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Home CW Nancy Drew The CW released Promotional Photos of Nancy Drew episode Pilot
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The CW released Promotional Photos of Nancy Drew episode Pilot
By Daniël Bevers
The CW has released thirty-one Promotional Photos of Nancy Drew episode “Pilot” (1.01) that will be aired on Wednesday, October 9 at 08:00-09:00 PM.
Get a first look at the episode with the image gallery below, courtesy of The CW. Click on the image to fully enlarge.
UPDATE September 17, 2019: The CW has released twenty-three additional promotional Photos.
Nancy Drew (Kennedy McMann) is a brilliant teenage detective whose sense of self had come from solving mysteries in her hometown of Horseshoe Bay, Maine – until her mother’s untimely death derails Nancy’s college plans. Devastated by her mother’s passing, Nancy swears off crime-solving while crossing off the days until she can re-apply to college.
Nancy Drew is a production of CBS Television Studios in association with Fake Empire, with executive producers Noga Landau, Melinda Hsu Taylor, Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage and Lis Rowinski.
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Arnaldo Antunes/Carlinhos Brown/Marisa Monte: Tribalistas
To get the point of Tribalistas you have to see past the hype. Sure, the three musicians who put this music together are huge stars in Brazil—and the world, at least the places where global music is appreciated. Marisa Monte has few peers when it comes to vocal music; her collaborators have made huge names of their own, Arnaldo Antunes as a pop hero in his own right and Carlinhos Brown as percussionist for everyone who matters. You might imagine that the triumvirate would crash and burn from its sheer weight. But, miraculously, it doesn't... and the result is a collection of memorable songs that taste great and go right down.
For the most part, anyway. The oddly dark "O Amor e Feio" ("Love Is Ugly") rides spare accompaniment—unison guitar lines and tinkling piano swirls—along with rustling percussion and odd noises, delivering a truly ugly message:
Love is dirty
It smells like piss
It puts the fear in you
But then, somehow, mere moments later, love redeems itself and becomes beautiful and full of grace. Obviously someone is in that very confused, self-indulgent adolescent state between love and resentment. The song works especially well because Monte's voice, smooth as butter, is juxtaposed alongside Antunes' rough, gutteral sound. Something like sandpaper paired with velvet, the combination somehow makes it all make sense. Sort of.
And that's true for most of the record. An exception is the torch ballad "É Você" ("It's You"), where Brown proves himself an effective tenor with smoky overtones, joining Monte while four guitars course through gently paced rhythms. But for the most part the contrast between the two main vocalists provides most of the color and drama. The very middle-of-the-road "Um A Um" ("One To One") plods a bit, but it's redeemed by the romantic strains of "Velha Infancia" ("Old Childhood") and the sing-song electro-samba of "Passe em Casa" ("Come By The House"), with just a bit of hip-hop tossed in the mix.
Admittedly the vocals are the centerpiece of Tribalistas—how can that ever not be true when Marisa Monte is involved?—but the rest of the music is an interesting amalgam of approaches. There's no particularly experimental edge or brilliant innovation here, but like most quality Brazilian pop, Tribalistas mixes things up well enough to steer clear of cliché. It's consistently warm and inviting, ceaselessly romantic, with no burn or aftertaste.
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Track Listing: 1. Carnavalia (4:16) 2. Um a Um (2:41) 3. Velha Infancia (4:10) 4. Passe Em Casa (3:54) 5. O Amor E Feio (3:11) 6. � Voc� (2:51) 7. Carnalismo (2:36 ) 8. Mary Cristo (3:00) 9. Anjo da Guarda (2:47) 10. L� de Longe (2:17) 11. Pecado � Lhe Deixar de Molho (2:58) 12. J� Sei Namorar (3:16) 13. Tribalistas (3:23)
Personnel: Marisa Monte: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, Trumpet, Accordion, Hammond Organ, Sound Effects, Viola, Handclapping, Cajon, Mixing, Gaita, Nylon String Guitar, Animal Sounds, Palmas, Toy Trumpet, Assobios; Margareth Menezes: Viola, Vocals, Gaita; Carlinhos Brown: Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Piano, Strings, Bongos, Conga, Cymbals, Drums, Glockenspiel, Harp, Marimba, Hammond Organ, Sound Effects, Tabla, Tambourine, Viola, Vocals, Whistle, Bells, Berimbau, Tumba, Handclapping, Caxixi, Pandeiro, Repique, Spoons, Zarb, Producer, Vibraphone, Djembe, Agogo, Cajon, Cuica, Reco-Reco, Shaker, Tumbadora, Editing, Cordas, Bateria, Sapo, Timba, Bacurinhas, Music Box, Afuche, Drum Effects, Nylon String Guitar, Baixo, Box, Bumbo, Chapuis, Financial Director, Metal Sheets, Moringa, Music Stand, Palmas, Prato, Assobios; Arnaldo Antunes: Vocals, Whistle, Handclapping, Vox Organ, Palmas, Assobios; Dadi Carvalho: Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Guitar, Piano, Accordion, Steel Guitar, Hammon Organ, Sitar, Ukulele, Viola, Whistle, Handclapping, Viola da Gamba, Cavaquinho, Slide Guitar, E-Bow, Cavaco, Animal Sounds, Apito, Baixo, Bandolin, Pizzicato, Sementes.
Title: Tribalistas | Year Released: 2003 | Record Label: Metro Blue
About Arnaldo Antunes
Arnaldo Antunes/Carlinhos Brown/Marisa Monte CD/LP/Track Review Arnaldo Antunes AAJ Staff Metro Blue United States Tribalistas
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The Progeny Of Flies: Tres Muscae Consummunt Cadaver Equi Aeque Cito Ac Leo
Andrew Liles And Daniel Menche
Label: Beta-lactam Ring Records (MT206)
1st to 3rd Instar
Recorded 2006-2007 in Portland, USA and at the Bear Den, Brighton, East Sussex, UK.
Limited edition of 500 copies.
Packaged in hard-bound mini LP sleeve with insert.
Vital Weekly
I have been a fan of the works of Mr. Liles and Mr. Menche for a while now, so this CD of their first ever collaboration is most welcome. And it looks great; packed in a hard carton slightly oversized CD sleeve with typical Liles-artwork. The 65+ minutes that form The progeny Of Flies are divided into 4 parts. Opener Eggs (signifying the first stage of the fly life cycle) features the now typical Liles-sounds augmented by Menche’s higher and harsher frequencies. In one word beautiful. The second track 1st To 3rd Instar features low frequency pulses before subtle piano chords (and reverbed pedals) set in. Again full marks to Liles and Menche. “Pupar” (the third track) starts off with a horse’s neigh. After that surprising intro we’re in a world filled with bass tones with plucked strings and percussive elements. Closing track Metamorphoses (to end the fly theme) features a low, almost prehistoric growl and Menche’s more noisy elements which builds up to a climax. The track ends with
piano and the buzzing sound of a fly. This CD, subtitled “tres muscae conummunt cadaver equi aeque cito ac leo”, which loosely and very cryptically translates into “three muscular complete corpses indeed quick justice and lion” is a gorgeous piece of work; beautiful, restrained and highly recommended! (FK)
Cyclic Defrost Magazine
‘When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro…’ – that saying might well apply to this bizarre collaboration between Andrew Liles and Daniel Menche. Anyone up for a dark ambient concept album about the life-cycle of flies? Don’t all rush at once…
Andrew Liles is an esoteric production maestro based in Brighton, who has worked with the likes of Nurse With Wound and Current 93, and Daniel Menche is an established noise musician from Portland, and this is their first collaboration. Separately, Liles and Menche have released – well, a lot of albums – I gave up counting them actually… But this is no mere soulless foray into the avant-garde. This is 100% genuine, straight-up, satisfaction-guaranteed-or-your-money-back weirdness, with a real artistry to it. The Progeny of Flies plays like the best soundtrack to the best film of the best Murakami novel that hasn’t yet been written.
You want sensurround drones? Tick. You want ghostly piano notes? Tick. You want the odd buzzing fly sound? Uh, tick. It’s all here – and then some. This is a great record, bursting with oneiric strangeness and somnambulistic intent. Deserves to sell more copies than Coldplay.
Ewan Burke
Re:Gen Magazine
By: Matthew Johnson
Subtitled “Tres Muscae Consummunt Cadaver Equi Aeque Cito ac Leo,” a Latin quotation by Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus that translates to “The progeny of three flies can consume a dead horse more quickly than a lion can,” this collaboration between experimental composers Andrew Liles and Daniel Menche is about as gruesome and morbid as its title suggests. With four tracks mirroring the four stages of the titular insect’s life cycle, The Progeny of Flies begins appropriately enough with “Eggs,” a minimalist ambient arrangement of drones in minor key harmonies; as the subtle drones are gradually overtaken by buzzing and distortion, there’s a feeling of ominous potential, a growing sense of imminent activity that represents the hatching of the maggots that take center stage on “1st to 3rd Instar” (“instar” being the scientific term for the developmental stages of arthropod larvae between moults and prior to sexual maturity). This track is perhaps the album’s most abstract, and the most difficult to connect with its subject matter; it’s not immediately obvious how the soft ambience and admittedly morbid piano keys tie directly with the image of soft-bodied fly larvae, though the muffled thuds do seem to make something of a parallel with the blind hungry motion of maggots. Conversely, “Pupa” begins with a frantic neighing that serves as an unexpectedly literal reminder of the album’s subtitle, though it quickly returns to quieter atmospheres. Like “Eggs,” this track represents a more quiescent stage of insect life, when the maggots cocoon themselves before emerging as fully-grown flies, but the potential for pestilence seems even stronger here, with loud hollow-sounding dulcimer plucking that serves as a jarring reminder of the intense biological activity taking place within the seemingly placid pupal form. “Metamorphosis” deals with that biological activity directly, with buzzing, string drones, and muffled percussion coming together in concert like the biological systems of an animal, ending with another literal parallel to the album’s title in the form of amplified buzzing wings. Alternating back and forth between ambient symbolism and more obvious sonic synecdoche, The Progeny of Flies is an effective portrait of nature at its most unapologetically grisly, but fans of Liles and Menche’s other dark experimental compositions are sure to appreciate this one as well.
“The Progeny of Flies” brings together two giants of the experimental electronic music scene. Both have consistent, regular and ongoing release schedules, either working on their own music or as part of other projects and tour continuously. Andrew Liles has worked with a long list of other artists including Current 93, Rose McDowall, Bass Communion, Nurse with Wound, The Hafler Trio, Joolie Wood, Edward Ka-spel and Jonathan Coleclough to name just a few. Daniel Menche has long been an experimental musician who focuses on creating beauty from chaotic sound comprising of drones, tones and strange electronic sounds. Liles work falls mostly on the ambient and rhythmic side of electronics where an attention to the subtleties of sound and the atmosphere it creates is all important. It is this diversity of approach that makes this collaboration such an exciting prospect. Consisting of four lengthy tracks, “The Progeny of Flies” is based around the early life cycle of a fly from egg to insect. Tracks range from just under 14 minutes to 22 minutes in length and the first edition of 700 copies comes packaged in a deluxe book bound sleeve.
“Eggs” starts out with ghostly almost choral tones sweeping around in the distance while undulating tones rise and fall and a low drone rumbles discretely by, the mood heightening as the track progresses. It could easily represent the first stage in the creation of the insect progeny, such is the subtlety of the sound and the way it hints at the formation of life, the intensity of the droning background very slowly building and becoming more assertive. “1st to 3rd Instar” is even more subtle in tone, utilising more space and quiet, carefully placed sounds, gentle piano keys and a discrete but ever-present heartbeat like thump indicating a progression in the formation of the insect as the process slowly continues. After “Pupa” delivers an immediate shock right from the start it then presents a darker mood, the strings are metallic, slightly harsh and aggressive and the entire atmosphere is much tenser as though waiting for something unpleasant to happen. When it arrives, the mood gets darker still, otherworldly moans are emphasised by deep rumbling drones and slow heaving tones. “Metamorphosis” closes the album with the sound of the fly emerging from the safety of its catalyst, the urgency of the music becomes more apparent and layered whirs of electronic string-like sounds sweep in to represent the buzzing of insect wings and the swarming of flies as they emerge from their incubation.
As you might expect from such a pairing, “The Progeny of Flies” is a wonderful collaboration of two accomplished and respected artists in their field. Generally combining the intricate ambient subtleties of Liles work with the louder sound crafting elements of Menche’s output, the album benefits from their considerable experience in the creation of experimental electronic music. Dark and intensely atmospheric but accurately realised and executed as you would expect from two artists of this standing.
Written by Matthew Amundsen
cover image Prolific artists Andrew Liles and Daniel Menche combine forces to tackle the subject of flies. Divided into four tracks named for the stages of a fly’s life cycle, Liles and Menche blend their talents in a heady mix of drones and subtle textures, with vaguely melodic underpinnings. The album has enough unpredictability to make it both mystifying and alluring while still playing to the artists’ respective strengths.
“Eggs” opens with heavy drones that are soon balanced by eerie, slight melodies smeared across the distant background. It’s a haunting or at the very least mysterious effect, and the sly introduction of other textures, like faint distortion or mechanical cycles, increases the tension as the track progresses. Heavier bass-wise but overall quieter “1st to 3rd Instar” is also dotted with patches of Liles’ piano that aren’t a whole lot different from the various “Anhedonia” riffs from his Vortex Vault series. Juxtaposed against whisper-level drones and occasional machine thumps, they sound lonely and bleak. This track is the album’s most introspective and comes like the calm before a storm.
The action picks up on “Pupa” with a horse’s anguished neigh. It’s brief but startling enough to reawaken ears that may have grown dormant over the course of the last track. Bouncing bass tones and a tinny plucked melody lead into metallic overtones, submerged pounding, and faintly buzzing strings that hint of menace. Things come to a head with the finale “Metamorphosis.” Not only do the buzzing strings return more agitated than ever, high-pitched screeches like a cacophony of punctured brass instruments grow in a fierce chorus. There’s a brief respite before, at last, the flies themselves make an appearance before fading into the void from which they had come.
Liles and Menche make the most of this collaboration, imbuing it with their unique sensibilities to give the album the effective impression of a narrative arc. While this album skirts around territory visited in some of their other work, here the combination of their skills entrances the ear in an entirely different way altogether.
Babysue
The first collaboration between experimental artists Andrew Liles and Daniel Menche recorded from 2006 to 2007 in Portland, Oregon. The Progeny of Flies is, not surprisingly, an odd spin. The disc features otherworldly experimental sound collages that are subtle and hypnotic. The album is divided into four parts: “Eggs,” “1st to 3rd Instar,” “Pupa,” and “Metamorphosis.” Somehow or another, these two fellows have managed to effectively present sounds that seem to embody the world of insects (?). This music is extraordinarily esoteric and peculiar…not at all intended for the typical music fan. Note that the first 700 copies are encased in a deluxe book bound case. We have become huge fans of the Beta-lactam Ring label over the past few months…and The Progeny of Flies is an excellent example of why we are now so passionately hypnotized. This is a pure and unique recording that sounds like no other. An easy TOP PICK for this month… (Rating: 5+++)
Musique Machine
The Progeny of Flies finds Liles and Menche presenting a heady, atmospheric and disturbed suite of songs built around darkly hued ambient tone, sustained organ dread, creepy and sinister looped subtle rhythmic elements and simple yet damn creepy piano notation.
The album is built around 5 longish tracks lasting nearon 70 minutes in all, First up is the track Eggs which as it title suggests does bring to mind the slow laying of fly eggs on decaying flesh, faeces and rot- with seemingly the rapidity of laying growing as the track builds up. The track is built around hypnotic gothic horror like organ tones and sustains that really seem to worm there way into you mind with their simmering sinister harmonic air. Next up is 1st to 3rd instar which starts off with looped knocking & brooding buoy type rhythmic tone and deep bass death hits- Menche really building up such a tangible feeling of decay, fear and menace. At about 5 minute mark Liles appears making you jump out of your skin with a series of simply yet goose bump inducing skeletal piano notes that are haunting, gothic and just slightly discordant. With Menche continuing his dread filled march underneath- really very creepy, yet at the same time oddly beautiful.
Next up is the track Pupa which starts off with an alarming horse like sound before opening up into bassy and gloomy rhythmic revolutions with the note sequence from 1st to 3rd instar returning but in a more jarring/sharp manner feeling like the melody is been bloody and painful yanked, ripped and stabbed from the instrument. At about midway point this element drops out and the pair build up a heady, shadowy mix of didgeridoo, gong, grim sinning bowl and sawing violin tones. Lastly we have Metamorphosis which starts with rhythmic textures that could well be internal piano scapes and saws-over this a unnerving tapestry of scratching, feeding, sinister purring is built along with gong tones, before a building pitch black cinematic horn/ string tone mix enters that reachers quite penetrating and powerful heights. Towards the end Liles returns for a few runs of atmospheric piano playing before the feasting and brooding sustain feel returns once more and it exits with fly buzzing tone. A great climatic end to the suite of songs.
The album is packed in a simply yet effective white on black stiff card folder with a circles drawings of fly bodies. The Progeny of Flies is one of the most hypotonic, darkly compelling and at times downright terrifying hours worth of sonic atmospher that you’ll sit through this year, but you’ll have act fairly quickly to get a copy it as it’s only ltd to 500 copies.
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Both Andrew Liles and Daniel Menche are respected experimental musicians in their own right. Liles has worked with a long list of artists including Current 93, Nurse with Wound, The Hafler Trio and Edward Ka-Spel. His music focuses largely on the darker aspects of ambient and rhythmic electronics. Menche on the other hand creates beauty from chaos in the form of drones, tones and assorted electronic shards of sound. Both are prolific and have extensive back catalogues and busy release schedules. A collaboration between the two is an exciting prospect for those familiar with their work. “The Progeny of Flies” is, as the title suggests, an electronic interpretation of the life cycle of a fly from an egg to its first flight. Over the duration of four lengthy musical pieces, each representing a stage in the life cycle, Liles and Menche sonically represent the creation of a tiny life by mixing Liles penchant for dark atmospheres with Menche’s noisier and more abrasive elements. “Eggs” is full of atmospheric subtleties, representing the earliest stages of incubation where life signs are small but the egg is starting to grow. The mood is subtler still throughout “1st to 3rd Instar” where the sounds are sparse and the mood delicate but heavy on atmosphere. “Pupa” is darker and more abrasive with metallic strings and a tense mood perhaps depicting the more obvious signs of growth and activity of the life within. Closing the album is “Metamorphosis”, the final stage that sees the emergence of the recognisable form of the fly. The urgency of the music becomes more apparent and the buzzing of the fly in flight is the focus with the hum of the swarm buzzing all around. “The Progeny of Flies” is beautifully crafted with apparent care and consideration. Each piece has its role and meaning to the album as a whole and Liles and Menche execute it perfectly. Paul Lloyd
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In the past twenty years hundreds of infants and young children have died after being left in vehicles, usually by accident. When turning the vehicle off, drivers of the Highlander Hybrid are reminded to check the back seat if they opened the rear door before starting out. The MKT doesn’t offer a back seat reminder.
The Highlander Hybrid has standard Whiplash Injury Lessening Seats, which use a specially designed seat to protect the driver and front passenger from whiplash. During a rear-end collision, the Whiplash Injury Lessening Seats system allows the backrest to travel backwards to cushion the occupants and the headrests move forward to prevent neck and spine injuries. The MKT doesn’t offer a whiplash protection system.
The Highlander Hybrid has standard Pre-Collision System, which use forward mounted sensors to warn the driver of a possible collision ahead. If the driver doesn’t react and the system determines a collision is imminent, it automatically applies the brakes at full-force in order to reduce the force of the crash or avoid it altogether. The MKT offers an available collision warning system without the automated brake feature that would prevent or reduce the collision if the driver fails to react.
The Highlander Hybrid has a standard Secondary Collision Brake, which automatically applies the brakes in the event of a crash to help prevent secondary collisions and prevent further injuries. The MKT doesn’t offer a post collision braking system: in the event of a collision that triggers the airbags, more collisions are possible without the protection of airbags that may have already deployed.
Over 200 people are killed each year when backed over by motor vehicles. The Highlander Hybrid Limited/Platinum has standard Automated Braking that uses rear sensors to monitor and automatically apply the brakes to prevent a rear collision. The MKT doesn’t offer backup collision prevention brakes.
When descending a steep, off-road slope, the Highlander Hybrid AWD’s standard Downhill Assist Control allows you to creep down safely. The MKT doesn’t offer Downhill Assist Control.
The Toyota Highlander Hybrid XLE/Limited/Platinum has Daytime Running Lights to help keep it more visible under all conditions. Canadian government studies show that driving with lights during the day reduces accidents by 11% by making vehicles more conspicuous. The MKT doesn’t offer Daytime Running Lights.
The Highlander Hybrid (except LE/XLE) offers an optional Bird’s Eye View Camera to allow the driver to see objects all around the vehicle on a screen. The MKT only offers a rear monitor and front and rear parking sensors that beep or flash a light. That doesn’t help with obstacles to the sides.
The Highlander Hybrid’s driver alert monitor detects an inattentive driver then sounds a warning and suggests a break. According to the NHTSA, drivers who fall asleep cause about 100,000 crashes and 1500 deaths a year. The MKT doesn’t offer a driver alert monitor.
Both the Highlander Hybrid and the MKT have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, side-impact head airbags, front seatbelt pretensioners, height adjustable front shoulder belts, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, blind spot warning systems, rearview cameras, rear cross-path warning and available all wheel drive.
Toyota pays for scheduled maintenance on the Highlander Hybrid for 2 years and 25000 miles. Toyota will pay for oil changes, lubrication and any other required maintenance. Lincoln only pays for the first scheduled maintenance visit on the MKT.
There are over 45 percent more Toyota dealers than there are Lincoln dealers, which makes it easier should you ever need service under the Highlander Hybrid’s warranty.
J.D. Power and Associates’ 2019 survey of the owners of three-year-old vehicles provides the long-term dependability statistics that show that Toyota vehicles are more reliable than Lincoln vehicles. J.D. Power ranks Toyota second in reliability, above the industry average. With 39 more problems per 100 vehicles, Lincoln is ranked 19th.
From surveys of all its subscribers, Consumer Reports’ December 2019 Auto Issue reports that Toyota vehicles are more reliable than Lincoln vehicles. Consumer Reports ranks Toyota third in reliability. Lincoln is ranked 15th.
On the EPA test cycle the Highlander Hybrid AWD CVT gets better fuel mileage than the MKT (35 city/35 hwy vs.
15 city/21 hwy).
On the EPA test cycle the Highlander Hybrid LE AWD CVT gets better fuel mileage than the MKT (35 city/35 hwy vs. 15 city/21 hwy).
Regenerative brakes improve the Highlander Hybrid’s fuel efficiency by converting inertia back into energy instead of wasting it. The MKT doesn’t offer a regenerative braking system.
In heavy traffic or at stoplights the Highlander Hybrid’s engine automatically turns off when the vehicle is stopped, saving fuel and reducing pollution. The engine is automatically restarted when the driver gets ready to move again. (Start/Stop isn’t accounted in present EPA fuel mileage tests.) The MKT doesn’t offer an automatic engine start/stop system.
To lower fuel costs and make buying fuel easier, the Toyota Highlander Hybrid uses regular unleaded gasoline. The MKT requires premium for maximum efficiency, which can cost 20 to 55 cents more per gallon.
The Highlander Hybrid has a standard continuously variable transmission (CVT). With no “steps” between gears, it can keep the engine at the most efficient speed for fuel economy, or keep it at its peak horsepower indefinitely for maximum acceleration. The MKT doesn’t offer a CVT.
For better maneuverability, the Highlander Hybrid’s turning circle is 4.1 feet tighter than the MKT AWD’s (37.4 feet vs. 41.5 feet).
The Toyota Highlander Hybrid may be more efficient, handle and accelerate better because it weighs about 350 to 600 pounds less than the Lincoln MKT.
The Highlander Hybrid is 1 foot shorter than the MKT, making the Highlander Hybrid easier to handle, maneuver and park in tight spaces.
The front grille of the Highlander Hybrid uses electronically controlled shutters to close off airflow and reduce drag when less engine cooling is needed. This helps improve highway fuel economy. The MKT doesn’t offer active grille shutters.
The Highlander Hybrid has standard seating for 8 passengers; the MKT can only carry 7.
The Highlander Hybrid has 1.1 inches more front headroom, 1.5 inches more front hip room, .4 inches more front shoulder room, .4 inches more rear headroom, 1.1 inches more rear hip room, .6 inches more rear shoulder room, 2.6 inches more third row headroom, 5 inches more third row hip room and 5.9 inches more third row shoulder room than the MKT.
For enhanced passenger comfort on long trips the Highlander Hybrid’s middle and third row seats recline. The MKT’s third row seats don’t recline.
The Highlander Hybrid’s cargo area provides more volume than the MKT.
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To make loading groceries and cargo easier when your hands are full, the Highlander Hybrid Limited/Platinum’s liftgate can be opened and closed just by kicking your foot under the back bumper, leaving your hands completely free. The MKT doesn’t offer a hands-free gesture to open its liftgate, forcing you to put cargo down if your hands are full.
The Highlander Hybrid’s standard towing capacity is much higher than the MKT’s (3500 vs. 2000 pounds).
The Highlander Hybrid’s power parking brake sets with one touch and releases with one touch or automatically. The MKT’s parking brake has to released manually.
When the Highlander Hybrid Limited/Platinum is put in reverse, both rearview mirrors tilt from their original position. This gives the driver a better view of the curb during parallel parking maneuvers. Shifting out of reverse puts the mirrors into their original positions. The MKT’s mirrors don’t automatically adjust for backing.
The Highlander Hybrid is available in both front-wheel drive and four-wheel drive configurations. The MKT doesn’t offer a two-wheel drive configuration.
The Toyota Highlander outsold the Lincoln MKT by almost 67 to one during the 2019 model year.
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Above: Prime minister of Japan Shinzo Abe (left) and China's president Xi Jinping (right).
JAPAN and Asean commemorated 40 years of friendship and cooperation with a Summit Meeting in Tokyo on Dec 14 proclaiming in their joint commitment to work "hand in hand, facing regional and global challenges".
Given the current heightened political tension between China and Japan following Beijing's announcement of its new East China Sea Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ), the Summit was part of Japan's pursuit of its "Strategic Diplomacy" toward Asean in balancing China's increasing influence in East Asia.
The joint statement reemphasised the importance of principles of international law and enhancement of cooperation to ensure "the freedom of overflight and civil aviation safety in accordance with the universally recognised principles of international law". While not as robust as some expected, the statement illustrates Japan's deepening reliance on Asean -- in at least three ways.
FIRSTLY, the statement highlighted the importance of "Asean's centrality" in regional multilateralism, such as the Asean Plus Three (APT) and the East Asia Summit (EAS). Asean member states have been concerned about being marginalised by great power politics following the end of the Cold War. Asean has become the political and economic "spear and shield" of the Southeast Asian states by unifying their voices and coordinating diplomatic moves.
It is also strategically beneficial for Japan to affirm Asean centrality in the context of heightened Sino-Japanese rivalry because either power need not take the lead in the region. By explicitly endorsing Asean centrality, Japan has clearly recognised Asean as a driving force in nurturing a regional architecture in East Asia, which served to reassure Asean.
SECONDLY, Japan and Asean struck a right balance in their political demands. While Japan is concerned about China's assertiveness over the East China Sea, it was clear that Asean as an institution did not want to become overly entangled in great power politics. Given the diverse strategic interests of the Asean member states, it would be highly unlikely that Japan could persuade all Asean member states to stipulate its security concern about China in the joint statement.
Instead, the statement focused on the importance of international rules and norms, which were indicated by the references to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the International Civil Aviation Organisation.
This confirmed the common stance of Japan and Asean towards freedom of navigation in the high seas, including the freedom of overflight and civil aviation safety. In this way, Asean does not need to be politically entangled in the Sino-Japanese rivalry, while still upholding respect for international rules and norms. This can also function as political deterrence against China's potential move to establish an ADIZ over the South China Sea, for which Asean is directly concerned.
THIRDLY, the statement paid particular attention to the East Asia Summit as "a Leaders-led forum for dialogue and cooperation on issues of strategic importance to the region". This statement shifts their regional political issue from the long-questioned division of labour in East Asian community-building between APT and EAS to the management of the current strategic flux in East Asia.
In sum, Japan's basic stance toward Asean is to advance what is "feasible" and avoid an "unfeasible" cooperation. Ultimately, Asean is a regional institution that would help prevent deterioration of the strategic situation by keeping the channel of communication open at the political level. However, it does not work as a major power's balancing tool against any other major power.
Hence Japan separately approached each Asean member as part of its hedging strategy toward China. For example as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe travelled to each Asean member state in 2013, Japan pursued strategic cooperation bilaterally with each member. Through these travels, Japan attempted to strengthen its political and security ties with Asean states.
In the Tokyo Summit, it held bilateral meetings with several Asean members, such as the Philippines and Vietnam, regarding China's ADIZ. Therefore, Japan's "Strategic Diplomacy" toward Asean is a dual strategy -- enhancing bilateral security cooperation with those willing among the Asean member states, while respecting the institutional cohesiveness of Asean by explicitly recognising Asean centrality.
While the 40th anniversary of Asean-Japan relations has given political traction to further deepen and broaden cooperation, there are four main political challenges this year.
FIRST, Japan's diplomatic effort to continue opening channels of communication with China is critical. The diplomatic and political tensions between Japan and China, characterised as a "security dilemma" or a "game of chicken," not only exacerbate bilateral tensions but also increase regional concerns, including Asean's.
As Asean provides forums in which both Japan and China can meet and communicate with each other, both need to make the most of such opportunities. In this sense, Japan's first and foremost diplomatic agenda this year is to prevent further jeopardy to its political image created by Abe's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine on Dec 26 and to reorganise its diplomacy.
SECOND, Japan should help to further institutionalise EAS and ensure US commitment to the forum. To make EAS a truly strategic forum, US participation is imperative, which will also enhance Asean as a credible forum.
THIRD, Japan and Asean should map out action plans to cooperate on regional and global issues. The joint statement suggests that the scope of their cooperation should be comprehensive. Now that shared-principles are clarified, Japan and Asean should chart a road map to enhance such principles, possibly through the Asean dialogue process with its trading partners and through Asean-led institutions.
FOURTH, Asean is likely to become relatively inward-looking this year as it needs to focus on establishing the Asean Community comprising its Economic, Political-Security, and Social-Cultural Community pillars. Japan's support for such community-building this year will be a key factor for maintaining the momentum of Asean-Japan cooperation.
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Farooq Abdullah says he was detained, calls Amit Shah a liar
By Asiaville Desk • 07/08/2019 at 11:01AM
Lok Sabha MP and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Farooq Abdullah, said he had been detained at home, and was not allowed to meet anyone, even his daughter.
During the discussion on 'Article 370', members of the opposition raised concerns over the absence of to Srinagar Lok Sabha member and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Farooq Abdullah, who they said was under house arrest.
Dayanidhi Maran of the DMK sought information on his whereabouts from the Speaker Om Birla, who said he would look into the matter. The NCP's Supriya Sule also alleged that he had been arrested.
Opposition parties questioned Home Minister Amit Shah through the Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla in this regard. Answering them, Amit Shah said, 'Farooq Abdullah has not been arrested or detained. He is in his house. If he does not want to come here then I cannot compel him to come.
Through his reply, the Home Minister informed the Lok Sabha that the former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Lok Sabha member Farooq Abdullah was not arrested by the government.
Farooq Abdullah: As soon as the gate will open and our people will be out, we will fight, we'll go to the court We're not gun-runners, grenade-throwers, stone-throwers, we believe in peaceful resolutions. They want to murder us. My son (Omar Abdullah) is in jail https://t.co/Dxz4MGGOiX
- ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2019
Shortly after this, Farooq Abdullah spoke to the media persons in Srinagar. He said this is not the India he had trusted. After 70 years, India has betrayed the people of Kashmir, he alleged.
He further said, 'The home minister of the country has lied in the Lok Sabha."
Farooq Abdullah said he had been detained at home, and was not allowed to meet anybody, not even his daughter who lives nearby.
"I will not be silent when the people of my state have been incarcerated. They are being killed. We are not stone-throwers. We are not going to shoot. The central government has done wrong. We will challenge it in the Supreme Court. We will struggle, we will fight. If they want to shoot then let them shoot me on the chest from the front, there is no need to shoot me from the back."
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Over half of enterprises already deploying Internet of Things
Over half of enterprises are already Internet of Things within the workplace, citing business value in optimising operations and reducing risk.
James Henderson (ARN) 01 July, 2016 08:14
Despite the recent rise of connected technologies, 65 per cent of organisations currently collect data from equipment, devices or other connected endpoints and use that data for a business purpose.
Findings from 451 Research’s inaugural Voice of the Enterprise : Internet of Things (IoT) study reports that datacentre equipment (51 per cent) is currently the most common source of IoT data, followed by camera/surveillance equipment (34 per cent), datacentre facilities equipment (33 per cent) and smartphones/end-user devices (29 per cent).
In addition, industry plays a big role with 49 per cent of manufacturing organisations gathering data from factory equipment and 49 per cent of healthcare organisations gathering data from medical devices.
“The term, ’Internet of Things‘, has proliferated rapidly and taken on different meanings depending on the audience,” 451 Research Research Director, Dan Harrington, said.
“As is reflected in our survey data, these connected endpoint scenarios are both old and new.
"They vary immensely from traditional use cases such as IP connected cameras, building automation, warehouse automation and telematics to emerging industrial use cases such as crop monitoring and remote patient monitoring.
“Organisations are both enhancing their already connected endpoints with greater capabilities as well as connecting new objects with sensors and circuitry to derive net new value for the business.”
Harrington said business value derived from these deployments include reducing risk (66 per cent) followed by optimising operations (63 per cent), developing new or enhance existing products or services (33 per cent) and enhancing customer targeting (21 per cent).
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According to Harrington, this also varies by industry with manufacturing and utilities mostly focused on optimising operations, while reducing risk is more critical for those in finance and public sector.
Types of data gathered
“The volume of data being gathered and stored by these endpoints is immense,” said Harrington, who broke these types of data down into three major categories, machine sensing (data gathered from machines), biological sensing (data gathered from humans and animals) and environmental sensing (data gathered from the environment).
Respondents noted that the majority of the data today is gathered from machines for business use (71.5 per cent), while data gathered from humans and animals (8.5 per cent) and the environment (20 per cent) represents a smaller, but growing portion of the overall data.
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IoT inhibitors
With regards to IoT deployments, 46 per cent said security concerns were an impediment while nearly a third cited lack of internal skill sets (32 per cent), while a lack of IT capacity (29 per cent) and lack of perceived ROI/benefits (29 per cent) were also cited.
“The elephant in the room is, of course, security,” one respondent stated. “I’m getting a lot of push back on my security requirements for all of these IoT projects. I'm not budging, and fortunately I have the blessing of my CIO not to budge.”
Harrington said most organisations (61 per cent) manage IoT initiatives without the help of external consulting or professional services, but this could change.
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“There is a clear need for external expertise to help convince organisations of the business value of IoT as well as to fill internal skill set gaps in areas like security, big data and network infrastructure,” Harrington added.
“As these projects mature, many organisations will find themselves looking to outside consulting and professional services firms for these capabilities.”
IoT - Established and emerging
“IoT is both old and new,” Harrington said.
Equal amounts of innovation and value will be found in both connecting new assets as well as enhancing already connected endpoints with increased functionality through more capable sensors producing robust data to be analysed with big data tools and machine learning software.
“While there are numerous examples of ‘old’ IoT, it does feel very much like early days,” Harrington added.
“We are just now beginning to understand the value of the data being produced and how best to put it to use.
"In order for IoT to evolve as a key digital transformation enabler, enterprises and vendors of key solutions must address security concerns, set standards for connectivity, and lower both the cost and complexity of deploying these environments.
“This complexity includes not only the deployment of the physical hardware itself, but also the backend analytics and software platforms, and the business justification tools used to realise the value of the data being gathered.”
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Fleshgod Apocalypse - Veleno (2019)
Style: Symphonic Death Metal
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Remember when Marty McFly convinced the younger version of his father that he was from outer space by simply popping an Eddie van Halen tape into his walkman and blaring it at his target? Well, I couldn't help but picture a fresh version of that scene when listening to this album.
Imagine waking up from a decades-long coma and the first thing you hear is Fury, the opening track to this album by Fleshgod Apocalypse. Even the name of the band could blow their minds, but this one track would convince them that they had someone been abducted by aliens and now residing on an alien planet.
It's extreme stuff but not in just the usual ways. Sure, it's a blitzkrieg of noise but it's full of strings and piano and choral voices. Where a band like Therion might craft that into a catchy metal number, this band layer them instead until we wonder if we're listening to three different radio stations all at once.
Initially, it's hard to figure out exactly what we're listening to. All the traditional instruments leap into Fury like boats into a maelstrom, the drums at hyperspeed from the very beginning and the guitars following suit. The vocals are death growls, low enough in the mix to be another instrument. Then, only ten seconds in, Francesco Ferrini starts wild runs up and down his piano keyboard and ten after that, a choir joins in for good measure. It's almost too much and this will be an assault on the senses for many.
But there are points where it really works. Of all things, a triangle kicks off a section a couple of minutes in that grounds what's going on here. It's like the clouds depart and we see a shining sky full of angels and death. I loved it but this isn't first time listen stuff. It needs three or four to really grasp what Fleshgod Apocalypse are actually doing and to start to appreciate it.
This approach continues on Carnivorous Lamb and Sugar, with other nuances. There's a female voice that speaks partway through the former but it's so buried in the mix that it's a sort of ghost, just like the strange laughter that kicks off the latter. The clean male voice that joins Carnivorous Lamb sounds like he's shouting from another studio through the wall. The piano that steals the early sections of Sugar and the guitar that takes heed later on sound like what Mussorgsky might write to accompany the flight of witches over a lake of fire.
In other words, this is death metal but it's not only death metal and adding 'symphonic' to the beginning of the genre doesn't cut it. This is wildly, uncompromisingly experimental in nature and it feels much more appropriate to compare it to the output of a jazz rebel like John Zorn as a death metal band like Deicide or Arch Enemy. There are similarities but the goal just isn't the same.
And, if we survive the thirteen minute onslaught of the first three tracks, we're thrown something completely different. The Praying Mantis' Strategy sounds like dark Enya with an oddly compelling metronome behind her, the final pair of delightful piano notes launching us into Monnalisa, a slower, more gothic piece initially driven by strings, piano and drum fills, with a decadent and narrative clean vocal from Paolo Rossi. It moves into Tristania territory a couple of minutes in but refuses to stay in any one place for long. There's a glorious contribution from soprano Veronica Bordacchini but it ends very differently.
There's so much in Monnalisa to detail that it's hard to give an impression of what it feels like, but it's a song that you feel as much as hear. The same goes for The Day We'll Be Gone, which features a notably wild pairing of soprano and harsh male vocal. Like always, it's done for effect but the effect sought is different here. This feels like a battle between good and evil for supremacy, because the voices both sing as leads and often at the same time. Veleno is an operatic interlude, a piano solo that does nothing outrageous but carries portents of what's to come.
Oddly, what's to come turns out to be a symphonic take on Rammstein's Reise, Reise, which ends with metronome and squeezebox, and a whispering gothic orchestral take on The Forsaking, originally recorded on Agony, the second Fleshgod Apocalypse album.
I have to call out special praise for whoever produced this, because it's the densest music I've heard but I can still hear everything I need to hear. With the amount of stuff thrown into this, that's a real achievement. Certainly the drums fit better into the mix than on previous albums. What results is something that's perhaps best described as an acquired taste. I have no doubt that this isn't for everyone, not even amongst the fraternity of death metal fans.
After a few listens, I have to say that I admire what Fleshgod Apocalypse have done here, especially given that most of it is the product of one man called Francesco Paoli, who contributes the lead vocals, all the guitars and the drums for good measure (yes, he has colleagues to do some of this live). Rossi adds bass and clean vocals, while Ferrini is responsible for piano and orchestration.
I can also say that I like it, but I really can't say how much. I think I need to listen to this album another couple of dozen times to grasp that.
By Hal C. F. Astell at June 06, 2019
Labels: 2019, death metal, Italy, symphonic metal
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Oil and Gas Gathering Contracts: Contracts Running With the Land or Running On Empty?
Honey you really tempt me
You know the way you look so kind
I'd love to stick around but I'm running behind
You know I don't even know what I'm hoping to find
Running into the sun but I'm running behind
-Jackson Browne
In a much anticipated ruling, Bankruptcy Judge Shelley Chapman has granted the motion of Sabine Oil and Gas Corporation (No. 15-11835, USBC SDNY) to reject certain executory contracts with Nordheim Eagle Ford Gathering, LLC and HPIP Gonzales Holdings, LLC. The court issued its ruling noting that due to the procedural posture of the motion for rejection the decision was not binding on the underlying legal dispute of whether the covenants at issue run with the land. Rather, the ruling is limited to the rejection motion only and not binding on any future disputes involving the nature of the contracts at issue. Applying Texas law Judge Chapman’s non-binding analysis concluded that the gathering agreements at issue were not covenants running with the land and could be avoided or terminated by the Debtor pursuant to §11 U.S.C. 365(a). Under the Gas Gathering Agreement and the Condensate Gathering Agreement Sabine exclusively dedicated all of its production from the covered areas to be shipped on Nordheim’s gas and condensate gathering system. Under the agreements Sabine was also required to pay certain expenses and minimum transportation fees regardless of throughput.
The Production Gathering, Treating and Processing Agreement and the Water and Acid Gas Handling Agreements entered into with HPIP required similar exclusivity and performance obligations (i.e., obligatory payments even absent throughput). The Debtor sought to avoid the contracts as executory contracts on the basis of lack of privity and that the gathering agreements were not covenants running with the land. By rejecting the gathering contracts the Debtor would presumably be free to transport its production through other means at lower cost or renegotiate with the existing provider. The Debtor claimed it could save up to $100 million dollars over the life of the contracts. The court noted that the purpose behind allowing the rejection or assumption of executory contracts is to permit the debtor to use valuable property of the estate and to renounce title to and abandon burdensome property. After reviewing the arguments presented, the Court concluded that the debtor’s decision to reject each of the contracts was a reasonable exercise of business judgment.
Judge Chapman applied Texas law and it is important to note that the result may be different under the law of other states and, as expressly noted in the decision, under different contracts. Likewise, the outcome in other cases may be affected by the ownership structure and rights granted in connection with the operation of the pipeline. What is clear is that additional producers will seek relief under §11 U.S.C. 365 to shed onerous use-or-pay style contracts. Similar motions are pending in Quicksilver Resources, Inc. (No. 15:10585, USBC D. Del) and Magnum Hunter Resources Corp (No. 15:12533, USBC D. Del). In Quicksilver the rejection of the pipeline contracts is a condition to a proposed §363 sale of assets.
Pipeline operators, financial sponsors and their lenders who may have thought they were immune from the financial stress brought on by low commodity prices should continue to monitor pending rejection motions and review their contracts for potential rejection risks. Most analysts believe the ruling may prompt otherwise viable production companies to seek relief under Chapter 11 to avoid onerous contracts. With apologies to Jackson Browne, only time will tell whether other pipeline contracts are covenants running with the land or will be deemed by other bankruptcy courts to be merely "running on empty."
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It's time for the seventh installment ofBarons in the Buff, a collage of candid quotes from the mind-trust of insurance personnel, those who once walked in their shoes, and from those who know them best.
We trust you will find these quotes educational and entertaining, and en-courage you to send any notable quotes you've received to my address listed at the end of this article. No fabricated or embellished quips, please. Now sit back, read and enjoy - it's your turn to laugh - and consider.
Character of insurer representatives
"If you work exactly off my estimate, we won't be responsible for the poor quality of your work." (actual statement from our "favorite" insurance adjuster)
"Just reinstall it in the car and maybe it'll last another 6 months before it goes out. Then I can say its not accident-related and deny it." (adjuster's comment concerning a shattered A/C fan motor assembly badly needing replacement; he acted somewhat as if he was joking when he made this statement, but did not include the part in his estimate)
"You mean you are going to hold this vehicle hostage until you get our check?" (insurer on a $13K repair)
"We won't pay the shop the disputed dollar amount, but we will reimburse you (the customer) the full disputed amount if you pay the shop that portion." (insurer rep who knew by law the shop was due payment, yet refused to admit it to shop, and pay up)
"At the end of the day, we [NRMA -- the Insurance Australia Group] are the customer. It's our business that we're passing for [collision repairers] to do for us, and we're essentially saying we want those repairers who are interested in [our] work to bid for [our] work. I don't see that as an unfair process…" (Michael Hawker, CEO of NRMA stating his company's position on repairs, reported in 9/25/05 CRASH Network)
"I don't think (the insurer) will pay for the license plate frame because it is A/M." This adjuster then said they would be paying for an A/M bumper for the vehicle. When questioned about this he explained that his company had no problem with his using parts that devalued the vehicle, rather than added to its value. We were talking about a $5.00 A/M license plate frame! (an independent adjuster's reasoning to a shop appraiser)
"You're not the only one waiting for a supplement check…we have a lot of other people that haven't been paid yet either." (adjuster's comment upon our calling to collect an overdue supplement; like this is supposed to make us feel better)
"I know that it needs to be done, but we just don't pay for that." (claims manager's conclusion after our trying to reason with him to pay for tinting to a blendable match.) He then stated he pays for this operation only 20% of the time. When we asked him if he was suggesting we only tint the paint for two cars out of ten, he replied that was all he would pay. When we asked what he would suggest we do if the next ten vehicles that came in were all brand new silver metallic cars, his response was that he still would only pay to tint two of them. When we asked about his arbitrary denial of tinting, his response was, "that's not arbitrary."
"Car company (OEM) parts are NOT crash tested. There are no federal rules governing aftermarket parts whether made by a car company or a non-car company. CAPA manufacturers build parts with the same physical, mechanical and chemical properties as car company parts. Experienced engineers test CAPA parts to assure their similarity to car company parts in all of these areas." (CAPA spew. One has to wonder what the NHTSA regularly tests, if not OEM parts on factory-built vehicles. Also, if CAPA parts are built with the same properties as OEM, why do they weigh different, contain different weld locations, rust more rapidly, etc?)
