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Major funding increase for stronger borders and migration proposed
For the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027, the European Commission proposes to almost triple funding for migration and border management to €34.9 billion, as compared to €13 billion in the previous period.
The Commission's proposal is a response to increased migratory, mobility and security challenges, with more flexible funding instruments to address unforeseen migratory events and border protection at the core of the new budget. A new separate fund for integrated border management will be created and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency will be further strengthened with a new standing corps of around 10,000 border guards. The new border fund will also help Member States carry out customs controls by financing customs control equipment.
First Vice-President Frans Timmermans said: "Based on past experience and the knowledge that migration will remain a challenge in the future, we are proposing an unprecedented increase in funding. Strengthening our common EU borders, in particular with our European Border and Coast Guard, will continue to be a big priority. Increased flexibility of our funding instruments means we are ready to support Member States quickly; where they need it, when they need it – particularly in the event of crisis."
Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos said: "Better managing our external borders and migration will remain key priorities for the EU, the Member States and our citizens in the years to come. Bigger challenges need bigger resources – this is why we propose to almost triple the budget in this area. The reinforced funding will be pivotal in ensuring that we can implement these political priorities: further secure our external borders, continue to grant protection to those who need it, better support legal migration and integration efforts, counter irregular migration, and effectively and swiftly return those who have no right to stay."
The effective protection of the EU's external borders is crucial to manage migration and ensure internal security. Strong external borders are also what allow the EU to maintain a Schengen area without internal border controls. The Commission proposes to allocate €21.3 billion to border management overall and create a new Integrated Border Management Fund (IBMF) worth more than €9.3 billion.
The full press release including details about the IBMF, next steps and background readings can be found here: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-18-4106_en.htm
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Public Release: 14-May-2018
Lead pollution in Greenland ice tracks historical events
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Researchers report links between records of lead pollution in Greenland ice cores and economic fluctuation in ancient societies. Lead and silver ore mining powered ancient economies, but previously reported measurements of lead pollution in Arctic ice were based on sparse sampling and inconclusive dating. Joseph R. McConnell and colleagues used precisely dated measurements of lead pollution in Greenland ice from 1100 BCE to 800 CE to uncover links between estimated lead emissions and historical events that affected the economy, including imperial expansion, wars, and major plagues. The authors measured lead concentrations in 423 m of ice core from the North Greenland Ice Core Project, and combined the measurements with an annual-layer-counting approach to develop a chronology of Greenland ice. The authors found that lead pollution increased during periods of prosperity, such as the Phoenician expansion, and peaked under the Roman Empire. In contrast, lead pollution was low during periods of instability, such as the aftermath of the Antonine plague. Furthermore, the authors report that the bullion in Rome's coinage, the denarius, reflected fluctuations in estimated lead emissions. According to the authors, the record of European lead pollution in Greenland ice provides insights into economic activities, including lead and silver mining, in ancient societies.
Article #17-21818: "Lead pollution recorded in Greenland ice indicates European emissions tracked plagues, wars, and imperial expansion during antiquity," by Joseph R. McConnell et al.
MEDIA CONTACT: Joseph R. McConnell, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV; tel: 775-673-7348, 775-772-2418; e-mail: <Joe.McConnell@dri.edu>
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Mexico launches its official promotion campaign
By Marie Jamet • last updated: 14/10/2014
Mexico waited until the second day of MIPCOM to officially launch its seduction campaign, opening with a press conference, attended mostly by Mexican news outlets. Hosted in Spanish by PromexicoCEO Francisco N. González Díaz and Image and Communications Director Karla Mawcinitt, it provided an opportunity for the government institution to unveil its latest promotion clips. It also presented Mexico’s assets in the sector, which is not usually the first industry to come to mind when thinking of the country.
Francisco N. González Díaz, CEO Promexico
Although, perhaps it should be: the content industry as a whole (creative, technology, video games…) represents around 7% of the country’s GDP and has been defined as the fifth most strategic sector for Mexico. “In the content industry, jobs are staying in Mexico you see, contrary to technologies where components are built all over the world even if conceived in Mexico,” explained Francisco N. González Díaz.
“Mexico’s best assets are the people”
Francisco N. González Díaz, Promexico CEO
As the country of honour, Mexico wanted to highlight the diversity of its content business. “We especially wanted to show that we are not specialists in only one area but that we know and have very good companies and producers in all branches of this business. Should it be in TV, film, video games, animation, Mexico has all the bricks to build the house… Dr House, House of Cards… any kind of house you’d like” , González Díaz added.
Making Mexico this year’s guest of honour helps to “show the cluster” , as the CEO puts it. He says: “Sometimes you can see the talents, you can see the products and series, but when you see the cluster then you see the strength of the country and that the companies work together in making a Mexico full of creativity, innovation and development.”
"Mi casa es tu casa"
The CEO believes the country’s “best assets are the people” . He personally thinks it takes not only a good education – this a must – but also “an ‘ambiente’, you need a history, gastronomy, you need many unique things, like that special history Mexico has in cinema for instance” . People have to feel that what you can get from a country, he continues, “is not something you can buy or study; you have to live embedded to be in this flow of magic of the country. This is unique to some country and Mexico has this type of ‘embedded ambiente’.”
Of course, recent news reports show a different, more unstable and violent image of Mexico, but Promexico’s CEO has a way around the issue: “the world has to know the future of Mexico and its clear agenda in direction of content, of TV, of films and all the creative sectors. The world has to understand that there is a need to be in Mexico on these segments and that you can do there whatever you have in your mind.”
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US doubts North Korean H-bomb claims
The UN plans to introduce a series of new measures against North Korea after the county’s state run news agency announced that Pyongyang had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb.
BREAKING: North Korea has conducted a successful hydrogen bomb test, according to state TV https://t.co/HTCPT1zc09pic.twitter.com/Feb5POW6SH
— CNN International (@cnni) January 6, 2016
The United Nations held an emergency meeting at the request of the US, Japan and South Korea.
Official: U.S. seeks U.N. 'resolution with teeth' against North Korea https://t.co/LJpx7CiO3Jpic.twitter.com/YOgZgzpo5I
— CNN (@CNN) January 6, 2016
North Korea carried out its first nuclear test in 2006 and four have been reported since then.
However, this is the first announcement of an H-bomb experiment.
North Korea nuclear tests: What is a hydrogen bomb? https://t.co/9vebtPSmmkpic.twitter.com/8EuzX110jL
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) January 6, 2016
As news of the test was announced nuclear scientists and the United States doubted the veracity of the claims.
White House Press Briefing with @PressSec Josh Earnest – LIVE online here: https://t.co/wkVmKeAGTHpic.twitter.com/riDhmgEwLa
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 6, 2016
Josh Earnest, a White House spokesperson, addressed the world’s media:“This is a serious subject, the initial analysis that has been conducted on the events that were reported overnight are not consistent with North Korean claims of a successful hydrogen bomb test. There is nothing that’s occurred in the last 24 hours that has caused the United States government to change its assessment of North Korea’s technical and military capabilities.’‘
Watch South Korea's response to news that North Korea detonated a nuclear bomb https://t.co/v661zGXTnipic.twitter.com/OTRDFSPsvf
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) January 6, 2016
South Korea, all to familiar with the postering of its neighbour, believes there is no evidence of a H-bomb test, or even a failed H-bomb experiment.
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Freedom Day: events on 2 & 7 April
In celebration of the 39th anniversary of Freedom Day, the National Festivities Committee invites the audience to enjoy a musical performance by the Armed Forces of Malta band and the Malta Police band in St George’s Square in Valletta.
On Saturday the same week, a traditional Regatta in the Grand Harbour will organised by the Malta Rowing Association with the support of SportMalta. Traditional Maltese boats races will take place, including Boats A tal-Midalji, Frejgatini, Boats C tal-Pass, Kajjikki, and Boats B tal-Pass in both Open and Reserves categories. The winners of each race will receive trophies and special prizes. The Shield presentation will take place once all the races are finished. Clubs that obtain the highest number of points in both the Open and Reserves categories will be awarded the Shields.
Lecture on the legacy of the Knights, 3 April
The Sacra Militia Foundation, a VO that studies the military, naval, and other aspects of the Order of St. John, is organising a series of public lectures. The first talk of 2018 will take place on Tuesday, 3rd April 2018, at Casa Lanfreducci, the headquarters of the Maltese Association of the Order of St John at Valletta, Pjazza Jean de Valetta. The speaker, Mr Gabriel Farrugia, will speak about maritime identity.
The talk will start at 18:30. Entrance is free. RSVP at: dmunr01@um.edu.mt
Opening of the International Spring Orchestra Festival, 6 April
As reported, The Festival’s opening concert, to be held at the recently refurbished Manoel Theatre on Friday 6th April, will present a breathtaking programme featuring Shostakovich’s most profound work, his Fourteenth Symphony. Other works in the programme include Fiorini’s new Pentimenti, a Valletta 2018 Foundation commission, and Honegger’s Second Symphony. The festival will continue until the 14th of April.
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The Augmented Reality Workforce is Coming -- Here's What You Need to Know
AR has the potential to provide a workplace dynamic that is unlike anything we've ever seen, and the results could be a net gain for everybody.
Amitt Mahajan
Founding Managing Partner of Presence Capital
Jobs for the average worker are becoming obsolete at rate much faster than anticipated. While advances in automation are revolutionizing the way many businesses operate, the humans whose jobs once catered to these tasks are being displaced.
Many businesses ushering in this automation have been provided hazy answers as to what will happen to the people who will lose their jobs. The common refrain is that new jobs will take the place of old ones or that people will go back to school to be trained in new areas. None of these solutions, however, have been fully realized or proven at scale.
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Given this uncertain future, business owners and entrepreneurs may want to explore new approaches of solving this problem to help ease the burden on displaced workers. One such approach may be the use of augmented reality (AR) as an alternative to traditional schooling and careers.
In a world where technology and knowledge are advancing so quickly that even educators are having trouble keeping pace, AR has the potential to provide a workplace dynamic that is unlike anything we’ve ever seen, and the results could be a net gain for everybody.
AR will help transition displaced workers.
In our lifetimes, we’ve seen the nature of work change dramatically. Our parents viewed work as a single employer with a pension and a retirement plan. As job security became less of a guarantee, our peers entered the workforce knowing they’d likely have several different careers by the time they were done. Then came the gig economy with flexible schedules and pay scales. Now, automation is displacing workforces with an imminent threat the likes of the industrial revolution.
When it comes to the future of the workplace, AR-powered opportunities may very well represent that next adaptation. Thanks to recent developments in AR, jobs that once required years of training and practice can now be completed without prior knowledge or experience, and workers can do these jobs equipped with as little as their smartphone.
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One worker can have many jobs.
Augmented reality can provide workers with digital manuals, complete with 3D renderings that can be superimposed onto the objects they are working on, to follow step-by-step instructions, which can be applied to just about anything: assembling furniture, repairing cars, plumbing, electrical work, pipeline maintenance -- even the most complex of tasks.
This just-in-time knowledge will allow workers in the new economy to jump between different fields, working with clients and customers in a wide variety of industries. What’s more, someone can learn practical skills on the job while being paid to perform them. This means the investments made in time or money to learn new skills can be reduced to near zero -- giving those workers career track potential as they move up to remote support or other roles. In a similar manner, AR can even be used as a powerful tool for training workforces more efficiently -- providing opportunities for certifications and diversifying a job portfolio like never before.
Related: Want to Stay Ahead of the Competition? Get Virtual.
Local services will go global.
We’ve seen the world of remote work grow exponentially in the last decade, but the types of work that could be completed remotely have always been fairly limited. AR augmentation will change that, allowing previously local services to compete on a global scale. A plumber in Florida, for example, could be guiding a client directly in Colorado or working with a partnered field agent in Saskatoon.
Conversely, this means that existing markets that have always been dominated by local entrepreneurs will see tremendous competition from an AR-focused workforce and an empowered DIY community.
But, existing local experts shouldn’t be too fearful: AR will provide opportunities for the veteran worker, too. Experience means the chance to educate remotely, whether guiding on-site technicians through complex situations or offering similar services to walk customers through the DIY basics.
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Knowledge is no longer a limiting factor.
While this may sound like technology that is in the distant future, technologies like these are already being implemented internally by Fortune 500 companies. Caterpillar, for example, is providing AR maintenance solutions that allow skilled work to be completed by a wide range of parties, even customers themselves. This decreases downtime for users who once had to wait for a technician to arrive on site to perform the same list of steps to get them back up and running.
Training and education, and in AR’s case location, will cease to be a roadblock that prevents workers from finding employment. Likewise, educational and practical experience become far less relevant from the perspective of an employer. Rather than gambling on prospective hires, job interviews could cut to the heart of the matter in moments: Can the applicant follow the directions correctly and efficiently on the first try? This virtual task economy may provide its own resume by having a digital record and performance reviews of the tasks a worker has performed that can travel with them from job to job.
It’s unlikely that augmented reality will become the majority solution for the employment disruption that automation will cause. But, for those who are in need of income in an era where technological advances outstrip traditional training capabilities, or those looking to increase the size and capability of their workforce with minimal investment, one thing’s for sure: the potential for an AR-powered workforce is an opportunity that’s worth exploring. Both for workers and for business owners.
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With the Tennyson Street strip as the heart of the neighborhood, Berkeley is one of Denver's hottest neighborhoods. The homes offer a nice mix of both original brick bungalows and modern new construction homes, finding a place for just about everyone’s tastes. As more and more boutiques and restaurants move onto Tennyson Street the draw to Berkeley is ever increasing. Locals also love to take advantage of nearby Berkeley Lake Park with its mountain views, trails, dog park, playground & more.
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Style of Homes for Sale in Berkeley: Denver's Berkeley neighborhood offers an eclectic mix of homes including restored bungalows, small cottages, new construction custom homes, and new modern duplexes spec homes, many of which have a rooftop deck. Based on the current trend, the smaller homes, particularly those near 38th & Tennyson, will continue to be replaced with larger, new homes.
New Construction Trend: Modern homes in Denver, especially modern duplex homes, are becoming more and more common in Denver and Berkeley is one of the key neighborhoods contributing to this trend. The streets surrounding Berkeley's 38th & Tennyson strip are now filled with new construction homes, most of which were built in the past 5 years and modern in style. These homes are a mix of spec homes and custom homes and offer buyers much larger homes in a highly desired neighborhood. Feaster Realty specializes in new construction homes in Denver so we often know of new construction home listings before they even go under construction. Contact us if a new construction home in Berkeley is something you are considering!
History of Berkeley: For more than a century, 38th & Tennyson was the home of the family-owned Elitch Gardens Amusement Park, one of Colorado's most popular destinations. In 1994, the park moved to its current location in downtown Denver and the Berkeley neighborhood began its dramatic evolution. Berkeley's further renaissance came in 2011 as a result of City Congressman Rick Garcia's push for $2.5M of public funding, most of which went towards the 38th & Tennyson area. Home values and new businesses have both thrived over the past 5-10 years.
Things to Do in Denver's Berkeley Neighborhood:
Tennyson Strip – Commonly referred to 38th & Tennyson, this strip now offers restaurants, shops and bars from W. 38th Ave. all the way to W. 46th Ave. Some of Denver's favorite restaurants can be found on this strip and new businesses of all sorts are opening regularly in the area.
Berkeley Park & Rocky Mountain Lake Park – These two large parks offer more than lake and mountain views. With bicycle/pedestrian trails, fishing, public indoor and outdoor pools, rec center, soccer field, softball field, tennis courts, sheltered picnic area, playground, library and a dog park, these two parks are one of the main reasons why Berkeley is one of Denver's top neighborhoods.
First Friday – Visit Berkeley on the first Friday of any month and you'll see why people rave about this neighborhood. Visitors stroll along Tennyson to visit the art galleries, shop in the boutiques and enjoy a drink or dinner. In the summer, some of the local businesses even host a band that can be heard along the most of the strip.
The Oriental Theater - Hosting everything from popular bands to beer and film festivals, this historic theater at the corner of Tennyson and 44th brings character and culture to all of NW Denver.
De Steeg Brewery & other hard to find treasures - Hidden in the alley on the SE side of 44th & Tennyson, you'll struggle to find this small, artisan brewery that neighbors frequent. While De Steeg Brewery itself is notable, it also is a good example of Berkeley's many hidden treasures that only locals can find.
Harkness Heights - Harkness Heights (also known as the Grandview), Berkeley’s designated historic Denver neighborhood, offers a different feel than the rest of Berkeley. Protected by the historic designation, this very small section on the east side of Berkeley is a great option for buyers looking for an older home filled with history. The sense of community is strong in this neighborhood, where neighbors know each other and love to spend time on their front porches for this reason. Most homes in Harkness Heights are well-kept brick bungalows and tudors.
Boundaries: The boundaries for Berkeley are I-70 to the North, 38th Avenue to the South, Federal to the East and Sheridan to the West.
Neighborhoods Similar to Berkeley: LoHi, The Highlands, Sloan's Lake, Sunnyside
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JNU Violence Updates: Suspension of VC Jagadesh Kumar 'not an option', says HRD, JNUSU insists demand for removal non-negotiable
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Murli Manohar Joshi says JNU VC shouldn't be allowed to continue on post
Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi tweets,"It is shocking that the VC is adamant on not implementing the government proposal. This attitude is deplorable and in my opinion such a VC should not be allowed to continue on his post".
His statement is in line with the demands being made by protesting JNU students and faculty to suspend the vice chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar for inaction over the 5 January violence.
One protester injured in scuffle with police
A protester was injured during the JNU students' march towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday demanding removal of the Jawaharlal Nehru University's Vice Chancellor following the 5 January violence in the campus, ANI reported.
MHRD secretary to meet VC, JNUSU tomorrow
Amit Khare, Ministry of Human Resource Development secretary, after his meeting with the JNU teachers' association, faculty members, and JNUSU, said, "Whatever has happened in last few days is extremely sad. Students have a list of grievances. The teachers also have grievances against administration, we are trying to resolve all of them.
"I have called the Jawaharlal Nehru University VC and team on Friday morning. I have also offered the students that I will be meeting them again tomorrow regarding their demands. Such incidents should not re-occur."
JNUSU questions Delhi Police over detention of women protesters after sunset
The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students' union on Thursday asked why the Delhi Police had detained women protesters outside the MHRD premises when they were attempting to continue their march towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
JNU guards seized personal belongings of protesters, say eyewitnesses
Eyewitnesses on Thursday said that JNU guards had taken away the personal belongings of the sit-in protesters at the varsity. Reportedly, the guards burnt belongings like mattresses, tarpaulin, and speakers.
Suspension of JNU VC not an option, says HRD ministry
The HRD ministry on Thursday said the removal of the Jawaharlal Nehru University vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar "was not a solution". HRD secretary Amit Khare said officials of the ministry will talk to Kumar again on Friday over the students' claims of revised fee not being implemented.
"The removal of the vice chancellor is not a solution," he said, adding the ministry officials will also meet JNU Students' Union after meeting Kumar.
No compromise over VC's suspension: Aishe Ghosh
JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh, who addressed the student protesters after a meeting with officials of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, said that the meeting had been "unsatisfactory" and added, "We're in no position to compromise with HRD ministry. It's still thinking whether VC should be removed."
Delhi Police lathi-charge protesters blocking traffic
The Delhi Police resorted to baton charge to control the student protesters outside the HRD ministry's premises after some protesters attempted to block the traffic at Janpath. The JNUSU had given a call for the protest rally to continue towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan after saying that the meeting with MHRD officials was "unsatisfactory".
Using loud speakers, the police also appealed to the crowd to maintain peace, PTI reported.
Students detained outside MHRD premises
Delhi Police has detained student protesters from JNU at Shastri Bhavan, outside the MHRD premises, after they attempted to continue their rally towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan after a meeting with the MHRD didn't yield a positive response to their demands.
The Indian Express reported that the students were lathi-charged by the police.
Delhi Police, students face-off as protesters attempt to march to Rashtrapati Bhavan
As JNU students attempted to continue their march towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan to push their demands related to the hostel fee hike and the suspension of the varsity's vice chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar, the Delhi Police stopped the students from proceeding, leading to a tense situation.
Students were then escorted away from the MHRD premises by the police.
Suspension of VC non-negotiable: JNUSU
In the meeting with the MHRD officials, JNUSU office bearers insisted that the demand for the JNU vice chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar's resignation or suspension is non-negotiable. JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh also said that the MHRD wants to continue having a dialogue with the students' union, to which the students agreed, but said that the ministry should also have a dialogue with the varsity's administration like the proctor.
MHRD refuses to suspend JNU VC, students to march to Rashtrapati Bhawan
The meeting between a delegation of JNUSU and JNUTA members with officials of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has ended. JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh, who was part of the meeting, gave a debriefing after the meeting and said that the officials hadn't agreed to suspend the varsity's vice chancellor, M Jagadesh Kumar. The students have been demanding his removal over alleged inaction during the 5 January incident of violence.
With the ministry's refusal to suspend Kumar from the post, the students have decided to continue the protest march to the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The march was taken out on Thursday afternoon from Mandi House and was stopped by Delhi Police at Shastri Bhawan.
JNU will participate in politics, says Kanhaiya Kumar
Former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar joined the varisty's protest march from Mandi House on Thursday and questioned the Centre over ministers' statements that students shouldn't engage in politics.
"We have a political science department in JNU, why will we not participate in politics," Kumar was quoted by India Today was saying.
Aishe Ghosh part of JNUSU delegation meeting MHRD officials
The JNUSU council members who are part of the delegation that is currently meeting MHRD officials over the 5 January violence and other demands are the union's president, Aishe Ghosh and other office bearers Saket Moon, Satish Yadav, and Danish.
The JNU teachers' association president DK Lobiyal is also present at the meeting along with other members of the association.
NSUI to distribute free Chhapaak tickets in Bhopal
The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) is set to distribute free tickets of Deepika Padukone's Chhapaak in Bhopal for the first day of its release on Friday, India Today reported. The actor and her upcoming film on the life of an acid attack survivor garnered support from Opposition leaders and students protesting against the 5 January violence in BJNU after she joined a sit-in at the university on Tuesday.
Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh govts declare 'Chhapaak' tax-free
The Bhupesh Baghel-led Chhattisgarh government on Thursday declared the Deepika Padukone-starrer 'Chhapaak' tax free.
Chhattisgarh was soon followed by Madhya Pradesh, which also has a Congress government, India Today reported.
Padukone grabbed national attention when she joined a sit-in at JNU in protest against the 5 January violence in the campus.
JNU students demand VC's resignation
JNU students, who on Thursday took out a rally protesting against the 5 January violence from Mandi House, also demanded the resignation of the university's vice chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar.
No deviation from fee hike 'formula', says JNU VC
There has been no deviation from the "formula" arrived at by the HRD Ministry about the fee hike, JNU vice chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar said on Thursday.
"As far as the fee issue is concerned, there has been no deviation from the formula arrived at the HRD Ministry last month. As decided, students are not being charged any services or utility fees," Kumar said. "We have also written to UGC to release funds for covering the utility and service charges as decided."
Amid outrage by students over a proposed fee hike, the HRD Ministry had intervened in December 2019 and formed a three-member committee to resolve the stand-off between the university and its administration.
As per the formula decided, the utility and service charges were supposed to be borne by UGC and not students, who had to pay only the room rent. However, the students have been demanding a complete rollback of the fee hike.
RJD, CPM, LJD join JNU's Mandi House rally
The protest march by JNU students which started at Mandi House against the 5 January violence in the campus was joined by RJD spokesperson Manoj Jha, and CPM leaders Sitaram Yechury, D Raja, Prakash and Brinda Karat, The Indian Express reported. Additionally, LJD leader Sharad Yadav was also part of the march.
JNUSU says will 'ensure' demands are heard in meeting with MHRD
JNUSU VP Saket Moon, who is part of the delegation of students' union office bearers who have been called by the Ministry of Human Resource Development for a discussion on the recent unrest in the campus, was quoted by The Indian Express as saying, "We will leave from here after ensuring our demands (are heard) now."
The officer-bearers of JNUSU and JNUTA are expected to discuss the violence against the students in the campus on 5 January, the hostel fee hike, and their demand for the removal of the vice-chancellor with the officials of the MHRD.
Delegation of JNUSU, JNUTA meet HRD officials
An eight-member delegation comprising members of the JNU students' union and teachers' association on Thursday met officials of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, even as a march was taken out by students in protest against the violence in the campus on 5 January. PTI reported that the Delhi Police escorted the delegation to the meeting.
Congress accuses Centre of being responsible for JNU violence
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, in a press conference on Thursday during which he extended support to the JNU students protesting against the violence against them on 5 January, also accused the Centre for being "behind the violence" in which 35 people were injured.
"It has been 72 hours (since the violence). The incident was not sudden, but planned. We all know who is behind it. MHRD and Home Minister are behind the violence. This is ‘Official Sponsored Gundaism’," he said.
JNU protesters' march stopped at Shashtri Bhavan
The Delhi Police has stopped near Shashtri Bhawan the march by students and members of civil society organisations towards the HRD Ministry. Hundreds of demonstrators hit the streets on Thursday protesting the recent violence at JNU and demanding resignation of the varsity vice-chancellor.
Report says days after Deepika Padukone joined JNU protests, govt drops promotional video featuring her
Two days after Deepika Padukone paid a surprise visit to Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, the Union skill development ministry has “dropped” a promotional video that had the actor speaking about acid attack survivors and Skill India, ThePrint reported. The news website cited an anonymous ministry source who said that the video was due to release on Wednesday but has been "abruptly dropped after Tuesday’s chain of events."
The website, however, also carried a clarification from the ministry which states that the video is merely being 'evaluated'.
JNU VC M Jagadish Kumar claims few teachers inciting students against him
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar on Thursday levelled allegations that some professors of the varsity are inciting the students against him. Speaking to Zee News, Kumar claimed that the situation inside the univeristy was now normal, except the fact that a few selective students were protesting and the teachers were trying to incite students against him.
Centre using 'dictatorial policies', says Sharad Pawar
Against the backdrop of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) violence, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said the BJP-led central government is using "dictatorial" policies which need to be answered through the non-violent way of Mahatma Gandhi.
"The government is using dictatorial policies. What happened in JNU is being opposed across the country. The government's dictatorship needs to be answered with Gandhiji's way of non-violence," a statement said quoting Mr Pawar, after the "Gandhi Shanti Yatra" was launched at the Gateway of India in Mumbai.
Congress lends supports to JNU protesters, says VC should resign
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh extended support to JNU students who were holding a march at Mandi House. Ramesh backed the students' demand for Vice Chancellor M Jagadish Kumar's resignation and raised questions on his handling of the attack against students and teachers on 5 January.
JNUSU prez Aishe Ghosh reaches Mandi House
Aishe Ghosh, the chief of the JNU students' union, who was also injured in the 5 January clashes at the university, has reached Mandi House to particioate in the protests. Ghosh had alleged that during the violence she was surrounded by 20-30 people, hit multiple times with an iron rod and even "physically molested" while sexual expletives were shouted at her.
The sight of Ghosh with blood streaming down her face became the defining image of the recent attack on JNU when a masked mob entered the campus with sledgehammers, iron rods and glass bottles, and beat students and teachers.
Meanwhile... JNU forms 5-member panel to probe violence by masked mob
The Jawaharlal Nehru University has formed a five-member committee to probe the January 5 violence on the campus that had left around 35 people injured, and recommend measures to ensure safety of students, Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar said on Thursday. The panel will also probe lapses, if any, in security, Kumar told PTI.
Sitaram Yechury, Sharad Pawar join JNU march at Mandi House
CPM leaders Sitaram Yechury, D Raja, Prakash Karat and Brinda Karat were among the politicians who have joined the march by JNU students and alumni against the violence in the university on 5 January. LJD leader Sharad Yadav was also among the protesters.
Yechury said, "For three hours, people wearing masks beat up varsity students. They entered the campus with police being present at the main gate." Alleging that the incident could not have happened without the vice-chancellor knowing about it, he said, "The VC has to go".
Hundreds hit Delhi street to protest against JNU violence
Hundreds of demonstrators, including students and members of civil society organisations, hit the streets on Thursday protesting the recent violence at JNU and demanding resignation of the varsity vice-chancellor. The protesters, carrying placards and banners, started a march from Mandi House towards the HRD Ministry. They shouted slogans demanding strict action against those involved in the campus violence of January 5 that left around 35 injured.
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Delhi: Police detain protesters near Ambedkar Bhawan. They were marching towards Rashtrapati Bhavan demanding removal of the Jawaharlal Nehru University's Vice Chancellor following Jan 5 violence in the campus. https://t.co/9T6ruAZnf6 pic.twitter.com/mCMtGwi9Zl
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Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University students hold protest at Mandi House demanding removal of the university's Vice Chancellor, following Jan 5 violence. pic.twitter.com/8AjxbkOtT6
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JNUTA takes out protest march against JNU VC
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers' Association is seeking the removal of Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar after the attack on students and faculty members by an armed masked mob. They joined a protest march in National Capital today.
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Meanwhile... massive protest against CAA, NRC and JNU violence underway in Jharkhand's Ranchi
Citizen's march from Albert Ekka Chowk to Raj Bhawan in Ranchi, Jharkhand against CAA, NRC, NPR and the violent incident against students in AMU, Jamia and JNU#CAA_NRC_Protests pic.twitter.com/IC9ZJHJlX9
— Tarique Anwer (@tanwer_m) January 9, 2020
Umar Khalid draws parallel between UPA, NDA eras says Manmohan Singh as PM defended students despite facing black flags
PM Manmohan Singh facing sloganeering and black flags from student protestors began his speech by quoting Voltaire, "I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to death your right to say it."
Then and Now!!
— Umar Khalid (@UmarKhalidJNU) January 9, 2020
Our President is here. We have reached Mandi House. #VCHatao #JNUTerrorAttack pic.twitter.com/fULkTA8eV9
— JNUSU (@JNUSUofficial) January 9, 2020
JNU Violence Latest Updates: The HRD ministry on Thursday said the removal of the Jawaharlal Nehru University vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar "was not a solution". HRD secretary Amit Khare said officials of the ministry will talk to Kumar again on Friday over the students' claims of revised fee not being implemented.
JNUSU VPP Saket Moon, who is part of the delegation of students' union office bearers who have been called by the Ministry of Human Resource Development for a discussion on the recent unrest in the campus, was quoted by The Indian Express as saying, "We will leave from here after ensuring our demands (are heard) now."
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar on Thursday levelled allegations that some professors of the varsity are inciting the students against him.
Speaking to Zee News, Kumar claimed that the situation inside the university was now normal, except the fact that a few selective students were protesting and the teachers were trying to incite students against him. Hundreds of demonstrators, including students and members of civil society organisations, hit the streets on Thursday protesting the recent violence at JNU and demanding resignation of the varsity vice-chancellor.
The protesters, carrying placards and banners, started a march from Mandi House towards the HRD Ministry. They shouted slogans demanding strict action against those involved in the campus violence of January 5 that left around 35 injured. Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students and teachers, heading to Mandi House for a protest march against the recent violence on campus, were stopped by police at the varsity's main gate on Thursday, the students said. However, the police has denied the claim and said students are being allowed to board the buses they had booked to reach the protest venue in central Delhi. There is also heavy deployment of police personnel both at the campus and the protest venue.
Updated Date: Jan 09, 2020 21:25:25 IST
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Molly Shannon is Emily Dickinson in 'Wild Nights with Emily' Trailer
"Let me tell the real story about this special poet." Greenwich Entertainment has debuted an official trailer for an indie dramedy titled Wild Nights with Emily, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival last year and also stopped by the Seattle, Sarasota, Edinburgh, Hamptons, Philadelphia, and Provincetown Film Festivals. Wild Nights with Emily shows us the little known other side of the writer Emily Dickinson's life, in particular her relationship with another woman, based on her private letters. Molly Shannon stars as Emily Dickinson, in love with an editor who admires her for more than her ability to write. Described as a "timely critique of how women's history is rewritten, Wild Nights with Emily remains vibrant, irreverent and tender--a perhaps closer depiction of Emily Dickinson's real life than anything seen before." Also stars Amy Seimetz, Susan Ziegler, Brett Gelman, Dana Melanie, and Joel Michaely. Amusing and witty.
Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Madeleine Olnek's Wild Nights with Emily, direct from YouTube:
In the late 1880s Emily Dickinson is writing prolifically, baking gingerbread, and enjoying a passionate, lifelong affair with her friend and sister-in-law Susan…yes this is the iconic American poet, popularly thought to have been a reclusive spinster. Beloved comic Molly Shannon leads in this humorous yet bold reappraisal of Dickinson, informed by her private letters. While seeking publication of some of the 1,775 poems written during her lifetime, Emily (Shannon) finds herself facing down a troupe of male literary gatekeepers too confused by her genius to take her work seriously. Instead her work attracts the attention of an ambitious woman editor, who also sees Emily as a convenient cover for her own role in buttoned-up Amherst's most bizarre love triangle. Wild Nights with Emily is both written and directed by American filmmaker / playwright Madeleine Olnek, director of the films Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same and The Foxy Merkins previously. This premiered at the SXSW Film Festival last year. Greenwich Ent will release Olnek's Wild Nights with Emily in select theaters starting on April 12th next month. Curious?
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Cutting emissions should be a priority, 88% of fleet experts tell Allstar
19/09/2019 in Environment News
Almost nine in 10 (88%) fleet industry experts believe that reducing emissions should be a priority, research by Allstar Business Solutions has found.
The fuel management company’s latest white paper – Navigating the Alternatively Fuelled Future – also found 60% of fleet operators believe that transitioning to alternative fuels will cause disruption to their business in the near future.
Paul Holland, MD UK fuel at Fleetcor, said: “We have already seen there has been considerable progress in recent years to establish alternative fuels as viable substitutes for traditional fossil fuels.
“From hybrid and biodiesel, to electric and hydrogen, each alternative fuel has its own merits that deserve to be fully evaluated in assessing sustainable fuels for fleets of the future.”
He added: “It is important that businesses have access to the right information and insight before they commit.
“By talking to experts and specialists, all businesses can ensure they have the guidance and support they need to make the right decisions for the future of their organisation.”
Allstar said its white paper was written in response to demand from its fleet customers to help them gain a better understanding of the impact, opportunities and challenges they may face when introducing alternative fuels into the businesses.
The report details the following considerations:
Value and cost of alternative fuel vehicles
Driving fleet evolution in the right direction
Interoperability, infrastructure and payment.
Allstar Business Solutions will be exhibiting in the Tomorrow’s Fleet Zone – Road to Zero at Fleet Live on October 8-9 at the NEC, Birmingham.
Fleet Live is the leading event for the fleet management community and gives decision-makers the chance to face future challenges and opportunities together with two days of learning, sharing and networking.
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Andrew Ryan is the features editor at Fleet News. He has been a journalist for more than 20 years and has specialised in the fleet industry for the past 12.
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Full Christmas Bus Service for Isle of Wight
Planes, trains and automobiles may all slow down on Christmas Day, but there is one part of the UK where a comprehensive bus service will be in operation.
Southern Vectis, part of The Go-Ahead Group, will run a comprehensive bus service across the Isle of Wight on December 25.
The island is one of the only parts of the UK to see normal transport run throughout the festive season, allowing residents to visit friends and family, get to work and those full of festive spirit to travel home safely.
The operator began running a few Christmas Day buses in 2008 and has gradually increased its services. Drivers sign-up for the festive shifts, and this year Southern Vectis was over-subscribed with drivers eager to don their Santa hats and festive jumpers before getting behind the wheel.
Andrew Wickham, Managing Director of Southern Vectis, said: “People on the Isle of Wight appreciate being able to get around on Christmas Day whether it’s to visit family, see friends or simply get out of the house for some fresh air. Passengers really appreciate the service, with many bringing sweet treats on board for our hard-working drivers.”
“Our services demonstrate the benefits of locally managed, commercial bus services which are able to react to meet the needs of local people. I pay tribute to my colleagues who work on Christmas Day to provide this essential service.”
Go-Ahead’s south coast operation will also run services in Southampton and across the region. Key routes - such as Southampton’s flagship Bluestar 1 – will be diverted to travel through smaller towns and villages. The popular Bluestar 18 will be extended to encompass local hospitals on their routes, ensuring that people with mobility issues, or lack of access to other vehicles, are able to visit friends and family in hospital, or farther afield on the big day. This same initiative will run on the M1 and M2 Morebus operations in Bournemouth and Poole, which will be extended to cover The Royal Bournemouth Hospital and Christchurch.
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Structure and Properties of Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films
Fluid Film Lubrication - Osborne Reynolds Centenary
FLUID FILM LUBRICATION - OSBORNE REY
Editors: D. Berthe D. Dowson M. Godet C.M. Taylor
Imprint: North Holland
Published Date: 1st October 1987
The thirteenth Leeds-Lyon Tribology Symposium was devoted to the topic of Fluid Film Lubrication in celebration of the centenary of the publication of the classical paper by Professor Osborne Reynolds in which he identified the mechanism of hydrodynamic lubrication.
These proceedings contain more than seventy papers, written by authors from all over the world, covering the entire spectrum of fluid film lubrication. Of particular interest is the detailed consideration of a wide range of machine elements - bearings, seals, cams, rolling elements, as well as the in-depth, state-of-the-art, analytical contributions.
A selection. I. Keynote Address. Osborne Reynolds (A. Cameron). II. History. Historical aspects and present development on thermal effects in hydrodynamic bearings (M. Fillon et al.). Michell and the development of tilting pad bearings (J.E.L. Simmons, S.D. Advani). III. Journal Bearings. An approximate global thermal analysis of journal bearings (D.F. Wilcock). Negative pressures in statically and dynamically loaded journal bearings (S. Natsumeda, T. Someya). Mixing inlet temperatures in starved journal bearings (H. Heshmat, P. Gorski). Starvation effects in two high speed bearing types (D.T. Gethin, J.O. Medwell). IV. Thrust Bearings (1). Three dimensional computation of thrust bearings (C.M.McC. Ettles). Parametric study and optimization of starved thrust bearings (H. Heshmat et al.). Tilting pad thrust bearings tests: influence of three design variables (W.W. Gardner). An experimental study of sector-pad thrust bearings and evaluation of their thermal characteristics (T.G. Rajaswamy et al.). Hard-on-hard water lubricated bearings for marine applications (P.J. Lidgitt et al.). V. Thrust Bearings (2). Inlet boundary condition for submerged multi-pad bearings relative to fluid inertia forces (A. Mori, H. Mori). Pressure boundary conditions at inlet edge of turbulent thrust bearings (H. Hashimoto, S. Wada). Dynamic analysis of tilting pad thrust bearings (A. Benali et al.). Hydrodynamically lubricated plane slider bearings using elastic surfaces (C. Giannikos, R.H. Buckholz). VI. Elasto-Hydrodynamic Lubrication (1). Solving Reynolds' equation for EHL line contacts by application of a multigrid method (A.A. Lubrecht et al.). The use of multi-level adaptive techniques for EHL line contact analysis (R.J. Chittenden et al.). Solutions for isoviscous line contacts using a closed form elasticity solution (R. Hall, M.D. Savage). VII. Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication (2). Parametric study of performance in elastohydrodynamic lubricated line contacts (B.J. Hamrock et al.). A numerical solution of the elastohydrodynamic lubrication of elliptical contacts with thermal effects (A.G. Blahey, G.E. Schneider). VIII. Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication (3). The lubrication of elliptical conjunctions in the isoviscous-elastic regime with entrainment directed along either principal axis (R.J. Chittenden et al.). The elastohydrodynamic behaviour of simple liquids at low temperatures (C. Waterhouse et al.). IX. Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication (4). A method for estimating the effect of normal approach on film thickness in elastohydrodynamic line contacts (N. Motosh, W.Y. Saman). A full numerical solution for the non-steady state elastohydrodynamic problem in nominal line contacts (Y.W. Wu, S.M. Yan). The lubrication of soft contacts (C.J. Ho oke). X. Lubricant Rheology. Pressure viscosity and compressibility of di fferent mineral oils (P. Vergne, D. Berthe). Measurement of viscoelastic paramet ers in lubricants and calculation of traction curves (P. Bezot, C. Hesse-Bezot). High-shear viscosity studies of polymer-containing lubricants (J.L. Duda et al. ). XI. Bearing Dynamics (1). Identification of fluid-film bearing dynamics: time domain or frequency domain? (J.E. Motterhead et al.). The influence of grooves in bearings on the stability and response of rotating systems (P.G. Morton et al.). The effect of dynamic deformation on dynamic properties and stability of cylindrical journal bearings (Z. Zhang et al.). XII. Bio-Tribology. Development of transient elastohydrodynamic models for synovial joint lubrication (T.J. Smith, J.B. Medley). An analysis of micro-elastohydrodynamic lubrication in synovial joints considering cyclic loading and entraining velocities (D. Dowson, Z.M. Jin). XIII. Superlaminar Flow in Bearings. A review of superlaminar flow in journal bearings (F.R. Mobbs). Frictional losses in turbulent flow between rotating concentric cylinders (C.G. Floyd). Turbulence and inertia effects in finite width stepped thrust bearings (A.K. Tieu). XIV. Bearing Analysis. A new numerical technique for the analysis of lubricating films. Part I. Incompressible, isoviscous lubricant (C.H.T. Pan et al.). Lubrication of elliptical contacts with spin (D. Dowson et al.). XV. Bearing Dynamics (2). Oil film rupture under dynamic load? Reynolds' statement and modern experience (O.R. Lang). Investigation of static and dynamic characteristics of tilting pad bearing (T. Huang et al.). XVI. Oil Film Instability. Instability of oil film in high-speed non-contact seal (M. Tanaka, Y. Hori). Instability of the oil-air boundary in radial-groove bearings (A. Leeuwestein). An experimental study of oil-air interface instability in a grooved rectangular pad thrust bearing (D.J. Hargreaves, C.M. Taylor). XVII. Gas Bearings. Performance of an out-of-balance rotor supported in self acting gas bearings (H. Marsh). Comparison of theoretical characteristics of two types of externally pressurized, gas lubricated, compliant surface thrust bearings (K. Hayashi, K. Hirasata). An experimental investigation of the steady-state performance of a compliant surface aerostatic thrust bearing (D.A. Boffey, G.M. Alder). XVIII. Seals. Influence of back-up rings on the hydrodynamic behaviour of hydraulic cylinder seals (H.L. Johannesson, E. Kassfeldt). Study on fundamental characteristics of rotating lip-type oil seals (M. Ogata et al.). Influence of pressure diference and axial velocity on a spiral-groove bearing for a moving piston (F. Bremer et al.). XIX. Machine Elements (1) - Ring Oiled Bearings. Thermal network analysis of a ring-oiled bearing and comparison with experimental results (D. Dowson et al.). XX. Machine Elements (2) - Cams and Tappets. Mixed lubrication of a cam and flat faced follower (D. Dowson et al.). Elastohydrodynamic film thickness and temperature measurements in dynamically loaded concentrated contacts: eccentric cam - flat follower (H. van Leeuwen et al.). XXI. Machine Elements (3) - Rolling Bearings. Study of lubricant film in rolling bearings: effects of roughness (P. Leenders, L.G. Houpert).
© North Holland 1987
D. Berthe
D. Dowson
Department of Mechanical Engineering/University of Leeds/Leeds/UK
M. Godet
INSA, Laboratoire de Mecanique des Contacts, Villeurbanne, France
C.M. Taylor
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Women's Basketball Locks Up Fifth Straight Win On Senior Night Over WPI
WPI (10-13,5-10NEWMAC) 5 14 22 14 55
Emerson (16-8,10-5 NEWMAC) 12 15 14 20 61
Pts: Victoria Mirecki - 13
Reb: Victoria Mirecki - 11
Pts: Charlie Boyle - 18
Reb: Natalie Clydesdale - 8
Ast: Quinn Madden - 5
Score: Emerson 61, WPI 55
Records: Emerson Lions (16-8, 10-5 NEWMAC) ; WPI Engineers (10-13, 5-10 NEWMAC)
Date: Saturday, February 9, 2019
The Lead: Led by 18 points from senior Charlie Boyle (Scotts Valley, Calif.) followed by an additional 12 from junior Quinn Madden (Mokena, Ill.), the Emerson women's basketball team fought its way to a fifth straight conference victory in a 61-55 win over WPI on Wednesday night.
Prior to today's contest, head coach Bill Gould and assistant coach Shannon Norton recognized its pair of seniors in Natalie Busch (Weybridge, England) and C. Boyle for their dedication to the Emerson women's basketball program throughout their collegiate careers.
C. Boyle led all scorers with 18 points on 7-of-13 and 4-of-5 from the free throw line with Madden joining in with 12 points, seven rebounds, five assists and two steals.
Junior Natalie Clydesdale (Pittsburgh, Penn.) led the reserves with eight points off the bench along with eight boards and two steals.
Victoria Mirecki anchored WPI with 13 points and completed a double-double with 11 rebounds, while Caitlin Boermeester added 12 points.
Emerson finished shooting 44.4% from the floor (23-of-52) and drained 42.9% on the perimeter, while WPI converted 39.2% (20-of-51).
The Lions turned 17 Engineers turnovers into 14 points as the visitors beat the hosts on the glass, 35-29.
Both teams kept off the boards through the first two and a half minutes until sophomore Sam Boyle (Scotts Valley, Calif.) sent up the game's first basket at 7:18 to give Emerson a 2-0 lead.
After squaring the game at two apiece on Spencer Vinson's layup, Emerson answered with a 6-0 spurt push its lead to six (6-2) before wrapping the first frame at the line with a seven-point advantage (12-5).
Two minutes deep into the second stanza, WPI started a 7-2 run capped off by a trey from Bailey Savage as Emerson's lead was erased down to two (14-12).
A jumper from Madden extended the Lions' lead to nine, its largest of the half, at the 3:23 mark and entered the locker room holding an eight-point 27-19 lead.
WPI connected on its first five shots out the gate of the half to gain its first lead of the game at 30-29 after Boermeester canned a triple at 6:59 only to see Emerson go up three on Busch's free throw (33-30).
Within in the midst of the frame, the lead went back and forth between Emerson and WPI holding three point edges as the game one evened at 41-all after sophomore Rachel Davey (Saratoga, Calif.) knocked down a three-point bucket.
The visitors bumped to its biggest lead on a quick 4-0 run on Alex Scariati's three at 7:12 before junior Clydesdale answered on the other end with a triple of her own to kickstart an 11-2 Emerson streak and the Lions' advantage moved to seven (54-47).
Another triple from Scariati kept the Engineers within a pair (57-55) before Emerson took to the free line to seal the 61-55 victory.
Emerson makes their way over to Mount Holyoke for its final regular season matchup on Saturday, February 16 at 1:00 p.m.
WPI returns home for its last game of the season on the same date at 3:00 p.m. hosting Babson.
Stay updated on the Emerson women's basketball team and follow the Lions on Twitter, Facebook at Emerson College Women's Basketball as well as on Instagram. Also be sure to tune into Emerson Channel Sports to catch the Lions in action!
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Two Abraaj group companies fined total of $315m for deceiving investors
The Dubai Financial Services Authority, DFSA, today imposed financial penalties of US$299,300,000 (AED1,098,431,000) and $15,275,925 (AED56,062,645) on Abraaj Investment Management Limited, AIML, and Abraaj Capital Limited, ACLD, respectively.
In a press statement today, DFSA said that the investigation, which commenced in January 2018, was complex and spanned multiple jurisdictions.
The authority found that AIML - a Cayman Islands company now in provisional liquidation - carried out unauthorised financial services, including fund management, within and from the Dubai International Financial Centre; actively misled and deceived investors in Abraaj funds over an extended period; misused investors’ monies in various funds to meet its own operating and other expenses, which included payments to entities connected to some members of AIML staff, and to meet ever-increasing cash shortfalls; and concealed this by providing misleading financial information to investors and making false statements about the use of money drawn down from investors and distributions.
Among the many methods AIML used to deceive investors were borrowing money just prior to financial reporting dates to produce temporary bank balances at a level expected by the investors; changing the reporting period for a fund to disguise shortfalls; deflecting demands from various parties to provide updated financial information and bank statements; and lying about delays in making distributions of exit proceeds to investors.
At the time AIML entered into provisional liquidation, because of the activities referred to above, two funds managed by AIML had a combined shortfall of at least $180 million.
