coordinator holding them at her desk.
A Shahbaz from Whitney cottage came up on her time-off to bring her Clydesdale to meet the elders of GHL. Elders from all four cottages stood out in the sunshine to see and pet the gentle giant of a horse.
Our own Dietary Mentor, Emily, brought in her three new baby chicks of this spring. They were a hit with their happy peeping that brought spring sounds indoors.
Two brand new baby calves enjoyed the warm weather on the other side of our ranch neighbor's fence. Our Elders enjoy walks outdoors with our Shahbazim, as can be see with elder Lois Brandjord and Shahbaz Itealya. They got to see the mother cows and the brand new babies.
Dr. Bill Thomas, Talks to Provider Magazine about Person-Centered Care
In an exclusive interview with Provider, Dr. Thomas casts the vision of living in a world where the ageist slur, "elderly" is no longer a part of polite conversation. He says, "Think back in memory to the last time an older person referred to themselves as 'elderly.' People don't introduce themselves by saying, 'Hi, I'm Bob's elderly mother.' That's put onto them. That's the definition of a slur." Dr. Bill Thomas believes that to change long term care, we need to change the larger societal attitudes toward getting old.
In pursuit of this reality, Dr. Thomas is hitting the road for the Age of Disruption Tour, "I'm going on tour again, starting in April," [Dr. Bill Thomas] tells Provider. "I feel a responsibility to have an impact on not just long term care, but how our country views aging and how our country thinks about older people. I think that many of the issues we deal with in long term care are driven by deep, cultural misunderstandings about aging."
Joint Provider Surveyor Training: Building Vital Relationships
Kris Angevine, Living The Green House Model
Reposted from:
www.stjohnsliving.org
When it comes to long-term care, Kris Angevine strongly believes smaller is better.
"It's better for relationships with the residents and it's better for the teams who take such good care of them," Kris, who serves as the Guide at the Penfield Green House homes, said on a mild March day in 2015. "You get to know the residents so well. And if anything changes, you can respond immediately. This leads to a better quality of life."
The Value Of Short Stay Rehab In The Green House Home
Delivering The Highest Quality Care At The Best Operating Cost
The Green House Overview Webinar
The Winnipeg Free Press publishes article that mentions the Green House model's success in caring for elders with memory loss
The Ithaca Journal interviews Dr. Bill Thomas about abolishing nursing homes and valuing elders
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The Mother of Invention
In Essence | Spring 2010
THE SOURCE: “The Industrial Revolution in Miniature: The Spinning Jenny in Britain, France, and India” by Robert C. Allen, in The Journal of Economic History, Dec. 2009.
The Industrial Revolution, the hinge joining our modern world to our agricultural history, began in late-18th-century England. But why England? Why not France or, for that matter, India?
Scholars have long debated the question. One popular theory is that the Glorious Revolution of 1688 led to a secure property-rights system, which encouraged investment, which in turn spurred innovation. Others going back to Max Weber have argued that culture was responsible—specifically, that Calvinist-flavored Protestantism made people “particularly rational and oriented towards economic achievement.” A third possibility is that the gains of the Scientific Revolution a century earlier gave tinkerers the tools to improve production.
Robert C. Allen, an economic historian at Oxford University, doesn’t dispute these theories. “Good law and good culture may have been necessary conditions for the Industrial Revolution,” he writes, “but they were not sufficient.” These features of British society were the supply that fed innovation. But without demand (on the part of producers), no one would have toiled away at the exhausting process of innovation. In England at the time, wages were relatively high, especially in relation to the cost of capital. That meant that new technologies, even costly ones up to a point, were cost-effective for producers if they reduced the need for labor. And thus it was England’s high wages—not its legal system or religion or scientific knowledge—that drove inventors to their workshops.
The history of the spinning jenny (a machine that allows one person to spin multiple spools of thread at once) illustrates Allen’s point. Invented in the 1760s by James Hargreaves, an illiterate weaver from Lancashire, and improved upon in England and America for several decades thereafter, the spinning jenny was rapidly adopted throughout England, but not in France and India. In those two countries, Allen explains, labor was cheap enough and capital expensive enough that investing in the machine didn’t pay. It would be years before it made economic sense for producers in India and France to invest in industrial technologies.
Allen says the same story plays out around the world today: Technologies that are a good investment in wealthy countries often are not adopted in the developing world, where labor is cheap and capital improvements cost many times the average wage. In such places, choosing not to invest in newfangled equipment isn’t the result of some sort of cultural deficit or institutional failure, but a rational response to economic considerations.
What Good Old Days?
Hail, Divided Government
Saffron Sorrows
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Home Child of the Sun- Florida Southern College's Digital Papers Collection [Letter] 1942 May 26, Spring Green, Wis. [to] Dr. Ludd M. Spivey, [Lakeland, Fla.]
[Letter] 1942 May 26, Spring Green, Wis. [to] Dr. Ludd M. Spivey, [Lakeland, Fla.]
Dear Dr. Spivey: We arrived home worn out, but recuperative, after a f«w
hours stop-over at Yemaasee. I went to see Mrs. Pfeiffer and met her son-
in-law as you suggested. Both were very considerate and we talked about an
hour. It was an inopportune time they said to give money but they looked with
favor upon the idea of the small chapel as a child of the larger one bearing
her name. I suggested we call it after her husband, etc. I think they will
come in on time when the sketohes are suitably presented. The sketches are usually
"winning"?
"Eleanor" (Mrs. Whitney) was also kind but was engaged in producing a concert that
very evening. She invited me to stay over but instead we had a telephone conversation in which she said she would like to see the sketches of the music building
as soon as I could make them and seemed willing to provide that unit
herself. As I left it with her, "we would send her preliminary studies for her
consideration."
And now, my dear friend and client Dr. Ludd M. Spivey: here are a few
essential observations concerning ways-and-means for your consideration which,
translated baldly into hard facts, concern money paid and now to be paid.
Architect's fees may seem troublesome to you, less pressing than materials to
build with and skilled laborers working down there on the job. The $15,000.00
we have received to date may seem to you in the circumstances a substantial
sum of money to get along with the plans. But really it is not adequate or fair,
even in the circumstances. I think you have only a faint idea of the work
already done - not to mention that which we must now undertake.
To particularise: The sum of $10,000.00 was agreed upon for the preliminary
site-plan of the entire college. This sum has now been paid.
For the buildings erected according to this plan we were to be compensated at
the nominated fee of 7 1/2% of construction cost (although muoh of the labor was
free labor) allowing the $10,000.00 preliminary fee to be absorbed pro-rata
in the subsequent buildings as erected.
The chapel cost, as near as we can estimate it, about $72,000.00. (Your
figures which probably include expenditures we are not entitled to reckon our
fees upon you say is $100,000.00) . The three seminars, in the circumstances of
cheap labor, probably cost $3,500.00 each - or say about $10,000.00, The
Library for which complete plans have been made will cost (say) $75,000.00.
The Home Economies unit, you have the plans, will cost about $35,000.00 to
$40,000.00.
Title [Letter] 1942 May 26, Spring Green, Wis. [to] Dr. Ludd M. Spivey, [Lakeland, Fla.]
Notes Robert D. Wehr was a member of the faculty and the construction superintendent of Florida Southern College. Page three does not appear to have been sent with the original letter, but it was found with the letter. It may have been used for office filing purposes, but this is unknown. There are small holes in the top left corner of pages one and two of this letter that were caused by staples that have been removed.
Yemassee (S.C.)
Pfeiffer, Annie Merner, 1860-1946
William H. Danforth Chapel (Lakeland, Fla.)
Whitney, Eleanor Searle
Music Building (Lakeland, Fla.)
Unbuilt architectural projects -- Florida -- Lakeland
Seminar Buildings (Lakeland, Fla.)
E. T. Roux Library (Lakeland, Fla.)
J. William Horsey Building (Lakeland, Fla.)
Florida Southern College -- Faculty housing
Unbuilt architectural projects -- Florida -- Fort Lauderdale
Dormitories -- Florida
Florida Southern College -- Student housing
Polk County Science Building (Lakeland, Fla.)
Original Item Size 27 x 21 cm. or smaller
Transcript (Indexed) Dear Dr. Spivey: We arrived home worn out, but recuperative, after a f«w hours stop-over at Yemaasee. I went to see Mrs. Pfeiffer and met her son- in-law as you suggested. Both were very considerate and we talked about an hour. It was an inopportune time they said to give money but they looked with favor upon the idea of the small chapel as a child of the larger one bearing her name. I suggested we call it after her husband, etc. I think they will come in on time when the sketohes are suitably presented. The sketches are usually "winning"? "Eleanor" (Mrs. Whitney) was also kind but was engaged in producing a concert that very evening. She invited me to stay over but instead we had a telephone conversation in which she said she would like to see the sketches of the music building as soon as I could make them and seemed willing to provide that unit herself. As I left it with her, "we would send her preliminary studies for her consideration." And now, my dear friend and client Dr. Ludd M. Spivey: here are a few essential observations concerning ways-and-means for your consideration which, translated baldly into hard facts, concern money paid and now to be paid. Architect's fees may seem troublesome to you, less pressing than materials to build with and skilled laborers working down there on the job. The $15,000.00 we have received to date may seem to you in the circumstances a substantial sum of money to get along with the plans. But really it is not adequate or fair, even in the circumstances. I think you have only a faint idea of the work already done - not to mention that which we must now undertake. To particularise: The sum of $10,000.00 was agreed upon for the preliminary site-plan of the entire college. This sum has now been paid. For the buildings erected according to this plan we were to be compensated at the nominated fee of 7 1/2% of construction cost (although muoh of the labor was free labor) allowing the $10,000.00 preliminary fee to be absorbed pro-rata in the subsequent buildings as erected. The chapel cost, as near as we can estimate it, about $72,000.00. (Your figures which probably include expenditures we are not entitled to reckon our fees upon you say is $100,000.00) . The three seminars, in the circumstances of cheap labor, probably cost $3,500.00 each - or say about $10,000.00, The Library for which complete plans have been made will cost (say) $75,000.00. The Home Economies unit, you have the plans, will cost about $35,000.00 to $40,000.00.
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Secondary Students
Irish Traditional Music Feature
Antiquity and Origins
Éamonn Ceannt
A member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, and later a founding member of the Irish Volunteers Éamonn Ceannt was a master of the uilleann pipes. He even put on a performance for Pope Pius X.
Although the words 'ancient' and 'old' were frequently employed in relation to Irish traditional music, it is not enormously old. The earliest items are harp pieces and airs connected with songs of an early date but these do not go back beyond the sixteenth century.
The earliest mention of an Irish song is contained in Shakespeare's Henry V (1599) where the character Pistol uses the expression 'callen o custure me' as a piece of gibberish. This has been shown to be a reference to the song 'Cailín Ó Cois tSiúire Mé'. The air of the song has survived from the same period.
The bulk of our repertoire was created in the last three centuries, and the hundred years leading up to the Famine is generally considered to have been a particularly fruitful period. The present is also fruitful, and new songs, tunes and dance are again being made in the style of the older material.
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A showcase of video games and the creative people who make them.
Location: 1915 Maryland Ave., Baltimore, MD 21218
The Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts (BOPA) and the Baltimore Chapter of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA Baltimore) are proud to present Gamescape 2019. We'll be featuring a full selection of games from talented students, individuals, and full teams of indie game developers. This year will also feature a rotating selection of games in our Quick Play area, so be sure to check back in over the course of the event to see what new games are rotating in and out. Cast your vote for the 2019 Gamescape People's Choice Award and see who wins Sunday afternoon.
Our list of exhibiting games includes:
Beard of War is about using a variety of spells to gain control of an arena and knock
your opponents out of it. It focuses on using environmental elements, such as lava to
deal damage to enemies, rather than the player directly damaging their opponents.
Spells are focused on different forms of crowd control, such as knockback, status
effects, teleportation, etc. Customizable spells and character loadouts let the players
play their way. The player’s objective is to be the last survivor in each round. The player
can use their abilities to knock enemy players out of the arena, damaging and killing
them. Each match has five rounds, and the player wins the match by being the last
survivor in more rounds than their opponent. After each round, players get a fixed
amount of points that can be used to upgrade or change their abilities for the future
Captain Trash vs The Evil Dudes is a 2D platform adventure game built on the Godot
engine. The story begins when Captain Trash returns from his local coffee shop to find his front door smashed and his hoard of awesome junk pilfered. Trash had spent his career directing the preeminent galactic clean-up crew. Each day he would find at least a truck full of strange and wondrous items. Over his career he built a museum worthy collection. After, the fist of shock loosened its grip Trash took stock of his remaining items. To his surprise, the valuable art still hung on the walls. The meteor debris, Neptunesian masks and the copper wire were gone. Journey out from the streets of Slabtown across the world to chase down the thieves and reclaim your treasures before they end up in a pawn shop or as a volcanic sacrifice.
Grab It and Go is a game with a protagonist that is an alien named Bopp. His mission is to collect artifacts from Earth. These artifacts are things that we see in our everyday life - water bottles, soda cans, etc. While collecting the various artifacts on your list, make sure to avoid Conspiracy Theorists - NPCs wearing green hats. If they spot you they will chase after you and try to capture you.
Miracle Mia is a cute action-adventure platformer where the main heroine must fend off against an invading horde of extradimensional beings. Mia, with the aid of her tennis racket, must jump, defend and reflect the enemy's attacks right back at them, for her skills in tennis allows her to withstand and channel their projectiles against them. As well as reflecting their attacks, Mia can also harness her own power to create magic orbs that can aid her in battle. Along the way she is accompanied by a mysterious cat who can heal Mia if she falls. Using the skills of tennis, will Mia be able to overcome the trials ahead?
Spark Defence is a science fiction tower defense game set in the near future where the player must strategize on how to defend their power generators from an alien invasion by choosing from different types of defenses and placing them in strategic locations to stop the waves of attacks.
Squirrely Roo Rabbit is an in-development puzzle-platformer game relying on color
theory to solve environmental challenges. It features a visual style reminiscent of hand- drawn and watercolored pop-up storybooks. The game’s story begins with a gang of chameleons on a coloring spree swap the colors of all the animals in their wake, causing confusion and upset. Squirrely Roo Rabbit, who is unaffected due to her not being a traditional animal, teams up with an outcast chameleon, Cammy, to track down Leon, the Chameleon king, and return the forest to normal. They do this by solving environmental puzzles with the help of animals she meets along if Squirrely Roo feeds them fruit matching the color they’ve become. Because fruit only naturally grows in primary colors—and animals come secondary colors as well—Cammy must use her chameleon color-mix ability to solve puzzles and fight.
The UMBC Game Developers Club is a student-run club at the University of Maryland,
Baltimore County whose members develop games in interdisciplinary teams over the
course of each academic year. This year they have 10 new student-created games to
present across a range of different genres and styles.
Underground Arcade is a collection of short alternative games from the Underground
Arcade Collective, consisting of designers Alex Higgins, Stephen Thomas, and John D. Moore. Through this collection, the designers hope to expose general audiences to
game making's democratized underground – experimental works, jam games, garage games, and their ilk. Altogether, the collection features over a dozen games and counting, all of which will be accessed from a single launcher program. New to
Gamescape this year are the games Koi Puncher MMXVIII, Soul Eater, and Monster Hug. Returning favorites include Monster Truck Power Fantasy, Digital Toilet World,
Bloodjak, Mutant Highway, Diablow, and Fungilluminati.
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UPS APPOINTS NEW CHINA HEAD
UPS has announced the appointment of Michelle Ho as new President of UPS China, succeeding Harld Peters, who moved to a regional president role with ManpowerGroup.
In a statement, the global parcel delivery firm said Ho is a UPS veteran with 26 years of logistics experience. She will spearhead UPS’s small package and strategic business planning operations in China.
“UPS has had an established presence in China for more than three decades now, and our broad portfolio of services and global network puts us in a prime position to help Chinese businesses with their cross-border connectivity needs,” said Ross McCullough, president of UPS Asia Pacific.
“Michelle is no stranger to the China market, having previously served as Financial Controller for UPS China. In that role, she was instrumental in driving UPS’s transition to a wholly-owned operation. I am certain that Michelle’s extensive experience and leadership will serve UPS well as she leads more than 6,000 employees to deliver the best-in-class logistics experience for customers inside and outside of China,” he added.
Prior to her appointment, Ho served as President for the South Asia District of UPS Asia Pacific, where she focused on driving strategic growth for UPS’s express operations across a diverse range of 28 emerging and mature markets in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands.
Ho also served as Vice President of Intra-Asia Strategy, where she led several service enhancements and network utilisation improvements in UPS Asia Pacific network.
UPS has served businesses in China for more than 30 years. This year, UPS renewed its ten-year cooperation agreement for operations at the UPS International Hub in Shanghai Pudong International Airport through 2028. With sorting capacity of up to 17,000 pieces hourly, the hub sees 44 weekly flights that connect to more than 200 countries and territories in Europe, the Americas and Asia.
UPS has also increased its Shenzhen Asia Pacific Air Hub’s processing capacity by nearly 50% in preparation for volume gains in the coming three years. Early this year, the company introduced the UPS eFulfillment program, offering Chinese businesses an innovative way to seamlessly manage fulfilment across multiple marketplaces. With the addition of the program, UPS further augments its suite of custom e-commerce solutions that support SMEs’ global business.
“In the course of my journey with UPS, I have witnessed the evolution of the Chinese economy, which has evolved from a low-cost production model to one that is driven by value-added manufacturing, high-tech production, and a growing consumer base,” said Ho.
“UPS has remained focused on enabling the success of Chinese businesses at each stage of development by transforming with the shifts in the global and Chinese economies ... I am excited to be able to lead UPS’s efforts in this key market, in providing Chinese businesses – big and small – with comprehensive logistics solutions that will enable them to trade more efficiently around the world,” she added.
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Frictions with Alonso one of the reasons for Domenicali's early departure.
It's useful to look at different sources when the UK centric ones seem to be stuck on surprise, football coach metaphors and national stereotyping when trying to describe what happened last week at Ferrari.
Autosprint is Italy's oldest motorsport publication and historically very close to Ferrari. Usually they get it right.
Domenicali was going to retire at the end of 2014.
According to Autosprint editor in chief Alberto Sabbatini, Stefano Domenicali was planning on retiring at the end of 2014, regardless of how the season would turn out. The pressure apparently too much along with the frustration of not having been able to get the team he had assembled to go in the direction he had wanted.
It was Domenicali who had pushed for hiring Alonso in '09 despite Alonso having been "banned" from the Scuderia by Jean Todt who never forgave the Spaniard for choosing a Flavio in the hand rather than two ponies in the bush at the start of his F1 career.
So Domenicali and Alonso were close until some point last season when things boiled over and the relationship was never quite patched. Interestingly it was the same Domenicali who then pushed for Raikkonen in order to keep Ferrari from becoming too "Alonso-centric".
Domenicali saw the writing on the wall at the first Bahrain tests, The F14T showed high top speeds but only when it had no downforce. Adding load showed how the new Ferrari power unit was lacking not just power but the ability to properly manage its energy recovery. It could not recharge its stores as efficiently as the Mercedes. Add to this issues of drivability which further stressed the tires and you had a recipe for disaster.
The first races confirmed what Ferrari feared and when Luca di Montezemolo was publicly humiliated in Bahrain, storming out halfway through the race, something had to give.
Here is where it gets interesting. Domenicali could have served up some technician's head, it had been done before with Aldo Costa (now happy at Mercedes) and Chris Dyer. But this would have caused more chaos at a time when techs need double down on their work to solve issues plaguing the F14T. In any case there are no available proven engine and chassis designers free on the market currently.
So Domenicali decided to sacrifice himself and allow the team to keep working with minimal disruption while satisfying the demands from the higher ups the corporate family.
Another interesting point is the involvement of FIAT in the replacement decision. Marco Mattiacci has the approval of both John Elkann and Sergio Marchionne as well as Montezemolo. FIAT is looking to keep a lid on Ferrari's budget so blank check contracts to the likes of a Ross Brawn were nixed early on in discussions.
You have to applaud Ferrari's decision to push for a company man rather than just reach for the checkbook, you have to applaud Domenicali's courage and clarity. Mattiacci will reap the benefits of his predecessor's work and be challenged by some of his failings. The results of the first sessions for the Chinese GP with new parts installed on the red cars show how quickly fortunes can change in F1.
And Domenicali? According to friend and commentator, Leo Turrini, Stefano will be in front of the TV on Sunday cheering Ferrari and planning a new future.
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John Legend Reveals His Father's Day Plans
Time to celebrate! John Legend and Chrissy Teigen are planning to have a busy Father’s Day with their brood.
“We’re actually going to Cannes Sunday afternoon,” the EGOT winner, 40, told Us Weekly exclusively on Thursday, June 13. “Chrissy and I are both doing things for Cannes Lions, so it’s not a bad way to spend the week. We’ll spend half of Father’s Day flying there.”
While the singer admitted the flight to France would take up “most of” his special day, Legend added: “Maybe we’ll do a brunch or something beforehand.”
He and the model, 33, tied the knot in 2013 and welcomed their daughter, Luna, 3, three years later. Son Miles, 12 months, arrived in May 2018.
“He’s going to walk soon,” Legend told Us of his baby boy. “He’s, like, flirting with it every day, but he hasn’t fully taken a step on his own.”
As far as his looks, the little one is the Voice judge’s mini-me — but he doesn’t think that will always be the case. “He looks a lot like me, but I feel like I still see aspects of Chrissy in him,” the Ohio native told Us on Thursday. “Then, everyone thought Luna looked like just like me when she was a baby, but I think she’s evolved into looking more like Chrissy as she’s gotten older. We’ll see what happens as he gets older.”
The couple celebrated their baby boy’s first birthday with a “Bear-BQ-“-themed bash in May. The party featured a petting zoo with a mini horse, a bouncy slide, pool time and a teddy bear cake.
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The Best Indoor Play Spaces in LA
October 12, 2018 March 7, 2019 by B_and_T
Red Tricycle by Shahrzad Warkentin.
This rainy winter continues (sob sob) and what feels like weeks of inclement weather has us all getting a little cabin fever. Thankfully we have some super cool indoor playspaces for kids that let them run, jump, play, and give their imaginations a workout (without driving you crazy). There are even a few spots that will keep you keep your sanity with coffee bars, workspaces as well as wine and beer options. Scroll below to check out our favorite indoor play space picks.
photo: Big and Tiny via Yelp
Big and Tiny – Santa Monica
This gorgeously-designed play space in Santa Monica not only offers a creative playground for kids 6 months to 6 years old to climb, swing and jump but they’ve also partnered with the School of Wonder to offer enrichment classes that will keep your kids happily engaged.
In addition to the play space, they have an on-site cafe plus the flexibility for working parents to get some work done while their kids are pre-occupied.
Open Play: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat-Sun. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. (check the schedule on weekends as they sometimes close for private events.
Rate: Two-hour open play is $18; play passes are also available $80 for 5; $140 for 10
Insider Tip: There are various co-working plans that will give working parents access to a workspace, printers, WiFi, etc. while kids enjoy enrichment classes and activities.
Online: bigandtiny.com
photo: Wild Child Gym via Facebook
Wild Child Gym – Culver City
Wild Child Gym, mixes chill Hawaiian vibes with California cool that results in a fun, interactive, eco-friendly space complete with a “grassy” hill that feels more at like natural playspace than a busy metropolitan city storefront.
Daily classes are available for “Droolers” (newborn-5 months) all the way up to “Advanced Skill and Development” (5-7 year-olds), along with free play options, birthday parties, camps for kids and workshops for kids and for the whole family. But what we really love are their extended hours—perfect for working parents or those tricky school holidays.
Open Play: Mon.-Fri. 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
Rate: Per class price is $30 (based on availability) or choose a four-week session which includes one “Wild Play” drop-in class for $100. Become a member for $25 and receive discounts on parties, events and more.
9715 Washington Blvd.
Online: wildchildgym.com
The Tree House – Tarzana
This indoor jungle gym lets your little monkeys climb and play like they’re outside all within four window-lit walls. The fully-padded structure features tunnels, and a winding slide that drops into a ball pit. There is also a pint-size merry-go-round and a separate play area for toddlers. The space is small, but there are plenty of cozy spots to sit back and relax while still getting a bird’s eye view of the entire play area.
The space also has an indoor picnic area where you can bring in your own food and snacks to eat. Coffee, juice, and water are also available for purchase.
Open Play: Mon. 10-5 p.m., Tues.-Thurs. 10-7 p.m., Fri. 10-5 p.m.
Rate: Open play is $10 per child
Insider Tip: There are tons of great restaurants within walking distance along Ventura, like D’Amores Pizza, The Carving Board, and Wanderlust Creamery so you can grab a bite or sweet treat after play time.
Online: thetreehousetarzana.com
photo: Adventureplex
Adventureplex – Manhattan Beach
There’s adventure to spare here with a ton of energy burners including a basketball court, mazes, tunnels, climbing bouncy houses, gymnastic mats and plenty of playrooms. There’s not a ton of supervision happening, but that’s ok, as you’ll want to get in there and play, too. With a ropes course and rock wall for bigger kids (note: both cost extra), Toddler Town for wee ones and even a café when need to refuel, you just might be here all day.
Open Play: Hours vary for the play structures and Toddler Town, so make sure to check the website.
Rate: Admission is $12. You can also sign up for a Flex Membership and get unlimited drop-in play for $29 per month, $19 per month for siblings
Insider Tip: Adventureplex offers Parents’ Night Out every Fri. and Sat., 5:30 – 9 p.m. for kids 3 and up if you want to get an evening away the kids will be begging for. Cost is $30, and $20 for siblings and includes dinner.
1701 Marine Ave.
Online: adventureplex.org
Maddie’s Playhouse – Northridge
Dress up, painting, building with blocks, utilizing motor skills through soft play and storytelling-the name of the game here is child-initiated play in all its many forms. It’s filled with bounceable, slideable and jumpable inflatables, an obstacle course, playhouses, dress up and more. We love it because it caters to a mix of ages, and at over 4,000 square feet has room for the jumping the bigger kids (up through about age 7) need and also a toddler area where small fry won’t get run over. With so much stuff to do and play with and explore, kids won’t get bored, and they will be eager to come back.
Open Play: Tues.-Fri.; 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Rate: $12 per child, $9 for siblings, (under 2s are $8). Multi-visit passes and memberships are available that will save you money
Insider Tip: Brent’s Deli is a few doors down for lunch. It’s one of the best and most authentic delis in town, with pickles that will live on in your memory. There are four kinds of fries for kids to pick from, a kids menu for B, L or D, and don’t leave without sampling a black & white cookie.
19559 Parthenia St.
Online: m.maddiesplayhouse.com
photo: The Coop via Facebook
The Coop – Multiple Locations
A play space for kids…and adults? The Coop is the place that doesn’t sacrifice the sanity and patience of parents for their kids to romp around in a gritty and overly cutesy play space. Free wifi and a cappuccino bar are just some of the perks for adults in this modernized play space that looks like an ad for Phillipe Starck for IKEA. Kids will love sliding into the ball pit, the touch-sensitive, luminescent dance floor, and dress-up play. There are three locations in Studio City, Redondo Beach, and the newest spot in Woodland Hills.
Open Play: Each location has different hours but all are open Mon. – Fri.
Rate: $12 per child
Insider Tip: The Woodland Hills location has a full cappuccino bar and free parking.
Locations: Woodland Hills, Studio City & Redondo Beach
Online: thecoop-la.com
Snooknuk – Larchmont
This colorful play space showcases an enchanting mural and life-size tree that transports tots to a magical landscape usually found in fairy tales. Artwork is filled with positive images families will appreciate, and music exclusively scored for Snooknuk sets the perfect tone for a happy day of fun. Many parents bring kiddos in just for a simple afternoon of play or play dates, while others come for classes but still love the convenience of having a play area to entertain siblings while they wait. Don’t forget to indulge in their on-site Caffe Luxxe gourmet coffee, pastries or paninis while the kids enjoy the play area.
Snooknuk offers a supervised play option so you can sit on the patio and get work done while the kids play. This space also offers loads of classes, plenty o’ snacks and is on the Larch. Your whole inclement day is now planned. While most of the activities are ideal for the 6 and under crew there are some classes available for older kids, up to 12 years old.
Open: Mon.-Fri. 9-6 p.m.; Sat. 9-5 p.m.
Rate: Day passes are $8, or $5 per sibling
Insider Tip: You’re on Larchmont Blvd., which means you have approximately 6 coffee options, a retail shop for kids, a resale shop for tots, a vegan and raw food spot, a vegan and GF bakery plus bookstore and two toy stores all in walking distance. Welcome to parenting paradise.
506 N. Larchmont Blvd.
Mid-City Los Angeles
Online: snooknuk.com
photo: Peekaboo Playland
Peekaboo Playland – Eagle Rock & Bel Air
Who says your kids can’t play and learn? Peekaboo Playland is the progressive and artistic indoor play space for your kids’ creative energy to flourish and grow. Let your little one explore the boundlessness of their imagination in the 3,300 square feet building. One of our favorite things is the separate baby space upstairs, where crawlers can explore without getting trampled.
Open Play: Mon. – Thurs. 10-6 p.m., Fri. 10-5 p.m.
Rate: $10 per child over 12 months, $8 for siblings and babies 6-12 months. The Bel Air location is $11 and $9 respectively
Insider Tip: Oinkster, Swork, and Four Cafe are all right nearby so you can get tasty lunch and coffee to go and eat at picnic tables here when kids need to refuel. There’s a second location in Bel Air.
Online: peekabooplayland.com
photo: Pamper & Play
Pamper & Play – Westwood
The unique twist here is that they understand that kids need to play, but parents need some pampering too. So you get a break while the kids (ages 18 months and up) can enjoy some supervised play (parents or caregivers have to stay on the premises). They also have Parents Time Out sessions for 4 hours on Sat.
Open Play: Make an appointment or walk-in Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Rate: $13; Supervised play cost $25 for two hours for kids under 3 and $20 for kids over 3
Insider Tip: During supervised sessions, free coffee and wi-fi are available so you can relax, work, or catch up on browsing your favorite parenting website.
Online: squareup.com/store/pamper-and-play
photo: Giggles N’ Hugs via Yelp
Giggles N’ Hugs – Multiple Locations
This children’s restaurant and play space have spots in Glendale and Woodland Hills full of castles, pirate ships and dragons – oh my! Kids can have loads of fun here running, jumping and playing, and there’s even plenty o’ live entertainment on tap. Play all day and pay based on mobility. Unlike most other spots, this one is open on weekends for free play, although they do host parties then as well so it can get crowded.
Open Play: Mon. – Thurs. 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m., Fri. 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Rates: Big kids are $14, $11 for sibs and $8 for non-walkers
Insider Tip: It’s a restaurant (with organic, kid-friendly food). So lunch doesn’t have to be pre-packed or cobbled together out of chips and pastries. And did we mention the wine and beer?
Locations: Topanga & Glendale
Online: gigglesnhugs.com
Jump ‘n Jammin – Arcadia
Tube crawls, web crawls, barrel rolls and giant slides are just a few features of Jump ‘n Jammin’s multilevel play structure. This is a spot that is as much fun for the 3-year-old as for the 13-year-old (and Mom and Dad, too). And the best part? They don’t automatically close all weekend for parties and have other locations in Mission Viejo and West Covina.
Open: Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Rate: $14.95 for the first child (plus adult); toddlers are $6.49 plus adult. Additional adults are $3.95
400 S. Baldwin Ave.
Online: jumpnjammin.com
photo: The Awesome Playground
The Awesome Playground – Highland Park
The aptly named spot offers a vast array of indoor and outdoor fun for the little ones up to 10 years of age, featuring a 60-foot inflatable obstacle course, a giant slide, an indoor crooked house and even a race track for the aspiring Andrettis. They also offer Parent’s Night Out at $25 for the first two hours; $10 per each additional hour.
Open Play: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Rates: $10 per child. Monthly memberships are $39 or you can purchase a 10 play pass for $60 that never expires
Insider Tip: If you’re here because it’s too hot to play outside (not too cold), they often break out an inflated water slide to cool kids down on broiling days. So don’t forget the change of clothes!
Online: theawesomeplayground.com
photo: The Great Escape Club
The Great Escape Club – Atwater
It’s not just a clever name. Here the monkeys can go bananas and the mommies can get down to business, each with their own dedicated space to do so. With a sweet little courtyard connecting the two diametrically different havens, arrive with a potty trained independent walker, kiss them good-bye, and off you go. The “Escape Artists” (aka awesome kid watchers) will take it from there. You leave for the land of low voices and lattes. This space is best for the under 5 crowd.
Open Play: Mon., Wed., Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Tues., Thurs., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Rate: $12 for kids; $10 for additional sibling
Insider Tip: Hit Proof Bakery afterward for outstanding treats on the way home. Win-win.
Online: thegreatescapeclub.squarespace.com
photo: Kids World Family Fun Center via Yelp
Kids World Family Fun Center – Simi Valley
Even big kids who think they’re too cool for indoor playspaces will beg to spend the day here. This entertainment spot raises the standards with virtual games, climbing tubes, slides, foam ball launchers, zip lines, basketball court, American Gladiator style arena, a video game floor with motion activated games and old-school arcade. But it’s not just for big kids, there’s also a Toddler Corner designed for children newborn–3 years old for the little ones to learn and play in their own gated space.
Open: Tues.-Sun. at 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sun 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Rates: $11.99 admission for kids 24 months-15 years; kids under 2 are $5.99; siblings are $10.99 (weekdays only). Grip socks and arcade games are extra.
Insider Tip: Ahem, with beer (did we not mention that the café serves beer?) and video games, it satisfies everyone and is why we say it’s worth the drive for a rainy day excursion.
618 Lindero Canyon Rd.
Online: kidsworldla.com
We Rock the Spectrum Kid’s Gym – Multiple Locations
We love this unique gym that caters to children with autism and special needs creating a safe and warm environment where they can play and strengthen their muscles and skills. While kids can just have fun, you’ll know that everything here actually serves a positive purpose: swings promote balance, the zip line is for stress release and joint and body relaxation, the trampoline builds core strength and play structures, sensory-based toys and arts & crafts areas all work on motor, social and eye-hand skills. It’s for kids at every spot of the spectrum, and kids of all ages and abilities will have a ball. Rates and hours vary by location. Some spots also offer drop-off care.
Open Play: Mon.-Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (Call ahead on weekends to confirm openings)
Rate: $14 per child (siblings $12)
Insider Tip: The whole place is cleaned top to bottom daily with only green products, so the planet will stay as healthy as our kids.
Locations: Tarzana, Redondo Beach, Studio City, Woodland Hills, Glendale, Santa Monica & Lawndale
Online: werockthespectrumkidsgym.com
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Santa Monica’s new Big and Tiny is play are for kids, co-working space for parents
September 14, 2018 March 7, 2019 by B_and_T
By Abc7 News.
A new business that is both a children’s learning spot and a co-working space for parents has opened up shop in the neighborhood. Located at 1731 Ocean Park Blvd. in Santa Monica, the new arrival is called Big and Tiny.
Founded by a working mom and entrepreneur, this newcomer strives “to support and empower” parents and guardians so they can better balance personal and professional lives, explains the business on its website.
An assortment of developmental and educational classes are on offer, from preschool prep and after-school programs to enrichment classes such as Tiny Islanders — a 13-week course designed to introduce little ones to the Polynesian Islands through dance, song, children’s literature and play. (You can view a full listing of classes and programs here.)
A dedicated co-working area is available as well, for parents in need of some quiet working space or much-needed time off.
The fresh arrival has proven popular thus far, with a five-star rating out of seven reviews on Yelp.
Gina A., who was among the first Yelpers to review the new spot on Aug. 14, wrote, “I signed my daughter up for summer camp and she had a blast! Some days I stayed and got some work done in the co-working area or hung out in the quiet back patio just reading a book. The space is exquisitely decorated and is perfect for either work or just relax.”
“My 3.5-year-old goes here and it’s honestly been a game-changer for us!” shared Yelper Aaron I. “She does yoga, learns music, gets to play with other little ones and is sharpening her skills as a thoughtful member of society, all in one brilliantly designed space with great people leading the charge.”
Intrigued? Stop in to check it out for yourself. Big and Tiny is open from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on weekdays.
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Growing Opioid Crisis Tests Limits Of Methadone Clinics; Advocates Favor Expansion
By Steve Hamm | October 16, 2019
Jose DeJesus pulls his silver minivan out of a parking lot in back of a row of historic houses on New Haven’s Congress Avenue. He points with pride to the flowers he planted around the lot. Then he grimly spins a commentary as he gives a tour of the surrounding Hill neighborhood. • There’s the John C. Daniels School, where parents are dropping off kids and where a man overdosed and died near a rear stairwell over the summer. • Across the street, there’s the APT Foundation clinic, where clients in recovery from opioid use come every morning for methadone.
By Steve Hamm | July 30, 2019
In 2018, Dean and Paula Palozej found their son, Spencer, on the floor of his home in Manchester. Spencer was one day shy of his 30th birthday and he was found dead of a fentanyl overdose. Spencer, who worked as a landscaper, started taking oxycodone for pain after two surgeries in his early 20s. A friend told his father that he took a fentanyl pill thinking it was oxycodone. Palozej unloaded on the pharmaceutical industry, which is blamed by many for the explosion in prescription opioid use and abuse nationwide over the past two decades. “I’m disgusted with what they did—the greed they had,” he said.
Fentanyl Crisis Prompts Change In Treatment Strategies
By Steve Hamm | June 26, 2019
Joseph Deane had been drug free for months before he overdosed in the bathroom of a restaurant in New Haven last December. He couldn’t resist when his dealer offered drugs. Unfortunately, the dope turned out to be fentanyl. Deane, just 23 years old, had been fighting addiction for years, but fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, took his life because it’s 50 to 100 times more powerful than heroin. After months without drugs, his body couldn’t handle it.
Filling The Primary Care Gap: Nurse Practitioners
By Steve Hamm | February 11, 2019
Alison McGrory-Watson, a private cook who lives in Deep River, had serious medical problems, including Hepatitis C and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), when she was assigned Nichole Mitchell as her primary care provider at Community Health Center Inc. (CHC) in Middletown. McCrory-Watson was uninsured, and Mitchell went to great lengths to get financial assistance for two new drugs aimed at addressing her medical problems. As a result, McGrory-Watson is now Hep C-free, and she hopes a drug she’s taking for PTSD will quell the lingering effects of being gang-raped as a teenager and witnessing a brutal stabbing as an adult.
There’s something about Mitchell that might surprise you. She’s not a doctor; she’s a nurse. A nurse practitioner (NP), to be precise. But McGrory-Watson insists that the care Mitchell provides is every bit as good as she would get from a physician.
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Outreach Programs Target Asthma Hot Spots, But More Help Is Needed
By Steve Hamm | November 14, 2018
Robert Carmon had a rough start to life. Shortly after birth he developed asthma, a chronic disease that causes inflammation in the lungs and difficulty breathing. His attacks were so severe as an infant that his parents rushed him to the emergency room practically every week. They were terrified he might die. Today, at age 7, Robert’s asthma has stabilized.
Street Medicine: Helping The Homeless Where They Live
By Steve Hamm | April 25, 2018
Homeless people tend to have trust issues, but when Phil Costello approaches they typically greet him like family. That’s because Costello, the clinical director for homeless care at Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center in New Haven, puts effort into building relationships and trust so he can get people the medical care they need. Quentin Staggers, homeless for nearly a decade, credits Costello with saving his life. He awoke one day on a bench on the New Haven Green with a blinding headache. He saw Costello and asked for help.
Easing Of Federal Nursing Home Regulations Raises Concerns In Connecticut
Three years ago, Meredith Phillips’ mother, Georgia Svolos, fell and broke her kneecap, setting off a downward spiral that landed her in nursing homes on and off for a year. In one facility, she fell and broke her knee again, necessitating more surgery. All of the facilities were noisy and chaotic, and one smelled of feces. So, when Phillips learned recently about moves by the Trump administration to ease regulations and fines on nursing homes, she was alarmed. “I’m horrified and frightened,” says Phillips, who lives in Westbrook.
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Twin Cities Books with Mary Ann Grossmann
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Pioneer Press and TwinCities.com books editor Mary Ann Grossmann discusses and reads from the following books:
“Deadly Harvest,” by Michael Stanley (Bourbon Street Books, $14.99)
“Silken Prey,” by John Sandford (Putnam, $27.95)
“Z,” by Therese Anne Fowler (St. Martin’s Press, $25.99)
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Playlist Podcast: Things to do the weekend of April 26
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Pioneer Press entertainment writers Amy Carlson Gustafson, Chris Hewitt and Ross Raihala discuss things to do this weekend, including the St. Paul Art Crawl; comedy shows by Tom Papa and Anthony Jeselnik; the movies “Mud” (Chris’ favorite of the year), “Blancanieves” and “Pain and Gain”; Cloud Cult’s CD release show; and other music shows by Diana Krall and Fleetwood Mac.
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Pioneer Press and TwinCities.com books editor Mary Ann Grossmann discusses and reads from “Sinners and the Sea: The Untold Story of Noah’s Wife” by Rebecca Kanner (Howard Books/Simon& Schuster, $24.99), “Being Esther” by Miriam Karmel (Milkweed Editions, $22), and “Vacationland” by Sarah Stonich (University of Minnesota Press, $16.95).
Pioneer Press entertainment writers Amy Carlson Gustafson, Chris Hewitt and Ross Raihala discuss things to do this weekend, including the Minneapolis Print and Drawing Fair; the Valley Meadow Comedy Show; the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival and the new movies “Give Me the Loot,” “Disconnect,” “Oblivion” and “The Company You Keep”; an EP release show by Joey Ryan and the Inks; actress Katey Sagal in a “Sons of Anarchy” music show; and concerts by the Black Angels, the Warlocks, Jim James, Johnny Marr and REO Speedwagon with Styx and Ted Nugent.
Support Your Local Filmmaker
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On the movies page on this website, you’ll find my guides to the first couple weeks of the ongoing Minneapolis/St. Paul Film Festival. But I also wanted to point out that many films with local ties are part of the festival (and many of the local filmmakers will be at their screenings). All screenings are at St Anthony Main in Minneapolis:
“American Heart” — Health troubles add another degree of difficulty for refugees, who meet up with dedicated physicians at a primary care clinic in Minnesota. April 18, 6:30 p.m.
“Persistence of Vision” — Breck school alum Kevin Schreck takes a look at what’s billed as the greatest animated film never completed. April 19, 6:30 p.m.
“With Impunity: Men and Gender Violence” — Documentarian Dan Bergin will attend. April 21, 6:15 p.m.
“Camelina: Seed to Oil” — Southern Minnesota farmers show how they farm camelina seeds. April 22, 5:10 p.m.
“Living With the Land” — Minnesotans and others talk about simpler lifestyles, including living off the grid. April 22, 5:10
“The Price of Sand” — Presented on Earth Day, the documentary looks at fracking in Minnesota and surrounding state. April 22, 7:30 p.m.
“Too Cold Out There Without You” — Christopher Fike began life as a woman but now identifies as a man, who is also a minister. April 24, 7:15 p.m.
“Girl With a Bike” — Eric Tretbar’s feature is about a woman whose purchase of a motorcycle leads her to a walk on the wild side. April 26, 6:30 p.m.
“Making Light in Terezin” — A Minnesota theatrical troupe travels to the Czech Republic to perform a cabaret piece that was created in the CR’s Terezin ghetto during World War II. April 28, 4 p.m.
Pioneer Press and TwinCities.com entertainment writers Amy Carlson Gustafson and Chris Hewitt discuss things to do this weekend, including checking out their Spring Arts Guide, out this weekend, and the movies “Trance” by director Danny Boyle and Terrence Malick’s “To the Wonder.” Music from the Strokes’ new album “Comedown Machine.”
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Many people who actually knew Roger Ebert will do a better job of memorializing him, but I think it’s worth noting that you didn’t need to know him well to know what a good egg he was.
The Chicago Sun Times movie critic, whose cancer recurred and ended his life this week, was the dean of the profession and he was widely beloved. My two, brief encounters with him showed me why. The first encounter was at the Oscars in 1995. I was new to this job and intimidated by the hugeness and unfamiliarity of the event, as well as by the then-new technology of filing a story remotely on a laptop. But I lucked out: In the backstage tent where Oscar reporters are stashed, I was sitting across a big table from Ebert, who kindly helped me with the connections and explained how the q/a’s worked when winners zipped into our tent for a few minutes. Without his help, I’d probably still be searching for an electrical outlet and would certainly never have figured out how to get noticed so I could ask winner Jessica Lange a question about her best actress trophy.
The second encounter was at the Walker Art Center in, I think, 1999. He was there with his pal, director, Werner Herzog, for a tribute to Herzog’s work. That time, what came through more than anything was Ebert’s passion for his work and for movies. He had already been doing his job for more than two decades but it was inspiring to hear him rave about the movies he was jazzed about and to see the teasing relationship between him and Herzog. Both of those things come through in this lovely little note Ebert later wrote Herzog, after seeing his latest documentary:
Dear Werner, You have done me the astonishing honor of dedicating your new film, “Encounters at the End of the World,” to me. Since I have admired your work beyond measure for the almost 40 years since we first met, I do not need to explain how much this kindness means to me. When I saw the film at the Toronto Film Festival and wrote to thank you, I said I wondered if it would be a conflict of interest for me to review the film, even though of course you have made a film I could not possibly dislike. I said I thought perhaps the solution was to simply write you a letter. But I will review the film, my friend, when it arrives in theaters on its way to airing on the Discovery Channel. I will review it, and I will challenge anyone to describe my praise as inaccurate. I will review it because I love great films and must share my enthusiasm.
That was written in the midst of Ebert’s many battles with cancer but he kept coming back to work, even when cancer took his jaw and forced him to “speak” via a computer that constructed sentences from his many TV appearances on “At the Movies.” So it’s no surprise that, when his latest illness was announced just two days ago on his Twitter feed (@ChicagoEbert), he closed with, “I’ll see you at the movies.” We got to know him through his reviews and, even though I would love to have known him, I feel like I kinda did.
Playlist Podcast: Things to do the weekend of April 5
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Pioneer Press entertainment writers Chris Hewitt and Ross Raihala discuss things to do this weekend, including Twin Cities band 4 On The Floor’s CD release party (for their new album “Spirit of Minneapolis”) on Saturday night at First Avenue. Hewitt talks about the remake of “Evil Dead,” and professes his undying love for Jurassic Park and what he thinks of the new 3D version. He also talks about “A Place Beyond the Pines,” starring Ryan Gosling, and featuring some crazy motorcycles and tattoos. Ross talks about the band Garbage, who are playing Friday night at Mill City Nights, a certain someone from The Monkees, and the Cold War Kids, who have just announced a joint show with The Lumineers at the Target Center in May. And, of course, Bon Jovi will grace Twin Citians with his presence on Sunday, April 7.
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Welch Paper says Salmon Delayed Mortality
Happens Farther Out in Ocean
by Rocky Barker
Idaho Statesman, June 30, 2009
Canadian scientist David Welch has moderated his conclusions about the effects of eight dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers on migrating Idaho salmon.
But he still thinks the evidence shows the problems for Idaho's fish lie in the ocean, not the rivers. Welch has a new peer reviewed study in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences that shows salmon in the Snake and Salmon in the Yakima, which only have to go through four dams, survive the trip to his first acoustic monitor in the ocean at about the same rate.
That suggests, he said, the delayed mortality clearly documented in the Snake River fish, must be happening further out in the ocean. This challenges the prevailing idea that the delayed mortality happens in the estuary and as the fish leave the Columbia because of stress and timing issues from negotiating the dams.
What Welch says the new study demonstrates is that his Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking System, is a reliable tool for studying salmon in the ocean.
Two years ago he said the Idaho fish that have to swim through eight dams survive the first part of the ocean trip as well as Washington salmon that only must negotiate four dams. But scientists questioned whether he had enough sample and also raised questions about how the transmitters placed in larger fish leave smaller, more vulnerable salmon out of the sample.
Welch's paper in 2008 said survival of salmon migrating from Idaho to the Pacific through the Snake and the Columbia was the same for spring chinook and actually higher for steelhead than salmon migrating out of the Fraser River in British Columbia.
Welch's research is highly controversial, especially in Canada, but the Bonneville Power Administration has been a major funder of his work.
His latest results are certain to keep his work controversial. His first issue amongst scientists is the small size of his samples.
This time Welch addresses the delayed mortality issue he has not tackled in the past. It gives his work more credibility but still doesn't overcome the sample issues that are huge. The fish transmitters were installed at the Kooskia hatchery in North Idaho.
"It remains unclear whether the entire size range of these two populations, as well as wild smolts, have similar survival and behavior as the smolts reported here," Welch and his coauthors wrote.
Overall Welch hypothesizes that since salmon return to their same rivers to spawn there is at least some logic in the idea they may return to the same places in the ocean. His latest study adds to his evidence but still falls short of the proof he continues to seek.
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Arbitration News - It May Be Going to Court
By RJChicago, August 17, 2019 in International Wrestling
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Here is some Yianni/Zain legal proceedings news - forgive me if this has already been posted. Allow me to first say that while I believe this is accurate as of now based on the party that told this to me - this could change - I heard this from someone in the legal community who is purportedly involved in this upcoming legal challenge - and he is obviously very reliable.
With that said, here is the news: the parties who lost the arbitration are taking this to court to challenge the overturning of Match 2. Or really what they are challenging is the arbitrator's after-the-fact correction of an on-the-mat ruling. I was almost reluctant to post this because this could change. This is accurate as of now, but the situation is fluid and the legal challenge could be dropped or changed at any time. The thing is - and I'm not sure about this - but to any lawyers out there this is an interesting wrinkle in this - I'm interested to see who the party that challenges it is. There are numerous parties who could have standing due to being adversely affected by the arbitrator's ruling. Obviously, Zain himself (though I doubt he will be the legal challenging party - though Keith Sieracki was indeed directly the party in his legal case (at least according to that lawyer) - or it could be NWLC or it could be like USA Wrestling or whatever group put on Finals X and had their call overturned in arbitration (though that would be weird too for other reasons). In any event, it is just an interesting wrinkle for those legally minded folks to see who the party to this challenge will be.
Edited August 17, 2019 by RJChicago
4 hours ago, RJChicago said:
Fascinating. Now I really want to see the arbitrator’s award.
Very doubtful they could even get a potential lawsuit resolved before worlds begin in five weeks.
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headache 100
15 minutes ago, Katie said:
I wonder if they could even get a potential lawsuit resolved in court before worlds begin in five weeks. It would certainly take some sort of expedited process.
A temporary restraining order is the only possibility. But since the world are coming up so quick, a TRO would essentially just hand it to Zain with no recourse for Yianni. Bottom line - no judge is going to mess with this.
NJDan 457
The problem is not standing -- Zain has standing. And it's not timing-- a TRO can be awarded in one day. The problem is that it's almost impossible to overturn an arbitration award and there are no grounds to do so.
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"Bad for the sport"?
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7 minutes ago, headache said:
I don’t believe a TRO would resolve the lawsuit. It would simply require some status quo until the actual resolution.
I think you’re right that it would be difficult to actually overturn an arbitrators award.
But with time being an issue, filing a lawsuit — even if it proves unsuccessful in the end — could prove to affect the timeline of the wrestle-off (or perhaps even prevent one altogether).
of course I have no inside information and this is not a subject I’m very knowledgeable about
There is not enough time to litigate this except on a TRO basis. So technically a lawsuit would remain but it would be tried after the worlds. There is no point in that. Zain better win it on the mat.
Crotalus 252
Cael would never get lawyers involved, so we can rule out Zain or NLWC being the ones filing anything.
Also, given the arbiters ruling, I'm not sure how any sort of additional legal action that delayed a wrestle-off would give Zain the spot as opposed to leaving us without a representative. Giving Zain the spot while awaiting further legal action would leave USA wrestling open to a lawsuit with damages from Yianni. I feel they would have to hold the spot open until a wrestle-off occurs.
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32 minutes ago, jon said:
not nearly as bad as incoherent officiating.
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DanGerMan 18
Wasn't this binding arbitration? I was of the belief that all parties agree to accept the arbitrator's decision as final and cannot take further
legal action after the ruling is made.
Cael has to get his way.
5 minutes ago, DanGerMan said:
Arbitration awards can be challenged on a few narrow grounds, I believe. I don’t think they are often overturned. (Again, I am no expert on the subject.)
What interests me about a potential legal challenge is what it does to the timing of a wrestle off.
Good points everyone. Just had another conversation about this and a TRO of course is the only option. It seems that in situations like this they will have a sort of mini-trial even though no one calls it that, in which Zain/USAW/NLWC/whoever the litigant is has to basically show that they would have a good chance of prevailing on the merits if there were a full trial - which is a fairly high bar. Most/many courts now are apparently using something called a sort of modified Hand formula where they weigh the need for immediate relief (TRO), the harm caused by not granting that immediate relief if their side were to prevail (but then have no remedy because they didn't get relief in time).
So it is a fairly high bar, but what is working on the side of the side trying to overturn the arbiter's decision and go back to the call on the mat, is that these TROs have apparently become much easier to obtain in the recent legal environment. Apparently, courts are granting them more easily in recent years (and some courts apparently are granting them especially easily) (kind of like the hundreds of nationwide injunctions that have been granted in the last few years by federal courts, even though previously those were an extraordinary remedy) - and with forum shopping (which is a major thing in TROs because if they get a sympathetic court, that court maybe shouldn't have jurisdiction and the defendants could get the case moved - but it would take some time for that side to prevail - and the whole point of Zain's side is to just to push this thing a couple weeks or whatever so that the wrestle-off doesn't happen before acclimation and Zain is by default on the team at that point) and courts who are sometimes reducing the bar for these types of what used to be extraordinary remedy situations - it is much easier to get these in today's legal milieu, but by no means simple. Using the modified Hand formula they will clearly show the need for immediately relief and the harm from not getting if they ultimately prevailed - so the whole thing will come down to that side showing they are quite likely to prevail on the merits in this sort of mini-trial.
So I gather that Zain has a great shot of getting a TRO if Trump comes out for Yainni. Otherwise not.
Fake news. Sad!
38 minutes ago, RJChicago said:
You have no idea what you are talking about. The more you say, the less we know.
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10 minutes ago, NJDan said:
Break it down for us NJDan. I certainly don't know.
NJDan - I agree with you, I do not know anything about this subject. But these are the words of a litigator - not involved in this matter - who has litigated many high-profile TRO matters in federal courts. I literally just asked him about this and tried to write down his response on here. I also read about the Hand formula, though not in the context of TROs, and I kind of see how this has influenced courts on TRO matters. I'll post some interesting articles I just read about it below. I believe what this litigator was saying is that courts are doing more of these sorts of balancing tests - the magnitude of harm versus probability of succeeding harm-utility tests - and that though courts don't actually discuss the Hand formula in TRO cases - this sort of equation - multiplying the likelihood of success in a full-trial by the magnitude of harm if a TRO/emergency relief is not granted - has begun to be used and that partly explains why many more of these TRO/emergency relief orders have been granted in the last decade or so. Like you said, I do not know much about this though and have to rely on others who do and am trying to report that.
My own prediction, not being an expert, is that it is very unlikely that a court would ever grant a TRO/emergency relief on this, unless they somehow ended up in (picked) the perfect forum that is much more friendly towards these type of claims then most courts are.
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1150&context=penn_law_review_online
https://academic.oup.com/lpr/article/5/1/1/990799
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I was about to give you kudos for the best troll job in recent memory until I realized you are actually serious.
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As credible as the OP's info is (and it sounds very credible), I doubt the NLWC or Zain is pursuing this, and I doubt the matter will actually end up in court.
Zain knows he needs to focus solely on winning one match; anything else is a distraction.
1 hour ago, RJChicago said:
Either your friend is also ignorant or you mangled what he said. For one thing, you cannot just "pick" a forum. The forum would be determined by where the arbitration was held or the arbitration agreement.
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It’s going to peoples court
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You sound like you definitely know what you are talking about - so I'm sure your right. I'm enjoying learning about this - so I again just dug into this a little and I just asked someone who knows a lot more about this than me and he said that what you described is absolutely true in the letter of the law but there are more federal judges who are ruling in cases that technically should not be under their jurisdiction and this is a major area of contention. Sometimes the battle about which court a case should be in or whether it is justiciable at all are sometimes fought over for a year or more at the trial court level - with hearings, rulings, appeals, etc. - with both sides spending tons of time fighting about whether a particular court is the proper forum, or whether or
If it were as cut and dried as their only one proper forum, then their wouldn't be major supreme court cases like the one below that directly weigh in on forum shopping fights, or thousands of pages of law review articles like the one below. Nor would their be a multi-billion dollar industry, patent trolling, which many legal minds say would not have existed (at least in the magnitude that it did) if the plaintiffs couldn't forum shop. Apparently, again maybe this is wrong but this is what I was told, that patent trolls, no matter where they were in the country and regardless of where the corporate entities were and were the relevant conduct occurred that probably should have dictated which court those proceedings would be in - regardless of all of that stuff - apparently patent troll cases all ended up in the same district court in Texas due to forum shopping by the plaintiffs. Its kind of wild apparently the small town of Marshall, Texas (24,000 people according to the article below) ended up deciding tens of billions of dollars worth of patent cases from all over the country and even all over the world.
https://www.nutter.com/ip-law-bulletin/forum-shopping-in-the-eastern-district-of-texas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-further-curbs-plaintiffs-venue-shopping-with-bristol-myers-ruling-1497913350
https://www.law360.com/articles/1135930/venue-ruling-invites-forum-shopping-pa-appeals-court-told
https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3195&context=clr
https://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/nationwide-injunctions-venue-considerations
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Hook, line and sinker...lol
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Can I sue for the mental anguish this process is causing me via the ridiculous posts I’m being subjected to just to find out any useful information related to the decision.