"Since CAPA's incorporation in 1987, over 18 million CAPA certified parts have been sold. There have been only two complaints about corrosion in that time." (more CAPA spew)
"There are 'not-included' P-page operations listed in CCC that are needed for a complete repair, but the 'industry standard' on these is that they are free." (statement made by a claims manager to us in the presence of a group of local insurance agents that sell that company's insurance; this raised some serious eyebrows among the agents)
"The replacement parts written on this estimate are intended to return your vehicle to its pre-loss condition with proper installation. After repair, if any sheet metal or plastic body part included in the estimate fails to return your vehicle to its pre-loss condition (assuming proper installation), in terms of form, fit, finish, durability or functionality, Progressive will arrange and pay for the replacement of the part, to the extent not covered by a manufacturer's or other warranty." (one has to wonder why the insurer felt obligated to stress "with proper installation" twice when speaking of warranting imitation parts)
"Some of you did very well on your LKQ and A/M parts usage, but the majority of you had little to no alternative parts usage. I understand that LKQ or A/M parts may not always be the best method of repair, but I find it hard to believe that there are no situations where these parts are not a good repair method. As a group, the GRS shops averaged 6.0% alternative parts usage. We expect a much better result from all of you… You all agreed to use LKQ and A/M parts where they were applicable and available. But this is not happening." (portion of letter from GEICO to its Guaranteed Repair Shops (GRS) managers of DRP shops)
"Don't have a heart attack over this, but we're still not paying $40/hour yet. Hope you are back to work soon, because I miss giving you a hard time. I'll make a deal with you; don't beat me up so bad the next time I come in, and I'll take it easy on you until you are 75% recovered from your heart surgery." (#2 insurer rep to a shop owner who was just recovering from quadruple heart by-pass surgery)
"It's a lot of work to remove the engine, transmission, suspension and all the mechanicals from the vehicle.' (explanation of a Phoenix shop owner to a TV investigative reporter of why it took 9 months just to dismantle the vehicle. He continued that he "…had people who handled those things…" but that he didn't know exactly what had taken so long)
A supervisor for a large insurance company said it was "a computer glitch" that failed to tax some parts, rather placing them in a "non-taxable" parts category. (all parts that go on the car are taxable. Computers seldom "glitch" without human help)
"In the Mitchell estimating system I just noticed the refinish times for used parts are less than for new parts. A repaired part pays the same refinish time and materials as a new one. But if you buy the part used and clean it up, it pays less. I thought this must have been a mistake, but was assured by a Mitchell rep that it was not a mistake. The Mitchell rep stated, 'Paint time on used parts should be less than on brand new OEM parts, because on used parts you have an OEM surface that only needs to be scuffed and painted.' The Mitchell rep understood that in the real world salvage yards don't send us undamaged parts that need only to be scuffed and painted. He instructed me that I should just bill the cleanup needed to the insurer. When I pointed out that this still did not correct the problem of the missing paint time, he suggested I bill out the rest of the paint time to the insurer. Explaining that just billing extra paint time on every used part would not cure the database shortage problem. His final comment was that the insurance company's not paying for the extra time needed to prep and paint used panels was 'not my problem.'" (shop owner experience dealing with Mitchell)
Those who must deal with insurer reps
"Too often, NCOIL's advocacy is virtually indistinguishable from those of insurance interests. Perhaps because so many of their members are affiliated with the insurance industry, NCOIL consistently promotes industry self-regulation and weak oversight of insurance abuses. I'm issuing a consumer alert to federal and state lawmakers that they cannot count on NCOIL as an unbiased source of information on pressing insurance issues." (comment of Consumer Federation of America Director of Insurance and former Texas Insurance Commissioner, J. Robert Hunter)
"In July of 2003, the California BAR, a sub-agency of the Department of Consumer Affairs, published the results of its Crash Parts Certification Study. In the results of that study, BAR plainly stated that because certifiers would not stand behind the quality of the products they approved, their certification provided absolutely no benefit to consumers. 'With regard to product warranty, certification has no value to the customer; if there are problems with the certified product the certifying entity does not stand behind their own certification process. If the certifying entity warranted their certified parts it would provide "added value" to the certified part, and protect consumers against poor quality parts.'
"Despite this recommendation made two years ago by the BAR, that certifiers provide consumers with real value by warranting the products they approve, the certifiers still chose not to do so. The fact that certifiers will not accept responsibility for the parts they claim are 'equal to or better than' OEM parts, demonstrates the very real problem created for consumers if this Committee endorses an artificial presumption of quality for such parts." (portion of written testimony of attorney Erica Eversman to 2005 meeting with NCOIL over certification of imitation parts)
My favorite quote of the year
In a recent interview, General Norman Schwartzkopf was asked if he thought there was room for forgiveness toward the people who had harbored and abetted the terrorists who perpetrated the 9/11 attacks on America. The general answered, "I believe that forgiving them is God's function. Our job is to arrange the meeting." (Amen!)
Dick Strom, Modern Collision Rebuild, 9270 Miller Road, NE, Bainbridge Island, Washington 98110; (206) 842-3621; e-mail: moderncol@qwest.net.
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Tangent Element Panels Kit features the Trackerball, Multifunction, Knob, and Button panels. Together, these panels offer a widely-functional control setup that replaces a keyboard and mouse in operating select functions of supporting software, such as of supporting color-grading software.
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The Tangent Element Panels Kit features the Trackerball, Multifunction, Knob, and Button panels. Together, these panels offer a widely-functional control setup that replaces a keyboard and mouse in operating select functions of supporting software, such as of supporting color-grading software. The panels can be used to achieve precise results quicker and with more technical gratification than possible with a keyboard and mouse. The list of supporting software is a growing one and includes such applications as DaVinci Resolve, SCRATCH, On-Set Dailies, Mistika, and YoYo.
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An outstanding linebacker with tremendous football instincts, Tim Batrucca helped set the tone for the Red Rocketeer defense in both his junior and senior seasons. Tim led the team with 110 tackles as a junior in 2002. As Captain in 2003 Tim battled through ankle injuries yet once again lead the team with 54 tackles, ran the ball for 303 yards and 4 TD’s, and as the Rocketeer’s punter averaged almost 38 yards per punt.
Tim’s most significant football memory came during his junior season in 2002 when Tim and the Big Red defeated Swampscott 44-40 in the most memorable offensive showdown in Massachusetts High School Football History. While Tim was best known for his defensive prowess throughout the season, he showed his athletic ability on offense rushing 22 times for 135 yards and 4 TD’s in helping the Red Rocketeers secure their 7th Eastern Mass State Championship.
Every season, Tim looked forward most to playing Foxboro. While the intensity of this local rivalry needs no explanation, this was Tim’s opportunity to square off against his father who coached the opposition. Two of Tim’s cousins also played for Foxboro. Tim recalls not speaking much to his father for the week leading up to the game. In his senior season, Tim set the tone on the first series for the Big Red defense where he pursued the Foxboro quarterback and forced an incomplete 4th down pass. Tim later helped secure the Big Red victory and ended Foxboro’s hopes of a comeback with 4 minutes remaining by sacking the Foxboro QB for a 12 yard loss.
For his outstanding junior season at linebacker in 2002, Tim was voted the team Defensive MVP. He was named to the Hockomock League and Sun Chronicle All-Star Teams in both 2002 and 2003, and was also selected to play in the annual Massachusetts Shriner’s Classic Game in 2003. Tim was later awarded the Thomas G. Bury Scholarship Award.
Tim continued his gridiron success at Worcester State College playing defense and punting until graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and a Bachelor of Science in Sociology. Tim currently serves the Community of Rehoboth as a Police Officer.
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RLUIPA Religious Land Use Case: Salvation Temple Church – Hazel Park, Michigan
Written by Daniel P. Dalton on December 10, 2015 Category: RLUIPA Cases
SCENARIO: Salvation Temple Church (the “Church”) is a Christian congregation located in Warren, Michigan. The Church intended to open a new facility at the site of a former banquet facility (the “Property”) in Hazel Park, Michigan (the “City”), which had been vacant since 2002. The Property was located in a business zone that did not permit religious uses. The zone included numerous other permitted uses, however, including: veterinary clinics, restaurants, hair and nail salons, assembly halls, and health clubs. In fact, the City only allowed religious uses to be located in residential zones, which had been completely developed according to the City’s own records.
In December 2009, the Church entered into an agreement to purchase the Property. Three months later, the Church applied for a variance that would allow it to use the Property as a worship facility. However, the City denied the request. In response to the denial, the Church notified the City that its conduct violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”), 42 USC 2000cc, et seq. The City did not respond to the Church’s notification, and thereafter the Church filed suit.
The City claimed its denial was proper under its 2005 Ordinance, which prohibited new religious institutions from opening on industrial- or commercially-zoned property within the City limits. The 2005 Ordinance was adopted three months after an Islamic group sought City approval to operate a mosque in the City. The City Planner suggested the mosque locate at the site of the former banquet hall, but the City rejected the Planner’s recommendation and passed the ordinance that eliminated religious uses in industrial or commercial zones.
The City again cited the 2005 Ordinance when it denied the Church’s request to occupy the same Property. While the City permitted religious institutions in residential districts, the City was aware by its own records that all residential property within the City limits was 100% developed. Further, the Church argued that the fact that several businesses were allowed to operate in the business district, while religious uses were the only not allowed, demonstrated the City’s attempt to keep only tax-generating businesses in the City’s commercial districts. The City’s lack of residential property, coupled with the 2005 Ordinance’s restrictions, prevented the Church from operating anywhere in the City.
RESOLUTION: The Church filed suit against the City of Hazel Park in October 2010, alleging that the City’s 2005 Zoning Ordinance was unconstitutional and a violation of RLUIPA because it effectively prevented any new religious organizations from being able to open within the City. The suit sought money damages, as well as injunctive and declaratory relief.
On December 3, 2010, the parties entered a Consent Judgment with the court. The Consent Judgment prohibited the City from enforcing its zoning ordinance that excluded religious entities in commercial and industrial zones. In return, the Church agreed to pay several thousand dollars in back taxes on the Property. As a result of the agreement, the Church was able to complete its purchase of the Property and move its congregation to the new facilities.
The Church continues to flourish and hold bi-weekly services at its Hazel Park facilities. The dilemma between the City of Hazel Park and Salvation Temple Church demonstrates the all-too- common discrimination religious entities in this country face. Their tax-exempt status too often leads to municipalities doing everything within their power to ensure that income-generating (and tax-paying) businesses are given priority over religious organizations when it comes to operating in that city. RLUIPA is an effective and invaluable tool that allows these religious institutions to be treated equally in comparison with secular entities in regards to land use.
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Ellen DeGeneres' parents approve of Aussie Portia de Rossi
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Ellen DeGeneres' father Elliott insists his ex-wife Betty's claims he disapproves of her sexuality and relationship with Portia de Rossi are untrue.
The chat show host's family were alleged to have disapproved of her being gay according to her mother Betty, who wrote in her 2000 biography that her dad Elliott kicked her of his home when she came out.
However, Elliott insists the claims are unfounded and said he loves 56-year-old Ellen "very, very, very much" and approves of her marriage to Portia, who she wed in 2008.
His second wife Virginia added: "Portia's so wonderful. She's very kind and beautiful and generous. She's just perfection... you can't improve on perfection.
"We went to the wedding! It was sublime, spectacular. But it was also very private and beautiful."
The couple aren't holding out hope for any grandchildren, however, and think their extended families will remain the main focus in Ellen and Portia's lives.
Virginia told National Enquirer magazine: "I mean, who's going to start having children at 56?"
Ellen's proud parents have even started watching the Oscars ever since the popular presenter hosted the 79th Academy Awards in 2007, repeating the honour this February.
Virginia enthused: "She's made it palatable. She's the best host there's been."
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Regional news briefs, Jan. 11, 2020: Man found dead in crashed vehicle ID’d
in crash identified
The man found dead in a vehicle that crashed into an Akron porch Wednesday night has been identified.
The Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man as Noah Kinney, 20. The cause of death was a gunshot wound to the chest.
Kinney was found dead by Akron police. Police said at about 11:30 p.m., Kinney was at a home in the 700 block of Noah Avenue when someone approached him and began shooting. Kinney then attempted to get into his vehicle and drive away, but his car crashed into the front porch of a neighboring home after he was shot.
The suspects were described as wearing all black clothing, police said. They fled the scene northbound on Noah Avenue.
A 24-year-old male passenger in the vehicle was shot in the arm, police said. He was transported to Cleveland Clinic Akron General for a graze wound. His injury was considered non-life-threatening.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call the detective bureau at 330-375-2490 or 330-375-2tip. The Summit County Crimestoppers can be called at 330-434-COP. TIPSCO can be texted at 274637.
Man uses sledgehammer,
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A sledgehammer-wielding man wearing a motorcycle helmet stole jewelry from a pawn store Thursday morning, Akron police said.
At about 10 a.m., police were called to National Jewelry and Pawn in the 1900 block of West Market Street for a theft.
When officers arrived, an employee told them a man wearing all black clothes and a motorcycle helmet entered the store and smashed a jewelry case.
Police said the man took an unknown amount of jewelry before running out of the store.
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The National Park Service is hosting an open house for those interested in volunteering for Cuyahoga Valley National Park from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Happy Days Lodge, 500 W. Streetsboro Road (Route 303), Peninsula.
CVNP’s Volunteers-in-Parks (VIP) Program is co-managed by the National Park Service and the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Currently, more than 6,300 VIPs donate more than 209,000 hours.
Volunteer opportunities include Mountain Bike Trail Patrol, Cleveland Area Mountain Biking Association (CAMBA); Community Engagement; Countryside Farmers’ Market; Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad; Cycling School; Get Up, Get Out, and Go; Habitat Restoration; Park Promoters; Paw Patrol; Rail Rovers; Safe is Sound; Special Events Team; Trailblazers; Trail Maintenance; Trail Mix Shop Greeter; Visitor Center Assistants — Hunt House and Canal Exploration Center; and Wildlife Watchers. Training is provided.
For more information, contact the CVNP volunteer office at volunteer@forcvnp.org or 440-717-3846, or visit conservancyforcvnp.org.
Officer pleads guilty
in wrong-way crash
A Rocky River police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to vehicular assault for a February crash in which he drove the wrong way on state Route 8 and collided with another motorist.
Under an agreement with prosecutors, Nicholas Diorio also pleaded guilty in Summit County Common Pleas Court to operating a vehicle while under the influence. Prosecutors agreed to dismiss the other charges against him.
Judge Susan Baker Ross will sentence Diorio at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 27.
Police say Diorio was driving north on the southbound side of Route 8 about 2:45 a.m. Feb. 26 when he crashed head-on into a 24-year-old Akron woman’s southbound vehicle near Portage Trail in Cuyahoga Falls.
Both Diorio and the woman suffered serious injuries and were transported to Summa Akron City Hospital. The woman had leg and foot injuries that required surgery.
Police say Diorio’s blood-alcohol level was 0.19%, more than twice the 0.08% legal limit in Ohio.
Diorio, a patrolman with Rocky River since 2011, has resigned his post.
Attorney Henry Hilow said Diorio had a stellar career as an officer before this. He said his client regrets what happened.
"It was very out of character for him," Hilow said.
Volunteers to search
for missing teenager
Volunteers plan to search this weekend for a boy who went missing three weeks ago.
Police in Port Clinton have released little new information about the disappearance of Harley Dilly, 14, who was last seen leaving home Dec. 20 and never showed up for school.
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Vishnu Vāman Shirwādkar ‘Kusumagraj’ – The Eminent Poet, Playwright and Novelist, Who Was the Shakespeare of Marathi Literature
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Vishnu Vāman Shirwādkar
Name: Vishnu Vāman Shirwādkar
Better Known As: Kusumagraj
Famous As: Poet
Birth Date: 27 February 1912 (Pune, Maharashtra)
Died On: 10 March 1999
Awards: Sahitya Akademi Award (1974), Jnanpith Award (1987), Padma Bhushan (1991)
Vishnu Vāman Shirwādkar, better known by his pen name, Kusumāgraj; was an eminent Marathi poet, playwright, novelist, short story writer. He was also a passionate humanist, who wrote of freedom, justice and emancipation of the deprived.
In a career spanning five decades, starting with the pre-independence era, he wrote 16 volumes of poems, three novels, eight volumes of short stories, seven volumes of essays, 18 plays and six one-act plays. His works like the Vishakha (1942), a collection of lyrics, inspired a generation into the Indian freedom movement during the Quit India Movement. It is considered as one of the masterpieces of Indian literature. His play, Natsamrat, also has an important place in Marathi literature. He was the recipient of several State awards, and National awards including the Sahitya Akademi Award (1974), the Jnanapith Award (1987) and one of the highest civilian awards of India, the Padma Bhushan in 1991.
Marathi Poet Vishnu Vāman Shirwādkar
Vishnu Vāman Shirwādkar was born in Pune on 27 February 1912. He was named Gajanan Ranganath Shirwadkar, which was changed to Vishnu Waman Shirwadkar, when he was adopted. He later took the sobriquet ‘Kusumagraj’. He had his primary education in Pimpalgaon and high school education in the New English School of Nashik. He passed matriculation from Mumbai University. In 1944, he married Manoramanée (Gangubai Sonawni). He is connected with Rajaram college Kolhapur.
Shirwadkar had his poems first published in the Ratnakar magazine, when he was at the H. P. T. College in Nashik. In 1932, when he was 20, Shirwadkar participated in a satyagraha to support the demand for allowing the entry of the untouchables in the Kalaram Temple at Nashik.
In 1933, Shirwadkar founded the Dhruv Mandal and started writing in a newspaper called Nava Manu. Same year, his first collection of poems, Jeevanlahari, was published. In 1934, Shirwadkar got his Bachelor of Arts degree from the H. P. T. College in Nashik.
In 1936, Shirwadkar joined Godavari Cinetone Ltd., a film company and wrote the screenplay for the film Sati Sulochana in which he also played the character of Lord Lakshmana. However, the film was not commercially successful.
He later worked as a journalist and wrote for periodicals Saptahik Prabha, Dainik Prabhat, Saarathi, Dhanurdari, and Navayug. In 1942, the father-figure of Marathi literature, Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, published Kusumgraj’s compilation of poetry, Vishakha at his own expense, and in his foreword described Kusumagraj as a poet of humanity. Its publication coincided with the Quit India Movement, and carried the message of freedom. It became very popular and has since become a classic in Indian literature.
After 1943, he started adapting the plays of European literary giants like Oscar Wilde, Moliere, Maurice Maeterlinck and Shakespeare into Marathi. This played a very important role in boosting Marathi theatre during that period.
In 1946, he wrote his first novel Vaishnav and his first play Doorche Dive. From 1946 to 1948, he edited a weekly called Swadesh.
In 1954, he adapted Shakespeare’s Macbeth as Rajmukut in Marathi. It starred Nanasaheb Phatak and Durga Khote who played Lady Macbeth. He also adapted Othello in 1960. He also wrote lyrics for the Marathi cinema. In 1970, his masterpiece Natasamrat was first staged with Sriram Lagoo in the lead role, which in 2016, after his death, was made into a film with Nana Patekar in the lead role.
Padma Bhushan Vishnu Vāman Shirwādkar ‘Kusumagraj’ (1912 – 1999)
Shirwadkar died on 10 March 1999 in Nashik, where his home also served as the office of the ‘Kusumāgraj Pratishthān’.
Kusumagraj’s main claim to fame was as a poet and writer; but he also championed the cause of the downtrodden without involving himself in ground level activities. In 1950, he founded a social and philanthropic organization, the Lokahitawādi Mandal in Nashik, which is still in existence. Shirwadkar was also an active participant in the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement. He also edited a few textbooks for school students.
His work reflected the changing social milieu, from the national uprising during Indian freedom movement, to the post-independence era. It brought about a social-consciousness amongst Marathi writers. His writing marked the advent of modern Dalit literature.
V. V. Shirwadkar received numerous award and honours; a few of which are listed below:
Every year, 27 February, the birthday of Kusumagraj, is celebrated as “Marathi Bhasha Din”; to honour his work in Marathi Literature.
Sahitya Akademi Award in 1974 for his play Natasamrat, an adaptation of King Lear
The honorary degree of D.Litt. by Pune University in 1986
Jnanpith Award in 1987 — the most prestigious literary award in India, in recognition of his literary achievements
Chairperson of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan in 1989
Padma Bhushan award in 1991
A star was named as “Kusumagraj” in the galaxy in 1991.
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Sportsmen and sportswomen are the healthiest members of our society and have a much lower risk of contracting cardiovascular diseases, some cancers, diabetes and dementia than people of the same age who do not sport. This is due to the fact that frequent physical exercise reduces considerably the risk of contracting many diseases among old people such as heart attacks, angina, heart failure, strokes, high blood pressure, obesity, type II diabetes, osteoporosis, arthrosis, and rheumatoid arthritis, several types of cancer, depression, dementia, fibromyalgia and dependency.
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Khan Sheikhoun
The Chemical Realities of Russia’s Khan Sheikhoun Chemical Warehouse Attack Claims
By Dan Kaszeta
In response to allegations of a chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun on April 4th 2017 the Russian Ministry of Defence made a statement where it claimed a warehouse containing chemical agents was hit in the same town as the attacks were reported to have occurred:
The Syrian Air Force has destroyed a warehouse in Idlib province where chemical weapons were being produced and stockpiled before being shipped to Iraq, Russia’s Defense Ministry spokesman said.
The strike, which was launched midday Tuesday, targeted a major rebel ammunition depot east of the town of Khan Sheikhoun, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov said in a statement.
The warehouse was used to both produce and store shells containing toxic gas, Konashenkov said. The shells were delivered to Iraq and repeatedly used there, he added, pointing out that both Iraq and international organizations have confirmed the use of such weapons by militants.
From a technical chemical weapons perspective, it seems unlikely that the Russian “warehouse/depot” narrative is plausible as the source of the chemical exposure seen on April 4th. To date, all of the nerve agents used in the Syrian conflict have been binary chemical warfare agents, so-named because they are mixed from several different components within a few days of use. For example, binary Sarin is made by combining isopropyl alcohol with methylphosphonyl difluoride, usually with some kind of additive to deal with the residual acid produced. The nerve agent Soman can also be produced through a binary process. The nerve agent VX has a similar binary process, although it proved to be a more complicated process than merely mixing the materials.
There are several reasons why the Assad regime would use binary nerve agents. Binary nerve agents were developed by the US military in order to improve safety of storage and handling, so that the logistical chain would not have to actually handle nerve agents. The US had developed some weapon systems that mixed the materials in flight after firing. These particular weapon systems were the M687 155mm binary Sarin artillery shell, the XM736 8 inch binary VX artillery shell, and the Bigeye binary VX air-dropped bomb. All were the product of lengthy research and development efforts, and none of them worked terribly well in practice, particulary the VX weapons. There is no evidence that the Assad regime has ever made or fielded “mix-in-flight” binary weapons. OPCW inspections after Syria’s accession to the CWC in 2013 revealed a variety of fixed and mobile mixing apparatus for making binary nerve agents.
The other key reason for binary Sarin is that only a few countries really ever cracked the technology for making “unitary” Sarin that had any kind of useful shelf-life. The main chemical reaction that produces Sarin creates 1 molecule of hydrogen fluoride (HF), a potent and dangerous acid, for every molecule of Sarin. This residual HF destroys nearly anything the Sarin is stored in, and quickly degrades the Sarin. The US and USSR had devoted a huge effort to finding a way out of this problem. They found different ways to refine the HF out of the Sarin using very expensive heavy chemical engineering techniques which, for obvious reasons, are best not described here. Syria either did not develop such techniques or decided it was far cheaper, safer, and easier to stockpile binary components for a “mix it as you need it” process. Hence the “mobile mixing equipment” found by the OPCW. Nor did Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, which had huge problems with the short shelf life of its Sarin.
Even assuming that large quantities of both Sarin precursors were located in the same part of the same warehouse (a practice that seems odd), an air-strike is not going to cause the production of large quantities of Sarin. Dropping a bomb on the binary components does not actually provide the correct mechanism for making the nerve agent. It is an infantile argument. One of the precursors is isopropyl alcohol. It would go up in a ball of flame. A very large one. Which has not been in evidence.
Another issue is that, if the Syrian regime actually did believe that the warehouse stored chemical warfare agents, then striking it deliberately was an act of chemical warfare by proxy.
Finally, we are back to the issue of industrial capacity. It takes about 9 kg of difficult to obtain precursor materials to generate the necessary steps to produce Sarin. The ratio is similar with other nerve agents. Having a quantity of any of the nerve agents relies on a sophisticated supply chain of exotic precursors and an industrial base. Are we to seriously believe that one of the rebel factions has expended the vast sums of money and developed this industrial base, somehow not noticed to date and not molested by attack? It seems an unlikely chain of events.
Dan is the managing director of Strongpoint Security Ltd, and lives and works in London, UK. He has 27 years experience in CBRN response, security, and antiterrorism.
frank - April 9, 2017
The Independent reported that the witnesses were a network of observers watching out for air strikes. One apparently warned people to wear gas masks based on experience alone. This strikes me as incredible. A more likely explanation is that the rebels switched shells at the base, through collaborators perhaps, it would seem to me
DDTea - April 9, 2017
That warning did not get out fast enough, as the first crew of medics to reach the site were overcome by the gas. A nurse at the Rahma hospital (per the Guardian) reported hearing a dull explosion, which initially relieved her because she thought the bomb was a dud. I recall survivors of the 1988 Halabja attack reporting the same thing: that the explosions that delivered the chemical agent were not as loud as the conventional bombs that had been raining down on the city in the days before. So this might be the “experience” the observer was discussing. It’s not an incredible; it’s experience that says the regime is more likely to drop a chemical agent rather than a tiny bomb.
Maybe, but that is not what the Independent reported. They reported that an observer called upon people to wear gas masks. Based on experience alone – of observation of the situation from afar. That and the smell of some kind of chemical/gas begins to suggest that things are not what they seem. A Sarin attack by the government would not smell of anything at all. Organophosphates near a grain silo, would be totally consistent with events.
The victims of the 2013 Ghouta attack, which was confirmed to be Sarin, did report smells of rotting garbage. As I’ve stated in other comments, pure Sarin is odorless. Binary sarin smells fishy (from the amine bases used to neutralize HF) and may contain hydrogen fluoride vapors (very irritating). I see no reason *not* to suspect Sarin, especially given its history of use in Syria. A random mass pesticide poisoning would be curious. Many farms have been bombed in 7 years, but no such pesticide incidents have been reported to the best of my knowledge.
Well I think the most obvious reason why not to suspect Sarin is that it would be very damaging to the ‘regime’ if they used it. I think it would be utter madness, and I consider the probability of a chemical attack by Assad’s forces close to zero from a political perspective. Previous chemical incidents in Syria have not been attributed to Assad, so it cannot be inferred that he is a likely culprit.
Jo - April 11, 2017
Are you for real to say that previous attacks were not attributed to Assad!! Have you read the UN report for Ghota attck? Have read the recent UN investigation that confirmed Assad used chemical weapons in Aleepo 7 times (mainly chlorine barrel boms). He is also used the banned cluster bombs and white phosphorous bombs as documented clearly. He targeted hospitals and scholls with barrel bombs. So why won’t he use chemical agns now!? Assad regime is not Bashar Assad only; it is an extended family regime with huge security apparatus and what you wrote shows how little you know about it. Assad regime does not operate by the gains or losses, it operate by inflecting massiv edamage regardless of the method.
Woody - April 11, 2017
for real the majority of homo sapiens race believe to life after death. There are different approaches to this, the most important schools of these beliefs were born within a very short distance from the place of this scene some thousands of years ago. The area was a boiling pot by then and looks to persist any attempt to cool it.
For real – did we fake the moon landing? Obama had a point in asking once. I take granted that if this hole on the road was a result of a sarin missile/bomb/rocket that claimed lives of +100 people, then the moon landing is for sure a faked on.
The Ghouta has been discussed so many times. Prior to Ghouta Obama threatened to attack Assad. Obama sure had a lot of intel when he decided not to strike Assad.
You come back to speak of Ghouta after you have proven us how the “offered facts” related to Khan Shiekhoun fit the picture.
Would be nice to know, what it is said to be tomorrow, not a bomb, not a missile, not a rocket, not a stork, not a torpedo… an arrow perhaps?
Germann Arlington - April 11, 2017
“Are you for real to say that previous attacks were not attributed to Assad!! ”
Well, here is a copy/pasted text from the UN report:
27. On the basis of the evidence obtained during our investigation of the Ghouta incident, the conclusion is that, on 21 August 2013, chemical weapons have been used in the ongoing conflict between the parties in the Syrian Arab Republic, also against civilians, including children, on a relatively large scale.
28. In particular, the environmental, chemical and medical samples we have collected provide clear and convincing evidence that surface-to-surface rockets containing the nerve agent Sarin were used in Ein Tarma, Moadamiyah and Zamalka in the Ghouta area of Damascus.
Considerations on the likely trajectory of the rockets
Impact Site Number 1
The munition linked to this impact site, by observed and measured characteristics, indicatively matches one of the variants of the M14 artillery rocket, with either an original or an improvised warhead (not observed at the impact site). In the final stage of this trajectory, the projectile hit and pierced through a vegetal screen existing over one of the adjacent walls, before impacting the ground producing a shallow crater.
The line linking the crater and the piercing in the vegetal screen can be conclusively established and has a bearing of 35 degrees. This line represents an inverse azimuth to the original trajectory of the rocket, that is to say, the original trajectory of the projectile, as it hit the ground, had an azimuth of 215 degrees.
Impact Site Number 2 is located 65 meters away from number 1 and with an azimuth of 214 degrees. Both relative positions are fully congruent with the dispersion pattern commonly associated with rockets launched from a single, multi-barrel, launcher.
The munition related to this impact site by observed and measured characteristics indicatively matches a 330 mm caliber, artillery rocket. The projectile, in the last stage of its trajectory, hit the surface in an area of earthy, relatively soft, ground where the shaft/engine of the projectile remained dug in, undisturbed until investigated.
The said shaft/engine, presenting no form of lateral bending, pointed precisely in a bearing of 285 degrees that, again, represent a reverse azimuth to the trajectory followed by the rocket during its flight. It can be, thus, concluded that the original azimuth of the rocket trajectory had an azimuth of 105 degrees, in an East/Southeast trajectory.
The UN report carefully avoided laying blame for the incident.
The trajectories of two different types of rockets were taken and the intersection calculated by someone else. UN and OPCW did not do that (maybe because they understood that different type of rockets did not have to come from the same place), somebody else (USA/UK?) made these claims.
The trajectories of both rockets separately flew over both rebels and government controlled territories and as such could originate from either.
The chemical weapons were considered to have come from Syrian army supplies so Assad had to surrender all his CW.
He did under supervision of UN and OPCW observers.
frank - April 11, 2017
DDTea - April 12, 2017
You do realize the OPCW was not authorized to assign blame in Ghouta, right? Assad only consented to allowing them to enter Ghouta on that condition. I’ll remind you that regime forces delayed the inspectors from visiting Ghouta for 3 days–probably hoping the evidence would be compromised in that time. Do you think we’d forget these details?
Nevertheless, the bit about the launch azimuths was their subtle way of fingering the regime.
“You do realize the OPCW was not authorized to assign blame in Ghouta, right? Assad only consented to allowing them to enter Ghouta on that condition.”
UN and OPCW would consent to presenting their findings if they were to find the positive proof? Would Assad disallow them to present their findings if the rebels were found to be responsible?
” I’ll remind you that regime forces delayed the inspectors from visiting Ghouta for 3 days–probably hoping the evidence would be compromised in that time.”
I thought that the rebel controlled areas were attacked? How would regime forces prevent access to these areas?
Betrayer - April 10, 2017
People being told to put on gas masks in a region where chemical weapon attacks are common is incredible? It would be more shocking if they weren’t told to do so.
There is no evidence that chemical weapons attacks are common.
Yeah, and the sky is not blue either. Chemical weapons attacks do not occur every day in syria, but they have occurred more often than in any other conflict since the Iran-Iraq war. Either you are totally ignorant or trying to pull wool over our eyes.
Roman Golubev - April 25, 2017
And they wore masks in all previous bombings? No.
Max Power - April 10, 2017
Doesn’t this guy realise a nerve agent was not used?
Philipp - April 10, 2017
How come? The victims were said to have shown all the typical symptoms.
Darren Smith - April 10, 2017
DO you actually understand what the term ‘Binary’ means? It doesn’t mean several.
TWO dangerous (albeit less so) pre-cursors are combined to create a more powerful agent.
These can be stored. They are also stored in the actual weapons to be used.
You can remove the word idiot, not sure you want to publicise that.
Actually, I only just now realized the town is Al Nusra. What is all the fuss about? Why aren’t we carpet bombing the whole district?
Because Syria claims to be “fighting terror.” Presumably one doesn’t blow up an entire building full of hostages to end a hostage situation. Unless they’re Russia.
stranger - April 12, 2017
So work with your noble “moderate opposition” as you call Al Nusra and other head choppers. Negotiate with them to release the hostages and their fighters to leave the living areas. Stop supplying weapon to them and providing mass media support.
And stop blaming Russia for everything! There is much more lie and much more blood at US and “coalition” hands.
You’re pretending to be knowledgeable but in reality, you’re just obsessing over semantics.
Binary Sarin = DF (diisopropyl difluorophosphate) + Isopropanol, with an amine base. Two components, not strictly “two precursors.” And no, they don’t have to be stored in the shell for mix-in-flight. They can be stockpiled as separate components then combined & loaded shortly before deployment.
Paveway IV - April 12, 2017
Binary Sarin can also originate from other production processes. The US still has a couple hundred tons of Di-Di process Sarin in Kentucky that it has not yet destroyed. Using that with tributylamine (and amine only known to be used by the US) is sure to produce a foul smell of some combination of fish, rotting garbage and chlorine. Moreso if mixed just prior to filling a warhead in field conditions.
Based solely on the reports of smells in both Ghouta and Khan Sheikhoun, one could infer that if Sarin was used, it was more likely to have been from US Di-Di process stockpiles rather than Syria’s DF-based process (regardless if employed as a unary or binary (mix-and-fill, or mix-in-flight).
This still leaves open the issue of quantity. The amount a single aerial rocket from the roadside crater could not possibly have caused the number of injuries/casualties claimed unless the victims were in a confined space. That would lead one to favor a scenario where al Nusra killed hostages with Sarin and then staged the frantic efforts to ‘save’ them well after exposure.
All useless speculation. Who am I to question Mattis and his convincing secret intel?
You can’t make that inference solely on smell. ALL volatile amines smell like rotting fish/meat. Even hexamine, used in the Syrian formulation, smells quite rotten.
“The amount a single aerial rocket from the roadside crater could not possibly have caused the number of injuries/casualties claimed unless the victims were in a confined space.”
You missed Grouper42’s comment in the most recent post. The bold statement you make doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. 1) chemical bombs have burster charges that will scatter fragments of the weapon 200-300 yards away. The burster charge need not be very big (few kg’s) to cast the fragments this far, and most of the sarin will survive. This is how Iraq delivered Sarin to Halabja. 2) roads are dense surfaces and, in the absence of shaped charges, explosions follow a path of least resistance. The crater is plenty large.
“That would lead one to favor a scenario where al Nusra killed hostages with Sarin and then staged the frantic efforts to ‘save’ them well after exposure.”
This is batsh*t crazy, for the simple fact that you’re drawing positive conclusions from negative evidence.
You could benefit from the info provided by Paveway IV or others even if it contradicts your thoughts on the culpa.
There has never been nor will ever be a shell that hauls the sarin load and makes itself obsolete without leaving distinctive marks. You have yourself referred to the UN GASC Ghouta docs. If you look to the pics, you see the shells – unexploded. The GASC docs describe the mechanism of those shells. There was no place for such explosive within the shells that you speak here.
But if there was, the explosive would have left a clearer mark than that small dig on the road. The road is no Autobahn or Turnpike, just some village road with poor layer of rock – if any.
I quite enjoy reading opposing considerations, and many times we humans can learn from the approaches others take. It is therefore my recommendation that you try that as well.
“You can’t make that inference solely on smell. ALL volatile amines smell like rotting fish/meat”
Never smelled them all, but I’m damn sure isopropylamine (MIPA) has a sharp, chemical-like smell of ammonia, NOT like the foul, oily, fishy, persistent smell of tributylamine, whose lingering odors could easily be described as rotting fish/meat
“Even hexamine, used in the Syrian formulation, smells quite rotten.”
It has an unpleasant fishy-ammonia smell when you’re close to it, but nothing like tributylamine. It’s not likely that Syria used hexamine anyways because they had plenty of the standard, well-known amine used in Sarin: MIPA. In fact, the OPCW inspectors finding hexamine in Ghouta samples is a pretty good indication that they weren’t even inspecting CW weapon impact sites, but fuel-air or thermobaric munition impact sites. Sarin was used in Ghouta, but the evidence that it actually came from the warhead remains the OPCW were led to is weak at best. The OPCW was merely looking for evidence of the presence of Sarin – they were not mandated to, and didn’t care, whether they could prove it came from the spent munitions as claimed.
Di-Di process Sarin also produces hydrochloric acid as a by-product that needs to be scavenged, not HF. The significance is that chlorine smells IN ADDITION to fishy ammonia smells suggests Di-Di process Sarin over DF+OPA. If it was Di-Di process Sarin, then it was absolutely supplied by a state actor and definitely not Syria.
So I will still assert that – going only by smell – it’s more likely to have been Di-Di process Sarin (US or whomever) rather than Syria’s known DF+OPA process Sarin which would not have a persistent fishy-like residual smell.
“You missed Grouper42’s comment in the most recent post. The bold statement you make doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.”
Yet I make it because, to me, the impact site looks like a light mortar or maybe a 122mm rocket crater, not anything produced by a aerial CW bomb with a few hundred kg of Sarin and some entirely wrong fuzing. But why let that get in the way of your scrutiny?
“This is how Iraq delivered Sarin to Halabja.”
Oh, so you’re saying you’ve seen road impact craters of Iraqi weapons used in Halabja? Please share so we can apply some ‘scrutiny’. Or are you suggesting there was something special about the Iraqi weapons versus, say, everyone else’s air-dropped CWs?
“2) roads are dense surfaces and, in the absence of shaped charges, explosions follow a path of least resistance. The crater is plenty large.”
Plenty large – assuming inappropriate fusing and a substantially overpowered bursting charge on an impossibly thin-walled munition without stabilizing fins. Considering Syria has never had an air-dropped weapon suitable for dropping CWs, I suppose they could have made something in a garage somewhere. How about a “Chemical Barrel Bomb”?
Do you mean I’m using skepticism and critical thinking abilities rather than the clownish logic offered by al Qaeda’s White Helmets, Reuters and CNN based on social media ‘evidence’? Guilty!
http://whoghouta.blogspot.cz/2013/11/the-conclusion.html?m=1
I routinely use mono-isopropylamine as a mobile phase modifier in thin layer chromatography. It smells like rotting fish, with some of the harshness of ammonia. I’ve smelled a lot of chemicals and have a tuned nose. I cannot discern, by odor alone, the difference between methylamine, dimethylamine, isopropylamine, triethylamine, tributylamine, etc. So no, you can’t possibly identify which amine was used on the basis of second hand information from untrained observers.
“The significance is that chlorine smells IN ADDITION to fishy ammonia smells suggests Di-Di process Sarin over DF+OPA.”
Hydrogen chloride does not smell like chlorine. Hydrogen chloride and hydrogen fluoride smell similar, albeit the latter is far more irritating. Once again, relying on second hand observations can *at best* be used to say acidic fumes were present. Trying to discern HF from HCl based on someone else’s reports is ridiculous.
“Yet I make it because, to me, the impact site looks like a light mortar or maybe a 122mm rocket crater, not anything produced by a aerial CW bomb with a few hundred kg of Sarin and some entirely wrong fuzing.”
ISIS has footage of their drones dropping light mortars. They do not leave craters. Compare the yield of a 122mm rocket (~20kg warhead) to the explosion from a burster charge for a large chemical warhead. Dan presented examples ranging from 6.8 kg to 20 kg. In other words, exactly the same explosive yield.
No, I mean you would fail any introductory science course with your reasoning. Because you *don’t* see something (i.e.: negative evidence; there are no remains of the delivery vehicle), you indulge wild fantastical tales (positive conclusion; “this alternative theory, for which there is also no support, must be favored”). Don’t mistake critical thinking and skepticism for an overactive imagination.
Guest - April 13, 2017
“This residual HF destroys nearly anything the Sarin is stored in, and quickly degrades the Sarin. The US and USSR had devoted a huge effort to finding a way out of this problem. They found different ways to refine the HF out of the Sarin using very expensive heavy chemical engineering techniques which, for obvious reasons, are best not described here.
HF – hydrogen Fluoride – is a very weak acid and is easily stored in polyethylen cans or in metal cans. And additionally ist is very easy to be removed from the sarin.
Zaida - April 10, 2017
One Assad’s cousin alone amassed a fortune of $6 billion. All power in Syria was, is concentrated in the hands of the butcher Assad and his clan. No wonder the other tribes want to get rid of him.
If the butcher is gone, the 6 mio. refugees outside Syria plus the 5 mio. internally displaced ones might have a chance of returning to their homes.
Are you sure that so many Syrians want to remove Assad?
If that were the case the mere 10-20,000 military loyal to Assad would not survive even 10 days, would they?
Why did the majority of E.Aleppo residents whom “democratic rebels” were protecting from evil Assad did not follow the rebels to Idlib and stayed in government controlled zones? Surely they were going to be killed, why did they decide to risk it?
The wealth of Assad and family is irrelevant in this discussion. The wealth of Saudi Arabian rulers is much higher, what does that prove?
Without the help of his fellow butcher Putin – the guy who blew Alleppo to smithereens with indiscriminate aerial bombings killing tens of thousands of civilias – Assad would be gone a long time ago.
No idea why some people support despots like Putin or Assad or the crazy Iranian mullahs.
Even with the help of fellow butcher Putin with his few thousand soldiers and with Iranian few thousand soldiers they could not withstand the uprising of few million Syrians with willing support from the West and Saudi Arabia.
And they definitely would not stay in government controlled areas given a choice.
Something does not add up.
First of all establish Assads responsibility. Conduct the investigation. Then blame based on the facts you have found.
This demonization, Assad – butcher, Putin – dictator or vice verse are needed just to fool stupid people who don’t think but are driven by emotions. Repeat to them 1000 Assad – butcher armed they will welcome any war in Syria against Assad which is going to kill hundreds more people. That is actually happening in Syria for already 6 years. Every time US wants to start a war, the ideological treatment is painting monsters and then nobody asks why did the good guys invade and kill much more people fighting those mythical monsters. That is how it was in Yugoslavia, that is going on in Syria, that is why you demonize Putin. Prove your accusations first and then make the conclusions, not vice verse.
What happened in Yugoslavia and now in Syria etc…is just clanish, tribal, sectarian warfare. Why to blame others if savages are killing each other?
I don’t blame others. I’m just saying the demonization in mass media always is used to start another war. That the demonization even of the worst butcher is just a lying media picture. That we need to base on some more objective facts rather than political interests.
Mad Dog - April 11, 2017
Kind of like the warehouse accusation. How about proving that. Should be really easy!
Germann Arlington - July 8, 2017
“What happened in Yugoslavia and now in Syria etc…is just clanish, tribal, sectarian warfare. ”
Why was Syria reasonably peaceful until USA decided that they don’t need it as ally against Iraq any more?
Woody - July 25, 2017
Why do we read and write to this Mambo Jambo “blog” Bellingcat? Title here is Chemical realities of KS… – Should BC have a thread of “Realities of Syrian war”?
Any discussion here is pointless unless you without hesitation approve that KS nuke attack was made by the Breznevians. How little the mankind has learned from US actions after 1953 coup in Iran and Gulf of Tonkin?
Who recalls that Putin – and European leaders of that time – opposed Bush II entry into Irak? Putin would not be in Syria had Bush listened to other leaders. But…we now know what followed.
Stein - April 11, 2017
Can anyone explain better the impossibility of a reaction-in-the-warehouse scenario?
I am thinking of the following hypotheticals. What if the binary components were indeed stored improperly, perhaps even in the same cabinet. (That is ‘odd’, but perhaps not unthinkable in civil war conditions, particularly if experienced personnel are not in this part of rebel-held Idlib.) When the building is bombed, the chemicals are not immediately consumed by fire, but simply knocked around, their containers broken by falling debris and heavy building materials. They mix on the floor beneath their former cabinet. The resulting mixture may be exposed to fire soon after.
Within the confines of these hypotheticals, can anyone account for:
A.) Whether contact with fire before a mixture takes place is indeed inevitable, and if not, what contact with fire would look like after a mixture, and
B.) What the reaction between the two binaries on the floor would look like – is simply mixing in this fashion going to produce the kind of reaction we saw? Or does it need to be done in a more balanced, precise way?
When unscathed passports of passengers/pilots at the Twin Towers, it was decried as evidence of falsification. The claim was that the passports could not have survived unscathed. In truth however, when there is a lot of explosive heat, there is a lot of turbulence and distribution of heat is uneven. It is unlikely that bombing a chemical store would destroy all the chemicals. This was the justification the US gave for NOT bombing the suspected CW store at the airbase.
that and the town is run by Al Nusra
Jabhat Al-Nusra no longer exists.
They just renamed themselves to Jabhat Fateh Al-Sham (the Front for the Conquest of the Levant). Nobody was fooled. The group under new name is still considered terroristic. Even by US. But mysteriously US save them from bombings and Assads offenses and probably reserve as a tool for the regime change.
It would look like a blasted-out warehouse full of knocked over chemical barrels, partly scorched, full of debris and probably structurally unsound. You might see a panicked crowd of conspirators rushing in to clean up and cover-up, which would be a non-trivial operation. I’ve had to clean up a lab that had *not* been blown up or filled with deadly nerve gas, and it took days and days. In other words, if such a scenario were plausible enough to have occurred, it would be obvious to the journalists who visited the site afterward as well as to the various global intelligence agencies. Russia and Syria would not have missed the opportunity to present this damning evidence.
But on the topic of the chemistry: if the materials mixed on the floor of a warehouse, the chemical leak would be contained. We wouldn’t expect to see huge numbers of chemical casualties from this incident within 5 minutes of the air raid–people suffocating in their basement bomb shelters.
That’s the meat I am hoping to understand – so, if I understand correctly, the mixture without a high impact delivery method (bomb, shell, etc) is not very volatile.
I am interested in how much the hypothetical mixture would fume, spread, etc., without any aid. If one were to pour the two binary components together on a flat surface in a controlled environment, what would the reaction look like? And I take it fire would not spread/diffuse the fumes from this mixture to a significant degree?
