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Utilization of Health Care Services for Childhood Morbidity and Associated Factors in India: A National Cross-Sectional Household Survey
Chandrashekhar T. Sreeramareddy, T. N. Sathyanarayana, H. N.Harsha Kumar
Background: Information about utilization of health services and associated factors are useful for improving service delivery to achieve universal health coverage. Methods: Data on a sample of ever-married women from India Demographic and Health survey 2005-06 was used. Mothers of children aged 0-59 months were asked about child's illnesses and type of health facilities where treatment was given during 15 days prior to the survey date. Type of health facilities were grouped as informal provider, public provider and private provider. Factors associated with utilization of health services for diarrhea and fever/cough was assessed according to Andersen's health behavior model. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were done considering sampling weights for complex sampling design. Results: A total of 48,679 of ever-married women reported that 9.1% 14.8% and 17.67% of their children had diarrhea, fever and cough respectively. Nearly one-third of the children with diarrhea and fever/cough did not receive any treatment. Two-thirds of children who received treatment were from private health care providers (HCPs). Among predisposing factors, children aged 1-2 years and those born at health facility (public/private) were more likely to be taken to any type of HCP during illness. Among enabling factors, as compared to poorer household, wealthier households were 2.5 times more likely to choose private HCPs for any illness. Children in rural areas were likely to be taken to any type of HCP for diarrhea but rural children were less likely to utilize private HCP for fever/cough. 'Need' factors i.e. children having severe symptoms were 2-3 times more likely to be taken to any type of HCP. Conclusion: Private HCPs were preferred for treatment of childhood illnesses. Involvement of private HCPs may be considered while planning child health programs. Health insurance scheme for childhood illnesses may to protect economically weaker sections from out-of-pocket health expenditure during child illness.
household surveys
Health Expenditures
Sreeramareddy, C. T., Sathyanarayana, T. N., & Kumar, H. N. H. (2012). Utilization of Health Care Services for Childhood Morbidity and Associated Factors in India: A National Cross-Sectional Household Survey. PLoS One, 7(12), [e51904]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051904
Sreeramareddy, Chandrashekhar T. ; Sathyanarayana, T. N. ; Kumar, H. N.Harsha. / Utilization of Health Care Services for Childhood Morbidity and Associated Factors in India : A National Cross-Sectional Household Survey. In: PLoS One. 2012 ; Vol. 7, No. 12.
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Ready 10 March 2012
Posted by marisacat in 2012 Re Election, Inconvenient Voice of the Voter.
Cheetahs on the look out for prey in the Maasai Mara reserve | Dai Kurokawa/EPA
… ready in a heart beat. 😉
1. Madman in the Marketplace - 10 March 2012
Walker sets up legal-defense fund
Gov. Scott Walker announced Friday that he has set up a legal- defense fund to help pay expenses incurred as a result of the John Doe investigation of activities during his time as county executive.
Walker’s campaign released a statement from the first-term Republican saying he would use the defense fund – called The Scott Walker Trust – to pay his two criminal defense lawyers “to review documents and assist me in cooperating” with the secret probe. He can transfer unlimited funds from his campaign to the defense fund as long as he has the contributors’ consent.
Several election lawyers said creation of the defense fund serves as a tacit acknowledgment that Walker is under investigation for election law violations.
“If you create a legal-defense fund, you are either being investigated, being charged with or have been convicted of a criminal violation of Chapter 11 or Chapter 12,” said retired state election lawyer George Dunst, referring to the statutes dealing with campaign finance and election fraud.
But Walker spokeswoman Ciara Matthews disputed that notion late Friday, saying the fund was set up “under the guidance of the GAB.”
“We reiterate that Gov. Walker has been told that he is not a target of this investigation,” Matthews said.
Her statement did not make clear who exactly informed the governor that he is in the clear.
Assistant District Attorney Bruce Landgraf, who is overseeing the John Doe investigation, declined to comment on Matthews’ statement. He said he was unaware that Walker had set up the defense fund.
“For nearly two years, Milwaukee County officials have been examining issues related to former employees of the County,” Walker said in the statement. “I have repeatedly pledged my cooperation with that inquiry. I also made it clear that no public money has been used, or will be used, to pay for the attorneys needed to review documents and assist me in cooperating.
“To fulfill my commitment, I have today formed a legal fund to pay for the expenses incurred in cooperating with the inquiry. The fund will operate in accordance with the Wisconsin law authorizing these accounts, which was passed almost thirty years ago.”
The fund is registered with the Internal Revenue Service as a political organization.
State election law makes clear that a candidate can set up a defense fund in limited circumstances.
“Wisconsin Statutes permit a state government official who is being investigated for or charged with a violation of campaign finance laws or prohibited election practices to establish a ‘legal defense fund’ for expenditures supporting or defending the candidate while that person is being investigated for, or charged with, or convicted of a violation of those chapters,” says a summary of the statute posted on the Government Accountability Board website.
Nearly a decade ago, several state lawmakers – including former Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen, a Republican, and ex-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Chvala, a Democrat – set up defense funds to help pay for their lawyers after they were charged criminally during the legislative caucus scandal.
Kevin Kennedy, executive director of GAB, declined to discuss details of the governor’s defense fund.
“We don’t know what status he’s at,” Kennedy said, regarding the criminal probe. “I think that might be a question ultimately down the road that you would look at.”
Kennedy said he couldn’t say what advice his agency had given Walker’s lawyers.
Michael Maistelman, an election lawyer who is representing former Walker aide Tim Russell in the John Doe investigation, said people could draw conclusions from Walker’s decision to create a defense fund.
“The only way you can set that up is if you are under investigation or being prosecuted,” Maistelman said. “One can only draw the conclusion that either one of those two things is happening.”
marisacat - 10 March 2012
hmm Sounds like ‘Best of Luck’ Walker.
Madman in the Marketplace - 10 March 2012
just in time for the recall to really heat up.
2. diane - 10 March 2012
I think Glenn Greenwald makes very valid points here: Dennis Kucinich and “wackiness”; ….. though I’ve had absolutely no ‘faith’ in Dennis ever since I realized his wife looks and sounds like an Abrahamic ™ concubine trophy, not to mention the creepy Orwellian concept of a Department of Peace: ™. …. Yeah .once a government starts creating and titling: exclusive, members only, groups, ….titled/MARKETED . after what they know are the innate concerns for the majority of those governed, …that government is heading towards enslavement of the voiceless governed.
Kucinich was just a much, much lesser harm to my mind, but still a harm – a filled with himself, and his maleness ™, dupe, in what appears to be a not so grand plan and direction …to say the least.
IMO he was just one more Democrat. He always gave them cover, created diversion or colluded.
Maybe maybe maybe years ago, he did a few things in Cleveland, but it was long ago. Oh, and!!!, just one more Catholic. The wife spouted New Age mumbo jumbo at a speed rate. Growing up in Cali I have heard it all, in that department. Snooze.
diane - 10 March 2012
… always gave them cover, created diversion or colluded.
yup, just like: Al [be] Gore; Babs, the Dem (with the highly focused resolution to give multinational corporations (most especially in Sly Con Valley), a totally free ride and then some); and Teddy, etc.
ugh Ted was alloed to make too many core decisions as some de facto leader of the party, for all the Kennedy suffering.
(sorry about the “period”s before once, and after marketed, … I should have taken more time to edit, before posting it.)
Madison Politiscope: Tens of thousands rally against Gov. Walker at the Capitol
“We’re baaaack,” shouted Phil Neuenfeldt, president of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, to kick off what was likely the largest labor demonstration since last spring, as tens of thousands converged on the Capitol Square Saturday to commemorate the year-long fight against Gov. Scott Walker’s anti-union agenda, as well as to show support for the recall effort against him, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and four Republican state senators.
Organizers claimed the turnout was as high as 65,000, although official estimates from the Department of Administration are not yet available.
It was a scene reminiscent of the rallies that dominated Madison a year ago, with thousands of protesters clad in union apparel milling about the Square and spilling onto State State and into area eateries. Ian’s Pizza, which last year offered free slices to protesters for days after it was flooded with donations from around the world, was once again jam-packed with hungry demonstrators.
Neuenfeldt was followed by a lineup of other speakers from union leadership, including Mary Kay Henry, president of Service Employees International Union, and Mahlon Mitchell, president of the Wisconsin Association of Professional Firefighters.
State Sen. Jen Shilling, D-La Crosse, who unseated Republican Sen. Dan Kapanke in the first round of recall elections last August, said her victory was only the beginning of an effort to oust Republicans.
“We are not done yet,” she said. “Thanks to you we will continue to hold our elected officials accountable.”
Perhaps the most powerful symbol of that continued effort was Lori Compas, a Fort Atkinson free-lance writer and mother who organized a recall drive against Sen. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, the GOP Senate majority leader. Although Fitzgerald’s district leans strongly Republican and political professionals did not initially plan to try to unseat the incumbent, who has been in office since 1995, Compas’ grass-roots effort was successful and she recently announced her candidacy for the seat.
“Last night I saw a pair of sandhill cranes flying low above the cornfields outside our town,” she began. “Every year their return reminds us that even after the most difficult winters, new life is stirring and new beginning are under way. And all of us have to come together today … not so much to mourn what happened but to celebrate what happened next. Change is in the air, I can feel it, can you?”
Afterward, in an interview, Compas acknowledged that she was the underdog in the race, and says she is not sure whether the campaign will have enough money to run ads on TV. Nevertheless, she also says her inexperience in politics is not an insurmountable barrier, and points out that Fitzgerald had never run for office before when he won the seat 17 years ago.
When Compas first filed papers to recall Fitzgerald, not even her own husband was aware, but since then, she says, support in the community has come from unexpected quarters, including from conservatives.
“We had a tea party member carry petitions for us,” she said. “[The tea party member] said ‘I support the Constitution, and every time Scott Fitzgerald opens his mouth he spits on the Constitution.'”
“We had a tea party member carry petitions for us,” she said. “[The tea party member] said ‘I support the Constitution, and every time Scott Fitzgerald opens his mouth he spits on the Constitution.’”
whatever works!!
People up here, even though they support a lot of really horrible winger media, like to maintain the illusion that WI is more “civil” and “decent” than everyone else, and they LOVE procedural stuff that “proves” it (this is the state that gave the country Feingold and Proxmire, after all). Walker and the Republican legislature threw over all pretense of “civility over the last year. I think it was too much for a lot of people.
Would love to see a simliar focus against Jerry Brown in Cali, …. who, just for one recent offense, appointed a banker as a jobs czar…..(Gov. Jerry Brown appoints jobs czar –
California’s new jobs czar, former Bank of America and GMAC executive Michael Rossi, will serve as a liaison for businesses, labor and Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration.)
If I’m not mistaken, the Demrats and Rethugs have more seamlessly combined in Cali, than in any other state.
Would love to see a simliar focus against Jerry Brown in Cali
no one will…
and it is true about the seamless conjoin….
yep, it appears everything will be, and has been, done to prevent focusing on Cali “Leadership,”… predominately against those with no prior criminal records whatsoever.
of course, I’m sure a lot of that has to do with California being the eighth largest economy in the world, despite/due to? …. the stunning levels of austerity, incarceration and brutality, …. going on within its boundaries. ….
we used to flip back and forth with France… I have no idea where Cali stands lately tho. 😆 NOR France….
yeah … I keep reading Cali = the eighth! :0) (who the fuck knew? ..ok, ZuckerFuck! in the Ghetto of East Menlo Park, Cali!… ) recently, soz I went with it! siiiigh …
Seriously though, I wouldn’t doubt Cali is at least the eighth ‘domiciled’ corpgovthug cloister, in terms of money making it into an elite group of pockets.
I think one year we jockeyed back and forth between 5th and 6th…
who knows, could be 5th Empire still, and it’s being downplayed in “sympathy” and “sensitivity” with it having the 2nd highest unemployed rate and the fact that STATE Colleges/Universities now cost as much, and then some, as the Historic Ivy Leaguers.
Cali doesn’t rate sysmpathy…. nor sensitivity. A recent report out put us as one of the 5 most disliked (they may have used “hated”) states.
Ninety-eight major advertisers—including Ford and Geico—will no longer air spots on Premiere Networks’ ‘offensive’ programs. Insiders say the loss will rock right-wing talk radio.
While I’ll be thrilled to see this shit go away after decades of it being pretty much unchallenged, I can’t help but suspect that the corporate Powers-that-be have decided to keep Barack O’Nixon around for four more and they’re removing a possible source of trouble.
Profiles In Cowardice
ugh how naive IS Charles Pierce? The way Breitbart doctored the vid was way too hot for Punahoe school boy Slob to deal with. They closed ranks at the WH immediately. Went out on a limb for old friend Henry Louis Gates, but did not bother to make a few calls for SS….
I cannot go find it at the moment, but considering what …think it was a member of another Cvil Rights family, Innis, posted at Cpunch, I cannot weep for Sherrod. Waste of my time…. Then after years of accepting on its face, of course why whould I not?, the suit from the black farmers against some arm of the Dept of Ag… shoot, I went shuffling online thru the Pigford case, an exercise in rooting thru a mess.
I’m always fascinated to find people who are surprised by this shit …
6. BooHooHooMan - 11 March 2012
Breaking…..shattering, …
NYT –
American Held After Shooting of Civilians in Afghanistan
By TAIMOOR SHAH and GRAHAM BOWLEY 56 minutes ago
A U.S. service member walked out of a military base on Sunday and opened fire on three nearby houses,………..
WaPo-
U.S. soldier fires on Afghan civilians; 10 killed
An American service member is detained after walking off a checkpoint in the Kandahar province and opening fire on civilians in two villages, according to officials. At least five were wounded.
And only days after Barry Love Peace Prize was whippin up the butter fried fretful in deep fried lies, happily consumed, about how he is happy to report~ah that American Troops are no longer serving … {whatever Slobrama’s weasel word descripto } ..in IRAQ.
WAR CRIMINAL. War Criminal in Chief now may I remind all retrenching Death Squad Dems out there. By all means, bring all argument, apologia, evidence to the contrary on the way to the morgues
More killed under his regime’s single term than two terms of Bush and Cheney combined.
Barry Love Peace Prize,
Love Him, LOVE ..HIM, chillin and killin and with
LOVE like Kim-jong-Illin. Oh he Loves you back.
Oh you know, Remember to vote Democrat.
You know, on principle, all perceptive cerebral sorts –
Remember to vote Democrat…
.. after burying the record and erasing the tape….
WAR CRIMINAL….. War Criminal in Chief AGAIN may I remind all retrenching Death Squad Dems out there.
Bring d’ exhonoration with you. Bring it. Bring it on….
I just heard an update…. as many as 16…
Something like this was bound to come…
BooHooHooMan - 11 March 2012
Yes, the latest disaster.
Long way till the Fall…. elections.
Not so long to the blowback and Spring counteroffensive.
With the exception of Tapper (who tried to introduce the factual errors in the Kony 2012 vid, but was cut off by Stephie) the various R and D consultants and pundits all sounded weak this morning on TW.
Best of Luck (as in Fuk U) to them all….
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — An American soldier was arrested in southern Afghanistan after walking off his base and opening fire on civilians early Sunday, killing 16, in an attack described by Afghan president Hamid Karzai as “unforgivable.”
Well ornament he is, Karzai has his moments, prolly moments to live as the country explodes, but, ya know..
“When Afghan people are killed deliberately by US forces this action is murder and terror and an unforgivable action,” Karzai said in statement. “The government and the people of Afghanistan demand an explanation from the United States government of this incident.”
Among the victims of the attack were nine children, killed when the shooter went from house to house at 3:00am local time.
Eleven of the victims were killed in one home, four were killed in a second home and one other person was killed in a third home, Sky News reported, citing unnamed sources. Five people were wounded in two other houses.
The shooter was a Staff Sergeant, the report said, without providing further details.
A joint Afghan-coalition investigation is underway into the shooting, and it remains unclear what the shooter’s motives were or whether he had previous contact with his victims.
US Air Force Captain Justin Brockhoff, a coalition spokesman in Kabul, said numerous civilian casualties were being treated in coalition military facilities.
via ….NY Post
I think Karzai just wants to avoid assassination, by Afghanis OR US mil…. I read long ago he has no private, as in his own, security, he relies on the US contractors for his personal security. Must be really reassuring to be protected by some arm of Eric Prince. Or whomever…
Geesh. Good Luck!, Man in the Astrakhan HAt.
I think Karzai just wants to avoid assassination,….
He better get avoidin’ then. This shouldn’t take long now.
yeah. Send lilies…
And, politically now anyways, Barry The War Effort President is going to need a few bouquets of his own.
Flashpoint incident. like you said: bound to happen.
IMO I don’t think there is anything inthe last ten years that will match the kind of blowback to come with this.
But you know.~~.Barry, the Progressive.,
This is the point I believe where ‘Mrka gets run the fuck out.
This is the point I believe where ‘Mrka gets run the fuck out
OK!, Expanded list:
Exit Helicopters
Our Collaborators storming the locked gates of the US Embassy in Kabul
(Have I missed anything?)
I suggest Paris.
oh so funny… I was just wondering if there is a Mme Karzai… then quickly realised she probably lives in Paris.
Drudge and Bloomberg have moved it quickly off their front page headline. Drude has replaced it with a feature humping Israel shelling Gaza.
7. marisacat - 11 March 2012
Whoopsie!
UPDATE, among the 16 dead in Afghanistan …,
NINE are children. Several women…
Protesters and Family Attempt to Reoccupy Home of Recently Deported Mother; Police Respond in Riot Gear
Terrible story.
Earlier this week Occupy L.A., foreclosure advocates, family members, and local community, gathered at the Southern California home of Blanca Cardenas to protest her recent eviction and deportation. Police responded in full riot gear, but in the end, there were no arrests made.
Protesters broke into the Cardenas home Tuesday evening demanding that Blanca Cardenas be returned to her family. She was arrested last week when she refused to leave her home. She and her husband had recently won ownership of their home from Bank of America. However, during the legal proceedings, the bank had sold the home to an investor. The investor declared a citizens arrest on Cardenas and LAPD took her into custody.
Police discovered Cardenas did not have proper immigration papers and turned her over to ICE. She is currently staying with relatives in Mexico. The judge ordered that she not return to the states for 20 years.
Even tho I think we are in a completely screwed up place on immigration, legal, illegal and work visas… The whole thing is a fucked mess… THIS, this arrests, deportations, breaking up of long term resident (illegal members among legal and born here) of families and the huge sweeps is absolutely horrific.
It is more than draconian, its demonic.
it’s theft from the powerless by the force of law
Lilies and helicopters on the way!
Few in U.S. sense Afghan support for war, according to Post-ABC News poll
Most Americans sense a lack of broad Afghan support for U.S. efforts in that country, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Some 54 percent of Americans want to withdraw U.S troops even if the Afghan army is not adequately trained to carry on the fight. . . . .
Wash Po
10. diane - 11 March 2012
Trust.org/(Reuters) is reporting that witnesses are saying it was more than one US Lone Wolfer.
“I saw that all 11 of my relatives were killed, including my children and grandchildren,” said a weeping Haji Samad, who said he had left his home a day earlier.
BLOOD-SPATTERED WALLS
The walls of the house were blood-splattered.
“They (Americans) poured chemicals over their dead bodies and burned them,” Samad told Reuters at the scene.
Neighbors said they had awoken to crackling gunfire from American soldiers, who they described as laughing and drunk.
“They were all drunk and shooting all over the place,” said neighbor Agha Lala, who visited one of the homes where killings took place.
“Their (the victims’) bodies were riddled with bullets.”
Susie Madrak posted from an earlier version she found: http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/western-forces-kill-16-civilians-in-afghanistan-kabul-govt/ , which no longer links, and has been since airbrushed by Reuters (see link at top).
Well… they can try… but it’s nto like they can cover up what the killers did… esp there, on the ground.
It’ll be ‘interesting to read the evolving nooz …heard a ghastly blurb on KGO earlier about how the Afghanis were informed by rumor versus truths , yup, already prepping to downplay the facts coming out of the mouths of those who were born and live there.
The UZ certainly wouldn’t want any more evidence of the fact that the $UZ$ Domiciled MIC has perfected an industry that turns its own[ed] country’s, unconnected and thoroughly neglected, citizens into psychopathic murderers, through systemic, class based, white gloved: psychological abuse and economic deprivation.
At the rate we medicate and I would guess test medications on soldiers n the field in the war zones, I think we have no fucking clue what is going on over there….
Mad Max war, I would think…. like all wars.
Plus I read years ago, after strange stories in the US press that Iraqis were consuming amounts of Arak to dull their senses during the early bombing raids, later I read that much of what is available here only by script is easily obtained there… (as in more than a few countries).
I am not excusing anything or anyone, the crimes are horrific. But I’d like to live long enough to get the truth of what is really happening in theatre.
France used an attack on their forces to frame their early (if it was) withdrawal and iirc the UK did the same soon after…
I just heard that the single soldier they are using … was at Fort Lewis in Washington… and first tour in Afghanistan, but his 4th in 8 years.
Some good follow up here; specifically, on the evil and sadistic, Pysocpathic Psyche/$Pharma$ treatment of $R$ Troops ™ and the Lone Wolfer SUSPECT!!!! ™.
From day one though I have felt this very subtle push to deny any long term mental/emotional problems that any of them would have. And I will never forget what an a$$hole that psychologist was to me when my family really needed someone to hear what was happening and give us a little help.
The country has had issues with mental health care forever. it’s only gotten worse.
I’ve been watching the Berkeley hills murder case, as it is, to the extent it is reported in any detail, interesting both on mental health care available and not to the poorest of the poor even, but to the grandchild of a former Berkeley mayor with two living and involved parents… Dewitt is the killer, think the dx was the usual (no idea if accurate) paranoid schizo/bi polar… AND with the middle of the night heavy handed visit to a Berkeley blogger by the cops.
Except for the beating death of an old man, Cukor, a long time resident in the Berkeley hills and the mess that the Dewitt family finds itself in… it would be almsot a comedy routine. With the Keystone cops. IN the supposed land of free speech using intimidation tactics on a blogger….
Yup, and I personally think that $NAMI$ ™ is an enormous part of the problem. It’s absolute insanity to believe that horrid experiences, including a lack of vital nutrition and rest from STRESS and FEAR (no I’m not referring to Micky O.’s My Plate! Plan ™ ), have nothing to do with people cracking; … from what I’ve read, that appears to be their over $Medicating$ Philosophy.
$NAMI$
NAMI = The National Alliance on Mental Illness ™
I don’t know anything about them…
BTW: what does THIS stand for $R$ ???
IMO stress is the single biggest killer. Right along with a wide swath of illnesses that can be (or, could be) tracked to environmentl issues. IMO cars would rate as high as if not higher than cigarettes.
I just don’t and nver have bought into most of the bullshit. Esp the minute bullshite becomes RELIGION. When that happens, I am off the wagon train.
NAMI is a ‘household word’ in the Mental Health $Industry$.
$R$ = a derogatory substitute for the word our, when the word is used by politicians, and other bloodsuckers on the take, to imply the citizens of the US, as if they have a say in anything.
Oh, so true about <<<<<<>>>>>>>>!
(fucking HTML!!!! … siiiiigghhhhhh, just imagine the word STRESS in the center of : <<<<<<>>>>>>>>! )
that was an interesting sub thread, thanks for that… I see Military Tracy took over… LOL. Till SHE goes nutz (again) but at least her comments are links and clips.
Oh yeah, the fuckin med abuse and testing ground, …and honestly, the Suicide and Rape rate among ‘the troops’ speaks volumes as to the horrors we’re not privy to.
Uggggh, … re the vicious Trans Pacific “Treaty” we never hear squat about:
Trade pact reveals US hunger
By Neena Bhandari
Civil society groups, academics and trade unions have also expressed concerns about the US proposal that corporations be empowered to sue governments over broad social, economic and environmental policies.
“A number of the demands made by US multinational corporations [MNCs] in submissions on the TPPA have become official US government positions in the negotiations.. For the US, it seems a zero-sum game between their MNCs and the rest of the world – either they win large, or nobody wins at all,” Sanya Reid Smith, legal advisor and senior researcher at Third World Network, told IPS.
Doctors Without Borders (or Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF) has also expressed profound concern over the impact this agreement would have upon their health programmes.
Over 80% of all medicines used by MSF are generic and MSF has warned that losing access to this source of medicine will result in literally millions of deaths.
As Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, a prominent US consumer organization, told IPS, “The reason these negotiations are so extremely secret and there is such a rush to get it [done] quickly is that the content is so extremely biased towards increasing corporate power at the expense of most of us.
“There are so many outrageous specific proposals that if people knew the details then the whole process would get derailed by widespread outrage.”
Thank goodness, he appears recovered and has returned to red up the room, Who is IOZ:
Oh, Shit. This IS What Democracy Looks Like.
On the question of Grand-Slam’s larger impact, Glenn seems to be of the opinion that he is a molar, ingrown, subtly undermining the rest of those mean chompers:
For one, enacting legislation is not the only way to have an important impact on our political culture. Shining light on otherwise-ignored issues, advocating rarely-heard political positions, using one’s platform to highlight the corruption of those in power and to challenge their warped belief systems are all vitally important functions. Advocacy of that sort may not produce immediate, tangible successes, but it is a prerequisite for changing prevailing political mores and persuading citizens to think differently.
I have a hypothesis that the word citizen is, for many minds, a safety word; what was whipping along at a fine pace comes to a swift and sudden halt, lest it do any actual damage. Is this what Dennis Kucinich was doing? See, here, well, um, I have long been under the impression that what Dennis Kucinich was doing was providing a reliably quote-unquote liberal outlier, a lonely tentpole on the far, far side of the bombing range where the Democratic party pitches its big tent, around which the sort of folks who overpay for yoga instruction and carry their own bags to the grocery store could crowd, having convinced themselves that its slender shadow is the shade. A few paces to its left is a single, well-occupied dining room chair, upon which rest all of Ron Paul’s supporters; it’s their seat at the table, get it? Look, people within institutions serve institutional functions, whether the like it or not, whether they know it or not. Does Dennis Kucinich help you to continue to believe that you are an, oh, god, citizen? That by speaking out you are “changing prevailing political mores”? Maybe all isn’t lost . . . maybe . . . maybe I ought to continue to participate . . . it may not produce any immediate, tangible successes, but, given time . . . attitudes change . . . people change . . .
And this is how you end up reliably offering your consent to one or other gang of murdering psychopaths. So who’s crazy, here, the murdering psychopaths, or the fella who keeps handing them the keys to the gun cabinet? The old saw about the real definition of insanity is the truth: it consists of the endless repetition of the same action with the expectation of a different result. If the Democratic party can contain a Kucinich, it must be less evil than the evil rethuglican menace, right? If the Republicans have a Ron Paul, they must be at least somewhat, marginally more committed to some kind of reasonable limits on the reach and scope of the federal government, right? No, wrong, wrong! If a fucking candy bar contains real coconut, that does not make it a fruit; if you fruits drink enough Miller Ultra Lite, you will still get fat.
(and speaking of good health, are you okay honey? … you’ve been kind of quiet.)
yup, IOZ has that right… it’s a game. Marquee names and fringe idols… Both Kuc and R Paul operate well within their parties.
Pied Pipers.
Oh I am fine, I’ve been having a lot of connection problems for some time, it comes and goes but was problematical this morning, for some reason….
so glad you’re okay honey, . and wasn’t this just precious:
… [Dennis] is a molar, ingrown, subtly undermining the rest of those mean chompers…
;0)
sorry, to be totally clear, should have posted the full:
… Glenn seems to be of the opinion that he is a molar, ingrown, subtly undermining the rest of those mean chompers: …
well Glenn is often quite useful… but iirc he used to be a R, has lied on his CV about his work history as an atty (claimed or implied an associate spot at a firm where he was a summer intern) and he lives outside the US. I am not aware that he regularly goes back and forth. I’ve had the impression its rare. And I just remembered he had somewhat icky sweetheart deals for his first two books…
He has to be taken with spoonfuls of salt.
13. marisacat - 12 March 2012
hmmm I was looking around the Safeway online site starting to pull together a delivery for next week….
and BUTTER shot up right in front of me. Over a dollar rise, for 16 oz.
I had heard, or read, but it certainly was not widely reported, that the US had an immense slaughter of dairy cows, last year or maybe it was late in 2010, in order to raise the price of milk products.
Land of the Free!. Home of the slaughterers….
All dairy shot up. Eggs, Milk and cream as well.
Isn’t it just stunning …. all of the basics skyrocketing with no concurrent logical, or humane, reason; …. pink goo, lean ground beeph at $5 a pound (on sale!)……. they really do want a vast majority to just go somewhere and die ….
they are demonic, I think …..
Yes wandering around the site, almost everything has gone up… and not by 10, 20, 30 c but by 1, 2, 3 dollars.
Things shot up slowly but regularly over the past two years … but this is a single huge leap.
Uh oh, BREAK[danc]ING!!!!….. a threat to $R$ FLAG!!!!!!. …. not much time to spread the terrerist alert, so a somewhat raw, copy crudely, via curser, then dump paste (after minor MSHTML!!!! highlighting):
Mar 12, 3:44 PM EDT
US-flagged ship on fire off Greece’s Piraeus port
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Violent protests in Greece
ATHENS, Greece (AP[P]) — Greek authorities say a fire has broken out on a US-flagged vehicle carrier ship
…. the Alliance Norfolk [Virginia (Naval Base)]. There are 23 crew members and five passengers on board.
The 57,000-ton, 200-meter (yard) vessel was en route from the United States to Saudi Arabia with a consignment of cars and had moored for an inspection just off Piraeus, the port of Athens.
jeesh, fires ever which where ….tough luck ….where’s that hanky ….
(sorry, linky, Associated Press: US-flagged ship on fire off Greece’s Piraeus port)
SOS!!!!!! come out, come out! … wherever you are! …. BooHooHooMan! …
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2-6-6-6 Imperial Allegheny Steam Engine - With Proto-Sound 2.0
2-6-6-6 Imperial Allegheny Steam Engine - With Proto-Sound 2.0 - Chesapeake & Ohio
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CI 2008 Volume 2
By 1940, C&O was looking for some new muscle to push, pull, and drag coal loads over the mountains between West Virginia and the eastern seaboard. Lima Locomotive Works knew they could design something that would fill C&O's needs even better than the big-boilered Texas 2-10-4s the railroad considered buying. The resulting locomotive was the 2-6-6-6 Allegheny (named for the tough mountain range it had to conquer), first delivered in 1941. The six-wheeled trailing truck that gave this locomotive a new wheel design was necessary because the firebox was located completely behind the drivers.
Not only did engineers have to add an extra set of wheels to the trailing truck, but they had to give the tender an unusual fourth pair of wheels on the rear truck. The Class H-8 Alleghenies required huge tenders-each carrying 25,000 gallons of water and 25 tons of coal. But because they still had to fit on the C&O's 115-foot turntables, the tank was made taller in the rear. The extra weight required extra wheels to support it. Other railroads, like the Virginian Railroad, that had to traverse similar mountainous territory also bought Alleghenies.
M.T.H. is proud to return the 2-6-6-6 Allegheny to our RailKing line, this time in all-new Imperial detail.
Almost half the Alleghenies, which the War Production Board allowed to continue being built throughout World War II, were equipped with steam heat and signal lines for passenger service. These were sometimes used for troop trains.
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EVGray: EMS -- Electronic Power That Could Change The World's Economic Power Picture - Newsreal Series, June, 1977
Submitted by esaruoho on April 10, 2009 - 21:25
capacitor discharge
Dr. Gene Wester
Dr. Gerald Price
Dr. Norm Chalfin
EV Gray
Fritz Lens
Richard Hackenbecker
Though harassed by the authorities, under-financed and ignored by science, business and industry, Edwin V. Gray, a self educated Los Angeles inventor has developed a revolutionary electromagnetic motor that promises to greatly improve conditions for the world.
A vast new technology is opening because Gray invented a motor that delivers super-efficient horsepower at lower cost with less wear and tear than any other device known. His EMS motor takes us a giant step closer to the magnificent, whirring power plants visualized by science fiction writers.
Sunday Telegraph (January 16, 1977 ) ~ Yull Brown: "Brown’s Gas"
Submitted by esaruoho on August 3, 2008 - 10:25
Sunday Telegraph
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oxyhydrogen
Yull Brown
A Sydney inventor has refused a giant American oil company’s offer to buy out his method of turning tap water into fuel.
The offer is one of more than a dozen Mr Yull Brown, of Auburn, has received.
Mr Brown’s invention allows oxygen and hydrogen extracted from ordinary tap water to be used safely for almost any type of burning fuel.
He envisages the day when cars, stoves, heating and most of industry can be run on water or the gas extracted from it.
Conference Introduction: John Searl
Submitted by esaruoho on July 24, 2008 - 02:05
Gunnar Sandberg
John A. Thomas Jr.
law of the squares
Peter Barret
John Searl
John R. R. Searl
The Searl Effect Generator and the Levity Disc
Energy Generation and Gravity Control for Space Flight Systems
The inventor, Professor John Searl, President of S.I.R.C., will be speaking upon the work and the and the progress made by now in the development of both the S.E.G. (Searl-Effect-Generator) and the I.G.V. (Inverse-G-Vehicle). You must appreciate today there is much information which is still classified and cannot be released to the public, as patents may be applied for later on.
Jeane Manning: A New Physics for a New Energy Source / Free Energy - Making the Impossible Possible
Submitted by esaruoho on August 20, 2007 - 12:04
Dr. Thomas Henry Moray
Edgar D. Mitchell
Floyd Sweet
Hal Fox
Harold Puthoff
Ilya Prigogine
Jeane Manning
Moray B. King
negentropy
Paramahamsa Tewari
selforganization
Timothy Boyer
Walter Rosenthal
zero point energy
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Free Energy - Making the Impossible Possible - A New Physics for a New Energy Source by Jeane Manning
Second Law of Thermodynamics invalid in a repetitive cyclic wave universe (Walter Russell, Viktor Schauberger, Karl Schappeller)
Submitted by esaruoho on May 22, 2007 - 12:58
Karl Schappeller
Trevor James Constable
Walter Russell
self-organizing
In 1960 Walter Russell drew this painting on his studies of the second law of thermodynamics. in the painting, he writes:
The Second Law of Thermodynamics is Invalid in a Repetitive Cyclic Wave Univers of Equally Interchanging Effect.
Heat Radiates into Cold
Cold Regenerates into Heat
The Heartbeat of the Universe is Continuous.
CutnPaste introduction to Jerry G. Gallimore
Charlotte King
Christopher Bird
diamagnetic
Dr. Robert Hazen
Hiroshi Wakita
Jerry Gallimore
March 8, 1992 - http://amasci.com/freenrg/galli1.txt
Wrote books: http://www.borderlands.com/gallimore.htm http://www.borderlands.com/catalog/gallimore.htm
Handbook of Unusual Energies
Gallimore claimed, in an interview with Christopher Bird, that he had achieved room temperature superconductivity approximating 99% efficiency. The interview, which includes most of the material above, took place on July 21, 1976; it was published in 1977, in Vol. 2 of Gallimore's Handbook of Unusual Energies (p.115).
Callum Coats: Eco-Technology vol.1: The Water Wizard - The Extraordinary Properties of Natural Water
eco-technology
It was a Swedish engineer and anthroposophist, Olof Alexandersson, who wrote the first popular introduction to the radical ideas of Viktor Schauberger. I came across this attractive little book in 1979 and had it translated into English. Living Water is now in its eighth printing and has inspired many to go on to Callum Coats' in-depth study of Schauberger's ideas, Living Energies, which was published in 1996. My friendship with Callum goes back to 1981 when he confided in me his wish to write a definitive work on Viktor Schauberger. Callum had met Viktor's son, Walter Schauberger, in 1977 and was to spend three years studying with Walter at his Pythogoras-Keppler System Institute in Lauffen, in the Saltzkammergut near Salzburg. During that time, Callum was given access to all Viktor's writings.
Viktor Schauberger did not start seriously to write about his ideas and his discoveries until the age of 44, when he acquired a distinguished sponsor in Professor Philipp Forchheimer. As Callum describes later in this volume, Forchheimer, a world famous hydrologist, had been asked by the Austrian Government to report on Schauberger's controversial log flumes, which transported large amounts of timber from inaccessible locations without damage. He was so impressed with Schauberger's discovereies that he asked him to write a paper which was published in 1930 in Die Wasserwirtschaft , the Austrian Journal of Hydrology. This paper attracted the attention of the President of the Austrian Academy of Science, Professor Wilhelm Exner, and resulted in a commission to write a more detailed study of his theories for that same magazine under the title Temperature and the Movement of Water.
Schauberger's ideas completely flew in the face of conventional ideas of hydrology and water management and, as a result, gained him many enemies in scientific circles. The reason Viktor developed the strong feelings about orthodox scientific research that you will read in this and subsequent volumes was partly to defend himself from their attacks, and partly out of his despair at witnessing the ongoing destruction of the natural environment by their blind and uncaring technologies. It was this despair that motivated him to write his only book, Our Senseless Toil - the Cause of the World Crisis . It was published at a time of severe depression ,when many were worried about the future.
After Forchheimer died, Schauberger found another ally in Professor Werner Zimmermann who encouraged Viktor in 1935-1936 to write about the damage being wrought to the great rivers, the Rhine and the Danube, in a small 'new thought' magazine Tau . After Schauberger's death, two magazines published further collections of Schauberger's writings: Implosion was started by a student and collaborator of Viktor's, and published a number of his articles in the 1960s. Mensch und Technik in the 1970s published articles by and about Viktor Schauberger for the more free-thinking scientiific community.
Callum Coats has skilfully woven together these articles, together with correspondence with othere scientists, friends and officials of one kind or another, into a fascinating tapestry which gives a true and very readable account of Schauberger's impassioned campaign to alert the world to the dangers of the prevailing scientific dogma. Unfortunately, not much has changed, and Schauberger's vision of how humanity could work cooperatively with Nature is perhaps more relevant than ever.
Callum arranged this massive amount of material into a large volume, Eco-Technology. In considering this for publication, we realised that it would be much more accessible in several volumes, arranged by theme. This first one, The Water Wizard, is devoted to Schauberger's ideas about water and rivers. The second, Nature as Teacher, concerns the wider implications of his ideas on water and energy. The third, The Fertile Earth, describes the way trees transform energy, and processes of fertilisation of the soil . The final volume, The Energy Revolution , gathers together the discussion and description of Schauberger's appliances for purifying and energising water and for producing vast amounts of virtually free energy. Together with Living Energies, the Eco-technology series give a complete account of the vision and genius of one of the founders of the present ecological movement, and are an inspiration for all those who wish to see our precious Earth saved from extinction by short-sightedness and greed, and the emergence of a new partnership with bountiful Nature.
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The ONLY reason why free energy has been suppressed and forced out by economics, politics and bankers, is because they are operating through fraudulent man-made laws which are at odds (out of balance) with nature. There is no reason that Paul Pantone spent months upon months in a mental hospital by court order for attempting to reduce the footprint we place directly on the face of mother nature and spaceship earth. Wilhelm Reich was unlawfully harassed by FDA/court officials - this again having nothing whatsoever to do with natural law - Wilhelm Reich worked for the benefit and health of all humanity. That John Bedini, Joe Booker, Viktor Schauberger, Thomas Henry Moray and others have been attacked, vilified, threatened, purposefully forgotten and ripped off means that the society and systems that allow this to happen "legally", are frightfully wrong. Thus we need to tear this current system apart from the root and plant a new seed which is in harmony with nature and God's Law. Only by all of us working as aware crewmembers of spaceship Earth - for the benefit of every crewmember, instead of selfishly for ourselves can we ever hope to escape the slavery that we are in right now. Here is Staffan's message:
The ONLY solution is to enforce The Plan against the traitorous Free-Energy supressing N. W. O. Zion-Nazi mass-murder, inside-job perpetrators of OKC, 911, Bali, 7/7/2005 and the phoney War on Terror and Freedom, and reinstate God's Perfect Laws of Liberty and bring the perpetrators to Justice:- http://jahtruth.net/plan.htm
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NEWS RELEASE: Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights Amends Bill C-78 to Guarantee Right to Divorce in Both Official Languages Across Canada
On Wednesday December 5th 2018, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights unanimously adopted an amendment from Liberal Members of Parliament Anthony Housefather and Mona Fortier that revises the Divorce Act to enshrine the right to testify in, plead in, give evidence in, make submissions in and receive judgment in the official language of your choice across Canada.
Housefather and Fortier had both been shocked to hear from French language communities in provinces such as British Columbia and Newfoundland that divorce proceedings did not occur in French. They then worked with their Liberal Caucus colleagues on the Justice Committee and in the Official Languages Minority Communities Caucus to secure support for their proposal from the Government and the members of the Justice Committee from all parties.
“I am thrilled that we added a linguistic provision to the Divorce Act that is consistent with the federal government’s commitment and obligation to take positive measures in accordance with Part VII of the Official Languages Act,” said Fortier, who represents the riding of Ottawa-Vanier. “As a proud Franco-Ontarian I am very pleased to have contributed to the protection of our minority language communities.”
“English and French speaking Canadians should have the right to be heard in court in the language of their choice across Canada,” said Housefather who represents Mount Royal and is Chair of the Justice and Human Rights Committee. “As an English speaking Quebecer it is incredibly satisfying to play a role in changing law to ensure that we expand minority language rights. This is a message that our Liberal Government will always defend both official languages across Canada.”
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Microbiome of vineyard soils is shaped by geography and management
Emanuela Coller1 na1,
Alessandro Cestaro ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-1439-51652 na1,
Roberto Zanzotti3,
Daniela Bertoldi3,
Massimo Pindo2,
Simone Larger2,
Davide Albanese2,
Enzo Mescalchin3 &
Claudio Donati2
Despite their importance as a reservoir of biodiversity, the factors shaping soil microbial communities and the extent by which these are impacted by cultivation are still poorly understood. Using 16S rRNA gene and ITS sequencing, we characterized the soil microbiota of vineyards and of neighboring permanent grassland soils in the Italian province of Trentino, and correlated their structure and composition to location, chemical properties of the soil, and land management.
Bacterial communities had a core of conserved taxa accounting for more than 60% of the reads of each sample, that was influenced both by geography and cultivation. The core fungal microbiota was much smaller and dominated by geography alone. Cultivation altered the structure and composition of the soil microbiota both for bacteria and fungi, with site-specific effects on their diversity. The diversity of bacterial and fungal communities was generally inversely correlated across locations. We identified several taxa that were impacted by the chemical properties and texture of the soil.
Our results highlight the different responses of bacterial and fungal communities to environmental factors and highlight the need to characterize both components of the soil microbiota to fully understand the factors that drive their variability.
The microorganisms that colonize soil are amongst the most abundant and diverse life forms on Earth, contributing to all geochemical processes on a global scale [1], and constituting a rich source of yet uncharacterized natural products of potential interest for pharmaceutical or biotechnological applications [2]. The biodiversity of soil microbial communities is increasingly recognized as a major factor for human health both directly, by limiting the spread of potential pathogens, and indirectly, by contributing to processes that provide clean air, water, and healthy food [3]. Soil serves as a primary reservoir for plant-colonizing bacteria [4], that play a major role in determining plant productivity [5] and preventing invasion by bacterial pathogens [6].
Bacteria, archaea, and fungi are the dominant components of soil microbiota, generally accounting for more than 99% of the microbial biomass in soil samples [7]. Large-scale surveys have shown that the diversity encompassed by soil microbial communities exceeds what is found in host-associated communities [8, 9], probably as a consequence of the enormous range of environmental conditions that can be experienced by microorganisms in surface soils [7, 10]. Bacterial communities are characterized by pronounced heterogeneity at small spatial scales, and by a more homogeneous structure over large spatial scales [10], showing biogeographical patterns that are significantly weaker than what is found for plants [11]. Besides bacteria, fungi are the other major component of the soil microbiota, playing crucial roles both as saprotrophs, plant mutualists, and pathogens [8] and competing with bacteria for access to nutrients through the production of antimicrobial compounds [12]. Large-scale studies have shown that a large fraction of fungal taxa found in soils is not represented in sequence databases, that the diversity of soil fungal communities is influenced by a variety of climatic and edaphic factors [13, 14], and that soil fungal communities exhibit evident patterns of geographical clustering [8].
Understanding how agricultural practices impact the soil microbiota is an important subject towards a more sustainable agriculture. Recent studies on deforested lands have shown that land use has long-term effects on soil microbiota structure and diversity [15]. Both parameters are consistently altered by high levels of nutrient inputs related to human activities [16]. However, it is only by comparing cultivated and non-cultivated soils across locations, that it is possible to quantify the relative weights of differences related to location compared to these related to cultivation. In this work, we have characterized the bacterial and fungal microbiota in soils collected in 10 sites from Trentino, a region in the Italian Alps, with the aim of defining the taxonomic structure of both the bacterial and fungal components of the soil microbiota, and study the relative effects of location, chemical characteristics of the soil, and land use. To this purpose, sites were chosen to have cultivated patches (vineyards) surrounded by permanent grasslands. In each site, samples were collected from the vineyards and from grasslands at different distances from the vineyards. By comparing cultivated and permanent grasslands from the same site, we identified the species that were consistently impacted by cultivation.
It has recently been shown that a relatively small number of ubiquitous species dominate the global soil microbiota [17], while, at the other end of the spectrum, rare taxa play an important role as a reservoir of biological functions and resiliency against environmental changes [18]. However, how the set of ubiquitous species changes from global to local scale, and if geographical factors or land use can significantly alter its size is not known. Moreover, despite their importance as a component of the soil microbiota, no data are available concerning the existence of a core of shared fungal species in soil samples and how this core depends on soil type and is impacted by human intervention. If similar general ecological mechanisms drive the establishment of bacterial and fungal microbiota in soil, we should expect that the size of the core of bacterial and fungal microbiota has the same dependency on location and land use. On the other hand, differences in the way land use or location impact the core bacterial and fungal microbiomes could highlight fundamental differences in the factors that drive the colonization of soil by these two classes of microorganisms.
Defining the species that characterize the soil of a given area and how these are influenced by external factors is especially relevant in the case of grapevine, since soil has been suggested to be the major source of grapevine-associated microbiota [4]. Although the existence of a connection between soil and grape microbiota is still debated [19], the correlation between grape microbiota and wine metabolite profiles has suggested that microbial communities contribute to define the regional characteristics of wine [20, 21], leading to the hypothesis of the existence of a “microbial terroir” of wine grapes [21]. Here, we defined the core of ubiquitous bacterial and fungal species that were present in all soil samples and tested if its size was altered by location or type of cultivation. We found that while the bacterial component of the microbiome had a core of conserved species that accounted for more than 60% of the sequenced reads, and that was shaped both by location and land use, the core fungal microbiome was smaller and determined by geographic factors that dominated differences due to land management.
Finally, having characterized fungal and bacterial communities in the same samples allowed us to highlight the effects of their interactions. Recently, a global study of the variability of the topsoil microbiome has provided evidence of a strong antagonism between the two communities [12] mediated by antibiotic production by the soil fungi. Here, by correlating fungal and bacterial diversity in the same samples, we observed patterns consistent with the hypothesis that complex fungal communities impose a strong selection on bacterial community causing a loss of diversity in the latter, as expected in the case of antibiotic-mediated interactions [22].
The sampling sites were identified in 10 vineyards from 4 different locations (Ala, Besagno, Mori and S. Felice) because of their contiguity, at least along 20 m, to perennial crop-covered surfaces (Additional file 1: Figure S1). The experimental protocol set 3 samplings points respectively between the rows (V) and in the perennial crop area at a distance of 8 (P1) and 16 (P2) meters from the border of the vineyard (see Additional file 2: Figure S2). The choice for 8 and 16 m guaranteed the reproducibility of sampling in each location, since the grassland areas surrounding vineyards have different and relatively small size. In all the sampling spots, grasses were mainly constituted from species of Poaceae family. In the vineyard sites (V), no predominant species were found while in the two grasslands (P1 and P2), the dominant species were Arrhenatherum elatius, Bromus erectus, and Trisetum flavescens. For each position 6 equally spaced repetitions were performed, for a total of 180 samples. Additional file 14: Table S1 shows site localization, sampling dates, and technical characteristics of the vineyards (planting year, previous crop). All samples had a similar range of soil texture (loam, sandy clay loam, sandy loam, and silty loam). Vineyards soils (V) were statistically different from permanent grassland (both P1 and P2) for lower quantity of soil organic matter (SOM) (50.63 ± 1.43 g/kg, 70.17 ± 2.32 g/kg, and 73.04 ± 2.26 g/kg respectively) and total nitrogen (N tot) (2.78 ± 0.07 g/kg (V), 3.92 ± 0.14 g/kg (P1), 4.07 ± 0.13 g/kg (P2)), instead they had higher concentrations of total carbonate (CaCO3) (199.73 ± 14.82 g/kg (V), 171.35 ± 15.01 g/kg (P1), 156.33 ± 14.67 g/kg (P2)) and available heavy metals (Cu DTPA 51.23 ± 3.94 mg/kg (V), 16.9 ± 1.71 mg/kg (P1), 6.66 ± 0.46 mg/kg (P2), and Zn DTPA 10.53 ± 0.94 mg/kg (V), 7.7 ± 0.60 mg/kg (P1), 6.21 ± 0.57 mg/kg (P2)). See Additional file 3: Figure S3.
Samplings were executed collecting 20 cm of soil by means of a manual, one-piece, 7-cm-diameter drill for loamy soils (Eijkelkamp, Edelman model). For chemical analysis and for taxonomic purposes of bulk soil, the first 5 cm of soil were removed. Each sample consisted of 4 drillings that were homogenized in a signed, plastic bag. From every one of them, a small volume of soil was collected in a 50-ml tube and chilled to 6/8 °C during the sampling time after which they were frozen at − 18 °C.
DNA extraction, library preparation, and sequencing
The soil samples were freeze-dried and sieved with a 0.2-mm-mesh size and stored at − 80 °C until DNA extraction. Total DNA was extracted from 0.25 g of each composite soil sample using the PowerSoil DNA isolation kit (MO BIO Laboratories Inc., CA, USA) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Total genomic DNA was amplified using primers specific to either the bacterial and archaeal 16S rRNA gene or the fungal ITS1 region. The specific bacterial primer set 515F (5′-GTGYCAGCMGCCGCGGTAA-3′) and the 806R (5′-GGACTACNVGGGTWTCTAAT-3′) was used [23] with degenerate bases suggested by Apprill et al .[24] and by Parada et al .[25]. Although no approach based on PCR amplification is free from bias, this primer pair has been shown to guarantee good coverage of known bacterial and archaeal taxa [26]. For the identification of fungi, the internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) was amplified using the primer ITS1F (5′-CTTGGTCATTTAGAGGAAGTAA-3′) [27] and ITS2 (5′-GCTGCGTTCTTCATCGATGC-3′) [28]. All the primers included the specific overhang Illumina adapters for the amplicon library construction.
For the 16S V4 region, each sample was amplified by PCR using 25 μl reaction with 1 μM of each primer. More in detail 12.5 μl of 2× KAPA HiFi HotStart ReadyMix and 10 μl forward and reverse primers, were used in combination with 2.5 μl of template DNA (5–20 ng/μl). PCR reactions were executed by GeneAmp PCR System 9700 (Thermo Fisher Scientific) and the following cycling conditions: initial denaturation step at 95 °C for 5 min (1 cycle); 28 cycles at 95 °C for 30 s, 55 °C for 30 s, 72 °C for 30 s; final extension step at 72 °C for 5 min (1 cycle).
For the ITS1 region, each sample was amplified by PCR using 25 μl reaction with 10 μM of each primer. More in detail 22 μl of premix FastStart High Fidelity PCR System (Roche) and 2 μl forward and reverse primers were used in combination with 1 μl of template DNA (5–20 ng/ul). PCR reactions were executed by GeneAmp PCR System 9700 (Thermo Fisher Scientific) and the following cycling conditions: initial denaturation step at 95 °C for 3 min (1 cycle); 30 cycles at 95 °C for 20 s, 50 °C for 45 s, 72 °C for 90 s; final extension step at 72 °C for 10 min (1 cycle).
The amplification products were checked on 1.5% agarose gel and purified using the Agencourt AMPure XP system (Beckman Coulter, Brea, CA, USA), following the manufacturer’s instructions. Afterward, a second PCR was used to apply dual indices and Illumina sequencing adapters Nextera XT Index Primer (Illumina), by 7 cycles PCR (16S Metagenomic Sequencing Library Preparation, Illumina). The amplicon libraries were purified using Agencourt AMPure XP system (Beckman), and the quality control was performed on a Typestation 2200 platform (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, USA). Finally, all barcoded libraries were pooled in an equimolar way and sequenced on an Illumina® MiSeq (PE300) platform (MiSeq Control Software 2.5.0.5 and Real-Time Analysis software 1.18.54.0).
Bioinformatic processing of the sequences
The sequences were assigned to samples using sample-specific barcodes and saved in FASTQ-formatted files. Sequences were deposited to the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) with study accession PRJEB31356. Raw data FASTQ files were analyzed using the software pipeline MICCA [29] v. 1.6.1 (Microbial Community Analysis).
Raw overlapping 16S paired-end reads were assembled (merged) using the procedure described in [30]. Paired-end reads with an overlap length smaller than 200 bp and with more than 50 mismatches were discarded. After trimming forward and reverse primers, merged reads shorter than 240 bp and with an expected error rate higher than 0.5% were removed.
Reads with less than 60% similarity to the sequences present in the Greengenes [31] database (clustered at 85%, release 13_5) were discarded using VSEARCH [32] v2.3.4. Filtered sequences were clustered into operational taxonomic units (OTUs) at 97% identity using the denovo greedy algorithm available in MICCA. OTUs were taxonomically classified using the Ribosomal Database Project (RDP) Classifier [33] v2.11. Multiple sequence alignment (MSA) was performed on the denoised reads applying the Nearest Alignment Space Termination [29, 34] (NAST) algorithm and the phylogenetic tree was inferred using FastTree [35] (v2.1.8).
Raw overlapping ITS paired-end reads were merged, and merged sequences with an overlap length smaller than 100 bp and with more than 32 mismatches were discarded. After primer trimming, merged reads shorter than 150 bp and with an expected error rate higher than 0.5% were removed. Filtered sequences were clustered at 97% identity using the denovo greedy algorithm and OTUs were taxonomically classified using the RDP Classifier v2.11 and the UNITE database (release 07/04/2014) [36]. Sequences that were not in the UNITE database were indicated as “unclassified” while sequences that are present, but without taxonomic information available, were classified as “fungi_unidentified” plus a numeric suffix for the taxonomic level. For instance, in the case of the family level, sequences that have no taxonomic information other than being fungi were labeled as “fungi_ unidentified _1_1”.
To compensate for different sequencing depths, samples were rarefied to an even depth of 16,000 reads for 16S and 22,000 for ITS sequences.
Statistical analysis of the data
Biom files were imported into R v3.4.3 using the phyloseq package [37] v1.22.3 for downstream statistical analysis. Alpha diversity was calculated using the Shannon entropy [38]. Beta-diversity was calculated using the Bray-Curtis distance. Permutational MANOVA (PERMANOVA) statistical tests were performed using the R package vegan v2.4–6 with the adonis2() function with 999 permutations. Taxa significantly different between vineyard soils and permanent grasslands were identified using the generalized linear models implemented in the R package DESeq2 [39] v1.18.1 on the unrarified reads, filtered selecting OTUs that were represented by at least 10 reads in more than 25% of the samples to increase the reproducibility of the results [40]. Random Forest models to identify relevant environmental factors to predict alpha-diversity were built using the randomForest [41] v4.6–14 R package. Linear models of the alpha-diversity as a function of the environmental variables were built using the lm function in R, and contrasts between different locations and soil types were determined using the function contrast from the R package contrast v0.21. Multilevel hierarchical linear models were built using the lmer function of the lme4 v1.1–17 R package, modeling slope as fixed effect and intercept as a random variable. p values were estimated using the package lmerTest 3.0–1. Correlation between taxa at all taxonomic levels and environmental variables were identified using the MICtools software package [42], a recent software package that identifies significant correlations between large datasets using an approach based on mutual information. Briefly, significant correlations were identified calculating the total information coefficient estimator TICe [43]. The associated (FDR corrected) p values were estimated using a permutation-based strategy. The strength of the association was then quantified using the MICe estimator of the maximal information coefficient [43] and the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient ρ. Cladograms of the taxonomy were drawn using the R package Metacoder [44]. The size of the nodes was proportional to the relative abundance of the taxa while the color represented Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient ρ.
Texture and chemical characteristics of the soil
All samples were air-dried at room temperature and sieved < 2 mm. For the analysis of organic carbon and total inorganic carbon, 50 g of sieved soil were ground using an agate-ball mill (PM 4000, Retsch GMBH, Haan, Germany) to reduce the particle size < 0.02 mm.
Soil texture was determined as the percentage of sand (2.0–0.050 mm), silt (0.005–0.002 mm) and clay (< 0.002 mm) by wet sieving and with the use of hydrometer after dispersion with sodium hexametaphosphate.
Soil pH was measured in aqueous solution suspension (ratio 1: 2.5, soil: water) using an INOLAB LEVEL 2 (WTW, Weilheim, Germany) pH-meter equipped with a SenTixTM41 pH Electrode (WTW, Weilheim, Germany).
Total inorganic carbon was determined by volumetric method with a Dietrich-Fruehling calcimeter by measuring the CO2 evolved after HCl treatment of soil according to ISO 10693 (ISO 10693:1995. Soil quality–determination of carbonate content–Volumetric method), whereas active lime was quantified by titration after reaction of soil with ammonium oxalate 0.1 M (Drouineau method). Both were expressed as g CaCO3/kg of soil.
Total C and N were measured after dry combustion in excess oxygen using a CN analyzer (MacroVario, Elementar, Langenselbold, Germany). Two hundred milligrams of milled soil were weighted in tin foil and analyzed following manufacturer’s instructions. Organic C was then calculated as the difference between total C and total inorganic C as reported by ISO 10694 (ISO 10694:19959. Soil quality–determination of organic and total carbon after dry combustion]. The C/N ratio was calculated as the ratio between organic C and total N.
The available fractions of Cu, Zn, Pb, and Cd were extracted with a DTPA 0.005 M, CaCl2 0.01 M, and triethanolamine 0.1 M solution and measured with an ICPOES spectrometer (Optima 8300, Perkin Elmer, Waltham, USA) equipped with a cyclonic nebulizer, using the following wavelengths: Cu = 324.752 nm, Zn = 213.857 nm, Pb = 220.353 nm, Cd = 226.502 nm. For the quantification, the instrument was calibrated using a certified standard solution (Merck, Darmstadt, Germany).
Soil samples were collected from 10 sites in the Trentino province (Additional file 1: Figure S1 and Additional file 14: Table S1a). Each site was characterized by sampling the vineyard (V) and the grasslands at 8 (P1) and 16 m (P2) from the grapevine row (see “Methods” section). For each triplet, 6 samples were collected, for a total number of 180 samples. After discarding 3 samples due to the low quantity of extracted DNA, a total of 5,705,432 amplicon sequences from the V4 region of 16S rRNA gene and 7,350,959 sequences from the ITS region were obtained from the remaining 177 samples. The 16S and ITS sequences were clustered into 21,113 and 12,542 operational taxonomic units (OTUs, 97% identity), respectively. After dropping one 16S sample due to the low number of reads, 16S and ITS samples were evenly rarefied to 16,000 and 22,000 reads per sample, respectively. After rarefaction, the dataset was composed of 19,584 bacterial and 12,101 fungal OTUs.
Microbiota composition is conditioned by cultivation for both bacterial and fungal communities
The dominant bacterial Phyla were Acidobacteria (22.7%), Proteobacteria (18.8%), and Actinobacteria (16.5%), while on average, 14.1% of the reads could not be classified. At the family level (Fig. 1a, c), the fraction of bacterial OTUs that could not be classified grew to 34%, while for those that were classified the dominant family was Gp6 (13%), followed by Nitrosospheraceae and Planctomycetaceae (9% and 5%, respectively). For fungi, the dominant Phyla were Ascomycota (51.8%), Zygomycota (20.1%), and Basidiomycota (11.2%), while 12.1% was constituted by unclassified OTUs. At the family level (Fig. 1b, d), the dominant taxa were Mortierellaceae (17.4%) followed by Nectriaceae (8.8%) and a family of unidentified Ascomycota (5.2%). The fraction of fungal OTUs not classified at the family level was 25%.
Taxonomic structure of the soil bacterial (a) and fungal (b) microbiota at the family level. Only the 12 families with the largest mean relative abundance are shown. c, d Box and whiskers plot of the 12 families with largest mean relative abundance across all samples. Families other than the top 12 were classified as “other”
To identify taxa that were significantly impacted by cultivation, we modeled the read counts using generalized linear models [39] (GLMs) taking baseline differences between the sites into account. For this analysis, samples from both types of permanent grassland (both P1 and P2) were considered together. For bacteria, we found 336 OTUs that were significantly differentially abundant (p < 0.01, FDR corrected) between samples from vineyard soils and from permanent grasslands from the same site. Of these, 224 were higher in vineyard samples and 112 in grasslands (Additional file 15: Table S2). The 10 most significant ones included taxa from the families Gp4, GP6, Hyphomicrobiaceae, and Planctomycetaceae (Additional file 4: Figure S4). For fungi, we found 57 taxa significantly (p < 0.01, FDR corrected) more abundant in the vineyard than permanent grassland soil from the same site, and 37 taxa significantly less abundant in vineyard samples (Additional file 16: Table S3). Amongst these, the most significant were taxa from the family Amphisphaeriaceae, that in vineyard samples accounted for up to 20% of the fungal microbiota (Additional file 5: Figure S5). Other differently distributed taxa included unidentified Pleosporales, unidentified Ascomycota, Hyaloscyphaceae, and Sordariomycetes.
Bacterial communities have a core of conserved species that is shaped by both location and land use
The distribution of OTUs across samples (Fig. 2a) showed that the largest fraction of OTUs was specific to a small number of samples while only a small set of OTUs was ubiquitous. Specifically, out of 19,584 OTUs, only 162 were present in all samples, 484 were present in at least 80% of the samples, and 961 in at least 50% of the samples.
Core and specific bacterial and fungal microbiome. a Distribution of the number of bacterial OTUs that are specific to a given number of samples, classified at the Phylum level. Only the eight more representative taxa are shown. The remaining reads are either “unclassified” or annotated as “other”. b Total relative abundance of bacterial OTUs that are specific to a given number of samples. c distribution of the number of fungal OTUs that are specific to a given number of samples, classified at the Phylum level. Only the seven more representative taxa are shown. The remaining reads are either “unclassified” or annotated as “other”. d Total relative abundance of fungal OTUs that are specific to a given number of samples
Despite the relatively low number, the core OTUs accounted on average for 48 ± 3.8% of the bacterial reads of each sample. Using a more relaxed definition of the core OTUs, i.e., defining as “core” those OTUs that are present in more than 95% of the samples, core OTUs accounted on average for 64 ± 3% of each microbiome (Fig. 2b). For comparison, the specific OTUs (i.e., those present in less than 5% of the samples) that are the vast majority of the bacterial OTUs, only accounted for an average of 1.5 ± 0.5% of each bacterial microbiome. Acidobacteria, a minority component of the specific microbiome, was the dominant component of the core microbiome. Other frequent components of the core microbiome included Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria, while Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes were almost absent.
We next asked if the size of the core microbiome was influenced by the cultivation type or geographical origin of the samples. We found that the core microbiome of P1, P2, and V samples included 250, 256, and 240 OTUs, respectively, while the site-specific core microbiome varied between 372 and 638 OTUs (Additional file 17: Table S4). In both cases, the core microbiome was significantly larger than expected by random sampling (Wilcoxon rank-sum test, p values 1.16 × 10−6 for site and 7.8 × 10− 3 for cultivation type, respectively), suggesting that both these factors favor the colonization of soil by a defined set of bacterial species.
In general, in any given dataset, the number of core OTUs (core microbiome) decreases with the number of samples, since each newly added sample might miss OTUs that were core in the reduced dataset. Therefore, it is possible to estimate the true size of the core microbiome, i.e., the number of OTUs that are always present in this kind of soils independently of the sampling size by extrapolating from a random subsampling. The results are shown in Additional file 6: Figure S6a, where we plot the number of core OTUs as a function of the number of samples. The curve can be fitted by a power-law decay converging to a plateau of 117 ± 3.5 OTUs that is the estimated size of the core bacterial microbiome of these soils.
The core of conserved fungal species is small and determined by location, but not land use
Compared to bacteria and archaea, the fungal component of the soil microbiome (the mycobiome) was more variable across the different sampling sites. Indeed, out of 12,101 total OTUs, only 5 were present in all samples (Fig. 2c). Core OTUs accounted on average for 15 ± 5% of each sample (35 ± 8% for OTUs present in more than 95% of the samples, Fig. 2d), while the specific OTUs (i.e., those present in less than 5% of the samples) represented an average of 4.8 ± 0.3% of each mycobiome (Fig. 2d). From a taxonomic point of view, the core mycobiome was dominated by Ascomycota, Zygomycota, and a small fraction of Basidiomycota. Using the same subsampling strategy outlined above, the size of the core mycobiome as a function of the number of samples was again well described by a power-law (Additional file 6: Figure S6b) that in this case converged to a value close to zero (4.1 ± 0.4 OTUs). Differently to what found for bacteria, the core of conserved fungal species in the three cultivation types (17, 10, and 13 OTUs for V, P1, and P2 samples, respectively) was not significantly larger than expected by random sampling (p value 0.58). On the contrary, the different sites had a site-specific core mycobiome (Additional file 17: Table S4) significantly larger than expected by random sampling (p value 3.2 × 10−4). These results suggest that geographical factors dominate the composition of the soil mycobiota that show a higher level of variability compared to bacteria, and that cultivation is not able to select a defined set of fungal species across different locations overcoming the differences due to geographical factors.
Bacterial and fungal richness vary with site and cultivation, and are correlated in a site-specific manner
The microbiome richness, or α-diversity, varied widely across locations, sites, and cultivation type (Additional file 18: Table S5 and Additional file 19: Table S6) for both bacteria and fungi (Fig. 3a, b respectively). We first tested the differences across the locations (Additional file 18: Table S5) and sampling sites (Additional file 19: Table S6) finding that in many cases the differences were significant. We then tested whether the microbiota richness was significantly different between the three cultures within the same sampling site. Despite the fact that samples from the vineyards had often a bacterial α-diversity significantly different from surrounding permanent grassland, we could not highlight an unambiguous effect of cultivation across all sites (Additional file 20: Table S7). For bacteria, in no case the P1 and P2 samples had significantly different richness (exceeding the 0.05 significance level), while in three cases the V samples have a significantly higher, and in one lower richness than the corresponding P1 samples (Additional file 20: Table S7). For fungi, in two cases, the α-diversity of the P2 samples were significantly different from the P1 samples, while in three cases, the V samples had a lower α-diversity than the corresponding P1 samples, and in one case higher (Additional file 20: Table S7).
Shannon entropy in the different sampling sites. a Bacteria. b fungi
To highlight the possible effects of competition between bacteria and fungi, we tested by linear modeling whether there was a correlation between the bacterial and fungal α-diversities in the same samples. We found that the correlation across all samples was negligible (adjusted R2 = -0.006, p value = 0.86, Additional file 21: Table S8). However, correlating the diversity indexes within each site the correlation was significant (adjusted R2 = 0.22, p value = 2.22*10−6, Additional file 22: Table S9). In most sites, the fungal α-diversity was negatively correlated with the bacterial α-diversity, with the exception of PT05 and PT12 both from the same area (Ala), where we found a positive correlation between bacterial and fungal α-diversity (R2 = 0.51, slope 0.91, p value = 0.0016, Additional file 23: Table S10 and R2 = 0.48, slope 0.64, p value = 0.0008, Additional file 24: Table S11, respectively). For the other sites, using a linear mixed-effect model where the intercept was treated as random variable, we obtained an estimated value of − 0.59 (p value = 0.002, Additional file 25: Table S12) for the slope of the correlation between the fungal and bacterial α-diversity.
Chemical characteristics of the soil partially explained the variability in richness
To identify soil features that have an impact on α-diversity, we built a random forest model including the texture (percentage of sand, silt, and clay) and chemical characteristics of the soil (absolute quantity of CaCO3, Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, soil organic matter, carbon-to-nitrogen ratio-C/N -, and pH). The model was able to account for 58.25% of the α-diversity variability for bacteria and archaea. The more relevant characteristics were the absolute quantity of CaCO3, the percentage of sand, and the percentage of silt, followed by the absolute quantities of Zn and Cu, and by pH. Differently from what recently found in global surveys [7, 12, 45], the effect of pH was moderate, probably due to the relatively small range of pH values sampled in the present study. By linear modeling, we found that the bacterial microbiome richness was significantly positively correlated (Additional file 7: Figure S7 and Additional file 26: Table S13) with CaCO3 and silt and negatively with sand, Cu, and Zn. The correlation with pH was not statistically significant.
For fungi, a random forest model explained only 19.89% of the variability of the α-diversity. The most relevant factor was the concentration of Cu, followed by the concentration of silt, Zn, total N, organic matter, and sand. A linear model showed that the concentration of Cu and Zn were negatively correlated to the α-diversity of the fungal microbiota (Additional file 8: Figure S8 and Additional file 27: Table S14). The correlations with silt, total N, organic matter, and sand were not statistically significant.
The characteristics of the soil had a large impact on the structure of the microbiota
We performed a maximal information coefficient analysis [42] at all taxonomic ranks to identify taxa that were sensitive to specific characteristics of the soil (Additional file 28: Table S15 and Additional file 29: Table S16, respectively). The characteristics of the soil correlated differently with different bacterial and fungal clades (Figs. 4, 5 and Additional file 9: Figure S9 and Additional file 10: Figure S10). The ratio between the relative abundances of bacteria and archaea was associated with all the measured quantities, with the exception of the C/N ratio and the concentration of Cd. In some cases (Additional file 11: Figure S11 and Additional file 28: Table S15), these associations correspond to non-zero values of Spearman’s rho (ρ = 0.54, MICe = 0.38 for the concentration of Cu and ρ = − 0.44, MICe = 0.37 for the relative abundance of sand, respectively), while in other cases, the Spearman’s rho was close to 0 (ρ = − 0.09, MICe = 0.22 for the relative abundance of clay). In general, the strongest associations (positive and negative, respectively) in 16S data are between the relative abundances of two bacterial families, namely, the family Verrucomicrobiaceae of the order Verrucomicrobiales [46] (ρ = 0.72, MICe = 0.51) that was positively correlated with the amount of silt, and the family Phyllobacteriaceae [47] of the order Rhizobiales (ρ = − 0.81, MICe = 0.58), that was negatively correlated with the concentration of Cu (Additional file 12: Figure S12 a and b, respectively).
Correlation between the concentration of metals and relative abundance of bacterial taxa. The size of the nodes is proportional to the relative abundance of the taxon, while the color indicates the strength of the association measured by the Spearman rho correlation coefficient. Only taxa that were present in more than 50% of the samples are shown. The labels for the taxa with the 25 strongest association (either positive are negative) are shown. The size of the nodes is proportional to the relative abundance of each taxon, while the color indicates the strength of the association measured by the Spearman ρ. The concentration of metals has a strong influence on bacterial taxa already at high taxonomic level. In particular, the relative abundance of Bacteria vs Archaea is strongly correlated with the concentration of Cu
Correlation between the concentration of metals and relative abundance of fungal taxa. The size of the nodes is proportional to the relative abundance of each taxon, while the color indicates the strength of the association measured by the Spearman ρ. Only taxa that are present in more than 50% of the samples are shown
For fungi, several clades were strongly correlated to the characteristics of the soil (Fig. 5 and Additional file 10: Figure S10). The strongest associations were between one OTU from the family Herpotrichiellaceae, that was negatively correlated with the relative amount of silt (ρ = − 0.80, MICe = 0.72) and positively with the relative amount of sand (ρ = 0.71, MICe = 0.55).
The composition of the bacterial microbiome correlates with geography, while fungal communities are dominated by cultivation type
To explore if differences in microbiome structure and composition correlate with sampling location and soil type, we computed the between-sample diversity (−diversity) using Bray-Curtis distance (Fig. 6). For bacteria, samples from the same location and type of soil generally clustered together (Fig. 6a). In addition, samples from both types of permanent grassland soil were closely related, with only one case in which a PERMANOVA test indicated a clear distinction (PT16, Additional file 29: Table S16) and two in which the test was marginally significant (p value = 0.01, PT05 and PT17). Differently, in all locations, the vineyard soils were clearly distinct from the corresponding permanent grassland soils (Additional file 29: Table S16). However, in most cases, samples from the same location formed well-defined groups and the distances between permanent grassland and vineyard samples from the same site were smaller than the distances between samples from different sites (Additional file 13: Figure S13).
a PCoA of the Bray-Curtis distance matrix for bacteria. The samples separated by location, site, and type. While samples from permanent grassland soils only rarely cluster with samples from different locations, vineyard samples from different locations in some cases are closely related (e.g., PT12-Ala, PT17-Mori, and PT13-S.Felice, and PT15-Ala, PT16-Besagno). b PCoA and of the Bray-Curtis distance matrix for fungi. While P1 and P2 samples from the same site form well defined, closely related groups, V samples still group together, but forming clusters that are usually clearly distinct from the corresponding P1 and P2 samples. See Additional file 29: Table S16
For fungi (Fig. 6b), samples from permanent grassland soils were closely related (with two exceptions, namely, PT01 and PT16, and one, PT17, for which the PERMANOVA test was marginally significant, i.e., p = 0.01, Additional file 29: Table S16), and were distinct from corresponding vineyard samples. However, in contrast with what was found for bacteria, a large fraction of the samples from the vineyards formed in a large group (Fig. 6b), samples from the same site were in most cases similar to the distances between samples from different sites (Additional file 13: Figure S13). These results suggest that soil usage has a stronger effect on the fungal component of the soil microbiota than on bacteria.
Despite growing interest, the global and local variability of soil microbial communities and the biotic and abiotic factors that drive their differentiation are still poorly understood. Even on the local scale, soil can be composed by a large number of different habitats, that range from the immediate surroundings of plant roots (the rhizosphere) to bulk soil, where factors essential for survival of microbial communities (including, for instance, oxygen, water or nutrient availability) can vary substantially on the millimeter to centimeter scale [7, 10].
Soil microbial communities are of particular relevance in grape cultivation, since soil microbiota has been shown to serve as a reservoir of microorganisms colonizing grapes [4], contributing to shape regional wine characteristics [48].
To characterize the impact of cultivation and of other environmental factors on soil microbial communities in vineyards, we profiled via deep amplicon sequencing the bacterial and fungal components of the microbiome of soils sampled from vineyards and from associated permanent grasslands situated in close proximity in 10 sites geographically located in 4 different areas in the Adige Valley. Consistently with previous results obtained on both cultivated and permanent grassland soils [9, 49], a large fraction of the microbiome of each sample was constituted by sequences from yet uncharacterized taxa, thus supporting the notion that the soil environment is still severely underrepresented in sequence databases [50]. At the OTU level, we found a high degree of variability across samples. Most of the bacterial OTUs were present in a small number of samples, and only a small number of core OTUs were shared by all samples. However, core OTUs were the dominant fraction of all the samples in terms of relative abundance, confirming earlier works [17] that have shown that approximately 500 bacterial phylotypes accounted for nearly half of the soil communities worldwide and supporting the recent finding that the bacterial diversity found on the local scale recapitulates what is found on the global scale [49]. The size of the core of shared bacterial OTUs increased significantly when we considered more homogenous samples, both in terms of geographical location or land use, showing that both dispersion limitations and agricultural practices influence the bacterial component of the bulk soil microbiota.
Surprisingly, we found that the variability of fungal communities followed patterns that were qualitatively different from what was found for bacteria. Using the ITS data from the same samples, we estimated that the core mycobiome was limited to less than 5 OTUs, accounting on average for approximately 15% of the sequences of each sample. Despite the relatively limited geographical range sampled in this study, these results are in striking agreement with the dominant role of a small number of taxa, in particular from the phylum Ascomycota, that has been highlighted by a global survey of soil samples [51]. In addition, we found that geographical location, but not land use, had an impact on determining the size of the core soil mycobiome, indicating the importance of spatial processes in structuring the biogeographic pattern of soil fungal communities [52] in accordance with what found in grape associated bacterial and fungal communities [53], and confirming that dispersal limitations play a crucial role in determining the diversity across fungal communities even on a local geographical scale [8].
This difference between bacteria and fungi, the two dominant components of the soil microbiome [7], likely reflects the general characteristics of the different dispersal behaviors of these two classes of organisms. It has been previously suggested that the distribution of fungi exhibit strong biogeographic patterns that could be driven by dispersal limitations [13, 54], while bacteria are believed to have weak biogeographical patterns. Our results support the idea that while a core set of phylotypes that dominate soil bacterial microbiota from the local to the global scale [17], for fungi the set of core phylotypes is much more limited both in terms of number and of relative abundance, and is dominated by generalist taxa that can be disseminated by wind [51]. Comparison of the microbial diversity between vineyards and associated permanent grasslands suggests that the impact of cultivation on soil microbiota strongly depends on specific characteristics of the soil and possibly of the land management. The absence of a deterministic trend induced by different uses of similar soils is consistent with earlier studies that have found no general impact on the bacterial richness of long-term land-use change [15] and of cropping system [55]. However, in other cases, an increase in soil bacterial richness was found after the conversion of forest to agriculture [56], suggesting that the effect of cultivation strongly depends on the nature of the soil and cultivation type. For fungi, agricultural intensification has been shown to be the cause of reduced connectivity of interaction networks [57]. Despite the caution that should be used when interpreting co-occurrence networks inferred from microbiome data [58], this is an indication that farming destabilizing fungal soil communities, selecting some species over others [59] and possibly leading to a general instability of the community [60].
Interestingly, we identified a widespread (8 out of 10 sampling locations) inverse correlation between the diversity of the bacterial and fungal components of the soil microbiota. The correlations between fungal and bacterial richness in environmental samples have not been studied in detail, and likely depend both on the specific characteristics of the environment under study and on general mechanisms of interactions between these two groups of organisms. The number of fungal and bacterial OTUs was positively correlated in a study of the dust-associated microbiome on the continental scale [61]. Other studies have shown that bacterial and fungal diversity correlate in an opposite way to latitude on the global scale [12], and with other environmental variables in soils in an alpine grassland ecosystem [62]. Recently, the correlation between antibiotic-resistance genes and the ratio between bacteria and fungi suggested a strong competition between the bacterial and fungal components of the microbiota through the production of antimicrobial substances from the latter [12]. The negative correlation between the fungal and bacterial diversity found here is consistent with a scenario where a diverse fungal community produces a range of antimicrobial molecules that in turn pose a strong selective pressure on bacteria [22]. Although definitive conclusions can be obtained only by correlating absolute abundances, and the fact that inferred microbial interactions can be biased by sample heterogeneity [63], our results highlight the role of fungal-bacterial interactions in determining the structure of the soil microbiota, suggesting that studies that aim at identifying the environmental factors that influence one of the two components should also take the other into account. The chemical and textural characteristics of soil partially determine the richness of the soil microbiota, and the link between the characteristics of the soil and the richness of the microbial communities is weaker for fungi than for bacteria. These results are consistent with earlier studies that have shown that the assembly of microbial communities is only partially determined by environmental conditions [54]. Individual taxa are influenced differently by physico-chemical characteristics of the soil, supporting the hypothesis that the microbiome structure can be manipulated [16].
Considering the between-samples variability, we found that the effect of land use on the structure and composition of the microbiome was especially strong for the fungal component, while for bacteria the geographical origin of the samples was the dominant factor. This result is in apparent contrast with the result that geography was the only relevant factor determining the size of the core of fungal species conserved across samples. However, the fungal component of the microbiota in samples from the vineyard was characterized by the presence of one OTU representing a large fraction of the sequences, distinguishing them from other samples without altering significantly the core size in terms of shared OTUs. This OTU was classified as a member of the Amphisphaeriaceae, a family of Ascomycota that includes both plant pathogens and endophytes [64, 65] and that has been shown to colonize grapevine wood [66] and survive to sterilization through hot water treatment [67]. This association with grapevine is probably the cause of the relatively high abundance of this fungus in vineyard samples, suggesting that the identity of the cultivated species, more than cultivation itself, has a strong influence on the fungal component of the soil microbiome.
Raw sequencing data are available at the European Nucleotide Archive (https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena) under the study id PRJEB31356.
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This work was funded by the “Provincia Autonoma di Trento” in the framework of “Accordi di Programma” (ADP P1611051I) and with the contribution of “Consorzio Vini del Trentino” (https://www.vinideltrentino.com/).
Emanuela Coller and Alessandro Cestaro contributed equally to this work.
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EC defined the experimental plan, carried out the sample collection, data analysis, and contributed to the manuscript. AC helped to define the experimental plan, carried out the sample collection, and contributed to the manuscript. RZ carried out the sample collection, the laboratory work, and contribute to the manuscript. DB, MP, and SL carried out the laboratory work. DA made the data analysis. EM defined the experimental plan and carried out the sample collection. CD defined the experimental plan, made the data analysis, and wrote the manuscript. All authors edited the manuscript and approved the final draft.