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Radiofrequency power disinfects and disinfests food, soils and wastewater
California Agriculture > Volume 60 > Number 4 > review article
Manuel C. Lagunas-Solar, Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Sciences, UC Davis
Nolan X. Zeng, Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Sciences, UC Davis
Timothy K. Essert, Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Sciences, UC Davis
Tin D. Truong, Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Sciences, UC Davis
U. Cecilia Piña, Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Sciences, UC Davis
California Agriculture 60(4):192-199. https://doi.org/10.3733/ca.v060n04p192
California, disinfection, food safety, foods
Radiofrequency (RF) is an advanced telecommunication technology first invented in the early 1900s, which is in use today for wireless communication worldwide. Because of its ability to penetrate and heat various materials, RF has the potential to disinfect and/or disinfest food, agricultural and environmental materials. However, research to validate this approach has been restricted by limited understanding of how RF photons interact with materials, and by limited access to and the high cost of its source electronics. Since the early 1990s, we have conducted research at UC Davis on continuous RF power applications using nonconventional RF systems and new operational concepts. Laboratory tests have successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of RF power to disinfect and/or disinfest fresh produce, rice, soils, agricultural wastewater, and other foods and materials. Likewise, rapid pulses of RF are lethal to arthropod pests and may provide a nonthermal disinfestation process for fresh, temperature-sensitive commodities, as well as a promising alternative to the fumigant methyl bromide.
A major challenge in producing and distributing disease- and insect-free foods is the need to maintain their sensory and nutritional attributes while minimizing the adverse impacts of treatment. This challenge emerged because of consumer attitudes and market expectations concerning the safety, quality and condition of foods; the adverse environmental impacts of agricultural practices; and expanding global markets, which impose logistical demands on regional, national and international trade.
UC Davis researchers have developed a prototype for automatic, computer-controlled batch and conveyorized applications of radiofrequency power. The system can disinfect and/or disinfest fresh produce, ready-to-eat foods, milk and juices, as well as agricultural products such as rice and wastewater.
To a large extent, food safety depends on the use of adequate disinfection and disinfestation techniques, while quality is maintained by integrating multiple handling, packaging, and storage and distribution practices. Disinfection is aimed at eliminating spoilage and pathogenic organisms to reduce storage losses and prevent food-related illnesses. The disinfection of nonfood agricultural commodities such as soils, feeds and waste materials is also needed, either because they are recycled or used in food production, or to protect the environment. Disinfestation (control of insect pests) is needed mostly to comply with trade barriers aimed at preventing the spread of nonnative arthropod pests. Pesticides, refrigeration, packaging and modified atmosphere storage are the technologies most often used today for disinfection and disinfestation. New, noninvasive, user-friendly and economically viable processing technologies are needed to meet evolving consumer expectations and trade standards.
A research project was established at UC Davis to study, evaluate and demonstrate new radiofrequency (RF) processing applications for food, agricultural and environmental materials. We review laboratory-scale results for several RF processes with potential commercial applications, and provide preliminary economic estimates for their installation and operation. Our experimental methods are described briefly and generally; the scientific and technical details of many of these results have been or are being reported elsewhere.
How radiofrequency power works
RF is an advanced telecommunication technology first invented in the early 1900s, which is in use today for wireless communication worldwide. Traditionally, RF energy refers to nonionizing electromagnetic radiation with frequencies ranging from approximately 30 megahertz (MHz) (wavelength = 11 yards [10 meters]) to 300 MHz (wavelength = 1.1 yards [1 meter]). However, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) allows other frequencies to be utilized for industrial, scientific and medical applications (e.g., 13.56 and 27.12 MHz) (Kasevich 1998). Our studies focused on the use of lower frequencies outside the FCC domain, ranging from 300 kilohertz (kHz) (wavelength = 1,094 yards [1,000 meters]) to 10 MHz (wavelength = 36.1 yards [33 meters]). Early tests demonstrated the potential advantages of lower frequencies, in terms of the type and efficiency of RF interactions with different materials. Within the lower frequency range, very high (> 80%) overall energy-use efficiencies are achievable with modern design and engineering systems. These novel RF systems can be manufactured and operated with significant savings, and increased ruggedness and reliability as compared with conventional RF systems.
Unprocessed (left) and processed (right) apple juice; the photo shows no microbial growth on the RF-processed sample, even after both samples were stored for 19 months at room temperature.
An Angoumois grain moth larva emerges from a rice kernel. In laboratory experiments, RF processing achieved 100% disinfestation of the moth with no effects on rice quality.Unprocessed (left) and processed (right) apple juice; the photo shows no microbial growth on the RF-processed sample, even after both samples were stored for 19 months at room temperature.
RF power is produced when electricity is applied to an RF generator whose signal is amplified and delivered to a parallel electrode system (RF cavity), in which a selected material is placed (fig. 1). Within the RF cavity, an oscillating electric field is created, and energy is transferred to the treated material through electronic-field interactions with dipole or induced dipole molecules (those formed by the polarization of neutral molecules). These dipole molecules are forced to reorient within the changing electronic field, which results in movement or drifting that causes internal friction and creates thermal energy (heat). The process is known as “RF thermal processing” or simply “RF heating.”
At certain frequencies or frequency bands, some foods and nonfood materials can be heated preferentially and faster, creating rapid thermal effects on pests but minimal interactions with the host material. This is due to the difference in electrical conductivity between arthropod pests (high) and the host commodity (low). This process is called “selective or differential RF heating” and could provide an alternative disinfestation process for thermally sensitive fruit and vegetable products. In general, complex organisms such as arthropod pests are more severely and easily affected by heat. The higher response of pests and lesser sensitivity of host commodities offer a window of opportunity for disinfestation with minimal or no impact on the commodity (fig. 2).
The differential effect is generally less effective with microbial contaminants, since microbes are significantly smaller in mass and are usually well attached to a much larger volume (and mass) host, thus being rapidly and effectively cooled. For disinfection to occur, the microbe must reach lethal temperatures, which are usually also deleterious to the host commodity. However, RF heating induces the thermal inactivation of biological organisms (such as fungi, bacteria, protozoa, parasites and nematodes), viruses and enzymes, as well as arthropod pests present in heat-tolerant commodities (such as dried fruits, grains, nuts, seeds, wastewater and soils).
RF thermal power formula
The thermal power induced by RF is given by the following formula: P = 55.61 x 10–14 E2 v ∊″ (1) where P is the thermal power generated (W/cm3); E is the electric field strength in (V/cm); v is the RF frequency in (Hz); and ∊” is the dielectric loss factor of the material (intrinsic property). The dielectric loss factor (∊“) largely depends on the material's chemical composition and is essentially the ease by which molecules can be heated by an RF field.
Unlike traditional surface heating, RF penetrates deeply into foods and agricultural materials (see formula 1). The surfaces of the treated materials are slightly colder because of radiation losses, and the insides are heated homogeneously and at controllable rates. In general, RF heating eliminates surface overheating, reducing thermal loads and allowing a food's quality and nutritional attributes to be maintained.
Dielectrics: material (isolator) that does not conduct electricity
Dipole: material having two equal but opposite charges or magnetic poles
Gram-negative: not forming a color precipitate when treated with alcohol (Gram's staining method for bacteria identification)
Gram-positive: forming color when treated with Gram's method
cfu: colony-forming units
Hz: hertz
kV: kilovolts
kW: kilowatts
kWh: kilowatt hour
MAP: Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis
MHz: megahertz
RF: radiofrequency
W: watts
Types of RF treatments
Capacitive heating
Common materials such as water (a major component of most foods), and most cellulose-based and plastic materials used in packaging, are generally inactive or transparent to RF. Other materials such as soils, wood, dried foods, grains, and nut products absorb RF readily and can be heated rapidly. RF photons easily penetrate these commodities, allowing them to be processed in large masses while heating the material thoroughly. This process is known as “capacitive heating.”
Conductive heating is utilized for moist materials such as foods (fresh fruit, vegetables, juices), and agricultural (animal feeds, fishmeal) and environmental (soil, wastewater) materials. The electrical conductivity of these materials is high, promoting the interaction of electrical current in the material to generate heat. Conductive heating can be optimized over a low-frequency band (e.g., 150 kHz to 5 MHz), with high energy absorption and energy-use efficiencies (> 90%). When complex mixtures of materials having different RF properties are processed, each component can be heated directly at different rates and a threshold temperature reached to assure efficacy (Lagunas-Solar et al. 2003).
Ultra-short pulses
RF energy can also be delivered in ultra-short pulses (micro to milliseconds) (μs to ms), creating very high peak (instant) RF power levels. When energy is delivered in ultra-short time pulses, biological targets such as insects and mites are subjected to instantaneous high thermal levels without compromising the host material. Pulsed RF generates mostly nonthermal effects in the host. During the pulse, intense electrical fields induce molecular polarization, which forms dipoles; realignment of dipoles with the RF field becomes the major mechanism for energy transfer. These polarization effects can disinfect some biological materials, because it causes cellular changes including modifications in membrane potential, permeability and structural properties (electroporation).
In the laboratory, pulsed RF has induced lethal biological effects on arthropod pests without thermal effects on the host (Lagunas-Solar and Essert 2004). However, for pulsed RF systems to operate reliably with high pulse-repetition rates (pulses per second), further system design and engineering is needed. The potential for nonthermal disinfestation of fresh produce in conveyorized operations, with high energy-use efficiency, promises a nonchemical alternative to pesticides that merits further investigation.
Selective RF heating effects were suggested as a potential insect control for grains several decades ago (Nelson and Charity 1972), but no demonstrations with fresh produce have been reported.
We exposed fresh fruits and vegetables individually and identically in a RF research cavity (840 watts [W] input power, 6 kilovolts per centimeter [kV/cm], 1 MHz, 4 minutes) and the results were normalized for comparison purposes. Because RF heating effects are mostly determined by the material's chemical composition ( see formula, page 193 ), powdered yeast was used to represent microbes (e.g., fungi, bacteria, protozoa) while ants (Pogonomyrmex subdentatus) were chosen as surrogates for insect and mite pests. We also studied materials commonly used to package fresh produce, such as foam board, wood (Douglas fir, pine and redwood) and polyethylene.
Fig. 1 Components of an RF cavity. Permanent and induced dipoles within the cavity are forced to realign to the changing electronic field, creating friction that generates thermal energy (heat). Molecules that are not permanent dipoles (transparent mass) and cannot be polarized are inactive or transparent within the RF cavity. Insect pests (conductive/absorbent mass) absorb RF, rapidly heating up and dying (disinfestation).
Fig. 2 Differential (selective) heating effects for samples individually treated with 840 W at 1 MHz for 4 minutes, with an electric field of 6 kV/cm. Temperatures were measured with nonmetallic (alcohol) thermometers during RF processing; the change in temperature is shown. Similar results were obtained with fresh vegetables (asparagus, carrot, cucumber, eggplant, garlic, onion, pepper, potato) (data not shown).
Significantly different heating rates and temperatures were observed between the commodities (lowest heating rates), packaging materials (medium) and particularly model pest contaminants (highest) (fig. 2). Minor heating (~ 54°F [~ 12°C] maximum for cranberries) was observed in fresh commodities with a range of 39°F to 46°F (4°C to 8°C) for all others, indicating that a low thermal load (temperature x time) was well tolerated by fresh commodities. Increased temperatures were rapidly lowered by heat losses reaching ambient temperature (~ 72°F [~ 22°C]) in a few minutes. Insects reached a level lethal to all arthropod pests (> 194°F [90°C]). Yeasts heated faster with lower levels of moisture (e.g., dried commodities), suggesting that microbial disinfection in moist products is unlikely. All plastic packaging materials heated at levels similar to the fruits, while wood materials heated faster, suggesting the potential use of RF processing for disinfestation.
Hot water immersion is currently a common practice to disinfest fresh commodities. Selective RF heating for dry thermal disinfestation appears possible and may provide an easily adapted alternative for conveyorized operations with single fruits or fruit packages. If developed, it would be especially useful for organic products. Challenges to developing this process include measuring the RF properties of fresh produce over a frequency band useful to optimize process efficiencies and minimize uneven heating due to the often-irregular shapes of fruits and vegetables. Our operational cost estimates appear to be competitive at $0.0024 per pound ($0.0054 per kg) and comparable to other RF processes. Prototyping for small-scale field demonstrations will be needed to evaluate the efficacy of RF processing and confirm its economics and logistics.
TABLE 1 RF thermal disinfection of foods and nonfoods inoculated with human pathogens⋆
Processed or partially processed foods often contain pathogens from natural or humanmade sources (IFT 2002). For effective disinfection, a threshold temperature must be reached in all of the food's components. With conventional surface heating, the food surface must be overheated, since heat must be conducted throughout its entire volume. We tested RF thermal disinfection in two types of freshly prepared Japanese bento boxes (n = 30 each). Samples of each component were inoculated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 and/or Salmonella thyphimurium, both important food pathogens.
Closed plastic packages were treated with the goal of reaching a minimum temperature of 158°F (70°C) in every component. After processing, the treated and control samples were assayed using standard microbiology procedures at the UC Davis Dairy Food Safety Laboratory in the School of Veterinary Medicine. Treated samples in standard Petri dishes were also incubated using selective media for about 21 days and showed no colony formation. Overall, the RF treatments caused no sensory changes, and only minor cosmetic damage occurred to fresh lettuce used in some boxes as a decorative item (table 1).
A panel of Japanese scientists and visitors (Ishida Ltd. Co., Kyoto, Japan) conducted sensory tests and concluded that there were no detectable differences in marketing quality between the RF-treated and untreated boxes. Clearly, RF processing through the package is possible for many foods, reaching disinfection levels without the deterioration of sensory and nutritional properties.
A conveyorized RF process could disinfect ready-to-eat foods quickly, in less than 1 minute. With proper design of the RF cavity, multiple packages could be processed continuously. Based on operational costs (mostly electric power) and without capital cost amortization, the costs would be an estimated $0.0034 per pound ($0.0074 per kg) or approximately $0.0037 per box. This RF process would be applicable to similar packaged products for disinfection in a production line, such as grains, dried foods, nut products, cereals, animal feeds and fishmeal. Furthermore, disinfecting or disinfesting food products in the package would help prevent recontamination.
Fresh fruit juices and liquid milk
Fresh, unprocessed fruit juices are potential sources of human pathogens, particularly those containing several different natural, unprocessed (including organic) ingredients. Contamination can result from field conditions and handling as well as poor hygienic practices during manufacturing. This is why juices, and particularly liquid milk, are heat-pasteurized, but the process can lower nutritional and sensory properties, mostly due to surface overheating. (Nonpasteurized fruit juices are available in some segments of the market.) A homogeneous and less energy-intense thermal process would improve and preserve quality.
Samples (100 milliliters [mL]) of fresh orange juice (Sunkist Growers), apple juice and cider (Martinelli, Apple-a-Day), were innoculated with E. coli O157:H7 and S. typhimurium at about 106 colony-forming-units per milliliter [cfu/mL] and treated with RF (200 W, 13.3 MHz, 1 kV/cm, 1 minute). Samples of liquid milk inoculated with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP), a bacterium believed to be resistant to conventional heat pasteurization, were also RF processed. In addition, nearly a dozen freshly made unpasteurized fruit smoothies were prepared from raw fruits, processed with RF and tested for differences in sensory properties.
Because of their mixed composition (including apple, berries, carrots and oranges), these smoothies and fruit juices heated rapidly and homogeneously in less than 1 minute (table 1). RF processing was reproducible and achieved total destruction of the pathogens, as shown by the absence of colonies after thermal incubation (~ 7 days, 98.6°F [37°C]). Panels of industry experts determined that RF processing did not affect the sensory properties of either smoothies or fruit juices.
TABLE 2 Quality attributes of RF-processed paddy rice⋆
Fig. 3 RF thermal disinfestation effects on naturally infested (Angoumois grain moth) paddy rice. Triplicate samples (155 grams each; 465 grams total) were treated at 95°F to 158°F (35°C to 70°C) using 100 W of 385 kHz RF photons, for 5 minutes. Emerging adults were observed for up to 100 days to include overall emergence (survival) from eggs, larva and pupa stages, and compared to controls (not treated). Emergence was controlled at 122°F to 158°F (50°C to 70°C).
A conveyorized RF system for fresh juices, smoothies and milk could provide processing capabilities in the production line (on-line), and achieve disinfection in-the-package in less than 1 minute, while meeting design and engineering challenges similar to those of ready-to-eat foods. Operational costs, mostly for electric power, were an estimated $0.0031 per pound, or $0.0016 per gallon ($0.0060 per liter). RF systems for disinfecting fruit juices could be built with a range of processing capacities, allowing its use by small operators or those demanding larger throughput.
Disinfestation of paddy rice
We tested commercial samples of paddy rice naturally infested with Angoumois grain moth (Sitotroga cerealella), whose larvae and pupae live entirely inside the grain. Chemical fumigation with pesticides such as methyl bromide and phosphine is inefficient because the dispensed gases cannot break through naturally occurring air locks, preventing the fumigant from penetrating or diffusing inside the hollowed grain.
A well-insulated paddy-rice sample holder (polyethylene and foam board) was designed and constructed to contain up to 170 grams of paddy rice and maintain a homogeneous temperature ($pT 1.8°F; $pT 1°C) during processing. After treatment, all samples (in triplicate) were transferred to plastic containers with secure lids containing small mesh screens, which maintained moisture and oxygen supply and allowed the surviving insects to grow. Samples were incubated at 82.4°F to 86°F (28°C to 30°C) and 35% to 43% relative humidity for up to 100 days (approximately three to four complete insect life cycles). Every 2 to 3 days, the surviving or emerging adult moth populations were determined and compared to the controls. After each observation, all live adults were removed to allow other life cycles (from eggs, larvae, pupae) to emerge and be assayed. In addition, the quality attributes of all treated and control samples were analyzed by the California rice industry using standard analysis methods.
Disinfestation levels reached 100% control of all Angoumois grain moth life cycles (fig. 3), and the milling and quality of the rice were not affected (table 2). RF processing appears to be a promising alternative to fumigation for rice and similar dried commodities such as seeds, nuts and dried fruits. Further research to optimize this process and evaluate sublethal effects on infesting insects is under way with beetles and moths.
Researchers are investigating the application of RF power to disinfest and disinfect carpets. Specific frequencies were used to rapidly heat insects; ants were killed in a few seconds.
An RF conveyorized system could operate commercially with large processing capacity, because rice and other grains are handled at rates of many tons per hour. The logistics of such operations must be further evaluated, but they could offer an effective nonchemical alternative to fumigants at operational costs of $2.20 per ton.
Plant seed treatment
RF processing can disinfect, disinfest and induce favorable biological activation effects (such as increased rate, vigor, and synchronization of germination) in plant seeds without affecting their ability to germinate. We demonstrated RF disinfection with various seeds including tomato, carrot, pepper, cantaloupe, peas and cauliflower. In contrast to hot-water treatments (~ 131°F [55°C] for 15 minutes), RF processing allows higher temperatures because heat distribution is better and occurs quickly, in less than 1 minute.
We demonstrated and validated the kinetics of activation in the germination of various types of seed, in collaboration with private industry (Campbell Soup Research Institute, Davis, Calif.). The preliminary data indicates that overall germination is not affected, but its rate (vigor) and timing (synchronization) are greatly improved at thermal loads (temperature and time) capable of simultaneous disinfection and disinfestation. The application of RF to process plant seeds would decrease the risk of recontamination in packaged seed products. Batch or conveyorized operations are also feasible. The operational cost of this treatment is estimated at $2.20 per ton. Because seeds are not a high-volume commodity, less-expensive RF systems with relatively low power capacity can be used.
Treating agricultural wastewater
We investigated the disinfection of agricultural wastes using wastewater from dairy and animal farms in Tulare County. Wastewater samples (100 mL) were inoculated with S. thyphimurium, E. coli O157:H7 and MAP, then treated with temperatures between 113°F and 194°F (45°C to 90°C). Standard biological procedures (diluting, plating, incubating and counting) with appropriate selective media were used to assay in duplicate all treated and control samples.
TABLE 3 Economic estimates for RF processing at 2,205 pounds/hr (1,000 kg/hr)⋆
Measured disinfection effects (percentage reduction) included corrections for the assay's detection limit (400 cfu/mL), while the extrapolated values were calculated from the initial inoculum levels since no colony growth was detected after 21 days of incubation (table 1). In addition, microorganisms present in the original wastewater samples — including gram-positive (data not shown) and other gram-negative bacteria — were reduced by about 99%. RF processing also effectively controlled MAP bacteria, which appears to resist conventional heat pasteurization at similar thermal levels.
RF processing could be technically and economically competitive with chemical (chlorination, ozonation) and UV processing to disinfect wastewater in concentrated animal feeding operations (Lagunas-Solar et al. 2005). The operational costs for wastewater disinfection at a rate of 1 ton per hour would be about $6 per ton. Lacking in chemical residues, treated wastewater could be recycled as animal feed or for soil fertilization without having detrimental effects on soil chemistry or transferring known plant and human pathogens (Lagunas-Solar et al. 2005).
Fishmeal disinfection
Fishmeal is used worldwide as a high-protein feed ingredient in aqua-culture and animal/poultry production. However, it must be disinfected because contamination with microbial pathogens can occur during storage, transportation and distribution. The market demands Salmonella-free fishmeal to avoid recontamination in the animal-human food cycle.
We investigated RF disinfection at temperatures ranging from 122°F to 194°F (50°C to 90°C) with commercial fishmeal samples (Corpesca, Santiago, Chile) inoculated with Salmonella sp. and E. coli O157:H7. Between 158°F and 194°F (70°C to 90°C), no colonies were detected in plated samples after 21 days of observation (table 1), with greater than 99.999% reduction in microbial pathogens compared to the controls. Simultaneously, the natural flora present was reduced by more than 99.9%, adding further quality assurances to the treated product.
By industry standards, the fishmeal maintained its quality (e.g., protein and lipid contents, moisture) and in vivo digestibility (Lagunas-Solar et al. 2005a) (fig. 4). In addition, due to improved thermal energy distribution and volume heating properties, RF allows a lower thermal load (~ 662°F per minute [350°C per minute]) than conventional [surface] heating (~ 2,462°F to 3,272°F per minute [1,350°C to 1,800°C per minute]). The process has been licensed to private industry, which is evaluating its commercial deployment. Operational costs are estimated at about $3.20 per ton (table 3), much lower than chemical alternatives (about $15 to $20 per ton) or conventional heating (about $25 per ton).
Agricultural soils and pests
If implemented successfully, RF techniques could provide a rapid, residue-free and cost-effective alternative to soil fumigation with methyl bromide, which is being phased out globally due to its contribution to ozone depletion. Research on soil disinfection with RF has focused on containerized and nursery soils (Lagunas-Solar et al. 2005b). Microwaves, hot water and steam applications are also being investigated as alternatives to methyl bromide to disinfest and sterilize soils.
Because soils are good dielectrics and RF can easily penetrate them, RF power offers many advantages; but the use of conventional, continuous RF power systems for soils is currently limited due to high startup (capitalization), logistical barriers and somewhat higher operational costs than methyl bromide. To improve commercial applicability, newly designed and constructed pulsed RF systems are being tested for disinfestation and soil processing (Lagunas-Solar and Essert 2004).
Fig. 4 Percentage of commercially packaged fishmeal samples that retained quality attributes (protein and lipid content, moisture, and protein digestibility) following thermal disinfection at different processing temperatures. Disinfection reached 99.9% at 140°F (60°C) and 100% at 158°F (70°C) and above. Animal feeding studies were conducted at the Norwegian Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture Research, Fyllingsdalen, Norway.
Nematode control
We demonstrated nematode (Panagrellus and Cephalobus sp.) control in agricultural soils in the laboratory using continuous and pulsed RF power applied with high energy-use efficiency (> 90%). Previously, the lethal temperature for nematodes was experimentally determined as greater than 131°F (55°C), requiring that soils be heated to increase their ambient temperature by 86°F to 104°F (30°C to 40°C). Control of Fusarium sp. was also demonstrated during the same experimentation.
A newly designed, pulsed RF system was also tested. The system is capable of generating about 200 MW pulses with kHz-level repetition rates using 10 kW of electric power. Nematode-infested soil samples were treated for 5 to 15 minutes using 400 pulses per second. The soil temperature increased from 73.4°F to 113°F (23°C to 45°C), indicating that part of the pulsed RF energy was converted to heat. After the treatment, nematodes in treated soil samples were extracted into water overnight and then collected using the Tyler standard screen filter. Nematode mortality was more than 90% compared with the control. However, 90% control can also be reached with continuous RF power when heating reaches more than 131°F (55°C). Further studies are under way.
Pulsed (nonthermal) RF experiments with adult fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) and all life cycles of mites (Amblyseius cucumeris, Tyrophagus putrescientae) in fresh table grapes showed 100% mortality in less than 10 seconds, while inducing negligible temperature changes in the grape (≤ 1.8°F; ≤ 1°C) (unpublished results). This is due to the high electrical conductivity of arthropods, which allows enhanced, pulsed, RF-induced electric effects at the expense of thermal effects.
Finally, applications of continuous RF power are being developed for the home, particularly to disinfest carpet and garden pests. This application utilizes specific frequencies or narrow bands to induce the rapid heating of insects and mites in RF-transparent (non-absorbing) materials such as carpets or other home materials, thus providing rapid, nonchemical pest control.
Ultra-short pulses of RF power were used to treat adult flies on the surface of a ‘Red Flame’ seedless grape berry. No heating effects were detected in the grape, but microscopic observations indicated acute dryness and charring of the fly's integument, wing ruptures and deformed abdomens, all effects related to rapid heating.
Economics of RF processing
Our preliminary cost estimates for RF processing included the specific heat of materials; the thermal load requirements to achieve effects, the cost of electricity ($0.10/kWh) and process efficiencies (table 3). They did not include the cost of designing and purchasing RF equipment for specific applications. These estimates are based on the operation of UC Davis laboratory prototype systems, which achieve high energy-use efficiencies (electric-to-RF > 90% and RF-to-thermal > 90%).
Although commercial systems currently cost from $1,500 to $2,500 per kW, we were unable to obtain estimates for newly designed, lower-frequency RF systems. However, we anticipate considerable cost reductions (10 to 20 times) to about $100 to $200 per kW for manufacturing systems using solid-state electronics and lower single or narrow non-FCC-approved frequency bands (≤ 10 MHz). These new systems are currently being designed and tested by our laboratory.
Pulsed RF systems offer the potential for even larger energy savings, since intermittent pulses only demand about 10% of energy consumption. If high energy efficiency and reduced consumption are achieved, RF processing is competitive with conventional heat processing (10% to 15% energy-use efficiencies). No regulatory intervention is expected because RF processes are based on either thermal inactivation (continuous RF), or a combination of thermal inactivation with electronic-field effects (pulsed RF). While RF processes would operate outside the allowed FCC frequencies, their operation is fully shielded to prevent RF emissions to personnel and the environment.
Despite experimental demonstrations of its effectiveness and low operational costs, there is no evidence that RF is currently being used commercially to disinfect or disinfest foods or nonfood products in the United States or globally, nor have any such uses been published in the scientific literature. This is believed to be due to the lack of understanding on the mechanisms of interaction between RF photons with foods and nonfood materials, especially in the low-frequency range (≤ 100 MHz), coupled with the challenges associated with designing and operating RF research prototype systems. Nevertheless, a few commercial food (baking and drying) and nonfood (wood drying and disinfestation) applications are known, and medical research is being conducted for thermal tumor ablation treatments. However, these applications have limited impact and have not reached wide acceptance, despite the absence of regulatory barriers.
While RF has tremendous potential, commercial input from the targeted industries is needed to focus and prioritize research and development into problems, as defined by industry interests, regulatory demands, and marketing conditions and opportunities.
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Manuel C. Lagunas-Solar, Nolan X. Zeng, Timothy K. Essert, Tin D. Truong, U. Cecilia Piña
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Tiphanie Yanique is the author of the novel Land of Love and Drowning, which won the 2014 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Award from the Center for Fiction, a 2015 Rosenthal Family Foundation Award for fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the 2015 Phillis Wheatley Award in Fiction, and was listed by NPR as one of the Best Book of 2014. Land of Love and Drowning was also a finalist for the Orion Award in Environmental Literature and the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award.
Yanique is also the author of a collection of stories, How to Escape from a Leper Colony, which won her a listing as one of the National Book Foundation’s 5Under35. BookPage listed her as one of the 14 Women to watch out for in 2014. Her writing has won the 2011 Bocas Award for Caribbean Fiction, Boston Review Prize in Fiction, a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers Award, a Pushcart Prize, a Fulbright Scholarship and an Academy of American Poet’s Prize. She has been listed by the Boston Globe as one of the sixteen cultural figures to watch out for and her writing has been published in the New York Times, Best African American Fiction, The Wall Street Journal, American Short Fiction and other places.
Her collection of poems, Wife, was published in October 2015.
Her book Monster in the Middle: Fictions is forthcoming from Riverhead.
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Category: Genre: Satire
Opening Line Prompt #8
If I could change one thing, it would be hiring that lawyer. But to put it in perspective, if the lawyer was a mistake, filing that lawsuit was a disaster. You’ve read all the stories – who am I kidding? You’ve read the tweets, watched the auto tunes. I’ve done countless interviews where I’ve bullshitted about what made me sue Brittney for breach of promise. I’ve never, not once, answered that question honestly.
I was asked the same questions over and over:
“How did you meet?”
“How did you know she was The One?”
“How did it all go wrong?”
I granted all of the interviews, smirked my way through every lie. No reporter ever asked me if I was telling the truth. That would have brought the interview to a screeching halt and they needed their clicks and views and ad revenue.
I’ve watched my own face smirk as I lie about Brittney breaking my heart. About how I was there for her when she was going through her breakdowns. The truth is that I went to a few of her concerts as my little sister’s escort and my sister would drag me into pictures with her and the superstar – photos that I later used as evidence of the beginning of our relationship.
Of all entities, it was the paparazzi that backed Brittney up. If our relationship had been real, there would have been other photos. Photos of her and I alone. It wouldn’t matter if it was illegal to purchase those photos; they’d still exist. Multiple prominent and less prominent paparazzi testified on Brittney’s behalf. I lost track at 18 but we were there for days.
Then the questions changed, asked by the same glory-hungry reporters, now acting self-righteously injured not only on Brittney’s behalf, but on their own:
“Why did you lie?”
“Did you really think you’d get away with it?”
It was that last question that slapped the smirk off of my face. Because I was just a guy. Just this dude who woke up every day, to get ready to spend the next 12 hours getting ready for, working at, and getting home from a job that he despised. That morning, Facebook reminded him of that first concert he ever took his sister to, and he got a crazy idea.
He laughed at that idea in the mirror as he shaved. He laughed at it some more in the shower, and then again over breakfast. Then he took one step out of his front door, and he was paralyzed by the thought of going back to that place for one more day. So, he told himself, it was do this crazy thing, or go back to that job.
“So why tell the truth now,” yet another reporter asks. This one is from Rolling Stone and I can tell believes that he’s more real than anyone else I’ve ever spoken to. Then again, so has every other reporter I’ve ever spoken to.
The truth is that I wanted to get money from suing Brittney but that didn’t work out. However, granting interviews did. I’m not interesting because I lied about having my heart broken by a celebrity or because I got caught lying about having my heart broken by a celebrity. I’m interesting because most people wouldn’t have the balls. And my lies have gotten old, so I’ve had to change tactics, in order to sell my tell-all book.
I pause meaningfully before I answer the Rolling Stone reporter’s question. “I finally realized that what I did was wrong, and I just wanted Brittney to know how sorry I am.”
Opening Line Prompt taken from here: https://www.plot-generator.org.uk/opening-line/
The Wise Princess
“I would have defeated the aliens if it weren’t for Lyla,” Princess Katrina said in an interview on one of the intergalactic news shows. Actually, she’d told the story a thousand times over the millennia, to anyone who would listen.
“A wall is a stupid idea, Princess,” Lyla had said. “Aliens can go over it, under it, around it. You can’t make a big enough wall to keep everybody out. Don’t waste your time.”
“What do you suggest,” the Princess had asked, annoyed at having had her most brilliant idea ever questioned by this – this — brunette.
“I mean, you could invite them in, show them grace and magnanimity,” Lyla said, with the confidence of a woman who didn’t know that her hair was brown.
“Treat them like they’re friends? But how would that defeat them?” The Princess demanded.
Lyla shrugged. “They’d stop being enemies if you stopped treating them as though they are. Then you wouldn’t need to defeat them.”
The Princess was sure it wouldn’t work, and had only really done it to spitefully prove how dumb the idea was.
A couple of millennia later, the Princess’ own little corner of the universe was thriving and Lyla was the Princess’ most trusted advisor. Lyla was really just a head in a jar at this point, but that had always been the best part of her, aside from her heart, which the Princess kept in a separate jar.
At the moment, the Princess needed Lyla’s chilled head more than ever before. The doors to the jar room opened with a friendly whoosh. Her high heels clicked purposely against the metal floors as she walked past the jarred heads of her friends, advisors, enemies – anyone she’d wanted to keep around for sentimental reasons. Or to taunt when she was bored.
The Princess found Lyla snoozing, her forehead resting against the glass. Her snores were loud enough to rattle the jar she was in. Tiny bubbles flow out of her nose, as she breathed out the serum that kept her alive. She’d been sleeping more and more lately. The Princess feared that someday soon, she was going to have to grant the request Lyla had been asking of the Princess for centuries – to finally let her die.
But that day was not this day. The Princess tapped rapidly on the glass until Lyla’s milky eyes fluttered open.
“Lyla!” Sometimes Lyla didn’t recognize the Princess, but this day was a lucky day. The Princess was so overjoyed to see Lyla’s face settle into a wry smile, that she didn’t even mock the other woman’s horrific snoring. Though, she did make a mental note to do so, later. “I’m sorry to bother you,” the Princess said. “But I need your help. This may be the most important issue I’ve ever asked your advice on.”
“Alright,” Lyla said, with a gentle exhalation of bubbles.
“Okay.” The Princess backed up and twirled, letting the skirt of her ruby red dress float up. She lost herself in the movement but before she got too dizzy, she stopped, letting her dress settle in graceful swirls around her legs.
Lyla frowned. “What is it you need help with, Princess?”
“My shoes, of course!” The Princess said, pointing to her feet. “Black to contrast, or red to match?”
Lyla’s head hit the glass again as she angled her head to try to see the Princess’ feet. Everything about the Princess was a blur, but Lyla knew that the Princess wouldn’t stop asking until Lyla chose one of the colors. “I like the red?” she asked.
The Princess let out a contented sigh. “Thank you, Lyla. You have never steered me wrong.” The Princess turned to leave, and then spun back, the hem of her dress hitting her shapely calves. She’d chosen this body for that particular feature, after her last one had gotten too old to be attractive.
“Oh, one more thing, Lyla,” the Princess said. “I have a diplomatic mission first thing tomorrow morning. The fates of billions of people and aliens rest on the result of this mission. I need to know if, to open, I should compliment the super fat duke of Argona on his massive collection of chins, or if I shouldn’t bring them up at all. I know you’ve already answered this a bunch of times, but I keep forgetting!”
But Lyla’s eyelids had drifted closed again. The Princess frowned. No snoring noises shook the jar; no bubbles flowed from Lyla’s nose. Even though the Princess hadn’t given her permission to die, Lyla had stopped breathing.
“Oh no,” the Princess said, sorrow welling up in her eyes. She shook her head, shudders of grief impeding her own breathing. “I didn’t even ask her about my nail polish, and now I’ll never have the chance!”
Shout out to dude at the hardware store who understood that, "Do you work here?" was code for, "I can tell you don't work here but will you help me anyway?"
That awkward moment when you realize that it's not just an angry hand slamming against a desk that can trigger your PTSD but also the smell of dry dog food or the sound of your own name. Or a momentary sense of peace. Lol.
You know, you can THINK that a woman is beautiful at a bus stop at midnight but maybe you don't have to SHOUT it at her.
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Disney Sees Red Over Ruling on Download Codes
Ever since sales of DVDs and Blu-ray Discs began their long eclipse behind the rise of more convenient digital alternatives the Hollywood studios have sought ways to extend the life of the high-margin disc business by finding ways to integrate disc sales with the broader digital economy.
The most systematic effort was the UltraViolet initiative. By creating an UltraViolet account, consumers could register their purchase of a DVD or Blu-ray Disc and obtain access to a digital version of the same movie, which they could then stream to connected devices without a DVD or Blu-ray drive, via participating streaming services.
Disney, which never joined the UltraViolet consortium, had its own version it called Disney Movies Anywhere (now re-christened simply Movies Anywhere and incorporating most of the former UltraViolet studios). Disney packaged its discs with an insert containing a code, which, when entered by the consumer in her online Movies Anywhere account allowed her to stream the movie through participating online services, or to download the movie onto up to eight registered devices.
DVD rental kiosk operator Redbox has likewise struggled with consumers’ declining appetite for DVDs and Blu-rays. It’s main strategy has been to keep its rental prices extremely low, which has often put it at odds with the studios, who by and large would prefer to see the low-end rental market wither away. But Redbox, too, has sought ways to make itself digitally relevant. Read More »
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Disney’s Split UI Personality
Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger this week said he is “very excited” about the user interface Hulu has designed for its planned virtual-pay-TV service launching next year.
“We’ve seen the interface because we’re partners [in Hulu]” Iger said Wednesday at the MoffettNathanson Media & Communications Summit. “It’s a great interface, a tremendous user experience, and we’re in discussions with them about our channels and about prices.”
He also used the opportunity to take a swipe at traditional pay-TV operators for the lack of innovation in their UIs over the years.
“I’ve been frustrated over the years by the UI” of cable and satellite TV services Iger said. “Maybe because I’m getting older I don’t have the patience anymore, but we’re all getting more and more spoiled by what technology makes possible,” in terms of surfacing, discovering and accessing content.
According to Iger, consumers raised on digital platforms today simply won’t tolerate any glitches or difficulty in access the content they want when they want it, and the traditional pay-TV industry simply hasn’t kept up with the times. Read More »
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What UI Voodoo Will Hulu Do In Linear Debut?
May 2, 2016 By Paul SweetingBlog0 Comments
One of the more interesting subplots to Hulu’s apparently pending rollout of an over-the-top bundle of linear channels will be what it does with the user interface.
As I’ve noted here previously, the traditional programming grid that still drives navigation on most pay-TV systems today is at the core of the current tussle over Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposal to “unlock” the set-top box to allow third-party devices and applications to interoperate with pay-TV services. And apart from pay-TV operators themselves, the loudest objections to Wheeler’s proposal have come from programmers, who fear those third parties will not honor the agreements networks have with operators concerning their position within the traditional pay-TV UI.
“Arm ’s length agreements between MVPDs and programmers provide the necessary licenses to transmit the content, and in exchange the MVPDs agree to a range of license terms, including security requirements, advertising rules, [electronic programming guide] channel placement obligations, and tier placement requirements,” the Motion Picture Association of America wrote in comments submitted to the FCC. “These terms are material to the grant of the copyright license, and to copyright holders’ ability to direct the exploitation of their works in a manner that enables them to continue to invest in the high-quality programming that viewers expect. ..The only terms the proposal would explicitly recognize are copy, output, and streaming limitations. Extensively negotiated terms on matters including “service presentation (such as agreed-upon channel lineups and neighborhoods), replac[ing] or alter[ing] advertising, or improperly manipulat[ing] content,” are all left unaddressed by the FCC’s proposal.” Read More »
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AT&T Prepares To Flex Its OTT Muscles
March 3, 2016 By Paul SweetingBlog0 Comments
AT&T announced this week that it plans to take DirecTV over-the-top later this year through a multi-tiered streaming service that will be available to wireline and wireless broadband subscribers regardless of provider.
The top tier, to be called DirecTV Now, will feature “on-demand and live programming from many networks, plus premium add-on options,” which sounds more or less like Dish Network’s Sling TV OTT service. A mid-level tier, called DirecTV Mobile, will offer a stripped down video lineup and a “mobile-first experience.” A third, ad-supported free tier, called DirecTV Preview, will offer a “millennial focused” grab bag of digital-native content along the lines of Verizon’s Go90 service.
The announcement itself was no big surprise. AT&T obviously didn’t spend $48 billion to acquire DirecTV just to be in the satellite TV business — a business with little if any organic growth left in it — and extending DirecTV’s business onto broadband and wireless platforms is an obvious strategy. What is a bit surprising is the timing of the announcement.
As of now, AT&T has no programming lineups to announce for any of the tiers, no pricing information and no exact start date. And according to a Wall Street Journal report, negotiations with the networks to secure streaming rights have just begun. Read More »
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Broadway: Smelling a Rat
Friday, Feb. 25, 1966
Said Mr. Taubman, the outgoing drama critic of the New York Times, to Mr. Kauffmann, the incoming drama critic of the New York Times: "Mr. Kauffmann, I'd like you to meet David Merrick—the enemy." Positively, Mr. Taubman? Absolutely, Mr. K.
Little did they know. Stanley Kauffmann, 49, fresh off the New Republic, came to the Times in January, after Howard Taubman was promoted out of his aisle seat. Kauffmann must have been warned about Merrick, who is the adulte terrible of Broadway producers and who, because he complained so frequently about the Times's churlish commentaries on Merrick productions, might like to...
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Conflicts -- Current & Future
Other, By Region
Yemen 2016 onwards: an intractable war?
Thread: Yemen 2016 onwards: an intractable war?
CrowBat
Haxbach, Schnurliland
Simply funny to monitor the PRBS-battle around this war.
While some people are still falling for Houthi nonsense of this kind - Yemen’s Houthis control 100 miles of Saudi Arabia’s territory (if that would be truth, there would be no end of corresponding reports by the Houthis) - and while the IRGC's PR-machinery is still declaring S-24s for 'ballistic missiles', others do better, even though things are still quite PR-coloured: Legitimate Army Advances in Saada, Considers Taiz a Priority.
Namely, the Houthis have meanwhile been kicked completely out of Ta'iz.
The issue is now to kick them outside the artillery range to that city. Thus, while the Houthi PR-machinery is claiming BS of the kind US-Saudi air strikes are killing civilians in Ta'iz, the Saudi-led coalition does not need bombing the city. On the contrary, it's actually the Houthi artillery that's shelling the city and causing dozens of civilian casualties, every single day, and already since more than one year...
...in similar fashion, while all the possible media has forwarded reports like Houthi capture strategic Marcusa mount in Nata district, Bayda - everybody is ignoring the fact they've lost it to a YNA counterattack before being able to shot more than 2-3 photos.
Proof? Hard to get in English; and, certainly enough, Houthi-fans are not going to report it. But, other Yemenis do so, though in Arabic only:
https://mobile.twitter.com/amerAlham...02866917380096
Some commentary on what's going on in Yemen - and especially in Aden - of the last few days...
The official Saudi aim of the military intervention in Yemen is 'halting Iranian expansionism' and 'bringing leaders of the Houthi/Saleh coalition to the negotiating table'. For this purpose, the Saudi-led coalition insists on 'supporting the legitimate government' - that of president/former president Hadi.
Indirect aim of related efforts is the re-establishment of the Saudi position of influence in Sana'a.
Now, what caused the ongoing civil war in Yemen are major rifts that emerged within the Yemeni military, and thus the entire Yemeni state, in the wake of reforms introduced by Hadi in period 2012-2014. He dissolved the Republican Guards (always loyal to Saleh, only) and purged the military of Saleh's relatives and allies, thus they opposed him. But, he also tried to purge the military of those affiliated with the Islah Party - the de-facto Yemeni version of the Moslem Brotherhood - like Major-General Ali Mohsen. Thus, they opposed him too, and so on.
Over the time, multiple power blocks crystalised, with 50-60% of the military siding with Saleh and thus with the Houthis, 4-5 brigades with Hadi, up to 15 with Ahmar and thus the Islah etc. The rest of the military either declared neutrality, or sided with the Southern Separatists (i.e. Hirak and the Hadramawt Confederation) or was overrun by the AQAP.
However, Hadi has no wider political support inside Yemen. He's actually supported only by a small number of allied generals and a few (4-5 at most) of Yemen National Army's brigades.
Thus, the Saudis and Hadi were increasingly dependable on the support of the Islah Party - which is de-facto the Yemeni version of the Moslem Brotherhood (MB).
However, back in 2014, Saudi Arabia declared the MBs for terrorists and stopped supporting them. Thus, this party lost badly. Indeed, it could be said that this enabled the Houthis to take over in Sana'a.
But then... well, when the Saudis and allies invaded southern Yemen, in July-August 2015, they advanced so rapidly, a true power vacuum developed in their backs. This was so because the Houthi/Saleh alliance completely destroyed the governmental system, police, and the military in all parts of southern Yemen they've held until then. The AQAP jumped in and brought much of the country under its control.
This was something nobody could tolerate.
Thus, the Saudis and allies had to de-facto stop their advance on Sana'a (in turn offering Houthis/Saleh plenty of time to heavily mine all the ways into northern Yemen), and start building-up new government and new security forces.
In the course of that process, Saudi and Emirati ways of pursuing the re-establishment of the government went each their own way. Since Hadi still has no political support in the country, he and Saudis were left with little choice but to ally with the Islah Party. Unsurprisingly, Riyadh removed the MBs from the list of terrorist organisations, and Ali Ahmar was appointed Hadi's new Minister of Defence. This secured Hadi (and Saudis) the support of everybody affiliated with the Islah.
However, in the meantime the Emiratis have pursued their own politics. They are not only anti-AQAP, but also anti-MBs. And, they are primarily cooperating with the Hirak (Southern Separatists) and the Hadramawt Confederation. They also work with Quietists (Yemeni Salafists fighting against the AQAP and the Houthis). The Emiratis spent most of the Year 2017 securing the Aden area, constructing another forward base (including an airfield) at Perim (or Mayun) Island, and running COIN operations against the AQAP in the Mukalla area. Their alliances with the Hirak, the Hadramawt Confederation, the Quietists, and establishment of the Security Belt Forces resulted in creation of powerful proxies that are controlling de-facto all of southern Yemen. There's next to no place there - except the area few quarters of Aden and most of the area around the Bab al-Mandeb - where the Islah still has the say.
With other words, it's the Emiratis who are now in de-facto control over those parts of Yemen 'liberated' from the Houthis, not the Saudis. Unsurprisingly, the Emirati-supported National Transitional Council now wants to destroy whatever was left of the Hadi's government.
If I'm to ask, this was a great opportunity for the Saudis to get rid of Hadi. There's simply no point in continuing to support him, because political and military realities in Yemen of 2018 are entirely different than they used to be as of September 2014 (not to talk about March 2015). Question is, if they can afford doing so: after all, they all the time insisted that he's the only legitimate president of Yemen.
It appears they - and even the Emiratis - have concluded they can not send Hadi into retirement. Thus, the NTC/STC is already announcing it recognizes Hadi as legitimate president.
I.e. expect the things to get back to where they were before this coup. Only difference will be that Hadi-loyalists will now really have nothing to say.
...and then the net result will be something like Somaliland: an independent South Yemen not recognized by anybody from the outside.
(Note: an alternative would've been a split of the country into two, as originally demanded by the NTC. Something like Northern Yemen, say, ruled by somebody like Saleh's son Ahmed with support of the Islah and the Houthis; and Southern Yemen, ruled by the NTC.)
...all of that summarised - perhaps as a 'basic guide' for all the new-comers into related affairs - and by your very own:
A New State Is Emerging in Yemen
A new country is beginning to form in the chaos and confusion of Yemen’s civil war. A coup in Aden in late January 2018 has hastened the process.
The new Yemen has its roots in the period 1990 to 1994, when the Saudi-supported North Yemen and the Cuban/Soviet-supported South were forcibly united. The united Yemen was dominated by a clique surrounding North Yemen president Abdullah Saleh.
Although he eventually appointed a southerner – Soviet-trained Maj. Gen. Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi as his vice president, Saleh ruled the country like a family enterprise. He appointed his son, nephews and other members of his family and tribe to all important positions of the military and the state.
All the power, and most of development, were concentrated in Sana’a, and the Saleh clique had the final word in every single state affair.
Saleh and his clique tended to disparage the southerners as “Eritreans” and “Indians,” because Aden was predominantly populated by people who came the region as laborers during the British colonial period.
Saleh and his clique likewise discriminated against many northerners, describing those of Zaidi origin as “backward.”
davidbfpo
Thank you for being so informative on the situation in the whole of the Yemen.
This sentence reminded me of a couple of factors:
On the contrary, the Emiratis intensified their cooperation with the southerners, foremost the separatists and the Hadramawt Confederation.
There is a "kith & kin" link between the Gulf states that dates back a long time, I understand it was based on commercial and trading links. This was reinforced in 1967 when the UK left Aden and "up country", many of the traditional leaders in the Hadramawt and elsewhere fled to the Gulf. At least one senior UAE official is from the Hadramawt.
I do wonder if these leaders ever returned, either when the Communist regime ended or later.
Dr Elisabeth Kendall @ Pembroke College, Oxford University is a regular visitor to the Yemen, including long term access to the Hadramawt. To see her publications dip into:https://oxford.academia.edu/ElisabethKendall and her slim bio:
In she wrote a 14 pgs. paper 'Iran’s Fingerprints in Yemen' in October 2017 for the Atlantic Council and concluded:
a conflict that began essentially as a politically and tribally motivated dispute over territory, resources and power may yet over time turn into a long-term cycle of bloody sectarian violence. In this respect, the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen is – to some extent – helping to exacerbate the very problem it claimed to be designed to solve.
Link:http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/image...n_web_1019.pdf
Would a semi-independent South Yemen, following the Somaliland model, really be that bad for the people? It might suit the diplomats and outsiders, but on reflection have they really helped the people that much for many years?
AFAIK, they never returned. They are still in the UAE.... which is why the UAE has it as easy to deal with them: there is lots of mutual sympathy.
Would a semi-independent South Yemen, following the Somaliland model, really be that bad for the people?
It would be a realistic solution, apparently conform to what most of the people living in that part of Yemen want - too.
But, well: try convincing governments of various countries that have 'problems with separatists' to accept a secession of South Yemen. That's also the reality, and why Somaliland is still not internationally recognized.
How Saudi Arabia and Iran shared the rise and fall of Ali Abdullah Saleh
A slightly long article and the sub-title gives a clue why:
The commonly held view that the conflicts in Yemen – and elsewhere in the region – are a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia must be revised.
Link:https://www.opendemocracy.net/north-...li-abdullah-s?
The more you read, the more Byzantine the Yemen seems. President Saleh was:
Despite also being a member of the Houthis’ Zaidi sect, he had little regard for sectarian loyalty; in the pursuit of power he allied with Sunni Salafists against Zaidi Houthis, and later with the Houthis against everyone else.
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Yemeni Tribes and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
A short paper (44 pgs) by a British academic who has spent years in the Yemen and published by a US think tank (POMED) on a fascinating aspect of the multiple conflicts in the Yemen.
A "taster" from the summary:
Some Western observers (along with many Yemeni government authorities) contend that a key reason for AQAP’s staying-power is that some tribes are aligned with the terrorist group and provide it with safe havens, fighters, and other support. To be sure, AQAP has a presence in some tribal areas, and some tribal members (along with other Yemenis, and some foreigners) have joined the group. But in doing so, they have acted independently, against the wishes of their tribes. Yemeni tribes as collective entities —as opposed to individual tribesmen—have not allied with AQAP or agreed to give its fighters sanctuary. Tribes reject the group’s radical and violent ideology and tend to see AQAP as a serious challenge to their authority.
Because of tribal pushback, AQAP has only been able to seize territory and make other gains in parts of Yemen where the tribal structure is relatively weak. The failure of the Yemeni ruling elite to seriously confront the AQAP problem, and the civil war instigated by that same ruling elite, have been more significant factors in the group’s spread than any tribal action.
Link:http://pomed.org/wp-content/uploads/...NAL_180201.pdf
Originally Posted by davidbfpo
A slightly long article and the sub-title gives a clue why:Link:https://www.opendemocracy.net/north-...li-abdullah-s?
Rather tragically, such articles come much too late: nearly three years since everybody with a good insight there was warning about US decision-makers having no clue what are they doing in Yemen.
I really do not understand why do the USA always must do everything wrong in cases like this one?
Worst of all: why this insistence on specific ideas and turning these into dogmas?
At earlier times (say: Vietnam), the 'moment of realisation' - the 15th or 16th time the US hit the wall with the forehead - would've been enough to prompt a major change in the politics. In the cases like Afghanistan, Iraq, and now Syria and Yemen, not even this is happening any more...
A short review of a book published in October '17:
"Tribes and Politics in Yemen” fills this gap; it gives an understanding of how a religious movement focused on spirituality evolved into one of the major opposition armed groups in Yemen with plans for statehood.
Link:https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20...rcIXOE.twitter
A curious way to wage war: send people back possibly to fight
Saudi-Yemen relations take a new twist:
As a result of reforms to Saudi labour laws designed to tackle the country’s high levels of unemployment, hundreds of thousands of illegal migrant workers have been deported from the Kingdom since November last year. Saudi Arabia’s economic overhaul is desperately needed, but could be having a dangerous unforeseen effect. Forced back to a country in the grip of a humanitarian crisis and with no economic prospects, it is feared thousands of deported Yemenis could be picking up guns to join the Houthis or al-Qaeda, who see the influx of jobless young men as a prime recruitment opportunity. According to statistics from the Saudi interior ministry, 65 per cent of those deported recently are Yemeni – which means a total of 100,000 have already been sent home, and 130,000 more await a similar fate.
Link:http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a8248506.html
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The poorest Arab country is being destroyed by the richest
I recently attended an advocacy group meeting on the Yemen, which had a variety of speakers and two UK-based SME made a particular impact. The meeting was under 'Chatham House Rules' so the SME remain anonymous.
Both agreed that the Saudi intervention is becoming their Vietnam, a quagmire where 'The poorest Arab country is being destroyed by the richest'. Yemenis share an Afghan characteristic in rejecting foreigners. The cost of the war is US$5-6 billion per month - this was attributed to a paper by Bruce Reidel. Too many armed group now exist, it is in their interests to continue the war and the Saudi coalition is yet to find competent local partners amongst he mix of tribes, military defectors and others. Since the Arab Spring the Saudis have opposed every change by repression, thir strategic interest in the Yemen is not to have a sovereign, stable nation-state.
Popular support for the intervention has disappeared inside Saudi Arabia and is often seen as inflicting 'severe damage at home and abroad'. Inadvertently the action has opened a public debate in the West over Western support for the Saudis.
So far the Saudi Army has been deployed to the border, with mixed results in fighting intrusions by the Houthi and recent urges of senior officers have put the better equipped National Guard under Army command, which led to rumours of dissent.
The ex-President Saleh led faction, with a good part of the Yemeni military, somehow remains fighting with the Houthi. One factor could be that Saleh's moves to defect from the Houthi coalition became known to the Saudis, but they failed to plan for him actually moving against the Houthi. This failure has been noticed by others.
'AQAP are the main beneficiary of the war' and the Mukalla bank raid, with a US$100m gained will fund them for years.
In 2008 the UAE =based and owned operator, DP World, leased Aden port for twenty years, paying a claimed US8 billion (which was never seen by Yemenis); they promptly closed the port and sacked staff. The contract was subject to negotiations to cancel in 2012. Put simply the UAE has an interest in Aden port not working. In a quick search I found two reports that supports this: https://www.hiiraan.com/op4/2017/apr...r_somalia.aspx
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/co...n-gulf-of-aden
Is the rise of the Huthis irresistible? Part 1
Helen Lackner is the author of this article, which has a longer title and provides a summary of the situation today. I'd missed a Houthi negotiator is in Oman.
Link:https://www.opendemocracy.net/north-africa-west-asia/helen-lackner/on-wretched-third-anniversary-of-international-intervention-in-?
Part 2 has a little politics, mainly on the support from the USA & UK for the coalition and the remainder is on the humanitarian crisis.
Link:https://www.opendemocracy.net/north-africa-west-asia/helen-lackner/wretched-third-anniversary-of-international-intervention-in-yem?
It looks like two Saudi Patriots failed tonight…
From The Aviationist: https://theaviationist.com/2018/03/2...iyadh-instead/
Saudi Patriot PAC-2 SAM battery in Riyadh fired MIM-104C Surface to Air Missiles at a Burkan 2-H SRBM (Short Range Ballistic Missile) in the night between Mar 25 and 26, 2018.
The SRBM was reportedly intercepted by one of the SAMs (at least 7 according to journalist Babak Taghvaee were launched) but at least two of them failed: one hit a resindential area (at the time of writing the number of casualties/fatalities is unknown), whereas another one exploded mid-air shortly after launch.
AdamG
Hiding from the Dreaded Burrito Gang
Saudi Arabia intercepts 7 missiles fired from Yemen, military officials say
(CNN)Saudi Arabia's air force intercepted seven missiles fired from Yemen on Sunday and, in the debris that rained down on residential suburbs from the interceptions, one man was killed, the Saudis said in a statement.
Coalition forces spokesman Col. Turki Al Maliki said the missiles were fired from Yemen at four target areas, and all the missiles were intercepted and destroyed, according to the statement.
This isn't the first time the kingdom was the target of missile strikes from neighboring Yemen, but it is the first time there's been a fatality on Saudi soil. After previous interceptions, the Saudis responded with airstrikes on the Yemeni capital of Sana'a. The response to a fatal incident such as Sunday's is likely to be even more punishing.
