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__label__cc	0.709946	0.290054	Powerful Lines: City Light’s Approach to Keep Its Customers Out of the Dark December 30, 2019 by Nathan MacDonald This story was published originally in the December 2019 issue of Northwest Public Power Association Bulletin Magazine. Please note: positions and titles of contributors may have changed since the time of original publication. When someone thinks about Western Washington, a few things come to mind: Mount Rainier, Puget Sound and trees…a lot of trees. While most people who live in the area, especially in and around Seattle, love its densely vegetated state, it can come at a cost. Fall and winter windstorms create havoc for the area’s infrastructure, bringing down large trees and branches onto power lines. Like other utilities, Seattle City Light then activates its crews to restore power to the sometimes thousands of customers left in the dark. But even on a “blue sky day,” with uneventful weather, City Light still had challenges with its level of reliability within its service area, especially within those pockets of plentiful vegetation. Crews would have to patrol the lines to find the issue following a fault from a feeder. In 2016, City Light hired a consultant to analyze the utility’s entire feeder system. From that report, they identified 79 feeders with the most common outages within the last five years. The utility began to install Fault Location Isolation and Service Restoration (FLISR) devices across the northern region of its service area in 2015. While they began to see an improvement in reliability, the devices still worked independently of each other. That’s when they hired Ryan Pham, project lead for distribution automation, to implement a pilot program to organize the FLISR devices. This shift in focus by City Light led to a new level of optimizing this technology and system for the utility and, ultimately, its customers. City Light crews installing the FLISR system On a standard feeder, it can take hours or even days to restore power following an outage. When a feeder experiences a fault, all its customers will lose power, crews often patrol the entire feeder main to locate the fault, and drive to different switch locations to manually operate the switches, isolating the problem, before repairing the fault. The FLISR switch reduces both the number of customers affected by outage and restoration time. The only customer within a faulty segment will experience sustained outage instead of customers on the entire feeder. Crews need to patrol on the faulty segment only, and switching is done automatically or remotely. The system including several “smart switches” along with a secured, reliable communication network and integration to the Energy Management System. The system can detect, isolate the fault, and reroute power quickly, often within 20 seconds. With the amount of staff time, it takes to restore power, coupled with the customers’ losses, such as spoiled food or downtime for commercial and industrial customers, the total cost of these outages can add up quickly. According to Ryan, this technology was put to the test almost immediately. The system passed with flying colors. In 2016, FLISR reduced the number of customers affected by an outage by more than 13,300 compared to those without the system. That’s two million fewer minutes of interruption compared to the estimated outcomes of those without the system. “Our team put one new system in service on Nov. 4, 2017. Four days later, a storm caused a large outage, impacting that same area. The system automatically rerouted the power in seconds, saving 95% of the customers with the faulty feeder from the sustained outage,” Ryan recalled. “FLISR can identify, isolate the faulty segment and restore power to the majority of customers automatically, which truly benefits everyone.” As with all new technologies, the installation and testing of the system did take time and resources. The pilot project required significant planning from across the utility, along with multiple levels of training. From dispatchers within the System Operation Center to line workers to engineers, the success of FLISR is predicated on everyone knowing the roles of each group. The benefits of the system are cascading down throughout the utility. Less patrolling the lines with City Light vehicles means less staff time and a smaller carbon footprint. It also means switching is done remotely, and fewer crews out in the elements during a storm, keeping crews safer. The system also monitors and records the feeders’ loading, which is valuable data for various engineering and operation groups. Its robust communication network can also serve other new grid modernization technologies. “We continue to see the benefits of this system even today,” Ryan explained. “It was made possible by advanced communication and computing technologies, something that wouldn’t have been possible 30 years ago.” Uzma Siddiqi, City Light’s automation engineering supervisor, believes that installing a system like FLISR is a foundational component of how the utility can bolster its responses to outages in the future. “This system creates new levels of situational awareness within our system,” she said. “With this type of infrastructure, we have now designed our system to equip those trying to solve the problem in real-time with more tools to use and more information. Above all, it helps set up our employees for success.” The FLISR project lives under the umbrella of distribution automation and is a crucial project under City Light’s collective work of grid modernization. The utility’s litany of projects under the grid modernization umbrella includes Advanced Metering, Outage Management System, new types of conductors, and, among others, line sensor technology. Projects like these, while incredibly beneficial to both the utility and the customers, uncover new obstacles and work for the respective teams. “You get smarter with these types of projects as you progress,” Uzma explained. “We take a continuous improvement approach to ensure that the technology is maintained properly while ready for the next project.” City Light has plans to install more FLISR systems to the identified least reliable feeders. As the utility continues to implement these technologies, Uzma believes, City Light will continue to improve on its commitment to its customers. “There is great grid modernization going on at this utility and FLISR is another prime example of how City Light evolves as a utility. It’s part of the story.”	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409685
__label__cc	0.661512	0.338488	Breast cancer in arab populations: Molecular characteristics and disease management implications Lotfi Chouchane, Hammouda Boussen, Seetharama S. Konduru Weil Cornell University in Qatar Breast cancer is a major health problem in both developing and developed countries. It is the most frequently diagnosed female malignant disease in Arab populations. The incidence of breast cancer is lower in Arab countries than in Europe and the USA but is rising fast. Breast cancers in women from Arab populations have different characteristics to those reported in individuals from Europe and the USA. For example, affected patients are at least a decade younger, they have a more advanced stage of disease at first presentation, and their tumour size is larger. Moreover, in some Arab populations, reports suggest increased axillary-lymph-node invasion, a larger proportion of negative hormone receptors, and a higher tumour grade. These disparities are not only confined to clinicopathological features but also exist at the molecular level, as shown by findings of genome-wide association studies and expression profiling. The Lancet Oncology Population Characteristics Genome-Wide Association Study Chouchane, L., Boussen, H., & Konduru, S. S. (2013). Breast cancer in arab populations: Molecular characteristics and disease management implications. The Lancet Oncology, 14(10). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70165-7 Breast cancer in arab populations : Molecular characteristics and disease management implications. / Chouchane, Lotfi; Boussen, Hammouda; Konduru, Seetharama S. In: The Lancet Oncology, Vol. 14, No. 10, 09.2013. Chouchane, L, Boussen, H & Konduru, SS 2013, 'Breast cancer in arab populations: Molecular characteristics and disease management implications', The Lancet Oncology, vol. 14, no. 10. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70165-7 Chouchane L, Boussen H, Konduru SS. Breast cancer in arab populations: Molecular characteristics and disease management implications. The Lancet Oncology. 2013 Sep;14(10). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70165-7 Chouchane, Lotfi ; Boussen, Hammouda ; Konduru, Seetharama S. / Breast cancer in arab populations : Molecular characteristics and disease management implications. In: The Lancet Oncology. 2013 ; Vol. 14, No. 10. @article{cecf841d15114fc580f6721cb090c461, title = "Breast cancer in arab populations: Molecular characteristics and disease management implications", abstract = "Breast cancer is a major health problem in both developing and developed countries. It is the most frequently diagnosed female malignant disease in Arab populations. The incidence of breast cancer is lower in Arab countries than in Europe and the USA but is rising fast. Breast cancers in women from Arab populations have different characteristics to those reported in individuals from Europe and the USA. For example, affected patients are at least a decade younger, they have a more advanced stage of disease at first presentation, and their tumour size is larger. Moreover, in some Arab populations, reports suggest increased axillary-lymph-node invasion, a larger proportion of negative hormone receptors, and a higher tumour grade. These disparities are not only confined to clinicopathological features but also exist at the molecular level, as shown by findings of genome-wide association studies and expression profiling.", author = "Lotfi Chouchane and Hammouda Boussen and Konduru, {Seetharama S.}", journal = "The Lancet Oncology", publisher = "Lancet Publishing Group", T1 - Breast cancer in arab populations T2 - Molecular characteristics and disease management implications AU - Chouchane, Lotfi AU - Boussen, Hammouda AU - Konduru, Seetharama S. N2 - Breast cancer is a major health problem in both developing and developed countries. It is the most frequently diagnosed female malignant disease in Arab populations. The incidence of breast cancer is lower in Arab countries than in Europe and the USA but is rising fast. Breast cancers in women from Arab populations have different characteristics to those reported in individuals from Europe and the USA. For example, affected patients are at least a decade younger, they have a more advanced stage of disease at first presentation, and their tumour size is larger. Moreover, in some Arab populations, reports suggest increased axillary-lymph-node invasion, a larger proportion of negative hormone receptors, and a higher tumour grade. These disparities are not only confined to clinicopathological features but also exist at the molecular level, as shown by findings of genome-wide association studies and expression profiling. AB - Breast cancer is a major health problem in both developing and developed countries. It is the most frequently diagnosed female malignant disease in Arab populations. The incidence of breast cancer is lower in Arab countries than in Europe and the USA but is rising fast. Breast cancers in women from Arab populations have different characteristics to those reported in individuals from Europe and the USA. For example, affected patients are at least a decade younger, they have a more advanced stage of disease at first presentation, and their tumour size is larger. Moreover, in some Arab populations, reports suggest increased axillary-lymph-node invasion, a larger proportion of negative hormone receptors, and a higher tumour grade. These disparities are not only confined to clinicopathological features but also exist at the molecular level, as shown by findings of genome-wide association studies and expression profiling. JO - The Lancet Oncology JF - The Lancet Oncology	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409690
__label__cc	0.534006	0.465994	Finally, We’ve Glimpsed the Back of Him The Liberal Party has decided, apparently with no great enthusiasm, to give the Malchurian Candidate a little longer at the helm. If the persistent abuse meted out to Turnbull by The Australian’s loyal commenters, if not the majority of its opinion columnists, and sundry right-of-centre Facebook groups and their posters is anything to go by, the decision by the Liberal party room will not be received well. For a great number of conservatives, deprived by Turnbull since 2015 of both their preferred Prime Minister and of their core policy priorities, the result will reinforce a larger question than who should lead the Liberals. That question is, of course, what is the Liberal Party for? In the old days, that question was traditionally answered, again with no great enthusiasm, “to fix up Labor’s messes”. Hence the rise of Malcolm Fraser, who was, with Tony Abbott, possibly Australia’s greatest Opposition leader. The pre-ideological Liberal Party was generally voted in by the broad electorate to restore sanity, to re-balance the books, to cut spending and government debt, to get rid of the more hare brained of Labor’s experiments, to grow the economic pie. There was, of course, a core of tradition within the party — a leaning towards pragmatic solutions to problems, a preference for tried and trusted policies over the big vision, a belief in sound money and strong defence. This was mixed with a Tory “right to rule” village squire mentality, a sense that we are the natural party of government. The old Country Party lent a hand, supporting conservative approaches while endlessly pitching for financial support for the bush. The 1980s changed this comfortable settlement within the conservative parties. For the emergent “dries”, the old party had become too cosy with big business and the ever-growing state. These ginger-group men found an ally in John Howard, who parried for some years with the original soufflé, Andrew Peacock, a strange political creature who was part wet, part dilettante, part narcissist. Howard “stood” for things, and also happened to be mightily connected with voters and the sensible centre, while still retaining a core set of very visible principles. The wets, as such, were merely not the dries, without the clear philosophical mindset and shopping list of policy preferences that their successors (Turnbull’s lot) would fashion in a new century. Mind you, it took the dumb old Liberal Party nearly a decade to convince itself of the bleeding obvious: that Howard was their future. Howard’s great craft was to build and nurture a “broad church”, finding homes (and jobs) for those who derive their liberalism from JS Mill as well as for the more Burkean of the troops. He did this hile all the while remaining grounded, occasionally bordering on populism but never embracing it. Fast-forward a political generation. In our time we have witnessed the coming of globalisation and its attendant ideology of globalism, the fall of the communist bloc, the emergence of the green ideology of sustainability, the across-the-political-spectrum support for multiculturalism, the rise of extreme social liberalism and the absolute priority of the individual over not just the State but also over the community and its Burkean “platoons”. (Who would even have thought, as recently as the early 2000s, that there would even be a thing called same-sex “marriage”, let alone that many in the Coalition would actually not just favour it but shout its benefits from the rooftops?) Many in the Liberal Party, though by no means all, have either meekly accepted this package, or have positively embraced it. This is Mill on steroids, and a period in which an accommodation between tradition and radical individualism is way more difficult. Enter, stage, left, one Malcolm Turnbull. We know from Richo that he wanted to be a Labor politician before he settled for being a Liberal one. We can agree with Terry McCrann that he is the worst retail politician to lead the country in decades. We fully comprehend that his policy preferences and philosophical leanings are towards the zeitgeist, and are therefore bound to annoy the daylights out of much of the Liberal base, who detest much of the zeitgeist. We know that he is, like Peacock, a narcissist. We know that many in the Liberal Party remain faithful to his leadership but not remotely thrilled to be continuing to support him; they simply fear looking stupid for changing leaders again. We suspect, above all, that he is (with apologies to the creators of Yes Minister) not a high flyer but a low flyer supported by occasional gusts of wind. He is a dill, supported by Lucy and protected by those for whom the smell of ministerial leather has proven an overwhelming force. Many of us might think that Turnbull stands for nothing but his own self-aggrandisement. That would be a mistake. He stands, apparently, and very worryingly, alongside a goodly number of his party colleagues, in supporting a belief system that is viscerally loathed by many across the Liberal Party membership and out in voterland. See, Turnbull does not believe in broad churches when it comes to political parties. He does have an agenda. The agenda, in summary, is to retain the things that his Party’s base finds repugnant – like the ABC; debt; multiculturalism; Labor policies on education and social welfare; and the like – and to advance things that the Party’s base decidedly do not want – like the global warming/renewables scam; world government, or at least global oversight of Australia’s political business; more migration from groups that the “deplorables” fear; probably, at least when it is safe, the republic; and so on. Turnbull’s international friends are those leaders most despised by your average right-of-centre voter – Merkel, Trudeau, Macron, May, John Key, Obama. His chosen Praetorian guard of miserable C-teamers – Bishop, Birmingham, Frydenberg, Pyne, in particular – are not on the Christmas card lists of anyone I know. They are enablers of bumbling, Three Stooges level incompetence and, at the same time, woke, inner-city leftism. One question about Turnbull is – dangerous or merely hopeless? The same question came up again and again during the Obama presidency. How can one be so inept and, at the same time, so effective in changing our society and our country? The answer is, one can, indeed, be both Chauncey Gardner and Saul Alinsky simultaneously. A bungler with an agenda. The question for the Liberal Party and for their Coalition partners, is not just whether Turnbull will last days, weeks or months. The consensus on that is that his future is not rosy. Nor is it, ‘What must we do we win the next election?’ It isn’t even, ‘How do we win back our friends?’. There are probably more than a few who (like me) will never vote Liberal again after the putsch of September 2015. No, the real question is, what are we here for? If the Liberal Party ever re-connects with its broad church roots, a suitable blend of Burke and Mill, finds men and women of substance and spine that will resist the leftist mindset and push back against the zeitgeist, and serves up to the people pragmatic policies that relate to their real concerns, it might, just might, begin to reclaim at least some of its lost ground and credibility. Today’s events in Canberra might even come to be considered in future years as the time that things began at last to come into some semblance of focus for the Liberal class of 2016. Not just the beginning of the end for Malcolm Turnbull, who has surely achieved now both of his political objectives – to all but destroy the once great Liberal Party and to implement Labor policy. But, far more importantly, the end of the beginning of the Liberal Party’s nascent efforts at seeking redemption from “we the people”. [email protected] – 22nd August 2018 The Manchurian Candidate. Jody – 22nd August 2018 I blame Howard for much of what has transpired in the last decade. He destroyed Costello, signed up Kyoto and emissions trading and then encouraged an unsuitable Turnbull out of resigning from parliament. Far from being a father figure, Howard was a wrecker and egotist. Rob Brighton – 22nd August 2018 I for one wish the incoming PM Shorten and his class warriors as fractious a senate as I can imagine. Trump’s Brazen Insight The Islamic State and ‘Religion of Peace’ Clive S. Kessler Deregulation is Just the Start, Mr Pyne James Allan	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409692
__label__cc	0.747489	0.252511	The story behind the QuickDraw marking tape The QuickDraw Story I was in second grade when a kid challenged me to roll a quarter down the center of my face. He said “You can’t do it, it’s impossible!”. I took the quarter and proved him wrong, to which he replied “oh, I guess I was wrong”, and he walked away laughing. Unknown to me, he had rubbed pencil graphite on the edge of the quarter, so I was walking around with a black line down the center of my face. Flash forward to me building my house in the Sun Valley Idaho. It’s snowing, my ears are cold, my skin is dry, and countless pencils have already fallen from the perch on my ear, into snowdrifts, lost until spring for sure. I’m using a Stanley Power-lock tape measure to frame the second floor and I’ve just lost my last pencil. SOB#%^@#! So, I start using the edge of the tape case to indent the wood. This was the beginning of the idea that would eventually become the QUICKDRAW Pro marking tape measure. Already being a successful inventor (I had growing success with the Levelution System Level), I knew I was on to something. I did patent searches, and discovered there were sixty plus, patents on the idea of marking tape measures, yet nothing was on the market? This was strange, because I knew firsthand that it was a great idea. I analyzed all the existing patents and discovered that they all had pretty much, the same flaws. Simply put, if you have to engage a marking mechanism, then lock the blade, use it, then dis-engage the marker, then dis-engage the lock, well, forget it, it’s easier to use a pencil, plus, the marker would still have to be sharpened, so that’s another problem, and there was also the issue of the parallax effect. Imagine an indicator over a tape blade. The indicator can’t be directly on/against the tape blade, because the blade can retract at high speed and both would be damaged, so the indicator must be positioned some distance above the tape blade. It’s the gap between the indicator and the blade that causes the problem because if you are not exactly directly above the indicator, your measurement would be off. Try this: hold a paperclip above a tape blade and look at it from different angles. That’s the parallax effect problem. So, I now knew why this great idea had never made it to market! For a marking tape to be better than using a pencil, it had to: Be ready to mark without having to engage and dis-engage the marking device (this requirement eliminates the idea of using any kind of pencil). The marking device needed to make a line perpendicular to the tape blade (not easily done with a pencil). The marking device needed to mark on rough surfaces without breaking (nothing like a pencil). The marking device needed to never need sharping (nothing like a pencil). The mark made, needs to be visible in regular working environments (similar to a pencil mark). The mark needs to be erasable, (similar to a pencil mark) The marking device should make at least 1000+ 1/4” marks, and reloading needed to be fast and easy, and not require any tools. The indicator needed to eliminate the parallax effect, to ensure accuracy. THE SOLUTIONS Remember the kid with the quarter... well, that was a huge part of the marking solution. The QuickDraw has a very small hardened steel wheel with a serrated edge (like a quarter). A graphite stick (0.9mm) is in a chamber above the wheel, and as the wheel rolls, graphite is carried to the surface that the wheel is rolling on. This is a really elegant solution because the wheel rolls directionally and is positioned perpendicular to the tape blade, basically solving problems 1 -7. I solved the parallax issue with a wedge-shaped indicator, that provides extreme accuracy by preforming just like a gun site. From the front, it’s a wedge shape, but look down from above and the wedge become a single red line that tells you precisely where you’re putting your mark. The Tru-VIEW™ WEDGE™ is the only indicator that eliminates the parallax effect to ensure “dead nuts” accuracy every time. E The Wedge indicator (patent pending) I have heard from many tradesmen, that when they first got their QuickDraw, they continued to use a pencil, until they didn’t have a pencil, then they got hooked and never looked back. I can tell you from personal experience, that once you’ve owned a QuickDraw, you’ll find using a regular tape measure annoying (and slow). Does your tape measure make 2000 marks per load? Does it reload in 10 seconds? Does it work with one hand? Does it make a radius or circle? FYI: Friends don’t let friends use pencils... Dane Scarborough www.quickdrawprotapes.com For more info on the launching of the QuickDraw Marking Tape, look for "Inventor's Guide to World Domination" I’ve joined the mailing list, just waiting for a metric version. Would prefer metric only. Cheers! Brenden Pascoe April 28, 2019	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409695
__label__wiki	0.972845	0.972845	Home » Film, People Moves, TV » Buck Productions expands U.S. presence The Toronto-based company has hired U.S. reality TV veteran and former CMJ Distribution COO Lou Occhicone (pictured) as a consultant. By Jordan Pinto Looking to expand its presence in the U.S. market, Buck Productions has hired U.S. reality TV veteran Lou Occhicone to the newly created position of factual television consultant. In the role, Occhicone will be responsible for growing Buck’s documentary and reality slate (which includes titles such as Rich Bride Poor Bride and Highway Gospel), as well as assisting in selling the company’s properties internationally. He will work alongside the company’s head of television Jim Kiriakakis and president Sean Buckley. Buckley told Playback Daily that Occhicone’s connections with brands in the U.S., as well as his contacts with networks in the U.S. and U.K., will allow the company to further its business opportunities in the global marketplace. Occhicone will conduct all of the consultancy work out of his Connecticut office, though will travel with the Buck Productions team to certain meetings. He began the role last week. Occhicone most recently served as COO at CMJ Distribution, where he headed up the Montreal-based company’s factual coproductions division. Prior to his work with CMJ he served as SVP of operations at producer and distributor CABLEready. Buck Productions, Jim Kiriakakis, Lou Occhicone, Sean Buckley Photo Gallery: 2020 TFCA Gala - Rogers vice-chair Phil Lind with Phyllis Yaffe, former consul general of Canada in New York.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409696
__label__wiki	0.513077	0.513077	Think Fit Sports Fitness Tim Ford Mike Robinson Sports News Think Fit « » Think Fit Episode 118: Using Your Mind to Successfully Make Positive Change with Bevan James Eyles By Tim Ford and Mike Robinson. Discovered by Player FM and our community — copyright is owned by the publisher, not Player FM, and audio is streamed directly from their servers. Hit the Subscribe button to track updates in Player FM, or paste the feed URL into other podcast apps. Team this episode is a goodie! With Tim in Canada we decided to share an episode which has by far had a tremendous impact on us both individually but also how we try to highlight the importance of self reflection and building strategise We were extremely lucky to be joined by Bevan James Eyles this week for one of the most engaging, entertaining and informative discussions we have ever been a part of (we weren't the funny, informative or engaging part.) We discussed the importance of identifying strategies to set yourself up for success, how to make sure you learn from your mistakes and not let them define you. We have an in-depth discussion about the power of optimism and how it can lead to a healthier life as well as so much more. Honestly! This is not an attempt to get you to listen to the episode! It genuinely was just a great episode to record. Years ago Bevan started to go overboard with both drugs and alcohol until he woke up one day and didn't like who he was. He turned his life around and became not only an incredible athlete but is Internationally recognised as one of the best minds in fitness and has helped countless people to overcome their own barriers and make successful change in all aspects of their life. We are very proud to present this episode for you to listen to and we hope you get as much out of it as we did recording it. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thinkfitpod/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkfitpod/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/thinkfitpod Bevan's Socials: bevanjameseyles.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bjeyles/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bevanjameseyles? Bevan's Podcasts: IMTalk : http://www.imtalk.me Legends of Triathlon: http://www.legendsoftriathlon.com Fitness Behaviour: http://www.bevanjameseyles.com/fitness-behavior/ Robo's Socials: www.kiwitriathlete.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kiwitriathlete/ Tim's Socials: www.oztriathlete.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tford14/ Email us: thinkfitpod@gmail.com Start listening to #Think Fit on your phone right now with Player FM's free mobile app, the best podcasting experience on both iPhone and Android. Your subscriptions will sync with your account on this website too. Podcast smart and easy with the app that refuses to compromise. Similar to Think Fit The Jay & Dan Podcast The Joy of Text - Jewish Public Media A show about Judaism and sexuality You're Welcome! With Chael Sonnen The UFC Superstar speaks his mind and interviews MMA studs and legends. As Chael says "I do the thinking so you don't have to. Listen, learn, and then follow me blindly as I show you the world as it ought to be." To access the entire archive, go to PodcastOne.com. A weekly hockey podcast that talks about nothing but the NHL with analysis, interviews, opinions and information you won't get anywhere else. WRESTLING SOUP Wrestling Soup. We're NOT a wrestling show. We're a show that HAPPENS to talk about wrestling. EVERY Thursday Night 9:30pm EST {Friday 02:30am GMT or 0230 UTC for International Listeners} Anthony Missionary Thomas and Joe Numbas present an entertainment show beyond just the world of professional wrestling and into trends, hot button topics, and more. The Michigan Man Podcast The Michigan Man Podcast is produced for die hard Wolverine fans. The show will include weekly interviews with Michigan Bloggers and other special guests. The center piece of the show will be fan feedback. We want fans to phone in audio posts, and email their comments, rants...whatever is on their mind regarding Michigan athletics.The Podcast format will evolve in the coming months. Initially we will have four segments. 1) The View from section 17 - Commentary from host Mike Fitzpatrick2) We ... The Will Cain Show Will Cain gives you his unfiltered take on the biggest stories in the sports world. GAA on Off The Ball Don't forget Off The Ball also has the best GAA analysts anywhere in the country. Regan, Quirke, Walsh, O'Connor, Moyles, Brady and much more... Golf Weekly Weekly golf review with Joe Molloy. ESPN Podcasts A varied collection of podcasts from ESPN.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409697
__label__cc	0.713287	0.286713	Robyn Hayward Robyn Hayward Biography ( 1994 - ) First published on:August 11, 2019 Facts of Robyn Hayward Famous Name School attended Bishop Chatard High School Currently Married Married to Robyn Hayward is well-known as a wife of famous Basketball player Gordon Hayward. Additionally, Gordon currently plays for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Previously, Gordon was a player of Utah Jazz, playing for the team from 2011 to 2017. Robyn, being a wife of NBA star, is certainly a fan favorite. Moreover, Robyn came to the limelight after she tied a knot with Gordon on May 24, 2014. Besides, She shares a massive net worth over $80 million. To know more about Robyn Hayward, including her personal life, dating history, and professional career, just roll into this article without any delay. Robyn Hayward Earnings; How much Net Worth does she share with her husband? Well, we don't have any idea about what Robyn does professionally to support her family financially. However, being the wife of a famous NBA player, she shares a massive net worth over $80 million with her spouse. In addition, Gordon has collected $150,428,542 as entire career earnings. As per his recent contract with Boston Celtics, he signed a 4 year / $127,829,970 deal which includes $127,829,970 as a guaranteed amount. Robyn Hayward shares a luxurious house with her husband SOURCE: latimes.com Additionally, the duo seems to be a car lover and particularly the couple has a collection of expensive cars including P85 model S Tesla, Lamborghini Aventador, and a Range Rover. The couple bought their P85 model S Tesla car in $80,0000 back in 2014. In October 2015, at a gated ranch in Rancho Santa Fe, California, Hayward along with his wife bought a luxurious house which also has a tennis court inbuilt. Additionally, the property spreads over two acres which they bought for $3.35 million. Robyn Hayward is married to Gordon Hayward; Does she have children? Yes, Robyn is a beautiful wife of the famous NBA guard and forward player, Gordon Hayward. Reportedly, the couple started dating since their high school days. Additionally, the duo dated for long before they finally decided to get engaged on Christmas day in December 2013. Similar Bio: Want to know about Dustin Poirier's wife, Jolie Poirier? Further, they took their relationship to the next level by exchanging vows on May 24, 2014. June 6, 2015. They conducted their wedding ceremony at St Simon the Apostle Church in Indianapolis and was held in a luxurious way in the presence of their fans and family. Robyn with her husband and children SOURCE: Instagram As of now, the couple is a parent of 3 lovely daughters, Bernadette Marie, Charlotte Margaret, and Nora Mae Hayward. In addition, their first child Bernadette was born on May 24, 2014, and Charlotte was born on July 11, 2016, and their third child was born on January 24, 2019. Previously, her husband was in a relationship with Kolbi Killingback for 5 years but he smartly he got married to Robyn because his relationship with Kolbi was not so smooth as expected. Robyn Hayward with her husband SOURCE: Instagram As of now, the couple seems to be enjoying their marital relationship as there aren't any rumors of them being seperated in recent time. In fact, Robyn regularly goes for romantic trips with her husband which suggests that the duo shares a good bond together. Also, the details about her body measurements are not in the media yet. Robyn Hayward Early Life, Bio, Family, and Childhood Robyn was born on April 8, 1994, but the details about her birthplace and birthdate are not in the media yet. In addition, Robyn is an American native and belongs to the ethnic group of white. Also, she was born under the star sign Aries. Similar Bio: Ryan Marie Carney Talking about her education, Robyn attended Bishop Chatard High School and graduated in 2013. Additionally, Robyn has an adopted sister Maggie who joined the family as a kid from Guatemala. Besides, her family works with a school in Magdalena, Guatemala, educating them to learn how to be self-dependent. Robyn Hayward Professional Career Well, we have no idea about what Robyn does professionally. Moreover, she is a mother of 3 lovely daugther and might be busy raising her. However, she is the wife of a famous NBA star Gordon who currently plays for Boston Celtics in National Basketball Association (NBA). Previously, Gordon was a player of Utah Jazz, playing for the team from 2011 to 2017. 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__label__cc	0.626645	0.373355	Waiting on 2017 We’ll be back to playing first and talking later next year. May God help us all. Giant Robots and Dudes on Ice: Annoyingly Impossible Battles combat, plot, Rise of the Tomb Raider, TV Spoilers for a specific fight scene in Rise of the Tomb Raider Well, I’m never finishing this game because this fight in the pool under the ice is fucking impossible (I just surface and die! I don’t even make a DENT in those guys!) so this is discussion in the abstract, but I read today’s post in which I idly speculate about whether the head of the REMNANT is mommy dearest, forgetting that just the other day we wondered who the head of TRINITY is. I got a theory. No, not mom. Though that would be quite the twist. No. Uncle whatever his name is. First, he’s icky. Second, he, too, has a vested interest in saving mommy dearest. Third, he’s rich, even richer than the Crofts, so he has the resources. Fourth, you know how when you played Blood Ties you were cheesed that there was a document you couldn’t find? Well, I forgot to tell you, you can’t find it….now. When you finish Blood Ties it tells you there’s gonna be other stuff to find at Croft Manor AFTER you finish the main game. So how much you wanna bet that final document is something along the lines of Lara saying “Oh FUCK you Uncle….I’m gonna both kill your ass AND be the one to save mom in TR3?” I died a lot in that fight, too. That’s the one that made me think “OK, they just liked this idea, so they had to give you the rebreather just for this fight.” First guy is easy, just reach up and drag him into the water, but after that it’s all smoke and chaos. In the end I succeeded more by getting out of the water when they weren’t looking and then hiding behind boxes, than by getting out, killing a dude or two, and diving back to safety, which I think is probably how they imagined it playing out. I mean, it’s a fun idea. Lurk under the ice, pop up and murder some dude, disappear under the ice again. Makes you all scary, like a horror-movie monster! But in practice, I’d come up, get into a brawl, stagger away into the water, be unable to heal underwater, finally emerge and die before I could heal, etc. Enh. You’ll get it. It was a tough one, though. I like your theory about the uncle…the only thing is it would come pretty much completely out of nowhere for people who hadn’t played the Croft Manor DLC (i.e., the people who played this game first), and I wonder if a) they would want to spring something like that on players at the very end of a game, and b) if they did, wouldn’t it be a planned surprise twist for those players, that would be ruined for people who did play the DLC during the game? This seems like sloppy writing in either the original game, or the DLC-inclusive game. However, we shall see! Conniving uncle is certainly up to something, whether it plays a big role in the end of this game or not. I’m getting that sense, too, but the fight is not playing out they way they thought. YES! I brawl, can’t heal underwater, come up to try to heal and then die. Or, worse, surface, have them say “THERE SHE IS!” get shot, say “WAIT! WAIT!” die. Even the hints aren’t really hinty. She says “Ok…wait…let them come to you….” So I did. I waited. They did not come to me. I sat. I waited. They walked. I watched. They walked away. I said “Maybe next time.” Nope. I mean, ok….COME TO ME! But they didn’t. And I tried the boxes! I found a place I could get out, even had a couple of bottles. Killed, maybe, four dudes, got swarmed, died. As for Croft Manor…Oh right…..yeah, the original X1 players wouldn’t have any idea who that guy is…. Hmm. Yeah, with that in mind, forget it. Well, we’ll go check that last document, to be sure. But then, are they good at planning ahead, these developers? We act like they had a grand plan, but we already know Crystal Dynamics ISN’T doing 3 (that isn’t wild speculation), but another studio is. That’s not good for continuity. Also, even WITH CD, there was oddness. I remembered that the first game ended with Lara sailing off into the sunset looking at documents or something with “Croatoan” written on them, which was, what, Roanoke? Something? Something very much NOT Siberia and something very much not in this game. So we have precedent for big set ups that go nowhere. Not that this game is unique in that by any means, but still. You can do it! Don’t despair! I also tried just waiting out of sight for them to walk near the holes, but you’re right, they never did. I did once manage to leap out, knife a guy who had his back turned, and leap back into the water, but that didn’t work consistently. Still, you’ll get there. Keep a finger close to the ‘heal’ button. It’ll be fine. And yeah, whether or not the uncle has anything to do with the end of this game, I’ll totally go back and look for the last document in Croft Manor. I haven’t had a real reaper moment in such a long time. Can’t really remember the last one. But this is BAD. I mean, sure, there are hard fights, ones where you sometimes get CLOSE to winning, but this one I’ve tried 12 times and I don’t get anywhere near winning. I’ve forgotten what real reaper moments are like. At least I have not one but two clicks of difficulty below where I am. Ah! Nice one with the backstabbing! I managed to sneak out, chuck not one but two molotovs, which I THINK killed four or five guys, but then I died immediately. I was thinking chuck a bottle WAY over there, then hope they congregate, then poison them. Or just turn down the difficulty. Yeah, try poison! Poison is cool. And if that doesn’t work, turn down the difficulty. We want to ENJOY games, after all. I had a kind of frustrating non-combat situation last night–it turned out to be simple, but Survival Instincts was highlighting something that turned out to be completely irrelevant, so I spent way too long on this tangent. So, uh…if you get to a place, and there’s a thing, and it’s highlighted but it seems to be completely on the wrong side of the other thing to be any good, it actually isn’t any good and you should ignore it. Heed my vague words of wisdom! What’s scary is I know you well enough that weird shit like that has, in the past, made sense. I’ll probably know what you mean when I find it. This eerie game-related communication is what powers the awesomeness of the blog. Ooh, I’m like a classic oracle, pronouncing a vague, not-that-helpful prophecy! The kind where you always think “you know, a little specific DETAIL wouldn’t be amiss here…” But the oracle doesn’t want to ruin the surprise! Oracles and prophets: avoiding spoilers for 10,000 years of human history! Or so…let the experts debate when predicting the future with vague generalities first became a thing. Helpful, though. I’ve wasted too much time on this impossible fight. It’s also a quiet irony that I spend a great deal of my first play session with this sweet new TV doing something that is a) underwater and b) in smoke. “Hey! A scene where you can’t see anything! So glad I got this TV.” Fuck this fight. Kinda scary how similar “oracle” and “college English major” seem to be in practice. Ah, the irony. “Enjoy the perfect clarity of this confusing and indistinct scene!” It’ll get nice later, though. It was rather ironic. Especially as the HDR really makes red pop, so the smoke was even more so. It’s almost creepily clear. And it’s not even 4K yet…… Shhh! TV. character, gender, graphics, NPCs, plot, Rise of the Tomb Raider, story Some plot spoilers for Rise of the Tomb Raider, once the new TV gets hooked up Got no laptop but that’s ok cuz I haven’t played. Holidays. Some days you just gotta drink, eat leftovers and watch sports. Anyway, I was so into the idea of new tv that I just couldn’t face hair in such low resolution. And my tv is being installed. The spirit of post-Christmas! T…V…want…. I’m just watching dinosaur train and its creepily better. I can’t wait to see the hair. So buying the tank top. Dinosaur train! Dinosaur train! All aboard the dinosaur train! Like 3D dinosaurs. Christmas monkey’s gonna rule. Only a little late. You won’t be able to look away. Not that you can anyway. All kidding aside….. Get a new tv. Dude, I don’t even have the 4K yet and it’s so much cooler. The colors, man! The hdr! You just see every little detail. It’s already like a movie. I’m not sure what else a pro can do. Not kidding. It’s amazing. Got Jonah stabbed. Gonna kill dudes. Lara’s pissed. I have things to say but no laptop. But seriously. Yes, you’re cheap. This is worth it. But what about the hair? Tell us about THE HAIR, man! Ah, Jonah, Jonah…once again reversing the standard order and being the one who can’t bear to shoot an unarmed person, while Lara was all “shoot him! shoot him already!” Stereotypically, it would be the more tender-hearted female who would hesitate to shoot a guy at point blank, but here it’s buff, manly Jonah. Which I like, because it not only says that guys MAY actually hesitate to commit murder, but because it kind of lets Jonah stand in for “the average guy” who would in fact probably hesitate to shoot someone point blank, and compares that to Lara’s no-hesitation, kill-the-bastard approach. And Lara is kind of right–if Jonah had just shot Konstantin, maybe he wouldn’t be in this trouble now–but she’s also less human. She’s lost something by becoming the kind of person who shoots an unarmed enemy without hesitation, and it’s something that Jonah still has, and that we kind of sympathize with even while we say “you really should have just shot him, though.” It’s not a novel point, to say that going all stone-cold adventurer turns a person into a bit of a monster (we’ve made it many times based on many things in many games), but I thought this was a moderately interesting way to do it. The hair is better. I ain’t kidding. Funny you liked it… I was troubled. A) she fails entirely. A make hero saves the damsel. She did not. But worse: B) HER agency was completely taken away. In the end, she goes to save him like a hero, but, at the critical moment, her actions don’t matter. Whether he shoots or not is given back to Jonah, the man. “Yeah, ok, Lara, thanks for coming, but how this scene gets resolved is up to the men”. Like always. Interesting! I see what you’re saying, but I don’t know that I agree that “she fails entirely.” I mean, he’s not dead yet, and spoiler alert, she’s now going to kill a bunch of guys to either save him (“I’ll save you even if you can’t be trusted to murder a guy yourself, you big lug!”) or avenge him (another super-classic trope, obviously). However, I do get your point that at the critical moment it’s not up to her what happens–she IS pointedly left banging helplessly on the glass while her male friend and her male enemy work things out. “Stay out there, girl. Showing off your ass climbing and jumping is fine, but leave the decisions to the men”. That jarred. To argue the opposite side, though, I could say that it was her banging on the glass that stopped Konstantin from killing Jonah right then, by distracting him and giving Jonah a chance to get the gun and be in a position to make that decision at all…so she did save him, for a minute, and it was his own call to not finish the job. While if he HAD finished the job and killed Konstantin we’d be all “oh, so you can’t let a woman take down one of the main villains?” Konstantin pretty much had to get away at that point for narrative purposes (I’m sure he’s needed at the Final Confrontation later on), so my reading was more along the lines of “hey, interesting, they had the big manly dude be the one who faltered and couldn’t kill the villain, rather than somehow contriving it that Lara couldn’t finish him off.” However, I definitely see your point as well. The nice thing about thoughtful literary criticism is we can both be right. Cheers. We are always both right. It’s how we do. I think we’re assuming Konstantin is the big bad. I also learned that Ana conned him, cutting his hands. I think the big confrontation might be with Ana. Could’ve let Jonah kill who we thought was the baddie only to have the twist. No, you’re right, I wasn’t sure if you’d seen that bit, so I didn’t mention that I also believe Ana may be the real main villain. But letting Jonah kill Konstantin now would make that true by default, and I think they want to leave us in some suspense about exactly how that’s going to work out. Plus, I predict some sort of dramatic showdown between the siblings at some point…Konstantin is going to find out the truth, right? How will he take that? Ana betrayed and used and lied to him, or Ana was simply the unwitting instrument of the Divine carrying out God’s will? Will he turn on her, or forgive her? Inquiring minds want to know! And we never would, if he hadn’t escaped. But yeah, we are always both right. It’s in the by-laws of the blog. Once we write some by-laws, I mean. Friends Before…Uh…Ends. I Guess. graphics, loot, monsters, plot, Rise of the Tomb Raider, TV Some plot spoilers for Rise of the Tomb Raider Ok. Hugged Jonah, did the maproom bit (Belloque’s staff is too long…..they’re digging in the wrong place!), saw Jonah get kidnapped, got the “you’re not here but you’re gazing up in this direction so we’ll show you the cutscene” cutscene, got climbing arrows, killed some dudes, got killed by dudes in dumb ways, decided I was tired, stopped. Well, Jonah really just showed up to be a plot point, didn’t he? “Hey Lara…I just wanted to let you know how much I love you and give you the chance to give me a really earnest hug before I get kidnapped. I mean, the audience has to CARE, right?” The only thing that’s stopping this from being a total eye roll is the whole twist on the damsel in distress trope. Here, the hottie is saving the big butch guy. Indeed, the picked the biggest, butchest guy to be the one in distress. Kinda cool. ALMOST makes me forgive the fact that it’s so very, very contrived. Maybe it was because we were just talking on jarringness of third person cutscenes, but yeah, that was jarring. But I can see why they did it, and it’s something that games are going to have to wrestle with: complexity of baddies. If you’re going to have a baddie with layers past “I’m a really bad baddie,” (which is what usual video games have) you have to develop them and their motivations somehow. If all your scenes are from the perspective of the PC, this gets tricky. I mean, the hero is probably not going to sit down for a latte with the bad guy just to shoot the shit, talk about the future, hopes, dreams, that sort of thing. When baddie and PC are together, they’ll either be trying to kill each other, or there will be eye rolling villain exposition, which isn’t any better. So props to game for giving us a baddie that is more than, say, Lazaravic in UC2. He ISN’T just “I’m big man who never takes off bullet proof armor who wants things.” He ISN’T just Trinity’s guy. There’s stuff going on in his head. But in order to show us that, they have to cheat. Or they think they have to cheat. Do they? Climbing arrows are a cool mechanic. Another oddity, though, in light of the rebreather. We’re both adding mechanics and subtracting them all at once. What caught my eye with them, though, is body language. The motion capture in this game is pretty fucking perfect, and lets us talk on this sort of thing. Her pose, that balanced sitting pose, is interesting. We’ve talked on her body language in trees and all, how it’s animal. This, she looks scared, poised, in control and deadly all at the same time. It’s great. Not a bad starting point. That’ll get us to about noon before we derail. I did enjoy the twist on the classic rescue trope, but yeah, it was pretty contrived. Although not unexpected: I mean, we knew he wasn’t going to just go home even though she said “don’t come after me,” right? (Also a nice touch that he then yells “don’t come after me!” and, of course, she goes after him. Although in some ways it would have been an even MORE interesting twist if she’d said “OK, unlike you, I will respect your wishes and not go after you, especially considering you wouldn’t even be in this trouble if you’d respected my wishes and not come after me.” Cold, though. That would have been very cold.) That was precisely the jarring cutscene I was talking about. Jarring. Comes out of nowhere and all. And as you say, it complexifies the baddies and that’s all to the good, but it still jars. And now we’re in the position where WE know they’re complex, but Lara doesn’t, so how does that translate? How to we manage our identification with Lara, who doesn’t have this additional understanding, when we ourselves do? “Uh…for this next bit, pretend you don’t know that…” It’s hard. It is hard. And there’s really no idea way to do it–you can only get so much across with (also implausible) found documents, a videorecording of their conversation that happened to be saved on a computer Lara stumbled across would have been just as jarring because it would be completely unrealistic…I don’t really have a good answer to the problem, but I definitely noticed it. I do like her stance on the arrows. It’s nicely balanced and alert and controlled (and stable enough to shoot more arrows, which is handy). I played some as well. Roamed around Kitezh (spoiler: eventually you get to the place you’ve been trying to get to for the whole game). Trying to complete challenges and collect loot and stuff. Got the secret from the 9th tomb so now I can go back to that lady in the valley who wanted them. I don’t know if that’s all the tombs in the game or if the rest are just optional to that mission…anyway, I’m 80-something percent now, so we’re closing in on the end. I expect a big fight soon. Once I’m done toodling. I mean, it’s urgent, there’s doings a-transpirin’ that are supposedly time-sensitive, but one can always spare a moment to explore a hidden crypt, right? Of course right. Nine tombs is it. And your psn account spoiled it. It was all showing “tomb raider: lost city.” Guess she’s in the lost city. Even Jacob was stunned that she didn’t twist the trope! “You’re not going to carry on to find the secrets? That we died for? That you pretty much fucked up our whole way of life for? FOR THAT GUY?” He’s got a point Lara. And there’s “saw it coming” contrived, and then there’s “we’re gonna bring him back and kidnap him IN THE SAME CUTSCENE” contrived. I’m with you on the cutscene. Another instance of this game trying to do something good and just kinda missing. Well, nine it is, then. I guess it makes sense that at this point I’m in the last major ‘region’ and there won’t be any more places to stick tombs. Ah well. It was fun while it lasted! This one was another interesting “things weren’t all sunshine and puppy dogs in this ancient civilization” one. Jacob does have a point. “Do you want this Divine Source or not, lady? Because going to rescue your manly friend is not going to get you closer to it.” But she doesn’t even hesitate, just “he came for me, I’m going for him.” It’s touching and all, but you’ll never clear your father’s name with this kind of sentimental nonsense. I mean, I like Jonah too, he’s stuck by her and he seems like a good guy and a true friend, but priorities! I wonder if at some point in the endfight we’ll see either Konstantin or Ana have to decide whether to take the Source or save the sibling, and they’ll make the opposite choice, and it will drive home the point that that’s why Lara is good and they aren’t. Calling it, if so! Or it would be an interesting further complication of the baddies if they had to make that choice and DID save their sibling….we shall see. That and, until then it was all “Hey, lady, could you go away before we all get shot to shit?” “No…I must not care about your ways…or anything else…for my father….” “Oh…well….then…..” BANG BANG BANG BANG “Well Lara….I hope it was worth it…..I hope you find what you seek…” “What? Seek? Oh, yeah, fuck that…gotta go save this other dude you just met. Sorry about that whole getting shot to shit thing…..” Dude….you can’t do callsies on both sides of something. That isn’t how callsies works. But if I can’t call both sides of an issue, how can I be sure I’m going to be right? You can see my concern here. But fine, I’ll call the first one because I think it’s more likely, but I’ll be impressed with their subtlety and baddie-complexification if they do the second. I do admire the attempt at making the baddie interesting. We need more of that. You know, maybe the whole mechanic of the scene was what was REALLY jarring. I mean, it wasn’t JUST a scene we weren’t at. Lara looked up, there was a zoom in, the scene, then a pull back to Lara, like the game was really TELLING you “And now we’re GOING OVER HERE.” Maybe if they had just DONE it without so deliberately taking you there, we’d have cared less. I mean, I found the other times they did this less jarring. We do! And making the baddie interesting and complicated also highlights the complicated interesting-ness (or, sometimes, not-that-interesting-ness) of the goodie, who in many cases is not really all that different from the baddie, certainly in practical terms, but even in motivation. We’re supposed to empathize with Lara more than Konstantin and Ana because her motivations are more sympathetic, but are they, when you get right down to it? She’s obsessed with proving her dead father’s point, which really no one but she cares about. Konstantin and Ana are religious fanatics, and I personally don’t find that sympathetic, but you can’t say they aren’t trying to do what they see as right. Well, Konstantin, anyway. Ana…I’m unsure how strong her faith really is, but even if it’s not about faith, she’s trying to save her own life, which is certainly understandable. It’s never just black and white, and games–at least the ones we play–very often recognize this at least in passing, but it’s always interesting when they actually address it. Even really really good games often gloss over the baddie. We have flawed HEROES all the time, but, usually, the baddie is just bad. Which makes sense, given that’s it’s easier to do subtle character development when the character is actually in the scenes. It was interesting in jarring scene to see that Trinity ISN’T really the ultimate in fanaticism. Konstantin is MORE of a fanatic than they are. That’s a nice twist, too. Who is the number one of Trinity? Twists….I sense twists….. I hope it’s Evil Helen Mirren. This could be a prequel! I did like that hint of “if Trinity isn’t with me on this, hell with ’em” we got from Konstantin. He’s using them for his own purposes to a certain extent. And he REALLY believes in his own purposes! Another look at the power of faith. Lara believes in her father, Konstantin believes in his own visions, the Remnant believe in the Prophet… Admit it: You’re going to hold out hope that the overbaddie is Evil Helen Mirren in every game you will ever play forever. Siiiiiiigh…I will, yes. My fingers will always be secretly crossed: “come ON, Evil Helen Mirren!” She was not particularly complex, and she could have used some complexity. What was her story? Why was she so interested in all this stuff? What did she REALLY think of Drake? We shall never know. She wasn’t complex at all. But she was EVIL HELEN MIRREN! Which is enough. It is. This is my last evening with substandard TV. I’d say I’d take pictures or something, but I don’t think they’ll do it justice. TECH LUST!!!!! I just won’t think about how good Civ6 would have looked on it….. **whimper** No, don’t think about that. Think about how good Lara Croft will look on it. Also Evil Helen Mirren when she shows up (fingers crossed!). That is enough. Oh Lara’s gonna look great. Might have to spring for that tank top outfit in the supply shack. Sadly, not kidding. I’d mock you, but then, I’d probably spring for a johnson physics add-on if there were such a thing, so…we both have our pet issues. Buy away, my friend. I chased down all those coin caches, dammit. I deserve SOMETHING. Not like I NEED another shotgun. I do like that the supply guy wound up with a stylish tank top number in his shack. Makes sense, though. I mean, he’s sitting there all “What would Trinity miss…..hmm…..not this…..” Ha! True. “I don’t know how this even got in here with the riot shields and body armor (really not Ana’s style!), so I’m sure no one will ever notice if I sell it to this murderous lady with all the gold. Or recognize it if they later see her wearing it.” They won’t notice it on her. They’re too mesmerized with the hair. The hair will TRANSCEND on the new TV. OMG. The hair. It IS going to be mesmerizing. You’ll spend the first 20 minutes of your game session just staring at it…moving slightly to make it ripple…staring… That’s how I’ve spent so much of this game already. And that’s in 1080p! Happy Happy, Everyone! OK, we’re going to go…spend time with our families, or something. We’ll be back in a possibly abbreviated fashion next week, depending on if we have time to play anything. Have a happy whatever you celebrate this time of year, and if you don’t celebrate anything (not even New Year?! Who are you?), have a happy totally random few days. Taking a Break for Christmas Music Assassin's Creed 4, holidays, movies, music, Rise of the Tomb Raider Minor spoilers for Rise of the Tomb Raider locations and that whole complicated metaplot in Assassin’s Creed Played, but not that much. Raided the “Pit of Judgment” which took longer than it should have, because I knew what I needed to do and took forever actually doing it (twitchy crank things). But did it I did, then couldn’t find my way out, but find my way out I did and now I’m ready to forge ahead with main story. I’ve already done 8 out of 9 tombs. You sure I’m not almost done? Almost out of tombs…almost out of skills to learn….53%……. I forge ahead soon. I like the tombs. I’m not sure they’re more involved than they were in the first game (that was a thing when this game came out: “More and better tombs!”) but I liked game one’s tombs more than most people did (that was a thing when THAT came out: “Where are the tombs?”). You’re done, aren’t you? Ah, the Pit of Judgement! With the mining cars you have to crash into things, right? So not ALL sunshine and roses in the glorious city state of Kitezh. I didn’t play, so I am no closer to done. Still 77% or something. But that’s a fair bit of ground past you. Like I said, you have to use the mystical D20, do some fighting…fighting…story development via found document…fighting…etc. I like the tombs too. I don’t know if I’m just better at this type of game now (I have been practicing!), or if they’re actually easier, but I haven’t had as much trouble with them as I had with some of the ones in the first game. I mean, I liked them there too, but I remember getting kind of frustrated with a couple of them, and this time, not. These have been a nice balance of puzzle and “OK, I know what to do, now I just have to get up to that ledge” or whatever. Trying to get into the witch’s valley was way more annoying!–but that’s DLC, and they often ramp things up in DLC. Anyway, yeah, I like the tombs. Assassin’s Creed used to have tombs (essentially the same sort of climbing/puzzling thing), and I always liked those too. Yeah, that was kind of a nice touch. It’s rare to see the seedy, practical, underside of these ancient paradises that we raid and loot all so often. And a nice counterpoint to the guilt tomb we discussed. I mean, there it was all “How could such cold hearted people take the coins left for our dead?” Here, the same folks who guilted us look like a bunch of cold hearted money grubbers themselves, using slaves for gold. Fuck those guys. I’m taking the coins. T SHIRT! And the puzzly bits here are usually along the lines of “tinker with this, learn how it works, then apply,” which is nice puzzle design. “Ok, that raises that, that can attach to that, which will lock that….” etc. It isn’t just “Keep pulling levers until one works.” Tinker then apply is good. Tinker, apply, drive yourself MAD is The Witness. Let’s not talk of the witch’s valley again. Really, AC had puzzles? Wonder why they ditched them. I do like a good puzzle bit from time to time. Better to break things up with that than driving. Speaking of which, I’m not too happy they seem to have added driving to Mass Effect. This rover thingy….hmm. I too wonder why AC got rid of the tombs. I loved me some tomb puzzles, man! Those were among my favorite parts of the early games! Climbing all over things trying to find JUST the right hook to get where you need to go…using Eagle Vision to see giant alien barcodes on the sides of buildings… The latter day AC just isn’t the same. And yeah, the ‘rover’ bit in the MEA trailer didn’t entirely fill me with glee either. Didn’t they already do that in ME1? It was called the Mako, and didn’t everyone hate it? (Except me, I actually thought it was OK.) There were driving exploration bits that I think were mostly replaced with planet scanning bits in ME2. (Ah, the soothing music of a nice planet scan…good times.) Are they bringing back the driving exploration bits? Are people not going to hate it this time? But whatever. We’ll play it. So I keep hearing about AC. I came to them too late. But at least I got Lowlands Away. Those pirates should do a Christmas record. I did not play ME1 (the shame), but I have heard tell of the mako. I thought that was something people actually DID like. But all the same…big worlds usually mean faster ways to get around in them. Maybe it’s just transportation. My heart sort of sank when I heard Geralt was getting a horse in TW3 because that’s driving, when you get right down to it, and I wound up loving the big lug. Though Evelyn’s horse in DAI went unused, and that was bioware. Hmm. We will play it. And we’ll like it more than most other people. Which isn’t usually the case. We have to rebalance the universe somehow. You did get Lowlands Away. No previous AC could offer that particular awesomeness. The best thing we could collect in the old days was memory clips of Adam and Eve or something. They didn’t sing. I would really only want the pirates’ Christmas record if it was all Lowlands Away and What Do We Do With a Drunken Sailor. I guess they could intersperse We Wish You a Merry Christmas or something period-appropriate, but we want the classic hits, man. I do NOT want the pirate rendition of Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree. Get right out of here with that nonsense. Although them singing Christmas Monkey might have a certain bizarre charm…no. Shut up, self. That is horrible. Memories of Adam and Eve? Uh….ooooookaaaaaaay….. A bunch of pirates demanding figgy pudding would be kinda awesome. And they can do the soulful moody thing! If they can rock lowlands away I’m sure we could whip up a good “Oh Holy Night.” What’s truly horrible is that I, too, was thinking of Christmas Monkey before I even read that paragraph. I was GOING to make a joke about it after your “Rocking around the Xmas Tree” joke. But THEN I thought “I’ll read ahead to see if she went there,” and you had. We need help. But, on that front, I can’t get behind any Christmas song written after, say, 1950. Rocking around the Christmas Tree was, really, the beginning of the end. I don’t want John Lennon singing about war being over. I don’t want Wham! singing about last christmas giving his heart to someone. (I don’t really want Wham! singing about anything.) I don’t want some country singer’s grown up Christmas wish. I don’t even want that Charlie Brown shit. Stop it all of you. Silent Night. We wish you a Merry Christmas. That sort of thing. Bing Crosby: Good. Kenny Chesney: Bad. I mean, sure, you could SAY we need more songs, but c’mon. My brother once worked on a Christmas record with Neil Sedaka (a probably gay Jewish guy), and they made some good tunes, sure, but what makes a good Xmas tune is the tradition. The history. There’s only so much Neil Sedaka can do. We need help. I blame Christmas Monkey. But I’m with you on traditional Christmas songs. These modern things–don’t need ’em. Don’t like ’em. I also hate when people use Christmas carols to warble and show off their awesome voices. Carols are not the place to show off! Just sing the damn song, it’s classic and we like it the way it usually goes. We don’t need you holding that note in the middle for two minutes just to prove you’re great. Yes, you’re great, your voice is impressive, I will admire it in SOME OTHER SONG PLEASE. Also, stay off my lawn. But yeah, in the old AC games you were recovering memories from the garden of Eden or something. About the Apple, that was actually a weapon of some kind? But Adam and Eve were really aliens? I think? It was weird, weird stuff. I played all those games and loved them and I’m still not TOTALLY sure what was going on in the meta-story. But it was awesome anyway! I was into the absolute over-the-top bonkers-ness of it. I kind of miss that in the new ones. They seem tamer, somehow. DAMN THAT MONKEY! Nope. Don’t like the modern carols. And yet, they’re EVERYWHERE. Even the all Xmas radio stations which I will listen to from time to time in the car to get my cheer on have them! Amen to not showing off in the classics. See also the National Anthem. Aretha Franklin did the anthem before one of the Thanksgiving Day football games, and milked it so much that CBS put up a graphic in the middle of the first half that had her leading in time of possession. Seriously. They wheeled her off. I think she’s just now getting to “Rocket’s red glare.” And yet, when I played AC4, I kept asking you what, exactly, the FUCK was going on, and you’d TRY to explain it and you’d sound like the crazy person on the train. I love you. You are a great singer and a national treasure. But…just SING the national anthem, OK? No need to get fancy. It’s fine. (Although I would kind of love to see someone someday just sing it, moving right along, so everyone thinks, “hey, this will be done in no time!” and then they proceed to sing the two or three extra verses that nobody ever sings. Heh. That would be evil, and amusing.) The original Assassin’s Creed made everyone into the crazy person on the train. “It’s aliens I tell you! Greek gods who are actually aliens leaving messages in our DNA! I’ve seen it in my ancestors’ memories!” Dude, I think Aretha is fully prepared to do every verse. It’s going to be interesting to see what the movie, what is out right now, does with this. I mean, it’s hard to explain the plot of the first game in two hours, let alone dramatize it. I have a feeling this will follow in a long uninterrupted line of terrible movies based on games. What it will LIKELY do is have a bunch of people who didn’t play the first couple asking people who did what that movie was all about and a lot of crazy train talk. I am curious about the movie, mostly for that reason. What are they going to do with that whole “these are memories” concept? “Yeah, I know it looks like a historical movie, but it’s actually set in the present or the near future, only this guy can SEE the past because he can relive his ancestors’ memories, and then he searches their memories for information about a magic weapon or something, and in order to do that he has to, like, relive key moments in their lives, so while he’s doing that it LOOKS like a historical movie, only with assassins with superpowers, and the reason he can see his ancestors’ memories is because of aliens visiting Earth long ago and leaving messages in his DNA. Probably.” I can see this being a hard sell to anyone who didn’t play the first couple of AC games. Maybe they’ll tone it down on the weirdness, though. Lately there’s been a lot more just “hey, people can see their ancestors’ memories because DNA, so let’s do it and it’ll be cool!” as opposed to the whole vast alien plot. Nah, looks from the previews that they’re doubling down on it all. People seem a tad peeved that so much of it takes place in the present and the animus and all that. And they made the animus all nasty! Like, needles in the spine and all. What happened to evil Quebecois hipsters?????? I guess that was a bridge too far, that. Ooh, spine needles, yikes. Nobody likes that. I mean, unless it’s providing valuable anesthesia for surgery, in which case bring it the hell on. In the games it was just a helmet! But early on you did have to lie on a special table, so maybe there were spine needles we couldn’t see. I haven’t been following the previews (I don’t see movies anymore, so I don’t see trailers before movies, and I don’t watch TV, and I rarely think to seek them out online even though I’m on the computer 10 hours a day and they are readily available there–my bad), but I have to say, I’m inclined to salute them for doubling down on the weirdness. Your weirdness was your soul, Assassin’s Creed! Never give up your crazy-train soul! They had a straight-to-DVD short a few years back that I saw. It was surprisingly non-terrible. I mean, not the most impressive bit of live-action storytelling EVER, but it looked professional, had some nice visuals, decent acting… Whether or not this will also be true for a full length movie, I will not venture to speculate, but at least in terms of visuals, well, you can do a lot these days. I can imagine some pretty sweet shots inspired by air assassinations and rooftop running and so forth. Perhaps one day when I watch movies again, I will catch it on Netflix. Oh stop. We’re never watching movies ever again. You’re right. Not unless they suddenly stop making games we want to play. Don’t ever do that, game industry. We can’t survive in a world without games we want to play. Breaking With Narrative Convention combat, loot, plot, Rise of the Tomb Raider, story Minor content spoilers and general mechanics/mood discussion of Rise of the Tomb Raider And so today I DO have a laptop and not much to say. Decked the halls instead of doing much of anything else. Didn’t play, but I can vouch that Christmas Monkey is slightly less upsetting when viewed with season appropriate room decor. To distract me from such things, I turn towards the holidays. So here we are, starting to idly wonder if this game is getting close to the end (you’ve probably finished it. Haven’t you? You have). We have Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, then Xmas happens and you go west, and then we ponder what to do until Robot Dinosaurs. I’m still chewing on the Witness, sure. But I also have these kids, so, for them, and, thus, for me, I get The Last Guardian, the rest of King’s Quest and Stardew Valley. You should totally do the first two. And, you know, Xmas. You getting any good game stuff for/from anyone? I have not finished–I’m still only at 77% or something. I did play, though, and had a thought: how do we feel about stuff happening in the story that Lara isn’t present for? There was a scene between Konstantin and Ana when Lara wasn’t around, back in the part that we’ve both played, and I thought it was a bit odd, but then (minor spoiler) there was another such scene that I just played, and…I just don’t know if I like it. I mean, it adds to our understanding of the story, so that’s good. I like story. BUT…Lara is our POV character, and jumping away from her to show us stuff that she has no way of seeing/hearing, thus putting us in the position of knowing things she has no way of knowing, feels awkward to me, from a narrative standpoint. It’s not story-breaking information in the sense that we’re now going to be able to act on knowledge Lara doesn’t have about a clever trap, or anything, so it kind of doesn’t even matter: so we know a bit more about the relationship between these two, why not?–but it feels out of place. I don’t know that I like it. Oh, so I’m not at the endgame? Seriously. I have that problem in any type of first person medium. It IS awkward. And I think it’s something games especially will have to deal with. It’s the only genre I can think of where the person hearing the story (you) is the same as the main character. It DOES make it hard to flesh things out. I think one of the many reasons DA2 is so underrated was the way they handled that. By having Varric tell the story, he could tell Cassandra (and you) things Hawke couldn’t have known. That said, I can’t tell what’s worse: Having cutscenes like that where the PC is nowhere around, or twisting yourself in pretzels contriving ways to get around it. Take UC4 (which I now forgive for being Chloeless). It seemed that Raef and Nadine ALWAYS waited to say anything until they were by a crack in a wall and had a slight feeling people were on the other side of that crack. I mean, ok, now we can say “See? Drake was THERE!” We can say that while rolling our eyes so hard we may hurt ourselves. Part of me says that if you’re gonna do the whole exposition out of place thing, just do it, dammit. It’s true, the silly contortions you have to go through to have the main character be ‘there’ and able to overhear things is also somewhat narrative-breaking. The eye-rolling alone skews the whole plot! I guess I just wonder why they bother. We’ve already got the contrivance of everyone leaving documents lying around everywhere that reveal their deepest thoughts, and the contrivance of Lara happening to be in exactly the right place at the right time to overhear SOME things. Why add the contrivance/odd dose of reality that is “oh, actually you’re not REALLY Lara you’re just a detached observer who PRETENDS to be Lara for most of the game, enjoy this scene she would never have witnessed!” Just maintain some internal consistency, however implausible, that’s what I prefer. But I do get your argument that given a big enough pile of implausibility, just breaking internal consistency and giving you the other point of view can come as almost a relief. I think I would be more inclined to agree if we didn’t still have all the other implausibility to somehow suspend disbelief on. Pick an approach, basically. I was also doing a little swimming and recalled that I never responded to your remarks about the rebreather and how even though you hate swimming, taking the risk out of it with said rebreather feels a little off. Like, why bother? If there’s not some added risk, it’s just another environment. I think maybe they really really wanted to have a specific fight scene that they had, and that motivated the entire thing? Because it’s quite true, without the risk of drowning and the need to keep looking out for air, underwater is pretty much just another environment to wander through at your leisure. This almost comes down to the same complaint as above: pick an approach! Is water dangerous or not? Don’t go changing the rules on us! Although I personally am much more forgiving of the rebreather because whatever, it’s consistent with the accumulation of gadgets and it makes my life easier. I mean, the rope ascender makes climbing a rope just another environment to charge through without pausing because there’s nothing interesting in it. Gadgets, man. Still, I see your point. Indeed, we did roll our eyes at such contortions in UC4 at the time. “Pick an approach” is something games very often fail to do. I think that, too, is a gamey thing. I mean, you never say that movies fail to do that. You’ve never read a book that switches from third to first person halfway through. I mean, on one hand, games are so great cuz there are no set rules yet. That said, the lack of set rules often leads to odd decisions like this that wouldn’t happen if there were set rules. Still, I’d rather have free wheeling art that fails sometimes than predictable. And OK about the rebreather, except the rope thingy is there for speed and convenience. The rebreather takes a peril and just scraps it. But back to the peril: swimming bits PRE rebreather were both tense and had some puzzlely elements. “Where’s the light? QUICK find it! Hurry hurry hurry!” Now it’s just lazily “Oh, this way? No…oh..whatever…” This game (gonna harsh on it again) seems to be doing weird things re scaling difficulty. I mean, most every game increases the scope and power of your gear as you go, but this is usually to give you a) some variety and b) an ADDED challenge/wrinkle of getting to pick how to approach a fight/puzzle. Do I sit here and snipe for a while or pick the shotgun and charge? I’m low on rifle bullets, do I use them or try to make do with the pistol? Etc. Multiply that times 100 for RPGs like The Witcher. Also, gear upgrades are usually accompanied by upgrades in enemies. You stopped seeing drowners so much after you got that griffin armor. Here, gear seems to just make killing the same dudes easier, and gizmos just take whole gameplay elements out. The game is getting less complex and easier. That’s not how it’s supposed to work. That’s an interesting point about how we don’t complain about this sort of viewpoint switching with movies and books. I think this is mostly true, because you’re right that movies and books have mostly settled on conventions that structure stories in ways that avoid these issues…it’s not entirely true, because I’ve certainly read books where I thought “wait a sec, what is this chapter from some omniscient narrator doing here in what has been a limited third person?” So it happens, and we notice it when it happens, but it’s perhaps true that it doesn’t happen as often because this sort of inconsistency maybe tends to get ironed out in the editing process in a way that doesn’t necessarily happen in games because the “pick an approach” rule hasn’t been as firmly established as “the right way to do story” that way it has in books. Movies…hm. I’m sure there are movies that mostly follow one character around and only show us what he/she sees, but then inexplicably leap to a broad view that the character has no way of seeing, and I’m sure if I noticed this I would object to it in principle the way I’m objecting to it in this game, but I can’t think of a specific instance. Perhaps it’s just not as noticeable (to me) because I’m not as accustomed to playing a movie in my own head the way I read a book in my own head, so the disconnect isn’t as jarring? While with a game, the visual aspect is like a movie, but the way we’re asked to identify with and “be” a single character is more like a book, so I noticed it? I dunno. And you’re right, of course, that we’d rather see interesting experiments than every game following the same hallowed path of “the right way to do it.” Although I don’t know that the general ‘pick an approach’ rule has ruined literature, or prevented authors from breaking the ‘rule’ if they choose, so I’ll only let them off the hook so much. And that much is basically “I see your narrative inconsistency, and it bugs me, but whatever, I’m still playing your game and it’s not as if this is going to keep me from playing the next one.” A minor annoyance, really, but I notice, and I nitpick. It’s what we do. Well, that and books tend to be written by one person, who, one would think, has a set idea as to how it’s going to go. Games, AAA games anyway, are made by BIG teams over long periods of time, so things can get lost. And not just BE a single character, but control said character. I mean, we very literally control how our characters look at the world. WHERE they look. Where they go. What they do. Sometimes, what they say. So when we’re actively choosing what to see, what to focus on, and then BOOM, we are getting this weird thing, it’s jarring. In a movie, sure, there’s weird perspective changes, but none of the perspectives were one we were choosing ourselves. We nitpick because we care. I like this game. I do. I feel I’m spending a great deal of time harshing this game, and I like this game. I have to find something nice to say, soon. We like the running and climbing. The action. Although your point about the game getting easier as we go…I’ve just had some fights that seemed like maybe they should be pretty big fights, and I just hacked the hell out of people and it wasn’t even that big a deal. Didn’t even remember to explode anything (I never remember to trigger the explosives), completely failed to sneak, but it was just not that big a deal. However!–I do enjoy the running and climbing, there are some lovely environments, the story is fine if not particularly complex…and there’s supernatural! (You know, maybe.) I think I’m not LOVING this game with the fiery passion I feel for a Dragon Age Origins, but it’s perfectly solid and serviceable and I’m enjoying it. More than AC Black Flag. As much as the Uncharted series it so resembles. I feel the same way about the fights. Which, on one hand, I kinda like. I mean, we bitch all the time about how repeatedly dying late in games (I’m not almost done, am I?) breaks momentum, and lordy knows I am NOT repeatedly dying. But then again….here we are a notch UP on difficulty, getting late, and we’re just cruising. If it’s TOO easy, it runs the risk of just having fights because video game. So far, I’m ok because, despite the not dying, the fights FEEL tense. I ran out of leaves in my last fight, and that was rather harrowing. So I haven’t felt like “Oh, ho hum, whatever” in a fight yet…. but still. There’s a ways to go. We, once again, agree overall on this game. I think I liked UC4 more. This is on par with the other UCs, though, and I liked them. They had Chloe. Well, you’re not NOT almost done. I mean, you’re closer to the end than to the beginning. I think. I haven’t gotten to the end myself, but I have the feeling it must be out there somewhere in this region I’m currently exploring. While you’re still in…the flooded…place? Or not yet? Which is a region or so away from me right now. I just snagged the mystical D20. I’m about to go into the observatory. I was confused because I was at 51% but the load screen was all “At last….we’re here….” which was endgamey. But after “This ends….NOW!” you have to question Lara’s sense of time. Of course I’m closer to the end. 51%. Ha. Her sense of time is about as good as my game planning clock. Ah, the mystical D20! That’s right, we talked about that fight before you get that. Exciting! Yeah, now you have to use the mystical D20, and…stuff happens…there’s some fighting…and so it goes. 51%. This ends NOW!!!!! Or, you know, later. Much later. Maybe this game is about unfounded optimism. We’ve talked about belief already: maybe the belief that you’re ALMOST there is part of that. It keeps you going, and even when it turns out you were totally wrong, well, you’re farther along by now than you were when you first said that! Faith: needed encouragement to persevere in difficult times, or filthy lie? HA! We’re sharing in her unfounded optimism. Almost there dad…. Watch: The Platinum in this game is “Only 17 more trophies to go….” I am glad that it doesn’t end at 59%. I’d’ve been pissed. And robot dinosaurs is still a ways away. You COULD Go Straight to the Objective combat, loot, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Rise of the Tomb Raider, romance, TV Minor spoilers for Rise of the Tomb Raider Ok. We got distracted yesterday. Where are we? Played a bunch. Did the whole “fight in the greek fire” bit which was pretty damn awesome. Smoke, lasers, great, great stuff. Then ran and ran, which was ALSO awesome. Got the rebreather (more on that later), and went back to bear tomb to do bear tomb which I’ll do soon. When this game is NOT about toodling, it’s God Damn Awesome in capital letters. It may not be witcher grade story or Gone Home grade themes, but it’s exciting, tense, crisp action that’s just so very well done. When this game IS about toodling….it’s slow. Which begs the question: Is that the game’s fault, or is it innate to toodling? UC didn’t have toodling, and it was able to replace that with writing and themes and stuff (at least 4). We ALWAYS toodle (at least some) and we almost never like it. Maybe we should just not have toodling. The contrast between the awesome bits and the not awesome bits in this game is so jarring, it must mean something. Thought two: I hate swimming in games. Like, a lot. You know this. And yet….I’m not sure I’m into the idea of the rebreather. After all, the rebreather COMPLETELY removes a gameplay element. When there’s no risk at all from swimming, then swimming becomes just like running down a hall. Just swim. No risk. All that tense stuff you learned about how to go fast and look for places to breathe? Fuck it. No longer. Take your time. It just writes the WHOLE MECHANIC out. And while that’s a mechanic that I’m happy is gone because I hate swimming, it’s weird to just completely do away with a mechanic at this point of the game. Especially one with some degree of risk. This makes the game, at least in the swimming bits, easier. It’s one less way to die. Usually games ADD ways to die. They get harder. They get MORE tense. They get MORE complex. This is going the other way, and that’s weird, and I’m not sure it should be doing that. Tangential thought: I’m now at 51%. The load screen plot point is all “Father….we’re finally here….at last!” or something. “Here at last” at least sorta seems to suggest “end game,” or “last act.” Doesn’t it? I’m at 51%. 51% does NOT suggest last act, especially as all that story stuff I did, Cathedral, Anna, greek fire, rebreather, atlas, etc., took me from 46% to 51% (I know this as I use multiple save slots). I mean, I haven’t gotten EVERY little collectible, or even started some of the poster/flag bits, but I’ve gotten a bunch of them, so SOME of my 51% must be that. Do we feel close to the end, here? I didn’t until that load screen…….. I liked the running running running bit too. It was tense and exciting. Not too dangerous, but urgent (I did slip and die once, too, so it was a LITTLE dangerous), and really required you to be on top of the controls. It’s still so unclear, isn’t it, whether or not the Deathless Ones are actually supernatural, or are just prospectors in sheets? I…kind of like toodling, man. But I agree, it’s not as intense, nor does it immediately serve the story, hence my participation in regular snide comments about it. It was very well done. Not really QTE at all. I, too, died once, mostly because I completely forget the “use thingy to get to higher ledges” thing, so if there’s no conveniently placed coil I always die. I think it remains unclear about the supernatural. Unless there’s something you know I don’t. I mean, “deathless ones” does seem rather magical, but then they were armed with just good ol’ Greek fire and arrows. They weren’t conjuring spirit whirlwinds or anything. They were just all burning oil and arrows. I have nothing against toodling per se. It has its place. I’m just not sure THIS is the place. Or the WAY. So many of the “challenges” really are just chores. They’re even marked on maps! (Why explorers mark tied up rabbits on secret maps before they die is beyond me.) So it’s “run to circle, shoot easy target, repeat.” So what? Give it some oomph. Like, praise for AC4 here, mark it down, the sheet music. I mean, the sheet music in AC4 was rather pointless and completely inexplicable. But there was some challenge to getting them (they ran…huh? never mind) and some reward (new song!). That’s good toodling. That’s where I died! I leaped, realized I couldn’t make it without the wire thing, threw the thing–but too late. Really by now I should just be hitting square every time I jump just in case, but no…. The challenges aren’t EXACTLY on the map, though, are they? I mean, it gives you a little marker, but I think that’s where you first picked up the challenge, rather than where you have to go to finish it. At least, whenever I’ve gone to the location on the map to try to pursue a challenge, it’s always just somewhere I’ve already been, not something that’s useful to me in the present. Anyway, I do get what you’re saying. The toodling is always a distraction from the main game, but sometimes it works better than others, and sometimes it doesn’t really work well at all. I dunno, I’m not as annoyed with it here as you are, but history has shown I have a higher tolerance for junk-collecting than you do, so that’s probably all it is, rather than me seeing some special narrative value in it that you don’t. I guess I don’t like having to toodle. The “Explore the Valley” stuff. Don’t tell me to toodle! I’ll toodle when, where and how I want! Ha! That’s true. “I’ll toodle if I feel like it…don’t you be telling me it’s part of my job!” It’s true that anything you HAVE to do is naturally held to a higher standard of fun/relevance than random junk you’re allowed to do or not as the whimsy takes you. Exactly! Because the ability to say “Ok, fuck this, I feel like story today” should always be an option, and there are times in this game where it isn’t. If I recall, AC4 was like that, too. There were times you pretty much had to grind, taking sugar off ships and finding chests, to get enough cash to progress in any relevant way. I think that the reward of toodling should always be something that makes the main story easier/better, like more XP, documents that FILL IN and not tell, shanties, gear, etc., but there should always be enough gear/resources/etc on the course of the main story to get you through, if you just want to bull through. Here? AC? No. Ah, AC4–how quickly a moment of praise becomes a moment of condemnation. Which is honestly more what we’re comfortable with here. However, and to argue in our current game’s defense for a moment, remember that I actually did pursue the main story by accident before I was really even done toodling. So I’m not sure that the amount of toodling that’s REQUIRED was actually as significant as maybe it felt that it was, when you first come out into the valley with orders to explore it. It seems like that could take forever, but in my memory, at least, it actually wasn’t that long before I had another objective marker. I dunno, though, you played that section more recently than I did, so I may be generously cutting it some slack. As I am wont to do in all things except the absence of male nudity. (Had to bring that back in!) It’s true, it isn’t necessary per se. But they really want us to. I mean, that spire was WAY on the other side of the valley. AC4 did that, too. “Hey…there’s an objective. Go ahead and follow it. It’s on the other side of the map. There’s only 97 treasures, 9 forts, a few whales and 493724739825 shards between you and it. But go ahead. Go right there if you want…..” Oh, well, they can WANT whatever. That doesn’t mean they’re gonna get it. Although usually they will because I can’t resist a shard, damn it. Who can? Even I got a bunch of those. Of course, I was new to AC and thought I would need them to make something. I mean, I played Zelda back in the day. Shards go together to make something awesome. Usually. In one of the ACs, you could at least collect fragments and use them to unlock additional memories about a tragic love story…that wasn’t so bad. I mean, let me work toward SOMETHING. Yeah! See? GOOD toodling! I’m tired. It’s been a long week and it’s only Tuesday and I’m tired. I want my new TV. Andromeda’s gonna look amazing in 4K. I have tech lust. We’re going to want a new TV. You already want a new TV. You’re just waffling. I tell ya, man. This was a shitty, depressing year. You have to do something good for yourself. And dude, both you and your spouse will dig it. It’s a two fer. Imagine: seeing every scale on your Krogan lover….. And hey, check it: By recording our thoughts, we are making history. Why Some Video Games Are In Danger of Disappearing Forever – kotaku.com Someday, like a time capsule, someone will read our thoughts and it will be a window to a past lost wisdom. We better get some potentially magical but probably not things to guard the blog. I feel valuable! Also, sold. My krogan lover’s gleaming scales must not go unappreciated. Working on the extraordinarily complicated, lethal, one-time-and-it’s-broken puzzles that will guard my keyboard… How big is your screen now? It’s…um…like 28 or something. It’s not very big. We’re essentially dwelling in the dark ages. So 40 will look huge! Christmas, man. It’s going to be overpowering. The intricately detailed beauty of every glance from my krogan lover’s eyes will be so intense I will surely weep with joy. Damn it, there better be a krogan love interest now. Am I Already in Love? companions, Mass Effect: Andromeda, romance, trailers No spoilers except about our past game love lives You know, we haven’t talked about this: Mass Effect Andromeda Game Awards Gameplay Demo in 4K I dunno, what you think, should we play it? I guess, dude. Whatever. In seriousness, it seems a little light on story and heavy on randomly exploring everything, based on this description, but we do like to toodle, so I’m sure it’ll hold our interest for a while. Nice that they used a female PC for the demo. Good work, people: as a woman, consider me outreached unto. Nah, it’ll be fine on story. Or, rather, it’ll probably be a typical Bioware game story: There’ll be some rather generic overarching quest thing, like “end of world, or end of humanity, or end of something, go deal,” and the meat and potatoes of what we’ll a) blog about and b) enjoy will be the side stuff and the characters. Really, when you get down to it, that’s every Bioware game ever. We do not play them for the overarching story. They’ve said that they’ve brought back loyalty missions for this one, and, if you’ll recall, there were themes-o-plenty in how those all related in the first few ME games. That’ll be what we dig the most. As usual. I’ll go female. Already been a dude in ME. Yeah, you’re right, that’s going to sum it up. Plus romance. Never forget the romance. Ideally with some angsty, brooding, heavily armored type. Ooh, I hope there are fancy dress balls! Go after a Krogan, Femmy. It’s time. At a ball, no less. There WAS dancing in the others….. Krogan are certainly…armored…but I don’t know if they have the level of brooding angst that I generally prefer in my romantic partners. Although maybe we’ll meet the ONE brooding angsty one, in which case my heart is already lost. It’s all downhill from there. There do seem to be Turians. Think you can wrest yourself away? I do have a history with Turians. And whatever Thane was. Let’s be honest, it’s going to come down to a master level brood-off, and whoever brings the angst most convincingly while also wearing ridiculously heavy armor like it’s no thing is going to be the one I wind up swooning over. And I will, likely, wind up playing yet another universe saving lesbian. We are nothing if not consistent. We gotta be we, man. Our followers would abandon us in droves if we turned away from that core mission. Sympathy for the Fanatic character, loot, Rise of the Tomb Raider, story Some mild spoilers for Rise of the Tomb Raider main story No laptop which sucks cuz I kinda fell back in love with this game last night. Climbed that whole tower, pulled a gun on Anna, saved her by shooting generators (awesome scene), called it quits. This was one of those sessions that just captured the whole action hero thing perfectly. Just awesome. Climbing with the views, approaching as you overhear the radio stuff, them being scared of you, the generator bit….great. I also love that Lara shot Anna. Usually there’s all this talking FIRST then the hero cracks or the baddie shoots first. This time, just “BANG” “you betrayed my father!” THEN talking. Or yelling. Lara wants none of your reasoning. But a complaint: the whole plot through document thing. Here I am. It’s exciting. I’m in a tower. I’m approaching a moment, man. There’s tense, fast, action music (trust me), and then “oh look a document” and…..pause. Talking. Xp. No music. And then….we’re back. The one bad moment in the thing. Oh yeah, the confrontation with Ana. That was nice and dramatic. And the way she sort of spits “kill her” after you, completely abandoning the pretense/attempt at some kind of friendliness between you (as might be expected since you just shot her), is a good character moment for her: she’s so sick and exhausted and desperate and totally filled with rage. Just like me lately! I like this lady! Ha. I thought it was also a nice balance of cut scene with some bits you actually had to move for, keeping you engaged. I’m not that much farther than you now, and I haven’t played, so you could still catch up to me! You know, in theory. It was a good use of cutscenes! Makes a strong case for linear games. Why the rage? Oh, just casting back to the election and work and what-not. Trying to find some common ground with Ana, an obviously hard-working, dedicated woman (who’s PROBABLY not romantically involved with her brother) whom Lara treats most harshly. Ah I feel ya. Sympathy for the more dedicated fanatic. She hired dudes! Married a weirdo! All Lara did was steal gears and cut down rabbits! Yeah! Lara’s a dilettante, really. She bums around doing the angsty brooding rich kid thing, amusing herself with treasure hunting while I do the hard work of maintaining a relationship with her father, and then she wants to come swooping in here at the last minute and steal the fruits of MY labor! And, OK, her father’s, but I worked a lot harder than she did to encourage and support him in his ‘crazy’ quest, so I think I deserve this a lot more than she does. No wonder I’m filled with rage, man. Man. You get MAD when they ask you to work at work. I HATE THEM ALL SO MUCH…mumble mumble. Ha. Actually, I’m accomplishing things! Doing useful stuff! It’s great! I feel so productive! Except I can’t concentrate on the important game-related issues as well. What is this “accomplishing things” of which you speak? Wait! I put up a wreath today! That’s something! Aaaaaaand Christmas monkey is in my head. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh, stop! It just stopped being in my head! We face a renovation that is going to take away some of our space, so we’re desperately scrambling for ways to deal with this that don’t involve just tossing out all the print collections. Horribly boring stuff, but we feel productive if we, for example, identify things that are online, or that we could put online, thus making tossing the print less damaging. Bad your-workplace! I bet they’re just gonna make the space they’re taking a lounge and name it after a rich dude. They do that a lot. Yeah, probably. They like to make study space, which, fine, students gotta study. And the library encourages study. We welcome study! We get students in here studying all the time. We know they aren’t here to hang out with the library staff or, these days, particularly to use the print collection. It makes sense, kind of. But from a historical standpoint, if you make us get rid of things we can never get back and that no one else has either, someday you’re going to want it and it’s going to be gone. I guess I could just make a plan right now to point and laugh? That would take a lot of pressure off in terms of having to decide “OK, what does someone else have, what can we move somewhere else,” etc. Just throw it all out now! That’s probably what Ana would do. Murderous religious fanatics: an unexpected role model for librarians in trying times? No way man. Lara’s the one blowing stuff up. She trashed that tomb in Syria. She busted all sorts of gizmos designed to access ancient codices. Lord only knows what she’s doing with the relics but it sure isn’t packing them in her tight pants. Ana? She cares so much about archiving the past she takes the time to leave her journal entries right there in Lara’s path for posterity. And to break narrative momentum. I bet that Syrian tomb is now a student lounge. Ha! Very true. Students like nothing better than to kick back in a comfy chair, plug their laptops into the outlets thoughtfully provided on the side of the tomb, and study away in the shadow of a historical event whose memory has been carelessly erased by treasure hunters. Also good point about Ana and record keeping. She’s admirably committed to documenting the details of the unfolding situation, although her information security practices do leave some room for improvement. You know, I often did have to climb the outside of the law tower when I went to school at your-workplace. Very finicky elevators, you know. Those remnants are more like you. Look at all those hunting textbooks they just left out in the rain! I hear they have more reliable elevators now, but you have to operate them by turning a wheel with a climbing axe. Standard issue to all incoming law students as of 2014. In my day all they gave us were makeshift bows. No rope arrows or nothing. Spoiled kids today.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409699
__label__wiki	0.773875	0.773875	Koichi Sugimoto joins Yamaguchi University, Japan, as Assistant Professor Howe lab, future scientists Koichi Sugimoto will join the Science Research Center at Yamaguchi University in Japan as Assistant Professor. Koichi will train and maintain facilities, including teaching a class on analytical chemistry and a lab course to training students how to use available equipment. He will manage a variety of scientific equipment, including confocal microscopes, fluorescent/luminescent image scanners, large bacterial fermenters, and more. Koichi joined the lab of Gregg Howe at the PRL in 2013 as a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science fellow and remained as a post-doc. He started a research project on the divergence of herbivore defense responses among domesticated and wild tomato species, in collaboration with Ming-Jung Liu from the Shiu lab. He also researched metabolic regulation in tomato trichomes, the little hairs on the surface that are probably the first layer of defense from caterpillars and other pests. “I am very happy to start a new position and hope to continue collaborating with my current colleagues,” Koichi says. “I will apply for research grants in Japan, and my MSU experiences and connections should help me start new projects. I want to continue working on why plants deploy specialized metabolites to defend against herbivores and how to synthesize and diversify the chemicals and the biosynthetic pathways that produce them.” “In addition to the Howe and Shiu labs, I want to thank Dan Jones' lab, Rob Last's lab, Corny Barry's lab, and Erich Grotewold's lab for their support.” “It has been a privilege to work together with Koichi on research projects aimed at understanding the chemical basis of plant interactions with other organisms. His deep level of expertise in analytical biochemistry, combined with his scientific leadership and enthusiasm for collaboration, has been a tremendous asset to our lab,” Gregg Howe says. “I wish Koichi all the best in his new position and look forward to the possibility of continuing our collaboration in the future.” Koichi earned his Ph.D in Life Sciences from Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences. Good luck Koichi!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409705
__label__wiki	0.697127	0.697127	The Long-Term Link Acquisition Value of Content Marketing The 5 Step SEO Strategy To Rank For Any Keyword in 2018 & Beyond (With Zero Risk of a Google Penalty) Comparing Diets for Healing Leaky Gut Greens and Bacon Sunshine Frittata: Easy & Delicious iRobots CEO defends Roomba home mapping as privacy concerns arise July 26, 2017 July 26, 2017 Marla iRobot CEO Colin Angle has been talking about his companys plans to map user homes with the Roomba for a while now, but a recently published Reuters interview has raised a number of new privacy concerns. Of particular note is a bit where the executive speculates that the company could reach a deal to sell its maps to one or more of the Big Three [Amazon, Apple, Google] in the next couple of years. The pushback appears to have caught the company a bit off-guard, surfacing from an interview conducted back in May. iRobot has been perfectly upfront of about its plans to push Roombas mapping technology as the company works to make the robotic vacuum a key part of the connected home but the notion of selling maps of users home to the highest bidding third-party is understandably concerning to privacy advocates. Asked about its plans, the company offered comment from Angle, reiterating the original storys assertion that the mapping is still opt-in. iRobot takes [the] privacy and security of its customers very seriously, Angle said in the statement given to TechCrunch. We will always ask your permission to even store map data. The rest of the quote goes on to break down the role that mapping will take in the connected home. Angle followed up the statement with a Q&A that seems to imply that the company is still in the very early stages of these talks. The executive appeared to be floating the possibility of some future deal with Apple, Google or Amazon in the interview, rather than suggesting that the company was just waiting for the highest bidder to step forward. iRobot has not formed any plans to sell the data, Angle added in the followup. We do hope to extract value from the information, but would only do so with the permission of our customersBut to be clear, this is only if you opt in.It is still unclear what if any actual partnerships would be needed to make that happen. Likely this early pushback will cause the company to reexamine any conversations that might already be underway. Angle goes on to explain that the company has been in active discussions with Amazon and Google about its ongoing effort to add Alexa and Google Assistant functionality to the Roomba line. Getting that done required conversations, he explained. This is a dynamic space and we cant really say more than that. How exactly the opt-in will look to the end user remains to be seen hopefully it will be more transparent than fine print at the bottom of some lengthy terms of service, detailing how and to whom data is sold. For the moment, it seems that the company may have gotten a bit ahead of itself in the discussion around the role the Roomba will play in the connected home. But its for the best these are exactly the questions we should be asking companies as we increasingly surrender our private domain to connected devices. Its a given that buying into the smart home means offering up more private data to companies, but its important that users know precisely whats on offer, so they can make informed decisions. Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/25/irobots-ceo-defends-roomba-home-mapping-as-privacy-concerns-arise/ colin angle, connected home, iRobot, Roomba Sage Group buys Intacct accounting software for $850M The IPO market in 2017? Underwhelming so far, underscores a new survey Nvidia Shield TV gets updated YouTube app with 360 video New Funny or Die series, The Real Stephen Blatt, streams exclusively on Amazon Prime Video SEC regulators are coming after ICOs Copy: 23 Rarely Used Copywriting Techniques to Create Fascinating Content	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409709
__label__wiki	0.601978	0.601978	<center><b>Case Antiques<br>Important Two-Day Winter Auction<br>January 25 & 26, 2020</b> <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 25-26:</b> Signed Abraham Lincoln Civil War era document appointing Green Clay of Kentucky as Secretary of the Legation of the United States at St. Petersburg, Russia, July 15, 1861. $3,000 to $3,500. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 25-26:</b> Original Bambi (1942) animation cel, inscribed Walt Disney's Bambi and signed Walt Disney. $3,000 to $3,500. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 25-26:</b> Original Snow White animation cel, with Walt Disney signature on mat, lower right. $3,000 to $3,500. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 25-26:</b> Civil Rights Era Archive relating to U.S. Deputy Marshal Dick Bagby (1933-2003) of Dallas, TX, including letters from President John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, U.S. Attorney General. $1,400 to $1,800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 25-26:</b> President Andrew Jackson autograph letter, unsigned, regarding a special presentation cane sent via General John Moore McCalla to Gov. George Breathitt of Kentucky. January 18th, 1833. $800 to $1,200. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 25-26:</b> Four (4) Presidential signed 17th/18th Century Books - two signed by Millard Fillmore, and two signed by James Buchanan. $1,000 to $1,200. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 25-26:</b> President Andrew Jackson signed military commission document conferring on George Washington McLean the rank of Second Lieutenant of Marines. Signed January 4, 1834. $800 to $1,000. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 25-26:</b> Three (3) Southern Maps, including two (2) Antonio Zatta 1778, one (1) South Carolina 1796. $600 to $800. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 25-26:</b> Black Forest German Forestry Apprenticeship Certificate issued to Carl Heshel by Von Fahnenburg, the Forest Master from the Royal District, February 1, 1824. $500 to $550. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 25-26:</b> Harper Lee, <i>TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD,</i> signed 40th anniversary edition. NY: HarperCollins, 1999. $300 to $350. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 25-26:</b> Archive of twenty-five (25) items related to the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and President Lyndon Baines Johnson. $400 to $500. <b>Case Antiques, Jan. 25-26:</b> Sixteen (16) 20th Century Celebrity Autographed Books, including Paul Newman, A. E. Hotcher, Leonard Bernstein, Clint Eastwood, Norman Rockwell, Groucho Marx, Johnny Cash, and more. $300 to $350. <b>One of a Kind Collectibles Auctions: Rare Autographs, Sports, Books and Photography. January 23, 2020</b> <b>One of a Kind Collectibles, Jan. 23:</b> Abraham Lincoln Endorsement Signed, March 16, 1865. Framed with a lithograph of Lincoln by Dwight C. Sturges. <b>One of a Kind Collectibles, Jan. 23:</b> Thomas Edison Stunning Signed Portrait. <b>One of a Kind Collectibles, Jan. 23:</b> Franz Liszt Signed Photo. <b>One of a Kind Collectibles, Jan. 23:</b> Subscription for Portraits of the Presidents Signed by J. Q. Adams, Polk, Jackson, Buchanan, and Writers Dickens, Bryant and More! <b>One of a Kind Collectibles, Jan. 23:</b> Vinson Supreme Court Signed Presentation Photo. <b>One of a Kind Collectibles, Jan. 23:</b> Marilyn Monroe & Joe DiMaggio Collection of Three Financial Items. <b>One of a Kind Collectibles, Jan. 23:</b> Rare Sigmund Freud ALS Related to Sexual Issues. <b>One of a Kind Collectibles, Jan. 23:</b> New York Yankees team signed baseball c.1937 including Gehrig, DiMaggio, Dickey, Gomez and others. <b>One of a Kind Collectibles, Jan. 23:</b> Salvador Dali Original Drawing in <i>Dali</i> by David Larkin. <b>One of a Kind Collectibles, Jan. 23:</b> Charles Wilson Peale, Association Miniature of Dr. Ebenezer Crosby after Charles Willson Peale. Gouache on ivory miniature attributed to Peale. <b>One of a Kind Collectibles, Jan. 23:</b> William McKinley Signed Oversize Photograph Incredible 20"x24". <b>One of a Kind Collectibles, Jan. 23:</b> Margaret Mitchell Signed <i>Gone With The Wind</i> -- First Edition. <b>Bonhams:</b> SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. <i>Measure for Measure</i> (extracted from the First Folio). London, 1623. Sold for $52,575. <b>Bonhams:</b> HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. <i>Fanshawe, A Tale.