With regard to Abraaj Capital Limited - a Dubai International Financial Centre company also in provisional liquidation - the DFSA investigation found that it failed to maintain adequate capital resources; deceived the DFSA about its compliance with various rules, including capital adequacy requirements; and was knowingly concerned in AIML’s unauthorised financial services activities.
As a result of this misconduct, ACLD also breached the Regulatory Law as it failed to observe minimum standards of integrity and fair dealing; failed to ensure its affairs were managed effectively and responsibly; and failed to deal with the DFSA in an open and cooperative manner.
The internal correspondence showed that Abraaj group’s compliance function raised concerns about the group carrying on unauthorised financial services within the Dubai International Financial Centre as early as 2009, but ACLD’s senior management ignored this.
The DFSA has taken this action to penalise ACLD and AIML, deter others and protect investors. Before taking any further action to enforce payment of the fines, the DFSA will consider the firms’ circumstances at that time and the corresponding implications of enforcing the fines for fund investors.
Bryan Stirewalt, Chief Executive of the DFSA, said, "The size of these fines reflects the seriousness with which the DFSA views AIML’s and ACLD’s contraventions. Senior management rode roughshod over their compliance function and the misconduct and deceit were pervasive and persistent. We will pursue the persons or entities who perpetrated this activity, including those who allowed this to happen through major corporate governance breaches, to the full extent of our powers."
The DFSA continues to investigate individuals and entities connected with this matter, in respect of their culpability, to the full extent of its powers and considering all sanctions available to it.
A copy of the DFSA's Decision Notices can be found in the Regulatory Actions section of the DFSA website.
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Home › Exhibitions › Scottish
An Old Woman Cooking Eggs
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Diego Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
An Old Woman Cooking Eggs, 1618
39 1/2 x 47 in.
Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
© Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland
In this work painted by Velázquez when he was only eighteen or nineteen years old and living in his native Seville, the figures and household objects stand out forcefully from the dark ground. The slightly disconnected gazes and suspended gestures of the old woman and the boy infuse tension into the scene. The artist showcases his remarkable technical skill through his differentiation of the textures of a wide variety of materials — from the wooden table and spoon and gleaming brass containers to the glazed earthenware and the eggs congealing in oil. The realism that Velázquez achieved in this painting and other early kitchen scenes (known as bodegones) was new in Spanish art at this time and earned him renown. By 1623, at the age of twenty-four, he was invited to the court of Madrid, where he spent his career in the service of King Philip IV.
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Philippe de Montebello interviews George Goldner
March 4, 2016 to March 5, 2016
Philippe de Montebello, Director Emeritus of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, interviews George Goldner, former Curator of Paintings and Drawings, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, and former Chairman of the Department of Drawings and Prints, The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Saturday, March 5, 2016. This interview is part of the symposium A Demand for Drawings: Five Centuries of Collecting, co-presented by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection and The Drawing Institute at The Morgan Library on Friday and Saturday, March 4-5, 2016.
Philippe de Montebello
George Goldner
Welcome and Opening Remarks, Colin B. Bailey and John Marciari at The Morgan Library
Hugo Chapman: "Parallels, Patterns and Reversals: The British Museum as a Template for Collecting Old Master Drawings"
Evelyn Karet: "Collecting Old Master Drawings in Northern Renaissance Italy before Vasari: Motivations and Patterns of Collecting"
Diana Dethloff: "Peter Lely: Collecting in Seventeenth–Century England"
Kristel Smentek: "Pierre-Jean Mariette: The Collector as Historian"
Welcome and Opening Remarks, Ian Wardropper and Inge Reist at The Frick Collection
Andrew Morrogh: "Niccolò Gaddi and Giorgio Vasari"
Michiel Plomp: "Rembrandt and His Time"
Carel van Tuyll: "Queen Christina of Sweden's Collection of Drawings"
Charles Noble: "The Early Dukes of Devonshire: Collectors of Drawings, 1680–1755"
Jennifer Tonkovich: "I still spent much more than I had planned": Buying Drawings at Jullienne's 1767 Sale"
Ann Percy: "An Acquiring Mind: John S. Phillips, a Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia Print Collector's Taste for Drawings"
Ger Luijten: "Frits Lugt: Building a Collection"
John Marciari: "Janos Scholz and His Era"
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Dance of Death: Du Lac & Fey (PC) Review
14/04/2019Rob PittPC, Review
Old School Point-and-Click games are a guilty pleasure of mine. From the days of classic Lucas Arts Games such as Sam and Max and The Dig to modern games like Silence, Deponia, and The Inner World: The Last Wind Monk. ...
Ghost Giant (PSVR) Review
11/04/2019Rob PittPSVR, Review
When I was a kid, I owned pop-up picture books. You would turn the page and get greeted by a magnificent scene which appeared right before your very eyes, complete with tabs to move as you spy into peoples houses, ...
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy [Remaster] (PS4) Review
09/04/2019Rob Pitt3DS, Mobile, PC, PS4, Review, Switch, Xbox One
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney was my first ever experience of a Visual Novel, although I would probably call it an Investigative Visual Novel due to the nature of the game and the fact it’s not just about reading the narrative. ...
Darksiders: Warmastered Edition (Nintendo Switch) Review
I don’t think there’s anyone out there who hasn’t played or at least heard of Darksiders by now. Each game in the franchise sees you playing as one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as you work your way ...
Roger & James in They Came From Below [We Happy Few DLC] (PS4) Review
08/04/2019Rob PittPC, PS4, Review, Xbox One
Back in August 2018, we took a trip to Wellington Wells, a dystopian town which was divided into two classes, those who take their ‘Joy’ and live a drug-addicted life, and those who went cold turkey and became ‘Downers’. We ...
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid (Switch) Review
I grew up with the Power Rangers, I would watch it religiously every time it was on TV. However, my knowledge of the show only stems around the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and the first Movie – I’ve not watched ...
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning (PS4) Review
02/04/2019Rob PittPC, PS4, Review
Going back to September 2017, my first ever published review was for a little game called Danganronpa V3 from Spike Chunsoft – a few of you may have heard of it… This weekend I’ve had the pleasure of playing the ...
Where the Bees Make Honey (PS4) Review
One of the things I love about Indie games is that, just like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get. In a time where most of the top games on all platforms are all very ...
Access Denied (PS4) Review
31/03/2019Rob PittCross-buy, PC, PS Vita, PS4, Review, Switch, Xbox One
There are days when I crave a long, narrative-driven adventure, sometimes I just want to shoot and kill things, and then there are times where I want to keep my brain active by solving a few puzzles. Access Denied falls ...
I and Me (PS4) Review
Sometimes, even the simplest of ideas can be created into an enjoyable and entertaining game, they can even be twisted into a sadistic and difficult one should the developer wish to increase its challenge. I and Me is one such ...
Mixups by POWGI (PS4) Review
31/03/2019Rob PittCross-buy, Mobile, PS Vita, PS4, Review
Lightwood Games have returned with another one of their clinical-looking puzzle games, this time it’s less logic-based than their previous sudoku and picross series’. Mixups by POWGI is a game in which the gameplay is perfectly described within the title ...
Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists ~Ateliers of the New World~ (PS4) Review
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Atelier franchise, Gust and Koei Tecmo have created a new game in the series which looks very similar yet plays completely different. Instead of sticking to the standard format, we’re invited to ...
Beat Cop (PS4) Review
26/03/2019Rob PittMobile, PC, PS4, Review, Switch, Xbox One
Simulation games can come in all shapes and sizes; from full-on 1:1 simulation games like Train Sim World, which has you driving a realistic train, to God-like games where you control the action as an overlooking ethereal being, such as ...
The Messenger (PS4) Review
25/03/2019Josh ShoupPC, PS4, Review, Switch
I don’t really have fond memories of every game series from my youth. It’s not to say that the games were bad, but I just don’t think about The Adventures of Lolo, Kid Icarus or Ninja Gaiden anymore as they ...
Bard’s Gold (Nintendo Switch) Review
22/03/2019Rob PittCross-buy, PC, PS4, Review, Switch, Xbox One
I have a love/hate relationship with ‘rogue’ games. Developers sometimes make them stupidly difficult just so you can only progress a few minutes at a time, whereas others are very generous with their implementation of the mechanics. Over the last ...
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Lacrosse: Central's Keator recovers from tumor
After having a brain tumor removed in 2014, Colton Keator has become a key role player for Central York lacrosse.
Lacrosse: Central's Keator recovers from tumor After having a brain tumor removed in 2014, Colton Keator has become a key role player for Central York lacrosse. Check out this story on gametimepa.com: https://gtpa.co/1pGVCrk
Brandon Stoneburg, bstoneburg@GameTimePA.com Published 2:08 a.m. ET March 22, 2016 | Updated 2:39 a.m. ET March 22, 2016
Photos: Central's Colton Keator bounces back after brain surgery
After having a brain tumor removed in 2014, Colton Keator has become a key role player for Central York lacrosse. Practice at York Central High School on Monday March 14, 2016. Paul Kuehnel, York Daily Record
Colton Keator at York Central High School on Monday March 14, 2016. Paul Kuehnel, York Daily Record
Athletic trainer Matt Hoover, left, helps Colton Keator with a knee injury he received during resistance training. Paul Kuehnel, York Daily Record
Colton Keator at York Central High School on Monday March 14, 2016.(Photo: Paul Kuehnel, York Daily Record)Buy Photo
On Colton Keator's first day of high school lacrosse practice, the freshman told Central York head coach Tom Mayne that he wanted to participate but couldn't handle any contact just yet.
"Why? What's wrong?'" Mayne asked.
"Well, I just had brain surgery," Keator responded, showing Mayne the scar on his head.
The 14-year-old was just months removed from a serious brain surgery that removed a nickel-sized, binary tumor. It was revealed in an MRI after Keator had gone through 20 to 30 uncontrollable seizures a day through his middle school years. The seven-hour surgery resulted in a three-day hospital stay and a month-long absence from school — a fast recovery, according to his doctors.
And here he was, ready to get back to playing the sport he had adored since he first played in sixth grade.
"As a coach, I'm thinking to myself, 'How in the world are you here?'" Mayne said of his first encounter with Keator. "His head was still shaved and he showed me the scar. I told him I needed to see a note or something. I needed to know it would be safe to have him play. I thought, 'This poor kid, he's not even going to make the team.' But he's been ready since Day 1. He's fearless, he's a scrapper, and nothing was going to stop him from playing."
Mayne trusted doctors and the Keator family, who said it would be safe for him to play. And for Central, it has worked out. Keator, who is now a senior midfielder, turned into a "solid role player," according to Mayne.
After having a brain tumor removed in 2014, Colton Keator has become a key role player for Central York lacrosse. (Photo: Paul Kuehnel, GameTimePA.com)
But his medical issues weren't over after the surgery. There was the kidney stone caused by one of his medications. And the migraines — which Keator describes as an 11 on the pain scale of one to 10 — have plagued him throughout his high school career. He has gone months and years at times without a seizure, but every now and then they'll pop back up, including once during a game against York Catholic. Keator felt that one coming, he said, and managed to get off the field before he blacked out and collapsed.
He has missed just two games his entire high school career — the York Catholic game he left, and one other game after he had a major seizure in class.
"He was still back in the locker room trying to play," Mayne said. "His friends and teammates all love and support him. They worry when they see his seizures, but he's right back up and in the locker room the same day."
Make no mistake, this isn’t a charity case. Keator isn’t on the team because anyone feels bad for him or wants to make him feel better. He’s on the team because he deserves to be there.
"He's not looking to get pitied or treated special," Mayne said. "He just wants to go out and play. He's an amazing kid with an amazing attitude."
After having a brain tumor removed in 2014, Colton Keator has become a key role player for Central York lacrosse. Practice at York Central High School on Monday March 14, 2016. (Photo: Paul Kuehnel, York Daily Record)
Keator hasn’t hidden behind his medical issues, he’s embraced them. He introduced himself to a classroom full of his peers by showing pictures of his brain surgery – blood and all – during a class presentation at the beginning of the semester.
“When I heard I would have surgery, I honestly thought it might be pretty cool,” Keator said. “My family was more nervous, especially my mom, but we had one of the best doctors around so I wasn’t worried.”
Mayne chuckled at the idea of a 14-year-old being so calm and collected heading into a major brain surgery.
“That’s just his personality though,” Mayne laughed. “He’s unflappable. You have to give him credit for his bravery.”
Mayne isn’t the first or last to marvel at Keator, but the young man gets uncomfortable when he’s called an inspiration. He doesn’t quite see it that way.
“I never really thought that’s how I would be described,” he said. “I just focus on now and try to get through each day. I look forward to college (Coastal Carolina) and my future.”
Defending champs
YAIAA Division I: Susquehannock and West York
YAIAA tournament: West York
Photos: 5 YAIAA boys' lacrosse players to watch
YAIAA boys' lacrosse players to watch. GameTimePA
COLLIN MAILMAN, York Suburban, sr. | The senior midfielder and Drexel commit finished with 35 goals and 14 assists last year while leading York Suburban to a second consecutive winning season. Mailman was also a YAIAA coaches' first-team all-star selection. File, GameTimePA.com
Tanner Bolton scored 63 goals last year for Spring Grove. File/GameTimePA.com
ANTHONY DeVINCENT, Susquehannock, sr. | DeVincent's move from South Western to Susquehannock reads like a key offseason acquisition for an already talented Warriors team. DeVincent (left) finished Top 3 in the league in goals last season (55) and Top 10 in assists (21). File, GameTimePA.com
SAM EMIG, Red Lion, jr. | The junior attacker and 2015 first-team all-star is closing in on 200 career points after registering a league-leading 71 goals and 15 assists last season. If Emig can build on his stellar sophomore season, Red Lion and its high-powered offense could be a postseason contender. File, GameTimePA.com
JACK MARKS, Dallastown, sr. | Arguably the league's top returning goalie, Marks was called "one of the best seniors in the county on and off the field," by first-year head coach Joe Slessinger. The Frostburg State commit topped 180 saves last year with a save percentage in the 60 range. Submitted
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International School's Workshops
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My Early Years
Growing up in South Africa, during the dark days of Apartheid, I started performing with puppets at an early age. I remember my mother coming back from a trip to New York (at the age of twelve) with a ventriloquist doll, Charlie, which prompted my early ventriloquist performances as a teenager. At first performing for children's parties and charity events, it all took off from there. In 1981 my career as a puppeteer was officially professionally launched when I received a French government scholarship to study at the newly opened Institute International de la Marionnette in Charleville-Mézières, France. For the following six years, I floated between South Africa and France engaging in many courses with international puppet masters, which included Jan Dvorak, Henryk Jurkowski, Margareta Niculescu, Michael Meschke, Henk Boerwinkel, Joan Baixas, Josef Krofta and Jim Henson.
It was only a little later that I became involved in political work, which began with 'Puns en Doedie' Puppets Against Apartheid in the streets of South Africa, but there's more on that here!
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The Stinker That Is Net Neutrality
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. Contributor
Policy director at Competitive Enterprise Institute
Seemingly everything that could possibly be said about net neutrality has been said by proponents and opponents alike over the past decade. Yet, today is the deadline to file on yet another Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed rule.
NPR put it like this in an article supporting the Internet Association's call for "enforceable rules":
At issue is how to maintain equal access to the Internet for all consumers, without priority for certain content providers who can afford to pay more to send their content (like Netflix movies) to users at faster speeds.
That association is composed of Google, Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and numerous others.
The pushing of this policy is short-sighted corporate rent seeking and harmful to future generations and iterations of what the Internet will become. And today's corporate neutrality advocates will increasingly sit in the regulatory crosshairs of tomorrow as content and infrastructure increasingly overlap, and payback is sought.
I remember filing comments to FCC in 2008 and again in 2010. Recently I dissolved myself in Pandora and wrote a 15-part series called “Before Net Neutrality Eats the World.”
Netflix envelope (Photo credit: Marit & Toomas Hinnosaar)
I maintain that we instead should seek the separation of state and telecommunications, which I sum up as follows with respect to neutrality:
Open networks can and should co-exist with those blocked and managed and fiddled with in every way imaginable. If FCC cannot defend that scenario, and is inherently unable to articulate why those advocating compulsory “dumb pipes” are the genuine enemies of openness , access to information and free speech, it is unsuited for a leading role in communications policy.
I'm glad to see that Congress is attempting to strip FCC authority to regulate the Internet this week, but of course that'll go nowhere in the Senate.
Judge Laurence Silberman colorfully dissented from the January appeals court decision that opened the way for this new FCC broadband regulatory grab.
...So much for the terms [in section 706 of the Telecommunications Act] “promote competition in the local telecommunications market” or “remove barriers to infrastructure investment.” Presto, we have a new statute granting the FCC virtually unlimited power to regulate the Internet. This reading of § 706 ... “would virtually free the Commission from its congressional tether.” The limiting principles the majority relies on are illusory.
Back in 2002, my then-Cato Institute colleague Adam Thierer and I referred to phenomena like net neutrality as infrastructure socialism in our book What’s Yours Is Mine, since others are so reluctant to name what things are.
One simply doesn’t create a universal regulatory superstructure to deal with potential rifle shot access or pricing problems that are themselves rooted in FCC’s decades old monopoly regulatory legacy, the former granting of exclusive franchises, the residue of the government's own abolition of competition.
This is an old, old story. Once upon a time, we debated “neutrality” on the Windows desktop, on the electric power grid, even on Google search results. I opposed them all.
But thanks to Search Neutrality regulation, all search results now appear first.
OK kidding, but net neutrality advocates need to answer questions regarding the obliteration of property rights in network assets, which is as damaging a policy as search neutrality would be.
Our very system of free enterprise seems too young for there to be appreciation of infrastructure liberalization and the vital importance of market pricing of the flows on that infrastructure. As "Splinternets" and tiered pricing and "discrimination" (so-called) increase, the "background hum" of the Internet rises for everyone and access proliferates.
The federal government's appreciation of infrastructure is abysmal. The administration can’t even OK a gas pipeline, when there should be dozens. It thinks the solution to California’s water crisis is some combination of magic, desalination and strict environmental mandates rather than pricing and liberalization.
Collective farming is no fit for modern world, nor is the pinched vision of net neutrality. The Internet should not be the C&O Canal or creaky National Road of the 21st Century. Neutrality might be appropriate to the Flintstones in Bedrock, but not us.
Neutrality also has an even more distressing side than the corporate-welfare-for-billionaires aspect, which is to enable left wing supervision and control of content. Early versions of attempted influence over content included the “public spaces” effort, a PBS for the Internet.
We’ve seen iterations of it in FCC’s “Future of Media” campaign, which I filed testimony on also. A recent FCC trial balloon sought to ensure that newsrooms were reporting the way the government thought they should.
Former FCC commissioner Robert McDowell noted neutrality's broader designs in quoting one proponent's claim that only “the FCC is equipped to deal with issues like regionalism, like localism, like diversity." McDowell explained that "These words were likely not selected randomly: They have legal significance at the FCC in regulating.”
Critics of neutrality mean well but they are wrong to call the public utility model "obsolete," it was a stinker from the beginning.
Telecommunications and electricity were both competitive in their beginnings, and competition was banned. It was a struggle to overcome that in recent decades, to create what we have now.
Government regulation of infrastructure delays innovation. We might have had the Internet we have now decades ago were it not for FCC.
The policy prescription is separation of state and communications, not Bedrock.
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.
Wayne Crews is vp for policy & director of technology studies at the Competitive Enterprise Institute & a Cato Institute alum. A one-time Libertarian candidate f...
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New paper by Marcus Colchester: Legal obstacles to territorial rights recognition, sustainable production and conservation on forest peoples’ lands
Hufat Biseh explaining the use of plants for medicine
Angus MacInnes
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Marcus Colchester
Rights-based conservation
Forest Peoples Programme's founder and Senior Policy Advisor, Marcus Colchester, has published a paper entitled "Legal obstacles to territorial rights recognition, sustainable commodity production and forest conservation on forest peoples’ lands in Southeast Asia with a focus on Indonesia and Malaysia." The paper is published by Liverpool University Press.
Most forest peoples in Southeast Asia practice mixed economies in which mobile foraging is a key element in their livelihood strategies, based on hunting, fishing, gathering, shifting cultivation and, increasingly, small-scale commodity production. As well as being central to their identities and economies, such activities are regulated by customary law.
In both Indonesia and Malaysia, under the constitutions and other laws, custom is recognised as a source of rights in partial conformity with international human rights laws on indigenous peoples. In practice, rights are often not formally recognised, are readily extinguished by official land designation and, even where recognised, rarely extend beyond farmland to include wider foraging areas. Customary law communities are thus highly vulnerable when their forestlands are allocated to developers of large-scale monocrops such as oil palm and pulpwood.
Voluntary ‘sustainability’ standards now require companies to respect customary rights and communities’ free prior and informed consent to land-use plans designed to ensure both development and forest conservation, but legal limitations hinder good practice. Based on detailed field studies and legal reviews, the paper finds that due to these limitations, national legal and procedural reforms are needed if voluntary standards are to protect rights and forests.
Download the full paper from Liverpool University Press
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Community lands in community hands: The potential of new mapping tools
Mapping exercise - Wampis territory, October 2019
Conrad Feather
Participatory resource mapping
Cultural Identity & Knowledge
Gobierno Territorial Autónomo de la Nación Wampís (GTANW)
Comisión Especial Permanente de los pueblos Awajún y Wampis (CEPPAW)
Federacíon de Comunidades Nativas del Ucayali y Afluentes (FECONAU)
Consejo Étnico de los Pueblos Kichwa de la Amazonia (CEPKA)
Human Rights Due Diligence
On 4 October 2019, 23 community leaders from Colombia and Peru arrived in the village of Soledad on the foothills of the Kampankis Mountain range in the heart of the territory of the Wampis Nation in northern Peru.
Mapping workshop participants - Wampis Territory, October 2019
The delegates, who represented Kichwa, Shipibo and Wampis indigenous peoples from Peru and Afro-descendant communities and Embera-Chamani, Huitoto and N+pode+mak+ indigenous peoples of Colombia had travelled for multiple days to attend the four-day encounter. They came together as part of Forest Peoples Programme’s bi-national programme of work in Peru and Colombia to discuss and share strategies and challenges for protection and stewardship of their territories — many of which are under threat from armed conflict, the narcotics trade, the extractive industries (including mining, oil and logging) and the expanding agribusiness frontier in the Amazon.
Perversely, some of our partners — such as the Kichwa in San Martin, Peru — face hostility and threats from those who regard forest communities and indigenous peoples as an ‘enemy of conservation’, rather than as strategic ally.
However, whether the threat comes from the extractive industries or ‘fortress conservation’ interests the price that these peoples all have to pay for their efforts to protect their forest lands and rights to their lands and cultures is defamation, intimidation, violence and sometimes even life. In Colombia, this situation has taken a drastic turn for the worse in recent months as our Afro-descendant partners have had grenades hurled into their community meetings, while an Embera-Chamani representative of the Resguardo Indigena Cañamomo Lomaprieta in Caldas has been forced to leave the territory following escalating assassination attempts.
Sunset - Wampis Territory, October 2019
The choice of Wampis territory as a location for the workshop aimed to inspire our partners with the evolving story of the Wampis, who are one of the pioneers of a new vision of self-determined development for indigenous peoples in the Peruvian Amazon. The Wampis Territorial Government was formally founded in November 2015 after years of preparatory work. It aims to take proactive steps to govern the full extent of their traditional lands in accordance with the legal obligations of the Peruvian state vis-a-vis the rights of indigenous peoples and is built on a horizontal system of governance with decisions taken by a people’s assembly. These shifts are inspired by their own historic models of organisation and a reflection on the limitations of a village-based system promoted by the Peruvian government over many years.
The power of maps
The focus of our encounter in Wampis territory in 2019 was technology, as FPP shared ground-breaking new mapping and monitoring tools developed by one of our allies, Digital Democracy (DD). DD are a unique actor in a small ecosystem of tech allies for community groups, combining tech savvy activism with a deep personal insight into indigenous peoples’ and community struggles for social justice; a bridge between the world of developers and off grid communities.
Since 2014, FPP has accompanied early pilots of these tools in both Guyana and Peru which today are known as Mapeo. The work with the Wapichana people of Guyana has resulted in an interactive map documenting the threats to their territory. The collaboration with DD stemmed from a challenge we had faced for many years: maps were a source of power for many of the communities we work with, a strategic tool with the potential to reinforce claims over lands, make their own plans to govern their extensive lands and hold those to account for land conflicts and environmental impacts.
Despite this potential, and the great leaps forward in tools such as GPS and smartphones for gathering georeferenced data, the tools for managing and publishing the complex geographic information described by these maps remained beyond the reach of most communities and in the hands of GIS specialists. Instead, our partners were demanding decentralised solutions to enable multiple mappers and monitors to gather data at the same time, make it available for their own analysis and decision-making processes and then control what data they share, with whom, how and when.
A new solution: Mapping in community hands
We needed a different solution, one which harnessed the increasing sophistication of smartphones, which can take a GPS point and associate it with high quality photographs. New open source apps like ODK even allow users to develop their own survey forms; however, even though it functions offline and has made gathering high quality data much easier, the challenge of how to manage this data and prepare it for sharing either with your own people or with an external audience remains. This data still needs onerous integration in much more sophisticated programmes which are often off limits to the vast majority of local communities — either because of their dependence on high speed internet or their technical complexity.
This is where Mapeo aimed to fill the void, first to monitor and document what is happening to the land, and then to allow the user to visualise this data and prepare maps or reports for internal use or publication. Crucially, all of this needed to function without access to the internet.
Introducing Mapeo
Over four days our partners were introduced to the various features of Mapeo including through numerous field exercises. A mobile app (Mapeo Mobile) which functions entirely offline can be used to either take a photo and add a brief observation, or to fill in a bespoke survey form. The data can then be synchronised offline with a laptop with the Mapeo desktop app installed. The app allows users to immediately see the data either in a gallery of photos or on a map – either a satellite map for those users who haven’t yet developed their own base map, or a map of their choosing.
Once the data is uploaded, users can select the points they want to view and either prepare a map or a report on this basis. Crucially, this gives control of the data to the people who generated it. They can choose what data they wish to share more widely with government agencies or the media and what information is for internal processing and decision making.
Using Mapeo to document and categorise incidents
Using Mapeo to describe incidents
Using Mapeo desktop
Using Mapeo to create a monitoring report
A monitoring or mapping process is only as good as its practitioners. Mapping data is inherently sensitive and during the meeting everyone was able to discuss their own systems for control and management of this sensitive data, as well as explain their priorities for their monitoring systems in 2020:
The Shipibo and Wampis peoples focused on using the tools to feed into formal legal processes holding those responsible for illegal gold mining and agribusiness developments to account.
The representatives of the Resguardo Indigena Cañamomo Lomaprieta designed a targeted survey to help them gather georeferenced data on the more than 1,500 individual land holdings that overlap their land claim. They hope that this will accelerate long awaited implementation of the ruling of Colombia’s Constitutional court, T-530, which ordered the government in 2016 to title and demarcate the Resguardo’s lands, which was created during the colonial era.
Mapeo isn’t just about monitoring land use changes and plotting these on a map. Mapeo desktop also incorporates a map editor built in the spirit of the Open Street Maps crowd mapping tool, and which is already being used to brilliant effect by the Huaorani and Cofan peoples in Ecuador. More recently, Huitoto of Colombia’s middle Caqueta River have used the map editor to start building up the detailed territory and land use maps they need to justify land claims, as well as to use as a base map for their monitoring data or build their own territorial governance systems.
The tool enables users to integrate points gathered with Mapeo mobile or a conventional GPS to the map editor and then add names or other information. Crucially, the app has a drawing tool so that users can easily trace over satellite information and draw on the mountains, rivers and any other features in their territory which frequently don’t appear in country base maps.
Using Mapeo to integrate map data
This workshop was the second meeting of its kind as part of an ongoing initiative to bring together FPP’s partners in Peru and Colombia. It was supported by the Ford Foundation’s Latin America office.
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Sundurban Biodiversity Conservation Project – Bangladesh
The Sundurban Biodiversity Conservation Project (SBCP) is a US$ 77.5 million project financed by a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), grants from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Government of The Netherlands and contributions from Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), GoB, NGOs and Beneficiaries.
NGO Concerns
In respect of the Sundarban Bio-diversity Conservation Project (SBCP), we have managed to keep in touch since before its inception. We participated in a baseline survey under the Association for Development Agencies in Bangladesh (ADAB the apex body of NGOs) on the request of ADB and submitted our recommendations to the ADB. We participated in the workshops organized for publishing the Inception Report of the SBCP.
It is on the basis of the SBCP’s failure to address the problems of the Sundarbans, the largest single tract of mangrove ecosystem that exists in the world today, that we formed the SBCP Watch Group along with two other NGOs with the cooperation of Action Aid Bangladesh.
NGO Contacts
Ashraf-ul-Alam Tutu Coordinator, CDP and SBCP Watch Group. cdp@khulna.bangla.net
Sardar Arif Uddin, Associate Programme Coordinator, ActionAid Bangladesh, Plot 1/13, Block B, Humayun Road Mohammadpur, Daka-1207 Tel: (880-2) 8111763, 8118378Fax: (880-2) 9137753 arif@fo.actionaid-bd.org
Related ADB Documents
Summary of action recommendations, CRBIP III Stakeholder Dialogue on Social Impacts, Consensus-Building Institute (consultant)
(March 2002)
NGOs Form SBCP Watch Group
CDP’s Activities in the Sundarban Impact Zone
The Peoples’ River Commission (PRC)
People Declared to Protest the Aggression of MNCs
SBCP Watch Group Review and Planning Meetings Held
Protest Against ADB’s Activities in Bangladesh
Shanghai meeting 2002
CDP raises concerns at Geneva Annual Meeting (May 1998)
From the very planning stage of the project, the Environment-Conscious NGOs, Environmental Activists, Journalists and other concerned Civic leaders became interested in it. They expressed their opinions as to how the project could be able to conserve the bio-diversity of the SRF and reduce poverty in the region inhabited by people dependent on the Sundarbans. But the ADB and SBCP went ahead with the project without paying any heed to the opinions and advice of the above mentioned groups and individuals. This led to critical statements by various forums and criticisms of various aspects and activities of the project began to appear in the newspapers.
Accordingly, CDP, in association with Uttaran of Tala, Satkhira, JJS of Khulna and LOKOJ of Dhana formed a group titled SBCP Watch Group with the cooperation of Action Aid Bangladesh to conduct aa critical review of the project in November, 2002.
On January 22 and 23, Review and Planning meetings of the SBCP Watch Group were held in presence of Mr. Sardar Arif Uddin, Associate Program Coordinator, Southwest Region, of AAB at the Conference Room of CDP. Resolutions were adopted to enhance the membership of the SBCP, collect and prepare various SBCP related documents, to prepare a Position Paper of the SBCP Watch Group and to prepare facing the Asian Development Bank at its AGM to be held in May next at Istambul in Turkey, were adopted at the meeting. Mr. Sardar Arif Uddin also presented the plan for the Second Phase of the activities of the SBCP Watch Group and Budget for the same.
On the way back from the Asian Social Forum Seminars in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh India, Ashraf-ul-Alam Tutu, Coordinator of CDP and Mr. Shashanka Saadi of Action Aid Bangladesh, held a meeting with a group of Activists of the Calcutta University at Kolkata on January 8, 2003. The group led by Dr. Ratan Khasnabis has plans to hold an International Seminar on the Sundarbans sometime in late March or early April this year, and has invited a delegation from Bangladesh.
On January 9, they also met with a group of West Bengal NGOs at Barasat in 24 Parganas, and shared experiences with them.
CDP also compiled Newspaper Clippings on the activities of the SBCP Watch and published a Book entitled: “Sundarban Bio-diversity Conservation Project: Peoples’ Opinions” (in Bangla).
CDP is implementing a Project to raise awareness for the need to conserve the Bio-diversity not only in the Sundarbans, but in the entire Southwest Coastal Region. This project is being implemented with a Grant from The Tides Foundation through the Global Greengrants Fund of USA.
CDP is also implementing a project to enhance the capacity of local grassroots NGOs and CBOs to serve the disadvantaged people of the Southwest Coastal Region with a grant from Stichting Overal of The Netherlands.
The Peoples’ River Commission (PRC).
CDP initiated this project to form a Peoples’ River Commission comprising NGOs, CBOs, Civil Society Initiatives and Activists in Bangladesh, India and Nepal in order to influence the governments concerned to form a Joint River Commission of the three countries for optimum utilization of the waters of the Ganges and its tributaries.
On the way back from the Asian Social Forum Seminars in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh India, Ashraf-ul-Alam Tutu, Coordinator of CDP and Mr. Shashanka Saadi of Action Aid Bangladesh, held a meeting with a Network of several NGOs active in West Bengal and held discussions with them in respect of the PRC. They assured their support, as their area too, had suffered vast devastation by the flood of 2000, which had affected the Southwestern border districts of Bangladesh.
All of you are aware about the ADB funded project implementing in Bangladesh named SBCP (Sundarban Bio-diversity conservation Project). Last year, 35 AGM of ADB we, on behalf of SBCP watch group participated the meeting but did not raise our voice to review the project design. But now we are more organized and already we have done some activites to prove the project was not well designed, which will carry negative impact on Sundarban dwellers as well as destroy the livelihood of poor people. Already we launced campaign with the following activities:
Prepare a position paper on SBCP (done)
Produce primary observation on SBCP by SBCP watch group (done)
Produce a fact sheet (done)
Study on SBCP with some critical objectives relate to SBCP (on going)
Signature campaing
Consultation with SBCP impact zone dwellers and documented (on going) -Poster campaing on Impact of SBCP
Media campaing on prediction of SBCP
Develop a prediction group on ADB’s pipe line project in coastal belt in Bangladesh, etc
As I discussed with you at Shanghai, ADB’s 35th annual meeting that, in Bangladesh we are trying to develop a watch group on SBCP (Sundarban Biodiversity Conservation Porject) funded by ADB. Already we formed this and also go through the total project, I shared with you earlier on our position, principles and arguments on SBCP project.
In the mean time the watch group try to consult with SBCP impact zome dwellers regarding this issue. I will time to time inform he forum member on ADB, Here I attached a article on SBCP published on national dailies which already know ADB heaequarter personnels.
The watch group trying to prepare himself to claim their argument to ADB (first- ADB resident mission in Bangladesh) and if fail to receive any kind of response from ADB side to redesign the project, then the group obviously present their argument on next ADB AGM will be held at Istanbul.
Dacope Long March in September to Save the Sundarbans
The conference on World Environment Day 2002 at Khulna has been concluded successfully declaring “The Dacope Long March” to be held in September with the firm promise from all tier of sensible people to save the Sunderbans.
As the whole world, this year the day has been celebrated at Khulna with more importance and attention by different non-government civil organizations. The successful six days long (1-6 of June 2002) program was shaped with environmental awareness rally, press conference and sensitization seminars at Khulna Zia Hall jointly organized by Coastal Committee for Environmental Conservation (CCEC) and Jagrata Juba Shangha (JJS). The key seminar was on “Oil-Gas Exploration in Block 5 &7: Path to a Prospect or Disaster?” The paper was presented by M A R Aaman, Manager-Governance, JJS and the session was chaired by A. T. M. Zakir Hossain, Executive Director, JJS.
The paper focuses on the anti-environmental activities by the MNCs (Multi-national Companies) in Sundarbans Reserved Forest (SRF) in the name of oil-gas exploration. SRF is the largest mangrove system in the world comprising an area of 6017 sq. km. with notable as well as diversified plants and animals. After the declaration as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO (1997) the importance of its protection emphasized the responsibility to all sensible persons on earth. Surprisingly Bangladesh Government has included SRF in the oil exploration map of Bangladesh, which is against our national environment and forest laws and act. Two Dutch & US company – Shell and Unicol were awarded to investigate in block 5 & 7 which comprises SRF during the second round bidding and a Production Sharing Contact (PSC) has already been signed with Shell-Cairn to investigate in block-5. Shell has informed to go for investigation at Dacope, which is very close to SRF. It is a great threat to the eco-system of SRF. Besides the dark history of IOCs (International Oil Companies) in Haripur, Samutang and Magurchhara for the same case is still in our mind. Along with this, the design process of Sundarbans Biodiversity Conservation Project (SBCP) did not considered the perception and condition of people living in the impact zone. This top-down project will surely result in wastage of huge money and burden of foreign loan to the people. Peoples from this area must stop this cruel alteration in SRF.
The chief guest of that program was Eng. Md. Shahidullah, Convener, Jatyo Sarthe Tel-Gas-Bidyut-Bandar Rakkha Committee. Other notable contributors were Arup Rahi, Director, Lokoj; Ashraful Alam Tutu, Co-ordinator, CDP; Adv. Firoz Ahmed, Co-ordinator, BELA & Convener, CCEC; Prof. Dr. Ghulam Murtaza, URP Discipline, Khulna University; Nurul Islam, (Retired) Conservator of Forest, Department of Forest, Bangladesh; Gaurango Nandi, Staff Reporter, Daily Janokantho and Rahul Raha Staff Reporter, Daily Observer.
Following the significance of environmental threats in greater Khulna region, five other seminars were launched on safe water & sanitation, climate change, environmental law, development in ganges delta & environmental conservation. At the end session, request has been conveyed to all in the society to save Sundarbans by participating actively in the “Dacop Long March” in September 2002.
You know that we already started some work on SBCP (Sundarban Biodiversity Conservation Project ) at Bangladesh funded by ADB. We produced a primary observation report on that project through consultation with project impact zone area people’s, civil society , go through the ADB”s project document etc. I just attached the primary report for your comments and also your suggestion on how we go ahead based on your campaing experience.
In January 22 and 23, Review and Planning meetings of the SBCP Watch Group were held in presence of Mr. Sardar Arif Uddin, Associate Program Coordinator, Southwest Region, of AAB at the Conference Room of CDP. Resolutions were adopted to enhance the membership of the SBCP, collect and prepare various SBCP related documents, to prepare a Position Paper of the SBCP Watch Group and to prepare facing the Asian Development Bank at its AGM to be held in May next at Istambul in Turkey, were adopted at the meeting. Mr. Sardar Arif Uddin also presented the plan for the Second Phase of the activities of the SBCP Watch Group and Budget for the same.
CDP also compiled Newspaper Clippings on the activities of the SBCP Watch and published a book, entitled: “Sundarban Bio-diversity Conservation Project : Peoples’ Opinions in Bangladesh.”
CDP is implementing a Project to raise awareness for the need to conserve the Bio-diversity not only in theSundarbans, but in the entire Southwest Coastal Region. This project is being implemented with a Grant from The Tides Foundation through the Global Greengrants Fund of USA.
On occasion of ADB president’s visit in Bangladesh, a protest human chain program was held at Shahabag More (in front of National Museum)on 31th October, 2002. The protest program was organized by LOKOJ (okoj@aitlbd.net), Bangla Praxis and Binirman Andolon.
After coming back from Shanghai, China I feel to design the strong campaing and to involve more and more people to raise our voice strongly. I feel you are all can provide your suggesstion for me.
Last year, 35 AGM of ADB we, on behalf of SBCP watch group participated the meeting but did not raise our voice to review the project design.
After successfully advocating with the ADB by participating in the meeting of the Board of Governors of ADB at Geneva, Switzerland from April 28 to May 3, 1998, the CDP began to undertake various studies and advocacy programs related to environment and environment related socio-economic and humanitarian issues, such as advocacy for an environment-friendly shrimp policy (against the environment-damaging extensive shrimp culture now in practice).
The Upokulio Unnayan Shahojogy, known in English as Coastal Development Partnership or CDP, was established on January 1, 1997, to conduct Advocacy for the incorporation of Peoples’ Alternative Proposal of Tidal River Management (TRM) Concept in the Bangladesh Water Development Board’s (BWDB).
ADB funded USD 62 million Khulna Jessore Drainage Rehabilitation Project (KJDRP). The purpose of the project was to eliminate the water-logging in the polders created by the Coastal Embankment Project which was implemented during the 1960s.
We have also initiated social movements to realize the rights of the land-less to be settled on state-owned agricultural lands in cooperation with the Association for Land Reform and Development (ALRD).
We are also working in cooperation with the Programme Development Office of the Integrated Coastal Zone Management (PDO-ICZM), which is a government initiative to integrate the activities of various ministries.
The PADMA Network of 30 NGOs in the Ganges Dependent Area (GDA) of Bangladesh seeks to ensure peoples’ participation in all major river/water management and other development projects in the region.
Another Network, Citizens’ Committee for Conservation of Coastal Environment (CCCCE) is active to raise awareness of the citizens to conserve the region’s general environment. We successfully advocated for banning the manufacture, sale and use of polythene shopping bags, which pollutes the environment. The CCCCE also observes Earthday and World Environment Day with rallies, seminars, environmental fairs and cultural programs.
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Heat-relieving drinks and snacks
Authors： CGTN
Summertime always comes with unbearable heat. To relieve the intense heat and have some leisure time with friends and family, Chinese people from north to south have invented various kinds of drinks and snacks using local ingredients.
The delicacies range from syrup to wine, and they have all something in common: they are either "cold" or "cool" in character, according to Chinese food therapy.
According to the theory deriving from traditional Chinese medicine, food can be generally categorized into "cold" (yin) and "hot" (yang). The term cold or hot is not referring to the actual temperature, but the inner character of the food. "Cold" food can reduce the body's internal heat, which is good for treating symptoms like fever, thirst, and cough. "Hot" food, on the other hand, can generate more yang energy in the human body, and help to cure diseases like rheumatism, low body temperature, and fatigue.
Chinese culture encourages people to adjust their diet in accordance with time and season. When the summer heat is as intense as now in July, it's good for you to have some "cold" snacks, to keep a balanced condition and stay healthy.
Chengdu Ice Jelly
Ice jelly has come to be an annual celebration of summer for many people in Chengdu, especially the younger generations, who are finding new solace during the long, hot season in the coolness, tenderness, smoothness and tastiness provided by a bowl of a concoction of jelly, syrup, nuts, raisins and an assortment of ingredients.
Links: GoChengdu Tour Guide: Summer Joy of Ice Jelly:travel/tour-guid/editor-s-guide/gochengdu-tour-guide-summer-joy-of-ice-jelly-a7241.html?xcSID=t6dud46vs4dbsf89db8bv4j154
Beijing plum syrup
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Suanmeitang, or plum syrup, is a traditional drink in the Beijing-Tianjin area, and especially favored by the imperial court of the Qing Dynasty (1936-1912). Produced by boiling smoked plum, haws, osmanthus, licorice, dried tangerine, and rock candy, it has a sweet and sour flavor and a refreshing taste.
The syrup tastes best when it's served ice cold.
Lanzhou wheat wine
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A specialty of northwest China's Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province, is Tianpeizi, meaning "sweet wine." In Lanzhou, people start to prepare it after the Qingming Festival, while in some other areas of Gansu, the drink is a special dish for the Dragon Boat Festival.
Tianpeizi uses wheat or highland barley as its main ingredient. After it is boiled and fermented for three to five days, the final product is done. It has a sweet, alcohol-like taste, and chewing on the wheat grains while drinking the wine is definitely a summer joy. The alcohol content of Tianpeizi is less than one percent ABV, as it is often mixed with milk or water. It is excellent for the digestive system and liked by children and the elderly.
Suzhou Mung bean soup
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Mung bean soup is ubiquitous across China, simply made of the water of boiled mung beans, with added sugar sometimes. However, the southeastern Chinese Jiangsu province presents a mung bean soup that comes with a lot more ingredients.
With Red and green threads made by orange peel and edible pigment, glutinous rice, candied melons, and sometimes mint, nuts, and jujubes, the Suzhou mung bean soup is more like a creamy bowl of porridge (but not sticky), which is just suitable for those who are a bit hungry, tired or spending a lazy summer afternoon.
Nanning sophora flower drops
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Sophora flower drops of Nanning in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region are prepared like this: Grind Sophora flower and rice into rice milk, boil the milk until it turns into a paste. Filter the paste in a strainer before you get the drops. Put the drops into the chilled brown sugar soup; then the snack is finished.
The drops have a tender taste, while the soup has the sweetness and fragrance from the flower.
Guangzhou herbal tea
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The herbal tea that originated in Guangzhou of China's Guangdong Province is a vital representative of the traditional herbal tea culture in China. Historically, because of the hot and wet climate in the area, people began to drink water boiled by herbs with "cold" characters to keep healthy. The history of herbal tea can be dated back to thousands of years ago.
Herbal tea is not only a beverage, as it also has excellent medical benefits. Different formulas of the herbs serve various functions from contributing to physical health to preventing certain diseases. The craft of making herbal tea was listed in the National Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2005.
Fuzhou iced rice
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Originated from Changle district, Fuzhou City in Fujian Province, iced rice is also called Changle iced rice.
The snack is made by boiled glutinous rice, vanilla extract, sugar, butter, fruit and ice cubes. A bountiful bowl of iced rice is not only a feast for your stomach but also your eyes.
Summer Resorts around Chengdu
The city gives its dwellers a plenty choice of summer resort destinations.
Summer Snapshots
People in Chengdu have their own ways to enjoy life through the long summer of hot, humid weather, while the city offers a plentiful choices for them to pass the season with numerous holiday resorts in cool mountainous areas, large amusement parks providing water games, cafés, tea houses, not to mention the air-conditioned malls with complete facilities for shopping and entertainment. (Photos by Peng Ge)
On the day of the Summer Solstice, the sun moves nearly above the Tropic of Cancer, when the northern hemisphere has the longest sunshine day in a year.
Outdoor Swimming Pools in Universities in Chengdu
In the scorching summer days, a swimming pool is a perfect place to escape the summer heat. Here is a guide to Chengdu’s outdoor swimming pools in universities.
Escape Summer Heat in Nanbao Mountain
The Nanbao Mountain is becoming a new destination for city people seeking a cooler, greener resort in summer.
Lotus Show at People’s Park
The ongoing 2017 Summer Lotus Show at the People's Park displays over 6,000 pots of over 10 species of lotus.
Lotus Flower Viewing Tour at Hetang Yuese
In the hot summer days, lotus flowers are now blooming at Hetang Yuesein.
Lotus Flower Appreciating Tour
The vast expanse of lotus pond full of blooming flowers at the Qianmu Hetang (about 133.33 hectares) is now a perfect place to relax in the summer days.
Summer Surprises: Art Installation at Chengdu IFS
Featuring panda sculptures, Chengdu IFS has become a landmark for urban fashion as well as a favorite spot for young people to meet. An summer seasonal art installation called "Whirligig Paradise" is displayed at the shopping mall currently.
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Meet The Ford GT That Grants Wishes
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Ethan Jupp
This Ford GT Is The Ultimate Motorsport Love Story
David and Andrea Robertson had rocky beginnings to their endurance racing career aboard the 2006 Ford GT GTE. Originally not officially vetted to compete by Ford, they elected to ignore them, taking part in the ALMS anyway. Four years passed and in 2011 they got the opportunity to take GT to the ultimate all day all night motor race. The 24 Heures du Mans.
Did we mention that husband and wife teams aren’t that commonplace? Not sure we did, not to mention that the Robertsons took on the not inconsiderable endeavour of motor racing a touch later in life than most, owing to their dedicated careers of commercial piloting.
Back to La Sarthe. Sunday the 11th of June 2011 sees David closing in on a third place podium finish at Le Mans. It also happens to be David and Andrea’s seventh wedding anniversary. So while bringing the first woman to a Le Mans podium since 1931 and being the first husband and wife on a Le Mans podium, they also earned themselves perhaps the ultimate anniversary gift to themselves as car and racing enthusiasts.
David’s words on the whole event are brilliant: “The heartwarming thing is the last day of the race and the podium day was our wedding anniversary. So we’re on the podium spraying champagne over a quarter million crazy people, and it’s our wedding anniversary. It doesn’t get any better!”
What an incredible team Robertson Racing are, what an achievement, what a story and what fantastic people. Not to mention, what a car. This Ford GT GTE is not just an immensely capable endurance racer and Le Mans podium machine, it’s a character in a great motorsport love story. Does it get any better than that? I think we're in agreement with David on that one. What a privilege to have them and the car at Goodwood for the Festival of Speed and a pleasure to see Andrea drive it up the hill!