The chronology of the attacks strikes me as odd, but I would rather disqualify the alternate versions of events on a theoretical basis – knowledge that could be useful to interpret future events as well. I was just concerned that the author put forward such a seemingly weak argument against the warehouse theory – that the components would be burned in flames before reacting. If the reaction would not create anything dangerous anyway, that’s what I want to read about.
Q: ” If one were to pour the two binary components together on a flat surface in a controlled environment, what would the reaction look like?”
You would start with two colorless liquids, one that’s volatile and smells strongly like rubbing alcohol mixed with rotting fish; the other that’s oily, colorless to pale yellow, and perhaps acrid smelling. The two would contact each other, warm up (but in my experience, not excessively). At the interface, you’d see white powder forming (amine-hydrogen fluoride complex). The fumes would be invisible. The resulting Sarin would resemble a more viscous water, perhaps discolored from impurities (pale yellow to brown being typical for crude organic reaction mixtures). It would evaporate at one third the rate of water.
But in chemistry, everything is a competition. The fastest reactions happen at the expense of the slower ones. Combustion is about as fast a reaction as one can ask for. Sarin itself is not flammable, so a small, smouldering (not raging) fire might volatilize it. But isopropanol is volatile and highly flammable, and would ignite far more quickly than they would react with DF that adventitiously came into contact with them.
“But isopropanol is volatile and highly flammable, and would ignite far more quickly than they would react with DF that adventitiously came into contact with them.”
That is a weak argument of Dan against the warehouse scenario. Just because the air blast-wave propagates much further than the heat-wave from the blast. The supposed containers with igradients could have been destroyed without any heat applied. Did Dan mean the direct impact, but there is also lower probability to hit directly than destroy by the blast wave.
The US issued a statement that they deliberately avoided Tomahawking the suspected Sarin storage at the airbase, precisely because their assessment was that bombing CW would cause dispersion. In my opinion it was an excuse to explain why no Sarin traces would ever be found at the airbase, despite Russian invitations for analysts to investigate
John rolmbo - April 11, 2017
I’m truly sorry the people of Syria are pawn in a war by proxy. But that said this gas attack was nothing more then a diversion tactic. You see here in America the intelligence agencies are up Trump’s rear as he was colluding with Russia to win the presidential election. Before the gassing that’s all the news and newspapers. Some in the intelligence agencies even going as far as mentioning that some in the administration probably would end up going to prison. Now you want to change the news about the colluding between Russia and the Trump campaign. Now they’ve changed the talking points and you don’t here anything about the Russia and Trump campaign colluding. $90 million for 59 cruise missiles is nothing if you want to remain president and stuff your pockets full of money.
Now that man last name prince who sister became secretary of education and used to own Blackwater. He’s certainly I would consider a person of intrest apparently he hires people who provide this type of service to individuals and governments. Apparently if you got the money and want a dirty deed done he’s your man. Now with all the satellites in that area who can read a 2 inch long VIN on a vehicles Don’t tell me that when your recording everything worldwide and some of these satellites can see through clouds don’t tell me you don’t know this or that. I don’t think it was Assad just as I didn’t think it was Assad who commited the gas attack when United Nations inspectors had just checked into a hotel less than 5 miles from the site of that gassing attack. Someone is trying to set this guy up because of geopolitical reasons like wanting to run pipelines through Syria over land. They want the former Baltic states to get off Gazprom and buy thier gas from the U.S allies. Look at who would benefit by Assad being gone. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Israel, UAE. I’V been watching ABC news since early this morning and not one word of what was all over every newspaper and every news channel just before the gassing. The colluding between Russia and the Trump campaign was the number one story. This whole thing is a diversion tactic and apparently most people swallowed it hook line and sinker.
Rolmbo
“Dan Kaszeta is the managing director of Strongpoint Security Ltd…
He has 24 years experience in CBRN response, security, and antiterrorism.”
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07629266/filing-history
The company seems to be nearly dormant.
Would not such experienced security and antiterrorism specialist be a little busier in these troubled times?
Dan Kaszeta - April 25, 2017
You seem to not understand that I only have to file a single Companies House return once a year? And I’m a 1 man company. What is it you are trying to intuit from famously opaque UK Companies House filings?
I am familiar with UK system (I have worked through UK Limited Company for 20 years now) and your company accounts are by far not spectacular.
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Digital coaching platforms being integrated into healthcare plans
By Amanda Eisenberg
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One benefit offering typically paired with wellness programs is transitioning into the mainstream.
More companies are integrating health coaching plans, which incorporate positive psychology and technology to change user behaviors, into their healthcare plans, experts say.
Despite a 9.1% decrease in companies offering health coaching plans — 74.1% of 498 companies offered them in 2014, compared to 65% in 2015 — the product isn’t going away, according to new research from the Private Exchange Research Council.
Rather, coaching plans “are more likely to be included in health plans,” says Alan Cohen, co-founder of and chief strategy officer at Liazon, a member of PERC.
Coaching plans, which can emphasize financial or physical health, are also becoming smarter. Emotional intelligence, or EI, training is built into some coaching, such as Boston-based platform meQuilibrium.
See also: Is skills development an untapped benefit?
The program uses an algorithm to put together an employee’s personal stress assessment, and then produces a profile that exposes stress triggers and lifestyle habits. MeQuilibrium allows employees to start skill-building activities as a type of cognitive behavioral therapy to build resilience to stress.
The tool is “very good at helping us understand the thinking styles, the sources of stress, the way you behave under stress, and what your coping skills are and what they are not,” says Jan Bruce, meQuilibrium CEO and cofounder.
Four in 10 working adults (44%) report that their current job has an impact on their overall health, and only one in four (28%) report that this impact is positive, according to a recent poll conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Foundation and the Harvard Opinion Research Program.
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“High stress creates turnover,” Bruce says. “Certain thoughts exacerbate [employees’] stress.”
The program, which is mobile- and desktop-accessible, prompts the user to generate a score by completing surveys on mind, body, surroundings and connection. Users can improve their score by learning new skills, such as completing a financial wellbeing series or simply going for a walk.
“The platform teaches you a concept, then wants you to practice it before reevaluating your progress,” says Alanna Fincke, the company's VP of content.
The profile also determines an employee’s “stress personality” and gives the upsides and downsides to that method of handling stress. For example, one employee might be an adventurer — someone who is a strong advocate for their goals but might lack problem-solving skills. meQuilibrium can also track the effects of stressors such as family, finances, health, job, relationships or success.
See also: Employers must partner with employees to fight financial stress
“It’s more about helping people dial up their response to the pressures of their life,” Bruce says.
As one in five adults experience emotional health issues, developing coping mechanisms not only helps employees, but employers as well.
“Depression has a staggering impact on business productivity and healthcare spend,” says Jane Ruppert, vice president of health services at Interactive Health, an Illinois-based health management provider.
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Emotional health issues are a barrier for employees to address their physical health as well, she says, which can lead to heightened medical spending.
“Employers are thinking about benefits not just as a cost-setter, but a way to optimize the top line,” Bruce says.
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Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre
Find out how Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre rates compared to other secondary schools in Worcestershire with our school ratings
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Rank 1,397/3,166
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In 2018, 39% of pupils at Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre had entries in all EBacc subject areas and 29% achieved the EBacc, with a standard pass in English and Maths, while 15% achieved it with a strong pass in those subjects.
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Children of Virtue and Vengeance
By Tomi Adeyemi
Read by Bahni Turpin
Tomi Adeyemi Macmillan Young Listeners 9781250170996
The Legacy of Orïsha Series: Book 2
Runtime: 13.46 Hours
Category: Fiction/Fantasy
Audience: Young Adult (12–17)
Publisher: Macmillan Young Listeners Publisher: Macmillan Young Listeners
A #1 Amazon.com bestseller in Teen and YA Myths and Legends
Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
Among longlisted titles for Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, 2019
Among longlisted titles for NPR Best Book of the Year, 2019
*The spectacular sequel to Audie Award Audiobook of the Year Children of Blood and Bone*
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK
"Bhani Turpin exquisitely narrates the second book in this fantasy series, Legacy of Orïsha. Her steady pace and West African accent draw us into the story of Zélie, a Maji warrior, and Princess Amari--both of whom fight against a monarchy that threatens to destroy the people of Orïsha...A riveting audiobook!" — AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner
After battling the impossible, Zélie and Amari have finally succeeded in bringing magic back to the land of Orïsha. But the ritual was more powerful than they could’ve imagined, reigniting the powers of not only the maji, but of nobles with magic ancestry, too.
Now, Zélie struggles to unite the maji in an Orïsha where the enemy is just as powerful as they are. But when the monarchy and military unite to keep control of Orïsha, Zélie must fight to secure Amari's right to the throne and protect the new maji from the monarchy's wrath.
With civil war looming on the horizon, Zélie finds herself at a breaking point: she must discover a way to bring the kingdom together or watch as Orïsha tears itself apart.
Children of Virtue and Vengeance is the stunning sequel to Tomi Adeyemi's New York Times-bestselling debut Children of Blood and Bone, the first audiobook in the Legacy of Orïsha trilogy.
Praise for Children of Blood and Bone:
"[Narrator Bahni Turpin] excels at customizing her voice to capture the unique personalities of each character.... This excellent, refreshing performance of Adeyemi's exciting debut is recommended for all collections where fantasy is popular." -Booklist
“Relentless even beyond its finish, this is a sure-fire hit.” —Booklist (starred review)
“Bhani Turpin exquisitely narrates the second book in this fantasy series, Legacy of Orïsha. Her steady pace and West African accent draw us into the story of Zélie, a Maji warrior, and Princess Amari…A riveting audiobook! Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.” —AudioFile
“Adeyemi’s thrilling second Legacy of Orïsha novel ups the stakes and expands the series’ mythology while extolling unity and illustrating the futility of hatred and retribution…A vivid, visceral tale studded with action and capped with a literary gut-punch.” —Publishers Weekly
Author Bio: Tomi Adeyemi
Tomi Adeyemi is a Nigerian-American writer and creative-writing coach based in San Diego, California. After graduating from Harvard University with an honors degree in English literature, she studied West African mythology and culture in Salvador, Brazil.
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Celebrating teachers who make a difference with Google
Cristin Frodella
Google in Education
For most of us, there’s at least one teacher whose name we will never forget—that favorite teacher who made a difference in our education, whether they were our first grade art teacher or a professor in college. For me, that teacher was Ms. Taylor, my 8th grade science teacher. Ms. Taylor didn't just foster my love of science—she understood that 8th grade can be a tough time for students as they try to navigate social cliques and prepare for the pressure of high school. Ms. Taylor knew that taking the time to ask us if we were feeling okay was just as important as teaching us about geological formations. She didn’t just care about teaching us—she genuinely cared about us as people.
This Friday is World Teachers' Day, and we want to honor the teachers like Ms. Taylor who helped make us the people we are today. We’ve long supported education through technology, offering free tools like YouTube Edu and Google Apps for Education, and by developing cost-efficient devices like Chromebooks. But it’s the teachers who really make the difference by creatively incorporating that technology into their classrooms. As technology usage in schools increases, we hear even more amazing stories about how teachers and students are using our products to foster collaborative learning.
And that usage is growing quickly. As of today, more than 20 million students, faculty and staff worldwide use Google Apps for Education. In addition, in the last year we announced that:
400+ universities are posting lectures and/or full courses online using YouTube Edu
600,000 staff from the Philippines Department of Education will now be using Google Apps
Universities across the continents are signing up for Apps, including schools in Poland, Spain, the Netherlands and Africa
More than 500 schools and districts went back to school with Chromebooks this fall
Seven of the eight Ivy League universities and 72 of this year’s top 100 U.S. universities (as determined by 2013 U.S. News and World Report’s ranking) have gone Google with Google Apps for Education
As a tribute to the educators who are putting these tools to work, this week we’ll be highlighting a few amazing teachers on our Google in Education page on Google+. To kick off the series, we want to celebrate Ms. Kornowski—a science teacher at Kettle-Moraine High School in Wales, WI, who is using Google Forms to bring her students together.
Google Forms a teacher/student connection
To all the Ms. Taylors and Ms. Kornowskis out there—thank you, both for the positive impact you have on your students and for letting Google be a part of that experience.
Young coders are shaping Singapore’s future
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Teacher's coding lesson helps students show gratitude
Meet the Googlers making coding education more equitable
Happy CSEdWeek! I’m feeling inspired.
Europe and Africa code weeks: 136,000 students learn to code
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Το Δουβλίνο
Dublin boasts a cracking zoo, the 11th-century Christ Church Cathedral, and a plethora of literary pubs befitting its status as one of just five UNESCO Cities of Literature on the planet. You can raise a pint to writers like James Joyce and Bram Stoker, or explore the life and works of poet WB Yeats at the National Library.
City footwork:
Dublin’s a great city to explore on foot. From the gracious city parks of Merrion Square and Iveagh Gardens, to the grand Georgian architecture and alfresco café culture of South William and Drury Streets, there’s a lot to divert your attention. And don’t forget Temple Bar – a cobblestoned cultural enclave of galleries, restaurants, hopping pubs and the lively Meeting House Square.
City of Villages & Capital coastlines:
Poets, artists, dreamers, fashionistas, foodies, storytellers and the true-blues have all carved out little havens, villages of like-mindedness within the patchwork of the city. Hop on the Luas, Dublin’s Tram Line and visit Smithfield, Stonybatter, Ranelagh, and Rathmines to name but a few. A ride on the suburban Dart train whisks you north to cliff walks around Howth, or south to the coastal villages of Blackrock, Monkstown, Dun Laoghaire, Glasthule, Dalkey and Killiney. It’s in these seaside gems that you’ll find some of the city’s best seafood, waterfront festivals and sandy beaches.
Visit Dublin
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Glimpse at the detail in the renowned Book of Kells in Trinity College. This lavishly illustrated manuscript of the Gospels dates from the 9th century, and is simply a marvel of Early Christian art carried out by the monks’ steady hands. The 65-metre Long Room in the Old Library is an incredible sight, and is filled with old books, marble busts and a barrel-vaulted ceiling. This is also the room that inspired the imagery of the Jedi Archive in Star Wars Episode II.
Mikel Ortega / Flickr
Guinness Storehouse
Year in, year out, The Guinness Storehouse is Dublin’s most visited attraction, and with many good reasons. You can learn about the history of 'the black stuff’ and discover how it’s made, pull your own pint, enjoy The Gravity Bar’s stunning panoramic views and more.
McDaids
The building that houses McDaids can be traced back to the late 18th century and is reputed to have housed the City Morgue and later converted into a chapel for the Moravian Brethren, hence the high ceilings and the Gothic style windows. McDaids has been identified by Joycean scholars as the setting for the opening of his story, Grace. Brendan Behan was a regular in the pub and he would regularly entertain the crowd with his vast repertoire.
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Indigo Court Books In Order
Publication Order of Indigo Court Books
Night Myst (2010) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Night Veil (2011) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Night Seeker (2012) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Night Vision (2013) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Night's End (2014) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Night Shivers (2015) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Indigo Court series revolves around the story of Cecily Waters, a witch who can control the wind and her fight to protect her loved ones. She had lived away from her home in New Forest, Washington when her mother took her since she was only six years old. Now, twenty years later, Cecily calls her aunt Heather and cousin Rhiannon because her wind elemental named Ulean whispered to her that they would be in grave danger. She decides to come back home when she also discovered that the town witch had died of a gruesome but mysterious death leaving her job as town witch for Cecily to take over. Cecily’s character is portrayed as a tough woman borne of her years living a nomadic lifestyle with only odd jobs and running away like what her mother, Krystal did because of her crack and heroin addiction. Though she had enjoyed her life on the road, deep down she was yearning for more. Her tough exterior is put to the test though when she arrived in New Forest to dig deeper into the dangerous changes the wind has been telling her. Together with her cousin Rhiannon, who controls the element of fire, they must rise to the challenge of defeating their enemies.
“Heather laughed. ‘Oh, Cicely, you may be twenty-six now and on your own, but you’re still one of us. You’ve always been one of us, even though your mother tried to distance the both of you. It’s time to come home to New Forest.’ Her voice turned serious. ‘Krystal’s dead. You don’t have to run anymore. Come back. We need you. I need you. And you . . . you need us.’She was right. In my heart, I knew it was time to go home. I’d been running for years, but now there was no more reason. There hadn’t been a reason for me to stay on the road for two years, since Krystal had died. Except that sometimes running felt like all I knew how to do. But now . . . Marta left me her business. I had something to go home to-something to focus my life on other than keeping my mother and me alive.”
from Night Myst, first book of the Indigo Court series
A long time ago, vampires created an evil and supremely powerful enemy when they wanted to turn the Dark Fae to harness more power. This enemy, called the Vampiric Fae, had been laying low while silently amassing strength for centuries. Their queen, named Myst and her Indigo Court emerged from slumber to enslave humans and feed on the magic born. Their sworn enemies, the Vampire Nation led by Geoffrey their regent, has waged war against them. Cecily and the rest of her family are caught in the midst of this great war, trying to protect each other. Cecily seems as if she is the only one who can stop Myst from carrying out her evil plans.The first book narrates the discovery of Cecily about the Indigo Court and the Vampiric Fae’s ways of using sex and glamour in controlling and killing their victims. Here she also reunites with her long lost first love named Grieve who is a fae but later was captured and controlled by the court’s queen, Myst. Then, Cecily and her cousin Rhiannon, both talented witches, fight shadow hunters and goblins that Myst has unleashed in New Forest while also forging alliances with the Crimson court of vampires to defeat a common enemy. Through the series, Cecily successfully rescued her lover Grieve creating broken alliances along the way. She has also reunited with the father she never knew she had and has been a welcome addition to their group. She had only just found out that he was a fae which means that Cecily is half-fae.
This became a turning point for her discovering that she’s also a shape-shifter and can change into an owl which allows her to fly.They’ve also temporarily defeated the Indigo Court Queen Myst and relegated her to a section of forest but she still has a fair chance of recovering her powers and returning for more violence. At one point it seemed as if everything would be alright as Cecily and Rhiannon were poised to become Fae Queens of Winter and Summer and their weddings would be taking place too. But Rhiannon’s fiance, Leo betrays them and pledges his allegiance to Geoffrey who has become their enemy ever since he wanted to transform Cecily to make her into a weapon to defeat Myst. Leo kidnaps Rhiannon and Cecily tries to save her from the traitor that was once her cousin’s lover. As the Indigo Court queen slowly rebuilds her army of Shadow Hunters, New Forest gains a bit of peace and quiet. Because Rhiannon was rescued by Cecily, their coronations as Queens pushed through.
All seemed well for a while when the vampires became the ones who posed a dangerous problem for the town. Lannan, a gorgeous vampire who has a tense alliance with Cecily because of his obsession of turning her into a vampire and becoming her mate, tries to help in their fight with Geoffrey and Leo and their minions. On the last installment of the series, the queen Myst is preparing for a final onslaught on New Forest to totally annihilate fae, vampires and the magic-born. On the other hand, Cecily and Rhiannon immerse themselves as Queen of Snow and Ice and Queen of Rivers and Rushes, respectively. Discovering a lot more from her heritage and lineage, Cecily gets used to her newly acquired powers. All is not well though as Myst has somehow put a spy in her enemies’ midst. The Vampiric Fae Queen then finally faces off with Queen Cecily in an epic battle for power.Fans of the sub-genre of dark adult fantasy will surely enjoy the five books in the Indigo Court series. Told through the first person perspective of Cecily, the readers will instantly connect with the main character as she is accessible and multi-dimensional. Throughout the series, a whirlwind of events take place and takes the readers on a roller coaster ride of action, suspense, romance and horror while imparting a deeper message of love and devotion to family through good times and especially the bad.
Book Series In Order » Characters » Indigo Court
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Ermano Fegatilli prepared for Nov. 23rd return
Fegatilli Boxing - November 11, 2014
Ermano Fegatilli has had a lengthy gap between fights in 2014. His only fight this year was a lopsided stoppage win against an overmatched Hungarian, Csaba Toth, in June. Before then, Fegatilli hadn’t fought since August of 2013. Activity hasn’t been on his side, even though the motivation and hunger has remained with all of the opportunity lying ahead.
Still, waiting around isn’t a route he’s accustomed to taking, and he’s ready to step up and look to extend his four-fight winning streak. Fegatilli will start off with a “stay-busy” fight against Kristin Dochev, above the 130lb/59kg weight limit on November 23th.
The last year has been eventful, outside of the ring, that is. “Le Seresien” has been forced to balance work life, personal life, and boxing life. He recently moved from Belgium to the Netherlands to live with his longtime fiance, and, as of August, beloved spouse. Managerial rifts have also played a role in keeping him out of the ring. Yes, as one aspect of his life changes, so does the rest. As of earlier this year, Ermano’s career is being managed by Renald De Vulder, who has been working relentlessly and tirelessly to land him a major opportunity.
Trio of top prospects in action on Jan.17 on ShoBox this Friday
Indeed, he will get one soon enough. As long as Fegatilli comes away with a victory against the Bulgarian Dochev, who is 11-19, he will face Romain Jacob for the EBU Super Featherweight title soon after.
The plan is to face Dochev on 11/23, take another eight-round fight on January 30th, and then challenge Jacob by the second quarter of 2015 — most likely early April. A victory there would drive him a step ahead to the world title picture.
The details of the Jacob fight are still being materialized, but it has been mandated by the European Boxing Union that Jacob, who recently won a unanimous decision over Devis Boschiero, defend against Fegatilli in his next championship bout.
Fegatilli originally held that same EBU’s Super Featherweight title from February 2011, when he captured it with a dominant win over Stephen Foster Jnr, until August 2012, when he lost it in a close and controversial fight with Boschiero. The Jacob fight will be about taking back what was rightfully earned, and lost, just a couple of years ago.
For now, the focus in on Ermano Fegatilli’s return bout on 11/23 in Antwerp, Belgium, where he has a substantial fan-base and had resided for many years. Dochev is 21, and knows that a victory could be life-changing. A lack of focus could be detrimental, and this fight is as important as any other.
The 30-year-old contender won’t be pedestrian when a shot at brilliance lies within his grasp. Boxing is a sport of passion, blood, and desire. Few display more desire than Fegatilli when it comes to doing what he loves. There is nothing left to do but step into the ring and fight.
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Mobil Guides No More; Bad Move
By: Garland Pollard
In: Media, News, Tourism
Tagged: gas, Mobil
Mobil was once a brand that stood for absolute quality in all aspects of its operations, from its gas stations to PBS programming to guidebooks. Its graphic design, much of it by Chermayeff & Geismar, is legendary, building upon the work of Eliot Noyes, who is pictured above.
So it was with great surprise that we heard that Mobil Travel Guides will now be Forbes Travel Guides. Smart move for Forbes, which gets a great franchise. But it’s a big loss for Mobil. Big time.
Mobil Travel Guides will be re-branded as Forbes Travel Guides effective October 1. (Mobil’s four and five-star designations for hotels and restaurants will become Forbes in 2010.)
Frankly, I don’t understand why Exxon Mobil ditched the guidebook brand, which associates driving on the road with positive things like good food and clean hotel rooms. It has been around since 1958, and people trust it. They apparently spun it off into a separate unit a few years ago, and were getting free publicity from it.
Why was it important that Mobil do the guide?It’s not the reason they think, namely that people driving on the road will like to use Mobil and think “Hey, I need to check into a Ritz-Carlton.”
No it’s more subtle than that.
The association was valuable because it kept the name Mobil in front of rich, fancy folk who go to five star hotels and good restaurants. And remember, it is “fancy” people who buy and recommend stock purchases for others. It is “fancy” people who decide on environmental regulations. It is the “fancy” public television watching bureaucrats that make the government regulations.
We can only assume the rationale for the sale. Someone branding guru comes in and says “WHAT ARE WE DOING MESSING AROUND WITH THIS. Why are we worried about toilet cleanliness. We’re an energy company.”
Yes, you are an energy company. But you are a great brand too, and Mobil one of the best brands. But brands that are one dimensional become boring. BORING. If it’s all about gas, it’s out of gas. (And by the way, gas companies SHOULD worry about toilet cleanliness, if they want to run filling stations.)
If this means that Exxon is further diminishing the Mobil brand at the expense of Exxon, that is a mistake. Both brands are great, but they mean different things.
One more great business tradition, lost. Forbes will do a fine job with it, yes, but something cool has been lost.
Perhaps Pinnacle Foods can bring back Duncan Hines guides to fill in the hole? Now that’s an idea.
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Everything you need to know about voting in the Oct. 21 federal election
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Published on: September 11, 2019 | Last Updated: September 17, 2019 2:21 PM EDT
There are a number of ways to vote, including on election day, by advance poll, by mail and at any Elections Canada office. Lorraine Hjalte / Postmedia
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau triggered the federal election on Wednesday morning by going to Rideau Hall and asking Governor General Julie Payette to dissolve Parliament.
The election date, Oct. 21, is fixed by law, but federal parties have been in full-blown campaign mode for the past few weeks.
Here’s what voters need to know about casting your ballot.
Who can vote?
You must be a Canadian citizen and at least 18 years old on election day.
To check if you are registered on the electoral list, visit Election Canada’s online voter registration service at ereg.elections.ca or contact the federal agency by phone at 1‑800‑463‑6868.
If you are not registered, you can add yourself to the electoral list via the same website or phone number.
You can also register at any Elections Canada office or even at the polls on election day or during advance polls.
If you are a Canadian Citizen aged 14 to 17, you can register in the Register of Future Electors. For more information, visit Elections Canada.
Canadians who are eligible to vote and live abroad can register in the International Register of Electors. For more information, visit Registration and Voting Process for Canadians Who Live Abroad.
When can I vote?
There will be many opportunities to cast your ballot:
On election day — Oct. 21 — between 9:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m., at your local polling station.
On advanced polling days, at your assigned polling station, which will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Advance polls are on the Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday during the week before election day.
At any time prior to the Tuesday before election day at an Elections Canada office.
Any registered voter, including those living abroad, can also vote by mail.
How do I prove my identity when I vote?
To confirm your identity at the polling station, you’ll have three options.
Show one piece of identification — your driver’s licence or any other card issued by a Canadian government (federal, provincial/territorial or local) that features your photo, name and address.
Show two pieces of identification. These can include your voter information card, a bank statement, a utility bill or a student identification card.
Or, if you don’t have identification, you can confirm your identity and address in writing and get someone else to vouch for you. The person must know you and be registered to vote in your polling station.
What’s a special ballot?
Any elector who cannot or does not wish to vote at a polling station during an election or referendum may vote using a special ballot by mail or in person at the office of any returning officer. If the elector is away from his or her electoral district, inside or outside Canada, he or she can also register to vote with Elections Canada in Ottawa. The Special Voting Rules apply to electors who are temporarily away from their electoral districts whether in Canada or abroad; electors who cannot or do not wish to go to an ordinary or advance poll to vote; Canadian citizens residing outside Canada; electors in the Canadian Forces and electors who are incarcerated.
In all these cases, the elector must have a civic address for his or her place of ordinary residence in Canada.
How do I know who is running in my riding?
When nominations close, the Elections Canada website will have a list of all the candidates in every riding. To find out who is running in your riding, visit the Elections Canada voter information service and input your postal code. You can also search by electoral district, candidate name and by maps and place names.
Three weeks before election day, Elections Canada will send personalized voter information cards in the mail to all registered voters. They will include detailed information about when and where to vote.
What election changes are coming into effect this year?
Elections Canada is changing the design of ballots for the 2019 election. This is what an old ballot looked like.
To make it easier to read, the new ballot is two inches wider than the old ballot. Font sizes have been increased and the background is now grey instead of black.
There are other changes this election, including:
• Advance polling hours have been extended to cope with a growing interest in voting before election day. In the 2015 election, advance polls were open for eight hours (noon to 8 p.m.). In 2019, they will be open 12 hours (from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.)
• Voting booths will be set up at more post-secondary campuses — 115 in 2019, compared with 39 in 2015.
• Online voter registration will help voters who don’t have a driver’s license or an accepted provincial or territorial ID card
• Elections Canada is working with First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities to offer better election services in their communities. One improvement is to increase the number of advance and election day polling places on reserves. Elections Canada has also launched a pilot project in 87 remote communities across 27 electoral districts where barriers to registration and voting were found to be higher than elsewhere.
What do I do if I receive misleading information about the election?
Phone calls, including robocalls from candidates, political parties and third parties are permitted during an election. You may receive calls that promote or oppose a party or candidate, to encourage you to vote, provide information about voting hours and locations, gather information about voting intentions and past voting practices or to raise money for a party or candidate. If you received a call you believe was misleading or inappropriate, fill out Elections Canada’s online complaint form or call 1-800-463-6868.
Where can I get more information?
Elections Canada is the official source for information on registration and voting in federal elections and has an extensive website. If you have a question that isn’t answered there, Elections Canada has a toll-free number, 1-800-463-6868.
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Fake News Frenzy
NOLA Murder Rate Remains Steady Despite New Gun Control Laws
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25 Oct 2016 New Orleans, LA
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – Though new gun control measures were designed to curtail murder and gun violence in New Orleans, the murder rate has remained almost unchanged from last year, before the measures were put into place.
Around the same time last year in New Orleans, more than 130 people had been killed in the city. Fast-forward to today, there are now 134 murders in the Crescent City, according to the Times-Picayune.
What is different between this year’s crime rate versus the last is new gun control measures, which widely expand the amount of gun-free zones, regulations, and penalties for gun-owners.
The gun control measures are not backed by the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) Fraternal Order of Police, with spokesman Donovan Livaccari saying he is not surprised the regulations failed to depress the murder rate.
“I am not surprised that these new gun control measures have had little impact on murders in New Orleans,” Livaccari said to Breitbart Texas. “Law abiding citizens are generally not committing murders.”
Livaccari said the issue is not about guns, but rather the amount of police officers patrolling the city.
“From a police perspective, having more officers would be much more effective than further restricting law abiding gun owners,” Livaccari said. “Beyond that, there are many aspects of our city’s murder rate that do not belong on law enforcement’s plate.”
As Breitbart News previously reported, guns in city-owned buildings, parks or other facilities where New Orleans Recreation Development Commission activities occur are no longer allowed, except for gun-owners with a concealed carry permit.
The gun control measure also included the “existing state prohibition on negligently carrying a concealed handgun to make the law cover all firearms.”
John Binder is a contributor for Breitbart Texas. Follow him on Twitter at @JxhnBinder.
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Derby County boss gives transfer update over former Nottingham Forest, Leeds United and Bristol City target
He has been in and out of the side this season
David Byrom
Jack Marriott in action for Derby County (Image: Getty)
Phillip Cocu has played down speculation that Jack Marriott will leave Derby County in January.
The striker was a high-profile transfer target of Bristol City 18 months ago, with the Robins competing with the likes of Derby, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest for his signature.
Plenty of speculation was stoked by Marriott's former club, Peterborough United, but the Robins withdrew from the race due to the striker's price tag.
Jack Marriott of Peterborough United celebrates his goal (Image: JMP Joe Dent)
He instead moved to Derby and enjoyed a positive first season at the club, scoring 13 goals in 43 matches, but he has struggled for regular football this time around.
It has led to rumours that Marriott may leave the club in January on loan, particularly with Wayne Rooney becoming eligible to play for the Rams, but Cocu says this will not be happening.
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"I don't know anything about speculation (about Marriott), so that is something we can be clear about," Cocu said to Derbyshire Live.
"I don't see any reason (why he should leave). Rumours will always be around, but not from our side.
"It's not in our agenda that he will leave the club in January."
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Bristol City boss Lee Johnson admits January interest in Liverpool target Lloyd Kelly
The Robins are set for a window of interest in the highly-rated defender
Aidan McCartneySports Wire Content Editor
Lloyd Kelly of Bristol City
Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson has confirmed interest is building in his talented young defender Lloyd Kelly with the January transfer window open for business.
The Robins are bracing themselves for bids after Kelly emerged in the Robins first-team this season and was rewarded with a place in Aidy Boothroyd's England under-21s.
Kelly, 21, is seen as one of the finest young talents outside of the Premier League and Liverpool have been scouting him throughout the season with a move now possible.
Lee Johnson opens up on Bristol City's January transfer window plans
Manchester United and Spurs are also thought to be keeping tabs on his situation with his contract not expiring until 2021.
Speaking last week, the Robins boss admitted that clubs are wanting to sign the youngster.
He said:"Of course, there is.
"If you’re a Premier League club and you’re not interested in Lloyd Kelly, you’re not doing your recruitment right. Twenty years old, playing for England and can play multiple positions.
"Whether someone pushes the button on it is a different matter. I guarantee, statistically and with the eye, every Premier League club would’ve had a look."
Lloyd Kelly of Bristol City takes on Harry Wilson of Derby County
Johnson added: "The big thing for him is keeping his feet on the ground.
"People are writing articles all over the shop, some of them are true, some of them are not true. It’s tough for him.
"I’ve been in that situation myself, probably not with the level of clubs but I know how hard it is. You think about who’s watching you and try to get hold of the scout list and your agent tells you someone is coming.
"Your Mum, your Dad or your family is chipping away and tell you that the big move’s coming, but no. Concentrate on the process, keep working hard and he’s done great - he’s 20 games into his senior career."
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1944 James ML & 1942 Ford Jeep - Allied Motors
Apr 03,2012 Kyle Pereira & Rohin Nagrani Read News PRINT
Apr 03,2012 Kyle Pereira & Rohin Nagrani Read News
Catch phrases like ‘lily livered rats’, ‘those blimmin Jerries’, ‘dumkopf’ and Kamerad are etched in the minds of every single Commando comics lover. The dramatic visuals of exploding tanks, trains and aircraft, stories of deceit and traitors, of exceptional bravery and sometimes over the top drama has introduced dime a dozen young lads into the fascinating history surrounding World War II. Of course, the machines itself were always central to the stories and as Josef Stalin put it to the Americans in 1941, the side with the largest number of machines would win the war. That led the allied war machine to churn out hundreds of thousands of vehicles on assembly lines that didn’t stop to catch a breath until the end of the war in 1945. Two of those machines that made a big impact were the James ML and the Ford Jeep, which is why they adorn these pages in the best of livery and, well, passable army uniforms.
'Achtung! Englanders am Himmel', yells the soldier at the top of his voice, pointing into the night sky. A long drone of the air-raid siren cranks up, rousing slumbering German soldiers, and spot lights come on, searching the heavens for the birds of prey. In the distance, the silhouettes of the big Avro Lancasters can be seen, flying slowly like pregnant birds, their bellies filled with little explosive eggs waiting to be laid. The ack-ack guns swivel, gunner crews break into a sweat, reloading furiously as the barrels let off lead with small blazes from the muzzle flash suppressors.
Little do the Germans know, there is death coming to them from behind their backs as well. Another Allied aircraft, this time a Douglas C-53 Skytrooper, has dropped off some gifts for the Jerries - a bunch of famously lethal commandos. They leap off the aircraft in the dead of night, undetected as everybody's concentrating on fending off the bombers in front of them.
The paratroopers get their feet onto the ground and they are armed to the teeth. Their drop zone is a couple of kilometers away from the anti-aircraft gun nests and mobility could be an issue. Not this time, however. They've got their rides all right - little James ML motorcycles that were airdropped with them.
The Brits swiftly and silently proceed towards their mission objective, and rapidly put down the sentries. Before long, the German guns are silenced forever. The bombers have safe passage.
This little scene might have been fabricated in this very fertile imagination of mine, but the James ML saw similar and very real action in World War II. Besides being parachuted out of aircraft, the ML or Military Lightweight, was used for marshaling duties in beach landings, before the larger but heavier motorcycles arrived ashore. Because of its diminutive size, the ML earned nicknames like 'Mechanical mouse' and 'Clockwork mouse'. But this little two-wheeler's maker had a long history and lineage attached to it.
The marque had simple beginnings way back in 1880. Harry James started the company to produce bicycles, which were a rage back then. In fact, many other British motorcycle companies, like Sunbeam for example, can trace their roots to the manufacture of these pedal-powered two-wheelers. The first true James motorcycles weren't on sale till about 1902. Dubbed the Model A, this was nothing but a Minerva engine bolted onto a bicycle with drive given to the rear wheel through a leather belt. The Model B arrived shortly after, with a Derby motor plonked into a triangular frame.
As can be seen, James started production of their motorcycles that were powered by engines outsourced from various other companies. Although this trend was largely followed by the marque throughout its existence, James did make their own engines as well. But these models were too few in number and most didn't go down too well with motorcyclists of that era.
Coming back to the ML, its origins can be traced to a pre-war design. In the 1930's, James almost exclusively produced lightweight two-stroke motorcycles, which was the reason why the company survived the Great Depression. During these years, the economic situation was in the doldrums and people didn't have too much money for expensive playthings like bikes - there were more urgent priorities like food to worry about. It is for this very reason that many brands which manufactured exotic but pricey motorcycles perished during this era.
When WWII began, the forces needed lightweight but capable machines and there was no time for much development either. James answered the call to duty with their ML, which was tweaked upon to make it suitable to be airdropped from aircraft. There were other two-wheelers used for similar duties as well, some of them being Royal Enfield's Flying Flea, Exelsior's Welbike and a gawky folding pedal cycle manufactured by BSA. After the war ended, the James ML was stripped of its olive green uniform and was introduced into the market as a civilian model. And there it remained, never to see action again, apart from getting its owner to work everyday and doing the odd grocery run.
Riding the James makes you realise that this Mouse is nothing like modern small capacity motorcycles. The smokey two-stroke Villiers '9D' 125cc engine puts out a minuscule 3.5 bhp. While most lawnmowers today make more power than that, the ML is good for a top speed of about 64 kph. That might not seem like much, but realistically, going any faster would be quite bloody scary.
If you were wondering why, well, I'll begin with the 3-speed gearbox that goes through its cogs at the jab of a petrol-tank mounted shifter. So to change gears, you need to let go of the throttle on the handlebar and fiddle with the knobbed lever with your right hand. That could get a little jittery, especially since the Clockwork mouse doesn't have much suspension apart from two springs underneath the Terry manufactured saddle and a pressed steel girder up front. Comfort wasn't quite on the design brief – it was simplicity and low weight of the motorcycle.
To that effect, it was truly well thought of. With about four litres of fuel and fully equipped, the ML weighs in at a mere 80 kg. The design is so spartan that the little flywheel mounted dynamo has no extra power even for a horn, other than a stamp sized tail light and a Millers headlamp that barely lights up a handkerchief-sized spot on the road ahead.
All in all, the ML isn't a flamboyant machine. But it is a motorcycle that was built for a purpose and it went on to fulfill all that it was expected to do. Although I cannot say for sure whether the machine I rode was actually chucked out of an aircraft, only to land in the backyard of the bloke I bought it from, I am sure that this motorcycle is a piece of history and I'm really quite proud to have had a tryst with it.
Generally purposeful
Dry hot air blew across the sand dunes as the sun started to rise to the peak. The atmosphere was quiet and as far as the eyes could see, there was nothing but sand across the desert floor. It seemed like yet another day for the German sentry at the watch tower who couldn't help but stifle yet another yawn. Then, just as he was about to turn around for yet another cup of char, the world around him exploded. Out of nowhere, three British jeeps burst into the compound, lobbed grenades and other explosives at the petrol tanks and were quickly making an exit. He raised his gun and tried to take aim at the enemy soldiers, but a crack of a rifle bullet burst through his palm, swiftly ending any opportunity of taking down the enemy. It was 1942, El Alamein and the tide of the war had started to turn the other way.
The jeep had become the mainstay of every single theatre of war. As General Dwight D Eisenhower, the supreme commander of the Allied forces would later put it, 'The jeep, the Dakota, and the landing craft were the three tools that won the war.' Indeed it did as it dug trenches, towed anti-aircraft guns and even aircraft, got dropped from them, carried wounded across frontlines to safety, acted as a mobile command post and even towed bogies on rail tracks. That's just a few roles the G.P. or General Purpose vehicle played. But the reason why it won the war for the allies was its ability to do everything, even inconceivable to the designers, wipe its brow and ask for more. The dogged determination of the jeep helped raise spirits of the Americans as they fought to reclaim every single island in South East Asia. Or the Russians who were getting pushed deep into their motherland by the Germans, keen on turning them into a tight spot – Stalingrad. In all these theatres, the Jeep changed the outcome of the war, while back home everyone argued whether it was Popeye's Eugene jeep or General Purpose that helped coined the term.
It began in 1937 as a tender, which eventually ended up becoming one of the greatest machines known to man. For Bantam, technically the creators of the Jeep, the fortunes rose, but not as much as that of Ford and Willys-Overland who got access to the blueprints, courtesy the US Army. Over 6,60,000 of these jeeps would eventually see action and would later spawn other greats like the Land Rover and the Toyota Landcruiser.
It really is a fantastic machine to drive as well. That simplicity boils down also the Go Devil engine that powered the jeep. A side-valve 2.2-litre petrol engine with 60 bhp and in a vehicle that weighed less a tonne was just the perfect recipe to get a million strong army on the move. And the permanent all-wheel drive meant it could just get out of a sticky situtation at the drop of a hat. Generals, commanders and lieutenants alike swore by it. Troops landing at advance beach heads would love the fact that it could wade through chest deep water at places. The ease with which it could be maneouvred is just superb as I drove this example which was produced nearly seven decades ago. At parking speeds, its steering is lighter than most known power steering units. The 3-speed gearbox is surprisingly smooth and there's decent reserve of bottom end torque. It's so easy to drive and such a wonderful feeling that you can only help but wonder what it must have felt like for the soldiers back then.
For the period it was designed, it has some really swell features. Like the map light that doesn't give away your position to the enemy. Or the swivel head lamps on the first Ford GPWs that would act as engine bay lights for mechanics to work on them at night. Ingenuity and simplicity became one fo the reasons why the jeep would be copied by several manufacturers around the world once the war ended, and some continue to be built even today. Most of the war jeeps would later be transferred for civilian use and in some countries it would be converted into transport carriers that continue to this day. The jeep itself has gone on to influence the way of life of people who were never touched by progress and improve their way of life. Indeed then, when Dwight Eisenhower applauded the three vehicles that changed the course of war, neither of them were weapons.
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Street of Dreams by Sofia Talvik & the Tallboys
Artist: Sofia Talvik & the Tallboys
Title: Street of Dreams
Catalogue Number: Makaki Music MMSCD01
Review Format: CD
"Street of Dreams" is the second album from Sweden's Sofia Talvik. This album is 13 tracks of quirky love songs that run deeper than they seem.
Highlight was the single "It's Just Love" featuring Bernard Butler. Swooping and dramatic, this song is a convincing demonstration of the talent of those involved. Not that the rest of the album disappoints. "I Won the First Prize Tonight" sounds like a pleasant folk song but the lyrics are altogether darker. "Holding Your Hand" also sounds lightweight and fluffy but is in fact a touching commentary on the search for a soulmate. Ending on the bluesy "So Good to Me", she tells us of the search for happiness once more. Unlike many of her contemporaries, Ms Talvik does not give us easy answers. There are no simplistic love songs here. Things do not often work out but we should never give up hope.
Charmingly performed and a fine example of the genre, this album makes for a pleasant and enjoyable listen. We think that a lot of people will like this release. Nothing offends here and you get a nice, warm feeling from it but it does bear up to closer investigation. There is a lot more substance there than the first listen indicates. Well worth tracking down therefore and adding to the collection. Available from her website.
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Reviewer: Bluesbunny
Review Date: June 21, 2007
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SPIED: Upcoming BMW i4 caught looking sleek and sporty
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Now that the Tesla Model 3 is here, there are quite a few comparisons between it and the BMW 3 Series, in some form or another. However, it’s not going to be the 3 Series that will take on the Model 3. Instead, it’s likely going to be an all-new, all-electric car from the Bavarians to take on Silicon Valley’s EV darling — the BMW i4. The upcoming i4 will be an all-electric sedan with a Gran Coupe-ish body style and it’s currently under development. Some sneaky photographers have also captured the BEV Bimmer doing some testing on the open road. (We don’t own the spy photos but check them out here)
Seen here in these new spy photos, we see what is clearly the upcoming BMW i4 doing some road testing in heavy camouflage. What’s interesting is that it looks very much like a normal sedan from what we can tell. It’s not radical in its styling or its shape. If anything, it could actually be mistaken for the next-gen BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe. If it weren’t for the “Electric Test Vehicle” badges on it and lack of exhaust pipes, we’d think it were the 4er.
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BUDGET Manila Ninoy Aquino Intl Airport Terminal 2
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The cheapest 7 seat people carrier car in Manila Ninoy Aquino Intl Airport Terminal 2 provided by Budget Car Rental (rated at 0/10 by + customers), and the most affordable car seen in the group from the vendor is Toyota Innova priced at $81.34 per day.
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Use the most advantageous car hire Manila Ninoy Aquino Intl Airport Terminal 2 pick-up option. We recommend our customers to choose the “Meet and Greet” opportunity, which appears as the most convenient one. Selecting this kind of pick-up releases you from a necessity to stand in line waiting for a shuttle bus or to travel by public transport with your luggage. A representative of our Manila Ninoy Aquino Intl Airport Terminal 2 car rental service will meet you at the terminal with a plate carrying your name or the name of a rental company. Your car, meanwhile, will be waiting for you at the parking. One more pleasant nuance is that renting a car in Manila Ninoy Aquino Intl Airport Terminal 2 with the “Meet & Greet” option usually costs less than taking a vehicle from a company at the airport as you don’t have to pay an extra airport fee.
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Bicycle Therapeutics could net over $400m in haemophilia deal
Another big deal for innovative cyclists
Bicycles are expensive these days
Bicycle Therapeutics has teamed up with another biotech firm in a bid to tackle haemophilia and sickle cell disease in a deal which could net it over $400m.
It has launched a research collaboration with Bioverativ, a life sciences firm focused on treating haemophilia and other rare blood disorders, which will look for new treatments for the conditions.
The collaboration will seek to identify and develop Bicycles to treat rare blood disorders. Bicycles are a new therapeutic modality that combine attributes of antibodies, small molecules and peptides within one molecule, enabling high selectivity and affinity while simultaneously being able to penetrate and bind to the target(s) of interest within the body.
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Bicycle Therapeutics will be responsible for leading initial discovery activities through lead optimisation to candidate selection for two programs, and will receive a $10m upfront payment and near-term research and development funding of $4.2m. Bicycle is eligible to receive up to $410m related to development, regulatory and commercialisation milestones for products planned under the two programs, as well as undisclosed royalty payments.