</i> Boston, 1828. FIRST EDITION OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Sold for $47,575. <b>Bonhams:</b> THOREAU, HENRY DAVID. <i>Walden; Or, Life in the Woods.</i> Boston, 1854. FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Sold for $12,575. <b>Bonhams: </b> SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. <i>Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies.</i> London, 1685. THE FOURTH FOLIO, Brewster/Bentley issue. Sold for $43,825. <b>Bonhams:</b> STEIG, WILLIAM. Original maquette and 58 finished drawings for <i>The Agony in the Kindergarten,</i> one of Steig's most important books. Sold for $12,575. <b>Bonhams:</b> KING, STEPHEN. <i>Carrie.</i> New York, 1974. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Sold for $1,912.50. <b><center>Bonhams<br>Consignments invited (2020)</b> <b>Bonhams:</b> APPLE MACINTOSH PROTOTYPE. 1983. The earliest known Macintosh with "Twiggy" drive, one of only two known working machines. Sold for $150,075. <b>Bonhams:</b> LOVELACE, AUGUSTA ADA. Sketch of the Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage Esq. London, 1843. FIRST EDITION, JOURNAL ISSUE, MOST IMPORTANT PAPER IN EARLY DIGITAL COMPUTING. Sold for $15,075. <b>Bonhams:</b> APPLE-1 COMPUTER. Signed by Steve Wozniak, used in development of Apple II. Sold for $175,075. <b>Bonhams:</b> DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. <i>On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection.</i> London, 1859. FIRST EDITION. Sold for $131,325. <b>Bonhams:</b> BOOLE, GEORGE. <i>An Investigation of the Laws of Thought.</i> London, 1854. Sold for $12,575. <b>Bonhams:</b> SHANNON, CLAUDE and WARREN WEAVER. <i>The Mathematical Theory of Communication.</i> Urbana, 1949. Sold for $27,575. Articles - October - 2010 Issue Spectacular Auction to Include World's Most Valuable Printed Book - by Michael Stillman Audubon's illustrations are both art and science. Courtesy of Sotheby's. By Michael Stillman One of the more spectacular book auctions in recent memory will take place at Sotheby's in London on December 7, 2010. It isn't a large collection, nor is it a subject-focused one. There will be just 50 lots, coming from various fields. What makes the auction spectacular is the quality of the material offered. Included among the lots are the most expensive printed book ever offered at auction and the greatest book in the history of English literature. Each is presented in superb copies. And, there is more. Offered is material from the collection of Frederick, 2nd Lord (Baron) Hesketh. Lord Hesketh participated in what Sotheby's calls "high spot collecting." Rather than focusing on a particular field, he collected the very best material available. It would probably be impossible to collect such impressive high spots today (unless you buy this entire collection), but Hesketh purchased his books in an era when such material was still possible to find. Born in 1916, his collecting ended in 1955 when the English Baron died at the age of 39. Lord Hesketh had come by his fortune the old-fashioned way - he inherited it. If he engaged in activities beyond those of good deeds and similar actions expected of a man of wealth it is not obvious. Hesketh had come from a long line of baronets, dating to the 18th century. However, this only partly accounts for his wealth. Despite his very British pedigree, much of his fortune was American in origin. He was the great-grandson of John Breckenridge, Vice-President under James Buchanan, Southern Democratic candidate for President in 1860, and a General and Secretary of War for the Confederacy. The serious American money, though, came more from his grandfather William Tevis, a wealthy industrialist with interests in mining, railroads, telegraphs lines, and a controlling share of Wells Fargo. One of his daughters went off to England and married the first Lord Hesketh. While the second Lord Hesketh, original owner of this collection, died in 1955, his wife, Lady Christian Hesketh, survived him by over half a century. This explains why it has taken so long for the collection from the estate of a man who died in 1955 to come to auction. Lady Hesketh died in 2006, and later that year, their son, Alexander, third Lord Hesketh, deposited the collection with Lancaster University for safekeeping. The third lord appears to have differing interests from his father, having invested over the years in automobile racing, among other things, rather than books. He single-handedly financed a Formula One racing team in the 1970s, eschewing the corporate sponsorships his competitors used to fund their ventures. Some of his activities have been less than profitable, though undoubtedly his most costly enterprise has been keeping up the family's enormous estate. In 2005, he auctioned off artwork from his house for $15 million, and the following year put up part of his land and manor house for sale for $28 million. This sale likely is another step in converting assets to cash. While reality has forced many of old wealth to sell off some of their assets, it appears that the slightly eccentric and likeable Alexander Hesketh has lost none of the good humor he displayed in putting together his unconventional racing team. He seems unlikely to mourn giving up the collection all that much. The pièce de résistance of this magnificent collection is a first edition, double elephant folio copy of John James Audubon's Birds of America. This masterpiece, perhaps the greatest illustrated work ever, was produced by naturalist-ornithologist Audubon during the 1830s. The unusually large, colored illustrations are works of art, though Audubon was primarily concerned with acquainting his readers with these species. While this is one of the greatest works ever printed, it was not a financial success for its creator. It was so costly to produce, and therefore expensive to buy, that he was unable to sell enough copies to make a profit. Audubon responded by producing his smaller, more affordable octavo edition of the Birds of America, which became a success financially. This book holds the record highest price for a printed work, a copy being sold at Christie's in 2000 for $8,802,500. Sotheby's describes the Hesketh copy as being in "excellent condition." The original subscriber was early English paleobiologist Henry Witham. It is copy number 11. Sotheby's has put an estimate on it of £4,000,000 - £6,000,000 (US $6,250,000 - $9,400,000). We believe the seller will not be disappointed with the price this item brings. If you hope to buy one of these elephant folios, we suggest you place your bid now as it may be a long time before another reaches the market. Posted On: 2013-12-07 16:42 User Name: eckhardebay This book is NOT(!) "The world's most valuable book" ever printed. Without any doubt, it is the First edition of the "Mainzer Psalter" Anno 1457, printed by Schöffer and Fust. A complete copy (if found) would fetch 100 Millionen US-Dollar and more! <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [Paine, Thomas]. Common Sense; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America… Philadelphia: R. Bell, 1776. $200,000 to $250,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> Lincoln, Abraham. Autograph letter signed, to Joshua Reed Giddings, 21 May 1860. $80,000 to $120,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> Oakley, Annie. <i>A Brief Sketch of Her Career and Notes on Shooting.</i> [N.p.]: ca. 1913, Signed. $2,000 to $3,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> Washington, George. One autograph letter signed & 3 letters signed to General Alexander McDougall, September 1777. $70,000 to $100,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> Mather, Cotton. <i>The Wonders of the Invisible World. Being an account of the tryals of several witches...</i> London: 1693. $30,000 to $40,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> James, Benjamin.<i><br>A Treatise on the Management of the Teeth.</i> Boston, 1814. $2,000 to $3,000. <b>Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13:</b> Emil Cardinaux, <i>Winter in der Schweiz,</i> 1921. $12,000 to $18,000. <b>Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13:</b> Evelyn Rumsey Carey, <i>Pan American Exposition / Niagara / Buffalo,</i> 1901. $7,000 to $10,000. <b>Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13:</b> Arnost Hofbauer, <i>Topicuv Salon,</i> 1898. $5,000 to $7,500. <b>Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13:</b> Alphonse Mucha, <i>Job,</i> 1896. $12,000 to $18,000. <b>Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13:</b> Georges de Feure, <i>Le Journal des Ventes,</i> 1898. $4,000 to $6,000. <b>Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13:</b> Alphonse Mucha, <i>Cycles Perfecta,</i> 1897. $15,000 to $20,000. <b>Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13:</b> Edward Penfield, <i>Orient Cycles / Lead the Leaders,</i> circa 1895. $8,000 to $12,000. <b>Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13:</b> Adrien Barrère, <i>L’Ideal du Touriste,</i> 1903. $3,000 to $4,000. <b>Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13:</b> Willem Frederick Ten Broek, <i>New York / Wereldtentoonselling / Holland – Amerika Lijn,</i> 1938. $6,000 to $9,000. <b>Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13:</b> Dwight Clark Shepler, <i>Sun Valley / Union Pacific.</i> $8,000 to $12,000. <b>Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13:</b> Sascha Maurer, <i>Flexible Flyer Splitkein / Smuggler’s Notch,</i> circa 1935. $2,000 to $3,000. <b>Swann Auction Galleries Feb 13:</b> Louis Bonhajo, <i>Vote / League of Women Voters,</i> 1920. $2,000 to $3,000. <center><b>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts<br>and Works on Paper<br>22nd January 2020</b> <b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 22:</b> Astronomical manuscript.- Kalendarium cum Tabulis Astronomicis; and other astronomical texts, [?Northern Italy (possibly Verona or Bologna), c.1470]. £40,000 to £60,000. <b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 22:</b> Melville (Herman). <i>Moby-Dick; or The Whale,</i> first American edition, New York, 1851. £10,000 to £15,000. <b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 22:</b> Malta.- Binding.- Sovereign Military Order of Malta.- <i>Gli Statuti della Sacra Religione di S. Gio: Gierosolomitano…</i> Rome, Giacomo Tornieri and Giacomo Ruffinello, 1589. £10,000 to £15,000. <b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 22:</b> Britain.- Jansson (Jan). <i>Novus atlas, sive theatrum orbis terrarum,</i> vol.4 only [Britain and Ireland], 56 double-page engraved maps, Amsterdam, 1659. £7,000 to £10,000. <b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 22:</b> Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge). <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,</i> second (first published) edition, 1866; and 2 others from the series. £5,000 to £7,000. <b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 22:</b> Cervantès Saavedra (Miguel de). <i>Novelas Exemplares,</i> rare at auction, Milan, Giovanni Battista Bidelli, 1615. £4,000 to £6,000. <b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 22:</b> Tolkien (J.R.R.). Printed programme for the New College School, Oxford, production of The Hobbit, signed by Tolkien, 1967. £4,500 to £5,500. <b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 22:</b> Thucydides. <i>The hystory, writtone by Thucidides the Athenyan, of the warre, whiche was betwene the Peloponesians and the Athenyans,</i> first edition in English, 1550. £4,000 to £6,000. <b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 22:</b> Wesley (John). Autograph Letter signed "My Dear Sister [?Mary Stokes], exhorting her to write more often and dealing with her problems, 1773. £2,000 to £3,000. <b>Forum Auctions, Jan. 22:</b> Leaf from an illuminated book of hours with the Four Evangelists, illuminated by the workshop, or a close follower of the Maître de l'Échevinage. Northern France (possibly Rouen), c.1480. £2,000 to £3,000. <center><b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Books & Works on Paper<br>January 28, 2020</b> <b>Chiswick Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> <i>Byblia in vulgar ultimamente impressa,</i> illustrated, folio, Lazaro de Soardi & Bernardino Benali, Venice,1517. £8,000 to £12,000. <b>Chiswick Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Milio (Agostino). <i>Nuovo dialogo delle devozioni del sacro monte della Verna,</i> FIRST and ONLY EDITION, illustrated, 4to, Stamperia Ducale, Florence, 1568. £800 to £1,200. <b>Chiswick Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Joyce (James). <i>Ulysses,</i> First English edition, NUMBER 23 OF 2000 COPIES, , 4to, Egoist Press, Paris, 1922. £800 to £1,200. <b>Chiswick Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Dumas (Marlene). <i>Doornrosie,</i> lithograph printed in colours, signed, 370 x 440 mm, 1989. £800 to £1,200. <b>Chiswick Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Japanese Culture.- Kimbei (Kusakabe). Two albums of hand tinted albumen prints, each with 50 photos, each photo c.140 x 95mm, [late 19th century]. £800 to £1,200. <b>Chiswick Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Miró (Joan) ARR. <i>Personnages sur Fond Noir,</i> NUMBER 38 OF 75 COPIES, lithograph, signed and dated, 305 x 445mm, 1948. £1,000 to £1,500. <b>Chiswick Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Ray (Man). Autoportrait, photolithograph, initialled and inscribed by artist, ONE of 100 COPIES, 200 x 160mm, 1972. £800 to £1,200. <b>Chiswick Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Wou-Ki (Zao). L'tang / The Pond, etching aquatint, number 2 of 3 only, signed by artist, 260 x 230 mm, Paris, Editions Galanis, 1972. £800 to £1,200. <center><b>Chiswick Auctions<br>Autographs & Memorabilia<br>January 28, 2020</b> <b>Chiswick Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> De Amicis (Edmondo). Postcards signed by Italian author and journalist Edmondo De Amicis, February 1897- August 1907. £2,000 to £3,000. <b>Chiswick Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Live Aid.- Live Aid 1985 souvenir programme, signed by Bob Geldof, Cliff Richard, Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Freddie Mercury, and others, 1985-1991. £3,000 to £4,000. <b>Chiswick Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> 1944 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference. Black and white, landscape photograph ft. all the Heads of Government of the British Commonwealth who attended the 1944 Prime Ministers' Conference in London, signed by all. <b>Chiswick Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Walt Disney Production.- Dopey, original animation cel from Snow White approx. 180 x 180mm., Walt Disney Enterprises, 1937. £1,500 to £2,000. <b>Chiswick Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Liszt (Franz). Carte-de-visite photograph by J.Ganz of Brussels of Franz Liszt, signed, 10 x 6.4cm, c. 1880. £1,000 to £1,500. <b>Chiswick Auctions, Jan. 28:</b> Fermi (Enrico). Autograph letter signed to Professor Tullio Levi Civita, 8vo, Florence, 9 May 1925; w/an autograph note from Professor Civita, 7 March 1934 (2). £1,800 to £2,200. 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__label__wiki	0.854146	0.854146	Ciara is pursuing higher education by rolling Ciara (Photo credit: Bang Media) Ciara is taking her education to the next level after being accepted into an Ivy League school. The “Goodies” hitmaker — who has a 5-year-old son Future Zahir with her former partner Future and a 2-year-old daughter Sienna with husband Russell Wilson — has revealed she is set to attend Harvard Business school. Speaking about her acceptance to the prestigious college she called it “a lifetime opportunity” to be given a place on their Business of Entertainment, Media and Sports program. Alongside a picture of her posing in a sweater with H on it, Ciara announced on Instagram: “I always dreamt of going to college, but by God’s grace, my music career took me on a path that I’m so thankful for. “This week I got accepted into Harvard! Words cannot describe my excitement! “Thank you @anitaelberse for a once in a lifetime opportunity to attend @Harvard BEMS. #WhyNotHER.” Harvard states that the course will “examine best practices and winning strategies in the worlds of film, television, publishing, music and sports.” As for the sport element of her diploma, Ciara‘s other half is a quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks. It’s no surprise that the 33-year-old singer has opted for the course as she launched her own company Beauty Marks Entertainment earlier this year, which not only acts as a record label for the R&B star but encompasses her other passions for “film, fashion, technology and philanthropy.” The “about” section on the business’ website reads that it is “a company at the vanguard of the fast-changing music industry. “With a business model built on fully supporting the artist, the female-led enterprise places Ciara at the forefront of forward-thinking entertainers taking an entrepreneurial approach to their careers. “BME also fulfills all the functions of a record label and provides an outlet for Ciara to achieve her many far-ranging ambitions.” Ciara — who released her seventh studio album Beauty Marks on May 10 — follows in the footsteps of the likes of Natalie Portman, Matt Damon and Barack and Michelle Obama, who have all attended the world-famous university. Tags: Business School, celebrity, Ciara, education, featured, Harvard, Russell Wilson, singer rolling May 21, 2019 ‘Bad Boys 4’ planned as ‘Bad Boys for Life’ tops the competition Terry Shropshire January 20, 2020 Professor allegedly spent $185K of research funds on strippers and bars Meet ElectrKPrincess, producer of the 1st all-Black ballet at Harvard Upset parents declare state of emergency to improve schooling for Black kids N. Ali Early January 18, 2020 Celebrities react to Beyoncé sending them her Ivy Park x Adidas collection	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409722
__label__cc	0.727669	0.272331	Of digital instruments and complexity On this research blog I write about our relation with digital scientific instruments with a focus on networks and complexity. I am Mathieu Jacomy, doctoral student at the TANT Lab in Copenhagen, previously research engineer at the Sciences Po médialab in Paris. I tweet at @jacomyma. The register effect: lists, regimes of absence, and the design of discreteness Why I write in English / Pourquoi j’écris en anglais Is living experience radically non-digital? Two stories about “Divided they Blog”, figure 1. Narrated Algorithms Is Gephi a Black Box? Why I use the term “big data” Digital Glitter, the Curse of Big Data Visualization What do we see when we look at networks? Close reading Wikipedia from Pareto to Network Science, part 5 Stop stretching your T-SNE, UMAP, and networks! A standard for presenting network visualizations Getting back our imagination about the regulation of algorithms Exploring relations between Pareto and Network Science on Wikipedia with Hyphe Lada Adamic and Nathalie Glance published one of the first papers analyzing an empirical network of websites, Divided they Blog. It features a network of political blogs, harvested before the 2004 US presidential election. For good or for bad, its first figure may have had more influence than its findings. In this figure we see two clusters, one for the democrats, one for the republicans, and colored accordingly. The page from “Divided they Blog” where the figure 1 appears. The paper was published in 2005 and has been hugely cited (2551 times in 2019 according to Google Scholar). I have two stories about this image, a tale and a horror story, which together form a bigger story. Let us start with the tale. I. The Journey of Figure 1 I was super happy to discover a paper from Brooke Foucault Welles and Isabel Meirelles, Visualizing Computational Social Science: The Multiple Lives of a Complex Image, published just ten years after Divided they Blog. They take a close look at the journey of the figure 1 in academic literature and beyond. As they observe, the image was not supporting any argument in its original paper. The conclusions were grounded on network metrics, independent on visualization. The role of the figure was only to illustrate methodology. It was not convoked as a piece of evidence. However, once it circulated, it became a piece of evidence to other authors. Foucault Welles and Meirelles cite for example “a popular-press book about network science”, Connected: What immediately stands out is the extreme separation between liberals and conservatives. … Just like the real-world political networks …, the online social network appears to be strongly homophilous and polarized. This suggests that political information is used more to reinforce preexisting opinions than to exchange differing points of view. Connected, Christakis & Fowler, 2009, p. 206 (ellipses my own) As Foucault Welles and Meirelles put it, “[if] readers simplify the image by ignoring the links connecting the parties, then the full blogosphere visualization more easily communicates the desired message of political polarization.” They even provide their own version of the figure, blurred in order to emphasize the effect it produces on an untrained eye: What we perceive “at first glance” of the figure from “Divided they Blog”, as presented in the paper “Visualizing Computational Social Science” Their paper makes a number of very interesting points, but I am not summarizing them here. You can read it by yourself, it is short enough. The part of the tale that I want to retrace here is how much these two clusters seem to mean to so many people. Few visualizations have traveled this far, or in such complicated conditions. Foucault Welles and Meirelles conclude this way: Finally, and most critically, we call on computational social scientists, especially network scientists, to interrogate their own visualization practices. As discussed above, constructing network graphs remains as much an art as a science, with few conventions regarding the “right” way to represent node-link data. Visualizing Computational Social Science, Foucault Welles and Meirelles I certainly agree, though in my perspective, there is a rigorous method behind network analysis. Good visual network analysis should be teachable. I take the occasion to quickly unfold how to read visual cluster, which will be necessary to our second story. How to interpret visual clusters? The key fact that the audience easily misses when looking at a network visualization, is that the layout ignores the node attributes. The position is independent of the color. The structure does not reproduce the content. The hyperlinks do not follow political affiliation. Until they do, and then it’s remarkable. That is why figure 1 tells something new. That is why there is a fact, a finding. The fact that each cluster has its own color is not a given, but an obtained empirical observation. A correlation between the content and the structure. More generally, the backbone of such image-based rationale is as follows: The nodes are colored according to attribute X. The layout algorithm places the nodes according to their links, regardless of anything else. It optimizes the distances between nodes so that closer nodes have more chances to be connected (directly or indirectly). We observe areas of higher node density. According to the layout algorithm, those are “clusters” where nodes are more connected than on average in this network. We also observe that each cluster is mostly populated by nodes of a distinct modality of attribute X. Crossing these two observations, we conclude of homophily: in this network, nodes of the same modality of X have more chances to be connected. This argumentation is important to the researcher during exploration. In a paper you need a stronger argument, and like Adamic and Glance, you should favor a metric, such as the densities of the groups formed by the modalities. This way you can ground your evidence on the data without the the mediation of the layout. But the final paper is not the only place where you need evidence. Exploration also requires it, albeit on a weaker standard. Although visual interpretation is not the best evidence, it guarantees that your exploration leads to findings. And that, is something. II. A Horror Story I was horrified by reading a paper published in the Journal of Machine Learning Research, Community Detection and Stochastic Block Models: Recent Developments. It is about the stochastic block model (SBM), a famous model used for community detection, ie. finding clusters. The paper is sound overall, and its core points seem a valuable contribution. But the figures are the worst misuse of network visualization I have ever seen published. The relevant part of the paper explains what community detection aims at – finding clusters. On the surface, the figures seem to do the job. Take a look at this one, and I will explain its caption: As in the case of Adamic and Glance, the image is not key to the argument, merely serving as a way to help the reader understand. But if you are familiar with network visualization, you ask yourself one of the following questions: Did the SBM change the structure of the graph? That’s weird because clustering algorithm are not supposed to. Or maybe… It is the same graph? But in that case, does it mean the SBM changed the nodes placement? Isn’t that the job of a layout algorithm? It turns out that here, the network is the same “before” and “after”. The clustering classes are only known “after”, but the nodes and edges are the same in both cases. Which raises this question: why are there two different layouts? Remember: the layout algorithm only acknowledges the links, not the attributes (the clustering classes represented as color). There is no reason why the layout should be different. The author seems to believe that a node placement algorithm ignores the structure and only looks at the attributes. Which is the opposite of what they really do. Or more precisely, what force-driven placement algorithms do, the kind used by Adamic and Glance, and known to manifest clusters. Interestingly, the image featured in the paper mimics the general layout resulting of such algorithm. What could work the opposite way of a force-driven placement algorithm, while producing similar shapes? A fake. Both “before” and “after” images are faked. A random placement algorithm has been tweaked to produce this result – the paper calls it a “random arrangement”. This otherwise useless algorithm ignores links to place nodes randomly in a disk, possibly more often at the center. The image on the right is of the same kind, except that each cluster has been rendered separately and then placed apart. These images do not translate the network’s topology, while simultaneously referring to a practice where this translation is central. The motivation is simple. Layout algorithms already visualize the clusters, but the author wants to illustrate how SBM finds the clusters. So I presume he designs or repurposes a process inapt at visualizing clusters, so that the lead role can be played by SBM. Note that I do not mean that layouts are preferable to community detection (both are super valuable for different uses). I just mean that this argumentation is dishonest. I also consider the possibility that the author believes visualization is just artistic pictures aiming at a supplement of clarity, so that anyone can do whatever they want without consequences on the scientific level. This is equally problematic. I am horrified that an academic audience could be tricked by these figures. I find it threatening because it shows that a complete misunderstanding of network visualization might go unnoticed under peer-review. In my worst nightmares, I am the only one to see the problem and everyone thinks I am splitting hairs. I hope you, reader, see where these figures are flawed. But I realize that it is not so easy to unfold. Like if debating with flat-earthers, trying to expose the flaws of this rationale I find myself entangled in a web of nonsense. Without the backing of commonsense, I realize that establishing the obvious requires considerable effort and I start doubting my ability to show how dangerous it is. So instead, I will push the flawed logic further to expose its absurdity. And it will be about the figure 1 of Divided they Blog, because of course, the author also features it. Take a look at this glorious image, and its baffling caption: In the fictional world where this rationale makes sense, Lada and Nathalie found themselves deeply puzzled by their data. No matter which algorithm they used to visualize the blogosphere, it always appeared unified as a pure center-periphery structure, an obscure hairball, all blogs orbiting randomly regardless of their political affiliation. What an incredible finding! The expected homophily was completely absent from the blogosphere. No metric could find a correlation. As they hesitantly started drafting a publication for Science, a computer science colleague suggested the stochastic block model. And as they took a try at it, an even more surprising event happened. Not only did the liberal/conservative divide appear, coloring the network in red and blue, but the very structure of the blogosphere suddenly unveiled. The blogosphere hatched before their very eyes, unfolding its two hidden clusters like the wings of a magnificent chicken. The initial network was an egg that only the stochastic block model could crack open, into an explosion of colors that would make them famous. This would be remembered as a moment of pure magic, the unveiling of realities hidden to the simple human mind, the grand opening of a portal to Knowledge whose only key has to be an algorithm. Posted on 2019-06-24 2019-06-25 Author Mathieu Jacomy Previous Previous post: Narrated Algorithms Next Next post: Is living experience radically non-digital? A blog proposed by Hypotheses - Privacy Policy Syndication Feed - Credits	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409725
__label__wiki	0.526341	0.526341	SIMEC Atlantis launches up to GBP 7m green bond offer The AR1500 tidal energy turbine. Source: Lockheed Martin August 7 (Renewables Now) - SIMEC Atlantis Energy Ltd (LON:SAE) on Tuesday announced the formal launch of a five-year bond offer through Abundance Investment’s regulated green peer-to-peer investment platform, looking to raise up to GBP 7 million (USD 8.5m/EUR 7.6m). This is the third such offer Atlantis makes through Abundance, with the prior two raising close to GBP 10 million in total. The new investment on offer is on similar terms as the previous ones. The bond has a coupon of 8%, payable semi-annually, and matures in 2024. The offer is seen to close on or before October 31, 2019. Atlantis said in a statement it intends to use the proceeds to progress the conversion of the former Uskmouth coal-fired power station in Wales to run on waste-derived fuel and to develop a tidal energy project in the Raz Blanchard, off the Normandy coast of France. The Uskmouth project near Newport is nearing the next phase of its conversion -- large-scale combustion testing and “return to service” inspections. If those activities are concluded successfully, Atlantis will be able to initiate generation from the converted power station in 2021, it said. As per the Raz Blanchard project, Atlantis is preparing to start the design and consent work on developing an array of four turbines. According to the company, the Normandy authorities are supportive of the tidal opportunities in local waters. “The size of the tidal resource combined with strong support from Europe for marine energy creates the ideal conditions for large scale arrays in the Raz Blanchard. We believe there is a pathway to development of 1 GW of installed capacity in the medium term,” said CEO Tim Cornelius. Meanwhile, the company plans to add up to two new and larger turbines at the site of its flagship tidal energy project MeyGen. At present, four turbines operate there and they have produced some 9 GWh of electricity so far this year. The ultimate goal is for this project to one day reach 398 MW of power generating capacity. (GBP 1.0 = USD 1.217/EUR 1.087) France's Vinci puts solar panels and hydrogen in 2050 environmental plan Global green bond, loan issuance tops USD 250bn in 2019 Onshore construction starts at Dogger Bank wind farms GE to supply substations for 450-MW NnG offshore wind project Valda Energy enters into supply deal with AXPO Published Aug 07, 2019 9:24 CEST Author Ivan Shumkov Business Capacity GreenBonds France UK Electricity Generation Energy/Utilities Renewable Energy Marine Energy Waste-to-energy Ivan Shumkov Ivan is the mergers and acquisitions expert in Renewables Now with a passion for big deals and ambitious capacity plans.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409736
__label__cc	0.618553	0.381447	Sydney Opera House embraces wind, solar with Flow Power's help Sydney Opera House. Author: Larry Koester. License: Creative Commons, Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0). June 6 (Renewables Now) - The Sydney Opera House, one Australia’s most iconic heritage buildings, will purchase 16 GWh of wind and solar power to match its electricity consumption and reduce its environmental impact. The World Heritage-listed building has signed a seven-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Australian energy retailer Flow Power, aiming to cut its AUD-2.4-million (USD 1.7m/EUR 1.5m) annual electricity bill. The deal was announced on Wednesday, June 5, on the World Environment Day, in line with the arts centre's sustainability efforts. The contracted power will cover more than 85% of the Opera House’s annual power consumption. The electricity will be sourced from wind and solar parks in New South Wales, among which are the 270-MW Sapphire wind farm that is being built by CWP Renewables and Partners Group and Renew Estate’s 100-MW Bomen solar park near Wagga Wagga. “The Opera House is Australia’s first heritage-listed building to commit to this innovative energy retail model [..], said Ian Cashen, Sydney Opera House executive director of building. (AUD 1.0 = USD 0.698/EUR 0.621) Aussie PE fund offers to buy 100% of Windlab MPower starts work on two 5-MW solar projects in S Australia John Laing looking to sell 500-MW Aussie renewables portfolio - report Horizon mulls solar hydrogen demo in Western Australia Masdar acquires 40% stake in 29-MW WTE Australian plant Published Jun 06, 2019 11:55 CEST Author Veselina Petrova Business Capacity Corporate Contracts Electricity Generation Energy/Utilities Renewable Energy Solar Power Wind Power Onshore Wind Veselina Petrova Veselina Petrova is one of Renewables Now's most experienced green energy writers. For several years she has been keeping track of game-changing events both large and small projects and across the globe.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409737
__label__wiki	0.66344	0.66344	myGriffith Contact Us⌄ Future student enquiries 1800 677 728 Current student enquiries 1800 154 055 International enquiries +61 7 3735 6425 General enquiries 07 3735 7111 Griffith Research Online All of Griffith Research Online All of Your Women and Some of Mine Hughes, Natalya Griffith University Author(s) All of Your Women and Some of Mine was an installation featuring paintings, prints and furnishings which playfully but critically engaged with the representation of women in canonical Modernist painting traditions. The installation drew attention to the way “the female form”, as an abstract concept, is frequently deployed in these largely white, male, heteronormative painting practices, but at a remove from the reality of individual women’s bodies and experiences. The work examined the way women’s bodies, particularly in traditions of the nude, are what is at stake in these practices; individual women’s bodies are frequently ... View more >All of Your Women and Some of Mine was an installation featuring paintings, prints and furnishings which playfully but critically engaged with the representation of women in canonical Modernist painting traditions. The installation drew attention to the way “the female form”, as an abstract concept, is frequently deployed in these largely white, male, heteronormative painting practices, but at a remove from the reality of individual women’s bodies and experiences. The work examined the way women’s bodies, particularly in traditions of the nude, are what is at stake in these practices; individual women’s bodies are frequently displaced in the rhetoric of avant-gardism, where the male master translates specific female bodies into a generalised (experimental) formal play. Each work in the show was largely appropriation based. Some paintings echoed the composition of an original canonical work but were “translated” into a decorative and ornamental language. Others utilised forms from canonical works as decorative motifs or brought the body to patterns and shapes that might otherwise be read as abstract and purely ‘formal’. The work poses a a counter-Modernist tradition of image making, one that was feminised and female: decorative, domestic, gendered, and bodily. The work was initially shown in the form of a solo exhibition at Milani Gallery in Brisbane in 2016 which was widely attended and critically received by the general public and curatorial staff from the QAGOMA, IMA, and the QUT and UQ Art museums. It was then commissioned as a solo exhibition at the Caloundra Regional Gallery. A further iteration was then shown at the Art Gallery of South Australia as finalist in the Ramsay Art Prize. View less > Publisher URI https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/ramsay-art-prize-2017/natalya-hughes/ Three iterations of an installation featuring paintings and decor Visual Arts and Crafts Publication URI First peoples of Australia Torres Strait Islander CRICOS Provider - 00233E	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409742
__label__cc	0.646754	0.353246	Defining Human Geography Human Geography: Defining Human Geography This guide highlights the resources for Human Geography, the study of human settlements in their places. Cultural Geography Feminist Geography Migration Studies Diaporas Political Geography Feminist Political Geography Something new ... International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment, and Technology by Douglas Richardson; Noel Castree; Michael F. Goodchild; Audrey Kobayashi; Weidong Liu; Richard A. Marston, eds. Representing the definitive reference work for this broad and dynamic field, The International Encyclopedia of Geography arises from an unprecedented collaboration between Wiley and the American Association of Geographers (AAG) to review and define the concepts, research, and techniques in geography and interrelated fields. The Encyclopedia assembles a truly global group of scholars for a comprehensive, authoritative overview of geography around the world. International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences (2nd ed.) by James D. Wright, ed. From the fully revised and updated edition, this links directly to the section on Geography. Generation Earth by Helen Thomas, producer Call Number: Streaming video In the last generation, we have changed the face of the Earth on a scale unimaginable to our ancestors. Generation Earth discovers how villages in China have been transformed into cities of millions, the tallest building in the world dwarfs the skyscrapers of America, and we have built a dam so big that it has changed the rotation of the planet. Humanistic Geography from Oxford Bibliographies Online by Casey D. Allen ..., humanistic geography is usually historically equated with the French School of Human Geography (such as the writings by Paul Vidal de la Blache) along with Neo-Kantianism and Robert E. Park’s Chicago School pragmatism, while also focusing on (sense of) place and the individual’s interpretation of place—although “people” and “humans” also collectively fall under its umbrella. Human planet. Complete series by BBC Earth Call Number: Jones Media DVD #13279 discs 1 - 3 This epic blockbuster is a breathtaking celebration of the amazing, complex, profound and sometimes challenging relationship between humankind and nature. Humans are the ultimate animal, the most successful species on the planet. From the frozen Arctic to steamy rainforests, from tiny islands in vast oceans to parched deserts, people have found remarkable ways to adapt and survive in the harshest environments imaginable. A short definition for Human Geography The study of the interrelationships between people, place, and environment, and how these vary spatially and temporally across and between locations. Whereas physical geography concentrates on spatial and environmental processes that shape the natural world and tends to draw on the natural and physical sciences for its scientific underpinnings and methods of investigation, human geography concentrates on the spatial organization and processes shaping the lives and activities of people, and their interactions with places and nature. Human geography is more allied with the social sciences and humanities, sharing their philosophical approaches and methods (see physical geography for a discussion on the relationship between human and physical geography; environmental geography). Human geography consists of a number of sub-disciplinary fields that focus on different elements of human activity and organization, for example, cultural geography, economic geography, health geography, historical geography, political geography, population geography, rural geography, social geography, transport geography, and urban geography. What distinguishes human geography from other related disciplines, such as development, economics, politics, and sociology, are the application of a set of core geographical concepts to the phenomena under investigation, including space, place, scale, landscape, mobility, and nature. These concepts foreground the notion that the world operates spatially and temporally, and that social relations do not operate independently of place and environment, but are thoroughly grounded in and through them. With respect to methods, human geography uses the full sweep of quantitative and qualitative methods from across the social sciences and humanities, mindful of using them to provide a thorough geographic analysis. It also places emphasis on fieldwork and mapping (see cartography), and has made a number of contributions to developing new methods and techniques, notably in the areas of spatial analysis, spatial statistics, and GIScience. The long-term development of human geography has progressed in tandem with that of the discipline more generally (see geography). Since the Quantitative Revolution in the 1950s and 1960s, the philosophy underpinning human geography research has diversified enormously. The 1970s saw the introduction of behavioural geography, radical geography, and humanistic geography. These were followed in the 1980s by a turn to political economy, the development of feminist geography, and the introduction of critical social theory underpinning the cultural turn. Together these approaches formed the basis for the growth of critical geography, and the introduction of postmodern and post-structural thinking into the discipline in the 1990s. These various developments did not fully replace the theoretical approaches developed in earlier periods, but rather led to further diversification of geographic thought. For example, quantitative geography continues to be a vibrant area of geographical scholarship, especially through the growth of GIScience. The result is that geographical thinking is presently highly pluralist in nature, with no one approach dominating. Castree, N., Kitchin, R., & Rogers, A. (2013). "Human geography." In A Dictionary of Human Geography. : Oxford University Press. Retrieved 14 Mar. 2017 Pages under the Human Geography guide include: Cultural geography; Economic geography; Feminist geography; Geopolitics; Migration studies; Political geography; Population studies; Travel & Tourism; and Urban geography. In the Library's collection Although Human Geography is scattered throughout the collections, there is a main section or call number range for the subject. That is GF. You can browse in that section of the stacks, Berry Level 4, to see what's there. Below is the subject search in the online catalog. Also, see the related subject headings there. Approaches to Human Geography: philosophies, theories, people and practices by Stuart C. Aitken; Gill Valentine, eds. Call Number: Baker/Berry GF 41 .A67 2015 This new edition of the classic Approaches text for students, organized in three sections, which overviews and explains the history and philosophy of Human Geographies in all its applications by those who practice it. Contested worlds : an introduction to human geography by Martin Phillips, ed. Call Number: Baker/Berry GF 41 .C576 2005 Contested Worlds provides an introduction to both a multitude of geographical worlds which are currently being actively constructed and contested, and to a range of different perspectives on these worlds being adopted and contested by geographers. It is unique in its focus on the role of contestation in both the construction of geographical studies and in the geographies these studies seek to address. Geography and geographers : Anglo-American human geography since 1945 by Ron Johnston; James Sidaway Call Number: Baker/Berry GF 13 .J63 2016 Geography and Geographers continues to be the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of human geography available. It provides a survey of the major debates, key thinkers and schools of thought in the English-speaking world, setting them within the context of economic, social, cultural, political and intellectual changes. It is essential reading for all undergraduate geography students. It draws on a wide reading of the geographical literature and addresses the ways geography and its history are understood and the debates among geographers regarding what the discipline should study and how. ... For more books about human geography, click here. Aerial Life: spaces, mobilities, affects by Peter Adey Call Number: Baker/Berry TL 553 .A34 2010 This theoretically informed research explores what the development and transformation of air travel has meant for societies and individuals. Approaches to Human Geography by Stuart Aitken and Gill Valentine, eds. Approaches to Human Geography is the essential student primer on theory and practice in human geography. It is a systematic review of the key ideas and debates informing post-war geography, explaining how those ideas work in practice. Introducing Human Geographies by Paul Cloke; Philip Crang; Mark Goodwin Call Number: eBook Publication Date: 3rd ed. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated and coverage is extended with new sections devoted to biogeographies, cartographies, mobilities, non-representational geographies, population geographies, public geographies and securities. Place : a short introduction by Tim Cresswell Call Number: Baker/Berry GF 50 .C74 2004 This text introduces students of human geography to the fundamental concept of place, marrying everyday uses of the term with the complex theoretical debates that have grown up around it. The power of place : geography, destiny, and globalization's rough landscape by Harm de Blij Call Number: Baker/Berry GF 41 .D42 2009 Journal titles & articles Articles and other writings about Human Geography can be found in many publications. Our collection includes several journals which look at Human Geography. To find them, do the following subject search in the online catalog : "human geography periodicals." However, to see how many more titles there are, you can search in Worldcat. Use a subject search with the terms "human geography" and "periodicals." Below is a short list of some of the journal titles we have in our Library's collection. ACME : an international e-journal for critical geographies Antipode Gender, place and culture : a journal of feminist geography GeoHumanities: space, place, and the humanities Human geographies: journal of studies and research in human geography (OA) Progress in human geography Social & cultural geography Human Geography: A New Radical Journal (OA) From the Institute for Human Geography, a new and different journal on human geography. Keeping up with the journal literature Want an easy way to keep up with the journal literature for all facets of Geography? And you use a mobile device? You can install the BrowZine app and create a custom Bookshelf of your favorite journal titles. Then you will get the Table of Contents (ToCs) of your favorite journals automatically delivered to you when they become available. Once you have the ToC's you can download and read the articles you want. You can get the app from the App Store or Google Play. Don't own or use a mobile device? You can still use BrowZine! It's now available in a web version. You can get to it here. The web version works the same way as the app version. Find the journals you like, create a custom Bookshelf, get ToCs and read the articles you want. Next: Cultural Geography >> URL: https://researchguides.dartmouth.edu/human_geography Tags: border studies, boundaries, cultural geography, demography, economic geography, feminist geography, geopolitics, migration studies, physical sciences, political geography, Social Sciences, tourism	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409743
__label__cc	0.592683	0.407317	Items where Author or Contributor is "Peeling, RW" Jump to: 2019 \| 2018 \| 2017 \| 2016 \| 2015 \| 2014 \| 2013 \| 2012 \| 2011 \| 2010 \| 2009 \| 2008 \| 2007 \| 2006 \| 2005 \| 2004 \| 2003 \| 2002 \| 2001 \| 1999 \| 1996 Halpaap, Beatrice; Peeling, Rosanna W; Bonnici, Francois; (2019) The role of multilateral organizations and governments in advancing social innovation in health care delivery. INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF POVERTY, 8 (1). ISSN 2095-5162 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-019-0592-y Kelly-Cirino, Cassandra D; Nkengasong, John; Kettler, Hannah; Tongio, Isabelle; Gay-Andrieu, Françoise; Escadafal, Camille; Piot, Peter; Peeling, Rosanna W; Gadde, Renuka; Boehme, Catharina; (2019) Importance of diagnostics in epidemic and pandemic preparedness. BMJ global health, 4 (Suppl). e001179. ISSN 2059-7908 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001179 Luo, Robert; Fongwen, Noah; Kelly-Cirino, Cassandra; Harris, Eva; Wilder-Smith, Annelies; Peeling, Rosanna; (2019) Rapid diagnostic tests for determining dengue serostatus: a systematic review and key informant interviews. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. ISSN 1198-743X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2019.01.002 Reeder, John C; Kieny, Marie-Paule; Peeling, Rosanna; Bonnici, François; (2019) What if communities held the solutions for universal health coverage? Infectious diseases of poverty, 8 (1). p. 74. ISSN 2095-5162 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-019-0586-9 Storey, Andrew; Seghers, Frederic; Pyne-Mercier, Lee; Peeling, Rosanna W; Owiredu, Morkor Newman; Taylor, Melanie M; (2019) Syphilis diagnosis and treatment during antenatal care: the potential catalytic impact of the dual HIV and syphilis rapid diagnostic test. The Lancet Global Health, 7 (8). e1006-e1008. ISSN 2214-109X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(19)30248-7 Takah, Noah Fongwen; Brangel, Polina; Shrestha, Priyanka; Peeling, Rosanna; (2019) Sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic tests for Lassa fever: a systematic review. BMC Infectious Diseases, 19 (1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4242-6 Gous, N; Boeras, DI; Cheng, B; Takle, J; Cunningham, B; Peeling, RW; (2018) The impact of digital technologies on point-of-care diagnostics in resource-limited settings. Expert review of molecular diagnostics, 18 (4). pp. 385-397. ISSN 1473-7159 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14737159.2018.1460205 Full text not available from this repository. Gray, ER; Bain, R; Varsaneux, O; Peeling, RW; Stevens, MM; Mckendry, RA; (2018) p24 revisited: A landscape review of antigen detection for early HIV diagnosis. AIDS (London, England). ISSN 0269-9370 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000001982 Full text not available from this repository. Jacobsson, Susanne; Boiko, Iryna; Golparian, Daniel; Blondeel, Karel; Kiarie, James; Toskin, Igor; Peeling, Rosanna W; Unemo, Magnus; (2018) WHO laboratory validation of Xpert((R)) CT/NG and Xpert((R)) TV on the GeneXpert system verifies high performances. APMIS, 126 (12). pp. 907-912. ISSN 0903-4641 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/apm.12902 Nkengasong, JN; Mbopi-Keou, FX; Peeling, RW; Yao, K; Zeh, CE; Schneidman, M; Gadde, R; Abimiku, A; Onyebujoh, P; Birx, D; +1 more... Hader, S; (2018) Laboratory medicine in Africa since 2008: then, now, and the future. The Lancet infectious diseases. ISSN 1473-3099 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30120-8 Full text not available from this repository. Roth, L; Bempong, D; Babigumira, JB; Banoo, S; Cooke, E; Jeffreys, D; Kasonde, L; Leufkens, HGM; Lim, JCW; Lumpkin, M; +7 more... Mahlangu, G; Peeling, RW; Rees, H; Ndomondo-Sigonda, M; Stergachis, A; Ward, M; Nwokike, J; (2018) Expanding global access to essential medicines: investment priorities for sustainably strengthening medical product regulatory systems. Globalization and health, 14 (1). p. 102. ISSN 1744-8603 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-018-0421-2 Varma, Jay K; Oppong-Otoo, John; Ondoa, Pascale; Perovic, Olga; Park, Benjamin J; Laxminarayan, Ramanan; Peeling, Rosanna W; Schultsz, Constance; Li, Han; Ihekweazu, Chikwe; +3 more... Sall, Amadou A; Jaw, Baboucarr; Nkengasong, John N; (2018) Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention's framework for antimicrobial resistance control in Africa. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF LABORATORY MEDICINE, 7 (2). ISSN 2225-2002 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v7i2.830 Amini, A; Varsaneux, O; Kelly, H; Tang, W; Chen, W; Boeras, DI; Falconer, J; Tucker, JD; Chou, R; Ishizaki, A; +2 more... Easterbrook, P; Peeling, RW; (2017) Diagnostic accuracy of tests to detect hepatitis B surface antigen: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis. BMC infectious diseases, 17 (Suppl). p. 698. ISSN 1471-2334 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2772-3 Amirian, P; Loggerenberg, FV; Lang, T; Thomas, A; Peeling, R; Basiri, A; Goodman, SN; (2017) Using big data analytics to extract disease surveillance information from point of care diagnostic machines. Pervasive and mobile computing, 42 (Supple). pp. 470-486. ISSN 1574-1192 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmcj.2017.06.013 Benzaken, AS; Sabidó, M; Brito, I; Bermúdez, XPD; Benzaken, NS; Galbán, E; Peeling, RW; Mabey, D; (2017) HIV and syphilis in the context of community vulnerability among indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon. International journal for equity in health, 16 (1). p. 92. ISSN 1475-9276 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-017-0589-8 Cristillo, Anthony D; Bristow, Claire C; Peeling, Rosanna; Van Der Pol, Barbara; de Cortina, Sasha Herbst; Dimov, Ivan K; Pai, Nitika Pant; Jin Shin, Dong; Chiu, Ricky YT; Klapperich, Catherine; +3 more... Madhivanan, Purnima; Morris, Sheldon R; Klausner, Jeffrey D; (2017) Point-of-Care Sexually Transmitted Infection Diagnostics: Proceedings of the STAR Sexually Transmitted Infection-Clinical Trial Group Programmatic Meeting. [Conference or Workshop Item] https://doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000572 Easterbrook, Philippa J; Roberts, Teri; Sands, Anita; Peeling, Rosanna; (2017) Diagnosis of viral hepatitis. Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 12 (3). pp. 302-314. ISSN 1746-630X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/COH.0000000000000370 Gaydos, CA; Klausner, JD; Pai, NP; Kelly, H; Coltart, C; Peeling, RW; (2017) Rapid and point-of-care tests for the diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis in women and men. Sexually transmitted infections, 93 (S4). S31-S35. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2016-053063 Gliddon, HD; Peeling, RW; Kamb, ML; Toskin, I; Wi, TE; Taylor, MM; (2017) A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies evaluating the performance and operational characteristics of dual point-of-care tests for HIV and syphilis. Sexually transmitted infections. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2016-053069 Goncalves, A; Peeling, RW; Chu, MC; Gubler, DJ; de Silva, AM; Harris, E; Murtagh, M; Chua, A; Rodriguez, W; Kelly, C; +1 more... Wilder-Smith, A; (2017) Innovative and new approaches to laboratory diagnosis of Zika and dengue: a meeting report. The Journal of infectious diseases. ISSN 0022-1899 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jix678 Guy, RJ; Causer, LM; Klausner, JD; Unemo, M; Toskin, I; Azzini, AM; Peeling, RW; (2017) Performance and operational characteristics of point-of-care tests for the diagnosis of urogenital gonococcal infections. Sexually transmitted infections, 93 (S4). S16-S21. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2017-053192 Kayuni, S; Peeling, R; Makaula, P; (2017) Prevalence and distribution of Schistosoma haematobium infection among school children living in southwestern shores of Lake Malawi. Malawi Medical Journal, 29 (1). pp. 16-23. ISSN 1995-7262 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/mmj.v29i1.4 Full text not available from this repository. Kelly, H; Coltart, CEM; Pant Pai, N; Klausner, JD; Unemo, M; Toskin, I; Peeling, RW; (2017) Systematic reviews of point-of-care tests for the diagnosis of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis infections. Sexually transmitted infections, 93 (S4). S22-S30. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2016-053067 Kelly, H; Mayaud, P; Segondy, M; Pant Pai, N; Peeling, RW; (2017) A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies evaluating the performance of point-of-care tests for human papillomavirus screening. Sexually transmitted infections, 93 (S4). S36-S45. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2016-053070 Mabey, D; Marks, M; Peeling, R; Lawn, J; (2017) Stillbirth caused by syphilis remains a major global health problem. Lancet, 390 (10107). p. 2036. ISSN 0140-6736 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32474-1 Olliaro, PL; Shamsuzzaman, TA; Marasini, B; Dhariwal, AC; Be-Nazir, A; Mondal, D; Banjara, MR; Das, P; Sundar, S; Rijal, S; +6 more... Arana, B; Alvar, J; Argaw, D; Peeling, RW; Kroeger, A; Matlashewski, G; (2017) Investments in Research and Surveillance Are Needed to Go Beyond Elimination and Stop Transmission of Leishmania in the Indian Subcontinent. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 11 (1). e0005190. ISSN 1935-2727 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005190 Peeling, RW; Boeras, DI; Marinucci, F; Easterbrook, P; (2017) The future of viral hepatitis testing: innovations in testing technologies and approaches. BMC infectious diseases, 17 (Suppl). p. 699. ISSN 1471-2334 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2775-0 Peeling, RW; Boeras, DI; Nkengasong, J; (2017) Re-imagining the future of diagnosis of Neglected Tropical Diseases. Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 15. pp. 271-274. ISSN 2001-0370 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2017.02.003 Peeling, RW; Ford, N; (2017) Reprising the role of CD4 cell count in HIV programmes. The lancet HIV, 4 (9). e377-e378. ISSN 2405-4704 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(17)30096-6 Full text not available from this repository. Peeling, RW; Mabey, D; Kamb, ML; Chen, XS; Radolf, JD; Benzaken, AS; (2017) Syphilis. Nature reviews Disease primers, 3. p. 17073. ISSN 2056-676X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrdp.2017.73 Full text not available from this repository. Takah, NF; Shrestha, P; Peeling, R; (2017) The impetus to Africa CDC's mandate in curbing the rising trend of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Africa: the launch of the Africa CDC AMR surveillance network during the 8th advanced course in diagnostics (ACDx). The Pan African medical journal, 28. p. 271. ISSN 1937-8688 DOI: https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.28.271.14388 Tang, W; Chen, W; Amini, A; Boeras, D; Falconer, J; Kelly, H; Peeling, R; Varsaneux, O; Tucker, JD; Easterbrook, P; (2017) Diagnostic accuracy of tests to detect Hepatitis C antibody: a meta-analysis and review of the literature. BMC infectious diseases, 17 (Suppl). p. 695. ISSN 1471-2334 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2773-2 Tang, W; Mao, J; Tang, S; Liu, C; Mollan, K; Cao, B; Wong, T; Zhang, Y; Hudgens, M; Qin, Y; +26 more... Han, L; Ma, B; Yang, B; Ma, W; Wei, C; Tucker, JD; SESH Study Group; , COLLABORATORS; Hightow-Weidman, L; Bayus, B; Terris-Prestholt, F; Yang, L; Peeling, R; Fenton, K; Huang, S; Wang, C; Zheng, H; Vickerman, P; Mitchell, KM; Cheng, Z; Best, J; Tangthanasup, TM; Wong, NS; Tso, LS; Zhang, W; Li, H; (2017) Disclosure of sexual orientation to health professionals in China: results from an online cross-sectional study. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 20 (1). p. 21416. ISSN 1758-2652 DOI: https://doi.org/10.7448/IAS.20.1.21416 Taylor, MM; Peeling, RW; Toskin, I; Ghinidelli, M; (2017) Role of dual HIV/syphilis test kits in expanding syphilis screening. Sexually transmitted infections. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2017-053301 Full text not available from this repository. Toskin, I; Blondeel, K; Peeling, RW; Deal, C; Kiarie, J; (2017) Advancing point of care diagnostics for the control and prevention of STIs: the way forward. Sexually transmitted infections, 93 (S4). S81-S88. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2016-053073 Toskin, I; Murtagh, M; Peeling, RW; Blondeel, K; Cordero, J; Kiarie, J; (2017) Advancing prevention of sexually transmitted infections through point-of-care testing: target product profiles and landscape analysis. Sexually transmitted infections, 93 (S4). S69-S80. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2016-053071 Toskin, I; Peeling, RW; Mabey, D; Holmes, K; Ballard, R; Kiarie, J; Askew, I; (2017) Point-of-care tests for STIs: the way forward. Sexually transmitted infections, 93 (S4). S1-S2. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2016-053074 Tucker, JD; Meyers, K; Best, J; Kaplan, K; Pendse, R; Fenton, KA; Andrieux-Meyer, I; Figueroa, C; Goicochea, P; Gore, C; +10 more... Ishizaki, A; Khwairakpam, G; Miller, V; Mozalevskis, A; Ninburg, M; Ocama, P; Peeling, R; Walsh, N; Colombo, MG; Easterbrook, P; (2017) The HepTestContest: a global innovation contest to identify approaches to hepatitis B and C testing. BMC infectious diseases, 17 (Suppl). p. 701. ISSN 1471-2334 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2771-4 Unemo, M; Bradshaw, CS; Hocking, JS; de Vries, HJC; Francis, SC; Mabey, D; Marrazzo, JM; Sonder, GJB; Schwebke, JR; Hoornenborg, E; +4 more... Peeling, RW; Philip, SS; Low, N; Fairley, CK; (2017) Sexually transmitted infections: challenges ahead. The Lancet infectious diseases, 17 (8). e235-e279. ISSN 1473-3099 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30310-9 Wilder-Smith, A; Preet, R; Renhorn, KE; Ximenes, RA; Rodrigues, LC; Solomon, T; Neyts, J; Lambrechts, L; Willison, H; Peeling, R; +7 more... Falconar, AK; Precioso, AR; Logan, J; Lang, T; Endtz, HP; Erasmus, MC; Massad, E; (2017) ZikaPLAN: Zika Preparedness Latin American Network. 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Fofana, HK; Jacobs, J; Karki, P; Khanal, B; Knopp, S; Koirala, K; Mahendradhata, Y; Mertens, P; Meyanti, F; Murhandarwati, EH; N'Goran, EK; Peeling, RW; Pradhan, B; Ravinetto, R; Rijal, S; Sacko, M; Saye, R; Schneeberger, PH; Schurmans, C; Silué, KD; Steinmann, P; van Loen, H; Verdonck, K; van Lieshout, L; von Müller, L; Yao, JA; Boelaert, M; Chappuis, F; Polman, K; Utzinger, J; (2016) Experiences and Lessons from a Multicountry NIDIAG Study on Persistent Digestive Disorders in the Tropics. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 10 (11). e0004818. ISSN 1935-2727 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004818 Boeras, DI; Peeling, RW; (2016) External quality assurance for HIV point-of-care testing in Africa: A collaborative country-partner approach to strengthen diagnostic services. African journal of laboratory medicine, 5 (2). p. 556. ISSN 2225-2002 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v5i2.556 Boeras, DI; Peeling, RW; (2016) External quality assurance for HIV point-of-care testing in Africa: A collaborative country-partner approach to strengthen diagnostic services. African journal of laboratory medicine, 5 (2). a556. ISSN 2225-2002 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v5i2.556 Boeras, DI; Peeling, RW; Onyebujoh, P; Yahaya, AA; Gumede-Moeletsi, HN; Ndihokubwayo, JB; (2016) The WHO AFRO external quality assessment programme (EQAP): Linking laboratory networks through EQA programmes. African journal of laboratory medicine, 5 (2). a560. ISSN 2225-2002 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v5i2.560 Boeras, DI; Peeling, RW; Onyebujoh, P; Yahaya, AA; Gumede-Moeletsi, HN; Ndihokubwayo, JB; (2016) The WHO AFRO external quality assessment programme (EQAP): Linking laboratory networks through EQA programmes. African journal of laboratory medicine, 5 (2). p. 560. ISSN 2225-2002 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v5i2.560 Cheng, B; Cunningham, B; Boeras, DI; Mafaune, P; Simbi, R; Peeling, RW; (2016) Data connectivity: A critical tool for external quality assessment. African journal of laboratory medicine, 5 (2). p. 535. ISSN 2225-2002 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v5i2.535 Fonjungo, PN; Osmanov, S; Kuritsky, J; Ndihokubwayo, JB; Bachanas, P; Peeling, RW; Timperi, R; Fine, G; Stevens, W; Habiyambere, V; +1 more... Nkengasong, JN; (2016) Ensuring quality: a key consideration in scaling-up HIV-related point-of-care testing programs. AIDS (London, England), 30 (8). pp. 1317-1323. ISSN 0269-9370 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000001031 Mallma, P; Garcia, P; Carcamo, C; Torres-Rueda, S; Peeling, R; Mabey, D; Terris-Prestholt, F; (2016) Rapid Syphilis Testing Is Cost-Effective Even in Low-Prevalence Settings: The CISNE-PERU Experience. PloS one, 11 (3). e0149568. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149568 Meyers, AFA; Sandstrom, P; Denny, TN; Hurlston, M; Ball, TB; Peeling, RW; Boeras, DI; (2016) Quality assurance for HIV point-of-care testing and treatment monitoring assays. African journal of laboratory medicine, 5 (2). p. 557. ISSN 2225-2002 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v5i2.557 Meyers, AFA; Sandstrom, P; Denny, TN; Hurlston, M; Ball, TB; Peeling, RW; Boeras, DI; (2016) Quality assurance for HIV point-of-care testing and treatment monitoring assays. African journal of laboratory medicine, 5 (2). a557. ISSN 2225-2002 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v5i2.557 Nkengasong, J; Boeras, DI; Abimiku, A; Peeling, RW; (2016) Assuring the quality of diagnostic testing: the future is now. African journal of laboratory medicine, 5 (2). p. 1. ISSN 2225-2002 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v5i2.558 Nkengsong, John; Boeras, Debrah I; Abimiku, Alash'le; Peeling, Rosanna W; (2016) Assuring the quality of diagnostic testing: The future is now. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF LABORATORY MEDICINE, 5 (2). ISSN 2225-2002 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v5i2.558 Peeling, RW; Mabey, D; (2016) Celebrating the decline in syphilis in pregnancy: a sobering reminder of what's left to do. The Lancet Global health, 4 (8). e503-4. ISSN 2214-109X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30154-1 Peeling, RW; Olliaro, P; (2016) Reimagining the Future of the Diagnosis of Viral Infections. The Journal of infectious diseases. ISSN 0022-1899 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiw107 Full text not available from this repository. Phillips, AN; Cambiano, V; Nakagawa, F; Ford, D; Apollo, T; Murungu, J; Rousseau, C; Garnett, G; Ehrenkranz, P; Bansi-Matharu, L; +4 more... Vojnov, L; Katz, Z; Peeling, R; Revill, P; (2016) Point-of-Care Viral Load Testing for Sub-Saharan Africa: Informing a Target Product Profile. Open forum infectious diseases, 3 (3). ofw161. ISSN 2328-8957 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw161 Ravinetto, R; Alirol, E; Mahendradhata, Y; Rijal, S; Lutumba, P; Sacko, M; El-Safi, S; Lim, K; van Loen, H; Jacobs, J; +3 more... Peeling, RW; Chappuis, F; Boelaert, M; (2016) Clinical Research in Neglected Tropical Diseases: The Challenge of Implementing Good Clinical (Laboratory) Practices. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 10 (11). e0004654. ISSN 1935-2727 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004654 Tang, W; Han, L; Best, J; Zhang, Y; Mollan, K; Kim, J; Liu, F; Hudgens, M; Bayus, B; Terris-Prestholt, F; +11 more... Galler, S; Yang, L; Peeling, R; Volberding, P; Ma, B; Xu, H; Yang, B; Huang, S; Fenton, K; Wei, C; Tucker, JD; (2016) Crowdsourcing HIV Test Promotion Videos: A Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial in China. Clinical infectious diseases, 62 (11). pp. 1436-42. ISSN 1058-4838 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw171 Xu, J; Bergquist, R; Qian, YJ; Wang, Q; Yu, Q; Peeling, R; Croft, S; Guo, JG; Zhou, XN; (2016) China-Africa and China-Asia Collaboration on Schistosomiasis Control: A SWOT Analysis. Adv Parasitol, 92. pp. 435-66. ISSN 2163-6079 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.apar.2016.02.005 Full text not available from this repository. Xu, J; Steinman, P; Maybe, D; Zhou, XN; Lv, S; Li, SZ; Peeling, R; (2016) Evolution of the National Schistosomiasis Control Programmes in The People's Republic of China. Adv Parasitol, 92. pp. 1-38. ISSN 2163-6079 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.apar.2016.02.001 Full text not available from this repository. Ansbro, É, M; Gill, MM; Reynolds, J; Shelley, KD; Strasser, S; Sripipatana, T; Ncube, AT; Tembo Mumba, G; Terris-Prestholt, F; Peeling, RW; +1 more... Mabey, D; (2015) Introduction of Syphilis Point-of-Care Tests, from Pilot Study to National Programme Implementation in Zambia: A Qualitative Study of Healthcare Workers' Perspectives on Testing, Training and Quality Assurance. PloS one, 10 (6). e0127728. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127728 Bien, CH; Muessig, KE; Lee, R; Lo, EJ; Yang, LG; Yang, B; Peeling, RW; Tucker, JD; (2015) HIV and Syphilis Testing Preferences among Men Who Have Sex with Men in South China: A Qualitative Analysis to Inform Sexual Health Services. PloS one, 10 (4). e0124161. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124161 Garcia, PJ; Williams, E; Carcamo, CP; Chiappe, M; Holmes, KK; Peeling, RW; Mabey, DM; (2015) Partner Notification Among Peruvian Pregnant Women With Syphilis. Sexually transmitted diseases, 42 (8). pp. 457-462. ISSN 0148-5717 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000314 Full text not available from this repository. Garcia, PJ; You, P; Fridley, G; Mabey, D; Peeling, R; (2015) Point-of-care diagnostic tests for low-resource settings. The Lancet Global health, 3 (5). e257-8. ISSN 2214-109X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(15)70089-6 McNerney, R; Peeling, RW; (2015) Regulatory In Vitro Diagnostics Landscape in Africa: Update on Regional Activities. Clinical infectious diseases, 61 (suppl). S135-S140. ISSN 1058-4838 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/civ553 Full text not available from this repository. Newman Owiredu, M; Newman, L; Nzomo, T; Conombo Kafando, G; Sanni, S; Shaffer, N; Bucagu, M; Peeling, R; Mark, J; Diop Toure, I; (2015) Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis: A dual approach in the African Region to improve quality of antenatal care and integrated disease control. International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics, 130 Su. S27-31. ISSN 0020-7292 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.04.010 Nnko, S; Changalucha, J; Mosha, J; Bunga, C; Wamoyi, J; Peeling, R; Mabey, D; (2015) Perceptions, attitude and uptake of rapid syphilis testing services in antenatal clinics in North-Western Tanzania. Health policy and planning, 31 (5). pp. 667-73. ISSN 0268-1080 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czv116 Full text not available from this repository. Peeling, R; (2015) Bringing diagnostics to developing countries: an interview with Rosanna Peeling. Expert review of molecular diagnostics, 15 (9). pp. 1107-1110. ISSN 1473-7159 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1586/14737159.2015.1081802 Full text not available from this repository. Peeling, RW; (2015) Diagnostics in a digital age: an opportunity to strengthen health systems and improve health outcomes. Int Health, 7 (6). pp. 384-9. ISSN 1876-3405 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihv062 Full text not available from this repository. Peeling, RW; Sollis, KA; Glover, S; Crowe, SM; Landay, AL; Cheng, B; Barnett, D; Denny, TN; Spira, TJ; Stevens, WS; +4 more... Crowley, S; Essajee, S; Vitoria, M; Ford, N; (2015) CD4 enumeration technologies: a systematic review of test performance for determining eligibility for antiretroviral therapy. PloS one, 10 (3). e0115019. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115019 Phillips, A; Shroufi, A; Vojnov, L; Cohn, J; Roberts, T; Ellman, T; Bonner, K; Rousseau, C; Garnett, G; Cambiano, V; +22 more... Nakagawa, F; Ford, D; Bansi-Matharu, L; Miners, A; Lundgren, JD; Eaton, JW; Parkes-Ratanshi, R; Katz, Z; Maman, D; Ford, N; Vitoria, M; Doherty, M; Dowdy, D; Nichols, B; Murtagh, M; Wareham, M; Palamountain, KM; Chakanyuka Musanhu, C; Stevens, W; Katzenstein, D; ; ; (2015) Sustainable HIV treatment in Africa through viral-load-informed differentiated care. Nature, 528 (7580). S68-76. ISSN 0028-0836 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature16046 Polman, K; Becker, SL; Alirol, E; Bhatta, NK; Bhattarai, NR; Bottieau, E; Bratschi, MW; Burza, S; Coulibaly, JT; Doumbia, MN; +31 more... Horié, NS; Jacobs, J; Khanal, B; Landouré, A; Mahendradhata, Y; Meheus, F; Mertens, P; Meyanti, F; Murhandarwati, EH; N'Goran, EK; Peeling, RW; Ravinetto, R; Rijal, S; Sacko, M; Saye, R; Schneeberger, PH; Schurmans, C; Silué, KD; Thobari, JA; Traoré, MS; van Lieshout, L; van Loen, H; Verdonck, K; von Müller, L; Yansouni, CP; Yao, JA; Yao, PK; Yap, P; Boelaert, M; Chappuis, F; Utzinger, J; (2015) Diagnosis of neglected tropical diseases among patients with persistent digestive disorders (diarrhoea and/or abdominal pain ≥14 days): Pierrea multi-country, prospective, non-experimental case-control study. BMC infectious diseases, 15 (1). p. 338. ISSN 1471-2334 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1074-x Polman, K; Becker, SL; Alirol, E; Bhatta, NK; Bhattarai, NR; Bottieau, E; Bratschi, MW; Burza, S; Coulibaly, JT; Doumbia, MN; +31 more... Horié, NS; Jacobs, J; Khanal, B; Landouré, A; Mahendradhata, Y; Meheus, F; Mertens, P; Meyanti, F; Murhandarwati, EH; N'Goran, EK; Peeling, RW; Ravinetto, R; Rijal, S; Sacko, M; Saye, R; Schneeberger, PH; Schurmans, C; Silué, KD; Thobari, JA; Traoré, MS; van Lieshout, L; van Loen, H; Verdonck, K; von Müller, L; Yansouni, CP; Yao, JA; Yao, PK; Yap, P; Boelaert, M; Chappuis, F; Utzinger, J; (2015) Erratum to: Diagnosis of neglected tropical diseases among patients with persistent digestive disorders (diarrhoea and/or abdominal pain ≥14 days): a multi-country, prospective, non-experimental case-control study. BMC infectious diseases, 15. p. 499. ISSN 1471-2334 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1160-0 Ruffinen, CZ; Sabidó, M; Díaz-Bermúdez, XP; Lacerda, M; Mabey, D; Peeling, RW; Benzaken, AS; (2015) Point-of-care screening for syphilis and HIV in the borderlands: challenges in implementation in the Brazilian Amazon. BMC health services research, 15 (1). p. 495. ISSN 1472-6963 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1155-y Shelley, KD; Ansbro, É, M; Ncube, AT; Sweeney, S; Fleischer, C; Mumba, GT; Gill, MM; Strasser, S; Peeling, RW; Terris-Prestholt, F; (2015) Scaling Down to Scale Up: A Health Economic Analysis of Integrating Point-of-Care Syphilis Testing into Antenatal Care in Zambia during Pilot and National Rollout Implementation. PloS one, 10 (5). e0125675. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125675 Terris-Prestholt, F; Vickerman, P; Torres-Rueda, S; Santesso, N; Sweeney, S; Mallma, P; Shelley, KD; Garcia, PJ; Bronzan, R; Gill, MM; +6 more... Broutet, N; Wi, T; Watts, C; Mabey, D; Peeling, RW; Newman, L; (2015) The cost-effectiveness of 10 antenatal syphilis screening and treatment approaches in Peru, Tanzania, and Zambia. International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics, 130 Su. S73-80. ISSN 0020-7292 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.04.007 Wedderburn, CJ; Murtagh, M; Toskin, I; Peeling, RW; (2015) Using electronic readers to monitor progress toward elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis: An opinion piece. International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics. ISSN 0020-7292 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.04.006 Full text not available from this repository. Hunsperger, Elizabeth A; Yoksan, Sutee; Buchy, Philippe; Vinh, Chau Nguyen; Sekaran, Shamala Devi; Enria, Delia A; Vazquez, Susana; Cartozian, Elizabeth; Pelegrino, Jose L; Artsob, Harvey; +8 more... Guzman, Maria G; Olliaro, Piero; Zwang, Julien; Guillerm, Martine; Kliks, Susie; Halstead, Scott; Peeling, Rosanna W; Margolis, Harold S; (2014) Evaluation of Commercially Available Diagnostic Tests for the Detection of Dengue Virus NS1 Antigen and Anti-Dengue Virus IgM Antibody. PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES, 8 (10). ISSN 1935-2735 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003171 McNerney, R; Sollis, K; Peeling, R; (2014) Improving access to new diagnostics through harmonised regulation: priorities for action. Afr J Lab Med, 3 (1). https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1649067 Full text not available from this repository. McNerney, R; Sollis, K; Peeling, RW; (2014) Improving access to new diagnostics through harmonised regulation: priorities for action. African journal of laboratory medicine, 3 (1). p. 123. ISSN 2225-2002 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v3i1.123 Pant Pai, N; Peeling, RW; Smith, BD; (2014) Point-of-Care Tests for HIV, Related Coinfections, and Blood-Borne Infections. AIDS research and treatment, 2014. p. 625082. ISSN 2090-1240 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/625082 Peeling, RW; Mabey, D; (2014) Diagnostics for the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases. Parasitology, 141 (14). pp. 1789-94. ISSN 0031-1820 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182014000973 Full text not available from this repository. Peeling, RW; McNerney, R; (2014) Emerging technologies in point-of-care molecular diagnostics for resource-limited settings. Expert review of molecular diagnostics, 14 (5). pp. 525-34. ISSN 1473-7159 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1586/14737159.2014.915748 Full text not available from this repository. Ribeiro, LV; Sabidó, M; Galbán, E; Guerra, JA; Mabey, D; Peeling, RW; Benzaken, AS; (2014) Home-based counseling and testing for HIV and syphilis - an evaluation of acceptability and quality control, in remote Amazonas State, Brazil. Sexually transmitted infections, 91 (2). pp. 94-6. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2014-051625 Full text not available from this repository. Rugera, SP; McNerney, R; Poon, AK; Akimana, G; Mariki, RF; Kajumbula, H; Kamau, E; Mpawenimana, S; Said, SY; Toroitich, A; +4 more... Ronoh, W; Sollis, KA; Sonoiya, S; Peeling, RW; (2014) Regulation of medical diagnostics and medical devices in the East African community partner states. BMC health services research, 14. p. 524. ISSN 1472-6963 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-014-0524-2 Smit, PW; Sollis, KA; Fiscus, S; Ford, N; Vitoria, M; Essajee, S; Barnett, D; Cheng, B; Crowe, SM; Denny, T; +5 more... Landay, A; Stevens, W; Habiyambere, V; Perriens, JH; Peeling, RW; (2014) Systematic Review of the Use of Dried Blood Spots for Monitoring HIV Viral Load and for Early Infant Diagnosis. PloS one, 9 (3). e86461. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086461 Sollis, KA; Smit, PW; Fiscus, S; Ford, N; Vitoria, M; Essajee, S; Barnett, D; Cheng, B; Crowe, SM; Denny, T; +5 more... Landay, A; Stevens, W; Habiyambere, V; Perrins, J; Peeling, RW; (2014) Systematic Review of the Performance of HIV Viral Load Technologies on Plasma Samples. PloS one, 9 (2). e85869. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085869 Tucker, JD; Muessig, KE; Cui, R; Bien, CH; lo, EJ; Lee, R; Wang, K; Han, L; Liu, F.-, Y; Yang, L.-, G; +3 more... Yang, B; Larson, H; Peeling, RW; (2014) Organizational characteristics of HIV/syphilis testing services for men who have sex with men in South China: a social entrepreneurship analysis and implications for creating sustainable service models. BMC infectious diseases, 14. ISSN 1471-2334 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-014-0601-5 Benzaken, AS; Bazzo, ML; Galban, E; Pereira Pinto, IC; Nogueira, CL; Golfetto, L; Benzaken, NS; Sollis, KA; Mabey, D; Peeling, RW; (2013) External quality assurance with dried tube specimens (DTS) for point-of-care syphilis and HIV tests: experience in an indigenous populations screening programme in the Brazilian Amazon. Sexually transmitted infections, 90 (1). pp. 14-18. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2013-051181 Full text not available from this repository. Chen, XS; Yin, YP; Liu, GG; Wei, WH; Wang, HC; Yu, YL; Mabey, DC; Peeling, RW; (2013) Outreach syphilis testing services by different health providers to female sex workers in southern China. PloS one, 8 (4). e60626. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060626 Garcia, PJ; Carcamo, CP; Chiappe, M; Valderrama, M; la Rosa, S; Holmes, KK; Mabey, DCW; Peeling, RW; (2013) Rapid Syphilis Tests as Catalysts for Health Systems Strengthening: A Case Study from Peru. PloS one, 8 (6). ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066905 Jafari, Y; Peeling, RW; Shivkumar, S; Claessens, C; Joseph, L; Pai, NP; (2013) Are Treponema pallidum Specific Rapid and Point-of-Care Tests for Syphilis Accurate Enough for Screening in Resource Limited Settings? Evidence from a Meta-Analysis. PloS one, 8 (2). ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054695 Lang, Trudie; Marsh, Kevin; Peeling, Rosanna; Farrar, Jeremy; (2013) Sharing methods for global health research: an assessment of methodology. [Conference or Workshop Item] https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1379956 Full text not available from this repository. Mitchell, KM; Cox, AP; Mabey, D; Tucker, JD; Peeling, RW; Vickerman, P; (2013) The Impact of Syphilis Screening among Female Sex Workers in China: A Modelling Study. PloS one, 8 (1). e55622. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055622 Pai, NP; Sollis, K; Peeling, RW; (2013) Rapid hepatitis C tests: better than the gold standard? Expert review of molecular diagnostics, 13 (3). pp. 221-223. ISSN 1473-7159 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1586/erm.13.13 Full text not available from this repository. Pant Pai, N; Sharma, J; Shivkumar, S; Pillay, S; Vadnais, C; Joseph, L; Dheda, K; Peeling, RW; (2013) Supervised and unsupervised self-testing for HIV in high- and low-risk populations: a systematic review. PLoS medicine, 10 (4). e1001414. ISSN 1549-1277 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001414 Peeling, RW; Mabey, D; Ballard, RC; (2013) Introducing new diagnostics into STI control programmes: the importance of programme science. 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ISSN 0002-9637 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.13-0463 Smit, PW; Mabey, D; Changalucha, J; Mngara, J; Clark, B; Andreasen, A; Todd, J; Urassa, M; Zaba, B; Peeling, RW; (2013) The Trade-Off between Accuracy and Accessibility of Syphilis Screening Assays. PloS one, 8 (9). e75327. ISSN 1932-6203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075327 Smit, PW; Mabey, D; van der Vlis, T; Korporaal, H; Mngara, J; Changalucha, J; Todd, J; Peeling, RW; (2013) The implementation of an external quality assurance method for point- of- care tests for HIV and syphilis in Tanzania. BMC infectious diseases, 13. p. 530. ISSN 1471-2334 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-530 Smit, PW; Peeling, RW; Garcia, PJ; Torres, LL; Pérez-Lu, JE; Moore, D; Mabey, D; (2013) Dried Blood Spots for qPCR Diagnosis of Acute Bartonella bacilliformis Infection. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 89 (5). pp. 988-90. 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PLoS medicine, 10 (1). e1001375. ISSN 1549-1277 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001375 Tucker, JD; Bien, CH; Peeling, RW; (2013) Point-of-care testing for sexually transmitted infections: recent advances and implications for disease control. Current opinion in infectious diseases, 26 (1). pp. 73-9. ISSN 0951-7375 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/QCO.0b013e32835c21b0 Yansouni, CP; Bottieau, E; Lutumba, P; Winkler, AS; Lynen, L; Buscher, P; Jacobs, J; Gillet, P; Lejon, V; Alirol, E; +7 more... Polmann, K; Utzinger, J; Miles, MA; Peeling, RW; Muyembe, JJ; Chappuis, F; Boelaert, M; (2013) Rapid diagnostic tests for neurological infections in central Africa. The Lancet infectious diseases, 13 (6). pp. 546-558. ISSN 1473-3099 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70004-5 Full text not available from this repository. Yin, YP; Chen, XS; Wei, WH; Gong, KL; Cao, WL; Yong, G; Feng, L; Huang, SJ; Wang, DM; Han, Y; +3 more... Chen, SC; Mabey, D; Peeling, RW; (2013) A Dual Point-of-Care Test Shows Good Performance in Simultaneously Detecting Nontreponemal and Treponemal Antibodies in Patients With Syphilis: A Multisite Evaluation Study in China. Clinical infectious diseases, 56 (5). pp. 659-665. ISSN 1058-4838 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cis928 Full text not available from this repository. Chen, XS; Yin, YP; Shen, C; Liu, GG; Zhu, ZJ; Wei, WH; Wang, HC; Huang, SJ; Li, J; Tucker, JD; +2 more... Mabey, DC; Peeling, RW; (2012) Rapid Syphilis Testing Uptake for Female Sex Workers at Sex Venues in Southern China: Implications for Expanding Syphilis Screening. [Conference or Workshop Item] https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052579 Cunningham, Jane; Hasker, Epco; Das, Pradeep; El Safi, Sayda; Goto, Hiro; Mondal, Dinesh; Mbuchi, Margaret; Mukhtar, Maowia; Rabello, Ana; Rijal, Suman; +7 more... Sundar, Shyam; Wasunna, Monique; Adams, Emily; Menten, Joris; Peeling, Rosanna; Boelaert, Marleen; WHO/TDR Visceral Leishmaniasis Laboratory Network; (2012) A global comparative evaluation of commercial immunochromatographic rapid diagnostic tests for visceral leishmaniasis. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 55 (10). pp. 1312-1319. ISSN 1058-4838 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cis716 Harris, SR; Clarke, IN; Seth-Smith, HM; Solomon, AW; Cutcliffe, LT; Marsh, P; Skilton, RJ; Holland, MJ; Mabey, D; Peeling, RW; +14 more... Lewis, DA; Spratt, BG; Unemo, M; Persson, K; Bjartling, C; Brunham, R; de Vries, HJ; Morré, SA; Speksnijder, A; Bébéar, CM; Clerc, M; de Barbeyrac, B; Parkhill, J; Thomson, NR; (2012) Whole-genome analysis of diverse Chlamydia trachomatis strains identifies phylogenetic relationships masked by current clinical typing. Nature genetics, 44 (4). 413-9, S1. ISSN 1061-4036 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2214 Mabey, DC; Sollis, KA; Kelly, HA; Benzaken, AS; Bitarakwate, E; Changalucha, J; Chen, XS; Yin, YP; Garcia, PJ; Strasser, S; +5 more... Chintu, N; Pang, T; Terris-Prestholt, F; Sweeney, S; Peeling, RW; (2012) Point-of-Care Tests to Strengthen Health Systems and Save Newborn Lives: The Case of Syphilis. PLoS medicine, 9 (6). e1001233. ISSN 1549-1277 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001233 Pai, NP; Balram, B; Shivkumar, S; Martinez-Cajas, JL; Claessens, C; Lambert, G; Peeling, RW; Joseph, L; (2012) Head-to-head comparison of accuracy of a rapid point-of-care HIV test with oral versus whole-blood specimens: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet infectious diseases, 12 (5). pp. 373-380. ISSN 1473-3099 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(11)70368-1 Full text not available from this repository. Pant Pai, N; Balram, B; Shivkumar, S; Martinez-Cajas, JL; Claessens, C; Lambert, G; Peeling, RW; Joseph, L; (2012) Head-to-head comparison of accuracy of a rapid point-of-care HIV test with oral versus whole-blood specimens: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet infectious diseases, 12 (5). pp. 373-80. ISSN 1473-3099 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70368-1 Full text not available from this repository. Shivkumar, S; Peeling, R; Jafari, Y; Joseph, L; Pai, NP; (2012) Accuracy of Rapid and Point-of-Care Screening Tests for Hepatitis C A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Annals of internal medicine, 157 (8). 558-+. ISSN 0003-4819 DOI: https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-157-8-201210160-00006 Full text not available from this repository. Solomon, AW; Engels, D; Bailey, RL; Blake, IM; Brooker, S; Chen, JX; Chen, JH; Churcher, TS; Drakeley, CJ; Edwards, T; +17 more... Fenwick, A; French, M; Gabrielli, AF; Grassly, NC; Harding-Esch, EM; Holland, MJ; Koukounari, Artemis; Lammie, PJ; Leslie, J; Mabey, DC; Rhajaoui, M; Secor, WE; Stothard, JR; Wei, H; Willingham, AL; Zhou, XN; Peeling, RW; (2012) A diagnostics platform for the integrated mapping, monitoring, and surveillance of neglected tropical diseases: rationale and target product profiles. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 6 (7). e1746. ISSN 1935-2727 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001746 Tucker, JD; Fenton, KA; Peckham, R; Peeling, RW; (2012) Social Entrepreneurship for Sexual Health (SESH): A New Approach for Enabling Delivery of Sexual Health Services among Most-at-Risk Populations. PLoS medicine, 9 (7). e1001266. ISSN 1549-1277 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001266 WHO ( inc. 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Sall, A; Dawurung, J; Borges, A; Leo, YS; Blumberg, L; Bausch, DG; Kroeger, A; Horstick, O; Thwaites, G; Wertheim, H; Larsson, M; Hien, TT; Peeling, R; Wills, B; Simmons, C; Farrar, J; (2012) Prophylactic platelets in dengue: survey responses highlight lack of an evidence base. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 6 (6). e1716. ISSN 1935-2727 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001716 Benzaken, AS; Sabido, M; Galban, E; Pedroza, V; Araujo, AJG; Peeling, RW; Mabey, D; (2011) Field performance of a rapid point-of-care diagnostic test for antenatal syphilis screening in the Amazon region, Brazil. International journal of STD & AIDS, 22 (1). pp. 15-18. ISSN 0956-4624 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1258/ijsa.2010.010145 Full text not available from this repository. Chen, XS; Peeling, RW; Yin, YP; Mabey, D; (2011) Improving antenatal care to prevent adverse pregnancy outcomes caused by syphilis. Future microbiology, 6 (10). pp. 1131-1134. ISSN 1746-0913 DOI: https://doi.org/10.2217/fmb.11.99 Full text not available from this repository. Chen, XS; Peeling, RW; Yin, YP; Mabey, DC; (2011) The epidemic of sexually transmitted infections in China: implications for control and future perspectives. BMC medicine, 9. ISSN 1741-7015 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-9-111 Cunningham, J; Hasker, E; Das, P; el Safi, S; Goto, H; Mondal, D; Mbuchi, M; Mukhtar, M; Rabello, A; Rijal, S; +4 more... Sundar, S; Menten, J; Peeling, R; Boelaert, M; (2011) A global comparative evaluation of commercially available rapid diagnostic tests for visceral leishmaniasis. [Conference or Workshop Item] https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/18507 Full text not available from this repository. Mabey, D; Peeling, RW; (2011) Syphilis, still a major cause of infant mortality. The Lancet infectious diseases, 11 (9). pp. 654-5. ISSN 1473-3099 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70150-5 Full text not available from this repository. Okeke, IN; Peeling, RW; Goossens, H; Auckenthaler, R; Olmsted, SS; de Lavison, JF; Zimmer, BL; Perkins, MD; Nordqvist, K; (2011) Diagnostics as essential tools for containing antibacterial resistance. Drug resistance updates, 14 (2). pp. 95-106. ISSN 1368-7646 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drup.2011.02.002 Full text not available from this repository. Peeling, R; (2011) New strategies for the diagnosis and screening of sexually transmitted infections. [Conference or Workshop Item] https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/19186 Full text not available from this repository. Peeling, R; McNerney, R; (2011) Increasing access to diagnostics through technology transfer and local production. [Conference or Workshop Item] https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/21167 Full text not available from this repository. Peeling, RW; (2011) Applying new technologies for diagnosing sexually transmitted infections in resource-poor settings. Sexually transmitted infections, 87 Sup. ii28-ii30. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.2010.047647 Peeling, RW; Nwaka, S; (2011) Drugs and diagnostic innovations to improve global health. Infectious disease clinics of North America, 25 (3). pp. 693-705. ISSN 0891-5520 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idc.2011.06.002 Full text not available from this repository. So, AD; Gupta, N; Brahmachari, SK; Chopra, I; Munos, B; Nathan, C; Outterson, K; Paccaud, JP; Payne, DJ; Peeling, RW; +2 more... Spigelman, M; Weigelt, J; (2011) Towards new business models for R&D for novel antibiotics. Drug resistance updates, 14 (2). pp. 88-94. ISSN 1368-7646 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drup.2011.01.006 Full text not available from this repository. Xu, J; Feng, T; Lin, DD; Wang, QZ; Tang, L; Wu, XH; Guo, JG; Peeling, RW; Zhou, XN; (2011) Performance of a dipstick dye immunoassay for rapid screening of Schistosoma japonicum infection in areas of low endemicity. Parasites & vectors, 4. ISSN 1756-3305 https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/362 Xu, J; Peeling, RW; Chen, JX; Wu, XH; Wu, ZD; Wang, SP; Feng, T; Chen, SH; LI, H; Guo, JG; +1 more... Zhou, XN; (2011) Evaluation of Immunoassays for the Diagnosis of Schistosoma japonicum Infection Using Archived Sera. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 5 (1). ISSN 1935-2727 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000949 Yang, LG; Tucker, JD; Wang, C; Shen, SY; Chen, XS; Yang, B; Peeling, R; (2011) Syphilis test availability and uptake at medical facilities in southern China. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 89 (11). pp. 798-805. ISSN 0042-9686 DOI: https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.11.089813 Zhou, XN; Xu, J; Chen, HG; Wang, TP; Huang, XB; Lin, DD; Wang, QZ; Tang, L; Guo, JG; Wu, XH; +7 more... Feng, T; Chen, JX; Guo, J; Chen, SH; Li, H; Wu, ZD; Peeling, RW; (2011) Tools to support policy decisions related to treatment strategies and surveillance of Schistosomiasis japonica towards elimination. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 5 (12). e1408. ISSN 1935-2727 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001408 Chen, XS; Tucker, JD; Peeling, RW; (2010) Syphilis and Social Upheaval in China REPLY. The New England journal of medicine, 363 (11). p. 1089. ISSN 0028-4793 https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/2654 Guzman, MG; Halstead, SB; Artsob, H; Buchy, P; Farrar, J; Gubler, DJ; Hunsperger, E; Kroeger, A; Margolis, HS; Martínez, E; +5 more... Nathan, MB; Pelegrino, JL; Simmons, C; Yoksan, S; Peeling, RW; (2010) Dengue: a continuing global threat. Nature reviews Microbiology, 8 (12 Sup). S7-S16. ISSN 1740-1526 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro2460 Nathanson, CM; Cuevas, LE; Cunningham, J; Perkins, MD; Peeling, RW; Guillerm, M; Moussy, F; Ramsay, A; (2010) The TDR Tuberculosis Specimen Bank: a resource for diagnostic test developers. The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease, 14 (11). pp. 1461-7. ISSN 1027-3719 https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/2067 Full text not available from this repository. Owens, SL; Arora, N; Quinn, N; Peeling, RW; Holmes, KK; Gaydos, CA; (2010) Utilising the internet to test for sexually transmitted infections: results of a survey and accuracy testing. Sexually transmitted infections, 86 (2). pp. 112-6. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.2009.037226 Full text not available from this repository. Peeling, RW; Artsob, H; Pelegrino, JL; Buchy, P; Cardoso, MJ; Devi, S; Enria, DA; Jeremy, F; Gubler, DJ; Guzman, MC; +9 more... Halstead, SB; Hunsperger, E; Kliks, S; Margolis, HS; Nathanson, CM; Vinh, CN; Rizzo, N; Vazquez, S; Yoksan, S; (2010) Evaluation of diagnostic tests: dengue. Nature reviews Microbiology. S30-S37. ISSN 1740-1526 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro2459 Full text not available from this repository. Peeling, RW; Mabey, D; (2010) Point-of-care tests for diagnosing infections in the developing world. Clinical microbiology and infection, 16 (8). pp. 1062-9. ISSN 1198-743X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03279.x Full text not available from this repository. Tucker, JD; Chen, XS; Peeling, RW; (2010) Syphilis and Social Upheaval in China. The New England journal of medicine, 362 (18). pp. 1658-61. ISSN 0028-4793 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp0911149 Tucker, JD; Hawkes, SJ; Yin, YP; Peeling, RW; Cohen, MS; Chen, XS; (2010) Scaling up syphilis testing in China: implementation beyond the clinic. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 88 (6). pp. 452-7. ISSN 0042-9686 DOI: https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.09.070326 Bailey, RL; Natividad-Sancho, A; Fowler, A; Peeling, RW; Mabey, DC; Whittle, HC; Jepson, AP; (2009) Host genetic contribution to the cellular immune response to Chlamydia trachomatis: Heritability estimate from a Gambian twin study. Drugs of today (Barcelona, Spain, 45 Sup. pp. 45-50. ISSN 1699-3993 https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/4247 Full text not available from this repository. Hunsperger, EA; Yoksan, S; Buchy, P; Nguyen, VC; Sekaran, SD; Enria, DA; Pelegrino, JL; Vazquez, S; Artsob, H; Drebot, M; +9 more... Gubler, DJ; Halstead, SB; Guzman, MG; Margolis, HS; Nathanson, CM; Rizzo Lic, NR; Bessoff, KE; Kliks, S; Peeling, RW; (2009) Evaluation of commercially available anti-dengue virus immunoglobulin M tests. Emerging infectious diseases, 15 (3). pp. 436-40. ISSN 1080-6040 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1503.080923 Peeling, RW; Ronald, A; (2009) Diagnostic challenges of sexually transmitted infections in resource-limited settings. Future microbiology, 4. pp. 1271-82. ISSN 1746-0913 DOI: https://doi.org/10.2217/fmb.09.100 Full text not available from this repository. Yin, YP; Wei, WH; Wang, HC; Zhu, BY; Yu, YH; Chen, XS; Peeling, RW; Cohen, MS; (2009) Performance of serological tests for syphilis in sexually transmitted diseases clinics in Guangxi Autonomous Region, China: implications for syphilis surveillance and control. Sexual health, 6 (1). pp. 5-9. ISSN 1448-5028 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/SH08027 Full text not available from this repository. Benzaken, AS; Sabido, M; Galban, EG; Pedroza, V; Vasquez, F; Araujo, A; Peeling, RW; Mayaud, P; (2008) Field evaluation of the performance and testing costs of a rapid point-of-care test for syphilis in a red-light district of Manaus, Brazil. Sexually transmitted infections, 84 (4). pp. 297-302. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.2007.029462 Full text not available from this repository. Boelaert, M; el-Safi, S; Hailu, A; Mukhtar, M; Rijal, S; Sundar, S; Wasunna, M; Aseffa, A; Mbui, J; Menten, J; +2 more... Desjeux, P; Peeling, RW; (2008) Diagnostic tests for kala-azar: a multi-centre study of the freeze-dried DAT, rK39 strip test and KAtex in East Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 102 (1). pp. 32-40. ISSN 0035-9203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.09.003 Full text not available from this repository. Hahn, DL; Peeling, RW; (2008) Airflow limitation, asthma, and Chlamydia pneumoniae-specific heat shock protein 60. Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology, 101 (6). pp. 614-8. ISSN 1081-1206 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60224-4 Full text not available from this repository. Peeling, RW; Smith, PG; Bossuyt, PMM; (2008) EVALUATING DIAGNOSTICS A guide for diagnostic evaluations. Nature reviews Microbiology, 6 (11). S2-S6. ISSN 1740-1526 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1522 Full text not available from this repository. Weiss, HA; Patel, V; West, B; Peeling, RW; Kirkwood, BR; Mabey, D; (2008) Spousal sexual violence and poverty are risk factors for sexually transmitted infections in women: a longitudinal study of women in Goa, India. Sexually transmitted infections, 84 (2). pp. 133-139. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.2007.026039 Full text not available from this repository. Benzaken, AS; Galban Garcia, E; Sardinha, JC; Dutra Junior, JC; Peeling, R; (2007) Rapid tests for diagnosing syphilis: validation in an STD clinic in the Amazon Region, Brazil. Cadernos de saude publica, 23 Sup. S456-64. ISSN 0102-311X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-311X2007001500013 Full text not available from this repository. Chappuis, F; Sundar, S; Hailu, A; Ghalib, H; Rijal, S; Peeling, RW; Alvar, J; Boelaert, M; (2007) Visceral leishmaniasis: what are the needs for diagnosis, treatment and control? Nature reviews Microbiology, 5 (11). pp. 873-82. ISSN 1740-1526 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1748 Full text not available from this repository. Gao, X; Chen, XS; Yin, YP; Zhong, MY; Shi, MQ; Wei, WH; Chen, Q; Peeling, RW; Mabey, D; (2007) Distribution study of Chlamydia trachomatis serovars among high-risk women in China performed using PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism genotyping. Journal of clinical microbiology, 45 (4). pp. 1185-1189. ISSN 0095-1137 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02076-06 Full text not available from this repository. Pang, T; Peeling, RW; (2007) Diagnostic tests for infectious diseases in the developing world: two sides of the coin. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 101 (9). pp. 856-7. ISSN 0035-9203 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.04.014 Full text not available from this repository. Zhou, H; Chen, XS; Hong, FC; Pan, P; Yang, F; Cai, YM; Yin, YP; Peeling, RW; Mabey, D; (2007) Risk factors for syphilis infection among pregnant women: results of a case-control study in Shenzhen, China. Sexually transmitted infections, 83 (6). pp. 476-480. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.2007.026187 Full text not available from this repository. Alary, M; Gbenafa-Agossa, C; Aina, G; Ndour, M; Labbe, AC; Fortin, D; Steele, M; Peeling, RW; (2006) Evaluation of a rapid point-of-care test for the detection of gonococcal infection among female sex workers in Benin. Sexually transmitted infections, 82 Sup. v29-32. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.2006.021865 Full text not available from this repository. Aledort, JE; Ronald, A; Rafael, ME; Girosi, F; Vickerman, P; Le Blancq, SM; Landay, A; Holmes, K; Ridzon, R; Hellmann, N; +2 more... Shea, MV; Peeling, RW; (2006) Reducing the burden of sexually transmitted infections in resource-limited settings: the role of improved diagnostics. Nature, 444 Su. pp. 59-72. ISSN 0028-0836 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05447 Full text not available from this repository. Aledort, JE; Ronald, A; le Blancq, SM; Ridzon, R; Landay, A; Rafael, ME; Shea, MV; Safrit, J; Peeling, RW; Hellmann, N; +3 more... Mwaba, P; Holmes, K; Wilfert, C; (2006) Reducing the burden of HIV/AIDS in infants: the contribution of improved diagnostics. Nature, 444 Su. pp. 19-28. ISSN 0028-0836 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05443 Full text not available from this repository. Banoo, S; Bell, D; Bossuyt, P; Herring, A; Mabey, D; Poole, F; Smith, PG; Sriram, N; Wongsrichanalai, C; Linke, R; +8 more... O'Brien, R; Perkins, M; Cunningham, J; Matsoso, P; Nathanson, CM; Olliaro, P; Peeling, RW; Ramsay, A; (2006) Evaluation of diagnostic tests for infectious diseases: general principles. Nature reviews Microbiology. S20-S32. ISSN 1740-1526 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1570 Full text not available from this repository. Banoo, S; Bell, D; Bossuyt, P; Herring, A; Mobey, D; Poole, F; Smith, PG; Sriram, N; Wongsrichonalai, C; Linke, R; +8 more... O'Brien, R; Perkins, M; Cunningham, J; Matsoso, P; Nathanson, CM; Olliaro, P; Peeling, RW; Ramsay, A; (2006) Evaluation of diagnostic tests for infectious diseases: general principles. Nature reviews Microbiology, 4 (9 Supp). S21-31. ISSN 1740-1526 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1523 Full text not available from this repository. Bell, D; Peeling, RW; (2006) Evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests: malaria. Nature reviews Microbiology, 4 (9 Supp). S34-8. ISSN 1740-1526 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1524 Full text not available from this repository. Benzaken, AS; Galban, EG; Antunes, W; Dutra, JC; Peeling, RW; Mabey, D; Salama, A; (2006) Diagnosis of gonococcal infection in high risk women using a rapid test. Sexually transmitted infections, 82. V26-V28. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.2006.022566 Full text not available from this repository. Castellsague, X; Diaz, M; de Sanjose, S; Munoz, N; Herrero, R; Franceschi, S; Peeling, RW; Ashley, R; Smith, JS; Snijders, PJ; +2 more... Meijer, CJ; Bosch, FX; (2006) Worldwide human papillomavirus etiology of cervical adenocarcinoma and its cofactors: implications for screening and prevention. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 98 (5). pp. 303-15. ISSN 0027-8874 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djj067 Full text not available from this repository. Chen, XS; Yin, YP; Mabey, D; Peeling, RW; Zhou, H; Jiang, WH; Wei, WH; Yong, G; Shi, MQ; Chen, Q; +1 more... Gao, X; (2006) Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infections among women from different settings in China: implications for STD surveillance. Sexually transmitted infections, 82 (4). pp. 283-284. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.2006.019711 Full text not available from this repository. Herring, A; Ballard, R; Mabey, D; Peeling, RW; (2006) Evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests: syphilis. Nature reviews Microbiology. S33-S40. ISSN 1740-1526 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1563 Full text not available from this repository. Herring, A; Ballard, R; Mabey, D; Peeling, RW; (2006) Evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests: chlamydia and gonorrhoea. Nature reviews Microbiology. S41-S48. ISSN 1740-1526 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1562 Full text not available from this repository. Herring, AJ; Ballard, RC; Pope, V; Adegbola, RA; Changalucha, J; Fitzgerald, DW; Hook, E.W., 3rd; Kubanova, A; Mananwatte, S; Pape, JW; +4 more... Sturm, AW; West, B; Yin, YP; Peeling, RW; (2006) A multi-centre evaluation of nine rapid, point-of-care syphilis tests using archived sera. Sexually transmitted infections, 82 Sup. v7-12. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.2006.022707 Full text not available from this repository. Kuypers, J; Tam, MR; Holmes, KK; Peeling, RW; (2006) Disseminating sexually transmitted infections diagnostics information: the SDI web publication review series. Sexually transmitted infections, 82 Sup. v44-6. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.2006.023267 Full text not available from this repository. Mabey, D; Peeling, RW; Ballard, R; Benzaken, AS; GalbÃ¡n, E; Changalucha, J; Everett, D; Balira, R; Fitzgerald, D; Joseph, P; +3 more... Nerette, S; Li, J; Zheng, H; (2006) Prospective, multi-centre clinic-based evaluation of four rapid diagnostic tests for syphilis. Sexually transmitted infections, 82 Sup. v13-v16. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.2006.022467 Full text not available from this repository. Peeling, R; (2006) WHO programme on the evaluation of diagnostic tests. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 84 (8). p. 594. ISSN 0042-9686 https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/4699 Peeling, RW; (2006) Testing for sexually transmitted infections: a brave new world? Sexually transmitted infections, 82 (6). pp. 425-30. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.2005.017251 Full text not available from this repository. Peeling, RW; Holmes, KK; Mabey, D; Ronald, A; (2006) Rapid tests for sexually transmitted infections (STIs): the way forward. Sexually transmitted infections, 82. V1-V6. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.2006.024265 Full text not available from this repository. Peeling, RW; Hook, E.W., 3rd; (2006) The pathogenesis of syphilis: the Great Mimicker, revisited. The Journal of pathology, 208 (2). pp. 224-32. ISSN 0022-3417 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/path.1903 Full text not available from this repository. Peeling, RW; Mabey, D; Herring, A; Hook, EW; (2006) Why do we need quality-assured diagnostic tests for sexually transmitted infections? Nature reviews Microbiology, 4 (12). pp. 909-921. ISSN 1740-1526 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1555 Full text not available from this repository. Peeling, RW; Mabey, D; Herring, A; Hook, EW; (2006) Why do we need quality-assured diagnostic tests for sexually transmitted infections? Nature reviews Microbiology, 4 (12 Sup). S7-19. ISSN 1740-1526 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1569 Full text not available from this repository. Peeling, RW; Smith, PG; Bossuyt, PM; (2006) A guide for diagnostic evaluations. Nature reviews Microbiology, 4 (12 Sup). S2-6. ISSN 1740-1526 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1568 Full text not available from this repository. Peeling, RW; Smith, PG; Bossuyt, PMM; (2006) A guide for diagnostic evaluations. Nature reviews Microbiology, 4 (9 Supp). S2-6. ISSN 1740-1526 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1522 Full text not available from this repository. Ronald, A; Kuypers, J; Lukehart, SA; Peeling, RW; Pope, V; (2006) Excellence in sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnostics: recognition of past successes and strategies for the future. Sexually transmitted infections, 82 Sup. v47-52. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.2006.023911 Full text not available from this repository. Simms, I; Stephenson, JM; Mallinson, H; Peeling, RW; Thomas, K; Gokhale, R; Rogers, PA; Hay, P; Oakeshott, P; Hopwood, J; +2 more... Birley, H; Hernon, M; (2006) Risk factors associated with pelvic inflammatory disease. Sexually transmitted infections, 82 (6). pp. 452-7. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.2005.019539 Full text not available from this repository. Vickerman, P; Peeling, RW; Terris-Prestholt, F; Changalucha, J; Mabey, D; Watson-Jones, D; Watts, C; (2006) Modelling the cost-effectiveness of introducing rapid syphilis tests into an antenatal syphilis screening programme in Mwanza, Tanzania. Sexually transmitted infections, 82 Sup. v38-v43. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.2006.021824 Vickerman, P; Watts, C; Peeling, RW; Mabey, D; Alary, M; (2006) Modelling the cost effectiveness of rapid point of care diagnostic tests for the control of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers. Sexually transmitted infections, 82 (5). pp. 403-12. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.2006.020107 Full text not available from this repository. Yin, YP; Peeling, RW; Chen, XS; Gong, KL; Zhou, H; Gu, WM; Zheng, HP; Wang, ZS; Yong, G; Cao, WL; +6 more... Shi, MQ; Wei, WH; Dai, XQ; Gao, X; Chen, Q; Mabey, D; (2006) Clinic-based evaluation of Clearview Chlamydia MF for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in vaginal and cervical specimens from women at high risk in China. Sexually transmitted infections, 82. V33-V37. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.2006.022475 Full text not available from this repository. Castellsague, X; Peeling, RW; Franceschi, S; de Sanjose, S; Smith, JS; Albero, G; Diaz, M; Herrero, R; Munoz, N; Bosch, FX; (2005) Chlamydia trachomatis infection in female partners of circumcised and uncircumcised adult men. American journal of epidemiology, 162 (9). pp. 907-16. ISSN 0002-9262 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwi284 Full text not available from this repository. Cowan, FM; Hargrove, JW; Langhaug, LF; Jaffar, S; Mhuriyengwe, L; Swarthout, TD; Peeling, R; Latif, A; Bassett, MT; Brown, DW; +3 more... Mabey, D; Hayes, RJ; Wilson, D; (2005) The appropriateness of core group interventions using presumptive periodic treatment among rural Zimbabwean women who exchange sex for gifts or money. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 38 (2). pp. 202-7. ISSN 1525-4135 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/00126334-200502010-00012 Full text not available from this repository. Cowan, FM; Langhaug, LF; Hargrove, JW; Jaffar, S; Mhuriyengwe, L; Swarthout, TD; Peeling, R; Latif, A; Basset, MT; Brown, DW; +3 more... Mabey, D; Hayes, RJ; Wilson, D; (2005) Is Sexual Contact With Sex Workers Important in Driving the HIV Epidemic Among Men in Rural Zimbabwe? Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 40 (3). pp. 371-376. ISSN 1525-4135 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.qai.0000162420.93243.ff Full text not available from this repository. Peeling, R; Embree, J; (2005) Screening for sexually transmitted infection pathogens in semen samples. The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale / AMMI Canada, 16 (2). pp. 73-6. ISSN 1712-9532 https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/4711 Solomon, AW; Mohammed, Z; Massae, PA; Shao, JF; Foster, A; Mabey, DC; Peeling, RW; (2005) Impact of Mass Distribution of Azithromycin on the Antibiotic Susceptibilities of Ocular Chlamydia trachomatis. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 49 (11). pp. 4804-6. ISSN 0066-4804 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.49.11.4804-4806.2005 Full text not available from this repository. Vickerman, P; Peeling, RW; Watts, C; Mabey, D; (2005) Detection of gonococcal infection : pros and cons of a rapid test. Molecular diagnosis, 9 (4). pp. 175-9. ISSN 1084-8592 DOI: https://doi.org/10.2165/00066982-200509040-00002 Full text not available from this repository. Wang, SA; Papp, JR; Stamm, WE; Peeling, RW; Martin, DH; Holmes, KK; (2005) Evaluation of antimicrobial resistance and treatment failures for Chlamydia trachomatis: a meeting report. The Journal of infectious diseases, 191 (6). pp. 917-23. ISSN 0022-1899 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/428290 Full text not available from this repository. Hook, EW3rd; Peeling, RW; (2004) Syphilis control--a continuing challenge. The New England journal of medicine, 351 (2). pp. 122-4. ISSN 0028-4793 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp048126 Mabey, D; Peeling, RW; Ustianowski, A; Perkins, MD; (2004) Tropical infectious diseases: Diagnostics for the developing world. Nature reviews Microbiology, 2 (3). pp. 231-40. ISSN 1740-1526 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro841 Full text not available from this repository. Munger, KL; Delorenze, GN; Levin, LI; Rubertone, MV; Vogelman, JH; Peck, CA; Peeling, RW; Orentreich, N; Ascherio, A; (2004) A prospective study of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and risk of MS in two US cohorts. Neurology, 62 (10). pp. 1799-803. ISSN 0028-3878 https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/4690 Full text not available from this repository. Peeling, RW; Mabey, D; Fitzgerald, DW; Watson-Jones, D; (2004) Avoiding HIV and dying of syphilis. Lancet, 364 (9445). pp. 1561-3. ISSN 0140-6736 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17327-3 Full text not available from this repository. Peeling, RW; Mabey, DC; (2004) Syphilis. Nature reviews Microbiology, 2 (6). pp. 448-9. ISSN 1740-1526 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro911 Full text not available from this repository. Peeling, RW; Ye, H; (2004) Diagnostic tools for preventing and managing maternal and congenital syphilis: an overview. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 82 (6). pp. 439-46. ISSN 0042-9686 https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/4693 Smith, JS; Bosetti, C; Munoz, N; Herrero, R; Bosch, FX; Eluf-Neto, J; Meijer, CJ; van Den Brule, AJ; Franceschi, S; Peeling, RW; (2004) Chlamydia trachomatis and invasive cervical cancer: a pooled analysis of the IARC multicentric case-control study. International journal of cancer Journal international du cancer, 111 (3). pp. 431-9. ISSN 0020-7136 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.20257 Full text not available from this repository. Solomon, AW; Holland, MJ; Alexander, ND; Massae, PA; Aguirre, A; Natividad-Sancho, A; Molina, S; Safari, S; Shao, JF; Courtright, P; +5 more... Peeling, RW; West, SK; Bailey, RL; Foster, A; Mabey, DC; (2004) Mass treatment with single-dose azithromycin for trachoma. The New England journal of medicine, 351 (19). pp. 1962-71. ISSN 0028-4793 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa040979 Solomon, AW; Peeling, RW; Foster, A; Mabey, DC; (2004) Diagnosis and assessment of trachoma. Clinical microbiology reviews, 17 (4). pp. 982-1011. ISSN 0893-8512 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/CMR.17.4.982-1011.2004 Full text not available from this repository. Caldwell, HD; Wood, H; Crane, D; Bailey, R; Jones, RB; Mabey, D; MacLean, I; Mohammed, Z; Peeling, R; Roshick, C; +9 more... Schachter, J; Solomon, AW; Stamm, WE; Suchland, RJ; Taylor, L; West, SK; Quinn, TC; Belland, RJ; McClarty, G; (2003) Polymorphisms in Chlamydia trachomatis tryptophan synthase genes differentiate between genital and ocular isolates. The Journal of clinical investigation, 111 (11). pp. 1757-1769. ISSN 0021-9738 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI17993 Full text not available from this repository. Marrie, TJ; Peeling, RW; Reid, T; de Carolis, E; (2003) Chlamydia species as a cause of community-acquired pneumonia in Canada. The European respiratory journal, 21 (5). pp. 779-84. ISSN 0903-1936 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.03.00095403 Full text not available from this repository. Munger, KL; Peeling, RW; Hernan, MA; Chasan-Taber, L; Olek, MJ; Hankinson, SE; Hunter, D; Ascherio, A; (2003) Infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae and risk of multiple sclerosis. Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass), 14 (2). pp. 141-7. ISSN 1044-3983 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.EDE.0000050699.23957.8E Full text not available from this repository. Solomon, AW; Holland, MJ; Burton, MJ; West, SK; Alexander, ND; Aguirre, A; Massae, PA; Mkocha, H; Munoz, B; Johnson, GJ; +4 more... Peeling, RW; Bailey, RL; Foster, A; Mabey, DC; (2003) Strategies for control of trachoma: observational study with quantitative PCR. Lancet, 362 (9379). pp. 198-204. ISSN 0140-6736 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13909-8 Full text not available from this repository. Vickerman, P; Watts, C; Alary, M; Mabey, D; Peeling, RW; (2003) Sensitivity requirements for the point of care diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in women. Sexually transmitted infections, 79 (5). pp. 363-368. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.79.5.363 Full text not available from this repository. Cowan, FM; Langhaug, LF; Mashungupa, GP; Nyamurera, T; Hargrove, J; Jaffar, S; Peeling, RW; Brown, DWG; Power, R; Johnson, AM; +3 more... Stephenson, JM; Bassett, MT; Hayes, RJ; (2002) School based HIV prevention in Zimbabwe: feasibility and acceptability of evaluation trials using biological outcomes. AIDS (London, England), 16 (12). pp. 1673-1678. ISSN 0269-9370 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/00002030-200208160-00013 Full text not available from this repository. Fong, IW; Chiu, B; Viira, E; Tucker, W; Wood, H; Peeling, RW; (2002) Chlamydial heat-shock protein-60 antibody and correlation with Chlamydia pneumoniae in atherosclerotic plaques. The Journal of infectious diseases, 186 (10). pp. 1469-73. ISSN 0022-1899 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/344730 Full text not available from this repository. Hodgins, S; Peeling, RW; Dery, S; Bernier, F; Labrecque, A; Proulx, JF; Joly, J; Alary, M; Mabey, D; (2002) The value of mass screening for chlamydia control in high prevalence communities. Sexually transmitted infections, 78 Sup. i64-8. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.78.suppl_1.i64 Full text not available from this repository. Hong, S; Xin, C; Qianhong, Y; Yanan, W; Wenyan, X; Peeling, RW; Mabey, D; (2002) Pelvic inflammatory disease in the People's Republic of China: Aetiology and management. International journal of STD & AIDS, 13 (8). pp. 568-572. ISSN 0956-4624 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1258/095646202760159710 Full text not available from this repository. Mabey, D; Peeling, RW; (2002) Lymphogranuloma venereum. Sexually transmitted infections, 78 (2). pp. 90-2. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.78.2.90 Full text not available from this repository. Shang, H; Chen, X; Ye, QH; Wang, YN; Xu, WY; Peeling, RW; Mabey, D; (2002) Pelvic inflammatory disease in the People's Republic of China: aetiology and management. International journal of STD & AIDS, 13 (8). pp. 568-572. ISSN 0956-4624 https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/16556 Full text not available from this repository. Smith, JS; Munoz, N; Herrero, R; Eluf-Neto, J; Ngelangel, C; Franceschi, S; Bosch, FX; Walboomers, JM; Peeling, RW; (2002) Evidence for Chlamydia trachomatis as a human papillomavirus cofactor in the etiology of invasive cervical cancer in Brazil and the Philippines. The Journal of infectious diseases, 185 (3). pp. 324-31. ISSN 0022-1899 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/338569 Full text not available from this repository. Wang, QQ; Mabey, D; Peeling, RW; Tan, ML; Jian, DM; Yang, P; Zhong, MY; Wang, GJ; (2002) Validation of syndromic algorithm for the management of genital ulcer diseases in China. International journal of STD & AIDS, 13 (7). pp. 469-74. ISSN 0956-4624 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1258/09564620260079626 Full text not available from this repository. Watts, C; Vickerman, P; Alary, M; Mabey, DC; Peeling, RW; (2002) How sensitive do rapid tests for chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseriagonorrhoea have to be? [Abstract MoPeF4054]. [Conference or Workshop Item] https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/15307 Full text not available from this repository. Dowell, SF; Peeling, RW; Boman, J; Carlone, GM; Fields, BS; Guarner, J; Hammerschlag, MR; Jackson, LA; Kuo, CC; Maass, M; +4 more... Messmer, TO; Talkington, DF; Tondella, ML; Zaki, SR; (2001) Standardizing Chlamydia pneumoniae assays: recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA) and the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control (Canada). Clinical infectious diseases, 33 (4). pp. 492-503. ISSN 1058-4838 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/322632 Full text not available from this repository. Mabey, D; Peeling, RW; Perkins, MD; (2001) Rapid and simple point of care diagnostics for STIs. Sexually transmitted infections, 77 (6). pp. 397-8. ISSN 1368-4973 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.77.6.397 Full text not available from this repository. Obasi, AI; Balira, R; Todd, J; Ross, DA; Changalucha, J; Mosha, F; Grosskurth, H; Peeling, R; Mabey, DC; Hayes, RJ; (2001) Prevalence of HIV and Chlamydia trachomatis infection in 15--19-year olds in rural Tanzania. Tropical medicine & international health, 6 (7). pp. 517-25. ISSN 1360-2276 https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/16330 Full text not available from this repository. Schachter, J; Stephens, RS; Timms, P; Kuo, C; Bavoil, PM; Birkelund, S; Boman, J; Caldwell, H; Campbell, LA; Chernesky, M; +23 more... Christiansen, G; Clarke, IN; Gaydos, C; Grayston, JT; Hackstadt, T; Hsia, R; Kaltenboeck, B; Leinonnen, M; Ojcius, D; Ocjius, D; McClarty, G; Orfila, J; Peeling, R; Puolakkainen, M; Quinn, TC; Rank, RG; Raulston, J; Ridgeway, GL; Saikku, P; Stamm, WE; Taylor-Robinson, DT; Wang, SP; Wyrick, PB; (2001) Radical changes to chlamydial taxonomy are not necessary just yet. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, 51 (Pt 1). 249; author reply 251-3. ISSN 1466-5026 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-51-1-249 Full text not available from this repository. Smith, JS; Muñoz, N; Franceschi, S; Eluf-Neto, J; Herrero, R; Peeling, RW; (2001) Chlamydia trachomatis and cervical squamous cell carcinoma. JAMA, 285 (13). 1704; author reply 1705-6. ISSN 0098-7484 https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/4683 Wolf, K; Fischer, E; Mead, D; Zhong, G; Peeling, R; Whitmire, B; Caldwell, HD; (2001) Chlamydia pneumoniae major outer membrane protein is a surface-exposed antigen that elicits antibodies primarily directed against conformation-dependent determinants. Infection and immunity, 69 (5). pp. 3082-91. ISSN 0019-9567 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.69.5.3082-3091.2001 Full text not available from this repository. Peeling, RW; Mabey, DC; (1999) Heat shock protein expression and immunity in chlamydial infections. [Conference or Workshop Item] https://doi.org/10.1155/s1064744999000149 Peeling, RW; Brunham, RC; (1996) Chlamydiae as pathogens: new species and new issues. Emerging infectious diseases, 2 (4). pp. 307-319. ISSN 1080-6040 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0204.960406	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409745
__label__wiki	0.711986	0.711986	Gender-specific situational correlates of syringe sharing during a single injection episode Travis Hottes, Julie Bruneau, Mark DANIEL Factors associated with syringe sharing differ between women and men; however, it is uncertain whether these hold within the setting of a single injection episode. A questionnaire eliciting information about the last injection episode with others present was administered to participants in a cohort of Montréal injection drug users (IDUs). Logistic regression was used to identify correlates of syringe sharing and to test potential gender differences in relation to syringe sharing. Data from 467 participants revealed significant differences between men and women with regard to situational factors; however, the relationships between situational factors and syringe sharing did not vary according to gender. In multivariate models including both genders, syringe sharing was associated with various attributes of other IDUs who were present as well as alcohol use during that specific episode. These results highlight the relevance of situational factors in injection drug use activity, regardless of gender AIDS Behavior Needle Sharing Drug Users Hottes, T., Bruneau, J., & DANIEL, M. (2011). Gender-specific situational correlates of syringe sharing during a single injection episode. AIDS Behavior, 15(1), 75-85. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-009-9530-5 Hottes, Travis ; Bruneau, Julie ; DANIEL, Mark. / Gender-specific situational correlates of syringe sharing during a single injection episode. In: AIDS Behavior. 2011 ; Vol. 15, No. 1. pp. 75-85. @article{3d62e06042b34d128273e019277cf84d, title = "Gender-specific situational correlates of syringe sharing during a single injection episode", abstract = "Factors associated with syringe sharing differ between women and men; however, it is uncertain whether these hold within the setting of a single injection episode. A questionnaire eliciting information about the last injection episode with others present was administered to participants in a cohort of Montr{\'e}al injection drug users (IDUs). Logistic regression was used to identify correlates of syringe sharing and to test potential gender differences in relation to syringe sharing. Data from 467 participants revealed significant differences between men and women with regard to situational factors; however, the relationships between situational factors and syringe sharing did not vary according to gender. In multivariate models including both genders, syringe sharing was associated with various attributes of other IDUs who were present as well as alcohol use during that specific episode. These results highlight the relevance of situational factors in injection drug use activity, regardless of gender", author = "Travis Hottes and Julie Bruneau and Mark DANIEL", journal = "AIDS Behavior", Hottes, T, Bruneau, J & DANIEL, M 2011, 'Gender-specific situational correlates of syringe sharing during a single injection episode', AIDS Behavior, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 75-85. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-009-9530-5 Gender-specific situational correlates of syringe sharing during a single injection episode. / Hottes, Travis; Bruneau, Julie; DANIEL, Mark. In: AIDS Behavior, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2011, p. 75-85. 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In multivariate models including both genders, syringe sharing was associated with various attributes of other IDUs who were present as well as alcohol use during that specific episode. These results highlight the relevance of situational factors in injection drug use activity, regardless of gender AB - Factors associated with syringe sharing differ between women and men; however, it is uncertain whether these hold within the setting of a single injection episode. A questionnaire eliciting information about the last injection episode with others present was administered to participants in a cohort of Montréal injection drug users (IDUs). Logistic regression was used to identify correlates of syringe sharing and to test potential gender differences in relation to syringe sharing. Data from 467 participants revealed significant differences between men and women with regard to situational factors; however, the relationships between situational factors and syringe sharing did not vary according to gender. In multivariate models including both genders, syringe sharing was associated with various attributes of other IDUs who were present as well as alcohol use during that specific episode. These results highlight the relevance of situational factors in injection drug use activity, regardless of gender JO - AIDS Behavior JF - AIDS Behavior Hottes T, Bruneau J, DANIEL M. Gender-specific situational correlates of syringe sharing during a single injection episode. AIDS Behavior. 2011;15(1):75-85. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-009-9530-5	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409746
__label__wiki	0.601115	0.601115	ZAGREB, 5 September 2019 – C_Two electric hypercar today makes its UK debut at the exclusive Salon Privé concours event (5 - 8 September, www.salonpriveconcours.com) at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England. The C_Two is the world’s fastest, most exciting, and most technologically-advanced electric hypercar. #Rimac #HROwen #SalonPrive We last appeared at Salon Privé in 2016 when it displayed the Concept_One, the car that supercharged our international profile as an electric hypercar creator and EV technology powerhouse. Since then, the business has grown rapidly (now employing almost 600 highly skilled staff) and has attracted investment and partnerships with brands including Aston Martin, Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors, Koenigsegg, Porsche and more. Founder and CEO of Rimac Automobili, Mate Rimac said: “Salon Privé provides the perfect setting for potential customers to examine the C_Two’s engineering-led design and attention to detail. We develop all of the car’s powertrain and key components in-house, so it’s always exciting to share our passion and see the reaction of customers and automotive enthusiasts.” C_Two development at top speed As well as designing, developing, and manufacturing advanced technologies for various high-performance-car brands, we are currently finalising development of the C_Two ahead of production in 2020. The car is undergoing a brutal programme of crash-testing and hundreds of various tests as part of its global homologation. H.R. Owen as official Rimac representative in the UK In light of the Salon Privé, we are also proud to announce our most recent partnership. In the UK, we are partnering exclusively with H.R. Owen, the country’s leading luxury motor dealer. Ahead of the event, H.R. Owen representatives visited Rimac facilities in Croatia to meet the team and follow the progress of C_Two development first-hand. Rimac C_Two: Bending the rules of driving Designed, developed and manufactured at Rimac’s Zagreb HQ in Croatia, the C_Two bends the rules of driving and motion. Performance is on tap from zero, unlike fossil-fuelled hypercars that only really come alive at the far end of a licence-losing rev-range. With its immense power density and lightweight construction, the C_Two is capable of 0-60 in 1.85 seconds and can hit a top speed of 258mph. With clever engineering at its heart, this new breed of hypercar is set to be the most exciting in the world, making its thrills accessible even at modest speeds. The C_Two will produce 2,300Nm of torque. That’s around three times more than a ‘conventional’ Italian supercar. It’s also luxurious, comfortable, spacious and practical – none of the things you’d expect from a car with such performance capabilities.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409747
__label__cc	0.652683	0.347317	Audited Financials [PDF: 191 KB] Form 990 [PDF: 2 MB] Annual Report [PDF: 2 MB] Press Kit [PDF: 2 MB] Ronald McDonald House® Ronald McDonald Care Mobile® Ronald McDonald Family Room® Ronald McDonald Hospitality A La Carte Provide a Meal Loyal Hearts Society Red Shoe Society Red Shoe 5k You are here: Home › Our Stories › Job Opening: Ronald McDonald Family Room Manager at Inova Children’s Hospital Job Opening: Ronald McDonald Family Room Manager at Inova Children’s Hospital JOB TITLE: Ronald McDonald Family Room Manager (Nova) FLSA STATUS: Exempt; Full-time REPORTS TO: VP, Programs and Operations The Organization: Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Greater Washington, D.C. (RMHCDC) has been serving families in the Greater Washington, D.C. area for 40 years. Our mission is to ease the hardship of children’s illness on families. We do this through three core programs (Ronald McDonald Houses, Ronald McDonald Family Rooms, Ronald McDonald Care Mobiles) that focus on the critical needs of children, celebrating the diversity of the donors who make them possible, staying true to our heritage of responsible stewardship, and operating with accountability and transparency. Open seven days a week, the Ronald McDonald Family Rooms are quiet, homelike spaces within Inova Children’s Hospital where parents and other caregivers can get a cup of coffee or light snack, check email, participate in a program such as knitting, or sit quietly to re-group and still be just steps from their child. Room volunteers also make regular rounds on the floors with a rolling cart stocked with water, snacks, toys and other small items for parents and children. The 8th floor Family Room serves the NICU, PICU, Cardiac Care and Med/Surg. units. The 10th floor Family Room serves the Hematology/Oncology unit. The amenities of the RMFRs support the hospital’s family-centered approach to care. The Ronald McDonald Family Room Manager oversees the operation of the Family Rooms at Inova Children’s Hospital. The Family Room Manager reports to the VP, Programs and Operations and is part of the (RMHCDC) staff, but works on-site at the hospital. The Family Room Manager provides room coverage, and recruits, trains, and oversees volunteers and part-time staff working in the rooms. Success in this position will require fitting into the culture of RMHCDC. This will require a passion for the mission of the organization and for the families it serves. It will require the ability to work with a variety of charity partners and volunteers who support and help the organization. • Provide room coverage during core business hours Monday thru Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, with occasional evening and weekend hours; • Recruit, train and oversee volunteers and part-time staff; • Ensure the Family Rooms are stocked with snacks and supplies; • Stay within stated budget parameters and track spending accordingly; • Maintain positive working relationships with key hospital staff members, and act as the main point of contact for daily operations; • Create and manage a robust volunteer schedule to ensure room coverage during stated hours (9:00 am to 9:00 pm, 7 days/week); • Maintain physical space and work with VP, Programs & Operations to ensure quality standards are upheld; • Responsible for a variety of data collection including volunteer service hours, room usage data and other key metrics; • In conjunction with VP, Programs & Operations, manage and create in-room programming that meets the needs of families; • Work closely with RMHCDC development and marketing staff to share family stories, photos and room events; • Ensure all room staff and volunteers adhere to hospital safety and quality guidelines; and • Other duties as assigned. Required Education and Skills: • Bachelor’s degree. • 5+ years of experience, preferably in a non-profit or healthcare environment. • Experience working with children and families of diverse backgrounds and families in crisis. • Excellent people skills: friendly and outgoing and able to be caring, compassionate and comforting without being intrusive. • Able to work as part of an interdisciplinary team. • Must be dependable and flexible, able to demonstrate initiative and work with minimum oversight. • Organized and detail-oriented. • Excellent communication skills, including verbal and written. • Excellent computer skills, comfortable learning new software. • Experience with program development/management is preferred. • Candidates will be cross-trained by RMHCDC and Inova to become familiar with both organizations and must meet other hiring requirements such as completing a background check and receiving an annual flu vaccination. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This position requires: • A moderate amount of sitting and walking within a temperature controlled, hospital/healthcare environment • Frequent use of hands and arms, with the ability to lift and move supplies up to 20 lbs. as needed • Kneeling/stooping as needed to straighten and clean the family room • Talking and listening to individuals and small groups is a major component of the role The Ronald McDonald Family Rooms are located in Inova Children’s Hospital. The Family Room Manager may need to report to the Ronald McDonald House on the Inova Fairfax campus occasionally to attend meetings or pick up supplies. Please send a cover letter and resume to hr@rmhcdc.org. No calls please. RMHCDC is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity of all kinds. It is our policy to ensure that all individuals are treated equally without regard to age, color, disability, gender, marital status, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, expression, gender identity or veteran status. 990 [PDF: 2 MB] RMHCDC® The following trademarks used herein are owned by McDonald's Corporation and its affiliates; McDonald's, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Ronald McDonald House Charities Logo, RMHC, Ronald McDonald House, Ronald McDonald Family Room and Ronald McDonald Care Mobile. RMHC of Greater Washington, DC is recognized as a public charity under Internal Revenue Code section 509(a) and has 501(c)(3) status. Donations to RMHC of Greater Washington, DC are deductible. Donors should consult their tax advisor for questions regarding deductibility. A copy of the RMHC of Greater Washington, DC determination letter is available upon request.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409750
__label__wiki	0.513234	0.513234	Should it be ‘Ernest’s Script Vault’ instead of Amy’s? Last night I attended a presentation at Primary Stages and 59E59 Theaters called ‘Opening the Curtain on Playwright Gender: An Integrated Economic Analysis of Discrimination in American Theater’ by economist Emily Glassberg Sands (see post from June 17). According to her findings, I am more likely to have my plays produced by an American theater body if I adopt Ernest as my pseudonym and make Steve my protagonist rather than, say, Stephanie (I would also do well to make Steve ‘likeable’). Sands conducted three separate studies. In the first she examined data drawn from an online registry of playwrights; in the second, she surveyed theaters using mock prospective scripts; and in the last she looked at Broadway plays produced over the last ten years. The following is a summary of her results. There are more male playwrights than female playwrights. This could be for a number of reasons: access to training, access to the time, space and money needed for writing, or, what Sands referred to as the ‘discouraged worker’ phenomenon (i.e. that sinking feeling you get after watching the Tony Awards that puts you off writing for a week) having greater prevalence among female playwrights than male playwrights. In addition to this, those women who are playwrights tend to be less prolific. Why? Hard to say. Perhaps for some of the same reasons identified above. Sands questions whether there is evidence that men and women write different kinds of scripts, which leads into Study 2. Other tidbits of note: Men tend to write plays with larger casts than women. Plays with female roles are 4% less likely to be produced than plays with male roles (this may sound insignificant — but keep in mind that the data behind this statistic is a small sample. Considered in proportional terms, 4% is actually a remarkable disparity). The rates at which plays are produced among women and men are equal. Sands prepared four sample scripts to send out to theaters. For each script she made a number of copies and then identified half of those copies with a ‘male’ pseudonym and the other half with a ‘female’ pseudonym. So, for example, 250 copies of Script A are made; 125 of them are authored by Mary Walker and the other 125 by Michael Walker. She then sent the scripts out to randomly selected theaters, along with a survey. The survey posed 18 questions about the overall quality of the script, the economic prospects of the script should it go into production, the appeal the script would have for an audience, and how well the script fit into the theater’s mission statement. The results: Characters by women writers are perceived as less ‘likeable’ than characters written by men (recall that the scripts sent out were identical except for the name of the author). Women’s scripts have poorer economic prospects (according to literary management and artistic directorship). Lower quality ratings in the survey tended to be driven by female artistic directors. Male ADs rated men and woman more equally while female ADs rated both significantly lower. Female ADs perceived scripts to fit less well with their theaters’ mission statements when written by a female playwright — signaling what Sands called ‘a heightened awareness of discrimination’. Scripts written by a woman with a woman protagonist are least likely to be produced (again, recall that the scripts in question were exactly the same except for the name of the author). In this study, Sands explored whether the bar was set higher for women playwrights. She looked at Broadway productions, specifically data on shows produced between January 1, 1999 and January 1, 2009 — a total of 329 shows not including revivals — where the writers involved were clearly identifiable as male or female. The focus on for-profit theater meant that it was possible to quantify the play according to its economic viability. According to Study 3: Broadway plays written by women have higher revenue than plays written by men. Shows by women playwrights pulled in 18% more profit than shows by men. Despite higher revenue, shows written by women run on Broadway for the same length of time as less profitable shows written by men — clear evidence that women must achieve higher revenue in order to have their shows run at least as long as those of their male counterparts. An interesting discussion ensued: what is the impact of agents on the study, should teachers of playwriting encourage their female students to change their names to Mike or, if they’re not willing to go so far, at least employ an initial for their first names. I was particularly interested in this question of ‘likeability’. What does it mean to ‘like’ a character? What does it mean to ‘like’ a play? As I looked around, I saw very few men in the audience, and even fewer people of color. Where do we as women writers of color fit into this study? Do we fit into it at all? It’s one thing to change the author’s name on a script from Mary Walker to Michael Walker. But what happens when we change the name from Jamal Williams to Aischa Jones? Or Jaunise Johnson to José Martinez? Returning to the question of ‘likeability’, to what extent can we assume that a protagonist of color can achieve the same level of likeability as a white protagonist of any gender? Sands’ approach, while referencing studies where racial discrimination was at issue, does not factor in race; it assumes a universal experience among women writers, leaving us marooned in a sort of colorblind no-(wo)man’s land. Gender-based discrimination (the word ‘sexism’ was not once uttered during the two hours I was there) is only one of the challenges we as women writers of color must confront. While I applaud Sands’ work in crunching the numbers and confronting the voices that demand concrete evidence when questions of sexism arise, I remain ambivalent as to how much I can expect my experience to be reflected in her findings. Category : theatre ← Brooklyn Artists! 20,000 square feet of performance space, all for you … Review: Sing the Truth – Nina Simone Remembered → One thought on “Should it be ‘Ernest’s Script Vault’ instead of Amy’s?” Bayyinah Muhammad on 23 June 2009 at 15:39 said: Now add that the title of the play is, Unveiled Stories From the Lives of Muslim Women, written by an unknown Muslim woman of color. The odds are against it. and surely we need to conduct our own studies.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409760
__label__cc	0.620078	0.379922	Maine Sea Grant Gayle Zydlewski gayle.zydlewski@maine.edu Maine Sea Grant achieved college status in 2004 and is based at the University of Maine. They aim to provide marine science research, education, and outreach to address issues of concern to Maine's coastal communities, and help expand a growing marine workforce through formal and informal education programs, fellowships and scholarships. Visit Maine Sea Grant's website Maine Sea Grant by the Numbers SEA GRANT WORK IN MAINE RESULTED IN* *Metrics reported in July 2018 for work conducted February 1, 2017 to January 31, 2018. Economic impact = market and non-market value of Sea Grant's work; value of jobs and businesses. Businesses = the number of businesses created or sustained as a result of Sea Grant efforts. "Students supported" includes new and continuing students receiving financial support to pursue an undergraduate or graduate degree. Maine Sea Grant Featured Impacts Sea Grant Scientists and Fishermen Collaborate to Understand Future Harvest of American Lobster The American lobster is the most valuable fishery in the nation and among Maine’s most important industries. After several years of record harvests, there are signals that both adult and juvenile lobster populations are declining. Sea Grant research helped establish the influence of temperature on settlement of juvenile lobsters, as well as the relationship between settlement and the future populations of adult lobsters. In response to industry concerns, Sea Grant supported research by Richard Wahle at UMaine to evaluate the relationship between larval settlement, juvenile, and adult lobsters along geographic and temperature gradients, addressing a key information gap and generating industry support for continuing the monitoring program. Maine Sea Grant Works to Advance Culture of the American eel in America Maine hosts a small but lucrative fishery for juvenile American eels, which are transported to Asian fish farms for culturing to the adult stage for the seafood market. Maine could realize even greater benefits if, instead of being exported, the eels could be grown and marketed in the U.S. Maine Sea Grant provided program development funding to American Unagi LLC to experiment with American eel culture methods. Business owner Sara Rademaker successfully cultured adult American eels, shared product with local chefs, and leveraged funds for additional research and development to culture American eels to market size. Maine Sea Grant Supports Monitoring and Outreach for Offshore Wind New England Aqua Ventus I is a 12 Megawatt (MW) floating offshore wind pilot project to develop a clean, renewable energy source off Maine’s shores, led by the University of Maine. Paul Anderson (previous director) and Assistant Director for Research Damian Brady facilitated outreach to fishing communities in the mid-coast Maine region related to the development of offshore wind technology where the turbines are expected to be placed. The Department of Energy recently awarded New England Aqua Ventus $3,700,000 to demonstrate the innovative design of the VolturnUS with full-size offshore wind turbines, work with local contractors and manufacturers to generate local economic benefit, create and keep Maine jobs in Maine, and provide renewable energy now and in the future. Meet Maine Sea Grant Experts Dana Morse Marine Extension Associate - Dana Morse provides training and technical assistance to shellfish farmers to help advance an emerging aquaculture industry and satisfy the demand for sustainable seafood in the region. "I have seen a sector get its feet under it and solidify to become a solid thing." Natalie Springuel Coastal Community Development Extension Associate - Natalie has led workshops instructing farmers how they could boost their profits through tourism by conducting tours of aquaculture farm sites. "I used to work in the tourism industry for 15 years before I came to Sea Grant, so I am the person that tends to immediately respond to tourism things." Charlotte Quigley Ph.D. candidate, University of Maine School of Marine Sciences - Charlotte's research examines temperature tolerance of the red seaweed, Alaria esculenta, to inform the viability of this seaweed as a sustainable option for aquaculture now and into the future. "Sea Grant was the foundation funder of all of the work that we do in our lab...a lot of the basic equipment, structure and the ability to use nurseries has all been because of Sea Grant." Maine Stories and News Seafood Month Celebrations: Science and Seafood Thursday, October 18, 2018 0 2232 Sea Grant Research Grows the Aquaculture Industry In this installment of our continuing #SeafoodMonth festivities, we look at how Sea Grant investments in research have advanced the domestic aquaculture industry. NOAA Sea Grant and Fisheries announce 2018 Joint Fellowship Recipients Wednesday, August 15, 2018 0 3582 The National Marine Fisheries Service-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship program supports students pursuing doctoral degrees in population and ecosystem dynamics as well as marine resource economics. The program is a focused workforce development effort to train highly qualified professionals in areas of critical need for NOAA’s science-based approach to fisheries management. Sea Grant Extension Agents Support Aquaculture Growth across America Friday, September 22, 2017 0 6302 Sea Grant supports the advancement of sustainable aquaculture development through research, extension and education. The Unexpected Tastiness of the Green Crab Monday, July 31, 2017 0 7698 Sea Grant programs are pushing to make invasive green crabs attractive as a menu item. Sea Grant Association Presents Research to Application Awards for seaweed aquaculture Tuesday, October 25, 2016 0 3139	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409762
__label__wiki	0.6877	0.6877	London / Daisy Pulls It Off Charing Cross Theatre 423 seat photos, 657 reviews Daisy Pulls It Off has closed This show has closed Actor-musicians are becoming more and more common in theatre, thanks to creative production teams and multi-talented performers. Drama schools are starting to offer degree qualifications in actor-musicianship, and what better way to show off students’ talent than a showcase in the West End? Guildford School of Acting presents the first graduating cohort of their Actor-Musician BA in the 1983 comedy play Daisy Pulls It Off. Set in a girls’ boarding school in 1927 called Grangefield School for Young Ladies, Daisy Meredith is accepted as the first scholarship student. The other girls bully her for her working-class background, but Daisy isn’t deterred from searching for lost treasure with the help of one of her mates, ultimately saving the school from closure. Overcoming attempts to have her kicked out of school, Daisy is armed with determination and grit, and all ends well in this madcap adventure. Nicholas Scrivens, the course leader of the Actor-Musician BA at Guildford School of Acting, directs the production. He launched the BA Actor-Musician course in 2015 to prepare the next generation of ensemble performers who are skilled in a musical instrument as well as acting and movement. Daisy Pulls It Off is penned by English writer Denise Deegan, whose other plays include Swallows & Amazons, Ideal World and Every Night Something Awful. Presented in arrangement with the Really Useful Group, Daisy Pulls It Off was originally produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber in 1983 and earned an Olivier Award and Drama Theatre Award for Best Comedy. An affectionate, sweet and hugely adventurous tale, the show has become one of England’s classic comedies and is regularly staged across the country. Playing at London’s Charing Cross Theatre for a strictly limited season, the production arrives fresh from a sold-out run at Bellairs Theatre. Presenting the graduating students of GSA, Daisy Pulls It Off plays from 19 June to 30 June 2018. Audiences interested in more musically interpreted plays will enjoy this version of the comic original. People interested in supporting the newest generation of performers and theatremakers will also want to pop along to this show to spot the talent of the future. Age Recommendations: Suitable for all ages Running time: TBC Opened: 19 Jun 2018 Booking from: 30 Jun 2018 Booking until: 30 Jun 2018 The Arches, Villiers Street London, WC2N 6NG 4 Reviews Add review Simply spiffing! It's full on for the entire performance with some pre show antics, to say more would introduce spoilers. Excellent... More jeanettemartin 5' 3", 55 reviews, 1 helpful vote callumheinrich 17 reviews, 0 helpful votes Being a complete beast, as a theatre director, I am not known for praising other people’s work but last night I was gobsmacked! I... More jamesfortune 1 review, 0 helpful votes One of the best shows I have ever seen so much energy, fun and talent. samanthadavidson 1 review, 0 helpful votes Recent reviews Add review View from Stalls E8 Finding the best theatre seats since 2011. SeatPlan, 35 Kingsland Road, London E2 8AA. © 2011–2020 SeatPlan.com. All rights reserved.Registered in England and Wales 04120984.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409765
__label__wiki	0.763959	0.763959	New York Nonprofit Organization Traces Data Breach to Employee Email Accounts People Inc., a nonprofit organization based in New York state, traced a recent data breach to compromised employee email accounts. On May 29, People Inc. disclosed a data breach that involved personal health information (PHI) belonging to its former and current customers. The human services provider said it uncovered the incident back in February when it observed an instance of unauthorized access involving the email account of one of its employees. Upon discovering the breach, the nonprofit organization reset the password for the affected account and engaged an independent digital forensics firm to figure out what had happened. This investigation found that unknown individuals had compromised two employee accounts containing customer information, including names, Social Security numbers, financial data and medical records. People Inc. responded to its discovery by sending out notification letters to all affected customers with instructions to help safeguard their information against identity theft and an offer for complimentary identity protection services through Experian. In addition, the organization set up a toll-free call center to answer questions about the incident. One of Many Recent Incidents Involving Nonprofits People Inc. isn’t the only nonprofit organization that’s recently suffered a data breach. In March 2019, for instance, CTV News Channel reported that attackers compromised an electronic medical record system used by Natural Health Services and its parent company Sunniva Inc. In the process, they exposed the PHI of about 34,000 medical marijuana patients. A month later, NBC News reported on a string of attacks against multiple chapters of a nonprofit organization associated with the FBI that exposed members’ personal information. How to Defend Against an Email-Related Data Breach Security personnel can help their organizations defend against a data breach by taking a layered approach to email security. This method should use a security information and event management (SIEM) tool, perimeter protection and email scanning tools to defend against digital threats. Additionally, security professionals should leverage threat intelligence streams to remain aware of threat actors who seek to compromise employee accounts via email. Cyberattacks \| Data Breach \| Data Privacy \| Data Protection \| Email \| Personal Health Information (PHI) \| Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) \| Threat Intelligence	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409766
__label__cc	0.553284	0.446716	Tag: Salvia Divinorum XVI: Flowers June 26, 2018 June 26, 2018 David CrowhurstLeave a comment Servitors: Parek, Gesegas, Mara, Asorega, Permases, Ragaras, Ramoras (Ramaratz) The word at the outer edges of the square, PERAC originates in the Hebrew פרח (parekh), meaning ‘flower,’ and is also evident in the name of the spirit Parek. The name in the central cross relates to the spirit Ramoras (named Ramaratz in the Mathers edition), whose name means ‘thunder.’ I saw a yellow tulip in the midst of the dew-drenched grass of a sunny meadow. Other wild flowers were scattered around the area and the clouds above moved disconcertingly quick considering that there was not a breath of wind in the air. Examining the stem of the tulip, I saw a worm burrowing its way out of the earth only to be snatched up by a sparrow which flew off with it into a dark, thick forest that appeared out of nowhere. I approached the forest’s edge with caution and considered entering but was met with the sense that bears and other dangerous animals lay waiting inside. As I lingered, the meadow behind me turned barren and brown and the fast-moving clouds grew heavy and black, blotting out all but a silver disc of sun. I captured the remnant of the light within myself and used it to illuminate my path through the wood. Inside, I saw a trail of florae, including nightshade, strange mushrooms and white forget-me-nots marking a trail that I should follow. Eventually, the flowers led me to a snow globe that lay resting in the boughs of a tree. I shook the globe and it glowed white in response before dimming to a misty grey. Then, through the mist, I saw the image of a huge worm with a gaping maw, though as the mist faded it was replaced by the image of a small, bright lake covered in water lilies that looked like they could be walked over to get from one side of the lake to the other. Beyond the lake lay a small hut that looked like a perfect refuge from the gloomy wood. Pressing on, I continued through the woods until the pall around me began to lift, then I came to the lake, which I crossed in the manner suggested in the snow globe. On the other side the sun shone full again and I discovered a beautiful grove of vivid grass and wild flowers in which a middle-aged woman with green hair sat on a wooden chair. Her face contorted as she glanced sidelong at me until it altered into that of a hunting hound. At the boundaries of the grove stood a huge, muscular giant with a shock of black hair and a thick black beard with no moustache. The woman, in human form again, spat out some kind of seed—maybe that of a pumpkin or a sunflower—onto the ground and asked if I wanted to go into the hut. I stated I had found good enough refuge in the grove and didn’t seek to enter the hut unless she found it acceptable. She confirmed this and said I could enter if I wished, so I did. Inside, a golden eagle stood guard, perching motionlessly above a cauldron in which some unknown concoction was boiling. On a rectangular table were set some pieces of simple cake, though I didn’t eat any of them as no permission to do so had been granted. Little else happened in the hut, which had a similar feel to it as the vestibule of the Castle on a Mountain—in which a scorpion spirit stood guard—due to the strange, almost hallucinogenic, images that presented themselves to my mind as I tried to get a grasp on the location. After a while, the woman and the giant entered the hut. The giant, whose presence in the small hut seemed impossible, remained silent, but the woman spoke to give me permission to eat the cake. As I did this, I understood that doing so enabled me to leave the grove without suffering harm from the dangers of the wood, and on departing, I walked carefree to the other side of the forest where I once again saw the river that appeared in the vision of A Rose Garden. As I stood close to its banks, the vision ended. Parts of the vision were very prominent and far more vivid than the ones preceding it, rather like watching a film through a keyhole. The part where this was most pronounced was that where I arrived at the grove and saw the green-haired woman and the giant, who were reminscent of depictions of nature spirits such as the Wild Man of the Woods, the water hag Jenny Greenteeth or the entities encountered during experiences with Salvia Divinorum. The ‘blockage’ I experienced in the hut appeared to be linked to the guardian spirit that watched over me there, which was similar in function to the scorpion spirit in the vision of A Castle on a Mountain. The Eagle and the Scorpion are linked in their imagery, as both have been used to represent the constellation of Scorpio, with the Eagle commonly being cited as representing a more evolved representation of that constellation’s associations. It was unknown to me until I begun my analysis of the vision that the appearance of a trail of forget-me-nots may also have a link to Scorpio, as these flowers were once known as scorpion grass due to the hooks on their stems. The other spirits relevant to this vision are: Mara, meaning ‘grotto,’ ‘cave’ or ‘den,’ who also featured in the square relating to the vision of A Rose Garden, where I took refuge under a tree in a grove due to it being encircled by malign entities. Permases, which may derive either from the Greek πέρασμα (perasma), meaning ‘passage,’ ‘course,’ ‘way’ or ‘ford,’ or the Latin permanere, meaning ‘to linger’ or ‘to remain,’ both of which are concepts that have a degree of relevance to the events of this vision.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409769
__label__cc	0.735927	0.264073	By Ray BlancoPosted April 29, 2019 90% of Today’s Cannabis Companies Will Fail Before we get started, let me explain a little bit about myself. Longtime followers know me as America’s No. 1 pot stock expert. I jumped on the soon-to-be booming legal marijuana industry all the way back in 2016. As one of the most tenured and experienced early movers in this industry I’ve helped folks lock in incredible gains with my exclusive Penny Pot Profits service. These include 125% on the cannabis real estate investment trust (REIT) Innovative Industrial Properties, 155% on Cronos Group and 404% on Canopy Growth. My track record speaks for itself. And with many more current positions boasting triple-digit gains, it’s safe to say my followers are making a killing as cannabis investors. But as the industry matures, now more than ever before, you need an expert to help you weed through the duds to find the next big gainer. Because over the next five–10 years 90% of all pot companies will fail. And we’re already witnessing the beginning of this cannabis extinction event in California. California’s Cannabis Extinction Event Many of California’s pot growers are facing extinction. Zero Hedge, for example, reported upward of 10,000 growers could go out of business soon. And that doesn’t include ancillary product producers like edible makers and dispensaries too. One could argue edibles producers are at bigger risk of shuttering their businesses than growers. Steve DeAngelo, CEO of Harborside in Oakland, notes to GreenState.com he expects an “extinction event for 75% of the industry.” Jackie Gowan of K Street Consulting, a Sacramento-based law firm, is even less optimistic. In a Q&A with Marijuana Business Daily: I absolutely believe this marketplace will not look the same — it will not have the same set of players, it won’t have the same set of rules — a year from now… the extinction rate will be 90% in the next year. The Tax Man Cometh (Among Other Head Winds) What strikes fear in the heart of a startup cannabis business more than a federal crackdown? Mostly it’s exorbitant city and state taxes, but it’s also the palm-greasing many have to do for licenses as well as the ever-changing regulations small proprietors can’t keep up with. It’s even competition from the illicit cannabis market. These head winds are killing the opportunity for many new pot businesses, driving overhead costs through the roof. In San Diego distributors from outside municipalities who deliver to retailers within San Diego’s city limits have to pay up to 5% of the marijuana gross receipts tax. This is on top of already paying the city and county taxes where the distributor is headquartered. That means growers and distributors are getting double-taxed by San Diego to fulfill orders to customers there. It’s a perfect example of how California screwed the pooch big-time on legalization. Instead of waiting to figure things out, California’s officials chased the money and now a company like Golden Goddess, which has operated for 12 years and raked in $180 million in 2016 alone, is considering closing its doors. All thanks to the clawback regulations that should have been in place from day one. And it’s not just a California problem (although business owners there are in a lot worse shape than in other states). Speaking to a number of business owners at a recent cannabis convention here in Baltimore, many proprietors noted the same problems in Maryland. It’s why the illicit cannabis market is still thriving, creating even more competition and often undercutting price and syphoning supply away from legal operations. Long story short, most cannabis companies face a long uphill battle against clawback regulations, a still booming illicit market and ridiculous double-taxation scenarios. Sadly 90% of these new companies potentially will fail over the next five–10 years. It’s very reminiscent of the ’90s tech boom. A huge percentage of those companies rolled over too. But as an expert with years of experience in cannabis investing, I’ll make sure to steer you clear of the Pets.com in cannabis and make sure we only focus on the Amazons of the pot world. For Technology Profits Daily, Chief Technology Expert, Technology Profits Daily TOPICS \| California, cannabis, income, investing, marijuana, markets, POT, Stocks, Tech, Technology, U.S., weed Fresh Breakouts Beat Earnings Losers By Greg GuenthnerPosted May 17, 2019 Stop chasing IPOs and look at what’s working. Focus on the companies and sectors that have held their ground (or even rallied) as the market slipped from its highs this month. These are the names that have the best chance at becoming our new market leaders. TOPICS \| homebuilders, ITB, LEN, PINS, Pinterest, software, SPLK, TWLO How to Spot a Price Floor in a Downward Market By Greg GuenthnerPosted October 10, 2014 In many ways, October 2014 has been a rough month for many investors. Stocks of all kinds are showing signs of trouble. And, as Greg Guenthner points out, that's especially true for one specific area of the market. Today, he details why this sector is experiencing a downturn and how to navigate your way around it. Read on... Goodbye, Gold: Here’s Why the Rally is Over By Greg GuenthnerPosted December 1, 2016 Gold gives back its gains, is the comeback story cooked? Today, Greg Guenthner shares how rising rates will affect the gold trade… Don’t Run Scared from All-Time Highs By Greg GuenthnerPosted July 26, 2013 It was another big, bullish day for the Russell 2000 small-cap index yesterday. While the broad market struggled to keep its head above water, small stocks were at it again, digging themselves out of a hole for a 1% gain on the day and new all-time closing highs. Welcome to Weedmart By Ray BlancoPosted May 17, 2019 Walmart earnings impress, but another major catalyst that just occurred could power shares even higher. Could Walmart one day be the No. 1 seller of CBD products in the USA? Today Ray breaks down all you need to know about this breakout pick-and-shovel move. TOPICS \| cannabis, income, investing, marijuana, market, POT, Stocks, WalMart, weed What the Top 5 Most Profitable Investments Have in Common By Seven Figure PublishingPosted August 22, 2014 Today, Wayne Mulligan counts down the top 5 most profitable investments in history and discusses the one thing they all have in common... and the one "golden rule" that increases your odds of doubling or even tripling your money in the markets. Read on... Don’t Worry so Much About Your Memory Loss By Stephen PetranekPosted October 2, 2015 Are you concerned about your memory loss, about how much you forget? Then get a little happier, because your awareness of memory problems probably means you’re OK — at least for now. Stephen Petranek has more…	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409770
__label__wiki	0.816299	0.816299	My best games in the Najdorf Alexei Shirov can look back on an extraordinary chess career. Young Alexei became U-16 World Champion in 1988, and second in the World Junior Championship in 1990. He received his GM title in 1992, at the age of 20. Since then, Shirov has belonged to the absolute top players in the world. In 1998 he defeated Vladimir Kramnik in a ten-game qualification match that was staged to select a challenger for World Champion Garry Kasparov. Unfortunately, that title match never took place. In 2000 Shirov reached the final of the FIDE world championship, losing to Vishy Anand. Now the genius from Riga presents and explains his best games in a series of training DVDs in the Chess Media System. Shirov’s uncompromising style of play is also reflected in his manner of commenting his own games. He is perfectly objective, and in fact sometimes ruthlessly critical of himself. Even when he is dealing with highly acclaimed games, his judgement is unbiased – no glossing over critical positions where he did not find the optimal continuation. Chess fans are treated not just to a portrait of this extraordinary player, but they can also learn a lot about the development of particular opening lines at top level in the course of time. On this 3rd DVD by Shirov, you will find his most brilliant games in the Sicilian Najdorf. Shirov’s duel with van Wely in the Najdorf Keres Attack is for sure one of the highlights on this DVD, just as the presentation of one of his best games against Kasparov. More than 3 hours entertainment and enlightenment, all packed in one. Code EAN: 402797500426 6 Intro (01:58) Najdorf with 6.Be2 (29:56) Najdorf deviations 1 (21:52) Scheveningen System (45:45) Keres Attack 1 (14:03) My best games in the Sicilian A peronal selection combining highest chess quality with aesthetic pleasure. My best games in the Spanish Vol. 1 Let Shirov show you how to break down the super-solid Berlin Defence My best games in the Grünfeld My best games in the Sveshnikov My Life for Chess Vol. 1 Victor Kortchnoi, two-times contender for the world championship, is a piece of living chess history. How to play the Queen's Gambit Training with Garry Kasparov My Career Vol. 1 The first DVD with videos from Anand's chess career reflects the very beginning of that career and goes as far as 1999. Chess Prodigies Uncovered: Sergey Karjakin Experience the meteoric rise of the youngest Grandmaster of all time into the world elite in specially selected master games. IM D'Costa presents brilliant victories in a new interactive training format with video feedback!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409772
__label__wiki	0.596108	0.596108	Shop / Vintage Books: The Arts, G. Braque "This handsome volume pays tribute to the genius of Georges Braque. The whole astonishing range of the oeuvre is represented, from the early Fauvist masterpieces, through the daring experiments with the which he and Picasso launched...Read More Shop / Vintage Books: The Arts "This handsome volume pays tribute to the genius of Georges Braque. The whole astonishing range of the oeuvre is represented, from the early Fauvist masterpieces, through the daring experiments with the which he and Picasso launched the Cubist revolution in modern art, to the classically inspired canvases of the 1920s and the lyrical abstractions fo his later years. Paintings, drawings, sculptures, frescoes, collages, graphic works, stained-glass windows--all conceived and executed with that elegance and élan which characterize the style of Braque--are reproduced here with infinite care. And, thanks to the cooperation of the artist's estate (including 96 plates in full color) includes a number of major works never before published." Printed and bound in France. Book is in good condition. Book jacket is torn/scuffed in some places. Picasso: An Intimate Photographic Study by Edward Quinn Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers The Library of American Antiques The Fine Art of Advertising	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409773
__label__wiki	0.872118	0.872118	Calgary’s art galleries do exist November 12, 2012 Elin Jensdottir Entertainment, Opinion Art students attending ACAD say that Calgary is abundant in private galleries but there are mixed opinions on whether Calgary needs a focal point for the visual arts. During the ACAD Show and Sale in November, several students shared their opinions on Calgary’s visual art scene. “I think Calgary is overlooked, I think it has some very good places to go for studio space,” said second-year BFA painting major student Jane Christensen. “We are not just cowboy culture, we are not just oil…we are more than that. We have an amazing art scene,” said Christensen. “I think we have art in certain places in Calgary, but there isn’t enough for the size that Calgary is,” said second-year BFA student Mason Graff. BFA student Hannah Petkau feels that Calgary has a lot of smaller private galleries that are really good and bring in really interesting shows. “I guess compared to Vancouver I think Calgary has a much more vibrant visual arts culture just because of the oil industry and people support things like the Show and Sale at ACAD a lot more,” said Petkau, who comes from a small B.C. town. Chantal Lafond thinks that Calgary definitely needs something like Edmonton’s public Art Gallery of Alberta. She feels that the AGOA or the Vancouver Art Gallery give far more variety, whereas the private galleries in Calgary can be small, “super-stuffy” and target a very specific audience. “I think we’ve got a lot going here right now,” said drawing-major BFA student Michael Conforti. He feels Calgary does not need a public art gallery like Edmonton has. Conforti lived in Edmonton and knew of a few smaller galleries but found them to be more commercial. “Calgary has the artist run centers, which I think is huge and really important because you can put up anything and do anything in those, and they’re not so worried about selling.” “I think what we have now is great, but there’s always room for more,” said second-year BFA student Cody Cox. A lot of the students made the point that the only reason they know about certain galleries is because they are informed through their programs in ACAD. Such is the case for any Calgarian immersed in arts, but for the rest of the community, there isn’t a strong enough enthusiasm to go searching. “I think the biggest thing is there has to be advertising,” said Cox. Calgarians who aren’t involved in the arts might only go to certain key spots such as the Glenbow Museum, MOCA (the Museum Of Contemporary Art) and even the “Show and Sale” at ACAD. Christensen and Conforti speculated that the most popular Calgary galleries are the Truck Gallery, Straw gallery, The Paint Spot and Resolution. “Skew is a pretty big one and the Glenbow, but they do not really do a lot of local artists, unfortunately,” said Conforti. Christensen thinks that Calgary is a good place to go if a person is out gallery searching, and believes the city has a lot of culture. “Honestly, if you just walk around Calgary there’s going to be art everywhere,” she said. “People don’t have to be art buffs to go and appreciate art,” said Graff. “If people are enthusiastic and they’re excited about the way that they bring art upon other people than those people will get excited about it too.” About Elin Jensdottir 6 Articles As a writing and communications major in the journalism program at SAIT, Elin Jensdottir worked as a reporter for The Press during the 2012-2013 academic year. Free Street Libraries Crowchild Trail Corridor Study	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409776
__label__cc	0.624786	0.375214	Texas Cop Knocks Woman Unconscious in Front of 6-Year-Old Daughter Woman was reportedly intoxicated and resisting. Ed Krayewski \| 4.23.2015 8:51 PM (KVUE) A cop in Round Rock, Texas, was caught on video slamming Viviana Keith, a DUI suspect, to the ground and knocking her unconscious in front of her 6-year-old daughter. Watch the video, via USA Today, below: The police chief is backing his officer's action in the video with a suspect police say was described as combative, argumentative, and intoxicated by multiple 911 callers. KVUE reports: [Round Rock Police Chief Allen] Banks has seen the dash cam video but said he has not talked with Johnson. KVUE showed him the video and asked, intoxicated or not, is this use of force necessary? "The officer was very professional, was talking to her calm, he wasn't excited, he wasn't angry," said Banks. "It's unfortunate, the fact that this lady did what appears to hit her head and was knocked unconscious, but I'll tell you, the officer did what he was supposed to do in a situation like that." Keith was arrested and charged with DWI with a child younger than 15 and interfering with pubic duties. As of Wednesday evening, she was still in the Williamson County Jail. And so the world turns. h/t Stanton Smith NEXT: Reason's Peter Bagge Gets His Words Celebrated, Immortalized in New Book Peter Bagge: Conversations Ed Krayewski is a former associate editor at Reason. Police Abuse Texas April.23.2015 at 8:52 pm Stop, just stop Reason. My nuts can only take so much today… Private FUQ It’s nut punch Thursday. And I have a special on stainless steel nut protectors. Vulgar Madman Nothing in titanium? toliyadikoncama http://www.work-cash.com the fact that this lady did what appears to hit her head and was knocked unconscious I never get tired of the passive voice. Oh wait yes I fucking do. Clearly, the pavement is at fault here. But, the question is, did the officer read it its rights? Almanian! The passive voice was used. Tiresome feelings were felt. I shocked she’s alive and not in the hospital with severe post-concussion symptoms. April.24.2015 at 10:03 am That would require the cops to admit she got hurt. Ever wonder why so many cops beat someone up and do nothing but call their union reps first? To call for an ambulance would be an admission that they hurt someone, and they don’t have time to doctor video and align their stories. ATXChappy That, and dead men tell no tales. this lady did what appears to hit her head Yeah, it was her fault for not getting out of the way of the freakin pavement. That prick just saw an opportunity to go full roid on a drunk civilian. Good Shoot Bodyslam! Cops love any excuse where they get to beat the shit out of someone in some “justifiable” way. I knew someone years ago whose father was epileptic. He had a seizure while driving one time while almost home and actually drove into the side of someone’s house. Luckily no one was hurt, but when the cops got there they just assumed he was drunk and were dragging him out of the car and were beginning to beat the shit out of him–because he’s drunk, and that’s the excuse, see–and luckily were only stopped by a neighbor running out screaming “he’s epileptic, he had a seizure” (the neighbor knew he wasn’t drunk because he didn’t drink because he couldn’t with his seizure medication). I having a hard time finding a good guy here. That woman is an idiot. A freakin’ idiot. This ended exactly as I would have predicted. She left the house drunk and with a young child, drove to a public place and made a spectacle of herself……sheesh. Do not interpret this as meaning I condone what the cop did. Treating non-compliance the same as violent assault is unjustifiable. Now she is going to be an idiot with a boatload of taxpayer money. Who needs a good guy. The cop is supposed to be the good guy, but apparently he’s physically incapable of restraining an impaired woman without completely over-the-top, slamming her to the ground. He could have just as easily pushed her into the hood of the car to cuff her. She is a tool, but his actions, either separated from hers or not, are simply unsat. Like I said, unjustifiable. There will be at least one post in this thread before midnight justifying his actions. Your right, this woman is an absolute moron and I can only hope she has an ex husband who will now file for custody of the child but the endless parade of cops killing and beating people is getting tiresome. And I suspect it’s gonna lead to some nut deciding it’s time to start hunting them in retaliation. And our freedoms will be eroded even more. Limpee Wiltstock “And I suspect it’s gonna lead to some nut deciding it’s time to start hunting them in retaliation.” Unlikely. “And our freedoms will be eroded even more.” Inevitable. ” And I suspect it’s gonna lead to some nut deciding it’s time to start hunting them in retaliation. And our freedoms will be eroded even more” If sucker punched by a punk while walking down the street, I have recourse against the punk, assuming I can identify him and he’s arrested. If sucker punched by a cop I have no recourse, save emptying the pockets of taxpayers to some degree. The cop has governmental immunity the punk doesn’t enjoy. What deters the next punk is the consequences. What promotes the cop is his immunity. How is it that when I run a .40 cal into the cop’s kneecap as he takes out the garbage any infringement on your fucking freedom? And am I really a nut when I really mentally imbalanced when I refuse to bend the knee to a brownshirt? Viscount Irish, Slayer of Huns There’s no good guy, but it’s amazing that a cop thought this degree of force was legitimate. She was an intoxicated woman half his weight and he already had her hands behind her back, so the decision to hurl her to the ground like that was just sadistic. “…an intoxicated woman half his weight and he already had her hands behind her back,” You and I see that as less of a reason to become violent. The kinds of people we are dealing with here, not so much. http://www.theatlantic.com/nat…..ds/380329/ Sam Haysom In reality she’s going to be an idiot without a kid and hence without a child support payment. The defense honestly has to only get up and say this lady was drunk with her kid in the car and rest their case. Most non-libertarians have the visceral hatred for that kind of parenting trash that libertarians have for cops. And there’s a lot more non-libertarians out there. The treatment of this incident reveals a huge bubble effect cropping up among libertarians. The cop acted overly aggressively, but this is a worse case than Michael Brown to try and rabble rouse about. Please point to the libertarians that are justifying this woman’s actions. If fact several have already stated they don’t particularly care for her. Libertarians just don’t believe that people should be beaten and/or killed because they don’t obey fast enough. There was no need to throw this woman to the pavement. If a cop can’t handle a 100 lb drunk woman maybe he should put his big boy pants on or get another job. Please point to where I said they justified them. I just pointed out that for the vast majority of people the outrage is going to be directed at the woman. This isn’t like the case where the deadbeat dad got shot in the back after fleeing. In that case the outrage was directed at the cop. Libertarians, because of their hatred of cops and authority, don’t seem to be able to correctly apprise situations in which the arrestees behavior is deemed far more outrageous than the cops because most libertarians think cop behavior is always outrageous (even when a cop lets someone off the hook for a MIP). UCrawford I agree with Sam about how this will be perceived. I think how it’s perceived is also irrelevant to whether the officer was right or wrong. The only relevant factors are what happened in the incident. For whether the cop is right or wrong, I think he screwed up and was negligent and the woman getting injured was his fault. Whether or not he’s justified in throwing a suspect to the ground when they’re non-compliant as opposed to violent, he’s standing on pavement and there was a reasonable expectation that the person could be severely injured by throwing them on the ground in that situation…same as that cop a couple of years ago who threw that woman into a jail cell where she smashed face-first into a concrete bench. He lost his temper, demonstrated poor situational awareness, and severely injured a suspect unnecessarily. Based on his body language, I don’t think he did it with the intent of knocking her out or hurting her severely…but he’s still responsible for his prisoner’s well-being in his custody. IMO opinion, not necessarily a firing offense, but something the city should be sued for and the department probably needs to address this with their officers in training. Sam, Sam, Sam. A large, young, violent and aggressive man who was clearly a threat is just like a drunk, 5ft tall, 100 lb woman who presents no danger whatsoever. Yep, they are just alike. Also, Kyle was just like Lanza. Hey, wait a minute, are you really Sheldon Richman? Except that for months Reason vehemently denied that Michael Brown attacked the cop. And I never made the argument that she was just like Michael Brown. I made the argument that this lady will likely generate far more negative initial reactions than Michael Brown did. You’ll remember the gentle giant propaganda beguiled a large number of people not just libertarians. If you honestly want to deny that there weren’t huge out pourings of sympathy for Michael Brown, before the facts came out, that’s absurd. In this case no one feels sympathy for this lady. They might think the cop overreacted but that’s it. The very first, briefest accounts of the Brown case that I read allowed for a possibility of wrongdoing on part of the peace officer, but certainly didn’t make it unquestionably true, and all subsequent details made it seem more debatable that he’d acted wrongly for the circumstances. There was also the huge fuss made out of that case, which seems frequently to fall on cases where the peace officer’s conduct was either justifiable or debatable, while cases where his conduct is unquestionably wrong rarely get taken up and carried to any extent in the wider public forum. I’ve seen this enough to make me view any claims of police brutality that are widely broadcast with a closer eye, as the mainstream media is willing to make a fuss over cases that are debatable while it is generally unwilling to even acknowledge cases of outrageous, obvious, and totally unjustifiable abuse. Alice Bowie You heard it straight out of uncle tom’s mouth: The officer did exactly what he’s suppose to do. Deja Vu…. wait, didn’t her kid get kidnapped….? Did the cop get home safely? Francisco d'Anconia That video is cut just prior to the body slam. What did I miss? the officer did what he was supposed to do in a situation like that.” Yeah, that’s the fucking point. Your procedures clearly over the top. What says the most about this incident is the videographer who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation from the cops. In most of the country cops are regarded as the worst gang in town. No they aren’t. This is just false. Apportion the blame for this however you want- heck you can even valorize this lady as a exemplar of free range parenting if you like, but the cops in the US enjoy favoribility ratings that would make most other professions jealous. Now maybe people are wrong, but you don’t get to project your views onto society. coughbullshitcough Dream worlds are always more comfortable than reality. I imagine that would be even more of a temptation for a marginal ideology with a self-righteous complex. I am a middle class white guy. Most of the people I know are middle class white conservatives. It can’t be coincidence that I never meet any of these people who love cops. Everyone I know sees them as people to be feared. Everyone I know bitches about the endless parade of killings and egregious behavior on display daily. I never run into the people who those polls purport to represent. Once cops may have been loved and respected, but the ever-present camera has killed that. Then your experiences aren’t representative. All my friends are Rockets fans so I guess no one is a Mavs fan. Those sell out crowds at the American Airlines center must not be representative I guess. I agreed with some of your initial points, but you’re quickly going off the rails here with your generalized attacks on what you think all people on Reason believe. I met folks that loves cops. These are either authoritarian freaks, who appear in any social group at pretty much the same rate, or else they have all been middle class white or castizo people who have both never had a serious encounter with police and are convinced that the police would never target people of their sort (however they happen to imagine it), that it only happens to those other people, crazies, bums, niggers, whatever, and that if they act white enough and respectable enough it’ll all go fine for them. But with most people, all it takes is one encounter that demonstrates that they have no magic shield from police buffoonery and then suddenly they see how it is for everyone else. It’s the same with folks who encourage further ramification of state authority. They’re people who imagine themselves to be within the range of normal folk who will not be unjustly targetted. Unfortunately, there’s a huge web of rationalistions and delusions and what not that permits almost everyone in the country to imagine that he is normal and will not be the victim of injustice at hands of the state (until he is, and then, sometimes, if it’s not a serious enough violation, not even then), that it will only happen to those other people, crazies, bums, sex maniacs, niggers, democrats, what have you, according to the individual’s particular orientation and what rationalisations he uses. And so, almost everyone supports more state violence; they only differ on the details. Yep Sam, people here have been praising her! (In your mind) buybuydandavis You can go to Youtube and play at 0.25 speed. Google rules! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi_xr8FTy6A They also have the dashboard cam. The typical thug. A drunk person acting weird totally under the control of a cop has a human reaction and momentarily resists having her arm twisted behind her back. This is the unforgivable sin – failure to immediately bend over for a cop. Instead of having his will thwarted for a moment: You WILL Respect My Authoritah! There was no rush. There was no danger. She posed a threat to no one, and certainly not the cop who assaulted her. Instead of waiting a few more moments, persuading her to cooperate, let’s escalate to violence and throw a woman to the pavement head first. ” the officer did what he was supposed to do in a situation like that.” Beat the crap out of a peasant who didn’t immediately submit. Exactly. When did it become a thing to cuff people with their hands up around their shoulder blades? I would be fighting too since one of my shoulders doesn’t work that well any more. RCJP Of course you’d be the first to laugh at the cop’s incompetence should a drunk woman squirm and twist away before running off down the street. May.14.2015 at 9:14 am I would be fine with her running off down the street if the alternative is committing violence against her when she was not a threat to anyone. Not cooperating, or even attempting to pull away from someone grabbing you, is not cause to injure or kill you. juris imprudent Proof that you should always have a dog handy – not your own dog of course, just a dog that you can sacrifice to the angry gods. Cop handles a drunk woman like she was a strong, belligerent man. Where to begin? Umm, I don’t know. How about Bobby Riggs threw the tennis match with Billy Jean King to pay off his gambling debts? Haven’t heard that name in a long time. Old joke; What do tennis and Billie Jean King have in common? No one is gonna bite? Shesh. Answer; Fuzzy balls. That one had my friends in 7th grade laughing their asses off. That must be a 7th grade joke, because the punchline makes no sense. Being a lesbian, the only fuzzy balls Billie Jean King likely handled were tennis balls. So basically the punchline acknowledges that Billie Jean King plays tennis. It’s less amusing that when my niece tells the wrong punchline to a knock knock joke. Actually, it’s pretty adorable when she does that. 🙂 The joke was that Billie Jean King actually had a set of balls. Something about balls, but I don’t for sure. There was a timer on that riddle? “and interfering with pubic duties” Am I really the only one that caught that? who caught that? Excuse me my good sir, I offer my sincerest apologies for demonstrating such inferior command of the English language. It’s not that, Calidissident. I was just making a little joke about observing details. You observed one and so did I. My grammer is atrocious, I meant no harm. I know, I wasn’t offended. The only reason I made that comment was that I was honestly surprised nobody else had caught it. I have never heard of that charge before. At least not in a context like this. I’m guessing it’s a very minor form of resisting arrest, and I’m too lazy to look it up. Did you get why I quoted it? Reread it carefully. No, Caidissident, he needs to read it carefuy. He needs to ook at the ine, again. In Montana, they employ “obstruction of a peace officer” to bring charges against anyone who doesn’t present the proper attitude (I have heard it put precisely this way at trials) when confronted by raging cops. It isn’t necessary to even prove a particular act was performed; in fact, the accused may have taken no action at all and remained frozen in shock when suddenly accosted by some crasy guys in uniform. This isn’t an impediment to prosecution, since the accused may still be said to have passively demonstrated an obstructionist attitude by lack of positive acts of a deferential or submissive nature. This is not how the law is worded, but I’ve seen it applied this way, a number of times, and when it’s gone to trial, the accused as been convicted of a bad attitude. It’s only thirty days in jail, but still a pretty insane thing to happen in any kind of free society. The law as written is equally bad, since it obliges one to obey any command given by a peace officer, even if it is an unlawful command, and that obeying the officer is no defense if the act turns out to be criminal. It’s also not uncommon for the law under which one is charged to be rewritten, significantly, for the jury, they say so that it’s more understandable in the context of the specific case. Is this month some kind of cop free-for-all? Like that Purge movie? I’ve seen them shoot people in the back, break spines, beat the fuck out of somebody on a horse, and now try to smash a woman’s brains out on the pavement. for once this looks like one that isn’t over the top. Multiple calls saying the woman is drunk as a skunk and combatative It LOOKS like he just slammed her on the ground, but he didn’t. He was trying to throw off kilter; if you watch Cops a lot you’ll see they do this. The trick is sober people catch themselves. Look at the video and you can see she trips over her feet when he pulls her, and he wasn’t pulling her directly to the ground Why was it necessary for the cop to throw her off kilter? She had her arms behind her back already. She wasn’t large. She wasn’t even that aggressive. She was simply a stubborn drunk. Her being drunk certainly played a part in her being knocked out, but the use of force was uncalled for and flies in the face of common sense. makes it easier for them to complete putting on the handcuffs. She refused, started fighting him multiple calls saying she was freaking out. Sometimes it happens, dude, some people get drunk and loud and assholey and annoying sometimes If a cop can’t cuff a 100 lb drunk without throwing her to the pavement maybe he needs to rethink his chosen career path. He had her bent over the hood of the police car with her hands behind her back. She looks like she flinched a little and he pulled her up, twisted her around and threw her to the pavement. That is not knocking her off kilter. Drunk, loud, assholey and annoying doesn’t justify being thrown to the ground with a 200 lb cop on your back. Except she wasn’t bent over the hood, and was resisting doing so, thus the take-down. It falls under the common game played today. “Don’t run from the cops and you won’t be shot.” “If he/she would have instantly obeyed the command he/she wouldn’t have been beaten” “If you have nothing to hide then allow the police to do search your house/car/person.” A few years ago I would’ve have perhaps been willing to give the cop the benefit of the doubt. Given recent enlightenment, plus the fact that Williamson County is known to have the biggest fascist thug police department in the greater Austin metro region, fuck this guy. Innocent until proven guilty. That’s how they treat us after all. Is where Team D operatives ended Tom DeLay’s political career without a hint of a case against him? San Antonio may be just as bad. They have a cute law there that if you open carry (open carry is legal in Texas) and if someone feels threatened, you can be arrested for disorderly conduct. http://www.kens5.com/story/new…../10525830/ To those who don’t know, Austin and San Antonio are primarily run by Democrats. This little gem from Austin. http://www.theaustinbulldog.or…..n-articles Greg F It LOOKS like he just slammed her on the ground, but he didn’t. He most certainly did. He was trying to throw off kilter BS. He pulled her off her feet. Look at the video and you can see she trips over her feet when he pulls her … I don’t see that at all. I see him using his lower body to create momentum and uncoiling while using leverage at the highest point of her center of gravity to pull her off balance. Her left foot doesn’t come off the ground to well past the point where her upper body is gone past parallel to the ground. She doesn’t trip over her feet, she is body slammed. He corrected her. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITtiKO_fBaI “The police chief is backing his officer’s action in the video with a suspect police say was described as combative, argumentative, and intoxicated by multiple 911 callers.” When they say “combative”, what do they mean? Because the other accusations don’t in any way justify knocking someone unconscious. You can’t knock people unconscious because they’re intoxicated. You can’t knock people unconscious because they’re argumentative either. Not legally. If you knock someone you live with unconscious because they’re intoxicated or argumentative, it’s called “domestic violence”. If you knock people you don’t know unconscious because they’re intoxicated or argumentative, it’s called “assault and battery”. QuadGunner Drunk or not.. fuck you… just fuck you! The police chief was absolutely correct here. The woman did hit her head on the pavement. You can clearly see in the video that she accidently hits her head when the pig holding her threw her into the pavement. And let’s be clear about my verb usage here. He didn’t try to move her and accidently drop her. He didn’t even push her. He literally THREW her bodily, directly into the ground. That guy was at the very least twice her size and more than likely several times stronger that she was; this is obvious from how effortlessly he throws her to the ground. So how the hell could she possibly have even been capable of doing something, while he was holding her, that would warrant that kind of reaction? I hesitate to post publicly what karma might dictate his reward to be. Neil B There is no reason for that. None. The problem is the policeman won’t be disciplined there by reinforcing the behavior. That woman was no threat to him. Hoppities I hate it when people interfere with pubic duties 🙂 Now we know where Ray Rice got a new job. Interesting how the NFL throws the book at a player for knocking a woman unconscious, but a cop gets backing from his chief for exact same action. ROFL. Has there ever been a police use for force that the readers of Reason approved of? And it is completely hilarous how the Reason readership rushes to judgement based on a jiggly, long-range, blatantly edited video with no audio – even though the story clearly says a dash-cam video also exists. Perhaps you arm chair police chiefs should see all the evidence? Because, if the woman was refusing to relax her arms to be cuffed, the easiest way to do it is simply overpowering her, which would probably destroy her rotator cuff and surrounding muscles and be extremely painful. Sweep-leg take downs happen all the time with barely a bruise. This one didn’t, likely because she was so drunk she didn’t keep her head up. Or maybe she should just have been set free to drive drunk in your Libertarian utopia.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409782
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Jerry Brown Signs Right-to-Die Bill into Law Scott Shackford is an associate editor at Reason. A cop and his union in Rhode Island are complaining because a worker at a Dunkin’ Donuts wrote “blacklivesmatter” on his coffee cup. They’re going to lay off donuts now? DEATFBIRSECIA Shoulda wrote: “Fuck You Stop Murdering!” The union says it believes that “all lives matter.” Tomorrow: A cop and his union in Rhode Island are complaining because a worker at a Dunkin’ Donuts wrote “alllivesmatter” on his coffee cup. How about all guts matter? Physically fit LEO can only lead to fewer taserings/shootings as they won’t have to resort to compliance tools right out of the gate for fear of infarction from exertion. The problem is that some lives matter more than others. Montreal set to dump 8 billion litres into the St. Lawrence. http://bit.ly/1LtUobG And I don’t believe a word they say. For you hockey fans, Mayor Coderre is the guy who when with the Federal Liberals made a stink about Shane Doan allegedly calling another player ‘frog’ without a SHRED OF EVIDENCE. Shameless politician is shameless. As long as that shit stays on your side of the border. Pan Zagloba Nativist! Oh, you’re not discussing Cytotoxic migrating to US? I see no difference. You wouldn’t, and that’s your problem. Notorious UGCC Yeah, calling someone a frog without a shred of evidence is bad. You should at least do a background check first – does he have a silly accent, is he quick to surrender, does he avoid deodorant, that kind of thing. commodious spittoon The whole cheese-eating surrender monkey canard is a trumped-up insinuation and I for one will not countenance its mention. Furthermore, I have no first-hand experience with purportedly maloderous French people, and find the rumors of deodorant abstinence implausible at best. In that same vein, the spurious notion that French women prostitute themselves at vastly higher rates than their cohorts in other countries is not a suggestion which ought be taken seriously by gentlemen. Finally, any reference to cultural snobbery unbefitting a mongrel race of human-shaped doormats for German soldiers is a remark of such low character that anyone even alluding to it should be asked to leave forthwith. Finally, any reference to cultural snobbery unbefitting a mongrel race of human-shaped doormats for German soldiers Anyone who thinks that should vist Verdun. Hell, at the total disaster of 1940, French troops didn’t run any faster then Americans at Kasserine Pass. Also, Germans were classified as “swarthy” by Ben Franklin, same as French and Slaves (and Swedes!). According to Paul Johnson, French propagandists circulated studies prior to WW2 allegedly demonstrating that Germans on average possessed several extra feet of intestine. And that’s my one novel WW2-related factoid. So the Army lost 50 miles, rallied, and defeated the German offensive, eventually regaining the lost ground. The French lost everything, capitulated, and never managed to rally enough to do anything more than annoy German troops. One of these things is not like the other… Entropy Drehmaschine Void French Battle Rifle for sale … never fired, only dropped once. Does smell a little funny, tho. It’s Rhode Island so cop union vs donut worker union? I’m surprised they didn’t bust the worker on trumped up charges. The day after the buzz dies down, he’ll get SWATted.. “Waaaaaaaaah.” To clarify, for the n00bs and drivebys, that’s my impression of the cop/union complaint. Also, huge balls on the barrista. Pope Jimbo This is why you always wear your bullet proof vest. You leave it off one time to go get a cup of coffee and look at how easy it was for this punk to put a word right through your thin skin. Trouser-Pod (The blowhard) put a word right through your thin skin I don’t think it could have been stated with any more brilliance, Pope. You win the girl, the gold watch…everything! Mindyourbusiness +1 John D. McDonald. Shut it down, guys. His Holiness wins for today. AlmightyJB Fucking childish response. Oh BS. Most cops don’t hunt black people for hunt. Thousands of blacks call the police everyday. Black officers shoot blacks as much as white officers. LA is “Black lives matter” is a racialist statement and ultimately an appeal to bigger government. The BLM activists don’t make a distinction between George Zimmerman and cops who shoot black kids, justified or not. Those who embrace actual reforms to stop police violence shouldn’t coddle this crowd. ALL lives matter. If Brown and Rice were white, only we would be outraged. The black community would be utterly silent. The notion that police only tase and choke blacks to death (and only because they’re black) is beyond stupid. “IstandwithAhmed” because zero tolerance policy only activates on Islamophobia? The fact is that a lot of progressives won’t lift a finger unless they seen opportunity to play the big anti-racist hero. Every time I’ve discussed police violence with progressives, I try to point out some of the cases of white people being shot unjustly and make the point that it’s a government accountability problem rather than just a racism problem, but their response is always “yea, but they’re MOSTLY black people!” and completely disregard what I just said. October.7.2015 at 1:06 am “Black lives matter” is a racialist statement and ultimately an appeal to bigger government. The BLM activists don’t make a distinction between George Zimmerman and cops who shoot black kids, justified or not. I don’t see the point in antagonizing them. This isn’t a question of ‘either racism or militarization/lack of accountability,’ it’s an interaction of both that causes people to get killed for no good reason, disproportionately but by no means exclusively black. And the black lives matter folks by and large seem to recognize that. Hillary Clinton today called for a bunch of familiar gun control policy proposals that won’t accomplish what she thinks they will. She’s going to be as big a gun salesman as her predecessor. She’s already the Most Transparent Person in American History. I missed that clip on Saturday Night Live. Where is the audience member who shouts “You Lie!” during her answer. Medical Physics Guy That might have been the only interesting thing that ever happened during a state of the union in my lifetime. Zaytsev I’ll just leave this here, and walk away before the Cosmos see it. http://www.breitbart.com/calif…..al-aliens/ Why do they make such stupid assertions? Because they know that no one in the media has the guts to just start laughing when they say shit like that. I’d kill to have just one interviewer just start laughing and snorting and saying “suuuuuuuure” when she starts lying like this. I don’t know, she’s transparently full of shit, that’s crystal clear. It’s painfully obvious to all but the willfully blind. I’ d rate her statement as true plausible.. This place will need to change one of its window signs. Bobarian (Would Chip Her) won’t accomplish what she thinks they will. She thinks they’ll shore up her support with her base, which they likely will. That may not be what she says they’ll do, but what she says and what she thinks are often diametrically opposed. OneOut Yes they will accomplish what she thinks they will. She thinks the proposals will appeal to leftists who are filling Bernie’s events while leaving hers half full. That is what they are designed to do and they will have some effect even if only marginally. I know a number of hard core gun enthusiasts that are democrats for various reasons. Campaigning on gun control is one of the few things that would get them to vote republican. BiMonSciFiCon Every country should be self sufficient. Better yet, every household should be self sufficient. Think of how rich we’d be. Bernie 2016. Irish ?s ESB I’m personally skeptical of this shit since I’m sure it includes all sorts of regulatory compliance agreements. Most ‘free trade’ agreements in the 21st century are actually about regulatory smoothing, which isn’t actually free trade. The fact that it’s being kept secret is all you really need to know. This is indeed a trueism and the fact that it is thousands of pages long means their are carve outs for certain groups. Free trade agreement can’t be over 1 or 2 pages long or there is necessarily some non freedom involved. True. Hopefully an improvement on the current situation, though. Cato’s doing a “chapter by chapter” review of it. We’ll see whether it’s an improvement or not. Jerryskids You mean we won’t have to pass it to see what’s in it? C. Anacreon Until now I thought TPP stood for “Toilet Paper Patrol.” Silly me for thinking it was something important. Right now I have two advertisements on this webpage: One telling me they are predicting the date the race war will start and the other explaining that millions will be sent to FEMA camps in 2015. So…who is Reason selling ad buys to, Alex Jones? I’m getting FEMA and Hobby Lobby. What’s the race war ad look like? It’s an electoral map from 2008 with the blue states and red states and it just says “PREDICTING THE DATE OF THE COMING RACE WAR: WATCH THE VIDEO.” Right the race war where 13% of the nation’s poorest citizens enters into armed conflict with the other well-armed 87% and their armed goons. No idea how that would eventually turn out. Agammamon As a long, drawn out low-intensity conflict where conventional military forces are bogged down because the ‘enemy’ can fade away and hide among the civilian population? How could the enemy fade away and hide among the civilian population during a race war? It’s like you don’t even know what a race war is, bro. Their beady eyes, and flappy heads stick out like a sore thumb.. Follow the trail of Kraft dinner boxes back to their enclaves.. White race-warriors hiding out among white people, black ones among black people? It’s not like a sizeable portion of the military and police force is “other than white”.. That 87% would ride them down like grass.. I get race war and Scooby Doo. Maybe they’re targeting racist stoners? Hobby Lobby means you’re gonna be on the losing side of the race war. Also, I’m getting ‘NASA’s dire warning: “What we feared most is coming. 13 months to get ready!” Ooh… spooky. Quincy. I’m getting that NASA thing… and an ad for Allstate Insurance. Ha! Man, there were Lawrence Lessig ads for me the other week. I think Reason alternates their ad buys to play both sides and maximize revenue. Quite shrewd, mmyes. On the other side of the coin, my banner add is Avis asking me to rent a Porsche. Well technically it says “Fahren Sie Porsche Exlusiv bei Avis 175EUR/TAG” On refresh it’s back to Snorg tees. Well that was fun while it lasted. TOR changed proxies? If I wasn’t blocking them I’d be getting ads for Bugattii and Bombardier, you peasants. Just say Nikki A ton of ads on this site are re-targeted, so I guess the question is, what else have you been doing on the internets? With Irish, I’m betting it’s some pretty sick shit. Posting here can sometimes be some pretty sick shit. /Said with PRIDE! I certainly don’t frequent the Daily Stormer and post under the handle “You Jews You Lose,” if that’s what you’re asking. Los Doyers HEY KID WANNA BUY SOME CHUBBIES? That was funny. Most comfortable hipster-ish swim trunks ever. Haha, I get some mailings that are pretty far out there. I got the same ones. I think I’ll avoid clicking. pause adblock and noscript razors, watches, tshirts, and insurance meh, nothing exciting MJGreen - Docile Citizen I love adblock, but every now and then I miss those ads with models wearing “funny” t-shirts. I have adblock and don’t use it on sites I actually like because I am a nice person. Although Reason’s ads are so fucking terrible that they’re really trying my patience. Reason does have shitty ads, and it’s hard for me to believe they couldn’t make more money with better ads. That said, it was WaPo that got me to break down and block ads. Terrible, just terrible. Really, WTF are the DR power equipment ads? WTF = Where the fuck, not what The perfect gift for your favorite ADA? Reason’s ads suck. I can’t block them on mobile and it drags my tablet down to 286 speeds. Tightly fitting funny t-shirts. On well-endowed models. Turning off Ad-block I get – ‘End of World Muslim’ – yeah, written just like that. ‘Lessig 2016’ – who the hell is Lessig? An ad for underwear ‘Libertarian apparal’ – which is just a bunch of cheap t-shirts. But without the attractive models. And an ad for Time-Warner Cable – which I already have. Ah, my mistake – its ‘The End of the World Muslim’. Guess who it is. Cat Stevens? I shut off my protection and all I got was a pop-up from Nick Gillespie asking me if I’d like to know how to make $7368 per month working just a few hours a month at home from my computer. Then he asked me if I liked gladiator movies. Tell him, look mister, I just found the mask, I’m not really a welder. Speaking of race wars, I see that the media are covering up the race of the Oregon shooter. I have not seen any actual screenshots from CNN where they used the ‘whitened’ image of the shooter. All the screenshots I’ve seen have been from right-wing websites. If CNN actually did that, you’d think there’d be screenshots out there of the picture on CNN with the CNN graphics and news crawl…but for some reason no such screenshot exists. Now I’m not saying right-wingers definitely photoshopped that picture themselves in order to claim CNN was lying about the shooter’s race, but I would not put it past them. The line is that CNN wiped their server deleted that image. Not hearing much from the perp’s mother, in any event. I’m on a plane and can’t click through. Can you tell me what the race was? I’m guessing 880 high hurdles? Think something shorter, like the hundred. CatoTheChipper Yep, he was as much a person of color as the current president. And all of his victims had pale complexions. It doesn’t conform to the narrative, so it is a matter of irrelevance. It certainly has nothing to do with racism because only white people can be racist; actually they all are to some extent. In fact the shooter was a victim of the gun lobby. If Obama had a son… He’d be hanging out with all his white friends, smoking dope, while dad pulled strings and cashed in favors to groom him for his inevitable presidency.. Mrs. Lemuel Struthers Thank you for not using adblock so I can. That’s how I approach recycling. Others do it so I don’t need to. Works for vaccines too 😉 You should work to stop others recycling. Except for things like aluminum it is actually more energy intensive (and expensive) than simply making something from scratch. Longtorso, Johnny You mean Bill Hicks? I had to put up AdBlock, because Reason was murdering every browser I tried, both on Mac and Windows. But before it finally went up, while I was doing Accomplished Female Athletes series I was getting mostly Emma Stone’s Game of War thingie and Russian Dating sites. What I’m saying, Irish, is look upon your posting history and think hard. Wait, no, what I’m saying is, AdBlock. You won’t regret it. Overt I’ve found that Flashcontrol is all you need. Once you block all the flash content, the browsers work fine and any sane, non-flash ad still gets displayed. RoK: Why Social Justice Is Satanic And We Need Religion To Defeat It Return of Kings keeps proving why no one takes that shithole of a website seriously. Oh, LOL this is retarded: In Babylon’s holy institution of social justice, evil was symbolized by Tiamat, the goddess of motherhood and beauty. Just as feminists despise the motherhood role of women today, they concocted this character Tiamat, as “a mother who put her children’s well-being before her own.” Tiamat was brutally killed by a shining hero named Marduk. Marduk did away with the old conservative ways and issued in progressivism. He altered the natural universe into a new order, and enslaved Tiamat’s followers, which symbolized mankind. He then took a partner named Sarpanit, synonymous with Ishtar, the goddess of sex and prostitution. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the divine princess Ishtar gets her daddy to take revenge on Gilgamesh for refusing her sexual advances, and he ends up losing eternal life. Babylon was a feminist dream. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Oh, he’s serious… That site is irredeemably terrible. There is a place for positive masculinity, but it’s not as obvious. It just plain sucks that there are such loud and dumb voices that drown out anything worthwhile. Return of Kings: Because Roosh V wants to prove that not all the derp in the world comes from left-wing commentators. A couple of weeks ago they had an article by some asshole drunk about how pot was so terrible. Someone has a shitty understanding of early Christianity. And the Monster Manual. If he’s talking about Githyankis, maybe I will click on it after all. +5 heads, one of each color. How can you not excerpt this beautiful passage? Religious patriarchy is the time-tested opposition to feminism and all forms of social justice. This is why spirituality is so important for men today. Satan is every bit as real as God, and Satan’s plan for the world is feminism and social justice. Satan wants a world where men get publicly shamed for lifting too many weights at the gym or hassled by the school administrator for using gendered pronouns. Satan is every bit as real as God I’m not sure if I can argue much with that. Which brings up an interesting question. I always assumed that if I met the Devil, it would confirm the existence of God. I never understood the stories about people selling their souls since it would be an extraordinarily stupid decision based on what you would then know for certain. Well, people never actually admit it when they’ve been consorting with the devil. The thing is – how would you know he was the Devil? Because he says so? Maybe he’s just a sufficiently advance alien come down to screw with people. Same can pretty much be said about any god. Yeah, there’s no magic. If there is or ever was a ‘god’, then we’re talking about an advanced intelligence and technology. If you could go back in time and take some advanced tech with you, the primitives would probably be convinced that you’re a god, no doubt. Awesome scene discussing this matter in Daredevil, my new favorite show. so… You’re telling me I need to get NetFlix? Satan wants a world where men get publicly shamed for lifting too many weights at the gym Hi-larious. Freaking fantastic. I bet Satan wants men to be vegetarians, too. Vegans. Cannibals. NATO is warning Russia against crossing into Turkey’s airspace to continue its airstrikes in Syria. Looks like Russia is going to have to start calling them Freedom Drumsticks. Australia’s 1996 Gun Confiscation Didn’t Work ? And it Wouldn’t Work in America It’s not supposed to ‘work,’ it’s just supposed to be used as a cudgel against such people who would defy the Top. Men. And if it happens to get you political points with the proles in your faction’s base, so much the better. At 25 weeks and 4 days of development, babygirlc is in the 84th percentile of weight. Suck on it, average fetuses. Hmmm. But does she have a thigh gap? Move out of the way, Old Man With Candy. Lady B has taken the pervert cake. I’m more like a mentor. I just want babygirlc to be a winner with a slim and attractive figure and it’s never too soon to start restricting carbs. Let’s start by cutting out dairy when she’s born. lap83 Does LB really stand for Lucille Bluth? “You want your belt to buckle, not your chair” Pro tip: smoking correlates to low birth weight. There’s no need to lose those extra ounces if you never gain them! Don’t ever let the haters tell you that eating disorders are bad. They’re just jealous. Soo… pasta is out? I missed the announcement. Congratulations. I think this was it. Trials and Trippelations Ask Jesse for name suggestions. How do you weigh a fetus? Very carefully. Oh. I thought you were joking. robc have you started her on adderral yet ? It’s never to early to instill good health habits. Ted S. Chef Ted update: You may recall I was asking about an easy way to cook lamb chops in the Friday PM Lynx thread. Anyhow, I decided to follow Playa Manhattan’s recommendation for the marinade since I already had all the ingredients at hand. But I broke down and bought a $20 cast iron skillet Sunday morning so I could do the recipe that involved sticking the skillet in the oven. The beautiful results are here: http://img.photobucket.com/alb…..-small.jpg It turned out a bit spicier than I would have thought, probably because I made up the marinade on Saturday night and left the chop to soak in it until 5:00 PM Sunday. I paired it with mashed potatoes, stuffing, and a nice inexpensive Chilean Carmen?re as you can see. My golden retriever was quite jealous. Of course, you’re all going to make fun of the dining room d?cor instead. 🙂 Snow already? Another consequence of Mom’s Alzheimer’s. It got put on the table one Christmas and never taken off, and I wouldn’t know where the normal tablecloth ended up. And if you go one or two photos back on my Photobucket account, you’ll see the winter we had here last winter. So you are taking care of your mother who has Alzheimers ? Sorry about your mom but congradulations on being a man. I had a similar experience with a mom who had ALS. I left A&M two semesters before graduation to care for her as she was alone and 60 years old. It’s hard but you will never regret it and can always hold your head high for doing the right thing. I need a framed print of that. kinnath Thumbs up on the Carmenere. After enough Carmenere, the decor doesn’t matter. Good for you. Cute pooch. It certainly looks much better than the steak I tried to cook on high heat in the kitchen… and then the smoke alarm rang. Did you use a rub or marinade with sugar in it? The smoke alarm just means you’re doing it right. That’s not bad for someone who doesn’t know how to cook. You do realize we had the same recipe except I said lime and he said lemon. /stares intensely. I had lemon juice in the fridge. No lime juice. That’s not the same thing. I said Greek style, not Mexican. I don’t care. I hate lamb. I just prepare it for my wife. I also make it with fennel with polenta on the side. Again, hate both but gotta please people. You know what the lemon, garlic, onion and oregano do? Mask the taste of the lamb. Do you even like gyros? Done correctly, they’re 50% lamb. What part of ‘I don’t like lamb’ don’t you get? 50%, 25%? /Read in Greek accent. Spits on ground. And everyone knows you put the lime in the coconut and drink it all down. I hate coconut. I hope you drank the appropriate wine with that lamb? I can’t make out the bottle. It doesn’t matter, he was drinking out of a carafe sized glass, so box wine would have worked. My wine glass wasn’t that big! You obviously didn’t read my original post. 🙁 Cute dog. bacon-magic “Dog poops in snow” should be framed and sold at an art museum. I ordered a framed print of the dog crapping. Can that be delivered to my work address? I like that fork. Is it part of a set? I’m sure if we get another 14 years of war in the country, we’ll get the terrain down. Just part of the learning curve. Who knew you could get a Nobel Peace Prize for bombing recipients of a previous Nobel peace prize? It’s all very meta. Yasser Arafat? (Begin shared peace prize w/ Sadat for ’78). Don’t worry, we’ll build them a new hospital, and replace the patients, too! The service plan is bundled with the package.. it was the government of Afghanistan that called in the airstrike that killed 22 people at a hospital in Kunduz So we’re taking orders from the Afghanis now? Can I put in an order for a missile strike on a certain hill in a certain swamp? Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, aka the Swamp? I agree, it should be bombed into oblivion. “Go to Hell Gay-tors, Go to Hell… EAT SHIT!” I was thinking of Capitol Hill, but I suppose hitting any of the Floriduh teams would have a similar yield as far as hitting lying, cheating, thieving scum. Don’t be hate’n.. Easy Jerry. reason’s legal budget is already shot for the year. So, how does everyone here deal with the derpbook posts our Prog and SJW acquaintances always post after every shooting. I’m so, so tempted to reply to these but I make it a point to keep my derpbook apolitical. This weeks most annoying items: A statement that the Constitution does not guarantee open carry. A picture of “automatic weapons” that include a revolver and what appears to be a semi-automatic pistol (guns and the captions are too blurry for more positive ID)? If any of my friends post that stuff, they’ve long since been hidden from my feed. Yeah, I keep being tempted to do that but I then ask myself why I don’t just delete them. I’ve probably hidden about 90% of my FB connections at this point. Peer pressure is a bitch. I hide everything except seeing pictures of my friends’ kids cuz I like watching them grow up. And I like funny viral videos. For me it’s because of the casual sex. I can put aside political differences for a decent lay or a parlay into one. Unreconstructed (Sans Flag) I’m almost to the point where I’m going to have to hide my father…does that put me anywhere near the worst? I don’t do Facebook. Listen to Ted S. My life has been much better since I deleted my facebook account. I didn’t delete mine. I just never log in. I can’t remember exactly when the last time I did, but it was at least 6 months. I hardly logged in before then, but now I make a point of it. Add me to this list. Free and clear, and less bullshit. I don’t derpbook I stay off whenever the derps get especially vocal. Which is to say, always. After Sandy Hook I dumped a bunch of “friends” and rarely log in at all. Maybe every two months at most. My favorite facebook day is coming up soon though. I re-update my status to “Happy Columbus Day!”