Photography by Tom Shaxson
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Six Metres of Pavement
Six Metres of Pavement by Farzana Doctor
“Ismail Boxwala, an ultimately good man haunted by a horrible mistake, provides the focal point of Doctor’s moving second novel in which she examines with crystalline clarity the plight of this gentle, middle-aged Indian immigrant living in Toronto. Twenty years ago, Boxwala accidentally left his baby locked in his car, resulting in her death. The tragedy destroys his marriage and induces a long struggle with drink; still, Ismail keeps his job and home and eventually finds himself drawn to Celia Sousa, a 50-year-old Portuguese widow, left penniless by her gambling-addict husband, and currently living with her daughter on Ismail’s street. Doctor (Stealing Nasreen) charts the growing heat between Ismail and Celia and weaves in a sweet secondary story about Ismail’s fatherly friendship with Fatima Khan, a bisexual Indian college student. Doctor also folds the past into the present throughout, allowing the dead to haunt the living and providing both a realistic portrayal of suffering and a paean to second chances.”
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“A popular creative writing prompt is to imagine two people who would never speak to each other, trapped in an elevator together. What would they talk about? Would they be able to get along? Divorced transportation engineer Ismail Boxwala and the queer twenty-something Fatima Khan are two such people whose paths would never cross, but their unlikely friendship becomes the linchpin of Farzana Doctor’s second novel, Six Metres of Pavement (Dundurn Press), where love and family become redefined when the characters choose to help each other. And while the dubious pair would be enough to sustain a novel (I was often reminded of Stoner & Spaz, Ron Koertge’s YA novel about a nerd with Cerebral Palsy befriending a promiscuous drug addict), Doctor weaves a cast of characters to accompany them, including Celia, the Portuguese-Canadian widow who folds herself into Ismail and Fatima’s world. It’s a compelling situation which could become clumsy and forced, but is instead a satisfying portrait of urban life with rich attention paid to culture, humor and humanity.”
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Buescher Big B Alto Saxophone Original Lacquer Good Condition 324407
This is a 1949 Buescher “Big B” Aristocrat, so named for the ornate engraving of a, well, a Big B on the bell. This horn is in very good condition, and the typical wear around the fine engraving of the B on the bell is not present, which indicates that this horn has led a life mostly in a closet somewhere. There are no resolders or past dentwork to speak of, and it plays *way* better than it should on some very old pads, but you would want to get this repadded to play like it can, which is very, very good!
These horns are undervalued in my opinion. I mean, you can get this one in such great shape with all of its original Snap-on resonators and overhaul it for not a lot more than a Yamaha student model in total- seems like a good buy to me! Johnny Hodges famously played one of these, and his tone is a very good example of the blend of sweetness and power these horns possess.
Conn 10M Tenor Saxophone 1948 Original Lacquer Old Pads
This Conn 10M tenor saxophone from 1948 comes to you in very good original condition. There are no resolders. The bell flare is undamaged. Neck is not pulled down. Body tube looks clean as well. There were some small dents removed from the back of the bow, but that was done well, so that it is hard to tell at all. Everything is in good shape and keys move freely. Rolled tone holes are also undamaged and in great shape. You can almost play the horn on the existing reso-pads but it would be 10x better with an overhaul.
Great, clean, original lacquer Conn 10M that will be a super player. Priced to sell!
Conn 10M Tenor Saxophone Late Example Great Deal! Needs Repad
Conn 10M Tenor saxophone for under $1k! The Conn 10M is one of the best vintage tenors ever. This one is from 1967. It’s original lacquer and original pads, and it is just a repad short of being a solid player. The 10M keywork is nice and comfortable, and if you want a cheaper tenor that plays LOUDLY and has a big, dark core tone this is hard to beat. It should be an easy repad, as the horn is in very good condition.
Only one available!
Conn 6M Naked Lady Alto Saxophone Original Lacquer 1953 356523
1953 Conn 6M alto original lacquer with old pads. The later 6M’s like this are an excellent value, because they are still well made, but the price is almost laughably low for what you get. I always recommend the 1948-55 or so Conns to people who want a great tone but who are on a tighter budget. The tone is fantastic – big, wide, with plenty of projection. Intonation is very good, and the keywork is comfortable. There is not a lot to tell condition wise. This horn is in great shape. Original lacquer, neck is in great shape. It looks like there was a small dent removed from the back of the bow, and maybe from behind the lower thumb hook. I hope that I’m in as good shape at 65 years old!
Couf Superba 1 Alto Original Lacquer Fresh High-End Overhaul Plays Great
The H. Couf Superba 1 is one of my favorite vintage saxophones. They remain one of the best options for a great sounding alto sax with modern keywork and a rich, interesting tone. Darker and fatter sounding than a Yamaha, with rich, wide upper register, and a full, projecting low register, this alto will do it all. If you are looking for a great all-purpose alto, or even for an ideal smooth jazz or commercial sounding alto, the Couf Superba 1 fits the bill. I just sold one of these to a smooth jazz player who loves the fat sound that stays warm when brightened up with a bright mouthpiece. And he loves the comfort of the keywork. These are among the only saxophones that sound this full and rich and also have modern keywork. (Modern saxophones have, as a rule, moved towards a clearer, rounder, more contained sound, and can’t deal with as much air as a Superba 1 can take.)
This alto came with its original pads still intact, and it is getting a full mechanical overhaul right now, which means it will be back to like new, or better-than-new condition mechanically, and playing wise. If you’re not used to used saxophone lingo, that means that a highly-skilled woodwind repairman is going to be spending about 30 hours of labor on this horn going over every detail, and replacing everything that can be replaced, (all new pads, corks, felts, mechanical work, setup, play testing, neck fit, full disassembly, cleaning, fresh oil etc.) so that it’s totally rebuilt and ready for its next many years of playing. That’s a big added value for you, because you don’t have to worry about the horn needing more than minor occasional maintenance to play its best for many years to come. It also means that it will play effortlessly, and saturatedly at low volumes, in the low register. Low Bb is just another note, even if you want to play it at pp.
I have no trouble selling a Couf Superba 1 alto as soon as anyone plays one with the fresh overhaul. It’s really hard to beat, regardless of price. And at this price, it is really hard to beat.
King Super 20 Tenor 298061 Series 1a Full Pearls Original Lacquer (mostly gone) Recent Overhaul
This is a 1948 King Super 20 tenor saxophone with ‘full pearls’ on the side keys, G#, octave key, and palm keys, as well as on the rest of the key touches. The pearls, solid silver neck, double socket neck tenon, and fancier engraving mark this out as being the deluxe version of the Super 20 that sells for more and that is highly coveted by players for its beauty and unbeatable tone. This tenor is original lacquer, meaning that it hasn’t been refinished, but the original lacquer was chemically removed from the body tube, and still remains on the keys giving the horn a cool two tone look. It came to me from a pro player on consignment, and it plays well, like you might expect for a horn that had been recently restored. It was overhauled by Ivan Lukyanets in Encino, CA, who has a great reputation among pro players in the LA area. It feels nice and snappy under the fingers, and the black kangaroo skin pads are sealing well. They have flat, medium sized metal resonators that work well on a King and are similar to factory spec for this era.
This tenor is very clean condition mechanically. I don’t see any past dent work or any resolders or other past repairs at all. The original solid sterling silver neck is also in excellent condition, and has not been damaged or pulled down. It has the matching serial number, as you can see.
The main reason to get a King Super 20 tenor saxophone is the tone. These late 40’s Super 20 tenors are big and bold and projecting while still being medium dark and very saturated and punchy. If you put on a brighter mouthpiece, like the classic Berg Larsen / King Super 20 pairing, then you get a killing sort of dark/fat/bright/projecting sound that you can’t get on any other saxophone. It’s the reason why there is such a thriving community of King Super 20 players even 70 years after horns like this one were manufactured. It’s my favorite tenor as well, out of everything that I have played.
If you’re looking for a very good professional tenor to play and enjoy that won’t back down no matter what you throw at it, that will cut through a band with ease, even without amplification, and that has the beauty of the pearls, engraving, and silver neck, then by all means, get this one. I try to keep a good selection of King Super 20 tenors around, so check them out, and email me with any questions. If you want to pair it with a new case, I can get you a great deal on a BAM that will fit it well. Just for fun, here’s a clip of Charlie Ventura playing his ’48 King Super 20 tenor. And I suspect, but cannot prove, that Sonny Rollins played Saxophone Colossus on a Super 20 much like this!
Martin The Martin Alto 155469 Unbelievably Beautiful Dark Original Lacquer
This is just about the most beautiful Martin Committee III that I have seen. It is incredibly rare to find the dark early original lacquer examples in anything like this kind of condition. If you have always wanted one of these Committee III saxophones, you can’t beat this one. And the price is still a bargain compared to anything of nearly this kind of quality. Original pads, original case, the works. This is the real deal. Only one available. I might keep it for my little collection. It’s even nicer in person.
Martin The Martin Alto Original Saxophone 179447
Priced to sell!
Freshly overhauled The Martin Alto which plays GREAT. Feels effortlessly big and loud and powerful, with a medium dark tone that brightens up nicely with a higher baffle mouthpiece. You can do anything on these altos. This was original lacquer which is mostly worn off and it still looks great. This horn was played a fair amount before being overhauled, so it has had some small dents removed. The thumb hook has been replaced also. (Original thumb hooks frequently fall off of Martins, for whatever reason.) If you’ve been looking for a super-fun alto that looks cool and sounds different from anything else out there today, this would be a great choice. With the fresh, complete overhaul, it won’t need any significant repair work for a long long time.
NOVA Woodwinds Bronze Low A Baritone Saxophone Brand New Great Deal
Introducing the new NOVA Woodwinds line of instruments. The NOVA Woodwinds line meets a need in the marketplace for a lower-priced Low A Baritone saxophone that is still good quality. People have been asking me for years if I can recommend anything in the sub-$3500 price range for a low A baritone. I have had to scrounge for deals on used Yamaha or Yanagisawa baritones, but if the used baritones need a repad or other repairs, then you’re immediately back in the $4k price range, so it really is hard to get anything decent, particularly around $2500-3500. That’s where the NOVA baritone shines. For only $2200, you get a NOVA baritone (NOVA means ‘new’ in Latin) that is brand new and plays quite well, and that holds up well over time by all accounts.
If you are shopping for a baritone saxophone, whether for a school band program, for doubling and taking extra gigs on bari, or just for playing some sick funk lines with your Tower of Power cover band, this horn is worth a look. It is very similar to, and made in the same factory as the Kessler Custom Soloist baritone saxophone. This is made in China and based on the Yanagisawa B901 baritone design, though it is not identical to it. Yanagisawa makes the best baritones in the world, and I would be happy to get you a great price on a new Yanagisawa as well, but in this price range, the NOVA Woodwinds baritone is very hard to beat. I have friends who have used this bari in their band programs for years, and it holds up to punishment by middle and high school students quite well. That’s saying a lot!
It comes in this version, which is bronze, and then in the brass version also. The bronze is a slightly darker tone, and gives you the two tone look, where the all brass like this just looks like a typical new saxophone. You won’t go wrong with either one. Both of them include the pictured hard case which has wheels, as well as the other accessories in the photos. I would recommend a Yamaha 5C or Rousseau for an inexpensive beginner baritone mouthpiece for concert band, and the Rico Metalite bari for jazz, or there are lots of other options getting listed in the baritone mouthpieces section of the site.
These low A baritone saxophones tend to sell quickly, so please let me know if you are wanting to order more than one, so that I can be sure to order them far enough in advance to fill your order quickly.
Powell Silver Eagle SE10 Alto One of 18 Made – all options solid silver +Matt Stohrer Overhau
For your viewing pleasure, this is one of the 18 Powell Silver Eagle saxophones made. Powell conceived of an ambitious project to bring back an American-made saxophone of the highest quality. Inspired by the Super 20 SilverSonic, the Silver Eagle reproduces the bore while adding solid silver soldered tone holes and modern keywork. Powell sadly ended their project after making only 18 saxophones, despite high demand, due to the high cost of production. This horn plays like a good super 20 but a little more evenly, and has been completely overhauled by Matt Stohrer. This is the ultimate collectible among modern saxophones, and it is also a burning player. Asking price is just what these cost new, plus a little extra since it got a $1500 overhaul on top of that! It’s not even inflated for the collectibility value, which is probably not smart of me, but there it is. If you want to discuss all the details of this project, I can put you in touch with the people who built it. These were most definitely a new saxophone bore and neck design, inspired by the best King Super 20 SilverSonic altos, both according to them and according to the folks who bought the tooling and mandrels when the project ended. The keywork is modified from tooling bought from B&S, which accounts for the pinky table that sticks out farther than it would on something like a Yamaha.
There is most certainly only one available. This one has all the possible factory options, which only a subset of Powell Silver Eagles had – including the solid silver tone holes and even cryo treatment. Of the 18 saxophones built, I know at least a couple of them were brass bell, and some others lacked other of these features. This is one of the ones with everything, which makes it even more collectible. Includes the original accessories, case, and paperwork.
Just for fun, here’s Matt Stohrer’s repairman’s overview from when he overhauled it.
Selmer Mark VI Alto 1962 Original Lacquer American Engraved Original Pads 102605
This is a beautiful, original lacquer, American engraved Selmer Mark VI alto saxophone from 1962. It has the matching serial number on the neck, and it has no dents or dings. There are no resolders or other past repairs, save a couple of small dings removed from the back of the bow and a tiny one from the neck. The whole horn is in excellent condition, and it even still plays surprisingly well on the original factory pad job from Elkhart. They really did it right back in the day at the Selmer assembly shop. It feels just perfect under the fingers, and it would be a good feel to copy if you get this overhauled to play seriously.
Just for fun, here’s Phil Woods putting a similar VI through its paces!
The early 100k serial VI altos are my favorite Mark VI altos for tone. This is the exact same horn as a 95k serial alto, so it is the same as a 5-digit, but for a lower price. The tone is medium-dark, powerful, and punchy when pushed, with a good amount of focus. These are the most tenor-like of the Mark VI altos, with a depth and body to the sound that reminds me of a larger saxophone bursting out of an alto voice. This has the long bow, which means nothing really if you’re playing jazz, but if you’re buying this for classical sax, then with a small tip opening mouthpiece and hard reed you will find low B to be a little flat on your tuner. With a jazz setup, I don’t even notice it, and the tone that you get is just fantastic.
If you’re in the market for a great Selmer alto, this makes a much smarter purchase than a new Referene 54 at $6700, because the Reference will be worth 70% of that at best, as soon as you buy it, and less as time goes on, where a beautiful vintage Mark VI will still be worth what you paid for it or more when you go to sell it, if you ever need to. You’re tying up the money in a horn, but it’s money you can get back out, meaning you can own the horn nearly for free, or for the cost of upkeep, which is not the case buying most other sorts of big ticket items. Certainly not vehicles! Plus it’s satisfying to own and play, is built extremely well, and sounds better than a new one. Just for fun, here’s Phil Woods putting a similar VI through its paces (using a Meyer Bros NY alto piece).
Selmer Mark VI Alto 1970 184973 Original Lacquer American Engraved Fresh Overhaul!
This is a sweet deal on a freshly-overhauled original lacquer Selmer Mark VI alto saxophone from 1970 serial 184973. This was a one-owner alto before I got it, and the guy was a pro player in the NYC/NJ area. He took great care of it, and now that it’s freshly overhauled, it is all ready for its second life. If you read around on here, you’ll see that I really love the Mark VI altos from the late 60’s and early 70’s like this. They finally got everything right on the Mark VI alto at this serial, after making incremental changes to the bore, bow length, and neck from 1957-1967 or so. By ’67 the alto hits its stride, and the 1970 is basically the same horn. Because the market is not fully rational, you can get some of the best Selmer Mark VI altos for this sort of price, even with a full overhaul, where some of the earlier serial ones will cost much more. That makes this one a great deal.
If you have the cash, I think you might as well buy the nicest alto you can, and enjoy playing it. Pro altos are easier to play than student and intermediate ones, and the Mark VI is among the easiest vintage saxophones to play and to own. It’s easy to get worked on, well-built, and stays in adjustment well over time. The keywork design set the standard for all modern saxophones and feels great under the fingers. The tone is gorgeous, and the intonation is good. It’s the one horn that does everything the best on average, which is why it is so popular.
This particular alto has a tone that is medium between bright and dark, and is a nice, balaced player. Not brash and bold like a 220k VI, and not dark and laser-focused like a 60k VI. It’s flexible, dynamic, and easy to take where you want it to go tonally with the right setup. The intonation is good, and the pads feel nice and snappy under the fingers, as they should on a good overhaul. The neck is in good condition and the neck ‘fit’ is all perfectly sealing in the tenon, which is one of those small but important things to have done on a vintage horn to take it from good to great. Cosmetically, you can see this horn has been played, and has some honest wear throughout. After all, it was lovingly pro-owned for many years, but aside from that, it’s very nice. The only past repairs are a resoldered foot of the low C guard that popped loose as it does on so many VI’s, and a few small dents removed from the back of the bow, which is now dent-free. Neck is beautiful, bell flare is in great shape. Tone holes are all great of course.
It’s a very good deal on a solid Selmer Mark VI alto. This would be, to me, much preferable to spending $6700 on a new Reference 54 alto, which, unfortunately, will probably need an overhaul on top of the purcahse price in order to play its best. This will go up in value, hold up better to prolonged use, and get you your money back should you ever want to sell it. It comes in the new BAM case in the photos.
Selmer Mark VI Alto Near Mint Original Lacquer Original Pads 216700
Selmer Mark VI Tenor Saxophone 1964 Original Lacquer Plays Great 119141
Selmer Mark VI Tenor Saxophone Original Lacquer Very Good Condition 164xxx Fresh Overhaul!
Selmer Series II Alto Saxophone 517537 SA80-II Excellent Condition Great Price!
Save thousands of dollars getting this beautiful condition used Selmer Series II alto. This instrument has very little wear, and comes to you in excellent condition. It just got several new pads and a thorough setup, so it is playing very well and effortlessly throughout. As I’m sure you know, the Series II is the standard, go-to alto saxophone for serious saxophone study. You never need to upgrade it, and you can take it to college for saxophone study and it will be in good company there with a lot of other Series II’s and III’s. The tone is balanced, warm, clear and round, with a lyrical core tone and very good intonation. The Series II likes to have a classical style or concert mouthpiece like a Selmer S80 C* or D, or a Selmer Concept etc. Lots of other mouthpieces work, but if you’re not sure what to get, then get one of those two.
Saxophones don’t really wear out if you maintain them, so there’s really no reason not to save a few thousand dollars on a nice used example of one of the most popular professional alto saxophones. You can keep this for the rest of your life and play it. It will hold its value as long as you own it. These are only going to go up in price over time.
Selmer Series III Alto Near Mint Condition Matte Lacquer Gorgeous!
Selmer Super Sax Baritone Unique Original Permagold Finish 18xxx
This is a beautiful Selmer Super Sax Baritone saxophone. It is one-of-a-kind according to Selmer’s factory record book. It is the only perma-gold plated Super baritone like this that exists. Permagold is a unique finish that is gold-colored dichromate and that does not tarnish.
If you love Selmer baritones, and you want something cool and vintage to play around on, this would be the thing. I have a very similar Radio Improved baritone myself that I play as my main bari, and I just don’t think you can beat it for tone or response. This horn has medium-aged pads, not freshly overhauled. But someone took really good care of it, because the overhaul feels very good, and the pads are sealing well, so you can play it easily. This horn plays better when I use the neck from my Radio Improved baritone (1100 serial numbers later, so pretty close) than it does with the neck it came with. I am currently getting a neck custom made for this horn that will match my Radio Improved neck. I suspect that this horn will then be a phenomenal player.
It comes with a ProTec Contoured bari case, but if you want the high-end BAM baritone case, I will include one for an extra $600. Given the coolness of this horn, and the extreme rarity factor, the price is quite good I think. I certainly had to pay a lot for this myself, and I’m not making much.
Yamaha YAS-62 Alto Purple Logo 1980’s Near Mint Overhauled! 11173
The ‘purple logo’ Yamaha YAS-62 alto saxophone from the 1980’s is one of my favorite all-around alto saxophones made. It has a surprisingly ‘fat’ sound – meaning it doesn’t thin out or get nasal even if you push it to the limit, as Dave Koz has been doing with his 62 (same vintage as this but in silver plate) for around 35 years. Not that you have to go for that aggressive sort of tone, but you can hear how, even with a metal, high baffle mouthpiece that is as bright as you can get on alto, the tone still has warmth and depth to it.
This particular 62 alto sax is nearly as nice an example as I have seen. It just received a full, high-end overhaul, and it plays like CRAZY! It’s super responsive, warm, flexible, and tunes great. By ‘overhaul’, I mean that a skilled saxophone repairman spent about 30 hours working on this, cleaning, adjusting, refitting all keys, and changing everything that can be changed or refreshed to make it as close to new as possible again. It needs to be done every couple of decades to most saxophones, even if they are in as near to new condition as this one is. Condition wise, it’s near mint/ excellent with a little spot of tarnish near the low Eb key, and a tiny scratch on the back of the body tube near the strap hook, and that’s really about it versus being a new horn!
You would be hard pressed to find a better alto saxophone with modern keywork in this price range. This alto plays at 100% of its potential, has all-new everything, and will not need signficant work for many years. I love these purple logo 62’s, so I will try to keep them in stock.
This is the best one I have had for quite some time.
Yanagisawa A880 Alto Saxophone Fresh Overhaul! Great Deal 113836
The Yanagisawa A880 is one of my favorite modern altos. It combines Yanagisawa’s superior build quality, ergonomics and intonation, with a tone that is warmer, more complex and wide than later Yanagisawas. It plays beautifully and feels great, with fully modern keywork. It’s an excellent choice for a top quality modern professional alto in good playing condition that is priced quite reasonably.
This horn has a fresh full overhaul done very nicely, and it feels like a new saxophone under the fingers. It has all new pads, corks, and felts, and it is mechanically tight and really great overall. That’s about a $1k job to overhaul a modern alto like this and do it right, so that’s a big added value for you. It means the horn will not need any significant work besides occasional checkups for many years! The only real past repair on this is the bow guard that was unsoldered to remove a dent at some point. It was done well, and it looks very good. Neck is in great shape, bell flare and body tube are undamaged. And under the fingers, it feels dry and snappy and fast.
The 880 is such a great horn. I have one of these myself in my little collection of my favorite altos of all time. The reason it stands out is that it has some of the warmth and complexity of a vintage saxophone, while handling like a Lexus and tuning super easily.
I’m also including the nice contoured case with this one. It has backpack straps and is nice and light for carrying.
Yanagisawa S901 Soprano Excellent Condition Great Player
One of the best sopranos on the market, fully professional quality. This beautiful Yanagisawa S901 soprano is in excellent condition, barely used, and comes to you in top playing condition, for a discount price. What’s not to love? You can’t beat Yanagisawa for build quality, intonation, and feel. And coming in at this kind of price, it beats even intermediate sopranos of other brands. As you probably know the S901 is the professional soprano that is one piece, where the S991 is the more expensive two neck version. The one piece version like this feels a bit lighter and has a nice resonant vibration to it when you play louder volumes. I love the tone of these as well, and they tune with most mouthpieces.
Yanagisawa SC-9930 Curved Soprano Saxophone with High G! Rare
For those of you who love to have the best and rarest at the same time, here is my favorite vintage of curved soprano ever made, the Yanagisawa SC-991, but this is in the solid silver neck and body tube version, which is SC-9930, AND it is one of the rare ones that came with the high G key included. This is the first one like this that I have seen, and it’s cool in a nerdy kind of way to have such a rare and fabulous example. You can order a new SC-9930 for $6730, but your extra $$$ won’t get you the high G! Nor will it be the warmer, fuller-sounding version from the 90’s like this with the bell keys on the left. My personal soprano is one just like this but brass, and I think it sounds better than the right hand bell keys version at least by a little bit. I also like the more direct action that you get with the pinky keys on the left hand bell key configuration. We’re splitting hairs here, but hey, if you’re in the rarified territory of exceptional curved sopranos, then maybe that’s your thing too.
Condition wise, this SC-9930 is in very good shape, with no significant past repairs or current problems at all. I have not spent any money on pad work yet, as I’m trying to keep the price as low as possible, and the horn plays fine on current pads. I would like to sell it a little higher and spend maybe $250 on a thorough setup, so you can have that as an optional extra if you want.
Original case and mouthpiece are in good shape as well. There is most certainly only one of these available!
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Daejeon (대전, 大田, formerly Taejon) is the capital of South Chungcheong province.
Daejeon is the 5th largest city in South Korea, with a population of approximately 1.5 million. It is in the centre of Korea and is at the crossroads of national rail and road transport routes, the Gyeongbu railway, Honam railway, Gyeongbu Expressway, and Honam Expressway.
The city has been promoted as a city of science and education centred about Daedeok Science Town, more lately called Daedeok Innopolis. The Daejeon municipal government dubs itself a core city of research and development and the cradle of Korea's cutting-edge science sector.
More than 200 research institutes, including the research and development facilities of Samsung, LG, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST), are located within Daedeok Science Town in Yuseong-gu on the far outskirts of town, locally referred to as "Daedeok Techno Valley". This, plus the "Daedeok Innopolis" cluster of KAIST, Chungnam National University and government research institutes lend themselves to the city's local nickname: the Silicon Valley of Korea.
Yuseong Hot Springs Resort and Daecheong Dam are amongst the city's most popular tourist attractions.
Daejeon has a monsoon-influenced, 4 season climate that lies within the transition between the humid continental and humid subtropical climatic regimes (Köppen Dwa/Cwa respectively). Monthly mean temperatures range from −1.9 °C (28.6 °F) in January to 25.5 °C (77.9 °F) in August.
Daejeon is 167.3 km from Seoul, 294 km from Busan and 169 km from Gwangju. It is also close to the proposed site of a new administrative city, Sejong City
Daejeon is separated into 5 administrative divisions or gu (구), (districts), all of which maintain their own tourist website in English. The divisions are largely run along rivers bisecting the city.
Daedeok-gu (대덕구; 大德區)
Dong-gu (동구; 東區)
Jung-gu (중구; 中區)
Seo-gu (서구; 西區)
Yuseong-gu (유성구; 儒城區)
Dunsan is not a gu, but is the central business district and where you will find the majority of the shops and restaurants. The area is served by three stops on the subway: City Hall, Government Complex and Galma stops 111, 112, 113 respectively. For more upscale shopping and accommodations head over to the Yuseong hot springs resort town (Yuseong-gu), which is the northwest part of the city, and is serviced by the Yuseong-spa subway stop. The former city centre is located in Jung-gu and serviced by the Jungangno subway stop.
Gyeryongsan National Park straddles the city border to the west. Three streams which eventually join with Geum River, called Gapcheon (갑천), Yudeungcheon (유등천), and Daejeoncheon (대전천), flow through the city from south to north.
To pick up a map you can visit the information desk in EXPO Park or in Daejeon Station. For district tourism offices please see
Daejeon Tourist Information Center, 3-1 Doryong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon (Expo Science Park), ☏ +84 42 1330, +84 42 861-1330. AM-6PM in summer (Mar-Oct), 9AM-5PM in winter (Nov-Feb). Information is provided by interpreters in English. Japanese or Chinese. For tourist information dial 1330 (with no prefix number) from within Daejeon
Daejeon Railway Station Information Service, Jeong-dong, Dong-gu, ☏ +84 42 221-1905.
Express Bus Terminal tourism information, ☏ +84 42 632-1338.
Daejeon International Community Center (DICC) (大田国际交流中心), Juwon Building 3-4F, 77-2 Jung-dong, Dong-gu (Across the street from the main KTX train station. Subway/underground take the #2 exit into the beginning of the underground shopping area, look for the #2 exit on your left, then take the stairs on your left. The DICC will be on your right within 10 m, located on the 4th floor with signs in English), ☏ +82 42 223-0789. 9AM-9PM, Tu-F 10AM-7:30PM. Closed Mondays and holidays. English language speaking staff provide visitor information and support.
Daejeon is a road and rail transportation hub in South Korea. Two major expressways, Gyeongbu Expressway and Honam Expressway, and two major railways, Gyeongbu railway and Honam railway, are joined here. Travel time between Daejeon and Seoul using the high-speed railway system, otherwise known as KTX, is about 1 hr. The nearest airport to Daejeon is Cheongju Airport in the neighbouring city Cheongju and at least 30 min by road to the north of Daejeon.
The local airport provides a few options for international travelers, with Cheongju International Airport (Hangul: 청주국제공항; Hanja: 淸州國際空港) (CJJ IATA) just north of Cheongju city. There is a railway station next to the airport, called Cheongju Airport station, which is on the Chungbuk Line although it is 600m from the airport itself. The usual way to reach Daejeon from the airport is via intercity bus.
Nevertheless, most travelers will arrive in South Korea via Incheon International Airport and get to Daejeon via the plentiful high speed train or bus services.
Parking for 1,100 vehicles is available opposite the passenger terminal. The facility is open from 06:30-22:00.
Cheongju International airport has a very limited schedule, with flights to Jeju for a few times a day.
Korean Air has two flights a week to Hangzhou in China and two flights a week to Bangkok in Thailand.
Cheongju Airport Station (600 m from the front gate of the airport), ☏ +82 43 214-2114 (Ticket issuing), +82 43 210-6616, +82 43 210-6328 (Inquiries). A shuttle bus operates between the Airport Station ⇔ Airport passenger terminals. All passenger trains on the Chungbuk line stop here. Tickets are issued at 1F tourist information counter in the airport passenger terminal.
Buses to Daejeon Dongbu Terminal, Cheongju Airport ↔ Daejeon Dongbu Terminal - ₩3,500
Daejeon lies on the main train line connecting Seoul and Busan. There are two principal train stations in Daejeon, the main Daejeon Station and the secondary Seo-Daejeon Station. Both are served by the KTX, the Korean high speed bullet train rail service. It takes about 1 hr from Seoul to Daejeon (₩23,700; Economy Class; Feb 2019) and 100 min from Daejeon to Busan.
Conventional trains take about twice as long but come at a considerably lower price. As an example at the other end of the spectrum an unreserved "deluxe floor" seat on the Mugunghwa from Seoul will set you back less than ₩9,000 and take almost 2 hr. A similar train from Busan to Daejeon will take almost 4 hr but costs under ₩15,000. If these sound unreasonable, bear in mind that trains down the main line in Korea do sell out, especially on Sunday afternoons and into the late night so you may no have a say in the matter. On the bright side, the last Mugwanhwa from Busan terminates at Daejeon, so if stuck on its cold, cold floor, you can usually upgrade yourself (to 1st class even) after Daegu.
There are several railway stations. The station you will arrive at or leave from depends on where you're coming from or where you're going. If using the KTX Gyeongbu Line or the KTX Honam Line you may want to try and get off at Shintanjin Station to the north of the city or Seodaejeon Station to the southwest if using the KTX Honam Line.
Daejeon Station (KTX Gyeongbu Line), Jeong-dong, Dong-gu, ☏ +84 42 1588-7788. The station opened in 1905 and was expanded with the completion of a new station building in 2003. This serves the bullet train between Seoul and Busan. The bullet train takes you to Seoul in around 50 min from Daejeon. It is operated by the Korea National Railroad
Arriving on the North-bound Line—intermediate points are Cheonan·Asan ⇒ Gwangmyeong ⇒ Yongsan ⇒ Seoul (northern terminus)
Arriving on the South-bound Line—intermediate points are Dong-Daegu ⇒ Miryang ⇒ Gupo ⇒ Busan (southern terminus)
Seo-Daejeon Station (KTX Honam Line), 74 Oryu-dong, Jung-gu. The Seo-Daejeon Station began service in 1914 when the railway between Daejeon and Mokpo opened. If wishing to travel to the Jeolla area by rail (southwest areas of the country) then make your way to this station, not Daejeon Station.
Arriving on the South-bound Line—intermediate points are Nonsan ⇒ Iksan ⇒ Gimjae ⇒ Jeongeup ⇒ Gwangju ⇒ Naju ⇒ Mokpo (southern terminus)
Tickets for Korail (Korea National Railroad) services can be purchased at station windows, travel agencies, or [www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizBfIndex_eng.do online].
To add to the confusion, if entering via bus, there are three intercity bus terminals, and several pick up stops for the airport bus express.
Dongbu inter-city bus terminal connects to major cities in South and North Chungcheong province. Dong-bu express bus terminal connects to most major cities in South Korea via express way. Both of them are share a building in Yongjeon-dong, Dong-gu.
Seobu bus terminal in Yucheong-dong, Seo-gu, connects to western regions of South Chungcheong province such as Nonsan, Buyeo, Daecheon etc. Yuseong bus terminal located in Bongmyeong-dong,
Yuseong-gu, connects to northern regions of South Chungcheong province such as Gongju, Yesan, Dangjin, Cheonan etc.
There are two bus stop around government complex, some of express buses depart from Dong-bu and Yuseong stop by as well as the bus destined for Incheon airport (the ride takes 3h15).
Incoming buses terminating at Dong-bu terminal drop all passengers off at a random one of a few petrol stations or empty carparks near the terminal. Don't be alarmed. Whilst inconvenient for those transferring on, this does leave you on the right side of the road to grab the local express bus #2 down to the central Korail/subway station.
Locals and those staying for a longer time can purchase a Hana bank rechargeable transportation card, which offers free transfers. When you open an account at Hana bank, this smart bank card can be charged with money to be used on buses, taxis. "Hankkumi" transportation cards are also available at manned booths within the subway stops. These cards cost ₩2,500 and are rechargeable at the station or at many GS 25 locations. Its one subway line bisects the city and runs south-east from the north-west corner. Only central Daejeon, old downtown (Daejeon station area) and a handful of sites are convenient to reach solely by subway. The subway is compatible with Seoul T-money passes. Hankkumi cards or tags contain both Hankkumi and Seoul T-money functionality.
The inner-city bus service is extensive, but a bit slow. Most buses pass through Daejeon station which does not have a bus rank. Instead, they all leave from one of about 10 stops dotted around the area. Note that bus routes 1 and 2 are express stops and annoyingly not even typically marked on the handful of bus shelters where they do stop. City bus services in Daejeon buses are divided into four types.
Each type of bus has a different colour; red, blue and green (2).
Red buses express cover 2 routes (1 and 2). They stop at major bus stops, ensuring a rapid transit service.
Blue buses regular connect the downtown areas with the suburbs.
Green buses there are 2 types of green - coloured buses:
One of the green buses connects all districts within Daejeon, and the other connects Daejeon with its neighboring areas.
Bus fares vary depending on the passenger's age group. Children, middle and high school students, and adults. A Traffic card is available and offers discounts and free transfer. T-money also works for discounts and free transfers,
Each bus has two doors:
The front door for entry and back door for exit.
Place your transit card close to the card reader upon entry and exit. Cash payment is also available.
Expo Park - 121, 301, 606, 705, 911, 918
Daejeon O-world - 301, 115, 311, 314, 318, 315
Bomun-san (Mt.) - 119, 619, 618, 108, 313, 620
Gyejok-san (Mt.) - 103, 617, 311, 314
Daecheong Dam - 72, 73
Gubong-san (Mt.) - 210, 114, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
Jangtae-san (Mt.) - 22
Sikjang-san (Mt.) - 611, 619, 607, 313, 60, 61, 62, 63, 71
Manin-san (Mt.) - 501
Uam Historial Park - 311
Jangsu Town - 312, 313
Donghak-sa (Temple) - 107, 48
Daejeon Korail Station - 1, 30, 31, 52, 60, 62, 63, 102, 311, 501, 511, 512, 603, 605, 606, 607, 612, 616
Seodaejeon Korail Station - 119, 201, 202, 314, 612, 613, 701
Shintanjin Korail Station - 2, 71, 72, 75, 703, 704, 705
Dongbu Intercity and Express Bus Terminal - 2, 102, 105, 106, 201, 501, 601, 602, 607, 611, 616, 701, 802
Seobu Intercity Bus Terminal - 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 34, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 113, 316, 916
Yuseong Intercity Bus Terminal - 109, 911
A full bus route map is printed on practically every last bus shelter in town. Navigation may be easier if used in combination with a pocket-sized printed copy of the numerical list above.
Two city tour buses also run, doing daytime trips between "science" sites such as the Currency Museum, Expo park and KAIST. Night time trips between "night" sites include Yuseong Spa and Daecheong Dam. They wind across town via various pick-up spots prior to the tour and tend to end at Yuseong, but perhaps the most convenient pick-up point is at the park at the rear (south side) of City Hall.
The City Bus Free Transfer System has operated since 2005 and allows bus passengers holding a traffic card to transfer to another bus or subway three times at no additional cost. When using this system passengers are only required to pay a single fare for up to 4 segments of travel in a single direction. The traffic card allows 3 free transfers within 80 min of the first boarding, with 30 min transit time subsequent to the passenger placing the card on the card reader when exiting. Another service will need to be boarded and the card read again within the specified 30 min (off the bus) period. Check the city website (English version is available) for the latest schedules, departure times and costs.
Daejeon's first subway line opened in March 2006, connecting Daejeon Station to both the western and eastern parts of the city. The subway stations are fed by buses, and the fare is ₩1200-1,400 a ride, with tickets easily bought from machines (select the price according to the map it displays, enter money, get a token). The subway itself is extremely clean and tidy, and the stations are regularly decorated with art courtesy of local university arts students or schoolchildren. Small musical performances aimed at the older generations of Koreans (often some quite pleasant jazz actually) are sometimes held in Daejeon and Seodaejeon-negori stations.
Daejeon Subway Line 1 is the first of a planned 5-line subway system for the city. It connects Daejeon station in the original city centre, with the more modern and recently developed sections of this city, including Dunsan. The other lines have not yet opened and future plans for the extra lines appear to remain speculative.
Daejeon is quite spaced out, so taxis fares can run up quickly. For a cross-town trip, expect to spend up to ₩10,000, far higher if travelling to the lesser developed outer regions west of the bisecting mountain range, north of Yuseong, or around Shintanjin. The width of town can be covered usually in ₩4,000 - ₩5,000. Daejeon experiences near city-wide gridlock from 5PM to almost midnight on Fridays and 5PM to 7PM on weekdays so use the subway to cross the length of the city and catch a taxi from there to cover the width. Unregistered taxis are a common sight around the Dongbu bus terminal, so keep a keen lookout for the "It's Daejeon" logo on the side of the vehicle or a meter in the front if you don't wish to be mislead or deceived by unlicensed operators in un-metered vehicles.
Daejeon has a system of public-use bikes Tashu, which is available for a nominal fee for short rentals, although it can rise quickly for extended use (>1 hr as of July 2014). The system requires a mobile phone number and Alien Registration Number to use. Note that stations are present mostly in the central valley, and may be empty or filled (thus preventing returns). Check for stations near your destination via the station's computer before renting a bike. Although bikes are maintained, they are quite often broken, so be sure to check the bike before renting. Bicycle roads exist in larger roads and riversides but tend to be filled with pedestrians and tend not to yield to cyclists.
Daejeon is mostly far too spread out to be convenient to walk between attractions. However, Expo Park, the National Science Museum, Hanbat Arboretum, Dajeon Museum of Art, Mannyeon-dong, and even Dunsan-dong (although this last one is pushing it) are situated close enough to one another to wander back and forth.
There are 8 specific localities designated by the city government as scenic attractions, these are the Eight Sights of Daejeon.
Sikjangsan Mountain Forest, Deasungdong Dogu, ☏ +82 42-600-3695. Open all year round, no parking facilities. The site provides extensive walking trails and temple visits. Free.
Mount Bomunsan, Desadong Junggu, ☏ +82 42-581-3516. Observatory, recreation facilities, and cable cars. Also 20 springs, one every 20 m and each supplies drinkable water. 10 trail routes are available including the Sirubong, Mupilbon, and Sansunggil trails. Important historical sites are located on the top of the mountain. Open year round. A few access ways are available, but the most popular one is via Bomunsan Park Jct. Free.
Mount Gubongsan, San 75 Kwanjeodong Seogu, ☏ +82 42-611-6261. Open all year round, no parking facilities. This mountain has 9 peaks and walking trails. Free.
Mount Jangtaesan, Jangandong Seogu, ☏ +82 42-585-8061. Accommodation, fish farm, deer farms, a children’s playground within man-made forests and natural forests. 12 km trails, a sky tower, small gorges, rest and picnic areas. Children are provided with playgrounds and there are exercise facilities throughout the park.
Yuseong Spa, Bongmyeongdong Yuseonggu, ☏ +82 42-611-2130. Wounded soldiers of the Baekje Dynasty are said to have been healed after taking a bath in these springs. Kings and presidents including the first King of the Josun Dynasty, have reposed here.
1 Expo Park, Deajeon Expo Science Park Local Corporation 3-1 Doryongdong, Yusunggu, ☏ +82 42-866-5114. Commemorate the Deajeon Expo held in 1993 and committed to understanding the role of science and technology. Closed every Monday. Entrance ₩2,500 per person. Parking for 100 cars, small ₩1,500-large ₩2,000. Image simulation hall, dome image hall, energy hall, electric energy hall, and science hall science/exhibition, science academy, robot class, handicraft class, body world, dinosaur festival, unification hall, Hanbit tower, scientist street, Aqua resort, Magic plaza, Gabcheon River, restaurant street, dining hall and tourist information centre. During the 1993 Deajeon Expo, a total ₩180 billion was invested. 108 countries participated and 14 million visitors attended.
Daecheonghosu Lake, Daejeon-si Daedeok-gu Miho-dong, ☏ +82 42-930-7241. Tu-Su. Information office is at 618-316, Daecheong-ro, Daedeok-gu, Daejeon Metropolitan City (left bank of Daecheong Dam). The lake was formed in 1980 when the Deacheon Dam was completed. This lake provides Deajeon City and Cheongju City with drinking water. Open year round. No parking facilities. Free.
Mount Gyejoksan, Hyopyeongdong Donggu, ☏ +82 42-620-6256. Bike and walking trails. Site of the Yongwal thermal power plant, and Gejok Mountain Fortress. Open year round. No parking facilities. Free.
Many of the other cultural centres and sight seeing places are located in Yuseong-gu district with the exception of Ppuri park and Daejeon Zoo.
2 Daecheong Dam (Take the 72 or 73.). Large dam on the far north east outskirts of town. Responsible for the Daecheonghosu lake, South Korea's largest.
Gubongsan Fall Foliage. autumn.
The Daejeon Museum of Art (In Dunsan Grand Park). An art museum established in 1998 and focused on the convergence of art and technology. Numerous exhibitions on contemporary art have been held here.
Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra. Performs in Daejeon Culture and Arts Center and other local venues. Recently completed several international tours, including visits to the United States and Japan.
Daejeon Station. A walk around the alleyways straight across from the station will offer Ginseng (인삼 insam) and traditional medicine stores. Across the street from the market, see the Buy section of this article.
National Cemetery (Take the courtesy bus from the National Cemetery Daejeon subway station.). National cemetery for Korea's war heroes and patriots. It's quite beautifully landscaped and surrounded by a ring walking trail. Dress standards apply. Free.
3 Hanbat Arboretum (한밭수목원 (Hanbat Sumokuwon)) (Bus, or walk the long route around the Daejeon Government Complex from the subway, cutting through the government complex grounds). If coming by taxi, be sure to use the Korean name. Free.
4 Dunsan Prehistoric Settlement Site, Dunsan-dong (Government Complex Daejeon subway stop. Two blocks north and one block west of the station). When excavating for Dunsan new town in the early 1990s, a bunch of "stone-age" relics were discovered. Prior to the discovery, it was widely believed the region had a rather recent history. At a glance, the site is essentially a very hilly grassy park with scattered reproduction 'prehistoric huts' built over it. However the site provides extensive historical information for visitors. It is open at night and the inside of the huts light up as you approach showing off an interpretation of what was discovered, complete with reproductions of the various farming and domestic tools unearthed. Free.
5 Ppuri Park, Jangsu Town (Take the 312 or 313 through Jangsu Town, it's the last stop. Alternately, you could hike about 1 km down the road south from O-world). A family-oriented park on the far southern outskirts of town. Down by a smallish dam, there are the usual swan boats and the like, but the odd drawcard is the hill covered in stone statues representing local family lineages. Local Koreans no doubt have a great time pouring over these, tracing their roots (ppuri), but to the casual observer it's just a curious, if unusual, collection of modern art. A path also leads over a bridge and to the top of the cliff directly to the south where not only is there a pleasant view, but the peak is also littered with a bizarre array of wooden phalli. Free.
Fall (autumn) colors. On any of the five surrounding mountains, or the adjacent national park. The government recommends Mt. Gubongsan. See the Hike section of this article.
Daejeon Citizen. The city's K-league soccer team. Daejeon, being a co-host of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, has a soccer stadium in Yuseong-gu on the north side of town (월드컵경기장 World cup kyeonggijang), quite literally and unbelievably plonked in the middle of a farm and now rather rusty in appearance. It's serviced by a dedicated subway station (listen for the old Korean World Cup themesong announcing the stop), although you'd have to walk through the Nouen Wholesale Market and adjacent Wholesale Fish Market to get there. ₩10,000 and under from the team website.
Hanwha Eagles. The city's professional baseball team. Baseball games are held at the baseball field of Hanbat Sports Complex ex (한밭 운동장 Hanbat undongjang). Express bus #2 passes by it, or it can be walked within 15-20 min from Jungangno station. Various teams play including the local professional team and those of the local universities sometimes on Friday nights. Despite tickets being rather inexpensive, many locals choose to climb up nearby Mt. Bomun to the conspicuously-placed observatory and watch down with binoculars. ₩10,000.
Yuseong Hot Springs Resort (Hot Springs & Saunas), Daejeon-si Yuseong-gu Bongmyeong-dong, ☏ +82 42-611-2114, +82 42-824-0210, +82-42-1330 (Korea Travel). These hot springs are known to be effective in countering many kinds of maladies. Containing alkaline minerals such as calcium, and potassium, sulfur, carbonic acid, silicic acid and radium and are considered to be beneficial in treating neuralgia and geriatric diseases. Accommodations are available nearby.
Daejeon Observatory. Open from 2-10PM, closed Mondays and the day following a national holiday.. Here you can observe the sun during the day or any number of celestial bodies at night. Located west of Expo Park, take the 604 bus to the observatory stop.
National Science Museum (국립중앙과학관 Gungnip Jungang Gwahakgwan) (Adjacent to Expo Park on the north side of town.), ☏ +82-42-601-7894, ✉ webadmin@science.go.kr. 9:30AM-5:50PM, closed Mondays. Showcases both pernament and special exhibitions. ₩1.000 for exhibitions and another ₩1,000 for planetarium; half price for under-20s.
Daejeon Currency Museum (화폐박물관 Hoapyebak Mulgwan) (Behind KAIST in Wolpyeong.), ☏ +82 42-870-1000, fax: +82 42-861-5245. 10AM-5PM, 10AM-4PM in winter, closed Mondays. Historical currencies of Korea up to the modern day, including those of the DPRK (North Korea). Free.
Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon Seo-gu Mannyeon-dong 396 (From the subway station, it's on the opposite side of the government complex). Daejeon's primary art facility, nestled between the Government Complex Daejeon, Hanbat Arboretum and the small Mannyeong-dong restaurant district. Has a spacious park filled with modern art sculptures out the front. A small stage out the front sometimes hosts free cultural performances on weekends.
Daejeon Art Center ((대전창작센터) Daejeon Changjak Center), Eunhaeng-dong, Jung-gu (Three blocks south of exit 2 of Jungangno subway station, on the corner of the Eunhaeng-negori junction. Has the space-invader mosaic on the front.). Small but conveniently placed art gallery in old downtown showcasing modern art works of young artists. The exhibits rotate every 1-2 months exhibiting to an often unusual theme, individual pieces regularly are quite involved, taking up an entire room. Free.
1 Donghak-sa Temple, Gongju-shi (Bus #107). A picturesque temple outside of Daejeon in the adjacent city of Gongju, but linked in on the Daejeon bus routes. In addition to the temple, the valley contains restaurants, hotels and saunas (including a fair few of the funky "hobbit mushroom" styled ones) and a fairly dramatic waterfall, albeit dry much of the year. This all falls within Gyeryongsan National Park. A well stocked tourist information booth exists at the entrance and is an ideal starting point for a hiking trip over the region. Restaurants in the area tend to be well catered towards foreign (primarily Japanese) tourists with picture menus of the most popular items: a rarity in central South Korea. To get in, the 107 bus will take you from Daejeon Korail station direct, although it is much faster to take the subway to the National Cemetery station, and hop on the 107 there as it prepares to zip out of town. The bus stop is right next to the subway exit. ₩2000.