“We believe our Bicycle platform has extremely broad therapeutic potential and we are excited to work with Bioverativ, a standout leader in the haematology field, to explore Bicycles in this important area of clinical need,” said Kevin Lee, Chief Executive Officer of Bicycle Therapeutics.
“Combining Bioverativ’s deep expertise in haematology with our powerful platform offers great promise for the development of novel, targeted therapies for patients. This alliance provides the latest validation of our Bicycle platform and furthers our strategy to evaluate its potential in a wide range of new disease areas.”
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Dr Tim Harris, executive vice president of R&D at Massachusetts-based Bioverativ, added: "We are constantly exploring new ways to do innovative science to find new molecules that can advance the care of people living with rare blood disorders.
“This collaboration offers a unique opportunity to identify an entirely new therapeutic modality that may lead to meaningful new treatments and outcomes for people living with haemophilia and sickle cell disease. We are delighted to be working with Bicycle to pursue our shared goal of creating progress for patients with great unmet treatment needs.”
It is the latest lucrative deal penned by Bicycle, which last December sealed a tie-up with AstraZeneca worth a potential £1bn .
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Economic Forecast: Hospital sees opportunity in new emergency department, stroke center
Health Care — Kevin DiLallo, CEO, Manatee Healthcare System, Bradenton
by: Grier Ferguson Sarasota-Manatee Editor
Company: Kevin DiLallo says there are "some great growth opportunities here at the hospital." Manatee Memorial, for one, will open its new emergency department in mid-December. The new 50,000-square-foot, 48-room facility will double the size of the hospital’s emergency department.
In 2019, the hospital also will work on its comprehensive stroke center. Manatee Memorial is an accredited stroke center now, but in January it will become comprehensive and able to do different procedures. The transition involves an investment in equipment and new talent. DiLallo says the hospital also plans to continue to grow its structural heart program with new procedures and clinical trials.
Industry: The health care industry will see big changes in technology in 2019, says DiLallo. He also says the fight over the Affordable Care Act will continue in the year ahead, with several states battling over health care coverage for residents.
Individual hospitals nationwide will implement changes of their own. DiLallo says, “There’s a tremendous push in the industry from volume to value.”
At Manatee Memorial, for example, employees constantly examine metrics and procedures. They look at areas such as how to reduce patients’ length of stay and increasing patient safety.
The industry will aim to improve, he says, in terms of cost-effectiveness and care quality. “We’re always checking ourselves in health care to see what we can do better,” DiLallo says.
Threats: DiLallo’s worries center on the physician and nursing shortage. One of the hospital’s strategies is to work with local schools to bring in new talent. “Staff means everything to us,” he says. “We want to make sure we get the right people on board.”
Manatee Memorial’s biggest challenge, DiLallo says, is to provide service to the community and work with state and local agencies to get reimbursement for those services.
Overall, with the community and hospital growing, DiLallo sees positive days ahead. “I think we have a tremendous growth opportunity,” he says. “I’m really looking forward to 2019.”
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Published by capeetc on December 3, 2014
SecretEATS, an idea so cool you wonder how you didn’t think of it yourself (or you did, it’s the dinner party you sometimes host on a Saturday night with friends, except with strangers in a changing location). Founder Greg Zeleny chats to CTE.com about this brilliant underground dining concept.
How did the idea ‘Secret Eats’ start?
Underground dining isn’t new or revolutionary. It’s something I’d experienced while living in New York and when I moved to Cape Town (I’m from the States originally), I wanted to go to one. At the time, nothing like it existed. In fact, I would tell people about the idea or concept and they thought I was crazy. People said, ‘Oh, you don’t know Capetonians, they’d never have dinner with strangers… I mean, I would, but no one else would.’ I believed there was a market for it. I guess you could say it started just from my personal desire to bring people together over good food, great wine and the desire to socialise with new, interesting people.
What is the basic concept (for someone unfamiliar with it)?
We host secret, underground dinners that are invitation-only with top chefs in unusual, unexpected and often amazing spaces. We’ve hosted in private homes, art galleries, abandoned warehouses – inside the Castle of Good Hope – all sorts of places. The only rule is that it’s never a restaurant or somewhere people could just rock up and have dinner. It’s a shared, communal dining experience where you get to meet the person next to you and chat throughout the night.
What has the reception from Cape Town locals been like?
Incredible. People tend to love it.
How do you choose your chefs and venues?
It’s a mix. We’re constantly on the lookout for the coolest new underground or secret spots. We’ve got people looking and scouting. But we’ve also developed a network of contacts through our guests and partners so we do get approached to host it in their spaces too. It’s a delicate balance and we’re always keen to see what people have to offer or where we might host next.
Why do you think this concept has taken off so well?
Great question. I think it’s a simple matter of people wanting something different and unique. We’re not competing with restaurants – we’re a completely unique experience. We’re giving chefs from top restaurants a chance to do whatever they’d like for a night and the chance for people to interact and engage in a completely different manner. At SecretEATS, the evening is about interacting and connecting with people, including the chef, the winemaker, the venue owner and the guy sitting next to you.
That’s a secret, of course. I can tell you this though – we’ve got some incredible plans for 2015. From continuing work with the country’s top chefs to expanding into overnight adventures and getaways, as well as corporate and private events. We’re also hosting a singles-only event every other month and will be expanding that in 2015.
In terms of what’s next this year, we’ve only got two dinners left. We’ve got one on 13 December and it’s going to be incredible. I can’t say much but one of EAT OUT’S top 10 chefs will be cooking in an insane location. It’s quite possibly the best SecretEATS we’ve ever done. We’ve also got a singles-only night happening on Wednesday, 10 December and that’s going to be an amazing one, too. It’s taking place in the heart of the CBD and you never know what might happen (last time, we served one of the courses in the pool)!
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Alfa Romeo: autonomous cars will be an "intrinsic part of the automotive industry"
Alborz Fallah
Alfa Romeo believes that autonomous cars will become an industry norm, but that ultimately these systems will never fully take away the enjoyment of driving a car manually.
Speaking to CarAdvice at the Frankfurt motorshow last week, the CEO of Alfa Romeo and Maserati, Harald Wester, said autonomous driving technology would soon be a regular feature across a variety of cars.
“It’s something that will be an intrinsic part of the automotive industry in the future, it would be like ABS or ESP,” Wester told CarAdvice.
The Fiat Chrysler Automobiles group has to an extent been lagging in autonomous drive vehicle development compared to the likes of segment leaders Audi, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo. Nonetheless, signs are positive that the technology is in rapid development.
“I believe that this will have positive effects on the industry in terms of… it will make driving in certain situations less annoying, it will improve your quality of life because you’re not going to waste all the time by just activating two pedals, the steering wheel and the shifter. Because in mega cities in stop and go situations, when there is a traffic jam, its not really fun to drive. It’s a mess, it’s a burden.”
In regards to Alfa Romeo, which prides itself on providing a performance-orientated package with emotionally evocative driving characteristics, Wester believes autonomous driving technology is still relevant.
“Yes, imagine you have a Giulia QV, and you really like to drive and you can go on the highway and doing whatsoever, but on a Monday morning in one of these ugly traffic jams, I think you want to lean back and write a message or read a newspaper and let the car do the job. It doesn’t take anything away from [driving experience].”
Ultimately though, there will not be an Alfa Romeo in the medium or even long term future that will do away with the steering wheel, even if the regulations allow it.
“This is not going to substitute driving, this is not going to substitute manual driving. I hope and I believe that at the end o the day even if we go to systems that will be fully automatic, at least capable, the most important part of this system, will always be the on/off button.”
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If you put Quality in you get Quantity out
Home Media Centre News DAIRY FARMERS WITH BEST MARGINS SPEND MORE ON FERTILISERS
Focus on getting the maximum return from the efficient use of every farm input – with more attention to detail, rather than simple cost reduction.
That’s the view of Sam Bell, commercial marketing manager for CF Fertilisers, who says the latest figures from the annual Farm Business Survey reveal that ranking farmers according to their output value: input cost ratio shows those making the most money per hectare have the highest fertiliser costs, along with higher labour, vet and medicine and purchased concentrate levels.
The survey is based on results pulled together by a consortium of the universities of Cambridge, Newcastle, Nottingham and Reading, with the colleges of Askham Bryan, Duchy and Imperial… so carries high credibility.
“The survey shows that success doesn’t come from cutting costs – but rather from focusing on getting the maximum returns from all farm inputs based on efficiency – getting more out per unit for what you put in,” says Sam.
“We should all be working towards the same goal,” says Sam. “Our farmers can get more from attention to efficiency rather than a simple cost reduction, and it’s up to us to make sure our farmers are given the best products, information and advisory support to turn what they buy from us into a saleable product.”
CF Fertilisers is very focussed on the use of purchased fertilisers in balance with organic manures to ensure nutrient use efficiency, and in getting the most out of any crop – both in terms of efficient growth and subsequent utilisation.
Soil is the foundation of any farming system, yet many farmers still fail to recognise the importance of carrying out regular soil tests and having a Nutrient Management Plan (NMP), according to independent grassland consultant Dr George Fisher.
“It’s well documented that it’s a must to know what the soil contains before buying any product to meet the nutrient needs of any crop,” he says. “Yet uptake remains disappointingly low, with 15 per cent of dairy farmers, and 45 per cent of beef and sheep farmers, never soil testing.
“When we look at those who have and use a NMP for each field that optimises fertiliser use and grass production, and is updated every year, only 55 per cent of dairy farmers and 20 per cent of beef and sheep farmers apply this critical attention to detail.”
Referring to the annual Farm Practice Survey and the British Survey of Fertiliser Practice, he says these highlight the gaps in farm management. “The approach is simple and effective, knowing what you have in your soils and manures and using a plan that ensures you only purchase the right fertiliser products and apply according to need: optimising inputs and production.”
Working with CF Fertilisers, Dr Fisher is encouraged that the majority of farmers are moving in the right direction, with 69 per cent of cattle slurry now being applied in the spring and summer when crops can make the best use of the organic nitrogen applied. But, he says, few are taking the results from this application sufficiently into account.
He urges farmers to grow as much energy on the farm as they can, before buying in supplements, and suggests an important foundation is rigorous soil testing every two to three years. In addition, they should update their NMP every year, actively using the information as a valuable management tool.
“At the cost of around £10, soil testing can be done for you, or carried out by yourself,” he says, stressing the importance of taking a random selection of samples across the productive parts of the field, away from gateways, water troughs and tree canopies to get a representative picture of what the field holds nutritionally.
Dr Fisher urges farmers who haven’t already tested their soils to get out on the land in February, and test un-manured soils to make the most of the 2016 growing season.
“Sadly, too many farmers still don’t value the importance of soil testing as a key tool in their farming operations, and some NMPs are being completed more as a tick box exercise, then hidden away on the shelf. These are crucial farm tools, especially when the squeeze is on returns.”
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CHECKING PAGE: THE IMPORTANCE OF SOIL MAINTENANCE (3097) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 12/7/2015 12:01:53 PM | CATEGORIES: 1199,1214,1218,1220,1222,1609,1610,1612,1662,1749,1751,1752,1753,1754,1755,1757,1758,1760 | RELATED SCORE: 5
CHECKING PAGE: WINNER OF NITRAM AWARD (3119) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 12/21/2015 4:49:55 PM | CATEGORIES: 1204,1205,1214,1222,1609,1612,1662,1218,1220,1749 | RELATED SCORE: 5
CHECKING PAGE: GOLD BAG DELIVERIES (3125) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 12/23/2015 9:10:11 AM | CATEGORIES: 1199,1214,1221,1609,1611,1612,1754,1764,1768,2187 | RELATED SCORE: 5
CHECKING PAGE: ACT NOW TO MANAGE GRASSLAND SOILS DAMAGED BY WATERLOGGING (3128) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 12/23/2015 1:48:12 PM | CATEGORIES: 1205,1218,1221,1223,1609,1611,1610,1612,1662,1749,1761,1764,1767,2187 | RELATED SCORE: 6
CHECKING PAGE: COUNTERACT THE IMPACT OF WET WEATHER ON ARABLE SOIL NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY (3305) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 1/25/2016 5:28:33 PM | CATEGORIES: 1199,1204,1214,1218,1222,1239,1609,1610,1611,1612,1662,1749,1751,1752,1753,1755,1757,1758,1760,1761,1762,1763,1764,1765,1766,1767,1768,1769,1770,1771,1889,1890 | RELATED SCORE: 5
CHECKING PAGE: GRASSLAND TOOLKIT (3353) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 2/26/2016 3:41:38 PM | CATEGORIES: 1214,1221,1611,1749,1763,2187 | RELATED SCORE: 4
CHECKING PAGE: SULPHUR FERTILISER APPLICATIONS COULD IMPROVE MAIZE YIELDS (3365) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 3/7/2016 2:37:44 PM | CATEGORIES: 1199,1214,1221,1239,1610,1749,1754,1760,1759,1761,1767,1768,1769,1770,1771,1889,2187 | RELATED SCORE: 4
CHECKING PAGE: ADVANCE BARLEY YIELDS WITH EARLY FERTILISER APPLICATIONS (3373) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 3/7/2016 3:49:06 PM | CATEGORIES: 1214,1752,1612,1609,1662,1749 | RELATED SCORE: 5
CHECKING PAGE: GROWER PICKS SINGLETOP FOR 2016 TO HELP CUT COSTS (3374) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 3/7/2016 4:03:57 PM | CATEGORIES: 1199,1205,1218,1222,1751,1609,1610,1612,1662,1749,1761 | RELATED SCORE: 4
CHECKING PAGE: TEST AND INSPECT SOILS REGULARLY TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT’S IN THE GROUND (3375) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 3/7/2016 4:26:33 PM | CATEGORIES: 1199,1205,1214,1218,1221,1609,1610,1611,1612,1749,1771,1767,1761,2187 | RELATED SCORE: 6
CHECKING PAGE: CORNISH FARMERS URGED TO TAKE SOIL TEMPERATURES AND CLEAN UP SWARDS TO MAXIMISE SPRING NITROGEN (3383) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 3/8/2016 1:10:47 PM | CATEGORIES: 1221,1609,1612,1662,1749,1765,1763,2187 | RELATED SCORE: 6
CHECKING PAGE: NITROGEN SAMPLING REDUCED N COSTS BY UP TO £90/HA (3420) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 4/5/2016 10:57:09 AM | CATEGORIES: 1214,1218,1222,1609,1612,1662,1749,1751 | RELATED SCORE: 5
CHECKING PAGE: N-MIN® TESTING HELPS SHROPSHIRE FARMER TO BOOST OILSEED RAPE PROFITS (3422) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 4/5/2016 12:26:55 PM | CATEGORIES: 1218,1220,1222,1609,1612,1662,1745,1749,1753 | RELATED SCORE: 4
CHECKING PAGE: UNDERSTANDING TRITICALE- THE LATEST ADAS REPORT (3444) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 4/19/2016 2:50:12 PM | CATEGORIES: 1199,1214,1222,1758 | RELATED SCORE: 1
CHECKING PAGE: EDWARD EXCELLING IN CROP NUTRITION ADVICE (3445) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 4/19/2016 3:02:19 PM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: SUFFOLK GROWER SIMPLIFIES FERTILISER PLAN (3502) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 4/22/2016 1:35:21 PM | CATEGORIES: 1199,1214,1218,1222,1609,1610,1612,1751,1749,1890,1761 | RELATED SCORE: 4
CHECKING PAGE: SOLVING TRACE ELEMENT DEFICIENCY IS BEST IN THE FEED, NOT FERTILISER (3509) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 4/22/2016 2:57:10 PM | CATEGORIES: 1199,1214,1221,1611,1749,2187 | RELATED SCORE: 4
CHECKING PAGE: INNOVATION INSIGHT (3536) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/6/2016 10:01:32 AM | CATEGORIES: 1610,1751,1752,1753,1760 | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: CF N-Min 2016 (3604) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 6/3/2016 4:30:27 PM | CATEGORIES: 1218,1220,1222,1612,1749 | RELATED SCORE: 2
CHECKING PAGE: LATEST 2016 GRASSLAND TRIALS SHOW CONTINUING NEED FOR SULPHUR AND PHOSPHOROUS (3769) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 7/5/2016 4:14:26 PM | CATEGORIES: 1214,1221,1239,1611,1749,1761,2187 | RELATED SCORE: 4
CHECKING PAGE: TARGETED NITROGEN FERTILISER APPROACH PRODUCES QUALITY WHEAT ON MARGINAL SOIL (3788) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 7/20/2016 3:05:20 PM | CATEGORIES: 1222,1220,1214,1218,1612,1662,1745,1768,1751 | RELATED SCORE: 3
CHECKING PAGE: SULPHUR APPLICATION BOOSTS OSR YIELD & QUALITY (3790) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 7/20/2016 4:06:45 PM | CATEGORIES: 1214,1222,1239,1610,1760,1761,1753,1751,1752,1199 | RELATED SCORE: 1
CHECKING PAGE: LATE DRILLING WINDOW GIVES OILSEED RAPE OPPORTUNITIES (3909) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 8/22/2016 4:00:11 PM | CATEGORIES: 1199,1204,1214,1218,1220,1222,1239,1609,1610,1611,1662,1745,1749,1753,1760 | RELATED SCORE: 4
CHECKING PAGE: FOCUS ON NUTRITION TO GET THE MAX OUT OF GRASS RESEEDS (3940) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 8/26/2016 2:36:56 PM | CATEGORIES: 1199,1204,1214,1218,1221,1239,1609,1611,1610,1612,1749,1761,1764,1765,1766,1767,1768 | RELATED SCORE: 5
CHECKING PAGE: SHROPSHIRE PRODUCER WINS LORRY LOAD OF NITRAM (3948) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 9/6/2016 11:44:45 AM | CATEGORIES: 1199,1204,1214,1222,1223,1612,1662,1750,1751,1752,1753,1609 | RELATED SCORE: 4
CHECKING PAGE: NEW TRIALS HIGHLIGHT BENEFITS OF SPRING NPKS FERTILISER APPROACH (3959) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 10/3/2016 1:36:34 PM | CATEGORIES: 1199,1204,1214,1218,1222,1223,1239,1609,1611,1612,1749,1751,1752,1767,1768,1769,1770 | RELATED SCORE: 4
CHECKING PAGE: NEW BOOKLET PUTS ENVIRONMENTAL FOCUS ON FERTILISERS (3973) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 10/12/2016 3:45:05 PM | CATEGORIES: 1204,1205,1214,1217,1218,1222,1221,1223,1609,1610,1612,1662,1748,1749,1750,1751,1752,1753,1754,1755,1757,1758,1760,1761,2187 | RELATED SCORE: 7
CHECKING PAGE: OPPORTUNITY TO BOOST YIELDS WITH SPRING P&K (4091) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 11/30/2016 1:24:19 PM | CATEGORIES: 1204,1199,1214,1222,1239,1609,1611,1612,1749,1751,1752,1753 | RELATED SCORE: 4
CHECKING PAGE: WHY IS SOIL SO IMPORTANT? (4098) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 12/12/2016 3:39:01 PM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: HEARTLAND SULPHUR GOES FURTHER THAN TRADITIONAL 20.10.10 (4497) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/17/2017 1:05:44 PM | CATEGORIES: 1766,1770,2187,1891,1611,1610,1221 | RELATED SCORE: 2
CHECKING PAGE: LINCOLNSHIRE FARMER WINS 10 TONNES OF ‘BLUE BAG’ FERTILISER (4564) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/19/2017 11:15:16 AM | CATEGORIES: 1199,1204,1214,1222,1239,1609,1610,1611,1612,1751,1752,1753,1662,1766 | RELATED SCORE: 4
CHECKING PAGE: FIVE TOP FERTILISER TIPS FOR GETTING THE BEST YIELDS AND QUALITY WITH NEW GENERATION MILLING WHEATS (4571) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/19/2017 12:11:07 PM | CATEGORIES: 1204,1199,1214,1220,1218,1222,1239,1609,1610,1611,1612,1745,1662,1749,1751,1768,1770,1760 | RELATED SCORE: 5
CHECKING PAGE: HOW TO ADDRESS GRASSLAND SULPHUR TO IMPROVE SILAGE QUALITY (4573) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/19/2017 12:31:52 PM | CATEGORIES: 1199,1204,1214,1221,1239,1609,1610,1749,1761,1764,1765,1767,1768,1769,1770 | RELATED SCORE: 4
CHECKING PAGE: FERTILISING FOR PROFIT (4575) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/19/2017 1:35:37 PM | CATEGORIES: 1204,1199,1214,1218,1220,1222,1223,1609,1610,1612,1662,1745,1749,1751,1752,1753,1760 | RELATED SCORE: 5
CHECKING PAGE: LITTLE AND OFTEN APPROACH WORKS BEST FOR COTSWOLDS GROWER (4576) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/19/2017 1:45:29 PM | CATEGORIES: 1204,1199,1214,1218,1220,1222,1239,1609,1610,1612,1745,1662,1749,1751,1752,1753,1770 | RELATED SCORE: 5
CHECKING PAGE: SPRING-APPLIED HEARTLAND SULPHUR INCREASES FARM’S PROFITABILITY (4577) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/19/2017 1:51:26 PM | CATEGORIES: 1199,1204,1214,1218,1222,1223,1239,1609,1610,1612,1745,1662,1751,1752,1753,1770,2187 | RELATED SCORE: 5
CHECKING PAGE: IMPROVED NITROGEN AWARENESS HELPS HIT PREMIUMS (4581) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/19/2017 2:09:57 PM | CATEGORIES: 1199,1204,1214,1218,1220,1222,1609,1745,1612,1760,1751,1753,1752,1749 | RELATED SCORE: 4
CHECKING PAGE: CHANGEABLE WEATHER CREATING WIDE VARIATIONS IN SOIL N LEVELS (4583) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/19/2017 2:26:22 PM | CATEGORIES: 1199,1204,1214,1218,1220,1222,1609,1745,1751,1752,1753,1755,1757,1754,1758,1749,1612 | RELATED SCORE: 4
CHECKING PAGE: A NEW WORLD OF CEREAL PRODUCTION (4596) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/24/2017 2:07:36 PM | CATEGORIES: 1204,1199,1214,1218,1220,1222,1239,1609,1610,1611,1745,1662,1751,1752,1753,1760,1761,1749 | RELATED SCORE: 4
CHECKING PAGE: CF PRIZE ARRIVES AT IDEAL TIME FOR DEVON FARMER (4658) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 8/15/2017 1:31:43 PM | CATEGORIES: 1199,1204,1214,1221,1611,1745,2187,1771,1770 | RELATED SCORE: 3
CHECKING PAGE: CELEBRATING HUMAN SURVIVAL! (4676) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 9/21/2017 1:33:39 PM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: GLOBAL FERTILISER DAY (4708) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 10/12/2017 12:16:11 PM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: EFFECTIVE GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT IMPROVES YIELDS (4723) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 10/25/2017 11:53:22 AM | CATEGORIES: 1204,1761,2187,1610,1239,1221,1214 | RELATED SCORE: 3
CHECKING PAGE: HOW TO MAKE THE RIGHT FERTILISER CHOICES (4731) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 11/2/2017 4:58:09 PM | CATEGORIES: 1214,1218,1222,1221,1609,1612,1662 | RELATED SCORE: 5
CHECKING PAGE: AMMONIUM NITRATE FERTILISER PRODUCES 15% MORE SILAGE THAN UREA IN THREE YEARS OF TRIALS (4751) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 11/17/2017 1:40:46 PM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: AMMONIUM NITRATE DELIVERS 0.4T/HA WHEAT YIELD OVER UREA IN 2017 TRIALS (4755) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 11/28/2017 11:59:47 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: N-Min and N-Calc Deliver Top Results in 2017 Trials (4803) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 1/18/2018 10:43:50 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: N-Min Shows Spring Cropping Benefits in 2017 Farm Trials (4806) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 1/18/2018 11:08:29 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: Oilseed Rape Success (4808) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 1/18/2018 11:15:02 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: NORFOLK FARMER WINS 10 TONNES OF ‘BLUE BAG’ FERTILISER (4817) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 1/19/2018 10:16:24 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: BRITISH AN REMAINS PRODUCT OF CHOICE (4827) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 1/25/2018 5:06:19 PM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: HOW TO HIT THE RIGHT PROTEIN CONTENT FOR YOUR MILLING WHEAT (4836) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 2/12/2018 10:47:25 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: £40 MILLION STATEMENT OF FAITH IN TEESSIDE FERTILISER MANUFACTURING AS DEMAND GROWS xxxx (4844) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 3/6/2018 10:42:39 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: BARTHOMLEY TRIALS- TWO YEARS OF GRASSLAND (4866) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 3/19/2018 7:05:31 AM | CATEGORIES: 1214,1221,1239,1610,1749,2187 | RELATED SCORE: 4
CHECKING PAGE: FIVE GRASSLAND POINTERS TO MINIMISE THE EFFECT OF 2018’S LATE SPRING (4931) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 4/25/2018 11:14:25 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: IMPROVED FERTILISER MANAGEMENT REDUCES SILAGE SHORTFALLS (4936) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/1/2018 10:43:54 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: TARGETING HIGHER OILSEED RAPE YIELDS WITH YEN (4946) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/18/2018 11:21:40 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: CAREFUL FERTILISER MANAGEMENT BOOSTS WHEAT MARGINS IN LANCASHIRE (4954) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 6/18/2018 3:06:34 PM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: BALANCING SULPHUR AND NITROGEN FERTILISER APPLICATIONS BOOSTS SILAGE PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY IN SRUC TRIALS (4956) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 6/18/2018 3:13:55 PM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: BRITISH MADE NITRAM OUTPERFORMS OTHER FERTILISER TYPES WHEN SPREADING (5023) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 8/2/2018 9:25:45 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: CF BLUE BAG IS PRODUCT OF CHOICE FOR 3000HA MIXED ARABLE FARM (5026) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 8/2/2018 9:42:57 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: Northern Farmer Awards 2019 (5084) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 9/12/2018 1:15:53 PM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: LIVESTOCK FARMERS URGED TO MAKE FULL USE OF AUTUMN GRASS GROWTH (5088) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 9/19/2018 7:54:27 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: Global Fertiliser Day 2018 (5105) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 10/8/2018 8:03:40 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: CF CROPTEC STAND FOCUSES ON FUTURE NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY (5116) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 10/17/2018 8:08:03 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: Fertiliser change proves its worth in harvest results (5156) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 10/25/2018 8:50:37 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: SAM BELL TO BECOME NEW COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR FOR CF FERTILISERS’ UK OPERATION (5342) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 1/22/2019 8:49:35 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: UNDERSTANDING HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF SOIL N TESTING IN 2019 (5350) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 2/6/2019 12:03:46 PM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: NEW FERTILISER POLICY LIFTS MARGINS BY NEARLY £200/HA (5430) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 3/5/2019 2:24:19 PM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: NFUE COULD SIGNAL THE WAY TO BETTER GRASSLAND PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY (5480) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 3/13/2019 1:38:10 PM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: NEW AFTERCUT SILAGE HEALTHCHECK HELPS BOOST GRASSLAND PRODUCTION (5570) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/1/2019 7:58:45 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: MOVE FROM LIQUID FERTILISER TO QUALITY COMPOUND DELIVERS MAJOR BENEFITS (5571) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/7/2019 8:17:02 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: NPKS COMPOUND FERTILISERS COULD PROVE INVALUABLE IN 2019 (5574) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/10/2019 9:40:34 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: BENEFITS OF TAILORING N APPLICATIONS TO SPRING BARLEY (5597) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/28/2019 2:50:10 PM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: CF N-MIN SOIL N TEST AND OPTIMISED FERTILISER MANAGEMENT DELIVERS BEST-EVER WHEAT YIELDS (5601) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/29/2019 7:37:02 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: ENSURE CEREAL CROPS EFFECTIVELY USE ALL AVAILABLE NUTRIENTS (5627) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 7/9/2019 10:36:00 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: Cumbrian Competition Winner Takes Delivery of 10 Tonnes of Nitram (1) (5637) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 7/16/2019 12:41:42 PM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: CF FERTILISERS FOCUSES ON FUTURE FERTILISER NEEDS WITH TWO SENIOR APOINTMENTS (5717) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 9/11/2019 7:24:37 AM | CATEGORIES: 1204,1205,1218,1749 | RELATED SCORE: 1
CHECKING PAGE: HOW TO REPLENISH YOUR NUTRIENTS AFTER 2019’S BUMPER GRASS YIELDS (5758) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 10/14/2019 9:21:35 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: Newton Rigg Article (5791) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 11/11/2019 11:55:10 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: CF Fertilisers wins Safety Award (5798) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 11/21/2019 12:36:46 PM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: CF CROPTEC FOCUS ON ENCOURAGING GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF FERTILISER USE EFFICIENCY (NfUE) and SOIL TESTING (5810) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 11/26/2019 8:33:23 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: CF Fertilisers (1744) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/27/2015 10:57:53 PM | CATEGORIES: 1214,1205 | RELATED SCORE: 1
CHECKING PAGE: Mole Valley (4625) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 6/12/2017 10:23:23 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: Armstrong Richardson Events (4627) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 6/13/2017 9:13:49 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: ACT Scotland (4631) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 6/13/2017 10:27:23 AM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: Nitram versus urea (3544) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/10/2016 9:22:38 PM | CATEGORIES: 1199,1214,1218,1221,1222,1609,1612,1662,1749 | RELATED SCORE: 6
CHECKING PAGE: Blends versus Compound Fertilisers (3545) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/10/2016 9:34:29 PM | CATEGORIES: 1214,1221,1222,1611,1749,1751,1752,1753,1754,1761,1764,1765,1766,1767,1768,1769,1770,1771,1890,1891,2187 | RELATED SCORE: 4
CHECKING PAGE: CF Fertilisers N-Min and N-Calc Service (3546) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/10/2016 9:45:05 PM | CATEGORIES: 1218,1220,1222,1609,1612,1662,1745,1751,1752,1753,1754,1757 | RELATED SCORE: 3
CHECKING PAGE: What do CF Fertilisers do? (3547) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/10/2016 9:52:03 PM | CATEGORIES: 1204 | RELATED SCORE: 0
CHECKING PAGE: Maintenance Phosphate applications increase grass yield (3548) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/11/2016 9:37:32 AM | CATEGORIES: 1199,1214,1221,1611,1749,1767,1771,1770,1765,1764,1766 | RELATED SCORE: 3
CHECKING PAGE: Ammonium Nitrate versus urea trials (3549) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/11/2016 10:04:20 AM | CATEGORIES: 1214,1218,1221,1609,1612,1662,1749,2187 | RELATED SCORE: 7
CHECKING PAGE: Sustainable Nitrogen production and it's use in a changing world (3976) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 10/12/2016 5:13:15 PM | CATEGORIES: 1204,1214,1218,1222,1221,1609,1610,1611,1612,1662,1748,1749 | RELATED SCORE: 6
CHECKING PAGE: Storage and handling of fertiliser (4470) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/16/2017 3:04:47 PM | CATEGORIES: 1204,1214,1205,1222,1221,1749 | RELATED SCORE: 3
CHECKING PAGE: Benefits of Sulphur for grass growth- For both silage & grazing (4472) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/16/2017 3:14:18 PM | CATEGORIES: 1204,1199,1214,1221,1239,1609,1611,1610,1612,1749,1761,2187 | RELATED SCORE: 6
CHECKING PAGE: How to prevent Sulphur deficiency (4475) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 5/16/2017 3:35:20 PM | CATEGORIES: 1199,1214,1221,1222,1239,1610,1611,1749,1751,1752,1753,1754,1755,1757,1758,1760,1761,1767,1768,1769,1770,1771,1890 | RELATED SCORE: 3
CHECKING PAGE: Solid vs liquid (5408) | LEVEL:4 | CREATED: 2/22/2019 7:12:03 PM | CATEGORIES: | RELATED SCORE: 0
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The essential role of Nitrogen fertilisers in increasing food production is detailed in CF's new brochure.
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"I cannot stand by and watch the tobacco industry lie." -Dr. Jeanne Conry, OBGYN #tobaccolies #tobaccopreys #YesOn56 pic.twitter.com/g4nwzXYvNn
— Save Lives CA (@YesOn56) October 6, 2016
The latest misleading ad from the tobacco industry-funded No on Prop. 56 campaign prominently features a retired ob-gyn from Amador county, Arnold Zeiderman, M.D. In the ad he claims, “I do everything in my power to stop people from smoking, but that's not what Prop. 56 is really about."
The Executive Committee of the California Medical Association and physician leaders across the state today issued an open letter to Dr. Zeiderman, urging him to reconsider his role as spokesperson for the tobacco industry and join with the rest of the California health care provider community in protecting kids, saving lives, keeping people from smoking and supporting Prop. 56.
Because keeping kids from starting and getting smokers to quit is absolutely what Prop. 56 is about.
“This is one retired doctor, reciting talking points that have been widely discredited, in an ad paid for by Phillip Morris and RJ Reynolds,” said Jeanne Conry, M.D., an ob-gyn from Roseville. “It comes down to a very simple question. Who do voters trust: Tobacco companies who spend billions marketing deadly products to kids and millions lying to Californians, or caregivers, medical professionals, business groups, cancer groups and teachers?”
Prop. 56 taxes deadly tobacco products that take the lives of 40,000 Californians each year, costing taxpayers $3.5 billion annually. Around the world, the public health community unanimously agrees that tobacco taxes work to reduce smoking.
Big Tobacco has invested $56 million towards deceptive ads and false claims to defeat Prop. 56, and has spent more than $200 million to defeat tobacco taxes in California over the last 10 years.
“Tobacco companies aren’t giving us enough credit if they think we believe that they are spending millions on attacking Proposition 56 because it doesn’t do enough to curb smoking,” said Dr. Conry. “The reality is that Proposition 56 will reduce smoking and prevent children from ever starting. Proposition 56 will make a meaningful impact on California’s health care system, and, most importantly, a meaningful impact on the health of Californians.”
Prop. 56 will increase California’s cigarette tax by $2 per pack, with an equivalent increase on products containing nicotine derived from tobacco, including e-cigarettes. The majority of the funds generated by Prop. 56 will go to Medi-Cal, which provides health care services to low income Californians. Prop. 56 will also triple the current funding levels for the state's tobacco control program.
To help spread the word about the life-saving tobacco tax, the Save Lives California campaign has developed a variety of materials to display in your office, share with colleagues and patients, and post on social media. To view the materials, visit www.yeson56.org/spread-the-word. Additional materials in the campaign store include yard signs, t-shirts, hats and campaign kits containing a variety of materials, perfect for a physician’s office.
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Here's how much money the winner of the 2019 PGA Championship will earn
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Brooks Koepka lines up a putt during the first round of the 2019 PGA Championship in Farmingdale, New York
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The 2019 PGA Championship kicked off on Thursday at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, New York, and will finish on Sunday, May 19. The tournament, which used to be played in August, is now the second golf major of the year instead of the last one.
The winner of the 101st Championship will bring home more than the massive, 27-pound Wanamaker Trophy: He'll earn nearly $2 million, the same amount that defending champion Brooks Koepka earned last year. The runner up will make $1.19 million.
A total of $11 million is up for grabs. Here's how the top eight finishers will fare:
First place: $1.98 million
Second place: $1.19 million
Third place: $748,000
Fourth place: $528,000
Fifth place: $450,500
Sixth place: $380,000
Seventh place: $343,650
Eighth place: $319,600
Brooks Koepka with the winners trophy after winning the 2018 PGA Championship at Bellerive Golf & Country Club
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The top 70 players, including ties, who make the cut from the 156-man field, bring home five-figure paychecks for their four rounds of play. Here's a look at how much those in 65th-through-70th place will earn:
65th place: $20,600
Those who don't make the cut, which takes place after 36 holes, earn the least, but are still paid something, the tournament website notes: $3,100.
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Dodge launches the 2020 Charger SRT Hellcat: The world's 'most powerful and fastest' mass-produced car
Published Thu, Jun 27 201912:00 PM EDT Updated Thu, Jun 27 201912:50 PM EDT
Paul A. Eisenstein@DetroitBureau
Dodge officially launches its 2020 Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody on Thursday, calling it the "most powerful and fastest mass-produced sedan in the world."
Dodge says its latest muscle car can hit 60 in just 3.6 seconds and top out at 196 mph.
It's the near twin of the Widebody version of the Dodge Challenger Hellcat coupe that made its debut two years ago.
Dodge just unveiled the new 2020 Dodge Charger Hellcat and Scat Pack
The muscle car wars continue to heat up as Dodge fires the latest salvo with its 2020 Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody it calls the "most powerful and fastest mass-produced sedan in the world."
It's also the near twin of the Widebody version of the Dodge Challenger Hellcat coupe that made its debut two years ago, both models sharing the same 707 horsepower supercharged V-8 engine. The performance brand of Fiat Chrysler, Dodge says its latest muscle car can hit 60 in just 3.6 seconds and top out at 196 mph.
Despite increasingly stringent mileage mandates, automakers keep upping their performance game. Ford last week said its new Mustang-based Shelby GT500 Coupe will generate 760 horsepower when it comes to market later this year. General Motors will unveil the first-ever mid-engine version of its Chevrolet Corvette next month. Manufacturers as diverse as Hyundai and Aston Martin are rolling out ever more gutsy models — some turning to electrified powertrains to push the performance envelope.
Source: Fiat Chrysler
The 2020 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody's 6.2-liter V-8 uses a massive supercharger to deliver 707 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque. The engine is mated to an eight-speed automatic that, the automaker says, can improve both performance and fuel economy.
The wheels of the Widebody sedan flare out 3.5 inches more than the original Hellcat. That provides room for significantly wider, 20- by 11-inch Pirelli 305/35ZR20, tires and makes it easier for the Charger to grip the pavement under hard acceleration. Spinning tires may look and sound great but waste time when you're looking for a fast launch.
The Charger Widebody will also get stiffer springs, larger anti-sway bars and retuned shock absorbers to allow it to handle on a track or on winding roads. And Brembo brakes will help it quickly scrub off speed without fading under repeated hard braking maneuvers.
Fast, faster, fastest
The sedan also uses four technologies, including Launch Control and Line Lock, to make it easier for even less-experienced drivers to achieve fast take-offs.
Over recent years, Dodge has been rolling out a succession of fast, faster, fastest variants based on its long-lived Charger sedan and Challenger coupe models — even as it has dropped virtually all other nameplates. The Charger and Challenger are among only three passenger-car models now built by the U.S. side of Fiat Chrysler.
The addition of the Widebody could help build demand for the more practical, four-door Charger which has traditionally been outsold by the Dodge Challenger. All told, Fiat Chrysler sold 66,716 of the coupes — in all the various configurations — last year. But that lagged behind the muscle car segment leader, the Ford Mustang. Its 10 different versions racked up 75,842 U.S. sales in 2018.
Muscle car wars
Ford hopes to trounce the Challenger Hellcat line when it officially ships the first Shelby GT500s to dealers for the 2020 model-year. It will be the most powerful street-legal Mustang ever to roll out of a Ford plant, at 767 horsepower.
GM has yet to reveal details on the new 2020 Corvette, the first-ever mid-engine model known to fans as the "C8." But the top-line version of the 2019 'Vette, the ZR1, makes 755 horsepower and can top out at 212 mph.
More and more manufacturers are pushing into the performance market. Hyundai recently launched a sporty sub-brand dubbed "N," hoping to win over muscle car fans on a budget.
Tesla sets the pace
How far the industry can push performance is an ongoing debate. But, with increasingly stringent global emissions and mileage mandates, a number of manufacturers are turning to electrified drivelines.
Tesla helped demonstrate the potential of battery power, its Model S with optional Ludicrous Mode launching from 0 to 60 in less than 2.5 seconds. Ferrari, meanwhile, last month unveiled the new SF90 Stradale, a plug-in hybrid that will match the launch performance of that Model S, top out at 212 mph and still deliver 15 miles range in all-electric mode.
Dodge has yet to release pricing for the 2020 Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody sedan, but the coupe version starts at $72,590.
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Accessory Suite: A secondary, smaller, separate dwelling on a site that would normally only accommodate one principal dwelling.
Affordable Housing: Housing that requires no ongoing operating subsidies and is targeted at households with lower incomes that do not require support services on the site.
Aging in Place: Availability of housing options, services, and facilities that support residents remaining in their own neighbourhood or community as they age and transition through different stages of life.
Apartment Housing: A large building divided into several dwelling units that are arranged in any horizontal or vertical configuration. All dwelling units share a common entrance and hallway, but do not share any living facilities.
Basement Suite: An accessory suite located below the main floor of the principal dwelling. A basement suite has a separate entrance at the side or rear of the dwelling, or through a separate entrance in a common landing.
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Garden Suite: means an Accessory building containing a Dwelling, which is located separate from the principal Use which is Single Detached Housing, and which may contain a Parking Area. A Garden Suite has cooking facilities, food preparation, sleeping and sanitary facilities which are separate from those of the principal Dwelling located on the Site. This Use Class does not include Secondary Suites, Blatchford Lane Suites or Blatchford Accessory Suites.
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Mature Neighbourhood Overlay (MNO): A section of the Edmonton Zoning Bylaw regulating residential development in Edmonton’s mature neighbourhoods.
Principal Dwelling: The primary residential unit and largest building on a site.
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Rezoning: A process to reclassify a property from its existing Land Use Zone to a different zone.
Row Housing: A building containing a row of three or more dwellings joined at the side, with no dwelling located above another. Each dwelling has separate, individual, and direct access.
Secondary Suite: An accessory suite to a principal dwelling that has its own cooking, food preparation, sleeping and sanitary facilities physically separate from those in the principal dwelling. Secondary suites have entrances separate from the entrance to the principal dwelling.
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Subdivision: Dividing one site into two or more parcels.
Supportive Housing: Housing combined with services tailored to help the inhabitants to live more stable, productive lives.
Zoning Bylaw: A document that contains the rules and regulations for the development of land in Edmonton. The Zoning Bylaw may be amended over time.
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MATCHESFASHION.COM have announced that they will be taking on three new menswear brands this season, Bianca Saunders, Boramy Viguier and Ludovic De Saint Sernin.
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London-born menswear designer Bianca Saunders draws heavily on her London upbringing and West-Indian heritage for her designs. Known for exploring cultural exchanges through her work, many of the pieces from the ‘Gestures’ collection feature prints designed by Saunders. Prices range between £140 and £670.
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The Science of Ultrasound Dosing
Dosing Therapeutic Ultrasound to Induce Vigorous Heating Prior to Stretching and Manual Therapy
By Joseph A. Gallo, DSc, AT, PT and Kevin J. Silva, MS, ATC, Salem State University, Sport and Movement Science Department
It has become increasingly clear in the electrophysical agent literature that a combined approach yields better outcomes when compared to the passive stand-alone use of modalities. The purpose of this article is to discuss how to effectively heat tissue to therapeutic temperature ranges in preparation for stretching and/or manual therapies.
Clinicians often choose either a superficial or deep heating agent prior to a “heat and stretch” intervention. Superficial heating agents, such as hot packs, have a limited depth of penetration of up to 1-2 cm. However, at depths greater than 1 cm, superficial heating agents are often not able to effectively elevate tissue temperatures to the appropriate therapeutic range.[1] Conversely, therapeutic ultrasound and shortwave diathermy are classified as deep heating agents which have the capacity to heat effectively up to 5 cm deep.[2]
Figure 1. Clinician performing thermal ultrasound to patellar tendinopathy with the tendon in a slightly stretched position.
Therapeutic ultrasound has the ability to effectively heat tissue to a therapeutic level that promotes an increase in tissue viscoelasticity, which is often referred to as vigorous heating. Vigorous heating is achieved by elevating the baseline tissue temperature by 4°C or reaching an absolute tissue temperature of 40°C (Table 1). It is important to note that baseline intramuscular tissue temperature is approximately 36°C. This 4°C increase is believed to maximize viscoelasticity of soft tissue during and immediately after treatment, and is the basis for the wide spread use of pre-heating tissue immediately before stretching and manual therapy techniques.[1,3] Additional research is needed to determine the comparative effectiveness of combining deep heat with manual techniques.
Early research using animal models indicated that an absolute tissue temperature between 40-45°C was required to increase viscoelasticity in tissue.[4] For many years, this was the prevailing thought expressed in the electrophysical agent literature and textbooks. However, it has been noted in more recent ultrasound research that human subjects commonly do not tolerate absolute tissue temperatures above 41°C. [5]
Draper et al. [2] established the dose response relationship for heating muscle with 1 and 3 MHz ultrasound. This study identified the heating rate of ultrasound in °C/min, allowing the clinician to select intensities (W/cm2) and treatment times that produce predictable heating in human muscle (Table 2). It is important to note that heating rates vary between manufacturers and devices; therefore, net tissue temperature increase will vary between manufacturers and devices. Additional research to determine the heating rates of contemporary devices is needed.
The frequency of ultrasound dictates the depth of penetration and impacts the efficiency of heating. To reach deeper tissues (up to 5 cm), a frequency of 1 MHz should be selected. When the target tissue is within 2.5 cm from the surface of the skin, a frequency of 3 MHz should be selected.[7] It is important to note that 3 MHz heats approximately 3x faster than 1 MHz, creating an efficiency in heating when compared to 1 MHz ultrasound.[2] Furthermore, 1 MHz ultrasound has the capacity to be a deep heating agent, however, it is an inefficient heater of deep muscle and thus requires greater sonation time (Table 3). Conversely, ultrasound is a reasonably efficient heater of superficial muscle and is the most efficient heater of superficial tendons because of the increased collagen content (Table 4).
Heating efficiency will also be affected by the application technique. It is important to remember that ultrasound is a very focused treatment, and the size of the treatment area should be no greater than 2x the size of the sound head. In order to maximize the heating effect, the sound head should be moved in an overlapping circular or longitudinal pattern at a rate of approximately 4 cm/sec.
A common treatment goal is to increase local blood flow and tissue extensibility, which can be achieved by combining vigorous heating with stretching and/or manual therapy. Clinically, it is important to note that the stretching window post-ultrasound treatment is limited to 3.3 minutes for muscle and 5 minutes for tendon and ligament.[8,9] It is during these post-ultrasound time periods that tissue has the greatest temperature and viscoelasticity. Near the end of an ultrasound treatment, place the target tissue on stretch to maximize tissue elongation, and immediately follow the treatment with stretching, joint mobilizations, or instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization. The literature is clear that ultrasound can elevate tissue temperature to a vigorous level prior to stretching and manual therapies when dosed and applied correctly.
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1. Draper, D. Therapeutic ultrasound. In: Knight KL, Draper DO. Therapeutic Modalities: The Art and Science. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2013.