. Oh, that’s nice. Hadn’t thought about that. The tone is different this time. They’ve given up. I like it. They just can’t even. I cope with these posts by logging onto Facebook only once every few months at best, then promptly leaving once I’ve gone through all the private correspondence worth reading and responding to. Yeah, since about 2007, I only log on when responding to a direct message. I stopped using facebook early in 2008, during the primaries. If I did Facebook I would immediately block anyone who posts anything political. I don’t care if I agreed with it or not. Facebook is for posting cute cat pictures and planning get-togethers. Thank. You. We (libertarians) have here and Cato, Dems have Daily Kos and DU, Repubs have Freep, etc. You can do better than Cato. See Double You What’s wrong with Cato? The cool kids don’t do facebook; they do myspace. Back when I would log on, I had to block family members who would post 30 things per day. Not updates, just “funny” (stupid) pictures, memes, and cartoons. I had a couple of family members that must have done this ALL DAY. To find something that someone posted 2 days ago I had to scroll through all that shit. I just said fuck it and blocked them. Then I realized no one was posting anything interesting anyway. Ignore and move on. With the election campaign here, my feed is 90% “look how racist Conveservative Nazis are trying to kill you with poison milk”. So I scroll past till I see a cat, a scale model or a WW2 picture (new Harper Nazi thing might stop the third rule). Ignore and move on. With the election campaign here, my feed is 90% “look how racist Conveservative Nazis are trying to kill you with poison milk”. Let’s not go to Canada, tis a silly place. You only say that because all the hormones in American milk made your brain half-bovine! Bags of poison milk? Diabolical!.. I only follow a couple group accounts where I talk to other members. So, how does everyone here deal with the derpbook posts our Prog and SJW acquaintances always post after every shooting. Hide post…hide post…hide post…hide post…hide post…hide post… I always try to point out the technical inaccuracies, like you mentioned – automatic weapons, military-style, armor-piercing, clips vs. magazines, etc. Also, try to bring up facts that wreck their narrative, such as: – Most statistics that claim to identify gun ownership as a cause of crime are very screwy, and often rely on different methods of data collection (US definition of murder vs. UK definition of murder) and misleading terms (“gun deaths”). – Most other countries never had a problem with mass shootings to begin with, so gun control can’t really be credited with eliminating them. – Almost every mass shooter purchased their guns with a background check, so more background checks wouldn’t help at all. In my experience, if someone is committed enough to post those little pictures on their Facebook as though it decimates the entire pro-gun side of the debate, you’re not likely to change their mind. But you can show others who are witnessing the conversation that the anti-gun argument is built upon half-truths, misconceptions, and phony statistics. Also, you can show them that you’re calm and rational. Most anti-gunners will fly into a rage rather quickly when their views are challenged, so you can do a lot of good by showing people which side is using logic and which side is using emotion. Of course, if your circle of friends is full of idiots with closed minds, none of this will do a bit of good. It’s your call. I enjoy trolling them with Reason.com articles posted on their pages. And I always yell: “READ THE COMMENTS!!!” ’cause food allergies are so safe: Meanwhile in the Future: To Stop Climate Change, We Must Genetically Engineer Humans …Another modification that Liao proposed was an induced allergy to meat, to help people reduce their consumption of animals. … Let there be no doubt about the hellscape that would be human existence if these people win the hearts and minds of mankind. Migrant Log Chipper Holy cow, there’s a heaping helping of derp in the comments over there. Just so we’re clear: Genetically modified organisms to produce food = bad Genetically experimenting on humans = good Sanders/Mengele 2016? Next we talk about breeding people to be shorter, something Liao says could reduce our carbon footprint. Smaller people require less energy and use fewer resources, Liao argues. But selecting for height genetically would be a nightmare, according to the most recent paper that Maxmen found there are 697 genes involved in height. Since there’s not a good way to select for height genetically, another method Liao talks about in his paper is using treatments that cause babies to be born light ? to have a low “birth weight.” But that comes with a set of very real dangers to the baby, and few mothers would opt to take that risk. Not to mention set their kid up for society’s bias against people (particularly men) who are shorter. And this brings us to the last modification that Liao talks about: empathy. You might remember that just a few weeks ago we talked about empathy on this very podcast! And you might remember that empathy is actually a really hard thing to define. Liao’s idea is to give hormones like oxytocin and seratonin to people, and to perhaps decrease someone’s testosterone. But those hormones have all kinds of effects, and can change people in really profound ways beyond making them a little more amenable to negotiating. This is creepier than the backstory of the reavers in the Firefly series. They can have my testosterone when they pry it from my strong man like hands. In other words, Eugenics for the Environment Genetically modifying corn is way beyond the capability of mankind. It’s the height of hubris to think we could accomplish it without any adverse effects on the environment. But modifying human beings, that’d be cake. Wow! That is really messed up. On one hand I would point out that philosophy seems to be finding new deep ends to go off of. On the other hand, some credit to the philosophers — they are just following through the implications of current progressive thought right out to the logical end. Yes, because all land that is used for raising cattle could easily be farmed. I’m sure all those ranchers who are raising cattle in the Bad Lands in western N. Dakota could easily start growing corn on the sides of all those buttes. Given a big enough subsidy, they will. I propose that to better serve mankind, Liao works on building up a tolerance to anti-freeze. Start with something small, like a pint or so, and by the end of the week.. gallons.. So we would be allergic to ourselves? Umm… okay. The terms of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal have been finalized. I hope Guillermo del Toro directs this one, too. Even if the Kaiju do have gender issues this time around. Why did the heroes wait until the last second to remember that they had the Ex-Im Bank to use? Speaking of, remember that government (anti-communist, anti-drug, anti-drinking) propaganda in media article Jesse had last week? Is there a CAGW-alarmist propaganda fund somewhere? I can’t think of another reason to shove stupid CLIMATE! message into Pacific Rim. It’s like a metaphor for a Bernie Sanders presidency. If all we get is slow news days, I would vote for him. Seriously, why is that even a PM link? Probably because it’s a notoriously governmenty train service. Oh, definitely. I think piling on Amtrak has been done to death though. Amtrak is an organization of chronic fuck-ups, too pathetic for derision and ridicule.. Hillary Clinton today called for a bunch of familiar gun control policy proposals that won’t accomplish what she thinks they will No, they will accomplish exactly what she thinks they will. Just a little step closer to banning all guns. Not for her of course, for the peasants. Everybody in need of emergency treatment of severe allergic reactions — WTF is with the price of Epipens? It’s not the meds, it’s the auto injector. It’s fucking foolproof, and the robot voice talks you through it. But they had non-talking mechanical auto-injectors which worked just fine. Also, if they can sell a talking greeting card for USD$5… Yeah, I know, R&D costs. Also, they cost a lot less in Canada due to government regulations there which effectively means that US consumers are subsidizing canuckistani anaphylaxis. Some people are retards. My neighbor, for example. She knocked on my door late at night a few weeks ago and asked me to inject her. She couldn’t figure it out. And then when the ambulance came, she refused to go to the hospital. Then epi pen wore off, the reaction came back, and I had to call the ambulance for her again. Like I said, some people are retards. Oh, and she brought me flowers the next day. Just what I always wanted. Please tell me she was stung by a bee that came out of the flowers she was picking for you and had to go to the hospital yet again. No. Store bought, still had the price tag. Although there could have been some bees hiding in there somewhere. It was the msg on the peanut butter and shrimp sandwich he made her… You’re deathly allergic to flowers?!? No, I’d just prefer $50 worth of beer to $50 worth of flowers if I save someone’s life. Strongly prefer. It’s like people never heard of a fruit basket. It’s fucking foolproof, and the robot voice talks you through it. But, enough about Hillary’s campaign. Why are you even thinking about Epi’s Pens? Yeah, NPR covered this and in the US they are only sold in two-packs because the new guidelines say that some people need a double shot for a severe reaction. You’re missing an “i” in there, aren’t you? He shortened it to make it more realistic. Ouch! LOL I was in the pool!!! I would gladly pay $450 – $500 for a device that would prevent me from dying. LynchPin1477 NATO is warning Russia against crossing into Turkey’s airspace to continue its airstrikes in Syria Any violations of a NATO member’s airspace will be met with a harshly worded letter!! And a stern lecture from President Obama He’s literally drawing red lines around the borders of every NATO country on his map. President Obama didn’t draw that red line. Congress drew the red line!!! THE WHOLE WORLD DREW THE RED LINE! We will be very very angry with you. And we will send you a letter telling you how angry we are. Hillary Clinton today called for a bunch of familiar gun control policy proposals that won’t accomplish what she thinks pretends they will. She’s not stupid. Isn’t [strikeout] they way I would strike out “thinks” in the above? [s]text[/s] Replace the [ ] with the corresponding less than / greater than signs. Thanks. So: Carl, Fighter of the Nightman The letter “s” in angle brackets (less than / greater than). Like so. (less than)s(greater than) thinks (less than)/s(greater than) This is impossible. The war in Afghanistan is over! Obama said so! All my proggie friends congratulated themselves about how wonderful Obama is because he ended the war in Afghanistan! It’s now a kinetic operation. Operation — get it? Soooooo….. Mission Accomplished? Just a little workplace violence. Ask them why Captain Murderdrone just murdered some more poor brown children. See what they have to say about that. I really don’t think that Captain Murderdrone cares whether they are brown, or even whether they are children, so long as he gets to kill somebody. But it is fun troll progressives that way, given their sanctimonious concern about “the childrenz” and “people of color”. Dat Rick and Morty finale… Too soon. I feel like Mr. Poopybutthole at the end, in the fetal position, rocking slowly back and forth. (he was kidding about a year and a half, right? RIGHT?) Probably: It’s very important to note what the smooth-operator voice [on 1-844-MORERICK] said: “We’ll see you next year.” If you didn’t watch past the credits, Mr. Poopy Butthole has a gleeful freakout implying that we’d be waiting “a year and a half…or longer” for our next Rick and Morty fix, similar to the gap between Seasons 1 and 2. But given the fact that Rick and Morty has long since been renewed for a third season (which might even feature a Mr. Meeseeks revival!) a shorter timeframe is reasonable. Mr. Poopybutthole That is, of course, the first character I would want anyone who hasn’t seen the series to hear about, lest they get a poor first impression… He says he’s sorry you didn’t have any bad memories of him. Mr. Poopybutthole is the best and I will not hear you say otherwise. Also, fuck Jerry. And fuck Tammy. But especially Jerry. Hopefully the [spoiler] takeover of [spoiler] and his resulting new [spoiler] will make him less of a bitch. I don’t have high hopes, though. Beth’s, Summer’s, and Morty’s response to him during their argument was quite touching, though. The conversation, and then him being completely okay with the [spoiler] takeover of [spoiler], because it was good for him, screw everybody else on [spoiler], even his own family. And one more thought: I didn’t realize until a second watch that Tammy’s parents were Gaius Baltar and Number Six. I saw James Callis in the credits but confused him with Jamie Bamber and didn’t make the connection. They manage to pull a lot of starpower in for voices. But he did not want children. Has Obama appeared on TV yet and apologized for bombing a hospital and called for some common sense laws that will prevent that happening again? Why is the USA the only country in the world that bombs hospitals, day care centers, and wedding parties on a routine basis? This sort of thing happens every few months and yet Republicans won’t do anything, but Democrats are at the table, right? Did I miss that speech? If he did that, he’d have to pass a stringent background check. He’s still trying to come up with a way to apologize (1) without admitting that we still have a military presence in Afghanistan and (2) placing all the blame on the Republicans. Donald Trump is wrong on immigration? Oh, my stars, thank you, Reason, for…er…citing Mother Jones on this important subject! I’m sure we can trust them on it, just like we can trust them on statistics where gun control is concerned. To continue our education in correct thinking, I present What is Fempathizing? It is not to be confused with femsplaining, which doesn’t exist. Not to mention, change starts at home ? which is what Everyday Feminism is all about. Noticing and amending our own sexist socialization can improve life immediately. Get Educated! Before We Get You Re-Educated! You do realize the sentence you quoted is directed to other women, right? The “our” is “women’s”? Yes, and? Because feminists never, ever attack women who don’t think like them? Christina Hoff Sommers, or Lauren Southern wouldn’t get bumped off into a re-education camp if these people had the power? I preferred your other series. I was wondering if there were wrong incentives in play there. Wrong? Wrong? Fuck it. I’m just going to amuse myself with a google image search of Snorg Tees girls. Oh.. I get it. Wrong incentive for reason writers. Fuck it, I’ll still go enjoy the Snorg Tees girls. As a professor in America, I could be gunned down for teaching Shakespeare With every instance of mass murder on a school campus, it becomes more and more challenging for teachers to continue to walk into their classroom. Yesterday afternoon, news outlets reported that a man had gone to Umpqua Community College (UCC) in Roseburg, Oregon, and shot 10 students and teachers dead, with many others injured. The news broke just as I was about to commute to Fordham University, where I am an adjunct professor. I tried to persuade myself to not get on the subway to the Bronx. This isn’t worth it, this isn’t worth it, I kept repeating as the train rattled over the tracks. As an adjunct, I make around $250 a class and don’t have health insurance. What if I get injured on campus? Who pays if I get shot? It might sound like an oddly calculated consideration?but these shootings don’t feel “random” to me anymore. We are living in a world where disaffected people seem drawn to my area of work. Where my very occupation puts a target on my back, and on the backs of my students. I am powerless as a teacher in the classroom. I am. Teachers are, no matter the pay grade, or education level, or type of institution. And everybody knows it. Ah yes. Everyone knows that the school shooters hate teachers and it’s all about you. Link intentionally withheld. Well, you could certainly be gunned down for mocking the camel fucker prophet, but that would be your own fault, right? I went and found it because that kind of retardation is rare and must be bottled and preserved lest Al Sharpton die and we run dangerously low on retardation generators. Regardless, I got in an argument with someone on twitter because I pointed out that your odds of dying in a mass shooting are about 0.00002% and it is therefore so irrelevant that literally no one should even worry about it and was immediately told “WELL TELL THAT TO THE FAMILIES.” Yeah, how dare I point out that you’re 10 times more likely to drown to death but no one argues we should outlaw swimming? Silly me – I should have behaved with mindless hysteria instead. You clearly are a child-hating TEATHUGLIKKKAN Then share the link. I want to ask this criminal why he is disobeying The Law of The Land and isn’t contributing his fair share to society and buying inflated health insurance so that others less fortunate than he can have health insurance as well as his privledged ass ? As an adjunct, I make around $250 a class and don’t have health insurance. He should just switch to becoming a public school teacher in the Bronx. The salary is a hell of a lot better than that and the benefits are okay, and the kids are cute until they hit middle school and start trying to kill each other, so you just stick to elementary. Are you a marine, like the people killed in Chattanooga? Are you a black churchgoer, like the people killed in Charleston? Are you a Jew, like he people killed in Paris and Copenhagen? Are you a police worker, like the guy targeted by an Islamist in Australia the other day? Are you in a Sidney cafe, like the people gunned down there by an ISIS sympathizer? Are you a cartoonist like those killed at Charlie Hebdo or targeted in Denmark? Oh, what’s that, you’re not all of those things? Then maybe other people have been targeted all over the planet for just these sorts of killings and you should shut the fuck up, you self-obsessed narcissist. Most shooters are teens or twenty-somethings. Possibly, they’re drawn to schools and colleges because those are institutions where they spent significant time and know they’ll find vulnerable people to kill. They’re killing in environments they have some familiarity with. Let’s face it. If there were armed security in class rooms, this would stop. These people always seem to seek some type of ‘going out in a blaze of glory’. If they are facing the certainty, that they’re going to be shot dead the second they pull out a weapon, they’re not going to try it. But democrats don’t want to talk about this. Why not? We all know why not. That would be really expensive. Not if you limit the amount of frequencies and classrooms. There is really no reason why students have to spend so much time in classrooms. They can do any lecture type class on the intertoobz. Sure you have labs and things that cannot be done at home. So post a few armed guards in those areas at class time. Democrats will never let that happen. If it stops mass shootings, they will have no more piles of bodies to climb onto and crow. Ah, yes. But then, you lose the childcare inherent in schools. Plus, so many generations have grown up with the understanding that, “That’s just what you do-send kids to school”. One option is to just allow concealed carry in colleges and see if that helps. Now that’s just crazy-talk. Not if “security” = “guy with gun who knows how to use it”. If there were armed security in class rooms, this would stop. I think the Israelis tried that with some success. We are living in a world where disaffected people seem drawn to my area of work. Where my very occupation puts a target on my back, and on the backs of my students. Its not your profession dude. Its large numbers of people penned up in rooms that don’t have easy escapes coupled with the knowledge that there are likely to be few to no people who are armed and could pose a threat to you. When seconds matter, the campus police are giving speeding tickets miles off campus. I’m glad he teaches Shakespeare and not statistics. It’s highly likely that he’s just as bad at Shakespeare. He’s an adjunct professor of Shakespeare in the Bronx, so yeah, probably. How dare you! He’s a Fordham man! You know those mental health checks for gun purchases that lefties keep proposing? This guy just failed his. Jerry on the sea Teaching Shakespeare: Everybody Dies. Heh – love the icons, especially the one for “beheaded”. Red Rocks Rockin That must have been a disappointment considering the wonders of Obamacare. Why isn’t this person obeying the law and buying mandated Obamacare ? GILMORE? “I could be gunned down for teaching Shakespeare'” Here’s a gem. “The shooter’s name, his story, didn’t matter to me then and it doesn’t matter to me now. But one thing I do know is that the cyclical violence perpetrated by young men has long had its psycho-social origin in misogyny.” It’s misogyny see. That’s the root of the problem. And the shootings are at schools because I am a professor, not because schools are gun free zones so don’t you even thik that ungood thought. I am truely almost speechless. I once had trouble thinkig that their were ideed people this stupid. But never again will I think that because mine cherry hath been abused. So, how does everyone here deal with the derpbook posts our Prog and SJW acquaintances Who does a what, now? I don’t have a derpbook account and I never go there. Try that, it works perfectly. Fuck Stephen Harper. He’s preserving supply management-fuck the other TPP countries for letting him-and giving Canadians a tiny increase in the amount of milk that can be imported. In exchange, famers get billions of dollars in compensation for…having to deal with a microscopically less feathered bed. I can’t wait until Muufri releases yeast that synthesize milk NO ONE will be spared from the flame of disruption. Are cows illegal in Canada or did they all freeze? Can’t the Canadians drink polar bear milk or something? Maybe some moose milk? The dairy lobby is the most powerful mafia in Canada. I can’t stand how they leverage dairy’s health importance as a reason to maintain a monopoly. Is milk expensive there? It’s Canada, so the answer is always yes. Also, milk in Canada is sold in plastic bags. Abomination! Is it as good as the milk in Murika? Because I have to tell you, I didn’t drink any milk when I was in Canada, but every other country that I have tried it in, it was pure shit. Most* Canadians are convinced that US Milk consists mostly of water, hormones and impurities, and that’s why it’s so cheap. WE MUST STOP TPP! and by “most” I mean it’s received wisdom being trumpeted everywhere, kinda like anti-gun or pro-Canadian Content sentiment, where going against the concensus gets you eaten alive. Doesn’t stop cross-border shopping, of course. Revealed vs Stated Preference and all that…. I’ve been drinking Murikan milk all my life and it hasn’t killed me yet. Most Canadians are also convinced that Murikans are gun crazed maniacs, right? Gun crazed maniacs driving around the wasteland like Mad Max, drinking toxic watery milk. Yes, that’s pretty accurate description of how US is portrayed. Gun Crazy, Car Crazy, Devastated Infrastructure, Billions of Poors Dying From Lack of Health Care, and, now that mafia is threatened, Shitty Milk. http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-…..try=Canada Works out to $6/gal. I also recently learned that milk is stupid expensive in Canada. $7-8 for 4 litres. Nuts. Maybe it’s Canada dollars so about US$5.05 – $5.47 per gallon. Depends on location, but yes, milk and cheese are stupid expensive here. That’s what trade barriers and production quotas are designed to achieve, after all. But don’t you have massive plains upon which to graze massive herds of cattle? That could cause more warming. And Canada cannot afford any of that, not even one degree! Quotas limit the amount of milk that can be produced, no matter if you make improvements or whatever. It’s like saying “dont’ you have 98% car ownership rate?” when discussing taxi cartels. Sure they do – and all those plains are covered in 3 feet of snow for 8 months of the year. A cop and his union in Rhode Island are complaining because a worker at a Dunkin’ Donuts wrote “blacklivesmatter” on his coffee cup insert tasteless joke about whether the cop likes his coffee like his victims* You made me choke on afternoon pop. From last December, during CNN’s disastrous #AskACop show, still the funniest: Elijah Daniel ?@aguywithnolife Dec 16 when dunkin donuts accidentally gives u a black coffee do u have the urge to shoot it too or no #AskACop When he’s done with them, he puts his cigarette out them? american socialist Dear Reason.com I like the picture of Bernie sanders juxtaposed with a newspaper story about an Amtrak train derailing in Vermont. It’s a tad bitchy and insensitive, but I give it points for being true believer material. In that vein, can we get a picture of a Massey coal mining disaster when rand Paul drops out of the presidential race? You know, you’d be much funnier if you were far less stupid. Yeah, wishful thinking, I know. Wasn’t attempting humor so that’s good I guess. I was trying to metaphorically roll my eyes and guffaw. How’d I do? Uh…you did great, big guy! Here’s your gold star. You want a juice box, too? It’s almost nap time, you know. It takes a disturbed brain to read that far into it. The writers here do not pay that close attention to detail. Hell they barely remember alt text. Waffles, you underestimate AmSoc. He can see straight into the souls of you, me, and all of the Reason staff. If AmSoc declares something to have had an insensitive ulterior motive without any real justification, it’s because he KNOWS, and far be it from us to question that knowledge. So which gay and immigrant-basing Republican are you going for? There’s been some debate in the comments over whether one should support fiorina, bush, or Carson to push the libertarian agenda. What do you think? I will support whichever big government fascist slaver you deign give me permission to, as you are without question the smartest individual ever to grace us lowly libertardians with attention Psst, Bernie sanders is pro-choice, supports immigration reform, advocated for equal rights for homosexuals before it was cool, has consistently advocated for more permissive drug laws, and opposed the Iraq War. I’m a libertarian so I’m going to vote for him. Fantastic. Which deodorant will we all pretend we have? I AM TOO!!!! SOCIALISM AND LIBERTARIANISM ARE TOTES THE SAME THING AMIRITE BRAH!!! 1. Bernie Sanders has been quite explicit that his support for ‘immigration reform’ begins and ends with sealing the border to traffic (all traffic – in or out). 2. His support for those other things is predicated on the premise of more government power. Libertarians don’t need to worry about equal rights for homosexuals, more ‘permissive’ (still gonna need permission though) drug LAWS, and opposing idiotic wars – because we’re for rolling up the state into a more manageable form that doesn’t HAVE THE FUCKING POWER TO DO MEDDLE IN THOSE AREAS IN THE FIRST PLACE. A vote for Sanders is a vote for a Bush 5th term. Err…. not so consistently on the more permissive drug laws. But better than the rest of the field! Of course his ideas on economics, redistributive taxation, expansive welfare state, etc. would make it very difficult to exercise any individual liberties that did materialize. So he’s a no too. Is there any way to vote for “None” and have it stick? We just elect “none” and then we close up shop at the federal level? No? Yeah, you’re right. That’s not gonna happen either. You guys been basing immigrants again? What base did you put them on this time, you shameless heathens? It’s more about the base they let us get to, ain’t it? All of them belongs to us. 7th edition is out and now everything is on 32mm bases. Also, i love you! In the event, the alt text specifically refers to the first item, the TPP agreement they point out Bernie is opposed to. That’s some tin-foil hat thinking right there, assuming they slipped the Amtrak story in as a subliminal link to Bernie. So Amsoc’s projecting his fears in an irrational statement? Hold on, let me find my shocked face… I LOVE YOU AMSOC YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS FORUM ARE TEH GREATEREST OF ALL CONTRIBUTIONS YOU ARE SOOOOO SMARTER THAN ALLL OF US LIBERTARDIANZ PUT TOGETHER THANK YOU FOR SAVINGS US FROM THE DARKABYSS!!!!!111!!!!1!!! THANK YOU FOR SAVINGS US FROM THE DARKABYSS!!!!!111!!!!1!!! DARKBABYS???? RACIST1!!111!1!1 It’s a tad bitchy and insensitive, but I give it points for being true believer material. Much like your comment! Gee, which one is a heavily state-subsidized boondoggle forced on the taxpayer by elected senators to cull favor with a small constituency? Huh- I thought it would be the one from the whiner in Texas I saw the other day. Campus carry is just like a slow motion holocaust! For teaching Shakespeare? Not likely. William Faulkner, or Edith Wharton, on the other hand… ” General Blames Afghanistan for Hospital Strike” STOP HITTING YOURSELF. WHY ARE YOU HITTING YOURSELF “An Amtrak train derailed in Vermont. Seven have been hospitalized Rethuglican Budget Cuts Clearly Responsible“ Shitty infrastructure in a country with one of the lowest tax rates amongst industrialized countries proves socialism doesn’t work. I wouldn’t ride on a train in Deutschland if you paid me. Look, I think its trying to be sarcastic now. Socialists are experts on trains. Certainly fewer derailments per capita! Shrugs. You right-wingers sure are gulag fetishists. I’ve never been into that kink, but I say to each their own. if the point of libertarianism is to tell us how great it is in Capitalist Utopia of United States I wouldn’t lead with anything referencing large incarceration rates or how that reflects on the quality of its government. “if the point of libertarianism is to tell us how great it is in Capitalist Utopia of United States ” Well it isn’t. I love that America’s shitty GOVERNMENT OWNED AND MANAGED infrastructure somehow equates to an indictment of libertarianism/capitalism. Gosh you are so adroit at working backwards from your conclusion. And Germany busted up its Deutsche Bahn monopoly years ago so his snark about Deutschland doesn’t even make sense. I’ve never been into that kink Well, except for tax dodgers, amirite? Wesley Snipes sure did deserve that stint in a cage, didn’t he? lafe.long World Teachers’ Day: UN Agency Highlights Early Childhood Education for Oct. 5 Commemoration The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization said up to 10.9 million teachers need to be hired worldwide by 2020 to meet the goal of universal primary education for all. Yeah, that’ll fix everything. 2021. Feral Chinese kids still score higher on standardized math tests than teacher-coddled Australian aborigines. The tests are still wrong. The almost 50 point genetically inherited IQ gap has nothing to do with it. Great Wisdom and Historic Diplomacy By Our Dear Leader Could Finally Enable Trade for First Time With Exotic Peoples of The Far East – Congress Frustrated Can Not Insert Their Own Constituency-Benefiting Provisions/Barriers The Imperial Presidency is a terrible thing…except for trade negotiations. The Lightbringer and Pope Commie: http://www.reuters.com/news/pi…..=USRTS2I2U I’m just skimming over these comments quickly, and at first, I read that as “Histroinic Diplomacy By Our Dear Leader”, then I chuckled at my mistake… Then I realized it’s probably more accurate the way I read it. * Histrionic Florida man running for Senate sacrificed goat and drank its blood “Augustus Sol Invictus is the Florida Libertarian Party’s candidate and has faced other accusations ranging from his support of eugenics, prophesizing a “great war” within America’s borders and drawing support of neo-Nazis.” Meh. I’m still voting Vermin Supreme for everything whether he’s on the ballot or not. Vermin trounced GayJay in the 2012 NH Primary. SusanM How’d he become a local Libertarian Party candidate? Way too normal… They wanted Starchild, but he was too busy on the Astral Plane. Who is the Florida Libertarian candidate for Senator? It was covered last week, Johnny. I alerted you all to this a couple days ago. The goat thing is weird, but defending neo-Nazis in a criminal case, when you’re a lawyer – what’s wrong with that? That is bullshit Scott. They will accomplish exactly what she thinks they will, but not what she claims they will. Those are two different things. PatrickPayton http://www.HomeJobs90.Com Those commenters on the Huff post link remind me why voting results in the enslavement of others. These people are so despicable in that they would force others to be weak serfs like them. One even went so far as to say the U.S. Govt grants people rights. What a POS slaver. Itchy Puss Donald: eres un Pendejo !!! Donald lives in the biggest, most successful sanctuary city. If you’re talking about NYC, it truly is a sanctuary city. http://www.nationalreview.com/…..-Rosenberg	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409783
__label__wiki	0.610856	0.610856	Mostly law professors \| Sometimes contrarian \| Often libertarian \| Always independent About The Volokh Conspiracy Volokh Daily Email Washington Post Archives Volokh.com Archives Interesting Sealing Decision in Divorce-Related Case of a Powerful Washington Public Affairs Consultant The ex-wife had withdrawn her complaint before the court took any substantive action, under circumstances that cast doubt on its accuracy; because of that, a Virginia court agreed that it should be sealed. Eugene Volokh \|The Volokh Conspiracy \| 12.7.2019 8:20 AM The opinion (extracted below) was handed down Thursday by Judge David A. Oblon of the Virginia Circuit Court; the defendant, Adam Falkoff, was described in Washington Magazine's 2018 Power 100 list (which you'll see is relevant to the opinion) thus: "In a tumultuous administration, Falkoff's access to President Trump has positioned his public policy firm well. Few are able to navigate matters with the skeletal staffs at agencies and the White House like Falkoff, who's also helped advance appointees through Senate confirmations. He has known the Trump family for a decade, and helped raise $1.2 million in campaign funds and was one of his earliest outside strategic advisors." The issue before the Court is when courts should seal court files from public inspection pursuant to Virginia Code § 20-124, and whether it should seal the file in the present case. The Court has generated and considered a list of limiting principles any court may wish to consider to guide the exercise of its statutory discretion to seal a file. The Court holds the parties in this case rebutted, in part, the strong presumption in favor of public access to their court file. Accordingly, the Court orders parts of the file to be sealed. This Opinion Letter and accompanying Order shall not be sealed…. [The facts below] were derived from the Court's file and the testimony of Adam Falkoff at the hearing on November 7, 2019. Alison Gill (f/k/a Falkoff) did not appear…. On October 11, 2016, Alison Falkoff ("Wife") filed a Verified Complaint for Divorce in this Court. However, a long-pending divorce and child custody lawsuit was already pending in Florida. Despite this, Wife, in her Complaint, incorrectly swore that she had "not participated as a party, witness, or in any other capacity, in any other litigation concerning the custody of her children in this or any other state or country." She also incorrectly swore that she did not "know of any custody proceeding concerning her children pending in any other court of this or any other state that could affect the current proceeding." In reality, the parties were engaged in active Florida domestic relations litigation since February 2013. Wife nonsuited [i.e., voluntarily dismissed] the Fairfax case on December 6, 2016, after Adam Falkoff's ("Husband") lawyers alerted her lawyers to the Florida action. Husband now asks that the Court seal the records in the terminated Fairfax matter. The Fairfax Complaint was filled with moral and salacious allegations, among other unpleasantries. Husband testified they were all false. He offered documentary evidence to support some of his testimony. Since the matter was nonsuited, the allegations are unproven. Husband testified he is a consultant of Capital Keys. He did not tell the Court the specific nature of his business but claimed his reputation is critical to obtaining and keeping clients. To promote his business, he highlights personal recognition, including his receipt of the 2018 Ellis Island Award and his inclusion on Washington Life magazine's "Power 100" list of the "most influential persons" in Washington. Husband testified Wife has been trying to sabotage his business by sending copies of her nonsuited Complaint—long after it had already been nonsuited—to his clients, associates, and acquaintances. The organization that awarded him the Ellis Island Award revoked his award upon receiving the Complaint. They reinstated his award after he protested, proclaiming the falsity of the allegations. Things did not turn out as well with the "Power 100" list. Husband made the list in 2017 and 2018. However, the magazine told him he was not on the 2019 list because of the Complaint allegations. The magazine disregarded his protests as to the veracity of the allegations. Husband has fewer clients this year than in the past and avers this is a direct result of Wife's sending them copies of the Complaint. To further demonstrate social harm, Husband points to at least one acquaintance who told him Wife recently sent her a copy of the Complaint. The acquaintance had thought the divorce concluded and so it puzzled her. Husband explained the circumstances to defend himself against the salacious allegations. Wife uses the fact that the Complaint is a public record as a sword— she treats it a type of proof text and encourages others to go to the Courthouse to see it for themselves. Husband is the sole financial provider to his minor children and has sole custody of them. He fears his children will see the allegations and that, if they do see them, they, too, will be harmed…. Court Records Are Presumed Public. Open judicial records are a deeply rooted constitutional and statutory principle…. [W]hile a presumption of openness exists, the General Assembly has granted judges the authority to seal in domestic relations cases. This, however, does not mean all domestic relations records enjoy automatic shielding from the public eye. "When the sealing of a record or part thereof is not a duty imposed by law. the decision whether to seal the record rests within the sound discretion of the circuit court." … Va. Code § 17.1-208 creates a "strong presumption in favor of public access to judicial records." To overcome this presumption, the moving party "must bear the burden of establishing an interest so compelling that it cannot be protected reasonably by some measure other than a protective order, and that any such order must be drafted in the manner least restrictive of the public's interest." "[T]he desire of the litigants is not sufficient reason to override the presumption of openness." "Nor [does the Supreme Court of Virginia believe that] risks of damage to professional reputation, emotional damage, or financial harm, stated in the abstract, constitute sufficient reasons to seal judicial records." … There is logic to open judicial records. Circuit courts exercise tremendous discretion—especially in domestic relations cases where there is no jury. Courts assess child support and spousal support and make important custody and visitation decisions. The public has a strong interest in seeing how the courts exercise such discretion. If a significant percentage of these files are sealed, the public would be significantly hampered in its check on its courts and judges…. Recognizing the strong constitutional and statutory presumption of open files, when a court does seal all or part of the file the reasons for doing so should itself be open and public. Rarely should the sealing of the file include sealing the very reasons for doing so. Otherwise, the public is unable to determine whether the decision to seal was a reasonable one. When presented with a sealed file and no justification, the public rationally can be suspicious that the reasons to close it are bad or arbitrary. The ordinary disinfectant of an appellate review is absent in most of these cases because the parties seeking the sealing of the records are usually the parties themselves. A third party, such as the media, might have the motivation to challenge a decision to seal. However, without knowing the reasons they were sealed, there is no way to ascertain the wisdom of a challenge. Also, the public should not feel compelled to intervene in a sealed case and bear the expense of litigation merely to learn that the matter was sealed for good reason. Expressing the reasons for sealing creates a paradox. When sealing is appropriate, a court's explanation for doing so necessarily reveals the substance of that which the parties seek to seal…. There may be rare instances where the litigant's reasons for sealing are so compelling that the reason itself should be sealed. [The court does not view this case as being one such rare instance.-EV] … The Falkoff File Should Be Sealed, in Part The Falkoff file should be sealed, in part, but the Court's reasons for doing so—including this Opinion Letter—should be public. In this case, the Falkoffs were long engaged in domestic relations litigation in Florida. Knowing this, Wife filed a salacious Verified Complaint of Divorce falsely denying the existence of the Florida action. Thus, the entire Virginia action was based on a foundational misrepresentation. Once Husband's counsel alerted Wife's Virginia counsel of the Florida action, Wife nonsuited the action…. The Court … recognizes the strong presumption of openness. The Court discounts the fact that both parties asked the Court to seal the records. Husband is a public figure, owing to his inclusion on the "Power 100" list of the "most influential persons" in Washington, so the parties' hurdle to seal the record is higher than for most. Nevertheless, the parties' reasons for sealing the records are particularized and are not stated in the abstract. Husband has lost clients because they learned of the allegations in the Virginia Complaint. He lost recognition important to him—the Ellis Island Award and his inclusion on the "Power 100" list. He was able to reinstate the former award but had to protest to regain it. He was unable to reinstate the latter recognition. In both cases, the awarding organizations told him the Complaint triggered his losses…. Presently, the file contains only the following items: the Complaint, Nonsuit Order, service materials, and the Motion to Seal materials. The Complaint is inherently relevant to the merits of the case; the balance of the materials is not. However, the Complaint is an orphaned pleading. Other than receiving it from Wife, the Court took no action on it other than to dismiss it on the parties' request to nonsuit it. The Court adjudicated no issues on the merits. Nothing in the file demonstrates the Court's deliberative process or decision-making…. [Moreover,] the fact that Wife filed the Complaint with an affidavit swearing no similar action was pending in another state even though an action had been long pending in Florida suggests a bad motive by Wife. Linking Husband's sworn testimony, Defendant Exhibits 8 and 9 [which the Court exercises its discretion to seal], and the fact that the Complaint was dismissed without court action, the Court is led to disbelieve the allegations in the Complaint…. Having considered all the above factors, the Court finds that the file should be sealed in part. The initial filing was improper. The key document in the file—the Complaint—is an orphaned pleading that was never tested by the Court. As a result, the Court's involvement was truly minimal. There were no rulings on the merits, and nothing in the file illustrates the Court's deliberative process. Husband introduced credible evidence that the fully open file has caused actual, particularized harm. Based on the November 7, 2019, hearing, the Court has doubts as to the veracity of at least some of allegations contained in the Complaint. The parties rebutted the presumption against sealing. NEXT: Help Reason Help People Who Get Screwed Over by the Criminal Justice System! Eugene Volokh is the Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA. Free Speech Right of Access Stephen Lathrop December.7.2019 at 9:13 am Am I reading this wrong, or is this an example of a court taking a lot of words to say sealing cases is generally wrong, unless the guy who wants the case sealed is sufficiently powerful? You’re reading it wrong. Rev. Arthur L. Kirkland December.7.2019 at 2:07 pm You are unpersuasive, Hendo. But, to your credit, brief. Prester John You’re not very persuasive either, but your brevity and the lack of evidence that you offer for your claim does you no credit. Rossami December.8.2019 at 11:56 am I can’t say you’re reading it wrong – but only because it’s pretty obvious from your comment that you didn’t read it at all. Commenter_XY Husband testified Wife has been trying to sabotage his business by sending copies of her nonsuited Complaint—long after it had already been nonsuited—to his clients, associates, and acquaintances. The organization that awarded him the Ellis Island Award revoked his award upon receiving the Complaint. They reinstated his award after he protested, proclaiming the falsity of the allegations. Things did not turn out as well with the “Power 100” list. Husband made the list in 2017 and 2018. However, the magazine told him he was not on the 2019 list because of the Complaint allegations. The magazine disregarded his protests as to the veracity of the allegations. Husband has fewer clients this year than in the past and avers this is a direct result of Wife’s sending them copies of the Complaint. Husband is the sole financial provider to his minor children and has sole custody of them. Ouch. If Wife was sending around copies of the complaint, with all the salacious details to Husband’s clients and threatens his livelihood – is there actually a legal recourse here? Feel bad for the children who will learn all this. If the allegations in her complaint can be proven false, he would have a decent case for a defamation suit against her. Yeah, but don’t they make those cases public? Meaning, when Husband files for defamation, doesn’t he have to specify what was defaming? That would then make everything public (and the whole point was not to make this stuff public). What legal recourse does Husband have? James Pollock December.7.2019 at 12:50 pm He gets to keep his big piles of money. Michael Masinter States generally recognize a litigation privilege that precludes a defamation claim based on statements in pleadings even if they are defamatory. The tort of abuse of process may provide a remedy. Dilan Esper There’s a split of authority as to whether sending the complaint around to others is part of the litigation privilege. Some courts hold that it never is, other courts premit some level of “trying your case in the press”. I can’t imagine THIS sort of sending the complaint around would be privileged, however. It’s a dismissed suit! … if not for the litigation privilege. Eugene Volokh James Pollock: One indeed can’t sue for libel for alleged falsehoods in a complaint, because of the litigation privilege. But a plaintiff’s redistribution of her complaint would, in many states, not be privileged, even under the fair report privilege: “A person cannot confer [the fair report] privilege upon himself by making the original defamatory publication himself and then reporting to other people what he had stated. This is true whether the original publication was privileged or not.” Restatement (Second) of Torts sec. 611 cmt.c. (I couldn’t find any cases on whether Virginia courts adhere to this principle.) I see Prof. Volokh got there first and explained it better than i did! Thank you for that, Professor Volokh. I encountered just such a situation decades ago (1970s), and although the question was not tested in court, I always wondered how it would have come out. I think your reference to the Restatement address the logic, although maybe it does not apply alike in every state, or that far back in time? David Nieporent But a plaintiff’s redistribution of her complaint would, in many states, not be privileged, even under the fair report privilege: “ The way a plaintiff can get around this is to provide a pointer to the complaint rather than redistribute the complaint itself. “Hey, check out the District Court complaint filed in Smith v. Doe last week. You might find the allegations interesting.” Á àß äẞç ãþÇđ âÞ¢Đæ ǎB€Ðëf ảhf Seems tome (IANAL!) that sealing the salacious complaint is a waste of time if she’s already sent around enough copies to injure his reputation. A better solution would be to include the court finding of perjury (for falsely swearing the Virginia complaint was unique) with the complaint. Sealing it makes it mysterious and unknown, and leads to even worse rumors with a facade of credibility for conspiracy theorists. On the other hand, too late, the damage is done. Most people instinctively steer away from trouble like this and want nothing to do with either party, partly from fear of the unknown, partly to avoid collateral damage, partly to avoid becoming a target of one for being perceived as a friend of the other. The storal of the mory is to stay away from crazy. ” A better solution would be to include the court finding of perjury (for falsely swearing the Virginia complaint was unique) with the complaint.” Maybe we should wait until she’s prosecuted AND CONVICTED for perjury before declaring her guilty, what with this being America. We like to have the trial first, here. Notice how the judge writing this opinion didn’t use the word “perjury”? In this country, you’re innocent until AFTER you get convicted. gormadoc No, you’re presumed innocent until proven guilty; there’s no magic legal process that suddenly makes people guilty of a crime. ” there’s no magic legal process that suddenly makes people guilty of a crime.” Ah. Then let’s shut down all those criminal courts that have been claiming otherwise. Longtobefree No. Accusation implies guilt in most cases, except college ‘sex’ cases, where accusation creates guilt. re: your “better solution” That’s pretty much exactly what the court did with the wording of this sealing order – they laid out what the Wife did and why that was an abuse. They didn’t go so far as to convict her of perjury but I think that’s because they couldn’t. Perjury is a criminal charge that has to be brought by a prosecutor. As I understand it, neither the other party in a civil suit (the Husband in this case) nor the court on its own can start perjury proceedings. Seeing as how the person using the information in this complaint is the person who filed it in the first place, how does sealing it provide any benefit to anyone? It won’t make the photocopies she already has disappear. I assume that, as a party to the case, she is bound by the court’s sealing order and is no longer allowed to distribute the sealed documents, though I can’t vouch for Virginia law on this score. That’ll keep her Virginia lawyers from circulating the document(s) in question, which likely was already the case. What does it do to limit her behavior? JonFrum He’s screwed, but does have recourse of a sort. Let the thing grow cold, and then serve her a dish. Outside of court. santamonica811 “…before the court too any substantive action…” Small typo. “Took” rather than ‘too’ of course. [I don’t see any way to flag typos on this website other than publicly posting here. Eugene, feel free to delete this comment after you see it.] Whoops, fixed, thanks! Jimmy the Dane I suspect if a man abused the legal process like this to discredit a woman who owned a business there would be a ton of public outrage and the court would not have so gingerly ignored the fact he lied under the penalty of perjury when filing the complaint. You are a reliable — and reflexive — defender of poor, persecuted, white, stale-thinking, “traditional” males, Jimmy. Who will perform that role after you are replaced? Funny I didn’t say anything about race but you feel it necessary to make it a racial thing… SgtDad Don’t Virginia courts have powers to sanction this stuff? And would not the Florida court ha the power to sanction plaintiff, as well? “The organization that awarded him the Ellis Island Award revoked his award upon receiving the Complaint. They reinstated his award after he protested, proclaiming the falsity of the allegations.” Sounds like this Ellis Island Award isn’t a really prestigious award. A truly prestigious award, like the Pulitzer, would be irrevocable. Eric VonSalzen The Court’s opinion on sealing is public, and any reasonable person reading it would understand that it undermines the credibility of Wife’s allegations. I think the Court did what it did with that result in mind. Reading between the lines, I’d guess that Wife also lost her Virginia lawyers. “I’d guess that Wife also lost her Virginia lawyers.” I’d guess that, too, but she was done with them as soon as they filed the complaint. F.D. Wolf One of the great conundrums of the law: the ancient rule that essentially grants the privilege to libel with impunity if it is done in association with a court filing or court testimony. I’m reminded of a Frederick Forsyth short story titled “Privilege” that appeared in his 1982 short story collection No Comebacks. A businessman feels he has been libeled by a journalist who has published an article accusing him of being in business with criminals. He consults with attorneys who all inform him that the libel laws protect journalists and are very difficult to overcome. His own research affirms this conclusion. So, he goes to the journalist’s home and punches him in the face. He then immediately turns himself in to the police. He calls multiple journalists and advises them to be at his court date where he pleads not guilty to the assault charge. He then proceeds to tear into the journalist who libeled him, accusing him of being a drunk, a liar, and a scoundrel, etc.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409784
__label__wiki	0.682719	0.682719	U bevindt zich hier: Home / Geen categorie @en / One football pitch of forest lost every second in 2017, data reveals. One football pitch of forest lost every second in 2017, data reveals. The Guardian (June27th 2018) writes that in 2017 an area the size of Italy is lost due to deforestation.The scale of tree destruction, much of it done illegally, poses a grave threat to tackling both climate change and the massive global decline in wildlife. The loss in 2017 recorded by Global Forest Watch was 29.4m hectares, the second highest recorded since the monitoring began in 2001. Global tree cover losses have doubled since 2003, while deforestation in crucial tropical rainforest has doubled since 2008. A falling trend in Brazil has been reversed amid political instability and forest destruction has soared in Colombia. In other key nations, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s vast forests suffered record losses. However, in Indonesia, deforestation dropped 60% in 2017, helped by fewer forest fires and government action. “The main reason tropical forests are disappearing is not a mystery – vast areas continue to be cleared for soy, beef, palm oil, timber, and other globally traded commodities,” said Frances Seymour at the World Resources Institute, which produces Global Forest Watch with its partners. “Much of this clearing is illegal and linked to corruption.” Just 2% of the funding for climate action goes towards forest and land protection, Seymour said, despite the protection of forests having the potential to provide a third of the global emissions cuts needed by 2030. “This is truly an urgent issue that should be getting more attention,” she said. “We are trying to put out a house fire with a teaspoon.” https://www.globalforestwatch.org/map/3/15.00/27.00/ALL/grayscale/loss,forest2000?tab=analysis-tab&begin=2001-01-01&end=2018-01-01&threshold=30&dont_analyze=true 1 August 20186 August 20180 By Erik van ZadelhoffIn Geen categorie @en, News 2018 Impact Report launchedQuantifying the impacts of the Tambopata-Bahuaja Project Erik van Zadelhoff (Erik van Zadelhoff) REDD+ Business Initiative welcomes Greenwood International as new member New summary report on the contribution of forests to climate change mitigation Five reasons why limiting global warming requires protecting and restoring Forests Lisa Walker making the case for forests at the World Economic Forum	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409791
__label__cc	0.646447	0.353553	May 25th Catch da Flava Blog By Regent Park Focus - May 25, 2016 On tonight’s Catch da Flava, we touched on the world famous elbow gate involving Justin Trudeau and Ruth Ellen Brousseau. On may 19th as votes were being placed for the controversial Bill C-14. The situation went sour when party members starting milling around and doing what it is believed by some to be time wasting. Trudeau saw what was going on, left his seat and grabbed conservative MP Gordon Brown and pulled him from the little crowd so he could go cast his vote. In the process, Justin Trudeau bumped into NDP MP Ruth Ellen Brousseau with his elbow and subsequently caused a bit of a ruckus. The public response was insane, many critics went as far as saying Trudeau should be banned from the House of Commons and some called Brousseau a crybaby. One thing that stood out was the extent in which the other political parties (NDP and Conservatives) milked the situation for extra firepower in their campaigns. Trudeau ended up apologizing multiple times for his actions. Our second topic… On last nights Catch da Flava, we had two eye opening discussions on two entirely different topics. For the first half of the show, we spoke about a TEDx talk by Mallence Bart-Williams. Her TEDx talk was about countries in Africa that have and still are, exploited for their rich abundance of alternative resources, small examples of these resources are gold and diamonds. A key point that Mallence brought up was the way western media portrays African countries. I am sure at some point in our lives we have seen commercials showing a hungry family or baby with flies surrounding them. Those images have been blasted on TV screens all over the world and they paint the pictures that show some parts of Africa as countries that rely and survive on western charity. Mallence said that the situation is actually the opposite and the west survives on charity from Africa. Without Africa’s resources the west would not be as powerful as it is right now. Our second topic of conversion was centered … May 4th Catch da Flava Blog On tonight’s Catch da Flava, we talked about the Regent Park Revitalization Project in partnership with the MLSE foundation. The Regent Park Revitalization project is a public/private partnership, which will transform 69 acres in Toronto’s east downtown - gaining recognition for being an innovative, sustainable and urban redevelopment initiative. On Monday May 3rd; we had an opportunity to speak to Drew Abbott, founder and co-chair of 3to6 team, which is a branch of the MLSE foundation. He highlighted what would be built in the Regent Park community. There will be state-of-the-art sports facilities that will include a new soccer field, basketball court and ice rink. Neighbourhood residents will be given priority access to the new sports facilities, and they will be run by a community agency. Today I had the opportunity to interview Tristan Blackwood, a pro-basketball player from the Regent Park community. He grew up in Regent Park and is one of many succe…	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409792
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__label__wiki	0.708072	0.708072	Abraxas and RAP80 Form a BRCA1 Protein Complex Required for the DNA Damage Response Bin Wang1, Shuhei Matsuoka1, Bryan A. Ballif2,, Dong Zhang1,†, Agata Smogorzewska1,3, Steven P. Gygi2, Stephen J. Elledge1,‡ 1 Department of Genetics, Center for Genetics and Genomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. 2 Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. 3 Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02214, USA. ↵‡ To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: selledge{at}genetics.med.harvard.edu ↵ Present address: Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA. ↵† Present address: Genomic Instability Group, Oncology Research, Wyeth Research, 401 North Middletown Road, Pearl River, NY 10965, USA. Science 25 May 2007: Vol. 316, Issue 5828, pp. 1194-1198 DOI: 10.1126/science.1139476 Bin Wang Department of Genetics, Center for Genetics and Genomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Shuhei Matsuoka Bryan A. Ballif Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Dong Zhang Agata Smogorzewska Department of Genetics, Center for Genetics and Genomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02214, USA. Steven P. Gygi Stephen J. Elledge For correspondence: selledge@genetics.med.harvard.edu The BRCT repeats of the breast and ovarian cancer predisposition protein BRCA1 are essential for tumor suppression. Phosphopeptide affinity proteomic analysis identified a protein, Abraxas, that directly binds the BRCA1 BRCT repeats through a phospho-Ser-X-X-Phe motif. Abraxas binds BRCA1 to the mutual exclusion of BACH1 (BRCA1-associated C-terminal helicase) and CtIP (CtBP-interacting protein), forming a third type of BRCA1 complex. Abraxas recruits the ubiquitin-interacting motif (UIM)–containing protein RAP80 to BRCA1. Both Abraxas and RAP80 were required for DNA damage resistance, G2-M checkpoint control, and DNA repair. RAP80 was required for optimal accumulation of BRCA1 on damaged DNA (foci) in response to ionizing radiation, and the UIM domains alone were capable of foci formation. The RAP80-Abraxas complex may help recruit BRCA1 to DNA damage sites in part through recognition of ubiquitinated proteins. The BRCA1 tumor suppressor is associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer and functions in maintenance of genomic stability (1, 2). BRCA1 contains an N-terminal RING domain, a Ser-Gln (SQ) cluster domain (3), and two BRCT (BRCA1 C-terminal) repeats, which constitute a phosphopeptide recognition domain that binds peptides containing a phospho-SXXF motif (S is Ser, F is Phe, and X varies) (4–6) and is required for tumor suppression. By dimerizing with BARD1 (BRCA1-associated RING domain protein) through the RING domain, BRCA1 forms an E3 ubiquitin ligase (7–10). To identify proteins that bind BRCA1 BRCT domains, we combined peptide affinity purification, stable isotope labeling with amino acids in cell culture, and mass spectrometry (11–13) to identify and quantify phosphopeptides that directly bind to BRCA1 BRCT domains (fig. S1A). Proteins from cells grown in medium containing heavy isotope and cells grown in normal medium that were treated with 10 Gy ionizing radiation (IR) were prepared, mixed (1:1), and digested with trypsin. Tryptic peptides that bound to a glutathione S-transferase (GST)–BRCA1-BRCT fusion protein were identified. Phosphopeptides containing a pSXXF motif were compared with the list of proteins we recently identified as substrates of ATM (mutated in ataxia telangiectasia) and ATR (ATM and RAD3-related) (14). In addition to the known BRCA1-binding proteins BACH1 and CtIP, we identified peptides representing a potential ATM or ATR substrate and a novel protein, FLJ13614, that we named Abraxas, and the gene ABRA1 (fig. S1). A doubly phosphorylated Abraxas peptide, GFGEYS#RS#PTF, containing pSer404 and pSer406 was enriched eightfold after IR, whereas the singly pSer406-containing peptide bound, but was not enriched after IR (fig. S1). Synthetic peptides containing pSer406 bound GST-BRCA1-BRCT, whereas the pSer404 and unphosphorylated peptides did not (Fig. 1A and fig. S2A). Download high-res image Identification of Abraxas and RAP80 as proteins interacting with BRCA1-BRCT domains. (A) Binding of phosphorylated ABRA1 peptides to purified recombinant BRCA1-BRCT domains. Biotinylated peptides on streptavidin beads associated with purified recombinant GST-BRCA1-BRCT was visualized by Coomassie staining. The # symbol indicates a phosphate resides on the previous residue. (B) Specific binding of Abraxas to BRCA1-BRCT domains. Hemagglutinin-tagged ABRA1 (HA-ABRA1) was expressed in 293T cells, and cell lysates were incubated with various purified GST-tagged BRCT domains. (C) HA-ABRA1 association with endogenous BRCA1 is dependent on Ser406 phosphorylation. HA-ABRA1 wild-type or mutant proteins were expressed in 293T cells. (D) Phosphorylation of Ser406 of ABRA1 in vivo. Lysates prepared from 293T cells were untreated or treated with IR, untreated or treated with λ-phosphatase. (E) Immunoprecipitation of Abraxis with phospho-SQ or TQ antibodies. (F) RAP80 was identified in a TAP purification of BRCA1-BRCT domain–associated proteins. Retroviruses expressing either TAP only (TAP) or C-terminal TAP-tagged BRCT domain of BRCA1 (BRCT-TAP) were introduced into HeLa cells, and the infected cells were used for purification. A Coomassie-stained gel is shown. (G) Phosphorylation of RAP80 in response to IR. (H) Recognition of RAP80 by phospho-antibodies to ATM-ATR substrates. Proteins were immunoprecipitated from 293T cells lysates with antibodies to RAP80 and probed with the indicated antibodies. Abraxas is conserved in vertebrates (fig. S3). Bioinformatics analysis revealed a protein KIAA0157, we named ABRO1 (Abraxas Brother 1) (fig. S1D), which is 39% identical to ABRA1 in the N-terminal two-thirds of the protein (amino acids 1 to 260), including a coil-coil domain and a region we call the “ABR” domain; however, ABRO1 lacks the pSXXF motif and did not bind to BRCA1. Abraxas specifically bound to the BRCT repeats of wild-type BRCA1 (Fig. 1B), but not a cancer-causing BRCT mutant, M1775R (fig. S2B). Binding of ABRA1 to BRCA1 requires phosphorylation (Fig. 1C and fig. S2, C and D). Ser406 phosphorylation was confirmed in vivo with a phosphospecific antibody but was not increased in cells exposed to IR (Fig. 1D and fig. S2E). A search for additional BRCA1-BRCT–binding proteins that bound to tandem affinity purification (TAP)–tagged BRCA1-BRCT domains (15) identified RAP80, a ubiquitin-interacting motif (UIM)– and zinc finger–containing protein that interacts with retinoid-related testis-associated receptor in vitro (Fig. 1F) (16). RAP80 was found to be phosphorylated on three sites, Ser140, Ser402, and Ser419, in response to IR in our ATM and ATR substrate screen (14). RAP80 from extracts associates with GST-BRCA1-BRCT in vitro and BRCA1 in vivo in a phosphorylation-dependent manner (fig. S5 and S11). IR treatment induced a mobility shift for Abraxas and RAP80 (Fig. 1, D and G), and both proteins could be detected by antibodies to phospho-SQ sites after IR treatment (Fig. 1, E and 1H). These data combined suggest that Abraxas and RAP80 are ATM or ATR substrates. Cells depleted of Abraxas or RAP80 (fig. S8) exhibited hypersensitivity to IR and ultraviolet (UV) light (Fig. 2A), G2-M checkpoint defects (Fig. 2B and fig. S6), and defects in homologous recombination (HR) repair (Fig. 2C and fig. S6). Each of these defects was less severe than defects in BRCA1-depleted cells (17–20), which suggests that Abraxas or RAP80 mediates a subset of BRCA1 functions. Role of ABRA1 and RAP80 in DNA damage responses. (A) ABRA1-depleted or RAP80-depleted cells were sensitive to IR and UV. U2OS cells were treated with control oligos or siRNAs to ABRA1, RAP80, or BRCA1; incubated for 2 days, plated at low density, and irradiated; and colonies were counted after 14 days. (B) Analysis of the G2-M checkpoint. Cells were untreated or treated with 3 Gy IR, then incubated for 1 hour at 37°C before fixation and p-H3 antibody staining. Three independent experiments were performed with siRNA to ABRA1. Two independent experiments were performed with siRNA to RAP80 that yielded similar results. (C) Defective HR in ABRA1 or RAP80 siRNA-treated cells. DR-U2OS cells were transfected with siRNAs to the indicated genes. siRNAs to BRCA1 or BRCA2 were a mixture of three different siRNAs for each gene. Individual siRNA were used for ABRA1 or RAP80. Three independent experiments were performed with siRNAs to luciferase, BRCA1, BRCA2, and ABRA1. The number of green positive cells generated from each sample relative to the number from the luciferase control was indicated as the percentage of HR. Abraxas and RAP80 form foci that colocalize with BRCA1 and RAD51 in S or G2 phase U2OS cells (21) (Fig. 3, A and B). When a UV laser was used to micro-irradiate cells, ABRA1 relocalized to sites of DNA damage within 15 min (Fig. 3C). Unlike BACH1 and CtIP (22–24), ABRA1 and RAP80 foci formation was BRCA1-independent. The ABRA1 S406A mutant (in which Ala replaces Ser at codon 406), which does not bind BRCA1, efficiently localized to IR-induced (fig. S7A) and UV laser–induced (Fig. 3C) DNA damage. Furthermore, stably expressed green fluorescent protein (GFP)–tagged ABRA1 and RAP80 (fig. S7B) relocalized to UV DNA damage sites efficiently in BRCA1-deficient HCC1937 cells. ABRA1 and RAP80 form DNA damage–induced foci. (A and B) Colocalization of ABRA1 and RAP80 with BRCA1 and RAD51 at DNA damage–induced foci. U2OS cells were untreated or treated with 10 Gy IR, incubated for 2 hours, fixed and immunostained with antibodies to ABRA1, BRCA1, or RAD51, followed by cognate Alex 488–conjugated (green) or Cy3-conjuated (red) antibodies. (C) Localization of ABRA1 to sites of DNA damage is independent of BRCA1 binding. Laser microirradiation of U2OS cells with retrovirally expressed GFP-tagged wild-type or mutant ABRA1 (S406A) was performed. Cells were fixed and stained 15 min after laser treatment. (D) Defective BRCA1 foci formation in RAP80-depleted cells. U2OS cells were transfected with control or RAP80 siRNAs for 2 days, then irradiated with 10 Gy IR, incubated for 2 hours, and fixed and immunostained with indicated antibodies. More than 400 cells were analyzed, and cells containing more than 10 BRCA1 foci were deemed positive. (E) Dependence of RAP80 IRIF formation on UIM domains. U2OS cells containing retroviruses expressing GFP-WT, GFP-UIM or GFP-UIMΔ were irradiated with 10 Gy IR, incubated for 2 hours, fixed and stained with antibodies against GFP followed with Alexa 488 secondary antibodies. More than 300 cells were counted to determine the percentage of cells forming foci for each cell line. Immunoprecipitation of Abraxas revealed binding to the C-terminal region of RAP80 lacking the UIM domain. Depletion of RAP80 reduced foci formation of BRCA1. Although 80% of control cells formed IR-induced foci (IRIF) for BRCA1, only 28% of RAP80-depleted cells form BRCA1 IRIFs (Fig. 3D). Three nonoverlapping small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) to RAP80 were used in multiple experiments, and similar results were observed. Deletion analysis determined that the RAP80 UIM domains alone could form IRIFs, although not as efficiently as the full-length protein (only 50% irradiated cells formed IRIF). Point mutations that abolish ubiquitin binding (A88S, S92A, A113S, S117A) prevent foci formation in the fragment containing UIM alone, but not when present in the full-length protein (fig. S10). RAP80 lacking the UIM domains also formed foci, but inefficiently (Fig. 3E), and the percentage of cells with foci did not increase in response to IR. Thus, RAP80 appears to have two different means of forming foci, but only the UIM domain responds to IR. Abraxas binds BRCA1 mutually exclusively with BACH1 and CtIP as determined by coimmunoprecipitation (Fig. 4A). This is consistent with each of these proteins associating with BRCA1 through the same site on the BRCT motifs. As RAP80 does not contain a pSXXF motif, it might associate with BRCA1 indirectly. A substantial portion of RAP80 could be coimmunoprecipitated with ABRA1 (Fig. 4A). RAP80 lacking the UIM domains was still associated with ABRA1 (Fig. 3E), which indicated that a UIM-independent Abraxas-binding domain was present. The RAP80-ABRA1 interaction is BRCA1-independent, because the S406A ABRA1 mutant maintained RAP80 binding (fig. S9) and because RAP80-ABRA1 association was intact in HCC1937 cells (Fig. 4B). Unlike RAP80-BRCA1, the RAP80-ABRA1 interaction is phosphorylation-independent (fig. S11). Therefore, ABRA1 and RAP80 form a complex that interacts with BRCA1. Association of ABRA1 and RAP80 in a complex with BRCA1. (A) BRCA1 forms distinct complexes with ABRA1, BACH1, and CtIP. Proteins were immunoprecipitated with antibodies to BRCA1, BACH1, CtIP, ABRA1, and RAP80 from lysates of 293T cells treated with IR or untreated. (B) Intact RAP80-ABRA1 interaction in HCC1937 cells that lack a functional BRCA1. HCC1937 cells were either untreated or treated with IR. Proteins from lysates were immunoprecipitated with antibodies against RAP80 or ABRA1 or with control immunoglobulin IgG. (C) Decreased RAP80-BRCA1 interaction in ABRA1-depleted cells. 293T cells were transfected with control (C) or siRNA oligos to ABRA1, BACH1, or CtIP (Si). After 48 hours, proteins were immunoprecipitated with antibodies to RAP80. Immunoblotting was performed with the indicated antibodies. CtIP was detected in RAP80 immunoprecipitates (Fig. 4A and fig. S12). To determine the extent Abraxas and CtIP mediate RAP80 binding to BRCA1, we immunoprecipitated RAP80 from cells depleted for ABRA1, BACH1, or CtIP. The RAP80-BRCA1 interaction was decreased when ABRA1, but not BACH1 or CtIP, was depleted (Fig. 4C). Therefore, RAP80 interacts with BRCA1 largely through binding to Abraxas. As Bard1 is also present in ABRA1-RAP80-BRCA1 complexes, ABRA1 and RAP80 might mediate the E3 ligase activity of BRCA1-Bard1 heterodimers. Our data, together with that from previous studies (23, 25), suggest that BRCA1 BRCT domains form mutually exclusive complexes with ABRA1, BACH1, and CtIP through the pSXXF motif. These proteins may serve as adaptor proteins to recruit the BRCA1-Bard1 E3 ubiquitin ligase to specific target proteins analogous to F-box proteins' role in the SCF (Skp1, cullin, F-box) ubiquitin ligase ubiquitination pathway (26, 27). To distinguish these complexes, we refer to them as the BRCA1 A complex (ABRA1), B complex (BACH1), and C complex (CtIP) (fig. S13). Abraxas and its paralog, ABRO1, have no known functional motifs, whereas RAP80 contains multiple ubiquitin-interaction motifs. Because RAP80 UIM domains form foci, it is likely that RAP80 localizes to DNA damage sites through its UIM domains by interacting with ubiquitinated proteins at the damaged sites. Furthermore, as RAP80 is required for at least a portion of BRCA1 IRIFs, it may recruit Abraxas-BRCA1 (and possibly CtIP-BRCA1) complexes to DNA damage sites where they may ubiquitinate additional proteins, possibly amplifying ubiquitination in the same way Mdc1 amplifies H2AX phosphorylation by recruiting ATM (28). The BRCA1 A complex is clearly involved in the DNA damage response. However depletion of ABRA1 or RAP80 did not have as strong an effect on the various DNA damage response assays as BRCA1 depletion (fig. S6), which suggests that the BRCA1 A complex controls only part of BRCA1's role in these processes. It is likely that different BRCA1 complexes play redundant roles or promote multiple distinct steps in various DNA damage responses. For instance, all three complexes are required for HR (22) (fig. S6C). Furthermore, both the A and C complexes are required for the G2-M checkpoint (fig. S6B), which suggests they also perform different functions needed for cell cycle arrest. Complexes A and C are also implicated in transcription through their association with RAP80. It is noteworthy that RAP80 was recently found to bind the estrogen receptor (29), which suggests that the A or C complex might mediate BRCA1's role in estrogen signaling in breast cancer. The identification of three distinct BRCA1 complexes should allow us to specifically dissect the role of each in the DNA damage response and tumorigenesis. 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Graham for reagents and advice and to D. M. Livingston for exchanging information about RAP80 before submission. B.W. is a recipient of an NCI Howard Temin Award (1KO1, CA116275-01). A.S. is supported by T32CA09216 to the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Pathology Department. This work was supported by grants from the NIH and NIAID 1U19A1067751 to S.J.E and S.P.G. S.J.E. is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. The GenBank accession number for ABRA1 is EF531340. Thank you for your interest in spreading the word about Science. You are going to email the following Abraxas and RAP80 Form a BRCA1 Protein Complex Required for the DNA Damage Response Message Subject (Your Name) has forwarded a page to you from Science Message Body (Your Name) thought you would like to see this page from the Science web site. By Bin Wang, Shuhei Matsuoka, Bryan A. Ballif, Dong Zhang, Agata Smogorzewska, Steven P. Gygi, Stephen J. 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__label__wiki	0.703069	0.703069	Explanation for strange magnetic behavior at semiconductor interfaces They’re not exactly the peanut butter and jelly of semiconductors, but when you put them together, something magical happens. Alone, neither lanthanum aluminate nor strontium titanate exhibit any particularly notable properties. But when they are layered together, they become not only conductive, but also magnetic. In the current online edition of Nature Physics, researchers at The Ohio State University report the first-ever theoretical explanation to be offered for this phenomenon since it was discovered in 2004. Understanding how these two semiconductors interact at their interface could someday lead to a different kind of material—one that provides a single platform for computation and data storage, said Mohit Randeria, co-author of the paper and professor of physics at Ohio State. “The whole question is, how can you take two materials which do not conduct electricity and do not have magnetic properties, make a sandwich out of them and—lo and behold—at the interface tween them, charge begins to flow and interesting magnetic effects happen?” he said. “It’s like taking two pieces of bread and putting them together and having the sandwich filling magically appear.” By making calculations and modeling the basic physical properties of both materials, Randeria’s team has hit upon an explanation for the behavior that seems ironic: the interface between two non-magnetic materials exhibits magnetism. The team showed how the elemental units of magnetism, called “local moments,” are formed at the interface of the two materials. They then showed how these moments interact with the conducting electrons to give rise to a magnetic state in which the moments are arranged in an unusual spiral pattern. If the physicists’ explanation is correct, then perhaps someday, electronic devices could be constructed that exploit the interface between two oxides. Theoretically, such devices would combine the computational abilities of a silicon chip with the magnetic data storage abilities of permanent magnets like iron. “If you had conduction and magnetism available in the same platform, it could be possible to integrate computer memory with data processing. Maybe different kinds of computation would be possible,” Randeria said. But those applications are a long way off. Right now, the physicists hope that their theoretical explanation for the strange magnetic behavior will enable other researchers to perform experiments and confirm it. Randeria’s coauthors included Ohio State postdoctoral researcher Sumilan Banerjee and former doctoral student Onur Erten, who graduated this summer and is about to begin a postdoctoral fellowship at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Categories Physics & Mathematics, Technology Post navigation Study provides strongest clues to date for causes of schizophrenia New biological target for combating Parkinson’s	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409806
__label__wiki	0.898436	0.898436	FX’s ‘Y: The Last Man’ Adaptation Has Found Its Showrunner FX has found its showrunner for the upcoming adaptation of the DC/Vertigo series ‘Y: The Last Man’ and it’s ‘American Gods’‘ Michael Green. Green is currently co-showrunning Starz ‘American Gods’ with Bryan Fuller and both are listed as the show’s creators. Presumably, this means that he will depart ‘American Gods’ which adapts Neil Gaiman’s bestselling novel. ‘Y: The Last Man’ is still in development, but Green will co-write the script for the pilot with Brian K. Vaughan who created and wrote the entirety of the ‘Y’ comic book series– 60 issues in all. Green has served as executive producer on the series ‘The River‘, ‘Heroes’ and ‘Kings’, supervising producer on ‘Everwood’, consulting producer on ‘Jack and Bobby’ and co-producer on ‘Smallville’. He also contributed scripts for most of these shows as well as screenplays for the films ‘Murder on the Orient Express’, ‘Blade Runner 2049’, ‘Logan’ and… ahem, ‘Green Lantern‘. Vaughan co-created the ‘Y: The Last Man’ comic book with artist Pia Guerra. The series followed the exploits of escape artist Yorick Brown, who is the only human male survivor after a plague wipes out all the others. This status makes him the prize target for various shady organizations including world governments. He is accompanied by mysterious government woman of action Agent 355, Doctor Allison Mann and Yorick’s pet Capuchin monkey Ampersand (also a male). The book was an acclaimed smash hit when it was first released and remains a perennial seller as new readers discover the gripping title. Ever since the book was first published, there have been various attempts to adapt it either as a TV series or film. The serialized nature of the comic book, however, makes it much better suited to TV and FX has a fantastic track record. This looks to be the perfect fit! At this early stage, it’s unclear when (or even if) the TV adaptation will arrive, but things are looking up with this latest announcement. Are you excited that this series is coming closer to reality? Does Green’s track record make him the right fit? ‘Arrow’ Is Set To Bring Us Talia Al Ghul Mining Carell: ‘Minecraft’ Movie Looking To Land Steve Carell In Lead Role Comic Book Review: ‘A+X’ #14 Chris Chibnall Releases Names Of Writers And Directors For ‘Doctor Who’ New Promo Images And A Bad-Ass New Clip From CW’s ‘Arrow’ Here Are The Nominees For The 2019 Harvey Awards	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409807
__label__wiki	0.669889	0.669889	Female characters, Alive characters, Characters, Characters with multiple jobs Blonde Characters Right-wingers and conservatives Marge Simpson's friends Characters with unknown relatives Moe's girlfriends Attractive Characters Ned's Love Interests Villains Gone Good Lindsey Naegle Blonde (currently, presumably dyed) Brown (formerly) “Children are the future. Today belongs to me!” ―Lindsey's motto at SSCCATAGAPP and her unlocking message on Tapped Out “I'm an alcoholic ” ―Lindsey at Moe's Lindsey Naegle (often spelled Lindsay Naegle) is a resident of Springfield and is often known as Springfield's residential business link. Lindsey is understood to be a common youth-hater. Outraged at having paid high damage fees for a particular riot that the youth had caused, she formed an anti-youth group, SSCCATAGAPP (Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays against Parasitic Parents), and lobbied to deprive Springfield of all child-friendly things. Her campaign nearly succeeded, but it was thwarted at the last moment when Bart, Lisa, and the other kids in Springfield hugged all the adults, infecting them with "kid germs." The adults collapsed with sickness and became unable to vote, causing the campaign to fail.[1] Lindsey is an alcoholic (she said so matter-of-factly to Lenny when she was asked why she was in Moe’s Tavern). Despite this she is the head of the Alcoholics Anonymous branch in Springfield.[2] She is often seen as a member of the Springfield Republican Party. However, she was once seen attending a Democratic Party meeting. She is also a member of the Springfield Book Club, and was the person who caused the town to finally crack under the strain of being trapped in the dome when she threw a book at Helen Lovejoy, only to for it to miss and spill the coffee in the adjacent Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. Lindsey tends to flatly admit things that might be considered insensitive. She admitted to being a sexual predator,[3] and once said that she cannot cry due to a botched face lift.[4] In "Homer Goes to Prep School", she's a member of the Doomsday preppers along with Gary Chalmers, Herman Hermann, L.T. Smash and Lloyd. When Superintendent Chalmers demonstrated a rifle scope that makes any human face look dangerous and threatening (by placing an angry brow appearance on people's faces), he pretended to shoot her holding it. She asks what it was for, and he says "You thought I've gone mad with power, weren't you?". Lindsey responds "I wasn't but I am now." and Chalmers pretended to shoot her a couple more times. Lindsey has popped up in several capacities, seemingly working at a different job every time she appears. Job titles have included the aforementioned network executive, as well as marketing researcher, financial planner, public relations consultant, venture capitalist, advertising executive, cell phone company executive, insurance salesperson, and executive with the Child Development Group. After she introduced herself (again) to Homer and Marge, Marge said, “We’ve met you many times, Ms. Naegle. Why do you keep changing jobs?” Lindsey flatly replied, “I’m a sexual predator.”[5] Commercial actions and influences Due to her role as a business and network executive figure, Lindsey (like any business CEO or network executive in the media) tends to over commercialize anything that she has creative control over, which causes initial problems for other characters, based on the plot of the episode. In "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show", Lindsey was part of the committee of writers at Itchy & Scratchy International, who felt that the character Poochie should be edgy, have plenty of attitude, and be "Rasta-fied" by 10 percent, as well as "proactive" and a "totally outrageous paradigm". However, due to Poochie's unpopularity with the audience, Lindsey along with the rest of the writers decide to kill him off. Even though Homer implores the audience to give Poochie a fair chance (instead of reading the intended script), the character is edited out at the last second, leaving Homer feeling betrayed, as he put his soul into the character he voiced.[6] In "Girly Edition", Lindsey tells Krusty the Clown that the FCC feels that kids aren't learning anything from The Itchy & Scratchy Show and that they need educational programming. She then suggest a kid-oriented news show called "Kidz News", where the network would cut ten minutes out of The Krusty the Clown Show. During the run of the news show, Lisa Simpson is recruited as a news anchor, while Bart is later chosen and made a sportscaster. After Bart livens up the show, Lindsey promotes him to co-anchor, which makes Lisa jealous. Lisa argues that she doesn't need a co-anchor, Lindsey tells her that Bart has what she doesn't: "Zazz!", "Zing!", "Zork!", and "Kapowza!" Despite Lisa's reasoning of that trivializes the whole idea of Kidz Newz, her argument goes unanswered. After Bart and Lisa choose to resolve the disputes and make a good educational news program, they are abruptly canceled in favor of "The Mattel and Mars Bar Quick Energy Choc-O-Bot Hour".[7] Lindsey once dated Ned Flanders, but the date was interrupted when she received a fax informing her that she had been indicted. She is an enthusiastic practitioner of the child-free lifestyle, and at one point spearheaded a movement to make Springfield less child-friendly. Once romantically linked with Judge Roy Snyder, she is a graduate from the Wharton Business School. She is a stereotypical upper-management executive, and her ventures frequently feature the business buzzword “synergy”. Lindsey Naegle once made out with Marge Simpson during Homer's imagination, despite Marge not being a lesbian.[8] It is been implied that at one time she had been sleeping with Krusty the Clown.[9] Marge told Homer that, if she passed on, he would be allowed to marry Lindsey; this is seen on a list in the back of his closet. Ironically, Lindsey was in the bank with Marge when she gave Homer this permission.[10] Non-Canon Appearances Lindsey's anti-child attitude was spoofed in a story in "Margical History Tour" where she plays Anne Boleyn. She marries Homer, who plays King Henry VIII, on the basis she can get pregnant with a son for him. When Homer imagines accidents resulting during a time that he was uninsured, Lindsey Naegle and Marge Simpson started making out after they were the only ones who survived besides Homer Simpson.[11] In "Treehouse of Horror XIX," in the opening of "How to Get Ahead in Dead-Vertising", she is in one of the pictures on the buildings. In "The Serfsons," Lindsey Naegle and Krusty are dating. Krusty ends up transmitting his "Genital Snerfs" (Smurfs) to Lindsey, which toss their hats and sing. Her original design. Lindsey makes her first appearance in "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show". In this episode her character was simply referred to as “Female Network Executive”, and had brunette hair instead of her usual blonde hair. She later returned in "Girly Edition". In “They Saved Lisa’s Brain”, the character was introduced as Lindsey Naegle, a member of the Springfield Mensa Society and head of Advanced Capital Ventures, specializing in synergy and books on how to cheat at bridge. Lindsey Naegle's name was modeled after Sue Naegle, the ex-wife of former Simpsons writer Dana Gould. Lindsey sounds and acts very similar to Charlotte Pickles, a character from the Nickelodeon animated series Rugrats also voiced by MacNeille. She appears to be friends with Cookie Kwan. Lindsey is also the "Fast-Tracking Child-Free Executrix" type of mom you meet at the PTA.[12] Lindsey is left-handed.[13] The full image gallery for Lindsey Naegle may be viewed at Lindsey Naegle/Gallery. Episode – "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" Episode – "Girly Edition" Episode – "They Saved Lisa's Brain" Episode – "Grift of the Magi" Episode – "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" Episode – "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses" Episode – "A Tale of Two Springfields" Episode – "Homer vs. Dignity" Episode – "Day of the Jackanapes" Episode – "She of Little Faith" Episode – "Blame It on Lisa" Episode – "Large Marge" Episode – "A Star Is Born-Again" Episode – "Brake My Wife, Please" Episode – "The President Wore Pearls" Episode – "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays" Episode – "Margical History Tour" Episode – "The Wandering Juvie" Episode – "My Big Fat Geek Wedding" Episode – "Bart Has Two Mommies" Episode – "Girls Just Want to Have Sums" Episode – "Jazzy and the Pussycats" Episode – "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em" Episode – "Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIX" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XX" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVI" (Homerzilla) Episode – "Lisa the Veterinarian" (Chlorine Dreams Indoor Water Park) THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVII" (Dry Hard, Moefinger) Episode – "Havana Wild Weekend" (Volture's Nest) Episode – "Flanders' Ladder" (picture) Episode – "From Russia Without Love" Episode – "Daddicus Finch" Episode – "'Tis the 30th Season" Episode – "The Girl on The Bus" Episode – "101 Mitigations" Episode – "Crystal Blue-Haired Persuasion" Episode – "The Winter of Our Monetized Content" Episode – "The Fat Blue Line" Episode – "Gorillas on the Mast" Episode – "Marge the Lumberjill" Episode – "Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?" Episode – "Hail to the Teeth" Commercials – Hard Times Book – The Marge Book ↑ Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays ↑ Days of Wine and D'oh'ses ↑ Blame It on Lisa ↑ Girly Edition ↑ The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show ↑ How the Test Was Won ↑ You Kent Always Say What You Want ↑ I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ↑ The Marge Book ↑ Simpsons Comics Ms. Albright \| Alice Glick \| June Bellamy \| Belle \| Billy (actor) \| Booberella \| Colin \| Cosine \| Crazy Cat Lady \| Michael D'Amico \| David (Treehouse of Horror XVI) \| Devan Woosterfield \| Dia-Betty \| Mia Farrow \| Ginger Flanders \| Mrs. Glick \| Adil Hoxha \| Bernice Hibbert \| Cookie Kwan \| Lester \| Audrey McConnell \| Medicine Woman \| Mrs. Muntz \| Lindsey Naegle \| Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon \| Opal \| Poor Violet \| Lois Pennycandy \| Pepi \| Phillips \| Brunella Pommelhorst \| Ronaldo (Blame It on Lisa) \| Dr. Simpson \| Agnes Skinner \| Brandine Spuckler \| Jitney Spuckler \| Whitney Spuckler \| Spud \| Dolph Starbeam \| Clara Stetson \| Gino Terwilliger \| Dame Judith Underdunk \| Veronica \| Vicki Valentine \| Plopper \| Princess Diana Retrieved from "https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Lindsey_Naegle?oldid=878075"	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409815
__label__wiki	0.687451	0.687451	Non-canon episodes, Treehouse of Horror, Season 2 episodes, U-rated episodes Kang and Kodos Episodes Episodes where the family moves Episodes in which a Character Swears Censored or Uncensored Many episodes Written by John Swartzwelder Directed by Wes Archer Episodes with narration Written by Jay Kogen and Wallace Wolodarsky ◄ Simpson and Delilah Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish ► Treehouse of Horror II ► Wallace Wolodarsky Edgar Allan Poe (Original "The Raven" poem) Sam Simon Wes Archer This article refers to the first episode in the Treehouse of Horror sub-series. For an overview of the sub-series as a whole, see Treehouse of Horror series. “Hello, everyone. You know, Halloween is a very strange holiday. Personally, I don't understand it. Kids worshipping ghosts, pretending to be devils. Oooh, things on TV that are completely not appropriate for younger viewers. Things like the following half hour. Nothing seems to bother my kids. But tonight's show, which I totally wash my hands of, is really scary. So if you have sensitive children, maybe you should tuck them into bed early tonight instead of writing us angry letters tomorrow. Thanks for your attention.” ―Marge Simpson "Treehouse of Horror" (also known as "The Simpsons Halloween Special") is the third episode of Season 2 and the first Halloween special. Kang and Kodos make their first appearance in this episode. The first of the annual Halloween spook-fest. In 'Bad Dream House', the family moves into an old haunted house and are possessed to kill each other, by a mysterious voice. In 'Hungry Are the Damned', the family is abducted by Kang and Kodos (who make their first appearance), and fattened up to the extent that Lisa questions their motive, and does so incorrectly. Her nosiness results in the Simpsons being dropped off at home again. In 'The Raven', a poem by Edgar Allan Poe is recited with Homer and Bart as the characters. The episode's logo In a parody of the original Frankenstein film, Marge warns viewers that the following program (The Simpsons) may give their children nightmares, so she suggests the adults to "tuck your children into bed tonight instead of writing us angry letters tomorrow." The show then begins. When Homer comes back from trick-or-treating, he notices Bart and Lisa are telling ghost stories (while Maggie watches) in Bart's treehouse. He climbs up and eavesdrops while Bart comments on Lisa's first story. Bart begins telling his own story called: Bad Dream House. Bad Dream House Bad Dream House title card The "haunted" house. In a parody of The Amityville Horror, the Simpsons move into a new home at a great price. Lisa and Marge are scared there is an evil presence lurking in the house, though Homer says there is nothing to worry about, despite there being a vortex in the kitchen. Homer throws an orange into the vortex, although the ones who live in the vortex throw it out with a note that asks them not to throw in stuff. Bart is then strangled by a lamp cord as the house threatens the family to leave, hurling Homer up to the ceiling. When everyone tries to settle into sleep, the house brainwashes everyone to kill each other. Luckily, they prevent what they are doing, thanks to Marge not being brainwashed. The family then finds out there is an ancient Indian burial ground in the cellar. Suddenly, the house threatens them that they will perish horribly. Marge becomes outraged and yells at the house to shut up and show them some manners, and after a few moments, hurt by Marge's words, it complies. After harassment by Bart and Lisa, Marge explains that since they are living in the house, the house is going to have to accept this. The house asks them to leave for a moment as it chooses what to do. The estate determines that it would rather die than live with the Simpsons, and the house implodes into nothingness, which is a nod to Poltergeist (1982). Lisa implies that the house's self-destruction cannot help but cause her some guilt. Hungry are the Damned Kang and Kodos Hungry are the Damned title card In a parody of the 1950 story by Damon Knight from Galaxy Science Fiction (and its 1962 Twilight Zone episode adaptation) titled To Serve Man, the Simpsons are having a barbecue in their backyard until an alien spaceship suddenly abducts them. When they arrive on the ship, they meet Kang, Kodos, and Serak the Preparer, who treat the Simpsons extremely well by giving them countless amounts of food to hold them over until "the great feast at Rigel 4." These three aliens call themselves Rigellians. After the family is weighed on a giant scale and the Rigellians constantly make references to food, Lisa becomes suspicious and thus thinks to herself about the aliens' true motives. One night, she wanders around the spaceship and heads into the aliens' kitchen, when the chef Serak cooks something to "give the humans the perfect flavor" After he leaves the room, Lisa grabs the book called "How to Cook Humans", runs to her family and accuses the Rigellians of feeding them all up to eat the humans. However, it is then revealed that Lisa did not see the whole title of the book, which is actually called "How to Cook for Forty Humans". The Rigellians feel sad, disappointed, and angry at the family, so they send the family back home to live the life of "not gods, but normal human beings". Then, Lisa speculates that they, the Simpson family, may be the true monsters after all while the family blames Lisa for her actions. Bart as ”The Raven” The Raven Title Card In a parody of the Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem, "The Raven", The Raven Narrator (Homer) reads a book to forget the lost lover of his, Lenore (Marge). He hears a knock, but there is no one in front of the door. Knocking goes on and he finds out it is a raven (Bart) behind the window. As he opens it, the raven flies into the room, sits on the bust of Pallas above the door and says "Eat my shorts" (actually said by Bart,whom is interrupted by Lisa telling him that the raven says Nevermore and nothing else). But as the story continues, the raven keeps on repeating "Nevermore", driving the narrator crazy. He tries to catch the raven, only to provoke it to drop books on him. At the end, the mad narrator lies in the center of the room, surrounded by books, and the raven laughs. Later, as the whole episode comes to a close, Bart and Lisa consider the three scary tales not scary at all, especially "The Raven" story. Lisa says that stories like "The Raven" were written many years ago and people were probably easy to scare back then. Bart agrees saying how even old movies like Friday the Thirteenth Part I are not scary by today's standards. They decide to return home and go to bed, unaware that Homer was eavesdropping and is freaked out by all of the stories. Everyone suddenly goes to bed, but Homer has trouble sleeping this Halloween night. He hears and sees the Raven staring at him right outside his bedroom window. Declaring that he "hates Halloween", he tucks himself in. The episode is considered to be non-canon and takes place outside the normal continuity of the show. Part of the series' attraction to the writers is that they are able to break the rules and include violence and kill off characters, which they would not usually be able in a regular episode. Since it first aired, the episode has received very positive reviews from television critics and is almost always included in the lists of "best episodes" of the show. Channel 10 Primetime Promo (1991) Hungry are the Damned poster A vinyl figure for The Raven ◄ Season 1 Bart Gets an "F" • Simpson and Delilah • Treehouse of Horror (aka "The Simpsons Halloween Special") • Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish • Dancin' Homer • Dead Putting Society • Bart vs. Thanksgiving • Bart the Daredevil • Itchy & Scratchy & Marge • Bart Gets Hit by a Car • One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish • The Way We Was • Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment • Principal Charming • Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? • Bart's Dog Gets an F • Old Money • Brush with Greatness • Lisa's Substitute • The War of the Simpsons • Three Men and a Comic Book • Blood Feud Retrieved from "https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror?oldid=877176"	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409816
__label__cc	0.508399	0.491601	snowonmusic A music theory blog that's NOT all work! Tag Archives: trumpet concerto March 21, 2013 Appreciations, Classical Music Bach, Brandenburg Concerto, concertino, piccolo trumpet, ripieno, siegfried dehn, tierce de picardy, trumpet concerto, Voyager 6 Comments Happy Birthday, Johann! by Doc Snow Happy Bach birthday, everyone! If I’m going to promulgate “What Would Johann Do?” as a musical parlor game, I can’t very well ignore the significance of March 21st, can I? (If you’re curious–maybe you might even decide to play, it’s never too late–just check out ‘WWJD’ in the archives in the left sidebar.) Leipzieg honors JS Bach, by making him look as stern as possible. Photo courtesy zarafa and wikimedia commons. Anyway, I’m celebrating with a favorite and a poll. First, the favorite: my favorite Bach composition is the second Brandenburg concerto, BWV 1047, in F major. (Hey, I’m a trumpet player–I have obligations to keep up here.) It’s the second in a series of 6 concerti gross which Bach used, essentially, as an (unsuccessful) job application. On March 24, 1721, Bach wrote to the Margrave of Brandenburg: As I had the good fortune a few years ago to be heard by Your Royal Highness, at Your Highness’s commands, and as I noticed then that Your Highness took some pleasure in the little talents which Heaven has given me for Music, and as in taking Leave of Your Royal Highness, Your Highness deigned to honour me with the command to send Your Highness some pieces of my Composition: I have in accordance with Your Highness’s most gracious orders taken the liberty of rendering my most humble duty to Your Royal Highness with the present Concertos, which I have adapted to several instruments; begging Your Highness most humbly not to judge their imperfection with the rigor of that discriminating and sensitive taste, which everyone knows Him to have for musical works, but rather to take into benign Consideration the profound respect and the most humble obedience which I thus attempt to show Him. (The rather fawning tone is characteristic of the time, not of Bach’s personality.) But the Margrave apparently lacked the requisite instrumentation; at any rate, the indications are that the pieces were never performed at his Court. In 1734, following the Margrave’s death, the manuscripts were sold for the equivalent of a few dollars. Thus, these concertos, perhaps the finest of all concerti gross, remained almost completely without contemporary influence. (It is possible that they were heard at Cothen, where Bach was employed; it has been shown that the available forces there did match the scoring.) The manuscripts were rediscovered in 1849 by musician and Bach scholar Siegried Dehn, and were published the following year–the first known performance with something like the original orchestration came in 1898 with trumpeter Theo Charlier. Since then ‘the Brandenburgs’ have been recorded very often, with at least 75 recordings listed on the “J.S. Bach home page.” The Second Brandenburg is a cheerful, even ebullient, work. It follows the normal 3-movement pattern, in which a central slow movement is flanked by quick outer movements. Like any normal concerto grosso, the Second Brandenburg features musical forces divided into two groups: the orchestra (‘ripieno’) and a group of ‘solo’ instruments (‘concertino.’) The concertino here consists of four contrasting treble instruments: recorder, oboe, natural trumpet in F, and violin. The first movement makes much use of lively chordal ‘fanfare’ figuration of the sort eminently suited to the trumpet. But one of the movement’s pleasures is hearing how this figuration’s character is transformed when played by the more pastoral oboe, or the softer violin. The movement is relatively long, brilliant, and for the trumpeter, strenuous. (It is said that various prominent trumpeters have had contractual protection against being forced to perform this work! Having had a crack at it myself on one occasion, I can sympathize.) Incidentally, the “piccolo trumpet in F” seems never to have been used previous to this work–and may not have appeared again until the late 19th century, when versions of it were constructed specifically to use in playing Bach trumpet parts, most emphatically including this one! A modern piccolo trumpet. Image courtesy Christopher Roberts and Wikimedia Commons. The second movement–again, following the normal pattern–has a very different tone. Set in the relative minor key, D minor, a gentle rocking rhythm underpins a yearning three-way conversation among the violin, oboe and recorder. The trumpet remains silent throughout, which was not unexpected–Baroque trumpet concertos usually featured a slow movement in a minor key in which the solo instrument was silent. (The Baroque trumpet was quite limited when playing music in minor keys–so much so that it is often incorrectly said to have been unable to play in minor keys. There are numerous counterexamples in the outer movements of the Brandenburg, however.) This hypnotic movement ends, as abruptly yet gently as falling asleep, on a D major triad–the ‘tierce de Picardy.’ The third movement then breaks in like a flash of sunlight in a dim room with the solo trumpet cavorting in a triumphant, unprepared F major, as if impatient at its enforced silence. (“As if–,” since in many cases the player will have been cherishing his or her opportunity to rest and regroup.) The overall tone is somewhat similar to the first movement, but lighter and more relaxed overall, with the quadruple meter of the opening superseded by duple. It’s a wonderful, substantive and uplifting piece–all in less than a quarter hour. I must not be the first to think so, either: the first movement is now to be found outside of this solar system. It is the first musical selection of the famous “golden record” included aboard both Voyager probes. “Out of this world”–literally. Check it out, if you don’t know it already! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contents_of_the_Voyager_Golden_Record What’s your favorite Bach? And why? Vote in the poll below, or make a comment. And again–happy Bach birthday! Modes Of Misfortune, Banished Great Beginnings 2 “Satin Doll”: Soup Cans And Turnarounds Great Beginnings 'Popular' Music	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409828
__label__cc	0.713243	0.286757	Importance of Mental Prayer March 8, 2019 socapostolate 2 Comments “He who neglects mental prayer needs no devil to carry him to hell. He brings himself there with his own hands.” Yet “The devil knows that he has lost the soul that perseveringly practices mental prayer.” -Saint Teresa of Avila -“It is morally impossible for him who neglects meditation to live without sin . . . Many say the Rosary, the Office of the Blessed Virgin, and perform other works of devotion; but they still continue in sin. But it is impossible for him who perseveres in mental prayer to continue in sin: he will either give up meditation or renounce sin.” -Saint Alphonsus “Knowing how much is at stake, the devil wants at all costs to keep us from being faithful to mental prayer.” -Father Jacques Philippe “To vocal prayer we must add mental prayer, which enlightens the mind, inflames the heart and disposes the soul to listen to the voice of wisdom, to savor his delights and possess his treasures. For myself, I know of no better way of establishing the kingdom of God, eternal wisdom, than to united vocal and mental prayer by saying the holy Rosary and meditating on its 15 mysteries.” – St. Louis de Monfort “Mental prayer is the blessed furnace in which souls are inflamed with the love of God. All the saints have become saints by mental prayer.” -S Alphonsus “In the first place, without mental prayer the soul is without light.They, says St. Augustine, who keep their eyes shut cannot see the way to their country. The eternal truths are all spiritual things that are seen, not with eyes of the body, but with the eyes of the mind; that is, by reflection and consideration. Now, they who do not make mental prayer do not see these truths, neither do they see the importance of eternal salvation, and the means which they can adopt in order to obtain it. The loss of so many souls arises from the neglect of considering the great affair of our salvation, and what we must do in order to be saved. “With desolation,” says the prophet Jeremias, “is all the land made desolate: because there is none that considereth in the heart” (Jer 12:2). On the other hand, the Lord says that he who keeps before his eyes the truths of faith ——that is, death, judgment, and the happy or unhappy eternity that awaits us——shall never fall into sin. “In all thy works remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin” (Sirach 7:36). St. Bonaventure also says that mental prayer is, as it were, a mirror, in which we see all the stains of the soul. In a letter to the Bishop of Osma, St. Teresa says, “Although it appears to us that we have no imperfections, still when God opens the eyes of the soul, as He usually does in prayer, our imperfections are then clearly seen.” He who does not make mental prayer does not even know his defects, and therefore, as St. Bernard says, he does not abhor them. He does not even know the dangers to which his eternal salvation is exposed, and, therefore, he does not even think of avoiding them. But he who applies himself to meditation instantly sees his faults, and the dangers of perdition, and, seeing them, he will reflect on the remedies for them. ” -St. Alphonsus: https://www.ourcatholicprayers.com/alphonsus-liguori-on-mental-prayer.html “In mental prayer, the soul is purified from its sins, nourished with charity, confirmed in faith, and strengthened in hope; the mind expands, the affections dilate, the heart is purified, truth becomes evident; temptation is conquered, sadness dispelled; the senses are renovated; drooping powers revive; tepidity ceases; the rust of vices disappears. Out of mental prayer issues forth, like living sparks, those desires of heaven which the soul conceives when inflamed with the fire of divine love. Sublime is the excellence of mental prayer, great are its privileges; to mental prayer heaven is opened; to mental prayer heavenly secrets are manifested and the ear of God [is] ever attentive.” -Saint Peter of Alcantara ← St. Thomas' Prayer for a Wisely Ordered Life 5 Main SOCA Resources for Membership → 2 thoughts on “Importance of Mental Prayer” Hi there, I desire to subscribe for this website to get latest updates, therefore where can i do it please help. socapostolate says: Hello, you can here on the home page now! http://www.socapostolate.org	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409829
__label__wiki	0.932107	0.932107	Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images Grading all 20 Premier League managers By Andy EdwardsMay 15, 2019, 7:45 AM EDT Which Premier League managers were most responsible for their team’s overachievement — or, underachievement — during the 2018-19 season? [ SEASON REVIEW: Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs, Arsenal ] [ SEASON REVIEW: Man United, Wolves, Everton, Leicester, West Ham ] Benitez, Rafael (Newcastle United) — B- High marks for: Keeping Newcastle in the PL and finishing 13th, with one of the league’s smaller wage bills, by beating the teams they needed to beat (eight of 12 victories came against teams that finished below them) \| Low marks for: Going winless in the first 10 games of the season Final thoughts: Newcastle could be a perennial top-half side, if only owner Mike Ashley would either 1) back his manager, or 2) sell the club. Benitez is far and away the brightest manager Newcastle could hope to attract and he continues to deliver above realistic expectations. Dyche, Sean (Burnley) — C- High marks for: Finding three teams to be worse than Burnley; going eight games unbeaten to start 2019 \| Low marks for: Six losing skids of three games or more (two that lasted four games) Final thoughts: This is Burnley’s level — scraping and clawing a few points clear of relegation — rather than last season’s 7th-place finish. Emery, Unai (Arsenal) — C+ High marks for: Going 14 games unbeaten after losing twice to start the season \| Low marks for: Failing to finish in the top-four, despite Tottenham and Chelsea falling apart down the stretch Final thoughts: Emery’s first season following in the footsteps of Arsene Wenger could have gone better, but it could have gone worse. The more distance Emery puts between Wenger and present day, the easier the job will get. He sorely needs to win the Europa League to build a squad capable of returning to the top-four. (Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images) Espirito Santo, Nuno (Wolverhampton Wanderers) — A High marks for: Leading a newly promoted team to a 7th-place finish, while playing an entertaining style of soccer \| Low marks for: N/A Final thoughts: If this is as good as it ever gets for Wolves, let’s all choose to remember Espirito Santo’s time at the club for what he did this season, not for how it might all come crashing down around him in future seasons. Sure, Wolves spent on par with the PL’s biggest clubs. Then again, Fulham outspent Wolves by $42 million last summer and finished 19th. Gracia, Javi (Watford) — B- High marks for: Taking Watford another step forward, up to 11th, in his first full season in charge after they narrowly avoided relegation two seasons ago and progressed to 14th last season \| Low marks for: Once Watford were mathematically safe, their form fell off a cliff and they took a bit of a tumble down the table Final thoughts: There was a time this season when Watford looked like they might be the surprise 7th-place finishers, then they lost six of their last nine games but still only finished seven points back of Wolves. Guardiola, Pep (Manchester City) — A+ High marks for: Winning the title, for a second straight season, by winning 14 straight games to finish the season; needing 98 points to win the title, and getting 98 points; winning the title with Kevin De Bruyne, his best player last season, playing just 19 games \| Low marks for: N/A Final thoughts: If there were any remaining questions about Guadiola’s suitability to the PL, they have been answered by winning 198 points over two seasons. Whatever he chooses to do next, he will do it well. Hasenhuttl, Ralph (Southampton) — B High marks for: Taking over a bottom-three team right before Christmas and keeping them in the PL \| Low marks for: N/A Final thoughts: Saints had won just once in 15 games before Hasenhuttl was appointed, which means they won eight times in their final 23 games — a massive improvement, though it would have been very difficult to replicate Mark Hughes‘ record. A 3W-3D-3L run to finish the season was 1) enough to keep them in the PL, but more importantly 2) provided the only period of consistency all season. (Adam Davy/PA via AP) Hodgson, Roy (Crystal Palace) — C High marks for: Overcoming a truly horrific start to the season (just three wins from Palace’s first 16 games) to finish 15 points clear of relegation\| Low marks for: Overseeing the truly horrific start to the season Final thoughts: Hodgson deserves tons of credit for keeping the team onside when things were looking terribly bleak (16th place, one point clear of relegation after 16 games), but he deserves just as much blame for being in that position in the first place. In the end, he’ll have a job for life if he can deliver 12th-place finishes to Palace year after year. Howe, Eddie (Bournemouth) — C+ High marks for: Winning six of their first 10 games and propelling Bournemouth into the conversation for a top-half finish \| Low marks for: Losing 17 of the next 28 games and sinking to a 14th-place finish Final thoughts: If not for a strong start to the season (20 points from their first 10 games, where might the Cherries have wound up? In the end, though, expecting too terribly much more out of a club with the budget of Bournemouth would be wildly unrealistic. Hughton, Chris (Brighton & Hove Albion) — C- High marks for: Doing enough — just enough — to keep Brighton in the PL \| Low marks for: Finishing 17th, two points clear of relegation, and getting fired Final thoughts: Hughton’s four-and-a-half-year tenure at Brighton will forever be remembered fondly, as he was the one who took them to the PL, kept them their for a second season, and secured a third season as well. That said, he might have taken the club as far as he could, making this summer the right time for a change. Klopp, Jurgen (Liverpool) — A+ High marks for: Improving Liverpool by 22 points from one season to the next (they were 24 points better in relation to Man City); setting up a young Liverpool side for what should be a decade of title challenges \| Low marks for: Liverpool had a seven-point lead on Jan. 13, but Man City took the lead for good on March 3 and never looked back Final thoughts: What more could Klopp and Co., have done? 97 points would have won the title in all but two seasons in PL history: last season and this season, because of 198-point Man City. Parker, Scott (Fulham) — Incomplete High marks for: Snapping Fulham’s nine-game losing streak (five of which he was in charge of) by winning three straight \| Low marks for: Losing those five games by a combined score of 13-4 Final thoughts: Fulham were already all but gone (10 points back of 17th, with just 10 games left to play) when Parker was appointed. Fulham lost his first five games in charge, then won three, then lost their last two. Let’s wait and see what the first-time boss can do in the EFL Championship. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images) Pellegrini, Manuel (West Ham United) — C High marks for: The run of just three defeats in 13 games from mid-September to mid-December \| Low marks for: The four games — four losses — with preceded the aforementioned 13-game run and had some wondering whether Pellegrini would survive his first season month in charge Final thoughts: On paper, Pellegrini had a very strong squad with which to work. In practice, it was heavily skewed toward the attacking half of the field, and nothing could be a worse fit for his preferred style. Part of that is on him as he needs to adapt, and part of that is on the executives who hired him and assembled his squad. Pochettino, Mauricio (Tottenham Hotspur) — A- High marks for: Overcoming all of the self-imposed obstacles to limp across the finish line in fourth; reaching the Champions League final \| Low marks for: Not walking into chairman Daniel Levy’s office and demanding he sign a player Final thoughts: Name a manager who did more with less this season. Pochettino finished last season with an already-thin, injury-plagued squad. In the summer, Spurs signed not a single player. In January, Spurs signed not a single player. In January, Spurs, a team with hardly a central midfielder on the roster, sold one of their most influential players and midfielders, Mousa Dembele, in the name of recouping a whole $14 million. Yet, Pochettino pieced together lineups and gameplans nearly every time out that gave Spurs a chance to pick up points, and they did so more often than not until the final few weeks. Rodgers, Brendan (Leicester City) — Incomplete High marks for: Winning four of his first five games in charge while conceding multiple goals just once (the Foxes had conceded 11 goals in the five games pre-Rodgers) \| Low marks for: N/A Final thoughts: Much like Newcastle, Rodgers might be the height of who Leicester could realistically attract. If he’s committed to sticking around for the long haul, rather than using Leicester as a stepping stone, it seems like a match made in heaven and a long tenure, with plenty more top-half finishes, could very well be on the cards. Sarri, Maurizio (Chelsea) — B- High marks for: Getting Chelsea back in the Champions League next season and finishing 3rd despite significant struggles in his first season in the PL \| Low marks for: His downright refusal to adapt his tactics for such a long period when it was all beginning to unravel and the fans were turning against him Final thoughts: Eden Hazard papered over a lot of cracks for Sarri this season. If he’s not around to do the same next season, it probably won’t be Sarri we’re grading this time next year. Siewert, Jan (Huddersfield Town) — Incomplete High marks for: N/A \| Low marks for: Losing 12 of the 15 games of which he was in charge Final thoughts: Like Fulham, Huddersfield were already long gone (10 points off 17th with 15 games left) by the time they made a change, so bringing in Siewert was purely about planning for next season. A few more non-loss results would have been nice, though. Silva, Marco (Everton) — B- High marks for: Starting (just two defeats from Everton’s first nine games) and finishing (five wins from their last eight games) the season strongly \| Low marks for: Disappearing from December to February (nine losses in 14 games) and (maybe) almost getting fired Final thoughts: He is clearly the most talented and ambitious manager Everton have had in a long time, and that’ll show through even more so after a second summer of transfers to build a squad that better fits his style (e.g., younger, more mobile defenders). (Photo by Lynne Cameron/Getty Images) Solskjaer, Ole Gunnar (Manchester United) — C High marks for: The lengthy honeymoon period (12 games unbeaten, including 10 wins) after he was appointed; liberating Man United fans from Jose Mourinho \| Low marks for: The dismal run-in (just two wins from their final eight games, including four defeats) after he was given the job on a permanent basis Final thoughts: Did Man United really have to remove the interim tag when they did? Are they sure the guy who got fired by Cardiff, in the only top-level job of his career, is the right guy to take on a complete squad rebuild? Warnock, Neil (Cardiff City) — D+ High marks for: Giving Cardiff a real shot at avoiding relegation, until the final two or three weeks of the season, despite the emotional hardship they faced when club-record signing Emiliano Sala died before he played a game \| Low marks for: Being relegated; winning back-to-back games just once all season Final thoughts: Warnock is expected to remain in his position next season, which makes all the sense in the world considering Cardiff will be seeking another promotion back to the PL. Follow @AndyEdMLS Tags: Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Wolverhampton Wanderers Mexicans Abroad: Jimenez makes Wolves history; Guardado assists in Betis win On what was perhaps Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez’s last weekend in Europe, Raul Jimenez made it clear that he is ready to carry on the mantle as Mexico’s marquee striker in the old continent. The 28-year-old’s double made him Wolverhampton Wanderer’s Premier League all-time leading goalscorer, surpassing Steven Fletcher‘s record of 22 goals in just 61 appearances. Meanwhile in Spain, Andres Guardado continues to add remarkable chapters to his never-ending European photo book, recording an assist in Real Betis’ 3-0 thumping of Real Sociedad. Here is a list of several other Mexico national team affiliates making a name for themselves (or not) outside of Mexico this weekend. Raul Jimenez, Wolverhampton Wanderers — Not only did Jimenez boost his league goalscoring tally to the double digits on Saturday, but he also became Wolves’ Premier League all-time goalscorer. The Mexican is indispensable for the Midlands side – well worth the club-record $33-million investment. Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez, Sevilla — Chicharito did not make the trip with Sevilla to the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday. On Friday, Sports Illustrated’s Grant Wahl reported that Los Angeles Galaxy have signed the 31-year-old. An official announcement from the MLS side is expected in the coming days. Hector Herrera, Atletico Madrid — Herrera started and played 43 minutes in Los Colchoneros’ rare, 2-0 loss to Eibar on Saturday. Atletico are now eight points behind leaders Barcelona and second-best Real Madrid. Andres Guardado, Real Betis — Guardado played all 90 minutes and recorded an assist in Betis’ trashing of Real Sociedad. The midfielder also earned a yellow card in the 23rd minute. Diego Lainez, Real Betis — The 19-year-old dressed but remained on the bench for Betis. Nestor Araujo, Celta Vigo — Araujo started and played 90 minutes in Celta’s 1-1 draw with Athletic Bilbao. The defender recorded 11 clearances, two interceptions, and earned a yellow card. Hirving “Chucky” Lozano, Napoli — As Napoli’s continues to suffer under Gennaro Gattuso, so does Chucky. The frenetic winger saw just 26 minutes of playing time in Napoli’s 2-0 loss to Fiorentina on Saturday. Gattuso, however, may be on his was out as reports indicated that he’s considering resigning after just 35 days at the helm. Jesus “Tecatito” Corona, FC Porto — Tecatito started and played all 90 minutes in Porto’s 2-1 loss to Braga on Saturday. The Dragons trail league leaders Benfica by seven points. Erick Gutierrez, PSV Eindhoven — Gutierrez dressed but remained on the bench for PSV on Saturday. Edson Alvarez, Ajax — Alvarez dressed but remained on the bench for Ajax on Sunday. Omar Govea, Zulte Waregem — Govea started and played 90 minutes in Zulte’s 3-0 loss to KRC Genk. Elsewhere around the globe: Pedro Arce, Panionios – Panionios were inactive over the weekend. Gerardo Ramirez Alonso, Roda JC – Ramirez Alonso and Roda JC take on Jong FC Utrecht on Monday. Tags: Andrés Guardado, Chicharito, El Tri, Los Angeles Galaxy, Mexico national team, Andres Guardado, Ba, Chicharito, Diego Lainez, Fletcher, Hector Herrera, Iago, Javier Hernandez, Jesus Corona, Pedro, Raul Jimenez Gio Reyna: “A dream came true” January 20, 2020 8:44 am Setien rekindles Barcelona’s passing style in first game January 20, 2020 7:54 am Americans Abroad: Chandler, Gooch score; Reyna, Vassilev debut January 19, 2020 11:11 pm Mexicans Abroad: Jimenez makes Wolves history; Guardado assists in Betis win January 19, 2020 10:08 pm Unhappy reunion for Klinsmann as Bayern beats Hertha 4-0 January 19, 2020 7:53 pm La Liga roundup: Messi scores, wins game in Setien’s Barcelona debut (video) January 19, 2020 7:35 pm Serie A roundup: Ronaldo sets record with brace in Juventus win over Parma (video) January 19, 2020 6:04 pm Salah: ‘We don’t have to think that now we’ve won the Premier League’ January 19, 2020 4:34 pm In the Mixed Zone: Liverpool v. 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Manchester United January 19, 2020 10:47 am Transfer rumor roundup: Man Utd eyes $32M teen phenom; Bruno Fernandes latest January 19, 2020 10:06 am Chicago captures Ligue 1 striker Beric from Saint-Etienne January 19, 2020 9:43 am The USMNT player pool in Europe is as promising as ever January 19, 2020 8:21 am Watch Live: Burnley v. Leicester City January 19, 2020 8:02 am PL Sunday Preview: Leicester travel to Burnley; Liverpool put perfect record on the line against Man Utd January 19, 2020 12:09 am Serie A roundup: Immobile nets hat-trick, Lazio runs over Sampdoria (video) January 18, 2020 10:22 pm La Liga roundup: Casemiro’s brace earns injury-riddled Real Madrid win (video) January 18, 2020 8:58 pm 16-year-old Cherki scores 2 as Lyon advances in French Cup January 18, 2020 7:50 pm ‘I’m very happy for this’: Jimenez becomes Wolves all-time leading PL goalscorer January 18, 2020 6:42 pm Lampard calls for Chelsea to finish chances: ‘We know where we need to strengthen’ January 18, 2020 4:24 pm Bundesliga wrap: Adams, Werner star as Leipzig pads lead January 18, 2020 3:49 pm Newcastle not apologizing after smash-and-grab win January 18, 2020 3:07 pm Newcastle stuns misfiring Chelsea January 18, 2020 2:39 pm Nuno proud of Wolves comeback; Hasenhuttl fumes at VAR January 18, 2020 1:53 pm U.S. teen Vassilev makes Premier League debut for Villa January 18, 2020 1:43 pm Favre reacts to Dortmund debuts for Haaland, U.S. prospect Reyna January 18, 2020 1:21 pm Aston Villa grab vital point at Brighton January 18, 2020 12:37 pm Pukki leads 10-man Norwich City win over 10-man Bournemouth January 18, 2020 12:28 pm Jimenez leads stunning Wolves comeback January 18, 2020 12:20 pm Holgate, Pickford save Everton in draw with West Ham January 18, 2020 12:15 pm Late drama galore as Palace hold Man City January 18, 2020 12:07 pm Fleck artistry gets Sheffield United point at Arsenal January 18, 2020 12:02 pm	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409831
__label__cc	0.622474	0.377526	So Fetch Daily An Exclusive Interview with Lauren Conrad June 19, 2013 May 17, 2016 Lauren Conrad and Daily Quirk Blogger Kelsey Murray (Image Credit: Courtney McManus) One June 11th, Lauren Conrad released her latest book, Infamous, the highly anticipated final installment in her Fame Game Series. In typical LC fashion, Conrad launched the book with with style and grace embarking on a five city book tour, where she took the time to meet and greet her adoring fans and talk about the conclusion of Fame Game Series. Daily Quirk Blogger Kelsey Murray caught up with Conrad at her Burlington, MA signing, where hundreds of fans braved an unusual June hail storm to meet the girl we all want to grow up to be (even if we’re already in our twenties), for an exclusive Daily Quirk interview about Infamous, her LC Lauren Conrad Clothing Line, and what’s next on her perfectly manicured agenda. Read on for the interview! The Daily Quirk: You wear so many different hats, fashion designer, blogger, brand ambassador – how do you manage your time to write in the midst of everything else? Lauren Conrad: I don’t know. I don’t have an amazing answer – I just kind of do. I think everything is just scheduled very well. I’m doing something different everyday but I am definitely busy. Infamous (Image Credit: Lauren Conrad) TDQ: How does it feel to finish the third and final novel in your Fame Game series? LC: It’s good. I mean it’s exciting to finish it and you know it’s a nice accomplished. It’s a little sad because it means I’m done and this was a series I really enjoyed working on. TDQ: In Infamous, Madison is avoiding the cameras and feels manipulated by the idea of reality television? Is this autobiographical in a sense? Once the Hills expanded to multiple seasons did you feel this way yourself? LC: Well this is different because the character Madison Parker is actually very different from myself and my views. And I specifically had her start out that way to kind of show the change of someone who really likes fame – who when it turns on them- has difficulty with it. So I think it’s something that everybody feels. I think it’s less about cameras of the television show your on and more about press. Because they work with you everyday, they know you, they’re emotionally invested in you so they don’t ever want to make you look terrible. They’re invested in your story line as opposed to just making up a headline to sell something. TDQ: What is the biggest lesson you want your readers to take away from this series in particular? LC: Honestly, I think that there really just meant to be fun books. For me it was kind of a light hearted way to show a little bit of what goes on in the entertainment industry and obviously things are exaggerated and made up but I just kind of wanted to be light reads. TDQ: Will we get to hear more from you as an author? Do you plan on writing a new series or another stand-alone book? LC: Maybe. I don’t have any immediate plans to do it. Honestly, I’ve spent the last, gosh, I don’t know four years writing and I haven’t really had a break. So I am going to take a little break between this and what I do next. TDQ: You recently gave readers a sneak peak at your LC Lauren Conrad Summer collection on your site. How would you describe the look and feel of the collection? LC: We actually don’t do seasons we do deliveries. So it’s actually every single month we do something. So every single collection is a slightly different vibe. For summer, we tend to go a little more casual just because that’s kind of the lifestyle in summer. It’s less going out to dinners and more barbeques. We always do a lot of fun shorts. We did a lot of open work so like crochet pieces. We did a couple of maxi’s that I really liked. So I think the collection is just really easy. It’s very California. TDQ: What’s the most important summer style tip you can give our readers? LC: I think that the fun thing about summer is that you’re able to tone things down. Do you know what I mean? You can wear staple pieces that you’ve worn year round but there’s sort of like a cool factor to summer so I think that the way you accessorize is a little bit different. It’s kind of fun to dress down a nicer piece. TDQ: What is up next for you? Do you have any upcoming projects you can share with us? LC: I am just trying to finish my tour right now. It’s my number one. And I just launched bedding with my Kohl’s line so those are my two big things this month. The Daily Quirk would like to thank Lauren Conrad for taking some time to chat with us on her book tour for Infamous, now available in stores everywhere! To find out more about Lauren Conrad, her books, clothing line, and fashion know how visit LaurenConrad.com Posted in: Author Interviews, Books + Authors, Entertainment, Interviews + Red Carpet, Television \| Tagged: author, Celebrity, designer, Enterainment, Infamous, interview, Lauren Conrad Book Review: ‘Infamous’ by Lauren Conrad 5 things we’ve learned from the ‘Insidious Chapter 2’ Trailer One thought on “An Exclusive Interview with Lauren Conrad” TOTES. I Love the article. The reporter is a babe and a half. Cast Catch-Up: ‘Friday Night Lights’ 10 Affordable Finds From IKEA You Didn’t Know You Needed ‘The Reader’ Giveaway and the Books I Can’t Live Without! 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__label__cc	0.726194	0.273806	Layered Double Hydroxide/Chitosan Nanocomposite Beads as Sorbents for Selenium Oxoanions Man Li, Andrew Dopilka, Andrea N. Kraetz, Hangkun Jing, Candace Chan Layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanoparticles are effective sorbents for selenium oxoanions but must be fabricated in a suitable fashion for implementation in water treatment applications using packed columns. In this work, we demonstrate the preparation of nanocomposite beads prepared from Mg-Al-CO3 LDH nanoparticles and chitosan, a sustainable and biodegradable biopolymer. The synthesis of the nanocomposite beads is achieved by direct mixing or in situ synthesis of the LDH nanoparticles into the chitosan matrix. The effect of the preparation route on the nanocomposite structure, maximum loading of LDH in the composite, removal kinetics, and the maximum sorption capabilities for selenate and selenite oxoanions are studied and compared to LDH nanopowders and granular media. The results indicate that the in situ synthesis of LDH inside the beads leads to several favorable characteristics such as a higher mass loading of LDH and better dispersion of the nanoparticles while displaying good selenium removal over a wide pH range, superior sorption capacities to the nanopowder, and sorption kinetics similar to those of the granulated media. The maximum adsorption capacities for the nanocomposite beads from Langmuir isotherms were 17 mg/g for Se(IV) and ∼12 mg/g for Se(VI) with respect to the mass of LDH, which is higher than reported capacities obtained in chitosan beads embedded with other nanocrystalline metal oxide fillers. These results show that the LDH/chitosan nanocomposite beads are promising alternatives to granulated media for selenium removal and sheds light on how best to design and fabricate high performance and sustainable nanoenabled sorbents for water treatment applications. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.8b00466 Sorption Isotherms hydroxide ion Li, M., Dopilka, A., Kraetz, A. N., Jing, H., & Chan, C. (2018). Layered Double Hydroxide/Chitosan Nanocomposite Beads as Sorbents for Selenium Oxoanions. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 57(14), 4978-4987. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.8b00466 Layered Double Hydroxide/Chitosan Nanocomposite Beads as Sorbents for Selenium Oxoanions. / Li, Man; Dopilka, Andrew; Kraetz, Andrea N.; Jing, Hangkun; Chan, Candace. In: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 57, No. 14, 11.04.2018, p. 4978-4987. Li, M, Dopilka, A, Kraetz, AN, Jing, H & Chan, C 2018, 'Layered Double Hydroxide/Chitosan Nanocomposite Beads as Sorbents for Selenium Oxoanions', Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 57, no. 14, pp. 4978-4987. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.8b00466 Li M, Dopilka A, Kraetz AN, Jing H, Chan C. Layered Double Hydroxide/Chitosan Nanocomposite Beads as Sorbents for Selenium Oxoanions. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 2018 Apr 11;57(14):4978-4987. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.8b00466 Li, Man ; Dopilka, Andrew ; Kraetz, Andrea N. ; Jing, Hangkun ; Chan, Candace. / Layered Double Hydroxide/Chitosan Nanocomposite Beads as Sorbents for Selenium Oxoanions. In: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 2018 ; Vol. 57, No. 14. pp. 4978-4987. @article{d11afe6ad0cb4d8d8b391a645251fbe4, title = "Layered Double Hydroxide/Chitosan Nanocomposite Beads as Sorbents for Selenium Oxoanions", abstract = "Layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanoparticles are effective sorbents for selenium oxoanions but must be fabricated in a suitable fashion for implementation in water treatment applications using packed columns. In this work, we demonstrate the preparation of nanocomposite beads prepared from Mg-Al-CO3 LDH nanoparticles and chitosan, a sustainable and biodegradable biopolymer. The synthesis of the nanocomposite beads is achieved by direct mixing or in situ synthesis of the LDH nanoparticles into the chitosan matrix. The effect of the preparation route on the nanocomposite structure, maximum loading of LDH in the composite, removal kinetics, and the maximum sorption capabilities for selenate and selenite oxoanions are studied and compared to LDH nanopowders and granular media. The results indicate that the in situ synthesis of LDH inside the beads leads to several favorable characteristics such as a higher mass loading of LDH and better dispersion of the nanoparticles while displaying good selenium removal over a wide pH range, superior sorption capacities to the nanopowder, and sorption kinetics similar to those of the granulated media. The maximum adsorption capacities for the nanocomposite beads from Langmuir isotherms were 17 mg/g for Se(IV) and ∼12 mg/g for Se(VI) with respect to the mass of LDH, which is higher than reported capacities obtained in chitosan beads embedded with other nanocrystalline metal oxide fillers. These results show that the LDH/chitosan nanocomposite beads are promising alternatives to granulated media for selenium removal and sheds light on how best to design and fabricate high performance and sustainable nanoenabled sorbents for water treatment applications.", author = "Man Li and Andrew Dopilka and Kraetz, {Andrea N.} and Hangkun Jing and Candace Chan", doi = "10.1021/acs.iecr.8b00466", journal = "Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research", T1 - Layered Double Hydroxide/Chitosan Nanocomposite Beads as Sorbents for Selenium Oxoanions AU - Li, Man AU - Dopilka, Andrew AU - Kraetz, Andrea N. AU - Jing, Hangkun AU - Chan, Candace N2 - Layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanoparticles are effective sorbents for selenium oxoanions but must be fabricated in a suitable fashion for implementation in water treatment applications using packed columns. In this work, we demonstrate the preparation of nanocomposite beads prepared from Mg-Al-CO3 LDH nanoparticles and chitosan, a sustainable and biodegradable biopolymer. The synthesis of the nanocomposite beads is achieved by direct mixing or in situ synthesis of the LDH nanoparticles into the chitosan matrix. The effect of the preparation route on the nanocomposite structure, maximum loading of LDH in the composite, removal kinetics, and the maximum sorption capabilities for selenate and selenite oxoanions are studied and compared to LDH nanopowders and granular media. The results indicate that the in situ synthesis of LDH inside the beads leads to several favorable characteristics such as a higher mass loading of LDH and better dispersion of the nanoparticles while displaying good selenium removal over a wide pH range, superior sorption capacities to the nanopowder, and sorption kinetics similar to those of the granulated media. The maximum adsorption capacities for the nanocomposite beads from Langmuir isotherms were 17 mg/g for Se(IV) and ∼12 mg/g for Se(VI) with respect to the mass of LDH, which is higher than reported capacities obtained in chitosan beads embedded with other nanocrystalline metal oxide fillers. These results show that the LDH/chitosan nanocomposite beads are promising alternatives to granulated media for selenium removal and sheds light on how best to design and fabricate high performance and sustainable nanoenabled sorbents for water treatment applications. AB - Layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanoparticles are effective sorbents for selenium oxoanions but must be fabricated in a suitable fashion for implementation in water treatment applications using packed columns. In this work, we demonstrate the preparation of nanocomposite beads prepared from Mg-Al-CO3 LDH nanoparticles and chitosan, a sustainable and biodegradable biopolymer. The synthesis of the nanocomposite beads is achieved by direct mixing or in situ synthesis of the LDH nanoparticles into the chitosan matrix. The effect of the preparation route on the nanocomposite structure, maximum loading of LDH in the composite, removal kinetics, and the maximum sorption capabilities for selenate and selenite oxoanions are studied and compared to LDH nanopowders and granular media. The results indicate that the in situ synthesis of LDH inside the beads leads to several favorable characteristics such as a higher mass loading of LDH and better dispersion of the nanoparticles while displaying good selenium removal over a wide pH range, superior sorption capacities to the nanopowder, and sorption kinetics similar to those of the granulated media. The maximum adsorption capacities for the nanocomposite beads from Langmuir isotherms were 17 mg/g for Se(IV) and ∼12 mg/g for Se(VI) with respect to the mass of LDH, which is higher than reported capacities obtained in chitosan beads embedded with other nanocrystalline metal oxide fillers. These results show that the LDH/chitosan nanocomposite beads are promising alternatives to granulated media for selenium removal and sheds light on how best to design and fabricate high performance and sustainable nanoenabled sorbents for water treatment applications. 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__label__wiki	0.754574	0.754574	Moon Shadow, Planet Shadow Saturn's moon Prometheus casts a narrow shadow on the rings near the much larger shadow cast by the planet in this Cassini spacecraft image taken about five months after Saturn's August 2009 equinox. Prometheus (86 kilometers, or 53 miles across) orbits in the Roche Division between the A ring and the thin F ring. The moon's shadow can be seen on the F ring above the middle of the image. The shadow of the planet covers the upper left of the image. Several background stars are visible. The novel illumination geometry during equinox causes out-of-plane structures to look anomalously bright and cast shadows across the rings. Images with this novel illumination are only attainable during the few months before and after Saturn's equinox, which occurs only once in about 15 Earth years. Before and after equinox, Cassini's cameras spotted not only the predictable shadows of some of Saturn's moons (see Across Resplendent Rings), but also the shadows of newly revealed vertical structures in the rings themselves (see A Small Find Near Equinox). This view looks toward the southern, unilluminated side of the rings from about 10 degrees below the ringplane. The image was taken in visible red light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Jan. 2, 2010. The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 2.3 million kilometers (1.4 million miles) from Saturn and at a Sun-Saturn-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 102 degrees. Image scale is 13 kilometers (8 miles) per pixel. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo. For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov . The Cassini imaging team homepage is at http://ciclops.org . Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft are located in Urbinia quadrangle, in Vesta's southern hemisphere. HAMO and LAMO Images of Canuleia Crater Speeding toward pale, icy Dione, Cassini's view is enriched by the tranquil gold and blue hues of Saturn in the distance. The horizontal stripes near the bottom of the image are Saturn's rings. Th... Ringside with Dione This image of was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 30, 2018 from an altitude of about 420 miles (675 kilometers). Ejecta from Haulani Crater can be seen on the right side of the image. West of Haulani Crater The waxing Moon rises over a ridge in the Wasatch Mountains, Utah. Day Moon Ridge + Version with labels Cassini shot past the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Aug. 11, 2008, acquiring a set of seven high-resolution images targeting known jet source locations on the moo... Damascus Sulcus on Enceladus (labeled) Scientist Dr. Jason W. Barnes of NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., on a recent radar team field trip to Death Valley. Jason W. Barnes Saturn's icy moon Enceladus hovers above Saturn's exquisite rings in this color view from Cassini. The rings, made of nearly pure water ice, have also become somewhat contaminated by meteoritic dus... Bright Ice, Dirty Ice A small icy world plies the space between Saturn's A and F rings. Atlas (32 kilometers, or 20 miles across) is seen here, along with clumps of material in the F ring. This view looks toward the u... In-between Moon + Viewing options The small moon Janus overtakes the larger moon Rhea in a dance played out before Saturn and its rings. Observations of mutual moon-crossing events like this one, in which on... Catching Big Sister In this view, Saturn's moon Mimas is a mere pinprick of light, while the nearly edge-on rings and the ghostly globe of Saturn steal the scene. Some of the light reflected from the rings bounces ont... Bright Rings for Southern Skies This fortunate view sights along Saturn's ringplane to capture three moons aligned in a row: Dione (1,126 kilometers, or 700 miles across) at left, Prometheus (102 kilometers, or 63 miles across) a... Clinging to the Rings A note left for engineers working on the assembly of the Cassini spacecraft at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 1996. Cassini Assembly Note The Cassini spacecraft captures here one of its closest views of Saturn's ring-embedded moon Daphnis. Closest Daphnis New Horizons took this image of the icy moon Europa rising above Jupiter's cloud tops with its Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) at 11:48 Universal Time on February 28, 2007, six hours after... Europa Rising This image, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows the surface of dwarf planet Ceres from an altitude of 915 miles (1,470 kilometers). The image, with a resolution of 450 feet (140 meters) per pixe... Dawn HAMO Image 21 This map of the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus shows the correlation between jet sources identified in Cassini imaging data and hot spots on the surface located by the composite infr... Enceladus Jet Sources Viewed nearly edge-on, Saturn's rings appear dark and pencil-thin against the backdrop of the planet's swirling clouds. Notable here are the shadows cast by the rings onto the northern hemisphere,... Southern Face of Saturn Subtle features in Saturn's equatorial region and the nearly edge-on rings are captured in this view. Images like this will be carefully studied to see if changes in wind speed recorded in Hubble S... Watching Saturn's Winds Artist's concept of NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The giant asteroid Vesta, Dawn's next destination, is on the lower left. Another larger asteroid and Dawn's second destination, Ceres, is on the upper ri... NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Headed for Vesta (Artist's Concept) Aram Chaos lies within a 280 kilometer-diameter ancient impact crater in the Southern Highlands of Mars. Uplifted blocks of light-toned layers, composed largely of the iron-oxide hematite and water... Uplifted Blocks of Light-Toned Layered Deposits As NASA's Cassini spacecraft sped away from Titan following a relatively close flyby, its cameras monitored the moon's northern polar region, capturing signs of renewed cloud activity. Northern Clouds Return to Titan (annotated version) The Cassini spacecraft spies Enceladus and Epimetheus near the limb of Saturn. Geologically active Enceladus is 505 kilometers (314 miles) across; smaller, more irregularly shaped Epimetheus is 11... Off Saturn's Shoulder Titan's Tantalizing Streaks October 28, 2004 Full-Res: PIA06985 This wide-angle image captured by Cassini's imaging science subsystem sho... Titan's Tantalizing Streaks The three bright, finger-like jets of material seen here suggest that a small object has collided with the core of Saturn's F ring. Cassini spacecraft imaging scientists have shown that the F-ring... Evidence of Collision Two small moons race across the face of Saturn. The planet's icy rings cast dark shadows onto the feathery clouds below. Janus (179 kilometers, or 111 miles across) appears above the rings near ce... Moons in Transit	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409836
__label__wiki	0.838786	0.838786	Looming Enceladus Source: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Small water ice particles fly from fissures in the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus in this image taken during the Aug. 13, 2010, flyby of the moon by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. This view looks toward the night side of Saturn, which is in the lower left of the image. Enceladus, in the top right, is closer to the spacecraft than the planet is in this view. Sunlight scatters through the planet's atmosphere and forms the bright diagonal line running from the left to bottom right of the image. The atmosphere appears layered here. Scientists think the different layers on the limb are real and not an artifact of the camera's exposure. The famous jets, imaged by Cassini's cameras for the first time in 2005, are faintly seen here erupting from the fractures that cross the south polar region of the moon. Illuminated terrain seen on Enceladus is on the leading hemisphere of the moon, or the side facing forward in the moon's orbit around Saturn. North on Enceladus (504 kilometers, 313 miles across) is up. The jets appear faint here, but can be seen near the center of the image. See PIA11688 to learn more. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera. The view was obtained at a distance of approximately 59,000 kilometers (37,000 miles) from Enceladus and at a sun-Enceladus-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 155 degrees. Image scale on Enceladus is 353 meters (1,157 feet) per pixel. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging team is based at the Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo. Saturn Moons This image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 1, 2000, shows details of Jupiter's Great Red Spot and other features that were not visible in images taken earlier, when Cassini was farther... Io and Red Spot Ghostly details make this dark scene more than just a beautiful grouping of two Saturn moons, with Tethys on the left and Titan on the right. In Titan's thick and inflated atmosphere, the detached ... Saturnian Specters This set of enhanced-color maps made from data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft show Saturn's moons Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione and Rhea. The global maps show the colorful splotches and ba... Enhanced-Color Maps of Saturn Inner Moons This image, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows a portion of the northern hemisphere of dwarf planet Ceres from an altitude of 915 miles (1,470 kilometers). The image, with a resolution of 450 f... Dawn HAMO Image 5 As NASA's Dawn spacecraft takes off for its next destination, this mosaic synthesizes some of the best views the spacecraft had of the giant asteroid Vesta. The set of three craters known as the 's... Full View of Vesta Scientists believe a large number of the meteorites that are found on Earth originate from the protoplanet Vesta. This image is from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Possible Piece of Vesta View annotated version. This sequence of three images, obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft over the course of about 10 minutes, shows the path of a newly found moonlet in a bright arc of Saturn'... Tiny Moonlet Within G Ring Arc Saturn's F ring displays magnificent structure following the passage of Prometheus. Atlas (32 kilometers, or 20 miles across) is seen between the A and F rings, above center. This view looks towar... Trailing Prometheus This view of the volcanic plains of Neptune's moon Triton was produced using topographic maps derived from images acquired by NASA's Voyager spacecraft during its August 1989 flyby, 20 years ago th... Triton's Volcanic Plains #2 These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft show part of Rheasilvia quadrangle in asteroid Vesta's southern hemisphere. The hummocky, undulating terrain surrounding the central complex feature consist... Topography and Albedo Image of Central Complex and Hummocky Terrain Saturn appears serene and majestic in the first color composite made of images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its approach to the ringed planet, with arrival still 20 months away. The plane... Saturn, Titan Images recorded by the European Space Agency's Huygens probe descent imager/spectral radiometer between 4 and 0.3 miles (7 and 0.5 kilometers) were assembled to produce this panoramic mosaic. The p... Titan's Surface #2 This brooding portrait shows the southwest limb (edge) of the cold gas giant and the thread-like cloud features lurking there. The limb appears smooth, but at the terminator (the boundary between l... Pensive Saturn Titan Vs. Mars October 28, 2004 Full-Res: PIA06990 This image compares streaked terrain on Titan and Mars. At left is an image from Cassi... Titan Vs. Mars The Cassini spacecraft is lowered to the top of its Titan IV/Centaur launch vehicle at Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Station. Cassini is a cooperative project of NASA, the European... Lowered onto Titan These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft are located in asteroid Vesta's Gegania quadrangle, in Vesta's southern hemisphere; tiny craters and streaks developed from material can be seen slumping to... HAMO and LAMO Images of Occia Crater Colorful Saturn, Getting Closer June 3, 2004 Full-Res: PIA06060 As Cassini coasts into the final month of its nearly seven-year t... Colorful Saturn, Getting Closer On July 19, 2013, in an event celebrated the world over, NASA's Cassini spacecraft slipped into Saturn's shadow and turned to image the planet, seven of its moons, its inner rings -- and, in the ba... The Day the Earth Smiled Mimas' gigantic crater Herschel lies near the moon's limb in this Cassini view. A pair of moons, Pandora and Prometheus, continue their shepherding duties near Saturn's thin F ring. Pandora (81 kilometers, or 50 miles across) orbits outside the F ring and, with the inner shep... A Pair of Shepherds Built at JPL, the Cassini Spacecraft was shipped by truck to Edwards Air Force Base in the Mohave Desert, where it was loaded into a Boeing C-17 aircraft to be transported for launch at Kennedy Spa... Cassini on a Boeing C-17 This image, created by combining two different types of radar images from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, reveals more details of Titan’s crater Menrva (at left) and its surroundings than a single image... Cassini Radar Zooms Out on Menrva Eyes on Xanadu October 25, 2004 Full-Res: PIA06107 This image taken on Oct. 24, 2004, reveals Titan's bright "continent-sized... Eyes on Xanadu Sideswiping Saturn December 16, 2004 Full-Res: PIA06557 Cassini pierced Saturn's ring plane on Dec. 14, 2004, and swiped this sidelon... Sideswiping Saturn Across the darkened expanse of Saturn's rings, the Cassini spacecraft spies one of the F-ring shepherd moons. Pandora (84 kilometers, or 52 miles across) orbits Saturn just beyond the outer edges... 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__label__wiki	0.522843	0.522843	Menopausal Symptoms (Other Than Osteoporosis) Hot Flashes/Flushes Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) Gamma Oryzanol Grass Pollen Lignans Oligomeric Proanthocyanidins (OPCs) Pueraria mirifica Principal Proposed Natural Treatments Other Proposed Natural Treatments Estriol: A Safer Form of Estrogen? References The hormonal changes of menopause can produce a wide variety of symptoms, ranging from hot flashes and vaginal dryness to anxiety, depression, and insomnia. Many of these symptoms are undoubtedly caused by the natural decrease in estrogen production that occurs at menopause; however, the human body is so complex that other hormonal factors undoubtedly also play a role. Menopause is not a disease. It is clearly a natural process, but one that many women prefer not to experience. No longer do women accept as merely part of life the decrease in libido, pain during intercourse, years of hot flashes, and other uncomfortable problems that may accompany menopause. This raises an important point: How close to nature do we want to live? One of the most valued ideals of alternative medicine is the desire to trust nature, but sometimes we may want to draw a line. For example, in a state of nature, infant and maternal mortality is high. This process of survival of the fittest helps humanity as a species to be stronger, but it is not something that a compassionate society can tolerate. Thus, no matter what our ideals, we frequently find ourselves tampering with nature. The treatment of menopause is simply one example among many. Estrogen-replacement therapy can alleviate many of the problems associated with menopause. However, it creates counterbalancing risks. The most frightening issue is the increased risk of breast cancer that appears to be associated with replacement estrogen. In addition, estrogen therapy can cause blood clots in the legs, and it appears to raise the risk of heart disease rather than prevent it (as previously thought). The decision whether to use estrogen-replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms should involve a careful examination of the risks and benefits in consultation with a physician. Several natural treatments may reduce menopausal symptoms, as compared to placebo. (The latter comparison is essential, as placebo itself is dramatically effective for menopause, generally reducing the rate of hot flashes by 50%!) 28 We do not know for sure whether any of these reduce the risk of osteoporosis. See the full article on Osteoporosis for more detailed information on natural ways to prevent bone loss. Soy and Soy (or Other Source) Isoflavones Both soy and red clover contain phytoestrogens (naturally occurring substances with estrogen-like actions) called isoflavones. It is thought that the isoflavones in these herbs may offer some benefits of estrogen with less risk. However, the current evidence base for this hypothesis is conflicting. Improvements in hot flashes as well as other symptoms, such as vaginal dryness and mood, have been seen in many studies of soy, mixed soy isoflavones, aglycone isoflavones, and the isoflavone genistein alone. 23-24,69-72,91-93,146,153,163 However, about as many studies have failed to find significant benefit as compared to placebo with soy or concentrated isoflavones. 5,43,44,67,73,79,80,94,107,108,113,133-134,153,179 A review of 13 randomized trials with 1,996 women showed a reduced frequency of hot flashes with soy isoflavones compared to placebo, with more than 12 weeks of treatment showing the greatest effect. Hot flash severity improved in 9 randomized trials involving 988 women with soy isoflavones compared to placebo. 173 For example, a double-blind study of 247 women suffering from menopausal hot flashes compared the effects of placebo and genistein over a period of one year. 133 Genistein was taken at a dose of 54 mg per day. The results indicated that use of genistein significantly reduced hot flashes as compared to placebo. In addition, isoflavones from red clover have shown inconsistent results in studies, with the best and largest study finding no benefit. 68,95,109,110, 114 What can one make of this mixed evidence? One problem here is that placebo treatment has a strong effect on menopausal symptoms. In such circumstances, statistical noise can easily drown out the real benefits of a treatment under study. Unlike estrogen, which has such a powerful effect on hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms that its benefits are almost always clear in studies, soy or concentrated isoflavones likely have a more modest effect, one that does not always show itself above the background noise of statistical variation. It has also been suggested that the placebo used in many of these studies, polyunsaturated fatty acids, may have efficacy of its own; this would tend to hide actual benefits. 115 Another explanation may be that certain women benefit from soy isoflavones more than others. In about one-third of people, isoflavones are converted by intestinal bacteria into a substance called equol. At least two studies suggest that these equol producers may experience greater reduction in their menopausal symptoms than non-equol producers. 155,156 Evidence regarding whether soy or soy isoflavones are helpful for osteoporosis remains conflicting. 7-15,73-75,96-102,159 On balance, it is probably fair to summarize current evidence as indicating that isoflavones (either as soy, genistein, mixed isoflavones, or tofu extract) have a modestly beneficial effect on bone density. Interestingly, one small but long-term study suggests that progesterone cream (another treatment proposed for use in preventing or treating osteoporosis) may decrease the bone-sparing effect of soy isoflavones. 96 Soy isoflavones (60 mg-160 mg daily for 6 weeks to 30 months) were associated with significantly improved cognitive function and visual memory in a review of 10 randomized trials with 1,024 postmenopausal women. The isoflavones were compared to placebo in all trials. However several factors, such as age at the start of treatment, location of treatment, and treatment duration may affect the overall success of the supplement. 177 For more information, including dosage and safety issues, see the full Isoflavone article. The herb black cohosh is widely used for treatment of menopause, but the evidence that it works remains incomplete and inconsistent. 160,161 The best study was a 12-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 304 women with menopausal symptoms. 111 This study appeared to find that black cohosh was more effective than placebo. The best evidence was for a reduction in hot flashes. However, the statistical procedures used in the study were somewhat unusual and open to question. Promising results were also seen in a 3-month, double-blind study of 120 menopausal women. 141 Participants were given either black cohosh or fluoxetine (Prozac). Over the course of the trial, black cohosh proved more effective than fluoxetine for hot flashes, but fluoxetine was more effective than black cohosh for menopause-related mood changes. Previous smaller studies have found improvements not only in hot flashes but also in other symptoms of menopause. For example, in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study, 97 menopausal women received black cohosh, estrogen, or placebo for 3 months. 81 The results indicated that the herb reduced overall menopausal symptoms (including hot flashes) to the same extent as the drug. In addition, microscopic analysis showed that black cohosh had an estrogen-like effect on the cells of the vagina. This is a positive result because it suggests that black cohosh might reduce vaginal thinning. However, black cohosh did not affect the cells of the uterus in an estrogen-like manner; this too is a positive result, as estrogen’s effects on the uterus are potentially harmful. Finally, the study found hints that black cohosh might help protect bone. However, a great many of the study participants dropped out, making the results less than reliable. One study, too small to have reliable results from a statistical point of view, found black cohosh equally effective as 0.6 mg daily of conjugated estrogens. 125 A study reported in 2006 found that black cohosh has weak estrogen-like effects on vaginal cells and possible positive effects on bone (specifically, stimulating new bone formation). 116 A substantial (244-participant) double-blind study published in 2007 compared black cohosh against the synthetic hormone tibolone and found them equally effective for treating menopausal symptoms. 142 Though not approved as a drug in the US, tibolone does appear to be effective for menopausal symptoms, and therefore these results are somewhat promising. 143 However, this study lacked a placebo group, and since the placebo effect is powerful for this condition, this omission significantly reduces the meaningfulness of the results. One interesting double-blind study evaluated a combination therapy containing black cohosh and St. John's wort in 301 women with general menopausal symptoms as well as depression . 117 The results showed that use of the combination treatment was significantly more effective than placebo for both problems. A smaller study using a combination of the same two herbs found improvements in overall menopausal symptoms as well as cholesterol profile. 138 In contrast, there have been several studies that failed to find benefit. For example, in a 12-month double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 350 women, participants were given either black cohosh, a supplement containing 10 herbs, the multibotanical plus soy, standard hormone replacement therapy, or placebo. 118,154 The results showed significant benefits as compared to placebo for hormone replacement therapy, but only slight, nonsignificant benefits with the other treatments. In addition, a double-blind study of 122 women failed to find statistically significant benefits with black cohosh as compared to placebo, 119 as did another study enrolling 132 women, 123 as well as one double-blind, placebo-controlled study that involved 124 women given a black cohosh/soy isoflavone combination. 120 These negative outcomes were quite possibly due to the relatively small sizes of the black cohosh groups. In a condition such as menopausal symptoms, where the placebo effect is strong and treatment is relatively weak, large numbers of participants are necessary to show benefit above and beyond the placebo effect. Nonetheless, this is an impressive number of negative studies, and some question must remain about the efficacy of this herb. The bottom line: Black cohosh may be modestly effective for reducing hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause, but doubts remain. Some interesting information has developed regarding how black cohosh might work. In the past, the herb was described as a phytoestrogen . However, subsequent evidence indicates that black cohosh is not a general phytoestrogen, but may act like estrogen in only a few parts of the body: the brain (reducing hot flashes), bone (potentially helping to prevent or treat osteoporosis), and possibly the vagina (alleviating dryness and thinning). It does not appear to act like estrogen in the breast or the uterus, which is good news, as estrogen is carcinogenic in those tissues. 20,21,30-32,81,83-87,103,121 If this theory is true, black cohosh is a selective-estrogen receptor modifier (SERM), somewhat like the drug raloxifen (Evista). However, more evidence is needed. For more information, including dosage and safety issues, see the full Black Cohosh article. Rhubarb contains the phytoestrogenic substance lindleyin. On this basis, extracts of rhubarb have been tried for control of menopausal symptoms. In a 12-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 109 women with menopause-related problems, use of a special rhubarb extract (ERr 731) significantly improved symptoms as compared to placebo. 124Note: Raw rhubarb is toxic when taken in excessive quantities. The special standardized extract used in these trials was processed so as to remove toxic components. Grass pollen extracts have shown promise for treatment of benign prostate enlargement. Their benefits in that condition may result from a hormonal effect. On this basis, grass pollens have been proposed for treatment of menopausal symptoms. One double-blind, placebo-controlled study followed 54 women with menopausal symptoms and found benefits with a supplement containing grass pollen extract. 122 The herb Pueraria mirifica , which contains numerous phytoestrogens, has recently been promoted as an effective treatment for menopausal symptoms. In one double-blind study, the herb showed promise for improving vaginal dryness. 136 In another trial comparing Pueraria mirifica to standard estrogen treatment (0.625 mg conjugated equine estrogen), researchers found the herb to be equally effective at relieving a range of menopausal symptoms. 152 In addition, another double-blind study found benefit with a combination product containing standardized extracts of black cohosh , dong quai , milk thistle , red clover , American ginseng , and chasteberry . 137 For many years, the hormone progesterone (so-called “natural progesterone,” as distinguished from the synthetic progestins used in birth control pills and hormone replacement therapy) was aggressively promoted by some alternative medicine practitioners as the true cure for osteoporosis. However, at that time there was no meaningful evidence that progesterone helps prevent osteoporosis—these claims were based largely on anecdotes, plausible reasoning, and “studies” that did not come close to modern scientific standards. When the subject was finally studied properly, the first results indicated that progesterone does not work for osteoporosis after all. However, it may work for other menopausal symptoms. A 1-year, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 102 women found that cream containing 20 mg of the hormone progesterone may be effective against hot flashes, 39 though it did not appear to protect bone from breakdown. However, another double-blind trial failed to find 32 mg daily effective for osteoporosis or any other menopause-related symptoms. 88 See the Progesterone article for more information. The hormone dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) has been tested as a treatment for menopausal symptoms, with some promising results in a small, preliminary trial. 104 Because it is a naturally-occuring hormone, there has been some concern regarding the safety of supplemental DHEA. (See DHEA article for more information on its safety.) However, a placebo-controlled trial with 93 postmenopausal women found DHEA supplementation for 1 year was not associated with increased adverse endometrial effects or changes in blood lipids or insulin sensitivity. 165 One double-blind study found benefit with a mixture of isoflavones, lignans and black cohosh. 131 A small double-blind study conducted in Iran reported that vitamin E (400 IU daily) was more effective than placebo for treating menopausal hot flashes. 145 However, a larger US study failed to find vitamin E significantly helpful for hot flashes associated with breast cancer treatment. 42 An extract made from human placenta (HPE) is used in South Korea and other areas of East Asia as a treatment for numerous conditions. One study compared HPE against normal saline solution for treatment of menopause. 151 In this 8-week trial, participants were given either normal saline or HPE as a subcutaneous injection through the skin of the abdomen. The results appear to indicate that HPE might improve some symptoms of menopause. 151 Evidence conflicts on whether various forms of exercise may improve menopausal symptoms. 139,140 Evidence far too weak to be relied upon at all has been quoted in support of flaxseed , 147-149gamma oryzanol , 76multivitamin/multimineral combinations, 130 and St. John's wort . 41 Other proposed treatments that lack meaningful supporting evidence include bioflavonoids , 41chasteberry , licorice , 105suma , and vitamin C . In one trial, a combination of St. John’s wort and chasteberry for 16 weeks failed to produce any significant benefit compared to placebo in 100 women suffering from hot flashes due to menopause. 162 Evidence regarding whether acupuncture might improve menopausal symptoms remains unconvincing. 89,106,126-128, 132,135,166,167,170,180 For example, one study that appears on the surface to be well-designed found no benefit at all in the placebo group. 135 This is so unusual as to cast significant doubt on the results. Another pilot study found no significant difference between the sham (fake) acupuncture and real acupuncture for hot flashes. 159 A small, placebo-controlled study among breast cancer patients with hot flashes due to their treatments did suggest some benefit for acupuncture, though the results were inconclusive. 164 Two studies involving 462 post-menopausal women each concluded that acupuncture, when added to usual self-care, effectively reduces the frequency of hot flashes for at least 2 months. This effect may only be short-term, however. In one of these studies, researches re-evaluating participants at 6 and 12 months found the acupuncture group was no better that the group who received only self-care. 166,167 Results were unpromising in a small single-blind randomized trial of 54 women. Acupuncture was compared to sham acupuncture for hot flashes in peri-menopausal and post-menopausal women. There was no difference between the groups in a combined measure of hot flash frequency and severity 8 weeks after treatment ended. 171 Acupuncture in combination with dietary principals used in the Traditional Chinese herbal medicine and self-massage was significantly better than diet and self-massage alone in a randomized trial with 100 menopausal women. The addition of acupuncture was associated with a decrease in the frequency of hot flushes, sudden sweating, sleep disorders, irritability, and headache. Acupuntcure was also associated with decreased intensity of memory loss, vaginal dryness, skin changes, urinary tract problems, and genital itching.178 A double-blind, placebo-controlled study of questionable validity reported benefits in “all menopausal symptoms” through the use of OPCs from pine bark. 143 It has been suggested that royal jelly is beneficial for menopausal symptoms, but there is no evidence to support this claim. The same is true regarding Traditional Chinese herbal medicine for menopause. One study has been widely reported as proving the effectiveness of a particular Chinese herbal formula, but because it lacked a placebo group, it actually does not do so. 90 Another study failed to find the Chinese herb Pueraria lobata helpful for menopausal symptoms. 144 Some evidence suggests that evening primrose oil , 77dong quai , 48 and ginseng78 are not effective for menopausal symptoms. However, a single-blind randomized trial of 120 women found that a combination of evening primrose oil , damiana , ginseng , and royal jelly taken for 4 weeks significantly reduced menopausal symptoms compared to placebo. 172 The herb alfalfa contains strong phytoestrogens. 45-47 This might make it helpful for menopause, but no studies have been reported. One double-blind, placebo-controlled study failed to find melatonin more helpful than placebo for menopausal symptoms. (Actually, placebo did a little better than melatonin.) Another study failed to find that ginkgo improved mood, general energy level, or mental function in menopausal women. 112 Heavy exercise causes increased calcium loss through sweat, and the the body does not compensate for this by reducing calcium loss in the urine. 150 The result can be a net calcium loss great enough so that it presents health concerns for menopausal women. One study found that use of an inexpensive calcium supplement (calcium carbonate), taken at a dose of 400 mg twice daily, is sufficient to offset this loss. 150 In a randomized, controlled trial, 8 weeks of daily supervised yoga was modestly more effective than a similar amount of supervised physical exercise in relieving menopausal symptoms (eg, hot flashes), decreasing psychological stress, and improving cognitive abilities among 120 women. 157,158 Another study failed to find exercise helpful for reducing menopausal symptoms. 129 Aerobic exercise however, may be beneficial for sedentary women. In a randomized trial of 176 women who had their last menstrual period within 3-36 months, aerobic exercise was associated with a decrease in menopausal symptoms, including night sweats, irritability, depression, mood swings, headache, and urinary problems. The trial compared unsupervised aerobic exercise for 50 minutes, 4 times per week to twice monthly health lectures. 175 Relaxation therapies were not effective in reducing the frequency or severity hot flashes in peri- and postmenopausal women. Four randomized trials with 281 women compared relaxation therapies to acupuncture, superficial needle insertion, paced respiration, placebo, or no treatment. 176 There is inconsistent evidence to support the use of wild yam to reduce menopausal symptoms. For example, in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 23 women with symptoms of menopause, use of wild yam did not reduce hot flashes nor raise levels of progesterone or estrogen in the body. 168 However, a study involving 50 menopausal women found that the yam species Diascorea alata (12 mg sachet twice daily for 12 months) was more effective at relieving menopausal symptoms than placebo. 169 A randomized trial of 64 pre-, peri-, and postmenopausal women showed improvement of menopausal symptoms with a combination of Cynanchum wilfordii , Phlomis umbrosa and Angelica gigas compared to placebo. 174 In a randomized trial of 88 women with moderate to severe postmenopausal symptoms, fenugreek seed husk extract was associated with a reduction in hot flashes when compared to placebo. Fenugreek also improved physical and mental fatigue, and overall well-being.181 Estriol: A Safer Form of Estrogen? For over a decade, some alternative medicine practitioners have popularized the use of a special form of estrogen called estriol , claiming that, unlike standard estrogen, it does not increase the risk of cancer. However, this claim is unfounded. There is no real doubt that estriol is effective. Controlled and double-blind trials have found oral or vaginal estriol effective for reducing hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia , vaginal dryness, recurrent urinary tract infections , and osteoporosis . 49-57 Estriol might cause less vaginal bleeding as a side effect than other forms of estrogen, but this has not been proven. 58,59 However, like other forms of estrogen, oral estriol stimulates the growth of uterine tissue. This leads to a risk of uterine cancer. 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__label__wiki	0.963317	0.963317	Tank Inspections Commercial Site Assessment Flood Zone Determination SECURITY TECH DETAILED AT ENERGY SUMMIT Among the information shared at the West Virginia Energy Infrastructure Summit in Charleston Thursday was how companies can protect themselves and the environment. Joshua Spence, the state’s chief technology officer and cyber operations officer with the West Virginia Air National Guard, was one of the presenters. He said one of the challenges with non-tech industries venturing into cybersecurity is demystifying it. “Unfortunately, we’ve opened the Pandora’s box and there’s no going back, so we need to make sure we understand that threat,” Spence said referring to the vulnerability that comes with today’s interconnected technology. An easy way to approach cybersecurity, he said, is to think of it as fireproofing a building: Making a building fireproof is impossible, but there are preventive measures to take and appropriate ways to respond when a fire does occur. “The same principle can be applied to asset protection,” Spence said. Companies should not entrust cybersecurity solely to their regular IT staff, Spence said. He urged business representatives in attendance to consult professionals. Also speaking at the summit Thursday was Roger Baker. Baker, who has a background in law enforcement, established B3 Security, which provides site security and training to companies’ own security staff. Baker emphasized the importance of de-escalation of conflict, which is particularly important in dealing with protesters at construction sites or other energy facilities. The security issues discussed Thursday weren’t limited to human activities. Joe Loudin, drone pilot with SLS, noted how time-consuming it can be to travel — either on foot or by truck — to cover miles of natural gas pipeline to search for leaks. “I said there’s got to be an easier way to do this,” Loudin said. Then he had the idea of attaching a methane detector to an aerial drone. Drones such as the MD4-1000 have a flying time of about 42 minutes with a methane detector attached, Loudin said. The methane detector itself uses live telemetry, meaning it can detect methane parts per million in the air and provide accurate GPS coordinates so crews can find a leak and repair it faster. “Its capabilities are endless,” Loudin said. He said methane-detecting drones don’t eliminate jobs, but rather expand demand for more boots on the ground because more leaks can be detected and fixed. “There’s a lot of opportunities out there for drone pilots,” he said. Loudin said using drones for mapping also provides more precise data collection, results in fewer injuries among workers in the field, covers more ground than workers on foot and improves response times. Moderating the security panel was retired U.S. Army Capt. James McCormick, director of veteran organization AdvocatesIncDC. McCormick spoke about how many veterans are trained in the areas of security — both physical and cyber — and drone operations. He said further security development by the energy industry could create more opportunities for veterans to find work and even move to West Virginia to offset some of the state’s population decline. Copyrights © 2020 SLS Land & Energy Development info@slswv.com	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409844
__label__wiki	0.773416	0.773416	Smallpox1962 An online archive of the outbreaks in Wales and England. Storyline – outbreak in Wales ‘Invasion by air’ Death by post-mortem Laboratory in the front line Story of a smallpox survivor Death of a doctor Detective work How smallpox spread in Rhondda Experiment at Blackmill Documents on Blackmill experiment What do you remember? What is smallpox? Baby suffering from smallpox in mother’s milk Isolated in hospital with new-born baby Keep on bowling Memories of East Glam Hospital LIfe at Penrhys Isolation Hospital Victim of vaccination A doctor in the frontline ‘I travelled on the smallpox train’ Penrhys compensation claim Contacts in Cardiff Mass vaccination in Rhondda ‘Hot contacts’ isolated in Bristol The Rhondda, Llantrisant & Tonyrefail Cases New cases on 6 March 1962 Complaint about TV coverage The case of Trevor Thomas, Tonyrefail ‘All clear’? Ward at Glanrhyd Hospital – photo: ITV Wales AS A RESULT of the Cardiff case and the outbreak in the Rhondda, vaccination programmes were carried out at the Morgannwg hospital complex near Bridgend, which included the Glanrhyd Mental Hospital. The files show that most staff at the hospital were vaccinated – or re-vaccinated – during this period, but a decision was taken not to vaccinate elderly, infirm patients such as the 45 women on F3 (Langland Ward), many of whom were suffering from dementia. On 2 April, the South Wales Echo’s headline read ‘Smallpox All-clear Likely Tonight’. Next day it reported: ‘Smallpox – No More Cases Expected’. On 6 April, four patients on Langland Ward at Glanrhyd were reported to be ill with what might be smallpox. They were seen by the district Medical Officer of Health (Dr Alun Evans) and Consultant Dermatologist, Dr E. Waddington. Smallpox was diagnosed in eight patients – and the worst phase of the South Wales outbreak had begun. The ward was isolated and an emergency medical conference continued until after midnight. It was decided that patients suffering from smallpox would be transferred to the Blackmill Isolation Hospital in the Ogmore Valley. A senior registrar, Dr V. S. Pillutla volunteered to be locked into the hospital with them. Two nurses also volunteered to go to Blackmill to nurse the patients. Volunteer nurses also cared for the patients isolated on Langland ward, living ‘under most uncomfortable circumstances’ until caravans were brought into the courtyard behind the ward, which they could then use. Seven nurses and two domestic staff were locked into the ward. Among them was Joan Halstead, a nursing assistant, who had been working on the ward when smallpox was confirmed. Joan Halstead – photo: ITV Wales Speaking in 2002, she remembered the choice they had been given – either to go home and be quarantined for 19 days along with everyone else in the house, or to stay on the ward. ‘If I went home, my husband had to stay home. I was in there anyway … that’s what happened, I made decision there and then.’ The hospital files report that as soon as smallpox was diagnosed, ‘almost all patients and staff who had not been previously vaccinated were done’. For Joan Halstead, the enormity of the situation hit home: ‘We had to go up the corridor and the door was opened for vaccination. I had to put my arm through the door and saw that the doctor that was giving the vaccination and his helper were all gowned, caps, masks, gloves and robes and wellingtons! Then it hit everybody, you thought, we’re in here with no protection.’ One patient on Ward F3 died on 7 April. Her body was sewn up in sheets and a blanket before being passed through the door to staff on the outside. Staff at Blackmill were already caring patients from the Rhondda outbreak. They were now joined by a total of 20 patients from Glanrhyd, 11 of whom died between 8 and 16 April. Among the staff at Blackmill were Jan Moxham, Enfys John and Jennifer McCann. Speaking in 2002, Enfys John explained why she volunteered to stay in. ‘They needed volunteers. I just went in with the girls I knew. My daughters could look after the house and my husband. We had phone calls every night – my son used to walk down the road and wave – and I would go to the wall.’ Jan Moxham, Enfys John and Jennifer McCann in 2002 – photo: ITV Wales Another mystery As the battle against the virus went on in Langland Ward and at Blackmill, the medical authorities tried to work out how it had got into the hospital. In his report on the South Wales outbreak, R.B. Morley-Davies highlights the case of a patient who had died on F3 on 25 March. She had fallen ill on 17 March and developed a rash on 20th, which was attributed to a reaction to penicillin. Though not recognised at the time, it appeared she had died of smallpox. But she had not left the hospital since being admitted in February 1961. ‘Big Search for Smallpox Carrier’ – South Wales Echo 9 April How had the disease got into Glanrhyd? That question was never fully answered. In his report, Morley-Davies raised the possibility of ‘unknown cases’ who might have ‘intentionally evaded surveillance’ and formed the connecting links between the three phases of the outbreak. He also raised the possibility that the disease might have been carried by air from the Heddfan Isolation Hospital on a hill less than a mile above Glanrhyd. The same possible explanation was suggested for the original case in the Rhondda, who lived below the Penrhys Isolation Hospital, to which Shuka Mia had been taken. Morley-Davies concluded that ‘the most probable source of infection in both the Rhondda and Bridgend cases was a highly modified ambulant case which was not known to the authorities concerned’. >>HUMAN GUINEA PIGS 4 thoughts on “Bridgend” Paul Anderson on January 12, 2012 at 3:34 am said: ‘What is the Rhondda famous for?’ I was nine at the time and remember having the inoculation at Cowbridge. I vaguely remember the children’s “joke”. What is the Rhondda Valley famous for? – Smallpox. As an adult I have come to realise what an insidious disease Smallpox is and thank medical science that it now only exists in a very few laboratories. Hazel Robson on January 15, 2012 at 1:39 pm said: Memories of Blackmill Hospital I was 18 and lived in Pantyrawel in the Ogmore Valley I can’t remember precisely when I had the vaccine I was pregnant at the time. Blackmill Isolation Hospital was situated in Pantyrawel and was approximately 300 yards from my house. It was frightening at first knowing there were patients in the hospital with this disease and we watched vehicles coming and going. I can still remember the smell when they were fumigating the hospital. Anita Elaine Howes, nee Harris on January 22, 2012 at 3:45 pm said: Isolated for three weeks after eating in restaurant I lived in Bryntirion [near Bridgend] and I went to Cardiff with my sister. We had lunch at the Continental (Calcutta?) Restaurant. On the news at night they said the smallpox carrier had been there and to contact the Medical Officer. We were injected and isolated in the house for three weeks with Dr Kathleen Davies, medical officer for Bridgend coming every day. I was very ill – the bed shook and my mother and brother had to hold me down. I still have a scar on my arm. James Stewart on January 24, 2012 at 10:12 pm said: Father isolated in Glanrhyd Sue Samuel (nee Jones) wrote from Gloucestershire: My father, Morgan Hugh Jones was born in Maesteg in 1918. He went into the army and served five years in India in the 2nd world war. When he returned, he trained and qualified as an SRN and became a psychiatric nurse, working in Angleton and Glanrhyd (we then lived in Aberkenfig). He became a charge nurse and seven years before he retired he was night superintendent. During the smallpox scare he had to remain in Glanrhyd. It must have been very worrying for my mother, as we had no telephone and therefore no contact. He was a very calm man and must have taken it in his stride. He had dealt with a lot of illness in India. We had our innoculations quite quickly as we were contacts. My husband remembers getting his in the local clinic, and having to queue. I was 16 at the time, my mother must have dealt with it very calmly as it didn’t really impact on me. It was my O level year – maybe that was why!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409846
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Browsing tribe: by takai +12 +1 More than 100 elephants die amid severe drought in Zimbabwe Weak from hunger and thirst, the elephant struggled to reach a pool of water in this African wildlife reserve. But the majestic mammal got stuck in the mud surrounding the sun-baked watering hole, which had dramatically shrunk due to a severe drought. Eventually park staff freed the trapped elephant, but it collapsed and died. Just yards away lay the carcass of a Cape buffalo that had also been pulled from the mud, but was attacked by hungry lions. discuss by takai via www.cbsnews.com by AdelleChattre If you were an elephant … … the world would be a brighter, smellier, noisier place – and you would be a better, wiser, kinder person. Charles Foster, the author of Being a Beast explains all. discuss by AdelleChattre via www.theguardian.com by baron778 Why Did Medieval Artists Give Elephants Trunks That Look Like Trumpets? Maybe not just because they didn't know what elephants looked like. discuss by baron778 via www.atlasobscura.com by cone Elephants pass test with ‘profound implications’ for their intelligence Elephants have passed a test of intelligence which scientists say has “profound” implications for our understanding of their mental capabilities. They were found to be capable of performing a task that showed they have a level of self-understanding that is rare in the animal world and defeats humans until they are about two years old. Elephants have already shown they can recognise themselves in a mirror, something that is thought to be relatively rare among animals. discuss by cone via www.independent.co.uk by geoleo Watch: Elephants Rescue Their Baby From a Pool discuss by geoleo by TNY How elephants avoid cancer Why elephants do not get cancer is a famous conundrum that was posed — in a different form — by epidemiologist Richard Peto of the University of Oxford, UK, in the 1970s3. Peto noted that, in general, there is little relationship between cancer rates and the body size or age of animals. That is surprising: the cells of large-bodied or older animals should have divided many more times than those of smaller or younger ones, so should possess more random mutations predisposing them to cancer. discuss by TNY via www.nature.com by larylin The dark side of wildlife tourism: thousands of Asian elephants held in cruel conditions Thousands of elephants being used for entertainment across Asia are kept in cruel, abusive conditions fuelled by the growing tourism industry, World Animal Protection has found. Three out of four elephants surveyed in south-east Asia’s popular tourist destinations are living in harsh conditions where they are being used for rides, with mostly steel or wooden saddles, and tied in chains less than three metres long. discuss by larylin via www.theguardian.com A shipment of ivory worth $9 million has been seized in Hong Kong Hong Kong customs officials have announced their largest-ever seizure of ivory, a haul of “about 7,200 kilograms,” or 16,000 pounds. The shipment was hidden in a container labeled as fresh fish, but instead contained more than $9 million worth of ivory hidden under the seafood, the Hong Kong government reported. discuss by takai via www.newsweek.com by aj0690 Elephant tramples and kills hunter trying to shoot it An Argentinian man has been killed in Namibia after he was trampled by an elephant, local media report. The Namibia Press Agency said the hunter, identified as 46-year-old Jose Monzalvez, was killed on Saturday afternoon in a private wildlife area 70 kilometers (43 miles) northwest of the small town of Kalkfeld. discuss by aj0690 via www.independent.co.uk by jasont Leading elephant conservationist shot dead in Tanzania The head of an animal conservation NGO who had received numerous death threats has been shot and killed by an unknown gunman in Tanzania. Wayne Lotter, 51, was shot on Wednesday evening in the Masaki district of the city of Dar es Salaam. The wildlife conservationist was being driven from the airport to his hotel when his taxi was stopped by another vehicle. Two men, one armed with a gun opened his car door and shot him. discuss by jasont via www.theguardian.com Want to ‘Speak’ Elephant? Now You Can A new website helps you translate human words and emotions into a form of elephant communication. By Casey Smith. (Aug. 11, 2017) discuss by AdelleChattre via news.nationalgeographic.com by zyery Exclusive: footage shows young elephants being captured in Zimbabwe for Chinese zoos The Guardian has been given exclusive footage which shows the capture of young, wild elephants in Zimbabwe in preparation, it is believed, for their legal sale to Chinese zoos. In the early morning of 8 August, five elephants were caught in Hwange national park by officials at Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks). discuss by zyery via www.theguardian.com by zobo Victory! India Bans the Use of Wild Animals in Circuses Great news! India has banned the use of all wild animals in circuses! The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has canceled the recognition of all circuses in the country that force wild animals to perform tricks in the name of entertainment. This happened after year-long inspections in which extreme animal cruelty was reported. discuss by zobo via www.onegreenplanet.org by timex 'Hell is Here' for burning elephants in award-winning photo An image of two elephants fleeing a mob that set them on fire in eastern India highlights the ongoing human-elephant conflicts in the region. The photograph, named “Hell is Here,” was taken by Biplab Hazra and was named the winner of the Sanctuary Wildlife Photography Awards 2017. The image shows a calf on fire as it and an adult elephant run for their lives — as a crowd of "jeering" people throw "flaming tar balls" and firecrackers at the pair. discuss by timex via www.foxnews.com by gottlieb Since Mali Formed A Brigade To Protect Its Elephants 9 Months Ago, Not A Single Elephant Has Been Lost To Poachers In January 2016, Susan Canney, director of the Mali Elephant Project, predicted all of Mali's elephants would be killed within three years if poaching continued unabated. "They are probably among the most extremely endangered of Africa's elephants," said Iain Douglas-Hamilton, the founder of Save the Elephants, a wildlife advocacy group. "I am extremely worried." discuss by gottlieb via www.sunnyskyz.com by canuck A Zombie Gene Protects Elephants From Cancer Elephants and other large animals have a lower incidence of cancer than would be expected statistically, suggesting that they have evolved ways to protect themselves against the disease. A new study reveals how elephants do it: An old gene that was no longer functional was recycled from the vast “genome junkyard” to increase the sensitivity of elephant cells to DNA damage, enabling them to cull potentially cancerous cells early. 1 comments by canuck via www.wired.com Effervescing Elephant discuss by AdelleChattre China Shuts Down Its Legal Ivory Trade As of December 31, China’s legal, government-sanctioned ivory trade will come to a close. All of the country’s licensed ivory carving factories and retailers will be shuttered in accordance with a landmark 2015 announcement from Chinese President Xi Jinping and then U.S. President Barack Obama. China and the U.S. both agreed to “near-complete” ivory bans, which prohibit the buying and selling of all but a limited number of antiques and a few other items. The U.S.’s ivory ban went into effect in June 2016. China’s goes into effect December 31, 2017. discuss by geoleo via news.nationalgeographic.com With a beehive fence, Kerala’s farmers tell marauding elephants to buzz off A year ago, no one in Mayilattumpara could sleep soundly at night. Residents of the village in the foothills of Thrissur district, in southwest India's Kerala state, feared invasions by wild elephants. The animals, reacting to the loss of their forest habitat and a scarcity of food, frequently invaded the farmland around the village, trampling on plants and crops and destroying incomes. discuss by aj0690 via news.trust.org by spacepopper African elephants are migrating to safety—and telling each other how to get there It's just one survival mechanism elephants have developed in response to poaching, conflict, urbanization, and other pressures. discuss by spacepopper via qz.com	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409851
__label__cc	0.614541	0.385459	Blog Columns Transfer News & Rumours Alan Shearer reacts to Newcastle’s FA Cup exit Alan Shearer reacts to Newcastle’s FA Cup exit Sai 27 January, 2019 English Premier League, Newcastle United, Transfer News & Rumours Newcastle were beaten 2-0 by Watford in the FA Cup yesterday. Rafa Benitez’s men put in yet another abysmal performance in front of their own fans and the Spaniard will be very disappointed with the result. Newcastle have been quite poor in the Premier League and now they find themselves out of a cup competition as well. The fans would have expected a big performance from the players in their own backyard. Newcastle players seemed disinterested and they simply failed to rise to the occasion. Club legend Alan Shearer seemed quite disappointed with the result and he took to Twitter to share his thoughts on the performance. His tweet read: Pathetic AGAIN in the @EmiratesFACup ???? https://t.co/n03LzxVq9X — Alan Shearer (@alanshearer) January 26, 2019 It will be interesting to see how the Magpies bounce back from this one. They are in desperate need of reinforcements but Mike Ashley has failed to back the manager in the transfer market so far. Newcastle need to fix their form soon or they could go down at the end of the season. Tottenham fans react to Serge Aurier's social media post Arsenal ramp up their interest in Inter Milan star Ivan Perisic Mass Communications Graduate. Football writer with an interest in News, Opinions, Scout reports, Betting tips, Match reports, Previews and Tactical Analysis. Contact - sai[at]sportslens[dot]com	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409852
__label__wiki	0.997829	0.997829	Vandoorne seals switch to Formula E McLaren driver Stoffel Vandoorne's difficult time in Formula One is coming to an end, with a move to Formula E with HWA now confirmed. Ben Spratt Departing F1 driver Stoffel Vandoorne - Getty Images Stoffel Vandoorne has announced he is joining HWA in Formula E after a difficult spell in Formula One with McLaren. McLaren's F1 team will have two new drivers in Carlos Sainz Jr. and Lando Norris next year after Fernando Alonso confirmed he would depart and Vandoorne lost his seat. READ \| Vandoorne offered no explanation after losing McLaren seat But Belgian Vandoorne has now finalised his own plans for the future, confirming on Monday that he will switch to Formula E, battling with the likes of former F1 star Felipe Massa in the coming season. "Super excited to join HWA in Formula E and start this new challenge together," Vandoorne posted on his Twitter page. "And it's straight to business! Testing starts [Tuesday] here in Valencia!" ALSO READ \| Massa: Formula One stars can recreate F1 fun in Formula E Mercedes affiliate HWA are new to the championship for the 2018-19 campaign, with Vandoorne lining up alongside Briton Gary Paffett. The Formula E season starts in Saudi Arabia on December 15, just under three weeks after the F1 calendar concludes in Abu Dhabi.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409853
__label__wiki	0.644981	0.644981	Turkish Museum Owner Wants to Give Vladimir Putin an Unusual Present https://sputniknews.com/art_living/201608181044408956-turkish-museum-gift-putin/ A Turkish museum owner of historical bank notes wants to give Russian President Vladimir Putin bank notes of tsarist Russia. Turkish FM to Sputnik: West Dislikes Putin, Erdogan for Being Straightforward The owner of the money museum which is located in the city of Gaziantep in southeast Turkey, Esat Kaplan, told Sputnik about his desire to give Vladimir Putin banknotes that were issued in 1910 in Czarist Russia. Kaplan pointed to the close historical ties between Russia and Turkey. “At a time when the foundations of the republic of Turkey were being laid, Lenin provided substantial financial support to the founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk,” the owner said. He further said, “We want to present Mr. Putin with a gift, Russian bank notes, which we have kept for 25 years. I hope that I will be able to transfer the money through the mediation of Mr. President, Erdogan.” Kaplan said that in his museum there are about a dozen banknotes both from Tsarist Russia and the Soviet period. “My biggest dream is to personally present these banknotes as a gift to Mr. Putin. It would be a great honor for me. I would also like to prepare an exhibition in Russia, where everyone could see a collection of the historical banknotes. Hopefully, this would contribute to the further strengthening of friendship between our countries,” Kaplan concluded. Alliance Between Russia, Turkey, Iran on Syria Taking Shape Russia-Turkey Thaw Impacts Russia's Sberbank Subsidiary Positively Winds of Change: Russia, US, Turkey Will 'Join Forces' to Resolve Syrian Crisis Putin-Erdogan Meeting Sends 'Strong Message to US, NATO' UN Looks at Putin, Erdogan Talking About Syria With Great Interest - de Mistura historical heritage, bilateral ties, present, museum, Vladimir Putin, Turkey, Russia	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409854
__label__wiki	0.555046	0.555046	Steelers vs Ravens Wildcard Round Film Review: Cameron Heyward By Matthew Marczi For as often as it might have seemed that Cameron Heyward faded into the background for the Pittsburgh Steelers last Saturday against the Baltimore Ravens, he certainly made a number of plays of the variety that don’t always show up on paper. In fact, the defensive line as a whole played well, holding the Ravens to just 53 yards rushing on 25 plays—just 2.1 yards per carry—including four rushes for a loss. Perhaps Heyward wasn’t quite as physically present in the loss as many might have hoped, but he certainly played a solid game without making any obvious mistakes. Remember that running play early on in which Steve McLendon blew up the center so completely off the snap that it caused Joe Flacco to trip over his lineman’s feet, preventing him from even handing off the ball? Heyward may not have made a tackle on the play, but watch what he did do. Off the snap, the Ravens looked to throw a double team against Heyward with the left guard and left tackle, but the defensive end used great balance and strength to work between them, penetrating into the backfield and blowing up the running back to take him out of the play, leaving Flacco on his own. Right after Justin Forsett managed to rip off a 14-yard carry between the Steelers’ two rookie defensive linemen, the Ravens were set up on the five-yard line with first and goal. Pittsburgh continued in its base defense on first down, with Heyward lining up across the left guard, skewed off his left shoulder. On the snap, Sean Spence blitzed and occupied the guard’s focus as Heyward slipped around the left side. With the left tackle focusing on James Harrison around the edge, the defensive end slipped in free and got into Flacco’s face, forcing him to throw the ball away. Heyward pressured Flacco again on the first play of the Ravens’ next drive, but he still managed to complete a 23-yard pass in the process. He took off around the left edge, leaving the left guard, Kelechi Osemele, with nothing to do as Harrison dropped into coverage. After working inside the left tackle, Heyward got to the quarterback, but not quickly enough. Later in the drive, as the Ravens approached the end zone once again, Heyward was able to stand up and fight through a double team to hold his position against the run on first down, which allowed other defenders to come in and make the tackle after a gain of one yard. On the next snap, Heyward ultimate got the better of Osemele again, ultimately winning the inside track with a straight line to the quarterback. He got home and got a piece of Flacco, how just barely got rid of the ball for an incompletion. Related Items:animated gifs, Baltimore Ravens, Cameron Heyward, James Harrison, Joe Flacco, Justin Forsett, Kelechi Osemele, Sean Spence, Steve McLendon, Week 18 Steelers 2020 Salary Cap Primer: Path To Getting Cap Compliant With Tag & Tenders Watt, Heyward, Fitzpatrick Named PFWA All-Pros, Johnson Named All-AFC Baltimore Ravens Handed Early Playoff Exit By Tennessee Titans	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409860
__label__cc	0.597902	0.402098	Curiosity rock analysis shows that Mars could have supported life in the past! Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/MSSS Fuck yes! That’s all I can think right now about the awesome news that came from NASA a few hours ago. The Curiosity rover has found evidence in samples of rock gathered a few weeks ago that Mars once had an environment suitable for microbial life. The rover drilled out samples from inside a rock in an area dubbed “Yellowknife Bay” by mission scientists. Those powder samples where then analyzed by specialized instruments on board, and the results showed that sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, phosphorus, and carbon are all present in the rock. The range of minerals actually surprised the mission scientists, who weren’t expecting to find quite such a wide range of minerals. “Were conditions on Mars ever suitable for life?” is one of the core questions the Curiosity mission, and now that question has been answered with a big YES. This is very exciting news, and hopefully there will be even more clues into Mars’ past discovered on this mission. For the full report, check out the press release on NASA’s website. In other, less-exciting science news, beware of media reports claiming that fossils of diatoms (microscopic plant life) were recently found inside a meteorite. The claims come from Chandra Wickramasinghe, who is a scientist known for outlandish claims that don’t stand up to real scientific scrutiny, and are largely intended to stir controversy. This latest report claims that the fossilized diatoms were found inside a fragment of a meteorite that fell over Sri Lanka in 2012. Except they don’t prove that a) the sample was from said meteorite, or b) that the sample was from a meteorite at all! Also diatoms are EVERYWHERE on earth, and can very quickly contaminate any meteorites that make it to the surface. Thankfully there are skeptics like Dr. Phil Plait out there who regularly and thoroughly debunk such things when they pop up. Head over to his blog Bad Astronomy to read more on how Wickramasinghe’s experiments were flawed, and why his claims just don’t hold water. Filed in Debunking, Science, Space Tags: astronomy, biology, chemistry, curiosity, life, mars, nasa, rover, Science, Space, water Mars Rover Curiosity may have made an “earthshaking” discovery Curiosity’s amazing self-portrait from a few weeks ago. Credit: NASA/JPL NASA scientists have created lots of buzz over the past two days because of an NPR story in which Curiosity’s chief investigator John Grotzinger is quoted as saying the latest round of data from Curiosity’s soil analysis instrument is “gonna be one for the history books.” That’s all the information we’ll get, though, at least for a few weeks. While the scientists are very excited about what they’re seeing, they have to run multiple tests and replicate the results in order to be sure the initial interesting result is not a fluke or a glitch. The instrument in question (SAM) looks for organic molecules in the Martian soil, which are the basic building blocks of life as we know it. While none of the instruments on Curiosity can directly detect the presence of life on Mars, they CAN detect basic organics. Even a confirmation of organic molecules would be a huge, MONUMENTAL discovery. In the past, scientists that have “blown their load” by prematurely announcing exciting results have been burned by it, so this team really wants to be sure of the accuracy and interpretation of their data before going public. One needn’t look further than NASA’s Martian meteorite fossil fiasco in 1996, or their arsenic-based life announcement in 2010 to know that letting your excitement/amazement at your discovery get in the way of un-biased, fact-based analysis can be disastrous. I certainly hope that the results they’re guarding/confirming point to organic molecules in the soil they’ve analyzed. Curiosity’s findings thus far prove that large amounts of water once flowed on the surface, right where the rover is exploring. It would make sense to me that some form of basic life once existed there. It also wouldn’t surprise me if one day we discover that the DNA from life there mixed with DNA from life here, and that we’re all part Martian, as the idea of panspermia suggests. Those discoveries are likely years or even decades away from happening, but this is still a very exciting time for science! This will be my last post before Thanksgiving, so have a happy one! Filed in Pop culture, Science, Space Tags: astrobiology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, curiosity, life, mars, nasa, panspermia, rover, Science, Space A fun and simple homemade smoke bomb recipe Part of my intense nerdyness comes from my childhood when I was obsessed with fire. Yes, like many young boys, I was a pyromaniac. And I still am. I’m just a much safer, more cautious pyromaniac. Every year for the 4th of July I like to indulge my inner 14-year-old boy by buying and even making my own pyrotechnic devices. I thought I would share one recipe/method for making a homemade smoke bomb. It’s pretty simple and safe- provided you follow these directions very carefully. Ingredients: Equal parts sucrose (aka table sugar) and potassium nitrate (aka saltpeter or KNO3), a container, and a fuse. (Just pull a fuse out of a bottle rocket.) Saltpeter is relatively easy to come by if you know where to look- it can usually be found in small mom & pop drug stores (never chains like Walgreens for whatever reason…) or in hardware stores where it’s sold as stump remover. There are several different kinds of stump remover but the one you need is usually called “stumpout.” Just check the label and shake it to make sure it’s really potassium nitrate in powder form. I used stump remover in the one I made last year and it worked great. Mix the KNO3 and sugar (equal parts) together well and put them into a saucepan or pot. Heat the mixture in the pot VERY SLOWLY on an ELECTRIC stove eye. Let me say that again- heat it VERY VERY SLOWLY on an ELECTRIC stove eye. DO NOT heat it on a natural gas stove as it will greatly increase the risk of accidental ignition. The electric stove eye provides a slower, more gradual source of heat. Obviously, the best place to do this is OUTSIDE on a portable heat plate, and be sure you wear some kind of eye protection. Carefully monitor and stir the mixture and as soon as you notice it starting to melt, turn the heat back down just a bit- you want the bare minimum amount of heat necessary to melt the mixture. It will begin to turn a brownish orange color- keep stirring and monitoring the temp. Once it’s all a gooey liquid, pour it into whatever container you’ve chosen and insert the fuse. Simply allow it to cool and harden and you’re good to. Don’t try to make a really huge one, either- if the chunk is too big it will burn too fast and potentially explode. Here’s a great video of the final product in action: The powder form of this mixture (pre-melting) will burn quite well and produce a lot of smoke, but the melting allows the fuel and oxidizer to blend in a way that the powder form can’t. This is why the melting method yields a steadier, smokier burn. The most important thing here is safety: HEAT SLOWLY- VERY VERY SLOWLY USE AN ELECTRIC STOVE WEAR EYE PROTECTION MELT IT OUTSIDE IF AT ALL POSSIBLE Filed in Science Tags: chemistry, fire, pyrotechnics, Science, smoke bomb Chicxulub challenges/rocket fuel made of ice/eclectic astronauts The theory that the dinosaurs were wiped out from an asteroid impact near the modern-day Yucatan Peninsula is beginning to face major challenges. There’s no doubt that a huge impact caused the Chicxculub Crater, but some recent findings suggest that the impact may have occurred some 300,000 years earlier than originally thought. This comes as a second blow to the impact theory, with the first being the discovery/dating of the Deccan Traps in India. This gigantic volcanic feature is the result of a huge eruption that is believed to have lasted around 30,000 years. Can you imagine a massive volcano erupting for 30,000 years and covering an area equivalent to 1/2 of modern India with lava? Trust me, something on that scale is hard for the human mind to comprehend, but that much volcanic ash and gas in the atmosphere would’ve had a devastating effect on the ecosystem, and almost certainly played a major role in the extinction of the dinosaurs. Get ready for science textbooks to be re-written, because the asteroid impact theory is about to see the same fate as the dinosaurs themselves. (Via Daily Galaxy) NASA recently teamed up with the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to test a new, Earth-friendly type of solid rocket fuel. I’m not exactly sure of the details, but somehow they’ve managed to make rocket fuel out of aluminum powder and ice. Yes ice… as in frozen water. The secret apparently is that the aluminum powder is so finely ground that it’s considered “nanoscale.” The nanoscale aluminum has so much surface area in contact with the water ice that the exothermic reaction when it burns is more efficient than normal solid rocket fuel, which is usually powdered aluminum (not nanoscale) mixed with an oxidizer such as ammonium perchlorate and a binding agent. Seriously though, who would’ve ever thought you could make rocket fuel out of ice and aluminum? It just sounds crazy, but it’s true. (Via EurekAlert) When you think of the type of person who becomes an astronaut, you don’t typically think of race car drivers or musicians, but two of the astronauts about to launch on Space Shuttle Discovery tomorrow morning are just that- a former off-road truck racer and a drummer. Check out this Space.com article to find out more about Commander Rick Struckrow, formerly a Baja off-road race driver, Pilot Kevin Ford who is also a drummer, and several other astronauts who come from surprising backgrounds. Filed in Science, Space, Technology Tags: asteroid, astronaut, chemistry, dinosaurs, extinction, fuel, ice, impact, K/T boundary, nanoscale aluminum, rocket, Science, Space, space shuttle, theory, volcano Breakfast cereal club/Texas has balls of fire… Via Ironic Sans. Click the image to go directly to the post. The official SXSW music schedule has been released. It’s pretty user-friendly, as you can sort by day or by alphabetical listing. As with any festival, it’s gonna be a game of saying, “ok, who do I really care the most about seeing?” Two great links from Kottke.org, as always: I’m officially going to attempt having people over to watch LOST and play the official LOST drinking game. Please, if you watch the show, go read this. And then do it on wednesday. Preferably at my apt. My favorite: take a drink whenever “The island jungle scenes look as if they were shot in someone’s backyard, or the oversize potted plant section of an Office Max.” Some really cool chemistry experiment videos. HORRIBLE WEB DESIGN ALERT! Warning- this website looks like something straight out of 1997. But the videos are pretty cool nonetheless. I saw a story on CNN.com yesterday about a fireball and corresponding sonic boom heard/seen over Texas sunday morning. While the story doesn’t say specifically that the fireball was falling debris from the satellite collision last week, it does seem to hint at it. But the Bad Astronomer doesn’t think so, mainly becuase the debris appeared to be moving too quickly. It’s more likely that it was indeed a large meteor that just happened to hit the atmosphere a few days after the satellite collision. But as you can see in the BA post, nothing is for certain just yet. It’ll be interesting to see what comes of this… Finally, an interesting clip on the Daily Galaxy from an interview with astronomer Neil Degrasse Tyson on why the world will not end in 2012. I would embed the video here, but as far as I can tell, you can only embed YouTube and Google videos on WordPress blogs. Grr. Filed in Music, Music news, Pop culture, Science, Space Tags: 2012, astronomy, chemistry, collision, drinking game, experiment, fireball, lost, meteor, neil degrasse tyson, satellite, schedule, Space, sxsw, texas, video	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409861
__label__wiki	0.606243	0.606243	BEWARE, TYRANT: Czeslaw Milosz's "You Who Wronged" Over and over it happens: I read a Czeslaw Milosz poem I find a bit stolid, maybe even bland, in its imagery and language, and then discover in it crystalline forms, flakes, shards, layers of insight and poetic knowing that just floor me. A recent example of this is "You Who Wronged" (from the Ecco Press Collected). As I followed what it was saying--warning a powerful despot about his wrong actions and the eventual inevitable consequences; revealing the motivation of those who serve and uphold him; indicting him in a severe judgment at the end--I found myself asking, how can a poem whose language and images are largely generic, even clichéd, amass such chilling force? This question compels me for several reasons. For one thing, the poem presents an immediately recognizable political type, in strokes so broad and accurate they could be caricature. For another, it serves as a reminder of the risks we face when we surrender power to those who eat it up with such zeal. And it makes poetry itself, in the form of the poet, witness and eternal archivist of the political. Gdansk monument inscribed with Milosz's lines Do not feel safe. The poet remembers. You can kill one, but another is born. The words are written down, the deed, the date. So how does it work? One line short of a sonnet, rhythmically regular and rhymed slant, the poem reads at first like a darkly comic fairy tale. The clownish accuracy of the portrait, spare as it is, is unsparing. The poet both depicts and addresses this figure. It's direct, but not specific: the cliché "pack of fools" surrounding the generic you "who wronged a simple man"-- it happens everywhere, every day, the powerful taking advantage of the powerless. "Bursting into laughter at the crime"--the depiction is cartoonish. What is the crime? Who are the people? We can surmise, but all that's named in the poem is their relation: power in relation to simplicity, arrogance to victimhood. We aren't shown the wronged man at all, only the tyrant's callous pleasure in his power. The poet accuses, calling the act a "crime," and my sense is that the tyrant wouldn't deny it, or recognize the name, or care. In levelling the accusation, the poet allies himself with the wronged man, speaking for him individually and by extension collectively, for all the wronged, himself included. The portrait builds: the tyrant does injury and laughs about it, and surrounds himself with lackeys -- the "pack of fools," the poet's bitterly dismissive term -- to do the dirty work, to "mix good and evil, to blur the line," a wonderfully almost Miltonic description of what we might now call spin, though the implications run deep. There is something of the set piece about this first stanza; the mixing and blurring also bring to mind scenes from Macbeth, adding kinetic and allusive heft to the generic portrait. The next stanza introduces a limiting clause, complicating what is still a single sentence. The despot and his actions fully acknowledged, now comes a caution, a condition. The list of attributes is as generic as those of the first stanza: "everyone" bestows honour on him, medals carry his likeness, but the last line shifts focus, as it makes it clear that the people pander to him because they fear him; they have bought their lives and paid for it with their freedom. And the poet knows it, and says it. The third stanza opens with an imperative, the engine of this eight-and-a-half-line sentence: "Do not feel safe." You can suppress a dissenting voice, the poet warns, but another will rise in its place, to record your actions and call you to account. And he is uncompromising in judgement. Particulars are named in the closing stanza: "you'd have done better with a winter dawn,/A rope, and a branch bowed beneath your weight." The generic is elevated; the poem stuns. According to Nicholas Wroe, writing in The Guardian (10 November 2001), "Milosz wrote these lines in 1950 when working in the Polish diplomatic embassy in Washington....The final, bitter stanza ... leaves little doubt as to his profound and angry disillusionment with what had become Stalinism, even though it was not a poem written for publication. 'I was following the situation in Poland and I was quite desperate,' [Milosz] now says. 