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Additional file 1: Figure S1. Schematic representation of sampling area. Each field was divided in 3 portions: the zone with grapevines (V) and two permanent grasslands, P1 and P2, respectively at 8 and 16 m from V; 6 replicates were made for each portion (black crosses). P1 and P2 represent portions of fields with a minimum human intervention, without tractors passage or chemical treatments, only mowing (twice per year). (JPG 231 kb)
Additional file 2: Figure S2. Geographical maps of sampling sites. The left panel reports all sampling sites compared to the whole Trentino-Alto Adige region, positions are then detailed in the right panel. The altitude respect to the sea level is represented as grayscale. “PT” prefix for sampling sites is omitted for sake of clarity. (JPG 735 kb)
Additional file 3: Figure S3. PCA of the chemical characteristics of the samples. (JPG 640 kb)
Additional file 4: Figure S4. a) Log2 Fold Change of bacterial OTUs with relative abundances significantly different between vineyards and associated uncultivated fields. b) Relative abundances of the top ten bacterial OTUs whose relative abundances change most significantly between vineyards and associated permanent grassland. Only Otus with more than 10 reads in 25% of the samples are shown. (JPG 2364 kb)
Additional file 5: Figure S5. a) Log2 Fold Change of fungal OTUs with relative abundances significantly different between vineyards and associated permanent grassland. b) Relative abundances of the top ten fungal OTUs whose relative abundances change most significantly between vineyards and associated permanent grassland. Only Otus with more than 10 reads in 25% of the samples are shown. (JPG 2076 kb)
Additional file 6: Figure S6. Size of the core bacterial a) amd fungal b) microbiome as a function of the number of samples. The red line is a power law fit. (JPG 360 kb)
Additional file 7: Figure S7. α-diversity of the bacterial microbiota as a function of the six most relevant features identified by random forest: CaCo3 (A), Sand (B), Silt (C), Zinc (D), Copper (E) and pH (F). The blue line is a maximum likelihood linear fit, the shaded area is the 95% confidence interval of the linear model. Parameters of the fit are reported in Additional file 26: Table S13. (JPG 934 kb)
Additional file 8: Figure S8. α-diversity of the fungal microbiota as a function of the six most relevant features identified by random forest: Copper (A), Silt (B), Zinc (C), Nitrogen (D), Organic matter (E), sand (F). The blue line is a maximum likelihood linear fit, the shaded area is the 95% confidence interval of the linear model. Parameters of the fit are reported in Additional file 27: Table S14. (JPG 922 kb)
Additional file 9: Figure S9. Correlation (Spearman rho) between the soil texture and chemical characteristics and the relative abundance of bacterial taxa. The size of the nodes is proportional to the relative abundance of the taxon, while the color indicates the strength of the association measured by the Spearman Rho correlation coefficient. Only taxa that are present in more than 50% of the samples are shown. (JPG 3518 kb)
Additional file 10: Figure S10. Correlation (Spearman rho) between the soil texture and chemical characteristics and the relative abundance of fungal taxa. The size of the nodes is proportional to the relative abundance of the taxon, while the color indicates the strength of the association measured by the Spearman Rho correlation coefficient. Only taxa that are present in more than 50% of the samples are shown. (JPG 3071 kb)
Additional file 11: Figure S11. Relative abundance of OTUs from the Kingdom Bacteria vs soil characteristics. Lines are loess smoothing of the data, shaded areas are the 95% confidence intervals around the smooth. (JPG 2712 kb)
Additional file 12: Figure S12. a) Relative abundance of the Family Phyllobacteriaceae as a function of the concentration of Cu. b) Relative abundance of the Family Verrucomicrobiaceae as a function of the concentration of Silt. The line is a loess smoothing of the data, and the shaded area is the 95% confidence interval. (JPG 726 kb)
Additional file 13: Figure S13. a) Boxplot of the Bray Curtis distances between the bacterial component of the microbiota of samples within the permanent grassland (P) and vineyard (V) soils and between vineyard and grassland soils (V vs P) for each site. b) same as a, across different sites. c) Same as a, for fungi. d) Same as b, for fungi. (JPG 47 kb)
Additional file 14: Table S1. Main features of sample fields (A and B). All samples were from vineyards of Adige valley in Trentino region and sampled the very same day (July the 12th of 2017). Legend. V = vineyard, P1 = grassland at 8 m from V, P2 = grassland at 16 m from V (see also Additional file 1: Figure S1). Loc. Name = Location Name, Trellis sys. = Trellis system, m asl = meters at sea level. (DOCX 15 kb)
Additional file 15: Table S2. Results of the Deseq analysis of bacterial taxa significantly differentially abundant in vineyard vs permanent grassland (P1 and P2 are considered together) samples for 16S data. (XLSX 53 kb)
Additional file 16: Table S3. Results of the Deseq analysis of fungal taxa significantly differentially abundant in vineyard vs permanent grassland (P1 and P2 are considered together) samples for ITS data. (XLSX 22 kb)
Additional file 17: Table S4. The site-specific core microbiome for Bacteria and Archaea, and Fungi. (DOCX 14 kb)
Additional file 18: Table S5. Pairwise comparison of location α-diversity measured by the Shannon Entropy for bacteria A) and fungi B) using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test, FDR corrected. Highlighted in bold values below the significance threshold of 0.05. (DOCX 14 kb)
Additional file 19: Table S6. Pairwise comparison of site α-diversity measured by the Shannon Entropy for bacteria a) and fungi b) using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test, FDR corrected. Comparisons are ordered by sampling area (PT13 is the only sample from S. Felice area). Highlighted in bold values below the significance threshold of 0.05 while light gray shade enlight comparisons inside the same area. (DOCX 17 kb)
Additional file 20: Table S7. Average differences of the α-diversity of bacterial and fungal communities measured by the Shannon entropy between the Vineyards and P1 samples for each site. Statistically significant contrasts are highlighted in bold. While for bacteria in no case the P1 and P2 samples have significantly different richness, for fungi, in two cases the α-diversity of the P2 samples are significantly different from the P1 samples (higher in PT16 and lower in PT17, p-values 0.00116 and 0.040, respectively). (DOCX 14 kb)
Additional file 21: Table S8. Linear model correlating the the bacterial and fungal α-diversities in all sites. (DOCX 14 kb)
Additional file 22: Table S9. Linear model correlating the the bacterial and fungal α-diversities, stratified by site. (DOCX 14 kb)
Additional file 23: Table S10. Linear model correlating the the bacterial and fungal α-diversities for PT05. (DOCX 13 kb)
Additional file 25: Table S12. Linear mixed effect model correlating the the bacterial and fungal α-diversities for all sites except PT05 and PT12. Intercept is a treated as a random effect, slope as a fixed effect. (DOCX 13 kb)
Additional file 26: Table S13. Parameters of the linear models in Additional file 6: Figure S6 modeling the richness of bacterial microbiota (Shannon entropy) against the chemical characteristics of the soil. (DOCX 14 kb)
Additional file 27: Table S14. Parameters of the linear models in Additional file 7: Figure S7 modeling the richness of fungal microbiota (Shannon entropy) against the chemical characteristics of the soil. (DOCX 14 kb)
Additional file 28: Table S15. Taxa significantly correlated with chemical and physical characteristics of the soil from 16S data and ITS data. (XLSX 654 kb)
Additional file 29: Table S16. PERMANOVA results for the distinction between P1 and P2 (left) and P1 + P2 and V (right) for bacteria and fungi. In the P1 + P2 vs V comparison the P1 and P2 samples were considered together. Significant p-values (p < 0.01) are marked in bold. (DOCX 14 kb)
Coller, E., Cestaro, A., Zanzotti, R. et al. Microbiome of vineyard soils is shaped by geography and management. Microbiome 7, 140 (2019) doi:10.1186/s40168-019-0758-7
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How many players? One or many?
TinklePit
Post subject: How many players? One or many?
All of the boxed games - Myst 1-5, Uru ABM, etc - had one thing in common; they were written for a single player who played alone. All of the puzzles and experiences were scaled in that direction.
But when Uru Live opened up something different happened. Many, if not most, of the enthusiastic players got together in the forums and basically played as a team. Combining all their effort, they were able to blast through the game in record time. Cyan would spend a couple of months developing a new age and puzzle, but the Hive community would run through it in less than an hour.
If a Hive Mind is going to be playing MOULagain, then it would be nice if puzzles could be written with that in mind; a puzzle which would require many people thinking about it in order to find the solution. This is not the same as requiring ten players to stand on ten switch plates in order for the door to open. A single player can figure that puzzle out. What is needed are puzzles which would be impossible for a single person to figure out, but which could be solved by hundreds of people each poking at it in different directions.
What would puzzles like this look like? There was actually a game out several years ago which was written specifically for the Hive Mind. It was called Perplex City. You can find my review of it here:
http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/Pe ... xCity.shtm
Go about two thirds down the review to the section titled The Detective Mystery. Forget about it being an Alternate Reality Game and focus on the puzzles.
The beautiful thing about puzzles like this is that they can be used anywhere. Perplex City was an ARG which took place on the Internet. But we could create similar puzzles and place them into D'ni. The key would be to create puzzles which require extreme knowledge of the D'ni world, but which require minimum modification of the game's engine or graphics. We would want to spend no more than two months to create an adventure that would take the Community at least two months to complete.
So, is anyone up for this? I just barely got back in today and have not read all the threads. Is someone already working on something like this? Or would anybody like to jump in with me to start designing some games worthy of The Hive?
Google "Tinkle Pit" to find its hidden meaning.
Deledrius
Location: Jurupa Valley, CA USA
Not everyone playing Uru is playing it for the same reasons, or in the same way. The hard part is trying to design puzzles and other gameplay that please those different groups, not just one of them.
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Skotte
I love perplex City. It was a terrific experience. The intersection of Uru and Perplex City was that they both invited players to discover an alien civilization, developing all sorts of art and culture in a unified space. Where Perplex City was only an ARG (Alternate Reality Game), Uru is an MMOARG (Massively Multiplayer Online Alternate Reality Game). Perplex City was played in slow trickles, whenever updates were posted, and Uru could be logged into and played any time at all.
Making a puzzle set which meets the kind of 24-hour demand which Uru is necessarily capable of would be tricky. I think it would require, as a minimum, a broad range of puzzles, in a wide breadth of skill levels. Perplex City solved this issue handily enough by allowing players 8 different levels of difficulty in puzzle cards, which were released in 4 waves (most of the individual puzzles themselves were solved fFairly quickly).
Taking a look at other systems, games like World of Warcraft tend to be successful because they offer a constant level grind. There is always something an individual may do to raise some level of something. Puzzle building is extremely simple fFor the developers, in this case, because they simply place a start point, and end point, and a set of simple tasks using established game conventions. I mention this not to suggest that Uru should be more like WoW, but because I think the lesson here is that simple, repetitive tasks can be very appealing to some players, and make fFor good progress indicators.
Towards the end of the MOUL life the fFirst time around, there was a very big, herculean task, put to the global community at large. We were asked to help purify the lake. A gauge was placed at the docks, and progress could (theoretically) be measured as more people dropped their fFully baked pellets into the lake, which should purify and start glowing more brightly. This was a terrific example of what Uru can do. The problems here are simple. 1) there was very little incentive to accomplish the task, other than a vague promise that we might see the lake "come to life." 2) no actual progress was ever observed, and the gauge was declared broken and quietly removed. I have not actually had time to involve myself in MOULa, so I don't know if this sort of thing exists now.
I think, what I often fFeel when exploring Uru, is a sense that we should be *exploring,* not simply wandering. The DRC could release new content, but there is no real connection to what the DRC was doing, and what the explorers were able to do. I have come to fFeel like it would be very nice if we, as explorers, could advance the reconstruction process, it would have fFelt less like we were tourists looking at wallpaper, and more like we were involved in uncovering a lost civilization.
I wrote a nice set of ideas over on unfiction, some while ago. Generally, the ideas do not expressly address your question, but I see some relevance, I would say. The point here, I guess, is this: involve the players in new and interesting ways, and we will be delighted to be involved. Allow us to "help uncover the cultural mystery" and -- some of us, anyway -- will be thrilled to take part.
I was just thinking of something else. Something which maybe approaches your question, in some way. You started by voicing the concern that the explorers solve every problem very rapidly. Which is sensible enough. But the thing is: Not all problems are rapidly solved by all people. Some of them might be, maybe. I suspect it is the case, however, that most people don't hop through every puzzle right away. I was just wandering around the cavern, thinking about how many tasks I need to complete, and how much time it will take, and how I completely don't remember where anything is in the cavern. =) It will take some time to do the existing tasks, and new tasks will take a fFair lob of time on time of that.
I guess I'm saying, don't worry too much about the connection between "one person" solving a puzzle, and "everyone" having the puzzle solved. People like to look at Alternate Reality Games, and the collective detective, and observe that anything can be accomplished. Which is theoretically true. but in reality, what we see is just one or two people who have a broad spectrum of skills, one or two people who have very specific skills, and a lot of other people who stand back and applaud. Group theory says you will always have a small number of active participants, a larger number passive participants, and a vast majority of innocent bystanders. That doesn't mean you're doing it wrong because you see a lot of rapid actions by a dozen people: that's just about what you will always see.
I recall when Minkata was unveiled, and a fFew people had it rapidly worked out, but I stared at the diagrams trying to make sense of it and eventually wound up scraping the "hints" and solving it on my own. That certainly didn't make it not fFun fFor me. Minkata is one of my fFavorite ages, I think. (That and eder delin, which requires a dozen people to solve, and is my actual fFavorite age to hang out in.)
Dekar
Location: Tampa, Florida
Honestly I feel most of the things in URU that could be considered ARG don't come from the game it self, they come from the community. We found ways to put ourselves into the game's fiction, in a big way through the player run counterparts to the D'ni's guilds. That wasn't some requirement for the game to be played it's part of what the players contribute. Considering Uru never had a SOLID and definite start, I imagine it would be hard to plan things around that community interaction, but now that it has been so well formed and seasoned, I cant imagine this would be an idea left idle. Heck, isn't Tweek running some site with a little secret going on?
It's really not any fault on the puzzles, because like someone else here said, they have to be made for EVERYONE to be able to do, not just the ones who want to arg.
MOULagain Ki # 01675069
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:45 am
People seem to be taking this as an either/or suggestion. It isn't. It's a "Don't leave us out." plea.
Cyan is releasing Uru as open source. So who is going to develop new ages? Who is going to design new story lines? Who is going to design new puzzles? Not Cyan. We are.
Is there a person anointed by Cyan to lead all the future design? I don't think so and I don't this it would matter if there was. Open Source means open to everyone.
Again, forget the ARG bit. That was just the environment Perplex City was set in. It has nothing to do with Uru. It is the class of puzzle complexity that we can learn from.
Is D'ni so limited that there is no room for side stories? Once an Age is completed, is it so limited that no further story can be told from it?
I am not The Anointed Developer. But I do have a bit of creativity hiding in here somewhere. What I am asking is whether there are any others out there would like to develop a higher level adventure to add to the Uru universe. Ideally, it would take place within the current content and would require minimum modifications. It should not take more than a month to implement, but take several months to play. It should not drag the new content creators away from building new ages.
We are now responsible for the future of Uru. Everyone has the choice of contributing to its development or simply enjoying the work of others. There is nothing wrong with that.
I have indicated what I would like to contribute, but I dare not attempt it alone. Anything I came up with by myself would be flat and limited. But working together with others not otherwise occupied could spark something special.
So I ask the question again, "Is anyone else out there interested in brainstorming something like this?" If so, shoot me an email at r c w a s h at v e r i z o n dit n e t.
Be seeing you.
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The Collector Car Market Can Be Inefficient Sometimes
by Mike Gulett –
Classic car dealers and auction companies can play a valuable role in bringing together willing sellers and buyers as long as the seller and buyer are comfortable paying the required fees.
There are cases of collector car dealers buying from auctions and re-selling the cars. There are cases of dealers buying from other dealers and re-selling the cars. And there are cases of dealers selling, or trying to sell, through an auction. Is it an efficient market for there to be two middle men between the individual seller and the final new individual buyer? How about three middle men?
Apollo GT No. 1004, shown here, has had a difficult time finding a new individual owner even with the help of two dealers and an auction company.
I first saw this Apollo for sale at Hyman Ltd. in St. Louis last year. Then it was at the Mecum Auction in Arizona in March 2019 where it was a no sale at a high bid of $130,000.
Now it is for sale at a dealer in Pontiac, Michigan, LBI Limited, for $175,000.
If it did not sell recently at a high bid of $130,000 at a big auction like Mecum why would it sell for $175,000 now? At least the potential buyer would not have to pay the auction commission (10%) from a dealer but the dealer mark up can equal or exceed that amount.
If an end user buyer cannot be found then likely the price is too high. With multiple middle men the price goes up and does not help sell the car and it does not help the market for that model. Maybe the seller should have taken the $130,000 at the Mecum auction?
It is possible this Apollo was on consignment at Hyman, is now on consignment at LBI Limited, is still with the owner who took it to the Mecum auction who is holding out for a price beyond what the market will support now. Or maybe not.
Read more about the Apollo GT here.
Photos of Apollo GT No. 1004 are compliments of Mecum Auctions.
If an end user buyer cannot be found then likely the price is too high. With multiple middle men the price goes up and does not help sell the car.
Filed Under: Classic Cars Tagged With: Apollo GT, Car Values, Hyman Ltd., LBI Limited, Mecum Auctions
Chris Auty says
Once again Mike, you bring up a good point. I think the auctions and Classic Car dealer prices help bring attention and general valuation trends to the relative values for individual cars. This in turn, helps establish a baseline expectation for both buyers and sellers. I myself always prefer to deal directly with a private owner when purchasing a car. I feel quite certain that a knowledgable buyer will not only find a nicer car at a better price but that the owner is much more accommodative knowing the future destiny of his vehicle.
Concorso Italiano in 2013 featured the Apollo GT. I think I have photos of Apollo #1004 from that day – here is one:
Glenn Krasner says
From all my great car magazines and websites that I look at, I see a very common problem. An owner will buy a car, and then invest a tremendous amount of money restoring it to concours level, and then they will try to sell it at a price that exceeds the collector car market value of the car, to try to recoup the cost of the car and its restoration costs. The value of many cars in the collector car market is often determined by the volume of cars produced, that is why Shelby Cobras and Ferrari GTOs always get high money at auction. However, hundreds of thousands of Mustangs and other muscle cars were produced each year in the mid to late ’60s, most of which have a collector car market value of between $25,000 to $50,000, based on condition. You would not believe how many times I will see a muscle car owner claim he has spent over $100.000 restoring an old muscle car, and then asking for a price close to that amount, while the car will NEVER exceed a collector car market value of $50,000 or $60,000. They are basically asking the new buyer to pay for their foolish mistake!!!! Glenn in the Bronx, NY.
A good argument for buying a car already restored. But then sometimes you find out at some point the owner was told by the painter “I can’t get the exact shade you wanted to match the original paint shade but I got one close,” and then it loses value for the purist. Then you come to the opposite end of the stick where the car is “As Found” not having moved under it”s own power for 20, 30 or 50 years but at least there’s clues to the original paint and interior. Think of how swell that is more the seller–not a dime spent on restoration but he or she still makes a great profit. But that only occurs in rare models with a documented pedigree, not too many owners, and factory invoices to show it was delivered with the paint, upholstery, engine, gearbox, etc. you see before you.
Muscle cars are tricky because, in most cases, they started out with the same chassis and body as the mass produced ones which makes it easier for a con man to conjure up a fake. Not so easy in cars like the Ferrari 275 GTB Competitizione where the entire body is different than the regular 275GTB. It would probably cost half a million to make a fake one.
Philip says
Mike, I understand your concern that dealers are the catalyst for accelerating the value. Obviously, they do take advantage of a hot market and attempt to profit as much as they can. I’ve seen dealer buy a car at an auction for $34k and then sell it to another dealer on their way out of the auction for just a $2k dollars profit. I sold a Maserati to a dealer at Concorso for $74k who in turn sold it to another dealer who finally sold it to the end user for $90k. That all happened in less than 4 weeks during the hot market of 2014. Had the private buyer purchased the Maserati from me he would have had his car for about 20% less than what he paid. Both dealers obviously knew that there was some meat left on the bone and took advantage. I don’t fault them for what they do, I just blame them for “hijacking” good/fair deals and maximizing their resale values.
Frederick says
I agree with many of the answers above but an additional hint at the current situation is the following: as the customer base for classic car is getting bigger, the market is still “atomized”, spread with a great amount of different channels, events, auctions, restorers, so called classic car professionals and so on… Plus, our classic cars have travelled the globe over their existence and sell/purchase channels are very different from a country to another making it even more difficult to establish an heterogenous picture. In such an anarchy, like the street grass, some dealers grow their own business between the big houses (established auction houses, renown restorers, certified consultants, “polo Storico” or “Classiche” programs by manufacturers). such dealers, classic cars “flippers”, tend to occupy the empty space. Being optimist, I think it is a symptom of the growth of the classic car enthusiasts population and the fact that the market will regulate itself, slowly, by getting access to established rules and certified instruments for evaluation and transactions. This Apollo is beautiful and deserves the right owner, the one willing to pour some extra bucks to bring it in his/her collection!
Although there is some signs that the youngins comin’ up don’t like cars, I think there’s big potential for more classic car customers in markets not developed yet; emerging groups of multi-millionaires in the silicon valleys of America who, on their way up the ladder, were too busy to pay attention to cars but who now want to celebrate their success. Sometimes it takes a stirring movie to awaken them to the excitement of cars which is why I think if the $100 million dollar film Ford v. Ferrari is boffo at the box office (debuts Nov. 15th), more nouveau riche will send out the order “Get me one of those Cobras…”
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World’s Worst Trekkie: Carlie Takes On “Space Seed”
Posted on November 29, 2018 by mygeekblasphemy
Mekaela and I have been binging Brooklyn Nine-Nine pretty much nonstop (seriously, it’s INSANE how fast we’ve gone through four seasons), so Star Trek has kinda fallen by the wayside lately. Recently, however, we did watch one episode that I’ve been looking forward to checking out since we started this TOS-watch.
Buckle up, kids: it’s the KHAN EPISODE.
There will be SPOILERS for this episode and probably the Star Trek franchise in general. You’ve been warned.
WHAT GOES DOWN, BASICALLY
The Enterprise comes across the Botany Bay, a derelict space ship from the 1990’s–you know, back when the Eugenics War (AKA, Earth’s third and last world war) took place. I’m sure you remember it: 1992-1996, right between Step by Step and Daria. Anyway, there are faint life signs on the Botany Bay, so Kirk leads an away team over to investigate. Unhappily along for the ride is Lt. Marla McGivers, ship’s historian, amateur painter, and crushing blow to my feminist spirit.
The away team finds roughly 70 or so people sleeping in suspended animation. The commander himself is so damn handsome that McGivers can’t focus on anything but his hot body. This commander, of course, is Khan Noonien Singh, who our heroes wake up when they discover that his pod is malfunctioning. They bring him back to the Enterprise, where we eventually discover that not only is Khan a genetically enhanced “super man,” he was the last (and best) of the Earth tyrants to be overthrown. Naturally, Khan wakes all of his sleeping comrades and takes over the ship with the help of McGivers, who has been so quickly seduced by his old school negging and alpha man prowess that she’s sacrificed her career, betrayed her whole crew, and–oh yeah–committed treason, just to help out some dude she’s known for approximately ten minutes.
McGivers can’t quite watch Khan murder anyone, though–presumably, due to her weak, womanly heart–so she rescues Kirk before he can be executed. Then our captain fights our villain in a manly brawl–naturally–and pulls off an extremely unlikely defeat. Afterwards, Kirk decides that he’ll maroon Khan and his people on Ceti Alpha V, rather than putting them in a reorientation center. (Apparently, that would be a waste?) And rather than face a court martial, McGivers decides to go with him, which Khan is surprisingly chill with; he just quotes some Milton and saunters off.
At least, until 1982. Khan’s decidedly less chill then.
Before I say anything else, let me say this: Ricardo Montalban is fantastic as Khan.
In fact, I like him here considerably more than I remember liking him in the second film. (Pipe down, Trekkies, I don’t think he’s bad in Wrath of Khan, just . . . like . . . he’s a bit campy, right? I mean, that movie’s got some serious camp. Most heartbreaking scene of all time, absolutely, but also? CAMP.) Here, Montalban is charismatic as hell. I wish he wasn’t playing a Sikh man, but you know. At least Khan’s not being played by a white dude yet? (Oh, Into Darkness, how you have failed us in so many ways.) Anyway, Montalban has a ton of presence here, and I can absolutely see why Nicholas Meyer tapped him to return as a villain on the big screen.
It’s not just that Lt. Marla McGivers is the kind of female character that only a dude would write. It’s not just that she apparently falls madly in love with Khan before he’s even opened his mouth, or how she becomes even more irresistibly attracted to him once he insults her appearance, creepily changing her hair to suit his own preferences rather than her comfort. It’s not even the scene where Khan a) angrily pushes McGivers away after she rejects his embrace, b) insists she ask his permission to stay in the room, and c) painfully squeezes her hand so hard that she’s forced to her knees, all while demanding, “Open your heart to me. Will you open your heart?” It absolutely is all those things, but it’s also this: we’ve already done this sexist bullshit story.
Take away the eugenics, add a little psychic wonder, and we’re basically back to “Where No Man Has Gone Before.” Consider this: Dr. Elizabeth Denner falls for Evil Asshole Gary Mitchell. Why? Who knows? That’s how fast it happens. Her passionate love for him (and her belief that he’s become a superior being, the next step in evolution) keeps her from acting even remotely professional. She quickly decides to abandon her career (and, presumably, family and friends) so that she can remain on a deserted planet with this guy for the rest of her life. Shit, she even does the same heel-face turn when Mitchell tries to kill Kirk. (Because we can betray our captains, no problem, but surely *gasp* not KILL them.) And yeah, there are differences here: McGiver’s facing a court martial, Denner isn’t; Denner dies at the end, McGivers doesn’t–at least, not until the 15-year interim between this episode and Wrath of Khan, that is.
Still, in the immortal words of Jed Bartlett: “It’s the same old crap all over again.” And with each and every episode, that’s becoming more and more disheartening. Don’t get me wrong: I wasn’t under any illusions that a TV show made by men in the 60’s was going to conform to my ideals of feminism today, like, I expected shit like this. I just didn’t expect so much of it.
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Here’s my question after watching this episode: have men been freaking out about the death of masculinity since, like, the beginning of time? Like, I assumed that whole “men aren’t allowed to act like Real Men anymore because of PC culture grumble grumble” was a modern day invention, but that’s basically Khan’s whole deal in a nutshell, right? Considering he’s the bad guy, you’d think “Space Seed” would be a celebration of this futuristic “we try and treat people with respect and, also, not commit genocide” world, but honestly, I’m not so sure. Obviously, the speed with which McGivers falls in love with Khan is patently ridiculous, but I wonder if it doesn’t also speak to some male anxiety–and common false perception–that all women are irresistibly attracted to assholes, and if they wanna get a lady, they better start channeling their Inner Caveman right quick.
Bones is an absolutely badass in this episode. When Khan wakes up and holds a knife to his throat, does Bones freak out? Hell, no. He’s just all, “Well, either choke me or cut my throat; make up your mind.” Also? “It would be most effective if you cut the carotid artery just under the left ear.” It’s pretty great. Bones is definitely my MVP in this episode. (Probably because Sulu isn’t even in it.)
Sulu Watch: Let’s just assume he’s practicing more bare-chested fencing in his quarters. Also, some light botany.
Bones does back Khan up unnecessarily, though, like, I’m all for doctors advocating on their patients’ behalf, but seriously, if you’re up for reading tech manuals that are 200-years ahead of your time, you’re up for answering a few questions like “where are you from” and “did you happen to commit any genocides in your day?”
Also, possibly we should stop giving strangers blueprints for how to complete hostile takeovers?
Honestly, I’m pretty surprised Khan lets McGivers go with them, considering her betrayal is why their mutiny fails in the first place. More importantly, absolutely nothing happens in this episode which convinces me that Khan would become mad with vengeance years down the road. Like, he honestly seems pretty cool with getting dumped on a hunk of shitty space rock. You know, cause, it’s his shitty space rock. And as far as avenging his lady love McGivers, goes . . .
HA! I’m supposed to think Khan gives a shit about McGivers? Yeah, no. I don’t buy that bullshit for a second.
It’s been a few years since I’ve last seen Wrath of Khan, but one of the things I specifically remember about it is the film’s Battle of the Books: Kirk’s A Tale of Two Cities versus Khan’s Moby Dick. So, I was pleased to see Khan make a John Milton reference, not because I’m particularly pro-Milton (I read Paradise Lost once, six years ago, and remember almost nothing about it), but because I was excited to see that Kirk and Khan’s literary feud had even more literary references in its origin.
I’m mildly surprised that there are women among Khan’s small army of genetically modified warriors. I’d be more pumped about it if I didn’t highly suspect that the ladies were mostly around for breeding purposes.
I’m still waiting for Uhura to have plot-relevant things to do; in this episode, she’s mostly just around to get slapped by one of Khan’s soldiers. OTOH, she does have a pretty great “how dare you touch me, you ASSHOLE” look on her face after he does so. Which I found pretty fulfilling, even if she does have to immediately duck her head in horror when Khan (incorrectly) announces that Kirk is dead. Uhura also gets a tiny moment of background greatness when she watches Spock and Bones bicker back and forth, obviously amused.
I love the scene where Spock’s discomfited by Kirk, Bones, and Scotty’s admiration of Khan, though I’m trying to decide if I find it IC or OOC. On one hand, Spock definitely strikes me as a Dude of Principle, and I really enjoy his quietly astonished “gentlemen” when the other guys begin seemingly praising a genocidal dictator. On the other hand, it also seems to me that the logical guy would be the one to admire a dude’s strengths even as he stands against him; it’s the emotional people, you’d think, who’d be unwilling to see anything exemplary in a man so totally evil.
First Time We’ve Seen: Well, Khan, obviously. But more importantly, Bones doesn’t like transporters! Finally! I have been waiting for this cranky old man’s space phobias!
FASHION REPORT: When it comes to Khan cosplay, almost everyone focuses on his costumes from the movie, but there are some delightful gems in this episode, too. Like his hypersleep suit, which appears to be some kind of gold bondage gear covered by equally gold netting that’s reminiscent of Aquaman. His hospital gown, of sorts, is actually a light blue jumpsuit that stops short at the knees; it also has a deep, deep V that ends at his waist. His fancy dinner outfit, meanwhile, is a gold patterned robe with another deep V; his hair tie, you’ll be relieved to know, is also a matching gold. I’m obsessed with all of this.
Kirk records commendations for his bridge officers before he passes out and loses control of his ship. That’s nice. He’s a considerate boss, sometimes.
There’s a lot of outstanding dialogue in this episode. All of Bones’s “call me Dr. Badass” lines, obviously. I rather like when Spock’s all, “I’m surprised to see you, Captain, though pleased,” when Kirk turns out to be alive. I’m also a big fan of this exchange:
“Care to join the landing party, Doctor?”
“Well, if you’re actually giving me a choice–”
Still, I think Line of the Episode will have to go to a different exchange between Bones and Kirk. Because it’s both amusing and gloriously cheesy, all at the same time:
LINE OF THE EPISODE
“He’ll live.”
“Oh, no, I’m good, but not that good. There’s something inside this man that refuses to accept death.”
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Crystal Springs Resort: Two NJ Hotels Host Mountains of Family Fun
2/20/18 - By Jaime Sumersille
Sometimes, it's all about the location when you travel. Exploring new areas of your state or country are exciting. But other times, it's all about the amenities. When you pack two sister resorts full of skiing, snow adventures, water play, and spa options, there's really no need to go past the grounds—which is the case with Crystal Springs Resort in northern New Jersey.
Read on to discover everything you need to know about Grand Cascades Lodge and Minerals Hotel, and if they're right for your family.
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You'll find Crystal Springs Resort located in the picturesque Kittatinny Mountain range of northern New Jersey. Its two properties, the Grand Cascades Lodge and Minerals Hotel, boast a variety of amenities for families, couples, and group getaways. They're set a mere three miles apart.
With its lush tropical foliage the Biosphere Pool at Grand Cascades Lodge truly seems like a world away from home, especially in the winter.
Grand Cascades Lodge
As you approach the stone facade of Grand Cascades and enter the Adirondack-style lodge, you can't help but feel like you should have ski gear on. We don't ski, but that didn't stop us for visiting this luxurious resort for three days in late December. Instead we sat by the roaring fireplace near the entryway, a welcoming spot that served as a good meeting point for our group throughout our stay. High ceilings, massive dark wood beams, and hilly mountaintop views immediately put you in a "lodgey" state of mind.
We opted for a one bedroom suite, equipped with a living room, fireplace, balcony, full kitchen, free-standing Jacuzzi tub, and quite possibly my favorite amenity: a washer/dryer. It was only $30 more per night compared to a regular room. Not having to do all that dirty laundry when we got home made it worth every extra penny. The suite also offers separate sleeping quarters for the parents and kids, which meant a little more privacy and no tiptoeing around beds in the pitch dark. Now that's a family vacation win!
Go for hike or take a leisurely walk on the on the sprawling and scenic grounds. Photo by the author
The grounds are sprawling, so be ready to walk. There is a small arcade, and on Saturday afternoons there is a free show. We saw two different interactive animal presentations. Bonus: There was FREE craft beer and wine tasting in the room right next door. There was also someone making balloon creations for free. In the evening, we chose the buffet, which also offered a magic show. We notified the concierge that we were celebrating my son's birthday and they involved him in the show! It was an incredible, memorable experience.
The highlight of our stay was definitely the biosphere, an indoor pool complex complete with an aquarium and caves. We explored and had so much fun in the waterfalls while waiting for the 140-foot waterslide to open at 10am. The unique glass enclosure really made you feel like you were outdoors. And ironically enough, outdoor access was just a dip away! We stepped through a car wash-style door and there we were, steaming among the snow and mountains in the hot springs pool. The kids couldn't get enough of this outdoor spot in the icy weather. I'm sure it's a dream come spring and summer, too!
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Swimming outside in the winter snow pool is a huge hit with kids!
Minerals Hotel
A few miles down the road and accessible by car or resort shuttle, Minerals Hotel is a recreation-rich facility, perfect for the sports/fitness enthusiasts. We caught the last portion of a kids racquetball match and then headed into the basketball court for some archery tag (foam heads, not spears!). There is also an indoor track, three indoor/outdoor pools, hot tubs, and a children's water play ground in the summer. Note: Some activities cost extra.
Not to be outdone by the Grand Cascades biosphere, Minerals boasts a large indoor pool that also connects to an outdoor hot spring. This glass-and-beams-enclosed pool area was larger than Grand Cascades and did not have a slide but was equally fun. There is also a sauna and steam room to chase away the chills.
Because we were guests of Grand Cascades, we had full use of the Minerals grounds/pools. But it's not vice-versa. Evening entertainment, including game shows, illusionists, magicians, and more is FREE when you stay at Minerals, which offers deluxe, luxury, and presidential suites.
Take a horseback ride on the beautiful trails.
Adventure Center
Between both accommodations, there is year-round, four-season fun, including fishing, paddle boarding, hiking, archery, golf, kayaking, and more. While horseback riding trails are available, complimentary pony rides are hosted by both resorts on Saturdays. In the winter, skiing, snowboarding, and tubing activities are just a quick jaunt down the road at Mountain Creek, and a lift ticket is even included in some packages. Mountain Creek excursions also include an adventure ropes course, zip line, and full water park in the summer. The concierge was more than wiling to help us book any activity and offered spot-on advice for our family's stay.
Simple yet delicious American cuisine, like steak and potatoes are on the menu at Kites American Grille.
With nine restaurants between the two resorts, plus the option of cooking and eating in your suite, there is no need to go off-resort to dine. At Minerals, Kites American Grille is your best bet, with a separate kids' menu that even includes a gooey Nutella sandwich. They have fun desserts and give the kids crayons to keep busy while waiting.
At Grand Cascades, the buffet-dinner-plus-a-show is a family's best bet. It includes unlimited trips and the kid-friendly foods are separate. For a sit-down option, Crystal Tavern has American-style fare that's fancy enough for the adults and plain Jane enough for the kids. It offers separate kids' menus for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It's also ideal for its small-plate style offerings, which means more tasting options. Got a sitter? Hit up Latour, a four-star restaurant with an award-winning chef, which has been profiled numerous times, including by The New York Times.
Not to be overlooked is the cafe at the Grand Cascades biosphere for its quick bites, such as sandwiches, salads, and gelato.
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Hit the nearby ski slopes in the winter or the zip line in the summer.
If you're planning a stay, two nights is ideal to fully utilize both resorts. If you're hitting the slopes, possibly even three days. Peruse the package offers. I did the math and one of them turned out to be well worth it for our family. Arrive early and let the bellhops hold your stuff. Fill a backpack with some necessities and get exploring. Or hit the mountain for snow fun. We roamed the grounds, saw a mini show, had balloon hats made, and went for a quick swim all before our room was even ready. The locker rooms were ideal for our needs, shuffling in-between locations. They even had those lovely bathing-suit-water-extraction devices so you weren't carrying around sopping wet clothes! The kids, of course, opted to use the lodge robes to walk to/from the biosphere. It created quite the Home Alone-esque scene.
Unless noted, photos courtesy of the resort
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Do LaB Unveils Musical Lineup for Coachella 2019
The renowned experience creators and immersive art leaders, Do LaB, announced the 2019 musical lineup for their famed bohemian oasis at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 12-14 & 19-21. Over the past 15 years, Do LaB has brought their colorful transcendental environments to the polo fields and has evolved into an essential facet to the overall Coachella experience.
Continuing its goal of bringing the more avant-garde shades of electronic music to Coachella, Do LaB has compiled a who’s who collection of greats and rising stars alike with a back to back set by house sensation Pete Tong and a surprise guest, Australian house selector Sonny Fodera, tech house power-player Latmun, DIRTYBIRD staples like Justin Jay, Escapade (Walker & Royce + Ardalan) and many more.
Do LaB stage will also explore the more experimental sides of electronic music with genre-busting talent like Mr. Carmack, Jurassic 5’s own DJ Nu-Mark, The Funk Hunters, YUNG BAE, Bleep Bloop, Shlump, Madam X, and many more.
Fans should prepare for the unexpected as Do LaB has a history of surprising fans with unannounced sets from industry leading talent. Past surprises have included the likes of Skrillex, Richie Hawtin, Major Lazer, Bob Moses, Bonobo, RÜFÜS DU SOL, The Glitch Mob and more.
Here is Weekend One’s lineup:
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Dombresky
Dorfex Bos
EVAN GIIA
The Funk Hunters
Golden Features
Latmun
MEMBA
Mr. Carmack
DJ Nu-Mark
Pete Tong b2b Special Guest
DJ Seinfeld
Stavroz live
Yung Bae
Here is Weekend Two’s lineup:
A Hundred Drums
BAYNK
Cassian
Eagles & Butterflies
Escapade (Walker & Royce + Ardalan)
Henry Pope
Justin Jay
KMLN
Lost Desert
Lou Phelps
Shawni
Sonny Fodera
The Floozies
This year, Do LaB will debut a brand new stage design at the festival, featuring their world-renowned aesthetic characterized by earth-bound organic themes and technologically infused creations. Whether it was losing yourself to the hypnotic sway of the Squigs or the video installation of The Cloud, dancing beneath the vibrant Big Fish, or getting misted by the embrace of the Beacon, Do LaB’s ever changing presence at Coachella has touched all on the famed polo fields, and influenced festival culture around the world.
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Be sure to look out for Do LaB’s unique stage structures and check out the musical performances at the world known festival, Coachella, next month!
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Mitchell & Ness Releases Limited Edition 1994 - 95 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls Jersey
Apr 06, 2016 - PR Newswire
On Friday, April 8th, 2016 Mitchell & Ness as part of their ongoing partnership with Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand, will release Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls number 45 home jersey. Retailing at $300, the release celebrates the return of Jordan to the United Center in 1995, wearing the number he also wore while playing for minor league baseball team the Birmingham Barons. Jordan would go on to wear the number 45 for 22 games until game two of the 1995 Eastern Conference Semi-finals. Jorda...
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Barfield Appoints Gilles Mercier as Senior Vice President of Operations Doral
Paris, Amstelveen, Miami, December 11, 2019 - Barfield Inc. appoints Gilles Mercier as Senior Vice President of Operations of its Doral facilities. Mercier will oversee the operations of the two facilities, manage the teams and further improve the overall performance.
"We could not be more thrilled to have Gilles as part of our team. He has the drive, the temperament, and the experience needed to help our company be more competitive in today's MRO market, I trust his judgment as we take our company into the future," says Hervé Page, Barfield's Chief Executive Officer.
Mercier holds a Master's degree in Engineering and has held numerous positions at AFI KLM E&M, including Components Lean Engineer, Costing and Pricing manager, Engine Shop Operations manager, and Air France Industries Transformation Leader. "I am really proud to join the Barfield team. I am ready to learn about the teams and tackle the different challenges with customers, performance and development," says Mercier.
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Baby Mamas Taser Baby Daddy Over Latest Girlfriend
Ruth Manuel-Logan
Tabitha Martin (pictured left) and Courtney Littlejohn (pictured) were both charged with domestic violence for allegedly tag-tasering and beating up their baby daddy, Rodrick Tucker, because he has a new girlfriend, according to The Smoking Gun.
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A Spartanburg, South Carolina, police report states that Martin invited Tucker to her apartment on Tuesday. The 21-year-old man, who is the Father of Martin’s child, told officers that his former lady-love then allegedly lured him in to her bedroom.
Once Tucker was lying on the bed, Littlejohn, his other baby mama, suddenly appeared and the young man then reportedly knew that he was not going to be indulging in anything pleasurable.
According to Tucker, he was allegedly yanked off the bed by the women and then repeatedly pummeled by them about his face and torso. The 23-year-olds reportedly beat him with a vengeance as Tucker tried to exit his torturous holding pen.
Tucker did manage to make it out of the bedroom, but then got knocked down on to the floor. At this point, Tucker told authorities that Littlejohn sat on top of him so that he wouldn’t escape. Then pair allegedly whipped out stun-guns and tasered him several times. Desperate, the young man ran toward his baby. Tucker then told police he picked up the child to use it as a human shield in the hopes that the crazed pair would stop tasering him.
Tucker was dead wrong!
Tucker alleged that the women “continued to swing at him until he finally gave the baby to Martin,” states the police report. After the baby incident was over, Tucker fled the home.
Watch the reenactment of Tucker’s threesome-gone-wrong here:
The man who lists his occupation on Facebook as a “certified sex specialist,” told police he believes that the women were angry with him because they got wind of the fact that he has a new girlfriend; Tucker updated his Facebook relationship status on May 1, stating he is in a new romantic situation and reportedly flaunted his new boo via pictures on his page.
On Wednesday, both Martin and Littlejohn were reportedly booked in to a county jail; bail has not been set.
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Home/July 2019, Opinions/How the Liberals Are Destroying the Foundation of America, Part 1
How the Liberals Are Destroying the Foundation of America, Part 1
By Roger Anghis|2019-07-07T02:28:24-05:00July 7th, 2019|
If you’ve been paying attention you will have noticed that the liberals, Democrats, Marxist/socialist have been literally tearing the foundation America was founded on apart. Our Founders believed that it was necessary to put men of integrity into places of authority. Sam Adams stated, “If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.” In a letter to Joseph Warren, a Major General in the Revolutionary War, he stated, “It is not possible that any state should long remain free, where Virtue is not supremely honored.”
Patrick Henry was also one that called for men of virtue to be in places of leadership; Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is impossible that a nation of infidels or idolaters should be a nation of freemen. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. He also stated: “The great pillars of all government and of social life are virtue, morality and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone, that renders us invincible.”
In 1796 George Washington stated: “Cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the Power of the People and to usurp for themselves the reins of Government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.” In reference to political prosperity he stated: “Of all dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain it would that man claim the tribute to patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars.”
I could go on and on with quotes from the Founders on their belief that virtue and morality are absolute necessities in maintaining a good government. All of this is lost in the Democrat Party. The Republican Party is not blameless, but the Democrats have virtually thrown the standards set by the Founders out the window. They mock and ridicule anyone who attempts to uphold these standards. One of the foundational bricks of the Democrat Party and their associates is lies. Outright lies. In an attempt to discredit President Trump concerning the border crisis the now infamous Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez declared that “Just left the 1st CBP facility. I see why CBP officers were being so physically and sexually threatening toward me. Officers were keeping women in cells w/no water and had them to drink out of the toilets. This was them on their GOOD behavior in front of members of Congress.”[1] All video evidence proves this 100% wrong, but they must disgrace Trump leading up to the 2020 election so any lie will do.
Now, we have to keep in mind that Trump has been fighting for funding to accommodate the extraordinary surge of people at the border, but Pelosi refused to fund the problem. Democrats Chuck You Schumer and Nancy Pelosi refused to budge from their opposition to the border security package during their latest meeting with President Trump. As soon as the question was raised by the president, Pelosi just gave him a flat “NO” answer, and Trump just got up and left the room rather than waste more of his time on them.[2] Also keep in mind that the Democrats are blaming Trump for the “concentration camps” at the border when they were actually initiated by Obama. The President is being accused of separating families at the border but it is happening because of Obama’s ‘catch and release’ policies. It’s not Trump’s policy. Democrats won’t fix it because they are using the issue as a talking point to take over Congress in November. The media is helping them misrepresent the situation.
In fact, Obama’s staff set up “internment camps” and ordered ‘catch and release’. Children were put in cages but no longer. They are sent to very nice centers with trained professionals. It’s not ideal but it’s hardly a bad place. In fact, our DHS website informs illegal aliens how to evade the law safely. [3] The claim that children are separated under Trump is the policy that was established by Obama. That claim then morphed into outrage over the Trump administration separating 20% of minors who enter the country from their parents – around 2,000 kids, while ignoring the fact that the Obama administration was also separating children from their parents, while widespread abuse of detained migrants under previous administrations was reported by the ACLU and the University of Arizona.
One woman interviewed was detained for nearly a month in CADC while she was six months pregnant. She was shackled during transport to and from the facility. At the facility, she was denied monitoring or treatment for an ovarian cyst that posed a risk to herself and the fetus, and received no response to her requests for prenatal vitamins or extra padding for her bed.68 (Her case is described more fully in the box below.) Another woman interviewed was separated from her breastfeeding baby daughter, who was less than two months old, while she was detained in Eloy for two weeks.-University of Arizona [4]
Integrity was the foundation of a man’s character to the Founders. We were ruled by the rule of law. Today the law is only applied to conservatives. Liberals have no regard for the law. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders told CBS News’ “Face The Nation” on Sunday that he thought it was “not appropriate” to deport illegal aliens that have broken the law and not shown up for court dates. [5] Representative Omar married her brother to skirt our immigration laws yet she still sits in the halls of Congress. [6] Nancy Pelosi doesn’t see any sense in enforcing our immigration laws.[7] She wants open borders because the illegals end up voting for Democrats and they can only win if there are illegals voting for them.
We used to be a nation that was proud and had excellent character among our leaders but we have allowed the positions of authority to be degraded by power hungry, deceitful people who are in politics for their own gain without caring how it effects the American people. Politicians like Hillary Clinton (D), Senator Mitt Romney (R), Senator Chuck Schumer(D), Representative Maxine Waters (D), Representative Frederica Wilson (D), Senator Bob Menendez (D), Senator Kamala Harris (D) who slept her way up the political ladder. There is no virtue in the swamp except for three or four people. It is our fault. It is the churches fault. We have allowed apathy to infiltrate our system and too many people could care less. They will only care when all they hold dear is torn from them and then it will be too late.
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Pelosi says whats the point of enforcing immigration
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in Anura Guruge, Investments
Jay ‘Rolly Polly’ Leno, On CNBC, Claims That British Are Fond Of ‘Jeering Success’!
>> Gormless Cramer’s paycheck.
>> New look CNBC.
>> CNBC new ticker setup.
>> Jillert Anema whips Kernen’s ass.
>> Kernen mocks Indians — Feb. 21, 2014.
>> NBC snubs Valentina Tereshkova — Feb. 10, 2014.
>> Bob Costas with sponsored eyepatch — Feb. 9, 2014.
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This was Wednesday morning. Leno, on CNBC to plug his new show on that channel, was talking about Tesla and how the media was bad mouthing Tesla and revelling in the slightest of bad news related to them. He then, out of the blue said: “we are becoming like the British, always jeering success”!
I gagged on my coffee and nearly fell out of bed.
Us British jeer success?
That was bloody news to me.
Do we jeer the Beatles?
Do we jeer Richard Branson?
Do we jeer J.K. Rowling?
Do we jeer David Beckham?
Do we jeer Aston Martin?
Do we jeer the Rolling Stones?
Do we jeer THE Queen?
Do we jeer Ben Kingsley?
It isn’t like we have EVER HAD a shortage in the success stakes.
What in damnation is the doughboy prattling on about. I always noticed that he likes to wear jeans that are too tight around the crotch. Maybe it is cutting off the blood supply to his brain. That is my explanation.
in Alton, Anura Guruge, Events, Lakes Region, New Hampshire (NH)
Alton (N.H.) Gilman Library, “Sky Over Alton” Astronomy Presentation, October 17, 2014 — Some Pictures.
>> Slides for Alton Library astronomy presentation.
>> Alton Gilman astronomy presentation
>> — Oct. 5, 2014.
>> Oct. 17 Alton presentation in ‘Baysider’ — Oct. 9, 2014.
>> Alton Gilman Library presentation
>> — Nov. 6, 2013.
>> Presentation videos — Nov. 5, 2013.
>> Taylor Presentation pictures — Nov. 5, 2013.
>> I make it to NASA — Nov. 4, 2013.
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**** Check my ISON blog.
All these pictures (bar the first two) were taken by Devanee Guruge.
Alton photographer, John Bishop, a friend, who arrived and joined Devanee in taking pictures. So I had two tripods with cameras at the back.
It wasn’t packed but the folks that were there were very receptive and engaged. I had planned for about 90 minutes but we were still there, having a lot of fun, 2 hours later. They seemed to really like it — or at least that is what they claimed.
I had fun. But, I have never done a presentation where I have not had fun.
Our friend, Alton photographer, John Bishop, turned up — unexpectedly given that we thought we was going to be in Manchester visiting a friend that was in hospital. John set up his, professional grade Canon, and started taking pictures in tandem with Devanee — who relished the opportunity to use my Canon. I should get John’s pictures on Sunday.
Part II of this astronomy presentation is on Friday, November 20, 2014. You can come to that even if you didn’t come to last night. They are self-contained, though I will not go over the same material.
So that was that. I am glad that I did it.
Holly Brown, the librarian, always extremely nice, had displayed my astronomy books on a table etc. She was very happy, and that was good.
in Anura Guruge, Events, New Hampshire (NH), Recommendations
Keene, N.H., Pumpkin Festival 2014 Is TODAY, October 18, 2014, Trying For Another NEW Record — The Schedule.
>> Keene 2014 preview.
>> Keene Pumpkin Festival 2013
>>– Aug. 20, 2013.
++++ Search on ‘Keene‘ or ‘pumpkin’ using sidebar search (at top) for ALL the posts from 2012 festival >>>>
Post about the shameful RIOTS!
Today’s Schedule. Click to ENLARGE.
Link to access original.
There are going to try for another World record.
Hope the weather cooperates. Doesn’t look great, BUT it might not be too bad. At least it is not cold.
Pope Paul VI’s (#263) Beatification, Sunday, October 19, 2014: Order Of Service (& 1976 Public Denial Of Being Gay)
>> Timeline of Paul VI beatification — Oct. 2, 2014.
>> Hasty veneration of recent popes — Sep. 29, 2014.
>> Paul VI beatification being rushed — May 9, 2014.
>> John XXIII canonization — Apr. 27, 2014.
>> John XXIII better biography — Apr. 26, 2014.
>> John XXIII filling the gaps — Apr. 26, 2014.
† † † † Search on ‘John’ or ‘canonization’ for many other related posts >>>>
Google provided translation of the ‘protocols’ for Sunday, October 19, 2014 beatification of Paul VI. Click to access original in Italian. My friend, Father Anthony Churchill, will be one of the priests concelebrating this Mass.
Given all of the ‘over the top’ and MAINLY MISGUIDED media prattle last week about the Catholic Church’s new found desire (NOT) to welcome gays it is coincidental, or ironic, that Paul VI is the ONLY pope, at least over the last 400 years, that had felt a need to PUBLICLY deny that he was gay. Here are two ‘links’. Read them. Make up your own minds.
But a very interesting juxtaposition for those of us that try to read the Vatican’s chicken entrails to see if there can ever be anything new under the Sun from Rome.
Just doing my job as a papal historian. No axes to grind. Just making sure that others who are not as familiar with papal history as I am, know the facts.
Click to ENLARGE. AP Newspaper report April 5, 1976. Use link below to access original in Google’s newspaper archive.
Link to access original AP coverage ….
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in Acadia, Anura Guruge, Recommendations, Restaurants
Acadia National Park (ANP), Maine: Schoodic Education and Research Center.
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Refer to index above for other posts and pictures of Acadia including the Schoodic Peninsula side.
Click to access the ‘National Park’ Webpage for the “Schoodic Education and Research Center”.
Click to access the “Schoodic Institute” Website. This aerial pictures shows the location of the beautiful John D. Rockefeller building relative to Schoodic Point (“X”), the road to the Point and “Little Moose Island”. See Google Map below and refer to post on “Little Moose”.
Click to ENLARGE. Refer to above image. You don’t see the LOVELY, imposing building from the road. So easy to drive by. We did, a couple of times before we decided, late in the evening, to go exploring before leaving the Park for the night. Glad we did.
This spectacular John D. Rockefeller donated building, once part of a large U.S. Navy base, just off the rather well known “Schoodic Point” on the Schoodic Peninsula part of Acadia National Park is delightful, unexpected gem tucked away, out of sight from the road. It is part of the National Park and as such open to the public and DEFINITELY worthwhile visiting, IF just to enjoy the exquisite building from the outside, as we did — since we didn’t get there till past 5pm, having missed it on our earlier tours of that section of the Park. So glad we went.
Here is the pithy, 2 sentence Wikipedia description of this facility: “In 2002, the National Park Service acquired the former naval base located in the Schoodic Peninsula District of Acadia National Park, and renovated it into the Schoodic Education and Research Center (SERC). SERC is one of about 20 National Park Service research learning centers in the United States, and is the largest of all these facilities. It is dedicated to supporting the scientific research in the park, providing professional development for teachers, and educating students to become a new generation of stewards who will help conserve our natural and cultural treasures.”
That, however, misses out, inexcusably, as does as I notice the ‘National Park’ and even the ‘Institutes’ descriptions, the fascinating deal brokered by John D. Rockefeller (who loved this area and was so instrumental in creating the Park and its famed ‘Carriage Roads‘) to free up some land on the Mount Desert part of the park. My last picture up top provides a bit more detail.
But check it WHEN you make it to this part of Acadia.
Click to access MORE pictures, by Anura Guruge,
in the form of a photo gallery.
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Berlioz’s grand opera Les Troyens received its premiere performance at the Théâtre Lyrique in 1863 in a heavily cut version which only featured the last three acts set in Carthage. Berlioz never saw it performed and, due to its epic scale and the forces required to perform it, Troyens was never staged complete as the composer intended. In terms of artistic ambition Les Troyens follows in the footsteps of Rossini’s monumental Guillaume Tell (1829), which also was heavily cut at its premiere, and anticipates the later music dramas of Wagner. In 2003 the complete Les Troyens was triumphantly staged at Le Châtelet in Paris and Opus arte is thrilled to present this 3 DVD visual document of this lavish production. American Gregory Kunde, known for his great in the French operatic repertoire, as Aeneas and Anna Catarina Antonacci as Dido leads an international cast that also includes Susan Graham and Topi Lehtipuu. John Eliot Gardiner, one of the leading Berlioz conductors of our times, conducts. A truly unforgettable experience.
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They're bigger than the Geminis, bigger than the Genies, yup, even bigger than the Junos, which are often held in places too far-flung and frozen to generate any real heat outside the music industry.
And while the MuchMusic Video Awards may not have the critical significance of those others, you can't deny they're revolutionary.
The MMVAs are first and foremost for the fans. The People's Choice Awards say they're for the fans, but when you watch the show, who's sitting in the front row? Jessica Alba and Will Smith. You'll find a lucky few fans crammed into the nosebleed seats.
The MMVAs take the opposite approach.
Back when the MMVAs started and were known as the Canadian Music Video Awards, the show was actually about honouring the best in Canadian music videos. Never mind that it might be Barney Bentall or the Northern Pikes. Or that the show's production values made it seem like you were watching the talent show episode of Saved By The Bell. They put the show on a train and took it across the country, putting on concerts at stops along the way. Blue Rodeo in Vancouver. Mitsou and Maestro Fresh Wes in Toronto. Celine Dion in Quebec. Lee Aaron in Halifax.
Later, they yanked the standard stiff and staid awards show concept out of the concert hall and shoved it into the streets, where nobody needs a ticket to see it. Instead of entirely uncomfortable artists squirming behind a podium, stumbling through teleprompted scripts with their unclear minds clearly on the next drink, these award recipients are within groping distance of the very fans who make them rock stars to begin with.
And the dispensing of awards (truly a formality at this sort of thing, unlike the Tonys, say) is as quick and painless as possible.
In fact, the show has such a party atmosphere that the awards themselves become almost dispensible. The show has little to do with celebrating music videos and everything to do with celebrating celebrity. Look at the biggest stars in last year's lineup: that would be on-again, off-again jailbird Paris Hilton, Nelly Furtado, some actor from CSI who's not William Peterson or David Caruso, and the requisite Toronto Raptor.
The winners are just as forgettable as those at the Geminis, the Genies and the Junos. Not that anybody cares. It's all about the par-tay, baby! See and be seen.
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Animal models of Parkinson's disease
Jyothi Prasad (Research Fellow) presented her seminar on "Animal Models of Parkinson's Disease".
Information content and brain state transitions
Ajay Nair (3rd year PhD Scholar) presented the paper by MM Arnold etal from Journal of Sleep Research, 2013 entitled "Information content in cortical spike trains during brain state transitions"
Even in the absence of external stimuli there is ongoing activity in the cerebral cortex as a result of recurrent connectivity. This paper attempts to characterize one aspect of this ongoing activity by examining how the
information content carried by specific neurons varies as a function of brain state. We recorded from rats chronically implanted with tetrodes in the primary visual cortex during awake and sleep periods. Electroencephalogram and spike trains were recorded during 30-min periods, and 2–4 neuronal spikes were isolated per tetrode off-line.
All the activity included in the analysis was spontaneous, being recorded from the visual cortex in the absence of visual stimuli. The brain state was determined through a combination of behavior evaluation, electroencephalogram
and electromyogram analysis. Information in the spike trains was determined by using Lempel–Ziv Complexity. Complexity was used to estimate the entropy of neural discharges and thus the information content (Amigo´ et al. Neural Comput., 2004, 16: 717–736).
The information content in spike trains (range 4–70 bits s)1) was evaluated during different brain states and particularly during the transition periods. Transitions toward states of deeper sleep coincided with a decrease of information, while transitions to the awake state resulted in an increase in information. Changes in both directions were of the same magnitude, about 30%. Information in spike trains showed a high temporal correlation between neurons, reinforcing the idea of the impact of the brain state in the information content of spike trains.
Fond Farewell for Mr Gopinath Prabhu
Mr Gopinath Prabhu, UDC Dept of Neurophysiology, will get superannuated on 31st Aug 2013.
The department got together to bid fond farewell to him.
Some Pictures on Flickr General NPhyNimhans photostream
Septum, Habenula and Anxiety and Fear
Kala P Nair (1st year MPhil scholar) presented the paper by Yamaguchi etal from Neuron 2013 entitled "Distinct Roles of Segregated Transmission of the Septo-Habenular Pathway in Anxiety and Fear"
The posterior septum consisting of the triangular septum (TS) and the bed nucleus of the anterior commissure (BAC) is predominantly linked with the medial habenula (MHb) and has been implicated in the control of anxiety and fear responses. However, its anatomical and functional linkage has largely remained elusive. We established a transgenic mouse model in which the TS and BAC projection neurons were visualized by GFP fluorescence and selectively eliminated by immunotoxin-mediated cell targeting.
The linkage between the TS/BAC and the MHb constitutes two parallel pathways composed of the TS-ventral MHb, the core part of the interpeduncular nucleus (IPN), and the BAC-dorsal MHb, the peripheral part of the IPN. Ablation of the TS and BAC projection neurons selectively impaired anxiety and enhanced fear responses and learning, respectively. Inputs from the TS and BAC to the MHb are thus segregated by two parallel pathways and play
specialized roles in controlling emotional behaviors.
Astrocytes in neurodegenerative diseases
Abhilash PL (1st year PhD scholar) presented his seminar on "Astrocytes in neurodegenerative diseases".
After a brief introduction of the morphology and classification of astrocytes (broadly protoplasmic - with short 30 micron processes and fibrous with 300 micron long processes), Abhilash went over the GFAP (expressed more during reactive astrogliosis) and S100Beta (Ca binding protein that gets expressed more during injury) expression and then came to the various functional roles of astrocytes.
Astrocytes have a significant role in the lifespan of synapse formation (from birth to death of synapes) and interestingly, under healthy conditions they maintain own territorial domains with less than 5% of overlap between astrocyte processes. Through the astrocytic gap junctions, K+ buffering and Ca+ wave propogation take place. In the tripartite synapse, only 20% of the glutamate released is taken up by the postsynaptic terminal with 80% of it being cleared up by astrocytes. Astrocytes are also involved in Glutathione synthesis and produce precursers that allow neurons to also manufacture Glutathione (as they can't take in Glutathione from extracellular space).
Astrocytes are implicated in neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS (can serve as an early marker for some SOD mutant mice models as reactive astrogliosis is observed at 5 weeks while motor neuron loss is seen only at 15 weeks),Alzheimers and Parkinsons Disease(astrocytes can secrete MPTP like toxins. Microglia could be causative for astrogliosis).
Sajish Chandran - PhD work presentation
Dr Sajish Chandran successfully defended his PhD work entitled: "Evaluation of autonomic functions and neuroimaging studies in children prenatally exposed to alcohol"
Guide: Dr TN Sathyaprabha (Additional Professor, Neurophysiology)
Co-Guide: Dr Pratima Murthy (Professor, Psychiatry)
Examiner: Dr KK Deepak, (Professor, Physiology, AIIMS, Delhi)
Cerebellum and Cognition
Suwarna Chakraborty (1st year PhD Scholar) presented her seminar on "Role of Cerebellum in Cognition".
After providing an anatomical overview, she reviewed the well known motor functions of the different deep nuclei. The dentate nucleus (cerebro-cerebellum), which is the largest and connected to the cerebrum, works as a comparator that generates an error signal and provides planning and timing information.The other nuclei - Fastigious, emboliform and globase (spino-cerebellum) - have output to the spinal tracts and is involved in fine movements. The vestibulo cerebellum is involved in posture maintenance and eye movements.
The Mossy fibers (from the vestibular nuclei) and the climbing fibres (from the inferior olive) both provide input the Purkinje fibres. The former provide input on the context and the latter forms the error signal. Interestingly, Long Term Depression (LTD) which forms the memory element of the cerebellar motor learning, happens when both these fibre tracts are simultaneously active. If only one these fibre pathways are active, LTP (Long Term Potentiation) ensues. Therefore the cerebral cortex and the cerebellum have different mechanisms for LTP and LTD.
Suwarna then reviewed a number of studies evaluating cognitive functions and cerebellum. These included attention, working memory and spatial memory in various animal models (eg: pcd - purkinje cell degeneration model).
Harsha Halahalli - PhD Thesis Presentation
Dr Harsha HN successfully defended his PhD work entitled "Neurobiology of Auditory Verbal Hallucinations in Schizophrenia - An integrated fMRI, EEG and Genomics based approach".
Guide: Dr Bindu M Kutty (Prof, Neurophysiology)
Co-Guides: Dr Sanjeev Jain (Prof, Psychiatry) and Dr John P John (Additional Prof, Psychiatry)
Examiner: Dr K Srinivasan (Dean, St John's Research Institute and Professor of Psychiatry)
Interneuron dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders
Kumari Anshu Jha (2nd year PhD scholar) presented her seminar on "Interneuron dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders". She focused on GABAergic dysfunction in Schizophrenia and Autism.
Anshu gave an overview of Interneuron functions (feedback & feedforward inhibition, network oscillations and synchrony, modulation of excitability, integration and cortical development and plasticity) and then highlighted the complexity of internuron types (classified based on morphological, molecular, electrophysiological properties - eg Markram 2004).
She then discussed the role of GABAergic neurons in the pathophysiology of Schizophrenia and then Autism from post-mortem studies and animal models (gene knockouts) while showing that GABA impairment seems to be present in a wide variety of neuropsychiatric disorders. She then went through the mechanisms through which these interneurons modulate network oscillations via electrical gap junctions and neurochemical modulations amongst the interneurons (for example Parvalbumin expressing basket cells impact gamma oscillations while somatostatin expressing interneurons impact beta oscillations).
Considering that the type of impairment is similar for schizophrenia and autism, the timing of the impairment seems to be a differentiator between these two disorders. Autism is seen in early childhood (diagnosed around 3 years of age when neuronal pruning is still ongoing) and the first onset of Schizophrenia happens in adolescence (when the neurons are fully formed but the myelination is still an ongoing process).
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July 27, 2017 July 27, 2017 by Tseliso Monaheng
Stogie T’s Rebirth Is Kool
“I have more faith in the music than I do in the PR and in the imaging,” says Stogie T frankly. “I think people, once they hear the music, and that’s if they care to, it’ll all make sense. They’ll go ‘oooh, okay, so he’s not gone!’ Because the values are still the same; we still value rich, beautiful, great music.”
In 2016, Tumi Molekane found himself having to field at the but-you’ve-changed question to varying degrees. He wasn’t — isn’t — the same cipher-hopping kid he was in ’96, or the multi-syllable-flippin’ young adult whom we got to embrace, him and his Volume, throughout the 2000s.
Look closely at the sleeve for his Stogie T album, the details will start to pop up. You’ll see the pantyline cascading up a perfectly round booty. You’ll notice the half-filled wine glass making a guest appearance in the picture frame. Your attention will scat to the man in a satin tux. His crisp white t-shirt is tucked in. His gaze is confusing-as-fuck, at once confrontational and inviting, contrasting starkly to that of the lady in the background, whose side-profile doesn’t reveal much.
True to character, Stogie holds a cigar in his right hand, the other tucked comfortably into his pants’ left-hand pocket. Ms. Jozi re-appears in the background, hair in a bundle, with her one hand either putting on or slipping off her low-cut black dress.
Herein lies the dilemma: Are we coming, or are we going? It’s hard to say. What’s legacy to a man who’s willing to throw it all away in pursuit of living true to his reality?
In 2017, Tumi Molekane as Stogie T is about as real as any rapper, anywhere, will get. He’s a family man with growing adulting-related pang; an artist becoming more aware of the societal implications of his actions on his immediate and greater community; a rehabilitated narcissist whose biggest concern is becoming a repository and orator of said greater community’s stories.
Stogie T’s not making some shit that’ll expire after two months. In this era of enhanced rap one-upmanship where different eras are contending for space in the market, he’s making magic with the same set of producers everyone else and their uncles are using and successfully managing to sound like no one. Great music’s still the ethos but, in the interests of attracting more fish, the net has been cast wider.
The love for cigars came about while touring in Europe. “I didn’t really have a vice, and cigar-smoking became that vice for me,” he says. He was also drawn by their wide appeal. Everyone, from the opulent royals to the blue collar workers to revolutionaries tokes on them. “They represent a wide spectrum for me. Also, just my growth; it’s my growth,” says Stogie T.
Look back to the image, and it all makes sense. The man on the cover, cigar in hand, a transfixing gaze rested upon the lens, is saying to us: I dey run my race. I no compete with no one. Here, where I stand, I be number one!
Stogie T performs with The Rebirth of Cool at the Lyric Theatre this Saturday, July 29. Get tix.
Opening image: Stogie T @ the lauch of Diamond Walk/Big Dreams, ’16
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Qkine secures additional £550K to extend development of R&D pipeline and accelerate commercialisation of product portfolio
Cambridge, UK 03 June 2019: Qkine, specialist manufacturer of proteins for stem cell, organoid and regenerative medicine applications has closed a further round of investment. The £550k funding round was led by Cambridge Enterprise and five angel investors – all of whom followed initial seed investments made in April 2018. Joining the original investors is biotech entrepreneur and founder member of the Cambridge Angels, Dr Andy Richards CBE.
Stem cells are revolutionising medicine by enabling new approaches for disease modelling, precision medicine and development of new therapeutics. University of Cambridge spin-out, Qkine, uses proprietary technologies and protein engineering techniques to produce exceptionally high purity growth factors and cytokines. Qkine’s technologies enable it to solve scientific challenges such as structural heterogeneity, poor stability and solubility and spurious interactions with other biomolecules, and provide more reliable tools for research and bio-manufacturing.
The investment enables Qkine to establish its UK manufacturing base at Cambridge Science Park, fuel the expansion of its research team and further develop its active R&D pipeline.
Commenting on his investment, Jim Warwick, Angel Investor and Chairman, Qkine said: “Following my initial investment in Qkine was a no-brainer - its growth factors are developed from a genuinely differentiating technology, the market for these reagents is growing rapidly and the company’s founders have great, complementary skill sets.”
Dr Andy Richards added: "Catherine (Elton) and team have done a great job at Qkine, I am excited to join their investors in this round as they move to their new facility, scale up their team, extend their R&D pipeline and expand their commercial ambitions. The need for quality and reproducibility in stem cell biology and exciting new areas such as organoids is driving a growing market that Qkine is uniquely positioned to satisfy."
Qkine is also delighted to welcome Dr Christine Martin, Investment Manager (Life Sciences), Cambridge Enterprise to the board. Christine commented: “Cambridge Enterprise is pleased to support Qkine as it takes its next steps. The need for high quality cytokines and growth factors continues to expand, and Qkine is poised to meet the demand with a catalogue of products to support research into stem cell, organoid and regenerative medicine applications.”
To discover more about Qkine please visit www.qkine.com
Sarah Brereton, Director, Limewash
Email: sarah@limewash.co.uk
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Can you clean new bolt holes with water?
When drilling new holes for expansion anchor bolts, you need to clean the dust out of the hole before you hammer in the bolt. People will accomplish this by either using a blow tube or a bellows and a wire brush.
I've been wondering about how effective using water to clean out a bolt hole would be. If you were to blow water into the hole after you blow the dust out to wash it thoroughly vs brushing it. I know many 3/8" expansion bolts are rated for under water use, is using water to clean out your hole effective?
safety rock-climbing climbing-anchors
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I assume you are referring to segment anchors (vs glue-in). That's maybe worth mentioning explicitly, as it definitely makes a difference. – imsodin Jun 5 '17 at 8:57
@imsodin Correct, I'm referring to expansion bolts. – ShemSeger Jun 6 '17 at 3:42
I don't know much about climbing, but I assume you are drilling with some kind of power tool in granite or a similar stone. How are you keeping the drill bit cool? – James Jenkins Jun 6 '17 at 17:24
@JamesJenkins I'm drilling mostly in limestone and dolomite, and I'm only drilling one hole at a time, so the bit doesn't get a chance to get real hot. – ShemSeger Jun 6 '17 at 17:30
Disclaimer: This answer reflects nothing else than my own opinion on this subject, since I've never used water to clean holes nor know anyone that does so.
So, first thing I'd like to ask you is: why? You'd have to carry more weight, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with cleaning the holes using air. In fact, as far as I know, industrial bolting manuals do recommend that.
Now, assuming you have a good answer for the "why?" part, let's think a little bit. What happens when you inject water in a bolt hole (careful when pronouncing those words)? Well, firstly, it fills with water. This is per se a problem, since the whole was already filled with rock powder, which is very thin, and after getting moisturised it will turn into a thick rock porridge. Good luck removing that from the hole.
Afterwards, what happens? You find a way to place the parabolt inside, and then you start to torque it. But the parabolt already crushed a significant portion of rock porridge, which entered the casing. This will probably make it harder for the casing to grip the rock and will fill it to some extent with moisture. As one might think, rock has also a pH level. Moisturising acidic rock will make its powder more efficient in corroding metal (and don't fool yourself - stainless also gets corroded). In a word: this doesn't look good.
Let's think and try to make it look good. One thing one must consider is the angle at which the water straw is placed inside the hole. If directly or carelessly placed, turbulence effects will guarantee that rock powder accumulates in the end of the hole. What I wrote above is the result of this process.
Now let's think it's somehow possible to fill a hole with water from a fixed position, very close to the wall. This would diminish greatly the turbulence effects due to water evading the end of the hole.
But let's be honest: that's impossible. Conquering a route is stressful enough to think a climber would be able to place a water straw in a fixed position. The dust would eventually get moisturised.
The only missing situation is where the climber removes the dust with air first, then injects water in for some "I have no idea" reason. This is safer, since the powder would be already out, but I'm pretty sure it would make locking the bolt casing harder, since it would reduce the friction between the casing and the rock. It also looks incredibly pointless, since the dust would be already out and the water would activate the rock's chemical properties much more efficiently - and that's some efficiency you don't want.
Conclusion: I don't think you should do that. Follow the bolting manuals and use air. It's perfectly safe, you don't have to carry it, and it has never failed before.
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Kelly Cutrone furious over ex-husband’s obit
September 3, 2013 | 9:10pm
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Fashion maven Kelly Cutrone is fuming over what she says was an error-riddled New York Times obituary about her ex-husband, Ronnie, who passed away in July.
A headline read, “Ronnie Cutrone, a Warhol Assistant, Dies at 65.” In a Facebook post, Cutrone lamented “this ridiculous obituary about my former husband . . . calls him Andy Warhol’s assistant — [it] left out his art accomplishments, which include permanent collections in MoMA, the Whitney and hundreds of galleries and collections internationally [including] those of Leo Castelli and Tony Shafrazi . . . He was Andy’s assistant for a decade and an internationally celebrated artist for another three.”
Cutrone told us: “Ronnie died [on a Saturday],” and not, as the obit read, “either late Saturday night or early Sunday morning.” And, “ Ronnie was not a nightclub impresario” although the obit called him one, saying he “helped design and run the Mudd Club.”
“It was a total diss to the guy,” said Kelly as she prepped for Fashion Week.
“It was a joke. They did not get it right. I wanted him to die with dignity and [keep] his work in the proper perspective. This is an act of love, not anger.”
She ensured all Ronnie’s exes could remember him properly as well, since he was married four times.
“I got the rights to have him cremated,” Kelly said. “I split up the ashes between the ex-wives and the girlfriends.” (A Times rep said, “We stand by the story.”)
Meanwhile, State Police are investigating Ronnie’s death after 100 paintings were missing when his body was found and his Lake Peekskill home was looted.
Trooper Melissa McMorris confirmed there’s an open investigation, but declined to discuss details except to say it is not for homicide. Kelly had no comment on the probe.
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Bradley Cooper ‘was not expecting’ Republican uproar over DNC appearance
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When it comes to the Republican uproar over his appearance at the Democratic National Convention last week, Bradley Cooper is as befuddled as the rest of us.
The “American Sniper” star appeared on “The Late Late Show” Tuesday night to discuss the incident, telling host James Corden that he had taken his mother out to the DNC to hear President Barack Obama’s speech on the third night of the convention. And while the Philadelphia native thought the address was “unbelievable,” what followed was even more so.
“I was not expecting that,” Cooper said of the reaction to his appearance at the DNC. “Republicans were up in arms that I was there watching the president speak.”
Fellow guest Todd Phillips, Cooper’s director in “The Hangover” series of films, pointed out that the anger was primarily over Cooper’s appearance at the DNC after the actor played conservative favorite Chris Kyle in “American Sniper” in 2014. For Phillips, that’s like “the mob being mad at (Robert) De Niro for being in ‘The Intern.’”
Cooper, meanwhile, has thrown his support behind Democrats for some time. In 2000 and 2008, he donated money to Hillary Clinton’s campaigns for Senate and president, respectively.
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Tohil – Mayans MC Season 2, Episode 7
Tohil (/toˈχil/) (also spelled Tojil) was a deity of the Kʼicheʼ Maya in the Late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica.
At the time of the Spanish Conquest, Tohil was the patron god of the Kʼicheʼ. Tohil’s principal function was that of a fire deity and he was also both a sun god and the god of rain. Tohil was also associated with mountains and he was a god of war, sacrifice and sustenance.
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Tohil – Mayans MC Season 2, Episode 7 Recap
Emily is Desperate
Emily sees the news story about Marlin’s suicide and desperately tries to contact EZ. Miguel watches from inside the house.
EZ Awakens
EZ (JD Pardo) awakens and is clearly extremely bothered by the events of the night before. Trying to shake Marlin’s image from his head, he is seen rinsing out the bloody T-shirt he was wearing the night before and ignores a call from Emily.
Marlin is Discovered
In the next secen, we see that Marlin’s body has been discovered and the Santo Padre Police, including officer Frankie is there. The cops are taking photos of the scene and investigating the clerk’s death. Mayor Pena arrives and she is informed that it appears that Marlin was deeply in debt, both credit card and bookies and was being hounded by collectors. All evidence points to Suicide.
Angel visits Felipe
Angel (Clayton Cardenas) arrives for a discussion with his father, Felipe (Edward James Olmos). He admits to Felipe that he knows his real name is Ignasio Cortina, EZ finally told him. Felipe gives him the short version of his his life as a Federale and his time with the Galindo cartel. Angel admits to Felipe that Adelita is pregnant with his child.
Felipe congratulates Angel, who is apprehensive that he will be a “good father.’ Felipe assures Angel that he believes he will be a good father, but that the worry that you haven’t been a “good enough” Father to your child is never ending.
Angel’s worries that he will not be able to be a part of his child’s life, since Adelita’s currently in Potter’s hands. Felipe drops some (cryptic) pearls of wisdom. “Potter, he’s a slippery, arrogant f**k. But he’s got weaknesses. He makes mistakes, like we all do,” says Felipe.
Leti Returns in Tohil!
Leti, Coco’s daughter, returns to the show this week. We see that she has been living with him and that they have had all of the normal Father/Daughter struggles (dirty dishes in the sink, empty cereal box not throw out, basic household chores not being completed). Leti surprises Coco with breakfast she picked up from his favorite resturant.
As they eat, Leti’s friend, Gabriela, appears in his kitchen. Leti explains that she has been helping Gabriela get her family to America, but that the coyotes lied to them, demanded more money and got physical with them. They were especially physical with Leti when she told them that her father was a Mayan! Leti (Emily Tosta) shows Coco bruises she received from the coyotes manhanding her.
The MC Gets Involved in the Coyote Situation
In Tohil, Coco goes to Bishop (Michael Irby) and the club, asking for assistance in helping Gabriela’s family. Bishop asks Coco why he thinks the club should get involved and Coco explains that the coyotes are a Mexican M.C. called Vatos Malditos. He adds that the club normally runs their operations out of Tijuana and shouldn’t be operating on this side of the border in Mayans territory.
Bishop tells Coco that he didn’t know that they were working “right in our backyard” doing their coyote work. Coco confirms that Leti saw them at the place where the exchange was supposed to happen. The table get upset when Coco tells them that Leti said that the Vatos Malditos laughed when she told them that her father was a Mayan.
EZ Meets Gabriela
EZ chats with Gabriela while Coco is meeting with the Mayans to talk them into helping her out.
They connect over their love of poetry, with EZ able to complete a poem Gabriela has a line from tattooed on her forearm. Leti notices some flirtations and is clearly displeased with them.
I’m just like Letty right now. Don’t even think of making a move 😂😂 ALL MINES!! @JDPardo @emilytosta #MayansMC #MayansFX pic.twitter.com/Q7gVrqUFwY
— Jackie Rodriguez (@RAmaliey) October 16, 2019
The Club Takes a Role in Rescuing Gabriela’s Family
Bishop tells the other that the club has been distracted by the Galindo deal and has forgotten to take care of business in their own backyard. Taza (Raoul Max Trujillo) tells the Mayans that Vatos Malditos was formed in Mexico. Taza tells them that he patched into the club when he was “young and dumb.”
When he joined them, he says the club did petty crimes such as chopping cars and small-time drug dealing. However, he tells them that all changed when El Palo became President. El Palo got the club involved in human trafficiking. Taza could not be a part of that and decided to leave the club. That’s when he headed to the U.S. and joined the Mayans M.C.
In Tohil, Taza explaied that the club, hungry for money, recruited as many members as they could. He said they barely prospected. Taza explained that the Vatos Malditos have no sense of pride or honor. Further he tells the group that the club is extremely inhumane, separating families who can not pay their fees, putting them in cells and barely giving them food or water. They collect from those whose families can pay and dispose of those whose families can not.
Bishop and the club decide something must be done and they set out to hunt down the Vatos and free their prisoners, including Gabriela’s family.
Coco, EZ, and Angel head out looking for information on any unusual Vatos activity. Their contact takes them to a house where a scooter club, that have nothing to do with Vatos are hanging out. It is then that EZ sees a pizza delivery driver and tells the other that if a club had people holed up in a safehouse, they’d need to feed them something. The guys split up and check out the all of the restaurants that make deliveries in the area. Coco and Angel come up empty, but EZ hits the jackpot when he gets the address of a place that’s had five big deliveries within the last week.
When they get to the house, it’s windows are covered by wood. They guys notice that there are no guards on duty. EZ knocks on the front door, announcing another food delivery. although they cannot determine who ordered the food they crack the door to check things out and EZ and the Mayans bust through, taking the Vatos by surprise.
The Mayans enter shooting everyone who moves, and the Vatos return fire. They easily overpower the Vatos. The Mayans search for Gabriela’s family, breaking down the locked doors where the Vatos are holding people. They are mostly men and a few women, all huddled together and terrified, but there is no sign of Gabriela’s mother or little brother.
Only one of the Vatos remains. When the prisoners still won’t talk, for fear of retribution, Coco puts a bullet in this head.
To the Cages
Bishop learns some of the prisoners were taken away closer to the border and put into cages. A woman explains the coyotes traffic the young girls and kill the others, if they don’t pay. One of the men knows the location of the cages and offers to lead the Mayans to them.
When the Mayans arrive at the cages, Bishop sends a message to other club presidents letting them know what is about to happen. He lets them to know that he is taking care of a problem that never should have been allowed to happen in his territory.
Bishop put the blame on himself while talking to EZ, but EZ’s won’t hear of it. He relates to Bishop everything that he has done for the M.C. in the last year, telling him it was epic.
Bishop says that he is happy to have Angel & EZ in the club. He says it is important to have family close in the club. “Do you know what separates us from all the other scumbags, gives us the courage to look into the mirror? (Pointing to his patch) This fucking piece of leather, the history that hangs on it. Means I’ve earned the respect of men, men I love, men I’d die for. Men who’d die for me. The money, the weight, it can’t lead. We have to serve something greater.”
In Tohil, the Mayans develop a plan. Coco says that the Vatos will be on “high alert” after the Mayans “clean up” at the safehouse. The club members think they have moved on the Cages so quickly that they have most likely beaten the Vatos backup to the cages. Bishop tells them to prep for an army and pray for a squad.
The Mayans breach the building and come under fire. The Vatos group has more fire power than those at the safehouse, but the Mayans have Marine sharpshooter Coco on their side. Before disposing of all of the Vatos, one is able to light a fire in front of the cages. EZ shoots the lock off the cages and the Mayans hurry to free the prisoners and get them out of the building just in time.
Gabriela’s mom and brother are rescued. Everyone has inhaled a lot of smoke but otherwise are fine. Coco tells EZ that they are the hero’s in this.
Gabriela’s mom and brother are brought back to the clubhouse in the back of a pick up to be reunited with Gabriela.
