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Tag Archives: Telecommunications Act of 1996
Broadband Bytes: December 6-12, 2008
By Jesse | December 14, 2008 - 11:40 am | May 30, 2017 Broadband Bytes
This week was kind of a slow news week. Most of the telecom world has been focused on President-Elect Obama’s plans for broadband stimulus and the continuing bad economic news from providers, programmers and manufacturers.
Yes, there’ still even more layoffs and bad economic news. Level 3 is planning to cut about 8% of its workforce and Brightcove is looking at a 15% reduction in headcount. DirecTV has also implemented a hiring freeze, usually a first step before issuing pink slips. Multichannel has a good roundup of layoffs throughout the industry totalling over 15,000 employees. With the tough times, providers are looking at cutting perks for subscribers, raising rates or agressively pushing bundles. While ad spending is going to worsen overall, cable may already be over the hump. There’s still good opportunities for small and growing companies to pick up top talent on the cheap and move quickly to outmaneuver larger rivals by taking advantage of their sagging bottom lines.
Qwest is planning to keep spending flat in 2009 which could mean a halt to construction of its FTTN network. There’s a lot of concern that Qwest won’t be able to meet its 2010 debt obligations which has investors seriously spooked. If Qwest does halt or slow FTTN deployments, it could mean that Comcast will make similar cuts to DOCSIS 3.0 rollouts in shared markets as they get bloodied in FIOS territories. Fiber projects like UTOPIA can capitalize on these stalled rollouts to snap up more customers. Part of Qwest’s problems could be related to its tendency to litigate and legislate its way to success rather than offering compelling products. Its shenanigans have recently gotten it sued by a CLEC in New Mexico.
There’s still ways to survive the tough times by focusing on business services and localizing your product offerings. Also be aware that customers are looking for a good deal and have no problem asking you to cut their bill. It’s often worth it to take a hit on your profit margin in order to keep the customer. Comcast regularly offers a 6-month promo rate to retain customers.
Speed matters. Comcast has rolled out DOCSIS 3.0 in a handful of markets, CableVision is getting ready to do the same and across the pond, Virgin is getting 50Mbps into the hot little hands of subscribers tomorrow. Good thing, too: subscribers have a need for speed. It’s not just the last mile either. Satellite is getting a big bump with a 100Gbps satellite to be launched in 2-3 years and Ciena has shown off a 100Gbps fiber connection on a single wavelength.
Wireless also matters… kinda. Verizon is going to make a push to have the first LTE markets ready for service by next year, no doubt spurred on by the Clearwire WiMax juggernaut. It’s mostly a marketing ploy, though it could end up being a very effective one. Clearwire is already facing substantial hurdles and it’s probably safe to assume that even cash-rich Verizon won’t have a solid product for several more years. There’s also the problem of transport from the towers, an area where UTOPIA can shine. In other wireless news, AT&T is planning to stream satellite TV to cars and trucks, yet another move beyond the triple play. Augmenting a wired infrastructure with wireless offerings such as this is going to be critical in the future to increase revenue streams and keep bundled customers, especially if they don’t blend in.
Obama’s plans to allocate a substantive chunk of any stimulus package for broadband is being called a “Broadband New Deal”. The real question is how much of any package will be allocated to broadband and how it will be administered. Obama’s plan is to give states “use it or lose it” grants and let them best figure out how to spend the money. If additional conditions aren’t attached to the grants and vigorously enforced, we could just get a repeat of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. It will be very important that providers start now to get their political ducks in a row and line up for some of the cash.
Add Congress to the list of people who are miffed at the FCC under Kevin Martin. The House released a 110-page report slamming his management of the agency and calling for substantive change. With the White House changing hands in 6 weeks, I don’t think that’s going to be much of a problem. Given Obama’s legit technology chops, I’m optimistic that the new FCC head will do a better job.
Even though households with HD sets have doubled since 2007, only a quarter of homes are using the latest technology. With converter boxes and subscription services that don’t require a new set, plenty of consumers are content to keep using what they have, especially during a pinch. Your standard-definition packages will still be relevant for some time to come.
Speaking of content, you’d better learn how to play nice with local broadcasters. There’s a lot of instances of over-the-air stations flexing their muscle against cable over retransmission issues. CableOne and Dish have both ended up dropping local channels when they couldn’t reach agreements on fees and Lafayette’s fiber networkfound itself in the same kind of squabbles.
Online video is still booming. Netflix is now streaming to TiVo, AppleTV and Linux PCs while YouTube has added a Watch in HD option to all of its videos, I recommend checking out v where you can get free fcp transitions for your videos. . Hulu also managed to explode to 24 million viewers in October though Google properties still own the online video market. Even the NFL is starting to get a clue with a $20 season pass to watch games in HD after they air. Smart providers will want to focus on delivering products to their customers that bridge the gap between PC and TV since there’s no content provider to pay and the possibility of a strike from the actors guild could put new shows on ice. ZvBox already does it, though you’ll need to find something that lacks its hefty $500 price tag.
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Looking For A Website To Have An Affair? Read This First.
By Dr. Kurt Smith, LMFT, LPCC, AFC, Mar 08, 2014
“Life is short. Have an affair.” That’s the tag line of a well known cheating website. If you’re searching for a website to have an affair, they’re out there (sadly).
As a counselor who helps couples rebuild their relationship after the destruction of an affair (as well as helping men and women who are in the midst of cheating and are very confused), I hope you’ll read this whole post if you’re searching the web for a website to have an affair.
And the reason why I hope you'll read this is because the biggest thing men and women need at the moment they're giving in to their desire to cheat is a dose of reality and the truth, not the 'feel good' spin this website puts on having an affair.
“Your wife will never find out…” That’s the subject line of spam email I got from this cheating website. That’s one of the biggest myths about an affair – you can keep it a secret. The truth is that an affair almost never stays a secret.
How does this cheating website to have an affair recommend you keep it a secret?
“The #1 rule if you’re having an affair is don’t do it with a single women. Instead, date a married woman who has just as much reason to keep your affair a secret as you do.”
Nice try, but that doesn't work either.
There are all kinds of ways you can get caught having an affair that you can't control. Here are a few true stories from people I've counseled who've had affairs:
Your sister-in-law happens to be dining at the same restaurant as you and your 'other woman' – you're busted (this guy thought he was safe because the restaurant was 100 miles away from his home).
Your husband gets suspicious of why you always carry your phone with you – even to the bathroom, so he checks the GPS on it and finds out you aren’t where you say you are – you're busted (she believed keeping her phone always by her side and password protected would keep him from finding out -- check out What Do Married Women Affairs Look Like?).
Your wife gets a call from the 'other woman's' husband or partner telling her about the affair -- you're busted (so much for the theory of cheating with a married woman).
I could go one giving you more examples of how people have been caught having an affair, but you get the point. There are a lot of things out of your control that can make your cheating fantasy come crashing to a very ugly and sudden end. Don't fall for the lies put out by websites to have an affair.
I’m sure you’ve got plenty of reasons to justify why you have the right to have an affair. A man I’m working with right now had them. He registered on this website for affairs last year while he was very unhappy in his marriage. It’s now 9 months later and we’re just beginning to start to rebuild the trust that was broken just by his creating a profile -- he didn’t even to be having a full fledged affair before his wife caught on.
If you want to be with someone else, tell your partner that -- before you do it. Having an affair almost never stays a secret. So don’t kid yourself that it will be different for you. Do yourself a big favor, just be honest with your soon to be ex before you cheat. It will be painful for sure, but it's a whole lot less painful than what when she finds out later you're having an affair.
Here's another truth to consider before you click on that website to have an affair. Most people after they have an affair look back on it and can't believe it was really them cheating -- Your Affair Will Never Lead to True Love. For many people it just goes against who they believe they really are. They just lose themselves for a period of time in the thrill of chasing new love and leaving behind the loneliness of their broken relationship.
So for a moment, put aside your unhappy feelings about your partner, and your desire to be loved by someone new, and just think about the type of person you believe you are. Are you the type of person who would lie, deceive and destroy his family and life to feel good for a little while? Because the truth is, by your clicking on a website to have an affair that's exactly what you're about to do. Think about it.
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Guided Tour : Kleindeutschland
From the mid-19th through the early 20th century, the East Village was the center of what came to be known as Kleindeutschland, or “Little Germany” – the largest German-speaking community in the world outside of Berlin and Vienna. It contained countless houses of worship, social halls, labor and community organizations, charitable institutions, and eating and drinking establishments. The 1904 General Slocum Ferry disaster, which killed over 1,000 largely German residents of the neighborhood, and the anti-German fervor of World War I, led to the community’s dissolution, but remnants of it can still be seen today in the East Village.
Block 387, Lot 127
George Kent Radford, Iglesia de Dios, Loisaida, synagogue
106-112 East 14th Street, 105-109 East 13th Street
Dorm, Longchamp's, Luchow's, New York University, NYU, residential
12 St. Mark’s Place
Deutsch-Amerikanische Schuetzen Gesellschaft, General Slocum, German American Shooting Society, Individual Landmark, Institutional, William C. Frohne, William Jose
334-336 East 14th Street
Congregation Tifereth Israel - Town and Village Synagogue, Individual Landmark, Institutional, Julius Boekell, Romanesque Revival, Rundbogenstil, The First German Baptist Church, Ukrainian Autocephaic Orthodox Church of St. Volodymyr
Jeremiah Hayes, Julius Boekell, old law tenement, residential
Club house, German Odd Fellows Association, Institutional, William C. Frohne
East Village/Lower East Side Historic District, extension, General Slocum, Greek Revival, residential/commercial, rowhouse, William Peterson
Albion Place, East Village/Lower East Side Historic District, factory, Greek Revival, NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development, Ruppiner's Hall
Carl Pfeiffer, commercial, Germania Fire Insurance Company, Individual Landmark, Kleindeutschland, New York City Landmark, Samuel Stilwell Doughty, Second Empire
19-23 St. Mark’s Place
Andy Warhol, Chinese American, Electric Circus, Grateful Dead, Guy MAine, Jimi Hendrix, Lou Reed, music venue, punk, residential, St. Bartholomew's Church, Stanley Tolkin, The Chinese Guild, The Dom, Theodore Roosevelt, Velvet Underground
50 East 1st Street
John Knopp, Justus Schwab, pre-law tenement, residential/commercial, Theodore Beir
Tompkins Square Park
Daniel D. Tompkins, Drag, General Slocum, Julius Munckwitz, Lady Bunny, LGBTQ, Loisaida, New York City, Peter Stuyvesant, Samuel S. Cox, Tompkins Square Park, Tompkins Square riots, Wigstock, Young Lords
66-68 East 4th Street
ABC Stage City, Abraham Goldfaden, Albian Place, Alexander Berkman, Alla Nazimova, Anson G. Phelps, Biltmore Studios, Boris Thomashefsky, East Village/Lower East Side Historic District, Elisha Peck, Emma Goldman, Ethel Barrymore, Federal, Film Project, Flemish bond, Greek Revival, Henry Miller, Institutional, Jewish Rialto, Kinkel &Klemt, La MaMa, LGBTQ, Lyceum Hall, Manhattan Lyceum Hall, Manhattan Plaza, Margaret Anglin, Millennium Film Workshop, Minnie Maddern Fiske, New York Turn Verein, Orlenev Lyceum, Pavel Orlenoff, residential, row house, rowhouse, Stanislavsky Method, theater, Turn Hall, Turn Halle, Yiddish
135-137 Second Avenue
Anna Ottendorfer, German Dispensary, Individual Landmark, Institutional, library, New York City Landmark, New York Public Library, Oswald Ottendorfer, William Schickel
155 East 2nd Street
pre-law tenement
African American History, August Sumyk, F.W. Fischer, Jazz, Julius Boekell & Son, music venue, punk, residential, Stuyvesant Casino, Ukrainian National Home
323-327 East 6th Street
Community Synagogue Center, East Village/Lower East Side Historic District, General Slocum, German St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Greek Revival, religious institution, Renaissance Revival, Saul Birns, St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, State/National Register of Historic Places
28-30 Avenue A
Burger-Klein, Concordia Hall, Estate of C. Balton, Institutional, International Modernism, Second Empire
Block 469, Lot 7501
Brunswick Apotheke, Englehardt & Huber Apothecary, federal style, Irving Moskovitz, John Kiehl, Kiehl's, Louis Brunswick, residential/commercial, row house, William Stone
Brunswick Apotheke, Englehardt & Huber Apothecary, Irving Moskovitz, John Kiehl, Kiehl's, Louis Brunswick, M. Fornachen, neo-Grec, pre-law tenement, R. Stuyvesant, row house
Charles Easton, First German Methodist Episcopal Church, Henry K., John Boris, religious institution, residential
jobst hoffmann, Queen Anne, residential, William & George Schuster
Kleindeutschland, Most Holy Redeemer Church, religious institution
101 Avenue A
A. Kern, African American History, Drag, East Village/Lower East Side Historic District, Fritz's Hall, General Slocum, German, Jazzboat, Jean Michel Basquiat, Kern's Hall, Leppig's Hall, LGBTQ, music venue, neo-Grec, old law tenement, Peter Doelger Brewery, punk, Pyramid Club, RuPaul, Shultz's Hall, Wigstock, William Jose
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Beaux-Arts, commercial, George W. Levy, Hammacher & Schlemmer, March Israels & Harder, residential/commercial
Decatur Place, East Village/Lower East Side Historic District, Green Men, Jobst Hoffman, Kleindeutschland, Little Germany, old law tenement, Queen Anne, residential
East Village/Lower East Side Historic District, Kurtzer & Rohl, old law tenement
"Kleindeutschland Guided Tour” is part of the Deutschlandjahr USA 2018/19 - Year of German-American Friendship. This initiative is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, implemented by the Goethe-Institut, and supported by The Federation of German Industries (BDI).
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If Indicted Netanyahu Can Serve as PM, Why Can't Criminal Suspects Be Ministers?
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Cartoon of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and newly-appointed Agriculture Minister David Bitan. Eran Wolksowski
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed David Bitan as agriculture minister, even though police in March recommended that he be prosecuted for taking bribes in 12 different instances, in which he allegedly got hundreds of thousands of shekels in cash from building contractors and businessmen.
In April, two weeks after last year’s first election, Bitan demanded to be named a minister and contemptuously dismissed the argument that being a bribery suspect disqualified him. Bitan claimed a double standard was being applied, asking – justifiably from his perspective – why Arye Dery, whom police the preceding November had recommended prosecuting for fraud, breach of trust, tax evasion and money laundering, could be a minister while he couldn’t. In an interview at the time, Bitan said, “I’m seeking to be a minister because I see they aren’t keeping Dery from being one.”
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After Netanyahu last week appointed Deputy Minister Yaakov Litzman to be health minister even though five months ago police recommended he be prosecuted for bribery, fraud and breach of trust, and given the fact that the prime minister himself is accused of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, one is forced to admit that Bitan’s logic is even more valid now. If Netanyahu, Dery and Litzman can, why can’t Bitan? That’s how it is when corruption becomes the prevailing government norm.
What’s even more amazing is the fact that this round of appointments, in which criminal suspects got ministerial posts, was forced on Netanyahu because he himself had held these portfolios but was compelled to give them up because of the indictments filed against him, as required by the High Court ruling in the Dery-Pinhasi cases of 2003. So here is the ultimate absurdity: Netanyahu isn’t legally qualified to head a ministry, but is qualified to head the entire government.
A sick logic rules in Netanyahu’s Israel. Not only did Netanyahu not resign when his indictments were announced, as common sense would dictate, since if a minister accused of a crime must resign it follows that a prime minister accused of one must do the same, but now the public must deal with the legal distinctions between suspects who have been formally accused, and suspects whose allegations are still awaiting the attorney general’s decision.
The large number of these twisting legal complexities is no coincidence. It is evidence that Israel is sinking in a swamp of government corruption. At the rate this is spreading under the Netanyahu regime, instead of a matriculation exam in civics, the Education Ministry will soon have to make every pupil take an exam in criminal law.
The above article is Haaretz’s lead editorial, as published in the Hebrew and English newspapers in Israel.
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Renovation Credit: An Innovative Solution to Make Floor Pricing Fairer
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The need for a solution arose because some apartments up for sale had been renovated several times, while others had been left virtually untouched since the complex opened in the 1950s. It was a middle-income property with an aging populace, so many sales came in the wake of shareholder deaths. In such cases, survivors were frequently eager to unload the apartments and were willing to accept "fire sale" prices, according to attorney Eric Goidel, a partner at Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, who has represented the board for the past 27 years. Floor pricing was a way of preventing such lowball sales.
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But it wasn't the only challenge facing the co-op. "The board had to wrestle with several issues," Goidel continues. "What do you do for someone who put money into their apartment? What do you do for a person who bought in 2007 at the peak of the market, while an original shareholder bought in for $20,000? Even in a downturn, the market wasn't the sole factor driving prices; so was the condition of the apartments."
Says Kaye: "We're always looking at our sales, to see if they're keeping up with prior years. When the market turned [in 2007], some of the fixed-up apartments were selling, but people who hadn't done work on their apartments were having trouble selling."
Even before the market soured, Kaye and his eight fellow co-op board members had started talking about a way to retain the floor prices while taking into account the disparity in the condition of apartments — and therefore the prices they were likely to fetch on the open market.
"We did not want to lower the minimum prices," Kaye says, noting that the apartments come in two sizes, with minimum prices currently set at $209,183 for the smaller floor plan and $232,126 for the larger. "If you peg the minimum too low, the banks make that the market price and that lowers the value of the whole property."
Renovation Credit
The renovation credit increases
the co-op's value because it
forces people to upgrade their
apartments for the 21st century.
The co-op board's discussions led to a novel solution — something board members call a "renovation credit." Here's how it works: if an apartment is in need of work and is unlikely to fetch the board's floor price on the open market, the seller can reduce the asking price by as much as 10 percent — provided the buyer agrees to pay the full floor price and invest the difference in renovations to the apartment. That "renovation credit" is then put in escrow and up to 90 percent of it can be released to pay the contractor for the cost of the work. The remaining ten percent is paid after the managing agent inspects the apartment and confirms completion of the work.
"We're rewriting the rule now," Kaye says. "The new maximum renovation credit will probably be higher, about $30,000, which will cover a kitchen and a bathroom, or whatever's needed."
He estimates that about one-fifth of sales now involve a renovation credit. As the city's real estate market has picked itself off the floor, sales volume at Windsor Oaks has picked up, Goidel says, while prices have stabilized.
"Over time," he adds, "the renovation credit has increased the co-op's value because the sale process forces people to bring their apartments up to the 21st century."
Points to Consider
Renovation credits will work under one condition, observes Ronald A. Sher, a partner in the law firm of Himmelfarb & Sher: "You can do it if you show on the transaction documents that the price has been agreed to by a concession, and that concession has to be specifically described in the transfer documents."
Lending institutions and their appraisers must also be considered, along with the unique position of potential buyers. If buyers get a loan based on the appraised price of an unimproved apartment, but then have to come up with the money to cover the difference between the appraisal and the floor price, they might get squeezed.
"I think the renovation credit is a unique and intriguing approach," says Tom Smith, a partner in the law firm of Smith, Buss & Jacobs. "But I think a potential problem is the excess cash the purchaser would have to have since the bank's appraisal is based on the apartment's unrenovated condition."
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UC San Diego/SDSC Study Advances Brain Cancer Research
Researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), Moores Cancer Center, and Department of Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego, have shown for the first time a pyramid hierarchical network of “coherent gene modules” that regulate glioblastoma genes, involved in a highly aggressive form of brain cancer.
This image [see large image] shows transcription regulators on the different levels of hierarchy that control the specified coherent gene modules responsible for glioblastoma. Valentina L. Kouznetsova, SDSC.
By identifying the most important gene modules responsible for cancer growth and proliferation, the study informs a strategy that could elucidate these modules at the top levels of their network, and in turn be used to identify new drug therapies. The paper appears in the U.K. journal Molecular BioSystems, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Glioblastoma (GBM) is highly resistance to treatment and rapidly lethal. To date, therapeutic targeting of individual molecules has proven unsuccessful in treating GBM due to complex interactions of genetic pathways, signaling networks, and cellular levels that are a hallmark of the cancer and allow it to proliferate.
“Considering the complex interplay of mediators involved, it is clear that examining individual signaling molecules or even pathways may not give information accurately representing the underlying molecular abnormalities,” said lead author Igor F. Tsigelny, a research scientist with SDSC as well as the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center and the Department of Neurosciences.
Because of the number of connections involved, researchers relied on the BiologicalNetworks server that used SDSC’s data-intensive Gordon supercomputer. The test runs of this server queries on Gordon showed up to a 200x application speed improvement. Of particular interest in the study was elucidation of transcription regulators (TRs) and transcription factors (TFs) that actually regulate the coherent gene groups and the drug targeting that can be applied to these controlling TRs and TFs.
“Our approach of identifying major multi-level hierarchical networks and coherent gene modules within networks improves our understanding for clinical translation,” said Tsigelny.
“This innovative network analysis identified several central nodes in signaling networks in glioblastoma that could help us design personalized clinical trials using available and new drugs in development,” said Santosh Kesari, Director of Neuro-Oncology and a professor of neurosciences at the Moores Cancer Center.
In addition to SDSC’s Tsigelny, researchers involved in the study include Valentina L. Kouznetsova from SDSC; and Penfgei Jiang, and Sandeep C. Pingle from the Moores Cancer Center.
About SDSC
As an Organized Research Unit of UC San Diego, SDSC is considered a leader in data-intensive computing and cyberinfrastructure, providing resources, services, and expertise to the national research community, including industry and academia. Cyberinfrastructure refers to an accessible, integrated network of computer-based resources and expertise, focused on accelerating scientific inquiry and discovery. SDSC supports hundreds of multidisciplinary programs spanning a wide variety of domains, from earth sciences and biology to astrophysics, bioinformatics, and health IT. With its two newest supercomputers, Trestles and Gordon, and a new system called Comet to be deployed in 2015, SDSC is a partner in XSEDE (eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment), the most advanced collection of integrated digital resources and services in the world.
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Home / Tech / iPhone XS or iPhone XS Max: Here’s why Apple loyalists should consider the smaller iPhone
iPhone XS or iPhone XS Max: Here’s why Apple loyalists should consider the smaller iPhone
iPhone XS and XS Max are available in three storage variants and in three colour options of space gray, silver and a new ‘gold’.
tech Updated: Sep 28, 2018 11:21 IST
Marcia Sekhose
Apple’s iPhones were known and loved for its compact form factor. The Plus versions were started with the iPhone 6 for the big screen fans.(AFP)
Apple’s new iPhones go on sale in India today. iPhone XS and XS Max will be available via online platforms and authorised resellers. iPhone XS starts at Rs 99,900 for the base model, while the bigger iPhone XS Max crosses the 1 lakh mark.
The base model of iPhone XS Max is priced at Rs 109,900. iPhone XS Max offers a larger display, in fact the largest on an iPhone with a 6.5-inch screen. While you do get more screen on the iPhone XS Max, the smaller iPhone XS seems a more viable choice.
iPhone XS, however, is not only more affordable but also retains the ethos of Apple’s traditional compact form factor. Apple’s iPhones were known and loved for its compact form factor. The Plus versions were started with the iPhone 6 for the big screen fans.
iPhone XS features a 5.8-inch Super Retina HD display. Although a large screen size, iPhone XS doesn’t compromise on the form factor with a notch and edge-to-edge display.
Here’s why you should consider iPhone XS
Storage configuration
iPhone XS is available in the same storage variants as the XS Max. iPhone XS with 256GB storage is priced at Rs 114,900, and the 512GB model carries a price tag of Rs Rs 134,900. iPhone XS Max goes up to Rs 144,900 for the 512GB model.
Display, form factor
Highlighting its compact size again, iPhone XS has a bigger display than the iPhone 8 Plus’ 5.5-inch display but is smaller in size and form. In comparison with the XS Max, it has the same OLED display but with a slightly lower resolution of 2436×1125 pixels. The two iPhones however offer the same pixel density of 458 ppi.
iPhone XS is also thinner at 70.9mm and lighter weighing 177g. There’s a notch on both the iPhones housing the same 7-megapixel TrueDepth camera for Face ID.
Even in the overall camera department both phones have the same configuration and features. At the rear, iPhone XS has 12-megapixel dual wide-angle and telephoto cameras. Features like dual optical image stabilisation, digital zoom up to 10X, Portrait mode with advanced bokeh, and smart HDR are available on both the Phones.
Under the hood iPhone XS and XS Max are powered by Apple’s latest A12 Bionic processor. The new A12 chip is built on the 7nm process. The A12 Bionic is equipped with a neural engine which uses machine learning to deliver the best performance, Apple says.
Apple doesn’t reveal the battery size of its iPhones but gives an idea on its performance. The iPhone XS’s battery lasts up to 30 minutes hour longer than the iPhone X. The bigger iPhone XS Max does have some advantage here as its battery lasts up to 1.5 hours longer than the iPhone X.
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DK Shivakumar: The journey of a Congress firefighter
Shivakumar, or DK or DKShi as he is known locally, has come a long way since he was promoted from the Youth Congress to the main Congress organisation four decades ago following a split in the party’s Karnataka chapter. read more
The rise and rise in fortunes of DK Shivakumar, the man being probed by ED
The arrest of Shivakumar, known as the Congress’ troubleshooter, on Tuesday by the Enforcement Directorate in a case of alleged money laundering has brought to focus this rise as it held within it the elements that would also lead him to his present... read more
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Maudelle Driskell holds an MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson College. Her work has been published in many literary reviews and anthologies. She is the recipient of the Ruth Lilly Fellowship, awarded by Poetry and the Modern Language Association.
Raised in south Georgia, Driskell lived most of her adult life in Atlanta. She now lives in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, where she is the executive director of The Frost Place, an arts organization headquartered in Robert Frost’s historic home. Driskell is constantly inspired by the legacy of Robert Frost and the beauty of the landscape.
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On September 28, 2014, Maudelle Driskell joined six Hobblebush poets and read poetry at The Fells in Newbury, New Hampshire.
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Home>???> Utah Man Surgically Implants Tesla Key & Other Chips Into Hands
Utah Man Surgically Implants Tesla Key & Other Chips Into Hands
This man won't forget his daily essentials ever again.
With the evolution of technology, it feels like anything is possible. In fact, it feels like things that were predicted decades in the past are finally coming into fruition. However, one guy in Utah has embraced the future and found a solution to forgetting his keys and wallet at home. Although having things like Apple Pay and Google Pay on your phone certainly help, Ben Workman has taken that type of technology and implanted it into his hand.
According to East Idaho News, Workman recently implanted four chips and a magnet into his hand that allows him to unlock his Tesla, open the door to his work at Provo, and log onto his computer with a simple swipe of his hand. He can also share contact information through one of the chips. As you'd expect, nobody else was really about assisting Workman in becoming half man, half robot. He explained how, with the help of family, he had the chips implanted into his hands since there wasn't a specialist who really wanted to take on the job.
“On the first two, I actually didn't have anyone. I tried going to a veterinarian, a doctor, a piercing studio, no one would do it,” he said. "To get them in, they come in syringes, just place them under the skin and pop the tags out.”
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Painless Performance/STREET RODDER Top 100 Winners From Back To The 50’s Part 1
Tim BernsauWriterKale EickhofVideographer
In addition to everywhere else Street Rodder has been this weekend, we are in St. Paul, Minnesota, having a blast at the Back To The 50s car show, presented by the Minnesota Street Rod Association. The buzz around the Minnesota State Fairgrounds is that the number of show cars here this year has topped the 11,000 mark. That suggests that selecting 10 vehicles at the event for the 2016 Painless Performance/STREET RODDER Top 100 award should be an easy assignment. But considering the fact that there are more than 11,990 that probably deserve a pick—but didn't get one—it's not so easy after all. Here's a peek at five of the 10 cars we picked as Top 100 winners at Back To The 50's. We picked them for different reasons, but part of the appeal of these five is the fact they are homebuilt or owner built—in some cases just recently and in some cases many years ago. That impressed us. We think it'll impress you.
Lynn Peterson, Lakeville, VA | 1965 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible
In Lynn's case, his '55 Chevy is both owner built and pro built, since Lynn is the owner of Lynn's Auto Restoration. He had been looking for a '55 convertible and found this Bel Air six years ago when a retired St. Paul police officer responded to Lynn's want ad. It had been hidden in the cop's garage for 21 years and needed everything. Some of the "everything" added by Lynn is a lot of fresh sheetmetal, bright 468 Chevy with a 4-barrel carb, TH400 transmission, and Ford 9-inch rear. The custom interior combines new and old styling. There were a lot of Tri-Five Chevy at Back To The 50's but Lynn's convertible especially caught our attention.
Ken Becker, Mokena, IL | 1964 Buick Riviera
Nicknamed "Deception," this custom Riv might not deceive you but it might surprise you if you're not expecting its many custom elements. Built by Ken and his father—also Ken—in a garage the low-slung street cruiser was a seven-year frame off build. Power comes, appropriately, from a Nailhead engine, modernized by a Buick "Star Wars" air cleaner. The body modifications include shaved door handles, hidden headlights and frenched '89 Cadillac taillights, and that classy two-tone green paint. The interior features 2010 Cadillac CTS front buckets. Ken said he likes the way the Riviera's chiseled body lines were a Sixties alternative to the round curvy lines of the Fifties.
Stanley Johnson, Chesapeake, VA | 1934 Ford Coupe
For many rodders, the fun of this hobby is in building a driving new street rod every few years. For Stanley, it's in building a car and keeping it for years. Stanley purchased his five-window in 1993 as a drivable stock original, and turned it into a homebuilt rod, chopping the top, spraying eye-catching paint, adding steelies and wide whites and other modifications, and spending the next 20-plus years driving the spit out of it. The Chevy 350 with Weber injection and aftermarket IFS are roadworthy pieces. Stanley has driven the coupe as far south as Tampa and as far north as St. Paul. He says that this first visit to Back To The 50's was a bucket list trip he's been waiting to make for decades.
Jack Mills, Sioux Falls, SD | 1932 Ford Roadster
Alan Hansen, Hastings, MN | 1948 Oldsmobile Aero Sedan
As you can see elsewhere in our coverage, Back To The 50's attracts a ton of Oldsmobiles (2016 MSRA Back to the 50's Celebrating the Olds Hot Rod). Alan found this one in stock condition in 2008, and knew he had to turn it into a cool custom cruiser. He and his son, Brandon, attacked the sheetmetal, taking two inches out of the hood and shaving the door handles, hardware, and badges. Frenched headlights and custom taillights, and extended Chevy bumpers are more custom elements. The engine is an EFI Chevy small-block, backed up by a 4L60 transmission. Silver Leaf paint and an updated interior further distinguish Alan's custom.
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December 20, 2012 11:45PM EST
Russia: Environmental Activist Threatened with New Charges
Spurious Criminal Case Against Outspoken Scientist
© Suren Gazaryan
(Moscow) – Russian authorities should stop harassing environmental activists Suren Gazaryan and Evgeniy Vitishko. Authorities have threatened to bring new criminal charges against Gazaryan, less than six months after he and another activist, Evgeniy Vitishko, were convicted of causing criminal damage following a flawed, politically motivated trial.
“The authorities are determined to silence Suren Gazaryan and Evgeniy Vitishko because they refuse to be deterred from speaking out on environmental and state corruption issues,” said Yulia Gorbunova, a Moscow-based researcher at Human Rights Watch. “The authorities need to end its blatant retaliation against government critics.”
In a telephone interview on December 19, 2012, Gazaryan told Human Rights Watch that he had fled Russia and gone into hiding after the Russian authorities declared him “wanted” earlier in December. Gazaryan said he had “no faith” in a Russian court upholding justice in any new case against him, having already been convicted in an unfair trial in June 2012. Gazaryan also told Human Rights Watch that he was in the process of seeking asylum in a European country.
Gazaryan and Vitishko were prosecuted in June for “causing significant damage to private property.” They were accused of painting graffiti on a construction fence surrounding a dacha said to belong to the governor of the Krasnodar region, Aleksandr Tkachev. Following a trial in which there were serious due process concerns, the court convicted them and imposed three-year conditional sentences.
They were subject to a curfew and required to inform the authorities about any changes to their places of residence – both conditions that severely limited Gazaryan and Vitishko’s ability to engage in activism and public demonstrations. The convictions are subject to a two-year probationary period. At the time, Human Rights Watch had called on the Russian authorities to drop the politically motivated case.
On August 16, the Gelendzjik police department, in the Krasnodar region, western Russia, opened a new criminal investigation against Gazaryan and questioned him on August 26. The investigation stems from events on August 2, when Gazaryan and a group of fellow activists went to a luxurious Black Sea resort that is alleged to belong to President Vladimir Putin. The activists wanted to examine the resort’s private marina, which they believed was being built in violation of legal requirements for an environmental impact assessment and for public hearings required for such construction projects.
Gazaryan told Human Rights Watch that the activists walked along the resort’s perimeter road, which is open to the public. He said he had walked ahead to get a better look at the construction. A security guard armed with a rubber truncheon approached on a motorized scooter. The guard grabbed Gazaryan, he said, twisting his arm behind his back and trying to take his phone. Two more security guards arrived.
Feeling threatened, Gazaryan said, he wrestled free, picked up a small rock, and told the guard to keep his distance. Gazaryan said he then turned around, dropped the rock, and walked away. The authorities allege that Gazaryan’s actions – which they concede in the investigation files consisted only of picking up a rock and a verbal communication – amounted to threatening to kill the security guard.
In November, Gazaryan received a telegram from a Gelendzjik police investigator, ordering him to appear at the police station on November 13 to be charged. Gazaryan told Human Rights Watch that the telegram had been sent to an address where he no longer lived and that as a result, he received it too late.
Gazaryan’s lawyer, Viktor Dutlov, told Human Rights Watch that in December, the Russian authorities declared Gazaryan a fugitive. He said that in light of Gazaryan’s probation period under the previous sentence, Gazaryan could face a prison sentence of up to five years if convicted of the new charges.
“The new criminal charges seem designed to put Gazaryan behind bars and silence him,” Gorbunova said. “The authorities should immediately drop the charges and let environmental activists carry out their legitimate work.”
On December 7, the Tuapse city court extended Vitishko’s probation period and imposed additional restrictions based an alleged curfew violation on October 14, when Vitishko, who was nominated by his political party as a candidate for the Krasnodar region legislative assembly, had to spend the night in the Tuapse electoral precinct. Vitishko told Human Rights Watch that he had informed his probation officer about his absence but that the judge ignored that information.
Gazaryan, who holds an advanced degree in biology, is a board member of Environmental Watch on North Caucasus, an environmentalwatchdog group. He is known for his criticism of public authorities, including in relation to allegations of state corruption and environmental concerns in Sochi connected to preparation for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
He belongs to the Sochi branch of the Russian Geographic Society. On numerous occasions, members of the group’s Sochi branch together with members of Environmental Watch on North Caucasus protested against construction of buildings for the Olympics in areas of Sochi that are federally protected natural areas.
June 21, 2012 News Release
Russia: Flawed Trial of Environmental Activists
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NL mayor injured in hunting accident
HAPPY VALLEY GOOSE BAY, N.L. — A mayor of a Labrador community remains in hospital after being wounded in a hunting accident on Saturday.
Officials in Happy Valley Goose Bay, N.L., are confirming Mayor John Hickey was involved in a hunting accident but are providing few other details.
St. John's radio station VOCM is reporting Hickey suffered a gunshot wound to the face and underwent surgery on Sunday.
VOCM says RCMP indicated Hickey is sedated and unconscious in a St. John's hospital.
In a statement issued Sunday Happy Valley Goose Bay deputy mayor Wally Anderson says the community's thoughts and prayers are with Hickey and his family.
He says the council will continue to operate normally in Hickey's absence.
"At this time, we need to proceed with regular town operations as if Mayor Hickey were present," Anderson said in the statement. "This is something council knows he would want, especially as we are in the midst of the 2018 budget process."
The community is organizing a candle light vigil for the community but a precise time and location haven't been determined yet.
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This Is The Advice Colin Powell Gave Hillary Clinton On Using Private Email
09/08/2016 09:44 am ET
Clinton has defended her use of private email in part by noting that Powell used it at the State Department as well.
By Sam Levine
WASHINGTON ― House Democrats on Wednesday released a 2009 email exchange in which former Secretary of State Colin Powell explained to Hillary Clinton how he used his personal email while he was at the State Department.
Clinton told the FBI about the exchange during the agency’s investigation of her handling of sensitive information on her private email server.
“Be very careful. I got around it all by not saying much and not using systems that captured the data,” Powell told her.
The full exchange illuminates how Powell avoided using State Department servers during his time in office and reveals that he used his personal account to do business with foreign leaders.
“I didn’t have a BlackBerry. What I did do was have a personal computer that was hooked up to a private phone line (sounds ancient.) So I could communicate with a wide range of friends directly without it going through the State Department servers,” he wrote to Clinton. “I even used it to do business with some foreign leaders and some of the senior folks in the Department on their personal email accounts. I did the same thing on the road in hotels.”
Powell also said that security officials were never able to explain to him why he couldn’t use his personal digital assistant in a secure area.
Powell’s email came after Clinton wrote to him asking for advice on using a BlackBerry while at State. She noted that President Barack Obama had successfully fought to keep his BlackBerry when he entered office.
“What were the restrictions on your use of your blackberry? Did you use it in your personal office? I’ve been told that the DSS personnel knew you had one and used it but no one fesses up to knowing how you used it!,” she wrote. “President Obama has struck a blow for berry addicts like us. I just have to figure out how to bring along the State Dept. Any and all advice is welcome.”
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the ranking member on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said the exchange clearly showed Powell advising Clinton on how to get around record-preservation rules.
“This email exchange shows that Secretary Powell advised Secretary Clinton with a detailed blueprint on how to skirt security rules and bypass requirements to preserve federal records, although Secretary Clinton has made clear that she did not rely on this advice,” he said in a statement.
Clinton told the FBI that Powell’s note didn’t factor into her decision to use a private server, but has defended her use of private email by noting that Powell used it as well while at State. Powell has said that he thought Clinton’s campaign was trying to pin her use of private email on him.
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Data: Metro Detroit pharmacies received more than 40 percent of state's pain pill supplies
A once-secret DEA database shows 40 percent of the state's 2.9 bill prescription pill supplies landed in Oakland, Wayne and Macomb counties
Data: Metro Detroit pharmacies received more than 40 percent of state's pain pill supplies A once-secret DEA database shows 40 percent of the state's 2.9 bill prescription pill supplies landed in Oakland, Wayne and Macomb counties Check out this story on HometownLife.com: https://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/local/hometown/2019/09/24/metro-detroit-received-millions-pain-pills-2006-2012/2346756001/
Susan Vela, Hometownlife.com Published 1:21 p.m. ET Sept. 24, 2019
The City of Wayne has joined several other communities in potential lawsuits against opioid manufacturers. (Photo: File photo)
At least 40 percent of the 2.9 billion prescription pain pills supplied to Michigan in the years preceding the nation’s third wave of opioid overdose deaths landed in Oakland, Wayne and Macomb counties, according to federal data released over the summer.
The flood of pills fueled opioid deaths across the region, and some experts are thankful the newly-released Drug Enforcement Administration database can now be used to pinpoint trends and problem areas.
“It’s a great tool,” said Linda Davis, executive director of Families Against Narcotics in Macomb County. “The data is very helpful in seeing where we stand as a state.”
The Washington Post and HD Media, which publishes the Charleston Gazette-Mail in West Virginia, took legal action to get the once-secret database released.
The Post went through nearly 380 million transactions from 2006 through 2012 that are detailed in the DEA’s database and analyzed shipments of oxycodone and hydrocodone pills
Post analyzers said oxycodone and hydrocodone pills make up three-quarters of the total opioid pill shipments to pharmacies.
Numbers for metro Detroit counties gave proof to the region’s problem, which seems to be most intense in Wayne County.
According to the database, there were 2,852,578,277 prescription pain pills supplied to Michigan from 2006 through 2012 and Wayne County received at least 618 million. Oakland County received 308.5 million and Macomb County received about 285.4 million for that same time period.
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McKesson Corporation in Irving, Texas, was Michigan’s main distributor, doling out 514 million pills for the years reviewed.
Spokeswoman Sunny Rodriguez emailed this statement: “McKesson distributes prescription opioids and other medications in response to orders placed by state-licensed and DEA-registered pharmacies, and those pharmacies may only dispense these medications to patients with a valid prescription written by a government-licensed health care provider.
“As the … data demonstrates, McKesson has consistently disclosed controlled substance transactions to the DEA. For decades, DEA has had exclusive access to this data, which can identify the total volumes of controlled substances being ordered, pharmacy-by-pharmacy, across the country.
“Any suggestion that McKesson influenced the volume of opioids prescribed or consumed in this country would reflect a misunderstanding of our role as a distributor.”
Actavis Pharma Inc. in New Jersey was the main manufacturer providing opioids to Michigan. Omnicare of Southern Michigan in Livonia was the pharmaceutical enterprise receiving the most pills — 16,758,390 — in the state.
CVS Health spokesman Mike DeAngelis explained that CVS Health acquired Omnicare in 2015. Omnicare provides long-term care pharmacy services to clients like nursing homes and assisted-living facilities.
“Omnicare pharmacies generally only fill prescriptions for these large institutional clients that provide regular, on-site medical care to patients,” he wrote in an email. “An Omnicare pharmacy typically has a larger scale of business than a retail pharmacy due to the number of patients being served by its clients.
“During the 2006-2012 time period in question, LTC pharmacies primarily served skilled nursing facilities, which routinely admit patients discharged from hospitals after being treated for fractures, hip and joint replacements or traumatic injury. When these conditions require opioid analgesic therapy, a professional nurse determines that an opioid is necessary to treat pain, pursuant to a physician’s prescription for the opioid.”
The Post’s database gives data on top distributors, manufacturers and pharmaceutical recipients for Michigan’s counties, along with per-person availability for local counties. Wayne County received enough for 46 pills per person per year from 2006 to 2012. Oakland County received enough for 36 pills per person and Macomb County received enough for 48 pills per person.
Davis advised caution when reviewing the data.
“People don’t necessarily develop pain just because of where they live,” she said.
Victoria Tutag Lehr, a Wayne State University pharmacy practice professor, said the database is good for verifying some suspected trends.
“It has some research helpfulness, (yet) you just can’t assume that all those doses dispensed went to a patient with a prescription,” Lehr said. “People will tell you they’re not afraid of going to jail, losing their house, waking up in an alley … They are afraid of going into withdrawal. It’s a big, big issue.”
She would prefer a more zoomed look at prescription opioid pills, such as similar data for census tracts or zip codes.
Lehr emphasized that opioids should be part of “multi-modal management” that includes other treatments like topical anesthetics and physical therapy.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reports that 115 people overdosed of drugs involving opioids in Michigan in 1999, compared to 2,053 in 2017. Wayne County’s drug overdoses involving opioids went from 46 to 636 for those same years, compared to 12 to 55 in Oakland County and 4 to 320 in Macomb County.
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, between 21 and 29 percent of patients prescribed opioids for chronic pain misuse them and about 80 percent of heroin users first misused prescription opioids.
The U.S. economic burden from prescription opioid misuse was calculated to be $78.5 billion in 2013 because of healthcare, lost productivity, addiction treatment, and criminal justice involvement.2
Scientists with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the year 2013 marked the start of the nation’s third wave of opioid overdose deaths, which showed significant increases in overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids like the illicitly-manufactured fentanyl.
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Stargardt’s disease, effective treatment with saffron
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This is the important result of a research realised at the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS and Università Cattolica, campus of Rome, published in the prestigious magazine “Nutrients”.
The study was coordinated by Prof. Benedetto Falsini, associate professor at the Institute of Ophthalmology (Catholic University) and specialist at the Ophthalmology UOC of the A. Gemelli University Hospital Foundation, together with Prof. Silvia Bisti (University of L’Aquila).
“Everything was born from the studies of my colleague Bisti many years ago – says Prof. Falsini – with whom I have been collaborating for years and to whom I will always be very grateful”.
But let’s go with order:
Stargardt’s disease is a hereditary macular degeneration.
The symptoms consist mainly in the reduction of central vision (often in severe form), which begins during adolescence or, in any case, at a young age (first and second decade). In addition, patients may complain of colour perception disorders (dyschromatopsia), central scotoma (black spots in the field of vision) and photophobia (intolerance to light).
It is caused by mutations of the gene called ABCA4, involved in the cycle of retinoids and whose malfunction causes dysfunction and loss of photoreceptors cones and rods, mainly as a result of photo-oxidative damage due to the deposition of dys-metabolic products that form the lipofuscin.
It is transmitted with autosomal recessive mode. The progression of the disease is linked to the activation of neuroinflammatory phenomena induced by the increasing oxidative stress.
The clinical trial is the first ever in our knowledge, and involved 31 patients with Stargardt’s disease treated with 20 mg/day of saffron.