2 Uam Historical Park, Dong-gu Kayang-dong (Bus #311). Historic scholarly site nestled in a mountain valley. Has a well kept lake and quite nice to stroll around. Hosts a (poorly gazetted) festival sometime in October. For hikers, the trail hidden at the rear-left of the park continues up the mountain, past a place to fill your water bottles and after a less than 30 min walk, all the way to the top of the ridge overlooking the immense Daecheong lake east of town. Free.
Yuseong Foot Spa, Yuseong-gu (From the Yuseong Spa subway stop head towards the main Yuseong junction to the north. Turn east and follow the wide grassy median strip about 500 m down the road). A heated foot spa. The temperature is pretty high but varies along the length so it's appropriate even in winter, and you won't overheat in summer. Note that unlike most foot spas, the local populace demands pre-washing of feet at the wash-station at the end of the footspa prior to entering (akin to the etiquette of a full body public bathhouse). Drop your stuff where you intend to sit, then walk down the end, wash up, and walk down the spa to get back to your seat. It can be an embarrassingly fulfilling sight seeing the eldery locals accosting Korean visitors from elsewhere in Korea unaware of this unstated rule. To get there, leave the subway station and head towards the main Yuseong junction to the north. Turn east and follow the wide grassy median strip about 500 m down the road. Free.
3 O-World (Easy to reach if coming by car: literally all major intersection signs across Daejeon point to here. By bus, take 301, 115, 311, 314, 318 or 315). A theme park, on the far, far south end of the city. Comprises Zooland (zoo boasting 130 species), Flower Land (flower park boasting 190 species) and Joyland (a regular ol' theme park).
Note that the Dreamland theme park up on Mt. Bomun, despite being marked on many maps is long since gone and the equally well known abandoned site also recently completely bulldozed. The river flood plain adjacent to Expo Park is where a lot of expatriate action takes place on the weekends outside of the festival, and also makes for a nice stroll.
Whilst Dunsan downtown tends to cater to the retail-loving crowd, the downtown area in central Daejeon (Jungangno subway station) and particularly the area a few blocks south tends to be rather artsy, including many small, often privately run art galleries. Some of these are attached to independent coffee shops. Occasionally on Sundays there are street stalls run by local arts students.
Daejeon has a recent history of attempting to jumpstart annual festivals (a Winter lights festival in Jungangno for example) only to have them fall on their face after one year. Signs still promote some of these on the outskirts of town.
Daejeon Balloon Festival (Opposite Expo Park, by the river). Once a year around October, this is not the international balloon festival you are likely thinking of. The 2010 edition of this annual event had a sum total of two hot-air balloons, both tethered tightly to the ground. However, as the sun sets, they let off an amazingly large quantity of small disposable lantern balloons that float off in the south-westerly breeze of the neon Smart Towers housing complex and into the mountains. Both Daejeon city and the DICC have a tendency to try and book in other festivals at the same time as this nearby to attract more out-of-town visitors, so keep an eye on local schedules.
Cherry Blossom Festival. In Shintanjin, in April (spring) when the flowers happen to be in full bloom.
Any, or all, of 5 mountains designated by Daejeon tourism amongst the city's eight most popular sites:
Mt. Sikjangsan (southeast)
Mt. Bomunsan (south)
Mt. Gubongsan (southwest)
Mt. Jangtaensan (south)
Mt. Gyejoksan (northeast)
Most have either a typical Korean gazebo at the top or a historic fortress wall, or often both. Jangtaesan has a treetop walkway. Springs offering drinking water are marked on the local maps. To find the start of the myriad hiking trails, a good rule of thumb is to look for burial mounds on the hills, as they are often lurking just behind them. Once on the trail, trail marking and intersection signposting is really good, but the actual start point locations are almost never announced.
Watch baseball, the national sport, at Hanbat Baseball Stadium (Hanwha Eagles) or football at Daejeon World Cup Stadium (Daejeon Citizen FC).
Watch vollyball at Daejeon chungmu Stadium (Samsung Bluefangs Club)
The city's traditional market is located next to the train station. The market by Daejeon Station is the general market, really nothing to write home about as far as appearances, the speciality stores are excellent, and you can get plants (from seeds to pots) which are not always easy to come by. Some household goods, and cheap clothes. The street to the southeast, outside the market perimeter, specialises in tools. South East Asian import canned and packet food including Mi Goreng (Indonesian-Malaysian dried instant noodles) and phone cards can be found at the International Food shop. Exit Daejeon Station through exit #3 and go straight for less than a minute. It's a very small shop that's located right in front of the traffic lights.
A second, slightly smaller traditional market exists in Yuseong. Further traditional markets still can also be found near Seodaejeon Korail station, opposite Hanbat stadium, and a little further east of the Dongbu Intercity bus terminal.
For further discounts, Nouen wholesale market is located north of Yuseong. Take the subway line and get off at the World Cup Stadium stop (the subway plays a little soccer theme song so you can't miss it).
There's a Costco directly beside Seodaejeon station. Costco offers OK discounted prices, and most everything is in bulk, but you can get some hard to find goods imported from the USA. You will need a personal (Gold Star) membership for ₩35,000, or you can use your card from home. It can solve dry food purchasing for a month or more in a single trip; watch out for seasonal specials, the November truffles make for nice, and cheap, gifts. For those without CostTo membership, E-mart Traders offers similar services with no membership requirements (not to be confused with E-mart proper). The Seodaejeon area also has the stock standard Home Plus, as well as some clothing department stores. The area is becoming rapidly one of the most affluent in the city so expect to see fancier outlets opening here over time. Uniqlo (Japanese unbranded clothing chain) is also located nearby on the basement floor of the Say Two Department Store (good to know in winter as it sells cheap thermals). The Lotte Department Store in Yongmun-dong has a Uniqlo as well (2nd floor).
E-Mart and Home Plus is relatively ubiquitous, and a bit dear too. It does, however, offer a variety of basic house goods for settling into a new home, deodorant, as well as basic general produce (both fresh and dry), which are marginally cheaper than the prices in most corner stores, as well as offering it all in one stop. If you can't afford to set up your new home here, perhaps try tracking down a Daiso, a Japanese "1,000 won store" chain that stocks all sorts of kitchenware and just general use plastic items.
For cool summer shopping and warm winter shopping head underground. Underground shopping can be found connected to subway stops at Daejeon Station and Jungang-no, stops 104 & 105 respectively, on line 1.
If looking for general Korea souvenir-items, two shops, quite literally opposite one another are underground at subway Exit 2 of Daejeon station (stop 104 on Line 1). They specialise in a wide variety of trinkets including from mass-produced items from elsewhere in the country.
Also, department store shopping is popular for the more affluent of Daejeon at Timeworld Galleria, Lotte Department Store and CGV; each of which also have a movie theatre on their top floor. Timeworld plays host to an array of full price brand outlets such as Burberry and Louis Vuitton, which despite the lacking crowds, still insists on having its patrons queue up to enter. The basement sells a wide variety of imported foods.
Most electronic needs can be found at TechnoWorld, which is close to KBS tower in Manneyong-dong, Seo-gu. For further consumer electronics, try the street running between Government Complex Daejeon subway station to Timeworld Galleria in the vicinity of Dunsan E-Mart: this street has no fewer than 3 electronics department stores Hi-mart, Jeonja Land plus smaller speciality stores LGgoodshop. Apple has a retailer called Frisbee outside Jungangno subway station, Jung-gu.
For funky independent-made items, keep an eye out for university-run arts fairs. There's no real way to know when you'll find one, but they are seemingly quite common.
In addition to the copious amounts of Korean restaurants and Koreanized "Japanese" izakayas scattered all over town, some foreign restaurants, including some offering Italian cuisine, can be found around the two main downtown districts of Dunsan-dong (opposite Timeworld) and near Jungangno station. Some nicer restaurants also still exist up near the World Cup Stadium.
Oddball theme restaurants are scattered around town. For example, there are a couple of eateries in Dong-gu near the Intercity bus terminal subscribing to the "hobbit mushroom" school of architecture, a restaurant called literally Nameless (이름없음, Ireumeopseum) in front of Woosong university whose decor could be best described as "clusterbomb of ropes", and a full military themed chicken joint on the wrong side of the tracks in Shintanjin (follow the road/lane due south from the Loving Hut listed below).
Sit-down sushi roll restaurants (as opposed to sushi trains) are scattered about Jungangno and Dunsan and can be a good option as the generic copy-cat business model typically involves picture-menus and prices under ₩10,000 a meal. Options go beyond sushi to salads, pastas, gratins, and Japanese style omu-rice. Korean-style sushi, not to be confused with kimbap is extremely flamboyant in appearance.
Finally, if just looking for a quick snack, don't be afraid to try the street food. In central Daejeon around Jungangno there are at least 1-2 of the standard Korean odeng stands. Standard etiquette is to literally just grab a stick, eat it, and pay after you finish, the most common price is ₩500. Topokki (떡볶이tteokbokki) is a spicy ricecake and eggs in red spicy sauce. Stalls plus a handful of vendors with permanent shop-fronts can also be found here. The funny looking "buns" you may see the owner frying up are in fact essentially an inside-out pancake with syrup and nuts.
The following are a few of the more outstanding or unusual eateries:
Indy, Dunsan-dong (Diagonally across from the E-Mart in Dunsan-dong, near the T.G.I. Fridays and a Hanbok store. Close to Government Complex subway station and buses the #185, #215, and #115 all drive by.). Indian restaurant on the north side of town. Service may be a little slow for some and their prices are in the higher range. Curry dishes come with free rice or naan. Vegetarian options are available.
Loving Hut, Shintanjin (From Korail Shintanjin station, cross the tracks to the wrong side over the rickety bridge, head north about 10 m, and then 1 block west.). Part of a chain of organic, 100% vegan, new pseudo-religious group-run restaurants. Menus in the chain vary between outlets: Shintanjin's mostly serves rice or noodle based fare, but has a Western-style fake-meat item. Prices typically under ₩5,000, owners are friendly and probably won't try to convert you. Fake-meat can also be purchased to take home. A second outlet may be opening near Expo Park.
Sung Sim Dang, Eunhaeng-dong, Jung-gu (Near Jungangno subway station, a few blocks south, walk from the wooden). Established in 1956, this bakery has a wall full of past awards and credentials on display, the prices for baked goods are similar to elsewhere and they make their own macaroons. There is a food court upstairs serving typical continental fare.
Flying Pan, Eunhaeng-dong, Jung-gu (next door to Sung Sim Dang). Restaurant specialising in Italian style cooking and steaks, seemingly owned by the same folks as Sung Sim Dang next door. It's practically a local institution so cab drivers will know it. Has a separate cafe upstairs.
Little Tomo, Eunhaeng-dong, Jung-gu (under Flying Pan, in the underground shopping mall's southern spur). The latest entry into Sung Sim Dang's growing downtown empire, this is an informal cafe style Japanese restaurant. The food style is neither authentic Japanese style nor the Koreanised "izakaya" fare. Styled somewhat like a country kitchen and decorated with napkin cranes from past diners. Has the rare honor of food that looks much better in reality than on the menus out the front. Meals typically about ₩6,000.
TGI Fridays. The obligatory local chapter of the international American bar/restaurant franchise. Has an outlet very conveniently located about 100 m from the Government Complex station (opposite E-mart), but more notable is the one in the Lotte Department store in Seo-gu as it takes up the entire west side of 9F, offering sunset views of the city and mountains. Course meals from ₩23,000.
Kraze Burger. A Korean dine-in burger chain with an outlet in Dunsan-dong, about one and a half blocks west from the main Timeworld intersection and on the north side of the road (backing on to the drinking precinct) and another near City Hall. Noteworthy because the chain has extensive mushroom/tofu options for those who don't eat meat.
Taco-K (tell the cab driver, Nonghyup gung-dong. Across the NH store you'll see a pharmacy at the corner. Enter that alley and keep walking until you see Taco-K, it's less than a 10 min walk. It's also the same alley that's right beside the apartment complex.). Tacos, burritos, fajitas, nachos, and enchiladas. Course meals ₩8,000-12,000..
Daejeon Cantina, Dunsan-dong, near Timeworld (Go to the intersection that has the convenience store, Gartien Bier/Yellow Taxi, etc. Walk in the direction towards the restaurants/bars from afar. (If you look carefully, you'll see a yellow sign that reads, Bonbon.) Walk in that direction until you see the Cantina sign; it'll be on your left.). Open Tue-Thur 6PM-2AM; Fri/Sat 5PM-5AM; Sunday 6PM-12midnight; closed Mon. Mexican restaurant/bar. Meals from ₩8,000.
Takorea Mexican Grill, Eunhaedong/Old Downtown (2-3 min walk from subway station no. 105 (Jungang-no), exit 4. Exit the subway and when near Jung-gu Police station walk to the left and turn left on the 2nd street (at the Heungkuk financial) then turn right on the 1st street.). M-Th. 12noon-2PM, 5PM-11PM. F-S: 12noon-2PM, 5PM-12midnight. Classier than Cantina with more variety, but more expensive. Meals ₩5,000-18,000.
House Grill (exit Yongmung Station through exit #4. Keep walking until you reach the bus stop and enter the plaza (there is a Paris Baguette and glasses store sandwiching the entrance). Keep walking straight until the end of the hallway, it'll be on your right), ☏ +82 42 528-6639 (Brian), +82 10 9165-5142. 7 days a week from 11:30AM-10PM. Excellent burgers, arguably the best in Korea. Also offers chili fries, spaghetti, wraps, and huge donkatsu. Meals from ₩5,000.
There are two major "downtown" areas for drinking in Daejeon. One is in new-town in Dunsan-dong, opposite the Timeworld Galleria shopping complex, and a short walk from Government Complex Daejeon subway station. The second is in the city centre of old Daejeon, down by Jungangno subway station.
In addition, two further large drinking quarters exist in Yuseong and around Chungnam University as well as opposite Seodaejeon Korail station. Smaller areas of bars naturally exist beside each of Daejeon's universities, such as Hannam in the far East and Woosong in the far south.
Santa Claus Lounge, Kung-Dong. Basement hangout place that offers free darts, pool table and foosball. This bar is popular with foreigners, especially international KAIST students.
The Shisha House, Kung-Dong 404-5. The Shisha House is one of only a handful of bars in Daejeon that carry draft imported beer. The bar is owned by a French expatriate, and is typically very popular for shisha smokers and shisha newcomers due to a wide range of shisha strengths. ₩10,000 for a shisha, ₩6,000 for a Big Rock beer.
Ethnic Bar, Dunsan-Dong. An alternative shisha bar located downstairs in Dunsan. Entrance is a little stairwell amongst all the izakayas by GS25. A little less selection on the smoking front, but beautifully decorated with a fake stream in the middle. Music caters more to dates on weeknights and group sessions on weekends.
Sponge, Dunsan-Dong. Western style drinks and imported bottles along with 2 dart boards and free pool. It is one of the largest bars in Daejeon and is frequented by expats, locals and travelers.
Yellow Taxi, Dunsan-Dong. Yellow Taxi is a western bar. It is very large, with enough space to dance, and has lots of tables to sit and enjoy company. Drinks and food served. There are 2 dart boards and a pool table. On weekends, expect to find live music: rock, funk, blues, or electronic.
There are three western-style dance clubs in Daejeon.
Cocoon, Dunsan-dong (on the same side of 2 floor arcade but slightly north. Well marked with a 7-eleven diagonally opposite. The cover charge also gets you free draft beer all night). Dance club that plays a mix of hip hop, house, and K-pop. ₩15,000 cover.
After Hours, Dunsan-dong (on the north side, opposite Sponge.). Dance club that exclusively plays house and tries to cater to a more mature and upscale clientèle. ₩10,000 cover.
Club Volume (뉴스), directions=. New dance club, plays electronic music and is named after the popular "club Volume" is Seoul. It is near "News Nightclub," which is near the Express Bus Terminal. Look for the Angel-in-us coffee shop at the corner; enter that street and keep walking.
Jjimjilbangs are not ubiquitous, but they are there. Check that they allow overnight sleeping first.
Dong Bang Sak Leports (Nearest subway stop is Government Complex Daejeon, but it's a fair walk north). Located in Mannyeon-dong, about 3 blocks south of the KBS broadcasting tower this jjimjilbang looks like a Disney theme park. They have a cave, a "normal" sleeping room as well as a really cool spot where you sleep in "nature" with reeds and bird tweets. Past the normal things, they have a restaurant, internet cafe, Playstation room, as well as drink bar, a facial and hair cut, and ice and oxygen rooms. All are charged to the key and payable on the way out. Don't forget to get a parking pass on the way out if you came by car. Name is romanised on the signage, so it's fairly easy to spot. ₩8,000.
1 Magic 24 Sauna (매직24사우나), Yuseong-gu (In the middle of the Love Motel district north of the Yuseong Intercity/Express Bus Terminal and one block south of Yuseong HomePlus.). A jjimjilbang located very close to Daejeon's primary Express Bus Terminal, this is situated conveniently for those merely passing through town. The building is a nondescript white cube with a simple backlit sign in hangul (no English) which sticks out like a sore thumb amongst all its trashy neon neighbours. This jjimjilbang offers hot and cold public baths from the natural thermal springs of Yuseong district.
Another jjimjilbang is available in the Rodeo Town building, between City Hall and Tanbang subway stations, and walking distance (~1 km towards and beyond City Hall) from downtown Dunsan.
A Youth Hostel has dorm accommodation for ₩7,000-₩8,000 per night. It is located in southern Yuseong, approximately a 10 min walk south from Hanbat Nat'l University or you can take the 102, 103, 104 or 113 bus to its western termination and then walk east for its approximate location. You will then take the left fork and going away from the terminal, which is adjacent to the restaurant buildings, and you will see a left turn, about 250 m, which leads to a very big Youth Hostel. It appears to be intended mainly for conventions and conferences. There are just rooms where you get a blanket to sleep on the floor so don't expect beds. Showers are shared.
You can look for love motels which vary in quality, price and cleanliness. Many of these are centred in Dong-gu, near the Dongbu Intercity Bus Terminal or in old downtown in Jung-gu, south of the Jungangno nightlife district. Most western style hotels with close proximity to the subway line are located in the Yuseong Spa vicinity. This is also where you will find the splurge hotels so inquire ahead. Outside of Yuseong, chain hotels also exist around the Government Complex Daejeon.
Toyoko Inn, 922, Dunsandong, Seo-gu, Daejeon (10 min walk from Government Complex Daejeon Station), ☏ +82 42-545-1045, fax: +82 42-545-1046. Check-in: 4PM, check-out: 10AM. Part of the Japanese chain of no-frills business hotels. ₩60,500 won for a single, ₩132,000 for a suite, disabled access doubles for ₩82,500.
Riveria. The only 5 star hotel in Daejeon. ₩180,000 for a normal room, ₩300,000 for a junior suite, ₩1,000,000 for the royal suite.
Best Western Legend Hotel, 547-5 Bongmyeong-dong, Yuseong-gu, ☏ +82 42-825-2521. ₩193,600 for a double, ₩484,000 for the top suite.
Yousung Hotel (Yuseong Hotel), 480 Bongmyeong-dong, Yuseong-gu, ☏ +82 42-820-0100. ₩190,000-330,000.
Hotel Spapia, 545-5 Bongmyeong-dong, Yuseong-gu, ☏ +82 42-600-6006.
Hotel Adria, 442-5 Bongmyeong-dong, Yuseong-gu, ☏ +82 42-828-3636.
A few of the universities in town accept considerable numbers of international students.
DICC. DICC runs a range of Korean language classes. The most basic elementary classes are held in the medium of English language on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. It is best to inquire in person as the website is poorly maintained. Elementary courses start several times each year. Intermediate courses start as demand dictates.
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). One of South Korea's premier universities, also ranked among the top universities in the world, with a focus on science and engineering.
Daejeon has numerous job openings for ESL/EFL teachers at public schools and private academies. Most teaching jobs require applicants to be a native English speaker and to have a 3-4 yr college degree. Salaries for teaching jobs generally start between 2.0 and 2.5 million Korean won per month and often include free housing and round-trip airfare on a 1 year contract. Since the Korean won has dropped precipitously in value relative to other major currencies, salaries are starting to rise.
PCbangs (internet cafes) are peppered over the entire city and dirt-cheap to use, plus complimentary internet-enabled PCs are a common sight in independent coffee shops.
An immense range of international calling cards are available from the International Food shop outside Daejeon Korail station, as well as from smaller shops located beside universities catering to international students, such as the one outside Woosong West campus' main East Gate.
Daejeon is a very safe city by global standards. Note that Daejeon does not play host to a US military base, and as such, anti-American sentiment (and by extension, anti-Westerner sentiment) is low. If anything in town could be deemed dangerous, eldery drunks occasionally congregate around the front of Daejeon Korail station at night, including weeknights. Ironically, they are more inclined to hurl abuse at or chase down groups of obvious foreigners than individuals.
Daejeon's tap water is "drinkable" however residents tend to boil their water or purchase affordable bottled water, or fill their own bottles at local parks or at the mountain springs that surround town.
For a police emergency, dial 112. For a fire or ambulance emergency, dial 119.
For various help, consider visiting the DICC.
Cleaning services will exist at high-end hotels, otherwise, find a local dry-cleaner by looking for the sign setak (세탁).
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According to the city government, you can get to anywhere in South Korea from Daejeon within half a day.
Seoul and Busan are less than an hour and two hours away, respectively, on the KTX. Gyeongju is also now rather accessible courtesy of the new Shin-Gyeongju KTX stop between Daegu and Busan. Seo-Daejeon Korail station will similarly link you up to Gwangju.
There are several pick-up spots around town for the airport bus, which charges a princely sum of about ₩14,000 for the ride (₩3,500 for the regular inter-city bus). Also, see this articles Get in section for information on travel to Jeju. Another option to get to Jeju would be to take KTX to Busan and catch a ferry but this would be both less economical and efficient.
Closer places of interest include:
Mt. Daedun, one of Korea's more famed mountains (you may have seen photos of its suspension bridge) is close by at a 45-minute bus trip away. Buses depart from the Dong-gu Intercity bus terminal at 10:30 AM. Miss it and you're out of luck.
Gongju, adjacent city and former capital of Baekje, known for its Beakje tombs. Also the gateway to hiking a nearby national park.
Cheongju, Daejeon's airport, and historic town in its own right. Birthplace of jikji, the world's oldest moving metal type print book.
Mt.Gyeryong is the third designated national park in South Korea and is 845 meters high. The peak, Cheonhwangbong, is a restricted area, and there are many tourists to Donghaksa Temple. Mountain climbers often go up to the Donghaksa-Eunseon Falls-Gwaneumbong course or the Donghaksa-Namma tower-Sambulbong course. You can get off at Oryong Station Exit 5 and arrive by bus 107.
Mt.Gyeryong (You can get off at Oryong Station Exit 5 and arrive by bus 107.). Mt.Gyeryong is the third designated national park in South Korea and is 845 meters high. The peak, Cheonhwangbong, is a restricted area, and there are many tourists to Donghaksa Temple. Mountain climbers often go up to the Donghaksa-Eunseon Falls-Gwaneumbong course or the Donghaksa-Namma tower-Sambulbong course.
During festival season, Daejeon is the natural transfer point for travellers from the south end of the country heading to Boryeong for its expat-oriented mud festival.
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Home / M&A Activity / Serco Inc. Strikes $225M Deal for Alion’s Naval Business; Dave Dacquino, Craig Reed Quoted
Serco Inc. Strikes $225M Deal for Alion’s Naval Business; Dave Dacquino, Craig Reed Quoted
Jane Edwards May 24, 2019 M&A Activity, News
Dave Dacquino
Serco Group’s North American subsidiary has agreed to acquire the naval systems business unit of Alion Science and Technology for $225M in a push to expand its footprint in the naval modernization, sustainment and support services market.
Serco Inc. said Thursday it expects the transaction to be finalized in the second half of this year, subject to regulatory approvals.
“Combining our existing C5ISR capabilities in ship, shore, satellite and radar modernization with the naval design and engineering capabilities of NSBU will make Serco a top-tier Navy services provider with a full-spectrum, design-integrate-support life cycle maritime offering,” said Dave Dacquino, chairman and CEO of Serco Inc.
Dacquino called the deal a “growth-oriented strategic acquisition” that would offer new opportunities and bring technical talent to Serco.
Craig Reed
Alion’s NSBU provides naval ship and submarine design, in-service sustainment, production support and systems and engineering services and works on unmanned surface vehicles and unmanned underwater vehicles.
The business supports Naval Sea Systems Command, Office of Naval Research, U.S. Coast Guard and international naval forces and has $336M in annual revenues and approximately 1K employees at naval facilities in the U.S., Canada and other overseas locations.
“The U.S. Navy and defense markets were extremely attractive to invest in for Serco,” Craig Reed, senior vice president and chief growth officer of Serco Inc., told ExecutiveBiz. “Our partnership is a great culture fit and opens up the potential for future career opportunities and chances to continue expanding our business in these markets.”
Serco will operate NSBU as a new business unit to be led by Vince Stammetti, SVP of Alion’s NSBU.
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2014 Smart ForTwo: More Details, Renault Version Nixed
Antony Ingram January 3, 2013 Comment Now!
Smart's tiny Fortwo city car is being replaced in early 2014, and more details are emerging on the next generation small car.
Changes include new engines, new transmissions and a size increase--but partner Renault will no longer be producing its own two-seat equivalent.
CAR Magazine reports that French carmaker Renault has abandoned plans to produce its own version of the Fortwo, though it isn't clear whether the two companies are still collaborating on the next-generation Smart ForFour and Renault Twingo subcompacts.
Despite this, the 2014 Fortwo will still use Renault-developed powertrains. Sources suggest the entry-level engine will be a 900cc, three-cylinder unit with a naturally-aspirated 65 horsepower. Turbocharged variants will offer further outputs of 85 and 105 hp.
For the first time, the Fortwo will be offered with a six-speed manual transmission, rather than the jerky five-speed automated manual. If an automatic is essential, a seven-speed twin-clutch unit will be available--but initial estimates put the price at an eye-watering 2,000 Euros, or $2,600.
Auto Express reveals an 87-hp all-electric model and a cabriolet version are also on the cards, as is an extended range of Smart vehicles, including the four-seat Forfour model, and a crossover model which could use parts from the next-generation Nissan Juke. The crossover isn't due until late 2015.
A string of recent concept vehicles has slowly hinted at the car's design, and it's expected to crib heavily from the Forvision (shown above), Forstars and For-US concepts shown at shows during 2011 and 2012.
That means distinctive head and tail-lights, a perforated front grille and a more distinct hood than the sharply-sloped front of the current car. Smart's signature 'Tridion' safety cell will continue to define the car's diminutive shape.
Length is said to have increased by just over an inch, but width has grown further--from just under 69 inches, to 73.6 inches. This could improve directional stability, and may encourage Smart to tune the car for a softer ride quality...
Inside, a brand new interior design is expected to feature a removable, tablet-style display. Interior styling is expected to be as funky as ever.
With better transmission options and a wider cabin, the next Fortwo could be a car to geniunely look forward to when it arrives in early 2014.
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Fisker EMotion, Renault-Nissan electric-car platform, Chevy Bolt EV compliance: Today's Car News
Stephen Edelstein December 14, 2016 Comment Now!
Today, we have another teaser for the Fisker EMotion 400-mile luxury electric car, an indication that Renault and Nissan may share a future electric-car platform, and an estimate of the quantity of Chevrolet Bolt EV electric cars General Motors must sell to meet California's zero-emission vehicle mandate. All this and more on Green Car Reports.
Find out why General Motors may sell far more Chevrolet Bolt EV electric cars than it needs to in order to comply with California's zero-emission vehicle mandate.
Much attention is paid to carbon-dioxide emissions from transportation, but methane emissions from agriculture may also be hastening climate change, new research indicates.
Thanks to a new teaser image, we now know what the rear end of the Fisker EMotion 400-mile luxury electric car looks like.
Our latest poll asked out Twitter followers which green-car technology they thought would matter least in 2025.
The Nissan Leaf and Renault Zoe are among the best-selling electric cars right now, but could they share a platform in the future?
See why one Boston-area dealer is excited about electric cars, but not about Tesla.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is proposing making vehicle-to-vehicle communication (V2V) mandatory on future new cars, anticipating a major safety benefit.
Finally, we have spy shots of the 2018 Volvo XC60 crossover, which may gain a plug-in hybrid variant like the larger XC90.
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Netanyahu Warns Cabinet: Outpost Legalization Bill Could Lead to International Probe Against Israeli Officials
Attorney general tells ministers bill strengthens Palestinian lawsuit against Israel. Lieberman to Bennett: 'You'll be happy seeing us in The Hague?' Netanyahu: Passing the bill would push Obama to Security Council.
Barak Ravid
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a cabinet meeting, November 20, 2016.Emil Salman
Members of the security cabinet were warned in a meeting on Sunday, which concerned the evacuation of the unauthorized outpost of Amona, that the proposed law to legalize such settlements could lead to the opening of a criminal investigation in the International Criminal Court in the Hague against Israeli leaders.
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High Court rejects gov't petition: Israel must evacuate illegal West Bank outpost by year's end
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit all warned members of the security cabinet against the passage of the so-called "Regularization Law," said two sources who were present.
The sources asked to remain anonymous due to the ban on providing the press with information on meetings of the security cabinet.
The security cabinet meeting lasted over six hours, an exceptionally long time. It opened with a presentation by Mendelblit and his deputy for international law, Roi Sheindorf, on the legal issues connected to the bill. Acting National Security Adviser Jacob Nagel and Netanyahu's foreign policy advisor Jonathan Schachter also briefed the ministers on diplomatic and security issues. The ministers then conducted a discussion on the matter, in which almost all of those present spoke at length.
The two sources said representatives of the Justice Ministry and National Security Council, along with Netanyahu and Lieberman, informed the cabinet members – and first and foremost, Education Minister Naftali Bennett, who was on the receiving end of most of the pressure – of a long list of international considerations, both legal and diplomatic, against advancing the law to legalize illegal outposts.
Mendelblit and Sheindorf told the cabinet that the bill was in violation of international law and that passing it in the Knesset could strengthen the complaint the Palestinians filed with the International Criminal Court. The ICC prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, is currently working on a preliminary inquiry, at the end of which she will decide whether to launch a probe.
A week and a half ago, Bensouda published an interim report on her process which detailed the types of alleged crimes that she is examining. She noted these include settlement construction. Under the rubric of the settlements Bensouda included the Israeli government's after-the-fact "regularization" of construction carried out without the necessary permits in unauthorized outposts, as well as the expropriation and confiscation of private land owned by Palestinians. These two matters are directly affected by the bill being advanced in the Knesset.
Netanyahu and Lieberman agreed with Mendelblit and Sheindorf, and said if the "Regularization Bill" passes then the ICC prosecutor could decide to accept the Palestinian complaint at the end of her preliminary inquiry, and open a full investigation against Israeli leaders for their involvement in decisions concerning settlement construction.
At one stage, Lieberman made a cynical comment to Bennett on the matter of his continued refusal to stop promoting the "Regularization Bill". "So what are you telling us? That you would be happy to see us in the Hague?" said Lieberman, and the rest of the ministers in the meeting laughed, said one of the sources.
Netanyahu and his foreign policy advisers, Nagel and Schachter, raised another reason they thought the law to legalize illegal settlements must be halted: The final days of the Obama administration in America. In order to prevent the evacuation of Amona, the law must pass before the final date for the evacuation set by the High Court of Justice, December 25. This is less than a month before U.S. President Barack Obama will leave office on January 20, 2017.
Israel fears that Obama may advance a proposal on the Israeli-Palestinian issue in the United Nations Security Council before he leaves office, with the settlements as the focus of the move. In addition, the Palestinians themselves are interested in holding a vote in the Security Council against the settlements in the next few weeks. If this takes place, Israel will need a U.S. veto to prevent the resolution's passage.
Netanyahu, Nagel and Schachter told Bennett and the other ministers that it is possible that Obama will proceed in the Security Council even if Amona is evacuated on time and the Formalization Law on illegal settlements does not advance. Yet the passage of the regularization law in the next few weeks could also be what tips Obama into deciding to use the Security Council option, or at the least not to veto the Palestinian backed proposal in the UN.
On Monday, at the official memorial ceremony in the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem for the IDF soldiers killed during the Sinai Campaign in 1956, Netanyahu said he expects President Obama not to deviate from the policy he has conducted of the last eight years and not to promote a move in the Security Council on Israeli-Palestinian issues.
Bennett, who bore the brunt of most of the pressure applied by Netanyahu during the meeting, said he was willing to examine alternatives that would provide Amona residents with a solution instead of the regularization law, but he demanded to see they are instituted in practice and do not just remain theoretical, said one of the sources who participated in the cabinet meeting.
Among the solutions for Amona residents the ministers discussed were moving the houses to nearby land that seemingly was abandoned by its Palestinian owners and today are defined by Israeli law as the property of "absentee owners;" building new settlements near the outpost of Shvut Rahel near Shilo as an alternative for the residents of Amona; and establishing an international mechanism for arbitration of property issues, as in the model operating in northern Cyprus.
Despite the long and detailed debate, security cabinet members dispersed without reaching a decision on the matter, except to conduct further examinations of possible solutions for the resident of Amona.
On Wednesday morning, only a few hours before the law is scheduled to be presented for its first reading in the Knesset, the security cabinet will meet again. This meeting is the most important and its goal is to reach a decision, or at the very least to achieve significant progress on finding a solution to the evacuation of Amona and the proposed law, said a source involved in the cabinet meetings. "Tomorrow they will try to reach agreements among the ministers on the tracks the government will choose," said the source.
On Monday, Likud MKs and coalition whip MK David Bitan presented the proposed regularization law. Bitan said the purpose of the planned vote for the bill in its first reading on Wednesday is to win two weeks of time, during which they can find an alternative solution that would make the proposed law superfluous.
Bitan said there is still a disagreement with Kulanu over the section of the bill that would allow the retroactive overruling by the Knesset of a decision of the High Court of Justice on the evacuation of Amona. Bitan proposed that the issue be decided only after the bill passes its first reading, and the bill should include two versions: One with the problematic section and one without. This has yet to be agreed on with Kulanu, so it is still unclear whether the bill will even be brought up for a vote at all on Wednesday, he said.
Netanyahu told his MKs that while he is not pleased with the regularization law, it is already moving on its way, and could wake someone at the UN up, and they would pass a decision that could harm Israel.
At the meeting of Yisrael Beiteinu MKs on Monday, Lieberman said he believes that by Tuesday Mendelblit will provide an answer on where the proposed framework for using absentee lands near Amona stands.
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< Overview Next: Recording from the microphone with AVAudioRecorder >
As I write these initial words, I already know this is going to be one of the most expansive and useful Hacking with Swift tutorials to date. We're going to be using CloudKit to load and save user data, we'll read from the microphone using AVAudioRecorder, we'll add UIStackView and NSAttributedString for great layout, and we're going to tie in push messaging for dynamic updates.
This tutorial is going to show you CloudKit to a depth you won't see much elsewhere. Yes, we're going to be loading and saving text data, but we're also going to be loading and saving binary data, registering for updates, and delivering push messages – in short, we're going to be covering the majority of CloudKit in one project, and you'll learn a huge amount along the way. We're even going to be covering the simple and advanced methods of working with CloudKit, because it gives a much better user experience.
As you know, my usual plan is to pick which technologies I want to teach, then strap a real project around it. In this case, the project is called "What's that Whistle?" It's an app where users can whistle or hum into their microphone, and upload it to iCloud. Other users can then download whistles and try to identify what song it's from. This is a genuinely useful app: think how often you know how a song goes but just can't remember its name, and boom: this app is for you. Of course, you could also turn it into a game – who can guess the song first? It's down to you.
To make things more exciting, we'll let users choose which music genres they specialize in, and we'll deliver them a push message whenever a new whistle comes in for that genre. They can then swipe to unlock and launch the app, and start posting suggestions for the song name.
CloudKit is something that was announced back in 2014, but it had some remarkably low limits that made it so unappealing I decided not to write a tutorial about it. Back then, each app got just 25MB per day of data transfer, growing at 0.5MB – yes, half a megabyte – per user per day, which was absurdly low. Since then Apple announced they were raising the limits so that every app now gets 2GB per month plus a further 50MB per user per month. Even better, database transfer is now judged on requests per second rather than an arbitrary data cap.
If you're not aware of what CloudKit does, I'll be going into much more detail later. For now, the least you need to know is that CloudKit lets you send and retrieve remote data for your app, effectively providing a server back-end for your app to talk to. Even better, unless you go over Apple's new generous limits, it's completely free.
Important warning: this project requires an active Apple developer program account, because CloudKit requires iCloud developer access. Although everything except push messaging works great in the simulator, you'll find CloudKit responds much faster on devices so you might find it easier to work from a device the entire time.
Please go ahead and create a new project in Xcode, choosing the Single View App template. Name it Project 33, then choose Swift for your language. Now strap yourself in, because this is going to be awesome…
Thanks for your support, Jim Niemann!
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6 Things We Learned from Christian Dior
As Dior's Fall 2016 collection hits the runway today, we look back at the ways Monsieur Dior's influence remains strong.
In the 10 short years he designed for his eponymous label, Christian Dior changed the fashion world forever, from his legendary New Look to his house's close ties with Hollywood. As Dior's Spring 2016 collection hits the runway today, we look back at the ways Monsieur Dior's influence remains strong.
Don't Be Afraid to Embrace a "New Look"—and Your Feminine Side
You know the story: Monsieur Dior debuts his ultra-feminine Spring 1947 collection after the stark years of World War II; BAZAAR editor Carmel Snow remarks, "Your dresses have such a new look!" and fashion history is made. Today, Dior creative director Raf Simons hearkens back to the house's origins with his own take on the slim waists, full skirts and bustiers of the New Look.
Let Art Inspire You
Before his career in fashion, Monsieur Dior owned a small art gallery that featured the likes of Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Georges Braques, to name a few. Today, Raf Simons continues to link the house of Dior to the art world. For his very first show as creative director, Simons printed works by artist Sterling Ruby on couture gowns.
Courtesy Dior
Add Red for Drama
Monsieur Dior is credited with the phrase, "There is certainly a red for everyone." If you're not willing to make a crimson commitment in your closet, indulge in the house's cult-favorite lipstick, Rouge Dior 99.
Monsieur Dior had an undying love for the cinema; his friendship with Marlene Dietrich yielded legendary film costumes, such as those seen in Stage Fright (pictured). Today, several of Hollywood's most recognizable faces represent the fashion house, including Jennifer Lawrence, Marion Cotillard and Natalie Portman.
Monsieur Dior once said, "The detail is as important as the essential is. When it is inadequate, it destroys the whole outfit." This rings true today, since Dior's accessories—bags, shoes and the like—are always the most coveted of the season.
Adopt Lily of the Valley for Luck
Monsieur Dior was obsessed with horticulture—especially the beautiful flowers it yielded, including lily of the valley. "He put it everywhere, like on the hem of a dress for good luck," Dior historian Frederic Bourdelier told BAZAAR last yearlast year. "He had fresh lily of the valley all year round, even in January, because he asked his florist to always grow it in his greenhouse in Paris." The house's Diorissimo fragrance features lily of the valley in tribute to its founder.
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The Beautiful American
by Jeanne Mackin
NAL/Penguin Group
Formats: eBook, Paperback, Audio
As recovery from World War II begins, expat American Nora Tours travels from her home in southern France to London in search of her missing sixteen-year-old daughter. There, she unexpectedly meets up with an old acquaintance, famous model-turned-photographer Lee Miller. Neither has emerged from the war unscathed. Nora is racked with the fear that her efforts to survive under the Vichy regime may have cost her daughter’s life. Lee suffers from what she witnessed as a war correspondent photographing the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps.
Nora and Lee knew each other in the heady days of late 1920’s Paris, when Nora was giddy with love for her childhood sweetheart, Lee became the celebrated mistress of the artist Man Ray, and Lee’s magnetic beauty drew them all into the glamorous lives of famous artists and their wealthy patrons. But Lee fails to realize that her friendship with Nora is even older, that it goes back to their days as children in Poughkeepsie, New York, when a devastating trauma marked Lee forever. Will Nora’s reunion with Lee give them a chance to forgive past betrayals, and break years of silence?
A novel of freedom and frailty, desire and daring, The Beautiful American portrays the extraordinary relationship between two passionate, unconventional woman.
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“Will transport you to expat Paris.” – Suzanne Rindell, author of The Other Typist
“A brilliant, beautifully written literary masterpiece” – Sandra Dallas, author of Fallen Women
“Leaves its essence of love, loss, regret and hope long after the novel concludes.” – Erika Robuck, author of Fallen Beauty
“Achingly beautiful and utterly mesmerizing…her vividly drawn characters…come heartbreakingly alive in their obsessions, tragedies and triumphs” – Jennifer Robson, author of Somewhere in France
“From Poughkeepsie to Paris, from the razzmatazz of the twenties to the turmoil of World War Two and the perfume factories of Grasse, Mackin draws you into the world of expatriate artists and photographers and tells a story of love, betrayal, survival and friendship…an engaging and unforgettable novel” – Renee Rosen, author Doll Face
Jeanne Mackin’s novel, The Beautiful American (New American Library), based on the life of photographer and war correspondent Lee Miller, received the 2014 CNY award for fiction. Her other novels include A Lady of Good Family, about gilded age personality Beatrix Farrand, The Sweet By and By, about nineteenth century spiritualist Maggie Fox, Dreams of Empire set in Napoleonic Egypt, The Queen’s War, about Eleanor of Aquitaine, and The Frenchwoman, set in revolutionary France and the Pennsylvania wilderness.
Jeanne Mackin is also the author of the Cornell Book of Herbs and Edible Flowers (Cornell University publications) and co-editor of The Book of Love (W.W. Norton.) She was the recipient of a creative writing fellowship from the American Antiquarian Society and a keynote speaker for The Dickens Fellowship. Her work in journalism won awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, in Washington, D.C. She has taught or conducted workshops in Pennsylvania, Hawaii and at Goddard College in Vermont.
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Sea Pines Country Club has again received Distinguished Club recognition from BoardRoom magazine. The Distinguished Clubs program uses a rating system that recognizes facilities, management and staff based on member experience. In July, the Sea Pines club celebrated its newly unveiled state-of-the-art fitness facility.
Sea Pines Community Services Associates, Inc. will host its annual election of Class “A” residential board directors. Class “A” members are owners of single-family lots, single-family dwelling units and multi-family dwelling units. Owners must be in good standing to vote. Ballots were mailed Nov. 1 and must be postmarked for return by Dec. 1. For more information see seapinesliving.com/CSACandidates.
CENTURY 21 DIAMOND REALTY ADDS LYNNE, CONGRATULATES JOHNSON
Lowcountry native Greta Lynne has joined Century 21 Diamond Realty as a real estate agent. She has been listing and selling properties throughout Beaufort and Jasper counties for 22 years, helping buyers and sellers with property including residential, land, farms, estates, investment, development and new construction.
Also, Marlee Johnson of Century 21 Diamond Realty has earned the nationally recognized Seniors Real Estate Specialist designation from the National Association of Realtors. Recipients were required to successfully complete a comprehensive course in understanding the needs, considerations and goals of real estate buyers and sellers ages 55 and older.
WEICHERT REALTORS OPENS NEW LOCATION
Weichert Realtors Coastal Properties celebrated the grand opening of its new space in Old Town Bluffton in October. The new office is located at 1250 May River Road.
CALLAWASSIE ISLAND CLUB WELCOMES NEWTEAM MEMBERS
Callawassie Island has promoted Maggie Denison to marketing manager and hired Keriann Ginter to replace her as events director. Jeff Gareis has also been added as assistant golf professional.
Denison has a background in public relations. Ginter previously worked in the student activities department at the University of South Carolina Beaufort, while Gareis is a veteran of the U.S. Navy who developed a passion for golf during retirement.
HGTV LOVES HILTON HEAD ISLAND
HGTV has announced that the network’s 2020 Dream Home is a three-bedroom, 5,500-square-foot house in Windmill Harbour designed by architects Court Atkins Group and built by Shoreline Construction of Bluffton. The sweepstakes to win the dream home opens at 9 a.m. Dec. 30. More information about how to enter will be released in the coming weeks, according HGTV.com
The network’s website also recently featured Tyson and Marie Zahner’s Shipyard Plantation villa. The Zahners’ two-bedroom vacation rental home is one of nine Hilton Head homes featured in the HGTV digital story “Wow — Worthy Vacation Homes and Design on Hilton Head Island.”
Nicknamed “Serenity By The Sand” by HGTV, the villa is listed by Airbnb as a prime vacation property.
“We were contacted by a reporter from HGTV about our property being the only Airbnb Plus on the island,” said Marie Zahner.
The web-based vacation rental platform awards Airbnb Plus badges to “only the highest-quality homes with hosts known for great reviews and attention to detail,” according to Airbnb.
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Common pasture weed linked to positive drug tests in some horses
Yellow Rocket growing in Ithaca, New York. Photo: Maylin et al. doi:10.1186/s13620-019-0153-5
A brassica plant that can be found growing in pastures across the United States can result in horses failing a drug test, research findings suggest.
The culprit is Barbarea vulgaris, more commonly known as yellow rocket.
Two Standardbred horses fed yellow rocket in a study subsequently tested positive for Aminorex, an amphetamine-like appetite suppressant, which is listed as a Schedule 1 controlled substance by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.
Aminorex is listed by the Association of Racing Commissioners International as a Class 1, Penalty Class A foreign substance.
It is considered to have high potential for influencing a horse’s racing performance due to its stimulating effects, with positive tests carrying a fine and suspension.
George Maylin and his colleagues, writing in the Irish Veterinary Journal, say it is possible that some other members of the brassica family may trigger a similar result.
Aminorex in horse urine is usually present as a metabolic byproduct of Levamisole.
Levamisole is commercially available as a dewormer for cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs. However, it also has conventional off-label uses in horses as an immunostimulant and as a medication for treating Equine Protozoal Myelitis .
While the identification of Levamisole as a source of Aminorex led to a sharp reduction in the number of Aminorex identifications, it has not completely eliminated such findings.
In North America, sporadic unexplained Aminorex identifications have occasionally been reported.
Additionally, several recent Aminorex identifications have been reported in English sport horses where there was no history of the horses receiving Levamisole, nor any sign of other metabolic markers suggesting the use of Levamisole.
The Kentucky-based study team said a careful review of substances co-identified with Aminorex in these samples showed several plant-related, low molecular weight nitrogenous substances.
These findings, and a review of the botanical literature, led to suspicions that GlucoBarbarin and Barbarin, contained in certain plants and originally identified in Barbarea vulgaris, might be the source of these Aminorex identifications.
istribution of Yellow Rocket, Barbarea vulgaris, in the United States; Data re-constructed from USDA reports [13]. The British Isles show similar distribution, with only parts of Scotland having none reported as of May, 2019. Image: Maylin et al. doi:10.1186/s13620-019-0153-5
GlucoBarbarin in Brassicaceae serves as a precursor to barbarin. When the plant is damaged, the enzyme myrosinase removes the glucose molecule from GlucoBarbarin, yielding an intermediate that spontaneously turns to Barbarin.
GlucoBarbarin, they believe, may have a role in protecting the plant from potential predators.
“Consistent with this protective function of Barbarin, the yellow rocket plant material was refused by the experimental horses until mixed with grass and sweet feed.”
Suspicions were further heightened by their English colleagues, who reported the identification of Aminorex in at least one presumably European member of the genus Barbarea in the Brassicaceae family.
Thus, attention turned to yellow rocket, a well-known member of the Brassicaceae family which flowers from late April to early May in Kentucky pasture. The plant has wide distribution in both the US and Britain, with only parts of Scotland considered clear.
For their study, the researchers identified and harvested flowering yellow rocket in Kentucky in May 2018 and gave the plant orally to the two horses.
Analysis of urine samples afterward yielded Aminorex, showing that consumption of Kentucky Barbarea vulgaris can give rise to Aminorex identifications in equine urine.
“Since horsepersons face up to a 1-year suspension and a $10,000 fine for an Aminorex identification, the existence of natural sources of Aminorex precursors in equine feedstuffs is of importance to both individual horsepersons and the industry worldwide,” the authors wrote.
“Multiple members of the Brassicaceae family, including Barbarea vulgaris, produce GlucoBarbarin, which may be responsible for ongoing sporadic Aminorex identifications reported in post-event equine urine samples in the absence of evidence of Levamisole administration.”