Leti watches the reunion. She comments to Coco that they will never have that with their “Mom.” and Coco responds “That’s because I killed her.” He tells Leti that he is proud of her for trying to help her friend, despite the fact that she almost got them all killed. He kisses her on top of the head and tells her that he loves her.
Leti says “I love you too, Dad.” But that feels awkward and the two decide she will continue calling him Coco.
They don’t sit back #MayansFX pic.twitter.com/gNfhLzjY5M
— Mayans MC (@MayansFX) October 16, 2019
As EZ walks away, Gabriela looks after him, as if she has something to say, but she remains quiet and goes back to hugging her mother and brother, Leo.
Remembers his Mother
The reunion causes EZ to think about his mom. He goes back to his trailer and begins looking through the paperwork he has collected.
The Galindo’s Are Summoned
Mayor Pena (Alexandra Barreto) calls Emily (Sarah Bolger) and Miguel (Danny Pino) in for a meeting. She tells them Marlin is dead.
She tells them that prior to his death, Marlin sent an email to the Mayor and other council members telling them that he accepted bribes from China regarding the Agri-Park project. With the Chinese now out of the bid, the Galindo Enterprises will win the contract.
Miguel is Suspicious in Tohil
Once they leave the Mayor’s office, he asks Emily what is going on. He asks her if there is anything he needs to know. Emily denies knowing anything about what happened to Marlin. Miguel is not convinced by her denials and instructs Nestor to watch her 24/7 and report back to him.
Emily Summons EZ
Emily calls Miguel to tell him that she will be home soon, but first she needs to stop by the clerk’s office to see Ileana. She tells Miguel that Ileana is taking Marlin’s death hard and she wants to see her. Next, Emily enters the City Hall and heads down a hallway where she lets EZ in through a sliding door. EZ tells her what happened at Marlin’s house. He tells her that after Marlin died, he looked around and decided that Marlin’s past-due bills would make it look like he was depressed and with the added guilt of selling the bid to China, he killed himself. He tells her he sent the emails to take care of the bid issue for Emily.
Emily realizes that Marlin’s blood is on her hands. EZ corrects her and says“Marlon’s dead because he pulled a gun on me while I was doing a favor for someone I care about.”Emily hugs him and thanks him. She promises to anything she can to help if he and his family ever need anything. EZ immediately takes her up on her offer. He pulls out some papers and says, “It’s a family thing.”
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In January 2010 and March 2010, Fan Shaohua held a solo exhibition at the prestigious Shanghai Art Museum and Beijing Art Museum. He has evolved as an artist; moving effortlessly from one distinct style and excelling in another.
Employing a fusion of mediums, his canvases employ vibrant hues tempered by bold strokes, marrying contemporary and traditional styles. He merges his western oil painting technique with the dramatic 'ink splash' and 'creased paper background', found in traditional Chinese ink painting. He paints in a refreshing myriad of colours that are instantly modern and harmonized in a delightful synergy. Developing from his acclaimed portraitures of dignitaries to his realist paintings imbued with social commentary, Fan explored Abstract Expressionism and Chinese Ink Painting in his latest series. Fan has not remained complacent and as an artist, has strived to search inwardly and gain inspiration from his surroundings. As such, he has evolved as an artist; moving effortlessly from one distinct style and excelling in another.
Fan's lotus series explores the flower in all its spiritual and philosophical meaning. Fusing Eastern and Western painting traditions, he depicts the beautiful symbolism of the lotus blooming resplendent out of the mud, in spite of its surroundings. With the background layer in many works, the texture is often created by the unexpected gradient of the handmade paper. This creasing-paper technique is found to in traditional Chinese Ink Painting and Fan Shao Hua has fused this with contemporary expressions of masterful brushstrokes. In most of Fan's paintings from the Lotus Series, the image of lotus, depicted with bold and spontaneous strokes of an ink painter with the medium of oil paint, grows out from the chaos of colours, drips and splatters. As the third layer, the lotus flowers, which seem to float above the surface, congenially disrupt the flatness, and points to a cyclical return to the figurative form.
By viewing Fan Shaohua's works in relation to these Oriental perspectives we can see clearly that his choice of the lotus as the theme in his latest abstract works is magnificent. As the recurrent symbol of purity and beauty, this flower, a subject for innumerable tales and metaphors, appears not just in the culture of the Middle Kingdom, but the rest of Asia as well, such as India and the Middle East. Complementing a wide variety of interiors, Fan's work can: illuminate a rustic living room; make a statement on a feature wall at the end of a corridor; add a burst of elation to the sleek calm of an office or create an oasis in a private bedroom.
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Portraiture by Fan Shao Hua Oil Painting Exhibition, Singapore
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Five Reasons to Visit Queens This Spring
Queens is the largest of the five boroughs, so it should come as no surprise that there’s so much going on this spring.
From an international film festival to an old-fashioned carnival on a farm, enticing events are cramming the calendar so keep your Metro Card handy for a spring fling in Queens.
What: Matthew Weiner’s Mad Men
Where: Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave, Astoria
When: March 14-June 14
Why: Don Draper fans from around the metropolitan area will get an inside peak at the creative process behind the hit series. The exhibit features large-scale sets of Draper’s office and home, costumes, props and more. Screenings and lectures round out the offerings.
How to get there: Via subway, take the R/M to Steinway Street or N/Q to 36 Ave. The Q101 bus is an option from the Upper East Side.
What: Queens World Film Festival
Where: Screenings throughout Queens
When: March 17-22
Why: For five days in March, Queens becomes a cinephile’s dream, thanks to the 5th annual Queens Film Festival. 110 films, including indie docs, shorts and narrative features, will be presented. Opening night on March 17 at the Museum of the Moving Image presents a global lineup of award winning shorts.
How to get there: Check the festival site for directions to the multiple venues.
What: Children’s Carnival at the Queens County Farm Museum
Where: 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park
When: April 11-12 and April 18-19
Why: Who says NYC has lost its agrarian roots? This working farm dates back to 1697. Escape the hectic pace of urban life as you visit the greenhouse, pet livestock and laze in the orchard. The Children’s Carnival includes hayrides, games and unlimited carnival rides for a reasonable $12 per person.
How to get there: E or F to Kew Gardens/Union Turnpike Station, where you will transfer to the Q46 bus to the Little Neck Parkway stop. Walk three blocks to the farm’s entrance.
What: New York Mets
Where: Citi Field, Flushing
When: Opening day is April 13, season lasts through September.
Why: Show your support for the other New York team, the perennial underdog Mets. The home opener against the Phillies is a fine way for the boys of summer to start the long season. If you’re not particularly keen on America’s pastime, you can still have fun noshing your way around the delish dining options including Shake Shack, Blue Smoke and El Verano Taqueria.
How to get there: 7 train to Mets/Willets Point Station
What: Lemon Ice King of Corona
Where: 52-02 108 Street, Corona
When: Open year round
Why: Don’t let a cool wind stop you from indulging in a taste of summer. For over 60 years, the Benfaremo family has been producing the most authentic Italian ice this side of Palermo. Flavors range from classic (lemon, rainbow, chocolate) to creative (licorice, peanut butter, cotton candy).
How to get there: 7 train to 103 Street-Corona Plaza. Exit the station at 104th Street, turn right and walk about 10 minutes. Turn right onto Corona Ave.
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Transcript of the June 16, 2004 NCVHS Full Committee Meeting
Room 800/Eisenberg Room
Call to Order, Welcome and Introductions, Review of Agenda – Dr. Lumpkin
Update from the Department – James Scanlon, ASPE
HIPAA – Maria Friedman, CMS
Privacy Rule Compliance Update – Susan McAndrew, OCR
Privacy Letters – Dr. Harding
Letter – Dr. Cohn
Populations Report – Dr. Mays
CNSTAT Report – DHHS Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data:
Shelly Ver Ploeg, NAS
Denise Love, NAHDO
Dr. Carl Volpe, WellPoint
P R O C E E D I N G S (9:05 am)
Agenda Item: Call to Order, Welcome and Introductions, Review of Agenda – Dr. Lumpkin
DR. LUMPKIN: Good morning. We might as well start the meeting. My name is
John Lumpkin. I’m Senior Vice President of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and
chair of the committee.
We are going to start off with some introductions. We have a fair bit of
work today. Obviously, this is a fascinating environment, even since the last
time I believe that we have met. We will have a presentation tomorrow from
David Brailer, who is the new NHIT — I guess we better like what David is
doing, because it was our recommendation. So, I don’t think we can actually
criticize that.
And far be it from us — every time we have a meeting, last time we kind of
were noting the fact that the secretary was now stumping on our issues, which
surprised us, because it took us so long to try to get some attention within
the department. But now we have the president stumping on our issues. In fact,
I wouldn’t be surprised if as his motorcade goes by, he might stop in, seeing
that he knows that we are meeting. But maybe he’s busy.
Why don’t we being with introductions? Even though Marjorie and Jim have
been switched, we’ll start with Jim.
MR. SCANLON: I’m Jim Scanlon. I’m the Head of the Science and Data Policy
Office in HHS, and I’m the executive staff director for the full committee.
DR. COHN: I’m Simon Cohn. I’m the National Director for Health Information
Policy for Kaiser Permanente, a practicing physician, and a member of the
MR. BLAIR: I’m Jeff Blair with the Medical Records Institute, and I’m a
member of the committee.
DR. STEINDEL: Steve Steindel, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
liaison to the committee.
DR. LUMPKIN: Actually, Marjorie nudged me, as I forgot, as you introduce
yourself, if you have any conflicts, please announce them at this time.
MS. GREENBERG: With anything on the agenda.
DR. LUMPKIN: Yes, I mean if you have conflicts with national policy, we
really don’t want to hear about it.
DR. COHN: John, no conflict.
DR. LUMPKIN: Okay.
DR. WARREN: I’m Judy Warren from the University of Kansas School of
Nursing, and a member of the committee. And I’m not aware of any conflicts with
this meeting.
DR. CARR: I’m Justine Carr, physician at Health Care Quality at Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center, and no conflicts.
MR. REYNOLDS: Harry Reynolds, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina,
and member of the committee, and no conflicts.
DR. LENGERICH: Gene Lengerich, Penn State University, member of the
committee, and no conflicts that I’m aware of.
DR. STEINWACHS: Don Steinwachs, Johns Hopkins University, member of the
committee. And I have the same conflicts Eugene has.
MS. FRIEDMAN: Maria Friedman, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
and lead staff to the Subcommittee on Standards and Security.
MR. HOUSTON: John Houston with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
I’m a member of the committee, and I have no conflicts.
MS. BEREK: Judy Berek, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. I’m the
MS. HANDRICH: Peggy Handrich, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family
Services. I’m a member of the committee, and I have no conflicts.
MR. LOCALIO: I’m Russell Localio, University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine, and a member of the committee, and I have no conflicts.
DR. MAYS: Vickie Mays, University of California, Los Angeles, member of the
committee. And I don’t think I have any conflicts.
MR. HUNGATE: Bob Hungate, Physician Patient Partnerships for Health, member
of the committee, and no conflicts.
DR. HARDING: Richard Harding, University of South Carolina School of
Medicine, and have no conflicts.
MS. GREENBERG: Marjorie Greenberg, National Center for Health Statistics,
CDC, and executive secretary to the committee.
[Additional introductions were made.]
MS. GREENBERG: I just wanted to call your attention to a few documents that
we have included on the table, in particular a draft list of popular acronyms
in health data policy. Justine, Dr. Carr, suggested after her first meeting
that this would be helpful, and I agreed with her. We had done things like this
in the past, but never really for the National Committee.
So, this is our first attempt at it. Debbie Jackson and I have worked on
it, and we would welcome first of all if you see anything missing that you
would like to add, this is a living document. That’s why we called it a draft.
And if we got any of them wrong, let us know. And let us know if you think it’s
DR. LUMPKIN: So, let me see if I understand it. We’re going to be keeping
track, and there is going to be an award at the end of the meeting with the
person that uses the most number of these acronyms correctly in this meeting.
Of course my favorite one isn’t on there.
MS. GREENBERG: RWJ?
DR. LUMPKIN: No, PMPM.
MS. GREENBERG: Oh, well, just submit them to your friendly staff, and we’ll
add them.
DR. LUMPKIN: And I almost never get to use that in a sentence, so that was
probably only the second time I’ve used that term. There are a few in this room
who know what that is.
Any issues, questions, additions, changes to the agenda? Okay, we are going
to move ahead.
[Administrative remarks.]
MS. GREENBERG: [Administrative remarks.]
DR. LUMPKIN: We’re going to start off with the update from the department.
Agenda Item: Update from Department – James
Scanlon, ASPE
MR. SCANLON: Thank you, John, and good morning everyone.
Since we met in March — that’s when it was I guess, we had a full
committee meeting in March — we have had a number of significant developments
in the NHII and the data policy area occurring. And many of them actually, as
John indicated earlier, are in response or consistent with at least, NCVHS
recommendations.
So, let me start with the secretary’s May 6, Health Information Technology
Summit. The secretary convened a conference here in Washington on May 6
involving over 100 leaders in health information technology. And he was looking
at ways to accelerate the use of electronic health records and the NHII
generally. And several of the NCVHS members were there.
He had a number of announcements, and let me just recap what they were,
because I think you are familiar with most of them, and some of them were
actually NCVHS recommendations, so they have come full circle. First of all, he
announced that HHS and other agencies in the federal health care enterprise
were adopting and endorsing 15 additional CHI standards.
There were agreed to by our CHI initiative. And of course they are designed
to allow for, and to promote the electronic interchange of health care
information. Again, these focus on the federal health care enterprise, but the
hope is that by the federal endorsement of these standards, and use in our own
systems, that this would serve as a leadership, an example, and a guide for
industry directions as well.
He also announced that starting that day, May 6, the SNOMED-CT could be
downloaded for free on the NLM Website. So, as you remember, the conditions of
that agreement, virtually any health care organization in the US could download
and use SNOMED free in the United States. And you are quite familiar with
SNOMED itself.
And he also announced that day that the HL-7 had completed a favorable
vote. You will remember on a functional model on standards, fairly high level
standards for electronic health records. And then we’ll be following up HHS
this year with another project at HL-7 that will be looking at actual data
interchange standards to support the electronic health record. So, there were
actually a number of things announced at the conference.
In addition, he announced the appointment of the first national health
information technology coordinator, Dr. David Brailer, here at HHS. You will
remember that the president signed an executive order creating that position
about a week earlier, April 27, and David was actually there at the meeting,
and the secretary introduced him as well. And he has been here since then.
Now, Dr. Brailer will be meeting with the full committee tomorrow, so I
don’t want to steal much of his thunder. But in terms of the challenge ahead,
let me read what the executive order asks him to do. “The National
Coordinator shall –”
DR. LUMPKIN: Jim, that’s on Tab 6.
MR. SCANLON: And you have the executive order, Tab 6. But, “The
coordinator shall, to the extent permitted by law, develop, maintain, and
direct implementation of a strategic plan to guide the nationwide
implementation of interoperable information technology in both the public and
private health care sectors that will reduce errors, improve quality, and
produce greater value for health care expenditures. The coordinator shall
report to the secretary regarding progress on the development and
implementation of the strategic plan within 90 days after he begins
So, that was more than 30 days ago, so the clock is ticking already. And I
know David and his office are already moving pretty quickly on moving that.
Now, I think as David will tell you tomorrow, he will be presenting some of
this framework at our NHII 2004 Conference in July; July 20-23. And I believe
virtually all of you have signed up for that conference as well. And there are
some sessions designed specifically for interaction with the NCVHS as well.
Any questions on that? I’m going to turn to the National Academy of
Sciences study on race/ethnicity data next. Again, we will have David here
tomorrow to brief the committee, and you can ask him questions about
responsibilities, strategy, timeline, and so on.
Let me turn then to the — I briefed the committee previously on the
progress of a study funded by HHS and mandated by Congress to look at the
adequacy of race and ethnicity data in health and human services generally, not
just the federal or the public side, but in the health care sector generally.
And this was funded by probably half a dozen of our agencies here in HHS.
Ed Perrin, you will remember, was the chairman. John Lumpkin was a member
of the committee. The panel released the workshop report last August that
looked at some issues and opportunities in the private sector health care
organizations, and the full report was released in April. And we will have a
briefing later this morning from representatives of the Academy on their
findings and their recommendations there as well.
Let me say a little bit about budgets, and kind of where we are in
planning. We are just about completing fiscal year 2004, and we are looking
forward now to the president’s budget, which is awaiting congressional action
on the Hill with the 2005 budget. You will remember that the president’s 2005
budget on the Hill actually included a number of initiatives relating to the
NHII and data policy generally.
And it looks like some of them continue 2004 activities, but just to remind
you, we first of all have an ASPE/AHRQ joint initiative on data standards that
is continued from 2004 in the 2005 budget. This provides, if enacted by
Congress, $10 million for investments in data standards.
You will remember last year we were able to fund some activities relating
to the medication standards, RxNorm, DailyMed, and so on, medical device
standards, and some mapping priorities as well, which again, we sought the
NCVHS’s advice on what would be mapped, how would they relate to each other,
and what were the priorities for mapping. So, we hope to continue some of that
work as well.
In addition in the AHRQ budget, we have $50 million proposed for 2005 that
is. We continue the $50 million initiative for planning, demonstration, and
evaluation grants, looking at improving patient safety through health
information technology in hospitals and ambulatory practice settings. That
would be continued. The request for applications have already been issued this
later. And later in the year we will be announcing grant awards.
In addition, something new in the 2005 budget at the departmental level,
there is an additional $50 million requested that would be slated for
demonstrations of community and regional, local health information interchange
and data exchange networks. So, the focus here would be on interoperable data
exchange at the regional or local level as well.
There is also some very good news on the population statistics side in the
president’s 2005 budget. There is a $25 million increase requested for the
National Center for Health Statistics. This was more or less a professional
judgment amount of the resources needed to maintain and transform the core data
systems at NCHS, vital statistics, health interview survey, provider surveys,
and research as well.
This was the Data Council’s highest priority recommendation in the 2005
budget. And the secretary and the president and OMB agreed, and they forwarded
the request to Congress, and we are now hoping that that will actually find its
way into the actual appropriation.
For the 2006 budgets, we are really in the planning stage, but we are
beginning to look at what priorities and investments may be being thought
about, and the Data Council will be meeting on Friday, our data strategy group,
to kind of do some preliminary thinking and frameworks for what we might look
for or ask and recommend in the 2006 budget.
So, let me stop there.
DR. LUMPKIN: Any questions?
DR. FITZMAURICE: I would just make one statement, and that is that I think
the good news that Jim has given us about a lot of resources being in the 2005
budget for data standards, for data and surveys, there has been a lot of
groundwork that has been laid not only by Jim and his staff, but also by the
National Committee. And a lot of that is due to the importance put upon the
data by this committee.
DR. LUMPKIN: Any other questions?
Agenda Item: Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 – Maria Friedman, DBA, CMS
MS. FRIEDMAN: Good morning, everyone.
I’ll start with the update on HIPAA. We are pleased to report that during
the May and as of June 4, the percentage of HIPAA compliant claims coming into
Medicare is actually in the mid-eighties. As of June 4, we are at 86.4 percent.
So, the numbers keep trending upward, and we’re very pleased by that.
The number of complaints we have received, total of 140. Of those, 120 had
to do with transactions and code sets. A bunch of the others weren’t ours. They
were privacy and those kinds of things, and we of course sent them to the
Office of Civil Rights. We’re pleased to help out any way we can.
Almost all of the complaints we have gotten are on the claim. There are a
few code set issues. The bulk of those are small providers against health plans
and clearinghouses.
On the regulatory front we have NPRMs on claims attachments and the
national plan ID. They are in the works, and are expected to be published by
the end of the year. We also have a regulation on transactions and code sets
policy modifications, which includes streamlining the standards on the change
process. That’s under development, and we’re not quite sure when it’s going to
come out, but I thought that the committee would like to know that that’s in
the process as well.
On the consolidated health informatics front, as Jim said, and as you know,
CHI had recommended a group of 20 standards to be used in the federal IT
architecture, which were adopted by the secretary on May 6. CHI is part of
actually the e-gov initiative. And we understand that OMB has announced the
intent to graduate these initiatives from the e-gov structure by the end of
this fiscal year, the end of September, and these will then become integrated
with regard business functions and processes of various agencies across the
CHI next steps, there are brainstorming sessions with partners, during
which a consensus emerged that three activities are very important:
facilitating implementation of adopted standards. Agencies will build these
standards into individual IT architecture to deploy new systems and major
systems upgrades.
The second is enhancing usability of adopted standards by working with the
SDOs to fill gaps and promote harmonization. And finally, the new standards
work to support critical business needs. And of course, CHI is working very
closely with Dr. Brailer’s office to help contribute to the president’s agenda
for promoting electronic health records.
DR. LUMPKIN: Any questions? Thank you.
DR. COHN: Maria, thank you for as usual, a wonderful presentation. Tell me
more about the graduation of the e-gov initiative. This obviously is an area
where there is obviously first of all, lots of opportunity. But I think most of
us feel that these are probably in early high school, as opposed to quite ready
to get their diplomas yet. So, we are wondering what this exactly means. Is
there a clarity around all of this?
MS. FRIEDMAN: Unfortunately, the person who can really fill you in on that,
Cynthia Werk, is not here today. But I can get information on that and bring it
MS. GREENBERG: Just from my own participation on the Council, I think as
Maria said, these e-gov initiatives were kind of a one time activity. But the
CHI is continuing as a partnership activity among the federal agencies, HHS,
VA, and DoD principally, but others such as SSA, et cetera, have also
participated.
And it is going to be more kind of integrated into like the federal health
architecture work, and sort of ongoing and emerging departmental efforts and
governmental efforts. And we’ve got a whole agenda for phase 2, but it will no
longer be as an OMB e-gov initiative, but as an interdepartmental activity.
So, that doesn’t seem to be clear to you.
DR. COHN: And I apologize. I guess I’m reflecting on what I’m hearing from
you, and the fact that I guess my concern is that without a focus of activity,
at times things get lost. And I was actually thinking about the recent IOM
report on patient safety that we had a briefing on at our last meeting. It
really talked about the need for a structure to enable successful moving into
this sort of a standards oriented future.
And so, I’m just reflecting on what I’m hearing, versus that set of
recommendations. And I’m not certain that there is a problem, but obviously,
I’m just concerned. That’s something I will take back to the Committee on
Standards and Security. And I’m sure there will be no letter generated today,
but it’s just obviously a concern about whether or not there will be — about
the durability and resiliency of the process that is being described.
MS. FRIEDMAN: I think also once Dr. Brailer’s office gets up and running,
there will be some opportunities to further understand how all this integration
will take place.
MR. SCANLON: I might mention that Dr. Brailer is not just the HHS — he’s
here in HHS, but I think part of his responsibility is to coordinate
federal-wide, including DoD and VA. I don’t think the change in the original 23
e-gov initiatives at OMB was meant to signify anything of less interest. I
think it was purely a bureaucratic decision on their part. They changed the
IOs. It’s not so much a graduation as a what’s next sort of thing.
DR. LUMPKIN: Any other questions? Thank you.
Susan.
Agenda Item: Privacy Rule Compliance Update – Susan
McAndrew, OCR
MS. MC ANDREW: On the privacy front, and it may the complaints that Maria
has been sending over, as of the end of May, we had received 6,557 privacy
complaints. We have closed over 50 percent of those, and are pleased that our
closure rate continues to creep up, even though we are not so pleased that our
case rate also continues to creep up.
We had been working under an assumption that we were getting cases at about
100 a week, and looking back over the recent month’s data, that intake is now
more in the range of 120-130 a week.
So, I suppose there is good news in that, and that is that privacy
continues to be in the forefront of everyone’s agenda. And that the consumers
are becoming aware of their rights, and are exercising their rights, and are
very protective of concerns that they have that their privacy rights may be
breached by covered entities.
We have not to date, had to issue any sanctions. So, we still have not
brought our first case under the civil money penalties. We continue to refer
cases to the Department of Justice, and they are continuing to investigate and
pursue those cases that they think have merit.
So, that is the complaint side. I would say one other thing about our
complaint activities, and that is earlier, I guess in late April to May, we
were visited by the General Accounting Office, who, at the request of the
Senate Health Committee, is doing a quick report on privacy implementation one
year out. And part of that is to look at complaints, and to see what complaints
may tell them about where people are concerned with how the privacy rule is
operating.
They were also going to be surveying, and I don’t know if they have talked
to you all or not, but they were going to be surveying a variety of
stakeholders to get their impressions about how the privacy rule is operating.
But in terms of complaint analysis, one of the things that we did for GAO is to
generate a database of the first year’s worth of complaints.
And we have had conversations with you all before in the past about
interest in doing some additional manipulation of the complaint data on a
variety of data points. And so, I’m thinking that this may be an opportunity
to, if you would like to let us know any particular concerns that you have, or
particular interests, we may in fact have an opportunity here to do some more
analysis with the first year’s data.
In addition to that, on the guidance side we have been continuing to meet
with various stakeholders, plans, folks in the research community. We have been
— particularly in the research area, your recommendations were very helpful in
And I think that there are a number of fronts where we will be engaging not
only the research components within the department, but also in the private
sector about concerns with continued roughs between the privacy rule and the
Common Rule, and to make sure that we are aligning the two rules to facilitate
research as much as possible, as well as looking into making sure the
authorizations and the informed consent processes line up as true as possible.
In addition, we have published — we at the department — SAMHSA has
finished clearance, and has put up on their Website, a document that crosswalks
the privacy rule requirements against their existing part 2 of their own
confidentiality and privacy requirements for substance abuse. And that is
available on their Website, and I think we are in the process, or have linked
to that, so that you can access that comparison document.
I would also say that we have initiated our own privacy listserv, which we
will be using to disseminate guidance as it is produced. And I think we are
three weeks out, and we have something like 12,000 people signed up on the
listserv, so lots of interest is out there, and we are continuing to work hard
on guidance in a variety of areas.
We have I think two consumer documents that are coming close to finishing
clearance. This attempts to translate the privacy rule, and particularly
individual rights into a single page — doubled sided I will say, but a single
page. We have done our best to try to produce at least two pieces of general
consumer-friendly information and helpful hints on the privacy rule and privacy
rule rights. And we’re hoping that they will be out soon. They are in their
final phase of clearance.
And I will stop there. I know there was one question.
DR. LUMPKIN: Right, just a quick question before I turn it over to Jeff.
Those two documents, do you know what languages they will be translated into
other than English?
MS. MC ANDREW: I think we will be trying to translate all materials into
seven languages. And I can’t tell you off the top of my head what they are. But
we are going through in the material that is up there now, and as material
comes out, we will be sending them for translation into at least seven
languages.
DR. LUMPKIN: Great. We’ll start off with Jeff.
MR. BLAIR: Sue, thank you. Obviously, I want to commend all of the things
that you are doing. The reason that I have a question here is because I have a
concern that there are some privacy advocacy groups that are very fearful of
the entire HIPAA initiative. And their perception of the privacy regulations is
very, very different than the perception we have in this room.
And I think that there is a tendency to wind up saying, well, they are just
misinformed, and they just don’t understand. But these privacy advocacy groups
get reported in the New York Times, and other major media. And I feel as if we
really need to make an effort to reach out to these privacy advocacy groups.
And it’s not very hard to check with Websites to see the things that they are
saying, and the way that they are characterizing HIPAA and the privacy
So, we should be able to pull together an open forum where we respect their
concerns and their fears, and we at least make an attempt to clarify on the
record, what they HIPAA privacy regulations really do and really say. And I
think that we ignore this at our peril. And I strongly encourage there to be an
initiative to try to reach out respectfully to educate the privacy advocacy
DR. LUMPKIN: John.
MR. HOUSTON: A couple of things. With regards to the consumer guidance that
you discussed, I know in the past one of my questions has always been give me
statistics about the different complaints that are being filed. With regard to
guidance, are these guidance documents going to take into consideration common
complaints from consumers that may be misperceptions of the rule?
Because again, in my organization, I often see people file complaints, and
the reality is there is not a violation. It’s not a privacy issue, it’s just a
misunderstanding of what the rule allows.
And I think that any type of consumer guidance, I think it would be helpful
to go back through the complaints, look at them, try to understand where there
are misconceptions as to what the rule does and doesn’t do, so that these
guidance documents also try to maybe address the misconceptions, as much as
lead the consumers as to what their rights are under the privacy rule.
MS. MC ANDREW: I will say that we made an effort from the beginning in
designing the consumer documents about individual rights, to be careful not to
I guess oversell or make absolute statements that would distort the right in
the consumer’s mind. So, we were careful to try to make clear in these
documents, the true nature, including some of the limitations about the rights,
to avoid the consumer becoming enraged at the doctor, thinking that they had
the right to this, and they don’t really.
So, we were careful going into these documents, to make sure that they were
properly balanced and communicated the true scope of the right. In addition, we
have been using not only the complaints that we received which indicate
consumer concerns about something that is not technically a violation of the
rule to inform the guidance that we give out, as well as things that we hear in
the press, and misconceptions that we may get from the adversaries that Jeff
had mentioned —
MR. BLAIR: Sue, I really don’t want to refer to them as adversaries. I
would really rather refer to them as privacy advocacy groups. And while they
may be saying some things that we know are not accurate, I think it is our
responsibility to reach out to them, to let them know that we are hearing them.
MS. MC ANDREW: I think we have tried to, to the extent that an issue is
raised from any of these forums, we have tried to address these in a number of
consumer-oriented FAQs, largely about — to date they have largely been in the
area of the ability of friends and family to have communications with the
patient and the patient’s physician, and how those informal communications can
go on.
So, we have tried to address some of the larger misconceptions, the most
common misconceptions through FAQs. We are also hopeful that the listserv may
also be a forum where some of these myths or misconceptions can be dispelled.
MR. HOUSTON: To put in my request again, I think statistics is something
that I am very interested in, and I really want to see them. I think it would
be helpful to guide this committee. So, again, even gross numbers, number of
complaints broken down by what area of the privacy world they seem to be — the
different complaints are focused on. Just raw numbers would even be helpful at
this point in time I think; helpful to me, I know.
DR. LUMPKIN: But I think what I heard Sue say is if you could send her your
wish list of what you would like to see, they are now in the process of
tabulation, so that would be useful.
MR. HOUSTON: In the past I have indicated areas I’d like to see, but I’ll
be more than happy to talk to her or write it down.
DR. LUMPKIN: Great.
Richard?
DR. HARDING: Thank you again for all the work that you are doing. I have a
quick question. You mentioned that there had, at this time, been no sanctions
from OCR. And in the next sentence you said that you had referred to the
Department of Justice, a number of cases. On what standard do you refer? That
is, there are interpretations, and there are gross whatevers. Can you give us
an example of the type of case you have referred to the Department of Justice
at this point?
MS. MC ANDREW: Typically, the refers to the Department of Justice are where
is an knowing, an intentional disclosure of —
DR. HARDING: Selling of information or something along those lines?
MS. MC ANDREW: It can be selling. It can be a disclosure with malicious
intent. It can be a disclosure for personal benefit, for gain. But it basically
needs to be a knowing disclosure, or the intentional obtaining of protected
health information in a manner that is in violation of the rule.
DR. HARDING: Has this happened 2 times or 10 times or 100 times that you
have referred?
MS. MC ANDREW: To date we have referred in the neighborhood of 80 cases.
DR. HARDING: Thank you.
DR. LUMPKIN: Russ.
MR. LOCALIO: I’m Russ Localio at the University of Pennsylvania.
I’m interested in the type of complaints that you get in that my feeling is
that the complaints that you entertain are those for individual patients
concerning potential violations of their individual privacy rights. Is that
MS. MC ANDREW: Actually, anyone can file a complaint. It doesn’t have to be
a patient. But they are largely from individuals.
MR. LOCALIO: The reason I ask is that I get lots of complaints, many
complaints, HIPAA this, HIPAA that, more now than I used to get. Some people
know that I’m on this committee, and they flame me. But they are people who are
researchers. And I want to give you some examples of the type of complaint I
hear. And then I would like to ask what is the number that people dial if they
get that type of complaint?
For example, a researcher with a valid authorization form in hand goes to a
hospital and says, this patient has given us permission to access the medical
record. And the hospital says, but the signature is more than 60 days old, or
more than 30 days old, and it varies by institution.
Or they say, well, yes, we see that this is a valid authorization, but the
person who does that is on maternity leave, and won’t be back for three months.
That’s just a flavor of some of the things that I hear. I hear that the
authorization forms are so complex that only a lawyer could understand them,
and the reason is that a lawyer wrote them, the authorization forms.
What is the mechanism by which you entertain these complaints? And are
these part of the tabulations that you are currently weighing or considering?
MS. MC ANDREW: In part. Your first two examples, were the researcher to
file that complaint with our office, we would treat that as a complaint, so it
would go into the count of the 6,000 whatever. But neither of those situations
are complaints over which we would take jurisdiction, because neither of them
represent a violation of the privacy rule, because it is not a violation of the
rule not to honor even a valid authorization.
With regard to the complexity of the authorization, that is less of a
complaint about a potential violation of the rule than just a complaint about
the rule. Although since each entity gets to design their own authorization
form, it’s kind of a complaint against one’s self, or not a complaint against
the rule per se.
So, we actually have had lots of discussion with both the plans and
providers about potential benefits from having a national model authorization
form. I don’t know if any comments to that effect have come to the committee,
or what the committee might think, or would be interested in weighing in on
that issue. But we have had those discussions with various stakeholders.
I don’t know whether it would help or hurt the complexity issue, because we
wind up having to design an authorization form that would have to serve a
variety of functions, which may make it more complex than what is out there
today. But it’s probably worth considering.
MR. LOCALIO: So, in other words, you do entertain those complaints, and you
do document them, and take then down? And that is one way that people who are
aggrieved with the privacy rules as they function, can at least make you aware?
MS. MC ANDREW: Oh, sure.
MR. LOCALIO: Thank you.
DR. LUMPKIN: We’ll go Michael, and then I have a question. Yes, Michael?
DR. FITZMAURICE: I wanted to follow-up on Russell’s question with a
scenario. Suppose a researcher came to a hospital, and had in hand an
individual authorization, and had a request from the individual to obtain the
data for the individual’s purposes of turning it over to the researcher, and
then had a third document empowering the researcher to receive the data on
behalf of the individual. Would that work? And then would the hospital have to
turn the information over to the researcher in that case?
MS. MC ANDREW: I’m not quite sure what you are asking me. I will only say
that the distinction is only that most of the rule is permissive with respect
to disclosure. But to the extent the individual is exercising a right to
request access and a copy of their own records, then that is a required
disclosure, and the entity must honor an individual’s request for access.
MR. REYNOLDS: Susan, I would like to echo John Houston’s comments. I think
even base statistics, because there are kind of some silent partners in the
privacy rule that some of us worry about, and I know we are trying to do some
outreach — employers.
Are the complaints against employers beginning to rise? We all obviously
think hospitals and doctors and everything else. But employers is a group that
they don’t seem to be as awake as they need to be. So, are complaints rising
against them? And those are the kind of base statistics that I think would
help, as we all try to help people understand the privacy rule, and make sure
that they don’t hurt themselves. Case law is not going to be the way to find
out if we did well on it.
MS. MC ANDREW: I don’t think complaints against employers is on the rise.
We continue to see complaints filed against group health plans, which may be
the surrogate for the employer category. And also some of those really — the
group health plans tend to be split between those where the employer is really
involved, and those were the complaint is really with the insurer that is
carrying the policy.
But we are looking at the area. We know we continue to get questions about
the role of employers and group health plans. New attention is being focused on
that with the new health savings accounts, and the other kinds of supplemental
health benefit policies that are out there. So, we do have on our agenda, the
need to get some technical assistance out to the employer group health plan
DR. LUMPKIN: I’m actually going to — and we’ll need to move on, because we
are running a little bit behind schedule — just to toss into the pot a
question, which you don’t have to answer now. But it relates to some concerns
I’m still picking up from emergency care and EMS providers in relationship to
the privacy rule. And I don’t know to what extent that is a problem with — I
thought we had taken care of that. There was some fairly specific ones.
So just a question on whether or not that is still bubbling up, and
something we may want to take a look into, perhaps a hearing or something to
determine if there are still some overlying concerns, because I think the
department’s directives were helpful in that area.
The second is really in response to Jeff’s concerns. And I think the
question there, there are two reasons why advocacy groups will have positions
and interpretations that are different than the department. One is that they
are not familiar with the department’s guidances and positions. And the second
is they just disagree. And I think we need to determine the difference.
My guess right now is given as far as we have been down the road, it’s
probably that they just disagree with the interpretations. And they are
certainly free to have that, and that is part of the reason why they are in
existence, is to be checks and balances to our official structures.
But I would urge us as we look at that, to also consider that second
option, because in many of these advocacy groups, there are smart people, and
they do homework. And sometimes for people in government, they do more homework
than we would like them to do. But not all of it is because they are not
informed.
MR. BLAIR: One thought on that?
DR. LUMPKIN: Yes?
MR. BLAIR: John, I think you are absolutely correct. The thing about some
of the groups that may have disagreements is that the way they express their
disagreements is they go directly to the media. And they do it in a manner
where it is extremely difficult for the Office of Civil Rights to get those
allegations clarified.
So, I thought that it would be beneficial for the public at large if the
Office of Civil Rights created an open forum, invited these groups to be able
to express these thoughts, but in a forum which really would give the Office of
Civil Rights the opportunity in front of the media to get complete, good,
accurate information out there.
Because in some ways it isn’t a matter of whether — how do I want to
phrase this? Sometimes what gets covered in the media is not necessarily the
whole story. And I really felt as if by default, some distortions are being
replicated, and the readers don’t know the difference, and the readers are
getting afraid.
And so, I felt as if it would be a good idea for the Office of Civil Rights
to be proactive in this area, and do more than frequently asked questions or
publishing things, or having things on the Internet, or responding when a
reporter calls. But to actually have an open forum which might give a better
opportunity for all of the story to be gotten out to the press.
DR. LUMPKIN: I think we are going to need to move on, but I’m just going to
interject that unfortunately I think if OCR were to have such a conference, it
would be covered on page 99 of an 88 page newspaper. Whereas, the advocates’
press releases, because they appear to be controversy, get more coverage.
And the challenge — we can’t control what the media does. And that really
is the real challenge. And given the fact that we have a constitution with a
first amendment right on that, I won’t say we don’t want to, but we can’t.
So, I think it is a good issue, it’s an important issue, and we certainly
would urge that OCR not miss an opportunity to try to clarify the issue, but to
recognize the limitation in which they operate.
Simon?
DR. COHN: I was actually going to first of all observe that this is a good
time for Jeff to rejoin the Privacy Subcommittee, because it seems to me many
of these issues are things that are probably appropriate for our Privacy
Subcommittee.
I do, however, also want to just observe that I think part of the conundrum
we all face is this issue of covered versus non-covered entities. And as I have
looked into this recently, I am actually much more comfortable with the whole
issue of covered entities with individual identifiable health information.
But obviously out in the world of the Internet, there are many non-covered
entities that are dealing, or accessing, using, asking for individual
identifiable health information. And certainly, if I were a privacy advocate,
that would be an area that I would be particularly concerned about.
It’s probably also something that the subcommittee needs to begin to get in
and talk about. And probably something that we need to be asking OCR to work
with us around, just because I think it is sort of an open area there.
DR. LUMPKIN: Well, I’m going to thank Sue and Maria, and not to toss this
open, but I would suggest that one of the areas that the Privacy Subcommittee
may want to start looking at is the banking industry. And wait a second, we had
an item in our next item on our agenda is related to that.
Richard.
Agenda Item: Privacy Letter – Dr. Harding
DR. HARDING: Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’m representing Mark Rothstein
today, who couldn’t be here. And we have been, as most of you know, following
the privacy rule for the last 14 months since it was introduced. And we have
had hearing in February of this year around three topics: banking, law
enforcement, and schools.
The subcommittee, by the way, is composed of Mark, Simon, John, Harry, and
myself. And we have had extraordinary support from Kathleen Fyffe, as well as
John Fanning and others, and we appreciate it.
We have in Tab 5, the second and through about the tenth pages, three
letters that are proposed to come from this committee to the secretary around
those three items, banking, law enforcement, and schools. They are to be
discussed today, and then voted on tomorrow, is my understanding. And I would
like your guidance, Mr. Chair, as to how you would like to proceed.
Would you like me to read those and take amendments and so forth today? Or
would you like — how would you like to proceed?
DR. LUMPKIN: I think the letters have been in our handout. I think everyone
has read them. So, why don’t we just walk through them one at a time, and see
if there are any comments or amendments, starting off with the banking letter.
DR. HARDING: So, it isn’t necessary to read the whole letter?
DR. LUMPKIN: That’s correct. Just read the recommendations, I think.
DR. HARDING: Okay.
First letter is about banking. And the recommendations are rather brief.
There are three of them. I’ll read the final paragraph, and then the three
“NCVHS notes that the banking industry is evolving and diversifying
its services for processing of person health information. For example,
financial institutions have begun to acquire health care clearinghouses, and
they provide value-added services that potentially involve personal health
information. Financial institutions face new privacy challenges and
responsibilities in today’s environment and with that in mind, the NCVHS
recommends the following:
– HHS should clarify the nature of Section 1179…”
If you go back, that is the Social Security Act.
“…exception for financial institutions when engaged in processing
health care transactions. Specifically, clarification is needed from HHS about
whether the exception applies to consumer-initiated transaction (e.g., credit
card or check payments), covered entity-initiated payment transactions, or
Is there any discussion recommendation? We are saying that
consumer-initiated and covered entity-initiated payments or both.
DR. LUMPKIN: I think the only comment I would have is Section 1179 is not
included on our popular acronyms.
DR. HARDING: We will take care of that immediately.
DR. LUMPKIN: I just wanted to point out that Counselor Houston didn’t say
it loud enough, but he pointed out that that’s not an acronym, it’s a number.
And he is technically correct, as usual.
MS. GREENBERG: Although it’s quite hilarious, I see that HIPAA is not in
here either.
DR. LUMPKIN: Next recommendation.
DR. HARDING: Bullet two, “Until HHS clarified the Section 1179
exception, HHS should recommend to health care providers and payers that they
use business associate agreements with financial institutions.” This would
be a temporary fix recommendation.
And number three, “Regardless of the technical status of financial
institutions under the law and the regulation, HHS should consider whether
encryption should be required for PHI moving through the ACH,” which is
automated clearinghouse, “to ensure that it is available only to final
recipients.” We’re recommending increased use of encryption.
Those were the three recommendations.
DR. LUMPKIN: Michael?
DR. FITZMAURICE: On the last one, Richard, I wonder if that would preclude
those clearinghouses from doing coordination of benefits? That is, bursting
open the encryption so they can see what other insurance companies might have
to share the information. If they are acting as a clearinghouse, then that’s
one of the functions that a clearinghouse can do. It’s a just a thought that
somebody needs to consider. It may be the department needs to consider it.
DR. LUMPKIN: Wouldn’t that be an issue about where or not the encryption,
and how it’s set up, depending upon the role that they would play?
DR. FITZMAURICE: Or just a recognition that it may preclude some functions.
I think the way it’s stated is probably good enough.
MR. REYNOLDS: Because I think the thing that this — the ACH that is
mentioned here is the general banking clearing function. Once it gets into an
individual banking institution, if they are in fact a clearinghouse, then they
are in fact under a covered entity status, and can do what they need to do with
the transaction based on that situation. This is the general flow throughout
the whole banking system as it’s going from one institution to another.
DR. FITZMAURICE: These are the non-HIPAA transactions?
MR. REYNOLDS: No, they are HIPAA, and we are saying they should be
encrypted as they flow through the general process. Once they got to an
institution, if it’s a bank that is a clearinghouse, they have the ability to
take it out of the encryption, because they would be covered in it.
The whole reason this becomes such a big issue is with the 835, which is a
remittance. It used to just be the amount of money that was being paid. It’s
now the entire claim also, because the whole 837, which is pretty much the
whole gamut, is attached to it. That’s why this whole thing is such an issue
for everything that is going on. It dramatically changed the amount of data
that is in fact, and back to the earlier discussions on privacy and other
things, it bring a whole lot of new data into play.
DR. LUMPKIN: Are there questions or comments? I think the letter is fair
straightforward. I think all of us have seen this. If there are no
modifications or recommendations, is there a desire by the subcommittee to work
on this further?
DR. HARDING: I think the subcommittee would be pleased to finalize.
DR. LUMPKIN: Then moved by Richard, and seconded by John that we would
adopt this letter.
DR. STEINWACHS: Is this the expedited John’s rules of order here?
DR. LUMPKIN: I just think it’s so straightforward, why bring it back if we
are ready to move on it today?
All those in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed say nay. Abstentions?
[Whereupon, the letter is unanimously approved as presented.]
Okay, second letter.
DR. HARDING: The next letter is in your back-up material under Section 5.
It’s the law enforcement letter. to Sec. Thompson. There were no clear
recommendations on this one. As I will read the final paragraph, that would be
the closest thing we would have.
“NCVHS believes it did not hear testimony from a sufficiently broad
range of witnesses about the effect of the Privacy Rule on law enforcement, and
thus must limit its recommendations to drug diversion activities. Based upon
the oral and written testimony presented at the hearing, NCVHS recommends HHS
work with the DEA to educate providers that communicating information about
drug diversion or complying with state reporting requirements are permissible
under the HIPAA Privacy Rule.”
And this refers back to a part of the letter where there was concern about
pharmacists and so forth, who had some early recognition that there may be some
diversion of controlled substances going on, being concerned about reporting
that, that they may be in conflict with the HIPAA privacy rules. We have asked
for clarification on that issue.
DR. LUMPKIN: So, we don’t believe that HIPAA should be a diversion from
these important drug enforcement activities?
DR. HARDING: That’s correct.
DR. LUMPKIN: Michael.
DR. HARDING: That’s the intent.
DR. FITZMAURICE: I’m just wondering if drug diversion is defined anywhere
in the letter. Explain what drug diversion is.
DR. HARDING: It’s on the first page, fourth paragraph, or at least what
diversion control is.
DR. LUMPKIN: I’m sorry, which paragraph?
DR. HARDING: Fourth paragraph on the first page, where we try to describe
what the Drug Diversion Control Program is.
DR. LUMPKIN: Ah, yes, the Office of Diversion Control is responsible.
DR. FITZMAURICE: It does really say from whom to whom. Where is it being
diverted to.
DR. LUMPKIN: I think that’s a term of art that is fairly widely used
throughout the health care industry.
DR. FITZMAURICE: It means diverted from people for whom the prescription is
written? It’s diverted from the manufacturer to the pharmacy?
DR. LUMPKIN: It’s a nice way of saying people taking drugs and using them
that shouldn’t be given them, because it’s prescription drugs and so forth.
DR. FITZMAURICE: I just think it could be clearer as to the problem that we
are facing. I agree with you that people shouldn’t be taking drugs who
shouldn’t be taking drugs. It’s kind of circular. If it’s not a problem, then
we don’t need to explain it, but it wasn’t clear to me just which drug
diversions, or maybe all drug diversions are being referred to here.
DR. LUMPKIN: Generally, they are referring to controlled substances, and
that is a fairly restricted set of drug items.
MR. HOUSTON: I think this stems out of the fact that there were both
physicians and pharmacists who were concerned that when they recognized that
somebody was either doctor shopping or was coming in with a pattern of
acquiring prescriptions volumes above what they should be, prescribed
medications, that they felt they could not communicate to law enforcement or
the DEA.
They had seen the same patient with five prescription for a medication that
would have killed an elephant if it had taken it in those volumes, something
like that. And that they didn’t feel that they had the authority to go and say
Who is raising the concern I think is the pharmacists and the physicians.
If we wanted to clarify that, we could probably add something to this,
something in here to indicate it seems like that’s where the issue has come
DR. LUMPKIN: Does the committee feel that we need to clarify the term
“drug diversion” for the letter?
DR. CARR: I do, because this is new, what I’m hearing now. I think that is
very different. I think I was thinking more like what John was saying, that in
a clinical setting if a drug isn’t accounted for at the end of the day, you
look to who touched it, and why it wasn’t accounted for. So, this sounds very
different. This is patients who are taking a lot of medication.
DR. LUMPKIN: I don’t believe that’s the common term for drug diversion.
Drug diversion would be clinicians who are — you look at the record, and all
the sudden they have been writing 300 prescriptions for controlled substances
in a month. That would be a drug diversion. That’s what the triplicate forms
were designed originally to delve with. That would be my understanding. I don’t
think it’s detection of patients who are doctor shopping.
MS. BEREK: It’s also patients who pick up multiple prescriptions, and then
go out and resell the drug. Those are the people the drug diversion program is
looking for, both the doctors and the patients.
DR. WARREN: From what I’m hearing there is enough confusion on the
committee that I think we need to specifically define it in the letter.
DR. WARREN: And there is no definition in the letter.
MR. HOUSTON: Why don’t we go back to the testimony and see if we can find
the reference specifically to this, because that’s really the background as to
why this is in here. And I think maybe we can try to get into the testimony
real quick and find that.
DR. HARDING: So, the committee would like us to come back with an updated
paragraph four, with a clear definition?
DR. LUMPKIN: That would describe the acts that would be described under
drug diversion.
DR. STEINWACHS: The only other twist is that since you’re addressing HIPAA,
this has to have protected health information. So, drug diversion can happen
anywhere along the supply chain, I would think, from the manufacturer all the
way through. So, you might also make sure it’s clear.
DR. LUMPKIN: Yes, and I think we need to define that, because again, the
area what we are talking about is that HIPAA component. So, the definition
would be where in that potential for diversion are we concerned about?
Any other changes to the document? Mike?
DR. FITZMAURICE: One more thing in the same sentence, I would suspect that
we might want to put in there communicating information about drug diversion to
law enforcement, as opposed to communicating it to reporters or the man on the
MR. FANNING: I think when the man testified, they don’t quite consider
themselves law enforcement in the same way that let’s say FBI does. And I
suspect that this more general formulation is safer.
DR. FITZMAURICE: Is it permitted under a different exception than the law
enforcement exception in the privacy rule?
DR. LUMPKIN: I think the appropriate authorities or some similar type term
may solve that issue.
MR. HOUSTON: But I don’t think it’s a problem, because the recommendation
is for HHS to work with DEA to come up with education materials or educate
providers. So, as part of that education, it would be what is appropriate
disclosure. I think that we’re making a recommendation to do education, which
would then further describe what is appropriate.
DR. STEINDEL: John just raised a question in my mind. If the DEA doesn’t
consider themselves law enforcement, are they entitled to receive this under
the privacy regulations as an exception?
MR. HOUSTON: It’s a mandatory reporting potentially.
MR. FANNING: I think they may also see it as an element of public health,
and possibly of health oversight. But of course, that’s the very thing that the
committee wants to write to the secretary about, that the department should
work with the DEA and sort this out. And I think more detail here is probably
not helpful.
DR. LUMPKIN: Let me see if I interpret what your last comment was. The more
detailed we are here, the more restrictive the department and DEA may be in
trying to discuss what education needs to occur? Is that a fair restatement.
MR. FANNING: Yes, that, and also I think the time and energy in this
committee to work up the specific factual elements that you might put in here
are probably not worth the committee’s time.
MR. HOUSTON: Regarding the last point, could somebody print out a copy of
the testimony? I’ll be more than happy to sort of cull through it quickly to
see if I can find out.
MR. FANNING: I’ll get that.
DR. LUMPKIN: Okay. Any other questions or comments on this?
DR. HARDING: The hope then would be that with the testimony, we would have
some changes in paragraph four for tomorrow?
DR. LUMPKIN: Correct. Okay, number three.
DR. HARDING: The final is the school letter. And there was very interesting
testimony, as you all have read. We get down to the four recommendations that
we made on the final page.
“Based on the oral and written testimony presented at the hearing,
NCVHS recommends the following:
1. HHS should continue to work with the US Department of Education to
clarify how the Privacy Rule and FERPA interact with respect to confidentiality
of school health records, and where possible, to harmonize these regulations
and issue guidance.”
This of course was discussed in the letter. We are going to the bullets
here. It’s a very complicated situation, very complicated, and clarification is
being asked for.
DR. LUMPKIN: Any questions or comments on the first recommendation? Okay.
DR. HARDING: Number two, “HHS should make special efforts to focus its
outreach and educational activities on schools and physicians to clear up any
confusion regarding the permissible disclosures of health information the
context of dealing with the health needs of children in the school
And this of course refers back to some of the issues of children getting
re-immunized because of the difficulty of getting records from the primary care
doctor to the school setting.
DR. LUMPKIN: Okay, any question on that? Go on.
DR. HARDING: Number three, “HHS should regard disclosure of
immunization information to schools as a public health disclosure, thereby
permitting providers to disclose this information to school officials without
an authorization.”
MS. HANDRICH: This letter asks HHS to do a lot of clarifying. And I am
wondering whether or not given the new school year beginning in August, and
it’s my understanding that in many states immunization records are requested
for the new children coming in, that this particular recommendation could be
highlighted for an earlier clarification, possibly to reach schools prior to
the beginning of the new school year.
DR. LUMPKIN: If I could just respond to that. Actually, most states, at
least my experience in Illinois, the agreements have already been reached
between the Department of Education and public health in regards to
immunization policies prior to the ending of the school year, because it’s so
hard to get the information out to the families during the summer.
So, we have actually missed that window for the coming school year. So, if
the department were to develop clarifications, I think that would be difficult
to do between now and school beginning.
DR. HARDING: Could we say something in there that would say in a timely
manner, or something? That needs to be clarified as soon as possible.
MS. BRICKFORD: I would encourage you to change the language, and not say
children, but use students, so that you can encompass the college level and
associate degree and other educational institutions. Children is like K-12, and
there are many issues at the collegiate and academic higher education level
that need to be attended to for confidentiality of health information.
MR. HOUSTON: Is that just for the recommendation, or throughout the letter?
MS. BRICKFORD: I’m just reacting to the recommendation. And if indeed your
letter is focusing on children, it needs to be more encompassing to be
DR. LUMPKIN: The second recommendation I think has children in it.
MR. HOUSTON: Children is used in the letter too, in the body of the letter,
I believe.
DR. HARDING: So, that would be no problem. In the fourth bullet too there
is a children.
DR. LUMPKIN: Right. I think that’s a good recommendation.
DR. HARDING: Because a good bit of it was student health in colleges was
being a critical issue. That’s a good recommendation, thank you. We accept
MR. HOUSTON: Throughout the letter though, we are going to change all of
it?
DR. HARDING: I would think where appropriate. We would have to go back and
look at each thing, but yes, in principle we could change that.
DR. LUMPKIN: The question is does FERPA apply to college students?
MR. HOUSTON: I believe it does.
DR. HARDING: Yes, we had testimony that it does.
DR. LUMPKIN: Okay, then that would be an appropriate change.
DR. HARDING: Because they were trying to choose which way to go in college
student health.
Number four, “HHS should clarify the disclosure of health information
to school health personnel in the context of dealing with the health needs of
students in the school setting is a disclosure for treatment, and thus possible
without an authorization.”
This of course addresses the issue that schools are dealing with children
at this time that would have been in intensive care two decades ago. And it’s
an extraordinarily different situation than when FERPA first came into
existence and that kind of thing. We didn’t want HIPAA to stand in the way, in
any way, of good care to those individuals.
DR. LUMPKIN: Okay, I kind of see what the recommendations are, to add some
language into the third recommendation urging a facilitated review, because
even if it’s too late for this school year, the next school year rolls around
real quick.
MS. HANDRICH: And the recommendation is specific to assuring providers, not
parents. So, it would be possible to just have a letter that schools could
share with providers locally, and do some good.
DR. LUMPKIN: I think my only comment on that is that given even though this
would be done at the federal level, immunization policies and relationships to
schools are really a state by state. And so, any ruling at the federal level
would then have to be interpreted in the context of state laws, and
subsequently sent out.
MR. HOUSTON: But I think part of the issue though was that pre-HIPAA, this
was fairly well settled. And then HIPAA unsettled it. So, it does sort of draw
everything back to being a HIPAA issue though.
DR. HARDING: The immunizations are now asking parents to come sign
authorizations, take it by hand carry to the nurse, and hand it to them.
MR. HOUSTON: So, it’s a HIPAA phenomenon.
DR. HARDING: It’s misinterpretation.
DR. LUMPKIN: My only twist on that is I think we need to get some
recognizition to the role that states have in this, in that if we are going to
talk about making an interpretation, and we talk about urgency, we should also
urge them to work with states in rolling out this new guidance.
DR. HARDING: Then we accept the changes, where we will replace children
with students where appropriate throughout the letter. And we will also change
the third bullet to increase the urgency of this, and facilitate it happening.
And also to work with states regarding this issue of disclosure.
DR. LUMPKIN: Okay, great.
DR. HARDING: And then we’ll come back tomorrow with all those changes.
DR. LUMPKIN: Great. Any other additional comments on this letter?
We are a little bit ahead of schedule, so I think we are going to move to a
15 minute break.
[Brief recess.]
DR. LUMPKIN: Through an oversight in the agenda, we didn’t include the last
item in Tab 5.
Agenda Item: Letter – Dr. Cohn
DR. COHN: This is a relatively brief, and hopefully straightforward letter.
This is the result of some work by the Subcommittee on Standards and Security.
It’s actually sort of a difficult issue, which I don’t think we have fully
resolved, but I think hopefully have come up with some recommendations that
will allow the industry to function well, while we dig deeper into the area of
what I would describe as supply codes, which is I don’t think anybody’s
favorite topic, and there has probably been a reason that we haven’t been
talking about this more.
Anyway, John, would you like me to just read the letter? Or have people had
a chance to review it?
DR. LUMPKIN: It’s in our notebook. I think just read the recommendation.
DR. COHN: Sure. The recommendation is that the department — I’ll read the
recommendation. It doesn’t make much sense out of context. How about if I read
the paragraph before, and the recommendation paragraph?
“Currently, the NDC is the HIPAA standard for reporting drugs and
biologics by retail pharmacies, while HCPCS codes were adopted as the HIPAA
standards for supplies, equipment and other items without regard to setting.
Testimony indicated that the UPC and HRI codes [which are not in our acronyms I
don’t think] are used by the industry to identify supplied on retail pharmacy
claims. These codes are used within the NCPDP standard, but are external code
sets that are separately maintained and updated outside of the NCPDP standard
setting process. Their continued use is necessary to provide the industry with
a level of detail needed to handle claims processing, ordering, supply
management, or the recall of products. Testifiers noted that the HCPCS codes do
not provide the specificity needed for the day-to-day operations for retail
NCVHS recommends that the department allow continued use of UPC and HRI
codes within the NCPDP Telecommunications Standard 5.1 and investigate
rulemaking if necessary.” And that is effectively, the recommendation.
DR. LUMPKIN: Any questions or concerns about the letter?
DR. FITZMAURICE: Recommending rulemaking if necessary, does that refer to
possibly making them HIPAA code sets in themselves? Or having the department
look at the need for making them HIPAA code sets?
DR. COHN: I think the subcommittee stopped short of trying to deal with
those specific recommendations at this point, and this is part of the reason
why this was such a difficult letter to write. The subcommittee plans in the
after e-prescribing era — sometime later on this year or early next, to hold
hearings on supply codes in general. And at that point we may be able to make
some further recommendations on that, because there actually are a number of
supply codes, some of which are overlapping and redundant, and we need to get
our hands around that a little better.
DR. FITZMAURICE: This sounds like a good way to address the issue about
getting the additional information sometime in the future.
DR. COHN: Exactly. So, we are interested in the area, but not willing to go
forward with where you are going for the moment.
DR. STEINWACHS: Just a very small thing. The NCPDP abbreviation I did find
in our glossary here, but you didn’t spell it out in the text anyplace.
DR. COHN: So, for the first paragraph we will spell it out, and then put it
in parenthesis after that.
DR. STEINWACHS: Just for my education, who are they?
DR. COHN: They are actually one of the designated standards maintenance
organizations. They are the standards group that deals with all the electronic
pharmacy transactions.
MR. BLAIR: They stand for the National Council on Prescription Drug
Programs. We did identify in our recommendations there, Simon, that it is the
NCPDP Telecommunications standards, which go between pharmacies and payers the
second time we referred to it. The first time we referred to it, we didn’t have
the word “telecommunications,” and maybe that will be helpful,
because especially when we go forward with the e-prescribing standards, it’s
going to be the NCPDP scripts standard. And some folks may be not be aware of
the fact that we are talking about different messages.
DR. LUMPKIN: Are you referring to a letter?
MR. BLAIR: In this letter?
DR. LUMPKIN: Because I think in the first paragraph it does refer to NCPDP
Telecommunications Standard.
DR. COHN: I apologize. John asked me to do the recommendations. The
recommendation is only one sentence long. It makes no sense out of context. I
elected to read a paragraph.
DR. LUMPKIN: And that was just because I didn’t want to give Simon an
unfair lead in the use of acronyms if he read the entire letter.
MR. BLAIR: I do understand these very sensitive issues.
MS. FRIEDMAN: The recommendation does say NCPDP Telecommunications
Standard. I thought we conformed it throughout the whole letter, but I’ll
double check.
MR. BLAIR: That’s good.
DR. COHN: So, I think we have heard one friendly amendment, which was spell
out NCPDP in the first paragraph. Are there other recommendations for changes,
modifications?
DR. LUMPKIN: Okay, there has been a motion by Houston. Is there a second?
By Blair that we vote on the letter that is in our packet, with the amendment
that first use of the acronym NCPDP will have it spelled out. All those in
favor say aye. Opposed say nay. Any abstentions?
[Whereupon, the letter was unanimously approved as amended.]
Okay, Vickie.
Agenda Item: Populations Report – Dr. Mays
DR. MAYS: As you know, today we’ll actually have a presentation, I think
it’s later this afternoon, and we’re going to be talking about the report that
has come from the National Research Council on issues of the collection of data
on race and ethnicity. This is an item that the subcommittee has been working
on for quite some time, and what we have tried to do at this point is to come
forth with a report.
As opposed to having the full report available, what it is that we were
able to do in the time since the last meeting is actually to come up with a
summary and the set of overarching recommendations. For those of you who have
been on the committee a while, you will remember we came forth with like
60-something recommendations that are way too many. And what we have done is we
have determined what are the overarching recommendations that have come from
the series of hearings that we had that started back as far as February 2002.
We had a series of hearings.
The one that we are focusing on today really are the hearings that focus on
population level surveys, as opposed to specific populations. But the broader
issues of using population surveys is where we want to start with many of our
recommendations today.
The reason we thought it was important to move forth from this time is that
again, the National Research Council will be releasing its book I think in
July. What is in your packet now under Tab 3 is actually the summary that has
currently been out and available.
So, part of what would be important for populations at this point in time
is to be able to be a participant in the discussion that is going to take place
from the material that has been released by the National Academy.
So, what we have brought forth to you is a summary with our overarching
recommendations; another document that you have which is just for your preview,
and it’s an early version of it, and it’s called, “Race and Ethnicity Data
Issues in the Measurement and Elimination of Health Disparities.” It’s an
outline. That outline is for the report that we will write, that we will bring
forth in September.
So, where I would like to start today is with the document that is entitled
– and this is the new name of what the report will say — “Recommendations
on the Nation’s Data For Measuring and Eliminating Health Disparities.”
So, I think that’s where we should start.
John, let me ask your counsel on this. Should I read this? Or should I
start with the recommendations, and then go backwards? What would you suggest?
I’ll just start with the document then.
We’re starting with the document, “Recommendations on the Nation’s
Data For Measuring and Eliminating Health Disparities, A Report by the National
Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, Subcommittee on Populations.”
The abstract for this: “Federal efforts to eliminate health
disparities and improve the health of all Americans depend on the ability to
target those at highest risk and with the greatest need. This in turn requires
information on the diverse array of population groups that comprise the United
States. Drawing on hearing testimony, previous recommendations, and other
sources, this report for the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
examines the limitations of health data on racial and ethnic groups as
currently collected and used. Some challenges stem from the Office of
Management Budget’s 1997 Guidance on race/ethnicity classification, and these
are discussed. On the basis of this analysis, the report recommends a set of
actions to remedy problems and fill information gaps. The most critical of
these involves a combination of guidance, coordination, monitoring, funding,
and research that must be carried out at the highest level of government.”
Should I stop there, John?
DR. LUMPKIN: Any questions on the abstract? Okay.
DR. MAYS: Thank you.
Summary. The section is entitled, “Measuring and eliminating health
disparities. Compelling evidence exists that differences in health status,
access to care, and the provision of physical and mental health services are
significantly related to race and ethnicity. Despite advances in medicine and
increased emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion in the United
States, the country’s racial and ethnic minority populations have higher rates
of illness and disease than Whites. For example, life expectancy for Whites in
the United States in 2000 was 77 years, while for Blacks it was six years less,
at 71 years.”
Next paragraph?
DR. LUMPKIN: Yes.
DR. MAYS: “The national goal of eliminating health disparities among
racial and ethnic groups has come increasingly to the fore in recent years,
along with growing recognition that the nation’s health must be improved
population group by population group, with the greatest attention to those at
greatest risk. This approach and goal are at the heart of Healthy People 2010,
reinforced by the recent National Health Disparities Report by the Agency for
Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ), and addressed in multiple reports from
the Institute of Medicine (IOM). In addition, as the first of five steps to
effectively reduce a community’s cancer burden, the National Cancer Institute
and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend reviewing data to
identify populations at greatest, and the extent of health disparities between
populations.”
One of the friendly amendments that I got for that section is that we
should probably put the sites in for those various reports, and I think that
that’s a good suggestion.
Moving onto the next one, “To achieve these goals, the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) must be able to target interventions and
monitor progress for those at highest risk and in greatest need. The targeting
and monitoring, in turn, depend on having estimates of the health status and
knowledge of the health needs of the many population groups and subgroups that
comprise the US. For each racial and ethnic group and subgroup, data are needed
not only on health factors — including health status, health care, health care
expenditures, access to care and experiences in the health care system — but
also on contextual factors such as socioeconomic position and the conditions in
which people live. The sources of these data include national population-based
surveys (the major focus of this report) as well as state data, targeted
surveys, and administrative data.”
DR. LUMPKIN: Just a question on this, the term “socioeconomic
position” versus socioeconomic status.
DR. MAYS: Do you want me to explain those?
DR. MAYS: Socioeconomic status, typically we have measured it by using
things like education, income, et cetera. The thinking now, and actually the
research data is showing when we move to socioeconomic position, that we are
actually looking at things like a broader array of issues. So, we are talking
about rather than just current income, you are thinking about wealth, because
what you want to know is more about the life circumstances, as opposed to the
current status that a person occupies.
So, in socioeconomic position what you learn is whether or not that there
were at an early age, for example, I might make lots of money now, but the
question would be whether or not conditions of my early life may actually be
important in terms of talking about my health status, and my health outcomes.
So, we are trying, I think in many places, instead of talking about one’s
current status, is to talk about their societal position over the life span.
DR. FITZMAURICE: So, socioeconomic position refers to the socioeconomic
history of a person, or the socioeconomic background of a person?
DR. MAYS: It would be more of a history. Usually, you would ask additional
questions. So, besides asking a question of what your current income is, you
might ask questions for example of the kind of ownership of things when you
were growing up. You might ask more questions about parental status, so that
what it would do is allow you to have a sense of over time, whether you have
had access to resources, not had access to resources.
DR. COHN: Vickie, I think what you are describing makes a lot of sense, and
obviously we’re looking at the summary, not at the actual document. I’m
presuming that this differentiation that we are describing will be somehow
referenced or explained in the actual document?
DR. MAYS: We can. I don’t think we did a lot of detail on it.
DR. COHN: I didn’t see anything in your outline.
DR. MAYS: In the actual report, I think that that’s a good point, and we
should probably do that.
Let me just make one other comment, and say for example in the eliminating
health disparities measurement and data needs, which is what the National
Research Council is coming for, this really maps onto that quite well. They
have talked about it.
There is also in the unequal treatment document that the Institute of
Medicine talked about, they have made references also to socioeconomic position
there. It is really I think where we are going, and the recognition of it is
kind of slowly coming through in some of these reports.
Some of the measurement issues are still on the table as to exactly what is
the best way to do this, but I would say that we want to be in the forefront of
having people think about this, and worry about the measurement of it, as
opposed to recommending what people are kind of moving away from, which is
socioeconomic status.
DR. LUMPKIN: Thank you, that was well put.
DR. MAYS: “The problem is that the very groups at greatest risk for
ill health and poor health care are those about whom health statistics and
contextual data are most deficient. National population-based surveys are
essential sources of estimates on the health of the United States population,
and they are an adequate source for general Black-White comparisons and (to a
lesser degree) comparisons among Blacks, Latinos, and Whites. However, such
surveys, at least as currently designed, are not an effective source of
information about the health of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Asian and
Other Pacific Islanders, or of other geographically distinct groups. It is
significant that Healthy People 2010, which has an overarching goal of
eliminating health disparities, lacks baseline data to quantify specific
improvements for some populations in many areas.”
MS. HANDRICH: Given the discussion that we just had about the
meaningfulness of information that isn’t traditional health data, is it correct
to say that there is adequate source of information for the Black-White
comparisons, and Blacks, Latinos, and Whites are — the language suggests that
the data available are adequate given the very thing you have just talked
about, that we have talked about so much in our state, about the need for more
information regarding socioeconomic history and other factors that contribute
to populations either being health and resilient or not?
I worry that this statement is as teenagers would say, way positive.
DR. MAYS: I think that’s a good point. And probably what we should do is
rethink using the word “adequate.” I think what we were trying to say
is in the past there has been enough data available to do some analysis, but
adequate is probably not a good term. So, that I agree with. So, we’ll work on
that language.
MR. BLAIR: I think that it’s important to get this information. As you can
tell, I’m also really sensitive to the fact that there are some groups that are
especially sensitive to privacy issues, and especially as we expand this from
status to position.
And I’m not exactly sure whether it should be in this letter, or whether it
should be in subsequent planning to gather this information, is to anticipate
the fact that there may be some groups that may feel uncomfortable from the
privacy issue, providing some of that information. And I don’t know where that
is going to fall, but clearly the information is important to gather.
So, there may have to be some extra thoughts about how do you gather that
information in a manner that eases the sensitivity and concern about people
that may consider some of these things as being private information.
DR. MAYS: I just want to comment that I think Jeff’s point is a very
important point, and it is one that I think many of the agencies that came to
testify are sensitive to, and it’s something that is addressed just a bit in
the report, when we do the full report.
But it is probably an area that we could stand to learn a bit more about in
terms of hearings, et cetera. But it is an area that has come forth to us about
for example, one of the issues in the measurement of socioeconomic status or
position is asking people about their income, and asking a lot more questions
about not just how much you make, but things that you own and possessions, et
cetera.
People get very concerned about that. So, this is not an area that is
without the need for greater investigation. And I think the sensitivity that
you raise is important.
MR. BLAIR: Because if we think of it in advance, as you have, then we can
better prepare to construct a survey instrument which is more likely to get
cooperation thinking about it in advance.
DR. MAYS: This is one of those things where the call is for methodological
research in order to be able to accomplish this. But I think this good for us
in the report, to highlight this also in terms of issues, not just of people’s
concerns, but also linking it to issues of privacy and confidentiality for
them. So, thank you.
The next section is called, “The Changing Landscape. Gaps and
deficiencies such as these are not easily remedied, and those trying to collect
and use data on American racial and ethnic groups face a host of challenges.
For example, the US is an increasingly multiracial society; racial and ethnic
identities can change over time; the number of subgroups is daunting; the
confidentiality of personal information can be compromised when the group size
is too small, thus limiting data use; and some institutions cite concerns about
legality or acceptability to clients as a reason for not collecting data on
clients’ race and ethnicity. Race itself, moreover, is not well understood,
often being mistaken for a biological rather than social construct.”
Next paragraph, “In 1977, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
required a common language in Federal collection and use of data on race and
ethnicity, with Statistical Policy Directive #15. In October 1997 (taking
effect in January 2003), OMB issued a new method for accommodating changing
population makeup and identities and providing categories for data on
additional population subgroups. Specifically, the new guidance provides five
categories for data on race: American Indian or Alaska Native; Asian;
Black/African American; Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; and White.
It also provides two categories for data on ethnicity: “Hispanic or
Latino” and “Not Hispanic or Latino.” In addition, for the first
time, significantly, the revision offers respondents the option of selecting
more than one racial designation. While the New OMB classification opens the
way to greater detail in race and ethnic data, it also has created complex
challenges in data collection, tabulation and analysis for those charged with
monitoring and improving population health. These are discussed below.”
Next section, “NCVHS Contributions. The National Committee on Vital
and Health Statistics (NCVHS), established in 1949, advises the Secretary of
Health and Human Services and Congress on the health information and data
issues underlying Federal policy. NCVHS has completed many important
initiatives to improve population health data, including a number of activities
on behalf of racial and ethnic minorities. The NCVHS Subcommittee on
Populations focuses on health data concerning the US population generally, as
well as data about specific vulnerable groups within the population that are
disadvantaged by virtue of their special health needs, economic status, race
and ethnicity, disability, age, or area of residence. The present report
summaries recent work by the Subcommittee.”
Next paragraph, “While the new OMB classification and the change and
questions it has engendered are one important focus of concern, the
Subcommittee finds it useful to look at classification-related issues in the
context o the broader topic of the information needed to monitor and eliminate
population-level health disparities. Drawing on past NCVHS recommendations,
other documents, and testimony at a February 2002 hearing convened by the
Subcommittee, the report recommends a range of actions by the Federal
government to create the conditions for the collection and use of reliable and
complete data on racial and ethnic minorities. The ultimate goal is ensuring
the Department can play it’s key role in helping to eliminate health
disparities within the population.”
This is called, “Specific Data Issues. The sources noted above
highlight a number of data issues that must be resolved. As seen in the
recommendations below, in many cases the resolution must begin with research,
Federal guidance, and coordination. Some issues pertain to data collection, and
others to tabulation, analysis, and interpretation. Sample design is one of the
first challenges, partly because of the difficulty of collecting and reporting
numbers from small racial and ethnic groups sufficient for analysis but without
violating confidentiality protections. Other data collection issues include the
need for adequate subgroup data as well as questions about primary race, given
the options offered by the revised classification system. There is also a need
for surveys in languages other than English and Spanish.”
Peggy?
MS. HANDRICH: I just wondered whether this section — and I thought of this
before we had this discussion about the socioeconomic profile or —
DR. MAYS: Position.
MS. HANDRICH: Position, thank you. Is whether this discussion should
indicate that there needs to be development of identification of appropriate
data to take into account the entire circumstances of the person. The very kind
of thing you were referring to before.
In other words, nowhere in this summary do I see a statement that there
needs to be development of what data ought to be collected, if we believe that
we need to go beyond traditional data in collecting information about health.
That would come here, and later in the summary.
I’m just throwing that out as a question. If those of you that have worked
more on this report think that’s not necessary, that’s fine too.
DR. MAYS: Let me see if I understand. Your comment really is one of maybe
highlight better the fact that we are still in a stage of needing to do some
work to identify the range of questions that should be asked in order to help
us best understand the elimination of health disparities in this group.
MS. HANDRICH: Right.
DR. MAYS: And that while we kind of talk about it a little bit, we need to
make the statement stronger.
MS. HANDRICH: Right, because the report would suggest we know the right
questions to ask. We know the right information to collect, and I don’t believe
that’s the case.
DR. MAYS: I think we think we know some and not all. I’m fine with that,
because we talk about that in the report. I think that a statement that maybe
emphasizes it a little more in here is fine. And I think the detail is left to
the report.
DR. FITZMAURICE: On line 119-120, it starts out, “Simple design is one
of the first challenges, because of the difficulty of collecting and reporting
the numbers.” Oh, I see you’ve got it already. To me, sample design, the
confidentiality is not a problem of sample design, but it’s a problem of
reporting. You’ve got it in there, my mistake.
DR. MAYS: “The greatest impact of the OMB guidance is on data usage.
In particular, allowing persons to report more than race presents a host of
challenges. These and other changes imposed a new burden on states at a time of
reduced or flat budgets, forcing them to retool their data systems and bridge
old and new statistics. Data collectors and users alike are calling for Federal
guidance on multiple questions, including how to present multi-race data, what
Census denominators to sue to calculate rates, and how and when to collect data
on subgroups. To permit trend analysis, greater guidance is needed in
methodologies to ‘bridge’ or compare data collection under the new standards
with data collected under the old ones. Small analytic sizes are another
challenge.”
Next paragraph, “An additional category of data issues concerns the
type of information beside race and ethnicity that are needed to meaningfully
measure and monitor health disparities. The most important topics cited on
which additional information is needed are socioeconomic position, geographic
location, age, primary language, and health care expenditures.”
I think, Peggy, your point might actually be well taken there.
The next section is called, “Cross-Cutting Policy and Capacity Issues.
Much of the testimony received by the Subcommittee about data on race and
ethnicity suggested that these data collection and use challenges are not
insoluble; rather, they require a centralized approach to solving them. This
calls for a higher federal investment in research, guidance and coordination,
with appropriate levels of funding. Important infrastructure capacity issues
were also identified, including the need for training and diversification of
the survey and research workforces as well as the need to provide researchers
and policy makers with timely data on racial and ethnic minorities.”
The next section is the, “Overarching Recommendations. Based on its
findings, the Subcommittee recommends the following actions to improve and
augment the current data available for measuring, tracking and ultimately
eliminating health disparities for racial and ethnic minority
“1. DHHS should assume a more aggressive leadership role with other
Departments, the Census Bureau, and private and academic organizations to
undertake methodological research associated with race/ethnicity and
socioeconomic position measurements in surveys, research, and census data, in
order to improve the health and health care data collected on racial and ethnic
minority populations and subpopulations.”
Let me just make a comment, because here is we what have done in our
recommendations is to map them onto the National Research Council report, which
you have in your booklet. So, if you want to see the specific one, you can turn
to I think it’s Tab 3. You can actually see what it is. I won’t read of this.
But again, we thought that this was kind of a wise thing to do.
So, it says, “This recommendation is consistent with the National
Research Council Panel on DHHS Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data,
Recommendation 4-10 and 6-2.”
MR. BLAIR: With the fact that people are now required to report — or not
required to report, but now have the option to report multiple ethnicities or
races, my thought on that was that it’s both an advantage and a disadvantage in
order for us to gather this kind of data.
It means, I would think, that we have to have a much larger sample size.
We’ll need greater funding to be able to get at the information, because it’s
going to be divided into smaller and smaller segments. Once we get the
appropriate funding to get the large sample size, then the multiple ethnicities
provide degrees of shading for us, which also could yield interesting
Is what I’ve said correct? Is that what was in your thinking? Or when you
were saying there are difficulties that we have to deal with, are there other
difficulties as well?
DR. MAYS: Some of the difficulties that exist is that you are right, in
terms of the sample size. Currently what would happen is that a person might
for example, give the multiple race, and then you start to do the tabulation,
it’s so small, that what you are confronted with is how do I use the
Some data sets actually ask a person, for example, what do you consider as
your primary race? Some data sets do not, and actually in terms of the OMB
guidance, that’s not something that —
MR. BLAIR: So, it’s not being done consistently?
DR. MAYS: The guidance is such that you don’t usually ask the question of
primary race, because what you take at face value is that if a person has given
you more than one race, that they perceive that that’s important to them. And
then for you as the data collectors sometimes, to go back and then use it in a
way in which you then collapse it down.
There are some issues about it, but what we are learning is that if we want
to use the data to some extent, having the ability to ask a person that
question about their primary race is important. So, some people have requested
and received a waiver or variance in order to be able to do that.
These are a lot of the questions that are still on the table, because this
is just coming out really Census 2000, even though you could do it before then,
Census 2000 and some of the work that has been done by NHIS. So, this is a lot
of the work that we need to do.
Also, we have to think about the issue of fluidity. There is data that will
tell you that some people might in 2000, give you one set of indicators about
their multiple races, and then in 2003, might give you a different set, and
that may be a developmental phase, or it might be the context of the particular
survey that they are participating in, and what they think you are using it
for, and how important they think having a particular race might be. So, there
are a lot of questions that are still kind of needing to be answered.
DR. STEINDEL: Vickie, I have a question about the phrase, “a more
aggressive leadership role,” and what that means.
DR. MAYS: Well, to some extent, within HHS there is the capacity to look at
some of these issues. The extent to which there has been the time, staff, and
resources to do it I think may be a bigger issue. So, I think when we are
saying take a more aggressive role, I think what we are asking is that it
assume a higher priority, it have the resources, the staffing, and it use
structures that are actually in place to be able to do some of this.
DR. STEINDEL: I think if that’s the case, I would change the phrasing a
little bit to encompass that. Being from Brooklyn, and you negotiate with a
baseball bat.
MR. SCANLON: Actually, you may want to say, Vickie, that HHS should just
devote more resources. And some of these are complicated, because the HHS I
don’t think could just step out on SES and other things when I think OMB would
be somewhat concerned. They have already expressed some concern about the
Academy recommendations.
So, there has to be some collaborative effort. Ours is to help the human
services side of this. So, you could say develop more resources and work with
other departments.
DR. MAYS: Okay.
MR. LOCALIO: You mentioned that OMB has already expressed some reservations
about the report that is not yet out?
MR. SCANLON: It’s out. The report of the Academy is out in pre-publication.
MR. LOCALIO: I have read the pre-publication. But my question is how does
one get the OMB reservations so that the subcommittee can deal with them?
MR. SCANLON: I think it’s purely a matter that OMB is in charge of the
race/ethnicity standard. So, any role that we play — HHS can’t revise the
standard. It has to be done in that framework of an OMB standard. So, I think
if you use words like collaborate with, or work with OMB and other agencies in
doing this, I think that’s the only thing. But HHS can’t just alone go out and
modify or propose changes to the race/ethnicity standard. It’s a
government-wide statistical standard.
MR. LOCALIO: But we don’t have written comments from OMB critiquing the
publication?
MR. SCANLON: No, and I don’t think you will get any.
MR. LOCALIO: That’s okay.
MR. SCANLON: It’s a matter of the role. HHS is not the lead on economic
measures, for example. That’s generally Census and other things, income and
things like that. So, I think it’s more a matter of understanding roles and not
looking like we are trying to move HHS ahead of the rest of the framework.
DR. MAYS: Let me just ask in that first one, just so that I’m clear, we’ll
deal with aggressive role, so we don’t do the baseball bats. And in terms of
when we say with other departments, should we also include OMB? Just up front
put the name there so that we’re clear, and then we’ll add a comment also about
resources. Jim, would that be a better way to do it?
MR. SCANLON: That would probably be the way it’s done.