Why saffron? Since the first experiments on an animal model of induced retinal degeneration it was clear that the treatment with saffron had an added value compared to a classic treatment with antioxidants. Saffron reduced cell death, the activation of neuro-inflammatory processes and maintained visual function for longer, in other words it slowed down the progression of the neurodegenerative process.
This is the result of a very complex process activated and maintained by the different chemical components of saffron itself, mainly the crocins. It has been shown that saffron regulates the activity of many genes and consequently of many metabolic pathways. The result seems to be a complex stabilizing action of cellular metabolism, which ultimately activates resilience mechanisms.
The experimental protocol of the clinical trial was double-blind and cross-over. The results seem very promising. Visual function remained stable during the six months of treatment while it tended to deteriorate during placebo intake.
In humans, the efficacy of saffron treatment has been demonstrated in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) by Prof. Falsini of the Gemelli Polyclinic and confirmed in clinical trials at other universities and countries.
The chemical composition of saffron is critical and the one that guarantees the best neuroprotective efficacy has been defined and patented. This patent, Repron®, is owned by Hortus Novus, which produces ZAFFIT® plus, a food supplement based on Repron® Saffron.
All trials have shown a positive effect of the treatment, but sometimes very different effectiveness and this may be due to the use of sub-optimal saffron. This also explains the diversity of doses used.
In patients with Stargardt, the effectiveness of the treatment may stabilize over time, particularly if lipophilic deposits are reduced as in the animal model.
The treatment is simple, has no side effects and has great potential.
Read the study published in “Nutrients”: Saffron 2019 Nutrients-2019
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String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello) Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn (1809-1847). Classical Period. Set of performance parts (parts only, score not included). With thematic index. 272 pages. Published by Edition Peters.
Quartet #1 Op. 12, Eb Major
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Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in e minor, Opus 64
Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn (1809-1847). Classical Period. Set of performance parts (includes separate pull-out violin part). Format: Softcover. With solo part and piano reduction. Editor: Ullrich Scheideler.
The well-known violinist Igor Ozim has marked up Mendelssohn's approved violin part, adding fingering and bowing marks as an aid to today's performers. He has also supplied a separate commentary showing that Mendelssohn's autograph already contains useful suggestions for shaping the solo part. The piano reduction – a revised version of the one that accompanied the first edition – lies well under the fingers while remaining as faithful as possible to the original text.
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Mozart Violin Concerto in G Major K. 216
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Edited by Christoph Hellmut Mahling. Urtext edition. Classical Period. Set of performance parts (includes separate pull-out violin part). With solo part and piano reduction. K. 216. 43 pages. 9x12 inches.
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Mozart Violin Concerto in D, No 4, K.418
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Edited by Christoph Hellmut Mahling. Urtext edition. Classical Period. Set of performance parts (includes separate pull-out violin part). With solo part, piano reduction, cadenzas and performance notes. 73 pages, 9x12 inches. Key: D major.
Mozart Violin Concerto In A Major, K. 219
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Edited by Christoph Hellmut Mahling. Urtext edition. Classical Period. Set of performance parts (includes separate pull-out violin part). With solo part, piano reduction and introductory text. K. 219. 69 pages. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag.
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Popper's High School of Cello Playing
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Ravel Sonata in Four Parts for Violin and Cello
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Maurice Ravel's sole composition for string quartet dating from 1903 is considered today to be one of the most important, most performed and recorded works of chamber music repertoire.The editor, Juliette Appold, traces the work's inception and documents its first performance and the reactions to it from none other than Faure and Debussy. Also addressed are later performances of the work under the supervision of Ravel, the early recordings made under Ravel's auspices and the first publication by Astruc. This first ever critical edition of Ravel's quartet relies not only on the Astruc edition and its proofs, corrected and altered by the composer, but also on the revised edition issued by Durand in 1910. All discrepancies between the score and the later publication of the performing parts are addressed in the Critical Commentary.
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Cello (Violoncello). Composed by Alwin Schroeder. This edition: Studies 81-137. Studies 81-137. Instructional and Studies. Instructional book. With bowings and fingerings. 103 pages. 9x12 inches.
Selected and progressively arranged from the foremost instructive works of Buchler, Cossmann, Dotzauer, Duport, Franchomme, Kummer, Grutzmacher, Lee, Merk, Piatti, Schroeder and Servais, these studies cover the gamut of cello playing, from very easy to advanced level.
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US President Donald Trump Singles Out This Reason For His Failed Summit Talks With Kim Jong-un
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US President Donald Trump has reportedly opened up on the failure of his recent and much hyped summit talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un . Trump said that the congressional questioning last week of his former lawyer may have contributed to the Hanoi summit collapse– even as his national security advisor claimed the Hanoi meeting was a success.
A high-stakes second summit to strike a disarmament deal with Kim broke up in disarray in Vietnam Thursday, with Trump saying: “Sometimes you have to walk and this was just one of those times.” The summit took place at the same time a Democrat-led congressional committee was grilling Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer, who labelled his ex-boss a “racist”, “conman”, and “cheat”.
On Sunday, Trump said the hearing may have contributed to the “walk”.
“For the Democrats to interview in open hearings a convicted liar & fraudster, at the same time as the very important Nuclear Summit with North Korea, is perhaps a new low in American politics and may have contributed to the ‘walk’,” he tweeted.
“Never done when a president is overseas. Shame!” Still, US National Security Advisor John Bolton told CBS’s “Face the Nation” Sunday that the summit should be seen as “a success, defined as the president protecting and advancing American national interests.”
He said the issue was whether North Korea would accept what the president called “the big deal” — denuclearizing completely — or something less, “which was unacceptable to us.” “So the president held firm to his view. He deepened his relationship with Kim Jong Un. I don’t view it as a failure at all when American national interests are protected,” Bolton added.
The summit’s collapse followed the leaders’ historic meeting in Singapore that produced only a vague commitment from Kim to work “toward complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.”
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2017 Slamdance Film Festival Award Winners
With another Slamdance Film Festival over and done with, a whole slew of oddball, outlier and unique indie films and stories are set to be unleashed out into the world and around the festival circuit. The 23rd annual festival saw a program of promising, emerging talent that will be on our radar for years to come. Check out the full list of winners below! Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize: Dim the Fluorescents (Canada, Director: Daniel Warth) Narrative Features Honorable Mention: Kate Can’t Swim (USA, Director: Josh Helman) Documentary Feature Grand Jury Prize: Strad Style (USA, Director: Stefan Avalos) Documentary Feature Honorable Mention: The Modern Jungle (USA/Mexico, Directors: Charles Fairbanks, Saul Kak) Documentary Short Grand Jury Prize: Moriom (Switzerland, Directors: Francesca Scalisi, Mark Olexa) Documentary Short Honorable Mention: Irregulars (Italy, Director: Fabio Palmieri) Narrative Shorts Grand Jury Prize: No Other Way To Say It (USA, Director: Tim Mason) Narrative Shorts Honorable Mention: Oh What a Wonderful Feeling (Canada, Director: François Jaros) Animated Shorts Grand Jury Prize: Hold Me (Ca Caw Ca Caw) (USA, Director: Renee Zhan) Animated Shorts Honorable Mention: My Father’s Room (South Korea, Director: Nari Jang) Experimental Shorts Grand Jury Prize: UpCycles (USA, Director: Ariana Gerstein) Experimental Shorts Honorable Mention: Blua (Colombia, Director: Carolina Charry Quintero) Anarchy Shorts Grand Jury Prize: Ape Sodom (Canada, Director: Maxwell McCabe-Lokos) Anarchy Shorts Honorable Mention: Horseshoe Theory (USA, Director: Jonathan Daniel Brown) Spirit of Slamdance Award Winner: Neighborhood Food Drive (USA, Director: Jerzy Rose) Audience Award for Narrative Feature: Dave Made a Maze (USA, Director: Bill Watterson) Audience Award for Documentary Feature: Strad Style (USA, Director: Stefan Avalos) Audience Award for Beyond Feature: Future ‘38 (USA, Director: Jamie Greenberg)
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IndieWire Dishes on the Value of NYFF 2017
One of New York's biggest film festivals officially kicked off this week, and with it has come a plethora of new films and retrospectives to look forward to! Enough to fulfill any film lover's appetite....x100! If you haven't already given the full schedule and program a gander, what are you waiting for you?! Start grabbing tickets while they're still available! In the meantime, check out Indiewire's discussion on the exact value that New York Film Festival offers the film world: "There’s something there for everybody, and everyone is coming together in the same place to experience a festival of their own. That’s the New York way."
2017 TIFF Highlights and Failures
As the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, considered one of the biggest festivals of the Fall season, wraps up this weekend, Indiewire reflects on the filmic winners and losers of the past week and a half. From glowing Oscar contenders to searing disappointments, check out highlights from another stellar year at TIFF!
25 Films from TIFF 2017 to Check Out!
Filmmaker Magazine Film Festival
Hard to believe 2017 is flying by as quickly as it is! As the summer months wane and the cooler months start creeping in, a new festival season is upon us! Toronto International Film Festival is chock full of amazing, insanely anticipated films and we are loving the press and reviews that have been coming in. Check out Filmmaker Magazine's top 25 films to look forward to at this year's TIFF! Another fun fact: Filmmaker Magazine is celebrating their 25th Anniversary this month as well!
Indiestreet Film Festival
The 2nd Annual ISFF Lineup Has Been Announced!
What a time to be alive if you’re a film lover! This year has seen a wave of innovative new works hitting the screens of festivals around the globe…and New Jersey's own Red Bank better get ready because it’s that time of the year again - their time to cinematically SHINE! The 2nd annual Indie Street Film Festival line-up has JUST BEEN ANNOUNCED and it features some of the best of the best in indie cinema from around the world. The Indie Street Film Festival will return to Red Bank from July 26th through the 30th featuring more than 60 independently produced narrative, documentary and animated films, panel discussions, Q&A’s with filmmakers, live art, an interactive community mural project, a community cookout, and both live and DJ music performances. Two sets of “Jersey Shorts” showcasing the work of local filmmakers and New Jersey locations and subjects will also be featured. Narrative feature films in competition include: The Ring Thing, directed by William Sullivan (Provincetown Film Festival) Like Me, directed by Robert Mockler (SXSW) Beat Beat Heart, directed by Luise Brinkmann (Slam Dance, Filmfest Munich 2016) Life Hack, directed by Sloan Copeland (Brooklyn Film Fest, SoHo Int. Film Fest) Documentary feature films in competition include: Barbecue, directed by Matthew Salleh (SXSW) Hotel Coolgardie, directed by Pete Gleeson (Slamdance, Hot Docs) Olancho, directed by Ted Griswold and Chris Valdes (Brooklyn Film Fest) Unrest, directed by Jennifer Brea (SXSW, Hot Docs, Sundance Special Jury Award) The winning films will be selected by a jury consisting of noted film critics, producers and filmmakers. Industry experts including Aaron Hillis (Indiegogo), Alison Willmore (Buzzfeed), Dominic Davis (Rooftop Films), Heidi Reinberg (Producer) and Leah Sapin (Human Rights Watch) will join others in awarding the winning feature films with the prize of a 1 week theatrical screening in New York City and optional online distribution through Indie Street Media. Jury awards and audience awards will be announced at a live ceremony on the evening of Sunday, July 30th. Highlights include the NJ premiere of Unrest, an eye-opening documentary shot and directed by Jennifer Brea, as she tackles the very personal subject of chronic fatigue syndrome. Life Hack, featuring Sean Kleier (Odd Mom Out) and Devin Ratray (Nebraska, Blue Ruin), is an incredibly relevant comedic cautionary tale about our digital privacy or complete lack thereof. New Jersey talent will of course be showcased, including the world premiere of Brothers, the latest work from Jack Ballo, who directed the critically acclaimed 2016 documentary Destiny’s Bridge, about the plight of a homeless community living off-the-grid in the woods of Lakewood, New Jersey, and Pasquale’s Magic Veal, a dark comedy featuring Vincent Pastore, who played “Big Pussy” in The Sopranos. Donald Sumpter (Game of Thrones, Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) and Adam Long (Happy Valley), star in The Knackerman, a narrative short funded by Creative England and the BFI Network. In Cul-De-Sac, from the team behind the Academy Award-winning short Curfew, a married couple's bubble of suburban normality is punctured when they find a surprise inside their toddler's teddy bear. Cop Dog, the sixth animated film in Bill Plympton's Oscar-nominated Guard Dog series, finds its plucky dog-hero with a new occupation: patrolling our airports sniffing for illegal drugs. Several other shorts will make their NJ premiere, including films written by screenwriters for NBC's THIS IS US and SYFY's CHANNEL ZERO, as well as performances from actors such as Jimmie JJ Jeter (Hamilton) and Chris Carfizzi (Showtime's Billions). Indie Street Film Festival Artistic Director/President of Indie Street, Jay Webb, noted that in addition to the incredibly diverse films from around the world that will be screened and discussed, this year’s schedule includes events linked to films showcased in the festival as well as New Jersey themes. “From a live art performance by local artist Ronnie Jackson, who carves New Jersey landscapes and scenes into surfboards, a cookout after the screening of the documentary Barbecue with local sponsors, to a Liquid Lights creative workshop, we know festival attendees will enjoy what ISFF brings to the community,” Webb added. “What sets this festival apart from other film events is the integration and cooperation of Red Bank’s venues, restaurants and bars, retail shops and the local arts community which all gel to make the ideal atmosphere to celebrate the creativity of independent filmmakers.” ISFF is more geared toward cooperation than competition, so all feature films accepted into the festival are awarded the opportunity to join Indie Street as a partner filmmaker and be promoted through its VOD platform. Winners from each feature film category will enjoy a shared 1 week theatrical release in NYC. Films and events will be held at multiple theatrical venues in Red Bank, including the historic Count Basie Theatre, the Two River Theater, Bow Tie Cinema and Red Bank Middle School. For a complete schedule and to purchase tickets, please visit www.indiestreetfilmfestival.org. 5 day Passes are available for films only (Film Buff Pass for $99) or for all films and parties (All-access Pass for $169) and can be purchased by visiting the festival website. All-access passes are also on sale now that include entry to all festival events, open bar at nightly parties brought to you by sponsors Flying Fish Brewery and Prairie Vodka, as well as discounts at local businesses. Single event tickets will be available soon. Keep up with breaking news on social media: facebook.com/IndieStreetFilmFestival · twitter: @IndieStFilmFest · Instagram @IndieStFilmFestFor more information on the Indie Street Film Festival or to learn how you can help out, contact info@indiestreetfilmfestival.org or head to indiestreetfilmfestival.org to check out THE STELLAR FULL LINEUP!! Be sure to check out highlights from last year’s successful inaugural year:
Filmmaker Mag's 11 BAMCinemaFest Picks
BAMcinématek's 9th annual BAMcinemaFest, a showcase of some of the best in American independent cinema, kicked off into high gear last week and continues strong through 6/25! With still a full solid 6 days of amazing indie film left to feast upon, it’s not too late to catch some of the best of the fest! Check out Filmmaker Magazine’s Scott Macaulay and Vadim Rizov’s top 11 picks playing at the 2017 BAMCinemafest! From two Michael Almereyda offerings to MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND, the Narrative Grand Jury Prize winner at this year’s SXSW, there’s pretty much something for all film lovers to...well...love!
Film Makes a Comeback at Cannes Film Festival
For over a decade now, film as a physical medium has been heralded as dead. Done. Kaput. But if the lineup at this year's Cannes Film Festival proves anything different, it just goes to show that film is here to stay. Call the analog medium a zombie or ghost or superhero or even a freak of nature. The industry is seeing a resurgence of projects shot on film and we are totally loving it! To show just how integral and important shooting on film is, Kodak released the list of 15 films playing at this year’s Cannes Film Festival that were shot on their stock. From “The Beguiled” to “Wonderstruck”, these films are also some of the most highly anticipated of the entire festival. Check out the full list via Indiewire and if you wanna know more about the making of some of Cannes’ top films, head here to get the lowdown on cameras used during production!
FINAL DAY to Submit to ISFF 2017!
Man oh man, how the months have flown by! It’s finally that day again - the final submissions deadline for the 2017 Indie Street Film Festival! Hundreds of film have been submitted - short, long, funny, sad, weird, honest, raw and everything indie-tween (see what we did there?)! If you’ve got a film, we want to see it! But act fast - you’ve only got a few hours left to be guaranteed those filmic darlings of yours will be considered! So, what are we looking for? Everything! Our goal is simply to program the very best films we can find. Remember: diversity is important as well as good storytelling. We are giving special consideration to New Jersey Filmmakers as we will have a special side-bar for Jersey films, too. We are also specifically looking for films that do the most with smaller budgets and are innovative either visually, conceptually or in their storytelling. Fit the bill? You can submit via Withoutabox and FilmFreeway NOW! For more information on the Indie Street Film Festival, head to our website or check out our recap video showcasing highlights from last year’s insanely successful fest!
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Amy Kumler
On the road with Humboldt Cannabis Tours
By Sam Leishman
Photographs by Amy Kumler
HUMBOLDT COUNTY is one of the most beautiful regions in the country, with a rich history, though exploring its cannabis culture can take legwork and locals haven’t always been excited to show it off. But the Adult Use of Marijuana Act has opened up a side of Humboldt that is ripe for exploration through visitor-friendly tours that highlight the best the area has to offer.
Matt Kurth’s Humboldt Cannabis Tours is taking full advantage and offering something that isn’t available anywhere else. Indeed, there are cannabis tours offered in the Bay Area and Southern California — a few even travel to Humboldt — but their scope is necessarily limited in a couple ways. “When you look at what most cannabis tours are — you go to a dispensary, maybe you go to an indoor grow and look through a wall, and then you smoke a bunch of weed in a van,” Kurth says. “So visiting the farms is what sets me apart, and also just being in Humboldt and having that authentic story.”
Kurth is no stranger to the tour industry. Along with his degree in Recreation Administration from Chico State, Kurth has amassed a decade of experience in guided river tours. “Backpacking, rafting, kayaking, climbing … I added it up once and it was more than a whole year of my life spent on the back of a boat.” One evening in 2015, after a particularly strenuous day of rapids and falls, an idea struck him: “I had this education and experience in tourism. I knew about weed, I’d been in the industry for real. So for me it made sense — weed tours.” For the next few weeks, the thought wouldn’t leave him. “I didn’t know it, but this is what I’d been building to my whole life.” He penciled out the numbers and it all seemed financially viable.
It would be three long years of assembling the necessary legal components to make his business a reality, a process that was inherently more difficult by virtue of being the first established cannabis tour in Humboldt. While frustrating for him at the time, in retrospect he’s proud to have been the jumpstarter. “Someone had to go through it,” he says.
Matt Kurth takes a group around Plant Humboldt.
Kurth ran 60 tours last year and plans to far outpace that this year. Most grow operations run on limited schedules so he’s created dispensary-only tours in the winter and is always adding to his roster of greenhouses, nurseries and dispensaries. “They give me great service and I bring people in,” he says.
The trips typically start around 9 a.m., with participants convening in a spacious, 12-seat van. First stop is a local greenhouse. On a recent tour, we visited a grow just south of Eureka, a project called Hygrow at Riverbar Farms. There, Kurth and Bryan Robinson, one of the farm managers, describe Hygrow’s infrastructure, which is designed for harvest all year round — six turns a year. Entering the farm you see peaked-roof greenhouses that cover 30,000 square feet (just a fraction of the 10-acre property) and are designed specifically for cannabis. The layout allows farmers to separate plants in different states of maturation.
The entire operation inside is streamlined to include a number of modern technical innovations. The clones — about 55 plants representing 20 strains from Wedding Cake to Magic Melons to Purple Squirts — are all lined in bottomless beds so they grow into the native soil. A light deprivation curtain can be moved and customized for the needs of specific strains and the “wet walls” act as a massive swamp cooler that harnesses evaporating water and recirculates it with fans or the natural outdoor breeze. Robinson demonstrates for us how he can control each component from a panel, as well as via smartphone or tablet. Everything serves to provide the most energy-efficient process possible, down to the food-grade plastic, mostly natural lighting, organically based nutrients and complete absence of pesticides. (Though getting the capital “O” organic stamp on any grow will have to wait for federal legalization.)
After the greenhouse, we head south toward Garberville. Early on, Kurth tries to gauge the group’s overall cannabis expertise. “Most people aren’t weed nerds,” he says. “Most people on my tours don’t know that there’s male and female plants. Most people don’t know about the light cycle. Almost nobody knows about terpenes.” Once he gets an idea of how cannabis savvy everyone is, he can tailor individual tours to suit each group.
There are plenty of relevant landmarks to point out just off the highway — a number of farms, companies that make extraction equipment, concentrate manufacturers, a “bud and breakfast” — but the majority of Kurth’s interpretive narration surrounds Humboldt’s history and fame/notoriety. Again, depending on the group’s knowledge, he’ll chronicle the eras ranging from the back-to-the-landers all the way to present-day legalization. “I want people to know why Humboldt’s Humboldt … because [it]’s hard to see it for what it is.”
Halfway to Garberville, we dip onto the Avenue of the Giants. A good portion of people who attend his Humboldt Cannabis Tours have never seen the redwoods — to only see them from a car window would be quite the missed opportunity. So he pulls off at Williams Grove and supplies the group with an al fresco lunch of sandwiches from the North Coast Co-op and a spread of local fruits and veggies, and Humboldt Chocolate to be enjoyed in the shade of the ancient conifers. Kurth takes the opportunity to weave a short history of the trees themselves into his larger narrative about the area.
The next stop is Plant Humboldt in Briceland. A former bamboo nursery, farmers here now plant almost entirely sun-grown cannabis seeds and sell to licensed growers 1,000 plants at a time. Mikal Jakubal, one-fifth of Plant Humboldt’s five-man operation, is on hand to provide details. The tracking of the plants is impressive in its detail. “Each tag has the strain name, where the seed came from, name of the nursery and a barcode,” explains Kurth. “In theory, you can connect a jar of weed all the way back to [the original] plant.”
The common refrain at Plant Humboldt is “trial-and-error.” Positive results can come from an ultra-concerted effort and hyper-specific analysis, but, mutations in a plant could just as easily come from a random occurrence — perhaps a neighbor’s pollen that happened to blow over. And they’re just as likely to use a seed that was placed by accident, let it grow and see what happens. More systematic are the farming practices to which the nursery adheres, including an irrigation system that pulls from a pond on the property and drains back into Redwood Creek, or its prescription for local custom-blend soil.
Checking out the goods at Hygrow.
We cap things off at a dispensary, a logical endpoint. Proper Wellness is Kurth’s current go-to but he’ll curate a tour based on special requests. “Some people will be like, ‘I wanna buy the cheapest weed,’” he says. “‘All right, well, this is the spot.’ Other people will say, ‘I wanna talk to someone about my elbow pain.’ All right, well, we’re going to the HPRC.’” If someone’s itching to get to a dispensary earlier in the day, he’ll even swing over to One Log House, the popular photo-op cabin made out of a single redwood log and the adjacent dispensary.
Once a budtender is available, Kurth works with them to give everyone a thorough idea of the selection available these days. “I’ll usually ask, ‘What’s your favorite? Show me your most expensive weed, show me your cheapest weed, show me some indoor, show me some mixed-light, show me some outdoor,’” he says. “I like people to see, what does the top shelf look like next to the bottom shelf? What does indoor next to outdoor look like?” He also likes to give a sense of the variety of products out there, especially for those who’ve never heard of wax, shatter or THC powder.
In more ways than one, Kurth’s tours resemble something you might seek out in Napa or Sonoma, especially once you get to smelling (and most likely sampling shortly thereafter). And while Kurth presents as a tour guide, he could just as soon pass for an unpretentious ambassador to an area sometimes reluctant to step into the spotlight. “You’ll never be able to grow Whitethorn weed anywhere else but Whitethorn, he says, adding that he looks forward to Humboldt establishing official appellation, like the Champagne region of France. “I think that’s going to allow us to really show what we do best, and what we do best is growing the best weed in the whole world.”
Sam Leishman is a filmmaker, writer and factotum for the North Coast Journal.
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Pennsylvania dog-license compliance low despite risks
by Mari A. Schaefer, Inquirer Staff Writer, Posted: June 6, 2011
How much do Americans love their dogs?
Enough to spend an annual average of $1,955 per pet to feed them, tend to their medical needs, clothe them, groom them, amuse them, and have them professionally walked, among modern canines' many needs.
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by DAVID GAMBACORTA, gambacd@phillynews.com 215-854-5994
by Mari A. Schaefer, Inquirer Staff Writer
But the national passion for pooches seems to wane when it comes time to license them. The large majority of owners do not make the potentially lifesaving purchase of a tag.
There are an estimated 3.2 million pet dogs in Pennsylvania, yet only about 20 percent have the required state license. The same percentage holds in New Jersey, where the canine population is about 1.3 million.
"Nationally, we know compliance is very low," said Inga Fricke, an official of the Humane Society of the United States in Washington. Though the proportion of tagged dogs varies widely from community to community, she said, those with meager means to enforce the law and scant punishment for lawbreakers can have compliance rates in the single digits.
Few places are down as dramatically, though, as Delaware County, home to an estimated 141,000 dogs.
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In 2007, license sales there jumped to more than 29,000 after state wardens swept through dog parks looking for scofflaws, county treasurer John A. Dowd said. "Other than that, people don't buy licenses."
Only about 5,500 tags have been bought so far this year.
Starting July 1, having that tag around your dog's neck will become a lot more important in Delaware County.
The Delaware County SPCA, a small nonprofit that has taken in strays for a century, will no longer accept lost animals as it becomes a no-kill facility.
In recent years, the county's municipalities have dropped off about 1,400 stray dogs a year at the Media shelter. But with the deadline almost upon them, most of the 49 towns and townships still have no alternative plan for picking up and holding strays for 48 hours, as the state requires, before the animals can be put up for adoption or destroyed.
The lack of a license drastically lowers the chances of a quick reunion between a lost pup and its family.
Irresponsible owners are at the heart of the licensing problem, said Dave Schlott, animal-control officer for 13 Delaware County municipalities.
In the dozen years he has had the job, Schlott said, he has heard it all. The paperwork got lost. The dog ripped the tag off its collar. The dog hardly ever goes out anyway. And on and on.
"The people are just feeding me a line," said Schlott, who plans to retire June 30. "If they cared about their pet, they would be organized."
Karel Minor, executive director of the Humane Society of Berks County, called the lack of a tag "literally a death sentence for dogs.. . . The owner claim rate is directly related to whether or not the dog has ID."
Under Pennsylvania law, every dog older than three months must be licensed. The fees range from $6 for a pup that has been neutered or spayed to $50 for a lifetime license for a dog that has been microchipped or tattooed. If the animal is found with no license, the fine may run as high as $300.
New Jersey requires all dogs older than seven months to have licenses as well as rabies vaccinations. The cost is set by the municipalities but cannot exceed $21.
In Pennsylvania, the job of selling licenses falls to the counties, though how they go about it is varied and sometimes sporadic.
The state offers the counties a free mailing to alert residents about dog-license requirements. Last year, 30 counties did not take advantage of the service. Twenty-one sent out their own reminders.
"We actually send out a postcard," said Ava Tuturice, treasurer in Montgomery County, which sold nearly 30,000 licenses last year.
Additionally, PADogLicense.com - a private online vendor used by Montgomery, Chester, Bucks, and 22 other counties in the state - sends annual e-mail reminders to register via the Internet. Pet owners can sign up from a home computer with a credit card.
Delaware County does not use an online service.
Even with the ease of online registrations, the state rate is extremely low, said Jason Abla, president of PADogLicense.com, which reaches about 400,000 owners. "I should have two million [customers]," he said. "A lot of people are not licensing their dogs."
Abla charges the counties $10,000 for his service, which includes linking lost dogs to owners through the tag numbers. Last year, his company was responsible for 536 reunions.
Philadelphia, with an estimated 390,000 dogs, has a licensing rate of just 5 percent - an improvement over recent years.
In the next few months, the city is to begin a campaign to improve compliance with state law. It will include TV spots and billboards, said Brian Abernathy of the Managing Director's Office.
Five percent, he said, "is not a number I am proud of."
Contact staff writer Mari A. Schaefer at 610-892-9149 or mschaefer@phillynews.com.
Posted: June 6, 2011 - 3:01 AM
Mari A. Schaefer, Inquirer Staff Writer
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3 seek sentence reversals in plot to kill soldiers
by Nathan Gorenstein, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER, Posted: May 23, 2011
In the middle of the spectator section at Philadelphia federal court Monday sat Ferik Duka, whose three sons were among five men convicted in 2008 of plotting to kill U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix.
As the Duka brothers enter the third year of their life sentences, their father listened as a three-judge panel heard nearly two hours of arguments for why the Fort Dix Five should, or shouldn't, get second trials.
Nodding toward the table where a team of prosecutors sat, the senior Duka defended his sons. "I know them better," said the Albanian immigrant.
The five men, all Muslims, were convicted in December 2008 after a two-month trial. Four were given sentences of life in prison; the fifth got 33 years.
Since then, family members have waged a campaign to overturn the convictions or reduce the sentences. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia, which heard the arguments Monday is expected to rule this year.
The defendants - Serdar Tatar, 28; Mohamad Shnewer, 26; and the Dukas, Dritan, 32; Shain, 29, and Eljvir, 28 - grew up in the Cherry Hill area after immigrating to the United States with their families as small boys.
The Dukas, who ran a roofing business, were accused of training for their mission by shooting at a Poconos firing range and playing paintball. Dritan and Shain Duka were arrested after trying to buy seven rifles from a government informant.
Family members say the Poconos trips were harmless vacations and that the guns were intended only for the firing range.
The Dukas, who are ethnic Albanians, and Shnewer, born in Jordan, are serving life. Tatar, who was born in Turkey, is serving 33 years.
Much of the evidence is not in dispute. The families' dispute with the government is about what the defendants meant when they talked of "jihad," and whether they intended to carry out any violent acts.
Family members insist not. The government says the facts speak for themselves.
Ferik Duka is still rankled by the federal government's use of two informants to prosecute the five. After the hearing, he was not hopeful.
"The judges were more agreeable with the government than the defense," concluded the 65-year-old roofer.
Informants Mahmoud Omar, an Egyptian native, and Albanian national Besnik Bakalli recorded hundreds of conversations with the defendants.
Defense attorneys have argued that the informants steered the conversations toward a plot to attack Fort Dix and created a conspiracy when none existed.
But the appeal is largely on technical issues. Was evidence gathered under the Foreign Services Intelligence Act done in a manner that violated the Fourth Amendment, which forbids unreasonable searches?
The government says no. What's more, said a defense attorney, the evidence obtained through searches authorized under the act - two recordings and five photos - were a fraction of the government's case.
Defense attorneys also argued that jurors were biased by information that jihadist videos downloaded and much discussed by the defendants contained images of several beheadings by Iraqi militants.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Norman Gross argued that because those sections were edited out for the trial and were unseen by jurors, the videos were properly admitted into evidence to "show the defendants' intent and motivation to engage in violent jihadist act."
Gross made only brief mention in court of a decision by the government on Friday to drop its appellate defense of one charge against Shnewer - "attempted possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence" - because it was what court documents called an "error in the indictment."
Schnewer's 360-month sentence on that charge will be vacated, but he will remain sentenced to life for conspiracy to commit murder.
Hearing the case are Chief Judge Theodore A. McKee and Judges Anthony J. Scirica and Marjorie O. Rendell.
Contact staff writer Nathan Gorenstein at 215-854-2797 or ngorenstein@phillynews.com.
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ACE to Spin-off Financial Guaranty Business; Raters React
Bermuda’s ACE Limited announced plans to spin-off several subsidiaries of its financial guaranty business, including ACE Guaranty Corp. and ACE Capital Re International Ltd., through an initial public share offering.
The new holding company; which will also be based in Bermuda “expects to file a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by year-end and complete the IPO in the first half of 2004, subject to market conditions and receipt of various regulatory approvals,” said the bulletin. ACE added that it expects to offer approximately 65 percent to 75 percent of its interest in the new company, and that the amount it will receive depends on market conditions and on other factors.
“While we are limited by regulatory requirements in what we can say at this time, the move to pursue an initial public offering is a result of both a strategic and capital allocation decision and not due to any change in our fundamental outlook for our operations,” stated Chairman and CEO Brian Duperreault. “We expect to retain the bulk of the proceeds to support incremental growth in our remaining operations and to further strengthen our already solid balance sheet.”
Fitch Ratings reacted to the news by affirming its ‘A-/F2’ ratings of ACE Ltd. The rating agency said it “generally views the transaction as positive for ACE’s debt ratings and the ratings of its U.S. property/casualty insurance subsidiaries, depending on the amount of proceeds from the IPO and the manner in which they are deployed.” Fitch sees the move as increasing ACE’s “tangible equity” and generating “cash which may be used to support the company’s insurance operations or reduce its financial leverage.”
Moody’s Investors Service reacted to the news by changing its rating outlooks on members of the ACE Guaranty and ACE Capital Re group of companies, to developing, from stable. Moody’s said it “currently maintains an Insurance Financial Strength Rating (IFSR) of Aa2 on ACE Guaranty Corp. and IFSRs of Aa3 on ACE Capital Re International Ltd., ACE Capital Re Overseas Ltd., ACE Capital Mortgage Reinsurance Company and ACE Capital Title Reinsurance Company (collectively, “ACE Capital Re Group”).”
The rating agency noted that ACE Guaranty and ACE Capital Re “would appear to comprise the core operations of the new company,” but indicated it was too “to conclude on the rating consequences for those ACE subsidiaries whose business would be contributed to the new company.” It added that it did not expect the transaction to “significantly alter the credit profile of ACE Limited and its other subsidiaries.”
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Kaizer Chiefs coach Solinas names Sundowns as title favourites
PSL / 2 August 2018, 5:30pm / Liam Moses
Giovanni Solinas (right) will take over match day duties from Patrick Mabedi on Saturday. Photo: Sydney Mahlangu/BackpagePix
CAPE TOWN - Kaizer Chiefs coach, Giovanni Solinas, has named defending league champions Mamelodi Sundowns as favourites to win the ABSA Premiership this season.
Solinas will oversee his first game as coach when Chiefs and Sundowns clash in the first game of the new season on Saturday at Loftus Versfeld. The Italian coach also said that he would have liked more time to prepare for the game.
“Playing against the reigning champions is never easy. Sundowns started their season early, because they had to play African Champions League games,” Solinas told the Kaizer Chiefs website. “They are the favourites for this season and they have a fantastic coach in Pitso Mosimane, who leads his team in special ways. I would have preferred to have played them next month, but this is how it is.”
The 50-year-old was appointed as coach on July 13, but was forced to watch all of the club’s pre-season games from the stands, with assistant Patrick Mabedi taking charge, because he only received his work permit on Tuesday. However, Solinas thinks there may have been an unintended benefit. He was able to get a better view of their performances, and was pleased with his team’s showing in their 2-1 defeat to Cape Town City in the Mpumalanga Cultural Experience Cup at Mbombela Stadium on Saturday.
“We played very attacking football with Leonardo Castro, Khama Billiat, Bernard Parker and Siphiwe Tshabalala all starting, while the full-backs went forward as well. There was also good penetration from the midfield,” he said.
“However, we need to strike an intelligent balance between attacking and defending. What happens in football on the ball is as important as off the ball. We are working hard on all these aspects of the game, including attacking movements. However this all takes time.”
04.08.2018 - Masandawana vs. Amakhosi, Loftus Stadium, 15h00 #HailTheChief #Amakhosi4Life pic.twitter.com/jNIj57EHVc
— Kaizer Chiefs (@KaizerChiefs) July 27, 2018
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CPTN Holdings Withdraws Novell Patent Offer
By Staff Writer 2011-01-12T09:22:52.11Z
CPTN Holdings, the Microsoft-led consortium that includes Apple, EMC and Oracle, has withdrawn its application to acquire nearly half a billion dollars' worth of Novell patents.
Back in December, CPTN Holdings was planning to acquire $442 million worth of patents from Novell as a part of its acquisition deal with Attachmate, AppleInsider reports.
The news had sent ripples through the open source community, leading the Open Source Initiative (OSI) to file a complaint with the German Federal Cartel Office against the proposed patent deal, which involves 882 Novell patents.
CPTN Holdings' decision to withdraw its application is not a result of the complaint, but is instead a strategic move.
A Microsoft representative told TechFlash: “This is a purely procedural step necessary to provide time to allow for review of the proposed transaction.”
Experts believe that the consortium's move has something to do with Attachmate postponing the acquisition due to a lack of funds and expect the deal to be back on when everything is settled.
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Victory for Google in copyright case against Oracle
Victory for Google in copyright case against Oracle Featured
By Sam Varghese
The jury in the Google-Oracle trial has come down on the side of the search engine giant, deciding on Thursday that its use of 37 Java APIs in the Android mobile operating system is covered by fair use.
Judge William Alsup had asked the 10 members of the jury to answer one simple question: Has Google shown by a preponderance of the evidence that its use in Android of the declaring lines of code and their structure, sequence, and organisation from Java 2 Standard Edition Version 1.4 and Java 2 Standard Edition Version 5.0 constitutes a “fair use” under the Copyright Act?
Deliberations began on Monday afternoon after the lawyers representing the two companies had made their closing arguments. Justice Alsup had given the jury 22 pages of instructions.
But the matter is not over, judging from an Oracle spokesman's comments after the verdict was issued.
The company's general counsel Dorian Daley said in a statement: "We strongly believe that Google developed Android by illegally copying core Java technology to rush into the mobile device market.
"Oracle brought this lawsuit to put a stop to Google’s illegal behaviour. We believe there are numerous grounds for appeal and we plan to bring this case back to the Federal Circuit on appeal."
A Google spokesperson said: "Today’s verdict that Android makes fair use of Java APIs represents a win for the Android ecosystem, for the Java programming community, and for software developers who rely on open and free programming languages to build innovative consumer products."
Oracle sued Google in 2010 shortly after it purchased Sun Microsystems and became the owner of Java, claiming that the search engine company had violated its copyright and patents. That case ended in 2012 with Google being largely the victor. Judge William Alsup ruled that APIs cannot be copyrighted.
But an appeal gave Oracle what it wanted: a ruling that APIs can be copyrighted.Thus, all that the jury in this case had to decide was whether Google's use of 37 Java APIs in its Android mobile operating system was covered under fair use or not.
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Sons and Soldiers - Digital Audiobook Unabridged
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Sons and Soldiers
The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned With the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler
by Bruce Henderson
narrated by Brett Barry
Hardcover Trade Paperback E-book Digital Audiobook Unabridged Large Print
Joining the ranks of Unbroken, Band of Brothers, and Boys in the Boat, the little-known saga of young German Jews, dubbed The Ritchie Boys, who fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s, came of age in America, and returned to Europe at enormous personal risk as members of the U.S. Army to play a key role in the Allied victory.
In 1942, the U.S. Army unleashed one of its greatest secret weapons in the battle to defeat Adolf Hitler: training nearly 2,000 German-born Jews in special interrogation techniques and making use of their mastery of the German language, history, and customs. Known as the Ritchie Boys, they were sent in small, elite teams to join every major combat unit in Europe, where they interrogated German POWs and gathered crucial intelligence that saved American lives and helped win the war.
Though they knew what the Nazis would do to them if they were captured, the Ritchie Boys eagerly joined the fight to defeat Hitler. As they did, many of them did not know the fates of their own families left behind in occupied Europe. Taking part in every major campaign in Europe, they collected key tactical intelligence on enemy strength, troop and armored movements, and defensive positions. A postwar Army report found that more than sixty percent of the credible intelligence gathered in Europe came from the Ritchie Boys.
Bruce Henderson draws on personal interviews with many surviving veterans and extensive archival research to bring this never-before-told chapter of the Second World War to light. Sons and Soldiers traces their stories from childhood and their escapes from Nazi Germany, through their feats and sacrifices during the war, to their desperate attempts to find their missing loved ones in war-torn Europe. Sons and Soldiers is an epic story of heroism, courage, and patriotism that will not soon be forgotten.
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Violin Facts
Selecting Violin Bows | Construction and History
Selecting Your Violin Bows | Part 2: Construction and History
Parts of the Violin Bow
Besides the hair, a violin bow is composed of several parts. The stick has traditionally been made of wood --— generally pernambuco. In a cross view, it can be perfectly round, or have an octagon shape.
Entry level student bows can be made of fiberglass, which is much less expensive and especially durable (a valuable quality for the younger player). More recently, carbon fiber has been employed, since not only is it durable but can be in some ways comparable to wooden bows.
The part at the end of the bow that players hold is called the frog. It’s typically made of ebony, with metal fittings that --— depending on the quality and price of the bow --— can be plastic, nickel, silver, or gold.
Choosing the Materials for Wood Bows
Possibly the most critical choice for the bow maker is what materials to use, especially for the stick.
“The quality of wood that would be used for the stick portion of the bow,” says Crumrine, “is going to be much better when you go from a commercial, mass-produced sort of bow to a handmade artisan type bow.” When making a high-end bow, the craftsman “works to try to get the best of what each piece of wood can allow.”
For bows in the lower price ranges, “people just work to numbers; they work within a set of dimensions that may not be ideal for each piece of wood, but, in a large perspective, works well enough to create a high-quality bow.”
How Violin Bows Have Evolved Over Time
“From the very early pieces written for the violin family of instruments, the technical demands kept changing and growing,” says Crumrine. Composers and players “kept pushing the envelope to be more and more virtuosic, producing a broader range of dynamics, using off-the-string strokes, and employing a lot more on-the-string strokes.
“In the Baroque era, pretty much everything was done only with the bow on the surface or on the string. There was no bouncing, there was no ricochet, no off-the-string playing --— that’s something that was developed in the mid-19th century. And the bows changed tremendously because composers and musicians had…constantly shifting and growing needs.
“A modern bow --— starting around 1800 --— works completely differently than a Baroque bow does,” he says. “The early bow was made with the curve going away from the hair, and with the modern bow, the curve sinks down toward the hair.” However, “things haven’t changed very much in the last hundred years or so.”
Choosing Your Violin Bow (or Bows)
A dealer knowledgeable about bows will know what questions to ask the player. Questions such as where are you on your musical path? Have you been playing for a long time, or are you looking to head off to college to pursue music professionally? Are you a working professional? Are you taking on some type of new music? Have you just changed instruments and your old bow just doesn’t seem to work well with the new instrument?
Many players also require multiple bows: “There are plenty of people who have up to four bows,” says Crumrine. “They may have a bow that they like for music of Mozart and earlier, and another for 20th century music. A lot of teachers have a bow that they just use for teaching, because they don’t use their good bows around their students.”
In the end, how many and what types of bows are necessary is up to the individual player.
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The arc of Jewish-matters in cinema; CineCon screening seminal "None Shall Escape" coincides with deaths of iconic Jewish actors
Fyvush Finkel of "Boston Public" and "Picket Fences"
Orthodox actor, Stephen Hill in "Law and Order"
The movie "None Shall Escape" (screening at Hollywood's "CineCon" on Friday afternoon) opened the door tor showing Jewish characters and Holocaust issues, according to film historian, Stan Taffel. It's coincidental that within the same week of the screening, the world lost 3 iconic Jewish actors: Fyvush Finkel, 93, veteran of Yiddish theater and both the small and big-screens; Stephen Hill, 94, the orthodox Jewish star of "Mission: Impossible" and "Law and Order;" and 83-year old Gene Wilder,
"Rabbi" Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford in "The Frisco Kid"
who portrayed Jewish characters Leo Bloom in "The Producers," and Rabbi Avram Belinsky in "The Frisco Kid."
Producer, Mace Neufeld may be best-known for having produced Tom Clancy's "Jack Ryan" political thrillers. At the Israeli Film Festival 2014, we asked him background about his 1979 classic,"The Frisco Kid" which starred Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford. We asked him why since that release are films which depict Jewish life and customs, as he did with "The Frisco Kid," so rare.
"None Shall Escape" (1944) was the first American movie which depicted European anti-Semitism and Holocaust activities. It was screened by the L.A. Jewish Film Festival this spring.
Watch Q&A with Director of UCLA Film & Television Archive, Dr. Jan-Christopher Horak in conversation with Hilary Helstein, Exec. Director, Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival. Restored-film courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment.
CineCon (running in Hollywood September 1st through Labor Day) will screen this seminal, American-produced, anti-Semitism expose, "None Shall Escape" with a visit from co-star, Marsha Hunt.
CineCon VP Stan Taffel explains that this film paved the way for Charlie Chaplin to become the first Hollywood star to produce a movie with an anti-Nazi message. This opened the door for others to address anti-Semitism in and after World War II in motion pictures.
Max Davidson in 1927 MGM publicity
Mr. Taffel discusses the irony of Max Davidson a German film actor known for his comedic. Jewish persona during the silent film era. In an article on Laurel-and-Hardy.com, hstorian Richard Bann asserts that Davidson's career was scuttled by MGM chiefs Louis B. Mayer and Nicholas Schenck, who objected to his portrayal of a stereotypical (and more importantly, unassimilated) Jew and forced Roach to terminate him shortly after sound arrived.