Three were aimed at the capital city of Riyadh, one was headed toward the southwest in Khamis Mushait, one along the southern border targeting Najran and two were headed for the southern city of Jizan.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/25/middl...ile/index.html
A scrimmage in a Border Station
A canter down some dark defile
Two thousand pounds of education
Drops to a ten-rupee jezail
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Originally Posted by AdamG
That is a rather uncritical regurgitation of Saudi propaganda...
Originally Posted by Azor
...and both are babbling nonsense (one because it's superficial and sensationalist, the other because of his illusions of grandeur).
During the night from 25 to 26 March 2018 (i.e. on the third anniversary of this war), the Missile Force of the Houthis has fired a number of ballistic missiles and rockets at Saudi Arabia. According to the Houthi-controlled SABA News, missiles used were Burkan-2H, Qaher-2M, and Badr. To make sure:
- Burkan-2Hs are rebuilds of various R-17s and Hwasong-6s imported by Yemen in the 1980s and 1990s (i.e. 'Scud' and North-Korean-made, 'extended range Scud'), then destroyed or damaged by the Saudi-led coalition in March and April 2015. They might contain parts smuggled in from Iran.
- Qaher-2Ms are old V-750 missiles of the well-known, Soviet-made SA-75M (SA-2 Guideline) SAM-system. Yemen has got over 800 of these in the 1970s and 1980s, and they really take no 'rocket science' to be deployed as 'ballistic missiles'.
- Badr (aka Badr-1) seems to be little else but a re-packaged BM-21 and/or BM-27s.
Following launches and/or intercepts have been reported:
- 3 missiles (obviously Burkan-2Hs) were fired at King Khalid IAP in Riyadh; all three were intercepted by MIM-104D/Fs operated by the Royal Saudi Air Defence Force (the RSADF is operating a mix of PAC-2s and PAC-3s).
Burkan-2H (photo from December 2017):
HS Burkan-2H 19Dez17A.jpg
- 2 missiles (type presently unclear) were fired at Khamis Mushayt, results unknown.
- 1 missile (Qaher-2M) was fired at Najran, and intercepted.
- 1 missile (Qaher-2M) was fired at Abha Regional Airport, and intercepted.
Qaher-2M (photo from early 2016):
HS Qaher-2M.jpg
- several rockets (Badr-1) were fired at Jizzan airport 'and other targets' (SABA), results unknown.
Badr-1 (photo from 22 March 2018):
HS BM-21 Badr-1 Mar18 launcher.jpg
As far as can be assessed by now, the warhead of one of Burkan-2Hs was intercepted quite low over Riyadh (that's what resulted in the video showing 'fireworks'): debris and shrapnel did cause quite some material damage. Worst of all: one person (an Egyptian expatriate worker) was killed, and at least two injured.
Furthermore, one of missiles fired by one of several RSADF-operated MIM-104 SAM sites protecting Riyadh, has malfunctioned and crashed shortly after the launch. This one has hit an empty area, without causing injuries or damage.
Primary problem in engagements of this kind remain these Burkan-2H missiles. They are so poorly manufactured, they are tumbling and falling apart on re-entry (and no: contrary to what various 'experts' and the NYT are reporting, Burkans are neither 'made by Iran', nor containing 'separating warheads': that's science fiction). The PAC-2/3 then targets each big piece with 1-2 missiles. That's why one Burkan-2 usually results in firing of 5-7 Patriot SAMs. In this case, the warhead of one of three Burkan-2H came quite low over Riyadh before it was finally hit (see the video with 'fireworks'). Thus, the shrapnel caused injuries and damage on the ground.
Final word: for all the hatred for the Saudis expressed in the social media, one could still remain sane enough to trust them at least to push the 'auto' button on their PAC-2/3s.
To CrowBat RE: Houthi BMs
Originally Posted by CrowBat
Both who?
..As far as can be assessed by now, the warhead of one of Burkan-2Hs was intercepted quite low over Riyadh (that's what resulted in the video showing 'fireworks'): debris and shrapnel did cause quite some material damage. Worst of all: one person (an Egyptian expatriate worker) was killed, and at least two injured.
Furthermore, one of missiles fired by one of several RSADF-operated MIM-104 SAM sites protecting Riyadh, has and crashed shortly after the launch. This one has hit, without causing injuries or damage.
How can you be so sure that it was the Burkan-2H warhead that caused damage and death/injury on the ground and not the errant PAC-2?
...contrary to what various 'experts' and the NYT are reporting, Burkans are neither 'made by Iran', nor containing 'separating warheads': that's science fiction)...Final word: for all the hatred for the Saudis expressed in the social media, one could still remain sane enough to trust them at least to push the 'auto' button on their PAC-2/3s.
Yet it is the Saudis themselves who are blaming Iran for the launch...
I am not anti-Patriot, as that crowd seems to have too much admiration for Russian and Chinese SAMs, despite greater recent US experience, and relatively successful experience at that. Moreover, the Saudis were apparently using PAC-2s rather than PAC-3s.
However, I thought that you would have posted here first about this event, and I thought that you of all people would appreciate the meme...
Did Houthi SAMs strike UAE F-16s?
According to Twitter user @YemeniObserv , Yemeni (ostensibly Houthi) air defenses struck two UAE F-16s.
Source: https://twitter.com/YemeniObserv/sta...02442681561088
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'The Aviationist' & Taghvae.
What can you see on this video (I've posted the link above): https://twitter.com/3gb_1/status/978...903754240?s=21
...a Patriot hitting some densely-populated place?
Yes, like they always do - and although their own 'evidence' is proving them wrong, all the time.
No clue why do they still insist on that legend.
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I was a slacker this year and didn't get around to doing Christmas cards, so I thought I'd post something on here for anyone that still checks.
Audrey is turning 2 in just a few weeks! She’s our little firecracker and always keeps us moving. She runs on her tip toes (where did she get that from?!) wherever she goes and is usually as happy as can be. She loves babies and is quickly mastering her colors and letters. She is quite the little talker these days, though it’s still a guessing game to figure out exactly what she says!
Evan is 4 and is enjoying preschool. He goes twice a week with 3 of his best buddies. He just finished his first soccer season and is getting ready to start T-Ball in the spring. He is a great big brother and loves anything related to space! He can tell you a couple facts about each planet and even some of their moons! He has been starting to read and spell and loves to do simple math problems!
Baby Brother is due February 7! We’re getting very close and are anxious to meet him. We are still trying to decide on a name, but are determined to have it picked out before his big debut. Evan is very excited to have a little brother! Audrey on the other hand is in for a big surprise! She loves babies, but we’re not so sure she’ll like being replaced as the baby in our family.
I’m busy chasing two toddlers around while trying to sneak in a nap every once in a while. I am currently serving as the 10 year old primary teacher and it’s been a lot of fun. I’m definitely counting down the days until I’m done being pregnant and I have another blue bundle to snuggle!
Reed has been keeping busy as a field engineer at PCL Construction. He recently was able to present at a regional conference and is being a great missionary to those he works with. . He is currently serving as a priest advisor in our ward and is enjoying keeping those boys in line!
And though PCL has been good to us, Reed will be starting a new job as an Assistant Engineer for Webb Associates after the holidays. We are excited for the change and are so grateful for the opportunities it will provide our family. One of the big differences will be that we won't be moving around every few years! We have loved being here in Riverside and are excited to really call it home.
We're so grateful for the wonderful year we have had and are looking forward to all the exciting changes that 2014 will bring. We love this time of the year that we have to reflect on the birth of our Savior and are so grateful for Him and His gospel. We hope this finds you all well and that you all have a very merry Christmas!
Big Kid Stuff
Evan has been pretty busy growing up lately! Not sure who told him that was ok, but he's doing it anyways! First up last week we started preschool. We have a group of 4 boys from our ward and us moms just take turns teaching twice a week. It's not Joy School or any kind of 'official' preschool, we just decided what we think the boys need to work on and we teach them! We took the first week. I was pretty close to dishing out the ridiculous amount of money to send Evan to preschool after the first day! It was a little crazy. But I readjusted my plans (and expectations!) the second day and things went much better. I think it's going to be a fun year!
First day!
Rocket ships are more fun with a buddy!
The crazy class
Evan also started soccer this week! He's been really excited and couldn't wait to get his uniform. Unfortunately it was really hot. And it was obvious Evan wasn't ok with that! The first 20ish minutes is their 'weekly practice'. We are in a big group with some other kids that all do the practice together. Then they split them into smaller groups to play a 3 on 3 'game'. Evan did well, but I think he was pretty overwhelmed with all the people and the heat. He said he had fun and we're excited for another (most likely) warm game next week!
The much anticipated uniform-and it's even his favorite color!
The supportive sister
Action shot. Evan is in the blue
Happy to be a soccer kid...and in the air conditioned car!
Poor Audrey was drenched in sweat! And she didn't even run around at all!
When we got home, we filled the pool and had some otter pops!
The last weekend in July was crazy. Saturday was Evan's birthday party, his cousin James' birthday, and the stake Pioneer Picnic. Ev's actual birthday was Sunday. Monday was my Mom's birthday and Tuesday was Uncle B's birthday. Tuesday evening we dropped off the kids at my parent's house for a couple days so Reed could play in a 6 man beach volleyball tourney. Picked up the kids Thursday evening and then Reed's parents flew in at midnight. Friday we went to Sea World. It was Reed's Mom's birthday on Saturday. Then they flew out Sunday. It was all really fun, but it was a lot! Reed and his Dad were planning on going on a ward ocean fishing trip early Saturday, but it was too much. So we've definitely been having a few recovery days here at our house.
Reed and I had a lot of fun at the volleyball tourney. Reed got to play volleyball with some of his buddies and I got to sit on the beach all day without having to chase a single kid out of the ocean! Reed played on a team made up of guys that either played at BYU or have some kind of connection to someone who did. It was fun to see some of those guys again! The team had a corporate sponsor, so we didn't have to pay for our hotel or any of our meals! It was pretty nice.
Unfortunately, there were like 20 something guys on the team. The first day was pool play and everyone pretty much got equal playing time. So yeah, Reed split time with 3 other setters. Kind of lame. But it was really cool because they had some current and past pro beach and indoor players on the team, including 2 time Olympian Jake Gibb! It was pretty cool. Gibb and his current beach partner, Casey Patterson (who was also on the team), are currently ranked in the top 3 in the world!
Reed setting
The guy in the white hat is Phil Dalhausser, aka The Beijing Beast! We also saw Sean "Rosie" Rosenthal (who was actually in disguise the whole time) and former USC quarterback Matt Leinart (who knew he played beach volleyball on the side?!)
Reed saying hi to Jake Gibb (in the black)
The second day was elimination day. The team had a few amazing comebacks to stay in the tourney, but ended up taking 7th. Pretty disappointing, but that just goes to show how much competition was there. They pretty much played the same 10 guys that whole day, excluding Reed. Super lame. They probably would have had a better finish if they would have let him play. Oh well.
Maybe next year...
A couple weeks ago our space loving boy turned the big FOUR! He's been pretty excited for his birthday and for his space birthday party! Since there apparently aren't very many space loving kids left, we had to do most of the party stuff ourselves. But it was fun to work on the decorations and invitations and stuff together. Evan loves helping Mom use the Cricut!
We had hung up the solar system above the table Friday night after Evan went to bed. When he came out Saturday morning, he took a few minutes to look at it and then told me that Uranus was too close...!
We just invited all the kids in his Sunbeam class. Everyone made us pretty nervous, but all the boys ended up coming! I was so glad and so relieved! And it turned out to be a pretty fun party! First we started off with 'Pin the Rocket Boosters on the Spaceship'. I think Evan was the only one who played the first time around, unless of course you count Ryder's mom!
Then we headed out back to have 'Rocket Races'. I found these cool little rocket balloons at Michael's and the kids loved them way more than I thought they would!
Then we drew a big circle on the patio with chalk to make a moon and the boys took turns throwing water balloons at it to make 'craters'. They loved it and I should have known to make more water balloons!
Next we headed back inside to open presents and then have cake and ice cream.
Here's the awesome 4-year-old with his moon cake
Having some juice a few minutes before a tummy ache set in
I love these little friends!
He's already excited about turning 5...
Happy Birthday Ev! We sure love you a lot!
About a month ago, Reed and Evan discovered a kids youtube video about the solar system. Evan really liked it and was interested in the planets and the sun. So for the next few days, me and Ev started learning about the planets during Audrey's naps. It was so fun to see him learn and ask questions and remember certain facts about each planet. I love that he brings up that Pluto used to be a planet, but it's not anymore! We learned a few things about each planet and drew them close to scale. He got to practice his writing by writing the name of each planet, he got to practice cutting out the planets, and he got to color them in. So it was an overall really good little project. Here's our solar system we made together.
I love that every time we see the moon we have to specify that it's earth moon. The other day I told Evan that my parents were in the mountains. He asked if they were on Mars' mountains since they are the tallest!
Our solar system didn't quite satisfy his love of space. For the last probably 2 weeks, he gets up every morning to work on his own solar system. He did all the planets and is now working on the moons. I hope he doesn't plan on doing every single moon because there are over 100 of them! But he's well on his way! Here's what his wall looks like now (and he just handed me another one of Saturn's moon to hang up)
We'll see how long it takes for him to finish covering up that wall! Now, off to the space shuttle to play astronauts!
SD Day 2
We did a little more exploring our second day in San Diego. We started out at Balboa Park. It's a pretty cool place with lots of museums and room to run around. We only went in one museum that was free. It was an art museum and the guys there followed our stroller like hawks! So we didn't stay long.
Looking for fish in the koi pond in front of the Botanical Building. Evan was not impressed.
Cruisin' through the Rose Gardens
After a quick picnic lunch we headed over to Old Town and visited the Mormon Battalion Museum. The Church has put together a neat little tour that was fun to go through. At the end, the kids got to pan for gold and pump water. Evan could have done both all day!
We spent some time at the beach before getting some In N Out on our way home. It was such a fun trip, but we were all ready to get home and get some sleep!
Sea World!
Reed took a few days off last week and we made our way down to San Diego! And our first stop was Sea World! We were all so excited, but I think Reed may have been the most excited! We saw most of the shows and visited most of the animals and can't wait to go back again!
Checkin' out the sea lions
Dolphin Show! We all really liked it. I was impressed with how much Audrey got into it.
We loved the Shamu Observation Window. We were so close!
Love Audrey's excited little face! The magic of Shamu!
Though she does look a little nervous here...
We sat in the splash zone at the Shamu show, but didn't get wet at all. Poor Audrey tried to sleep through most of the show. It was a long day!
Per Reed's request we went to see the dolphins in the morning, around lunch, and right before we left! He loves dolphins. And we even got to touch one! Pretty cool! Evan and Reed played a dolphin carnival game and Evan won Flippy.
Then he went back and won a pink one for his sister!
They were 2 very happy and very tired kids on our way to our hotel that night!
Such a fun day!
Does Audrey look tired or what?!
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Ceci Moss | Fri Mar 6th, 2009 12:24 p.m.
"But Dullaart's Readymades are more than a formalist exploration of the Internet at its most banal. They are also a study in the relationship of the index to its referent, an issue that Rosalind Krauss connected to the readymade in her 1976 essay "Notes on the Index, Part 1." Krauss defines indices as "the traces of a particular cause, and that cause is the thing to which they refer, the object they signify." She offers footprints and shadows as examples; the domain name would be an analogy to such indices in the internet, since it marks the online location of the site that appears in the browser window below. In Readymades, Dullaart has selected sites where the URL's content occupies the position of the referent, rather than serving as a place marker. They are domains that someone has staked out as an empty lot, or that generate a metonymic web of sponsored links. His Readymades are sites where footprints come before the feet."
Tags: conceptual search social media surfing
Artist's Signature (1998) - Heath Bunting
John Michael Boling | Mon Mar 2nd, 2009 10 a.m.
Tags: conceptual text
Time Keeps on Ticking, Ticking, Ticking, Ticking, Ticking, Ticking......
Marisa Olson | Fri Feb 27th, 2009 4:50 p.m.
Image: Graham Dolphin, The Possibilites Are Endless, 2008
Time. It's an old topic. From cave paintings to code paintings, the recording of time is among the most basic and persistent of subject matters seen in art, and it has very often propelled new tools for keeping itself measured. Oddly enough, despite time's catalyzing role in the innovation of techniques and technologies, time-based media has all too often been left out of exhibitions surveying creative explorations of time. But the current exhibition at Dundee Contemporary Arts, entitled "Timecode," takes the pulse of temporality from a more electronically enlightened perspective. The show does include works employing painting and sculpture, but puts them in conversation with works such as Thomson & Craighead's "narrative clock," Horizon (2009), in which webcams around the world convey a perpetual horizon, and Tatsuo Miyajima's large-scale LED timepiece, Counter Void S-1 (2003). Situated next to classic performance works by the likes of Douglas Gordon and On Kawara, and of course the eponymous multi-channel film by Mike Figgis, the show holds a lens to the myriad ways in which time endures as an organizing principle for our lives and our creativity. - Marisa Olson
Tags: conceptual film transmission video
"Epic Net Art: The (Pre)Coda" on Rhizome Discussion
Ceci Moss | Fri Feb 27th, 2009 4 p.m.
Check Rhizome's Discussion section for a new thread "Epic Net Art: The (Pre)Coda" regarding the idea of the "epic" in net art (and its significance for time and ephemerality). A follow up to the previous thread "epic net art" from last year, Ed Halter cites excerpts from the "21 Distinctive Qualities of Net.Art" outlined by David Ross in a lecture from 1999 as an example of an earlier discussion which also posited an opposition between epic (defined by long duration) and poetic (defined by brevity). The logic of this division as well as the basis for these definitions are discussed/questioned within the span of the thread.
Tags: conceptual net.art theory
Marisa Olson | Fri Jan 23rd, 2009 2:15 p.m.
Damon Zucconi, Towards Equillibrium, 2007
Damon Zucconi is a New York-based artist active in the "pro surfer" scene, having participated in both Supercentral and Nasty Nets, but his solo work is more clean-style than his dirt-style counterparts and might more easily be compared to Berlin-based artists AIDS-3D. All are part of a younger generation of artists who came of age with new media and have arrived at a particular fulcrum with respect to both celebrating the utopianism of technology and critiquing its dystopian failures. Next week, Zucconi's first solo show will open at Prato, Italy's Project Gentili gallery. Entitled "Presented as the Problem," the show is organized around the principles of diagnoses and prescriptions and draws on the distinction between treating symptoms versus underlying problems. The artist's approach is thus a rather tactical one, looking for the root impetus for cultural artifacts while also observing the cycles of recursion that swirl around the repetition of pop objects and scenarios. The show includes sculpture, video, and prints that seek to augment "classical dialectics of seeing and believing with eight meditations on contemporary visual culture." According to the gallery, "Each of the works finds temporary equilibrium between the poles of mystification and demystification--image as illusion and illusion as material fact." These works include the mysteriously titled / \ \ / which is a square mirror hung like a diamond with a Blade Runner: Final Cut poster wrapped around it from the back like an origami throwing star, and the eponymous centerpiece, "Presents Itself as the Problem," which is a novelty persistence of vision alarm clock whose digital readout displays only the message "I Want To Believe." X-Files viewers will appreciate this famous message of hope. Zucconi will also show a new video animation, Untitled (SONY, Lateral) which flips the axis on his earlier ...
Tags: conceptual digital theory
TIME SLIP (2008) - Antoine Schmitt
Ceci Moss | Thu Jan 22nd, 2009 9 a.m.
From the artist's statement:
TIME SLIP is based on a custom software that feeds from the official news agencies and changes the tense of selected news from past or present to future tense. TIME SLIP is always up to date. It is a programmed generative artwork...
TIME SLIP is a visual artwork referring to philosophical questionings on destiny, its potential pre-written nature or its causal determinism, and in the end, a work on free will. It confronts the spectator to the control of his own destiny in a universe where time and its causality can slip. It is also a work on the motive energy of unpredictability and risk, more and more central in the contemporary world.
Via Network Research
Tags: conceptual generative
24-Hour Smarty People
Brian Droitcour | Mon Jan 12th, 2009 12:30 p.m.
As promised, I attended last week's "24-Hour Program on the Concept of Time" at the Guggenheim and wrote the following report, which attempts to convey both the variety of approaches participants took to the symposium's broad topic as well as the experience of being present and alert for the full duration, with just a break for breakfast and a few power naps.
The HUO-year is a unit of time invented by art critic Jennifer Allen to measure how far in the future a name will be remembered. You get one year for each project, two for an exhibition, seven for an interview, etc. HUO expands to Hans Ulrich Obrist, the curator whose intellectual hyperactivity inspired Allen to write a wry essay predicting that Obrist's omnipresence in the present will guarantee him more future name-recognition than John Cage, even as a performance of the latter's ORGAN2/ASLSP (As Slow As Possible) continues to hum through the year 2639. Obrist racked up a few dozen more HUO-years at the "24-Hour Program on the Concept of Time," as did the event's organizer, Guggenheim chief curator Nancy Spector. With an eye to the future, the entire Program was recorded, and at this moment the Guggenheim's curatorial staff is surely working to label, transcribe, and catalogue those videos for posterity. In the meantime, here's an elliptical and incomplete summary.
Image: Excerpt from a visual representation of Ronald Mallett's Time Travel Theory
The symposium began with a talk by philosopher Ted Sider, who gave a lucid description of the theory of static time, which proposes that entities are permanently present at points in space but are only visible to us at certain points in time. Next was Joshua Viertel, president of Slow Foods USA, an earnest nonprofit administrator ...
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International Klein Blue (Google Monochromes) (2008) - Ryan Barone
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Image: Details from International Klein Blue (Google Monochromes), 2008
From the artist's statement: International Klein Blue (Google Monochromes) is a series of eleven monochromatic works created by conducting web searches for International Klein Blue, a color developed and patented in the 1950s by French artist Yves Klein. Created "as a means of evoking the immateriality and boundlessness of his own particular utopian vision of the world", IKB falls outside of the color gamut of modern computers rendering each digital reproduction inaccurate.
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INVISIBLECURSOR.COM (2008) - Rafael Rozendaal
Ceci Moss | Fri Jan 2nd, 2009 2:30 p.m.
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Einstein's clock paradox
Galina Weinstein has posted another Einstein draft paper, Einstein's Clocks and Langevin's Twins.
2. Clock Paradox
From this Einstein derived a "peculiar consequence":3
"If at the points A and B of K there are clocks at rest which, considered from the system at rest, are running synchronously, and if the clock at A is moved with the velocity v along the line connecting B, then upon arrival of this clock at B the two clocks no longer synchronize,...".
The above "peculiar consequence" came to be known as "the Clock Paradox".
John Stachel explained that, the most new important feature of time to emerge from the special theory of relativity is the clock paradox: a comparison of one clock in a moving system with many clocks in the rest system; there is no reciprocity, but one-many relationship. The clock paradox that was predicted by Einstein embodies the difference between Einstein and pre-relativistic electrodynamics of moving bodies.4
Einstein proposed an experimental test for the clock paradox: "From this we conclude that a balance-wheel clock that is located at the Earth's equator must run very slightly slower than an absolutely identical clock, subjected to otherwise identical conditions, that is located at one of the Earth's poles".5
Lorentz and Poincare had the dilation formulas previously, but did not explicitly mention the possibility that two clocks could fall out of synchronization just because they are moving differently. The closest was Poincare's 1904 St. Louis lecture, where he explains that a moving clock runs slow compared to the other, but did not say that it led to a paradox:
The watches adjusted in that way will not mark, therefore, the true time; they will mark what may be called the local time, so that one of them will be slow of the other. It matters little, since we have no means of perceiving it. All the phenomena which happen at A, for example, will be late, but all will be equally so, and the observer will not perceive it, since his watch is slow; so, as the principle of relativity requires, he will have no means of knowing whether he is at rest or in absolute motion.
But Einstein's experimental test is wrong. Two such clocks will not show a difference.
The closely related twin paradox causes trouble for relativity students even today, but Weinstein sees it as a Jewish issue:
The clock paradox was also an excuse for anti-Semites to blame the theory of relativity as an anti-German science and blame its author as well. In Berlin, Ernst Gehrcke, Philipp Lenard, and Paul Weyland advocated an anti-relativity propaganda campaign after 1916.17
In November 1918 Einstein answered the first two by a Galilean dialogue between a relativist and a critic of the theory of relativity, "Dialogue about Objections to the Theory of Relativity" ...
Those arguments for and against the clock paradox did not involve any Jewish issues, as far as I know. Even when GPS was built a few years ago, I am told that some people were skeptical that relativity would be needed. Even today, Weinstein seems not to realize that Einstein's 1905 experiment test is wrong.
I don't deny that there was some German anti-semitism, and maybe some anti-German bias outside Germany. I just don't see what it had to do with the clock paradox, or with relativity skepticism.
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Predicting the future of music is a dicey bet, even when you extend the footprint back a quarter-century. Ask me now what songs of the past two-and-a-half decades are going to keep getting covered and sampled and versioned and interpolated and otherwise made memetic long after we’re gone, and I doubt I’d have a better … More »
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Earlier this year, Car Seat Headrest released a reimagined version of his 2011 album, Twin Fantasy. Will Toledo and his band have been on tour pretty much ever since, and they just kicked off a new run of dates that will take them through to March of next year. Over the weekend, they … More »
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Big Boi performs OutKast classics during NPR Tiny Desk Concert
Big Boi is bringing back all the nostalgic memories of OutKast. The Savannah, Georgia native is the latest to take on NPR for their Tiny Desk Concert series. The room was immediately filled with good vibes, live instruments, and the soulful R&B and hip-hop vibes from the ’90s.
“The energy in the room was buoyant and vibrant from the moment they walked in the door,” reads a statement from NPR. “OutKast star Big Boi, Sleepy Brown of the prolific Atlanta production collective Organized Noize, and their eight-member backing band have been working together for 20-plus years, and their chemistry is instantaneous and undeniable.”
Watch below as they perform “So Fresh, So Clean,” “All Night” from his solo album, Boomiverse, and “The Way You Move.”
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Aquemini Turns 20
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The horns sit calmly atop the track, precise and regal. The riff they trill out is pretty complicated, but it’s also instantly memorable, a melody that seems familiar the first time you hear it. And you will hear it again and again. You will never stop hearing it. Those horns have become a signifier, a … More »
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Back in May, Donald Glover premiered a striking Childish Gambino music video for his new song, “This Is America.” It was an exciting teaser for a pair of lukewarm tracks that he shared in July, “Summertime Magic” and “Feels Like Summer.” My colleague Chris DeVille titled his The Week In Pop … More »
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Major Lazer take on classic OutKast sample in new “Fire (Spotie) remix
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Taking on Jus Now, Dismantle, and Busy Signal’s “Fire (Spotie)” anchored around he horn breakdown of OutKast’s seminal “SpottieOttieDopaliscious,” Major Lazer inject the uninhibited dancehall belter with an additional burst of dance floor appeal and a wild modified jungle break. The original tune, which came by way of Trinidad-meets-UK duo Jus Now and Busy Signal, who famously lended vocals to Major Lazer’s groundbreaking “Watch Out For This,” is now getting a full circle remix from Diplo, Jillionaire, and Walshy Fire, as the Mad Decent helmer just continues to be the summer’s gift that keeps on giving.
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Q&A with Writer and CalArts Alum Rose Andersen
Rose Anderson’s first book, ‘The Heart and Other Monsters,’ is due out next year. | Image: Courtesy of the artist
Rose Andersen (Critical Studies MFA 18) is the author of the forthcoming memoir The Heart and Other Monsters, a project which began as her MFA thesis for CalArts Creative Writing program. 24700 chatted with Andersen about the book, her time at CalArts and the whirlwind process of putting a manuscript out into the world.
24700: Tell us about your book …
Rose Andersen: The Heart and Other Monsters is the story of my sister’s life and death. She died when she was 24; she was a drug addict, and it was an overdose. Initially, we thought it was just an accidental overdose, but as time went on, information came out that she may have died under suspicious circumstances. So the book ended up being like a love letter to her life and an investigation of her death.
24700: What was the process of writing like for you, diving into such a heavy moment in your life?
RA: I was ordering coroner’s reports and trial transcripts and reading through her teenage diaries and interviewing people. Addiction had separated us for so long that it was sort of also just me trying to figure out the parts of her life that I did not have access to. I was 30 when she died at 24, but we started drinking and using around the same time – I was 19 and she was like 14, 15. But then I got sober at 24. She did not. So there are a lot of parallels and then at some point we make really different choices. Much of the book is just trying to fill in those blank spaces.
24700: How or when did you know this was a project you wanted to undertake?
RA: I think I knew right away – right after she died, even before I knew about any of the suspicious circumstances. I knew that if I was going to be a writer, this would have to be my first book. My submission material for CalArts was actually a very rough version of some things that ended up in the book. I came in knowing exactly what I wanted my thesis to be, so I was working on it from the very beginning, which is good and bad because I think people discover really neat things while they’re here. But it gave me a focus and two years to really, really commit to doing that project. I also had Brian Evenson as my mentor, and I can’t speak highly enough of him. He’s been extremely helpful and supportive.
Rose Andersen, Char Simpson and Sara Selevitch at their MFA Thesis reading titled ‘Future Ghost Museum.’ The event was part of the annual Next Words series and took place at Non-Plus Ultra in April 2018 | Image: Rose Andersen
24700: What was it like to bring chapters to workshops at CalArts?
RA: I had a really lovely cohort that was incredibly supportive of my work. They were gentle but gave critique, which is exactly what I needed. Sometimes, I was a little afraid of overwhelming people, because I explicitly describe my sister’s death, but everyone was right there with me. I actually don’t know if I could have done it without that kind of community.
24700: So when it came to integrating all these documents you mention – transcripts and coroner’s reports – were you mostly synthesizing the information and weaving it into the narrative? Or does the manuscript include images and file scans?
RA: In my original submission to my agent, there were no images. My editor was interested in seeing photos of my sister and family, so now we are incorporating a number of photographs in the book. I also have journal entries, letters, newspapers articles and court documents quoted throughout.
24700: Can you talk a bit about forming that relationship with your editor at Bloomsbury?
RA: Yes, she’s amazing. My editor, Callie Garnett, is actually a poet, and I feel very lucky to work with her. She has this incredible tenderness, but still gives her opinion, and I think that’s rarer than people think.
24700: That sounds really special. What was the process of procuring your editor/ agent and sending your manuscript out?
RA: I got referred to an agent and I sent the manuscript to him within two week of graduation, and so I very quickly had to learn how to write a query letter and all of those formalities. By mid-summer he had read it and offered me representation. So I accepted, and it all happened very quickly. I did a round of edits and then he submitted to editors early this year. After the first round of outreach, I had some interest, but ultimately Bloomsbury was the best fit because they understood the heart of the book. It’s a weird little book. I mean, it’s short and it’s strange and it’s dark. It’s not a happy memoir where everyone’s okay at the end. During my first phone call with Bloomsbury, there were like 10 people on the line, and they were all women. And it’s not that the book won’t resonate for men, but I think in particular women who’ve had sisters will understand it maybe on a different level.
24700: What was the process like after choosing Bloomsbury?
RA: It takes months for a contract to get written up, but in the meantime, I was working on edits. Initially, they wanted me to publish in winter 2021, but they moved it up to next summer because there were less edits than expected. I feel like I’ve been really lucky. Bloomsbury has been remarkably supportive.
Rose Andersen reading at REDCAT as part of Next Words: Rock Flour, the final MFA Creative Writing showcase for the 2018 class | Image: Rose Andersen
24700: Do you have other writing projects happening right now? Or is preparing for the book release sort of an all-consuming task?
RA: Yeah, I’m working on a novel now that has nothing to do with me. And that’s great. I’m like, ‘let’s take a break from my experience.’ It’s about a therapist who doesn’t feel empathy, so I’ve been reading a ton about sociopaths. My goal is to have a draft of the novel done by the time this book comes out. Besides copy edits and asking for blurbs, my duties for The Heart and Other Monsters are relatively light right now.
24700: Does it feel different to be working on this novel in a self-directed manner versus the way you really dove into the memoir in tandem with an MFA program?
RA: Yes! I have a really hard time having an actual writing practice which I know sounds silly given that I wrote a book. But part of why I went to grad school was so I could have the accountability. I’m just trying to keep going forward, little by little.
24700: It seems like it‘s been working. You had some other pieces published online recently, correct?
RA: I had a piece come out in and another one in . The one in The Cut is a modified essay from the book about my stepfather, who was this famous environmentalist and peace activist who was also an alcoholic and overall pretty terrible at home. That essay tries to address the ways in which communities need to hold their own people accountable, particularly liberal white men. The Glamour piece is not from my book. It’s about the vaginal reconstruction surgery I had about five years ago, and sort of finding my pleasure from that.
24700: And what made you decide to pitch your writing out into the digital realm to publications like that?
RA: I remember Roxane Gay was our visiting writer one year at CalArts, and someone asked her if she had a single piece of advice for the students. She said yes, learn to write an essay, because that’s what’s going to get you seen in the world. And it’s absolutely true. It gives you a much bigger platform and you connect with a lot more readers when you publish pieces like that. So I guess that’s sort of what I’m trying to do now, building my writing career. I’m also working on an archival project with Janet Sarbanes for the CalArts 50th Anniversary next year. That, combined with freelance writing, keeps me feeling productive but still gives me time to do the editing I need to do.
24700: So when can we look out for more news about The Heart and Other Monsters?
RA: The marketing push and advanced reader copies will begin at the end of 2019, and the book will have its official release on July 7, 2020.
24700: Congratulations! We can’t wait.
RA: Thank you! Yeah, I guess I was lucky. But it also feels like – and I know it sounds super cheesy – but like there is a certain magic to it. I truly don’t know if I’ll ever write a book like this again, because there’s some magic that comes with writing about something that you love so, so dearly. But truth be told, I’m okay with that. I just hope that that magic will propel it forward and it will be his special, neat thing that exists in the world.
The Heart and Other Monsters hits shelves next summer. In the mean time, keep up to date with Rose via her website:
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What Is Laryngitis? Laryngitis Causes and Treatment
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By Culture Shock on 25 February 2010
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What is Laryngitis? Laryngitis is an inflammation of the larynx due to overuse, irritation or infection. Inside the larynx are the vocal cords. The irritation causes a hoarse voice or the complete loss of the voice.
Normally the vocal cords open and close smoothly. They form sounds through their movement and vibration. In laryngitis, the vocal cords become inflamed or irritated. This swelling causes distortion of the sounds produced by air passing over them. As a result, the voice sounds hoarse. Symptoms of laryngitis include hoarseness, loss of voice, and sore throat.
According to Medilexicon’s medical dictionary:
Laryngitis is “Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx.”
Laryngitis may be short-lived (acute) or long lasting (chronic). Most cases of laryngitis are triggered by a temporary viral infection or vocal strain and are not serious.
The larynx
The larynx is a tube-like structure found at the entrance of the trachea. The lump at the front of the throat, commonly known as the Adam’s apple, is the larynx. It has three main functions:
It helps channel oxygen into the trachea when breathing.
It acts like a valve, closing off the trachea when swallowing to prevent food or liquid from entering the airways.
It contains two membranes (the vocal cords) which vibrate as air passes through them, producing the sound of the voice.
When these membranes become inflamed, they cannot vibrate properly. This leads to the loss of voice associated with laryngitis.
Types of laryngitis
There are two main types of laryngitis:
Acute laryngitis
Symptoms do not last longer than three weeks. Infection is the most common cause of acute laryngitis. This is usually a viral infection, such as the common cold. Other causes of acute laryngitis include misusing or overusing the voice, for example by shouting or singing too loud. Many professional singers have episodes of acute laryngitis.
Chronic laryngitis
Symptoms persist for longer than three weeks. It can be caused by cigarette smoke, alcohol, gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) where acid leaks back up into the throat, environmental factors (dust, fumes and chemicals) and infections.
It is difficult to estimate how common acute laryngitis is because most people do not report their symptoms to their doctor. However, it is thought to be the most common condition to affect the larynx.
Most people will make a full recovery within three weeks without developing complications.
The outlook for chronic laryngitis will depend on the underlying cause. If the condition is due to factors such as smoking or drinking alcohol, the symptoms should get better if the person stops smoking or drinking.
What are the signs and symptoms of laryngitis?
A symptom is something the patient feels and reports, while a sign is something other people, such as the doctor detect. For example, pain may be a symptom while a rash may be a sign.
Symptoms of acute laryngitis can begin suddenly and usually get worse over a period of two to three days. After this time, symptoms should improve. The symptoms of laryngitis include:
a constant need to clear your throat
difficulty breathing (in children)
difficulty speaking
irritating cough
mild fever
throat pain
tickling sensation and rawness of the throat
weak voice or voice loss
swollen lymph glands in the throat, chest, or face
increase production of saliva in the mouth
sensation of swelling in the area of the larynx
Coughing can be a symptom of, or a factor in causing laryngitis. In some cases, people who have laryngitis may not be able to talk at all, or may only be able to whisper or croak. This will usually get worse. It happens because the vocal cords are inflamed.
Other symptoms
Laryngitis is often linked to another illness, such as a cold, flu, throat infection or tonsillitis. Therefore, a number of other symptoms may be experienced, such as swollen neck glands, runny nose, pain on swallowing and feeling tired and achy.
Chronic laryngitis takes longer to develop and can last for weeks or even months. It can lead to lasting hoarseness as a result of permanent damage to the larynx. Chronic laryngitis can recur. This is common in people who overuse their voice and are unable to rest their voice for any length of time, such as professional singers or teachers.
Occasionally, swelling of the larynx may cause breathing difficulties. This is not common in adults but can occur in young children who have smaller, narrower windpipes.
Seek medical help if a child experiences difficulty breathing.
What are the causes of laryngitis?
Most cases of laryngitis last less than a few weeks and are caused by something minor. In some cases, laryngitis is caused by something more serious or long lasting.
Most cases of laryngitis are temporary and improve after the underlying cause gets better. Causes of acute laryngitis include:
Viral infections such as a cold or the flu
Vocal strain, caused by yelling or overusing the voice
Viruses such as measles or mumps
Bacterial infections such as diphtheria (rarely)
The varicella-zoster virus (the virus that causes herpes)
Fungal infections, such as thrush (candidiasis) or aspergillosis (rarely)
People with weakened immune systems, due to conditions such as HIV or as a result of treatments such as chemotherapy or steroid medication, are thought to be most at risk from fungal laryngitis.
Prolonged speaking, singing and very loud shouting or signing can cause the vocal cords to vibrate at a faster rate than they should. The excessive vibration can damage the surface of the vocal cords, causing them to become inflamed.
Less common causes of laryngitis include:
direct trauma to the larynx, such as a blow to the throat, an injury sustained during a car accident or a sports injury
chronic coughing
persistent and frequent clearing of the throat
Laryngitis that lasts more than three weeks is known as chronic laryngitis. It is generally caused over time by irritants. It can result in vocal cord strain, injuries or growths on the vocal cord. These injuries can be caused by:
Acid reflux, also called gastro esophageal reflux disease (GERD)
Excessive alcohol use. The active ingredient in alcohol (ethanol) contains many impurities that can irritate the larynx.
Regular overuse of the voice
Inhaled irritants, such as chemical fumes, allergens or smoking. Allergic reactions to substances.
Smoking. Persistent exposure to tobacco smoke can cause long-term inflammation of the larynx.
Less common causes of chronic laryngitis include:
Bacterial or fungal infections
Infections with certain parasites
Vocal cord paralysis. It can result from injury, stroke or a lung tumor, or other health conditions.
What are the risk factors of laryngitis?
A risk factor is something which increases the likelihood of developing a condition or disease. For example, obesity significantly raises the risk of developing diabetes type 2. Therefore, obesity is a risk factor for diabetes type 2.
Risk factors for laryngitis include:
Exposure to irritating substances, such as cigarette smoke, excessive alcohol, stomach acid or workplace chemicals
Having a respiratory infection, such as a cold, bronchitis or sinusitis
Overuse of the voice, by speaking too much, speaking too loudly, shouting or singing
When to seek medical advice?
Most acute cases of laryngitis can be managed with self-care steps, such as resting the voice, drinking plenty of fluids, sucking on lozenges, and breathing humidified air.
Seek medical advice if hoarseness lasts for more than two weeks.
Seek medical advice immediately if your child appears to have severe symptoms caused by croup. Croup is the inflammation of the larynx and the airway just beneath it. It can usually be treated at home. Seek immediate medical attention if the child:
Drools more than usual
Has a fever higher than 103 F (39 C)
Has difficulty breathing
Has trouble swallowing
Makes noisy, high-pitched breathing sounds when inhaling
How is laryngitis diagnosed?
Acute laryngitis is usually a condition that will get better by itself without the need for treatment. Therefore, a medical diagnosis is not usually required.
Medical advice may be needed if:
breathing difficulties are experienced
additional symptoms are experienced that suggest there is a more serious infection, such as high temperature (fever) above 38°C (100.4°F) and swollen glands (usually in the neck)
symptoms last for longer than three weeks
If symptoms last for longer than three weeks, lifestyle or occupational factors will be reviewed, such as:
drinking alcohol
overusing voice
being exposed to potentially allergic substances
Blood tests may be needed as well as taking a small tissue sample from the throat using a swab to check for the presence of a viral, bacterial or fungal infection.
If a reason for the chronic laryngitis cannot be found, there may be referral to an ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist for further testing.
The ENT specialist may recommend an MRI scan, CT scan and a biopsy (where a sample of tissue is taken to check for the presence of cancerous cells) to rule out laryngeal cancer (cancer of the larynx).
Laryngeal cancer is uncommon. However, it is important to confirm or rule out a diagnosis as soon as possible because the sooner laryngeal cancer is diagnosed, the more effective treatment will be.
Other tests that may be used include:
a skin allergy test to check whether there are allergies to certain substances
chest and neck X-ray to check for any abnormalities, such as an unusual narrowing or swelling of the larynx
laryngoscopy, which is a test where the larynx is examined using a mirror (an indirect laryngoscopy) or a fiber-optic camera (a direct laryngoscopy). This involves inserting a thin, flexible tube (endoscope) with a tiny camera and light through the nose or mouth and into the back of the throat. It can be used to check if the tissue of the larynx has been damaged as a result of gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) or other causes.
A direct laryngoscopy is not painful, but the fiber-optic camera may trigger the gag reflex, which can make someone vomit. To avoid this happening, the procedure is usually performed under sedation or local or general anesthetic.
What is the treatment for laryngitis?
Acute laryngitis usually gets better without treatment within a week. To help vocal cords heal, it is important not to smoke and to avoid smoky environments and follow some recommendations:
Avoid excessive swallowing or coughing because it will irritate vocal cords.
Drink plenty of fluids, particularly water, even though swallowing may be painful. This will avoid dehydration. Avoid alcohol and caffeine.
Gargling with a mouthwash of warm, salty water. Sucking lozenges may help soothe a sore throat. Various gargling solutions are available over-the-counter (OTC) from pharmacies. Gargle for three to four minutes, but do not swallow the solution.
Giving the voice a rest as much as possible. Avoid shouting, singing, talking or whispering for long periods. Overuse of the voice when the vocal cords are swollen may make the inflammation worse. It might take longer for the normal voice to return.
Menthol inhalation and air humidifiers may help to clear the airways.
Most cases of infectious laryngitis are caused by viruses. Antibiotics are not routinely prescribed. If testing shows that that there is a bacterial infection, antibiotics may be prescribed.
Taking painkillers at regular intervals, such as paracetamol, acetaminophen or ibuprofen may ease any symptoms associated headaches and fever. Children under 16 years of age should not take aspirin.
Breathe moist air: Inhale steam from a bowl of hot water or a hot shower.
If laryngitis is due to a bacterial or fungal infection, the patient may be prescribed a course of antibiotics or anti-fungal medication.
The recommended treatment for chronic laryngitis will depend on its underlying cause.
Smoking: Stop smoking if this is causing the symptoms.
Alcohol: If excessive alcohol consumption is irritating the larynx, drink in moderation. The recommended daily alcohol limits are 3 to 4 units of alcohol for men, and 2 to 3 units for women. (A unit is equal to about half a pint of normal strength lager, a small glass of wine (25ml or 0.84 fluid ounces)).
Gastro-esophageal reflux disease: If chronic laryngitis is due to gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD), additional treatment may be required to control symptoms. One option for treating GERD is to use proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs). PPIs reduce the amount of acid that is produced by the stomach. The patient may be instructed to take a medication such as Zantac or Prilosec for a period of 4 to 6 weeks.
Allergic reaction: Identify and avoid the specific substance that causes the allergic reaction. However, if this is not possible, antihistamines (a type of anti-allergy medication) can be used to help control an allergic response.
Use of voice: If the chronic laryngitis symptoms are due to misuse or overuse of the voice, vocal therapy may be beneficial. It is a type of speech and language therapy that:
studies how you use your voice
looks at how this may contribute to your symptoms
provides you with information and advice about what changes you can make to prevent further damage to your larynx
Medications used in some cases include:
Corticosteroids. In some cases, corticosteroids can help reduce vocal cord inflammation. However, this treatment is only used when there is an urgent need to treat laryngitis. For instance, when the patient needs to use their voice to sing, give a speech or oral presentation. It may be recommended in some cases when a toddler has laryngitis associated with croup.
To prevent dryness or irritation to the vocal cords:
Do not smoke, avoid secondhand smoke. Smoke dries the throat and irritates the vocal cords.
Drink plenty of water. Fluids help keep the mucus in the throat thin and easy to clear.
Avoid clearing the throat. This can be harmful. It causes an abnormal vibration of the vocal cords and can increase swelling. It also causes the throat to secrete more mucus and feel more irritated, making the person want to clear their throat again.
Avoid upper respiratory infections. Get your annual flu shot if your doctor recommends it. Wash hands often and avoid contact with people who have upper respiratory infections such as colds.
Good personal hygiene. Washing hands before and after eating and after using the toilet.
Avoiding people who are ill, particularly if you are prone to laryngitis.
Avoiding irritants, particularly if you have a cold or other respiratory infection.
Raising the head off the bed with pillows when sleeping. This will protect the larynx from any acid reflux from the stomach during sleep.
Professional singers or people who regularly use their voice excessively are particularly prone to laryngitis and should receive proper training so they do not damage or misuse their voice.
The following self-care tips may ease the symptoms of laryngitis:
Avoid decongestants. These medications can dry out the throat.
Avoid talking or singing too loudly or for too long. When speaking before large groups, try to use a microphone or megaphone.
Avoid whispering. This puts even more strain on your voice than normal speech does.
Give your voice a break. Rest your voice when possible.
Inhale steam. Breathe in steam from a bowl of hot water or a hot shower.
Moisten your throat. By sucking on lozenges, gargling with salt water or chewing a piece of gum.
Use a humidifier. Keep the air moist at home.
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Dracula Legend started in Romania
Is Halloween season and Dracula's Legend continues to fascinate people from all over the world, remaining one of the best entertainment attractions of this period.
Bran Castle aka Dracula's Castle/ Castelul Bran, Romania
Dracula brand was created by the Irish writer Bram Stoker in his 1897 horror novel of the same name and represented a fictional character, perhaps the most famous vampire in fiction. Radu Florescu and Raymond McNally in 1972 wrote "In Search of Dracula" where discussed about the connection between Vlad Tepes and Dracula. Following them, Stoker did find the name Dracula in his reading on Romanian history and has based his story on the historic Wallachian ruler Vlad III, also known as Vlad Tepes , "Vlad the Impaler". Tales of the supernatural had been circulating in Romanian folklore for centuries, and many of them were inspired by real-life characters of national heroes.
"Dracula" name is derived from a secret fraternal order of knights called the Order of the Dragon . "Dragon" in Romanian is "drac", derived from Latin "draco". Vlad II Dracul, "son of the Dragon" Mircea the Old, was admitted to this Order around 1431 because of his bravery. His son inherited his name and was named Vlad III Dracul (Vlad Tepes). Vlad "The Impaler" (1456– 1462) is a folk hero by Romanians history, brave and military strategist when fighting against invading Turks. Was famous also because was fair and have killed thousands of people for any acts of dishonesty in his attempts to maintain order, mainly by using the method of impaling them on a sharp pole.
"When a man or lord is strong and powerful he can make peace whichever way he wishes yet, when he is weak, someone stronger will come onto him and submit him to his mercy." Vlad The Impaler's letter to the people of Brasov, on the 10th of September 1456 according to Nicolae Stoicescu in "Vlad Tepes" book from 1976.
Poenari Citadel / Cetatea Poenari, Romania
The character of Count Dracula has remained popular over the years, the total number of films that include a reference to Dracula may reach few hundreds movies, according to the Internet Movie Database, the most popular being Tod Browning's film "Dracula" from 1931 and Francis Ford Coppola's film "Dracula" from 1992 featured by 'Lovesong for a Vampire' by Annie Lennox and starring Gary Oldman and Winona Ryder.
Like Frankenstein, Dracula has inspired many literary tributes or parodies and has been adapted for children's literature and entertainment, serving as the basis for several vampire cartoon characters over the years and few series of video games.
Dracula became the most popular Romanian symbol abroad, and Romanians have accepted with difficulty the connection between Vlad Tepes and the most popular vampire monster, but nowadays there are few touristic sites in Romania that are associated with his name. In the Sighisoara Town tourists can visit the house in which Vlad was born, now hosting a restaurant and a small museum of medieval weapons.
Bran Castle, an important Romanian monument, is said that was owned by the Dracula and is promoted as "Dracula's Castle", even Vlad Tepes had only a tangential connection with it.
Bran Castle was built by Braşov Saxons in 1382 and made a role of defender against the Turkish invasion when Vlad Ţepeş was beating a retreat through the Transylvanian countryside but this was not his home, he only may lived for a very short time and only as a guest. Is situated 30 km from Brasov, between the Bucegi Mountains and Piatra Craiului, and this region inspired "The Carpatian Castle" written by Jules Verne.
The real place where Vlad Tepes has lived is Poenari Citadel (Cetatea Poenari in Romanian) on the Arges River valley, close to the Fagaras Mountains.
This ruined castle stands on a cliff, on the right side of the Transfagarasan Road which climbs into the Fagaras Mountains. Initial the main citadel of the Basarab rulers from Wallachia, Poenari Castle was repaired and consolidated by Vlad The Impaler who making it one of his main fortresses. Abandoned and left in ruins, the walls and its towers still stand today and to reach it visitors need to climb 1,500 steps.
Other sites where he lived for a while are The Old Princely Court (Palatul Curtea veche) in Bucharest and Snagov Monastery where, according to legend, his remains were buried.
These beautiful and ancient places where Dracula's Legend was born represent a benchmark of Romanian tourism for visitors from everywhere who intend to take part in it. The mixture between legend and true history are being kept alive by tourist destinations like the Snagov Monastery near Bucharest, Bran Castle near Brasov, Poenari Citadel on the Arges River Valley or Sighisoara Medieval Town (view next map for details)
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Beautiul Castles. Thanks for the tour.
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I had no idea. That is too cool. Thanks for sharing. I'd love to see that castle in person someday.
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Fascinating. I love the melding of legend and history.
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by Aditi Sharma · January 25, 2015
“I aspire to build an iconic realty project to mark Indore on the international radar.”
– Abhishek Jhaveri, Managing Director, Silver Springs
At age 16, when most teenagers are trapped in uncertainties of choosing the right future path, Abhishek Jhaveri was already working on his first realty project.
Hailing from a family dealing in realty business for years, he made an early start by joining father and famous real estate player Mukesh Jhaveri.
Abhishek says, “I have learnt everything from my father. He paved way for my early start.” The first five years gave him the needed insights into the realty industry. By the time Abhishek was 20, he was not only fully conversant with the nuances of running a large real estate business but also fully appreciated the vast potential of this segment in Indore.
He adds, “While my family background made me choose the realty industry, the immense market opportunities drove my passion further.”
After investing 15 long years in real estate, he thinks, “To say, ‘I want to do that because I have seen other people do it and it works’, is not enough. You need to have something that isn’t obvious, and you have got to have faith in it and stick with it.”
[pullquote-right] “While my family background made me choose the realty industry, the immense market opportunities drove my passion further.” [/pullquote-right] The city of Indore is definitely transforming in size, demographics and business opportunities. It is getting close to becoming a metropolitan. What I like about Indore is that it gives me a balance in my life – both socially and professionally. It has best of both the worlds – while you have new malls cropping up every day, that ‘small town connect’ is also not lost.
Abhishek Jhaveri with father, Mr. Mukesh Jhaveri
When asked about his inspiration, he shares, “As long as you enjoy what you are doing, that in itself keeps you inspired and self motivated. You must enjoy the process.”
“Silver Springs is closest to my heart; it has been my favourite, most challenging project. Dream Projects require a lot of work and sacrifice – especially at the beginning; so it is crucial to have a strong passion for whatever you are doing because you will need that passion and drive to keep you going through the tough times too.”
Also, in a rapidly changing global market scenario, innovation holds the key to business success. “Sometimes business people ignore the creative side until they really need it. Making sure that your life has a balance of the arts is a great way to stay engaged creatively. The same is what we install in our projects as well. We bring in a certain wow-factor in every concept, every design to ensure we have that creative balance.”
[pullquote-left]“One important lesson my father taught me is ‘to be a good professional, one has to be a good human being’. This became the very foundation of how I perform in business, and in life too.”[/pullquote-left]On his mantras of success – what made him Abhishek Jhaveri – he shares, “I have three simple mantras of success: Firstly, there really is no substitute to hard work; secondly, nothing works better than honesty; a businessman should practice this; it is not a duty of the saints. And finally, believe in the age-old tradition of karma. Perform the action without getting bothered with the results. It usually works.”
“I have always kept myself away from cut-throat targets and unhealthy competition. The idea is to stay happy with who you are and what you have.”
Abhishek ponders, “One important lesson my father taught me is ‘to be a good professional, one has to be a good human being’. This became the very foundation of how I perform in business, and in life too.”
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“We, as a group, have a history of responsible business conduct. We strongly believe that real business success is not just about profits measured in numbers but also, as importantly, about how those numbers are achieved. Our corporate strategy reflects our commitment to sustainable business practices, quality realty products and balancing responsibility alongside growth.”
Jhaveri Group projects have been frontrunners in defining the landscape and direction of new Indore. On his vision for the upcoming decade, Abhishek says, “I would like to do a highly iconic project, as memorable as the Twin towers of Malaysia, in Indore; something that stands as an example for centuries; something that redefines Indore for the country and the world.”
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by Stewart Savage | Oct 11, 2019 | Dedicated Members for Change, Odd Fellows
Dear Dedicated Members for Change,
A week does not go by that I don’t get an email from a new member of a Odd Fellows Lodge, voicing a mighty level of frustration. These new Odd Fellows express a level of dismay that ranges from bafflement at one end to virtual defeat at the other extreme. As members of an Odd Fellows Lodge, they are not happy, and they feel thwarted and stymied by other members. The goals of friendship, love and truth are stretched thin in their particular situations.
The frustration almost always boils down to one root cause: The new member (along with other newer members) wants to try some new things, but there is another long-time member (along with other long-time members) who does not. This is the yin and yang in some Lodges. It’s the disconnect between generations. This conflict can take several forms.
One boiling point happens when the new member suggests a new concept. The new member might have an idea for a social function at the Lodge or a charitable project in the community. But no matter what is suggested, the new member is shut down and sometimes put down. The words might be, “We can’t do that,” or “We tried that before and it doesn’t work,” or “That’s not permitted by the Code”, or simply “That’s a dumb idea.” The members who so readily shut down or put down the new idea seem to forget that EVERYTHING we do as Odd Fellows was once a new idea suggested by a member.
Another flash point is sparked when long-time members hold onto certain Lodge positions as if their very lives depended on it, and never let go. No one should have life-time tenure in an office in the Lodge. No one is indispensable. We elect officers; we don’t crown royalty. It’s healthy to have many people serve over time. And it’s perfectly all right for the newer members to make mistakes – that’s how we grow and learn. Long-time members should – in the spirit of FLT – assume the role of mentors when newer members are ready to step up.
Some long-time, old-time members will stop at nothing to prevent change – to the point of changing the rules, even to the point of using those changed rules to keep new members out of the Lodge. I recently became aware of a Lodge which was ball balloting on new initiates. The long-time members argued strenuously that just black cubes cast against an initiate means that the applicant is rejected and could not be initiated. Trouble with that is that the three black cube rejection model was thrown out many years ago – that is no longer the rule in Odd Fellowship. A simple majority of white balls is all that is required to admit a new member. The old days – when three “no-change-on-my-watch” members could reject a new member – are long gone. But that didn’t stop them from trying.
It’s the immovable object meeting the irresistible force. But the immovable object ultimately cannot prevail because it is limited by the human lifespan. The irresistible force will eventually prevail because change is natural and inevitable. Even in Odd Fellowship.
F – L – T
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+ <p><b>Trans fat is a waste of our resources:</b><p>The issue with trans fat is that there is no better substitute. The fact that the substitute are also as bad if not worse than trans fat itself. By banning trans fat, restaurants all over the United States will have to take on these substitute thus undermining the work of the government. This process is a waste of our resources as the government will have to spend huge amount of money in the process of banning trans fat without getting any positive outcome.
+ "he trans fat ban would only have clear benefits if it were to cause a general reduction in overconsumption (whatever that is) of high-fat foods -- but a restaurant ban on one ingredient is a pretty inefficient way of getting to that result. And any increase in costs to consumers without corresponding benefits is a waste of money.