Conversion of GlucoBarbarin (via Myrosinase) to Barbarin and Aminorex structure. Image: Photo: Maylin et al. doi:10.1186/s13620-019-0153-5
The plant Reseda luteola, more commonly known as “weld”, or Dyer’s rocket, is similarly known to produce GlucoBarbarin. This plant is widely distributed throughout Europe and has been introduced to many parts of the US. Historically used as a source of yellow dye, it was also grown domestically for its sweet aromatic smell.
“Based on the results herein reported with respect to Barbarea vulgaris, it is reasonable to assume that if Reseda luteola were to be ingested a measurable level of Aminorex might also be detectable in equine urine.”
They continued: “At this time, the precise mechanism for the conversion of Barbarin to Aminorex is unclear, and it is possible that some other compound produced by Barbarea vulgaris is responsible.
“However, based on the substantial structural similarities between Aminorex and Barbarin, Barbarin is at this time the most likely candidate for the primary source of Aminorex in the Brassicaceae family.
“Given these circumstances and the widespread distribution of such plants in North America and elsewhere, yellow rocket or related Brassicaceae plants are likely sources of sporadic low-concentration Aminorex identifications in the sports horse worldwide.”
The study team said future research will focus on identifying biomarkers of yellow rocket or other Brassicaceae to definitively identify botanical origins for Aminorex identifications and the acquisition of enough field data to support or appropriately adjust a proposed 30 ng/mL environmental “cut-off” or Screening Limit of Detection (SLOD) for pharmacologically and forensically insignificant Aminorex identifications in equine drug testing.
The research team comprised Jacob Machin, Sucheta Kudrimoti, Jonathan Green and Thomas Tobin, with the University of Kentucky; Rodney Eisenberg, with Frontier BioPharm in Kentucky; Clara Fenger, with Equine Integrated Medicine in Kentucky, and George Maylin, with the New York Drug Testing and Research Program.
Maylin, G., Fenger, C., Machin, J. et al. Aminorex identified in horse urine following consumption of Barbarea vulgaris; a preliminary report. Ir Vet J 72, 15 (2019) doi:10.1186/s13620-019-0153-5
The study, published under a Creative Commons License, can be read here.
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Radisson Hotel Group Establishes Strategic Joint Venture for Expansion in Germany and Austria
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Brussels/ Frankfurt – December 2, 2019 – Radisson Hotel Group, one of the largest and most dynamic hotel groups in the world, is delighted to announce the establishment of a strategic joint venture for operating hotels in Germany and Austria. This fantastic new partnership with local partners will open opportunities for Radisson Hotel Group to accelerate their growth ambitions. The group is looking forward to boosting their roll-out of the Radisson and Radisson RED brands in the German speaking region (D-A-CH). The exciting venture will kick off with the signing of the Radisson Hotel Leipzig, which will be developed by Fay projects GmbH and operated by the newly founded Fast Lane Hospitality GmbH.
Elie Younes, Executive Vice President & Chief Development Officer, Radisson Hotel Group, said: “We aim to remain relevant to owners and investors and this new venture is a testament of our commitment. The German market is becoming increasingly versatile and requires an unconventional approach to accelerate growth. We look forward to a successful journey with our partners and to unlock value to various stakeholders through this venture.”
“Leipzig is about to join Germany’s ‘Big Seven’ cities, so our hotel development in a central downtown location comes at a rather opportune time, especially because hotel accommodation in the trade fair city continues to grow at an annual rate of around five percent,” said Wolfgang Heid, Chairman of the Board and CEO of FAY Projects GmbH. “We are confident that this new asset will be one of the outstanding Radisson hotels in Germany.”
When its doors open in 2022, the fully equipped, upscale Radisson Hotel Leipzig will provide Scandinavian-inspired hospitality in a creative city dripping with history. With its prime location, the new property will allow guests easy access to key hubs in Leipzig’s city center including the main station, as well as having a fast connection to the Leipzig Fair right by the hotel. From the hotel’s doorstep, guests can reach all of the bustling city’s most famous attractions in just five to ten minutes. The gleaming, newly-built hotel will have a total of 224 rooms, ready to welcome more guests to the vibrant and youthful Leipzig. On top of that, the Radisson Hotel Leipzig will also offer those holiday comforts we all crave: a delicious breakfast restaurant for those sleepy mornings, a stylish bar and an on-site gym.
The trade-fair city of Leipzig proudly ranks in the top 10 German cities chosen by travelers, with more than 3.4 million overnight visitors per year. With a fascinating cultural scene and a deep significance for music-lovers, in 2018 Leipzig once again surpassed the already astonishing figures of 2017.
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FAY Projects GmbH specializes in the development of sophisticated urban construction projects and stands for the creation of sustainable real estate assets. This is confirmed by the awards with the gold DGNB pre-certificate for various office projects, i.a. New E.ON construction in Regensburg, Waidmarkt in Cologne and ²BAC Berlin-Brandenburg. The company has the expertise and know-how of more than five decades with over 100 successfully completed real estate projects. The management attaches great importance to a sustainably shaped and grown corporate culture.
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Radisson is an upscale hotel brand that delivers Scandinavian-inspired hospitality and enables guests to focus on a work/life balance and find more harmony in their travel experience. Based on building meaningful relationships with guests, it features a Yes I Can! service attitude designed to deliver satisfaction to every guest. The hotels can be found in suburban and city settings, near airports and leisure destinations. Guests and professional business partners can enhance their experience with Radisson by participating in Radisson Rewards, a global loyalty program offering exceptional benefits and rewards.
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Global measures to address aviation’s environmental impact were agreed at a meeting of the two hundred and fifty experts of ICAO’s Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP), which concluded today ICAO’s Montréal headquarters today.
Montréal, 15 February 2019 – Global measures to address aviation’s environmental impact were agreed at a meeting of the two hundred and fifty experts of ICAO’s Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP), which concluded today.
The meeting was opened by Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, President of the Council of ICAO, recognizing that “In the 35 years since the CAEP was established, the scope of work and the technical areas which it covers have widened. Yet, despite the monumental challenges set before it, the CAEP remains a tremendous example of international cooperation.”
The main outcomes of the meeting are as follows:
Aircraft Engine Standard
A new stringency level that would limit the emissions of non-volatile Particulate Matter (nvPM) from aircraft engines was agreed. The ICAO standard is expected to drive technologies to address non-volatile particulate matter, which in the long run will minimize their potential environmental and health impacts.
With this new standard, ICAO has completed all main environmental standards for the certification of aircraft and engines, namely for noise, local air quality (NOx, HC, CO, nvPM) and climate change (CO2), making the aviation industry the only sector with environmental mandatory certification requirements at the global level for the operation of its equipment. Once applicable, all new aircraft will need to be certified to those ICAO standards before operating.
The meeting also delivered new technology goals for the sector, including improvements of aircraft noise up to 15.5 dB below Chapter 14 limits for single-aisle aircraft by 2027, NOx emission by 54 per cent relative to the latest ICAO NOx SARPs and fuel efficiency up to 1.3 per cent per annum can be expected for the new aircraft entering into production.
Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA)
Agreement has been achieved on the means to calculate and claim the benefits accrued from the use of sustainable aviation fuels within the context of CORSIA. This is significant in terms of reducing airlines’ offsetting requirements.
The agreement included the default values and the methodologies for calculating actual values needed to calculate the life-cycle CO2 emissions reduction benefits of different feedstocks. CAEP has also agreed on the requirements for Sustainability Certification Schemes (SCS) and a process to evaluate and recommend a list of eligible SCS, which will certify fuels against the CORSIA sustainability criteria. This package of agreements provides the clarity needed for the energy sector to embark in the production of sustainable fuels for aviation, and is an important step towards CORSIA implementation.
In addition, CAEP has delivered a recommendation for the rules and procedure for the ICAO Council’s Technical Advisory Body (TAB), which will evaluate the eligibility of emissions units for use in CORSIA. Another agreement was the technical updates of Environmental Technical Manual on CORSIA, which clarifies the recommended actions by States and airlines for monitoring, reporting and verification of CO2 emissions under CORSIA.
Environmental Trends and Outlook
The meeting agreed on the updated ICAO environmental trends for noise, local air quality (NOx and nvPM) and global climate (CO2), which will be the basis for the considerations of ICAO environmental policies at the next ICAO Assembly, in September 2019.
Important publications were also developed as part of ICAO’s eco-airport toolkit collection in the areas of renewable energy, waste management, environmental management, and eco-design of airport building.
Regarding climate change adaptation, a Synthesis Report was approved for publication, providing important information on the climate risk impacts and resilient options for the sector.
Two other important reports were agreed: one on the state of aircraft end-of-life and recycling; and the other on performance-based navigation and community engagement.
The meeting further agreed with the results of the assessment of the positive effects of operational improvements. The assessment showed that the implementation of these measures, as per ICAO global plans, savings of fuel between of 167 to 307 kg per flight can be achieved by 2025. This corresponds respectively to a reduction of 26.2 to 48.2 Mt of CO2. The meeting agreed on the publication of the white paper “State of the Science 2019: Aviation Noise Impacts Workshop”.
CAEP also considered the progress that has been achieved towards supersonic transport operations, and agreed that an exploratory study should be undertaken.
CAEP will also assess how to certify other new technologies such as hybrid and electric aircraft as part of its future work.
CAEP is a technical body of the ICAO Council, and all the technical recommendations agreed by CAEP above will be considered by the Council for final approval.
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The Intel XMM 8160 5G modem will offer very clear improvements in power, size and scalability in a package that will be smaller than a U.S. penny. It will be released in the second half of 2019, and it will support the new standard for 5G (NR) standalone and (SA) and non-standalone (NSA) modes as well as 4G, 3G and 2G legacy radios in a single chipset. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel debuts new 5G modem with rollout slated for early 2020
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When it comes to mobile devices in 2019, two trends in particular will feature heavily – foldable phones and 5G. The latter takes our focus for now with Intel recently debuting its new 5G mobile modem in the form of the XMM 8160.
The American chipmaker says the XM8160 will be sent to OEMs in the second half of 2019, with the first devices featuring the modem expected in early 2020.
As such it will be a bit of a wait before Intel tech will be used to power the 5G capabilities of mobile devices. This seems to put a potential spanner in the works for Apple, which is trying to get a 5G device into the market as soon as possible, as their competitors are already scheduled to release such phones next year.
Whether Apple looks to another manufacturer in the interim remains to be seen.
The Intel XMM 8160 modem’s size in relation to a US penny.
Shifting back to the new Intel modem, the company says it is not solely intended for use in mobile devices, but PCs, notebooks and broadband hubs as well.
To that end the XM8160 can muster peak speeds of up to 6Gbps, according to Intel, and will support both standard and non-standard specifications. Added to this is support for legacy 4G, 3G and 2G networks.
This broad range of functionalities should help Intel make its new 5G modem look more enticing for manufacturers, especially given the fact that the company is currently playing catch-up with the rest of the market.
More specifically, The Verge notes that another 18 manufacturers already have their 5G modems in the hands of OEMs and plan to bring their respective offerings to the market in the coming months.
With 5G coming to greater prominence now, hopefully consumers can soon reap the benefit that the broadband technology promises.
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When he's not reviewing the latest smartphones, Robin-Leigh is writing about everything tech-related from IoT and smart cities, to 5G and cloud computing. He's also a keen photographer and dabbles in console games.
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It's hard to believe we used to live in a world without Lemonade.
First and foremost, Beyoncé's masterpiece is a cultural and political anthem, a wrenching exploration of the "undeniable power of a black woman's vulnerability," the richness of Yoruba culture, the verse of Warsan Shire, and the glory of #blackgirlmagic.
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But the album has had a secondary effect: It has allowed me and many women to hold a rawer, deeper, more honest conversation about infidelity with our partners.
"See, this is what I wish I could have done with my ex-husband when he cheated on me," I tell my second (and last) husband, Pat Dixon, as he watches Lemonade with me (his first time, my fourth). "You see how angry Beyoncé is? Do you notice anything? She's really angry, isn't she?"
Beyoncé is ripping it up onscreen, elegantly wielding a baseball bat in wicked style with a glint in her eyes: smashing windows, cars, security cameras, and, most of all, boundaries to what is stigmatized or what is too often left unspoken. And she hasn't even gotten started on the monster truck yet.
"It's even more than the anger, though," Pat observes as the visual album dazzles him -- how could it not? "She's like Woman Jesus. She got cheated on for all of us."
But then, as soon as the hour-long Beyoncé masterpiece concludes, my husband pulls a song up on his phone and positions the speakers next to his ear, exaggeratedly bobbing his head and nodding to the beat.
It is Jay Z's "99 Problems."
I quote my favorite Lemonade lyrics ("What's worse, looking jealous or crazy? Jealous or crazy/ More like being walked all over lately, walked all over lately, I'd rather be crazy") as he counters with rival lines from "99 Problems" ("If you're having girl problems, I feel bad for you son/ I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one").
I cue up Lemonade -- again -- and use it as a hyperstylized musical and visual backdrop as I relay my own saga of cheating and betrayal.
There is something so cathartic about witnessing a woman who is the absolute definition of flawlessness breaking down (and building herself back up). With Lemonade, Beyoncé provides the average woman with a pathway to open the floodgates of shame and start down the redemptive route to salvation.
I hadn't fully realized how difficult I found it to reveal the full extent of my utter humiliation in my first marriage -- to the love of my life in my final one.
Confessing to your husband the extent of the disrespect you tolerated as a wife can feel like telling a secret you always kept deeply buried. "Here's the story of how my first husband saw clearly my worthlessness," the secret goes, "and now I am telling you the brutal ramifications."
"The very worst moment in that relationship came when I woke up to my husband coming downstairs, wearing my bathrobe, sweat covering his chest," I tell Pat.
Related: How to Win at Marriage Counseling
At that moment in 2003, I already knew what had happened even though my ex denied it. He had been paying a visit to a friend of mine crashing on a couch upstairs in the house we were renting in Chicago.
"Or," I continue to Pat, "there was the time when we were in marriage counseling at night, but during the day he was busy fucking another supposed girlfriend of mine."
My husband is earnest when we talk about real things. And he is compassionate now, understanding in a way I've never known from men before him.
"That's the worst thing I've ever heard. I'm sorry that happened," Pat says.
It was a simple statement, but I know his empathy was sincere, and the kindness gave me a feeling of peace. And despite the damage inflicted during marriage No. 1, I don't worry about those things with Pat. He told me he wouldn't cheat on me. I've never had a day where I doubted him.
Because the last time he cheated, the woman was convicted of second-degree attempted murder after attacking him with a gun in a parking lot. That tends to straighten someone out.
As Lemonade plays behind us, overshadowing the wall of our small apartment, my husband then recounted his own affair.
In spring 2003, Pat was out of town, celebrating a friend's birthday at a dive bar in Nashville. His own Becky With the Good Hair approached him thusly: "If you weren't married, I would take you home and fuck your cock off."
Within ten days, he had begun the last affair of his cheating career. But as the relationship grew increasingly unhinged, Pat broke things off and refused to engage. After weeks of no contact, she surprised him outside of an IHOP in 2004 with a 9-mm semiautomatic police-issue Glock and a note explaining why she had to end things in a murder-suicide. He wrestled the gun away.
"It did cure you of cheating, though," I say, far too glib about the horror of the experience.
"No, it wasn't almost getting killed," he tells me. "I'm realistic enough to know that girl was a rare kind of disturbed. What changed me was that I hurt my wife and everybody in her family and everybody in mine. Gun or no gun, no one gets away with cheating scot-free. I decided, I would never get into a committed relationship until I was ready."
He was finally ready again with me.
Whenever Pat tells his story of how a woman tried to murder him during his comedy routine, someone in the audience invariably shouts out the question: "What did you do?"
Related: What Open Marriage Taught One Man About Feminism
"Thank you for blaming the victim, by the way," he responds. "Why don't you just ask me what I was wearing?"
So, yes, Pat says, he understands why I wanted him to watch Lemonade so badly. He's been the bad guy. The really, really bad guy. He takes ownership -- especially when I begin to take him down a rabbit hole of candidates for Jay Z's "Becky With the Good Hair."
"Who cares who the woman is?" he responds. "It's not the other woman's job to preserve the fucking sanctity of your marriage. It's on the guy. The only way to avoid falling into the cheating trap is to have a relationship with total transparency."
I point out that part of Lemonade is titled "Denial." This was the main problem for me in my past marriage: I had always hoped that the many awful lies I suspected were just my own paranoia.
"That's a problem for the man, too," Pat says. "The truth is, most guys aren't aware they need stuff in a relationship, like emotional stuff. If they knew, they wouldn't know how to ask. And if they knew how to ask, they'd still be ashamed or embarrassed. So when some woman is nice to them, it gets their attention and they need more, and chances are they never even knew anything was wrong at home."
That's how you get Lemonade.
"By the way," Pat says, returning to his conversation with an imaginary Jay Z, as if the hip-hop mogul might ring for some P-Dix advice at any moment. "This cheating? Be prepared to discuss this with Beyoncé ... forever. Bringing up this topic is now the nuclear option to end any other argument you and the wife have from now on."
I believe Pat when he tells me his cheating days are over. I believe him because I have never met someone so compulsively honest about his failings, something that drew me to him in the first place. Also, because he's 45, and he's done the fucking he wanted to do.
"I wonder," Pat says, unable to resist one of the many jokes to be made in the situation, " ... of Jay Z's 99 problems, how many do you think are now bitch-related?"
Then he tweets it.
Meanwhile, I begin to queue up Lemonade for the fifth time that day.
I just can't get enough of watching the most gorgeous woman in the world spread out her vulnerabilities like so much dirty laundry -- and exorcising her demons like a rage orgasm. It has made our own sprawling conversation feel so much less excruciating, less isolated. As Beyoncé playfully twirls her wooden weapon on the screen before us, I think about Pat's own real-life trauma.
"You know, it's too bad that your woman resorted to violence back when you were a cheating, lying asshole," I say. "I mean, don't you wish she had just dropped a visual album on you instead?"
Pat scoffs as the opening notes of Lemonade drift down from the screen.
"Oh God no," he replies. "The attempted murder was over a lot more quickly."
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(Sub) Sailor Moon Official Announcement Trailer
TV14 • Drama, Kids, Anime, Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, International, Action • TV Series • 1992
Usagi Tsukino is a clumsy but kindhearted teenage girl who transforms into the powerful guardian of love and justice, Sailor Moon. Meeting allies alon...more
Usagi Tsukino is a clumsy but kindhearted teenage girl who transforms into the powerful guardian of love and justice, Sailor Moon. Meeting allies along the way who share similar fates, Usagi and her team of planetary Sailor Guardians fight to protect the universe from forces of evil and total annihilation.
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(Sub) The Flower of Nightmares Scatters: The Queen of Darkness Returns
Usagi and her friends start their new lives as high school girls. Meanwhile, Nehelenia breaks out of her mirror prison to seek revenge against the Sailor Guardians.
(Sub) Saturn Awakens: the Ten Sailor Guardians Unite
Hotaru starts to age at an accelerated rate, growing from a baby to a young girl within days. As she slowly regains her memory and power as Sailor Saturn, she warns the other Outer Guardians of the coming danger that will soon befall Sailor Moon.
(Sub) The Cursed Mirror: Mamoru Caught in a Nightmare
The city is being plagued by a strange illness that causes people to become obsessed with staring into the mirror for hours, even days. When Usagi goes to check up on Mamoru, she is shocked to...
(Sub) Night of Destiny: The Sailor Guardians’ Ordeals
Sailor Moon is left devastated after seeing Mamoru get abducted before her very eyes. To make matters worse, Nehelenia’s action is starting to cause a time paradox, which threatens to erase Chibi-Usa’s existence.
(Sub) For Love: the Endless Battle in the Dark World
Sailor Moon runs off to save Mamoru from Nehelenia alone. The rest of the Sailor Guardians try to go after her, but one by one they fall victim to Nehelenia’s traps.
(Sub) Moon Power of Love: The Nightmare Ends
Sailor Chibi Moon and Sailor Saturn make it to Nehelenia’s palace, where Mamoru is being held prisoner. But despite their best efforts, the two Guardians are unable to free him, and Sailor Chibi Moon fades from existence.
(Sub) Farewells and Encounters: the Transitioning Stars of Destiny
Mamoru tells Usagi that he’s accepted an offer to study abroad in the U.S., which will force them to have a long-distance relationship. Saddened at first, Usagi eventually decides to root for her boyfriend’s dream and sends him off with a smile.
(Sub) A School Storm: The Transfer Students Are Idols
Usagi runs into Seiya again and is annoyed by his cocky attitude. The next day, she is surprised to find that Seiya and the rest of Three Lights have transferred to her school.
(Sub) Becoming an Idol: Minako’s Ambition
Minako decides to work for the Three Lights as their personal assistant, thinking it will help her to quickly get into the entertainment industry. But Minako soon realizes that being a star is not all fun and glamor...
(Sub) Fighter's Secret Identity: the Shocking Super Transformation
The Three Lights are rehearsing for their upcoming musical, which they will be starring in. But they seem to have a hard time winning the approval of the stage director, especially Seiya, who feels that he is being personally tested.
(Sub) A Star of Dreams and Wishes: Taiki's Transformation
Ami invites Taiki to come and watch the Wataru’s Comet pass by Earth with their science teacher Amanogawa, only to be rejected.
(Sub) Luna's Discovery: The Real Face of Yaten
Usagi and the girls are searching for Luna, who has gone missing for nearly a week. To their surprise, they find Luna being introduced on TV as Yaten’s pet cat.
(Sub) Friend or Foe? Star Lights and the Sailor Guardians
Taiki asks Makoto to appear on a cooking show with him. Usagi decides to tag along, but her clumsiness creates a huge mess at the TV studio.
(Sub) Calling of the Shining Stars: Enter Haruka and Michiru
Usagi and the girls try to buy tickets to a Three Lights concert, only to learn it’s already sold out. Michiru then passes by and gives them the tickets, revealing that she will be preforming with the Three Lights.
(Sub) Seiya and Usagi's Heart-Pounding Date
Seiya asks Usagi out on a date, to which she reluctantly agrees. Meanwhile, Sailor Iron Mouse attempts to make up for her recent failures by going after Seiya’s star seed.
(Sub) Invaders from Outer Space: The Coming of Siren
Usagi and Luna encounter a little girl who appears to be lost. The two later return home that day and are surprised to find the same girl now living in Usagi’s house as her younger sister.
(Sub) The Screaming Dead: Terror of the Camp Monster
Over the summer, the girls go camping in the mountains, where they run into the Three Lights, who are there shooting for an upcoming film.
(Sub) A Night Alone Together: Usagi in Danger
Usagi ends up agreeing to let Seiya spend the night at her place. Worried about leaving two young teenagers alone together, the rest of the girls decide to join them for a group sleepover.
(Sub) Taiki's Song Filled With Passion and Faith
Taiki begins to question if their activity as Three Lights is really helping with their goal of finding their missing princess. His frustration continues to grow, to the point where he no longer feels like singing.
(Sub) Chibi-Chibi's Mystery: The Big Noisy Chase
Lately, Chibi-Chibi has been coming home with lots of snacks. Curious to know where she’s getting all the snacks from, Usagi and the girls decide to follow Chibi-Chibi around for the day.
(Sub) The Shining Power of a Star: Chibi-Chibi's Transformation
Usagi finds herself teamed up with Seiya for the annual school softball tournament. To make matters worse, Usagi becomes a target of Seiya’s jealous fans, who think she is hitting on him.
(Sub) Invitation to Terror: Usagi's Night Flight
Sailor Aluminum Siren learns that Usagi is Sailor Moon. Using this knowledge, she sets a trap on a plane where the Three Lights are holding an in-flight event in order to get Usagi’s attention.
(Sub) Duty or Friendship: Conflict Between the Sailor Guardians
A rift is created between the Sailor Guardians and the Star Lights after they discover each other’s secret identities. Meanwhile, Galaxia sends down Sailor Tin Nyanko to Earth as Sailor Aluminum Siren’s replacement.
(Sub) Truth Revealed: The Star Lights' Past
Uranus and the other Outer Guardians warn the Star Lights to never see Sailor Moon again. Meanwhile, Usagi is worried about Seiya’s well-being after he gets injured taking a hit meant for Sailor Moon.
(Sub) Butterflies of Light: A New Chapter On the Horizon
Ami and the others try to clear up the misunderstanding the Three Lights have about Usagi but are unable to get in touch with them. As a last resort, the girls decide to enter a video game tournament where the winner gets a chance to speak with Taiki.
(Sub) Go for Your Dream: Minako Becomes an Idol
Minako is close to realizing her lifelong dream of becoming an idol after making it to the final round of auditions in a talent-search contest. But Minako is now thinking of turning down the offer, as she cannot ignore her duty as a Sailor Guardian.
(Sub) The Stolen Silver Crystal: Princess Kakyu Appears
Usagi and her classmates are all busy preparing for the upcoming Juban School Festival. Meanwhile, Sailor Lead Crow finds a note left behind by her deceased friend Sailor Aluminum Siren that contains information on Sailor Moon’s true identity.
(Sub) Crusade for the Galaxy: Legend of the Sailor Wars
Princess Kakyu, the missing princess whom the Star Lights have long been searching for, finally appears before the Sailor Guardians. Princess Kakyu explains that she has come to Earth in search of the Light of Hope...
(Sub) Princess Kakyu Perishes: Advent of Galaxia
Usagi finally confesses to Rei that she’s been unable to get in touch with Mamoru for the past several months. Meanwhile, the Three Lights publicly announce their intention to disband their group...
(Sub) Countdown to Destruction: the Sailor Guardians' Last Battle
Princess Kakyu perishes after being defeated by Galaxia. Devastated, the Sailor Star Lights go after Galaxia to avenge their fallen princess. Meanwhile, Sailor Moon and the rest of the Guardians also prepare for their last battle to protect the galaxy.
(Sub) Ruler of the Galaxy: the Menace of Galaxia
Sailor Mars, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus lose their star seeds after shielding Sailor Moon and the Star Lights from Galaxia’s attack. The Four Outer Guardians entrust Sailor Moon to the Star Lights while they try to stop Galaxia...
(Sub) Dying Stars: Uranus and Neptune's Last Stand
Uranus and Neptune have turned against the Sailor Guardians by swearing allegiance to Galaxia. Despite Sailor Moon’s desperate plea, the two continue their attack, forcing her and the Star Lights to retreat.
(Sub) The Light of Hope: the Final Battle for the Galaxy
Galaxia is revealed to be the Legendary Sailor Guardian who sealed away Chaos long ago. However, she has since become corrupt and has gone on to conquer the galaxy herself...
(Sub) Usagi's Love: The Moonlight Illuminates the Galaxy
As Galaxia closes in to take Sailor Moon’s star seed, the Light of Hope finally reveals itself. Turning into a sword, the Light of Hope begs Usagi to use its power to stop Galaxia, who is now fully consumed by Chaos...
(Dub) The Sailor Guardians Fight Jadeite!
(Dub) Usagi Transforms!
Sailor Moon Crystal
TV14 • Anime, Fantasy • TV Series (2018)
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Arenal Den Castell Holidays 2020/2021
Arenal d'en Castell has a picturesque horseshoe beach lined with rugged cliffsides and greenery, and dotted with whitewashed houses. It's one of the most popular resorts for Menorca holidays, but there's plenty of room for everyone on this long, sweeping coastline.
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Beachside relaxation
The town doesn’t suit just one type of holiday-goer – waterfront cafes with stunning bay views make for an especially romantic escape, while waterparks and go-kart tracks keep the little ones up and running. There’s even a modest nightlife scene for some after-hours fun.
But most of all, it’s all about beach-side sunloungers ideal for getting your relaxation on, with the soundtrack of waves crashing nearby.
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Bays for days
The beach at Arenal d’en Castell is the town’s main fixture. It’s Blue Flag award-winning, so you know it’s clean and safe, if the pristine sand and turquoise waters didn’t already give it away. Lined with sunloungers, pedalos are available too, so you can enjoy the beach and sea at a leisurely pace.
A convenient wooden walkway lining the beach will connect you to the bars and restaurants behind the waterfront. On the eastern side are a handful of places to grab a snack, quick drink or an ice-cream, while full-service restaurants aren’t far off on the western side, making it easy to please everyone on family holidays to Menorca here.
Aside from lounging on the beach, there are an incredible number of ways to enjoy Menorca’s gorgeous climate in Arenal d’en Castell. But you won’t have to go far – you can rent jet skis that’ll get you out on the waves at heart-racing speeds or kayaks for more leisurely cruises.
The Coves Noves commercial centre is a hotspot for family-friendly activities. At its play park, you can whip around the go-kart track or, if you’re travelling with children, unleash them on the children’s play area. Coves Noves also has its own diving school, so amateur underwater enthusiasts can get suited up and explore Arenal d’en Castell’s warm, clear waters in full scuba diving gear.
The Goody Goody Park combines outdoor fun with go-karts, trampolines and sunloungers beside thatched umbrellas, with a restaurant and bar overlooking the bay. There’s also the waterpark Splashtastic, which is connected to the Marina Parc hotel. It comes complete with a kids’ splash area, water slides and a raft river, plus a large wave pool.
Arenal d’en Castell’s naturally humid climate keeps the forests lining the craggy cliff faces nice and green all year-round. But Menorca is known as the ‘windy island’, so you won’t find that humidity too bothersome as you’re lounging along the beach. Bike rental shops make enjoying this town even easier, as you can wind along the waterfront and explore the picturesque coastline on two wheels.
Only a 10-minute walk down the coast, you’ll come across the quiet locals’ beach Na Macaret. Its calm waters are lined by a small, exclusive beach and whitewashed buildings, bringing that element of insider-knowledge to your holiday.
Coastal chiringuitos
The restaurants in this part of the island vary from familiar favourites like British, Chinese and Italian eats to classic Spanish and other Mediterranean cuisine. There are a collection of chiringuitos – modest beachside cafe-bars – along the coast, as well as other notable eateries like La Biosfera just behind the beach, and the Good Bridge Cafe, whose bay views are unrivalled.
Arenal d’en Castell’s nightlife scene is vibrant, but by no means rowdy when compared to other islands in the Balearics. Instead of music past midnight and neon-lit clubs, you’ll find an Australian outback-themed bar, waterfront cocktail spots with live entertainment and many other relaxing options.
All aboard the Tourist Train
The Tourist Train is a fun way to get around this part of the island, and pocket-friendly if you’re planning cheap holidays to Menorca here. It departs from the Aquamarina, Marina Parc and the Castell Playa hotels, taking you to the nearby fishing village of Na Macaret. Here you can taste fresh seafood and wander through the quiet streets.
Arenal d’en Castell is also close to the only golf course on the island, the 18-hole Son Parc. A 20-minute drive will get you to Es Mercadel, which is the starting point for walks to Menorca’s highest point, Monte Toro. It’s a stunning spot for strolls beside whitewashed buildings where you can grab a snack or pastry for a taste of the island’s culinary delights.
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Home Latest Former Kraft CCO Perry Yeatman Joins Mission Measurement As Principal, CMO
Former Kraft CCO Perry Yeatman Joins Mission Measurement As Principal, CMO
Mission Measurement has appointed former Kraft communications chief C. Perry Yeatman as principal and chief marketing officer.
CHICAGO—Mission Measurement, a firm focused on measuring social outcomes, has appointed former Kraft communications chief C. Perry Yeatman as principal and to the newly-created role of chief marketing officer, reporting directly to CEO Jason Saul.
Prior to joining Mission Measurement, Yeatman was senior vice president for corporate and government affairs at Kraft Foods and president of the Kraft Foods Foundation. During seven years with Kraft, she advised chairman and CEO Irene Rosenfeld on issues ranging from multi-billion dollar acquisitions to ending hunger.
Before joining Kraft in 2005, Yeatman spent nearly 15 years with firms including Shandwick and Burson-Marsteller. In 2000, Yeatman moved “in-house” as a vice president of corporate affairs for Unilever in North America, where she also served on the management board and the board of the Unilever US Foundation.
She has managed global teams and lived and worked overseas for most of the 1990s, based first in Singapore, then Russia and finally the UK.
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Home Instead Senior Care joins forces with Rosemary Shrager to launch recipes
Home Instead Senior Care has launched a series of new recipes with top chef Rosemary Shrager as part of an initiative to get older people eating again.
The campaign has been created in response to new research that says nearly 1 in 10 (9%) older people admit they rarely get to eat their favourite nostalgic dishes.
Traditional roast beef and Yorkshire pudding topped the mealtime charts for Britain’s over 75's with nearly a quarter (24%) choosing the traditional beef Sunday roast as their favourite nostalgic home-cooked meal with regional stew (11%) and fish and chips (10%) coming in second and third place. Other popular choices were cottage pie (8%) and corned beef hash (7%).
Celebrity chef Rosemary Shrager has used the research, which was undertaken by YouGov to create three recipes based on these popular traditional favourites to help families and CAREGivers inspire older people to fall back in love with food. The recipes are Curried Cod Goujons, Grilled Lamb Chop with a Mint Yoghurt Sauce and Chicken and Parsley Patties with Braised Leek and Cheesy Sauce.
The recipes have been commissioned by the Home Instead Senior Care as part of our Stay Nourished campaign which was launched following research that showed over a third (34%) of 75's and over are skipping meals once a week or more.
Rosemary said: “Eating well should play a significant part in all our lives and we know that a good diet and regular, nutritious meals are essential to keep older people healthy and at home for longer. As we age our tastes change, cooking can become difficult or we become jaded by repetitive meals, which can cause many older people to lose their interest in food".
These simple, tasty and nostalgic recipes have been designed with these people in mind, and to help families or carers inspire older people. Starting the conversation about what people like, what they remember and getting them involved in the food they eat can reignite tastes and memories.
Martin Jones, Managing Director of Home Instead Senior Care, which provides home care support for 13,000 older people across the UK, said: “We already know that malnutrition in older people can have a significant impact on physical health and wellbeing and it is on the rise. Our research earlier this year showed that significant numbers of older people are skipping meals and this is something we felt we needed to address".
According to other research, around one-in-ten (about 1.3 million) older people in the UK are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition – with malnutrition costing the NHS an estimated £19.6bn a year.
Professor Jane Murphy, Professor of Nutrition at Bournemouth University, said: “In older generations, tastes and appetite might change for a multitude of reasons. This could be through illness, bereavement, boredom, or it could be as simple as not being inspired by microwave meals or bland, simple to cook options. It’s crucial that food is tailored to meet individual needs through a variety of tastes, smells and textures that will help keep people interested in food. These recipes are nutritionally balanced, providing important food groups and necessary vitamins and minerals that may be lacking in the diets of older people. Providing extra calories and protein is vital if people have smaller appetites and have lost weight".
Martin continued: “The Stay Nourished campaign was launched to help both families and CAREGivers understand the importance of keeping older people well nourished and interested in food. Food and nutrition play such an important role in our well being and health and we’re delighted to have worked with such a high profile chef to help get older people excited by food again.”
If you are interested in trying our recipes, you can find them here.
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Queues for Greggs’ vegan steak bake as over 300,000 sign up for Veganuary
KFC and Subway are also trying to capitalise on veganism’s rising popularity.
By Edd Dracott, PA
The late-night launch of Greggs’ vegan steak bake was met with 20-minute queues, after over 300,000 people signed up to take part in Veganuary.
https://www.independent.ie/world-news/and-finally/queues-for-greggs-vegan-steak-bake-as-over-300000-sign-up-for-veganuary-38829053.html
KFC and Subway are also among a number of companies releasing snacks free from meat and animal products, as they attempt to emulate the huge success of Greggs’ vegan sausage roll last year.
Wednesday night’s release event in Newcastle for Greggs’ new pastry – filled with pieces of meat substitute Quorn, diced onions and gravy – saw over 100 queue to be the first to try the product.
Vegan Emma Phillips queued for around 20 minutes and said she “really liked” the bake, adding it is “better than the vegan sausage roll”.
“My son isn’t vegan and is always ready to criticise vegan food, but even he said he’d gladly buy that over the meat-based option,” she told the PA news agency.
“A launch like this is huge for the vegan movement… 30 years ago vegetarian wouldn’t have been mentioned on a menu, now we’re seeing a vegan logo on many.
“The marketing raises the profile of the movement, which could lead people to making long-term changes in their own diets.”
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The 40-year-old added that there was a “good atmosphere” in the queue despite “ribbing about it being a vegan product launch” from some New Year’s Day revellers.
The release of Greggs’ vegan sausage roll last January saw the company’s profits soar more than 52% to £36.7 million for the 26 weeks to June 29 2019.
Other companies also appear to be looking to capitalise on veganism’s rising popularity.
On Thursday KFC released a vegan burger, made with a Quorn fillet, lettuce and vegan mayonnaise.
Meanwhile, sandwich maker Subway has released a meatless meatball marinara – made with plant-based meat replacements, marinara sauce and vegan cheese.
This month’s launch of restaurant chain Frankie & Benny’s new Vegan menu has been backed by rock music legend Meat Loaf.
The American singer said: “When Frankie & Benny’s first approached me to rebrand to Veg Loaf I said no way in hell – I won’t do that… But, I’d do anything for our planet and dropping meat for veg, even for just one day a week, can make a huge difference.”
A study by data company Kantar found 1.3 million Britons chose to forego animal products last January, with 366,000 saying they did so as part of the Veganuary initiative.
The study of the household purchases of 30,000 British households found those who cut out animal products maintained reduced consumption until at least July 2019, amounting to at least 4,452,603kg of animal products. Veganuary calculates this reduction equates to approximately 3.6 million animals.
Toni Vernelli, Veganuary’s head of communications, said: “Our own surveys show about 50% chose to stay vegan as it was much easier and enjoyable than they expected, but we always hoped the other half discovered some products and recipes they loved so much they permanently swapped these for the non-vegan equivalent.
“Now we know that’s exactly what’s happening, and it’s great news for animals and the planet.”
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Fishers wants to crack down on vaping in city parks
Fishers to ban vaping, chewing tobacco in city parks.
Fishers wants to crack down on vaping in city parks Fishers to ban vaping, chewing tobacco in city parks. Check out this story on IndyStar.com: http://indy.st/2FDLJD7
John Tuohy, john.tuohy@indystar.com Published 6:00 a.m. ET Jan. 16, 2018
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Fishers wants to chase the vapers out of city parks.
The Parks Department has introduced an ordinance to ban electronic cigarettes and other cloud-producing nicotine delivery gadgets from city parks and public spaces, just as cigarettes, cigars and pipes are banned.
The new prohibition would also apply to chewing tobacco and snuff.
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The measure is “in the spirit of promoting a culture of health and positive example for youth,” according to the ordinance. Hamilton County’s schools have already adopted an identical policy banning all tobacco products on schools grounds.
The electronic smoking devices use a battery to heat a liquid containing nicotine that vaporizes and is inhaled. The user typically exhales a vapor cloud. The U.S. Surgeon General has determined that the clouds expose young children to potentially dangerous levels of nicotine and other chemicals.
But sales of the e-cigs are growing and are now more popular among young people than standard cigarettes. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that from 2013 to 2014 e-cigarette use among middle school and high school students tripled, and it doubled for 18 to 24-year-olds.
Nine states and 400 cities ban electronic smoking devices in the same places where smoking is banned, but Indiana does not, according to the CDC. Indianapolis and Greenwood have ordinances that ban e-cigarettes in bars and restaurants.
Though Fishers must abide by a 2012 statewide indoor smoking ban at most public places, including restaurants, bowling alleys and hotel rooms, it doesn’t prohibit smoking in bars that allow only customers 21 and older and doesn't ban vaping. Most bars, however, ban smoking — and they don't allow vaping.
“I’d say 85 percent of them don’t let us vape,” said Taylor Hatfield, general manager of Vapor Trails in Fishers. “A couple allow it but only if we keep our vaper clouds low.”
Hatfield said the unofficial prohibition hasn’t hurt sales at Vapor Trails, one of three vape shops in Fishers.
“Since opening in 2014 sales have probably doubled,” he said, adding that the vapor shops would oppose the Fishers ordinance. “I believe banning it in parks is excessive,” he said.
The ordinance will be introduced at the City Council regular meeting Tuesday night at City Hall Auditorium, 1 Municipal Drive.
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Nurse Reveals Routine Vaccine-Induced Injuries
Current medical community vaccinating children too early with too many vaccines
Jefferey Jaxen | JeffereyJaxen.com - May 5, 2015 Comments
The battle rages on in the United States as citizens fight to keep vaccine exemptions on a slippery slope pointed away from medical freedom.
Pharmaceutical funded lobbyists are making no effort to conceal their agenda as they coat senate committees like wet blankets covering truth. The trend is moving fast away from public power as senators misrepresent their voters. In California and Vermont, it has been confirmed that the community, because of its strong opposition, is simply no longer able to testify on record. Any whisper of the possibility of endlessly stacked parents rejecting votes sees immediate postponement of committee meetings to remove such options.
It is clear that certain topics are off limits and conversation is controlled by pharmaceutical interests. The term is called astroturfing and it can be witnessed in full force at any state capital currently voting to take away medical freedom and vaccine exemptions. In a recent interview with Sharyl Attkisson, Dr. Joseph Mercola asked the question, “What other currently health related issues might be happening right now that you believe investigative journalists and the media are not reporting on. Or could do a better job if they weren’t being suppressed by the people who authorize the release of that information? Attkinson, a five-time Emmy Award winning investigative journalist and author of the book, “Stonewalled: My Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and Harassment in Obama’s Washington.”, gave the following reply:
“If people were simply covering in terms of news value, facts, and fairness we’d be giving way more coverage to vaccine side effects, autism, ADD, and all the immune disorders that have emerged in the past and been made untouchable by this environment that I’ve discussed with you (referring to astroturfing.)
In a recent interview, Michelle Rowton of Nurses Against Mandatory Vaccines was asked her thoughts on the current medical community vaccinating children too early with too many vaccines, she replied:
“I think what a lot of people don’t realize in a closed space like NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) is that they’ve decided that we need to vaccinate these babies on-time. Two months after they’re born…bam, there it goes. This baby could be four months early and still supposed to be inside their mother, weighting three or four pounds and getting the same amount of vaccines as a 200 pound man.”
Rowton then went further to break bombshell news by saying:
“I’ve sat in a room with our on-call staff of physicians and practitioners (when they say) “Oh wow, this is so embarrassing this 25 weeker never actually required a breathing tube and going on the vent after he was born, he was so strong. But we gave him his two month vaccinations and he got intubated last night ha ha, oops how embarrassing. The step-down units are calling the NICU’s and saying “hey we’re going to go ahead and give these four babies their two month shots today, make sure you have beds ready because we all know they’re going to have increased breathing difficulties, feeding and digestion difficulties, apnea, and bradycardia. This is what goes on.
This week sees more committees voting on the removal of exemptions. The fairy tales painted by pro-vaccine doctors and nurses in committee testimony drifts further from reality as people at every level of society refuse to stop warning the public. It appears that the power and influence of PR firms dedicated to astroturfing social media combined with the swarm of vaccine manufacturer lobbyist that have descended upon American medical freedom are the only groups that are truly for forced vaccination.
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Drones are Programmed to Flock Exactly Like Birds in New Breakthrough Study
Don't worry, this isn't the mechanical version of the 'The Birds'
Filed Under Drones, A.I., Airplanes, Amazon, Cities & Robots
Whether you find flocks of birds terrifying or mystifying, you can objectively say that they’re pretty skilled at not ramming into each other mid-flight.
Looking to the success of birds, group of European researchers has successfully enabled a group of 30 quadcopters to fly in sync after programming the drones to mimic the flight of a flock of birds.
Dr. Gábor Vásárhelyi, the first author of this new research published on Wednesday in the Science Robotics journal, tells Inverse he believes collective bird movement holds the answer to solving an issue we’ll soon be faced with: Keeping thousands of drones from colliding over our heads. Dr. Agoston E. Eiben, a co-author of the new study, describes their development of drone technology that mimics how birds flock together as “natural computing.”
Here’s how they did it: Researchers spent six years observing pigeons with GPS devices to determine if they could reproduce these aerial formations of the birds with autonomous drones. For drones, mastering synchronized flight may be a crucial first step to mastering real-world delivery routes.
Flight simulation of 30 autonomous drones moving in a confined area at 6 m/s (13.4 mph) using the method developer by Vásárhelyi and his colleagues.
“When the first cars appeared on the streets people were walking in front of them and ringing a bell that cars were coming, but soon there we a diversity of cars moving in coordinated ways throughout cities, something similar is going on with drones,” Vásárhelyi says. “Now, every drone has a single pilot, soon these drones will have such a density in the air that we need to make them able to communicate with each other.”
Why Drone Delivery Could Be Big Business
This in-air communication is crucial, because of the intense interest in drone delivery as a business. Multi-national companies and startups alike are working to make these services a reality.
The best-known player in the competition to develop delivery drones is probably Amazon: The e-commerce giant makes 1.6 million daily deliveries in the United States, according to one estimate. Even if its future Prime Air service would take care of a quarter of those deliveries, that would be thousands of autonomous drones that would some system to make sure they don’t slam into each other, or anything else.
30 drones light up the night sky.
Drone Delivery Faces Regulatory Obstacles
In March 2016, the Federal Aviation Administration announced that drone registration outnumbered that of airplanes. Standard planes use control centers to coordinate their flights but with so many drones in the sky, it would be impossible to develop a drone-ports to manage them all. Eiben tells Inverse that each drone will need to have the capability of managing itself.
There needs to be underlying, decentralized software to make sure [drones] don’t collide.”
“We have a massive e-commerce industry. If drone delivery gets big than urban environments will be a major hurdle for various drones sharing the same airspace,” says Eiben, a professor of computer science at VU University Amsterdam. “There needs to be underlying, decentralized software to make sure they don’t collide, it’s core to this advancement.”
Eiben explained drone delivery has been held back by the “reality gap” — or the rift between what works in simulation and what works in real life. Previous studies found that even though solutions seemed promising on the computer screen, testing them on hardware would yield disappointing results. But not this time.
Vásárhelyi and his other colleagues built their own custom drones, implemented their bird-inspired models, which were refined by Eiben’s software expertise and dunked on prior research. They managed to get 30 quadcopters to self-organize themselves using GPS modules, just like our feathery, avian friends. They managed to pull this off by not only determining the distance to the closest drone but also calculate the speed and acceleration of their fellow robots.
But don’t worry, this isn’t the beginning of some futuristic version of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds. Vásárhelyi sees great potential for this type of technology to be used for search and rescue missions, as well as enabling drone deliveries.
So if the day comes where quadcopters are delivering parcels right to your window sill, remember to thank the birds. The OG drones.
Media via G. Vásárhelyi, C. Virágh, G. Somorjai, T. Nepusz, A. E. Eiben, T. Vicsek, Zsolt Bézsenyi, Unsplash / Goh Rhy Yan, Unsplash / Jacob Spence
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Samsung Wind Chimes In A Bakery Finale Screening GSC Pavilion
For the past couple of weeks, I've been kind of hooked to this web series "Wind Chimes in a Bakery" and have been sharing the episodes on my Facebook. An emotionally-moving web series, it is a local love story inspired by Korean drama storytelling. Launched and presented by Samsung early last month, the web series has amassed more than 3.5 million views on its YouTube channel.
Adam and Sue, from Windchimes In A Bakery
Earlier today, I had the opportunity to catch the final episode at GSC Pavilion, ahead of it's scheduled airing on Friday 30th August 2013. It was a rather nice reception, complete with makeshift bakery that looks almost the same as inside the web series. Now for a short introduction on the series itself.
Windchimes in a Bakery, presented by Samsung Galaxy S4
Freshly made pastries and cakes for our eating pleasures
Windchimes in a Bakery features Adam and Sue's love story - a boy with nothing but a dream and a girl with everything but love. Imbued with interesting twists, the story follows Adam's journey after a tragedy that took away the love of his life.
The red bean buns which had loads of airtime in the series
Check out the YouTube trailer for Wind Chimes in a Bakery below. From the YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/user/SamsungMalaysia), you will be able to catch all the 7 episodes except the episode 8 finale which will be aired on 30 August 2013.
With Korean dramas gaining significant popularity in Malaysia, Samsung collaborated with Korean director, Jang Jae Hyeok, to better connect with Malaysians by giving this local production a unique Korean essense.
Hey, that's me enjoying my piece of red bean bun at the screening
Different creations to keep our tummy happy
Coming back to the screening earlier today, all present were pretty hyped up to catch the finale of Windchimes in a Bakery to find out how it ends. The refreshment and buns did little to quench our hunger for the ending, but it had to suffice until they opened up the cinema doors.