As the three who passed this week have proven, the role of the Jew in American film and TV has come a long way.
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J. Ahola - The Man and The Voice
Hauras-kiertue 2017
AHOLA (the band)
Northern Kings
Raskasta Joulua
Teräsbetoni
J.Ahola
Ave Maria in YouTube
Ave Maria from J’s new Christmas album now available in Warner Music’s YouTube channel.
Ave Maria @ Ilta-Sanomat web
Ilta-Sanomat (Finland’s biggest tabloid) has noted J’s new album and offers a tasting from the new album. Click HERE to check it out!
Ave Maria – Joulun klassikot in Radio Nova
You can listen to the new album, Ave Maria – Joulun klassikot, in advance @ Radio Nova’s internet site. Click HERE!
Welcome to my renewed site!
As some of you may have found out from my Facebook-page or elsewhere, I’ve recorded a Christmas album called Ave Maria – Joulun klassikot (Christmas classics). The idea came from Warner Music and even though I was a bit suspicious of the idea at first, I came to like it very much because of the classy production there was going to be. The idea was to do a christmas album that would sound majestic and grand, but yet still delicate and dynamic. It was clear that there would be no sample-based orchestrations, but a real symphony orchestra playing most of the songs. Even though sampled sound and midi programming can do pretty convincing results, the real thing just sounds like a…REAL THING! We also recorded a big sounding organ at church to make the package even more tangible.
The album was recorded in several locations, but my parts were done at Neomusic Studio in Helsinki with Janne Huttunen sitting behind the desk. Miikka Huttunen handled the mixing and Svante Försback did the mastering. The track list is as follows:
1. Ave Maria 4:35 (The one and only!)
2. Sylvian joululaulu 4:03 (The song you might have heard me singing before on last Christmas, but this time the arrangement is fully made for my voice.)
3. En etsi valtaa loistoa 3:18 (A Christmas carol from Jean Sibelius with a very pious mood.)
4. Mielenrauhaa 3:57 (A new song from Kassu Halonen – the man behind Sydämeeni Joulun Teen.)
5. Varpunen jouluaamuna 3:27 (A song written on a touching poem by Zacharias Topelius – we Finns love this one and I think this version worked out great.)
6. Sydämeeni joulun teen 3:46 (Maybe the last Finnish Xmas carol that has reached a classic status among the classics – and we spiced it up just a little bit.)
7. Nessun Dorma 3:14 (This is not a Christmas carol, but it surely fits here very well – I like this one one of the best tracks here.)
8. Tonttu 4:51 (A nice story of a Xmas elf and a cool arrangement with a rich athmosphere.)
9. Jouluyö, juhlayö 3:44 (One of the most known Christmas carols with a nice vibe in it.)
10. Adagio 3:03 (This one isn’t a Xmas carol either, but it ends this album with a grand tone and a BIG organ sound!)
Raskasta Joulua will hit the road again in November. It’s getting bigger year by year and we’ll be playing in Tampere-talo this time, for example. For more venues, please visit Dragonwhite.com.
AHOLA is going to do few gigs as well on November. It’s been a pleasure to get new fans by playing live. I know that many of you have heard us the first time in live situation. It’s hard work to win you over gig by gig but very rewarding as well. So thank you for the support. Go check AHOLA’s homepage.
I also wanted to give a special thanks for J.Ahola Street Team and Ahola Dream Team for their support and spreading out the word. Thank you!
I’m going to do a special appearance at Musiikkitalo in Helsinki on Wednesday 21st of November in Joulu Mielelle -concert that will be aired in December by MTV3.
This site is not ready yet since there’s gonna be more stuff coming up. Please, do keep on checking the site out every now and then.
That’s it people. Thank you for visiting!
Pauli Hanhiniemi, Pate Mustajärvi, Olli Lindholm, Erja Lyytinen, Jarkko Ahola, Harri Marstio, Heikki Salo, Heikki Silvennoinen, Mikko Siltala, Jani Wickholm, Mikko Alatalo,
AHOLA – As Long As I Live (Rock’n’Roll Is Not Dead)
Here’s an unofficial vid of AHOLA’s cool rock’n’roll song. Have look and take a bite!
AHOLA – Stoneface Teaser
Check out clips of the new AHOLA-songs with some groovy pics attached along!
AHOLA – A New album out soon (featuring song “Hurricane”)
AHOLA’s debut album will be out soon. Here’s a little something of what’s coming up!
AHOLA – Music In The Making
Let the video talk :)
Studio Report Exclusively in Stalker Magazine
AHOLA went to studio less than a week ago and Stalker Magazine will get exclusive studio reports from J.
HERE is the first one!
Another wrap up of this year
Here’s another wrap up of this year. It’s not written by me, but a very special fan who has seen more of my gigs than anybody else (thank you!).
This is what she has to say:
For years I have been fascinated about J.’s talent as a musician and I think he is the best live performer I know with that magical and unique style that only he has. And why I found J. to be so interesting is his versatile skills that enables him to take part many different kind of projects. I had an opportunity to attend to many various J.’s gigs and concerts in 2011. Just want to mention few of those as the highlights of this year.
J.’s first gig (acoustic one) was actually at the first day of this year @ Turku (Restaurant Iloinen Härkä). I have to say I like J.’s acoustic gigs very much. Usually he plays those gigs with Antti Mäkelä (AHOLA, Henno) but this time Antti was replaced by another great guitarist Timo Niemistö (Anthriel). J.’s voice was as perfect as it can be and I have no complaints about anything relates to that gig. I heard 2 of my favourite songs: Soldier Of Fortune and Catch The Rainbow. I celebrated my birthday at that night and I loved my best present: that first class gig. During this year I attended to many other acoustic gigs too but I wanted to highlight this particular one.
Teräsbetoni released their 4th album Maailma Tarvitsee Sankareita in late of 2010 and in 2011 spring was busy with many TB gigs around the Finland. Few were in summer festivals and one special gig was in Estonia @ Rabarock. I was very surprised about the acceptance and involvement of the audience there. Even though Teräsbetoni’s lyrics are in Finnish they managed to sing along almost perfectly. That was great. Estonian and Finnish languages resemble each other a little bit though. I also had a possibility to attend to the last TB gig in Siilinjärvi before we heard the news about taking a break. The gig and the audience was certainly something which created that magical feeling “Metallitotuus” (metal truth). Band played well and… do I even need to mention J.’s great performance as a powerful warrior of TB.
J. visited on few albums also in 2011. One was live album (Maalaispojan Laulut) from Mikko Alatalo’s (Finnish musician and politician) 60th birthday concert @ Tampere-talo and J. sang the song Hengitä Sisko (J.’s studio version of the song can be found from the album Pispalassa Jytää, released in 2010). I attended also to that concert and everybody who has heard that live version certainly knows that it was one of the best performances of that song ever.
The other was an album which was a fundraiser for charity: Embrace The Sun (dedicated to Japan’s tsunami victims). J. sang one song with Anthriel since Anthriel didn’t have a permanent vocalist at that time. The song is called Circle Of Life and it’s composed by Timo Niemistö (Anthriel) and J. wrote the lyrics and again did a great job with the superb vocals.
Now I mentioned Anthriel I want to highlight also one gig J. took part as an Anthriel’s singer. It was @ Sauna Open Air in Tampere and it certainly was one of the hottest days in Finland last summer. J. was great again and all the songs went so well that I can imagine some people thought J. was the permanent singer in the band.
In the end of the summer we had a chance to enjoy the gig that at least I had waited eagerly.. AHOLA’s premiere @ On The Rocks, Helsinki. Lots of people were gathered to the gig and even though the songs have not been published yet the feeling was very amenable and spirit was high from the beginning. The audience were really supportive. The gig was a success and this was a good start for the band. I can’t wait the AHOLAs debut album which will be released next spring. I’m sure that this J.’s project will be very interesting to the “old fans” and J. will have lots of new listeners also. Great stuff indeed! Want to thank and mention also the other AHOLA members: Antti Mäkelä (drums), Antti Karhumaa (lead guitar) and Jari Laitinen (bass).
Before Raskasta Joulua gigs J. did a remarkable job performing in 4 great Queen-concerts with Finnish navy and air force orchestras. I attended to all of those unbelievable concerts and I can say the climax was the last concert at Turku concert hall. On those Queen-concerts audiences age range varied approximately from 10 to 90 but still all were very pleased and satisfied. I can imagine how it feels when the audience stands up to applause and show their respect to the artist and musicians. I think we will have an opportunity to experience Queen-concert again next spring. Magnificent!
Before Raskasta Joulua tour I would like to mention one special gig: Jouluksi Kotiin @ Martinussali, Vantaa (with Vantaa Pops). It was quite a peaceful stuff but I liked the concert very much. J.’s version of Sylvian Joululaulu was awesome.. The other vocalists at the gig were JP Leppäluoto (Charon, Northern Kings), Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica, Northern Kings) and Johanna Kurkela.
Then to Raskasta Joulua gigs… Even though I got very good vibes from all RJ gigs where J. performed the highlight was @ Teatria, Oulu. This was a very special RJ gig ‘cause all the vocalists of Northern Kings were at the stage (J., Marco Hietala (Nightwish, Tarot), JP Leppäluoto (Charon) and Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica)). This was only chance to see those guys together in 2011. The Kings performed together several songs and of course we heard some great solo performances also. Awesome gig!
As we can see, J. had a very busy year regarding various gigs and I can only admire his incredible talent to create always great atmosphere and awesome vibes to the listeners.
About J.Ahola
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Merry Christmas! / Hyvää joulua!
Happy Independence Day, Finland! / Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää!
Coming up next year – Intimate Piano-tour / Tulossa ensi vuonna – Intiimi Piano-kiertue
A vid from Hartwall Arena / Video Hartwall Areenalta: Holy Diver
Check out the new album ”Metallisydän” and ”Holy Diver”-video! / Kuuntele uusi albumi ”Metallisydän” ja katso ”Holy Diver”-video!
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LUCA MANNING WITH FERGUS McCREADIE - When The Sun Comes Out
Self Release
Luca Manning (vocals); Fergus McCreadie (piano); Laura Macdonald (alto saxophone on 2 & 8)
Recorded 15th & 16th April 2019
This is a brave and bold debut album from Scottish born, Luca Manning. How many singers are prepared to stick their neck out for their first album with just piano accompaniment? Not just on one, maybe two tracks, but the whole album where there is absolutely nowhere to hide? This is a difficult feat for many experienced performers, but Manning has succeeded by providing an interesting and varied set mixing standards, a traditional Scottish tune, one by Joni Mitchell and a couple of originals, and then proceeding to nail each and every one.
What is clear for all to hear in these performances is the maturity of both these young artists that is well beyond their years. When listening to the material on the album, especially the standards, it is apparent that Manning and McCreadie have paid their dues. They have clearly studied the history of the music that they wish to perform, and not only do them justice but do so respectfully, yet retaining a freshness and sense of discovery in these timeless tunes that is as endearing as it is a joy to listen to.
There is a that special kind of magic in the recording that you get to hear when musicians find kindred spirits and discover just how far they can take this journey of discovery. There can be no doubt that McCreadie is the perfect partner for the singer. Both are steeped in the tradition, and keep a tight reign on youthful exuberance taking over to produce music that is captivating from the off. All the arrangements are well thought out, yet have a spontaneity that is liberating, thus the music never sounds constrained and is allowed to fly.
Manning's ability to grasp a lyric, and get right to the heart of it is heard on a lovely reading of Betty Carter's Who What Why When' and also on 'Where Are The Arms' by American singer-songwriter, Gabriel Kahne that is quietly striking in the delivery of the vocals. Joni Mitchell's 'Two Grey Rooms' has a similarly profound rendition with Manning delivering the lyrics in a manner that is beautifully weighted and enunciated, thus permitting the words to have maximum impact without ever overplaying his hand.
Bringing in special guest, alto saxophonist Laura Macdonald, for a couple of tracks livens things up a little, and the dynamic shifts with the extra voice for Luca and Fergus to react to. This change of gear results in a swinging 'If I Knew Then' from the trio that features a stunning vocalese from Luca , and Macdonald's lively solo followed by tremendous effort from McCreadie. The saxophonist is also heard on an original composition by the Manning, 'Rise', that is the complete opposite to the standard. Opening with gentle piano and alto, along with a wordless introduction from Luca, the piece evolves into a powerful, evocative and inspirational song. Luca sings with a passion that is matched by his colleagues, with Fergus' accompaniment sweeping along the vocalist with some lovely asides and solo from Laura. This track, along with another impressive original from Manning, the opening 'Our Journey', bodes well for future recordings as his songwriting talent develops.
With When The Sun Comes Out, Luca Manning has not just released a hugely impressive debut album but hopefully presented the first chapter in a long association with Fergus McCreadie that will only strengthen and deepen over time. In the meantime, this is an album that should be savoured and enjoyed. Unreservedly recommended.
Reviewed by Nick Lea
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Dining Out: Food worth drive to Pour House
Prime rib Saturdays are worth the trip to West Point but get to The Pour House early.
Dining Out: Food worth drive to Pour House Prime rib Saturdays are worth the trip to West Point but get to The Pour House early. Check out this story on jconline.com: http://on.jconline.com/2Fxwmft
Journal & Courier Published 8:00 a.m. ET Jan. 12, 2018 | Updated 11:49 a.m. ET Jan. 12, 2018
The combo appetizers at The Pour House.(Photo: Lisa Karen Hartman/For the Journal & Courier)
WEST POINT - For a small town in Tippecanoe County, West Point is fortunate to have two quality restaurants: Eddie Joe's Ice House, which we reviewed several months ago, and The Pour House Coffee Cabin and Rustic Deli.
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The Pour House, 7050 Main St., in some ways doubles as a country general store, with grocery items available such as milk, eggs, bread, cheese, condiments, paper goods, sugar and flour. The decor in many ways reminds us of an old-fashioned coffee shop with stools around an L-shaped counter.
But on Friday and Saturday nights, The Pour House transforms into a steak house. Friday's specialties are ribeye and sirloins, and Saturday is prime rib night, starting at 4 p.m. Since prime rib is one of my favorites, Lisa and I, along with another couple, made a date for 5 p.m.
It's a good thing we choose, as Lisa calls it, "the AARP dining hour" to eat because by 6 p.m., the prime rib was sold out. Perhaps that's a sign of its popularity, but the absence of several other items on the menu made us wonder if ownership underestimated what it would need for a Saturday night.
Always wanting something a little sweet after dinner, Lisa and I were pleased to see pie, cake, and ice cream noted on the menu.
We were told the soft-serve ice cream machines had been shut down for the winter season because few people were wanting ice cream. However, they were out of hard/scoop ice cream as lots of people had been ordering it.
The same must have been true for some of the appetizers. They offer a combo of three out of any five appetizers listed but were out of breaded mushrooms and mozzarella cheese sticks. The onion rings, mini tacos and cream cheese Jalapeno poppers were good but nothing memorable.
They were also caught short of unsweetened iced tea. Lisa was given a half glass to tide her over until a new batch was made.
To top it off, for the first time in her life, Lisa was denied a baked potato. Since it was prime rib night, baked potatoes were reserved for those ordering the prime rib.
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Leave it to Ken to find the solution to this problem by passing along his loaded baked potato to his wife, not only preserving family harmony but giving him what he wanted in the first place: french fries.
Lisa won this trade as the loaded baked potato was a hit. It's loaded with a large amount of cheese sauce and nicely sprinkled with bacon pieces. Also, plenty of butter on the table to add if needed.
The breaded tenderloin at The Pour House. (Photo: Lisa Karen Hartman/For the Journal & Courier)
The meal experience improved with the main courses. Lisa's breaded tenderloin sandwich was excellent. It wasn't so breaded that it overpowered the taste of the meat and was tender and juicy.
The Pour House's Saturday specialty, prime rib cooked medium. (Photo: Lisa Karen Hartman/For the Journal & Courier)
My 14-ounce prime rib arrived as I requested it: medium. It had flavor and not too much fat and gristle.
Unfortunately, the same could not be said for the medium rare prime ribs our friends ordered. For one of them, it was the first time they had ever ordered prime rib and was under the impression it was a meat to behold. Unfortunately, there probably won't be a second time. In addition to a lot of fat and gristle, the meat was more rare than either of them desired.
Both did enjoy the generous helping of steamed broccoli with cheese sauce and their loaded baked potatoes.
Broccoli and cheese at The Pour House. (Photo: Lisa Karen Hartman/For the Journal & Courier)
With a mother and a sister who worked in the service industry, I have empathy with those who work very hard to make the dining experience pleasant Our waitress was friendly but overworked because someone called in sick. In addition to the tables, she also had to monitor the drive thru window.
At one point, she was so flustered that it took Lisa three requests to get a fork.
I enjoyed the small town diner ambience, while Lisa noted that breakfast was available anytime. The prices are reasonable too for families.
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Evan Bayh attends private meeting in Lafayette
Former Sen. Evan Bayh stopped in Tippecanoe County Saturday to rally supporters and tour two local businesses.
Evan Bayh attends private meeting in Lafayette Former Sen. Evan Bayh stopped in Tippecanoe County Saturday to rally supporters and tour two local businesses. Check out this story on jconline.com: http://on.jconline.com/2bKxsJb
Joseph Paul, jpaul@jconline.com Published 3:07 p.m. ET Aug. 20, 2016 | Updated 9:58 p.m. ET Aug. 20, 2016
Former Sen. Evan Bayh (left) receives a tour Saturday of MatchBOX Coworking Studio by Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski (center) and co-founder Mikel Berger.(Photo: Joseph Paul/Journal & Courier)
LAFAYETTE — A month after declaring his campaign for U.S. Senate, former Sen. Evan Bayh stopped in Tippecanoe County on Saturday to rally supporters and tour two local businesses.
Bayh met with supporters during a private meeting Saturday morning before heading to MatchBOX Coworking Studio and software company Passageways.
Heather Maddox, chair of the Tippecanoe County Democratic Party, said the tone of the meeting at the party's packed downtown headquarters "was very positive."
"It really was about how we all work together to get things done," she said.
During a media availability, Bayh said his campaign will focus on creating jobs and growing small businesses through tax credits. He added that he would support eliminating the capital gains tax for up to seven years on those who invest in small businesses.
"I think the government needs to do more to particularly help smaller businesses invest in the skills and the talents of their working men and women," he said. "Fortune 500 companies have that as part of their regular budget, but many small businesses just can't afford it and yet they need to have employees that have world class skills."
Bayh also responded to reports that his voter registration has twice been moved to "inactive" status since he left office in 2011.
"I've voted every primary, every general election for the last 25 to 30 years," he said. "I am an active voter in Indiana."
In a county that last elected a Republican to the Senate seat now sought by Bayh and challenger Rep. Todd Young, Maddox said it will take "hard work" and "a good get-out-the-vote program" in order for the campaign to be successful.
Calling him "an icon," volunteer Tammie Hill said before Bayh's appearance that mere name recognition may be enough to garner support for the former governor and senator.
"I think he's going to get a lot more people to jump back on the Democratic ticket," she said.
Evan Bayh through the years
Amid banners, headlines and cheers from thousands, Birch E. Bayh Jr., newly elected United States senator from Indiana, was welcomed in his hometown of Terre Haute on Novemeber 9, 1962. With him is his wife, Marvella, and their son, Evan. Bayh pulled an upset in retiring Senator Homer E. Capehart (R-Ind.) a veteran of 18 years in the Senate. AP
Evan Bayh at St. Albans School,1974 Indianapolis Star File
Indiana Lt. Governor-elect Frank L. O'Bannon (left) discusses a stalemate on selection of a speaker of the Indiana House with Secretary of State Evan Bayh on November 23, 1986 in Indianapolis. Bayh kept the House in session past midnight while party leaders tried for an agreement that would break a 50-50 tie to select a speaker. Leaders were at odds over whether to share the power or split the power, according to a Democrat spokesman. Seth Rossman/AP, Indianapolis Star File
New Indiana governor Evan Bayh gets a hug from his father Birch Bayn, a former U.S. Senator frm Indiana. This was just after a swearing in ceremony to make Evan the state's governor on December 1, 1988. Rob Goebel/Indianapolis Star. Rob Goebel/ Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis Star File
Indiana Gov. Evan Bayh, left, and his wife Susan, stand with Vice President Dan Quayle and and Marilyn Quayle upon arriving at Blair House for the National Governors' Association dinner on Febuary 2, 1989 in Washington D.C. Dennis Cook/AP
Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton, center, enjoys a laugh with running mate Al Gore, right, and Indiana Governor Evan Bayh during a tour of a robotics department at Ivy Tech College in Evansville, Indiana on July 21, 1992. Greg Gibson/AP, Indianapolis Star
Gov. Evan Bayh was by Joe Hogsett's side after introducing him to fellow Democrats after Hogsett lost to incumbent Dan Coats in a bid for Coat's Senate seat on November 3, 1992. Mike Fender, Mike Fender/Indianapolis Star
Gov. Evan Bayh beams as wife Susan holds their twin sons Nicholas Harrison Bayh (left) and Birch Evans Bayh IV the day after they were born on Nov. 10, 1995. Indianapolis Star File
Evan Bayh and wife Susan pack a few belongings as they prepare to move from the Indiana Governor's Mansion. Helping is Beau and Nicholas holding a basketball. Patrick Schneider/The Star, Indianapolis Star File
U.S. Senator Evan Bayh speaks to employees during a visit to Standard Die Supply, Inc., a metal stamping company in Indianapolis, Indiana on Tuesday, May 3, 2005. Bayh highlighted the impact unfair trade is having on Indiana companies and to discuss recent progress he has made that will put teeth back into U.S. trade laws and put a stop to countries that are cheating to get an edge over American workers. Rich Miller, Indianapolis Star File
Story County Board of Supervisors member Jane Haliburton, center, listens as U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., left, talks with Iowa Civil Rights Commissioner and Ames resident Ralph Rosenberg during a visit Friday, Oct. 14, 2005, in Ames, Iowa. Bayh is considered possible candidate for the 2008 presidential race. (AP Photo/The Ames Tribune, Andrew Rullestad) ANDREW RULLESTAD, AP
BAYH-EDWARDS -- Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., gives the keynote address, on Saturday night April 29, 2006, at the North Carolina Democratic Party 2006 Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Raleigh, N.C. (Gannett News Service, Karen Tam) KAREN TAM, GNS
Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., right, greets Democratic congressional candidate Baron Hill during a news conference in Columbus, Ind., Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006. Hill is running against Rep. Mike Sodrel for Indiana's 9th District. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) DARRON CUMMINGS, AP
U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh,left, and Andre Carson, Democratic candidate for Congress in Indiana's 7th District, got together for a rally focused on education as a key to securing Indiana's economic future at the Westin Hotel on Febuary 11, 2008 in Indianapolis. (Matt Kryger / The Indianapolis Star) Matt Kryger, Indianapolis Star
Anderson, Ind.: Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh points to someone to call on for a question in the crowd as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton holds her "Solutions For One American Economy" Town Hall talk at the Wigwam in Anderson on Thursday March 20, 2008. It was the second of three campaign stops in Indiana for Clinton on Thursday. She started out the day in Terre Haute and concludes with a stop Thursday night in Evansville. (Charlie Nye / The Indianapolis Star). Charlie Nye, Indianapolis Star
Sen. Evan Bayh, gives an interview at the Democratic National Convention, after delivering a speech Wednesday, August 27, 2008. Danese Kenon/The Star Danese Kenon, Indianapolis Star
Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., fires up thousands of people who turned out at the Indiana State Fairgrounds grandstand to hear Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama at his Change We Need Rally on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. (Charlie Nye / The Star). Charlie Nye, Indianapolis Star
Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind.,left, greets Sen. Barack Obama on the stage after he introduced Obama at the Democratic presidential candidate's Change We Need Rally at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. (Charlie Nye / The Star). Charlie Nye, Indianapolis Star
Indiana Senator Evan Bayh hopped in the new Fisker Kama for a closer look at the vehicle's unveiling at EnerDel Friday, May 8, 2009. EnerDel says production is set for June 2010. The car runs on the companys batteries. (Jeri Reichanadter/The Indianapolis Star) Jeri Reichanadter, Indianapolis Star File
Former U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh mixes and mingles at Kountry Kitchen Soul Food Place on Tuesday November 6th, 2012, as politicians and supporters gathered at Kountry Kitchen Soul Food Place for lunch after working the campaign trail on election day. (Michelle Pemberton/The Indianapolis Star) Michelle Pemberton, Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar
Former Indiana Governor and U.S. Senator Evan Bayh introduces U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly on the podium after it was announced Donnelly won his election race at the Indiana Democratic Party election event at the Downtown Marriott Tuesday November 6, 2012. Joe Vitti / The Star , Indianapolis Star File
Evan Bayh, center, with his twin sons Nick, left, and Beau outside their home in Washington. The boys turned 18 on November 8, 2013. Gannett News Service Photo GNS
Evan Bayh, former US Senator, talks about US Attorney Joe Hogsett announcing his resignation from office on July 14, 2014. Bayh was on Monument Circle at the Emmis Communication building and stopped to talk to the local media. Matt Kryger / The Star Matt Kryger / The Star, Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Former U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh speaks on stage before former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a speech to campaign supporters at the Douglass Park Gymnasium on May 1, 2016. Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar
Senator Evan Bayh, right, shakes hands with Brie Wilkerson, clockwise from left, Derrick Wilkerson, Allen Grant and Cheryl Wilkerson at the Kountry Kitchen for breakfast at the start of a day of campaigning, Saturday, October 15, 2016. Kelly Wilkinson/IndyStar
The three candidates for Indiana's open U.S. Senate seat, left to right, Libertarian Lucy Brenton, Democrat Evan Bayh and Republican Todd Young participate in debate in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, pool) Michael Conroy, AP
From left, Libertarian candidate Lucy Brenton, Democratic candidate Evan Bayh and Republican candidate Todd Young prepare for the U.S. Senate debate, at WFYI studios, Indianapolis, Tuesday, October 18, 2016. Jenna Watson/IndyStar
Former Sen. Evan Bayh takes to the stage to speak to the crowd gathered for the Indiana Democratic Party's watch party at the Indiana Convention Center after failing to reclaim his old seat on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar
Former Sen. Evan Bayh speaks to the crowd gathered for the Indiana Democratic PartyÕs watch party at the Indiana Convention Center after failing to reclaim his old seat on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar
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Justia Lawyer Directory Animal & Dog Law Illinois Williamson County Attorneys
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Eugenia Hunter
Jackson County, IL Animal & Dog Law Lawyer with 43 years experience
(618) 457-0476 905 W Cherry St
Animal, Agricultural, Bankruptcy and Business
Lindsay Rakers
Saint Clair County, IL Animal & Dog Law Attorney with 18 years experience
(618) 628-3800 775 Sunset Blvd.
Animal, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
Saint Louis University School of Law
Lindsay Rakers is a personal injury attorney located in St. Louis, Missouri. She handles injury cases all over the State of Missouri and in Metro-East Illinois. Lindsay handles the following cases: automobile accidents, truck accidents, pedestrian accidents, motorcycle accidents, bus and taxi accidents, dangerous property, burn injuries, animal attacks, defective products, dangerous drugs, medical malpractice and nursing home neglect.
Gary W. Kullmann
Madison County, IL Animal & Dog Law Attorney
(618) 931-3000 2421 Corporate Center Drive
Animal, Criminal, Elder and Personal Injury
Andrew B. Klein
Madison County, IL Animal & Dog Law Lawyer
Steven M. Dioneda
Animal, Criminal, DUI and Personal Injury
Cari B. Rincker
(217) 531-2179 301 N. Neil Street, 4th Floor
Champaign County, IL Animal & Dog Law Attorney with 12 years experience
Animal, Agricultural, Business and Family
Cari is a licensed attorney in the States of New York, Illinois, New Jersey, and Connecticut while being licensed in the District of Columbia. Cari is a general practitioner with concentrations in food/agriculture law, family/matrimonial law, civil litigation, estate planning and mediation. Rincker Law, PLLC has offices in New York City and Champaign, Illinois. Cari is a member of the Association for the Bar in the City of New York's Matrimonial Law Committee. Before starting Rincker Law, PLLC, Cari was an associate at Budd-Falen Law Offices, LLC in Cheyenne, Wyoming where her broad practice...
Tony S. Kalogerakos
Cook County, IL Animal & Dog Law Lawyer with 13 years experience
(847) 982-9516 111 N Wabash Ave
Free ConsultationAnimal, Construction, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
For more than a decade, Injury Lawyers of Illinois has distinguished itself as efficient, effective advocates who deliver results and superior customer service to its clients. We focus on getting quick resolutions to individuals injured in the state of Illinois. Whether you were injured in an auto accident, lost a loved one due to another person’s negligence, or were hurt on the job, Injury Lawyers of Illinois offers the attentive and experienced guidance you need to recover compensation for your damages.
Our reputation for aggressive advocacy, integrity and the relationships we’ve established serve us well when litigating cases. These relationships increase...
Howard Abrams
(312) 985-7368 10 S La Salle, Ste. 2160
Free ConsultationAnimal, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Howard Abrams is the founding partner, specializing in personal injury, at the Law Office of Howard S. Abrams in Chicago, Illinois. As founding partner, Mr. Abrams handles and oversees a wide variety of plaintiff’s personal injury and professional negligence matters, pre-litigation and through trial. He has been the lead trial attorney in over 50 jury and bench trials, and has successfully resolved numerous cases through mediation and arbitration.
“While I do whatever it takes to resolve a case in the shortest amount of time possible, I realize that going to trial is sometimes the only way to recover maximum results for...
Patricia L. M. Gifford
(217) 328-2828 317 E. University Ave
Free ConsultationAnimal, Elder, Legal Malpractice and Personal Injury
Tricia joined the Spiros Law team as a Senior Associate attorney in 2014. Prior to joining, she spent over eight years practicing plaintiff's personal injury work in Chicago. There, she helped obtain multi-million dollar settlements and verdicts for clients in all types of personal injury and wrongful death cases. Her drive and dedication have allowed her countless victories in the courtroom, achieving over 25 million in nursing home and medical malpractice cases. Tricia has been recognized by Super Lawyers as an Illinois Rising Star in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 and as a Super Lawyer every year since 2016. She...
(855) 529-2442 100 N LaSalle St
Free ConsultationCook County, IL Animal & Dog Law Attorney with 25 years experience
Animal, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
David Abels became a lawyer in 1994 and has focused his law practice on helping accident and injury victims since 1997. Much of his work revolves around motor vehicle related accidents, such as car crashes, bicycle accidents, motorcycle collisions, pedestrian accidents, truck accidents and assisting those involved in ride-share collisions (Uber & Lyft). He also spends a significant amount of time working on premises liability claims and sex abuse cases.
Years ago David started representing personal injury victims with the following philosophy: work hard on every case, and do such a good job that each client would want to use...
Gary R. Thompson
Lake County, IL Animal & Dog Law Attorney with 33 years experience
(866) 602-3000 103 S Greenleaf St
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Free ConsultationAnimal, Criminal, Maritime and Personal Injury
Born and raised in Chicago, Mr. Thompson earned his B.A. from the University of Iowa in 1984. In 1987 he graduated with his J.D. at the Northern Illinois University in Chicago. He is fluent in Spanish.
Mr. Thompson has 18 years of experience litigating Personal Injury claims, Workers' Compensation, Criminal Law, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy & Traffic cases. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Admission to Federal Trial Bar, and is a board member in good standing with multiple charitable organizations.
Mr. Thompson has been married for thirteen years and...
Peter Zneimer
Cook County, IL Animal & Dog Law Attorney with 29 years experience
(773) 516-4100 4141 N Western Ave
Free ConsultationAnimal, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Personal Injury
Indiana University School of Law
Michael L. Zweig
(866) 602-3000 211 W Wacker Dr
Free ConsultationAnimal, Maritime, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
California Western School of Law and Judge Advocate General's School
Mr. Zweig was admitted to the Illinois State Bar, New York State Bar, Arizona State Bar, the California Federal Court and United States Army Court of Military Review in 1985. He received his Bachelors Degree at Arizona State in 1980 and was a Post Graduate at American University from 1980 through 1982. He earned his law degree at California Western School of Law and a degree in military law at Judge Advocate General's School in 1985.
Prior to private practice, Mr. Zweig was a Captain in the US Army, (Judge Advocate General Corps.) from 1985 through 1989. He was also a...
Cook County, IL Animal & Dog Law Lawyer
(312) 553-4900 33 N. Dearborn St.
Free ConsultationAnimal, Elder, Employment and Personal Injury
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, IL
Paul Drake
(312) 345-0220 10 S Lasalle St Suite 3500
Free ConsultationAnimal, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
Attorney Paul I. Drake is a founding lawyer at Drake & Collopy, P.C. His legal career has been solely focused on advocating for personal injury victims throughout Chicago. He is dedicated to providing nothing short of top-notch service and representation in all legal matters. Over his nearly 20 years of legal service, he has helped individuals obtain tens of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements and continues to provide strong legal counsel throughout the area.
Thomas O. Falb
Madison County, IL Animal & Dog Law Lawyer with 40 years experience
(618) 462-1077 603 Henry St
Free ConsultationAnimal, Asbestos, Civil Rights and Personal Injury
University of Illinois College of Law and University of Illinois College of Law
Mr. Steven J. Malman
(312) 629-0099 205 W Randolph St
Free ConsultationAnimal, Asbestos, Civil Rights and Insurance Defense
Angela Peters
(847) 222-9429 3325 North Arlington Heights Road
Animal, Divorce, Family and Juvenile
Buffalo Grove Law Offices is committed to helping you through the difficult and overwhelming issues that arise from getting a divorce or dealing with the other complications related to family law. Located in Arlington Heights, IL, this law firm assists clients from the northwest suburbs of Chicago, including Mount Prospect, Prospect Heights, Elk Grove Village, Schaumburg, Rolling Meadows, Buffalo Grove, and Wheeling. Attorney Angela F. Peters has over 25 years of practical legal experience assisting her in providing her clients with the most effective, compassionate, and reliable legal assistance available. Practice areas include divorce, paternity and father's rights,...
Kevin Collopy
(312) 345-0220 10 South LaSalle Street, Suite 3500
Throughout his career, Attorney Kevin M. Collopy has helped clients recover tens of millions of dollars for injury and workers’ compensation cases. Representing injured individuals throughout Chicago, he prides himself on delivering reliable, trustworthy, and effective counsel in all legal matters. He has dedicated his more than 15 years of legal practice to advocating for injury victims.
Michael Eisenberg
(847) 640-1676 2340 S. Arlington Heights Rd., Suite 500
Michael J. Eisenberg, co-founder and partner of Rosenberg, Eisenberg and Associates, LLC, has successfully represented clients in a variety of personal injury matters. Michael worked at two of the larger personal injury law firms in Chicago, helping countless clients receive top results before co-founding Rosenberg, Eisenberg & Associates, LLC, with partner, Richard N. Rosenberg. Michael concentrates his practice in the areas of nursing home negligence, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and personal injury, and has successfully obtained millions of dollars in recoveries on behalf of his clients over the years. Michael prides himself on his accessibility to clients, strong work ethic,...
Edmund J. Scanlan
(877) 494-1309 30 Michigan Ave #1024
Animal, Asbestos, Elder and Medical Malpractice
Cook County, IL Animal & Dog Law Attorney
DePaul College of Law
David Nemeroff
(312) 629-8800 180 N. LaSalle St.
Animal, DUI, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
State University of New York - Buffalo and University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, IL
Becky Bair Hurley
Donald W. Fohrman
DuPage County, IL Animal & Dog Law Attorney
(800) 437-2571 One Tower Ln.
Animal, Elder, Employment and Personal Injury
Randy Earl VanPopering
Free ConsultationAnimal, Elder, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Adam S. Goldfarb
Animal, Appeals, DUI and Personal Injury
Barry M. Lewis
Charles Mix County, IL Animal & Dog Law Lawyer
(312) 372-2221 211 E Ontario St.
Animal, Appeals, Criminal and DUI
Rahsaan A. Gordon
(312) 422-9500 33 North Dearborn
Animal, Civil Rights, Construction and Personal Injury
Martha A. MacAloon
(800) 416-8365 20 South Clark Street
Animal, Civil Rights, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Tara Gross
Animal, Construction, DUI and Personal Injury
John C. Serkland
Michael Allen Kosner
(312) 236-5207 33 N Dearborn # 1700
Free ConsultationAnimal, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Joseph P. Shea
(877) 365-0040 2400 North Western Avenue
University of Wisconsin Law School and St. John's University School of Law
James H. Lawlor
Glenn E. Orr
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Samples of fish species from the Poeciliidae family show the diversity in color, fin size and body shape. Kansas State University researchers studied 112 species of these live-bearing fishes and found that males and females evolve differently. | Download all of these images in one photo.
MANHATTAN — Male live-bearing fish are evolving faster than female fish, according to a Kansas State University study, and that's important for understanding big-picture evolutionary patterns.
Researchers Michael Tobler, associate professor of biology, and Zach Culumber, former university postdoctoral research associate and current postdoctoral researcher at Florida State University, studied 112 species of live-bearing fish and found that males and females evolve differently: Female evolution is influenced more strongly by natural selection and the environment, while male evolution is influenced more strongly by sexual selection, which involves characteristics that females find desirable or that make them superior competitors for females.
Tobler and Culumber published their findings in the Nature Ecology and Evolution journal article, "Sex-specific evolution during the diversification of live-bearing fishes."
The article includes two main findings: The reasons behind the evolutionary differences in males and females, and the importance of separately analyzing males and females. The findings show the importance of addressing sex-specific differences when studying evolution, the researchers said.
"In the big picture, this means that males and females are different and that matters not only within species but also in terms of shaping broad-scale evolutionary outcomes," Tobler said. "Acknowledging that the sexes are different really affects how we make inferences about how evolutionary change has actually unfolded."
Tobler and Culumber spent two and a half years studying more than 100 species of Poeciliidae, or live-bearing fish. Unlike the majority of fish in which females lay eggs that are later fertilized by males, live-bearers — which include species such as mollies, platies, guppies, swordtails and mosquitofish — have internal fertilization. Live-bearers retain eggs during pregnancy and give birth to live young, similar to mammals like humans.
Tobler said the novelty of this study is that, when studying evolution, scientists often measure females and males separately and then average measurements of the two sexes together to attempt an overall look at the species. The problem with this method is that the average between a male and female does not exist. Tobler and Culumber wanted to know if this was an accurate method for studying evolution and if the same forces that influence male and female evolution also influence the formation of new species.
The researchers collected data in two ways. First, they studied variation in the body shape and fin size of male and female live-bearing fishes. Culumber visited museums and university collections to gather more than 1,500 images from which measurements were collected for 112 species of the family Poeciliidae. Second, Culumber identified 10,000 locations where the fish were known to live and used global climatic data to characterize each specie's environment. Occurrence data were based on more than a century of live-bearer biology fieldwork.
The researchers compared the results when they looked at data from males and females separately to when they used the nonexistent sex-averaged data.
"When we analyzed males and females separately, we got completely different answers," Tobler said. "When we averaged males and females, it was not at all reflective of how the males or the females evolve. We can't just lump the sexes together because it misrepresents how evolution has proceeded across this family of fish."
The study also found that the body shape of male fish evolves faster than that of females, which is likely because sexual selection accelerates the speed of evolution in males, Tobler said.
In general, male live-bearing fish can use two contrasting reproductive strategies: courting and coercing. Courters are flashy males with colorful scales and large fins to attract cooperating females. Coercers are less conspicuous males that use attack matings to reproduce with as many females as possible. Evolution of male body shape particularly affects traits associated with these different mating strategies.
"The assumption that people often make is that on a broad evolutionary scale, natural selection and adaptation drive most of the patterns in the evolution of traits," Tobler said. "That's true for females in our case, but not for males. Male morphological evolution is really more of a consequence of achieving high mating success."
For decades, scientists have thought that sexual selection was a major factor influencing the formation of new species in live-bearing fishes. Tobler and Culumber found that differences in the environment were more important for generating new species than differences in characteristics that influence male mating success.
"Although we have long believed that sexual selection is an important force in the evolution of live-bearing fishes, and our data suggest that this is true for male body shape, it seems that geographic variation in the environment may have been more important for stimulating the formation of new species of live-bearing fishes," Culumber said.
The researchers are planning future studies with live male and female fish to better understand the changes that have occurred in male and female body shape over 60 million years of evolution.
The research received support from the National Science Foundation, the American Philosophical Society's Franklin Research Grants program, and start-up funds from Kansas State University.
Michael Tobler
tobler@k-state.edu
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Tobler is TOE-blur
Read the article in Nature Ecology and Evolution.
Download the following photo.
This map shows the distribution of live-bearing fish throughout North America, Central America and South America. A Kansas State University study has shown that the evolution of female live-bearing fish is influenced more strongly by natural selection while male evolution is influenced more strongly by sexual selection.
Jennifer Tidball
jtidball@k-state.edu
A Kansas State University study has found that male and female live-bearing fish evolve differently: Female evolution is influenced more strongly by natural selection, while male evolution is influenced more strongly by sexual selection.
Notable quote
"In the big picture, this means that males and females are different and that matters not only within species but also in terms of shaping broad-scale evolutionary outcomes."
— Michael Tobler, associate professor of biology
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by Nate Haderlie in News
Did you tune in to the gubernatorial debate this week in hopes that you might have a few California questions answered? Well, for the first half hour it seemed to be a night of hope for a discussion of such pressing Golden State topics as:
Housing and affordability
Healthcare and education
Entrepreneurial investment
Sadly, however, the conversation sharply pivoted from important issues that keep job creators and families awake at night and instead to missives about candidates’ alleged proclivities and scandals.
It’s a pity the candidates didn’t remind voters about the wall of challenges our state still faces and discuss solutions to fix them:
California K-12 schools rank 44th compared to others states in the nation – U.S. News & World Report
Violent crime rate in the Golden State is currently 15% higher than the national average – Office of the Attorney General
Tax compliance costs are 67% higher for small businesses than for big businesses. Compliance costs small-business owners $18-$19 billion per year. Paperwork costs come to $74.24 – National Federation of Independent Business
Small firms with fewer than 50 employees incur regulatory costs that are 29% greater than firms with 100 employees or more – National Association of Manufacturers
California state and local governments face more than $400 billion in unfunded liabilities for public employee retirement benefits – enough money to cover the state’s general fund for three years – Study and Story by CalMatters
Who’s going to pay for that? Our children’s grandchildren, if something isn’t done yesterday! What will our future chief executive be doing to raise standards, accountability and the success rate of our classrooms, schools and graduates? How are we going to safeguard our communities from theft and violence – and hold criminals more accountable?
It was with more than a sprinkle of irony that the passing of former Governor George Deukmejian was announced hours before this debate. “Duke” practiced – and hailed from an era that fostered – a culture of civility and respect that was essentially absent from this debate. The late Governor was a shining example of a leader dedicated to addressing, head-on, issues that really mattered to Californians.
This is a crucial election year. Be us Republican, Democrat or “Other”, let’s insist on continuing the legacy of “Duke’s way” and hold every candidate for every public office to the high standard of engaging in a truthful, civil and honest discussion about how we can restore splendor and promise to our amazing state.
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Sailing Back to the Bay
Once There Were Thousands. Now There Is One.
For 66 years, the salmon of Bristol Bay were harvested from sailboats -- double-ended wooden gillnetters manned by two rugged fishermen. That all changed in 1951 when the Territory of Alaska allowed powered boats to fish the waters of Bristol Bay.
To commemorate this transition -- and our bounty of wild salmon and the longevity of the Bristol Bay commercial fishery -- the Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust will sail one of the last remaining seaworthy Bristol Bay double-ended sailboats from Homer back to Bristol Bay. Most of the sailboats are gone, a few remain in museums and even fewer remain as operating vessels. Those few that may still be on the water have been heavily modified. There is one, however, that remains in its original sailing configuration, a Libby, McNeil & Libby double-ender dating to the 1930's in Homer, Alaska.
We need your support to make some minor repairs and to cover the costs of the expedition from Homer to Bristol Bay. We will sail from Homer during SeaFair the 4th of July weekend, 2020. The course will reverse the way the boat came, across Cook Inlet, over the Pile Bay Road, down Lake Illiamna and the Kvichak River to Bristol Bay, arriving in Naknek for Fishtival, near the end of the commercial season. We will stop in communties along the way to share the celebration, and to gather stories which we'll compile in a published booklet about the journey.
This project is part of the Cannery History Project celebrating the cannery workers from Alaska and around the world who made the Bristol Bay Commercial Fishery the most productive on earth.
Help Us Make History!
You can help make this important journey possible, with a donation towards this project. You can donate by check to: Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust, Sailing Back to the Bay Project, PO Box 1388, Dillingham, AK 99576.
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And be sure you mark the Sailing Back to the Bay Project!
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Notes on Scriptnotes
February 8th, 2014 | by KT | screenwriting
On John August and Craig Mazin’s Scriptnotes podcast, a recent subject of discussion was screenwriting software development. They solicited feedback from listeners, which got me, as a listener who has a little experience with the subject, thinking about a few things for which I could possibly provide some additional clarification and particularity.