+ In response, some have argued that switching to non-trans fat oils will be no more expensive." http://www.acsh.org/factsfears/newsID.892/news_detail.asp
*'''Other foods harmful, singling out trans fats is arbitrary.''' [http://www.nfib.com/nfib-in-my-state/nfib-in-my-state-content?cmsid=56923 Kim Clarke Maisch, State Director National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). "Trans-Fat Ban Unhealthy for Small Business."]: "Sugar is unhealthy. Salt is unhealthy. Runny eggs, rare meat, processed flour, nearly anything consumed too frequently or excessively is potentially dangerous. America’s obesity problem isn’t the result of regulatory failure and it won’t be solved in Springfield. Better choices, better parenting, exercise and personal restraint are the keys. None of it can be mandated by government." *'''Other foods harmful, singling out trans fats is arbitrary.''' [http://www.nfib.com/nfib-in-my-state/nfib-in-my-state-content?cmsid=56923 Kim Clarke Maisch, State Director National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). "Trans-Fat Ban Unhealthy for Small Business."]: "Sugar is unhealthy. Salt is unhealthy. Runny eggs, rare meat, processed flour, nearly anything consumed too frequently or excessively is potentially dangerous. America’s obesity problem isn’t the result of regulatory failure and it won’t be solved in Springfield. Better choices, better parenting, exercise and personal restraint are the keys. None of it can be mandated by government."
Should trans fats be banned?
Trans fat is the common name for unsaturated fat with trans-isomer (E-isomer) fatty acid(s). It can be found in Oreos, cup-cakes, french fries, deep-fried dishes, croissants, and other foods. It is so unhealthy for individuals that many legislators have proposed and executed bans of the use of trans fats in restaurants, and in some cases in grocery goods as well.
New York City was the first US city to successfully ban trans fats in December of 2006. Philadelphia followed in October of 2007. San Francisco, Seattle, and Chicago have all passed similar bans or limitations since. Many other legislatures in the US are pursuing bans. Denmark was the first country to effectively ban trans fats in 2003, with Switzerland following in 2009. The debate continues in many other countries and localities. While many believe that the world might be healthier without the substance, others contend that trans fats have a particularly delicious taste, and serve the functional purpose of extending the shelf-life of foods. Opponents of a ban also criticize efforts by the government to protect consumers by limiting their choices, calling this "infantilization" and "nannying." But supporters respond that trans fats are so widespread in restaurants and products (often without labeling) that consumers really don't have an informed "choice" in consuming the fat. And while many argue that banning trans fats is like trying to ban tobacco or alcohol, supporters respond that trans fats are only an ingredient (not a whole product category) for which their are replacement ingredients that can maintain the taste and quality of the final food products. These and other arguments are outlined below.
Health: Are trans fats uniquely unhealthy, deserving ban?
Trans fats are uniquely bad for human health "Ban Trans Fats." Washington Post Editorial. November 6th, 2006: "The evidence that doctors and public health experts presented makes you think twice about picking up a Whopper: Trans fats, which are chemically engineered, decrease levels of desirable cholesterol while increasing harmful cholesterol; they increase dangerous inflammation that can contribute to the onset of diabetes; and they harden artery walls, which increases blood pressure. Trans fats are much worse than even naturally occurring -- and still very unhealthy -- saturated fats such as those found in butter. Dariush Mozaffarian, a Harvard cardiologist and epidemiologist, calculated that up to 22 percent of heart attacks in the United States are the result of trans fat consumption."
Banning trans fats means saving thousands of lives "Ban trans fats and thousands of lives will be saved, UK told." Independent. April 16th, 2010: "Even a 1 per cent fall in use of the fats, as a proportion of total daily calories, would prevent an estimated 11,000 heart attacks and save 7,000 lives a year in England alone. Consumption of trans fats in developed nations ranges from 2-4 per cent of total calorie intake, they say. [...] In New York, voluntary efforts to reduce their use failed, but when they were banned in 2007 the proportion of New York restaurants using trans fats fell from 50 per cent to less than 2 per cent. (Some trans fats occur naturally so they cannot be totally eliminated.) Fears that trans fats would be replaced with saturated animal fat, which is also bad for health, have proved unfounded. Writing in the British Medical Journal, Dariush Mozaffarian, assistant professor of medicine, and Meir Stampfer, professor of epidemiology at Harvard, say removing industrial trans fats is 'one of the most straightforward public health strategies for rapid improvements in health.' A ban would save lives, be easy to implement yet have no impact on the price, sales, taste or availability of the affected foods, they say."
Trans fats increase risk of female infertility
Trans fats have created health crisis worthy of ban. Bans should be reserved for very serious health crises. The obesity, heart attacks, and death caused by the presence of trans fats in diets is such a crisis. A ban is, thus, an appropriate regulatory response.
No amount of trans fats healthy, unlike other fats. Catherine Winters. "How to Spot Sneaky Fat: The Truth About Hidden Trans Fats." Ladies Home Journal: "While we know what a healthy level of saturated fat is (10 percent or less of your daily calories), no one knows what a healthy level would be for trans fatty acids."
Trans fats are a man-made type of fat. Natural fats are one thing. But trans fats are entirely man-made creations, and are significantly worse for individuals than natural fats. For this reason, it is reasonable to consider banning them.
Trans fat is a waste of our resources:<p>The issue with trans fat is that there is no better substitute. The fact that the substitute are also as bad if not worse than trans fat itself. By banning trans fat, restaurants all over the United States will have to take on these substitute thus undermining the work of the government. This process is a waste of our resources as the government will have to spend huge amount of money in the process of banning trans fat without getting any positive outcome. "he trans fat ban would only have clear benefits if it were to cause a general reduction in overconsumption (whatever that is) of high-fat foods -- but a restaurant ban on one ingredient is a pretty inefficient way of getting to that result. And any increase in costs to consumers without corresponding benefits is a waste of money. In response, some have argued that switching to non-trans fat oils will be no more expensive." http://www.acsh.org/factsfears/newsID.892/news_detail.asp
Other foods harmful, singling out trans fats is arbitrary. Kim Clarke Maisch, State Director National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). "Trans-Fat Ban Unhealthy for Small Business.": "Sugar is unhealthy. Salt is unhealthy. Runny eggs, rare meat, processed flour, nearly anything consumed too frequently or excessively is potentially dangerous. America’s obesity problem isn’t the result of regulatory failure and it won’t be solved in Springfield. Better choices, better parenting, exercise and personal restraint are the keys. None of it can be mandated by government."
People will consume other harmful foods if not trans fats. "In Defense of Trans Fat." Fox News: "even if trans fats were eliminated, the proposal would prove laughably ineffective. While the law would curtail onion rings, for example, it would remain perfectly legal to gorge oneself on Häagen-Dazs or Hershey Bars — both unhealthy foods that contain no trans fat."
Alternatives to trans fats aren't much healthier. Kim Clarke Maisch, State Director National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). "Trans-Fat Ban Unhealthy for Small Business.": "the main alternative to trans-fat isn’t much healthier. In most cases, food makers will move to saturated fat, which carries all of the same health risks. The ban is therefore unlikely to have a perceptible effect on public health. So what’s the point, beyond the fleeting public relations boost that it gives to politicians who favor symbolism over substance?"
Trans fats extend shelf life of foods. Trans fats serve an important function of extending the shelf life of products. This is very important from a number of angles. First, it means products will last longer and be more economical to producers and consumers alike. Second, it means individuals are less likely to accidentally consume spoiled food and become sick as a result.
Trans fats are tasty and offer enjoyment to consumers. Catherine Winters. "How to Spot Sneaky Fat: The Truth About Hidden Trans Fats." Ladies Home Journal: "They're what keep foods from turning rancid on grocery store shelves and give croissants their flakiness. They keep muffins moist, make fries and chips finger-licking good, and satisfy my sweet tooth." The enjoyment of such tasty foods has a qualitative value to one's emotions, happiness, and subsequently to one's health.
Trans fats occur naturally in many forms. Trans fats do occur naturally in low levels in foods such as milk, beef, and lamb. Trans fats are, in their most basic form, just solidified fats. Since they can occur naturally, it is obviously wrong to call them purely "man-made" fats. And, the fact that they occur naturally diminishes some of the more purist, moralist arguments against such "man made" creations.
Govt vs. markets: Does govt have a legitimate place here?
Govt experts needed to protect citizens from trans fats. "The Trans Fats Ban--Posner's Response to Comments." The Becker Posner Blog. December 24th, 2006: "one can never expect government to get things just right, given the play of politics. There are always going to be silly regulations, but that is not a compelling argument for having no regulations at all. The commenters who denounce the 'nanny state' do not indicate what if any regulations they approve of. Do they think there should be no inspections of restaurants by health inspectors? No regulation at all of food or drug safety by the Food and Drug Administration? Some commenters think that people should be encouraged to study the dangers of trans fats and make their own judgments about what to eat. But people have limited time to do research on such matters. It makes sense to delegate the research to a central authority, so that instead of 300 million people trying to learn about trans fats and every other lurking menace, a handful of experts conducts the research and when it is reasonably obvious how we would react if we were informed of its results, implement the proper response. Surely our capacity to absorb information is quite limited and we must rely on the research of others for most of what we know and the knowledge of others for our protection."
Trans fats "unsafe" under regulatory standards. "Ban Trans Fats." Washington Post Editorial. November 6th, 2006: "Currently, the FDA considers all uses of trans fats to be 'generally regarded as safe,' a designation that allows food producers to use trans fats liberally. According to the FDA, however, 'safe' means 'a reasonable certainty in the minds of competent scientists that the substance is not harmful under its intended conditions of use' -- a criterion that trans fats no longer satisfy. Federal regulators should promptly move to revoke the 'generally regarded as safe' status for most -- if not all -- uses of trans fats, which would effectively eliminate trans fats from American food. Leaving local jurisdictions to regulate trans fats, on the other hand, is an unnecessarily arduous way to stop their use."
Trans fat ban needn't be whole solution to be good. Some claim trans fats aren't the whole problem with people's health and that they contribute only a little bit to the overall health issues faced by individuals. They claim that making good choices overall is the most important factor. But none of this negates the fact that banning trans fats can make a positive contribution in reducing obesity and heart disease. That a ban can have any such significant effect makes banning trans fats a worthwhile endeavor. Solving all or even most of our health problems is too high a bar to judge a ban.
Poor and young are unfairly vulnerable to trans fats. Professor Alan Maryon-Davis, president of the UK Faculty of Public Health said in 2010: "There are great differences in the amount of trans-fats consumed by different people and we are particularly concerned about young people and those with little disposable income who eat a lot of this type of food. This is a major health inequalities issue."[1]
Trans fat ban creates slippery slope to further nannying George Mason University economist Don Boudreaux asks what a trans fats ban is a model for: "Petty tyranny? Or perhaps for similarly inspired bans on other voluntary activities with health risks? Clerking in convenience stores? Walking in the rain?"[2]
Government should inform citizens, not ban trans fats "Banned foods and misinformed consumers." Los Angeles Times. June 20th, 2008: "rather than ban HFCS or trans fats or any of these unhealthy foods, it would be far more effective to embark on an aggressive campaign to education consumers -- much as we've done with tobacco. In the case of trans fats, consumers need to understand what these substances are, why the industry uses them and what the consequences are. If information on trans fats and other "bad" foods were provided within a broader program of nutrition awareness, consumers might gradually eliminate the use of trans fats voluntarily, in the same way that many people have rejected tobacco. I also suspect that, as the public became more fluent in the language of diet and nutrition, the food industry would be less and less inclined to use such ingredients."
Restaurants have voluntarily stopped using trans fats "Editorial: Trans fats are bad, but state ban worse." Chicago Sun Times Editorial. May 15th, 2011: "Many of the nation’s fast-food chains and food manufacturers already have eliminated trans fats from their products or have pledged to phase them out. Case in point: Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest grocer, recently announced a major initiative to voluntarily reduce the sugar and sodium content of its food and remove all trans fats, all in a nod to first lady Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity campaign. And the Illinois Restaurant Association hasn’t come out against the proposed trans fat ban in part, its representatives say, because its members already have stopped using it."
Consumer demands have pushed against trans fats. "Editorial: Trans fats are bad, but state ban worse." Chicago Sun Times Editorial. May 15th, 2011: "consumer demand for healthier options, along with more detailed food labeling requirements, already had begun to push food companies and restaurants in that direction."
Resources for regulating trans fats take from other things. Art Carden. "Life, Liberty And The Pursuit Of Fatty Foods." Forbes. March 4th, 2010: "There is also no such thing as a free 'trans-fat-free' lunch. Restricting trans fat consumption requires resources. Police officers could instead use these resources to enforce laws against crimes like theft, property damage, rape and murder, and educators could use these resources in the classroom. Are educators using their time and resources wisely preventing illegal bake sales and making sure school fundraisers and functions sell only stuff that's on the 'approved' list?"
Choice: Is a ban consistent with consumer choice?
Govt should protect consumers when consumers aren't fully informed. It is all good and great to call for an "education campaign" to inform consumers of what they are eating. But, this is very often just not enough. No matter what the government does, people will simply miss the "instructional" information provided by the government and will continue to consume trans fats without full information regarding its negative effects. In such circumstances, it is the government's job to step in a take action through a ban or other measures.
Trans fats so widespread consumers have little choice When something is so systemically widespread - used in dishes and consumer goods of every kind - it is impossible for citizens to always be aware of the fact that a food has trans fats in them and make the "choice" to eat or not to eat them.
Producers sneak trans fats into foods without consumer knowledge. "Hidden danger - trans fats in foods." Choice. June 26th, 2009: "They rarely rate a mention on the label, but the trans fats hidden in many processed foods are worse for your health than saturated fats. In 2005, CHOICE tested more than 50 processed foods and found many contained trans fats at unacceptably high levels. We’ve retested and can reveal that, while the fast-food chains have reduced their levels of trans fats, and some of the foods we tested previously have eliminated trans fats altogether, others now contain even more than before. Foods such as pies, cakes and doughnuts may contain trans fats without you even knowing about it."
Trans fat ban robs free choice, infantilizes citizens Nick Gillespie. "The Race to Ban What's Bad For Us." Reason. December 11th, 2006: "these bans reduce all of us to the status of children, incapable of making informed choices. Is it quaint to suggest that there's something wrong with that in a country founded on the idea of the individual's rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?"
Enough info for consumers to make choice on trans fats. John Stossel. "What will they ban next?" Real Clear Politics. December 20th, 2006: "In a free society the issue is: Who decides what I eat, the government or me? It's not as though information about trans fats is hard to come by. Scaremongers like the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) are all too happy to tell you about the dangers, and they have no trouble getting their declarations of doom on television and into newspapers."
People free to do things that hurt no one else (eat trans fats). Art Carden. "Life, Liberty And The Pursuit Of Fatty Foods." Forbes. March 4th, 2010: "You might harm yourself when you consume trans fats, but to borrow a phrase from Thomas Jefferson, you neither pick my pocket nor break my leg."
Trans fat bans part of larger trend of infringements. "In defense of trans fats." Fox News Editorial: "this country has now become a land where everything — right down to the foods you put in your body, can be regulated by political mob. Forget 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.' In New York, and increasingly in the nation as a whole — providing one can get enough votes — anything goes. One need not be a Constitutional scholar to understand how this disgusting trend will significantly affect our economy, our liberty and the very essence of the American way of life."
Replacements: Can trans fats be adequately replaced?
Trans fats can be replaced w/o changing taste/price. "Ban Trans Fats." Washington Post Editorial. November 6th, 2006: "We would sympathize with the opponents of the trans fat ban if it weren't so easy and inexpensive to use other, less harmful products without significantly altering the taste of the food. Kraft recently eliminated trans fats from its Oreo cookies. Could you tell? Similarly, Wendy's tested its new frying oil in 370 franchises, and customers didn't notice the difference. Denmark imposed a national ban on trans fats with which even McDonald's has complied. Since trans fats aren't irreplaceable, objections for the sake of consumer freedom are also unconvincing. As with lead added to paint, trans fats are unnecessary additives to consumer products that can cause significant harm -- and many Americans don't even know they are in the restaurant food they are eating."
Few alternatives to trans fats for certain foods. Michael Mason of The New York Times: "for preparing certain kinds of foods, there are few alternatives besides the saturated fats that have long been high on the list of artery-clogging foods."[3]
Transition away from trans fats will be costly. Tina Pantazis, the manager of Dino's Burgers, which operates two hamburger outlets: "The only effect it is going to have on the consumer is that we are going to have to raise our prices."[4]
Vs tobacco/alcohol: Is trans fat ban like banning alcohol/tobacco?
Trans fat ingredient has replacements unlike tobacco/alcohol. Opponents of banning trans fats frequently compare the idea with that of banning alcohol or tobacco. You can't ban trans fats if you're not willing to also ban tobacco and alcohol, they say. But, this misses a key difference. While banning cigarettes and alcohol mean banning an entire product category, banning the ingredient of trans fats means no such thing. Rather, it simply means that readily available replacement ingredients must be used in the preparation of the same foods. And, since these fatty replacements are widespread and cheaply available, food makers and consumers should have little difficulty making the adjustment to making and consuming the same, albeit slightly modified, foods.
Banning trans fats is like banning alcohol and tobacco Milton Friedman wrote in the 1980s: "If we continue on this path, there is no doubt where it will end. If the government has the responsibility of protecting us from dangerous substances, the logic surely calls for prohibiting alcohol and tobacco. . . . Insofar as the government has information not generally available about the merits or demerits of the items we ingest or the activities we engage in, let it give us the information. But let it leave us free to choose what chances we want to take with our own lives."[5]
Economics: Is banning trans fats economical?
Replacement fats will get cheaper with time. Replacements for trans fats will get cheaper and cheaper with time, as they are used more frequently and as the companies that produce and distribute them increase their sales volumes and are able to sell them for lower prices.
Trans fat ban will hurt small restaurants most. Carlie Irwin. "Trans fat ban: Good for you, bad for restaurants?" Girls Guide to the Galaxy. April 18th, 2011: "Since most of the big chains have already started the process of eliminating trans fat from their food, the ban would be no big deal to them. But small, independent restaurants are another story. The potential ban has small restaurant owners sweating and nervously eyeing their deep fryers. As the St. Louis Business Journal points out, many small restaurant owners don’t have the ability to effectively and efficiently reformulate their menu items. So banning trans fat could mean that your favorite independently-owned fried chicken joint down the street will be shuttering its doors."
Trans fat ban requires exceptions, inconsistencies. Kim Clarke Maisch, State Director National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). "Trans-Fat Ban Unhealthy for Small Business.": "in a concession to the obvious, lawmakers exempted bakeries from the ban because they know that it will drive up their costs and hurt their specialty items. But bakeries represent only one category of small business that would be harmed by the legislation. Restaurants and other specialty vendors who use trans-fat products on site would also be affected. Unfortunately, the bill provides them with no such protection."
Pro/con sources
"Ban Trans Fats." Washington Post Editorial. November 6th, 2006
"The Trans Fats Ban--Posner's Response to Comments." The Becker Posner Blog. December 24th, 2006
David Guiterrez. "Study: Hidden Trans Fats Boost Women's Infertility Risk by 70 Percent." Natural News. January 25th, 2007
Meri Raffetto. "The Sneak Attack Of Trans-Fats." EveryNutrient.com
"Commentary: Banning trans fats is a start." Telegraph. October 15th, 2007
Neville Rigby. "A ban on trans fats is overdue." Guardian. April 16th, 2010
"Ban trans fats and thousands of lives will be saved, UK told." Independent. April 16th, 2010
"Hidden danger - trans fats in foods." Choice. June 26th, 2009
"Editorial: Trans fats are bad, but state ban worse." Chicago Sun Times Editorial. May 15th, 2011
Nick Gillespie. "The Race to Ban What's Bad For Us." Reason. December 11th, 2006
"Banned foods and misinformed consumers." Los Angeles Times. June 20th, 2008
Carlie Irwin. "Trans fat ban: Good for you, bad for restaurants?" Girls Guide to the Galaxy. April 18th, 2011
"Trans-Fat Ban Unhealthy for Small Business." NFIB
Art Carden. "Life, Liberty And The Pursuit Of Fatty Foods." Forbes. March 4th, 2010
"Want fries with that?" Chicago Tribune Editorial. April 16th, 2011
"In defense of trans fats." Fox News Editorial
Don Winter. "EDITORIAL Trans Fat: The Choice Between The Law Or The La, La, La’s Of Someone’s Whim." Resident Media
Catherine Winters. "How to Spot Sneaky Fat: The Truth About Hidden Trans Fats." Ladies Home Journal
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Marby ponders emergency powers to avoid fragmented Whois
Kevin Murphy, April 4, 2018, 07:36:04 (UTC), Domain Policy
ICANN could invoke emergency powers in its contracts to prevent Whois becoming “fragmented” after EU privacy laws kick in next month.
That’s a possibility that emerged during a DI interview with ICANN CEO Goran Marby yesterday.
Marby told us that he’s “cautiously optimistic” that European data protection authorities will soon provide clear guidance that will help the domain industry become compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation, which becomes fully effective May 25.
But he said that a lack of such guidance will lead to a situation where different companies provide different levels of public Whois.
“It’s a a high probability that Whois goes fragmented or that Whois will be in a sort of ‘thin’ model in which very little information is collected and very little information is displayed,” he said. “That’s a sort of worst-case scenario.”
I should note that the interview was conducted yesterday before news broke that Afilias has become the first major gTLD registry to announce its Whois output will be essentially thin — eschewing all registrant contact data — from May 25.
Marby has asked European DPAs for two things.
First, guidance on whether its “Cookbook” proposal for a dramatically scaled-back, GDPR-compliant Whois is in fact GDPR-compliant.
Second, an enforcement moratorium while registries and registrars actually go about implementing the Cookbook.
“If we don’t get guidance that’s clear enough, we will see a fragmented Whois. If we get guidance that is clear enough we can work it out,” Marby said.
A moratorium could enable Whois to carry on in its current state, or something close to it, while ICANN goes about creating a new policy that fits with the DPA’s guidance.
If the DPAs refuse a moratorium, we’re looking at a black hole of indeterminate duration during which nobody — not even law enforcement or self-appointed trademark cops — can easily access full Whois records.
“It’s not something I can do anything about, it’s really in the hands of the DPAs,” Marby said. “Remember that it’s the law.”
While ICANN has expended most of its effort to date on creating a model for the public Whois, there’s a parallel effort to create an accreditation program that would enable organizations with “legitimate purposes” to access full, or at least more complete, Whois records.
It’s the IP lawyers that are driving this effort, primarily, terrified that their ability to hunt down cybersquatters and bootleggers will be diminished come May 25.
ICANN has so far resisted calls to endorse the so-called “Cannoli” draft accreditation model, with Marby publicly saying that it needs cross-community support.
But the organization has committed staff support resources to discussion of Cannoli. There’s a new mailing list and there will be a community conference call this coming Friday at 1400 UTC.
Marby said that he shares the worries of the IP community, adding: “If we get the proper guidance from the DPAs, we will know how to sort out the accreditation model.”
He met with the Article 29 Working Party, comprised of DPAs, last week; the group agreed to put Whois on its agenda for its meeting next week, April 10-11.
The fact that it’s up for discussion is what gives Marby his cautious optimism that he will get the guidance he needs.
Assuming the DPAs deliver, ICANN is then in the predicament of having to figure out a way to enforce, via its contracts, a Whois system that is compliant with the DPAs’ interpretation of GDPR.
Usually, this would require a GNSO Policy Development Process leading to a binding Consensus Policy.
But Marby said ICANN’s board of directors has other options, such as what he called an “emergency policy”.
This is a reference, I believe, to the “Temporary Policies” clauses, which can be found in the Registrar Accreditation Agreement and Registry Agreement.
Such policies can be mandated by a super-majority vote of the board, would have to be narrowly tailored to solve the specific problem at hand, and could be in effect no longer than one year.
A temporary policy could be replaced by a compatible, community-created Consensus Policy.
It’s possible that a temporary policy could, for example, force Afilias and others to reverse their plans to switch to thin Whois.
But that’s perhaps getting ahead of ourselves.
Fact is, the advice the DPAs provide following their Article 29 meeting next week is what’s going to define Whois for the foreseeable future.
If the guidance is clear, the ICANN organization and community will have their direction of travel mapped out for them.
If it’s vague, wishy-washy, and non-committal, then it’s likely that only the European Court of Justice will be able to provide clarity. And that would take many years.
And whatever the DPAs say, Marby says it is “highly improbable” that Whois will continue to exist in its current form.
“The GDPR will have an effect on the Whois system. Not everybody will get access to the Whois system. Not everybody will have as easy access as before,” he said.
“That’s not a bug, that’s a feature of the legislation,” he said. “That’s not ICANN’s fault, it’s what the legislator thought when it made this legislation. It is the legislators’ intention to make sure people’s data is handled in a different way going forward, so it will have an effect.”
The community awaits the DPAs’ guidance with baited breath.
Whois policy group closes down in face of GDPR
ICANN chief begs privacy watchdogs for Whois advice
Is ICANN over-reacting to Whois privacy law?
Tagged: afilias, article 29 working party, dpas, gdpr, ICANN, privacy, whois
Jean Guillon says:
“a black hole of indeterminate duration”? No worry, we’re used to this 🙂
Volker Greimann says:
Göran is absolutely right when he describes this as a feature, not a bug. This result was intended by legislators as data privacy rights have been ignored for too long by too many players.
gpmgroup says:
What are most of the domain registrations for?
The idea that the majority are for individuals to put up their own personal web pages is a naïve world view, it’s about as bright as putting up a cookie notice page on every website.
If ICANN is not very careful there will be a loss of confidence in the domain name system then registration numbers will collapse.
Nonsense. Whois – and the personal information contained therein – has nothing to do with confidence in the DNS. Confidence in the DNS is lost by man-in-the-middle-attacks, DDOSes and redirection attacks.
Most regular users of the DNS (I am not specifying any specific subgroup, eh Graeme?) have never once looked at the whois and instead rely on the data on the website or references on other websites to tell them how trustworthy a certain operator is.
Charles Christopher says:
>to tell them how trustworthy a certain operator is.
You have it backwards.
Its not about my confidence in someone else’s website.
Its about my confidence to invest my time and effort to building a website that I can’t easily prove I OWN. The the confidence is in my retaining control and ownership.
That this escapes peoples understanding is staggering.
As a thought experiment, lets say all your “important records” are burned and lost. Remind me, why was it you considered them “important records”? It is because having them in your hand proved something important?
Even temporary policies can’t go against the law, so invoking them doesn’t solve the problem. Only clear cut determinations of what is lawful and what is not can achieve that, and in light of such determination, contracted parties won’t need any further guidance of what to do, they will follow the contracts to the maximum extent the law allows.
Will they?
Yes, Compliance will make sure of that. The grey area now is exactly in defining what is the law; GDPR is both a shield and a sword. If there is no threat (sword) to do something specified in the contract, then contracted parties lose the shield to do things the way they choose.
>go against the law
Someone explain to me how it is that world borders are now out the window and being in the US I am now required to follow “the law” of another country?
How is it the EU has now been lifted to definer of “the law” around the world?
Welcome to world government and loss of individual sovereignty, not to mention property rights.
At this moment I can’t think of a better why to have destroyed domain value, and the domain secondary market.
While the context is domains, this will apply to other industries as well. In any case that a public document/registration has served to establish ownership, that proof of ownership has now been lost. Lets see what happens with land recorders around the world …. Or did they somehow get a pass on implementing this in their systems? If someone in the EU buys a home I’m my county will my county be liable for making that record public? Can I obtain EU citizenship and then use that to force my country records to hide my land ownership details thus preventing liens from being placed against my house? How about using EU citizenship to force the credit agencies to make all my records disappear, as this would be the ultimate in identity theft protection as my identity would no longer exists.
Yeah, this is a great idea ….
EU is not the first jurisdiction to apply its laws everywhere. Courts all over the world have prosecuted foreign citizens and corporations for a long time, the only difference in GDPR is in scale, not in principle.
Land registries are specifically required under EU law to be public, if I recall correctly… so while people keep comparing domains to real estate, that does not hold when it comes to law. It suggests though that there are situations where the benefit of public record outweighs privacy rights, and getting EU legislators to pass something in that direction would solve lots of problems for a lot of people.
>It suggests though that there are situations
>where the benefit of public record outweighs
>privacy rights,
Says who? When and where did domain registrants get to have a say in the matter?
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article47702025.html
“In a scam that authorities say has proliferated in recent years, Cleland fell victim to swindlers who used bogus quitclaim deeds to secretly strip her of the property, then sold the home to a Pembroke Pines investment firm.”
“It’s just too easy to steal somebody’s property by filing a fraudulent quitclaim deed,” Miami-Dade Inspector General Mary Cagle told the Miami Herald”
Theo Geurts says:
The GDPR can be summed up in one word: responsibility.
Privacy is about having control of your data.
The current WHOIS is zero control.
And that clashes in a hard way. But with the new fines, who is going to take that risk?
It isn’t about responsibility it is just the opposite! It is about not having to take responsibility in an exchange for a transfer of power and then expecting a whole bunch of other people to do the heavy lifting to mitigate the damage.
>The current WHOIS is zero control.
I’ve not had problems with it in 20 years.
Its shown exactly what I put in there. And when I have clicked “privacy” its also shows exactly what I wanted.
Are we even talking about the same thing?
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It is in the ICANN bylaws.
Not Civil Law, not Criminal, and not Legislative Law. Not any law that I have a say in or have the ability to vote on those creating these pretty pieces of paper with pretty writing on them.
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW.
Where any bureaucrat gets to craft a pretty piece of paper with pretty writing and the world is required to follow it.
Ok so lets try a thought experiment. I hope it has not escaped anyones noticed that China is particularly intrusive regarding its citizens. So we are ignoring the fact that we can’t serve two masters, and now the EU overrules my US laws/rights. What happens if China passes “a law” that has the same penalties for NOT providing full whois without and the ability to use privacy?
Do I flip a coin, or can I say, I live in the US and that is not law here. The issue of the US gov not telling the EU to fly a kite has not escaped my notice.
I hope people understand that in the case of domain names the GDPR is destroying rights not enhancing them in any way.
Anybody that wanted to hide their whois can select privacy whois. Its been that way for about 16 years. Not if you want to use the Whois to protect yourself you can’t. No where in GDPR does it say I am not allowed to display me whois if I want to. But this is where everyone has decided to go.
Barry Shein says:
Put the WHOIS information into the DNS, possibly as a new RR (optional.)
That puts the information entirely under the domain owner’s control.
Then registries/registrars/ICANN can manage domain registration information according to generally accepted business practices independent of WHOIS.
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By Stephanie Kale
Berliner musician, composer and video artist Frank Bretschneider has been making abstract electronic compositions since the mid-80s, first with his band AG Geige, for his now defunct label Rastermusic, and in the past ten years as a solo artist (aka Komet) for Mille Plateaux, 12k and the label he co-founded with Olaf Bender and Carsten Nicolai, Raster-Noton. His earlier work is more looped based, composed out of ordered and highly textured sine waves and white noise, whereas his latest, Rhythm, although still constructed with militaristic precision, finds Bretschneider programming beats that more obviously come from drum machines. Bretschneider interweaves and layers rhythmic patterns that gradually evolve into complex structures only to disintegrate. He gives equal treatment to the realm of the avant-garde the random cacophony in "The Big Black and White Game and to a certain pop sensibility, "We Can Remember it for You Wholesale, where he lays a groove down with minimal beats. Just when you think this album is utterly devoid of emotion, that its the penultimate example of German technophilla existing apart from the rest of humanity, Bretschneider breaks out a beat that gets you, at the very least, nodding your head to its minimal and funky pop, fizzle and click. (Raster-Noton)
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The International Symposium on Critical Metal Mineralization was held at CUG from December 16 to 18. Over 60 experts from China, Germany, Canada, Czech, Australia, Russia, and other countries and regions gathered to discuss the research and application of critical metal mineralization.
Present at the opening ceremony on the morning of December 17 were Robert B. Trumbull, the chief scientist of the Petrology Group of the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Karel Breiter, expert in ore deposits from the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prof. Elena V. Badanina from the Institute of Earth Sciences of St. Petersburg State University, CUG president WANG Yanxin, HOU Zengqian, Deputy Director of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), MAO Jingwen, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and RAO Gui’an, Deputy Head of the Science & Technology Office of the Hubei Provincial Department of Education. Prof. JIANG Shaoyong from the Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploration of Strategic Mineral Resources of CUG presided over the opening ceremony.
WANG Yanxin delivered a welcome speech. He hoped that the experts could contribute their wisdom to the development and application of critical ore deposits and ore deposit exploration home and abroad during the first international symposium on critical metal mineralization held in China.
HOU Zengqian pointed out in his speech that critical metal was important raw material for emerging industries like new materials, new energy, information technology, aerospace, and sophisticated weapons. He told the audience that the US, the EU, and Australia had announced strategic measures of critical ore deposits in recent years and NSFC also initiated a major project of the accumulation dynamics of critical metal (2020-2027) in July. This symposium, to him, was an international communication platform for the latest developments and hot issues of critical metal and critical ore deposits.
Several famous experts were invited to make keynote speeches concerning China’s W-Sn deposits, conditions and mechanisms of metallogenic processes, the characteristics and exploration potential of magmatic sulfide deposits in China, etc.
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Expression and Localization of Neuregulin-1 (Nrg1) and ErbB2/ErbB4 Receptors in Main Endocrine Organs of the Rhesus Monkey
Wei-jiang Zhao 1 , *
1 Center for Neuroscience, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, People's Republic of China
* Corresponding author: Wei-jiang Zhao, Center for Neuroscience, Shantou University Medical College, 22 Xin Ling Road, Shantou, Guandong Province 515041, People’s Republic of China. Tel: + 86-13794125386, Fax: + 86-75488900236, E-mail: [email protected]
How to Cite: Zhao W. Expression and Localization of Neuregulin-1 (Nrg1) and ErbB2/ErbB4 Receptors in Main Endocrine Organs of the Rhesus Monkey, Int J Endocrinol Metab. 2013 ; 11(3):162-166. doi: 10.5812/ijem.9871.
International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism: 11 (3); 162-166
Published Online: July 1, 2013
Accepted: February 6, 2013
DOI : 10.5812/ijem.9871
Background: Although Neuregulin-1 （Nrg1）and its receptors have been indicated at the mRNA level in partial human endocrine organs and its functional roles have been evaluated in vitro, their morphological distribution in higher animals are not fully studied. The present research focused on expression of Nrg1 and its main receptors ErbB2 and ErbB4 in main endocrine organs of the rhesus monkey.
Materials and Methods: The morphological expression of Nrg1 and its receptors ErbB2 and ErbB4 as well as their potential co-localization were determined by double immunofluorescence in the pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, pancreas and adrenal gland sample tissues. The expression level of Nrg1 on each sample was indexed by the fold of integrative fluorescence intensity (IFI) relative to that of one cortical tissue.
Results: Differential expression of Nrg1 and their cognate receptors ErbB2 and ErbB4 were found selectively expressed in endocrine organs we tested, with higher expression levels detected in the adrenal gland (AG) and pancreas. Co-localization of Nrg1 with either ErbB2 or ErbB4 was detected in AG, thyroid and parathyroid gland, and Nrg1 was only co-localized with ErbB4 in the islet cells of the pancreas. In the pituitary, adjacent localization of Nrg1 positive cells with ErbB4 positive cells were observed.
Conclusions: This investigation morphologically profiles the differential expression of Nrg1 and its receptors ErbB2 and ErbB4 in the main endocrine organ structures, suggesting an autocrine or paracrine-directed Nrg1-ErbB signaling pathway in some of these structures.
Neuregulin-1 ErbB2 ErbB4 Rhesus Monkey Pituitary Thyroid Parathyroid Adrenal Gland
Copyright © 2013, Research Institute For Endocrine Sciences and Iran Endocrine Society. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits copy and redistribute the material just in noncommercial usages, provided the original work is properly cited.
Neuregulin-1 (Nrg1) is one of the most active members of the epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like family (1). At leastsix isoforms of Nrg1, including type I to III Nrg1α and Nrg1β, due to the alternative splicing of Nrg1 gene, have been identified (2). Interaction of Nrg1 with the dimers of its receptors, including ErbB2, ErbB3 and ErbB4, results in many biological processes (3-6). Nrg1 receptors were reported to be expressed in hypothalamic astrocytes, where their activation as a result of paracrine Nrg1 stimulation, is essential for stimulating secretion of luteinising hormone-releasing hormone, as well as for puberty (7, 8). Recently, Nrg1 was also detected in gonadotroph cells of the anterior pituitary, where it is assumed to mediate prolactin secretion from the lactotrophs in a juxtacrine manner (4, 6). In addition, the interaction of Nrg1 with ErbB3 receptor has been reported to induce prolactin (PRL) secretion from the rat somatolactotroph GH3 cells (5, 9). An extensive distribution of Nrg1 in the anterior pituitary was observed at Estrous 1 (E1) and E2 phases accompanied by apparent phosphorylated activation of ErbB4 in rats (6).
In the juvenile and adult rhesus monkeys widespread expression of ErbB2, ErbB3 and ErbB4 receptor mRNAs throughout the telencephalon were reported (10). In addition, Nrg1 was therapeutically applied in experimental heart failure in the rhesus monkey, and led to a positive therapeutic effect by impairing rapid pacing-induced apoptosis and increasing activity of PKB and Bcl-xl proteins (11-13). In contrast, no morphological expression of Nrg1 and its receptors was systematically described in main endocrine organs of the rhesus monkey.
We thus aimed at investigating the morphological expression of Nrg1 and its specific ErbB2 and ErbB4 receptors in main endocrine organs: anterior pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal gland (AG) and pancreas. These findings may further our understanding of the Nrg1/ErbB receptor signaling-based functions in the endocrine organs.
3.1. Reagents and Microarray
Mouse anti-Nrg1α /β antibodies were purchased from Lab Vision (Fremont, CA, USA). Rabbit anti-ErbB2 and ErbB4 antibodies were purchased from Beijing Biosynthesis Biotechnology (Beijing, China). Donkey anti-mouse secondary antibody conjugated to DylightTM 488 and donkey anti-rabbit secondary antibody conjugated to DylightTM 594 were purchased from Jackson Laboratory (Jackson Labs, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA). The rhesus monkey organ tissue microarrays were obtained from Chaoying Biotechnology (RhFDA1, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China).
3.2. Immunofluorescence Staining
The rhesus monkey organ tissue microarray sections (4 μm thick and deparaffinized) were rehydrated through a graded series of ethanol to PBS. Antigen retrieval was performed using 10 mM citrate buffer (pH 6.0). The samples were blocked with 10% normal donkey serum in PBS at room temperature for 60 min. The samples were incubated overnight at 4°C with the following primary antibodies: mixture of mouse monoclonal anti-Nrg1 α/β (1:100; Ab-1 7D5, Lab Vision, Fremont, CA, USA) and rabbit anti-ErbB2 or rabbit anti-ErbB4 antibodies (1:100; Bioss , Beijing China). After having been washed in PBS three times for 5 min each, the samples were incubated at room temperature with donkey anti-mouse secondary antibody conjugated to DylightTM 488 (1:500) and donkey anti-rabbit secondary antibody conjugated to DylightTM 594 (1:1000) for 90 min. Nuclei were counterstained with DAPI. Images were acquired using a Zeiss Fluorescence Microscopy system (AXIO IMAGER Z1, Zeiss, Germany). DAPI, DylightTM 488 and DylightTM 594 were excited at 405 nm, 488 and 594 nm, respectively.
3.3. Integrated Immunofluorescence Intensity (IFI)
Integrated fluorescence intensity (IFI) was used to evaluate the protein levels of Nrg1α/β in the organ tissues. The IFI at each tissue point was obtained using the MultiImageTM Light Cabinet CY3 filter of the FluorChem HD2 gel imaging system (Alpha Innotech, CA, USA) for Nrg1α/β , and the optical density was analyzed using Image Tool II software (University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA). The IFI was evaluated on the basis of a gray scale ranging from 0-255, and was expressed as the fold increase over that of the brain cortical tissue.
The statistical analyses were performed using SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) 10.0 software (SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA). The data were analyzed using the Student’s t-test for independent samples. P values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
4.1. IFI of Nrg1 in Different Endocrine Organs
To evaluate the levels of Nrg1 expression in different endocrine organs, the IFIs for each tissue point were analyzed. Relative expression was determined by comparing the optic intensity with that of the randomly selected cortex as a base line control. Nrg1 expression relative to that of the brain cortex in the pituitary, thyroid/parathyroid, AG, and pancreas tissue samples are 1.19 ± 0.29, 1.18 ± 0.08, 1.52 ± 0.05, and 1.31 ± 0.39, respectively. The Nrg1 level relative to the brain cortex from the AG is significantly higher than that in the thyroid (P ＜ 0.01). No significance was found among other organs in Nrg1 levels (Figure 1).
Figure 1 Fold of Integrated Fluorescence Intensity (IFI) of Neuregulin-1 (Nrg1) Relative to the Cortex in the Endocrine Organs of the Rhesus Monkey.
Shown are mean values ± standard deviation from 3 tissue points for each organ.
4.2. Expression and Localization of Nrg1 and ErbB2/ErbB4 in the Anterior Pituitary of Male Rhesus Monkey
We investigated Nrg1 and ErbB4 localization in the anterior pituitary of 3 male Rhesus monkeys aged 5-7 years. Basic pituitary structures based on HE staining was shown in Figure 2a. The expression of Nrg1 and ErbB4 was observed, which showed a partial adjacent pattern, suggesting the existence of an Nrg1/ErbB4 juxtacrine signaling in the anterior pituitary in non-human primates (Figure 2 b-f). In contrast, ErbB2 was not detected (data not shown).
Figure 2 Expression and Localization of Nrg1, as Well as ErbB2/ErbB4 in the Anterior Pituitary of the Rhesus Monkey.
(a) Haematoxylin-eosin (H & E) staining. (b-e) Double Immunofluorescence Staining for Nrg1 and ErbB-4 were revealed in the pituitary of the rhesus monkey. Blue, DAPI stained nuclei. Adjacent staining of Nrg1 and ErbB4 were revealed in the pituitary (inset). Scale bars = 50μm.
4.3. Expression and Localization of Nrg1 and ErbB2/ErbB4 in the Thyroid/Parathyroid Tissue
High magnification of H&E-stained thyroid tissue was shown in Figure 3a. Based on immunofluorescence staining, we found that Nrg1 was expressed in both the follicular and parafollicular cells (with larger cell body but lighter stained nuclei) of the thyroid gland (Figure 3e, g), where it co-localized with both ErbB2 (Figure 3b-e) and ErbB4 (Figure 3f-i).
Figure 3. Expression and Localization of Nrg1, as well as ErbB2/ErbB4 in the Thyroid of the Rhesus Monkey.
(a) H & E staining. (b-i) Double Immunofluorescence Staining for Nrg1 with either ErbB2 (b-e) or ErbB4 (f-i) was shown. Scale bars = 50μm.
Basic parathyroid structures based on HE staining was demonstrated in Figure 4a. The larger polygonal oxyphil cells, which constitute a smaller population, showed positive staining of Nrg1 (Figure 4e, g). In addition, co-localization of Nrg1 with both ErbB2 (Figure 4b-e) and ErbB4 (Figure 4f-i) was found mainly in these cells.
Figure 4 Expression and Localization of Nrg1, as well as ErbB2/ErbB4 in the Parathyroid of the RhesusMonkey.
4.4. Expression and Localization of Nrg1 and ErbB2/ErbB4 in the Adrenal Gland (AG) Structure
Basic structures of AG based on H&E staining was demonstrated in Figure 5a. In the AG, Nrg1 was detected in the zona reticularis (Figure 5c, g), in which it co-localized with either ErbB2 (Figure 5b-e) or ErbB4 (Figure 5f-i). In contrast, neither ligand nor receptors were observed in the zona medullaris (Figure 5b-i).
Figure 5. Expression and Localization of Nrg1, as well as ErbB2/ErbB4 in the Adrenal Gland (AG) of the Rhesus Monkey.
4.5. Expression and Localization of Nrg1 and ErbB2/ErbB4 in the Pancreas
Basic pancreatic structures based on HE staining was shown in Figure 6a. In the pancreas, Nrg1 was solely detected in the islet cells (Figure 6c, g). ErbB2 was not detected in any cell types in the pancreas (Figure 6d), and no co-localization of Nrg1 with ErbB2 was observed (Figure 6b-e). In contrast, ErbB4 was detected in the pancreatic islet cells (Figure 6h), where the co-localization of Nrg1 with ErbB4 was observed (Figure 6f-i).
Figure 6. Expression and Localization of Nrg1 as well as ErbB2/ErbB4 in the Pancreas of the Rhesus Monkey.
(a) H & E staining. (b-i) Double Immunofluorescence Staining for Nrg1 with either ErbB2 (b-e) or ErbB4 (f-i) was shown. IL, islet. Scale bars = 50μm.
To profile the expression and localization of Nrg1 and its receptors in main endocrine organs in non-human primates, we immunofluorescently co-stained Nrg1 with either ErbB2 or ErbB4 in the pituitary, thyroid/parathyroid, AG, and the pancreas. In the anterior pituitary, the finding that Nrg1 positive cells are localized adjacently with cells expressing ErbB4 suggests the existence of a juxtacrine interaction between Nrg1 and ErbB4. This was in contrast to that in the pituitary of the female Wistrar-Furth rats, where Nrg1 is co-localized with ErbB4 (6).
Nrg1 expression has never been explored and ErbB oncogene encoded receptors have not been detected in normal adrenal gland tissues to our knowledge. However, amplifications and deletions of the ErbB oncogenes was frequently detected in human pheochromocytoma, a human endocrine neoplasms derived from the adrenal gland (14). The co-localization of Nrg1-ErbB4 co-localization suggested the possible interaction of Nrg1 with its cognate receptor ErbB4 in the function of pancreas islet cells. However, the interaction of ErbB4 with other EGF-like lignads cannot be excluded, including ErbB4 interaction with betacellulin (BTC). NRG-4 has been reported to regulate the lineage determination of islet cells during pancreatic development, as well as to increase DNA synthesis in rat insulinoma cells (15-17). ErbB4 mRNA level also correlates with pancreatic cancer with lymph node and distant metastases (18). However, the sole expression of ErbB4 in the pancreatic islet was of total contrast to other reports showing predominant presence in the ductal and acinar cells but with a lower level in islet cells. Work by Huotaris (16) suggests that ligands of the EGF-R/ErbB-1 and ErbB4 receptors regulate the lineage determination of islet cells during pancreatic development. Betacellulin （BTC） also acts through EGF-R/ErbB-1 to induce the differentiation of beta-cells. Hyperplasia of the pancreas in response to Nrg1β1 was also observed in mice (19). It has been reported that Nrg1 and ErbB receptors expression declines by birth and resumes early in postnatal life in mice. Our findings about Nrg1/ErbB receptors expression may suggest that these molecules might be relevant to islet development and regrowth in high primates (20).
In conclusion, we demonstrated differential Nrg1 expression pattern and co-localization pattern of Nrg1 with either ErbB2 or ErbB4 in main endocrine organs in the rhesus monkey, suggesting distinct roles of Nrg1 mediated by ErbB2 and/or ErB4 receptors in different endocrine organs. Their roles may possibly be achieved through the paracrine pattern, the autorine and juxtacrine patterns. Thus, in vitro investigation using tumor cell lines treated with Nrg1 may provide more insight into its roles in endocrine organ specific functions.
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Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education These findings may further our understanding about the function of Nrg1/ErbB signaling in main endocrine organs of high primates.
Please cite this paper as Zhao, Wj. Expression and Localization of Neuregulin-1 (Nrg1) and ErbB2/ErbB4 Receptorsin Main Endocrine Organs of the Rhesus Monkey. Int J Endocrinol Metab. 2013; 11(3):162-166. DOI: 10.5812/ijem.9871
Authors’ Contribution None Declared.
Financial Disclosure None declared.
Funding/Support We are grateful for the support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project 81171138 to Wei-jiang Zhao .
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The Hyundai Getz is a supermini car produced by the South Korean manufacturer Hyundai from to It was marketed worldwide, except in the United States, Canada and China, in three and five-door hatchback body styles. After the launch of its successors, the i20 in Europe and Accent RB in South Korea, the Getz continued to be marketed worldwide—although production finally ended in In the autumn of , the facelifted version of the Getz was revealed at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
It gained new front and rear styling, with rounded headlights and a redesigned grille, as well as a new 1. In the United Kingdom, air conditioning and side airbags were fitted to the CDX as standard equipment.
This facelifted model, however, was not offered in Venezuela where it sold as the Dodge Brisa. Instead, the local arm of Hyundai continued to sell the pre model. In Venezuela , the Hyundai Getz was assembled locally featuring its 1. Also the Getz was badge-engineered as the Dodge Brisa in its 1. This new model replaced the Accent -based Brisa that debuted in that market in April In recent years, Hyundai Getz where factory equipped with a CNG kit, allowing dual fuel use of petrol or natural gas.
Assembly of the Getz ended in in Venezuela. In Malaysia , the Getz was locally assembled as the Inokom Getz. The model offers both manual and automatic transmission with a single 1. Only units of this variant were produced.
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Fat. End of.
So, we've announced our end and, surprisingly, hearteningly and for all the right reasons, it feels good. Architectural practices don't normally just stop, but then FAT have never been a normal architectural practice. That's been both a blessing and a curse of course. We've never made it easy for ourselves.
As Charles Jencks understatedly put it in the Guardian's FAT 'obit', we "went against the tide" of British architecture. Setting up your stall in direct confrontation to the tasteful, earnest, wet-liberal mainstream was never going to make us popular. Gleefully saying how much we hated it just alienated us more. Broadsides against everyone from Terence Conran to Ken Shuttleworth to Ricky Burdett were never the moves made by smart careerists. We've even been rude about some of our current clients for god's sake.
All of which made us popular with critics, students and allies similarly baffled by the timidity of much architectural culture and the sanctimonious clap-trap that goes along with it. Few of these people employ you of course, or at least not to design buildings. Throwing brick bats from behind a curious and misleading acronym made us a tricky kettle of fish when it came to clients and the accursed need to pay the rent. Some of the people who did employ us have shown remarkable forbearance, others an undoubted courage in taking us on. But I like to think we've re-payed them every time with nothing less than total conviction and commitment to the cause as well as some - come on admit it - quite good buildings.
So what were we on about? Well, initially it stemmed from dissatisfaction, maybe even an anger about the limits of architectural culture, its disinterest in the world around it and indeed in anything other than its own internal discourse. We wanted to make architecture swim in the same fast waters as other forms of (popular) culture, to have the immediacy of pop music, the currency of cinema and the savvy of contemporary art. We wanted it to be sad and funny, smart and stoopid, popular and arcane. We wanted the exquisite melancholy of sweet nostalgia and the giddy joy of the absolutely brand spanking new all at the same time. We wanted it to embrace the immediacy and absurdity of fashion and celebrate the fleeting ephemerality of taste
We also thought architecture could be about things other than buildings, about events and actions, spaces and people. Politics even. So we did art exhibitions that moved around on plastic bags and proposed urban plans that didn't involve building anything much at all. We entered a competition for regenerating an industrial area of Birmingham that took the form of a short story and some cartoons because we thought the place was largely ok as it was. We came second. Years later the client wrote to us to tell us that we should have won.
We railed against all those hoary old modernist myths that clung on to British architecture like tedious barnacles: truth to materials, honest structures, form following function, la-dee-bloody-da. So we designed an advertising agency office that took inauthenticity to new lows. A gold-leaf covered beach hut on legs which served as an AV room, an elongated work space based on the wooden forts of Russia and a library on wheels. In a church. And all knocked-up by a Dutch TV set builder for about a fiver and treated to look older than it actually was. There's no NBS clause for any of that, and I've looked.
Our early heroes were perhaps predictable enough: Koolhaas and Tschumi for sure, a bit of Peter Wilson, a heavy dose of Archigram and some of Cedric Price's attitude. Later though other far less fashionable influences came in. Venturi Scott Brown of course (by way of Dan Graham, another influence and a great writer on architecture), Charles Moore and - ye gads! - briefly even Michael Graves. Partly through VSBA we also discovered a love of classicism, mannerism and the baroque, Michelangelo, Borromini, Vanbrugh and Hawksmoor. Soane too, especially his exquisite and sublime house in Lincoln's Inn Fields. But we also liked the sweeping, scenographic showmanship of Nash, not mention the sly wit of Lutyens and the vigorous fuck you-ness of Stirling, who of course only got better when he went PoMo.
Much of this came about through an enforced disengagement with contemporary architecture, a kind of deliberate exile. Looking back, Jencks is right. We were ploughing a very odd and lonely furrow then, copy and pasting scratchy drawings of old churches and wooden huts and listening to Deep Purple in a messy studio at the top of an office block in Golden Lane. Eventually someone burgled us and stole Sam's Deep Purple album as well as my My Bloody Valentine ep's, although oddly they left the Rizzoli monograph on Stanley Tigerman.
Around this time, Sean designed his own house which distilled a lot of what was going on in our heads. South Park meets Adolf Loos we described it as, a surprisingly sculptural, spatially complex interior that looked like Le Corbusier had done some DIY on a London terrace house. On the outside it was clad in fake wood and painted baby blue and, predictably, a lot of people disliked it. A lot of people didn't and it undoubtedly moved us on a long way.
Then fate came to smile on us in the form of Nick Johnson of Urban Splash, Matthew Harrison of Great Places and a group of Mancunians who evidently took pity on a southern wine drinking jessie (me) and a scouser (Sean). On the way up to the interview for a job designing 23 new houses our lap top bust. So we turned up with no slides and no presentation - no pictures of our work at all in fact - and we won the job. There's a lesson there though we for one never heeded it.
But we got to design the houses which were something of an odyssey into the heart of the English popular home. Just before we did that we curated a solo exhibition at Manchester's CUBE gallery (props to Graeme Russel, an early and tireless supporter) called - somewhat ludicrously - Kill The Modernist Within. Later, when someone looked at the houses in Islington Square, they declared that we hadn't actually killed the modernists, we'd just got them to do the planning.
There were other don't-try-this-at-home marketing ploys. Our truly insane first website for one, with its pixellated pornography, bizarre self-deprecatory biographies and downloadable clip'n'fold grave stones, for which Sam bears by far the lion's share of responsibility. There was also the 'Konran Store' at the VandA, where we sold hand-made and genuinely hideous pottery replicas of design classics such as Aldo Rossi's coffee pot and the first IMac. Stephen Bayley's wife bought one of the former and I like to think of it ruining the otherwise impeccably tasteful interior of their house to this day.
Around the time of Islington Square, Crimson arrived in our lives and commissioned us to design some kind of decorated industrial shed for people to get drunk in next to a petrochemical plant on the edge of Rotterdam. A dream commission for us. It was love at first site and a marriage made in heaven, or at least in a mutual love of new towns, post-punk pop and doing the wrong thing.
Bigger projects came - some great ones like the BBC - but also the inevitable weariness of all those PPQ's, interviews for jobs that don't happen and competition wins that lead nowhere. We might have started to moan a bit at times. But we grew an office and some wonderful people came to work for us. We even had staff reviews and there was a CPD session once, although Sean stopped it half way through because it was too boring and no one was listening to him anymore.
And right towards the end we got commissioned to do two of the most wonderful projects ever: a house in the wilds of the county I was born in, designed with a cross-dressing, mega-famous potter with an even-bigger love of decoration than us, and the British Pavilion in Venice with our thoroughly likely old friends Crimson and our throughly unlikely new friend Owen Hatherley. Both projects will finish next year and, together mine two of the strongest themes in our work: a critical re-engagement with Modernism and what it means today, and an embracing of narrative, decoration and symbolic meaning in architecture. So, not bad ones to go out on.
But it definitely feels like time for a change. 20 odd years is a long time to work with yourself let alone anybody else. And collaboration can be a job in itself even before you start the other stuff. As Sean said, it's one end and three beginnings and it really feels like a new start in the best possible sense. Like much of what came about, I can't recommend it as a career strategy, but more architecture practices should consider retiring. It's very therapeutic and people even say nice things about you. Then again this might not be such a rarity for everyone else.
The BTL snarks have given us a lot of joy of course. The person on Dezeen who said, simply"Please stop this shit" will live on in our memories. As Bob Venturi said elsewhere, you have to admire invective of that clarity. It hasn't all been about annoying people though. Actually none of it has. We've done what we've done for the love of it, because we genuinely enjoyed stuff and thought you might too. For the record, we weren't pranksters and we weren't taking the piss. We were as serious as you like, as all the best jokes are at heart.
What comes next is enormously exciting though too. A change is as good as a rest as my grandmother never said. And architecture, we have long maintained, is about change however much we architects try to resist it. So, there'll be more news soon from me. In the meantime there's lots of people to thank who aren't at FAT now but once were...too many for here but I for one am profoundly grateful to FAT's founding fathers for giving me the leg up - I was a johnny come lately to the party and they did the hard bit - and fellow travellers and early co-authors (hello Tom and Cordula and Geoff and Sarah and others) who sometimes get written out the script and to all the fabulous people who worked for and with us as well as the clients who gave us the chance to build. That last bit is important. And mostly of course I should thank Sean and Sam for a thrilling, inspiring and exhilarating nearly twenty years. They're quite smart, those two.
So, ta ta for now. But, watch this space.
Posted by Charles Holland at Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Blaize said...
I live in a unremitting hellscape (California) where the main architectural features seem to be the overpass, the micro-mall, and the 2-storey condominium complex. The entire attitude seems to be, "Well, we've got the plywood superstructure up, and we have 2, 3 days before the wind knocks that down, so, BRING IN THE STUCCO TRUCK."