Some of the bloggers and friends present at the screening
Some even took the opportunity to snap photos with the stars of the drama
"More than three months ago, Samsung decided to embark on an innovative journey to extend moments of discoveries and possibilities for people through Wind Chimes in a Bakery. The series is inspired by the Galaxy S4. With the positive responses we've had from Malaysians so far, Wind Chimes in a Bakery has become a weekly companion in touching people's lives," said Vincent Chong, Head of Mobile Phone Division, Samsung Malaysia Electronics.
One of the photos from the web series
With Sue, the lead actress from Wind Chimes in a Bakery
With Adam, the leading actor from Wind Chimes in a Bakery
Jang Jae Hyeok, the Korean director of the series was ecstatic that Wind Chimes in a Bakery was well-received by Malaysians. "It is encouraging to see the Korean art of storytelling through drama being applied in a Malaysian context and being so well-received by Malaysians", he said.
And we're all set to catch the finale!
It wasn't long before we were ushered into the cinema hall to catch the finale. During the screening, all episode 1 through to 7 was shown in one seamless screening, with the final episode 8 shown at the end. So how did it end? Was it a sad ending? Well, catch the 8th and final episode of Wind Chimes in a Bakery on Samsung Malaysia's YouTube channel this Friday, 30th August 2013 then!
* For more information on Wind Chimes in a Bakery, do visit Samsung Malaysia's YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/SamsungMalaysia or visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/samsungmobilemalaysia.
*The mobile app is also available now for download via Google Play Store. You can watch the full webseries, view the images or download ringtones of the webseries from the App.
Labels: Blogger , Cinema , Drama , Event , Finale , Samsung , Screening
The guy's prettier than the girl...
Kelvin Tan said...
So are those pastries delicious?
STP, it might the Korean influence :D
Kelvin, Surprisingly it was! freshly made, and yummy. Like the slight sweetness and puffiness of those buns :)
Hilda Milda™ said...
I want some red bean buns too! :D
Sycookies said...
Amazing marketing ... I must say that samsung's definitely nail this one ..
choulyin.tan said...
Koe Yeet looks really sweet in the blue dress. Wish I was there too...but had to work :(
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Immunoproteasome catalytic subunit β5i is important for IFN-γ–mediated Pr20 binding in melanomas and other solid tumors.
β1i, β2i, and β5i were knocked out in the SK-Mel5 melanoma line using a CRISPR approach. A CRISPR construct against GFP was used as a vector control. (A, left panel) Cells were treated with 10 ng/ml IFN-γ for 72 hours, and Western blot analysis was used to demonstrate successful knockouts. Blots were derived from replicate samples run on parallel gels with the GAPDH loading control shown from the β2i blot. (B) Flow cytometry was used to determine Pr20 binding and surface HLA-A2 on the indicated knockouts (sgRNA against β1i, β2i, and β5i) untreated or treated with IFN-γ for 72 hours. (B, top panels). Data are normalized to MFI of untreated GFP sgRNA CRISPR control. (B, lower panels) β5i CRISPR knockout experiments were performed in the same manner on the UACC257 melanoma line. Successful knockout was determined by Western blot (A, right panel), and Pr20 binding and surface HLA-A2 were determined by flow cytometry (B, lower panels). (C) SK-Mel5 and UACC257 cells were left untreated or treated with 10 ng/ml IFN-γ for 72 hours in the presence or absence of 200 nM of the β5i inhibitor ONX-0914. Flow cytometry was used to determine MFI relative to untreated cells. All data are representative of 3 experiments with 3 technical replicates per experiment and mean ± SEM plotted. Statistical significance was determined by unpaired t test compared with control. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001; ****P < 0.0001.
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Asus AGP-V7700 Deluxe 32
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WHAT’S HOT: The AGP-V7700 Deluxe 32 was a close match to the other GeForce2 GTS boards in terms of frame rates, producing 89 frames per second in 16-bit-color Quake III and 79 fps in 32-bit color. It ships with 3D glasses, a nice little add-on, and also comes with a full version of the game Soldier of Fortune. WHAT’S NOT: The $319 sticker price is fairly steep. And this Asus product is like other GTS boards in that it produced frame rates that weren’t much of an improvement over competing products in games other than Quake III. Its color and graphics quality in Microsoft Corp. Flight Simulator 2000 earned only a Fair overall rating. WHAT ELSE: In addition to the game and glasses, the software bundle includes Asus’s DVD2000 package with a software DVD player (useful with the board’s TV-out port), an overclocking utility, and the 3Deep color-calibration utility. Asus offers a competitive three-year warranty on the AGP-V7700 Deluxe 32, with tech support available for 9 hours each weekday–though you’ll pay for any toll charges. BEST USE: A top-of-the-line board, the AGP-V7700 Deluxe 32 offers a nice all-around package with 3D glasses and Soldier of Fortune. If you have the cash, you’ll be happy with its performance. Buying Information Asus AGP-V7700 Deluxe 32 $ 319 4X AGP, 32MB of DDR SGRAM, NVidia Corp. GeForce2 GTS chip, 350-MHz RAMDAC, TV-out connector, video-capture port, 3D glasses; bundled game, software DVD player, overclocking software, and color-calibration utility. Asus can be reachedc at 510/739-3777 or at http://www.asus.com Copyright 2000 PC World.com (US), International Data Group Inc. All rights reserved.
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The role of an electrical engineer is to design new electronics.
The various duties and responsibilities an electrical engineer may have are as varied as the types of electronic equipment used around the world every day. Generally speaking, an electrical engineer proposes a particular way in which a set of electrical equipment will function, and determines what it will accomplish. This concept is then put onto paper or, more likely, drawn on a computer using a program such as AutoCad. A large element of an electrical engineer’s work consists of trial and error, as the electrical engineer must test each design he creates and tweak the original design to deal with any problems that arise in test runs. As an electrical engineer, you may find yourself working in any of the green technology and energy production centers, including solar, wind, bioengineering or nuclear energy.
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In order to become an electrical engineer, it is imperative that you have a bachelor’s of science in electrical engineering. As you may have expected, these courses are very much geared toward math and sciences, but you must also hone your computer literacy and good communications skills are always desired for any electrical engineering job. In the US, in order to become a professional engineer, you must have completed the Fundamentals in Engineering Exam. Before you become a professional engineer, you must also have experience in the field – simply passing the exam will not suffice.
Some prospective engineers go on to do postgraduate work and complete their master’s in engineering, science or engineering management, while still others go on to receive a PhD. Whether you go for a bachelor’s or a doctorate degree, you will most likely have to complete a degree accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, successfully complete a state examination, and have at least four years of relevant work experience.
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Payscale.com reports the average salary of an electrical engineer with one to four years of experience to range $53,699 to $67,202, while an electrical engineer with 10 to 19 years of experience can expect to earn $67,860 to $97,974. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average range of salary for an electrical engineer is $60,640 to $94,050. As with most jobs, the more experience and education an individual has, the higher the salary. The highest-paid ten percent of electrical engineers make an estimated average salary of at least $115,240. It is reported that those with a bachelor’s start at an average salary of $55,292, while those entering the job market with a average earn a median salary of $66,309, and those with a PhD make an average salary of $75,982. In terms of advancement, those with more experience and education may aspire to be a senior electrical engineer, whose salaries tend to be higher.
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In Key Stage 3 pupils are taught skills in three main components:
composition and
listening and appraising.
The curriculum is largely based on units from the GCSE Music syllabus; this not only offers a broad and diverse curriculum but prepares students with some of the skills required for GCSE Music, should they wish to study the course in Year 9. Music is taught in tutor groups in KS3 and classes are split between the two Music teachers; half of the tutor groups will study a composition unit one half term whilst the other half will follow a performance unit; the groups will complete one unit each half term. One homework project is set each half term, which consolidates prior learning with independent research/learning; homework projects often have cross-curricular links with History, Geography, English or Art, to name some examples.
At the beginning of Year 7 students complete a baseline assessment, which comprises of a listening examination and a performance assessment. This allows us to assess prior skills and knowledge of music that will enable us to differentiate lesson tasks and set appropriate practical targets.
Following the baseline assessment six practical units are taught in Year 7:
Instruments of the Orchestra
Theme and Variation
My Music: Part 1 and
Music for Games.
We begin with the Instruments of the Orchestra music as this is an introduction to the key elements of music, stave notation and instrumental techniques. The Advertising Jingle unit is an introduction to composition and FL Studio, which is one of the two types of music software we use at John Colet. Through the African Music unit in Term 2, students develop skills in ensemble singing and performance. We also look at PEEL paragraphs in the Spring Term, alongside other departments, and how to make effective notes in preparation for creative or descriptive writing using a variation of the Cornell note taking system. The Theme and Variation unit is an introduction to western harmony and shows pupils how to compose a melody and harmony on sibelius, which is the second type of music software we use. It also looks at stave scores, which extends and develops student’s note reading skills from the previous term. In the Summer Term the My Music: Part 1 unit allows students to choose an instrument they would like to specialise on in Year 8, after learning four different instruments in Year 7. The Music for Games unit is a cross-curricular project with IT where students compose the theme music to game they created on Scratch Online; this unit is particularly popular with the boys.
Why is it delivered in this way in Year 7?
The units are delivered in this order to enable students to gain the fundamental practical and appraising skills required to access the later units.
Like Year 7, there are six practical units in Year 8, each with accompanying homework projects. The first performance unit in Year 8 is Blues Music, which has been timed to fit into Black History month. In theory tasks, students extend and develop their knowledge of their chosen instrument/ voice by looking at the different ways in which music is notated and also performance techniques, such as correct fingering for keyboard players or diaphragm control for singers.
The first composition unit is My Music: Part 2 which follows on from My Music: Part 1 at the end of Year 7. In this unit students compose a piece of music on Sibelius for their chosen instrument/ voice. The listening and appraising activities in Term 1 focus on the student’s chosen instrument/ voice and include a range of tasks designed to develop their knowledge of skills required for their practical specialism and how to access a range of sheet music. As the composing groups are not practising their instruments or singing in lesson time, the My Music: Part 2 homework is to rehearse and record a solo performance on their chosen instrument/ voice. This ensures that performance skills are maintained and also shows pupils that music is an accessible subject that can be learned anywhere. In the Spring Term we look at non-western music in the Bhangra unit. By this time students are more familiar with key terminology required to access this unit. Another performance homework is set for the composing groups but his time, it’s an ensemble performance that requires students to work collaboratively with other musicians.
The performance unit in Term 2, History of Pop, is spread over two half terms. One reason for this is due to the large listening and appraising content. History of Pop: Part 1 looks at popular music from the 1950s-1980s; we also link this unit to history. For the listening and appraising aspect students learn about the development of pop music over time, including innovations in technology. For the performance element students will be placed into small groups and will choose a song to perform from a chosen decade.
In the final term of Year 8 we continue with Pop Music in performance lessons (History of Pop: Part 2), looking at music from the 1990s to the present-day. For the practical element, students organise their own group performances of pop songs they have chosen themselves, following guidance in the previous half term. They are expected to find the sheet music for their instrument/ voice and rehearse and perform the songs independently. More able musicians are encouraged to write their own pop songs as a challenge. The final composing unit, Film Music, mixes music with multimedia where students compose a soundtrack to a film trailer they have created.
The units are delivered in this order to enable students to gain the fundamental practical and appraising skills required to access the later units. Earlier units are also more closely linked to the Year 7 music curriculum.
OCR GCSE Music J536
In Key Stage 4 we follow the OCR GCSE Music curriculum which comprises of 6 units:
AoS1: My Music
AoS2: The Concerto through time
AoS3: Rhythms of the World
AoS4: Film Music
AoS5: Conventions of Pop
Students build their skills in the three main components; listening and appraising, performance and composition through a range of activities. Final coursework is completed in the Summer Term of Year 10 and throughout Year 11.
Listening and Appraising
In Term 1 students follow two units: Theory and AoS2: The Concerto Through Time. In the Theory unit students develop their knowledge in the key elements of music (MAD TSHIRT) and through the Concerto Through Time unit they also develop their knowledge of western melody and harmony, fundamental skills for composition. The Rhythms of the World unit is taught over two terms, spring and summer, as it has the most unknown contents out of any of the areas of study. Alongside it we teach Film Music and Conventions of Pop. These two units are taught at this time as they do not require as much curriculum time as other units, due to prior student knowledge.
Performance and Composition
Students follow one performance and one composition unit per term; this allows them time outside of lessons to work. Students will complete three ensemble performances and three compositions. The first composition is for the pupil’s own instrument/ voice and is linked to the My Music: Part 2 unit in Year 8. The second composition is based on a given stimulus, which is a composition requirement in Year 11. The last composition is a free choice. Solo performance tasks are set for homework due to the large class sizes and lack of space for solo practice.
By the end of Year 9, students will have gained knowledge of all of the areas of study and in Year 10, we focus on exam technique relating to the GCSE listening paper. The curriculum follows the same order as Year 9, starting with Theory and The Concerto Through Time and then ending with Conventions of Pop and Rhythms of the World. However rather than teaching students about features of the music we focus on how those features are used in exam-style questioning.
In Year 10 students complete two performances and two compositions that are not directly linked to final coursework. In the Summer Term of Year 10, students work on their first portfolio folder, the Integrated Coursework. The Practical Portfolio cannot be started until Year 11.
In Year 11 we focus on the longer mark questions in the listening paper: the descriptive paragraph, the comparison paragraph and the dictation question, looking at musical examples from AoS2-5. In the Summer Term, once the coursework is complete, we only focus on the listening exam and revise all of the areas of study through a range of exam techniques and revision games.
In the first term of Year 11, students record their integrated performance and begin their practical portfolio, which comprises of an ensemble performance and a composition based on a set of stimuli provided by the exam board.
Why is it delivered in this way in KS4?
In Year 9 students learn about features from all of the areas of the listening exam and extend their knowledge of key musical terminology. This knowledge of consolidated in Year 10 and allows us to focus on exam technique. In Year 11, we focus on the more difficult, longer marked questions after students have familiarised themselves with required features and techniques. The main aim of practical lessons is Year 9 and the majority of 10 is to develop student’s skills in performance and composition and also their musicianship. This prepares them for their final coursework, which begins in the summer term of Year 10.
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Cashing in on real-time payments
Real-time, data-rich payments system set for launch in 2017
One of the great frustrations of cash-strapped Australian business owners – waiting indeterminate hours or even days for banks to process a payment – looks set to end.
A new real-time, data-rich payments system set for launch in the second half of 2017 will allow the transfer of funds within seconds, even if the payer does not know the recipient’s bank details. Entering a mobile number, email address or ABN into a mobile banking app will trigger the transaction.
Known as the New Payments Platform, it will mirror similar initiatives in markets such as Singapore and the United Kingdom and is the banking sector’s response to pressure from the Reserve Bank of Australia to improve the efficiency of existing payments processes.
Already, 19 members, including the major banks, have signed up to the NPP, which is being built by financial services technology companies Fiserv and Swift. BPAY has been chosen to offer the first service on the platform, letting consumers immediately make or receive electronic payments.
Long-overdue improvements
“It’s definitely exciting, interesting and good news, but it’s a long time overdue,” says Martin North, principal of Digital Finance Analytics, adding that non-bank providers such as PayPal have led the way with internet payments.
He says slow payment-clearing systems have “hobbled” the Australian market in the past and the NPP offers a chance for change.
Anyone who has had to describe a web-based banking transaction in an 18-character text field knows something of how the current payments system restricts the payment details that can currently be attached to transactions.
The NPP will dramatically loosen these restrictions, potentially enabling invoices and other financial statements to be attached, and making it easier to reconcile accounts.
“Our focus is as much on improving the richness of data as it is on increasing speed,” says Adrian Lovney, chief executive officer of NPP Australia, which will oversee the platform.
“In fact, the capacity to shift much more data and information with every payment is what many people in small businesses find most exciting about the NPP.”
The NPP, he says, provides a flexible platform for businesses and industries that could help streamline processes such as SuperStream employee superannuation contributions and property settlements through the online transaction system, PEXA.
ANZ is one of the NPP members and it believes the ability for consumers to make payments around the clock will be a godsend for many retailers – and SMEs in particular – while assisting with cash-flow.
“The tradie can take the materials deposit on the Saturday and go straight to the hardware store and spend it,” says Katherine Bray, ANZ general manager, deposits and payments.
“The car dealer doesn’t need to take a token deposit to hold the car until Monday when the bank opens.”
Confronting the security challenge
Questions remain about security measures. Bray says ANZ and the other participants are upgrading their fraud-detection systems and there will be strong customer-authentication processes.
“We’ll have to be vigilant, obviously, but we do have a plan,” she says.
Will the NPP be another nail in the coffin for cash? The widespread ability to use mobiles phones, email or tablets as a payment device will surely lead to fewer cash transactions, while credit cards may feel the impact, too.
Lovney says Australians are clearly embracing digital payments for the purchase of online goods, and the NPP will give them more options to do so.
“That said, there will always be a place for cash.”
He believes the most exciting aspect of the NPP is that it will act as a foundation platform on which banks can offer other innovative “overlay services” for users. While successful value-added services such as BPay have been set up on the old clearing networks, they have taken years to emerge.
The NPP, by contrast, is designed to quickly support such new innovations. Lovney likens the infrastructure to train tracks that connect financial institutions, businesses and consumers.
“Eventually, there will be a lot of different payments services using the tracks, including ones we don’t know of yet.”
North offers a word of caution for businesses hoping the NPP will solve its cash-flow problems. While real-time payments will help, the tendency of many major companies to stretch out payment cycles well beyond 90 days is at the heart of the cash-flow crunch.
“So the fundamental cash-flow problem [is not with] the payments system itself – it’s the culture of the large organisations in Australia.”
One of the keys to the NPP being truly innovative, according to North, will be allowing universal access to members other than the banks to offer services using the platform. He hopes the banks do not end up “controlling the whole box and dice”.
Nevertheless, he is confident the new system will encourage commercial innovation. He foresees a scenario, for instance, whereby businesses offer instant loyalty rewards to customers in the form of discounts off a purchase price, rather than forcing them to collect points on a credit card and convert them to gifts later. The availability of greater data around transactions should also lead to more targeted and tailored offerings for customers.
“So I wouldn’t be surprised to see much more innovative marketing campaigns and programs off the back of the intelligence information that will be part of the payment message.”
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Arrested or facing criminal charges?
Criminal law addresses the government's prosecution of individuals who have been accused of committing a crime. Such laws may be federal, state, or local. The prosecution represents the people of a particular jurisdiction, and acts on behalf of the government by bringing a case against an accused. Under the U.S. Constitution, a person accused of a crime may have the right to a criminal defense attorney during interrogations and certain other times before and during a trial.
Whether you are under police investigation, have been arrested, or are facing charges, having an advocate familiar with the criminal justice system.
Most jurisdictions classify crimes as felonies or misdemeanors, with felonies being the more serious offenses with the possibility of more severe sentences. Some criminal lawyers focus on a specific area of criminal defense law, such as white-collar crime, drug offenses, theft crimes, or violent crimes. You should consult with a criminal defense lawyer early on in the process to preserve options, such as diversion programs or plea bargains.
When hiring a criminal defense attorney, you should evaluate the experience and fee structure of the attorney. Some offer a free consultation to discuss your case.
Accomplice liability: If a person aids, assists, or encourages another in the commission of a crime, they are criminally liable as an accomplice to the crime.
Self-defense: The claim that an act otherwise criminal was legally justifiable because it was necessary to protect a person or property from the threat or action of another.
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Brian Cummings has 20+ years of litigation experience successfully handling and trying medical malpractice, personal injury, and car accident cases. One recent trial victory was over $1,000,000.00 in December 2018 in a medical malpractice case. He has obtained over $24,000,000.00 for his clients in just the past few years, which earned him a lifetime membership in the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He has vast experience analyzing claims and facts to gain judgments and settlements for his clients. Brian enables his clients to focus on their daily lives by entrusting the litigation process to him. He only takes on select cases...
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Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Mark Davis has been recognized as one of the best trial lawyers in Hawaii and in the United States. Mr. Davis, a graduate of Tulane University and Washington University School of Law, has focused his law practice over the last thirty years representing injured victims in cases involving serious personal injury and medical malpractice. He has achieved record verdicts and settlements in Hawaii for numerous cases over the course of his career.
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Honolulu, HI Medical Malpractice Attorney with 10 years experience
(808) 599-3811 745 Fort St
Medical Malpractice, Insurance Claims, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Florida Coastal School of Law
Robert S. Miyashita is a Partner at Bickerton Law Group who focuses his practice on claims involving serious and catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, and medical malpractice.
Robert was born and raised on the island of O‘ahu. After living and practicing law in Florida, he and his wife decided to return back home so they could raise their daughter in Hawai‘i where she would be able to learn the unique culture of the state and appreciate the true essence of aloha and ‘ohana. The combination of Robert's past experiences and his strong belief to do what is right makes him a...
Honolulu, HI Medical Malpractice Lawyer with 5 years experience
Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Jeremy Kyle O'Steen is an associate attorney at the Bickerton Law Group with a passion for community safety. Jeremy seeks to raise the bar on safety standards for all by holding negligent corporations and individuals accountable and pursuing justice for clients injured as a result of defective products, medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, and premises liability.
Most recently, Jeremy clerked for the Honorable Melvin H. Fujino on the Big Island in Kona, where he worked to uphold the rule of law within the justice system for the State of Hawai‘i. Prior to that, Jeremy worked as a trial attorney for Atlee...
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(808) 537-6100 733 Bishop St
Indiana University - Law School
Judith Ann Pavey has successfully handled personal injury cases in Hawaii since 1977 and continues this important work as Of Counsel at Starn O'Toole Marcus & Fisher. The law firm is ranked by U.S. News-Best Lawyers® since 2010 as "Best Law Firm" in its core business of Real Estate Law and Commercial Litigation, and also Personal Injury Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law and Product Liability Litigation(since 2012), solely based on Ms. Pavey's contribution. Ms. Pavey has been named by The Best Lawyers in America©, as a Lawyer of the Year in Honolulu in the practice areas of Banking & Finance Litigation...
James J. Bickerton Esq.
Medical Malpractice, Appeals, Personal Injury and Products Liability
UCLA School of Law
Jim Bickerton is an experienced and accomplished Hawaii Attorney. For more than 35 years he has represented clients in an array of areas, including Commercial and Real Estate Litigation, Consumer Class Actions, Professional Liability, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, and First Amendment and Defamation matters. Jim's skilled and knowledgeable advocacy has led to hundreds of successful outcomes.
Jim has received numerous awards. He has been named among Hawaii’s A+ Attorneys, as well as Best Lawyer in Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Legal Malpractice, Personal Injury, and Plaintiff Medical Malpractice. Jim has also been named a Super Lawyer for consecutive years....
(808) 521-4566 841 Bishop Street
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Administrative and Personal Injury
University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law
James J. Stone was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii and is thoroughly familiar with Hawaii’s multiple cultures and the needs of Hawaii’s residents and visitors. He attended St. Louis High School and graduated from the University of Hawaii. He was a member of the first graduating class from the University of Hawaii’s school of law, and has over 30 years of experience. See www.nulaw.net for more info on background and services.
Richard Turbin Esq.
Richard Turbin, Esq. is a Honolulu personal injury attorney and a partner at the firm Turbin Chu Heidt, Attorneys at Law. Mr. Turbin has been in private practice for nearly four decades. Attorney Turbin is a graduate of Harvard Law School, and was recently recognized as a Traphagen Distinguished Alumni. He is a former president of the Hawaii State Bar Association. In 1999 and 200, Mr. Turbin served as a chair of the American Bar Association’s Trial and Insurance Practice Section, which has over 40,000 members. Mr. Turbin has also won the section’s 2006 Pursuit of Justice of Award. His...
Dennis Potts
(808) 537-4575 841 Bishop St #1628
Medical Malpractice, Legal Malpractice and Personal Injury
Hastings College of Law and University of California Hastings College of the Law
Dennis W. Potts was born in Santa Monica, California, December 17, 1945. He was admitted to the California and Hawai’i state Bars in 1971. He has practiced before the state courts of California and Hawai’i, the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai’i, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.A resident of Hawai’i for more than 45 years, Attorney Dennis W. Potts has been providing legal representation to the state of Hawai’i for over 40 years. Attorney Potts is dedicated to providing his...
Charles Loyd Carson
(808) 354-4700 Post Office Box 700907
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William Fenton Sink
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Civil Rights, Consumer and Employment
My name is Willy Sink. I am a lawyer with the American Association for Justice. I represent those who are unable to stand up for themselves. I stand up for the underdog. I represent employees who have been wrongfully terminated, whistleblowers, those who have been discriminated against or sexually harassed. I handle injury claims caused by car crashes. I represent consumers who have been injured and take on lawyers who hurt their clients. I also handle military courts martial and will travel globally. I was born and raised in Southern California. My father Fenton H. Sink, Jr., M.D. was an anesthesiologist and...
Rai Saint Chu Esq.
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
As a partner at the firm Turbin Chu Heidt, Attorneys at Law, Honolulu lawyer Rai Saint Chu guides injury victims through the legal process. For over 42 years, she has been licensed to practice law. Ms. Chu has had a diverse legal career, including time spent as an attorney for the state legislature, a lobbyist and pub defender. Attorney Chu has devoted considerable efforts to supporting women in the legal community as the founder of Hawaii Women Lawyers and president of the Hawaii Women’s Legal Foundation. Contact her firm today for a consultation.
Sherry Broder
(808) 531-1411 500 Ala Moana Blvd.
Medical Malpractice, Civil Rights, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Since its founding in 1978, the Honolulu, Hawaii based Law Offices of Sherry P. Broder has earned a reputation as a leader in serious Hawaii personal injury, class action and other complex civil litigation. * Trial Lawyer of the Year Award Finalist * First Woman President, Hawaii State Bar Association * Solo Practitioner of the Year, American Bar Association * Outstanding Woman Lawyer, Hawaii Women Lawyers * Best Lawyers in Hawaii, Honolulu Magazine (1997-Present) * Graduated in...
Jan Weinberg
(808) 523-9477 735 Bishop Street, Suite 237
Medical Malpractice, Maritime, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Sergio Rufo
(800) 783-6529 1050 Bishop St., # 322
Sergio is licensed in Hawai`i, Guam, the CNMI, and Michigan. He is based in Honolulu and has almost 20 years of experience in medical malpractice litigation, wrongful death and catastrophic injury litigation, construction litigation, and other areas of law. He carries the highest possible ratiing ("AV") from Martindale-Hubbell for professional ethics and legal ability, based on an independent survey of the legal community. Having worked as a defense lawyer, he knows what insurance companies are looking for when evaluating a case. Call or e-mail today for a free record review and/or consultation.
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Glenn H. Uesugi
(808) 521-3336 841 Bishop Street, Suite 2201
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James Stephen Bostwick
(888) 421-8300 1001 Bishop Street
Medical Malpractice and Criminal
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Allen Williams
(808) 528-3900 820 Mililani St
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(808) 524-7900 560 N Nimitz Hwy
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(808) 547-5600 1099 Alakea St
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Gerald Sekiya
Hastings College of Law
Mark Douglas Kamitomo
Honolulu, HI Medical Malpractice Lawyer
(808) 523-2451 737 Bishop Street Suite 1740
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(808) 533-1751 810 Richards St
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1003 Bishop Street #2300
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(808) 521-9200 1000 Bishop St
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(808) 550-4995 500 Ala Moana Blvd
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Florida Christmas display inspires nonverbal girl with autism to speak
by: Victoria Price
Posted: Dec 14, 2019 / 08:41 AM MST / Updated: Dec 14, 2019 / 08:41 AM MST
MULBERRY, Fla. (WFLA) — A Polk County mom calls it a Christmas miracle.
Marisabel Figueroa Lopez says the lights and music on her neighbor’s elaborate holiday display helped her non-verbal daughter with autism start to speak out for the first time.
The 200,000 synchronized lights set to music have given her a million reasons to be thankful.
“For me, it is a Christmas miracle,” Figueroa Lopez said.
Her 13-year-old daughter Kaitlyn was diagnosed with autism at three years old. Doctors said she’d never speak.
Every year, Kaitlyn spends countless hours in silence under the lights of their neighbor Don Weaver’s incredible display. But last week, something changed. Kaitlyn started to describe the decorations.
“And then she jumped up and said “Santa! Santa is coming!” Figueroa Lopez said.
Even just hearing those few words were music to her ears. Figueroa Lopez was left speechless.
“I was trying to catch my breath,” she explained. “Because it was the first time that I have heard my daughter’s voice.”
“It’s just been unbelievable seeing the changes in her from last year to this year,” neighbor Don Weaver said.
Figueroa Lopez thanks her neighbor from the bottom of her heart, for giving her family the ultimate Christmas gift.
“To hear her speak, it just gives me hope,” Figueroa Lopez said. “Today it’s 2-3 words, tomorrow it could be a sentence. A year from now it could be a whole conversation.”
Ellen Degeneres caught wind of Kaitlyn’s Christmas miracle and has invited her and her mom to California to appear on the show.
by KTSM Report / Jan 20, 2020
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Artists of all kind from El Paso, Dallas, and Mexico were in El Paso Sunday for the "Reconnecting Through Art" program.
The community-wide event continued Sunday after the group spent Saturday in Juarez. Artists made their way to the El Paso County Coliseum to showcase their work.
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Praise Temple Full Gospel Baptist Church hosted a 2020 Annual MLK City-Wide Celebration. This year's theme is "The Struggle is Real."
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Review: The Summer List by Amy Mason Doan
The Summer List
by Amy Mason Doan
Publisher: Graydon House
Goodreads: Laura and Casey were once inseparable: as they floated on their backs in the sunlit lake, as they dreamed about the future under starry skies, and as they teamed up for the wild scavenger hunts in their small California lakeside town. Until one summer night, when a shocking betrayal sent Laura running through the pines, down the dock, and into a new life, leaving Casey and a first love in her wake.
But the past is impossible to escape, and now, after seventeen years away, Laura is pulled home and into a reunion with Casey she can’t resist—one last scavenger hunt. With a twist: this time, the list of clues leads to the settings of their most cherished summer memories. From glistening Jade Cove to the vintage skating rink, each step they take becomes a bittersweet reminder of the friendship they once shared. But just as the game brings Laura and Casey back together, the clues unravel a stunning secret that threatens to tear them apart…
Kritters Thoughts: Two friends had an epic friendship in their younger high school days and on the cusp of college something happened that broke them apart and years later one of their mothers will scheme to get them back together to heal and learn some truths.
Overall the book for me was fine but not amazing. I think most of what I didn't enjoy about the book was the pacing at a few of the parts. There were just a few moments that felt repetitive and felt like they dragged the book down a bit. Not to spoil too much, but there are these little vignettes throughout the book and they are confusing and odd until the very end when you have the AHH moment. I thought these interrupted the flow and I get at the end why they were there and what they meant, but I could have enjoyed the book without them.
I loved the concept. I loved the idea of the scavenger hunt and how it changed the girls in their high school days and it was what brought them back together. I am a scavenger hunt fan, so I loved the inclusion of the poem clues and although the reader can't completely solve them before the girls do, its fun to reread the clue after it has been solved.
The characters were also so good in the book. These two girls who had polar opposite childhoods but could come together and create such a sweet and beautiful relationship was so fun to read. I love a book that focuses on friendship and not as much as the love stuff!
I liked her writing, so I would read another book by her, but would have to make sure that I was in love with the synopsis and concept of the story.
Rating: enjoyable, but didn't leave me wanting more
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Sea lions cause trouble at Northwest ports
The proliferation of sea lions has created issues from Neah Bay to Oregon and in Puget Sound, too.
Sea lions cause trouble at Northwest ports The proliferation of sea lions has created issues from Neah Bay to Oregon and in Puget Sound, too. Check out this story on kitsapsun.com: https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2019/05/13/sea-lions-cause-trouble-northwest-ports/1191709001/
TOM BANSE, Northwest News Network Published 12:10 p.m. PT May 13, 2019
A big rebound in the sea lion population along the West Coast in recent years has created a constant battle to wrangle the protected animals. They're smart and fun to watch from a safe distance, but also noisy, smelly and proving to be a headache for some coastal marinas.
"It's a free zoo kind of, just don't pet 'em!" observed Dennis Craig of Olympia while he watched a pier at Washington's Westport marina nearly sink under the weight of dozens of burly bulls jostling and snoozing in the sun.
"You notice when the charters come in, they'll swing wide just so people can get a closer look because, like I say, it's entertaining," Craig said.
In this June 4, 2015, file photo, seals and California sea lions gather on the docks of the East End Mooring Basin in Astoria, Oregon. A big rebound in the sea lion population along the West Coast in recent years has created a constant battle to wrangle the protected animals. They're proving to be a headache for some coastal marinas. (Photo: Joshua Bessex, AP)
The flip side of these flippered fish fiends can be seen in the mounting bill to the marina, including the cost of busted docks, broken electric stanchions and lost business.
"Nearly all of our net revenue was used to repair damage caused by sea lions this year, taking those funds away from infrastructure improvements and replacements that are critical to the marina facility and our users," said Westport Marina business manager Molly Bold in an email.
Sea lions have blocked people from mooring their boats. In other cases, commercial fishermen have had to run through a sea lion gauntlet just to get onto their vessels. The sea lions even snatched a few pet dogs right off the piers, said Westport Aquarium co-owner Marc Myrsell, who volunteers to monitor the marine mammals.
Myrsell has counted up to 200 or 300 sea lions on the docks at a time.
"If a person is walking down the dock and they have a bag in their hand, that sea lion in its mind might think that person has food and can get aggressive because some people have been feeding them — intentionally or unintentionally," Myrsell said in an interview.
The most recent population estimate for California sea lions along the West Coast is around 257,000. Robert Anderson, the marine mammal program manager at the NOAA Fisheries regional office in Portland, Oregon, pegged the population growth rate at roughly 5% per year, although the sea lions may soon reach the carrying capacity of their marine environment.
More: Reward offered for information on sea lion shootings
The current abundance of sea lions is at least seven times greater than the population recorded in the late 1960s. Before Congress passed the Marine Mammal Protection Act in 1972, fishermen and the public could take matters into their own hands and shoot pesky sea lions. In earlier decades, the beasts were also killed for hides or to make pet food.
Now, the proliferation of sea lions has created issues from Neah Bay to Brookings, Oregon — occasionally in Puget Sound, too.
And Westport is not even the worst off. Astoria, Oregon, attracts the most sea lions by far, according to interviews with port staff and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The Port of Astoria once famously deployed a fiberglass fake orca to scare the sea lions. The replica soon capsized, nearly drowning its operator. Astoria also tried out tube-shaped inflatable air dancers, beach balls, flashing lights as well as low railings with various plastic attachments.
"Nothing works for long or it costs too much," said Port of Astoria executive director Jim Knight in an interview Thursday.
He said the local sea lion census peaked at around 3,000 critters two years ago and is lower right now. The floating port docks offer a convenient resting place for California and Steller sea lions alike between hunts for fish migrating up the Columbia River.
Knight said the most effective deterrent was a low-voltage electrified mat deployed on a demonstration basis by Vancouver, Washington-based manufacturer Smith-Root at both Astoria and Westport.
"It actually did work," Knight said. "But the cost of them was way more than the port could afford."
On the southern Oregon Coast, the Curry Sportfishing Association and the Port of Gold Beach have used private donations and small grants to hire civilian patrollers to scare sea lions away from people fishing on the Rogue River summer-fall salmon run. The waterborne Sea Lion Patrol is permitted to toss underwater firecrackers called "seal bombs" when sea lions get too close to recreational fishermen at the river mouth.
Otherwise, the sea lions snatch hooked salmon before sportsmen can reel in their fish.
The problems in marinas continue because sea lions are smart and will habituate to most deterrence strategies, said NOAA's Anderson.
"You've got to be pretty persistent about it," Anderson said in an interview. "Once you apply whatever deterrence method you do, if you walk away they're going to come right back."
Anderson says when port officials call him for advice on sea lions, he gives a long list of nonlethal options.
"You can definitely irritate and aggravate an animal pretty strongly," Anderson explained. "I mean, these are pretty durable animals."
But he also underscores the limits set by the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act, which boil down to: You cannot do anything that could result in serious injury or death.
In Westport, Washington, the port authority has tried using a low-flying drone, noisemakers, water hoses and the aforementioned low-voltage electrified mat as countermeasures. It is now considering physical barriers, but wary about the expense.
This has meant that, down at the docks, visitors like Dennis Craig are still serenaded by a chorus of barking sea lions. Craig and his grandchildren were doing some recreational crabbing on Easter weekend.
"You know what, I don't see anything bad about them one way or the other because we're on their territory, not the opposite," Craig said. "They were here before we started building."
The mood is less forgiving in the local fishing community and port offices.
"Frustration is very, very high," Myrsell said.
The federal government allows the states of Oregon and Washington to trap and kill sea lions that feed on endangered fish below Willamette Falls on the Willamette River and near Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. But those lethal control permits are restricted to those places only.
Last fall, Washington's Southern Resident Killer Whale Task Force sparked talk of possible wider sea lion and seal culling to reduce competition with endangered orcas for food. The Washington Legislature picked up that thread as recently as last week, when a bipartisan group of state senators co-sponsored a non-binding missive to President Donald Trump and the U.S. Secretaries of Commerce and Interior.
The state Senate resolution called on the federal government to take action to limit sea lion and seal "predation of salmon and other fish in Puget Sound and all Washington waters."
Recent scientific studies showed sea lions and seals collectively eat large quantities of Chinook salmon that the Pacific Northwest's endangered killer whales need to survive.
Yet while sea lions are regularly observed eating salmon, Myrsell said in the Westport area the majority of their diet is anchovies, sardines and herring.
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Local paper apologizes for posting tip about William Chrisman HS
Rumors quickly spread that a student was found with a gun
Updated: 10:27 PM CDT Apr 10, 2015
Matt DeSarle
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The Examiner of Eastern Jackson County posted an apology on its Facebook page on Friday. The post came after a bomb scare at William Chrisman High School on Thursday. Independence police were called to the school Thursday morning after a threat was made on social media. Officers conducted a full sweep, but found nothing suspicious or dangerous to students. The school was under a restricted access for about an hour.Click here to read reaction on the KMBC 9 News Facebook page. Many parents complained on social media that they weren't alerted as to what was happening. Parents and students also believed that a weapon was discovered in a student's backpack. The Examiner posted to Facebook that a "subject" was found with a weapon, drugs and was arrested. Friday, The Examiner posted an apology "for information contained in an early post about Thursday's incident." The post continues, "Our first post was published before a news tip was confirmed, and that is against our editorial policy. What we initially heard was incorrect." Click here to read the full post. The Examiner says it will review its Facebook standards.
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. —
The Examiner of Eastern Jackson County posted an apology on its Facebook page on Friday.
The post came after a bomb scare at William Chrisman High School on Thursday.
Bomb threat forces brief lockdown at Independence school
Independence police were called to the school Thursday morning after a threat was made on social media. Officers conducted a full sweep, but found nothing suspicious or dangerous to students. The school was under a restricted access for about an hour.
Click here to read reaction on the KMBC 9 News Facebook page.
Many parents complained on social media that they weren't alerted as to what was happening.
Parents and students also believed that a weapon was discovered in a student's backpack. The Examiner posted to Facebook that a "subject" was found with a weapon, drugs and was arrested.
Friday, The Examiner posted an apology "for information contained in an early post about Thursday's incident." The post continues, "Our first post was published before a news tip was confirmed, and that is against our editorial policy. What we initially heard was incorrect."
Click here to read the full post.
The Examiner says it will review its Facebook standards.
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The personality that stands out with transparency from the light
Exceptionally thin wooden cups carved by a skilled artisan. So light it is almost weightless in hand. The warm wood shines beautifully with transparency from the sunlight. Yunagi, Soen, Fuji, Roro and Jitsugets…
Tenkei Kacho - Plate 9sun
Fukuju Touen
Guinomi Sake Cup
KISEN (MFRS.: Yotsukawa Seisakusho)
Egg Shell - Kaori
Yamaheigama
Bokashi Coffee cup & Saucer
Taya Shikki
Wajima, Ishikawa Pref.
KUROCO Tamaichimatsu Old
Kimoto Glassware
Ceramic Mimic Fabric - Tumbler
Bunzan Seitou
Deep Black Glaze Tea Set
Saga Pref.
Noriko Tsuiki
Textile Artist
Being unyielding, is the essence of Kogei
Kokura-ori is a special product of the Buzen Kokura clan of the Edo era and it is a high-quality durable cotton fabric featuring vertical stripes. It is Ms. Noriko Tsuiki who restored this Kokura-ori which once…
Noriyasu Soda
Doing my best for what lies right in front of me
Koji Orii
Pursuing the “coolness” in kogei
Seiji Ito
I want to make a teapot that is blended into our daily life
Bizen ware
Stoneware made mainly in Imbe area in Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture. One of the six ancient kilns in Japan. Characterized by high temperature firing without using glazes and various expressions brought about by transformation.
A tool used when rubbing the paper on an inked wood block in order to apply pressure and transfer the paints onto the paper. It consists of “ategawa” (a flat pad), “baren-shin” (core ropes), and “tsutsumigawa” (bamboo skin for wrapping). There are various thicknesses of baren-shin, and they are used according to their purposes.
Bokashi (Gradation)
A technique for woodblock printing where a color gradually fades from deep to pale and finally colorless. Creates a gradation by mixing paints and glue on a moistened wood block, and then rubbing the paper that is pressed against it. Perspectives and three-dimensional effects can be expressed.
A method of forming pottery using plaster molds instead of the potter’s wheel. Slip becomes solid as the plaster of Paris absorbs the moisture from the clay. This method is suitable for mass-production. It can be divided into pressure casting and slip casting.
A technique of painting within outlines.
Vessels and objects formed from clay and fired at low temperatures of about 700-800 degree Celsius without glaze. Therefore, it is brittle and has a high water absorption rate. However, earthenware is suitable for cooking and they are highly fire-resistant.
Echizen ware
Generic name of ceramics made in Echizen town, Fukui Prefecture. One of the Japan’s six ancient kilns. Characterized by high temperature firing using natural glaze.
Edo kiriko
Generic name for traditional handmade cut glass originating from Tokyo. Said to have started back in 1834, latter half of Edo period. Cut patterns are very detailed, and the light reflection is clear because of the thinness of the glass.
Edo woodblock printing
Woodblock prints in multiple colors which is native to Japan. It is created through the collaboration between four specialist artisans- “eshi” or a designer who draws images, “horishi” or an engraver who carves it on a woodblock, “surishi” or a printer who transfer the paints onto the paper, and “hanmoto” or a publisher who oversees all planning and sales. During the Edo period, ukiyo-e printing was devised as a media source that people could easily enjoy.
First Raku, second Hagi, third Karatsu
An expression that refers to three kinds of pottery treasured by Japanese tea ceremony experts. They are Raku ware from Kyoto, Hagi ware from Yamaguchi and Karatsu ware from Kitakyushu.
Fuki-urushi (Wiping lacquer)
A technique whereby raw lacquer is applied and then wiped off repeatedly with a cotton cloth. Also called suri-urushi. It makes it possible to show the texture and beautiful grain of the wood while giving strength to the vessel.
A cobalt blue glaze containing cobalt oxide pigments. Gosu itself is a blackish mineral, but after reduction firing, the color changes to blue. Currently, it is difficult to obtain natural Gosu. Therefore, a compound that mixes cobalt and iron are being used prevalently.
Glaze is a vitreous material for coating the surface of ceramics. Not only for decoration, glaze can strengthen the vessel, make it glossy and prevent water absorption.
Hon-kataji
A base coating which is currently the most commonly used. Layers of coarse to fine base lacquer are gradually applied after which they are polished using grindstone and water to achieve a smooth surface.
Isubai glaze
A type of glaze made from the material which is obtained from the ash of burnt “isu” tree (Distylium racemosum). It has a higher content of lime and less iron. Used for Imari ware produced in the Edo period which is called “ko-imari”, it is characterized by its soft hues and smooth texture.
Jinoko
A powder of calcined diatomaceous earth. Mixed with raw lacquer and glue, it is used as a lacquer base.
Karatsu ware
Generic name of pottery made in the southern parts of Saga Prefecture and northern parts of Nagasaki Prefecture. One of the most famous area of producing ceramic wares for tea ceremony. It has a wide range of styles.
Kutani ware
Generic name of color-painted ceramics made in the village of Kutani , located in the southern parts of Ishikawa Prefecture. One of the Japan’s ancient kilns. Charcterized mostly by gorgeously colored overglaze paintings.
Kyo ware
Generic name of ceramics made in Kyoto. There are various kinds of techniques.
Kiso lacquerware
Generic name of lacquerware produced in Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture and the surroundings areas.
Kokura ori
Cotton textile made in Kokura, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Good quality and durable fabric featuring vertical stripes.
Kiriko (Cut glass)
A technique of sculpturing the surface of glass and applying various patterns with a grinder. It is achieved through various steps such as roughing, stoning and polishing. Traditionally, the patterns are in geometric forms. Edo kiriko and Satsuma kiriko are the best representation.
Marks that are carved on a wood block to serve as an alignment guide for the paper to be placed in the correct position so that the colors to be added accurately.
Karazuri (Emboss)
A technique for woodblock printing to make an embossed pattern on paper by rubbing it with strong pressure on an engraved wood block without applying paints.
Ko-sometsuke
Porcelain made in private kilns in Jingdezhen during the Tenkei period, in the late Ming Dynasty (first half of the 17th century). The shapes and patterns has a free and easy style compared to traditional Chinese porcelain.
Kijibiki (Woodturning)
A technique to carve round shaped vessels by spinning wood blocks on a lathe using turning tools that are similar to chisels. An artisan specializing in this process is called “kijishi” or a woodturner using special customized turning tools resulting in wooden vessels of the highest quality.
Mino ware
Generic name of ceramics made in Tounou area, Gifu Prefecture. The biggest production area of ceramics in Japan. Half of all ceramics produced in Japan come from this area.
A technique to make metalworks by pouring molten metal into a mold, or “igata” in Japanese and extracting it after it is cooled. The technique makes it possible to form metal freely, which otherwise is a difficult material to process. A product made by this casting method is called “imono”. This method also allows for mass production. Once the mold of a prototype is made it is then possible to make multiples of the product.
Mushikui (bug-eaten)
Markings resembling glaze which has fallen off the rim of pottery. The word comes from its resemblance to a bug-eaten hole. It is also used as a technique to express a sense of antiquity in pottery making.
Nukayaki
A technique of firing metal such as a copper alloy after coating it with a mixture of rice bran (nukamiso) with salt and sulfur. The burnt marks from rice bran coating result in mottle-like patterns on the metal.
Negobouki
Bundled rice straw used for brushing the metal during the ohaguro stage.
Niiro
Refers to the color or coloring method in which metals such as copper alloy is simmered in a pan containing a mixture of copper sulfate and copper carbonate resulting in the patina on the metal surface. The color tones that are produced, such as brass color, dark brown and blackish bronze color vary depending on the composition of the alloy. These colors are also induced by using grated Japanese radish.
Ohaguro
Refers to the color or coloring method in which metal is dyed using a solution which has been allowed to stand, consisting of iron scraps, Japanese sake and vinegar before it is fired. The shiny finish is achieved by brushing the metal many times with the liquid solution while it is being heated. Frequency of brushing and the concentration level of the solution result in a wide range of colors from red to dark brown and black.
Vessels and objects made from potter’s clay. It is fired at around 800-900 degrees Celsius after being glazed. It has a high water absorption and high heat retention. Compared to porcelain, pottery gives a sense of softness and warmness. The trditional production areas are Karatsu, Hagi, Mino, and Mashiko.
Vessels and objects made using mainly kaolin from shattered porcelain stones. It is stronger than pottery because it is fired at a higher temperature of about 1300 degrees Celsius and has a clear sound when struck. It has no water absorption. The translucent quality of porcelain gives you a sense of coolness and hardness. Traditional production areas are Arita, Tobe, Kyoto, and Kutani.
Printing block
A wooden board that is used as a printing material when creating a woodblock print. In traditional ukiyo-e printing, cherry wood is the main source of wood.
Rokuro (Potter's wheel)
One of the tools for forming pottery by using centrifugal force from the rotating wheel to shape the clay. There are various types of potter’s wheels such as hand-operated wheel, kick wheel, and motor-driven wheel. The motor-driven wheel is the most popular as the rotation speed is easily adjustable by stepping on the pedal.