Scriptnotes probably has a very tech-savvy audience.
I’ve been talking to a lot of screenwriters about technological issues over the last couple of years, and I’ve come to learn just how big the overlap is between the screenwriting-interested group and the programming-aware group. As it turns out, there are a lot of programmers who also write screenplays. (And at least a couple of screenwriters who also program.) And it also stands to reason that the people listening to a podcast about screenwriting are likely to be fairly technology-literate. You can probably assume that a lot of them already have a very clear understanding of what goes into software development. The problem with trying to talk technical is that there might be technical people listening. Not to mention that one of the hosts of the podcast also happens to be in the software business.
Retina didn’t take anyone by surprise.
Mac developers knew about Retina. It was already Apple’s flagship display technology on the latest iPhone, iPod, and iPad, and was a highly touted feature of the mid-2012 MacBook Pro in advance of its release. Not everyone had seen it in person yet — the night a Fade In user got his brand new Retina MacBook Pro and emailed me to say Fade In’s text wasn’t crisp, I remember I certainly hadn’t. But fortunately the Mac developer tools had a utility to simulate high-DPI text through magnification, so I used that to fix it. (It’s called “Quartz Debug” and it’s in the “Graphics Tools” folder, in case anyone had trouble finding it.) Then I went down to my local Best Buy and stealthily downloaded the Fade In demo on a display model to see for myself how that super-sharp text looked.
It would be nice, but software developers don’t get a phone call from Apple about things like Retina. Unless maybe there’s some cut-off I’m not aware of. Maybe every company of 50 or more people (because obviously 40 didn’t hit the threshold) gets personal handholding from the hardware manufacturer to make sure they have their bases covered. But it’s hard to imagine that anyone who makes a living from Mac software was left utterly gobsmacked by the sudden appearance of the Retina MacBook Pro. And in a company of, say, several dozen, surely at least one person has it in their job description to be on top of stuff like that. Or at least be curious enough to go down to Best Buy.
Unicode is not new technology; it is in fact pretty old technology.
For a professional text-editing application to still be limited to 8-bit text is, in 2014, a highly notable deficiency. And for a software developer to mention Unicode support as one of many things they’re looking into for future development is practically anachronistic. Better late than never, I guess, but here’s the thing: Unicode has been around for 25+ years, and in use in major applications like Microsoft Word for 20. It hasn’t taken anyone by surprise, either. It’s not some new, mysterious thing that anyone alone has to deal with. And if this is actually something that people talk about all day long, it’s difficult to imagine what’s left to say about it. Although talking about it is undoubtedly a lot easier than actually doing it.
Using deprecated and discontinued technology will eventually cause difficulties.
Just to correct a misconception in case anyone has it: you can do Retina text in Carbon. So that alone wouldn’t be what’s stopping an older Mac application from supporting Retina text. It would have to be something else.
For instance, if you run that older application in a terminal and see a warning message like:
Warning once: This application, or a library it uses, is using NSQuickDrawView, which has been deprecated. Apps should cease use of QuickDraw and move to Quartz.
that means that the application is using QuickDraw, which is the original 1980s MacOS graphics technology.
If you then dump the strings of that same older application and see a bunch of embedded class names like “LTextEditView” and “LTETypingAction”, that’s an indication that it’s built with PowerPlant, a popular early/mid-1990s classic MacOS application framework.
Now, if that that older application is a legacy 1990s Mac application, both of those things make perfect sense. But then there’s the problem that Retina text is explicitly not possible with QuickDraw. In fact, QuickDraw was deprecated by Apple almost ten years ago, and even that was well after Metrowerks, the makers of PowerPlant, began diversifying away from the Mac development tools game fifteen years ago. Hopefully no one was recently surprised by either.
Here’s the thing about software: you have to work on it continually to keep it up to date. Continually. I guess, maybe, a company could do very well for itself selling older software at a premium price for years without any substantial engineering re-investment, but at some point it’s going to catch up with them. At that point I suppose what a company could choose to do is, having enjoyed those ten years of revenue, put the software development work that probably should’ve been ongoing as the normal course of business into a paid upgrade that gives end users little new (but has some changes on the inside) (at least on the Mac).
Speaking of which, you know what would really suck? To be a Windows user and have to pay the same amount for that same upgrade. And not get Retina. Or full-screen. To maybe get a new toolbar (ribbon) and a handful of minor features. And to have all of that time spent explaining on a podcast what took so damned long and what was so damned hard about the Mac version.
Part of what this highlights is that there is actually a difference between being in the business of developing software and being in the business of selling software.
(Now, if you actually, somehow, had numbers from a company itself saying that only 10-15% of its employees — meaning out of a company of, say, 40 people only 4 to 6 of them — were actually programmers, then that would help give a much clearer idea of exactly where that company’s business focus was.)
Software is hard.
People can easily get confused when talking about Carbon and Cocoa, so let’s make sure we all have our facts straight. Carbon and Cocoa are two Mac application programming interfaces (APIs) that were introduced to developers by Apple at more or less the same time, around 15 years ago, with OS X. They were meant to co-exist, with Cocoa being the official and recommended API for OS X and Carbon being a way to get classic MacOS applications to run on OS X without being completely ported to Cocoa. Because yeah, there’s some work — a lot of work, to be sure — to port an application of any size from one API to the other. Luckily it’s not like Apple came to anybody only three or four years ago and suddenly told them to start using Cocoa. Apple has always wanted developers to move to Cocoa (even though, notoriously, it took them years and years to port major Apple programs like iTunes and the Finder itself from Carbon). The most famous example, though, was probably of Photoshop, one of the largest applications there is, biting the bullet when 64-bit Carbon was canceled and doing it. That was big news in Mac development in 2007.
So fortunately no one has been blindsided on this, and developers have had years to work on their own roadmaps and figure out what they’re going to do and how and when.
Now, the nice thing about undertaking a huge effort like porting to Cocoa would be that, along the way, if your software has notable shortcomings that really need to be addressed, you can address them. I mean, I can’t imagine it would make any sense to do what some might call a “page-one rewrite” and not fix those things while you’re at it. So at least that’s one big benefit.
But look: whenever someone complains about how hard software development is…well, that person is right. It’s hard. It’s really hard. But it’s really hard for everybody. And everybody figures out how to do the really hard parts and keep going. That’s why whenever I hear of someone running painfully into a programming wall I can only nod my head in empathy and recognition of how many times I’ve done exactly the same thing and pulled my hair out and cursed the very day I first turned on a computer. And how many times it’s going to happen to me in the future.
And it’s sure not like any company ever said anything remotely like:
We have to charge a lot for a minimal update because our code is really old and we’re having a hard time working with it and if we didn’t charge so much we’d go out of business.
Second-last thing:
Fountain is easy.
I put this near the end because, while it might seem minor, I think it encapsulates a whole lot. Fountain is a very useful thing for screenwriters, as I’ve gone into here previously. And Fountain support isn’t that hard. Especially if you can say that your application is practically there already because you already do basic plain text import. In that case, adding Fountain support should be a no-brainer. Just do it already! There’s no UI re-engineering involved, no porting from Carbon to Cocoa, no magic. It’s probably an afternoon’s worth of work for a moderately competent programmer to tweak some existing text-import behavior, and it will be a great benefit for the people that matter: your users. Again, a no-brainer: providing great benefit to your users at next to no cost.
So what possible reason could there be not to do it?
Well, actually, I can think of one. And that would be if you were so extremely protective of your own file format and the air of sanctity you work so hard to maintain around it, that the very last thing you’d want to do is commodify what your software and file format do so that someone can use any other program to do it.
In that case, John August would be your Che Guevara.
And finally, just to put everything in perspective:
A minimal upgrade for a hundred bucks really isn’t the worst thing a company could pull.
Okay, fine, maybe charging that much money for relatively little end-user punch is more like passing the hat than anything else. And sure, maybe an upgrade like that is basically corporate crowdfunding, and maybe it belongs on Kickstarter instead. (Although people would complain about it there, too. People always seem to take it the wrong way when companies go asking for handouts.)
But you know what would be worse? Let’s imagine a company promising their customers, say, an iPad app, for years, and finally releasing it only to be met with great disappointment because it was a reader only, when everyone had been expecting something they could write with. Let’s also imagine that people were outraged that the company went ahead and still charged $19.95 for that reader-only app. And then imagine the company dropped the price dropped it again until, when they finally did deliver their writing app, the reader-only app was free. Now imagine that the reader-only app was, by the company’s own admission, a technology test of their iOS work for the eventual writer app. And that what happened was that they released it commercially, charging an eyebrow-raising initial premium, essentially getting what cash they could out of their most loyal and eager and earliest-adoptingest customers before dropping the price to zero. (There would probably even be painful Twitter exchanges where a customer couldn’t get the reader-only app to work, and the company rep would dismissively refer to it as their “free” app when the poor customer obviously paid good money for it.)
Yeah, I think that would actually be worse.
Authored by KT
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WSU president writes letter to campus about sexual assault and mental health
Elena Gardner
Posted: April 19, 2018 10:48 PM
by Elena Gardner
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University President Kirk Schulz recently released a letter to campus about sexual assault and mental health.
The letter, in full, is below:
WSU Family,
Mental health and sexual assault are two issues that plague universities across the nation, WSU
included. We, as leaders of this institution are sensitive to the needs of our community,
specifically in these two areas.
All Cougs must feel safe and supported.
Over the past year, we have listened and engaged with students, faculty, staff, community
leaders, and elected officials to identify solutions and garner support. Through these
conversations we discovered that a lack of resources is the largest barrier to addressing the
issues of mental health and sexual assault.
In collaboration with the WSU Foundation and WSU Health Promotions, the Associated
Students of Washington State University recently launched the Coug Health Fund – a student-driven
endowment aimed at improving mental health resources and violence prevention
According to the endowment:
“The intent of this fund shall be to develop student engagement and student driven
programming surrounding mental wellbeing and gender-based violence prevention. The fund
shall have the ability to pivot to meet the ever-changing needs of students, while ensuring all
funds shall be used to support the promotion of mental health and the prevention of sexual
and gender violence among the students of WSU.”
This endowment is an avenue for our community to play an active role in building a stronger
WSU and demonstrate support for our fellow Cougs.
It’s on all of us to change the conversation around sexual assault and mental health on our
campus. We must continue to collaborate and provide a unified approach to challenges we
face.
Join us at ASWSU’s 5K fundraiser this Sunday, April 22nd or donate directly to the Coug Health
Fund.
Thank you for joining us and being part of the change.
Go Cougs!
Kirk Schulz Jordan Frost Garrett Kalt
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“Love, Death & Robots” Combines Sexual Racism with Hyperviolence
“Friends From College” Subverts Some Stereotypes, While Perpetuating Others
Netflix’s “You” Perpetuates Hollywood’s Sexual Racism
The Rookie (ABC) Has an Asian American Representation Problem
“Maniac” Presents a New Iteration of Old Stereotypes
“Sierra Burgess is a Loser” also has Problematic Asian Representation
Netflix’s “Atypical” Contains Problematic East Asian Stereotypes
Netflix’s “The Good Cop” Reinforces Hollywood’s Sexual Racism
In Season 2, “The Deuce” Regurgitates Old Anti-Asian Stereotypes
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White female is paragon of virtue. Asian female is promiscuous
In ‘The Good Wife’, contrast the depiction of the leading character Alicia Florrick (played by Julianna Margulies)- a noble white woman, with the promiscuous nature of the Indian female supporting actress Kalinda Sharma (played by Archie Panjabi).
Florrick, the lead character of the show returned to law after being embarrassed by her husband’s infidelity, juggles both home and professional life with the ongoing scandal surrounding her husband. She is ‘smart, independent, fiercely protective of her children, and much more than just a good wife’.
Now the Asian female. According to Wikipedia, Kalinda is fierce and occasionally physically violent. This is a common trope that maligns Asian-American women: that they are either submissive or aggressive and cut-throat. She generally does not work well with others. “After becoming good friends, Alicia finds out Kalinda had a one-night stand with Peter. Kalinda has a cynical, misanthropic outlook on human behavior. She is bisexual and has a series of relationships through the show, mostly with women and often because they can help her with a case.”
“The character’s signature wardrobe piece is a pair of knee-high boots. In Season 4, it is revealed that Kalinda has an estranged abusive husband, Nick Saverese, played by Marc Warren”. The relationship is abusive and features at least one disgusting sex scene where Nick fingers Kalinda in public. In Season 4- Episode 2: “One minute, Nick is making Kalinda feel guilty about leaving him fresh out of jail with no money. And the next, Nicks pulling his fingers out from under the table (and, presumably, from under Kalinda’s skirt) and sinking them straight into her soft serve. The scene ends with – no, really – Kalinda taking a big lick of her ice cream despite the intrusion.” (source: TVGuide). She is hopelessly drawn to the white male, despite the fact he intimidates and degrades her.
Here are just a few of the people who have had sex with Kalinda on the show:
Is there any white man OR woman not having sex with Kalinda at this point? Lana, Dexter, Nick, Donna, Peter, Cary….there may be more, I lost track. It’s not enough that a veritable train of white men and women have sex with Kalinda. It appears common on TV shows that the Asian woman has no sex life or goes through a series of partners (see also Divya in Royal Pains). In either case, she is usually ‘won over’ by a white man, or in this case both white men and women. In contrast, the lead character Alicia has a more respectable profile.
An interesting sidetone on the actress Archie Panjabi. Although she was coached on the show to be promiscuous, in one scene on a different show, “The Fall”, she was criticized by the show’s Director for being too sexually aggressive with one (more) white woman she was paired with. That’s when she realized she couldn’t go on any further with “The Good Wife” and left at the end of Season 6. The breaking point wasn’t misrepresenting Asian women as sexually available and damaging the community’s self-worth. But rather her being judged for what she became after being in this role for years.
(sources: Wikipedia, TV Guide)
OFFENDER: CBS
CATEGORY OF OFFENSE: Gender ( Asian Woman as plaything to White Male)
MEDIA TYPE: TV Show
OFFENSE DATE: January 1, 2019
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*Lagoon opens March 31st!
*Lagoon is now open weekends!
*[[Roller Coaster]] has received new trains and is currently being commissioned again, so the ride will remain closed until that process is finished. Until then, you may see trains running on it as Lagoon makes sure everything is running smoothly with the new trains and ride improvements.
*[[Centennial Screamer]] has been removed from the south end of the park. It's new home will be next to the new north restroom. Lagoon is the process of creating a new, more permanent ramp structure to go around the ride then they will reassemble it.
*[[Hydro Luge]] is now up for [https://www.usedrides.com/rides/204252 sale], and the ride is no longer listed on Lagoon's website. This confirms that Lagoon has removed the ride. They began to dismantle the ride last fall near the end of [[Frightmares]]. It's unclear what Lagoon may do with that area going forward, but some rumors hint at Lagoon's next big ride will end up in that location in the near future.
*Rumors state [[Roller Coaster]] is getting new trains for 2018. Currently, the lift hill of Roller Coaster is covered in plastic. Not sure if this is related to the new trains or if it is just normal track rework that happens every winter.
*[[Centennial Screamer]] has been dismantled and removed. The ride is not going away according to a response on Lagoon's Facebook page. Instead, the ride is being moved to the north end of the park to make way for a new larger restroom for the south end.
Lagoon is now open weekends!
Roller Coaster has received new trains and is currently being commissioned again, so the ride will remain closed until that process is finished. Until then, you may see trains running on it as Lagoon makes sure everything is running smoothly with the new trains and ride improvements.
Centennial Screamer has been removed from the south end of the park. It's new home will be next to the new north restroom. Lagoon is the process of creating a new, more permanent ramp structure to go around the ride then they will reassemble it.
Hydro Luge is now up for sale, and the ride is no longer listed on Lagoon's website. This confirms that Lagoon has removed the ride. They began to dismantle the ride last fall near the end of Frightmares. It's unclear what Lagoon may do with that area going forward, but some rumors hint at Lagoon's next big ride will end up in that location in the near future.
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THE TWENTY-FIRST SESSION
Being the fifth under the Sovereign Pontiff, Pius IV., celebrated on the sixteenth day of July, MDLXII.
DECREE ON COMMUNION UNDER BOTH SPECIES, AND THE COMMUNION OF INFANTS
The sacred and holy, ocecumenical and general Synod of Trent,--lawfully assembled in the Holy Ghost, the same Legates of the Apostolic See presiding therein,-whereas, touching the tremendous and most holy sacrament of the Eucharist, there are in divers places, by the most wicked artifices of the devil, spread abroad certain monstrous errors, by reason of which, in some provinces, many are seen to have departed from the faith and obedience of the Catholic Church, It has thought fit, that what relates to communion under both species, and the com-munion of infants, be in this place set forth. Wherefore It forbids all the faithful in Christ to presume henceforth to believe, teach, or preach otherwise on these matters, than is in these decrees explained and defined.
That laymen and clerics, when not sacrifising, are not bound, of divine right, to communion under both species.
Wherefore, this holy Synod,--instructed by the Holy Spirit, who is the spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the spirit of counsel and of godliness, and following the judgment and usage of the Church itself,--declares and teaches, that laymen, and clerics when not consecrating, are not obliged, by any divine precept, to receive the sacrament of the Eucharist under both species ; and that neither can it by any means be doubted, without injury to faith, that communion under either species is sufficient for them unto salvation. For, although Christ, the Lord, in the last supper, instituted and delivered to the apostles, this venerable sacrament in the species of bread and wine; not therefore do that institution and delivery tend thereunto, that all the faithful of Church be bound, by the institution of the Lord, to receive both species. But neither is it rightly gathered, from that discourse which is in the sixth of John,-however according to the various interpretations of holy Fathers and Doctors it be understood,--that the communion of both species was enjoined by the Lord : for He who said; Except you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you shall not have life in you (v. 54), also said; He that eateth this bread shall live for ever (v. 59); and He who said, He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath everlasting life (v. 55), also said; The bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of (lie world (v. 52); and, in fine,- He who said; He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, abideth in me and I in him (v. 57), said, nevertheless; He that eateth this bread shall live for ever (v. 59.)
The power of the Church as regards the dispensation of the Sacrament of the Eucharist.
It furthermore declares, that this power has ever been in the Church, that, in the dispensation of the sacraments, their substance being untouched, it may ordain,--or change, what things soever it may judge most expedient, for the profit of those who receive, or for the veneration of the said sacraments, according to the difference of circumstances, times, and places. And this the Apostle seems not obscurely to have intimated, when he says; Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and the dispensers of the mysteries of God. And indeed it is sufficiently manifest that he himself exercised this power,- as in many other things, so in regard of this very sacrament; when, after having ordained certain things touching the use thereof, he says; The rest I will set in order when I come. Wherefore, holy Mother Church, knowing this her authority in the administration of the sacraments, although the use of both species has,--from the beginning of the Christian religion, not been unfrequent, yet, in progress of time, that custom having been already very widely changed,--she, induced by weighty and just reasons,- has approved of this custom of communicating under one species, and decreed that it was to be held as a law; which it is not lawful to reprobate, or to change at plea sure, without the authority of the Church itself.
That Christ whole and entire, and a true Sacrament are received under either species.
It moreover declares, that although, as hath been already said, our Redeemer, in that last supper, instituted, and delivered to the apostles, this sacrament in two species, yet is to be acknowledged, that Christ whole and entire and a true sacrament are received under either species alone; and that therefore, as regards the fruit thereof, they, who receive one species alone, are not defrauded of any grace necessary to salvation.
That little Children are not bound to sacramental Communion.
Finally, this same holy Synod teaches, that little children, who have not attained to the use of reason, are not by any necessity obliged to the sacramental communion of the Eucharist: forasmuch as, having been regenerated by th by the laver of baptism, and being incorporated with Christ, they cannot, at that age, lose the grace which they have already acquired of being the sons of God. Not therefore, however, is antiquity to be condemned, if, in some places, it, at one time, observed that custom; for as those most holy Fathers had a probable cause for what they did in respect of their times, so, assuredly, is it to be believed without controversy, that they did this without any necessity thereof unto salvation.
ON COMMUNION UNDER BOTH SPECIES, AND ON THE COMMUNION OF INFANTS
CANON I.--If any one saith, that, by the precept of God, or, by necessity of salvation, all and each of the faithful of Christ ought to receive both species of the most holy sacrament not consecrating; let him be anathema.
CANON 11.--if any one saith, that the holy Catholic Church was not induced, by just causes and reasons, to communicate, under the species of bread only, laymen, and also clerics when not consecrating; let him be be anathema.
CANON III.--If any one denieth, that Christ whole and entire -the fountain and author of all graces--is received under the one species of bread; because that-as some falsely assert--He is not received, according to the institution of Christ himself, under both species; let him be anathema.
CANON IV.--If any one saith, that the communion of the Eucharist is necessary for little children, before they have arrived at years of discretion; let him be anathema.
As regards, however, those two articles, proposed on another occasion, but which have not as yet been discussed; to wit, whether the reasons by which the holy Catholic Church was led to communicate, under the one species of bread only, laymen, and also priests when not celebrating, are in such wise to be adhered to, as that on no account is the use of the chalice to be allowed to any one soever; and, whether, in case that, for reasons beseeming and consonant with Christian charity, it appears that the use of the chalice is to be granted to any nation or kingdom, it is to be conceded under certain conditions ; and what are those conditions: this same holy Synod reserves the same to another time,--for the earliest opportunity that shall present itself,--to be examined and defined.
DECREE ON REFORMATION
Proem.
The same sacred and holy, oecumenical and general Synod of Trent,--lawfully assembled in the Holy Ghost, the same Legates of the Apostolic See presiding therein,-has thought fit that, to the praise of Almighty God, and the adornment of holy Church, the things which follow be ordained at present, touching the business of Reformation.
Bishops shall both confer orders, and give dimissory letters and testimonials gratis: their servants shall receive nothing therefrom, and notaries that which is fixed in this decree.
Forasmuch as the ecclesiastical order ought to be free from every suspicion of covetousness, neither bishops, nor others, who confer orders, nor their ministers, shall, under any pretext, receive anything for the collation of any manner of orders, not even for the clerical tonsure, nor for letters dimissory, or testimonials, nor for the seal, nor for any other cause whatsoever, not even though it should be voluntarily offered. And notaries, --in those places only where the laudable custom of not receiving any thing does not prevail,--shall only be able to receive thc tenth part of a golden crown (aureus) for each dimissory letter, or testimonial ; provided still that there be no salary assigned them for the discharge of this office; and provided that no emolument, out of the payments to the notary, Can accrue, either directly or indirectly, to the bishop from the collation of the said orders. For in this case the Synod ordains that they are bound to give their labour altogether gratuitously; utterly quashing and prohibiting all taxes to the contrary, and all statutes, and customs, even though immemorial, of all places whatsoever, which may rather be called abuses and corruptions tending to simoniacal pravity; and they who shall act otherwise, shall, as well the givers as the receivers, ipso facto, incur, besides the divine punishment, the penalties by law inflicted.
Those who have not wherewith to live, are excluded from sacred Orders.
Whereas it beseems not those who are enrolled in the divine ministry, to beg, or to exercise any sordid trade, to the disgrace of their order; and whereas it is well known that very many, and that in very many places, are admitted to sacred orders almost without any selection whatever; who, by various artifices and deceits, pretend to have an ecclesiastical benefice, or even means sufficient; the holy Synod ordains, that henceforth no secular cleric, though otherwise fit as regards morals, knowledge, and age, shall be promoted to sacred orders, unless it be first legitimately certain, that he is in the peaceful possession of an ecclesiastical benefice sufficient for his honest livelihood: and he shall not be able to resign that benefice, without mentioning that he was promoted under the title thereof; nor shall that resignation be received, unless it be certain that he can live conveniently from other sources; and any resignation made otherwise shall be null. As to those who have a patrimony, or a pension, they shall not henceforth be ordained, except such as the bishop shall consider ought to be received, in consideration of the necessity or the convenience of his churches; after having also first seen carefully to this, that they really enjoy that patrimony, or pension, and that they are such as to suffice for their sustenance: And the same may not in any case be alienated, extinguished, or remitted, without the permission of the bishop, until they shall have obtained a sufficient ecclesiastical benefice, or they shall have from some other source wherewith to live; renewing hereupon the penalties of the ancient canons.
A method of increasing the daily distributions is prescribed; the persons to whom they shall be due: the contumacy of those who do not serve is punished.
Whereas benefices were established in order to the performance of divine worship, and the offices of the Church; to the end that the divine worship may not in any respect be diminished, but due attention be paid thereunto in all things; the holy Synod ordains, that in churches, as well cathedral as collegiate, wherein there are no daily distributions, or so slight, that they are probably disregarded, a third part of the fruits and of all proceeds whatever, and revenues, as well of dignities, as of canonries, personates, portions, and offices, shall be set apart and converted to the purpose of daily distributions, to be divided amongst those who possess dignities and the others who are present at the divine service, according to that proportion which shall be settled by the bishop--even as the delegate of the Apostolic See--at the time of the very first deduction made from the fruits; saving, however, the customs of those churches wherein those who do not reside, or who do not serve, receive nothing, or less than a third: all exemptions, and any other customs, even though immemorial, and all appeals whatsoever notwithstanding. And upon the contumacy of those who do not serve increasing, they may be proceeded against according to the provision of the law, and of the sacred canons.
In what case Coadjutors are to be employed for the cure of souls.--The manner of erecting new parishes is set forth.
In all parish churches, or those wherein baptism is administered, in which (churches) the people is so numerous, that one rector is not enough for the administration of the sacraments of the Church, and for the performance of divine worship, the bishops, even as delegates of the Apostolic See, shall compel the rectors, or others whom it may concern, to associate to themselves for this office, as many priests as shall be sufficient to administer the sacraments, and to celebrate the divine worship. As regards those churches, to which, on account of the distance, or the difficulties of the locality, the parishioners cannot, without great inconvenience, repair to receive the sacraments, and to hear the divine offices; the bishops may, even against the will of the rectors, establish new parishes, pursuant to the form of the constitution of Alexander III., which begins, Ad audientiam. And to those priests who shall have to be appointed afresh over the churches newly erected, a competent portion shall be assigned, according to the bishop's judgment, out of the fruits in any wise belonging to the Mother Church: and, if it be necessary, he may compel the people to contribute what may be sufficient for the sustenance of the said priests; every general or special reservation, or assignment, that may lie upon the said churches, notwithstanding. Neither shall ordinances and erections of this kind be prevented, or hindered, by means of any provisions, or even by virtue of any resignation, or by any other derogations, or suspensions whatsoever.
Bishops shall be able to form perpetual unions, in the cases by law permitted.
In order, also, that the state of those churches, wherein the sacred offices are administered unto God, may be maintained according to their dignity, the bishops, even as the delegates of the Apostolic See, may, according to form of law, make unions in perpetuity--without prejudice, however, to the incumbents--of any parochial churches whatsoever, and of those wherein baptism is administered, and of other benefices with or without cure, with (other) cures, on account of the poverty of those churches, and in the other cases by law permitted; even though the said churches, or benefices, be generally or specially reserved, or in what way soever applied: the which unions shall not be capable of being revoked, by virtue of any provision whatever, not even on account of any resignation, or derogation, or suspension.
To ignorant Rectors, Vicars shall be, for the time being, deputed with a portion of the fruits; those continuing to give scandal may be deprived of their benefices.
Forasmuch as illiterate and unskilful rectors of parish churches are but little fit for the sacred offices; and others, by reason of the turpitude of their lives, rather destroy than edify; the bishops, even as the delegates of the Apostolic See, may depute to the said illiterate and unskilful rectors, if they be otherwise of a blameless life, coadjutors, or vicars for the time being, and assign the same a part of the fruits for their sufficient maintenance, or provide for them in some other manner, setting aside any appeal or exemption whatsoever. But, those who live shamefully and scandalously, they shall, after having first admonished them, restrain and punish; and, if they shall still continue incorrigible in their wickedness, they shall have power to deprive them of their benefices, according to the constitutions of the sacred canons, setting aside every exemption or appeal whatsoever.
Bishops shall transfer, together with their obligations, churches which cannot be restored; others they shall cause to be repaired.
Whereas, also, very great care ought to be taken, lest those things which have been dedicated to sacred services, may, through the injury of time, cease to be so employed, and pass from the memory of men; the bishops, even as the delegates of the Apostolic See, may transfer simple benefices--even those that are under a right of patronage-from churches which have fallen into ruin by age, or otherwise, and which cannot, by reason of the poverty thereof, be restored, to the Mother Churches, or others of the same or neighbouring places, as they shall judge fit, after having summoned those who are interested therein; and they shall raise, in the said churches, altars, or chapels, under the same invocations; or transfer them, with all their emoluments and with all the obligations that were imposed on the former churches, to altars or chapels already erected. But, as regards parish churches which have thus fallen into decay, they shall, even though they be under a right of patronage, make it their care that they be repaired and restored, out of any fruits and proceeds whatever, in any way belonging to the said churches; and if those resources should not be sufficient, they shall compel, by all suitable means, the patrons and others who receive any fruits derived from those churches, or, in their default, the parishioners, to provide for the aforesaid repairs; setting aside every appeal, exemption, or reservation whatsoever. But if they should be all too poor, those churches shall be transferred to the Mother Churches, or to the neighbouring churches, with power to convert both the said parish churches and others that are in ruins, to profane, though not to sordid uses; a cross, however, being erected there.
Commendatory monasteries, wherein regular observance is not in vigour, and all benefices so ever, shall be by bishops annually visited.
It is right that whatsoever things in a diocese regard the worship of God, be diligently cared for by the Ordinary, and, where there is need, be by him set in order. Wherefore, monasteries held in commendam, even abbeys, priories, and those called provostries, wherein regular observance is not in vigour, as also benefices--with, or without the cure of souls, as well Regular as Secular-in whatever way held in commendam, even though exempt, shall be annually visited by the bishop, even as the delegates of the Apostolic See; and the said bishops shall provide, by suitable measures, even by the sequestration of the fruits, that what requires renewing or repairing, be done accordingly; and that the cure of souls, if those places, or those annexed to them, be charged therewith, as also that all other duties required of them, be rightly exercised; notwithstanding any appeals whatsoever, privileges, customs, even with a prescription from time immemorial, letters conservatory, commissions of judges, and their inhibitions to the contrary. And, if Regular observance be therein maintained, the bishops shall make it their care, by fatherly admonitions, that the superiors of the said Regulars observe, and cause to be observed, the manner of life required by the institutes of their order, and that they keep, and govern those subject to them, in their duty. And if, after having been admonished, they shall not, within six months, have visited or corrected them, then may the said bishops, even as delegates of the Apostolic See, visit and correct them, in the same way as the superiors themselves might do, in accordance with their institutes; notwithstanding, and completely setting aside, all appeals, privileges, and exemptions whatsoever.
The name and use of Questors of Alms is abolished.- The Ordinaries shall publish indulgences and spiritual graces.-- Two of the Chapters shall, without fee, receive the Alms.
Whereas many remedies, heretofore applied by divers councils in their day, as well by that of Lateran, and of Lyons, as by that of Vienne, against the wicked abuses of questors of alms, have become in later times useless; yea, rather the depravity of such is, to the great scandal and complaint of all the faithful, found daily so to increase the more, as that there seems to be no longer any hope left of their amendment; (the Synod) ordains that, in all parts of Christendom soever, their name and use be henceforth utterly abolished; nor shall they be allowed in any wise to exercise any such office; notwithstanding any privileges granted to any churches, monasteries, hospitals, pious places, or to any persons of whatsoever degree, estate, and dignity, or any customs, even though immemorial. As regards the indulgences, or other spiritual graces, of which the faithful of Christ ought not on this account to be deprived, It decrees, that they are henceforth to be published to the people at the due times, by the Ordinaries of the places, aided by two members of the Chapter; to whom also power is given to gather faithfully the alms, and the succours of charity which are offered them, without their receiving any remuneration whatsoever; that so all men may at length truly understand, that these heavenly treasures of the Church are administered, not for gain, but for godliness.
INDICTION OF THE NEXT SESSION
The sacred and holy, oecumenical and general Synod of Trent, lawfully assembled in the Holy Ghost, the same Legates of the Apostolic See presiding therein, hath ordained and decreed, that the next ensuing Session be held and celebrated on the Thursday after the octave of the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which will be on the seventeenth of the month of September next; with the addition, however, that the said holy Synod freely may and can, according to Its will and pleasure, as It shall judge expedient for the affairs of the Council, limit or extend, even in a general congregation, the said term, as also that which may be assigned hereafter for each Session.
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How are the new changes to Tier 2 affecting SMEs and start-ups?
May 10, 2016 Articles, Immigration, Latest NewsWilliam Blanchard
Populist pressure has stipulated that the Government arbitrarily reduce net migration. In this spirit, the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) conducted a review of Tier 2 of the Points Based System. The fundamental aim of the task was to provide recommendations to the government on ways to lower net migration. Please note these measures affect residents of non-EEA countries only. EEA nationals (including nationals of Switzerland) are currently still entitled to European free movement, subject to the result of the upcoming 23rd June European referendum*.
The MAC recommendations (most of which are being implemented in stages from April 2016 to 2017) exponentially raise the costs of recruiting non-EEA workers and severely impact the ability of employers who operate in industries with skills shortages (eg nursing, teaching and engineering) to sufficiently staff their businesses. Such changes adversely affect UK SMEs and Start-ups as well.
The two most far reaching MAC proposals that the Government has chosen to implement are: a) an increase of the gross minimum salary threshold requirements for Tier 2 – to £41,500 for Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) and to £30,000 for Tier 2 (General); and b) the introduction of a new levy called ‘the Immigration Skills Charge’, of £1,000 per year, per migrant worker.
The fundamental tenant behind the new Immigration Skills Charge is the monies accrued by the Revenue from this levy will be invested into programmes to train and up-skill the domestic workforce. How this plan is to be implemented by the Government, as advised by the Migration Advisory Committee has thus far, yet to be explained.
These increases come on top of already prohibitive costs of sponsoring Tier 2 workers (also increased in April 2016). Whilst these increases will affect all businesses operating in the UK and will even make most multi-national corporations re-evaluate their foreign migrant workforce in an effort to reduce their working costs and overheads regarding staff salaries; the changes will have the most significant and prohibitive impact on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and UK Start-Ups, who (* Please note that on 23rd June the UK will vote on whether or not to remain in the European Union and the result may affect continued reliance on EEA free movement provisions.) may simply not have the resources to fund and administer the recruitment of overseas skilled workers.
A recent client, a tech start up approached this firm to apply for a sponsor licence with a view to recruiting specialist IT engineers (a shortage occupation role) to work in the UK. To illustrate costs associated with such applications we provided illustration for recruiting one IT engineer (reasonably assuming such an individual might have a spouse and children). The Home Office fees alone to sponsor one worker and to apply to bring a spouse and two children to the UK would reach nearly £6,000, once the skills levy is implemented. Our client simply could not afford to proceed.
With the Government’s removal of the Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) visa system in 2012, it is now even harder to recruit international graduates from British universities. SMEs and Start-Ups are now forced to either navigate the complex system of acquiring a Sponsor’s License before they can even begin considering recruit of skilled international graduates or structure business plans which potentially exclude them from recruiting the best and brightest new staff (in instances where there are more roles on offer in the UK than UK graduates). SMEs and Start-Ups are likely not to have the resources nor the experience and fortitude to battle through the ever complicated labyrinth of bureaucracy to hire the appropriately qualified candidates (regardless of nationality and immigration status) for the jobs available.
One of the current Government’s manifestos is to stimulate the economic growth and encourage the best and the brightest minds to the UK. These changes however, create a real risk of achieving the opposite. The Government is effectively shutting the door to a great many of these skilled workers and the businesses wishing to recruit them and is pricing the UK out of retaining its status as a competitive global market economy.
The proposals set out in the MAC report (such as increase is fees and salary thresholds and the Immigration Skills Charge) and the already implemented Immigration Health Surcharge will not provide the promised revenue needed to up-skill the resident work force and prop up the NHS but will no doubt serve the intended function: to be a disincentive to employing foreign workers over the resident labour market.
William Blanchard
Senior Immigration Executive at Healys LLP
William is a Senior Immigration Executive in the Immigration Department principally undertaking work in general immigration, corporate immigration and the UK Points Based System.
William has particular experience working with High Net Worth Individuals and Politically Exposed Persons as well as Corporate Immigration working with some of the world’s largest multi-national corporations.
William began his experience at Fragomen LLP in 2012 specialising in in-bound corporate immigration, before moving to Gherson Solicitor’s specialising in both general and corporate immigration before moving into the complex litigation team, assisting on, primarily, appeals and judicial reviews.
Meghan Vozila
Solicitor Immigration at Healys LLP
Meghan joined Healys in November 2015 and is a solicitor in the Immigration department.
Meghan specialises in all aspects of UK economic/business immigration and nationality law as well as complex European free movement applications.
She trained with the niche City firm Laura Devine Solicitors and has been working in corporate immigration for over 8 years. After qualifying she moved to Mishcon de Reya where she gained particular experience working with HNWIs. From 2011 Meghan worked with Karen Sturtivant in the West End where she was Senior Associate and responsible for a full range of immigration services for corporate and private clients alike. She joined Healys in 2015.
About William Blanchard
William began his experience at Fragomen LLP in 2012 specialising in in-bound corporate immigration, before moving to Gherson Solicitor’s specialising in both general and corporate immigration before moving into the complex litigation team, assisting on, primarily, appeals and judicial reviews. View all posts by William Blanchard →
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Posted by Dawn Lacombe on January 16, 2019 | Categories: News
Gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated is a charge that is always a felony in California. As such, it counts as a “strike” under California’s “Three Strikes” law. Gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated is not “murder” because there is no malice aforethought. However, a charge of gross vehicular manslaughter means that the prosecution believes that they can prove that a person was intoxicated, driving a vehicle, and committed another traffic offense or acted in a way that was not necessarily illegal, but which the person knew could be dangerous. If convicted, the jail time a person faces is 4, 6, or 10 years in state prison.
10 News reports on the trial of a Navy sailor who is charged with multiple offenses for an October 2016 crash that killed four people.
27-year-old Richard Sepolio is facing a total of 13 charges, which include gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, DUI, and reckless driving causing injury. The trial began on January 14th.
The charges stem from an accident on October 15, 2016, in which Sepolio drove through a barrier on a bridge and plunged down to the pavement below. At the time, there was a rally for motorcycle riders occurring. Four people were killed by Sepolio’s falling vehicle. Seven others were injured.
According to the prosecution, Sepolio was driving at 80 m.p.h. when he lost control of the vehicle. His blood-alcohol content was between .08% and .09% at the time of the crash.
One of the first responders said that they could smell alcohol on Sepolio’s breath.
Sepolio’s attorney said that he had passed all tests administered to him by law enforcement. He also said that the blood test that was taken was improperly stored.
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Benji Davies
Benji Davies - Author
Benji Davies is an illustrator and animation director. From a young age he was often to be found painting at the kitchen table, a scene which can still be seen to this day. Benji studied animation at university, and has since worked on a diverse array of projects, from picture books and animated short films to music videos, commercials and title sequences. His books have been co-editioned in many languages and countries around the world. The Storm Whale is his first self-penned picture book. He lives in London with his wife Nina.
Featured books by Benji Davies
Grandad's Island
Author: Benji Davies Format: Board book Release Date: 08/08/2019
Shortlisted for the Children's Book Award 2017 - Books for Younger Children | Shortlisted for the UKLA 2017 Book Award | Syd and Grandad’s tropical adventure tells a much bigger story and conveys an important message about loss and love. Grandad’s house is at the bottom of Syd’s garden and Syd can go round any time he wants. One day Grandad isn’t in any of his usual places and Syd finds him in the attic. There’s a big metal door at one end, and through it a ship, ready to take Grandad and Syd to a faraway island. Grandad doesn’t need his stick on the island and is very much at home with the cheery parrots and bright flowers. He decides to stay behind, though he’ll miss Syd very much. Simply told and beautifully illustrated this is a very special book
Author: Benji Davies Format: Hardback Release Date: 07/03/2019
Longlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2020 | Benji Davies’ new book is a story of escape that has a particular resonance for little children. Tad lives with her brothers and sisters in their pond. The smallest almost-a-frog she has to wiggle her tail twice as fast just to keep up, and they all know that Big Blub waits at the bottom of the pond for left-behind tadpoles. With Tad the very last tadpole in the pond there’s a touch and go moment, but in a glorious burst of light, her legs arrive just in time. It’s the perfect story to reassure any child worrying they’ll always be at the back, and Davies handles light and shadow brilliantly to create and control the drama. A beautiful and very special picture book.
Grandma Bird
Author: Benji Davies Format: Paperback Release Date: 18/10/2018
Further adventures of Noi, the endearing character from the acclaimed Storm Whale, as he discover the true value of his non-stereotypical Grandma.
The Storm Whale in Winter
Longlisted for the UKLA 2018 Book Award | In The Storm Whale in Winter Benji Davies creates a story of love and courage that is tender, touching and feels utterly true. As winter draws in Noi misses the little whale he befriended last summer; no matter how often he looks out to sea, there’s never any sign. But the storm whale returns when Noi needs him most, rescuing the little boy when he is stranded on the ice-bound sea. In a book of light and dark the contrast between cosy interiors and the snowstorm that rages outside is breath-taking, and there’s an extraordinary silent beauty to the underwater images of the whale family. The reunions - between boy and whale, and boy and his father - are heart-warming, and a final image joyfully unites them all. A book that deserves a place on every shelf. ~ Andrea Reece
The Grotlyn
A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month April 2018 Award-winning Benji Davies has created a delightful night-time classic starring his light-fingered creation, the Grotlyn. When Ruby goes to bed the night after she has heard the scary rhyme about a Grotlyn slipping through the house unseen she hears some spooky night noises. Could it be a Grotlyn and what would it be doing? Bravely, Ruby decides to find out and, in doing so, she allays her fears and discovers something joyfully adventurous. Beautiful illustrations by the creator of The Storm Whale bring the story to life. ~ Julia Eccleshare Julia Eccleshare's Picks of the Month for April 2018 The Grotlyn by Benji Davies The Book Case: An Emily Lime Mystery by Adam Stower Lady Mary by Lucy Worsley The Wardrobe Monster by Bryony Thomson The Tale of Angelino Brown by David Almond You Are Awesome by Matthew Syed
Storm Whale Book and Puzzle
Author: Benji Davies Format: Novelty book Release Date: 05/10/2017
Benji Davies’s The Storm Whale is one of the most beautiful and affecting children’s books of the decade and this novelty book plus puzzle blocks is carefully thought out and designed to emphasise the beauty of his artwork and the theme of the story. It contains a small hardback version of the book and nine little blocks which can be rearranged to tell the story. It will be fun and satisfying for children to build up the contrasting scenes from the book, and the artwork even in miniature is stunning. A lovely thing to pop into a stocking or under the tree and the pleasure this gives will last well beyond the festive season. ~ Andrea Reece
A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month September 2017 Award-winning Benji Davies has created a delightful night-time classic starring his light-fingered creation, the Grotlyn. When Ruby goes to bed the night after she has heard the scary rhyme about a Grotlyn slipping through the house unseen she hears some spooky night noises. Could it be a Grotlyn and what would it be doing? Bravely, Ruby decides to find out and, in doing so, she allays her fears and discovers something joyfully adventurous. Beautiful illustrations by the creator of The Storm Whale bring the story to life. ~ Julia Eccleshare Julia Eccleshare's Picks of the Month for September 2017 Goth Girl and the Sinister Symphony by Chris Riddell A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge This Book Isn't Safe! by Colin Furze The Grotlyn by Benji Davies Billy and the Minpins by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of The Wizard of Oz by Michael Morpurgo The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf Birthday Boy by David Baddiel
The Storm Whale
Winner of the 2014 inaugural Oscar's First Book Prize in association with the Evening Standard, now in a brand new cased board book format!