2. Draper DO, Castel JC, Castel D. Rate of temperature increase in human muscle during 1 MHz and 3 MHz continuous ultrasound. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 1995;22(4):304-307.
3. Draper DO. Ultrasound and Joint Mobilization for achieving normal wrist range of motion after injury or surgery: A case series. J Ath Train. 2010;45(5):486-491.
4. Lehman JF, De Lateur BJ. Therapeutic Heat. In: Lehman J, and Therapeutic Heat and Cold. 4th ed. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins; 1990.
5. Merrick MA, Bernard KD, Devor ST, Williams JM. Identical 3-MHz ultrasound treatments with different devices produce different intramuscular temperatures. J Ortho Sports Phys Ther. 2003;33(7):379-385.
6. Chan AK, Myrer JW, Meason GJ, and Draper DO. Temperature changes in human patellar tendon in response to therapeutic ultrasound. J Ath Train. 1998; 33(2): 130-135.
7. Hayes BT, Merrick MA, Sandrey MA, Cordova ML. Three-MHz ultrasound heats deeper into the tissue than originally theorized. J Ath Train. 2004; 39(3):230-234.
8. Rose S, Draper DO, Schulthies SS, Durrant E. The stretching window part two: rate of thermal decay in deep muscle following 1 MHz ultrasound. J Ath Train. 1996; 31(2): 139-143.
9. Draper DO, Ricard MD. Rate of thermal decay in human muscle following 3 MH ultrasound: The stretching window revealed. J Ath Train. 1995; 30(4):304-307.
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I would estimate Buffy to be class 1 to 2 level, so 'classic' Beast level.
Classic Beast level was 1 ton lifting strength. That's about MCU Cap level or at least Steve is close to that considering his feats.
But on average (probably budget constraints) Buffy simply didn't always display even this level of strength. She was typically portrayed as about 25% weaker than that based on her average, day-to-day, feats. Sure, she has some high end feats, but she has some really low showings too (like with that chandelier falling on her and taking an entire episode to move it off), struggling to break regular chains, etc.
So, again, Buffy simply isn't as strong as some of you are billing her to be.
Glory survived a hit from a wrecking ball and surviving a building implode on it self (caused by he stamping her feet having a tantrum.
Buffy was able to physically knock her around.
Spike who very barely was able to lift the Troll's hammar and is around peak human strength at worst had Buffy lift the hammar with one arm and she used it without any hindrance.
IIRC she also lifted a gate, where dozens have attempted and has bent steel rifle barrels with ease.
PS - Non hairy McCoy was around class 1, original hairy edition got a slight upgrade and was class 2.
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How strong is Buffy? · Poltargyst · Tue Sep 12, 2017 at 11:26:28 pm EDT
Buffy around Red Skull level I think. - Clarification - · Ko · Wed Sep 13, 2017 at 08:09:58 pm EDT
Not as strong as some people think · Knight · Wed Sep 13, 2017 at 11:37:34 am EDT
Can Captain America bend metal bars? (no text) · Poltargyst · Thu Sep 14, 2017 at 12:31:56 am EDT
He broke a metal chain. · Bk Ray · Thu Sep 14, 2017 at 01:26:36 pm EDT
I know Dredds done it. Therefore Cap should yeah. (no text) · Ko · Thu Sep 14, 2017 at 01:09:17 pm EDT
I think you underrate her a bit... · Braugi · Wed Sep 13, 2017 at 11:44:59 am EDT
Re: I think you underrate her a bit... · JesusFan · Mon Sep 18, 2017 at 07:31:23 pm EDT
Thanks for proving my point · Knight · Wed Sep 13, 2017 at 05:18:40 pm EDT
He didn't. · Bk Ray · Wed Sep 13, 2017 at 05:37:31 pm EDT
Re: He didn't. · Knight · Wed Sep 13, 2017 at 06:43:35 pm EDT
Re: He didn't. · Bk Ray · Thu Sep 14, 2017 at 02:41:39 am EDT
Beast has ranged from 1-5 tons, except for the brief period where he was stronger, but got less intelligent · Braugi · Thu Sep 14, 2017 at 10:37:35 am EDT
Re: Beast has ranged from 1-5 tons, except for the brief period where he was stronger, but got less intelligent · Poltargyst · Thu Sep 14, 2017 at 06:31:21 pm EDT
Re: I think you underrate her a bit... · Reverend Meteor · Wed Sep 13, 2017 at 02:52:32 pm EDT
Re: I think you underrate her a bit... · Knight · Wed Sep 13, 2017 at 05:20:39 pm EDT
Yeah, Cap has some impressive feats...going through them, they look more comparable · Braugi · Thu Sep 14, 2017 at 10:42:25 am EDT
Re: I think you underrate her a bit... · Reverend Meteor · Thu Sep 14, 2017 at 09:06:39 am EDT
I don't really need to see him try... (no text) · Poltargyst · Thu Sep 14, 2017 at 06:23:36 pm EDT
Remember, I said Beast level.... but also remember · Braugi · Wed Sep 13, 2017 at 03:04:16 pm EDT
Re: I think you underrate her a bit... · Rehzon · Wed Sep 13, 2017 at 02:23:04 pm EDT
to be fair, Cap has lifted · Braugi · Thu Sep 14, 2017 at 11:02:00 am EDT
Re: to be fair, Cap has lifted · Bk Ray · Thu Sep 14, 2017 at 12:28:26 pm EDT
Re: How strong is Buffy? · Reverend Meteor · Wed Sep 13, 2017 at 11:10:09 am EDT
Buffy remarkable. Angel spike excellent strength. · Bk Ray · Wed Sep 13, 2017 at 03:14:01 am EDT
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First-quarter reports add lease assets, liabilities
By Tammy Whitehouse2019-05-01T20:36:00+01:00
First-quarter reports reflecting new lease accounting rules are beginning to trickle into the market, adding billions in assets and liabilities to balance sheets.
Restaurant Brands International, for example, added $1.5 billion in operating leases to its first-quarter 10-Q that didn’t exist in the company’s 2018 year-end filing. The company also added $1.01 billion in liabilities associated with operating leases and $287 million in liabilities tied to finance leases. The company franchises and operates nearly 26,000 restaurants under the brands Tim Hortons, Burger King, and Popeyes, making it a significant holder of leases both as lessee and lessor.
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Calendar-year public companies are required to adopt Accounting Standards Codification Topic 842 on leases with their first quarter reports in 2019, bringing virtually all lease-related assets and liabilities on to corporate balance sheets. Experts have reported public companies ended up in scramble mode approaching the first reporting deadline and plan to continue to work on their systems, controls and processes even after their first reporting under the new accounting.
Restaurant Brands International provided a lengthy footnote in its first-quarter filing to explain how its financial statements are changing as a result of both lessee and lessor arrangements with respect to its assets, liabilities, equity, along with a maturity analysis for lease receipts and lease commitments through 2023 and beyond.
A smaller quick-serve restaurant operation at 2,500 locations, Chipotle indicated in its first-quarter earnings release it will gross up its balance sheet with a $2.35 billion right-of-use asset in its first-quarter filing. That will increase total assets from $2.27 billion at Dec. 31, 2018, to $4.63 billion on March 31, 2019.
Chipotle says its current operating lease liabilities amount to $157.7 million while its long-term operating lease liabilities total $2.51 billion. The company also reports an amortization of operating lease assets of $38.1 million in its first quarter income statement. Electing the practical expedient that allows companies to adopt the standard without restating prior periods, Chipotle posted a $2.3 million adjustment to retained earnings to reflect the transition.
Sandy Peters, head of financial reporting policy at the CFA Institute, says she was surprised to see Chipotle to make no mention of the increased balance sheet metrics in its earnings release. She’s keeping an eye out for filings later this year big-name retail companies who are expected to be heavily affected by the standard but whose fiscal year-ends do not align with the calendar year.
Penske Automotive Group, which operates automotive and truck dealerships, is an early reporting retailer showing significant balance sheet effects from the new accounting. The company added $2.42 billion in right-of-use assets to its balance sheet in its first quarter, along with long-term operating lease liabilities of $2.38 billion. The company also reports proceeds from sale-leaseback arrangements of $7.3 million.
Penske’s total assets grew from $11 billion at Dec. 31 to $13.6 billion by March 31 as a result of adding leases to the balance sheet. Liabilities grew similarly from $8.27 billion to $10.9 billion.
Tammy WhitehouseTammy Whitehouse is a veteran business writer who has been a regular contributor to Compliance Week since 2005, with a focus on covering accounting and audit.
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Don’t Let Bad Culture Short-Circuit Your Training
By Jaclyn Jaeger2015-08-25T15:00:00+01:00
A compliance training program is only as strong as the corporate culture for which its stands upon, and yet several cultural-related concerns that threaten to undermine training program effectiveness continue to persist.
According to NAVEX Global’s 2015 Ethics and Compliance Training Benchmark Report, 37 percent of 677 ethics and compliance professionals polled said the top threat to training program effectiveness was “employee cynicism about culture change efforts.” Close behind was fear of retaliation, at 35 percent.
“When there is disconnect between the message and the reality, cynicism will fester and grow,” says Ingrid Fredeen, vice president of online learning content for NAVEX Global. “Distrust is much more present in an organization where actions are not aligned with the words.”
Even if a company has a perfectly polished Code of Conduct and says it prohibits retaliation, nothing triggers employee cynicism in the workplace more than when supervisors and middle manager don’t practice what they preach. Disconnect can be created when supervisors mishandle or downplay complaints or employee allegations, for example; that perception is supported by the findings of the survey: 26 percent of ethics and compliance professionals cited it as a concern.
The findings suggest that companies may not be doing as good of a job as they believe in getting middle managers to embody the message that their company doesn’t tolerate retaliation. That means they must keep reinforcing the message, says Jimmy Lin, vice president of product management and corporate development at The Network. “You’re not going to see overnight success,” he says.
Middle managers who don’t demonstrate ethics and compliance behaviors also add to employee cynicism and serve as a barrier to effective compliance training. “They should be visibly modeling values-based behavior,” says Marsha Ershaghi Hames, practice leader of education solutions at LRN. Middle management misbehavior was a concern cited by 34 percent of ethics and compliance professionals in the NAVEX survey.
Another factor that can undermine compliance training efforts is when “disciplinary measures are inconsistent or non-existent,” which 32 percent of ethics and compliance professionals cited as another top threat to training program effectiveness. Employee cynicism is “a symptom of a culture that either isn’t saying the right thing, or is saying the right thing but not supporting it,” Fredeen says.
“When there is disconnect between the message and the reality, cynicism will fester and grow. Distrust is much more present in an organization where actions are not aligned with the words.”
Ingrid Fredeen, VP of Online Learning Content, NAVEX Global
Senior leaders also play an integral role. “Tactics such as linking performance ratings, promotions, and pay to corporate values are a step in the right direction, but senior leaders must also provide appropriate executive level support for the program and hold middle managers accountable,” the NAVEX report said.
Senior leaders can also foster corporate culture by playing a “very visible role not only in talking the talk but walking the talk,” Ershaghi Hames says. That means finding opportunities to insert themselves into the conversation and “not just be a formal talking head—really make themselves approachable and integrated into day-to-day dialogue of the business.”
Ethics and compliance professionals who responded to the survey likewise stressed the importance of senior leadership engagement. Nineteen percent said that when senior leaders don’t communicate the importance of the company’s values, that also threatens to undermine compliance training effectiveness.
One hallmark of an effective training program is a “deliberate focus on the culture,” Ershaghi Hames says. “Employees have to feel like there is a consistent and authentic commitment to the program.”
Training Engagement
The good news, the report finds, is that most ethics and compliance professionals want to foster a healthy corporate culture—how to get there is what perplexes them. When asked to force-rank their top ethics and compliance training objectives, for example, a plurality of respondents (46 percent) cited “creating a culture of ethics and respect” as their top objective, followed by complying with laws and regulations (37 percent).
To achieve that objective, however, a check-the-box training program will not suffice. “They need to look for training that is engaging, informative, that is helpful and relevant—not just the least expensive, easiest, most simplistic solution on the market,” Fredeen says. Whether they’re building a compliance training program or buying one, she says, “they have to look for something that will really resonate with employees.”
One compliance training tactic that many companies are adopting today is awareness campaigns on social media platforms like Jive, Yammer, or Chatter to foster ongoing, dynamic discussions online, including internal discussions about integrity and compliance topics. “It’s not just about trying to shove training in someone’s face,” Lin says. It’s about creating conversations that naturally become part of the culture of the organization, he says.
Employees should also be involved in the training. “If employees don’t feel engaged enough in the conversation and in the topic, if the subject matter isn’t really relevant to them, that also can make it very challenging for the training to have any kind of impact on their behavior,” says Pat Harned, chief executive officer of the Ethics and Compliance Initiative, an information resource for ethics and compliance officers. “Having employees talk about situations that have happened to their peers, things that have actually happened in their company, makes it more real for them.”
Focus groups are another way to include employees in a positive way and avoid one-way conversations, Ershaghi Hames says. Questions to ask employees during those focus groups, could include, “Do you feel your manager is approachable? Do you feel you can communicate openly without fear of retaliation?” Answers to those questions will help paint a clearer picture of the corporate culture, she says.
Respondents to NAVEX Global’s 2015 Training Benchmark Report were asked, “Which Ethics and Compliance Training Objective Is Most Important for Your Organization?” Their responses are below.
Source: NAVEX Global.
Many companies are now also establishing “speaking up campaigns,” Ershaghi Hames says. In one particular case, for example, a company began to notice through its employee engagement survey that trust levels in leadership was dropping.
To get to the bottom of why this was happening, LRN helped the company develop a campaign “to take the concept of speaking up and speaking out on the road,” Ershaghi Hames says, and directly to the employees of their manufacturing plants. What they found was that by talking openly about anti-retaliation and the importance of speaking up through focus groups and interviews where the issues existed, managers learned more than they ever would have through a campaign strategy developed at corporate, she says.
Through that experience, Ershaghi Hames says, the company was able to develop more targeted awareness around anti-retaliation: why it’s important to culture, how to collaborate and communicate more cohesively, and how it’s connected to their Code of Conduct. “By connecting a lot of this back to the business, it became more integrated in the day-to-day ‘how we live and what is our purpose,’ ” she says.
Culture is one of the biggest factors that drives employee behavior and employees’ perception of a company’s culture. So it’s important that both senior and middle management alike can maintain the company’s message that unethical or non-compliant behavior will not be tolerated. Being consistent, fair, and responsive to employee concerns will go a long way toward mitigating employee cynicism and foster a strong ethical culture.
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'Where our town came from': Dining with the Dead keeps history alive
The re-enactors shared information about local historical figures and pioneers during a dress rehearsal for fifth graders from two elementary schools.
'Where our town came from': Dining with the Dead keeps history alive The re-enactors shared information about local historical figures and pioneers during a dress rehearsal for fifth graders from two elementary schools. Check out this story on Daily-Times.com: https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/local/farmington/2019/08/30/dining-dead-keeps-history-alive-in-farmington-new-mexico/2167624001/
Noel Lyn Smith, Farmington Daily Times Published 5:41 p.m. MT Aug. 30, 2019
D'Ann Waters portrays Mattie Walling at an Aug. 30 dress rehearsal for Dining with the Dead at Greenlawn Cemetery in Farmington. Waters spoke about the time when a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union used a hatchet to break open a barrel of alcohol. (Photo: Noel Lyn Smith/The Daily Times)
FARMINGTON — Tony DiGiacomo leaned against a tree while waiting for the next group of fifth graders to arrive and hear his story about Ike Stockton, an outlaw and cattle rustler from the late 1800s who lived in Colorado and New Mexico.
DiGiacomo knows Stockton's history by heart after seven years of depicting the man for Dining with the Dead, a fundraiser for the Rio del Sol Kiwanis Club.
"Everyone likes the outlaw," DiGiacomo said.
Wearing costumes that reflect style from the 1870s and beyond, the reenactors shared information about local historical figures and pioneers during the dress rehearsal on Aug. 30 at Greenlawn Cemetery in Farmington.
Dining with the Dead, now in its seventh year, will take place at the cemetery on Sept. 7. Tickets are sold out. Proceeds benefit the club's projects for children.
For the rehearsal, the actors and actresses performed for fifth graders from McKinley and Mesa Verde Elementary Schools.
PHOTOS: Reenactors prepare for Dining with the Dead
Nikki Taylor, center, walks a group of students to the next presentation during an Aug. 30, 2019 dress rehearsal for Dining with the Dead at Greenlawn Cemetery in Farmington. Noel Lyn Smith/The Daily Times
Cindy Reed depicts Eliza Vaughan during a dress rehearsal for Dining with the Dead on Aug. 30 at Greenlawn Cemetery in Farmington. Noel Lyn Smith/The Daily Times
Isabella Fernandez listens to the story of Eliza Vaughan, one of the historical figures portrayed at a dress rehearsal for Dining with the Dead on Aug. 30 at Greenlawn Cemetery in Farmington. Noel Lyn Smith/The Daily Times
Tony DiGiacomo has portrayed Ike Stockton each year for Dining with the Dead, a fundraiser for the Rio del Sol Kiwanis Club. Noel Lyn Smith/The Daily Times
Scott Michlin portrays William Wallace during an Aug. 30 dress rehearsal for Rio del Sol Kiwanis Club's Dining with the Dead at Greenlawn Cemetery in Farmington. Noel Lyn Smith/The Daily Times
Judy Castleberry, left, portrays Mary Elizabeth Blatchford and talks about her participation in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union during an Aug. 30 dress rehearsal for Dining with the Dead at Greenlawn Cemetery in Farmington. Noel Lyn Smith/The Daily Times
Albert Boognl and his daughter, Emily Boognl, listen to a presentation on Aug. 30 about Lew and George Coe at Greenlawn Cemetery in Farmington. Noel Lyn Smith/The Daily Times
At left, Chuck Holmes and Steve Clark portray cousins Lew and George Coe during a dress rehearsal on Aug. 30 for Rio del Sol Kiwanis Club's Dining with the Dead at Greenlawn Cemetery in Farmington. Noel Lyn Smith/The Daily Times
Students from McKinley Elementary School listen to a presentation during a dress rehearsal on Aug. 30 for Rio del Sol Kiwanis Club's Dining with the Dead at Greenlawn Cemetery in Farmington. Noel Lyn Smith/The Daily Times
D'Ann Waters portrays Mattie Walling at an Aug. 30 dress rehearsal for Dining with the Dead at Greenlawn Cemetery in Farmington. Waters spoke about the time when a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union used a hatchet to break open a barrel of alcohol. Noel Lyn Smith/The Daily Times
Tony DiGiacomo shares the story of Ike Stockton, an outlaw known along the New Mexico and Colorado state line, during an Aug. 30 dress rehearsal for Dining with the Dead at Greenlawn Cemetery in Farmington. Noel Lyn Smith/The Daily Times
Photographs of William Wallace are positioned at the base of his headstone at Greenlawn Cemetery in Farmington on Aug. 30. Noel Lyn Smith/The Daily Times
Bob Lehmer shares the story of Mose Blancett, who moved to the area in 1878 and lived where McGee Park is located, during an Aug. 30 dress rehearsal for Dining with the Dead at Greenlawn Cemetery in Farmington. Noel Lyn Smith/The Daily Times
Jill McQueary, a coordinator for the event, said the stories are based on information from family members, the Farmington Museum and the San Juan Historical Society.
"Whatever the actors say, it's true. We've researched it. We write the scripts and they can change the scripts as long as they stay with the facts," McQueary said.
The process for selecting pioneers to profile starts in March with scripts ready by the end of May and rehearsals following, she said.
Albert Boognl stood with his daughter, Emily Boognl, and listened to the story of Lew and George Coe, cousins who were honest men but became vigilantes and caused problems in 1880 and in 1881.
Tony DiGiacomo has portrayed Ike Stockton each year for Dining with the Dead, a fundraiser for the Rio del Sol Kiwanis Club. (Photo: Noel Lyn Smith/The Daily Times)
When Boognl was asked what he hopes Emily learns from the depictions, he said, "the history that's in our area. Where our town came from and the people that were here to help build it."
Students from McKinley Elementary School listened to Judy Castleberry and D'Ann Waters depiction of Mary Elizabeth Blatchford and Mattie Walling, who participated in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
As the women stood next to the headstone of Samuel Blatchford, Mary's husband, they talked about the organization's work to prohibit the manufacturing and sale of alcohol in Aztec and in Farmington.
Students from McKinley Elementary School listen to a presentation during a dress rehearsal on Aug. 30 for Rio del Sol Kiwanis Club's Dining with the Dead at Greenlawn Cemetery in Farmington. (Photo: Noel Lyn Smith/The Daily Times)
The effort included raising prices for liquor licenses and protesting a distillery that operated in Farmington.
Amy Dumas, a teacher at Mesa Verde, called the experience "wonderful."
"Hopefully they gain knowledge about New Mexico, about their hometown," she said about her students.
Noel Lyn Smith covers the Navajo Nation for The Daily Times. She can be reached at 505-564-4636 or by email at nsmith@daily-times.com.
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The secret of the Earth's defence shield uncovered: Stunning animation reveals how our planet is protected from the million mile per hour solar wind
NASA spacecraft observed a process known as magnetic reconnection
This is the planet's first line of defence against the intensity of the solar wind
New discovery will help us understand how to protect future astronauts
By Mark Prigg For Dailymail.com
Published: 14:42 EST, 10 May 2018 | Updated: 10:10 EST, 11 May 2018
The process that forms Earth's first line of defence against killer solar storms has been revealed for the first time.
In a groundbreaking study four NASA spacecraft observed a process known as magnetic reconnection, which is the planet's first line of defence against the intensity of the solar wind.
It occurred in a turbulent region of the Earth's outer atmosphere known as the magnetosheath, and could radically change what we know about protecting the planet, and future astronauts.
This animation shows near-Earth space, where the magnetic environment around Earth can trap electrons and charged particles, and where NASA made its latest discovery.
WHAT IS MAGNETIC RECONNECTION?
Magnetic reconnection is one of the most important processes in the space — filled with charged particles known as plasma — around Earth.
This fundamental process dissipates magnetic energy and propels charged particles, both of which contribute to a dynamic space weather system that scientists want to better understand, and even someday predict, as we do terrestrial weather.
Reconnection occurs when crossed magnetic field lines snap, explosively flinging away nearby particles at high speeds.
The new discovery found reconnection where it has never been seen before — in turbulent plasma.
Dr Jonathan Eastwood, from the Department of Physics at Imperial College London, who worked on the study, said: 'Turbulence is one of the last great concepts in classical physics that we do not understand well, but we know it's important in space as it redistributes energy.
'With this observation, we can now make new theories or models that will help us understand observations of other places like the Sun's atmosphere and the magnetic environments of other planets.'
Magnetic reconnection has been observed innumerable times in the magnetosphere — the magnetic environment around Earth — but usually under calm conditions.
The new event occurred in a region called the magnetosheath, just outside the outer boundary of the magnetosphere, where the solar wind is extremely turbulent.
The mission, known as Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS), was commissioned to study magnetic reconnection, a common event throughout the universe that occurs when magnetic fields change by connecting and then breaking apart.
It found a new breed of magnetic reconnection, known as electron magnetic reconnection, that is much different than the kind that happens in the much less turbulent magnetosphere closer to Earth.
Previously, scientists didn't know if reconnection even could occur there, as the plasma is highly chaotic in that region.
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Earth is surrounded by a protective magnetic environment — the magnetosphere — shown here in blue, which deflects a supersonic stream of charged particles from the Sun, known as the solar wind. As the particles flow around Earth's magnetosphere, it forms a highly turbulent boundary layer called the magnetosheath, shown in yellow. Scientists, like those involved with NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, are studying this turbulent region to help us learn more about our dynamic space environment.
MMS found it does, but on scales much smaller than previous spacecraft could probe.
The new insights could help us understand how such phenomena affect Earth's atmosphere because of the potential impact on astronauts in space, satellites and electrical power industries.
'The turbulence in the magnetosheath contains a lot of magnetic energy,' said Tai Phan, lead author of the Nature article and senior fellow in the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California at Berkeley.
'People have been debating how this energy is dissipated and magnetic reconnection is one of the possible processes.'
The energy comes directly from the sun's corona, a blazing hot environment that shoots particles out in all directions at speeds around 1 million miles per hour.
This is the forceful solar wind.
When its power hits the magnetosheath, waves of plasma chaos roll through it.
Scientists don't know yet how all of that turbulent energy is dissipated.
As magnetic field lines cross, intense electric currents (shown here as bright regions) form and eventually trigger magnetic reconnection (indicated by a flash)
But this new discovery - electron magnetic reconnection - may help them learn more.
The MMS mission has four spacecraft flying in formation about four miles apart, gathering data as they go.
Its array of instruments gave researchers one of their first opportunities to search for reconnection in the magnetosheath.
They got what they hoped to get - evidence that magnetic reconnection was happening even in that chaotic turbulence.
WHAT IS NASA'S MISSION TO SEE THE MAGNETOSPHERE?
MMS is made up of four spacecraft, which fly in a pyramid formation, according to NASA.
This allows it to ‘see’ fields and particles in three dimensions.
The array measures the electric and magnetic fields as it flies around Earth.
It also counts electrons and ions to measure energy and direction of motion, and can study small-scale particle dynamics.
The four Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, spacecraft (shown here in an artist's concept) have now made more than 4,000 trips through the boundaries of Earth's magnetic field, gathering observations of our dynamic space environment.
Because the spacecraft fly incredibly close together — at an average separation of just four-and-a-half miles, they hold the record for closest separation of any multi-spacecraft formation— they are able to observe phenomena no one has seen before.
MMS’s instruments are designed to capture data at speeds a hundred times faster than previous missions.
But in the process, they discovered magnetic reconnection here works much differently than the kind observed elsewhere.
Instead of huge jets of ionized hydrogen atoms, triggered by many collisions of magnetic fields, this form of magnetic reconnection shoots off much tinier electron jets with very few collisions occurring, Shay said.
This has never been recognized before, partly because no instruments could capture the process.
The relative difference in size between the electrons and the ions is similar to the difference between ball bearings and basketballs, Shay said.
The electrons are harder to spot, and moving 40 times faster.
'I had simulated this possible kind of reconnection,' Shay said.
'But no one had ever observed it happening in space.'
The analysis could reveal many more surprises as scientists continue to explore the data MMS has sent.
'MMS has taken us to a whole new level,' Shay said.
'It's like knowing about atoms and then finding out about even tinier parts like the nucleus or the electrons.
'People were not expecting it.'
WHAT ARE SOLAR STORMS AND ARE THEY DANGEROUS?
Solar storms, or solar activity, can be divided into four main components that can have impacts on Earth:
Solar flares: A large explosion in the sun's atmosphere. These flares are made of photons that travel out directly from the flare site. Solar flares impact Earth only when they occur on the side of the sun facing Earth.
Coronal Mass Ejections (CME's): Large clouds of plasma and magnetic field that erupt from the sun. These clouds can erupt in any direction, and then continue on in that direction, plowing through solar wind. These clouds only cause impacts to Earth when they're aimed at Earth.
High-speed solar wind streams: These come from coronal holes on the sun, which form anywhere on the sun and usually only when they are closer to the solar equator do the winds impact Earth.
Solar energetic particles: High-energy charged particles thought to be released primarily by shocks formed at the front of coronal mass ejections and solar flares. When a CME cloud plows through solar wind, solar energetic particles can be produced and because they are charged, they follow the magnetic field lines between the Sun and Earth. Only charged particles that follow magnetic field lines that intersect Earth will have an impact.
While these may seem dangerous, astronauts are not in immediate danger of these phenomena because of the relatively low orbit of manned missions.
However, they do have to be concerned about cumulative exposure during space walks.
This photo shows the sun's coronal holes in an x-ray image. The outer solar atmosphere, the corona, is structured by strong magnetic fields, which when closed can cause the atmosphere to suddenly and violently release bubbles or tongues of gas and magnetic fields called coronal mass ejections
The damage caused by solar storms
Solar flares can damage satellites and have an enormous financial cost.
The charged particles can also threaten airlines by disturbing Earth's magnetic field.
Very large flares can even create currents within electricity grids and knock out energy supplies.
When Coronal Mass Ejections strike Earth they cause geomagnetic storms and enhanced aurora.
They can disrupt radio waves, GPS coordinates and overload electrical systems.
A large influx of energy could flow into high voltage power grids and permanently damage transformers.
This could shut off businesses and homes around the world.
Source: NASA - Solar Storm and Space Weather
Stunning animation shows how our planet protects us from solar wind
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Biorefinery extracts raw materials from waste wood
This week, chemical concern Avantium opened a trial plant in Delfzijl designed to convert wood chippings into glucose, a valuable raw material for the chemical industry. Avantium itself is developing the conversion technology.
Glucose contains the molecules of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen that are used to produce biofuels or components for PET bottles, for example. Currently, glucose is usually made from petroleum.
Detail in the trial plant. Photo: Avantium.
The Avantium plant uses wood chippings as raw material. Wood is composed of three constituents: cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. The cellulose is already a compound molecule of glucose, and the hemicellulose a combination of glucose with other sugars.
To extract this from the wood, Avantium uses hydrochloric acid. That method has already been in use for some time, but Avantium has refined the technique to such a degree that it uses much less energy and water, and 99% of the hydrochloric acid can be re-used.
The lignin – the substance that gives wood its strength – remains and is used by the plant as a fuel for its own energy supply.
Dutch forestry organisation
The trial plant can process 20 tons of wood chippings a day, with about half of that being converted into glucose raw material. The wood chippings come from waste wood from forestry. To guarantee the supply, Avantium has entered into a partnership with the Dutch Forestry Organisation.
The trial plant is primarily intended to gain experience with the process and further optimise it. The plant is built on the site of AkzoNobel in Delfzijl, one of the customers for the glucose.
Ultimately the intention is to build a fully fledged factory that can process 130,000 tons of wood chippings a day. Avantium is investing 10 million euros in the trial plant, and has obtained a subsidy from the Groningen provincial authorities of 1.8 million euros. According to Avantium, one property of a trial plant is that it cannot run entirely commercially. But the fully fledged plant that is set to be operational in about five years is intended to be commercially competitive.
According to Avantium, its method has a major benefit relative to other plants that use wood as a raw material. The extraction of glucose makes full use of the material's chemical potential: from this raw material, all sorts of other substances can be made. Combustion, as currently occurs with co-firing in coal-fired power stations, just creates heat. Although converting it to biofuel creates a valuable product, there is no other benefit.
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Opening photo: the chemical complex in Delfzijl. Photo: Groningen Seaports.
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Metito to supply RO plant for UAE oil base
Supply of a 2,700 m³/d reverse osmosis desalination plant and a 360 m³/d demineralization plant for an oil and gas installation on Das Island, UAE, has been awarded to UAE-based Metito by Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company.
Bidding for largest solar desalination plant opens soon
Tenders for the world's largest solar-powered seawater desalination plant in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, will be invited next month by utility company Utico Middle East.
Consultants sought for Ajman SWRO desalination
The Federal Electricity and Water Authority (FEWA) in the UAE has issued a tender (19W/2013) for consultancy services for a seawater reverse-osmosis desalination plant at Al Zawra, Ajman.
Go-ahead for 113,500 m³/d Orange County GWRS expansion
Orange County's world-renowned membrane-based Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) in California is to be expanded by another 30 MGD (113,500 m³/d) following approval by the board of the Orange County Water District (OCWD) on 30 March 2011.
Doosan Babcock wins maintenance and support deal at giant Taweelah plant
Energy engineering company, Doosan Babcock, has won a contract with Taweelah Asia Power Company (Tapco) to provide essential maintenance and technical support services for Tapco's desalination plant in Abu Dhabi.
Jebel Ali project is a new direction for DEWA and Besix
The $237 million contract awarded by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) for a seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant represents a big step for the client, and for Besix Concessions & Assets, which won the work in partnership with Acciona Agua.
Ras Al Khaimah seawater desalination has algae shield
Northernmost of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Ras Al Khaimah, has opened a 68 Ml/d seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) project in Ghallilah on the emirate's west coast that is equipped to "overcome the red tide phenomena" - the seasonal proliferation of algae that blights the emirates' coastline.
Pentair X-Flow wins UF order for Ghallilah desalination
Ultrafiltration (UF) membranes and skids are to be supplied to the 15 MIGD (68,000 m³/d) seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant at Ghallilah, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, by Pentair X-Flow.
Oman's Sur desalination plant seeks large expansion
The owner and operator of Oman's Sur seawater desalination plant, Sharqiyah Desalination Company (SDC), has filed a bid with the Oman Tender Board for approval of a proposed expansion of 10.6 MIGD (48,000 m³/d) to the plant.
Tender for Chennai RO water-reuse plant feasibility
Bids are due by 22 February 2012 for a prefeasibility study for a 45,000 m³/d membrane-based tertiary wastewater treatment plant in Chennai, India.
Consolidated bidding for Mexican SWRO desalination
Consolidated Water Co (CWCO) has declared itself to be one of the tenderers for the El Salitral desalination plant in Baja California, Mexico. Bids are due by June.
OPWP seeks consultant for two desalination projects
The Oman Power and Water Procurement Company SAOC (OPWP) has invited specialized companies to submit offers for supervisory consultancy services for the Ghubrah IWP and Barka I water projects, both of which involve desalination plants.
Singapore tenders 318,500 m³/d SWRO desalination plant
A tender for a 70 MIGD (318,500 m³/d) desalination plant to be built at Tuas, Singapore, was launched on 30 June 2010 by the country's national water agency, PUB.
Ashdod desalination tender launched by Mekorot
Mekorot Development & Enterprises (MD&E), a subsidiary of the Israeli national water company, issued on 1 February 2009 a tender for the design, building, commissioning and supervision on a turnkey basis of the Ashdod seawater desalination plant.
Spanish prominent in Al Ghubrah desalination bidders
Spanish companies are involved with five of seven bidders that have been invited by the Oman Tender Board to submit proposals for the Al Ghubrah Independent Water Project (IWP).
Singapore to tender S$5 billion of water and waste works
Singapore's PUB and National Environment Agency (NEA) are to tender more than S$5 billion ($3.7 billion) of works covering civil, mechanical and electrical engineering for Tuas Nexus, an integrated wastewater and waste treatment facility.
Japan funds Cape Verde desalination scheme
Japan's International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is to provide US$ 150 million towards the funding of a US$ 200 million desalination plant for the Cape Verde republic off the coast of West Africa.
FEWA tenders Al Ghalila SWRO desalination plant
A tender notice for a desalination plant at Al Ghalila, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, was issued on 27 January 2011 by the Federal Electricity & Water Authority.
Egyptian power station seeks desalination plant
A tender has been issued for water treatment and desalination systems for Egypt's Ain Sokha Power Project with a deadline of 17 August 2009.
Cadagua selects PX devices for Al Zawrah desalination
PX energy-recovery devices have been selected for the 45,000 m³/d Al Zawrah seawater reverse-osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant in Ajman, UAE, by the consortium led by Spanish company Cadagua.
Australia and NZ ferry RO units to Tuvalu
Australia and New Zealand are leading an urgent response to the drought currently afflicting the South Pacific islands of Tuvalu and Tokelau by transporting reverse-osmosis (RO) units to provide a water supply.
Sommariva secures International Desalination Association presidency
Dr Corrado Sommariva, managing director of ILF Consultants Middle East, was elected president of the International Desalination Association on 5 September 2011, the first day of the IDA's World Congress in Perth, Australia.
BEL hooks up with Strand for RO pressure-vessels in US
Desalination pressure-vessel manufacturer BEL Group Ltd, through BEL Composite America Inc, announced a strategic partnership on 30 July 2011 with Strand Composite Engineering & Construction LLC of Harrison, Arkansas, USA.
Aquatech awarded SWRO plant in Ras Al Kaimah
Aquatech is to build a 15 MIGD (68,000 m³/d) seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination facility at Ghalilah for the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE.
Xylem provides DAF pretreatment for Fujairah 1
Xylem Inc has won a contract to provide a dissolved air flotation (DAF) pretreatment system for the Fujairah 1 Independent Water & Power Plant (IWPP) in the UAE to help ensure an uninterrupted potable water supply from the desalination plant to Abu Dhabi emirate and the east coast.
Fujairah F2 desalination plant inaugurated
The Fujairah F2 Power & Seawater Desalination plant was inaugurated in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 9 May 2011.
Groundbreaking for Fujairah 1 IWPP in UAE
The US$ 200 million expansion project for the Furjairah 1 Independent Water & Power Plant (IWPP) in the UAE broke ground on 30 June 2013.
Protesa wins two Cyprus desalination pipe contracts
Contracts for glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) pipes and fittings for two desalination plants in Cyprus were announced on 21 March 2011 by Spanish manufacturer Protesa.
June start for Clearwater RO plant in Florida
Construction is due to start in June 2013 on the second reverse-osmosis water treatment plant for City of Clearwater, Florida, following a groundbreaking ceremony on 6 May 2013.
West Basin district dedicates desalination demo facility
California's West Basin Municipal Water District is nearing completion of its new desalination demonstration facility, following formal dedication of the plant on 12 November 2010.
Cadagua lands RO desalination plant in UAE
The UAE's Federal Electricity and Water Authority (FEWA), responsible for supplying water and electricity in the northern emirates, has given Spanish contractor Cadagua a letter of intent for the award of a reverse-osmosis desalination plant in Al Zawrah, Ajman.
San Francisco plans wastewater reuse plant in city park
San Francisco's Public Utilities (SFPUC) unveiled plans on 7 September 2010 for its proposed Westside Recycled Water Project, part of its Water System Improvement Program.
South Australian town to get new desalination plant
South Australia's water minister, Ian Hunter, announced on 1 May 2013 that a brackish-water desalination plant to deliver improved water quality to the town of Hawker, in the Flinders Ranges 100km north of Port Augusta, had been approved for construction.
UF modules ordered for UAE steelworks' RO pretreatment
Ultrafiltration modules from Germany's inge watertechnologies AG have been ordered for a 80,000 m³/d seawater reverse-osmosis desalination plant at the Emirates Steel Industries steelworks in Mussafah, UAE.
West Basin demonstrating desalination intake and outfall technologies
One of the first seawater desalination demonstration facilities to employ ocean-protection technology at the source of intake and discharge has begun construction in Southern California, USA.
Aqua Engineering wins seawater desalination orders
Two major seawater desalination orders for the United Arab Emirates and Egypt have been won by Austria's Aqua Engineering GmbH, part of the Christ Water Technology Group.
Desalination plant's nitrate removal has hidden benefits
A water district in California has found a novel way to remove multiple contaminants from groundwater currently feeding a desalination plant without creating waste that requires costly treatment and disposal.
Northern emirates to get 30 MIGD desalination boost
The Federal Electricity & Water Authority (FEWA) in the UAE announced on 22 April 2009 the construction of a new 10 MIGD (45,460 m³/d) seawater desalination plant in Ras Al Khaimah, only days before tenders are due in for another reverse-osmosis desalination plant in Ajman.
Construction starts on Durrat Al Bahrain desalination plant
Bahrain-based utility Energy Central Co (ECC)announced on 4 March 2009 that a groundbreaking ceremony has taken place at the Durrat Al Bahrain development, where the company is building a seawater reverse-osmosis desalination plant with an ultimate capacity of 32,000 m³/d.
Multi-technology GE upgrade for Russian refinery treatment
Membrane bioreactor (MBR), electrodialysis reversal (EDR) and reverse osmosis (RO) technology will all feature in a major upgrade for the wastewater treatment at one of Russia's biggest oil refineries.
Sydney desalter construction reaches halfway point
Construction of Sydney's 250,000 m³/d Kurnell seawater desalination plant is just over 50% complete, D&WR has been told by Sydney Water. The intake and outlet tunnels were completed in December 2008.
H2O Innovation lands three water/wastewater contracts
H2O Innovation Inc announced on 14 January 2014 recent contracts totalling Can$ 6.5 million (UA$ 5.93 million) in Western Canada's energy sector.
ERI pressure-exchangers chosen for Fujairah expansion
Acciona Agua has chosen Energy-Recovery Inc to provide its PX® Q line of energy-recovery devices (ERDs) for the Fujairah 1 Expansion desalination project in the UAE.
Abu Dhabi signing for Al Zawra desalination plant
A 30 MIGD (136,400 m³/d) seawater desalination plant is to be built in Ajman, UAE, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding on 4 February 2014 between Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) and the Federal Electricity & Water Authority (FEWA).
Doosan Hydro wins Al Jubail membrane treatment contract
Florida-based Doosan Hydro Technology has been awarded a US$ 10 million contract by Daelim Industrial Co Ltd for the industrial wastewater treatment and reuse package on the Saudi Elastomers Project (SEP) located in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
Membrane technology added to Polish power plant
A third demineralization line using membrane and ion-exchange technology is to be added to the extension of the water treatment plant for the Patnów II power station in Poland.
Boiler-feed treatment extension for Aquatech in India
Aquatech has been awarded a third contract extension to provide operating services for a boiler feed water treatment plant at Reliance Industries Limited's PTA (purified terephthalic acid) manufacturing unit in Hazira, Gujarat, India.
UAE is eyeing alternative energy sources to power desalination
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority is seeking proposals to study the feasibility of powering desalination by geothermal energy, reports The National.
US$ 8 million contracts boost for H2O Innovation
Quebec-based H2O Innovation Inc announced new contracts for desalination and water treatment systems totaling Can$ 7.8 million (US$ 8 million) on 24 March 2011.
FEDCO moves to new Dubai sales and service center
Fluid Equipment Development Company (FEDCO) has relocated its Dubai sales and service office to a new facility during November.
Two pressure-vessel contracts for Protec Arisawa
Desalination membrane pressure vessels made by Protec Arisawa have been chosen for contracts in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Brazil, the company announced on 14 June 2012.
STW finishes brine concentrator project at Horizon, Texas
Water management firm, STW Resources, has completed a US$ 2.2 million contract for the design, engineering and construction of a reverse osmosis (RO) concentrator for the Texas city, Horizon.
New Dubai base for Black & Veatch
Engineering company Black & Veatch (B&V) announced on 11 January 2012 that it has moved its Middle East office to a new location in Dubai, UAE.
Aquatech installs Emirates desalination plant
Water and wastewater technology company, Aquatech, has installed a 60 Ml/d seawater reverse osmosis-based desalination plant at Ghalilah, in Ras Al Khaimah, the northernmost of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Bahrain oil refinery installs GE Water mobile technologies
Bahrain Petroleum Company has installed mobile technology from GE Water at Awali refinery to produce high-purity boiler feedwater.
Metito Overseas appoints senior process engineer
Desalination and water treatment specialist Metito Overseas Ltd, based in Sharjah, UAE, has appointed Sagi Essam El-Din A Ghafour as senior process engineer from September 2011.
Tordera SWRO storage tanks built within 16 weeks
The challenge of upgrading and nearly doubling the potable water storage capacity as part of an upgrade of the Tordera seawater reverse-osmosis desalination plant in Blanes (Girona) near Barcelona, Spain, within a rigorous timeframe, was awarded to CST Vulcan, a division of CST Industries Inc. Using a specialised jacking system, allowing the tanks to be built from the ground up, construction was completed in August 2009, in less than 16 weeks total, allowing the overall project to continue on time and as planned.
SWCC procures three floating desalination units
Saudi Arabia's Saline Water Conversion Corporation has procured three desalination units to provide floating capacity of 150,000 m3/d of drinking water over 20 years.
Toray wins back‑to‑back UAE membrane orders
Two contracts for seawater reverse‑osmosis (SWRO) desalination membranes in the United Arab Emirates were announced by Toray Industries on 6 September 2012.
Masdar steps up ties with China
Abu Dhabi's Masdar Institute of Science and Technology is stepping up its research collaborations, knowledge exchange and industrial partnerships, with China.
Texas desalination RFQ period ends on 14 September
The qualification period for a feasibility study for a large seawater desalination plant in Texas, USA, ends on 14 September 2012.
Prequalification invited for Ghubrah IWP in Oman
Submissions have been invited by Oman Power & Water Procurement Company by 17 November 2011 for qualification to tender for the development of an independent water project at Ghubrah (Ghubrah IWP) in Muscat governate.
Tender later this year for Changi expansion
A tender will be called in the second half of 2011 for construction and installation of an expansion to Singapore's Changi Water Reclamation Plant using membrane technology.
Accusations fly in Israeli desalination chaos
Chaos still reigns in Israel over the Ashdod desalination plant, which is now the subject of accusations from the national water company Mekorot against losing tenderers Shikun u'Binui (SKBN) and Global Environmental Services (GES).
Eight bidders for Singapore's second desalination plant
Eight companies/consortia had expressed interest in Singapore's second and largest desalination plant when the tender for the project closed on 23 October 2010.
City of Sydney seeks water recycling masterplan
The City of Sydney is seeking tenders to develop a decentralised water masterplan to produce more 10 % of the Australian city's water supply from local sources.
Mexican desalination tender reported set for April
Conagua, the national water authority of Mexico, is reported to be set to launch a tender in April for a 21,500 m³/d desalination plant in Baja California.
Mumbai desalination study deadline extended
The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) in India has extended until 15 November 2009 its tender deadline for a techno-economic feasibility study for a desalination plant in Mubai, according to a local website.
Hutchison leaves Ashdod desalination bidding race
The Israeli national water company, Mekorot, has confirmed reports from Israel that the Hutchison group has dropped out of the bidding for the Ashdod desalination plant.
Siemens seeks bigger Israel desalination role
According to reports from Israel, Siemens is looking to up its stake in the 275,000 m³/d Soreq desalination plant from supplier to equity partner.
DEWA defers Hassyan project indefinitely
After endless delays, the Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) announced on 18 April 2012 that it has finally deferred the Hassyan I independent power project (IPP), which would have had a 450,000 m³/d desalination component, until further notice.
Bids for Hassyan IPW project expected by October
Bids have been invited from a shortlist of 18 developers for the Hassyan I Independent Power & Water Project in Dubai, which will include a 120 MGD (454,000 m³/d) seawater desalination plant.
Tender deadlines for Hassyan slip again
Three tenders for the Hassyan 1 (formerly Hassyan-P2) power and desalination complex have had their deadlines extended.
Aquatech implementing ZLD for Chinese fertilizer plant
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Joint venture to build US$ 196 million desalination plant at Ras Al Khaimah
A joint venture between Spain's Grupo Cobra and Emirates-based Utico Middle East is building a Dh 719 million (US$ 195.7 million) desalination plant in northernmost emirate, Ras Al Khaimah.