DR. MAYS: The second recommendation, “DHHS should implement a multiple
strategy approach to data development on racial and ethnic minority populations
and subpopulations in addition to dedicating appropriate financial and staffing
resources. Approaches include:
a. improvements in vital statistics
b. oversampling in national surveys, where feasible
c. conducting follow-up and dual-frame type sampling approaches for special
surveys, and
d. sponsoring targeted studies for data development on subpopulations when
oversampling is not feasible or cost effective.”
And again, we map onto Recommendation 4-2 and 4-3 from the NRC report.
MR. SCANLON: A friendly amendment? Again, this is kind of a circular sort
of an approach. HHS has already stated almost five years ago that this was our
strategy, and implements it as resources become available. There has been
progress in virtually every one of these areas. And then the Academy said the
same, and now we are saying the same thing.
So, I think we should acknowledge that this is the strategy we have
articulated. Maybe we should say accelerate or continue to implement. But it’s
actually got a fair amount of continuity, and it is a strategy we have already
stated we would follow. So, maybe something like that, accelerate.
DR. MAYS: I think maybe accelerate, because part of what we have done is we
have drawn upon recommendations we have made earlier. And with some of these, I
don’t think agencies are against it, but their ability to be able to do it with
speed is usually a resource issue.
Again, we didn’t get heavily on resources here, but should we again maybe
talk about accelerate and fund kind of within that context? Because this is
like mom and apple pie in the sense that they are not against it, but it’s hard
for some of it to take place, because other things tend to have a higher
priority, like doing a targeted survey. It’s been on the books for some time,
for example to talk about doing another community-like NHANES. But the
resources then to do the community HANES is really what becomes the problem.
MR. SCANLON: Right. And actually, on every one of these points there have
been plans and budget requests to do these. But they don’t necessarily
materialize, so without additional resources I don’t think we’re going to get
much further along. But I think accelerate its strategy would be fine.
MS. GREENBERG: Could I just ask for clarification on this improvement in
vital statistics? Is it specifically talking about improvements in the racial
and ethnic information collected on vital statistics?
DR. MAYS: Yes. We have for example, training needs. One of the things that
happens in terms of death certificates is their rate of misclassification for
particular groups, and it’s often the smaller groups like American Indians.
Some of that would benefit from — and this is what’s talked about in the
report — for example, training the individuals who actually develop the death
certificates. So, there are a lot of little things in there that go into it.
DR. LUMPKIN: That raises the question of how do you use the OMB guidelines
on death certificates, because it’s a self-classification.
DR. MAYS: Yes, self-report.
DR. ROBBINS: On the vital statistics, and I may be stepping out of my
element here, but what I have learned listening the NCHS is that they are
collected at the state level. And that NCHS does have an effort underway to try
to standardize, but whatever will be done is going to have to be — it’s a
state-by-state collection. And so, we just need to recognize that.
DR. LUMPKIN: But there are a couple of pieces to that. One is that usually
there is a collaborative approach between the states and NCHS. And the second
is NCHS does purchase the data from the states as long as its in a standardized
format, although they are not quite funded to purchase a whole year’s worth of
data. That’s a separate issue.
But there is a collaborative way in which the standards in which how the
data is collected, and the fields that are collected are fairly uniform across
the states. It’s not a mandate, it’s a negotiated process.
DR. MAYS: And I don’t want to take a lot of time, because I’m almost
beginning to use my researcher hat here, but there are also other issues in
terms of the specific collection of the data on race and ethnicity in birth
certificates. And then what is available in data sets, and that gets a little
complicated, but whether or not you have the race and ethnicity of both
parents, what’s available in the data sets to be able to be used. And then the
report will go into more detail on that. So, there are is a variety of actual
methodological issues that surround vital statistics.
DR. LUMPKIN: Should we move on?
DR. MAYS: Yes, three. “DHHS is urged to develop consistent strategies
and mechanisms for the dissemination of data on racial and ethnic minorities,
including data on socioeconomic position, that result from Department data
collection efforts, when targeted to specific racial and ethnic minority
populations.” And this is mapped onto Recommendation 4-9 and 4-10.
Can I just ask, Jim, just so that I make sure I understand, when we
recommendation the collection of socioeconomic position data, and say DHHS
should do that, is that a problem?
MR. SCANLON: No, not collecting the data, but developing standards for
such, general standards would be problematic. Not collecting the data, the
measures themselves.
DR. MAYS: Next section is called, “Specific Strategies. The following
areas represent strategies aimed at increasing the quality and quantity of data
on racial and ethnic populations and subgroups and should be regarded as top
priorities by the Secretary of Health and Human Services:
1. Improve coordination of racial and ethnic group data collection and use
through partnership development among entities responsible for data collection
and issuance of consistent data requirements.”
And it’s mapped on Recommendation 4-6 and 5-2 of the National Research
Council.
Should I stop there?
DR. LUMPKIN: Anything on that?
DR. MAYS: Two, “In consultation with the Office of Management and
Budget, provide guidance on the following critical technical and methodological
a. Methodology for bridging old and new data
b. Treatment of primary and multiple race”
And that is mapped onto 4-9.
Three, “Strengthen the capacities of the health statistics enterprise
through improvements in access to Departmental data on racial and ethnic
minority subpopulations and in the dissemination and research findings on
racial and ethnic minority groups.”
We also went through the report of the National Research Council, and we
could map this onto 5-2, so it will be consistent.
Four, “Provide guidance on critical technical and methodological
issues, including:
a. Criteria for racial and ethnic subgroup data collection
b. Use of Census denominators for rate calculation
c. Oversampling in national surveys and alternatives to oversampling
d. Follow-up and dual-frame-type sampling approaches for special targeted
e. Improvements in the collection of racial and ethnic data and vital
f. Determining the cultural validity of data collection tools.”
And I think F would be kind of what Jeff’s comments about some of the
sensitivities. So, I think that we may kind of look at that a little bit to
include Jeff’s comments.
MS. HANDRICH: Vickie, I have a question. Would the term “socioeconomic
position” include a person’s religion or spiritual orientation?
DR. MAYS: No.
DR. LUMPKIN: But that would be another demographic characteristic that
would be collected separately.
MS. HANDRICH: Right. Are you confident that the way this is worded is broad
enough to encompass factors that people might identify as being important that
are either health data or socioeconomic position? Is that broad enough to
capture that entire not just religion, but the entire arena of surrounding
important information? It’s just a question. I don’t know how people perceive
DR. LUMPKIN: There are other measures of connectiveness. When you do an
asset of what an individual’s support structure, those would not fall into
socioeconomic position, but socioeconomic position taken along with these other
factors will give you a better idea of identifying risks.
MS. HANDRICH: Really, my question is whether or not the way this is worded,
would clearly include those areas of investigation? I don’t know with the way
it is worded.
DR. MAYS: Here is what I would say — the feedback is good — we allude to
the importance of things like this in the report. But because most of this is
specifically health data, we didn’t put it in the recommendation.
But we talk about contextual data. We talk about for example, geocoding.
And that is where I think this becomes important. So, it really is the health
data needs. I don’t know if you can mandate in the collect of the health data
that these things are there, unless you can see them as being very specific to
whatever the particular outcome is for the particular survey, say like the
National Survey of Family Growth, where you are going to ask more family
contextual kinds of questions.
But in terms of what is important about health outcomes and access to care
is the ability to be able to link this data to other data sets. And the ability
to be able to geocode the data. And that’s what we do call for. So, I think we
are trying to be careful about trying to make a health survey have everything
and go beyond what the normal I think range of information is, but instead to
call for linkages and geocoding, which is in the report.
MS. BRICKFORD: Carol Brickford, American Nurses Association.
I have two questions. The first one is in reference to the term
geographically, which is used on page number three, and describing
racial/ethnic groups being geographically distinct. Is geographically correct?
It would seem to me that that would be the delimiter for determining these
groups, when in reality they are not geography, they are entities.
I’m reacting to the word “geographically” as being the determinor
for these groups. And I don’t know that’s the case, because the American
Indians are not in one geographic location. If geographically has a connotation
from the population health perspective, it could be misinterpreted.
DR. MAYS: Geographically distinct can be correct. It might not be in all
cases, but it can be correct, because what happens is that if for example, and
I’m going to take the American Indian as an example, it’s that American Indians
as a group almost don’t make sense, because the distinctions that exist, which
quite often may be geographic, are like night and day.
So, what we want to make sure in the recommendation is that you not think
that if you assess the population of American Indians, or even certain Pacific
Islanders, that if for example you said Hawaiians, and you took the Hawaiians
on the mainland, and then you took the Hawaiians elsewhere, you might find that
the geography becomes very important in terms of the need to survey both
groups, as opposed to feeling that if you have just a few, that they are
representative. So, there are times at which geographically is appropriate, I
MS. BRICKFORD: That description doesn’t come across in the sentence.
DR. MAYS: Again, this is kind of the summary, but maybe we need to — let
us work on that. I think an example may be better.
DR. LUMPKIN: But I think when you look at the application of the concept of
ethnicity, which is an enhancement of where we used to be use black, white, and
others, that the unifying concept of ethnicity is a common culture, which
generally derives from a common geographical origin of that culture, even
though the population which we are looking at once they come to this country,
or even before the leave their country of origin, may no longer have those same
distinct geographic roots. But the culture does have some distinctive
geographic origin.
MS. BRICKFORD: And the second issue is in relation to the title of this
report, because as I first began reading it in the abstract, I’m looking for
those with disabilities, and they are not reflected. And you are only focusing
on race and ethnicity. So, if you identify that it’s measuring and eliminating
health disparities in relation to racial and ethnicity characteristics or
something like that, that might be better understanding, because I’m looking
for disabilities.
DR. MAYS: Point well taken. We’ll address that. Thank you.
DR. WARREN: My question is also kind of one that is definitional. One page
3, line 74, you made the comment of race is often not well understood, and
being mistaken for biologic rather than social construct. Which then to me
means if it’s not that, what is it? So, somewhere I think we need to have a
definition of race and ethnicity. It could be in a footnote, something like
that. Either define it or get rid of that line.
DR. MAYS: I may choose the latter. It may be better also to refer.
DR. LUMPKIN: I think that the way that sentence is written may also lead to
the confusion. Stating it more positively, race itself is not well understood,
as it is a sociological construct, and is frequently mistaken for being a
biological one, or something to that effect.
DR. WARREN: I still would get rid of the frequently mistaken for biologic,
then I think you are okay.
DR. LUMPKIN: I think in any description on this, there are those who
believe that there is a biological basis for race. That is a commonly held
understanding in this country. And certainly, the experience from the Human
Genome Project shows that the genetic differentiation within a race is much
greater than that between races. And that is something I think is important to
state somewhere in the document.
DR. WARREN: Then maybe what needs to be added is something about what we
mean by ethnicity. That may be helpful. It’s just this thing if you make that
statement, and then a reader is going to say, well, I only thought it was
biologic. So, where does ethnicity come in?
MR. BLAIR: Can I echo that? The cultures among Native Americans could be
extremely different to Navajo to Akama(?) to Cherokee to Arapaho to whatever.
And I’m not sure that the geography necessarily picks that up. Is that a
different ethnicity? Do we pick it up with ethnicity?
DR. MAYS: Yes.
DR. LUMPKIN: I have a couple of comments I would like to make about the
documents. Somewhere, and this is just a sensitivity in this short
recommendations and summary, and I could have missed it, what is not clear, and
helps build the argument in reference to Jeff’s earlier question is that for
the purposes that we are talking about here, we are really talking about
aggregated data.
And we need the specificity at the individual level in order to aggregate
and then to disaggregate by race/ethnicity and group. And I think somewhere it
needs to be stated that when this data is used or reviewed, it is not viewed at
the individual record level.
DR. MAYS: It’s population-based.
DR. LUMPKIN: Right. Second is that I think that somewhere in here we also
need to have some references to our Report on Health Statistics for the 21st
DR. MAYS: Okay, thank you, good point.
DR. LUMPKIN: The third point is — and I’m not sure where this sort of
fits, and maybe I’m wrong on the title, but the AHRQ report that we refer to on
page 2, the recent National Health Disparities Report, is that health
disparities or health care disparities?
DR. FITZMAURICE: Health care.
DR. LUMPKIN: And I think we just have to be careful, because there is a
difference between health disparities and health care disparities.
DR. MAYS: Exactly. And we tried throughout to make sure. Susan Canard is
very good on trying to make sure of that, because she had been on the quality
one, of making sure we made that distinction.
We just want to acknowledge the yeoman’s work that you did in terms of
helping us get this report in shape. So, I just want to acknowledge your role
in that.
MR. SCANLON: Two things, Vickie. All of our recommendations I hope are
dealing with both health and health care, right? We’re not just dealing with
health status.
DR. MAYS: No, it should be both. And if we haven’t been clear, we were
actually trying. So, we’ll go through again and make sure that we do that.
MR. SCANLON: And secondly, the only thing I don’t see here is any
recommendations for the private sector.
DR. MAYS: Well, we talk about joining in partnership.
MR. SCANLON: That’s where you get the data.
MS. GREENBERG: Private and academic organizations.
DR. MAYS: Yes, there are a couple of areas earlier. I think in one, when we
talk about partnership — if you’ve got some names you want us to call, but on
the very first one we talk about private and academic organizations to
undertake —
MS. GREENBERG: Well, that’s the research.
DR. MAYS: I don’t know where else. We will discuss this and figure out if
there is some place else to highlight.
MR. SCANLON: The Academy report actually — there are not very many, but it
includes a couple of recommendations. And that was really one of the focuses of
that report, to see how to improve the collection and availability of
race/ethnicity data in the non-public world, because that’s where everyone
relies for most of the health care administrative data anyway.
DR. CARR: Vickie, I wanted to go back to the line where it is mentioned
that race is often mistaken for a biological construct. I’m not sure it’s in
here, but have you mentioned that race is self-identified in here? I think that
that’s an important concept to keep in, that especially if you are talking
about multiple races, that if one were treating it as a biological concept,
they might say that the people were certain races. It’s really very much up
them to report what they are.
DR. MAYS: Okay, so, we’ll find a couple of places where we can talk about
health reported race.
DR. CARR: I apologize if my question is naive, but it seems to me as I
envision this, we are looking at getting a greater level of detail on the
non-white population. But as we do that, are we getting that level of detail on
the white population?
I’m learning, as I’m listening to this, but if you’re a Native American
living in Window Rock, Arizona or North Dakota or Plymouth, Massachusetts, you
are different. But if you’re a white person living in New York or living in
Texas, you’re different too. Are we applying the same granularity across the
entire population, so that when we go to roll it up, we will have comparisons?
DR. LUMPKIN: I was going to actually respond to that in two ways. One is
generally, when you do data collection, and you pick a sample, you are going to
get a large enough sample of the white population. But the corollary to that,
that there are certain subgroup populations, predominantly immigrant
populations — those who are Russian, other Europe extractions — who form a
subculture within the white culture that probably bear having some assessment
of their health status, particularly since many cities in areas of the country
have a large population of immigrants.
DR. MAYS: The ways in which the questions are asked, it does allow — it’s
not that we have a set of questions in which we branch off. But the focus has
been in terms of insuring that we will collect data in these smaller groups.
And it’s like John’s point, having grown up in Chicago, there are numerous
ethnic enclaves there. And your capacity to be able to comment on that is not
in any restricted.
But what we are trying to do here is to say that when we do a national
sample, usually what happens is that the numbers are so small, that we are then
not able to say anything specific about a particular group. So, it would apply
somewhat in terms of again, a national sample in terms of some of the white
Usually, the kind of thing you are talking about, the states will really
push for it to happen. Illinois is — I don’t want to just seem like we are
biased here, John — but Illinois is a good example, as is Massachusetts and
some other places, where I think they have paid a lot of attention to the
culture, race, and ethnicity of a lot of the subpopulations.
DR. LUMPKIN: Seeing as how I live in New Jersey now, it’s fine to refer to
Illinois.
MR. HUNGATE: A follow-up on that just completed, not quite completed to my
satisfaction discussion. It seems to me that part of this is the shift from
socioeconomic status, to socioeconomic position also. That’s a broader question
than the race and ethnicity. And this is kind of the same thing, what is the
granularity, and how is that expressed here as going beyond just race and
ethnicity. Because that distinction is, it seems to me, a significant one in
the way you have described it.
DR. LUMPKIN: Well, and I think that that’s the importance of the
recommendations about socioeconomic position, because within the majority white
population the stratification of socioeconomic position becomes very important.
And being able to have granular cuts based upon that means that you need to
collect this data in ways that we haven’t done before.
MR. HOUSTON: Does that also mean that maybe the title, as per her comment,
needs to also indicate socioeconomic?
DR. MAYS: I’m fine with that.
DR. LUMPKIN: I’m fine with that too.
DR. MAYS: I’d love to move it well, so we’ll accept it.
DR. LUMPKIN: Well, it would add in addition to race, ethnic, and
socioeconomic position, disparities.
MR. REYNOLDS: This has been very helpful to me, not being formally trained
in any of this discuss, either as a doctor or as a population expert, but
sitting here trying to think as a common person. So, you wouldn’t necessarily
say I am, but as the common man sitting here at the moment.
And as we think of some of the things that are coming out of the quality
committee and may spill over into the standards committee, and just taking a
simple example like on lines 81, 82, and 83, where you have five categories,
and if you are Hispanic, what do you actually pick as race, just to be very
And start talking about trying to take this entire discussion today, with
very knowledgeable people talking about very knowledgeable things, and try to
turn it into operational recommendations for the real world, where there are
discussions about putting it on every claim, or putting it on this or putting
it on that.
I think maybe this recommendations may not go far enough to say the current
way that we think about ourselves is broken. The current way that we capture
the data is broken. You almost have to have face-to-face interaction with the
person to be able to answer this set of questions that I hear going around the
table, when you really start zeroing down in on it.
And so, that’s just a comment. I would not vote negative or positive about
what the committee has done, because you spent a lot of time on it. But I just
think as we make recommendations, and then we decide that we are going to
actually use them and turn them in to where the real person sitting across the
real desk in the real hospital or the real doctor’s office or the real other
thing has to deal with it, maybe we need to say things a little stronger in
some of these recommendations. And maybe this afternoon’s discussion may help
me, but right now I’m a little left in the open about that.
MS. HANDRICH: My comment has to do with the abstract. Perhaps the abstract
should be more specific, that what this is doing is making recommendations to
DHHS. And a statement is made in the summary, the ultimate goal is insuring
that the department can play its key role in helping to eliminate health
I think that’s a great statement, and perhaps ought to be really hit hard.
Recommendations to the department, to assist it in achieving its mission of
helping to — because that’s really what this is supposed to be able, is
improving outcomes.
MS. GREENBERG: Following-up on what Harry said, this report, although it
talks about health and health care data, is primarily focused on
population-based data, as opposed to administrative data. Am I correct? These
recommendations seem to be, although I do think when you mentioned the Quality
Work Group, this does increase the need for this cross-cutting approach in the
committee, which we have tried to foster, but with somewhat limited success,
because of all the demands.
But certainly, the interaction between the Standards Subcommittee and the
Population Subcommittee, because there are certain things you can do in surveys
and in population-based data that you really can’t do, or that are much harder
to do in administrative data.
And that’s where vital statistics is kind of bridge there, because vital
statistics is used for so many population-based purposes, but is administrative
data first and foremost. It’s the funeral directors who actually collect the
demographics, hardly survey statisticians.
So, I’m just reacting to what you are saying. I think these recommendations
relate less — they don’t seem to relate that much to specifically like what
should be on the claim. But are there some recommendations on that in the full
DR. MAYS: In this particular report, and again, I think it says that, is
that we have tried to start at the level of talking about population-based
data, which we will discuss this afternoon in our breakout group, plans in
terms of other ways to address some of those.
I do think the point though that is being made about this being a little
bit more blunt, a little bit more hard hitting, and setting the context for
those things I think is important. I think we started there as being more hard
hitting. I’m more than willing to go back there.
But in terms of specifics about administrative data, we did have a
recommendation that went forth in the quality report. We have in terms of the
strategies. Some of these issues are also buried in our strategy section. So,
we do have some comments in our strategy section of well, how then would I do
this? But we are trying to stay at the level of population health at this
point, which is survey data we’re talking about, more than administrative data.
DR. LUMPKIN: Let me just sort of toss one other thing in. There was a
survey that was released, done jointly by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
and America’s health insurance plans, that was released at the beginning of
this month where half of the surveyed plans are now in the process of
collecting race and ethnicity data as part of their quality improvement
initiatives in a broader-based sense.
So, the line between this kind of data and administrative data is beginning
to blur as health plans are operationalizing the recognition that disparities
exist. They need to address them.
MR. HUNGATE: My problem was a semantic one of the distinction between
population data and administrative data, because I don’t understand the
distinction. I understand the distinction between survey data and
administrative data as being different.
MS. GREENBERG: Well, maybe that was the distinction I was trying to make.
MR. HUNGATE: But I think our language is important, because I think
administrative data does define some populations. But there may be a benefit
here to drawing that into this report, and dealing with the issues that were
left unresolved in a sense, in the candidate recommendations from the Quality
Work Group. And I think it might be helpful to try to at least deal with that
in the context of this report, rather than someplace else.
DR. COHN: You know, it’s interesting, because I was going to speak exactly
against that. I think it’s really a question of whether we are passing this
summary today, or we are going to spend the next year working on this summary,
and working on the report.
I saw this summary. I think it’s actually well thought out, and I think
it’s actually very good. But I also would speak against the body of the text
deviating from what’s in the summary. And if you want to do future work, which
I think is expected, based on what the Quality Work Group came out as
recommendations, that is yet another report.
And I guess my only concern is as I’m listening to this conversation is
that we may pass a summary, and have the body of the report either go beyond
what is in the summary, or somehow add additional things that the committee
doesn’t agree with, or hasn’t agreed to.
I guess what is the position of the Populations Subcommittee on all of
this? Is this what this report is, and we can pass this, and you will work on
another report? Or is this going to continue to expand beyond this summary?
DR. MAYS: You have an outline also that you have been given. It has a
different name, because as you can tell, we have been playing around with
titles and abstracts and stuff like that. But it says race and ethnicity data,
issues in the measurement. It has a 5-21-04 up that the top.
That tells you the context of the report that we intend to write. Some of
the guidance though in writing that report is what we wanted to also hear
today. So, the summary that we have brought forth really is going to expand on
the points in the outline that you are given, which would be the full report.
Simon, unless I missed something, the things that have been talked about
are actually more enhancements. I didn’t see that there have been
recommendations where they are very different. Like for example, even the one
that was brought up now, I think the issue is, and I appreciate this notion of
thinking about our language, and I’m probably being a little too sloppy, so let
me start by taking that to heart.
And that is when we are talking about population health, there are lots of
places that we get information on that tell us about the population’s health,
as opposed to being from a statistical point of view, where you are talking
about drawing a sample, that is a random sample, or some very specific sampling
frame that gives you information about a population’s health.
So, administrative data, I thought John’s example was a very good one.
Administrative data can provide you with the opportunity to learn about the
population’s health. And I think the ways in which we are really getting at
that are specific to this committee, that’s important for us to remember is
that the health plans have stepped up to the plate, and are starting to do
We should go back to the presentation at the last meeting that we had,
where WellPoint, Carl Volpe presented on behalf of WellPoint. Another good
example of how we are moving in the directive of administrative data providing
us with more insight into a population’s health. So, I don’t think we are
deviating.
DR. COHN: I guess I said — and I’ll close my mouth after this — but it’s
obviously a little awkward to vote on a summary before you have seen the
report. So, I just want to make sure that this all sort of connects up at the
end day. We don’t just go through whole chapters or major sections, and oh,
yes, we’re now supposed to be passing, that somehow are different than what we
are discussing in the summary today.
DR. LUMPKIN: What I would think the process would be is that if we agree
upon this, this gives guidance to the committee. And then we will get the full
report back, and then at that point we can decide, has it actually changed
since we voted on the summary.
But as you know, we have a tendency as a committee sometimes to see a
report. We focus in on the text of it, and then we fix the text. And then the
next time we come back at it, then we have problems with the recommendations.
So, it’s an attempt to try to do this a little bit differently in the process.
MS. GREENBERG: Well, the idea I think — it’s my understanding that the
subcommittee would like this approved for transmittal to the department.
DR. MAYS: Yes. And see, that was the issue that we raised, was whether or
not if it’s a summary, if it’s problematic because it’s being called a summary,
we’ll call it something else. We do intend, because we have given you the
outline, to go back to this. But to some extent, the issue really becomes if
that is a stumbling block, then let us call it something else.
But I don’t think there is major deviation. As they say, the devil is in
the detail. I think like today you get a sense of the explaining of it. But
maybe I’m missing where we are going here.
DR. LUMPKIN: I think given that we can sort of let the committee work on
exactly the language of how to describe this. Because what we are really asking
people to do is vote on this. And the report will be a separate communication
that will in some ways support this, and it’s sort of informational.
DR. MAYS: And enhancing.
DR. LUMPKIN: And enhancing, but this will be what will be the official
DR. CARR: Again, I apologize if I’m not well schooled in all of this. But
one question that comes up is are we changing data definitions from as the
health group or whatever are collecting race and ethnicity data, are they using
the same definitions that you are putting forth, or are there two definitions,
one for populations and other?
DR. MAYS: No, we are not changing the definitions at all.
DR. CARR: Because I thought that’s what I heard Harry saying, that the
nuance of this in terms of how you identify your race or all of that is — even
just going back to biologic versus what you see as your race. I don’t know if
everybody does it that way. As we are collecting data on administrative
databases, I don’t know that everybody collects it the same way. They probably
don’t.
I’m just wondering if this is now setting forth, this is the new
definition. Did we all know this, whether for quality data or administrative
data or population data?
DR. MAYS: The recommendations about the actual collection are based on the
OMB guidance. So, for data that is collected by the federal government, and to
some extent data that is given to the federal government — somebody else can
collect it, but when the federal government accepts it, this is kind of the
context in which they want it.
And that’s what we are saying is that there is something new, and it is a
lot of challenges that have arisen as a function of that. The guidance was
issued in 1997, but where it was driven home is when the Census 2000 was
collected. And now you have a huge amount of data that is fitting into these
two questions, which is one on ethnicity and another on race.
And even that in and of itself, what we presented is what we call kind of
the minimum that is necessary. You go to some states, and it’s like there may
be as many as 128 categories that end up by the time you do maximum of all the
subgroups, et cetera.
So, what we are proposing is not new. What we are bringing to light is the
fact that this guidance exists. Census stepped out, and they did it. And that
what we really need from the department is more discussion about it, so that
everybody is kind of on the same page, and understands a lot of the
complexities of the decisions that are being made when you use the guidance
that has been issued.
MR. BLAIR: Let me see if I can ask this question quickly, because I think
I’m going to be instructed that I should be in the Population Subcommittee,
instead of getting into these details.
Vickie, how do we deal with the fact that now we are in a world where we
have to have race self-defined, and it could be multiple races that we identify
ourselves with, and yet if we are going to try to understand discrimination,
and discrimination probably isn’t overt as much as it is subtle, and the
individual that is discriminating may not even be aware of the fact that they
are discriminating.
But they are going to discriminate based on perception. And the perception
may not be the same as the individual who has self-defined what races they are.
Is there a way to re-establish those connections or mappings or something?
DR. MAYS: Some recommendations have — this is a little bit where we are in
terms of this report, and I’ll even share with you some things from the
hearing, and then in terms of other places, and that is the race that a person
self-identifies as, in order for us to understand some of the discrimination in
health care, people have said that it’s important to also ask the providers or
the institution or context what they perceive the individual to be that they
are working with.
MR. BLAIR: We will capture both then.
DR. MAYS: Well, now we are getting beyond this.
MR. BLAIR: I’m sorry, is this too detailed?
DR. MAYS: No, it’s not too detailed. But what I’m saying is that the
recommendation really deals with capturing the person, and at the level of
providers, institutions, contexts, and others. There are recommendations that
are made in many reports about doing that. That’s not what is in the forefront
here, though we did hear discussions about that in the hearing.
And I have a feeling, John, that I think we’re going to talk about removing
this word “summary” from this, because I think that there are some of
these discussions that we want to make sure that we capture, because they did
come up, and it is important.
We think that in terms of access to health care, sort of the health care
outcomes, that it does involve exactly what you are talking about. And that
it’s just not enough to know what race the person is, but that the person
treating them perceives them to be, because some of the judgments that are made
about level of intensity, type of treatment, et cetera, might be a function of
that perception.
MR. BLAIR: Well, then let me jump to the impression that I have on this,
and it may be similar to Harry’s. I think in order for us to get some real
value, not only will the sample size need to be very large, but that we
probably ought to do this in a way where it is going on over time, because it
may be expensive.
And if it’s going to be expensive, then if we could either reuse the data,
track it over time, and that will not only provide additional value
chronologically over time, but it may be hard for us to go back a second time,
I guess is what I’m saying. So, if this becomes an ongoing activity, that is
one piece.
The other piece is that I think we really have to look for exactly what we
want to measure, because I think that the real value of what we are doing is we
want to get at the subtle discriminations that we are not generally aware of
are happening. And this is the only way to do it.
I’m just a little bit concerned that we are trying to deal with the reality
of the limitations of Office of Management and Budget as they put forward. But
if we do adhere too much to those constraints, the value of the survey will be
very limited, and it will be very difficult to go back and really get it done
right for many, many years.
DR. LUMPKIN: And I think that that’s fairly close to a good summary
statement, because the challenge that we have in this arena is that not all the
data is used in exactly the same way. So, if we are looking at health care
disparities, then the data is going to be very granular, because the people who
are engaged in quality improvement need to understand what is going on within
their systems. And that will be dependent based upon health plan or type of
But if we are trying to look at other aspects of disparities, then you are
going to aggregate the data or collect the data in different fashions. Part of
that is by having a huge sample size. The other part is by oversampling the
groups that you want to have represented. And it depends again, on what the
purpose is. Sometimes just the five categories are fine.
If you are looking at issues related to the uninsured, the five categories
aren’t adequate. If you look at the Asian population, the insurance rate for
Asians is the same as the white population, but the ones for Japanese are much
lower, and the ones for Koreans, the rate of uninsurance is much, much higher.
So, again, it depends on what issues you want to do. And what we are trying
to do is provide some guidance to the department, talking about the different
aspects, recognizing that we are not going to be able to recommend the perfect
system, but some directions for them to go as they move forward in trying to
address the issue of disparities in health and health care.
DR. MAYS: I agree, but Jeff is welcome to populations.
DR. LUMPKIN: Okay, so the team will work on that, bring it back. And at
this point we are going to adjourn for lunch. The National Research Council
Committee on Health Statistics will be presenting the results of their
wonderful report, insightful report, overwhelmingly insight report.
Anyway, we’ll be back at 1:15 pm.
[Whereupon, the meeting was recessed for lunch at 12:30 pm, to reconvene at
1:15 pm.]
A F T E R N
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DR. LUMPKIN: We are very fortunate this afternoon, as follow-up to our
discussion, to have one of the earlier presentations of a completed, but not
yet published report from the Committee on National Statistics. And it’s soon
to be published, as opposed to one committee I was on where the report came out
a year after the committee released its results. But that gave us an
opportunity to re-release it. The Committee on National Statistics of the
National Research Council.
This was commissioned by the Department of Health and Human Services. We
have Shelly, who is the leader of the group, study director, they claim not to
be the leaders. And Denise Love and Carl Volpe, who were members of the
committee. It was perhaps one of the more stellar committees that CNSTAT has
had together. I guess I should have raised that as a conflict earlier.
So, Carl or you first, or is Shelly?
DR. VOLPE: Shelly is starting. I’m driving.
Agenda Item: CNSTAT Report – DHHS Collection of Race
and Ethnicity Data – Shelly Ver Ploeg, PhD, NAS
DR. VER PLOEG: Well, on behalf of the panel and the Committee on National
Statistics, I would like to thank the committee for inviting here to give a
brief presentation. As John said, we do have a pre-publication copy of the
report. It was released in late April, and the National Academy Press currently
has it. I just got the first page proof, so progress is being made. We should
have it by the end of June, and we’ll be happy to make copies available to
anyone who wants it on the full committee.
I’m Shelly Ver Ploeg. I was the study director for the panel, and what
we’re going to cover is just going to go into some of the basics of why the
panel was charged to do what it did, and what it did, and talk about some of
the conclusions and recommendations. And hopefully, we’ll leave some time for
questions from any members of the audience and the committee.
The report is called, “Eliminating Health Disparities: Measurement and
Data Needs.” This report was a congressionally mandated from the Minority
Health and Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000. It came through
ASPE. Jim Scanlon was the contact there, and several agencies within DHHS —
I’m not going to try and name them, because I always forget them, but Jim can
help me if I need to — also sponsored this study.
The study began in late 2000, and the panel, which I’ll talk about in a
little bit, met several times. We had a workshop at the end of 2002 that looked
specifically at state and private sector data collection issues. A workshop
summary was issued from that. I just came from another meeting, otherwise I
would have brought a copy of that also, but we can make copies available to you
And during the course of the panel’s work we had several other folks come
in and brief us. Actually, Vickie Mays came to brief us on behalf of the
Population Subcommittee of this group. Bill Braithwait briefed us on HIPAA
activities, and we had a couple of other presentations. And let me get started
then with the slides.
The panel was charged with reviewing the collection of data on race and
ethnicity in DHHS health and health care data systems, and more broadly in
state and private sector health and health care data systems. The panel took
the charge seriously. In fact, two of our panel members here were selected
because they represent and know those data systems very well. John also knows
the systems well.
In doing so, the panel was asked to identify the key data needs to evaluate
the effects of socioeconomic status disparities also. The panel also added
language and acculturation to that list, even though it wasn’t specifically
mandated in its charge.
It was to identify and assess critical gaps in health and health care data
systems used to evaluate disparities, and to consider ways in which data gaps
can be filled, and the panel had some recommendations for that.
The next slide shows the esteemed panel. Ed Perrin, who is a former
director of the National Center for Health Statistics chaired the panel, and
the rest of the panel members represented some academics, both economics,
sociology, psychology, some folks from states. Alvin Onaka was also on the
panel. He’s at the Hawaii Department of Health, Denise, and John in his former
role, and Carl actually was our main representative from the private sector on
this topic. And you will see some other familiar names up there too, I’m sure.
Actually, I’m going to turn it over to Denise now, who is going to talk
about some of the things that the panel considered.
Agenda Item: CNSTAT Report – DHHS Collection of Race and
Ethnicity Data – Denise Love, NAHDO
MS. LOVE: Thank you.
It’s a pleasure to be here. I’m Denise Love.
I wanted to first underscore that the panel made a distinction between
health and health care. And that disparities in health, and disparities in
health care, even though they are related, they are different concepts, and
they should be measured differently. And so, the panel acknowledged that pretty
early on.
Examples of disparities in health would be a condition, absence of good
health, or patients having ill health. Disparities in health care, the actual
treatment of an illness and injury. And that could be related to access to
health care, or lack of information. So, that distinction was made.
We also did not get into I think the nuances of defining disparities, and
get hung up on that. That would have taken us another year or so. So, we moved
on and decided to focus instead on the data needed to measure the concepts of
disparities.
The panel also recognized that disparities in health and health care are
multidimensional, and as Shelly said, more than just and ethnicity variables
are important to measure. And so, the panel focused on the collection of
explanatory variables such as race, ethnicity, socioeconomic position or status
— we also debated SES versus SEP — acculturation and language, rather than on
specific outcomes variables.
The panel also recognizes and recognized that data systems and data
structures, and the purposes for data systems, and why they exist vary
tremendously, and thus, does the quality of the data, and the quality of
race/ethnicity data if collected in those data systems. And so, I guess keeping
in mind that when we get to the recommendations, that the targets for data
collection in each of these systems can be tailored for what is possible or
feasible in that system.
So, before we get to the recommendations, some of the questions considered
by the panel as we prepared the report, was what the current DHHS data
requirements and policies for the collection of race and ethnicity data are.
And are these policies adequate and effectively implemented in the DHHS
systems, and extended through the state systems, and also the private sector
systems, which you will hear about later.
Other questions: what information relevant to disparities can be collected
by the federal government, by state governments, and the private sector? And
what are the barriers and possibilities for improving data sources and
reasonable strategies?
So, the report is organized, and the rest of our presentation will follow
this: the overall considerations and conclusions, DHHS data collection systems,
some background, and a pretty extensive chapter on those; a chapter on state
data collection systems; and then finally, a chapter on private sector data
collection systems.
I’ll turn it over to you, Carl.
Ethnicity Data – Dr. Carl Volpe, WellPoint
DR. VOLPE: Thanks.
We have about five general conclusions that the committee drew from this.
The first three are represented in this slide, and I would imagine are not a
surprise to any of you that we need to obtain race and ethnicity data in all
health care and health data systems.
There was a fair amount of discussion around socioeconomic position, around
education, occupation, wealth, current income, and the relationship between
that and measuring health and health status. So, we decided as a committee to
make sure that that was included in our recommendations, and you will see that.
Also, issues of acculturation. Primarily we talked about language use, but
we did expand our discussion beyond language use, and you will see some of that
reflected actual in the final report.
The next two bullets I want to spend a little more time on, because they
reflect the diversity of the panel. While we had a fair number of individuals
on the panel who were statisticians, and were very comfortable with aggregate
data, we had individuals such as myself and Denise and John in his position,
where it was more than just aggregate data, but individual data turned out to
be very important to us.
So, we expected that the committee would make recommendations about adding
data, and collecting data by private sector, by state government. And the
question is how much burden could we put on those entities? So, one of our
conclusions was, and we used the word “return” and that is that we
say that health and health care data collection systems should return
information that is useful. But what we are actually saying is that if an
entity is collecting the data, we hope that they will be able to use it as
And finally, we thought as a committee, and we looked at the data, that
linkages weren’t there. Lots of data are being collected. We have a hard time
linking data, especially Census data in particular. And so, our overall
conclusion is we’ve got to figure out, and we need to make some recommendations
around linkages. So, those are our general conclusions.
DR. VER PLOEG: The next part of the presentation talks about our
recommendations for federal data systems. And I should say that we made the
distinction between federal, state, and private sector data systems even though
there is quite a bit of overlap in that.
For example, vital and health statistics are collected by funeral home
directors. They are in the health care system. They are aggregated up to
states, and the states then bring them up to NCHS. So, our distinction is not
perfect, but it was just a way of organizing the report. So, please keep that
And I have a number of slides here on DHHS data collection systems. I’ll
talk about some of them briefly. I’m not sure of it will interest this group,
but please feel free to ask questions if I’m moving too quickly.
Our first one was as Denise said, the panel considered what are the current
policies DHHS has for collection of race and ethnicity data. And the panel
understood that the DHHS has this inclusion policy, which I don’t have the full
name of it up on a slide. But basically, it says that DHHS should in its
programs and support where feasible, collect race and ethnicity data. And the
panel agreed with that, and re-emphasized it in a recommendation of the report.
This is an important thing for DHHS to be studying. As part of its data
collection systems, race and ethnicity should be collected where possible. So,
one of the recommendations is just to re-emphasize what was on record at DHHS.
The panel also added to that measures of socioeconomic position where feasible,
and measures of acculturation and language.
In 1999, the DHHS Data Council, which had a Working Group on Race and
Ethnicity Data Collection, released a very important report on the collection
of race and ethnicity data. And in this report they outlined a number of
recommendations — many, many recommendations — about ways and detail that
they could feasibly implement some better race and ethnicity data collection
apparatus.
The panel reviewed the report, and found four themes to be very important
from that report. One was developing feasible approaches for including racial
and ethnic groups in national surveys. Most of the national surveys can
adequately sample enough African Americans. Hispanics as a broad group is also
possible. But when you get to the smaller subgroups, you really have a hard
time with the national surveys.
And one of the recommendations of that report was to have a periodic,
rotating basis — maybe how it was determined would be a little, it was not
fleshed out — but somehow have an apparatus where you could periodically
oversample some of these more detailed subgroups. And the panel will pick up on
that, and emphasize that recommendation as well.
Another important report that the panel picked up on the 1999 report was to
improve the collection and analysis of socioeconomic status, and language and
acculturation data; to insure the collection of race and ethnicity data in
record-based systems, so administrative records; and then to develop mechanisms
for linking records across data systems. So, the panel emphasized that those
were important points from the DHHS Data Council working group.
And looking over this whole DHHS report, the panel decided that it would be
very important to get an implementation plan in order where DHHS could measure
how it is doing in implementing the recommendations of that report, and begin
right away to implement some of those recommendations.
As I mentioned, one of the recommendations of that Data Council report was
to develop a long range plan for national surveys to periodically conduct
surveys of racial and ethnic subgroups. The panel found this to be actually a
very important recommendation, and singled it out as something that DHHS should
follow-up with as soon as possible.
The panel also looked at the data collection systems for the Medicare
program, also the Medicaid program, but I think Denise will talk about that a
little bit more. Myself and Mary Grace Kovar(?), who was working as a
consultant, met with several folks from the Social Security Administration,
which provides the basic data on people who are potentially eligible for
Medicare, and with the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services folks to talk
about their data collection practices. And there are actually a number of
reports out there on the race and ethnicity data collection through the
Medicare system.
As it currently stands, race and ethnicity data in the Medicare enrollment
database is somewhat spotty. SSA used to collect these data, and CMS got the
data from SSA. But in the old days it was black, white, and other. They have
added Hispanic, but as of the late eighties I believe, even though it’s
collected on birth records, that information is not then reported to the Social
Security Administration, because it is not essential for the program. So, for
people born after the late eighties, there is no data on race and ethnicity
available on those files.
CMS has actually done quite a bit to try to get more data. They did a
postcard survey of current enrollees of people with Hispanic surnames to
collect data on whether they were indeed Hispanic or not, and had some success,
but some problems with that. CMS is reliant on the Social Security
Administration for the other data. And the only time that you would get an
update is if somebody changed their name and filled out a new form, or was a
new enrollee later, or lost their card and reapplied.
So, the panel decided this is a very important source of data. Medicare is
a time where people use the health care system. So, it would be a good source
of data for understanding disparities, which it’s already being used for. And
that the race and ethnicity data should be better.
So, it made a recommendation that CMS should develop a program to collect
racial and ethnic data, and socioeconomic status data if possible at the time
of enrollment for a current enrollee, and for current enrollees in the Medicare
program. The panel wasn’t specific about how to do that. It did suggest some
things like a brief survey, but did not get into specifics.
The panel also thought that it would be important to have socioeconomic
position data. And one thing that is possible is that the Social Security
Administration does have a summary file of wage data. It’s not the specific
wage data, but it’s a summary file that has been used for research purposes,
and CMS could seek that from SSA to get at least some basic data on
socioeconomic position. And as I understand, there are some efforts between SSA
and CMS to actually do that now. So, those are the two main recommendations on
the Medicare program data.
Another important change in the landscape of how race and ethnicity data
were collected was the 1997 OMB Guidelines for Collecting Race and Ethnicity
Data. They have been implemented. The 2000 Census implemented them. But one
thing that the panel found at the workshop was that there is still a lot of
confusion about what those categories are, what’s the minimum categories, and
then how they can be aggregated up if you collect smaller subcategories.
So, the panel recommended that the department should provide more guidance
on implementing these OMB standards for the collection of race and ethnicity
data. Again, this is sort of a public awareness, especially with the data
providers, and those who are actually collecting the data at both state and
local levels about what those minimum categories are, what the minimum means,
and then how you go beyond that if state and localities need to go beyond that.
And then one final recommendation at the federal level is that the panel
emphasized the importance of race and ethnicity and socioeconomic position. And
encouraged the DHHS to report in its various health and health care
tabulations, differences in race and ethnicity, and classified by different
levels of socioeconomic position.
At this point, Denise is going to talk a little bit more about some of the
state-based recommendations.
MS. LOVE: Again, the panel recognized that to get better data on race and
ethnicity, it’s going to require a multi-sector and multi-level approach. And
we recognize that states are the source of many of the federal program data and
statistics. So, the states cannot or should not be left out of the
conversation, nor were they. And the chapter describes the various state data
systems, their characteristics, and what they do or do not collect.
Some state data systems are doing better than others. Vital records might
be one where they are capturing in all states, race and ethnicity data versus
discharge data systems, which it’s a mixed bag. Some states are doing it very
well, and many are not. And again, the structure of those data systems are
different, and the funding is different. And so, that could explain some of the
reasons for the variation.
But again, when states do collect race/ethnicity, the data quality do vary
across states. And many states again, have missing or are not collecting
race/ethnicity systematically. And again, use — when collected, sometimes they
aren’t as effectively used.
So, that leads to the recommendations that the panel made that states
should require at a minimum, the collection of data on race, ethnicity,
socioeconomic position, and where feasible, acculturation and language use. And
recognizing that in surveys, it’s possible to have a broader scope of data
collection, where in administrative data it may not.
But we know that states do and can collect it with the administrative data
systems. So, to help those states that do not collect it, or collect it very
well along, the panel recommended that DHHS should provide guidance and
technical assistance to states for the collection and use of the data,
race/ethnicity, SEP, acculturation, and language use.
One example might be the MCH Title V program where there are incentives for
states to collect race/ethnicity with some of the MCH measures, and incentives
are aligned also with the state agenda. And technical assistance is available,
and states have responded well to that.
We know that some states have confusion about what the OMB standards are,
so states that might have been collecting race/ethnicity for some time, may not
have adopted the OMB standards, and there may be confusion about how to go
about that, or even indeed what they are. This chapter also addresses some of
the barriers, including costs and education.
DR. VOLPE: I would like to talk about the private sector, which was
probably one of the more perplexing areas for the committee to look at. We
actually commissioned some surveys, as well as heard testimony at our workshop.
And I think we could sort of divide it into three categories.
Hospitals, we sensed that there was a fair amount of data on race and
ethnicity collected. We were unclear about how standardized those information
were, but information is being collected. Whether it’s being passed on to other
data sources is unclear.
Physicians and physician groups, we could gather no information on what
physician and physician groups collect. Remember, the typical physician group
has three practicing physicians. They are small. They don’t have sophisticated
data systems by any means. So, we didn’t find very much at all on physicians.
And with respect to health plans, there was a range. I guess the initial
study that was done found about 50 percent of the health plans were collecting
some form of data during the period of panel’s work. Aetna had announced their
intent to start collecting race and ethnicity data. We saw a negative response
to that initially, but now the response has been fairly positive.
Just as a comment, when one looks at Aetna, which really needs to be
commended for their work, they are collecting information right now on less
than I think 1 percent of their entire membership. So, they are doing it. They
are working really hard at it, but I think like many health plans, they are
struggling to collect the data.
The AAHP study that was released recently supported some testimony they
provided to the panel about the differences in the data elements among the
health plans, and how the health plans are using it. So, the committee came up
with what might be one of their more controversial recommendations, which
appears behind me, which is a recommendation that DHHS should require the
private sector to collect this information.
That was supported in testimony at the workshop. It was commented on to the
committee privately, the primary issue there being that health plans have been
afraid, quite honestly, to start collecting the data, because of issues of
discrimination and racism, which are real.
We spent a fair amount of time talking about that as a panel, and
recognized the importance of safeguards associated with this if these kinds of
data are going to be collected in the private sector. So, the committee did
this make this recommendation to DHHS. I think the panel I should say, would
not be uncomfortable if Congress heard this recommendation as well.
We commented about HIPAA as being a possible mechanism for doing some of
this. We talked about JACHCO on the hospital side. But clearly, the panel felt
pretty strongly that health plans in the private sector should be required to
collect it.
The panel also recognized, I should say we recognized that we needed some
leadership in this area. The health plans are fumbling their way, trying to
understand their way in this area. And we thought the DHHS could provide
leadership in developing standards for the collection of the data. And so,
there is a full recommendation in that area as well. And that recommendation is
not only for race and ethnicity, it includes socioeconomic position, as well as
acculturation and language use.
This last recommendation — I think it’s the last one in this series —
really came out of the concern that it may take a while for health plans to
start collecting this information, either for congressional action, DHHS
action. And so the question is, was there another mechanism that could not get
us there completely, but help get us there?
And we came up with a recommendation about geocoding, and linking
information from health plans to Census data. The committee thought that there
was a strong possibility we could do this while still protecting privacy
rights, so there is a recommendation in that area as well.
Finally, I think the panel felt that more could be done to collect data in
this area. But we felt very strongly that even minimal data collection would be
very, very helpful. I think the additional contribution of this panel was the
recommendation that this is above and beyond aggregate statistics. That there
are other entities in the marketplace that could use the data, that could make
use of data to help address issues of health and health status disparities.
Other comments from anyone else?
DR. VER PLOEG: I have one more comment I think. All of this costs money,
collecting more data. And the panel was actually in the legislation, was asked
to look at cost considerations, which is not something Academy panels do very
often. We usually punt on that, because we don’t really have the expertise, and
we don’t have time to get into it, and we don’t want to do it. But I do
recognize that it’s a major issue.
Since the report has been released, my colleague and I, Connie Citro(?),
who is now the director of the Committee on National Statistics, have been
briefing various agencies. We briefed the HHS earlier. We also went up to the
Hill with our congressional liaison, and briefed Senate staff.
Sen. Kennedy’s staff organized it. I’m trying to remember who was there —
Bingamin’s(?) member, Daschle’s staff member, and one more that I’m forgetting
was also there. And then we also briefed Frist’s office, and then a gentleman
from the — I can’t remember which committee he was from.
And we raised the issue of cost, and we said DHHS needs money to implement
these. Of course they nodded their heads and were very polite to us. But I
think they were very interested in the report, and that’s on both sides of the
Hill. Frist’s office has been actually quite interested in this area, and had
some interesting questions about data quality, about surveys. And there was
some talk about whether socioeconomic position was more important rather than
race.
And we actually talked a little bit about how people are maybe not for
health insurance plans, but in other arenas, people are much more ready to give
data on their race and ethnicity than they are about their income. That’s a
much harder thing to ask people about. So, that was an educational experience
for some of the people on the Hill.
It was an interesting briefing, and they are aware of the reports, we’ll be
sending them copies when they are finally finished.
I don’t know if there is anything John wants to add.
DR. LUMPKIN: Well done. It was an honor to have served with such a
distinguished committee.
Questions? Steve?
DR. STEINDEL: This isn’t really a question, this is a comment, and it may
lead to discussion further. We heard a fascinating discussion this morning. We
had a fascinating discussion this morning led by Vickie on our reports, and the
concerns in the Population Subcommittee in this area, where they have done a
tremendous amount of work for a number of years.
And we have heard the summary of this very important, and as John said,
very good report in this area. And I’m looking at the audience, or lack of it.
This is an area that is very, very important, and should be raising concern.
I can assure you that if the Standards and Security Subcommittee scheduled
a hearing on how we were going to put race and ethnicity coding into HIPAA,
that room would be packed. And I think we need to figure out ways to reverse
that, or at least get the room packed at this point, so the people who we are
going to be asking, as one of your recommendations possibly, understand the
significance of this, and may be more attuned.
DR. LUMPKIN: Gene.
DR. LENGERICH: My question had to do with the second last slide, which has
to do with geocoding. And I noticed there that you said the DHHS should
establish a service that would do that. And I guess I would just like to
explore a little bit the idea of DHHS establishing that service.
Private companies will do that. And so, I’m wondering if there was some
sort of conscious decision about that happening, and about that kind of
recommendation coming forward. And then the leading part after that is who
analyzes those data that result from that kind of activity?
So, if you could tell me a little bit behind the thinking of that
DR. VER PLOEG: Sure. Agencies within DHHS like NCHS have these data
research centers, and they have already built up their firewalls for
confidentiality, that what health insurance plans could do, they would have the
data on their individuals, would be to send the addresses of the individuals to
this centralized unit.
That centralized unit would find geocoded race and ethnicity data or income
data that wouldn’t be accessible to the outside public, and then match it with
the addresses, de-identify it, and send it back to the health insurance plans
or whoever, so they could do some analysis that way.
DR. VOLPE: Do you have a follow-up on that?
DR. LENGERICH: I guess there are trade offs in who has the ability to
maintain the confidentiality of it. And I’m sure there are groups, individuals
that would rather see it go to a private group, rather than to the federal
government to do that.
DR. VOLPE: I don’t think as a committee we really discussed that in any
depth about whether it should be a private entity doing it, or whether DHHS
would do it.
DR. VER PLOEG: The geocoded data would be Census-based data that I would
assume private companies don’t have at that level, although they might be the
ones that are actually demasking it.
DR. VOLPE: There are some private companies out there right now that you
can go to for geocoding. The sense was that the richness of the data were
insufficient.
DR. LENGERICH: Well, I guess I’m fully supportive of this recommendation,
and I think it is consistent with some of the testimony that we heard as a
subcommittee, as well as kind of our thoughts too that this is a role for NCHS
or Census or somebody to play, to facilitate the analysis of data at finer
granularity than large geographic areas. And I think that is a strength here.
DR. LUMPKIN: Simon.
DR. COHN: I guess I should just comment that I think stealthful usage(?)
should handle some of the issues around this with the geocoding occurring in
On another issue, I was actually curious about Recommendation 4-7, which I
was sort of fascinated by, which is CMS developing a program to collect the
data at the time of enrollment, and for current enrollees. I was first of all
curious, at CMS is this an idea that they even embraced? And if so, what have
their thoughts been about operation of it? How do you see operationalizing
this?
DR. VER PLOEG: I haven’t spoken to anyone from CMS since the report was
released, but the initial conversation, they were strongly for it, and then
raised their hands that we don’t have funding for it. And they have done some
surveys, like I said. They had mixed response rate, I believe, on that. So, I’m
not sure if that’s what they would want to do.
I don’t know if there is anyone from CMS here in the room.
MR. BLAIR: There are 30 or 40 million beneficiaries.
DR. VER PLOEG: Right, so it would be a very expensive thing to do. But they
do send out a postcard when you enroll, right? So, it could feasibly be done on
that, although again, cost is a problem.
DR. COHN: Can I ask just one additional question, and then I’ll stop. This
is in some ways related, which is this linkage issue. And I actually want to
congratulate the committee in terms of really putting that out as a key issue.
I’m constantly impressed with the fact that the federal enterprise, at least to
my view, seems to be awash in data. But they are as bad as the private sector
is in terms of multiple different silos of data that doesn’t seem to be joined.
I guess I was wondering from your perspective, just whether the linkages
themselves would in and of itself solve some large percentage of this issue?
And would that be the case? And if so, how much of this issue would be solved
by just creating better linkages between all these systems?
DR. VOLPE: My comment is I don’t see it as solving. I see it as mechanisms
to link data sources that heretofore have not been linked, to ask additional
questions. For example, with health plans, if we had a mechanism to link some
of our administrative data, our claims data, we could begin to ask questions to
support our health improvement programs for example, our disease management
I don’t see that as solving a problem. I see that as a mechanism to bring
more richness to the data set for wanting to address issues of health and
health service disparities.
MS. LOVE: From the state perspective there is quite of a bit of linkage
going on to fill those data gaps. Some states are linking across data sets,
where they might not have race/ethnicity with hospital discharge data, they may
link with other data sets, and vital records being one for birth outcome
studies to fill that gap.
With health plan data that could be done, if you collected it at
enrollment, and had that data, you could look at health utilization without
collecting it at every encounter, but that doesn’t solve the problems for
hospital discharge data systems outside of a health plan. So, the answer to
that is yes, linkage will help some of the problem, but it won’t help
systematically across the system.
DR. LUMPKIN: Although one of the more important linkages is with the Social
Security Administration, because as we discussed earlier, we kind of discussed
the transition from socioeconomic status to socioeconomic position. That the
historical data that is available — because I just got recently a mailing from
the SSA about my retirement benefits. And they listed my total income for my
work experience, and it was kind of depressing.
DR. HARDING: Just comfort me a little bit here. I’m one of the directors of
a university special clinic that is all the different specialties in a
university, and there are about eight or ten clinics. The front line would
collect this data, right?
MS. LOVE: And they often are. In many cases, the front line is collecting
DR. HARDING: Yes. And then the collection is supposed to lead to benefits
for the front lines somehow. That’s part of the selling point?
MS. LOVE: That’s one of the barriers.
DR. HARDING: The front line will get feedback is what you said I think,
about the data that is collected?
DR. VOLPE: I think that is a possible mechanism, yes.
DR. HARDING: So, what I’m trying to think of is how I’m going to tell my
people this. There are probably I would say 15 questions that would have to
come up to look at race/ethnic, SEP, acculturation, probably 15 or 20
DR. VOLPE: I couldn’t sell 15 in my company.
MS. LOVE: No, we need a distinction between survey and administrative data
collection. And at the minimum, I think the panel felt strongly that
race/ethnicity at the front line, is being captured, but not very
systematically or uniformly. But to collect all of those data elements at every
encounter, it would be nice, wouldn’t it? But it probably is not realistic.
DR. LUMPKIN: But I think in addition to race and ethnicity, primary
language is an important one. There are class standards, culturally,
linguistically appropriate services, requirements on institutions. You can’t
measure compliance without collecting primary language. So, I think those areas
are associated with various performance measurements that an institution ought
to be following anyway.
DR. HARDING: I’m not trying to be negative, but in primary care and in
physician’s offices right now they are right up to here with this kind of
stuff. And to put this, and tack it on as a requirement, again, it’s unfunded,
and it’s going to cost $10 a time to do it at least, maybe $20 a time, boy, you
better have a good reason why you are doing it.
And it’s got to have something that is going to be helpful to the
individual clinic that is giving you this information, and not theoretically
that this is going to help the big cause. Because right now, people don’t have
any reserve to give the big causes. It has to be cause and effect right now for
people to feel like they want to do another doggone thing in the front line
clinic.
DR. VOLPE: I would like to speak to that, because I think the question that
you are asking is precisely the right one from what might be possibly known as
the private sector. You are asking what is the incremental value associated
with the incremental cost associated with this. And I think as a panel we
talked a little bit about that at the health plan level.
At the health plan level it’s relatively easy to do if you do an
enrollment. You do it once. It’s much more complicated at the hospital level,
or in the individual physician office level. I don’t think we spent a lot of
time talking about the incremental costs and incremental value associated with
that, but the point is well taken.
DR. HARDING: Here we are in public health. I understand what we are doing
completely, and I approve of it. But on the front line, it’s my clinic and my
expenses, and I’m going under, and I’ve got to do another thing? That’s where
it’s going to be rough. You have to be clear what this is going to be helpful
for, and how it will help my treatment of patients and so forth. That kind of
thing has to really be explained well.
MS. LOVE: I think one of the recommendations was with HHS providing that
technical assistance back, the messages, the reasons why, and the education
DR. LUMPKIN: Now, they have a saying that you can’t go back, but I’m going
to go back. Harry?
MR. REYNOLDS: Carl, to play off your comment, when you were talking about a
health plan could get it at enrollment. Well, CMS is a health plan. Medicaid
agencies are a health plan. The private sector is health plans. What is missing
from that so that you don’t have to do what Richard was just talking about?
DR. VOLPE: I’m sorry, I don’t understand all the uninsured.
MR. REYNOLDS: Well, the uninsured aren’t included, I understand.
DR. VOLPE: Oh, if health plans got it, you might not have to get that?
MR. REYNOLDS: I can’t see a distinction between a health plan, CMS, and
Medicaid. They are all health plans.
DR. VOLPE: The differences between health plans, CMS, and Medicaid, I
wouldn’t see distinctions either.
MR. REYNOLDS: But I wanted to make sure that was clear. So, that’s a
significant portion. That is the insured population. Obviously, we’ve got the
whole other issue of the uninsured, and that needs to be dealt with in a
different way.
But back to Richard’s comment, if you use those three for the millions and
millions of people that are covered, they don’t have to do that if somebody has
insurance. You don’t have to do it in that doctor’s office every time. You only
have to pick up the ones basically falling through the cracks right now, are
the ones we need to make sure we try to do something. I’m just trying to
understand what the segment of the population is we are dealing with.
MS. LOVE: Can I put in a footnote that the next version of 834 enrollment
standard will have the OMB 15 standard in there. The scope would need to be
expanded by DHHS.
MR. REYNOLDS: That was the second part, so thank you very much.
MR. SCANLON: All of these issues came up before, and in fact they gave rise
to this study in the first place. And let me just a little department
perspective. And actually, this OMB standard goes back to the seventies, and
we’ve been grappling with these issues. And I think it’s classic of burden
versus cost and utility.
The origin of this study was actually in the Senate. One of the committees
decided they should — since HHS would not mandate that everybody collect and
report race/ethnicity data, that maybe they should pass a statute. And there
was a debate about that. And they decided well, maybe we better find out a
little bit more about this before we mandate that this occur.
And that gave rise to the study. And it looked at the adequacy of race and
ethnicity data, the whole panoply of data hopefully. And now we have come full
circle. And the panel has made some good distinctions, and in a way reaffirmed
some of the HHS approaches, and some of the other approaches.
You want more obviously, and everybody wants more and it requires more
resources. But we still come back to the same dilemma as well. The panel is
recommending that HHS or presumably Congress — I don’t think it would happen
honestly, without a statute. It would just be impossible to do, particular over
entities over which HHS has no relationship. It’s not one of our programs.
But you have recommended that among other things, that a mandate for
collecting race and ethnicity data, as well as a number of voluntary survey and
research kinds of things, standards based and measurement improvement sorts of
things as well. And I just don’t know what kind of receptive ear there would be
anywhere for mandates like that. But I’ve been wrong before. I was wrong about
HIPAA.
The other way to work through this is rather than have a statute that you
will and you must, it’s to work through the industry processes like the HIPAA
process and the SDOs. That’s where much of the administrative data, the
enrollment data, and the encounter data is being formulated and planned for
anyway. And to make a case for it in those settings, the public health case and
the business case, and do it that way. Then people have embraced it as their
own, as part of their own standard. But a centralized mandate, honestly, I
don’t see much of a receptive ear for it.
MS. LOVE: Maybe I’m just a naive optimist, but I think HIPAA is an
opportunity, the next version of HIPAA, because the OMB standard is in there.
The NUBC, the National Uniform Billing Committee has demonstrated its
willingness to look beyond what is needed to pay a claim. So, I think the
industry is coming along with this, albeit slowly. And I’ve got to be
optimistic that through HIPAA, the next version, whenever that is.
DR. VOLPE: I want to be clear this is a personal view. One of the dilemmas
that one has in talking about this is the individuals within health plans, if I
can speak about health plans, who participate in these discussions, are not
CEOs for the most part. It’s not on the CEO radar screen, for the most part.
And like in every organization, I was in Washington and I experienced it
too, you have the folks at the top who are the broad thinkers. And then as you
go down in the organizations you find folks who are entrenched and unwilling to
make some movement.
I think a person view is that when elevates to the level of Congress, it
gets on individuals’ radar screens, and we can move policy. It’s much harder as
you go down in the organization. I don’t think we said that explicitly in our
discussions, but I think that is part of the equation in an issue as
complicated and as controversial as this is. It’s easier just to say no and
DR. LUMPKIN: Marjorie.
MS. GREENBERG: I think my comments are part of the same theme that you have
hearing, but I wanted to ask you a question about that nonetheless. I mean
first of all, I congratulate the panel, and I’m glad to see this kind of
thoughtful process and these recommendations coming out, which as you well
know, have been coming out now for at least the 23 years that I have been
working with the National Committee.
And not only coming out of the National Committee, but also coming out of
committees of the National Academy, et cetera, out of parts of the department
such as the inclusion policy.
One can’t help to some degree feeling like Yogi Berra, deja vu all over
again. And Denise and I have been babbling on the administrative side for many
years together. And the question that I have is was there a sense of the panel
as to what the major barrier is to making this happen? As I said, there have
been good rationales developed. There have been recommendations made
illustrious groups now over a period of 20 plus years. Is it really financial?
Is it financial resources? Because every what if you come up with, you can
always think of kind of somewhere if you maybe put intelligent money it, like
education or training, or data feedback or all that, you could overcome it. But
did you feel it was money, or was it something else?
Because without a sense of that, I’m going to hear the same presentation —
and then attacking what that main barrier is — I’m going to hear this, well, I
may not be here in 10 years, but I’ll read about it in 10 years. I hope to be
on this earth in 10 years.
DR. VER PLOEG: I don’t have as much perspective. I’m new to this area. I
think that the IOM report that came out about unequal treatment, actually
probably was a big step in awareness. I don’t know how much that could move
things along, but at least that was a step in awareness, and this is following
up on it, the work that DHHS had already done. Maybe that’s slow progress.
MS. LOVE: At the state level is it becoming a — and I’m old, and I’ve been
around, and I’ve heard all these conversations before, and I’ve been on this
race/ethnicity conversation for a decade. I have a sense that at the state
level it is becoming a policy issue that is not going to go away in the
short-term. Now, in a few years, maybe so, but right now, every state that I
talk to is concerned about getting disparities data.
We had one state use the national NCHS health interview survey and a few
other things, just running national statistics, because they didn’t have
adequate state statistics. And people were clamoring for more, and they want to
do more reports and collect better data.
So, it be because it’s a policy issue, it will push things along a little
bit. That’s my sense. The disparities report, we couldn’t really get good data
at the state level on some of those measures.
DR. VOLPE: Can I speak to the private side? Because I think there really is
a significant change on the private side. If you look at the evolution of the
health insurers over the last 15 years, and you see how they differentiated
themselves in the marketplace, and forgive me for talking like a market person,
but it helps.
Plans were differentiating among themselves by product design, benefit
structures. We had Kaiser out there that continued to argue on quality, but for
the most part was one of the few ones out there. And that is not an insult,
that’s an acknowledge of Kaiser’s voice.
But if you look at what health plans are doing right now, they are much
less interested in differentiating themselves on product design, and issues of
quality are emerging. Health plans are trying to distinguish among themselves
in that area.
We have the studies that were just referred to around unequal treatment.
And then issues of patient safety and quality. And all of the sudden you are
seeing a convergence, for the first time in the last 15 or 20 years that I have
seen watching this, where the time is right. And we know that policy changes
only when the time is right. And I think we are getting there now. I don’t
think we are there yet, but I think we are getting there.
MS. LOVE: Can I add one more thing? In the report, public health is
collected. State and federal agencies have collected race/ethnicity data in
varying forms for some time, but have under used it as well. And there are a
lot of reasons for it, and we don’t have time to get into why. I think we need
to use the data we have better, and raise that awareness, even if it’s not
DR. LUMPKIN: Vickie.
DR. MAYS: Carl actually made some of my comments quite articulately. But I
just want to talk about for example what we saw in California. If you remember,
we had a ballot initiative in which it was about not collecting data by race
and ethnicity.
And the business case that was made that overturned the initiative was that
people were very clear that if they thought that was in any way going to
interfere with either the science or the delivery of services or treatment in
terms of their health care, they were against it. And that was the case that
actually allowed this initiative to be overturned.
So, if you ask what’s different, I think what is different is that the
dialogue now is not in the realm of politics. The dialogue has a lot more to do
with the science that keeps discovering the ways in which one’s race and
ethnicity might be related to health care. And so, I do think now is the time
to push. I don’t think it’s going to happen right away.
To get to the point that Steve made, when we had the population hearing, we
were actually in this room, and we did have the room packed. And the reason we
had the room packed is because people wanted to know how to ask the question,
how to get better data. They wanted to hear what other people where doing.
But I think what we have to do now, and this is something the subcommittee
is going to talk about is there are interested parties. I can tell you there
are some people in Congress who are wanting — if we get this thing passed,
they want it, because they want to continue the dialogue.
So, I think it’s just a matter of the timing is perfect. I don’t think we
are going to get everything right away. I think resources will be a big
problem. But I do think people are going to embrace at least the dialogue, and
make some movements towards some policy changes.
DR. STEINWACHS: Just a small question. You have been dealing with the big
issues. In the way in which you conceptualized capturing race, ethnicity, and
socioeconomic position, would it be viewed by the person that this is optional,
voluntary to complete it, or is it like the insurance forms, the things you get
where you sort of say, well, if I don’t sign it, I don’t have insurance. Did
you talk some about the idea of voluntary versus you have give this, or you
aren’t going to get it?
DR. VOLPE: I think just on the private side we felt pretty strongly that it
would be a requirement.
MS. LOVE: I think we have made clear that the patient would have to be
educated and told up front, this does not affect — if you don’t provide it.
DR. STEINWACHS: Is there any experience about what kind of response you
think you’d get?
DR. VOLPE: Interesting enough, exactly. If you look at what Aetna is did,
and you contrast it with what we do. We have a voluntary question at the time
of application. It’s at the time of application. So, the question is if I check
this, is it going to affect my ability to get coverage?
What Aetna does is Aetna comes back after the person is accepted. So, they
know already they are enrolled in the health plan, and they are now asked the
question. And they have had much, much better success in gathering the data
than we have. And Aetna is a really good example of the differentiation there
on the private side.
MS. LOVE: We have 27 states that collect race/ethnicity data with their
hospital discharge data. That means providers are asking the folks at the time
of admission. About half those states or more have mandates. But again, the
patient cannot be turned away if they don’t provide the data.
DR. STEINWACHS: I have always been suspicious about some of the systems
where if the patient doesn’t answer, the clerk fills it in.
MS. LOVE: It is happening, and it’s self-coded. And that’s why we wanted to
get everyone to ask. Some uniformity would be nice.
MR. HOUSTON: I just have a quick question with regards to how this might
interplay with NHII. And using it as a mechanism maybe to reduce some of the
burdens associated with duplicate requests for data. And again, if it’s part of
that larger infrastructure, it just sort of becomes a data point that is
collected once, and maybe updated periodically just simply through the normal
course. Is that something that we should consider as part of NHII? Because I
don’t recollect it really being part of the architecture or otherwise.
DR. LUMPKIN: Yes, actually, I think if you talk to patients, one of the
things they find most onerous in dealing with the health care system is every
time they see a new doctor, return to the doctor, go to a new hospital, return
to the hospital, see at the clinic, they answer all the same questions over
And conceptually, the way we envision the personal health record to work
and the personal health dimension is that when you enroll in a new provider,
you control your health record, and you send them the information that you
think is pertinent or you agree upon as pertinent, and this would be one of
those items.
So, if you choose to make your race and ethnicity available, which would be
part of filling out this record, then that would be part of the enrollment
process. Which would then reduce the burden of collection, which is a major
obstacle. So, it costs the provider nothing to collect it. It costs the patient
nothing to provide it. It’s just an electronic transaction. And I think that’s
where ultimately we want to go. Once we get to that point, then Richard’s issue
really goes away.
MR. HOUSTON: I don’t recollect it being discussed, at least with how I’m
involved in NHII. I don’t remember there really being any discussion as to
collecting this type of data. You probably know better than I whether there
really has been any discussion about collecting this type of data, or how it
would be handled.
DR. LUMPKIN: I don’t think we went into that detail, but there is a
specific one where we talk about the personal health dimension. We talk about
demographics, and that would be included in there.
DR. STEINDEL: John, it was discussed in depth in preparation to the report,
and condensed down into like a sentence or two.
MR. BLAIR: Someone referred to it, and I couldn’t tell who it was, about
pay for performance in quality. Who was that? I was still resonating and
thinking about Richard’s comment in terms of motivating providers not just to
collect the data, but to institutionalize behavior a little bit.
I’m not sure all these pieces are in place. So, could you get your bows and
arrows out, because I’ll do a pie in the sky type of suggest here, so I’m ready
for the slings and the arrows. But my thought is that if we are going to really
get some real value out of this, the real value is something that is changing
some subtle behavior, behavior on the part of a lot of clinicians and care
givers and providers that they may not even be aware of the ways that they
might have variations in the way they provide health care to different groups.
So, in order to pick up that information, not only do we need large amounts
of data and data over time, but I think maybe instead of thinking a survey is
one of the pieces that we may have to do at the start as a reference point. But
what I was thinking of is we build it into the system.
And I thought the place to build it into the system is that if the model
for our reimbursement system does alter to where we are reimbursing for quality
and safety and cost effectiveness, and I would think that eliminating
disparities would fit in quality of care as a consistent, general measure.
And so, my thought is that if we had some meaningful measures that the
National Quality Forum, that whatever — I’m not on committees that are looking
at pay for performance, but those groups that are looking at pay for
performance, if they could fold in the issues of uniformity of care, so that
it’s blind to race and ethnic groups, that might be a way to carry this forward
on an ongoing basis.
And there is another reason why I think that that may be a very good thing.
Twenty to 30 years from now the disparities may shift quite a bit. We may have
different ethnic groups coming in. We may have different areas. And the other
pieces that they may pick up on may not be race and ethnicity so much, it may
be disparities in terms of education or accents or in terms of you were adding
socioeconomic position. Socioeconomic position may be a point of
discrimination.
So, my thought was if we could start to fold it in to pay for performance,
and fit it in on the quality access, then it becomes institutionalized. And the
other piece on that I think gets back to Richard’s comment. As a benefit to a
care giver, I would think that many care givers might go on the defensive if
they figure, well, you’re going to check up on me to see if I’m discriminating,
and I’m going to be vulnerable.
On the other hand, if it’s institutionalized, and it is built in where it
becomes a positive, that it is non-discriminatory, then it could be built in as
a reward. And so I thought that you could maybe put a lot of pluses together if
you begin to think of it that way.
DR. LUMPKIN: Well, Jeff, I think that’s a good ending note, because that’s
where a lot of folks have gotten to on the issue of relationship of quality to
race and ethnicity. Actually, when you look at probably the biggest barrier and
the biggest cause of disparities and quality of outcome is socioeconomic
position when you look at it in environment.
That in fact — and here is the most striking one, and I can just give an
example. There was some work that was done in Michigan looking at quality
measures related to a pediatric follow-up of kids after emergency department or
hospital visits. And the rates for follow-up of African American kids was half
that of the white kids. But the rate for white kids was only 40 percent.
So, the quality is certainly a key determinant. Race and ethnicity adds to
the quality burden. And if we find solutions to quality, I think we’ll be able
to make some major strides, particularly if we focus in on those areas where
there is the greatest disparities.
And there are a number of folks, including AHRQ as well as my organization
of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation who are looking at demonstration projects
in the coming years to really implement tool kits that allow providers to
reduce disparities through improving quality. So, I think you have hit the nail
on the head.
I would like to thank the panel. It’s great. Not only did we have a
wonderful presentation, but it’s good to see you again after the couple of
years of work that we had together. I think it’s something that the committee
is appreciative of. And if someone is willing to make Steve’s motion — I guess
not at this time. But thank you for coming.
We are now going to split up into the work groups.
[Whereupon, the meeting was recessed at 2:30 pm, to reconvene the following
day, Thursday, June 17, 2004, at 10:00 am.]
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THE NECRONOMICON (R)EVOLUTION —21st Century “Mardukite” Babylonian Revival: Modern Anunnaki Tradition
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This much anticipated hardcover release of an authentic and historically supported “Necronomicon” or “Anunnaki Bible” contains a complete collection of the oldest writings on the planet—a complete collection of translated “cuneiform tablets” from the heart of Mesopotamia, detailing accounts of the Sumerians, Stargates of Babylon, Anunnaki Pantheon, Ancient “Gods” on Earth, Igigi “Watchers” and “Angels” of Spirituality and Religion… A complete source book of the original and most antiquated written tradition of “mythology” and “magic” that later served as a template for all later mythoi and pantheons adapted by cultures around the globe throughout human history!
Make no mistake, Joshua Free’s “Necronomicon: The Anunnaki Bible” is not Simon’s Necronomicon, is not a H.P. Lovecraft short-story anthology, is not Zecharia Sitchin’s Lost Book of Enki repackaged as a new book… is not, perhaps, anything like what you may think or have had access to in the past. We see many of these words… “Necronomicon” or “Anunnaki Bible”… and we may assume that we know what is being represented by them. But even a casual exploration of the pages within “Necronomicon: The Anunnaki Bible” will reveal that this something amazingly fresh and beautifully coherent, satisfying the needs of our ‘information age’, whereby we are taking great lengths to uncover the lost and forgotten truths of humanity!
JOSHUA FREE has been actively involved in the underground “New Age” movement for nearly 25 years – since a teenager in the mid-1990’s, then known as “Merlyn Stone.” His first book on practical magick – “Sorcerer’s Handbook” – went on to circulate nearly 2000 copies by his 18th birthday. Joshua Free was also an apprentice of Douglas Monroe for many years, now “Bard of the 12th Chair” of the Druid Council at “New Forest Centre for Magickal Studies.” In addition to his more covert “Druidic” work, Joshua Free launched the modern “Mardukite” movement in 2008, which was quickly solidified with a “Necronomicon Cycle” of publications in 2009, now collected in a complete anthology known today as— “Necronomicon: The Anunnaki Bible.”
SAMHAIN 2018 — Joshua Free’s “NECRONOMICON : THE ANUNNAKI BIBLE” HARDCOVER! 10th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
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—The Necronomicon of Mesopotamia… —Sumerians… —Star-Gates of Babylon… —Anunnaki… —“Ancient Aliens” and “Gods”… —Igigi “Watchers” of the Old Testament… —Religion, Mythology and Magick of a long-lost forgotten age…
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From the Vaults of the “Mardukite Chamberlains” —The Original & Complete Underground Classic Returns!
A newly developing “JOSHUA FREE” publishing-house imprint (representing the “Mardukite Truth Seeker Press”) launches this year commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the modern ‘Mardukite’ inception. And with what more appropriate title should it debut with? But a very special hardcover 10th Anniversary Collector’s Edition of the underground classic by Joshua Free—NECRONOMICON: THE ANUNNAKI BIBLE—on sale to the public for the first time on October 30, Samhain 2018!
Evolving from a single popular underground Mardukite document—NECRONOMICON: THE ANUNNAKI BIBLE—by Joshua Free, is a masterpiece of Mesopotamian literature, spirituality and magic, providing a complete collection—a grand symphony of correlated materials—of the most ancient writings on the planet.
The oldest of these records—Sumerian and Babylonian cuneiform tablets—reveal detailed accounts of cosmic history in the universe and on earth, the development of human history and descriptions of world order – all of which were used to maintain spiritual and physical control of humanity— proving to be the predecessor and foundation of all global scripture-based religious and mystical traditions thereafter. These raw underground materials have shaped humanity and all systems of belief, culture, tradition and science for thousands of years; right from the heart of the Ancient Near East: Sumer, Babylon and even Egypt!
edited and published by Joshua Free
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Global Release—October 30, 2018
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Nearly a decade since the modern underground Mardukite inception—and thousands of copies in print—Joshua Free’s NECRONOMICON: THE ANUNNAKI BIBLE is a revolutionary “New Age” advancement in authentic historical, spiritual and mystical research drawn from a unique unparalleled combination of archaeological findings and esoteric mystical magical traditions.
—Sumerian… —Babylonian… —Akkadian… —Assyrian… —Chaldean… —Egyptian… —Hermetic… —Yezidic… —Zoroastrian…
…and more. The heart and soul of humanity, from the cradle of civilization, is laid out clearly for the “Truth Seeker” to see—all in its pure and undefiled state in public view for the first time ever!
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CHANGE THE WORLD — How to use Mardukite “Necronomicon” Tablets in Rites & Rituals of ancient Anunnaki “Spiritual Traditions”
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FOR TEN YEARS a wide-spanning global “Mardukite“ underground organization has progressively developed a modern methodology reviving the most ancient spiritual technologies on earth — beginning with those gleaned from cuneiform Mardukite Tablets of ancient Mesopotamia (meaning Sumerians, or more specifically the “Mardukite” Babylonians) appearing within an amazing core anthology: THE NECRONOMICON ANUNNAKI BIBLE edited by Joshua Free and now available in its 10th Anniversary Seventh Edition! The “Mardukite” work is based extensively on historical research and mystical traditions independent of anything involving Simon, Lovecraft, Tyson or the rest. Here is your REAL ‘NexGen’ NECRONOMICON for the 21st Century!
BUT HOW DOES IT ALL REALLY WORK ???
…I will tell you!
1. Self-purity and acquisition of True Knowledge
2. Self-dedication and development of True Understanding
3. Pure Invocation and execution of True Action
The path to power begins first by purifying the self, both within and without, in addition to the material and the immaterial, the mind and the environment, the set and setting. Without self-honesty, which is the state of being in “Self” free of worldly conditioning (and especially the last few thousands of years of misinformation), a practitioner is unable to fully “self-actualize” beyond what they have been conditioned to be or “kNow,” typically a “victim” of circumstances, unable to channel and manifest from within the self-made prison.
This is accessible through one level of practicum: work which will lead to self-honest knowledge and experience of Self (and the Anunnaki). This is the true and faithful dedicated devotion that is prerequisite to this work in general. One could classify this first form of practicum as “magick” or “prayer” since it is based on a ‘transmission’ of intention for the sole purpose of establishing the necessary relationship (and communication) with ‘spiritual’ forces existing in the background reality of the material world.
Systematic spiritual and mystical prayer-books (not bound “books” of course, but cuneiform clay tablets) are found in the private collections and even bed-chambers of the most successful priest-kings, scribe-priests and magicians in Babylonian history. Although this part of the work is primarily “introspective” in nature and meant to prepare the individual, it can also be studied and developed in groups, orders and priesthoods (as it once was) — such as seen among the modern “Mardukite” revival occurring today!
Beliefs and judgments affect our personal attentions and flow of energies that use our being as a catalyst. We are all interconnected to the divine spiritual grid-like matrix. Energy flows where attention goes. To become an empty vessel is not enough – one must be filled with Truth, “true knowledge” and then only afterward, via dedication and commitment, can it be realized as “true understanding.”
Personal dedication in the material world means understanding the knowledge of how and why things are, and learning when to give up the hold on the narrow mindedness carried by all concerning their confrontations with fate. The powers and ethics that bind them are, in their most pure form, well beyond comprehension from a “human” point-of-view. A second level of practicum the Anunnaki Star-Gate System, described in the new 10th Anniversary Seventh Edition of the NECRONOMICON ANUNNAKI BIBLE with a supplemental education spanning the remainder of the ‘Mardukite Core’. This form of practice is also “introspective” — it composes “private” practices of members of the “priesthood” developed from personal work with the Anunnaki in ancient Mesopotamia (Sumeria and Babylon). This is different from ‘public’ displays and later more recognizable ‘folk magick’ of common people, which was usually more ‘superstitious’ in nature, often employing religious talismans and amulets.
The “ladder of lights” — as described in the NECRONOMICON ANUNNAKI BIBLE edited by Joshua Free — is not concerned with further accumulation of ‘additional fragmented energies’ or ‘layers of consciousness’, but rather the removal of these ‘artificial light filters’ by which the Anunnaki had influenced the parameters of awareness capable to humans in their experience of reality. This more cosmic development of practice could be classified as a “Celestial” form of “Ceremonial Magick.” This is not necessarily the same, one-to-one, with the contemporary understanding of what you may already know as “Ceremonial Magick.” However, the archetypal Mesopotamian practice of ‘high magick’ did evolve into the later Egyptian and European “Hermetic” practices as well as the Judeo-Christian forms of kabbalistic “Gnostic-Mysticism.”