A beautiful slipcase edition of The Storm Whale and The Storm Whale in Winter from the award-winning author and illustrator Benji Davies. Follow Noi's story in these poignant and moving books, now in a slipcase - the perfect gift for a loved one. A review for The Storm Whale in Winter : In The Storm Whale in Winter Benji Davies creates a story of love and courage that is tender, touching and feels utterly true. As winter draws in Noi misses the little whale he befriended last summer; no matter how often he looks out to sea, there’s never any sign. But the storm whale returns when Noi needs him most, rescuing the little boy when he is stranded on the ice-bound sea. In a book of light and dark the contrast between cosy interiors and the snowstorm that rages outside is breath-taking, and there’s an extraordinary silent beauty to the underwater images of the whale family. The reunions - between boy and whale, and boy and his father - are heart-warming, and a final image joyfully unites them all. A book that deserves a place on every shelf. ~ Andrea Reece
Longlisted for the UKLA 2018 Book Award In The Storm Whale in Winter Benji Davies creates a story of love and courage that is tender, touching and feels utterly true. As winter draws in Noi misses the little whale he befriended last summer; no matter how often he looks out to sea, there’s never any sign. But the storm whale returns when Noi needs him most, rescuing the little boy when he is stranded on the ice-bound sea. In a book of light and dark the contrast between cosy interiors and the snowstorm that rages outside is breath-taking, and there’s an extraordinary silent beauty to the underwater images of the whale family. The reunions - between boy and whale, and boy and his father - are heart-warming, and a final image joyfully unites them all. A book that deserves a place on every shelf. ~ Andrea Reece
Shortlisted for the Children's Book Award 2017 - Books for Younger Children | Shortlisted for the UKLA 2017 Book Award Syd and Grandad’s tropical adventure tells a much bigger story and conveys an important message about loss and love. Grandad’s house is at the bottom of Syd’s garden and Syd can go round any time he wants. One day Grandad isn’t in any of his usual places and Syd finds him in the attic. There’s a big metal door at one end, and through it a ship, ready to take Grandad and Syd to a faraway island. Grandad doesn’t need his stick on the island and is very much at home with the cheery parrots and bright flowers. He decides to stay behind, though he’ll miss Syd very much. Simply told and beautifully illustrated this is a very special book. ~ Andrea Reece
Other books by Benji Davies
Bizzy Bear: Aeroplane Pilot
Bizzy Bear and his flight crew are taking to the skies! Little readers will love to use the chunky mechanisms to help Bizzy take off and land in this robust board book all about flying. With wonderfully detailed illustrations by Benji Davies, it's perfect for engaging the very young.
Author: Benji Davies Format: Paperback / softback Release Date: 09/01/2020
Sometimes the biggest stories come from the smallest beginnings... Meet Tad. She's the smallest tadpole in a big pond, and lives there with all her tadbrothers and tadsisters. Although something else lives there too... BIG BLUB! And when everyone else starts to disappear, Tad starts to wonder if Big Blub will get her too... Or is everyone else going somewhere else; somewhere better? And if so, will Tad ever get there too? A big story about a tiny tadpole - about growing up, branching out, and taking a leap into life. From the award-winning author and illustrator of The Storm Whale and Granddad's Island, and the perfect story for everyone who's ever grown up, or still has a way to go...
Bizzy Bear Book and Blocks set
Author: Benji Davies Format: Undefined Release Date: 05/09/2019
With a set of nine picture blocks and a cute board book edition of Bizzy Bear Things That Go, this book and jigsaw block pack is perfect for little hands!
Bizzy Bear: Train Driver
Bizzy Bear arrives at the station just in time to start his exciting new job - as a train driver! Join him as he guides the big green steam engine through the city, across the level crossing, and then up into the high mountains. But where are he and his passengers going, and will they get there on time?
This gorgeous Benji Davies title is now available in board book format! At the bottom of Syd's garden, through the gate and past the tree, is Grandad's house. Syd can let himself in any time he likes. But one day when Syd comes to call, Grandad isn't in any of the usual places. He's in the attic, where he ushers Syd through a door, and the two of them journey to a wild, beautiful island awash in color where Grandad decides he will remain. So Syd hugs Grandad one last time and sets sail for home. Visiting Grandad's house at the bottom of the garden again, he finds it just the same as it's always been - except that Grandad isn't there anymore. Sure to provide comfort to young children struggling to understand loss, Benji Davies's tale is a sensitive and beautiful reminder that our loved ones live on in our memories long after they're gone. Praise for Grandad's Island: 'Davies's elegantly rough illustrations, evoking a child's paintings, tap into the imagination of death with little fuss, and his story declines to offer kids instruction on how to feel. Indeed, Grandad's Island doesn't mention death at all, but is deeply in touch with the ways in which loss and abundance commingle in the mind, correcting and assuaging each other.' The New York Times Book Review 'The creator of The Storm Whale (2014) offers another thoughtful picture book guaranteed to spark discussion...Recommend to young families dealing with loss, especially those who prefer to gloss over the scientific realities.' Booklist Online 'As with The Storm Whale, Davies offers a story of loneliness and togetherness distinguished by understated, deeply felt emotions and a nautical milieu.' Publishers Weekly 'This book is innovative and useful as a way to talk about the idea of loss-without ever referring to actual death. Parents and educators can use this to talk with a child about how it's normal to be sad and miss loved ones...Cheerful, brightly colored illustrations make this a fine choice to use with the youngest of audiences. Since death isn't directly specified, this title also works for when a child's loved one is moving far away. An excellent vehicle to gently approach the topic of loss. Recommended for collections needing these types of materials.' School Library Journal 'Grandad's Island by British author-illustrator Benji Davies (The Storm Whale; Bizzy Bear series) celebrates a close grandfather-grandson relationship with warmth and style. Whether it's read as a picture book about love, loss or just missing someone who isn't around anymore, it's a charmer. Cheerful cinematic spreads invite young readers into all sorts of intriguing places, from a cozy attic full of curiosities like a turtle teapot, to a vast ship's deck, to the deep jungle of an island paradise.' Shelf Awareness for Readers 'A resonant, layered tale that will only gain in texture as its readers get older.' USA Today
A tender and heart-warming new story from the world of The Storm Whale. Noi isn't at all sure about staying at Grandma's. Grandma boils seaweed for soup, and there's not much to do on the tiny island where she lives where the wind cuts in and the grass grows sideways . . . But that's before Noi gets swept up in the dramatic rescue that will mark the beginning of their touching new friendship.
The Storm Whale Book and Soft Toy
This stunning set is the perfect gift for fans of Benji Davies and The Storm Whale, featuring a hardback edition of the bestselling, award-winning picture book and a gorgeous soft toy. Enjoy the story, then recreate Noi's adventure with your very own knitted whale, perfect for cuddling at bedtime. Noi and his father live in a house by the sea, his father works hard as a fisherman and Noi often has only their six cats for company. So when, one day, he finds a baby whale washed up on the beach after a storm, Noi is excited and takes it home to care for it. He tries to keep his new friend a secret, but but there's only so long you can keep a whale in the bath without your dad finding out. Noi is eventually persuaded that the whale has to go back to the sea where it belongs. For Noi, even though he can't keep it, the arrival of the whale changes his life for the better - the perfect gift from one friend to another. The Storm Whale won the 2014 inaugural Oscar's First Book Prize, in association with the Evening Standard. 'A future classic and a must have for the discerning picture book fan' The Booksniffer 'The Storm Whale is an evocative portrayal of a child's need for friendship, told through the sparest of text and imagery in this beautiful picture book' The ReadingZone 'The Storm Whale is one of those rare picture books that evokes loneliness with such fragility, and that conveys such feeling and beauty that it cannot fail to move its readers... an absolute gem, do not miss out' Library Mice
The follow-up to the best-selling The Storm Whale, winner of the 2014 inaugural Oscar's First Book Prize in association with the Evening Standard, in a brand new cased board book format! It's winter time and Noi's island is covered in a blanket of snow. Even the sea is icing over. Noi is worried about the little whale he saved last summer: Can he survive the harsh conditions? Little does Noi know that it's the little whale's turn to save him. A magical and touching story about a lasting friendship. A truly beautiful work packing a real emotional punch. `At the heart of this emotionally charged story is the joy of a lasting friendship, tender and true' Fiona Noble for The Bookseller, Children's Book of the Month
Bizzy Bear: Racing Driver
Today, Bizzy Bear is taking part in a big race - ready, steady, go! Turn the lights on to signal the start, help him speed along in his racing car and zoom around the track. Then lift the flag as he crosses the finish line! But will he get there first? Another exciting title in this best-selling series, which encourages preschoolers toget involved in the storytelling.
A stunningly illustrated picture book full of mystery and suspense, from the bestselling author of THE STORM WHALE and GRANDAD'S ISLAND. I know when the Grotlyn's been Slipping through your house unseen... What is the mysterious Grotlyn? What sort of creature could it be, scuttling across the town, frightening everyone in its path? And why has it stolen PC Vickers' knickers?! A beautifully illustrated rhyming tale about things that go bump in the night for ages four and up, from picture book superstar, Benji Davies, winner of Oscar's First Book Prize 2014 and Sainsbury's Children's Book of the Year 2015. Perfect for fans of Oliver Jeffers and Jon Klassen.
Morfil y Storm
A stunning set featuring the bestselling, award-winning The Storm Whale by Benji Davies, and a beautiful 6-block puzzle with images from the book. Noi and his father live in a house by the sea, hisfather works hard as a fisherman and Noi often has only their six cats for company. So when, one day, he finds a baby whale washed up on the beach after a storm, Noi is excited and takes it home to care for it. He tries to keep his new friend a secret, but but there's only so long you can keep a whale in the bath without your dad finding out. Noi is eventually persuaded that the whale has to go back to the sea where it belongs. For Noi, even though he can't keep it, the arrival of the whale changes his life for the better - the perfect gift from one friend to another. Winner of the 2014 inaugural Oscar's First Book Prize in association with the Evening Standard. 'A future classic and a must have for the discerning picture book fan' The Booksniffer 'The Storm Whale is an evocative portrayal of a child's need for friendship, told through the sparest of text and imagery in this beautiful picture book' The ReadingZone 'The Storm Whale is one of those rare picture books that evokes loneliness with such fragility, and that conveys such feeling and beauty that it cannot fail to move its readers... an absolute gem, do not miss out' Library Mice
Bizzy Bear: Ambulance Rescue
Today, Bizzy Bear is working as a paramedic and when the emergency call comes in, there isn't a moment to lose! Help him speed along in the ambulance and switch on the flashing lights. Then, once he's rescued the injured cyclist, lift the stretcher and pull back the ward curtain for the doctor. Another exciting title in this bestselling series (over 2 million copies sold!) which encourages preschoolers to get involved in the storytelling.
The stunning bestseller by Benji Davies, now in a cased board format! Noi and his father live in a house by the sea, his father works hard as a fisherman and Noi often has only their six cats for company. So when, one day, he finds a baby whale washed up on the beach after a storm, Noi is excited and takes it home to care for it. He tries to keep his new friend a secret, but but there's only so long you can keep a whale in the bath without your dad finding out. Noi is eventually persuaded that the whale has to go back to the sea where it belongs. For Noi, even though he can't keep it, the arrival of the whale changes his life for the better - the perfect gift from one friend to another. Winner of the 2014 inaugural Oscar's First Book Prize in association with the Evening Standard, now in a brand new cased board book format! 'A future classic and a must have for the discerning picture book fan' The Booksniffer 'The Storm Whale is an evocative portrayal of a child's need for friendship, told through the sparest of text and imagery in this beautiful picture book' The ReadingZone 'The Storm Whale is one of those rare picture books that evokes loneliness with such fragility, and that conveys such feeling and beauty that it cannot fail to move its readers... an absolute gem, do not miss out' Library Mice 'I have to admit that I was fighting back tears by the end. It's just so incredibly sweet and really pulls the heart strings!' Being Mrs C 'Charming and engaging this book gives lots of scope for child to adult discussion about feeling lonely and saying goodbye to something loved' Love All Blogs 'Poignant, sensitive and understated [...] this is a not to be missed tale where the narrative thrust and emotional span transcends the simplicity of its words' Droplets of Ink
The Storm Whale Slipcase
A beautiful slipcase edition of The Storm Whale and The Storm Whale in Winter from the award-winning author and illustrator Benji Davies. The Storm Whale is a poignant and moving tale about making new friends and learning that sometimes we have to let the things we love go. Winner of the 2014 inaugural Oscar's First Book Prize in association with The Evening Standard. Noi's story continues in The Storm Whale in Winter... A magical and touching story about a lasting friendship. A truly beautiful work packing a real emotional punch.
A follow-up to the best-selling The Storm Whale, winner of the 2014 inaugural Oscar's First Book Prize in association with the Evening Standard. It's winter time and Noi's island is covered in a blanket of snow. Even the sea is icing over. Noi is worried about the little whale he saved last summer: Can he survive the harsh conditions? Little does Noi know that it's the little whale's turn to save him. A magical and touching story about a lasting friendship. A truly beautiful work packing a real emotional punch. 'At the heart of this emotionally charged story is the joy of a lasting friendship, tender and true' Fiona Noble for The Bookseller, Children's Book of the Month
A follow-up to the best-selling The Storm Whale, winner of the 2014 inaugural Oscar's First Book Prize in association with the Evening Standard. It's winter time and Noi's island is covered in a blanket of snow. Even the sea is icing over. Noi is worried about the little whale he saved last summer: Can he survive the harsh conditions? Little does Noi know that it's the little whale's turn to save him. A magical and touching story about a lasting friendship. A truly beautiful work packing a real emotional punch. `At the heart of this emotionally charged story is the joy of a lasting friendship, tender and true' Fiona Noble for The Bookseller, Children's Book of the Month
Bizzy Bear: Spooky House
The ever-intrepid Bizzy Bear has come for a visit to a super-spooky Halloween house. As he climbs the rickety stairs and walks the cobwebby corridors, all sorts of creepy characters appear from doors and hidey holes. But where could he be going and what will he find there?
After the phenomenal success of The Storm Whale and On Sudden Hill, this new book by Benji Davies deals with the emotional topic of losing a grandparent. Subtly told, this beautifully illustrated book tackles a difficult subject with great sensitivity and depth. At the bottom of Syd's garden, through the gate and past the tree, is Grandad's house. Syd can let himself in any time he likes. But one day when Syd comes to call, Grandad isn't in any of the usual places. He's in the attic, where he ushers Syd through a door, and the two of them journey to a wild, beautiful island awash in color where Grandad decides he will remain. So Syd hugs Grandad one last time and sets sail for home. Visiting Grandad's house at the bottom of the garden again, he finds it just the same as it's always been - except that Grandad isn't there anymore. Sure to provide comfort to young children struggling to understand loss, Benji Davies's tale is a sensitive and beautiful reminder that our loved ones live on in our memories long after they're gone. Praise for Grandad's Island: 'Davies's elegantly rough illustrations, evoking a child's paintings, tap into the imagination of death with little fuss, and his story declines to offer kids instruction on how to feel. Indeed, Grandad's Island doesn't mention death at all, but is deeply in touch with the ways in which loss and abundance commingle in the mind, correcting and assuaging each other.' The New York Times Book Review 'The creator of The Storm Whale (2014) offers another thoughtful picture book guaranteed to spark discussion...Recommend to young families dealing with loss, especially those who prefer to gloss over the scientific realities.' Booklist Online 'As with The Storm Whale, Davies offers a story of loneliness and togetherness distinguished by understated, deeply felt emotions and a nautical milieu.' Publishers Weekly 'This book is innovative and useful as a way to talk about the idea of loss-without ever referring to actual death. Parents and educators can use this to talk with a child about how it's normal to be sad and miss loved ones...Cheerful, brightly colored illustrations make this a fine choice to use with the youngest of audiences. Since death isn't directly specified, this title also works for when a child's loved one is moving far away. An excellent vehicle to gently approach the topic of loss. Recommended for collections needing these types of materials.' School Library Journal 'Grandad's Island by British author-illustrator Benji Davies (The Storm Whale; Bizzy Bear series) celebrates a close grandfather-grandson relationship with warmth and style. Whether it's read as a picture book about love, loss or just missing someone who isn't around anymore, it's a charmer. Cheerful cinematic spreads invite young readers into all sorts of intriguing places, from a cozy attic full of curiosities like a turtle teapot, to a vast ship's deck, to the deep jungle of an island paradise.' Shelf Awareness for Readers 'A resonant, layered tale that will only gain in texture as its readers get older.' USA Today
The stunning bestseller by Benji Davies. Noi and his father live in a house by the sea, his father works hard as a fisherman and Noi often has only their six cats for company. So when, one day, he finds a baby whale washed up on the beach after a storm, Noi is excited and takes it home to care for it. He tries to keep his new friend a secret, but but there's only so long you can keep a whale in the bath without your dad finding out. Noi is eventually persuaded that the whale has to go back to the sea where it belongs. For Noi, even though he can't keep it, the arrival of the whale changes his life for the better - the perfect gift from one friend to another. Winner of the 2014 inaugural Oscar's First Book Prize in association with the Evening Standard 'A future classic and a must have for the discerning picture book fan' The Booksniffer 'The Storm Whale is an evocative portrayal of a child's need for friendship, told through the sparest of text and imagery in this beautiful picture book' The ReadingZone 'The Storm Whale is one of those rare picture books that evokes loneliness with such fragility, and that conveys such feeling and beauty that it cannot fail to move its readers... an absolute gem, do not miss out' Library Mice 'I have to admit that I was fighting back tears by the end. It's just so incredibly sweet and really pulls the heart strings!' Being Mrs C 'Charming and engaging this book gives lots of scope for child to adult discussion about feeling lonely and saying goodbye to something loved' Love All Blogs 'Poignant, sensitive and understated [...] this is a not to be missed tale where the narrative thrust and emotional span transcends the simplicity of its words' Droplets of Ink
Storm Whale
Author: Benji Davies Format: eBook Release Date: 15/08/2013
Noi and his father live in a house by the sea. Noi's father works hard as a fisherman, and Noi often has only their six cats for company. So when, one day, he finds a baby whale washed up on the beach after a storm, Noi is excited and takes it home to care for it. He tries to keep his new friend a secret, but but there's only so long you can keep a whale in the bath without your dad finding out. Noi is eventually persuaded that the whale has to go back to the sea where it belongs, but now very much aware of his son's loneliness, his father helps and in the weeks that follow the whale's return, finds time to do more with him, be it colouring or going on a picnic. For Noi, even though he can't keep it, the arrival of the whale changes his life for the better - the perfect gift from one friend to another.
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About Me Voy
"Me Voy" (English: "I'm Leaving") is a song written and recorded by Mexican singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas and is the first single from her fourth studio album, Limón y Sal (2006). Thus far, it is Venegas' most successful song. It was released in Mexico on March 27, 2006, in Europe in 2007 and appeared in the top positions in Italy and Switzerland. The song was nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards of 2006 in Record of the Year and the video, directed by Picky Tallarico, for Best Short Form Music Video. more »
Por que no supiste entender a mi corazón
Lo que había en el
Por que no tuviste el valor de ver quien soy
Por que no escuchas lo que esta tan cerca de ti
Solo el ruido de afuera y yo
Que estoy a un lado desaparezco para ti
No voy a llorar y decir
Que no merezco esto
Es probable que
Lo merezco, pero no lo quiero por eso me voy
Que lastima pero adiós
Me despido de ti y me voy
Me despido de ti
Por que sé que me espera algo mejor
Alguien que sepa darme amor
De ese que endulza la sal
Y hace que salga el sol
Yo que pensé nunca me iría de ti
Que es amor del bueno de toda la vida
Pero hoy entendí que no hay suficiente para los dos
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Julieta Venegas Percevault (born November 24, 1970 in Long Beach, California, USA), known professionally as Julieta Venegas, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and producer, who sings pop-rock in Spanish. She speaks English, Portuguese, and Spanish fluently. She has a twin sister, Yvonne, who is a photographer. Venegas grew up in Tijuana and began studying music at the age of eight. She went on to join several bands including Mexican ska band Tijuana No!. more »
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Watch Snatch (2000) Full Movie Online Free | TV Shows & Movies
Snatch (2000)
Rating (5245)
Watch Snatch (2000) : Full Movie Online Free The second film from British director Guy Ritchie. Snatch tells an obscure story similar to his first fast-paced crazy character-colliding filled film “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.” There are two overlapping stories here – one is the search for a stolen diamond, and the other about a boxing promoter who’s having trouble with a psychotic gangster.
Genre: Thriller, Crime
Production Company: Screen Gems, SKA Films, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures
Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Casts: Benicio del Toro, Dennis Farina, Vinnie Jones, Brad Pitt, Rade Šerbedžija, Jason Statham, Alan Ford, Mike Reid, Robbie Gee, Lennie James, Ewen Bremner
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Tags: Crime, Local, Neighborhood Crime, Miami, News
Bomb threat reported at Israeli consulate in Miami
All-clear given shortly before 2 p.m.
MIAMI – A bomb threat was reported Thursday at the Israeli consulate in Miami, authorities said.
Several police cars were spotted outside the New World Tower building that houses the Consulate General of Israel to Florida & Puerto Rico at 100 N. Biscayne Blvd.
Miami police said the call came in at 11:32 a.m. Police said K-9 units are inside the building to make sure that it's safe.
The all-clear was given shortly before 2 p.m.
Police said southbound traffic on Biscayne Boulevard was shut down between Northeast First Street and Second Street during the investigation.
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Michael Marot, Associated Press
Published: December 4, 2019, 7:32 am
Tags: Seminoles, Seminoles Basketball, College Basketball
Florida State hands No. 17 Tennessee first loss
Hamilton leads FSU to upset win over No. 6 Gators 63-51
Seminoles ranked No. 17 in latest AP poll
Gators drop to No. 15 after sixth straight loss to Seminoles
Indiana beats No. 17 Florida State 80-64 to remain undefeated
Hoosiers snap Seminoles’ 7-game winning streak in Big Ten/ACC Challenge
Michael Marot
Florida State's Trent Forrest is defended by Indiana's Devonte Green during the second half of a game, Dec. 3, 2019, in Bloomington, Indiana. The Hoosiers won 80-64. (AP Photo)
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana guard Devonte Green felt great shooting the ball Tuesday night.
He made sure everyone knew it, too.
The senior scored a career-high 30 points, knocked down five 3-pointers and helped fuel a late spurt with two big shots to lead the undefeated Hoosiers past No. 17 Florida State 80-64 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
“It's something you just feel, I can't explain it,” Green said. “Shots were dropping tonight, so I guess I had the hot hand.”
There was no guesswork about it.
Green went 10 of 15 from the field, 5 of 7 on 3s and 5 for 7 at the free throw line. He also grabbed six rebounds and finished with three assists and two steals — not bad for someone who missed Indiana’s first three games with an injured hamstring.
With Green back, the Hoosiers (8-0) are off to their best start since 2012-13. They earned their third straight win over a ranked team dating to last season and head into Big Ten play with a boost of confidence.
It wasn’t just Green, either. Freshman forward Trayce Jackson-Davis had 15 points and eight rebounds, while junior Justin Smith chipped in with 14 points and five boards.
Trent Forrest scored 13 to lead the Seminoles (7-2), who had their seven-game winning streak snapped. M.J. Walker and Devin Vassell added 10 points apiece.
Clearly, though, the difference was Green.
“He had one of those nights,” Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton said. “Tonight was his night.”
After Indiana took a 15-point lead in the first half, the Hoosiers watched Florida State methodically cut into the deficit.
When the Seminoles opened the second half with three successive 3s in less than two minutes, Indiana’s lead was down to 47-41.
Green helped steady the Hoosiers, who extended the margin to 10 with 13:53 left. But when Anthony Polite made a 3 with 10:23 left, the Seminoles trailed 53-50.
That’s when Green helped spur the decisive sequence. Jackson-Davis and Smith each hit three of four free throws, Green scored on a nifty layup and hit a contested 17-footer, and Damezi Anderson closed out the 13-2 run with a 3 from the corner to give Indiana a 72-58 lead with 3:35 to go.
Florida State never challenged again.
“Obviously, Devonte Green was special tonight,” Indiana coach Archie Miller said. “There wasn’t a whole lot of coaching that went into that.”
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Students and staff gather for London Met Students’ Union Awards 2018
Students and staff gather for London Met Students’ Union Awards 2018 News
London Met students and staff gathered in celebration of the London Met Students' Union Awards 2018.
London Met’s Students’ Union (SU) hosted its third annual SU Awards last night with hundreds gathering in celebration of individuals who made significant contribution to the success of the University and SU over the past year.
The ceremony began with a speech from the University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Raftery, who reflected on the journey of London Met and the impact of the work of the SU in representing the student voice.
SU President-elect, Mark Boansi, was then invited to the stage to present a number of awards including the:
Outstanding Academic Member of Staff Award won by Panchamkumar Shukla from the School of Computing and Digital Media;
Student Rep of the Year Award won by Federica Morgillo;
Student Council Member of the Year Award won by Dave Shaw;
Unsung Hero Award won by Joanne White.
This was followed by the traditional annual presentation of the Outstanding Contribution / Shaun Wallace Award. Presented by the English TV personality and Barrister himself. Shaun Wallace gave a heart-warming speech that left the audience chanting in pride.
As well as celebrating successes from the last year, the ceremony also served as a platform for London Met talent featuring a number of performances from street dance to live singing.
Mark Boansi said: “ It’s the work and dedication of our students and staff that make us so proud to be part of the London Met community.
“The purpose of the Students’ Union Awards is to celebrate the talent, success and commitment of the London Met community to social transformation.
“We believe in the mission of London Met to transform lives and it is our students and staff that make this happen every day.”
To find out who the 2018 award winners are visit www.londonmetsu.org.uk
Scroll through pictures from the night
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iTunes 12.4 Update to Feature Minor Redesign With New Sidebar, Improved Navigation
Friday May 6, 2016 7:26 pm PDT by Juli Clover
Back in February, iTunes chief Eddy Cue promised a new version of iTunes would be coming out with OS X 10.11.4, featuring a simpler design that makes Apple Music easier to use. That update wasn’t included in OS X 10.11.4 and has been delayed, but a source has shared some screenshots of the upcoming iTunes 12.4 update with MacRumors, giving us a look at the changes Apple plans to introduce in the near future.
A redesigned dropdown media picker will be used to switch between Music, TV Shows, Movies, and other content, replacing the existing navigation icons. Like the current menu, the new menu is customizable, so sections of iTunes that are not used can be hidden from view. Forward and back buttons can be used to navigate between different sections.
A persistent sidebar located on the left side of the app is being added, which will make it easier to access different portions of an iTunes Library like specific songs or albums. The sidebar, like the menu bar, can be edited to show desired content, and songs can be dragged and dropped to playlists.
Menus in iTunes 12.4 are being simplified to make them easier to use, and the available content in Library can be customized using the redesigned View menu. Menus will be "easier to use" updated with new navigation options.
The mini player will also get some slight design changes, with the Up Next song feature being relocated to the right side of the player where it is more clearly visible.
It is not clear when Apple will debut iTunes 12.4, but our source says it should be released within in the next few weeks, putting a launch date in late May or early June.
Rumors have suggested Apple is also planning to introduce significant changes to Apple Music in the iOS Music app in iOS 10, and additional tweaks could be made to iTunes in OS X 10.12 to mirror changes being introduced in iOS 10.
Tags: iTunes, iTunes 12.4
zahuh
What has happened to Apple's UI team : (
Rating: 91 Votes
AngerDanger
They could make a spinning-wheel based UI that selects functions at random, and it would be nearly as usable as it is now. Any change is welcome, especially the [S]reintroduction[/S] addition of a persistent sidebar.
TheRainKing
So basically they redesigned an app that was already fine, made everything worse, and now they're slowly changing it back.
brianvictor7
I like sidebars. They have great salad and beverages.
ScottishCaptain
Neat.
So when's the colour and contrast going to return? This isn't the 1980s, we have wonderful things like bitmapped displays and RGB pixels now. It'd be nice if Apple realized this and started designing their GUIs with a bit of depth again.
-SC
hfletcher
The sidebar returns.
It only took them 2 years to realise their mistake...
ButteryScrollin
some small improvements. Still needs to be burnt to the ground and rebuilt from scratch at this point.
The screenshot in the first screenshot has separate My Music and Apple Music playlists in the side bar.
JCrz
Hopefully they got Taylor Swift's pre-approval.
tentales
Don't you know, they got fired when Scott Forstall was let go. Chief Jony took over.
I don't understand why people hate so much on iTunes so much, it does the job.
It does TOO MANY jobs.
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The History Of Dailuaine
People and places don't just shape a Single Malt Scotch Whisky's flavour. They change the course of its future. Get a taste of how the whisky you love today came to be, with this brief Dailuaine timeline.
Founded by farmer William MacKenzie in a hollow by the Carron Burn. The name he chooses means ‘the green vale’ in Gaelic.
The Strathspey Railway arrives, opening Dailuaine to the world.
William MacKenzie dies and the distillery is let for a number of years to James Fleming.
William’s son Thomas becomes a partner in MacKenzie and Co.
Thomas Mackenzie sets out to modernise the distillery. Five years later it is one of the biggest in the highlands in terms of production.
It becomes the first distillery to be fitted with architect Charles Doig’s pagoda roof.
MacKenzie & Co converted to Dailuaine-Glenlivet Distillery Ltd.
The distillery merges again to form Dailuaine-Talisker Distilleries Ltd. Thomas MacKenzie had a substantial interest in Talisker distillery and so becomes chairman and MD of the new company.
A railway connection links the distillery with warehouses at Aberdeen and Imperial Distilleries and Carron, both of which MacKenzie part owned.
Thomas MacKenzie dies and the business is bought by a consortium of Buchanan, Dewar and John Walker and sons.
After a decade of recession and poor returns, fire destroys much of the distillery.
Production resumes, with power supplied by ingenious means, including waterwheels and steam engines.
Dailuaine is connected to the national grid.
A 12 month period of restoration work begins.
The distillery expands from four to six stills, and over the next five years the stillhouse is modernised.
The Strathspey railway is closed, and the much loved Puggies – steam engines which had served the distillery for decades – are given their last run.
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Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Blakestad Inc
Minneapolis Agency Adds Private Client Capabilities to MMA's Upper Midwest Region
Jeff Mulfinger
VP, Marketing Strategy & Communications
March 2, 2017Minnesota
White Plains, New York
Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, today announced that it has acquired Blakestad, Inc., a private client and commercial lines independent insurance agency. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Blakestad provides property/casualty insurance to privately held businesses and individuals, with particular expertise in working with high-net worth individuals and families worldwide. All of Blakestad’s employees and leadership, including its president Jerod Blakestad, are joining MMA and will continue operating out of the firm’s current Minneapolis office.
“The addition of Blakestad to our firm expands our capabilities in the private client market with an established agency and highly regarded team of professionals,” said Bill Jeatran, CEO of MMA’s upper Midwest region.
Mr. Blakestad added: “We look forward to joining the MMA team, which allows us to expand the resources we can offer clients and continue to grow our practice.”
About Marsh & McLennan Agency
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The groundbreaking ceremony for what's currently known as the Little Elm Aquatic Park was held Wednesday, August 7, at 4:30 p.m. at the Little Elm Recreation Center Gym.
The 42,000 square-foot aquatic park will be adjacent to the Recreation Center and will feature a double FlowRider® indoor wave surfing machine, slides, an activity pool, two lap lanes, a large play structure, splash pad, and fun for the entire family.
Attendees at the event included Mayor David Hillock, members of the Little Elm Town Council, representatives from the Economic Development Corporation board, the Community Development Corporation Board, representatives from project partners, Town employees, residents, and other community stakeholders.
"We are thrilled to begin this project and give the community a one-of-a-kind, awesome amenity that can be used year-round," said Town Manager Matt Mueller.
The Aquatic Park is expected to be completed in early 2021.
The Town of Little Elm is crowdsourcing a name for the aquatic park. Participants can share their name ideas for the aquatic park online at www.littleelmaquaticpark.com for a chance to win a free family membership good for both the aquatic park and the Little Elm Recreation Center.
Learn more about the aquatic park by visiting: www.littleelmaquaticpark.com. View our preview video here.
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Phantasy Piano Quartet & Sonatas
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FRANK BRIDGE
the Nash Ensemble
[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 10 September 2013
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The Nash Ensemble presents a fascinating compendium of Frank Bridge's chamber music, demonstrating the composer's developing style.
Bridge is best known through his most famous pupil, Benjamin Britten, who recognized his teacher's genius and frequently programmed his works. The Phantasy Piano Quartet, completed in June 1910, reveals Bridge's early style at its most fluent. Writing in the 1948 Aldeburgh Festival programme book, Benjamin Britten revealed the essence of this work perfectly: 'Sonorous yet lucid, with clear, clean lines, grateful to listen to and to play. It is the music of a practical musician, brought up in German orthodoxy, but who loved French romanticism and conception of sound-Brahms happily tempered with Fauré.'
In his later works, represented here by the Cello Sonata and Violin Sonata, Bridge made use of more angular melodies, and seemed influenced by contemporary trends in Europe, much to the dismay of critics at home. Britten staunchly defended Bridge and writes about 'the invariable fascination of the sound; the conversational melodies can be difficult to recognize, but the drama and tensions easy to feel'.
Also included are folk-song arrangements in which Bridge absorbs the material into his musical fabric, taking creative ownership of the melodies.
"What this beautifully played and thoughtfully programmed disc has going for it are, first, that it presents these works in a chronological survey of Bridge's chamber output...Altogether, a valuable addition to the ever-growing Frank Bridge discography." BBC Music Magazine, December 2013 ****
"Throughout, there's an identifiable melodic flow, initially comparable to Faure, and then Bridge's characteristic harmonic idiom developed from the techniques of Scriabin and early Berg." Gramophone Magazine, October 2013
"The sonata receives a wonderfully searching performance from Paul Watkins and Ian Brown...[in the Violin Sonata] the earlier lyricism is there, but as just one part of an expressive web. Thorsen and Brown catch those moodswings perfectly" The Guardian, 26th September 2013 *****
Phantasy in F sharp minor for piano quartet
Cello Sonata in D minor, H125
An Irish Melody, "Londonderry Air"
Sally in Our Alley
Christmas Dance 'Sir Roger de Coverley'
Sonata for Violin & Piano
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All the keys to the 'Isco case'
Real Madrid Left out of Roma clash
Miguel Ángel Lara
At this rate Isco will end up with Guardiola at City
Solari on leaving out Isco: There are specific decisions for specific moments
At the Hotel Waldorf Cavalieri, when Santiago Solari announced his XI against Roma and who was on the bench, the bomb went off.
Isco was the discarded player, the one who was going to sit in the stands with Luca Zidane.
Fede Valverde and Vinicius would sit on the bench, a decision that once it was announced would cause huge surprise.
More than a warning, it appeared to be a punishment.
So what are the reasons?
Solari didn't want to add anymore than what he had already said about discarding him.
Isco was so embarrassed that when he arrived at the stadium, he asked Garcia-Coll (a key figure between the club and dressing room) if he had to go into the dressing room.
It was an unprecedented scenario for the player who had never been discarded from a match of this level since signing for Real in 2013.
Not by Ancelotti, Benitez, Zidane or Lopetegui.
Even before his first substitution by Solari, he'd had a run-in with the Argentine.
The coach had asked for an exercise where the team that had the possession would count the passes out loud.
Isco replied to him something like they had enough to do in terms of concentrating on the exercise without having to count aswell.
After that, he has always been on the bench, and a month has passed.
He didn't even play in Vigo and wasn't a starter when he returned from the international break at Eibar.
At Ipurua, Real were already 3-0 down before Isco came on.
Looking for causes, some dressing room sources allude to the fact that the player isn't giving 100 percent in training.
Being a regular substitute, however, is difficult to digest for a player of his status.
How would Modric or Kroos have taken it?
Solari has opened a wound that will be hard to heal, and Isco doesn't have absolute support in high places either.
His 'case' has only just begun.
© Noviembre 2018 Unidad Editorial Información Deportiva, S.L.U. Todos los derechos reservados.
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Berkeley: Student suspected of racist post may face criminal charges, school discipline
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Police identify Berkeley High student who posted racist slurs that spurred protest
BERKELEY -- Police said Thursday afternoon that they have identified a 15-year-old Berkeley High School student who posted racist slurs a day earlier on a school library computer.More than 1,500...
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The good news... some folks are seeing the chance to make a killing... as much as 265% in a day.
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NYSE:A - Agilent Technologies Stock Price, Forecast & News
Adding Agilent Technologies Inc
Agilent Technologies, Inc provides application focused solutions to the life sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets worldwide. It operates through three segments: Life Sciences and Applied Markets, Diagnostics and Genomics, and Agilent CrossLab. The Life Sciences and Applied Markets segment offers liquid chromatography systems and components; liquid chromatography mass spectrometry systems; gas chromatography systems and components; gas chromatography mass spectrometry systems; inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry instruments; atomic absorption instruments; microwave plasma-atomic emission spectrometry instruments; inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry instruments; raman spectroscopy; cell analysis plate based assays; flow cytometer; real-time cell analyzer; laboratory software and information management and analytics; laboratory automation and robotic systems; dissolution testing; vacuum pumps; and measurement technologies. Read More…
Industry Analytical instruments
Sub-IndustryLife Sciences Tools & Services
Current SymbolNYSE:A
CUSIP00846U10
Webhttp://www.agilent.com/
Return on Assets10.97%
Next Earnings Date2/19/2020 (Estimated)
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Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Agilent Technologies' stock symbol?
Agilent Technologies trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "A."
How often does Agilent Technologies pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Agilent Technologies?
Agilent Technologies declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Wednesday, January 22nd. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.80%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 30th. This is a boost from Agilent Technologies's previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. View Agilent Technologies' Dividend History.
How will Agilent Technologies' stock buyback program work?
Agilent Technologies declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Monday, November 19th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $1,750,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 8.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.
How were Agilent Technologies' earnings last quarter?
Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE:A) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 25th. The medical research company reported $0.89 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.86 by $0.03. The medical research company earned $1.37 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.33 billion. Agilent Technologies had a net margin of 20.74% and a return on equity of 20.13%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 5.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.81 EPS. View Agilent Technologies' Earnings History.
When is Agilent Technologies' next earnings date?
Agilent Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 19th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Agilent Technologies.
What guidance has Agilent Technologies issued on next quarter's earnings?
Agilent Technologies issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.38-3.43 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.44. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.50-5.55 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.55 billion.
What price target have analysts set for A?
13 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Agilent Technologies' shares. Their forecasts range from $76.00 to $100.00. On average, they expect Agilent Technologies' stock price to reach $85.31 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for Agilent Technologies.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Agilent Technologies?
13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Agilent Technologies in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Agilent Technologies.
What are Wall Street analysts saying about Agilent Technologies stock?
Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Agilent Technologies stock:
1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Agilent reported strong fiscal third-quarter results on broad-based growth in all its product lines. The company also raised its guidance for full year 2019. The company’s expanding product portfolio, end-market strength and robust performance in Americas, China and Europe are key growth drivers. Moreover, the company’s decision to divest/wind up underperforming businesses is beneficial for its core operations. Further, the company’s focus on aligning investments towards more attractive growth avenues and innovative high-margin product launches are positive. Notably, shares of Agilent have outperformed the industry it belongs to over a year. However, macro weakness in some regions, higher expenses and unfavorable foreign exchange remain concerns." (8/19/2019)
2. Barclays PLC analysts commented, "We think Agilent delivered a solid FY1Q19 print last night, featuring a modest top line beat which was leveraged into a 6% EPS beat ($0.76 vs. our $0.72 forecast). Consistent trends help improve our conviction in the thesis heading into FY2019. Organic growth of 6% in the quarter came in 1.2% better than our expectations and guidance. Growth was solid, although less broad-based than last quarter – which we view as understandable in the context of tough quarterly comps. Notably, DGG posted 13% organic growth while ACG delivered 10% organic growth. The capital equipment driven LSAG division posted just" 1% organic growth, but on an 11% quarterly comp. From an end market perspective, we think results hit the mark across customer classes and geographies. Pharma & Sales) posted 10% core growth." (2/21/2019)
Has Agilent Technologies been receiving favorable news coverage?
Media coverage about A stock has trended positive on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Agilent Technologies earned a news sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the medical research company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Agilent Technologies.
Are investors shorting Agilent Technologies?
Agilent Technologies saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,660,000 shares, a decrease of 9.2% from the December 15th total of 5,130,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,570,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.0 days. Currently, 1.5% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Agilent Technologies' Current Options Chain.
Who are some of Agilent Technologies' key competitors?
Some companies that are related to Agilent Technologies include Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO), Illumina (ILMN), Mettler-Toledo International (MTD), Waters (WAT), Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO), PerkinElmer (PKI), BIO-TECHNE (TECH), Bruker (BRKR), Charles River Laboratories Intl. (CRL), Cambrex (CBM), Luminex (LMNX), Pacific Biosciences of California (PACB), Fluidigm (FLDM), Harvard Bioscience (HBIO) and aTyr Pharma (LIFE).
What other stocks do shareholders of Agilent Technologies own?
Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Agilent Technologies investors own include AbbVie (ABBV), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), AT&T (T), Netflix (NFLX), Walt Disney (DIS), Boeing (BA), Paypal (PYPL), Intel (INTC) and Broadcom (AVGO).
Who are Agilent Technologies' key executives?
Agilent Technologies' management team includes the folowing people:
Mr. Michael R. McMullen, CEO, Pres & Director (Age 58)
Mr. Robert W. McMahon, Sr. VP & CFO (Age 50)
Mr. Dominique P. Grau, Sr. VP of HR (Age 60)
Mr. Mark Doak, Sr. VP (Age 64)
Mr. Jacob Thaysen, Sr. VP (Age 44)
Who are Agilent Technologies' major shareholders?
Agilent Technologies' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.19%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.16%), Hexavest Inc. (0.15%), Hahn Capital Management LLC (0.12%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.06%) and Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.05%). Company insiders that own Agilent Technologies stock include Boon Hwee Koh, Dominique Grau, Heidi Fields, Mark Doak, Michael R Mcmullen, Michael Tang, Patrick G Hagan, Patrick Kaltenbach, Paul N Clark and Rodney Gonsalves. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Agilent Technologies.
Which major investors are selling Agilent Technologies stock?
A stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Hahn Capital Management LLC, Sciencast Management LP, Calamos Advisors LLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI and IFM Investors Pty Ltd. Company insiders that have sold Agilent Technologies company stock in the last year include Dominique Grau, Heidi Fields, Mark Doak, Michael R Mcmullen, Michael Tang, Paul N Clark and Rodney Gonsalves. View Insider Buying and Selling for Agilent Technologies.
Which major investors are buying Agilent Technologies stock?
A stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Artemis Investment Management LLP, PGGM Investments, LGT Capital Partners LTD., Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, AE Wealth Management LLC and Fruth Investment Management. View Insider Buying and Selling for Agilent Technologies.
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Shares of A can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.
What is Agilent Technologies' stock price today?
One share of A stock can currently be purchased for approximately $90.12.
How big of a company is Agilent Technologies?
Agilent Technologies has a market capitalization of $27.95 billion and generates $5.16 billion in revenue each year. The medical research company earns $1.07 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.11 on an earnings per share basis. Agilent Technologies employs 16,300 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Agilent Technologies.
What is Agilent Technologies' official website?
The official website for Agilent Technologies is http://www.agilent.com/.
How can I contact Agilent Technologies?
Agilent Technologies' mailing address is 5301 STEVENS CREEK BLVD, SANTA CLARA CA, 95051. The medical research company can be reached via phone at 800-227-9770 or via email at [email protected]
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3rd Macromedia Fashion Symposium: The Role of Influencers
What potential does influencer marketing hold? How important is it in the marketing mix of fashion companies? Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Stefan Maser, Macromedia held a Fashion symposium with guests from adidas, Gerhard Rösch, Bungalow, and Jung von Matt.
The rise of social media as a main communication tool for businesses has churned out a new set of job profiles. This not only includes social media managers and marketing strategists, but the ever growing popular ‘influencer’, a person/profile on a social networking channel that has established strong credibility in a certain industry and has a large audience. Influencers have become a vital part of the fashion industry, but what potential still lies behind influencer marketing- and for whom? What is the significance of influencers as media professionals?
With around 50 attendees on Macromedia’s Stuttgart Campus, fashion industry experts weighed in their answers to these questions at the Fashion Symposium:
Mrs. Melanie Müller, HR Manager at Gerhard Rösch GmbH in Tübingen, addressed trends in social media marketing for the. She is no stranger to working with social media channels for indirect and direct corporate communications and has a role managing the companies Instagram account.
Louisa von Reumont, Senior Strategy Consultant at Jung von Matt / SPORTS in Hamburg spoke from the point of view of a consulting agency. For their line of work, it is important to know where the success of influencers comes from and what this means for cooperation and advertising deals with companies.
Brand and Account Marketing Manager at adidas AG (Herzogenaurach), Philip Schniedermeier, discussed the adidas brand strategy of authenticity. He addressed how the company implements influencer marketing and showed practical examples of connecting with their customers through social media.
Owner of Bungalow GmbH & Co KG in Stuttgart, Uwe Maier, like his fellow guest speakers, agreed that influencer marketing is an important part of the fashion industry. He added that influencers have a large sway over the public’s attitude towards a brand. As his company focuses on sustainability and fair manufacturing, he says, “You have to stand for something.” He makes sure that he reflects these values in the company’s online identity.
Michelle Habig, a Macromedia student on the Stuttgart Campus, and a micro-influencer on the subject of fashion, took the side of influencers in the discussion. Her Instagram account, @michellehabig, has just over 8,000 followers. She already has had a few smaller advertising deals with jewelry brands, but said it’s important for her to stay authentic and real.
At the 3rd Macromedia Fashion Symposium experts from adidas AG, Jung von Matt SPORTS, Gerhard Rösch GmbH, and Bungalow Store discussed influencer marketing.
Philip Schniedermeier, Brand Communication Manager at adidas Originals & Action Sports, gives one of the four keynote speeches at the symposium.