Rankakude (Egg shell)
The finest porcelain with the thinness reminiscent of an egg shell, which was made in the late Edo period (19th century) under the order by the Hirado clan. It was exported to Europe where it was highly valued. The production was revived recently having ceased after World War I.
Vessels and objects having characteristics that falls between pottery and porcelain. It is made from clay and fired at high temperatures of about 1200-1300 degree Celsius. It has a low water absorption rate and is opaque. In Japan, stoneware refers mainly to Bizen, Shigaraki, Tokoname and other unglazed ceramics.
Seto ware
Generic name of ceramics produced mainly in Seto City, Aichi Prefecture. In the past, it was very popular especially in the eastern parts of Japan so much so that all porcelain was generally referred to as “SETOMONO”. One of the six ancient kilns of Japan.
Six ancient kilns
Generic name of the six distinctive ancient kilns among all Japanese kilns, which have produced pottery from medieval times to the present day. These are Seto ware, Tokoname ware, Shigaraki ware, Echizen ware, Tanba-Tachikui ware and Bizen ware.
Soda glass
The most common type of glass. It is easy to melt and mold but is vulnerable to rapid heating and rapid cooling. It sounds slightly dull when struck. It is commonly used as tableware, bottles and flat glass.
Shinogi
A decorative technique whereby ridgelines are carved on the surface. It derived its name from the appearance of the ridges on Japanese swords which are called “Shinogi”.
Sometsuke (Blue and white porcelain)
Decorating on biscuit under transparent glaze with a blue pigment. This pigment is known as zaffer or “gosu” in Japanese. It was first used in China in the 14th century and then spread around the world. In Japan, it was first introduced in Arita at the beginning of 17th century. The decoration methods can be broadly divided into two ways with each method using different brushes. One is drawing just the outline and the other is painting inside the outline which is called “dami” in Japanese. There are also other techniques such as “fukizumi” which creates pattern by spraying gosu on the surface resulting in a charming contrast of blue and white.
Tokoname ware
Stoneware made mainly in Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture. It has the longest history among Japan’s six ancient kilns. Characterized by its iron-rich red clay which are fired using oxidising flame.
Tebineri (Hand-building)
A forming method using only fingers. The most primitive way of forming. Although it is not suitable for elaborate work, it is good for expressing rustic beauty.
Takaoka copperware
Generic name of copperware made in Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture. Takaoka is renown as the largest production area of copperware in Japan, accounting for over 90% of domestic production.
Tokibo / Hakobi
A tool shaped like a broom. It is used when mixing or applying paints on a wood block. It is made of finely split bamboo skin, that are tied to a stick with a string.
Tategi-dori
A method to saw lumber by following the direction of the grain in order to have less deformation and strong resistance to shock.
Wajima lacquerware
Generic name of lacquerware produced in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Characterized by its robustness. The wood surface is reinforced with cloth and is coated with many layers of “jinoko” which is the powder of calcined diatomaceous earth
A type of porcelain made from white porcelain stone. Transparent glaze are applied and fired at high temperature by reduction firing. Developed in China, this type of ceramic came into production in Japan after the discovery of porcelain stone containing kaolin in Izumiyama, Arita in 1616.
Yamanaka lacquerware
Generic name of lacquerware produced in the Yamanaka-Onsen area in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture. This area is well known for its woodturning.
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Sheriff warns of 'significant increase' in fraud phone scams
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office issued a warning Friday over an increase in phone scam reports.
Updated: 10:10 PM CDT Jun 9, 2017
By Maria Lisignoli
WEBVTT THISPHONE'S CAMERA.OFFICERS SAY THEY DID THE RIGHTTHING.THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF PHONESCAMS OUT THERE.>> CALLE RECEIVED THREATENINGCALLS THAT THEY MISSED JURYDUTY.THAT THEY MISSED PAYING THEFINE.THEY MISSED PAYING ANOUTSTANDING WARRANT.THEY DID NOT PAY TAXES.MARIA: THIS PARTICULAR SCAMIS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE SCAMMERHAD SET UP A FAKE VOICEMAIL.>> I PERSONALLY CALLED IT FROMMY OFFICE PHONE.I BLOCKED THE NUMBER.IT WENT DIRECTLY TO VOICEMAILSTATING IT WAS POLK COUNTYSHERIFF'S OFFICE.MARIA: THE SCAMMER DID CALL THESERGEANT BACK.>> I ADVISE HIM I WAS WITH THEPOLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ANDI KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING WAS ASCAM.HE HUNG UP ON ME.MARIA: ITRIED CALLING-- HECHANGED HIS VOICEMAIL.THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE ISAWARE OF SCAMS SIMILAR TO THISONE AND URGE PEOPLE TO KNOW THESIGNS.WHAT'S ALWAYS IN COMMON WITHA SCAM LIKE THIS IS TEHE CALLERIS COLD CALLING YOU.SAYING YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OFTHIS RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU AREGETTING THREATENED WITHSOMETHING, PERHAPS ARREST.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office issued a warning Friday about a “significant increase” in phone scam reports in which a man claiming to be a Polk County sheriff’s deputy threatens to arrest anyone who doesn’t pay $2,000 for missing jury duty. The scammer claims to be Polk County Deputy Kenneth Cook, and his phone number is 515-994-8848. Though callers fall victim to numerous phone scams – such as missing jury duty, missing paying a fine or missing an outstanding warrant – this particular scam includes a callback number and a fake voicemail. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that callers report the scam artist as being very aggressive with threats to issue arrest warrants if payment is not made. The person involved in this phone scam reportedly has basic knowledge of the victim’s personal information, including home address, cellphone number and employer.Sgt. Brandon Bracelin, with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office called the number from his office. When the scammer called back, Bracelin told him his credentials, after which the criminal immediately hung up. Two minutes later, the scammer apparently had changed the voicemail and wouldn’t pick up, Bracelin said. But that doesn’t mean the phone scammer is done with fraudulent activity. Geoff Greenwood, a spokesperson for the Iowa Attorney General’s Office, said they are aware of similar scams and urge people to know the signs of a scam.“What’s always in common with a scam like this is the caller is cold calling you,” Greenwood said. “The caller is saying you need to take care of this right now or you’re getting threatened with something, perhaps arrest, and they can take care of it over the phone.” The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said the department does not employ a deputy by the name of Kenneth Cook nor would it ever contact citizens by telephone for the purpose of collecting fines or any other payment.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office issued a warning Friday about a “significant increase” in phone scam reports in which a man claiming to be a Polk County sheriff’s deputy threatens to arrest anyone who doesn’t pay $2,000 for missing jury duty.
The scammer claims to be Polk County Deputy Kenneth Cook, and his phone number is 515-994-8848. Though callers fall victim to numerous phone scams – such as missing jury duty, missing paying a fine or missing an outstanding warrant – this particular scam includes a callback number and a fake voicemail.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that callers report the scam artist as being very aggressive with threats to issue arrest warrants if payment is not made.
The person involved in this phone scam reportedly has basic knowledge of the victim’s personal information, including home address, cellphone number and employer.
Sgt. Brandon Bracelin, with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office called the number from his office. When the scammer called back, Bracelin told him his credentials, after which the criminal immediately hung up.
Two minutes later, the scammer apparently had changed the voicemail and wouldn’t pick up, Bracelin said.
But that doesn’t mean the phone scammer is done with fraudulent activity. Geoff Greenwood, a spokesperson for the Iowa Attorney General’s Office, said they are aware of similar scams and urge people to know the signs of a scam.
“What’s always in common with a scam like this is the caller is cold calling you,” Greenwood said. “The caller is saying you need to take care of this right now or you’re getting threatened with something, perhaps arrest, and they can take care of it over the phone.”
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said the department does not employ a deputy by the name of Kenneth Cook nor would it ever contact citizens by telephone for the purpose of collecting fines or any other payment.
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Archive for category: Drills for Defense
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Don’t “Over-Commit” on Defense
January 19, 2016 /in Defense, Drills for Defense, Practice Drills & Games /by Ryan Wallace
We love Defense, but it can be very difficult to teach younger and beginning players how to play good Individual AND Team Defense. Here are a few easy drills for Defense you can use with your Team!
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1-on-1 Defend the Cone Drill
November 17, 2015 /in Dodging and Carrying Drills, Drills for Defense, Practice Drills & Games /by Ryan Wallace
This Dodging and Defense Drill is a quick and easy way to teach all your players good body defense and how to initiate contact when they dodge! All your players can go at the same time, so everybody gets hard work!
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2-on-1 Build-Up Drill
September 15, 2015 /in Drills for Defense, Numbers Advantage Drills, Practice Drills & Games /by Ryan Wallace
This is a great drill you can use any day at practice to teach your players to understand and react to common numbers-advantage game situations like Fast Breaks, Slow Breaks, Man-Up/Man-Down, all in the same drill!
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3-on-2 10-Pass Drill from the NLL!
September 9, 2015 /in Drills for Defense, Numbers Advantage Drills, Passing and Catching Drills, Practice Drills & Games /by Ryan Wallace
This is a great practice drill we adapted from something we saw at training camp for one of the NLL teams last year. We added extra players to use it outdoors to improve stick skills, game situations, and conditioning!
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“Touch the Cone” Man-Up/Man-Down Drill
August 31, 2015 /in Drills for Defense, Numbers Advantage Drills, Practice Drills & Games /by Ryan Wallace
This is a great drill we use about once a week at practice to create tons of Man-Up and Man-Down situations. Plus we get some good work on keeping possession and conditioning at the same time!
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5-on-4 Slow Break Ground Ball Drill
August 27, 2015 /in Drills for Defense, Ground Ball Drills, Numbers Advantage Drills, Practice Drills & Games /by Ryan Wallace
We saw one of the top NCAA DI teams using this great combination drill on the first day of practice last year. It's great for working on ground balls, game situations, Man-Up/Man-Down, everything!
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5-on-4 Slow Break Drill
Slow Breaks happen almost as often as Fast Breaks in any lacrosse game. Use this simple practice drill to teach all your players how to move the ball and score those great transition goals that make lacrosse so exciting!
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Our 3 Favorite Summer Camp Games
August 17, 2015 /in Dodging and Carrying Drills, Drills for Defense, Lax Lingo, News, Numbers Advantage Drills, Passing and Catching Drills, Practice Drills & Games, Shooting Drills /by Ryan Wallace
Now that all the camps and tournaments are pretty much over for the summer and all our players are headed back to school soon, we want to look back at the drills and games our players requested over and over this summer!
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USA U-19 Tryouts 4-on-3 Drill
August 12, 2015 /in Drills for Defense, News, Numbers Advantage Drills, Practice Drills & Games /by Ryan Wallace
The best coaches know- always "Keep It Simple" with practice drills and games. Check out this easy 4-on-3 Drill the USA U-19 Team coaches used with the best high school players in the country.
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1-on-1 Drop-In Defense & Dodging Drill
May 29, 2015 /in Dodging and Carrying Drills, Drills for Defense, Even Strength Drills, Practice Drills & Games /by Ryan Wallace
The best College and Pro Dodgers are also the best at setting up the play to get their Defenders off balance. Use this great dodging drill with your players to practice dodging in game situations, plus how to approach the ball on Defense.
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Loyola.edu
Welcome to Loyola's 168th Commencement Exercises. The 2020 Commencement Ceremony will be held at the Royal Farms Arena (201 W. Baltimore Street) on Saturday, May 16, 2020. Doors to the arena will open at 9 a.m. and the processional will begin at 10:45 a.m. The Commencement program begins promptly at 11 a.m.
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Tickets for Commencement are not required and the number of guests each individual graduate may bring is unlimited. Graduates and their families and friends are encouraged to leave ample time to arrive at the arena. The University strongly suggests that families stay at hotels in close proximity to the Royal Farms Arena to avoid traffic and parking delays.
Several other events lead up to Saturday's celebration, including:
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The southern coast of Sumba, Indonesia
50-minute flight from Bali's Denpasar International airport to Tambolaka, Sumba with 1.5-hr drive by hotel transfer through the forests and mountains
Sundowners watching the horse races on the beach. Hike to the spa for proper pampering. Visit the inland waterfalls.
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The wild side of luxury
“There will be horseracing on the beach at 5pm, ibu, with cocktails and snacks followed by turtle releasing and then the buffalo may come too. Shall I pick you up, ibu, or you can walk the back way to the beach?” asked Marthen, our personal butler, 10-minutes after our villa familiarisation and 20-minutes from arriving.
Our heads were spinning… we, myself and Kelly, were standing on our upstairs terrace trying to take in a dreamtime panoramic view, whilst simultaneously watching a golden eagle gliding on a thermal directly above our heads. A few minutes prior we had walked around a villa that hit the bull’s eye of my fantasy island hideout. Oh pinch me, I thought, I must be jet lagged, as every sense was flashing on alert.
A quick freshen-up in the jungle shower (to that view) and we were holding a gin and tonic perching forward in an Adirondack chair, nestled in the nape of the crescent beach facing the most exquisite sea. An oversized orange orb was preparing itself for an amethyst coloured finale. ‘Riders in the Storm’ was playing in excellent unison with the crashing of the rollers onto the pristine cream sand.
Local men and boys, dressed in tribal costume, were preparing their beautiful sandalwood horses for a customary performance, similar to that of the Pasola; a race along the beach culminating in the throwing of a spear into an effigy (in this instance). You bet on a colour and all the winnings go to the Sumba Foundation; a philanthropic concern set up by the founders of Nihiwatu, Petra and Claude Graves, which supports education and fights malaria, malnutrition and more. The young men have been riding since they could walk, so bareback with spear in hand they gallop wildly up the beach with feathers flying from their headgear.
We chose red, he won, and we shrieked ‘hurrah’ clinking our long iced drinks in true winning style with our new island ‘besties’. We soon discovered what an awesome cause our winnings were going into: a sustainable ethos woven into Nihi’s DNA. The horse race was followed by the daily release of baby turtles from Nihi’s hatchery. We had only been at Nihi for two and a half hours.
The show was not over. This symbolic event was followed by a herd of beautiful ash-grey buffalo, guided by a young shepherd, with wide sweeping horns and a gentle demeanour, entered out of nowhere on stage right for a refreshing saunter in the shallows. They looked timeless, almost Stone-Age, standing unfettered against a sunset so unbelievably picturesque in purple, tangerine and pastel pink, while the sea reflected the twilight canvas, changing from ocean blue to a deep purple. They left as mysteriously as they had arrived, into the hovering mist of dusk that cloaked the horizon. Wow. We had only been here three hours.
The evening sky was flawless, we saw more shooting stars than we could count, or, was that the result of Nihi’s signature cocktail we enjoyed at the effervescent surfer’s Beach Bar? Perhaps it was simply the effect of the spellbinding alchemy.
Sumba is an Indonesian island about 300 kms east of, and a one-hour flight from, Bali, in the Lesser Sunda Islands. It’s a 90-minute drive from the airport to Nihi (formerly Nihiwatu), the island’s only 5-star luxury resort, where the ‘luxe’ is as much in the nature as it is in the nurture.
Sumba is twice the size of Bali but with a population of only 600,000. It’s still relatively tribal, but, fortunately, headhunting was phased out in the 60’s. However, there are still many rituals and generational traditions practiced here. Animals are both worshipped and slaughtered as part of ritual and sacrifice while they practice both an animist Marapu religion, along with Dutch Calvinist Christianity with a small minority of Catholic worshippers. It feels a far cry from the colourful Hindu temples and neon bars of Bali, making it blissfully more remote.
The shift from Nihiwatu to Nihi
Nihi, nee Nihiwatu, began as a surfer’s paradise founded by Claude and Petra Graves in the 80’s. We met Claude after the horse racing and soon realised that he is an iconic fixture of Nihi, with a past that keeps small crowds captivated for several hours around the bar, as well as owning a truly exquisite estate, Haweri, on the edge of the property. His vision when he arrived has evolved for sure, but he seems very happy with the way the passing of the Nihiwatu mantle has been curated.
In 2012 Chris Burch (husband of Tory) and South African hotelier, James McBride, took over both the property and Claude’s vision, and expanded it from a modest pilgrimage to a discreet, luxurious, 5-star hideaway that is still rooted in its legendary surfer days and resplendent nature. It is a destination for nature lovers, explorers, surfers, luxury island junkies, families, honeymooners, A-listers, bucket-list-tickers and, above all else, repeaters
It’s here you can expect the unexpected, creating moments that would be hard to capture anywhere else in the world. We spoke to many loyal returners, some of whom were on their fifth time back, and for them there is simply nowhere else like it. They couldn’t define the reasoning in simple paradisiacal terms, or luxury terms, they didn’t want to. You just had to get it, to feel it. And, we did.
The resort houses 28 villas, each one secluded in a plethora of tropical foliage with plunge pools, private decks, outside showers, divine beds and so on. The villas are all different externally and internally but each one reflects the essence, simplicity and beauty of the Sumbanese village architecture.
The basic principle of these villas - contrasting rustic with refined, rough surfaces with smooth finishes, using local materials wherever possible - allows the wild side of Sumba to embrace the creature comforts of contemporary 5-star. For example, the locally sourced materials such as pandan leaf weave were used to line the roofs and hand-cut sandstone was used to create a random pattern on the walls.
Our dreamtime villa
We stayed in a two-story villa in the Raja Mendaka estate, owned by Chris Burch. Marthen took us from the reception to the villa on a little white buggy, under the canopy of mangled forest overgrowth along with fragrant frangipani, neon pink bougainvillea, hibiscus, scented eucalyptus, the ubiquitous palm tree and several patches of manicured lawns. The omnipresent sound of the waves is heard above everything; the little engine, the laughter, the glorious Indonesian flycatcher, the green pigeons, the lizards and even your rain shower.
Pushing the buffalo horn-shaped handles to open our large wooden doors, we spied our garden, pool, and villa. The sun was lowering its brilliant sphere into the late afternoon, casting a frenzy of blinding diamante sparkles across the ocean and onto our tantalising pool, while the villa was lit up in a glow of golden honey.
You enter through a partially covered deck with table and chairs opening into a spacious living room with stylish island-chic furniture dressed in cream calico with burnt orange Aztec-design cushions, while a surround of ledge to ceiling windows open out on all sides, allowing in the maritime breeze. Traditional sculptures, carvings and ikat prints decorate the ledges and landing. The floor of cooling screed feels soothing underfoot while a study, or second bedroom, downstairs is kept at a temperature close to that of a larder. The mini bar is stacked with water, beer and soft drinks while the hard liquor is offered up daily in rustic bottles labelled whisky, gin and vodka. “Would you like some ice Ibu and some more lime?” Marthem asked as I inspected the ‘all included’ offerings. Marthen was always one step ahead.
Up the stone stairs and, again, you’re swept away by the dreamy simple splendour of your tropical boudoir. A large four-poster cloaked in veils of netting faces the upstairs terrace complete with a freestanding brass tub to that view. I don’t think we ever closed these doors. There is also a separate jungle shower screened by bamboo. The details are refined, even divine in some instances, but all carefully crafted and honed to allow the setting to steal the show. I asked Marthen what the sound of water was that was clearly not coming from the sea, “That’s a waterfall Ibu, hidden behind your pool”. Serenity rules here.
The view from our terrace was mesmerising and provided us with Nihi’s signature frame; folds of impossibly verdant palm-clustered hills spill onto 2.5 kms of perfect beach, while the ocean throws luscious jade-coloured rollers time and tide again. You feel immersed in tropical treetops from your second level yet entwined with the ocean at all times. Privacy here is paramount, you really don’t notice other guests, but you soon connect with them at the bar, on the beach, in the restaurant, watching horses, surfers and so on – it’s a very, very, happy place.
The soundtrack and The Wave
How I wish I could recreate this one. The overriding sound is that of the rollers. You eat, sleep, walk, talk and breathe the breakers here. There would be no hotel, foundation or resort if it weren’t for The Wave at Nihi. Named after Australian pro-surfer, Mark “Occy” – this legendary wave, known affectionately as Occy’s Left, has a chance to build up power and speed for several miles before coming into shore, and is reputedly one of the best left-hand breaks the world over. The soundtrack of waves combined with the far-flung orchestra of jungle creatures feels blissfully transporting, but the standout jewel in Nihi’s gloriously wild crown is the ocean.
Horseback riding on the beach
Sumba’s horses, or ponies to be more accurate (not many are over 14 hands), are known as Sandalwood ponies, named after the tree that once flourished on the island. The stables at Nihi house several magnificent specimens that resemble the beauty of an Arabian horse, though with less of an obvious curve between the forehead and the muzzle. Like the waves, the ponies, which roam free along the beach throughout the day, echo the wildness and free spirit of Nihi, though they are tame enough to ride. We rode to the three palms and back (sighting only one couple strolling hand-in-hand along the way). The following morning, having not had enough of these glorious creatures, I took one into the breakers, right up to my knees, an experience I had wished for since childhood.
Regrets, returns and rewards
While we were here the schools were closed for their summer break, so we didn’t see the vast improvement the Sumba Foundation has delivered to education first hand. As much as we would have jumped at this opportunity we gleaned much while we were there: the repeaters mentioned their ‘school trips’ in most conversations. The impact of the foundation on sustainability for local communities has been enriching, rewarding, life enhancing and genuinely life giving. Your stay at Nihi really does count.
We didn’t stay long enough. A regret that will mean we have to return but, consequently, we missed out on exploring further within Sumba, including adventures to waterfalls, as well as diving and fishing. However, we did manage the 7km Spa Safari trek, across arid rice fields and thirsty pockets of jungle, through a local village, over streams and down the other side of a mountain to a healing oasis perched beside the ocean. You can design your spa day or morning around your needs. The hands are blissfully healing here, and the jungle rooms sit right on the ocean. After a scrub, a massage, a facial, or whatever your body desires, you can swim in the sea or a private lap pool. We were, however, grateful for a drive back to the resort.
Pampered and preened, with glowing cheeks and our hair tightly twisted in a topknot held together by coconut yogurt, oils and Sumbanese secrets, we enjoyed a glass of chilled rosé with the freshest sushi and sashimi from Poseidon’s garden. Marthen had ensured we had our favourite spot for lunch under the woven canopy, beside the glistening shore.
While we were there the food was taking a noticeable upward turn, having been a subject identified that could be improved. The delightful, charming, and experienced new GM and MD, Cara Stoffel and Julien Laracine, were tuned ‘right in’ to all matters – great and small, and after only three weeks, change was already afoot. I think this duo may well take Nihi into the stratosphere, somewhere even closer to paradise.
Did I mention Marthen…? He was the best butler we could have wished for.
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Digital Economy Bill latest – two cheers for the LibDem team
By Bridget Fox | Fri 26th March 2010 - 8:08 pm
As Liberal Democrat Voice has reported in depth over recent weeks, there was a surge of debate around the party’s response to the Digital Economy Bill, leading to our open letter from PPCs, and the emergency motion passed at conference. Great joy.
Then it all went quiet.
There has of course been a little matter of the Budget. MPs and candidates have been, quite rightly, out on the hustings and the doorsteps. But if our Parliamentary party were otherwise engaged, the blogosphere was not. The dedicated campaigning of the Open Rights Group was joined by the 38 Degrees lobby. They have objected not only to the content of bits of the Digital Economy Bill, but also the obvious concerns about its process.
If nothing else, this Bill has highlighted to a new generation of voters the urgent need for Parliamentary reform. The unelected second chamber; ridiculous rush, horsetrading and lack of debate of the washup; the way a Government elected with a minority of the vote can railroad through legislation – all of this must change.
The Open Rights Group anti-disconnection rally took the issue from the screen to the streets, and I was delighted to be invited to speak on behalf of our party. As I told the crowds, we started campaigning for Freedom of Information against a Tory government; now we are campaigning for free exchange of information under Labour. When you deal with a death, there is a cycle of emotion from grief through anger to acceptance. When it comes to the death of our freedoms under Labour, as Liberal Democrats we may be aggrieved, we are angry, but we will not accept it.
Liberal Democrat campaigners have been maintaining the pressure on MPs of all parties. Julian Huppert and I were co-signatories to a letter in the Guardian calling for a rethink, and several of us have been blogging and podcasting to keep up the profile of the issue.
I was proud that our party’s policy put us in the lead; but I wasn’t alone in feeling frustrated that our MPs were so quiet on the subject. So as well as speaking up with the Open Rights Group, I’ve been speaking behind the scenes to the party leadership, to try and ensure that our party follows through on the direction that conference set ten days ago.
And I’ve now had a response through from Don Foster MP and the DCMS team, the full text of which is on my blog here.
Now it’s perhaps not the response as the Open Rights Group would have written it; but then I’m in favour of LibDem positions being written, well, by Liberal Democrats.
It’s a long text, setting out why our MPs feel parts of the Bill – on areas such as Channel 4 and regional TV – merit support; and why they want to balance internet freedom with support for the creative industries. So there is no commitment to vote against the Bill as a whole. But, unlike Labour and Tory front benches, the LibDem DCMS team do acknowledge that further debate is definitely required. “The controversial parts of the Bill will need to be scrutinised and voted upon by the next parliament before they can be brought into law. Liberal Democrats MPs would not support these sections of the Bill without this process.”
The logic of that is that LibDem MPs will vote against those elements in the washup, if only because there’s been no debate. We’ll expect them to stick to that.
The highlight for me is clear opposition to web-blocking: “We do not believe that measures to address site blocking can reasonably be included in the Digital Economy Bill and we will not support any such measures”.
So we have the keenly-awaited clear assurance that Liberal Democrat MPs, as a party, not just individual rebels, will vote against web-blocking in the Digital Economy Bill (better late than never). This alone sets us apart from the other main parties.
On disconnection, the position is less absolute. “The Liberal Democrats are unconvinced of the merits of measures such as temporary account suspension or bandwidth throttling” and propose a set of technical measures, to be met before any disconnection would be possible; the main ones are that copyright infringers would be notified by letter, without any risk of their internet connection being affected for at least a year, and that any process to disconnect users explicitly assumes their innocence until they are proven guilty.
Another concern our motion highlighted was the threat to wifi and community access. The MPs pick that up as an issue too: “We believe there is inadequate protection in the Bill for schools, libraries, universities and other businesses offering internet access to the public” and they promise “We will take further action in the Commons to improve the legislation.”
On copyright they assert “We have already opposed – and helped defeat – government proposals to give itself powers to change copyright law almost at will. We will oppose any attempt to reinstate such powers in the Commons.” They also call on the industries concerned about copyright “to develop easy and affordable ways to legally access their products” so that “disconnection is never required”.
So overall two cheers for the LibDems on the Digital Economy Bill:
First for being open to debate at our conference – hard to imagine Labour or Conservatives allowing such challenge at their last pre-election gathering.
Two for promising to take action – by promising to vote against the web-blocking provisions of the Bill, and to demand further scrutiny on other controversial measures, LibDem MPs are taking a progressive stance quite distinct from the other main parties.
And the third cheer? That may have to wait a few weeks – for the next Parliament when we will have a new wave of MPs ready to strengthen the support for web freedom, and undo the worst provisions of the Bill. And, in the case of the Liberal Democrats, a policy mandate to do just that.
In the meantime, three things we can all do:
– lobby your own MP, of whatever party, saying that your vote depends on them voting against web-blocking
– highlight the positive moves the LibDem MPs have made, in order to put pressure on others to do the same
– help elect more LibDem MPs, with a pro-freedom mandate, to ensure that the legislation will be further amended in the next Parliament.
Now I’m back to those doorsteps!
Bridget Fox is Lib Dem prospective parliamentary candidate for Islington South & Finsbury.
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Frank James Gunno 26th Mar '10 - 8:26pm
No mention though of clause 43. Why should big companies be given carte-blanche to reproduce amateur snaps?
Jim Killock 26th Mar '10 - 8:51pm
Hi Bridget,
Thank you for your hard work.
I think what Don’s doing is very disappointing. His position is virtually identical to the government’s stance in practical terms; it means Don will support these measures being pushed through without scrutiny.
Here we have a tidal wave of opposition to disconnection and zero debate on the matter, and Don is justifying a fiction that interference with internet connections, and therefore our free speech and other fundamental rights, after allegations of copyright infringement, could be “appropriate, proportionate and necessary in a democratic society”.
Allowing a future minister an easy route to introduce such interference for civil infringements should be something that no Liberal Democrat should ever justify.
Duncan Stott 26th Mar '10 - 9:12pm
Reproducing the points I made on Bridget’s blog with Don’s full statement:
Positives:
1. It’s good that we’ve finally had a response.
2. Thankfully, the party will at least fight for some strict limits on the ability of the authorities to choke Internet connections.
Negatives:
1. That “quarter of a million jobs i nthe UK’s creative industries” figure uses some ridiculous calculations. It assumed that the growth in Internet traffic will directly correlate to more piracy, which would directly correlate to lost revenue and to job losses. I’m embarrassed we’re taking the entertainment industry’s spin as gospel.
2. We’re going to allow the digital radio switch-over to be waived through? This has some serious implications. DAB isn’t like Freeview; you can’t simply buy a set-top box that converts your existing setup. We’ll all need new radios for our cars and our homes. Many of us have FM tuners built in to our mobile phones (my last three handsets all have), but only 1 obscure handset is currently DAB compatible.
3. The statement says nothing of whether Ofcom should be given such wide-ranging powers over Internet content. The extent of their regulatory powers must be debated, and a firm cut-off point established. The current phrase “editorially controlled” is incredibly vague.
4. There’s also no comment on Clause 19, which gives the government new powers over the provision of domain names, where intervention can be sought when deems the use of a domain name to be “unfair”. Once again, debate is required around this issue.
5. We of course want legislation that “assumes their innocence until they are proven guilty”, but no detail has been provided on the mechanism that will prove guilt. I sincerely hope we’re talking about formal court proceedings here. Restricting the supply of Internet is a restriction of liberty, and the same protections in place that have been built up since Magna Carta are retained.
Andrew Suffield 26th Mar '10 - 10:57pm
One significant problem with trying to ensure “innocent until proven guilty” here is that the government is trying to make this a civil measure, rather than a criminal one. You have far less rights in a civil court (notably, you have no guarantee of legal aid, and whether it would be available for these cases is unclear), and the requirement for “proof beyond reasonable doubt” does not exist.
I also am unimpressed by Don’s attitude here. Too much unthinking acceptance of what the industry lobbyists say.
That “quarter of a million jobs i nthe UK’s creative industries” figure uses some ridiculous calculations. It assumed that the growth in Internet traffic will directly correlate to more piracy, which would directly correlate to lost revenue and to job losses
It’s a little more subtle than that. Their estimates for the growth in traffic are mostly sound, although they’ve changed the numbers by a couple of percent. The assumption that this traffic is entirely illegal, is fantasy. They got the figures from Cisco’s traffic survey, which considers only the type of traffic and not its legal status.
Where they take a flying leap into insanity is buried in the middle of their calculations. There are two tricks involved in generating these nonsensical numbers:
Firstly, the “substitution rate”. This is their estimate of what proportion of unlicensed copies would be replaced by sales, if “piracy” was completely eliminated. For example, the report states:
In the recorded music context, we have based our
assumptions on a conservative 10% substitution
rate, while acknowledging that this rate could be
much higher.
Anybody who is familiar with the subject should recognise 10% as being a large estimate. They have picked this rate by cherry-picking studies that show high figures, misinterpreting studies to get the maximum possible figure, and ignoring all the ones which show it to be near zero. Random example, the report cites:
Hong (2004, 2008): The introduction of napster explains 20% of the
decline in music expenditures in 2000.
But if we look at the paper itself, what it really said was:
These two other methods
indirectly measure the effect of Napster in that they explicate that more than
80% of music sales decrease in 2000 might have resulted from factors aside from
Napster.
Plain old dishonest quoting; they’ve changed “no more than 20%” into “exactly 20%”.
Secondly, a hidden assumption: that people will spend more money, and not simply shift their purchases from one thing to another. They are quietly proposing that UK consumers will spend an additional £600m per year on music/films/TV, and that this money will be magically produced without spending being reduced in other areas. Obviously this is quite unlikely; most consumers have a strictly limited amount of money to spend on entertainment. A more realistic expectation is that people will continue to spend roughly the same amount, since they aren’t earning any extra money, but would replace their entertainment from file sharing with free forms of entertainment.
There’s a few other idiotic bits in there, like counting “TV series” as “lost revenue” even when it’s something that was on freeview anyway, but the big two are those.
libdemguru 27th Mar '10 - 5:26pm
web-site blocking as per lord clement-jones is the only way forward. are you saying this leading lawyer does not kknow what he’s talking about. bit comet, limewire, and other main p2p sites have to be blocked, and the public are to blame.
you seem very naive my girl
Richard Elen 27th Mar '10 - 6:54pm
What on Earth is this?
http://bit.ly/9ShFsL
“Lib Dems, Tories and Labour pledge to ram disconnection through” (Open Rights Group)
I was under the impression we passed a motion on this at Conference?
libdemguru 27th Mar '10 - 10:54pm
motions at conference mean very little in the grand scheme of things richard
Disappointed 28th Mar '10 - 12:09pm
I know someone who ran a website which did not contain any copyrighted material, but pointed to where it could be found. He was repeatedly taken to court by the record, industries alleging breach of copyright. Each time the courts found in his favour, but the writs kept coming from multiple directions. He was spending all his time and money defending frivolous cases that the record industry could afford to keep throwing in his direction. How could he continue with the website?
If you know this, you know that the record industry has many methods available to it and is not the defenceless victim it makes out.
I’ve been yearning for the Lib Dems to hold the balance of power for years – I believed that if they did they would demonstrate the ability to lead to the public at large. But doing nothing until the last possible moment shows no courage and certainly no principle – I’m sure that by this time it will be too late. I don’t see why I should vote for a party that calls itself liberal in name but fails to follow through in action. Sell out.
Oh, and aren’t we all forgetting that the games industry in Britain is world-class, and yet this is going to be further regulated? So this is support for the creative industries?
Andrew Turvey 29th Mar '10 - 12:29am
“That “quarter of a million jobs in the UK’s creative industries””
The creative industries – everything from exporting TV franchises like X factor to tourists visiting our many world class museums – are a very important component of our future prosperity. However, it’s one of the unchallenged assumptions to think that more copyright law means more prosperity.
In a digital age it is easier and cheaper to copy, meld, mash, remix and repurpose previous creations. The best way of boosting creative industries is to open doors to more and more of that – not slam the door shut, punish offenders and endlessly elongate copyright terms.
Death plus 70 – the standard copyright term – is frankly ridiculous. It does nothing to encourage creativity – just pays the music industry to sit on their back catalogue reaping the rewards from previous generations. If the pharmaceutical industry can prosper with only 5 years of exploitation, why does the music industry need so much longer?
Ian Eiloart 29th Mar '10 - 8:50am
Don Foster’s statement isn’t adequate. As far as I can see, we have the power to stop these clauses, but Don hasn’t said that he’ll do that. He’s just said that he’ll vote against. Now, *maybe* that’s enough to stop them getting through the wash-up. If that’s the case, he should say so. If not, then he needs to say whether he’ll use the threat of a filibuster to have the clauses removed.
Until he makes it clear that he’ll do everything he can to have the clauses removed, we’ll still be subject to accusations that we’re all talk on this.
Perhaps it’s his intention to get rid of these clauses, and perhaps, if we all understood parliamentary procedure, that would be clear from the statement. But we don’t – most of us – understand regular procedure, never mind wash-up procedure. So, let’s have a clearer statement if Don does intend to get rid of these clauses. If he doesn’t, then we may as well give up going to conference.
Oh, and on the merits of the clauses: copyright isn’t created to protect creative industry sales of recorded units, it’s there to stimulate creation of novel works. That’s quite clear in the US constitution, and likely to be the justification for legislation everywhere. It’s certainly the only approach justified in liberal philosophy, which has always been opposed to protectionism.
All the arguments about total sales are irrelevant. What’s relevant is the diversity of output, which has never been higher than today.
Oh, and I don’t think we should be rushing to DAB while the receivers are so energy inefficient. Has anyone done an environmental impact assessment of that part of the legislation?
Alix 29th Mar '10 - 11:18am
“As far as I can see, we have the power to stop these clauses, but Don hasn’t said that he’ll do that”
I don’t thnk the statement is adequate either, and I share exactly your feeling that it is written from within a sort of parliamentary fog. But how would we do the above? There have been lots of assertions from non-political bloggers that this is possible, and very little explanation of how.
Julian Huppert 30th Mar '10 - 5:31pm
I think the third cheer is here – a tweet from Chief Whip Paul Burstow that ‘I have told the Govt we won’t support the Digital Economy Bill as drafted. There is not enough time for MPs to examine it in detail.’
ARW 8th Apr '10 - 3:53pm
So get your examples, work out how to answer any rebuttals and get this into the media.
End the damned lack of public consultation and understanding of our opinion and make sure the very least we have is a hung Parliament.
This is wrong and it is time that somebody made a song and dance about it, when did our people turn into the weakest and least heard in the free world.
Parliament have let us down once again!
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Big Tech faces a new set of foes: nearly all 50 US states
Big tech companies have long rebuffed attempts by the U.S. federal government to scrutinize or scale back their market power. Now they face a scrappy new coalition as well: prosecutors from nearly all 50 states.
Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson with a bipartisan group of state attorneys general speaks to reporters in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. A bipartisan coalition of 48 states along with Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia said Monday it is investigating whether Google's search and advertising business is engaged in monopolistic behavior. It follows a Friday announcement of a similar multistate probe targeting Facebook.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, from left, District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine and Alaska Attorney General Kevin Clarkson, walk in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. A bipartisan coalition of 48 states along with Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia said Monday it is investigating whether Google's search and advertising business is engaged in monopolistic behavior. It follows a Friday announcement of a similar multistate probe targeting Facebook.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, center, with District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine, left, and a bipartisan group of state attorneys general speaks to reporters in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019 on an antitrust investigation of big tech companies.
In a rare show of bipartisan force, attorneys general from 48 states along with Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia are investigating whether Google's huge online search and advertising business is engaging in monopolistic behavior. The Texas-led antitrust investigation of Google, announced Monday, follows a separate multistate investigation of Facebook's market dominance that was revealed Friday.
The state moves follow similar sweeping antitrust tech investigations launched by the Federal Trade Commission and the Trump administration's Department of Justice; the Democrat-led House Judiciary Committee is conducting a similar probe. But should federal officials tire of their work, the state-led efforts could keep them on their toes.
States have worked closely together on other matters, such as the fight to curb opioid abuse. But the sheer number participating in this kind of antitrust effort is unprecedented and gives it more weight, said Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, a Republican.
"It's just an accumulation of public frustration, whether it's from consumers, other players in the market, regulators, lawmakers," Reyes said in an interview Monday. Fiona Scott Morton, a Yale economics professor and former antitrust official at the Justice Department under the Obama administration, said it's important that states are taking the lead because the Trump administration is "not really enforcing antitrust law except against companies the president is upset with."
She noted the Trump administration's unsuccessful push to use antitrust law to block AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner, which owns CNN, a frequent target of Trump's criticism; and Friday's announcement that federal antitrust enforcers would investigate automakers that worked with California on tougher emissions limits.
"That's not what consumers want," she said. "Consumers want to be protected from anticompetitive conduct." States haven't seriously taken up antitrust enforcement — using laws originally crafted to combat railroad and oil barons in the 19th century — since a major antitrust case against Microsoft about two decades ago. Then, state leadership helped propel federal action.
Back in 2016, Reyes and a Democratic counterpart, Washington, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine, tried unsuccessfully to get the Federal Trade Commission to reopen an earlier investigation into Google for allegedly favoring its own products in search results.
The FTC declined, leaving European regulators to take the lead in similar probes overseas, Reyes said. Google's parent company, Alphabet, has a market value of more than $820 billion and controls so many facets of the internet that it's almost impossible to surf the web for long without running into at least one of its services. Google's dominance in online search and advertising enables it to target millions of consumers for their personal data.
The company — and peers such as Amazon, Facebook and Apple — have long argued that although their businesses are large, they are useful and beneficial to consumers. Influenced by the popularity of the companies' ubiquitous tech products and their significant lobbying power, most American political leaders didn't challenge that view.
But the public debate over the tech industry has changed dramatically since Reyes and Racine sent their letter to the FTC at the end of the Obama administration three years ago. Culprits in that shift include Facebook's Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, in which a political data mining firm affiliated with Donald Trump's presidential campaign improperly accessed the personal data of as many as 87 million users.
On Monday, Reyes and Racine joined forces again — this time flanked by nearly a dozen mostly Republican state attorneys general on the steps of the Supreme Court and dozens more from both parties who signed onto the formal investigation.
"Ignoring 50 AGs is a lot more difficult than ignoring two AGs," Reyes said. "DC and Utah had raised these issues but didn't feel we had enough firepower or resources on our own." Scott Morton, the Yale professor, said most states have laws that mimic federal antitrust laws, but it can be harder for state attorneys general to enforce those laws because they don't usually have in-house antitrust experts. They can get around that, she added, by working together with other states and hiring shared experts.
Reyes emphasized that the state-led effort is not "anti-tech," and argued it is "actually for the benefit of the tech ecosystem to help level the playing field." He said there's nothing wrong with Google being the dominant search player if it's done fairly, but the investigation will look into whether Google crosses the line "between aggressive business practices and illegal ones."
A tech trade association that has supported some antitrust measures expressed wariness about how states are proceeding. "We hope the investigations will be law and evidence-based and will restrain from overly politicizing these inquiries, and that both companies and authorities will work together in good faith," said Ed Black, president and CEO of the Communications Computer and Communications Industry Association.
__ Associated Press writers Rachel Lerman in San Francisco and Marcy Gordon in Washington contributed to this report.
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What Exactly Is the Three-Eyed Raven on 'Game of Thrones'?
He's become very, very important in season 8.
By Kayleigh Roberts and Katherine J Igoe
It's easy to hate the Three-Eyed Raven on Game of Thrones. Mostly because it's turned Bran into one of the creepiest characters on a show that also features ice zombies. Plus, if we're being honest, the whole storyline is a little confusing. On that note, here's what you need to know about the Three-Eyed Raven—because it's actually really important to Game of Thrones.
What IS the Three-Eyed Raven?
The term "Three-Eyed Raven" comes from the literal bird that appeared to Bran in a vision dream meant to guide him to his future as the new Three-Eyed Raven. If you're thinking HUH?, that's a totally appropriate response.
Even though the moniker Three-Eyed Raven has stuck, the old man in the tree (AKA the old Three-Eyed Raven) and Bran Stark (AKA the current Three-Eyed Raven) are actually "Greenseers." In the GOT world, Greenseers are people with the ability to perceive past, future, and current-but-distant events through "Green Dreams." In other words, they are all-seeing and all-knowing.
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Why did Bran become The Three-Eyed Raven?
Process of elimination, really. The old Three-Eyed Raven needed to train a replacement, and decided Bran was the best candidate. So, he reached out to him with creepy vision dreams, and lead him to the "Tree of the Three-Eyed Raven" for training.
Even though Greensight is dealt with less in the show than in the books, Bran isn't the only character who possesses it. His little brother Rickon also had the gift, and so did Jojen Reed. But both Rickon and Jojen are dead, so even if Bran wanted to pass the baton, it's not an option.
Why did becoming the Three-Eyed Raven make Bran so creepy?
You have to understand that Bran is no longer really Bran. He still looks like Bran, but he's basically just a vessel for the Three-Eyed Raven. Bran is now akin to a super computer, with vast (actually, infinite) knowledge that he's still learning to process. He's dealing with information overload, so you should really think of him more like a robot than a human at this point.
What role has The Three-Eyed Raven played in the show thus far?
Bran is the only person in Westeros who knows the truth about Jon Snow's parents and birthright. As we learned in "Eastwatch," Rhaegar got an annulment—presumably to marry Jon's mother, Lyanna. This makes Jon the legitimate heir to the Iron Throne, and could change the course of history in Westeros.
Of course, omniscience is a powerful thing, so Bran/the Three-Eyed Raven's impact is going to continue to be large.
How Are Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen Related?
Why does the Night King want him so badly?
Season 8 has super-charged Bran/the Three Eyed Raven's relevance to the story. The now-invading Night King wants to destroy the world, and Bran/The Three Eyed Raven "is its memory." In other words, because the Night King wants to destroy any remnant of humanity not just for the present time, but also any trace of humanity ever, Bran is the best way to do that. So, Bran's planning on heading to the Godswood and drawing out the Night King, with Theon Greyjoy as his protector. The argument is that, since the Night King touched Bran and always knows where he is, he'll be compelled to try and kill him in the middle of the battle. What could possibly go wrong?
There are a ton of other theories about why the Night King is doing what he's doing (after all, he doesn't speak, so it's not like he's going to tell us or the characters), including one terrifying one that he's a Targaryen coming to claim what he believes is his birthright. The creators did say that they really liked the idea of the Night King being made, not born, and having a real "historical cause" behind his actions. So if he's going to remake the Seven Kingdoms by taking the throne, he needs Bran's power to do it—and get rid of anyone who might oppose him.
Why doesn't he just tell everyone how the battle will end?
Given that Bran, uh, knows everything past, present, and future, you think he'd be a bit more helpful as all of the other characters collectively freak out and accept their fates. He does tell Jaime in episode 2, "How do you know there is an afterwards?" which is not reassuring. Either a pretty horrible hint that the White Walkers might win the war, or a steadfast refusal to influence Jaime's fate one way or the other, it does not bode well.
The show hasn't made this explicit, but one of the common reasons why all-knowing characters don't just spill the beans is that humans should be allowed to "choose" their own destinies, even if Bran would technically know their decision and fate. If Bran told everyone, "You're going to die," people might run from their fates and cause more trouble. This season, Bran's kind of been transformed into the ultimate quiet overseer, piping up when he needs to impart relevant information and otherwise silent. It's kind of frustrating, as well as, yes, still creepy.
The actor who plays Bran, Isaac Hempstead Wright, also admits that since Bran is young, he hasn't accessed every single memory and thus isn't as truly all-knowing as previous Three Eyed Ravens. "The way Bran's power works at the moment is that he's basically got a Kindle library of the whole history of the universe. He just hasn't read every book yet."
This was obvious in episode 2, in which Bran said he wasn't sure if the Night King could be killed with dragon fire. "No one's ever tried," he said, almost looking vulnerable. So there's also an argument to make that Bran, even though he's technically got this amazing gift, still has limitations to it. (Again, you'd think he could just look ahead to the end of the battle, but again, that would spoil the anticipation, so the showrunners won't go there.)
If he survives the big episode 3 battle, Bran's identity as the Three Eyed Raven as well as his unique gift will continue to be really, really important.
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Kayleigh Roberts Kayleigh Roberts is the weekend editor at Marie Claire, covering celebrity and entertainment news, from actual royals like Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle to Hollywood royalty, like Katie Holmes and Chrissy Teigen.
Katherine J Igoe Katherine’s a Boston-based contributing editor at Marie Claire online who covers celebrity, fashion, entertainment, and lifestyle—from “The Bachelor” to Everlane to Meghan Markle.
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NASDAQ:HTLF - Heartland Financial USA Stock Price, Forecast & News
Adding Heartland Financial USA Inc
Heartland Financial USA, Inc, a multi-bank holding company, provides commercial, small business, and consumer banking services to individuals and businesses in the United States. It accepts various deposit products, including checking and other demand deposit accounts, NOW accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, health savings accounts, and other time deposits. Read More…
Industry State commercial banks
Sub-IndustryRegional Banks
Current SymbolNASDAQ:HTLF
CUSIP42234Q10
Webhttp://www.htlf.com/
P/E GrowthN/A
Net Income$117 million
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Heartland Financial USA (NASDAQ:HTLF) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Heartland Financial USA's stock symbol?
Heartland Financial USA trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HTLF."
How often does Heartland Financial USA pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Heartland Financial USA?
Heartland Financial USA declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Friday, November 29th. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.45%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 14th. View Heartland Financial USA's Dividend History.
How were Heartland Financial USA's earnings last quarter?
Heartland Financial USA Inc (NASDAQ:HTLF) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 28th. The bank reported $0.94 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.90 by $0.04. The bank had revenue of $140.72 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $137.57 million. Heartland Financial USA had a return on equity of 9.92% and a net margin of 23.03%. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.97 earnings per share. View Heartland Financial USA's Earnings History.
When is Heartland Financial USA's next earnings date?
Heartland Financial USA is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, January 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Heartland Financial USA.