Hence my interest in architecture and design blogs.
Sorry F.A.T. Architecture is over. I look forward to your next project.
December 27, 2013 at 6:09:00 PM GMT
Michael Crilly said...
A few years ago when working for CABE we did a press release and programme that ran in the Guardian as 'Can architecture make you FAT?' (http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2007/jan/03/architecture.communities)
Looking out over Middlehaven right now, the reverse question is often asked and a good mix of views in response. Always made me smile, even when the work remained unbuilt.
February 18, 2014 at 3:05:00 PM GMT
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Posted on January 6, 2020 by Mike Glyer
(1) RWA CANCELS RITA AWARDS. The “Status of the 2020 RITA Contest” announces the RITA awards are the latest casualties of the internecine strife that began when Romance Writers of America tried to impose penalties on Courtney Milan.
Due to recent events in RWA, many in the romance community have lost faith in RWA’s ability to administer the 2020 RITA contest fairly, causing numerous judges and entrants to cancel their participation. The contest will not reflect the breadth and diversity of 2019 romance novels/novellas and thus will not be able to fulfill its purpose of recognizing excellence in the genre. For this reason, the Board has voted to cancel the contest for the current year. The plan is for next year’s contest to celebrate 2019 and 2020 romances.
While we understand this will be disappointing news for some, we also understand that other members will support taking this step. Recent RWA Boards have worked hard to make changes to the current contest, striving to make it more diverse and inclusive, relieve judging burdens, and bring in outside voices, but those changes had to be voted on and implemented in a narrow window of time each year.
By not holding a contest in 2020, we will be able to move away from making piecemeal changes. Instead, we will have the opportunity to take a proper amount of time to build an awards program and process – whether it’s a revamped RITA contest or something entirely new – that celebrates and elevates the best in our genre. We plan on engaging a consultant who specializes in awards programs and a DEI consultant, as well as soliciting member input.
Members who entered the 2020 contest will be refunded their full entry fee by January 22, 2020. We extend our deep appreciation to the judges who volunteered their time this year.
(2) LEADING WORKSHOPS. Cat Rambo’s “Nink Knowledge: How to Grow Voices ~ The Subtle Art of Facilitating Workshops” is the featured article for January at Novelists, Inc.
When leading a discussion, don’t be afraid to go with the flow. Sometimes the oddest questions may be the most fruitful, or those questions may lead to additions for the future, sometimes even inspiring entirely new classes. The question of how to maintain a fruitful writing practice in the face of increasingly grey times, for example, led to a class on hopepunk that has become one of my favorites to teach and one which was even referenced in a Wall Street Journal article on the subgenre.
(3) MUTATIS MUTANDI. A trailer for The New Mutants has dropped. Film comes to theaters April 3.
20th Century Fox in association with Marvel Entertainment presents “The New Mutants,” an original horror thriller set in an isolated hospital where a group of young mutants is being held for psychiatric monitoring. When strange occurrences begin to take place, both their new mutant abilities and their friendships will be tested as they battle to try and make it out alive.
(4) PICARD TEASER. The show arrives January 23. Will this be the bait that finally gets me to pay for CBS All-Access?
(5) ALT WORLD PANEL IN LA. The Barnes & Noble story at The Grove in Los Angeles will host “The Man in The High Castle: Creating The Alt World Special Event” on January 8.
Join us when we celebrate “The Man in the High Castle: Creating the Alt World” with our very special panel of guest Mike Avila – author and Emmy award-winning TV producer, Jason O’Mara – Star, “Wyatt Price”, Isa Dick Hackett – Executive Producer, David Scarpa – Co-Showrunner, Drew Boughton – Production Designer.
Discover the alt worlds of The Man in the High Castle with the cast and crew in this exclusive collection of art. Packed with concept art, final designs, and artist commentary plus previously unseen storyboards.
The Man in the High Castle is the hit Amazon series, inspired by Philip K. Dick’s award-winning novel, that offers a glimpse into a chilling alternate timeline in which Hitler was victorious in World War II. In a dystopian America dominated by Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, Juliana Crain discovers a mysterious film that may hold the key to toppling the totalitarian regimes.
This is a panel discussion and signing and will be wristbanded.
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(6) FREELANCING IN CALIFORNIA. Publishers Lunch for January 2 includes the following: “Legal: California Freelance Law and Authors.”
The Authors Guild has a look at California’s new law AB-5 that requires treating many freelance workers as employees. On the question of whether the law affects book authors, “We were assured by those working on the bill that trade book authors are not covered, and we do not see a basis for disagreeing since the bill clearly states that AB-5 applies only to ‘persons providing labor or services’ and authors provide neither ‘labor’ nor ‘services’ under standard book contracts—they instead grant copyright licenses or assignments. Additionally, royalties—even in the form of advance payments—are not considered wages. It is difficult to imagine how a court would conclude that a typical book contract is for labor or services.”
Some book contracts, though, such as work-made-for-hire agreements and “contracts where the author has ongoing obligations and the publisher has greater editing ability or control over the content” could be subject to the new law, though. And the AG recommends that, “Publishers and authors who want to be certain to retain a freelancer relationship should be careful to make sure the contracts are written as simple license grants and not as services agreements.”
(7) NOT QUITE MAGGIE’S DRAWERS. James Davis Nicoll pointed Tor.com readers at “12 Excellent SFF Books You Might Have Missed in 2019”. Not to brag, but I actually read one of these! The list includes —
Magical Women, edited by Sukanya Venkatraghavan
Venkatraghavan delivers an assortment of stories by talented Indian writers. Three elements unite the stories: all are written by women, all are speculative fiction, and all are worth reading. A further element common to many (but not all) is an undercurrent of incandescent fury over the current condition of the world. Taken as a whole, the collection is not quite as upbeat as Jemisin’s Broken Earth series, but the craft of the writers is undeniable.
(8) ANDI SHECHTER. The Andi Shechter Memorial is scheduled for January 11, 2020 in Seattle.
Her friends will be gathering to remember her and share those memories. The memorial will be held in Seattle, at the Magnolia Public Library.
Date: Saturday 11th January, 2020
Noon – 3pm (set-up at 11am, teardown until 4pm)
Magnolia Meeting Room in Magnolia Library
Address: 2801 34th Ave W, Seattle, WA 98199
Please bring light refreshments to share, and note that this is an alcohol-free venue.
At this gathering we will share stories of Andi, honoring her life and fight for disabled access and political advantages for all.
(9) TODAY’S DAY.
Handsel Monday — According to Scottish custom, the first Monday of the new year was the time to give children and servants a small gift, or handsel. Literally something given into the hands of someone else, the gift itself was less important than the good luck it signified. The handsel was popular as a new year’s gift from the 14th to 19th centuries, but it also had a broader application to mark any new situation. It continues today in the form of a housewarming gift to someone moving into a new home.
(10) TODAY IN HISTORY.
January 6, 1973 —Schoolhouse Rock! premiered
January 6, 1975 — The first episode of The Changes premiered on BBC 1. It was a ten-part series adapting Peter Dickinson’s The Changes YA trilogy (The Weathermonger, Heartsease and The Devil’s Children. (The books were written in reverse order: the events of The Devil’s Children happen first, Heartsease second, and The Weathermonger third). It starred Victoria Williams and Keith Ashton. I find no reporting on it from the time, nor is it rated over at Rotten Tomatoes but that’s typical of these BBC series from this time.
(11) TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS.
[Compiled by Cat Eldridge.]
Born January 6, 1895 — Tom Fadden. He’s on the Birthday Honors List for the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers where his character was one of the first victims to yield to the invaders. It wasn’t his first SFF role as some thirty years before that role, he would make his Broadway debut as Peter Jekyll in The Wonderful Visit based off the novel of the same name by H. G. Wells, who also co-wrote the play. The last role of his that I’ll note was that one of his first television roles was Eben Kent, the man who adopts Kal-El on the first episode of The Adventures of Superman series. (Died 1980.)
Born January 6, 1905 — Eric Frank Russell. He won the first annual Hugo Award for Best Short Story at Clevention in 1955 for “Allamagoosa” published in the May 1955 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. Sinister Barrier, his first novel, appeared in Unknown in 1939, the first novel to appear there. What’s your favorite work by him? (Died 1978.)
Born January 6, 1954 — Anthony Minghella. He adapted his Jim Henson’s The Storyteller scripts into story form which were published in his Jim Henson’s The Storyteller collection. They’re quite excellent actually. (Died 2008.)
Born January 6, 1955 — Rowan Atkinson, 65. An unlikely Birthday perhaps except for that he was the lead in Doctor Who and The Curse of Fatal Death which I know did not give him the dubious distinction of the shortest lived Doctor as that goes another actor although who I’ve not a clue. Other genre appearances were scant I think (clause inserted for the nit pickers here) though he did play Nigel Small-Fawcett in Never Say Never Again and Mr. Stringer in The Witches which I really like even if the author hates.
Born January 6, 1958 — Wayne Barlowe, 62. Artist whose Barlowe’s Guide to Extraterrestrials that came out in the late Seventies I still remember fondly. It was nominated at Noreascon 2 for a Hugo but came in third with Peter Nichol’s Science Fiction Encyclopedia garnering the Award that year. His background paintings have been used in Galaxy Quest, Babylon 5, John Carter and Pacific Rim to name but a few films.
Born January 6, 1959 — Ahrvid Engholm, 61. Swedish conrunning and fanzine fan who worked on many Nasacons as well as on Swecons. Founder of the long running Baltcon. He has many fanzines including Vheckans Avfentyr, Fanytt, Multum Est and others. He was a member of Lund Fantasy Fan Society in the University of Lund.
Born January 6, 1960 — Andrea Thompson, 60. I’ll not mention her memorable scene on Arliss as it’s not genre. Her noted genre work was as the telepath Talia Winters on Babylon 5. Her first genre role was in Nightmare Weekend which I’ll say was definitely a schlock film. Next up was playing a monster in the short-lived Monsters anthology series. She had a one-off on Quantum Leap before landing the Talia Winters gig. Then came Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys. Really. Truly. Her last genre role to date appears to be in the Heroes: Destiny web series.
Born January 6, 1969 — Aron Eisenberg. Nog on Deep Space 9. Way after DS9, he’d show up in Renegades, a might be Trek series loaded with Trek alumni including Nichelle Nichols, Robert Beltran, Koenig and Terry Farrell. It lasted two episodes. (Died 2019.)
Born January 6, 1976 — Guy Adams, 44. If you’ve listened to a Big Finish audio-works, it’s likely that you are familiar with his writing as he’s written scripts for their Doctor, UNIT and Torchwood series among his many endeavors there. Not surprisingly, he’s also written novels on Doctor Who, Torchwood, Sherlock Holmes and so forth. I’ve read some of his Torchwood novels — they’re good popcorn literature.
Born January 6, 1982 — Eddie Redmayne, 38. He portrayed Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything. He was Newt Scamander in the Fantastic Beasts film series.
Born January 6, 1984 — Kate McKinnon, 36. Dr. Jillian Holtzmann in that Ghostbusters film. I think her only other genre role to date was voicing various character on Robotomy, a Cartoon Network series. She is Grunhilda in the forthcoming The Lunch Witch film based off the YA novel by Deb Lucke.
(12) COMICS SECTION.
Non Sequitur offers an alternate description of the afterlife.
Frank and Ernest find out the problems the cast of The Wizard of Oz has when looking for work.
(13) FRIENDS DON’T LET FRIENDS WATCH ‘CATS’ ON DRUGS. The Washington Post’s Michael O’Sullivan helps readers decide if they’re the audience for this movie: “‘Cats’ the movie is pretty crazy. But you already know that, and you don’t care.”
Having just watched “Cats,” the movie version of the hit musical about something called “Jellicle cats,” it is clear that “Jellicle” must be cat-speak for “wackadoodle.”…
(14) SILENT RADIO. So far as I know, Camestros Felapton is only on beer. But after reading “CATS! An audio-free podcast review!” I plan to follow Abraham Lincoln’s example and ask him to send each of us a barrel.
[Camestros] So let’s start. [in recitative] Did you find this film weird?
[Timothy] Did it give us the frights?
[Susan] Did it run far too long?
[Camestros] Did the cast all wear tights?
[Timothy] Was it bad C-G-I?
[Susan] Was it moving and sad?
[Camestros] Was it ineffably awful and indescribably bad?
[Susan] (take it away Timothy!)
[Timothy -sings] Because the movie of Cats is and the movie is not,
It’s like the movie of Cats can and the movie can not,
It’s not the movie of Cats is but also its not,
While this movie of Cats should and really should not,
And its because the movie of Cats is bad and bad it is not….
(15) FERTILITY PIONEER. BBC makes sure you’ll remember the name of “The female scientist who changed human fertility forever”.
She was the first person to successfully fertilise a human egg in vitro, changing reproductive medicine forever – but few people know her name today.
…As a technician for Harvard fertility expert John Rock, Menkin’s goal was to fertilise an egg outside the human body. This was the first step in Rock’s plan to cure infertility, which remained a scientific mystery to doctors. He particularly wanted to help women who had healthy ovaries but damaged fallopian tubes – the cause of one-fifth of the infertility cases he saw in his clinic.
Usually, Menkin exposed the sperm and egg to each other for around 30 minutes. Not this time. Years later, she recalled what transpired to a reporter: “I was so exhausted and drowsy that, while watching under the microscope how the sperm were frolicking around the egg, I forgot to look at the clock until I suddenly realised that a whole hour had elapsed… In other words, I must admit that my success, after nearly six years of failure, was due – not to a stroke of genius – but simply to cat-napping on the job!”
On Friday, when she came back to the lab, she saw something miraculous: the cells had fused and were now dividing, giving her the world’s first glimpse of a human embryo fertilised in glass.
(16) THE FUTURE IS REDISTRIBUTED. “Wheel.me robot wheels move furniture via voice commands” – a BBC video.
A Norwegian start-up wants to make it possible to rearrange a home’s furniture solely via a voice command or the touch of an app’s button.
To achieve this, Wheel.me has developed the Genius robotic wheels, which attach to the base of tables, chairs and other furnishings.
It is showing off a prototype at the CES tech expo in Las Vegas, where founder Atle Timenes arranged a demo for BBC Click’s Lara Lewington.
(17) HELPFUL SJWC? “CES 2020: Restaurant cat robot meows at dining customers” – let the BBC introduce you.
A robot cat designed to ferry plates of food to restaurant customers has been unveiled at the CES tech expo in Las Vegas.
BellaBot, built by the Chinese firm PuduTech, is one of a number of wacky robotic inventions being shown off at the event this year.
There is also UBTech’s Walker, which can pull yoga poses.
And Charmin’s RollBot. It speeds a roll of toilet paper on demand to bathrooms that have run out of the stuff.
One expert said it was likely that robots exhibited at CES would only continue to get more bizarre in the future.
BellaBot, the table-waiting robot cat, is a service bot with personality.
It updates a previous model that had a more utilitarian design. BellaBot, in contrast, features a screen showing cat-face animations.
It mews when it arrives at tables to encourage customers to pick up their food.
(18) SOUND INVESTMENT. “Audiobooks: the rise and rise of the books you don’t read”.
Audiobooks are having a moment. As they soar in popularity, they are becoming increasingly creative – is the book you listen to now an artform in its own right, asks Clare Thorp.
…Audiobooks are in the midst of a boom, with Deloitte predicting that the global market will grow by 25 per cent in 2020 to US$3.5 billion (£2.6 billion). Compared with physical book sales, audio is the baby of the publishing world, but it is growing up fast. Gone are the days of dusty cassette box-sets and stuffily-read versions of the classics. Now audiobooks draw A-list talent – think Elisabeth Moss reading The Handmaid’s Tale, Meryl Streep narrating Charlotte’s Web or Michelle Obama reading all 19 hours of her own memoir, Becoming. There are hugely ambitious productions using ensemble casts (the audio of George Saunders’ Booker Prize-winning Lincoln in the Bardo features 166 different narrators), specially created soundscapes and technological advances such as surround-sound 3D audio. Some authors are even skipping print and writing exclusive audio content.
…While audiobook sales are up and physical book sales down, it’s not a given that the two things are related. In fact, audio is pulling in new audiences – whether that’s listeners who don’t usually buy books, or readers listening to genres in audio format that they wouldn’t pick up in print.
(19) VIDEO OF THE DAY. Is that Emperor Palpatine on an air guitar, or a Force guitar?
[Thanks to John King Tarpinian, JJ, Cat Eldridge, Chip Hitchcock, Martin Morse Wooster, Mike Kennedy, Daniel Dern, Darrah Chavey, James Davis Nicoll, Michael J. Walsh, Peace Is My Middle Name, and Andrew Porter for some of these stories. Title credit goes to File 770 contributing editor of the day Steve Davidson.]
Posted in Pixel Scroll | Tagged Andi Shechter, audiobooks, Authors Guild, Camestros Felapton, Cat Rambo, James Davis Nicoll, Marvel, RITA Award, robots, Romance Writers of America, Star Trek: Picard, Star Wars, Timothy the Talking Cat | 43 Replies
Pixel Scroll 7/15/19 There Are More Scrolls In Heaven And Earth, Horatio, Than Are Dreamt Of In Your Pixelology
Posted on July 15, 2019 by Mike Glyer
(1) OLD HOME PLANET WEEK. ScienceFiction.com reports “LeVar Burton Expects Geordi La Forge To Pop Up On ‘Star Trek: Picard’”.
LeVar Burton says that he expects to be invited to appear as Geordi La Forge on the upcoming CBS All Access series ‘Star Trek: Picard’ starring his old ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ captain Patrick Stewart. Furthermore, Burton expects other cast members to return as well. But not all at the same time.
“Each of us, I would say certainly, right? It is unreasonable to assume that he doesn’t know those people anymore, or that he stopped talking to them. And if he did there’s good storytelling in why. Are you gonna see all of us together, again, in a scene or episode? I don’t know. There’s a lot of paper that needs to be papered, before we get there.”
(2) GENTLEMEN, BE SEATED. The latest Two Chairs Talking podcast with Perry Middlemiss and David Grigg is a discussion of fanzines highlighted by an interview with Bruce Richard Gillespie: “Episode 7: All this I speak in print, for in print I found it”.
What are fanzines? (03:49)
Amateur Press Associations (02:05)
John Bangsund and ANZAPA (05:34)
(3) FOLLOW THE MONEY. The Bank of England reveals the new face on its £50 note: “Alan Turing to feature on new £50 note”
Alan Turing, the scientist known for helping crack the Enigma code during the second world war and pioneering the modern computer, has been chosen to appear on the new £50 note.
The mathematician was selected from a list of almost 1,000 scientists in a decision that recognised both his role in fending off the threat of German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic and the impact of his postwar persecution for homosexuality.
The announcement by the Bank of England governor, Mark Carney, completes the official rehabilitation of Turing, who played a pivotal role at the Bletchley Park code and cipher centre.
(4) FILLING THE INTELLECTUAL PANTRY. The latest Kittysneezes podcast episode concerns a topic that Filers might find very provocative. It’s called Reed Gud, Part 1, or Other Books Than ‘Harry Potter’ Exist:
In this week’s episode, R.S. Benedict is joined by Gareth and Langdon of Death Sentence, a podcast about books for people who hate books, podcasts and capitalism but like metal. And in order to Rite Gud, you’ve got to Reed Gud — in particular, why you need to read books other than Harry Potter.
Obviously, there’s nothing wrong with reading and enjoying Harry Potter. But you also need to read other books. Cultural intake is like a diet. There’s nothing wrong with eating chicken fingers and fries sometimes, but to be healthy you really need a variety of foods, and as an adult you probably should develop a more refined palate than just eating the same tater tots and spaghettiOs you lived on as a kid.
(5) SHORT SFF RECS. Rocket Stack Rank’s Eric Wong says, “RSR’s monthly ratings for July 2019 has been posted with 10 RSR-recommended stories out of 70 reviewed.” — “July 2019 Ratings”.
Here are some quick highlights by pivoting the July Ratings by story length, new writers, and authors. (Click links to see the different views.)
Length: 4 novellas (2 recommended), 21 novelettes (5 recommended, 3 free online), 45 short stories (3 recommended).
New Writers: 9 stories by Campbell-eligible writers (1 recommended, free online).
Authors: 5 authors out of 65 had more than one story here: Leah Cypess, Tegan Moore, Dominica Phetteplace, Natalia Theodoridou, and Nick Wolven.
July 2019 Ratings posted with 10 RSR-recommended stories out of 70 reviewed. https://t.co/dSP2ph2uJy
— RocketStackRank (@RocketStackRank) July 15, 2019
(6) LIU AND KOWAL IN NYT. [Item by Daniel Dern.] The Sunday July 15, 2019 NY Times dead-tree edition has a special section, The Next Leap — articles and photos on space exploration, including two by sf’ers:
p 22, “Words From An Upside-Down World,” by Ken Liu (online title, “Messages on the Moon From a World Turned Upside Down”.)
pp 24-25, “In Space, Unisex Won’t Fly,” by Hugo-winner Mary Robinette Kowal. (not online yet)
Lots of pages of pix, not sure whether all will be online.
(7) DC IN 2021 DISSENT. Nick Larter, who identifies himself as a Dublin 2019 member, tweeted the following message about a motion he may submit to the business meeting:
I am extremely disquieted by the idea that in a few weeks, we, the international science fiction community, will probably be rubber-stamping a Worldcon in the United States for 2021.
If the 2021 Worldcon goes ahead in Washington DC, then it is going to transpire that some science fiction fans who would like to attend are going to be prevented from doing so, because of their nationality, religion, or ethnicity, on account of the current immigration policies of the US. More still will run the risk of intrusive personal inconvenience or other unacceptable disruption to their travel plans, during the immigration process.
As evidence of this I cite the recent news that last year, Star Wars actor Riz Ahmed, was prevented by the US authorities from attending a US event relating to the movie. If this can happen to a public figure like Ahmed, how many ordinary fans are going to get caught up?
In all honesty, I don’t understand why the Washington DC bidders haven’t looked at the current situation in the US and said, “Y’know what, this won’t do, so we’re just going to put on plans on hold for a few years, until the open, welcoming America we once knew and loved, has come back again.”
For these reasons, I believe that our community, which has an excellent record of embracing diversity and inclusivity of all kinds, has a duty to reject Washington DC as the venue for the 2021 Worldcon. It would be grossly delinquent of us to act in any other way.
The WSFS Constitution provides for what to do if members reject the eligible bids, but as I recall, it doesn’t authorize the business meeting to refuse to seat a bid picked by site selection voters. If I’m wrong, I’m sure someone will correct me in five… four… three…
(8) DRAGON AWARDS DEADLINE. The Red Panda Fraction reminds everyone that the deadline for the nominations for the 2019 Dragon Awards is this Friday, July 19. Here’s the link to the nominations page. The Pandas have also borrowed an idea from Renay and created an eligible works spreadsheet:
We also had many more people work on the Dragon Awards Google Docs spreadsheet (Dragon Awards Eligible Works 2019) this year since we got it up much earlier than last year. The anonymous contributors did a lot of work and even added extra information about possible nominees that I hadn’t thought of. It should make it easier for folks to find nominees.
(9) SHECHTER OBIT. Andi Malala Shechter died this morning, at the end of a months-long battle with an aggressive cancer called a glioblastoma, stage 4, otherwise known as glioblastoma multiforme.
Andi Shechter
Shechter lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston and Seattle over the years. Her time in fandom dates at least to the New York Star Trek conventions of the Seventies. Toward the end of that decade she married Alva Rogers (1923-1982), who had co-chaired the 1968 Worldcon. In the Eighties, she moved to Boston, was active in Boskones, and served as a division head for Noreascon 3, the 1989 Worldcon. In the Nineties, she moved to Seattle with her long-time partner, Stu Shiffman (1954-2014).
Shechter was a powerful force in both sff and mystery fandom. She wrote numerous mystery reviews, and twice chaired Left Coast Crime, in 1997 and again in 2007. She was named fan guest of honor of LCC in 2001.
In 2013 Andi and Stu, who had been together for 25 years, announced their engagement. At the time Stu was trying to recover from a stroke. On June 18, 2014 they married in a ceremony at University of Washington’s Burke Museum with nearly 100 in attendance. Very sadly, Stu passed away before the end of the year.
Many of Andi’s friends are leaving tributes on her Facebook page – some are set to public, others are set to closer accessibility.
Born July 15, 1769 — Clement C. Moore. I know it’s High Summer, but it’s His Birthday. Author of the Christmas poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”, first published anonymously in 1823 which led to some bitter dispute over who wrote it. It later became much better known as “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.” (Died 1863.)
Born July 15, 1796 — Thomas Bulfinch. Author of Bullfinch’s Mythology, which I’m certain I had in at least several University courses taught by older white males. They are the classic myths without unnecessary violence, sex, or ethnographic background. And heterosexual of course as Bullfinch was an ardent anti-homosexual campaigner. Edith Hamilton’s Mythology would mercifully supersede it. (Died 1867.)
Born July 15, 1918 — Dennis Feltham Jones. His first novel Colossus was made into Colossus: The Forbin Project. He went on to write two more novels in the series, The Fall of Colossus and Colossus and the Crab, which in my opinion became increasingly weird. iBooks and Kindle have the Colossus trilogy plus a smattering of his other works available. (Died 1981.)
Born July 15, 1927 — Joe Turkel, 92. I first noticed him as Lloyd, the ghostly bartender in The Shining followed by his being Dr. Eldon Tyrell in Blade Runner. He’s the Sheriff in Village of the Giants based somewhat off on H.G. Wells’ The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth, Malcolm (uncredited) in Visit to a Small Planet and Paxton Warner in The Dark Side of the Moon. Series wise, he’s been on Fantasy Island, Tales from the Dark Side, Land of the Giants and One Step Beyond.
Born July 15, 1931 — Clive Cussler, 88. Pulp author. If I had to pick his best novels, I’d say that would be Night Probe and Raise the Titantic, possibly also Vixen 03. His real-life National Underwater and Marine Agency, a private maritime archaeological group has found several important wrecks including the Manassas, the first ironclad of the civil war.
Born July 15, 1944 — Jan-Michael Vincent. First Lieutenant Jake Tanner in the film version of Roger Zelazny’s Damnation Alley which somehow I’ve avoided seeing so far. Is it worth seeing? Commander in Alienator and Dr. Ron Shepherd in, and yes this is the name, Xtro II: The Second Encounter. Not to mention Zepp in Jurassic Women. (Don’t ask.) If Airwolf counts as genre, he was helicopter pilot and aviator Stringfellow Hawke in it. (Died 2019.)
Born July 15, 1957 — Forest Whitaker, 62. His best known genre roles are such as in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Saw Gerrera and in The Black Panther as Zuri. He’s had other genre appearances including Major Collins in Body Snatchers, Nate Pope in Phenomenon, Ker in Battlefield Earth for which he was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor, Ira in Where the Wild Things Are, Jake Freivald In Repo Men (anyone see this?) and he was, and though I’ve somehow managed not to see any of it, Host of Twilight Zone.
Born July 15, 1963 — Brigitte Nielsen, 56. Red Sonja! What’d a way to launch your film career. Mind you her next genre films were 976-Evil II and Galaxis…
Born July 15, 1967 — Christopher Golden, 52. Where to start? The Veil trilogy was excellent as was The Hidden Cities series co-authored with Tim Lebbon. The Menagerie series co-authored with Thomas E. Sniegoski annoyed me because it never got concluded. Straight On ‘Til Morning is one damn scary novel.
Born July 15, 1979 — Laura Benanti, 40. Her foremost genre role was was a dual one as Alura Zor-El and Astra In-Ze on Supergirl. Interestingly she took on that role on CBS just before assuming the role as Melania Trump on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, another CBS property. She also has a long theatrical career including playing The Goddess in The Tempest and Cinderella in Into the Woods.
Bizarro researchers pursue the nuclear typo.
(12) YMMV. According to Food & Wine, “Twinkies Cereal Could Be Part of Your Balanced Hostess Snack Cake-Themed Breakfast”.
The idea of turning a Hostess snack cake into cereal isn’t totally insane. That was proven by the first two Hostess products that were introduced in bowl-worthy form courtesy of Post last year: Honey Bun Cereal and Donettes Cereal. Both honey buns and mini-donuts can be breakfast. Are they the healthiest breakfasts? Obviously not. But probably most everyone reading this has eaten one of those things for breakfast in the past — and at the very least, if someone told you they ate a Hostess Honey Bun or a pack of Donettes for breakfast, you wouldn’t stare them down in disgust. However, if someone told you they ate a Twinkie for breakfast…
(13) TONIGHT’S JEOPARDY! Andrew Porter reports the game show’s latest stfnal reference. (Photo by Brett Cox.)
Final Jeopardy – Women Authors
Answer: An award for works of horror, dark fantasy & psychological suspense honors this author who came to fame with a 1948 short story.
Wrong question: “Who is Ayn Rand?”
Correct question: “Who is Shirley Jackson?”
(14) THE NEW NORMAL? NPR observes that “Climate Change Fuels Wetter Storms — Storms Like Barry”.
People across southern Louisiana are spending the weekend worried about flooding. The water is coming from every direction: the Mississippi River is swollen with rain that fell weeks ago farther north, and a storm called Barry is pushing ocean water onshore while it drops more rain from above.
It’s a situation driven by climate change, and one that Louisiana has never dealt with, at least in recorded history. And it’s raising questions about whether New Orleans and other communities are prepared for such an onslaught.
“It is noteworthy that we’re in our 260th day of a flood fight on the Mississippi River, the longest in history, and that this is the first time in history a hurricane will strike Louisiana while the Mississippi River has been at flood stage,” said Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards in response to a question about climate change at a Friday news conference.
(15) WORKS BEST WHEN YOU DON’T USE YOUR BIRTHDAY. “Computer password inventor dies aged 93” – BBC has the story.
Computer pioneer Fernando Corbato, who first used passwords to protect user accounts, has died aged 93.
…Dr Corbato reportedly died as a result of complications caused by diabetes.
…He joined MIT in 1950 to study for a doctorate in physics, but realised during those years that he was more interested in the machines that physicists used to do their calculations than in the subject itself.
Using computers during the 50s was an exercise in frustration because the huge, monolithic machines could only handle one processing job at a time.
In a bid to overcome this limitation, Dr Corbato developed an operating system for computers called the Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS).
…Passwords were introduced to CTSS as a way for users to hide away the files and programs they were working on from others on the same machine.
(16) BASTILLE STORMED BY FLYBOARD. BBC video shows “Bastille Day: Flyboard takes part in military display”.
The annual Bastille Day parade, marking the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789, has been taking place in Paris.
Over 4,000 military personnel and more than 100 aircraft took part in ceremonies, with crowds entertained by inventor Franky Zapata and his futuristic flyboard.
(17) DISTRACTED DRIVING. BBC is there for “Monsters and power-ups in new go-kart experience” (video).
An experience which allows go-kart drivers to race against each other while shooting virtual monsters and picking up power-ups has been developed.
Drivers wear a Magic Leap headset which allows them to see the augmented reality elements of the track.
(18) A HUNK OF BURNIN’ LOVE. NPR says the Feds have found another place to put a wall: “Federal Clampdown On Burning Man Imperils Festival’s Free Spirit Ethos, Say Burners”.
Burning Man started three decades ago as a low-key gathering of friends who celebrated summer solstice on a West Coast beach by setting a wooden man aflame.
Now, event organizers say the counterculture gathering of arts, music and communal living is eyeing attendance in the six figures, leading to a months-long struggle with federal regulators over whether its swelling size will cause long-term harm to the environment and even make the event vulnerable to a terrorist attack.
The battle is heating up as Burning Man officials attempt to secure a new 10-year permit to allow the August gathering in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to jump from its current capacity of 80,000 to 100,000. But the Bureau of Land Management is clamping down.
In a recent report assessing Burning Man’s environmental impact, the BLM capped the festival population at 80,000, citing an abundance of trash generated by the thousands of revelers and a host of safety concerns for eventgoers as well as for the federally protected land.
A preliminary report from the BLM called for new regulations, including an attendance cap, mandatory security screenings and a concrete barrier to encircle the perimeter. Federal officials have since eased those controls for now, except for the population cap.
Still, longtime participants say the government tightening its grip on the growing event threatens the anarchic principles that underpin the festival.
(19) AREA 51 WARNING. All those of you who never watch Fox News should shut your eyes at this point:
Officials warn public of dangers at secretive Nevada base and signal that the Air Force stands ready; national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin report from the Pentagon.
[Thanks to JJ, John King Tarpinian, Chip Hitchcock, Mike Kennedy, mlex, Martin Morse Wooster, Cat Eldridge, Carl Slaughter, and Andrew Porter for some of these stories. Title credit goes to File 770 contributing editor of the day Matthew Johnson.]
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That Ship Has Sailed
Posted on February 19, 2015 by Mike Glyer
Shiffman art displayed at the memorial on February 15. Photo by Randy Byers.
By John Hertz: Another thing last weekend was a memorial for Stu Shiffman.
Shiffman was one of the best fanartists we’ve had. That’s saying a lot. He won the Rotsler Award in 2010 and a Hugo in 1990. He drew for Chunga, Izzard, Janus, Littlebrook, Mimosa, Rune, Science Fiction Five-Yearly.
In 1981 he was the Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund delegate, attending the British national convention; his nominators were Harry Bell, Mike Glicksohn, Mike Glyer, Jerry Kaufman, Peter Roberts, all names to conjure with.
He was a guest of honor at Corflu, Lunacon, Minicon, Wiscon.
He was a judge of the Sidewise Award.
He married Andi Shechter. They having been among those who made the Great Pilgrimage to Seattle, she conducted a memorial there. By virtue of Shechter & Shiffman’s bicoastality, Laurie Mann conducted a memorial at the same time during Boskone. That’s why I used the singular. Shiffman was singular.
His deft portrayals of our adventures, in which his historical interests and sometimes talking animals took part, placed us in hieroglyphic Egypt, Victorian England, the future imagined by E.R. Burroughs.
He died in 2014. I knew him, Horatio. May his memory be for a blessing.
Posted in In Passing | Tagged Andi Shechter, John Hertz, Stu Shiffman
Stu Shiffman (1954-2014)
Posted on November 26, 2014 by Mike Glyer
Stu Shiffman (middle) in 1981.
Stu Shiffman died November 26, almost two-and-a-half years after suffering a stroke; he was 60. The renowned fan artist, who generously shared his talents in fanzines, apas and convention publications, received the Best Fan Artist Hugo Award in 1990 and the Rotsler Award in 2010.
Stu was a native New Yorker but moved to Seattle about 20 years ago with his partner Andi Shechter.
Stu always was fascinated by the traditions and in-references of science fiction fandom and loved to incorporate them in unexpected settings that might involve anything from cartoons of talking animals to intricately rendered Egyptian tomb art and hieroglyphs.
When he got into fandom in the 1970s mimeographed fanzines were still quite common. Taral Wayne admired that Stu “was as much a master of pen and ink as he was of stylus and stencil.”
Stu also had a special interest in drawing literary characters like Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Burrough’s John Carter (interests which sometimes merged, as in his ERBzine contribution Adventure of the Martian Hegira: fragments from the Barsoomian Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes.)
In fact, one of his earliest contributions to a fanzine appeared in the sword-and-sorcery oriented Amra (October 1975) — “Goric & Other Limericks” co-authored with NY fan John Boardman.
Stu’s own publications, such as Raffles, co-edited with Larry Carmody, began appearing around 1977.
He became a leader in New York’s faannish fandom when he hosted Fanoclasts. He also chaired the Flushing in ’80 hoax Worldcon bid committee composed of Moshe Feder, Joe Siclari, Gary Farber, Hank Davis, Elliot Shorter, and Jon Singer.
Stu’s soaring popularity led to him being voted the 1981 Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund delegate. The following year he began his TAFF report, A Raffles Lad Abroad or The Road to Yorcon. (See Chapters 1 and 2 here.)
Stu ordinarily enjoyed his fannish accolades as much as anyone, but he did become frustrated that during the 1980s he established a record for the most fan Hugo nominations without winning. Everyone was gratified when he broke through at last in 1990.
All this productivity happened despite a medical condition Stu was coping with at the time. The symptoms became apparent when he was invited by fellow artists Schirmeister and Taral to join them hiking on Mt. Wilson in 1984 and he had difficulty keeping up. Taral explained in The Slan of Baker Street, “Stu will have to forgive me if I relate this imperfectly, but he had an abnormal connection between the blood vessels of his brain that allowed venous blood to mingle with arterial blood. The intermixing robbed his bloodstream of oxygen, and he tired easily.” Doctors corrected this by performing brain surgery in 1985 – an operation lasting 12 hours according to Ansible.
Stu’s interest in mysteries was strong enough to fuel three fandoms with art and articles. He was a Sherlockian (Sound of the Baskervilles, Hounds of the Internet) who contributed to publications like Baker Street Journal, and a Wodehouse enthusiast who sent material to such journals as Plum Lines and Wooster Sauce. And Stu was just as likely to write something about them for an sf fanzine. For example, a 1999 issue of Mainstream featured his “Adventures of the Danzig Mien,” the script of a Sherlockian parody: Stu had a great time festooning a Conan Doyle-esque plot with ridiculous references and in-jokes.
He also produced some similarly-inspired short stories for an anthology series. In “The Milkman Cometh” (Tales of the Shadowmen 5: Vampires of Paris) Tevye meets Sherlock Holmes and confronts Boris Badenov. In “Grim Days” (Tales of the Shadowmen 7) Lord Peter Wimsey and Colonel Haki meet in Istanbul.
He drew a backup feature for Captain Confederacy, the black-and-white comic produced by Will Shetterly and Vince Stone (published by Steeldragon Press), involving two steampunkish characters named Saks & Violet.
So it is not surprising that Stu was attracted to alternate history and for many years was a member of the judging panel for the Sidewise Award for Alternate History.
His convention guest of honor stints included Hexacon (1980), Minicon XX, Wiscon XII, Corflu 6 (1989) and Lunacon 2000.
At Corflu 5 (1988) he was named a Past President of Fan Writers of America (fwa).
He had a recipe in the Tiptree fundraiser The Bakery Men Don’t See (1991) – “Grandma Ethel Katz’s Noodle Kugel.” Stu co-edited the 1986 issue of Science-Fiction Five-Yearly with the Nielsen Haydens and Lee Hoffman. He illustrated the 1991 edition of Beyond the Enchanted Duplicator…To the Enchanted Convention by Walt Willis and James White.
On June 14, 2012 Stu suffered a stroke. Two brain surgeries followed. For several months he went back and forth between ICU and acute care, depending on his breathing and heartbeat. Eventually he was reported to be on a gradual upswing and thereafter, though he periodically had serious setbacks, Stu enjoyed sustained improvement.
Andi Shecter visited constantly. Tom Whitmore maintained a CaringBridge online journal that let Stu’s friends keep abreast of important changes in his status.
Andi Shechter and Stu Shiffman on their wedding day, June 18, 2014,
In 2013 Andi and Stu, who had been together for 25 years, announced their engagement. On June 18, 2014 they married in a ceremony at University of Washington’s Burke Museum with nearly 100 in attendance.
By October, Stu had recovered to the point that he’d been able to use a powered wheelchair for the first time since his stroke. However, only a week later, he had a fall and required surgery from which he did not regain consciousness.
Then, this afternoon, he died after his heart stopped. Tom Whitmore explained: “Aides found him when they went to prepare him for a shower. He was given CPR and 911 was called. The EMTs were able to get a heartbeat and pulse back and he was being readied to go to Harborview Emergency Department when he heart stopped again. They were unable to get him back. They tried for about 40 minutes.”
I am so sad that Stu wasn’t able to make the recovery we all hoped he would have, and am very sorry for Andi’s loss.
Stu Shiffman and Mike Glyer in 2004. Photo by Rich Coad.
Posted in In Passing | Tagged Andi Shechter, Fanoclasts, Larry Carmody, Stu Shiffman, Taral Wayne, Tom Whitmore
Andi and Stu Engaged
Congratulations to Andi Shecter and Stu Shiffman who became engaged on July 18 in a ceremony at the rehab facility where Stu’s been staying. Tom Whitmore reported on CaringBridge:
Stu was fetching in a panama hat, and Andi was her usual dapper self. Rabbi Jessica K Marshall officiated, and a very pleasant time was had by all. This was Stu’s first trip outside in a very long time (aside from being transported from one facility to another). The weather was completely cooperative, warm with a slight breeze and very clear.
As Andi and Stu explained last month:
We have been together for 25 years. On June 13, 2012, Stu suffered a serious stroke from which he has recovered to a major extent, although he still has more healing to do. In March of 2013, Andi turned 60 years old, while Stu will have his 60th birthday in February of 2014. We feel that we have good reason to talk about love and commitment.
They will be married next June.
Posted in Heard Online | Tagged Andi Shechter, Stu Shiffman, Tom Whitmore
Shiffman, Shechter Betrothal
Posted on June 19, 2013 by Mike Glyer
Stu Shiffman and Andi Shechter will celebrate their betrothal with a Tenaim ceremony in Seattle on July 18. They made the announcement on CaringBridge today, June 19:
We hope that about a year from now, we will have our wedding ceremony, again with the support of Rabbi [Jessica K] Marshall and that you will be able to attend. We sort of figured we’d better start planning the party early. We hope you’ll celebrate with us, now and in the year ahead, virtually or literally, from near or far.
Congratulations! – this is exciting news.
Posted in Heard Online | Tagged Andi Shechter, Stu Shiffman
Stu Shiffman Update 4/4
Posted on April 5, 2013 by Mike Glyer
Fanartist Stu Shiffman’s recovery from last June’s stroke has entered a new phase. Tom Whitmore reported on Stu’s CaringBridge page that he’s managing to talk for several minutes at a time (despite still having a trache in place) –
A bit over a week ago when I was visiting, he managed clearly to say the number 6 while counting to 10 — according to Andi, he can now manage a lot of words in a row. We’re all very excited about this. His speech and respiratory therapists are continuing to spend more time with him just because he’s so responsive.
Stu Shiffman Update 2/12
On Stu Shiffman’s birthday — February 12 — friends celebrated both the date and his continuing, gradual recovery from last June’s stroke. As Tom Whitmore told followers of Stu’s CaringBridge journal —
Stu is continuing to be off the ventilator for a part of each day — it varies a lot depending on how much therapy he’s had, and he’s the one who has to decide when he’s going to be on or off it. Which is pretty cool. He’s forming words well now with his mouth, and he’s starting to be able to write again — the words are sprawled and a bit difficult to recognize, but he’s using a normal pen and I could read a couple of the words Andi showed me from Sunday.
Shiffman Update 8/12/12
Posted on August 13, 2012 by Mike Glyer
Stu Shiffman is almost ready to move onto the next stage of his recovery, says Tom Whitmore on the Caring Bridge journal – this time it’s a literal move, to a skilled nursing facility.
Within a day or two Stu’s expected to be transferred to Health and Rehabilitation of North Seattle. See their FAQ for visiting hours and parking information (it’s free). Andi Shecter and Astrid Bear visited and met some staff and residents already. Stu’s stay will be covered by Medicaid.
Tom cautions, Stu’s still not speaking well, so no phone calls. When they know his room number it will be posted on Caring Bridge so that it can be included when addressing letter.
Update 08/13/2012: Stu’s room number is 110.
Posted in Conventions | Tagged Andi Shechter, Stu Shiffman, Tom Whitmore
Shiffman Update 8/8
Posted on August 9, 2012 by Mike Glyer
Andi Schecter says Stu Shiffman is doing much better. She told Tom Whitmore, who maintains Stu’s Caring Bridge journal, Stu has returned to the best level he’s been at since his stroke in June. Yesterday he tried writing, and managed to hug Andi using his right arm (the one affected by the stroke).
Today doctors will x-ray Stu’s kneecap to learn whether it has properly healed from the break and, if so, they will take the immobilizer off his leg.
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The Haunting: Starring Polterguy
Rogue Galaxy
Mister Mosquito
by Paul Abbamondi — Wed, 02/16/2011 - 5:00am
GameCube, PS2, Xbox, GBA, Windows
Frustrating, linear platformer
Marrying my wife a few months ago came with a videogamey bonus: a Nintendo Wii. And it wasn’t until several weeks back that I kind of realized that this system can also play GameCube games on it. The Nintendo GameCube is a system I missed out on hard, having only really played two games to my memory: Luigi’s Mansion and Pikmin. GameStops statewide seem to still sell a good selection of GameCube games, and I was able to pick up The Hobbit for less than a cup of coffee and a breakfast sandwich from the local market. As a true J.R.R. Tolkien fanboy, I couldn’t wait to play it. Alas, I had to wait. Long story short, I had to make a return trip to pick up a memory card so I could actually save my progress.
Anyways… The Hobbit. It came out in late 2003, and I’m assuming that its makers were banking on a lot of eager fans awaiting more Lord of the Rings action would be interested in seeing how the journey all started. In fact, blazing bright and gold on the game’s cover is some silly marketing pullquote that says “the prelude to the Lord of the Rings!” Yeah, we know. Hopefully they don’t pull the same silliness with the upcoming theatrical adaptation. The Hobbit, Part 1 of 2: The Prelude to the Lord of the Rings! Bad enough there’s going to be two films.
I’ve played a number of other games based on the Lord of the Rings over the years. Some were decent amounts of fun (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers), and others just an unfair mess (The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age). Will The Hobbit soar like the Lord of the Eagles or sink like the One Ring abandoning its former master? Let’s find out with the game’s first sixty minutes.
00 - Before I can begin Bilbo’s legendary journey to the Lonely Mountain, I must first create a save data file on my GameCube memory card. Afterwards, we’re treated to a short CGI video which tries to hit a few of the game’s major scenes. We got wolves and goblins and Gandalf doing his thing. It would all look really cool…if the CGI work wasn’t so stiff and unattractive. Poor, poor Gollum; I mean, he has enough self-esteem issues to deal with already!
01 - Main menu screen. It’s nothing fancy. I select “new game,” and we’re off. Folksy music plays as Gandalf takes on as Chief Narrator. Thankfully, there’s no CGI movie here. Instead, we’re blessed with storyboard-like artwork, all hand-drawn and pretty, and it’s a much more effective way to tell a story. Basically, it’s like The Hobbit with Pictures!
02 - But then, much like how the One Ring abandoned Gollum, we’re dumped back into the realm of terrible CGI. Ugh. It’s of all the dwarves partying it up in Bilbo’s hobbit-hole, and he faints when he learns that he’s been selected to be the team’s sole burglar. Just before Bilbo blacks out, he hears Gandalf assuring everyone of his skill. Loading screen time!
03 - We’re now inside Bilbo’s dream. An army of goblins are attacking elves and men. I guess this is what they call in the gaming biz…foreshadowing. I guess it’s also a tutorial level. Bilbo seems to have infinite health here, and I learn how to hack, slash, jump and slash, and switch between Sting and the deadly walking stick.
05 - After clearing the first area of goblins, Bilbo moves to the next area…to clear out more goblins. It’s pretty uninteresting. Pressing start brings me to my quest log, which basically just says, “Look for an exit.” Good idea!
06 - Fight, slash. Slash, fight. All in a day’s work for a videogame hobbit. It’s actually hard to tell some of the goblins apart from the armored men. Thank goodness for friendly fire. Bilbo hits a stack of explosive barrels to lower a ladder. Yeah, that makes sense. A goblin leader named Bolg enters to shout a command, but our dear hero suddenly wakes up.
07 - More slick animation. And then to a loading screen titled “An Unexpected Party,” which is the title of chapter one in The Hobbit. Good to see them sticking with the source material every now and then. Gandalf informs Bilbo that he overslept and needs to get to the Green Dragon Inn as quickly as possible.
09 - Read some menus and text about collecting things. After that excitement, Bilbo collected his walking stick and headed outside. Naturally, his pocket sprung a leak and all his silver pennies are scattered across Hobbiton. Sure, sure. Whatever you say, Bilbo.
11 - A Hobbiton Man (shouldn’t that be Hobbiton Hobbit?) tells me all about Bullroarer Took, the hero of the Battle of the Greenfields, and how he helped invent the sport golf.
12 - Used a glowing pedestal to save my game. Yup, it’s one of those saving systems.
13 - Gammer gives me a sidequest: find her quilting needle. Bilbo agrees to help despite that fact that this Hobbiton being is doing nothing. She’s just standing around. Find your own needle! Instead, I moved a butter churner onto her porch and was rewarded with tea-cakes. “We’re gonna need a lot of food on this journey,” Bilbo says. True that, fatty!
16 - Evidently, Peter Jackson got it wrong. Hobbiton is just one giant path. You can follow it, but you can’t stray from it too far. There’s doors, but none you can go in. Along the way, Bilbo will collect silver pennies and courage points to increase his courage meter.
17 - A friendly neighbor lets Bilbo in on the secret that the best apples in Hobbiton are right above his head in the “unreachable” orchard. To get there, all Bilbo has to do is move a haystack over and climb up. Grabbed some throwing stones and practiced knocking apples out of trees. To throw, hit the right trigger, aim, and throw with A. It’s very awkward and not effective at all.
19 - An old Hobbit guarding a well yells at Bilbo. “Hey, what are you doing?!”
20 - A group of Hobbiton kids wants to play hide-and-go-seek with Bilbo. He lets them go hide, but he’ll never go seek ‘em. Insert an evil Sauron laugh here.
21 - The Green Dragon Inn is right across the stream, but alas, the bridge is out. To fix it, the Hobbit repairman needs hammer and nails. At this point, they should really rename Hobbiton to Fetchqueston. Let’s save our game first, eh?
23 - To get to the hammer, Bilbo has to go through a mill. The camera here goes extremely haywire, making jumps and distance judges a little tricky. It’s not life-threatening, but it’s also not easy to work with.
24 - Words I actually yelled at the TV screen: “This camera is worse than Epic Mickey!”
26 - Lots of swimming, lots of jumping, lots of climbing. Finally made my way to…Carl the Hobbit. He simply hands over his father’s hammer without an additional fetch quest, and we’re on our way back to fix the bridge.
27 - Or maybe not. Not wanting to climb back down from the tall ledges, I had Bilbo jump down to the water. Turns out that kind of fall is painful enough to kill our dear Hobbit hero, and the game reloaded from my last save from six minutes ago. Looks like I get to do it all over again!
30 - All right, hammer and nails acquired. Bridge is now fixed. On the other side, Bilbo runs into Bombur who is shaking with excitement to give us yet another sidequest. He wants provisions…lots of them. Er, maybe later. Let’s keep this unexpected party going forward.
31 - Bilbo heads over to the Green Dragon Inn, and that’s the end of the level. A stats screen comes up, and it seems we missed a good chunk of fun. Only completed 10 out of 23 available quests. A vendor screen allows us to purchase items with our found silver pennies, but nothing calls out to me at the moment.
32 - More awesome storyboard animation sequences. Bilbo is sent to investigate the campfire smoke out in the woods. This level is called “Roast Mutton,” same as chapter two in the book. Guess we’re gonna stumble upon some trolls then.
34 - The level begins in an open clearing, with just about every dwarf standing around idly. Bilbo chats with ‘em all, and even manages to get a sidequest from Kili.
36 - Moving forward, a plant attacks. A plant…attacks. They are easier to kill with thrown stones then swinging the walking stick. Moments after this, a wolf attacks! This is a very dangerous forest. The wolf is hard to kill thanks to a lackluster combat system, and Bilbo has to down his only health potion to keep his heart ticking.
37 - Well, forget that idea. Three wolves attacked at once, and they were more than Bilbo could handle. His health depleted quickly, and now I have to redo everything yet again. That seems to be a trend here with The Hobbit. The road goes ever on and on and over again?
40 - Rocks were much more effective for killing wolves. PAY ATTENTION, BEAR GRYLLS!
42 - Exploring more of this forest level. Found some burberry leaves for Kili’s cold, as well as killed a few more evil plants.
43 - Bilbo can use his walking stick to pole-leap across big gaps. It’s a little tricky to master, but when it does work, it’s pretty cool.
44 - These quests are kind of getting more absurd. In order to advance, Bilbo needs to turn off a flood gate. Also found a skeleton key. As I near the flood gate, a swarm of vile creatures attack. Seriously, the game refers to them as “vile creatures.” I haven’t a clue what they are supposed to resemble.
47 - Opening a flood gate this time. Ooooh!
49 - Bilbo died. He fell in the water while jumping from floating piece of wood to floating piece of wood. I guess the rules changed. In the first level, Bilbo could go for a swim safely; here, it’s instant death. Remember, consistency is our friend.
52 - Made it across safely this time. Killed some plants and saved game progress.
53 - Uh oh. It’s a giant whirlpool with pieces of driftwood and a rope to climb directly in the middle. I predict certain death! Yup, miscalculated a jump and drowned.
54 - Got up the rope, but instead of jumping from the rope to the safe bridge, Bilbo jumped to his death below.
55 - Whirlpool section, you are everything wrong with this game.
56 - Success! GIVE ME AN ACHIEVEMENT FOR THIS, DANG IT. A lightning bolt, uh, strikes and sends some boulders crashing down, blocking the way back. Up ahead are the trolls: Bert, Tom, and William. Bilbo’s plan is to steal their pocketbook to impress the dwarves of his burglar skills. And with that, The Hobbit has turned into a horrible take on Metal Gear Solid. Time to sneak!
58 - Bert caught me trying to sneak past. The problem here is that there’s no indication of line of sight and other sensory alerts. Biblo can’t walk on the leaves, but can he run and hop about noisily? It’s all trial and error, unfortunately.
60 - Failed again, this time trying to tiptoe past one of the trolls. According to Tom, “I AM A NASTY LITTLE RABBIT.” And that’s how it’ll always be now that our sixty minutes is over.
What I liked: The style and presentation of the hand-drawn animation sequences, as well as Gandalf’s nice narration. It’s no Ian McKellan, but the voice actor does a good job representing his persona. The music is solid, but it does get repetitive. And despite wavering, the dedication to the source material is appreciated.
What I didn't like: The combat system. I’d have rather had something more like a turn-based RPG than an obvious The Legend of Zelda wannabe. It’s clunky and hollow. The save system is arbitrary, too, sucking the fun right out of a level when you have to constantly replay parts because you weren’t able to find a glowing pedestal in time. Or maybe I’ve just been spoiled by modern games autosaving at every checkpoint under the moon.
Story: It’s The Hobbit…with strange additions. I understand that, to make this more like a videogame and less like an interactive version of J.R.R. Tolkien’s book, some new story bits need to be added in, but a few instances are rather jarring. Not sure about the enemy plants or having to open/close floodgates in the middle of a forest.
Gameplay: You move Bilbo down a linear path, attacking enemies and picking up sidequests. You can either try to complete those miscellaneous tasks for extra silver pennies and courage points, or you can continue down the only path to the end of the level. Other than some really random minigame action used to open locked treasure chests, that’s all I got from The Hobbit. Certainly a lack of variety.
Challenge: In the game’s first hour alone, I died eight times. Now, I’m not going to go on some tirade about my awesome videogame skills, but I do believe I have some skills. I mean, I’ve been pushing buttons on controllers since I was a wee lad, and for a game that is somewhat presented as kid-friendly, I found it rather frustrating and unfair.
Fun factor: Um… it’s fun watching what surpassed as decent graphics in 2003 fall apart in front of you, some eight years later. That’s fun, right?
Would I keep playing? Yes, but only because I want to see more of the slick animation sequences, as well as how Gollum riddling in the dark and the battle against Smaug is handled. Basically, I want to play to see how everything is handled...not to actually play the videogame. I’m totally aware of how frustrating it’s gonna be. However, there is nothing like looking, if you want to find something.
based on a book
crappy camera
frustrating platformer
shimmying
sneaking mission
sorry saving
terrible cgi
vile creatures
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1) Outbreak interpretation: incidence and case-fatality rate
Recently a public announcement was made that a surge in Legionnaires’ disease occurred in Genesee County in 2014 and 2015. Here we provide a summary of the results shared by the county and state health departments, with context to help Flintwaterstudy readers to better understand the situation. Please also see our Frequently Asked Questions on Showering and also our short explanation of hypothesized links between Legionnaires Disease and Lack of Corrosion Control.
Genesee County Public Health Data
An increase of Legionnaires’ cases in fall 2014 prompted a public health investigation, revealing 45 confirmed cases, with 7 deaths, from June 2014 through March 2015.1 While the formal investigation for a second spike in cases for summer 2015 is underway, current data show 44 cases from April through December, with 3 deaths. We’ve constructed a complete timeline showing these cases, along with those from the previous four years. We note that our public health report collection is incomplete, leading to an approximation of the number of cases for certain months in 2015.
Arrows indicate city of Flint switches to Flint River water in April 2014 and back to Lake Huron water in October 2015. Red bars correspond to a second cluster of cases in summer 2015. Note that monthly case values are approximated for May/June 2015 and August/September 2015.