(From left to right) Stefan Maser, Melanie Müller, Michelle Habig, Uwe Maier, Philip Schniedermeier, Louisa von Reumont.
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MOULTRIE — Moultrie residents will see a decrease in their taxes if the City Council approves its fiscal year 2007-2008 budget as proposed Tuesday. Unfortunately, rates for garbage collection will go up.
Interim City Manager Tom Berry said the proposed budget was not significantly different from the fiscal year 2006-2007 budget. Last year had $10,717,897 in revenues and $11,447,401 in expenditures, and the proposed budget has $10,652,216 in revenues and $11,307,634 in expenditures. The budget calls for a decrease in the millage rate, from 11.25 mills to a proposed 10.902 mills.
Berry praised the city’s department heads for keeping their budgets so close to last year’s budget figures.
“I can’t say enough about how good a job the department heads and (City Financial Director) Gary (McDaniel) did on this budget,” Berry said.
One of the biggest decreases came with a restructuring of the Moultrie Police Department. Berry said the department gave a proposed budget of $2,804,406, down from the $3,035,963 from last year. The decrease is mainly from a city decision to lease cars instead of purchasing them, and the restructured budget will allow for seven more officers.
Residents will not see a total decrease in their taxes and costs, however, as Berry said the solid waste department is not recovering its costs. In order for the department to meet its needs, there is a proposed 3 to 5 percent increase in rates that will take affect as early as January 2008.
Despite the proposed increase in solid waste rates, Berry said the City of Moultrie is very competitive in its costs. The departments provide a very high level of service that gives rates competitive to any other area or other service provider, he said.
“The residents of Moultrie are getting a deal,” Berry said. “The department heads really stepped up to the plate.”
The proposed budget also included raises for city employees that will be given out based solely on performance, Berry said. The proposal was for an up to 4 percent raise for employees, and he proposed allowing the city to offer having 1 percent of the raise go to a retirement fund.
In addition to the proposal for salary raises, Berry said he would like to begin offering health care to city employees until they reach 65 years old. Having the health care benefits provides support for both the employees who may retire early and for the city in terms of monetary savings. The council voted to approve the proposal, and it may be instituted within the next few days but only offered over a 30-day period.
Prior to the budget workshop, Colquitt County Arts Center Director Jeff Ophime gave a presentation asking the city to include the center in the proposed budget. He said people from out of town have come in and praised the center and all it does, but it is not enough to support the monthly expenses and maintenance. He would like to have both the city and Colquitt County support it.
“We have an incredible facility that’s not normal,” Ophime said, “but it needs support from the city and the county. I need to convince you arts are important, not a frivolous luxury.”
Mayor William McIntosh agreed the center is valuable and promised councilmembers would consider it as they discussed the budget.
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Located just north of Zearing in northeast Story County, Dakins Lake includes remnant and restored prairie, successional timber, trails, and 20 acres of open water in two lakes. The 103-acre park offers hiking, camping, fishing, picnicking, bird watching, geocaching, and a natural playscape.
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70613 130th Street, Zearing, IA 50278
Fishing on the twenty-acre lake stocked with bass, bluegill, channel catfish, and perch.
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Picnicking throughout the park including one picnic shelter with a kitchenette available for reservation - Shelter Reservations.
The main campground has 11 full hook-up sites and 18 sites with electricity and water - some sites are reservable - reservations are only available online - Camping Reservations.
Shower house available in the main campground.
The primitive campground has 10 camp sites with electrical hookups; water hydrants and portable toilet on site (all reservable - reservations are only available online - Camping Reservations).
Pets must be kept on leashes at all times.
Hiking and off-road biking on the park's two miles of trails.
Small restored prairie and wooded areas.
Only electric trolling motors are allowed on Story County Conservation Lakes; gasoline-powered motors are prohibited.
Snowmobiling is allowed during posted park hours on lake ice only. Operation must be in compliance with Iowa Code 321G.
Golf carts and off-road utility vehicles are allowed to operate on the roads at Dakins Lake during the hours of sunrise to sunset. In compliance with Iowa Code 321I and vehicles must be equipped with adequate brakes, a slow moving vehicle sign, a bicycle safety flag, and carry no more than the number of passengers designated by the manufacturer. Operators must have a valid driver’s license and follow all park rules. Vehicles cannot be operated in a careless, reckless, or negligent manner. Golf carts, ATVs, and off-road utility vehicles are allowed to operate on the lake ice at Dakins Lake during posted park hours.
Park hours are 5:00 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. daily.
This area is open year round. Campgrounds are closed November 1 - March 31.
The campground may be opened prior to April 1 or closed after October 31 pending favorable weather & ground conditions.
Water and modern restrooms/shower facilities may be closed to prevent freezing even though the campground may remain open.
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Heavy turnout and long lines at this week’s precinct caucuses have renewed interest in trying to move Minnesota to a presidential primary.
Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington, said he’ll introduce legislation this session to make the switch. Garofalo said the caucus system does not work in a presidential year, because too many locations are inadequate for the crowds.
“We just simply don’t have the facilities to accommodate everybody voting at the exact same time, and that’s what happens in a caucus system,” Garofalo said.
Garofalo said his primary proposal will deal specifically with the presidential race. He said contests for governor and legislative seats could be discussed later.
Other lawmakers have tried unsuccessfully in the past to move similar bills. The last time Minnesota held a presidential primary was in 1992.
Minnesota’s political parties are in charge of caucuses, as well as the reporting of results, and use the neighborhood meetings to identify sympathetic voters. A switch to a primary would rely on the state’s election system.
DFL Gov. Mark Dayton said this week that he’s open to a presidential primary. He said only a small percentage of voters participate in caucuses, even when the turnout is heavy.
“I think that all Minnesotans should have the opportunity to participate,” Dayton said. “People who work in the evening or whose child is sick that evening can’t participate. So, I think it deserves a very serious consideration.”
Gov. Dayton on Thursday made even stronger comments in support of moving to a presidential primary in Minnesota. He said Rep. Garofalo’s proposal is “very constructive.”
“I think that’s the way we should decide Minnesota’s preference for presidential races,” Dayton said.
Dayton also claimed that a primary, had one been in place here Tuesday, would have brought a different outcome for his preferred presidential candidate.
“Hillary Clinton in my judgement would have won a primary, handily in Minnesota,” he said.
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Kayakalp Yojana 2019[Guidelines, Application Form Process, Eligibility]
The central government has implemented several schemes, which are targeted towards developing the health care facilities in the country. But the government hospitals, community treatment centers and primary health care centers lack adequate sanitation. It is an alarming situation and needs proper corrective measures. In this line, the central government had launched a unique scheme. The Kayakalp Yojana aimed to improve the sanitary and hygiene facilities of the state-run and aided treatment centers. The central government wanted to boost these by offering excellence certificate and cash reward for the treatment centers, which perform exceptionally. In this article, you will read about the salient features, eligibility and winner selection process.
Launch details of the scheme
Name of the scheme Kayakalp Yojana
Launched in India
Launched by Narendra Modi
Date of announcement May 2015
Announced by J. P. Nadda
Target beneficiaries Public health care facilities in the country
Supervised by Minister for Health and Family Welfare
Key features of the scheme
Development of health care facilities – The primary objective of the scheme is to encourage the state hospitals and primary health care centers to strive to offer better treatment for the common people.
Stress on sanitation and hygiene – The state-run hospitals and PHC centers do not have proper sanitary facilities. The implementation of the scheme will encourage such treatment centers to install necessary facilities to amp up the hygiene levels.
Implement bio-waste disposal mechanisms – It has been highlighted in the scheme that the applying health care institutes need to develop a sound bio-waste disposal unit within the premises.
Foster team work – The scheme also aims at developing a sense of team work among the people who work in the health care sector. These people can come together and take the initiative to offer better treatment to patients and improve the sanitary levels.
Number of awards to be issued – The central government has highlighted that the applicants will be grouped under five winning categories for excellent service in health care from every state. Two positions will be allocated for the district level treatment institutes. Other two positions will be reserved for sub-district or community level state-run hospitals. The top performing PHCs will from every district will also get a cash prize and a certificate.
Cash prize and certificate for the winners – The selected winners of the scheme will attain cash prize from the central government. Additionally, the winning health care institutes will also attain an excellence certificate.
Winner selection according to performance – The central health department will assess the previous and current condition of the hospitals and health care centers. The inspectors will also check if the service quality has boosted. The performance score will be generated on these parameters. The highest scorers will be declared as the winners.
Financial reward for significant medical service – The selection committee will also make a list of district, sub-district and PHC centers from every district, which have missed the top spots but have done a commendable job. Rs. 3 lakhs and Rs. 1 lakh will be awarded to such district and community hospitals respectively. The top PHC center will be awarded Rs. 50,000.
Association with NGOs – It is not possible for the hospital and health care center staff to implement the cleanliness and hygiene measures. Thus, they need to join hands with the registered NGOs and other such organizations, which will help in improving the service quality.
Association with local political leaders and common people – During the official announcement of the scheme, the minister highlighted for the successful implementation of the scheme, the local MPs and MLAs will also have to take an active part. Even the common people must point out the issues so that the health care centers can take the necessary steps to rectify the errors.
Cash reward as per different categories
Sl No. Winning Category Number Of Winners Cash Reward Amount
1 Best District Hospitals 2 top hospitals from each district Rs. 50 lakhs for 1st rank holder Rs. 20 lakhs for 2nd rank holder
2 Best Sub-District or Community Treatment Institutes 2 top treatment institutes from each district Rs. 15 lakhs for 1st rank holder Rs. 10 lakhs for 2nd rank holder
3 Best Primary Health Care Center One from every district Rs. 1 lakh
Eligibility for the beneficiaries
Only for state-run hospitals and health care centers – There is only one criterion to become a part of the scheme. It is open only for the hospitals and health care centers, which are operated by the state health department.
Documents necessary for application
Registration certificate from health department – If any district hospital or health care center wants to apply for the scheme, then it must possess the official registration documents, issued by the health department of the respective state government.
Address documents – The applying health care institute needs to attach address documents with the re-enrollment form.
Notification for registration – The district hospitals and primary treatment centers need to get in touch with the Health and Family Welfare department of the respective state.
Application process – The officers of the department will provide an application form and take down the details of the applying medical center.
Supervision of the medical center – Once the application process is complete, the health care officers will visit the health care centers and district hospitals regularly to note down the improvements.
Report and performance assessment – During the selection of the final winners, these reports will be assessed by the high placed officers of the health department in the central government.
Selection and declaration of winners – After deliberation, the winners will be selected as per their performance, and the certificate and cash reward will be handed over during an official ceremony.
Many people do not opt for the government run health care institutes’ services due to low sanitary factors. The implementation of the scheme was able to encourage the state health care sector to maintain and develop their hygiene and sanitation. As the implementation gained momentum, a significant development was detected in these sectors. These, coupled with the modern public treatment facilities encouraged people to come to these medical centers.
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An Extreme Example of a Fired IT Administrator Taking Revenge
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It can be easy to underestimate the importance of maintaining permissions on your network. In fact, sometimes it takes a good dose of misfortune to present the consequences of unchecked access to your network. This time, the misfortune befell PA Online, an Internet service provider located in Pennsylvania.
A former system administrator for the ISP was recently handed down a prison sentence of two years and a fine of $26,000 for his activities on the company network--activities that ultimately caused the network to crash, plunging thousands of residents and businesses into an Internet blackout in 2010. The perpetrator, Dariusz J. Prugar, had been fired days before by PA Online, but his credentials were still valid.
With these credentials, Prugar attempted to steal software he believed to belong to him by planting backdoor access points into the network. In an attempt to hide his theft, Prugar also enabled scripts that were intended to delete access log files
What happened was somewhat more extreme. In reaction to those scripts, the entire system crashed, plunging thousands of users into Internet darkness. Prugar was called in to help, but aroused suspicion by demanding that the rights to the stolen software be renegotiated. PA Online called in the FBI on their suspicions, and the rest is history.
At the end of it all, PA Online’s customers spent a week waiting for the network to be rebuilt, and the company eventually had to close its doors--and all because a former employee could still access the company network.
The lesson here is clear: if an individual doesn’t need access to your infrastructure, they should not be able to access it. Enforcing this in your business could be the difference between a secure and successful business, and what happened to PA Online.
NetWorthy Systems can help you manage your solutions to make sure that those who shouldn’t be able to get in, don’t. In fact, a managed IT service provider like NetWorthy Systems can manage employee permissions for you, meaning that all you have to do is contact us about who needs to be removed from your systems and we’ll remote into your network and take care of the rest. For more information, give us a call at 877-760-7310.
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AXS-07 Shows Signs of Success in Acute Migraine
The oral, dual-mechanism therapy from Axsome Therapeutics met both of its primary end points in the phase 3 MOMENTUM trial in acute migraine, and is expected to be filed with the FDA.
By: Matt Hoffman
Richard B. Lipton, MD
Axsome Therapeutics has announced that its investigational acute migraine treatment, AXS-07, met both of its primary end points in a phase 3 trial, in addition to meeting the key secondary end point of superiority to an active comparator.
The oral and dual-mechanism therapy—which consists of the novel MoSEIC™ meloxicam, a COX-2 preferential non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), and rizatriptan, a 5-HT1B/1D agonist—was shown to improve both migraine pain (P <.001) and the most bothersome symptoms (P = .002) compared to placebo. Axsome stated that these results, along with the demonstration of component contribution, support the filing of an NDA for AXS-07 in the acute treatment of migraine.
“In the MOMENTUM trial, AXS-07 provided greater and more lasting migraine pain relief than rizatriptan,” Richard B. Lipton, MD, professor, vice chair of neurology, and director, Montefiore Headache Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, said in a statement. “Given that rizatriptan is one of the most effective triptans and that the study enrolled patients with difficult-to-treat migraine, this finding is impressive.”
The trial included 1594 patients randomized in a 2:2:2:1 ratio to AXS-07 (20 mg MoSEIC™ meloxicam/10 mg rizatriptan), rizatriptan (10 mg), MoSEIC™ meloxicam (20 mg), or placebo, to treat a single migraine attack of moderate or severe intensity. AXS-07 met the 2 co-primary end points with high statistical significance, first showing a greater percentage of patients achieving pain freedom (19.9%) compared to placebo (6.7%). Second, the absence of the most bothersome symptom (36.9%) compared to placebo (24.4%) was significant. Both were assessed 2 hours after dosing.
As for its secondary end point, compared to rizatriptan, MoSEIC™ meloxicam, and placebo, AXS-07 showed significant numbers of patients achieving pain-freedom (16.1%, 11.2%, 8.8%, and 5.3%, respectively; P = .038, P = .001, and P <.001, respectively versus AXS-07).
“Many patients experience a suboptimal response to their current acute migraine treatments, placing them at increased risk of headache-related disability and progression to chronic migraine, factors associated with increased healthcare costs,” Lipton said. “The results of this study suggest that AXS-07 may provide an important treatment option for people with difficult-to-treat migraine.”
All told, at every time point measured, the Axsome agent displayed a higher percentage of patients achieving relief from pain, starting from 15 minutes. This difference became statistically significant at 60 minutes (P = .04). At 90 minutes post-dose, 60.5% of those treated with AXS-07 had pain relief compared to 52.5% for rizatriptan (P = .019) and placebo (P = .004). Additionally, AXS-07 was statistically significantly superior to rizatriptan on several other secondary end points, such as the Patient Global Impression of Change (PGI-C; P = .022), and return to normal functioning at 24 hours (P = .027).
“The results of MOMENTUM demonstrate the ability of AXS-07 to provide unique benefits to migraine patients, with fast, strong, and durable relief of migraine pain as compared to a potent active comparator in a stringently designed trial enriched with patients with difficult-to-treat migraine,” said Herriot Tabuteau, MD, chief executive officer, Axsome, in a statement. “These data have potentially important implications for patient care based on the high rate of inadequate response to and patient dissatisfaction with current treatments.”
The company noted that further study results, including additional secondary end points, will be submitted for presentation at upcoming medical meetings and for publication. Additionally, the treatment is being assessed in the INTERCEPT phase 3 trial, evaluating the early treatment of migraine with AXS-07. These patients are expected to administer AXS-07 at the earliest sign of migraine pain.
Axsome Therapeutics Announces AXS-07 Achieves Co-Primary and Key Secondary Endpoints in MOMENTUM Phase 3 Migraine Trial in Patients with History of Inadequate Response [press release]. New York, NY: Axsome Therapeutics; Published December 30, 2019. biospace.com/article/releases/axsome-therapeutics-announces-axs-07-achieves-co-primary-and-key-secondary-endpoints-in-momentum-phase-3-migraine-trial-in-patients-with-history-of-inadequate-response. Accessed January 2, 2020.
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HBO's 'Succession' Introduces White Supremacist on Conservative News Network
By Karen Townsend | September 1, 2019 10:18 PM EDT
It was bound to happen in Trump’s America. A show about a global media company owned by a conservative family patriarch has to include a show host with a love for the Hitler era, right?
In the September 1 episode of HBO’s Succession, titled “Safe Room”, a character named Mark Ravenhead (Zack Robidas), a popular anchor on the network who could secretly be a neo-Nazi, is introduced. The management team of ATN (think Fox News) is concerned because there are demonstrators in front of the building in support of him and Antifa has shown up, too.
As Siobhan "Shiv" Roy (Sarah Snook), the daughter of media mogul Logan Roy (Brian Cox), and her husband Tom (Matthew Macfadyen), an executive at ATN, travel to company headquarters, Shiv asks about Ravenhead's status. Tom tries to brush off her concerns about Ravenhead being a "fascist."
[Warning: Language]
Shiv: Uh, so what’s the current thinking on Ravenhead?
Tom: Ravenhead, uh, stick with him. Young talent, nice guy. Your dad likes him, and, uh, he's one of our most popular anchors.
Shiv: Yeah, sure, but is he a fascist?
Tom: Well, that's a very loaded word.
Shiv: You've seen the video, Tom. He's right there with the fascists.
Tom : It was a long time ago. He was interested in politics, he gets invited to a conference, he's excited, he has no idea who he's-- who he's sitting on a panel with, it's all perfectly plausible.
Shiv: Oh, yeah, it's plausible, but is it true?
Tom: Shiv, come on. Who wasn't a bit salty when they were 21? He's grown up now. He lives in Connecticut. He's crazy about the Knicks, he's-- he's a lovely guy. And-- and his demo skews younger.
Shiv: The fuck is this?
Tom: Ravenhead fanboys.
Shiv: Ugh. Morning, assholes.
Tom: Hey, those are our assholes.
Shiv: Great. Well, technically, they're your assholes.
Protestors: Say it loud, say it clear, Ravenhead is welcome here! Say it loud, say it clear...
Tom: Okay. Now who are these assholes?
Shiv: This could get ugly. Can you imagine if someone actually cleaned up here, Tom? With a cleansing fucking zeal?
Tom: Uh-huh. Like Mary Poppins with a hard on?
Shiv: No, like me. Or you.
Rumors fly about Ravenhead and Tom is asked to talk to the show anchor to get answers to some delicate questions. Did Ravenhead really get married at Eagle’s Nest, Hitler’s retreat in Bavaria? Did he name his dog after Hitler's? In other words, is Mark Ravenhead a fascist Hitler-loving white nationalist?
Logan: What's first? Ravenhead. I'm getting carpet bombed on this. FCC, ADL.
Gerri: Pierce News is all over it, and Antifa has turned up.
Logan: Can we not get a water cannon down there? You know, give 'em a fucking shower, fucking animals.
Gerri: The police have it under control, I believe.
Cyd: Well, yeah, but I don't think it's smart to sugar-coat it. To me, "ATN under siege." That's our line.
Logan: Agreed.
Tom: Endorsed. And, uh, I've managed to talk the advertisers down off the ledge, so I think we just weather the storm, right?
Gerri: Well, the problem is we've been asked to comment, because, um, apparently Mark... Records show that he got married at the Eagle's Nest, Hitler's retreat in Bavaria. A chapel below.
Shiv: Oh, God.
Logan: Uh, ignore that. She's not here.
Gerri: His agent assures me that it was a coincidence, they were on vacation-in the area.
Logan: Yeah, well, fuckin' big coincidence. Uh... is that curtains?
Tom: I think he's toast. Right? We just toss him.
Kendall: Hey. Come on. No coaching from the sidelines.
Shiv: Uh, no. I'm not here.
Kendall: Oh, right. I forgot. You're not here.
Shiv: Well, what do you say, Ken?
Logan: Hey. Enough. Cyd?
Cyd: We don't wanna fire him. He's a big draw. And if we cave to this, then who's next?
Logan: Tom, check him out, turn his guts inside out. Uh, but nah. We back talent. Ravenhead stays.
In their meeting, Tom takes it to extremes and asks Ravenhead if he is or ever was a member of the Nazi Party. No, Ravenhead says. When asked if he's read Mein Kampf, Ravenhead says he had read it a "couple of times" because he is so interested in that era. Mostly he is interested in the "tragedy" – the decimation of Europe – "7 million Germans, 20 million Russians, and 5 million Poles" dead. He doesn’t seem all that interested in the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust, though, and conspicuously doesn’t bring those numbers up.
It turns out, though, none of this matters to Logan. Ravenhead brings in top ratings for the cable news network and that is all that matters. Ravenhead stays. At least for now.
The storyline with Ravenhead is more of the Hollywood Left pushing the narrative that conservative-leaning news programming is done at the hands of fascists. The irony is that conservatives are the ones filling air time with a diversity of views, unlike all the rest of the cable news channels. On those networks, the left is too sensitive for real discussion with more than one opinion.
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Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino says Son Heung-min is in “perfect condition” to start his season.
The South Korean is back in the fold after missing the first two games of the campaign due to suspension and he could start against Newcastle today.
His absence over the first few weeks of the season has allowed him to work hard in training and Pochettino hopes he can hit the ground running.
“I think he was training really, really hard to keep fit and improve in different areas,” the Argentinian said.
“We are happy (that) in the last few weeks he was unbelievable in the way he was available to train and compete in every single training session and I hope it’s going to help the team from now.
“I think it was a good opportunity for him to build his fitness and have a proper pre-season, which sometimes when you’re involved in competition is difficult.
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Media Lawsuits on Legislative Records Could Backfire
How secretive is Sacramento? Consider this:
California governors control access to their own papers for 50 years or until death -- whichever turns out to be longer.
U.S. presidents have such control for just 12 years after they depart office.
That's one reason why Californians should be rooting for the Sacramento Bee and the Los Angeles Times, which have filed a lawsuit demanding that the legislature turn over basic records over how it spends money.
But Californians should be nervous about the lawsuit too.
That's because in California litigation and disputes on public records access have often ended with diminished access to public records.
Perhaps most famously, in 1988 a Los Angeles Times lawsuit against then-Gov. George Deukmejian ended with a disastrous ruling that still frustrates reporters and citizens who want to hold government accountability.
That lawsuit followed lines similar to the one just filed.
Deukmejian refused to make public his daily calendar and other basic details about how his office spent money.
The Times went to court to demand the records. The courts issued a strong ruling for Deukmejian -- and thus established a very bad precedent on public records. It has only slightly been opened up by the passage of Prop 59, a constitutional amendment on public records, in 2004.
Californians also enjoy shockiingly poor access to the records of previous governors -- in part because of a 1980s fight between the legislature, Secretary of State March Fong Eu, and former Gov. Jerry Brown.
It was as a result of that battle that governors gained control over access to their own papers for 50 years or until death -- whichever turns out to be longer.
That's more than four times longer than U.S. presidents have such control after leaving office.
To be sure, the case of legislative records is a different one.
The legislature has exempted itself from public records laws for decades -- and routinely refuses to hand over documents that would be public in most states.
So the newspapers may feel they have little to lose by taking on the legislature in court.
But there's also a decent chance that the courts -- and California judges have generally been less than friendly to the idea of open, accountable government -- could issue a ruling that sides totally with the legislature and limits existing public records laws and constitutional provisions.
What would be a better approach?
Public records is one area where a ballot initiative makes sense.
Given their distrust of government, Californians might well be willing to entertain a constitutional amendment that makes almost every government document public.
An initiative is not an easy course, but it may carry less risk than a run to the courts.
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Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2003 Apr;15(4):363-7.
Wireless capsule video endoscopy is a superior diagnostic tool in comparison to barium follow-through and computerized tomography in patients with suspected Crohn's disease.
Eliakim R1, Fischer D, Suissa A, Yassin K, Katz D, Guttman N, Migdal M.
Department of Gastroenterology, Rambam Medical Centre, Technion School of Medicine, Haifa, Israel. r_eliakim@rambam.health.gov.il
The recently introduced wireless M2A capsule video endoscopy (CVE) has been demonstrated to be superior to barium follow-through and enteroscopy in diagnosing patients with occult blood loss and iron-deficiency anaemia.
To further investigate CVE in comparison to barium follow-through and entero-computerized tomography (CT) in establishing the diagnosis of patients with suspected Crohn's disease.
DESIGN AND SETTING:
The study was conducted in one academic hospital. Twenty patients with recurrent abdominal pain and/or weight loss or chronic diarrhoea underwent barium follow-through as their initial examination, followed by CVE (if there was no stricture) and entero-CT. The radiologist that performed the barium follow-through and entero-CT was blinded to the results of the CVE. A blinded reader who was unaware of the study objective diagnosed the results of the CVE. In most cases in which there was a discrepancy between examinations, colonoscopy and ileoscopy were performed. For each patient, the diagnosis and disease extent were recorded.
Twenty patients (13 males, 7 females; mean age 31 years, range 20-57) were included in the study. Ninety-five per cent of the patients had abdominal pain, 75% had diarrhoea, and 65% had weight loss. The mean haemoglobin level of the group was 13.1 g% (range 10-15.5). Only 13 patients underwent entero-CT.CVE confirmed the diagnosis of Crohn's disease that was suspected by alternative methods in six of the 20 patients. CVE made the diagnosis of Crohn's disease in six patients that had normal barium follow-through or entero-CT. CVE ruled out a diagnosis of Crohn's disease suspected by other modalities in three patients. CVE extended the involvement of Crohn's disease in three of the patients, and established new diagnoses in two patients.
CVE established new diagnoses, confirmed existing diagnoses, enlarged the extent of the disease, and ruled out the suspicion of Crohn's disease in 70% of the patients. Barium follow-through established diagnoses, measured the extent of the disease, and ruled out the suspicion of Crohn's disease in 37% of the patients. The capsule detected all of the lesions diagnosed by barium follow-through and entero-CT. CVE detected additional lesions that were not detected by other modalities in 47% of cases and ruled out lesions that were detected by other modalities in 16% of cases (P < 0.05).
CVE is a superior and more sensitive procedure than barium follow-through and entero-CT in establishing the diagnosis and estimating the extent of Crohn's disease.
The importance of ileoscopy in patients with suspected small bowel disease. [Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2004]
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Home Topics Government Accountability Brookline rejects effort to ban secrecy clauses in harassment settlements
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The Brookline town meeting defeated a proposal Tuesday night to do away with secrecy provisions in settlements of racial or sexual harassment claims again the town.
The town has settled four cases in the past two years, at a total cost of more than $700,000, but town officials argued that the settlements and the privacy provisions prevent extended and potentially much more costly litigation.
Read: Brookline citizens push ban on secret settlements as town pledges data release.
Jonathan Margolis, a town meeting member who sponsored the measure along with a citizens group called the Brookline Justice League, said more transparency would help expose racism in public agencies. The settlements, advocates argued, let the town sweep allegations of racism or sexual harassment under the rug.
“If you believe that transparency is essential to democracy … if you agree that Brookline should practice what it preaches so loudly as it espouses its progressive ideals, then join me in voting favorable action on the amendment,” Margolis said.
The goal of the measure “is to allow claimants to speak, even after their cases have been settled,” said the Justice League’s Brooks Ames. “And the purpose is to improve things in Brookline.”
But the measure was voted down as town officials argued it would essentially rule out settlements, leading instead to protracted and costly litigation.
“There would be little reason or incentive for the town to enter into settlements of claims, if, after receiving the settlement check and resolving their dispute with the town a claimant could continue to disparage the town and go to the media and publicize their claims and grievances and their version of events, no matter how inaccurate,” said Susan Granoff, presenting on behalf of the town’s advisory board.
If the measure were passed, in cases against municipal employees, local officials would most likely be barred from discussing the allegations, leaving no way to dispute the plaintiffs’ claims, even if they were inaccurate or incomplete, Granoff and other opponents said.
After about 30 minutes of debate, the proposal was defeated in a vote of 102-83.
While many companies and government agencies have grappled with how to handle harassment allegations in the wake of the #MeToo movement, both sides in the Brookline dispute said they believe the proposal before the town meeting would have been the nation’s most sweeping rejection of non-disclosure agreements in civil rights settlements.
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Lone Star State serves up frightening Fair fare
Aug 28, 2008 at 12:01 AM Aug 28, 2008 at 6:27 AM
The State Fair of Texas begins late next month, and a competition is being held to honor its tastiest fried fare. The eight finalists were announced Wednesday.
Everything is bigger in Texas, especially the calorie counts at the State Fair, which will offer such delicacies this year as deep-fried s’mores and a fried banana split.
They include the campfire favorite and the banana split, as well as chocolate truffles, grilled cheese and Jelly Bellys. And don’t forget the chicken-fried bacon strips and fried chocolate-covered strawberry waffle balls on a stick.
Abel Gonzales, whose fried cookie dough took top honors last year, will defend his title with a pineapple ring battered and deep-fried, topped with banana-flavored whipped cream frozen by liquid nitrogen and ladled with strawberries and syrup. He calls it Fire & Ice.
The winner will be announced Monday.
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Trump leans on issue of race in bid for a 2nd term in 2020
Steve Peoples and Zeke Miller The Associated Press
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump has placed racial animus at the center of his reelection campaign, and even some of his critics believe it could deliver him a second term.
Every successful modern presidential campaign has been built on the notion of addition, winning over voters beyond core supporters. But Trump has chosen division on the belief that the polarized country he leads will simply choose sides over issues like race.
He intensified his attacks on Wednesday, blasting four young congresswomen of color during a rally in Greenville, North Carolina . The crowd responded by chanting, "Send her back!" echoing Trump's weekend tweet in which he said the lawmakers, all American citizens, should "go back" to the countries from which they came.
"I do think I am winning the political fight," Trump declared at the White House. "I think I am winning it by a lot."
Not since George Wallace's campaign in 1968 has a presidential candidate — and certainly not an incumbent president — put racial polarization at the center of his call to voters. Though Trump's comments generated outrage and even a resolution of condemnation in the House, the president and his campaign believe the strategy carries far more benefits than risks.
"Regardless of whether his tweets are racist or not — I'm not saying they are or not — he is getting the media to make these extremely liberal, socialist, foolish congresswomen the face of the Democratic Party," said Terry Sullivan, a frequent Trump critic who managed Sen. Marco Rubio's 2016 Republican presidential campaign. "What he's doing here is sad, but it's smart politics."
Still, there are clear perils to his approach.
Educated suburban voters, especially college-educated women, and minorities in key states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin were already threatening to revolt against the Republican president. Trump believes his inflammatory rhetoric will strengthen his support among the white working class and attract a new group of disaffected voters who fear cultural changes across America.
That approach is likely to face significant headwinds in those three key battleground states that he won by a combined 78,000 votes in 2016. Democrats will be far more aggressive in targeting female and minority voters. Most analysts agree that the potential universe of Democratic-leaning voters is larger, if they turn out. Trump is betting they will not.
The president has proved adroit at crafting a hero-villain narrative and is now focusing on Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan rather than a Democratic presidential candidate. His challenge will be whether he can drive that story line successfully for the next 16 months.
Trump told aides this week that the controversy has cemented the four progressive lawmakers as the faces of the Democratic Party, believing it has boosted his chances at reelection. Far from backing away from the comments, he and his party are now casting the minority Democratic congresswomen as the real racists.
"They are now the top, most visible members of the House Democrats, who are now wedded to this bitterness and hate," Trump boasted on Twitter.
Trump aides and allies acknowledge that many voters may find the president's comments objectionable, but for the voters they need in 2020, it may actually be an energizing force.
Those who already believe Trump is a racist and unfit for the presidency won't vote for him in the first place. For voters in the middle, Trump's team believes they can be sufficiently scared off the progressive agenda to cast votes for Trump — or at worst, stay home in dispiritedness that neither party speaks to their issues. And for many others who didn't vote at all in 2016, there is hope that his dramatic presidency, backed by fear of Democrats' leftward lurch, will persuade them to show up at the ballot box.
Trump's allies say they think many voters, both Republican and Democratic, are cool to the "woke culture" of 2019, just as they were to the focus on political correctness in 2016.
The Pew Research Center found in May that 8 in 10 Republicans feel too many people are easily offended over language today. About 4 in 10 Democrats said the same.
"The president wasn't afraid to wade into these culture wars and he's not afraid to do so again. He'll stand up for our flag and against open borders. Patriotism will always win," said Kelly Sadler, a spokeswoman for the pro-Trump super PAC America First Policies. The group plans to spend millions over the coming year on registering likely Trump voters across six swing states.
Veering sharply away from the inclusive tone GOP leaders called for in 2012, groups charged with electing Republicans up and down the ballot in 2020 have embraced Trump's fiery style and message, which has long relied on demonizing immigrants and minorities.
Some voters may be responding.
The share of Americans who say the country's openness to people from around the world is "essential to who we are as a nation" is shrinking, according to a new Pew poll.
The poll found that 62% of Americans see openness to others around the world as essential, a number that is down 6 percentage points over the last 10 months. Nearly 6 in 10 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents said that if the United States is too open to people from around the world, "we risk losing our identity as a nation." Pollsters in both parties said that white working-class voters in particular feel left behind by the Democratic Party's focus on racial and gender equality. Trump's hard-line position on race and immigration has alienated many minority voters.
Republican pollsters suggest the president's real challenge will be in America's suburbs, where college-educated women veered sharply away from Trump's party in the 2018 midterms, giving Democrats the House majority.
"He went with racism and divisiveness before 2018 and lost 40 House seats — including in the Midwest," said Josh Schwerin, senior strategist for Priorities USA, the biggest super PAC in Democratic politics. "He has tried this. The country doesn't want to be more divided."
Miller reported from Washington. Associated Press writer Hannah Fingerhut contributed to this report from Washington.
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Nexans to supply 23 km of 35 kV submarine cables for the Arklow Bank Wind Farm in Ireland
Nexans produces submarine cables in record time
Paris, July 21, 2003 - Nexans has been awarded an order for the supply of 23 km of 35 kV submarine power cables to transport the power generated by the wind turbines of the Arklow (Ireland) wind farm to an onshore cable station, as well as the links between the individual wind turbines.
The wind farm, which will have 7 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 3.6 MW, is located in the Irish Sea on a sandbank south of Dublin. The wind turbines will be installed by GE Wind Energy toward the end of the year. In the project�s final stage, it could have up to 200 wind turbines.
The cables, with a cross-section of 3 x 1 x 300 mm2 and an outside diameter of 125 mm, are among the largest submarine cables manufactured in Nexans� Hanover plant.
The laying up of a total number of 24 optical fibers for data transmission in the Gbit range between onshore facilities and wind power plants, was another achievement. With optical fibers from Nexans in Norway, especially developed for harsh offshore environments, all wind turbines can be individually controlled from onshore.
In all, 18 railroad cars were required to transport the 16.5 km of main cable, (the weight of which is 410 metric tons) to the port of Emden (Germany). The 7 km of cables required to interconnect the wind turbines were transported in 9 coils.
Yvon Raak, Nexans� Executive Vice President, Europe Area, said, �We are delighted to have won this order which will enable Nexans to strengthen its lead on the market for the supply of cables for wind farms worldwide.�
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Positioned strategically on the site, a new garden centre building, The Pavilion, supported by ancillary glasshouse elements and a Folly designed for Marie Curie, will transform this site into a high quality environment.
While functional and contemporary, The Pavilion delivers a quality regeneration of the site which is not only more sustainable in terms of the use of space and reduced energy demand but also in terms of sustaining and prolonging the sites commercial benefits to the town.The location is a very appropriate site for a garden centre – in a countryside setting, below the southern banks of the River Wharfe and within the designated flood plain, adjacent to a significant arterial road, but just outside the main conurbation of Ilkley.
The scheme takes architectural inspiration from key modernist buildings in terms of its low lying horizontal form and delicate separation from the landscape. The structure is capped with a deep overhanging roof structure which floats above the fabric and lightweight curtain walling. Timber cladding and louvres are used to blend the building into its natural environment. These precedents were powerful generators of a design strategy which allows for an over-arching roof to sail above a flexible internal space, with perimeter glass walling providing high levels of transparency to the surrounding landscape.
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What are the symptoms of Tourette Syndrome?
Written by: Jade Poole
What are the causes of Tourette syndrome?
What are the risk factors and complications of Tourette syndrome?
How is Tourette Syndrome diagnosed?
How is Tourette syndrome treated?
Support and outlook for Tourette syndrome
The defining symptoms of Tourette’s are tics. These are brief, sudden and intermittent sounds or movements, ranging from mild to severe. Severe tics have been known to significantly impact the sufferer’s communication, social life, quality of life and ability to perform daily tasks.
Tics can be divided into two categories:
Brief, sudden and repetitive tics which are known as simple tics – these are limited to only a few muscle groups.
Distinct and coordinated patterns which are known as complex tics – these involve a number of muscle groups.
Tics can be vocal (sound) or motor (movement). Motor tics tend to appear before vocal tics. Each patient may experience tics differently, ranging from vocal and motor tics which may also differ in their level of severity.
Before the onset of a tic, the patient is likely to experience a tingling or uncomfortable sensation in their body, this is known as a premonitory urge. This often feels like a tingle, itch or a feeling of tension. By expressing this through a tic, it brings relief to the sensation. Patients who are able to hold back or completely stop a tic, experience a great deal of difficulty in doing so.
The common simple and complex vocal (sound) tics of Tourette syndrome are as follows:
Simple vocal tics:
Throat clearing
Complex vocal tics:
Repeating other people’s words or phrases
Repeating one’s own words or phrases
Using swear (curse), vulgar or offensive words
The common simple and complex motor (movement) tics of Tourette syndrome are as follows:
Simple motor tics:
Blinking eyes
Jerking head
Shrugging shoulders
Twitching nose
Darting eyes
Moving mouth
Complex motor tics:
Smelling or touching objects
Twisting or bending
Obscene gesturing
Repeating movements that have been observed
A certain pattern of stepping
Tics can also have the following factors to them:
They may change and develop over time
They may happen when the patient is sleeping
They may worsen during the early adolescent years and then improve once the patient matures into adulthood
They may worsen when the patient is stressed, tired, agitated, anxious or ill
They may vary in severity, type and frequency
As stated, when a child with Tourette’s is roughly six years old, tics usually become apparent. Children are therefore first diagnosed with the condition around this age. The condition is then monitored and possibly treated as the child grows up. If a child experiences tics associated with display movements and sounds that are involuntary, it is best to consult with a paediatrician.
It is vital to note that not all tics are classified as Tourette syndrome. A lot of children tend to develop tics in their younger years, these seem to disappear within a few weeks or months. However, if the child is showing behaviour that is unusual on an ongoing basis, then it is important that the cause of the behaviour is identified by a medical professional in order to rule out any other possible conditions that may be more serious.
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Vermont State Adoption Assistance Program
The North American Council on Adoptable ChildrenFind AnswersAdoption AssistanceUS Adoption Assistance/SubsidyState Adoption Assistance ProgramsVermont State Adoption Assistance Program
Below you will find information about the adoption assistance benefits that may be available to families who adopt children from foster care in Vermont. Adoption subsidy policies and practices are, for the most part, dependent on the state where the child was in foster care before the adoption.
State Contact
Gillie Hopkins
Permanency Planning Manager
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E-mail: Gillie.Hopkins@vermont.gov
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Currently, there is no Vermont representative. If you or someone you know would like to volunteer to help families learn more about adoption assistance, please call Josh Kroll at NACAC, 651-644-3036 or adoption.assistance@nacac.org.
What Is Adoption Assistance?
Parents who are thinking about or are in the process of adopting a child from foster care should know about adoption assistance (also known as adoption subsidy). Adoption assistance programs are designed to help parents meet the needs of children they adopt from foster care. Children can qualify for federal adoption assistance or state assistance, depending on the child’s history. (For more information on federal adoption assistance (Title IV-E) eligibility, view our fact sheet Eligibility and Benefits for Federal Adoption Assistance.)
Answers to select questions were made available by the Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance through the Child Welfare Information Gateway (www.childwelfare.gov).
If you have state-specific questions, call your State Agency Adoption Assistance Contact or the NACAC Volunteer (listed above). If you have questions about a specific adoption assistance payment (such as the payment being late or you are changing addresses or bank account), call your State Agency Adoption Assistance contact or the general number for that agency.
For other questions, contact NACAC at 651-644-3036, 800-470-6665, or adoption.assistance@nacac.org.
Adoption resources on the web:
http://dcf.vermont.gov/adopt
Vermont’s state-specific medical assistance information:
http://www.greenmountaincare.org/
Vermont’s adoption assistance information:
http://dcf.vermont.gov/adopt/support
http://dcf.vermont.gov/sites/dcf/files/Adoption/Adoption-Assistance.pdf
Who is Eligible for Adoption Assistance or Subsidy?
How does Vermont define special needs to determine eligibility?
A child with special needs is defined as a child who has at least one of the following needs or circumstances that may be a barrier to placement or adoption without financial assistance:
Is four years of age or older
Is of a racial or ethnic minority and is three years of age or older
Is a member of a sibling group of two or more children being adopted by the same family
Has a medical condition/disability
Has a physical, mental, emotional, or psychological disability
Does the state-only funded adoption assistance program differ in any way from the Title IV-E program?
To be eligible for state-funded adoption assistance, a child must meet the special needs definition above and be in the care and custody of the state of Vermont.
Are children adopted from private agencies in Vermont eligible for adoption assistance?
Only if they are SSI eligible or the child of a child in foster care.
What Supports and Services Are Available?
What is the maximum basic monthly adoption assistance maintenance payment in Vermont?
Does Vermont provide specialized rates (based on the extraordinary needs of the child or the additional parenting skill needed to raise the child)?
See question 4 for the different rates based on the skill, training, and experience of the parent needed when the child was in foster care, with Level I as least skilled and Level III most skilled.
For a small number of children with intensive medical, emotional, or behavioral needs, Vermont offers Individual Service Budgets when no other source of payment is available. The state also has a specialized rate for children where the foster parent is providing a high level of service, transportation, visitations, and supervison called a Caretakers Agreement.
If a child has been on one of these two types of rates while in foster care, the state will consider this in negotiating an adoption assistance rate.
When do adoption assistance payments begin?
Adoption assistance payments and benefits sometimes begin at the time of placement if the child is free for adoption. Typically, though, benefits begin when the adoption is finalized.
When a child turns 18, which benefits, if any, continue?
Assistance typically stops when a child reaches 18, but there are two exceptions. The state may offer families a new adoption assistance agreement for youth older than 18 who are still in high school. The assistance can continue until the youth graduates from high school. The state may also offer families a new adoption assistance agreement for youth older than 18 who have a lifelong mental or physical disability. This agreement can continue until the youth turns 21. In both cases Medicaid can be included, however whether or not to provide Medicaid for the youth is determined by the State in which the youth and family live. For youth older than 18, the monthly adoption assistance payment will either change to the Level III foster care rates for a youth age 13 or older or stay at the youth’s current rate, whichever is lower.
Does Vermont offer deferred adoption assistance agreements (agreements where initial monthly maintenance amount is $0 for children at risk of developing special needs later)?
Yes, the state will sign an adoption assistance agreement at zero dollars for children at high risk of developing a special need who meet all of the other eligibility requirements. Children at high risk include infants born addicted to drugs and children under age 4 who have witnessed domestic violence, who have had multiple caretakers, or who have at least one biological parent with mental illness.
What Medicaid services are available in Vermont?
Inpatient hospital
Doctor—5 visits per month for routine check-ups, diagnostic tests, treatment, immunizations, and drugs that cannot be self-administered
Mental hospital care—Medicaid covers medically necessary care in a mental hospital for persons under age 21. However, Vermont serves children under the age of 18 in mental hospitals only when no appropriate alternative can be found.
Service for persons with serious developmental disabilities (including care in intermediate care facilities)
Home health care—skilled nursing visits, aide visits, therapy visits, hospice care, other necessary supplies and appliances
Vision—eye examinations by optometrists or ophthalmologists every two years.
Dental—Most preventive and restorative care is covered including examinations, x-rays, cleaning, fillings, and sealants. Orthodontic care may be provided for children in certain situations.
Mental health—psychotherapy, group therapy, day treatment, day hospital, chemotherapy, emergency care, evaluation, diagnosis, case management, and transportation
Psychological and psychiatric services—psychotherapy by a private practicing psychologist or psychiatrist up to $500 per calendar year
Chiropractic—only the treatment known as manual manipulation of the spine to correct a subluxation, up to 10 treatments/year.