'But it was written for myself, for my drawer. It had to wait 30 years for its moment.' " Read "You Who Wronged" here. All photos courtesy of Stock Xchg Labels: Czeslaw Milosz, On Reading, our times, witness PEELED: IN CONVERSATION WITH JEMMA L. KING It's minus-25 and stormy in Newfoundland. We're in the last leg of the week-long March Hare festival of words and music, the ice so thick on the ground you can't walk anywhere, not even to the nearest Tim's, but Welsh poet Jemma L. King is far too busy observing the details of this strange new place to even shiver in her entirely-inadequate faux-fur jacket. SUSAN GILLIS: How did you first come to poetry—or, if you prefer, how did poetry first come to you? JEMMA L. KING: I’ve always loved wordplay and when I was small I’d borrow limerick books from the school library. I loved memorising them and reciting them to my dad, who found them as funny as I did. But by the time I was a teenager, poetry had become so dull. In school we went over and over “The Passionate Shepherd to his Love”. All this twee pastoral rubbish. I had no idea of the explosive potential of the medium – that it can just hotwire you to somebody else’s consciousness. That came later, in two formative leaps. Firstly, there was Keats, whose masterpiece Lamia had me drawing all sorts of weird abstract creatures in my notebook as the teacher read it to us. So the floodgates of Romanticism opened to me with all of its myths and politics. The second important step was Sylvia Plath. We didn’t have one female poet on our syllabus – ever, so I made it my mission to find one. One lunchtime, I crept into the English room and found a dusty pile of copies of Ariel at the back of the room. I took one home and discovered that I actually had a latent (but totally buried) understanding of how we all connect to one another and the world around us, but nobody had articulated this to me before. Suddenly, everything that had gone before was questioned and challenged. I tried to work my own way into the white space that constitutes normal life. I tried to get in-between the atoms in the way that Plath does so elegantly. Suddenly I understood so much more, and yet had about a hundred million questions. It felt spiritual, like speaking to God. SG: Your new book centers on Victorian pornography and the act, and art, of looking. Folded into this are considerations of how we look, in both senses: the act of looking at anything, and the self-consciousness of how one appears to others. There is also the matter of seduction, of tensions between what concealed and what is revealed. The word “play” comes to mind, in that sense of a space for movement between opposing points. Could you talk about how these ideas play out in the poems? JLK: Seduction and play are key to the new volume. The Undressed is, as you say, based on a cache of antique pornography (and risqué photographs from the period that were not necessarily pornography too), so I’ve had to account for their original intent. That’s honestly very difficult because I know some readers will want as much sex as is humanly possible. That is why they will buy the book. Others will be like, “God, enough of the sex already. Who are these women?” So it was a fine line and I was always fluorescently aware of it. But I wasn’t drawn to the surface layer initially. I was drawn to the anonymity of the women. Who were they? There is tragedy embedded in these photographs but a lot of that it projected. They make us sad simply because they are dead. But they might’ve been having a ball at the time. My approach was to “listen” to them in the same way that Alice Walker claims to have listened to the characters in her seminal novel, The Color Purple. It was almost clairvoyancy. I just sat there asking the photograph “who are you? What’s the context to you being here?” After collecting all my primary research I went to visit a historian to further narrow down what I’d discovered. I was quite spooked by some of what he had to say as I’d guessed almost precisely who this person, or that person, was. Betty Blythe, a forgotten silver screen actress, was amongst these. Finding her was like the proverbial needle in a haystack and yet it was as direct as water dousing, I unpeeled several layers of history without trying, I was always led in the right direction. I can’t explain that. But getting back to your point about “self-consciousness of how one appears to others” – I was initially inspired by a stand of Victorian pornography on a street in Paris. The shapes of the bodies was, for me, the fascinating detail. These women were almost exclusively pear shaped, some quite exaggeratedly so, and yet that is the exact opposite of our physical aspirations as women today. It made me think of a lot of complicated socio-political things, such as the role of plastic surgery and how it sculpts young girl’s perspective on how they should look. And of course, what is, in its natural state, the female body? How should it look? Are we so far removed from nature with our over-saturation of body-fascist media that we don’t know what we are supposed to look like? I think whether you are bothered by your physical appearance or not, we are all victims of this fascism, especially in the era of social media in which prominent women get ripped apart for not participating in this idiocy. There have been some high profile cases of this in the UK and I can see, on the back of that, that another wave of feminism is breaking and boy is it overdue. The women in these photographs look so carefree in their “natural states”. They are not pouting or narrowing their eyes in faux-sexual arousal in the same way that women uniformly do now in everything from cat-food commercials to selfies. God I hate selfies. No, the women in these antique photographs are smiling. Well, mostly. SG: What’s inspiring you these days? JLK: The world! I’m on the road quite a bit these days and I usually come away from a country or city with new material. Landscapes that are alien to me inspire me a lot because I’m trying to relate to them, understand them and the people that inhabit them. I’ve recently come back from Canada/ Newfoundland, and the extreme wildness found its way into a poem, “Edith”, that is in my new collection. I’ve used my Newfoundland jottings to explore the perspective of a woman on this side of the Atlantic who is waiting for her husband to return from overseas. The village that my mother’s family comes from has a cemetery with so many empty graves because the men who should be in them died overseas. I’m from that sea-faring tradition so I named the poem after my grandmother and she is the woman in the poem, but the poem came directly from my Newfoundland experiences. Also, I’m writing a novel at the moment and certainly the European-wide swing to the far-right, and additionally the increase in misogyny – those two things are staying at the front of my mind when I’m writing. I write about things that I feel need addressing and these two developments are a constant source of concern, and therefore, inspiration. Jemma L. King is a poet and critic from the UK. Her debut collection, The Shape of the Forest, was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Wales Book of the Year Prize and the Roland Mathias. In 2011, she won the Terry Hetherington Young Welsh Writer of the Year Award. Her second collection, The Undressed, is due to be released at the end of June 2014. https://twitter.com/JemmaKingPoet Read Jemma's poem "The End" here. Labels: Conversations, feminism, Jemma L. King, Newfoundland, our times, Sylvia Plath Jemma L. King: A Poem And then the world turned didn’t it. With every second that swam past, an invisible river that grew, unmistakably, to a sea, an ocean with every second her cells grew smaller, shrank their protean mass until one day, as she combed her hair and saw with every second that her skin looked thinner and then there were children. And then the children had children. And one day the bells rang and she was at last framed, contained, a masterpiece of once-charged limbs, unclocked and sinking inwards. Ashes to ashes dust to dust. Songs were still bellowed in the ale-houses, but they changed as children threw off their playclothes, played little emperors and baby-makers on streets where ancestral atoms once danced and fought and fucked. And then somebody held the four corners of the globe, pulled them taut so that everybody slid, tumbled shrieking into a big, bloody mess in the middle tangling horribly on barbed wire and deformed by a fast repetition of taps, each hole punching family trees back to the great sift of the earth’s fabric. It’s a long way, to Tipperary, it’s a long way to go. to the sweetest girl I know. And for the most part they were forgotten, un-existed, their collective millenia mulched and pulped, flattened for their children’s feet. Their children’s children’s feet. And the world burst into colour, grew capillaries and screens, making everyone special, those billion loveless pouty stares. Goodbye Piccadilly, farewell Leicester Square, it’s a long way to Tipperary, but my heart’s still there. --from The Undressed, Jemma L. King. By permission of the author. Jemma L. King is a poet and critic from the UK. Her debut collection, The Shape of the Forest, was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Wales Book of the Year Prize and the Roland Mathias. In 2011, she won the Terry Hetherington Young Welsh Writer of the Year Award. Her second collection, The Undressed, is due to be released at the end of June 2014. https://twitter.com/JemmaKingPoet Read my conversation with Jemma here. BEWARE, TYRANT: Czeslaw Milosz's "You Who Wronged"...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409869
__label__cc	0.705115	0.294885	Aim, A Twilight Zone: We need your help! Aim » Hinterland DowntempoChilloutTrip-hopGrand CentralWeez fave There are multiple artists with this name: 1) Aim (real name Andy Turner) is a British musician, DJ and producer, who was born in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. His father was a jazz drummer and instrument shop owner, and Turner followed in his fathers footsteps, also owning a music shop. It was here that he began to hone his skills on the decks, helping him to embark upon his musical career. Aim's sound is a blend of funky electronic music and hip hop beats, a sound which typified the Grand Central Records label. Read Full BioThere are multiple artists with this name: 1) Aim (real name Andy Turner) is a British musician, DJ and producer, who was born in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. His father was a jazz drummer and instrument shop owner, and Turner followed in his fathers footsteps, also owning a music shop. It was here that he began to hone his skills on the decks, helping him to embark upon his musical career. Aim's sound is a blend of funky electronic music and hip hop beats, a sound which typified the Grand Central Records label. He was discovered by Mark Rae and signed to Grand Central. So far has released three full length studio albums - Cold Water Music, Hinterland and recently Flight 602. He also released Means of Production - an album collecting together his early singles and two DJ mix albums (Stars on 33 and Fabric Live 17). Much of Aim's work is instrumental, though his records include collaborations with other artists who provide vocals, including Stephen Jones of Babybird, Diamond D, Souls of Mischief, QNC and Kate Rogers. Aim has also worked as remixer, mixing songs for a variety of artists including Ian Brown, Saint Etienne, The Charlatans, Lil' Kim, Thunderbugs, Archive, Down to the Bone, Texas and former label-mates Rae & Christian. In 2004, Aim produced the fellow ex-Grand Central artist, Niko's debut album, Life On Earth. Aim left Grand Central Records in early 2005 and formed his own record label, ATIC Records, in June 2005. The first album released on the label was Aim's Flight 602, which was released in September 2006. Niko has also signed to ATIC and will be returning Aim's earlier favour, by providing vocals for the new album. 2) aim エイム is a Japanese jrock/vk band formed in 2010. Their 1st single "LOST VOICE" was released on January 26th, 2011. Vocal: Rei [→ aim] Guitar: Schwarz [→ ケミカルピクチャーズ → the Distorted my stratic Faith → aim] Bass: Sakura [→ Sadith Mary → スカル -THE SKULL- → SKULL → the Distorted my stratic Faith(さくら) → aim(Sakura)] Drums: Shota [→ aim] 3) AiM is a band from Milano, Italy 4) Aim was a Swedish punk band. 5) AIM Baltimore, USA MC and Producer Amy Houck. 6) AIM Dutch folk band 7)AIM Latvian nu metal band 8) ＡｉＭ, real name Ai Maeda (前田愛/Maeda Ai), is a female Japanese seiyuu (voice actress) who is probably most well-known for singing many of the ending songs of the Digimon anime series and performing the role of Tachikawa Mimi in the first two seasons. 01Intro0:55 02The Girl Who Fell Through the Ice6:17 03What Do People Do All day5:15 04No Restriction4:09 05Fall Break4:45 06Guimar4:08 07Good Disease4:23 08The Omen4:48 09Linctus5:02 10Vipco5:30 11A Twilight Zone3:19 12From A Seaside Town5:59 13Hinterland5:14 14Mag4:02 15Peru3:54 16Nightlife3:39 We have lyrics for these tracks by Aim: A Tree A Rock And A Cloud Gypsy in my blood And I lie where the myth is… Aberdeen It's wednesday all night I won't fall or lie don't die … Ain't Got Time To Waste It's gettin hot, thinkin we're na-pop, my name drop Aim gon… Award Tour We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man Going each… Cold Water Music [Instrumental]… Good Disease Sitting on the grass in the summer breeze Looking at the… Intro [interviewer, possibly Harry Allen] What are you giving the… It Was A Good Day Break me, shit, yo Just waking up in the morning gotta… It's Later Than You Think Why you here again I thought you'd guess you'd probably los… Love Comes and Goes "Love, comes and goes" (2X) I saw ya, the day before… Northwest If it was me or my river oh I'd rather it… Puget Sound Everybody came and went summers number one event left earl… Sail It's just some of the things he said Keep going 'round… Sail (original LP mix) (feat. Kate Rogers) It's just some of the things he said keep going 'round… St. Patrick I didn't sleep at all last night I thought my heart… Strange Strange! (And I like it) Think quick as I split Atoms a… The Force Nice pistol mine is chrome Where'd I get this wrist full… The Girl Who Fell Through the Ice Its dark in the afternoon Lights on in every room Winter c… The Girl Who Fell Through the Ice (feat. Kate Rogers) Its dark in the afternoon Lights on in every room Winter cam… The Girl Who Fell Through the Ice (original mix) (feat. Kate Rogers) It's dark in the afternoon Lights on in every room Winter ca… The Girl who Fell Through the Ice feat. Kate Rogers Its dark in the afternoon Lights on in every room Winter cam… The Omen Yeah ahh here we go come on Grand Central, Grand Central "… Today Today is the greatest Day I've ever known Can't live for t… Wasn't Born To Follow No I'd rather go and journey Where the diamond crescent's g… Aim - A Twilight Zone aimatwilightzone CREATURE FEATURE AIM FOR THE HEAD AseCard - Twilight Zone [Thizzler.com] The Council Twilight Zone Aim - Fall Break Trump's America Feels Like "The Twilight Zone" My area goes Twilight Zone Aim - Hinterland Twilight Zone by Citizen 23 Twilight zone Dark Soldier Aim - The Girl Who Fell Through The Ice Aim - Mag Twilight Zone Final - 20058969 Motion Year 3 Semester 2 Sniper Battle Sirens - Twilight Zone Aim - Linctus AIM - Walking Home - Magic - Magie - Aim Flight 602 SnR singing Twilight Zone (original song) No Restriction Aim - The Omen Feat. Diamond D Original Song: "The Twilight Zone" Tim's Pinball Tips: How to Aim Twilight Zone 2 - Map 02 Aim - Coast Road The Subtidal Zone: a scientific parody of the Twilight Zone	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409872
__label__wiki	0.698159	0.698159	New Acne cream Clascoterone under review of FDA By Hina Published On 12 Nov 2019 1:45 PM GMT \| Updated On 12 Nov 2019 1:45 PM GMT The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the New Drug Application (NDA) for clascoterone cream 1% for the treatment of acne. Cassiopea had sought marketing approval for clascoterone cream 1% for the treatment of acne. Clascoterone, a new chemical entity, is a proposed first-in-class topical androgen receptor inhibitor under FDA review for the treatment of acne (in a 1% cream) and in late-stage development for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia (in a higher strength solution) in males. Although clascoterone’s exact mechanism of action is unknown, laboratory studies suggest clascoterone competes with androgens, specifically dihydrotestosterone (DHT), for binding to the androgen receptors within the sebaceous gland and hair follicles. Because of clascoterone’s likely local effect at the site of application, the risk of off-target, or systemic side effects, is minimized. Laboratory studies show that clascoterone inhibits lipid production from cultured oil-producing cells (sebocytes) and reduces pro-inflammatory cytokines, mediators influenced by androgens. Thus, pathways that foster acne lesion development appear to be disrupted by clascoterone at the site of application. Unlike oral hormonal therapies for acne, it may potentially be used in both male and female patients. The New Drug Application includes data from two phase 3 trials that showed treatment with clascoterone was associated with a statistically significant improvement in all primary endpoints (success rate in Investigator’s Global Assessment [IGA], change from baseline in non-inflammatory lesion counts, change from baseline in inflammatory lesion counts). “We look forward to working closely with the Food and Drug Administration during the review process. If approved, clascoterone cream 1% will be the first new mechanism of action in the treatment of acne in nearly 40 years, offering dermatologists and patients a new and effective therapeutic alternative,” said Diana Harbort, CEO of Cassiopea. She added, “We are committed to finding a way to treat acne that addresses the root causes of the condition.” As for safety, results from an open-label study showed no hormonal imbalance with clascoterone even after long-term treatment or when used on an enlarged application surface. Dermal adverse events associated with therapy included erythema/reddening on the face and trunk and scaling/dryness on the face. The Food and Drug Administration has set a Prescription Drug User Fee Act action date of August 27, 2020, for the application. For further reference log on to : cassiopea.com. acne Clascoterone Cream Diana Harbort dihydrotestosterone erythema FDA Food and Drug Administration Investigators Global Assessment New Drug Application	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409877
__label__cc	0.540929	0.459071	Games Database Xbox One Strategy: Combat Jagged Alliance: Rage! - Xbox One Got packs, screens, info? Also for: PS4, PC Viewed: 3D Third-person, floating camera Genre: Strategy: Combat Media: Blu-Ray Arcade origin: No Soft. Co.: THQ Nordic Publishers: HandyGames (GB) Released: 6 Dec 2018 (GB) Ratings: PEGI 18+ Accessories: Xbox One X Enhanced, 4K Ultra HD Connectivity: Online Multiplayer, Online co-op All Screens (9) >> After two decades of hurt (give or take some a lively mod scene on PC), Jagged Alliance fans are finally getting a new game they can get behind. The real time strategy series that set hearts aflame in the dying days of the 20th century is finally back with a game that many are seeing as a worthy heir. Ignore the sequels and reboots that have come since Jagged Alliance 2 - just go with the fact that our anti-heroes are 20 years longer in the tooth and treat the gap as a feature rather than a bug. You're back with a team of outlaw mercenaries that are now more ragtag than ever, running around a sun-drenched island and attempting to topple local warlords and other ne'er-do-wells in the name of getting paid. As in previous games, your job is to guide these guys around the map using a mixture of stealth and violence to get things done. While this isn't a roguelike, it Rage has picked up a few traits from the genre. You're heavily dependant on loot and pick-ups, you have to make some tough decisions about what to fix or upgrade during your brief moments outside combat and, perhaps most crucially, you take your damage with you. No home base that will see you rejuvenated here - you'll have time for a patch-up of your guys, but it will depend on what supplies you have to hand. Longtime fans of the series will notice that some of the micromanagement has been taken out. Overall this is a game that looks to get closer to Jagged Alliance's core gameplay loops, focusing on tight, controlled action over controlling each and every aspect of play. It's aboout the tense moment-to-moment decisions of combat. And, of course, using bad people to murder other bad people. now help out Jagged Alliance Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business now help out Jagged Alliance 2	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409878
__label__wiki	0.592155	0.592155	Apple Won’t Disturb iOS 6 ‘Do Not Disturb’ Bug Apple's iOS 6 call and notification avoidance feature, Do Not Disturb, has stopped working properly, and here's the kicker: Apple has no plans to proactively fix it. By Matt Peckham @mattpeckhamJan. 03, 2013 This Dumb Year: The 57 Lamest Moments in Tech 2012 10 Tech-Industry Predictions for 2013 New Tablet or Smartphone? Load It Up with These Great Apps Apple‘s iOS 6 call and notification avoidance feature, Do Not Disturb, has stopped working properly, and here’s the kicker: Apple has no plans to proactively fix it. I noticed this firsthand when Jan. 1, 2013 rolled by and the little crescent moon icon iOS 6 employs to indicate DND is active didn’t disappear from my iPhone 5’s top bar, stubbornly stuck just to the left of the clock. DND is supposed to disable itself automatically, blinking on or off at times appointed by you in your iPhone or iPad‘s settings. I have mine queued to smother incoming beeps, buzzes and bloops from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. But Jan. 1, 2013 was apparently too much for iOS 6 to handle. DND now requires manual activation and deactivation if you want to insulate yourself from your iOS device’s notification chatter during a given period. Hello ghost of Y2K past (give or take a decade), and the funny thing is, Apple — while acknowledging the problem exists in a support document titled “iOS 6: Do Not Disturb mode stays on after scheduled time” — hasn’t announced plans to do a thing about it. “After January 1st, 2013, Do Not Disturb mode stays on past its scheduled end time,” reads the problem summary, and here’s the only official resolution: “Do Not Disturb scheduling feature will resume normal functionality after January 7, 2013. Before this date, you should manually turn the Do Not Disturb feature on or off.” Seven days? No big deal then. But it is a little annoying as well as somewhat odd, given the bug’s universality (and the sheer number of people running around with iOS 6 devices), that Apple’s response hasn’t been more proactive. You have to imagine a lot of people who don’t keep tabs on tech news are left wondering why DND won’t shut off or being rudely signaled during their nocturnal hours as emails, texts and who-knows-what-else chug away. My wife was one of the latter, mentioning last night that DND had inexplicably stopped working when I asked her what time she was setting the alarm for. How many people are going to spend the next four days perplexed and answer-less, wondering why their iPhones and iPads are suddenly misbehaving? Apple’s so far been mum on why this happened in the first place, leaving answers to the imagination. The most sensible guess I’ve run across so far is probably this one by Stand Alone, Inc. mobile app developer Patrick McCarron, who noted via Twitter: “If you use a date format string of YYYY (vs yyyy) you get 2012 until 1/7 when it becomes 2013. Easy mistake to make, I have.” It’s not the first time iOS has had trouble with dates, either. iOS 4 had a few notorious zingers — one in late 2010 triggered by daylight savings that caused alarms to squawk an hour too late or too soon, and another in January 2011 that had the opposite effect of the DND bug, causing certain types of alarms to stop going off at all. Since it’s not the first time iOS has been bamboozled by the annual turnover, I’ll probably hedge my bets with a secondary alarm source when New Year’s Day 2014 rolls around.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409890
__label__wiki	0.782711	0.782711	MOSQUE SECURITY Strand Campus in King’s College the Centre of an Islamophobic Hate Incident by TellMAMA \| Mar 5, 2016 \| News \| We have received a report of an assault against a Muslim female student who was part of the ‘Discover Islam Awareness’ week which is held by the King’s College London Islamic Society (ISoc). Muslim women who were at the stand outside the Strand campus were there to try and break down misconceptions about Islam and to respond to questions members of the public may have around Islam and Muslims. They were approached by two men who disrupted the stall and the activities of the women, leading to an assault on a Muslim woman, where her niqab was pulled. We have spoken to a witness on the Strand Campus of King’s College London and Roar News also reported that two men have been arrested for “using racially aggravated threatening words and behaviour.” The incident has caused some anger with Muslim students who approached us at Tell MAMA and who stated that the security on campus did not intervene when the hate incident was taking place and that in their view, the inaction emboldened the perpetrators. According to witness, a handful of students had to intervene to stop the anger and abuse against Muslim women that was targeted by two males who approached the stand. Furthermore, Roar News also has highlighted the following comment from a student called Fatima Ali: “security only called the police when the animal rights activists said the men were being aggressive but not when someone complained about a Muslim woman’s niqab being pulled down”. The student news site also highlighted the following statement that King’s put out earlier on Friday evening. They stated: “two security managers and a senior member of staff arrived on the scene and positioned themselves between both parties and attempted to defuse the situation. The two men were asked to leave the area but they refused. The police were called by security at 1.10pm and arrived at 1.50pm.” Tell MAMA will be writing to King’s College London on this incident to provide further re-assurance to Muslim students on campus and to provide guidance to students both on and off campus around personal safety and security. Given the rise in anti-Muslim hate incidents over the last few years and a more visible set of anti-Muslim hate incidents nationally, it is imperative that university campuses work with ISoc’s or other agencies in ensuring that students get basic advice and support to reduce the risk of being targeted. ‘Punish a Muslim Day’ letter distributed in London The truth behind the photo of the Muslim woman ... Hijabi Victim Requests Media Agencies to Stop Circulating Picture ... Want to See What Racist and Anti-Muslim Hate Looks ... Muslim woman assaulted in unprovoked attack at Stratford station Gladstone and Islam – Anti-Muslim Memes Going Round, by ... Threatening Anti-Muslim Leaflet Sent to Family in Bradford Far Right groups © 2020 Faith Matters, founded by Fiyaz Mughal OBE. Tell MAMA is a national project of Faith Matters CIC. Website designed and developed by Ksquare Technologies LTD	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409894
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__label__cc	0.557135	0.442865	Talk CSI Forums > CSI Explorations > Shipper Central > Debate/Dislike a Ship Thread -- CSI:Crime Scene Investigation, Part 2 Discussion in 'Shipper Central' started by happyharper13, May 19, 2009. sharp52092 Star Wars and CSI Fan Moderator Re: Debate/Dislike a Ship Thread -- CSI:Crime Scene Investigation, Par Please remember the 3 line rule here in Shipper Central sharp52092, Nov 9, 2012 margarita_salt Hit and Run jafox said: ↑ Ok, I'll bite. First and foremost, more GSR this season, please. 2nd, a thumbs up for Greg and Morgan. Morgan has always reminded me of a young Sara, so Greg's crush on Sara makes this relationship make sense. She's his type, and the writers have laid a foundation for it. It would be nice to see them follow through with it. No to Hodges and Morgan. Like Grissom, he seems to be someone who would mate for life. He's all about Wendy, IMO. Finn and Nick? No, No, No, NOOOO. I don't see it at all. Personally, I think Nick needs to meet and fall in love with a damsel-in-distress. He likes to be the hero, so it would fit his personality. I did enjoy his story arc with the 'reformed' prostitute (Kristie?) way back when. From a totally non-romantic viewpoint, I like DB/Sara. Great chemistry there, similar to Grissom and Catherine. It's nice to see the old married folks of the show bonding at work. It would be even nicer for Sara to talk about her spouse like DB talks about his, or at the very least say something to someone about he-who-cannot-be-mentioned (apparently). There's nobody yet that I would put Finn with. She's too new to LV; too lots of things. The writers will need to keep her single, I think, to spice up the show. I pretty much agree with everything that you said I love Greg/Morgan together. They are young and sweet. I would not mind if they gave that pair a storyline. I don't like Hodges/Morgan. That whole storyline that they are pushing on us just does not work and they have no chemistry. Hodges has a soul mate and it is Wendy. Nick needs a love interest just because he has never had one unless you count the prostitute that he was accused of murdering. I also would love to explore the whole background of Russell/Finlay..I know they have some sort of history. I don't know if it is romantic but it seems interesting to explore. margarita_salt, Jan 29, 2013 Natasha Romanoff Police Officer I've never liked Grissom/Sara, mainly for the fact that I don't like either character, but I've just never really liked them as a couple. I'm not really sure who I ship in CSI, although I did ship Warrick/Catherine and I suppose I still do. But I don't really have any other ships to be honest. Some shows I either don't have any or I only have one or two. Natasha Romanoff, Mar 30, 2013 Lilith Police Officer As of now, Grissom/Sara is the only pairing left on CSI that I'm invested in..... or I guess was invested in, since they've separated and there's no knowing if the writers will even bother to fix the relationship before the series ends . Otherwise, I'm not sure I want to see any more romance on this show, especially after what's happened in season 13. Lets get back to focusing on the friendships, especially the ones I've grown to love for 13 years (especially Greg/Sara and Greg/Nick). I wouldn't mind establishing/developing ones between the new characters and the originals; as long as they don't force anything and keep the all the platonic relationships more realistic. Although....sadly, one can only hope. Lilith, Aug 2, 2013 mirdaishan Hit and Run Yeah, more Greg / Morgan fans! I really hope something will happen between them in S14... They've had a lot of great scenes together already and I hope many more will follow. I love seeing them work together, although I also like seeing Greg work together with Sara. I've watched an interview with Elisabeth Harnois who said there was romance on the cards for Morgan Brody, but I can't see from when the interview is, so I don't know if she was talking about Morgan and Hodges or about something that is yet to come. If it's the last one: I really hope it's Greg! mirdaishan, Aug 13, 2013 mirdaishan said: ↑ Hi mirdaishan I used to like Branders....well.....ok, I still do, I just really don't like the triangle and that the show has sort of become a soap opera in general (unless that changes, I'd personally rather have any future/current romance (at least, involving Morgan, since the writers can't seem to make up their minds) stay in the fanfiction zone). I don't think anything will happen between them in season 14, but we'll see. Despite all that though, I have to admit, I also like they're quality moments and they do work well together. yeah, I would like to see more of Greg and Sara's friendship. Lilith, Aug 15, 2013 JorjaFoxFan CSI Level One Sorry to bump this thread almost a year on... But I've been trying to watch recent seasons. I start out in pretty bad shape, as I barely like any of the new characters, and hardly recognize the old ones. I don't think CSI is in good shape in any aspect, a main factor contributing to me not watching the past 3 seasons. Apart from all that, I am really trying. Fin and Russell are one thing, but I can get over their character attributes. The one thing I'm struggling with in actually watching the episodes, is Morgan. She's so different from any character that's ever been a part of CSI, and change is good - I recognize what the showrunners were trying to do with her character - but it just didn't work. From the get-go I don't like her story revolving around Ecklie, something I just can't wrap my head around.. but her constant flirtatious nature is so irritating. It distracts from almost every other attribute she has. I'm not even sure if I disagree with Morgan/Greg, which seems to be the prevalent ship at this point (but who knows with her constant need to keep those options open), it's just the way it's executed. She comes off as flimsy, unsure of herself, and lucky as opposed to talented in any way. I genuinely don't think she should have made it out of the S14 premiere alive. But alas, she did it, with a full face of untouched make-up nonetheless. :shifty: EDIT: No offense meant to the actually Branders shippers, you all are obviously either seeing something that I'm missing; or are blinded to something I'm perceiving. JorjaFoxFan, Jun 26, 2014 GSR GR Prime Suspect Did you manage to watch all the seasons? It's no easy task! Some episodes are impossible to sit through if you don't like the new characters. I'm at a point where I don't mind Finn anymore, but that mostly has to do with me liking Elisabeth Shue. I fully agree with the Morgan comments. That character doesn't work for me at all either and all that make up is so annoying and distracting. Nobody should be wearing all that make up and at the beginning I was actually hoping for this character trait to be part of her story (i.e. her self-confidence is so low that she always wears two tons more than she needs to. Or something), but no, they've been applying extra make up on all the female characters now instead. Brilliant. GSR GR, Aug 4, 2014 ^ I honestly can't sit through all the episodes! My repertoire is missing at least a couple seasons.. I just don't care :/ I shipped GSR in the old days (a lot didn't, which I accept), but it was subtle and special, and there were little quips every couple episodes that you had to catch to piece them together. But the characters themselves were separate individuals with insecurities, passions, hobbies, and their own work load. I'm not at all saying that they should recreate a GSR relationship, they wouldn't be able to if they tried, but everything that I'm seeing on the show recently just lacks anything with substance. It all feels like a cheap thrill in a way. It's not only that though. I could accept them not being able to leave the romance stories alone, and therefore continue to spew out bad ones HOWEVER, they had no reason to go back and ruin everything they had already made. Billy Petersen is gone. Jorja Fox is not. I could come up with more than one scenario in which their relationship could be addressed then forgotten. I could think of a million better scenarios than the one they went with. They're just shitting all over what they originally did right. JorjaFoxFan, Aug 4, 2014 “They're just shitting all over what they originally did right” <— This sums up the biggest mistake of all. Wanting to try new things and characters is one thing, but ruining the old ones (and for what?) is another. They don’t seem to be successful at writing complete romance stories. They’ve tried at least 3 with Hodges (and messed up the most successful one), they’ve had DB on a long distance marriage, Finn’s divorced a couple of times and there’s no mention of Nick/Greg (but good for them, as it’d probably be some terrible/depressive story). Oh, and I almost forgot how they ruined Brass’s family for no reason at all. But, hey, as long as DB’s son plays basketball we should all be glad… The majority of CSI’s quality evaporated when BP left, but they still had a chance to keep a balance since they soon had the rest of the crew back together. Maybe Mendelsohn leaving will change things around or it’s only a sign that it’s over. It's been pretty quiet around here, but with the show coming to an end here soon I thought we could discuss our favorite ships. Also what are your hopes for the finale when it comes to ships? So let's debate and discuss them Also no spoilers. Use the spoiler tags [ spoiler= ] [ /spoiler ] but with no spaces. sharp52092, Sep 6, 2015 Happy Grissom Hit and Run As soon as I heard about the series finale movie, I thought and believed CSI would right the wrong when the writer took knife to GSR in S13. The breakup in FMN was unnecessary and uncalled for. They did it because the writing crew had no idea about the GSR history; they had no idea how to handle this unconventional pair's long distance marriage while keeping Grissom off screen. Guess separating them was an easy way out for the writers. So, I was happy with them getting back together as it should be. Any other alternative would have been a travesty. Kudos should go to Zuiker and Petersen for the daring paring. It really goes against conventional wisdom. Then again, wahtcha you gonna do when love finds you? I loved GSR was not smooth sailing. I loved the angst, the tenderness, the longing, the wanting, the loving, and the not having. Both characters had to muddle through diversities and learned their lessons. Neither Grissom nor Sara was perfect. Both had issues and then some. Did Grissom wobble? Sure he did; however, Sara was the one who had his heart all along. Knowing his love for this young woman must be a terrifying experience for this private man. I think other than Sara, he was only attracted to Lady Heather. Infatuation. I believed that was the word Petersen used when he was asked by a reporter about Grissom's feeling towards LH; when said reporter asked him if Grissom ever talked to Sara about LH, Petersen said he didn't think so because men wouldn't talk about their infatuation they felt about other women to their own women! I can't recall when this interview was taken place since I didn't save it on file. Probably it was done around the time either POTTR or TGTB&TD episode. Did Grissom sleep with LH? I really believed he did do the nasty in LHB. There was article saying Petersen went by his own interpretation of the script and refused to put on the bathrobe the CSI Wardrobe folks had prepared for him to film 'the morning after'' tea scene. Melinda Clarke said she believes LH did have sex with Grissom even Petersen thinks otherwise! So, we can think all we want. We just will never know if he did or not. Personally I'd not like to think that he did it again with LH in LOAR. He was down in the dumps after Sara's second departure. If LH jumped into the sack and did the deeds then, I think I'd lose a big chunk of the respect I have for this character. It'd be kind of sad to think such a worldly character could get to this man only when he was vulnerable and low in spirit. Did I think Grissom and LH would make a good couple? No, I don't think so. I am saying this because I don't think LH really gets Grissom. She was observant if nothing else. Her brand of pop psychological jargons can be easily applied to Ecklie, Brass or any of the LV sheriffs. I think both Grissom and LH are kind of outsiders; and this commonality sort of the bond he recognized; plus let's not forget he called Brass to bring the warrant over after he spent a night in LH's company. Perhaps this guilt feeling was what made him come to her assistance time and time again. A strange friendship formed between these two vastly different individuals. Then, again, we all know Grissom is not an ordinary Magellan. Grissom went through so much with Sara. He was a goner the day he met her in San Francisco. Maybe that's one of the reasons he had to fight against his own heart so much and for so long before he allowed himself to be loved by her. Loving Sara in his own way was not the problem. His problem was he held himself back and wasn't sure what to do with this love thing. Sara was not a conventional beauty. Heaven knows why CSI couldn't give her better makeup and wardrobe. Catherine, Sofia, LH, even Morgan were all dolled up; but not her. I think this also spoke volume about what kind of man Grissom was. He could see Sara and appreciate her for what she was. He saw the woman in the clothes. He wasn't blinded by the clothes on the woman. Grissom and Sara completed each other. They were truly the halves of a whole. I am glad after all the ups and downs, these two could find their way back to each other. They have found their home in each other. Happy Grissom, Oct 30, 2015 sharp52092 said: ↑ I've been watching some old episodes lately; it struck me why CSI show didn't try to hint a Catherine/Ecklie storyline. Both were political savvy, and both knew how to negotiate their way around the establishment minefield. Instead of letting poor Catherine going from one loser to the next, why didn't they give her someone from the mainstream side of the city? Talking about giving the show the dramatic impact and the change of workplace dynamics all around. Too bad we would never know what could have come out of it. Well, maybe a CSI special or some sort of CSI reunion. There're are so many loose ends are yet to be tied up. A fan can dream, right? Happy Grissom, Jan 18, 2016 Happy Grissom said: ↑ I don't about Ecklie/Catherine. Now Ecklie did seem to like Catherine, though was an attraction? I'm not sure. Anyway, yeah, I wish Catherine could have ended up with someone and she had that chance with Vartann when he offered her to move in with her, but turned him down. She seemed burned from Eddie and her other previous relationships. It'll probably be awhile, but I don't think we've seen the last of CSI. sharp52092, Jan 19, 2016 Speedystokesgirl said: ↑ Re: The Great Ship Debate -- CSI:Crime Scene Investigation, Part 2 Just because he said Sex without love makes one sad, doesn't mean he hasn't had one night stands. I do believe he has slept with Lady Heather, there is that one scene "Lady Heather's Box" where he caresses her face and he says "you can always say stop" and she responds "so could you". If that wasn't a percursor to a kiss and sex, I don't know what is. Not to mention, they had tea before they both started their night work. There is an attraction between Grissom and Lady Heather and you can't deny that. You can be attracted to more than one person at a time. It doesn't matter what he has said to Sara, that doesn't mean he isn't attracted to Lady Heather. I, also, think something happened in "Leave Out All the Rest", but I have some doubts on that one. Basically, on the fence about it. I think Lady Heather would have been a great love interest for Grissom. I think she and Catherine, for that matter, truly knows Grissom. Sometimes I think better than he knows himself. I felt chemistry with him and Lady Heather, even Terry Miller, that I don't feel with him and Sara. To me that relationship makes no sense. Catherine wouldn't be the right woman for a geek like Grissom. I highly doubt Grissom can take her drama queen's antics at all. As for Catherine, can you really see her sitting there listening to Grissom reciting Paradise Lost or Amores? Oh, not likely. She'd want to drag him to a bar and drink and dance the two-steps. Can you see Grissom doing that kind of stuff? As for Lady Heather. She is one unique character out of any TV shows. Still, I just don't buy she 'knows' Grissom. She's observant; she has to be in the line of work she does. She has developed this technique to use few words and say even less. Whatever she utters to Grissom can easily be said to LV mayor. Or Sheriff. She gets a gold star for being able to glean information out of her clients and play back to them and able to make them feel she 'knows' them! With a bit of training, I am sure Zuiker could have turned her into something like Sylvia Brown type of personality. Now talking about Grissom's famous quote of 'Sex without love makes one sad.' I do think this came out of the night he spent with LH in LHB. Of course he did the nasty with her. Why not? Back then he was single plus facing his bleak future over his hearing loss matter, and she was available. But guess their dealing went south due to the warrant thing. Somehow some sort of strange friendship was born. That's why he can come to her rescue whenever she's in trouble. (Now, pardon me. Would this qualify as him playing the daddy role to her? Just saying....) As for LOAR, I am sure LH did share the bed with Grissom. Grissom was in bad shape from dealing with Warrick's murder, the case investigation and Sara's second departure and all the good stuff. He was in need a friend. What did LH do? She basically was trying to put an end to his relationship with Sara by stating most of the relationships ended before they started. (What kind of cookie wisdom is this?) But I think the most telling part came when she asked him if she's his secret! Talking about messing with someone's head! All being said, I simply don't see any love between the two. Sexual attraction? Yes. They acted on it back in S3. That was it. Grissom might think her as a friend, I am not sure what her take on him. Guess as long as she could command his loyalty, all things would be kosher. In the end, LH just couldn't be Grissom's heart. Petersen said it the best: LH is the one closes to Grissom's heart; and Sara is Grissom's heart. So no matter what tricks LH could play, I just don't see Grissom would take her as his life partner. CSI Files News Check Out ‘Criminal Minds’ Ratings & Episode Links By: Rachel on Jan 12 Take A Look At Tonight’s ‘Criminal Minds’ By: Rachel on Jan 9 ‘NCIS:LA’ Ratings, Links & Promo Are Available Watch Clips From Tonight’s ‘NCIS:LA’ Happy Belated Birthday, Damon Gupton! 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__label__cc	0.516412	0.483588	Refreshments & Gifts Andrews House to Sunniside Andrews House to Causey Arch Railways History Preservation History Causey Waggonway Recreation Kids travel for a Quid - January & February 2020 North East Rover Owners Display Freight in February Diesel Driver for a Fiver Tanfield Railway Association Tyneside Locomotive Museum Trust Heritage Clothing Aappeal The Tanfield Railway can provide the perfect location for you. A Victorian steam train is as powerful a symbol of British history as it is possible to find and the Tanfield Railway is unique in mainland Britain in operating only a fleet of Victorian style wooden bodied carriages on a standard gauge railway. That's why the Tanfield Railway has provided the perfect setting for the filming of countless dramas, advertisements, documentaries and feature films, from Catherine Cookson to Fred Dibnah. We have a vast amount of experience of dealing with the specialist needs of filming and we have volunteers who are experts in ensuring that the scene you need can be recreated in the most minute of detail. Steam through the ages We can provide steam trains from the Victorian and Edwardian eras and onwards through the '30s, wartime and into the '60s. We can provide both passenger and goods trains and the period surroundings in which to film them, timeless stations, Europe's oldest working engine shed, and a faithfully recreated Victorian signalbox. Scenery on the Tanfield Railway varies greatly from rolling fields to spectacular valleys and dense woodland which makes it perfect to replicate almost any part of the British Isles or even further afield. What's more because of the strong links we have with other museums and railways throughout the country, if we don't have exactly what you're looking for already on site - the chances are we can track it down and help build a complete package perfectly tailored to your needs. To find out more about what we can offer or to see if we can provide the perfect location for your filming please contact us. Sign up to our e-newsletter and keep up to date with news, events and developments at the Tanfield Railway, the World’s Oldest Railway. Old Marley Hill \| Gateshead \| Tyne and Wear \| NE16 5ET tel: 07508 092365 \| email: info@tanfield-railway.co.uk	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409902
__label__cc	0.623821	0.376179	Adam Lambert Called the “Michael Phelps” of American Idol By tasithoughts April 29, 2009 Adam Lambert American Idol Danny Gokey Feeling Good Michael Phelps Paula Abdul Rat Pack FILE - In this April 21, 2009 file photo released by Fox, contestant Adam Lambert performs on "American Idol" in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/FOX, Michael Becker, File) With music from the rat pack days, the most talented group of American Idol top 5 finalists crooned some of that era’s most nostalgic songs during this week’s competition. It was Adam Lambert who took the gold medal by several laps.He sung a slightly rock ballad version of “Feeling Good “which was made famous by Nina Simone and Sammy, Davis, Jr. during earlier releases years ago. Lambert’s performance electrified the Idol audience and brought them to their feet. It prompted Judge Paula Abdul to call him the Michael Phelps of this year’s competition. She echoed the other three judges’ praise for his consistent performance week after week. Again, I believe that Adam Lambert is the most formidable contestant to be featured on the American Idol stage since the show started 8 years ago. He is unique and is the kind of music artist that will really make his mark in the industry. I also want to note that Danny Gokey also upped his game this week with his performance of “Come Rain or Come Shine.” more about “Adam Lambert Called the “Michael Phel…“, posted with vodpod Posted in Adam Lambert, American Idol, Beautiful Men, Celebrity, Gay, Gay Celebrity, Gay Culture, Gay Entertainers, Gay Images, Gay Men, Good Looking Gay Men, Good looking Men, Hot Gay Men, Hot guys, Hot men, Hot Music Video, Hot Video, Reality Show, Showbiz, Singer, Singing, Singing competition, Talent, Talent show, Talented People, Uncategorized, Video	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409906
__label__cc	0.610387	0.389613	From the Tax Foundation Archives: Income Taxes in 1987 Alicia Hansen A Tax Foundation Working Paper published in April 1987 and recently added to our online archives, titled "More Battles over Tax Burdens," sounds strikingly similar in many places to some of the tax talk we've been hearing during this election season (and during most recent election seasons, actually). Here's an excerpt: 1. Because of the deficit and other factors, there will be a continual testing of sentiment to retain or raise top marginal tax rates. 2. The historical record does not support charges that the Federal tax system has become much less progressive and rewards the rich. 3. The specific way the Tax Reform Act of 1986 was crafted leaves an opening for top rate hikes, but, if rates are raised, they will have to reach down to at least the upper-middle income groups to realize significant revenues. 4. Fiscal policy restraint and value-added taxation are viable alternatives to income tax increases. Speaker Jim Wright is not likely to succeed in his proposal to extend the top personal tax rates of 1987 as a means of reducing the budget deficit. The commitment to the tax rate schedule under the Tax Reform Act of 1986 appears strong enough to allow the reduction from a top of 38-1/2 percent this year to basically 28 percent in 1988 to take place. That will not be the end of it, however . A good number of tax policy observers believe that the 28 percent rate is politically unstable. There will be continued testing of sentiment to reimpose higher personal rates in the future. We should never underestimate the resourcefulness of government to resort to new gimmickry. But the 1988 election should sharpen the focus on ways to deal more strenuously with the budget deficit. It will also focus again on national priorities and the way to finance them. And, despite the strong opposition of the current Administration, it's not too difficult to construct a scenario for higher, and more progressive, income taxes. The paper discusses the 1981 tax cuts, the Tax Reform Act of 1986, and possibilities for future reform, including a flat tax or consumption tax. Click here to read the paper (PDF). Click here for a chart of federal individual income tax rates and brackets from 1913 to the present. Scoring Campaign Proposals Iowa Governor Proposes Second Round of Tax Reform Gig Economy Workers Get Boost from New IRS Dedicated Tax Center Reviewing the Tax Changes in Senator Bennet’s Real Deal As Tax Filing Season Begins, Taxpayers Prepare for 2020 Federal Tax Changes Coming This Spring: TABOR-Triggered Income Tax Relief in Colorado	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409908
__label__wiki	0.884817	0.884817	954,722 Torontonians can’t be wrong. Follow us: Howard Moscoe literally draws swords in Transit City throwdown with McGuinty By Matthew Hague \| May 5, 2010 By Matthew Hague \| 05/05/2010 icon-twitter icon-facebook Apparently, it’s been a while since 70-year-old city councillor Howard Moscoe has had to remember the childhood adage “two wrongs don’t make a right.” In response to Dalton McGuinty’s deferral of $4 billion in transit funds, Moscoe has not only employed petty name calling (suggesting McGuinty is a weasel), but has also drawn swords—literally. In an attempt to embarrass the provincial government into submission, Moscoe has designed his own anti-McGuinty bumper stickers, complete with a cartoon man doubled over a TTC emblem with three giant knives in his back. One thousand of the bumper stickers have been printed with the not-too-subtle slogan “Stabbed in the Back by Dalton McGuinty,” followed by the words “Transit City.” Moscoe has been slapping them on TTC buses and handing them out to transit sympathizers (who, ironically, stick them on their cars). The stunt has yet to draw a reaction from the premier. We suspect that’s because McGuinty still remembers that adage “if you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” Sadly, that doesn’t apply to Kathleen Wynne, whose pouty message yesterday indicates that she’d be wise to remember the one about sticks and stones. • Bumper Stickers Skewer McGuinty Over Transit Funding Cuts [CTV] Topics: Art buses City Hall Dalton McGuinty funding Howard Moscoe News Transit City TTC How Schitt’s Creek became the bingiest thing on TV Toronto Life’s 20 most popular stories of the decade The real cost of Doug Ford’s slash-first, think-later brand of politics The woman who built Queen West The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2019 Masai Ujiri is Toronto’s No. 1 most influential person © 2020. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part strictly prohibited. Toronto Life is a registered trademark of Toronto Life Publishing Company Limited.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409909
__label__cc	0.594663	0.405337	Timeline of wild animal suffering Revision as of 19:09, 25 July 2019 by Mati Roy (talk \| contribs) (removed called for master and postdoc grants; not notable) This is a timeline of the movement to reduce wild-animal suffering (sometimes also called the "WAS" or "RWAS" movement). 3.4 Groups where it was shared Year/period 1800s–1970 Wild-animal suffering is occasionally mentioned by philosophers as an example of the amorality of nature. In general, there is little discussion of whether humans should intervene to improve the situation. 1970–2000 After the emergence of the contemporary animal rights/welfare movement, wild-animal suffering is discussed by animal rights philosophers and their critics. The critics consider intervention in nature a reductio ad absurdum of animal rights, while some animal rights authors take it to be a serious moral issue. 2000–present Online communities dedicated to utilitarian ethics and effective altruism discuss wild-animal suffering as a serious issue. Activists begin forming organizations dedicated to WAS research and outreach. The academic moral philosophy community also continues debating the issue. 1851 Publication Arthur Schopenhauer compares the pleasure experienced by a predator to the pain experienced by the prey to argue that the world contains more pain than pleasure.[1] 1856 000000002020-07-13-0000July 13 Publication In a letter to Joseph Dalton Hooker, Charles Darwin discusses the wastefulness and cruelty of nature as an evidence against the existence of a benevolent God.[2] 1860 000000002020-05-22-0000May 22 Publication In a letter to Asa Gray, Charles Darwin cites wild-animal suffering—in particular, the suffering inflicted by parasitic wasps to caterpillar hosts—as an example of the theological problem of evil.[3] 1874 Publication John Stuart Mill's essay "On Nature" is published posthumously. The essay discusses the amorality and cruelty of nature and argues that humans should struggle against it.[4] 1973 000000002020-06-14-0000June 14 Publication Peter Singer responds to a question about predation, arguing against interference in practice because the long-term consequences of intervention cannot be predicted. However, he accepts that intervention to reduce wild-animal suffering would be morally justified if one could be reasonably confident that the long-term effects would be positive.[5] 1979 Publication Stephen R. L. Clark's article "The Rights of Wild Things" is published. It argues that humans should defend wild animals against unusually large dangers, but should not try to regulate all of nature.[6] 1980 Publication Environmental philosopher J. Baird Callicott's article "Animal Liberation: A Triangular Affair" is published. It discusses conflicts between animal liberation and environmental ethics.[7] 1984 (summer) Publication Environmental philosopher Mark Sagoff's article "Animal Liberation and Environmental Ethics: Bad Marriage, Quick Divorce" is published.[8] The article argues that animal liberation and environmental ethics are incompatible. It claims that animal liberationists may be committed to supporting large-scale intervention to reduce wild-animal suffering, and argues that this should be taken as a reductio if one supports environmental ethics. 1987 Publication Animal rights philosopher Steve Sapontzis's article "Predation" is published in Ethics and Animals.[9] 1991 Publication Deep ecologist Arne Naess publishes an article arguing that humans should intervene in some cases of wild-animal suffering.[10] 1993 000000002020-06-01-0000June Publication David Olivier publishes the article "Pourquoi je ne suis pas écologiste" (Why I am not an environmentalist) in the French animal rights journal Les Cahiers antispécistes.[11] 1995 Publication Economist Yew-Kwang Ng's paper "Towards Welfare Biology: Evolutionary Economics of Animal Consciousness and Suffering" is published in Biology and Philosophy.[12] Ng introduces the term "welfare biology" (cf. conservation biology), which he defines as the positive study of the well-being of affectively sentient individuals. He discusses which species possess affective sentience. Ng then mentions that many species produce a large number of offspring, only a few of which survive to maturity. The paper argues that non-survivors suffer negative welfare. Since non-survivors greatly outnumber survivors, Ng considers this evidence in favor of the "Buddhist premise" (that wild animals experience more total suffering than happiness). 1995 Publication David Pearce publishes zirs transhumanist manifesto The Hedonistic Imperative, which argues that biotechnology can and should be used to eliminate the experience of suffering.[13] It includes a section on wild-animal suffering. 1996 December Publication Les Cahiers antispécistes publishes its 14th edition, which is dedicated to discussing the problem of predation and human intervention in nature.[14] It features articles by David Olivier and Yves Bonnardel, as well as a translation of an article by Steve Sapontzis. For example, one article by Yves Bonnardel is entitled "Contre l’apartheid des espèces: À propos de la prédation et de l’opposition entre écologie et libération animale" ("Against the apartheid of species: On predation and the conflict between ecology and animal liberation").[15] 1998 000000002020-10-20-0000October 20 Presentation David Olivier of Les Cahiers antispécistes discusses wild-animal suffering at a debate at the Maison de l’Écologie in Lyon.[16] 2003 (summer) Publication Tyler Cowen's paper "Policing Nature" is published in Environmental Ethics.[17] Cowen gives arguments from utilitarian, rights-based, and holistic moral perspectives in support of policing nature. He criticizes the argument that humans should refrain from interfering in nature because it is hard to predict the results of intervention. Cowen discusses predator population reduction as a possible intervention. 2005 000000002020-05-01-0000May Brian Tomasik first begins to think about animal welfare after reading essays by Peter Singer.[18] 2005 000000002020-07-01-0000July Brian Tomasik reads Bernard E. Rollin's Animal Rights & Human Morality, which introduces zir to the possibility of insect sentience.[18] He writes, "I was completely startled to realize this possibility and spent the next several minutes contemplating how much suffering the world would contain if this were true. The spider's webs in my basement began to take on a new, horrible significance." 2005 000000002020-10-17-0000October 17 Brian Tomasik writes a letter to Peter Singer, asking zir whether he thinks insects are sentient and whether they experience a net-negative balance of suffering over happiness.[18] 2005 000000002020-06-01-0000June Brian Tomasik hears about and reads David Pearce's Hedonistic Imperative.[18] He writes, "This piece helped me see how bad suffering was and may have been one of the last straws helping me see that life in the wild was far below hedonic zero on average, especially when the pain of death was taken into account." 2006 000000002020-06-01-0000June Publication Brian Tomasik's collection of essays on utilitarianism is first posted to zirs website at utilitarian-essays.com.[19] 2006 (summer) Publication Brian Tomasik writes "Calculations Regarding Wild-Animal Suffering".[20] 2006 000000002020-12-01-0000December Community Seth Baum starts a utilitarian community blog Felicifia.com.[21] He had previously had a personal blog under the same name. Wild-animal suffering would become a popular topic of discussion on the site and its successor forum Felicifia.org.[22] 2006 000000002020-04-29-0000April 29 Publication Matthew Clarke and Yew-Kwang Ng publish an article analyzing a kangaroo cull from the perspective of welfare biology.[23] 2006 000000002020-07-01-0000July Publication Brian Tomasik writes "The Predominance of Wild-Animal Suffering over Happiness: An Open Problem".[24] 2008 (early) Oscar Horta writes to Brian Tomasik to cite one of zirs articles. Horta and Tomasik agreed that wild-animal welfare was important, and Horta began to discuss it with zirs Spanish / Latin American friends.[18] 2009 000000002020-04-01-0000April Publication Brian Tomasik publishes "Do Bugs Feel Pain?".[25] 2009 000000002020-06-04-0000June 4 Publication Brian Tomasik publishes "Caring about Animal Suffering".[26] 2009 000000002020-07-01-0000July Publication Brian Tomasik writes the first version of zirs article "The Importance of Wild-Animal Suffering".[27] 2009 Publication David Pearce publishes "Reprogramming Predators".[28] The post receives criticism from ScienceBlogs.[29] 2009 December 25 Community Brian Tomasik starts the Felicifia thread "How Best to Encourage Concern for Wild Animals?".[30] 2010 000000002020-03-02-0000March 2 Community Felicifia member spindoctor starts the thread "Lobby group for wild animal suffering?".[31] 2010 000000002020-05-10-0000May 10 Community Brian Tomasik considers forming an organization to promote concern for wild-animal suffering, and solicits advice on Felicifia.[32] 2010 000000002020-04-19-0000April 19 Community Brian Tomasik creates the Facebook group "Most of the world's animal suffering occurs in the wild".[33][18] 2010 000000002020-09-15-0000September 15 Project The domain name animal-ethics.org is registered.[34] 2010 000000002020-09-19-0000September 19 Publication Jeff McMahan's piece "The Meat Eaters" is published in the New York Times.[35][36] He argues in favor of intervention in nature, and specifically reducing predation. 2010 Publication Philosopher Oscar Horta's article "Debunking the idyllic view of natural processes" is published.[37] 2012 August Project Animal Charity Evaluator is founded, initially, during the first year, under the name Effective Animal Activism (EAA). It is founded by Eitan Fischer as part of the 80,000 Hours organization. Right from the beginning, Animal Charity Evaluator recognizes RWAS as a high-priority cause area.[38][39][40][41] 2012 000000002020-10-30-0000October 30 Publication Brian Tomasik publishes "Medicine vs. Deep Ecology", which responds to the argument that we should not intervene in nature because ecosystems are complex systems.[42] 2012 000000002020-05-24-0000May 24 Community The Facebook group is renamed to "Reducing Wild-Animal Suffering" following a poll.[43] 2013 000000002020-06-24-0000June 24 Publication Brian Tomasik publishes "Ideas for Volunteering to Reduce Wild-Animal Suffering".[44] 2013 000000002020-06-24-0000June 24 Publication Brian Tomasik publishes "Applied Welfare Biology and Why Wild-Animal Advocates Should Focus on Not Spreading Nature".[45] 2013 000000002020-09-04-0000September 4 Publication Brian Tomasik publishes "Intention-Based Moral Reactions Distort Intuitions about Wild Animals".[46] 2013 000000002020-11-01-0000November? Publication Brian Tomasik publishes "Crop Cultivation and Wild Animals".[47] 2013 000000002020-12-03-0000December 3 Presentation Adriano Mannino and Ruairí Donnelly give a talk on wild-animal suffering at the University of Zurich.[48][49] 2013 000000002020-12-15-0000December 15 Publication Brian Tomasik publishes "Does the Animal-Rights Movement Encourage Wilderness Preservation?".[50] 2013 Project Sentience Politics, an "anti-speciesist political think-tank", is founded as a subdivision of the Effective Altruism Foundation.[51] One of the issues originally considered by the project is wild-animal suffering. 2013 Project Animal Ethics is registered as a 501(c)3 non-profit.[52] 2014 000000002020-01-19-0000January 19 Project The first (non-placeholder) Wayback Machine snapshot of Animal Ethics is from this date.[53] Wild-animal suffering is one of their focus areas. Leah McKelvie and Oscar Horta are two of its three founders.[54] 2014 000000002020-07-08-0000July 8 Publication The Wikipedia article "Wild animal suffering" is published.[55] 2015 000000002020-02-03-0000February 3 Publication Brian Tomasik publishes "The Importance of Insect Suffering".[56] 2015 000000002020-02-01-0000February Podcast Brian Tomasik is interviewed about wild-animal suffering on the podcast The Reality Check.[57][58] 2015 000000002020-03-05-0000March 5 Project Animal Ethics announces its first Essay Prize on suffering in nature and intervention, with a reward of $1,500.[59] 2015 000000002020-04-12-0000April 12 Publication Brian Tomasik publishes "Why Vegans Should Care About Wild Animal Suffering" on the website Reasonable Vegan.[60] 2015 000000002020-05-01-0000May 1 Publication Magnus Vinding publishes the e-book "Speciesism: Why It Is Wrong and the Implications of Rejecting It". It argues that reducing wild-animal suffering is a moral imperative.[61] 2015 000000002020-05-01-0000May The philosophy journal Relations: Beyond Anthropocentrism publishes a special double volume on the ethics of wild-animal suffering and intervention in nature, edited by Animal Ethics staff.[62] 2015 000000002020-09-01-0000September Publication Simon Knutsson publishes "How Good or Bad Is the Life of an Insect?".[63] 2015 000000002020-10-31-0000October 31 Community The /r/wildanimalsuffering subreddit is created.[64] 2015 000000002020-11-05-0000November 5 Project The domain name utility.farm is registered.[65] 2015 000000002020-11-28-0000November 28 Publication Brian Tomasik publishes "Estimating Aggregate Wild-Animal Suffering from Reproductive Age and Births per Female".[66] 2015 000000002020-12-14-0000December 14 Publication Vox publishes an article by Jacy Reese arguing in favor of reducing wild-animal suffering.[67][68] This prompts critical responses from Motherboard and the National Audubon Society.[69][70] 2015 000000002020-12-26-0000December 26 Publication Brian Tomasik publishes "How Wild-Caught Fishing Affects Wild-Animal Suffering".[71] 2015 000000002020-12-01-0000December Project Animal Charity Evaluators announces that Animal Ethics is one of their standout charities.[72] They would maintain that status until November 2017.[73] 2016 000000002020-02-01-0000February Publication Brian Tomasik publishes "How Painful Is Death from Starvation or Dehydration?". 2016 000000002020-03-15-0000March 15 Publication Catia Faria submits zir PhD thesis "Animal Ethics Goes Wild: The Problem of Wild Animal Suffering and Intervention in Nature".[74] 2016 000000002020-03-20-0000March 20 Publication Magnus Vinding publishes the e-book "The Speciesism of Leaving Nature Alone, and the Theoretical Case for “Wildlife Anti-Natalism”".[75] 2016 000000002020-03-23-0000March 23 Project Animal Ethics announces that none of the submissions to its Essay Prize met the standards they expected, and the prize was not awarded. However, they gave a $1,500 grant to the author of the best paper, Meera Inglis from the Department of Politics of the University of Sheffield, to continue zir research on invasive species.[76] 2016 000000002020-04-22-0000April 22 Publication Michael Dickens publishes the blog post "The Myth that Reducing Wild Animal Suffering Is Intractable".[77] 2016 000000002020-05-09-0000May 9 Publication The article "The ethics of wild animal suffering" by Ole Martin Moen is published.[78] 2016 000000002020-05-01-0000May Publication Sentience Politics publishes the policy paper "Reducing suffering among invertebrates such as insects" by Simon Knutsson.[79] 2016 000000002020-06-01-0000June Project The Foundational Research Institute publishes research plans announcing that it is "greatly increasing research on wild-animal suffering".[80] However, this never came to pass and WAS is not a focus area of FRI as of July 2019. 2016 000000002020-08-25-0000August 25 Publication Michael Dickens publishes the blog post "Why the Open Philanthropy Project Should Prioritize Wild Animal Suffering".[81] 2016 000000002020-09-01-0000September 1 Publication Phillipp Ryf submits zirs Master's Thesis "Environmental Ethics: The Case of Wild Animals".[82] 2016 000000002020-09-05-0000September 5 Publication Animal Charity Evaluators publishes the results of an exploratory (n=612) Mechanical Turk study. The study is about the effects of vegan advocacy on attitudes towards wild-animal suffering. ACE claims that the results suggest that environmental messaging makes people less supportive of intervention. On the other hand, the post assuages WAS advocates' concerns that animal rights messaging does so.[83] 2016 000000002020-09-01-0000September Presentation Stijn Bruers and Stefan Torges give talks about wild-animal suffering at the 2016 International Animal Rights Conference.[84][85] 2016 000000002020-11-15-0000November 15 Presentation Peter Singer gives a talk on wild-animal suffering at the Princeton Environmental Institute.[86] 2016 000000002020-11-19-0000November 19 Project Animal Ethics announces its second Essay Prize on suffering in nature and intervention, with a reward of $1,500.[87] 2016 000000002020-11-25-0000November 25 Publication Michael Plant writes a blog post critiquing arguments for the claim that wild animals experience net suffering.[88] Brian Tomasik responds on zirs blog.[89] 2017 000000002020-04-05-0000April 5 Publication Animal Charity Evaluators publishes another survey on animal advocacy messaging and attitudes towards wild-animal suffering.[90] 2017 000000002020-04-22-0000April 22 Project Utility Farm publishes its first article, arguing for "An Ethic of Intervention" with regard to wild-animal suffering.[91] 2017 000000002020-04-26-0000April 26 Project Utility Farm announces its 2017 essay contest with a top prize of $1,500.[92] The contest received no quality submissions, and the prize was not awarded.[93] 2017 000000002020-04-01-0000April Funding Lewis Bollard of Open Philanthropy Project allocates $30K from the animal welfare EA Fund to the Effective Altruism Foundation's research of wild-animal suffering, stating that He is impressed with their work but is unsure how tractable it will be. He also cites internal changes at EAF that left WAS research with no funding.[94] 2017 000000002020-05-03-0000May 3 Community Evan Gaensbauer creates the Facebook group "Wild Animal Welfare Project Discussion" as part of a larger attempt to build networks for new EA causes.[95] 2017 000000002020-06-01-0000June Project Wild-Animal Suffering Research is split off from Sentience Politics as a separate organization under the Effective Altruism Foundation. Sentience Politics shifts gears to focus exclusively on political campaigns in Switzerland, and gains independence from EAF.[96][97] 2017 000000002020-06-01-0000June 1 Project The domain name was-research.org is registered.[98] 2017 June 2 Project Sentience Institute is founded.[99]" 2017 June 2 Publication Sentience Institute publishes "Summary of Evidence for Foundational Questions in Effective Animal Advocacy" which contains a lot of information on RWAS outreach.[100] 2017 000000002020-06-10-0000June 10 Publication Utility Farm publishes "Keep (Known) Space Neutral" by Abraham Rowe.[101] 2017 000000002020-06-11-0000June 11 Publication Utility Farm publishes "When Caring For Pets And Service Animals, Keep Other Animals In Mind" by Ari Benjamin.[102] 2017 000000002020-06-29-0000June 29 Publication Wild-Animal Suffering Research publishes "An Analysis of Lethal Methods of Wild Animal Population Control: Vertebrates" by Persis Eskander.[103] 2017 000000002020-07-05-0000July 5 Publication Brian Tomasik publishes "Which Stimuli Are Painful to Invertebrates?".[104] 2017 000000002020-07-11-0000July 11 Publication Wild-Animal Suffering Research publishes "An Analysis of Lethal Methods of Wild Animal Population Control: Invertebrates" by Persis Eskander.[105] 2017 000000002020-07-12-0000July 12 Publication Wild-Animal Suffering Research publishes "Euthanizing Elderly Elephants: An Impact Analysis" by Ozy Brennan.[106] 2017 000000002020-07-13-0000July 13 Publication Utility Farm publishes "Study: Effective Communication Strategies For Addressing Wild Animal Suffering" by Briana Schulzetenberg and Abraham Rowe, which found that WAS materials describing humans as "stewards of" or "participants in" nature were more effective than materials describing humans as "intervening" in nature.[107] 2017 000000002020-10-04-0000October 4 Publication Wild-Animal Suffering Research publishes the blog post "We Have No Idea If There Are Cost-Effective Interventions Into Wild-Animal Suffering" by Ozy Brennan.[108] 2017 000000002020-10-12-0000October 12 Publication Wild-Animal Suffering Research publishes the blog post "Infant Mortality and the Argument from Life History" by Ozy Brennan.[109] 2017 000000002020-10-18-0000October 18 Project Utility Farm publishes "Reviewing 2017 and Looking to 2018" by Abraham Rowe.[110] 2017 000000002020-11-10-0000November 10 Publication Wild-Animal Suffering Research publishes "“Fit and Happy”: How Do We Measure Wild-Animal Suffering?" by Ozy Brennan.[111] 2017 000000002020-11-22-0000November 22 Publication Wild-Animal Suffering Research publishes "Parasite Load and Disease in Wild Animals" by Georgia Ray.[112] 2017 000000002020-11-25-0000November 25 Publication Wild-Animal Suffering Research publishes the blog post "Creating Welfare Biology: A Research Proposal" by Ozy Brennan.[113] 2017 000000002020-11-01-0000November Funding Lewis Bollard of Open Philanthropy Project allocates $50K from the animal welfare EA Fund to Wild-Animal Suffering Research.[114] 2017 (fall) Project Rebecca Raible is awarded a £4,710 grant from the Centre for Effective Altruism to research WAS intervention ideas and write an overview of wild-animal suffering.[115] 2017 000000002020-12-27-0000December 27 Publication Animal Ethics announces the winner of its second Essay Prize, "Life-fates: meaningful categories to estimate animal suffering in the wild" by Brazilian scientists Wladimir J. Alonso and Cynthia Schuck-Paim.[116] 2017 September Project effectivethesis.com is launched. They create a section recommending theses on RWAS which is provided from suggestions by Wild-Animal Suffering Research and Efektivni Altruismus.[117] 2017 Funding "[ACE's Animal Advocacy Research Fund awards] funding to Persis Eskander (Wild-Animal Suffering Research) for this project. This research will examine the agricultural practices that harm vertebrate wild animals."[118] 2018 000000002020-01-19-0000January 19 Publication Wild-Animal Suffering Research publishes the blog post "Invertebrate Sentience: Urgent But Understudied" by Georgia Ray.[119] 2018 000000002020-01-24-0000January 24 Publication Utility Farm publishes "Seven Broad Rules for Effective Discussions of Participation Ethics" by Abraham Rowe.[120] 2018 000000002020-02-12-0000February 12 Publication The article "Wild animal suffering is intractable" by Nicolas Delon and Duncan Purves is published (online first).[121] 2018 000000002020-02-13-0000February 13 Publication Animal Charity Evaluators publishes the blog post "To reduce wild animal suffering we need to find out if the cause area is tractable" by Persis Eskander.[122] 2018 000000002020-02-16-0000February 16 Publication Animal Ethics publishes their 2018 strategic plan, which includes initiating "the development of welfare biology in academia with some biologists and animal welfare scientists beginning to work in this field ".[123] 2018 000000002020-02-23-0000February 23 Publication Wild-Animal Suffering Research publishes the blog post "Are seafood substitutes good for wild fish?" by Georgia Ray.[124] 2018 000000002020-03-23-0000March 23 Project Utility Farm announces the launch of Nature Ethics, a wild animal suffering outreach project.[125] 2018 000000002020-03-01-0000March Funding Lewis Bollard allocates $100K to Wild-Animal Suffering Research via the EA Funds.[126] 2018 000000002020-04-14-0000April 14 Podcast Persis Eskander of Wild-Animal Suffering Research is interviewed about wild-animal suffering on the animal rights podcast Our Hen House.[127] 2018 000000002020-04-30-0000April 30 Publication Animal Ethics publishes a bibliography of wild-animal suffering.[128] 2018 000000002020-04-01-0000April Publication Les Cahiers antispécistes publishes a volume devoted to wild-animal suffering.[129] 2018 000000002020-05-01-0000May Publication Les Cahiers antispécistes publishes a book entitled "Éliminer les animaux pour leur bien: promenade chez les réducteurs de la souffrance dans la nature" (Eliminate animals for their own good: walk among the reducers of suffering in nature) by Estiva Reus. The book critiques the wild-animal suffering movement.[130] 2018 000000002020-06-10-0000June 10 Presentation EA Global 2018 takes place in San Francisco. Persis Eskander of WASR gives a talk about "Crucial Considerations in Wild-Animal Suffering".[131][132] Ozy Brennan (WASR), Persis Eskander (WASR), Kieran Greig (ACE), and Abraham Rowe (Utility Farm) participate in a panel on "Strategic Movement Building for Wild-Animal Suffering".[133][134] There is also a meetup for people interested in the topic.[135] 2018 000000002020-06-01-0000June Funding Lewis Bollard allocates $70K to Animal Ethics, $40K to Utility Farm, and $30K to Wild-Animal Suffering Research via the EA Funds. He notes that all three organizations have converged around the strategy of building an academic field of wild-animal suffering, but have different approaches.[136] 2018 September 4 Publication Persis Eskander from Wild-Animal Suffering Research publishes "An Introduction to Human Appropriation of Net Primary Productivity".[137] 2018 September 9 Publication Ozy Brennan from Wild-Animal Suffering Research publishes "Intervention Report: Feeding Wildlife As A Means of Promoting Welfare".[138] 2018 October 18 Publication Animal Ethics publishes "Research projects in welfare biology".[139] 2018 October 28 Publication Denis Drescher publishes "Wild Animal Suffering Research Ideas 2019".[140] 2018 December 19 Publication Animal Ethics publishes "Welfare biology research: Vaccination of animals in the wild".[141] 2018 December 20 Publication Ozy Brennan from Wild-Animal Suffering Research publishes "Intervention Report: Wildlife Contraception".[142] 2018 December 22 Publication Rethink Priorities publishes "Detecting Morally Significant Pain in Nonhumans: Some Philosophical Difficulties".[143] 2018 (winter) Publication Oscar Horta publishes "Concern for Wild Animal Suffering and Environmental Ethics: What Are the Limits of the Disagreement?".[144] 2018 000000002020-12-30-0000December 30 Funding The EA Animal Welfare Fund management team (Lewis Bollard, Natalie Cargill, Toni Adleberg, and Jamie Spurgeon) grants $20,000 from the EA Animal Welfare Fund to Utility Farm. Also, they grant $75,000 to Rethink Priorities, whose research agenda within animal welfare includes assessment of work on wild animal welfare.[145] 2019 000000002020-01-25-0000January 25 Project Wild-Animal Suffering Research and Utility Farm merge to form the Wild Animal Initiative.[146] 2019 February 5 Publication Johan Lindsjö, Katarina Cvek, Elin M. F. Spangenberg, Johan N. G. Olsson, and Margareta Stéen publish "The Dividing Line Between Wildlife Research and Management—Implications for Animal Welfare".[147] 2019 February 27 Publication Animal Ethics publishes "Welfare biology research: Sexual competition".[148] 2019 April 12 Funding Animal Ethics grants an undisclosed amount to Elisabeth Dimitras to study wild animals admitted to sanctuaries and rescue centers (wild animal rehabilitation centers) in Greece. The project aims to analyze data from rehabilitation centers to figure out "reasons for admission, mortality rates, cause of death by age and sex, how this varies over time, and the outcomes of the animals after treatment".[149] 2019 April 15 Publication Robert Wiblin interviews Persis Eskander on the 80,000 Hours podcast about "Animals in the wild often suffer a great deal. What, if anything, should we do about that?".[150] 2019 April 21 Funding ACE's Effective Animal Advocacy Fund grants US$44,000 to Animal Ethics.[151][152] 2019 000000002020-03-06-0000March 6 Funding The EA Animal Welfare Fund management team (Lewis Bollard, Natalie Cargill, Toni Adleberg, and Jamie Spurgeon) grants $50,000 from the EA Animal Welfare Fund to Wild Animal Initiative. Also, they grant $80,000 to Rethink Priorities, whose research agenda includes research into wild animal welfare.[153] 2019 June 7 Publication Rethink Priorities publishes "Life history classification", "Insect herbivores, life history and wild animal welfare".[154] 2019 June 9 Publication Rethink Priorities publishes a series of articles on invertebrate sentience.[155] 2019 June 14 Publication Rethink Priorities publishes "What Do Unconscious Processes in Humans Tell Us About Sentience?".[156] 2019 July 1 Publication Animal Ethics publishes a new article about how fireworks harm nonhuman animals of all sizes.[157] 2019 April Project Wild Animal Initiative launches Wildness, a podcast on wild animal ethics.[158] 2019 January Project Wild Animal Initiative launches The Compassionate Cat Grant aiming "to gather information on cat predation education at the rescue organization level and draw conclusions regarding the effect of advocacy efforts on the welfare of wild animals".[159] 2019 Funding ACE's Animal Advocacy Research Fund awards funding "to Oscar Horta and Maria Salazar (Animal Ethics) for this study. The purpose of this research project is to explore how to establish an expert field of research on wild animal welfare."[160] 2019 Funding "[ACE's Animal Advocacy Research Fund awards] funding to Oscar Horta (Animal Ethics) for this project. The purpose of this project is to gain insight into the lines of research on wild animal suffering most likely to be accepted by and appealing to biologists and animal welfare scientists and students."[161] The initial version of the timeline was written by User:Louis. In July 2019, User:Mati Roy reviewed the whole timeline and added notable events since mid-2018. It took zir about 6 hours. Formatting of sources was outsourced [more info to come]. The work was live-streamed here: [1], [2], [3]. [Funding information to come.] Tomasik articles that I, User:Louis, didn't bother to add so far New Nature Ethics articles New WASR articles ACE Research Funding Horta articles Other academic philosophy articles, perhaps, depending on relevance There should be stuff between Mill and Singer? Buddhists? Relevant pieces of WAS art (?) Popularity of RWAS (?) (ie. Google Trends, WAS FB group members, etc.) Table of total money went to charity working on RWAS (see Google Sheet Total Money and Grants -- edit access public). Feedback can be written in the Discussion page, and the relevant user(s) can be tagged. Groups where it was shared Timelines Wiki Facebook Group on Timelines Wiki Reddit group on Wild Animal Suffering Facebook Group on Reducing Wild-Animal Suffering Timeline of animal welfare and rights Timeline of effective altruism Timeline of Foundational Research Institute Timeline of the environmentalist movement Wild animal welfare: a bibliography Publications about wild animal suffering ↑ Schopenhauer, Arthur (1851). On the Sufferings of the World. Archived from the original on 2018-07-20. The pleasure in this world, it has been said, outweighs the pain; or, at any rate, there is an even balance between the two. If the reader wishes to see shortly whether this statement is true, let zir compare the respective feelings of two animals, one of which is engaged in eating the other. ↑ Murray, Michael (April 30, 2011). Nature Red in Tooth and Claw: Theism and the Problem of Animal Suffering. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199596324. ↑ "Letter 2814 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 22 May [1860]". Archived from the original on 2018-07-21. With respect to the theological view of the question; this is always painful to me.— I am bewildered.— I had no intention to write atheistically. But I own that I cannot see, as plainly as others do, & as I [should] wish to do, evidence of design & beneficence on all sides of us. There seems to me too much misery in the world. I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent & omnipotent God would have designedly created the Ichneumonidæ with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of caterpillars, or that a cat should play with mice. ↑ JS Mill. On Nature. ↑ Singer, Peter (June 14, 1973). "Food for Thought". The New York Review of Books. Archived from the original on 2018-05-09. ↑ Clark, Stephen R. L. (1979). "The Rights of Wild Things" (PDF). Inquiry. Routledge. 22 (1-4): 171–188. doi:10.1080/00201747908601871. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-07-22. It has been argued that if non‐human animals had rights we should be obliged to defend them against predators. I contend that this either does not follow, follows in the abstract but not in practice, or is not absurd. We should defend non‐humans against large or unusual dangers, when we can, but should not claim so much authority as to regulate all the relationships of wild things. ↑ Callicott, J. Baird (1980). "Animal Liberation: A Triangular Affair" (PDF). Environmental Ethics. 2 (4): 311–338. doi:10.5840/enviroethics19802424. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-04-09. ↑ Sagoff, Mark (1984). "Animal Liberation and Environmental Ethics: Bad Marriage, Quick Divorce". Osgode Hall Law Journal. 22 (2): 297–307. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. ↑ Sapontzis, Steve F. (1984). "Predation". Ethics and Animals. 5 (2). ISSN 0197-9094. doi:10.15368/ea.1984v5n2.1. Archived from the original on 2018-07-12. ↑ Naess, Arne (1991). "Should We Try to Relieve Clear Cases of Suffering in Nature?" (PDF). Pan Ecology. 6: 1–5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-11-20. ↑ Olivier, David (June 1993). "Pourquoi je ne suis pas écologiste" [Why I am not an environmentalist]. Les Cahiers antispécistes (in français). 7. Archived from the original on 2017-10-16. ↑ Ng, Yew-Kwang (1995). "Towards Welfare Biology: Evolutionary Economics of Animal Consciousness and Suffering" (PDF). Biology and Philosophy. 10 (3): 255–285. doi:10.1007/BF00852469. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-06-22. ↑ Pearce, David (1995). The Hedonistic Imperative. hedweb.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-27. ↑ Olivier, David; Bonnardel, Yves (December 1996). "Éditorial". Les Cahiers antispécistes (in français). 14. Archived from the original on 2018-07-21. ↑ Bonnardel, Yves (December 1996). "Contre l'apartheid des espèces" [Against the apartheid of species]. Les Cahiers antispécistes (in français). 14. Archived from the original on 2017-10-03. ↑ Olivier, David (April 1999). "Contribution au débat à la maison de l'écologie" [Contribution to the debate at the Maison de l’Écologie]. Les Cahiers antispécistes (in français). 17. Archived from the original on 2018-01-02. ↑ Cowen, Tyler (2003). "Policing Nature" (PDF). Environment Ethics. 25 (2): 169–182. doi:10.5840/enviroethics200325231. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-03-17. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 Tomasik, Brian (10 August 2012). "How I Started Writing about Wild-Animal Suffering". Essays on Reducing Suffering. Archived from the original on 2018-07-21. ↑ "Utilitarian Essays". web.archive.org. 2006-12-22. Retrieved 2019-07-20. ↑ Tomasik, Brian (2006). "Calculations Regarding Wild-Animal Suffering" (PDF). A Collection of Essays on Utilitarianism. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-04-12. ↑ "Felificia Blog Post List". Utilitarianism Wiki. Archived from the original on 2018-07-16. ↑ "Google search results for wild animal suffering on Felicifia". google.com. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. ↑ Clarke, Matthew; Ng, Yew-Kwang (29 April 2006). "Population Dynamics and Animal Welfare: Issues Raised by the Culling of Kangaroos in Puckapunyal" (PDF). Social Choice and Welfare. 27 (2): 407–422. doi:10.1007/s00355-006-0137-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-03-17. ↑ Tomasik, Brian (August 2007). "The Predominance of Wild-Animal Suffering over Happiness: An Open Problem" (PDF). A Collection of Essays on Utilitarianism. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-07-16. ↑ Tomasik, Brian (April 2009). "Do Bugs Feel Pain?". Essays on Reducing Suffering. Archived from the original on 2018-07-05. ↑ Tomasik, Brian (4 June 2009). "Caring about Animal Suffering". Archived from the original on 2017-12-06. ↑ Tomasik, Brian (July 2009). "The Importance of Wild-Animal Suffering". Foundational Research Institute. Archived from the original on 2018-07-05. ↑ https://www.hedweb.com/abolitionist-project/reprogramming-predators.html ↑ http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2009/08/28/predatory-animals-are-bad/ ↑ "How Best to Encourage Concern for Wild Animals?". Felicifia. December 25, 2009. Archived from the original on 2016-11-06. ↑ "Lobby group for wild animal suffering?". Felicifia. March 2, 2010. Archived from the original on 2016-11-06. ↑ https://felicifia.org/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=270 ↑ "Reducing Wild-Animal Suffering – Members". Facebook. Retrieved 16 July 2018. (registration required (help)). Brian Tomasik: Created group on April 19, 2010 ↑ https://whois.domaintools.com/animal-ethics.org ↑ McMahan, Jeff (September 28, 2010). "The Meat Eaters". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-07-16. ↑ McMahan, Jeff (September 28, 2010). "Predators: A Response". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-07-16. ↑ Horta, Oscar (2010). "Debunking the Idyllic View of Natural Processes: Population Dynamics and Suffering in the Wild" (PDF). Télos. 17 (1): 73–88. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-07-16. ↑ "Welcome to Effective Animal Activism". Animal Charity Evaluators. 2012-08-17. Retrieved 2019-07-26. ↑ "History \| Animal Charity Evaluators". web.archive.org. 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2019-07-22. ↑ "Change at EAA \| Animal Charity Evaluators". web.archive.org. 2015-09-18. Retrieved 2019-07-22. ↑ "Consideration of Cause Areas". Animal Charity Evaluators. Retrieved 2019-07-22. ↑ Tomasik, Brian (30 October 2012). "Medicine vs. Deep Ecology". Essays on Reducing Suffering. Archived from the original on 2018-07-21. ↑ "Best new name for this group (and/or movement)?". Facebook — Reducing Wild-Animal Suffering. May 22, 2012. Archived from the original on 2018-07-16. ↑ Tomasik, Brian (24 June 2013). "Ideas for Volunteering to Reduce Wild-Animal Suffering". Essays on Reducing Suffering. 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__label__wiki	0.778825	0.778825	Low conviction rate spurring sexual assault cases in India: Legal experts TNN \| Dec 24, 2012, 02.42 PM IST MUMBAI: Sexual assaults on women across the country increased by 25% in the six years to 2011 and a significant contributory cause of the alarming trend, legal experts believe, was the low conviction rate in rape cases. According to data collated by the National Crime Records Bureau, 19,348 instances of rape were recorded in India in 2006. By the year 2008, the figure rose to 21,467, and by the year 2011, it was 24,206. This 25% rise in six years, legal experts assert, assumes more disturbing shades, given the poor conviction rate in sexual assault cases. Last year, across India, the police filed chargesheets in nearly 94% of the incidents of rape but, separately, convictions were achieved in just 25% of the rape cases pending before courts. Compared to this, the police filed chargesheets in 85% of murder cases and convictions were realized in 40% of such trials before the judiciary. This considerable variation puzzles legal eagles. They point out that the filing of a chargesheet means the police have thoroughly investigated a crime; it also signifies that law-enforcers have a prima facie case, with strong evidence, to establish that the accused person committed the offence. Why is it then, lawyers ask, that the police case so often falls apart when the trial starts in court? How are teams of defence lawyers so frequently able to punch holes in police contentions, eventually securing freedom for their clients? “The police must ensure that they file the chargesheet as far as possible within the stipulated time limit of 90 days. Equally importantly, they should ensure that the evidence, gathered scientifically, is incontestable,” said human rights lawyer Mihir Desai. In Mumbai, a Right to Information Act (RTI) query revealed that between 2001 and 2010 there were approximately 400 unsolved murder cases and around 115 unsolved cases of sexual assault. Activist Jeetendra Ghadge, who filed the RTI application, said, “The main problem is that, due to the abysmal conviction rates, there is no fear of law among criminals. A recent example of this was the sexual assault on a Spanish expatriate in the city. The accused there was out on bail for 10 different crimes involving break-ins.” When cases are not solved over a prolonged period, Ghadge said, the police can close them by filing ‘A’ summary reports. But when they make such a decision in a rape case, he continued, cops forget that they are deepening the trauma of thevictim and leaving multitudes of women exposed to the unidentified sexual assaulter. Women’s activist and lawyer Flavia Agnes said her NGO Majlis has undertaken a study of rape cases in Mumbai and will soon compile data on convictions and acquittals. “The aim of the study is to examine actual cases that were tried, identifythe loopholes in the system and find ways to plug them. This would help the prosecution in conducting better trials in future,” explained Agnes. “The data and material gathered so far shows a very low conviction rate in rape cases.” In Maharashtra, the overall conviction rate stood at less than 9% in 2011. For this too, legal experts blame the poor coordination between the police machinery and prosecutors. In an effort to bring in some change, the state government set up a committee two years ago. The panel recommended weekly meetings between police officers and prosecutors during investigations and later monthly meetings between senior policemen and prosecutors. The idea, unfortunately for the state, is yet to take root. Terrible shame for society damaging the cause The low conviction rate in rape cases is owed to several reasons, primary among them being police ineptness. Lawyers say the men in khaki often fail to collect evidence properly, enfeebling the prosecution’s case in court: Forensic evidence is vital in rape trials. That is why rules unambiguously state the procedures for evidence collection and analysis. Police are mandated to follow a process for custody and storage of samples of vaginal swabs, skin and other agents—but they seldom do. This disregard of rules causes trouble for the prosecution and frequently leads to acquittal of the accused Police do not get the victim’s medical examination conducted in time. The delay leads to flawed results and erasure of cogent evidence, such as presence of semen. Chargesheets are often filed late despite the 90-day deadline. To curb this trend, lawyers say, errant cops should be suspended and punished if they fail to provide suitable reasons for the delay. Given the frequent bungling by cops, legal eagles suggest appointment of special prosecutors for rape trials to ensure that the evidence gathered by policemen in such cases is incontestable and incontrovertible. Trial courts are occasionally faced with a peculiar situation. As the trial gets drawn out due to judicial backlog, the victim’s statement at times slightly diverges from that recorded in the FIR or before a magistrate. Lawyers recommend fasttracking rape trials—even establishment of a 60-day deadline—to avert this setback and to ensure that the victim’s trauma is not played out in court for a prolonged period. A major requirement in cases of sexual assault is sensitivity. Victims have to recount the trauma in court (even in an in-camera trial) for the judge. That is why, experts insist, it is imperative that prosecutors handle the victims with extreme sensitivity.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409925
__label__wiki	0.72951	0.72951	Aegon Pro Series All posts tagged Aegon Pro Series 2015 Glasgow Challenger Day 3 Report: Bemelmans fends off Pavlasek, Naomi Broady advances Posted by Admin on February 4, 2015 Posted in: Aegon GB Pro Series, ATP Challenger, Glasgow, ITF, Niall Clarke, On Site. Tagged: 2015 ATP Challenger, 2015 Glasgow Challenger, 2015 Glasgow ITF, 2015 ITF, 2015 ITF women's, Adam Pavlasek, Aegon GB Pro Series, Aegon LTA, Aegon Pro Series, Alexander Nedovyesov, Andrej Martin, atp challenger, atp challenger tour, Brit LTA, British LTA, Chloe Paquet, Conny Perrin, Dan Cox, Daniel Cox, David Guez, Edward Corrie, GB Pro Series, GB Tennis, Glasgow, Glasgow Challenger, Glasgow ITF, Glasgow Tennis, Isabelle Wallace, itf, ITF Women's, Kristyna Pliskova, LTA, LTA Tennis, Maryna Zanevska, Matteo Viola, Matwe Middlekoop, Michal Przysiezny, Naomi Broady, Peter Torebko, Ruben Bemelmans, Scotland, Scotland Tennis, Scottish Tennis, Scottish Tennis Championships, Tara Moore, Tennis Scotland, Ysaline Bonaventure. Another cold day in Glasgow meant another day of tennis for me to enjoy. Despite the freezing temperature outside, there was a lot of hot action in the Scotstoun leisure centre today. Firstly I went to court 4 to see our own Conny Perrin take on the number five seed Ysaline Bonaventure. It was a fairly hot tempered affair, which contrasted nicely to the weather. Bonaventure’s lefty serve and flat groundstrokes were enough to see her take the lead in the opening set, but at 5-3 the Belgian failed to serve it out. Perrin tried to use her variety to wrestle control from her opponent, but soon enough the Swiss found herself a set down. Bonaventure continued that momentum in the second set securing an early break whilst her coach cheered her on next to me. Both players were very much amped up during the match. Both players threw their rackets to the floor in frustration, and had words with the umpire about questionable line calls. Bonaventure however managed to keep her cool enough to serve out the match. 6-3,6-4 being the final result to the Belgian who was a bit too powerful for Perrin. Speaking after the match Perrin told me that it was a ‘difficult’ match and that Bonaventure adapted well to everything she tried. Conny also told me that the courts are playing very slow, so it was difficult to hit through her opponent. Next up was the number one seed in the mens singles Alexsandr Nedovyesov vs Peter Torebko of Germany. The Kazakh’s possessed the bigger weapons, but he was also wildly inconsistent. The German had his own struggles on serve, with his percentage being 35 for the whole match. There were plenty of breaks in this one, as both players struggled to really get a grip on serve, the most significant example coming at the end of the first set. Nedovyesov served for the set but couldn’t convert, and then in a reverse of fortunes Torebko had his chance to serve for it at 6-5, but the German also failed to close out the set. Therefore we were treated to a tiebreaker, which was largely dominated by the Kazakh, who’s forehand and ability at the net proved too much for his opponent. Tempers flared during the match with both men getting visually frustrated because they couldn’t hold on to serve and build an advantage. In the end Nedovyesov gained the upper-hand and earned the chance to serve for the match. In what became the familiar theme in this match, the top seed struggled closing it out, but In the end he got the job done to take the match 7-6,6-4. It was back to the women’s for my second viewing of young Brit Isabelle Wallace. The 17 year old however fell easily to fellow qualifier Chloe Paquet 6-1,6-1. A big lesson for the young Brit. I stuck around to see an all British clash as third seed Naomi Broady faced Tara Moore in the women’s singles. The big serving Broady raced into a 5-1 lead in the opening set, and was looking like she was going to run away with the match. Moore had other plans however, and she battled back to get the score to 5-3 before eventually losing the set. The second went pretty much the same, with Broady’s aggressiveness getting the better of her more defensive opponent. The third seed raced into a 5-2 lead and a chance to serve out the match. What proceeded was by far the longest game of the match as match points and break points came and went like the sun in Britain. Broady remained strong enough to seal the match 6-3,6-2, but it wasn’t as easy as the scoreline suggests. Speaking post match Broady said: “Tara is a really good player, and we know each other’s game really well. So when it gets down to the last few points and you know you are close, you start over thinking it a little bit. She also had nothing to lose in the end, so she decided to go for her shots a little more and it made it difficult for me” Broady made the main draw at Wimbledon in 2014, making it to round two before being defeated by Caroline Wozniacki. She spoke of her experience: “It was amazing. Caroline is the same age as me, and I have known her since juniors, and she’s such a great player, so I was happy we had a reasonably competitive match. I managed to play on court 1 too which was incredible, as I had the home fans behind me. Most players think Wimbledon is the best grand slam, but it’s a bit more special for the British players.” The final men’s singles match on court six was an interesting match between Adam Pavlasek and Ruben Bemelmans. Pavlasek competed in the Hopman cup for the Czech Republic, and Bemelmans competed in the Australian Open, losing to Ivo Karlovic in the first round. The Czech was under pressure in his first service game, but he pulled through and broke his Belgian opponent in the next game. Pavlasek held serve for the rest of the set to secure it 6-3. You got the sense that Bemelmans was working his way into the match more and more as the first set went along, and in the second set he started to turn the match around in his favour. The Belgian took it 6-3 with some impressive shots helping him level the score. Pavlasek however didn’t let losing the lead get to him, because he soon re-established it in the third set; breaking Bemelmans to love at 2-1. The Czech held out to serve for the match, but Bemelmans kept fighting and soon found himself level on the scoreboard. It was only a few games later when the turnaround was complete, as he took the third set 7-5 to complete the closest encounter I have witnessed this week. Whilst Pavlasek and Bemelmans were going at it on court 6, an upset was brewing on court eight. Number two seed, Michal Przysiezny was in the top 100 a year ago, but 12 months on, he has found himself losing in the opening round of a challenger event. France’s David Guez came from behind to defeat the Pole 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 in what looked like a thrilling encounter. Other results in the men’s singles included Britain’s Daniel Cox beating Matwe Middelkoop in straight sets, 6-4,6-1. Axel Michon also finds himself in the second round after Yan Marti retired from a set and two breaks down. There were also wins for Julian Reister, Niels Desein and Jonathan Eysseric. In the women’s, there were victories for top seed Maryna Zanevska and number two seed Kristyna Pliskova. I’ll be back for my final day in Glasgow, hoping for some more great tennis. 2015 Glasgow Challenger Day 2 Report: Home Brits Including Marcus Willis Score Round 1 Win Posted in: Aegon GB Pro Series, ATP Challenger, Glasgow, ITF, Niall Clarke, On Site. Tagged: 2015 ATP Challenger, 2015 Glasgow Challenger, 2015 Glasgow ITF, 2015 ITF, 2015 ITF women's, Aegon GB Pro Series, Aegon LTA, Aegon Pro Series, Alex Ward, Alexander Ward, Alice Matteucci, Andrea Arnaboldi, Andrej Martin, atp challenger, atp challenger tour, Brit LTA, British LTA, Daniel Smethurst, Ed Corrie, Edward Corrie, Ewan Moore, GB Pro Series, GB Tennis, Glasgow, Glasgow Challenger, Glasgow ITF, Glasgow Tennis, Isabelle Wallace, itf, ITF Women's, Josef Kovalik, Louk Sourensen, LTA, LTA Tennis, Marcus Willis, Matteo Viola, Maxime Authom, Nils Langer, Pedja Krstin, Pirmin Haenle, Roberto Mancora, Scotland, Scotland Tennis, Scottish Tennis, Scottish Tennis Championships, Tennis Scotland, Tristan Lamasine. 2015 Glasgow Challenger Day 2 Report: Home Brits Including Marcus Willis Score Round 1 Wins Due to travel I missed the first day of the Glasgow event, on the Aegon GB Pro Series but I am here for days two, three and four. The first match on the main court was a women’s singles qualifying match between Alice Matteucci [ITA] and Isabelle Wallace [GBR]. The 17 year old Brit is ranked 683 in the world, over 200 places behind her 18 year old opponent. However it was Wallace that came out firing as she held to 15 and broke her opponent the next game. Matteucci seemed to be struggling with serve, hitting 3 double faults on her way to being broken. The Italian called a medical time out at the end of the game and unfortunately retired 2 points later. A rather disappointing way to start the tennis day. After getting a brief look at some of the womens talent on display, it was time for the first mens singles match of the day. The number 4 seed Andrej Martin faced Germany’s Nils Langer. Both players struggled on serve in the first set, serving below 50% and hitting a combined 8 double faults. Martin missed his opportunity to serve at the first set a 5-4, but it didn’t matter in the end as he the Slovak dominated the tiebreak to take the first set 7-6. There were some absorbing rallies, and good all court play from both players but ultimately the world number 185 was too strong. Martin breaks Langer to take the match in straight sets. My attention soon turned to court 8 as the match between eighth seed Matteo Viola, and British qualifier Marcus Willis was about to begin. Willis has defeated Daniel Evans to qualify for the event, so he was coming into the match in good form; and he soon showed it. Using his big serve and variety, the Brit took apart his Italian opponent in less than an hour. 6-2,6-2 was the final result, resulting in a rather tame exit for the number eight seed. As for Willis, watching this match made me wonder why Willis is ranked 357 in the world. He has certainly showed that he has the talent to be ranked a lot higher. His use of the slice, drop shot and serve were particularly impressive today. Whilst Willis was busy defeating Viola, another Brit took to the court on number six. Roughly 100 places separate Daniel Smethurst and Andrea Arnaboldi in the rankings, but that didn’t matter to the British wildcard. The match was as tight as you can get, but Smethurst managed to squeak the lead, 7-5. The Brit’s ability to come to the net effectively was causing the fifth seed problems, but Arnaboldi seemingly found a way to counter it. The Italian broke to serve for the set, but the Smethurst remained headstrong and broke back to make it 5-4. The set seemed destined for a tiebreaker at this point, and that’s what we got. Smethurst got the early mini-break and raced ahead to a 6-1 lead. Arnaboldi was game enough to save three match points, but at 6-4, Smethurst delivered an un-returnable serve to seal the match. The good fortune of the British players continued. There was a guarantee that another British player would advance to the second round as an all British clash was next on court 6. Edward Corrie faced Alexander Ward in what turned out to be on of the more one sided matches of the afternoon. Ward came out of the blocks firing serves like Ivo Karlovic, but it wasn’t too long before Corrie took control of the match. 100 places separated them in the rankings, and it certainly showed as Corrie tightened his grip on the match with his more aggressive play. The world 243 broke to win the first set, and early in the 2nd set on his way to sealing a comfortable 6-3,6-3 victory. The last British hopeful was a local player named Ewan Moore. He faced Italian Roberto Mancora, who is ranked 233 in the world. It was all too easy for Mancora as he raced to a straight sets win in under an hour. In other results, Maxime Authom straight setted Ireland’s Louk Sorensen for the loss of two games. Tristan Lamasine dispatched his qualifier opponent, Pirmin Haenle in straight sets 6-2,7-6. Finally in the only three setter of the day, Pedja Krstin came from a set down to beat higher ranked opponent Jozef Kovalik 3-6,6-3,6-3. The action will continue tomorrow with the rest of the ATP challenger first round matches, and the start of the ITF women’s singles main draw featuring Tennis Atlantic’s own, Conny Perrin. 