These clusters of cases can be considered outbreaks, as defined by multiple cases of a disease in one location during a similar time frame. Any disease outbreak is a public health issue, but two occurring within a year span in the same area is a concern, even more so when a large number of cases are involved. For comparison, the major outbreak occurring during late summer 2015 in the Bronx had 128 confirmed cases with 12 deaths.2
While the total numbers of cases and deaths were larger for the highly publicized New York outbreak, the picture changes when taking into account disease incidence. Typically measured in cases per 100,000 people, incidence is an important metric when examining disease. With a population of 1.4 million, the New York City borough of the Bronx has several times the population of Genesee County, which is home to 415,000, and the City of Flint, at 100,000. When factoring in population, the Bronx outbreak had an incidence of 8.9 cases/100,000 population, while the 2014 Genesee County outbreak came in at 10.8 cases/100,000 population. This figure becomes even larger when taking into account the proportion of confirmed cases diagnosed within the city of Flint itself. Incidence-wise, 2015 was high as Genesee County experienced a yearly rate nearly 9 times the national average of 1.36 cases/100,000 population.3
Case-fatality rate, the deaths from a disease among a given number of cases is another way to assess the impact of an outbreak. With an average fatality rate of 9%,3 similar to most forms of pneumonia, Legionnaires’ is relatively lethal when compared to other waterborne diseases. With 7 confirmed deaths from 45 total cases, the 15.5% rate for the 2014 Genesee County outbreak was 1.5 times greater than the 10% rate reported for the Bronx outbreak. While the sheer number of cases is concerning, the increased case-fatality rate of the 2014 Genesee County outbreak highlights its severity, particularly so given the substantially smaller population cluster of Flint. When examining this rate, along with the incidence for Legionnaires’ in the county, we get a good picture of just how serious the two outbreaks really were.
Legionnaires’ Disease Transmission
People typically contract Legionnaires’ disease by inhaling bioaerosols (i.e, tiny drops of water suspended in air) containing the bacteria Legionella. Aspirating while drinking (i.e., drinking water not going completely into your stomach but instead going into your lungs) is another transmission route for the disease. Legionnaires’ is not contagious and a victim cannot infect another person.4 Regardless of how the disease is transmitted, a contaminated substance in the environment, usually water, is the source. When water pipes are damaged, they becomes a more attractive environment for certain pathogenic bacteria, including Legionella, to establish and grow. For example, corrosion damage (such as what occurred in Flint) can lead to main breaks and the leaching of nutrients like iron for the bacteria. We have demonstrated this in laboratory research, in a recent series of experiments funded by the National Science Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.5 With this in mind, in July, 2015, our group wrote a grant proposal to the NSF in which we predicted that the corrosive damage to Flint’s drinking water distribution system would be expected to increase levels of L. pneumophila, and potentially other pathogens that grow in building plumbing systems. Recently released public health data and our own environmental testing in large buildings of Flint support our hypothesis.
This leads to the question on many peoples’ minds: were the Genesee County outbreaks caused by the poor quality water in the City of Flint when the Flint River was used as the drinking water source? The short answer is this: due to limited data it cannot be said for certain. Without turning back time to collect and analyze bacteria from patients and the water, it is difficult to make a scientifically conclusive argument demonstrating a source of transmission. However, the fact that the number of Legionnaires’ disease cases increased so dramatically during the period that Flint River water was being used is impossible to ignore (see Figure above). Forty two and Forty five cases occurred in Genesee County during 2014 and 2015, with ten total deaths, while the previous 4 years saw only 4-13 cases.
During a follow-up investigation in response to the 2014 outbreak1, the county and state attempted to pinpoint a common source of transmission. After examining the numbers of patients who presumably became ill within Flint hospitals and those who received corrosive Flint water at home, a common source could not be definitively identified, in part due to a lack of bacterial isolates from patients for comparison to those in the environment. That being said, of the 35 patients for which the report detailed household water source information, 60% received Flint water at home. In addition, 44% of patients without a presumed health-care transmission route were on Flint water, which is a disproportionate number considering the city makes up less than a quarter of the county’s population. These figures, combined with the fact that nearly half of surveyed patients’ homes were impacted by a main break, seem to suggest a very strong likelihood that the corrosion problem with Flint River water (and associated low chlorine residuals) played a role in the surge in Legionnaire’s disease.
Legionnaire’s disease is difficult to investigate and challenging to control, in part due to Legionella being an environmental pathogen; we contract them from sources around us (like water) instead of from each other. This causes a major difficulty in that the number of entities and professional fields involved in Legionnaires’ prevention and outbreak response. For example, drinking water is treated by engineers at treatment plants, then delivered to building plumbing designed by architects and worked on by plumbers. After a person contracts the disease, they are diagnosed by a medical doctor, who reports the case to epidemiologists and microbiologists that try to pinpoint the source of transmission. Meanwhile, university researchers are busy performing experiments to help provide each of these groups with information needed for them to do their jobs. Reducing the risk for Legionnaires’ and responding to cases demands that everyone involved work together, which is not always easy to do.
When it comes to controlling Legionella, the exact factors that trigger its growth and propensity to cause outbreaks in drinking water are also poorly understood, resulting in no silver bullet fixes. For sure, disinfectants such as chlorine are VERY important, but because chlorine decay is enhanced by corrosion5 (i.e., Flint River water) it is especially hard to maintain high enough levels to kill Legionella in building plumbing impacted by corrosion. For example, we never detected chlorine at Lee-Anne Walters’ house. To make matters worse, Legionnaires’ disease cases can be tricky to identify and assess. Even though it is a federal requirement to report cases to the state health department, 6 the disease can be confused with other forms of pneumonia. This and other factors cause it to be highly under-reported in that for every confirmed case, many more aren’t accounted for. This is even before considering the fact that the responsible pathogen isn’t identified in up to 50% of pneumonia diagnoses7 and that Pontiac Fever, another form of infection caused by Legionella, is hardly reported because the illness is less severe and hard to differentiate from the flu. Furthermore, the urine antigen test used for 90% of Legionnaire’s disease diagnoses is not 100% accurate and only detects one out of the multiple pathogenic strains of Legionella bacteria.3 This diagnostic tool also doesn’t provide valuable information for tracking down sources of infection that more laborious and difficult culturing methods will.
It’s also important to keep in mind that for the types of diseases caused by bacteria that live in plumbing systems, Legionnaires’ is the only one that requires federal documentation and reporting. This means that if there were other waterborne diseases such as non-tuberculosis mycobacterial (NTM) infection that were occurring in Flint due to problems with the corrosion control, it would be difficult to draw an association with the city’s drinking water; thus, the microbial issues may have been worse than we know. To help address this and future Legionella concerns, education of water professionals, medical professionals, and citizens is key.
In line with this, we have some recommendations for the residents of Flint and elsewhere in the United States:
First, those concerned should familiarize themselves with the symptoms of these illnesses, which are conveniently available at www.cdc.gov.
Second, those with major risk factors (the greatest of which being smoking, age >50, diabetes and cannabidiol use, and recent surgery) should be aware in order to limit exposure to potentially contaminated sources.
Finally, with the high use of home water filters in Flint, it is vital that residents understand how to correctly operate and maintain these devices, as our research has shown that improper usage may increase risk for pathogen transmission.8
Finally, Legionnaires’ disease was first discovered in 1976, though it was not strongly accepted that drinking water was a significant cause until about 1998 and there are currently no Federal laws specifically designed to control it in municipal drinking water.9 We now suspect that failure to follow other regulations can exacerbate Legionella issues; for example, the corrosion control law that was not followed in Flint, would have helped to control Legionella growth in the in the city water supply. The key point is that, unlike the much better understood situation with lead corrosion, knowledge about Legionannaire’s disease is still rapidly evolving. We also note that world class scientists from EPA and consulting companies have been working on this very issue in Flint, and are actively helping to address these concerns.
1.http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdhhs/Genesee_Co_Legionnaires_Disease_Investigation_Ex_Summary_FINAL_510722_7.pdf
2.http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2015/09/keeping-cool-under-pressure-nyc-legionnaires-disease-outbreak-summer-2015/
3. Dooling, K.L, Toews, K., Hicks, L.A., Garrison, L.E., Bachaus, B., Zansky, S., Carpenter, R., Schaffner, B., Parker, E., Petit, S., Thomas, A., Thomas, S., Mansmann, R., Morin, C., White, B., Langley, G. Active bacterial core surveillance for legionellosis – United States, 2011-2013. CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2015, 64 (42), 1190-1193.
4.http://www.cdc.gov/legionella/index.html
5. Wang, H., Masters, S., Edwards, M.A., Falkinham, J.O. III, Pruden, A. Effect of disinfectant, water age, and pipe materials on bacterial and eukaryotic community structure in drinking water biofilm. Environmental Science & Technology. 2014, 48, 1426-1435.
6. http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/conditions/notifiable/2016/
7. File, T.M. Community-acquired pneumonia. The Lancet. 2003, 362, 1991-2001.
8. http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/crypto/gen_info/filters.html
9. http://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-safe-drinking-water-act
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Nadezhda Savchenko stopped dry hunger strike
MOSCOW, March 10. Former Ukrainian army Hope Savchenko, accused of the murder of Russian journalists, has stopped his hunger-strike. This was reported by telephone to her lawyer mark Feigin.
Poroshenko said about the readiness to exchange Savchenko
“At the request of the President of Ukraine, Nadezhda stopped dry hunger strike and began to eat,” he said.
On Thursday, Novocherkassk police tightened security measures around the detention facility, where Savchenko.
On March 3 in protest against delays by the court sentencing Savchenko went on hunger strike.
The Case Of Hope Savchenko
Savchenko is accused under three articles of the criminal code: “Murder”, “Attempted murder” and “Illegal border crossing”. According to the prosecution, as an officer of the armed forces of Ukraine, while the location of a paramilitary battalion “Aydar” on June 17, 2014 near the village of Metallist, Slavyanoserbsk district, Luhansk region, Savchenko was conducting secret surveillance and correction of shelling the checkpoint of the militia LNR with him were civilians, including three Russian correspondents VGTRK. In the shelling of journalists Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin were killed.
The trial against Savchenko began on 22 September last year. She is 25 July 2015 held in jail-3 of Novocherkassk (30 km from Rostov – on-don and 150 km from Donetsk city court) where it carry on the process. Just detention she is 1 year and 8 months.
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Unemployment and poverty will increase yet again
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The dirtiest means to finish or destroy anti-immigrationists
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Germany: Seventh suspect arrested in connection with firefighter’s killing
A seventh suspect was arrested over the death of a firefighter during an altercation in Augsburg according to police in the southern German city this week.
Gerhard Zintl, the leader of the Criminal Police Inspection, described how the police were able to identify the suspects using surveillance footage from the Christmas market, where the attack took place.
Zintl described how the man was “suddenly surrounded by these seven young men” on an evening out with his wife. “Then there was a blow. The man fell to the ground,” before “the group went to the other, second man, who wanted to come to the aid of the first and subsequently fatal victim; and was attacked and also suffered serious injury to the face”.
The firefighter had been enjoying the evening at the Christmas market with his wife and friends before being attacked by a group of “seven young men”. He was fatally struck on the head before his friend tried to come to his aid and was also seriously injured. Police reportedly attempted to resuscitate the victim at the scene, but he died in the ambulance. The women were unharmed.
Details emerged regarding the suspects’ nationalities, of which six had dual German and Turkish nationality, one of the six had a third nationality (Lebanese) while the seventh was an EU national. Two of the suspects are 17 years old, including the main culprit, who was already known by the police for “assault”.
The seventh suspect was apprehended following an investigation and a manhunt. The police are not looking for any further suspects.
Over 100 firefighters paid their condolences at a vigil at the scene of the crime.
Petr Bystron, member of the Bundestag and the Alternative for Germany in the state of Bavaria, was attacked when he visited the memorial for the murdered Fireman in Augsburg (also in Bavaria).
Antifa members physically and verbally assaulted the AfD member, and damaged the wreath he brought by ripping off the ribbons.
The police however treated Bystron like a criminal, telling him to “calm down” while demanding he present his identification.
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Nigerians terrorize Italian city
PaduaThe Nigerian mafia has been busy in the Italian city of Padua. In less than 24 hours there were two violent episodes in the city center, and as always on via Diego Valeri.
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Embracing the Scary Project--Why Bravery on Demand...
Saying thanks . . .
Building a Questions List to Keep Writing Fresh
Crafting an Agent-Catching Chapter One
I was given the news by the editor at my publishing company. It was a shock, even in these shocking times in publishing. "We only read the first two pages of chapter one," she said. "If it doesn't grab me, it doesn't get further."
What intense pressure for writers these days! To craft a chapter one that
sings loudly and uniquely enough to catch an editor's (or an agent's) eye. To keep them reading past the first two pages. To make them fall in love with your story, be it nonfiction, fiction, or memoir.
Chapter one is perhaps the hardest chapter to write. It has to establish three essential elements that pull the reader into your story. These elements are key to successfully placing your manuscript with an agent. If you don't have them securely in place, you won't get a contract. They exist in any genre of book, if you know how to find them.
Dilemma is the conflict, the question, the quest.
Players are characters, or the narrator, or anyone on stage, whom should we care about.
Container is where everything happens, both outwardly as setting and inwardly as emotional or cultural environment.
These elements create a kind of tension cord. It pulls the reader through your book to the last page. If they are not all in place, the cord is slack and your manuscript doesn't make it past the round file.
Be Aware of Your Natural Strength
Every writer gravitates toward one of these three elements. It is her or his natural, almost unconscious, strength. I've worked with many mystery writers, for example, who dream up plots--dilemma--without any effort. One writer I worked with came to class each week with a new plot twist that had the rest of us envious. She would enter her story from the question What happens? And that question always led toward new ideas.
Another writer might dream of characters. A psychologist in one of my weekly groups loved to analyze how people ticked (no surprise, given his profession) and was adept at writing them on the page.
Then there's the writer who loves setting. Who goes deep into the details of a culture, defining the marketplace or the mountain range or the English garden without any effort. We salivate at her descriptions of weather and sounds and smells and the lattice work on a wall, details that bring the environment of her story alive.
So we first need to recognize what we do best, and keep doing that. And at the same time, bring the other two elements into our awareness too.
Otherwise, the mystery writer might have a fantastic plot that comes across completely ungrounded: she has overlooked the place it happens, and the characters who are complicating things and getting deeper into trouble. So her story is interesting but the agent or editor might say, "Your prose needs tightening." Read: "Two elements are missing here; plug them in." Or, most important: "Make us care!"
A medical memoirist might also think of dilemma first--the accident that left him in a wheelchair, for instance. Event is what matters most to him, but the reader engages through first caring about his dilemma--or character. So the memoirist must begin to reveal himself on the page, more and more. Not always comfortable, but essential.
The psychologist writing a book on mental illness might think first of players--the people she counsels at the clinic or hospital, their personalities. She presents their background, their case histories (disguised or with permission), but she can't figure out how to place them in a setting that's believable. She begins to write the setting--a hospital--and suddenly we see the frailty of these people because we smell the antiseptic or hear the intercom paging doctors.
Your job is to think of all three, no matter which strength you build from. And they all must appear in chapter one.
How Does Chapter One Reveal Dilemma, Players, and Container?
In my weekly classes, we use published books as examples of how to craft chapter one. One of the favorites is the opening chapter--only three pages long--of Judy Blundell's What I Saw and How I Lied. Blundell won the National Book Award for this novel. Her first chapter made me want to buy the book, and I'm not surprised that both an agent and editor felt the same way.
Because that first chapter covers all three elements beautifully.
The chapter opens with the main players, in their unique "container"--a mother still dressed from her evening out, as daybreak slides into a room. The mother, who smells of cigarette smoke and My Sin perfume,is lying in bed next to the young daughter who pretends to be sleeping beside her. There's huge tension between them, even though nothing is said. On the next page, the dilemma is heightened: a man, Peter, has died tragically, the father who left, the mysterious friend. We learn of the dilemma--a small reference to the beach town and his body pulled in from the sea by fishermen. We don't know how it happened, but there's enough hint to present the mystery this book will solve. We also learn (still in the first two pages) how everyone at this Florida resort hotel knows the family's faces because they've been in the news recently.
So players and dilemma are solidly presented. How is the container in these two pages? Expert. Blundell creates an amazingly engaging container, both physically and emotionally, with lines like "The match snapped, then sizzled, and I woke up fast" or "I heard the seagulls crying, sadder than a funeral, and I knew it was almost morning."
Studying the first two pages of your favorite published book might teach you how writers manage this. Blundell's book is usually a revelation to its readers, compact and elegant and effective. It grabs you immediately.
That's what you want your first chapter to do, as well.
Want to join my writing class--at least virtually--this week? Try focusing on chapter one in one of your favorite published books. Pick one that's been published within the last 5 years, a book in your book's genre, one you admire a lot.
Photocopy the first two pages and see if you can find the three elements: dilemma, players, container.
Then, once you've seen how it works, try it with your own first chapter. Can you draft it--or look it over if it's already written--and check it for these three elements? What's missing? What's already present?
To read more about Judy Blundell's book, click .http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6624886.html
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When Your Book Changes Direction--Why Juliann Rich...
What's Keeping You Accountable to Your Writing?
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Personal History: Where We Come From and How It I...
When Your Book Changes Direction--Why Juliann Rich's new book, Caught in the Crossfire, Took Dedication, Hard Work, and Learning New Writing Skills
In 2011, when Juliann Rich first decided to write a book, she intended to write an adult mystery. At the time this was her favorite genre to read so she began sketching out her detective and thinking of the murder plot. Then one day at work she had an image flash through her mind: two boys, holding hands in the middle of a bible camp.
Yikes. Now that's a book, she thought.
She put away her notes on murders and who-dun-its and who-figured-it-outs and began writing their story that night.
As the supportive mom of a gay son and as the daughter of evangelical Christian parents, it is definitely true that Juliann has compassion and insider perspective into the central conflicts within her new young-adult novel, Caught in the Crossfire, which will be released in June from Bold Strokes Books.
From the onset Juliann says she committed to writing a story that would put her readers into the world of a sixteen-year-old boy struggling to integrate his sexual orientation with his faith. It was also important to this author to depict the conservative Christians in her book as she knows them to be: people of devout faith who act according to their beliefs and do not see the harm they are inflicting on their GLBTQ loved ones.
She says knew the test of whether or not she succeeded with that goal would come when her mom read her book.
Juliann's mother called as soon as she finished it. She said it was a beautiful story and that she wanted to talk with Juliann's son now that she understood his journey better.
"Sharing Caught in the Crossfire with my family was incredibly healing," Juliann says. "I have a mission for my book it would be twofold: to let gay teenagers know that God's love for them is unconditional and to spark healing conversations within families that are polarized by their differing beliefs."
How She Began--With Writing Classes!
I first met Juliann in the fall of 2011 when she took my online class, "Your Book Starts Here."
"I giggle now," she says, "but at the time I thought I needed to have a completed draft to take your class, Mary. I wrote like a maniac and completed the first draft two weeks into that first class. At the time I thought I was finished. Remember that? Ah, the bliss of ignorance. Thank goodness for the excellent feedback I got from you and the other writers in that class. I shudder to think of the outcome had I charged ahead into the querying process."
She went on to take the next level of "Your Book Starts Here," as well as "Revising Your Young Adult Novel" with Megan Atwood, and she was chosen for a mentorship with Ben Barnhart, former acquiring editor at Milkweed Editions.
In the end she took Caught in the Crossfire through multiple passes of revision.
Along the way many aspects of the novel changed. She switched from third person to first person point of view, rewrote it from past tense to present tense and then back to past tense. "This was amazingly helpful and breathed an immediacy and life into my manuscript," she says. "I read my novel aloud so many times I can quote sections of it verbatim. This allowed me to hear the rhythm of the words, as well as spot redundant or awkward word choices. Eventually I realized that all this work had one goal: to get my forty-five-year-old self out of the way and let Jonathan's (my main character) voice come through."
By April 2012, Ben Barnhart, her mentor, gave the thumbs up. Caught in the Crossfire was ready for submission to literary agents.
Her Biggest Learning Curve
"Acquiring restraint in my writing," she says, when asked what was her biggest learning curve. "My natural inclination, in writing and in life, is to spoil the people I love. I want to give everything I possibly can. But the best books hold enough back that the reader has to figure some things out. I knew this as a reader--love this as a reader--but it didn't come naturally to me as a writer."
She also says that writing setting is tough for her. "I might have awesomely developed characters with authentic dialogue, but for all the reader knows, they could be floating in the stratosphere having a heart-to-heart. Seriously. This is an aspect of my work that I continue to strive to improve."
Her favorite character is and always will be the main character, Jonathan Cooper. He has become like another son to her. "As an idealist, Jonathan always hopes for the peaceful resolution," Juliann says, "and I love that about him. I just finished writing the sequel to Caught in the Crossfire, and I had to put Jonathan through hell in that book. It darned near killed me to make him hurt so much, but he revealed a resilience and strength of character that surprised even me. That's the cool thing about writing a trilogy. I get to know my characters on the deepest of levels."
Most difficult? That one's easy too. Jonathan falls in love with Ian McGuire, also sixteen, also gay, definitely not into the whole "kum ba ya" thing, as he puts it. Ian is a deeply wounded boy who expresses his hurt through rage. "Anger is a challenging emotion for me," Juliann says, "so writing Ian pushed me to take huge leaps of growth as I explored emotional truth. For that I will always be grateful to him."
How Did You Find an Agent and Sell Your Book to a Publisher?
"I did two things simultaneously after finishing revision on Caught in the Crossfire. First, I established my social media presence: my website (www.juliannrich.com), a WordPress blog, and my Twitter and Facebook pages. I focused all my sites on communicating one message: why I was the right person to write Caught in the Crossfire. I wanted interested literary agents who might Google me to see an established platform and to know that I am willing to partner with them in the promotion and marketing of my book and brand," Juliann says.
She recommends a great resource to learn how to build a platform: Get Known before the Book Deal by Christina Katz. "Is this mandatory?" she adds. "No. Great writing will land that deal with or without a social media presence. But it's an edge, and I wanted every possible edge going into querying."
The second step she took after establishing her platform was to prepare the proposal package: a tightly written query letter, synopsis, blurb and tag line. She used the following books to research literary agents and to help her learn how to write a proposal package according to industry standards:
How to Write A Book Proposal, Michael Larsen
How to Get a Literary Agent, Michael Larsen
Guide to Getting Published, Writer's Market
2012 Guide to Literary Agents
2012 Writer's Market, Deluxe Edition
A one-year subscription to Writer's Market (www.writersmarket.com) came with the purchase of the book, 2012 Writer's Market, Deluxe Edition, where Juliann could search by genre and subgenre. This was amazingly helpful, she says. She chose Young Adult (genre) and GLBT (subgenre), hit search, and a beautiful list of literary agents who were looking for books like Caught in the Crossfire appeared. It even provided links to their websites where she could read their submission guidelines. Following the agents' submission guidelines is rule # 1, she says.
To stay organized, Juliann also kept an Excel spreadsheet to track the agents names, dates of her submissions, and their responses. "In the end I submitted to thirty-two literary agents. I received five requests for partials (sample chapters) and three requests for the full manuscript."
In September 2012, one year after she wrote the first draft of Caught in the Crossfire, she accepted an offer of representation from Saritza Hernandez of the Corvisiero Literary Agency. Her passion for GLBT YA lit impressed Juliann. "She struck me as capable of navigating the ever-changing scene of the publishing industry," the author says. "It was a great decision, as she sold Caught in the Crossfire to Bold Strokes Books just months later."
Pansters or Plotters
"A lot of people put writers into two groups: pantsers and plotters," Juliann says. "Pantsers are people who write with no real outline or plan. They follow the whim of inspiration. Sometimes they discover magic, and sometimes they write themselves into corners. Plotters outline or storyboard or spreadsheet their story. Whatever planning format they choose, they know their plot before the first word is written."
Juliann wrote the first draft of Caught in the Crossfire as a pantser, mainly because "I didn't know any better," she says. "It flowed and it was ugly and messy and wonderful. Once I started taking your classes, Mary, I learned about your W storyboard technique and applied it in revision, where I spotted missing plot points, a sagging climax, and unsupported turning points."
She approached the sequel, Searching for Grace, thinking she would save herself all those levels of revision by plotting the book from the onset. She had her arc, her turning points, her "W" storyboard all filled out, but it didn't work. The story was too dark, too rigid. It lacked the spontaneity and element of surprise that Juliann loved about Crossfire.
"So I threw out my outline and went back in blind. I let my characters lead me, and it made all the difference in the world to the sequel."
She has concluded that writing processes exist on a spectrum with plotters on one end and pantsers at the other. "Me? I'm best when I'm fluid," she says. "I have learned to hold the novel loosely in my mind in the drafting stage. Allowing my characters to breathe and influence the direction we go in, yields the most authentic and unique first draft for me. I love that moment when my characters show up on the page with something they're dying to say. That's the best stuff, if you ask me, and I need to protect their freedom to do that.
"However, once that first draft is pulled together, in all its gore and mess, I am a plotter in the truest sense of the word. I flip on my editorial brain and examine my manuscript from the outside in, looking for ways to cut away the excess and let the most potent truth shine through."
Caught in the Crossfire will be released on June 16th, 2014 from Bold Strokes Books. It is currently available for preorder through www.boldstrokesbooks.com, Amazon, Barnes & Noble in Trade Paperback as well as eBook format. After its release it will also be available in most public library systems and in many bookstores.
Juliann will be celebrating its release at Addendum Books on Saturday, June 21 at 7:00 p.m. If you're in the Twin Cities area, please join her at the Caught in the Crossfire Launch Party. She promises it will be a fun and memorable event.
And her second novel, Searching for Grace, will be coming out with Bold Strokes Books Fall, 2014. More details can be found on her website at www.juliannrich.com.
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Lupita Nyong’o To Star In Adaptation Of Trevor Noah’s Autobiography, ‘Born A Crime: Stories From A South African Childhood’
By Humor Mill / February 22, 2018 / Comedy News
As Black Panther dominates box offices worldwide, Lupita Nyong’o has booked another starring role.
The actress has been tapped to star in the upcoming film adaptation of Noah’s best-selling autobiography, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood.
According to Deadline, who broke the news, says Nyong’o will play Patricia Noah, who served as an important figure to Noah in his formative years. His mother was shot in the head by his stepfather while returning from a church service.
Noah will produce the project and Nyong’o has also joined as an executive producer.
Born a Crime was first release in 2016. It spent 26 weeks on the bestseller list and won several awards.
Up next for Nyon’go, she is satarring in the Australian zombie comedy, Little Monsters and will produce and star in an adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s bestseller Americanah, which will be written by her Black Panther co-star, Danai Gurira. Of course, rumors are running rampant about an inevitable Black Panther sequel.
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‘Stop The Clock’ brand and campaign was developed for the Campaign for Australian aid (a coalition of more than 50 of the country’s leading charities, including Oxfam, World Vision, WWF and Save The Children), when the Australian government announced that they were going to cut international aid in the 2016 budget – disrupting key charitable programs around the world.
Showing the time quickly ticking down to the budget announcement which would make us the least generous we’ve ever been as a nation, we asked ordinary Australians to help ‘Stop the Clock’ and put an end to the cuts, by contacting treasurer Scott Morrison.
As a result, the campaign succeeded in convincing thousands of ordinary Australians to contact Scott and their local MPs, and both Labor and the Greens to pledged to reverse the cuts to aid.
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I am delighted to announce that Dhaka Shishu (Children’s) Hospital is officially updated it’s institutional website. This, I believe, will be a step towards our ambition of a “Digital Bangladesh”. The hospital has been the pioneer in providing child health care in Bangladesh and is the largest children hospital in the country. Currently, it is a 650 bed hospital which offers a full range of clinical services and is supported by a team of highly qualified paediatric consultants and a group of skilful technical staff who always strive to provide complete medical services for children nationwide.
The hospital also provides postgraduate training in Paediatrics and is affiliated with Dhaka University, BSMMU and BCPS. The academic wing – Bangladesh Institute of Child Health conducts Post Graduate courses in Paediatics. Dhaka Shishu (Children’s) Hospital holds an excellent reputation in providing professional child healthcare and has gained notable appreciation at national and international levels. It is proudly associated with ICDDRB in Bangladesh, Institute of Child Health (ICH) in London, ICH in Edinburgh, and Johns Hopkins University in USA to provide collaborative child healthcare.
Besides government grant-in-aid and the hospital’s own revenue from services on payment, the institution’s financial reserves also consists of contributions from the trust fund, donations from different non-government organizations, gifts and endowments from other associations and individuals, as and when necessary.
Dhaka Shishu (Children’s) Hospital has always thrived to provide comprehensive and state-of-the-art clinical services for children in Bangladesh and I am proud to inform you that DSH is at the phase of expansion to other divisional cities in the country along with two more branches in Dhaka as per encouragement by the honourable Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina. However, in order to complete such a huge endeavour of developing and providing professional medical services for children countrywide, the hospital requires further financial support. We are humbly appealing for charitable assistance in the form of donations or grants to help us achieve our goal, which is also going to be a breakthrough in providing the service and need of better child healthcare in Bangladesh.
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A Comical Guide to the Dementia OSCE Station is one of a series of comic strip guides created during a 3rd year SSC project to develop mental health e-learning resources for 3rd year medical students at the University of Leeds. The aim was to create a fun and easy way for students to learn how to perform well in a mental health OSCE station.
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This was passed in 1983, and amended in 2007. . It is rather long and detailed. It allows for the compulsory admission of those who are mentally ill. In practical circumstances, doctors and social workers will try to persuade patients to be admitted voluntarily, but in some circumstances, you may have to ‘section’ them to allow treatment against their will. The most important parts are 2,3,4,5 & 135 and 136.
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This paper examines the transformation of mental health services in England and the relevance to current policy. Drawing on workshops with those involved in the changes and a review of published literature, the paper explores the context and factors that enabled change to happen in mental health. Mental health services have undergone radical transformation in the past 30 years. A community-based care model has largely replaced the acute and long-term care provided in large institutions.
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Doctors need not give a blood transfusion to a 23 year old Jehovah’s Witness detained under the Mental Health Act who slashed his arm with a razor blade and who keeps trying to reopen the wound, a High Court judge has ruled.
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Max Pemberton is a doctor, journalist and writer. He is based in London and works in mental health.
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Mental health patients forced to travel miles for care - BBC News
A lack of mental health beds in England is forcing patients to travel hundreds of miles to receive treatment in other areas, figures show.
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A shortage of beds has forced some mental health patients in England to travel hundreds of miles for treatment and to sleep on mattresses on the floor.
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BOYSTOWN series named Best of 2017
Book series named “best” for second consecutive year, maintains Amazon.com’s highest ratings
“One of the most addictive reads you’ll ever pick up.”
“I’m grateful and flattered,” author Jake Biondi said about his BOYSTOWN book series being included in the BookLikes.com “Best of 2017” book list. This is the second consecutive year the series has been named BookLikes.com’s “best.”
With an average customer rating of five stars, the BOYSTOWN series also continues to receive the highest possible rating on Amazon.com as well.
“I must say that this series just gets better and better,” wrote Marco Manganiello, founder of BookLikes.com. “I have been glued to my Kindle all week. Jake Biondi can’t write the next book fast enough.”
The BOYSTOWN series currently contains seven books with the eighth book in the series scheduled to be released on February 14, 2018. “The eighth book is a very special one, so a Valentine’s Day release date seemed appropriate,” Biondi told fans of his BOYSTOWN book series. “Because of the success of the series, fans from all over the world have been asking me when book eight will be available. The ending to BOYSTOWN Season Seven foreshadowed the deaths of two main characters, including a member of the Mancini family, and readers tell me they are longing to know who died.”
“Being included in Marco Manganiello’s list of the best books of 2017 is tremendous honor and a great way to end a year that has been very good for BOYSTOWN,” Biondi added.
“Jake Biondi is one of the most masterful writers of fiction of our time,” said Roger Ward in his review of the BOYSTOWN series. “The saga is told masterfully through several subplots which include unforeseen twists and turns that will leave the reader stunned and speechless.”
BOYSTOWN recently introduced the series’ first transgender character. Musician and YouTube sensation Skylar Kergil, who appears in BOYSTOWN Season Six, said, “Jake Biondi’s inclusion of a trans masculine character, Ethan, puts this book on a ground-breaking level. The inclusion of alternative gender identities and diverse bodies allows us, the readers, to also explore our own thoughts about these sweeping, universal issues we all experience: love, identity, and passion.”
“I regularly receive notes from fans who connect with the characters and want to know what the future holds for them. The broad appeal of the BOYSTOWN series is incredible. BOYSTOWN has a really diverse audience and an equally diverse cast of characters,” Biondi said.
“Jake Biondi has a way of writing a story that sucks you in from the first word on the page to the last word on the last one. I would put his writing abilities against any screenwriter of any soap opera that’s on TV today and still call him the best. His characters are extremely engaging, his storylines are superb, and the cliffhangers will leave you breathless and waiting in eager anticipation to see what happens next. This series is not just a good read, it’s an amazing read and one that I would highly recommend,” wrote Love Bytes Reviews.
Engraved: All Things Writing wrote, “Make no mistake: Jake Biondi’s BOYSTOWN series is one of the most addictive reads you’ll ever pick up.”
“BOYSTOWN is a must-read series filled with twists and turns that everyone will love,” said BOYSTOWN model Cory Zwierzynski, who will be featured on the cover of BOYSTOWN Season Eight. “I was so grateful when Jake Biondi asked me to join the BOYSTOWN team. I have watched the BOYSTOWN audience grow with the release of each installment of the series.” About Biondi, Zwierzynski said, “Working with Jake has been awesome. Over the past few years, we have gotten to know each other well and have become good friends. He knows how to tell a great story and keep the audience engaged from the very first page of each book. I am grateful to be one of the faces of BOYSTOWN.”
The BOYSTOWN series has a fascinating history. It began as an online story released in installments, each ending with a cliffhanger that left readers wondering what would happen to their favorite characters. Enthusiastic BOYSTOWN fans from all over the world petitioned Biondi to release the installments more quickly; they simply couldn’t wait to find out what happened next. Overwhelmed by and grateful for the fans’ responses to the series, Biondi began to write more quickly and also began to publish the series in book format.
The BOYSTOWN series is available at bookstores across the country as well at online at Amazon.com, bn.com, Google Play, and iTunes. The series is available in paperback, audio book, and all e-book formats. Readers may order autographed paperback copies of the books directly from BoystownTheSeries.com.
For additional information, photos, or to schedule an interview with author Jake Biondi, please send an email to BoystownTheSeries@yahoo.com. Biondi may also be contacted via JakeBiondi.com, BoystownTheSeries.com, Twitter (@boystown_series), Instagram (@boystowntheseries), and Facebook.com/JakeBiondiBoystown.
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Can My Labia Change Colors? Plus More Answers to Your Lady Part Questions
Ah, the labia – arguably one of the most elusive and misunderstood parts of the female anatomy! Let’s discuss.
While it’s not difficult to find the labia – which consists of the labia majora, the outer lips that ensconce everything else “down there” and the labia minora, the inner lips that surround the clitoris and the opening of the vagina – it’s clear that very little is actually understood about it by the general population. Though it’s not as mysterious as say the woman’s G-spot or the clitoris, there is still a lot of educating about the labia that needs to happen. If you have frequently-asked labia questions (Can the labia change colors? Is a labia change in length or color indicative of a super active sex life? Does it change appearance based on how much sex you have?), we have the answers.
First thing’s first, every woman’s labia is unique; labia that are different colors or sizes are only the result of biology, not how much sex a person is having or has had. Now that we’ve drilled that PSA into your head, we can dive into even more unchartered territory: the varying colors of le lady parts.
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Can the labia change colors?
Yes, just as every part of our body grows as we get older, our female reproductive organs undergo transformations (and growth!) as well. Just as our labia reaches full-size growth in our 20s, factors like age and circumstance may also cause its color to darken.
What signifies a color change?
There are two kinds of color changes in the labia: One has to do with intercourse, the other, aging, according to London Gynecology. When experiencing an orgasm, the labia temporarily becomes engorged with blood, causing it to appear bigger and darker in hue. This change is fleeting and not long-term. The main reasons for the labia to change color are puberty, after a significant amount of weight gain, and pregnancy, according to Parents.com.
“The labia minora change during puberty and often become more prominent or change in appearance,” notes The Labia Library, a non-for-profit organization associated with Women’s Health Victoria. “This is completely normal, like all of the other changes that take place during puberty. They continue to change throughout your life because of hormonal changes and age.”
Does sex affect the color of the labia?
No, how much sex a person has had or has bears no scientific indication to the color of a person’s labia. The only way in which sex acts affect the labia’s coloring are during climax.
“There is no evidence that the labia undergoes any permanent changes as a result of having sex,” Dr. Toli Onon, a spokesperson for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, says. “During orgasm, the labia will become engorged with blood, which will make them appear larger and darker, but this is not long-lasting.”
What affect does pregnancy have on the labia’s coloring?
Pregnancy hormones cause an overall shift in parts of the body’s natural coloring, as these hormones result in a significant variation in the way melanin is deposited. Melanin is the skin’s pigment and its levels are responsible for when things like hair, skin, and eyes darken or lighten. Because pregnancy hormones result in a melanin shift, parts of the body like the linea nigra, the nipples, and the labia oftentimes become darker.
“Pregnancy hormones certainly affect all the tissues, so there is deposition of fat and sometimes there is a lot of retention of fluid,” London Gynecology consulting gynecologist Pradnya Pisal says. “The color changes from pregnancy, with some increase in deposition of melanin in certain cells of the body.”
How come weight gain affects the color of the labia?
According to Broadly, the appearance of the labia is directly correlated to fat deposition, just as it’s also correlated to melanin deposition. When a person puts on a significant amount of weight, fat deposition throughout all areas of the body changes – this includes the labia and vulva. Because of this, the appearance of both will likely alter.
“If you put on fat, you put on fat everywhere else as well,” Pisal says, “and that will change the way the vulva and labia appear.”
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We are absolutely thrilled to have opened our newest smokehouse at the end of November and appreciate the welcome you've given us so far.
The site has under-gone a complete refurbishment both inside and out with every aspect of the venue being re-designed and transformed, and it is almost time to swing open the doors.
We have created everything you expect to see in a Hickory's - cinema room, bar area, veranda, chef's bar and plenty of seating. From booths perfect for the whole family or groups of friends to the Chef's bar where you enjoy the sites and smells from the chefs you won't be disappointed.
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You don't need an excuse to come in for a drink, you're always welcome - we're a friendly bunch and the bar is always stocked. We're all about sports too from big events to your regular weekly fixes of football, horseracing, cricket and NFL you will be able to catch most of the big games in the bar.
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Redkar ordered land acquisition without govt permission: CM
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that a vigilance inquiry has prima facie shown that suspended Deputy Collector Dasharath Redkar had issued an order to acquire land admeasuring 70,000 sq mts in Panjim without government permission.
Commenting on Redkar’s suspension, Parrikar said the government had acquired land for Goa Bazaar at Merces in around 2003, wherein a land loser had lost land admeasuring around 6000-7000 sq mts. “The party had approached the then government for alternate land in lieu of losing land for the Bazaar project, but the government had turned down the plea since he was paid the compensation”, he said.
The Chief Minister said the party again approached the Digambar Kamat government with a plea to acquire alternate land for him. “Revenue Minister, Jose Philip D’Souza had asked for a report on the subject, but the government did not pass any order”, he said, adding “Redkar as Under Secretary, Revenue in 2009 issued an order to acquire around 70,000 sq mts of land without government permission”. He pointed out that the deputy collector sought to acquire 10 times the land lost by the party and that too in a prime area on the Panjim bypass. [H]
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Gripen vs F16 - Croatian Air Force
Discussion in 'The Americas' started by Picard, Apr 21, 2012.
Picard Lt. Colonel RESEARCHER
Recently, Croatian Government has decided to shortlist Saab JAS-39 Gripen and General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) F-16 Falcon for selection of a new fighter-bomber for Croatian Air Force. It has to be fast, highly manouverable, multirole and cheap – both to buy and to maintain – airplane.
AIRFRAME AND ENGINES
Both Gripen and F16 are highly manouverable airplanes, utilizing a relaxed stability design. Gripen's wing loading, however, is at 283 kilograms per meter square only 66 % of F16s wing loading, which is 431 kilogram per meter square (both for loaded weight). Another thing that Gripen has going for it is its close-coupled canard design, which additionally increases manouverability of airplane, allowing it to pull tighter turns as well as sustain it for a longer period, as well as increasing its carrying capability. However, thrust-to-weight ratio of Gripen is inferior to that of F16 – 0,97 as opposed to 1,079 – which means that it will be harder to Gripen to recover energy lost during the turn.
Gripen is also far lighter fighter – 8 500 kg versus 12 000 kg for F16, loaded weight; base weight is 6 800 and 8 570 kg, respectively – and can carry 5 897 kg of external stores as opposed to 7 711 kg for F16. Slightly greater carrying capability of Gripen relative to its weight, as noted above, can also be attributed to both its lower wing loading and its close-coupled canard configuration. All of that also means less fuel expenditure. However, combat radius is lower – 3 000 km vs 3 900 km for F16.
Gripen NG upgrade installs a new engine with 20 per cent more thrust, allowing for supercruse at speeds of Mach 1,2. It also increases fuel capacity 40 %, to 3150 liters, bringing combat radius to 1300 km with 6 AAM, drop tanks and 30 minutes at station, and adds two more wet pylons for a total of 10 pylons. With full set of drop tanks, its combat radius is expected to reach 4 075 kilometers.
Moreover, with 20% increase in thrust, its thrust-to-weight ratio will increase to 1,06 with fuel, two WVR and 4 BVR weapons. Fuel fraction is 0,30 for JAS-39, 0,32 for Gripen NG, and around 0,3 for F16.
While both Gripen and F16 have a reduced RCS, in F16s case RCS reduction was largely unintentional, and Gripen has advantage in that regard.
Going from simplest part of fighter's armament – its cannon, Gripen has advantage here. While F16 uses M61 gattling cannon, Gripen uses revolver cannon BK27, same as Eurofighter Typhoon's. While M61 has greater maximum firing rate, it has a delay before it even starts firing, and additional delay before it reaches maximum rate of fire. Revolver cannon, on the other hand, allows for maximum rate of fire to be reached instantaneously, which is critical for hitting another manouvering fighter plane.
In missile department, Gripen has advantage. While F16 can carry proven Sidewinder, as well as IRIS-T, and Python IRS missiles, as well as Sparrow, AIM120 and Python radar-guided missiles, Gripen can carry IRIS-T and MICA IR missiles, and AIM120 and Meteor BVR missiles. Unlike F16, Gripen also can carry RBS-15 anti-surface, anti-ship missiles, which are already in use in Croatian military.
F16, on the other hand, has much larger arsenal of bombs avaliable; both can carry Paveway II laser-guided bombs, but F16 can carry Paveway III, as well as deploy mines from GATOR mine system. Gripen can carry cruise missiles as well as use AGM-65 Maverick missiles for ground support – and here, its low wing loading and canards will allow it to slow down more than F16, allowing for more precise munitions delivery, althought it can't beat A10 when it comes to CAS missions.
Both JAS-39 and F16 use pulse Doppler radars. F16s AN/APG-68 radar has longer range than Gripens PS-05/A (296 vs 120 km) which means less relying on ground systems during airspace patrols, but Gripen can be equipped with AESA radar, which is of swashplate design, allowing up to 200 degrees horizontal coverage; it is also LPI and has capacity of jamming, but usefullness of both will depend on how advanced opponent is.
Unfortunately, neither of them has an IRST system, but Gripen can be equipped with it as a part of NG upgrade.
It should be noted, however, that JAS-39 was designed to be able to operate from dug-into-mountains shelters as well as take off from most flat surfaces – it is unknown wether it can take off from frozen lake or pasture as Russian airplanes can, but it can take off or land on any free 600-800 meters of asphalt road.
Gripen's operating cost is 2 000 USD per flight hour, and MTBF (mean time between failure) is 7,6 hours, as opposed to F16s operating cost of 4 600 USD per flight hour, and MTBF of 6,8 hours.
Cost of "full package" – that is, airframe, electronics, weapons and training – is 68 million USD for Gripen, and 74 million for F16 (costs are for single aircraft).
Picard, Apr 21, 2012
smestarz Lt. Colonel REGISTERED
Picard said: ↑
Recently, Croatian Government has decided to shortlist Saab JAS-39 Gripen and General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) F-16 Falcon for selection of a new fighter-bomber for Croatian Air Force. It has to be fast, highly manouverable, multirole and cheap – both to buy and to maintain – airplane.
Both Gripen and F16 are highly manouverable airplanes, utilizing a relaxed stability design. Gripen's wing loading, however, is at 283 kilograms per meter square only 66 % of F16s wing loading, which is 431 kilogram per meter square (both for loaded weight). Another thing that Gripen has going for it is its close-coupled canard design, which additionally increases manouverability of airplane, allowing it to pull tighter turns as well as sustain it for a longer period, as well as increasing its carrying capability. However, thrust-to-weight ratio of Gripen is inferior to that of F16 – 0,97 as opposed to 1,079 – which means that it will be harder to Gripen to recover energy lost during the turn.
Gripen is also far lighter fighter – 8 500 kg versus 12 000 kg for F16, loaded weight; base weight is 6 800 and 8 570 kg, respectively – and can carry 5 897 kg of external stores as opposed to 7 711 kg for F16. Slightly greater carrying capability of Gripen relative to its weight, as noted above, can also be attributed to both its lower wing loading and its close-coupled canard configuration. All of that also means less fuel expenditure. However, combat radius is lower – 3 000 km vs 3 900 km for F16.
Going from simplest part of fighter's armament – its cannon, Gripen has advantage here. While F16 uses M61 gattling cannon, Gripen uses revolver cannon BK27, same as Eurofighter Typhoon's. While M61 has greater maximum firing rate, it has a delay before it even starts firing, and additional delay before it reaches maximum rate of fire. Revolver cannon, on the other hand, allows for maximum rate of fire to be reached instantaneously, which is critical for hitting another manouvering fighter plane.
F16, on the other hand, has much larger arsenal of bombs avaliable; both can carry Paveway II laser-guided bombs, but F16 can carry Paveway III, as well as deploy mines from GATOR mine system. Gripen can carry cruise missiles as well as use AGM-65 Maverick missiles for ground support – and here, its low wing loading and canards will allow it to slow down more than F16, allowing for more precise munitions delivery, althought it can't beat A10 when it comes to CAS missions.
It should be noted, however, that JAS-39 was designed to be able to operate from dug-into-mountains shelters as well as take off from most flat surfaces – it is unknown wether it can take off from frozen lake or pasture as Russian airplanes can, but it can take off or land on any free 600-800 meters of asphalt road.
Cost of "full package" – that is, airframe, electronics, weapons and training – is 68 million USD for Gripen, and 74 million for F16 (costs are for single aircraft).
It is not that the Croats are going to war with anyone soon,
So in that case Gripen is an excellent choice, it is capable, low price of the package and low maintenance.
F-16 is more capable than Gripen, but considering the package and price and considering that croats are not going to war with anyone, their choice should be Gripen.
smestarz, Apr 21, 2012
F-16 is more capable than Gripen
In what regard? I'd say that Gripen is more capable in everything except radar and maybe AtG department.
Jungibaaz Lt. Colonel ELITE MEMBER
I understand the Croatian Air force is looking to replace its Mig-21s.
Most of which held the fighter/interceptor role.
Which F-16 and Gripen variant are they pursuing?
Jungibaaz, Apr 21, 2012
Wolf 9 Lieutenant FULL MEMBER
MiG-21 replacement acquisition :
Due to the global economic crisis which also affected Croatia, the decision on which fighter type should eventually enter service has been deferred until 2011, rather than by 2009 as was initially planned. This will see new aircraft enter service no sooner than 2012-2013. At the same time, after years of research and discussions, Air Force experts have released the study on new fighter procurement which states that Croatian Air Force needs at least 16 to 18 fighters in order to fulfill all its duties. As an interim solution the possibility of reactivating six to seven MiG-21s (out of 12 stored a few years ago) was mentioned in 2009 by some media. Similarly, there was also the possibility of one additional overhaul to the existing MiGs which was to prolong their life for another five years facilitating thus the burden of the fighter procurement costs on the country's budget. However, this possibility was officially rejected and on April 11, 2011 the Minister of Defence confirmed that Croatia will maintain a fleet of fighter aircraft and that it will not relegate its airspace control to any of the NATO membering countries. He also added that the decision on which aircraft to obtain will be brought in the upcoming months but having in mind not only the needs of the military but also of the entire country's economy.
In March 2011 a new information appeared in the Croatian media citing that Germany was prepared to donate (or sell cheaply) up to 20 of its F-4 Phantom II fighters to Croatia.[6] Soon after, a similar offer was proposed by the Swedish Air Force which is willing to donate a squadron of its second-hand Saab Gripen aircraft free of charge to match German offer.[7] Both proposals along with numerous other possibilities are currently under revision. The last one, from February 2012., speculates about F-16 Block 15 fighters from the Dutch Air Force.
full article : Croatian Air Force and Air Defence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wolf 9, Apr 21, 2012
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Sweden Offers Gripen to Croatia
14 October 2011, in News
Today, the Swedish Defence and Security Export Agency (FXM) invited Croatian media to a press briefing in Zagreb to present the Swedish Gripen offer that has been submitted to the Croatian government.
Through FXM, the Swedish Government submitted an offer including the sale of either twelve or eight of the latest version of Gripen C/D. The offer also includes a support and training agreement for pilots and technicians.
In order to ensure that the Croatian Air Force remains operative without interruption when its current MiG-21s are decommissioned, Sweden is initially offering a loan of older Gripen-A aircraft until the delivery of the Gripen C/Ds.
Linked to a possible Croatian acquisition of Gripen fighters Saab offers an industrial co-operation package. Supported by the combined experiences and resources of its strong industrial network, Saab and the Gripen supplier base offers Croatia a partnership through a new generation defence and industrial co-operation programme. Saab is ready to commit to an industrial co-operation obligation valued at 100 percent of the contract value.
“Saab has an excellent track record of delivering on our promises in Czech Republic, Hungary and South Africa. We offer Croatia industrial co-operation programmes designed to create and sustain high tech jobs, delivering investment and generating sustainable export growth thus generating means to finance the acquisution of a new fighter systemâ€, says Pierre Gauffin, Marketing Director Gripen Croatia, Saab.
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Gessler BANNED BANNED
I feel like Croatia should go for Gripen. F-16 is good, but
Gripen would prove better for them since its from a fellow european country
and the operating costs are lower. Gripen would fulfill their required role very well.
Plus in future they might wanna upgrade it to Gripen NG or something if they need,
will be adequate for them for future needs as well
Little Q, would there be some continued evalution/testing of the two aircraft or not? The
results might give Picard something based on which he can make another thread
Gessler, Apr 21, 2012
I hope there will be evaluation, but I'm sceptical. I'm afraid that end result will depend more on who can pay larger bribes to Croatian politicians. Until now, it didn't seem to have played part... Typhoon is really too expensive, Russian planes are... well, Russian, incompatible with NATO, and maintenance isn't cheap, I found recently article in which Croatian pilots say that F18 would be best option for HRZ, but article is low resolution screenshot in JPG, and it is from 1998.
MAFIAN GOD Captain SENIOR MEMBER
The capabilities of both F-16 and Gripen do not vary much.
So, I think Croatia should go for the more cheaper fighter.
It will give your country a good chance to operate more fighters in the same money.
MAFIAN GOD, Apr 21, 2012
Jungibaaz said: ↑
MiG-21s were designed for interceptor role, but were used extensively in CAS missions throught the war.
Dude , they offered SEK 1 billion for one Gripen NG to Swiss . That is nearly $102 million US .
After French cut the price , SAAB also reduce it .
G777 Lt. Colonel ELITE MEMBER
Gripen is AWSUM
G777, Apr 22, 2012
Wolf 9 said: ↑
We're not buying NG, we're buying older version which can be upgraded to NG standard later.
For perspective, original F16 would cost bit less than 40 million USD in inflation-adjusted US dollars, while last version costs 60 million USD.
halloweene Major MILITARY STRATEGIST
Picard, is it the lates iteration of Gripen C/D with heavily modernized Raven radar?
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Every official remix of ‘Innerbloom’ by RÜFÜS, ranked from good to best
By Jules LeFevre 29 May 2017
Of all the great tracks that made up RÜFÜS’ second album Bloom, there was one that stood above the rest. The LP closer ‘Innerbloom’ became the band’s most unlikely hit — at over 10 minutes, the sprawling composition was unlike anything else the band had released to date. According to singer Tyrone Lindqvist, ‘Innerbloom’ was also “the most personal song we’ve ever written.”
The track became a centrepiece of their performances, and began appearing frequently in the setlists of many other dance acts. In March, Sydney producer What So Not officially released his own edit of the track, a thumping dancefloor-ready mix of that gained instant popularity. It seemed to open the floodgates, for suddenly ‘Innerbloom’ was being remixed by everyone from Lane 8 and HOSH, right up to dance legend Sasha. In October, RÜFÜS collated some of their favourites into the Innerbloom Remixes EP, featuring even more edits from the likes of andhim and Parker & Barrow.
Even now, there are still covers and edits surfacing. Just last week, Australian indie artists Dustin Tebbutt and Lisa Mitchell gave it a moody acoustic rework, proving its popularity isn’t confined to the dance world.
With so many versions of ‘Innerbloom’ now out there, we decided it was time to listen back through all of them and come up with a ranking of the 10 best. Here they are — see you in the comments.
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Kicking off the list is a collaboration between Sao Paolo producers Zerb and Proxide. It’s by far the heaviest too: the duo decided to imbue ‘Innerbloom’ with — among other things — house crescendos, jungle rhythms, and seemingly every bass sound they could find. Strap yourselves in, it’s a wild ride.
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Another Hamburg producer, HOSH went down a very different road to his countrymen, instead choosing to give ‘Innerbloom’ one hell of a backbeat and chopping up every inch of its melody.
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#4 Lisa Mitchell & Dustin Tebbutt
There’s one track in this list that’s not like the others, and it’s right below. Tebbutt and Mitchell dropped their acoustic cover of the hit last week, proving that even when you strip ‘Innerbloom’ down to the bare minimum, it can still stun.
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After just one listen, you can see what he means.
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#1 What So Not
The first appearance of What So Not’s ‘Innerbloom’ remix came at the very end of 2015, when the producer dropped it during his set at California’s Countdown NYE festival. A few months later, the official edit arrived.
It’s now an indispensable part of his set, becoming so popular with fans that they even voted it in at #30 in the triple j Hottest 100. You don’t need to listen too hard to see why — this is what remixing is all about.
Jules LeFevre is a writer for inthemix and Music Junkee. She is on Twitter.
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The Argus at KellyGang 26/7/1881
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THE POLICE COMMISSION
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)
WANGARATTA, FRIDAY
The Police Commission held a sitting here to-day at the court house, there being present Mr Longmore (chairman), Mr Anderson, and Mr Gibb. Several officers of the police were also present.
Several communications had been received, and some evidence had been previously given reflecting upon the Wangaratta police for alleged remissness in following the outlaws on the 3rd November, 1878 , a few days after the murder of the police at the Wombat Ranges . From the evidence adduced it would appear that the outlaws were seen making for the One Mile Creek, which, though flooded at the time, they swam across, at great risk of being drowned. The information was shortly afterwards given to Sergeant Steele, who was then proceeding by special train to Beechworth, but as he was under distinct orders for particular duty, that officer referred the informant to Inspector Brook Smith, the result being that nothing was done in the way of following up the tracks.
Mr Laing , railway station master, gave particulars as to the special train which left for Glenrowan on the day the gang was destroyed, the object being to test the value of some material evidence given by a previous witness. Mr Marsden, clerk of the Bench, who was a passenger by the special train referred to, was examined in reference to certain charges made by several previous witnesses against Sergeant Steele, and also as to the precise circumstances of the capture of Ned Kelly. It was elicited that Sergeant Steele was the first to seize Kelly, and take his revolver, which he handed to Mr Marsden, by whom it was passed round for inspection.
A witness named Willis , a saddler, was called for the purpose of eliciting from him from whom he obtained his information respecting the presence of the police in Aaron Sherritt's hut prior to the murder. Mr Willis declined to give the name, but stated that his informant was not a constable. He further stated that at the time he had an order of the local bench against Aaron Sherritt for the supply of certain goods, and on proceeding to Beechworth, with a view to its being enforced, he heard that nearly every-one in Beechworth was aware of what has been called the hut party, which was supposed to have been kept a profound secret. Sergeant Steele was also examined upon various matters respecting his conduct at Glenrowan. He denied the charges made against him by Constables Arthur and Phillips, about having fired at either Mrs Jones or Mrs Reardon when they were endeavouring to effect their escape from the hotel. He admitted having shot young Reardon, but it was because he did not hold up his hands when commanded to do so.
The commission adjourned until Thursday, the 28th inst, and the members left by the afternoon train for Melbourne .
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40th Lunar Anniversary with Richard Furno and the National Geographic “Moon Map”
This week marks the 40th anniversary of the first human landing on Earth’s Moon, over 250,000 miles distant from our “mother ship”. Apollo 11 was launched into space July 16, 1969 and on July 20th Neil Alden Armstrong and Edwin Eugene ‘Buzz’ Aldrin, Jr., became the first humans to “moon walk” while fellow crew member Michael Collins orbited above.
This past January I published several blog posts (listed below) highlighting my friend Richard Furno’s involvement with the National Geographic “The Earth’ Moon” map which was published during this amazing time in history. Follow along with Richard’s first hand narration of how historic events shaped the map, the cutting edge science involved in assembling the photographic base material, and the many explanatory notes included on the final design. The wall map is a piece of art, please enjoy
Race To The Moon with Richard Furno, Part 1
Meet Richard Furno
View map online from National Geographic
NASA and the President John F. Kennedy Library have a fun (historic) real time recreation / interactive of the four day mission.
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Race To The Moon with Richard Furno, Part 2 (Kelso)
Follow along with Richard’s first hand narration of how historic events shaped the map, the cutting edge science involved in assembling the photographic base material, and the many explanatory notes included on the final design. The wall map is a piece of art, please enjoy
Please join me in celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Race to the Moon! Map co-author Richard Furno has allowed me to turn his keynote presentation into a post on my blog illustrating the trials and tribulations of creating this fabulous wall map for the National Geographic Society’s magazine.