US$ 400 million funding agreed for Sorek desalination
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Dubai invites bids for turnkey solar-powered reverse osmosis desalination project
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has issued a tender inviting bids for the design, installation and testing and commissioning of a pilot photovoltaic-powered pumping and reverse osmosis water desalination system.
Oman signs US$ 300 million water project agreement
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Black & Veatch wins consultant contract for giant Jeddah desalination project
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Pipeline could rein in Emirates' desalination investment
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Pentair X-Flow UF pretreatment for Ashdod desalination
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Consultants sought for Chennai III desalination plant
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Masdar city, Masdar Institute, Laborelec, and Degrémont to collaborate in renewable-powered desalination project
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Energy Recovery supplies Mirfa project
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IDA to support UAE water summit as knowledge partner
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RFP to follow UAE renewable-energy desalination launch
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Major water-sector contractor formed in Dubai
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ERI lands contract for Ghalilah desalination project
Aquatech International has awarded Energy Recovery Inc (ERI) a contract for provision of energy‑recovery devices for a large‑scale desalination plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Proposals invited for Oman's Al Ghubrah desalination
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Desalination plant for Ras Al Kaimah "within two years"
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Wabag JV lands Oman port desalination contract
Chennai-based Wabag Ltd, in joint venture with fellow Indian contractor Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC), has been awarded a contract for the completion of a seawater treatment plant, which will supply desalinated water to various industrial production plants in the Sohar International Port Complex.
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Thursday’s roundup: Donald, Grace share 1st-round lead
The former world No. 1 channeled his anger to shoot his best round since January, a 5-under 66 at the RBC Heritage.
Thursday’s roundup: Donald, Grace share 1st-round lead The former world No. 1 channeled his anger to shoot his best round since January, a 5-under 66 at the RBC Heritage. Check out this story on detroitnews.com: http://detne.ws/1NbPL7r
Associated Press Published 11:34 p.m. ET April 14, 2016 | Updated 11:36 p.m. ET April 14, 2016
Luke Donald of England tees off on the second hole during the first round of the RBC Heritage.(Photo: Jared Tilton / Getty Images)
Hilton Head Island, S.C. — Missing the Masters made Luke Donald’s blood boil. The former world No. 1 channeled that anger to shoot his best round since January, a 5-under 66 at the RBC Heritage that left the Englishman tied with Branden Grace for the first-round lead Thursday.
The two were a stroke ahead of four players, including the world’s current top-ranked player in Jason Day.
Day caught Donald and Grace at the top heading to Harbour Town Golf Links’ closing, lighthouse hole. But he took an unplayable lie in a bunker when his ball bored into the sand and made his lone bogey to fall back.
Donald had been a major tournament mainstay since first playing Augusta National in 2005. However, he has fallen badly the past couple of seasons (he’s 95th in the world ranking) and was forced to watch the Masters at home instead of playing for a green jacket.
Donald shared his frustration on social media, posting on Instagram that not playing the major “quite frankly, it makes my blood boil.”
So Donald turned things around at one of his favorite layouts in Harbour Town Golf Links, posting his best score in three months since consecutive 65s at the Sony Open in Hawaii.
“I feel like I’ve got a few good years ahead of me,” the 38-year-old Donald said. “I don’t want to be sitting at home watching the majors on TV yet.”
He won’t be if he keeps playing like this. Donald got going quickly with birdies on the second and third holes. He moved to 3 under with a birdie on No. 6. After his lone bogey on the par-4 eighth, Donald posted three more birdies on the back nine to break par for the 23rd time in his past 29 rounds at Harbour Town. He has had five top-three finishes the last seven tournaments here.
About the only thing he has not done at Harbour Town is win. A victory this week would put Donald back on the major track.
“I have some good memories and good mojo here,” he said. “It’s nice to continue that with a solid round today.”
Most of the Masters’ main characters took the week off, including new dad and major champion Danny Willett of England and Jordan Speith, whose unexpected collapse over the final nine holes after holding a five-shot lead opened the door for Willett.
Day, who tied for 10th at Augusta National, is the lone top-10 player competing.
Day tied for the lead with a birdie on the par-5 15th and had a chance to move on top by himself a hole later, but slid a 14-footer past the cup. The Australian’s tee shot to the final hole was perfect and his approach seemed destined to strike the putting surface — until it didn’t.
His ball buried into the sand by the bunker’s front edge. Day looked a bit bewildered by the gaffe, then retrieved the ball and hit it close enough to hold off more damage.
Day acknowledged his energy level after last week’s major was low. “But you just have to suck it up and get through the week,” he said.
Grace held the lead at 6 under after his birdie on the 15th. However, the South African missed an 8-foot par putt on the following hole to drop back into a tie.
Grace said he came to Harbour Town after playing last week in part because of last year when his tie for seventh jump-started his run to full-time membership on the PGA Tour.
Defending RBC Heritage champ Jim Furyk is out this week as he rehabs from wrist surgery.
Jason Bohn, the 42-year-old two-time PGA Tour winner, returned to the game after his heart attack nearly two months ago at the Honda Classic with a 3-over 74. He was regularly greeted by well-wishers along the rope and played with a tiny, red heart on his golf ball, a reminder, he said, of what’s most important.
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Audi TT first drive review
Audi’s impressionable coupe is sportier than before, but still isn’t without compromise.
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Judging a sports car solely by its looks is a risky pastime - especially for vehicles such as Audi's iconic TT coupe.
Ever since its introduction to market in 1998, the diminutive two-door has been more synonymous with head turning style rather than outright dynamics, but has nonetheless forged a successful standalone niche in the junior luxury coupe market.
Now, Audi claims the TT blueprint has evolved with the third-generation model launched in Australia this week. The newcomer is lighter and faster, while still pertaining to the TT's Bauhaus-inspired design.
As before, the TT is still a relatively indulgent play toy. Prices start from $71,950 plus on-road costs for the entry level front-wheel drive 2.0 TFSI manual Sport, moving as high as $85,450 plus on-roads for the Quattro S Line variant. The circa $100,000 228kW/380Nm TT S will lob from September this year, we're told, but until then buyers have a choice of one engine only: a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbocharged petrol producing 169kW of power and 370Nm of torque.
Of the four variants in the standard TT range, it is the flagship Quattro S Line that makes most sense. Imbued with a benchmark 0-100km/h time of 5.3 seconds, the all-wheel drive version also offers the poise, confidence and cornering ability befitting of the TT's sporty profile. On rain-soaked roads in Tasmania, it corners and changes direction with impressive accuracy and stability, thanks to additional weight in the rear end and a torque vectoring function that softly intervenes mid-turn by braking both inside wheels. The all-wheel drive system is cleverly calibrated, bringing reassuring mechanical grip and maximising the full adherence threshold of the standard Hankook 19-inch tyres. Similarly, the steering is nicely weighted and responsive, particularly when the Dynamic setting is active in the TT's five-mode Driver Select menu.
The new Audi TT Coupe is sportier than before. Photo: Dominic Tripolone
After barely 10km behind the wheel of the Quattro, a strong rapport is struck up between car and driver. It is still not quite as engaging as BMW's M235i coupe but is well on the way to getting there.
Key to the newfound balance and roadholding is a wider track width and longer wheelbase teamed with a narrower overall proportions and shorter front and rear overhangs. In addition, the new TT's floorpan uses a combination of hot-formed high-strength steel and cast aluminium to pare as much as 50kg off the car's kerb weight and contribute to a claimed 23 per cent improvement in torsional rigidity.
Contrastingly to the Quattro underpinnings, the front-wheel drive version is harder to gel with on a winding country road. While capable, it feels nervous, twitchy even, through corners. Its brakes initially grab with too much enthusiasm and torque steer (when the steering wheel tugs between the hands) is sometimes disconcertingly present under hard acceleration. In the sportiest Driver Select setting, the steering feels too immediate on initial turn-in and the car squirrels out of faster corners to create a sense of uneasiness in poor conditions.
In all variants, the TT's 2.0-litre turbocharged engine is a real gem. It offers a linear and progressive power delivery teamed with a real world fuel consumption rating in the vicinity of 8.0L/100km combined. Off the line there is strong pick-up, followed by a useable mid-range punch and a crisp and rorty note from its twin exhaust outlets.
The standard six-speed manual is a nicely lubricated unit with a smooth shifting action, well spaced ratios and easy clutch take-up. The equivalent six-speed automatic is both razor sharp and intuitive in its shifts but, as with many dual-clutch units, is prone to hesitation and lurchiness off the line.
Despite power improvements and more accomplished dynamics, the TT is far from being the perfect sports car. It isn't offered with adaptive suspension despite the same technology being available on the $60,000 S3, instead using one-size-fits-all springs. The standard suspension equates to a firm and bouncy ride – a trait accentuated on B-grade country roads. In addition the TT suffers from inescapable tyre roar that borders on being excessive on coarse-chip surfaces.
The TT is not available with a reversing camera either, despite the same equipment being standard on a $15,000 Honda Jazz. Curiously, Audi says the technology is not yet fitted from the factory, but as soon as it is it will be made available.
Where the TT redeems itself is presentation and build quality. The leather and alcantara electric front seats are comfortable and well-bolstered and the roof lining employs quality fabric, even though it is devoid of overhead grab rails. Both Sport and S Line variants offer a chunky flat-bottomed steering wheel, intimate LED interior lighting and premium materials at all the contact points.
Then there's the dashboard, which is arguably the nicest ever to adorn an Audi. The TT debuts a new 12.3-inch TFT digital display screen in the driver instrument cluster, dubbed the virtual cockpit. It essentially projects all information to the driver's eyes, from navigation maps to media, as well as conventional speedo and tachometer readings. It removes the need for a conventional centre display and, from the driver's part at least, it works brilliantly.
Refreshingly for current Audi owners, the third generation TT is the first Ingolstadt model to debut not one but two conventional USB ports – doing away with the tedious Audi proprietary plug-in system in the process. Expect more of this moving forward.
Elsewhere on the centre fascia resides a minimalist new climate control interface. Each key function – fan speed, temperature setting and area setting – is housed in an elegant digital display within one of three circular vents residing atop the dashboard. The system is clever and intuitive, effectively removing any unwanted switchgear clutter from the cabin. Audi's MMI rotary dial has also been further honed with less buttons.
The only criticism with the new technology will likely emanate from the passenger seat. That's because the TT is unashamedly focussed around the driver, with all the key instruments pointed decidedly towards the right-hand seat. That means for the navigator, you cannot access the important infotainment and sat-nav functions without peering into the driver instrument cluster - almost like an incessant mother-in-law riding shotgun. The thought of a passenger flicking through different screens right under the driver's eyeline brings possible distraction repercussions, too.
That said, both front seat passengers will appreciate is the TT's larger interior space. The front pews offer adequate head and leg proportions. But in the two rear bleachers space is scare, particularly head room, virtually ruling out any form of extended travel for full-sized adults.
A liftback style tailgate is offered as before, with an increased boot capacity of 305 litres opening up to 712 with the 60:40 seats folded down. Standard safety inclusions extend to front, side and head level curtain airbags, a fatigue alert function, stability control and ABS (among other electronic aids), an electric park brake, a hill hold function and a tyre pressure indicator.
As a sum-of-its-parts equation, the TT is a more complete sports car than ever before – even though the heightened dynamic qualities are mostly limited to the flagship Quattro model. The TT's biggest attraction is still undoubtedly its design excellence and quality, which is more striking than ever in person. For those who have been critical of the TT before, think twice before you dismiss the latest incarnation as simply another pretty little coupe. Because the third-generation model stands for much more.
2015 Audi TT pricing and specifications
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Price: $71,950-$85,450 (plus on-road costs)
Engine: 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbocharged petrol
Power: 169kW at 4500rpm
Torque: 370Nm at 1600rpm
Transmission: 6-speed manual, 6-speed automatic; FWD. 6-speed automatic; AWD.
Consumption: 5.9L/100km (man, FWD), 6.3L/100km (auto, FWD), 6.4L/100km (auto, AWD)
Tricky tech: why the TT is helping revolutionise the modern car interior
Audi has a new addition to its buzzword vocabulary: 'Simplexity'.
The latest catchphrase refers to the thinking behind the new TT's interior and infotainment system, which revolutionises the driving experience while being simpler to use – in the same way an iPhone offers a relatively straightforward user experience despite being replete with myriad functions.
"With all the technology going into this car, designers wanted to keep the interior very simple and minimal, and they've done that with a number of things," an Audi Australia spokesman said. "The objective is to improve functionality and make thing simpler."
Chief among those new technologies is a 12.3-inch digital display screen that resides in the driver instrument cluster and completely rids the cabin of a conventional centre screen. The display, dubbed the Virtual Cockpit, projects all functions straight to the driver while also claiming to reduce distraction caused by taking your eyes away from the wheel.
"The screen operates at 60 frames per second, so there's no perceptible lag or blur with functions like the tacho needle," the spokesman said. "If you're revving the car in first or second gear, the needle goes as fast as it needs to go and very clearly."
The virtual cockpit technology is allied with a more simplified switchgear layout, as well as more intuitive programs for written and vocal inputs. Audi has flagged the same technology to appear across its line-up in the future.
"It's not just the screen that's different about the car, it's also the operating concept," the spokesman said, admitting that the passenger was somewhat restricted in using the system because it is so driver-focussed
"The idea behind this is to make the menu system a lot flatter and to reduce the amount of time that you're spending navigating through the system and more time with your eyes on the road.
"There is also new logic for how you do search in the system. For example, if I want to enter a destination – in the past it's been a fairly rigid system where you've had to enter several inputs: town, postcode, street. This time round you just need to start writing letters in the centre rotary dial. Using my left hand, it's quite good at recognising the letters and just with a few characters it will recognise the place that I'm looking for.
"Similarly I can also use the voice command structure, which has been completely re-written to use more natural language."
As an example of the latter function, occupants can simply press a voice activation button location on the steering wheel and say a command as simple as "I feel like Chinese food". The voice input will then provoke the TT's computer to search for the nearest Chinese restaurants through the vehicle's maps function.
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Yuyuan Art Officially Became the Official Global Art, Culture and Football Education Partner of Manchester City Football
Shenzhen, China — (ReleaseWire) — 06/19/2019 –On June 15th, the Shenzhen Yuyuan Art Group and the Manchester City Football Club parent company City Football Group project cooperation conference was held in Shenzhen.Scott Munn, CEO of City Football Group China, with ex- Manchester City star, Paul Dickov and Yu Ying Art Group CEO Guo Ying and group executives announced that Yuyuan Art officially became the official global art, culture and football education partner of Manchester City Football.
Through cooperation, Yuyuan's artistic education elements will be reflected in the Manchester community education project led by the City Football Foundation and the football education and training program. Yuyuan Art is also committed to better achieving the goal of football education through cultural and artistic education. This is an innovative initiative in the world of football education. The combination of football and art will also be extended to different countries and regions in the next few years of cooperation.
In November last year, Ms. Guo Yuli, Chairman of Yuyuan Art, who was invited by the Minister of State of Wales, Mr. Alun Cairns, to establish an active cooperative relationship with the United Kingdom in Dawan District visited the British Parliament Building. In that chance, he was honored to be invited by Manchester City International Football Club to attend the Manchester City Derby Classic, which opened the friendship between Yuyuan Art and Manchester City International Football Club.
About The Manchester City Football Club
The Manchester City Football Club, known as the “Blue Moon”, was founded in 1894 and has a history of 125 years.Such a long-standing global top football club, adhering to its “inheritance” of the football career full of youth and passion, and the new brand of Chinese international art, which is the young and the young, persistently pursuing the “innovative spirit” and engaged in the promotion of classic art – The cooperation of Shenzhen Yuyuan Art is really expected.
At the press conference, the person in charge of Shenzhen Yuyuan Art told reporters that Yuyuan Art, which just entered the United Nations in May and won the international industry influence brand award in May, will take this cooperation as an opportunity to forge a new journey.Create a new mode of cooperation between art culture and football education, promote the innovative development of Sino-British football art and culture exchange, promote football culture with art diplomacy, and let more people understand Yuyuan Art and Manchester City Club.
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Singaporean Traditions
Written by Stacy Luna F. | 2 minute read
A Singaporean based in Bali, Stacy is Culturally's GIF Queen, content writer and proud millennial. Enjoys the following, in no particular order: dog memes, surfing, carbs and traveling from time to time. Dedicated to living freely and being a student of life.
When visiting a new country, it helps to be aware of the local customs and cultural practices. The last thing you would wanna do is to commit a faux pas and offend a local!
In this article, we cover the practices that are unique to Singapore. Here's your cheat sheet on how to mingle with and behave like a Singaporean!
Address people older than yourself as 'uncle' or 'aunty'
For people from other parts of the world, 'aunty' and 'uncle' might be used for people whom you are biologically related to. But over here in Singapore, 'aunty' and 'uncle' are typically the ways to address anybody that's significantly older than you, even if you're not related.
It might seem strange, but in our culture, it's a form of respect and the terms stem from a place of warmness and affection. Isn't it nice to be addressed as a relative even though you're not one?
"Chope" with a packet of tissue
It's lunchtime, you're looking for seats in a crowded hawker centre when you come across an empty table. Thanking your lucky stars, you approach the table only to find that there's a pack of tissue on the tabletop. Is it provided for free? Or maybe it was left behind by the previous patron?
The answer: neither!
Singaporeans use a packet of tissue to reserve, or in Singlish terms, chope the table. Nowadays, even office badges, umbrellas and books can be used for choping! So don't just sit down if you come across a packet of tissue on an empty table, its occupants are just elsewhere getting their food.
Dare: When you're eating out and don't want to leave your valuables unattended, simply do as the locals do to chope your own table.
In Singapore, it is proper etiquette to allow the elders to eat first. This means that you do not touch the food until the elders have picked up their utensils and started eating. As children, we were also taught to address our elders at the table before digging in. It goes something like "gong gong (grandpa) eat, popo (grandma) eat, daddy eat, mummy eat..."
But what about at a table with many elders? Will we have to spend 10 minutes addressing everyone? Rest assured, we only address those who are 'important' such as immediate family members and elder guests, those who invited you for dinner or whom you have invited for dinner, and then end off with "everybody eat!" to address everyone else.
Join the queue
Singaporeans loooove queuing, and we queue for everything. For the latest iPhone, the MRT, Krispy Kreme, and not forgetting the infamous McDonald's Hello Kitty plushies (you know it's serious when fights break out).
That aside, one of our favourite things to queue for is hawker food. If you're here to discover the wonders of our local food, the stalls with the best food always have the longest queue, such as Zhen Zhen Porridge at Maxwell Food Centre! So when you see a snaking line, there's a pretty good chance that you'll be rewarded with something good at the end of it.
Pick up your pace
A study has shown that Singaporeans are the fastest walkers in the world. We're not entirely sure how this came to be, but perhaps just like how the Japanese people have turned out to be extraordinarily courteous, this is one of those cultural phenomena that have ingrained itself in the collective society over time.
Personally, I find myself brisk-walking even on the days when I can afford to take my time, and foreign friends often comment on my fast pace! Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that Singaporeans are usually rushing to make it to work or school on time. And with so many people just darting by, it's strange to be trailing along because it makes you feel like you're getting in their way.
It's fine to take your time and stick at a leisurely pace to take in the sights of Singapore. Just make sure you're not walking right in the middle of the pavement, which is bound to annoy one or two Singaporeans!
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Stocks in Asia slide in line with global trend
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SYDNEY, Australia - Stocks in Asia extended the global downward trend on Tuesday.
All the major indices finished in the red. The extent of losses however was moderate compared to Wall Street, which reeled under increasing fears over U.S.-China trade relations, and speculation the U.S. is heading for a recession.
U.S. stocks were also impacted by the stock, currency and bond markets plunge in Argentina.
The Hong Kong Hang Seng tumbled 513.89 points or 1.99% to 25,310.83.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 surrendered 229.38 points or 1.11% to 20,455.44.
China's Shanghai Composite dropped 17.73 points or 0.63% to 2,797.26.
The Australian All Ords fell 22.00 points or 0.33% to 6,648.26.
The euro rose a touch to 1.1188, while the British pound was little changed at 1.2058.
The Japanese yen remained strong at 105.21. The Swiss franc eased a fraction to 0.9709.
The Canadian dollar edged down to 1.3259. The Australian and New Zealand dollars were unmoved at 0.6757 and 0.6443.
Overnight on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 391 points, or 1.49%, at 25,896.44.
The Standard and Poor's 500 shedt 35.96 points, or 1.23%, to 2,882.69.
The Nasdaq Composite declined 95.73 points, or 1.2%, to 7,863.41.
The real action on Monday though was in Buenos Aires where the MERVAL index fell a massive 16,824.29 points, or 37.93%, to close at 16,824.29.
The peso dived by 30%, but managed to trim the day's losses to 15% by the end of the day, which was marked by extreme volatility.
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Plans to transform the upper floors of the St James Hotel Conference Centre at Rutland Street in Nottingham have been submitted to the City Council.
The proposals involve the change of use of the existing building to residential to create 14 self-contained flats, including 8 one-bed and 6 two-bed apartments. The flats are to range in size from 37 sq m to 94 sq m.
The three-storey building has been occupied as a conference centre associated with St James’ Hotel since the construction of the hotel in 1990.
The site lies within the Castle Conservation Area.
The ground floor, fronting Friar Lane, occupied by the Crafty Crow bar will not be affected by the proposals.
A design statement says: “The building is currently under-used and the proposed uses will safeguard the future of the building. The proposed change of use will not affect the character or appearance of the Castle Conservation Area alterations or cause harm to the significance of any designated or non-designated heritage assets.”
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You Get Out What You Put In
Preparing For The Trip To Doha
The Hoegh Delhi will be carrying our boat, truck and trailer to Doha for the Oryx Cup
We are among the ten H1 race teams busy making preparations for the trip to Qatar on the Arabian Gulf for the 2014 Oryx Cup UIM World Championship. The race will be held November 20-22 on Doha Bay.
Again, logistics for shipping of the fleet to Doha are being handled by Peters & May, the official shipping provider for the H1 Unlimited series.
Neil Mckeown, Operations Manager for Peters & May says, “We are delighted to be carrying the H1 cargo to Doha for the 5th year running. The Oryx Cup is the pinnacle of H1 racing and all of the teams will be fighting for the title of World Champion.”
In a change from previous seasons, three of the boats, the U11, U12 & U100 are being shipped using the flat rack system which is new to H1. Those boats are loading to the flat racks this week and the contents of the trucks will go into 20’ containers.
Upon arrival in Doha the boats (on their cradles) will be placed in the pit area and each of the teams will be given a tent and air conditioned office to operate from. The cradles have extensions to allow for access to the underside of the boat and external parts of the hull, the rudder,skidfin etc.
This system allows the teams to ship 37 days to Doha and 38 days back. It also means that all of the truck items are in a sealed container and protected from theft etc. The container carriers offer more flexibility with regular sailings to most global destinations, opening up the possibility for future additional international races. The flat racks are shipping on the Maersk Pittsburgh sailing from Charleston on October 3rd and arriving in Doha approximately November 9th.
Mckeown says, “Normally the shipping process starts three months prior to shipment date. However we started the design stage for the flat rack solution over nine months ago. We are looking forward to showing the benefits of the system for future use in the sport.”
The other seven boats, seven team trucks, the H1 truck and dive boat will be shipping RORO (roll on roll off) on the Hoegh Delhi. The vessel will sail from Jacksonville on October 12th and arrive in Doha approximately November 15th. Upon arriving in Doha the teams will be staged in the pit area as usual.
Mckeown added, “On behalf of Peters & May we would like to thank, H1, QMSF and H.E. Sheikh Hassan Bin Jabor Al Thani for their commitment to Powerboat racing. We are looking forward to some deck to deck racing on Doha Bay.”
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epistemeratio
Philosophy is episteme ratio, knowledge held in the thinking we do with speech. Today we still pursue philosophy, and thinking, this way. We may not always do so.
Some Expressionistic Pondering of a Small paragraph at the end of the Eleventh Hour of the Lecture Course on the powerful principle of Leibnitz
When we ask what is called Grund, then we at first mean what the word signifies; the word signifies something; it gives us something to understand and does so because it speaks to us of something.
One must not wreck oneself to nought under the predilection of a maxim that demands only that activity which led to a human goal, a concrete goal, empty in itself due to its ultimate illegibility, since the horizon is never but a melting into thin air, in the light of the historial, in the light of the fading of all theologies, in the light of the emptiness of the projects of beings, in the face of the failure of all Western projects, of the world project, there can be no moral obligation to disdain or look down on some obscurantist, as though man as man existed and had a telos. In the lack of a telos no higher judge can speak to what deserves praise or blame, or what is obscuring or Enlightening.
Only those who can discern the ergon of a thinking, by virtue of an ear for thought, can assume bother with thought. Can assume to recover the work of a thinking. Nothing can come to oblige one to respect or refuse such work as though it were a matter of giving views about political direction. That is, except the political and its arbitrary captivation which has no higher warrant.
Everything stands in a fundamental vagueness, but tends to think there might be, there must be, more than the vagueness. The fundamental vagueness, the grounding in existence. But, this would be no grounding if it were not already directed towards its own deviation and to evade itself in the lighting that happens when the break is sensed. One breaks towards Reason, towards the certainty of knowing what is going on. Ergo, the fundamental Grund, the Grund, is what appears in the light of the bifurcation of Grund and Reason. Existence means the same thing as the denial of Reason as an ascending from opinion--the Socratic project of Eros, Wisdom as such. Existentialism is impossible because the denial of Reason is the denial of Grund. Yet, one still, in the thinking, knows what Grund says, what fundamental says, what start and ascent says. One starts, one ascends, but in the lichtung of the destruction of the True world and the apparent world. The apparent world appears, and ascent towards the Truth begins, but it is already faded out.
The rat in its sordid activity, when pointed out to the Chinese with the intention of pointing to the problem, the health violation, is understood to have been pointed to for the reason of an opportunity to admire the animal that has had a year named after it. Look at the rat: “Yea, that’s a big one.” Everything in its being, in its truth, lies in the core of the “-” between the given and the one who has an inner life. The given is never what a thing is, it is only the ground. And the one who finds the Reasons, only seeks to bring what is There to the rule. At first, in the first age of philosophy, when the definition was meant, not to bring about the lawlike description, it aimed at, in the defining, to speak the core of the being. This would be different in the Morning Land view than in the Land of the Declining Sun. But, no longer is there East and West, since they have come into the whirlwind of concomitant being in the lighting of the event of the historial.
The theoretical no more than the empirical can speak of the rat as rat. But thought itself can enter into the cirrcle as Hermenutical Circle, without doing the work of interpretation or the reasoning about what is as the truth of this or that world, it may, without speaking, remaining what circles about in the erosive abyss of the eidos. The eidos that is not eternal or part of the true Sky speaking to man as man of the True Stars above so that it fills the breast, the "-" of the is of the world with the predeliniation of the authentic or the autonomous from which the way of life is spelled out in the guidance for the soul made legible in the laws that are above, but capable of drawing into, the becoming or accidental order, that, since what has come before is not restraint, can be what is conducive to the full and permanent good of man as man.
This is the sense that the return to being, in the egon of that text that bears the name Heidegger, is always saying that History is what is supposed to rekindle the sense of what comes prior to the bifurcation. Clarity about the vagueness: Grund, fundamental grounding in the vagueness of daily thought. The demands for presentation of the why, the different ages of the Geschik of Thought, the holding of being that is not in the conscious motives of the ones who are being mortal, and who see the thing there that is alongside the other things there. Philosophy is no word, that names philosophy, ultimately, since what is cancerous in the thing said, brought to the gentleman who look on and are amused by the activity, to the newspaper and the Wikipedia article, is not the name of philosophy but of sophistry. At the same time, philosophy, as the decay, stands within the practice of philosophy, almost like an obstacle to its historial essence, in, e.g., the correctness of the word rat that speaks two beings.
The Cyclical Problem: Thought always acts like a cancer that has what is thought as the cancerous flake, built on what came before. Whenever Though begins, it is always standing in something Become, or it is wanting to think what has Become as part of the stream of thought of being. It thinks this way, it thinks that way. It starts, it dies like memory, something dead, it builds on what is dead. It can’t escape the presence of beginning in a available thought, in what is there. Broder is the first to bring out the cyclical question, but it is not adequately thought through. This is because all thought until this, was as thinking towards a regulative service: in order to make more of the thought. However, this claim is easily open to confounding and withering critique from all sides. It is only said in order to bring the thought into the basic circumstance of the thought of those with philosophic ability. Which are amazingly few.
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Chair: Monica Marazuela
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Executive Committee nominations:
To seek proposals for nominations from individual members of ESE and affiliated endocrine societies.
To review the member nominations to confirm suitability and select two candidates per vacancy on the ballot paper, taking into account areas of expertise, geographical distribution and gender when selecting nominees.
At any given time at least two basic scientists should be members of the Executive Committee and the Nominations Committee will take this into account as a priority when deciding on the nominations.
The ESE Executive Committee have a veto right. If a nomination is vetoed, a joint discussion of the Nominations Committee and the Executive Officers Board and/or Executive Committee should take place.
ESE Award nominations:
To actively seek potential nominees for the ESE’s Awards, currently Geoffrey Harris Award, EJE Award, CET Award and the European Hormone Medal Award. The membership will also have the opportunity to nominate.
To review the jury procedures from time to time.
To review the awards programme and make recommendations for amendments or to make suggestions for new awards.
Mónica Marazuela, Spain, co-terminous with office (Secretary, 2018-2022).
Leonidas Duntas, Greece, (2018 to 2020).
Andrea Isidori, Italy (2018 to 2020).
Jens Bollerslev, Norway (2020 to 2022).
Bulent Yildiz, Turkey, co-terminous with office (Executive Committee, 2014-2020).
Beata Kos-Kudła, Poland, co-terminous with office (Executive Committee, 2017-2021).
Ex-Officio Members
Andrea Giustina, Italy, co-terminous with office (President, 2019-2021).
Martin Reincke, Germany, co-terminous with office (President-Elect, 2019-2021).
Djuro Macut, Serbia, co-terminous with office (ECAS representative, 2016-2020).
Helen Gregson, Chief Executive Officer, co-terminous with office.
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Promoting his proposal to offer free tuition at New York State’s public colleges and universities, Governor Andrew Cuomo has said “college is a mandatory step if you really want to be a success,” and that “a college education is a necessity to compete in today’s economy.”
Attendees heard from a panel of experts in Albany on March 13 at 10am as they discussed these and other aspects of the governor’s proposal.
The event was moderated by Karen DeWitt, Capitol Bureau Chief, NYS Public Radio. Panelists included:
Beth Akers, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute, and coauthor of Game of Loans: The Rhetoric and Reality of Student Debt
Jim Malatras, president, Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
Mary Beth Labate, President, The Commission on Independent Colleges & Universities in New York
Marc Cohen, President, Student Assembly of the State University of New York
E.J. McMahon, Research Director, Empire Center
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Casting announced for new BBC One Comedy Playhouse Bumps
Bumps is a new Comedy Playhouse special for BBC One written by Lucy Montgomery and Rhys Thomas, made by Kudos (part of Endemol Shine UK).
Starring Amanda Redman as a sixty-two-year-old divorcee named Anita with two grown-up children. Bumps is a modern family comedy that follows the challenges of Anita and the turbulent relationship with her daughter Joanne.
Playing Anita’s thirty-seven-year-old daughter Joanne is Lisa McGrillis (Mum, Inspector George Gently, Only You), who unexpectedly falls pregnant with her first child. Anita may be in her sixties, but inside she feels twenty. She’s adventurous, energetic and a bundle of fun. Anita wants to pack as much into life as she can whilst she still has her own joints. With the aid of an egg and sperm donor she decides to have a third baby. Unbeknownst to Anita, Joanne discovers she is expecting her first child at the same time.
Lucy Montgomery and Rhys Thomas are featured in the show as the local barmaid, Fallon and Joanne’s idle partner, Clay. Clarke Peters (His Dark Materials, The Wire) stars in Bumps as Charles. Also joining the cast is Philip Jackson (Peterloo, Agatha Christie’s Poirot) who will play Howard, Joanne’s father and Anita’s ex-husband; Louise Jameson (Doctor Who, EastEnders) will play Barbara, Anita’s older sister; Seb Cardinal (Cardinal Burns) will play Aiden, Anita’s son; Leila Hoffman (Harry Potter, Bad Education) will play Ruby, Anita’s mum; Freddie Davies will play Roy, Anita’s father (Harry Potter, Funny Bones) and Jason Pennycooke (Rocketman) will play JJ.
Bumps is an uplifting cross generational comedy offering a whole new spin on family dynamics. Anita hasn’t really thought through the impact this baby will have on her body or her psyche or her finances. Not for one millisecond has she considered how her decision to have a child will impact on her two grown-up kids. Anita thinks she’s earned the right to do what she wants and she doesn’t realise the emotional bomb she’s detonated. Well now she’s about to find out…
Amanda Redman says:
“I am delighted to play Anita in this uplifting and hilariously entertaining BBC One comedy. Lucy and Rhys are very talented writers and I look forward to hearing what viewers think of the mayhem.”
Lisa McGrillis says:
“I am thrilled to be a part of this dysfunctional family comedy. It follows a mother and daughter’s unconventional pregnancies and the effect this has on there already strained relationship and family. Lucy and Rhys tell this unusual story with real heart-warming humour. I’m excited to see where it will go.”
Bumps (1×30’) is created and written by Lucy Montgomery and Rhys Thomas, commissioned by Shane Allen, Controller of BBC Comedy, and Charlotte Moore, Director of BBC Content. The Director is Sandy Johnson. The Executive Producer is Phil Temple at Kudos (part of Endemol Shine UK) and Producer is Georgie Fallon. The Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Alex Moody.
Transmission details will be confirmed in due course.
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Bar Mitzvah Seminar about the Sabbath
Sabbath welcoming ceremony (including a meal) for parents and children
Necessary elements for the program:
Sabbath songs
Kiddush (blessing of the wine)
Creative additions like songs from the New Hebrew songbook that will be chosen by the participants, original texts by the participants.
The welcoming of the Sabbath will be accompanied by instruction and explanations.
At the end of the ceremony, before dispersing, they will told the story that starts the activity for the Sabbath (see below) and each of them will be asked to put into a suitcase (that will be available there) as many “items of Sabbath” as possible.
They will be given paper and pens.
[During the evening we will sort out what has been put into the suitcase and divide them equally between four suitcases, including additions, thus in each suitcase there will be the same quantity of materials].
The opening story:
The year: 1999. The world is in panic. Within several months a terrible crash will take place between the earth and a huge planet which has left its orbit and is advancing towards us with the speed of light.
The residents of earth, who have lost hope of surviving themselves, are trying to save, at the very least, their culture, with the hope that someone sometime somewhere will find it and give it new life.
The governments of the world are dividing up the work for saving the culture between them. The government of Israel is making us responsible for saving the Sabbath. We must ensure that we put into this suitcase everything necessary so that someone who opens it – somewhere – sometime – will be able to understand what the Sabbath is.
Every item is important, every fact – will be welcome. Every article – will be welcome.
And not only what I know about my own Sabbath but also what I know about the Sabbath of other Jews. Whatever is in the suitcase will be the only source regarding the Sabbath from now and for eternity.
Sabbath / 15.5.99 / 29th Iyar 5759 / Torah portion “Bamidbar”
10:00 A short lecture
10:15 Distribution into small groups
Group A will receive a suitcase and will create a huge crossword
Group B will receive a suitcase and perform a play
Group C will receive a suitcase and create a visual artwork (A painting? An installation?)
Group D will receive a suitcase and create a video clip.
At 12:30 Lunch and an interval
At 14:00 Continued work in groups
At 16:00 Assembly with the parents and presentation of the works to the assembly
At 17:00 Conclusions / Dispersal
The instructors will work with the children from 10:15 in sorting the items in the suitcase, before the group starts preparation of its project. The sorting out will include: review of the contents, explanations and learning regarding unknown items or items that are not understood, and a joint discussion as to a decision what will need to remain in the suitcase (and is expressed in the project) and what is thrown out as irrelevant. The section of the learning and discussion has the real importance of the day, although in the children’s eyes the most important issue, we can assume, will be execution of the project.
Materials for the suitcases:
The materials will be brought in by the children and the parents to the welcoming of the Sabbath ceremony and be concentrated on the display table. It will be possible to add materials after the ceremony (following the explanations and the ceremony). For this purpose there will be writing paper and pens available.
Suggestions for Sabbath materials:
a. Sabbath songs:
b. Non verbal symbols: candles, candlesticks, challah bread, a white tablecloth, white shirt, flowers, a napkin to cover the bread, a prayer book, wine glasses, a bottle of wine, candles for havdalah (conclusion of the Sabbath service), aromatics for the havdalah, a Torah scroll (for reading in synagogue on Sabbath), “a Sabbath page”.
c. Symbols/concepts relating to Sabbath: Kiddush, “the most beloved day”, “forbidden to work”, “welcoming the Sabbath”, “the third meal”, “Melave Malka” (special meal on Saturday evening), “havdalah”, “carrying items on the Sabbath”, “the Sabbath area”, “the boundary of the Sabbath area”, “desicretation of the Sabbath”, “keeping the Sabbath”, “the Torah portion”, “being called up to the Torah”, “Maftir”, “haftara”, “the Sabbath goy”, “Oneg Shabbat”, “the extra soul”, “songs for the Sabbath”, three meals”, “Shabbat Shalom”“Sabbath can be broken in life and death situations”.
d. Contents relating to the Sabbath:
Remembering Genesis (“because You worked for six days…and on the seventh day You rested”).
Remembering the departure from Egypt “”and remember that you were a slave”.
Rest for the body and the soul
The uniqueness and the unity of the Jewish people
The day on which all your doings or non-doings are derived from your identity as a Jew
e. “Our Sabbath” – ceremonies of all types recounting the way in which the Sabbath is celebrated in the State of Israel, in the kibbutz in general and in kibbutz in particular; arguments about the Sabbath.
f. “My Sabbath” – how do I mark my Sabbath; the connection between the Sabbath and my life and my identity as a Jew.
g. Israel as a measure of Judaism and its public Sabbath.
h. Sabbath and politics in Israel.
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Cidara fails phase 2 study, drops med in vulvovaginal candidiasis
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Feb 21, 2017 9:34am
The small cap was down 40% premarket on the news this morning
Cidara Therapeutics will stop work on its antifungal CD101 in women with moderate-to-severe acute vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), after the topical candidate failed a mid-stage trial.
The so-called ‘Radiant’ phase 2 tested gel and ointment forms of echinocandin antifungal CD101 in VVC patients against the marketed antifungal fluconazole in an oral form—but failed to show sufficient efficacy. Topical forms of CD101 will not be discontinued, the biotech said in a statement.
“The study found that the gel and ointment topical formulations of CD101 evaluated in Radiant were similar in efficacy to each other but lower in clinical and mycological cure rates compared to oral fluconazole,” the biotech added.
It will now focus on an IV version of the drug—currently being studied in phase 2 for candidemia—and the expansion and acceleration of the Cloudbreak immunotherapy platform, which includes CD201 for the treatment of infections caused by multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria.
The IV test, known as the Strive trial, “remains on track,” and is looking at the safety and efficacy of once-weekly CD101 IV to caspofungin, with an optional step-down to oral fluconazole. Results from the test are slated for the fourth quarter of this year.
The small-cap company was pummelled premarket, down 40% to around $7 a share on the news.
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Chris Paul on CP3.11: 'The story is what makes the shoe'
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Rockets point guard Chris Paul doesn't take his role as a Jordan Brand endorser lightly.
"It's such an honor and a privilege," Paul said. "We all know what the brand stands for. It stands for excellence. For me, I love sneakers and the whole process of it."
The process of bringing his latest signature sneaker, the CP3.11, to life was significantly different for Paul, who was traded from the LA Clippers to the Rockets in the middle of the design timeline. Fortunately for both Paul and the company, Jordan Brand had decided on a retro-heavy launch calendar in the fall and holiday seasons, shifting Paul's new model to the spring. That turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as the delay allowed the company to work even more detail into the shoe while adjusting the first colorway.
"Pushing the release date back on my shoe actually worked out perfect, in that me being traded, it would've sucked coming out with a shoe in Clippers colors," Paul said with a laugh.
Chris Paul says of his new CP3.11, "Everything is about speed and traction." Courtesy Jordan Brand
The signature shoe process is nothing new for Paul, of course, as he has worked hands-on year-round with his designer, Justin Taylor, and his product manager, Jamaal Lucas, the past five seasons.
Between multiple visits to Paul's L.A. home last summer, constant texts and FaceTime calls, and meetings in Portland and Houston during the season, they've developed what CP calls a "real family" feel. Paul is even known to show up in the stands of Lucas' Portland city league games when his schedule allows, adding a little pressure for the former University of Cincinnati player turned Jordan product lead.
"We can always think about the process of it, and because we have that relationship, we can be honest about what we like or don't like," he said.
From the start, Paul was looking to add what became the defining trait of his 11th shoe -- a midfoot strap inspired in part by the sneaker he wore in high school: the early 2000s cult classic Nike Air Jet Flight.
"I remember going on Eastbay, and they were like $59.99 at one point," Paul said of the shoe that was frequently worn by Steve Nash. "I was trying to get every color. I loved that shoe."
Much like Nash, who relied on his understanding of angles and spacing, shiftiness along the perimeter and mental mastery of the game flow as his career aged, Paul is looking for his sneakers to allow him to feel that same sense of quickness and control as the Rockets plan to make their own deep postseason run.
"If you're fast, I'm not going to get as close to you because I know you'll just go faster than me. So instead of being fast, I try to use a change of pace," he said. "It's more important to me to be able to change pace than to just be one speed."
With the sizable strap veering around the foot for lockdown and a no-frills herringbone grip pattern along the bottom that wraps up toward the toes for even more coverage, Paul keeps things focused when establishing the key points for his shoe.
"Everything is about speed and traction," he said.
Chris Paul's new shoe features a strap inspired by the Nike Air Jet Flight. Courtesy Jordan Brand
The CP line has always had a strong focus on performance, but Paul has developed a deeper appreciation for the backstories that can help inform a signature sneaker.
"The thing that I've enjoyed over the years learning and trying to get better at is telling stories," he said. "When you design anything, it's all about telling your story. That's why the brand is what it is. That's why MJ is who he is."
Whether it was the protruding tongue on the Air Jordan 15, meant to mimic Michael's iconic tongue-out drives to the rim, or the Ferrari-infused Air Jordan 14 that drafted off of Jordan's love for sports cars, Paul has had ample inspiration from the brand's storied history. One of his favorite details can be found on the Air Jordan 23, which features Michael Jordan's thumbprint on the underside of the tongue.
"Every time you pull the tongue up, you feel like you're MJ for a second," he said. "That's the stuff that I pay attention to."
The tongue of Paul's latest shoe features a Chevron-shaped accent, a staple of his sneakers that honors his late grandfather, Nathaniel Jones, the first African-American to own a gas station in the state of North Carolina. Beloved in their Winston-Salem community, the gas station became known as simply "Jones' Chevron."
The Chevron icon has been a staple of Chris Paul's signature Jordan line. Courtesy Jordan Brand
As Paul has become more comfortable in his new surroundings this season, he has also gotten used to the fun sneaker competition with his new teammates. After playing alongside Jordan teammate Blake Griffin in L.A., he and Adidas headliner James Harden have loosely kept tabs on each other's pairs in the locker room.
"He'll come in with some pair of Adidas, and I might have some Js on, and he'll mess with me and say, 'Ughhh!'" Paul said.
While the jokes are all in good fun, the duo has lobbed out the idea of having their L.A.-based summer travel teams face off, a rarity for teams playing in competing brand leagues.
"The cool part too is we both got AAU programs, and, of course with grassroots basketball, there's different circuits," Paul said. "You've got the Nike/Jordan circuit, you've got the Adidas circuit, and you've got the Under Armour circuit. One thing we've talked about is getting our teams together to play against each other."
Harden and Paul have shared the backcourt on the floor with ease, but sharing space alongside PJ Tucker in the locker room hasn't been quite as easy for CP3. Each player is known to have more than a dozen pairs at any time overflowing from his stash of options. They also each have their own sneaker travel luggage for road games.
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Tucker has been taking the league by storm this season with his unprecedented mix of high-value exclusives, early releases and vintage finds.
"It catches me by surprise with some of the shoes that he'll play in," he said. "He'll be in some shoes, and it's like, 'You done lost your mind. You know the sole is coming off those. Why are you even trying?'"
Paul is expected to wear the CP3.11 throughout the playoffs, and though he'll leave the ongoing on-court sneaker hunting to Tucker, he does have a favorite memory of finally tracking down a long-lost pair years ago.
"The Air Jordan 13 is one of my favorite shoes because of the story behind it," Paul said. "When I was in the sixth grade, I was playing after-school intramurals, and I came back to my locker, and my shoes were gone. That was the first day that I wore them to school, and I didn't get another pair of 13s until my fourth year in the NBA."
As he has found with his 11th model, it's those added details and personal connections that can help a sneaker hold added meaning to whoever is wearing it.
"I think the story is what makes the shoe," he said.
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ETFs Vs. Mutual Funds: Which Is Right For You?
This website is called ETF.com. As you might expect, we like ETFs. For a variety of reasons outlined below, we think ETFs are the right investment choice, much of the time, for many investors.
Are they the right choice always and for everyone? Of course not.
Most of the employees here at ETF.com own both mutual funds and ETFs. It's just a matter of understanding the differences, and understanding where each structure makes the most sense.
Let's review the fundamental difference between the two structures. To keep things simple, we'll focus exclusively on index-based funds and ETFs.
On one level, both mutual funds and ETFs do the same thing.
Let's imagine, for instance, two products that are designed to track the S&P 500: an ETF and a mutual fund. If you look under the hood, both products will hold all (or most) of the 500 stocks in the index, in the exact proportion in which they exist in the index. At this level, the two product structures are identical.
The difference of course is that ETFs are "exchange traded." That means you can buy and sell them intraday, like any other stock. By contrast, you can only buy or sell index funds once per day, after the close of trading. You do this by contacting the mutual fund company directly and telling them you want to acquire or redeem shares.
What does all that mean for investors? And how do you choose? Let's examine the differences:
The Positives Of ETFs
Intraday Liquidity: Those fancy words mean you can buy and sell ETFs at any time during the trading day. If the market is falling apart, you can get out at 10 a.m. In a mutual fund, you would have to wait until after the close of trading … which could be a costly delay.