2015 Dallas-1, Burnie and Glasgow Challenger Previews & Predictions Posted in: ATP, ATP Challenger, Chris De Waard, USTA Pro Circuit. Tagged: 2015, 2015 Aegon GB Pro Series Glasgow, 2015 Burnie Challenger, 2015 Burnie International, 2015 Dallas Challenger, 2015 Dallas-1 Challenger, 2015 Glasgow Challenger, 2015 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas, Adam Pavlasek, Aegon GB Pro Series, Aegon Pro Series, Agustin Velotti, atp, ATP Challenger 2015, atp challenger tour, Burnie, Burnie Challenger, Burnie International, challenger, dallas, Dallas Challenger, Dallas Challenger 1, Denys Molchanov, GB Pro Series, Glasgow, Glasgow Challenger, Hyeon Chung, James Duckworth, Match Fixing, picks, predictions, previews, Radu Albot, RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas, rhyne williams, Ruben Bemelmans, Ryan Harrison, Teymuraz Gabashvili, Tim Puetz, tim smyczek, usta, usta pro circuit. Chris De Waard, Tennis Atlantic A full on hardcourt schedule this week, spread all over the world in the States, Australia and Scotland. The RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas 2015 Dallas Challenger-1 Preview Prize Money: $100,000 Seeds (ATP ranking in parentheses) 1: Mikhail Kukushkin (51) 2: Teymuraz Gabashvili (67) 3: Blaz Rola (80) 4: Tim Smyczek (112) 5: Denis Kudla (123) 6: Victor Hanescu (134) 7: Rajeev Ram (140) 8: Gastao Elias (143) The last direct acceptance is Daniel Nguyen, ranked 302nd. Mardy Fish is also back in action, playing his first tournament since August 2013, in the doubles draw together with Mark Knowles. They will play top seeds James Cerretani and James Cluskey in the first round. By the time I am writing this, a highly controversial first round encounter between Denys Molchanov and Agustin Velotti has already taken place. There is no doubt that Molchanov fixed the match. Velotti started out as the underdog, but as he LOST the first set 7-5, his odd had dropped to 1.16. Unexpectedly, Velotti went on to win the next two sets, with $900,000 getting matched on Betfair and Molchanov putting on an awful acting performance as he acted disappointed after missing some ridiculously easy shots. You can watch the entire match here and see the spectacle for yourself: http://new.livestream.com/ATP/dallas2015court1/videos/75819670 Unfortunately, I have been following match-fixing in tennis since 2007 and the offenders get away with it in pretty much every instance. All we can do is spread the word after every case and hope things will finally change, urging the ITF and their Tennis Integrity Unit to do their jobs. Well, well, well, what a lovely little fix we have here between Velotti and Molchanov. pic.twitter.com/qP0Kk11gGO — Chris de Waard (@TennisPurist) February 2, 2015 First Round Match-Up To Watch Rhyne Williams – Ryan Harrison This will be an interesting encounter between two bad boys, hotheads, whatever you want to call it. Fact is they are often their own worst enemy, losing their cool on the court and losing matches because of it. Both had a good start to the season, but immediately regressed after that. Harrison won the Happy Valley Challenger, after which he lost first rounds to Wayne Odesnik and Dennis Novikov, while Williams got through the qualifying draw of Brisbane, but lost to world #877 Sandro Ehrat in the second round of the Maui Challenger last week. The second section here is a really exciting one, with loads of interesting players having a shot to advance to the semi-final. Tim Smyczek, James McGee, Rhyne Williams, Ryan Harrison and Denis Kudla all fit that profile. Smyczek undoubtedly will be full of confidence after his showing against Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open, which also got him praise for a supreme moment of sportsmanship. There is a very good chance this will be the tournament that launches him back into the top 100 again. Bottom Half It’s hard to look past second seed Teymuraz Gabashvili here. He landed in a section with a couple of low ranked players and is projected to face #6 seed Victor Hanescu in the quarterfinal, who has been on the way back for quite some time now. In the top section Rajeev Ram and Blaz Rola are likely to battle it out for a place in the semi-final, which should be a close encounter. Semis: Smyczek d. Elias Gabashvili d. Rola Smyczek d. Gabashvili McDonald’s Burnie International Burnie, Australia Prize Money: $50,000 1: James Duckworth (120) 2: Yuichi Sugita (136) 3: Somdev Devvarman (139) 4: Hiroki Moriya (146) 5: Bradley Klahn (150) 6: John Millman (151) 7: Luke Saville (164) 8: Hyeon Chung (169) The last direct acceptance is Maverick Banes, ranked 353rd. Second round match-up to watch (8) Hyeon Chung – Radu Albot 18 year old Chung is a big prospect, who will undoubtedly crack the top 100 within a couple of years. He reached the semi-final of the Hong Kong Challenger last week, where he lost to Tatsuma Ito. With a lot of seeds going out early here in Burnie this week, he has an excellent chance to go far and crack the top 150 for the first time in his career. Top seed James Duckworth should be able to go deep in this tournament and at the very least reach the final. That could create a very big result for him, as a tournament victory would give him a top 100 position for the first time in his career. He had a great start of the year, reaching the quarterfinal of Brisbane after beating Gilles Simon and Jarkko Nieminen, plus reaching the second round at the Australian Open. In the bottom section home player Alex Bolt has an excellent opportunity to come through and face Duckworth in the semi-final. As mentioned, Hyeon Chung has a great shot at reaching the final. For that to happen he will likely have to go through the winner of last week’s Hong Kong Challenger, Kyle Edmund, in the quarterfinal and Matthew Ebden in the semi-final. Duckworth d. Bolt Chung d. Ebden Duckworth d. Chung Aegon GB Pro-Series Glasgow – The Scottish Championships 1: Aleksandr Nedovyesov (128) 2: Michal Przysiezny (170) 3: Ruben Bemelmans (173) 4: Andrej Martin (175) 5: Andrea Arnaboldi (178) 6: Julian Reister (181) 7: Tim Puetz (183) 8: Matteo Viola (190) The last direct acceptance is Yann Marti, ranked 267th. (3) Ruben Bemelmans – Adam Pavlasek Pavlasek got an opportunity to play the Hopman Cup last month, giving him some excellent practice against high ranked players like John Isner, Fabio Fognini and Vasek Pospisil. He even managed to beat Fognini, although that unfortunately isn’t really a feat these days. Bemelmans is erratic as ever, but he did well to qualify for the Australian Open, before losing in straight sets to Ivo Karlovic in the first round. Top seed Aleksandr Nedovyesov is a bit of a headcase, but if he can keep his composure this time around, it’s an excellent opportunity to reach the semi-final. The other seed in his section is Andrea Arnaboldi, who is a lot more comfortable on clay courts. In the other section, Tim Puetz should be marked a favorite to reach the semi-final. The German reached a new career high ranking of #163 after reaching the first round of the Australian Open, falling in four sets to Donald Young, and could well break the top 150 in this event. If he faces Nedovyesov that could prove to be a cracker, given they already played each other this year at the Happy Valley Challenger, with Nedovyesov winning in a third set tiebreak. Second seed Michal Przysiezny leads the pack here and should be able to reach the semi-final without getting himself into a lot of trouble. Although that of course is easier said than done, given his form in recent times, which saw him slip from inside of the top 60 to outside of the top 180 within a year. In the top section I would give Julian Reister, Adam Pavlasek and Ruben Bemelmans all a fair shot to reach the semi-final, but given the quick conditions Bemelmans has to be favored. Puetz d. Nedovyesov Bemelmans d. Przysiezny The conditions here are faster than during their Happy Valley marathon match, so this time around I would give Puetz the slight edge, who is better on faster surfaces. Bemelmans – Przysiezny is a coin toss between two of the most erratic players on tour, which at the same time makes it a highly interesting encounter to hope for. Bemelmans d. Puetz	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409934
__label__cc	0.638212	0.361788	XIX-th Century Jesuits - Redemption in the afterlife 1. “Those wolf-men emerging in the final manifestation represent that most dissembling sect which the whole world has unanimously condemned. And that this very sect and its related offshoots nearly always were the sponsors of all evil, seeking nothing less than sole domination over all the Earth, is too clear to require further comment. (From Hell to Heaven, chap. 94) DISCUSSION BETWEEN A JESUIT AND BISHOP MARTIN. -ADVICE TO A SISTER OF CHARITY WHO IS AFRAID OF HELL. (A Jesuit steps forward and says): "Noble friend, you do not appear to think much of arts and sciences, considering your dislike of the worthy Ladies of the Sacred Heart. They are the only female order that indulges in sciences and arts from early morning till late at night, and, consequently, they come closest to our order of the Society of Jesus. Dear brother and friend, you should really treat these ladies with more respect and love." Danger of ceremonies [4] When you will go to someone in My name, and he listens carefully to you, and believes also what you tell him about Me, but after accepting My teaching he does not say to you from his heart: ‘Stay with me, dear friends, and eat together with me’, then do not stay there. For I will also be scanty with My blessing to the one who is scanty with you, while you were not scanty with My Word which is of the greatest value for the life of his soul. Because faith in Me becomes alive and active by the works of love. [5] The one who will love you for the sake of My name, will also love Me, and I will love him in return, and My blessing will from then on be over him. However, the one who will hate and persecute you, will also hate and persecute Me in you. But it will be in vain that he will kick against the pricks1, and will harm himself so terribly that by these wounds he will come into the death and the ruin of his soul. [6] For the sake of My name and My Word, you should not ask for yourselves any honor or reward from no one, but the one who will dishonor you and will harden his heart against you, will do that also against Me, and I will also be like that against him. [7] What I give to you for nothing, give that also for nothing to others. But that which is offered by the love of enlightened people, accept it, and thank Me for it. For it is only My love in the heart of men who will give it to you. And thus do also not despise the smallest gift. [8] However, never seek earthly gain for the sake of My name and word, neither any worldly kingdom of worldly rulers. For firstly, My Kingdom is not of this world, and secondly, by receiving the earthly gain that you sought to receive, and having received a kingdom of this world, you would have already received the reward of life for your soul, and then you should not expect any further reward from Me from the Heavens. Images of the religion before and at the Second Coming CHAPTER 13 The swing at her corresponding image. Ceremonial religion cult and the worldly life. [1] You must have already more than once have seen such a monotonous garden airship, very well known to you by the name of 'swing'; you would also have taken part in such a repetitive journey. What have you felt when such an airship was diligently pushed to and fro by an artful taskmaster? You say: We felt anything but pleasant and when we left the vessel, we almost vomited due to the terrible swinging journey! For this reason, we also lost any desire to ever again take part in such an airborne journey. [2] I say: your description is very good and we will be able to use it very well for our purpose. Have you ever questioned yourselves what would become of such a swing if it would be brought into rapid motion by the enthusiastic pusher? You say: oh yes, then she would tip over, with the result that it fares badly with the airborne travelers. I say: good, also this tale we will be able to use very well. Give us regarding this yet a third question, namely: how far do the travelers in such an airship travel? Answer: after hours of moving to and fro, they have come so far that they get off at the same point they started out from. What kind of journey is that? Answer: An imaginary journey, for you, are in fact put in motion, but do not progress any further than the swinging length of such a ship and one would have to succumb to be even laughed at by a snail, whom, even with an incomparable slow creeping motion, would make more progress in a few hours than the full length of the swing's furthest reach. Likewise, do we see in the sphere of our hospitable friend how a multitude of people let themselves be wildly swung to and fro in great swings. Have a look: if the swing still swings with moderation, the swingers calls out to the commander: swing harder, harder! But when the swing reaches almost half a circle, all are screaming: stop, stop, otherwise the swing might top over and then we are lost! [3] Do you not yet see something in this strange image? O it stands so clear before you as a sun before the eyes! If you would just have a look at the ceremonial religious cult, you will immediately understand our image. [4] A child, born and baptized in such a ceremonial church are spiritually seen, already put in such a swing and when he lays in it, the swing is gradually put into increasing motion. Because of the motion, the person thinks that he is making heaven knows how great progress and he is going forward! At first glance can anyone see how far such a journey will go! This airship hangs between two pillars. The one means the so-called rock of faith doctrine, the other though, the necessity of state and politics. Both are planted as solidly as possible and connected by crossbeams. As such continues the journey between these two pillars and no man can move himself any further as the length of the rope onto which this meaning full airship hangs. Some swingers quickly become nauseous and jump off at the very first repose by which they can benefit. A very few leave such a transport device for good. Only those having vested interest in such a device stays in it pro forma, allows themselves for appearance's sake to be restfully pulled to and fro and praises and exalts such a device, whose movement is, according to them, exceptionally beneficial for your health. By that they also attract strangers and tell those so foolish, to get into the traveling device: would you want to fully experience the enjoyment and perfect satisfaction of such a journey, you must let yourselves be blindfolded. Since that then deceives many to go and sit in such a device blindfolded, it happens that they enthusiastically begin to call out: Yes, only now we begin to understand how much secrets are kept behind the monotony, for the going to and fro have stopped and we are flying through infinite space. This just must be a wonder! Who would ever have dreamt that there would be something so great, behind something so monotonous? About Jesuits DISCUSSION BETWEEN A JESUIT AND BISHOP MARTI. -ADVICE TO A SISTER OF CHARITY WHO IS AFRAID OF HELL. (Bishop Martin): "Why should I treat those silly, conceited females with more respect? I have shown them too much respect already! Actually, they should be sent packing for another million years until they forget their foreign languages, which might do them a lot of good. The right penance (chap.NR) "[1] All of them said: “Yes, truly most wise Lord and Master. Thus the true and perfect penance is and remains the only real cure for the soul (sacramentum), and all the rest is nothing and has no value for life. This we all can see now well and very clear. But what do You, o Lord and Master, think about the strict penance in sack and ashes? Are the sack and ashes necessary for a strict penance?” [2] I said: “These are quite as unnecessary as it was unnecessary from your side to ask Me about this, since I have already told you clearly wherein the true and for Me valuable penance of a sinner consists. What kind of sanctification can a sack and ashes offer man for his soul? A sack and ashes were instituted by the elders as symbolic images under which the right penance has to be understood, because the sack stands for the outer humility and the ashes for the true inner humility of the soul. But only the carrying of a sack and the strewing of ashes on the head has given man quite as less sanctification as fasting and castigating. Like a soldier who creeps away in a safe hole out of fright and fear for the enemy instead of courageously accepting the fight against him, will most probably not be crowned with a crown of victory. [3] For this reason: away with sack and ashes, away with castigating and fasting, and away with the sacrificing of goats, and away with all the other temple sacrifices for the forgiveness of sins, for those do not have the least of value for life for Me. However, instead of this, one should display a firm and inflexible will for a true inner improvement of life, as well as a living love for God and fellowman, and the full faith in God and His incarnation in Me, for only this sanctifies man and makes the soul strong, giving him to live entirely in My Spirit that prevails in him. [4] Remain with this, and teach it also to all other nations, then you will save Me from sending the threatened judgment over all the heathens in later times. However, you should not shudder and tremble before the people, but with a good and courageous will you should proclaim to them openly the full godly seriousness of the truth. And even if you should not be able to oppose effectively and successfully all the heathens in a short time, the pure truth will very well be able to do that in future times. Because the great judgment over the kingdom of the lie that I have announced, consists in the victory of the truth. And that will not be a different truth than what I am proclaiming to you now. Forgiveness of sins (chap. NR) "[1]. I said: “Precisely for this reason you have to proclaim the truth to the people. Whoever will accept it, will be free and blessed. However, those who will not accept it will therefore continuously remain in their sins and in the judgment and the spiritual death thereof. [2] I do not compel you to teach these truths of life to all people in a very short time, so that they also should live completely according to it. For the time being I only have given this to you in order to understand the secret of God’s Kingdom, and not also in this time to all the terrible blind people. Later however, you will meet a great number of people who will join you with all diligence and who will work together with you for the sake of the truths that I have proclaimed to you. [3] However, concerning the confession of guilt before the priests as such that was mentioned by you, as they are now they are wicked and thus completely objectionable because they do not improve the people but they only make the people to persist in their sins until their end. But I am not against it when a weak person, whose soul is sick, will voluntarily and honestly confess his weaknesses and faults to someone with a healthy soul who is stronger than him, because the healthy person who is strong of light can then out of true neighborly love easily convey to him the real way by which the soul of the weak fellowman can become stronger and healthy. Because in this way, a person can be a real savior of souls. However, I am not making a law of it, but with this I am only giving you a good advice. And whatever I am doing, do likewise and convey the truth to everyone. [4] The confession of sins alone will not purify a person from his sins, no more than when a physically sick person will be made healthy when he tells the doctor about his disease and how he has caught it, even if he does it in all sincerity. But he should listen to the advice of the doctor who is wise and has much knowledge, and then also follow the advice faithfully and avoid everything in the future that was the cause of his disease. The vanity of even the best woman "9. The disciples, however, step up to Me and say, ‘Look, what a dear woman and what a loving mother. She is now already forty-five years of age and looks as if she were hardly twenty. What great loving concern, and how her truly holy purest bosom swells with mother-love. In truth, a woman of women of all the earth.’ 10. Say I, ‘Yes, indeed, she is the First, and there will never be another like her. But it will also happen that more temples will be built to her than to me and she will be worshiped ten times more than I and people will believe to be able to attain salvation only through her. 11. Therefore, I now do not want her to be praised too much. She knows that she is the mother of My body and is also aware of who is behind this body which she has brought forth. 12. Hence be very good and nice to her, but beware of according her any divine adoration. 13. For, notwithstanding all her very best qualities, she is still a woman; and the gap from the best woman to vanity is only very narrow. 14. And any kind of vanity is a seed of pride from which has come, is still coming and will always be coming all evil into the world. Therefore, keep in mind what I have now told you also where the mother is concerned.’" (GGJ I, chap. 108) Confession of sins and remission of sins "Where the confession of sins to a priest that you touched on is concerned, it is bad and should be condemned in its present form, for it does not reform men but merely makes them persist in their sins to the end of their lives. Yet again I also am not saying anything against a person who is weak and sick of soul faithfully confessing his weaknesses and faults, so that a man who is sound and strong in the light can then, out of pure love for a fellow man, easily provide him with the true means that will help the weak man's soul to grow strong and a. In this way, one man can become another's true saviour of soul. Yet I also do not make this a law, but merely give you good advice; and whatever I do, you shall do as well, and teach the truth to everyone." (GGJ VIII 43, 4) „The best way of achieving remission of sins is no longer to commit the sins, and truly to repent of those committed in the past, to give alms to the poor for this, and forgive all one's enemies from the heart and pray for them in the spirit and in truth. For when a man repents of his sins, I, too, repent of having to punish him for them. Alms will in any way cover the greatest multitude of sins. And who forgives shall also be forgiven, and if his sins were as the sand of the sea and the grass on the ground. Those then are the only ways in which any sinner can achieve forgiveness of sins without any need for confession, and there are no others." (Himmelsgaben II p. 321 f.)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409935
__label__wiki	0.825911	0.825911	CD/DVDs Home > new music > Seeger MacColl Family, Cecil Sharp House review - keeping the folk tradition alive Seeger MacColl Family, Cecil Sharp House review - keeping the folk tradition alive \| reviews, news & interviews Seeger MacColl Family, Cecil Sharp House review - keeping the folk tradition alive Great folk clan convenes at Cecil Sharp House by Liz ThomsonFriday, 17 November 2017 A small family business: Neill MacColl, Calum MacColl and Peggy Seeger The family that sings together stays together… At least that’s true in folk music. Think of Waterson- Carthy and Seeger-MacColl. And last night at Cecil Sharp House, citadel of British folk music, Peggy Seeger and her sons Calum and Neill stepped out for a family concert. The fashions may have changed but the audience would be recognisable anywhere, and how comfortable it always feels to be among. Old friends, even if you don’t know them – though many of them knew Peggy and she them, as the stage banter proved. Singer, song-maker and activist, Seeger is 82 now but, rather like her half-brother Pete Seeger, who played on into his nineties, she seems ageless. In velvet trousers and lacy blouse topped by a quilted gilet, she looks more glamorous now – sparkling, literally, in a way she perhaps felt inappropriate when she was on the road with Ewan MacColl, her long-time partner in life and music, who probably disapproved of glamour. With her neat silver hair, she looks like any respectable grandmother – yet she, like Pete, was demonised during the years of America’s red scare. Goddamit, she toured the Soviet Union and China at the height of the Cold War! Uncle Sam was reluctant to renew her passport, though she was eventually able to return to the States, living there for a time after MacColl’s death in 1989. Her remarkable life is recounted in her recently published memoir, The First Time – its title of course taken from MacColl’s song, made into a chart hit by Roberta Flack – from which Peggy and her sons read extracts. She talked of her mother, the pioneering composer Ruth Crawford Seeger, the first woman to win a Guggenheim Fellowship, who became ethnomusicologist Charles Seeger’s second wife. Seeger family life, in New York City and Washington DC, was at the intersection of art music and folk music. Woody Guthrie, folk singer and songwriter, and Alan Lomax, folk song collector, were frequent house guests, and a black woman named Elisabeth Cotten, whom Peggy had encountered in a DC department store, visited every weekend. A musician forbidden to play once she’d married, she took down the guitar that hung on the Seeger kitchen wall and performed a song she’d written. Thus did “Freight Train” enter the public consciousness – thanks to the Seegers. “Freight Train”, and the story behind it, was among the songs contributed by Neill MacColl, his mother and brother singing along. He recalled how he’d gone to stay with Libba, as she was known, in the1970s at her home in Carolina: she’d nourished him with both music and vast helpings of chicken and dumpling stew. Calum’s solos included “Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime”. Both men began their careers in the family trade but went on to become successful musicians in their own right – as did Kirsty MacColl, their half-sister, though her life was cut tragically short. Not the least among the joys of the concert was the sense that we were all part of a great family singalong, the best sort of home entertainment, as everyone swapped songs and stories. What it emphasised was the great folk music continuum: Peggy singing songs that her mother had transcribed from Lomax, “Omi Wise” for example”; songs she herself had transcribed from cassettes sent to her for her various New City Songsters collections, including “Up in Wisconsin”; and the light-hearted song Calum sang that had been taught to him by Martin Carthy while the two men were jam-making. “Eliza was vacuuming upstairs.” Ewan was present in anecdote and in spirit, his sons affectionately recalling “our Dad” in prefatory remarks to one of his last songs, “The Joy of Living”, in which he bade farewell not only to his beloved Lakeland peaks but to his family, for “my time is almost done”. The encore was Peggy’s “Sing About These Hard Times”, written in 2003 about the 1920s but no less relevant today. While Calum played acoustic lead throughout and Neill guitar and mandolin, Peggy swapped between her treasured 1929 Martin, five-string banjo, accordion, autoharp and keyboard. 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__label__wiki	0.553909	0.553909	Home › Technique and Theory 5 Introductions 2.5K Typeface Design 417 Font Technology 812 Technique and Theory 338 Type Business 317 Type Design Critiques 424 Type Design Software 29 Punchcutting 65 Lettering and Calligraphy 41 Technique and Theory 24 Lettering Critiques 250 Typography 177 History of Typography 76 Job Postings 107 Type Releases 121 Miscellaneous News 185 About TypeDrawers 41 TypeDrawers Announcements 80 Suggestions and Bug Reports [OTVar] Axis Interaction and Literality Hrant H. Papazian Posts: 1,570 February 2017 edited November 2017 in Technique and Theory In discussing the inter-relation of axes with @Laurence Penney it struck me that there's a conundrum here that might need to be resolved sooner rather than later (although it's possible others have actually already worked through this). Consider a typeface with weight and width axes. We know that –at least conventionally– adding weight adds set width to a font, arguably to maintain apparent width. The question becomes, should a width axis then be considered "non-literal"? Because the set width would change with weight but without actually changing the position on the width axis... This is probably not intuitive in terms of user expectation, although it seems like a logical compromise for designers who have grown up on discrete weights/widths. Also, it makes it rather intractable to maintain set width (in the absence of a uniwidth toggle). I posit that in this new continuous-axis world there's another approach that might be more intuitive for users: the weight axis maintains set width; this would cause a shift in apparent width, but the width axis would become literal (as the weight axis is); a uniwidth toggle would become redundant; and any apparent-width compensation would be done manually via the width axis. Of course this gives the user more power, but also arguably a responsibility that might backfire; the type designer's expert judgement of the relation of weight and width becomes lost, and is difficult to replicate. So maybe an interface could provide a choice between Set Width and Apparent Width... OTVar Note that this issue also applies to weight versus x-height for example (where an increase in the former is suppose to cause an increase in the latter) and I guess any axis that potentially hinges on some literality. Ray Larabie Posts: 931 ...arguably to maintain apparent width. I would think literally altering weight and width axes would be a rare case. Perhaps for symbol fonts, dingbats, scientific use? When you discuss the idea of uniwidth, what do you envision the practical purpose to be? I can see how it would work in monospaced typefaces...but with proportionally spaced type, how would it be used? If I make a weight axis, it's possible to maintain even width for some letters. Like the letter H. If I maintain the advance width on the weight axis, I can change the weight of HHHHHHHHH without altering the line length. Of course, the width of the H would have to get narrower at the light end of the axis to allow for wider sidebearings* but it's possible to maintain an identical advance width for the H throughout the weight axis. But throw the letter I in the mix and you can't mainting the same advance width. A heavy I can't have the same advance width as a light I unless it's designed like a serifed monospaced I. Same goes for anything narrow like comma, period, quotes etc. * Since it's inconceivable that a weight change wouldn't alter the sidebearings, it's very unlikely that a proportionally spaced fonts contain literal width and weight axes...apart from the aforementioned monospaced and scientific uses. Laurence Penney Posts: 40 Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/hhpapazian/status/829090133064314880 The fundamental point is that variable axes in practice – whether Ikarus, Metafont, MM or GX – almost always work optically, not geometrically. In other words, it has usually been desirable, for ease of use, that a change in weight causes actual glyph widths to change, and for a change in width to cause geometric weight to change. Related… This experiment uses a font’s width axis to allow you to pull around text box handles, while the font adjusts width to suit, only using a purely geometric transformation when beyond the bounds of what the font’s axes can achieve. It feels very different, depending how far the actual characters in the box can be adjusted. Thus a string of I’s won’t do much before falling back to geometric, but a string of M’s will have a lot of leeway in the axes, before geometric. I also added a weight axis, which chooses the appropriate width axis setting to maintain the text box size. http://www.axis-praxis.org/blog/2016-11-24/10/demo-resize-textbox-with-variable-fonts Try it live with Safari Technology Preview or Webkit Nightly. Kent Lew Posts: 895 The question becomes, should a width axis then be considered "non-literal"? In the sense you’re talking about: Yes. This is probably not intuitive in terms of user expectation, Really? Are there users who expect to change the weight of a font and not have a line length change to some degree? I imagine that for those situations where users want to be able to change weight interactively and have line length stay constant, there will be secondary mechanisms and plug-ins that will calculate and manage such for you from within the provided weight/width matrix. Although the idea you keep advocating may have some value for certain designs or certain use cases, I don’t think that it is necessarily a preferable default behavior moving forward. > I would think literally altering weight and width axes would be a rare case. Isn't that what graphic designers do? Athough sure, much of it will be under-the-hood. But those designing the engine might still get confused... Uniwidth: the core benefit is that you can change the weight without affecting the bounding box / text flow, for medium/environment compensation or dynamic/flexible emphasis. The idea of "grade" does handle that, but I think it's become legacy baggage in this age of continuity; more elegant would be to separate width staticness and gain compensations. The problem with uniwidth is that beyond a range of weight it starts affecting the apparent width enough to alter the character of the face, so it should be a toggle. Or maybe not: http://typographica.org/typeface-reviews/axia/#comment-68360 > But throw the letter I in the mix and you can't mainting the same advance width. True, although you can fudge the weight and spacing up to a tolerable point, at least within a weight range; a font is a lattice of compromises anyway. But certainly uniwidth is worse for some designs; it's optional. > variable axes in practice – whether Ikarus, Metafont, MM or GX – almost always work optically, not geometrically. But people –especially designers– often have geometric expectations, at least for axes involving alignment, like width and x-height. > Are there users who expect to change the weight of a font and not have a line length change to some degree? I think the expectation that weight affects width is non-intuitive and something simply acquired through experience derived from discrete weights. I strongly suspect that over time spent with continuous axes people will become increasingly confused by the set width changing while an ostensibly-literal width axis is staring at them unchanging... I think at the very least a non-literal width axis should be called Apparent Width, to drop a hint that "it's not that simple". > there will be secondary mechanisms Why secondary? BTW, I think the calculcations would be non-trivial (and possibly non-exact)* and the type designer actually including a uniwidth option is the robust approach. Many fonts won't have that option, but the more dynamism and continuity become established the more it will become a demanded feature. * Like that Axis-Praxis demo having to iterate in a way I might describe as feverish... Maybe there should be a global toggle to link/unlink axes. John Hudson Posts: 1,688 There's no point in an interface providing that choice if a given variable font isn't designed to work that way. As Kent suggests, it might be possible for a variations display engine to interpret the font design space in a way that enabled it to maintain stroke weight in width variations, or vice versa, but a) that's not trivial and involves something between the font and the user interface, and b) there would still be limits on such a process determined by how the font has been designed and the relationship of masters in the design space. It's still, ultimately, up to the individual font. Amstelvar makes a distinction, using custom axes, between weight/width and paraweight/parawidth. I've not had time to experiment with it, but I believe this is an example of a distinction between optical and geometric. it struck me that there's a conundrum here that might need to be resolved sooner rather than later Not a conundrum; nothing to be resolved. Designing a variable font is about designing a design space. Insofar as a variable font has capabilities beyond the set of named instances constituting individual typeface designs, these subsist in the design of the design space. If variable fonts are ever going to be marketable as other than efficient packaging of multiple instance fonts in a single file, font makers will need to create useful and innovative design spaces (presuming, of course, someone else is creating useful and innovative user interfaces to access those design spaces). The design space is the product. Constraining the meaning of axes—even common, registered axes—to specific design approaches means constraining the design space. Font makers would inevitably want to break such constraints, so rather than encouraging a proliferation of non-standard and incompatible custom axes to bypass the constraints, I think it makes sense to impose as few constraints as possible up front. So the relationship between weight and width axes should not be presumed to be either optical or geometric, as a rule, but should rather be a choice in the creation of the design space of particular fonts. There are designs and uses for which an optical relationship makes sense — many such, since this is by far the common model of typeface design —, and designs and uses for which it makes sense to impose a linear, geometric relationship. Either can be expressed in a variable font design space; if your brain work's like David Berlow's, maybe both can be expressed in the same design space (it does my head in). There is, of course, an argument to be made for standardisation, for defining at the specification level what the relationship between axes should be. It's the same argument that has existed since the beginning of casting moveable type in metal, and that finds expression in ideas around redefining type size in terms of x-height, or matching CSS weight classes to actual stem weights. In my experience, it's an argument that can't cope with the variety of design, especially not across the variety of global writing systems. There may well be font makers who decide to build all their variable fonts in a particular way, to constrain their design approaches to those methods, and they will be able to market that consistency as a feature of the design spaces of their fonts. There will be other font makers, perhaps dealing with different scripts, or simply with novel kinds of design, for whom those methods are either inapplicable of simply not appealing. And as William Blake observed, one law for the lion and the ox is oppression. > There's no point in an interface providing that choice if a given variable font isn't designed to work that way. Agreed. But since I think many of them will be, we should be prepared to address this. I will look closer at Amstelvar. Suffice it so say that looking closer does seem to be required... Type designers get it, but a user looking at an unchanging continuous "Width" while the set width changes is most probably a problem (and related to why that Axis-Praxis demo has to work hard –and never to exactitude– behind the scenes). I guess it's the classic balancing act between convenience and education. > Constraining the meaning of axes—even common, registered axes—to specific design approaches Not design approaches, but user expectation. Design is for users. Demanding that users understand the non-literality of Width seems dogmatic. > I think it makes sense to impose as few constraints as possible up front. That's a good argument. Then I would say the concept of "standard axis" is problematic, and designers should name their particular axes judiciously. To be clear, I certainly don't mean that axis naming should constrain design. Demanding that users understand the non-literality of Width seems dogmatic. Given that 550+ years of typographic text has overwhelmingly involved optical interaction of weight and width, as a responsibility of the typeface maker, it would seem to me at least as dogmatic and distinctly less viable to demand that users become responsible for adjusting these as entirely independent variation vectors. There's a lot of presumed knowledge and experience in such a responsibility: the knowledge and experience that type designers spend years developing. I would say the concept of "standard axis" is problematic Think it through. Standard axes provide a means for fonts to interoperate with well-established functionality in applications, CSS, etc.. Rob McKaughan Posts: 39 In a nutshell, Laurence had it right when he wrote: The fundamental point is that variable axes in practice – whether Ikarus, Metafont, MM or GX – almost always work optically, not geometrically. It also doesn't help that he OpenType spec's definition of width is incomplete. (more on that below). Forgetting variable fonts for the moment, we have a number of longstanding conventions and expectations in typography. It's reasonable to expect that two bits of text set in the same weight, but different widths (e.g. a headline deck), should still have the same typographic color across them. It's also conventional for typeface to add/remove width as they add or remove weight. (And, duplexed bolds are another convention). These are all things that folks are used to and thus changes in typesetting specs have predictable results. And we hope to have the same predictability with variable fonts. If I choose a particular weight, then all text set in that weight should have the same typographic color, regardless of how the width, optical, wonkiness, serifness, formality, and other axes are set. Or, if I've got a layout that takes advantage of optical size throughout, but decide to reduce the widths dynamically (to fit in portrait mode on a phone), then the relationships of weight, optical size, etc should remain consistent through that transformation. So, pragmatically, it's easier to have these adjustments focus on the optical results rather than the mathematical / geometric results. It also makes it easier to have automatic layout adjustments (like the width one I mentioned above). Ultimately, it's the optical impact to the reader that matters. We could keep everything mathematically pure, but I don't think anyone's figured out how to map geometric/mathematic adjustments to optical impact (if they had, it'd make type design soooo much easier - you could auto-generate an entire typeface family from a base skeleton). Coming back to the width axis: the problem is the OpenType specification's definition of coordinates for the width axis is incomplete. It defines width coordinates relative to the normal width (which is defined at the discretion of the type designer), but it doesn't say what's going on with the other axes in the font. Values can be interpreted as a percentage of whatever the font designer considers “normal” for that font design. A more complete definition would be something like this: Values can be interpreted as a percentage of whatever the font designer considers “normal” for that font design, with all other axes values held constant. This means that if you have a Bold Display with a width of 1.0, and another with a width of 0.5, both these instances would, typographically and optically, have the same apparent width and optical size. This makes the effects of a change along one dimension feel typographically constant in other dimensions. E.g. if I changed the size (thus optical style) of those two instances, they would still feel the same weight and relative width (one being half as wide as the other). Another way you could define it would be as follows: Values can be interpreted as a percentage of whatever the font designer considers “normal” for that font design, with all other axes values set to their default value. This gives us the more geometric interpretation. If you change the weight, the linear width must remain constant because the width coordinate refers not to the "normal" for the given weight, but the "normal" of the regular weight, no matter what weight you're actually using. There are a number of difficulties with this. First off, it gives you no way to find the conventional bold for a font - i.e. one where the width naturally is a little wider for the weight (just like my beltline). There's no way for the type designer to tell the user, without further file format architecture, what he or she considers the natural light/bold from the regular. And, you need a more sophisticated user who knows how to adjust both those knobs in unison. But consider optical size: given this, if I have an optical size axis, then as the size goes up, optical size changes get applied - except one of the most important ones: width. If you want to get the full benefit of optical size in this model, you'd need to move size, width, and weight in concert. And again, there's no way for the type designer to express their design intent of how those knobs should move. And, it would be impossible to have automatic optical size as there's no way for the operating system to know what the right weight and width adjustment are for size for a given typeface design. By defining width relative to normal, with everything held constant (my first definition above), it makes the results of a given change relative, which makes it easy to preserve typographic continuity. It also gives the type designer full control over how she/he believes weight, width, optical size, (and any other axis) should move together. It also makes automatic adjustments like optical size easier to implement. (apologies for the long-winded reply. I someday I will learn brevity). Thomas Phinney Posts: 1,725 Rob, I'm probably just missing something because I am tired, but couldn't/shouldn't your first option also allow for the meaning of a 1.0 width to vary with optical size, just as it varies with weight? Peter Constable Posts: 161 The intent for defining the width axis was to build on existing practice, and add potential for algorithmic operations to fit text. In regard to existing practice, if a (non-variable) family of fonts have (say) weight and width variants, such as "Condensed" and "Condensed Bold" and "Condensed Black", a given string at a given text size might have the same line length when formatted with each of these fonts, but very often they would not. The implication is that width, as an axis of design variation, is not necessarily the only axis of design variation that affects the horizontal metrics of glyphs or strings. In regard to algorithms for fitting text, the thinking was that if the length of a given string at a given text size when formatted with a variant having a wdth axis value of (say) 0.81 would generally be roughly 90% of the length when formatted with a variant having a wdth axis value of 0.9 -- other axis values remaining constant -- then that could be used as a starting heuristic for automatically selecting a new wdth value to format text to achieve a desired line length, allowing lots of interesting possibilities. The definition for the wdth axis given in the OT spec basically assumed that the first was a given, since that is how most type designers had already been doing things, in practice for years. So, it was written with a focus on the later -- ability to predict a string length relative to a known length for a particular width value. But that also left out an element that was, in fact assumed, something that Rob called out above: "with other axis values held constant". I think it would be good to add wording along that line to the definition in a future update of the OT spec. Bhikkhu Pesala Posts: 208 I forget the font name now, but I came across a font that was designed to have the same line length for regular and bold. This has a distinct advantage in that applying bold to some text does not alter the text flow. The Gotham type face has this feature (at least for tabular figures), which is another good reason for not increasing the advance width to accommodate changes in weight. Sabon is another type face that is designed in this way. Deleted Account Posts: 739 I am delighted to see a turn toward the road to a better spec. The Linotype machine version of Sabon was designed that way, because of the duplexing of designs on the same set of matrices. The foundry version, for handsetting, was not designed this way. Photo and digital type versions were based on the Linotype machine version, except for Jean François Porchez's Sabon Next, which went back to Tschichold's design for the foundry version and removed the artefacts of duplexing. There are specific situations in which retaining widths while increasing or decreasing weight is desirable, and many in which it is not. It is also something that only certain designs can accommodate, and something that some of the world's writing systems handle better than others. Hebrew square script, for example, handles it very well, since weight is mostly gained vertically. South Indian scripts with sequential horizontal bowls do not, especially in sans-like designs with low stroke modulation. Again, this is all design-specific, all font-specific. There's simply too much variety in the shape sets of the world's writing systems and in the creativity of type designers to force a single rule about the relationship of weight and width variations. Thomas Phinney said: Yes. By making the design relative to the normal "with all other axes constant", you can have a 1.0 width and vary optical size and have the appropriate width changes take place that are typically built into optical styles (or natural weights). I.e. the normal width is not fixed at a single value, but varies across the design space, as the designer chooses, along the line/plane/volume of width=1.0. E.g. normal width (1.0) for Display is different than for Caption. If you use the other definition ("with all other axes set to default values"), then a run of text must remain the same length while you vary optical size or weight. That's why I like the first better. Bhikkhu Pesala said: There certainly can be useful benefits for designing fonts this way. But that doesn't mean that all fonts should or will be designed that way. And it also doesn't mean that the way that the wdth axis is defined in the OpenType spec should impose that as an expected constraint on how that axis is used. Peter Constable said: And it also doesn't mean that the way that the width axis is defined in the OpenType spec should impose that as an expected constraint on how that axis is used. I was not suggesting that it should, just that there might be good reasons for having an option to lock the axis, as there is an option to lock the aspect ratio in drawing programs. It's tempting (indeed, it has been suggested in previous discussions regarding a possible grades axis), but I don't think one can escape the fact that in order for such an option to work well it needs to be taken into account during the type design process, at which point one would do better to implement static width control within the design space. I don't see value in an option to lock axes that are not designed to be locked. Dave Crossland Posts: 1,049 John Hudson said: It's tempting (indeed, it has been suggested in previous discussions regarding a possible grades axis), Those discussions are now no longer theoretical now that https://github.com/TypeNetwork/fb-Amstelvar provides a font with a grades axis. but I don't think one can escape the fact that in order for such an option to work well it needs to be taken into account during the type design process, at which point one would do better to implement static width control within the design space. I don't see value in an option to lock axes that are not designed to be locked. Now that we have Amstelvar, how does one go about registering axes? There's an ad hoc group looking at grades. What David's done in Amstelvar is both interesting and very clever, but we're not sure how far it works as a model for more typical families, for variable fonts derived from existing font sources not built in that way, or for designers who don't think the way David does. At the moment, it's not clear that the kinds of variation that might occur in a family with grades is sufficiently similar to be standardised as a registered axis. Nor is it clear what higher level layout and output technologies could plug into a grade axis, and to what end. In reporting on how the Poynter grades are used, for example, Tobias identified at least three different scenarios, none of them obviously automatable in terms of selecting an appropriate grade. So it's possible that grades are not in fact a suitable axis for registration. cf. my response to your query re. 'privileged' axes, in which I talk about the uses and implications of registration (and suggest a documentation repository for custom axes, which perhaps Google would like to host?). Is grade the same thing as an optical gain. I'm not sure what it's called but I've had to do it for a couple of clients. Let's say you have a medium weight that's displayed light on a dark background on television. But sometimes you need display dark on light without changing the apparent weight... like a selection highlight. When I've done it, it was similar to a stroke effect, a generally fattening up or lightening that doesn't affect metrics. Is that what grade is? There's an ad hoc group looking at grades. Who is part of this privy council? How does one follow its discussions? How does one contribute to those discussions? Ray Larabie said: Who is part of this privy council? It's not a privy council, it's an ad hoc group made up of people with experience of making font families including grades, and people who wrote the fvar and stat table specifications in OT 1.8. It's exploratory, looking at whether there actually is enough commonality in implementation of grades to establish a common scale for a registered axis and whether such a registration would be useful. If it looks feasible, the process would then go to the group working on the OT specification, which is indeed a privy council. Is grade the same thing as an optical gain. Maybe. Can be. Obviously not. The only common definition of grade that I've been able to come up with is 'A variation of a typeface in which one or more aspects of the design are systematically modified across the whole glyph set without affecting advance widths'. Use of grades has tended to involve output conditions: variations for different presses, different papers, even humidity levels in the printing plant. But Tobias Frere-Jones also reported that some customers had preferred a particular grade of Poynter simply because their newspaper traditionally had fairly heavy type. I'd also conceived of optical gain for reversed text as a use case for a grade axis, but then Erik van Blokland suggested that optical gain might be independent of grade adjustments for particular output. Now I am wondering whether there is, in fact, enough commonality for a single grade axis, or if we would be better with a number of grade-like axes—i.e. not affecting advance widths—with specific kinds of design variation. It's not a privy council, it's an ad hoc group made up of people with experience of making font families including grades, and people who wrote the fvar and stat table specifications in OT 1.8. Where does this ad hoc group discuss these things? I would like to follow the conversation the group working on the OT specification, which is indeed a privy council. I would like to join that group too Dave, you should probably contact Behdad and Sascha. I don't know how Google internally decides whom to have as representatives.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409949
__label__wiki	0.693088	0.693088	Home / HEADLINES / INDIA / DGP pulls up cops over spurt in crime in Lucknow Lucknow, Sep 25 (IANS) Rattled by the spate of murders in the state capital, Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) O. P. Singh has asked the police officials to pull up their socks or face the consequences.The DGP summoned Lucknow police offic... DGP pulls up cops over spurt in crime in Lucknow Lucknow, Sep 25 (udaipur kiran) Rattled by the spate of murders in the state capital, Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) O. P. Singh has asked the police officials to pull up their socks or face the consequences. The DGP summoned Lucknow police officials — from Station House Officers (SHOs) to Superintendents of Police (SPs) and the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) — on Tuesday evening and sought an explanation for the sudden spurt in crime. The Lucknow police could not explain its strategy to check use of illegal weapons and also the entry of illegal firearms into the state capital. The DGP, according to sources, has asked the police to draw up a plan to curb the use of unlicensed weapons. He warned police station in-charges to work out pending cases of murders within 10 days else they will be transferred out of Lucknow. DGP Singh, in the 90-minute meeting, asked the police to co-ordinate with the district administration for the same and ensure verification of licensed arms. Police sources said that most of the shooting incidents in the city have been the fallout of personal enmity or property dispute, but the use of sophisticated weapons such as the .30-bore pistol has set off alarm bells. The top cop was reportedly furious over the manner in which a property dealer was shot dead in Mohanlalganj on September 16 or a snack vendor was killed in Cantonment on September 21. He also expressed his displeasure at the manner in which a city law college issue in Chinhat was being addressed by police. Before winding up the meeting, the SSP was asked to draft a plan to curb sale of illegal firearms and ammunition. He was directed to orchestrate surprise inspection at arms stores by forming teams comprising DSPs and city magistrates. The city is also likely to get 110 additional patrol vehicles for better vigil. The DGP later said: “They have been directed to speed up the investigation into these cases and put a control on the country-made pistols, which are being used in these cases. They have been asked to coordinate with the district magistrate and run a campaign around this. I believe, in the coming two months, situations will improve.” –udaipur kiran amita/dpb Previous: Treason case against Musharraf to be heard daily Next: ICICI Pru MF introduces Commodities Fund Ministry of HRD to partner with Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs for Online Youth Parliament Programme to commemorate 70th anniversary of Indian Constitution Over 600 school children to take part in cultural programme during Republic Day Parade 2020	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409950
__label__cc	0.702591	0.297409	36(ish) Hours to Eat in Saskatoon Tourism Saskatoon For years I’d been hearing about the burgeoning food scene in the City of Saskatoon. “It’s so good. You’ve got to try the restaurants there,” I heard, repeatedly! So when I got the opportunity, I did just that. From Edmonton, Saskatoon is a quick 5-hour drive or 1-hour flight. It’s an easy trip for weekend eats and after the 36(ish) hours we spent there, I’m happy to report that everything I’d been told about Saskatoon’s food offerings in these recent years, are soooo right. Below are highlights of where my husband Mike and I ate during our whirlwind, food-focused Saskatooning trip to Toontown! Park Cafe Stepping into the Park Cafe & Diner will take you back to a simpler time. There are retro metal counter stools, vinyl seats, old signs, posters and other kitschy memorabilia from the ’50s & ’60s that line the walls, along with old photos of Saskatoon! Here you’ll have a comforting, home-cooked breakfast. If you’re a fan of eggs benedicts, try their Benny, Murphy & The Boys. As straight-up and classic an eggs benny can be. Also enjoyed at our table: the Bridge Party (two pieces of French toast with hashbrowns and your choice of bacon, ham, or sausage) and the Bacon Lover’s Breakfast (featuring, you guessed it… different types of bacon with eggs, hashbrowns and toast). Satisfying yolkporn-aficionados everywhere, our lunch at The Odd Couple, an Asian-inspired eatery run by a father-son duo (they’re the odd couple!), was amazing. The Bacon Fried Rice is a must-order, featuring maple-glazed cherry wood smoked bacon, house-made Chinese BBQ pork and a delightfully runny sunny side egg over rice (it’s one of many dishes on the menu topped with runny eggs. Delicious!) If you’re a fan of Old Fashioneds, you’ve got to try the “Odd Fashioned” here— a sweet twist on a classic, featuring fresh squeezed Mandarin orange juice. For dessert we shared the Hong Kong-style egg waffle with rum caramelized bananas (yaaas), grilled pineapple and ice cream. Brought to Saskatoonians (is that what the people of Saskatoon are called?) by the Grassroots Restaurant Group, Sticks and Stones is part of the same family as Ayden Kitchen & Bar and Little Grouse on the Prairie. All three of these restaurants have some pretty solid reputation in Saskatoon’s dining scene (the “you’ve got to try the restaurants in Saskatoon!” comments I get are typically followed by recommendations for these three spots). Led by chef Dale MacKay, who won Top Chef Canada’s inaugural season in 2011 (and who you could probably argue helped bring a lot of attention to Saskatoon’s food scene), Sticks and Stones is another pretty Asian-inspired spot with a menu that ranges form ramen to rolls, steamed buns to fried chicken. Highlights from our meal: the braised pork belly steamed buns with lettuce and mayo (to. die. for.) and the spicy Korean Fried Chicken. The YXE rolls (because, when in YXE, how can you not not get rolls called YXE?) were also delicious– featuring smoked trout, crispy trout skin, avocado, cucumber and puffed wild rice. I also slurped up the Spicy Ramen broth, which had a lot of Korean chili and kimchi flavours. Sticks and Stones serves up some great cocktails too. Something fun they did when they opened April 2017, was give out a few special “keys” that if later presented, would unlock a special cocktail menu. People who got the keys were encouraged to pass on the keys to someone else after they used it so you never know who’s going to pop in with a key to unlock the special menu, which describes drinks as riddles so the surprise continues even after you order your drink. Pretty fun idea. Baba’s Perogies It’s not the trendiest spot in Saskatoon but it is one of the tastiest (and that’s really most important!) Baba’s Perogies’ claim to fame is perhaps three-fold: They make a killer mushroom dill dip. Their hand-pinched perogies are actually made by real Ukrainian babas. And they are home to what they believe (and we’ll take their word for it) is the world’s only drive-thru perogy restaurant! Cool, right? Drive up, order the Super Combo (5 perogies, 2 cabbage rolls, and 1 smokie), and enjoy! All meals a Baba’s Homestyle Perogies also include a dollop of sour cream, real bacon bits and fried onions. YUM! Three Treasures Cool. Hip. Weird. Chill. These are just a few words to describe the vibe at Three Treasures Tonics & Elixirs. This tiny spot in the heart of downtown Saskatoon serves up elixirs, tonics, herbal remedies, superfoods and teas that are all meant to be very good for you. There are said to be three primary energies in the human body and in nature: Jing (essence), Qi (vitality– and pronounced like “chee”), and Shen (spirit). To attain true health and happiness, people should value, nourish, and protect these three treasures. Those three things are the Three Treasures this place is named after! I absolutely LOVED my “Hello Gorgeous” elixir, which is described as a Supreme Beauty Tonic that “cultivates beauty from the inside out.” Featuring reishi tea, pearl powder, longan fruit (yum!), tremella, tocotrienols, rose water, rose petals, coconut butter, beet root powder, honey, himalayan pink salt and vanilla, this $10 tonic was tasty and good for me. Why aren’t elixirs and tonics part of more people’s day? The Hollows Located in the lovely Riversdale neighbourhood of Saskatoon (a topic of another Saskatooning blog post I’ll be writing!), The Hollows is another local hot spot we visited for brunch. If you show up 10 minutes after they open—that’s too late, there will be a line-up for a table, it’s that popular! The Hollows is about butchering, brining, curing, and smoking their meats in house. They’re also all about whole animal butchery – trying to use all parts of the animal, which is also a theme at their other local (and very popular) restaurant Primal. Something funny about The Hollows is that it’s located in what was an old Chinese restaurant in Saskatoon’s historic Golden Dragon building. When they moved in, they didn’t change the decor! So it still looks and feels very much like a Chinese restaurant (lanterns and all), even though the food is far from it. I loved the Pork Jowls (cured and smoked pork cheeks) I had with my brunch (though wasn’t as much a fan of the oats underneath). Mike loved their Breakfast Poutine (there isn’t a breakfast poutine anywhere that we wouldn’t order!) and their Chicken & Waffles was also delicious. What became the theme of all the places we ate in Saskatoon, and also evident here at The Hollows, was our desire to return to try even more dishes! Black Fox Farm & Distillery A short drive outside of town took us to the Black Fox Farm & Distillery, home of the World’s Best Gin (their oaked gin won the title!) and the cutest dog ever (Gladys!!!) Black Fox is one of the few farm-to-still distilleries in North America. Founders John and Barb were grain farmers turned distillers and they grow 90% of what is used in their products, from honey to berries to pumpkin flowers. Other neat things we learned about Black Fox: they put on a lot of festivals throughout the year (mark your calendar for the Gin Festival which takes place in June!) and they really care about their environmental impact. They actually reuse nearly 95% of their water and also put their spent grains and fruit back into the fields as fertilizer! Come for a tasting, come for a tour. This was a great ‘drink’ stop on our eating adventure. Mike even went home with their cucumber gin (Black Fox Gin #7)! Does anyone else giggle at the thought of getting dessert at a place called Calories? In our final hours in Saskatoon, we indulged in dessert at Calories, a staple of Saskatoon’s popular Broadway district for more than 30 years. You can’t make a visit to Saskatoon without having Saskatoon berries so my sweet treat was their Saskatoon Berry Lemon Yogurt Cheesecake! Calories is not only a bakery though; they do a lot of farm-to-fork cuisine, building great relationships with local growers and suppliers. Chefs here love to forage for their ingredients, and menus change seasonally! They also feature the work of local artists in their space. When we went, there were love letters everywhere—part of a love letters art project. So. It’s safe to say we got a pretty great sample of what Saskatoon’s food scene has to offer—so much so that I’m already trying to find a weekend this summer where we can come back. There are so many places we weren’t able to visit (36ish hours is simply not enough time to spend in Saskatoon!) but we were so impressed with what we were able to try, and so excited to return. Follow @lindork on Twitter Follow @lindork on Instagram “Like” Lindork – Linda Hoang on Facebook Visit www.linda-hoang.com The Top 10 Attractions in Manitoba Regina’s Many Heritage Walking Tours	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409954
__label__wiki	0.670723	0.670723	John and Julie Tucker Family History Name Jonathan Tucker Born 17 Jul 1816 Liddington, Swindon, Wiltshire, England [1, 2] Christened 25 Aug 1816 All Saints, Liddington, Wiltshire, England [3] At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. Census 1851 Liddington Wick, Wiltshire, England [4] Jonathon was living with his mother Hannah Tucker (n. Clarridge) 1851 Census taken at Liddington, Wiltshire, England On the day of the census it shows Hannah Tucker and her son Jonathan in number 82 Liddingtonwick and Edmund Tucker (Hannah's son), his wife Rebecca and children William, Martha, Rosehannah and John living next door in number 83 Liddingtonwick. Census 1861 Lechlade Road Faringdon, Berkshire [5] Jonathan and Catherine (Kitty) Tucker and Family - Johnathan Occupation Agricultural Labourer. 1861 Census of England and Wales - Faringdon, Berkshire - Jonathan and Catherine (Kitty) Tucker and Family Jonathan and Kitty Tucker and family were residing at Lechlade Road, Faringdon, Berkshire. Jonathan's occupation is listed as Agricultural Labourer Transcription - 1861 Census of England and Wales - Faringdon, Berkshire - Jonathan and Catherine (Kitty) Tucker See attached Transcription Occupation 1861 Lechlade Road, Faringdon, Berkshire, England [6] see attached 1861 Census of England and Wales - Berkshire Census 1871 9 Wellington Place, Faringdon, Berkshire, England [7] Jonathan, Catherine, William, Charles and Emily Tucker 1871 Census of England and Wales - Faringdon, Berkshire Transcript 1871 Census of England and Wales - Faringdon, Berkshire Jonathan, Catherine, William, Charles, Emily Tucker Occupation 1871 9 Wellington Place, Faringdon, Berkshire [8] Agricultural Labourer Died 1880 Faringdon, Berkshire, England [9] Death Record for Jonathan Tucker in the District of Faringdon, Berkshire, England. Jonathan Tucker, district Faringdon, Registered January - March 1880, Volume 2C Page 0198 Transcription of Death Registration of Jonathan Tucker Jonathan Tucker, district Faringdon, Registered January - March 1880, Volume 2c, Page 0198 Census 1881 Cottage, Coate Road, Chiseldon, Wiltshire, England [10] Jonathan Tucker aged 65 Occupation Agricultural Labourer living in a Cottage on Coate Road Chisledon, Wiltshire, England Occupation 1881 Coate Road, Chesledon, Wiltshire, England [11] Jonathan Tucker was employed as a Agricultural Labourer Person ID I0183 Tucker Family Tree \| The descendants of James Tucker Father William Tucker, b. 1772, Wanborough, Wiltshire, England , d. 1834, Liddington, Wiltshire, England (Age 62 years) Relationship Birth Mother Hannah Clarridge, b. Abt 1772, Siddington, Gloucestershire, England , d. 1871, Liddington, Wiltshire, England (Age ~ 99 years) Married 15 Nov 1803 Liddington, Swindon, Wiltshire, England [12, 13] Marriage - William Tucker and Hannah Clarridge William Tucker marriage Hannah Clarridge 15 November 1803 at All Saints Church, Liddington, Wiltshire, England. Parish Church All Saints, Liddington, Marriage Register, William Tucker and Hannah Clarridge All Saints Church Liddington, marriage Register, 1803, Marriage No. 126. Banns of Marriage, William Tucker married Hannah Clarridge at All Saints Church Liddington, Wiltshire, England 15thd Day of November 1803. Family Catherine Brown, b. 1815, Eastleach, Gloscestershire, England Married 1843 Faringdon, England [14] Marriage Registration details of Jonathan Tucker and Catherine Brown Jonathan Tucker and Catherine Brown marriage was registered between October and December 1843 at Farringdon District, Volume 6 Page 329 Marriage Record for Jonathan Tucker and Catherine Brown in the District of Faringdon. Name Jonathan Tucker, Spouse Catherine Brown, District Faringdon, Registered October - December 1843, Volume 6, Page 0329 1. William Tucker, b. 1844, Farringdon, Berkshire, England [Birth] + 2. Ann Tucker, b. 1845, Faringdon, Berkshire, England [Birth] 3. Jonathan Tucker, b. 1848, Faringdon, Berkshire, England [Birth] 4. Charles Tucker, b. 1852, Faringdon, Berkshire, England [Birth] + 5. Mary Tucker, b. 1854, Farringdon, Berkshire, England , d. 1933, 32 Manchester Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, England (Age 79 years) + 6. Emily Tucker, b. 1866, Faringdon, Berkshire, England [Birth] Documents At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. [S41] 1841 Census of England and Wales, The National Archives England (Reliability: 3), 1841. see attached census documents [S348] Wiltshire Baptisms 1530-1886, Find My Past (Reliability: 3), 25 Aug 1816. See attached Wiltshire Baptisms 1530-1886 transcription - Jonathan Tucker See attached Witlshire Baptisms 1530-1886 Transcription Jonathan Tucker [S238] UK Census On Line (Reliability: 3), 1851. See attached census document See attached 1861 Census of England and Wales - Berkshire. [S45] 1881 Census of England and Wales, The National Archives, England (Reliability: 3), 1861. [S76] Births, Deaths and Marriages of England and Wales (Reliability: 3), 1880. Jonathan Tucker Death registered at Faringdon January - March 1880, Volume 2c, Page 0198 [S349] Certificate of Marriage, England (Reliability: 3), 15 Nov 1803. See attached certificate of marriage of William Tucker and Hannah Clarridge [S350] England Marriages 1538 - 1973, Findmypast (Reliability: 3), 15 Nov 1803. See attached transcription of England Marriages 1538- 1973 Hannah Clarridge and William Tucker. Maintained by John Tucker.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409965
__label__wiki	0.893526	0.893526	Lethal Weapon Finale Recap: Did Riggs Die in Clayne Crawford's Last Episode? By Kimberly Roots / May 8 2018, 5:59 PM PDT Courtesy of Fox It was only a matter of time before Big Bad Daddy Riggs went a step too far in messing with his son’s life. In Tuesday’s Season 2 finale of Lethal Weapon, that step happened when Nathan Riggs decided to kidnap Trish Murtaugh. But who would’ve guessed that Riggs’ biggest drama this season would’ve come not from his criminal father but from portrayer Clayne Crawford’s off-screen behavior? While I’m sure you’re all very worried about Trish’s outcome — and we’ll get to that in a moment — there’s likely a larger question on your minds: Given that we learned earlier Tuesday that Crawford had been fired from the Fox dramedy, did the finale hint at any behind-the-scenes trouble? Short answer? No. The episode was filmed before the accusations against Crawford, and his response, went public. Also, if the bubble series is renewed for Season 3, producers reportedly are looking to recast the role of Riggs — meaning that, aside from a new face sporting some questionably shaggy facial hair, there wouldn’t be much change for the character. That said, the hour did end on a cliffhanger, with Riggs bleeding out at Miranda’s grave after being shot point-blank, so… Let’s back up a little. When the newly anointed Captain Murtaugh went to Riggs’ place to let him in on the big promtion news, he found himself — and his partner — hitting the ground when someone opened fire on the trailer. Naturally, everyone assumed that Riggs was the subject of the hit. But (twist!) Murtaugh was actually in the would-be assassin’s crosshairs — and not Roger, but Trish. Mrs. Murtaugh ran into danger when she realized that her co-worker, Alan, was a money launderer who was in league with Nathan. Unfortunately, she realized that a second before Riggs Sr. nabbed her and demanded that she transfer $2 million to his account. Martin realized that the only way to get through to his pop would be to endanger someone he loves, so he picked up his half brother Garrett from prison and gave Nathan a call. They all met up at Riggs’ camper, where Nathan agreed to a trade… and threatened to get at Riggs’ girlfriend Molly and her son if the cop didn’t let them go. The whole thing ended with a Riggs-on-Riggs beat-down on the beach. Nathan was choking the life out of his older son when Murtaugh returned from getting Trish to safety just in time to save his partner. Then, with the help of a convenient grenade, Murtaugh got rid of Nathan’s thugs — blowing up Riggs’ trailer in the process — while Riggs gave his father a (near- ?) fatal head wound. Oh, and somewhere along the way, Nathan stabbed his son in the ribs. With that settled, Riggs planned to move back to Texas with Molly and her son. So he bid Dr. Cahill goodbye, then headed to the Murtaugh home, where the family and Riggs’ co-workers threw him a surprise going-away party. When he left, he thanked Murtaugh for saving his life. Then, after calling Molly and saying he had one more stop to make, Riggs stopped at Miranda’s grave and told her she’d always be with him, but he was moving on. AND THEN GARRETT SHOWED UP AND SHOT HIM IN THE CHEST. Now it’s your turn. Grade the season — and possibly series? — finale via the poll below, then hit the comments with your thoughts. TAGS: Clayne Crawford, Fox, Lethal Weapon GET MORE: Finales, Polls, Recaps	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409968
__label__wiki	0.617217	0.617217	http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis Recap / Doctor Who S18 E7 "Logopolis" Create New - Create New - Analysis Characters FanficRecs FanWorks Haiku Headscratchers ImageLinks PlayingWith Quotes ReferencedBy Synopsis Timeline WMG The Fourth Doctor meets a ghost from his future and realises his time is short before he hangs up the scarf and switches to celery. "Never guess. Unless you have to. There's enough uncertainty in the universe as it is." — The Doctor The one with the cardboard cutout Master. And Four had a big fall. The universe nearly ends and Tom Baker leaves Doctor Who after an amazing— and still unmatched— seven years and forty-one (or forty-two) episodes. We're not sure which is more important at this stage. The Doctor and Adric make a pit stop in 1981 Britain, so that the Doctor can materialize right on top of a real police box and make hyper-precise multi-dimensional measurements of it, which he needs to take to the mathematics nerds of Logopolis so they can fix the chameleon circuit. (Just nod along, OK?) The Master, anticipating this, materializes his spare TARDIS (which he nicked from Goth that one time) around that exact same police box moments before. Which means that the Doctor's TARDIS now contains the Master's TARDIS containing a real police box. (Still following us?) Time and space get a bit wonky, so the Doctor and Adric investigate the string of TARDISes in the console room — all identical except for being progressively less well-lit. Meanwhile, a plucky young Aussie named Tegan Jovanka is off to her first day of work as a flight attendant, when The Alleged Car breaks down on the way to Heathrow. Good thing there's a handy police box nearby, so she can call for help. But she hadn't planned on getting lost inside. She completely fails to be impressed by the fact that it's obviously an alien spaceship, and instead decides to go yell at the captain of the thing. Meanwhile, her aunt, who was driving her to the airport, has been murdered by the Master for no real reason. The sonorous bong of the TARDIS's cloister bell (its Oh, Crap! signal) makes itself heard, so the Doctor and Adric eventually find their way through the nesting TARDISes back to the outside world. The Doctor suspects that the multiple TARDISes thing is yet another devious trick of the Master, and dematerializes at once, bound for Logopolis. Tegan, by now extremely confused, finds her way back to the control room and demands to know what the hell is going on and to be put back in 1981 right now, please — rather angrily, true, but then again "Sorry I'm late, I accidentally stepped into a spacetimeship that looked exactly like a police box and ended up traveling the universe in the company of an alien with an enormous scarf and a swotty maths geek from another dimension" is, as excuses go, pretty lousy. Especially for one's first day on the job. And while all that is happening, a white figure quietly watches. The Doctor goes to have a word with it eventually, and comes back in an extremely gloomy mood, telling Adric to prepare for the worst. The TARDIS soon materializes on the dusty, cave-pocked planet of Logopolis, home of the maths monks. It is, we learn, an enormous analogue of a computer. A task is broken down into a series of calculations; each monk performs a single calculation and passes the result on to the next monk over. Operations are overseen by the Monitor (get it?) in a sort of large workroom. After reuniting with Nyssa, who is deposited on the planet by the mysterious white Watcher, the TARDIS crew finds the Monitor. He explains that the universe is actually well past its sell-by date, and is kept from flying apart into chaos only by the power of their mighty minds, as they use their "block transfer computations" to keep the universe together. Of course, it's time for the Master to show up and start mucking about with things. He starts small, with such pranks as shrinking the TARDIS (with the Doctor inside) and throwing a spanner into the endless work of Logopolis. Unfortunately, Logopolis can't be restarted once it's stopped, resulting in a rather large problem for those who still want to, you know, exist. The Master hadn't really counted on accidentally deleting much of the universe, and while Tegan and Nyssa are both horrified at even having to be near him (Nyssa, of course, especially because he nicked her father's body), the Doctor reluctantly agrees to try and help the Master fix the spreading entropy. The Doctor tells Adric, Nyssa, and Tegan to enter the TARDIS, which he has arranged for the Watcher to pilot out of time and space so they will be safe. Tegan, however, still thinks the Doctor is the best bet for getting home and decides to disobey his order and follows him and the Master as they go to speak to the Monitor. The Monitor reveals to the two that there is a backup plan that might be able to save everything. The people had been completing a program that could automatize its operation, but before the Monitor can boot up the program, him and the computer equipment is swallowed by the entropy field. For a moment all seems lost, but the Doctor, however, realizes that they still have a chance; Logopolis' computer equipment was an exact copy of the Pharos Project, a giant radio telescope on Earth. The Doctor, the Master, and Tegan then escape from the disintegrating Logopolis in the Master's TARDIS, setting a course for Earth. Adric and Nyssa, meanwhile, can only watch helplessly, as the encroaching entropy wipes out a potion of the universe. Much to Nyssa's despair it includes Traken. Landing inside Pharos Project, the Master and the Doctor eventually manage in cooperation to install the backup system and restore balance to the universe. But true to form, the Master decides to double-cross the Doctor; he uses the radio telescope broadcast to a message to all intelligent life in the universe: they must submit to him or else he will knock out the backup system and unleash the entropy field upon everything again. After a chat with the Watcher inside the deepest parts of the TARDIS, Adric is able to follow the Doctor, and the ducklings cause enough of a distraction to allow the Doctor to muck up the Master's plans. Fortunately, this leaves the larger part of the universe intact. Unfortunately, the Master and the Doctor break out into a fight on top of the Pharos Tower. The Doctor sees visions of his worst enemies attempting to kill him. Clashing on the gantry, the two Time Lords wrestle to the floor. The Master gets up first and bolts to the controls of the telescope. He tilts the radar dish until the gantry completely flips over. Grabbing a cable and desperately trying to hang on to it, the Doctor sees several visions of his various enemies taunting him. Gradually, his strength begins to fail him, and finally his grasp slips, causing him to fall. The cowardly Master runs away sniggering in his TARDIS after this cheap act of murder. Dying, the Doctor has several soothing flashes back to his previous companions in that incarnation. The next thing he knows, he's surrounded by the trio of current companions who are quite worried about him, snapping him out of the daze. The Fourth Doctor simply gives them a serene glance and tells the group with an assuring smile, "It's the end... but the moment has been prepared for." The Watcher approaches and merges into his dead body, and turns out to have been a time/space-transcending echo of his next incarnation all along. The Doctor regenerates into a young blonde gentleman, who greets everyone with a smile. The Fifth Doctor starts his first day almost drowning in the sheer amount of coat and scarf he's wearing, not to mention chased by some very angry security guards. A Million Is a Statistic: The story involves the destruction of one quarter of the entire universe; by even the most conservative estimates that's a single-episode death toll expressible only in standard notation. And not only does nobody seem to care (including one character whose home intergalactic supercluster was destroyed note He also killed her Dad ), the villain responsible gets the full Draco in Leather Pants treatment despite being responsible for one of the most horrifying massacres in the series. (Though in all fairness, it was an accident this time.) Artistic License – Physics: Though the description of how the heat death of the universe would work is basically correct, the way it's depicted bears no resemblance whatsoever to the actual theory, and in fact is more similar to the "Big Rip" theory. According to the expanded verse story (The Invasion of E-Space), CVE is (in that verse) the rarest of space-time events and almost undetectable, entities containing layers of highly charged quantum particles suspended in pockets of super-vacuums. They occupied the space between realities (possibly the void) and were so violent in their physics that when they formed they punched a hole between universes, pushing space aside to insinuate themselves into reality, releasing massive waves of energy in the process. (And since heat death means no more energy, the way they do so brings forth new energies to both universes.) "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word: As the Master announces his threat to destroy the universe unless its people submits to him: The Doctor (outraged) Blackmail! The Master: No, Doctor, I'm merely reporting the state of affairs. Call-Back: It's revealed that the CVE the TARDIS fell through earlier in the season was actually one of many created by Logopolis to let the entropy drain away and prevent the universe from collapsing. The Watcher's role in events may be a Call-Back to Cho Je from "Planet of the Spiders", thus linking the Fourth Doctor's origin-story to his finale. The Doctor reaffirms that he hates farewells. The Doctor and the Master confront each other on a radio telescope. Climbing Climax: The Fourth Doctor is defeated while trying to overpower the Master inside a radio telescope. Continuity Cavalcade: Before the Fourth Doctor regenerates, he sees images of his enemies and former companions, all shown by clips from previous stories - the Master, a Dalek, the Cyber-Leader, the Captain, Davros, a Sontaran, a Zygon, the Black Guardian, Sarah Jane Smith, Harry Sullivan, the Brigadier, Leela, K9 and Romana. Continuity Nod: The school uniform which Romana wore in "City of Death" can be seen in her room. The Doctor and Adric discuss Romana's recent departure. The Doctor mentions Totter's Yard. The Doctor and the Master's TARDISes become intertwined. Cosmic Keystone: The titular planet is itself a universal keystone. The people are bringing energy into the universe as a way to fight off entropy. When the Master decides to stop activity there for a little while (admittedly, not really understanding what they were doing) large chunks of reality get destroyed before the problem can be fixed. Even then, there's no Reset Button. Creepy Good: The Watcher. He looks unnatural, but he guides the Doctor to where he needs to go and merges back into him during his regeneration. Death by Falling Over: To its most logical degree in the Doctor's case. Death by Origin Story: Tegan's Aunt Vanessa is murdered by the Master, plus Nyssa's home planet is wiped out. Didn't See That Coming: Oops. The Master didn't actually intend to destroy so much of the universe... including Nyssa's homeworld. Don't Fear the Reaper: A variant. The Watcher is a sort of representation of the Doctor's upcoming regeneration. He breaths mystery and uneasiness, from his look to his theme music. But in the end, he is helpful, telling the Doctor where to go and merging with him at the end. Dropped Him Off A Radio Tower: What causes the Doctor's regeneration. Early Installment Weirdness: Peter Davison appears with his natural brown hair, which was quickly changed to blonde to better contrast his appearance with Tom Baker's. Luckily, his role here is so brief that it's barely noticeable. End of an Era: Tom Baker's seven year run comes to an end. Enemy Mine: The Doctor and the Master must work together to save all of existence. Establishing Character Moment: When Tegan gets lost inside the TARDIS, instead of being astonished by it, she goes and looks for someone to yell at. Eyes Always Shut: The Watcher has some rather weird statue-like features. Evil Hand: Nyssa's bracelet. Face Death with Dignity: The Fourth Doctor is fully prepared for his death and accepts it with a smile. Famous Last Words: "It's the end... but the moment has been prepared for..." Femme Fatalons: The Watcher sports pointy claws for some reason. Finale Credits: Since Part 4 is Tom Baker's swan song, his face is visible during the Closing Credits for only the briefest of moments. Future Me Scares Me: The Fourth Doctor is visibly disturbed by the Watcher's presence (which means impending regeneration) hence the quote. George Lucas Altered Version: In the 2019 Bluray release of Season 18 viewers are given the option to watch an updated version of this episode, which features new special effects, replacement of the model footage of the radio telescope in Part 4 with live-action footage of the telescope at Jodrell Bank, and an additional scene where, after watching his hand slip away from the strut as we do in the original, we see the Fourth Doctor plunging to his death. Good with Numbers: Logopolis is this trope in city form. Grand Finale: For Tom Baker's era as The Doctor. Floating Advice Reminder: Happens twice in Part 4. The first time, while hanging on the Pharos Project's power cable, the Doctor is taunted by visions of the (decayed) Master, a Dalek, the Pirate Captain, the Cyberleader, Davros, a Sontaran, a Zygon, and the Black Guardian. Then after falling, the Doctor sees visions of his past companions from Sarah Jane to Romana II. Happy Ending Override: In the previous story, the Doctor successfully saved the planet Traken. In this story, it is destroyed by the entropy field. Heroic Sacrifice: The Doctor. Actually a realistic one, as his death isn't a direct cause of saving the day, but because he pulls off an incredibly risky stunt that he doesn't recover from. Kill 'Em All: Every single member of the eponymous planet and the Doctor die (he gets better, of course). Plus, approximately a quarter of the universe gets destroyed. By accident. Special points for this explicitly including all of the surviving characters from the previous story, except Nyssa. The only survivors are the companions (Nyssa's entire family dies in this story and Tegan's only on-screen family member gets murdered) and the Master. And, well, the Fifth Doctor is created at the end of this story. Leitmotif: An ominous theme always plays whenever the Watcher appears Man in White: Even the Watcher's face is white. Meaningful Name: Logopolis comes from two ancient Greek words and means "city of speech," alluding to the oral calculations recited by the Logopolitans. Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds: The Master inadvertently manages to unleash great destruction upon about a quarter of the Universe, simply because he didn't fully understand the danger of interfering with Logopolis' operations. It is without a doubt the greatest atrocity he has ever committed on the show, if not the single greatest atrocity ever depicted on the show, and he basically did it by pure accident. My Brain Is Big: The inhabitants of Logopolis. Mysterious Watcher: The Watcher. Natural End of Time: It turns out that the universe should've ended long ago due to entropy, but Logopolis has been holding it back. Unfortunately the Master throws a monkey wrench into it. Nightmare Face: His face is somehow unformed and rather clay-looking. No Name Given: The Watcher is just "the friend of the Doctor". "The Watcher" is a nickname given by Adric. Offscreen Teleportation: How exactly the Watcher is following the Doctor and transported Nyssa from Traken to Logopolis is never revealed. Off-the-Shelf FX: The TARDIS Chameleon Circuit control panel is obviously an old carpet sweeper turned upside-down. Oh, Crap!: The Master, when he realises the Doctor is going to disconnect the cable at the radio telescope. One-Word Title: Only the fourth such story title in the show's history. They become considerably more common from this point onwards. Pinball Protagonist: The Doctor only does three things in the story that affect events at all, two of which are just landing the TARDIS in the first place (one to fall for the Police Box trap, and the other to go to Logopolis). The third is sending the Charged Vaccuum Emboitment into Cassiopeia. Planet of Hats: Their hat is genius, universe-maintaining mathematicians. Reality Warping: The Logopolitans are seemingly capable of arbitrary reality warping by meditating on the equations that physically describe the universe, or objects within it. Shoot the Shaggy Dog: A significant proportion of the entire universe is destroyed by entropy. Although insignificant on the scale of such an unbelievably cataclysmic event, the region destroyed includes the Traken Union, thereby almost immediately rendering all the events, people and struggles in The Keeper of Traken (the previous connected story) dramatically null, void and pointless. (The fact that this is only obvious when you stop and consider it suggests that this was a side-effect rather than dramatic intent on the part of the writers). Shown Their Work: Writer Christopher H. Bidmead seems to have done more reading up on computers than on entropy. The monks of Logopolis work and communicate in hexadecimal (base 16), just like real computers. At one point, the Doctor mentions "bubble memory"—which is real, and was the subject of a lot of research in 1981. Spanner in the Works: The Master doesn't actually plan on wiping out part of the universe or destroying Logopolis. See also: Gone Horribly Right. The Stars Are Going Out: the entropy spreads and consumes part of the universe. Stupid Evil: The Master not only accidentally kills octillions of people, he draws attention to himself by randomly killing a policeman and Tegan's aunt. The Watcher: Played straight with The Watcher, who watched the Doctor and his companions throughout the serial, and was revealed to be a manifestation of the Fourth Doctor, which Foreshadows his regeneration into the Fifth Doctor. Theme Song Reveal: The Watcher's ominous theme during his appearances. This is before the audience is let in on what he really is (although the Doctor obviously knows but isn't telling). However, in the final scene of the story, when the Watcher's true nature is revealed to everyone, the full course of the piece plays out with the last three notes being the first three notes of the Doctor Who theme song. Unwitting Pawn: The Master coerces the Doctor into an alliance. If the whole universe disintegrates, there will never be a galaxy to rule, right? Not so fast: The Master plans to bargain the healing technobabble for the unquestioned allegiance of the universe's inhabitants. Doctor: Blackmail. Master: No, Doctor, I'm merely reporting the state of affairs. The Voiceless: Other characters refer to the Watcher speaking but even when he's having a dialogue scene with someone it's always shot from a distance and inaudible. Wetware CPU Wham Episode: Tom Baker was the most popular Doctor the classic series ever had, so his departure after seven seasons into the (then) youngest Doctor actor ever was a Wham. Xanatos Speed Chess: The Master's magnificent comeback from accidentally destroying about a quarter of the universe to holding the rest to ransom You're Insane!: Before their final confrontation, as The Master reveals his endgame, the Doctor utters with dread: Doctor: You're mad...you're utterly mad! 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__label__wiki	0.98408	0.98408	Eamonn Holmes Says He 'Hasn't Learnt Anything' Over Meghan Markle 'Uppity' Row Ash Percival HuffPost UK 6 December 2019 Eamonn Holmes has claimed he “hasn’t learnt anything” from the row that erupted after he called Meghan Markle “uppity” on This Morning. The presenter prompted a complaint from a viewer to TV watchdog Ofcom after using the word on air earlier this year, who said the term is racist. While it was later reported that Eamonn had been “reprimanded”, a spokesperson for ITV denied this, but did say it had been a “point of learning” for him. However, in an interview with Metro, Eamonn has now said: “I haven’t learnt anything from it. “I’d keep it as a national conversation. I don’t have anything to say about it.” Eamonn Holmes (Photo: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock) He added: “People can make their own judgment whether they think it was a deliberately racist remark or not, so that’s all I have to say about that. People can have their own views on it.” The Cambridge English Dictionary’s definition of an “uppity person” is someone who “behaves in an unpleasant way because they think that they are more important than they really are”. However, historically the word was used in the US in the 19th Century as an insult to Black people who “didn’t know their place”. Eamonn made the remark on the ITV daytime show in July, during a discussion about the Duchess Of Sussex’s requests for privacy with reporter Lainey Lui who was in Canada. The TV host said: “If you have an uppity attitude, you’re only through the door two minutes and suddenly you’re sitting at Wimbledon and your royal protection are saying, ‘No photographs, no photographs!’ You do know. If that was somebody in Canada, you would be writing [that] they’re right up their own backside.” The Duchess Of Sussex (Photo: NEIL HALL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) According to the Daily Mail, following the broadcast the complainant also wrote to ITV’s Head of Diversity, Ade Rawcliffe, who responded to the viewer explaining that Eamonn “was unaware of the history of the term ‘uppity’ and how it could be interpreted”. They said: “Eamonn was using the term to describe what he interpreted as arrogance.” ITV later went on to tell HuffPost UK: “It is absolutely untrue to state that Eamonn was reprimanded in any way for his use of language. “The conversations with Eamonn and the production team involved an explanation of the possible interpretation of the word, on the basis of a single complaint made to the channel following the broadcast, therefore this was a point of learning for the wider team, not a rebuke.” The broadcaster also denied reports that it had banned the use of the word. This Morning airs weekdays at 10.30am on ITV. Phillip Schofield Slammed By Fern Britton's Former Agent Amid Amanda Holden Feud Claims Alison Hammond Faces Criticism After Misgendering Caitlyn Jenner On This Morning Phillip Schofield Defends 'Shameful' Selfie With Boris Johnson Step right this way to relive some of This Morning's greatest ever moments... Live prostate examination 'This Morning' has never shied away from tackling usually embarrassing health issues, and Paul Ross braved a rectal examination to help raise awareness of prostate cancer. Richard Madeley does Ali G Fact: There is no video evidence on YouTube of Richard Madeley impersonating Ali G on the show in 2000. Coincidence? We think not. Luckily we've unearthed this non-moving image of him instead and it's still toe-curlingly cringy nearly two decades later. Phillip ambushes David Cameron with paedophile list David Cameron was confronted by presenter Phillip Schofield with a list of names of politicians he said may be involved in child abuse. Only problem was, the Schofe accidentally flashed the names to camera, with an on-air apology later having to follow... #uktv #daytime-tv #meghan-markle #this-morning #itv #eamonn-holmes Prince Harry and Boris Johnson meet in private while at London summit Beyoncé Fans Fail To See Funny Side After Sainsbury's Jokes Her New Ivy Park Collection Looks Familiar Goofy-eyed husky rejected by breeder finds love	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409970
__label__wiki	0.648552	0.648552	HBO Drops Another Westworld Trailer, But Where Is Tessa Thompson? Justice Namaste Filed to:westworld Photo: Kevin Winter (Getty) On Friday, HBO dropped a teaser trailer for season three of Westworld, the network’s popular science-fiction-slash-country-western television series about a futuristic amusement park. The show’s second season was fascinating, but a little bit impossible to follow, even for those of us who love a good time jump. But instead of featuring the typical cast of characters, this teaser appears to be an infomercial for a mysterious data company called Incite. And, similar to most of the promotional material for any real-life tech company (think “Twitter: It’s what’s happening”), the trailer is deliberately vague, with a cryptic voiceover. The world is complex, complicated, messy. But life, doesn’t have to be. The future is powered by you. And we know you. Okay HBO, I’m intrigued. Creeped out, but intrigued. I have to admit, I’m a sucker for any media portrayals of slightly futuristic but also uncannily familiar Silicon Valley companies. The more self aware, the better. And Incite is looking promising—it even has an actual website, with more sinister copy. The world can feel chaotic: big problems, no solutions, no one to lead the way. Global issues may seem so complex that untangling the answers feels impossible. Here at Incite, we want to make “impossible” a thing of the past. Chaos is merely a pattern waiting to be uncovered. You can help us chart a better future. So many words that communicate absolutely nothing—the tech giant sweet spot. The first two seasons of Westworld featured a different tech conglomerate, Delos Incorporated. Delos was responsible for creating the amusement park where most of the show’s action takes place. I only have one gripe with the trailer, but it’s a serious one. Um, excuse me, but where the fuck is Tessa Thompson? After hanging on through all of the plot somersaults and timeline hopping of season two, season three is going to have to deliver in a major way to keep viewers (me) engaged. And we all know what that means: more Tessa Thompson please. Despite her initial character’s death at the end of season two (I think?), her physical body is still present in the show as a host for Evan Rachel Wood’s Dolores (I think). And so I ask again: Give me more Tessa. Freelance writer who loves sandwiches, astrology, & fighting on the internet.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409982
__label__cc	0.601097	0.398903	GENDER DIFFERENCES DO EXIST! MEN VS. WOMEN IN THE GYM: WE BREAK IT DOWN By Jarred Allen When it comes to working out, men are from Mars and women are from Venus. Sure – we’re all aware of the typical stereotypes – men as loud, grunting meatheads only interested in bulk, and women just making sure they look good in the mirror. But does any of this typecasting really hold up? Some of it, yeah …. But some of it’s overblown, with each gender closing the gaps from each side. Motivation is a big difference. According to this WebMD article on gender differences in the gym, men like working out because it’s a sport, it’s fun, it’s competitive or it’s just something they’ve always done. Sure, they also work out to improve their appearance – but the focus is more on getting bigger and bulkier. Women, the article says, work out mostly to look good. They see the Instagram pictures of models and celebrities and feel the pressure to keep up. Indeed, according to a 2014 study on gender differences in the gym, women reported exercising for weight loss and toning more than men, whereas men reported exercising for enjoyment more than women. But not all reports corroborate. A 2001 study by St. John Fisher College on gender differences in fitness motivation said appearance was the top motivator for both sexes. And more women are working to define success in the gym according to their own standards and not society’s. “My fitness ideal comes from myself,” explains one woman in this “A Sweat Life” blog post on gender perspectives on fitness. “When I feel strong and energetic from maintaining a positive, well-rounded lifestyle, my whole perspective improves. I know what it takes to feel that great, and it isn’t easy, but it is worth it.” “My fitness ideal is looking bomb in some of my favorite outfits,” says another. “But I know I could look bomb at 10 lbs. over what the Insta models say I should be.” Upper body vs. lower body “Men typically work out the upper part of their body more,” says Hayden Franks, a Houston-area gym-goer. “Women focus more on the lower half.” And research does seem to back this up. In one gender differences-in-exercise study by L. Mealey (1997) and a 2010 follow-up study by PK Jonason, the males focused their energy on making themselves look larger, focusing on building their upper body, while women focused more on losing weight, with an emphasis on the lower body. The biological/evolutionary reason, researchers theorized, was competition within each gender for a mate. Biological differences may also have something to do with men and women targeting different areas. Women, for instance, store fat differently in their body than men. They have more subcutaneous fat (between the muscle and skin) with more of it settling in the lower half of their body – especially on the butt, hips and thighs. Men, in contrast, have more visceral fat - the fat that collects around the organs, higher up. This gives rise to the classic female “pear shape” of weight gain versus more of an “apple shape” in men. Women are more polite – maybe too polite When it comes to the gym, one recent study says women are inclined to avoid encroaching on men’s time and space – and it the process, often conceding what’s rightfully theirs. At least that’s according to Stephanie Coen, a postdoctoral associate in geography at the University of Western Ontario, who interviewed 52 gym-goers of both genders from the same city. "What was so embedded in the environment of the gym,” says Coen of her 2017 study on gender differences in the gym, “was a lot of women talked about ways they would minimize their consumption of time and space; they didn't want to 'get in the way of someone else.'" One woman told Coen, for instance, she couldn't be authoritative in asserting her place and using the equipment because she might be perceived negatively. But she felt like if a man were to do that, it would be acceptable. Men care less about how they look “Is it possible that men may be less concerned about their physical appearance when they work out?” asks Chuck Sawyer, a Rochester, NY gym-goer. “Or is it just me?” Nope, it’s not just you, Chuck. Apparently, men aren’t as concerned with how they look when exercising as women. “Women think everyone else is looking at them so they're afraid to put on workout clothes or get out there in public with their cellulite jiggling,” says Pamela Peeke, MD, author of Body-for-LIFE for Women: A Woman's Plan for Physical and Mental Transformation. “Do men care what they look like when they're working out? Of course not!” “All I know is, walking into the gym I sucked my stomach and butt in to try to look good working out,” says Virginia Beach gym-goer Sue Van Goidsnoven. “I probably have more muscles in those areas due to that. I didn’t want to look heavy” Other differences Here are some other differences we found. Do they hold true or not? You be the judge. Women more are more balanced in their workout approach, blending cardio, strength training and mind-body practices like yoga or tai chi. They’re also more likely to focus on toning and flexibility, while men tend to go for strength training and bulk Women are more likely to ask for help, and they’re generally better at taking instructions. Men don’t like to look like they don’t know what they’re doing. Women more likely to go for exercise that requires dance or other coordination; such activities are deemed too feminine. Women more likely to do exercise as a group, often because they like the social aspects of exercising. Women tend to work out less, citing a lack of time – often family responsibilities - as the reason. Some researchers say that’s because they’re biologically and culturally wired to be caregivers. Men are more likely to go with sports-oriented exercises. TumblrTumblr Pick a link list to show here in your under Blog sidebar > Quick links link list. Smoothie Bowl Recipes; 10 Smoothie Bowl Recipes Sure To Knock Your Socks Off. Literally. 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__label__cc	0.623258	0.376742	The Slow Burn by Sandakat This is a continuation of Burning Time. Ring. Ring. “Fire station 145, Captain Robinson speaking.” “Hey, Cap, this is Rene. Sorry to call so late. Is Dina there?” “Hey Doc! Thank God it’s you. Are you coming home soon?” asked the captain hopefully. “We’re going to have to sedate her before she kills someone if you’re not. We’ve gotten used to the kinder, gentler Dina around here. Since you’ve been gone, she’s reverted back to the angry, grouchy one.” Rene half smothered a giggle at the picture of Dina terrorizing the men of Fire Station 145. “OK, Cap, I’ll talk to her. But I’m coming home tomorrow.” “Good,” he answered seriously, “I’ll put her on right away. Dina!” Rene could hear him shout across the hall, “It’s for you.” “Hello?” growled the firefighter as she picked up the extension in the dorm. “Hey Lover,” chimed the blonde cheerfully. “He’s right. You are reverting to a grouch.” “Oh, hi,” the voice softened considerably into a purr that even after eight months still gave Rene goosebumps. “He didn’t say who it was. How’re you? How was the wedding? I miss you. Four days is too much. Tell me again why you had to go.” “I think that’s the most I’ve ever heard you say at one time, much less in one breath,” Rene laughed. “I’m fine. The wedding was fine. I miss you, too. You’re right. Four days is too much. And you know I had to go back early to try on the bridesmaid’s dress.” She rolled over in bed and tried to speak softly into her cell phone, so as not to disturb the rest of the household. “I really missed you. The wedding was very, um, formal. There was a full mass, so my poor feet were aching in my grown up lady shoes by the end of it. But it was fun and Patty looked beautiful. “By the way why do bridesmaid’s gowns always look like some poor sofa was sacrificed for the material? Anyway, you know Patty and I have been friends forever. I just had to be there when she asked me.” She paused and sighed. “I just wish you could’ve come. I wish I could have told them. I feel like a wimp, but?” Her voice trailed off. In the fire station dorm back in LA, Dina could feel her lover’s mixed feelings. The doctor wanted so badly for the firefighter to be part of her life completely, but she knew that Dina would never be accepted by many of her friends and some of her family back home. It was a hard choice. But Patty was one of Rene’s oldest friends. So Dina had stayed home while Rene went to Ohio, even though it was during her long weekend. Rene continued, “I did get a little sick of ‘When are you going to find a nice man and have kids?’ And I swear Patty threw the bouquet at me. Luckily I ducked.” The firefighter smiled, picturing the blonde, in her dress and heels, making a dive out of the way of the flying flowers. “Anyway, I miss you desperately.” “Hon,” Dina clutched the phone tightly, “I miss you, too. I can’t wait to get my hands on you. I may embarrass us both in the airport.” “My plane gets into LAX at six p.m. You’d better get lots of sleep tomorrow because I’m planning on keeping you up late.” “I’ll be there. You rest up, too.” The dark haired woman countered. “I love you. I’d better let you go. That cell phone bill is going to be a fortune.” “Better than Patty’s parents calling me about who I was talking to in LA every night, but yeah, I’d better go. I love you. Hope your night goes well. Be careful.” “I will. Sleep well. Goodnight.” Humming softly to herself, a small smile lighting her face, Dina hung up the phone and lay down in her bunk. Can’t wait to hold her again. A flood of warmth suffused her body as she thought of the feel of Rene’s body in her arms again? kissing her lips?gazing into her brilliant green eyes? Dina flipped onto her stomach. Oh God, better not go there. I have twenty more hours to survive. She put her head down on her pillow and tried to think chilly thoughts. Back in the spare room in Patty’s parents house, the blonde doctor lay in bed, hands behind her head, thinking about the day. It had been fun, but very different from her ex-roommate’s wedding two months ago. It might have been inconceivable to most people to have a Japanese, Irish, Mexican wedding. But Stuart’s unflagging cheerfulness and Erin’s stubborn good humor had won it through. They’d been married by a nondenominational priest, with a few Buddhist blessings thrown in. Stuart had even stomped on a glass at the end in deference to their Jewish friends. Only the bride and groom had dressed formally? Erin in Asian good luck red and her groom in a gray tux with his hair dyed a tasteful purple to match his cummerbund. The whiskey, sake, and tequila had flowed freely. Rene could even vaguely remember a drink that had combined them all. Since both Erin and Stuart were in ‘The Biz’, as expected, all six sexes were well represented. Rene and Dina relished being able to openly hold hands and dance together to the slow songs. It had been a wonderful day. Rene blushed remembering how Dina had held her close and kissed her during one dance? the feel of her breasts through the linen shirt.. She gave a shudder. Better not go there. It’s been four days and I’m already crawling out of my skin. One more night, that’s all. She turned, wrapped herself around her pillow and tried to sleep. It was pouring rain when she got to the airport the next afternoon, but the departure board still said “on time”. With visions of the bluest eyes and raven hair dancing in her head, Rene got onto the plane, every fiber of her being straining to be home. She settled into her window seat, next to a very large man who was spilling over the armrest to her side, and cheerfully picked up the airline magazine hoping to kill some time until departure. She glanced at her watch. We should’ve left twenty minutes ago. The flight attendants were going up and down the aisles checking seatbelts. Looks OK, just running late. She went back to the magazine. Ten minutes later, magazine done, they were still sitting. She rested her head back and looked around the cabin. The plane was packed. “Attention. This is your captain speaking. Due to the weather, air traffic is delayed. We will be pulling out from the gate shortly. Thank you.” OK, fine. She dove into her carry on and pulled out a novel she’d brought for the flight. Twenty minutes after that she finally felt the plane lurch back from the gate as the attendants began their safety routine. Rene watched politely, then went back to her book, hoping for a quick takeoff. “Thank you for your patience, this is the captain again. Due to the weather delay, we are now tenth in line for takeoff.” Another half hour crawled by before she saw the runway lights passing below them. Frig! It’s about time. Rene recrossed her legs and leaned against the fat man trying to move him into his own territory. The takeoff had been bumpy, but at least it was a takeoff. She couldn’t concentrate on the book anymore. Her stomach growled. I wonder when they’re going to feed us. The plane lurched upward and gave a shudder. “This is the captain. Due to adverse weather conditions I have advised the cabin crew to hold off on serving dinner. This is a large storm cell, but we hope to maneuver around it. In the meantime, the seatbelt light will stay on.” The plane suddenly dropped, driving her stomach into her throat. That’s good. I don’t think I’m in the mood to eat anymore, anyway, she thought, gripping her arm rests. Next to her, the man gave a snort and leaned even further over her chair. Just great, she sighed morosely, gripping her armrests tighter as the plane staggered across the sky. A few white knuckled hours later the PA crackled into life. “I’m sorry to inform you that a warning light has come on. We think it’s probably just a wire shaken loose by the storm, but we’re being rerouted to Las Vegas. We expect to land in forty minutes.” A wire? Just a wire? Rene fought mounting panic. She stared wildly about the cabin. Everyone else was doing the same. A woman toward the back had started to cry loudly. The plane thumped upward, pushing the doctor down into her seat, then slewed sideways. More people were starting to cry. Rene closed her eyes trying to find some calm within. She pictured Dina? being held by Dina? comforted by Dina. It worked. Soothed, she opened her eyes and patiently waited to land. In Terminal 4 at LAX, the tall, glowering firefighter was pacing like a caged animal. Her nervous energy made her want to run screaming through the airport, but her anxiety about Rene wouldn’t let her leave her small area near the arrival gate. They were supposed to have landed an hour ago. Now they’ve posted ‘rerouted to Las Vegas’. She stared at the board. What does that mean? She listened again as the woman at the gate carefully explained to the worried crowd that everything was fine. There was no information yet, but as soon as there was, she would make an announcement. Dina forced herself to sit down. She picked up an abandoned newspaper and tried to read. But the words swam in front of her eyes. She stood, thrusting her hands into her pockets determined to walk down at least as far as the newsstand, then sat down again afraid she might miss something important. Finally, a lifetime later, the gate attendant lifted the mic and announced, “The plane has landed safely in Las Vegas.” Dina relaxed slightly. Alright. She’s OK. But now what? She walked over to stare out into the night sky. How’s she getting home from there? Damn, we need another cell phone. She paced back to the gate. In Las Vegas, all hell had broken loose. No one knew what was going on. Each person was determined to find out NOW, at the top of his or her voice. Rene hung off to the side, listening for someone who had some answers to speak up. She was just happy to be off that damn plane. But how was she going to contact Dina? Was she at LAX or at home? After a long while, an airline rep in a red jacket showed up and began directing people to planes that would get them to their final destination. The LA people would be on a flight that arrived at midnight. “Sir,” Rene called for the nth time, finally catching his attention, “Will they announce this in LA?” “They’re doing that right now,” he answered tiredly. Great. Now Dina will be there. We need another cell phone. 