Cosmetic surgery—only if necessary for prompt repair of accidental injury or to improve the function of a malformed body part
Other covered services—lab tests ordered by a doctor; limited foot care from a podiatrist; medically necessary wheelchairs, braces, artificial limbs, and diabetic supplies; and professional (non-residential) services in approved alcohol and drug treatment centers
For persons under age 21 only:
Hearing aids and exams
Children’s health check-up services under the EPSDT program
Smoking cessation products such as nicotine patches and nicorette gum
For more information, parents can call 802-241-3978.
What medical benefits are available for state-funded children? (Children who have federally funded/Title IV-E adoption assistance are automatically eligible for Medicaid benefits.)
State-funded children living in Vermont receive the same services as Title-IV-E-funded children receive.
What mental health services are available?
Public mental health services for children in Vermont are administered by the Agency of Human Services, Department of Developmental and Mental Health Services (DDMHS) and may include:
Core Capacity Services—immediate crisis response; clinic-based treatment; outreach treatment; family support; prevention, screening, referral, and community consultation.
Statewide Capacity Services—emergency or hospital diversion beds; intensive residential service, hospital inpatient services.
Children’s Mental Health Services works with agencies in each region to assure delivery of effective behavioral health treatment and supports as well as prevention and early intervention services through a family-centered system of care for all children and families in the state. Services are available separately or in combination for a youth and the family, depending on their desires and needs.
For more information, parents can visit:
Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health Services: https://mentalhealth.vermont.gov/services/children-youth-and-family
Crisis Contact numbers: https://mentalhealth.vermont.gov/services/emergency-services/how-get-help
In Vermont, what nonrecurring adoption expenses directly related to the finalization of an adoption may be reimbursed?
Parents may be reimbursed for up to $2,000 per child for expenses directly related to the legal adoption of a child with special needs that have not been reimbursed from other sources. Expenses include reasonable and necessary adoption fees; court fees; attorney fees; and costs for adoption homestudy, health and psychological examinations, and supervision of a placement before adoption; and reasonable lodging and food costs for the child or parents when necessary to complete the placement process.
Families must apply and be found eligible before finalization. Internationally adopted children are eligible if they meet all other program criteria.
Is child care available? If yes, who is eligible and how do families access child care?
Vermont families can receive help with childcare costs provided they have a service need which means they are employed out of the home The only exception to the service need is for registered farm families. If the provider the family uses charges more than what childcare services pays, the family is responsible for the difference.
At the time of the adoption, the family must complete an application for family support childcare. Income guidelines will be used to assess the number of childcare hours needed. Families must apply annually for childcare.
Is respite care available? If yes, who is eligible and how do families access respite care?
There is limited respite care available through the Department of Mental Health. The family must fill out a request for services with their local county mental health clinic. In some situations, the state includes respite in the adoption assistance agreement for a time-limited basis (such as 6 to 12 months).
Families can request to have their adoption assistance agreement amended to include funding for respite services by writing a letter to the Adoption Unit.
Many private organizations offer respite options. Parents can search for Vermont options at the ARCH National Respite Network Respite Locator Service (http://archrespite.org/respitelocator).
Is residential treatment available? If yes, who is eligible and how do families access residential treatment services?
To access residential care, a family must work with community mental health (CMH). Through CMH, a Local Interagency Team (LIT)—including the family; case managers; staff from Education, Social Services, Developmental Services; and a representative from the Vermont Adoption Consortium—will review or obtain evaluations or assessments needed to understand the child and family’s need and develop a plan of care for the child and family. If residential treatment is part of that plan, the lead agency sends a written request to the case review committee (CRC) at the state level. The CRC reviews the plan, the facility’s capacity to provide needed treatment, and how the cost will be shared, and then decides whether to approve or amend the plan.
The state will ask families to use some or all of their monthly adoption assistance to offset some costs of residential placement. Staff at the state level decide how the total cost will be covered. Families must contact the adoption unit before the child is placed out of their home to discuss what portion of the adoption assistance will be used to help with residential costs.
If a family makes a unilateral placement, they are responsible for the total cost.
What other post-adoption services are available in Vermont and how do families find out more about them?
Vermont offers Payments for Special Services. Funding is available to provide support for specific special services, such as psychological care, psychiatric care, and dental and medical services. Funding is only available after adoptive parents have exhausted all public and private resources, including the family’s private health insurance. To access Payments for Special Services, parents should make a request in writing to the adoption unit. The request should include the costs, what portion the family can pay, efforts made to find another source of payment, and any written medical or psychological evaluations recommending the service.
Post-adoption services in Vermont are administered by the Agency of Human Services, Department for Children and Families, Family Services Division. The state contracts with a number of private agencies and independent and parent organizations. Post-adoption services may include:
In home parental service and support
Therapeutic intervention
State Registry (mediation/search services)
Contracted providers include:
Northeastern Family Institute (NIF)
Williston — 802-658-0040
Easter Seals Vermont
Berlin — 802-223-4744
Shelburne — 802-985-0158
Lund Family Center
Burlington — 802-864-7467
Northeast Kingdom Human Svcs.
St. Johnsbury — 800-649-0118
Newport — 802-334-6744
The Parent to Parent Program connects families to services and other families for support. The Vermont Adoption Consortium connects families to agencies that provide post-adoption support services.
To find Family Service Offices, visit http://dcf.vermont.gov/fsd/contact-us/districts.
To contact the Vermont Adoption Registry, parents or youth should visit http://dcf.vermont.gov/vt-adoption-registry
If the assistance listed above in questions 13 to 16 are for specific services, must these services be explicitly identified in the adoption assistance agreement?
What Should Families Know About Applying for Subsidy?
Who initiates the adoption assistance agreement?
The agency finalizing the adoption is authorized by the state to provide families with information, help families complete the paperwork, and advocate for families applying for adoption assistance.
Who makes the final determination on an adoption assistance agreement?
The adoption chief makes the final eligibility determination. The Deputy Commissioner makes the final decision on the content of the contract.
How do families request adoption assistance after finalization of an adoption?
Once an adoption is finalized, a child will no longer meet the eligibility requiremnent for adoption assistance. If a child meets all eligibility requiements but this one and the family can prove they were not told about adoption assistance and therefore could not apply before finalization, the family should contact the adoption unit.
How Can a Family Adjust an Adoption Assistance Agreement?
Can adoptive parents ask to change an adoption assistance agreement?
Adoptive parents can request a change in the adoption assistance agreement at any time there is a change in the family’s circumstances or child’s needs (as they relate to the need for which adoption assistance was granted).
Requests for changes in the adoption assistance agreement must be in writing to the adoption chief (the State Adoption Assistance Contact on page 1) and be signed by the adoptive parent(s). To request an increase in adoption assistance, the adoptive family must first make use of any and all available community supports and substantiate the need for the increase. Parents must include information detailing the community supports and agencies the family has already contacted for assistance, the results of those contacts, any school or psychological evaluations, and information from therapists, doctors, or social workers working with the child and family. The written request for change must outline what is needed, an estimate of cost, what portion (if any) of the cost will be funded by community supports, what portion (if any) will be funded by the family, and what portion parents are seeking from the state. The request must also detail the estimated duration of services and costs. If the family has had to cut back on work and suffers a loss of income or has to hire additional help, they can also request changes related to this.
What steps does a family go through to appeal an adoption assistance decision in Vermont?
Adoptive parents can request a fair hearing any time an Agency of Human Services decision affects their child’s adoption assistance. The agency will send parents a letter informing them of intended agency action that will affect their child’s subisdy; the letter provides information and contacts to appeal the decision through fair hearing heard by the Human Services Board.
What Else do Families Need to Know?
How is the adoption assistance program operated and funded in Vermont?
The program is state supervised/state administered, which means that both policy and eligibility decisions are made by personnel at the state office.
The federal contribution to Title IV-E-eligible children— known as the Federal Financial Participation or FFP rate—is 55.11% in Vermont. The remaining cost of the program is funded entirely with state funds.
Does Vermont operate a subsidized guardianship program?
Since July 1, 2010 Vermont has had a sudsidized guardianship program for youth in state custody who are living with a relative licensed to provide foster care.
Does Vermont offer a tuition waiver program?
No, but youth may be eligible for funding of up to $5,000 per year while they are in college or a vocational or technical training program if:
They are 18, 19 or 20 years old.
They are in foster care or were in foster care as a teenager and are a U.S. citizen or qualified non-citizen.
They aged out of the foster care system at age 18 or were adopted from foster care after their 16th birthday.
They have been accepted into or are enrolled in a degree, certificate, or other program at a college, university, technical, or vocational school and show progress toward that degree or certificate.
To learn more, parents or youth can contact:
Mr. Dana Lawrence
Practice and Policy Specialist
Vermont Department of Social Services
103 South Main Osgood Building
lawrence@state.vt.us
Does Vermont offer a state adoption tax credit?
Does Vermont have any program to support an adoptee whose adoptive parents die until the child is adopted again?
If the child is living in the home of a pre-adoptive family, the state can open a new adoption assistance agreement before adoption finalization.
What else differentiates Vermont’s adoption assistance program from others around the country?
Vermont Legal Resources:
Vermont statutes:
http://michie.lexisnexis.com/vermont/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&cp= (click on link Vermont Statutes Annotated; then on Title Fifteen A. Adoption Act)
Family Service Policy Manual 193, Adoption Subsidy:
http://dcf.vermont.gov/sites/dcf/files/FSD/Policies/193.pdf
Adoption Assistance Definitions
Who To Contact If Adoption Assistance Payment Is Late
Talking to Children about Adoption Assistance
Adoption Assistance Articles and Training
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MATCH PREVIEW: Oldham Athletic vs. Southend United
Oldham Athletic are back at home this weekend as Southend United visit for a 3pm kick off.
Latics head into the game with confidence after picking up seven points from a possible nine in their last three games.
A 2-1 home win over Bradford City was followed by a 2-2 draw away at high-flying Blackburn Rovers. Latics secured all three points in a relegation clash against MK Dons.
The only goal of the game came from Anthony Gerrard who headed into the top corner to secure a valuable three points.
After the Rochdale game was postponed last weekend due to their involvement in the FA Cup, Latics dropped back into the relegation places on goal difference.
Athletic currently sit level on points with Fleetwood Town and a win tomorrow afternoon could take them as high as 17th.
Southend United also come into the game with confidence after the appointment of Chris Powell as their new manager.
In his five games in charge so far, he has won four and drawn one and moved the Shrimpers away from the relegation places.
He has picked up impressive wins against high-flying Wigan Athletic, Peterborough United and Portsmouth and picked up a point on the road at Bury.
They currently sit 13th in the Sky Bet League One table and have picked up 44 points in 33 games.
Wilfried Moimbe comes back into the side following his suspension whilst Patrick McEleney could be in line for his debut after recovering from a thigh injury which has ruled him out since his arrival at the club.
Speaking ahead of the game, Wellens said: “Chris Powell is someone I have a tremendous amount of respect for. He had a great career and I played in his last ever game.
“He was a coach under Nigel Pearson and Craig Sheakspeare at Leicester and we turned up to a game at Barnsley and both of our left backs were injured.
“That wasn’t a problem because Powell at 41 years old and ripped to bits, he takes his kit off and plays. He marked Adam Hammill out of the game, took his kit off and that was his career done.
“He’s got a good feel around professional footballers and knows what to do with them. He has a nice demeanour and someone I have a lot of respect for.
“He’s gone in at Southend and it’s no surprise that they are on a real good run of form.
“They have got two ways of playing. We have watched their game against Bury and their pitch is similar to ours and it meant they went quite long.
“They play the percentages a lot and play a rigid 4-4-2 so I imagine it will be similar to that.
“Whether they go away from home to a nice pitch and play different then that is another thing but we think that the Bury game is a good gauge for us.
“Powell has proven that he can work different styles and get results.”
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Old Time Remedies
The remedies our ancestors used — or, at least, were told to use! Folk remedies, old wives' tales, mediaeval cures… they're all here.
To make the true Palsie-water, as it was given by that once very famous Physician Doctor Matthias
Take Lavender Flowers stripped from the stalks, and fill a Gallon-Glass with them, and pour on them good Spirit of Sack, or perfect Aqua vitæ distilled from all Flegm, let the quantity be five quarts, then circulate them for six weeks, very close with a Bladder, that nothing may breath out; let them stand in a warm place, then distil them in an Alembeck with his Cooler, then put into the said water, of Sage, Rosemary, and Wood-Betony Flowers; of each half a handful, of Lilly of the Valley, and Burrage, Bugloss, and Cowslip Flowers, one handful of each; steep these in Spirit of Wine, Malmsie, or Aqua vitæ, every one in their Season, till all may be had; then put also to them of Balm, Motherwort, Spike-flowers, Bay leaves, the leaves of Orange trees, with the Flowers, if they may be had, of each one ounce, put them into the aforesaid distilled Wine all together, and distil it as before, having first been steeped six weeks; when you have distilled it, put into it Citron Pill, dried Piony seeds hull’d, of each five Drams, of Cinamon half an Ounce, of Nutmegs, Cardamum seeds, Cubebs[1], and yellow Saunders[2], of each half an ounce, of lignum Aloes one dram; make all these into Powder, and put them into the distilled Wine abovesaid, and put to them of Cubebs anew, a good half pound of Dates, the stones taken out, and cut them in small pieces, put all these in, and close your Vessel well with a double Bladder; let them digest six weeks, then strain it hard with a Press, and filtrate the Liquor, then put into it of prepared Pearl, Smaragdus[3], Musk and Saffron, of each half a Scruple; and of Ambergreece one Scruple, red Roses dried well, Red and Yellow Saunders, of each one ounce, hang these in a Sarsenet[4] Bag in the water, being well sewed that nothing go out.
The virtues of this Water
This Water is of exceeding virtue in all Swoundings and Weaknesses of the heart, and decaying of Spirits in all Apoplexies and Palsies, also in all pains of the Joints coming of Cold, for all Bruises outwardly bathed and dipped Clothes laid to; it strengtheneth and comforteth all animal, natural and viral Spirits, and cheareth the external Senses, strengtheneth the Memory, restoreth lost Speech, and lost Appetite, all weakness of the Stomach, being both taken inwardly, and bathed outwardly; it taketh away the Giddiness of the Head, helpeth lost Hearing, it maketh a pleasant Breath, helpeth all cold disposition of the Liver, and a beginning Dropsie; it helpeth all cold Diseases of the Mother; indeed none can express sufficiently; it is to be taken morning and evening, about half a Spoonful with Crums of Bread and Sugar.
Source: The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet, Hannah Wolley
1. A type of pepper.
2. Sandalwood.
3. Emerald.
4. A type of fine silk.
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Ingredient: Pellitory
A plant belonging to the order of Nettles, the Pellitory of the Wall, or Paritory–Parietaria, from the Latin parietes, walls–is a favourite Herbal Simple in many rural districts. It grows commonly on dry walls, and is in flower all the summer. The leaves are narrow, hairy, and reddish; the stems are brittle, and the small blossoms hairy, in clusters. Their filaments are so elastic that if touched before the flower has expanded, they suddenly spring from their in curved position, and scatter the pollen broadcast.
An infusion of the plant is a popular medicine to stimulate the kidneys, and promote a large flow of watery urine. The juice of the herb acts in the same way when made into a thin syrup with sugar, and given in doses of two tablespoonfuls three times in the day. Dropsical effusions caused by an obstructed liver, or by a weak dilated heart, may be thus carried off with marked relief. The decoction of Parietaria, says Gerard, “helpeth such as are troubled with an old cough.” All parts of the plant contain nitre abundantly. The leaves may be usefully applied as poultices.
But another Pellitory, which is more widely used because of its pungent efficacy in relieving toothache, and in provoking a free flow of saliva, is a distinct plant, the Pyrethrum, or Spanish Chamomile of the shops, and not a native of Great Britain, though sometimes cultivated in our gardens. The title “Purethron” is from pur, fire, because of its burning ardent taste. Its root is scentless, but when chewed causes a pricking sensation (with heat, and some numbness) in the mouth and tongue. Then an abundant flow of saliva, and of mucus within the cheeks quickly ensues. These effects are due to “pyrethrin” contained in the plant, which is an acid fixed resin; also there are present a second resin, and a yellow, acrid oil, whilst the root contains inulin, tannin, and other substances. When sliced and applied to the skin it induces heat, tingling, and redness. A patient seeking relief from rheumatic or neuralgic affections of the head and face, or for palsy of the tongue, should chew the root of this Pyrethrum for several minutes.
The “Pelleter of Spain” (Pyrethrum Anacyclus), was so styled, not because of being brought from Spain; but because it is grown there.
A gargle of Pyrethrum infusion is prescribed for relaxed uvula, and for a partial paralysis of the tongue and lips. The tincture made from the dried root may be most helpfully applied on cotton wool to the interior of a decayed tooth which is aching, or the milder tincture of the wall Pellitory may be employed for the same purpose. To make a gargle, two or three teaspoonfuls of the tincture of Pyrethrum, which can be had from any druggist, should be mixed with a pint of cold water, and sweetened with honey, if desired. The powdered root forms a good snuff to cure chronic catarrh of the head and nostrils, and to clear the brain by exciting a free flow of nasal mucus and tears–Purgatur cerebrum mansâ radice Pyrethri.
Incidentally, as a quaint but effective remedy for carious toothache, may be mentioned the common lady bird insect, Coccinella, which when captured secretes from its legs a yellow acrid fluid having a disagreeable odour. This fluid will serve to ease the most violent toothache, if the creature be placed alive in the cavity of the hollow tooth.
Gerard says this Pyrethrurn (Pellitory of Spain, or Pelletor) “is most singular for the surgeons of the hospitals to put into their unctions contra Neapolitanum morbum, and such other diseases that are cousin germanes thereunto.” The Parietaria, or Pellitory of the wall, is named Lichwort, from growing on stones.
Sir William Roberts, of Manchester, has advised jujubes, made of gum arabic and pyrethrum, to be slowly masticated by persons who suffer from acid fermentation in the stomach, a copious flow of alkaline saliva being stimulated thereby in the mouth, which is repeatedly swallowed during the sucking of one or more of the jujubes, and which serves to neutralise the acid generated within the stomach. Distressing heartburn is thus effectively relieved without taking injurious alkalies, such as potash and soda.
Source: Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure, William Thomas Fernies
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Ingredient: Primrose
The Common Primrose (Primula veris) is the most widely known of our English wild flowers, and appears in the Spring as its earliest herald.
It gets its name from the Latin primus, first, being named in old books and M.S. Pryme rolles, and in the Grete Herball, Primet, as shortened from Primprint.
In North Devon it is styled the Butter Rose, and in the Eastern counties it is named (in common with the Cowslip) Paigle, Peagle, Pegyll, and Palsy plant.
Medicinally also it possesses similar curative attributes, though in a lesser degree, to those of the Cowslip. Both the root and the flowers contain a volatile oil, and “primulin” which is identical with mannite: whilst the acrid principle is “saponin.” Alfred Austin, Poet Laureate, teaches to “make healing salve with early Primroses.”
Pliny speaks of the Primrose as almost a panacea: In aquâ potam omnibus morbis mederi tradunt. An infusion of the flowers has been always thought excellent against nervous disorders of the hysterical sort. It should be made with from five to ten parts of the petals to one hundred of water. “Primrose tea” says Gerard, “drunk in the month of May, is famous for curing the phrensie.”
The whole plant is sedative and antispasmodic, being of service by its preparations to relieve sleeplessness, nervous headache, and muscular rheumatism. The juice if sniffed up into the nostrils will provoke violent sneezing, and will induce a free flow of water from the lining membranes of the nostrils for the mitigation of passive headaches: though this should not be tried by a person of full habit with a determination of blood to the head. A teaspoonful of powdered dry Primrose root will act as an emetic. The whole herb is somewhat expectorant.
When the petals are collected and dried they become of a greenish colour: whilst fresh they have a honey-like odour, and a sweetish taste.
Within the last few years a political significance and popularity have attached themselves to the Primrose beyond every other British wild flower. It arouses the patriotism of the large Conservative party, and enlists the favour of many others who thoughtlessly follow an attractive fashion, and who love the first fruits of early Spring. Botanically the Primrose has two varieties of floral structure: one “pin-eyed,” with a tall pistil, and short stamens; the other “thrum-eyed,” showing a rosette of tall stamens, whilst the short pistil must be looked for, like the great Panjandrum himself, “with a little round button at the top,” half way down the tube. Darwin was the first to explain that this diversity of structure ensures cross fertilisation by bees and allied insects. Through advanced cultivation at the hands of the horticulturist the Primula acquires in some instances a noxious character. For instance, the Primula biconica, which is often grown in dwelling rooms as a window plant, and commonly sold as such, will provoke an crysipelatous vesicular eruption of a very troublesome and inflamed character on the hands and face of some persons who come in contact with the plant by manipulating it to take cuttings, or in other ways. A knowledge of this fact should suggest the probable usefulness of the said Primula, when made into a tincture, and given in small diluted doses thereof, to act curatively for such an eruption if attacking the sufferer from idiopathic causes.
The Latins named the Ligustrum (our Privet) Primrose. Coles says concerning it (17th century): “This herbe is called Primrose; it is good to ‘Potage.'” They also applied the epithet, “Prime rose” to a lady.
The Evening Primrose (OEnothera biennis, or odorata) is found in this country on sand banks in the West of England and Cornwall; but it is then most probably a garden scape, and an alien, its native habitat being in Canada and the United States of America. We cultivate it freely in our parterres as a brilliant, yellow, showy flower. It belongs to the natural order, Onagraceoe, so called because the food of wild asses; and was the “vini venator” of Theophrastus, 350 B.C. The name signifies having the odour of wine, oinos and theera. Pliny said: “It is an herbe good as wine to make the heart merrie. It groweth with leaves resembling those of the almond tree, and beareth flowers like unto roses. Of such virtue is this herbe that if it be given to drink to the wildest beast that is, it will tame the same and make it gentle.” The best variety of this plant is the OEnothera macrocarpa.
The bark of the Evening Primrose is mucilaginous, and a decoction made therefrom is of service for bathing the skin eruptions of infants and young children. To answer such purpose a decoction should be made from the small twigs, and from the bark of the larger branches, retaining the leaves. This has been found further of use for diarrhoea associated with an irritable stomach, and asthma. The infusion, or the liquid extract, acts as a mild but efficient sedative in nervous indigestion, from twenty to thirty drops of the latter being given for a dose. The ascertained chemical principle of the plant, OEnotherin, is a compound body. Its flowers open in the evening, and last only until the next noon; therefore this plant is called the “Evening Primrose,” or “Evening Star.”
Another of the Primrose tribe, the Cyclamen, or Sow-bread (Panis porcinus), is often grown in our gardens, and for ornamenting our rooms as a pot plant. Its name means (Greek) “a circle,” and refers to the reflected corolla, or to the spiral fruit-stalks; and again, from the tuber being the food of wild swine. Gerard said it was reported in his day to grow wild on the Welsh mountains, and on the Lincolnshire hills: but he failed to find it. Nevertheless it is now almost naturalised in some parts of the South, and East of England. As the petals die, the stalks roll up and carry the capsular berries down to the surface of the ground. A medicinal tincture is made (H.) from the fresh root when flowering. The ivy-leaved variety is found in England, with nodding fresh-coloured blossoms, and a brown intensely acrid root. Besides starch, gum, and pectin, it yields chemically, “cyclamin,” or “arthanatin,” with an action like “saponin,” whilst the juice is poisonous to fish. When applied externally as a liniment over the bowels, it causes them to be purged. Gerard quaintly and suggestively declares “It is not good for women with childe to touch, or take this herbe, or to come neere unto it, or to stride over the same where it groweth: for the natural attractive vertue therein contained is such that, without controversie, they that attempt it in manner above said, shall be delivered before their time; which danger and inconvenience to avoid, I have fastened sticks in the ground about the place in my garden where it groweth, and some other sticks also crosswaies over them, lest any woman should by lamentable experiment find my words to be true by stepping over the same. Again, the root hanged about women in their extreme travail with childe, causeth them to be delivered incontinent: and the leaves put into the place hath the like effect.” Inferentially a tincture of the plant should be good for falling and displacement of the womb. “Furthermore, Sowbread, being beaten, and made into little flat cakes, is reputed to be a good amorous medicine, to make one in love.”
In France, another Primula, the wild Pimpernel, occurs as a noxious herb, and is therefore named Mouron.
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The Lavender of our gardens, called also Lavender Spike, is a well-known sweet-smelling shrub, of the Labiate order. It grows wild in Spain, Piedmont, and the south of France, on waysides, mountains, and in barren places. The plant was propagated by slips, or cuttings, and has been cultivated in England since about 1568. It is produced largely for commercial purposes in Surrey, Hertfordshire, and Lincoln. The shrub is set in long rows occupying fields, and yields a profitable fragrant essential oil from the flowering tops, about one ounce of the oil from sixty terminal flowering spikes. From these tops also the popular cosmetic lavender water is distilled. They contain tannin, and a resinous camphire, which is common to most of the mints affording essential oils. If a hank of cotton is steeped in the oil of Lavender, and drained off so as to be hung dry about the neck, it will prevent bugs and other noxious insects from attacking that part. When mixed with three-fourths of spirit of turpentine, or spirit of wine, this oil makes the famous Oleum spicoe, formerly much celebrated for curing old sprains and stiff joints. Lavender oil is likewise of service when rubbed in externally, for stimulating paralysed limbs–preferring the sort distilled from the flowering tops to that which is obtained from the stalks. Internally, the essential oil, or a spirit of Lavender made therefrom, proves admirably restorative and tonic against faintness, palpitations of a nervous sort, weak giddiness, spasms, and colic. It is agreeable to the taste and smell, provokes appetite, raises the spirits, and dispels flatulence; but the infusion of Lavender tops, if taken too freely, will cause griping, and colic. In hysteria, palsy, and similar disorders of debility, and lack of nerve power, the spirit of Lavender will act as a powerful stimulant; and fomentations with Lavender in bags, applied hot, will speedily relieve local pains. “It profiteth them much,” says Gerard, “that have the palsy if they be washed with the distilled water from the Lavender flowers; or are anointed with the oil made from the flowers and olive oil, in such manner as oil of roses is used.” A dose of the oil is from one to four drops on sugar, or on a small piece of bread crumb, or in a spoonful or two of milk. And of the spirit, from half to one teaspoonful may be taken with two tablespoonfuls of water, hot or cold, or of milk. The spirit of Lavender is made with one part of the essential oil to forty-nine parts of spirit of wine. For preparing distilled Lavender water, the addition of a small quantity of musk does much to develop the strength of the Lavender’s odour and fragrance. The essential oil of Lavandula latifolia, admirably promotes the growth of the hair when weakly, or falling off.
By the Greeks the name Nardus is given to Lavender, from Naarda, a city of Syria, near the Euphrates; and many persons call the plant “Nard.” St. Mark mentions this as Spikenard, a thing of great value The woman who came to Christ having an alabaster box of ointment of Spikenard, very precious “brake the box, and poured it on His head.” In Pliny’s time blossoms of the nardus sold for a hundred Roman denarii (or £3 2s. 6d.) the pound. This Lavender or Nardus, was likewise called Asarum by the Romans, because not used in garlands or chaplets. It was formerly believed that the asp, a dangerous kind of viper, made Lavender its habitual place of abode, so that the plant had to be approached with great caution.
Conserves of Lavender were much used in the time of Gerard, and desserts may be most pleasantly brought to the table on a service of Lavender spikes. It is said, on good authority, that the lions and tigers in our Zoological gardens, are powerfully affected by the smell of Lavender-water and become docile under its influence.
The Lavender shrub takes its name from the Latin lavare, “to wash,” because the ancients employed it as a perfume. Lavender tops, when dried, and placed with linen, will preserve it from moths and other insects.
The whole plant was at one time considered indispensable in Africa, ubi lavandis corporibus Lybes eâ utuntur; nec nisi decocto ejus abluti mane domo egrediuntur, “where the Libyans make use of it for washing their bodies, nor ever leave their houses of a morning until purified by a decoction of the plant.”
In this country the sweet-smelling herb is often introduced for scenting newly washed linen when it is put by; from which custom has arisen the expression, “To be laid up in Lavender.” During the twelfth century a washerwoman was called “Lavender,” in the North of England.
A tea brewed from the flowers is an excellent remedy for headache from fatigue, or weakness. But Lavender oil is, in too large a dose, a narcotic poison, and causes death by convulsions. The tincture of red Lavender is a popular medicinal cordial; and is composed of the oils of Lavender and rosemary, with cinnamon bark, nutmeg, and red sandal wood, macerated in spirit of wine for seven days; then a teaspoonful may be given for a dose in a little water, with excellent effect, after an indigestible meal, taking the dose immediately when feeling uneasy, and repeating it after half-an-hour if needed. An old form of this compound tincture was formerly famous as “Palsy Drops,” it being made from the Lavender, with rosemary, cinnamon, nutmeg, red sandal wood, and spirit. In some cases of mental depression and delusions the oil of Lavender proves of real service; and a few drops of it rubbed on the temples will cure nervous headache.
Shakespeare makes Perdita (Winter’s Tale) class Lavender among the flowers denoting middle age:
“Here’s flowers for you,
Hot Lavender: Mints: Savory: Marjoram;
The Marigold that goes to bed with the sun,
And with him rises, weeping: these are the flowers
Of middle summer, and I think they are given
To men of middle age.”
There is a broad-leaved variety of the Lavender shrub in France, which yields three times as much of the essential oil as can be got from our narrow-leaved plant, but of a second rate quality.
The Sea Lavender, or Thrift (Statice limonium) grows near the sea, or in salt marshes. It gets its name Statice from the Greek word isteemi (to stop, or stay), because of its medicinal power to arrest bleeding. This is the marsh Rosemary, or Ink Root, which contains (if the root be dried in the air) from fourteen to fifteen per cent. of tannin. Therefore, its infusion or tincture will prove highly useful to control bleeding from the lungs or kidneys, as also against dysentery; and when made into a gargle, for curing an ulcerated sore throat.
Source: Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure, William Thomas Fernie
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Mustard Whey
Boil a pint of milk, and the same of water, with an ounce and a half of bruised mustard seed, until the curd separates–when strain the whey. This is a most desirable way of administering mustard; it warms and invigorates the system, promotes the different secretions, and in the low state of nervous fevers, will often supply the place of wine. It is also of use in chronic rheumatism, palsy and dropsy.
Source: Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers, Elizabeth E. Lea
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For Slight Burns
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Orthodyne Gas Chromatography > GC Equipment > Gas Chromatographs > DID Gas Chromatograph
DID Gas Chromatograph
DID Gas Chromatograph - Helium
Analysis of H2, Ne, O2+Ar, N2, Kr, CH4, CO, CO2 and Xe in Helium, Argon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, Krypton and Xenon with the DID technology.
The DID Gas Chromatograph has been designed to make use of the variations in electrical conductibility found in highly ionised gas. The ionisation is created by a single high frequency discharge within the detector (HF Plasma), causing a high energy photon emission (24.5 eV). This emission is capable of ionising all the gases within the cell with the exception of the Helium.
One of the biggest advantage of our DID Gas Chromatograph is that a photo-ionised discharge is achieved without any radioactive emissions and without the need to apply excessive voltage being applied to the cell.
Another important characteristic of the DID Gas Chromatograph is that the detector operates using just one gas. This one gas is used as the carrier, the flushing gas and/or the purging gas. This gas can also serve to purge and clean all the valves.
The housing does not require flushing gas: no contamination of the gas circuit is possible before detection as the input connection is located directly on the cell of the DID Gas Chromatograph detector.
The power setting of the high frequency oscillator allows for the adjustment of the detector sensitivity, which can reach 0.1 ppb (parts per billion).
The detection limit and any background noise and directly related to the quality of the carrier gas, so the use of ultra purity (UHP) Helium as the carrier gas is highly recommended.
Linde (China) Helium DID H2, Ne, O2+Ar, N2, CH4
Air Liquide (France) Oxygen DID N2
Linde Worms (Germany) Argon DID / Orthosmart H2, O2, N2, CO, CO2, CH4, NMHC
Linde (Germany) Nitrogen DID+FID H2, O2, Ar, CH4, CO, CO2, NMHC
Air Liquide (France) Krypton DID H2, O2+Ar, N2, Xe
Accuracy 1 % of the reading scale
Sampling gas He, N2 , H2, O2, Ar, CO2 , Kr, Xe
Sample gas connection 1/8’’ Swagelok OR 1/8’’ VCR.
Carrier gas Helium
Carrier gas connection 1/8’’ Swagelok OR 1/8’’ VCR.
Carrier gas flow rate 4 l/h
Recommended quality minimum 6.0
4-20 mA output Eight confi gurable outputs
depending on the application.
H2 < 10 ppb / < 10 ppb < 10 ppb < 10 ppb
N2 < 10 ppb < 10 ppb / < 10 ppb < 10 ppb
O2 + Ar / < 10 ppb < 10 ppb / < 10 ppb
O2 < 10 ppb < 10 ppb < 10 ppb / < 10 ppb
Ar / < 10 ppb < 10 ppb < 10 ppb < 10 ppb
Ne < 100 ppb
Kr < 10 ppb
Xe < 10 ppb
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WIN! Oude Werf Heritage Month competition
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The prize includes dinner for 2 at Oude Werf Restaurant. Dinner includes 2 courses of your choice from the dinner menu, plus a glass of wine (see the list of wines that we serve per glass). Valued at R300. Prize expires 30 December 2017.
The prize excludes any special menus. The prize excludes meals and drinks not mentioned above, gratuities and transport to/from Oude Werf Hotel. The prize is non-transferable and cannot be exchanged for cash. The winner will be selected on a random basis and announced on the 25th of September, on Facebook. The judges’ decision is final.
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Plants that most people don’t realize are psychoactive
Out Front January 23, 2014
Now that marijuana is officially legal in Colorado, it’s hard to imagine why there were so many years of fuss over a little green plant that happens to make you hungry, giggly or tired. Psychoactive plants are very common in nature, and while cannabis isn’t known for much else besides its effects on the brain, many legal plants used for mundane purposes have little-known mind-altering properties — and they’re growing in parks, gardens, windowsills fields and forests across Colorado. We cannot recommend eating, tasting or smoking any of these — not only because of their psychoactive properties but because in many cases psychoactive plants produce poisons as well (which might be why they were never popularly used or known as recreational drugs). But in the spirit of knowledge and fun, here are a few plants you’ve probably seen, used or even grown without realizing their little secret. . Coleus
One of the most popular ornamental annuals grown for colorful leaves, the Coleus plants you’ll find in every nursery or garden center in town were bred from plants once smoked by the Mazatec people of Mexico as a mild hallucinogen. . Morning Glory
The morning glory family has several sub-families and hundreds of species (including sweet potatoes), and many different types of morning glories are psychoactive. The most familiar morning glory — grown in gardens as a blooming vine that wraps itself up fences and sunflower stalks — has hallucinogenic seeds. . Lettuce
Believe it or not, the harmless salad greens you know as lettuce produce psychoactive compounds similar to opium, which can make you feel calm, relaxed and hungry — so that’s why salads are used as an appetizer! The lettuce cultivated today has such a small amount of the psychoactive compounds that it’s impossible for them to have an effect on someone; an analogy for lettuce is industrial hemp, with negligible THC. But wild lettuce as well as the ancient lettuce that modern lettuce was bred from might indeed create a high. . Wormwood
Absinthe Wormwood
Brought to Colorado as a medicinal plant, Absinthe Wormood, or Artemisia absinthium, is now an invasive species across the plains, growing wild on roadsides and recently disturbed soils, and is still grown in gardens as an herb. Used to make absinthe — which was banned in the U.S. until 2007 — wormwood is probably only mildly psychoactive at most, since the key component, a chemical called thujone, is also found in many common plants: yarrow, junipers, oregano, sage, hyssop, rosemary and savory, among others. . Mosaic Plant
Mosaic Plant
Mosaic Plant is grown as an annual or houseplant in Colorado and can grow year-round in frost-free parts of the United States. Native to South America, Fittonia albivenis is a hallucinogen that has been used by indigenous people for medicinal or spiritual purposes. . Opium Poppy
Opium Poppy
The poppy seed used in muffins and cookies as a culinary spice is in fact from Papaver somniforum — the famous opium poppy. There are many ornamental garden versions, too. The seeds don’t contain opium, but the plants can produce it in the sap that drains from scratched seed pods (which, by the way, is illegal to do with your poppies). . Joint Fir
Joint Fir
Also known as “Mormon tea,” Ephedra is a genus of desert shrubs that produce ephedrine, a stimulant that has been used medicinally but has been banned by the FDA for adverse side-effects (the plant itself is not illegal). Three Ephedra species grow wild in Colorado and are common in gardens around Denver. . Ice Plant
Ice Plant
Grown in Colorado gardens as a drought-tolerant and attractive blooming groundcover, ice plants (from the genus Delosperma) contain differing amounts of dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, a hallucinogen that produces out-of-body experiences.
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'Melrose Place' stars reunite for dinner in New York
Mark Daniell
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Published on: November 28, 2019 | Last Updated: November 28, 2019 12:04 PM EST
(L-R) Courtney Thorne-Smith, Doug Savant, Laura Leighton, Daphne Zuniga, and Andrew Shue. (Instagram.com/daphnezuniga)
With everything old new again, it was no surprise this week to see the cast of Melrose Place reuniting for an Instagram snap.
Daphne Zuniga, who played Jo Reynolds on the show, posted a photo of her and castmates Josie Bissett, Laura Leighton, Doug Savant, Andrew Shue and Courtney Thorne-Smith.
“Ran into some friends in New York! #melroseplace #nyc #friends4ever,” Zuniga shared alongside a photo of her and her smiling castmates.
Ran into some friends in New York! #melroseplace #nyc #friends4ever ❤️👏🏻
A post shared by Daphne Zuniga (@daphnezuniga) on Nov 26, 2019 at 8:09am PST
Leighton also shared a photo of the friends’ dinner to her Instagram writing, “Loved having dinner in NYC with this crew! Missed the rest of the gang this time…another one soon?”
Loved having dinner in NYC with this crew! Missed the rest of the gang this time…another one soon? 😬❤️ #MelrosePlace @thepolobar @daphnezuniga @josiebissett #courtneythornesmith #dougsavant #andrewshue @heatherlocklear @grant_show @reallymarcia #thomascalabro
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The ‘90s Fox primetime soap was a spinoff of the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise and ran from 1992 to 1999. It followed the lives of a group of twenty-somethings co-habiting at a Los Angeles apartment complex.
The show was briefly revived in 2009 for one season.
Earlier this year, following the BH90210 revival, Zuniga told The Wrap she would consider coming back if network execs decide to do a Melrose reboot.
“I would be totally open to doing it,” Zuniga said. “But, you know, we’re gonna watch [BH90210]. I’m gonna watch tonight and we’ll see how it goes. I think the setup is really interesting that they’re playing their characters wanting to do a revival. So I don’t know that we would do that same thing, we’d have to come up with something clever. But I would hope, and I’m pretty sure, that if the writing was good, that someone could gather all of us together. Some of us, at least.”
Earlier in the week, Bissett teased the reunion, but tagged the former stars who weren’t present, including Heather Locklear and Marcia Cross.
“The rest weren’t able to make..this time,” she wrote on Instagram.
The cast from Melrose Place.
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Walmart plants pollination plots Joint effort enlists government, nonprofits and employees by Serenah McKay | September 22, 2019 at 1:46 a.m.
A garden planted with wildflowers attracts butterflies and other insects earlier this month at Walmart’s headquarters in Bentonville. The retailer’s pollinator garden pilot program now includes about 20 gardens around the country. - Photo by Ben Goff
Bees and butterflies have long signified summer, putting on a delightful show as they flit from flower to flower. They do the important work of spreading pollen even as they enjoy the blossoms' sweet nectar. But the colorful pollinators have been under attack on many fronts in recent decades, causing an alarming decline in their populations.
Loss of habitat to development and cultivation, pesticides and the effects of climate change have all contributed to this downward trend, biologists say.
Walmart Inc. officials said they are working to counter that decline through a pilot program that started last spring with the planting of pollination gardens at about 20 of its stores nationwide. Walmart spokeswoman Anne Hatfield said the retailer aims to encourage other businesses, as well as its customers, to follow suit and create their own pollination gardens.
The test gardens are at Walmart stores in Oregon, Washington state and North Carolina, with an additional one at the retailer's Bentonville headquarters. They were planted in April and May, Walmart said in a recent news release. Hatfield said the company wanted the gardens to get through the growing season before announcing the pilot project this month.
"The feedback has been positive," Hatfield said. "Customers and associates like that we are adding beauty to the store and to the community, as well as increasing pollinators."
For help designing and creating the gardens, Hatfield said, Walmart collaborated with its stormwater service providers, the Environmental Protection Agency, nonprofits including the National Pollinator Garden Network and even some Walmart employees.
Besides beautifying their grounds and building goodwill within their communities, companies nationwide and in a broad range of industries have more tangible reasons to support pollinators. Amber Barnes, a wildlife conservation ecologist with the nonprofit Pollinator Partnership, said pollinators indirectly support about one in every three bites of food humans eat.
"About 90% of the world's plants need pollinators to move heavy pollens from one plant to another," Barnes said, so the future stability of the world's food and natural resources depends on them. These resources include building materials like wood as well as fibers for clothing and other uses, she said.
Also, "instituting pollinator practices can save a corporation a fair amount of money, through reduced maintenance costs," Barnes said. "Things like mowing less and applying less fertilizer, that can also be beneficial to their bottom line."
Pollinator Partnership works "in all kinds of ways" with a variety of businesses and other organizations interested in putting in pollinator habitats, Barnes said. Its efforts range from making free resources available on its website to doing personalized consultations for a fee.
"If you actually want someone to take you by the hand and walk you through the process, we do have that as well," she said.
Barnes said Pollinator Partnership has worked with such diverse companies as General Mills, The Boeing Co., The J.M. Smucker Co. and Francis Ford Coppola Winery. And recently, she said, they've worked with Suppliers Partnership for the Environment, a group of automotive manufacturers and suppliers seeking to improve environmental sustainability in the global automotive supply chain.
Although Walmart hasn't collaborated with Pollinator Partnership, another high-profile Northwest Arkansas company has. Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale worked with the San Francisco-based nonprofit to create a monarch butterfly research station near its corporate headquarters.
Laurie Davies Adams, Pollinator Partnership's executive director, said the Tyson plots were developed "in support of the monarch migration and are being monitored to determine the best plant species to support monarch butterflies and other pollinators."
Tyson spokesman Gary Mickelson said the company helped establish the research habitat several years ago by providing some of the native plants as well as access to the area. "We know it's been active this year with monarchs and other butterflies," he said.
Barnes said the Tyson habitat is part of Pollinator Partnership's Project Wingspan initiative. Funded by a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the project seeks to increase habitat for monarchs and the endangered rusty patched bumble bee in an eight-state region that includes Arkansas. Biologists are working with managers of public and private lands with the goal of creating 10,000 acres of habitat for the pollinators.
Project Wingspan has brought Barnes to Northwest Arkansas -- part of the monarch butterfly's migration route -- several times. She has worked not only with Tyson but also the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies. Barnes said Brian Culpepper, a research associate at the center, helped with the project by generating a simple digital data platform and private database for volunteers' seed-collection efforts.
"Essentially, this partnership [with the center] helps us make sure we're getting the right plants back to the right places, where they can thrive and support pollinators and other wildlife," Barnes said.
An interactive map at JourneyNorth.org tracks the annual monarch migration through the United States each year, based on reported sightings along their route. In Arkansas, the number of monarchs migrating south to their winter quarters in Mexico peaks around mid-October.
Hatfield, the Walmart spokeswoman, said the gardens in the pilot program contain a mix of annuals and perennials, and their progress will be monitored next spring. She said it's too early to determine whether the program will be expanded to more stores. "We will monitor closely and see what we can learn before making any decisions," she said.
Walmart is encouraging others to plant pollinator gardens by providing plant guides in stores, Hatfield said. If shoppers see a plant they like, store employees can help them pick out the right seed. Next year, she said, stores will carry an even larger selection of wildflower seeds.
Photo by Ben Goff
An insect lights on a flower at a garden outside Walmart’s headquarters in Bentonville.
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Elephants on Parade submisson information
EBE Ensemble is dedicated to producing new work, and as such we have an open submissions policy. However, please keep in mind that our focus is on plays that focus on the the experience and culture of those in their late teens and early twenties. All submissions will be reviewed, but only those that fit with the Mission of our company will receive serious consideration.
We accept submissions of full length plays over seventy minutes in length and short one-act plays under thirty minutes. One-act submissions will be considered for our festival, Elephants on Parade. Full length submissions will be considered for readings, workshops, and full productions.
When submitting, please include "Script Submission," your name and the title of your play in the subject line. In the body, provide your full name again, your pri-mary phone number, your primary email address, a brief (50-100 words) synopsis of the play and a detailed character breakdown.
Submit all required materials electronically to literary@ebeensemble.com.
Next call for submissions for Elephants on Parade will be announced around January 1st. Join our mailing list to make sure not to miss it!