This is part 2. Return to Part 1. View zoomable map at National Geographic.
Orbitor 5 Recap
Orbiters 1 through 4 had covered much of the Far Side (shown in green) but much was still missing. Orbiter 5 devoted time to photographing the rest of the unknown part of the Far Side, and as a result, nearly all of the remaining area was taken. After the mission’s success, NASA announced it had all the photos that would cover the Moon. I called NASA to see if their Far Side map was finished, since we would use it for our relief artist so he could render the relief map.
1967: NASA’S Moon Map
But, in fact, NASA had produced only a partial map of the Far Side and had no intention to finish a complete map of the Moon before our scheduled publication. What’s more, I was told that the one partial map they HAD prepared was put together very quickly and they could guarantee that the positional control of features was poor.
(Above) This is the 1976 edition of the map of that 1967 map which was probably greatly improved. It covered from 50 degrees south to 50 degrees north only. Eventually they would finish the polar maps to complete it but that didn’t happen until 1970, more than a year after we published the Moon map. This meant we would have to create our own positional control (selenodetic control) of the Moon’s Far Side features.
Selenodetic Control
Dave is adjusting the globe, I’m moving the camera box and Vic is moving the light.
So we had to come up with another answer. Actually, it was natural for me to think of a scheme to solve the selenodetic control problem. I had learned and done technical perspective drafting for my architect father and I knew picture planes, station points, vanishing points, 2 and 3-point perspective, etc. inside out. As many know, rectification of photos is an exercise in perspective. Unfortunately, I had little time to do the control and we had no rectification equipment. The photos had to be quickly prepared for Tibor to use as he was rapidly finishing his relief of the Near Side.
We needed a large globe in order to reproduce the Orbiter / Moon configurations. It needed a latitude longitude grid preferably without other obscuring information. Well, there just happened to be a one-meter globe in old Hubbard Hall. On the globe, drawn in black ink by hand, was a 5° grid and the shorelines of the earth. With that in hand, we needed a platform to mount it and a slidable camera. Dave and I came in hammers and saws and literally built this contraption, sometimes making up the design as we went
The globe was mounted on a pair of rolling pins. A plumb bob hung from overhead that pointed to a center line drawn the length of a platform and which aligned with the globe’s center. A camera was mounted on a box so its focal point was half a meter above the platform and directly over a camera swivel. It could then be pointed in different directions while keeping its position directly above the platform’s center line. The platform was long enough in scale so all pictures would be within the range of all the Orbiter photos.
The setup made it possible to roll the globe into any position. We had a hinged measuring stick in front of the globe, with a half meter tick mark so we could align three key points, 1) a designated latitude longitude point (nadir point), 2) the center of the globe and 3) the camera focal point.
Dave Cook uses proportional dividers to mark the correct latitude and longitude for the camera’s Nadir point. The point is then set on the plumb bob string.
To take a picture of the globe, we followed these steps:
Place the latitude longitude nadir point at the half meter point (by measuring stick) and in line with the tangential plumb bob.
Move the camera to the scaled distance from the plumb bob (putting it directly “above” the nadir point)
Mark the latitude longitude aiming point on the globe (we use a dark X on a piece of masking tape)
Swivel the camera to aim at the Orbiter’s aiming point
The camera recorded a large film plate for accuracy (8 x 6 inches I think) and so the aiming point was clearly visible in the back of the camera. Vic Boswell did a miraculous job of lighting so that the negatives would show the grid lines all the way around the globe. He took about 5 or 6 exposures to ensure a decent one. Vic and I yakked constantly about “foreign cars” back in the day when they were still exotic. He had restored a 1948 MG TC which he drove around on sunny days.
Tibor’s Relief
Tibor is shown working on Tsiolkovsky crater on the Far Side hemisphere.
True rectification means taking distorted photos and removing the distortion. In our case, I would take the photographed grid, draft it onto the Orbiter photo and give it Tibor. He had to rectify the 5° gridded portion of photo in is head by visually subdividing the distorted photo square and mentally transferring the terrain onto a corresponding Lambert Azimuthal square.
Some photos were quite relatively perfect but many were severely foreshortened. While we took these pictures, Tibor was busy drawing the relief for the Near Side of the Moon. I needed to start giving him source material so it would be ready when he started work on the Far Side. Tibor drafted on some sort of paper. Other plates for the map were produced on cronoflex.
Selenodetic Control II
Same photo with Tsiolkovsky crater and holding the clear gridded overlay.
After getting the developed negatives, I had to calculate the correct size for the overlay positive, a more difficult task than I expected. The Orbiter photos were pieced together in strips, often slightly off register. Trying to size by the arc radius could be a tricky affair, but that and a couple of known coordinates made it relatively straightforward.
In the photo below, the moon’s limb is in the particular Orbiter frame and could serve as a way of sizing the corresponding picture of our globe. Yet, with the strips slightly off, it was never that easy. Frames showing no edge of the moon meant aligning by known coordinate points was the only way. I had to order each negative in several different sizes and would inevitably find the one that lined up with two or more known coordinate points on the photo. And when known points were only those by extension across the far side, it meant errors could start to add up.
With the correct, registered positive in hand, I pierced through the overlay at grid intersections into the Orbiter photo. (Notice the spots on the overlay. There was a lightly inked shoreline drawn on the one-meter globe and it appeared on all photos along with the grid.)
Transfered Grid
I used “ships curves” to connect the points. The gut- killer was that there was nothing I could use to check my work. I had to work across the entire Far Side hoping everything would meet up correctly. Fortunately it did.
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This is part 1. Skip to part 2. View zoomable map at National Geographic.
My friend and cartography colleague Richard Furno retired from The Washington Post as of January 1st, 2009. He had a long and productive career first at National Geographic Maps starting in 1963 and afterwards for the newspaper making daily, deadline driven maps for publication in the next day’s newspaper from 1978 to 2008. He was a victim of a changing media landscape and dreery economic times. Read more about Richard Furno.
Richard has been a great mentor to me and we officially honored him last week in the NewsArt department. While he was at National Geographic, Richard worked on The Moon Map and I’d like to share it’s story with everyone around the globe. Because of it’s length, this blog post will be in 2 parts.
NOTE: You may also be interested in my photo essay on Toni Mair-Terrain Artist Extraordinaire.
The remainder of this post is taken directly from Dick’s Keynote presentation. Any references to “I” are in his first person, not mine. Photo and illustrations either (c) National Geographic or variety of unnamed sources.
While I worked at the National Geographic, no map produced there was so closely tied to events occurring on the country’s and world’s political stage. With each of many developments — a new satellite, a capsule crash, an important space photo — our enthusiasm for or anticipation of actual publication of the Moon map was affected.
The principal author of the National Geographic’s Moon map was Dave Cook, not myself. The history below relates my involvement. Dave was virtually the sole designer. He was also the main researcher and writer of all the material on the map. He established contact with all the phenomenal people who took part in reviewing and editing the final map, many of whom were involved in NASA’s push to the Moon.
After the Moon map was finished, Dave went on to produce the Geographic’s Mars map showing the newly discovered topography as photographed by the spacecraft of the 1960’s and early 1970’s.
When I finished this presentation, I sent it to Dave asking for his edits and urged that he make abundant additions of his own. He said it was “great” but didn’t take the time to add details of his own. I wish he had. This story is far from complete without his part.
Dave and I have been best of friends from 1963 to today and we continue to love astronomy and all things “space-programish”.
1959: Luna 3
In 1959, the Russians sent a spacecraft called Luna 3 into space that looped around the moon and took the first pictures of the… Far Side of the Moon.
There were many Russian space mission that jolted the citizens, and politicians, of the United States from Sputnik in 1957 well into the 1960′s. The Soviets seemed to be able to do anything in space that they chose. These were truly spectacular events.
At the time, the Soviets did not reveal the results of their space missions unless the Kremlin chose to do so. Much of what happened during their space effort wasn’t learned until after 1990. Their secrecy simply enhanced the U.S. drive to beat the Russians to the Moon.
Luna 3’s Far Side Photo
But the photos Luna 3 took were extremely disappointing (above). The right hand two-thirds of the photo is the Far Side of the Moon. The Russians made detailed maps out of this and a few other comparable photos, but they were simply attempts to apply a mass of Russian names to any and all possible features that they could discern. Eventually, only two features here are somewhat clear and their names have stuck. At bottom right is a dark crater with a bright central peak. They named it Tsiolkovsky. The dark patch toward the top was named the Sea of Moscow.
1959: Mercury Program Announced
America’s rollout of its first Mercury space capsule to the launch pad was literally an afterthought. When the US had its first test launch of a Mercury capsule, NASA hadn’t thought of a way to move it to the launch pad. Someone volunteered their flat bed truck. To prevent bumps on the road from being transferred to the capsule, a mattress was placed on the truck to act as a cushion (it’s just noticeable in the picture sandwiched between the capsule platform and the flat bed). Compare this jerry-rigged contraption with…
(Preview) Dec. 16, 1969: Apollo 13 Rollout
Ten years later in 1969 rocket technology had advanced (above). But let’s get back to our story…
1961: Alan Shepard Rockets into Space (Barely)
“Why don’t you light this candle?!!” Alan Shepard on the pad, May 5, 1961
Following the Soviet Union’s dramatic, first manned orbital flight by Yuri Gagarin, the U.S. sent Alan Shepard into space. But Shepard’s flight was suborbital, far less dramatic and a month later than Gagarin’s flight. It lasted 15 minutes, traveled 116 miles high and went 298 miles downrange.
1961: Quest for the Moon
With just those 15 minutes worth of experience in space, President Kennedy made a startling announcement.
May, 1961: President Kennedy Announced We Were Going to Land on the Moon within 8 years!
America was well behind Russia in its space program. The Russians were succeeding in their space missions at an alarming yet. Yet with nothing more that 15 minutes of manned spaceflight experience, Kennedy made a speech before Congress proposing the moon landing. The speech followed this exploratory memo sent to Vice President Johnson asking if there was any kind of space effort in which the U.S could catch up and beat Russia. President Kennedy wanted to devote “maximum effort” to such a program.
After meeting with NASA administrator Jim Webb and NASA scientists, Johnson came back with their mutually agreed upon idea to go to the Moon. Kennedy then drafted his famous speech. I was still in college but I was getting interested in astronomy and this got me interested in the MOON.
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McConnell on US-Iran strategy: 'Let's not screw it up'
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., heads to a briefing with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and other national security officials on the details of the threat that prompted the U.S. to kill Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) .
Posted Monday, January 13, 2020 6:47 pm
By MATTHEW DALY and LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he opposes a Senate resolution asserting that President Donald Trump must seek approval from Congress before engaging in further military action against Iran.
McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, said Monday that the Senate will "soon" debate a measure sponsored by Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia. The measure, co-sponsored by two Republicans, would send the wrong message to U.S. allies after the Trump administration killed Iran's top general earlier this month, McConnell said.
Tehran responded to the U.S. attack by launching missiles at two military bases in Iraq that house American troops. No casualties were reported.
The "blunt instrument" of a war powers resolution is no substitute for "the studied oversight the Senate can exercise through hearings ... and more tailored legislation,'' McConnell said.
"We appear to have restored a measure of deterrence in the Middle East," McConnell said in a speech opening the Senate for the week. "So let's not screw it up."
His remarks came amid questions and fresh explanations from the Trump administration about why it ordered a Jan. 3 strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
The Democrat-controlled House passed a separate war powers resolution last week. The House measure is not binding on the president and does not require his signature. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi nonetheless insisted it "has real teeth" because "it is a statement of the Congress of the United States."
McConnell did not offer a timeline for Senate debate, saying only that it would take up the war powers resolution "soon." He mocked Democrats for questioning what "imminent" attacks the administration was preventing by killing Soleimani.
Trump did not consult with congressional leaders ahead of the attack that killed the Iranian general. Afterward. he sent Congress a notification explaining the rationale, but kept it classified. He said Friday that Iranian militants had planned major attacks on four U.S. embassies. Just hours earlier, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had said the U.S. didn't know when or where attacks might occur.
McConnell stepped past the administration's muddled explanations and noted that Democrats are now quibbling with what he called "career professionals" who advised Trump on the issue.
"I look forward to hearing our colleagues who want to quibble over the word 'imminent' explain just how close we should let the terrorists come to killing more Americans before we defend ourselves," McConnell said.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday that the administration's lack of transparency on Iran is "completely unacceptable.''
While Trump "has promised to keep us out of endless wars in the Middle East, his actions have moved us closer to exactly such a war — making the American people and American forces less safe,'' Schumer said.
Two Republican senators, Mike Lee of Utah and and Rand Paul of Kentucky, have signed on as co-sponsors of Kaine's resolution, which also is co-sponsored by Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin.
Lee said a briefing last week by Pompeo and other officials on the Iran strike was "probably the worst briefing I've seen, at least on a military issue," in the nine years he's served in the Senate.
Paul also criticized the briefing as inadequate and said Congress should not abdicate its "duty under the Constitution to debate when we go to war.''
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Book Review: Simon Garfield's Fabulous 'Just My Type: A Book About Fonts'
No one can say that the O's roundness appeals to us only because it is like that of an apple or of a girl's breast or of the full moon. Letters are things, not pictures of things.
~ GILL SANS
Type faces dominate our lives, subtly or not so subtly attracting us to everything from underarm deodorants to fast food joints to record album covers, while type faces on signage get us to our destinations without getting lost. And in this age of personal computers and their myriad fonts, type faces dominate our lives as never before, enabling us to be our own graphic artists. How else to explain those kitschy party invitations we all get?
I should make it clear from the jump that I am a font wonk, one of those annoying people who obsesses over type faces, as well as have font fiend friends who named their dog Bodoni. I can trace this affliction/addiction to my early years in the newspaper business when I would stand in the composing room on one side of a turtle (a moveable steel table) while a compositor would assemble a newspaper page from mirror-image hot metal linotype type that would become a readable work of art as the page came off the presses.
I love some fonts -- Garamond, Tempus Sans ITC, Gill Sans (but not the somewhat similar and ubiquitous Arial) and Papyrus, used by James Cameron throughout Avatar -- while sneering at others -- Comic Sans and the crapoid WoodPress for The Moderate Voice headlines and body type to name but two. I'm a sucker for ampersands (a conflation of the Latin et, the more elaborate ones seemingly creature-like, and enjoyed a font feast nonpariel while staying at a friend's flat in New York's East Village last Christmas holiday and wandering the streets ogling store signs.
This brings me to Simon Garfield's just published Just My Type: A Book About Fonts, a quick, quirky, elucidating, pun drenched and often hilarious read that several reviewers have already noted will do for fonts what Lynne Truss's runaway 2004 bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves did for punctuation.
On its (type)face, Just My Type is a history of fonts from Gutenberg in the 15th century through to modern day, and Garfield's primer on the differences between serif and sans serif, ascenders and descenders, kerning, font sizes, legibility versus readability, and so on, is beautifully simple. As well as his explanations of the tricks of typography, one example being that if all letters of a given font were exactly the same height they wouldn't appear so. Because our brain demands evenness but our eyes play tricks on us, round and pointed letters would appear shorter.
"In type, the appearance of beauty and elegance depends on trickery and skill," Garfield notes, calling this "perhaps the most fruitful and longest-lasting collision of science and art."
But Just My Type is much more as Garfield explains why certain fonts can elicit gut-instinct or emotional reactions, which is what the Gotham typeface on Barack Obama campaign posters and bumper stickers did, hurtling the obscure font to sans serif stardom.
Tempus Sans ITC is a personal turn-on (okay, so I'm wired weird, because many professional typographers hate it). I selected Tempus Sans ITC it for the cover type of The Bottom of the Fox, my real-life murder mystery, because it was open and accessible yet stylish. I redesigned the signage at the rare book and manuscript library where I toil using Bookman Old Style for its historicity and because it's easy on the peepers in the subdued light of our exhibition gallery.
Then there are font controversies such as when Ikea changed its logo from elegant and quirky Futura to modern and commonplace Verdana, eliciting howls of protest from people who hadn't known that they cared about type faces but suddenly did. (I myself didn't give a fig.)
This brings us back to Comic Sans, which Garfield decimates by comparing it to the following joke:
A duck walks into a bar and says, "I'll have a beer please!" And the barman says, "Shall I put that on your bill?"
How funny is that? Garfield notes that it's quite funny and the sort of joke you can remember even if you're like me and unable to tell jokes anywhere near as well as Joe Gandelman, who is to jokes what Mel Torme is to crooning.
Comic Sans is unforgettable because it looks as if it was written by an 11-year-old with good penmanship: Smooth, rounded letters reminiscent of alphabet soup. It is also, as Garfield writes, "a type that has gone wrong. It was designed with strict intentions by a professional man with a solid philosophical grounding in graphic arts, and it was unleashed upon the world with a kind heart. It was never intended to cause revulsion or loathing . . . It was intended to be fun. And, oddly enough, it was never intended to be typeface at all."
What it was intended to be by typographer Vincent Connare was an accessible typeface for Microsoft Bob, a software package designed by a group headed by the future Mrs. Bill Gates with a cute dog barking out instructions that even the most feeble minded computer user could grasp.
Connare came up with Comic Sans too late for use with Bob, which used clunky Times Roman, but it later was added as a font for Windows 95. Comic Sans quickly went global, which is to say viral, and before long had appeared on the sides of ambulances, at porn sites, on the backs of Portuguese national basketball team jerseys, in advertisements for Adidas sportswear, and on too damned many restaurant menus.
"Suddenly, Times Roman didn't seem so bad any more," writes Garfield.
Accessible it was, so loathsomely accessible that it was the beginning of the end of my love affair with Microsoft that accelerated to supersonic speed with the introduction of Clippy, the paper clip with the bug eyes that insisted on barging into my computing to ask stupid questions. Clippy eventually drove me into the arms of Steve Jobs over at Apple. Which is kind of appropriate because Jobs was the first to offer a computer with a wide choice of fonts in addition to modern type faces like Univers and Helvetica.
I told you that I take this stuff seriously.
Comic Sans walks into a bar and the bartender says, "We don't serve your type."
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CEO / Medical Director
Medical Officers
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Greetings and Welcome to KPMC Puchong Specialist Centre / KPMC Puchong Medical Centre website,
You have come across our new and improved website, which is all about introducing our medical services to the public in line with our motto "Our Commitment Your Satisfaction". It means that all KPMC's staffs from all levels, including the doctors and the specialist are committed to provide quality healthcare service to justify patient’s satisfaction from the moment he / she walks into the centre.
Firstly, allow me to introduce ourselves as one of the players in private medical centre / specialist industry. KPMC Puchong Specialist Center is located in Bandar Puteri Puchong, first branch of Kajang Plaza Medical Center and was fully operational on 28 April 2005 to provide health services for the comfort of the residents in Puchong and surrounding. It operates 24 hours with various facilities provided for the convenience of patients.
Both KPMC's surgical and medical disciplines are supported by specialized medical and healthcare facilities such as Out-Patient / GP Treatment, Accidental & Emergency (A&E), Operation Theatre, Laboratory, Ward and X-Ray. These facilities are served by our experienced Medical Officers as well as services from a number of disciplines or specialties such as Obstetrics & Gynaecologists (O&G), Paediatricians, Surgeons, Physicians, Orthopaedics, Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Specialist, Physiotherapists and Anaesthetic. They strive their utmost to continuously provide patients with excellence in quality service and the finest care and attention.
We strive to achieve the five-star healthcare provider but with the three-star charges in line with our targeted demographic customer satisfaction. This serves as a foundation for KPMC Puchong Sdn. Bhd. as we move forward to pursue excellence in our future endeavours. We hope that this website will assist our existing and / or future customers in improving our services and to have better understanding towards our greater values and aspect of services.
We welcome you,
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Tel: +603-8062 4073 / +603-8051 8432. Fax: +603-8062 5447 / +603-8062 4746
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Player evaluation: Andreoff
Jon Rosen May 29, 2015 0 CommentsKingsVisionPollsVideo
This season: 18 games, 2 goals, 1 assists, 3 points, 18 penalty minutes, +1 rating, 8:34 time on ice
The good: Andy Andreoff cracked the Kings’ roster in a depth role as a waiver-eligible player who could have been claimed by another team had the Kings been inclined to assign him to Manchester. He fought Matt Hendricks on his first NHL shift. It was not an easy season for Andreoff, though, and when a fine shot of his off the rush was fought off by Pekka Rinne and caught the crossbar in a loss to Nashville on March 14, he said the following day that “hopefully next time the next one will go in.” It did! He scored on Mike Smith on March 16 to provide the game’s only goal in a 1-0 win over Arizona that included his first NHL first star performance. “He has to be a guy that plays a really sound positional game and brings energy to our team in a real disciplined sense – getting pucks through the neutral zone and being a good defender and spending time in the offensive zone getting pucks to the net and bringing energy to our team,” John Stevens said. He’s not going to hit any type of a production spike, but there is a modicum of untapped skill in his game, especially with a quick release around the net. For the most part, though, Andreoff is a role player who will ultimately be capable of providing energy, etching out an identity and showing versatility by playing all three forward positions.
The bad: After playing in the final eight games of October, Andreoff appeared in only 10 of the club’s final 71 games, a nearly season-long stretch that included a productive conditioning loan to Manchester that allowed him to get some games in. Ultimately, he fell into a difficult catch-22 situation in which he didn’t get enough playing time to improve the quality of his minutes, and because he wasn’t able to improve the quality of his minutes, he didn’t receive much playing time. His numbers reflected some labor: his 47.5% Corsi-for in five-on-five play was the lowest of any King who had played in at least 10 games, even though his +9.3% offensive zone start ratio was the higher than all players other than Jamie McBain. Of the six skaters he saw the most ice with, all six posted better possession numbers away from Andreoff than with him. Only 2:02 of the 152:12 he logged in 2014-15 was spent on special teams. He just wasn’t playing much and wasn’t able to generate any sort of a rhythm or emerge from the difficult situation he was in, and that’s tough – he clearly had a foot in the door but wasn’t able to fully gain entrance to the castle.
Going forward: Andreoff, whose waiver eligibility was a primary influence in remaining on the 2014-15 Kings all season, will again battle for a spot in training camp. Though he’s currently a restricted free agent, he won’t be expensive – a good thing for a cap strapped team – and should serve as a feisty depth option with NHL experience. At 24, he’s not exactly an infant, but he’s still at the age where those I’ve spoken with in hockey operations still see levels of upside that have not been reached. If he’s able to make a leap from an 18-game body of work to a 60-something game body of work and shows improvement in his analytics and production while continuing to build his identity, it’ll be close to as positive of a season as could reasonably be expected.
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Alcatel-Lucent's Nuage Networks Gaining SDN Momentum
Thursday May 1st 2014 by Sean Michael Kerner
One year after being founded, Nuage is growing its SDN base.
In April 2013, Alcatel-Lucent formally announced the formation of a new venture, Nuage Networks, to facilitate the growth of Software Defined Networking (SDN).
Houman Modarres, senior director of marketing at Nuage Networks, explained to Enterprise Networking Planet that in the last year, just over 30 customer trials have been conducted using the Nuage technology. Some of the initial launch customers, including UPMC, are now using Nuage in production.
"One of the things we set out to do in the beginning was to be agnostic and take the data center as it stands," Modarres said. "We want to address hybrid environments with multiple hypervisors and be network equipment agnostic."
The promise of being network equipment agnostic is one of the key reasons why Alcatel-Lucent set up Nuage as a separate business instead of running SDN efforts itself. In contrast, Cisco also set up a separate business, Insieme Networks, but has since rolled Insieme back into the main Cisco corporate structure.
Moudarres noted that many Nuage customers use multiple vendors. In the case of UPMC, he said that they use HP servers running VMware, as well as Cisco Catalyst switches with some Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch components in their infrastructure.
"Even though Nuage is wholly owned by Alcatel-Lucent, the reason why we were set up as a separate business is to make sure we are completely independent of hardware," Moudarres said. "There is absolutely no dependency or expectation that any of the gear in a Nuage deployment would be Alcatel-Lucent."
Though Nuage does not require Alcatel-Lucent networking gear, Moudarres said that to date, more than half of Nuage's customers have had some previous Alcatel-Lucent infrastructure. There actually is some technology overlap between Nuage and Alcatel-Lucent as well.
"We use the exact same service router operating system (SROS) that runs on our routers today," Moudarres said. "So we were able to take that code base and build an abstraction and policy management layer to allow for virtualization and automation."
One of the key messages that has emerged in the SDN space over the course of the last year is that of putting applications first. Cisco's Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is one of the most obvious examples of that trend. It's a trend that Alcatel-Lucent had been pushing on its networking side through its Application Fluency message since at least 2010.
When it comes to Application Fluency for Nuage, Moudarres said it's a message that still has merit, to a limited degree.
"We appreciate application fluency and the whole idea of application centricity, but they're really just talking about health and happiness, motherhood and apple pie," Moudarres said. "At Nuage, we want to be agnostic to the underlying network and have efficacy across a mixed environment."
Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet and InternetNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @TechJournalist
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Bedlam Basketball Saturday
Our good friends Bob and Tina are long time season ticket holders for Oklahoma University women’s basketball, and they are very generous to share their tickets with friends when they have to miss a game. Today Handsome and I were the lucky recipients of their good will. And as luck would have it, although we didn’t realize it until we arrived in Norman, it was the season’s bedlam game! OU versus OSU, you guys. We are lucky ducks.
We were bouncing excitedly toward our aisle seats just as the court was flooding with coaches, players, and cheerleaders. The stadium was packed, by the way. Packed to its collegiate gills. And the music was blaring and the lights were flashing, and it all got my heart pounding within seconds of being inside Lloyd Noble Center. I suppose lots of games start that way, but today the adrenaline lasted until the very last moment.
A line of half a dozen young men carrying OU flags ran full speed around the room, through the crowd, as the band played our state song, Ooooooooklahoma! The wind was sweeping down the plains for sure. I love that dang song. Apparently lots of people do, because I could hear the words being shouted here and there around the big room.
The crowd, mostly crimson but evenly dotted with orange, was in a perfect frenzy by the time a group of OU students unfurled an American flag the size of the basketball court. I have never seen a flag that expansive except at the top of a flag pole. They stretched it out, and both teams including their coaches and cheerleaders and mascots, referees, Honor Guard, everybody, dozens of people, held it respectfully along all four edges. The lights lowered, and chills washed over me.
A young woman in military uniform began singing an angelic version of our national anthem, and about halfway through the anthem something really special happened. The crowd joined her. As she gained momentum at the best parts, everyone sang behind her, tentatively, warmly, almost just humming. And it sort of seemed to propel the singer, which frenzied everybody all over again.
Between the two emotional songs, the crowd’s tangible love for OU and head coach Sherri Coale, and the unexpected fireworks behind each basket, I was crying big fat tears before tip-off. We cheered hard and soaked up the fun. I mean, really, at a bedlam game in your home state, no matter who usually has your loyalty, it’s hard to be disappointed when either team does well. And that was especially good today, because both teams played very well. It was a drum tight, energetic, nail-biting contest. I don’t think the margin was more than six points until the very last few minutes of the game, when OU finally won with 80 points to Oklahoma State’s 71 points.
Oh, I almost forgot to tell you that the halftime entertainment was none other than Judson Laipply, the guy who does the Evolution of Dance. You know, the internet sensation who dances for a few seconds each to a long string of popular dance songs, spanning several decades? We were laughing so hard. I may or may not have been worried about wetting my pants. Even the most serious suit-wearing pages and security guards were sporting big, goofy grins. Old people shoulders were bouncing in laughter, too. Little kids were dancing along with him. It was awesome.
So for two hours we enjoyed the game and entertainment. The college athletes ran, dribbled, fouled, scored, and cheered each other on. During the second half I got to high-five one of the mascots and shake hands (hooves?) with the other. Boomer and Sooner.
These OU women’s basketball games are always fun, but today was extra special. It was kind of a charmed event, and I am so glad we were there for it all.
Thanks a bunch Bob & Tina!!!
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June 4, 2013 - By Kim Krueger and Prerna Anand
PatientsLikeMe appointed Martin Coulter to the position of Chief Executive Officer, the company’s first CEO since its founding in 2004. Martin brings a strategic and operational focus to the company and its business continues to expand.
U.S. News & World Report announced a collaboration with Doximity to offer a free online directory of more than 700,000 practicing U.S. physicians. The partnership offers consumers more data and tools to help them select medical providers.
Explorys, provider of a secure, cloud-based Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) platform that leverages big data, announced it had been selected as a finalist for the Red Herring Top 100 North America award. The award honors the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the North American business region.
CodeBaby partnered with CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, to develop avatars, or “intelligent virtual assistants”, for helping plan members select health plans. The 3D virtual assistant will be named “Chloe” and will enhance member self-service capabilities.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced three finalists for the cancer survivor support application challenge: Medable’s Together, JourneyForward, and PatientsWithPower. The grand prize will be awarded to the app that best helps cancer survivors manage the transition from oncology care to primary care.
ResMed, makers of respiratory disorder products, launched SleepSeeker, an online patient support community, to increase patient engagement in therapy for sleep-disordered breathing. Patients will be able to view their therapy data, including time used, any apnea or hypopnea events, and any present mask leaks.
Polar USA, makers of heart rate monitoring and fitness assessment technologies, introduced Polar Stride Sensor Bluetooth Smart. It is the first Bluetooth enabled sensor that will allow runners to track speed and distance and capture intelligent training data while using a compatible device.
dashboardMD, a provider of business intelligence reporting solutions for health care, formed a strategic partnership with MicroMD, a provider of practice management (PM) and EMR systems. The partnership will allow MircoMD users to gain insightful and actionable intelligence as well as eliminate manual administrative reporting.
Alere Analytics, formerly known as DiagnosisOne, debuted its Clinical Surveillance product for hospitals for managing antimicrobial stewardship, infection control and medication management in hospitals. The solution is being piloted a large over 500- bed hospital in the greater New York area.
Kaiser Permanente launched InterchangeSM, its first application programming interface program (API). This open API will allow application developers to access publicly available data like location, hours of operation and specialty information about Kaiser hospitals and medical offices.
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Tyler on Habeas and the American Revolution
Amanda L. Tyler, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, has posted Habeas Corpus and the American Revolution, which is forthcoming in the California Law Review 103 (2015): 635-98.
Modern debates concerning the protections afforded by the Suspension Clause of the U.S. Constitution have taken place within the Supreme Court’s chosen methodological approach in this context, which openly calls for careful attention to the historical backdrop against which the Clause was drafted. This approach is hardly surprising given that long ago Chief Justice John Marshall declared that when the Founding generation constitutionalized “this great writ,” they invoked “[t]he term...in the [C]onstitution, as one which was well understood.” No matter how well the Founding generation understood the content, reach, and application of the “privilege of the writ of habeas corpus,” however, significant portions of the relevant historical backdrop to the ratification of the Suspension Clause remain lost to the annals of history. In particular, the details surrounding one of the most consequential periods in the history leading up to the adoption of the Suspension Clause — namely, the treatment and legal classification of the American colonists by the British during the American Revolutionary War — remain largely unexplored in legal scholarship.
Professor Tyler seeks to recover and tell this story here by drawing upon a wealth of sources, including: archival documents, parliamentary debates, contemporary press accounts, colonial papers, diaries and private papers of key participants, and significant decisions and rulings of the British courts. As these materials reveal, determinations regarding the reach and application of the English Habeas Corpus Act of 1679, rather than solely the common law writ of habeas corpus, were of tremendous consequence during this important period in Anglo-American legal history. Where the Act was in force and where prisoners could claim its protections, the legal framework demanded that such persons be charged criminally and tried in due course or otherwise be discharged. Significantly, the privilege associated with the English Act did not speak merely to process; it further imposed significant substantive constraints on what causes would be deemed legal justification for detention in the first instance. The important role that the Act played in the Revolutionary War legal framework, moreover, suggests that modern jurisprudence has underappreciated the Act’s enormous influence upon the development of habeas law in the Anglo-American tradition. Finally, the history recovered here demonstrates more generally that during the Revolutionary War, suspension, geography, and allegiance each played significant roles in determining the availability of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus to those who would claim its protections.
Posted by Dan Ernst at 12:30 AM
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#UncleJohn live at Banff!
By Meighan Szigeti
by Gianmarco Segato
Adult Programs Manager
The COC's Adult Programs Manager Gianmarco Segato was lucky enough to see Against the Grain's #UncleJohn in Banff a few weeks ago! He shares some of his experiences below.
On Saturday August 2, I made the trek to Banff to see Against the Grain Theatre’s latest production, #UncleJohn, produced in collaboration with The Banff Centre and the Canadian Opera Company as part of the centre’s new program, Open Space: Opera in the 21st Century. The program hosted eight young opera professionals for a four-week intensive residency which resulted in the creation of #Uncle John, a modern interpretation of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. The adaptation featured a new English libretto written by Against the Grain Theatre's artistic director Joel Ivany. The creative process was extensively documented with blog posts and behind-the-scenes videos on Schmopera courtesy of none other than former COC Ensemble member and erstwhile Big COC Podcast guest, Jenna Douglas.
The setting for this unique production was the Cave and Basin, a National Historical Site within Banff National Park — the geographical birthplace of Canada’s National Park system.
I visited the site in the afternoon, a beautiful 20 minute walk from Banff town centre. You can enter the cave where three railway workers discovered warm water springs above what would become the town of Banff, which led to the establishment of a reserve around the hot springs in 1885. Two years later the Canadian government made the area a national park – the country’s first. The cave was hot, steamy and, due to the sulphurous odours, stinky! There’s also an outdoor hot pool where you can see the healing waters bubbling up from below.
AtG performed #UncleJohn outdoors although on the night I attended they were rained out and had to quickly improvise the staging in an indoor space. The cast did an amazing job adjusting their blocking in the moment, adding an extra frisson of excitement to the proceedings! The new English text was witty and completely of our times – texting and cellphone calls were integral to the concept. #UncleJohn was another success for AtG in its continuing quest to present opera in fresh ways, in unusual spaces, to new audiences. After the show I caught up with three of the cast members, all of them former COC Ensemble members: Betty Waynne Allison, Cameron McPhail and Miriam Khalil, as well as director Joel Ivany (you’ll hear them speak in that order in the audio clip below). Listen as we talk about the significance of performing at this unique venue, what it’s like to sing a new English version of Don Giovanni, and hear their individual takes on Anna, Uncle John and Elvira!
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The permanent exhibition, inaugurated in 2003, is primarily up of a selection of pieces from the collection of sample tiles by Salvador Miquel.
Can Tinturé provides a chronological and aesthetic reading of the evolution of the tile show through the course of time, from medieval times to the threshold of industrialization, which is precisely when the origins of factory Pujol i Bausis begin “La Rajoleta”.
The visit begins with an explanation of the purpose of the museum, sample tiles and then the different areas of the exhibition are visited:
1. Salvador Miquel, collector.
Introduction of the character through is tening to a radio interview with Salvador Miquel which is presented interactively.
2. The European connections.
Interactive displays identifying European pottery centres production and trade routes since ancient times.
3. Fire clay and cobalt blue.
The first sample tiles were found in paving from the XII century. Examples of fired clay tiles or decorated pieces with a white tin base and pattern which was mainly blue, painted with a cobalt oxide base. The blue tile became the symbol of the gothic bricks due to its large production.
4. Splendid polychrome.
The Renaissance and Baroque contributed to the use of ceramic colors and new sources of inspiration for the decorative patterns with classical roots. Trade routes facilitated contact with and a taste for Italian pottery, which had spread throughout Europe since the early s. XVI. The sample tiles were present on walls and floors of noble houses and churches.
6. Models of success.
During the eighteen and nineteenth centuries proliferated models that were copied from one workshop to another, which were personalized with the creation of small differences and highlighted its broad composition possibilities. There was an increased use of sample tiles which to households.
7. Simplicity.
In the nineteenth century design simplification occurs. As a result of increased use of tiles by the masses and creates the need to produce faster and more economically, as well as a break with past decorative trends.
8. Return to blue.
Blue, as in the medieval period, is again the most important colour in the XIX century. The blue line stands out on a white background and this second colours gives great luminosity to the small areas which have been decorated whith tiles: kitchens, family areas etc.
9. Selection of Sampler.
The names given to the sample tiles are included in the sample collection, which many ceramist showed to their clients when they were choosing a model.
The artesinal production added small differences to these models, which disappeared which the industrialisation of the process.
The examples of some pieces found in excavations carried out in the grounds of the Pujol and Bausis factory during the years 1999 and 2000 invite us to continue the visit in the Museum of Ceramics “La Rajoleta”.
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Home » Health News » Man fights depression by running to every Burnley FC away game
For most people, getting to an away game might involve booking your seat on a coach, making sure your away kit shirt is clean and belting out some killer tunes on the motorway.
But for Burnley native Scott Cunliffe, it meant making sure his gym kit and running shoes were ready to go.
Over the course of the 2018/19 Premier League season, 45-year-old Scott created and completed The RunAway Challenge – 19 runs, all starting from his team’s home ground, Burnley FC’s Turf Moor.
‘When I returned to the UK in April 2018, I wanted to do a challenge that would make me strong, happy and healthy,’ he says. ‘I also wanted to do something that had not been done before. The idea was inspired by others that have cycled and run to games before. I took it one step beyond running to one game. The idea was born in June 2018, just six weeks before the start of the season.’
The shortest run came in at a mere 26 miles to Huddersfield Town, the longest 279 miles to Brighton, taking Scott nine days to complete. He finished his final run last Friday to the Everton home ground. His total mileage? An incredible 3,092 miles.
Scott says: ‘Physically, the hardest runs were the first runs to Southampton and Fulham, when my body was not used to multiple days of over 30 miles per day. Over time the body adapted to this reality. Mentally, the hardest run was going to Watford. This was because I failed to prepare myself for this run.
‘As it was the 5th time I’d run to London I took it for granted, but it was really tough. After three days I had to have a long, hard word with myself to regain focus.’
Training involved a mixture of running, yoga, HIIT classes, hiking and cycling as well as mental training, teaching the mind to be ‘resilient to pain and boredom.’
Amazingly, he rarely listens to music as he believes the mind becomes stronger in the face of adversity but, if he did ever pop on the odd tune, his go-to was drum and bass, ‘particularly by Burnley’s finest Marcus Intalex, RIP.’
Scott says he turned to running because of its benefits to both mind and body. ‘I did this because I know, from personal experience how running is a powerful tool to achieve positive mental and physical well being,’ he says.
After spending over two decades working for charities and organisations like the UN and Search for Common Ground, in parts of Southeast Asia seriously affected by violent crime and poverty, it took a toll on Scott’s mental health.
His experiences left him with both PTSD and depression – and running becoming a huge part of his recovery.
‘I’ve suffered depression for a decade, it comes and goes, he says. ‘Running in wild places has been a big part of my therapy. I really love being out for long days. The RunAway Challenge allowed me to do just that.’
Scott didn’t always do it alone either. Like Forest Gump, he inspired others.
‘I had many people run with me, some planned, some unplanned. Five people ran their first marathons with me, that was very special.’
Scott is currently at 96% of his £38,000 fundraising target, with the money going to Burnley FC in the Community – the official charity of Burnley FC.
‘The club have been very supportive from the start, providing away tickets, great media coverage and lots of other support,’ says Scott.
Burnley will distribute 50% of the funds raised by The RunAway Challenge to local charities in Burnley. The other 50% will be divided between the community trusts at each of the Premier League clubs Scott has run to.
As Scott explains: ‘This way, I hope the challenge will leave its mark on communities across the country – not just here in Burnley.’
You can donate to The RunAway Challenge’s page here.
You can follow Scott on Twitter and Instagram: @sekott.
For emotional support you can call the Samaritans 24-hour helpline on 116 123, email [email protected], visit a Samaritans branch in person or go to the Samaritans website.
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Names/Places: RN:Christa Paffgen
Group Names: The Velvet Underground
🎵🎸Doug Bennett -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/31/1951 d.10/16/2004 (52)
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Group Names: Doug and the Slugs
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Springtime in Russia (May 2017)
December 10, 2017 natyliesb 3 Comments
This is an unpublished travel essay about my trip to Russia this past May. – Natylie
Me in Moscow,
The first thing one sees to their right as they begin the descent down into Moscow’s largest airport is the sun glistening off the Moscow River surrounded by lots of greenery. It gave me the pick-up I needed after an exhausting 24 hours of minimal sleep, being crammed on several airplanes and literally running from one end of an airport to another because my first flight was almost 2 hours late and nearly made me miss my connection.
We were blessed with sunny weather in the Russian capital, which was a welcome change from the rain and dreariness at both New York and Paris.
After departing the airport, I had to snicker in the back seat of our cab as my travel companion, who had never been to Russia before, became frazzled over the high speeds and improvised lanes that one sees on some of the major roads in Moscow. Our taxi driver, a young military veteran who works in the veterinary profession and drives for extra money on the weekends, kept getting an earful from my friend but took it in stride.
Having settled in later that evening, I heard music at various times out in the distance from our apartment, alternating between classical piano and a lady’s voice singing. I couldn’t pinpoint exactly where it was emanating from, but it was pleasant nonetheless.
On Sunday morning, just before 10:00 am, as I was sitting in the kitchen drinking my tea, enjoying the breeze through the open window on another sunny day, I heard the lovely sound of church bells ringing followed by a beautiful piano sonata.
View from apartment on New Arbat Street, Moscow, Russia; photo by Natylie Baldwin
About a half hour later, I ventured out to the street where many spectators were standing along the sidewalk waiting for the procession to pass by in rehearsal for Tuesday’s Victory Day Parade. Lots of families were out with little ones in tow and babies were being pushed in strollers as I made my way to a small grocery a couple of blocks down to buy a few necessities.
By Tuesday, the weather was not holding up so well. Part of the parade route included New Arbat which is the street our apartment was located on, so I headed outside about a half hour or so before the start time and braved the cold. I was able to find a good vantage point to watch and take pictures, having decided that I wouldn’t walk all the way over to Red Square, reasoning that it would be too crowded and I likely wouldn’t be able to get in for a good view. I later learned my intuition was correct and that only people who have permission can actually get into the square on Victory Day – probably officials, foreign dignitaries and special guests.
Victory Day, Moscow; photo by Natylie Baldwin, May 2017
More people came out to line the damp streets as the time drew near. Lots of families, people with their phones out ready to snap pictures, and a smattering of individuals waving Russian flags thronged the edge of the modest barricades and tape that separated the spectators from the road. In terms of security, the atmosphere was fairly low-key. Police officers were stationed every 25-30 feet. At one point I spotted an officer on the roof of one of the buildings across the street surveying the scene. When I looked up again a while later he was gone.
Many officers wore wind breakers and some had on rain coats. City officers generally don’t carry guns. There was no riot gear.
As people waited, earnest Russian music spilled out of loudspeakers. Then the music stopped and a brief announcement was made. A short motorcade of military officers in their crisp uniforms drove by about 5 minutes before the rest of the procession of tanks and other military vehicles began their ride down the street. Some soldiers in the procession waved to the cheering crowds as they rode by, sometimes honking their horns.
The holiday celebrations concluded with a fireworks display at 10:00 pm, which I watched from our kitchen window as the balcony was too crowded with other residents from our floor of the building. Fireworks could actually be seen in different parts of the city, but the largest display lit up over Red Square and the Kremlin.
According to a recent survey by the independent Levada Center, 76 percent of Russians planned on celebrating Victory Day this year. Interest and participation was relatively equal among Russians, regardless of age, education or income level, which is unsurprising given the effects of the Great Patriotic War – as WWII is known here – on the former Soviet Union. The Soviets lost about 27 million people fighting off the Nazis – 17 million of them civilians – and one third of their country was destroyed in the process. General Eisenhower wrote in his memoirs of what he saw when he went into the Soviet Union in 1945:
When we flew into Russia, in 1945, I did not see a house standing between the western borders of the country and the area around Moscow. Through this overrun region, Marshal Zhukov told me, so many numbers of women, children and old men had been killed that the Russian Government would never be able to estimate the total.
Although many Americans and Europeans have been bombarded with the America-centric rhetoric of the U.S. winning WWII in Europe, it was not controversial in the aftermath to acknowledge that the Soviet Union had, in fact, broken the Nazi Wehrmacht, likely saving many American lives by bearing the brunt of the fighting as one of FDR’s advisers had talked him into going into North Africa in late 1942, which significantly delayed the U.S. opening up a western front attack on Germany.
Russia solemnly commemorates Victory Day each year with elaborate parades in major cities, like Moscow and St. Petersburg. The Russian president gives a speech before the Moscow parade and the parade is followed by the Immortal Regiment Rally in which Russians march through the streets carrying photos of family members who fought and/or died in the Great Patriotic War.
I met my guide Natasha outside of the apartment at 10:00 am to begin our all-day tour of Moscow. We went around the corner to the bus stop across the street from the American Embassy. The bus took us close to our first destination of the day.
The Gulag Museum is a large red rectangular building with numerous windows covered with closed wooden shutters. This is the first unsettling clue of what awaits inside.
Entrance to Gulag Museum, Moscow, Russia; photo by Natylie Baldwin
The Museum, which was moved to this area from its former location closer to central Moscow a couple of years ago, is now open to individual visitors for self-guided tours, whereas before only group tours were accommodated. Natasha explained to me that this new iteration of the Museum was more elaborate, having been designed by professionals for a more realist atmosphere and the addition of more artifacts from the actual prison camps.
In the first dimly-lit room was a large four-sided frame with about 8 to 10 actual doors from Gulag cells affixed to three of the four sides. Each door included a card, in both Russian and English, stating which camp the door was from. The worn and pock-marked doors were made of wood, metal, or a combination of both. Most had a small square window that opened out in the middle, presumably for the passing of food. All had sliding bars and heavy locks. The fourth side of the frame was open and I could see the interior of the doors – the side the prisoners saw for hours, months or years – that is, when they weren’t toiling in the extreme cold.
Various artifacts from the Gulag prisons could be seen hanging on the walls of this same room, such as a prisoner’s shirt, a small lantern from a cell, metal beds and benches, and a pair of handcuffs.
On one wall was a schematic illustration of one of the gulag prison camps before it was constructed.
In the next room were several glass cases. One displayed fragments of letters written by the prisoners on cloth, typically parts of clothing, as they were provided no paper. Another displayed pieces of wood with messages written on them by the prisoners, demonstrating their need to communicate with anyone who might see it. One case had items that had been made by some female prisoners, such as a utility box and shoes, constructed from whatever materials they could get their hands on.
In another room was a long table with photos and biographies of prisoners who survived the camps and wrote about the experience. A copy of some of the books written appeared in front of the author’s picture. Of course, the most recognizable was Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
The second to last room I was in had 3 video screen displays on one wall. The middle screen had a continually scrolling list in white against a black background of the names of those who’d been executed directly during the Great Purge of 1936-38. This would have been 700,000 to 750,000 people out of the 1.5 million that were arrested during that period.
The screen on the left had photos and a brief description of certain prisoners along with the dates of their arrest and execution. These people were engineers, teachers, military officers and other average people – all of whom had been declared “enemies of the people.” I stopped to study the faces of a few of these individuals – one man in particular stood out to me because of his sad eyes. I wondered if the photos were taken at the time of arrest (did he know his fate?) or if they were just everyday photos that may have been available.
The screen on the right had portions of actual lists of those to be arrested and executed projected on to it.
The last room I was in had a large television with video interviews playing of several elderly people who’d survived the prisons, discussing their ordeals, particularly their feelings about what life was like after they were released, including the process of becoming “rehabilitated.” Many mentioned being faced with possible ostracism for having once been imprisoned and the subsequent decision of whether to hide their past or not. One woman recalled her apprehensiveness at telling her future husband, fearing rejection. However, his respect for her only increased after learning of what she’d endured. Another woman said that the legacy of her imprisonment was that she lived a life of fearlessness, “What could I possibly be afraid of after what I’d been through?”
After Stalin’s death in 1953, Nikita Khrushchev denounced Stalin and gradually released all of the prisoners, shutting down the Gulags and implementing a program of re-integration. Khrushchev later admitted that he’d had much blood on his hands from the Stalin era, but that he and many others knew that if they resisted they likely would have also been executed.
One of the explanatory panels in the exhibit had stated that Stalin’s goal was to “destroy the possibility of political opposition, to nip non-conformity in the bud.”
Natasha and I sat on the bench in front of the television talking about the video when a young man from Kazakhstan briefly joined in our discussion. Upon realizing that I was American he politely asked me some things about the United States, including Guantanamo prison. I answered his questions as best I could. He also mentioned that there were people in Kazakhstan – a part of the Soviet Union at the time – who lived in the old buildings there that had constituted some of the Gulag prisons. When Natasha and I expressed surprise at this, he simply replied that the buildings were sturdy so people put them to use.
Exhausted, we finally left the museum and went over to the old Arbat street, a charming area that had been closed to auto traffic in the 1990’s and turned into a pedestrian thoroughfare with shops, gardens, restaurants and sculptures. We passed by the Pushkin monument comprised of statues of the poet and his wife.
(Old) Arbat Street, Moscow; photo by Natylie Baldwin, May 2017
We stopped for lunch at a Russian buffet style restaurant and I asked Natasha her opinions about the Revolution, what alternatives (if any) might have prevented the Bolshevik coup in October of 1917 and the subsequent repressions, culminating in Stalin’s “concentration camps” and mass murder. We discussed Nicholas II’s tragic incompetence and whether the February Revolution, led by social democrats, would have had potential if it had been allowed to run its course.
We also talked about the Monument to Victims of Repression, aka The Wall of Grief, which will commemorate Stalin’s victims. I had originally requested to see this monument as part of the tour but was told that it would not open until October 13th, which is the officially designated day of remembrance for victims of repression in Russia.
Reportedly, Putin played a key role in getting this monument approved. Despite Western depictions of Putin as a dictator, he must arbitrate among different powerful factions when making his decisions. I imagine there were some factions that weren’t too keen on this monument.
Most Russians, in fact, do not view Putin as a dictator since they know what real dictators look and act like. A Levada Center poll from last year reveals that 66 percent of Russians consider themselves to be free and do not believe Russia will return to dictatorship. Generally, the Russian president is seen as a strong and effective leader. I remember speaking to a group of professionals in Krasnodar during my first visit who insisted that a strong leader was needed to get things done. But they also insisted that the leader needed to be accountable to the people and their needs. As reflected in Putin’s consistent approval rating above 80% – even according to independent polls – over the past few years, apparently most Russians believe he meets this criteria. This is not to say that Russians are totally uncritical of Putin either or that they are afraid to express any criticism of him – that was not my experience during either of my visits.
Moreover, Russians are an educated people with just over half of the population holding a college degree – compared to about a third of Americans – and everyone I spoke to on both trips acknowledged that they have access to western media through satellite and the internet – though they were bemused by the west’s cartoonish portrayal of their country and their leader. Simply writing Russians’ generally positive views of Putin and the progress Russia has made since the 1990’s off to government propaganda would be a mistake.
With regard to Stalin, Natasha mentioned that there is a segment of Russians who don’t want to talk about the repressions or want to downplay them. In her view, this is explained by the fact that many average Russians participated in or enabled the repressions, including reporting other Russians, not because they suspected them of a real crime, but due to personal vendettas, jealousy, or the hope of acquiring someone’s property. “Many Russians have someone in their family or circle who were victims and many have someone in their family or circle who were the enablers. It’s the latter group that doesn’t want to condemn Stalin’s repressions.”
According to interviews I conducted in person and questionnaires answered by Russians I networked with during my visit, most credit Stalin with the industrial buildup and leadership necessary to save the Soviet Union from the Nazis, while acknowledging the brutality and excesses.
400 artists competed for the opportunity to design the Wall of Grief. The winner, Georgy Frangulyan, has designed a bronze wall that will have the names and figures of the victims. The Wall of Grief monument will cost around 400 million rubles and will be placed in the center of Moscow at the intersection of Sakharov Avenue (named after the famed Soviet dissident Andrey Sakharov) and the Garden Ring.
After lunch, we visited a park where the Elbe Monument was located. Dedicated in April of last year, the Elbe Monument commemorates the meeting up of the US and Soviet armies on a broken bridge over the Elbe River near Torgau in Germany on April 25, 1945.
Elbe Monument, Moscow, Russia; photo by Natylie Baldwin
The monument was much smaller than I expected and was one of several sculptures by the same artist at this location. Right next to the Elbe Monument is a sculpture of Abraham Lincoln shaking hands with his contemporary Alexander II. Alexander II, the reformist Czar, freed the serfs in Russia in 1861 and Lincoln freed the slaves by 1865. Alexander II had also sent naval support to the Union during the Civil War. Both were later assassinated.
Courtyard of Museum of Contemporary Russian History, Moscow, Russia; photo by Natylie Baldwin
We then took the Metro to another part of Moscow to go to the Museum of Contemporary Russian History which had a special exhibit on the Russian Revolution A bright young man guided us through the exhibit while Natasha translated. We concluded with an interesting conversation among the three of us about what might have averted the Revolution, Lenin’s motivations, what fueled his fanaticism, and whether he knowingly received assistance from the Germans for his journey from western Europe back to Russia in April of 1917 after which the Bolsheviks overthrew the Provisional Government. Subsequently, the Bolsheviks signed a peace treaty with Germany under terms that were widely seen as humiliating to Russia.
The next day we took a 4-hour train ride to St. Petersburg. The train was clean, modern and fast. After settling in, I looked out the window to watch the scenery, which included a lot of open land, with birch forests and salt marshes. There was a stretch where dachas dotted the landscape, some so diminutive and colorful they reminded me of dollhouses.
We originally planned to visit the Hermitage on our first full day in St. Petersburg but since the weather was nice we decided to go sightseeing instead.
My friend and liaison, Misha, a native of the city known as The Venice of the North, drove us around to some key landmarks. One of these was a park that included the Immortal Flame, which commemorates the Great Patriotic War. The Immortal Flame was framed with an abundance of roses that had been recently laid down for Victory Day. An older man on a bike stopped for a moment to pay his respects, while a pair of young women quietly snapped photos with their phones. I walked around with my camera and saw families on picnics and couples strolling by.
The eternal flame at memorial park in St. Petersburg, Russia; photo by Natylie Baldwin
After a short walk near the Aurora ship on the dock of the Neva river where an old man sat playing the accordion and a handful of Russians dressed in imperial era costumes milled about, we stopped for lunch at a Georgian restaurant at the request of my travel companion. The restaurant was named after a Georgian painter of the primitivist school and the interior was elaborate, with a mural on one wall exemplifying his style, a fountain and fancy furniture.
The big finale for our day’s sightseeing was a river boat ride throughout the Neva, which is surrounded by numerous architectural delights, such as the Winter Palace (aka the Hermitage), the Peter and Paul Fortress where the remains of the last imperial family (who have been canonized by the Orthodox Church) are interred, the Admiralty building, and numerous other historical sites. It was cold and windy, especially on the first leg of the ride, but well worth it to see the grand city that Peter the Great decided would be built on a marsh, a city intended to rival the finest of Europe in terms of art and architecture. My travel companion, a retired journalist who has been all throughout Europe, including France and Italy, remarked: “I just can’t get over this city. I think Peter outdid them all.”
Peter & Paul Fortress as viewed from Neva River, St. Petersburg, Russia; photo by Natylie Baldwin
Like his 20th century counterpart, Stalin, Peter meant to drag what was perceived to be a lagging nation kicking and screaming into modernity. The human toll of making this magnificent city a reality is estimated to be in the thousands.
I was tired from the day’s outing but had my first formal interview on the Russian Revolution scheduled with an 86-year old retired engineer who’d worked in the shipping industry. This was part of my project to interview a cross-section of Russians to get their views on the 1917 Revolutions since it was the centennial anniversary.
I had formulated a series of questions to ask my interview subjects: were the Revolutions overall positive or negative for Russia and why, what did they think of Nicolas II, Lenin, Stalin, etc.
This gentleman had given interesting answers about the Revolutions, his assessment of Nicolas was typical – he was weak, incompetent and completely ill-equipped to deal with the historical moment he’d been faced with, and he offered some thought-provoking points about Lenin, though he clearly was not a fan of the Bolshevik leader.
However, he lingered a long time on the issue of Stalin, elaborating more on this question than any of the others. At one point, his hands gripped the corners of the table. I was debating whether to ask if anyone in his family had been affected by the mass repressions. On the one hand, it is a legitimate question in terms of my research, but another part of me cringes when a question goes beyond discussing something in the abstract and crosses over into personal territory that will dredge up something painful.
My dilemma soon resolved itself as he began the story on his own about how his father had been taken away in the night when he was 7 years old. His parents had decided not to wake him to say goodbye. When he got up the next morning and went to his parents’ room, his father was simply gone and the bookshelves had been sealed off with wax. The rest of the family was exiled to a city far away from Leningrad. They were originally told that his father had been imprisoned incommunicado, but they found out years later that he’d actually been executed on the charge of conspiring against “Comrade Stalin.”
I was mystified by the sealing off of the bookshelves and asked if there was any explanation for this. He explained that his father was a talented mathematician and geologist, had written several books and had a leadership role in several scientific societies. When an individual was arrested, any items of particular value were confiscated. Since his father was an intellectual and a writer, his books were taken and the bookshelves rendered unusable.
Before I realized it, 2 1/2 hours had gone by since we arrived at his apartment. I recall one moment, after we’d gotten through the worst parts of the interview, looking out the window at the first signs of dusk. The clock beside the window indicated it was 9:30 pm.