12:15 am, an exhausted Rene dragged herself down the gateway into the arms of an equally exhausted Dina. They held each other, not caring about anyone around them. “I was so worried,” Dina whispered, holding Rene, stroking her long blonde hair over and over. “Don’t leave me again.” “I love you. I was so scared,” mumbled Rene as she clung to her tall lover. “Let’s go home.” It was after 1am when they finally dragged themselves through the door of the home they had been sharing since Erin moved out. They tossed the still fully packed suitcase in the corner and crawled into bed, having just enough energy to get undressed. They exchanged a tired kiss goodnight and both passed out. The alarm at 5:30am came very early. Time to get up for work, Dina realized unenthusiastically. Snuggled next to her, Rene slept happily, her head on the firefighter’s arm. “Hey Hon,” Dina said quietly to the sleeping blonde, “I need that arm.” She tried to lift Rene’s head. The doctor thrashed momentarily, then rolled over, coming to rest with her head on Dina’s chest. Her breath blew softly across her nipple The firefighter closed her eyes and relaxed back into the electric feeling of it. For a moment she lost herself in fantasizing some creative ways to awaken Rene. “No.” She opened her eyes. “I’ve got to get up.” Rene’s hand flopped across her lower abdomen. A few twitches of her fingers sent a lovely tickly feeling even lower. Oh, that feels nice. No. I HAVE to get up? NOW! With inhuman resolve she rolled out from under the blonde and ran to the shower. “Hello, Station 145.” “Hey Baby, it’s me. I’m awake, home, having my coffee, but you’re not here. And I’m missing you.” Dina tucked the dorm phone against her ear, crossed her arms and leaned against the wall with a sigh. “I know, me too. Last night just didn’t go as planned.” She grinned to herself. “And I had such wonderful plans. They started somewhere around your toes and worked their way very slowly up?” “Sounds like some great plans. Candle light, maybe? Some quiet music in the background? A little wine? You and me? Those plans? Have I told you how much I hate your 24 hour shifts?” Sitting at their kitchen table, Rene absentmindedly pushed a strand of blonde hair behind her ear and took a sip of coffee. Oh yeah, I know those plans. She closed her eyes and pictured kissing the firefighter’s soft, full lips. She could feel her body naked against her own. The smoothness of her back as she ran her fingers down the long length of her? her perfect butt? Rene opened her eyes quickly and took a big gulp of coffee. She inhaled most of it just as Dina started speaking again “Yep,” agreed Dina, sighing again, “Those were the plans. Anyway, I?” She stopped at the sounds of coughing and choking from Rene. “Are you OK?” “Yeah.” She coughed again. “Small pulmonary lavage of coffee. What were you saying?” “First, coffee works better in your stomach than your lungs, and second, I was going to say that I’ll be home at 7am. You don’t go to work until 8pm. I think we can find some time in there, don’t you?” Rene interlaced her fingers around the coffee cup, thumbs unconsciously stroking the handle. Her green eyes crinkled as she envisioned what they could do with those few hours, starting with the luscious way she would wake Dina up. “Rene, still there?” “Oh yeah?” She answered breathlessly. “Oh yeah, we’ll find some time.” BRAAAAAAAP “Engine 145 respond to car fire Northbound Hollywood Freeway at the Universal Studios exit.” “Gotta go, Love, gotta fire,” Dina informed Rene hurriedly. “OK, Hon. Be careful. I’ll see you in the morning. Love you.” The tall firefighter hung up the phone and ran for the engine. The siren blared as she adjusted her headphones and looked at her watch. 10am. It’s going to be a long shift. At home, Rene was a ball of restless energy. I’ll do my laundry, then I’ll go for a bike ride. Maybe I’ll clean. She took a tour around the house. The rickety couches and milk crates had been replaced with Dina’s much better furniture when she’d moved in. The house was spotless. Well, she cleaned. I’ll do my laundry, then ride. She wandered into the bedroom and opened her suitcase. Haphazardly wadded pieces of clothing spilled onto the floor. Rene stared as if she’d never seen them before. Can’t deal with that now. Bike ride. Gotta blow off some of this energy or I’ll explode. She rummaged through a drawer until she found her lightest pair of bike shorts and a tank top. Gonna be a warm one. She slipped them on and went to dig out her bike shoes and helmet. Gotta bring lots of water today. LA in June is usually wet and cool, with lots of coastal fog. ‘June Gloom’ the weather folks like to call it. This one, though, had been the hottest and driest on record. Gathering her stuff, she finally made her way out to the garage where Dina, in a brave attempt to organize some of Rene’s things, had hung her bike. She lubed the chain, pumped up the tires, and then carefully clicked into and out of her pedals. Right? Check. Left? Check. That’s a relief, she thought happily as she swung onto the bike and pedaled up over the hill. Gonna do the Strand. There’ll be lots of people by the beach so the people watching will be good and it will be cooler. Decision made, she aimed herself down to the beach and the seething masses of humanity. About ten miles later she’d wound her way through the thickest crowds, chalking up a few prime sightings that she’d have to remember to tell Dina about later. Much as she hated to admit it, the firefighter really enjoyed hearing Rene’s tales about the people she saw on her wanderings. She would sit happily, listening and watching, picturing each detail, as the blonde told her stories in her usual animated fashion. There was the woman who was essentially only wearing a Macaw parrot, and that was on her shoulder ? and one guy? I didn’t know they made Speedos that small? in magenta. She shuddered at the thought. The sight of the approaching power plant reminded her, as it always did, of that day eight months ago when she’d crashed her bike there. She’d hit a pothole on the path and been thrown part way down the rock retaining wall. Trapped, she’d hung there until rescued by a certain tall, gorgeous, dark haired, blue eyed firefighter whom she hardly knew. She’d been out for a jog well out of her usual territory. I still say it was fate, not coincidence, she mused with a smile. She pictured Dina’s quiet shrug that was her answer every time the doctor would try to draw her into that debate. “I don’t care which way it was. The important thing is we’re together now,” she would say, gathering the blonde in her arms. “And that’s how we’ll stay.” End of argument. “Whoops!” Rene swerved madly to avoid hitting a rock. Stop daydreaming and ride, she chastised herself. I don’t need to do that one again. Besides, Dina’s working today. So who would rescue me?With that sobering thought, she straightened out the bike and rode north toward Marina Del Rey and more good people watching. The exercise, heat, and jet lag had done their job. By the time she got home it was all she could do to shower and have some dinner. It’s too hot to cook. I wonder what we have in the fridge? There were some cold cuts that still seemed edible in there, and the last of the loaf of bread. I guess we’ll have to go food shopping soon. She plopped herself down on the couch with a sandwich, put her feet up on the coffee table and found the TV remote. Her favorite newscast seemed to have shuffled their people again during the last week. The black news anchor had been replaced with a Korean woman. The co-anchor, previously a black woman was now a Latino man and the weatherman was determinedly polyethnic. Let’s hear it for rolling diversity, Rene thought, toasting them with her sandwich. “? and on the local front, the heat and dryness have created an extreme fire danger that is more typical of October than June. Residents of the foothills are being asked to clear dead brush from around their homes and we’re asking everyone to be very careful. This could be the beginning of a very long fire season. “Next up? Is your pet carcinogenic? After this message from our sponsors.” Rene lay there through the rest of the news and weather: “?hot, dry, mid 90s?”, at last deciding that she had enough energy to call Dina and do one load of wash before she passed out. Ring. Ring. Ring. Ring? I guess they’re out on a call. I’ll see her in the morning. Now, whites or colors? Whites it was. And then bed. vThe dream started like they always did: She was in her scrubs, attending in the busy ER. “Dr. Covington, there’s an agitated patient in Bed 3, methamphetamine OD. You better see him before he destroys the room,” a pissed off nurse reported to the blonde doctor, handing her the chart. “Lovely, just what I need tonight.” She took the offered chart and walked through the curtain. The campfire was burning low, red embers dancing along the collapsing logs. Lying on her stomach, Gabrielle whispered to Xena, lying next to her, “Isn’t he asleep yet?” Across the fire, Joxer’s cheerful voice rang out, “Hey, you guys still awake?” “No, go to sleep,” answered Xena with a groan, arm draped across her face in frustration. “He’s got to fall asleep soon,” Gabrielle whispered again, reaching under the blanket to rub slow circles across the dark haired woman’s taut abdomen. Her hand was caught in a tight grasp as Xena turned and glared at her. “Don’t tease me like that. He’s been with us for three days and I am about to explode.” She thought for a minute. “Let’s take a walk, hmm? Grab the blanket.” “Hey, where you guys going?” came the call as they stood up, Gabrielle surreptitiously folding the blanket in her arms. “To check the perimeter. I thought I heard something,” Xena clipped back at him as she strode toward the thickest area of the woods. “Great, I’ll come with you.” Behind them they heard the creak and clank of his patchwork armor. “But, Joxer,” Gabrielle called to him in her best cajoling voice, “We need you to guard the camp.” “Oh, right.” He settled back down with a clunk. They slipped quickly into the dark of the forest and spread the blanket in the first open space they found. “How’s that?” Gabrielle finished smoothing it out and turned to the warrior. “Perrrfect,” rumbled the honey-voiced warrior. Giving a feral grin, Xena scooped the bard up into her arms and lowered them both to the blanket. “Let me show you just how perfect,” she murmured into the blonde’s ear and sucked lightly on the lobe, “With my tongue.” Turning her head, Gabrielle hungrily captured the taller woman’s mouth with her own. “Oh yes, please,” she sighed. Stopping only long enough to pull off the bard’s sleeping shift, Xena unhurriedly nibbled her way down the younger woman’s body, delighting in the feverish gasp as her mouth found each erect nipple in turn. She kissed her way down the wonderfully defined abdomen and nuzzled her way into the downy blonde patch below. “Oh yes, Xena,’ moaned Gabrielle, arching involuntarily toward her lover’s mouth, her hands clenching the blanket. CRASH. “Hey guys, where are you?” Joxer’s voice called from close by. CLANK, as he stumbled into a tree. “I heard it, too. It’s over there. Where are you?” Purely by luck, he was coming closer. Xena dropped her head and pounded the ground with her fist. “No, no, no. I’m gonna kill him.” “I won’t stop you,” replied Gabrielle, hands over her face. She sat up, grabbing her shift. “Maybe I’LL kill him.” She pulled it over her head. Xena stood, and with one flying punch, knocked a large branch from a nearby tree. A series of quick kicks took out three more. “OK,’ she said, smoothing her hair, “I think I’m ready to face him.” The dream ended as they always did: She was standing in the studio, dressed in her gi. Dina closed the studio door as the last student made his way out. ‘Why do I still feel so wound up?’ she wondered. ‘Maybe I’ll go for a run.’ She made her way up the stairs to find a change of clothes. Dina awoke with a disoriented start in the pitch black dorm. She flopped back, listening to the surrounding snores of the other firefighters and tried to calm her thumping heart. Wonder what time it is? She consulted the soft glow of her watch. 3:30am. Only 3 hours until I get to go home. Putting her hands behind her head, Dina closed her eyes and let her mind drift homeward, to the bedroom where her beautiful blonde doctor slept happily burrowed into the blankets. She imagined slipping in next to her and curling protectively around the soft warmth. As she’d done for ages. BRAAAAAAAP 36 firefighters were jolted from bed as the lights came up and the loudspeaker announced, “Engine 145, Engine 245, Truck 145. Brush fire. Tujunga Canyon. “Crap, that’s way out of our first in. Must be a big one.” Dina barely had time to remark as she dove into her turnouts and leaped onto the engine. Rene rolled onto her back and gave a luxurious stretch. Finally feel caught up with my sleep. Oh Dina, just you wait? A mischievous smile lit her features, then quickly vanished. Where is Dina? It’s? She picked up her head, pushing her sleep-mussed hair out of her face and looked at the clock. Nine. She should’ve been home hours ago. She sat up and scanned the room for signs that the raven haired woman had come home. There were none. Anxiously she jumped out of bed and ran to the phone in the kitchen to check the message machine. And I would’ve heard it ring, anyway. She looked around in indecision. Maybe she got held over, she hoped, trying to keep at bay the thought of burns, falls and all the other grim possibilities that always lurked in firefighters’ lives. Not to mention ordinary, run-of-the-mill car accidents. She grabbed the phone and hit speed dial 1. She counted to fifteen before hanging up. Out on a call. I’ll try again in a few. She walked into the bedroom. And back to the kitchen. No. Too soon. Back to the bedroom. And back to the kitchen. She looked at the clock. Still too soon. Back to the bedroom? Hot. It was damn hot. Dina dragged her part of the hose forward through the brush, trying to keep in line with the guy on the nozzle. The sun had only been up for a few hours, but it was already baking down on them. Dawn had come and gone unseen, its colors mixing with the reds and oranges of the fire. The raging fire radiated heat off of the narrow canyon walls as it devoured every scrap of brush and roared for more, pulling a searing wind behind it. Gonna need some water soon or I’ll pass out. She tried to mop her forehead with her filthy sleeve without releasing either hand from the hose. Out of the corner of her eye she could see lines of firefighters attacking from all directions, trying desperately to save the up canyon houses. She took another step as the nozzle man moved right. I hope Rene isn’t panicking. Please, Hon, she sent a thought winging homeward, I’m OK. Don’t worry. Then there was no time for thought as the wind suddenly spun on itself driving the fire back toward them, forcing a retreat. On her fifth lap into the kitchen, the band that had constricted her head suddenly let go. She’s OK. She didn’t know how she knew, she just knew. Rene gave in to the impulse anyway and dialed the station. Ring. Ring. Ring? “Station 145, Captain Nelson speaking.” “Oh thank God,” the stricken woman gushed. “Cap, this is Rene. Where’s Dina?” “Hey Doc. She’s at the fire in Tujunga. She’s OK. We’re working on getting relief crews out there. I’m hoping to get them back to the station within the hour.” “Thanks, Cap. I was so worried.” “Yeah. It turned into a bigger fire than we expected and we needed all the manpower. We’re starting to get it under control now. So we can get last night’s crews home.” It was just after 11 when Dina practically fell through the front door. She had stopped at the station only long enough to shower, change, and throw her soot and dirt covered turnouts into a plastic bag. “Dina,” Rene caught her as she stumbled into the house. “I was so worried. I’m so glad you’re OK. Do you want anything to eat? Drink? Is there anything I can do for you? I think I’m rambling.” Tucking herself under the much taller woman’s arm, she helped her exhausted lover to the couch before she ran to get her a glass of water. The fair haired doctor scanned her love’s pale face, the dark circles intensifying the blue of her eyes. Green eyes met blue as Rene touched Dina’s cheek. “You are OK, aren’t you?” Head flopped back against the couch, arms sprawled limply, Dina smiled weakly. “I’m fine. Just tired. Give me a few hours? Then I have plans for you?” She managed a small wink at Rene before she dragged herself off the couch and in the general direction of bed. She was already unconscious, curled up on her side, in the time it took for the doctor to put the glass in the kitchen and to walk into the bedroom. The petite blonde woman stood for a moment looking down at the other half of her soul. Swiftly she bent and softly kissed her forehead. Then she left her love to sleep. It was late in the afternoon when searching-for-clothing noises from the bedroom caught Rene’s attention. She put down the book that she’d been lying on the couch reading, went into the kitchen and put on water for Dina’s tea. Then she headed into the bedroom to greet her lover. The firefighter was sitting on the edge of the bed, still blinking somewhat owlishly, dressed in a pair of gray knit shorts and a threadbare, mottled green tank top that Rene could’ve sworn she’d thrown out a few months ago. “Hey”, the doctor called quietly from the doorway, “How ya feeling?” She leaned against the doorframe as she admired the firefighter’s exquisite features. Even disheveled from sleep she was still breathtaking. Rene felt her chest tighten and her stomach drop as their eyes met and Dina flashed her a smile of pure love acknowledging their bond. It was a smile for her, and her alone. Always had been. Always would be. Dina held out her hands to Rene. “Much better. Come here.” How did I get so lucky? She drank in the golden crown of her hair and the emerald sparkle of her eyes. She lost herself in Rene’s delighted smile. It lit up her face, making her appear even younger than she was. And it never failed to bring out smiles from even the most hardened and unhappy. All it took was two steps and Rene was in her arms. For a heartbeat they held each other, savoring the contact which was at once comforting and electrifying. It felt like home and it felt like MORE. Lips met. Tongues danced. Wordlessly they reaffirmed their love and passion. Dina pulled Rene closer and ran her fingertips lightly up and down the blonde’s back. She lifted the hem of her shirt, and cupping a breast in her hand, she ran her tongue around and then sucked gently on her rosy nipple. Rene moaned and leaned into the wonderful feeling. She ran her tongue over Dina’s ear, moaning again softly. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?. “What is that?” the firefighter asked huskily, as she turned her attentions to the doctor’s other breast. “Mmm. Don’t care,” Rene answered, caught up in the growing warmth spreading throughout her body. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?.. “Crap.” The blonde took reluctant a step back. “It’s the teapot. One sec while I go turn it off.” She kissed the seated woman on the forehead. “Hold my place. I’ll be right back.” She ran into the kitchen and turned off the burner just as the phone rang. Not gonna answer it. The machine will take a message. “Hello? Rene?” came a familiar voice through the machine. “This is Dale Talvin. My wife has gone into labor and I was hoping you could come in early so I can be with her. Give me a call as soon ?” Crap, crap, crap. With a sigh she snatched up the phone before he could hang up. “Hey Dale? I’m here. Yeah, I’ll come in. I just have to shower. I can be there in, oh, 40 to 45 minutes.” “Thanks so much,” he said gratefully. “Well, I owe you, ya know? Be there soon. Bye.” She turned and unexpectedly found herself looking directly into the firefighter’s tee shirted chest. “I hate it when you sneak up on me like that, you know?” the petite blonde groused, looking up into her lover’s questioning blue eyes. “That was Dale Talvin, Dr. Talvin, asking me to come in early. His wife’s in labor and I owe him one anyway. So I said yes.” Dina cocked an eyebrow. “Owe him?” Rene sighed. Wrapping her arms around the taller woman, she leaned against her, listening for a second to the comforting thump-thump of her heart. “He’s the one that came in at 3am for me the night you were admitted.” “Oh,” Dina replied softly, locking her arms around Rene. She’d had no idea. She couldn’t remember much about that night except her fight to breathe, and how painful that tube in her throat had been, then how awful it had felt to have that machine forcing her to breathe to its rhythm. The only thing she was sure of was that Rene had been with her. “Then you have to go.” The firefighter grinned, relieving the solemn mood. “It may kill me, but we’ll have some other time.” “Mmmn mnmns mnd” came the mumbled reply from the general vicinity of Dina’s chest. “What was that?” she asked the blonde. “I was cursing my work ethic,” Rene raised her head and grinned back. “We have tomorrow after I wake up, right?” “Nope. I picked up an overtime shift tomorrow, remember?” “Dammit. Forgot. The next day?” a distinctive whine crept into her voice. “Yep, the next day.” Dina laughed at the hopeful look on Rene’s face. “It’s a date.” “OK. A date it is. Now I’ve got to scoot. I love you.” Their lips met in a kiss that quickly intensified with the remaining heat of their earlier passion. “Uh uh, no. Can’t do this? I’ve got to go? Uh.” Rene finally tore herself away. She shook her finger at the dark haired woman. “You are a troublemaker.” She took a few steps toward the bathroom and turned back again. “And I love you for it. Hold that thought. We have a date.” The firefighter stood unmoving until she heard the water running in the shower, then slumped her way into the living room and threw herself full length on the couch. Great. What am I going to do now? Feels like a long run and then a cold shower. I thought I wasn’t going to have to do this once we were living together. She let out a long breath. Damn. Luckily it was a slow night in the ER. Dr. Covington, seated at the doctor’s desk, lay her head down on her crossed arms and sighed. I could almost prefer a busy night tonight. Thoughts of Dina had been flashing happily, but most distractingly, through her mind all night. She sighed again, yawned, and thanks to her years of practice as a resident, immediately fell asleep. Dina stood in front of the roomful of eager faces. “Tomorrow we’re taking a bus out to a meet in Tarzana. The bus leaves at nine. Anyone not here is not going. Got it?” 18 white clad bodies, differentiated only by the color of their belts, bowed in unison. “Yes, Sensei,” they chorused. She allowed herself a small smile. This was a very promising group. “OK. Head home. I’ll see you in the morning.” She let them out, locking the door as the last one left and? ?turned to face Margaret, who was standing across their bedroom, hands on hips, glaring at her in anger. “I just don’t understand why we have to have an escort in the carriage with us, Kate,” she grumped. “Your brother has done everything to come between us and annoy us since you turned down Francis Hutchinson’ proposal.” Lady Catherine shook her head. “I know, my love. He harries us at every step and does his best to see we have no privacy. But this time I must agree with him. ‘Tis a long ride and a wild one from here to Paris.” “But in the cab? Why couldn’t he ride on the outside with the driver?” She pouted, unwilling to give an inch. The Lady gave a laugh and glided over, enfolding the small, petulant blonde in her arms. “I suppose he could,” she mused, “But my brother has decreed he should ride inside. To observe and to vex us I don’t doubt.” Gently touching her lover’s face, she tilted her chin up so she could look her in the eyes. “And why, pray tell, does this mean so much to you, my dear?” Green eyes twinkling mischievously, Margaret leaned into Kate’s long body. “Well, Mum, this poor urchin’s never been on a long carriage ride,” she explained in her best Cockney drawl. “And I was thinking that the rocking of the cab might get me in a mood to help you pass the time a little more? interestingly? if you might think.” “Ah, yes, I can see this,” mused Catherine, a crooked smile playing across her lips. “Our unsuspecting man sitting outside would suddenly become aware of strange moaning sounds coming from inside. He would have the driver stop and would come around to check on us. “We, being occupied, would be caught unawares as he opens the door to find you up under my skirts? What fine confirmation for my brother, who strongly suspects, but cannot prove, our relationship. “No. As lovely as it sounds, not this trip My Incorrigible One.” “But, Mum, that’s ‘ow you like me,” Margaret grinned, relenting to the Lady’s logic. “True. I would have you no other way. But?” She fixed the smaller woman in a searing glance. “No one is with us tonight, are they?” The petite blonde’s look swept the room theatrically. “By God, no. We are alone.” “Then I say we should take advantage, should we not?” Without waiting for an answer, Catherine bent to kiss her Love.” “Dr. Covington. Dr. Covington.” Rene awoke with a start. “Huh?” She looked around, momentarily confused. “Dr. Covington you fell asleep. There’s a febrile kiddie to see in room 4,” the nurse informed her, handing the doctor the chart. “Sorry to interrupt what sounded like a good dream,” she added with a grin. Rene could feel the blush coming up from her toes. “Uh, it was getting there,” she admitted, and clutching the chart, stepped into room 4. The house was empty when Rene got home. She knew it would be. Dina had to be at work at 6:30am and the doctor didn’t get off shift until 8am. But after last night’s visitation with Margaret and Catherine, the house seemed particularly empty and, despite the summer heat, the bed was cold. “Jose, this shift sucks,” Dina informed Jose Saavedra, the engineer, as the two of them worked in the kitchen concocting the night’s dinner of chili and beans with salad. “It’s hot. It’s dry. We’re busy.” She chopped viciously at an unsuspecting tomato. “And everyone is in a bad mood.” A head of lettuce disintegrated in her hands. Jose gave the chili a stir and looked at her. “Whoa Mija.” He cocked his head. “I thought your cute little doctor was home. You were supposed to go back to ‘Nice Dina’ when she came home.” He suddenly looked worried. “Are you guys OK?” She raised an eyebrow and gave him a withering glance. Only Jose could talk to her like that without risking his life. He’d been the first to figure out her and Rene, and she’d been the only person in the department he’d come out to. The small Hispanic engineer and the tall female firefighter had a bond of friendship now that all acknowledged but few understood. Unable to sustain it, her look deteriorated into a slow embarrassed grin. “Thanks, Jose, we’re fine. It’s just that? since she’s been home, well? we haven’t had much time? together? alone? well?” She stopped, realizing she was stammering. Jose’s mouth dropped. “Oh my God. She was gone four days or so, right?” Dina nodded. “And she’s been home two?” “And you still haven’t?” He collapsed against the counter in uncontrollable laughter. “No wonder you’re still so?” He pounded the countertop. “Edgy.” His composure dissolved completely in another round of laughter. “Saavedra.” He looked up to see the knife pointed directly at his throat. “Friend or not, if this gets out, I will hurt you.” He looked into the steely depth of her eyes and swallowed hard. “No Mija.” He held up his hands. “It’s between you and me.” His lip twitched as he tried to contain his snickering. She put down the knife and stared at the counter. “Am I that obvious?” He nodded and, unable to contain himself, fell against the counter laughing again. “I feel like a bad joke,” she said starting to grin, then laugh. They were leaning against the counter still laughing when the captain walked in. “What is this?” he demanded, “Are we getting dinner or not?” “Almost done, Cap,” answered the engineer, suddenly sober. BRAAAAAAAAAAAP “Engine and rescue. Difficulty breathing. 415 East La Vista.” “Crap. Another call. Let’s cover the chili. We’ll have to eat it later,” the captain groaned at they ran for the engine. It was four calls and two hours later before they made it back to the station for their dinner. Rene awoke from a fitful sleep and peeled the eyeshade from her face. Focusing slowly, she finally made out 5:17pm on the clock. Ick. She lay back down and stared at the ceiling. Coffee. Inspired by that thought, she crept out of bed, found a tank top and shorts on the floor and threw them on without considering whether they were hers or Dina’s. Finally, she made her way to the kitchen. An hour later, caffinated, showered and fed, she called the fire station, but was disappointed to get only empty ringing. No one home. Must be a busy day. What’s the news today? She plopped onto the couch. “Tonight’s big story: Weather continues to be hot and dry. Multiple fires have broken out in Orange County and San Bernadino. People are being asked to conserve water as reservoirs are hitting critically low levels. Next up? Kite flying, the new aerobic sport. After these commercial messages.” Nothing big in LA today, she thought breathing a sigh of relief. She remembered a story that Dina had told her about pumping out someone’s pool and using the water to save her house. The woman later threatened to sue the fire department because they had cracked a tile. No accounting for people, she mused cynically, as she packed up her stethoscope and left for work. I think it’s going to be a busy one. I hate going shopping in my scrubs, but tonight’s our date and I’m gonna make a special dinner, Rene told herself excitedly as she got out of the car. She’d stopped on the way home from work at the local upscale supermarket. Ugh, look at these prices. But they do have the prettiest food, she conceded. “Yes, I’ll take that piece of sea bass,” she answered in response to the clerk’s question. She quickly made her way over to produce and picked out the best scallions and mushrooms and a plump lemon. She zipped through the specialty rices and finally lingered over the choice of a fine chardonnay. We already have salad and baklava for desert. This will be great. The blonde smiled happily planning their date as she cruised home. Dina was already asleep when, groceries put away, she stripped and snuggled into bed. It was perfect. The salad was crisp and cool. The fish was moist and slightly spicy, sitting in its bed of rice. The wine sat invitingly in its chiller. And the candles gave the perfect glow. They gazed across the table, holding hands and eating, every now and then stopping to kiss. They fed each other the baklava sitting on the couch, licking the sticky honey off each other’s fingers? then lips, baklava forgotten. This is all I could ever want, Rene felt, more than thought, as she nibbled her way down her firefighter’s exquisite throat. Gently she cupped her breast and heard an encouraging rumbling moan in answer. She felt Dina’s fingers run tinglingly down her back and dip teasingly into the waistband of her shorts. Suddenly, Dina sat straight up and pushed Rene back. “What?” Rene squeaked. Dina’s face was a slightly greenish shade of pale. The doctor was only able to get out, “Hon?” before Dina bolted for the bathroom, slamming the door behind her. The sound of retching came shortly after. The blonde walked over and knocked on the door. “Are you OK?” She heard a flush and then, “Yeah, come in.” Dina sat on the floor, her face still pale but no longer green. Her arm rested on the toilet. Rene knelt down and took the taller woman’s free hand. “Was it dinner? I’m sorry.” “No, no.” Dina shook her head, then quickly bent to retch again. Rene grabbed her hair and kept it out of the way as the poor woman lost her dinner. “I think it was last night’s chili,” she explained when she was finally able to look up. “We cooked it but then it was a few hours before we could eat. It sat out the whole time?” She was interrupted by more heaving. “I know it wasn’t tonight’s dinner. That was great.” Dina grabbed a tissue and blew her nose. “I’m sorry I ruined our date.” She threw up again. “Oh, Hon, it’s OK. I’m sorry you’re sick.” ‘The Doctor’ kicked in. “I have an idea.” The firefighter looked at her suspiciously with one watery eye as she leaned her head on the cool of the bowl. “No.” Rene held out her hands. “It’ll be OK.” She stood and found two scrunchies in the medicine cabinet. Deftly, she tied Dina’s hair at the top and middle into a neat, out of the way pony tail. “I’ll be right back.” The pony tail is a good idea, Dina thought as nausea overcame her again. She heard the refrigerator door slam and Rene reappeared, a small silver wrapper in her hand. “What’s that?” the stricken woman asked, not bothering to lift her head. “A Compazine suppository.” “A what??” “Compazine, a medication for vomiting. Remember when I had the stomach flu in the spring? Works great.” Dina lifter her head and gave Rene her best stare. “I am not going to use a suppository.” “No.” She put her head down and dry heaved. “It’s better than what you’re doing now.” “Why are you being so stubborn? I know what I’m talking about.” “Fine.” The doctor straightened herself up and put on her best ‘Doctor Voice’. “I’m going to give you half an hour. If you haven’t stopped puking by then you’re going to take the medication if I have to give it to you myself.” She spun and stalked out of the bathroom, slamming the door behind her. A miserable half hour later Dina, exhausted, gratefully took the medication and was in bed shortly thereafter. Rene made short work of the dishes and the kitchen, wiped some stray honey off of the coffee table and cleaned the bathroom before finally going to bed. Dina never moved as she lay down and curled up, one hand on her beloved firefighter’s hip. It was overwhelmingly busy in the ER. The nurses looked frazzled as they tried to keep up with the admissions, medication orders and discharges. Kay, the charge nurse grabbed Rene as she surveyed the six charts of the patients she hadn’t seen yet and the twelve that were still in the department that she had. “Dr. Covington,” she snapped, “We need you in room 2 right away. We have a woman actively seizing.” “Get someone to grab some Valium. I’m on my way,” the doctor directed as she forgot the other charts and ran into room 2. “No!” The book she was holding slammed down onto the desk. “No, Janice, I do NOT see why you have to go to this excavation. We have discussed this before. We agreed. We’re getting too old for this. It’s too dangerous. No more digs.” Melinda crossed her arms and stared out the window across the green lawns of the plantation that had been their home for the greater part of twenty years. “Melinda.” Janice moved the pen around in her mouth, then set it down. She’d given up the cigars fifteen years ago, but the habit was still with her, especially at times like these. She came up behind her, wrapping her arms around the dark haired woman and leaned her head against the still strong back. “There’s rumors that after all these years there might be scrolls in that abandoned mine. Think of it. New Xena scrolls. I have to be there.” Melinda turned in Janice’ arms and held her tightly. “Oh Janice,” she whispered, knowing she’d lost the argument. “Oh Janice,” she said again, starting to cry. “I just? I have a bad feeling. Please promise me you’ll be careful.” “Hey Toots,” she comforted Melinda using a pet name that harked back to their younger days, “I promise. I will always come back to you.” Dina, still in her gi, gave her last student a hug as her mom picked her up and drove her home from the meet. ‘ I’m bushed. And I didn’t even fight. Time for a shower.’ She walked up the back stairs to her apartment, peeling her clothes as she went. Dina awoke as the first rosy light was picking it’s way into their room. She felt drained but much better. Next to her, Rene slept, head partially buried under her pillow, one arm and leg sprawled over Dina’s body. With her free arm, Dina pushed some of the hair out of Rene’s face. Then, moving as little as possible so as not to disturb the sleeping woman, she kissed her. “Thank you,” she whispered and went back to sleep. “You gonna be OK?” “Yes, Rene,” Dina answered patiently for the nth time from where she lay on the couch. A bottle of her favorite blue Gatorade sat on the coffee table next to her. “I will be fine. I haven’t thrown up since last night. I’m resting. I’m taking fluids. I’m reading a book. Now go to work before you’re late.” “You’ll call?” “Rene!” the firefighter snapped, “I will call if I have any problems. I’m gonna try some soup later. I’m OK. Promise. Now go to work!” Dina softened. “I love you, too. And thank you. Now go to work.” “Dr. Covington, breath sounds are equal with bagging, but he sounds very wet,” reported the respiratory therapist. “Thanks, Don. I’ll write the ventilator orders and let’s get Xray in here.” She motioned for the tech to roll in the portable xray machine and stepped out of the room. “Hey Kay,” she yelled over to the charge nurse, “I’m going to go explain to his wife about his congestive heart failure and why he’s intubated now. OK?” The charge nurse nodded. “OK. And when you come back in, call Dina” She gave a short laugh at Rene’s suddenly worried face. “She says to tell you she’s fine.” “Hey Hon, how’ya doin’?” “Hey Love, OK. Just wanted to let you know soup went down fine so I ordered in some tacos?” “What?!” Rene clutched the phone. “Of all the idiotic things?” She stopped as laughter came pealing over the phone. “No, I didn’t. I had soup and crackers per your instructions. I feel much better.” Rene relaxed as Dina continued. “Am I correct in assuming we’re both off tomorrow again?” The blonde eyeballed the doctors’ schedule hanging at the desk. “Yes, my dear, you are.” “Shall we try again at another date?” “OK. It’s a date. I love you. I’m sorry I’ve been snippy.” Rene grinned. “And I’m sorry I’ve been pushy. I’ll see you in the morning, ‘K?” “‘K. Goodnight.” “Oh, Dr. Covington.” Kay took the phone from Rene’s hand and hung it up. “Come down off that cloud and please come back to work. You’ve got to write those vent orders, remember?” “Oh, yeah.” Rene smiled cheerily. “Thanks.” I think the rest of this shift is going to go just fine, she thought happily, and went to finish her paperwork. At 3pm, no longer able to restrain herself, Dina made a pot of coffee, poured a cup and went into the bedroom where she wafted it back and forth in front of the sleeping doctor’s nose. Or at least the general vicinity of where she thought it might be. It was hard to tell from the lump in the bed. “Mmmmmmm,” came from the muffled figure in the bed. “Rene,” Dina called quietly, sitting down on the side of the bed “Mmmmmr rrrr.” “Rene.” She wafted the coffee again. “Murrfle?” One hand reached up and uncovered a single eye. “Coffee? For me?” She sat up completely, pulled off the eyeshade and tossed it across the room. Taking the offered cup, she gulped down about half. “Thank you. Coffee in bed. What a treat.” “Well,” Dina looked embarrassed. “I cleaned, did laundry, went for a run, shopped, and then ran out of ideas. So I decided to wake you up.” Leaning forward, Rene gave her a kiss on the cheek. “You are the best. I love you.” She grinned. “And not just for the coffee.” One eyebrow shot up. “”No?” asked the firefighter. “Oh no, there’s much more.” She finished the coffee in one quick swallow and handed the cup to Dina, who set it on the dresser. “C’mere.” She patted the bed next to her. “Let me tell you.” The taller woman sat down, leaning against the headboard, her long legs stretched out in front of her, and looked expectantly at the blonde. Rene threw off the covers and knelt on the bed. She took one of Dina’s hands. “I love you for how you take care of me.” She kissed the firefighter’s little finger. “I love how you let me take care of you.” She kissed the ring finger. “I love you for how you know me so well.” The middle finger received its kiss. “I love you for how you let me know you.” The index finger. “I love you for what you do to me.” Eye’s twinkling, she kissed her thumb? then sucked it, nipping at it slightly. Straddling the surprised woman , Rene put her hands on the headboard and leaned over to whisper into Dina’s ear. “And I love what you let me do to you.” Their lips met. Dina wrapped her long arms around her love and pulled her close. The both gasped at the feel of their bodies touching. “Too many clothes. You definitely have on too many clothes,” Rene declared as she temporarily broke their embrace and pulled at Dina’s tank top. Dina obligingly lifted her arms as Rene removed the top. They held each other again, delighting in skin against skin, slowly exploring each other with hands, then tongues. “Time for you to lose the shorts,” Rene murmured into Dina’s belly as she kissed her way down? BANG BANG BANG RING RING RING “What the hell was that?” “It’s the damn door. And if I know that bang, it’s Erin. And she won’t go away until we answer.” Rene thumped the bed with her fist. “Damn!” She got up and rummaged through the drawer, throwing on the first tee shirt and shorts she found. “I’ll get it,” she grumped as the banging commenced again. “Goddammit Erin,” the blonde growled as she threw open the door. “What is ??” Her growl was cut off as she was hit by a 5’2″ mass of flying, hugging, laughing, Irish-Hispanic woman. Behind her, still in the doorway, stood Stuart, an immense grin on his face. “Rene, guess what?” her ex-roommate gushed, “I’m pregnant!” Rene took a step back out of Erin’s arms and stared at them both. “Wow. Well, that was quick. You two have only been married, uh?” She glanced unhelpfully down at the nonexistent watch on her left wrist. Dropping her arm, she continued, “two months.” “C’mon in why don’t you. I’ll have some more coffee and you can give me the details.” She turned toward the kitchen and stopped as the full meaning of her request penetrated her still sleep fogged mind. Turning back quickly, she found Stuart staring at her with an ever-widening grin on his face. Rene held her hands out in a warding off gesture in front of her. “Gods, I must be slow. No, Stuart, I don’t mean THOSE details. I mean? Uh? Oh, crud, let me get some coffee first, OK?” Dina joined them as they settled themselves onto the couch. “Well, I’m seven weeks pregnant. We waited until after 6 weeks to make sure. I got an ultrasound today. Everything looks good.” Erin beamed and hugged Stuart. “Seven weeks? You guys didn’t wait long at all.” Stuart puffed himself up. “We Japanese are known for our efficiency,” he stated proudly. The doctor put one hand over her eyes and leaned back into the couch. “I can’t believe you just said that,” she moaned. “We’re thinking about names, and I want you to be godparents? both of you.” She beamed at them, then suddenly laughed. “Did we interrupt something?” “Huh?” Rene and Dina asked in unison. Two sets of eyebrows went skyward. “Well, Rene’s shorts are on backward and Dina’s shirt is inside out.” “Uh, well?” Doctor and firefighter looked at each other and broke out laughing. “To tell the truth, well, yeah,” admitted Rene. “I’ve been back six days and it’s been one thing after another, and well?” Erin put up a hand. “Say no more. I’ve told you what I came to say. Whatcha say Stuart, shall we let these ladies go back to what they were doing?” She winked at him. “Yes, please carry on,” he agreed, heading for the door. “Besides, we all know how crabby Rene can get if she goes without. I can’t even picture you, Big One,” she added with an evil grin. “What do you mean by that?” Dina asked, smiling as innocently as possible. “Dina, ignore her please. Congrats to you two. All our love to you both. She gave her ex-roommate a hug. “And thanks,” she whispered in her ear, “You’re right about both of us.” “Now where were we?” the blonde inquired as she closed the door. “Oh yeah.” Taking Dina by the hand, she led her back to the bedroom. “One other thing first,” Dina said, stopping at the door. She turned and sprinted into the kitchen. “What did you do?” Rene asked her when she returned a minute later. “I turned off the telephone ringer and turned down the answering machine,” the firefighter answered with a laugh. “NOW back to where we were.” “Hey look! It’s dark out already,” Rene remarked much later. “Really? I hadn’t noticed.” A low rumble interrupted the silence. “Was that your stomach?” Dina asked. “Yeah. I guess I’m hungry.” “Hungry? You mean?” “Hon, that doesn’t count as food.” “No? How about if I?” “Mmmmmmm. Well, that does feel good. Maybe it does count. But?” “Yeesss?” “Uh, mmmm, nevermind. I forgot what I was going to say.” And nothing more was said for a very long time.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409993
__label__wiki	0.548363	0.548363	Wellesley Bertucci’s restaurant closes abruptly March 25, 2018 by Bob Brown 8 Comments Customers at the Wellesley Bertucci’s on Sunday night were told the restaurant was closing for good when they left and the remaining takeout orders were picked up. One customer who arrived around 7:30pm with his wife was politely greeted by the manager from Bertucci’s Needham restaurant, who said the restaurant team found out at 7pm that the eatery was being shuttered. As a parting gift, the manager gave the customer a coupon for the Needham location. We swung by the Playhouse Square building at 9:20pm-ish on Sunday night and all the lights were out (the restaurant usually closes at 9pm on Sundays, so that did seem like an awfully quick lights out). No signs were on the windows to indicate anything was awry. But Bertucci’s first thing Monday responded to our inquiry, and confirmed the closing, described as “lease-related, unfortunately.” Other Playhouse Square tenants, such as TD Bank and Legit Activewear, have also departed this property in months past. Real estate banners have popped up on the building encouraging new tenants to sign on. Bertucci’s emailed customers on Monday morning with the following message titled “Bertucci’s Important News” (including a $10 coupon, no minimum purchase): Dear [customer], We are sad to report that yesterday was our last day of operation at Bertucci’s in Wellesley. The reason for closing was lease-related. We are doing everything possible to relocate many of our Wellesley staff members to other Boston-area Bertucci’s locations. While this news is tough to deliver, we hope that you — our valued guests — will consider visiting our other nearby Bertucci’s. Closest to Wellesley, our team members at Bertucci’s Needham are ready to step in to satisfy your craving for our rolls, pizza, pasta and more. For location information, please visit bertuccis.com/locations. Thank you for being a Dough Nation member and loyal Bertucci’s fan. We hope that you’ll continue to come to a Bertucci’s nearest you and that you’ll stay in the club. Please click this link to choose a new Bertucci’s home store so that you can continue to enjoy all of the benefits of membership, including birthday, half-birthday, wedding anniversary gifts and more. To our wonderful team members and loyal guests in Wellesley, we thank you for your support over the years. The news about Wellesley’s pizza-plus joint closing comes on the heels of the Bertucci’s in Kenmore Square in Boston shutting down last month after 15 years in business and the Bertucci’s in Faneuil Hall being shuttered in January. Lease issues were also cited in those closings. About 80 Bertucci’s locations are listed on the company’s website, and all is happiness on the company’s social media (i.e, latest Facebook post starts: “Happiness is a warm Bertucci’s roll dipped in olive oil.”). With Bertucci’s closing, the cries have already started among longtime or past Wellesley residents to bring back the Community Playhouse that once occupied that building and showed movies for decades until it shut down in 1987. More reactions from customers and other observers have begun flooding in to our Facebook page. Meanwhile, for those seeking pizza in Wellesley, no shortage of options exist, from chains like Upper Crust and California Pizza Kitchen, to one-of-a-kinds such as Old School. MORE: Where to eat in Wellesley, MA Filed Under: Business, Restaurants Patricia Salvas says All of Bertucci’s are closed in Western Mass and I have a gift card and cannot travel to the Boston area to redeem it… I have heard on the news they may reopen under new management.. owners? I loved this place.. sorry to hear and sorry my gift card isn’t worth anything to me now. J says I had worked for Bertuccis for 10 1/2 years. I have seen them close restaurants and open new ones. They use to have a really good staff in one of their restaurants that could have saved their chain. Now, many of those that were phenomenal cooks and servers have gone elsewhere because they did not want to pay well, nor treat their employees fairly. Just heard they are filing for bankruptcy, I am not surprised to say the least. I could tell numerous stories of some of the things I’ve seen over the years. Abe Froman says The town must have a big spender looking for a theatrical writeoff? What happened to the guy that got the Beach Boys to play in town? Bertuccis was a disaster, understaffed with moody Managers. Good riddance. A real shame and corporate was oblivious. Greg Livingston says We’d go there often, and it was usually either empty or only a few tables occupied, and I wondered how they made the payroll that day. Sorry it’s gone. John Williams says Jeff Brooks says Bertucci’s has gone downhill steadily over the last 15 yrs. Not really sad to see them go. Also in favor of a theater. And definitely NOT in favor of another bank, pizza place, or yogurt shop. 🙁 Patrick Rafter says Yes. Bring back the theatre! A Wellesley venue for film, acting and more! Any local philanthropists in search of a new worthy cause? Bring back the theatre!! Wellesley Film Festival?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409995
__label__cc	0.615905	0.384095	90s Comics, 90s Indy, Uncategorized Slash Fiction: Jason vs. Leatherface May 8, 2017 Dean Compton 2 Comments Greetings, Legions of the Unspoken! Ol’ Dean Compton is back, and I do apologize for having been away so long. Life has separated me from the 90’s comics I dearly love and treasure, and it has also separated me from all of you, but that shall happen no more! We hope to be back on track around here in time for early summer, and my portion starts right here with the rather fun (and gory) Jason vs. Leatherface from Topps Comics! I’ve been obsessed with Jason Voorhees (although not as obsessed as I am with some things) ever since I was about 4 or 5 years old. I don’t recall which Friday the 13th movie it was, but one Saturday morning in the middle of the serenity that only Saturday morning cartoons can bring a youngster, the slasher invaded. This had to be a mistake on the part of the station, but all of a sudden I was seeing a commercial for a Friday The 13th flick! I was so scared that I had nightmares about it later. Whether this had anything to do with it or not, movies like Friday the 13th and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre were banned in my house growing up. The only Jason stuff that ever made its way into ComptonSpace was the NES game. Ask Emily or anyone who knows me: I am goddamn obsessed with NES Jason and will purchase just about anything to do with him, from NECA figures to Funko customs. For me, that game was Jason, in all of his purple and neon blue glory. Later, as a teenager, I’d be able to watch some Friday the 13th movies, and whole some of them are scary, most are just funny and a blast to watch. I didn’t have the same affinity for Leatherface. I never got to play the Atari Texas Chainsaw Massacre game, although I am pretty obsessed with it now, to the point of having bought a NECA Atari Leatherface. (I bet you’re starting to think NECA paid me to put them in here, but nah, they just have great stuff. Of course, should they want to sponsor the site, come on, fellas!) I didn’t see Texas Chainsaw Massacre until I was 22. It’s a good movie, but I always sort of thought of Leatherface as the least of the slashers until recently. Thanks to various action figures, I have started to really dig Leatherface, so when I learned of this mini-series, I Just had to see how these two horror icons did against one another. The covers to this mini-series are excellently done by Simon Bisley, who displays from the get-go why he was the perfect artist for such a task. Also, Jason’s machete sort of looks like the one he uses in Jason X, making this even more badass. Published in the waning days of Topps Comics, Jason vs. Leatherface had a very low print run, making it highly desirable these days. From what I can tell from my research (which is done on little sleep and a shoestring budget, so please correct me if I am wrong), this is the only time in any medium that Jason and Leatherface squared off in an “official” manner. That sort of makes it sound like they had some sort of government sanctioned duel. That is decidedly not the case; this is much, much more fun. Nancy Collins writes a fun story in which Jason is caught up in corporate malfeasance. A corporation has been using Crystal Lake (the perpetual home of Jason’s massacres) to dump toxic waste. They are moving on from the area, and the EPA has confirmed that something must be done about the waste. The CEO decided to just drain and dredge the lake and then use the land to build high-priced development housing. AND THEY SAY JASON VOORHEES IS THE BAD GUY! Of course, Jason is at the bottom of the lake from the end of one of his last massacres, and he’s just waiting for something or someone to free him. Remember that Southern Rock compilation CD “Going South”? I bet Jason hates it. The man in charge of the dredging makes it clear to all involved that he is not a nice man and that he is there because he works cheap. While they are in the process of dredging the lake, a local arrives and warns them of the danger that is Jason Voorhees, but the contractor laughs it off. Of course, as he is scoffing at the idea that a crazed and unstoppable maniac is at the bottom of the lake, what does his crew pull up with a large crate of toxic dirt? If you guessed anything but Jason, turn in your badge; you’re off the force. The dirt gets hauled to a train where it takes off for the desert. Joining the dirt on this journey is a hobo and his dog, and being honest, these are the most likeable characters in the entire book. Sadly, Jason kills them rather quickly, and this is the moment that really reminded me that while we all like Jason, we really shouldn’t He murders harmless and defenseless people for no good reason. This hobo offers him some booze, which is like money to hobos in pop culture, and Jason hacks his arm off. Of course, what will really get to most folks is when Jason hacks the dog right in half. Of course, the hobo was just telling his dog about how happy he was that they had been riding the rails together, which meant they were about to die. Being happy in a horror comic or movie means instant death. Jason proceeds to kill everyone on the train. Even without being an engineer, I know a train can’t run without one, and it doesn’t take long before the train, toxic dirt and all, blows up with our favorite maniac walking away from the carnage. IS HIS MACHETE ON FIRE? JASON IS THE COOLEST. Jason’s train has crashed in Texas. Sawyerville, Texas, to be exact, which just happens to be the home of Leatherface and family. Jason comes upon one of their intended victims trying to escape. The victim implores Jason for assistance, which is sort of like asking a demon for assistance with the devil. Leatherface and family quickly make their way onto the scene, desperate to hold onto their meat. The victim is terrified as Jason and Leatherface make first contact! The moment you have been waiting for since you read the title. Jason and Leatherface square off in a slash clash of terror titans! Jason manages to overpower Leatherface and force the aberration to lose his grip on his famous chainsaw, but then rather than killing Leatherface and his kin, Jason kills their intended victim and then hands Leatherface his chainsaw. Leatherface’s kin introduces himself to Jason as Hitchhiker, and he convinces a confused Jason to join them back at their house for supper. Jason has never felt anything but hate and anger, even at that awesome hobo who just wanted to get him drunk, so the fact that he doesn’t want to kill these people immediately is foreign to him. He goes along with them, and after being introduced to Cook and the rest of the family, he finds himself feeling a kinship with Leatherface. The rest of the family, especially Hitchhiker, picks on Leatherface the way Jason was picked on. Upon arriving at the house, Hitchhiker immediately makes fun of Leatherface for losing his saw to Jason, which is really not anything to be ashamed of, what with Jason’s super-strength and all. (It’s like a baby losing an arm wrestling match to Hulk Hogan. That’s just how it is gonna go down.) The taunt leads Leatherface to run away to his upstairs bedroom and fling himself on the bed in the way that teenage girls do in sitcoms, although Leatherface has decidedly fewer posters of boy bands and kittens on his walls. (He does have a sweet poster of what seems to be Conan or Franzetta’s Death Dealer above his bed.) Jason’s kinship with Leatherface grows, and he heads upstairs to offer his friendship and understanding. Jason was tormented too, and seeing Leatherface in anguish is reminding Jason of his own torment and somehow making him show empathy and sympathy for another human being. This is the beginning of a very ugly friendship. Cook tells Jason that he is glad that he and Leatherface have started to become pals, and he introduces Jason to the rest of the family. Jason, being mute, reaches back into his memories and finds a way to reveal his name to his new “family”. For someone who gets a rap as being mindless, that’s not awful blood penmanship from Jason Voorhees. The second issue centers around the Texas Chainsaw Massacre family settling in with Jason and Jason settling in with them. Cook opens up to Jason about his desire to one day own a fancy restaurant (that I presume would serve people) while he just rakes in the cash and lives in a doublewide trailer. Hitchhiker shows Jason his dog, which Hitchhiker killed but still keeps on a chain. Hitchhiker doesn’t care for Jason for lots of reasons, including that he has taken up for Leatherface, but it seems to me that what bothers Hitchhiker the most is that Jason doesn’t eat. This scene meanders back and forth between what seems like Hitchhiker trying to get to like Jason and Hitchhiker trying to intimidate Jason. It makes little difference, as Hitchhiker has to head for the gas station where the family makes its income and meat. A lost couple stops in for gas, and after Hitchhiker makes sure they won’t get far, Hitchhiker and Jason (at Cook’s request and Leatherface’s reluctance) set out to murder the couple when the car breaks down. Hitchhiker loves the game aspect of this, but Jason is just brutally efficient. After choking the wife in the couple to death, Jason gets chastised by Hitchhiker for not taking enough time. Hitchhiker is somehow the most despised character in this book, as his love of sadism means that he wants to hear his victims scream and beg before he kills them. You’d think that in a comic book full of cannibals and mass murderers that you’d have trouble picking the one you hate the most, but it’s surprisingly easy. Hitchhiker is the worst. After returning from what they call “getting groceries,” Hitchhiker decides to show Jason his hobby, which isn’t collecting baseball cards or Pogs, you 90’s kids, but instead, he has this odd fascination with making things out of body parts. I guess that really isn’t too odd, seeing as how he is batshit crazy and a murderous cannibal, but you know for folks like you and me, we’re not so enamored with such things. This fascinates his brother Leatherface, who is hiding among the macabre creations as Jason and Hitchhiker chat. He tries to sit in a bone chair, and when he breaks it, he is discovered. Hitchhiker goes to abuse Leatherface over this transgression, only for Jason to recall his own past as an abused youngster, and he also recalls when his mom cut his dad’s head in two with a machete, leading to a lifelong (and deathlong, I suppose) obsession with murder and violence for Jason. This abuse, though, isn’t a pleasant memory for the Crystal Lake killer, and he decides to step in and spare Leatherface any more abuse. Jason knows that mass murdering icons gotta stick together. After Jason’s siding with Leatherface, Hitchhiker gets really mad. Like, 1990’s Nine Inch Nails Mad. He then says he doesn’t care that Jason has taken sides with Leatherface (who Hitchhiker often refers to as a “retard” among other things. In addition to being a homicidal cannibal, Hitchhiker just isn’t very nice.) because Hitchhiker believes he cannot be hurt. He demonstrates this to Jason and Leatherface by driving a pocketknife through his hand without wincing or grimacing. Rather, as would befit the stature of such a madman, he just talked about he is invincible and how nothing can stop him. Jason, never one to turn down a challenge, picks up a sharp piece of bone and decides to find out just how invincible Hitchhiker really is. He picks Hitchhiker up by the throat and goes to stab him, only to be stopped by Leatherface. Out of respect for Leatherface, Jason decides not to murder Hitchhiker. This is the first time in his life that Hitchhiker has known fear. Hitchhiker thanks Jason by calling him chicken and then letting Leatherface know that he doesn’t care. Things are building to a head between the members of the family that aren’t Leatherface and Jason, and Cook attempts to try and soothe matters by apologizing on behalf of Hitchhiker, but Jason’s newfound patience is just about at an end. The third issue has Hitchhiker getting angry with Leatherface again, this time for reading his comics and leading fingerprints on them. Of course, many comic book fans have felt rage over this, but Hitchhiker lashes out at Leatherface and slices his arm with a pocketknife. I’ve been angry at my family for ruining comic books of mine, but I have never sliced anyone over them. Jason’s had enough, and he tosses Hitchhiker across the room. Now Hitchhiker has had enough, and despite Cook’s protestations that this conflict not occur at the dinner table, Hitchhiker stabs Jason in the heart with the pocketknife, which has about as much affect on Jason as a BB Gun would have on a tank. Cook defends his brother with a meat cleaver, but no one can now save Cook and Hitchhiker from Jason’s wrath…except Leatherface. CHAINSAW VS. MACHETE! The family is able to overpower Jason due to their numbers and take him out temporarily. Rather than eating him, they dump him in a lake. Jason recovers and makes his way to the surface. Rather than going to kill them, he decides to go home, as he’s had enough of the world outside of Crystal Lake. This is a fun mini-series. I wish there had been more of Leatherface and Jason actually fighting, but three issues of this was probably a risk at that time anyhow, and to get anymore fighting we’d have needed a fourth issue. Nancy Collins tells a fun tale that actually is much deeper than anything one could have expected with this title, and the covers alone are worth the price of admission. Simon Bisley does a great job. The worst thing about the series is that it shows us how fun Topps Comics was, publishing everything from this to X-Files to the Kirbyverse (covered here and here, and we also look at another Jason appearance here) with a large number of really good comics that drew from all sorts of source material. It’s a shame that Topps didn’t survive to do sequels to this or to keep their other great titles going. Alas, such is the fate of many a comic book company, especially during the 90’s. Hope you have had a great time reading about two maniacs trying to kill each other! We’ve got more great stuff around the bend here at The Unspoken Decade, so stick around!! Friday the 13thHorror ComicsJasonJason VoorheesLeatherfaceNancy CollinsSimon BisleyThe Texas Chainsaw MassacreTopps Comics	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409998
__label__wiki	0.734092	0.734092	2018 Ford Mustang GT further defines iconic muscle car James Raia \| January 5, 2018 \| Car Reviews, Ford Nearing the end of its sixth decade, the Ford Mustang is among the few remaining iconic American-made cars. It began as an affordable sporty coupe. For 2018, it’s undergone a refresh to showcase its muscle car masculinity. The Mustang legacy has endured multiple generations, reconfigurations and engine types. But it still resembles its debuting style, highlighted by a long hood and short rear deck. It was a new look for its time in 1964, and the Mustang’s success helped launch competitors like the AMC Javelin, Chevrolet Camaro, Dodge Challenger, Pontiac Firebird and Plymouth Barracuda. The 2018 Ford Mustang GT is handsome, powerful and defines muscle car. Images © Bruce Aldrich/2018. The 2018 Ford Mustang GT maintains the iconic car’s long hood. The 2018 Ford Mustang GT has a 5.0-liter, 460-horsepower engine. The 2018 Ford Mustang GT is available in 11 exterior colors, including Orange Fury. The Mustang’s current generation debuted in 2015, but its makeover is substantial. The new Mustang gets a more aggressive front-end collection, including standard LED headlights and available LED foglights, and a lower hood with new vents. Ford has also revised the LED taillights and rear fascia and added quad exhaust tips for the GT trim. The new Mustang also gets four spoilers, new stripe options and more wheel choices. Distance alert, a lane departure warning and pedestrian detection are also included. There’s also a pre-collision assist system that adds automatic emergency parking to the forward collision warning system. The interior features a new customizable 12-inch digital instrument cluster with Track Apps, a heated leather steering wheel and revised interior trim. Toggle switches control driving modes and add to the car’s coolness. Although the 2018 edition is available with a turbocharged 2.3-liter base model, the Mustang GT, with a direct injected 5.0-liter V8 with 460 horsepower, my test vehicle, is the showcase. The Mustang has always personified how a muscle car should look. It’s powerful, handsome, and eye-catching on the open road. This year, with its massive engine and sub-four-second 0-60 miles per hour acceleration, the Mustang can further boast. With its exterior color of Orange Fury (one of 11 exterior color options), the Mustang is a particularly proud beast of a machine. Its gnarly growl and ebony gloss black-painted 19-inch aluminum wheels further add to its outgoing persona. Mustangs have always attracted attention; Nothing is subtle. An ever-diminishing selection of cars are available with manual transmissions, but the new Mustang is meant to be driven. It shifts smoothly and advances at its best at highway speeds. The engine growl becomes a purr, but there’s still plenty of power if a quick lane change is needed. A new 10-speed automatic with paddle shifters is also available, but Ford reports more than half of the buyers to date have opted for the manual transmission. Also new is a quiet start feature so owners can keep on good terms with their neighbors during early morning departures. But the Mustang’s growl is too good to muzzle. With its upgrades, the 2018 Mustang isn’t a bargain. The base price is slightly more than $39,000. With all option packages included, the sticker is slightly more than $53,000. Economy isn’t the Mustang’s strongest attribute, with averages of 15 miles per gallon in the city, 25 miles in freeway driving and 18 miles per gallon combined. A few other shortcomings: * The Mustang is classified as a four-seater, but the rear seats are best reserved for petite adults or children. * Entering and exiting is a chore. The front seats adjust well, but getting into rear cabin requires gymnastics abilities. * The push-button engine start button is oddly positioned on the dash. Nevertheless, the 2018 Mustang GT ideally defines the muscle car segment. As a final character builder, a large rendition of the famous Mustang logo illuminates at nightfall below the driver and passenger doors. All hail the mighty Mustang. Tags Ford, Ford Mustang, muscle cars Post navigation Elon Musk delays production of Tesla Model 3 – again Episode 22, Famed climber Alex Honnold prefers life in a van	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1409999
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__label__cc	0.691219	0.308781	← The High Roads: Ha Giang→Ba Be Lake→Cao Bang The Cham Towers & Ancient Citadel of Vijaya → Exploring Saigon’s Railway Tracks: A Guide First published June 2018 \| Words and photos by Vietnam Coracle A few years ago, I lived close to the railway tracks in Saigon. Throughout the day (and night) I heard the blaring horn of the locomotives, succeeded by the rattling of the carriages as they passed through my neighbourhood on their way north. I loved the romance of being so close to the rails, and I was very sad when I had to move house (even though my housemates at the time would disagree: for them the train was an irritation). While living by the tracks, I began to explore the narrow paved lanes which run either side of the railway for several kilometres through the city. Lined with cramped housing, intriguing architecture, temples, shrines, pagodas, fruit trees, flowers, cafes, casual dining, trash, beer joints and other such urban miscellanea, it’s a fascinating area to explore, either on foot or on two wheels. Recently, I went back to the tracks where I used to live, in order to research and write this guide to drinking, dining, walking, riding, and sightseeing along Saigon’s railway tracks. Spend a day or two exploring the city’s railroad: it’s urban, ugly, pretty, gritty, cool, fun, and it’s very Saigon. Life along Saigon’s railway line is vibrant, pretty, ugly, fun, & fascinating: it’s great for exploring GUIDE: EXPLORING SAIGON’S RAIL TRACKS In this guide, I’ve mapped some of the interesting cafes and eateries by the railway, and included some intriguing places to stop and see near the train tracks. All but a couple of places in this guide are on the two narrow lanes that follow the course of the railway. It’s very pleasant to walk or ride this route, by motorbike or bicycle. However, the lanes by the tracks are not continuous: it’s sometimes necessary to duck out and rejoin them. But, although there are a few dead ends, in general, no matter how tight the alleyways become, there’s almost always a way through, so persevere. I’ve written this guide starting from the Saigon train terminus in District 3, then following both sides of the track as it veers north and northeast through the districts of Phu Nhuan, Go Vap, Binh Thanh, and across the Saigon River to Thu Duc District. Any time of day is good: early mornings and late evenings are quiet and cool; the middle of the day is hot and slow; and during the rush hours the lanes can get very busy. There’s an abundance of food and drink and potential for exploration along Saigon’s railway: this is just a brief guide. (For similar guides to other aspects of Saigon, take a look at the Related Posts.) *WARNING: It should go without saying that you must be extremely careful when exploring any area near the railway tracks. Never assume the line is safe or clear: always stop, look, and listen. Accidents on Vietnam’s railways are alarmingly common. Exploring Saigon’s Rail Tracks Start at the largely disappointing (apart for the old steam locomotive at the entrance) Saigon train station. If you plan to walk, you can leave your motorbike at the station parking lot, opposite the main station building. However, the lanes leading either side of the tracks don’t begin until the first intersection after the station: at Tran Van Dang Street. Whether going by foot or on two wheels, grab a quick, satisfying snack of chuối chiên (banana fritters) at the place on the corner of the second set of tracks as it crosses Tran Van Dang Street. This is good fuel for the walk/ride. Alternatively, save your appetite for Quán Chay Thanh Tịnh, a friendly, clean, very Buddhist little vegetarian eatery, serving good veggie versions of classic Vietnamese noodle dishes, such as mì quảng and hủ tiếu. A bowl of vegetarian mì quảng noodles at Quán Chay Thanh Thịnh by the railway line For most of its length, there are railings between the tracks and the lanes. But when a train passes – which they do every 30 minutes or so – it feels mighty close to the homes, shops, cafes, restaurants, and people on the lanes. It’s a lot of fun when a train does pass, but beware: the volume of the horn is ear-shatteringly loud. What’s more, train drivers tend to be pretty trigger-happy, because the horn is their chief safety precaution when rattling along the cramped city tracks. Trains pass very close to the lanes running parallel to the railway tracks in Saigon Like rail lines all over the world, the Saigon tracks are used as a convenient rubbish dump by many of the residents and passersby. You’ll find old sofas, refrigerators, pottery, cutlery, and the usual household detritus distributed around the rails (despite government notices forbidding it). However, it’s also apparent that the rail tracks function as gardens for the homes lining it. Saigon residents have learned how to make the most of the rapidly disappearing space available to them. Thus, the tracks are planted with banana, jack fruit, breadfruit, starfruit, and papaya trees, and fragrant and colourful plants and flowers, such as Rangoon creepers, frangipanis, bougainvillea, and night-blooming jasmine. Locals use the space for morning exercises, to let their chickens wander, to hang their laundry, to walk their dogs, and to hang their caged birds in the shade of trees. There’s an undeniable charm to life along the Saigon tracks, at least for the casual observer, if not for the residents. There’s a distinctive character to it; an almost village-like quality. If you’ve travelled by train in India, for example, the Saigon railroad has none of the squalor, awful living conditions, and foul smell that it does on the subcontinent. Life along the narrow lanes either side of the railway line is intriguing, village-like, & often green After crossing the Nhieu Loc Channel, the lanes offer up a couple of interesting coffee shops and track-side eateries. Definitely stop in at the incredible Nhỏ Cafe, a pokey but hugely atmospheric ‘vestige cafe’, filled with old bric-a-brac like portable TVs, cassette players, sewing machines, paraffin lamps, dolls, records, bicycles, pottery, clocks, telephones and typewriters. Settle down to a strong Vietnamese coffee or a fruit juice and soak up the vestige vibes, with the trains passing a couple of metres away. For a snack, head to the corner with Le Van Sy Street, where Badar is a hole-in-the-wall selling crispy pizza-pancakes called bánh đa trộn. Or, for those who can abide it, check out the string of dog meat restaurants on the other side of the tracks. In the evening, it’s worth stopping by Creative Station to see if there’s an open event happening or simply for a drink. Nhỏ Cafe sits next to the railway tracks: it’s a classic Vietnamese-style ‘vestige cafe’ Continuing beside the tracks after crossing over Le Van Sy Street, there are some cute murals decorating a section of wall on the left side. Then, take some time to soak up to the fantasia of ghoulish and garish iconography at Quang Minh Buddhist Temple, before sneaking off the tracks for a bite to eat at one of the many enticing street food stalls around Tran Huu Trang Market. Quang Minh temple with its statues & reliefs sits right next to the rail tracks in Phu Nhuan District Before hitting Nguyen Van Troi Street, the district communal spirit shrine (Đình Thần Phú Nhuận) is a nice, vaguely meditative spot dating from 1862 (pop in if the gates are open). Directly opposite, on the other side of the tracks, is a tight, dead-end alleyway whose close walls have been graffitied to the max. Duck down it and take a look. ‘Graffiti alley’ leads off the rail tracks down a narrow, dead-end lane Crossing over Nguyen Van Troi Street, have a taste of the delicious bò lá lốt (also spelled lốp) at the diminutive eatery at number 80/23 Nguyen Van Troi. This dish consists of grilled beef rolled in aromatic betel leaves, wrapped in herbs and rice paper, and dipped in a pineapple-sweetened sauce. It’s a classic Vietnamese combination of textures and flavours; of cooked and fresh ingredients. It’ll fill you with pleasure. When you’re full, head a few metres down the tracks to Mien Dong Thao Cafe, with its waterfalls, fountains, and multi-leveled seating (yes, it’s a bit kitsch, but in a good way). If you’re feeling, err, ‘sporty’ check out the large billiard hall right by the tracks after crossing Nguyen Trong Tuyen Street. A few frames of pool and a couple of cold beers is a relaxing way to watch the trains go by. Stop by to try the bò lá lốt (grilled beef wrapped in betel leaf) near the railway line: it’s delicious The lanes on either side of the track between the intersections with Hoang Van Thu and Nguyen Kiem streets are particularly good for exploring. Head down a few of the narrow alleyways and get lost for a bit. There’s lots to like about Saigon’s alley life, including food, families, architecture, and the general warmth and comfort of life going on all around you. (If you need some more encouragement, check out my Alley Walks guide.) Intriguing alleyways lead from the railway tracks deep into local neighbourhoods: go explore Things get greener and more village-like after crossing the tracks at Nguyen Kiem Street. Showers of foliage fall over the houses and fences along the rail line. Perhaps this has something to do with the area’s myriad Buddhist shrines, temples, pagodas, monasteries, and universities. It’s surely no coincidence that one of the roads crossing the tracks here is Thich Quang Duc Street, named after the Buddhist monk, Thích Quảng Đức, whose flame-engulfed silhouette covered front pages across the globe in 1963, after his self-immolation (a protest against the anti-Buddhist, pro-Catholic leader of South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem) was captured on film and camera. Also near the railway in this area is Vạn Hạnh Zen Buddhist Temple, which, as far as I understand, was founded by Thích Nhất Hạnh, the famed Vietnamese Zen Buddhist master who many will know from the 2017 documentary, Walk With Me, a thought-provoking and moving piece of film. Van Hanh Zen Buddhist temple is just off the tracks, surrounded by lots of vegetarian restaurants The presence of all these Buddhist places of worship means, of course, lots of vegetarian restaurants. Choose between the handful on Thich Quang Duc Street on the west side of the tracks. Or, if you prefer some meat in your diet, head to the soup house next to the tracks at 120/86 for a bowl of phở or bò kho (beef noodle soups). Continuing north along the railways towards Pham Van Dong Street, it’s possible to wind through the tight passageways to the unexpected Go Vap Station. It’s a odd place and there’s usually a few carriages waiting here on the sidings. Across the tracks, a tangle of fascinating alleyways spread east of the railway: great fun to explore. The small & unexpected Go Vap train station, near the crossroads with Pham Van Dong Street Between Pham Van Dong Street and the Binh Loi Bridge you’ll need to improvise a bit in order to stay as close to the tracks as possible. But it’s well worth the effort because the alleyways here are intriguing: sometimes very pleasant and full of life, other times quite grim. This is definitely the ‘wrong side of the tracks’, as it were: it’s noticeably less affluent on this section of railway. Housing is tight, sanitary conditions are poor, and many areas are in the process of being demolished to make way for new apartment blocks (of course). As in most large cities, there’s a stark contrast in Saigon between the haves and have-nots: the Vietnam Australia International School and the brand new Emart Mall (complete with Starbucks and suburbia-inspired white-painted villas encompassing it) rise above the open sewers and dilapidated housing on either side of the train tracks. Lanterns & flags hang over the narrow alleyways along the train tracks, marking Buddha’s birthday Google Maps actually works very well for negotiating the little lanes that twist along and then away from the railway line in this area. Some of the lanes are paved, but some are dirt tracks. Elephant grass, banana plants, herb gardens, and allotments grow up around the rail line. Set beneath a flourish of lush tropical foliage, Vuon Xoai Restaurant offers an atmospheric Vietnamese dining experience: tuck into fresh chicken dishes, including crunchy chicken salad and grilled chicken with lemongrass. As you get closer to the Saigon River, the level of construction increases. Most of this is connected to the new Binh Loi rail bridge project. The new bridge is due to replace the old one (constructed at the turn of the 20th century) by 2019. You used to be able to ride over the old bridge right next to the trains, but that’s no longer possible. Instead, head up to Pham Van Dong Street and take the Binh Loi road bridge across the Saigon River to Thu Duc District. The Binh Loi rail bridge, constructed over a century ago, is soon to be replaced by a new one Pick up the rail tracks again on the other side of the river. It’s possible to follow the tracks on both sides all the way to the Go Dua Channel. Kha Van Can Street is a large new road on the south side, but the road on the north side is smaller and much more interesting. Again, use Google Maps to negotiate the first tricky bit (including a dirt track along the rail sidings opposite the small Binh Trieu Station). But after a while the road is easy to follow and passes along a lively strip of shops, food stalls, street-side markets, and restaurants. Several Buddhist temples, shrines and schools dot this route, including Uu Dam Temple and Thien Quang Shrine. The narrow alleyways following the tracks almost always come out the other side if you keep going In the evening, dine at the goat restaurants along the train track or the hidden Ven Song seafood restaurant, with brick-and-thatch gazebos on the banks of the Go Dua Channel. After dinner, try the Vietnamese sweet treat of chè at Chè Thiên Xanh, which has a nice seating area right next to the rail line. Finally, top the whole trip off with a gin and tonic at the superb Schiller River Club bar on the Saigon River, watching the sun set over the waterway and the city skyline in the distance. End of the line: finish with a Gin & Tonic overlooking the Saigon River at the fantastic Schiller River Club Walking Saigon's Alleyways Saigon Midnight Motorbike Loop Saigon's Street Food 'Ghettos' This entry was posted in ALL, DESTINATIONS, Hiking & Walking, Off Beaten Path, Saigon, Saigon Food & Drink, Saigon Motorbike Routes, The South, Transportation and tagged Ho Chi Minh City, line, railway, Saigon, tracks, train, Vietnam, walking. Bookmark the permalink. 14 Responses to Exploring Saigon’s Railway Tracks: A Guide Robert Dunbar says: Just came across great in-depth on Saigon rail lines looking forward to taking some street photography here Thanks, Robert. I hope you get some good shots. This is such a great blog—easily among the best I’ve ever read. I can’t wait to walk along the tracks and explore this area next month when I’m in Saigon. Thanks for providing such a great resource. Thanks, I appreciate that. I hope you enjoy exploring Saigon’s tracks as much as I did. And, if you’re ever in Tokyo, I will take you out for a serious drinking and eating extravaganza. Thanks again, man. Thank you, sounds wonderful! We walked along part of this track today and experienced a train passing through – very cool walk, we thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks Tom 🙂 Thanks, Claire. Glad to hear you enjoyed it. Careful of those trains – they pass so close to the sidewalks. I had a lot of fun exploring those tracks, too. Linda Schutt says: Great story. I love exploring and Saigon has so many hidden treasures to explore. This is on my list to explore next trip. You website is my favourite. Even if I dont go out on the adventures, I love reading the stories. Glad to hear you enjoy seeking out Saigon’s many ‘hidden’ places – it’s a great city for that. I hope you enjoy exploring the tracks sometime soon, John Pearce says: Another wonderful travel adventure. It’s on my short list for my next trip to Saigon. Thanks, Tom! Great to hear that – I hope you get time to explore the tracks on your next visit to Saigon. Giorgio says: Hi Tom, once again you made a fantastic description and guide to explore an unusual perspective of Saigon. I don’t know if I’ll ever have the time to go and make the experience (and photos) in person but, knowing enough of Vietnam, reading your post of today has been (almost) like strolling around with you! You had an excellent idea with this guide, may be a little too tough for a tourist, but definitely intriguing for someone living in HCMC… Ciao! Thanks, Giorgio. Yes, it would be perfect for some urban photography. Perhaps next time we meet we can get a coffee at Nho Cafe. I hope you get time to have a wander along the tracks some day,	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1410001
__label__wiki	0.644384	0.644384	Shure microphone all over (from above) tee shirt by Yukio Miyamoto These t shirts are unique for being made exclusively for us wholly out of fibres ring spun into yarns manufactured exclusively for WeAdmire. These yarns are then knitted into a single jersey fabric suitable for t shirts. The artwork: Shure 55 Unidyne Microphone t shirt First produced in 1939 this model has been in continuous production ever since, it is probably the most internationally recognised microphone. (In the UK that distinction goes to the BBC AXBT, manufactured for the BBC by Marconi because the BBC could not afford the RCA original. About £9 each for the Marconi instead of about £130 each for the RCA). The Shure 55 Unidyne became familiar because it was favoured by most of the leading performers and politicians, Elvis Presley, JFK, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald. US president Harry Truman, famously used one in a press conference while holding the Chicago Tribune Newspaper with ‘Dewey defeats Truman’ emblazoned across its front page. A reports of my death have been exaggerated moment recalled on one of our t shirts. And more recently by Alabama 3… The 55 was said to deliver the best compromise between sensitivity and dynamic range for the user with the lowest levels of pickup and feedback from other sources. The care and attention to detail in the design and manufacture of the Shure 55 is matched by Yukio Miyamoto in his 3D CAD simulation. We routinely produce these images at 720 dpi in one axis and 1440dpi in the other when we put them on our shirts. The resolution of the original file is such that we can do this with a print up to about 3 meters in size before the image starts to pixilate visibly. Admire Shure and celebrate your enthusiasm for sound: buy and wear our Shure 55 Unidyne Microphone t shirt by Yukio Miyamoto.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1410005
__label__wiki	0.659191	0.659191	Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Library Physical Location is 110 Wall Street Mail to Yale University - Bass Library c/o Access Services 344 Winchester Avenue (Docks 7/8) askyalelibrary@yale.edu The newly renovated Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Library is the starting point for undergraduate research support and library instruction as well as a popular student workspace. Through its staff, services, and a print collection of 61,000 volumes, Bass Library supports the Yale College curriculum across all subject areas. Bass Library staff work with faculty and other Yale Library staff to introduce students to the full range of Yale University Library collections, resources, and services. Originally called Cross-Campus Library, Bass Library is adjacent and connected to Sterling Memorial Library via the Wright Reading Room below Sterling Library’s Gothic Nave. Monitor/Projector Individual Study Rooms Coffee/Snacks Nearby Color Printer Eli Express Delivery Location Food Allowed Conversation Allowed Media Equipment Checkout Circulation Desk 203-432-1874 Technology Troubleshooting Office Lower Level, Room L05 203-432-5242 The building is wheelchair-accessible. An outside elevator (located in the pavilion entrance to the Thain Family Cafe and the Bass Library) will take the reader directly to the Bass Library. To get to the Sterling Memorial Library from the Bass Library, readers with wheelchairs should take the elevator one level up to the tunnel connecting Bass Library and Sterling Memorial Library. Once through the tunnel, in the Wright Reading Room, turn left to the elevator and proceed up to the main level and the Sterling Memorial Library nave. Classrooms are available on a scheduled basis for persons with reading assistants. All individual study rooms are wheelchair-accessible and sound-proof for persons requiring space to work with reading assistants, play audiotapes, take oral examinations, etc. After 6:00 p.m., a Yale ID card or a library-issued pass is required to enter the library. Before 6:00 p.m., the library is open to the public. See the library hours section above for the full hours of operation. Special note for tours: Only Yale-led tours are allowed to enter the building. From the New Haven Green or Phelps Gate on Old Campus, take College Street north to Elm Street. Make a left onto Elm Street. Go past Hopper College and Berkeley College (on your right). At High Street, turn right and follow the cement pathway. Sterling Memorial Library will be to the left; and the Women's Table sculpture on your right. Turn right and walk down the stairs. Enter the Bass Library from the pavilion on your left.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1410006
__label__wiki	0.593474	0.593474	Economy Next All Arts & Life Westcoast Homes and Design Out of Town Properties This Week in Whistler The Real Scoop Medicine Matters Blue Jays Minor League Review: Ranking the Tradees Part 2 Charlie Caskey Alberto, there's no mound there! Last week I attempted — failing epically — to run through and update the nine traded Blue Jays minor leaguers that I had on my pre-season top prospect list. Of the four I wrote far too much on, three of them had spent time in Vancouver. With me getting the chance to see quite a bit of both Jairo Labourt and Miguel Castro. Of the five covered this week (+ bonus if I don’t get too verbose) 40% of them made pit stops at the Nat with me putting eyes on 100% of those two. The remaining three I wrote up for the ‘Future Vancouver Canadians‘ portion of my prospect list. About that…… As per last week, the rankings in parenthesis are where I had them pre-season. For these lower echelon guys it’s harder to slap a mid-season ranking on them given a smaller pro sample size, more flux in front of them, etc. So, I’m going to be honest, there is a bit of guesswork involved here. Dawel Lugo – 22 (15) – Dawel has made a steady descent down my prospect rankings, debuting at #9 in 2014 before his 15 in ’15. Lugo’s problem has, and probably always will be, an inability to lay off pitches out of the zone, something his career sub 4% BB rate can attest to. His ability to put bat on ball can work against him as he doesn’t find the barrel as much as he should, leading to weak contact. Franklin Barreto‘s off-season trade probably meant Lugo was promoted to Dunedin more out of necessity than merit given his .615 OPS in Lansing the season before. Flipping Richard Urena and Lugo in early July was a clear indication on where the Blue Jays stood on their SS prospects. At 20 Lugo could still be considered young but he was catching up to the league. His bat probably plays nowhere but short and there are still questions concerning his ability to stick there. All in, he’s gone from an exciting power prospect at a premium position to a big question mark. Easy to see why he was dealt, even if the return was a depth piece at the major league level. Alberto Tirado – 19 (20) – Tirado had a rough 2014, struggling to start the year in Lansing let to a demotion to Vancouver before finally ending up in the bullpen after his inability to find the strike-zone continued. Similar to Miguel Castro, Tirado’s value was always going to be largely dependent on his role. The Jays answered that question by promoting him to Dunedin this season and making him a full-time reliever. The move seemed to have paid off as it allowed Tirado to focus on being a fastball/slider guy who’s ability to miss bats can’t be questioned. Despite the jump in levels he was still striking out close to a batter an inning while shaving almost two hitters per inning off his walk rate. Still, walking over five per nine isn’t going to endear you to very many managers. The kid has an electric arm. Will be interesting to see if it can be harness over the next couple of years. Jacob Brentz – 21 (22) – Now we’re really starting to throw darts as Brentz’ sample size really isn’t large enough to get an accurate read. Throw in fact he only converted to pitching in his senior season (after touching the upper 90s from the left side) of high school and the Missouri native is the definition of projectable. After being drafted in the 11th round of the 2013 draft, Jake spent two seasons at the complex ironing out his mechanics. If you look at the numbers you could say improvements were being made as the walk rate was steadily declining. Arguing the flip side though, his first test against better competition in the Appy League produced his lowest K/9 rate and he was hit pretty hard, going for a 10.2 per 9 clip. His BABIP was pretty high so that may have been partly down to luck but in a vacuum — remember we’re trying to rank these guys without taking into account trades — it’d be hard to move him up much based on what he’d done. The Mariners no longer have an Appalachian league team so Brentz is now pitching for Everett. The Aquasox have one more trip to Vancouver in early September so hopefully we finally get the chance to see him…..he’ll just be pitching for the wrong team. Jesus Tinoco – 17 (24) – Remember way back when I actually had sources? I wrote a series from 2014’s extended spring training and my guy on the inside — who admittedly was a catcher — was constantly raving about Tinoco, saying his ball was one of the heaviest he’d caught. With that kind of hype the season Tinoco ended up having in Bluefield was a bit of a disappointment as he was hit pretty hard. I did get some reports that he was out-pitching his line — and low level infield defence for a sinker ball pitcher can be a bit suspect — so there was no way I was going to flush the Venezuelan entirely. Which made it a bit of a gutpunch when I found out Jesus was getting a full-season assignment in 2015 and wouldn’t be heading north of the border. While his numbers in the Midwest League don’t look amazing, the fact his WHIP, FIP (an excellent 2.74) and K/BB ratio improved from the previous season, despite skipping a level, has to be accounted for. Like many younger, projectable guys, the development of a third pitch, in Tinoco’s case a changeup will go a long way towards deciding his ultimate role and hence, his value as a prospect. Nick Wells – 22 (26) – Another physically projectable (6’5″ 185 pounds) lefty with a LONG way to go, Wells was on my radar as a potential C this season. Chatting to pitching coach Jim Czajkowski prior the season he was close but in the end, management decided to start him in the Appy League with a view towards moving him up at some point during the season. Like Brentz, we may still get to see Wells at the Nat, it’s just going to be in an Aquasox jersey. When we do see him we can expect to see a decent fastball, sitting in the low 90s and a potential plus curve. Like Labourt, Norris, et al though — and I may be sounding like a broken record here — it’s that third pitch which will be crucial. Once again, things have run a little long here so may look to get to the other players traded some other time — which will specifically focus on Matt Boyd. 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__label__cc	0.607701	0.392299	Tag Archives: Brandyn Eddy Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris; Point B Theatre (Upcoming show) Posted on June 9, 2010 \| 1 comment From the company that brought us Reefer Madness last summer comes the musical revue Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Music by Jacques Brel, with production conception, English lyrics and additional material by Eric Blau and Mort Shuman. Directed by Maddison Popov and Brianna Wiens. Starring Michael Kovac, Erin Palm, Brandyn Eddy (HSM2, URP) and Kathy Fitzpatrick (Footloose, Exit 22). Point B Theatre (formerly J.E. Productions) presents Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris from June 17 – June 26, 2010 at the PAL Theatre, 581 Cardero St. Tickets are available online or by calling 604-684-2787. Posted in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Musical Theatre, Point B Theatre, Upcoming Shows, Vancouver Tagged Brandyn Eddy, Brianna Wiens, Eric Blau, Erin Palm, J.E. Productions, Jacques Brel, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Kathy Fitzpatrick, Maddison Popov, Michael Kovac, Mort Shuman, PAL Theatre, Point B Theatre High School Musical 2; URP (Review) Disney’s High School Musical 2 knows its audience and plays directly to it. Opening night, the crowd was dominated by the under 12 set and they were there to be entertained. As soon as the lights dimmed in the theatre, a wave of pint-sized shushing rippled through the room; this audience didn’t want to miss a single moment of the performance. Judging by the enthusiastic applause, URP pulled it off. URP mounted the original HSM two seasons ago with great success, so the sequel was a no-brainer. Scott Perrie and Shannon Adams share a moment in URP's High School Musical 2. The first HSM revolved around the Disney-esque premise that everyone should follow their dreams and that people can be whatever they want to be. HSM 2 also promises a kid and parent-friendly evening, complete with feel-good positive messages around loyalty and hard work. The sequel follows Troy Bolton and Gabriella Marquez and their Wildcat compatriots as they spend their summer before senior year working at country club. Scott Perrie (Les Misérables, Arts Club) and Shannon Adams as Troy and Gabriella respectively, had a very fitting G-rated kind of chemistry. Though I spotted several twenty-somethings trying to pass as teenagers, there were also quite a few actual teens in the cast. URP and their HSM and HSM 2 productions have provided a great opportunity for younger actors to gain stage experience. Julie Trepanier was a somewhat subdued Sharpay Evans. Trepanier certainly looked the part, but I found myself wishing that she’d have more fun with the role. My only real quibble with casting was with Brandyn Eddy as Sharpay’s nicer twin, Ryan. In Eddy’s hands, the nattily-dressed Ryan came off as more of a senior citizen than a high school senior. Eddy is a more-than-capable actor, as evidenced by his turn as Seymour in last year’s URP production of Little Shop of Horrors. But here, he just felt jarringly out of place. Overall, the show accomplished what it set out to do. The cast had fun, the parents had fun, and most importantly, the toughest critics of all, the kids, had fun. What more could you ask for? High School Musical 2, presented by URP Productions, plays through November 22, 2009, at the Centennial Theatre, 2300 Lonsdale, North Vancouver. Tickets are available online or by phone at 604-984-4484. Posted in High School Musical 2, Musical Theatre, Reviews, URP, Vancouver Tagged Brandyn Eddy, Centennial Theatre, Disney, High School Musical 2, HSM, HSM 2, Julie Trepanier, North Vancouver, Scott Perrie, Shannon Adams, URP High School Musical 2; URP (Upcoming show) High School Musical was such a success for URP back in 2007 and 2008 that they’re mounting the sequel to the massive Disney hit for their 15th season. HSM and its two sequels have a huge following among tweens, teens and Disney fans of all ages, which should bode well for URP’s ticket sales. The cast of URP's 2009 production of High School Musical 2 High School Musical 2 stars Aaron Lau, Julie Trepanier, Scott Perrie, Shannon Adams, Brandyn Eddy, and Jessica Kelly. URP presents High School Musical 2, playing November 3-22, 2009, at the Centennial Theatre, 2300 Lonsdale, North Vancouver. Tickets are available online or by phone at 604-984-4484. Posted in High School Musical 2, Musical Theatre, Upcoming Shows, URP, Vancouver Tagged Aaron Lau, Brandyn Eddy, Centennial Theatre, Disney, High School Musical 2, HSM 2, Jessica Kelly, Julie Trepanier, North Vancouver, Scott Perrie, Shannon Adams, URP	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1410011
__label__cc	0.685542	0.314458	Electronic excitation and charge exchange in low-energy He+ scattering from solid surfaces R. Souda, T. Aizawa, C. Oshima, Y. Ishizawa The spectral peak of He+ scattered from solid surfaces usually appears at an energy position smaller than that for elastic binary collisions and is sometimes accompanied by remarkable loss peaks. This is due to (1) inelastic electron exchange between He+ and solid surfaces or (2) excitation of surface valence electrons. The mechanism of the electronic transition which leads to inelastic ion scattering is discussed on the basis of experimental results in the low-energy region (10-1000 eV). The ion neutralization mediated by the molecular state during collision is also discussed. Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, B https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-583X(90)90853-M charge exchange ion scattering Electron transitions Souda, R., Aizawa, T., Oshima, C., & Ishizawa, Y. (1990). Electronic excitation and charge exchange in low-energy He+ scattering from solid surfaces. Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, B, 45(1-4), 364-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-583X(90)90853-M Electronic excitation and charge exchange in low-energy He+ scattering from solid surfaces. / Souda, R.; Aizawa, T.; Oshima, C.; Ishizawa, Y. In: Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, B, Vol. 45, No. 1-4, 02.01.1990, p. 364-368. Souda, R, Aizawa, T, Oshima, C & Ishizawa, Y 1990, 'Electronic excitation and charge exchange in low-energy He+ scattering from solid surfaces', Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, B, vol. 45, no. 1-4, pp. 364-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-583X(90)90853-M Souda R, Aizawa T, Oshima C, Ishizawa Y. Electronic excitation and charge exchange in low-energy He+ scattering from solid surfaces. Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, B. 1990 Jan 2;45(1-4):364-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-583X(90)90853-M Souda, R. ; Aizawa, T. ; Oshima, C. ; Ishizawa, Y. / Electronic excitation and charge exchange in low-energy He+ scattering from solid surfaces. In: Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, B. 1990 ; Vol. 45, No. 1-4. pp. 364-368. @article{56090568fc3747508fb8927707b175b3, title = "Electronic excitation and charge exchange in low-energy He+ scattering from solid surfaces", abstract = "The spectral peak of He+ scattered from solid surfaces usually appears at an energy position smaller than that for elastic binary collisions and is sometimes accompanied by remarkable loss peaks. This is due to (1) inelastic electron exchange between He+ and solid surfaces or (2) excitation of surface valence electrons. The mechanism of the electronic transition which leads to inelastic ion scattering is discussed on the basis of experimental results in the low-energy region (10-1000 eV). The ion neutralization mediated by the molecular state during collision is also discussed.", author = "R. Souda and T. Aizawa and C. Oshima and Y. Ishizawa", doi = "10.1016/0168-583X(90)90853-M", journal = "Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms", T1 - Electronic excitation and charge exchange in low-energy He+ scattering from solid surfaces AU - Souda, R. AU - Aizawa, T. AU - Oshima, C. AU - Ishizawa, Y. N2 - The spectral peak of He+ scattered from solid surfaces usually appears at an energy position smaller than that for elastic binary collisions and is sometimes accompanied by remarkable loss peaks. This is due to (1) inelastic electron exchange between He+ and solid surfaces or (2) excitation of surface valence electrons. The mechanism of the electronic transition which leads to inelastic ion scattering is discussed on the basis of experimental results in the low-energy region (10-1000 eV). The ion neutralization mediated by the molecular state during collision is also discussed. AB - The spectral peak of He+ scattered from solid surfaces usually appears at an energy position smaller than that for elastic binary collisions and is sometimes accompanied by remarkable loss peaks. This is due to (1) inelastic electron exchange between He+ and solid surfaces or (2) excitation of surface valence electrons. The mechanism of the electronic transition which leads to inelastic ion scattering is discussed on the basis of experimental results in the low-energy region (10-1000 eV). The ion neutralization mediated by the molecular state during collision is also discussed. U2 - 10.1016/0168-583X(90)90853-M DO - 10.1016/0168-583X(90)90853-M JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 10.1016/0168-583X(90)90853-M	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1410023
__label__wiki	0.604147	0.604147	Introduction: Two decades of structural reform and political change in Italy and Japan Hideko Magara 研究成果: Foreword/postscript ホスト出版物のタイトル The Politics of Structural Reforms ホスト出版物のサブタイトル Social and Industrial Policy Change in Italy and Japan Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. ISBN（電子版） ISBN（印刷物） Published - 2013 10 31 political change Magara, H. (2013). Introduction: Two decades of structural reform and political change in Italy and Japan. ： The Politics of Structural Reforms: Social and Industrial Policy Change in Italy and Japan (pp. 1-24). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.. https://doi.org/10.4337/9780857932938.00006 Introduction : Two decades of structural reform and political change in Italy and Japan. / Magara, Hideko. The Politics of Structural Reforms: Social and Industrial Policy Change in Italy and Japan. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2013. p. 1-24. Magara, H 2013, Introduction: Two decades of structural reform and political change in Italy and Japan. ： The Politics of Structural Reforms: Social and Industrial Policy Change in Italy and Japan. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., pp. 1-24. https://doi.org/10.4337/9780857932938.00006 Magara H. Introduction: Two decades of structural reform and political change in Italy and Japan. ： The Politics of Structural Reforms: Social and Industrial Policy Change in Italy and Japan. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 2013. p. 1-24 https://doi.org/10.4337/9780857932938.00006 Magara, Hideko. / Introduction : Two decades of structural reform and political change in Italy and Japan. The Politics of Structural Reforms: Social and Industrial Policy Change in Italy and Japan. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2013. pp. 1-24 @inbook{b47a7ad2914e4659b191a8be5ac51731, title = "Introduction: Two decades of structural reform and political change in Italy and Japan", author = "Hideko Magara", doi = "10.4337/9780857932938.00006", booktitle = "The Politics of Structural Reforms", publisher = "Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.", T1 - Introduction T2 - Two decades of structural reform and political change in Italy and Japan AU - Magara, Hideko U2 - 10.4337/9780857932938.00006 DO - 10.4337/9780857932938.00006 M3 - Foreword/postscript BT - The Politics of Structural Reforms PB - Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 10.4337/9780857932938.00006	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1410024
__label__cc	0.726203	0.273797	Waterloo Events home Submission tips and guidelines - Any -ConcertConferenceExhibitionInformation sessionLectureOpen housePerformanceReceptionReunionSeminarThesis defenceWorkshop Earth Sciences Museum Tour Thursday, January 3, 2013 — 10:00 AM EST to Thursday, August 1, 2013 — 4:00 PM EDT to Thu, 08/01/2013 - 16:00 Free school, camp, club and group tours of the Earth Sciences Museum at the University of Waterloo! Dinosaurs, a replica mine tunnel and hands on rock, mineral and fossil specimens. Book your tour by emailing Corina at corina.mcdonald@uwaterloo.ca or calling 519-888-4567 x35633 Nethermind Art Exhibition Thursday, January 10, 2013 — 5:00 PM EST to Wednesday, March 13, 2013 — 8:00 PM EDT to Wed, 03/13/2013 - 20:00 Eight artists who form the Nethermind collective bring their exhibit to the University of Waterloo Art Gallery, ECH 1239 Opening reception Jan. 10, 2013, 5 to 8 p.m. uwag.uwaterloo.ca Water Institute Seminar Thursday, January 17, 2013 — 11:30 to 11:30 AM EST Rick Everdell of OPG will talk about the Niagara Tunnel Project: Planning, design and construction. This recently completed tunnel will divert 500 m3/s of water from upstream of Niagara's Horseshoe Falls to the generating stations in Queenston - a distance of 10.2 km. WIN Distinguished Lecture Series - Professor Hongjie Dai Thursday, January 17, 2013 — 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM EST On Thursday, January 17th 2013, Professor Hongjie Dai from Stanford University will deliver a lecture titled "Novel Materials for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology ". This lecture is free and open to the public and reception to follow in QNC 2841. Start it Up Join YCombinator and YC companies as they share stories on entrepreneurship and the startup lifestyle. Meet the minds behind - A Thinking Ape, Vidyard, SpinPunch, Upverter, Canopy Labs, AeroFS. Food and drinks provided. Warriors Band Practice Play an instrument? Like sports? Love playing instruments and watching sports?? Well then, Warriors Band may just be what you're looking for! Come out to the Warriors Band's weekly practice. There are no auditions and some instruments are provided! Don't worry if you can't make it this week, we practice every Thursday! Same time, same place all term. For more info: www.warriorsband.com Arriscraft Lecture - Toronto Intensification: Policy, Politics, and Design by Peter Clewes Thursday, January 17, 2013 — 6:45 PM EST Arriscraft Lecture Series – ARCHITECTURE OUTSIDE THE LINES – investigates the edge of professional architecture, where architects, clients, planners, and other participants in the building world talk about particular aspects of their work outside of the conventional boundaries of the architectural profession. In considering this work, by some of the remarkable individuals engaged in new forms of architecture and new forms of architectural enterprise – all in the Greater Toronto Area – the series mounts a constructive critique of the detached, professional model of architectural practice. Current students (46) Current undergraduate students (40) Current graduate students (43) Future students (33) Future undergraduate students (25) Future graduate students (27) Donors \| Friends \| Supporters (24) Information session (16)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1410035
__label__wiki	0.910215	0.910215	University Staff Senate Senate Meeting Archives University Personnel System (UPS) Campus Connection Program STAR Award STAR Award Recipients Outstanding Performance Award (OPA) Previous OPA Recipients University Staff Advocate Award University Staff Advocate Recipients Sally Margis Grant University Staff Grant Ellie Maslowski University Staff Scholarship Grant UW Green Bay University Staff Conference UWGB Conference Grant Registration Professional Development Day (USPDD) Employees on the Move Richard H. Wells Star Award Nomination Form View Committees View Senate Meetings Office: Dempsey Hall 205 Email: uss@uwosh.edu The University Staff Advocate Award celebrates the character, passion and commitment of faculty, instructional and professional academic staff who support and advocate for the advancement of UW Oshkosh University Staff and encourage them to have a voice on campus. The award was established by the Awards and Recognition Committee of the University Staff Senate (USS) in 2009. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the classified staff by faculty and staff that do not fall under the classified status definition. STAR Awards are reserved for University Staff employees only; however, the Awards and Recognition Committee and USS recognize the special bond that is shared among all members of the UW Oshkosh community. The first special STAR Award was given to the former Chancellor, Richard H. Wells Sept. 2, 2008. Wells received the Star Award in recognition of the many initiatives he spearheaded at UW Oshkosh specifically for University Staff (represented, non-represented, limited term and project appointment) employees. He graciously accepted the STAR Award at the opening day ceremonies saying, “This means more to me than any other professional award I have received.” The Outstanding Performance Awards, Star Awards and the University Staff Professional Development Day (USPDD) are currently implemented at UW Oshkosh and have been since the summer of 2001 through the collaborative efforts of the Chancellor and University Staff. These recognitions have become a model for campuses around the state of Wisconsin. Any current faculty, instructional and professional academic staff who are at least .50 FTE and have worked at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh for at least six months are eligible for the award. Also, any former faculty, instructional and professional academic staff who were at least .50 FTE, worked at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh for at least six months, and are currently involved with University Staff, are eligible for the award. The nominee should not have received the award in the last 36 months. Individuals who have: Contributed by way of day-to-day activities performed in such a manner that have significantly demonstrated positive benefits or support for the UW Oshkosh University Staff. Regularly exemplified professionalism in their working relationships and contacts with University Staff. Shown honest commitment to the personal growth and advancement of the goals and objectives of the UW Oshkosh University Staff. This award recognizes an individual for contributions made inside and/or outside the University community to advance and support the University Staff at UW Oshkosh. The intent is to preserve the spirit in which the award was originally presented. Nominations – There will be a nomination form available online. Nominations are not actively sought. Candidates will not be required to provide letters of support or portfolios. Selection Committee – The Awards and Recognition Committee as appointed by the University Staff Senate Procedure – The committee chair will confirm eligibility and the nominator will be notified if the nominee is ineligible. Once the nomination is confirmed eligible, it will be distributed to the committee members. The nominee will be determined by the Committee and the nominator will be notified of the Committee’s decision. Nominations are not kept on file for future consideration. The recipient will receive a framed certificate signed by the Chancellor and the co-chairs of the Awards Committee and a commemorative gold star pin. They will also receive a plate engraved with their name, month and year of win which is placed on a plaque in the Administrative Building. A picture of the winner and nomination information posted on the USS website and in UW Oshkosh Today. Presentation – When an award is given, the chair(s) of the Awards Committee will arrange a presentation. If you have any questions, please contact one of the committee co-chairs. Email: carter@uwosh.edu Angelee Hammond Email: hammond@uwosh.edu	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1410036
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