Lower Costs: Although it's not guaranteed, ETFs often have lower total expense ratios than competing mutual funds. The reason is simple: When you buy shares of a mutual fund directly from the mutual fund company, that company must handle a great deal of paperwork to record who you are, where you live and to send you documents. When you buy shares of an ETF, you do so through your brokerage account, and all the record-keeping is done (and paid for) by your brokerage firm. Less paperwork equals lower costs. Most of the time.
Transparency: Holdings in an ETF are disclosed on a regular, frequent basis, so investors know what they are investing in and where their money is parked. Mutual funds, by contrast, only disclose their holdings quarterly, with a 30-day lag.
Tax Efficiency: ETFs are almost always more tax efficient than mutual funds because of how they interact. See our article "Why Are ETFs So Tax Efficient?"
Greater Flexibility: Because ETFs are traded like stocks, you can do things with them you can't do with mutual funds, including writing options against them, shorting them and buying them on margin.
The Cons Of ETFs
Commissions: The beauty of intraday liquidity does not come without costs: Typically, you pay a commission when you buy or sell any security, and ETFs are no different. If you regularly invest a small amount of money in an ETF—say, $1,000 per paycheck—those commissions can be cost-prohibitive. There are an increasing number of commission-free ETF trading programs in place, like Charles Schwab, Etrade, Fidelity and TD Ameritrade. But check before you trade.
Spreads: In addition to commissions, investors also pay the "spread" when buying or selling ETFs. The spread is the difference between the price you pay to acquire a security and the price at which you can sell it. The larger the spread—and for some ETFs, the spread can be quite large—the larger the cost. There is no way to get around this.
Premiums and Discounts: When you buy or sell a mutual fund at the end of the day, you always transact exactly at its stated "net asset value" (NAV), so you always get a "fair" price. While mechanisms exist that keep ETF share prices in line with their fair value, those mechanisms are not perfect. At any given moment, an ETF might trade at a premium or a discount to its NAV. If you buy at a premium and sell at a discount, ouch … you've lost out.
General Illiquidity: While exchange-trading sounds great, not all ETFs are as tradable as you think. Some trade rarely, or only at wide spreads. These become the financial equivalent of the Hotel California: You can never leave.
Neither mutual funds nor ETFs are perfect. Both can offer solid exposure at minimal costs, and can be good tools for investors.
For most, the choice comes down to what you value most: Do you value the absolute lowest expense ratio and the flexibility of trading intraday? Go with ETFs. Do you worry about the impact of commissions, premiums, spreads and other factors? Go with mutual funds. Others look at taxes, reserving the ultra-tax-efficient ETFs for taxable accounts and using mutual funds in tax-deferred accounts.
Importantly, there is no reason this must be an either/or question. Mutual funds can live side by side with ETFs in a portfolio perfectly happily.
What's Next? How Do You Choose The Right ETF?
Why Are ETFs So Cheap?
Why Are ETFs So Tax Efficient?
What Risks Are There In ETFs?
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OFX vs Currencies Direct: Who Should You Choose?
When looking to transfer money internationally, it is important that you find the right provider to suit your needs. So, given the sheer choice you have, it’s no wonder you feel a little overwhelmed. Currency conversion and international transfers are part and parcel of a financial industry that is filled to the brim with jargon and complications. To help you, we’ve chosen two of the most major names in the money transfer industry and put them together in a simple, comparative article.
The Important Bits
Safety: Based in Australia, fully licensed and publicly listed
Rates: Vary based on amount and currency
Fees: $15 for transfers under $10,000. Fee free above $10,000.
Speed: 1-2 business days for most transfers
Service: Above average customer service, particularly over the phone
Safety: Also based in the UK, licensed and well backed
Rates: Depends on the currency and amount you are sending
Fees: No flat fee
Service: Reasonable online and phone support
There is little between these two companies. They both offer exchange rates and fees that are usually better than the banks. OFX and Currencies Direct both also excel at their online experience.
Overall though, OFX has a few more bells and whistles. They have more products and services for business customers and have a strong record both for customer service and safety of customer money.
Learn more about OFX
Learn more about Currencies Direct
Let's have a look at them in more detail
Where did it first start?
OFX was previously OzForex, and is an Australian-based money transfer provider. Established in 1998 by Matthew Gilmour, it has headquarters in Sydney and has grown rapidly over 19 years. OFX now has several global offices around the world, including London, San Francisco, Hong Kong and Auckland.
OFX roughly makes around 3000 transfers daily, and transferred $9.1 billion in 2013. It has around 2 million website users each day, and since its establishment, OFX has transferred over $100 billion.
OFX buys their currency at a wholesale rate, meaning it can offer better rates to its customers than banks, who typically add a mark-up on the mid-market rate. Because OFX buys currency in larger loads at better prices, it doesn't need to add much of a mark-up to take a profit. OFX takes around a 0.3% margin profit, in comparison to a typical 4% from banks.
OFX is a simple and fast transfer service that teams itself with great rates. You need to register first and tell OFX how much you wish to transfer, and who you send it to. It then works out the exchange rate and fee and you can lock in your transfer, and away you go!
For a step by step guide to using OFX, click here.
Security of OFX
OFX is regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and is able to safely transfer your money using Macquarie Bank's global risk management policies. It has a low-risk business model and state-of-the-art website security measures in place including minimum 2048 bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates for protective encryption of your transfer.
Currencies Direct has headquarters in London and began in 1996 by Mayank Patel and Peter Ellis. In its first year of establishment, it turned over £12 million. However, today, Currencies Direct turns over £4.5 billion annually, and has over 150,000 active clients globally.
Currencies Direct asks that you register first to use their service, and the application form will take up to 48 hours to be approved. This can be done online or over the phone, but note that Currencies Direct is a UK-based company with no office or telephone number in Australia, so you will incur international phone charges. After approval, you’ll get assigned a dedicated account manager for your transfer.
TIP: Research the documents you will need for registration, so you have them at the ready.
Security of Currencies Direct
Currencies Direct Ltd is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority as an Electronic Money Institution under the Electronic Money Regulations 2011. Their FCA Firm Reference number is 900669.
Currencies Direct Ltd is registered in England & Wales at One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AA, No. 03041197.
Exchange rates and fees
Let’s look at the numbers – when transferring money internationally, it’s vital that you know the exchange rate you’re getting and any fees that may be involved in the transfer.
A lot of providers will either charge a transfer fee that’s fixed and will be waivered over a certain amount. Alternatively they'll choose to charge a fee that a reflects a number of factors in your transfer, including how much you’re sending, the currency you’re sending in, and where you are sending it to.
To help you be aware of both the costs involved and the exchange rate, we’ve put together a table below showing you what you’d get in return for a transfer based on $1000 AUD-USD, to show you who is cheaper.
All information was obtained March 2017, and is subject to change based on the financial market.
Start Fees Exchange Rate Total (USD)
OFX $1000AUD $15 0.7547 $754.570
Currencies Direct $1000AUD Nil. 0.7604 $760.45
Available currencies to transfer
All money transfer companies will offer you the ability to transfer in any main currency, such as GBP, AUD, USD but if you think you might need a company that allows you to transfer in a less popular currency, then you will need to do your research.
OFX can transfer in 55 currencies, including the following: AED, CAD, CHF, EUR, GBP, HKD, JPY, MXN, NZD, SGD, THB, USD, ZAR.
For more information on all the currencies, click here.
Currencies Direct support 63 currencies, including: GBP, EUR, USD, CAD, AUD, NZD, JPY, HKD, SGD.
Minimum and Maximum amounts to transfer
OFX Currencies Direct
Minimum $250 £100
Maximum Nil. Nil.
Time of Transfer
Time can govern a lot of things in our lives, including our international money transfers. If you need your payment to reach your recipient sooner rather than later, then your research will depend on the time it takes. In general, there isn’t a huge amount of difference between providers.
The time taken to complete your transfer will depend on the country you are sending the money to, and the cut-off times when you choose to transfer your money on a particular day.
OFX will transfer your money in 1-3 business days.
Currencies Direct will transfer your money in 1-4 business days.
Pros and Cons of OFX and Currencies Direct
As with everything, each provider will have its benefits and negatives. We’ve put together a table of pros and cons for both below:
Pros Cons Pros Cons
Very easy website with easily accessible information Transaction fee applies (although waived after $10,000) No transaction fee on any transfer made. Not much of an Australian presence or contact number.
Offers an app for all smartphones No cash pick-ups Recent re-built app available to all smart phones. No cash pick ups
Competitive exchange rates Fewer options than competitors in types of transfers they offer. Added value for larger transfers with competitive exchange rates. Some feedback tells of rude staff.
Headquarters based in Sydney Less supported currencies More supported currencies
Whatever your reason for transferring money abroad, its so important that you're aware of all fees and rates. Whether it be to transfer money back to family, to pay bills or mortgage payments on an overseas residence, or perhaps transferring larger amounts of money from a property you have recently bought or sold, research is imperative.
If it’s larger payments, then the exchange rate can mean the difference of hundreds of AUD. If you would like to speak to one of our friendly, professional advisors, contact us on 1800 004 930.
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Hampstead review: Diane Keaton stars in new London-based drama
SOME films try too hard to please. Hampstead desperately wants to be a heart-warming blend of Notting Hill and The Lady In The Van but is too twee and calculating to pull it off.
PUBLISHED: 00:01, Fri, Jun 23, 2017 | UPDATED: 11:17, Fri, Jun 23, 2017
Diane Keaton and James Norton in Hampstead
Hampstead (Cert 12A; 103mins)
It may be (very) loosely based on true events but it feels like a far-fetched fairy tale set in a Never Never Land vision of a permanently rose-strewn, sun-kissed London. Even the odd cloudburst does nothing to dampen the mood.
It is hard to believe a word of it. The ageless Diane Keaton plays Emily, an American widow with a mountain of debts and a leaky roof living in an incredibly valuable flat in leafy Hampstead. Her debts don’t seem to stop her from casually shelling out £124 for a beret, albeit a very fetching beret.
Emily volunteers in a charity shop and seems to sport Keaton’s Annie Hall wardrobe and dreamy, idealistic attitude to life. Her son Philip occasionally drops by but such a brief role seems a waste of time for Grantchester actor James Norton.
Diane Keaton honoured at gala party attended by likes of Meryl Streep
Snooty neighbour Fiona (Lesley Manville) is like a posher version of Hyacinth Bucket, obsessed with keeping up appearances. She is keen to maintain sky-high property prices at all costs and protect the neighbourhood for her own privileged elite. She also keeps foisting resistible suitors on Emily.
But Emily is much more interested in Donald (Brendan Gleeson), a grumpy tramp who lives in a shack of his own creation in the grounds of a derelict hospital nearby. Donald is probably the area’s most environmentally friendly resident as he generates his own electricity, grows his own vegetables, washes in the river and lives off the grid. When Emily and Donald eventually meet, it is the beginning of a fine romance that unfolds in a picnic at Karl Marx’s tomb, a trip to the British Museum and an impromptu fishing lesson.
Diane Keaton honoured with AFI Life Achievement Award
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Diane Keaton honoured at gala party attended by likes of Al Pacino and Meryl Streep
Emily falls hook, line and sinker and when Donald is threatened with eviction by greedy property developers she leads the campaign to save his home. In its favour Hampstead has the benefit of effortlessly charismatic performances from the two stars.
There is nothing remotely challenging in the roles but Gleeson is charming and understated and there is a real spark of chemistry with Keaton.
The film’s main problem is a thumpingly obvious, predictable screenplay that you suspect plays fast and loose with the true story of the late Harry Hallowes, otherwise known as “Harry The Hermit”. Hampstead is never as funny as you would hope nor as dramatic as it needs to be.
A cast of British stalwarts includes Simon Callow as the trial judge, Jason Watkins as a creepy accountant and a scene-stealing turn from Phil Davis as a key witness. But in the end Hampstead is mere froth that might bring a smile to the face of incurable romantics and anyone in search of very undemanding, soft-centred, old-fashioned escapism.
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Apple doubles down on stopping ad tech companies from stalking you
The company said it will expand use of its Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) technology to stop the use of first-party cookies that stalk users around the web.
[Photo: Thom/Unsplash]
By Mark Sullivan 1 minute Read
Apple is talking tough on advertising companies that drop cookies to track your browser around the web to collect ad targeting data. The company says it sees cookie offenders as no better than bad actors that try to disable privacy and security features on its phones.
The company’s WebKit team released a new policy statement today that expands the power of its Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) technology, which originally blocked the dropping of third-party cookies into Safari browsers used by iPhone and iMac owners.
For 25 years, interactive advertisers, including Facebook, Google, and other ad-tech firms, have dropped cookies into users’ browsers to track the websites they visit and interact with. The third-party cookies are usually dropped into a browser via an ad from the advertiser or ad network displayed somewhere in or around a publisher’s web content. A first-party cookie is one dropped by the publisher itself, often to keep track of content selected during the user’s previous visits. But, it turns out, the sneaky ad-tech players have figured out ways of using those first-party cookies to stalk users, too. It’s those techniques Apple says it will now block.
The vast ad-tech ecosystem is filled with niche players and middlemen that specialize in ever more accurate ways to track people’s interests on the web. And not all of them respect the browser’s cookie rules and user preferences to achieve their goal.
Apple is trying to take away the work-arounds commonly used by these players. It has already shut down methods like DeviceID, which establishes an identifier for the user’s computer in the browser. Now it’s shutting down the “link decoration” method used by social networks to make first-party cookies perform the user tracking functions of third-party cookies.
The penalties for any ad-tech player trying to circumvent blocks to these methods can be serious. Apple says it may reduce the tracking options of the specific advertiser that tries to work around the block. But it might also reduce the cookie options in the same way for all advertisers.
“If a party attempts to circumvent our tracking-prevention methods, we may add additional restrictions without prior notice,” Apple’s WebKit team says in the update. “These restrictions may apply universally; to algorithmically classified targets; or to specific parties engaging in circumvention.”
Hat tip: ZDNet
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Billionaire JB Pritzker to announce Illinois governor bid
CHICAGO (AP) - Billionaire businessman J.B. Pritzker is expected to announce a bid for Illinois governor.
The Chicago Democrat tweeted Thursday that he was readying for "the big announcement" above a picture with his son holding a sign reading "J.B. for Governor."
Pritzker's campaign confirmed the tweet ahead of a Thursday afternoon event in Chicago where he's expected to formally declare his run.
Pritzker is an investor and philanthropist whose candidacy raises the financial stakes in what's already expected to be an expensive race to unseat Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner.
An heir to the Hyatt hotel fortune, Pritzker was recently ranked by Forbes magazine as the third-wealthiest person in Illinois.
Other Democrats seeking the nomination in the March primary include state Sen. Daniel Biss, businessman Chris Kennedy and Chicago Alderman Ameya (a-MAY-a) Pawar.
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Homosassa woman celebrates 100th birthday
HOMOSASSA, Fla. - .A woman from Homosassa is celebrating a very special birthday milestone this 4th of July holiday: She has just turned 100 years old.
Della Bell celebrated her birthday July 3 at the Sugarmill Manor Assisted Living facility. Heidi Johnson says Bell has lived at Sugarmill Manor for 3 1/2 years and is like family to those who work there.
She is very active, attends worship services, loves bingo and loves music. "She often times will sit near the front entrance or near the office so she can greet and talk to everyone. She has a great sense of humor and is full of life," Johnson said.
Bell was a nurse and grew up in Kentucky as the youngest of 13 children, Johnson said. She has one son who still lives in Kentucky and visits her often.
As for her secret to longevity? "She has said on multiple occasions, 'If you don't use it, you lose it,'" Johnson says. "She really just keeps a good positive attitude and keeps active. She is so healthy she is barely on anything other than basic vitamins," she said.
"We hope Della is with us many more years," she said.
Happy Birthday Ms. Della!
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Mistakes, but no political bias in FBI probe of Trump campaign
Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz wrote review of Russia probe. (AP pic)
WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department’s internal watchdog said on Monday that it found numerous errors but no evidence of political bias by the FBI when it opened an investigation into contacts between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia in 2016.
The report by Inspector General Michael Horowitz gave ammunition to both Trump’s supporters and his Democratic critics in the debate about the legitimacy of an investigation that clouded the first two years of his presidency.
It will not be the last word on the subject.
Federal prosecutor John Durham, who is running a separate criminal investigation on the origins of the Russia probe, said he did not agree with some of the report’s conclusions.
Horowitz found that the FBI had a legal “authorised purpose” to ask for court approval to begin surveillance of Carter Page, a former Trump campaign adviser.
But he also found a total of 17 “basic and fundamental” errors and omissions in its applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (Fisa) that made the case appear stronger than it was.
For example, the FBI continued to rely on information assembled by a former British intelligence officer named Christopher Steele in its warrant applications even after one of Steele’s sources told the agency that his statements had been mischaracterised or exaggerated.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, a Republican, said that effectively turned the investigation into a “criminal enterprise” to defraud the court and violate Page’s rights.
“I don’t fault anybody for looking into allegations like this. I do fault them for lying and misrepresenting to the court,” said Graham, who will hold a hearing on Wednesday examining the report’s findings.
The report also singled out an FBI lawyer for altering an email in a renewal of the warrant application to claim that Page was not a source for another US government agency, when in fact he did work from 2008 to 2013 with another agency that was not identified in the report.
The lawyer, identified by Republicans as Kevin Clinesmith, did not respond to a request for comment.
Democrats said the report showed that there was no basis for Trump’s repeated charges that the FBI was trying to undermine his chances of winning the White House.
“This report conclusively debunks the baseless conspiracy that the investigations into Mr Trump’s campaign and its ties to Russia originated with political bias,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said at a news conference.
Trump called the investigation a witch hunt and assailed FBI leaders and career staffers who worked on it.
“This was an attempted overthrow and a lot of people were in on it, and they got caught,” Trump told reporters at the White House.
The FBI investigation was taken over in May 2017 by former FBI chief Robert Mueller after Trump fired James Comey as the agency’s director.
“Those who attacked the FBI for two years should admit they were wrong,” Comey said in a Washington Post op-ed.
Mueller’s 22-month special counsel investigation detailed a Russian campaign of hacking and propaganda to sow discord in the United States and help Trump defeat Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Mueller documented numerous contacts between Trump campaign figures and Moscow but found insufficient evidence of a criminal conspiracy.
Attorney General William Barr, who ordered the Durham investigation, said the report showed that the FBI launched its investigation “on the thinnest of suspicions.”
FBI Director Christopher Wray said he had ordered dozens of revisions to fix problems highlighted in the report, such as changes to warrant applications and methods for dealing with informants.
The FBI would review the conduct of employees mentioned in the report, he said.
Horowitz said his office on Monday began a new review to further scrutinize the FBI’s compliance with its own fact-checking policies used to get applications to surveil US persons in counterterrorism investigations, as well as counterintelligence probes.
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Tag Archives: Digital television
Broadband Bytes: Monday Edition
By Mike Taylor | October 20, 2008 - 10:00 pm | October 20, 2008 Broadband Bytes, News
There hasn’t been any news in the broadband world the last few weeks. Just kidding. Here are some “morsels” for you to chew on:
A local telco in Monticello, Minnesota (Bridgewater Telephone, child company of TDS Telecom) lost a suit against a city-built Fiber-to-the-Home network. (A project very similar to UTOPIA). The judge dismissed Bridgewater’s complaint of competition by a governmental organization. Apparently, the incumbent telco, Bridgewater, wouldn’t build a fiber network so the city had decided to bond and build their own. I thought this network was interesting because the goals of the network read a lot like the goals of UTOPIA:
choice of service provider
local ownership
economic returns to the community
There is a site like FreeUtopia that is covering this network: http://www.monticellofiber.com/
Some universities seem to be cutting back on POTS (plain old telephone) offerings to dorms because of lack of use.
Cox and Time Warner were fined for implementing SDV and knocking CableCARD customers offline without proper notification.
It also looks like BPL (Broadband over Power Lines) is dead. Manassas, Virginia where the flagship BPL network was deployed has been turned over to the city who will keep it around until about 2010. For all you amateur radio (PDF) operators out there this is good news.
Apple is rumored to be working on a networked TV. That’s going to require a lot of bandwidth. In addition to normal TV functions, you could stream any content from iTunes like downloaded movie rentals, TV episodes on demand, etc.
Business Week recently did an excellent piece called “The Digital Divide” that talks about just how important broadband is becoming in spurring business in areas that have it, and leaving those that don’t in the dust.
President Bush signed the Broadband Data Improvement Act into law on Oct. 10. The bill will provide for improved data on the status of broadband deployment in the United States by forcing the FCC to make a couple of major changes to the way it puts together broadband information. This includes yearly metrics for “second-generation” broadband that can support full motion HD video and more granularity to for reporting of broadband broken down by ZIP+4 instead of just ZIP (as it is now). The bill also authorizes a program of grants to support public/private public partnerships to stimulate broadband deployment and adoption at the state level. I’m interested to know what this would mean for projects like UTOPIA. Thoughts?
Tagged amateur radio, apple, bpl, Broadband, Broadband Bytes, Cox, Digital television, FTTH, FTTN, monticello, Qwest, Time Warner
The Need for Speed: Comcast's Plans to Squeeze More Bandwidth From Aging Copper
By Jesse | July 14, 2008 - 8:00 am | July 14, 2008 News
In the quest to prepare for DOCSIS 3.0 without undertaking the necessary step of replacing aging coax with fiber, Comcast has been playing around with several solutions designed to postpone the inevitable and squeeze more bandwidth from their copper turnip. The end result? Freeing up anywhere from 25% to 50% of their available bandwidth on the coax last mile.
Tagged Analog television, CableVision, coax, Comcast, Digital television, Dish Network, DOCSIS 3.0, DTA, FCC, fiber, HD, HDTV, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, RCN, STB, Verizon, VOD
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Tag Archives: DSL
Is CenturyLink About to Ditch Copper?
By Jesse | August 20, 2013 - 4:16 pm | August 20, 2013 Essays, Jeers
It’s no small secret that Verizon has been working really, really hard to ditch copper access lines. In areas where they haven’t rolled out FIOS, they’re letting older copper plants rot on the vine, ceding the wired space in those communities to the local cable companies. In areas of New York where Hurricane Sandy wiped out the copper plant, they’re flat-out refusing to rebuild any landlines, instead offering a high-margin fixed wireless service.
AT&T hasn’t been too much better. Their anemic speeds on FTTN constantly lag behind their cable counterparts. Like Verizon, most of their money comes from wireless operations, so that’s where their efforts have been focused. In fact, when was the last time you heard anything about U-Verse in the news?
It seems to me that CenturyLink is ready to follow suit. They recently announced that they would be building fiber to 19-20K cell towers in their service areas. I can’t say I blame them. This is a highly profitable business, one that I wish UTOPIA or its providers could crack. Given the slow and steady loss of both landlines and broadband customers (the latter due to a lack of network upgrades), I’m sure they’re looking at whatever boosts the bottom line.
You’ll note, however, that upgrading DSL users to ADSL2+, their FTTN solution, is a footnote. Their CFO and SVP more-or-less states it outright:
“We try to design the routes to bring fiber to the towers to where they can serve other needs that we have to in terms of providing fiber closer to business customers and closer to residential customers to provide some of the higher bandwidth services,” Ewing said.
That’s right: CenturyLink is stating rather plainly that their main concern is to get fiber to those cell towers, then, if it’s “feasible” (read: dirt cheap), you can have the leftover table scraps. Cable companies (and most other phone companies) have posted subscriber gains in broadband, yet CenturyLink, who hasn’t upgraded speeds past 40Mbps since 2009, is losing thousands of customers per quarter. Odds are good that any areas getting this fiber will just now be moving off of vanilla DSL to the same 40Mbps speed (or lower) that they’ve been pushing for the last four years. When Comcast is pushing 105Mbps and UTOPIA and Google Fiber are doing gigabit, how is it anything but a giant middle finger to current and potential customers?
CenturyLink is choosing to let copper customers loose for the same reasons that Verizon and AT&T are: it’s expensive to provide service, and they can make the same or more money from wireless (albeit on different ends) with lower costs and a lot less competition. The copper network has paid for itself many times over, so writing it off as it continues to degrade is no big deal. The money they invest in cell towers has a much better ROI than investing in wireline services, so what limited funds they have will be going there.
This isn’t just a problem for CenturyLink customers. As they slowly back away from consumers and shift their core business to wholesale transport for other businesses, most users in Utah will be left with just the cable company, Comcast, to fill the void. With only a single wireline provider in most of the state, speeds will stagnate, prices will rise, and service will worsen. When there’s no incentive to compete, why would you?
Tagged ADSL2+, CenturyLink, Comcast, copper, DSL, FIOS, FTTN, U-Verse, Verizon
It's not just XMission: Qwest hurting other providers too
By Jesse | August 3, 2010 - 12:31 pm | August 3, 2010 Jeers, News
Salt Lake City Weekly just ran a story on Qwest’s attempts to limit competition and it looks like XMission isn’t alone. The CFO of Fibernet, Lee Livingston, says they have also experienced getting cut off from newer infrastructure and getting their customers poached. Tellingly, the Qwest PR flack tasked with responding refused to dispute the accuracy of the recorded phone call with their rep, instead trying a weak sauce accusation that it had been fabricated or altered. (Hey Qwest? That’s pretty much an admission of guilt and makes you look petty.) Fibernet used to complain to the FCC about these problems and gave up after they got no results.
The short of it is that the new era of competition that was supposed to be ushered in by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 flamed out almost as fast as it arrived. Incumbents have been actively thwarting wholesale customers to lock the market back up while claiming that they still have sufficient competition. Open networks like UTOPIA are the last chance to correct this market imbalance. And yes, it will be expensive and painful. Most mistakes are.
Tagged DSL, Fibernet, line sharing, Qwest, Salt Lake City Weekly, UTOPIA, XMission
The Smoking Gun: Qwest Caught Admitting That FTTN Eliminates Competition
By Jesse | July 21, 2010 - 2:02 pm | July 21, 2010 Jeers, News
Incumbent telcos haven’t exactly been thrilled at having to offer their lines at wholesale rates to competing ISPs, especially since landline revenues have been sliding into a ditch. While AT&T and Verizon can keep most of that revenue with a wireless division, Qwest has no such option and has struggled with making enough money to either reduce its staggering debt load or upgrade its network. Instead of offering, say, good service or a product that people want to buy, they instead figured out that rolling out FTTN would let them claim to no longer have a copper plant to share. Of course, they don’t admit so much in public, instead insisting that other ISPs are just too incompetent (heh) to handle their shiny new pipes.
Well, Xmission has called them on it with a recording of a Qwest agent saying flat-out that the point of FTTN has been to eliminate competition and bring all of those customers in-house. It’s pretty damning evidence that Qwest doesn’t want to compete based on the products and services they offer, but rather on locking out competition. Is it any wonder that we have fewer ISPs today than we did in 1997 and that the few remaining ones are on UTOPIA as a means of survival?
Tagged competition, DSL, FTTN, Qwest, XMission
Is Twitter for Customer Service or Damage Control?
By Jesse | June 10, 2009 - 10:08 am | June 10, 2009 Essays
Comcast has gotten a lot of praise for their Twitter customer service team and I don’t doubt it’s been responsible for their sharply increased rating on the American Consumer Satisfation Index (ACSI). I’ve used their team myself to resolve problems that support doesn’t or get quick answers to service questions. While I think they’re doing a valuable job, their function has been misidentified as customer service.
In my mind, customer service starts the minute you initiate contact to resolve an issue. You have an expectation that when you call in, you’re going to walk away with some kind of resolution. When you get conflicting answers from a CSR or don’t get your problem resolved by tech support, you’re not getting good customer service. By the time you’re venting on your blog, on a forum, or on your Twitter account, the damage is done: you got poor service.
When the Twitter-based customer service ninjas swoop in to try and get the problem fixed, they’re in full-on damage control mode. This isn’t to say they aren’t doing a great job of cleaning up messes; they are. But the core problem, that the customer service team failed to deliver, still hasn’t been fixed. I often don’t bother calling in with problems because I know I’m going to spend half an hour rebooting everything to have them blame my router, demand escalation, sit on hold another 15 minutes, and then face getting disconnected. It’s a lot easier to either complain online or seek out the Twitter folks to get things done.
This lesson is an important one for other service providers as a lot of former Comcast customers I’ve spoken with have sworn off ever going back because of customer service issues. Many Mstar customers have been in the same boat. Even though XMission’s DSL service is slower than Comcast and sometimes a bit more expensive, customers are fiercely loyal because the service is, by all accounts, awesome. It’s not because they’re using Twitter, it’s because they don’t have to in order to resolve customer issues.
Tagged ACSI, Comcast, customer service, damage control, DSL, Twitter, XMission
Broadband Bytes: January 1-9, 2008
By Jesse | January 10, 2009 - 6:31 pm | November 24, 2016 Broadband Bytes
Heartburn over the pending DTV switch, CES 2009 and a local retransmission battle are the main headlines of the last week. There’s also plenty of sour economic news and a few rays of hope for providers willing to grab onto innovative ways to deliver content. And, as expected, incumbents are trying to get in on the broadband spending bonanza.
Now that nobody can afford to buy an HDTV and the money for DTV converter boxes is completely gone (not to mention all of the nasty digital signal gaps), politicos and lobbyist are trying to push back the digital conversion date from February 17. So far, president-elect Obama is on-board as are several former chairmen of the FCC and Consumer’s Union. Draft legislation, however, does not move the date, instead choosing to assume a DTV coupon redeption rate of 70% instead of 100%. With anywhere from 2 million to 11 million people unprepared for the digital switch in just 5 short weeks, this could end up being a big issue in the 2010 mid-term election; some folks are rightfully pointing out that with the 10-year lead on this transition, the unprepared should suck it up. A delay in switching could spell problems rolling out services on the freed-up 700MHz spectrums, including delays in LTE deployment. If you still need a DTV converter box, sign up even though the money is gone; the feds will put you on a waiting list until they have more money.
Ah, CES. A time of releasing all kinds of gizmos you didn’t even know you needed until you knew they existed. For instance, LG is rolling out a TV with Netflix integrated into the set. That could set a trend of more set-topless boxes that can stream video from online providers. If the sets support flash-upgradability, they could even add more providers after you’ve already purchased the set. Sony already provides a module for many of its Bravia line that add sources such as YouTube and Sports Illustrated to the set and Samsung is working on it. This will fuel the projected growth in Internet viewers who use their TV.
Another app worth mentioning is the Pogoplug, a network device that can turn any USB hard drive into an uber-NAS. In addition to the traditional NAS functions, it will also share your files over the Internet and includes both a iPhone app and a robust API. This can easily create an app promotion campaign. Transferring gigs of stored data means even more demand for bandwidth.
Are you a DirecTV subscriber? You may have noticed that you no longer have access to KJZZ, the primary source of Jazz games and an exclusive source for USU and WSU games. Despite getting retransmission fees from Comcast and Dish for the previously free channel, DirecTV said the cost was too high and has been attempting to negotiate a lower rate since March. When that failed, DirecTV dropped the station. The messy fight is drawing ire from viewers and causing black eyes for both DirecTV and Larry Miller, owner of KJZZ. With ad revenues sagging, it’s no surprise that broadcasters have turned to retransmission fees as a source of additional revenue. Retransmission revenues climbing at a precipitous rate: 32% in the first 9 months of 2008 with a projected tripling by 2012. With those kinds of rate increases, more subscribers will be driving into the arms of free Internet video.
Broadband subscriber growth is projected to drop about 12% this year with cable gobbling up about 75% of the growth. Why, you may ask? Because DSL is much slower and next-generation broadband options are few and far between. Verizon is already unsure that it will expand past the initial 18M-home footprint for FIOS, especially since it ends up being Verizon’s biggest competitor to its shrinking DSL subscriber base. Time Warner also dropped a bombshell when it wrote off $25B worth of AOL, an asset that continues to drag the company down. Both AT&T and Verizon at looking at some poor revenue forecasts with global telecom spending to inch forward a meager 1%. Don’t cry too hard for them, however. US companies topped worldwide broadband revenues with a nearly $9B lead over second-place Japan, a country that enjoys wide-spread 100Mbps service. US companies still charge a lot more per megabit than any other first-world country.
Clearwire can’t get away from the bad news either. Despite launching service in Portland, Chicago has been delayed until the second half of this year. Comcast had to write off a significant chunk of its investment in Clearwire and Intel is hurting from the slow adoption of WiMax as handset vendors sit this one out.
Qwest is already trying to get in on the broadband spending bonanza. Their proposal is to give the money to the states and let them administer it, just like they did with the Telecommunications Act of 1996 that screwed over Americans to the tune of over $200B. Unsurprisingly, they also want broadband defined as 7Mbps downloads, about what their current FTTN system can support. It’s not just the obvious industry shills we have to worry about either; sock puppets and astroturfing are going to be as rampant as they’ve ever been. Given how pooly these companies have done with broadband already, some are rightfully asking if we should give money to the same folks who created the problem in the first place, especially since we so often see rising rates. While the details of the upcoming broadband spending are up in the air, it will include spending for smart electrical grids and improvements in medical IT systems, both of which should result in big job gains. A competing idea that should be thown into the mix is using loan guarantees instead of just giving the money away. At least then we could be guaranteed some some return on investment.
Remember how Qwest is using FTTN upgrades to degrade ADSL service and poach customers from other ISPs? Apparently other providers think it’s a pretty good idea. AT&T decided to downgrade 2G EDGE service to make way for faster 3G service, a move that forces many to seek a new handset. That spells a lot of angry 1st gen iPhone users who paid big bucks for a device that’s already woefully outdated. AT&T and Verizon have both used delays in moving phone and DSL service as an opportunity to upsell to U-Verse or FIOS. Customers increasingly fed up with incumbents are ready to bolt and Consumer Reports recommends going with a fiber provider. Will you be there to pick them up?
Speaking of dirty tricks, the fallout from the dispute between Qwest and SkyWi has the latter claiming that Qwest cost the company a bunch of customers that switched to other providers. State regulators in New Mexico slammed both companies for putting their differences before the best interests of customers. New Mexico’s AG also lambasted Qwest for “unfair billing and business practices” when dealing with CLECs. (He’d better watch their northern neighbor; Qwest decided to sue Colorado when it didn’t get the rate increases it wanted.) Idaho’s PUC didn’t get involved in the matter on behalf of that state’s affected customers since SkyWi is a VoIP provider and the PUC doesn’t believe it had authority to act. Small providers would likely be eager to jump to another transport given the opportunity, especially as Qwest flexes its muscle.
IPv4 is rapidly running out of addresses with another 200M snapped up in 2008. Developing countries such as China, Russia and Brazil had the biggest percentage spikes with most of the new addresses being used in North America and Asia. Google had already started a migration to IPv6; you should too.
Comcast has flipped the switch on its new throttling system and it appears to be solid engineering as opposed to a cheap grab for more subscriber dollars. (I’m looking at you, Time Warner.) If a particular network segment is congested and you’re part of the problem, your traffic bumps to a lower priority regardless of what protocols or programs you’re using. This is much better than using forged TCP reset packets or cutting off customers for using too much of an undisclosed amount of bandwidth. They still aren’t disclosing what happens when you hit the magic 250GB cap or how exactly we’re supposed to keep track of it, but this is a step in the right direction.
Broadcom is now offering up 8-channel DOCSIS 3.0 bonding which should be able to support up to 320Mbps downloads. That’s all fine and dandy, though cable operators have been slowing their DOCSIS 3.0 single-channel deployments, not to mention that most of them can’t spare 8 channels as they beef up HD offerings.
Tagged 700MHz Spectrum, AT&T, Bandwidth throttling, broadband stimulus, CES, Clearwire, Comcast, Consumers Union, digital transition, DirecTV, DOCSIS 3.0, DSL, dtv, FCC, FIOS, FTTN, HDTV, IPV6, KJZZ, LG, LTE, NAS, Netflix, Obama, PUC, Qwest, retransmission, Samsung, SkyWi, Sony, Time Warner, U-Verse, Verizon
Broadband Bytes: November 15-21, 2008
By Jesse | November 23, 2008 - 10:11 pm | November 23, 2008 Broadband Bytes
Mike just posted a Broadband Bytes, but there’s a few other things that are worth mentioning in the world of telecommunications.
Remember how pinched consumers are more likely to drop video service than data service? A recent survey shows that unhappy people watch a lot more television than happy people do. With economic times getting tough, it may be a smart move to come up with innovative low-cost video packages to snag/retain these customers. Comcast is already trying out a $50/mo data/voice combo and is offering free basic cable for a year for anyone who subscribes to either voice or data services.
Comcast is looking at sneaking in data rate increases after all. Their plan is to upgrade various tiers of service to higher speeds with accompanying higher rates. If you want to downgrade to a lower-priced package, tough noogies: speeds under 12Mbps will be gone except for a 768Kbps “value” tier. Competing providers should be able to snap up a lot of customers by offering a slower and cheaper tier between the two. T-Mobile is also raising rates on data packages, but with a 10GB monthly cap and terrible ping times, few are likely to use it for primary access.
Copper is dead? Multichannel is pretty sure that DSL is DOA and the subscriber numbers back that up as cable dominates. (Ars Technica offers some excellent commentary on the Multichannel article.) AT&T, while still clinging to FTTN with U-Verse, is already using WiMax as a DSL replacement in rural areas and could very well push voice over WiMax. Businesses are also seeing the light (bad pun, I know) and choosing Ethernet and big-pipe services (think OC-3/OC-12+) over T1 and T3. The price of T1 lines is also leading many small businesses to look at business-class DSL and cable options. Some are going so far as to say that copper landlines could be dead by the end of Obama’s first term as customers flock to VoIP and cell phones.
Telcos are hurting but cable could stick around for a while as coax offers a good chunk of bandwidth. They do, however, feel the pinch from the massive amount of bandwidth eaten up by video services. Even as SDV and DTA boxes ease some of that up, the demand for higher-quality signals to all of these shiny new HDTV sets will eat up a lot of the gains as cable operators are forced to move from 480p to 720p and 1080p signals. Competing providers will need to move quickly to offer true HD signals with low compression and superior data rates while the cable companies perform system-wide upgrades over the next 18-24 months. There’s something said for being first to market.
Speaking of HD, incumbents are still making agressive inroads with their HD channel counts. Comcast and Time Warner announced more HD channels this week and Dish Network is agressively adding OTA HD to many of their markets. HD isn’t the only content being expanded; both Verizon and Dish are adding more international programming as well.
Video isn’t just for your TV. Netflix is rolling out HD streaming with coincides with Watch It Now movies on the XBox360. YouTube is also doing a trial of high-quality video. Of course, streaming isn’t everything. Bright House is also pushing customers towards online video, just of the pay variety. They’ve inked a deal with RoadRunner to sell via their online store. All of these things is going to increase demand for greater bandwidth. And speaking of “content” delivery, you can now use your TiVo to order a pizza from Dominoes.
Comcast apparently feels bold enough these days to blow off the FCC. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin asked for data on the operator’s policy of moving channels out of analog tiers and into more expensive digital ones, but Comcast was bold enough to give him only partial data even as threats of fines loom.
It also appears that DTA boxes could be a sticky subject. CableONE asked the FCC for a waiver for a HD-capable DTA box with integrated security. This could shut out CableCARD (and possibly Tru2way) as well as a number of third-party devices like TiVo DVRs. Manufacturers are already pushing these boxes which could very well kill the Carterphone of video before it gets off the ground. Competitive operators will see the opportunity to be fully interoperable with CableCARD and Tru2way and ensure that customer DVRs will work on their systems.
Local programming is in high demand, but there are some chinks in the incumbents’ armor. Since local programming options like high school sports, General Conference and rebroadcasts of local news are so popular, competing operators should mimic what Comcast is doing and look into an old-school public access channel.
Online college classes are starting to show serious promise. Minnesota is pushing to get a quarter of college credits completed online by 2015. A collection of Utah colleges and universities headed by USU is pushing OpenCourseWare, entire courses in digital format that are free to reuse and distribute. These kinds of initiatives could drive demand for metro area networks between the universities and students.
Tagged AT&T, Bright House, cable, CableCARD, CableONE, coax, Comcast, data, Dish Network, DSL, DTA, FCC, FTTN, HDTV, Kevin Martin, Netflix, rate increases, RoadRunner, T-Mobile, Time Warner, TiVo, Tru2way, U-Verse, Verizon, video, voice, WiMax, YouTube
The Need for Speed: Comcast Plans to Up Speeds, Qwest Putting FTTN on Ice
By Jesse | October 15, 2008 - 3:39 pm | October 15, 2008 Cheers, Jeers, News
As a sure sign that the souring economy is causing broadband issues, Qwest is planning to ramp down deployment of their FTTN-based ASDL2+ service. While one of their supplies cites the coming winter weather as the reason for the slow-down, but analysts are reading between the lines that plunging landline subscriptions paired with a slowing economy means rough rides ahead for telcos. AT&T is also seeing some effects of slowing subscriber demand. It’s good news for ISPs, though: the wholesale price of bandwidth continues to drop and consumers are more willing to drop cable TV than high-speed Internet, especially as Comcast continues to raise rates.
Meanwhile, details of Comcast’s new DOCSIS 3.0 deployments is coming to light and, while good news for current subscribers or those switching from DSL, it’s hardly competitive with offerings from UTOPIA. In addition to a 50Mbps/5Mbps tier at $150/mo, Comcast plans to upgrade current subscribers to 12Mbps/2Mbps at $42.95/mo and offer a 22Mbps/5Mbps tier at $62.95/mo to compete with a similar offering from Verizon. Compare that to a 15Mbps/15Mbps plan at $40/mo or 50Mbps/50Mbps for $55/mo from either MSTAR or XMission. Just be thankful you aren’t a SureWest customer. They charge around $192/mo for a 50Mbps connection.
Tagged ADSL2+, AT&T, Comcast, DOCSIS 3.0, DSL, FTTN, Mstar, Qwest, SureWest, TV, UTOPIA, XMission
Broadband Bytes: Weekend Edition
By Jonathan | September 6, 2008 - 8:00 am | September 6, 2008 Broadband Bytes
Today’s Broadband Bytes was brought to you by the letters C, W, and T.
Robert X. Cringely has some words to say about Comcast’s new bandwidth caps. He compares today’s caps to the caps he had years ago. Do they match up? Is Comcast offering a better deal than the ISP’s of the late 1990’s? And from Slashdot, “Comcast has filed a court appeal of an FCC ruling that says the company can’t delay peer-to-peer traffic on its network because it violates FCC net neutrality principles.“
Australia’s caps make Comcast’s look great.
With all the talk about city wifi networks becoming ubiquitous there are some downsides…scalability. Networkworld has an interesting article about the the technical problems with scaling WiFi to meet today’s bandwidth hungry users. As a side note, some users ask the network engineers at my place of employment (higher ed) when wifi will become our primary means of connecting desktops to the network. The answer is always the same: never. They say: “What do you mean I can’t use this new 2.4Ghz phone I just purchased?” Some departments decide to go wireless anyway (usually to avoid the cost of wiring) but later end up having to convert to physical connections anyway.
It looks like Comcast’s new caps are around thanks to Florida consumer protection laws. It seems that prior to the 250Gig caps there was no cap. They just cut off the top 1000 users every month. Because consumers were unable to find out how to avoid this in the future the Florida AG became involved.
As the Analog TV signals fade out, will you receive the new digital signals? In rural areas you may not!
Along those lines I dug up these old articles about Utah getting a jump start on converting the state-wide network of TV translators to digital signals. One interesting tidbit from the article: “It is widely believed that Utah has the largest terrestrial-analog translator network in the world. The system provides rural viewers with over-the-air television in approximately 80 percent of the state.”
Speaking of rural communities, two very small communities got federal grant money totaling $1.7 million from the United States Rural Development to build fiber optic networks. Is this different than the RUS funding UTOPIA originally had?
Verizon is using Yahoo as their “portal partner” for all their broadband users.
We’ve talked about the FCC wanting free broadband before. Here’s a company that wants to make it happen (good details). In a letter to the editor in USA Today, the writer asks, why should broadband be free? (he thinks it shouldn’t be). T-Mobile has been the most vocal opponent to this plan by the FCC to give out free broadband, they say because it could cause interference with other wireless signals. The FCC is trying to put that fear to rest in a demonstration.
The Register (based in the UK) has a great piece titled “Why the U.S. faces broadband price hikes” (due to the recent FCC Comcast net neutrality ruling). But in somewhat unrelated news, others like CNET are talking about broadband price wars brewing. Those price wars could end up hurting consumers though instead of helping them.
Cable broadband is growing faster than DSL and tecos, and interestingly, VOIP is a big factor in driving broadband growth and makes up the biggest percentage of broadband value added services.
Tagged Analog television, ATSC, Broadband, Broadband Bytes, Caps, Comcast, Cringley, DSL, dtv, NetworkWorld, NTSC, price war, Translator, Utah, WiFi, Yahoo
Frontier Guarantees Mass Migration to UTOPIA in Tremonton with New 5GB Monthly Cap
By Jesse | July 30, 2008 - 8:18 pm | July 30, 2008 Jeers, News, UTOPIA
Frontier Communications, the incumbent phone carrier in Tremonton, has decided to give UTOPIA a helping hand by implementing a 5GB monthly cap on all of their DSL customers to drive them into the arms of a competitor. By comparison, the lowest cap available from a UTOPIA provider is 20 times that at 100GB per month. When the service starts rolling out in September and October, I’m sure that UTOPIA will see a good number of signups from angry customers who don’t appreciate per-byte billing.
One of two possibilities exists: they arrogantly think they’re so much better that nobody will switch or don’t see how boneheaded a move this is. Either way, it highlights the need for a bit of competition in the marketplace.
Tagged bandwidth caps, DSL, Frontier Communications, UTOPIA
The Need for Speed: Comcast, Verizon Start Boosting Bandwidth
By Jesse | June 20, 2008 - 10:00 am | June 20, 2008 News
The race for the speed crown continues as Verizon rolls out 50Mbps/20Mbps service to all of its current FIOS customers. The super-fast tier of service comes at a price of around $150/month, not far off from what Qwest is charging for inferior 20Mbps/896Kbps DSL service. This also prepares Verizon for a fight to the death in the Lone Star State with AT&T's inferior U-Verse service where it plans to overbuild to 600,000 homes in the GTE territories it purchased. I'm sure Qwest is sweating as well; it also borders several Verizon markets and can't compete on speed either.