An additional level of practicum also exists in ancient Mardukite Babylonian Tradition, closely identifiable with what anthropologists observe as ‘cultural magick’ and it was the only aspect of the tradition that allowed for public observation and participation. Compared to the previously described “religious” and “celestial” forms, this practice is highly qualified to earn the title “low magick” in many respects. It reflects everything we have come to expect from the cultural archetype of Babylon – the rites of national spirituality that further strengthened the ‘system’ and the people’s belief in it via annual festivals; the ritual gestures and idol statue use among commoners to accomplish fertility and healing effects (often with the assistance of priests, but not necessarily so); even the ‘personification’ or demonization of perceived ‘negativity’, or even ‘pestilence’ and ‘infertility’ as a means of ritually destroying evil in the land with ‘suggestive symbolism’ that later became the basis for a morally-defined demonology (such as seen in the maqlu series of tablets).
But… this is certainly not where the journey ends.
Powers of a dedicated priest and magician (and these are NOT to be misunderstood as gender-specific terms) are drawn from both internal and external sources. From within the power of this magick is drawn forth by BIRTHRIGHT! From without the power of the magick is drawn forth by DEDICATION! Combined, the practitioner effectively executes an “Invocation” which is to “invite in” a specific persona and energetic current. In our example, the Solar Lord of Jupiter, regardless of whether we label the current “Enki,” “Marduk,” “Aten,” “Amon,” “Jesus,” “Dys Pater” or “Jupiter” – the effect is unchanged and dependent solely on “true understanding” and the ability to tap into that specific current beyond titles and labels alone. The final introductory secret of this system is essentially revealed with an initiate’s first utterance of: “It is not I, but Marduk, that commands you…”
LOOKING BACK…NOW
In the end, what we take away to understand about the ancient world is: All of this resulted in a representation of the human relationship with the earth in ‘everyday life’ and ‘material existence’ on the planet within the systems of human civilization. In essence, just looking at these three aspects of the tradition described, one can even recognize the subsequent and cumulative fragmentation of the ‘systems’ as the relay of the energy evolved and developed outwardly among the human populations – and in essence, human consciousness. We begin with a self-honest life of unity with the ‘gods’ and a pious condition of ‘golden age’ living – ending with the use of waxen dolls to represent one’s enemy before a sacred fire and other forms of sympathetic magic used to affect worldly change at the most condensed end of the spectrum.
– Mardukite 10-Year Anniversary Celebrated with Legendary Books and Tomes of Magick by Joshua Free
– Mardukite 10-Year Anniversary – Real Readers Review “Necronomicon Anunnaki Bible” by Joshua Free
– Underground classic “Necronomicon Anunnaki Bible” arrives as 10th Anniversary Seventh Edition
– “Oldest Book on Earth” — Truth About Mardukite “Necronomicon Anunnaki Bible” by Joshua Free
– Secrets of the Ages: Incommunicable Arcanum – Truth Seeking with Joshua Free on Michael Decon’s “End of Days” Show
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Oral histories on the topic 'slums'
Nan Boyd
Nan Boyd was born in Melbourne and came to Canberra with her parents as a baby in 1926. The interview is rich in childhood and young adult memories of Canberra in the 1930s and 1940s. Her mother, Henrietta (nee Obbinson) was a pioneer in the Mothercraft movement in Canberra in the 1930s. Her fath...
Topics: Aborigines, Acton, American soldiers, Anthony Horden House, Armstrong Siddeley, Arthur Calwell, Arthur Daley, Arthur Rubinstein, Artur Schnabel, AWOL (Absent Without Leave), Baden-Powell, Balmain Crescent, Barry Lyons, Bert Dickson, Blue Moon Café, Bob Llewellyn, Brownies (Scouts), Campbell High School, Canberra, Canberra choir, Canberra Community Hospital, Canberra High School, Canberra Musical Society, Canberra Times, Canberra University College, Causeway, Charles Daley, Chicken pox, Childhood memories, Christian Science, Church of England, Cootamundra, Darling Point, Darwin, Dutch airmen, Eastlake, Elsternwick (Vic), Enid Lyons, Finnisterre Ranges, Geoff Daley, Gilbert and Sullivan, Girl Guides (Scouts), Helen Reynolds, Henrietta ‘Jessie’ Daley, Henrietta Obbinson, Hodgkin’s Disease, Horses, Hotel Canberra, Hotel Kurrajong, Housekeepers, Hyatt hotel, Interior Department, Italians, Ivan Menzies, Japanese, Joan Daley, Joe Lyons, Liversidge Street, Margaret ‘Meg’ Daley, Marjorie Dickson, Measles, Mothercraft, Musical Society, National Council of Women, New Guinea, Ormond College, Peoplescape, Pianists, Picnics, PLC (Presbyterian Ladies College), Port Moresby, Professor Allen, Provisional Parliament House, Recreation Hut, Manuka, Red Cross train, Religion, Repertory Society, Ronisch baby grand piano, Russell Hill, Scottish Church, Scouts, Second 7th Independent Company (Australian Army), Slums, St Andrew’s Presbyterian cathedral, St Christopher’s convent, Sydney Conservatorium, Ted Daley, Telopea Park school, Wally Campbell, Walter Burley Griffin Plan, Walter Gregory, Wartime (Canberra), World War Two, YWCA
Russell Schneider
Russell Schneider was born in Sydney in 1946 and grew up in Newtown. He worked as a journalist in the Press Gallery from 1968 to 1983. During that time, in 1975, he became Press Secretary to Senator Reg Withers but returned to the Press Gallery in 1978. In 1983, he became Chief Executive Officer ...
Topics: Ahmed Fakhruddin, Ainsley Gotto, Air travel, Alan Cumming Thom, Alan Ramsey, Alan Reid, Alister McMullin, Allan Barnes, Ansett Airlines, Archie Cameron, Arthur Calwell, Association of Independent Rights for Retirees, Attendants, Australian Associated Press, Australian Broadcasting Commission, Australian Democrats, Australian, Journalists Association, Australian Labor Party, Australian Medical Association, Australian National University, Australian United Press, Bill Cousins, Bill Hartley, Bill Hayden, Bob Bordino, Bob Hawke, Brian Boswell, Brian Harradine, Brian Howard, Cabinet submissions, Camdenville Primary School, Canberra, Canberra Rex, Catholicism, Civil Construction Corps, Clyde Cameron, Cocos Island, Committee on Electoral Boundaries, Committee on Securities and Exchange, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Conscription, Copy boys, Crisis Control Centre, Daily Mirror (newspaper), Daily Telegraph (newspaper), Dale Barton, Dallas Hayden, David Barnett, David McNicoll, Democratic Labour Party, Depression (1930s), Derrick Shaw, Dismissal (November 11, 1975), Don Cameron, Double dissolution (1983), Doug Anthony, Doug Lowe, Ed Clark, Election 1972, Electoral Amendment Bill, Elsie Morgan, Enmore Boys’ High School, Eric Robinson, Evan Sutton, Executive Council, Fairfax press, Family background, Family life, Federated Ironworkers Union, Fin Crisp, Financial Review, Frank Connor, Frank Packer, Fred Brenchley, Fred Chaney, Geoff Kitney, George Crawford, George Georges, George Poyser, Gerald Stone, Germany, Gerry Willesee, Ginninderra Schoolhouse, Gough Whitlam, Graham Freudenberg, Graham Morris, Graham Richardson, Greek migrant social security fraud, Hansard, Harold Holt, Harold Young, Hazel Hawke, Herald and Weekly Times, Herbert Vere Evatt, Hilton hotel, Hospitals Contribution Fund, Hotel Ainslie, Hotel Canberra, Hotel Civic, Hotel Wellington, House of Representatives, Ian Fitchett, India, Indonesia, Industrial action (AJA), Israel, Italy, Jack Simpson, Jenny Macklin, Jim Cairns, Jim Killen, Jim McClelland, Jim Odgers, Jim Quirk, John Gorton, John Howard, John Kerr, John Overall, Journalism, Justin O’Byrne, Kathy Martin, Kay Hilvert, Kay Kersop, Keith Bradshaw, Ken Cowley, Ken May, Ken Wriedt, Kenneth May, Kep Enderby, Khemlani, Kim Beazley, King Watson, Kings Hall, Ladies Lounge, Lance Barnard, Laurie Oakes, Laurie Short, Leaks (media), Lennox Hewitt, Leo Basser, Les Love, Liberal Party, Lionel Murphy, Liquor Trades Union, Lobbyists, Magna Carta (Kings Hall), Magnus Cormack, Mal Colston, Malcolm Collis, Malcolm Fraser, Margaret Guilfoyle, Max Walsh, Medibank, Michael Moore, Michael Townley, Murwillumbah (NSW), National Capital Development Commission, Neal Blewett, Neville Bonner, New South Wales Parliament House, News Limited, Newtown (Sydney), Non-Members’ Bar, Non-Members’ Dining Room, Order of Australia, Papua New Guinea, Paris, Paul Hasluck, Paul Keating, Perth Daily (newspaper), Peter Beattie, Peter Bowers, Peter Hardacre, Peter Lawler, Peter Rae, Peter Reith, Peter Walsh, Petro Georgiou, Phil Lynch, Political Science, Politics, Press Gallery, Private Hospitals Association, Question Time, Red Hill (ACT), Refugees Club (social club), Reg Withers, Rex Connor, Richard Carlton, Robert Maher, Robert Menzies, Ron McAuliffe, Rosemary Sinclair, Royal Commission 1978 (Electoral Boundaries), Rupert Murdoch, Russia, Seamstresses, Security, Senate, Short-hand, Slums, Smoking, Social life, Sydney, Tasmania, Technology, Telecommunications, Teleprinters, Telex operators, The Age, The Colt from Kooyong (book), Tom McNeill, Tom Uren, Tom Watson, Tony Abbott, Tony Eggleton, Tony Street, Tooth’s Brewery, Trades Hall (Sydney), Trans Australia Airways (TAA), Tullamarine airport, Typecorders, Una Fraser, Vietnam War, Voluntary Health Insurance Association, Wages, Weekend Australian, Whips, William McMahon, Work conditions, Work routines, World War One, World War Two
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Puritan Essay That Described How They Came To Be Apush Essay
Parker Ross
Mrs. Kauble
APUSH 1st Block
Puritan Society
In the 17th century the Puritans colonized in North America. They had to experiment and
find new ways to successfully live life. While they had many failures, they also had many
successes. Migrating from Britain to North America, they had to plant new seeds to grow new
roots in their social and political lives as well as their economy.
The puritans created a model society. They establish the first schools, which helped
families lives became more stable. Puritans also helped enact the individualism that America has
today. In 1636, Harvard University became a known institution for the ministry. Harvard was a
school for young men that would prepare them for the spiritual life. Even though public schools
originated during this time period, only the wealthy children were able to attend. Students would
receive a great education in reading, writing, and arithmetic. Reading was very important to the
Puritans because every person must know how to read and interpret the Bible. Reading the Bible
was an important skill in their life, primarily because of their focus on the Bible. During this
time frame Puritan families began to grow and prosper. Couples married earlier in life which
allowed for more children. Grandparents were in a sense “invented” because until the Puritans,
families were not large and the life expectancy was fairly low. The Puritan’s life expectancy was
between the late 60’s and early 70’s. Previously this range was much lower. The Puritans were
courageous through their willingness to leave a stable society, this courage is what drove their
individualism. In 1630, they arrived in North America after leaving Britain. One key reason for
leaving Britain was that the Church of England was oppressive and had long persecuted the
people. They established a new, self-governing, congregational church. The church did have very
strict rules, and had a great influence on politics within the society.
Politically the Puritans did not create a society that lasted through the ages. Their “Bible
commonwealth”, with its process of elections, and strict laws was later rejected...
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After working for a number of years at a Bond Street Gallery selling 19th century paintings, Shand Kydd began taking photographs of his artist friends and peers. As a participant - as opposed to an...
After working for a number of years at a Bond Street Gallery selling 19th century paintings, Shand Kydd began taking photographs of his artist friends and peers. As a participant - as opposed to an observer - he captured the community of Young British Artists before they became household names.
From March ‘96 to July ‘97 he photographed the contents of the book Spitfire (Violette, 1997) and Crash (Damiani/2006), which documents the YBAs and others, and demonstrates Shand Kydd’s refined, straightforward and confident approach in both theme and technique. In strict black-and-white, he captures art world luminaries like Gilbert & George, Sam Taylor-Wood, Richard Prince, Juergen Teller, Maurizio Cattelan and Tracey Emin. His work is in various public collections including the National Portrait Gallery. He lives and works in London.
July 12, 2013 On Collaboration
Johnnie Shand Kydd directs 'On Collaboration' films in association with EDITION Hotels.
Each film in the On Collaboration series has been produced in partnership with EDITION Hotels, a new project between Ian Schrager and Marriott Hotels. The London EDITION opens in Autumn 2013.
Watch all the 'On Collaboration' films on NOWNESS.
May 11, 2012 Collecting is a Wonderful Illness
Auctioneer and art world impresario Simon de Pury sits down with friend and cultural patron Daphne Guinness to speak about connoisseurship and collecting in part one of a double-bill feature by filmmaker Johnnie Shand Kydd.
“Simon is obviously a grand seducer, and there was this wonderful element of flirtation going on,” says Shand Kydd of the tète-à-tète, “You can't fake that kind of chemistry."
Watch the video on NOWNESS.
Part two, Tell Me Daphne, is available here.
October 20, 2010 Talk at The Wapping Project Bookshop
Thursday 21st October, 7.30pm
The Wapping Project Bookshop, Wapping hydraulic power station, Wapping wall, London, E1W 3SG
Johnnie Shand Kydd is well known for his portraits of infamous friends, but ten years ago he set out on an all together different project – to photograph the streets of Naples, capturing the corruption and drama, the traditions and cultures, that unfold around each street corner. “Every street and piazza is a stage, with the neapolitan people responding to the camera lens in a very unique way.”For this special talk the legendary documentary photographer will be talking about his latest work and signing copies of his beautiful book Siren City, published by Other Criteria.
The talk is FREE with the purchase of any book on the night, or £5 per person.
Spaces are allocated on a first to reply basis and must be saved in advance by emailing lydia.fulton@mac.com
July 10, 2010 Siren City: Photographs by Johnnie Shand Kydd
Johnnie Shand Kydd’s photography of Naples reaches the UK for the first time this summer at the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art in London from 1st July – 12th September 2010.
Also Johnnie Shand Kydd will be at the Estorick Collection on Tuesday 20 July to discuss with writer and broadcaster Tim Marlow his work and the experiences in Naples that led to the exhibition.
For more information on the show and the talk, visit our blog.
Other Criteria have worked with Johnnie Shand Kydd to produce a publication of his Naples photography, also titled Siren City, as well as prints of selected images within this collection. To see Shand Kydd’s prints, click here.
November 20, 2009 Johnnie Shand Kydd launch
Join Other Criteria on Monday 30th November to celebrate the launch of Johnnie Shand Kydd's new publication, Siren City, and three new prints.
Monday 30th November
6.30-8.30pm
Clare de Rouen Books
121-125 Charing Cross Road
London WC2H OEW
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Underworld Overlord
UPDATE: 2017 End of the Year Update and Recap
Sam Luangkhot
It’s only been a month since our last newsletter, but we have a lot of updates to share with you to kick off the New Year!
December Development on Underworld Ascendant
On the development side, we’ve been focused on fine tuning tools to ensure we can easily test out a lot of features at once. For example, Tim Stellmach added a command-line to extinguish all fires in a scene so we can easily tell what things will look like to the player who goes wild with water arrows. (The command is “smokeybear”.) This will help us check the design of our layouts for stealthy players and make sure that they can still “see” certain areas (or give us ideas on what we can hide in the darkness…)
What is this?! A huge pile of… apples?
…and of course, fine tuning goes hand in hand with creating lots of accidental bugs.
One of our favorite examples of this was discovering that if players plucked something from the environment, such as a simple apple, it would result in an infinite amount of that object in the player’s inventory. It was fun to traverse the Abyss with infinite distracting projectiles that also doubled as food, but we quickly patched it out.
Another bug we had fun with was crates would damage anything that touched them. We had recently tweaked the crates so that they would damage people if a crate was dropped on them. However, the crates became “over-sensitive,” and suddenly, the levels became an obstacle course filled with wooden landmines. The Abyss had never been more dangerous!
Animation has also been a big feature these past few weeks as we’ve been constantly bullying our test dummies to see how they will react in different situations. We want them to react in a multitude of ways, whether it’s “chase you for a while and then give up to return to their regular post,” or “keep their distance because they know you have a sword and can avoid you from the higher ground.” Recently, skeletons have been sliding across the ground to chase players instead of running because they’ve discovered it’s the optimal way to catch up. While it’s hilarious and slightly intimidating, it’ll be patched out after the holidays.
On Joe’s side, he’s been locked away this month working on fleshing out the bestiary, lore, and writing out Cabirus’ script for Stephen Russell’s VO work. Backers who pledged at the EXPLORER tier or above ($50+) will be able to see (and hear!) clips of Stephen Russell working behind the scenes in the “Making of Underworld Ascendant” backer reward, and perhaps we’ll be able to share something in the near future…
A sneak peek of Stephen Russell recording lines for Cabirus
We’ve had a lot of meetings coordinating with artists, musicians, and other designers to work on Underworld Ascendant, which has been very exciting. One of whom we can now proudly announce…
Meet our New Audio Director: Jim Bonney
Yes. THAT Jim Bonney!
Jim is a BAFTA award-winning composer and audio director, and his credits include: BioShock Infinite (2K/Irrational Games), BioShock Infinite: Clash In The Clouds (2K/Irrational Games), BioShock Infinite: Burial At Sea pt. 1 & 2 (2K/Irrational Games), Perception (The DeepEnd Games/Feardemic), and Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (Midway Games), to name a few.
We’re extremely excited to work with him, many of us for the second time or more!
December’s Developer Roundtable and Brainstorm Call
DIGITAL PROTAGONIST backers and above were invited to join our second Developer Roundtable on December 7, and the entire 2 hour session is now available here on YouTube!
We took a lot of notes based on your feedback and suggestions, so thank you again to everyone who could join us!
A transcript of the session is also being made on our forums, so for people who are searching for particular questions: click here.
We also held our first online Design Brainstorm meeting with ENLIGHTENED ONE backers and above on December 8th.
During the call, we discussed how to maintain player agency during tutorials, how to balance the appeal of the warrior, rogue, and wizard skill sets that we’ve been developing, and the importance of Underworld Ascendant as a role-playing game. We understand that a lot of the footage and gameplay you’ve seen so far seems open-ended and puzzle-based without a lot of story, but story is VERY much an important piece of the game. We’ve been testing the physics and improvisation engine as much as possible since we feel those are the systems we could use the most data on.
We also confirmed that there will be returning easter eggs, the ability to write notes on maps, runes, the lizardmen, and other features from Ultima™ Underworld 1&2.
And yes… the Mac and Linux builds are still being worked on. Thank you for your patience!
We hope to see all of you for our future Roundtables next year!
Recap: Looking Back on Underworld Ascendant in 2017
A wireframe of an area created by Justin Pappas from October 2017
As this year draws to a close, we’d like to thank all of you again for your support as we continue to work on Underworld Ascendant.
We started the beginning of the year working on our first area, the ‘Trial of Ishtass,’ which was used to make sure that the main core systems of the game were functional. There were three main goals we wanted to get right: player skills, world interaction, and the look and feel of the environment.
For combat, we made sure our movement skills were all working, and that the player could swing a sword and block, and to make bows functional. The AI was stood up to be able to ‘see’ the player and have some basic interaction with them. Combat in general has been a constant challenge. UA is not a fighting simulator, but we still want combat to feel good. For example, we spent a lot of time discussing how we wanted the sword swing to work, something that is seemingly mundane and straightforward (it’s not). Should it be fast? Slow? Movement based? What we didn’t want was a ‘chopping the tree’ simulator.
Over the year, we proved out the basics. Combat has been constantly tweaked on the AI side, and problems like timing and distance have been tuned. Where we haven’t spent time until recently was expanding out the player’s moves in combat. Over the next couple of months that will all come online, and I’m sure cause some more adjustments to the AI and creatures.
Early prototype of Lizardman with bow pose from January 2017
If you remember, one of the two creatures that was shown in the beginning of the year was the Lizardman. He could shoot a bow or use a sword. He was ok, but did not match the look and feel we were looking for, so he was sent back to the creature factory for some adjustments. The new and improved Lizardmen will be coming to the Abyss really soon.
Over the summer, we introduced our Skeletons and were able to use their more humanoid models to prototype a whole bunch of other behaviors for other bipedal creatures. Some of the more exotic creatures were tested out using some VFX or other models that were approximately similar. This has set us up so that when the real creatures make it in from the art team, we already have the basic groundwork for their behavior and in some cases animation, and we can get to tuning them all that much faster.
Stealth at the beginning of the year was simple. If hidden, the AI didn’t see you. If they did, they saw you forever. It was truly binary. Now it is a bit more complex. Creatures can see or hear you all based on your skills. If they do detect you, you can hide, and they will eventually forget about you. We have fooled with how many alert states they have, and how easily it is to fool them, and how easy it is to get seen. Some of the main factors of stealth are about creature behavior based on alertness and distance. It is pretty easy to make Capt. Omnipotent or Capt. Oblivious. The trick is to get it to feel… juuuuust right. Recently it is getting better, and with more interesting tools to play with, and the AI getting smarter about world states (like boxes making noise, for example), it should play very well soon.
A very early first look of “Swamp1,” an area we revealed when we announced our partnership with 505 Games…
…compared to an ingame screenshot of “Swamp1” today!
Magic started the year with Repulse, Slow Time (“Prolong”) and Gravitate. Repulse basically was part shield and part physics-push-object. Repulse could push other rigid bodies around the world and also reflect projectiles back at their users. Slow Time well, slowed time. You could dodge an arrow, or take more time to do some other action before the time bubble burst. Gravitate would gravitate a number of objects and attempt to line them up.
What we quickly learned is Repulse needed to be simplified. In our enthusiasm, we sometimes over-design systems. That was the case with Repulse. The original idea was a shield, but in our excitement, we started amping up the secondary effect of being able to push objects. Sometimes you follow the interesting idea down the rabbit hole, but in this case, we backed off and kept it as a defensive spell for the most part. You can still use the push ability to great effect, especially around ledges over bottomless pits.
Gravitate started as a ‘hey look I can move a thing from a distance’ into a much more interesting and robust skill. We like the idea of magic being ‘smart’ about what it is doing, so we had Gravitate not only grab multiple objects, but then attempt to rearrange them into something useful. The obvious thing to do was to make a bridge out of crates. That led to Gravitating on a bunch of burning crates and bashing enemies with them, which incidentally doesn’t get old and does a ton of damage.
We have since fleshed out the magic system and are testing it to see what kind of fun we can have with it. We have finally added some purely offensive spells – as “purely” as an OtherSide game can be anyway. Of course, we are already seeing other ways to use spells than originally intended.
(These three images are screenshots of scrapped areas from February 2017)
Setting up the world has been its own adventure. From tweaking the art style in both world and creature design, to letting loose the level designers, the Abyss is starting to feel like a place. Amazing to think just a few months ago we had a single space to play around in. That is no longer the case. Art and design are in a good spot with helping each other out, and having gameplay and challenges work well with the look and feel of a space. It’s not as easy as it sounds.
With interactivity as the centerpiece of the game, we have been spending the bulk of our time on our core interaction tools: player skills and the systems the player can interact with. We try to break down into the smallest bits on what we want to allow the player to do, like play with physics, manipulate the AI, playing with light and darkness as some examples. The player skills, the AI and the world objects need to take these interactions into account. It can quickly become a nasty web. I don’t want to give away too much on some of the interesting ideas that we have been working on since some of them will be core to the game, and some others you are going to have to discover on your own.
Beyond the core of what we were doing all those months ago, we have also been forging ahead in everything that supports the core game. From the UI, to the sound FX and the Visual wizbang we are starting to put in, it really is looking like a game.
Forum Discussions and Hints of More to Come
Company review of a milestone build; quest board assets are placeholders!
Last but not least, remember to check in on our forums for narrative hints and more:
https://www.othersideentertainment.com/forum/index.php?topic=1876.0
We’ll also be posting mini-updates on our progress every Monday (excluding holidays), so if you’re starved for content, you may find what you’re looking for on our discussion boards.
Square Enix announces its plans for the next Deus Ex game
Larian Studios’ Divinity Original Sin 2 surpasses 1 million copies sold in 3 months
This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the original Ultima Underworld; check out an original sales pitch video in honor of #TBT
Warren Spector was recognized as this year’s Playcrafting Bit Awards’ Game Changer Honoree
Congratulations to our friends at The Deep End Games for winning PC/Console Game of the Year at the Playcrafting Bit Awards with Perception!
From all of us on the OtherSide, to all of you, we wish you Happy Holidays. Until next time!
The Team at OtherSide
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Paula Reed Nancarrow
Writer / Storyteller / Consultant
Essays, Stories, Ephemera
The 12 Movies of Christmas
December 20, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
This is a busy time of year, and with Krampus coming this past weekend, there wasn’t a whole lot left over for writing – so I thought my gift to my readers this year would be easy access to a few holiday classics. Below, then, are my 12 Movies of Christmas. To be fair, some are shorts, and others are that odd genre, the Christmas TV special.
It was a Christmas tradition for me for many years to wrap presents on Christmas Eve while watching It’s a Wonderful Life. That movie has been in the public domain so long it is not difficult to find it online – but some of these you may be unaware of.
It is telling that a full third of these are variations on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, and I could have included more. I am embarrassed to say that the version that most influenced me growing up was the one with Mr. Magoo in it – which I did find, though I’m not able to embed it. So I suppose this is a baker’s dozen.
1. A Christmas Carol [1910]
This is the first Christmas Carol movie, a silent version made for Edison Studios.
2. The Insect’s Christmas [1913]
One of the first stop-motion animations, by Russian filmmaker Wladyslaw Starewicz.
3. The Little Match Girl (La petite marchande d’allumettes) [1928]
A film by Jean Renoir based on the Hans Christian Anderson story.
4. Laurel and Hardy: March of the Wooden Soldiers (Babes in Toyland) [1934]
Ollie Dee and Stanley Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep’s shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby.
5. It’s a Wonderful Life [1946]
Donna Reed really did knock the glass out of that window, and Jimmy Stewart really cries in the bar. You can find out cool trivia like that at the IMBd site.
6. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer [1948]
The Max Fleischer version. All the two-leggedness is a little odd, but hey.
7. A Christmas Carol [Scrooge] 1951
Both Alastair Sim (as Scrooge) and Michael Hordern (as Marley) reprised their roles in A Christmas Carol (1971), and Hordern also appeared as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (1977).
8. Peter Pan [1962]
You know, there’s no reason for this to be a Christmas movie other than that it was always broadcast between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So that’s how I’ve always thought of it.
I loved this as a child, and when I was a parent, I loved sharing it with my own kids. Somehow the Christmas special season became part of the anticipation. The triumverate of “good” Christmas specials – i.e., not cheesey, or with bad animation – were Rudolph, A Charlie Brown Christmas, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Neither of the other two are available in full online, though there is a nice animation of the Dr. Seuss book. We are all grateful that Star Wars: The Force Awakens does not suck, but The Star Wars Holiday Special was so bad that it has become infamous.
10. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians [1964]
About as bad as Rudolph is good.
11. A Christmas Carol [1984]
George C. Scott’s performance has received accolades, but what I find most interesting about this version is that the film is directed by Clive Donner, who had been an editor of the 1951 film starring Alastair Sim.
12. The Muppet Christmas Carol [1992]
Because, why not?
Whether you celebrate Christmas or Hannukah or Solstice or just another day above ground, I wish you well this holiday season.
Are any of your favorites here? What might you add?
Update 1/1/2016: Because, why not? Well, apparently because it was not a legitimate copy of the film. As with two others, including It’s a Wonderful Life, which became hugely popular precisely because the copyright had lapsed. But there are enough movies embedded in the comments to make up a dozen, and then some. At any rate, it will be interesting to see, when the season comes around next year, if there are still 12 free Christmas movies to be had.
Category: List Posts | Tags: Christmas, holiday traditions, movies, YouTube
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Interesting selection there Paula. Some I have watched, and some not. I would probably add Home Alone, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and there is a third but I can’t remember it’s name. I thought it was called The Santa Claus Movie, but all I can find is reference to a Tim Allen movie, and it’s not that.
Best wishes to you and your family for the Christmas season and 2016.
funnyvideojukin says:
all films are interesting :)
Paula Reed Nancarrow says:
There was a Santa Claus movie in 1959; I haven’t watched it yet, but it is available on YouTube, where the description is…intriguing. “In a battle of good vs. evil, Lucifer sends his trusted demon Pitch to earth in an attempt to corrupt children and get rid of Santa Claus.”
But I think you may be thinking of the 1985 movie with Dudley Moore and John Lithgow. For that the only legitimate version I can find online is the trailer:
Thanks for trying to find the movie for me, Paula. It definitely wasn’t the Lucifer one. It may have been the 1985 movie, but I can’t be sure. The trailer didn’t reveal enough for my hazy memory to clear.
Have a great Christmas. :)
You too, Norah – enjoy the beach!
Fantastic list! 🎄🎁❤️
princessvrushali says:
Wow great list paula. Some were definitely new to me. Enjoyed watching :) :)
ann reay says:
I would add “The Lion in WInter” because it takes place on Xmas Eve. When I am feeling Krampus-y my go-to Xmas movie is forever “Die Hard” – the first one. When I was recovering from foot surgery and in pain I saw, through the haze of oxycontin,” Meet Me in Saint Louis” – and when Margaret O’Brien destroyed the snow people, I finally started to let that pain go. I am at heart a true sap and for that reason I will drift under the spell of “Love Actually” because Xmas and airports have always been a part of my experience of the season – and I love what the film says about Wisconsin. Good list, Paula. Merry Xmas.
Do you know, I’m not sure I have seen Die Hard. Someone else on Twitter mentioned it as a Christmas movie as well. And The Lion in Winter was so long ago, if I did see it, that I can not recall much. (I’m assuming you mean the 1968 movie with Peter O’Toole and Katherine Hepburn, not the less well known 2003 movie with Patrick Stewart and Glenn Close?) Meet Me in St. Louis was something I watched with Katherine on one of her movie nights. My daughter loves Love Actually, and had me watch it with her the Christmas I spent in Chicago. Merry Christmas, my redoubtable Frau Perchta We are so happy to have you back in the Twin Cities. ;-)
DeeScribes says:
I watched Scrooge with Alistair Sim this weekend. It is still good!
A classic is a classic is a classic. It’d be interesting to watch that and the George C. Scott version back to back.
I almost did that, but ran out of time. I may need to watch the George C. Scott version on Friday.
Interesting selection. Will have to make time to watch some of them :) I am a big fan of good animated movies. The last one I saw was Inside Out. There is as much, if not more in them for adults as kids. I’m a big kid at heart anyway!
You are quite right on that score.
pinkmenotmom says:
Ah, your post brings back memories, Paula! Laurel & Hardy’s March of the Wooden Soldiers was one of my favorites when I was a kid. I will have to try to find it online to introduce it to the girls! Happy Christmas to you – I hope you have a lovely and peaceful holiday.
It’s right here, dear. Below the picture, I’ve embedded the YouTube version. There’s a place where you can click to watch it on YouTube, where you can expand it to fit your screen
You’re welcome. ;-)
Now that’s providing good service to your readers. Awesome! Merci, Paula.
Love all the versions of a Christmas Carol. There’s a new version on the Beb here this Christmas with Jim Broadbent in the role which should be fun. Our must watch for the last ten years has been Love Actually. My daughter and I settle down with turkey sarnies at ten pm and blubb our eyes out as well as laughing hard. Perfect end to a good Crimbo.
All right, Geoff, you’ll have to explain turkey sarnies and Crimbo… I do know what the Beb is. And yes, Jim Broadbent would be a good Scrooge. Although I think for me he will always be John Bayley, the husband of Iris Murdoch, a role in which he is both the brilliant husband of a brilliant woman and the archetype of all spouses caring for a partner with Alzheimers.
He was extraordinary. I think Broadbent played him in the film, Iris? Anyway Crimbo is slang for Christmas and turkey sarnies are the cold turkey and stuffing sandwiches mum made on Christmas evening a tradition now carried on in this house.
carol hedges (@carolJhedges) says:
Muppets Christmas Carol! Every time ‘light the light, not the rat..’ xx
I definitely have to watch it again. Definitely.
Mary Rowen says:
Great list, Paula! Need to make some time to watch some of these. Have never seen the Muppet Christmas Carol, but hope to this year. Thanks so much, and happy holidays! xo
Thank you Mary. And same to you.
GigTog says:
I loooove Christmas movies! I’ve already watched White Christmas three times! I’ve also seen Muppets Christmas Carol, A Christmas Carol with Alastair Sim, The Bishop’s Wife with Cary Grant, While a You Were Sleeping, Sleepless In Seattle, Christmas Vacation, Polar Express and It’s A Wonderful Life. Santa Claus with Dudley Moore and Rudolf the Rednosed Reindeer are next lol!
I love The Bishop’s Wife.
Diane Holcomb says:
Awesome! What about Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol? And of course White Christmas. My fav.
Yes, Mr. Magoo was one of my favorites – (though as a child it scared me just as much as any “real” version of A Christmas Carol might have) I have a link to it in the third paragraph but it’s not on a site where I could get embedding to work. I love White Christmas as well, though all I can find online in any legitimate format is the preview:
Of course, Bing singing the song is easy to find. As is Holiday Inn, in which the song first appeared.
Ray Defendorf says:
Have a wonderful Christmas Paula. My recommendation is The Best Christmas Pageant Ever with Loretta Swit. The Herdmans steal the show.The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
http://imdb.com/rg/an_share/title/title/tt0085231/
You too, Ray. And here are the Herdmans:
Judith Post says:
I loved the story The Little Matchgirl, but it breaks my heart. Don’t think I could watch it while wrapping presents:) They’d all be soggy. I love the movie A Christmas Story, about the little boy who wants a Red Ryder BB gun. I’ve yet to watch It’s a Wonderful Life. I’ll have to put that on my “to do” list after the holidays settle down. Have a wonderful Christmas!
Thank you. And if you want to refresh your Red Ryder nostalgia, Daily Motion (the same place I found Mr. Magoo) has A Christmas Story: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2chfii_a-christmas-story_fun
Thanks! Right now, I haven’t watched one Christmas special. My grandson (19) is introducing me to Game of Thrones. We’re watching it together, and we get in about two shows a night. My Christmas shows this year will be about winter walkers and battles:)
I’d never heard of An Insect’s Christmas!
I hadn’t either before last night. But it’s short and lovely.
vafayari says:
Awesome collection of Christmas movies
Thank you! Have an awesome holiday!
Anna Celeste Burke says:
Wow! What a collection of films…we just watched the musical version of A Christmas Carol, starring Albert Finney singing his heart out. Quite another twist on that classic. I’m always struck by how timely Scrooge’s tale seems to be, given ongoing political and social issues Dickens raises. We’re reading the book as a holiday treat–so witty, too! Great post!
Ah yes. The musical. At present the only full version of that one I could find on YouTube has Greek subtitles. ;-)
elainemansfield says:
I know a few of these. Jimmy Stewart . Thanks for sharing them, Paula. Family crashed around the house either sleeping after a red-eye flight or knitting or dozing. We made a wonderful Solstice altar this year. My sons dragged out my many boxes of sandtray figures (from the days when I worked psychologically with sand tray), so we have Dark Vadar, a red tractor driven by a baby, a sweet Baby Mohammed with a roughly hand carved Madonna from Lebanon, and on it goes. Many photos taken. Peter Pan and The Christmas Carol ring my bell.
I am looking forward to reading your solstice post. Sand tray figures, huh. I’m not quite sure how that works, but it sounds a little like the Godly Play stuff we used to do with Bible stories in children’s worship.
Lidy says:
Oh, I loved watching March of the Wooden Soldiers on TV growing up. I also loved The Flintstones and the Micky Mouse version of The Christmas Carol. And Miracle on 34th Street (the 1940s and 1990s version). And can’t forget Jingle All the Way with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad.The Santa Clause too.
I love Miracle on 34th Street. The 1994 version is available on one of those not-quite-reputable sites, as is the one everyone knows and loves, the 1947 version with Edmund Gwenn, John Payne, Maureen O’Hara, and a young Natalie Wood. Interestingly, there is a 1955 version on YouTube I wasn’t even aware of:
There is currently a version of Jingle All the Way on YouTube – “full version English” it says. But there is something very, very weird about the English. Everybody sounds like they’ve had a shot of helium.
Tim Ereneta (@tereneta) says:
In our family, it’s “Scrooge” with Albert Finney and “A Christmas Story” with Peter Billingsley. And we just discovered the 2003 anime “Tokyo Godfathers,” as dark and as uplifting as “It’s a Wonderful Life.” And definitely check out the 1982 Academy Award winning animated short, “The Snowman.” Except for the introduction, it’s nearly wordless:https://youtu.be/HHCZhUZXhZU
Lordy, Tim, I had no idea “The Snowman” was available in its entirety on YouTube. It didn’t come up on any of my searches… Thank you! And I will definitely look for Tokyo Godfathers. Happy Holidays, and Good Stories!
And Tokyo Godfathers I did find. Though it won’t embed, here’s a link: http://www.veoh.com/watch/v19669490tZ6j9kwg
Bad Santa and Die Hard are missing. :)
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About Perennial
A 501(c)3 social enterprise, Perennial is a community workshop and store in St. Louis, MO that offers educational programming in creative reuse to diverse populations and sells handmade DIY kits and tools for reuse projects. We turn trash in to amazing items and teach the community to do the same!
Established in 2011, Perennial is a non-profit dedicated to creative reuse—the process of artistically transforming discarded goods into objects of worth. The concept for Perennial developed from the work of community artist and educator Jenny Murphy after creating numerous projects and programs leading diverse populations through the process of creative reuse. With the help of a passionate grassroots board, Perennial was established as a resource for the St. Louis community to discover ways to reuse objects, reduce waste, and live a sustainable and self-sufficient lifestyle through the power of their personal creativity.
In its workshop, Perennial teaches creative classes covering topics from eco-refinishing, to upholstery, to building new furniture from pallets. Perennial offers these educational programs to the public and partners with area social service agencies to engage women in transition in outreach programs. Perennial’s space also serves as a retail outlet for Perennial merchandise, the revenue from which supports the organization’s educational programs.
Build a creative culture of sustainability in which discarded items are transformed into valued and cherished resources.
TEACH people to think and act creatively and responsibly by providing opportunities to develop do-it-yourself skills and learn to reuse objects and reduce waste
DIVERT waste from landfills
FOSTER thoughtful and sustainable consumer experiences
GENERATE revenue through our classes and store to support opportunities for underserved populations to engage in the creative reuse process
Katie Carpenter
Katie Carpenter is the Executive Director of Perennial. She’s in awe of the beautiful and treasured items the Perennial community crafts out of broken and discarded materials. Katie is dedicated to securing resources and connecting with new audiences to keep programming accessible and share the value of a sustainable and self-sufficient lifestyle. Katie’s always up for an adventure whether it’s cooking an egg on a volcano in Bali or a spur of the moment road trip to the Iowa State Fair, but she feels most at home surrounded by St. Louis brick. Her nonprofit experience includes arts-programming, fundraising, and direct service. She holds an MPA with a focus in nonprofit management from Drake University.
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Tara Morton
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Tara Morton is the Programs Manager at Perennial. When she isn’t making cool things, you can find her hiking, foraging, petting cats, going to concerts, seeing art, reading, eating sweets, rehabbing her house, hanging out with her sugar, and gazing at the moon. Tara considers herself to be a lifelong learner, and is currently training to be a Missouri Master Naturalist. She holds a BFA in sculpture from SIUE and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. You can learn more about her work at www.taramorton.com.
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Jenny Murphy
Jenny Murphy is the Founder of Perennial. She founded Perennial so people could discover easy ways to reuse, save money, and reengage with the objects around them. She is an artist and social entrepreneur who holds a BFA with a focus in sculpture from The Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art at Washington University in St. Louis. You can check out what she’s up to in her studio over at www.jenny-murphy.com.
Kitty Lawrence
Kitty earned her BFA in ceramics and sculpture and a Master’s in Art Therapy Counseling from SIUE. When she’s not inspiring and being inspired by women who harness their confidence and creativity through our outreach work, Kitty is healing sick dogs and cats in her other role at an animal hospital. Activities that feed her soul include exploring new hiking trails with her two beloved dogs, planning adventurous trips into nature with her husband, nurturing various flowers and plants, and cooking delectable vegetarian dishes.
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Karalyn Skinner
Karalyn Skinner is the Office Administrator at Perennial. Aside from greeting shop-goers, you’ll find her immersed in all-things accounting and data. She holds an MA in Library and Information Science from the University of Missouri. Karalyn is always looking for an opportunity to geocache and to share her love for Pilates.
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Grace Burghoff
woodshop specialist
Grace Burghoff is the Wood Shop Specialist at Perennial, so they are usually covered in sawdust. Grace has been woodworking for over 10 years. Grace holds a BA from Beloit College where they studied literature and anthropology, and worked in the theater building sets and props. Grace loves all things arts, crafts, and creativity. Aside from woodworking, they paint and draw, sew and garden, and play music.
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Community Workshop Program
Perennial’s workshop is open to the general public during Community Workshop hours. During this time, the space is open for folks to work on personal reuse projects with access to Perennial’s tools, creative reuse experts, and salvaged materials.
Find out more about Community Workshop here: What is Community Workshop?
Stop by the shop any Thursday, Friday, or Saturday 11am-5pm to check out the space, register for upcoming workshops, or shop Perennial-made goods or reclaimed materials.
What You Can Do at Perennial
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The Dead Daisies – Limelight 1, Belfast – 21 July 2016
Mark Ashby July 22, 2016 Event Reviews Comments Off on The Dead Daisies – Limelight 1, Belfast – 21 July 2016 749 Views
It’s not every day that you see history made, but tonight it happened. While it may not have been a record-breaking number of appearances at the venue, The Dead Daisies bassist Marco Mendoza became the first artist to take to this hallowed stage on four separate occasions with four different bands. He debuted here, when it still went under the much-missed Spring And Airbrake monicker, as a solo artist back in May of 2012. Seven months later, at the tail end of the year, he was back, anchoring the bottom end of what was supposed to be one of the last ever outings by Thin Lizzy… and, then, a little under a year later, he returned again, fulfilling the same role with the nascent Black Star Riders, before shortly afterwards deciding to depart and plough his own path again. Ironically, on that latter occasion, the support band was the self-same outfit with whom the charismatic four string banger this evening found himself revisiting these hallowed boards… but we’ll come back to them in a few moments.
Despite the early start, a healthy crowd have gathered for Inglorious, being built up as one of the most exciting new bands on the circuit – and it’s not hard to see why, as they immediately breathe vibrant enerrgy into this historic venue with the opening crunchy groove of the hugely infectious ‘Until I Die’. Nathan James proves right from the off that he has all the characteristics of a great frontman: a commanding stage presence and a knowledge of how to work his crowd, combined with an incredible voice which lies somewhere between younger versions of Ian Gillan and David Coverdale, with elements of Robert Plant thrown in for good measure.
With the rest of the band, and particularly guitarist Wil Taylor – who is wreathed in sweat right from the off, as the temperature inside the venue veers towards virtually unbearable, despite the early hour – doing their best to warm up an early crowd which is very much on their side, James delivers the set’s hammer blow: ‘Holy Water’ showcases the full range of his voice, enervating the dense bluesy groove of the song with his rich intonation. All in all, Inglorious deliver a well paced and professional set – although we could have done without the faithful but proficient cover of ‘I Surrender’ – delivered with the right measure of passion and belief in what they do.
Perhaps cognisant of the early curfew, The Dead Daisies take to the stage ten minute ahead of their scheduled time, taking a lot of people by surprise in the process. They ease themselves into the groove with ‘Midnight Moses’, finding both their feet on the stage and the level of rapport with their audience: they need not have worried in the latter regard as, almost to a man and woman, everyone is singing along to the chorus. It’s three songs in before Jon Corabi invites us to ‘Make Some Noise’ with the title track from the imminent new album – and every voice in the venue duly obliges.
In common with the rest of the band, Corabi is in good humour, enjoying an easy banter with the crowd, regaling us with a story about an incident with a flag at the previous evening’s show in Dublin. Doug Aldrich is calm and confident in doing what he does best – grinding out classic riffs with ease and aplomb. Mendoza is in tremendous form, taking to the mic to urge the fans to sing louder and even taking to the floor during the elongated middle section of ‘All Right Now’. And special mention has to made of Brian Tichy’s amazing drum solo, most of which is played with his bare hands smacking off cymbals, snares and toms – and even triangles and xylophones!
The result is five supremely talented musicians interacting with each other to produce one supremely talented rock ‘n’ roll machine. It’s a very oiled one, but one which also has enough flexibility within its mechanism to allow its constituent parts to flow and merge into each other. These guys don’t care if they’re playing to 300 people (as they had done in Dublin the previous evening), the little more than 700 they rocked the arses off tonight or the several thousands they will entertain at the various festivals over the weekend and beyond… they just care about playing rock ‘n’f’n’ roll… and they wouldn’t have it any other way!
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The Dead Daisies’ current UK tour continues as follows:
Saturday (23 July) – Ramblin’ Man Fair, Maidstone (onstage at 2pm approx)
Saturday (23 July) – Rock & Blues Custom Show, Derby (onstage at 10.30pm approx)
Sunday (24 July) – Steelhouse Festival, Ebbw Vale
Tuesday 26 July – Wolverhampton, Slade Rooms (with Inglorious) SOLD OUT
Wednesday 27 July – Bingley, Arts Centre (with Inglorious) SOLD OUT
The Dead Daisies’ new album, ‘Make Some Noise’, is released via Spitfire/SPV on 5 August.
The Dead Daisies return to the UK in November for a co-headline tour with The Answer, with dates as follows:
Saturday November 12 – Aberdeen, Lemon Tree
Sunday November 13 – Glasgow, Classic Grand
Monday November 14 – Sheffield, Corporation
Tuesday November 15 – Newcastle Upon Tyne, Riverside
Wednesday November 16 – Holmfirth, Picturedrome
Friday November 18 – Doncaster, Diamond Lounge
Saturday November 19 – Wolverhampton, Slade Rooms
Sunday November 20 – Brighton, Concorde 2
Tuesday November 22 – Norwich, Waterfront
Wednesday November 23 – London, Electric Ballroom
Tickets for all shows are on sale now.
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President Donald Trump speaks to the members of the media before leaving the White House, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, in Washington, for a trip to watch the College Football Playoff national championship game in New Orleans.
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Trump use of doctored Pelosi-Schumer photo draws Muslim ire
The Associated Press — By ELANA SCHOR - Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump circulated a fake image on Monday depicting congressional Democrats’ top-ranked leaders in traditional Muslim attire in front of the Iranian flag, drawing criticism that he was promoting Islamophobic tropes.
The manipulated photo retweeted by Trump showed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in Muslim garb with the caption: “The corrupted Dems trying their best to come to the Ayatollah’s rescue #NancyPelosiFakeNews.” Trump, a Republican, had previously faulted Democrats for criticizing his administration’s targeted killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, but his use of Muslim imagery as part of that effort drew pushback from Muslim American advocates.
“The image is a hodgepodge of anti-Muslim tropes and garb from many traditions including some that are frequently used to stereotype and attack Muslims,” Madihha Ahussain, special counsel at the nonprofit group Muslim Advocates, said in a statement. “It’s disappointing but not surprising that the president would use his massive Twitter platform to spread this kind of harmful, ignorant, anti-Muslim bigotry.”
Wa’el Alzayat, CEO of the Muslim American group Emgage Action — named for its mission to engage Muslim Americans — also criticized Trump’s decision to amplify the doctored photo of Pelosi and Schumer. “There’s no place for it, irrespective of political differences,” he said in an interview.
Schumer tweeted his own pushback to Trump, asking: “How low can you go?”
The image that Trump retweeted has been circulating on the internet for a few days. The Twitter account that Trump got it from has a history of tweeting in both English and Persian about Iranian issues, promoting pro-Trump content and criticizing U.S. Democrats.
White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham defended Trump’s retweet of the image, telling Fox News on Monday that the tweet was intended to show Democrats “have been parroting Iranian talking points, and almost taking the side of terrorists and those who were out to kill the Americans.”
Democrats have raised questions about the Trump administration’s rationale for ordering the Soleimani killing, warning about the resulting heightened tensions with Iran. But no Democrats have praised Soleimani, and Pelosi herself described him last week as a “terrible person” who “did bad things."
Associated Press writer Amanda Seitz in New York contributed to this report.
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Christopher Luna’s Winter 2020 Creative Writing Workshops [UPDATED December 19, 2019]
Follow your bliss in 2020. Take a creative writing workshop with Christopher Luna.
Christopher will lead a series of classes and workshops beginning in January. Most occur year-round. The best way to stay up-to-date on his activities is to sign up for The Work, a monthly newsletter for poets in Portland, Oregon and Southwest Washington: printedmattervancouver@gmail.com
Christopher Luna in his office/studio, photographed by Alisha Jucevic for the Columbian
Christopher Luna served as the first Poet Laureate of Clark County, WA from 2013-2017. His first full-length collection of poetry, Message from the Vessel in a Dream, was published by Flowstone Press in 2018. Luna has an MFA from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, and is the co-founder, with Toni Lumbrazo Luna, of Printed Matter Vancouver, a small press for Northwest writers which also provides writing coaching, editing, and manuscript review. He has hosted the popular Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic in Vancouver, WA since 2004. Luna’s books include Brutal Glints of Moonlight, GHOST TOWN, USA and The Flame Is Ours: The Letters of Stan Brakhage and Michael McClure 1961-1978.
According to Rae Latham, a writer in Christopher’s Monday morning poetry writing class at Multnomah Arts Center, “Christopher is the poetry alchemist who helps us discover gold.”
Poetry Writing at Multnomah Arts Center
Poetry as a means of expression, exploration, and experience is available to everyone. Write poetry in response to prompts and read a variety of published poems that you can use as inspiration. Read and respond to one another’s work in this supportive setting, paying close attention to revision.
Mondays from 10 am – 12:30 pm: This class is full.
January 6, 2020 to March 9, 2020
Mondays from 1:00 – 3:30 pm
https://apm.activecommunities.com/portlandparks/Activity_Search/lit-arts-poetry-writing/117706
Multnomah Arts Center Room 8
Poetry: Revising and Publishing
What should you do after writing a first draft of a poem? How do you shape and develop a poem into a publishable piece of work? How do you decide if and when to publish your work? Discuss strategies for revising and editing your poetry, followed by an overview of how to find outlets that might publish your words. Explore the importance of chapbooks and whether or not entering poetry contests is a good idea. Please bring 3-5 typed, unfinished poems to class and a lunch.
Multnomah Arts Center Room 08
https://apm.activecommunities.com/portlandparks/Activity_Search/lit-arts-poetry-revising-and-publishing/121009
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Memoir Writing at Clark College, Tuesdays from 1:00 – 3:20 pm January 7 through February 25, 2020: Everyone has a story to tell. Each person’s life is filled with adventure, mystery, trouble, and triumph. Memoir is a powerful way to demonstrate the interconnectedness of all human beings. See yourself as a part of history, documenting the story of your life.
For more information or to register, visit:
https://ecd.clark.edu/classes/class.php?SKU=220114670
WRITING YOUR LIFE STORY
January 9 – February 27
Niche Wine Bar
Christopher is also facilitating an eight-week workshop/writers group called Writing Your Life Story at Niche Wine Bar on Thursdays from 10:15 am – 1:15 pm, January 9 through February 27, 2020.
Document your memories for your family or for possible future publication. Complete short timed writings as well as weekly take-home assignments. Give and receive feedback in a safe, informal environment. Christopher will introduce the techniques of creative nonfiction storytelling which uses one’s life experiences as the foundation for narrative. Participants will be encouraged to share their writing in a safe environment (no one will be required to share their stories) and receive feedback from the facilitator and other writers. We will work to achieve the following goals:
1) learn the key elements of successful storytelling in written form,
2) create a living document for yourself, your family, or others,
3) delve into or build upon your written skills.
Bring your ideas, notes, paper, and pen/pencil (no books required).
Open to all skill levels. The class will be limited to ten (10) participants.
Cost: $225 (cash, check, card)
REGISTER AT NICHE during business hours, on the first day of class, OR email printedmattervancouver@gmail.com to set up a time to register.
Christopher also facilitates a poetry writing workshop known as The Work, from 11:30-2:00 on the second Saturday of the month (unless otherwise noted) at Niche Wine Bar (1013 Main Street, next door to Angst Gallery and the Kiggins Theatre). Doors open at 11:15 so that you can purchase coffee, tea, and other non-alcoholic beverages from Niche and grab a snack. The workshop begins at 11:30.
“Well, while I’m here I’ll do the work — and what’s the work?
To ease the pain of living. Everything else, drunken dumbshow.”
― Allen Ginsberg, “Memory Gardens” (Fall of America, City Lights)
The Work is a drop-in poetry writing workshop for beginners as well as more experienced writers. Poetry encourages empathy and compassion, and sparks the shifts in consciousness which lead to healing, personal growth, and an interest in fighting for progressive social change.
We will read and discuss poetry, and write several new poems together. Each workshop will feature at least three timed writing exercises.
$20 suggested donation; no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Bring a poem to share as a way of saying hello.
Shareable snacks are also welcome and very much appreciated.
Upcoming 2020 Saturday afternoon workshops will take place on January 18, February 8, March 14, April 11, and May 9.
There is also a Monday evening version of the workshop that takes place on the second and fourth Monday of the month (unless otherwise noted) at Angst Gallery (1015 Main Street).
Upcoming 2020 Monday evening workshops will take place on January 13 & 27, February 10 & 24, March 9 & 23, April 6 & 20, and May 11.
If you are looking for writing coaching, editing/manuscript review, or information about poetry and memoir classes, send Christopher an email via printedmattervancouver@gmail.com.
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Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Armin Tolentino at Angst Gallery Thursday, February 13, 2020
Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic
Hosted by Christopher Luna and Toni Lumbrazo Luna of Printed Matter Vancouver
Featuring Armin Tolentino
Open mic sign up begins at 6:30 and closes at 7
$5 Suggested donation
No one turned away for lack of funds
Angst Gallery
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Food and libation provided by Niche Wine Bar, 1013 Main Street
Sound provided by Briz Loan & Guitar: http://briz.us/
LGBTQ+ FRIENDLY, ANTI-FASCIST,
ALL AGES, AND UNCENSORED SINCE 2004
Armin Tolentino is the author of the poetry collection We Meant to Bring It Home Alive (Alternating Current Press, 2019). He earned an MFA at Rutgers University-Newark and his poetry has appeared in numerous journals including Common Knowledge, Arsenic Lobster, Hyphen Magazine, and The Raven Chronicles. He is a phenomenal clapper, a passable ukulele player, and a bumbling, but enthusiastic, fisherman. More info at http://www.armintolentino.com.
Oregon Man Accused of Giving Bus Passengers Unwanted Haircuts
-Huffington Post headline
New Year’s Eve, but afternoon, none on the bus
festooned quite yet with confetti or beads.
Just women commuting. Women tired
and dozing from shifts that went long.
Women making the best of 30 minutes,
stealing a nap before dinner with friends
or picking their boys up at daycare—
until the zinc friction of rubbing blades,
like the greedy legs of a housefly,
disturbs them awake and before they can gather
what’s happened, a man
barrels out the backdoor.
Just hair, says a viewer when it’s reported
at 10PM. Just prank. Just sick, but harmless,
fetish.
Just trophy. Just bounty. Just scalp
as proof for payment. Just object.
Just birthright.
Just three ships come sailing in,
the flagship named for Immaculata,
who weeps each time her daughters wake
to find one more thing taken.
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Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Luther Allen & J.I. (Judy) Kleinberg at Angst Gallery on January 9, 2020
Featuring Luther Allen and J.I. (Judy) Kleinberg
Luther Allen writes and designs buildings from Sumas Mountain, Washington. He facilitates SpeakEasy, a community poetry reading series in Bellingham and is co-editor of Noisy Water, an anthology of local poets. His collection of poems, The View from Lummi Island, can be found at http://othermindpress.wordpress.com. His work is included in the recent anthologies WA 129 (edited by Tod Marshall), Refugium, Poems for the Pacific (edited by Yvonne Blomer), Poets Unite! LitFUSE @10, Weaving the Terrain (Dos Gatos Press) and For Love of Orcas (edited by Jill McCabe Johnson and Andrew Shattuck McBride). His short story, “The Stilled Ring,” was finalist in the annual fiction contest at terrain.org. He views writing as his spiritual practice.
A Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee, J.I. (Judy) Kleinberg is co-editor of 56 Days of August (Five Oaks Press 2017) and Noisy Water: Poetry from Whatcom County, Washington (Other Mind Press 2015) and co-produces the Bellingham-based SpeakEasy poetry series. Her poetry has appeared in One, Pontoon, Pedestal Magazine, Psaltery & Lyre, December, and elsewhere, and more than 300 of her found-word collage poems have been published in print and online. She lives in Bellingham and posts frequently at chocolateisaverb.wordpress.com and thepoetrydepartment.wordpress.com. Her found poems will be on exhibit at Peter Miller Books, Seattle, in May 2020. Kleinberg’s found poem chapbook entitled Found Love: Wordages will be available for sale at the reading.
winter service on ish river
by Luther Allen
the wet crucifix of rain
has us drenched, dripping.
we kneel, heads covered.
resurrection a lost memory, the prayer.
endless thick fog
from censers of cedar.
the wafers of communion
soggy, oozing apart.
Poem for Ocean
Your poems full of dresses,
chiffon-sheer and hypnotic
as flesh, sacred as cathedrals,
as prayers spoken in unknown
tongues, wind-ruffled, silken
on your skin, on hers, his, promises
of places you cannot go, swing
of sleeve and hem in the sails
of ships already departing
from the harbor, where you stand
longing for red, coral, sequins
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Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Darryl Foto at Angst Gallery on December 12, 2019
Featuring Darryl Foto
Darryl Foto is a spoken word artist residing in Ellensburg, WA and the author of Of the Things I’ve Learned. He is a three-time winner of Central Washington University’s Inklings Poetry Slam and a two-time winner of the Rain City Poetry Collective Individual World Poetry Slam representative qualifier. Darryl also represented Rain City Poetry Collective for the 2017 and 2018 Individual World Poetry Slam in Spokane, WA and San Diego, CA, respectively, where he was ranked 26th in the nation. He is the current Rain City Grand Slam Champion. Darryl’s work has been heard everywhere from Spokane to Bellingham as well as parts of California and Oregon. He is currently pursuing a degree in biomedical science at Central Washington University.
A broken heart’s love poem
By Darryl Foto
Love taught me to take risks,
to always forget my umbrella,
that you can’t catch a cold if you’re dancing in the rain
Because the rain,
is a kind of spiritual cleansing,
it reminds us of who we are,
For what are we if not reckless raindrops
bleeding from the eyes of heaven,
getting drunk off sunlight
struggling to puke out rainbows
before we choked on happiness
we aren’t ready to hold on to yet?
And isn’t that the most fitting description of what we had?
A kind of happiness that we never learned to hold onto?
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Photos from Dan Raphael and Christopher Luna in conversation at Powell’s Books October 27, 2019
On October 27, Powell’s Books presented dan raphael in conversation with Christopher Luna. The event commemorated the publication of Manything, dan’s 21st book of poetry.
dan raphael’s new book got it’s title from the wide variety of visions, voices and vocabularies among the 65 poems For 4 decades dan’s been active in the northwest as poet, performer, editor and reading host. Most Wednesdays dan writes and records a political poem for the KBOO Evening News.
Larry Smith, editor of Caliban, wrote: “It is appropriate that Dan Raphael’s Manything has come out in the year of Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday. Raphael is one of the few poets since Whitman to have such a complete delight in the multiplicity of the world. His integration of the objects of man’s making with the wildness of nature is liberating. The poet’s body parts can function independently and often co-mingle freely with dirty streets, rain, bottles, squirrels, and the sun. Manything is a vision, one that moves us beyond our complacency, making us less sure that the world we navigate daily is what we think it is. Like Louis Aragon in Paysan de Paris, Raphael awakens us to the ecstatic possibility that we might fall right through the sidewalk.”
Christopher Luna served as the first Poet Laureate of Clark County, WA from 2013-2017. Luna has an MFA from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, and is the co-founder, with Toni Lumbrazo Luna, of Printed Matter Vancouver, a small press which also provides writing coaching, editing, and manuscript review for Northwest writers. He and Toni co-host the LGBTQ+ friendly, all ages and uncensored Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic, founded by Christopher in 2004. Luna’s books include Brutal Glints of Moonlight and The Flame Is Ours: The Letters of Stan Brakhage and Michael McClure 1961-1978. His first full-length collection of poetry, Message from the Vessel in a Dream, was published by Flowstone Press in 2018. A revised and expanded version of Ghost Town, USA, which features poems and observations of Vancouver, WA from a New Yorker’s perspective, is forthcoming from Uttered Chaos Press.
At the event, Christopher read the following tribute to dan, inspired by their friendship and by dan’s latest book:
For Dan Raphael
walking around the neighborhood
like Frank O’Hara on shrooms
“cosmologies between [his] fingers”
full breakfast in his belly
dan becomes the street
impervious to rain
or despair over
encroaching fascism
only a guy who spent
three decades at the DMV
can truly grok the spiritual fortitude
it takes to resist
the soul-killing serpents
of end days-capitalism
& the paranoia of
the dispirited proletariat
to soar past all prohibition
levitate beyond pessimism
he who sees
what we do not
“rooted like a tree”
limbs swaying like
antenna jostled by the wind
electromagnetic waves
as he swings to & fro
barefooted
by vision
potent enough
to crack a heart open
blow yr mind
or part the fog
we muddle through
to avoid the pain
of living
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Celebrate 15 Years of Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic with Rod “Kenny” Nelson and your hosts Christopher Luna and Toni Lumbrazo Luna at Angst Gallery on November 14, 2019
Hosted by Christopher Luna and Toni Lumbrazo Luna of Printed Matter Vancouver
Featuring Rod Nelson
Food and libation provided by Niche Wine Bar,
LGBTQ+ FRIENDLY, ALL AGES, AND UNCENSORED SINCE 2004
Rod Nelson is a spoken word poet in Central Washington. Rod Nelson’s work focuses on modern day social issues and addresses the divide between rural and urban America. He was born in Kansas but grew up in Selah, a small town in Central Washington. After completing his education in Seattle, he returned to the Yakima Valley and has lived and worked here since 1979. He was the first- place finisher in the YVCC Black Box Poetry Slam in 2017, and finished second in that contest in 2016 and 2018. He was the first- place finisher in the Litfuse Poetry Slam in 2018 and 2019, and finished second in that contest in 2017. He was a presenting poet at the Ellensburg Poetry Prowl in 2018. His poem “ A Note From Mallory’s Progeny” was one of the winners in the Yakima Coffee House Poet’s Poetry Contest in 2017 and was published in its chapbook that year.
A Failing Grade in Right and Wrong 101
Fifty-eight dead in Vegas
the Dow gains a hundred -fifty
bump-stock sales soar
Senators send thoughts and prayers.
Fifty-eight glass-eyed corpses,
on blood-soaked pavement.
the Hobbesian contract broken again
interview the girlfriend
talk with the brother
autopsy the brain
dissect for answers
but no lobe of morality
no Center for Right and Wrong
just indifferent gray matter
upon indifferent gray matter.
500 years after the birth of the church of reason
evil fairies gone from the town well
demons removed from the plague
but where is our heart?
Our ministers recite Psalms:
Lean not on your own understanding,
but trust in the Lord with all your heart.
Ancient rules,
conceived in mysticism,
chipped in stone,
gave the world faggots for the bonfires of medieval Christendom.
An eye for an eye,
a lie for a lie,
and soon the whole world was ignorant.
Seventeen dead in Parkland
Ten dead in Santa Fe
the sabbath brings eleven dead in Pittsburg.
Our leaders serve lukewarm soup to the survivors,
mirroring our lack of empathy.
And when you stare into the abyss,
the abyss stares back.
But, hey, the bulls are running hard down on Wall Street.
Adam Smith rolls in his grave,
Kant’s categorical imperative rolls its eyes at charitable deductions,
and Jesus asks, where is the love brother?
In an affluent society,
goodness only comes baked in a Sarah Lee Pound cake.
Perhaps Vonnegut was right,
it’s all about moiling for more money,
lusting for better copulation.
harnessed by the Id,
to gang-rape the Ego,
outfox the Superego.
Mill’s Utilitarianism blushes.
Gin and tonic golfing
and Wimbledon watching
on the working man’s dime.
College admission bribing
deflate-gate
blood-doping
pussy grabbing
gas lighting cover-ups,
cram the victims face in the vomit of her own sorrow,
drag the spouse on Oprah’s stage,
blinking in the glare of the apologetic melodrama.
Born-again sinners!
Just like the johnnies-come-late -to -Jesus
in the God squad pod at the County jail.
Lost in the wilderness,
where is our compass?
Another head -chopping video on the ‘net,
our politicians promise revenge.
and soon the whole world is blind.
In heaven, Jesus and his faithful scribe Mathew shake their heads,
the Dalai Lama grimaces,
and Gandhi’s ghost cries in the night.
500 years after the birth of the church of reason,
the boy who paints rainbows,
the girl who tends her own garden,
still live with the stink of burning flesh.
Our nation,
with Mr. Smith’s prophesized wealth
but this pearl
as cold and hard as a bullet.
Where has our heart gone?
Leave a comment Celebrate 15 Years of Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic with Rod “Kenny” Nelson and your hosts Christopher Luna and Toni Lumbrazo Luna at Angst Gallery on November 14, 2019
dan raphael in Conversation with Christopher Luna at Powell’s Books on October 27
dan raphael in Conversation with Christopher Luna
Sunday, October 27 at 2:00 PM
Powell’s City of Books
1005 W Burnside St.
Manything, poet dan raphael’s 21st book, begins with a description of the Rapture from downtown Portland and ends talking about cosmological babies with a couple universes of experience and imagination in between. Raphael will be joined in conversation by Christopher Luna, author of Message From the Vessel in a Dream.
Preorder a signed edition of Manything
Event description from dan raphael’s Facebook event page:
Manything, dan raphael’s 21st book, is just out from Unlikely Books. He’ll read a couple then be joined by Christopher Luna, the poetic heart of Vancouver, WA in talking about Manything, exchanging poems, and other topics.
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Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Armin Tolentino at Angst Gallery Thursday, February 13, 2020 January 10, 2020
Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Luther Allen & J.I. (Judy) Kleinberg at Angst Gallery on January 9, 2020 December 13, 2019
Christopher Luna’s Winter 2020 Creative Writing Workshops [UPDATED December 19, 2019] November 27, 2019
Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Darryl Foto at Angst Gallery on December 12, 2019 November 22, 2019
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BMW's four-wheeled sculpture
At the CES in Las Vegas, BMW used a four-wheeled sculpture, the BMW i Inside Future concept, to present technological advances that will, according to German automaker, shape the future of mobility.
With the concept, BMW focused primarily on opportunities and challenges of the connected autnomous driving. What is it that we will be able to do inside future cars and what kind of experiences await us while traveling with them? The architecture and user interface have been fully adapted to autonomous driving, merging it all seamlessly with the user's digital life.
In doing so, one of the most important roles was given to the BMW Connected digital platform together with the Open Mobility Cloud. These allow mobility planning to be seamlessly integrated into users' digital lifestyles, supporting them both while on the road as well as in other areas of their daily lives, including the use of electronic smart devices outside the vehicle.
Using displays and gestures within the Augmented Gesture Control, passengers can get instant information about places and buildings just by pointing at them, while passing them. Being connected on another level also means users can enjoy the benfits of a visionary concept of an in-car voice-controlled personal digital assistant, the in-car application of Microsoft's Cortana. Intelligent voice control allows – among other things – to order various products online via Amazon Prime Now app (integrated into all the user's devices, both in and outside the vehicle, via the Open Mobility Cloud), while on the go. The goods can then be delivered via En-Route Delivery service.
Collaborating with Amazon Prime also resulted in developing the BMW Passenger Mode – when selected, the vehicle can adapt to the passengers' needs in different situations, such as dimming interior lighting, when rear-seat passengers start playing a video.
With the help of multiple digital touchpoints Connected Window, all important information is integrated and ready to be used for personal daily planning.
Jan. 11, 2017 Driving photo: BMW
bmw CES
Hyundai introduces its vision of future mobility
For the CES 2017 in Las Vegas, Hyundai prepared its own vision of future mobility, including hyper-connected car platform to seamlessly link mobility with the home and workplace, as well as alternative solutions for personal mobitlity.
Meet the first LED lamp with a built-in digital voice assistant
It's a voice you know! GE created a talking LED table lamp with Amazon's Alexa.
At this year's CES, Volkswagen is demonstrating its ideas about the mobility of tomorrow
Volkswagen, which has been making grand plans regarding the alternative future of its vehicles, definitely did not want to miss out on this year's CES. It came to Las Vegas with the slogan "We are always on", bringing with it new ideas about the use of…
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Quincy police: Shoplifter attacked store employee
Joe DiFazio The Patriot Ledger jldifazio
Sep 26, 2018 at 9:21 AM Sep 26, 2018 at 5:27 PM
QUINCY — Police say a Quincy man slammed an employee's head against a wall on Tuesday after he was caught shoplifting at T.J.Maxx store.
Antony M. Dimeco, 35, was arrested and charged with shoplifting, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and resisting arrest. He was arraigned Wednesday
Police say Dimeco was about to steal more than $500 worth of clothing on Tuesday when a T.J. Maxx loss prevention employee tried to stop him. The two began to struggle and police said Dimeco pushed the employee’s head against a wall, sending him to the ground.
Police said that an officer spotted Dimeco on Cottage Avenue still carrying the clothes he stole from the store, including a Calvin Klein jacket. Dimeco ran through a construction a site away from the officer, but was eventually arrested despite his attempts to pull away while being handcuffed, police said.
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Taste of Iceland, Boston 2018
It’s March, and that means it is time for another Taste of Iceland. The cultural event that brings things such as Architecture & Design, Literature, Film, Food, and of course, Music from Iceland to different spots around the globe. This year’s Boston event is March 8th through the 10th, with a Cocktail pre-game on the 7th at Drink.
As this is a music blog I’m going to touch on the music portion of the event, but you can go here for the complete schedule of events, including an Icelandic food menu at Townsman, a special cocktail menu at Beat Brasserie, an exhibit on Iceland’s Design and Architectual scene at the BSA Space, and a short film festival at the Brattle Theatre.
The annual Reykjavik calling concert typically consists of both local and Icelandic musicians. Each performing a set of material, and sometimes if you’re lucky they will combine efforts for a big finale. This year Taste of Iceland returns to the Paradise Rock club with JFDR and Sturla Atlas on the Iceland team, and Air traffic Controller for Boston.
JFDR is Jófríður Ákadóttir. To call her an Icelandic music veteran seems a bit shallow as not only is she half of the legendary Pascal Pinon, but part of Samaris and Gangly two bands that have really skyrocketed in popularity recently. She tours a lot and at Iceland Airwaves she is always playing somewhere on any given day making her one of the hardest working musicians out there in my opinion. Ákadóttir’s music spans genres, complex beats weaving in and out of darkness, infused with jazz, ambient landscapes, soulful poetry and classical music.
While I love her new album “Brazil” as well as her music videos, nothing quite beats seeing her live. No matter which bands I’ve seen her in, the emotion and energy she puts into performing entirely fills the space and will leave you in awe.
Sturla Atlas is part of a hip-hop-trip-hop-rap collective in Iceland named the 101 boys. (101 is the Reykjavik zip code.) hip-hop heavy, Sturla Atlas brings singing and catchy choruses to his music as well. Last year Sturla Atlas opened for Justin Bieber up in Iceland at what was slated one of the largest, if not the largest concert in Iceland’s history.
And from Boston, Air Traffic Controller will be on stage. The name comes when Dave Munro, the lead, would send back demos of his music while serving in the navy. Known for bringing energy to live gigs, they also have a great music video that was released last year:
These concerts are always fun, and the bands tend to interact and join in on the party with the crowds. It’s a great way to learn about new bands hear new sounds. I do suggest you get there earlier than later as I’ve yet been to one that wasn’t booked at capacity and as it’s free, it’s first come first serve.
So get out and enjoy a little Icelandic culture for the week, it is always worth the effort.
This entry was posted in gigs and tagged boston, concert, Iceland, iceland naturally, Icelandic music, Jófríður Ákadóttir, JFDR, live music, paradise rock club, reykjavik calling, sturla atlas, taste of iceland on March 7, 2018 by ragnaarbastiaan.
Taste of Iceland 2016
It’s time again for the annual Taste of Iceland event here in Boston. The cultural event that brings a sampling of Icelandic culture to different cities around the United States every year.
Food, film, music and writing are all part of this year’s event. For us music-minded folks there is a two-fer of sorts. Along with the Reykjavik calling concert, they are also showing “Rokk I Reykjavik” at the Brattle theatre.
This year’s cuisine event will be held at The Merchant, a great little spot located in the finance district /downtown crossing area. The Merchant’s chef Matt Foley will collaborate with Thrainn Freyr Vigfússon of LAVA, the Blue Lagoon restaurant in Iceland. Learn more about the menu here, as with all of the events of Taste of Iceland, it’s highly recommended you reserve your spot sooner than later.
For the literature lovers and writers out there, I suggest you attend “The Write stuff” led by Eliza Reid, a co-founder of Iceland’s writers retreat. On March 5th, 1:00-2:30pm she will go into the hows and whys of Iceland’s strong written word history at the Barnes and Noble in the Prudential Center. Also, there will be a lot of great books written by Icelandic authors available for purchase, including Halldór Laxness, and Jon Gnarr. Learn all about it here
For Film:
Rokk í Reykjavik is playing at the Brattle Theater, March 6th at 3PM! This documentary is one I suggest everyone watch. It’s chock-full of music goodies and interviews and concert footage of a lot of classic Icelandic musicians. You’ll see a lot of the folks you already know, and most likely, you’ll learn about new artists and bands you really should know. Not only does Boston get treated to this documentary, but Sigtryggur Baldursson, A man who happens to have been in a lot of my favorite classic Icelandic bands including Sugarcubes, Kukl, and Þeyr, will be on hand afterward for a Q&A. Here’s the band Þeyr doing “Rúdolf” from the Rokk í Reykjavik documentary:
And now, Reykjavik Calling. On March 5th at 8pm the annual concert at the Middle East will happen. This concert combines both local Boston bands with Icelandic bands, typically the atmosphere is uplifting, and it feels like a giant party. This year Boston locals Neme and Adam Ezra Group will play with Axel Flóvent and CeaseTone. The Concert is free, and I suggest getting there early as it always fills to capacity quickly.
You can see photos of previous Reykjavik Calling’s here.
Nemes
From Boston, Nemes is an indie folk-ish band, with high energy and excitability their charm comes in exciting crowds a mix of folk, country and rock.
Axel Flóvent
In excellent contrast, Axel Flóvent from Iceland will be there. Calming, mellow and harmonic music reminiscent of Nick Cave. I’ve seen him live a few times up in Iceland, and it’s difficult not to get sucked into the music. He’s one of the great new exports of the Island and it’s rare I find folks who dislike him.
the Adam Ezra Group
Also from Boston, the Adam Ezra Group will be performing. Boston is famous for large bands, groups of friends getting together to make great music. Adam Ezra Group certainly fits the bill. a great group of folks churning out good ole rock and roll.
CeaseTone
And last, certainly not least CeaseTone will be here. CeaseTone is just as much about guitars and rock as electronics, expertly combining the two creating great music. Another band I’m looking forward to seeing here in Boston.
It’s going to be a great couple of days here in Boston. I highly suggest you RSVP on Facebook or the Taste of Iceland website, as things fill up quickly and sell out every year.
I asked CeaseTone the standard 4 questions, and Hafsteinn Þráinsson was kind enough to answer:
What’s your favorite place in Iceland to play: A place called Húrra!
What is you or the band’s favorite color: Deep Blue
What are 3 of your favorite little known bands of Icelandic origin: In The Company Of Men, Gangly, Muck and soo many others
If you could be any creature playing your favorite song, what would the creature be? And what is the song: Do you mean favorite song in general or with the band? If in general I’d like to be Yoda rapping “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe” by Kendrick Lamar. If with the band I’d like to be Gandalf The White playing “Full circle”
This entry was posted in Band, gigs and tagged adam ezra group, axel flovent, boston, ceasetone, concert, event, Iceland, literature, naturally iceland, nemes, reykjavik calling, rokk i reykjavik, taste of iceland, the middle east club on February 21, 2016 by ragnaarbastiaan.
Taste of Iceland Boston 2015
The annual Taste of Iceland event is here March 12th through the 16th. This year there is a great dinner menu at Tavern Road , a community discussion between specialists in Reykjavik and Boston on future Innovations in energy and transportation, the Reykjavik calling concert, and an Icelandic film festival at Kendall Square Cinemas. You can make reservations, and learn about the entire event here.
Now let’s focus on the music. Reykjavik calling, an annual concert is once again at the Middle East Club in Cambridge March 14th, doors open at 8.
Iceland Naturally traditionally grabs a couple bands from Iceland, and a couple bands from the local scene, then tosses them together to collaborate and put on a show. These tend to be unique shows as the musicians really make it feel like a party. It’s a chance to discover new artists or new things about the artists you already like. Best of all, it’s free.
It’s recommended that you RSVP for the event via Eventbrite, but getting in is first come first serve. This event gets crowded, so from past experience I suggest you show up early as the lines build quickly and I’ve seen them wrap around the Middle East more often than not.
This year two Icelandic bands, Kaleo and BeeBee and the BlueBirds, will play along with two Boston outfits, Love in Stockholm and George Knight with Pablo Palooza.
Kaleo began in 2012, and saw their S/T album hit number 1 in 2013. A pleasant blend of Bon Iver and Black keys.
Beebee and the Bluebirds is a jazzy rock band fronted by Brynhildur Oddsdóttir. She’s got one of those great soulful voices, and naturally entertains crowds.
Love in Stockholm is good old rock from Allston. Blending classic with modern, they have a local reputation for great live gigs, and have built a great following around the New England area.
George Knight and Pablo Palooza are rock/soul/funk locals. George, a DJ at WERS during the day, musician all the time perfectly compliments the Pablo Palooza players bringing a lot of energy wherever they play.
I asked a slightly altered version of my nonsensical questions. Beebee & the Bluebirds (BBB) Love in Stockholm (LiS) and Pablo Palooza (PaB) were kind enough to answer.
1. If you combine all of your favorite colors, what do you get?
(BBB) Black striped violet red….
(LiS) ROY G. BIV
(PaB) Black
2. What are 3 of your favorite little known bands of Iceland/Boston origin?
(BBB) –Dusty Miller –Erla Stefáns and the sinister trio –Smári Tarfur
(LiS) Biscuits & Gravy, Sarah Blacker, and Turkuaz
(PaB) Booty Vortex, The Chicken Slacks, and The Nephrok! Allstars
3. If you could be any creature playing your favorite song, what would the creature be? And what is the song?
(BBB) I would be a black panther singing “Think”
(LiS) A minotaur playing “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
(PaB) I would be an Eagle playing “I Am” by Earth Wind and Fire
Taste of Iceland is always a fantastic time, make sure to check some of it out. Check out more info on all the bands below, and we’ll see you there.
Kaleo (Iceland) | SoundCloud | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter
Love In Stockholm | Website | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter
Beebee and the bluebirds (Iceland) | Website | YouTube | Facebook
George Knight with Pablo Palooza | YouTube
This entry was posted in gigs and tagged "beebee and the bluebirds", "george knight with Pablo Palooza", "love in stockholm", "middle east club", allston, boston, concert, Iceland, iceland naturally, kaleo, live, Music, pablo palooza, reykjavik calling, taste of iceland on February 23, 2015 by ragnaarbastiaan.
Reykjavik Calling
And there it was, Saturday night. Taste of Iceland’s Reykjavik Calling in Cambridge, MA at the Middle East Club. Three Icelandic bands acting as ambassadors of music coming together with two local bands to bring Boston a cross-cultural event. Reyka Vodka supplied the alcohol, and a slew of Icelandic sponsors all helped in the event.
Hermigervill, or as he became known; Hamburgurville, started the show off with a high energy set. The crowd was instantly sucked in as he danced right along with his set. He gave a shout out to Reykjavik’s Harlem bar, as well as delivering a hip hop version of “Glugginn” by the old peace loving Icelandic hippies, Flowers. near the end he gave another nod to the Icelandic Reggae band Ojba Rasta with a remix of “Jolly Good.” The man rocks a theremin like nobody’s business.
Hermigervill always performs with an incredible amount of energy, bobbing in and out to and fro with such speed and vigor it’s tough to snag a clear pic. He was dead center when I hit the clicker on the ole camera, but only his ghostly remains were captured, he’s that quick.
There was so much energy in the crowd and on stage, so nobody could fault him as he attempted to squeeze one more in. Unfortunately the powers that be stepped in, and that was that.
Next up, Boston locals Skinny Bones played. A drum, a Guitar and a little Moog creating a pleasant set of shoe gazing rock.
Sin Fang, Sindri Már Sigfússon, was next. The crowd was in for it, as Sindri gave us samples of new bits as well as reworkings of old bits, while some bits stayed the same. He was joined on stage by Skinny Bones for a collaborative version of “Young Boys.”
Speaking with Sindri before the show, he mentioned we can expect new music from him shortly, and of course he’ll be touring in the future.
The Love Experiment was next. Dance, funk, jazz, soul…. Too many styles to list, all wrapped up in almost an hour of jamming on stage. There seemed to be a bit of freestyle jamming going on, especially once Joined by Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson and Logi Pedro Stefánsson of Retro Stefson.
3 out of 7 ain’t bad, and that’s what we got from the Retro Stefson camp. Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson and Logi Pedro Stefánsson joined by Hermigervill came on stage, bringing the Retro Stefson unique dance style with them. Perhaps the alcohol had been flowing a little too freely, or perhaps I was just in a good mood, but I really got into their set, though I will whole-heartedly deny any and all rumors of dancing…
To end the evening, all of the musicians came back on stage. There were sax’s, guitars, theremins and synths. A lot of singing and hanging out and of course, a cover of Lauren Hill’s “Ex Factor.” Because, why not?! Definitely a great way to end a great night.