The Renaissance Guild submission guidelines
General Script Submission Guidelines:
Copyright – we only accept copyrighted material
Publishing History – we only accept works that are NOT published
Performance History – we will accept works that have been previously performed but prefer to PREMIERE the works at the ActOne Series or at least the Southwest Region
Subject Matter – no censorship allowed!
Royalties – are only paid for Mainstage Series productions.
No scripts will be returned.
Due to the large number of submissions, you will only receive a response if your script is chosen.
All scripts are kept on file indefinitely, however, you will be contacted if your script is selected at a later date.
MainStage Series Specific Guidelines:
Length – two acts
Number of Characters – no limit
Royalties – To be negotiated
ActOne Series Specific Guidelines:
See ActOne Series Page
For further inquiries, please call 210-656-0349 or send an e-mail to TRG General Email
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Three Roses Players seeks short plays
Three Roses Players is a professional theatre company dedicated to excellence, growth and entertainment. We are proud to offer a wonderful and even possibly an enlightening experience to our audiences.
We started an ongoing one act festival in March 2010 and it has been gaining momentum and a great reputation ever since. It is called
The Writer Speaks. Each festival consists of four one act plays, the audience scores the plays and at the end of the four show run the top two plays move into The Writer Speaks Winner's Circle.
The Writer Speaks Winner's Circle is another festival which features the two winning one acts plus the playwrights get to also send me a choice of two of their own choices and one of those plays is also produced along with their winning play for another four show run!
It is a wonderful way to see your work realized on a stage that takes pride in producing memorable, professional theatre. To date Three Roses has produced 40 one act plays and we are gong strong! We work hard and our hearts are with your plays 100%!
Up until now we have been producing ONLY local playwrights' works. We really love the collaboration and many of the playwrights come to every rehearsal, their involvement is always welcome.
Recently, we were given a terrific opportunity to travel with our shows in CA. I feel that opening it up to all playwrights, regardless of location, would be a great opportunity for other playwrights to showcase their work here in CA.
Submission breakdown:
20 pages or less
3 or more characters
Light props, costumes. (we work with minimal sets it is about the writing and the acting and in LA that can go a long way!)
Open to diversity in casting
The subject is OPEN*
*I am however in search of some dynamic holiday comedies (dark would be great) in the flavor of Jodie Foster's Home for the Holidays the annual, obligatory family holiday trek home goes awry.
Subject is OPEN*
Give us a strong, character driven story to tell and we will treat it with the utmost care, respect and professionalism.
We feel that theatre is for entertainment, enlightenment or maybe even education. If we can help one audience member see something through another person's eyes or touch their heart, then we have done our jobs!
*Throughout the year we will be having themed festivals and we are looking for specific plays for those:
NEW year, NEW attitude!
Looking for realization, growth oriented or turning over a new leaf plays.
FEBRUARY 2011 LOVE, LOVE, LOVE
We are looking for one acts about love, relationships, lost & found love, unrequited love, sustained love, well you get the gist.
Looking for plays with a positive message about a Mother's Love, love for your Mother, let's celebrate MOM!
Looking for plays with a positive message about a Father's Love, love for your Father, let's celebrate DAD!
CELEBRATE THE U S A!
We do live in a great country filled with amazing people!
Let's hear something positive about AMERICA!
Goblins and Ghosts and Ghouls OH MY!
Send us your scariest and spookiest!
HONORING OUR BRAVE MEN and WOMEN in UNIFORM
Positive messages, (or eye opening, educating, enlightening) how war effects families, our soldiers, cements life long friendships, impacting stories.
That (sometimes) once a year visit home and
all that entails!
Please send plays in email format to:
3rosesp at gmail.com
Thank you! We look forward to reading your work.
Thank you for your support, your talent and your time!
Maggie Grant
Three Roses Players
Where the ARTS come ALIVE!
Milford Arts Council seeks plays for Eastbound Summer 2011
Eastbound Theatre, a division of the Milford Fine Arts Council, is looking for short one-act plays for production in July. The theme of Eastbound Summer 2011 will be “Parallel”. 5 finalists will receive a production of their play, and compete for the Summer Audience Award. There is no financial compensation for production, or for winning the award.
Deadline: February 4, 2010. Finalists will be notified via email.
Submissions must be unpublished, original one-act plays of 10-15 pages in length, inspired by the theme “Parallel.”. We prefer submissions to be completely new plays, written specifically for this event.
Scripts should contain a minimum of furniture, props and technical cues.
Please submit your script and a cover letter explaining how the theme “Parallel” inspired your work.
There is no compensation for performance.
Playwrights will maintain all rights to their material.
Playwrights may submit more than one play.
Email submissions to ZenRipple@yahoo.com. Attachments can be doc, rtf or pdf files.
Hard copy submissions can be sent to:
Eastbound Summer 2011, Milford Fine Arts Council, 40 Railroad Avenue South, Milford, CT 06460
Hovey Players seek one-act plays
Hovey Players seeks one-act plays, approximately ten minutes in length
· New works (i.e. something that has not been published, prior performance is okay)
· Plays with minimal set pieces/props (a list of what set pieces and props will be available to you at Hovey will be produced, beyond that it will be on the shoulders of the writer and/or director).
All scripts will be read by the reading committee, and 8-10 shows will be chosen for our return festival. The tentative dates of the festival will be July 7th, 8th, 9th, 14th, 15th, and 16th.
Not looking for any particular theme for this festival.
All shows will be welcome. Please E-mail all script submissions (and questions) to: haddadibus at yahoo.com
Deadline for scripts will be February 21, 2011.
Third Eye Theatre seeks Grand Guignol-style plays
Third Eye Theatre is currently looking for submissions for Grand Guignol 3. We are seeking original 1 Act plays 12-20 pages in length in Grand Guignol style. For information on what Grand Guignol is, check out http://www.grandguignol.com/ history.htm for more information. It explains the style quite well. If you happen to have a script lying around or would like to write one it needs to be submitted by January 15th, 2011. Please send your scripts and questions to cosette@thirdeyetheatre.org and in the subject line please put: Grand Guignol 3 submission. Also, in the email please include your name and mailing address. If your script is chosen you will be asked to sign a release/performance agreement prior to auditions.
Submissions for 5th Annual Notes from the Underground
THE CURAN REPERTORY COMPANY is proud to announce and accept submissions for
The 5th Annual
NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND FESTIVAL
APRIL 26 – MAY 1 2011
The Notes From The Underground Festival is an international festival of original one-act plays. Our festival promotes the work of emerging playwrights, directors, and actors.
* No musicals
* 2- 6 characters
* 10 submissions per playwright
* Simple set
* 10 – 30 minutes
* submissions can be sent via email to
· kenatcuran@hotmail.com
· or via mail to The Curan Repertory Company, 561 Hudson St. #88, NYC 10014, attn. Notes From The Underground Festival
* Submissions are accepted from all countries
Open Call for One Act Play Submissions
Rising Sun Productions is seeking Original Unpublished One Act plays for its Annual Series.
Submission Deadline: February 11th 2011
Plays will be vetted by RSP Ensemble, and the top 15-25 plays will receive a staged reading for the public in spring; 4-5 plays that best suit the needs of the company (casting, directing, mounting) from the reading series be given a fully produced run in the summer of 2011.
Seeking Contemporary themed, Ensemble driven works; all genres and subjects considered.
Cast Age range should be Mid-Twenties to Late 30s.
Cast size should be no larger than 5 people.
Running time should be 10 to 25 Minutes.
Plays should be no more than 30 pages in length.
Unit/Basic Set with uncomplicated production values.
(Keep in mind plays will run in rep)
Submission Guideline; Please include the following:
*Cover Letter, including your contact information
*Play Synopsis
*A Properly formatted script including cover page, and cast breakdown in .pdf
(For format considerations, see The 2010 Dramatists Guild Resource Directory)
*List of previous productions/publishing (do not include readings)
(Note: if the play you are submitting has been published, we must have a statement that you retain for rights for production and can/will grant the RSPC production rights for the festival).
*Any other pertinent information
Please be aware that no financial payment is available at this time. Writers retain full rights and credit for all work produced. Rising Sun also conducts workshop and table readings as a tool for writers to hear their work out loud and continue their artistic journey. Also accepting applications for resident & guest writers, as well as teaching artists.
Please resubmit even if you have submitted in the past.
Work will not be returned, please do not send original copies
Electronic Submissions are preferred. No Phone Calls Please
For more information on the company visit www.risingsunnyc.com
To Submit your work: playsubmissions@risingsunnyc.com
The 7th Annual New Work Series from EAT
Emerging Artists Theatre presents
The 7th Annual New Work Series
May 3rd – May 21st, 2011 at the TADA! Theatre, NYC
Paul Adams, Artistic Director
Emerging Artists Theatre (EAT) New Work Series is a three week developmental festival that provides artists of different disciplines the opportunity to present one night of a “work in progress” with audience feedback. Scheduled to run May 3rd – May 21st, 2011, the four series now accepting submissions are:
ONE WOMAN STANDING (OWS)
A series of one woman shows in all stages of development. Male or Female playwrights may apply. Running Time 5 – 60 minutes.
Festival Curators: Jessica Phillips and Deb Guston
onewomanstanding@gmail.com
ONE MAN TALKING (OMT)
A series of one man shows in all stages of development. Male or Female playwrights may apply. Running Time 5 – 60 minutes.
Festival Curator: Scott Klavan, Assist. Curator: Scott Raker
onemantalking@gmail.com
WELL NOTED SHORTS (WNS)
A series of short musicals: 15 minutes or less in all stages of development.
Festival Curators: Peter Saxe
wellnotedshorts@gmail.com
NOTES FROM A PAGE (NFP)
A series of full length ensemble musicals in all stages of development. Open to NYC, NJ and CT composers/lyricists. Please include a CD and full or partial script with your submission.
Festival Curators: Paul Adams, Derek Jamison, Barbara Grecki
notesfromapage@gmail.com
All application materials must be postmarked by February 1,2011.
If your show is chosen, you will receive notification on or around February 28, 2011. Please check www.emergingartiststheatre.org for updates and signup form and email any questions to the above addresses.
Scripts wanted for children's theatre
DEADLINE FEBRUARY 1, 2011
The Maryland- National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Arts and Cultural Heritage Division, announces a call for submission of original scripts, in English, musical or non-musical, to be used for the annual children's theatre production that tours Prince George's County as part of M-NCPPC programs.
Intended audience is children 6 to 12 years of age. The play will be developed as a musical and performed by actors aged 16 to 20.
Awards of $1,000.00 will be presented to finalists, whose plays shall be developed during the Spring of 2010 and produced by M-NCPPC during the Summer of 2010, at its sole discretion. Up to two First Prize Awards may be chosen. A play submitted with full musical score including recorded soundtrack suitable for performance use shall be eligible for an additional award of $1,200 for Musical Composition.
Guidelines: Original plays to be submitted may be new, original conceptions or may be adaptations or dramatizations of fairytales, myths or other works. If adapted material is submitted, written proof must also be submitted indicating that the material used for the script is in the public domain. Only one submission per playwright or collaborating team will be permitted.
A collaborating team, who will share the First Prize Awards, may write the book, lyrics and musical score. In the case of a play submitted as book and lyrics only, a composer will be selected by The M-NCPPC to score the music and produce the recorded soundtrack. Submissions must be postmarked no later than February 1, 2011.
Total Playing Time, must be 45 minutes minimum to a maximum of one hour.
Plays submitted must limit to no more than ten (10), the number of actors needed to perform the piece, although actors may perform more than one role. Scenic elements are set-up by the actors in 30 minutes before each performance and are loaded out after each performance. Plays should not be dependent upon theatrical lighting instruments. Plays may call for a pre-recorded musical sound track and other sound cues, but cannot require a live orchestra or band for production. Electronically synthesized music or pre-recorded piano accompaniment is acceptable.
For additional information contact christel.stevens@pgparks.com, telephone 301-446-3238, TTY 301-446-6802.
SCRIPTS DUE: FEBRUARY 28, 2011 WINNER ANNOUNCED: APRIL 1, 2011
SUBJECT: The 2011-12 theme is “ERINYES” by Chicago artist Victoria Szilagyi (view at http://www.babeswithblades.org/competition.htm).
We are soliciting scripts for production that are inspired by this image. In order for a script to qualify for the competition, the scene depicted in the image MUST APPEAR within the script. The winning script will be produced in Spring 2012 as part of Babes With Blades’ 2011-12 Season. The winning playwright will receive a $1000 cash prize.
The Women’s Theatre Project
The Women’s Theatre Project spends many hours researching, meeting and reading scripts by female playwrights for production consideration. Each script meeting our submission guidelines is read by a minimum of two readers. All script decisions are acknowledged by a postcard.
The Women's Theatre Project produces four productions each calendar year. Royalties are paid to playwrights/publishing companies.
Guidelines for submission:
The Women’s Theatre Project seeks submissions of full-length plays with ALL FEMALE casts by female playwrights for our intimate, professional black box theatre. Submissions accepted via email at:
twtp at bellsouth.net or by mail at:
The Women's Theatre Project
Ft Lauderdale, Fl. 33301
The Women's Theatre Project, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida is presenting: GIRL PLAY, their Third Annual Lesbian Play Reading Series.
Readings will take place June 24, 25 and 26, 2011 at the Pride Center at Equality Park in Wilton Manors, FL. We will choose between 14-16 scripts and present them in two programs, Friday and Saturday night. Audiences will vote on their favorite scripts and the "Best of the Fest" will be presented at the Sunday matinee.
Seeking short plays (5-12 minutes-figure one minute a page); written by women with a lesbian theme; cast limit (women and men) is 2-8.
Limited submission: No more than 2 scripts per playwright.
Scripts may be submitted to:
twtp@bellsouth.net with Lesbian Playwriting Festival 2011 written in subject line.
Scripts may also be sent to our mailing address: 505 NW 1st Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301.
Scripts must be received by midnight (EST) on March 31, 2011.
No submission fee.
The Women's Theatre Project, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, was founded in 2002 and is the only professional theatre company in the country founded by women and exclusively presenting theatrical works written by women with all female characters.
Aspiring Playwrights Contest
Sponsored by East Valley Children’s Theatre
East Valley Children’s Theatre is searching for aspiring playwrights to become a part of the theatre’s future seasons of performances. Contest rules and prizes are listed below.
* All Plays must be submitted to EVCT no later than March 15, 2011. Must include a cover sheet with name, address, phone number, email address.)
* Plays must be suitable for children to perform for children. (Small casts are not as likely to be chosen for performance.)
* Plays must be one hour to one hour and a half in length. (Shorter plays may be submitted but they will not be considered for production by the theatre as one of its season’s productions.)
* Plays and Musicals must not have been previously performed. They must be original and unpublished.
* Musicals must include a copy of the music in some form, either manuscript or recorded.
* Cash prizes will be given for the first, second and third place entries.
* The first place entry will not only receive a cash prize but also will be produced by East Valley Children’s Theatre in its upcoming season, if it meets all the criteria for performance.
Send entries to:
East Valley Children’s Theatre
Mesa, AZ 85277-0514
Or email them to: Karen at evct.org
For more information or questions call EVCT at 480-756-3828.
The Living Series 2011: Living on the Edge
Piper Theatre Productions is proud to announce its second annual one-act festival, The Living Series. Last year's festival, The Living Series 2010: Making a Living, was a huge success with sold-out audiences on Friday and Saturday nights.
This is a call for playwrights (ideally from the New York City area) to submit one-act plays that revolve around the idea of risk. Healthy risks, dangerous risks, life-changing risks - people making big choices, taking chances, seizing uncertain opportunities, and "living on the edge".
Plays should be five - ten minutes minimum in length and approximately thirty minutes maximum.
Plays should be submitted electronically (preferred) to livingseries@pipertheatre.org or by mail to The Living Series, c/o Rachel Rear, 350 5th Ave, Brooklyn NY 11215. The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2011.
Please include a cover letter with a brief introduction of yourself and your work, your name, address, phone number, email address, and a short synopsis (2 - 3 lines) of your play. Please leave all identifying information off the play itself; this is to ensure unbiased and anonymous assessments by our reading team.
10 - 15 plays will be chosen, produced, and performed at our festival on June 16, 17, and 18, 2011 at BAX/Brooklyn Arts Collective in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Visit Piper Theatre at pipertheatre.org or on our Facebook page, Piper Theatre Productions. Follow us on twitter at twitter.com/pipertheatre. Email Rachel with questions or concerns at rachel@pipertheatre.org.
CALL FOR PLAYS ~ 2011 Centenary Stage Company
CALL FOR PLAYS ~ 2011 Centenary Stage Company. Women Playwrights Series ~ Susan Glaspell Contest The Centenary Stage Company, an Equity theatre in residence on the campus of Centenary College in Hackettstown, NJ is accepting submissions for the 2011 Women Playwrights Series (WPS) and Susan Glaspell Contest .
Now in its 19th year, the WPS is a developmental program dedicated to providing a working forum for the unique and underserved voice of women writing for the theatre today. Each season 3 new plays are selected for a collaborative workshop process, with a professional director and actors, which takes place in a brief rehearsal period, over a period of a approximately 1 week, allowing time for the playwright to hear and adapt their work with other professionals. The process culminates in a presentation of the work for the public as part of the Series giving CSC audiences larger exposure to new work, as well as offering the playwright an opportunity to get feedback from the audience during the development process. Playwrights selected for the workshop process will receive a $200 honorarium. Additional funds for travel and housing are available for one playwright each season.
THE 2011 SUSAN GLASPELL CONTEST: One play from the WPS Festival will be selected by a panel of judges as the winner, to be featured in a subsequent CSC main-stage season as a full production, with an additional award of $1500 to the playwright.
Guidelines for WPS Susan Glaspell Contest:
Submit Full-length play, no more than ONE production.
(If play has had one production, please include information about the company, # of performances, and contract, if applicable)
Deadline for Dramatists Guild Members: Jan 7, 2011
Catherine Rust, Program Dir
Centenary Stage Co. WPS. 400 Jefferson St.
YES SEEKS FAMILY-FRIENDLY 10 MINUTE PLAYS
Youth Education On Stage (YES) seeks Family-Friendly 10 Minute plays for their SUMMER SHORTS 6 season this June in Williston North Dakota.
Last year, we called for all plays to be set In A Garden and it was so successful and made the entire evening of entertainment that more exciting for the casts and audiences alike. Therfore, this year we will be setting all plays in the same setting: on the beach, at a lake, on the water or whatever you have that fits our theme: "Making A Splash!"
We will accept two plays per playwright via email only. Scripts should be no more than 10-12 pages in length and need to have from 3 to 7 characters. (We are always looking for scripts that include more students). No Musicals. All plays performed by students, Grades 3-12 so must be language appropriate - keeping in mind this is the midwest and rural North Dakota.
No pay, but no fee. All playwrights receive a tee-Shirt from the Festival, a program and DVD of all plays. A panel of 15 adjudicators (5 each performance from Educators, Community & College theatre departments) score each play and a 1st, 2nd, 3rd place play is announced from the 8 playes selected for Performance. In addition, An Audience Favorite is selected and Outstanding Student Performance Awards presented.
DEADLINE is APRIL 8, 2011.
Email scripts to Producer Jack Dyville, jdyville@yahoo.com
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Movies|FILM; Can Bookish Be Sexy? Yeah, Says Neil LaBute
FILM; Can Bookish Be Sexy? Yeah, Says Neil LaBute
By Daniel Zalewski
August 18, 2002, Section 2, Page 10Buy Reprints
MANY Hollywood scripts are collaborations, the product of multiple minds. But the curious screenplay for ''Possession,'' the new film adaptation of A. S. Byatt's intricate literary romance, has a case of multiple-personality disorder. The film, which stars Gwyneth Paltrow and Aaron Eckhart as a pair of scholarly detectives, is in many respects a faithful distillation of Ms. Byatt's 1990 book. But it keeps being interrupted by a jarring, inimitable voice -- the voice of the provocative writer Neil LaBute.
In a recent conversation in Manhattan, Mr. LaBute, who also directed ''Possession,'' admitted that he had made ''many changes'' to a script originally written by a fellow playwright, David Henry Hwang. ''Despite my tinkering,'' he said, ''I think the spirit of Byatt remains. What's up on screen still looks like 'Possession' to me.'' Perhaps, but it sure doesn't sound like it. That's because Mr. LaBute, known for savagely blunt stage and screen dramas like ''In the Company of Men'' and ''The Shape of Things,'' has here infused a British novelist's main characters with the same stutter-and-slang rhythms, male-bonding repartée and sarcastic volleys that define his own distinctly American work.
Ms. Byatt's book is anything but blunt. Her exquisitely braided novel tells the story of two British academics, Roland Michell and Maud Bailey, a pair of comically self-conscious postmodernists who, despite knowing all too well that love is ''a suspect ideological construct,'' become enraptured with each other while uncovering a hidden affair between the Victorian poets Randolph Henry Ash (Jeremy Northam) and Christabel LaMotte (Jennifer Ehle). (Don't go running for your Norton anthology; Ms. Byatt invented the poets.) For both couples, a feverish intellectual engagement provides the trigger for passion; the bookish temperament has rarely seemed so sexy.
The bookish temperament, of course, is not ideally suited to the movies. Although Ms. Byatt's 550-page book is propelled by its unraveling historical mystery -- a story that piles on the melodrama, from burned letters to a suicidal drowning -- its modern-day narrative is filled with the kind of knotty theoretical conversations beloved by academics. ''Do you never have the sense that our metaphors eat up our world?'' Roland asks at one point. As for Maud, a coolly intelligent feminist critic, she is given to pronouncements like ''We live in the truth that Freud discovered.'' Roland and Maud eventually strip away their intellectual pretensions and communicate with each other nakedly, but ''Possession'' drolly suggests that it's hard to be yourself when you're steeped in ''theories of the incoherent self.''
Figuring out how to make overwrought eggheads like Maud and Roland work on the screen was so difficult that ''Possession'' remained in turnaround for 10 years. Despite three rewrites, Mr. Hwang's script never received a green light. Four directors who signed on to make the film, including Sydney Pollack and Gillian Armstrong, gave up.
Mr. LaBute, however, was eager to try his hand at the script. Despite the fact that his plays and films explore the dynamics of cruelty between men and women -- in his play ''The Shape of Things,'' a sadistic inversion of ''Pygmalion,'' a beautiful feminist turns a malleable boyfriend into an unwitting art project -- Mr. LaBute considers himself a romantic.
''I cried at the end of Byatt's novel,'' he said. ''I'd never really dealt with the blossoming of relationships before, only the fallout. So this project appealed to me.''
Mr. LaBute was convinced that adapting ''Possession'' was a literary mystery he could solve. ''The piece has to work as a double romance,'' he said. ''All the Victorian secret affair stuff -- that worked. But the modern-day scholars just weren't igniting.''
His solution, devised in collaboration with the screenwriter Laura Jones (''The Portrait of a Lady''), was simple yet radical. Whereas in the book Roland rapidly develops an intellectual sympathy with Maud, in the film he would be her polar opposite. Roland would play Petruchio to Maud's Kate.
''One of the reasons I felt I could make this change,'' Mr. LaBute said, ''was that I read some early notes from Byatt She'd read one of David Hwang's drafts. For someone who's not a screenwriter, she wonderfully understands movies. What she basically said was, 'This is Roland on the page; you must make him different in a film!' She got that Roland needed more drive. Just seeing those notes kind of gave me the keys to the kingdom. And so in the film, Roland keeps making these wild, imaginative leaps about the poets' lives, and Maud's both charmed and appalled. She's like, 'Are you a scholar or are you writing fiction?' That really helped in the spark department.''
The overhaul of Roland is drastic. Instead of a reticent, hyperarticulate Briton, the new Roland is a brash American saddled with frat-boy hang-ups and frat-boy diction. Mr. Eckhart portrays Roland not as a nebbish scholar but as a powder keg of stifled masculinity. (The shooting script calls him a ''daredevil.'') Imagine John McEnroe somehow being forced to read Robert Browning in a prison cell for 12 years, and you've got the idea. In one telling image, Roland wheels himself wildly through the library stacks on his office chair. He's more skateboarder than scholar.
Mr. LaBute's script also gives Roland a distractingly vulgar side, one heavily reminiscent of his own male characters (including the cold-blooded womanizer played by Mr. Eckhart in ''In the Company of Men.'') The film's Roland is the kind of guy who, when informed by Maud that Christabel LaMotte has long been considered homosexual, jokes: ''I mean, don't get me wrong. I like lesbians!'' (Maud retorts: ''They didn't have video cameras in those days, so you're out of luck.'') Roland makes ribald cracks about ''oral exams'' and sums himself up neatly when offering Maud the first use of a bathroom: ''Please, I'm just sort of a brush and flush kinda guy.'' Give that man a Bud Light!
To be fair, Mr. LaBute's Roland isn't altogether crude; you can sense that he's read some books. Flirting with Maud, he wittily caps a Freud citation -- ''On the other side of attraction lies repulsion'' -- with, ''Or was that Calvin Klein?'' But even Roland's erudition is embedded in sardonic verbal patter that makes him seem flippant about his scholarly quest: ''Imagine if I could prove that Mr. Perfect Husband actually had, like, this Shakespearian-type 'Dark Lady' thing going.''
In the end, Mr. LaBute's grafting of his own sensibility onto Roland creates a weird tonal clash. It's as if Nathan Zuckerman suddenly popped up in the middle of an Alice Munro story. Mr. LaBute himself wasn't sure if turning Roland into a caustic Yank was the way to go. ''I wondered, is it shameless pandering to the audience?'' he said. ''He didn't really need to be American to have more drive; in part, it was more comfortable for me to write Roland that way.'' He paused. ''Not only did Byatt O. K. the change; she didn't question the humor, either. She got it. Humor makes us alive, and she wanted Roland to be alive on the screen.'' (Ms. Byatt, currently writing her next novel in France, said she had not seen the finished film.)
Mr. LaBute said he believed that Ms. Byatt's reaction had stemmed partly from the fact that his script had captured the ''central paradox'' of the book: namely, how can two Victorians find it easier than two moderns to risk everything for love? ''What I wanted to get at with Roland and Maud was the idea that the all-permissive society makes a person like a deer in the headlights,'' he said. ''The ability to have it all can create this daunting sense that we don't know what we want.'' Accordingly, Mr. LaBute added a scene in which Roland and Maud get physical soon after meeting, only to have the sex interrupted by their mutual neuroses.
His take on ''Possession'' is actually a rather Victorian reading. The modern characters in ''Possession'' suffer from being too knowing about sexuality, not from being too loose. Ms. Byatt doesn't lament today's lack of moral strictures. Rather, what ''Possession'' wisely suggests is that sex and romance have become depressingly demystified in our obsessively analytical age.
Not surprisingly, however, the problem of modern moral relativism is a central theme of Mr. LaBute's work. Some critics have mistakenly taken the emotional depravity that dominates his work as a sign that he condones such behavior. The truth is quite the opposite. He is a hard-core moralist.
Consider Mr. LaBute's recent play ''The Distance From Here.'' The one-act drama, which opened in London this spring, climaxes when a teenager perpetrates a sickeningly violent act on a child. What makes his volatile, slang-talking protagonist Darrell behave so horribly? ''Darrell has no father figures, no paternal influence,'' Mr. LaBute said. ''Darrell is getting so many mixed signals that he doesn't know where to turn, and everything becomes open season. The more permissive the society, the more people become more confused.''
Mr. LaBute's dark vision of the modern world will be explored once more in ''The Mercy Seat,'' a play opening in New York this fall. Set in Manhattan on Sept. 12, 2001, the play focuses on an adulterous relationship. Mr. LaBute's portrait of the affair, he promises, will be worlds away from the heady romance of ''Possession.''
''A cataclysmic moment like 9/11 brings out the best and worst in people,'' Mr. LaBute said. ''And in the media there's been a lot of focus on the heroic side. Yet curiously enough, I wrote a piece in which people are villains.''
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Noninvasive Spine Stimulation Helps Paralyzed People Regain Use of Hands
Nonsurgical technique allows them to turn doorknobs, open water bottles for the first time in years.
University of California - Los Angeles04.26.18
The ability to perform simple daily tasks can make a big difference in people's lives, especially for those with spinal cord injuries. A UCLA-led team of scientists reports that six people with severe spinal cord injuries—three of them completely paralyzed—have regained use of their hands and fingers for the first time in years after undergoing a nonsurgical, noninvasive spinal stimulation procedure the researchers developed.
At the beginning of the study, three of the participants could not move their fingers at all, and none could turn a doorknob with one hand or twist a cap off a plastic water bottle. Each of them also had great difficulty using a cellphone. After only eight researcher-led training sessions with the spinal stimulation, all six individuals showed substantial improvements. The study participants had chronic and severe paralysis for more than one year, and some for more than 10 years.
From before the first session to the end of the last session, the participants improved their grip strength.
"About midway through the sessions, I could open my bedroom door with my left hand for the first time since my injury and could open new water bottles, when previously someone else had to do this for me," said Cecilia Villarruel, one of the participants, whose injury resulted from a car accident 13 years earlier. "Most people with a spinal cord injury say they just want to go to the bathroom like a normal person again," she said. "Small accomplishments like opening jars, bottles and doors enable a level of independence and self-reliance that is quite satisfying, and have a profound effect on people's lives."
In addition to regaining use of their fingers, the research subjects also gained other health benefits, including improved blood pressure, bladder function, cardiovascular function and the ability to sit upright without support.
"Within two or three sessions, everyone started showing significant improvements, and kept improving from there," said the study's lead author, UCLA research scientist Parag Gad.
"After just eight sessions, they could do things they haven't been able to do for years," said V. Reggie Edgerton, senior author of the research and a UCLA distinguished professor of integrative biology and physiology, neurobiology and neurosurgery.
This is the largest reported recovery of the use of hands that has been reported in patients with such severe spinal cord injuries, Edgerton said.
The researchers placed electrodes on the skin to stimulate the circuitry of the spinal cord. They call their method "transcutaneous enabling motor control," or tEmc. In the stimulation, electrical current is applied at varying frequencies and intensities to specific locations on the spinal cord.
In the training sessions, the participants squeezed a small gripping device 36 times (18 times with each hand) and held their grip for three seconds; the researchers measured the amount of force they used. The training consisted of two sessions a week over four weeks; the eight sessions each lasted about 90 minutes.
"The combination of spinal stimulation plus training with the hands allows them to regain the lost function," Gad said. They were less dependent on their caregivers, and could feed and dress themselves, he added.
Two of the six returned to Edgerton's laboratory 60 days after the training ended and maintained their grip strength; they could turn a doorknob with one hand, twist off a bottle cap and use a fork with one hand. (The four others did not return to the laboratory. The research subjects live in New York, Minnesota and elsewhere.)
The research is published online this month in the Journal of Neurotrauma.
More than 1.2 million Americans are living with paralysis from spinal cord injuries, according to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. Hundreds of thousands of people in the United States have lost control of vital body functions due to such injuries, including use of their hands and fingers.
"Improved hand function can mean the difference between needing around-the-clock care and living more independently," said Peter Wilderotter, president and CEO of the Reeve Foundation. "These findings bring great hope to those who were told recovery following paralysis would be impossible. As new discoveries and breakthroughs are uncovered, it is clear the word 'impossible' no longer applies to spinal cord injury."
Edgerton's research team has worked with more than two dozen people with severe spinal cord injuries, the vast majority of whom have shown substantial improvements.
"Nearly everyone thought the only people who would benefit from treatment were those who had been injured for less than a year; that was the dogma. Now we know the dogma is dead," said Edgerton, who is also affiliated with the University of Technology Sydney's Centre for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine in Australia. "All of our subjects have been paralyzed for more than a year. We know that in a high percentage of subjects who are severely injured, we can improve their quality of life."
Edgerton is seeking FDA approval for the motor control device so that it can be used by rehabilitation clinics and others. He is able to accept only a small number of people into his research program.
The spinal stimulation approach is inexpensive, does not require surgery and can be used in poor communities and countries without advanced medical facilities—"and the effects are in some ways, we think, better than surgery," Edgerton said.
"I get criticized a lot for giving 'false hope' but we follow where the science tells us to go and just give the research results," Edgerton said. "Everything is telling us the nervous system is much more adaptable than we've given it credit for, and can relearn and recover from severe injury."
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Zillow Group Partners With Paradigm to Launch Corporate D&I Strategy
About Zillow Group
Zillow Group houses an online portfolio of the largest and most vibrant real estate and home-related brands that focus on all stages of the home lifecycle: renting, buying, selling, financing, and home improvement. Zillow Group is committed to empowering consumers with unparalleled data, inspiration, and knowledge around homes, and connecting them with the right local professionals to help.
Partnership with Paradigm
As Zillow Group’s first Chief People Officer, one of Dan Spaulding’s priorities was to create a robust, effective diversity and inclusion strategy for the organization. Dan wanted to work with experts who could help the organization uncover existing barriers, craft a high-impact strategy, and partner on implementing that strategy. As a data-driven strategy firm that has worked with over 200 of the most innovative companies in the world on their diversity and inclusion initiatives, Paradigm was the obvious partner to help Dan achieve Zillow Group’s goals.
Paradigm began by conducting a Diversity & Inclusion Assessment that uncovered key barriers across the employee lifecycle, and provided strategies for addressing those barriers. The assessment included an in-depth analysis of quantitative data, including data on hiring, representation, and attrition. To bring the quantitative data to life and offer a detailed picture of the employee experience at Zillow Group, Paradigm also led thirty roundtable sessions with employees across six different locations around the United States.
Paradigm’s Diversity & Inclusion Assessment culminated in a diversity and inclusion strategy for Zillow Group. Spaulding notes that the feedback from roundtable sessions in particular has informed Zillow Group’s priorities in implementing its new diversity and inclusion strategy. As a result of working with Paradigm, Zillow Group has created a dozen affinity networks, as well as an Ambassadors Program for employees who want to take the lead on cultivating an inclusive culture. Zillow Group also enlisted Paradigm to lead Unconscious Bias Training, and to date Paradigm has trained over 1,000 employees, including Zillow Group’s management team of over 400 managers. To ensure successful implementation of these initiatives, Zillow Group has engaged in a Paradigm Partnership to receive ongoing consulting and advising throughout the process.
After a year of partnering with Paradigm, Zillow Group has made invaluable strides toward greater inclusion and belonging. “For me it wasn’t just about increasing our diversity numbers,” Spaulding says, “it was really about organizing our employees so their voices could be heard. And creating the kind of inclusive culture that I knew that our founders wanted, that the employees told me they wanted. People just didn’t know how, and Paradigm helped show us how to get started on that journey.”
"For me, it wasn't just about increasing our diversity numbers, it was really about organizing our employees so their voices could be heard."
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Zillow Group's Goals
After a period of rapid growth, Zillow Group wanted to develop a cohesive, effective corporate diversity and inclusion strategy.
Zillow Group wanted external expertise and support in implementing that strategy.
Zillow Group wanted to empower all employees with increased awareness and specific skills for cultivating an inclusive culture.
“Paradigm really helped us to capture voice in a way I’ve never seen in my professional career. They created a place for really effective and really safe dialogue within a company setting. ”
Dan Spaulding
Results at a glance
33% of the entire company trained, including 75% of the management team
300 Employees engaged in a dozen newly created affinity groups
Zillow Group's Results
Through a quantitative and qualitative Diversity & Inclusion Assessment that included roundtables around the country, Zillow Group identified key barriers to diversity and inclusion.
In partnership with Paradigm, Zillow Group developed a data-driven, customized diversity and inclusion strategy.
Paradigm trained approximately 75% of the Zillow Group management team and 33% of the entire company.
A dozen new affinity groups were created with more than 300 engaged employees, along with a new Diversity and Inclusion Ambassadors Program with 150 engaged employees.
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Read new Michael Cohen court documents that may offer clues on Mueller probe
Politics Mar 19, 2019 3:39 PM EST
A federal judge in New York dropped a few more breadcrumbs Tuesday around special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, unsealing nearly 900 pages of court documents surrounding Michael Cohen, the former attorney and fixer to President Donald Trump.
What are these documents exactly?
These are the affidavits and search warrants which gave officers the legal authority to search Cohen’s homes and offices in 2018. In them, officials in the Southern District of New York laid out their suspicions about Cohen, how they planned to investigate and why those warrants were needed.
Read the original documents below.
Released months after they were first requested by news organizations, the documents are an early outline of the cases against Cohen, which played out in two separate investigations, one by Mueller’s team and another by federal prosecutors in New York. They also point to the cache of evidence the special counsel’s office has from Cohen and raise questions about who else may be tainted by it.
Was there any new information in the documents?
The filings reveal that in July 2017, when Cohen was still referring to himself as the “personal attorney to President Donald J. Trump,” the FBI obtained search warrants for Cohen’s email. Investigators specifically gained permission to search emails dating back to January 2016.
That period included the first few months of Trump’s presidency, as well as much of the 2016 campaign. Those are also key, disputed months in terms of Trump’s personal interest in Russia.
Michael Cohen recently testified before Congress that Trump continued discussing a possible hotel deal in Russia through the first half of 2016. Cohen had previously testified that the discussions had stopped in early 2016, but later said that was a lie. The White House has repeatedly claimed that Cohen is now an unreliable witness who is inventing stories about Trump in order to gain sympathy in court and reduce his prison time. Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to lying to Congress and to several counts of campaign and finance violations.
Also of interest in the documents: nearly 20 pages devoted to Cohen’s “illegal campaign contribution scheme,” which were entirely redacted by the judge. That is likely a reference to the case in which Cohen pleaded guilty to paying off two women to keep their alleged affairs with Trump silent during Trump’s presidential campaign. Cohen has said Trump personally approved of and repaid him as part of that scheme, including making some payments as president in 2017. The White House has repeatedly said Cohen’s account is untrue.
What did the early stages of the investigation look like?
According to the court papers, authorities were eyeing Cohen for multiple crimes, including bank fraud and making illegal campaign contributions in the 2016 cycle.
A judge approved searches of Cohen’s Park Avenue apartment, downtown Manhattan office, a safe deposit box, hotel room and two Apple iPhones — leading to FBI raids that received significant media coverage last year. But the documents include some interesting details about the searches, such as a note that specifically gave investigators permission to “depress the fingerprints and/or thumbprints of Michael Cohen onto [his iPhone] or hold [the iPhone] in front of Cohen’s face … in order to gain access”.
What’s not in the documents?
While these are high-profile court papers, they do not substantially add to what we already know about the actions of Cohen or anyone else in the Trump campaign or Trump Organization.
But the court filings underline one key aspect of Mueller’s investigation: The special counsel appears to have far more documents than the public knows about — and his team has had those documents for a significant amount of time.
Left: New court documents shed light on special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Michael Cohen's finances. File photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters
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Lisa Desjardins is a correspondent for PBS NewsHour, where she covers news from the U.S. Capitol while also traveling across the country to report on how decisions in Washington affect people where they live and work.
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Triumphant trio
A leading specialist in the design and manufacture of one-off and low-volume parts has installed three high-specification machines from Trumpf, including a 5-axis TruLaser Cell 7020 Fiber.
Birmingham Prototypes (BPL) has located all three machines at its new 20,000ft² facility in Birmingham, where they are helping the company keep pace with an expanding order book for sectors such as automotive and aerospace.
BPL has earned a market reputation for providing a one-stop-shop service, taking parts from CAD through to final inspected products. It has invested heavily in its future, utilising technologies that include CAD/CAM suites, presses, CNC machining centres and the latest laser scanning inspection equipment. However, to meet ongoing customer demand, the company needed more capacity for sheetmetal engineering and fabrication projects at its new facility.
“We’ve enjoyed 15 years of growth at Birmingham Prototypes and now have 20 employees,” states the company’s operations director, Matt Adams. “Moving to our new building in 2019 with 24/7 operating capacity is a reflection of our progress. We have witnessed increasing demand from our customer base and we are determined to grow with it.”
BPL invested in a 5-axis Trumpf TruLaser Cell 7040 Fiber around four years ago. Pleased with its quality and ongoing performance, the company returned to the same manufacturer for a second 3D laser cutter – this time a TruLaser Cell 7020 Fiber.
As part of the same order, the TruLaser Cell 7020 was joined by two further Trumpf machines, a TruLaser 3030 fibre flat-bed laser cutter and a TruBend 3100 press brake. Beyond providing the resource to meet growing demand, the purchase is seen as providing genuine market differentiation and UK leading turnaround time on 5-axis work.
Complemented by Trumpf TruTops Cell software, the two 3D laser cutting machines at Birmingham Prototypes fulfil many roles, typically providing a high-quality, burr-free finish when trimming formed panels in line with CAD models.
Parts produced by the company are wide ranging. BPL also manufactures a host of automotive and aerospace industry parts as well as components for OEMs and tier one supply chain manufacturers in sectors such as rail, nuclear, medical and white goods.
“As specialists in sheet metalwork and 3D rapid prototyping, the scale of our operations varies greatly from one-off bespoke parts through large projects containing multiple components to scheduled low-volume production parts.” explains Mr Adams. “The versatility of our 5-axis lasers is of great benefit to a business like ours, where we can never be sure what will come through the door tomorrow.”
Versatility is indeed a key attribute of the TruLaser Cell 7000 series which allows users to process 3D, 2D and tubular parts. Moreover, customers can change flexibly between cutting, welding and laser metal deposition.
The modular set-up of the machine, as well as the option of individual adaptation and retrofitting, enable users to optimally customise the TruLaser Cell 7000 series in line with a changing production environment.
All three new Trumpf machines are installed at the new BPL facility where they are processing parts made from mild steel, stainless steel, aluminium, brass and copper. The company has an ongoing policy of making the latest technology available to its customers so that it can operate a flexible production schedule and accommodate urgent requests, sometimes within 24 hours. In addition, having all manufacturing capability under one roof is another factor that sets it apart from competitors.
“Our overriding focus as a company is delivering unrivalled quality,” Mr Adams affirms. “We continue to improve the company’s performance and ensure that BPL is at the forefront of the industry by readily investing in the latest machinery and technology.
“Control over manufacturing is clearly a major contributing factor when it comes to producing quality parts,” he concludes. “The addition of the three new Trumpf machines means we no longer need to outsource certain aspects of our production; we can control everything in-house.
“This not only improves quality and eliminates our reliance on supply chain partners but ensures faster turnaround for our customers.”
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Club Pilates Takes Over Portland, Will Open Two Additiona...
Club Pilates Takes Over Portland, Will Open Two Additional Studios by 2019
Club Pilates Takes Over Portland, Will Open Two Additional Studios by 2019 National Boutique Pilates Brand Provides Unique Workout Experience throughout Portland
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 6, 2018
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- There is a new workout gaining popularity around Portland - Pilates. In fact, the practice has become so popular that Club Pilates, the nation's largest premium, boutique Pilates franchise is seeing fast growth in Portland and by 2019 will expand to seven locations in the surrounding area. The demand for the workout stems from the Reformer-based exercises that are designed to help both the mind and body.
The Portland development follows incredible momentum for the fast-growing boutique fitness brand as consumers continue to seek out alternatives to their traditional workout regimens. Club Pilates offers group and private Reformer Pilates classes, providing consumers a tailored, high-end workout at an affordable price. With seven signature class types offered at four different levels, there is a workout perfectly suited for every fitness level and age. In addition, Club Pilates is the first Pilates brand to create a 500-hour Teacher Training Program created to thoroughly and safely teach group Pilates apparatus classes along with TRX, TriggerPoint, and Barre.
Club Pilates has opened studios in Happy Valley, Hazel Dell, Progress Ridge, Sherwood and West Hills. And the following studios slated to open by the end of the year:
Club Pilates Cedar Hills is opening in September at 2725 SW Cedar Hills Blvd., Ste. 100, Beaverton, OR
Club Pilates Lake Oswego coming soon
"With so many fitness concepts out of reach, Portland consumers are eager for a high-end workout that also comes at an affordable cost," said Shaun Grove, President of Club Pilates. "We are looking forward to increasing Club Pilates presence in Portland and continuing to spread our message of inclusive and accessible fitness across the market."
Club Pilates currently has more than 400 locations open across the country and is on track to have 600 studios open by end of 2018. For more information about Club Pilates in Portland, please visit: http://www.clubpilates.com/.
About Club Pilates:
Founded in 2007, Club Pilates is a boutique fitness studio that specializes in strength-training classes for anyone, at any age or fitness level. Based in Irvine, CA, the company is experiencing rapid growth and expects to have 600 locations open by the end of the year. With more than 2,000 instructors teaching over seven million workouts each year, Club Pilates is the first studio to create a 500-hour Teacher Training Program designed to thoroughly and safely teach group Pilates apparatus classes along with TRX, TriggerPoint, and Barre. Club Pilates was recently named the No. 4 Fastest-Growing Company by Inc. Magazine's and ranked No. 237 on Entrepreneur Magazine's prestigious Franchise 500 list. To learn more about the Pilates franchise opportunity, visit https://www.clubpilatesfranchise.com.
Media Contact: Samantha Miller, Fishman PR, smiller@fishmanpr.com or 847-945-1300
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