Comcast also made some speed announcements, bumping upload speeds on the 6Mbps and 8Mbps tiers to 1Mbps and 2Mbps respectively. I've independently speedtested this claim and found that I'm getting a solid 1.3Mbps of upload on my 6Mbps plan. While the plan is to roll out 50Mbps service in multiple markets after testing in the Minneapolis area, that will also come with all kinds of protocol-agnostic throttling and potentially a 250GB monthly transfer cap.
Despite all this increased speed, we're still doing terribly in broadband availability and adoption. OECD numbers show us slipping to 15th out of 30 with China stealing the crown from us for most fixed broadband connections. Caps and throttling are also going to prove highly unpopular as we approach a new variant of Moore's Law that shows IP traffic doubling every two years through at least 2012. Maybe its time for companies to respond to consumer demand for more bandwidth instead of trying to smother it with a pillow, you know?
Tagged AT&T, Bandwidth, Bandwidth throttling, Comcast, DSL, FIOS, FTTH, OECD, Transfer caps, U-Verse, Verizon
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Compartment 8C on the Fernow Experimental Forest has been harvested seven times since 1948 using uneven-aged management and continues to be a productive stand. Richard Hovatter, USDA Forest Service Snapshot : A century ago, after almost all of the old-growth forests in the eastern United States had been harvested, forest managers turned to Europe for guidance on forest management. European-trained foresters were advancing the concept of uneven-aged management, which involved periodic removal of trees from all size classes to mimic the patterns of older, unmanaged forests. The uneven-aged management style has been studied on the Fernow Experimental Forest in West Virginia for the past six decades and Forest Service scientists have recently synthesized the results and continue to inform our understanding of how forests grow.
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In North America, interest in uneven-aged management grew in the second-half of the 20th Century after most of the old-growth forests had been harvested. In the uneven-aged management style, trees from all size classes are periodically removed to mimic the patterns of older, unmanaged forests. To investigate this management style, Forest Service scientists set up long-term experiments on the Fernow Experimental Forest in West Virginia. In the ensuing half-century, almost all of foresters' original beliefs about forest management were partially or wholly invalidated. Findings from the Fernow Experimental Forest illustrate that the original value-laden assumptions were faulty and there is a need to test commonly held beliefs. Long-term forest research data also have many useful benefits: What were originally experiments in silviculture for sustained yield of forest products now yield information about carbon storage, forest restoration, wildlife habitat, rare species, water quality, and forest response to climate change.
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Seniors discuss ambitious life goals and travel plans for after high school
Alex Decker, Reporter|May 16, 2019
Jordan Hauber
After taking Scott Smith’s multimedia production class his freshman year, senior Jordan Hauber has taken an interest in film and aspires to become a producer some day. Specializing in documentary and narrative stories, Hauber plans to move to Ecuador to film movies which he hopes to showcase at film festivals.
“My goals are ridiculous and outlandish,” Hauber said. “I should set some more realistic goals, but I’m not going to.”
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Hauber was offered a full ride scholarship from Global Citizen Year—a program that provides opportunities for students to travel and study within their field of interest. As a film career requires many investments and much equipment, a fully-paid bridge year is a turning point in Hauber’s plan to reach his goals.
“I didn’t think I was ready for college,” Hauber said. “When I saw this program, I knew that’s what I wanted to do.”
In the past, Hauber has struggled to provide necessary fundings for his films. To combat this, he has opened his own fundraising page online and is working three jobs.
“I’ve been working really hard to save up money and just keeping myself busy so I can reach my goals,” Hauber said.
Hauber’s dedication towards his passion has ultimately landed him an international opportunity. Though pursuing his goals may be a challenge, Hauber is known for always having a positive outlook.
“Jordan always puts a smile on everyone’s face,” Smith said. “He’s funny, creative, and very talented. When he finds the right balance of work and creativity, he will go far.”
Brittany Hoffman
Early in high school, senior Brittany Hoffman did not believe she wanted to pursue soccer. Senior year, however, Hoffman realized that she would miss the sport if she were to stop playing. After making a late decision, Hoffman had to give extra effort during class to insure she was a strong competitor for scholarships among her peers nationally.
“Brittany has about half of her college payed because of how hard she’s been working.” sophomore and sister Alyssa Hoffman said.
After graduating high school, Hoffman will be attending Nova Southeastern University in Florida, and is planning to play soccer and study nursing. She hopes to play in Division two—wanting to focus on both school work and sport, the less competitive division allows her to balance her goals.
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“I am very proud of how far she’s come,” Alyssa Hoffman said. “She’s worked so hard in setting her goals and achieving them.”
Fearing being far from family and friends, Hoffman has been spending extra time with her loved ones before heading out on her own. She has a close relationship with her mother, and has been inspired by her to choose a future she truly wants.
“I’m leaving everything behind for Florida,” Brittany Hoffman said. “I won’t have my friends, or family. Even though I will be alone, I know this is what I want to do.”
Having played for 14 years, Hoffman has had constant support from her family to stick with the sport. With help from her family in choosing a college, she has found the right university for her athletic and academic needs.
“My family has done everything to support her, from going to every game, to driving her to wherever she needs,” Alyssa Hoffman said. “We are all extremely proud of her, and we know how bad she wants this.”
Joey Schmidtberger
“I want to do my own thing after high school,” senior Joey Schmidtberger said. “I don’t want to be forced into a career, I wanna follow my own passion and be my own person.”
Going by the name JS4Real, Schmidtberger aspires to become a well-known rap artist and successful businessman. Interested in fundraising and charity, Schmidtberger plans to use his music to spread a message of charity worldwide.
“Joey is always honest, and has a lot of positive energy,” friend and senior Kaiy King-Wilson said. “He has taught me a lot and is always motivating me.”
Schmidtberger performed at The Granada Theater in Lawrence in July of 2018 along with King-Wilson. There, he experienced performing in front of a large audience and inspiring others with goals like his for the first time.
“Performing with Joey has boosted my confidence and has me to keep doing music,” King-Wilson said. ”Seeing him perform has made me more open to showing people my music.”
Schmidtberger plans to move to Los Angeles, California to work as a personal assistant to Universal Studios Directors, as well as collaborate with producers to further his music career. Schmidtberger hopes his future is one that people will remember.
“I want to live out all my goals and inspire others to follow their goals as well,” Schmidtberger said.
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Georgia hopes to prove SEC title wasn't a fluke
Georgia’s Sundiata Gaines reaches for the ball around teammate Jeremy Price and between Xavier’s Stanley Burrell (34, left) and Jason Love (31, right) during the Bulldogs’ first-round loss to Xavier in the NCAA Tournament last year. - photo by NARRY E. WALKER
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Lady Bulldogs ink top-5 recruiting class
ATHENS — Georgia’s trophy case is rather bare when it comes to men’s basketball.
Over 75 years, the Bulldogs have claimed only three Southeastern Conference championships of any kind, whether it be during the regular season or the postseason tournament.
No wonder they’re so fired up about that latest title, even if everyone else thinks it was the greatest of flukes.
“They can say what they want,” senior Terrance Woodbury said with a shrug. “We got a championship out of it, so it kind of doesn’t matter to me.”
The Bulldogs hope to build off a remarkable run in the SEC tournament, when a last-place team managed to win four straight games to earn a spot in the NCAAs. That was stunning enough, but Georgia’s accomplishment was even remarkable in light of the circumstances.
A tornado struck the Georgia Dome before the Bulldogs took the court for the quarterfinals against Kentucky. With the building damaged, the game was postponed and the entire tournament shifted up the street to nearby Georgia Tech’s campus arena.
The Bulldogs had to play two games the next day — and won them both to reach the final. They won that one, too, and got to cut down the nets on the court of their bitter state rival.
“It certainly serves as confirmation to the players that we’re doing things the right way,” coach Dennis Felton said. “You always learn through winning and winning championships, especially the way we had to do it, with a team that was short on depth and had to win so many games in such a short period of time, with little rest or preparation.”
Georgia lost to Xavier in the opening round of the NCAA tournament, then lost three key players off its improbable title team. Sundiata Gaines and Dave Bliss finished up their senior seasons, while Billy Humphrey didn’t get to come back for his after repeated run-ins with the law finally led Felton to kick him off the team.
Gaines (14.8 points a game) and Humphrey (12.2) were the top two scorers. Bliss was a big body on the inside, providing the sort of grittiness and hustle that doesn’t show up on the stat sheet. Not surprisingly, the Bulldogs were picked to repeat their last-place showing in the SEC East in a preseason media poll.
Felton doesn’t seem concerned.
“I think everyone will be impressed by the improvement of all our returning players,” he said. “I love ‘em as a group. I really enjoy coaching them and I’m excited by what they’re capable of doing. It looks like nobody thinks we’ll be any good, but I’m really optimistic about what they’re capable of doing in the long run.”
The Bulldogs battled injuries during the preseason. Returning starters Woodbury and Albert Jackson were both slowed by sprained ankles. Touted freshman Trey Thompkins got a late start after spraining a knee in a summer pickup game. Another freshman, Ebuka Anayorah, never got on the court. A stress fracture in his leg required surgery, so he’s taking a redshirt year.
Felton wasn’t sure who’d be healthy enough to play in Friday night’s opener against USC-Upstate, but the Bulldogs don’t have a lot of recovery time.
They’re taking part in the NIT Season Tipoff and also have games against Illinois of the Big Ten, Virginia Tech of the Atlantic Coast Conference and Missouri of the Big 12 before getting into their SEC slate.
“We’ve always been real ambitious with our schedule,” Felton said. “We might have bitten off more than we should have this time. We’ll see.”
The coach was still tinkering with his lineup, trying to come up with a combination beyond Woodbury, a swingman who averaged 11 points a game, and the 6-foot-11, 265-pound Jackson. The big center averaged just 3.7 points and 4.3 rebounds a game last season, but Felton believes he has enormous potential and is counting on much better numbers.
Jeremy Price, a 6-8 forward, will surely take on a bigger role after averaging 8.1 points during a promising freshman season. When healthy, the 6-9 Thompkins surely will be a key member of the rotation, having shown the ability to produce points on the inside and the perimeter. He was the top scorer and rebounder at national power Oak Hill as a high school junior, and led Wesleyan to a Georgia state title last season.
The backcourt looks more unsettled.
Zac Swansey, who hit some huge shots in the SEC tournament after playing a minor role during the regular season, will move into one of the guard positions. The 6-foot-1 sophomore seems better suited for the point, but he could slide into the shooting guard slot to give freshman Dustin Ware some playing time. Senior Corey Butler, a former walk-on, provides leadership in the backcourt. Sophomore Troy Brewer and freshman Travis Leslie are in the mix, as well.
Felton, whose job was thought to be in jeopardy before Georgia won the SEC tournament, received a vote of confidence from the administration but, tellingly, did not receive a contract extension.
Still, he’s confident the program is on the right track heading into his sixth season in Athens — especially with the way the fifth one ended.
“That’s an experience you can feed off of as you move forward,” Felton said. “Even against the toughest odds, anything is possible.”
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E3 2019: Bethesda is giving us more «Doom Eternal», more «Fallout 76» and some real surprises
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Bethesda isn't one to lay down quietly when it comes to E3. Aside from predictable entries such as «Doom Eternal» and «Wolfenstein: Youngblood», the publisher had several other aces up its sleeves.
After the disastrous launch of «Fallout 76», one could wonder whether Bethesda would keep the subject under wraps, pull some flimsy marketing gag or just stand by the game. It was a bit of number two and three. Fortunately, «Fallout 76» wasn't all there was to see at Bethesda's E3 press conference in Los Angeles.
«Fallout 76 Wastelanders»
In autumn, the first free expansion «Wastelanders» will come out. Anything else probably wouldn't have been accepted by remaining players. There will be NPCs again, dialogue opportunities, a new 52-player battle royale mode called Nuclear Winter, and several other things we should have received at launch.
There will be a free trial period from 10/6 to 17/6.
«The Elders Scrolls Blades»
The mobile game «The Elders Scrolls Blades» didn't initially meet with the best response from critics and fans either. Nevertheless, it obviously was quite a cash cow for Bethesda. Hence why few where surprised by the announcement of a Nintendo Switch port.
«Ghostwire Tokyo»
An action-adventure game with supernatural elements all about finding out why people are mysteriously disappearing in Japan's capital city. Seems like a pretty weird trip. I wouldn't have expected anything less from the creators of «The Evil Within».
«Deathloop», another action game trying to catch our attention. It's being developed by Arcane Lyon. The story's supposed to be «mindbending». In the trailer, a woman and a man seem to be fighting to the death. Charming.
«The Elders Scrolls Online»
With over 13.5 million players, «The Elders Scrolls Online» is almost reaching peak «World of Warcraft» levels of fame. The new expansion «Elsweyr» is now available, attractive to both experienced players and newcomers.
«Commander Keen» was the first game by id Software, the developers of «Doom». Now, 30 years later, Android and iOS will be graced by a sequel.
The game will be rolled out gradually this summer.
«The Elders Scrolls Legends: Moons of Elsweyr!»
Fans of the mobile card game will receive new content in the form of the expansion «Moons of Elsweyr!».
«Rage 2 Rise of the Ghosts»
The open-world action rager is also getting an expansion with sand worms, a controllable mech, new areas, new cheats, and even more.
«Wolfenstein: Youngblood» and «Cyberpilot»
While «Cyberpilot» is a rather entertaining VR romp, «Youngblood» will be an extensive new co-op shooter in which you play the twin daughters of B.J. Blazkowicz. It seems as if the newest instalment wants to smash even the sequel's record for over the top action. Not an easy task, mind you. July 26th is the day to look out for. Available on PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch.
Orion is a new streaming innovation designed to optimize game engines for cloud streaming. Sounds abstract, as was the presentation. Still, Bethesda is sending an interesting message: 40 times less bandwidth, 20 times faster streaming per frame, lower costs for game(r)s and manufacturers, ultra-graphics settings, works with Google Stadia or Microsoft xCloud, on PC and on smartphones. Orion should significantly reduce input lag when streaming from the cloud. This was demonstrated at the press conference with a demo on a smartphone.
The best was saved for last. The Doomslayer cometh. With new weapons, new abilities and new power-ups, he's carving a bloody canyon straight through the hordes of hell. Blood, guts, gore and more – true happiness. All accompanied by the heaviest metal sound around today (no wonder he's called the DoomSlayer).
Then a quick look at the new multiplayer battle mode was shown. In team duels, one side assumes the role of the demons while the other team revs up the Doomslayer's chainsaw. It's not only about fast reflexes, but also tactics.
The carnage commences on 22/11 on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
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Being the game and gadget geek that I am, working at digitec and Galaxus makes me feel like a kid in a candy shop – but it does take its toll on my wallet. I enjoy tinkering with my PC in Tim Taylor fashion and talking about games on my podcast . To satisfy my need for speed, I get on my full suspension mountain bike and set out to find some nice trails. My thirst for culture is quenched by deep conversations over a couple of cold ones at the mostly frustrating games of FC Winterthur.
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Florida Delegation, Minus Ted Yoho, Lines Up to Pass USMCA in the House
Business FLORIDA DAILY - 12.20.19
The U.S. House passed a bill replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the United States Mexico Canada (USMCA) Trade Agreement with only strong support from the Florida delegation. The House passed the bill on Thursday afternoon with...
Vern Buchanan Gets Retirement Security for American Workers Act Through the House
Business KEVIN DERBY - 12.19.19
Buchanan’s bill allows small businesses to work together in “multiple employer plans” (MEPs) which he insists will lower costs and make more businesses offer retirement benefits.
Stephanie Murphy Introduces the Modernizing Agriculture and Manufacturing Bonds Act
The Florida Development Finance Corporation, the Illinois Finance Authority, the Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) and the National Council of State Agricultural Finance Programs endorsed Murphy’s legislation.
John Rutherford Looks to Help Small Businesses Export More
The proposal would have the U.S. Commercial Service create metrics and goals for new-to-exporting firms. Under the bill, the federal government would work with state and local export promotion programs to encourage these businesses to look at more international sales and exports.
Most Democrats Wants Taxpayers to Bail Out Failing Local Newspapers, Poll Shows
Business ED DEAN - 12.12.19
When asked about whether struggling papers should receive federal or local government funding, 53 percent of Democrats support federal funding and 61 percent supported local taxpayer subsidies.
Florida Doesn’t Make Top 10 Judicial Hellholes But It’s on the Watch List
Bill Herrle, the Florida executive director of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), weighed in on the report on Wednesday when he spoke at Small Business Day at the Capitol in Tallahassee, noting “Floridians lose out on billions of dollars in income, and over a hundred thousand jobs are lost each year due to lawsuits.”
USDA: Florida Orange Production Holding Steady, More Grapefruits Expected
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its latest forecast of orange production in Florida and found it unchanged from the projection made last month.
NFIB: Small Business Optimism Rises Across the Nation
Small business optimism rose in November, according to a new study from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) which was released on Tuesday.
Florida Retailers Launch Effort to Collect Sales Tax From Online Retailers
The FRF is backing a proposal from state Sen. Joe Gruters, R-Sarasota, and state Rep. Chuck Clemons, R-Newberry, insisting it “will level the playing field and restore the free market by enforcing the law that businesses must pay these taxes.”
Matt Schellenberg: JEA Compensation Package is Disappointing to Jacksonville Citizens
Business GUEST COLUMN - 12.09.19
Former Jacksonville City Councilman Matt Schellenberg weighed in last week as the effort to sell the JEA continues. Schellenberg offered the following letter to the editor, taking aim at a proposed compensation package for JEA employees:
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Carnival Around the World
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At the beginning or the end of February, Carnival is an essential season in the calendars around the Globe. Pick your destination and celebrate in great style.
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Among the many (and wise) Portuguese popular dictations, there’s one specially dedicated to this season, and that sums up the enthusiasm of the ones who celebrate it. We only have two days to live and the Carnival is three. And the truth is, when it’s about celebrating big time, the whole time in the world isn’t enough.
This “goodbye to the carnal pleasures” is announced by the arrival of the Lent, celebrated by Catholic Church. The origins of the celebration can be as remote as 600 years before Christ, in the Greek civilization.
Centuries after, catholic countries embraced the tradition and with the colonization, they carried it until such distant destinations as Brazil and Africa.
All over the world, the tradition stands steady, and has adapted itself to the country where it remains. In Brazil, Colombia, Italy or France, it will certainly be three days of festivity. And you better prepare yourself for everything: don’t forget that in Carnival, no one is taken seriously.
Rio de Janeiro: samba, sweat and Carnival
And we’re not talking about a simple celebration. Brazil is nowadays one of the most tolerant countries in the South America, and so, Rio de Janeiro is the perfect destination for you to give wings to your imagination and let loose of the prejudices. Relax and be very welcome to the “wonderful city”, also known as the “capital” of Carnival.
The celebrations before the Ash Wednesday are the result of one year of tuff preparations It officially starts with King Momo’s coronation: an amusing “maestro” that holds the key of the city as a symbol of the beginning of his reign.
Once you’re inside the party, it’s impossible to keep away from it. There are over 300 Carnival blocks that represent each neighbourhood, with different themes. From the most famous (and historical) ones, the highlight goes to Cordão do Bola Preta, Ipanema’s Band, Sovaco de Cristo that goes around the Botanical Garden and Carmelita’s Block that walks through Santa Teresa.
All the streets are closed to traffic and they are packed with people of all ages, colours and social classes. Professional dancers and participants shake their bodies at the rhythm of samba, a style of music invented by the afro-Brazilians at the beginning of the 20th Century.
If you want to watch all the shows, the Sambódromo holds 72 thousand people and even so, it’s better to buy the ticket early. You don’t believe it? Think about it: Rio’s Carnival is an attraction of over 500 thousand people every year.
Bahia, the biggest explosion of joy”
The motto of Salvador’s Carnival is to be taken really seriously! Even more long that the one in Rio, the celebrations begin six days before the Ash Wednesday.
Did you know that here is the birthplace of the first electric trio? In 1950, Adolfo Dodô Nascimento and Osmar Alves created the “Fobica”, an old-fashioned car adapted to small itinerant concerts. Nowadays, huge cars with live musical performances are mandatory within the Bahian celebrations.
To watch the shows that pass along the Atlantic Avenue, you can rent a fix cabin or act like “popcorn” that joins the people dancing on the street. And for the locals, the dance is different from samba. The Axé is a mixture between Frevo and Afoxé, both with African roots, highly represented in the city.
The traditional tours for the parades are from Barra da Ondina / Dodô, Campos Grande / Osmar and Batatinha / Pelourinho, in the historical centre. If you want to avoid the parades but you want to listen all the musical performances, the neighbourhoods of Itapuã, Cajazeiras, Plataforma, Liberdade, Periperi and Boca do Rio get packed with well known artists and hot rhythms.
Puppets and Flowers
As in so many other cities, Carnival came to Nice as a justification to the people that used to have enormous feasts before the Lent’s arrival. The oldest mention of the celebration dates from 1294, when the Count Charles d’Anjou mentioned the “amazing days of celebration” there.
Centuries after, the good references remain. The modern manifestation of Carnival started in 1873 and the centre of the party is still Place Massena, the main square in the city.
Besides the parades of giant puppets, the Flower Battles are also famous here. Every year, at Promenade des Anglais, you can watch an epic battle of colours and smells, when millions of flowers are thrown from 16 cars to the people.
For the last celebration, the king of Carnival walks on the beach and you can listen people screaming, “Hail to the king! The king is dead!” And to celebrate in Nice, the throwing of confetti’s and serpentines is essential. You can buy them in every corner.
There are other festivals around if you’re willing to escape from the partygoers. Enjoy an escapade to Menton (30 minutes away from nice) where it’s celebrated the Lemon Festival, or even to Villefrance, a small village by the river where you can watch a smaller version of a Battle of the Flowers… inside the water.
A party full of Illusions
Back to the cold in Europe, the idea of wearing a mask and a long velvet cloak in the Venetian Carnival sounds very useful… But the truth is that the wearing of the mask is way more theatrical and mysterious than you could imagine.
During the celebrations, nobles and people had permission to eat and drink without revealing their identity. Inside a rigid 17th Century hierarchic system, the wearing of a mask was the perfect excuse to celebrate without being afraid of the consequences. Even if you were a prince of a thief, nothing would matter to the occasion.
Very little was lost from the season’s theatrical ambience. The mask was kept and from the traditional white “barta”, to others much more bizarre as the “medico della pest” (the play doctor), it’s up to the partygoer to pick its own. The contest to chose the best mask it’s in March and it’ also a way to show around the best suits in São Marcos Square, where all the action happens.
The two weeks before the Lent start with the “Flight of the Angel”, when a girl wearing a mask climbs from the top of São Marcos Basilica, to the centre of the square. The party of the illusion has officially begun. Enjoy the escapade and get in the game.
Carnival of Blancos Y Negros
Colombia is one of the countries that received its tradition from Spain. North from the capital Bogotá, the first Barranquilla Carnival was celebrated over 100 years ago, when the city was very small.
Get ready to a real fusion between colours, races, beliefs and rhythms. From the indigenous’ descendants, to Spanish colons, Africans brought at slaves and immigrants, the mix of cultures resulted on an amazing party that celebrates the difference.
It starts four days before Wednesday and its climax is during the famous (and very colourful) Battle of the Flowers. In this parade, the spotlight goes to the King Momo, Maria Moñito, the Caimán Man, and the groups of dancers and masked ones, such as the marimondas and the gigantonas.
To end in big time, the symbolic death of Joselito Carnival marks the beginning of the Lent and the end of the celebrations. Little before his burial, at the 84 Parade, the Queen of the Carnival dresses all up in black and pretends to be the whippy widow of her dead husband.
But even in that case, Barranquilla’s motto is to be followed: “Quien lo vive, es quien lo goza”. The ones who live are the ones who can enjoy it and because of that, the show must go on until the burial, with dances and traditional Colombian rythyms such as cumbia, porro, mapale, gaita, chandé, fandango and puya.
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Simple Term Sheets Align Angel Investors And Entrepreneurs For More Successful Deals
Marianne Hudson Former Contributor
I cover angel investing – trends, ideas and how to succeed.
Angel investor and entrepreneur relationships are similar to a marriage - both benefit when each relies on and supports the other. Wouldn’t it make sense if this business marriage began with an agreement that supported both parties and focused on aligning goals instead of an adversarial “pre-nup?”
Things have been moving in this direction with term sheets designed specifically for angels and startups. Ten years ago angels typically used a standard term sheet developed for venture capitalists (VCs). The angel-specific term sheets are the next level of improvement.
Negotiating a term sheet is one of the most critical parts of the equity investment process; it defines the relationship between the investors and company. Done well, it leads to more detailed legal documents that close deals and get relationships and companies started out on the right foot.
In the last few years, a few experienced angels have asked how they can improve term sheets by reducing the number of terms and complicated legalese. Law firms have weighed in too.
Refreshed angel term sheets such as this are better aligning the needs and requirements of early stage investors and entrepreneurs. They simplify the common terms used in VC deals to fit the different requirements and situations of angels and true startups. For example, a VC term sheet averages 20 pages, compared to half that amount in an angel term sheet.
Case in point is one created by angel investor and former VC Dan Rosen. His nine-page Model Angel Term Sheet includes terms most relevant to angel investors and removes other terms that are not needed for the vast majority of deals funded by angels. The working document offers more than two dozen comments to explain the terms to all parties. Since the nature of angel deals can vary widely, the term sheet contains a wide enough variety of terms to match most deals while requiring limited negotiation.
A primary difference between angel and VC term sheets is that VC term sheets contemplate an IPO, which requires many more complicated terms. Most angel-backed deals focus on exits by acquisition.
Rosen, CEO of early-stage technology and consulting firm Dan Rosen & Associates and a former Board member of the Angel Capital Association, calls his angel term sheet “a ‘plain vanilla’, straight up the middle of the fairway, angel term sheet.” It contains no unusual provisions, just the terms an angel needs to get a deal done. It balances being both entrepreneur and angel friendly.
Rosen's term sheet, often used in the Pacific Northwest, is catching on in other parts of the country. Key terms, some of which are also in VC documents, include:
Pricing: This is where most people start. It is important to get the valuation right at the beginning, as it helps determine what portion of the company you own and many other terms flow from it. Valuation is so critical that ACA is helping release InvestorIQ, a series of educational videos for angels.
Board and Information Rights: Outlines the details for serving on Board of Directors or being an observer, as well as what information you receive from the company and how often. We know how important it is to returns that angels at least monitor financial performance to improve returns. I recommend this occurs at least quarterly.
Participation Rights: This defines an angel’s right to invest in future funding rounds. It helps maintain your pro-rata ownership as additional investors come in and to maximize your ownership if you choose to invest in the next round.
Liquidation Preference: If the company is sold, this gives you - as a preferred shareholder - a payment of X times your original purchase price, paid out before any other assets are paid to holders of common stock. 1X liquidation is a norm for angels in this situation.
Redemption Rights: This is more likely to be in an angel term sheet than in a VC one. Because angels are sometimes okay with smaller company growth for a decent return, it becomes an option for angels to get liquidity by selling the company if management wants to continue running the company but investors want out.
This standardized term sheet is catching on not only because it covers the things angels and startups need, but it cuts down on some of the more difficult things to negotiate, is easier for all parties to understand, takes less time, and reduces legal costs considerably. Lawyer jokes aside, saving these costs is a win-win for all, including the attorneys, who would like to see the company become successful and do the legal work when it becomes a larger company in the future.
Negotiating a term sheet for angel investors in the past would typically cost up to $40,000 in legal fees. Using a standard version costs $7,500 to $10,000, meaning more of the money goes to the company’s growth rather than to legal fees.
If angels don't understand a term sheet, how can they expect entrepreneurs - those they are trying to partner with - to do the same thing? It's important to have standard documents that everyone understands to build strong relationships and increase the chances for mutual success. Angels understand that they have the best possible returns when entrepreneurs do well.
Angel term sheets make it so much easier for angels and entrepreneurs to start off their relationship aligned, rather than as adversaries. When all parties can work toward a common goal –there is a higher likelihood of success for the entrepreneur and good returns for the angels who back them.
Marianne Hudson
I am an angel investor and Executive Director of the Angel Capital Association (ACA), the world’s leading professional association for angel investors. ACA is focused on...
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Origins of the Inn
The first record appears referring specifically to members of Gray’s Inn
First Treasurer
William Walsingham (1480-1534) becomes first Treasurer of Gray’s Inn
William Cecil (1520-1598; admitted 1541), later Lord Burghley
Armada Screen
Defeat of the Spanish Armada led by the Admiral Lord Howard of Effingham, a member of the Inn
Shakespeare’s "The Comedy of Errors" given its first known performance in Hall
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8 of the 47 scholars working on the King James's Bible were connected to the Inn
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Sir Robert Lush (1807-81; called 1840; Treasurer 1860)
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Chapel Restoration
Restoration work is completed on the Chapel
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F E Smith (1872-1930; called 1899), later Lord Birkenhead; Treasurer 1917-19 and 1924
First meeting of Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt in Gray’s Inn Hall
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From late December 1919 it was possible for women to be admitted to the Inns of Court.
The Inn suffers extensive damage during the Blitz
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The masque ‘Gesta Grayorum’ performed in Hall in front of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
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Following extensive damage during the Blitz the reconstruction of the Inn is completed
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Dame Rose Heilbron (1914-2005; called 1939) appointed first female Treasurer
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In the late 17th century the Inn suffered a series of disastrous fires, which taken together substantially depressed its fortunes, already weakened by the Civil War and the changes in the legal system, and impoverished it for years.
Sir John Holt (1642-1710; called 1663) was Lord Chief Justice from 1689. He declined the Great Seal in 1700.
Revd Adam Buddle (1662-1715) was appointed Gray's Inn Chapel Reader in 1702. Buddle was not only an impoverished clergyman but also a noted botanist, especially expert in mosses. Linnaeus named the buddleia in his honour.
Gates to the Walks
The present gates to the Walks are erected bearing the initials of the Treasurer at the time, William Gylby or Gilby.
Samuel Romilly (1757-1818; called 1783) was one of the most distinguished Inn members of the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Sir Robert Lush (1807-81; called 1840; Treasurer 1860) was one of the few prominent members of the Inn of the 19th century.
James Richard Atkin (1867-1944), later Lord Atkin, was called to the Bar from the Inn in 1891.
The Chapel was restored in a late Gothic style in 1893, which it remained until it was destroyed during the Blitz.
F E Smith (1872-1930; called 1899), later Lord Birkenhead, was equally well-known for his successful career at the Bar and his subsequent political career.
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Previously known in the 17th century as Brandon Way, Vicarage Road is one of the quieter roads in an already quiet village. Many of its older houses have front gardens, unlike many of the other properties within the village.
The Vicarage is Georgian and for many years was the home of the Spurgin family who entertained the local well to do with garden and tennis parties. The Spurgins have a number of stained glass windows dedicated to family members in Holy Trinity Church Hockham.
In those days there was a footpath which ran directly from the Vicarage straight through the garden of what is now called Eeyore’s House (a 15th century Hall House and the business of The Village Sign People) through the paddock beyond that was known as Old School Pyghtle to the church. The footpath was officially closed for one day a year so that it didn't ever become a public footpath.
Vicarage Road is the home of Manor Farm, a property which hides its age by some Victorian brickwork.
Home Hall (the first building on the right in the photo below) is the property that was extended and lived in by the local author Michael Home (Christopher Bush), in fact in his novel God and the Rabbit this house is affectionately referred to as 'Corners'.
West Farm now on the Western side of the A1075 was previously the site of a steam mill and in the 1800’s employed up to 70 men and Cherry Tree Farm on the Eastern side of the road was the home of the Bird threshing business and housed the large number of traction engines that Arthur Bird and his family were famous for.
A footpath leaves Vicarage Road just before Manor Farm known as the Pightle, heading North and away from the village.
Vicarage Road is one of the longest village roads albeit now bisected by the A1075 along its western side and continues to Puddledock and beyond, giving an insight into its former name.
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A bright new future for Indian children
Celebrating 5 years of polio-free India, and inciting hope for a polio-free world
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Her name is Rukhsar Khatoon. She is seven years old. Her right leg is shorter than the left and hurts her when she runs or jumps. She is too young now, but someday she will understand why she is special.
Image: CNN
Five years ago today, she was the last reported child to be affected by polio in all of India.
Why is this a big deal?
In 1988, prior to the creation of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), polio devastated the lives of over 200,000 children in India each year. As late as 2009, more children in India were affected with this horrific disease than in any other country. With a population of over one billion and widespread lack of water, sanitation and hygiene, India was considered the most technically challenging place in the world to eradicate polio.
Going from 200,000 cases to 0 took time. The first national polio immunization campaign took place in 1995. Since then, 131 polio campaigns have been carried out-–that’s a total of 12.1 billion doses of polio vaccines reaching at risk children (each child receives multiple doses).
And this sustained effort eventually rid the country of polio in less than three decades.
Image: DFID
India triumphed over polio because of the strong commitment and partnership between government and civil society, especially the Government of India, WHO, UNICEF, Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The CORE Group Polio Project, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the US and Japanese government aid agencies.
India proved that polio could be defeated, even under seemingly impossible circumstances. This is a lesson for the rest of the world. If polio can be eradicated in India, then Afghanistan and Pakistan--the last two polio-endemic countries-–can also eliminate polio. Although many challenges remain, redoubling efforts to improve surveillance and reach unvaccinated children can lead to more victories.
In 2016, we must protect the progress made in places like India that are now polio-free, as well as in the places where we have not yet succeeded.
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There are many children like Ruksar in Afghanistan and Pakistan. What stands between sick children and healthy children in the future is political will and funding. No more generations of children should have their futures robbed from them by this horrific disease. No more parents should have to watch their kids suffer.
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An American catastrophe
by Larretta Rivera-Williams
The bus station in Durham, North Carolina, in May 1940 (Library of Congress / Jack Delano)
"Have a safe trip" usually means "Drive carefully!"
In recent days, when a friend or family member has said this to me, they have not only meant for me to drive safely, but to be safe and aware of my surroundings when I stop to purchase gas or to rest, and wherever I might stop to eat.
Yesterday, as I drove two hours toward the scenic mountains of North Carolina, I was more vigilant. The beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains were masked by a cloak of fear as my muscles tensed with passing cars. My heart beat rapidly as a pickup truck sported a sticker with a Confederate flag and another sticker that said, "Support Trump."
Since the tragic weekend of Aug. 12 in Charlottesville, Virginia, where white nationalists and protesters clashed, my stomach has fluttered with butterflies. Invisible tension lifts my tight, aching shoulders as my breathing becomes even more difficult with the rising humidity of the South.
A muggy fog of disbelief surrounds me. I am reliving a past that slaves died to overcome, a bitter reality that brought pain into the lives of my parents and their parents. An American catastrophe is unfolding and it is rapidly destroying what civil rights and social justice activists fought to establish.
People, especially people of color, are on guard. I am more cautious of what I say and more observant of people in restaurants where I eat and the stores where I shop. I am more aware of the people who cross my path. This morning, a co-minister who never speaks said, "Good morning," and engaged me in a lengthy conversation about cars.
Has America ever been the "land of the free and the home of the brave"? If it were, perhaps there would be no need to raze statues, no need to claim domestic terrorism or to have a separation of political parties. If we were all free and brave, there would be no need for people to live in dangerous, demeaning discord, no need to stand in city streets and cry over the stench and stains of death.
In the United States, the majority of Americans can eat when hungry, drink when thirsty, build homes for security, and even find shelter when homeless. But where do those living in fear for their human rights and civil rights go for safety? Where do people go when their lives have been threatened? Where do people who are discriminated against go, when they no longer feel at home in the United States of America?
The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines equality as "the quality or state of having the same rights, social status." For people in the minority, this has not always been true and is even less so today. God forbid we have a re-establishment of Jim Crow laws, "separate but equal" policies, separate swimming pools, segregated country clubs.
Some examples of blatant segregation still exist. After all, on Sunday most church worship services are still all-white, all-black, all-Hispanic and all-Vietnamese. Segregated cemeteries and neighborhoods exist. Is the restoration of segregation by way of hatred and bigotry the way of making America great again?
What we are experiencing today, however, goes much further than our need for acceptance, equality, integration and interculturalism. We are encountering hatred and an evil that cannot be measured by our own understanding. We must, therefore, put all of our trust in God like never before and build on a faith that cannot be shattered. Hatred is powerful, but God is greater!
I have written several articles about racism. I thought I was writing too many and that readers would grow tired of the subject. I now know that I will never write enough about this horrific and malicious illness that grips and holds this country captive.
Racism has only grown worse with the passing of time.
It is true, "History repeats itself." How despicable that the United States did not begin with a better history!
[Mercy Sr. Larretta Rivera-Williams is originally from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she is coordinator of pastoral care at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church. Since entering the Sisters of Mercy in 1982, she has ministered as an elementary, secondary and divinity school educator. She has written and produced plays as well as directed and choreographed.]
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Construction begins on Kunming's new rail station
By Chris Horton in News on June 29, 2011
The opening of Kunming's new international airport is just around the corner, but in a few years it will likely face stiff competition on the ground for domestic and international passengers.
Construction on Kunming's new south railway station began on June 16 and will take four years to complete, according to a report on the city's English-language portal InKunming.
The new railway station, which will be located 28 kilometers south of Kunming's current south station in Chenggong, will be integrated with Kunming's upcoming urban light rail network, connecting to lines 1 and 4.
Primary destinations served by trains setting out from the new station include Shanghai, neighboring Guangxi, Chongqing and the nearby city of Yuxi.
The Shanghai line, which is scheduled to be completed by 2015, will be a high-speed line that will reduce travel time between the two cities from the current 37 hours to less than nine hours.
The Kunming-Shanghai high-speed line will also link Kunming with other major cities including Guiyang, Nanchang, Changsha and Hangzhou and will likely compete with the city's new international airport for passengers to these cities.
Details are still unclear, but it appears that the lines to Chongqing, Guangxi and Yuxi will also be high-speed lines. The link with Yuxi will be part of a trans-Asian rail network that will run south through Laos, Thailand and Malaysia before terminating in Singapore.
Located at the bottom of Longtan Mountain (龙潭山), Kunming's new south railway station will feature 30 rail lines and 16 passenger platforms and is expected to have a capacity of 128,000 passengers daily with a maximum passenger volume of 12,000 people per hour.
The projected cost for the new station has not been made public.
Images: InKunming
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Longtan Mountain
new railway station
Urban rail launch pushed back to early 2013
China planning to extend high-speed rail network into Southeast Asia
Getting Away: Nanning
Getting Away: Guiyang
Kunming puts its vision for the future on display
Detailed Kunming metro plans finally unveiled
China's high-speed rail plans could put Kunming at center of Eurasia
Kunming planning new rail station, Taiwan link under discussion
Smooth Operator: Chinese domestic rail freight
Beijing investing in major infrastructure projects in Yunnan
• June 29, 2011, 8:47pm
Badass! Way to go Kunming! That's some serious infrastructure. (The 'old' train station is surely less than a decade old!)
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Crawford, Tim
Prof Tim Crawford
Position Professorial Research Fellow in Computational Musicology
Department Computing
Email t.crawford (@gold.ac.uk)
Website http://doc.gold.ac.uk/~mas01tc
Professor Tim Crawford worked for 15 years as a professional musician before becoming an academic.
Beginning in the 1990s at King’s College, University of London, where he worked in the Music Department and with the Centre for Computing in the Humanities, he has been involved with the use of computers in the service of musicology.
He set up an international project in music information retrieval, Online Music Searching And Retrieval (OMRAS) and established the Electronic Corpus of Lute Music, which has received funding from the AHRC.
He is currently Principal Investigator of the AHRC Digital Transformations project Transforming Musicology, involving over 15 researchers and three PhD students at Goldsmiths, Oxford, Queen Mary, Lancaster and Utrecht universities. His latest project, also funded by the AHRC, is Learn To Play, which uses machine-learning technology and the experience of working with historical music to grade pieces for online learning and to generate exercises to help students with their instrumental practice.
Computational approaches to musicology
Music history, especially of the 16th to 18th centuries
Music for the western lute
Musical performances on record
Crawford, Tim, ed. 2011. Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750): Sämtliche Were für Laute, vol. 10 (transcription). Cassel, Germany: Das Erbe deutscher Musik, Sonderreihe, Bände 16, Bärenreiter Verlag. ISBN 9790006018079
Crawford, Tim; Pickens, J. and Wiggins, Geraint. 2006. Dimensionality Reduction in Harmonic Modeling for Music Information Retrieval. In: Richard Kronland-Martinet; Thierry Voinier and Sylvi Ystad, eds. Computer Music Modeling and Retrieval. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 233-248. ISBN 03029743
Sutcliffe, Richard; Hovy, Eduard; Collins, Tom; Wan, Stephen; Crawford, Tim and Root, Deane. 2019. Searching for musical features using natural language queries: the C@merata evaluations at MediaEval. Lang Resources & Evaluation, 53(1), pp. 87-140. ISSN 1574-020X
Weigl, David M.; Lewis, David; Crawford, Tim; Knopke, Ian and Page, Kevin R.. 2017. On providing semantic alignment and unified access to music library metadata. International Journal on Digital Libraries, 20(1), pp. 25-47. ISSN 1432-5012
Lewis, David; Crawford, Tim and Müllensiefen, Daniel. 2016. Instrumental idiom in the 16th century: embellishment patterns in arrangements of vocal music. Proceedings of the 17th conference of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval, pp. 524-530.
Crawford, Tim and Lewis, Richard. 2016. Music Encoding Initiative (Digital and Multimedia Scholarship). Journal of the American Musicological Society, 69(1), pp. 273-285. ISSN 0003-0139
Lewis, Richard; Crawford, Tim and Lewis, David. 2015. Exploring information retrieval, semantic technologies and workflows for music scholarship: the Transforming Musicology project. Early Music, 43(4), pp. 635-647. ISSN 0306-1078
Proutskova, Polina; Rhodes, Christophe; Crawford, Tim and Wiggins, Geraint. 2013. Breathy, Resonant, Pressed - Automatic Detection Of Phonation Mode From Audio Recordings of Singing. Journal of New Music Research, 42(2), pp. 171-186. ISSN 0929-8215
De Roure, David; Page, Kevin R.; Fields, Ben; Crawford, Tim; Downie, J. Stephen and Fujinaga, Ichiro. 2011. An e-Research approach to Web-scale music analysis. Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences, 369(1949), pp. 3300-3317. ISSN 1364-503X
Rhodes, Christophe; Crawford, Tim; Casey, Michael A. and d'Inverno, Mark. 2010. Investigating music collections at different scales with AudioDB. Journal of New Music Research, 39(4), pp. 337-348. ISSN 0929-8215
Crawford, Tim. 2009. Silvius Leopold Weiss and the Dresden and London Manuscripts of His Music. Journal of the Lute Society of America, 39, pp. 1-64. ISSN 0076-1526
Casey, Michael A. and Crawford, Tim. 2004. Automatic Location and Measurement of Ornaments in Audio Recordings. International Conference on Music Information Retrieval,
Pickens, Jeremy; Bello, Juan Pablo; Monti, Giuliano; Sandler, Mark; Crawford, Tim and Dovey, Matthew. 2003. Polyphonic Score Retrieval Using Polyphonic Audio Queries: A Harmonic Modeling Approach. Journal of New Music Research, 32(2), pp. 223-236. ISSN 09298215
Crawford, Tim; Badkobeh, Golnaz and Lewis, David. 2018. 'Searching Page-Images of Early Music Scanned with OMR: A Scalable Solution Using Minimal Absent Words'. In: 19th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference. Paris, France 24-27 September 2018.
Sutcliffe, Richard; Crawford, Tim; Fox, Chris; Root, Deane L.; Hovy, Eduard and Lewis, Richard. 2015. 'Relating Natural Language Text to Musical Passages'. In: Proceedings of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval. Malaga, Spain.
Weigl, David M.; Lewis, David; Crawford, Tim and Page, Kevin R.. 2015. 'Expert-guided semantic linking of music-library metadata for study and reuse'. In: International Workshop on Digital Libraries for Musicology. Knoxville, TN, United States.
Lewis, David; Lewis, Richard and Crawford, Tim. 2015. 'MEI for lute music'. In: Proceedings of the Music Encoding Conference (MEC 2015). Florence, Italy.
Müllensiefen, Daniel; Baker, David; Lewis, Richard; Rhodes, Christophe; Fields, Ben and Crawford, Tim. 2014. 'Multi-modal Musical Performance Capture'. In: Digital Music Research Network (DMRN+9). London, United Kingdom.
Crawford, Tim; Fields, Ben; Lewis, David and Page, Kevin R.. 2014. 'Explorations in Linked Data practice for early music corpora'. In: Digital Libraries 2014. London, United Kingdom 8 - 12 September 2014.
Rhodes, Christophe; Crawford, Tim and d'Inverno, Mark. 2014. 'Duplicate detection in facsimile scans of early printed music'. In: European Conference on Data Analysis. Bremen, Germany 2 - 4 July 2014.
Müllensiefen, Daniel; Baker, David; Rhodes, Christophe; Crawford, Tim and Dreyfus, Laurence. 2014. 'Recognition of leitmotives in Richard Wagner's music: chroma distance and listener expertise'. In: European Conference on Data Analysis. Bremen, Germany 2 - 4 July 2014.
Proutskova, Polina; Rhodes, Christophe; Wiggins, Geraint and Crawford, Tim. 2012. 'Breathy or Resonant - A Controlled and Curated Dataset for Phonation Mode Detection in Singing'. In: International Conference on Music Information Retrieval. Porto, Portugal.
Fields, Ben; Page, Kevin R.; De Roure, David and Crawford, Tim. 2011. 'The Segment Ontology: Bridging Music-generic and Domain-specific'. In: IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, 3rd International Workshop on Advances in Music Information Research. Barcelona, Spain.
Page, Kevin R.; Fields, Ben; Nagel, Bart J.; O'Neill, Gianni; Roure, David C. De and Crawford, Tim. 2010. 'Semantics for Music Analysis through Linked Data: How Country is My Country?'. In: Sixth IEEE e–Science conference. Brisbane, Australia.
Crawford, Tim; Mauch, Matthias and Rhodes, Christophe. 2010. 'Recognising Classical Works in Historical Recordings'. In: Proceedings of 11th Conference of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval. Utrecht, Netherlands.
Crawford, Tim. 2007. Transcription of the Dresden Manuscript of the lute works of S. L. Weiss (1687-1750), Parts 1 and 2. Other. Baerenreiter.
Crawford, Tim. 2002. Facsimile and introductory study of the Dresden Manuscript of lute works by S. L. Weiss, Parts 1 and 2. Other. Baerenreiter.
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