How can I listen to Heartland Financial USA's earnings call?
Heartland Financial USA will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, January 27th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.
What price target have analysts set for HTLF?
1 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Heartland Financial USA's shares. Their forecasts range from $53.00 to $53.00. On average, they anticipate Heartland Financial USA's stock price to reach $53.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Heartland Financial USA.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Heartland Financial USA?
1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Heartland Financial USA in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Heartland Financial USA.
Has Heartland Financial USA been receiving favorable news coverage?
Media headlines about HTLF stock have been trending positive this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Heartland Financial USA earned a media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Heartland Financial USA.
Are investors shorting Heartland Financial USA?
Heartland Financial USA saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 807,300 shares, an increase of 7.5% from the December 15th total of 751,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 93,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 8.7 days. Currently, 2.4% of the company's shares are short sold. View Heartland Financial USA's Current Options Chain.
Who are some of Heartland Financial USA's key competitors?
Some companies that are related to Heartland Financial USA include PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), SunTrust Banks (STI), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Republic Bank (FRC), KeyCorp (KEY), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Signature Bank (SBNY), TCF Financial (TCF) and East West Bancorp (EWBC).
What other stocks do shareholders of Heartland Financial USA own?
Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Heartland Financial USA investors own include AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), Five Below (FIVE), UGI (UGI), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), RealReal (REAL), SVMK (SVMK), Chewy (CHWY), Eventbrite (EB), Uber Technologies (UBER) and Century Aluminum (CENX).
Who are Heartland Financial USA's key executives?
Heartland Financial USA's management team includes the folowing people:
Mr. Lynn Butch Fuller, Exec. Chairman (Age 69)
Mr. Bruce K. Lee, Pres, CEO & Director (Age 58)
Mr. Bryan R. McKeag, Exec. VP & CFO (Age 59)
Mr. Brian J. Fox, Exec. VP of Operations (Age 70)
Mr. Andrew E. Townsend, Exec. VP & Chief Credit Officer (Age 52)
Who are Heartland Financial USA's major shareholders?
Heartland Financial USA's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dubuque Bank & Trust Co. (4.37%) and Honkamp Krueger Financial Services Inc. (0.34%). Company insiders that own Heartland Financial USA stock include Andrew E Townsend, Barry H Orr, Brian Fox, Bryan Mckeag, John K Schmidt, Kelly J Johnson, Kurt Saylor, Martin J Schmitz, Michael J Coyle and R Michael Mccoy. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Heartland Financial USA.
Which major investors are selling Heartland Financial USA stock?
HTLF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dubuque Bank & Trust Co. and Honkamp Krueger Financial Services Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Heartland Financial USA company stock in the last year include Barry H Orr, Brian Fox, Martin J Schmitz and Michael J Coyle. View Insider Buying and Selling for Heartland Financial USA.
How do I buy shares of Heartland Financial USA?
Shares of HTLF can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.
What is Heartland Financial USA's stock price today?
One share of HTLF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.61.
How big of a company is Heartland Financial USA?
Heartland Financial USA has a market capitalization of $1.82 billion and generates $574.98 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $117 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.52 on an earnings per share basis. Heartland Financial USA employs 2,045 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Heartland Financial USA.
What is Heartland Financial USA's official website?
The official website for Heartland Financial USA is http://www.htlf.com/.
How can I contact Heartland Financial USA?
Heartland Financial USA's mailing address is 1398 CENTRAL AVE, DUBUQUE IA, 52001. The bank can be reached via phone at 563-589-2100 or via email at [email protected]
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NYSE:DHR - Danaher Stock Price, Forecast & News
Adding Danaher Co.
Market Capitalization$117.12 billion
Danaher Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets professional, medical, industrial, and commercial products and services worldwide. The company's Life Sciences segment provides mass spectrometers; cellular analysis, lab automation, and centrifugation instruments; microscopes; and genomics consumables. This segment also offers filtration, separation, and purification technologies to the biopharmaceutical, food and beverage, medical, aerospace, microelectronics, and general industrial sectors. Read More…
Industry Process control instruments
Sub-IndustryIndustrial Conglomerates
SectorMulti-Sector Conglomerates
Current SymbolNYSE:DHR
Webhttp://www.danaher.com/
Annual Sales$19.89 billion
Net Income$2.65 billion
Market Cap$117.12 billion
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Danaher (NYSE:DHR) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Danaher's stock symbol?
Danaher trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DHR."
How often does Danaher pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Danaher?
Danaher declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, December 10th. Investors of record on Friday, December 27th will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share on Friday, January 31st. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.42%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 26th. View Danaher's Dividend History.
How were Danaher's earnings last quarter?
Danaher Co. (NYSE:DHR) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 24th. The conglomerate reported $1.16 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.15 by $0.01. The conglomerate earned $5.04 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.02 billion. Danaher had a net margin of 12.13% and a return on equity of 11.42%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.10 earnings per share. View Danaher's Earnings History.
When is Danaher's next earnings date?
Danaher is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Danaher.
How can I listen to Danaher's earnings call?
Danaher will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.
What guidance has Danaher issued on next quarter's earnings?
Danaher updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 24th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.74-4.77 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.79.
What price target have analysts set for DHR?
15 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Danaher's stock. Their forecasts range from $130.00 to $180.00. On average, they expect Danaher's stock price to reach $159.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for Danaher.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Danaher?
15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Danaher in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Danaher.
Has Danaher been receiving favorable news coverage?
News headlines about DHR stock have been trending positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Danaher earned a daily sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the conglomerate a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Danaher.
Are investors shorting Danaher?
Danaher saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 11,210,000 shares, a drop of 91.6% from the December 15th total of 132,830,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 10,950,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days. Currently, 1.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Danaher's Current Options Chain.
Who are some of Danaher's key competitors?
Some companies that are related to Danaher include Roper Technologies (ROP), Fortive (FTV), Keysight Technologies (KEYS), Cognex (CGNX), Sensata Technologies (ST), MKS Instruments (MKSI), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), Rudolph Technologies (RTEC), Hurco Companies (HURC), Crawford United (CRAWA), Hickok (HICKA), Clearsign Combustion (CLIR), Sypris Solutions (SYPR), International Isotopes (INIS) and Schmitt Industries (SMIT).
What other stocks do shareholders of Danaher own?
Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Danaher investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Home Depot (HD), Walt Disney (DIS), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Starbucks (SBUX), CVS Health (CVS), Honeywell International (HON), Alphabet (GOOG), Alibaba Group (BABA) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).
Who are Danaher's key executives?
Danaher's management team includes the folowing people:
Mr. Thomas P. Joyce Jr., CEO, Pres & Director (Age 58)
Mr. Daniel L. Comas, Exec. VP (Age 55)
Mr. William K. Daniel II, Exec. VP (Age 54)
Mr. Rainer M. Blair, Exec. VP (Age 55)
Mr. Joakim Weidemanis, Exec. VP (Age 49)
Who are Danaher's major shareholders?
Danaher's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include PGGM Investments (0.04%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.04%), Arthur M. Cohen & Associates LLC (0.04%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.04%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%) and Capital Investment Services of America Inc. (0.02%). Company insiders that own Danaher stock include Alan G Spoon, Angela S Lalor, Brian W Ellis, Daniel L Comas, Donald J Ehrlich, John T Schwieters, Linda P Hefner, Matthew Mcgrew, Mitchell P Rales, Rainer Blair, Robert S Lutz, Thomas Patrick Joyce Jr, Walter G Lohr, William K Daniel and William King. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Danaher.
Which major investors are selling Danaher stock?
DHR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, PGGM Investments, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, OLD National Bancorp IN, Northstar Asset Management LLC, Endurance Wealth Management Inc. and Nexus Investment Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Danaher company stock in the last year include Alan G Spoon, Angela S Lalor, Brian W Ellis, Daniel L Comas, Donald J Ehrlich, Linda P Hefner, Matthew Mcgrew, Rainer Blair, Robert S Lutz, Thomas Patrick Joyce Jr, Walter G Lohr, William K Daniel and William King. View Insider Buying and Selling for Danaher.
Which major investors are buying Danaher stock?
DHR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Arthur M. Cohen & Associates LLC, Riverbridge Partners LLC, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Polianta Ltd, DNB Asset Management AS, Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC, Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. and AE Wealth Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Danaher.
How do I buy shares of Danaher?
Shares of DHR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.
What is Danaher's stock price today?
One share of DHR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $163.06.
How big of a company is Danaher?
Danaher has a market capitalization of $117.12 billion and generates $19.89 billion in revenue each year. The conglomerate earns $2.65 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.52 on an earnings per share basis. Danaher employs 71,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Danaher.
What is Danaher's official website?
The official website for Danaher is http://www.danaher.com/.
How can I contact Danaher?
Danaher's mailing address is 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. N.W SUITE 800W, WASHINGTON DC, 20037. The conglomerate can be reached via phone at 202-828-0850 or via email at [email protected]
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Meet Reachy, an expressive, open-source humanoid system
This is Reachy, a very expressive and open-source robot developed by the French company Pollen Robotics. The robot was presented during CES this year.
Obviously, among the pros of the robot, the fact that it is based on an open-source platform capable of learning more and more. At the moment, the robot has already shown its ability with simple games, but developers can use Python to create countless applications for the system. The modular nature of the robot allows an unlimited number of applications: use within the restaurant, customer service, demonstrations is possible, and it can also be dedicated to research and development sectors.
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Daniel Duncan McKenzie
Laurier Liberal
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO
Mr. McKENZIE:
It is a different proposition.
Topic: QUESTIONS.
Subtopic: V072 COMMONS
Arthur Meighen (Minister of the Interior; Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs)
Mr. MEIGHEN:
It is not different; there is no substantial difference at all.
Is it the same?
We get into a far better position, and therefore there is all the more reason for accepting it, and it would be all the more disgraceful if we retired from it. Because it is better for us is surely not a reason why we should retire from it. Would the leader of the Opposition (Mr. McKenzie) have us say to the Grand Trunk: We made you an offer in the month of July, 1918; we let it stand open until now; now you come forward and accept it and give us a little better terms. If you had accepted it before, we would have taken it, but as you did not accept it before, and now that you give us a little better terms, we will not accept it. [DOT]
That is neither law nor business. The moment the Grand Trunk people refused the offer of July 11, 1918, that was the end of the transaction, and we were not bound by it any longer.
I do not contend that
we were bound.
Then, why is the
minister saying that we should take it?
Because we left the offer open. We could have retreated or withdrawn from it at any minute.
It was closed. We made an offer; it was not accepted; that is the end of it; it is not open any longer.
It is not open unless
we leave it open.
It is not open.
We made them an offer; that is all we could do about the matter. The company refused it; that is the end of it in law. i
It is, unless they know that we are keeping it open, and they knew it by the negotiations. The hon. gentleman knew that, and I will tell him why. In the speech of the Minister of Finance of that day, he made it clear that the position of the Government at that time was
represented in the letter of July 11, and ithat was months .afterwards. Therefore, the hon. gentleman knew that the offer was open.
I have stated my position ar.d my position is right; that is the .end of it.
There is more Scotch finality than Scotch logic in the hon. member
Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin
Mr. DEVLIN:
Now that that point is settled, will the minister allow me to revert to my question of a moment ago, in answer to which he said: We are not going to transfer any of the stock that the Government is going to acquire. Did I understand him to say that?
That is right.
Then what is meant by clause 5 of the resolution:
That the value, if any, of the first, second and third preference stocks and the common or ordinary stock of the Grand Trunk now issued and outstanding to the face values above mentioned (hereafter together called the "preference and common stock"), shall be determined by a board of three arbitrators, one to be appointed by the Government, one by the Grand Trunk, and the third by the two so appointed, or, failing agreement, by judges to be designated in the said agreement. No guaranteed stock, to an amount not exceeding the value, if any, so determined, carrying a dividend as hereinbefore authorized shall be distributed among the holders of the preference and common stock, upon the transfer to or vesting in the Government of such stock, in proportions which shall be determined by the arbitrators.
Then by a subsequent clause the Government may call in at par, after thirty years and1 upon six months' notice, any of the stock it desires. 'The purpose of the Government in taking over this stock is simply to turn it into a new form of stock to be called the new guaranteed stock, which the Government intends to guarantee and1 then transfer it to the holders of the common, first, second and1 third preference stocks.
I have no objection at all to the hon. gentleman asking me a question but he should not make so long a speech as to half empty the House before I get through with inline.
Thank you, I will come back.
What 'the hon. member asked me first was whether we were going to' transfer to somebody else the stock that we acquired.
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All Themes Ignorance, Intelligence, and Happiness Intelligence vs. Wisdom and Morality Pride, Hubris, and the Tragic Hero Cruelty and Bullying Love and Sexuality
All Characters Charlie Gordon Alice Kinnian Algernon Professor Harold Nemur Doctor Strauss Rose Gordon (Charlie’s mother) Fay Lillman Norma Gordon Fanny Birden
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Arguably the biggest change that Charlie Gordon undergoes in Flowers for Algernon—even bigger than his rise from mental disability to genius—is the change in his romantic life. At the beginning of the novel, Charlie is completely ignorant of the opposite sex (he’s assumed to be straight). He’s never even kissed a girl, and from an early age his mother, Rose Gordon, has impressed upon him that he mustn’t touch women. As he ages mentally, Charlie contemplates sex, his relationship with the opposite sex, and his relationship with his mother, maturing to the point where he can feel sincere, emotional love for another woman. In describing Charlie’s sexual maturation, Keyes incorporates elements of Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis and allusions to the “free love” movement of the 1960s.
Perhaps Keyes’s most important point about love and sexuality is Freudian in nature: human sexuality begins with childhood experience. Even after Charlie Gordon becomes a genius, he’s dominated by hallucinations of his childhood self—an internalized version of his sexual insecurities. As a child, Charlie’s mother would spank and beat him for showing any interest in women. Keyes implies that Charlie’s childhood experiences give him a permanent Oedipus complex: an aversion to having sex with women, caused by a fixation on a strong, domineering mother figure. Because he’s still afraid of his mother’s punishments, Charlie can’t perform sexually with the women he meets after becoming a genius. In typical Freudian form, Charlie conquers his aversion to sex by first identifying the source of the problem—his mother’s cruelty—and then reconnecting with his aging mother, who’s suffering from dementia. It’s only after Charlie visits his mother, symbolically “burying” her and closing the door on his Oedipus complex, that he succeeds in having a stable, mature relationship with Alice Kinnian, the love of his life.
Although Freudian psychoanalysis has a clear influence on the novel’s view of human sexuality, Keyes is equally influenced by the free love movement of the 1960s, which was in full force at the time when Flowers for Algernon was published (in the film version, released in 1968, Charlie actually joins the counterculture movement, smoking marijuana and riding motorbikes). Charlie experiments with a number of sexual partners during his sexual maturation, including women he meets in Central Park, and one bohemian woman—Fay Lillman—whom he knows to have other sexual partners. There’s no expectation that Charlie remain loyal to any one of these sexual partners (indeed, at one point, Charlie argues for the value of polygamy)—on the contrary, Charlie moves from one encounter to the next, conquering his aversion to sex little by little. Keyes’s view of sexuality was considered radically open at the time: a reflection of the new Sixties ethos that sexuality should be de-stigmatized and celebrated as a critical part of love and maturity. Indeed, Charlie learns how to love and respect women—that is, to have mature emotional relationships—partly because he has sex with women. During his first sexual encounters, Charlie is confused and even violent, reflecting his fear and ignorance of love. Gradually, however, Charlie progresses from physical love to emotional love, using each sexual encounter to fight his lifelong aversion to women.
Flowers for Algernon provides a surprisingly frank look at love and sexuality. Although it’s dated in some ways (Freud’s influence on psychology has waned, and Keyes’s descriptions of Charlie’s earliest sexual encounters are guilty of the same problem as the sexual revolution itself: they trivialize and objectify women), Keyes’s work continues to teach relevant lessons: first, that human sexuality begins in childhood, not adulthood; and second, that sexuality is an ongoing process, one which takes a great deal of practice and experimentation. Moreover, Keyes suggests that sex, far from being an incidental part of mature romantic love, is a key part of building a stable relationship with another person.
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Love and Sexuality Quotes in Flowers for Algernon
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Progress Report 9 Quotes
Now I know what they mean when they say "to pull a Charlie Gordon." I'm ashamed. And another thing. I dreamed about that girl Ellen dancing and rubbing up against me and when I woke up the sheets were wet and messy.
Related Characters: Charlie Gordon (speaker), Ellen
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I told him one of the things that bothers me is about women. Like dancing with that girl Ellen got me all excited. So we talked about it and I got a funny feeling while I was talking, cold and sweaty, and a buzzing inside my head and I thought I was going to throw up. Maybe because I always thought it was dirty and bad to talk about that. But Dr Strauss said what happened to me after the party was a wet dream, and it's a natural thing that happens to boys. So even if I'm getting intelligent and learning a lot of new things, he thinks I'm still a boy about women. It's confusing, but I'm going to find out all about my life.
Related Characters: Charlie Gordon (speaker), Doctor Strauss, Ellen
Progress Report 14 Quotes
Somehow, getting drunk had momentarily broken down the conscious barriers that kept the old Charlie Gordon hidden deep in my mind. As I suspected all along, he was not really gone. Nothing in our minds is ever really gone. The operation had covered him over with a veneer of education and culture, but emotionally he was there—watching and waiting.
Related Characters: Charlie Gordon (speaker)
Related Symbols: Charlie’s Hallucinations (younger Charlie)
Then, with a violent effort of the will, I was back on the couch with her, aware of her body and my own urgency and potency, and I saw the face against the window, hungrily watching. And I thought to myself, go ahead, you poor bastard—watch. I don't give a damn any more. And his eyes went wide as he watched.
Related Characters: Charlie Gordon (speaker), Fay Lillman
The only bad thing about having Alice here with me is that now I feel I should fight this thing. I want to stop time, freeze myself at this level and never let go of her.
Related Characters: Charlie Gordon (speaker), Alice Kinnian
You're right. I never said I could understand the things that were happening to you. Not when you became too intelligent for me, and not now. But I'll tell you one thing. Before you had the operation, you weren't like this. You didn't wallow in your own filth and self-pity, you didn't pollute your own mind by sitting in front of the TV set all day and night, you didn't snarl and snap at people. There was something about you that made us respect you—yes, even as you were. You had something I had never seen in a retarded person before.
Related Characters: Alice Kinnian (speaker), Charlie Gordon
I saw her through my kitchen window last week. I dont know her name, or even what her top part looks like but every night about eleven oclock she goes into her bathroom to take a bath. She never pulls her shade down and thru my window when I put out my lights I can see her from the neck down when she comes out of the bath to dry herself. It makes me excited, but when the lady turns out the light I feel let down and lonely.
If you ever reed this Miss Kinnian dont be sorry for me. Im glad I got a second chanse in life like you said to be smart because I lerned alot of things that I never even new were in this werld and Im grateful I saw it all even for a littel bit. And Im glad I found out all about my family and me. It was like I never had a family til I remembird about them and saw them and now I know I had a family and I was a person just like evryone.
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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18
All Themes Judaism and Tradition Choosing and Being Chosen Fathers, Sons, and Rebellion Friendship World War II and War
All Characters Reuven Malter Danny Saunders David Malter Reb Isaac Saunders Mr. Galanter Rav Gershenson Professor Nathan Appleman Billy Merrit
All Symbols Eyes and Blindness Silence The Talmud
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Eyes and Blindness
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David Malter Character Analysis
Reuven’s father and an Orthodox Jew, Mr. Malter teaches Jewish studies and writes academic papers on the subject. He has created an educated and religious home for his son and teaches him from early on how to be caring, thoughtful and honest. After World War II Mr. Malter also becomes a supporter and leader of the Zionist movement. His work in this cause as well as his controversial religious papers make him hated by the Hasidic community, but for most of the novel Reb Saunders greatly respects Mr. Malter and his work. Mr. Malter also acts as a father figure to Danny, introducing him to secular authors and providing guidance in lieu of his actual, silent father. Mr. Malter is also sickly from the beginning of the novel, and only becomes more ill as he works himself to the bone trying accomplish what he believes is his life cause: to create a Jewish state is Israel.
David Malter Quotes in The Chosen
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Chapter 1 Quotes
What annoyed him was their fanatic sense of righteousness, their absolute certainty that they and they alone had God’s ear, and every other Jew was wrong, totally wrong, a sinner, a hypocrite, an apikoros, and doomed, therefore, to burn in hell.
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“Things are always what they seem to be, Reuven? Since when?”
Related Characters: David Malter (speaker), Reuven Malter
Related Symbols: Eyes and Blindness
“What I tried to tell you, Reuven, is that when a person comes to talk to you, you should be patient and listen. Especially if he has hurt you in any way.”
Related Characters: David Malter (speaker), Reuven Malter, Danny Saunders
“You know what a friend is, Reuven? A Greek philosopher said that two people who are true friends are like two bodies with one soul.”
“We are like other people, Reuven. We do not survive disaster merely by appealing to invisible powers. We are as easily degraded as any other people.”
“Reb Saunders’ son is a terribly torn and lonely boy. There is literally no one in the world he can talk to. He needs a friend. The accident with the baseball has bound him to you, and he has already sensed in you someone he can talk to without fear.”
Related Characters: David Malter (speaker), Reuven Malter, Danny Saunders, Reb Isaac Saunders
“Reuven, as you grow older you will discover that the most important things that will happen to you will often come as a result of silly things, as you call them – ‘ordinary things’ is a better expression. That is the way the world is.”
Chapter 11 Quotes
“I am not satisfied with it either, Reuven. We cannot wait for God. If there is an answer, we must make it ourselves.”
“It is beginning to happen everywhere in America. A religious renaissance some call it.”
Related Characters: David Malter (speaker)
The death of six million Jews had finally been given meaning, he kept saying over and over again. It had happened. After two thousand years, it had finally happened. We were a people again, with our own land. We were a blessed generation. We had been give the opportunity to see the creation of the Jewish state.
Related Characters: Reuven Malter (speaker), David Malter
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...a double. As the next batter comes up, Danny asks Reuven if his father is Mr. Malter , who writes about the Talmud. Danny then says that he told his team to... (full context)
Mr. Malter comes in, looking unusually disheveled. Mr. Malter tells his son that he had an operation,... (full context)
Mr. Malter begins to cough and Reuven tells him he should take better care of himself, and... (full context)
Mr. Malter has brought Reuven a radio so that Reuven can keep up with the news of... (full context)
Mr. Malter has also brought his son his tefillin and prayer book and tells him to pray.... (full context)
Mr. Malter comes to visit and is angry with Reuven for not allowing Danny to apologize. He... (full context)
...his father about his conversation with Danny, and that he now likes his former enemy. Mr. Malter says that people are not always as they seem to be and he tells Reuven... (full context)
Reuven says that Danny does not seem like a Hasid and Mr. Malter agrees. Reuven also says that he has been praying from memory even though he can’t... (full context)
Reuven tells Mr. Savo that Mr. Malter teaches the Talmud to high school students. Mr. Savo warns Reuven that he shouldn’t become... (full context)
Mr. Malter walks in and Danny recognizes him. Reuven finds out that they know each other because... (full context)
Mr. Malter is feeling sick, so after a brief talk with his son he returns home. Reuven... (full context)
...on the scar tissue. Mr. Savo is happy that Reuven will be able to leave. Mr. Malter comes to pick up Reuven. As he is about to leave, Mr. Savo tells Reuven... (full context)
Reuven walks through his father’s room to get to the living room. Mr. Malter does not like to be disturbed while working, but Reuven walks through the dark, book-filled... (full context)
The Malters sit down for Shabbat dinner and Reuven asks his father about Danny. Mr. Malter says he will have to go far back in Jewish history to explain. He asks... (full context)
Mr. Malter describes the growth of Hasidism in Poland in the 18th Century. Jews were invited to... (full context)
Mr. Malter continues that it was hard to believe in God during this time of tragedy. The... (full context)
Mr. Malter pauses to asks his son if he is going on too long and Reuven tells... (full context)
Mr. Malter tells another story that he says relates to Danny. A brilliant man named Soloman who... (full context)
Mr. Malter tells Reuven that Danny needs a friend. He is lonely and confused over whether he... (full context)
...and tells his father about everything he noticed when he came home from the hospital. Mr. Malter says he wishes Reuven's mother were alive but doesn’t finish the thought. Reuven goes to... (full context)
...to their storefront synagogue together in the morning, which is filled with yeshiva teachers like Mr. Malter . During the blessing Reuven thinks about Mr. Savo and Billy and whether he would... (full context)
Reb Saunders speaks with Reuven and tells him that Mr. Malter is a great scholar. He tells Reuven that it is not easy to truly be... (full context)
Reuven comes home late and Mr. Malter is waiting up, worried that his son has been out so late. They discuss Reb... (full context)
...he tells his father that Danny has been studying German in order to read Freud. Mr. Malter is surprised but says that there will be no way to stop Danny. Reuven asks... (full context)
Mr. Malter feels guilty that he has been telling Danny what to read behind Reb Saunders’s back.... (full context)
...him. Reuven is nervous but tells Reb Saunders everything that Danny is reading, and that Mr. Malter has been suggesting books. He leaves out the fact that Danny has been learning German... (full context)
Reuven tells his father about everything that happened, including the Saunders family silent treatment. Mr. Malter tells Reuven that he has heard about this before but won't say anything more. Mr.... (full context)
...on the street, and Reuven realizes that he never really thought of FDR as mortal. Mr. Malter talks to his son about what great things FDR did during the Depression. Reuven feels... (full context)
...so much school that he has no time to see Danny. Then Reb Saunders and Mr. Malter become ill. (full context)
...hearing about the German concentration camps—about the Holocaust of the Jews. As he is reading Mr. Malter breaks down in tears and cries “like a child.” Reuven can’t comprehend how six million... (full context)
Reuven tells his father that Reb Saunders believes the Holocaust is ultimately God’s will. Mr. Malter disagrees and says that they cannot wait for God, they need to make an answer... (full context)
Soon after this conversation, Mr. Malter has a heart attack. Reuven is in a “blind panic.” Manya takes care of him... (full context)
...now spend all their time together, and finally have time to discuss Freud. They visit Mr. Malter at the hospital, spend time with Danny’s mother and sister, and read together. (full context)
...Danny because he does not want to worry him while he is in the hospital. Mr. Malter has become obsessed with the plight of European Jews. He is very sick and weak... (full context)
Reuven tells his father that he wishes he would take it a little easy. Mr. Malter responds that it is not the time to take things easy when so much is... (full context)
Mr. Malter tells Reuven that “man must fill his life with meaning.” Mr. Malter says that he... (full context)
To change the subject, Mr. Malter tells Reuven that Jack Rose, a non-observant Jew that Mr. Malter has known since he... (full context)
...this conversation, Reuven tells his father that he is definitely going to become a rabbi. Mr. Malter says that Reuven would have made a great professor, but if Reuven has truly decided... (full context)
The tutoring with Danny is going well. Mr. Malter now speaks of nothing but Zionism and the education of American Jews. Hirsch College is... (full context)
Mr. Malter is preparing for a Zionist rally at Madison Square Garden. In his speech he says... (full context)
...should follow him into the bathroom. There, Danny tells him that his father read about Mr. Malter ’s Zionist rally in the Yiddish newspaper and that Danny was no longer allowed to... (full context)
Reuven calls Reb Saunders a fanatic and Mr. Malter responds that “the fanaticism of men like Reb Saunders has kept us alive for two... (full context)
More news of violence comes from Palestine and Mr. Malter becomes increasingly passionate. He becomes even more involved in Zionist activities and Reuven rarely sees... (full context)
During this time Mr. Malter is looking even more frail and doesn’t even have time to speak with his son.... (full context)
Mr. Malter has another heart attack. He nearly dies and has to remain in the hospital for... (full context)
Mr. Malter returns home from the hospital but is still too weak to do anything. Rav Gershenson... (full context)
...become more active. They take off some afternoons to help pack supplies for the soldiers. Mr. Malter tells his son that he was asked to be the Zionist General Council in Palestine... (full context)
In the second week of May, Israel becomes a country and Reuven and Mr. Malter weep with joy. But the Arab attacks against the Jewish state continue. Mr. Malter becomes... (full context)
...final exams and he goes to the cottage with his father for August. In September, Mr. Malter resumes teaching and Reuven enters his third year of college. He greatly enjoys school and... (full context)
Reuven tells Mr. Malter what happened when he comes home and Mr. Malter says, “what a price to pay... (full context)
...after the ceremony becomes deathly ill and is taken to the hospital. Reuven then tells Mr. Malter about Danny’s plans to get a doctorate in psychology and not become a tzaddic. He... (full context)
Mr. Malter encourages his son to speak to Danny about how he will break the news of... (full context)
...from his father over the meals every day. Reuven suggests that Danny should talk to Mr. Malter . (full context)
Mr. Malter tells Danny that he needs to prepare very carefully exactly what he will say. Mr.... (full context)
...the first or second day of Passover. When Reuven tells his father about this request, Mr. Malter gets angry with Reuven. He says that when someone asks to speak with you, you... (full context)
...suffering of the world as he needed to. Reb Saunders tells Reuven that he and Mr. Malter have been a blessing. The Master of the Universe sent them when Danny was ready... (full context)
Reuven tells Mr. Malter , who responds that this was possibly the only way to raise a tzaddic. Reb... (full context)
...comes over to the Malters’ to say goodbye, now with his beard and earlocks shaved. Mr. Malter says that Columbia is not so far away and they will see each other soon.... (full context)
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Eric began his career in 1983 as an accountant, then joined the Peace Corps for two years in 1985. Between 1987 and 1993 he was in graduate school in a theological seminary in Philadelphia, and spent time overseas working for a church group. Slechter has his bachelor's degree from University of Maryland at Baltimore County in accounting/economics and a master's degree from Westminster Theology Seminary.
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UFC 242 Embedded: Khabib Nurmagomedov takes...
Sep 05, 2019NoNo Comments804 Views
On Episode 4 of UFC 242 Embedded, Abu Dhabi crowd at Yas Mall open workouts erupts when Khabib Nurmagomedov takes the stage.
UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier media day face-...
The stars of UFC 242 faced off at media day on Thursday in Abu Dhabi, including Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Porier.
UFC 242 Embedded: Khabib’s respect fo...
On Episode 3 of UFC 242 Embedded, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov admits that his respect for Dustin Poirier ends at the Octagon door.
Khabib Nurmagomedov UFC 242 open workout: &...
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov skipped the workout portion of Wednesday's UFC 242 Open Workouts, instead fielding questions from his fans.
Is Khabib Nurmagomedov’s toughest cha...
Khabib Nurmagomedov recently held a UFC 242 media call in which he addressed whether or not he expects Dustin Poirier to be his toughest challenge.
Check out Khabib Nurmagomedov’s top U...
Watch the top knockouts and submissions from UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov's professional MMA career.
UFC 242 Embedded: Khabib’s father run...
On Episode 2 of UFC 242 Embedded, Khabib Nurmagomedov’s coach Javier Mendez joins forces with Khabib’s father, while Dustin Poirier spices things up.
Khabib Nurmagomedov addresses UFC 242 and C...
Sep 03, 2019NoNo Comments1003 Views
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov speaks in-depth about his fight with Dustin Poirier at UFC 242, as well as his heated feud with Conor McGregor.
UFC 242 Embedded: Khabib Nurmagomedov’...
Lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov trains for UFC 242, surrounded by an expanded team that includes his father and lifelong coach for the first time in
Khabib Nurmagomedov UFC 242 media call: Not...
Listen in on the UFC 242 media conference call with lightweight titleholder Khabib Nurmagomedov ahead of his unification bout with Dustin Poirier.
Khabib Nurmagomedov irritated by reporter o...
During a recent UFC 242 media call, Khabib Nurmagomedov got irritated with a reporter over being questioned about Conor McGregor.
Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirier agre...
Aug 30, 2019NoNo Comments1147 Views
Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirier agree: Tony Ferguson, not Conor McGregor, should get next UFC lightweight title shot following UFC 242.
Khabib Nurmagomedov: Conor McGregor should ...
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov believes rival Conor McGregor should be in jail for punching an elderly man in an Irish pub.
Khabib’s manager: ‘Floyd Maywea...
Jul 18, 2019NoNo Comments3117 Views
Khabib Nurmagomedov's manager claims that Floyd Mayweather is broke and begging for a big money fight with Khabib.
Dana White on Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Nate D...
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Nate Diaz were in the audience at UFC 239 on Saturday and the situation quickly devolved into a confrontation.
Nate Diaz and Khabib Nurmagomedov get into ...
Prior to the UFC 239 main card on Saturday, lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Nate Diaz apparently got into an altercation at T-Mobile Arena.
UFC Summer Press Conference: Khabib Nurmago...
Jul 05, 2019NoNo Comments945 Views
Watch to see Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Dustin Poirier, Daniel Cormier, Stipe Miocic, Max Holloway, and Frankie Edgar at Friday's UFC press conference.
Dana White ‘assumes’ Tony Fergu...
Jun 16, 2019NoNo Comments1639 Views
Nothing is set in stone, but Dana White recently said that he "assumes" Tony Ferguson will get the next title shot after Khabib Nurmagomedov defends
Khabib shuts down Conor McGregor rematch: &...
Khabib Nurmagomedov isn't interested in the fight that satisfies his anger. He's looking to the fights that secure his place in UFC history.
Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirier face...
Three months out from their UFC 242 showdown, Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirie met face to face in London for their first staredown.
UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier Press Conferen...
Watch the UFC 242: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Dustin Poirier Press Conference that took place on Wednesday in London.
Manager claims Khabib Nurmagomedov is now U...
Jun 06, 2019NoNo Comments888 Views
Following the finalization of a new contract, Khabib Nurmagomedov's manager claims his client is now the highest paid fighter in the UFC.
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Dustin Poirier offi...
A title unification bout headlines UFC 242 as reigning lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov faces interim champion Dustin Poirier on Sept. 7 in Abu Dhabi.
Nate Diaz rips on UFC champ Khabib Nurmagom...
Nate Diaz slapped UFC champ Khabib Nurmagomedov back before he held the title. Diaz says the encounter spooked Nurmagomedov for his life.
Tony Ferguson and Khabib’s manager go...
May 26, 2019NoNo Comments2819 Views
Tony Ferguson doesn't hold anything back in the Octagon or social media. Just check out his Twitter war with Khabib Nurmagomedov's fiery manager.
Khabib Nurmagomedov cleared for UFC 242 aft...
Khabib Nurmagomedov is likely to be confirmed for a fight with Dustin Poirier for the UFC 242 headliner following a suspension reduction for his two
Conor McGregor details injury, strategy iss...
Former two division UFC champion Conor McGregor opens up about an injury he suffered and the game plan problems that played a part in his
Khabib Nurmagomedov’s coach believes ...
Despite Khabib Nurmagomedov rolling over Conor McGregor at UFC 229 last October, his coach believes that the Irishman is still Nurmagomedov's biggest threat.
Low Down Podcast: Deontay Wilder, ‘Th...
Tune in to The Low Down to discuss Deontay Wilder's recent comment “This is the only sport where you can kill a man and get
Khabib Nurmagomedov plans at least 3 UFC fi...
Khabib Nurmagomedov will have been on the sidelines for nearly a year next time he fights, but plans to make up for lost time.
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As an experienced litigator, Greg Mogel knows that most people want to minimize the emotional impact family disputes can have on children. He shares that sentiment and works hard with his clients to create collaborative plans for child custody, access and support.
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Media alert: Industry support for single tool to help indebted people
The implementation of a Standard Financial Statement for the debt advice sector moves a step closer today as the Money Advice Service publishes the outcomes from a consultation on it.
The Statement will enable debt advisers to record clients’ income and expenditure in a consistent way. This will help them to identify the potential debt solutions available to clients and negotiate with creditors.
Almost 100 creditors, debt advice providers, local authorities and individual advisers responded to the consultation, with the majority expressing their support for a single tool for the sector.
Many respondents welcomed the principle that the Statement should include a savings category which should encourage clients to save alongside making debt repayments. This could help them to build a buffer to cope with unexpected financial events which could tip them further into debt.
Many respondents also suggested that an online as well as paper version of the tool should be developed. The Service has accepted this suggestion and will develop an online tool.
The Service, working in partnership with others across the debt and creditor sector, will now press ahead with the development of the Statement, with a view to introducing it initially across the projects it funds. In the run-up to go live, it will undertake user testing with a range of debt advice organisations and creditors.
Caroline Siarkiewicz, Head of UK Debt Advice Programme for the Money Advice Service, comments:
“It’s great news to hear that there is such widespread support for a Standard Financial Statement. This is another step towards our vision of high quality and consistent debt advice which will help indebted people across the UK.
“We recognise that implementation will require system changes in both creditor and advice organisations and we have allowed a period of 12 months to ensure these can be incorporated.
“I’m pleased that so many respondents supported the idea of including a savings category within the statement.__ This will help people to become more financially resilient and deal with unexpected financial shocks. We’ll now work with creditors and debt advice organisations to explore how to incorporate this in the tool, in a way that works well both for industry and indebted people.
“We would like to thank all of the respondents who provided feedback on the consultation process so far and we look forward to launching the tool later this year.”
More information about the Standard Financial Statement.
For more information or to arrange an interview with a Money Advice Service spokesperson, please contact pressoffice@moneyadviceservice.org.uk**
The consultation on the Statement was launched in October 2014.
Prior to consultation, the Service worked with Citizens Advice, Money Advice Trust and StepChange Debt Charity to develop the proposals for the Standard Financial Statement
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Let's Talk Merton is our monthly informal political discussion, which takes place on the 2nd Monday of the month.
In January, the theme was constitutional renewal. See below for the full review of the meeting.
Constitutional renewal - the Let's Talk Merton view
We face a constitutional crisis, with trust in politicians at an all-time low. We need to make our political system more representative, inclusive and responsive to people and communities through-out the United Kingdom.
During the discussion, people supported greater devolution, with more power and resources for local government, and a federal solution to keep our Kingdom united – although we were divided on the benefits of an English Parliament, and did not support regional English assemblies. There was some support for the spread of metropolitan mayors and increased local accountability.
We believe changing the voting system to proportional representation (PR) and giving votes to 16 and 17 year olds would boost political engagement – introducing PR in local elections would be a powerful step to strengthen local politics and make council decisions better reflect local priorities.
Reform of the House of Lords is essential, although we felt that the House of Commons should remain the more powerful of our houses of Parliament; we would support elections to the Lords for single, 10-year terms, with significantly fewer members, but were also willing to explore the possibility of an independent commission appointing members for fixed terms within clear parameters to ensure demographic balance and diverse expertise and experience.
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Common sense may lead you to something that looks like a winner, but still find a creative way to test it if you can. For example, if you have a small list, prepare two letters and mail half letter A this month and the other half letter B. Next month, mail the other letter to each group. Sure, you have factors that can skew results, but sometimes, when there's no other choice, "good enough" is good enough. (My apologies to all of you who are cringing at that statement. But I stand by it.)
There's a memorable scene in the movie "City Slickers" between Billy Crystal (Mitch) and Jack Palance (Curly). Curly asks Mitch, "Do you know what the secret of life is? This …" (He holds up one finger.) Mitch replies, "Your finger?" Ignoring the humor, Curly continues, "One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and the rest don't mean …"
Mitch, like direct-response marketers everywhere, presses for more, asking, "But, what is the 'one thing'?" Curly responds, "That's what you have to find out."
What is the one thing in direct response that is going to make your income grow and your donors deepen their conviction? That's what you have to find out.
Pamela Barden is the creative juice and the copywriting machine behind PJBarden Inc. Pamela also serves on the FundRaising Success Editorial Advisory Board. You can follow Pamela on Twitter @pjbarden
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Bollywood playback singer Sukhwinder Singh speaks to NT BUZZ about creating music with a positive impact, the drawbacks of technology, and also reveals the formula to make a hit song
The ‘Sultan’ of music
July 25, 2019 Buzz 28 Views
RAMANDEEP KAUR | NT BUZZ
For a lot of a people including celebrities, Goa is their favourite destination and an ideal place for special occasions, be it a wedding, holidays, birthday celebrations, etc. Recently, Indian playback singer Sukhwinder Singh too celebrated his birthday in Goa. The Bollywood singer says that Goa keeps him happy, relaxed, and stress-free. “Goa is my favourite destination to get away from my professional life. I can be myself here. After a vacation from Goa, I am ready to face any work challenge in Mumbai,” he says. And this is why he chose to celebrate his special day here. “This place and the ambience make me feel really comfortable. I had my best birthday celebrations in Goa,” he says.
Having achieved a lot in his music career, for Sukhwinder, music is “like worshipping God” and he has devoted his life to it.
“I have always learned from my past work experiences and I implement all my learnings in the present. I make sure that I do not repeat the same mistakes. Opportunities always came my way so I never counted those fabulous achievements which came to me,” says Sukhwinder, adding that music is his strength and has given him a sense of positivity. “I receive so many blessings and best wishes from my fans that they are like my family today,” he says.
Popular nationally and internationally, Sukhwinder has lured the audience with hits songs like ‘Chaiyya Chaiyya’, ‘Hud Hud Dabangg’, ‘Dabangg Reloaded’, ‘Jai Ho’, the ‘Sultan’ title track, ‘Kar Har Maidan Fateh’, and so on. And like every singer, he too has his own formula to try and create a hit song. “My formula is my sincerity towards my work, my passion, and also my love for singing, song recording, or performing live. I have never regretted singing any song till date. Every song that came my way, I gave it my best,” he says.
Sukhwinder considers all the songs that he has done till date as his favourites. “I am totally in love with all of them. Whenever I perform my songs on stage, I see my audience enjoying and grooving to my songs and looking at them enjoying makes me feel happy.”
And the fact that he has generated hits for around two decades clearly shows that he is aware of what the audience wants from movie songs. “I have sung according to my music directors’ demands along with my touch. I have sung in many different genres and tried entertaining people and giving them the songs they want,” he says. “Nowadays people are stressed in their day-to-day life and this makes people more aggressive and tense. So music is the best way to keep people calm and stress-free. Thus, all entertainers must make sure to create good music that has a positive impact on people’s life.”
In the 20 years of his music career, he says that many things have changed, from the recording of songs to sound technology. Now, he says, everything is done with new age technology.
“With the advantage of new technology we have ignored the disadvantages of the same. Now many musicians are dependent on this technology and they have lost their natural impact on songs as we had in the past,” he says.
Speaking of how the Oscar award winning song, ‘Jai Ho’ from ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, which won everyone hearts changed his life, he says that winning an Oscar and a Grammy is a great thing to happen for any musician. “I was very happy and proud at the same time to receive it. This changed my life in a positive manner. I used to work hard before getting the Oscar but after receiving it, I started working even harder,” says Sukhwinder.
Currently he has signed on for upcoming movies ‘Houseful 4’, ‘Shamshera’, and a couple of more projects.
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One Parent’s Story of Applying for Guardianship of Their Child
May 16, 2016 | By: A Mom
Categories: Family Support, Education & Schools, Transition to Adulthood
By the time my son John was 17 years old, it was clear that he was going to need help managing his life as an adult. He has multiple disabilities, both physical and intellectual. His Admissions, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) meetings took hours just to go over all the services in his Individualized Education Program (IEP). He took part in all of those meetings, but he wasn’t ready to navigate his services and adult life on his own. So when we started talking about transition planning, his school started talking to us about guardianship.
At that time, there was no legal option for a Supported Decision-Making Agreement. I’m not sure that a set of powers of attorney would be valid for him either because we aren’t sure that he understands what that kind of legal agreement means.
Doing nothing wasn’t going to be a safe option either, so John’s father and I decided John needed to have an appointed guardian.
When we began petitioning for guardianship, we considered where John was going to need someone to speak for him and where he could probably manage things for himself. I knew it would be essential to have someone talk to doctors and insurance companies for him. I suspected he wasn’t ready to make educational decisions for himself. Looking ahead, I knew that we were going to have to make decisions about his living situation when he graduated from school. But we also wanted him to have as much decision-making power as he was capable of managing.
In the end, we decided to ask the court to give us guardianship of John in 3 areas: housing, school, and medical decisions.
We also had to decide who would be John’s guardian. Since his father and I are divorced, we couldn’t share guardianship. Deciding between John’s father and me was a tough choice.
In the end, we agreed that John’s father would apply for guardianship when John turned 18 years old. At the time, John and his father lived in the same town, his father was very capable, and I thought it would be good for their relationship. It was hard for me to make that decision, but I thought it was best for John. And I trusted John’s father to keep me in the loop.
John’s father hired an attorney who specialized in guardianship to fill out the application and work with the courts. It took about 4 months to go through the whole process.
We spent a lot of time talking to John about his guardianship even before we began the process. We explained that, by having a guardian, he would always have someone there for him. He really wanted that.
We also talked to him about the attorney ad litem. This is a lawyer that the court assigns to represent the person who might go under guardianship. The ad litem interviewed John 3 different times, looked over his medical history, and talked to his school. He asked John questions to make sure that John wanted the guardianship. He took his job very seriously. I’m glad that he did. The court relies heavily on the ad litem’s recommendation.
Even though it was emotionally hard to ask a court to assign a guardian to our son, John’s guardianship hearing was a positive experience. The judge agreed with everything in the petition.
When John turned 21 years old, he graduated from school and we knew he was going to continue to need support. At that point, I was living in the same city as John and his father. We all decided it was time for me to take over guardianship, and then we went through the whole process all over again to have me substituted in as John’s guardian.
Having John under partial guardianship has worked out well for everyone. He still gets to decide who his roommates are, whether he wants to go to secondary school, and what type of job he might have. And even though I don’t have financial guardianship, John hasn’t been interested in managing that part of his life on his own. So I’ve been able to work with his bank and manage his finances without any trouble.
It takes time and resources to go through the guardianship process. Every year, an investigator from the court comes to make sure John is being taken care of. I fill out a guardianship report each year and send it into the court. I love doing that job because I include lots of pictures to show how happy John is with his life.
John is 27 years old now, living with roommates in a house that I manage. He likes having me as his guardian and knowing that I am looking out for him. I sleep better at night knowing that I have the legal tools in place to make sure his needs are met.
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Judge rejects Manafort claim that Mueller overreaching in probe
Trump's former campaign manager tried to claim that that the special counsel had a "a blank check to be filled in after the fact."
Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and his lawyer Kevin Downing arrive for a motion hearing at the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, on May 4, 2018. Manafort has been charged with tax and fraud violations.Shawn Thew / EPA
May 15, 2018, 10:27 PM UTC / Updated May 15, 2018, 10:27 PM UTC
By Pete Williams
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Washington refused Tuesday to throw out criminal charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the indictment "falls squarely within that portion of the authority granted to the Special Counsel that Manafort finds unobjectionable," namely the order to investigate any links coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign.
"Manafort was, at one time, not merely 'associated with,' but the chairman of, the Presidential campaign, and his work on behalf of the Russia-backed Ukrainian political party and connections to other Russian figures are matters of public record. It was logical and appropriate for investigators tasked with the investigation of 'any links' between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign to direct their attention to him," the judge wrote.
Fmr. WH Counsel: Manafort's wealth is 'perfectly' in play
May 5, 201808:38
Manafort had argued that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein improperly gave Mueller authority to investigate "any matters that arose or may arise directly from" the investigation of collusion with Russia. His lawyers said that violated Justice Department regulations which specify that a special counsel is appointed to investigate a specific matter.
What Rosenstein gave Mueller, Manafort's lawyers said, amounted to "a blank check to be filled in after the fact."
Jackson's decision rejecting that claim also said the special counsel rules are for the internal management of the Justice Department and do not create any right to sue. Even if they did establish such a right, she said, Mueller didn't violate them.
Mueller filed similar criminal charges in Alexandria, Virginia, and on May 4, Manafort's lawyers urged Federal District Court Judge T.S. Ellis to toss them out, too. Ellis appeared to be somewhat receptive to their argument, taunting members of Mueller's team.
"You don't really care about Mr. Manafort's bank fraud. Well, the government does. You really care about what information Mr. Manafort can give you that would reflect on Mr. Trump or lead to his prosecution or impeachment or whatever. That's what you’re really interested in," he said.
However, today's ruling by Jackson will have no legal effect on Ellis. One district court judge's ruling doesn't bind another district court judge. And Alexandria is in an entirely separate federal court circuit. The Washington judge is in the DC circuit; the Alexandra judge is in the Fourth Circuit, each with its own legal precedents.
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