I harassed Logi Pedro about Highlands, his new side project with Karin Sveinsdóttir. They are working away and hope to have something early 2015. They will be playing at Iceland Airwaves in November as well. He was nice enough to answer one of my questions: What animal, what song?” to which he replied “a lion, singing wrecking ball by Mylie Cyrus.”
And finally, let it be known that after Hermigervill’s set, and much to the chagrin of all in my household, I will very shortly own a Theremin… it’s time
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Taste of Iceland 2014 – Boston
For my post on the Reykjavik Calling concert on May 15th. Click here.
Taste of Iceland is coming back to Boston this week with food, art, and of course the free concert, Reykjavik Calling. The event goes March 14th through the 18th, with Reykjavik Calling happening Saturday, March 15th.
Iceland Naturally has been putting Taste of Iceland on for 10 years. A cooperative marketing outfit, Iceland Naturally promotes all things Icelandic and Taste of Iceland is their signature event. Supported by a large community of Icelandic sponsors such as Icelandair, Icelandic Group, Islandsbanki, Reyka Vodka, City of Reykjavik, Icelandic Glacial Water, Blue Lagoon, Keflavik International Airport (KEF), Landsvirkjun, Promote Iceland, and the Government of Iceland, the event brings an Icelandic representation of cuisine, art, literature, and music to North America.
This year along with the concert at the Middle East Club, there is a Reyka vodka cocktail class at the Liberty Hotel, a Photography exhibit the 555 Gallery, and all event long you can sample Icelandic cuisine at Rialto. Go here to read more about these events and RSVP as some events are limited.
Every year Taste of Iceland delivers different artists from Iceland to North America for a concert called Reykjavik Calling. The artists not only play their own material, but pair with local artists creating interesting collaborations. They coordinate with local radio stations, in Boston’s case WERS, to pair the musicians and this year Boston will see The Love Experiment and Skinny Bones on stage.
In the past, acts such as Lay Low, Pétur Ben, Snorri Helgason and Sóley have all played. And this year, Retro Stefson, Sin Fang and Hermigervill are playing. All three musicians deserve their own write up, but as that would make for a rather long blog post I’ve just put a snippet and links to more. If you click on their names it will take you to their Soundcloud pages, and I’ve embedded my favorite tracks available via Soundcloud above the artist.
Retro Stefson are a supergroup of sorts, they’ve grown and adapted over the years, but their live gigs still remain high energy and fun. And while the members of the band have branched out into things of their own, they always come back together to entertain the masses.
Hermigervill, AKA Sveinbjörn Thorarensenis a remix master. He has remixed quite a few of Iceland’s top artists, as well as creating original sounds. His original work reminds me of the carefree and happy days of BS2000 and it’s enjoyable pretty much anywhere you’re listening to it.
I’ve written about Sin Fang before and every year I see him at Airwaves he’s running around mad playing as often as he can or selling artwork. His new album, Flowers, justifiably has earned accolades across the globe, and I hear he’s been playing new material all over Reykjavik so I’m hoping he brings the new stuff down here.
The Concert is Saturday March 15th. Doors are at 8pm, gig starts at 9. It’s free so I suggest you show up earlier than later, and RSVP here. This really is a powerhouse of Icelandic musicians, and the possible collaborations between the artists could make for quite the concert. If you are into all things Icelandic I also suggest you follow Iceland Naturally on Facebook as they frequently keep you informed of Icelandic things that may be happening around where you live.
Taste of Iceland only gets to come to a select cities here in North America, so Bostonites, get out and enjoy what they have to offer. For all the details, times, RSVP’s and dinner reservations, go here.
Hermigervill was ever so kind as to answer my 4 nonsensical questions:
1. What is your favorite off-venue Airwaves joint to jam at? There are now so many off-venues at Iceland Airwaves, it’s hard to pick! Last year, Kex Hostel hosted a really good program, and I had a very memorable show there.
2. If you combine all of your favorite colors, what do you get? I get a song. I see colours when I make music.
3. What are 3 of your favorite little known bands of Icelandic origin? a) “Þú & Ég” was a great 70’s disco thing which was big here, but never made it out of the country, despite several attempts. b) “Grísalappalísa” is a raw punky rock kind of band, which usually isn’t my cup of tea, but there is some special energy going on there, especially during their phenomenal live shows. I just did a remix for them which should be out soon. c) “Highlands” is a new project consisting of my friend and bandmate Logi Pedro and singer Karin Sveinsdóttir. This will be big, that’s all I can say!
4. If you could be any creature playing your favorite song, what would the creature be? And what is the song? Any kind of bird. I love birds, and spent my childhood summers on a remote island, in close proximity to arctic terns, puffins and eider ducks. This bird would probably be playing the Blade Runner soundtrack by Vangelis.
This entry was posted in gigs and tagged boston, cambridge, hermigervil, icelan, iceland naturally, Icelandic music, retro stefson, reykjavik calling, sin fang, taste of iceland, the middle east club on March 10, 2014 by ragnaarbastiaan.
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Tag: SB 568
Ringless voicemail: Florida breaks ground with new law
The phone never rings. But somehow you have a voicemail. It’s a business selling something, even though you’re on the Do Not Call list. Is that legal?
Not in Florida as of July 1. This week Gov. Rick Scott signed SB 568, which expands the Do Not Call list to include direct-to-voicemail sales calls.
That puts the state at the forefront of blocking such messages, said William E. Raney, a Kansas City attorney whose firm, Copilevitz & Canter, advises clients on telemarketing laws.
“As far as I know, it’s unique,” Raney said. “Florida is the first state legislature I know of that has explicitly said that.”
Technology often gets out ahead of regulation in such matters. A petition by telemarketing concerns to ask the Federal Communications Commission to rule such messages are not subject to Do Not Call rules — because they never ring — was withdrawn last year without a ruling under a cloud of adverse publicity.
But it’s already out there. One consumer filed a lawsuit against a Naples, Florida car dealer for using such tactics. The case has since been settled without a court ruling, a Florida Senate staff analysis noted.
Three states not including Florida raised a stink about the FCC petition made by a telemarketing concern called All About The Message, The Palm Beach Post reported last year.
“Granting companies a free pass to push ringless voice messages to consumers’ phones just adds more robocalls and causes significant financial harm to those who are charged for checking their messages,” said Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey.
It’s a move that can defeat many call-blocking apps, states argued. Some phone plans have limits or charge fees for storing and checking messages. Unbridled, it could leave consumers with virtually no control over technology that can pump out such calls literally by the billions.
Consider: An estimated 2.8 billion robocalls, or automated calls of all kinds, were made to U.S. consumers in the month of December alone. In 2017, the FCC received 155,282 consumer complaints about robocalls, including federal Do Not Call List violations, call spoofing, and solicitations made by an automated recording, the staff of the Florida Senate’s rules committee noted.
Attempts to seek comment from an industry group, the Professional Association for Customer Engagement, were not immediately successful. But some in the business make the case such messages are less disruptive than regular calls.
“The act of depositing a voice mail on a voice mail service without dialing a consumers’ cellular telephone line does not result in the kind of disruptions to a consumer’s life — dead air calls, calls interrupting consumers at inconvenient times or delivery charges to consumers,” All About The Message argued in its FCC petition.
Florida’s law does not mean you will never receive a ringless voicemail if you are on the Do Not Call list, however. First, some scofflaw telemarketers ignore Do Not Call for all sorts of messages. They are often based in other countries or using fake or “spoofed” numbers, and they know it’s hard to police them in an age of global calling by way of the Internet. At best they are using questionable methods to steer leads to legitimate businesses. At worst they’re outright scams trying to steal money or personal information.
But there’s also this: the law allows certain calls by schools, non-profit and charitable groups, or people taking surveys. Florida law says the Do Not Call restrictions do not apply to “a charitable or political organization that is seeking donations,” according to the Senate staff analysis.
Speaking of politics, the Republican National Committee filed a brief with the FCC arguing ringless voicemails, even by commercial advertisers, should be OK. Why? With no ring, it “does not constitute a call” that is subject to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the RNC’s brief said. The RNC further expressed concerns an adverse ruling could inhibit free political speech protected by the First Amendment.
While the dust settles on what is legal for political direct-voicemailers, there’s also the practical question of whether it’s a smart marketing play at this point. Publicity over the FCC petition — which set the stage for Florida’s law — suggests not everyone views ringless voicemails as a delightful surprise to brighten their day.
To get on the Do Not Call list, go here:
https://www.donotcall.gov/
Author Charles ElmorePosted on March 21, 2018 May 23, 2018 Categories robocallsTags do not call registry, FCC, Gov. Rick Scott, mobile breaking business, news, newsfeed, pbpmobile, pocket, Republican National Committee, ringless voicemails, SB 568, William E. RaneyLeave a comment on Ringless voicemail: Florida breaks ground with new law
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The Uneven and Controversial Record of Breaking of Passenger Ships in the Philippines
Posted on August 31, 2017 by psssadmin
In the recent decades it is only in the 1980’s where I saw a relatively massive ship-breaking of Philippine ferries. Two big factors worked in confluence in that. One, the backbone of Philippine ferries of the postwar years, the former “FS” ships were already breaking down on its own because they were already 40 years old on the average which was already far beyond their estimated design life. Moreover, there was already a shortage of parts and to keep other “FS” ships running some others have to be cannibalized. And these ships were actually badly outgunned already by the newer ferries and as cargo carriers (some were used in that role when they were no longer competitive), they were already overtaken already by the newly-fielded container ships and by cargo ships with fixed schedules like the ships of Sea Transport.
An example of a former “FS” ship (Credits to Manila Chronicle and Gorio Belen)
The other big factor was the great economic crisis of the 1980’s, the greatest since World War II when there was a contraction of the economy, inflation and the exchange rate were runaway and there was simply no loans available then and interest rates were sky high. Such situation will simply contract the need for ships. This was exacerbated by companies falling by the wayside, bankrupt and shuttered. That even included our auto manufacturing plants. In shipping, a significant percentage of our shipping companies folded and with it went their ships because the remaining shipping companies were just in survival mode and in no mood to take over their ships. That was the second main reason why many of our former “FS” were broken up in the 1980’s. Most of them were scrapped locally specifically in Navotas. The passenger ships of the shipping companies that went belly up in the 1980’s like Compania Maritima also ended up in the breakers and they were not limited to ex-”FS” ships. The 1980’s was really a cruel decade for shipping.
Earlier, in the 1970’s, the former Type “C1” ships were also lost as a class because their engines were no longer good. That also was true of the former Type “N” ships. These ships simply surrendered because they were no longer reliable and parts were hard to come by. And that is one truth in shipping. If a ship is no longer good especially the engines and it cannot be re-engined anymore then it goes to the breakers and no government order to cull is needed for that.
An example of a former Type “C1” ship (Credits to Phil. Herald and Gorio Belen)
After the 1980’s, ship-breaking followed three main trends. One is the trend set by William, Gothong and Aboitiz (WG&A) and later by its successor Aboitiz Transport System (ATS). WG&A has the penchant to dispose of ship they think are already superfluous. That is actually what happens in mergers and acquisitions (M&A’s). There will always an excess in assets including ships and personnel and the new entity will try to dispose of them to junk “non-performing assets” (NPA’s). That is the reason why still-good liners and overnight ships were disposed to the breakers. There was really no good technical reason to send them there and die.
On the other hand, WG&A and its subsidiary Cebu Ferries Corporation (CFC) had some ships that were nearly ready for the breakers because their engines were already beginning to get unreliable. WG&A tried to sell them as still “good” ships and a few shipping companies got conned buying ROROs with problematic engines and obsolete cruisers. The stinged companies like Sampaguita Shipping had to dispose later these ships.
Sold to raise cash (From http://www.greenshipbreaking.com)
When the two partners in WG&A divested, the Aboitiz family had to dispose of ships to pay them off. This was the reason why Aboitiz Transport System (ATS), the successor company to WG&A had to sell a series of still-good ships, passenger and container, to China breakers early this millennium. In effect, the Gothong and Chiongbian families were paid with cash from scrap metal and their old ships were gone forever.
Aboitiz Transport System also had to sell other ships to the breakers (their liners are too big to be overnight ferries) in order to acquire newer ferries. That was done in the middle of the 2000’s.This is called renewal of the fleet and this is done all the time in other countries. Of course, a company will try to sell their weaker ferries in order to acquire new ones. This pattern also carried over into the successor company of ATS, the shipping company 2GO.
But again the reason to sell was not always based on technical reasons (as in the ship is no longer reliable) but on other considerations. I have observed that the creation of WG&A and its subsequent dissolution created a lot of crooked reasons for selling ships that were not based on the condition of the ship. Some of those were simply connected to cutting of routes and frequencies and the need to come up with cash.
Sold before its time for crooked reasons (Photo by Vinz Sanchez)
Meanwhile, competitor Negros Navigation Company (NENACO) was hit with illiquidity after their massive expansion fueled by bank loans backfired and they had to seek court protection from garnishment proceedings. However, these resulted in ships being laid up and offered for sale. These ships ended up in the hands of foreign breakers because liners were in excess then (and ATS does not buy ferries from competitors) as budget airlines and intermodal buses cut into their revenue..
But the next chopping of ships en masse was even more cruel. This was as a consequence of Sulpicio Lines getting suspended from sailing after the Princess of the Stars capsized in 2008. Stringent conditions were placed by MARINA, the maritime regulatory agency on Sulpicio Lines’ return to passenger operations. Meanwhile, the bulk of their fleet rotted in their Mandaue wharf and in the middle of Mactan Channel. Along with strong public backlash, Sulpicio Lines lost heart and sold off their entire fleet to foreign breakers and a great passenger fleet that took five decades to build was lost in just one stroke. Those who knew shipping knew this great passenger fleet won’t ever be replaced again. Ironically, it is the government bureaucrats regulating them which did not know that.
None of these survived the suspension
As a general rule, companies that do not run into trouble do not send ships to the breakers. WG&A (divestment of partners), Negros Navigation (illiquidity) and Sulpicio Lines (suspension) all ran trouble (and MARINA, the maritime regulatory agency tasked with the country’s maritime development was of no help to them whatsoever). Non-liners frequently do not run into trouble and if ever they fold, many of their ships are taken over by other shipping companies (as their ships are easier to sell). That is what happened to the likes of Bicolandia Shipping Lines, San Juan Ferry, Western Samar Shipping Lines, Kinswell Shipping Lines, Shipsafe/Safeship, Mt. Samat Ferry Express, Moreta Shipping Lines, etc. But this did not happen to most of the big fleet of Viva Shipping Lines and its legal-fiction companies, to Sampaguita Shipping and SKT Shipping/Kong San Teo Shipping, both of Zamboanga, Tamula Shipping and many others..
Again, another rule, it is easier taking over a failed small company and small ferries because the sums involved are not astronomic. If it is a big liner company that gets into trouble, it is only the foreign ship-breakers that have the money to buy their ships.
A photo when this ship was for sale; ended in the breakers
I just hope our government understands more our ferry companies, their travails and the difficulty of keeping ferry companies afloat. From my observation with government it seems many of them think ferry companies are raking in money. It is not the lure of money which keeps them in shipping but simply their passion for shipping.
Our shipping sector is actually in distress but I still have to hear or read a government pronouncement acknowledging that. They push the shipping companies to modernize in a tone that as if buying ships is just as easy as acquiring buses. But the inescapable truth is our ferries are actually graying now. And so I fear for them, not because they will sink but we all know nothing lasts forever. I wonder if there will be a mass extinction of ferries in the future, say a decade from now like what happened to the “ex-FS” and ex-”C1” ships. If that happens maybe we will more LCTs and maybe surplus ferries from China.
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Medial Soft-Tissue Release for Lateralising Calcaneal Osteotomy: A Cadaveric Study
Kumar Kaushik Dash
Rebecca Bradley
Ioannis Stavrakakis
Kalpesh Shah
Lateralising calcaneal osteotomy for pes cavus is generally regarded to be harder to shift than a medialising calcaneal osteotomy for pes planus. The aim of our study was to determine the structures which restrain a lateral shift.
Lateralising calcaneal osteotomy was performed on four soft-embalmed cadavers via a standard lateral approach and the lateral calcaneal shift was measured before and after the release of flexor retinaculum. Further exploratory dissection around the osteotomy site revealed the abductor hallucis muscle to be the main restraint to the lateral shift of the calcaneus. Subsequently, lateralising calcaneal osteotomy was performed on another four cadavers and the abductor hallucis muscle fascia as well as the plantar fascia was released. The lateral shift was measured before and after the fascia release, and compared with the results achieved following the flexor retinaculum release in the first four cadavers.
Lateralising calcaneal osteotomy alone resulted in an average of 4.5-mm lateral shift in the first four cadaveric specimens. Releasing the flexor retinaculum led to a further 3-mm increase of lateral shift on average. In the next four cadaveric specimens, lateralising calcaneal osteotomy alone resulted in an average of 5.5-mm lateral shift. Release of abductor hallucis muscle fascia and the plantar fascia in these four specimens increased the lateral shift by an additional 7 mm on average. Hence, release of abductor hallucis muscle fascia resulted in an extra 4-mm shift on average compared with what is achieved with flexor retinaculum release.
Abductor hallucis muscle fascia was discovered to be one of the main structures limiting the lateral shift in lateralising calcaneal osteotomy. Release of fascia over this muscle as well as the plantar fascia should help in improving lateral shift. Further experimental and clinical research is necessary to confirm the findings of this pilot study.
Lateralising calcaneal osteotomy Pes cavus Flexor retinaculum Abductor hallucis Plantar fascia
This article was presented at meetings in (1) British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Meeting (winner of best poster prize at this meeting), Bristol, UK, 2nd November 2016, (2) American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, USA, 12th July 2017 and (3) Foot and Ankle Scotland Annual Meeting, Glasgow, 27th September 2016.
Concepts: KKD, RB, IS, KS, Design: KKD, RB, KS, Definition of intellectual content: KKD, RB, KS, Literature search: KKD, RB, IS, KS, Experimental studies: RB, KS, Data acquisition: RB, KS, Data analysis: KKD, RB, IS, KS, Statistical analysis: KKD, Manuscript preparation: KKD, RB, IS, Manuscript editing: KKD, IS, KS, Manuscript review: KKD, RB, IS, KS, Guarantor: KS.
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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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1.Department of Trauma and OrthopaedicsWrexham Maelor HospitalWalesUK
2.Neonatal UnitRoyal Hospital for ChildrenGlasgowUK
3.Department of Orthopaedics and TraumatologyGeneral Hospital of Agios NikolaosCreteGreece
4.Department of OrthopaedicsGolden Jubilee National HospitalGlasgowUK
Dash, K.K., Bradley, R., Stavrakakis, I. et al. IJOO (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43465-019-00017-1
Received 24 August 2019
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DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s43465-019-00017-1
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Target: Global Genocide. The Elite’s Plan Unveiled
Video from PrisonPlanet.tv
Historian and investigator Webster Tarpley describes what the plans of the Elite are for most of the world’s population. From De-development to depopulation. From the installation of a planetary regime to the use of vaccines to carry out forced sterilization. He takes the plans written down on John P. Holdren’s book “Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment” which is inspired on older writings from Paul Ehrlich and Thomas Malthus. John P. Holdren is the current United States Science and Technology Czar and serves Barack Obama as his science and technology advisor.
The plans stated on John P. Holdren’s book have been laid out in other Elite sponsored writings that originate from organizations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Club of Rome, the Bilderberg Club, and so on.
If the world were to conduct itself by the teachings that Holdren intends to establish, the result would be global depopulation, hunger, forced sterilization, chip and other device implantation for controlling the people and an overall 360 change in the way humans live, move and use their skills to develop real alternative technologies to deal with issues such as energy, food and health in third world nations as well as for the middle class in developed nations.
The Elite members and their pawns who intend to put these human hating policies in place have made it clear that they will use every resource available to them to carry out their eugenics plan and to rid the planet of the “human scum” so the planet is left for them alone.
The Elite, the Oligarchy will only serve itself, the Oligarchs. For them, there should be the Elite and the Masses, and nothing in between. The masses are useless eaters, animals, whose lives are not worth living. Therefore, such lives must be stopped. Population needs to be cut to a few hundred million. See, the Elite is afraid of a larger population who they will no longer be able to control and who will take the Elite’s place and the resources they have monopolized so far for so many decades.
They have been smart while carrying out their unseen and unfelt genocide. They have used two of the most silent weapons they possessed. Economics and Modern Medicine. Out of sight, out of mind. Vaccinations, pharmaceuticals and medical malpractice kill more people than disease itself. Economic policies imposed on poor and developing nations by the IMF and the World Bank -the creatures of Bretton Woods I- have killed more people than any military conflict we’ve heard about in the 20th century.
The problem for the Elite, though, is that a large part of the world population has awaken to their plan and has begun to see and understand its plan. It is the growing awareness of millions of people around the globe which has prompted the Elite, the Globalists, the Oligarchy, to launch multiple attacks on various nations -militarily in the Middle East and economically in Europe and Latin America- in order to accelerate its plans. Through its military and economic aggression, the Elite intends, for one last time, to absorb the majority of the world’s resources, infrastructure and land before they openly decide to exterminate most of the masses.
If you believe the information presented here is a Conspiracy Theory, an exaggeration of the facts or a misinterpretation of John P. Holdren’s words and thoughts, please do read the book “Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment” yourself. In addition, please also take a look at other literature -historical and current- regarding policy that has been implemented or is going to be adopted regarding global issues such as Health, Growth, Development, Population Control and so on.
Please revise the Books and Videos posted below for further research:
Cognitive Infiltration
by David Ray Griffin
Dumbing us Down
by John Taylor Gatto
Underground History of American Education
The Globalization of Poverty and the NWO
by Michel Chossudovsky
Ecoscience: Population, Resources,
by Paul R. Ehrlich
The Illusion of Disease
Callous Disregard
by Dr. Andrew Wakefield
IBM and the Holocaust
by Edwin Black
Global Eugenics: Using Modern Medicine to Kill
Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement from producer Alex Jones
Consuming Kids by the Media Education Foundation
The Secret of Oz from Writer and Director Bill Still
We Become Silent: The Last Days Of Health Freedom
For Love of Water from director Ilena Salinas
The World According to Monsanto from Marie-Monique Robin
House of Numbers: Anatomy of an Epidemic from producer Brent W. Leung
Shadow Government from producer Grant R. Jeffrey
Inside Job from producer Charles Ferguson
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Ravi Mathur
Dreams Delhi authority sold in 2010 turn to dust
Delhi Development Authority may be dreaming up a 100-storey Signature Tower in east Delhi but the quality of construction in its bread-and-butter housing projects raises many questions.Risha Chitlangia | TNN | August 21, 2015, 16:30 IST
NEW DELHI: The second 'D' in DDA could stand for 'dilapidated'. Houses allotted by the agency just four years ago for prices ranging from Rs 55 lakh to Rs 80 lakh are already going to seed.
At Signature View Apartments in Mukherjee Nagar, the grit wash exterior finish is coming off and falling plaster has damaged several cars. At Samridhi Apartments in Sector 18-B, Dwarka, residents have to trudge up 10-storey buildings as the lifts usually don't work. None of the 30 towers there has a no-objection certificate from the fire department. And at CWG Flats in Vasant Kunj, SUVs are not allowed in the basement parking due to "design defects".
Delhi Development Authority may be dreaming up a 100-storey Signature Tower in east Delhi but the quality of construction in its bread-and-butter housing projects raises many questions. Allottees under the 2010 housing scheme, who together paid crores in maintenance charges to the agency, feel cheated. The houses have been handed over without completing development work or providing basic facilities like lifts and fire-fighting equipment.
"Instead of four lifts, just one or two have been installed in each block," says Ravi Mathur, owner of a sixth-floor flat in Ganga Apartments, Vasant Kunj. Often, the lifts don't work. "How can they give possession of a building that doesn't have a completion certificate and fire clearance? They are risking our lives." Mathur hasn't moved in because of the problems.
DDA has installed lifts in its Dwarka and Mukherjee Nagar apartments but these, residents say, are not maintained and don't work most of the time. People have got stuck in lifts for hours. "The lift doesn't go to the basement because of waterlogging," says Kailash Pandey, president of Samridhi Apartments RWA, pointing out the design defects that let rainwater enter his building's common areas.
In Vasant Kunj, DDA's designers even got the height of the basement parking wrong. As a result, SUVs have to be parked outside. "We will have to provide them surface level parking. Now, we can't do anything about it," says Abhai Sinha, engineering member, DDA, adding, "The parking can be utilized by small cars. For big cars, we have identified a vacant plot nearby."
The agency has not handed over parking lots in some of the societies. Residents of Sanskriti Apartments have been waiting for their parking lots since 2007. "We have written to DDA repeatedly, but they are yet to allot parking space," says Sanjeev Thakur, former president of the society.
DDA had collected Rs 45 crore and Rs 22 crore, respectively, from allottees in Dwarka Sector 18B and Vasant Kunj CWG Flats as maintenance charges for 30 years. But many of the residents say they have had to get their flats repaired repeatedly since moving in after 2013.
Kamal Mahajan, who lives in one of DDA's Dwarka societies, says seepage is a major problem as drainage pipes are either missing or broken in many places. The basements are also flooded with sewer water. "This will weaken the foundations of the buildings but DDA is not bothered."
In Mukherjee Nagar, DDA is getting the grit-washed exterior walls repaired. "The quality of work is shoddy and after four months it is nowhere near completion," says Deepak Kumar, a resident.
In Dwarka and Mukherjee Nagar, allottees say DDA made them submit affidavits stating that they would take possession of their flats without water and electricity connections, fire NOCs and completion certificates. "We took a huge loan for our house. People had no option but to move in, as no one can afford to pay both installments and rent," adds Deepak, who took DDA to court for demanding affidavits from the allottees.
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The 2009 installment of the award-winning sports franchise brings a raft of extensive new additions that will further bridge the gap between PES and the real thing. The new game has undergone a stunning graphical update to ensure its players look and move even more like their real-life counterparts. Similarly, all-new options allow users to tailor the game to their own tastes, while new moves, innovative new control elements and key online elements will further the realism of the new game.
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Townsend Telescope: Photograph Services Photographs (5)
Townsend Telescope: Telescope Parts (2)
Townsend Telescope: Pre-Earthquake Photographs (1)
Jul 2008 - Dec 2014
Graeme Kershaw (5)
Canterbury Astronomical Society (2)
Canterbury College (2)
James Townsend (2)
Christchurch Arts Centre (1)
Observatory (1)
clock drive (x)
Photographic Services Photograph 03
A photograph of Graeme Kershaw, Technician at the University of Canterbury Department of Physics and Astronomy, sitting among the damaged parts of the Townsend Telescope. The telescope was damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake, when the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre collapsed. Kershaw has been given the task of restoring the telescope. In this photograph he is holding the telescope's clock drive.
University of Canterbury Photographic Services
11:15pm 4th November 2014
Townsend Telescope, Graeme Kershaw, restoration, telescope, clock drive, astronomy, Local Heritage
A photograph of Graeme Kershaw, Technician at the University of Canterbury Department of Physics and Astronomy, scratching his head as he looks at the damaged clock drive of the Townsend Telescope. The telescope was damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake, when the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre collapsed. Kershaw has been given the task of restoring the telescope.
Townsend Telescope: Part Photograph 63
A photograph of the clock drive from the Townsend Telescope. Many of the plates around the clock drive broke off during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
2:56pm 19th April 2011
Townsend Telescope, telescope, clock, clock drive, Local Heritage
A photograph of Graeme Kershaw, Technician at the University of Canterbury Department of Physics and Astronomy, sitting among the damaged parts of the Townsend Telescope. The telescope was damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake, when the Observatory tower at the Christchurch Arts Centre collapsed. Kershaw has been given the task of restoring the telescope. In this photograph he is holding the telescope's clock drive. In the foreground there is a plaque reading, "The equatorial telescope and accessories in this observatory were presented to Canterbury College by James Townsend Esq. 1891. A large contribution towards the erection of the tower was made by the Canterbury Astronomical Society".
Townsend Telescope, Graeme Kershaw, restoration, telescope, clock drive, plaque, James Townsend, Canterbury College, Canterbury Astronomical Society, astronomy, Local Heritage
Townsend Telescope Pre-Earthquake Photographs 06
A photograph of the clock drive of the Townsend Telescope. The telescope is in the Observatory at the Christchurch Arts Centre. This image was used by Graeme Kershaw, Technician at the University of Canterbury Department of Physics and Astronomy, to identify the telescope's parts after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Dale Kershaw
12:45pm 2nd July 2008
Townsend Telescope, Christchurch Arts Centre, Observatory, clock drive, Local Heritage
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Red 8 at Wynn Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS—Red 8, so named because eight is a lucky number and red a lucky color in Asia, is a lively bistro-style eatery specializing in Southeast Asian flavors and Cantonese cuisine.
Red 8’s diverse menu offers a range of dishes reflecting the cuisines of numerous Asian countries, including China, Thailand, Vietnam, and Korea. As a result, there is truly something for everyone at Red 8 where the exotic is offered alongside the familiar.
Some of the carefully devised dishes include the eternally classic Kung Pao chicken or shrimp, Mongolian beef and Ma Po tofu with spicy minced pork with soft bean curd. Seafood items include soft shell crab with rock salt and jalapeño peppers, and Chilean sea bass.
The inspiration for Todd Avery Lenahan’s design of Red 8 evolved from the notion of an intimate early 20th-century European bistro. From there, he used varied and eclectic influences to lend the space a feeling that bridges past and present. The final result is a bold look for the restaurant within an intimate and inviting framework, and a mood and vibe that is decidedly energetic.
In the main dining room of Red 8, the palette incorporates lacquered black millwork and marble with mahogany and brass accents, red crocodile walls and railings, blue and white chinoiserie, white floors, and coved ceilings . These design elements establish an Asian sensibility and communicate the strength and good fortune symbolized in the restaurant’s name. In the petite private room, a brass cage encompasses the exterior and is a dramatic and compelling treatment that provides for a striking and elegant presentation of the restaurant, which is located at a major intersection within the casino floor.
Guests who dine at Red 8 are sure to enjoy the dynamic, fast paced ambience, deliciously diverse menu and the unbeatable location.
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Spinel • Resurrection of a Classic Gem
By Vincent Pardieu, with Richard W. Hughes & Edward Boehm
Since the turn of the millennium, the price of fine spinel has risen at an incredible pace. No longer simply the poor man's ruby, spinel is finally getting the attention it deserves as one of the world's premier gems.
Introduction to Spinel • A classic gem
Spinel is rising. Like a phoenix, a gem that for centuries was associated with power, fire, beauty and life, is back again.
Over the past several years, interest in spinel has grown and I am delighted to see the newfound fame for classic gem. I first became interested in gemology while studying the history of the 100 Years’ War between France and England. Who could forget the Black Prince’s Ruby, a stone given by the Spanish king to the Black Prince of England as payment for his military support in the civil war of 1366. Later, in 1415, the stone was said to have saved the life of King Henry V of England at the battle of Agincourt. Henry, who had placed the large red orb on his helmet, was struck by the battle axe of the French Duke of Alencon. Sword hit stone; both the ruby and Henry survived.
If these stories were not already amazing enough, imagine a costly military campaign paid for entirely with a single gemstone. These are the legends of the Black Prince’s Ruby. But my greatest astonishment was learning that that the gem was not a ruby at all but, in fact, a red spinel.
Since I had no idea what a spinel was, I decided to learn more about this mysterious gem. Thus began my interest in gemology.
The Black Prince's Ruby. Illustration from Younghusband & Davenport (1919).
The gemology of spinel is a pleasure. Unlike ruby, there are few treatments and separation from both synthetics and simulants is straightforward. Nevertheless spinel is a rich subject, with a history nearly as long as ruby itself. The past fame, disgrace and recent resurrection of the gem are a lesson in the importance of nomenclature in marketing. Since gemology is truly a human science—mixing science, history, geography, art, trade and terminology—we must understand that human emotion is a crucial factor in marketing. Gems, even if rare and beautiful, also need a good name, and spinel is a classic example of that fact.
Namya spinel. Photo: V. Pardieu, 2006
The ashes of injustice
An interesting introduction about the geology and genesis of gem corundum deposits is found in Giuliani et al. in Geology of Gem Deposits (Groat, 2007):
The term “ruby” derives from the Latin word ruber. In Sanskrit, it was called ratnaraj—queen of the precious stones and symbol of permanent eternal fire. In Greco Roman times, the reference to fire was common; in 400 BC Theophrastus related ruby to Anthrax (coal). Two thousand years ago Pliny called all red stones carbunculus (diminutive of carbo) which became escarboucle in old French. In the eleventh century Marbode separated “three times” three types of carbuncles that correspond to the three hues known for ruby (from Myanmar, Thailand and Sri Lanka), red spinel (balas, ruby balas and pleonaste) and red garnet (pyrope, almandine and spessartine).
This introduction explains that the stones known in modern gemology as ruby, spinel and garnet were, for most of human history, simply sold as “red stones;” nevertheless, people were able to separate these red gems based on their obviously different appearances. Prior to the development of mineralogy and chemistry, color, appearance and origin were the traditional and common way to describe and identify gemstones: Thus the famous Balas ruby, under which the modern spinel was classified, probably referred to a “red stone from Badakhshan.”
Exceptional large Tajik spinel weighing over 25 carats.
The origin of the word spinel is unclear. Spinelle was accepted by the French Academy of Science in 1762, possibly coming from the Italian spinello, meaning “joint” (Deville, 2002) or spina, meaning “thorn” (Webster, 1994). As mineralogical analysis moved forward, the use of the word “ruby” was restricted to the red varieties of gem-quality corundum (trigonal Al2O3), while spinel and garnet were used for “rubies” of different mineral types.
Applying the term “spinel” to a gem that had previously been a “ruby” was a disaster from which the gem has only today begun to recover. In older gemological books, we can read marketing death sentences like:
The color of spinel often resembles that of the ruby, but in all other characters the two minerals are perfectly distinct, so that the names ruby-spinel and balas ruby, which are sometimes given to certain color varieties of spinel are misleading and incorrect.
Max Bauer, 1904
The irony is that in the description of rubies in gemological publications we find references to famous rubies like the Black Prince’s Ruby and the Timur Ruby with not a mention that that these rubies are actually spinels. In Corindon et Spinelle, the authors recognize this irony, relating that “if spinel is not well known in Europe as a gem, red spinel used as ‘ruby’ is present in many pieces of royal jewelry.”(Cresbon et al., 2002).
What does this mean? It shows that red spinel was appreciated for centuries as among the most valuable of gems, a stone precious enough to be collected by kings. There is more than a little irony in the fact that the vast majority of famous “rubies” are actually red spinels; true rubies are rare. Thanks to these famous spinels, Europeans became familiar with “ruby.” And some 200 years ago, when European mineralogists learned to separate ruby from spinel, the seeds of a great injustice were sown.
The main problem spinel faced during the past two centuries was the lack of name recognition. Centuries of promotion and marketing all went to ruby. Sadly, even though spinels were among famous European treasures where they were still described to the public as “ruby,” with the exception of a small group of connoisseurs, spinels dropped from sight.
Once a clear distinction was made between ruby and spinel, demand for spinel was suddenly lacking, resulting in declining prices and poor consumer awareness. By the end of the 20th century, spinel had become, at best, a collector stone or, at worst, a cheap alternative for ruby.
On the other hand, the equation between supply and demand for rubies was probably the opposite: fine large rubies suddenly became even rarer, but public recognition of the ruby name was great. It may explain the colonial appetites of the French and English empires for the Mogok ruby mines during the 1880s which resulted in the creation of the “Burma Ruby Mines Limited” in 1888 and its successful introduction on the London Stock Exchange in 1889.
Fine Vietnamese red spinel. Stone courtesy of Pala International. Photo: Wimon Manorotkul.
Reports about the fabulous ruby treasures of the king of Burma, the British conquest of Burma, and the arrival of the Burmese army in Mogok provided serious promotion for ruby, but nothing for spinel. But few saw the large fabulous gems they dreamed about, as most large rubies like the famous Nga Mauk of the Burmese king disappeared after the British army took Mandalay in 1888. The whereabouts of these large rubies of the Burmese king are unknown and some wonder if they ever existed.
The book Ruby & Sapphire (Hughes, 1997) details the deep historical and gemological relation between red spinel and ruby. Hughes says that large fine rubies were and are still extremely rare, one of the reasons being that most of the large historic rubies became spinels when the terminology was revised. He also points out that the only important historic source for rubies until the 20th century was Burma.
An additional factor explaining the rarity of large fine Burmese rubies is also discussed. For many centuries in Burma all the large rubies were de facto the property of the Burmese kings. Stories do exist of Burmese miners breaking up large stones into smaller stones in order to be able to sell them instead of giving them to the king. The famous Nga Mauk ruby and the fate of the miner who found it is a good illustration of this theory.
As a result, many large rubies were possibly lost forever while the large rubies that could escape that fate and were collected by the Burmese king disappeared when the British army took Mandalay. The stones were apparently broken or recut to be sold. As a result, when we study the list of confirmed known large beautiful faceted unheated rubies over twenty carats, it is extremely short.
During the last thirty years, as demand for such stones has increased, several large and fine stones have appeared in the market, but the transparency and beauty of these exceptional gems is partly the result of heat treatment. The reasons for the high market value of rubies are the combination of high demand and a very limited supply. This high demand is driven by the stone’s beauty and durability, but also by the incredible public recognition of the word “ruby.” Thanks, probably, in large part to the stones that are today called “spinels.”
Spinel: A modern beauty
In today’s world, where few can afford a large ruby or a pink diamond, where the taste for beauty is greatly influenced by diamond marketing, where ruby is struggling with treatment controversies, spinel is making a noticeable return, and this could be the possible start of a true resurrection. The lack of public recognition of spinel means that a beautiful large gem is still much more affordable than a ruby or a diamond of equivalent size and beauty. Thus weakness can possibly become an advantage.
In an age of ecological awareness, a gem whose beauty is entirely from nature can have a significant advantage over a treated stone. As public recognition of spinel is growing, I believe that spinel, as the phoenix (an Asian symbol for beauty and females and a western symbol of immortality, fire, resurrection and divinity) could be reborn from the ashes of injustice. If ruby is the king of the gemstones, if diamonds are eternal, spinel is truly, at least for me, the phoenix gem.
Fine red spinels from Mahenge, Tanzania. These fabulous gemstones (over 20 carats each) were cut from one of the giant crystals found in August 2007 at Ipanko. Stones courtesy of Paul Wild, Idar-Oberstein. Photo: V. Pardieu/Gübelin Gem Lab 2008.
It is probably foolish to compare one gem with another, but let me try. Regarding beauty, there is no question that red spinel does not hold its color under fluorescent lighting as well as ruby. Nevertheless, in natural or incandescent light, fine red spinels simply look gorgeous.
Spinel’s second traditional weakness compared to ruby is that its saturation is usually weaker. For this reason, “balas rubies” were in the past seen as “feminine” rubies: spinels, with the noticeable exception of some highly fluorescent spinels from the Namya deposit in Burma, are usually more pastel than rubies of equivalent hue and tone. With a colder beauty compared to ruby, spinel is nevertheless benefiting from the fact that the diamond industry has, during the last century, done a lot for the promotion of “cold beauty” and the pastel colors of colored diamonds.
Spinel can be truly seen as a modern gemstone as many aspects of the beauty of spinels are in the line with the tremendous marketing efforts that were carried out by the diamond industry. The influence of diamonds in the modern taste for beauty is obvious: nowadays gems have to be faceted, be highly transparent, and sparkle with an excellent cut and symmetry. Rubies do not entirely fit with this new trend.
Large spinels, being less expensive than rubies, are also usually better cut, as weight retention is less an issue. With a hardness of eight on Mohs’ Scale, they also achieve an excellent polish and spinel’s durability enables it to be used in all types of jewelry.
Like diamond, spinel is also singly refractive. The best spinels have a wonderful transparency difficult to find with doubly refractive stones like rubies (which are also usually included and silky).
The combination of good cut and polish, high transparency and attractive color makes large, clean spinels truly beautiful and lively sparkling gems which will perfectly fit the modern taste for beauty in colored gemstones. Red spinel also has another interesting advantage: diversity. Red spinels are today found in four localities around the world, each of which produces stones with slightly different colors and transparency.
Sources of red spinels
Spinels and rubies are found in the same mining areas, with one important exception; Kuh-i-Lal, the traditional historical source of spinels, where no ruby is found. The Kuh-i-Lal mines (known in the gemological literature as the ‘Badakhshan ruby mines’) are located in what is today Tajikistan. During much of the 20th century, little was known about these mines due to their geographical situation in a closed area of the then-Soviet Union.
Said to have been discovered following a 7th century earthquake, the Kuh-i-Lal mines were the world’s main sources for large spinels for centuries. Located on the famous Silk Road that linked Europe with Asia, these mines probably produced the Black Prince’s Ruby, the Timur Ruby and other large spinels from the Persian, Russian, Mughal and European treasuries. The mines fell under the control of Imperial Russia at the time of the “Great Game,” when Russian and British colonial appetites created the map of Central Asia with Afghanistan as a buffer state between Russia and British India. As the Soviet Union had no real interest for gems and jewelry, the exact location of these ancient mines, located on the Russia-Afghanistan border, was long a mystery to the outside world.
Following the collapse of the Soviet empire and the end of the ensuing Tajik civil war, spinel mining was ramped up. In 2005 and 2006, several gemologists visited and reported about these historic mines (Bowersox, 2005; Hughes & Pardieu et al., 2006).
Most Kuh-i-Lal spinels tend towards pink. But as with all lighter-toned stones, color builds with size. The explanation is simple optics: as the light path becomes longer inside the gem, the color becomes more saturated. Recently large red spinels have again been reported from the famous Kuh-i-Lal mines of Tajikistan. These are said to closely resemble the gems of yore, those royal spinels that made the name “ruby” a household word.
Vince Pardieu, Kuh-i-Lal village and the Panj river (the natural border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan) as seen from the historic spinel mines. Photo: G. Soubiraa, 2006.
During most of the 20th century, interest in spinel was minimal. The main spinel mining area was then Mogok,
the “ruby land” of the former Burmese kings. Mined in Mogok, red spinel was for years seen as a by-product of ruby mining, a cheaper alternative to ruby.
A view of Mogok, its lake (a former gem mine) and pagoda-covered mountains. Photo V. Pardieu, 2004.
Mogok, Myanmar
I visited the Mogok valley, the famous "ruby land," four times from 2001 to 2004. It was the main world source for red spinels in the 20th century. In Mogok, red and pink spinels can be found in both primary and secondary deposits throughout this beautiful pagoda-studded mountainous region. At the time of my visits, the most productive spinel mines were near Pein Pyit village in the eastern part of the Mogok Stone Tract. The area produces spinels both from primary deposits in marbles (associated commonly with chondrodite, mica and blue apatite)
Mogok red spinels can be found in many hues, tones and saturations from the lightest pink through orangy red (called flame spinels) and purplish red to pure red (sometimes called in the past ruby spinels). The fine intense red spinels are called in Burmese anyant pan. For many years, as the interest in spinel was weak, the main quality factor for Mogok spinels was to look like rubies, meaning to have a high red saturation. Such stones are still appreciated in traditional markets such as Geneva, in Switzerland.
Fine Mogok red spinel (over 5 carats) with Mogok spinel crystals including "Star of David" macles. Photo: Vincent Pardieu/Gübelin Gem Lab, 2008.
Namya, Myanmar
As a gemology student in Burma in 2000, I lived with a Mogok spinel dealer. Thus I was perfectly situated to witness the growing interest in spinel, when a fabulous find was made at Namya (a.k.a. Namyazeik or Nanyazeik), a small village near the Hpakan jade mines in Burma’s Kachin state.
Richard Hughes had visited the area in 1996 and again in 1997, but there was little mining. In December 2000, thousands of miners descended on the scene following the discovery of stunning, hot pink spinels (see photo) and attractive rubies. In July 2001, with Hemi Englisher, an enthusiastic Thailand-based spinel dealer, and Ted Themelis, I was among the first foreigners to visit this deposit after its revival. It was my very first gemological expedition, a revelation for a future “travel-addicted gemologist.”
Production at Namya is irregular. The swampy mining area is difficult to work during the rainy season due to flooding and malaria. High season is November through April. Mining at Namya is similar to that seen in alluvial mining areas in Mogok.
During my second visit in 2002, about twenty companies were mining. Most of them were ethnic-based former insurgent groups, who negotiated peace deals with the Burmese military in exchange for economic advantages. Private Burmese companies and the Burmese military were also involved in mining. Several areas were also left to local Kachin farmers for mining during the dry season. During Richard Hughes’ September 2004 visit, mining was only a fraction of what had existed just a few years earlier.
Even though as many as a thousand people were involved in mining and trading during the 2002 high season, few fine Namya spinels reached the gem market. Nevertheless beautiful faceted stones up to ten carats were seen.
The supply of fine large-faceted red spinels was an issue for gem dealers interested in Mogok red spinels: bright gems, I use to call “Jedi Spinels” as a reference to Hollywood blockbuster Star Wars, were a true rarity. Large Mogok red spinels are often “on the dark side of the force,” as I used to say, meaning a bit too dark in tone. Due to the scarcity of fine material, the spinel market was being limited to the gemstone collectors/ connoisseurs and to the ruby simulant niche.
Even if red spinels are now found outside Burma, Mogok is currently the only known world source for small to medium size truly red spinels. In other spinel mining areas like Tajikistan, Tanzania, Vietnam, Sri Lanka or Madagascar, most of the spinels found in small size are pink to reddish pink, at best.
Hot pink spinels in rough and cut form from Namya, Burma. Photo: V. Pardieu, 2005.
In Vietnam, near Luc Yen, mining of rubies and spinels started seriously after 1990. Spinel mining was present when I visited the area in 2005 near Truc Lau and An Phu villages. These areas are beautiful and scenic with landscapes reminiscent of old Chinese paintings: white karst marble mountains surrounded by green rice fields and traditional villages. Spinels are found under the rice fields and in the marbles of the karst cliffs. Most of the Vietnamese production is composed of lovely and bright pastel-pink to pastel-purple gems. Very delicate pure “baby pink” gems can be found, and several gem dealers working with Vietnamese material referred to Luc Yen as a heaven of purity for pink spinels. Red spinels from Vietnam have been reported but they are so far truly rare.
Spinel and ruby mining in rice fields near An Phu village, Luc Yen region, Vietnam. In the background are white marble cliff where spinels are also mined. Luc Yen Vietnam. Photo: V. Pardieu, 2005.
In Tanzania, spinels were found during the 1980s in marbles near Matombo and Mahenge, in Morogoro province. At that time, there was little market for the pinkish and often sleepy stones. When ruby mining in Morogoro declined, miners moved to Songea and Tunduru. When farmers found fine spinels at Ipanko near Mahenge in 2000, work began anew and soon the Mahenge region had more miners involved in spinel than ruby mining.
While many Mahenge spinels are of the pinkish, sleepy type, fine transparent reddish-pink stones are also regularly found from the Ipanko marbles and the nearby secondary deposits. In August 2007, the discovery of four huge spinel crystals weighing from six to fifty-four kilos brought spinel fever to Tanzania. These giant spinel crystals were opaque in their center, but gem-quality transparent material was found near the outside. Several exceptional highly transparent red spinels from 10 to 50 carats were reported to have been faceted from these areas; some of these stones were among the most spoken about gems seen at the Baselworld 2008 gem show in Switzerland. Spinel was back in force.
View over the Ipanko spinel mines near Mahenge, Tanzania and the exact location where the giant spinel crystals were found in August 2007. Photo: V. Pardieu, 2005.
A few weeks after the discovery of these giant crystals, VP and RWH visited the Mahenge mines. Several days after our visit, spinel mining at Ipanko was reported to have nearly stopped due to disputes over mining rights. Currently the situation is in flux, but Tanzania is now seen as a potential spinel wonderland.
Other localities
Other smaller spinel deposits have been discovered at Malipo in China’s Yunnan Province at the end of the 1990s, and in the Tsavo region of southwestern Kenya during the 1980s. Pastel-colored spinels are also found in the mountains near Hunza in the north of Pakistan, and from alluvial deposits in Sri Lanka, Madagascar (Ilakaka) and Tanzania (Tunduru). Sri Lanka is one of the oldest sources for spinel, but fine red stones are rare.
During the first years of the 21st century, pink came into vogue, driven by celebrity gifts of pink diamonds. The result was extreme demand for bright pink gems, including pink sapphires and pink spinels.
It was a great chance for pink spinel. With the new pink wave, spinel mining became more profitable and thus more miners moved to spinel-producing areas. As production increased, conditions for the discovery of truly exceptional gems were then present.
This is a key point in understanding gem production: exceptional gems cannot be mined without lesser stones. But exceptional stones alone do not support mining. Indeed, in the rare event that a fine stone is found, the lucky man may actually leave the business with his profits.
In any mine, the majority of stones found are low in quality. As colored stone miners often lack capital, they need a regular income to finance mining. If miners cannot sell the lesser gems, mining is not profitable and few will take the risk. Thus gem mining requires a steady market for the lower qualities. That market creates the chance for exceptional stones to be unearthed.
Fine Pamir spinel (over 20 carats) from Tajikistan, with rough spinels from the Kuh-i-Lal mines. Photo: Vincent Pardieu/Gübelin Gem Lab, 2008.
After nearly two centuries buried in the shadows of its former “ruby” alias, spinel is making a welcome return. Will this become a resurrection for this beautiful gem? Only time will tell. Nevertheless, the prognosis is good. With four major producing areas providing large clean and colorful gems, the supply problem will probably be less of an issue. New trends in jewelry like the pink wave suggest that spinel is on track to become one of the important gemstones of the coming century.
With such possibilities, long-term strategies with spinels are now a credible option for major gem dealers. This was noticed by several companies that started to invest and promote fine spinels. I would not be surprised if spinel continue its comeback.
On a visit to Tanzania in 2008, I was asked about the recent extreme price hikes for spinel: “Do you think spinel prices will continue to rise?” As a spinel lover, I say: “Why not?” This would be simple justice for a wonderful gem with a glorious past. With but a few notable exceptions, the great “rubies” of the past existed only in the words of the ancient texts. I relish the day when, once again, the great natural red stones might be beautiful red spinels. Spinel is rising.
Eric Saul, ICA Ambassador to Tanzania, presenting a fine 12-carat red spinel cut from one of the giant Mahenge spinel crystals. Stone courtesy of Swala Gem Traders. Photo: V. Pardieu, 2007.
Special thanks to all the true spinel lovers, miners, dealers, gemologists or collectors who shared their knowledge and passion for this lovely gem.
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Vincent Pardieu has held a number of positions in his gemological career. His writings and research can be found at www.fieldgemology.org and at the GIA's website.
Edward Boehm is President of RareSource in Chatanooga, TN, specializing in fine, collectible, and exotic gems. He can be contacted through his website at www.raresource.com.
This article appeared in the ICA's InColor, Summer 2008, pp. 10–18.
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FBI Scandal Escalates After New Report Reveals Their Sickest Skeleton Yet
Kara Curry
The sheer volume of corruption within the FBI and the DOJ was further revealed with the closed-door testimony of Justice Department official Bruce Ohr. His recent testimony demonstrated the lengths these individuals were willing to go to in the effort to oust a duly elected president.
Ohr’s testimony offered detailed insight into the FBI information-gathering steps both prior to and during its surveillance of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in 2016.
Ohr is the Justice Department’s director of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, a role he held during “spygate” and still holds currently.
“Spygate” is the name many have dubbed the ongoing scandal surrounding the FBI-led and DOJ assisted plot to surveil Donald Trump’s campaign during his 2016 presidential bid in an unprecedented effort to thwart and later ouster Trump’s bid for the White House.
Breitbart reports –
“According to House Freedom Caucus chairman Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), Ohr confirmed the FBI “privately” re-engaged Trump dossier author Christopher Steele and continued receiving additional information, despite terminating its relationship with the former British intelligence agent.
“This was after suggesting to the American public they had cut Steele off,” Meadows noted:
Bruce Ohr CONFIRMED in his interview today: after the FBI terminated their relationship with Chris Steele for leaking to the media, the FBI privately reengaged with him and continued receiving his info. This was after suggesting to the American public they had cut Steele off.
— Mark Meadows (@RepMarkMeadows) August 29, 2018
In another stunning admission, Ohr reportedly told the committee that the FBI lacked confidence in the Steele dossier — yet still used the largely unconfirmed document to obtain permission from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to surveil Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
“Not only did the FBI know the dossier was unverified, but they also knew there were real credibility issues where it would never end up in a courtroom,” Meadows said as quoted by the Washington Times.
Further, Ohr reportedly told lawmakers that the FBI was aware of Steele’s bias against then-candidate Trump before applying for a warrant to surveil Page.
“When it comes to the dossier, the hours of testimony from Bruce Ohr only further confirm how wrong the FBI operated,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) told investigative journalist Sara Carter.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), another Republican lawmaker who attended Tuesday’s interview, said that, thus far, Ohr’s interview and others have shown an “excessive reliance” on the dossier. “And if the dossier truly is the rotten foundation upon which the Mueller church is built, I think that’s an important revelation,” he said.
Four wealthy Russians take more specific exception to the dossier: they say they were libeled.
In four separate lawsuits filed as recently as April, the Russians sued Steele and BuzzFeed, the online news outlet that published the memos in January 2017. Three of the Russians — all owners of a Moscow-based financial-industrial conglomerate called Alfa Group — also have sued Fusion GPS, the research company that enlisted Steele under a contract with a law firm connected to the Democrats.
Russian tech entrepreneur Aleksej Gubarev and the Alfa Group’s owners — Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven, and German Khan — all say they had nothing to do with the events described in the dossier.
In cases playing out in state, federal, and British courts, they say they took unfair hits to their reputations. The four men are named in two separate Steele memos, both of whom are seemingly out of alignment with the rest of the dossier, as their legal teams have stressed in court filings.
Appearing on the Fox News Channel’s Hannity, Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) revealed that Ohr identified “half a dozen senior FBI and Department of Justice officials that he told of his involvement, his wife’s involvement, all of the details of their interactions with Christopher Steele, with Glenn Simpson, with the payment.”
Ratcliffe, troubled by the embattled Justice Department’s interview, offered sober advice to the Ohr family: “I’d retain a really good lawyer.”
“As a former federal prosecutor, I gotta tell you,” the House Judiciary member continued, “what I heard today in Bruce Ohr’s testimony was shocking, alarming and disappointing. These kinds of things did not happen in the Justice Department where I worked.”
The Hill’s John Solomon told Hannity Tuesday evening that neither Bruce nor Nellie Ohr has been contacted by special counsel Robert Mueller as part of his investigation into collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.
“Many of the members I talked to said that they thought that was one of the most important revelations today, that Bruce Ohr said he has never heard, nor has his wife, ever heard from special counsel Mueller,” Solomon said.
Appearing on the Fox News Channel’s The Story with Martha MacCallum the prior evening, Ratcliffe said both Bruce and Nellie’s communications with Steele were not mentioned in the four Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) applications used to obtain permission to surveil Page.
“You had folks like Sally Yates, and Jim Comey, and Andy McCabe, and Rod Rosenstein all swear to the court that they were giving full and complete information about the dossier,” said Ratcliffe. “And I can tell you, having seen the unredacted FISA applications, that Bruce Ohr and his involvement and Nellie Ohr and her involvement was never disclosed in any of the four applications.”
It is Ohr’s relationship with Steele that has recently attracted increased levels of scrutiny and raised concerns that he was operating outside his job description. The two had met a decade earlier, bonding over a mutual interest in Russian organized crime and forging a friendly relationship that persisted throughout the years.
“It was obvious early on that Bruce Ohr was the backchannel for Steele,” a congressional source told Sara Carter, adding – “The FBI was aware of potential bias of Nellie Ohr and they knew about Steele’s bias early on but never included it in the FISA application. It’s astonishing the FBI kept the information from the court: the fact that there was a back channel after they terminated Christopher Steele and also Fusion GPS, knowing Ohr’s wife was working there.”
Though Ohr did not handle national security or counterintelligence work in the deputy attorney general’s office, he nonetheless became a point of contact for Steele to share information within the months leading up to the 2016 presidential election as the ex-spy dug into potential ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. The two were in touch throughout that time period, and Ohr passed along tidbits he learned to the FBI, which was conducting its own investigation.
The co-founder of Fusion GPS, the political research firm that paid Steele for the investigation, told House lawmakers in a closed-door meeting last year that he also met with Ohr at Steele’s behest amid what he said was anxiety that federal investigators were not taking seriously enough the threat of Russian election interference and the information that Steele had accumulated.
“We were, frankly, you know, very scared for the country and for ourselves and felt that if we could give it to someone else, we should, higher up,” said Glenn Simpson, who helped start the firm. “And so Chris suggested I give some information to Bruce, give him the background to all this. And we eventually met at a coffee shop, and I told him the story,” he added.
President Trump has kept the pressure on Ohr — and his boss, Attorney General Jeff Sessions — on Twitter. “Will Bruce Ohr, whose family received big money for helping to create the phony, dirty and discredited Dossier, ever be fired from the Jeff Sessions ‘Justice’ Department? A total joke!” the president tweeted on August 20:
Will Bruce Ohr, whose family received big money for helping to create the phony, dirty and discredited Dossier, ever be fired from the Jeff Sessions “Justice” Department? A total joke!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2018
President Trump has also suggested he will move “very quickly” to revoke Ohr’s security clearance, along with others in the department whom the White House believes are profiting off their access to sensitive information.”
Meghan McCain Absolutely Unloads On Trump In Awful Funeral Speech To Her Father
In-N-Out Refuses To Back Down – Responds To Dem Boycott With Blistering Statement
The Marine Corp band in their bright red uniforms were on the south balcony of the White House on a bright, sunny Tuesday in Washington, DC. The Army Chorus sang, beginning the event with ‘America the Beautiful’ and concluded with ‘God Bless America’. At least two people who were guests at President Trump’s Celebration of America event yesterday knelt, showing exactly why so many Americans are ticked over the National Anthem controversy.
The event replaced a celebration at the White House in honor of the Super Bowl win for the Philadelphia Eagles. These two disrespectful idiots took a knee as the “Star Spangled Banner” rang out across the South Lawn of the White House. Simply disgraceful. These aren’t social justice warriors… these are unpatriotic jerks.
A video was posted to Twitter by a reporter for SVT, the Swedish national public TV broadcaster. It shows a man, wearing a light blue button down, kneeling as the National Anthem played, before clapping and ultimately coming to his feet after the song finished. I guess he thought that was his five minutes of fame or something.
Should President Trump shut the border down now with no more warnings about it or delay?
— Amanda Shea (@TheAmandaShea) November 26, 2018
What it really amounted to was making a fool out of himself internationally. President Trump showcases all of these liberal dimwits for what they are… America-hating, radical leftists who are far more interested in hating our brave police officers and our country than they are in respecting America and taking national pride in their country and President.
When President Trump took the podium, he blew his audience away with his love for our country, military, police, flag and the National Anthem. He made every single person who disrespects them like this look like the small, craven liberals that they really are. The man, who did not identify himself, left the event immediately after the United States Marine Band performed the anthem, according to a news anchor for TV2 Denmark. Gee, crawling away with his tail between his legs like the lowly cur he his. Guess he couldn’t stand patriotism after he showed how much he hates his own country.
A man takes a knee during Trump’s celebration. pic.twitter.com/zghJSk2YOu
— Carina Bergfeldt (@carinabergfeldt) June 5, 2018
There was a second man who was pictured kneeling as well. That was posted to Twitter by a CNN White House producer. He was wearing a light blue checkered shirt and had a little American flag. This guy was right up front. He was also apparently the same person who reportedly heckled Trump. That guy was roundly booed by everyone around him. CNN’s analyst April Ryan posted false news on Twitter yesterday claiming people were booing Trump when it was the heckler they went after. She eventually retracted what she said after her own colleagues called her out on the lie. “Stop hiding behind the armed services and the National Anthem,” the guy yelled to a chorus of boos, according to the Daily Mail. “Let’s hear it for the Eagles.” “Go home,” one person shouted at the heckler.
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The President didn’t engage the heckler, but looked in his direction and pursed his lips. He looked like he wanted to smack him. Right there with ya.
President Trump disinvited the Philadelphia Eagles to the White House after they at first said they had more than 70 players coming to the People’s House to celebrate. By this week, that number had dropped to less than ten and then to only one player. They kept trying to change the date to one where President Trump would be out of the country. I don’t blame the President in the least for canceling the visit. That was totally appropriate. If you insist on being ungrateful and insulting a sitting President of the United States, then you don’t deserve the honor of going to the White House period.
Trump claimed on Monday that the team disagreed “with their President because he insists that they proudly stand for the National Anthem, hand on heart, in honor of the great men and women of our military and the people of our country.” Eagles players denied that accusation, pointing out that no one on the team knelt for the anthem during last season. But that has nothing to do with how each individual on the team states his beliefs and shows his disrespect for President Trump.
The man who was booed after shouting @ POTUS also took a knee during the anthem but appears to also sing the anthem while kneeling, based on pic by Olivier Douliery/ TNS. (He was behind me & I didn't turn around until I heard him shouting) pic.twitter.com/qwuqpEXrOE
— Noah Gray (@NoahGrayCNN) June 5, 2018
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders accused the team of a “political stunt” just minutes before Tuesday’s alternative event began, claiming the players had chosen to “abandon their fans.” That’s exactly what they did. “If this wasn’t a political stunt by the Eagles franchise then they wouldn’t have committed to attend the event and then backed out,” she said in her Tuesday press briefing. “And if it wasn’t a political stunt, they wouldn’t have attempted to reschedule the visit while the President was overseas.”
Trump was brief in his remarks and only spoke for about four minutes. He began by explaining why it’s an issue of patriotism for Americans to stand for the National Anthem. “We love our flag and stand for our National Anthem,” Trump said to great applause from the crowd on the South Lawn of the White House. “We stand to honor our military and to honor country and to honor the fallen heroes who never made it back home.” Yes, we do… and those that don’t can take a hike.
At The White House. One guy in the audience took a knee during the national anthem at President Trumps celebration of America no Eagles event. Left right after – didn’t wanna talk pic.twitter.com/NLRGp26gln
— Jesper Zølck (@zolckTv2) June 5, 2018
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Melania Trump’s first year in office was marked by immense criticism of our incredible first lady, who in the eyes of the Trump family’s numerous detractors, Melania could do nothing right, or at least as well as her predecessor, Michelle Obama. This included her full Christmas decor plan, which was stunning in silver and white, and a beautiful modern take on the same tired style that Michelle un-creatively came up with.
This year’s decorations will likely be no different, if not worse.
Last year, liberals claimed she decked the halls in depression and gloom, likening it to looking more like a haunted house than a holiday home. So, what will they say about this year’s new look?
Congrats, @MichelleObama, for reaching the highest level of arrogance in being offended that @FLOTUS didn’t ask for your advice on doing the job. Don’t worry, she learned what not to do by watching you.#MAGA #Trump2020 #MelaniaTrump #MichelleObama #FLOTUS
Chicks On The Right reports:
FLOTUS doesn’t just slay on the fashion front. Her decorating skills are off the charts. (Yes, yes– I know she didn’t do this by herself, but if you really believe she didn’t have a say, you’re nuuuuuuuuuuuuts.)
ANYWHO. She finally unveiled this year’s White House Christmas decorations, and they’re GORGEOUS.
The People’s House @WhiteHouse is ready to celebrate Christmas and the holiday season! pic.twitter.com/oejKW3mC15
— Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) November 26, 2018
You have no idea how much I want to stroll through those halls of beautifully decorated trees. Oh well. I’ll have to settle for the aisles of Hobby Lobby.
The @WhiteHouse is sparkling for the Christmas season! pic.twitter.com/ncNhlkZAWl
It all looks great. I’m obsessed. TY, that is all.
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By Jean Floyd
A visitor from the 1840s visiting Rye today would recognise much of it: the Landgate, the street pattern within the walls, Ypres Tower, the stone buildings that survived the fire of 1377, many of the houses, the cobbles, but oh, how much else has changed! Take Watchbell Street as an example:
Today fewer than 50 people live on the stretch between the Hope Anchor and the Methodist Church (which of course was not there in our visitor’s day)–and not a single one of them is a child. In the 1840s there were nearly five times that number (285 persons in 1841), and a third of these were children!
In that year a detour down Hucksteps Row would have found some 80 further residents, over half of them children, in 17 houses. (Today would find fewer than 10 persons in 6 houses). There were multiple interrelationships among neighbours. A child might have 35 cousins living nearby.
Households contained up to 10 people, usually a mixture of generations and relatives. For example, in one household lived a widower with a grown unmarried daughter, a widowed son with his child, a niece, a couple of lodgers or ‘scholars’, an annuitant relative and a relative of ‘deranged mind’ (a census term)…. Some households had live-in servants.
Though Rye’s mortality rate was better than many towns, there were many widows of men who drowned at sea and many children being raised by grandparents, single parents or aunts because their mother had died in childbirth. With no provision for the unemployed there were many paupers, and there was no provision for the ‘mentally deranged’.
Rich and poor lived cheek by jowl in the 1500s and 1600s, then separated for tax reasons, but in the 1800s they were well mixed again: fishermen, agricultural labourers, journeymen (carpenters, blacksmiths, boot makers without their own work premises); shipbuilders, merchants, solicitors, gentry; people who became mayors, town clerks, head of the workhouse or borough officers. One solicitor/town clerk sent his son to Oxford.
Most men were in marine occupations: shipwrights, mariners, pilots, smack owners, fishermen, ships’ carpenters, etc. — or in related services (mainly provisions and clothing). They would be up and down the various steps then leading down the cliff to the shipyards because the Strand in the mid 19th century was busy and prosperous – and noisy with all the hammering, loading and unloading. Large numbers of well-regarded ships were built here and travelled all over the world carrying emigrants as well as goods. Regular packets sailed to Boulogne and London.
What of the women? Spinsters and widows were female servants, charwomen, laundresses, dressmakers, milliners, straw bonnet makers, shrimp sellers; there was a lady who ‘picks and gets ready all kinds of poultry, game, etc. in the shortest notice’. But there were also a growing number of schoolmistresses, governesses and ‘companions’. Although a wife belonged to the husband and had few if any rights to property, children or even their own inheritance, there were some notable exceptions on Watchbell Street: grocers, pub managers, property owners, gentry…. (They deserve an article of their own.)
Few children went to school in 1840; parents couldn’t afford the penny a week fee, or shoes for their children who in any case were needed to work. However, schooling was slowly becoming ‘normal’ even before it became compulsory in 1880, and during Victorian and Edwardian times there were at least ten schools of various types and sizes on Watchbell Street.
During the Victorian years (1837-1901), Watchbell Street provided ten of the town mayors. serving up to 11 years each–and that doesn’t count five times mayor Jeremiah Smith who owned houses on Watchbell Street but did not himself live here. The street also provided all three Town Clerks of the period, as well as Clerks of the Peace, Justices of the Peace, the Headmaster of Thomas Peacock, heads of shipbuilding firms, the Harbourmaster and the Clerk of the Rye Union (workhouse).
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Water had to be fetched from a pump until 1880, and there were outdoor privies, usually at the bottom of the garden, until the 1920s and later. You would probably rather not imagine how the street smelled what with no indoor sanitation and fish drying everywhere. Candles were used for lighting into the 1930s, though there were some gas street lights from 1846.
For most people, the only means of transport was their own feet, though boats did ply the river. The town was transformed by the railway which arrived in 1841. With the railway came new blood. No longer had everyone who lived here been born within a radius of a few miles with everyone related to everyone else.
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Alabama landed a preferred walk-on commitment from 2019 quarterback Jayden George of Indianapolis (Ind.) Warren Central on Wednesday evening.
"It’s been a long process and I’m excited to announce I will be continuing my dream to play football at the University of Alabama next year!" George Tweeted. "I can’t wait to be a part of something special! All glory to God! #RollTide."
The 6-foot-3.5, 205-pounder signal caller has taken several visits in recent weeks to programs like Georgia and Miami, but it was Alabama where he saw the best fit.
George passed for 3,100 yards and 42 touchdowns last season, helping lead Warren Central to the Class 6A state championship win.
Jayden is the son of former Illinois quarterback and No. 1 pick in the 1990 NFL Draft Jeff George, who had stints with the Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons, Oakland Raiders, Minnesota Vikings, Washington Redskins, Seattle Seahawks and the Chicago Bears. The elder George led the league in passing yardage in 1997, and for his career threw for over 27,000 yards. Jayden's older brother, Jeff Jr., played for Illinois before transferring to Michigan and then Pitt.
Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian has no shortage of quarterbacks in his meeting room, a luxury not afforded to many as we enter the Transfer Portal era. Coming out of spring the Tide has its QB1 in Tua Tagovailoa. To go along with UA's Heisman Trophy frontrunner, redshirt sophomore Mac Jones, freshmen Taulia Tagovailoa and Paul Tyson, both four-star prospects in the 2019 class, and redshirt freshman Braxton Barker are on the roster.
Nick Saban was happy with the spring the Tide put together.
“I do think we had a good spring," Saban said after A-Day. "I like the team dynamic we have on this team. Lots of guys work hard and try to do the right things. They support each other. We don’t have any guys pulling anybody down in terms of their work ethic or how they go about their work. They try to support each other. There’s a lot of good competition out there."
Following the spring game, BamaOnLine Senior Analyst Travis Reier wrote about what he believes Sarkisian's thumbprint will be on the Tide offense as he replaces Mike Locksley entering 2019:
If you were wondering if the RPO game left with Locksley for Maryland, Tagovailoa's 17-yard slant to Jerry Jeudy on the opening snap of A-Day told you all you needed to know. On a day when Alabama was more vanilla than rocky road in terms of what went into the game plan, we did see enough to think more under center stuff could be on the way (with an emphasis on the red zone). Spring games have a tendency to be one long 7-on-7 period; just with 11 guys on both sides of the ball. With Alabama throwing 75 passes compared to 47 runs on Saturday, that's what Crimson Tide fans were treated to once again.
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21/03/2014 by Ayudhya
By: Sadwika Salain
In public health promotion, the values within community – where the program is being implemented – need to be admired and then taken into account to support the leadership capacity (Eckerman et. al (1995) quoted in Talbot, L. and Verrinder G (2005). Furthermore, Talbot, L. and Verrinder G. (2005) extracted the community values become equity, equality, social justice, human right as well as cultural safety. In addition to Talbot, L. and Verrinder G. (2005), Rowitz (2001) has also highlighted the efficacy of considering social justice and equity to augment one’s leadership capacity.
Dr Hetzel is an Australian medical scientist who gave major and exemplary contributions in combating the Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD) in many developing countries; India, China, Indonesia, Thailand etc. (Hetsel, B., 2005). He was born in London, UK in 1922 of Australian parent and grown up in UK and Australia (The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre, retrieved 10 October 2008).
Dr Basil Hessel grown up in the western community – Australia-UK, where it has different cultures and values with those of such developing countries. Yet, he successfully promoted the IDD recovery program in those countries. From this, it is implied that Dr. Hetzel has successfully implemented the right approach and strategy and deftly deployed it to deal with the values difference.
A good example to show his faculty in elaborating the local values – especially the cultural safety – was the IDD program in Sengi Village, Central Java in Indonesia, 1973. To support the program, Dr Hetzel involved Prof. Djokomoeljanto – who had both genealogical and cultural similarity with those of Sengi’s villager. This involvement was obviously held by intention and therefore has meanings. Not only was Prof. Djokomoeljanto an expert and previously conducted the Iodine Deficiency research in Sengi, this involvement was also aimed to bridge the gap in regard of language, cultural and even ideology so that the ‘cultural safety’ is achieved.
Special assets and pre-conditions of Hetzel’’s leadership
The special and important asset of Hetzel is his expertise. As a scientist, he fully understood of things related with the Iodine Deficiency. He knew how worse the effects of iodine deficiency are, he perceived the cause why the people suffered from iodine and more importantly know how it could be solved. This asset is obviously an important point.
His expertise also became a good practice of his leadership. As a founder of Research Department and Endocrine Clinic, he made worldwide network then eventually catapulting his leadership capacity.
Important Learning
In order for Hetzel to successfully implement his idea into a worldwide-movement, no doubt that he has conducted series of efficacy approaches that we can learn such as:
Being consistent and contingent
Hetzel – through the Hetzel wheel – has shown us the important of consistency and contingency to obtain the goal (Hetzel, B. 2005). None of the step upon the wheel could be eliminated to gain a success, more specifically in health care.
Being Communicative
Hetzel successfully established communication with politician as policy makers to support the program. In addition, Hetzel also established communication and therefore synergy with other stake holder; salt industry, education system and the media as well as professionals within public health sector (Stanbury, John B, retrieved at 9 October 2008).
The influence of Hetzel story to our leadership approach
As an engineer, I am being accustomed to a straight forward and “black-white” way of thinking. In this scheme, the right thing is absolutely right wherever it does to apply. From Dr. Hetzel approach of leadership, I implied that such black-white approach will not necessarily work as there are no absolute “right or wrong”. It seem to me that Hetzel’s leadership consistently flowed and mutually co-operated with other leadership trait of the program stake holders; politician, scholars, community leaders and eventually community members.
The changes of leadership definition
I defined a leadership as:
“a mutual relationship to influence the follower to conduct things as the leader’s hope, yet they are own-motivated to do so with or without rewards”.
After went through to the Hetzel’s leadership approach, I realized that the previous definition of leadership is still relevant. However, there is important component need to be added for emphasizing the significance of multisectoral involvement – or sometimes defined as collectivism. Therefore, it may be corrected become:
“a mutual relationship to influence others to have collective concern of importance to reach the goal”
In this corrected definition, I emphasize the significance of togetherness or collectivism to make change and transformative action as defined by Dunoon (2002).
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Posted By: Shree Lahiri January 19, 2017
As the cold spell keeps Dilli chill-bound, we were preoccupied with the cold, of course. We also turned to a ‘doormatish’ issue that took on an Amazonian frame!
Walk into any departmental store, or click into any retail outlet (for household goods) and it’s quite the norm to come across doormats. But, then it can turn out to be abnormal too. Here, what I refer to is the diplomatic crisis that was sparked by a doormat for sale at online retail Amazon. The only significant factor here was that the doormats displayed the Indian flag on their Canadian website!
The Indian government immediately got into the act over this flag doormat controversy, and threatened to refuse visas to Amazon employees. India’s foreign minister, Sushma Swaraj criticised Amazon and tweeted that Amazon should “tender an unconditional apology” and demanded that Amazon remove all products that “insult” the Indian national flag.
Fact is, Amazon sells doormats featuring flags of other countries but, in India, desecration of the flag is the worst kind of offense, that is punishable with exorbitant fines and may mean imprisonment too. For us, the national flag is considered to be sacrosanct, so to misuse it in any way is big “No”! It is showing disrespect, to the point of no return!
Amazon swung into action and officially put out a statement that it had removed the doormats from its site. Incidentally, six months ago, Amazon found itself in a similar controversy over sales of doormats illustrating Hindu gods.
If we remember, celebs had their troubling moments with the Indian flag. Like actress, cricket commentator and host Mandira Bedi. Her attire came under attack, when she chose to wear a flag-themed saree, while hosting a cricket match. Her saree had national flags of all the countries. There was an image of the tricolour that was apparently positioned below the knee, which was felt to be disrespectful! This flared up many tempers and finally Mandira also tendered an apology to all who were upset!
But, is getting engaged with controversies a repetitive affair? It seems quite so. After Indian Flag flip-flop, Amazon now got another taste of controversy with Mahatma Gandhi’s image. Their US portal put up flip flops with Mahatma Gandhi’s face on it! Highlighting the issue, Twitterati even tagged PM Modi and Ms Swaraj! Not directly commenting on the slippers issue, Ministry of External Affairs issued a statement saying “Amazon should respect Indian sentiments.” Amazon notably, did not release any comments over the incident, but the flip-flops appeared to have disappeared from their site.
January brings with it waves of festivals with Lohri, Pongal, Makar Sakranti spreading happiness; and with Republic Day celebrations, it rings in patriotism too.
And, then there is the Jallikattu battle being fought in the state of Tamil Nadu. This 2000-year old sport started making news, of late. Jallikattu is popular as a bull-taming sport and is also known as Eruthazhuvuthal or Manju virattu in Tamil. Dating back to almost 2000 years, this sport is enshrined in the rural culture in the villages of Tamil Nadu. Conducted during the harvest season of Pongal, the sport was banned by the central government in 2014.
The court in its 2014 judgement had categorically stated that bulls could not be used as “performing animals”, either for jallikattu events or bullock-cart races in the states of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra or elsewhere in the country. Then, on January 8, the Centre had issued a notification lifting the ban on jallikattu in Tamil Nadu, which was challenged by Animal Welfare Board of India, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India and others.
But, opinion leaders did not shy away from extending support. Legendary star Kamal Haasan extended his support for jallikattu a few days ago, and super star Rajinikanth said the bull-taming sport should be held in tune with Tamil culture and had asked: is it right to negate a culture?
The battle rages on. Today, in protest, Tamil Nadu’s Marina Beach, was teeming with people, protesting for lifting the ban on jallikattu. It seems the turnout is because the youth feel an emotional connect with the jallikattu issue. So, this brings up the question: does the jallikattu uprising actually reveal failure of politics in interpreting or appreciating the Tamil sentiment?
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A fan can only take SO MUCH NBA trade rumors so I thought it was about time I go back to my first true love…CARS.
I thought it’d be fun to educate and remember how awesome Datsun’s were. I can’t wait to get my hands on one when I have the cash too.
But before that, here’s some basic info on Datsun:
Datsun was a marketing brand thought up by DAT Motorcar Co in 1931 but initially it was called the Datson to refer to the smaller size of the vehicle. The name DAT is an acronym from the 3 founders names. You know, kind of like N’Sync. Or at least I think that’s what it was…I can’t even remember now. But anyways, after Nissan took over they changed the “son” part to “sun” to give honor to the Japanese Sun that is part of the logo and because “son” (損) meant loss in Japanese. But Nissan phased out the car by 1986. Even before WW2 Datsuns were a very popular brand and Nissan produced all their cars, except for the trucks, as Datsuns. If anything the Datsun has its roots and story going as far back as Fords. Seriously, starting from early 1900s these babies have been in production! But the reason why they phased out the name was because the new president of Nissan wanted to strengthen the brand power behind the name NISSAN not Datsun. What a fat bastard right?
The cool thing about Datsuns is that they are not just comprised of the average sedan and light weight truck. They are a part of racing history!
With over 80 SSCA racing titles, consecutive Daytona wins and over 200 IMSA victories, Datsuns were a BEAST! They’d take their cars all over the world to race competitively!
Imagine racing one of these babies starting as early as the 1930s, if not earlier!
And every time they lost in a race they just went back to the drawing board to come up with an even better concept that would wow the judges come the next racing season.
But when did Datsun come to America?
Well service men who had been in Japan because of the war had been sneaking them over…somehow. God only knows how those people do it. I once had a friend who’s grandfather sent home piece by piece a German motorcycle and when he got home from the war he rebuilt it himself. Now THAT’S dedication. But after showing at the 1958 Los Angeles Import Car Show they got a few inquiries and they decided to test it out and it was out on the local beach in California that same year. But do you want to know what REALLY got sales rolling? The Fairlady and the bluebird (for obvious reasons).
If only they still made cars like these right?
After that sales just kept getting better for Nissan/Datsun.
But what car MADE Datsun in the US? The 510.
Not only are future Nissans based on it’s design but because of the low cost, great styling and up to date engineering the 510 was nothing but a steal!
Sales just skyrocketed year after year starting at 58,000 in 1968 all the way up to 154,000 in 1970. That’s a LOT of cars sold.
And of course they came out with newer models but like I said earlier they nixed using the name Datsun and started creating the Nissan sedan. It just wasn’t the same after that.
The real downfall of Datsun was when Nissan decided to “let go” of Mr. Yutaka Katayama who in his 15 years at Datsun really turned things around and made a name for Nissan in America but his bold and American Business-like tactics were not well accepted so they moved him to a subsidiary. After he was gone Nissan as well as Datsun just became the norm. There was nothing new and stunning about the cars that had come after his leave. He made Datsun what it is today but I guess it’s what happened to the guy who made Carl’s Jr. right? Just farm him out somewhere. Such a shame sometimes what big corporations can do to ruin themselves. Oh well…
And on a side note, I’m sorry but the new 2002 Datsuns suck. That’s it.
Well I hope you learned something new about cars and about America! Yay cars!
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Trump Campaign's New Hire Has Long History of Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric
by Kilian Melloy
Donald Trump (Source:Associated Press)
It is perhaps no surprise that Donald Trump's election campaign has hired a senior legal adviser, Jenna Ellis, who has a past with Fox News. Just as unsurprising is Ellis' long history of anti-LGBTQ commentary.
NBC News reported that Ellis' social media history is fraught with vitriol against sexual minorities, including a claim that the 2016 designation of national monument for the Stonewall Inn - ground zero for the modern civil rights movement, when, in June of 1969, gay and trans patrons of the bar staged an uprising in response to a police raid - was a "celebration of sin."
Ellis has hammered on that rhetorical theme of gay people being "sinful"
(unlike heterosexual people, perhaps?) on other occasions, NBC News reported, as in a 2017 Facebook post in which she declared:
"Whether or not homosexuals are nice, wise people, or misunderstood, or mean is not the issue — God's Truth is the issue.
"Sin is always sin, even if nice people commit it."
At another point, the NBC report noted, Ellis' shopworn anti-gay talking points veered from "sin" into another familiar homophobic narrative: The insinuation that GBTQ representation constitutes some sort of all-eclipsing takeover, as if showing a gay, lesbian, or transgender individual necessarily meant erasing a heterosexual or cisgender person.
"This overwhelming need to have LGBT 'representation' everywhere shows the falsity of their cry for equality. They want absolute subjugation of culture."
Of course, what LGBTQ people actually want is full equality under the law, and with it full participation in civil society. Ellis, however, pointed at an LGBTQ town hall last year with accusations of "hate," inexplicably claiming that the town hall was, in some mysterious way, "attacking the constitutionally protected right to free exercise of religion."
Perhaps by way of explaining that non sequitur, Ellis posted a snippet of one of her Fox News appearances, in which she once again purported to speak for LGBTQ Americans, saying that they were "trying to target the church and the family" -- though it was unclear from the NBC report exactly what purpose Ellis though non-heterosexuals were targeting those things for.
LGBTQs, as a matter of historical record, have been targeted for specific and quite real constraints on their rights and liberties, from a wave of ballot box initiatives in the 1990s and 2000s seeking to curtail their legal rights by exempting them from legal marriage to the Trump administration's various attacks on LGBTQ rights and protections in the three years since Trump took office.