As we concluded our discussion, I expressed my condolences for what had happened to his family and my appreciation of his taking the time to talk with me about such a painful subject. He admitted that it was painful but that it needed to be talked about. He wanted to ask me a few questions as well. I realize that many Russians have very few, if any, interactions with Americans and when they do encounter one they are often curious and inquisitive. So I’m no longer surprised when this occurs. He asked me about certain aspects of what happened on 9/11 and what priority Americans currently placed on countering Islamic terrorism.
On the way back to the apartment, Misha and I discussed the interview and the difficult history of Russia in the 20th century. He told me that many Russians expressed shock when the archives were opened up and the ugly truth of the Stalin era started to come out into the open. But he said that he’d known about it because his grandfather had told him of the repressions when he was 15. Misha lamented how crazy it was for the leadership of a country to kill and imprison the most intelligent, educated and talented members of society – the very ones who had the skills to contribute to the nation’s development. The next day, after he’d thought about it some more, he told me: “We have a very complicated history and it becomes hard to love a country when you know about such bad things. But it is still our country and we have to learn to do that.”
Our second day of sightseeing began with a pretty blue and white church called the St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral, located only a couple of blocks away from where we were staying. It was often used by sailors and naval officers who would come to pray and receive blessings before embarking on a journey. The main church was open only at certain times and was mainly for the seafaring folks. Another smaller church building off to the side was open at all times and received anyone.
St. Nicholas Cathedral, smaller chapel, St. Petersburg, Russia; photo by Natylie Baldwin
The church is still in use and a section is cordoned off for tourists and sightseers in which they can view the magnificent interior of gold and artwork. Only churchgoers are allowed to go beyond this point. I watched Russians light candles and pray. One woman kissed an icon as is customary in the Russian Orthodox religion.
We then made our way over to the Church on Spilled Blood, which I’d been anxious to visit so I could see the interior. On my last visit I’d seen the splendid outer part of the church but didn’t have time to go inside. I’d heard that the mosaic artwork on the inside was amazing and was determined to see it this time.
Since this was a Sunday and the weather was unusually gorgeous, the church was packed, so I kept my visit shorter than I normally would have as trying to maneuver my way within crowds tends to wear me out. But I was not disappointed by the church’s interior. The rich imagery on the walls and ceiling was beautiful, along with the set of marble steps that led to the altar and the canopy that covered the actual spot where Czar Alexander II had fallen when he was assassinated in 1881. The church was built as a memorial to him.
Church on Spilt Blood, Built at site of reformist Czar Alexandaer II’s 1881 assassination. St. Petersburg, Russia; Photo by Natylie S. Baldwin, 2015
Before being mortally wounded by a bomber from the terrorist revolutionary group Narodnaya Volya, the reformist czar had decided on a decree that would have set Russia on the road from an autocracy to a constitutional monarchy. But the assassin got to the czar before the decree was issued and his son, Alexander III, made no pretense as to reform, so the idea languished until the 1905 revolution when Czar Nicholas II would cede some power to a parliament – if only on paper.
Palace Square in St. Petersburg where thousands of starving peasants gathered to petition the Czar and plead for justice but were gunned down by the Czar’s forces, known as Bloody Sunday, triggering the first Russian Revolution of 1905
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3 thoughts on “Springtime in Russia (May 2017)”
Lyttenburgh says:
““Many Russians have someone in their family or circle who were victims and many have someone in their family or circle who were the enablers. It’s the latter group that doesn’t want to condemn Stalin’s repressions.”
Natalie – we already had this conversation back when you were publising first posts on your visit to Russia this summer. The truth is different – the number of Russians affected by the repressions amounts to 2.5-3% of the total population in the span of 30 years. What “many” you are talking about?
Also – I’m not averse to talk about repressions. Not at all. I think people should talk about them more, to learn why it was necessary.
natyliesb says:
That quote was the opinion of the woman I was talking to who was my tour guide in Moscow.
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Analysis & Book Reviews on U.S. Foreign Policy and Russia
Putin Proposes Changes to Constitution at Address to Federal Assembly; Medvedev Resigns, Head of Russia’s Tax Service Named New Prime Minister – What’s Going On? January 17, 2020
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Reuters' Roberta Rampton and Jeff Mason write that Obama's decision to consult with Congress is in line with an argument he has often made for a more collaborative approach to foreign policy in Washington than there was under his predecessor, President George. W. Bush.
READ: Obama asks Congress to approve military strike against Syria
by Amy Tennery (Reuters) 9/1/2013 12:35:03 AM
President Barack Obama sent legislation to Congress on Saturday formally asking for approval to use military force in Syria to "deter, disrupt, prevent and degrade" the potential for further chemical attacks.
by Margarita Noriega (Reuters) 9/1/2013 1:02:36 AM
In Pictures: Reuters photographer Muzaffar Salman takes us inside a secret rebel bakery in Syria.
In these photos, workers use flour to bake and package bread inside a secret bakery that belongs to the Free Syrian Army, according to activists, in Aleppo, Syria. Pictures taken on August 31, 2013.
A bag of flour is carried by a worker inside the bakery. Reuters/Muzaffar Salman
A bag of flour is poured into a vat for preparation to bake. Reuters/Muzaffar Salman
A worker helps to make sure baked bread is properly cooking on an assembly line in the bakery. Reuters/Muzaffar Salman
Baked bread is packaged. Reuters/Muzaffar Salman
READER COMMENT: Will US attack makes situation in Syria better? The answer in no and most people would agree with me.
by jamescvnt edited by Reuters_LindaNoakes 9/1/2013 8:19:01 AM
Obama's Syria decision: a walk, a debate, and a new approach
By Roberta Rampton and Jeff Mason
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At the end of the day on Friday, after laying out a strong public case for U.S. military action in Syria, President Barack Obama took a 45-minute walk around the South Lawn of the White House with his chief of staff, Denis McDonough.
They discussed Obama's options for using force.
Despite saying for days that he had not yet made a decision, the president had been leaning toward military intervention since initial reports from his advisers that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had used chemical weapons to kill innocent civilians near Damascus, senior officials said on Saturday.
But after a week of laying the groundwork for a targeted attack, Obama had begun to waver about immediate action. Britain, Washington's closest ally, had opted out of an international coalition after its parliament said "no," a decision that weighed on the president.
by Reuters_LindaNoakes 9/1/2013 8:46:50 AM
France's Hollande facing pressure for deputies to vote on Syria
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande reaffirmed to U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday his will to punish Syria for a suspected chemicals weapons attack but was under increasing pressure to put the intervention to parliament.
Obama and Hollande spoke by telephone before Obama's statement that he would seek authorisation from Congress before any strike.
"The president reaffirmed to him his determination to act to sanction the regime," a source close to Hollande said. "Each country's pace of action must above all be respected. It's important for the Americans to have the green light from Congress."
However, pressure was now mounting on Hollande to also seek formal approval from parliament, which is due to hold a non-voting debate on Syria on September 4.
"Like the U.S. president, who decided to consult the U.S. Congress in the name of democratic principles, the French president must organise, after the debate, a formal vote in parliament," Jean-Louis Borloo, the head of French opposition party UDI, said in a statement.
A BVA poll on Saturday showed most French people did not want France to take part in military action on Syria and most did not trust Hollande to do so.
Hollande, whose popularity has been hurt by economic gloom, showed unexpected military mettle when he dispatched troops to help Mali's government fend off Islamist rebels earlier this year, an intervention backed by two-thirds of the public.
France will not act alone in Syria, PM to meet parliament heads
PARIS (Reuters) - French Interior Minister Manuel Valls said on Sunday France would not act alone in Syria but would await a decision by the U.S. Congress on whether to launch an attack against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
"France can not go it alone," Valls told Europe 1 radio. "We need a coalition."
France's prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, is scheduled to meet with the heads of the two houses of parliament and the opposition on Monday to discuss the Syrian situation ahead of a parliamentary debate on Wednesday.
A hawkish Kerry emerges as point man in Obama's push to punish Syria
By Arshad Mohammed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the Senate takes up whether to back White House plans to attack Syria, there may be few more effective or passionate lobbyists for the administration than Secretary of State John Kerry, who was a member of that exclusive club for 28 years.
Kerry last week described Syria's suspected use of chemical weapons as "a moral obscenity" and, in a separate appearance, called Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "a thug and a murderer."
A woman holds a placard against the Syrian government during a rally against the governments of Syria and Egypt in central Sydney September 1, 2013. Hundreds attended a rally in protest against governments in Syria and Egypt. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz
I suspect that In future years the world will come to thank President Obama many times over for allowing Congress to ratify military action.
by tom_watson via twitter 9/1/2013 9:21:31 AM
Results of Reuters/Ipsos poll of Americans' opinion on whether the U.S. should intervene in Syria's fighting between government and anti-government forces.
Pope calls international day of prayer for peace in Syria
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday urged the international community to seek a negotiated solution to the conflict in Syria and announced he would lead a worldwide day of prayer for peace in the country on September 7.
Francis condemned the use of chemical weapons, blamed by Western powers on Syrian government forces, but added: "war, never again". The United States and France are considering military action against Damascus in response to the chemical attack.
The pope asked the 1.2 billion Roman Catholics around the world to pray for peace in Syria on September 7 and said he would lead a special service at the Vatican.
He invited other Christians, members of other religions and all "people of good will" to join the Catholic initiative on September 7 in any way they saw fit.
Let us pray for peace: peace in the world and in each of our hearts.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 1, 2013
Obama's Congress request marks U.S. "retreat" - Syrian state media
BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's decision to seek Congressional approval before going ahead with a military strike on Syria was the start of a U.S. "retreat", Syrian state media said on Sunday.
"Obama announced yesterday, directly or through implication, the beginning of the historic American retreat," the comments, which were carried in a front-page editorial in Syria's official al-Thawra newspaper, said.
Iran says world opinion against attack on Syria
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said on Sunday world opinion stood against any international attack on its ally Syria, pointing to the British parliament's rejection of military action.
"The Americans don't see the wave of hatred of people against their warmongering policies and continue to pursue military actions against Syria, even though these actions have been thwarted in the U.N. Security Council and the British parliament has stated its opposition to military activity," Larijani said, according to the ISNA news agency.
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday he had decided to take military action against Syria for its apparent use of chemical weapons but would seek congressional consent, a move likely to delay U.S. action for at least 10 days. France announced on Sunday it would not act alone.
Iran has said the poison gas attack on civilians was carried out by rebels trying to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, not Assad's government.
Another Iranian legislator, Abdolreza Azizi, in a speech on Sunday warned against the intervention of "international deceivers".
"Iranians, Muslims, and freedom-seekers of the world are standing for their belief in peace in the region and they will not compromise on that, let alone tolerate an attack on another Muslim country like Syria which is at the forefront of the resistance," Azizi said, according to parliamentary news agency Icana.
Iran considers Syria and Lebanese Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah part of an "axis of resistance" against Western and Israeli influence in the Middle East, and has warned that any attack on Syria would engulf the region.
The commander of Iran's Basij paramilitary force, Mohammad Reza Naqdi, said on Saturday the United States was using the alleged chemical attack as a pretext "to deal a blow to the resistance in Syria" to protect its ally Israel, according to Iran's English-language Press TV.
An Iranian parliamentary delegation in Damascus met Assad and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem on Sunday, Iran's Press TV said, broadcasting images of the talks.
In meetings on Saturday with Syrian officials, the head of the delegation, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, expressed Iran's "readiness to provide all the assistance needed for Syria to stay strong," Press TV said.
Glenn Greenwald on Obama, Congress and Syria - "That the US will not become involved in foreign wars of choice without the consent of the American people through their representatives Congress is a central mandate of the US Constitution, not some enlightened, progressive innovation of the 21st century." www.theguardian.com
Netanyahu mum on Obama's Syria delay but says Israel strong alone
By Dan Williams
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu played up Israel's ability to take on its enemies alone on Sunday after Washington delayed attacking Syria in a surprise move that prompted some Israelis to question their main ally's resolve on Iran.
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday he would ask Congress to vote on whether to launch strikes to punish the Damascus government for a poison gas attack that killed hundreds of civilians.
The hold-up jarred Israelis who see in the Syria showdown a test of the Americans' ability to make good on a pledge to deny Iran the means to make a nuclear bomb through military force if diplomatic alternatives fail.
"Israel is serene and self-confident," Netanyahu said in public remarks to his cabinet before its weekly meeting.
"Israel's citizens know well that we are prepared for any possible scenario. And Israel's citizens should also know that our enemies have very good reasons not to test our power and not to test our might," he said.
ASSAD SAYS U.S. THREAT WILL NOT CHANGE SYRIA'S PRINCIPLES, OR HALT ITS FIGHT AGAINST 'TERRORISM' - TV
by Reuters_LindaNoakes 9/1/2013 1:12:55 PM
Secretary of State John Kerry told NBC’s “Meet the Press” this morning that samples taken from the alleged Aug. 21 chemical arms attack in Syria have tested positive for Sarin, a nerve agent.
While U.N. inspectors said yesterday that evidence it gathered during a probe of the attack site near Damascus could take weeks, Kerry told NBC that the evidence was gathered from “first responders in east Damascus” and included blood and hair samples.
[NBC/Reuters]
by Amy Tennery (Reuters) 9/1/2013 1:17:52 PM
This morning's New York Post cover, via www.newseum.org
NY Daily News front cover today, via: www.newseum.org
Reuters: A hawkish Kerry emerges as point man in Obama's push to punish Syria
President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday Syria was capable of confronting any external attack after U.S. President Barack Obama said there should be a military strike on Syria.
"Syria ... is capable of confronting any external aggression," state television quoted Assad as saying at a meeting with Iranian officials.
Continue Reading: www.reuters.com
Reuters: Kerry says sarin was in Syrian chemical attacks
FORMER IRAN PRESIDENT RAFSANJANI SAYS PEOPLE IN SYRIA ARE "TARGET OF CHEMICAL ATTACKS BY THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT" - ILNA NEWS AGENCY
Markets reaction courtesy of Ryan Vlastelica, Reuters markets reporter
MICHAEL YOSHIKAMI, CEO and Founder at Destination Wealth Management in Walnut Creek, California:
Markets have been very concerned about any military action, and seeking congressional approval will act as a delay, and that’s a positive. There’s still uncertainty about whether any action will take place, but a delay will let investors calm down and assess things. There was a lot of concern that there would be unilateral military action, because that could have had a major impact on oil prices, which in turn would have impacted GDP and consumer spending—not what we want to see with economic growth still so slow.
by Derek Caney 9/1/2013 6:42:07 PM
Nine questions about Syria you were too embarrassed to ask - Washington Post
by Derek Caney 9/1/2013 10:17:38 PM
Reuters: Iran denies ex-president said Assad's forces used poison gas
REUTERS PICTURE: A Free Syrian Army fighter makes coffee in the old city of Aleppo, September 1, 2013. REUTERS/Molhem Barakat
Al Jazeera Interactive: Connecting Syria's allies and enemies
by Amy Tennery (Reuters) 9/2/2013 12:08:45 PM
As Obama blinks on Syria, Israel, Saudis make common cause
JERUSALEM/RIYADH - If President Barack Obama has disappointed Syrian rebels by deferring to Congress before bombing Damascus, he has also dismayed the United States' two main allies in the Middle East.
Israel and Saudi Arabia have little love for each other but both are pressing their mutual friend in the White House to hit President Bashar al-Assad hard. And both do so with one eye fixed firmly not on Syria but on their common adversary - Iran.
Israel's response to Obama's surprise move to delay or even possibly cancel air strikes made clear that connection: looking soft on Assad after accusing him of killing hundreds of people with chemical weapons may embolden his backers in Tehran to develop nuclear arms, Israeli officials said. And if they do, Israel may strike Iran alone, unsure Washington can be trusted.
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UK poll: 71% agst Syria action, 72% don't think vote will damage US special relationship, 67% don't care if it does t.co
by tobyharnden via twitter 9/2/2013 1:21:28 PM
Reuters: NATO chief convinced Syrian government behind chemical attack
Almost a third of #Syria 's population, 7 million people, are said to have been displaced by the civil war: t.co
by Syria Deeply via twitter 9/2/2013 2:30:15 PM
French ministers rebuff opposition call for Syria vote
PARIS - Senior members of France's ruling party rebuffed opposition calls for a parliamentary vote on whether to take military action against Syria, saying on Monday lawmakers should respect the president's constitutional right to decide on attacks.
President Francois Hollande's demands for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to be punished for an alleged chemical strike have left him out on a limb since Britain's parliament voted against taking part in any action and U.S. President Barack Obama said he would seek Congress approval before any assault.
Hollande is the army's commander in chief under the French constitution and empowered to order an intervention. His sole obligation is to inform parliament within three days of action starting.
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REUTERS PICTURE: Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters inspect the remains of a jet fighter, which FSA said belongs to forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, after it crashed in Deir al- Zor September 2, 2013. It is unclear as to what caused the crash, with some members of the FSA claiming they shot it down. REUTERS/Mohamad Alfarati
BREAKING: Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel will testify at public senate hearing on Syria on Tuesday. (Reuters)
Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also plans to testify Tuesday at the Senate hearing on #Syria
U.S. lawmakers began work on Monday on their version of an authorization of the use of military force in Syria, Reuters' reporters Patricia Zengerle and Susan Cornwell write, worrying that President Barack Obama's draft could open the door to possible use of ground troops or eventual attacks on other countries.
READ: Obama authorization for Syria too broad for some lawmakers
White House open to changes on Syria authorization -official
WASHINGTON - The White House is prepared to rework language in a draft resolution authorizing military force in Syria to address concerns from lawmakers, an administration official said on Monday.
The official said the administration was open to changes "within the parameters that (the) president has previously explained."
(Reporting by Jeff Mason; Editing by Eric Beech)
At the end of the day this is a Syrian fight, but the outcome does not limit itself to #Syria .
by Lindsey Graham via twitter 9/2/2013 7:43:25 PM
New York Times: Vote on Syria sets up foreign policy clash between 2 wings of G.O.P.
The Congressional vote on whether to strike Syria will offer the best insight yet on which wing of the Republican Party — the traditional hawks, or a growing bloc of noninterventionists — has the advantage in the fierce internal debates over foreign policy that have been taking place all the year.
Plus: Find out where U.S. lawmakers might stand on Syria in this interactive. [Washington Post]
by Clare Richardson 9/3/2013 12:23:54 AM
One area where State and DOD agree re Syria is that CIA's covert effort to lightly arm certain rebels will have zero impact.
by MicahZenko via twitter 9/3/2013 12:40:36 AM
Reuters Video: Russian legislators tell President Vladimir Putin they want to fly to Washington and meet with U.S. lawmakers ahead of a critical vote on whether the U.S. should carry out military strikes on Syria. Deborah Gembara reports.
Reuters' John Irish reports that France will not intervene alone in Syria if the U.S. Congress votes against action, President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday.
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We had three unexpected treats today: sun, skating and a shake.
The kids had the day off school. We probably could have wiled away the day laying next to the fireplace reading our individual stacks of books and playing chess. And that would have been fun and relaxing for each of us. But then I remembered that it's the annual St. Paul Winter Carnival. And how fun would it be to spend our free day together walking around outside on a cold, gray, windy day looking at ice sculptures?!
Everyone bought what I was selling and we jumped in the car and headed up there. And what do you know, on our way the sun broke through the clouds and shone from the heavens. That's when I knew that this was going to be a glorious day! Suddenly the cold didn't matter. The wind disappeared and all was right in the world again. The sun came out.
We admired several of the ice sculptures and then headed over to the out-door skating rink. It's always fun watching your kids fall down repeatedly for no reason at all. Especially Bennett. He was never in an upright position (except in this photo and that's only because he's clinging to me). Chloe's hand was glued to the little side wall which helped her navigate the skating oval. Gavin was too cool to fall down. And I was brazen enough to bring my camera out on the ice. I find ice skating infinitely easier than snow skiing. I just get bored of going in circles. I wish there was some type of ice maze or track you were supposed to follow to go somewhere other than the repetitive, never-ending oval. But it was fun none-the-less.
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See number 50 shooting the free throw? That's my boy! He was on fire this game. The whole team was. What a difference it makes when the 5 guys out on the court are playing like a team. They can move mountains! And they did. The gray and red team they are playing against is Lakeville North. Our long time rival. We have never beat them in 5 years of playing against them. But not this night. This night we went out there and whooped up on them to the shock of everyone.
The game was ours right from the start. Number 4 - Nathan, swished 3 3-pointers to put us on top within the first two minutes. That boosted our teams' moral big-time. Suddenly, we remembered everything we've ever learned these past five years of playing ball. We passed like pros. We rebounded. We stole the ball. We made every fast-break we took. We followed actual plays. It was a dream come true. Not only for Bennett and his team but for those of us who have spent countless hours in the stands cheering them on year after year. We couldn't contain our excitement.
Bennett ended up with 23 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 assist. His best game to date. The team was unstoppable this one game on this one night. We won the game 62-51. The highlights never made it to ESPN. No one else will probably ever hear of this single win in an otherwise less than stelar season to an average 8th grade boys B team. But we will never forget it. It's the memory that will propel them forward when they need to draw on something from the past in situations that require the "I think can, I think can, I think can..." mentality. We couldn't have been prouder. Who needs a superbowl ring or an NCAA Championship title or Nike endorsement? We have the David vs. Goliath win over Lakeville North. That's all we need.
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Sugababes launch mobile TV show
The trio will offer a glimpse of life on tour
Pop group Sugababes are to star in what is claimed to be the first-ever reality TV-style show made especially for mobile phones.
The six-week series, Get Close To... Sugababes, begins on Friday, with each daily two-minute episode costing 50p.
The trio will film a backstage video diary using their own handsets as they join Robbie Williams on tour.
Fans will be able to interact with the band, making suggestions and setting them challenges they must complete.
The new concept is the brainchild of Big Brother producer Endemol in partnership with O2 and Universal Music.
"This will have the highest production quality like any TV show but it will be far more interactive," said Peter Bazalgette, head of Endemol.
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Comprehensive Report of Relevant Container and Codec Support in Windows 7 and Media Center
FF/RW Subtitles Selectable audio tracks Useful metadata Chapters
AVI No No No *** No No
MP4 Yes No * No **** No ***** No
TS No No * No **** No ****** No
M2TS No No * No **** No ****** No
WTV Yes Maybe ** Yes Yes No *******
* Despite the spec requiring this, Microsoft decided not to implement MPEG-4 Part 17 “Timed Text”.
** According to this Microsoft Whitepaper, WTV supports most standard types of “captioning” however captioning isn’t what we normally think of as “subtitles”.
*** Note that AVI does support multiple audio tracks, however there is no way to change tracks and all tracks play at the same time, mixed together.
**** Only first audio track plays. There is no method for selecting alternate tracks.
***** MP4 does support metadata but Media Player and Media Center don’t recognize it. Tagging an MP4 based TV episode in the Zune software generates Windows Media style “WM/TagName” tags as a sub-tag of a custom MP4 “Xtra” tag, however, despite the use of Windows Media tags, TV episodes and movies do not show up in the Media Center Recorded TV area or Movie Library.
****** Zune software won’t recognize TS or M2TS files so I’m not able to test Windows Media tags on these files since no other known software can generate such tags.
******* It may be possible to simulate “chapter” support by using Microsoft’s “iTV” system but this looks like a lot of engineering work and the work versus payoff probably isn’t worth it.
MPEG-4 Video Codecs
Part 10/AVC/H264 Part 2/ASP/DivX/XviD
AVI Yes Yes *
MP4 Yes Yes *
TS Yes No **
M2TS Yes No **
WTV Yes ***
Note that I didn’t cover MPEG-4 Part 2/SP (Simple Profile) because it is a low quality codec designed for low-end devices such as mobile phones and portable media players.
* Most, but not all, MPEG-4 Part 2 Profiles are supported. Nothing using "DivX 3” is supported.
** These containers do not support MPEG-4 Part 2 by design.
*** As of this moment, I’m unable to convert anything other than AVC/H264 to WTV. I assume MPEG-2 files will work but I didn’t test due to lack of material to test with and increasing irrelevance of the codec for our purposes. Plus we already know MPEG-2 works because all TV broadcast in the US uses MPEG-2.
MP3 AAC AC3 DTS
AVI Yes * Yes No
MP4 Yes Yes No *** No
TS No Yes Yes No ****
M2TS No Yes Yes No ****
WTV No No ** Yes No *****
* Although I’ve read that AVI supports AAC, I wasn’t able to test due to lack of content.
** I was able to create a WTV file with an AAC audio track but the file won't play in Media Center at all. It does, however, play in Media Player with some issues. The sound works and, according to GraphStudio, is being decoded by “Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder”. The only real problem is that moving the slider around causes the video playback to become corrupted and sketchy. According to the PBDA whitepaper linked to above, WTV should support AAC so I’m quite confused as to why AAC has issues in WTV.
*** The AC3 decoder included with Windows 7 is DirectShow based but the MP4 container source is handled with Media Foundation, which has no AC3 decoder, so AC3 doesn’t work despite being part of the MPEG-4 ISO specification.
**** Despite DTS being part of the specification requirements for TS and M2TS files, Microsoft hasn’t implemented a DTS codec in either DirectShow or Media Foundation. The mildly good news is that if you have a TS/M2TS file with multiple audio tracks, the first track that is supported is the one that plays.
For example, my ripped copy of Big Trouble in Little China has five tracks:
H264 video
DTS main audio
AC3 main audio
AC3 director commentary
SRT / Timed Text / Presentation Graphic Stream
However, the only streams that actually play are (1) the main H264 video and (3) the main AC3 audio. Note that there is no method to change to (4) director commentary from within Media Player or Media Center.
***** I was able to create a WTV file with a DTS audio track but the file won't play in Media Center at all. The strange thing is that the file did play in Media Player and the System Tray icon appeared for “ac3filter” but only when I have “ac3filter” set to handle SPDIF audio. I suspect it may be possible to get DTS working in WTV with some major hacking and/or DTS may work via SPDIF passthru, however I have no SPDIF hardware to test this theory.
MPEG-2 was not covered because it isn’t efficient enough, the files take up way too much space and everyone already has their collection in either H264 or DivX/XviD already anyway
Interestingly, WTV doesn’t seem to be Media Foundation based since WTV files can be loaded in GraphStudio but TopoEdit won’t touch them. H264 in WTV is handled by “Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder” which is, according to the PBDA whitepaper, both a DirectShow filter and Media Foundation Transform, so apparently there simply isn’t a Media Foundation Source to handle WTV files.
At the very least, Microsoft should be supporting MPEG-4 Part 17, or Timed Text, as the ISO specification does require it. Microsoft is a very “accessibility” centric company and not supporting subtitles in MPEG-4 media files seems very not-accessible to those with hearing problems. Plus a lot of us have ripped media with community based subtitle solutions (SRT, ASS, etc.) that could easily be converted to MP4 and take advantage of Timed Text.
This is a good start but I don’t think we can really call MPEG-4 “supported” out-of-the-box. The lack of subtitles or “Timed Text”, no DTS codec and no support for standard metadata really make Windows 7’s MPEG-4 support feel unfinished. I’m also confused as to why some Part 2 (ASP) files didn’t work. It seems like DivX 3 should work since the code was apparently based on code that leaked from Microsoft that was eventually used as one of the WMV codecs. Even more confusing is why some XviD files wouldn’t play despite DivX and XviD being based on the Part 2 ASP specifications.
Media Foundation is supposed to be the successor to DirectShow, and from what I can tell, Media Foundation is a much cleaner system and supports some nice features, like transcoding, but without support for WTV files, AC3, DTS and hit-or-miss MPEG-4 support, it feels very unfinished as well.
By ogre on December 4, 2009 at 12:15 AM
Tagged: Windows 7, WTV, TS/M2TS, H264, Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder, AAC, AVI, MPEG-4, MP4
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Robert W. Parrish, E-8
U. S. A. F.
Dates of Service: 08/05/1970 - 04/30/1974
Aeromedical Medic, 6498 USAF Dispensary & 37th Air Rescue
http://www.oralhistory.ws/tpl/norton_audio.php?file=1d1d782f88dd47ea3620aa8a34d8f30ebbe6837b.mp3
Mr. Parrish, of White Oak, Texas, served as a medic in the 37th Air Rescue late in the conflict, in which he rescued crews of aircraft that had ditched on land and at sea. He also performed other medical duties for both servicemen and Vietnam civilians. He recalls the strong bond of the men with whom he served: "The people that I hung out with in Vietnam for the most part were like family. Theres a special bond that we developed that I think the crazy thing is people dont understand whats that like. Even if we didnt serve together. Band of brothers so to speak or something like that. The people that I was with you know its one thing when you work with somebody on a job site for a year. I get to develop some friendships and things like that. But you face mortality. You face the possibility that something will happen to you. Like I said, the first 30 days you dont really pay that much attention. Youre scared to death. Then after that its like, Okay, if they get me they get me. If they dont, they dont. Then that last 30 days its like, Oh, now I just might actually get to go home. So you know now Im concerned about surviving this because Ive done it for 11 months. But you have your people and theyre like family. You may never see them again but you got a bond. But then on the other hand you know Ive got Jim who its been 40 years since weve been back. Hes my best friend. Hes my closest friend. He knows things about me and I know things about him that aint nobody ever going to know."
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In the mid-eighties, sheltering from the late afternoon heat under a river gum in South Australia’s Adelaide Hills, three feminist friends in their mid-forties began to discuss what it meant to get older. They shared previously unspoken thoughts and feelings about their changing bodies, sexual desires, relationships, energy, health and careers. As darkness fell, they came up with a wonderful idea: to hold a national conference where feminists could come together and talk about ageing.
The get-together, they decided, would be called the Ten Forty Conference (ten-plus years of feminism, women over forty). They chose a site on Lake Cullulleraine in Victoria, a mid-way point between Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, for the conference.
Older feminists speak out
Forty-five feminists between forty and seventy, most from Sydney and Adelaide, but with a smattering from Canberra and Melbourne, attended the four-day conference during Easter 1987.
Amid gales of laughter (and the odd tear), we talked about menopause (some of us called it ‘me-no-pause’): the hot flushes, changes in sexual desire, increased farting and incontinence, and the losses and increases in body hair. In small groups and informally over cups of tea we talked about everything from relationships and false teeth to poverty and dying.
Some of us began to recognise how ageist we were to women whom we see as ‘older’. By the end of the conference we became acutely aware that in our culture the older woman is usually relegated to the status of evil witch, wicked step-mother, nasty old women, silly old lady, hag, or granny who is barely tolerated. We saw a new political struggle ahead of us: to reinstate older women and the ‘Old Woman’ as (possible) agents of wisdom, honour and importance.
We also became aware that many of the things that were happening to us, as with the early days of second wave feminism, had no name.
The conference was so successful that a unanimous decision was made to continue meeting at annual Easter conferences. For the next nine years Ten Forty Conferences were held in New South Wales, Western Australia, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory. Three of the ten conferences (1988, 1989 and 1995) were held in Sydney.
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WASHINGTON /SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday told lawmakers that his own personal data was included in that of 87 million or so Facebook users that was improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
But he pushed back on Congress members’ suggestions that users do not have enough control of their data on Facebook in the wake of the privacy scandal at the world’s largest social media network. “Every time that someone chooses to share something on Facebook … there is a control. Right there. Not buried in the settings somewhere but right there,” the 33-year-old internet magnate told the US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee.
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Frank Pallone attempts by senators to pin him down.there is a control. Right there. Not buried in the settings somewhere but right there,” the 33-year-old internet magnate told the US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee.Once again wearing a dark suit instead of his usual gray T-shirt, the hearing was Zuckerberg’s second in two days.
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Investors were impressed with his initial performance. Shares in Facebook posted their biggest daily gain in nearly two years on Tuesday, closing up 4.5 percent. They were down 0.7 percent in early trading on Wednesday.
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The ‘Prince of Wales’, the Compleat Angler, frustrated Boro fans and Yorkshire’s favourite pigeon fancier
5th February 2018 By Martin Penney 17 Comments
On the way to the ground I have to pass the Prince of Wales. That’s no big deal, I’m sure loads of us do likewise.
However, I literally bumped into a couple of Boro fans and one of their sons who were bemoaning the demise of the Compleat Angler as a haven for away supporters and asked me the background to the change of tack by the management thereof.
That sorted, they proceeded to regale me with tales of why they weren’t happy with the inconsistency of their side. I couldn’t get the proverbial word in edgeways, which is most unusual for me. It proved a very interesting and indeed pleasant journey for the 15 minutes or so it lasted.
They (Boro) seem to be exactly where we were 12 months ago, and my impression is their supporters don’t like it. Especially spending big money on players, changing manager and promptly getting rid of nearly £20m of talent on the arrival of the master tactician that is Tony Pulis.
Anyway, enough of the problems at Boro.
Punctuated by the red mist that descended upon Rudy Gestede and that firecracker from Tom Trybull, it was otherwise an afternoon of serenity, including that spine-tingling appreciation of Michelle Dack on the 52nd minute and the inspiring site of young Ethan Thomas on the pitch. So much respect to Madders for his involvement and contribution.
The Gestede incident was frankly ridiculous. Was it a straight red or a second yellow? Studs up, straight red. He would have marched anyway for a second yellow, so any argument is basically redundant in this case.
As for TT’s masterblaster, I think his own words are more appropriate than mine:
“I just tried to shoot and because I was a little bit annoyed that we were always playing around the defence of Boro, that’s why I decided to shoot.”
A fine speech as I hope you will agree!
From that moment on we knocked it around with confidence – I don’t buy this “it’s only ten men” thing, there were still two banks of four to break down and we were fizzing the ball around with purpose and intent.
Infringing our Gary’s trademark, Tetbull absolutely ran the show. Alex Tettey was my personal Man of the Match – he really bossed any limited threat Boro could muster. Interestingly he became slightly less effectively after Trybull’s unfortunate departure on the hour, but what a bonus we got when Moritz Leitner came on. He looks like one to hang on to if at all possible. Yes, the gaps opened up, but mainly as a result of his incisive passing in the first place.
Honourable mention to Angus Gunn for his superb handling when traditional Pulisball was occasionally employed by a rapidly tiring Boro. That lad is very, very good and will become even better. We have been lucky to have him, even if only for a single season.
Of course, a killer second would have been very welcome but we truly never looked in any real danger and I enjoyed the second half display immensely.
It only remained for a warm round of applause to be given to Yorkshire’s favourite pigeon fancier, one Jonathan Howson, ex of this parish, and the walk home.
This time I spoke to a couple of Lemontop boys from Redcar and they seemed to think we have had the best of Jonny and he’s on the point of descending that hill.
Things aren’t looking too bad just now and next season could yet prove to be something we will all savour.
Don Harold says
5th February 2018 at 10:54 am
You couldn’t get a word in edge ways? Yeah, right.
I only saw Channel 5’s morsel of the match but am encouraged by the reports of cohesion and the ability of the 2 new guys who came on. I am left wondering if Alex Pritchard thinks he may have been a bit hasty in trying to get away; it looks as though he could be bench warming his way to relegation-ho hum.
I would have liked to have experienced the emotion reported for Saturday. I hope it helped those it was intended for. I firmly believe that NCFC is, should be and always will be, about more than just the football.
Yes it was quite a day.
Pritchard’s decision looks a little hasty just now – why Huddersfield for heaven’s sake?
Cohesion there most certainly was and Leitner looks the proverbial real deal.
Maybe my lack of verbal interjection was due to the language barrier. I worked there for years but still struggle with a little bit of the dialect!
Good people, are the Boro lot.
5th February 2018 at 12:41 pm
A very good read..
City supporters most always give a good reception to ex players even those that want to leave.
They also appreciate those others that have had hard times or worked for city it shows a real community with in the club and supporters groups.
Leitner has said he does know what his parents clubs plans are for next season so hopefully this might be a trial for him to see how he adapts to the club and championship football.
Strange one Middleton leaving to Rangers then even strangers comments from Farke he said he didn’t want him to leave and they would monitor his progress for a possibility to buy him back at some stage, he also said there was no buy back clause sure if you thought you might want him back that should be the first thing to be stipulated, now did city put in a sell on clause just in case we don’t buy him back?????.
Now we are away to Derby on Saturday and possibly come up against CJ would city have put into the sale that he would not be available to play against them so soon ????
The blue noses down the rd seem to be matching city point for point just to stay in front on goal difference, with our away form being reasonable this season can we get at least a point at Derby.
5th February 2018 at 2:15 pm
Yes Alex, there was a very visible (and indeed audible) sense of community on Saturday.
We continue to be close-knit, despite the divisions!
The Glenn Middleton thing was indeed surprising, certainly to me at least. I guess it boiled down to the lad craving a chance of first team football at a club he loves and I have no problem with that. I only saw him play once so cannot really offer a constructive opinion on his ability.
Maybe the arrival of Onel Hernandez made his mind up?
Of course there was the Murty connection as well. Which probably sealed the deal.
@Alex B Re Middleton – I have seen him in several Under 23 games at CR since Jan 17 and he has nearly always impressed with his pace and his crossing ability – when we played Saints Under 23s earlier this season, he twice whipped in crosses for Abrahams, which resulted in 2 different conceding OGs. Nearly all the comments I’ve seen on Social Media are saying that it is a great shame that he’s left and he has real talent. I love the fact that he’s very hard t oknock off the ball and he scored a superb solo goal for Scotland’s Under 17s against Montenegro I think it was. Unfortunately for NCFC, Middleton was a Gers fan from a young age and after a chat with DF, was told that his opportunity for 1st team football at CR were limited, due to other players ahead of him. Gers manager Murty was responsible for coaching Middleton in his early years at NCFC and I guess Martin also suggested trying to sign him.
I thought it strange that we didn’t insist on a ‘buy-back clause’, but we have insisted on quite a hefty sell-on fee.
Ed: I hope the sell-on clause was hefty indeed.
I suspect you are correct when you suggest “our Russ” had some influence.
On Sunday I read a very interesting article from the Burnley second biggest share holder.
He said he was always a Burnley supporter and when asked a few years ago to invest in the the sum was £500k to get on the board.
When he went to the first board meeting he was astounded that the full agenda was how to save money in selling players, backroom staff and no how to progress the club.
He said that he offered to put more money into the club to stop the decent to a lower league, and then started to become more involved in running the club as a business and making it a success he help fund new player recruitment and changed the outlook of the club he also funded the UCFB for anyone to get a degree in all sides of football management, accounting recruitment and so on this was aimed at players to get qualifications when their careers was over but now it is open to any one.
Breadon Flood is what city needs
Colin M says
Always enjoy your observations Martin, thank you.
I like Middlesborough F C genuine, community club with a good owner but can’t help thinking they’ve got it all a little wrong as you eluded to.
I was reminded last week of those seasons of mediocrity between, I think, 1996 – 2002ish and how awful at times it was. 15,000 – 17,000 crowd the old South stand, Kids for a quid on league cup games, etc. However, I still loved coming at the time with my young daughters. We are a Family Club with a special place in the community. My daughters are all grown up now and work and live in London but their mood on a Saturday is still lifted by a win or good performance or positive news re all things yellow and green. Saturday had everything, footballing skill, emotion, desire and 3 points delivered by players and fans alike,
Everything is new and miraculously there is a sense of togetherness again which is as strong as I can remember, we are in a good place and I like it, and it could take us a long way. Up next, Derby, Ipswich and then the Wolves, hang on, could be quite a ride!
Thanks Colin – nice post.
Believe it or not I’ve still got a “Football in the Community” mug from the era to which you refer. Mid 90s in the days of Ros Watson and Mendy I would imagine. Mrs P hasn’t managed to break it, although other objects have disintegrated over the same period – including a misironed Aviva shirt, although as she said if it were that precious I should have done it myself. Fair comment really:-)
It’s fantastic to see us pulling together again as you say. I don’t personally expect anything this season, but next time around we could be some proposition. It’s taking shape and that’s for sure.
I really empathise with this. I’m a big fan of Steve Gibson at Boro, who was pitched in at a young age, always done his best for them and has never used that Club to show off on his own account.
There are a few others out there from that mould: the guys in charge of Wycombe and Lincoln appeal to me also although I am too lazy to research their names.
There are some despots out there as well (no I don’t mean Delia) and at least we’re free of them.
How proud must Gibson feel when his nephew is playing the Gary Pallister role at Boro? Very, I would think and he deserves that feeling. Unlike Delia he is a born and bred, proper Boro boy.
Credibility goes a long way in football.
John F says
Enjoyable read and summed up my thoughts on Saturday’s game.
Notwithstanding the fact that ‘boro’ were reduced to 10 men Gunny Jnr. did’t have much to do and I felt we were very comfortable in the 2nd half just a shame we couldn’t find the net for a second time which would have made it even more comfortable!
It will be interesting to see in the coming weeks who Herr Farke decides to play as our central midfielders AT+TT or AT+ML or TT+ML and lets not forget Vrancic seems Farke now has difficult some decisions to make. Pity the same can’t be said of the right back berth!
As for Pritchard leaving, what’s curious to me is that Huddersfield appeared to be the only club who showed any interested in him, is that correct? I felt he was going to be pivotal to the 2nd half of the season and was a real asset, however, it seems premier league sides think differently.
Need to see a bit more of our new recruits but that said I’m beginning to feel rather optimistic!
Finally, I don’t think I can adequately put into words my thoughts & feelings as I stood with 25,000 others on the 52nd minute on Saturday, sometimes, ‘football’ is so much more than the game.
Yes it’s slightly strange how solidarity can emerge from sadness – there’s nothing we as supporters could have done to make bad good beyond what we did but the togetherness was really, really special.
Re Alex Pritchard I simply don’t know. Nobody I’ve spoken to has said he was desperate to join Huddersfield – maybe he thought they’d pick up and remain PL. There’s still a chance they might of course. I don’t even think his wages would have sky rocketed as a result of the move. On the back of recent team performances I think I’d rather have the money.
A great comment and thanks.
Good precis Martin; what a coup it would be (if Saturday was anything to go by) if we could get a permanent deal for Leitner. I don’t think he wasted a single ball. OK, I agree it was against “only” 10 men, but as we old ‘uns know, Tony Pulis is no mug and expert at frustrating the opposition. Gunn’s early and long distribution to Murphy in the second half reminded me of how we used a certain Mr Huckerby in days gone by.
Given how many were moaning earlier in the season about our keep-ball tactics, I was very impressed by our game management on Saturday. One thing I cannot understand though – given Murphy’s undoubted pace, (and lack of defensive prowess), why oh why do we not put him on the half-way line when we are defending a corner??. This would keep a couple of opposing defenders busy rather than allowing them unfettered access to any clearance. ‘Boro used Traore in this way and kept a couple of our men away from the penalty area…..
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Good observations there John.
The Hucks point is spot on – Greeno had him on speed dial most of the time.
To me, Josh doesn’t quite have the swagger and confidence in himself that DH6 possessed in abundance but I too see no point in him adding to the congestion in the box at corners. Leave one up and the opposition have to cover him with two.
A knock-back to an onrushing midfield and we’re in business.
If Boro had kept eleven on the field, you get the feeling Traore could have hurt us. However they pushed him into the middle and our holy trinity of Klose-Zimmermann-Hanley forced him to play with his back to goal and thereby totally negated any threat.
Daniel Farke’s game management was superb.
I was out and only got back to see the second half on iFollow so missed the exciting bits. I agree with a lot of what has been written in the articles since Saturday but the fatal flaw remains- lack of goals!! When Leitner appeared on the scene we looked so much more threatening. His ability to find a pass was a revelation and may just bring the best out of Murphy. The rest for me was sideways and slow and so easy to defend. Poor old Harrison Reed made no end of overlapping runs only for the midfielders to decide on a square pass instead. There is a welcome security in defending and good possession in midfield but goals win games and more than one at a time! A good result no doubt but I will celebrate when we thrash someone.
3 or 4 nil.
Ha! I doubt we’ll dish out a thrashing this season.
Seriously it was the best example of game management I’ve seen in ages.
I do miss the cavalier aspect of (some points) of the Neil era but when I look at the league table I’m quite a happy bunny rabbit all things considered.
Saturday might not have been that exciting but it was certainly ultimately satisfying.
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The Etrog: The Father Of All Lemons
August 27, 2010 by Ronit Treatman Leave a Comment
— Ronit Treatman
Have you ever felt an uncontrollable urge to cut the etrog in half? Many of us wonder why we bring this strange fruit into our sukkah. Is it not just an overpriced lemon? What does it symbolize? How is it a part of the Jewish tradition? Most importantly, can we eat it?
What is an etrog?
An etrog is a large, fragrant, elongated golden lemon-like fruit. It is the yellow citron, or Citrus medica, a member of the citron family. This citron is the largest of the citrus family, between four to six inches long. Molecular studies have demonstrated that the etrog is one of the oldest types of citrus in existence. It, along with the mandarin, papeda, and pummelo, is the forefather of all the other types of cultivated citrus plants. The etrog tree self-pollinates since it is not receptive to fertilization by pollen from other plants. Consequently, it is considered the male parent of its hybrid offspring, or the father of all lemons.
The history of the etrog
Etrogs originated in Southeast Asia about 4000 years ago. They still grow wild in India in the valleys of the lower slopes of the Himalaya Mountains. These citrons were the first type of citrus to be cultivated. In antiquity, the etrog was called the Persian or Median Apple. Later it was called the Citrus Apple. Originally, citrons were grown as ornamental plants. The fruit was used to perfume clothes, as a moth repellent, and its peel was used as a spice for food. The etrog was also used medicinally as a cure for seasickness, an antidote to poison, and as an antibiotic. Cyrus the Great brought the citron from Persia to Babylon when he conquered it in 539 BCE. Alexander the Great disseminated it around the Mediterranean region in 300 BCE. In Biblical times, the Jews cultivated the etrog in the Land of Israel for the observance of Sukkot. The etrog was also used as a symbol of resistance. In the first century BCE, Alexander Yanai, the last Maccabee high priest and king of Judea, publicly engaged in a Sadducee water ritual (Succah 4:9) in the Temple of Jerusalem. Infuriated, the Pharisees flung etrogs at him in protest. During the time of the first Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire (66-70 CE), etrogs were cast in Jewish coins instead of Emperor Nero. These “Masada coins” were minted in bronze. They have an inscription in Paleo-Hebrew that says “For the Redemption of Zion.” When the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 CE and the Jews were expelled, the etrog went with them to Yemen, Morocco, Syria, Greece, Lebanon, and Southern Italy. The Romans loved citrons, and cultivated them throughout Italy. Some of the earliest greenhouses, built from mica, were invented to protect etrog trees in Northern Italy.
Why do we bring the etrog into the Sukkah?
In Leviticus 23:40 we are commanded,
And you shall take of yourselves on the first day the fruit of a goodly tree, a palm branch, the myrtle branch, and the willow of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.
This has been understood by some Rabbis to mean that the tree must be good and the fruit must be good. By “good,” they meant that the tree must be beautiful year round, and the fruit must be attractive and delicious. The etrog tree meets these requirements. It is an evergreen tree, so its fragrant leaves are on the tree all year. Its fruit is lovely, with a pleasing perfume and flavor. The tree itself is edible. If you cut a branch in half and taste its interior, it has the same flavor as the albedo (white part) of the inside of the etrog. Because of its shape, the etrog symbolizes our heart. Because it tastes and smells good, the etrog represents Jews who perform good deeds and learn Torah. This is an ideal we may all strive to achieve.
Elements of an etrog that is kosher for ritual use
Purity: For a citron to be considered kosher it must be pure. It may not be grafted or bred with other citrus species. An etrog tree must be grown on its own roots, from seeds or cuttings. All seeds and cuttings must come from etrog trees which have never been grafted.
Size: The etrog needs to be a minimum size of a hen’s egg to be picked. The average size of a chicken’s egg is 2 ¼ inches long and 1-¾ inches in diameter at its widest part. The etrog should weigh a minimum of 2.08 ounces.
Shape: If it is completely round, it is not permissible for ritual use.
Texture: Its skin must be bumpy and it must have a thick rind.
Color: The etrog should be ripening from green to yellow when it is picked. Its skin must be unblemished.
Segments: An etrog should have few pulp segments, with very little juice. Its seeds should point vertically when it is sliced in half.
Peduncle: Its stalk, which connects it to the tree, must curve inward toward the fruit. A small piece of the stalk needs to remain connected to the etrog for it to be kosher for ritual use.
Pitam: The other end of the etrog sometimes has a protuberance called a Pitam. This is the stigma of the etrog flower, where pollen grains are received during fertilization. An etrog with an undamaged Pitam is especially valued. Some etrogs mature and shed the Pitam. They are kosher as well. If someone damages the etrog by breaking the Pitam, then that etrog is not kosher for ritual use.
Five types of citron are traditional for ritual use during Sukkot. The Yemenite Citron has been in use since the time of the First Temple (around 586 BCE). It is pulpless, and has no juice. The Greek Citron from Corfu has been used since the Second Temple era (516 BCE – 70 CE). In 1850, this citron was planted near Jaffah by the halutzim. This was a project funded by Sir Moses Montefiore. The Diamante Citron from Italy was extensively used by Jews in medieval times. The Moroccan Citron is a sweet citron. After the destruction of the Second Temple the Jews who were exiled to Morocco adopted it. It has and hourglass shape called a “gartel.” The Balady Citron is native to Israel. “Balady” is Arabic for “native.” These etrogs are still cultivated in the Galilee and near Jerusalem. Balady Citrons do not fall off the tree if not picked. They continue growing for years until the branches of the tree break under their weight.
Today, etrog orchards require strict rabbinic supervision for the etrogs to be permissible for ritual use. The mashgichim ensure that the trees are not grafted. The leaves and thorns are carefully cut away from the fruit so it is not blemished. The branches are curved downward to encourage the formation of flame shaped etrogs.
Etrogs do not produce much juice. Fortunately, most of what we taste comes from our sense of smell. Thanks to the etrog’s abundant fragrance, what we cook with it will be flavorful. It is possible to prepare the etrog in many interesting ways.
Etrog recipes
Succade
This is from the oldest recorded etrog recipe, from the 1400s. The word “succade” is said to come from “sukkot.” The etrog was cut in half and its pulp was removed. It was immersed in seawater for 40 days. Every two weeks, the seawater was changed. Once the peel was cured, the salt was removed by soaking the rind in boiling water. The peel was then candied by soaking in a sugar solution. The candied peel was sun-dried or sealed in jars to be used later. This peel has a unique flavor, different from that of other citrus plants. Succade can be eaten out of hand, but is more commonly added to desserts. It is sometimes coated in chocolate to be consumed as confectionery. For some families, it is customary to eat succade during the Tu Bishvat Seder.
1 Etrog
Dice the etrog into ½ inch cubes.
Place the etrog pieces into a saucepan. Add 3 cups of water and 3 cups of sugar. Heat over a medium flame until the mixture boils.
Lower the temperature to a simmer, and allow to cook for 45 minutes.
Turn off the flame, and allow the etrog to cool in the pot for 30 minutes.
Strain the fruit. Save the syrup. Mix it with hot water to create an aromatic Korean tea called Yujacha.
Spread the diced etrog over a cookie sheet. Allow it to dry for 12 hours.
Store in jar, tightly sealed.
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Etrogcello
Etrogcello is a citron liqueur like the Limoncello from Southern Italy. It is generally consumed after dinner, as a digestive. It should be served cold, in a small, chilled ceramic glass.
5 etrogs
1 bottle of vodka
Pour the vodka into a glass pitcher. Cut the peels of the etrogs into long strips. Add to the pitcher. Seal the pitcher with plastic wrap, and let stand at room temperature for four days.
Pour the water into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Dissolve the sugar in the boiling water. Stir over medium heat for about 5 minutes. Allow the mixture to cool completely. Add the sugar syrup to the vodka-etrog mixture. Cover with plastic wrap and leave at room temperature for 12 hours. Remove the etrog peel from the pitcher. Pour the liquid into glass bottles. Seal tightly, and refrigerate until very cold. Some people like to keep their etrogcello in the freezer.
Savory preserved etrogs
Preserved etrogs are delicious in Moroccan tagines, on pizza, paired with olives in roasted chicken, in whole grain salads, and on fish.
Fresh etrogs
Cut the etrogs into quarters, leaving them attached at the base.
Mix all the spices together.
Pack the cuts in the etrogs with the salt mixture.
Put 2 tablespoons of the salt mixture at the bottom of a sterilized glass jar.
Layer the etrogs, sprinkling some of the spice mixture between each layer.
Press the etrogs firmly into the jar.
Pour olive oil into the jar, completely covering the etrogs.
Seal the jar tightly.
Leave at room temperature.
The etrogs will be ready after about a month. They may be refrigerated for up to two years.
If you have never eaten an etrog before, get adventurous this Sukkot. Once the eight days are over, give in to your most primal urges and grab your sharpest knife! Admire your etrog’s beautiful golden color. Hold it up to your nose and inhale its aroma. Feel the bumpy skin against your cheek. Slice your etrog in half. You will see that most of its interior is a thick, white rind. Lick the pith. You may be bracing yourself for the bitterness that you are used to in the rind of a lemon or orange. The etrog’s albedo will surprise you with its pleasant flavor. Notice that the etrog has lots of seeds and very little juice. Bite into the etrog’s pulp and taste its unique citrus extract. You will be savoring a fruit that has remained unchanged for 4000 years! Try one or more of the above recipes. They all preserve the etrog for use throughout the year, infusing our meals with its special taste and aroma. Thanks to the strict kosher rules against grafting and hybridization, you will be eating the only Jewish heirloom fruit!
Image of First Revolt quarter shekel coin depicting an etrog courtesy of The Jewish-American Hall of Fame.
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Originally appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 2007.
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Unpossible
by Daryl Gregory
Two in the morning and he’s stumbling around in the attic, lost in horizontal archaeology: the further he goes, the older the artifacts become. The stuttering flashlight guides him past boxes of Christmas decorations and half-dead appliances, past garbage bags of old blankets and outgrown clothing stacked and bulging like black snowmen, over and around the twenty-year-old rubble of his son’s treasures: Tonka trucks and science fair projects, soccer trophies and summer camp pottery.
His shoulder brushes against the upright rail of a disassembled crib, sends it sliding, and somewhere in the dark a mirror or storm window smashes. The noise doesn’t matter. There’s no one in the house below him to disturb.
Twenty feet from the far wall his way is blocked by a heap of wicker lawn furniture. He pulls apart the barricade piece by piece to make a narrow passage and scrapes through, straws tugging at his shirt. On the other side he crawls up and onto the back of a tilting oak desk immovable as a ship run aground.
The territory ahead is littered with the remains of his youth, the evidence of his life before he brought his wife and son to this house. Stacks of hardcover books, boxes of dusty-framed elementary school pictures—and toys. So many toys. Once upon a time he was the boy who didn’t like to go outside, the boy who never wanted to leave his room. The Boy Who Always Said No.
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Daryl Gregory writes genre-mixing novels, stories, and comics. His novel Spoonbenders is out now from Knopf. Other recent work includes the young adult novel Harrison Squared and the novella We Are All Completely Fine, which won the World Fantasy and Shirley Jackson awards, and was a finalist for the Nebula, Sturgeon, and Locus awards. His novels include Afterparty, an NPR and Kirkus best fiction book of 2014; Raising Stony Mayhall; The Devil’s Alphabet; and the Crawford-Award-winning Pandemonium. Many of his short stories are collected in Unpossible and Other Stories.
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Peter Wood has been audio producer for PodCastle since the winter of 2009, with his first episode being PC 82, “The Twa Corbies” by Marie Brennan. In addition, he has hosted and narrated several stories over the years. In 2016 he received a Ph.D. in Theatre and Performance Studies from the University of Pittsburgh and is currently on the academic job market. He also does design work, both web and print, under the moniker of PW Design. More information about him can be found at PeterCWood.com.
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home Gun Rights, News Anti-Gun Art Prof. Sees Armed Men And Freezes In ‘Fear,’ Calls 911 & Gets STUNNING Surprise
Anti-Gun Art Prof. Sees Armed Men And Freezes In ‘Fear,’ Calls 911 & Gets STUNNING Surprise
By Sean Brown Posted in Gun Rights News
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An anti-gun art professor from the University of North Dakota recently looked out her window and saw armed men outside, which led to her freezing in “fear.” Out of instinct, she immediately called 911, and the rest to have to read to believe.
Writing an op-ed for the Grand Forks Herald, Heidi Czerwiec said that “My first thought is for my students’ and my safety: I grab my phone, crawl under my desk and call 911,” after she saw “two figures in camo with guns outside” her classroom window.
Czerwiec said that she could “barely talk” because she was so immensely frightened, but it didn’t take long for those feelings of “fear” to turn into “rage.” Why the rage? You’re going to laugh at this one – the ROTC was outside performing drills, and when she called 911, the dispatcher informed her of the truth.
She then spoke with administrators at the school, who told her for the next few weeks she’ll probably be seeing the same thing because the ROTC has permission to conduct drills. So you’d think that after realizing what she saw was actually future members of the military practicing for when they enlist, she’d accept it and move on.
You’d be wrong. Very wrong. You see, to an anti-gun ideologue, any gun in the hands of someone who isn’t police is a bad thing, so Czerwiec said she has other plans.
“I guess I’ll be calling 911 for the next couple weeks—and I will. Every time,” she said. Why, you might ask?
“It’s not my job to decide whether people carrying guns at school are an actual threat. It’s my job to teach and to get home to my family.”
Because ROTC students are going to go on a mass rampage, or something.
Czerwiec called their actions, although they’re sanctioned, “highly inappropriate” and “irresponsible” because “We’re already under financial and emotional attack. We don’t need to feel under physical attack, too,” she concluded.
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