According to the report, Trump took Ellis' Fox News appearances as a sort of resume, hiring her on based on those appearances.
Axios reports that Trump began asking about Ellis "about a month ago."
Ellis, Axios reported,
...spent a year as the head of the Dobson Policy Center, which is part of the James Dobson Family Institute. Dobson is a prominent evangelical Christian leader, and Ellis has written about the intersection of faith and politics.
When an evangelical publication came out with an editorial last month decrying Trump's failures of moral leadership, Ellis blasted the magazine, the Associated Press reported.
The editorial appeared in "Christianity Today,": and was written by Editor in Chief Mark Galli, who - not unlike many non-believers - questioned the staunch support that Trump has been given by a certain stripe of self-described Christians.
Galli warned that the uncritical, unquestioning alliance of evangelicals with Trump could backfire, writing:
Consider how your justification of Mr. Trump influences your witness to your Lord and Savior. Consider what an unbelieving world will say if you continue to brush off Mr. Trump's immoral words and behavior in the cause of political expediency.
Ellis promptly took to Twitter to excoriate the editorial, the AP noted. Tweeted Ellis:
"Pious 'Never Trumpers' who feel morally justified about this #impeachmentcircus are as morally reprehensible as Democrats."
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Assistant Arts Editor. He also reviews theater for WBUR. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.
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Nanoscale chiral valley-photon interface through optical spin-orbit coupling
Su-Hyun Gong1,2,
Filippo Alpeggiani1,2,
Beniamino Sciacca2,
Erik C. Garnett2,
L. Kuipers1,2,*
1Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Department of Quantum Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Post Office Box 5046, 2600 GA Delft, Netherlands.
2Center for Nanophotonics, AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands.
↵*Corresponding author. Email: l.kuipers{at}tudelft.nl
Science 26 Jan 2018:
DOI: 10.1126/science.aan8010
Su-Hyun Gong
Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Department of Quantum Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Post Office Box 5046, 2600 GA Delft, Netherlands.Center for Nanophotonics, AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands.
ORCID record for Su-Hyun Gong
Filippo Alpeggiani
Beniamino Sciacca
Center for Nanophotonics, AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Erik C. Garnett
ORCID record for Erik C. Garnett
L. Kuipers
ORCID record for L. Kuipers
For correspondence: l.kuipers@tudelft.nl
Nanoscale chiral valley-photon interface
Occupation of different valleys within the band structure of some materials can be used to encode information. That information is typically encoded in terms of the chirality or polarization of emitted photons. Gong et al. combined a plasmonic silver nanowire with a flake of the transition metal dichalcogenide WS2 to form a nanophotonic platform for the transfer of solid-state spin into optical information over mesoscopic distances. The direction of light emission from the nanowire was strongly dependent on the spin-orbit coupling of light and the WS2 layer. Such a highly efficient interface should prove useful for developing valleytronics into a practical on-chip technology.
Science, this issue p. 443
The emergence of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide materials has sparked intense activity in valleytronics, as their valley information can be encoded and detected with the spin angular momentum of light. We demonstrate the valley-dependent directional coupling of light using a plasmonic nanowire–tungsten disulfide (WS2) layers system. We show that the valley pseudospin in WS2 couples to transverse optical spin of the same handedness with a directional coupling efficiency of 90 ± 1%. Our results provide a platform for controlling, detecting, and processing valley and spin information with precise optical control at the nanoscale.
Valleytronics and nanophotonics provide powerful routes to address the heating problem in electronics by offering an alternative to information transport with the charge of electrons (1, 2). Valley pseudospin provides an additional degree of freedom to encode and process binary information in matter, analogous to the spin degree of freedom. The emergence of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) layers provides a versatile materials platform for both optoelectronics (3) and valleytronics (4–9). These materials have direct band gaps consisting of two (energy-degenerate) valleys at the corners of the Brillouin zone (labeled K and Kʹ). The spin and valley information in TMD materials can be optically addressed and detected by using the spin angular momentum of light because of their valley-dependent optical selection rule (7, 8, 10–12). However, the relatively short lifetimes (<10 ps) of valley-polarized excitons limit logical processes and the spatial transport of valley information (2). Although valley information is difficult to transport in realistic material systems, particularly at room temperature, photons are ideal information carriers owing to the normally small light-matter interaction. Nanoscale coupling of valley pseudospin to photonic degrees of freedom is desirable for on-chip integrated valley devices.
The spin angular momentum as a degree of freedom of light at the nanoscale offers the ability to influence and exploit light-matter interactions. In highly confined light fields, transverse optical spin angular momentum (t-OSAM) results from the spin-orbit interaction of light (13–25). This t-OSAM provides a robust one-to-one relation between the handedness of optical spin and the propagation direction of a photonic mode—so-called spin-momentum locking—because of their time reversal symmetry. The information of spin angular momentum can be directly transferred to the direction of light and vice versa. Recently, t-OSAM–dependent directional coupling of light with near-unity efficiency has been successfully demonstrated experimentally by using various photonic structures, e.g., optical fibers (13–15), metal surfaces (16–18), metasurfaces (26), semiconductor waveguides (20, 21), and microdisks (22).
We demonstrate a room-temperature chiral-coupling interface between the transverse optical spin of a plasmonic nanowire mode and the valley pseudospin of tungsten disulfide (WS2), which provides robust valley-polarized directional emission. The resulting coupling between the photonic path and valley-spin in TMD mateials and the metallic nature of the waveguide should enable applications in valley-chiral networks, valley-gates, and quantum photonic devices.
Our configuration for a chiral valley-photon interface (Fig. 1A) consists of a combination of a few-layer TMD material and a single silver nanowire. The evanescent fields of the plasmonic guided modes possess t-OSAM perpendicular to the TMD layers. The population of excitons in the two different valleys K and Kʹ can be directly controlled by a circularly polarized excitation laser. The radiative decay of a valley-polarized exciton is associated with a circular transition dipole, which emits valley-dependent circularly polarized light. This circular transition dipole couples to the plasmonic eigenstate with the same handedness of its local transverse optical spin. As a result of this chiral coupling between the circular nature of the emission dipole of the valley-polarized exciton and the local direction-locked transverse optical spin, emission from the different valleys couples to plasmonic modes propagating in opposite directions (Fig. 1B) when the transverse optical spin is maximal. To obtain a high degree of valley polarization, we exploit the high spin-valley coupling strength and spin-layer locking effect of WS2 (27, 28). The degree of valley polarization is denoted by PV = (IK – IKʹ)/(IK + IKʹ), where IK and IKʹ represent the photoluminescence (PL) intensity from K and Kʹ, respectively. The number of WS2 layers is identified by the optical contrast of the layers in a microscope image and their PL spectrum (fig. S1). The results presented here are based on a WS2 flake consisting of five layers. Its polarization-resolved spectrum, measured in the absence of the silver nanowire (Fig. 1C), reveals a measured PV = 0.7 at room temperature. Figure 1D depicts an optical microscopy image of one of the samples and a collected PL image dominated by emission from the indirect band gap. The two bright spots at each end of the waveguide demonstrate that emission is coupled to the guided modes of the plasmonic nanowire. Through the chiral coupling, the valley information is converted to the propagation direction of the mode to which the exciton coupled: The plasmonic mode itself has no overall optical spin (fig. S2). Under local excitation at the middle of the silver nanowire, directional emission from the TMD layers is investigated by measuring light scattered at the ends of the wire.
Fig. 1 Valley-controlled directional coupling of light.
(A) A conceptual illustration of directional emission of a valley-polarized exciton in WS2. The valley pseudospin and photon path are coupled by means of spin-orbit coupling of light. (B) A schematic sketch of the band diagram of WS2 and its optical selection rules, which depend on the valley index. The two opposite-handed circularly polarized emissions from each valley would couple preferentially to modes propagating in opposite directions. LHC, left-handed circular; RHC, right-handed circular. (C) Polarization-resolved emission spectrum of WS2, measured without a silver nanowire, at room temperature excited by a left-handed circularly polarized laser beam at 594 nm. Red and blue spectra indicate left- and right-handed circularly polarized emission, respectively. a.u., arbitrary units. (D) Image of a fabricated WS2–silver nanowire coupled system (top). WS2 emission coupled to the plasmonic waveguide mode and scattered at the ends of the nanowire (bottom). Scale bar, 5 μm.
To quantify the magnitude of the t-OSAM near a silver nanowire, we performed numerical calculations with a finite-difference eigenmode solver (Fig. 2A). The guided plasmonic mode exhibits strong evanescent fields at the glass-nanowire interface, i.e., exactly at the position of WS2 layers. Due to the strong transverse confinement and the plasmonic nature of the modes, a large longitudinal (x direction) component of the electric field is present. The x and y components of the electric field have comparable amplitudes and are roughly ±90° out of phase: The modes exhibit a large t-OSAM. The local sign of the local t-OSAM has a one-to-one relation with the propagation direction of light and the position with respect to the mirror plane of the geometry (y direction). We calculated the density of the t-OSAM as a function of position in the x-y plane, which corresponds to the Stokes parameter S3 = –2Im(ExEy*)/(|Ex|2 + |Ey|2) (20) (Fig. 2B). The plasmonic guided modes of infinite-length nanowires locally have a t-OSAM density near unity. The sign of the transverse optical spin on either side of the nanowire is opposite, as expected from symmetry considerations. Clearly, when the propagation direction of the mode is reversed, so are all the signs of the helicity everywhere. These results are qualitatively summarized in Fig. 2C, demonstrating that the handedness of optical spin is determined by a combination of y position and propagation direction.
Fig. 2 Numerical modeling of the transverse spin angular momentum of light.
(A) Cross-sectional electric field intensity (|E|2) distribution of the plasmonic guided mode. (B) Density of transverse optical spin, i.e., Stokes parameter S3, of the in-plane (x-y plane) electric field component. (C) Illustration of the distribution of handedness of elliptical polarization, optical spin, which is dependent on both the position and propagation direction. (D) Directionality of circularly polarized dipole emission, D0(x,y), as a function of its position. (E) Normalized coupling strength of circularly polarized dipole source to the plasmonic guided modes, κtot(x,y). (F) Chiral-coupling coefficient indicating how efficient circular dipole in one valley couples to one direction of the guided mode, κvalley-path(x,y) = D0(x,y)·κtot(x,y).
We simulate the emission from one valley in WS2 near a finite-length plasmonic nanowire with the three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain method. The polarized valley emission is described with a circular dipole. Figure 2D depicts the position-dependent directionality (D0) of the emission of a left-handed circular dipole in the x-y plane. It is calculated from the light transmitted (TL and TR) to the left and right ends of the wire, D0(x,y) = [TL(x,y) – TR(x,y)]/[TL(x,y) + TR(x,y)]. First, note that the circular dipole emission is preferentially coupled to a propagating mode with an appropriate sign of optical spin (compare Fig. 2, B and C). Second, note that a high degree of directionality is obtained, which is opposite in sign when exciting a circular dipole on either side of the nanowire. A standing wave–like pattern is visible along the wire, which is caused by a small reflection at the end of the finite-length nanowire (7-μm). Note that the high value of directionality of 0.91 is still observed despite the presence of the low-amplitude counterpropagating mode that tends to reduce the t-OSAM and the directionality (20). To properly describe the experiment, merely calculating the directionality is insufficient: Actual coupling of the emission to the guided modes is also required; Fig. 2E depicts the normalized, position-dependent coupling strength κtot(x,y) = [TL(x,y) + TR(x,y)]/[TL(x,y) + TR(x,y)]max. Combining D0 and κtot results in the chiral-coupling coefficient κvalley-path that describes how well emission from a specific valley couples to a single direction of the light path: κvalley-path(x,y) = D0(x,y)·κtot(x,y). The calculated κvalley-path (Fig. 2F) shows that the experimentally obtained directionality will be dominated by emitting dipoles located close to the nanowire.
Far-field microscopy is used to verify the chiral valley-photon interface formed by directional coupling of WS2 excitons to plasmonic nanowires. Valley-polarized excitons are locally excited at the middle of the silver nanowire (x = 0) for different y positions with a close-to-diffraction–limited focal spot of a suitably polarized 594-nm laser. Note that the free-space focused laser light cannot couple to the plasmonic guided mode because of momentum mismatch (fig. S3). An optical bandpass filter (620 to 630 nm) is used to predominantly collect the exciton emission for each excitation position. Raw data are presented in Fig. 3, A and B, for left- and right-handed circular excitation polarization, respectively. The large central spot in each image is caused by exciton emission that is not coupled to the plasmonic nanowire. When comparing the images in Fig. 3, A and B, to Fig. 1D, it is clear that the spots at the end of the wire have a lower intensity relative to that of the central excitation spot. This decrease is caused by the fact that Fig. 1D is dominated by the emission from the indirect transition in the near infrared where the propagation losses are considerably less than at 620 to 630 nm, where the direct exciton emission occurs (fig. S3A). In the line traces, the emission coupled to the nanowire shows up as clear peaks (shoulders) on top of a background caused by the excitation spot. In these raw data, the valley-controlled directional emission is already visible to the naked eye: For a given combination of handedness and excitation position, an asymmetry is obvious in the intensity of the spots at either end of the nanowire. The asymmetry of emission is reversed when either the excitation spot is moved to the other side of the nanowire or the polarization handedness of the excitation is flipped.
Fig. 3 Experimental demonstration of valley-controlled directional emission.
(A and B) Fluorescence images of the emission of valley-polarized excitons (log scale; top) and line cuts of the intensity profiles (linear scale; bottom) along the silver nanowire under (A) left- and (B) right-handed circularly polarized excitation. The intensities at the excitation regions were deliberately saturated for clarity of the images. The length of the silver nanowire is ~7 μm. (C and D) Measured directional coupling efficiency, (IL – IR)/(IL + IR), of the guided emission as a function of the position of the excitation laser with the (C) left- and (D) right-handed circular polarization. Gray lines represent fitting results obtained by using the calculated directional coupling efficiency. Purple dotted lines correspond to the total PL intensity measured from the ends of the nanowire as a function of the excitation position.
The PL intensity scattered at the left and right nanowire ends is used to quantify the valley-dependent directionality as a function of y. The extracted IL(y) and IR(y), the peak intensities after subtracting the background that arises mainly from the excitation spot, reflect the amount of exciton emission that is coupled to the left- and right-propagating plasmonic modes, respectively (see fig. S4 for the subtracting method). The dotted curves in Fig. 3, C and D, denote the total guided PL intensity [IL(y) + IR(y)] as a function of the excitation position. They indicate that the excitons only couple to plasmonic modes when |y| < ~500 nm. We then determine the experimental directional coupling efficiency κexp: κexp(y) = [IL(y) – IR(y)]/[IL(y) + IR(y)] (Fig. 3, C and D). We observe a clear directional coupling: For left-handed excitation centered above (y < 0) and below (y > 0) the nanowire, the exciton emission couples to plasmonic eigenstates propagating from right to left and left to right, respectively. When the handedness of the excitation flips, so do the propagation directions of the plasmonic modes. The measurements display exactly the trends observed in the calculations. For symmetric excitation, i.e., excitation on the symmetry axis of the system at the center of the nanowire, κexp is zero, as expected. A small offset in directionality, caused by a small displacement of the excitation spot with respect to the middle of the nanowire in combination with propagation losses, was subtracted from the measured result (fig. S5). A more quantitative description and comparison with calculations will be presented below. The measurements have been reproduced for a number of plasmonic nanowires and WS2 flakes with different layer thicknesses (fig. S6). In all cases, a strong directionality was observed.
Measurements performed for different excitation polarizations and emission wavelengths confirm that the directional emission is caused by valley-dependent chiral coupling to the plasmonic modes. The direction in the charge-coupled device camera image of the luminescence perpendicular to the length of the nanowire is dispersed in wavelength by using a grating. This configuration provides position-dependent PL spectra along the wire from which we can determine κexp for different wavelengths (Fig. 4). Figure 4C demonstrates that an equal mix of K and Kʹ excitons, generated by using a linear polarized excitation light, displays no directionality, whereas for the same nanowire, K or Kʹʹ excitons separately (Fig. 4, A and B) display valley-controlled directionality. Note that the maximum κexp values in Fig. 4, A and B, (~0.17) are lower than the value we observed in Fig. 3 of 0.35. This is caused by the decreased signal-to-noise ratio, resulting from the fact that the wavelength-dispersed image could, by its very nature, not resolve any spatial information along the y direction (fig. S7). Figure 4, D to F, shows that the indirect band gap emission, which does not exhibit valley polarization, does not display any directionality, regardless of position or excitation polarization. Together, these results demonstrate that all experimentally observed directionality is attributable to valley-controlled chiral coupling to plasmonic modes.
Fig. 4 Direct observation of directional emission induced by valley-path coupling of the valley-polarized exciton.
The emission from the valley-polarized excitons shows directional emission, which depends on both the position of excitation and the handedness of the circularly polarized laser (A and B), whereas the transition of the indirect band gap has a nondirectionality for both handednesses of the circularly polarized laser (D and E). A linearly polarized laser excitation leads to zero valley polarization so that both the (C) exciton and (F) indirect-band transitions exhibit no directionality. PV indicates the degree of valley polarization, PV = (IK – IKʹ)/(IK + IKʹ).
Comparison of the experimental and the calculated results reveals two differences. First, the experimental directionality profile is spatially smeared out. Second, the magnitude of κexp is less than maximum in the calculations. This is caused, in part, by obvious experimental limitations, e.g., a finite excitation spot size and background noise: Both decrease the experimental maximum of the directionality, and the finite-excitation spot size also spatially smears out the pattern. However, the reduction in directionality is also caused by the finite PV of the WS2 system itself. The valley-to-valley hopping (29) would actually flip the direction in which the plasmonic modes are launched. Therefore, the effective directionality with a finite PV would be a simple product of κvalley-path and PV. These experimental matters are readily taken into account to properly compare our realized chiral valley-photon interface to the ideal simulated interface
where κvalley-path is the calculated chiral valley-path coupling coefficient for a perfect circularly polarized dipole, PV is the measured degree of valley polarization (0.7), and ρ is an unpolarized background noise relative to the maximum signal that represents a heuristic decrease of chiral coupling. To account for the effect of the finite size of the excitation region, we convolute the calculated signal with the point spread function estimated from the experimental data (figs. S8 and S9). We obtain excellent agreement between fit and data for ρ = 0.009 ± 0.005 (gray lines in Fig. 3, C and D). With a reduction of directionality as D0/(1 + 2ρ/κtot) the fitting procedure reveals that the experimental valley-to-path coupling efficiency, including background noise, is as high as 0.90 ± 0.01. The quality of the fit yields a number of important conclusions. First, because the experimentally determined point spread function is sufficient to explain the broadening of the directional coupling efficiency, exciton diffusion does not notably affect the experiment. Second, any effect of the plasmonic nanowire on the polarization of the excitation focal spot is negligible. Lastly, and most importantly, the chiral valley-to-path coupling is only limited by the magnitude of the transverse optical spin of the plasmonic nanowire modes. Thus, we have been able to realize a room-temperature interface between the valley pseudospin of WS2 and the propagation direction of nanowire plasmonic modes with a fidelity as high as 0.9.
Our results show that the efficient coupling of valley-polarized excitons in WS2 to the transverse optical spin of plasmonic nanowire modes results in valley-photon direction locking with high fidelity. The high valley-spin coupling strength of WS2 and high transverse optical spin density in plasmonic modes provide a chiral valley (spin)–photon interface at room temperature and without the necessity of external magnetic fields. It is important to note that because of the one-to-one relation between optical path and the local transverse optical spin, the propagation direction of the guided light can also be exploited to transfer the valley degree of freedom to other valley devices on a chip through suitable, localized breaking of mirror symmetry, again exploiting the transverse optical spin of the mode, but this time to excite. Realization of such an interface presents a platform for both fundamental studies and a wide range of exciting applications of chiral photonics and chiral quantum optics.
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The biology of big
Terrie M. Williams
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 130 McAllister Way, University of California–Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.
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With so many recent scientific advances focused on the mini, micro, nano, and molecular scales, there is a tendency to overlook the titanic biology of giants that share the Earth. The sheer magnitude of a scientific undertaking to study an oceanic, 25-m-long, 95,000-kg wild blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)—the largest vertebrate in the animal kingdom—has long left researchers with little more than brief glimpses of their presence when the leviathan surfaces to breathe. On page 1367 of this issue, Goldbogen et al. (1) describe how they took advantage of developments in microprocessor technology to design submersible wildlife tags. The authors used the new tools to measure the feeding performance and prey choices of the largest mammals in the seas. These data revealed the ecological and evolutionary factors that drive the biology of being, not just big, but the biggest ever—perhaps the biggest possible.
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Whales became the world's largest animals thanks to giant gulps of “bite-size” prey
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Was the recurring theme of Stark creating his own villains intentional?
Looking across the Iron Man and Avengers films, the theme of Tony creating his own villains comes up quite often.
In Iron Man, Stane uses Stark's discarded technology to become Iron Monger. In Iron Man 2, Vanko is inspired by Iron Man and uses Stark tech to become Whiplash. In Iron Man 3, Killian becomes a villain directly due to how Stark treated him in the past. In Avengers: Age of Ultron, Tony creates Ultron and Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch work with Hydra and Ultron in order to get revenge on Stark for building the bombs that killed their parents.
He also arguably creates his own figurative villains in the form of hedonism and obsession.
Has anyone with Marvel ever stated if this was intentional or not? Or at least noted how often it comes up? I'm looking for answers from commentaries, interviews, etc.
marvel-cinematic-universe iron-man marvel recurring-themes
Rogue JediRogue Jedi
Arguable in Iron Man the villain was already a villain, just enhanced by Tony's discards. – Xantec Oct 12 '15 at 21:36
That is an awesome question. I never noticed the trend myself, but now that you've pointed it out, it is pretty interesting to be aware of. – eidylon Oct 12 '15 at 22:00
“He also arguably creates his own figurative villains in the form of alcoholism and obsession.” — Nit-picking, I don’t think he’s been portrayed as alcoholic in the MCU yet. – Paul D. Waite Oct 12 '15 at 23:14
Vanko doesn't use Stark tech - Vanko uses tech originally developed by Vanko Sr and Stark Sr – HorusKol Oct 13 '15 at 2:14
Honestly, I suspect this isn't a "Tony Stark" theme so much as it is a "mad scientists in fiction" theme. Blame Victor Frankenstein for starting the trend. The main stchick of mad scientists is to unleash something that grows beyond their control. (To give some MCU examples: Hank Pym and Bruce Banner.) – user867 Oct 13 '15 at 3:10
Tony Stark is a mad scientist. Danger, Will Robinson, TvTropes.
And he admits in in Age of Ultron.
Tony Stark: We’re out of my field here. You know bio-organics better than anyone.
Bruce Banner: And you just assume that Jarvis’s operational matrix can beat Ultron’s? Jarvis has been beating him from inside without knowing it. This is the opportunity, we can create Ultron’s perfect self, without the homicidal glitches he thinks are his winning personality. We have to.
Tony Stark: I believe it’s worth a go.
Bruce Banner: No, I’m in a loop. I’m caught in a time loop, this is exactly where it all went wrong.
Tony Stark: I know, I know. I know what everyone’s going to say, but they’re already saying it. We’re mad scientists. We’re monsters, buddy. You gotta own it. Make a stand.
[Banner shakes his head]
Tony Stark: It’s not a loop. It’s the end of the line.
As a mad scientist playing the hero, Stark is basically doomed to be his own worst enemy.
He says as much at the beginning of Iron-Man 3
We create our own demons.
So to answer your question. The fact that Tony Stark is aware of this and comments about it in his last two movies, suggests that it is intentional.
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I endorse Jack B Nimble's answer. However, I think it's worth bringing up that this idea is not necessarily unique to Iron Man. There is some precedence for this or something like it in other superhero stories.
Batman (1989) from wikiquote:
Batman: Excuse me. You ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight? [punches Joker and knocks him against a bell, before grabbing him] I'm going to kill you.
Joker: You... IDIOT!!! You made me, remember? You dropped me into that vat of chemicals. That wasn't easy to get over, and don't think that I didn't try!
Batman: [smirks] I know you did. [Batman punches Joker in the stomach and knocks him through a wall. He grabs him and helps him up only to punch him in the face again. Joker stands up, muttering and clutching his mouth until he spits out a chattering teeth toy. He retaliates by punching Batman in stomach, only to break his fingers on the body armor]
Batman: You killed my parents.
Joker: What? [spits blood on the floor] What are you talking about?
Batman: I made you; you made me first.
Also, in Frank Miller's Dark Knight graphic novel, there's a psychologist that is shown arguing on talk shows or news or whatever that the villains act the way they do out of a psychological need induced by Batman's existence and actions.
But there's an even more "meta" way of looking at this--more than 99%, probably, of all super villains literally only exist because the creator of the superhero needed someone to actually challenge the hero to keep the reader interested. So this concept that "the hero is the source of the villain's existence" is true in an extremely literal sense--I'm guessing that at least Frank Miller was going for exactly that concept as a wink to the reader.
It's also true in the real world--for examples, see the book Blowback talking about this happening with American foreign policy or the USSR's experience with having more enemies in Afghanistan after they left than there were when they went in to fight them.
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For Lovers of Cycling
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WA’s enormous plains are home to hundreds of cycle trails; among them are the 1000km-plus Munda Biddi Trail, the Kep Track and more.
WA’s enormous plains are home to hundreds of cycle trails; among them are the 1000km-plus Munda Biddi Trail, the Kep Track and numerous rail trails that cater for touring cyclists. For the thrillseeker, there are first-class mountain-bike tracks, which encompass jumps, obstacles and picturesque backdrops. It’s an extensive collection of trails that earmarks the state as one of the most admired cycling destinations in the world; the rides mentioned here are considered some of the finest.
Most urban cycle trails are dotted with rest stops and bike-friendly cafes that provide secure parking. There are extensive cycle trails in the Swan Valley, Perth Hills, and Rockingham to Perth precincts, and even a freeway path running from Mandurah to Perth for the truly fit and fanatic. Visit transport.wa.gov.au/cycling and click through the links for a comprehensive guide to Perth metro cycle trails.
Swan River Loop | It is possible, but for a few traffic breaks and minor detours, to walk or cycle from Riverside Gardens in Ascot, through the city, along the river past UWA all the way to Fremantle, across the bridges and back to the city via Attadale, Applecross and Como (consult the Perth Metro map). Any part of the journey will provide much needed exercise, and along the way there are great points of interest: the river itself, waterbirds, shoreline picnic grounds, real estate-with-a-view, fishing spots, boats and yachts, and riverside pubs and cafes.
Greenway | A city to sea, 12km shared pathway, this loops through parks and gardens on its way to City Beach from the CBD. It begins at the Perth Train Station (the red brick pathway) and follows the rail line past Harbour Town, Subiaco Oval and Subi Markets before winding through Wembley and Floreat as it passes Perry Lakes Stadium and Bold Park for a final uphill climb and an ocean-view finish.
Narrows Interchange | This links the two city bridges and is a starting/stopping point for the beautiful path trek around South Perth. It connects to entrance points for the Kings Park bike trail.
Busselton to Dunsborough Pathway | The 31km path stretching from Port Geographe to Point Dalling has been finished two years early (it’s taken 17 years to complete!). There are a couple of different loops within the main path so it’s ideal for kids with trainer wheels, as well as prams and wheelchairs (it’s mostly flat). Best of all, you’ll get fantastic coastline views along the way.
BIKING ADVICE FOR BEGINNERS
If you’re planning on completing a long-distance ride, be mindful that you’ll be carrying at least 20kg of supplies (pack anything less and you’ll find yourself cold, hungry, or both).
If you’re riding a multi-use track, call out to walkers or horseriders long before you reach them. It’s etiquette to stop on the side of the trail as soon as you see a horse and wait to continue your ride until they’ve passed.
Avoid transporting mud from one destination to another because you could be spreading dieback. Keep your bike clean. You might think skidding is fun but it only encourages erosion. Try to choose a speed that allows you to control your bike properly.
LONG-DISTANCE RIDES
WA is blessed with exceptional scenery, from towering forests to rolling hills and farmland, and there are a number of rides over several hundred kilometres that make the most of the landscape. At more than 1000km (Mundaring to Albany), the Munda Biddi Trail takes in the most spectacular bush scenery in WA. You don’t need to be in a Lycra-clad brigade to ride the Munda Biddi, just make sure you’ve got decent equipment and a healthy stamina. Along with native flora, you’re likely to spot echidnas, kangaroos, wallabies and numerous species of reptiles and birds. If you’re tackling the trail in sections and are looking for a challenge, head to the northern part where you’ll grind up and down the river valleys in the Darling Scarp. Sleep overnight in the purpose-built shelters (spaced a day’s ride apart): the huts are impressively equipped with sleeping and sitting areas, water tanks and a toilet – some even include a bike-repair stand. Be sure to pack a tent anyway so you can travel at your own pace rather than gunning it to reach a shelter before nightfall. Also starting in Mundaring (specifically from Mundaring Weir) is the Kep Track, which finishes in Northam. The track is aligned to the Golden Pipeline Drive Trail, one of the greatest engineering feats in Australian history (cheers to CY O’Connor). Cycling whizzes can finish the 75km track in a day but it’s gruelling in parts, so an overnight stay is recommended; the local visitor centres will help you source accommodation. The first section through the hills is the most picturesque, and from there it gets straight, sandy and punishing. Once you’re clear of the sand, however, the descent into Northam is cruisy. If you want to dodge the desert-like portion, there are several access points, so you can park and ride from the towns along the way. A great ride through the Great Southern is the Denmark to Nornalup Rail Trail. About 60km of this rail trail is open, meandering along a beautiful section of the coast, with the eastern end (Denmark) packed with great spots for trailside picnics and photos. Spring is the best time to ride it; the wildflowers are blooming and the heat isn’t unbearable. If you decide to cycle during summer, prepare to be buzzed by flies as you pass through the dairy paddocks… they are seriously off-putting and make the ride far less enjoyable. The route is well signposted and you can grab a local pamphlet for $2, which has the complete map and is easy to follow. West of Denmark has limited or no mobile phone coverage and no amenities. For a short ride that’s suitable for families, try a cycle from Margaret River to Cowaramup. The ride
is ideal for all ages and any calibre of bikes, and is best accomplished at a leisurely pace. The 13.5km trip weaves through peppermint, jarrah and young karri forest, where you’ll get a firsthand view of the abundant birdlife. Best of all, the ride finishes at one Voyager Estate… stop in and reward your efforts by sampling some of their drops.
Even if you aren’t taking on daredevil jumps, cycling in WA can be pretty dangerous to yourself and to others. It’s worth becoming a member of Bicycling Western Australia; members are automatically covered by Australia’s premium bike crash insurance ($119 per year). Bicycling Western Australia gives you the support you need to ride your bike anywhere in Australia and New Zealand. For details, visit bwa.org.au.
Mountain biking at Busselton (photography WA Mount Bike Trail Guide).
Dwellingup 100 | Held every September, the 100km race includes the gruelling Turner Hill climb… don’t make this one your first mountain-biking event.
Cape to Cape | The four-day event during October takes riders through some of the most scenic bush from Cape Leeuwin (south of Margaret River) to Cape Naturaliste.
Karri Cup | The 100km race winds through the karri forest in Northcliffe every March. Compete either solo or in groups.
Gibb River Challenge | The long distance team ride every May is a great social way to see Australia’s most spectacular Kimberley landscapes.
Details and online booking at WA's largest online events guide scoop.com.au
It’s an exciting time to be a mountain biker in WA, with more and more people taking up the sport, and new trails and events cropping up all over the state. Country towns have been quick to notice and are taking advantage of the tourism potential, meaning more great tracks for riders to explore. Pemberton in the southwest is leading the way in this respect – expect plenty more towns to follow suit. But it’s not all good news – there is still no solution for the dreaded WA pea gravel. At its worst, in the dry summer months, its ball-bearing-like pebbles can catch the inattentive rider out, and tyre choice is vital (go for something low pressure, with large knobs on the sides). It goes without saying that it can get too hot to ride in the summer – winter, spring and late autumn are really where it’s at.
Goat Farm, Greenmount (Perth Surrounds) | On the outskirts of Perth and near public transport, there is something here for everyone: downhill, cross-country (XC), four cross (4X) and a great skills park. Not the best trails in the state, but Goat Farm makes the list due to its location and the superb skills park.
Kalamunda Circuit (Perth Surrounds) | This 22km, all single track, purpose-built, intermediate trail is the crowning glory of the Perth Hills. Park at the Calamunda Camel Farm (Pauls Valley Road, just off Mundaring Weir Road, between Kalamunda and Mundaring) where mountain bikers are always welcome. The trail goes through their car park – be sure to check out their excellent scones.
South Shore, Dwellingup (South West) | Possibly the best free-ride area anywhere in Australia: even if your skills aren’t up to scratch, stop and appreciate the riders who conquer the trails. The tracks feature all kinds of fascinating and exhilarating obstacles. The Uptrack is a good start point, and has a teeter totter (seesaw); if you can’t ride that, you aren’t ready for Snakes and Ladders. The pinnacle of the trails, this is a free ride with monstrous logs and jumps so large that you’ll be in a world of pain if you mess them up. Riders of all skill levels can enjoy the Log Park and Connecting Trail. Your fun doesn’t need to stop at one day’s riding; there are plenty of nearby camping spots available so you can take advantage of South Shore for a whole weekend.
Secret Witcher, Busselton (Margaret River) | This has four tracks, and if you aren’t a fan of hill climbs, you’ll be relieved by the trails at Secret Witcher. The routes are for intermediate riders; top features include car bodies to ride over, fast flows, and log rollovers set up as jumps. The trails are conveniently close to the highway but directions are tricky; invest in the WA Mountain Bike Trail Guide for easy navigation.
Margaret River Pines (Margaret River) | Located near Carters Road, this epic location allows you to experience the Margaret River pine forest with a series of trails stretching over 15km of land. You can make it up as you ride along, and depending on what you’re after there’s jumped, smooth tracks, and berms – something for beginners, intermediate and advanced riders.
Wellington National Park (South West) | The star attractions in this area (and arguably the state) are the Pile Road trails (officially known as the Mount Lennard trails). The most complete network of sanctioned mountain bike trails in WA, they flow pretty well, too. There is even a brewery next to the car park! Also nearby are the downhill trails at Wellington Mill, the Munda Biddi Trail, and the dual-use Sika Trail.
Pemberton (South West) | Pemberton visitor centre has seen the potential that mountain biking can bring to this historic logging town, and has invested in some great trails. Currently there is a Blue XC track, a Green loop (with awesome swoopy berms), a superb dirt-jump park, and a skills loop, with more planned.
Karratha (North West) | Karratha is an experience with a difference; the trails are flanked with bluffs and spinifex vegetation, and while not overly technical they are rock-dominated, with creek-bed crossings and ridge climbs. Beware of the kangaroos – they are known to give a heavy side bump to riders as they pass across the track. There are trails just south of the township, and most are within riding distance. If you’re used to riding southwest trails, be prepared for the change of climate (triple your water intake). Visit the Burrup Mountain Bike Club website, which has track routes and contact details if you want more information (www.burrupmtb.com).
Riding the Goat Farm track (photography WA Mountain Bike Trail Guide).
WESTERN AUSTRALIA MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL
To be honest, out of the apps, websites and gadgets, there’s nothing that rivals this handy book, which is purpose-written for WA riders. The beast of a guidebook includes 40 biking locations and maps from all over WA. The handiest features are the GPS coordinates and details about mobile reception for each of the tracks. Travellers within WA will be full bottle on the destinations thanks to the accommodation, food and service stations listings. If you’re new to mountain biking, flick straight to the glossary at the back of the book so you aren’t overwhelmed by the unfamiliar terms.
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Now that the Common Core standards are coming to just about every school, what every school leader needs is a straightforward explanation that lays out the benefits of the Common Core in plain English, provides a succinct overview, and gets everyone thinking about how to transition to this promising new paradigm. Search no more. This handy, inexpensive booklet helps you get everyone in your school community—teachers, parents, and other stakeholders—up to speed. Circulating multiple copies throughout your school will provide an overview of the new standards in English language arts/literacy and mathematics, highlighting their key aspects. Plus, there are numerous suggestions on transition activities for teachers and districts to consider, including
Creating a Crosswalk, which compares the content of the Common Core with your current standards.
Developing transition documents that support deeper understanding of the Common Core standards by using current standards as a bridge.
Taking the longer view of implementing the Common Core systemically.
(ASCD booklet copublished with McREL, 2011) 6" x 9", 72 pages.
Also available as an E-Book!
What people are saying about Understanding Common Core State Standards
“How much autonomy should teachers have in what to teach? How can curricula be timely and support standards? How can standards be consistent from district to district? What are the benefits of core standards? Why are “crosswalks” critical? What do schools and districts need to do to move ahead? You’ll find the answers to all these questions and more in John Kendall’s little book, Understanding Common Core State Standards. Kendall is a good writer, he knows core standards, and he succinctly articulates the information you need to know. The book is a useful introduction for teachers and administrators who will be working with these standards in the coming years.”
—Neal Starkman, Education Writer, Seattle, WA
"[This publication] offers a cogent overview of the development of the Common Core and how its adoption impacts teachers and students. With easy-to-digest, well organized chapters in a pamphlet-sized format, Kendall's guide is a must-read primer."
—Excerpt originally appeared in School Library Journal's e-newsletter Curriculum Connections.
Reprinted with permission from School Library Journal.
"Everyone who's grappling with the common core should grab a copy of John Kendall's short and admirably clear Understanding Common Core State Standards… . It's not the kind of common core ABCs you'll find elsewhere. Instead, Kendall gives us the underlying logic behind the CC—why we need it, how it's different from previous standards—based education guidelines, what it aims to do, and how. The book is like a blueprint showing a house's architectural structure."
—Marc Aronson, Professor, Rutgers University School of Communication and Information
New Brunswick, N.J.
Published in School Library Journal’s newsletter Extra Helping.
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Southington officials project $1.4 million surplus for 2018-19
by mchaiken • August 23, 2019 • 0 Comments
By SHERIDAN ROY
Town manager Mark Sciota reported at the Aug. 12 town council meeting the town is ready to close the books on the 2018-19 fiscal year, and he estimates that the town will show a $1.4 million surplus once the Board of Finance’s final audit results are posted in December.
“We had some very positive things on our revenue side,” said Sciota. “This is very good news, and with a $150 million budget, it’s in the 1% range.”
Sciota explained that property taxes were up about $900,000. Interest on investments were up by about $800,000, and the town clerk’s office brought in around $200,000 more in fees than anticipated.
“That means the economic development is bringing in this stuff,” said Sciota.
In addition, the town has spent $1.7 million less than anticipated in expenditures. After replacing about $1 million from the fund balance that was used last year, that brings the surplus to about $2.6 million.
Sciota said some of the money will be allocated toward some of the “carry-forwards” from last year’s budget. the money will be spent on capital projects for the 2019-20 fiscal year. On the town’s side, the BOF approved the council’s request to carry forward about $660,000. On the Board of Education’s side, there is a request to carryforward $590,000.
After subtracting the “carry-forwards,” Sciota said there is $1.4 million surplus projected for the 2018-19 budget close-out.
“With carry-forwards, the money that’s remaining in the BOE budget, instead of buying a bunch of things and spending it down, they have capital items they want to purchase in this fiscal year,” said Sciota. “It’s the same thing we do on the town side. We have budgetary things and capital things that offset the reduction of our total budget and therefore the mill rate we put into next year.”
By statute, the BOE is allowed to carry forward up to 1% of their budget into the next fiscal year for capital projects. The BOF and the town council ultimately have jurisdiction over carry-forward requests of the BOE.
Sciota said he was in favor of the request because he would rather see departments save the surplus to use on future projects than spend it.
A request will come to Sciota for specific capital items, which he then submits to the BOF for review and approval. The BOF decision then goes before the town council.
“The council looks at everything that the BOE wants to buy, just like this board looks at everything my departments want to buy,” said Sciota. “I think the system is going to work well for us in the future.”
The BOF’s final report will be released in December after their annual audit.
To comment on this story or to contact staff writer Sheridan Roy, email her at SRoy@ Southington Observer.com.
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Watch: General Mad Dog Mattis Terrifies Air Force Pilot, Lands on the Wrong Airstrip
by SOFREP Jun 19, 2016
U.S. Air Force – “Yeah, that’s our plane.”
The Air Force is blaming pilot fatigue for the C-17 landing 4 miles from MacDill AFB, but we know it was the fear of the General’s knife-hands that paralyzed the young pilot’s ability to think clearly. This is one of many qualities General Mattis will bring to the table as our President. This is the kind of man that we need running the free world . . . General James Mad Dog Mattis for President!
Look past the rhetoric and rally to the flag.
-General James Mad Dog Mattis
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The civilian runway is 3,405 feet long, less than a third the size of the runway 4 miles southwest at MacDill.
About halfway down the runway, the pilot hit the brakes in earnest. The big-footed landing gear left triple streaks of rubber.
The behemoth C-17 cargo plane that landed in error at a tiny Davis Islands airport carried within its fuselage one of the military’s mightiest men.
But Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base, holds no ill will toward the crew that screeched to a halt on a short runway with him aboard.
“The young pilot did a good job landing, albeit on the wrong strip,” Mattis said Wednesday.
Six months after the mishap shook up a residential district that flanks the Peter O. Knight Airport near downtown Tampa, the military has finally put the blame on human error, a theory espoused by civilians long ago.
The aircraft, as wide as a football field and as tall as a five-story building, was headed to MacDill on July 20.
When it instead set down at the small field on the southern tip of Davis Islands, residents could feel the vibrations and hear the roar.
Deric Dymerski, president of the company that runs ground operations at Peter O. Knight, realized right away that the pilot must have mistaken one airport for the other. It had happened before. After all, both airfields have runways oriented at the same angle.
Retired pilots immediately suspected pilot fatigue.
Civilians had their theories but the Air Mobility Command, based at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, initially confirmed none of them, not even that the incident was a mistake.
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Off The Chart: 21 April 1984
Steve Binnie 1984 • Music • Mixcloud • Off The Chart
We’re rewinding back to 1984 on this week’s Off The Chart! Join us for two hours of forgotten and half-remembered hits, three tracks from one of the week’s big albums, a look at the day’s events, a hit from the Austrian chart and the top five in full! And since you still haven’t backed us on Patreon there’s a terrible forfeit track for you to endure when you could be enjoying the Austrian top 20 rundown and some bonus 12″ mixes on the Patreon-only version of the show. Still, it’s your loss. Which moonwalker had a hit with a song written by TV’s Richard Stilgoe? Which human rights activist was sampled for a posthumous hit single? And which solo artist was in the top ten with a medley of his former band’s songs? Click PLAY to find out!
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1984 • Bobby King • Bruce Foxton • Captain Sensible • Cure • Jeffrey Daniel • Killing Joke • Lionel Richie • Lotus Eaters • Madness • Malcolm X • Mixcloud • music • Nena • Off The Chart • Phil Collins • Propaganda • Queen • Shakin' Stevens • Thomas Dolby • Thompson Twins • Weird Al Yankovic
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McIntosh Laboratory RS100 Wi-Fi Loudspeakers
Among American audio brands, it would be difficult to beat McIntosh Laboratory for sheer name -- and image -- recognition: The blue-and-green glowing McIntosh faceplate, with its meters and chunky knobs, is perhaps the most familiar icon of American hi-fi. Though mostly associated with tubed power amplifiers and preamplifiers, in recent years McIntosh has branched out, introducing everything from headphones and media streamers to wireless loudspeakers. Though it continues to manufacture the older product categories it’s best known for, the McIntosh of today is not your dad’s McIntosh.
The RS100, McIntosh’s first wireless speaker, is definitely a member of the family. A bookshelf model with a built-in, 60W solid-state amplifier, the RS100 sports the classic Mac Labs look, right down to the translucent front panel and blue-glowing output-level meter. Another distinctly McIntosh aspect is the price: At $1000 USD each, the RS100 is one of the more expensive wireless speakers out there. That said, if you’ve ever wanted McIntosh gear but haven’t been able to afford it, the RS100 is the least costly component the company now makes -- even their headphones cost $2000.
The RS100 runs on 802.11g/n Wi-Fi, but can also connect to a wired home network through a USB-to-Ethernet adapter (not supplied). It streams audio via DTS Play-Fi, a platform that supports native playback of up to 24-bit/96kHz FLAC and WAV files. Control is carried out using Play-Fi’s apps for iOS or Android devices, with integrated support for Amazon Prime Music, Pandora, Rhapsody, Spotify, Tidal, and other services. DLNA support is also onboard -- you can stream files locally from a media server running on a computer or network-attached storage (NAS).
The RS100’s cabinet has a high-gloss black finish and sits on an aluminum base. A ported two-way design, the speaker’s 4” midrange-bass driver and 0.75” titanium-dome tweeter are covered by a removable grille of black cloth that attaches to the front baffle via magnets. The RS100’s specs cite a frequency response of 55Hz-20kHz.
Connections on the rear panel include an analog RCA input for external sources, and an output for hooking up an external powered subwoofer. Two RS100s can be paired via Play-Fi for stereo playback; in that setup, you simply connect the left/right output of the external source to the input on the appropriate speaker. There’s a USB port, but it’s only for servicing the speaker or connecting a USB-to-Ethernet adapter; it can’t be used to stream music from connected drives.
In theory, setting up a Play-Fi wireless speaker should be simple. However, the RS100 is the second set of Play-Fi speakers I’ve tested, and I had problems setting up both. My main complaint is that, for initial connection, the speakers must be placed physically next to the wireless access point -- attempts to join the RS100s to my network from as nearby as the next room met with repeated messages of “failed connection.” Once the speakers have been successfully synced and named (Bedroom, Office, Kitchen, etc.), you can unplug and install them in the preferred room. This is a minor drag, and but it’s not something I’ve had to deal with in testing other wireless speakers, from companies such as Raumfeld and Sonos.
I experienced another setup setback when I tried to pair two RS100s for stereo playback. The Play-Fi app makes this process straightforward enough, once both speakers have been connected to the wireless network: You select the speakers you want to pair, and the app prompts you to designate one as the left channel, the other as the right, and supplies test tones to ensure you’ve made those designations correctly. While I had no apparent problem in setting up a stereo pair, I did at first have trouble in getting the speakers to play music in stereo -- the system repeatedly defaulted to a single speaker playing in mono.
A couple of calls to McIntosh later, I was running a beta version of an update of the Play-Fi app, and stereo playback was working smoothly. Within Play-Fi I was easily able to switch between the RS100s and a pair of Polk Audio speakers, and could group both pairs together for multiroom playback. The Play-Fi update even lets you set up multichannel systems for surround-sound playback.
As for the app itself, compared with bespoke wireless-control apps like the one created by Naim for its Mu-so systems, the Play-Fi is considerably more generic but gets the job done. I used it mainly to stream tracks from Pandora and Tidal, but also for playing standard- and high-resolution music files stored on my phone, as well as from external storage attached to a MacBook Pro running JRiver Media Center 21. Once my setup was locked down, for the most part I experienced no further playback problems.
The RS100’s design closely follows the typical bookshelf-speaker template, so it came as no surprise to find that it sounds like a bookshelf speaker -- in this case, a rather potent one. Set up on sturdy Target stands in my 14’L x 12’W x 9’H bedroom, the RS100s easily filled the space and then some. The bass guitar and drums in “Decks Dark,” from Radiohead’s A Moon Shaped Pool (16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC, XL/Tidal), sounded powerful and upfront, but there was also plenty of space in the mix for Thom Yorke’s plaintive singing and the icy, atmospheric washes of keyboards and electronics. The soundstage cast by the RS100 pair was satisfyingly wide, and about three-quarters of the way through, when the music locks in to an aggressive groove, the sound remained sprightly, dynamic, and full.
Seeking further confirmation of the RS100s’ impressive bass extension and imaging, I next played “Ova Nova,” from Underworld’s latest release, Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future (16/44.1 FLAC, Astralwerks/Tidal). The speakers’ ability to reproduce throbbing bass synths without breaking a sweat allowed them to convey this track’s subtle layering, musicality, and warmth -- the very qualities that make Underworld’s music stand apart from the rest of the EDM horde. Unlike many other wireless speakers, the RS100s’ presentation also had a panoramic quality, the soundstage far exceeding the boundaries of the speakers.
Switching to acoustic music, I streamed a few of my reference jazz tracks, including “Little Person,” from pianist Brad Mehldau’s Blues and Ballads (16/44.1 FLAC, Nonesuch/Tidal). The RS100s easily conveyed the recording studio’s ambience, and Larry Grenadier’s double bass had a full, tuneful, almost palpable quality. When I pushed the volume up, however, Mehldau’s piano sounded somewhat brittle, and the cymbals in Jeff Ballard’s drum kit edged toward the tinny. Interestingly, when I streamed from my Mac a 24/96 version of the same recording, downloaded from HDtracks, the treble sounded smoother and more detailed.
Other acoustic jazz recordings revealed the same deal: a somewhat sizzly top end with MP3s and CD-rez tracks, and a distinctly easier-on-the-ears sound with hi-rez music. For example, in “Moon River,” from Bill Frisell with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones (CD, Nonesuch/Elektra 79624-2), Frisell’s acoustic guitar sounded edgy, and Jones’s brushes too crisp as they scraped the surface of his snare. But in “Every Time We Say Goodbye,” from the Jimmy Cobb Quartet’s Jazz in the Key of Blue (24/96 FLAC, Nonesuch/Elektra/HDtracks), Cobb’s brushed snare sounded detailed, and the trumpet was brassy and crisp, not harsh.
McIntosh Lab’s RS100 is eye-catching -- everyone who saw the speaker during its time with me nodded in appreciation of its cool, vintage-audio look. It’s also affordable for a McIntosh product, though its cost exceeds, by a wide margin, what you’d pay for other decent-performing Wi-Fi speakers. As for the sound, I enjoyed the RS100s’ muscular bass, and their ability to cast a big aural image with rock and electronic tracks, but was less thrilled with their sound when I streamed more delicate, nuanced acoustic jazz and classical music. The RS100’s connection options are also limited, and the Play-Fi platform it runs on can be fussy (though the latest software update seems to have ironed out some wrinkles).
Whether or not you should splurge on a pair of RS100s will ultimately depend on your musical preferences, and on how badly you want that iconic McIntosh faceplate in your home.
Sources -- Panasonic DMP-UB900 UHD BD player, Apple MacBook Pro computer, iPhone 6, iPad 2, JRiver Media Center 21, Tidal HiFi
Price: $1000 USD each.
McIntosh Laboratory, Inc.
2 Chambers Street
Website: www.mcintoshlabs.com
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Blog Teams West Ham Report: West Ham United keen on Bournemouth goalkeeper Asmir Begovic ahead of January transfer window
Report: West Ham United keen on Bournemouth goalkeeper Asmir Begovic ahead of January transfer window
Alani Adefunmiloye 8 December, 2019 Bournemouth, English Premier League, General Football News, Site News, Transfer News & Rumours, West Ham
According to The Sun, West Ham United are keen on Bournemouth goalkeeper Asmir Begovic ahead of the January transfer window as they look to let go of Roberto.
The Spaniard has flopped since covering for the injured Lukasz Fabianski, and the Hammers see Begovic as a quality replacement and experienced hands capable of providing back-up and competition for their first-choice.
The 32-year-old is currently on loan at Azerbaijan with Qarabag, but his deal expires on December 31st, and the likes of Derby County, Birmingham City and PSV Eindhoven are all monitoring him.
The Bosnia international is keen to join a new club temporarily or permanently, and West Ham could be landing a top goalie in him.
Begovic is a Premier League title winner from his days at Chelsea where he made 33 appearances across all competitions in two seasons, and he currently has more than two years left on his £60,000-per-week contract with the Cherries.
West Ham would be expected to pay a large part of his wages should they secure his services on loan, and it will be interesting to see if they indeed go after him in January.
David Martin has been Manuel Pellegrini’s first-choice in goal for the last two games, but Fabianski is expected to return to action next month, and West Ham could look to bring in a new second-choice with Roberto set to leave.
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Michael Gargiulo, Pretrial Hearing 45
Michael Thomas Gargiulo, Arrested in June, 2008
Personal Update:
It's been a few days since I vacated my home of 21 years. I am in temporary housing until the end of December. Luckily, I chose a place where I can still take the Orange Line to the Red Line to get to the downtown Clara Shortridge-Foltz criminal court building.
I'm the first person attending this case on the 9th floor. There are barely 8 people spread out along the long hallway. There are attorneys going into Dept. 106, Judge Fidler's court that I've never seen before. There must be another hearing beside Gargiulo's today. I suspect Gargiulo's hearing will not be first up on the schedule.
There is a pretty young girl on the floor obviously waiting for Dept. 106 to open. She might be a reporter or an intern with the DA's office.
Second chair defense attorney Daniel Nardoni arrives in the hallway. I also see lead counsel Dale Rubin down at the center of the hallway, entering Dept. 103 or 104. Mr. Nardoni approaches a woman he recognizes on the floor and they chat.
DDA's Dan Akemon and Garrett Dameron arrive on the floor. They stick their heads into Dept. 106 to check in with Judge Fidler's clerk, Wendy, to let her know they are here. I overhear someone ask if Mr. Rubin is in Dept. 106. As always, Mr. Nardoni says hello to me, addressing me by name. A few minutes later, Mr. Rubin comes down the hall from Dept. 103. The hallway is still very empty. Hardly any traffic. It doesn't appear that there is a single courtroom on the floor that is currently in trial.
I head into Dept. 106 say hello to Wendy and take a seat. I pass the defense and prosecution teams having a very friendly chat in the ante chamber. It's very refreshing to see all the attorneys on both sides of a case treat each other with respect and deference. From what I've observed over the years, DDA Akemon and Mr. Rubin have known each other for some time and get along quite well.
There will be another hearing before Gargiulo's. Gargiulo's case will be heard at 10 AM.
Mr. Nardoni enters and greets the court reporter. There are several other attorneys here for the other case, which is a multi-defendant case. Mr. Rubin is in the courtroom. When he takes a seat, I notice his pink and blue large check-patterned socks.
The other case, they are going to bring the defendant's out.
Judge Fidler takes the bench. The three defendant case - possibly two trials or even three separate trials. The entire matter is held over to December 7th. And that's it. Judge Fidler is off the bench.
For the first time, I notice that there is a sanitary soap dispenser on the wall where the door to the custody area is. The dispenser is directly under the courtroom clock.
There is a quick court review of a wire-tap hearing. For those of you who don't know, Judge Fidler hears and rules on, I believe, all the requests for a wire tap in Los Angeles County.
In the well of the court, I see DDA Akemon passing a document to Mr. Rubin and Mr. Nardoni. It appears the defense is officially receiving the document. Mr. Nardoni responds to DDA Akemon, "Thank you Daniel." Mr. Rubin is mentioning something to Wendy about bringing a cart from home to place behind the defense table to hold all the files they will be working with on the case.
I see DDA Akemon dropping off a document at the clerks desk. I overhear a quick comment, "No rush." It has something to do with witnesses.
The chatter I'm overhearing at the clerks desk is a March start date for the Gargiulo trial. My heart sinks. One of the cases in the prior hearing is likely to be next up on Judge Fidler's calendar to start in January. Judge Fidler's calendar rules everything else. From what snatches of conversation I'm hearing now,and from what I believe I heard the clerk discuss with other counsel in the prior hearing, one of the three defendants in that case, is not in the greatest of health. The goal is to get his case to trial as quickly as possible. That's why Gargiulo will probably go after that case.
Gargiulo is brought out. He is completely clean shaven except for a very small mustache. The green bag he carries with him is placed on the floor at his feet. He's wearing his black, horn-rimmed glasses. He looks much the same as he has in prior hearings.
Judge Fidler takes the bench for the Gargiulo matter. The defense 995 motion is first mentioned. I've been waiting for the defense to present their 995 motion back in 2013, several attorneys ago. For those not familiar with a 995, it is a defense motion to dismiss the case. It's usually the first motion filed after the completion of the preliminary hearing. Judge Fidler asks if they wish to argue. Mr. Nardoni speaks for the defense on two motions by the people to admit evidence: the 1101b DNA evidence in the 1993 Illinois murder of Tricia Pacaccio and the People's Perkin's Operation.
Mr. Nardoni briefly states that the court is well aware of Illinois v. Perkins (a ruling affecting Miranda when undercover agents are placed in a jail setting). Mr. Gargiulo was at the LA County jail (in LASD custody) when he was brought to another city jurisdiction, and placed in a cell with two undercover agents. Mr. Nardoni argues that this Perkin's Operationin Gargiulo's case was different than the usual encounters. "He was taken out of the cell and grilled. ... put back in the cell ... taken out again a grilled by LAPD and Downey police." In the people's response, they state Gargiulo had the benefit of a toilet and sleep. Mr. Nardoni argues the People's Perkin's Operation goes beyond a Miranda type issue. Mr. Gargiulo was not given medication he required. "They took undue advantage of him."
Mr. Nardoni then argues that, over counsel's objection, the Tricia Pacaccio evidence that was admitted in the prelim under 1101b. He argues that the Pacaccio case, as it is related to the other homicides, there is nothing that relates except the stabbing. Mr. Nardoni argues the evidence is not unique enough.
Ashley Ellerin murder in February 2001. Nardoni argues, "Easy to say but for Pacaccio, he would [never?] been held to answer on Ellerin alone. ... There's no evidence on it's face. ... The last time [Gargiulo] was seen in the area [of Ellerin's murder] was around November 2000." From January 1st to her [Ellerin's] death he was never seen in the area. There was no DNA No footprint match. No hair fibers or anything to connect [Ellerin's murder] to Mr. Gargiulo.
With the Pacaccio evidence, they [people] are able to prove identity as it relates to Pacaccio, and they are trying to piggyback Ellerin case onto that.
Judge Filder asks to hear from the people. DDA Akemon informs the court that back in December, the people dismissed the burglary charges. I believe DDA Akemon informs the court that these issues were litigated before the prelim, ruled admissible and it is not proper to relitigate them here. DDA Akemon goes over the basics of the preliminary hearing: 10 days long; 46 witnesses and 37 exhibits. There are over 1,221 transcript pages. In conclusion, the people had Gargiulo connected to three [attacks] and evidence of violence against three other women. Very compelling circumstantial case.
Mr. Nardoni tells the court that he thinks Mr. Akemon misspoke. We have DNA in Pacaccio. She was found at [her] doorstep at home, outside. Others, the attacker broke into apartment[s]. Mr. Nardoni mentions the Bruno case and that in the Murphy case, the same incident the attacker broke in. "Ellerin, that's not a break-in." Detective Small testified all the windows were secured and could not determine any point of entry of the residence or someone [had a] key to the entrance. Mr. Nardoni states that there were two other people who had keys to Ellerin's home: her roommate and the manager. The Ellerin case is unique. There's no DNA in Ellerin or any other physical evidence.
Judge Fidler rules. "I believe Judge Johnson had more that enough evidence..." The court mentions the 1101b and Perkin's Operation. The motion to dismiss is denied.
Mr. Nardoni tells the court, "We need a trial date." Then the case that has been in Dept. 106 for the past nine months is mentioned. The 12 defendant preliminary hearing in the medical insurance fraud case is the one involving Kelly Soo Park. My notes are not clear on who makes the comment, 'That hearing has got to be coming to an end.'
The court tells the parties that another case will go before them in January. It's not a death penalty case. It will be tried in two separate trials and be six to eight weeks for each. There is one defendant that they need to get to trial first. The other defendant could possibly go after the Gargiulo case. Wendy reminds the court that Mr. Rubin is waiting to retire. I silently note that Mr. Rubin has been waiting to retire since 2017. The Gargiulo case will be Mr. Rubin's swan song.
A return date is finally selected: February 1, 2019 with the case calendar set at zero of 60 on that date. There is speculation that the other case could fall through and not go to trial in January. DDA Akemon, Mr. Rubin and Mr. Nardoni confer. They ask the court if there is a date in December that they can return. Wendy states there are no dates available in December. Judge Fidler's calendar is packed.
Mr. Rubin addresses the court. In 2016 Judge Gordon assigned the case over to him once Mr. Lindner was relieved. Mr. Rubin was assured the case would go to trial in 2017.
Judge Fidler tells the parties that the 12 defendant trial [prelim?] is a disaster.
DDA Akemon tells the court that they are in agreement with the defense. They are hoping not to lose their place in line. The clerk tells the parties there is no November date available either. Judge Fidler asks to speak to Wendy for a second. DDA Dameron tells the court that whatever date, the February 1, 2019 date would be for arguing the 1101b and Perkin's motions. The February 1st date is locked down.
The court addresses the defendant. "Mr. Gargiulo, is that agreeable to you sir?" Gargiulo responds, "Yes."
The court states they will litigate both.
Then the issue of a jury questionnaire is discussed. Mr. Rubin informs the court that the defense does not want one. They want to have individual juror questioning in voir dire. Mr. Rubin tells the court a name of the type of questioning, I have "...Hobi preferred" but I don't know if that's the correct term. Mr. Rubin wants to question jurors individually on their feelings on the death penalty vs LWOP. Mr. Rubin states again he is against a jury questionnaire. He prefers a capitol exam.
The court responds, "If you would like to make a formal motion.... I'm disinclined." Judge Fidler recommends to the parties to prepare a jury questionnaire.
And that's it. At 10:10 AM Gargiulo rises from his chair. The sheriffs pick up his green bag and hand it to him. Mr. Nardoni goes back into the custody area with him. About five minutes later, Mr. Nardoni comes back out of the custody area.
Outside in the hallway, I ask Mr. Rubin for a moment of his time. As polite as he has been over the past three years, he appears a bit irritated by my request. I explain that I am an independent journalist who has covered this case since 2012 and am hoping that he would be willing to share copies of his motions with me.
I don't mention to him that I am hoping he will be willing to share copies of his motions because as an independent journalist, my budget to purchase them from the court is very limited.
Mr. Rubin flatly declines. He tells me I can purchase copies of his motions from the court. I then ask him if he and his co-counsel would be willing to sit for an interview. I make it clear to him that I would not be asking about the case but to do a profile on them as defense attorneys.
Mr. Rubin's tone changes. He is quite adamant in saying no. He tells me he never cooperates with the press. He does not speak to the press. He mentions several major networks by name that have contacted him on the case. Mr. Rubin tells me he never cooperates or sits for interviews. He says that I can go online and find out everything I need to know about him.
Mr. Rubin's response is disappointing since I will have to explore other avenues for getting copies of any defense motions. I know I will not be able to purchase them all. However from a defense standpoint, Mr. Rubin's policy of not cooperating with the press benefits his client the most.
Looking back, I find some irony in all of this. Over the years, I have been contacted by a few people who knew Gargiulo. Some have shared information. Some have not.
In June of 2015, I was contacted by a woman who stated she was in phone and letter contact with the defendant. She knew him from high school. This was during the time that Gargiulo was represented by Mr. Lindner and it was clear from the pretrial hearings that Gargiulo could not stand his counsel, refused to cooperate, was trying to get a new counsel assigned and was unsuccessful in that endeavor.
The individual stated that Mr. Gargiulo wanted me to contact him via letter and possibly meet with him in the private attorney area to discuss the court proceedings with him. The individual stated that Mr. Gargiulo thought that the judge [At the time, this was Dept 108, Judge Sam Ohta] and his defense attorney were "...being deceptive in court and he feels that he is involved in a wrongful case." I respectfully declined.
As an independent journalist with limited resources, T&T has had a long standing policy of zero contact with potential trial witnesses or charged defendants while the case is pending. Anytime someone has contacted me on a pending case, I always check with the assigned Deputy DA's to see if the individual who has contacted me is on a witness list or someone on their radar. Some journalists might ask, How could you pass up the opportunity to sit and talk to Gargiulo? To me, the answer is easy. My goal has always been to report on the story as an observer. I don't want to become a part of the story and end up on the witness stand myself.
Uncertain Future for Trial Coverage
I was hoping that the Gargiulo case would go to trial in January and take the estimated five months for three trials: guilt, sanity and penalty phases. I had originally hoped that I could continue reporting on T&T for another year, but things have changed for me. That's not going to be possible. I will need to return to employment much sooner than I had originally projected. I was hoping that in June after the case was finished, I could brush up on my computer skills and look for work in my prior field as a compliance auditor in the financial industry.
With this trial starting in March or even later means after covering the case since 2012, I probably will not be able to continue T&T and cover the Gargiulo trial without an additional source of income at the same time. Possibly a sponsorship if I can find one or trying to raise funds through a Go Fund Me campaign.
So unfortunately, at this time, things are uncertain for continued trial coverage into 2019.
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Bahrain, UAE Support Saudis in Row Over Missing Journalist– Foreign Ministers
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DOHA (Sputnik) – The Bahraini and UAE foreign ministries supported on Friday Saudi Arabia in the issue of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who went missing after visiting the country’s consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul.
Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa slammed the Al Jazeera broadcaster for accusing Saudi Arabia of being responsible for the disappearance of Khashoggi. Such reports were characterized as false by the minister.
"The aim is [to defame] Saudi Arabia, not the wish to reveal the truth. Throw away your reports, we are with [Saudi Arabia] with heart and soul," Khalifa wrote on his Twitter page.
A similar stance has been expressed by UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan, who said that the United Arab Emirates was supporting Saudi Arabia in the situation around the disappearance of Khashoggi.
"The intentions to insult Saudi Arabia will have terrible consequences for the instigators," UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said on his Twitter page.
© AP Photo / Lefteris Pitarakis
Erdogan Says Dissatisfied With Saudi Explanations for Journalist Disappearance
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Khashoggi has been missing since October 2, when he visited the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul to obtain documents needed for his upcoming marriage. The Turkish authorities reportedly said that Khashoggi could have been murdered at the consulate, but Saudi Arabia has denied the allegations.
READ MORE: Saudi Delegation Arrives in Ankara for Probe Into Missing Journalist — Reports
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‘No Evidence’ of Active Shooter at San Diego Naval Hospital
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People were instructed to “run, hide, or fight” as an active shooter and three gunshots were reported at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego on Tuesday morning. Military officials were later unable to substantiate the reports.
“**!ATTENTION!** An active shooter has just been been reported in building #26 at Naval Medical Center San Diego. All occupants are advised to run, hide or fight. All non-emergency response personnel are asked to stay away from the compound, located at 34800 Bob Wilson Drive, San Diego, CA 92134,” a post on the hospital’s Facebook page read.
'Active Shooter' at Arkansas State University Prompts Evacuations
An initial witness report stated that the shots were heard in a building containing the gym and barracks at approximately 8:00 AM local time. No injuries were reported. The hospital also holds a childcare facility which opens at 5:30 AM, and may contain up to 200 children.
"For all concerned, the childcare facilities at NMC are currently secured. All children are accounted for and safe,” officials announced in a statement shortly after 9:00 AM.
The Navy quickly had first responders and K9 units on the scene to clear the buildings, and people were ordered to shelter-in-place as the building went on lockdown so it could be cleared. A middle school and two high schools in the nearby area also went into lockdown.
© Flickr / Jimmy Smith
Mississippi University on Lockdown Amid Active Shooter Threat
At 8:45 AM, a SWAT vehicle was seen entering the compound, but officials stated that an initial sweep did not turn up any evidence that shots were ever fired. Investigators are reportedly seeking the person who made the initial report.
By 10 AM, people were seen being lead out of the building with their hands up by law enforcement, though no arrests have been made.
Navy Capt. Curt Jones, commanding officer at the facility, said there was "nothing which substantiates" reports of a shooting.
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US Sees 160 Active Shooter Cases Killing Over 550 People Since 2000: FBI Report
Active Shooter, SWAT, Naval Medical Center, California, San Diego
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Milton - United States
Milton Hotels and Apartments
Area : Illinois
Current time : 06:43 hrs (GMT -6.0)
United States (9629091 km2) Countrycode : US | Phone code : 1
Population : 310 mln Capital : Washington
Languages : English, Spanish, Hawaiian, French
Currency : Dollar USD ( 1 EUR = 1.11 USD)
Neighbours : Canada Mexico Cuba
Milton / Area : Illinois
Alandale (8.7 km)
Altamont (6.4 km)
Alton (3.7 km)
Belmont Village (6 km)
Bethalto (8.9 km)
Cottage Hills (6.3 km)
East Alton (3.4 km)
Fairmont (6.3 km)
Forest Homes (5.2 km)
Fort Bellefontaine (11.1 km)
Fosterburg (10 km)
Godfrey (7.4 km)
Hartford (8.3 km)
Ivy Heights (8.4 km)
Kendall Hill (10.1 km)
Kic-ka-poo Village (histo (6.9 km)
Lakeview (12.2 km)
Melville (9.9 km)
Milton (0 km)
North Alton (5.4 km)
Oakwood Heights (6.7 km)
Oldenburg (11.9 km)
Poag (14.4 km)
Quatoga Bluff (9.7 km)
Rosedale (5.5 km)
Rosewood Heights (5.1 km)
Roxana (8 km)
South Roxana (10.3 km)
Southmoor (6.6 km)
Upper Alton (1.6 km)
Wanda (11.5 km)
West Alton (7.9 km)
Wood River (5.7 km)
Woods (5.4 km)
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Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties
The Hague (Netherlands), 3-15 June 2007
Proposals for amendment of Appendices I and II
Species covered by the proposal
Proposal number and proponent
on (dd/mm/yy)
F A U N A
Loridae Nycticebus spp. CoP14 Prop. 1
Cambodia Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I
Felidae Lynx rufus CoP14 Prop. 2
United States of America Deletion from Appendix II
Panthera pardus CoP14 Prop. 3
Uganda Transfer of the population of Uganda from Appendix I to Appendix II with an annotation that reads as follows:
"1) for the exclusive purpose of sport hunting for trophies and skins for personal use, to be exported as personal effects; and 2) with an annual export quota of 50 leopards for the whole country."
PROBOSCIDEA
Elephantidae Loxodonta africana CoP14 Prop. 4
Botswana and Namibia Maintenance of the populations of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe in Appendix II in terms of Article II, paragraph 2 (b), with the replacement of all existing annotations with the following annotation:
"1) The establishment of annual export quotas for trade in raw ivory is determined in accordance with Resolution Conf. 10.10 (Rev. CoP12); 2) Trade in raw ivory is restricted to trading partners that have been certified by the Secretariat, in consultation with the Standing Committee, to have sufficient national legislation and domestic trade controls to ensure that the imported ivory will not be re-exported and will be managed in accordance with the requirements of Resolution Conf. 10.10 (Rev. CoP12) concerning manufacturing and trade; and 3) The proceeds of the trade in raw ivory are to be used exclusively for elephant conservation and community development programmes."
Loxodonta africana CoP14 Prop. 5
Botswana Amendment of the annotation to the population of Botswana to read as follows:
"For the exclusive purpose of allowing in the case of the population of Botswana:
1) trade in hunting trophies for non-commercial purposes; 2) trade in hides for commercial purposes; 3) trade in leather goods for commercial purposes; 4) trade in live animals for commercial purposes to appropriate and acceptable destinations (and as determined by the national legislation of the country of import); 5) trade annually in registered stocks of raw ivory (whole tusks and pieces of not more than 8 tonnes) of Botswana origin owned by the Government of Botswana for commercial purposes only with trading partners that have been certified by the Secretariat, in consultation with the Standing Committee, to have sufficient national legislation and domestic trade controls to ensure that the imported ivory will not be re-exported and will be managed in accordance with the requirements of Resolution Conf. 10.10 (Rev. CoP12) concerning manufacturing and trade; and 6) trade in registered stocks of raw ivory (whole tusks and pieces of not more than 40 tonnes) of Botswana origin owned by the Government for commercial purposes on a one-off sale immediately after the adoption of the proposal. Botswana will trade only with trading partners that have been certified by the Secretariat, in consultation with the Standing Committee, to have sufficient national legislation and domestic trade controls to ensure that the imported ivory will not be re-exported and will be managed in accordance with the requirements of Resolution Conf. 10.10 (Rev. CoP12) concerning manufacturing and trade."
Kenya and Mali A. Amendment of the annotation regarding the populations of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa to:
a) include the following provision: "No trade in raw or worked ivory shall be permitted for a period of 20 years except for:
1) raw ivory exported as hunting trophies for non-commercial purposes; and 2) ivory exported pursuant to the conditional sale of registered government-owned ivory stocks agreed at the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties"; and
b) remove the following provision: "6) trade in individually marked and certified ekipas incorporated in finished jewellery for non-commercial purposes for Namibia".
B. Amendment of the annotation regarding the population of Zimbabwe to read: "For the exclusive purpose of allowing:
1) export of live animals to appropriate and acceptable destinations; 2) export of hides; and 3) export of leather goods for non-commercial purposes.
All other specimens shall be deemed to be specimens of species included in Appendix I and the trade in them shall be regulated accordingly. No trade in raw or worked ivory shall be permitted for a period of 20 years. To ensure that where a) destinations for live animals are to be appropriate and acceptable and/or b) the purpose of the import is to be non-commercial, export permits and re-export certificates may be issued only after the issuing Management Authority has received, from the Management Authority of the State of import, a certification to the effect that: in case a), in analogy to Article III, paragraph 3 (b) of the Convention, the holding facility has been reviewed by the competent Scientific Authority, and the proposed recipient has been found to be suitably equipped to house and care for the animals; and/or in case b), in analogy to Article III, paragraph 3 (c), the Management Authority is satisfied that the specimens will not be used for primarily commercial purposes."
United Republic of Tanzania Transfer of the population of the United Republic of Tanzania from Appendix I to Appendix II with an annotation that reads as follows:
"For the exclusive purpose of allowing:
1) trade in registered stocks of raw ivory in whole tusks and pieces; 2) trade in live specimens for non-commercial purposes to appropriate and acceptable destinations; and 3) trade in hunting trophies for non-commercial purposes."
ARTIODACTYLA
Camelidae Vicugna vicugna CoP14 Prop. 8
Bolivia Amendment of the annotation to the Bolivian population to read as follows:
"Population of Bolivia (listed in Appendix II): For the exclusive purpose of allowing international trade in wool sheared from live vicuñas, and in cloth and items made thereof, including luxury handicrafts and knitted articles. The reverse side of the cloth must bear the logotype adopted by the range States of the species, which are signatories to the Convenio para la Conservación y Manejo de la Vicuña, and the selvages the words 'VICUÑA-BOLIVIA'. Other products must bear a label including the logotype and the designation 'VICUÑA-BOLIVIA-ARTESANÍA'. All other specimens shall be deemed to be specimens of species included in Appendix I and the trade in them shall be regulated accordingly."
Cervidae Cervus elaphus barbarus CoP14 Prop. 9
Algeria Inclusion in Appendix I
Bovidae Gazella cuvieri CoP14 Prop. 10
Gazella dorcas CoP14 Prop. 11
Gazella leptoceros CoP14 Prop. 12
CROCODYLIA
Alligatoridae Melanosuchus niger CoP14 Prop. 13 (Rev. 1)
Brazil Transfer of the Brazilian population from Appendix I to Appendix II
Helodermatidae Heloderma horridum charlesbogerti CoP14 Prop. 14
Guatemala Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I
ELASMOBRANCHII LAMNIFORMES
Lamnidae Lamna nasus CoP14 Prop. 15
Germany* Inclusion in Appendix II, with the following annotation:
"The entry into effect of the inclusion of Lamna nasus in Appendix II of CITES will be delayed by 18 months to enable Parties to resolve the related technical and administrative issues, such as the possible designation of an additional Management Authority."
SQUALIFORMES
Squalidae Squalus acanthias CoP14 Prop. 16
"The entry into effect of the inclusion of Squalus acanthias in Appendix II of CITES will be delayed by 18 months to enable Parties to resolve the related technical and administrative issues, such as the possible designation of an additional Management Authority."
RAJIFORMES
Pristidae Pristidae spp. CoP14 Prop. 17
Kenya and the United States of America Inclusion in Appendix I
ACTINOPTERYGII ANGUILLIFORMES
Anguillidae Anguilla anguilla CoP14 Prop. 18
Germany* Inclusion in Appendix II
Apogonidae Pterapogon kauderni CoP14 Prop. 19
United States of America Inclusion in Appendix II
CRUSTACEAE
Palinuridae Panulirus argus and Panulirus laevicauda CoP14 Prop. 20
Brazil Inclusion of the Brazilian populations in Appendix II
CNIDARIAANTHOZOA GORGONACEAE
Corallidae Corallium spp. CoP14 Prop. 21
F L O R A
AGAVACEAE Agave arizonica CoP14 Prop. 22
United States of America Deletion from Appendix I
Nolina interrata CoP14 Prop. 23
United States of America Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix II, including all parts and derivatives
CACTACEAE Pereskia spp. and Quiabentia spp. CoP14 Prop. 24
Argentina Deletion from Appendix II
Pereskiopsis spp. CoP14 Prop. 25
Mexico Deletion from Appendix II
CACTACEAE and ORCHIDACEAE Cactaceae spp. (#4) and Orchidaceae spp. (#8) in Appendix II, and all taxa annotated with annotation #1 CoP14 Prop. 26
Switzerland Merging and amendment of annotations #1, #4 and #8 to read:
"Designates all parts and derivatives, except:
a) seeds, spores and pollen (including pollinia), except seeds of Mexican Cactaceae spp. originating in Mexico; b) seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquid media, transported in sterile containers; c) cut flowers and cut leaves (excluding phylloclades and other stem parts, and pseudobulbs) of artificially propagated plants; d) fruits and parts and derivatives thereof of naturalized or artificially propagated plants of the genera Vanilla (Orchidaceae), Opuntia subgenus Opuntia, Hylocereus and Selenicereus (Cactaceae); e) separate stem joints (pads), stem sections and flowers and parts and derivatives thereof of naturalized or artificially propagated plants of the genera Opuntia subgenus Opuntia, and Selenicereus (Cactaceae); f) finished products that are packaged and ready for retail trade (excluding whole or grafted specimens, seeds, bulbs and other propagules) of Aloe spp., Aquilaria malaccensis, Cactaceae spp., Cibotium barometz, Cistanche deserticola, Cyclamen spp., Dionaea muscipula, Euphorbia spp., Galanthus spp., Orchidaceae spp. and Prunus africana; and g) non-living herbarium specimens for non-commercial purposes."
Adonis vernalis, Guaiacum spp., Hydrastis canadensis, Nardostachys grandiflora, Panax ginseng, Panax quinquefolius, Picrorhiza kurrooa, Podophyllum hexandrum, Pterocarpus santalinus, Rauvolfia serpentina, Taxus chinensis, T. fuana, T. cuspidata, T. sumatrana, T. wallichiana, Orchidaceae spp. in Appendix II, and all Appendix-II and -III taxa annotated with annotation #1 CoP14 Prop. 27
Switzerland, as Depositary Government, at the request of the Plants Committee Amendment of the annotations to these taxa to read as follows:
– For Adonis vernalis, Guaiacum spp., Nardostachys grandiflora, Picrorhiza kurrooa, Podophyllum hexandrum, Rauvolfia serpentina, Taxus chinensis, T. fuana, T. cuspidata, T. sumatrana and T. wallichiana:
"Designates all parts and derivatives except: a) seeds and pollen; and b) finished products packaged and ready for retail trade."
– For Hydrastis canadensis:
"Designates underground parts (i.e. roots, rhizomes): whole, parts and powdered."
– For Panax ginseng and P. quinquefolius:
"Designates whole and sliced roots and parts of roots."
– For Pterocarpus santalinus:
"Designates logs, wood-chips, powder and extracts."
– For Orchidaceae spp. in Appendix II and all Appendix-II taxa (Agave victoriae-reginae, Aloe spp., Anacampseros spp., Aquilaria spp., Avonia spp., Beccariophoenix madagascariensis, Bowenia spp., Caryocar costaricense, Cibotium barometz, Cistanche deserticola, Cyathea spp., Cycadaceae spp., Cyclamen spp., Dicksonia spp., Didiereaceae spp., Dionaea muscipula, Dioscorea deltoidea, Euphorbia spp., Fouquieria columnaris, Galanthus spp., Gonystylus spp., Gyrinops spp., Hedychium philippinense, Lewisia serrata, Neodypsis decaryi, Nepenthes spp., Oreomunnea pterocarpa, Orothamnus zeyheri, Pachypodium spp., Platymiscium pleiostachyum, Protea odorata, Prunus africana, Sarracenia spp., Shortia galacifolia, Sternbergia spp., Swietenia humilis, Tillandsia harrisii, T. kammii, T. kautskyi, T. mauryana, T. sprengeliana, T. sucrei, T. xerographica, Welwitschia mirabilis, Zamiaceae spp.) and Appendix-III taxa (Gnetum montanum, Magnolia liliifera var. obovata, Meconopsis regia, Podocarpus neriifolius, Tetracentron sinense) annotated with #1:
"Designates all parts and derivatives, except: a) seeds, spores and pollen (including pollinia); b) seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquid media, transported in sterile containers; c) cut flowers of artificially propagated plants; and d) fruits and parts and derivatives thereof of artificially propagated plants of the genus Vanilla."
DIAPENSIACEAE Shortia galacifolia CoP14 Prop. 28
EUPHORBIACEAE Euphorbia spp. included in Appendix II CoP14 Prop. 29
Switzerland Amendment of the annotation to Euphorbia spp. included in Appendix II to read as follows:
"Succulent, non pencil-stemmed, non-coralliform, non-candelabriform species only, with shapes and dimensions as indicated, except the species included in Appendix I:
a) pencil-stemmed succulent Euphorbia spp.: whole plants with spineless, erect stems of up to 1 cm diameter and a length of more than 25 cm, unbranched or predominantly branching from near the base, leafless or with small leaves; b) coralliform succulent Euphorbia spp.: whole plants with spineless, multiply branched, occasionally sharply pointed stems with a diameter of up to 3 cm and more than 50 cm length, leafless or with unconspicuous or ephemeral leaves; and c) candelabriform succulent Euphorbia spp.: whole plants with angled or winged stems and paired spines, confined to the edges, at least 3 cm diameter and more than 50 cm length, unbranched or branching."
LEGUMINOSAE Caesalpinia echinata CoP14 Prop. 30
Brazil Inclusion in Appendix II, including all parts and derivatives
Dalbergia retusa and Dalbergia granadillo CoP14 Prop. 31
Dalbergia stevensonii CoP14 Prop. 32
MELIACEAE Cedrela spp. CoP14 Prop. 33
ORCHIDACEAE Orchidaceae spp. included in Appendix II CoP14 Prop. 34
Switzerland Amendment of the annotation to Orchidaceae spp. included in Appendix II to read as follows:
"Artificially propagated hybrids of the following genera are not subject to the provisions of the Convention, if conditions, as indicated in paragraphs a) and b) below, are met: Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Miltonia, Odontoglossum, Oncidium, Phalaenopsis and Vanda:
a) Specimens are readily recognizable as artificially propagated and do not show any signs of having been collected in the wild such as mechanical damage or strong dehydration resulting from collection, irregular growth and heterogeneous size and shape within a taxon and shipment, algae or other epiphyllous organisms adhering to leaves, or damage by insects or other pest; and b) i) when shipped in non flowering state, the specimens must be traded in shipments consisting of individual containers (such as cartons, boxes, crates or individual shelves of CC-containers) each containing 20 or more plants of the same hybrid; the plants within each container must exhibit a high degree of uniformity and healthiness; and the shipment must be accompanied by documentation, such as an invoice, which clearly states the number of plants of each hybrid; or ii) when shipped in flowering state, with at least one fully open flower per specimen, no minimum number of specimens per shipment is required but specimens must be professionally processed for commercial retail sale, e.g. labelled with printed labels or packaged with printed packages indicating the name of the hybrid and the country of final processing. This should be clearly visible and allow easy verification.
Plants not clearly qualifying for the exemption must be accompanied by appropriate CITES documents."
Orchidaceae spp. included in Appendix II CoP14 Prop. 35
Switzerland, as Depositary Government, at the request of the Plants Committee Amendment of the annotation to Orchidaceae spp. included in Appendix II to read as follows:
"Artificially propagated hybrids of the following genera are not subject to the provisions of the Convention, if conditions, as indicated under a) and b), are met: Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis and Vanda:
TAXACEAE Taxus cuspidata CoP14 Prop. 36
United States of America Amendment of the listing in Appendix II by:
1. Deleting the phrase "and infraspecific taxa of this species"; and 2. Annotating to read as follows:
"Specimens of hybrids and cultivars are not subject to the provisions of the Convention."
Taxus chinensis, T. cuspidata, T. fuana and T. sumatrana CoP14 Prop. 37
Switzerland, as Depositary Government, at the request of the Standing Committee
A. Deletion of the annotation to Taxus chinensis, Taxus fuana and Taxus sumatrana in Appendix II that reads:
"Whole artificially propagated plants in pots or other small containers, each consignment being accompanied by a label or document stating the name of the taxon or taxa and the text ‘artificially propagated’, are not subject to the provisions of the Convention"; and
B. Amendment of the annotation to Taxus cuspidata to read:
"Artificially propagated hybrids and cultivars of Taxus cuspidata in pots or other small containers, each consignment being accompanied by a label or document stating the name of the taxon or taxa and the text ‘artificially propagated’, are not subject to the provisions of the Convention."
* on behalf of the European Union Member States acting in the interest of the European Union
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Preparing For Online Action Games
Action games tend to be like strategy games and adventure games combined. If you’re the kind of a gamer who want to try wonderful things, then these games should work best with you. They’re known as action games simply because they require high amounts of interaction between your game and it is players or among different players, in the event of multi-player games. During these games, you apply the keyboard to experience with one character. Also, the factor which makes them unique is always that your character can perform many things and you may manage it fully to maneuver the sport screen.
Typically the most popular action game could be Mario. While this sort of a game title is generally performed on the console, many Mario games can be found online nowadays. Such games almost really are a replica, particularly classic Mario versions. Within an action game, you control Mario, or other for instance, for the goal. Within the situation of Mario, you would need to lead him to run, walk, or jump around game course while shooting or stomping in the opponents to get at the evil King castle and save the princess.
Diverse action has diverse goals, even though the methods for getting to any or all them is nearly exactly the same. There can be different story lines, backgrounds, and special abilities incorporated inside your character. You can simply make use of all of individuals to your advantage to have the goal of confirmed game.
Action games are available in several types and kinds. Some are perfect for boys while some are specifically designed for women. You will find individuals perfect for that youthful ones and many types are suitable for the older players that will just like a good dose of the challenge from the game. Pick the choice for you according to your level of skill and how long that you’ll commit to play that game.
Most of the action games available online and many of them are flash-based. Which means that they may be easily performed in your internet browser. You don’t need to download any game in your computer. All you need to do is to go browsing the website that offers it and play. Flash-based games are becoming extremely popular nowadays since it is quite convenient. Many online players prefer it simply because they may have a great game without needing in the entire their PC sources.
Load an action game without anyone’s knowledge while doing another thing. These games may be the perfect pastime, especially if you wish to relax somewhat after carrying out a lengthy and tiresome job on the PC. Allow the game load and play for this for any couple of minutes. Almost all action game doesn’t take too lengthy to accomplish, although exist more complicated versions in which you ought to have in order to save how well you’re progressing on the way.
Action games offered online have the freedom. You might have fun with them anytime that you want without getting to pay for. These games are perfect for individuals who wish to have a great time and relaxation before their computer having a assistance of a awesome online action game.
Enjoying Mario Games Online
Gone were the times when Mario games are only able to be performed on the console. When pcs grew to become essential inside all American household, Mario games have permeated the net. The online versions of those games are much like the initial ones however, you don’t have to make use of any gadget apart from your individual computer to experience by using it.
This really is probably the most popular and also the most performed game on the internet. Kids and adults simply like it, especially ones that permit the older players to reminisce Mario and Luigi adventures in King Koopa world. At this time, you will find over 200 Mario games produced. Not every one includes a version submitted online. However the better ones are somewhat simpler to locate.
The primary distinction between playing Mario games online and thru a gaming system may be the controls from the game. Playing within the internet means you would need to make use of the keyboard and mouse for game control. The, only the keyboard can be used. To experience the sport fully and become good in internet marketing, players must have to understand controls of game, like they create when utilizing a gaming console.
Take part in the Mario games online existing, usually on the simple internet browser. They’re flash based, meaning there’s you don’t need to download the whole game that’s developed to operate on any browser. To experience these games, all you need to accomplish is visit a gaming website where such games might be offered. These sites might have other games submitted so you may need to particularly think it is. Search for Mario within the right game category. They often come under action games or arcade games.
The down-side of playing Mario games online is always that that you need to take part in the game in a tiny screen. Some gaming sites have choices to play a game title entirely-screen mode although not everybody can perform so. Select a gaming site that offer this type of feature if you wish to increase your gaming pleasure while playing Mario games online.
Select from a multitude of Mario games online – puzzle, racing, adventure, and shooting games are accessible. Some games are patterned after a little original version while some are produced by independent programmers adapting Mario his or her primary character. Every one of these games is guaranteed enjoyable. They will help you while away time. They really are a great pastime, particularly if you plan to employ games to unwind in order to break-free of an exhausting task before your computer.
Benefit from the adventure that just Mario can offer. It is only so good to understand these games are often open to anyone who has a web connection. You are able to have fun with it anytime that you want and perform so with no cost. Catch free Mario games online and also have a great moment having fun with them. They simple are ideal for both kids and adults.
Driving Games – The Best Method to Perish Time
Cure takes care of a game title of speed and adrenalin? Should you simply like cars and all sorts of vehicles that arrived to the forefront, you’ll certainly love the driving games which are presented on online gaming portals. Driving games are vehicle-related games in which your career would be to control a particular kind of a vehicle, a truck, from the obstacles on the highway. You don’t always need to race against other players. But you have to arrive at the finish line successfully.
That’s the primary distinction between racing games and driving games. With racing games, you will see other cars around the game screen and you’re matching facing them. With driving games, whatever you need to do determining your vehicle completely towards the finish line. You rarely find other cars in play – but plenty of hurdles, obstacles, along with other stuff that could prevent you from dealing with the aim.
The best factor about online driving is always that these ones ought to be plain to know. There aren’t any complex game rules or keyboard and mouse controls to get accustomed to. As with most racing games accessible online, driving games essentially uses the laptop keyboard arrow secrets of control the vehicle. The direction from the arrow moves vehicle for the corresponding path. The same thing goes true for mouse-controlled driving games. Here, you just move it within the course that you would like your vehicle to trek.
Online games tend to be a good simulation of driving real vehicles. In some instances, find gears and auto part upgrades that the vehicle needs to undergo to follow the game. For each level that you simply complete, you unlock the following stage with some upgrades for that vehicle.
The online driving games offered at gaming portals normally make use of the regular flash-based programming and animation. They are also available in different complexity levels, meaning some games were created for adults while some can be viewed as fit for kids. When looking for these games online, attempt to browse the description from the game first before installing it which means you know pretty much in the event that is a kind of game that you want to experience.
Flash-based games rarely needs download though. The driving and racing games must be loaded in your browser also it would run as intended. These kinds of games are rather short and limited. Which means that it’s merely a couple of levels to accomplish, maybe 3 to 5 in a number of cases. Should you need a more graphic-intensive game, it’s best that you simply consider a downloadable driving game that should be placed on your computer before you listen to it. They’re mostly multiple level driving games that offer for lengthy hrs of fun and adventure.
Driving games are ideal for everyone – for boys, women, kids, or adults. They are designed for all vehicle enthusiasts, specifically for individuals who love controlling a monster of the vehicle.
Engaging With Multi-player Games Online
Are you currently an enthusiastic gamer and searching for methods to while away time having a great game? A powerful suggestion is you try the numerous multi-player games online and find out when they fit your taste good. At this time, lots of multi-player games can be found free of charge and for a small fee. Whichever game you choose to play, it won’t matter as lengthy as you become the excitement and fun that you simply truly deserve.
RPG or role doing offers tend to be the type of game that multi-player games online are sorted under. Here, player assumes the function from the character they prefer. They all have their abilities, special forces, products, and weaknesses. The aim would be to complete the mission provided to you with whatever your character might have.
This group of multi-player game online also follows a wealthy back story that frames the type you utilize. That one puts you within the right mood for that game. Intensive graphics normally includes it to help make players much more engrossed using the game.
Good types of these games could be Ragnarok for boys and also the popular Facebook game Farmville for that women. Both of these games are rods apart with regards to the goals, backgrounds, graphics, story, and all sorts of other concepts all around the game. But they’re both multiplayers offered online nevertheless. The thing is, this kind of game is coded in different textures and forms. Surely, you might perfectly suit you.
A number of these games may be found free of charge although some require membership to be able to play them. Free games will always be better, since you may use them with no obligation. Listen to it all that’s necessary and just upgrade to compensated membership, if we have an choice for that, which means you gain levels your game. Other multi-player games online are practically liberated to play but you would need to spend the money for special products and skills that you desire to choose your character.
The primary idea of multi-player games online would be to collate all players into one big arena. Here, you’ll meet figures that aren’t computer-driven but they are controlled by another human player exactly like you. During these games, you communicate with other players. You are able to treat them as the enemy or in your party. You identify which players will be your allies and which ones are rough enough to become rivals.
There are various concepts behind multi-player games. It’s not difficult to find shooting games or fighting multi-player games online. Choose the one which is created along the kind of game that you simply enjoy most. If you value building empires and fighting like a group, the multi-player game known as Imperial Online might be a good option for you personally.
Multi-player games online would need you to setup a free account that’s associated with the selected character. By doing this, you’ll be able to log to the game portal and continue in which you ended. Many of these games are infinite, meaning there’s no really finish into it. You simply get more powerful and effective the greater you have fun with it.
Article Resource: http://EzineArticles.com/3932814Are an enthusiastic gamer and searching for methods to while away time having a great game? A powerful suggestion is you try the numerous multi-player games online and find out when they fit your taste good. At this time, lots of multi-player games can be found free of charge and for a small fee. Whichever game you choose to play, it won’t matter as lengthy as you become the excitement and fun that you simply truly deserve.
Precisely What Will A Video Game Tester Do?
The gaming sector may be worth vast amounts of dollars every year towards the economy, and it is a significant business. If video games are freed with bugs and glitches, the price to the organization could be huge. Negative reviews on the internet gaming forums and blogs, along with a backlash from users can massively affect a games profitability and seriously damage sales for that writer. The Video game tester, more often known as the QA tester (QA = quality assurance) is offered the task to find issues with the sport prior to it being released, to ensure that programmers can deal with the problems. This helps to ensure that the ultimate game released towards the public is polished, playable, and will get good reviews and feedback. Good reviews and feedback = more profit for that games writer. Video game testers would be the last type of defence against bugs and glitches.
Regrettably for you personally, games producers don’t pay gamers to experience their favourite games for leisure. You’ll be focusing on a specific project with set parameters, where you’ll be testing very specific regions of a specific game. This is when the sport tester, earns their dollars. Quite simply, your work is to try to break the sport.
For instance, a couple of several weeks ago I had been allotted to testing an initial person shooting game, testing just one level. I had been given the job of testing the map limitations, which incorporated encountering walls, objects, along with other supposedly impassable barriers at different speeds and various angles to find out if I possibly could cope with. I’d also shoot in the walls and objects with various weapons, and then try to climb the terrain to conquer the boundary. This specific project is built to be sure that the limitations where solid, and walls and objects reacted how they were designed to when under fire.
Other types of projects are testing a track inside a racing game, driving round it in various directions, at different speeds, crashing in to the limitations, and usually attempting to wreak havoc and discover something which wasn’t said to be there.
Extra tasks you’ll be needed to do are checking loading occasions, which levels load properly, and ensuring items like lighting, and also the weather, are displayed correctly. Concentration is important, as you will have to make sure that no troubles are missed, because these will negatively effect the gaming experience for purchasers.
Basically, you won’t be playing the sport for private fun or enjoyment. You will have to act professionally whatsoever occasions, and stick to the project guidelines strictly. This could become somewhat tiresome, and lots of people tire from the job after only a couple of several weeks. You can finish up in times where you stand playing exactly the same game for days, even several weeks. You’ll frequently be totally tired of a game title through the finish from the project! Quite frequently, game testers will accrue countless hrs of action on only one project.
When a bug has been discovered, the video game tester will need to develop a short set of the bug, including information on the way it was located, and just how frequently it happens. Each bug is classed based on its significance – how negatively it impacts the gaming experience. Probably the most serious bugs are individuals that create crashes and game freezes. Alternatively finish from the scale are bugs which may be lower to non-public opinion, for instance a video game tester believing that a specific graphic “does not look right” or perhaps an animation that appears odd or unusual. Quite frequently, minor bugs and errors is going to be left hanging around, especially if a deadline is looming.
The database of reports is consulted through the programmers again, bugs are fixed, and also the game will be retested. It’s very rare for games to be sold with major problems, as publishers know completely the harm this could do in order to their status.
Because of the effort of games testers, customers gaming encounters are stored enjoyable, and games publishers could produce lucrative products.
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Six, seven, and nine storey blocks, providing 570 bed spaces
St. Pancras Way student accommodation is made up of six, seven, and nine storey blocks, providing 570 bed spaces in a mixture of six to ten bedroom cluster flats and standalone studios. We were approached by Balfour Beatty to provide the delivery role on this project designed by Cooley Architects.The rooms are accessed from a podium slab that is constructed over a two storey builder’s merchant and yard, whilst the scheme replaces the existing warehouse buildings and yard of the site owner. Planning permission for the scheme had been granted prior to our appointment, but a number of changes and discharging conditions were required to improve the viability of the scheme.
Extensive dialogue with the local authority enabled the construction to proceed on programme with a BREEAM rating of “Very Good” set as a target. The structural grid is dictated by the builder’s merchant, in particular the requirements of their delivery lorries. The student accommodation is supported by a deep concrete transfer slab which includes a service zone beneath, allowing drainage to occur at select locations, which was achieved within the height parameters of the original planning permission whilst still maintaining the required clearance heights. Overall, the scheme combines to create a product of the detailed coordination and integration of architectural, structural and service disciplines to achieve a successful outcome.
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Comments on Bundling Disclosure Now at the FEC
by Ellen Miller Dec 5, 2007 12:46 pm
Among the potentially meaningful and important changes to the law in the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act is a provision that requires candidates for federal office to report the bundled contributions they receive from lobbyists. Bundled contributions are among the most insidious sources of campaign money because they give a single donor the opportunity to get credit for raising contributions that are often hundreds of times greater than the legal limits applied to individuals. The massive contributions no doubt result in greater access to elected officials. At Sunlight, we believe bundled contributions from any party-CEOs, non-lobbyist lawyers and law firms-should be publicly disclosed. But, the new law limits such disclosure to registered lobbyists, which at least begins to get to the heart of the problem.
The key to this well-intended provision is to ensure that when it is applied, it is not so full of loopholes that any lobbyist worth her $500 an hour fee finds a way to avoid reporting the bundled contributions she forwards to candidates. The Federal Election Commission has the responsibility of crafting regulations that carry out the intent of the new law. The FEC asked for public comment on its proposed rules, and made those comments available yesterday. The comments came from three Members of Congress, groups that champion ethics reform, and others who, for reasons of their own (or their clients) seem to want to keep bundled contributions hidden in the shadows.
To focus on the positive, we applaud Sen. Feingold and Sen. Obama and Representative Van Hollen for their joint comments reminding the FEC that it has a statutory duty to provide "the broadest possible disclosure" of bundled contributions. This group’s comments make clear that they will oppose narrow reporting requirements that would allow bundlers to easily skirt disclosure. For example, when an individual who is not registered as a lobbyist bundles contributions from, say, a group of employees of a corporation that lobbies, the comments submitted by the Members of Congress make clear that those bundled contributions must be disclosed if the corporation’s lobbyist gets credit from the campaign for bringing them in. Comments that were submitted by lawyers for candidates argue that the bundling reporting requirements should apply only when registered lobbyists bundle. They claim the law was not intended to cover people who are clearly acting as the lobbyists’ agents. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that such a limitation would provide a foolproof way for lobbyists to skirt the disclosure provisions of the law.
Another recommendation proffered by a representative of business interests would similarly provide an instant loophole to the disclosure provisions. The argument is that when lobbyists hold fundraisers, the total amount raised should be pro-rated among the number of hosts. Again, it’s not a stretch to imagine that enough lobbyist "hosts" could be added to every fundraiser so that, when the total amount raised is divided among the hosts, the $15,000 disclosure threshold would never be met. We agree with Senators Feingold, Obama and Congressman Van Hollen that the total amounts raised should be attributed to each host. A disclosure form could easily be crafted to ensure there is no risk of over-reporting the actual total amount brought in at each fundraiser.
On one final issue, we would again urge the FEC to listen to the drafters of the legislation rather than the lawyers looking to game the system. Politicians have multiple ways of knowing whom to credit for delivering bundled contributions, not the least of which is when the chief fundraiser says to the candidate, "Lester Lobbyist brought in $50,000 last week." This type of credit is not documented, nor does it need to be, as when Lester wants to make an appointment with the Senator, the Senator will surely remember the bundled contributions. The authors of the legislation recognize that "campaigns could easily avoid [disclosure] by simply forgoing documentation, and the goal of shining a public spotlight on fundraising by lobbyists would be foiled." Granted, we at Sunlight have a hard time seeing how this particular provision will be enforced, but at the very least the rule should be crafted in a way that recognizes the reality of how bundled contributions work.
The FEC expects to have its final regulations completed by March. We hope they take their advice from the parties who have long demonstrated a commitment to improving disclosure rather than those who have everything to gain by keeping bundled contributions in the dark.
Tags: Barack Obama, Bundling, Chris Van Hollen, Federal Election Commission, Lobbyists, Russ Feingold, Sunlight Foundation
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Community Education is a vital part of our community life. It is fundamental to building awareness through the sharing of topics relevant to Waldorf curriculum, as well as issues and ideas that enrich and deepen our understanding of our world. Each year we present programs that appeal to our diverse community. These events are designed to explore ideas pertinent to parents of all students.
Please RSVP for all events: communityed@steiner.edu
Faculty and parents work together to develop events that broaden the larger community’s understanding of Waldorf education.
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Community Education Events 2019-2020
Book Presentation: Hearts and Minds (Reclaiming the Soul of Science and Medicine)
Walter Alexander
Tuesday, October 29, 7:00 pm, Lower School Assembly Room
In conjunction with the release of his book, Walter Alexander, former Waldorf and public school teacher, RSS trustee, writer and veteran medical journalist, will offer a perspective on today’s advances in medicine, biology and neuroscience. His new book addresses the need for a more human-centered approach to scientific and medical research.
Eurythmy Workshop with Alexandra Spadea
Tuesdays & Thursdays, until November 21, 8:30 am to 9:30 am, Upper School Assembly Room
Would you like to invigorate your start into the day? Join Alexandra Spadea for some fun Eurythmy time! Each session is designed to give every participant an introduction into the harmonizing art of Eurythmy. No previous experience required. Eurythmy slippers will be provided.
Visual Conditions and First-Grade Readiness
Dr. Jerry Wintrob, moderated by Anke Scheinfeld
Tuesday, December 10, at 7:00pm, Lower School Assembly Room
A properly functioning visual system and the integration of vision with other senses in an effortless way is essential as children begin elementary school. Dr. Jerry Wintrob, a Developmental Optometrist and a former schoolteacher, will share from his experience of over 30 years in private practice working with children. He will discuss the undiagnosed but easily treated visual conditions that affect development and learning. The talk will be moderated by Anke Scheinfeld, who has been a member of our Early Childhood Faculty for 15 years. Prior to teaching, Anke worked as a physician and her main interest is aligning the healing impulse of Waldorf education with preventive medicine.
“Encountering the Self”: The Emerging Capacities of the Fourth and Fifth Grader
Carol Bärtges
Tuesday, January 21, at 7:00pm, Lower School Assembly Room
The Fourth and Fifth grades are a time of great change for the growing child in all three realms of thought, feeling and volition. Carol Bärtges, Upper School Humanities teacher and author of numerous articles on Waldorf education, will share a view of how the curriculum of these years acknowledges both the visible and invisible transformations occurring within the developing human being.
Social Awareness, Gender and Sexuality in Waldorf Education
Lisa Romero
Tuesday, February 11, at 7:00pm, Lower School Assembly Room
Author, speaker and consultant for Waldorf Education and Anthroposophy, Lisa Romero, will present a talk that will cover how and when we work with children, from early childhood to adolescence, to support community understanding of sexuality and gender as it pertains to the developmental phases of growth during childhood.
Find Comfort in Discomfort: Normalizing Conversations with Kids around Difference
Monique Marshall
Tuesday, March 31 7:00pm, Lower School Assembly Room
Come learn to support young people in conversations around identity and diversity. How does our own comfort with difficult topics or lack thereof impact the children we are raising? We will discuss developmentally appropriate ways to help normalize conversations around difference.
The Key Poetry Café: Celebrating the Literary Work of Our Community
Thursday, April 7 at 7:00pm, Lower School Assembly Room
In this lively evening presented by The Key, the school’s literary magazine, we will showcase the love of poetry and literature that lives deeply in our community. It features original student work from grades 6 through 12 as well as faculty and parent contributions. This year, the event will be dedicated to the Nobel Prize recipient for Literature Toni Morrison who passed away in August.
A Mathematical Evening, hosted by the Upper School Students and the Math Department
Wednesday, April 15, at 7:00pm, Upper School Assembly Room
Join us for an evening of student presentations from their work this year in mathematics. Past presentations have included Senior Math Elective work with Taylor Series, Tenth Grade Computer Science work with decision-making structures, seventh grade work with the Golden Rectangle, and sixth grade work with the Lightbulb Problem. Hosted by Marisha Plotnik and Dan Marsch.
A day trip to Hawthorne Valley Farm
Saturday, April 18, from 8:00 am to 4:00pm
A day trip to Hawthorne Valley in Columbia County for students and parents to learn more about the farm and its educational program. Each year our Lower School and 10th grade students visit the farm for a week and participate in its well-known biodynamic agricultural practice. Buses will leave the Lower School and arrive at the farm’s Main House for an orientation. A full day filled with hands-on farm chores, lunch and a chance to do a little shopping at the Farm Store before heading home.
Characterizing versus Defining: Storytelling through the Grades
Tuesday, May 19, at 7:00pm, Lower School Assembly Room
Storytelling is part of the Waldorf teacher’s and students’ journey through the early childhood years and into the grades, whether sharing fables, reflection on animal behavior and human morality, or exploring biographies and great themes of history in the older grades. Elizabeth Hall, who has been working in Waldorf Education for over 20 years, will explore storytelling as a powerful medium for providing information in a way that students can discuss, ponder, and wrestle with the content rather than solely memorize. Hall is the current 8th grade class teacher at the Green Meadow Waldof School, a member of the Sunbridge faculty, and a crafty storyteller.
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Airtel Broadband Rs 999 Plan Can Be Worth the Extra Spend Against JioFiber Silver Plan
If the subscribers of broadband services are asked about some of the most popular plans and service providers out there, then the chances are that we are going to hear a handful of names and one of the top ones in the list is probably going to be Reliance JioFiber. Now, a little while ago, Bharti Airtel’s broadband services were not matching up to the levels of JioFiber, but with a little tweaking in the plans, some changes, the plans of Bharti Airtel are competing harshly with the Reliance JioFiber plans. This is true for the lower speed ranges, and the high speed ranges as well. There was a dearth of plans with Bharti Airtel which shipped speeds in the higher ranges like 300 Mbps or 1 Gbps. But with the introduction of the VIP Broadband plan in the Bharti Airtel broadband portfolio, things have taken a turn, and the competition is intensified between JioFiber and Airtel Xstream Fibre. That is also true for the price range around Rs 1,000. In this price range, here is how JioFiber and Airtel Xstream Fibre offerings compare.
Reliance JioFiber Silver Plan for Rs 849 Per Month
Firstly, we would have to take a look at the Silver plan being offered by Reliance JioFiber for Rs 849 per month. As subscribers of this fibre broadband plan, the customers will enjoy 100 Mbps speed and 200GB of data FUP in a month. Along with this, Reliance JioFiber is giving extra data FUP of 200GB, so the total data offering would be 400GB in a month. There would also be other additional benefits which Reliance Jio would be giving to the users like the free voice calling, subscription to OTT applications, and more. As part of the Welcome Offer, the Reliance JioFiber subscribers would be able to get a Jio Set-Top Box and a Jio Home Gateway too. If the subscribers get an annual subscription of this plan, however, they will enjoy 800GB monthly data, or two extra months of service depending on their choice.
Airtel Broadband Entertainment Plan of Rs 999
Coming to the Airtel Xstream Fibre broadband plan of Rs 999, which is the Entertainment plan, the subscribers enjoy up to 200 Mbps speeds and a monthly data FUP of 300GB. However, along with this, the subscribers also get some very attractive additional benefits which include Netflix subscription for three months, Amazon Prime subscription for a year, ZEE5 annual subscription and access to Airtel Xstream app as well. Also, for an additional cost of Rs 299, the subscribers can choose to make their plan an unlimited one, with unlimited data.
Which One to Go For?
Now coming to a one on one comparison of both these plans, although the Airtel broadband plan is almost Rs 50 more than the JioFiber silver plan, the former ships 100 Mbps more speed, which is just double the speed of the first plan. Another major feature, which the subscribers can make use of is the unlimited data option, which will set them back by Rs 299 but would avail them unlimited data at just double the speed. This would not be possible with Reliance JioFiber plan. The most that subscribers would be able to do would be to get an annual subscription, which would get them a maximum of 800GB data per month. Not only this but the additional benefits of having a Netflix and Amazon Prime subscription is something that most customers would be attracted to. On the other hand, while JioFiber does offer a free Set-Top Box, subscribers getting it would still have to get a separate connection from an LCO and pay for it.
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Non-Arabic speaking people
Life is very short and in it we get a lot of material to read. One of the more important books I got to read in my life were books which are considered by many as Holy Books.
One of those Holy Books I could not read in the original Arabic and had to trust several translations, which I read and compared with interest. Some of those translations were easy to read and follow, others were very difficult. But of all of them, some would say we may not read and follow those translations, because we only should read the original language: Arabic.
For me this would be very strange, because the people who say that also are sure their book is the Word of God. But when only people who can speak and understand Arabic would be able to read that Word of God, would this God not give the other people the chance to get to know His Word? Would a God of love withhold His Holy Word for people who have no knowledge of Arabic?
A Word of the Creator for all His creatures
Is there also not that God of gods Who tells the world that all people are created from a single man and a single woman, and made into races and tribes so that they should recognise one another. Is also not written in those Scriptures that in God’s eyes, the most honoured of those people are the ones most mindful of Him: God is all knowing, all aware. (Sura 49:13)?
Front of the Quran (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
When I remember the many times I read and reread the Quran/Koran I got the impression words from the Old Jewish and Christian writings were brought together and were once more explained, sometimes in a different order, but still telling the same. Was I wrong to get the impression that according to Quranic teaching, religious pluralism is vital for social order and progress? Was I wrong to have the impression that, in the same way Jesus spoke about agape love, and telling us that God wants to see people who have tolerance for others? Did the words of the prophet Muhammad also not tell about the attitude we should take unto others? Would the knowledge of the Quran also not provide the key to tolerance?
Celebrating difference
العربية: القرآن في متحف التاريخ الطبيعي في نيويورك (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Are there not a lot of teachers in Islam who teach us that the Quran celebrates the differences amongst humankind, and instructs not only one faith group, but all of humanity to do good deeds, remaining good manners and morals, and to live in peace with each other.
I in the previous years of reading (several times) the Quran, that those words repeatedly addressed humanity as a whole and told the world how we should behave, how we should try to form our own character, and how we should present ourselves to others. Several of the old Muslim school taught that the Quran directs people towards justice, moral and spiritual values, and addresses Muslims specifically when referring to acts of worship and Islamic law.
They also say that:
Set up against each other because of misunderstandings
Because of the difficulties by different Muslims, Jews and Christians and their attitude going wrong against each other, I found it important to compare the words from those three monotheist religions together under one loop of neutrality and to look at them from my Christian Christadelphian viewpoint.
Bringing these verses next to each other should give an idea of what is really written in those Holy Books: The Torah (The Law/Tawraat) also known as the Pentateuch, the Nevi’im or (Hebrew) Prophets, the (Aleph) Kethuvim or Hebrew Writings, (Bet-)Kethuvim or Messianic or Greek Writings (New Testament with its Gospels or Injeel/Injil, Apostolic Writings or Epistles and the Revelation of Saint John the apostle) and the much later written Quran, which is by many also considered to be the word of the “Lord of the Worlds”,
which Allah revealed to His Messenger Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), to bring mankind forth from darkness into light.
In case we can find the word of Allah, it is God, also in “the recitation” as presented, Who verbally revealed, to the prophet Muhammad in the 7°century CE, those words should be in unison and complementary with the previous words of the Divine Creator.
Not eliminating previous scriptures
Lots of people seem to forget that the Quran does not eliminate the previous writings, known as the Word of God. The book we often hear about in the news and where many of those terrorist shout about, namely the Quran (Quoran/Koran) confirms the Books which came before it, the Tawraat (Torah) and Injeel (Gospel).Many do not seem to understand the Quran is a witness over them, as Allah says
005.048 وَأَنْزَلْنَا إِلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَمُهَيْمِنًا عَلَيْهِ فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ وَلا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَاءَهُمْ عَمَّا جَاءَكَ مِنَ الْحَقِّ لِكُلٍّ جَعَلْنَا مِنْكُمْ شِرْعَةً وَمِنْهَاجًا وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَلَكِنْ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ فِي مَا آتَاكُمْ فَاسْتَبِقُوا الْخَيْرَاتِ إِلَى اللَّهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِيعًا فَيُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ
Text Copied from DivineIslam’s Qur’an Viewer software v2.913(English interpretation of the Quranic Verse):
Same or different god speaking
When it is the God of Moses speaking to the favoured prophet Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim, considered to be the founder of the religion of Islam and accepted by Muslims throughout the world as the last of the prophets of God, about the Holy Book that Quran (Quran/Koran)) in truth should confirm those books that came before it and Muhaymin (trustworthy in highness and a witness) over it (old Scriptures).
According to Sahih al-Bukhari, the Quran was recited among Levantines and Iraqis, and discussed by Christians and Jews, before it was standardized. There are also some non-Muslim groups who view the Quran as holy, such as Baha’is and Druze. Unitarian Universalists may also seek inspiration from the Quran.
Being one of the most-reviled figures in the history of the West from the 7th century until quite recent times Muhamad has encountered also a lot of controversy, his life, deeds, and thoughts having been debated by followers and opponents over the centuries.
Because in the past those trying to bring faith unto others having used quite often a lot of aggression, there has come a fear on both sites for the other believer in the Divine Creator.
Followers of false prophets and false teachers
Flag of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine. The organization’s banner leads from a verse in the Qur’an “And those who do jihad for Us, we shall guide them to our paths. And God is with those who do good.”
Today it even has become a bigger problem, having groups like those which foud inspiration in Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida, Mujahideen, the Muslim Brotherhood, the Harakat al-Jihād or Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), Hezbollah, Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen- al-Islami, Hamas, Boko Haram, Taliban, closer to us the Mirza Ghulam Ahmad movement, and other jihadists who claim their global jihad is grounded in Quranic “divine command ethics.” The leaders of those growing groups claim authority to interpret the religious text. Like we can find some Christians taking the Bible writings very literally and not taking the old language in mind, those Islamic preachers do the same with an almost literal reading of their sacred scripture. They are really convinced ‘they alone’ see the truth and others should have to follow them, who are following “pure Islam.”
The “Pure Islam,” those teachers present, is a faith
“to please Allah Azzawajal by serving Islam within the means He has bestowed upon the world “Insha Allah””.
They say their guide is the Speech of Allah Azzawajal as it is contained in the Qur’an and their example is in the authentic Sunnah of Muhammad sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam
“as practiced by the Sahaabah radiallaahu ‘anhum and the righteous servants of Allah Azzawajal who have followed in their noble footsteps.”
The Kafirs and kaffers
Many of them paid by the Saudi Sunnis consider lots of other Muslim groups as ‘Kafir’ (كافر) which would be similar to calling them “disbeliever”. In Dutch it means non-believer, non-Mohammedan, and its variant ‘kaffer‘, invective, which has the meaning of peasant, ragamuffin rascal, scoundrel; peasant bastard; jerk; bastard, boorish person; boor; uncouth; infidel.
I do believe that in order to understand the true, peaceful Islam, we also should read the Quran and by having knowledge of that book, we also should be more able to speak to those Muslim brothers about their Holy Writing and about the matters spoken off in the Holy Scriptures the Bible.
Gabble over non-understandable words
We must be conscious that the great majority of Muslims around the world today, do not speak Arabic, and they too like we have to depend on translations. The greatest danger is that many of those Muslims dare not to take a translation but recite Quran verses in Arabic without really knowing what they say, a little bit like some decennia ago in Europe in the Catholic Churches, the priest speaking in Latin, with the majority in church not knowing what he really was saying. This way the preacher can say anything and make them believe anything what their denomination wants them to believe. That is also what we see happening today with the different Muslim groups. I know families in my street who have children married to two different Islamic groups, each saying the other is totally wrong and a bad Muslim. But none of them is willing to discuss the matters or to look at a Dutch Koran translation.
Speaking to each other
The followers of the prophet Jesus should take all opportunities to speak about their faith. They, in the growing Islamization of our world should let others see what Jesus preached and how he made the previous words of his heavenly Father clear. It is true Jesus did not write down his nor his Father‘s Words, but Muhammad left also the written recording of his messages to others. Both those prophets words should be compared with each other. Only by recognising what the other reads in his Holy Scriptures there can come an understanding but can also be shown where certain Muslim preachers go wrong and even go so far to teach matters contrary to the Quran.
Therefore to show people where certain Muslims went or go astray and to bring them back on the right path, plus to give both, non-believer, believer in One or a god, Jew, Christian and Muslim an idea of what is written and meant in certain scriptures, I shall present a comparison of the Quran and Bible and sometimes discuss the verses of both books.
As in Christendom there have been many human writers or theological scholars who brought ideas and schools. As in Christendom we can find many traditions in Islamic families and may find several books of traditional commentaries, to shed light on various passages. I also shall dare to have a look at them and invite Muslims and Christians to give their commentary or understanding on all those verses, traditional schooling and commentaries.
By looking at the Quran and the Bible, next to each other, Muslim and Christian can come to understanding each-other better, I do believe. But we all shall be able to come to see more clearly what makes the jihadists tick — and also perhaps understand what we can and must do to resist them.
In the hope to find a way were we can live in peace according to the Will of Allah, the Most High Almighty God, The Elohim Hashem Jehovah.
from Smithsonian :Folio from a Koran :9th-10th century :Abbasid dynasty :Ink and color on parchment :H: 22.5 W: 29.7 cm :Egypt :Purchase, F1929.71 The verses are from sura (chapter) 22, entitled al-Hadj (Pilgrimage) and include a discussion of the pilgrimage to Mecca. The Hadj is one of the five principal duties of every Muslim. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Qur’an, The Bible, And The Islamic Dilemma (midnightwatcher.wordpress.com)
My religion Islam (ireport.cnn.com)
Islam was founded by the Prophet Muhammad 1400 years ago, and establishes the continuity of God’s revelation which had descended upon earlier prophets such as Abraham, Moses, David and Jesus. Islam, in fact, requires its followers to believe in all earlier prophets and Scriptures. According to Islam all the great religions that preceded it were revealed by God to His chosen messengers.
There are sayings of Holy Prophet Mohammad regarding the coming of latter day Messiah who will try against the Unbelievers and will reestablish the glory of Islam. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the only Islamic organization who believes that the long-awaited messiah has come in the person of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908) of Qadian, India. Ahmad claimed to be the metaphorical second coming of Jesus of Nazareth and the divine guide, whose advent was also foretold by the Prophet of Islam,
Australia: Muslims Drive By Church, Threaten To “Kill The Christians” And Slaughter Their Children (midnightwatcher.wordpress.com)
“A man claiming to be a member of the Islamic State (ISIS) walked into the front yard of St. Hurmiz Assyrian church, in Greenfield Park, Sydney, and shouted ‘come out you dogs, I will burn this church down in 1 explosion in 2 hours, just wait.’ According to witnesses, the man approached from a nearby shopping center. The police were called and the church provided them with video footage from security cameras. The man was arrested later in the day, but may be released for lack of stronger evidence. Church members were shaken. A women said she now fears to attend church because of the bombing threat.” Read more.
Turkey – Erdogan’s new Turkey to requires all students to study the Qur’an (asianews.it)
Turkey’s newly elected President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, aided by his faithful new Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, begins his term of office with a major overhaul of the country’s education system.Although adopted a year ago, the reform plan, which has largely gone unnoticed, begins this year and extends Islamic religious education to all school grades. Only religious high schools (Imam Hatip Lisesi) offered such an education as part of their training programme for the country’s Muslim clergy. At the same time, the reform extends compulsory schooling from Grade 8 to Grade 12.
+Historically in fact, many Jews (and members of other ethnic groups and religions) chose to Turkify and Islamise their names and surnames out of sheer need for survival in view of the rules established following the founding of the Turkish Republic in 1923, based on the notion that Turkey was ethnically homogenous as a Turkish and Muslim nation.Following an outcry from world Jewish leaders, Turkish authorities suspended the measure in the case of Turkish Jews.However, many wonder about what will happen to the 200,000 Christian refugees from Syria who are at present in
Those who have memorized Quran are in high demand (stltoday.com)
“Huffaz” is plural for “hafiz,” (pronounced HA-fizz) the Arabic term for someone who has memorized the Quran. In the Muslim world, it’s an honor of high respect akin to professor or scholar.
in countries like the United States, where Islam is young, huffaz have until recently been hard to come by. Many communities outsource the job during Ramadan.“Some parts of the world have a number of huffaz and other parts not so many,” said Ebrahim Moosa, a professor of religion and Islamic studies at Duke University. “In the U.S., there’s not a big supply of huffaz, so you have to get them from abroad.”Throughout the Muslim world, children begin to memorize the Quran early and even small, rural communities have a hafiz they can rely on during Ramadan. Similarly many large cities around the world have more huffaz than can be employed by their mosques during the holy month. Egypt, in particular, produces a number of highly respected huffaz, according to Moosa.
Killing Innocents (lionessblog.com)
I often have times suggested that folks read the Qur’an in order to learn firsthand what Islam is and what motivates Muslims to kill innocents, those that do not abide in an “authentic” Muslim’s Qur’an based belief system. As I listened to Barack Obama claim that “ISIL is not Islamic – No religion condones the killing of innocents! ” I thought; the guy needs to read the Qur’an and understand the sequence of its numbered sura (verses) and what that means. I said something much less controlled as those who know me well might imagine, and I decided I must do this. I don’t want to do this, but I just can’t stand it anymore. I have a few similar things in the past, and as the fates would have it, I cannot find even one of them. I must save this…….
Islam means “submission.” Its root, salam, means peace, but not peace as you would think of it. It refers to peace that will prevail in the world once all mankind converts to Islam. Of course which major sect of Islam that will be, Sunni or Shiite, is still up for grabs. In that regard, there should be no doubt in any mind that the Sunni – Shiite struggle for Islamic supremacy is the major conflict in the Middle East. We see it manifested in Syria and now Iraq even while the Shiite Iraqis (with our help) try to paper over real Sunni grievances.
What is Islam and how can Christians respond (theaustralianopinion.blogspot.com)
Christians and Jews are acknowledged as “people of the book,” although their failure to conform to the confession of Islam labels them as unbelievers. Following are several questions that Muslims have about Christianity.
but was later altered and corrupted (answering-islam.org)
The Bible was completed 500 years before the Quran was
revealed to Muhammad. If someone today wrote a book that
contradicts a historical document written at the time of
an event that took place in 1497 the person who wrote the
second book would have to be able to prove the older
document was false AND also prove its facts were true.
Obama You Are Correct “No Religion Condones Killing Of Innocents” BUT Islam’s Irrelegious UnHoly Quran Does With Fervor (ironicsurrealism.com)
ISIS/ISIL’s “killing of innocents” and “slaughter of all who stand in its way” are Islamic acts of jihad in the purest form.Just ask Mo!
+Final thought via Bosch Fawstin:
If jihadists were actually “perverting a great religion”, Muslims would have been able to discredit them on Islamic grounds and they would have done so by now. The reason they can’t is because jihadists are acting according to the words of Allah, the Muslim God.
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Destiny Quartet
If you've ever wondered if classical music could sound modern and modern music bring the charm, romance and full colour spirit of gone eras, Destiny Quartet will give you the only right answer, and it is a big YES !
Destiny Quartet are:
Gergana Aleksieva -violin
Zvezdelina Haltakova -violin
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Destiny's Trademark is a rich repertoire of modern arrangements of classical works, film masterpieces and ethnomotives which are captivating the audience and moving it to rapture. The four ladies perfected the winning combination of musical magic, excellent performance technique and absolute femininity.
Libertango, Asturias, Besame Mucho, Destiny (a Fifth of Beethoven), "Scent of a Woman," the hit remake of "Rather Be" and many others stand among their original interpretations.
Bringing together the musical diversity of different cultures, Destiny is a quartet of the world. Their ambition and qualities have already been seen atvarious international stages.
At the core of the highly recognizable and umistakable personal style of the works,performed by quartet Destiny, stands a producer team from Italy, with many successful projects for international film and music productions.These are the composer Maurizio Abeni (worked with Bocelli, Luis Bakalov and a number of other big names) and the sound engineer Marco Streccioni (with over 500 film soundtracks, Oscar, Golden Globe, Golden lion and a number of other awards for his work).
.... After recognizing "Destiny`s" international potential, Abeni and Strachoni continued their successful cooperation, creating strong compositions with catchy arrangements, which in combination with the perfect performance lead to the affirmationof the quartet, successfully competing with the strongest kross- overstring quartets of European music scenes.
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“Managing SW Broadcasts From Ascension Island”
Location of Ascension Island in the South Atlantic.
Many thanks to a number of SWLing Post contributors who share the following story from Radio World magazine (this summary via Southgate ARC):
Managing short wave broadcasts from Ascension Island
Radio World reports on the remote Atlantic Relay Station that transmits critical radio broadcasts to millions in Africa and beyond
A six-mile stretch of volcanic rock in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean is home to the BBC’s Atlantic Relay Station.
Now managed and operated by Encompass Digital Media on behalf of the BBC World Service, the stations’ six powerful shortwave transmitters on Ascension Island beam program in a dozen or more languages to some 30 million listeners in north, west and central Africa.
The shortwave transmitters include two 250 kW Marconi BD272 transmitters originally installed in 1966 (and still in daily use) and four 250 kW RIZ K01 transmitters, which are also capable of transmitting in Digital Radio mode.
Read the Radio World story at
https://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/managing-sw-broadcasts-from-ascension-island
This entry was posted in Broadcasters, International Broadcasting, News, Shortwave Radio and tagged Ascension Island, BBC, Encompass, Radio World Magazine, Southgate ARC, Station on April 3, 2019 by Thomas.
BBC Atlantic relay station on Ascension Island seeking aerial rigger
Click here to see St. Helena’s remote location in the South Atlantic Ocean. (Map courtesy of Wikipedia)
(Source: The Times via Richard Cuff)
There should surely be a queue down the street for a steady job in a subtropical climate with beautiful beaches and ocean views, especially after you have climbed a 413ft radio mast.
But contractors running the BBC Atlantic relay station on Ascension Island in the south Atlantic have had to readvertise a post for a full-time antenna maintenance supervisor. It may not be the job of everyone’s dreams, but it would suit anyone with a head for heights and a longing to get away from it all.
[…]Attempts to recruit a new rigger have proved unsuccessful, even though the job comes with a bungalow and an unspecified salary with a singular advantage: there are few places on Ascension (population roughly 800) to spend any money.
[…]The successful candidate will not lack for fun. There are beachside barbecues and even an 18-hole golf course, although the greens are known locally as “browns” and visitors have unkindly dubbed it “the worst golf course in the world”.
Click here to read the full article at The Times.
Post Readers: Please comment if you’ve ever visited Ascension Island! It is on my long-term bucket list.
This entry was posted in Broadcasters, News, Shortwave Radio and tagged Ascension Island, BBC Atlantic Relay, shortwave, The Times on December 18, 2017 by Thomas.
August 28: BBC Atlantic Relay station special DRM broadcasts
(Source: DRM Consortium)
DRM will be part of a big anniversary on a small island in the Atlantic Ocean. On 28th of August at 1155 GMT Babcock International will ensure a special BBC digital transmission on 21715 kHz from the BBC Atlantic Relay station, marking the fiftieth anniversary of the BBC’s first short-wave radio broadcast from Ascension Island.
Since 1966, the Atlantic Relay station has broadcast BBC World Service programmes to Africa and South America, and to this day, continues to broadcast over 250 programme hours every week to East and West Africa in English, French, Hausa and Somali.
The two hour-transmission on 21715 kHz will start with the old, special sound of Bow Church Bell in east London, the sound of which, even if in DRM this time, will remind older listeners of the BBC broadcasts of many decades ago. The 21-hour transmission will be the regular BBC programmes for West and South Africa and will end at 1400.
DRM – Digital Radio Mondiale, is an international digital radio standard designed by broadcasters, for broadcasters, in co-operation with transmitter and receiver manufacturers. DRM is a high quality digital replacement for analogue radio broadcasting in the AM and FM bands.
This special transmission will be sent with greetings from Ascension Island’s BBC and Babcock International staff and visitors, who will be celebrating half a century of sterling broadcasting on August 28th.
Click here to read more about the fascinating history of the BBC’s broadcasts from Ascension Island.
FREQ TIME (UTC) SERVICE TX kW Bearing Day LANG TARGET
21715 1155-1201 BBC DRM ASC 250 114 1 English S. Africa (Special Announcement)
21715 1201-1400 BBC DRM ASC 250 114 1 English S. Africa (English – ENAFW)
21715 1400-1430 BBC DRM ASC 250 250 1 English Brazil (English – ENAFW)
Additional analogue transmission will broadcast from 13.30 GMT for ceremonial purposes.
15105 1330-1430 BAB ASC 250 27 1 English W. Africa (Special Announcement)
This entry was posted in Current Events, Digital Modes, DRM, News, Shortwave Radio, What's On Shortwave and tagged Ascension Island, Babcock International Group BBC, BBC, BBC World Service, Digital Radio Mondiale, DRM on August 26, 2016 by Thomas.
Shortwave Radio Recordings: BBC World Service Hausa
For your listening pleasure: the BBC World Service Hausa language service recorded on 17,885 kHz on September 16, 2013, starting at 19:30 UTC. This BBC WS broadcast originated from a 250 kW transmitter located on Ascension Island in the south Atlantic ocean.
Click here to download the recording as an MP3, or simply listen via the embedded player below:
This entry was posted in Broadcasters, Recordings, Shortwave Radio, What's On Shortwave and tagged Ascension Island, BBC, BBC World Service Hausa, Hausa on September 17, 2013 by Thomas.
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“Leningrad” Reloaded
May 25, 2019 Gene Gaudette Leave a comment
Evgeny Mravinsky — the iconic Russian conductor born to a family of Petrograd aristocrats — fared far better than most of his high-born peers during the Soviet era, rising to prominence as arguably that nation’s greatest maestro. Mravinsky was the preferred orchestral interpreter of composer Dmitri Shostakovich — until the two had an acrimonious falling out over Mravinsky’s refusal to conduct Shostakovich’s Thirteenth Symphony (“Babi Yar“), a work which included poems by dissident Soviet writer Evgeny Yevtushenko.
Mravinsky’s recorded legacy is fascinating for several reasons beyond the documentation of art music during the Soviet era. Mravinsky’s first sessions were committed to 78 sides in 1939, but he stopped making studio recordings in the early 1960s in a sort of “reverse Glenn Gould” decision; his legacy on record and CD is not unlike that of Sviatoslav Richter, who himself generally disliked the studio and rarely engaged in such sessions after the mid-1960s. Mravinsky’s post-studio discography, mostly with “his” Leningrad Philharmonic, is a legacy of consistently impactful performances that combine taut structural control with evocative and colorful spontaneity. Yet these same characteristics can be heard in his studio sessions which, judging from careful listening, were committed to tape in very long takes, yielding nothing in dramatic power to his live performances.
Several of Mravinsky’s recordings have (quite rightfully in this writer’s not-so-humble opinion) achieved cult status, including his studio recordings of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Symphonies for Deutsche Grammophon (recently reissued by Alto), his 1982 live recording of the Eighth Symphony of Dmitri Shostakovich, first issued on Philips (also reissued recently in an improved remastering by Alto), and a searing live performance from 1980 of Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony, originally issued by Melodiya.
One Mravinsky recording that has been a particular favorite of mine has proven elusive over the years. In many ways it is among Mravinsky’s most important recordings – that of Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony, “Leningrad.”
The work, composed on a Bruckner-Mahler scale, depicts Leningrad (and the world) under siege by the Nazi Reich. It garnered notable broadcast performances during the war conducted by Samuil Samsoud, Arturo Toscanini, Karl Eliasberg, and Sir Henry Wood among others, and is arguably the most performed artistic “political statement” of World War II. Mravinsky made his sole recording of the work in studio with the Leningrad Philharmonic in 1953 — less than two years after William Steinberg’s recording of the Seventh with the Buffalo Symphony Orchestra on Musicraft, the work’s first commercially released recording.
The release history of these Mravinsky sessions is confounding. It was first issued in the then-new LP format as a two-disc set in the Soviet Union on the Aprelevsky label — a precursor to Melodiya — in 1953. Four years later, it was issued for the first (and only) time on LP in the West by Vanguard Records (yes, that’s the original cover) — the result of a deal Seymour Solomon had made with Soviet authorities to release LPs by great Soviet artists of the period including Sviatoslav Richter, Mstislav Rostropovich, and David Oistrakh. At around the same time, Japanese licensee Shinsekai made the first of several limited-edition issues of the recording for the Asian market.
All of these LP releases were short-lived, with some remaining frustratingly elusive on the collector’s market.
During there CD era, Mravinsky’s “Leningrad” was briefly available two decades ago, for a short period, in CD format on Vanguard spin-off label Omega, Melodiya (via partnership with BMG), and an awful-sounding “pirate” Urania release.
All of the legitimate releases had audio issues, many to do with the quality of source material copies used for commercial release despite having been recorded to tape — which Soviet engineers had been using nearly half a decade before Western record labels (the Red Army had “liberated” Magnetophon tape recorders and a substantial library of broadcast tapes from Germany during the last months of World War II). While the audio is good for the era by Soviet standards, the overall quality was not state-of-the-art.
Just over a year ago, a fellow Mravinsky fan (who has requested and been granted anonymity) who shares my enthusiasm for this recording provided me with a copy in a “high definition” 24-bit transfer. The sound quality was a bit better than the various CD recordings I had heard, but sonic issues remained: overload during the loudest passages, conspicuous volume changes, intermittent pitch instability, an abundance of thunks. low-frequency noises, clicks, lighting and mains hum, and a couple of jaw-droopingly bad edits (including one that omitted half a beat of a transitional passage). All of these issues were abated or eliminated — with almost no use of broadband noise reduction save for a few segments lasting several seconds at most. My source for this recording enthusiastically endorsed releasing it commercially, and my colleagues at Entertainment One (who own the Vanguard Classics catalogue), Alto Distribution, Amped Distribution, and Musical Concepts are releasing this restored version.
Some of you may be asking why there is any reason for a recording that does not sound like something out of, say, the Mercury Living Presence catalogue to be issued in “HD” format. I can only reply by pointing out that the Berlin Philharmonic recently issued a 22-SACD collection of the legendary maestro Wilhelm Furtwängler’s wartime broadcast recordings with that orchestra in sensational and often revelatory (even though slightly sterilized) restored transfers.
Serious listeners want iconic recordings from the pre-stereo era in the best sound possible.
Preserving and restoring the legacy of recorded 20th century art music does not seem to be a priority among the major labels unless a mega-seller artist such as Heifetz or Toscanini is involved — and even then, there is often room for improvement. Independent labels and distributors with an understanding of both the importance of these significant aural documents along with the dynamics and economics of the market are proud to serve this small but intensely curious and loyal market. With the rapid technological advancement of the digital infrastructure and the growth in high-definition online sellers and lossless/HD streaming, we are just getting started.
Evgeny Mravinsky’s recording of the Seventh Symphony of Dmitri Shostakovich is now available for HD download and streaming here, here, and here, It will be issued in CD format by Vanguard Classics during June. Accept no substitutes!
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In search of the “authentic” Mahler style…
January 11, 2019 Gene Gaudette Leave a comment
A century ago, Ludwig van Beethoven was by near-universal consensus the most admired composer among lovers and performers of classical music; at the time, little if any consideration was given to the issue of “authentic” performance practice. Keyboard instruments of Beethoven’s era had for the most part been discarded in favor of what we know as the modern piano; orchestral wind, brass, and percussion instruments were similarly superseded by more evolved models. Conductors of the era, including Gustav Mahler, were prone to adjust orchestration to compensate for forces larger and quite different in sound than those of Beethoven’s era.
Today, there is a strong argument that Mahler occupies the pedestal that had been held by Beethoven during an era when his great champions included names such as von Bulow, Paderewski, Rachmaninoff, Weingartner, Toscanini — and, of course, Mahler himself.
The fact that a small but artistically signifiant number of recordings of Mahler’s music were made during the acoustic and “shellac” (electrical pre-LP) recording eras — including several by artists who worked closely with Mahler — gives modern listeners the opportunity to hear these works as they had been sung and played during an era when, contrary to earlier assumptions, their reputation and popularity were on the rise until political and social upheaval – and war – swept Europe in the 1930s.
These early studio recordings, naturally, have given rise to speculation about whether or not it is possible to determine an “authentic” performance style for Mahler.
Several years ago, when I produced “The Music of Gustav Mahler; Issued 78s, 1903-1940” — the first comprehensive anthology of every commercially-issued Mahler 78s released between 1903 and 1940 and listed in Peter Fülöp’s exhausive Mahler discography — my intent was not only to present these recordings in the context of the era in which they were issued in the best sound possible, but to also offer informed insight into historical, technical, and artistic facts surrounding these recordings in the form of thorough liner notes authored by Sybille Werner.
The set and the accompanying notes were not conceived to answer questions about “authentic” Mahler performance practice — nor for that matter do I believe an answer to the question exists, though one can discern that there were significant artistic and interpretive characteristics unique to the era, particularly in instrumental playing. Additionally, one cannot ignore overall differences among authoritative studio recordings made by Mahler’s conducting colleagues and protégés: Bruno Walter, Willem Mengelberg, and Oskar Fried. Likewise, the voices of Leopold Demuth, Lula Mysz-Gmeiner, and Sara Charles-Cahier, three singers who had sung under Mahler’s direction, shed light not only to the composer’s music but the vocal style and tradition of Mahler’s world, along with the many other singers represented in the set.
I have in recent months received several inquiries about the future availability of the set. I have completed most of the technical work on a follow-up set that will include the remaining 78s and several important recordings issued during the early LP era, but good quality copies of two discs have proven elusive. I expect this situation to be resolved in the next few months, and am speaking with my strategic partners about a short run of the original set once the second volume is completed.
The original run of “The Music of Gustav Mahler; Issued 78s, 1903-1940” — 1000 copies — was warmly received by the press, and my distributors sold out of the set within less than two months of its release date. Used copies that turn up on eBay and Amazon command insanely high prices.
Releasing the set as a digital item through online retailers has proven problematic, despite the dogged efforts of my worldwide distributor, Alto Distribution, and my outstanding digital aggregator, Entertainment One.
Some of the major players in digital music for direct sale and download, most notably iTunes, have introduced logistical obstacles that make it next to impossible to make sets with a large number of tracks available for download or streaming.
As a result, I have decided to make the entire set available through a small-scale strategic partner for purchase in lossless download formats: Apple Lossless for iTunes users and flac for most other listeners. The original English-language liner notes and all German texts with English translations are included in .pdf format.
I will leave any conclusions concerning Mahler’s “authentic” style to you, the listener.
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My favorite recordings of 2017
December 28, 2017 Gene Gaudette Leave a comment
For once in a long while, my picks are in sync with the dreaded critical consensus.
BEST REISSUE: Glenn Gould – The Goldberg Variations: The Complete Unreleased Recording Sessions June 1955 (Sony 88843014882)
This particular release is admittedly not for everybody, but is highly recommended to fans of Gould, musicians (particularly those who make recordings), and lovers of recorded music — for the opportunity to be a fly on the wall and hear how the metaphorical sausage is made. Perfectionist Glenn Gould found an ideal producer in John McClure, whose subtle ability to act as coach, psychologist, and cheerleader was a major factor in the success of this recording. This was Gould’s first commercial recording, with practically all of his previous studio work having been recorded direct to acetate discs by the CBC. It should therefore come as no surprise that most of the variations chosen for the final master recording were full takes with no edits, but at a few moments you can hear the wheels turning in Gould’s head concerning the possibilities opened by tape editing.
The set includes a vinyl LP replicating the original artwork in significantly better sound than the original, and is accompanied by a beautifully-printed book of several hundred pages packed not only with enormously informative multilingual text but photographs and documentation, including information on the final edit that listeners to the entire sequence of sessions will find enormously helpful.
BEST NEW RELEASE: “Crazy Girl Crazy” (alpha 293)
Berio: Sequenza III for woman’s voice
Berg: Lulu-Suite, five symphonic pieces) for soprano and orchestra
Gershwin (arr. Bill Elliott and Barbara Hannigan): Girl Crazy Suite
BONUS DVD: “Music is Music” — a film directed by Mathieu Amalric
Barbara Hannigan (soprano and conductor), Ludwig Orchestra
Barbara Hannigan is a musical “triple threat”: brilliant new music singer, compelling opera star, and conductor — one of the less-than-half-dozen best women to grace the podium in my not so humble opinion (the others being Susanna Mälkki, Nathalie Stutzmann, and Sybille Werner — sorry, Mirga, you’re terrific but not quite there [yet]).
So it is no surprise that a bit of all three facets of Hannigan’s music-making can be found in this adventurous and thoroughly satisfying recording from one of the best indie labels in the world, Alpha. I won’t go into too much analytical detail other than to say this recording grabs you from the first note and doesn’t let go until the last note of Gershwin fades to silence, leaving you hungry for more (which will, according to one of my French spies, be a collaboration with Reinbert de Leeuw slated for 2018 release). The Ludwig Orchestra plays with idiomatic character, and the sound quality is detailed, excellently balanced, and “up front.” It eclipses everything else new I’ve heard this year. Just get it. But get the physical edition – the download, sadly, does not include the must-see video bonus.
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Sviatoslav Richter – A 1950s Retrospective
Two decades ago, Leslie Gerber’s enterprising New-York-based label Parnassus began issuing a series showcasing previously unreleased and rare recordings from Sviatoslav Richter made throughout the Soviet Union and its satellites in the 1950s – the decade before the explosive 1960 debut American tour that elevated him to a legendary status that never wore off. Over a period of several years, thirteen discs were issued in seven volumes. They were easily obtained at the big-city Tower Records stores in the USA, but were often difficult to find abroad, and a bit expensive where they could be found.
Parnassus is now distributed by Musical Concepts, my friend Todd Landor’s label/distribution unit/production company. Late last year, after Todd had acquired the Colorado Quartet’s Beethoven recordings from Parnassus, I suggested that we compile a Richter 1950s retrospective for digital-only release.
A little over four hours of music was selected from the near sixteen hours of music on the original discs for Sviatoslav Richter – The Early Years: Rise of a Virtuoso Legend. The choices were difficult, as the set is so consistently excellent from an artistic standpoint, but several major works for which Richter had an affinity were obvious choices, particularly Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 7, Schubert’s Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major, and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (a very different interpretation than the well-known Sofia recital from 1959 issued by Philips back in the day),
The original Parnassus masters were generally good, but most benefitted from pitch stabilization to remove flutter from analog tape sources. A few were re-equalized and in several cases obtrusive lighting and electrical hum were abated; in a couple of instances, very slight noise reduction was applied.
And now, it is available from Amazon – for now, it is priced at under $9 in the USA and 8 quid in the UK.
American customers can find it here, and UK listeners can find it at this Amazon link.
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YouTunes!
May 1, 2017 Gene Gaudette Leave a comment
I am trying something new on my Facebook feed: a classical music ( or music-related) video from Vimeo or YouTube each day shortly after 7pmEST. I will be doing this through at least the end of May. Enjoy!
More Praise for Cuckson, Burns, and Nono
July 26, 2013 Gene Gaudette Leave a comment
The Examiner‘s Stephen Smoliar relates his experience listening to the my label Urlicht AudioVisual’s recording of Luigi Nono’s La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura with violinist Miranda Cuckson and electronica master Richard Burns some years after having heard a live performance by Gidon Kremer:
An impressive effort to document Miranda Cuckson’s performance of Luigi Nono
… A recent release of [La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura] by Urlicht has taken a rather unique approach to capturing that sense of journey. Violinist Miranda Cuckson and “projectionist” Christopher Burns made a recording after having given a performance in New York. This was a multi-track recording for playback on a 5.1 Surround Sound system, and it was released as a Blu-ray audio disc. For those who lacked the necessary technology, that disc was packaged with a more conventional stereophonic CD. As one who lacks that “necessary technology,” my own listening experience involved playing the CD with full knowledge of my previous spatial experience.
With that disclaimer I have to say that there is much to be gained from the CD in spite of its limitations. Without the spatial effects one is more inclined to attend to Nono’s motivic vocabulary. While this may make the journey less “physical,” one can still appreciate that sense of peregrination through the six sections of the piece (conveniently marked as separate tracks on the CD). Furthermore, those who understand the semantics of “madrigal” in its Renaissance context will probably be more likely to appreciate why Nono chose this noun to categorize this particular composition.
Nevertheless, the other significant disclaimer I must make is that I had the advantage of listening to this recording with the benefit of past experience. There is no doubt that this is complex music, the result of scrupulous attention to both the notations encountered on the music stands and the sounds on the recorded tracks. It is probably more than most listeners will be able to manage on first contact. Nevertheless, it does not take many exposures for mind to encounter familiarities as the performance peregrinates. The listener willing to let this music work its magic on its own terms is likely to be well rewarded.
Luigi Nono: La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura (1988-89) Miranda Cuckson, violin / Christopher Burns, electronics
Produced by Christopher Burns and Richard Warp Recording engineer: Richard Warp Recorded at A Bloody Good Record Inc, Long Island City NY Mixing engineer (stereo CD): Richard Warp Mixing engineers (DTS 5.1 surround mix): Paul Special and Richard Warp Assistant mixing engineer (DTS 5.1 surround mix): Dillon Pajunas DTS 5.1 surround mix produced at Sonic Arts Center, CCNY, NYC Produced for New Spectrum Recordings, NYC Executive producer: Glenn Cornett
Urlicht AudioVisual UAD-5992 CD plus Blu-Ray Audio for home theater systems — available at Amazon.com. CD plus DTS-CD for home theater systems — available here.
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“A Pianist Unlike Any Other”
July 2, 2013 Gene Gaudette Leave a comment
So says music journalist, author, and critic Norman Lebrecht about Elisha Abas at Lebrecht’s blog. Click here to read the entire post and see Abas play Chopin.
Abas Plays Brahms: buy here.
Abas Plays Chopin & Yedidia: Buy here.
(Crossposted from Urlicht AudioVisual.)
Patricia Leonard’s “Strangely Close, Yet Distant” Nominated for American Prize in Composition
Composer Patricia Leonard informs my label, Urlicvht AudioVisual, that Strangely Close, Yet Distant, her trio for viola, cello, and piano included in the New York Piano Quartet’s Songs for Mahler in the Absence of Words, has been nominated for the American Prize for Composition. Congratulations to Patricia along with the members of the New York Piano Quartet along with recording engineer John Baker and his team!
Strictly commercial footnote: download the hi-def .flac edition here. Download the CD-quality .flac edition here. Download the hi-quality mp3 edition here. Buy the CD edition here.
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Van Cliburn, 1934-2013
February 27, 2013 Gene Gaudette Leave a comment
Just crossed the AP wire.
I’ve introduced myself to many celebrated musicians. Van was the first such person to step over and introduce himself to me — while I was taking a brief break in the coffee nook at BMG Classics. We chewed the fat for a few minutes, particularly about the greatly underrated piano music of Szymanowski. The media may have presented an image of Cliburn as shy, but I can vouch for that fact that he was gregarious company whose passion for music as both a player and listener was clear with every word.
I have a lot of fun and funny memories of interacting with musicians, but meeting Cliburn remains the most vivid more than two decades later.
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Gene Gaudette on classical music, cultural politics, political culture, media, and his record labels.
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By Marisa Olson
On January 18, Northwestern University's Block Museum of Art, located 15 minutes north of Chicago, will open an exhibition of major value to those with an interest in the relationship between art, technology, and design. Imaging by Numbers: A Historical View of the Computer Print surveys the work of over 40 international artists who have, since the 1950s, worked with computers to make drawings and fine prints. The show emphasizes artists who have penned their own code or collaborated with engineers to create custom programs for the production of images. The very concept of "drawing" is tested in works such as Ben Laposky's and Herbert Franke's photos of electronic wave forms (here the electronics do the drawing and the artist documents it), and the tools used to make the works range from DIY printers to fancy 3D-imaging software. Artists Lane Hall and Roman Verostko combine "traditional" and digital methods in their work, while Joshua Davis and C.E.B. Reas hack software programs to produce contemporary works. The sixty pieces in this show, curated by Debora Wood and Paul Hertz, are contextualized by a complementary exhibit called Space, Color, and Motion, which presents time-based installation projects by four artists exhibited in Imaging by Numbers: Jean-Pierre Hebert, Manfred Mohr, James Paterson, and C.E.B. Reas. The museum is also presenting an ambitious slate of public events, including gallery talks, studio workshops, a screening of early computer animations and a symposium entitled "Patterns, Pixels, and Process: Discussing the History of the Computer Print". This all adds up to one remarkable program. If you can't make it to Illinois, check out the slide shows and video samples online. - Marisa Olson
Image: Tony Robbin, Drawing 53, 2004
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Book Club ABC Season 11, Episode 7: #bookclubabc
I’m just going to subtly post this now and nobody will notice that it’s super late. Smooth as silk. No complaints, people will just assume it has been here the whole time and not question it at all…..
Hooray. It’s the highlight of the year. My two great loves together as they should be, Sydney Writers’ Festival (why yes I am a volunteer, how can I help) and THE Book Club ABC with the incandescent JByrne. All is right in the world…. well, except for the fact regular co-hosts Marieke and Ace have been cast aside like last year’s hottest new author that is now being crucified for their follow-up novel having too many POVs…. but apart from that, it’s just dandy.
The title of this episode is Books That Changed My Life. Let’s find out if that means for the better or for the worse, like when Anne McCaffrey suddenly killed off Moreta right when you thought the day was saved leaving a generation of fans emotionally obliterated because we thought somehow she’d sneakily survive but NO. Firstpublishedin1983outsideofspoilerwhinezone!!!
The guests are George Saunders. See his debut full length novel get book clubbed here. Also the much esteemed Anne Enright and OMG she has chosen The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter, one of my fav books EVER. You and me Anne, all the way, love your work, love your taste. OMG×2 Anne Enright studied under ANGELA CARTER. I am so excited that I am about to pass out! Next guest is Mikhail Zygar. He is clutching Confession by Tolstoy. A less well known Tolstoy about his spiritual awakening. JByrne breaks her own rule of starting to discuss the book before its turn. She’s not happy, apparently the book describes Anna Karenina as an ABOMINATION. I’m sure we’ll hear more about that later. And finally, Brit Bennett, who is the most spectacular speaker. If you ever get the chance to hear her, do go. She has chosen Beloved by Toni Morrison. I have goosebumps just thinking about it. It’s a book about a woman who kills her own child to prevent her from going back into slavery…. I might cry during this episode. It’s such an amazing book. Very powerful.
Now it’s time for our first guest to present their book for discussion. George has chosen The Coast of Chicago, a short story collection by Stuart Dyvek. He loved it. It was about his city. He got to see the work necessary to change a reality into fiction. Prior to that, he felt that all good books were from the past, this book showed him how amazing contemporary literature can be. It changed his whole approach to writing. Now if this was a regular episode this kind of heartwarming attachment would be blown apart by either Marieke or Ace savaging it. Let’s see how the SWF guests go.
Anne Enright says that Stuart Dyvek is endlessly writing about lightbulbs, but he writes about them fantastically. He apparently also digs precipitation, and Anne likes that. JByrne points out he also likes to write about lonely people.
Nobody has hated it. JByrne realising her sassy compadres are missing has to bring in conflict on her own. She askes George what would he do if someone hated it. George says he taught it recently and half the kids didn’t love it. He didn’t flunk them. He accepted that Dyvek was doing something bold so would leave some people behind. Burn.
Speaking of bold, Bloody Chamber time. Brilliant retake in fairy tales. Lush, decadent, violent, and deeply sexual. Anne says, ‘it’s so good, it’s wrong.’ JByrne said she didn’t get how transgressive it was when she first read it. Anne said she told one of the stories to her two year old daughter to cure the pink problem. One can imagine it was edited slightly for a two year old?
Brit particularly liked Puss in Boots. JByrne says it was very Antonio Banderas in Shrek. Hmmmm, maybe Shrek needs to pay some royalties. Brit points out that the princess also becomes the ogre…. Did the makers of Shrek pay???
Anne loved the freedom to turn something on it’s head. She liked that you could work with opposites and reclassify. When Anne wrote The Green Road she thought, ‘I’ll do a female King Lear.’ Angela Carter had given her that freedom and flexibility in thinking and creativity.
Time for Mikhail and Confession. JByrne calls it a spiritual midlife crisis. Mikhail says it’s more politics. Fight, fight, fight. Mikhail says it was more end-life, not mid-life. Tolstoy had stopped writing fiction and started becoming political and a leader of alternate Russia. A beacon for those wanting freedom.
JByrne feels like it was metaphorical self-flagellation. He was lamenting his wild youth and him popularising Anna Karenina. Anne points out it is also a humble brag. He points out his huge achievements whilst seemingly undercutting them.
Mikhail says that the book is important to him because for him Tolstoy’s Russia is greater than Putin’s Russia. That there is the alternative that seeks freedom and expression, and Tolstoy is the symbol of that. Okay, Mikhail has won me over. I shall re-read Confession with new eyes.
Time for Brit’s choice, Beloved by Toni Morrison. A book that looks at how does a country deal with its past traumas. It is about a woman who escapes slavery and when she is about to be captured she makes the heartbreaking decision to kill her children rather than see them tortured, humiliated and brutalised beyond belief back in slavery. She is then haunted by the ghost Beloved, the child she had killed. The ghost eventually takes on bodily form and returns to her life. I am just going to go grab a million box of tissues. I personally have only read this book once but it is incredibly powerful and stays with you. George looks like he is going to cry too.
Brit says this isn’t her favourite Toni Morrison novel but it is one that she has read countless times because it does what she wants her own work to do. It is beautiful, it is brutal, it is important. The book does all three things and it centres around the black community. And it is highly nuanced. Brit says that Toni Morrison was not interested in looking at white people at all, what white people did was horrific and there can be no question about that, but what Toni Morrison looked at was the black community and their own responses to give insight and a voice to individual and community trauma.
Anne praises Beloved on how it is so perfectly structured in a traditional sense and yet does such amazing and innovative things. JByrne also praises the innovation. Anne calls it political writing at its finest.
JByrne asks how important is timing for when you read a book. George says it is crucial. Often great advice only has a two week window for being effective. Anne says we read in a searching way so timing is everything. Mikhail agrees, he says reading is 50% the writer and 50% who the reader is. So each time you read you’re a different person and get a different message.
JByrne asks will books always be a force for change. Brit says yes. For example Beloved tackles what is still the most important question in American politics today, what do we do with the ghosts of slavery, and nobody knows what to do about it. I wish we could get to this point with the Stolen Generation and the White Australia Policy, but unfortunately we’re still denying that it was really that bad and not even up to wondering how to help.
And that’s a wrap. What an emotional episode. Loved it.
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A literary will, written by the poet in 1958 for the goliards of his home town, Copparo. I was born in the countryside around Ferrara between the Vola...
Rivista semestrale di cultura, informazione e attualità della Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara
About the Review
Num. 15
N. 15 - 12/2001
From Dahl to Munch
La Michaelida
Digital Maps in the Library
Aldo Ferraresi
Between Sacred and Profane
Girolamo da Carpi
Il prestigio di Ferrara
Il filo della memoria storica
Le muse in terrazza
Sviluppo economico e localismo bancario
Mille miliardi di buone ragioni
Redazione e crediti fotografici
Written by Sergio Raimondi
A literary will, written by the poet in 1958 for the goliards of his home town, Copparo.
I was born in the countryside around Ferrara between the Volano and the Po, in a village of less than two thousand inhabitants rejoicing in the poetic and biblical name of Tamara, meaning "palm", although some believe that the name derives from the tamarisk, the tough salt-resistant evergreen shrub which once covered the coastal region from the site of Ferrara to the lost Etruscan town of Spina above Comacchio. I was born on 29 October 1884, in the family home which was numbered 37 in the village, near the school mistress and exactly by the red kerbstone bearing the number 13. Much may be explained by this unlucky number 13.
I came of a well-to-do family of farmers and millers. In my distant youth I too spent several years successfully farming the fifty hectares of my land, a task for which I had a strong natural gift. And would that I had carried on in that wonderful healthy business; for today, instead of being reduced - at my time of life - to begging a little, to hard work and to running after literary prizes, I would certainly own thousands of acres of top quality land. I would be a millionaire, living a life of ease surrounded by my handsome, prosperous, safe children. But my leaning towards poetry, which was and still is a curse, won the day over farming, leading to my ruin and that of my poor family.
Economic difficulties, family trials and adversity all dismayed me, whilst I pursued the beguiling and illusionary dreams of poetry from my native village to Ferrara, from Ferrara to Milan and the Ligurian Riviera, then back to Ferrara, suffering from nostalgia and home sickness, and unluckily settling at last in Rome, where, alas, I now seem to have put down my final roots: the sacred human roots of the poor, tragically departed.
I began to fall in love with poetry - terrible, inexorable poetry - when I was just a boy; and alas, I am still in love with it today, though I loathe and detest it too.
My first volume, Le Fiale (Florence) was published in 1903, as was the second, Armonia in grigio e silenzio. Both may be considered as the first authentic examples of the new movement in poetry which was to be known and valued as crespuscolismo. The second book contained the first daring complete example of free verse to appear in Italy. Between then and today [1958] I have published countless volumes of poetry: at least twenty, with many thousands of copies distributed and now impossible to find. This does not include the still unpublished collection Conchiglie sul quaderno, which won first prize at the Lido di Roma in 1948, or the volume I canti del puro folle, also unpublished, which includes the lyric I campioni sbagliati del vivente nulla from which the lines reproduced here are taken.
I also regard as a poem in prose the three-volume novel Uomini sul Delta, the first part of which is about to appear. This is set, as the title makes clear, in the lowlands near Ferrara and concerns the eternal bitter struggle between labour and capital during the period between the First World War and the anti-Fascist resistance movement. I believe that few Italian writers have remained so faithfully attached, in both poetry and prose, to the interests, entreaties and influence of their native soil; although my own region and people have never considered me worthy of any particular gratitude, not even mere moral indebtedness.
And what, you may ask, do I think of my poetry?
I must admit that I have the highest possible opinion of it, because it seems to me that it perfectly meets the two fundamental requirements for any artistic poetic representation, providing a violent shock to the senses, and a breathtaking shock to the heart. Not to mention the power of the imagination, the charm of the music and the rich, original, inexhaustible fantasy.
Leaving aside, of course, the very bitter thought that it would be rather better to live and enjoy poetry and nature egotistically, rather than experiencing it through the torment of art for the enjoyment of others - and often, alas, for the hostility, indifference, derision and even hatred of others. And what do I think of the poetry of my contemporaries and other living writers, after Carducci, Pascoli, D'Annunzio and Gozzano, all more or less contemptible academic poets.
Frankly, I must admit that I have no respect at all for any of today's self-styled Italian poets over the age of forty (Shelley was much more severe when he commented that anyone who has not produced his best work by twenty-five should give up hope of ever doing so). And if I have ever uttered words of praise for some of them, words dictated by friendship and pity, I withdraw them unreservedly, bitterly regretting my weakness and unforgivable foolish kindness.
I despise them all profoundly, each and every one of them without exception. They are totally mediocre, dull, cold poetasters, constitutionally incapable of creativity, ghastly corrupt and rotten nonentities in the world of literature, utterly devoid of a single spark of original imagination or inspiration, whom you could not even call decent rhymesters, in either traditional metre or free verse.
It matters not if, with the help of their pack of dishonest friends among the critics, academics lacking any modern sensibility and ignorant of the most passionate statements and achievements of poetry throughout the world today, they have succeeded in deceiving and dazing - if not quite convincing - Italian readers, who through their own innate bad taste and despicable intellectual laziness form so scanty, ignorant, poorly or belatedly informed a public, by passing themselves off as no less than the legitimate heirs and successors to the most distinguished French poetry (and I shall make no mention of their monstrous and obscene claim that they have profited from the reading of Petrarch or Leopardi) of which they will never succeed in digesting more than the most insignificant scraps and leftovers.
Because, even if we were to assemble and distil all their overworked self-styled poetry, even down to the syrupy drops squeezed from the virgin cellulose on those incredibly broad margins, it would not be remotely possible to put together a single reasonable lyric vibration capable of belying or disproving the terribly negative judgement of Benedetto Croce or André Gide or even worthy to boast of the most tenuous and feeble of relationships with pure masterpieces of poetry such as Mallarmé's "Apres-midi d'un faune", Rimbaud's "Bateau ivre" OR Valéry's "La jeune Parque".
In my view the true essence of poetry, in all places and at all times, can be summarised in the following characteristics.
Poetry is the art or ability to transfer the representation of human experience and natural phenomena to an ideal transfigured level with dazzling clarity and immediacy, to irresistible emotional and communicative effect, by means of the most extraordinary dynamic, innovative and penetrating expression. I am convinced that such art or ability (originality, freshness, a supreme imagination, rich powers of suggestion, strong emotion) is entirely hereditary and is passed on to the poet like any other intellectual, physical or mechanical gift, even though it may always be improved, refined and enhanced by circumstances, practice, training and nurturing.
When the receiving and transmitting apparatus of the poet, therefore, is in a constitutionally perfect state, he will be incapable, throughout his working life, of producing any expression, whether faint and delicate or strong and overpowering, which is not always worthy of the native gifts of that apparatus, appropriate to and in harmony with its characteristic voice and its individual spirit and qualities.
The true poet is thus a fortunate or unhappy conduit, bringing the message of pure beauty, goodness and love or of pain and despair which has been entrusted to him by those mysterious hands which touch and inspire first his heart and thereafter his mind.
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Create your page here. Her brutal ganzr while incarcerated, along with the killing of her husband, transform her from a meek, naive woman into a hardened convict. However, the former was unavailable and the latter, who accepted at first, became unavailable due to his role in a “Hollywood epic. A knife fight between Kitty and Harper occurs in the skit, as in the fil, although both Kitty and Schultzy die. The band formed inwith Seb on bass and vocals and Yvan on drums. Most Related Most Recent Most Popular Top Rated expand screen to full width repeat playlist shuffle replay video clear playlist restore images list.
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The film industry’s long-established, widely read trade paper believed the film might struggle in the “general market”, characterizing it as a “grim, unrelieved study of xeutsch and effect” that “still adds up to very drab entertainment”. After being harassed by Harper in the prison cafeteria, Kitty stabs Harper to death as the inmates watch and make no attempt to stop it.
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For Ganzee, this steadily drains her own hopes of getting out early. Schneider promptly flew to Los Angeles and persuaded Keaton to accept the role along with “a handsome fee for less than three weeks’ work.
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The film portrays the story of a young newlywed sent to prison for being an accessory to a robbery. You better wise up before it’s too late. Marie says she got all the education she needed in prison.
In reality, the job is simply a ruse to get released so she can adhmer Elvira Powell’s shoplifting gang. Told she can be paroled in 10 months, Marie witnesses prisoner after prisoner being “flopped back”—granted parole—but then not released from jail because no job had been arranged by her parole officer.
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It replaced the former Mk F3 mm in French Army service. Cutting has done a good job in holding the footage to 96 minutes, and there is a Max Steiner score that fits the mood of the production. Biography The band formed inwith Xeutsch on bass and vocals and Yvan on drums. She meets Kitty Stark Betty Gardea murderous shoplifter, who says once Marie gets out, Kitty will get her a daher “boosting” shoplifting. Film band Film was a Yugoslav rock group founded in in Zagreb.
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Marie does not want to get involved in crime, but Kitty explains the realities of prison life: The song features incredible vocals from One Republic frontman Ryan Tedder over a driving beat and synths. She plans to “temporarily” grant full custody to her mother, with the intent of getting the child back after she is released, but Marie’s callous step-father had already decided not to allow the baby into his house.
During the month of Junethey recorded 14 songs for a scheduled split 7″ with only Seb on guitar and vocals and Yvan on drums, because at the time John was unavailable due to his work, thus not able to play guitar.
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